Hi,
How can I mock a class being used in a tested method?
The class being used is from a library not being loaded when the unit tests are run. The method creates a new instance of the class, passing data through the constructor and setting a public property.
I want to test my method creates the correct object, and the correct data is set on the object.
Example library class:
class LibraryResponse { public __construct(public array $data) {} }
Example method being tested:
``` namespace MyNamespace; use LibraryResponse;
function methodToTest(): LibraryResponse { return new LibraryResponse([1, 2, 3]); } ```
Example test (that is not working):
``` $responseMock = Mockery::mock('LibraryResponse'); $responseMock->shouldReceive('__construct') ->once() ->andSet('data', [1, 2, 3]);
$response = methodToTest(); static::assertInstanceOf('LibraryResponse', $response); static::assertIsArray($response->data, 'Response should be an array'); static::assertEquals(3, count($response->data)); ```
The errors:
Mockery\Exception\InvalidCountException: Method __construct() from Mockery_4__LibraryResponse should be called exactly 1 times but called 0 times.
or
Undefined property: LibraryResponse::$data
If I print the class names, they are different: Mockery_4__LibraryResponse on my mock, LibraryResponse within the method being tested.
If I var_dump() them, $mockResponse looks how you would expect but the return value appears to be a plain object.
Composer:
"require-dev": { "phpunit/phpunit": "^9.5", "10up/wp_mock": "dev-trunk" },
Thanks.

Hi Everyone! I’m looking for some inspiration!! For context, I help organise and run a small markets within my community. We are looking at purchasing some A-Frames to place at our entrance for bump in and bump out (similar to pictured).
Please send through what signs you have seen used in a markets setting! Thanks in advance.

My partner Seth (24M) and I (24F) have been together for almost a year and a half. When we first started talking I was crazy into him, seriously obsessed and didn't want anyone else to have him, etc. Those initial intense relationship feelings. We used to have sex multiple times a day, go out all the time, and had a generally great time together. At the time he was living with his parents so he started to stay over at my place all the time and eventually it became every single night. We were infatuated with each other, said I love you very early on, and I saw nothing wrong with it.
The first mistake I/we made we moving in together really quick. I didn't see an issue with it at the time but after months of reading other posts on here or elsewhere online, I do agree now that the decision to move in with your partner should be made very intentionally, and ours was not. I wanted to move to a one bedroom once my lease was up and he wanted to move out of his parents' house, so we decided to move in together. This being said, nothing particularly bad has come out of us moving in together, I just see now that it should have been a more thoughtful decision.
Another thing to note about our relationship is that he is an alcoholic. He was drinking a lot when we first started dating - we met working in the service industry, and everyone drinks all the time, if you've worked in restaurants you know it's a huge issue. I didn't truly realize it was a real problem for him for a few months until he made some bad decisions - spending a lot of money while drunk, driving under the influence, and staying out until the early hours of the morning multiple nights in a row when he knew I didn't like it. For a little while it seemed like this was going to become a huge problem in our relationship and I had a breakdown thinking that I'd fucked up by moving in with him, getting rid of all of my own furniture, and intertwining my life so deeply to his so quickly. He finally stopped drinking and has been completely sober for a few months. I don't think he'll ever drink again.
As for our relationship as a whole - we mostly get along, basically never fight about anything serious. We have the same sense of humor and style as well as interests and music and movie tastes, etc. We appear completely compatible on paper.
Here come the real issues: ever since he stopped drinking, our sex life has plummeted into nothing. We basically have a dead bedroom and he doesn't seem concerned about it at all. We've had sex one time in the last few months, didn't even have sex on my birthday. And, because we've barely been having sex, when we do, it is not great. I've brought it up to him a few times, asking if he's masturbating at all or if he's concerned that we don't really have sex anymore and he doesn't seem to be worried about it. The issue is that I am a very sexual person, and I'm sexually adventurous, and he doesn't seem to have any interest in that sort of stuff. I don't want to have to ask him to want to have sex with me. I'm also bisexual and have had minimal experiences with women and I cannot imagine never being with a woman again for the rest of my life.
As for the issues with me - I am super independent. I've been dreaming of solo traveling the world my whole life. I love going to dinner alone, running errands alone, spending time by myself. I've always set up my life so that if any one of my relationships (parental, friend, romantic) explodes, I will come out okay on the other side. However, he is almost completely dependent on me. We have plans to move to a new city together in a month and plans to travel shortly after. If, theoretically, I broke up with him, I'd still move to this new city, I'd travel alone, and my life would continue on. I cannot picture at all what his life looks like without me in it. I know that isn't my fault, it's just important to note.
Basically, I'm backed into a corner and I don't know what to do. He loves me so much - he does so much for me and would probably take a bullet for me. I love him too, I really do. I am just scared for a few reasons. Let's say I break up with him - again, his whole entire life would blow up. He would probably have to move back in with his parents, he hates his current job, and he hasn't finished school. His entire plan for the future is tethered to mine. I'm also worried that I would regret doing this, that I would realize later that I fucked up and it would be impossible to get him back after fucking him over so greatly. Let's say I don't break up with him - am I going to regret not traveling by myself like I've always wanted to? Are my sexual needs going to be constantly ignored?
I don't know what to do. I don't want to fuck him over, and ending this relationships seems like it would do just that. He is an amazing person who has had a tough go of it and he does not deserve any of this, but I also don't want to sign both of us up for a future that is doomed. I can't tell if I'm only feeling this way because I'm antsy for change or I'm bored and all relationships go through rough spots or what is real. If anyone has any advice on this or has been in a similar situation I'm all ears.
TL;DR My relationship has gone through a lot of changes recently and I don't know whether or not I should break it off or not.

So, existential crisis of the day hit me harder than a rogue autorickshaw on a narrow lane. Has women's empowerment, you know, the whole "saree-clad-CEO" revolution, gone a little too desi for our comfort?
Here's the thing. We've got these firecracker feminas online, shaking their groove thing to dhol beats in outfits that would make even Kareena Kapoor blush (gasp!). And guess what? They're raking in the moolah for it! Now, I'm all for breaking the bangles and doing your thang, but is this the "thang" that'll get featured on our next Republic Day parade? It's enough to make a grown man question his chai intake.
But the real head-scratcher is the fam behind these, ahem, energetic dancers. Let's talk about the dads, bless their samosas. Imagine settling down for your daily dose of Saas-Bahu after a long day, only to be greeted by your little princess - the one you taught to do Surya Namaskars and differentiate between ghee and vanaspati - twerking like a possessed sprinkler on Holi. There she is, navel on full display, moves that would put Govinda to shame, and you're supposed to do what? Crack open a Limca and yell, "Wah, beta!"? The mind boggles faster than a lost pigeon in Chandni Chowk.
And the brothers? Don't get me started. Picture this: You're scrolling through Insta, innocently checking out pictures of Raju Srivastav, when BAM! There's your sister, the one you used to chase around the house with a badminton racket, looking like she auditioned for a Bollywood item song that got rejected for being "too much". Suddenly, that childhood vow of "rakhi ke liye jaan de dunga" takes on a whole new meaning. Do you like the video? Do you comment with a fire emoji? Do you just... call Panditji for a puja to ward off the evil eye?
Honestly, the future's looking more confusing than an instruction manual for putting together an IKEA bed. All I know is, these ladies better have some Ayurvedic insurance, because those dance moves are bound to break something - either the internet, societal norms, or maybe just a couple of ankles. So, buckle up Bharat, this Bollywood dance number is just getting started!
(P.S. Disclaimer: Strictly hypothetical scenario. No sisters or relatives shaking it online here. Just a concerned citizen with a rumbling stomach and a weakness for puns.)

I think that Sirius was successful in being the first person to escape from Azkaban because he had help from “magic at its deepest, its most impenetrable.”
When it comes to powerfully magically objects (sorcerer’s stone, deathly hallows), a witch or wizard can only truly possess/mastewield them if they are going to use them for the protection of others.
“But then I saw Peter in that picture . . . I realized he was at Hogwarts with Harry . . . perfectly positioned to act, if one hint reached his ears that the Dark Side was gathering strength again.”
His motive for escaping was in order to protect Harry, he seems to have cared more about Harry being safe than clearing his own name.
“It was as if someone had lit a fire in my head, and the dementors couldn’t destroy it. . . . It wasn’t a happy feeling . . . it was an obsession . . . but it gave me strength, it cleared my mind.”
Having a motive that was selfless and out of love is what “lit the fire in his head that the dementors couldn’t destroy.”
The only thing that I can think of that would throw a wrench in this theory is the fact that Sirius set out to protect Harry but with the intention of killing Wormtail. Maybe that second motive had not occurred to him until after he had escaped… I don’t want to start splitting hairs here lol.
Idk I just think there is a significance in Sirius’ driving force for wanting to escape Azkaban.

I see a lot people that post in frustration and worry that they’ll never be “good” at programming, so I wanted to ask for some feel good moments you’ve experienced on your journey to learning programming… I recently had a pretty awesome moment that boosted my confidence, in my programming ability and knowledge.
TLDR: Hobbiest, worked on a personal game project over a year ago, came back to it to improve it, and found my code was well organized, well written, easily adaptable and expandable. Made me realize the studying I have done actually stuck, and maybe I’m not as green as I thought. :-)
I am a complete hobbyist, I work on projects solely for the joy of learning a new skill that just so happens be making video games, which I grew up loving, but have never understood how to program.
I started learning Unity and C# during the tail end of the pandemic, and I quickly discovered I really enjoyed coding, and making games, but understood that, realistically, at 37 years old, I would not be changing careers, so just took the process at my own pace, I worked through the C# Players Guide(5th edition, I think) I completed almost every tutorial series on GameDev.TV that had to do with Unity or C#, and watched many topic specific videos on YouTube, Udemy and skillshare…on topics like AI, Pathfinding, Procedural Generation, ShaderGraph, 2D, 3D 2.5d…
Rick Davidson, Penny de Byl, Brackeys, CodeMonkey, Jason Weimann, Tarodev… amoung many others, have been my teachers. I have made many small tutorial projects, and a couple larger “intermediate/advanced” tutorial projects, but nothing that was really my own, I’d just been enjoying the process of learning and making simple fun games.
Well, a little over a year ago, March 2023, I decided it was time to start my own project. I had no delusions of grandeur, I had no plans on actually releasing anything. I just had an idea for a game, and I wanted to see if I could build it from scratch. So I did.
My game plays like a 2 player board game, Two Factions: Good Vs. Evil, both factions with Three races to choose from (Humans, Dwarves, or Elves, and Demons, Monsters or Undead) with dice rolling, a hex grid game board, different phases for each players turn, combat between units( a basic attack that did a predetermined amount of damage), the goal was to collect 7 “energy” nodes randomly scattered on the board, 3 on each side of the board and one on the center Hex.
Each side takes turns moving their 3 unit types (a collector, a warrior, and an Overseer), around the board, trying to eliminate the other players collector, and collect the nodes before the other player. If a collector is destroyed you have to use collected energy to span a new one. Its all set in a fantasy setting, and the scene is set to look as if your playing a board game in a medieval pub.
I did some really complex (at least to me) things too. Each match is set on a procedurally generated game board, set to look like the chosen game board environment (ie, grasslands, sand dunes/desert, volcanic wastes, wintesnow).
I built my own state machine to manage each players turn. With multiple states, an optional “magical misfire” state, that only occurs if the player rolls a 1 during collection.
I built my own Camera Managment system utilizing cinemachine, it’s simple but it keeps track of which camera is active, controls the camera movement for each players camera… etc.
I built my own player notification system, that allows for timed notifications system that both sends to notification panel for immediate display, and also a log for players to refer back to if needed.
I have multiple managers to keep things compartmentalized, and as OOP as possible.
I created multi base classes that all have numerous heirs, and came up with ways to make everything customizable and unique. Each player has a choice of 3 factions, all with their own UI, their own HomePieces, each unit is unique, and it looks pretty good because I have been using humble bundle since I started learning to get a very large collection of synty model packs, and high quality UI assets.
After 3 months. I had a working game loop, a very customizable game board generation system, and had pretty much accomplished what I set out to do. Everything in my initial development document had been implemented. However, the gameplay itself wasn’t very fun. It all worked and looked pretty good, but it just didn’t have any umph. (I have not added any “juice” either, so it was pretty stale) I decided I had reached the point where I was a little lost on where to take it. I had been spending A LOT of time working on it, 4-5 hours a day on top of my full time job working customer service at the airport. Yes, I was enjoying it, but I burnt myself out, and I started getting frustrated that I seemed to be stuck. I could not think of anything useful or fun to add. I had ideas, but I couldn’t think of how to implement them… and if I did try something new, I couldn’t work out how to get it to sync up with every thing else, and things just kept breaking. I thought “I’m too deep at this point, and I must have too much spaghetti in my code.”
I felt happy with where this project had ended, as it was complete, and everything I had put in my initial planning document was implemented and working…and, I was actually really proud of some of the systems, like the hex grid generator, and the procedural terrain generation, and all the ideas I had about how to initialize the whole thing and get it all working over multiple scenes, with multiple players… I learned a lot, and really enjoyed it over all. I was happy, but felt I had taken as far as I could. Even though I had ideas I wanted to do, like different actions for each unit, different spells for each faction type, etc.
As I said, I was feeling burnt out, I had enjoyed the process but, it had taken its toll. So I took a break from Coding. Not really knowing how long it would be.
I got really into Oxygen Not Included, and spent hundreds of hours building colonies, and trying to reach the temporal tear… I have yet to make it, sadly. I then spent a while playing My Time at Sandrock, and happily built up my workshop, while helping uncover the conspiracy of the stolen water, and returned the desert to a lush oasis… I played many other games in between as well, finding myself analyzing the mechanics, the presentation, the feel… Then the itch came back. I hadn’t even opened Unity in almost a year. I had had a lot of ideas in the in between. Specifically ideas about what I could do to improve the game I had created. So, I thought”I’ll try something simple, see what I remember…“
I found, it was like hardly any time had passed at all. I was a little fuzzy on some things, and I needed a few reminders of syntax and other small things that popped up, but any issues or forgotten techniques were quickly remedied and remembered.
However, I was nervous to revisit my game. I remembered how frustrated I was when I decided to take a break. I just KNEW I had too many dependencies, I just KNEW everything was spaghettified mess and I would be in a nightmare of refactoring to clean things up. Plus, I had read so many Reddit posts about revisiting code, even from just a couple weeks ago, and the programmer not remembering anything about it… like they couldn’t even remember writing it, let alone what it did… So I thought it would be a futile experiment to try and improve my game.
But, I was curious if I could improve things, and add some of the ideas I’ve had. So, I opened up the project, and played my game for the first time in almost a year. I noticed a few issues right away, remnants of my final attempts to improve my game while at the end of a burnout, that I frustratingly couldn’t figure out how to fix at the time. Like the player pieces spawning in the wrong rotation (facing away the opposite of where they were supposed to face.) or the game board generation, if the board wasn’t viable, it was supposed to reset and start over to generate a new board… it was, but the finalization of the regenerated game board wasn’t receiving a certain list of prefabbed terrain tiles, and would spawn those as null, so nothing would appear, where there was supposed to be a terrain tile. So I decided tackle those two issues first.
I dove into the code… and to my surprise, where I expected to find a mess of random variable names, or confusing methods, that do multiple tasks, creating a grid of confusion… I found logical code that made sense. Properties were named in a way that I knew exactly what they were for and what they contained, I could follow the path way of calls and understood what was happening, where.. it had been almost year and I hadn’t even looked at this code, and I understood what was going on. I refactored/rewrote a few areas, and got the unit spawning rotation and the generation reset issues resolved. Surprised at how well I was understanding my old code. I decided to be a little bolder, and rework how moving the players units worked. Originally during the movement phase, the player would roll a D6 and could move each of its units, any number of spaces up to their dice roll, on the board. I wanted the different units to feel more unique, each with their own “stats” as it were, so I added a few variables, reworked a few lines of code, and soon enough I had the movement I was liking for, each unit with its own distance, no dice roll needed. Also, it was fairly easy. I was able to make the adjustments to the code and get the results I wanted without breaking things, without effecting any other aspect of the game, as intended, in a way that made total sense working with the other systems. I am now fairly certain that my frustration and inability to get the result I wanted or expected, was due to burning myself out, by not prioritizing my mental health over my enjoyment of coding.
I have since begun work on improving my game again, in earnest. With a healthier work/life/coding fun balance. I have been working for a couple more months since picking it back up. And I have been able to implement entirely new systems, such as a gamePieceAction system that allows each unit to have unique attacks and abilities, Allows for different types of ability use during the different phases of the turn, so collectors can have collection abilities, were warriors have combat abilities, and each players home can have support abilities like healing units, buffing units, etc…
I have added a FogOfWar system that disallows the players to see each others moves, and I have come up with a lot of ideas for how to improve things, and it’s all working and fitting together without causing a huge headache and without having to refactor half the code to work, my initial attempt was actually pretty good, and I am able to implement the ideas that I think will make it more fun, maybe I’ll get it to a point that I can share it for others to play too, and I am excited to be back to doing something I truly enjoy. Thanks for reading!

I've been talking to my therapist again about my limerent episodes, especially the latest / current one, and at the suggestion of my therapist about the possibility of telling my LO my feelings for them and asking if they have feelings for me. I don't expect anything to happen between us because we are both in relationships, and because we work together. But I need to know that it's not all in my head - or that it is all in my head. I need to know if the things she said and did, that fueled my limerence for over a year now, if anything was intended or if I misinterpreted them. If I read too much into things and if what happened was just a fantasy I created, that's ok - I can take the rejection, I can deal with the fact that I created a fantasy, and I can work on myself. But right now I can't do any of that because I feel stuck - I can't move on and I can know what I need to do while there is still any type of uncertainty.
At this point, I am willing to burn bridges. I really like her as a friend, and I wish we can still be friends. But if asking her what her intentions are with me - which my therapist says is my right - makes her angry enough to never speak to me again, then I am ready to live with that.
So... I walked her to her car today, after an after-work event. It was weird that I asked her to walk her to her car, and she noticed, because I never asked her before if I could do that. She looked surprised - in my head, she was scared I was going to bring the topic up, but of course I have no way of knowing that. And I immediately realised I would not have the courage to tell her because I didn't know what to say, what words to use. My mind was blank, my heart was racing. I just wasn't ready. Which was a good thing that I realised that, because I was in the moment, I was listening to my body and my needs, analysing my level of comfort. And now I know that if I am really going to do this, I need to feel comfortable. I need to rehearse it beforehand and do some role playing with my therapist or with a friend. It wasn't the right time or moment, I was too nervous, she looked nervous too, and she had to leave, so I wouldn't have enough time to have a proper conversation. I feel like I still want / need to do it, but I am not feeling guilty or angry at myself for not going through it today - which was something that I would have felt in the past with other LOs - so I am proud of myself for that. And even if it was an awkward situation, and I felt a bit ashamed at the moment, I am not really ashamed of myself because I still think it's my right to know.
We talked a bit about work, we said goodbye and hugged, I went back to the event and continued to have fun, even though I was so nervous and wanted to cry right there in front of everyone else. I didn't - I came home, I wrote my thoughts down, shed a tear or two, and now I am going to put some relaxing music or meditation, and try and sleep a restful night because tomorrow is another day.

Hello everyone, I think I've messed up. I created an Apple account using an American VPN, a random address (that doesn't even exist), and a non-existent phone number, all just to try to download the new version of ChatGPT... I logged into this Apple ID on my iPhone to activate it, and now I'm stuck with it. If I try to log out or remove Find My iPhone, I get the error "Apple ID is not active." It could have been worse because it's not my main Apple ID that got disabled, that one works perfectly. Do you have any solutions? Is resetting it a good idea? I can provide the receipts for my phone if needed.

It’s come to a lot of our attention that there’s a lot of knock off kits being posted in the subreddit lately, and i’d like to shed a little more info rather than just keep removing posts without much explanation on how to avoid this.
On the vast majority of sites, there is a ton of art theft happening. Reborn artists make these babies by hand with clay, and send them to be created into vinyl, and use YEARS of their time and money creating these babies, only for large companies with no morals to steal their art, and create cheap, TOXIC vinyl versions of these dolls. Creating these exposes toxins not only the workers being forced to make these but the person owning it, and a lot of the time they’re being given to children. I see a lot of people paying upwards of $300 for knock offs, and you can find very gorgeous babies for a fraction of the price.
If the photos of the baby is prototype like, and under $800 avoid it! prototype photos with prices of $100-300 is 100% a scam, i included some examples of things to totally avoid that are big indications of scams. If it looks too good to be true, it is.
Reborns.com is one of the only 100% safe route when buying babies , the owner of the site is amazing and doesn’t allow things like that on the site. You can type in whatever pricing you want and there’s many VERY cute budget babies, and a lot of artists offer payment plans! Etsy has a ton of scams going on right now, i avoid etsy almost completely now when it comes to buying babes but Siliconesnugglebaby has very affordable full body silicones, have personally purchased 3 from her! Mindiasbabydolls has very cute affordable reborns, i at once had 5 of her babies! LittleDreamersUs is also a very good one, i got my spencer baby and their painting is absolutely gorgeous.There’s also many very talented artists in this group alone you could ask, our owner of the group is one and she makes very sweet babies that are beautifully priced. There are facebook groups that I personally have bought and sold through, i’ll tag some photos of those groups. Make sure you ask the person for security photos , and references for who they’ve sold or traded to, and follow up with those people as well. I’ll include links for you guys in the comments.
all etsy photos included are scams, reborns.com photos are to give you some examples of budget babies, facebook groups are some reputable sources for buying budget babies
Don’t get scammed and enjoy your beautiful babies!

Please, I just need advice. My home is by no means a bad place at all, but I just can’t remain living here. I have absolutely no where else to go because I still rely on my mom to take me everywhere, including my place of work. I’m trying to get a bike but things just keep popping up. I 100% need to buy from a reliable brand, such as Fuji, because I have to bike to college everyday starting August, which is nearly an hour away. My mom wants me to buy clothes for a trip to Europe I payed off during my senior year, and that would be nice, but I just can’t afford much anymore. But onto the context behind the advice I need: When I was 14, I wanted a kitten more than anything. I was really isolated then and did everything possible to get one, even things I’m not proud of. Eventually I did end up going to the shelter to get a kitten, but there weren’t any available and I ended up taking a puppy home. I loved this puppy. He still is my baby. He was 2 months old when I got him. At the time, my dad was living with my family and he was extremely abusive. My dog would never leave my side because I was so scared something would happen to him, so scared he would nip my dad and cause my father would lose it, but there wasn’t anything I could do. My fears came true when puppy started pissing everytime he saw my dad. When he was around 3 1/2 months old, my parents got divorced. My father couldn’t handle it and forced my siblings and I to go with him to Alabama in his small truck. I was devastated when I couldn’t bring my puppy. My mom promised to take care of him. She promised. After about a month in, my dad decided to make a trip to Ohio without anyone knowing to see my mom, but I caught him leaving at 7:00 a.m. and that’s how I ended up going back with him. A little background info, we had three other animals (2 other dogs, and a cat). As we were arriving, I saw that none of our lights were on, which was already a red flag as the kitchen light above the sink was ALWAYS on. I already had a sinking feeling in my stomach that something was wrong. All of the doors were locked and my mom’s car wasn’t in the driveway. I stood on my dad’s shoulders as I used a shovel to pry a low window open, climb in, and unlock the front door for my dad. I focused on unlocking the door and didn’t bother turning on the lights, but our Great Dane (the oldest of the three dogs) met me in her excitement. When he got in, we turned on the lights and it was horrible. 2 emaciated puppies in a cage filled with shit, crying to be let out. Shit all over the bottom floor of our house. I let the puppies out and ran upstairs to find that out cat didn’t have any food or water, mind you she was 8 at the time. We actually just ended up putting her down at 12 around 2 weeks ago. Well, all of this was just the beginning. It left my dog with severe food aggression. The first experience I handled was when I accidentally dropped a piece of chicken at the top of the stairs and when I was reaching to get it from me dog, he went ballistic and attacked my hand. I’d cry over that for a long time, but I wouldn’t give up on him. He ran away constantly. Bit. And did a lot more that would make him a “bad dog,” but he wasn’t ever a bad dog. He really wasn’t. That same night I found our animals, I had no choice but to go back to Alabama. My dad didn’t care. I begged to stay, but at the end of the day, my siblings were still in another state alone. I called my mom, who didn’t know we were in Ohio, crying, asking why she’s been lying to me about being home. She’d sent pictures to prove she was there, but I knew she wasnt. We all came back that next day after being kicked out of our aunt’s place. Fast forward a few weeks, we move in a trailer park around an hour and 1/2 away from my original home. We obviously brought my puppy, but we also brought my mom’s Great Dane. My mom was gone before I left school to work. I was alone with both of these dogs everyday and it was hard. Hard to walk either dog, both of which weren’t trained. My puppy was my priority. I could get into a lot more, but fast forward a few years, and I’m 18 now. My dog is doing great. My mom selfishly got a husky puppy 3 days after we put our cat down, and it’s making it hard on my dog. Her new husky bites him relentlessly and won’t get out of my dog’s face. The Great Dane hasn’t been here for a few years now, because my dad ended up moving in with us briefly and let her outside to go potty without a leash attached and she ended up biting a dog. She was sent to live on an actual farm, and she’s thriving. But that means my dogs been alone for years as the only dog. Aside from being great, his biggest issue is recourse guarding. There has been a single “fight” but it was quickly split up and hasn’t happened again (mainly because I keep the dogs separated, which pisses off my mom). As I was saying earlier, I can’t handle living here anymore. The fighting is constant and I just don’t think I can forgive her for anything. My uncle who is now living with us is truly a piece of shit. I don’t want to see my dog go back down the whole. For the first few years of his life, my mom wouldn’t help with anything. She told me I couldn’t go anywhere, that it wasn’t her job to watch him. Ever. My sister willing watches him all the time, but my mom will still get onto me about it not being her job. Recently, though my father is shitty, I went to stay with him because he was offering to give me $100 for my grad. Ceremony (and I needed the money). I told my mom that my dog couldn’t go, because I promised myself I’d never put my dog in danger again. I love him more than anything, but I don’t know how long I can do this. All of this. I refuse to get rid of him, part not being able to and part being selfish. I don’t know what I’ll do when college starts and I can’t afford a bike, meaning I can’t go full time to eventually get my own place. My only dream was to live with my dog, in a place of our own that we could call home, but that dream is getting more distant by the day. I don’t want to cry anymore. I don’t want years of this hopelessness. I want to get myself out of this bad situation. But I don’t have anyone.

I can't find chapter 111 here on Reddit, but I swear I was reading it a few seconds ago. Can someone send me a link to the chapter pages? Maybe I can link them together and create a link to make the reading process easier for you. .......... Another thing, does anyone know the status of this manhwa or the history of the next chapter's pictures? I'm new here. I completed this manhwa a few seconds ago and I'm excited for what's to come.

I’ve put myself back out there to date whilst being honest about where I’m at with my last relationship on Hinge (dating app). I always had the feeling at some point I’d come across my ex on there too and bam. Getting home after work this evening it happened. I saw her.
She’s even used a picture I took of her that she knows was incredibly special to me and one taken on a break to celebrate my birthday. I think that’s pretty low and self indulgent - it is a beautiful picture. And she knows I loved the picture so much.
Hurt. Felt hot and scared. But there is a certain acceptance that she’s out there probably meeting others. Although her tales of having been on there before were pretty funny and slightly tragic. Fuck this sadness, I’ve been feeling it for so long now. I need to let it go.

A very good friend of mine is a very religious Muslim. He told me that he believes if you value something and believe it is something worth preserving you should study the history of how those things die. He told me he believes that in the USA Christianity has not died so much as it has become hollow. The more I think about it the more I think he is right. In the USA atheists do better on basic bible literacy tests then Christians do. This is unsurprising when you find out that only 28% of Christians say the regularly study the bible for direction. More than four-in-ten Catholics in the United States (45%) do not know that their church teaches that the bread and wine used in Communion do not merely symbolize but actually become the body and blood of Christ. About half of Protestants (53%) cannot correctly identify Martin Luther as the person whose writings and actions inspired the Protestant Reformation, which made their religion a separate branch of Christianity. When you look at the numbers the conclusion seems to be that most Christians don't know the basics of their own religion, don't spend very much time learning about their religion, don't look to the bible for direction, and know less about the bible then atheists. a lot of Christians spend a lot of time complaining about how colleges are indoctrinating their kids and leading them away from god. My response is what did you expect to happen when you never instilled any value of religion in your children, never bothered to teach them the basics of Christianity, and sent them out into the world. They most likely don't even know as much about their religion as the people trying to talk them out of it no wonder their minds are so easy to change. I wish Christianity was a stock because the ROI I would get on shorting it would be insane. I am not even christian so from an outsiders perspective it baffles me how people could care so little for something that if true would be the most important thing in anybody's life.

Hey!
I've been single for 6 years and I've decided to do something about it! I've tried a couple of dating apps in the past and quite frankly they suck. I've posted on here a lot over the last few years and met some cool, and some not so cool, people so now here I am rewriting my post again to see who else is around!
I'm 26 and from South East England. Physically, I'm fat (cuddly 😛) I've got short brown hair, blue/greyish eyes, a nose, 2 arms, 2 legs, and all that usual stuff. I'm also 6'3 so if you fancy sitting on my shoulders and seeing what the weather's like up here then I'm definitely up for it! I'm pretty strong as well so even if you're "cuddly" I'll still most likely be able to get you up there 💪 I wouldn't say no to you doing the same for me either, but there's a 110% chance you'll be crushed if you try so I'll definitely have to make you sign a waiver or something 😛
Pictures are available on request, although if you're the type to ghost immediately after seeing my face then I will spend the evening sad in bed so don't do that 😒
Personality wise, I'm pretty shy and quiet in person until I get to know someone well. The MBTI test says I'm an INTJ and the description seems to fit fairly well, although it also says I have the same personality as Gandalf so I guess it could definitely be worse. Relationship wise I can be quite dorky and weird when I'm with someone I know well enough. I'm also a massive fan of cuddles so hopefully you like them as much as me!
In my free time, I do quite a lot of gaming, although not as much as I used to. I've got a massive box of films and TV shows that I'm gradually working my way through. It's mostly horror and sci-fi films at the moment, and I could definitely do with someone else to cuddle up and watch them with! I'm also into Warhammer 40k, but I haven't built or painted anything for ages so I've mostly got a cabinet full of grey plastic at the moment... I would like to do some travelling to tick things off my bucket list, but travelling alone is never as much fun as having someone to go with! I'm currently looking into a trip to Svalbard, but a lot of the activities have a minimum of two people so it'd be even less fun to travel there alone!
For other discussion topics, I've got a soft spot for anything paranormal or conspiracy theory related, anything science related, or pretty much anything else you can think of!
So who am I looking for? Well;

• Preferably someone in the UK (especially down in the South East), I can drive so basically anywhere in the country is fairly easy to get to.
• I don't mind if you're from abroad, but please speak good English, and preferably be from somewhere with not too big of a time zone difference, unless you're awake at odd hours of course!
• Physically I don't really have a "type". Anything from normal up to thicc with 5 c's is fine by me. I'm totally not bothered by height, even if somehow you're taller than me. I would say I have a thing for more "alt" types though so if that's you then you should definitely message! (Although you totally should even if you're not).
• Overall I'm just looking for someone kind, caring, and non-judgemental who actually wants to talk to and spend time with me as much as I want to talk to and spend time with them.

If you've made it this far and like the sound of me, congratulations! Come and message me for a free cookie!

Hey!
I've been single for 6 years and I've decided to do something about it! I've tried a couple of dating apps in the past and quite frankly they suck. I've posted on here a lot over the last few years and met some cool, and some not so cool, people so now here I am rewriting my post again to see who else is around!
I'm 26 and from South East England. Physically, I'm fat (cuddly 😛) I've got short brown hair, blue/greyish eyes, a nose, 2 arms, 2 legs, and all that usual stuff. I'm also 6'3 so if you fancy sitting on my shoulders and seeing what the weather's like up here then I'm definitely up for it! I'm pretty strong as well so even if you're "cuddly" I'll still most likely be able to get you up there 💪 I wouldn't say no to you doing the same for me either, but there's a 110% chance you'll be crushed if you try so I'll definitely have to make you sign a waiver or something 😛
Pictures are available on request, although if you're the type to ghost immediately after seeing my face then I will spend the evening sad in bed so don't do that 😒
Personality wise, I'm pretty shy and quiet in person until I get to know someone well. The MBTI test says I'm an INTJ and the description seems to fit fairly well, although it also says I have the same personality as Gandalf so I guess it could definitely be worse. Relationship wise I can be quite dorky and weird when I'm with someone I know well enough. I'm also a massive fan of cuddles so hopefully you like them as much as me!
In my free time, I do quite a lot of gaming, although not as much as I used to. I've got a massive box of films and TV shows that I'm gradually working my way through. It's mostly horror and sci-fi films at the moment, and I could definitely do with someone else to cuddle up and watch them with! I'm also into Warhammer 40k, but I haven't built or painted anything for ages so I've mostly got a cabinet full of grey plastic at the moment... I would like to do some travelling to tick things off my bucket list, but travelling alone is never as much fun as having someone to go with! I'm currently looking into a trip to Svalbard, but a lot of the activities have a minimum of two people so it'd be even less fun to travel there alone!
For other discussion topics, I've got a soft spot for anything paranormal or conspiracy theory related, anything science related, or pretty much anything else you can think of!
So who am I looking for? Well;

• Preferably someone in the UK (especially down in the South East), I can drive so basically anywhere in the country is fairly easy to get to.
• I don't mind if you're from abroad, but please speak good English, and preferably be from somewhere with not too big of a time zone difference, unless you're awake at odd hours of course!
• Physically I don't really have a "type". Anything from normal up to thicc with 5 c's is fine by me. I'm totally not bothered by height, even if somehow you're taller than me. I would say I have a thing for more "alt" types though so if that's you then you should definitely message! (Although you totally should even if you're not).
• Overall I'm just looking for someone kind, caring, and non-judgemental who actually wants to talk to and spend time with me as much as I want to talk to and spend time with them.

If you've made it this far and like the sound of me, congratulations! Come and message me for a free cookie!

While some get amazing results from HT's and can get down to NW1 even, I feel for most HT's create at best the illusion of a hairline, of not being thin or bald and for some, the grafts will never be there to even give good density.
Are there any secret or not secret methods to top up this illusion, the add to the the perceived thickness of the hair?
Obviously hair fibres are one and I use them a lot.
But aside from that are there any products that thicken hair? Or that can lower the distinction in colours between skin and hair?
Oils? Hair sprays? Cremes to make the skin shine less through the thin hair?

Hey all!
I’m running into this problem where my tracks feel like they take too long to ‘get to the point’. I listen to professional tracks in the same genres (darksynth/synthwave/French house/electro-house) and they can be 4-6 minute tracks that feature 4 or 5 sections (sometimes more) that feel complete and distinct, like they don’t overstay their welcome but also aren’t so short that they feel like they end abruptly. Then when I go to arrange my tracks I feel like I can only fit in two or maybe three complete sections in the same span of time. My sections don’t necessarily feel excessively long (maybe a little boring or stale by the end, but I feel like that mostly comes down to needing to add more movement and adding/removing elements), but it feels like my tracks just aren’t ‘compositionally efficient’ enough. Like I’m taking too long to convey the main idea of each section, or even just taking too long to actually build up to that main idea.
Any tips for how to solve this? How long do you typically make each section of your tracks? Do you tend to use the same instruments in each section, or do you swap them in and out and create a more dynamic feel? Any tricks to make each section feel more complete and/or distinct (tempo/key/chord progression changes?)
Thanks in advance for any insight y’all have!
(For reference, my SoundCloud is here: https://on.soundcloud.com/8dcfpbuWQJWc9zMfA. I’ve only been doing music production for around half a year or so, and I know that I have a lot of work to do to improve my sound design/mixing/arrangement skills overall).

Platform(s): Web browser
Genre: 2D Exploration with a focus on 2D Point and Click Puzzle (with a tone of horror)
Estimated year of release: 2012-2019
Graphics/art style: Dark and mysterious. Art style wasn't pixelated. It was fairly detailed to where I could clearly make out the character's facial expression and approximate age.
Notable characters: You control a teenage girl with orange/red hair wearing a white robe with modern shoes (she has a nonplussed look on her face). She was the only character featured in the demo.
Notable gameplay mechanics: Story is you are taking part in a type of trial imposed on you by your religious community (most likely a cult). If you can't complete it, its implied you'll die.
During gameplay, you are confined to a small room with a door (elevator maybe) leading up, a puzzle in the center, and a dooelevator leading down to the next level. When near the puzzle, you would interact with it and the screen would change to zoom in on it; from there, you used the mouse. I believe the puzzles were a type of sliding puzzle, where there were crisscrossing tracks (think train tracks, but indented) you could move the circular pieces with a symbol on them along the tracks and match them up with other symbols. I feel like I'm missing a crucial detail with the mechanics as the puzzles could be fairly difficult. The puzzles had a gold hue to them.
On the ground, you can find documents talking about various things, like letters of support addressed to previous trial takers and notes from trial takers (it's implied that the trial might be rigged to silence some people). There would be collectables on the ground and laying on top of the puzzles that you can just click to collect (it hints that these can lead to an escape from the cult). One of the collectibles you'd often find was red, maybe a gem or feather?
At one point, one of the puzzles has a piece of paper on it saying the puzzle is broken and you can go to the next floor. If you tear off the paper, it reveals the puzzle can be completed and doing this can aid you in escaping the cult.
Other details:
The game was a free demo for a full game that was either already out or would be out soon (I can't remember where it was going to be sold though). I believe I played the demo on a game site like Newgrounds, Kongregate, etc, though I tried looking on Newgrounds and couldn't find it.

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