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I just loaded into a Scav run on streets. About 30 seconds after loading in another Scav ran past me, stopped, turned and blasted me. The PMC AIs think there scavs half the time. When playing I run into 3 different AI types, Dumb as a rock, lets me come up and melee them to death with no issue. Rabid AI that acts like a zombie swarm, where ever I am at on the map every single AI comes at me all at once. Then the AI that seems to be programmed to give the player the feel of hackers in the game where they will IMMEDIATLY one shot you from across the map and shoot you through walls. The PMC and Scav AIs are confused, most of the time I will find a group of scavs and a PMC or 2 mixed in, they don't fight each other just me. Is this shit show being worked on or is it just another Joke?

Long story as brief as possible -- 6 months ago I dozed off while driving after a long day working landscaping. I caught it but police saw me swerve. Despite blowing .000 I was handcuffed and kidnapped from the side of the road to have my blood taken against my will, a process which took 8hrs during which I was kept handcuffed and given no water or bathroom breaks or anything.
I went to my court date and I wasn't on the docket. I called for the next few weeks and they said the DA had never filed the charges. I figured the blood test came back negative as I knew it would, and common sense prevailed. But then I check again last week, and now it turns out they had filed them last month, and I had a warrant. So I got myself on the calendar ASAP, and today I had my first court date.
I've never been arrested before, I don't know much about the legal process, so for the past week since learning I'd been charged I'd just been naively hoping that common sense and lack of evidence would clearly show I was sober and this would get dismissed, and perhaps it still will, but today I went in to court and all they did was basically confirm my name and DOB, and then the judge says "I'm entering a plea of not guilty for you and appointing you the public defender, you'll meet with them here on this day, as a condition of your pre-trial release you're going to have to attend two NA meetings per week".
I don't understand how I'm being mandated to attend these NA meetings when I haven't been sentenced or even spoken with legal counsel yet. I don't use drugs and I don't hang out with tweakers and addicts, and now I'm being forced to twice per week?
This whole experience has really shaken me, and really made me lose faith in law enforcement, the judicial system, and our general right to go about in public not breaking any laws without being kidnapped from the side of the road for 8hrs. I was willing to just let it all go when I thought the charges hadn't been filed, but now I'm being put through this when I KNOW without a shadow of a doubt that I was sober, I'm sure the tests reflect this, yet still without being able to object or make a case whatsoever I'm now required to go to sketchy NA meetings... so now I'm especially scared of what they'll further demand of me when this continues.
So where can I seek legal help when I don't have any money? To say I'm paycheck to paycheck is generous -- I don't even cover my rent from just paychecks anymore so I'm working Instacart and constantly scrambling to make ends meet as it is. I'm still not even financially recovered from the fact that it cost me over $500 to get my impounded car back after this all happened. So needless to say I haven't contacted any lawyers yet because I could never begin to afford one... it's simply not an option. But the fact that I can be handed down these punishments without even speaking to a public defender yet makes me scared, so how can I be proactive and get help before this gets worse? Do I have ANY options? Even the public defender may be able to help, because I'm sorry but I refuse to believe that "suspect appeared to be tired" is enough to charge someone with a crime and have it stick, especially when I have been diagnosed with severe sleep apnea and such as well. But am I stuck just waiting until my next court date before I can speak with them?
I'm not looking for sympathy, so I'm very genuinely asking you all: please don't send me any shitty messages and the like, even if you don't believe me. I'm not asking you to believe my situation, I'm asking who I can talk to that will. And I was already at the end of my rope before this development, so I really don't need more abuses hurled, thank you.
This is all in California, by the way.

Its taken me a while to get to this review but I cannot recommend this tour company enough! Patrick and his team were the best tour guides I have ever had the pleasure of using. Patrick and his team made the planning easy, the process simple, and left us worry free every day for our tours. We did 3 tours with this outfit: cave tubing, ATM Cave, and Tikal. Every single experience was worth the money and time.
Cave tubing was spectacular, floating through a cave with our wonderful guide was surreal. She had answers to all my questions (which was surprising as a geology nerd) and was incredibly fun to hang out with.
ATM cave was unlike anything I have ever experienced. Patrick was incredibly knowledgeable and fun, answering all our questions we had come prepared with quickly and with ease. I learned so much more than I expected, whether it was about the Maya, the local flora and fauna (another area I nerd out on), or general questions about the area. Patrick brought us in early which was another bonus because as we were leaving the cave it was an insane traffic jam getting out. So thankful we had the cave mostly to ourselves as Patrick starts a lot earlier. An unforgettable and mind blowing experience. Seeing history like that is life changing and would not have been the experience it was without Patrick.
Finally, Tikal. We had done Caracol on our own a few days prior and listened to a walking tour podcast of the site in order to get a little more out of our exploration. Our minds were blown when our Tikal tour guide was the same one as the one we listened to on the podcast! Lion was absolutely incredible and went above and beyond what we would expect from another guide. From helping us through the Guatemalan border, taking us to his own bakery, helping me pick out a very special gift for my partners birthday, and packing snacks and drinks for our hike around Tikal (a life saver!), he made this day not only survivable but incredible. His depth of knowledge was incredible and due to his familiarity with the site, was able to show all the special areas and teach us about everything we wanted to learn.
Although the tours themselves were incredible, the real highlight of using Patrick'scompany for our 5 day stay in San Ignacio was really feeling like we got insight into the local culture, politics, and sentiment of the community. That alone was worth it. Every guide and driver we had was a local and you could tell that Patrick, Lion, and the rest of the team are incredibly tied into the community and passionate about their local area and helping it flourish. You can tell they all really care about giving back, from Lion's teachings of the maya hieroglyphs to local communities, Patrick's involvement with community projects, and everything else they do, their passion shines through.
I was never a tour kind of person, always choosing to self-explore but Patrick and his team has convinced me otherwise. Never before have I been immersed in the local culture so quickly or learned so much while traveling.
My only regret is that because Patrick set the bar so high, he may have spoiled our future tours with other companies because we will always be expecting the same level of quality, knowledge, and fun that he provided. If you need a tour in the San Ignacio area you would be missing out choosing anyone but Patrick and his team. I cannot even begin to thank him enough for what he provided us. He made our experience magical and I will be forever grateful for the tours he provided us with.

Some background. We had a massive fight a while ago because she put up a story and a bunch of guys flirted with her, she then texted me the next day telling me she felt guilty because she said she was receptive to the flirting.
I asked for screenshots and sure enough this guy was heavily flirting and instead of dropping the conversation or telling him she has a boyfriend she kept the conversation going and was in her own words "receptive to his advances" she didn't flirt back per se, but she laughed and joked with him while he was telling her how cute and hot she was, how he wanted to hug her.. I showed my friend the texts and he said he would consider breaking up with her over it. I lost a lot of trust that day.
Since then she seems to be getting close with a male co-worker. She has started walking home with him. They live in the same direction, but she used to take the bus. Walking with him adds 20 minutes at the end of her commute. She works insane shifts sometimes 10, 12 hour days and sometimes 7 days in a row and is often exhausted after work, so she must really enjoy their walks if she would rather walk 20 extra minutes instead of getting the bus home.
She tells me how funny he is and he is really nice. Every time she drops his name I feel a sting of jealousy and insecurity. Up until now I ignored it as paranoia, but now she asked if she can go to his house, the two of them to practice guitar for a party they will be playing at. Its not an official band thing, its a very casual party and they both just want to play some music for everyone.
When me and her were flirting before we got together we used to spend time after work like those two seem to do now, she loved me for my sense of humour, she thinks he is funny, and we discussed me coming over to her house for her to teach me guitar as a date. I see so many parallels between us getting together and her relationship with him. We also met at her work, I have since quit.
She also volunteered to do extra shifts at a festival with him because she is "curious about the festival." It would be just the two of them working together at the festival, there may be alchohol available too I don't know.
Again if she is so tired all the time is her curiosity about a festival enough to make her take on more work? Or is she curious about something else. Like her co worker..
She also told me before that one of her exes "stole her" from her previous ex.. She justified it be explaining how that ex was really not there for her in a lot of ways blah blah blah.
Well she was complaining that I'm not around enough and she feels as though I'm not there for her enough because I'm so busy with my masters. We had a huge fight about it because I was seeing her maybe 3 or 2 times a week and saw my friends once in 3 months because I was so busy but she felt I was not making her a priority..
I'm going over to hers today and I think I'm going to tell her I'm not comfortable with it but I'm not sure.
Should I express this to her? Or let her go to his house ?
Tl;dr - Gf seems to be getting close with male co-worker and asked me if she can go to his house to play guitar together 1 on 1, I'm feeling very insecure about it and don't know what to do.

Hello, I have a car that I financed 2 years ago (3 years remaining) and am looking to sell it either privately or through a dealership.
I listed an ad and had a dealership that reached out and we agreed upon a price (for now).
I will be going in tomorrow to finalize the deal but wanted to check in here if there's things I should be aware of? It's the first rodeo for me and so I want to know as much about the process before going in.
From what the rep told me, it would take only 30minutes from start to finish. Where they would take care of the remaining balance on my loan (TD), and I'd be left with the remaining balance.
Is my understanding that I just need to show up with my car cleaned up of personal belongings, sign some documents, be handed a check for the delta of the loan and selling price, and be out on my way with the vehicle out of my hands and free of the loan?
For context the remaining loan is 20k, and I'm being offered 35k.
Thanks!

Excited to share my Kult Haul purchased in the last one month. Since, I was in a treat myself mood, might have overdone it but as I have started using them, I wanted to give my reviews that can help this awesome community as they treat themselves! Eyeshadows: 1. Huda Beauty Wild Obsessions Eyeshadow Palette: An absolute steal and a great palette to have on the go since it has a mix of browns, purple, pink, gold and black in matte and glitter. If you have to get only one palette get this one! Great formula and stays for a long time 5/5 2. Huda Beauty Brown Obsessions Eyeshadow Palette: A great pallet if you regularly use eyeshadows with both matte and shimmer shades, really subtle and good for neutral office looks too 5/5 3. Gush Beauty Eye like it stacked- Heavy Metal (Freebie): Choose this freebie and a handy one for travel with a good mix of shades, the shimmer ones are great but the matte shades are okayish. 4/5 Lipstick: Rom&nd Zero Velvet Tint Vintage Filter Series- Fade Red: A very good formula and a great red shade that is not too bright for medium skin tones. Leaves a nice tint without drying the lips. Lasting power is not that great but the tint is cute. 4/5 Huda Beauty Liquid matte Ultra Comfort Transfer proof lipstick mini - Trendsetter: A nude shade for my tone and a subtle lipstick that I can wear to the office. Not really extraordinary but the formula is good and the size too for my on-the-go makeup pouch 3/5 Huda Beauty Power Bullet Matte Lipstick mini-Interview: An okayish shade for my tone, very little quantity, and the colour does not show up really on me, wasn’t too excited with this one 2/5 M.A.C Powder Kiss Lipstick -Brickthrough: A great shade, good formula but not that great of a lasting power. 4/5 Huda Beauty Power Bullet Matte Lipstick- Game Night: An awesome brown shade that goes really well with any kind of makeup, can be worn to work and party, nice shade to invest in with great, comfortable formula. Lasts moderately though! 4/5 Revlon Colorstay Overtime Lip Color- Forever Scarlett (Freebie): Not really a fan since the gloss is too sticky and the lipstick side is shear and not too comfortable on the lips 1/5 Jason Wu Beauty Honey Fluff Lip Cream-Ballerina Nude (Freebie): Surprisingly good formula but not a great shade on me, worth trying other shades though. 3/5 Foundations: Huda Beauty #FauxFilter Mini Luminous Matte Foundation- Butter Peccan: Thick formula and gives good coverage. Would recommend trying it out before you get it since many shades are similar. 5/5 Studio Fix Fluid Spf 15 Foundation Mini- NC37: A good formula that gives a nice, comfortable coverage. Size is travel-friendly but without a pump or applicator, it is difficult to use. 4/5 Maybelline Newyork Superstay Full Coverage Foundation-310 Sun Beige: A good coverage and a natural long-lasting Finish, good for everyday use if you like a light base. 4/5 Maybelline Newyork Superstay Full Coverage Foundation-220 Natural Beige: Got this shade too. 4/5 Blush and Highlighter: Revolution Blush and Highlight Stick-Mauve Glow (Freebie): Nice blush shade and okayish highlighter, good for travel and on-the-go use. 3/5 Others: M.A.C Prep+Prime Fix+Original 13ml: Good product and awesome performance, will buy the full-size next time it's available. 5/5 Revolution Loose Baking Powder-Peach (Freebie): Nice baking powder, but choose the shade wisely since this one is a bit orangish, but its glides well on the skin. 3/5 Jason Wu Tinted Moisturizer Meets CC cream -Shade 5 (Freebie): My best freebie in the entire haul, gives a nice smooth natural finish and the formula is just wow! 5/5

A few questions. I promise I tried looking for answers, but wasn't able to find definitive answers (maybe my google-chi sucks, in which case I apologize).

1. We are a family of 4 (13 and 11 yr old, so relatively self sufficient and can carry their own stuff). Will be connecting through YVR coming from DEN, going to NRT towards the end of November. 1 hr 10 min layover - will we make it? will our luggage make it? I remember YVR US to Int'l connections have to walk quite a bit and have to go through one checkpoint?
   
2. I opened an Aeroplan account to manage my booking a bit better, but the Aeroplan website will not let me add my booking to my Aeroplan profile. It says it can't find it, when I try the "Add booking" feature. It finds the booking on the regular AC website with the booking reference and last name, but not if I try to add it to my Aeroplan profile. Weird? Cause for concern? Should I call AC to fix it, clarify it? I booked it directly on the AC website.
   
3. We are all UA MileagePlus members and I added all of our UA account numbers when I booked it, but on the confirmation emails, the attached itinerary pdf, and when I pull up our booking on their website it only shows my UA#, and not for anyone else. Is this normal?
   
4. Will my UA Silver status get us anything with AC?
   
5. Booked on Economy Class (G). Currently shows 777-300ER plane with lots of space and I was able to get good seats.
   

• Given how empty the planes are showing right now, my guess is they will probably change the plane eventually and we will lose our seat assignments?
  
• Bulkhead seat upgrades are $150/person on the YVR-NRT (daytime, but 10.5 hr flight) and NRT-YVR (8.5 hrs, but its red eye) legs. Are those significantly more spacious? I wasn't able to find anything regard how much extra legroom it actually is.
  
• Thinking of possibly bidding for Premium Economy or possibly Signature class upgrade. Any opinions of one vs the other? Obviously Signature will be better, but how much better? What would you bid for upgrades (keep in mind everything is x 4). Is it better to bid early or wait until later for upgrade bidding with AC?
  

Thanks!

This will take some time to read but please do read and try to help me by any way possible.
I am a fresher, i was supposed to passout in 2023 with a offcampus offer in hand and was going to start a good career. But I stuck in issues, got into depression, faced more issues, got out of one and got another issue, need help to start out my career.
I was in B.Tech civil eng at a tier 3 clg. During my 2nd sem onwards there was covid lockdown, I knew i have no interest in civil since 1st sem only, i tried to look other fields also. i tried to switch to other branch but lockdown was there any it was not at all possible to switch at that time then I learnt some coding,programming in lockdown i got interest in it, I decided i will do this only in future, i will switch my career after degree. But I think god had something else only in mind.
I had a offer from TCS ninja (with chance to upgrade to digital) in the end of 7th sem. I had got one backlog in 6th sem, i was not able to clear the 6th sem one in first attempt due to sudden move to offline by the college just before the exam. I did not told this to anyone in the world. In 7th sem i got one more back but i still had chance to clear them in the 8th sem exam (both 6th and 7th sem backlog). But in the 8th sem things got worse for me i got into depression kind of state of mind. i almost skipped the 60-70 of semester i sat in my hostel room for days alone, i didnot had any real friend friend, there instances when i was in my room for like 2-3 days with food just little water, i was going home every sat sun but i did not let anyone at home to know about my situation, the reason for that was my study branch, i was not feeling like going to college i hated the college.
By the end my parents knew about my 7th sem failure as the result came for the 7th sem by the end of 8th sem, they were extremely tensed my father got some little high BP also after that, this got me even more tense and i refrained from telling the 6th sem one, i tried my best to get out of this that time but i got one more issue, one prof gave me NPTA (not premitted to appear in the examination for that subject) i conveyed this parents we tried inout to try getting permission to appear in exam. Tried every connections we had, acedemic connections, political, tried to get them force from a MLA of that area, but they had no mercy. I appeared in other examinations passed them all except the 6th sem one. at the end of 8th sem i had 2 backlogs but my family knew about one only, during this i got to know about many things of that college how bad it was and i just faced a little. ( for instance one prof's son was lodged into a fake copy case during exam and was suspended for 1 year). I was lot tensed and even more my parents were. I lost my TCS offer due to the clause of completing the degree in 4years only. I was hopeless, my parents settled down after a while. I tried to look for all other options I had and found i have chance to do Mtech in CS by GATE CS. I tried to attempt GATE CS 2024 and scored 39.01 marks in it. I tried to learn DSA also (still learning).I attempted the 8th sem backlog and passed it but again failed with 6th sem one. I dont know that was happening with me. I stopped showing intrest in mtech to my parents telling them i am not able to do mtech stuff, i want to do job only, i will get 2 years of exp that will be easy for me get, which they did not agree with but i tried hard and later they did agree but still forcing to do. I was trying to learn things but mind was not getting stable, I was tensed hopeless, failing at things. I attempted for VITMEE also as they also take noncs for mtech cs, and i got 1808 rank there also. I attempted for the 6th sem one this time also I am again hopeless that I will clear it this time also as i was not in any mind state that time. I am getting force now to join any job other wise do Mtech, which i cannot do due to backlog but cant even tell them now by any chance. I am trying to secure any internship kind of oppurtunity for the next 6 months. I am now out of my old mind I am now focused to get a job, I am practicing whole day started applying to opportunities. But again not getting success, I want aby kind of help you can offer me I will be forever grateful to you, any opportunity that i can fit in I just want to get some job or internship or anything to get out and make my parents a little less tensed. I am 100% guaranteeing to pass the 6th sem backlog in the next attempt(dec) for sure. ( not faking at all) I want any guidance that you can provide if you can mentor me it will be great. I know getting out of this web is hard, a little help can make it easier for me.
I am leaving my email which is non identifyable for my identity. I am not sharing identity because i am not taking any chance to get this to anyone of my circle, relative anyone. This is the first time I am sharing to anyone but dont want to share my identity. you can leave a email at my email or leave your contact like email, linkedin, or anything in comment so that i can reach out to you.
(if you think you know me by any chance please keep this to you only)
If you are reading till here thank you thank you thank you alottttt.
email: [miosedu@gmail.com](mailto:miosedu@gmail.com)

I (36 F) have a friend (34 F) who I met through work about 10 years ago. We have worked with eachother on and off for that time and our relationship has kind of ebbed and flowed at times. We generally get along great and she has been around through some of my hardest times at work and vice versa. I do genuinely care about her, but about 6 years ago I decided to make our relationship a little more casual because there was some trust issues -she talks shit about everyone she knows, including her best friend- who is super loyal to her & she started getting a little passive aggressive and I had to confront her about it. I don’t think she's a bad person, her mom left her when she was super young and I think she has trust issues with other women. I can see that maybe she took me pulling back a little personally, but I always tried my best to communicate that I still care. I always go above and beyond for her birthday, I cover her at work whenever she needs, I encourage her interests and constantly give her moral support. I think she genuinely likes me too, is always ready to talk to me and get my input on stuff. I realized lately that she literally never asks me anything about myself, doesn't acknowledge my birthday, I got into a bike accident and hurt my arm pretty badly and she never reached out. I think part of me realizes she doesn't trust other women and I figured if I showed her unwavering support that maybe she would put her guard down and we could actually be better friends. Lately though, I'm starting to feel like this is all in vain. I need advice, is my effort pointless? Would ceasing to put in effort just confirm her distrust of other women? Will she ever trust me?

I (29M) have been doing all of the house work since my wife (28F) had a spinal injury and brain tumor. She has gotten significantly better since her surgeries, but still has physical and mental impairments. We are working towards SSDI to help with finances. She's able to do a part time customer support job to help as well. She usually asks me to fill her water cup or get/make her food because we live in her parents basement and she can do stairs but it is taxing to her. Sometimes on her really bad pain days, she'll ask me to grab her phone charger or turn off her nightstand lamp, which both are a foot away but she doesn't want to twist to do it. Nearly every night I rub her back and/or to try and help w the tension and pain.
I used to ask her to do small things like hey since you have 4 more hours free can you fold laundry if I leave the basket on the bed, or slowly work through what little dishes we have, not pots and pans just cups and plates and such. She always forgets and I genuinely do not know if it's the mental impairment, laziness, or something else. I just gave up asking.
As well as, I am the only person to take care of the pets in totality. We have a Great Dane that we were gonna train as mobility service dog for her, but I am stretched so thin I do anything and she never stuck with it. He is well behaved just service trained. I want to be more active in general and with the dog, but most days I see the mountain of physical tasks i must do and kinda shut down. Just grinding my way through the chores so the house stays semi-clean.
Intimacy issues have not helped at all either, she has both mental and physical blocks against intimacy. The closest we've been to intimate in the last 4 years is cuddling via spooning. But even that is limited because it usually devolves into her wanted back runs which forces me to back away from her to get a proper angle. I have had open relationships mentioned before but I have no interest in that, I just want her.
I just feel empty, my days consist of work, chores, video games, and rubs. She does her best to not ask me all the time and to let me have free time to go game. But honestly what I want most is her. We aren't well off right now, we're recovering, but that makes doing activities hard because we're so limited from her disabilities to begin with. I used to offer to watch shows or movies with her so that we can spend time together. But that seemed to always be shot down.
As much as I have been harping on her, I am no saint either. She has on several occasions been subject to being a therapist for me as I am a train wreck mentally. As well as I can hyperfixate on finances because of my upbringing, so she normally deals with them. She has definitely helped me become a better person and I will always love her that. I jokingly say without her I'd be dead in a ditch, but honestly it's true, she forced me to not shut away and isolate myself within confines of my mind.
Thank you for reading this.

The Truth was an anthology in the purest sense of the word. Each episode was a new present to unwrap. It spanned multiple genres and styles. It billed itself as movies for the ears, and it certainly lived up to that description. Now, it is true that quite a few audio dramas fit that description, but you have to consider the context that The Truth occurred in. The first episode of The Truth premiered way back in 2011. The indie audio drama community was still very much in its infancy. Fiction podcasts tended to be short story readings like StarShipSofa or Lightspeed Magazine. If you were lucky, you might get something like The Drabblecast, with music and sound-effects added to the mix. The Truth was a full-cast show, performed rather than read, and with immersive sound-effects and music.
There are over 200 episodes to choose from, but since this is a lunar subreddit, I wanted to highlight one episode in particular.
“Moon Graffiti” is an alternate history piece about the Apollo 11 mission. In this story, The Eagle comes in for a crash landing on the Moon. The lander’s capsule is damaged in such a way that it can’t launch into orbit. Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin are stranded on the Moon until their oxygen runs out. After that, they will go down in history as the first men to die on the Moon. They take their remaining time to chat and muse about the nature of life and mortality.
This was the very first episode of The Truth ever, and they certainly started out of the gate strong. As you might imagine, the alternate history premise piqued my interest. This scenario was very much a concern during the real Apollo 11 mission. In fact, President Richard Nixon had a speech prepared just in case Armstrong and Aldrin became stranded on the Moon. The speech is actually read at the very end of the episode. The actor sounds nothing like Nixon, but he certainly captures the emotion of the speech. Ironically, there was a memorial to the victims of the Apollo 1 fire included with the other equipment on the lander.
What would it be like to experience such a stroke of bad luck? You are stranded hundreds of thousands of miles from home with no hope of rescue. You can see death slowly, but surely, creeping towards you. I try my best not to think too much about death, but the thought proves rather intrusive. I don’t know how I would like to die, as I would very much not like to die at all. But I’m also keenly aware that the reaper will claim me sooner or later.
Yeah, there are a lot of implications on how such a disaster would impact the Space Race. However, this episode is presented as a very intimate story about two men complimenting their own imminent mortality. I am of the opinion that this was absolutely the right move.
I have reviewed several other episodes of The Truth. Just seven at the moment, but I’m hard at work on part two of the review. There’s a lot more really great episodes to cover.
But if you want to read what I’ve got now, you can find that over here: http://drakoniandgriffalco.blogspot.com/2024/05/the-audio-file-truth-part-1.html?m=0

Idk how many people are going to agree w me or think the same but after watching last 5-6 seasons it is evident that this is probably the worst season.
This season is basically a merger of Roadies and Ex or next but more shitty.
Dw I've given TLDR at the end ;)
Here we start,

1. More number of Roadies - In previous seasons, there were 2 or at max 3 roadies in splits but here we have 6 roadies who very well know how to create chaos and get maximum footage. Earlier it was still tolerable coz there were max non-roadies who gave rawness to the show imo.
   
2. They called out everybody's exes - Splitsvilla used to be a show to create new connections but sadly the makers have boiled it down to mindless fights with exes and then create a connection if possible. There's just too much drama instead of love.
   
3. Shitty mischief maker - It ruins the entire game now, everytime we have a new mischief and it's not good, I know they need to put masala in every episode but itne masale se muh jal jayega 💀. Earlier we had few twists here and there which actually made it interesting . Makers need to understand "Less is more".
   
4. Wtf is loveDen - Dude srsly wtf is that thing, it legit looks like a horny makeout room with a balcony.
   
5. There's no secrecy left - Contestants knew most of the people who are coming to the show. Most of them pre-planned everything out.
   
6. Many contestants have relationships outside and it is just pure fake what they do inside the villa.
   

TLDR 1. More Roadies contestants 2. So many exes on a dating show 3. Daily twists of mischief maker 4. Cheap loveDen (lower budget ig) 5. Contestant pre-planned most of the things 6. Relationships outside villa
Ik many of you will not agree with any of these but it's just what I felt wrong with this season.

These are the things I learned about residency that I wish I could tell myself as a July intern on wards service. I know many of y’all here will disagree with a few, but this is how I see it. There’s definitely quite a few missing, so y’all fill in what I forgot.

• You earned the right to be here. You’ve proven you can do it so don’t doubt yourself.
• You’re not expected to know everything on day 1. Your job is to show up with a good attitude and ready to work hard.
• Listen to the nurses. Some of these critical care nurses, especially. Ask for their input and don’t brush them off as mere nurses.
• Write things down. Print a list and make check boxes by each patient for what needs to get done that day. There are interns who forget things and interns who write things down.
• The first thing you need to learn is to tell sick from not sick, and that can be tricky at times. Later on you refine that until you see a whole spectrum of how sick a patient is.
• Don’t waste too much time pre-rounding. Brief pertinent exam, ask patient about changes in symptoms, but the highest yield is asking the nurses.
• Call consults before noon if you can. It’s a courtesy to the consultant/their team plus they’re far more likely to be seen that day, avoiding a delay in workup for the patient.
• Your note doesn’t have to be an essay. Keep things simple and don’t get bogged down in eloquent explanations.
• However, document your reasoning well. Especially in tough cases, drop a paragraph about why you’re doing what you’re doing and the patient agrees.
• Auto text or whatever your EMR uses. Make an arsenal of these. Use them for everything. If you have a kind of case you see a lot, template out a note so you make sure you’re documenting all the important stuff in an efficient manner.
• Be cool to your co-interns. Y’all are about to spend the next few years together. Don’t leave them in a lurch or punt to others all the time.
• Call the seniofellow/attending, especially at first. Even if they give you attitude, it’s ultimately their responsibility and they should know that.
• Try to update families daily if you can, especially for your ICU folks.
• Never, ever lie. Even once will destroy your credibility.
• Have a good attitude in a way that refuses to be bullied - don’t take that shit.
• Read all your own images. Then when rads drops a report, read that and see if you can find what they’re describing for every notes finding. It’ll make you a better doctor.
• Get to your new city as early as possible. Do things like car inspection, dentist appointment, vet appointment, etc. before July kicks off.
• Our profession has a high rate of substance abuse. Do what that what you will.
• Sit down with your family and SO and let them know what to expect and try to explain how intense this job is. When there’s a difference between expectation and reality, you have problems. Either way, it’ll strain your relationships.
• Because of this, be deliberate on spending time with your SO/friends/family even if you’re dead tired.
• Wear comfortable shoes
• Scour the hospital for the best restroom. Sometimes having a proper relaxed shit can turn a day around.
• Get to know your chiefs. Go to them with problems earlier rather than later.
• Use every minute of PTO
• Step outside the hospital for a few minute a day when you can. See the sunshine.
• Make friends with the cafeteria staff and they’ll hook you up to no end.
• Make friends with the transporters and techs - they will save you.
• Appreciate the hell out of what PT/OT/SLP do.
• Know how to tell a patient no.
• Pharmacy is your friend - they know things
• If something is emergent, keep calling to follow up. If your crashing patient needs abx, it’s not like some doctor video game where you put the order in STAT and everyone goes rushing. Call down and check the status, let them know it’s needed now.
• Don’t order everything STAT
• Calling people in general gets so much more done and avoids so many headaches.
• You’re going to lose your first patient. Remember how you feel, and make sure you never forget it. You’ll need it later.
• Hang out outside of work, invite the nurses as well.
• Election ‘24 is coming up in November so work is a great place to talk candidly about politics and try to change others’ beliefs /s
• If you’re struggling, reach out to someone.
• Try to get outside on your days off
• It’s not uncommon to end up on an SSRI
• Take the stairs places as much as you can. Cardio and a nice lower body workout.
• Answer pages as they come in. Anything STAT call back the moment you see it. Aim to get back to everyone within 5 minutes if you can.
• Day to night nurse shift change. Wait 30-45 minutes, then go around and talk to the nurse for all your patients. Let them get report and see if they have questions. Explain the plan, agree on when to call you, make sure orders all look good and make sense. We even used to bring candy from the physicians lounge to pass out for this.
• Put the diet order in
• Keep your presentations short and to the point unless someone wants them longer. Know the details, but you don’t have to recite them. You don’t have to say all the exam findings that were normal and not related to the patient’s disease
• Always be prepared to dodge a punch when near a geriatric patient
• Even a 5-10 minute phone call with your loved ones on a frequent basis can do wonders
• Some people are just assholes and you can’t take things personally
• Other people are mad at something else and want to take it out on you.
• Be cool to the med students
• Get good at delivering bad news
• Celebrate delivering good news
• Fuck prior authorizations man
• When calling a consult, have a specific clinical question you need help answering. Know the patient well. Keep the call centered around what you need from them but be ready to provide details if needed. “Dr. X wants you on board” is resident code for “I know it’s bullshit but my attending made me call.”
• Delirium and sundowning are real af. The trick is to get them home.
• Benzos aren’t just “settle down” drugs. It’s like a whisky shot through the vein in the sense that it can also disinhibit people and make wildness worse
• Get to know 1 thing about each patient other than what’s in their chart. What job did they have? What’s their favorite team? Do they have pets? You’ll remember them better when the list is large and it can make the job more rewarding
• If the nurse is worried ALWAYS go to bedside
• If you feel the urge to get a tattoo, do it
• Read everyone’s note each day on your patients
• Case managers and social workers are heroes. Get to know them and work together to get patients proper dispo
• Don’t wear your damn shoes in the call room bed
• Sit down in patient rooms if you can. It shows you’re listening, it’s less intimidating for them, and they’ll tell you more.
• Talk louder to older patients
• Sternal rub like you mean it
• Sit done one day, caffeinate, and do all those stupid compliance modules in a single bolus.
• Never make the same mistake twice
• If things don’t add up, your math is wrong
• Some patients don’t care about their health and won’t look after it after all you do. That’s just the gig.
• If something adverse for residents goes into place on a “temporary” basis, it never goes back the other way. Fight for your rights.
• You’re not crazy - the patient always tells the attending something completely different or remembers some important detail. We get it.
• Have a good comfort show to stream when you come home half dead.
• Trust but verify (that’s actually a Russian proverb Reagan borrowed when speaking about the USSR)
• Remember to love it more than you hate it. Find a way to make it fun. They say it’s the best time you never want to have again. You get to save and improve human lives. There’s no greater calling in the world than that.

Basically title. New OCS grad, pre-BOLC, drilling at a unit very far away from where I live and want to change my branch and transfer into a new unit closer to where I live. It's been an absolute nightmare so far - every career counselomanager I've been connected to has been super unhelpful, and every unit POC I've reached out to does not respond to emails or calls. I also don't have my .mil email yet, which doesn't help, but I have zero insight into when that will be set up because apparently I'm not even showing up as an 0-1 in HRC yet - still as an E-5 from when I was in OCS.
My current unit doesn't want me to transfer because it's super understrength, so they're not helping. It's also 500+ miles away so I can't just go track down the retention NCO who works in the building (they're never there on BA weekend). I want to go to BOLC in the fall but need to transfer into a new unit first, and I'm concerned that this will keep dragging out and mess up my timeline.
Anyone in this sub care to help a new reservist find a unit to transfer into?

Some background. We had a massive fight a while ago because she put up a story and a bunch of guys flirted with her, she then texted me the next day telling me she felt guilty because she said she was receptive to the flirting.
I asked for screenshots and sure enough this guy was heavily flirting and instead of dropping the conversation or telling him she has a boyfriend she kept the conversation going and was in her own words "receptive to his advances" she didn't flirt back per se, but she laughed and joked with him while he was telling her how cute and hot she was, how he wanted to hug her.. I showed my friend the texts and he said he would consider breaking up with her over it. I lost a lot of trust that day.
Since then she seems to be getting close with a male co-worker. She has started walking home with him. They live in the same direction, but she used to take the bus. Walking with him adds 20 minutes at the end of her commute. She works insane shifts sometimes 10, 12 hour days and sometimes 7 days in a row and is often exhausted after work, so she must really enjoy their walks if she would rather walk 20 extra minutes instead of getting the bus home.
She tells me how funny he is and he is really nice. Every time she drops his name I feel a sting of jealousy and insecurity. Up until now I ignored it as paranoia, but now she asked if she can go to his house, the two of them to practice guitar for a party they will be playing at. Its not an official band thing, its a very casual party and they both just want to play some music for everyone.
When me and her were flirting before we got together we used to spend time after work like those two seem to do now, she loved me for my sense of humour, she thinks he is funny, and we discussed me coming over to her house for her to teach me guitar as a date. I see so many parallels between us getting together and her relationship with him. We also met at her work, I have since quit.
She also volunteered to do extra shifts at a festival with him because she is "curious about the festival." It would be just the two of them working together at the festival, there may be alchohol available too I don't know.
Again if she is so tired all the time is her curiosity about a festival enough to make her take on more work? Or is she curious about something else. Like her co worker..
She also told me before that one of her exes "stole her" from her previous ex.. She justified it be explaining how that ex was really not there for her in a lot of ways blah blah blah.
Well she was complaining that I'm not around enough and she feels as though I'm not there for her enough because I'm so busy with my masters. We had a huge fight about it because I was seeing her maybe 3 or 2 times a week and saw my friends once in 3 months because I was so busy but she felt I was not making her a priority..
I'm going over to hers today and I think I'm going to tell her I'm not comfortable with it but I'm not sure.
Should I express this to her? Or let her go to his house ?
Tl;dr - Gf seems to be getting close with male co-worker and asked me if she can go to his house to play guitar together 1 on 1, I'm feeling very insecure about it and don't know what to do.

The Truth was an anthology in the purest sense of the word. Each episode was a new present to unwrap. It spanned multiple genres and styles. It billed itself as movies for the ears, and it certainly lived up to that description. Now, it is true that quite a few audio dramas fit that description, but you have to consider the context that The Truth occurred in. The first episode of The Truth premiered way back in 2011. The indie audio drama community was still very much in its infancy. Fiction podcasts tended to be short story readings like StarShipSofa or Lightspeed Magazine. If you were lucky, you might get something like The Drabblecast, with music and sound-effects added to the mix. The Truth was a full-cast show, performed rather than read, and with immersive sound-effects and music.
There are over 200 episodes to choose from, but since this is an alternate history subreddit, I wanted to highlight one episode in particular.
“Moon Graffiti” is an alternate history piece about the Apollo 11 mission. In this story, The Eagle comes in for a crash landing on the Moon. The lander’s capsule is damaged in such a way that it can’t launch into orbit. Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin are stranded on the Moon until their oxygen runs out. After that, they will go down in history as the first men to die on the Moon. They take their remaining time to chat and muse about the nature of life and mortality.
This was the very first episode of The Truth ever, and they certainly started out of the gate strong. As you might imagine, the alternate history premise piqued my interest. This scenario was very much a concern during the real Apollo 11 mission. In fact, President Richard Nixon had a speech prepared just in case Armstrong and Aldrin became stranded on the Moon. The speech is actually read at the very end of the episode. The actor sounds nothing like Nixon, but he certainly captures the emotion of the speech. Ironically, there was a memorial to the victims of the Apollo 1 fire included with the other equipment on the lander.
What would it be like to experience such a stroke of bad luck? You are stranded hundreds of thousands of miles from home with no hope of rescue. You can see death slowly, but surely, creeping towards you. I try my best not to think too much about death, but the thought proves rather intrusive. I don’t know how I would like to die, as I would very much not like to die at all. But I’m also keenly aware that the reaper will claim me sooner or later.
Yeah, there are a lot of implications on how such a disaster would impact the Space Race. However, this episode is presented as a very intimate story about two men complimenting their own imminent mortality. I am of the opinion that this was absolutely the right move.
I have reviewed several other episodes of The Truth. Just seven at the moment, but I’m hard at work on part two of the review. There’s a lot more really great episodes to cover.
But if you want to read what I’ve got now, you can find that over here: http://drakoniandgriffalco.blogspot.com/2024/05/the-audio-file-truth-part-1.html?m=0

Hello :)
I'm reading through no bad parts (as is my therapist so we can talk about it together), and I was attempting to do the meditation where you just go around to whatever part will show themselves to you and just have a light conversation with them, and let them know how old you are and ask how old they think you are.
While 'walking' around, a part ran up to me with his hands up, the way children do when they want ups. I knealt down and asked him his name, he only pouted and said "little." I asked what he wanted and he said "hugs.". I picked him up and held him. I couldn't really go to any of my other parts to talk to them, as i was now preoccupied with Little. I tried asking him how old he was and he shook his head. I know by his appearance he's roughly 5-7. I tried to talk to him more, but he only wanted to be held and hugged and never responded more than making little noises at me. When I "sat down" with him, my thoughts trailed off until I came to again, so i'm..not sure how exactly we ended that interaction lol.
How do you all 'converse' with semi-verbal child parts? I'm autistic (and a slew of other things), so i'm used to my own semi-verbalness as an adult, but not as a child.
thank you in advance for any help!

Recently brought home a sweet well behaved labradooddle pup.
He will be 8 weeks old on the 27th. Anyway, I have been trying to crate train and potty train. Alot of good resources on here I have found and within this week that I have had him his accidents are very limited. I watch him like a hawk when out and getting good at figuring his hold times. And when he's looking to sniff to poop etc.
My question here is at first I didn't have a divider and we was going pee in the crate (32in) since putting the divider he doesn't go in there anymore. Last night he did but maybe left him too long 10-7am though he went through the other night 10-5am no accidents.
So maybe that was on me? What's some good suggestions here? I have a picture but apparently this sub doesn't allow picture attachments? Anyway I can show you guys?

Some background. We had a massive fight a while ago because she put up a story and a bunch of guys flirted with her, she then texted me the next day telling me she felt guilty because she said she was receptive to the flirting.
I asked for screenshots and sure enough this guy was heavily flirting and instead of dropping the conversation or telling him she has a boyfriend she kept the conversation going and was in her own words "receptive to his advances" she didn't flirt back per se, but she laughed and joked with him while he was telling her how cute and hot she was, how he wanted to hug her.. I showed my friend the texts and he said he would consider breaking up with her over it. I lost a lot of trust that day.
Since then she seems to be getting close with a male co-worker. She has started walking home with him. They live in the same direction, but she used to take the bus. Walking with him adds 20 minutes at the end of her commute. She works insane shifts sometimes 10, 12 hour days and sometimes 7 days in a row and is often exhausted after work, so she must really enjoy their walks if she would rather walk 20 extra minutes instead of getting the bus home.
She tells me how funny he is and he is really nice. Every time she drops his name I feel a sting of jealousy and insecurity. Up until now I ignored it as paranoia, but now she asked if she can go to his house, the two of them to practice guitar for a party they will be playing at. Its not an official band thing, its a very casual party and they both just want to play some music for everyone.
When me and her were flirting before we got together we used to spend time after work like those two seem to do now, she loved me for my sense of humour, she thinks he is funny, and we discussed me coming over to her house for her to teach me guitar as a date. I see so many parallels between us getting together and her relationship with him. We also met at her work, I have since quit.
She also volunteered to do extra shifts at a festival with him because she is "curious about the festival." It would be just the two of them working together at the festival, there may be alchohol available too I don't know.
Again if she is so tired all the time is her curiosity about a festival enough to make her take on more work? Or is she curious about something else. Like her co worker..
She also told me before that one of her exes "stole her" from her previous ex.. She justified it be explaining how that ex was really not there for her in a lot of ways blah blah blah.
Well she was complaining that I'm not around enough and she feels as though I'm not there for her enough because I'm so busy with my masters. We had a huge fight about it because I was seeing her maybe 3 or 2 times a week and saw my friends once in 3 months because I was so busy but she felt I was not making her a priority..
I'm going over to hers today and I think I'm going to tell her I'm not comfortable with it but I'm not sure.
Should I express this to her? Or let her go to his house ?
Tl;dr - Gf seems to be getting close with male co-worker and asked me if she can go to his house to play guitar together 1 on 1, I'm feeling very insecure about it and don't know what to do.