Social issues in william shakespeare s time

During Drake’s NYC concert the police were monitoring everyone who went in and left the premises.
There were Epstein protestors outside The Mark during this time, and EP himself said he had to keep the paps and crowd off of him.
EP hints at child abuse, he hints at people getting fired that worked there that night, he hints at staff not being treated well by Drake’s team and even claims CA had more involvement and was lying about that night.
We won’t know what EP knows until he reveals it, but I am confident that Drake was in that hotel during a sting operation like that Blind Item said and he was caught doing something very degenerate.
EP can’t auction or sell anything, he knew that from the start because of legal issues and I don’t think he anticipated how much this would go viral either.
His motive now seems to be to expose everything because he genuinely might be sick of the situation so he fed Kendrick that info and is now trying to slowly expose everything to different bloggers.
imo I think Ak got caught in the cross fire because he’s Drake’s mouth piece, I don’t think his involvement is any deeper than a chess piece to get close to Drake.

I’m a social media manager and content creator for a great company. Just started in January. Problem is that it’s a desk job and I feel like a “butt in the seat” most of the time. My boss said I either need to be out gathering content or in office 9-5. It makes me insane to be sitting at a desk ON MY PHONE editing reels and such. This job should 100% be hybrid. I don’t mind coming in to the office here and there but I need more flexibility. This company is very outdated in their ways and the marketing director is super neurotic and hard to communicate with. Any advice would be great!

UCLA social psychology professor Matt Lieberman posted his views on the school's pro-Palestinian protests on substack and X/Twitter.
This is his preface:
This is being posted just after the standoff between the protesters and the police. I do not want any student injured and I’d prefer not to see them arrested. That said, they have broken the law (graffiti, tasing, assault, repeatedly barring movement in a public place) and have been told to leave by UCLA. Resisting arrest is another criminal offense. If they believe UCLA was in error in shutting down the encampment, they are free to sue UCLA. They were not, however, free to stay (just as I believe the counter-protesters had no right to take matters into their own hands just because UCLA had not yet intervened). If the protesters got arrested it is because they chose to stay after they had been told by UCLA administration they must leave. But let’s be clear, all of these issues stem from the UCLA undergraduates largely being uninformed about the actual events and historical context of events between Israel and Palestinians. This post is about psychology faculty who have unwisely supported the students being wildly uninformed rather than encouraging students to understand the nuanced reality of the situation.

Hello everyone,
I’m in the process of setting up a new home network and could really use some advice and suggestions from this community. Here’s a bit of background and what I’m looking to achieve:
Current Situation:

• Single-level home, 1800 sqft.
• Cox 1Gb internet connection.
• I plan to run Cat6 cables to each access point (AP) via the attic.
• I know I need a router, a switch, and at least 2 APs, but I’m unsure about the best brands and models to use.
• I’m not sure what equipment Cox requires me to use, but I would like to limit it if possible.

Goals:

• Strong, consistent Wi-Fi coverage throughout the entire house.
• Future-proofing the network for any new devices or higher speeds.
• Excellent performance for streaming, online gaming, and working from home (video conferencing, etc.).
• Easy management and robust security features.
• Planning to add a security camera system in the future.
• Considering setting up a home Plex server for media streaming.

About Me:

• I’m an electrical engineer and quite handy, but networking is new ground for me.

Additional Context:

• Types of Devices: We have smartphones, laptops, smart TVs, gaming consoles, and IoT devices (smart thermostats, lights, etc.).
• Usage: Heavy internet use for streaming (4K), online gaming, video conferencing, and smart home devices.
• Current Equipment: Using [current router model] and [any other networking equipment], but facing issues with [specific problems, e.g., coverage gaps, slow speeds].
• Desired Features: Looking for features like parental controls, guest network, and VPN support.
• Installation Timeline: Ideally, I’d like to have everything set up within the next [time frame, e.g., month].
• Preferred Brands/Dislikes: Open to all suggestions but prefer to avoid [specific brands, if any].

Questions:

1. Router Recommendations: What router would you recommend that can handle a gigabit connection and provide excellent performance and security features? Are there specific models that work well with Cox while limiting the required equipment from them?
2. Switch Recommendations: What’s a reliable switch that would work well with my setup, considering I’ll be running wired connections to each AP?
3. Access Point Recommendations: Any specific models or brands for APs that provide strong, consistent coverage? I’m looking for at least 2 APs.
4. Placement Tips: Best practices for placing the APs to ensure optimal coverage and performance in a single-level home?
5. Wired Setup: Any tips or considerations for running Cat6 cable through the attic? What tools or techniques can make this easier?
6. Security: What are the best practices or devices for ensuring my network is secure?
7. Future Expandability: Recommendations for integrating a security camera system and setting up a home Plex server? Are there specific features I should look for in my current network setup to support these future additions?

Budget: My budget for this setup is around $200-$400, but I’m flexible if the benefits justify the cost.
I really appreciate any insights or advice you can provide. Thanks in advance for your help!

Last year was very hard for me. I have severe attachment issues and I ended up losing everyone in my life.
During college, I had a long term friend that I was living with and a boyfriend.
During my senior of high school, I was exploring college orgs and that’s when I found a sorority. I’ve always wanted to join one, but never had the chance until my juniosenior year of college. I couldn’t explain why I exactly wanted to, but I think it’s because since they promote sisterhood and a home away from home, it made me a feel a certain way. I don’t have any sisters nor a good home, so I really wanted a family. According to my therapist, she said I wanted to join to feel validated.
I had a good relationship with my long term friend and boyfriend, but once I started the pledging process, that’s when everything changed. The sorority process was high demanding and involved severe mental hazing. I couldn’t tell my long term friend and it took a lot of time away from my boyfriend. The process took a toll on mental health which affected me physically, mentally, and financially. I was so messed up in the head that I started projecting my anger and stress on the two of them. I was super toxic to them and myself. At one point, I was given an ultimatum by boyfriend, it was either the him or the sorority. It was really hard for me because I wanted both, but I think I said some stupid shit like the sorority is forever, whereas I don’t even know if we’re going to last. Eventually, me and my boyfriend broke up and later on, me and my long term friend stopped being friends-she felt betrayed that I didn’t tell her. After losing the two most important people in my life at the time, the sorority later on cut me off and I ended up cutting off the sorority for good.
I sacrificed myself, my long term friend, and my boyfriend aka my FP, for a school organization. My therapist was like wow… so you chose a school org specifically a sorority over a potential life long life partner? I know, I was stupid. I was young and desperate to find a group of people that can accept and validate me because apparently my long term friend and boyfriend was not enough. After it was too late, that’s when I realized that I took them for granted because they were my family all along.
It breaks my heart even more because I was financially struggling at the time. I had to my pay for college and rent all by myself. I had a little bit of money to spare and I did see a psychiatrist and counselor a bit, but I decided to devote all of my time and the rest of my savings into a sorority that I ended up regretting.
It hurts me a lot knowing that I sacrificed very important people in my life for fake, surface level friendships that didn’t even last longer than a year. It fucking sucks. I’m full of regret and it’s hard to live. I wished I was more self aware. I wished I went to therapy and took medications. If I never joined the sorority, I wouldn’t be as depressed as I would have if I didn’t.
I know that I had put myself into this situation, basically self sabotaging myself, i ended up hurting and losing my friend and ex boyfriend now. It is my responsibility. Even though I felt like it wasn’t me who was living in my body at the moment, in the end I still did it, so I have to own up to it.
After I lost everyone, that’s when I finally started therapy and medications. After a few months, I am now so self aware. Looking back, I really don’t even remember myself living in the moment-I had no sense of reality. It breaks my heart because I was so discombobulated and disconnect with reality, as if my BPD had control of me. I don’t want to blame it on mental health because in the end, the BPD is still a part of me as an individual.
I wish I could go back in time and change everything. I really hate myself. It’s so hard living knowing that I was so broken and mentally ill that it took over me.
Everyday I tell myself, it’s okay. You were young and you didn’t know. They left for a reason. If they all didn’t leave me, I don’t know if I would have even started therapy and medications. It sucks because I really want them back. I am full of regret. I would do anything to get them back. I wished they knew how sorry I am, but no one wants to back anymore because the damage I did isn’t forgivable.
Therapy is working and the medications definitely help, but I just can’t let go of my long term friend and ex boyfriend. I know I’m still young, people come and go all the time, and there’s still many people that I haven’t met yet.
Many people have told me that I’ve grown/matured a lot and they can tell that I am a better version of myself than I was before.
It’s just that I hate being so self aware now because I feel like the memories of me acting all crazy and sick in the head at time just consistently replays in my head. It doesn’t even feel like it was me who did all this.
People don’t understand me and honestly I didn’t understand myself either. I’m grateful that I am able to now afford therapy and medications because I will be the one who breaks my family’s generational trauma.
I just can’t believe I did all this. Living with regret is so fucking hard and it’s even harder now that I know that I was the one who put myself in the position that I’m in right now. I need to be more to nice myself, but it’s hard to be nice to someone who did fucked up things. I’m grateful, but I’m so depressed. I feel mixed. Do I deserve to be happy?

I had to recently restart my phone and set up my Uber account again. I had to add a new plus card. And it needs verification. It says to call which automatically sends me to chat support. And they don’t do anything on their end. Just keep redirecting me. One support person said I have to go to a Uber green hub thing in person. This is my side hustle. I can’t take time off my FT job to go because it’s nowhere near where I live. How do I get this card verified? This wasn’t an issue the first time I signed up. And why am I being sent to chat support when they don’t do anything.

Strats, and guitars in general, will usually have this really sweet sounding squeal at the beginning of each note, that is not pick noise. The more gain you have, the more apparent it becomes. However, even with a clean sound you can still hear this characteristic, especially when you sting notes. My guitar does not do this at all. I have switched pickups multiple times (now onto Lollar Blondes), I have tried several amps, and I have even had other people play this guitar to rule out technique. No matter what I do, this guitar just sounds dull. For testing/reference purposes, I have attached 2 videos. One video, via a Youtube link, is of an individual playing a American Vintage 2 61' strat through a Fractal (amp/effects modeler) preset based off Hendrix's gear. The other video, attached directly to the post, is of me playing my strat, using the exact same preset that he was using. My video is of scene 2 of said preset, and his demonstration of this same scene 2 is from 0:00-~0:48 of the video attached via Youtube link for comparison. In my video, I played in a similar way to his demonstration, starting off with a rolled down volume knob, working my way up to full volume. The question to answer: What are some possible reasons - guitar anatomy-wise - for the lackluster sound of the guitar?
P.S Weirdly, I can also hear these issues with the guitar unplugged. When playing my friends strat and les paul, even unplugged it sounds good with that "sweet" characteristic.
(vid 1)Preset Demo from Original Creator
(vid 2)My demo below:
https://reddit.com/link/1ctgo1m/video/87js20f1ct0d1/player

This is a bit of a rant. I’m 25. Diagnosed with a bunch of different mental illnesses/neurodivergences. I moved out of my childhood home when I was 18 to go to college in another city, where I lived in a dorm for 8 months. I then moved into a couple different apartments with roommates before I moved in with my ex, with whom I lived for 3 years. When I broke up with them they kicked me out, which forced me in my scramble to find housing quickly to move into a single-occupancy apartment for nearly a year. That experience was downright awful—I have much trouble being alone as much as I was—so I ended my lease early and now I live in a two-bedroom with a roommate. And while it’s nice simply having another body in the house, I still find that I have to manage my life completely on my own. And it’s so fucking difficult.
I’m able to work a full-time job, but that leaves little energy to manage the rest of my tasks. Even my roommate gets to rely on me for a clean living space. She has her own issues and thus has NEVER cleaned even a speck of the apartment we share, so I’m left to do all the house maintenance myself—trash, cleaning, facilities requests, etc. I pay 100% of my own expenses and bills, and I’m not well paid even though I work full-time so I’m slowly creeping into more and more debt. And while I feel like I’m just able to keep floating in this sea of independence, should literally anything go wrong—one of my cats gets sick, there’s a break-in or a fire, or any other unexpected expense, and I’m done for. I’ll drown.
The whole world certainly isn’t on my back, but it feels like MY whole world is completely mine to bear alone. When I was living in the single apartment and was short on rent a few times, my mom helped me out a bit, but she made it very clear she had no intention of doing so for the long term and that she wasn’t very happy about it. I’ve come to resent that I have little to no help doing anything at all. Seeing those TikToks of how to lead a “less stress” life or whatever for neurodivergent people makes me full of rage, because the answer they give is to simply have the money to pay people to do things for you. No shame in hiring out for what you can’t do, but many of us can barely afford to make ends meet as it is doing everything ourselves. Telling people to have more money isn’t a tip.
I have friends now who can support me emotionally, but materially I am really left to my own devices. Like I said before, I am keeping myself afloat for now, but it doesn’t feel at all sustainable. I don’t qualify for government assistance even though I’m struggling to afford food—I make barely more than the cutoff for SNAP (I’m in the US). And it seems like most everyone I know has parents or a partner who is able to help them out financially. Once I spent my last $10 in my bank account to buy my cats food while I didn’t eat for a few days. I had some savings but had to blow it all when I was homeless after being kicked out.
Dunno how much longer I can keep this up.

So before I had my baby, I noticed a ton of tension between my SIL and my mom. My SIL and my brother had asked my mom to watch their three babies, just a month after my mom had retired. Mind you, she raised four kids and ALWAYS communicated to us that she never wanted to be daycare for us, but my brother asked anyway and my mom obliged for a few months. One I gave birth to my daughter, my mom found herself a new work from home job and told them she couldn’t help out anymore but would pay for half of their daycare to make up for it. My SIL complained to me for weeks about it, and always told me “don’t expect any help from her when you need it for your baby!” She specifically said the money wasn’t as loving as wanting to spend time with the grandkids. But she took the money anyway
A few months later I decided to look into getting more work from home opportunities so I could keep watching my baby on my own. My mom offered to help when she realized I’d be working on the phone, but I asked “is this something you WANT to do? Or would you rather focus full time on your work?” She admitted she would prefer her own job and I told her I wasn’t at all offended by that. When my SIL heard this she said “ask your MIL, she doesn’t work and just belongs to the boat club right?”
I told her there’s no way I’m asking her because she hasn’t offered and if she hasn’t offered she doesn’t want to do that with her free time and if I ask anyway she will feel guilty because all of these young moms complain about the boomers and older women who don’t want to help in this way! My SIL just rolled her eyes at me and then went on to complain to my cousins about my view on this situation. I also hate the fact that we should expect help from family when they have free time and hobbies. They’ve spent decades caring for kids, but still don’t deserve retirement or lazy days away from babysitting anymore?
That all being said, I’m wondering how many of these 45+ grandmas are just helping with their grand children out of fear of being hated or complained about. Tons of my friends’ parents are watching their children for free weekly if not daily. It’s expected by a lot of them to do this. It’s exhausting work and they get no monetary payment for it. Im exhausted with ONE baby and I’m 24–I can’t imagine being 60 years old and watching multiple kids??? I can’t help but think it’s driven by fear of losing the relationship with their adult kids. Yall see social media right? I don’t think this is specific to my family.

Hey all, I’ve had worsening issues with exercise in particular. I had to completely stop hiking which I love doing, because after about 10 min of exercise I get chest pain and tightness, wheezing, can barely breathe, phlegm in my throat and coughing, really bad fatigue like I could just collapse. Have almost gone to the ER at times when I almost couldn’t get any air. This lasts for hours after I exercise and gets better slowly but I’m usually exhausted all day. It’s even worse on cold days. At this point I can’t do any exercise more rigorous than walking.
Sounds like exercise induced asthma right?? My doctor thought so and had me do a spirometry test. My results came back normal. But, they just had me sitting the whole time. They didn’t have me exercise first. I only get these symptoms after exercise, would the test still be able to detect asthma if I don’t exercise first??
My doctor just said welp, you don’t have asthma and that was that. Should I push to be tested again? I hike with friends and they’ve all seen how bad I get and were very concerned. None of them experience this so I really don’t think it’s normal.

I’ve recently started as a Product Manager after a huge re-org and I’m not sure how to best approach the social/networking component of this role, especially given the circumstances.
To give some background, this is the first PM opportunity leadership has offered to anyone without over a decade of experience, and it seems like most were shocked when they heard my name as the new PM for the squad that had an opening due to the re-org.
I am eager to learn and know it’s my positive attitude and diverse background within our organization that stood out for this position, but I can’t help but feel intimidated by others’ (and at times my own) perception that I am underqualified for the role.
My questions are:

1. How do I ask people to start including me in all their emails and treating me like the pm? We have great technical experience working on our product and I’m nervous they’ll just take on my role basically.
   
2. There is essentially no training for this position and I am just diving into Jira boards to try to figure out what needs to be done. I’ve been thrown in the deep end before and can take initiative, but still, any tips here?
   
3. This role already seems much more political than my past roles. Any words of wisdom on navigating this?
   

Thanks in advance for any input! Much appreciated.

I've been watching more nfl than cfb so I'll definitely be looking forward to hearing people's thoughts or expectations for the college world

1. Actually have a strategy.
2. No more 16+ leg parlays anymore...........unless if it's less than %10 of your roll' and even then I feel like they should be roundrobins
3. I have this theory that incentives or game strategies can definitely correlate to play contracts in certain instances.
4. Shedeur Sanders will crack 4k passing
5. Last I ignored or chickened out on calling week one in the nfl. I made a video of it for the sub in last year so check it out. But here's how I think it'll go down. Mind this is what I think if 90% of key players are healthy throughout training camp and preseason:

Ravens over Chiefs. Why? They'll have a top legit run game and andrews will be 100%, passing game opens up and the D will be stronger than ever. Chiefs lose because of multiple new receivers, super bowl hangover and who gives a shit of they lose the first one
Eagles over Packets. Why? Eagles D will help carry them to victory. Hurts ability to run adds more dimension than Love. D line will feast on love. Close game. I think jacobs takes a step back or needs a few games to find his groove. I'd personally would go +12 Packets for wiggle room
Falcons over Steelers. Why? Cousins needs to prove to every person with higher percentages of melatonin in this home opener in ATL that he's not a scrub and that he earned his 100$ guaranteed contact. He has every weapon known to man to succeed on that team plus a not to shabby D. Steelers, Tomlin, Tomlinson, Wilson, WizKhalifa and Justin fields can kick rocks and get their wins after this game.
Cards over bills. Why? Mostly because idk why but figure out the finer details yourself. But seriously, I believe they won't be able to contain Kyler. He's got more to prove than Josh Allen and the bills finally having a full season back from injury. I'd argue the Cards D will be hungrier as well.
Bears over Titans. Why? Caleb Williams seems to be more mature and focused on success than what reports initially were. I think he's gotta play a lil hero ball but I think with the receivers and the D being near top 10 at the end of the season last year the make a statement to the city that Da Bears are back. Levis will have a good team behind but.. ehh.. I think the D let's him down. They'll be good after this first week
Bengals over Patriots. Why? Because Boston hates black people but jokes aside I hope I don't have to explain why.
Colts over Texans. And that's the bottom line because Stone Cold said so!!! I'd like to leave this one up for discussion but I just feel that texans have had everything go for them since last season. Tripping up week 1 wouldn't be a knock to them but I think the O coordinator for the colts, Richardson, Pittman and Taylor..uh.. actually never- mind the Texans win. I think it'll be an interesting match though.
Phins over Jags. Why? Because the women in south Beach are approximately 100x hotter than the ones in Jacksonville. I think speed kills. If the D can pressure Sunshine(can't think of his name) then it'll be though to win the in state battle.
Saints over panthers. Why? Because unless Bryson added 'growing 5 inches' to his off-season todo list or unless all New Orleans floods again then the opener is going to be hype and Carr needs to prove he's not a waste. Also Legette and his southern draw isn't going to draw up anything special to make Carolina magically win this game. I don't give a shit if he can run as fast as his horse qwatah hoaw Dolla Bill.
Vikings over Giants why? I hope I don't need to explain this.
Chargers over Raiders why? Idk why they're just the better team.
Seahawks over broncos why? Either Sam Howell or Gen Smith and the receivers and D have absolutely no god(s) damn business losing to a rookie in Nix or Zach Wilson or even Stidham. Also, I don't have better reasons
Browns shit on the Cockboys/Cowgirls why? I really don't feel like typing anymore
Bucs over Commanders why? Last year I said to every Viking living Nordic person in a bar to not under estimate Baker. Quite honestly I don't think Dan Quinns strikes any fear into any teams expect maybe the giants from last year so why would a guy like Baker with a new contract and still a chip on his shoulder and a team with a mostly super bowl caliber players give a fuck now?
Lions over Rams why? Reference Falcons summary and partially the superbowl caliber type players reasoning from above
Jets over the 49ers why? Because Rodgers will be closer to Pacfic ocean. Why does this matter? 76% of the dolphins that used those high frequency sound waves will be in the Bay area that night. That's essentially the equivalent of Super Man fighting near the sun. Quite frankly I don't know how this is even remotely fair or legal. JETS D puts the clamps on the Shanahans scheme picks purdy a couple times, Rodgers throws around 250ish yards and Hall runs for atleast 75 yards and a TD
Would like to know what you guys think.

I'm 19 and currently resitting my final exams.
I procrastinated and didn’t revise so I think I’ve done shit again
I have moderate social anxiety and I don’t have any skills, talents, or friends.
I'm not particularly interested in the subject I plan to study at university but I’m either not interested in anything else.
But I don't want to take another gap year, get a job and stay at home because I feel like my life isn’t progressing here.
I did want to attend university, but I don’t feel like it’s worth it if I’m going to a bad/mid tier university
I'm feeling lost about my future and worried about wasting more time because I'll be turning 20 next year.
I really need some help on knowing what to do with my life

I work in a dangerous labor-intensive job and I get along with all types of people so I deal with some of the loudest and most extroverted people and I love them. I do love people in general and I try to see the best in others even if it isn’t returned.. it’s taken me a long time to establish rapport.
There’s something that pisses me off about being dragged into social games. Wrestlers don’t walk up and grapple you, but some extroverts will insist on dragging you into a social game no matter how much you keep to yourself and mind your business.
The worst offender I’ve been dealing with is a guy who has a spider(the spider’s abdomen is a skull) tattooed on his neck, he’s definitely narcissistic to some degree and he leverages the psychotic charisma to make a spectacle versus my turbulent nature.
It’s predatory for lack of a better term.

I have had my prayer plant for about 5 years and he has been through A LOT and officially had the worst winter and almost completely died. Happy to report he is still alive, and has strong roots, however it was recommended that I leave him in water for a few weeks and then repot.
My question is, I just repotted it with succulent and cactus blend soil….is this okay or should I get a different type of soil and repot again? They said the issue last time was lack of drainage with the soil I was using. It’s currently getting indirect sunlight in a window also.

I (23F) have been with my boyfriend (27M) for almost a year. A little backstory, we have known each other our whole lives and our moms are best friends. We moved in pretty quickly with each other because of that fact and we just know that we are it for each other.
About a month into our relationship he wanted to introduce me to his friends. So we planned a night for his friends to come over and as well as my best friend. We will call his friends John and the other Jack. I knew that his friends had a mouth to them but I also knew that they said the N-word a lot, and they are not black. That makes me and my friend uncomfortable so I asked him to let his friends know not to say that in front of us. He told them and I thought everything was gonna be good, and we would have a good night. Nope, definitely not what happened. The first hour into it they said it multiple times. I tried to let it go because it’s just part of their vocabulary and I just wasn’t gonna let it ruin the night. As the night went on something else happened that I just couldn’t let go. My friend, bf’s cousin, my bf and I were hanging out on the balcony when I looked through the window and saw one of the them pointing a gun at the other. They were waving it around and being stupid. There was drinking happened this night too. At this point my friend was very uncomfortable and left. My bf was also upset at what was going on. When my friend left, he started to talk to John and was saying how it was disrespectful for them to say the word when he asked them not to and that this night was very important to him, and that they kind of just disregarded him and also decided to wave around a gun. John got upset and was saying he was trying to change who he is and just wasn’t understanding my bf’s perspective. John ended up leaving. Jack stayed and tried to calm down my bf. At first I was like okay he isn’t that bad. But as time went on I found out more about Jack.
I found out that he would tell my bf when they drank that if he felt sick to make himself throw up so he can keep drinking. I also found out that he would tell him that it isn’t okay for a man to cry. So after hearing these things I was starting to not really like him that much. But here’s the thing that made me really not want him around. One day me and my bf had a fight and he went to the gym with Jack. When he came home he told me how he explained our issues to Jack and he encouraged him to talk to their old friend (a women) about our problems and maybe she could help. I was obviously upset with the fact that he led my bf to another woman about our problems. I explained to him how that wasn’t okay and he understood. A little time went by and one night we were just having a discussion about our past and he brought up the fact that he had a threesome one time with Jack and one of his friends. This is me and my bf’s first real relationship and he hasn’t always had the best luck with the ladies because he is really anxious and shy. So Jack just wanted to help him out I guess. I don’t know seems like a weird way to help him out but anyway my bf was explaining to me how that night of the threesome was one of his worst nights and how it made him feel awful and he really just wants to forget it. I asked who the other woman was and guess what it was the girl who Jack encouraged him to go to talk about our problems. At this point I was so angry, at both my bf for not realizing at first how messed up that was but also to Jack for telling him to do so. Also apparently Jack is in love with this girl and when she moves back to town, they are going to have a relationship. Obviously I do not want to hang around with them at all since they slept together. So this point I told my bf I want nothing to do with Jack. I don’t want him at our place and I don’t want him at future events especially if he might be with this girl and bring her around.
My boyfriend has taken this really hard because he sees this friend as a brother. We have had many arguments about this and he just doesn’t understand my POV. I told him I don’t care if he hangs out with him, I just don’t want him in my house and in the future I don’t want him at our wedding because I know he would want him to be his best man. And I feel terrible about it but on our special day I don’t want to see the two people he had a threesome with, it would be all I am thinking about. I have talked to my bf’s sister about this and she agrees with how I feel and also doesn’t like Jack because her bf use to work with him and says he not a great guy. My Bf’s sister also let me know that it is really hard for her brother to let friends go. And he just is really hanging onto this friendship. We have gone months without him talking to him but out of the blue Jack calls him and tries to get him to go out and drink. And it just starts another argument. And my boyfriend just really wants me to give him another chance but I really can’t let it go. Am I the asshole for not wanting this man to be apart of our relationship because 1. Him Waving a gun around while drunk, 2. Telling my boyfriend to throw up so he can keep drinking, 3. Encouraging him to talk to the girl they had a threesome with about our problems, and 4. The toxic masculinity that surrounds him. Be straight up with me, am I crazy? Any advice how to handle this situation?
This was a very long story, short. So I will answer any questions if certain parts don’t make sense and bring clarity to it.

We are looking to add a concrete slab in the back of our house to address a drainage issue and make the space more functional. The slab will span the length of the house and about 14 out. This cotton wood (hybrid from what we were told) sits near a downspout and does pretty well on this side of the house. We’ve had a hazard trim done on it and it sustains windstorms and weight of snow with no problems. The house was built in 79 and I’m assuming the tree was planted at the same time. The house is a split level that drops another 3 feet down from the lowest point of the windows so I’m not sure how the roots travel. However, When I poke around with a shovel in that area I run into some shallow roots, but I’m not sure if you’re they belong to the cotton wood or an elm we recently had cut down (third picture), which sat in a space that didn’t get much water. We are looking to do a 4 inch pour and I know they will have to dig up some earth to get that situated, and will likely hit some roots to this tree. Curious if anyone has an idea if the roots are from the cottonwood, and if the tree would be able to withstand damage to a portion of its roots and regenerate? I don’t want to risk killing it, as it’s the last big healthy tree to survive on our property, and would obviously be a pain to have taken down. Thank you in advance for any advice!

I have a DSL connection and get around 12 down and 3 up. Last summer I had 0 issues with packet loss and having a stable ping in games like CS:GO or Rocket League. I could have 5+ people on the internet streaming videos or scrolling through social media and I would still have 10-20 ping constantly without any drops. (I play with an Ethernet connection)
I just moved back in from college this summer and now it’s horrendous. I first hopped on a Counter Strike deathmatch just to see how my ping was and it was at its usual 10-20 range. This was around 11:00am. As I kept playing throughout the day and it kept getting later into the night I notice that I kept getting more and more packet loss as time went on. It was still playable and just thought that since it was around 5pm and people were starting to come home from work that it was just your basic lag from maxed out speeds. Well as it got to 8pm it was completely unplayable. I would have constant packet loss and my ping would fluctuate from 10 to 1500 to 140 and wouldn’t ever settle down. This made no sense to me because last summer I had 0 problems with people on the internet and maxing out speeds.
I decided to experiment and kicked everyone off the internet for a day. I started playing at 10am and everything was fine, no packet loss or lag at all. 1pm comes around and would get some lag and packet loss once in a while. 4pm rolls around and my ping just falls off a cliff and would not stop spiking. I tested my speeds and it was still the normal 12 down and 3 up. This makes no sense since I was the only person on the internet all day.
This issue has been going on since Christmas and a technician was just out and replaced some loose Ethernet cables and the issue still hasn’t gone away.
Is this a problem on my end that can be fixed or is this an ISP issue?

• Transphobic video using the word "tr***y"
• Referencing drag queens as clowns
• Doesn't disclose that reviews were really paid ads Edited her body for an Aerie ad, which is a brand that supposedly prides themselves on using real bodies.
• Was blocking and ignoring customers who purchased her Glamlite Paht 2 collection, never received their order, and asked about it. All of this while Glamlite was siphoning stock to CVS and also ignored customer inquiries about their overdue orders.
• Along with CVS, broke their "Beauty Unaltered" pledge by creating a display unit that is obviously filtered of the Trash Goblin’s face.
• Committed fraud by pledging that 50% of the proceeds from the Paht 2 collection would be donated to women's healthcare after the Dobbs decision. When anyone commented to ask about it, they were banned from her socials. This one is the most egregious, as there are people who might have purchased solely based on her pledge. She lied about not getting paid yet to make the donation just as the CVS distribution happened.
• She's myopic and doesn't care about her supporters, as she continually discusses her ED without the common courtesy of a trigger warning like most creators do for subjects like this. Her explanation for why she doesn't give a TW? "It doesn't trigger me, so fuck all of you." She's so disrespectful of Cody's sobriety.
• Does giveaways by making followers jump through engagement hoops to boost her profile but then didn't deliver on the giveaways.
• Begging... BEGGING.. followers on her broadcast channel to drop an emoji as a comment to inflate her engagement rate, as comments are engagement rate gold for getting paid.
• Claims she donates extra product to women's shelters, and then went on Instagram asking for suggestions on where in her area she can donate women's clothes. She's so fucking dense that she either doesn't realize the same places she supposedly donates product to is a good first start, or she outed herself as never donating before like she said she did if she doesn't know where to donate clothes locally.
• She's a terrible brand ambassador, which is on her and DBA. She went on a free Paris trip sponsored by Caudalie, and she shit talked how broken out her skin got on the trip (with the assumption she was using their products and services) and never once really hyped the brand that was paying for her to be there.
• Took money from Briogio for a campaign and at the same time posted videos about her hair falling out. She's so dumb she doesn't realize that she caused a causation comparison.
• She's lying about having clients, paying clients that aren't her friends and family. She is not a MUA or a certified in MA to do makeup.
• She brigades brands who don't do her bidding like a brat. Pottery Barn in the middle of the pandemic had shipping and quality issues. She sent her followers after them and then begged PB for more free stuff.
• She has her friends like HeartofGreg comment on her videos, which she then stiches the comment to review a product. She then takes that video and shops it to the brand to get them to sponsor the video.. and a few weeks later the video resurfaces as partner, paid partnerships, sponsorship.
• Tax fraud when handling gratis, expenses, and giveaways
• Did a giveaway for Chanel bags with Chris Appleton (Color Wow) and the Boston's Children's Hospital, which was against GoFundMe's Terms of Service. She never gave the winners their prize.
• Dogs a brand who sent her free items but then turns around and praises the brand when they pay her (She did it with Essence and KVD).
• Did a bunch of fake "pick out my wedding makeup" when she 100% knew what she was using including the fact that e.l.f. sponsored her wedding as a brand event. She says that's not true, but I can guarantee e.l.f. writes off the expenses they incurred for her wedding as a business expense.
• Lied about her YouTube page being her page. She feverously uploaded videos when she took her 5:19, baby tantrum, pity party break from TikTok but still needed to earn money. She uploaded her TikTok videos to YouTube, lied that it was her channel, and made money. If it wasn't her channel, you know she and DBA would file a cease and desist .. and win it.. to get the channel removed. It's her channel.
• Her filter usage is fraud. Period. There is no debating it. When you are getting paid to review products and apply a filter on your face and body, you are committing fraud. The viewer thinks it's the product making that effect and not really the software engineering team that created the editing app.
• With the PeeeLouish collab, they were caught pre-applying swatches from the P.Louise palette. She's also not really applying makeup in her videos. Cheeks, bronzer, and eyes are being applied off screen and she's swiping a brush making it look like she's applying it. Another sign she can't do professional makeup at all. It's all fake.
• Every ”in the wild” picture that’s not filtered shows the truth.
• She constantly lurks on other creators pages to find commenters to block when they shit talk her. Insecure much? She’ll unblock people to snark them and lurk, then block them again. We know she does this with Rich Lux.
• She supports James Charles. The grifting carnival barker loves the groomer trash.
• Community Contribution: She shits on her estranged half sister to her millions of followers, when all the evidence points to her sister being frozen out of their family at the age of 14. She claims her sister walked out of their lives because she “wasn’t the precious daughter of the family anymore” after Mikayla was born, and also talks badly about her sister for being on disability. Mikayla is an aunt to two girls, but I doubt she’s ever cared nor met them. Her sister also lived and lives right down the road from Mikayla’s parents home.
• She’s a known bully and coming from someone who’s now being regarded as an ED spokesperson. She told her friend that drinking hot chocolate would be “200 very unnecessary calories”, and that she was “just trying to help since you’re trying to lose weight” with that comment. She’s a mean girl, and she always has been.
• She cries about shade range while she brags about being soooo pale (um, really?). She releases collabs that are not inclusive for POC. She then brags about buying out and hoarding darker foundations and concealers to use as bronzers meaning the very little stock available for darker skin tones becomes even more scarce when her idiot stans buy up the product. She also blackfishes.
• She can't admit when she's wrong and aggressively lashes out to those trying to point it out. She called a comb and brush, and when corrected in her comments, she was incredibly rude to her own followers. You know, the people engaging with her content that's paying her mortgage. She is incapable of saying, "oops, my bad." Her integrity is crap for this behavior.
• Just like the above, the unwillingness to admit a simple mistake turned her into an ableist POS. There are those with low vision or no vision who listen to TikToks and rely on accuracy in speech and closed captions. Her "go fuck yourself, bro" attitude when called out about the comb incident made her incredibly ableist.
• She creates rage bait content to generate engagement gold via angry comments. This makes her a carnival barking grifter.
• She begs for engagement on her broadcast channel trying to force things to go viral like "nice and shaaaahhp." It's actually pathetic watching her do this.
• Used a derogatory term used to reference Travelers/Romani people and doubled down on it when people called her out and educated her on the use of the word.
• Lied about creating some Mother's Day shopping spree for a "family in need" saying that when she heard their story, she knew she just had to help. When asked in the comments about the story, she played the, "It's not my story the tell." Come to find out, the story is that the child goes to the school that Mikayla's mom works at. There was a raffle at the school, and one of the prizes was a $500 shopping trip with MikPickMe. The girl's mom paid for 40 entries to win the raffle, and she did. The only reason the shopping was done on Mother's Day was due to conflicting schedules. This was not a shopping spree for a family in need. It was a prize from a raffle that Mikayla's mommy had a hand in.
• MikLieHole took Rael's money and trip and went in days earlier with her emotional support animal, Codypendency, and did meetings with a competitor, Tirtir. Tirtir gifted her a Birkin while in South Korea, too.

Going off the excellent theory that Ben is our Laurel and the show has been HAMMERING home why he will vote Kenzie over Charlie in a tiebreaker scenario, here’s my prediction for the 4-4 situation that will get us there:
Soda - Charlie
Soda’s a wildcard but something tells me she’ll gravitate towards the strategic/physical game of Charlie over Kenzie’s social game. I also think she’d respect Charlie for helping orchestrate her blindside. Plus, we never really saw Soda or Kenzie work together.
Tevin - Charlie
Less of a wildcard then Soda but still could vote either ways, especially considering Hunter’s almost a locked Kenzie vote and could sway him. But, I think similarly to Soda, Tevin will respect Charlie’s game more than Kenzie’s. Also, we were shown their game relationship during the early merge. Their conversations and working together on the Soda blindside could lead to a Charlie vote for Tevin.
Hunter - Kenzie
She was his #1 and didn’t vote for him on the initial tie vote. While there’s an outside shot Hunter could respect Charlie’s immunity wins and strategic moves, I think the show MADE SURE to communicate to us how much Hunter trusted Kenzie during his boot round all the way through his last tribal. Charlie and Hunter were almost always at odds so this feels pretty locked for Kenzie.
Tiffany - Kenzie
Number ones and didn’t vote for her on the way out. According to exit press, Tiffany and Charlie had a working relationship but we weren’t shown it really. The fact that Kenzie can claim that she wanted to cut Tiffany but it happened without any blood on her hands feels like a slam dunk Tiffany vote.
Venus - Kenzie
The most wild one to predict. She clearly respects Charlie’s game and clocked him as a threat early. They’ve also been shown talking game at multiple points. With the biggest evidence for their relationship being her advantage reveal to him. However, I think Charlie’s role as “second in command” to Maria (who Venus clearly dislikes) and his overall reluctance to really pull Venus in as a number will hurt him. With the final blow being that he blindsided her after her offering to play an advantage for him next round.
Despite Kenzie dunking on Venus in confessionals, they were shown talking game just as often (if not more than Charlie) and Venus saw Kenzie willing to search for an idol right in front of her. They were also BOTH out of the loop on the Kenzie vote so there’s camaraderie there.
This really is one that can go either way but Kenzie’s stronger support of Venus throughout the merge feels like it’ll win her the jury vote.
Q - Charlie
We were shown the downfall of the Kenzie/Q relationship for a reason. Their conversation around the waterwell was maybe the only time all game where Kenzie rejected the idea of working with someone. She felt burned by him and so I think he’ll return the favor with a Charlie vote. Plus, he, Maria, and Charlie all worked together on votes and I see Maria/Q as a voting block.
Maria - Charlie
Number ones and game respects game, especially if Charlie takes her out at 5.
Liz - Kenzie
Another iffy one but I think this is where the endgame will be critical. Liz/Kenzie were just swing votes on the Q blindside. While they weren’t as directly aligned for other votes (like the Tiffany boot), they feel more personally connected than Liz and Charlie. While Liz may perceive her relationship with Charlie as strategic, she may see her relationship with Kenzie as more personal. Clearly for Liz, the personal and emotional aspect to the game is important and when she’s already associating Maria with Q; she may rope in Charlie with that duo and side with Kenzie at FTC.
Theory - Charlie wins final immunity and chooses Ben over Liz to take to the end. Liz loses to Kenzie in fire (as many are predicting) and is bitter that she came up just short of FTC.
To recap, Soda - Charlie Tevin - Charlie Hunter - Kenzie Tiffany - Kenzie Venus - Kenzie Q - Charlie Maria - Charlie Liz - Kenzie
And now, to break the tie…
Ben - Kenzie
Despite the Sega connection, the show has gone OUT OF THEIR WAY to sell us the Kenzie/Ben bond. All the way back to the merge. The show isn’t gonna sell us the night terrors story for no reason, especially when Ben had a LITERAL VOTE for Kenzie that they could have used as a reason for a wedge between them. The story of the season is that admits all the chaos, all the characters, all the misplays, all the blindsides, Survivor is a social game and Kenzie understood the assignment.

I have a 2001 dodge ram that doesn’t run all that great but overall it runs and gets me from A to B. On a few occasions recently I’ve run out of gas- I know that’s not good for the car. My battery also died recently. The codes that come up are p0460 and p0443 which apparently are o2 censor issues (which I heard might explain why the truck is eating twice as much gas as typical). This morning the truck wouldn’t start. I’ve had my battery die several times in other cars and I’m somewhat familiar with how vehicles with dead batteries tend to act when they’re trying to start. This sounds and feels different. Does anyone have any insight as to what the problem could be?