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From IMDb - Adventures of Huck Finn - In Missouri, during the 1840s, young Huck Finn fearful of his drunkard father and yearning for adventure, leaves his foster family and joins with runaway slave Jim in a voyage down the Mississippi River toward slavery free states.
2024-188 / Zedd MAP: 55.68 / MLZ MAP: 40.50 / Score Gap: 15.18
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From IMDB - The Sandlot - In the summer of 1962, a new kid in town is taken under the wing of a young baseball prodigy and his rowdy team, resulting in many adventures.
I rolled out of bed, took a few minutes to wipe the sleep out of my eyes, get that cup of coffee every new sunrise offers, and sat down in my trusted armchair - Mrs. Lady Zedd pushed play and The Adventures of Huck Finn hit the screen. I guess we’re doing this now - Morning Movies, well - I can bring the movie on whenever.
MLZ is a woman possessed - she’s been driving the big numbers we’ve been making this month: these two make #30 and #31 for the month ((damn)), we’re moving right along. If I’m being honest, I always associated movie watching with myself but Mrs. Lady Zedd is a cinephile’s cinephile. You’d have to get up pretty early in the morning to actively engage motion pictures like she does. She’s interested in any genre and I can’t even make that claim.
Neither of us had seen this incarnation of Huck Finn and it’s pretty much a pedestrian look at the life and times of a kid from a very different walk of life and time… but aren’t we just the same? That seems to be the message of any movie pushing Americana at its core. Nothing wrong with that (per se) but my “propaganda” button goes off at times like these.
“I don’t know why,” I say, “but this movie feels like *The Sandlot - the way it’s put together, the syrupy dialog and the clarity of the picture.” MLZ hmms and ya, see thats as I’m talking. It’s not about the story but the way the story is being told. Wide-eyed look back - that overwhelming feeling that the good old days were then, not now. Maybe it’s just me but I suggest we watch The Sandlot next and she readily agrees.
It’s while I’m filling in The Sandlot’s particulars that I spy (with my little eye) both films are from 1993. Ain’t that just the way. I’m filling in my form and am halfway through the cast when I wonder when each were in the theater? If I had to guess, I’d say Sandlot is pure early summer - Huck Finn could be fall?? I check: Sandlot is April 1, 1993 / Huck Finn is April 2, 1993. ((Blink-blink)) I just stare off in space… guess we picked well, from a date standpoint.
I pull up 1993 in the MCC because I wonder - there’s another motion picture I’d throw into a “feels like this” pile, and there it is: Matinee. “Huh” I say out loud - MLZ says, “Sounds about right.” and that’s when all hell broke loose.
The doorbell rang (despite all sorts of signs asking delivery drivers not to) and the dogs straight up go berserk. There are scratch marks above the top of the door - these pups are serious where the doorbell is concerned. The delivery? The very last Disney Movie Club order (this time for real). I’ll post pictures.
As we come to the end of the second film, I have to ask myself - how would either of these movies landed on me if I was 8 in 1993 (instead of 1979). I’m not sure - both movies share an insipid “the way we were” element, a fake history that I’ve always had a mild allergic reaction too. The kids in ‘79 were all hopped up on the future - NASA, and men walking on the moon, and Star Wars, and Tron… everyone I knew couldn’t hardly wait for what the future would hold… if I could broadcast a message from now to then, I’d simply say, “Live for the moment, the future is pretty shit.”
I asked Mrs. Lady Zedd what she thought and she said, “I think you get way too philosophical about everything.” A long blank stare later, I say about the movies. She said both were “fine”. Elijah Wood was more that cute as Huck, you can see he was already developing as an actor.
As for The Soundlot she gave me that fake smile she gives when something didn’t sit well with her. “The over the top of the movie narration just popped my movie bubble - every - damn - time.” She said it was so awkwardly done, so poorly written, so defectively slapped in there, it’s a brown patch in an otherwise “meh” apple.
I’m left to scratch my head. Things can change over time and my MAP dropped significantly since our last viewing in 2021. I normally look up past write ups to make sure I’m not just restating what’s already been said but I know for a fact that won’t be the case. I’d developed some nostalgia for the movie based on our neighborhood’s regular July 4th block party. The guy down the street played The Sandlot on his garage door every year before the fireworks got started.
Our neighborhood had changed a great deal since the pandemic. People moved on, new (less friendly) people moved in. I hate to say it but politics have transformed things as well. I think many of you will recognize what I’m saying. No more 4th of July (or any other) block parties.
What’s the opposite of nostalgia? Sad sentiments, I guess. We’ll be gone from here sooner than later, I hope something positive will come of our time in Texas - some hidden cause to smile, later, when I think back.
Movie on.

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I have a question about folding phone screen protectors. I have a Razr Plus, and it has a bunch of scratches on the screen protector.
Are replacement screen protectors for folding phones different? Does Amazon make any good ones? The ones from Motorola or Samsung can often last a year plus, I guess I'm wondering if ones on Amazon will do the same?
Most screen protectors I've used on non-folding phones, they will have issues even with a slight bend to the phone, or if the screen curves. I just find it hard to believe that a $10 screen protector on Amazon can come close to the manufacturer ones with folding ones.
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i’m going to make this as informative but also short as possible. Two years ago today, I (22F) had seen a suspicious text on my boyfriend (27)s phone. I opened his phone and to my dismay I found Grindr as one of his recently used apps. It came as an utter shock to me, because we had been together a year and a half at this point, lived together, and had been through a serious car flipping car accident 2 months prior. He was sending nudes and talking to a guy while at work that day. I called off of work, but was supposed to work that evening when he came home. In these messages he told the guy exactly when he worked until, and — like i said sent nudes of himself to this stranger. My heart broke and I pretty much disconnected from the relationship then. I confronted him, cried my eyes out, and he said to me “can you look less heartbroken about it?” Told me he never planned on hooking up, it was just a “fantasy thing” he’d jerk off to, and move on.
We moved on - tried to at least. And he went on to download grindr again behind my back at least two more times. I discovered this by going through his phone at random times. He wasn’t honest, and said the “text verification code was from Sonic”, (and at first my dumbass believed him til i later put two and two together and remembered just a few months prior what happened).
The latest occurrence was January. I found him on gay 4Chan porn. While porn is not bad, he had told me before he “swore off all porn except for the stuff we’ve made,” so the fact he was lying to me - and seeking out men again just hurt me again. Ever since then I haven’t had any issues with him and porn, nor do I really care at this point. I’ve been hurt so many times. So why stay? Because we both know I have nowhere to go.
I can’t drive, my knees are messed up from the accident so I am “transportation reliant.” My father told me i’m never invited back home “no matter what,”. And my mother is an unstable addict.
I know it’s on me to get out of this situation, but yesterday was the two year anniversary. To see what little progress I’ve made (due to unforeseen circumstances and the fact we’ve tried to make it work but he keeps FUCKING UP!) is really bringing me down. I really do not know where to go from here besides to keep saving money. I live in a state where Rent for a 1Bdrm (no utilities) is $800 a month at the least. If i’m transportation dependent, i need to factor in lyft/uber as monthly costs too. Currently in school, student loans will need paid back. As for the car, (another thing i’ll have to pay eventually), I have to get surgery to repair my knees - which insurance doesn’t seem to want to approve yet.
I hope he doesn’t cheat on me again , I can’t imagine how it’ll turn out for him or me. He’s already done it 4 times!

Context :
I'm 15 years old and my girlfriend 14 years old, about a 6 month difference. I would say that we are pretty mature for our age, although ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
I've known her for about 2 years, although we actively started talking last summer, we were never officially together due to the fact that she doesn't like labels, although I'll refer to us as "together" as its easier to define it like that, we were together till about the end of November, then we split up due to the fact that she had lost feelings. Then, she messaged me a few months later and we met in real life to talk about the reason and why we actually split up, and her reasoning was that she has commitment issues due to her dad, and she became scared due to it becoming too serious, then she started pulling away, and the reason that she messaged me cause her "views" had changed on life, and that she was previously unhappy with her life, but that now she's happy and she originally thought that she didn't care that we split up, but she realized that I actually meant alot to her, and now we are speaking again, and closer than before. We have made it a more "healthier" relationship and have started discussing any problems that appear.
And when we started talking again we had a very in-depth discussion about what we expect from eachother, and our boundaries, and she mentioned she wants something serious. Although we didn't go too in-depth on the details
Situation :
I recently tried asking her if she wanted to be "together" she didn't give a response, but we started discussing it and she says she doesn't like labels, and that she's scared of making a commitment, cause what if something happens, just like last time and she hurts me again. Then I brought up that nothing would change if we "officially" put a label on it, but then she says why do we need to? Then she started saying how it's currently fun, and she wants to keep it that way.
Simply put we are in a relationship, without it being a relationship with a label, we are emotionally close, physically close, I've met her mom and we are chill, and her mother occasionally calls me over to do some jobs and if me and my girlfriend are ever speaking in their yard, she comes out and gives us jobs to do, like plant carrots or buy something from the store, AND I met her dad yesterday (although her father isn't the best father, and emotionally abuses her, and her sister, and mother.
She occasionally says something like "If we ever get married..." "If we ever have kids..." although I'm not sure she is 100% sure of it, and well no one can be, but I really want me and her to work out, and I think its possible, as my mom and dad have known each other since 12 years old, although those were different times.
and when we were speaking previously, before we split up, we had discussions about our future, and what we want, and I was include in that. Although she, and her views have changed significantly since that, and I'm not sure if it's better or worse for this situation, and we haven't had the chance to have 1 very important conversation which we agreed to have when we started talking originally, and that conversation is about our separate futures, and what we want to achieve in our life.
She also mentioned, that if we were together in the future that, there just wouldn't be anything else to compare our relationship to, I assume it's well due to the fact none of us would have any "life experiences" which I totally understand, butttttt 😭
I'll try having a conversation with her tomorrow or next week, as she's busy Saturday and Sunday.
Please give me your perspective? I understand some of you may say "You're too young to understand" or something along those lines, but well I personally disagree.
I'll keep you all updated, if y'all are interested.
forgot to mention that, she has said that she wants her first time with me

Hello everyone! I have decided to leave my thoughts here, so whatever happens, happens, I just feel like I should do it somewhere. Oh my, I typed a lot, I'm not even confident enough that this will be read, but hey I've got nothing to lose. So, I'm a guy who just recently hit 20 and the ways I think and feel are changing and I am having difficulties because of that. This will be related to my feelings, thoughts and my wishes, the last part is something I'm not used to having. The main problem will be my father who is not supporting that. However I wouldn't say it's just some "disagreement" or anything, but something bigger. So I will leave some stuff I've been through and how I felt at those times. I hope someone can help or anything
Before school: I would be super talkative with the family and neighborhood kids, just being annoying and putting out some childlike opinions and just being a little loud burden when I'm comfortable. When I'm not, I'd just be the quiet kid I've been taught to be, not nice bothering grownups, they're scary
Elementary school: As a kid I never had too many friends, I always attached to that one person and was connected with them the most and it was enough for me. However I happened to have some silly luck where whenever I'd get attached to someone they would magically appear to move out of the country and I'd find a new friend and repeat the same cycle. Definitely didn't hang out with multiple people at once. Wasn't aware this was doing something to me. A lot of them were friends that played a lot of video games and I got into playing video games too. A bit too much perhaps because it would happen to delay everything, including my knowledge of everything till this very day. Both in elementary and high school I was a straight A, "gifted kid" and all that nerd stuff. Of course I did it all because I feared the reaction of my parents if I wasn't doing as good as I was supposed to. My mom was more understanding than my dad. I could always ask her things like "Would you still love me if I wasn't getting As?" and she would comfort me and all the good stuff. I was always afraid of my dad so I never had deeper talks with him. Even today, I have deep talks with my mom and love spending time with her but I can end up being all day alone with my dad and we share 20 words. But now not that much because of fear but because of habit I guess. My whole life goal at this stage was just not making him angry. I didn't have any hobbies, just burning through games and school books. When it was time to go to highschool, I picked some random school not directed into anything, (uhh I don't know the words, gymnasium? the school that has a little bit of everything, nothing specific, English is not my native language) it was kinda directed to coding but not really, I picked it because, hey I like games, this should be fun, I could make games.
Highschool: My habits have hit me, and I realized I'm not really engaging in healthy human activities so I have been so afraid of not being able to make friends. Because I usually spent my social time with one friend in my house or their house I didn't really know anything about my town or places or activities or whatever at the age of 15. I was scared of simply being too far behind on everything and that I couldn't make friends. However I happened to find some kid who was just like me and I clicked with him. Oh my, repeating the cycle, am I not? However I didn't want to repeat the cycle. And I wanted to go meet more friends from the class and see what's up, I'm tired of feeling like an outcast. I've been lucky and I've met some great guys where I've seen what it means to have self-respect, self-love, a backbone, goals, how you can rebel against things you find ridiculous and all the most insane of them all, ~confidence~. Thanks to being in that group of 5 friends, I've been taught so many things I should have known ages ago and I was able to feel okay around people, start going to the gym, going out in town, advancing even as far as going to different towns and trying out things I didn't feel comfortable thinking about before. Was able to talk to girls on a deeper level and had an embarrassingly late realization of "hey, they're human too!". Things I did were nothing too crazy ever, I still had my dad's ideals hanging over my head, so I never felt comfortable engaging in some things like drinking or going to parties out late (well, he wouldn't allow me to leave the house late anyways). Eventually I figured out I can just lie to him to make things less complicated by twisting the story a little bit, that's how I ended up going to another town. The first time I confronted him about something bigger, is when I wanted to go to another country on my own so I could meet up with my girlfriend at that time and I was tired of him not allowing me stuff and I just dropped my first ever assertive-ish sentence to him. "I want to ask you something but I don't want your answer to be no". He allowed me to, was taken aback though. That trip was one of the most beautiful experiences I've ever had in my life. I think he allowed me to only because it was a girl in question, and I wasn't really having girl friends in highschool, was scared because of all the generalization I've heard from my father and the relationship between my parents, and I truly wasn't excited about the whole idea of marriage. My dad is very traditional and he loves being in control of my life because he believes that a man should fully provide for his family, that he should simply deal with this deal with that, that a wife must obey him, that parents are most important no matter how they act yadda yadda. A lot of old thinking I never agreed with but couldn't do much about it anyways so let's just live I guess. However one thing I did continue in highschool is my addiction to video games. But then I stopped because I felt guilty for not studying and felt guilty for not learning about music or town areas all my friends know. So I started listen to music properly and I got hooked to it. This has grown into a bigger problem now and I'll go in the final stage of my life because I feel like this is so much text.
University: (if I say uni/college, I'm talking about the same thing, I don't know if there's a difference between the two words) Oh well, you remember how I said that the addiction is gonna make a problem? Well, I started studying engineering. Thanks to my high grades and me doing the entrance exam relatively well, I got into the "toughest college in the country". Now, the fun part is that now that I have to detach from listening to music for multiple hours a day and absolutely doing stupid dances and releasing my energy outside because I don't know what to do with it, I realized I never thought about what I loved... And, well let's just say I don't really know if engineering, nor coding was the way to go. Crisis time. However I don't like anything, what do I do I'm gonna lose my mind. Well, let's just try having friends? I met some of the most beautiful souls ever on this university and I have reached the point of being able to "be myself" and show the world my weirdness and all the goofy opinions and statements my mind creates. I go to that college sometimes just to see all those beautiful people again and again. They're serious about what they're doing and about their studies, I wish them the best, I really hope I don't negatively affect them. However, I tried to research a bit on what I might actually truly love. And after stumbling through life this last year while pretending everything's okay when dad asked, and telling the truth to my mom, I stumbled onto psychology. And well I have went to that college, to see the lessons and classes and wow, studying can be fun? So I'm thinking about finally taking a wrong turn on this path I was always meant to take from the beginning of my life, and follow this, just to see what's gonna happen. What's the purpose of pushing software engineering when I know I'll feel about it like any other job. I'm not money hungry anyways, I'm hungry for being fulfilled. I've confronted my dad about wanting to change my career, to which I've been called many names, been extremely judged for my choices and I've been told to cut off my hair and stop going to the gym as punishment (I'm not planning on listening to this). I've never been physically abused by my dad, but I'm scared if he's insane enough to do something to me now because he set me a timer of 7 days to cut off my hair. Oh yes btw, I always wanted to have long hair and he never agreed, I was too scared to ever do it. Recently I've changed my mind and he hates it so now he wants it gone. I'm genuinely concerned if he's gonna launch on me with scissors or something ridiculous. You see, even now I am so easily manipulated and controlled by fear and I'm sick and tired of that. That's probably the reason I never got out of religion, my fear is just too strong for me to do it. I dislike that, I wish I could transfer fear into love, I have never learned how to do that though. Will I always be like this? Will I always be a coward and just say "yessir" to everything? I don't want to anymore. I'm tired of being a puppet. I'm tired of having to prove I'm smart or capable or hardworking. I just want to have something with which I can say "I did this on my own, I committed to this, I wanted this" not "well it was good for me". I want to start following my heart and throw my brain out of the window. And now I'm scared of things like "what if I was wrong all along and he was right", "what if I don't find any jobs in this country because of this", "what if he throws me out of the house or starts abusing me". Well I don't know, but I feel like I want to commit to psychology, and I'm gonna do it, I'll be on my own, no ideals from other people, just me, and my wishes. But these words and all the things affect me a lot and they always have. And I get demotivated and stop caring about everything, which just makes my addiction to blasting music on my headphones and badly dancing even stronger. I'm scared of it happening again. But I've never been this sick of it all, I feel like I won't go down without a fight anymore. So I ask in the text once more, can I truly be broken beyond repair, or can I break all the chains tying me down? Because I want to know if I should just abandon all hope and embrace the tradition and insanity along with it, or just run and not look back.
If you have read all of this, I am very grateful to you, hopefully I have been collected enough to construct sentences that make sense, or that it all makes sense overall. Anything is appreciated. I love you all and wish you the best <3

25 year old male looking for more friends in my area. I do play games, mostly gta atm. But I do enjoy to be able to get out and hang out with friends and all and just talk and chat when I am home. I believe I am more of just a average build to myself. About 5 ft 8 with dirty blonde hair. I can be a little bit quite at first but once we get to know each other I can tend to be a little bit more outgoing. I just recently moved to the olympia area back on November from spokane WA. I am completely fine with both male and female for friends in both the online and local aspect. If anything more, I will put it out front that I am straight.

Pardon the new account, my accounts here have a habit of being deleted by me after I get creeped out on here. That being said I’m trying to change that and actually commit to an account. Still it makes no sense for me to be on reddit. It’s rarely worked in the past for meeting people and finding relationships, so why wouldn’t work now? Perhaps I’m just being stupid and trying the same thing over again. Either way my social circles will remain almost non existent and I shall remain single unless I size the initiative and attempt to change that. If this right now is enough to convince you to message me…. by all means, go right ahead. However it would be silly of me to not put some information about myself on here for you to make a more informed decision. I’m a 20 year old college guy from Maryland USA. I work part time in tech support at my college as well. I frequently enjoy gaming (mostly rpgs), reading (anything with a gripping story), hiking, most animals, walking my dog, tabletop role playing games, and attempting (and mostly failing) to meet people. I’m 6 foot even with short brown hair, blue eyes, and a dad bod. I am straight so those looking for a relationship are limited so women (I know it must be heartbreaking for some guys out there but that’s the way it is). Friends can be anyone on the other hand however. I’m pretty easy going so feel free to talk with me about almost anything. My in my real requirement for messing me is actually more of a preference and it’s that you are around my age (20). And now that I’ve rambled on for a while and probably put way to much effort into a post that probably my won’t go anywhere, I bid thee farewell and hope that you shall message me in my DMs!

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Is that something you can print off and carry around, or is there any other way to use it other than to have it as a thing they scan on your phone? My kid doesn’t have a smartphone, so I just want to make sure I don’t pull the trigger on buying it and then find out I can’t get it in a format he can use. (Though, to be fair, I’m also pretty worried that if it’s a printout, he’ll end up losing it or something will happen to it…but that’s another matter)
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I used to be phone-obsessed. I’m talking scrolling late into the night, scrolling in the bathroom, scrolling first thing in the morning. I’d instinctively check my pocket multiple times when out and about just in case it had gone missing. Like, not only did I rely on it for practical reasons, I’d probably feel some kind of anxiety separation if I didn’t have access to it.
Which is exactly how I realized it was time to get rid of it. I deleted Instagram, Facebook, and Snapchat accounts, cleaned out my inbox and camera roll, backed up everything worth saving to my desktop Mac (which stays in my room at all times), powered the iPhone down, and stuck it in a drawer, where it’s remained untouched for a few months now.
It was difficult at first. I’m Gen Z so most of my life has been phone-ful. There was so much extra silence—without checking notifs every few minutes, it felt like my friends didn’t exist. My birthday came and went, and the only “happy birthday”s came from those with whom I directly interacted; of those people, only a handful remembered. I constantly lost track of time, so I bought a watch. I googled directions before traveling to a new place and wrote them down on scrap paper, which I’d keep safely tucked between the pages of a growing journal collection, but I’d still get lost constantly. Multitasking was no longer an option as I could only do work when at home, in my room, connected to WiFi from my one virtual source.
However, these tedious differences improved the quality of my life DRASTICALLY. It felt as though hours of my day had been cleared up. I finally had time to lose myself in literature, crossword puzzles, cooking, and other hobbies without the pressure of the screen and virtual world waiting for my return. At night, I fell asleep much faster, and slept for much longer. I even found conversations with friends and acquaintances more interesting as I could fully invest myself. I started noticing things, like fragrances in the air, unlikely sounds; my sense of direction and handwriting both improved. I started writing letters (I now have two pen pals). Everything felt lighter, and the anxiety of not documenting everything—as I’ve grown to do over the years of the smartphone era—gradually abated.
I acknowledge that I am privileged to have access to a phone and the internet in the first place, and even more privileged to be able to give it up. Many need constant access to these things for their career or simply for survival. (I should mention that I am a college student, and my work this semester was completed from the computer, which obviously can’t travel with me). But I would strongly urge anyone on the fence about their phone addiction to give this a shot, even for a week or a month. Since working on myself, I’ve become aware of how energies shift in the presence of a phone; my friends walk and talk more slowly as their minds are split between real life and the social internet; my parents grow less present when they receive an alert. Yes, it’s cool that I found more contentment by becoming a Luddite, but in this day and age it’s ultimately impossible to remain this way forever. I feel sad knowing that this invention can’t be undone and that I never got to experience a world where nobody had access to their phones and instead made the most of real, tangible materials.
Btw, I’m not arguing that phones are bad or should be abandoned. They’ve done so much for us in terms of efficiency, employment, and communication. This has just been my (lucky) experience and I’m disappointed that this is the farthest I’ll get from the virtual world.

Ive been talking to this girl for 3 months and we really clicked. I lied about her being my girlfriend because I just really need some advice but we been talking/in the talking stage for 3 months and haven’t went on a date yet but our first date will be in a week and after this first one im not trying to wait another 3 months to see her again so i asked her could i see her more often and she said yes so I was really excited about that but she told me that due to her work schedule that I would have to plan a date a week to a month(depending on what it is) in advance. This news really does suck because I’ve waited 3 long months for her to get comfortable with me and now I can’t see her that often(if I’m lucky we could go out twice a week). It’s really upsetting because I really like this girl and I learned so much about her, we sleep on the phone every night, we play games together, watch movies together etc and I’m a spontaneous person so if I feel like doing something I want to get up and go but the whole planning a date like to go to McDonald’s is very upsetting for me like I know it’s hard but I find ways to make time for her I wish she could do the same. How do I make things work out with her?

This happened many years ago I think I was 11 at the time. Technically this would be more of a wrong person story than wrong number but same concept. So for context both of my parents are physicians. This story involves my mom ( who I will just refer to as Dr mom during the call for privacy protection) myself and the person on the end of the phone ( I didn’t catch her name so I will just call her patient ). So first I gotta make clear that I in no way am trying to blame anyone for this this was an honest mistake. Akward at the time but funny now. I should also note that apparently sometimes my mom and I sound alike on the phone so it could be that this was this patients first time talking to my mother on the phone. Point is this mistake could’ve happened to anyone .
So on this particular day my mother was on call and she had told me she was expecting a call from a patient and she didn’t want to miss it. Now I’m not sure how this happened, maybe patient ended up calling earlier than expected idk. But either case my mom’s phone goes off and at the time she was not in the room with it. Now I will say I honestly don’t remember if she had asked me to answer the phone and bring it to her if she wasn’t in the room with it or I did so voluntarily but I’m guessing it was the 2nd. So anyway I answer the phone with the intention of saying along the lines of “ hello, I’ll take you to my mother hang one one sec please ( yes I know tacky but I wasn’t trained still not to take those kind of calls it was best I could come up with, and of course I had no way of knowing for sure if this was the patient mom was expecting the call from ) . So I answer the phone but all I get to say is “ hello” then the following happens
Patient: Dr mom , my ( insert medical talk that I did not understand at all and even if did wouldn’t put for privacy reason)
Me: uh ma’am I
Patient : I need you to listen!! ( medical talk continues )
Now again I have no judgement and especially looking back now I imagine this woman was honestly scared and though I don’t know what she was saying if she felt something was severely wrong i absolutely understand why she would be frantic and honestly I’m sure if I could have offered help I would have but of course the best I could’ve said was “ use a bandaid “ ( which I did not say )
So meanwhile while she is trying to explain this medical thing that’s happening that i dont understand I’m searching around the house for my mom and im not finding her. Periodically I’d trying to say “ ma’m im not the doctor , my mom is the doctor i can give the phone to her “ but the lady was still frantically saying “ i need you to help “ etc . By this point this had been going on for I wanna say at least 5-10 minutes. Finally I found my mom I don’t remember where and I go “ mom “ with the look on my face of “ help me “ and the lady finally realized she was talking to the wrong person. She said oh im so sorry I said it was ok ( I’m pretty sure she figured out that I didn’t know what she was talking about ) and my mom took the phone and everything worked out. But that’s my wrong number ( technically right number wrong person) story

Hi everyone,
I, (25M) recently had a holiday in Sharm-El-Sheikh, Egypt, and I met a Ukrainian woman, (26F) in my time there. [04/05/2024 to 11/05/2024]
My "friend" destroyed my phone on day 2, so I had no communication with anyone, so if I wanted to make connections, it would be the old-fashioned way.
We met in the pool at our resort whilst playing volleyball on day 4 of 7 of my holiday. Her family brought a young child with them (not her child, the child is Moldovan) The child came up to me whilst I was applying sun-tan oil, and pointed at it. I wasn't sure what he was trying to say, but I made the gentle gesture that he was perhaps asking for the bottle. He took the bottle, turned around to his family and they started to apply it to themselves. I didn't mind that, the Egyptian sun is ruthless.
This woman, is absolutely stunning, in every possible measurable and conceivable way. The entire pool would leer over this woman in a crude, crass way.
If I could describe her, she is taller than me by a couple of inches, jet black hair, nose piercing, tongue piercing and plump lips. It is clear that she took care of her figure, as she has an hourglass figure, and this was evident when she showed me her TikTok.. From what I've been able to piece together from TikTok, she was an exotic dancer, twerker - what have you, etc up until around mid-2022. She has since, from what I can see, put on a stone or two of weight (which does not bother me in the slightest, I actually prefer her look now, she carries it so well)
Everyone has a type, and she literally is my dream person.
Her infectious smile made me melt, and her laugh makes me feel like I'm the funniest man alive.
She wrapped her legs round mine in the pool and shook my leg until I became visibly aroused. She would flop onto a li-lo inflatable and invite me to join her. We shared hugs, and one brief kiss.
She would make fun gestures with her tongue and her piercing. She then held my hand at the swim-up bar. We got a drink and swam to the Infinity pool. It was an all-inclusive booking, so all paid for. She knows very, very little English, the basics. By basic, I mean Yes & No, but even then that was backed by shakes of the head and nods.
We spent the next 3 days virtually constantly with eachother, with the exception of most of the mornings and sleeping. Even with no phone, she managed to find me, and I managed to find her, and every day we would enjoy one another's company, even though we were not able to linguistically talk to eachother. All of our conversations were done through Google Translate and showing eachother.
Key moments, were that she would learn English if I would learn Ukrainian, she is single, unmarried with no children. Her story about Putin's invasion and her tragically losing her Nan to a blast, tore my heart into a million pieces.
As I had no working phone, she would write her TikTok and Instagram name on my forearm, slapped it and showed me a translation "Do not wash this until you fix your cell phone."
I am not the most of handsome of guys, and I had a full-face beard on my holiday. I am a powerlifter, so I'm bigger than most people with visible muscle mass, but in no way toned or defined in body shape, which made me wonder why she was so attracted to me so quickly.
She is a self-employed beauty technician in Kyiv, doing nails and lashes.
She skipped a foam party on the beach to be with me on my last day in Egypt. From the moment I left the resort and sat on the coach transfer to the airport - I could not control my emotions and I cried. I was sad to leave Egypt, but I was more sad that I would not see her again until we arrange another meet. Her situation, her story, her perceived purity, her qualities and resilience, just won me over. Head over heels.
Now I'm back home, we are still talking, and I asked her the day after; "Do you want it [relationship] with me, or were you just being kind to me in Egypt?" To this; she said "I want to be with you, I miss you"
I asked for her address, so that I could send flowers, and she sent it to me, and provided me with her phone number too (which I already had)
I am however, noticing a pattern over the last couple of days and I'm torn on how to feel about it. In the evenings, the messages are sporadic. Sometimes I might get maybe one an hour, sometimes it might be instantaneous I get a reply.
She was extremely ill last night, and she sent me a video where I could tell she was in visible discomfort. Does this mean she feels confident in showing this side of her to me? Or am I reading too far in to this?
I have heard horror stories of people introducing Ukrainian people to the country, to help them flee a war-torn country, and then get shafted / ghosted. Given I look the way I do, and she looks the way I do - I'm trying not to be cynical.
At this point, I know I might be being naive, and maybe even downright stupid. But, the protector in me, wants to help her to come to the UK for the sake of her safety and wellbeing.
We are going to arrange another trip, so that we can meet again at the same resort, but nothing has been set in stone.
Is what I've described, normal behaviour? This is going to absolutely kill me if this is not genuine, as I've just had the most mind blowing holiday with her, and never had so much attention from a lady of this calibre on my home-soil.
I've consulted friends, they've told me I'm a "simp" "tapped" citing "red flags are there" but I really don't want to believe them even though there is a sense of truth behind it.
I'd really appreciate anyone's input on this unique situation.
[TLDR:] Brit fell in love with a Ukrainian who doesn't speak English on holiday, both want to progress, but my support circle tells me be careful.
Thank you ❤️

I had a customer ask me for a retro style fridge, and he said that we had it in stock. I wanted to see which fridge he was talking about, and he offered to show me the exact one he wanted on his phone. I saw that he was on Home Depot's website. I thought my brain had malfunctioned for a second because the website had the Home Depot logo right there, and I was wearing a bright blue shirt that said Best Buy on it. We have a Home Depot near us, but it is still quite a distance away from us. I politely told him this and showed him what we had in stock before he left for the real Home Depot. I thought that was pretty funny, and he was sweet about it.
I also had a customer state that I must get a lot of women based on how I act. I don't know exactly how to feel about that one lol.
I have more, but I'd love to hear y'all's! 😁

It really really feels like it’s going to malfunction and I’m just going to drop dead. I don’t want anyone to feel like this but I also desperately seek someone that understands.
I’m 30F, PVCs started about 4 years ago don’t know what they were. Eventually had a suspected SVT episode. Saw a cardiologist, confirmed PVCs, still trying to ‘catch’ SVT. Echo, holter, multiple EKGs all normal. I can’t shake the feeling something is wrong and I’m just going to drop one day (anxiety talking, but still).
There are periods where I have little to no weird heart things, and then I have what I can only describe as flare ups, periods where my heart just feels like it’s sideways in my chest. It just feels like it’s in the wrong place, does that make any sense? Like I can feel it all the time, beating in all the wrong places. And with this comes PVC’s, bigeminy, SVT’s. Sometimes straight after a massive PVC my rhythm will go wild, completely off, like my heart has forgot how to beat. I don’t know how to explain it. It’s like fluttering, stuttering, stumbling over itself, stopping and starting. IT JUST FEELS OFF.
Before this flare up I had gotten pretty good at feeling them, accepting them and moving on. This is the worst one yet and I’m questioning everything. Every time my heart does something it sends me into panic which makes it 10 times worse. I’m also stay at home mom with two babies which makes everything a million times scarier.
I don’t really know what I was looking for with this. Support, reassurance, someone to relate to, just a general vent maybe? Anyway that’s all.

Hello, this is my first post here on cablemod and reddit, and I was hoping someone could help me out with my problem. I bought an "asus rog strix rtx 4080 white edition" recently and upon doing some research I saw that the adapter cable that comes with the 40 series can cause burns due to bad connections or too much flex of the cable on the 4090s and some 4080 gpu, so I prefer not to risk using it and buy a cable that goes directly from the power supply to the GPU. Checking the compatibility list on the cablemod website, I find on Amazon the "CableMod RT-Series Pro ModMesh Sleeved 12VHPWR StealthSense PCI-e Cable for ASUS and Seasonic", but I saw that my power supply is not on that list. My PSU is an "asus rog strix 1000G" and the one listed is an "ASUS ROG Strix 1000W Gold Aura Edition". This are my questions:
• Do I need to buy a new cable or will I be fine with the original adapter? • Is the cable I want to buy compatible with my power supply even if it is not on the compatibility list? • The cable is a 3x8 pin connector, can I connect only 2 or do I have to connect all 3? (I can connect all 3 pins btw, I have room on the power supply) • I saw that there may be 2 versions of this cable and that the first version has some problems (random black screen caused by issues on the 4 little sensors), How can I be sure I'm buying the second version and not the first? I don't know if I can put the amazon/asus links, but if they are necessary I will submit them.
Thank you!

I F26 went with my friends on a day trip on the beach. I am on my period so i didn't bring a swimsuit my friends insisted to get me in the water. so they had the genius idea of throwing me into the water with my clothes on the problems with that are that I didn't bring any extra clothes and I had on my packet my brand new S24 Ultra. My phone was destroyed the next day I asked the group chat when are they going to buy me a new phone and they told me that aren't going to bay me. A new phone becose it was my fault that the phone was in my pants and not on in my bag with the rest of the phones and that I am rich and I can buy another one I told that to my brother and he told be that I am the AH for telling them to buy me a new phone so AITA to telling them to buy me a new phone

Vecna: Eve of Ruin🎲

The evil lich-god Vecna has unearthed secrets he can use to unravel and remake the multiverse. Stopping Vecna will require working with three of the multiverse's most famous archmages, traveling to far-flung locales, and rebuilding the legendary Rod of Seven Parts.
Vecna: Eve of Ruin is a high-stakes adventure in which the fate of the multiverse hangs in the balance. The heroes begin in the Forgotten Realms and travel to Planescape, Spelljammer, Eberron, Ravenloft, Dragonlance, and Greyhawk as they race to save existence from obliteration.
A level 10 to 20 adventure.

• 📕 Game system: DnD5e
• 🕛 Game start time: 2,00pm EST/8,00 pm GMT+2 Tuesday
• 🎮 Game Link - Monday - 2/6
• 🎮 Game Link - Tuesday - 2/6

🤓 About me

• I played RPG's for over 10 years, almost exclusively as a DM. Conventions, local game centers and community interactions are all things I did and enjoyed. Decided to go online to continue what is, to put it the simplest, my passion.
• Several ongoing campaigns: players are engaged, looking forward toward next sessions, actively engaging in their own discord communities
• I would picture myself as a rules as fun DM rather then rules as written. I do homebrew materials, constantly rewriting and improving. I reward roleplay and creative thinking. My players make the story - I just flesh it out.

👉 What am I paying for?

• The work I put into my campaigns: Even though I run established adventures I do not run them straight out of the box - I always make sure to purchase additional maps, resources and outright change the story if need be just so my players have a memorable time
• Dedicated players with a certain level of maturity, a fee eliminates player no-shows and creates a full experience where we look to finish the module, not just start it.
• Scripts and modules that automate the combat and provide players with a smooth gameplay experience
• Full access to Heroforge
• Maps from talented patreon creators: Domille's Wondrous Works, Czepeku, Mad Cartographer and more.
• VTT dice from Q-workshop and Rollsmith.

📖 Content details

• Any official WotC/Paizo product
• Unearthed Arcana/Playtest materials
• Homebrew (open for discussion)

🐲 Rules

• Be respectful to other players - everyone wants to have a fun game.
• Everyone is welcome, regardless of sex, gender, sexual orientation, minority status, language skill or game skill. 💕

📞 How can I contact you?

• I am active on discord each day. A private message here or a discord small talk is all it takes: dmthetulio
• If you would like to play another campaign, in the same time period in any of the systems I do paid sessions in (pathfinder, starfinder, dnd5e) be sure to contact me! I am more than willing to change the campaign for something else if we are still waiting for players.
• Reviews

November of 2023, after months of wanting to, I decided to stop drinking. I have OCD and my anxiety had gotten so bad and I was like "alcohol isn't helping I gotta stop this." I also didn't realize that the recommended amount of alcohol is one drink for a woman and that was eye opening. I've always had "rules* about my alcohol intake. So I thought it wasn't that bad.
I also got sick and had something very upsetting happen and I decided instead of drinking to numb it I was going to stop. I had 12 days, maybe more, where I had less than one oz of booze. And then I stopped. On the anniversary of my brothers death I asked a neighbor if they'd give me two shots for one for me and one to pour out for my brother because I didn't want to buy any. She said sure. But for most of November December and January I just wasn't drinking.
I have CRPS and I had a major pain flare at the end of January and after weeks of doing all the right things to manage it...eventually I was suicidal from how painful it was..so I bought some booze.
I've got back down to less than 2oz for a couple days now. And had several days where I just didn't have any booze so I didn't drink. I started tapering down again and measuring my allowance and not going over it for over two weeks now.
I talked to my doctor about changing my antidepressant to Wellbutrin. You're not supposed to drink on Wellbutrin and I wanted a reason to stick to staying sober. I also want to quit smoking. And my current antidepressant..makes me depressed so it's hard to stay away from the booze (even though I know booze ultimately causes depression)
I'm posting on here for the first time because I want tonight to be my last night of tapering off. I'm so excited to get off my current antidepressant and try Wellbutrin and I'm so excited to get and stay sober.
I've already lost some weight from tapering down my alcohol. I don't have a booze belly anymore. Waking up is so much easier. Even when my toddler is testing boundaries and being challenging I don't reach for the booze to try and "drink some patience" I find the patience internally. I have more energy to clean and do fun things with my daughter.
The main thing is I want to free up that 200ish bucks a month I spend on cigarettes and booze and buy art supplies and running shoes. A new bed. A hammock apparatus for me to do my physical therapy on.
My brother died at the end of 2022 and I keep thinking that I wish I could talk to him about how excited I am to make changes and sustain them. It sucks that I can't. I miss him but drinking won't bring him back or make the pain of losing him go away.
I know Wellbutrin can lower your seizure threshold so even though I doubt I'm in danger of having a seizure once I'm down to no alcohol I want to give it three full days of no booze before the start taking it.
The clock starts tomorrow.
I'm excited. I'm so excited.

Vecna: Eve of Ruin🎲

The evil lich-god Vecna has unearthed secrets he can use to unravel and remake the multiverse. Stopping Vecna will require working with three of the multiverse's most famous archmages, traveling to far-flung locales, and rebuilding the legendary Rod of Seven Parts.
Vecna: Eve of Ruin is a high-stakes adventure in which the fate of the multiverse hangs in the balance. The heroes begin in the Forgotten Realms and travel to Planescape, Spelljammer, Eberron, Ravenloft, Dragonlance, and Greyhawk as they race to save existence from obliteration.
A level 10 to 20 adventure.

• 📕 Game system: DnD5e
• 🕛 Game start time: 2,00pm EST/8,00 pm GMT+2 Tuesday
• 🎮 Game Link - Monday - 2/6
• 🎮 Game Link - Tuesday - 2/6

🤓 About me

• I played RPG's for over 10 years, almost exclusively as a DM. Conventions, local game centers and community interactions are all things I did and enjoyed. Decided to go online to continue what is, to put it the simplest, my passion.
• Several ongoing campaigns: players are engaged, looking forward toward next sessions, actively engaging in their own discord communities
• I would picture myself as a rules as fun DM rather then rules as written. I do homebrew materials, constantly rewriting and improving. I reward roleplay and creative thinking. My players make the story - I just flesh it out.

👉 What am I paying for?

• The work I put into my campaigns: Even though I run established adventures I do not run them straight out of the box - I always make sure to purchase additional maps, resources and outright change the story if need be just so my players have a memorable time
• Dedicated players with a certain level of maturity, a fee eliminates player no-shows and creates a full experience where we look to finish the module, not just start it.
• Scripts and modules that automate the combat and provide players with a smooth gameplay experience
• Full access to Heroforge
• Maps from talented patreon creators: Domille's Wondrous Works, Czepeku, Mad Cartographer and more.
• VTT dice from Q-workshop and Rollsmith.

📖 Content details

• Any official WotC/Paizo product
• Unearthed Arcana/Playtest materials
• Homebrew (open for discussion)

🐲 Rules

• Be respectful to other players - everyone wants to have a fun game.
• Everyone is welcome, regardless of sex, gender, sexual orientation, minority status, language skill or game skill. 💕

📞 How can I contact you?

• I am active on discord each day. A private message here or a discord small talk is all it takes: dmthetulio
• If you would like to play another campaign, in the same time period in any of the systems I do paid sessions in (pathfinder, starfinder, dnd5e) be sure to contact me! I am more than willing to change the campaign for something else if we are still waiting for players.
• Reviews