TL;DR Legions have a faulty fan design that will break every six months, so don’t waste your money.
I bought a Legion Pro 7i last May. It worked great for six months. Then the fan started dying: it made chirping noises for a few days, then escalated to blaring like a horrendously loud woodchipper. The fan blades were grinding against the inside of the case. After a week the laptop would no longer stay on for more than a few minutes, so I sent it in for depot repair.
About a month without my laptop later, I got it back and it was fixed; they had replaced the thermal unit.
Now, almost exactly six months later, the same problem happened again. The same symptoms, the same exact noise. At this point it’s clear to me that the fan has a severely flawed design, and it’s totally unsustainable to have to send the laptop in for a month twice a year. While the repairs are free for as long as you have the warranty, it’s unreasonable to pay $2200 for a laptop and then only have it working for 10/12 months per year.
So I contacted Lenovo support and tried to return the defective unit with a refund. Two hours of calling later and there is no progress. The support agents just read their script about how you can send the laptop in for repair again, and clearly the company doesn’t give a crap about the blatant unusability of their products. “No returns after 30 days”—read, Lenovo won’t stand behind the quality of their products for more than a month of use.
So at this point I’m stuck with an overpriced laptop that I can’t even rely on being functional.
I’m not going to be buying Lenovo again. And I recommend that anyone interested in buying a Legion look elsewhere. You will regret buying this product.
FAQ

• The fan is supposed to be loud, that’s not abnormal.

I know what a fan sounds like; I’ve owned high-end computers for nearly a decade. This noise was completely absurdly loud and it killed the fan system within a week. Absolutely not normal.

• Well that sounds unusual; you must have been misusing the laptop or dropped it.

No. The laptop has been almost completely stationary the whole time I’ve used it. I keep it clean of dust and treat it with care. I didn’t even do as much gaming with it as your typical Legion target user, so fan overuse is not the explanation here. It’s just a faulty design.

• Your Legion is a year old, the new models are probably better.

You really going to wager $2200 on that being the case?

• You probably just got unlucky.

Browse this subreddit and you will find tens of people with similar problems.

I've got an 8-string, I would like to find a nice extended scale 6-string guitar I can down tune to drop E. The Hapas guitars are expensive and have a wait list. I was looking at Solar, they have two options, with evertune or without.
https://www.solar-guitars.com/product/a2-6d-29-aged-natural-matte/ https://www.solar-guitars.com/product/a1-6fbb-29-flame-black-burst-matte/
Are these my best options? Do you have any other recommendations? Are there any restrictions on what kind of strings I can use with an evertune?

I have dropped all the other delivery companies and grubhub is the last one I have been using, but lately I noticed the tips start at 1 dollar, and thats fucked up, its a manipulation to make it seem cheaper. They also hide the total price in the app. You can order without seeing the total price, so you only see the food cost, not the addons. I'm done with these crap companies, grubhub was the last to die, but I am shutting down my account down. If I was a driver I would be pissed that they shortchange you with a 1 dollar start on the tip, at least they could do percentages for you. I want to see these companies burn.

Azren
Azren Alarick, or as she prefers to be called, Ren, is a cambion, born from the venereal union of human and demon. Her conception was actually brought to by a satanic cult, who sacrificed one of their younger female members to birth her. They planned to raise her into a powerful soldier, however, a wizard busted into their base and killed all of them, for good reason. The wizard, Alarick, considered killing Ren too, but his heart was too big for that, so he took her home to raise as his own. Over the years, Alarick taught Ren to harness and control her demonic magic, and did the best he could to raise her until he died of old age when she was 16. After that, Ren took to traveling the world, intending on collecting a talisman from every continent of the world to place around her father's grave. Certain demons were attracted to her throughout her journey, attempting to either kill her, recruit her, or some other weird satanic thing, however, she had no trouble slaying them. One day, when she was 21, she was fooled by a serpentine shapeshifting demon taking the form of a little girl, who asked her to help find the girl's mother. The demon dragged Ren across seven different towns before the E.C.U, a task force devoted to neutralizing demonic beings, ambushed them and attempted to bring them both down. Ren assumed they were crazy until the girl revealed her true serpentine form and tried to kill her, to which Ren responded by cleaving it in half with one swing. She tried to leave after but the E.C.U soldiers were intent on questioning her, as they believed all demons were in alliance. She told them what she was and that she hated demons as well, purely to get them off her back, but eventually, a commander made an appearance and asked Ren to join the E.C.U, to which Ren said no. But after visiting her father's grave, she persuaded herself to join, just to see if she could finally rid Earth of demons for good.
Ren is a relatively laid-back, calm individual, save for a few random bursts of energy and hype. She has trouble taking stuff seriously sometimes, and grasping the importance of certain things. Like seriously, if you're panicking about something, unless you're having a goddamn panic attack, she'll just tell you to calm down. She's kind of a show off...okay she's a total show off, she'll hit you with a flashy ass move and then drop a one-liner like she's straight from an MCU film.
Something else about her is that she's gender-fluid, most of the time she's fem-presenting but sometimes she feels like a boy. Being a cambion, she has the ability to shapeshift, it's limited, but she can do it, so when she does feel like a boy she just shapeshifts into one. Thing is, she barely changes herself, she just flattens her chest, shortens her hair a bit, and makes her voice deeper. So some days, she'll just walk out of her barracks in her male form and everyone will be like "...what the fu-". She WON'T tell anyone until someone asks either.
She's also aromantic, so romance isn't really her thang, but sex is cool. Ren views sex in a weird way. She sees it as...how do I say this, an activity. A fun little sport to do with a cool person. She's the type of person to rock your goddamn world and then dap you up and call you 'buddy'. She tries her best not to lead people on but sometimes it can't be helped.
Last thing I want to mention about her before I throw her to the wolves (cough cough, y'all) , is that her demonic and human genes mix together to give her a weird mutation. It's an ability that allows her to compact a demonic being's body and magical essence into an energy orb and eat it. Afterwards, her body will mutate physically and she'll be able to use the demon's magic. She can turn the mutation on and off at will, and she can only use one demon's powers at a time, but it's still a formidable power.
Alright, now, if any of you have any questions about my girl/boy (sometimes), put em in the comments below!

Heyo hi!
I've been away from reddit for a little while as I needed to deal with some personal stuff but am once again on the lookout for someone/some people who I can hang with every now and again as well as play games with! I'll jot down my hobbies here and games that I play here!
Games I play -
Mainly PC - League of Legends, Overwatch 2, Minecraft, MW3, Portal 2, Borderlands 2 - I am also open to trying any games (particularly co-op, they're super fun!)
My other hobbies -
- Music - Dance/Fitness - Skincare/Fashion - Language Learning - Cooking/Baking - Coffee/Drinks
I do have other hobbies but I'd say the above are probably all my main ones :) I will say though, I am from the UK but my sleep schedule can be pretty scuffed so I'm happy to chat to people from anywhere in the world :)
If anything mentioned takes your interest, drop me a DM and see if we vibe? I do use discord primarily so it's preferred and please be 18+ annd finallyyy, please do not spam me if I don't reply in 15 seconds...!! I will try my best to get back to everyone <3

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Together, Pale and Kayla dragged the mage back to the cave they'd been using for shelter, barely managing to get him inside before the snowfall began again. Pale tied his hands behind his back and his legs together using some paracord she had in her pack, and the two of them stood over the man, staring down at him.
"What now?" Kayla asked. "Do we wait for him to-"
Pale cut her off by bringing the stock of her shotgun across the berserker's face. He reeled from the strike, suddenly catapulting awake, his eyes wide as several of his teeth came spilling out across the stone cave floor. He coughed, spitting out a glob of blood before fixing her with a harsh glare. Smoke began to rise from his palms, but Pale stopped him by putting the barrel of her gun flush with his crotch.
"Unless you want to lose something, I'd suggest keeping your magic under control," she threatened. "Because if I pull this trigger, there isn't a healer alive who'll be able to give back what you'll lose."
The man snarled at her, but the smoke curling up from his hands stopped all the same. He spat out more blood. "The fuck am I still alive for?"
"I think you know exactly what you're alive for. Now, are you going to play nice and tell us what we want to know, or am I going to have to force it out of you piece by piece?"
The mage grinned at her, showing off a mouth full of missing teeth and liquid crimson. "You really think I'd betray my brothers like that?"
"Last I checked, your brothers are all dead," Pale said absentmindedly. "But still, I was hoping you'd pick the hard way; I needed to relieve some stress."
She let her shotgun hang from its sling, then drew her knife. With her free hand, she grabbed one of his fingers, then positioned the blade at the tip.
"Last chance to offer up what you know," she threatened.
The mage barked out a laugh. "Fuck off. You really think I'd ever-"
His bravado suddenly gave way to an agonized scream as Pale forced the blade of her knife underneath his fingernail. He thrashed in agony as she twisted the knife before roughly yanking it free, taking the fingernail with it. She held the disembodied nail up to him, then flicked it away.
"Have I made my point?" she said evenly. "Because last I checked, you've still got nine fingers and ten toes, not to mention a variety of other things I could poke at and prod at and cut off. And when you run out of those, I can just start skinning you bit by bit."
"Fuck you…" he breathed through gritted teeth. "I'll never-"
She took another fingernail for his troubles. Idly, Pale was aware of Kayla flinching with every scream that erupted out of the man's throat, but that didn't bother her.
Kayla had specified no death, but that didn't mean she couldn't make this hurt like hell.
She again positioned the knife at one of his fingertips, only for him to give a weak, shuddering, pain-filled cough.
"W-wait…" he croaked.
"I see your tongue has been thoroughly loosened," she surmised, though she didn't dare to move the blade even a millimeter away from his next finger.
"What do you have for me?"
"I can give you our leader's name."
"And?"
"What do you mean, and? He doesn't tell us anything, he just pays us and feeds us, like any good leader should."
Pale's expression narrowed. "You had better give me something more substantial to go on, otherwise I have no reason to keep you around."
"Pale-" Kayla began, only to fall silent when she held up a hand. Reluctantly, Kayla backed down, though she continued to look on with concern as Pale's grip around her blade turned white-knuckled.
"Tell me something useful," Pale demanded. "Unless you want to see exactly how much pain I can commit to before I get bored."
"Okay, okay!" the bandit growled. "Fine… our leader's name is Sven Greymane, the warrior-king of the northern isles. He's the one who ordered us to attack certain towns on this continent."
"Is that why you sacked some and completely bypassed others?"
He nodded. "Yes. That was all part of the plan – he'd give us locations to attack, pay us in gold and food to attack them, and then let us keep whatever valuables we wanted afterwards."
"And did he tell you why he only wanted specific locations attacked, while others were to be spared?"
The mage shook his head. "No, and we knew better than to ask questions given how good of a deal it was."
Kayla suddenly stepped forwards. "One of those towns was my village," she growled. "Your friends captured several people, including my father, and took them back to the northern isles."
The mage leaned in, squinting to get a better look at her, before finally shrugging. "I don't know anything about that."
"Liar," Pale hissed.
"It's the truth. I wasn't involved with the attack on any Beastkin town."
"Of course, you'd say that," Kayla said through gritted teeth. "You're worried about what will happen to you if you admit to us here and now that you had something to do with it."
"Don't know what else to tell you. I had nothing to do with the attack on you and yours, and I didn't take any Beastkin slaves."
"Enough of this," Pale snapped. "How long do we have to find her father?"
The bandit cracked a wide grin at her. "You're probably already too late. If the girl's father is anything like her, then he's already been deemed to be useless as a slave – too mouthy for his own good, and mouthy slaves don't last very long among my people."
A vein pulsed in Kayla's forehead as she clenched and unclenched her fists. "Answer the question," she demanded. "Assuming he isn't murdered before we can get there, how long do slaves typically last while with your people?"
"Depends on the slave. Men tend to last longer, provided they're young enough and in good health. Of course, he was taken in the first place, so I assume that someone saw some value in him, at least enough to want him for themselves. Now, that only accounts for a berserker warrior having a bad day and killing someone as a result. If he's unlucky, he'll succumb to the elements before long." The mage shrugged. "It wouldn't make any sense for us to spend all that time capturing and enslaving someone only to let them die so soon, unless they just so happened to be a massive pain in the ass."
"So you claim," Pale said dismissively. "What else do you have for us?"
"I've told you enough," the man grunted. "Now hurry up and let me go."
"And why would I do that?" Pale demanded. "So you can go back to robbing and killing the innocent? Is your life really worth the lives of the people you'd kill if we let you go?"
"It is to her." He motioned towards Kayla, who was staring at him and trembling as she bit her lip, deep in thought.
Pale's eyes narrowed. "Kayla."
Kayla jumped slightly at the sound of her name being called. She hesitated for a moment before letting out a sigh. "...You should let him go."
"You know I can't do that, Kayla. If we let him go, he'll just go right back to doing what brought him here. Either we end this here and now and prevent him from taking more innocent lives, or he goes on for however long it takes for someone else to put him down."
"I know!" Kayla spat. "It's just… I don't know what to do… I don't want to be responsible for someone's death like this…"
"I understand that, but this is war," Pale insisted. "Death is an unavoidable part of that."
"What do you mean, war?" Kayla asked, horrified at the prospects of what Pale had just suggested. "You… you really are a soldier, aren't you? That's why you're doing this – it's a chance to do what you were made to do…"
"War is in my nature," Pale insisted. "It is why I was created. You are correct that this is a chance to fulfill my prime directive, but not in the way that you think." She turned her gaze back towards the bandit. "I need to get off this planet and back into the war I left behind before it's too late to save my creators. If killing this man will get me there faster, then I will not hesitate to do that."
"But… you can't know that killing him will help with that," Kayla pointed out. "He's just one man…"
"Every second spent debating his existence is one not spent working towards my ultimate goal. I ask for your input on what to do with him because I value your opinion as my ally, and do not wish to alienate you by leaving you out of major decisions such as that, but that does not mean I will not try to make you see reason when I think you are about to make a terrible decision." Pale sheathed her knife and hefted her shotgun. "You are concerned with the loss of innocent life, yes? Well, letting me kill this man will save an untold number of them. Is his life really worth all of theirs?"
"You can't think of it that way! He's still a person, too!"
"He is," Pale agreed. "But as far as I am concerned, his right to life is now forfeit, as he used it to torture and murder other people."
The bandit suddenly burst out laughing. "Listen to you two! You're honestly debating whether or not to take a life. How quaint, not to mention innocent. Consider me entertained."
Pale bashed him with the stock of her gun once more, knocking a few more of his teeth out in the process. As he coughed on blood and bone shards, she turned back to Kayla.
"See reason in this," she implored. "Letting him live means-"
"I know!" Kayla interrupted. Her wolf ears flattened against her skull, and in a quieter voice, she repeated, "...I know."
Her tail lashed behind her, and finally, she shook her head. "...I was willing to fight for you," she said softly. "I tried to convince you that you weren't just a killing machine – that you had a sjel, and that it was worth something. And maybe I was right. But even if I was… even if you're not just a killing machine… you seem dead-set on trying to be one. And if that's what you want, then who am I to stop you? Do what you want with him, Pale; after all, it's what you were programmed to do."
Kayla turned and marched out of the cave. Pale watched her go, waiting until she was completely gone before acting.
A single gunshot split the night.

Special thanks to my good friend and co-writer, Ickbard for the help with writing this story.

Hi everyone! I’m going to the parks on Thursday. After seeing the pictures of everyone at the security lines, I’m debating where to park. I have a believe key so I’d like to use my discount for parking. Should I try Mickey and Friends and hope for the best or is Toy Story the best bet? I’m lucky enough to go to the parks often (this will be my sixth park day this year) but I am going with people who haven’t been in a year. I want to make sure that they have the best experience and this includes trying to rope drop. Anyways, what parking location is currently the best?

Heyo hi!
I've been away from reddit for a little while as I needed to deal with some personal stuff but am once again on the lookout for someone/some people who I can hang with every now and again as well as play games with! I'll jot down my hobbies here and games that I play here!
Games I play -
Mainly PC - League of Legends, Overwatch 2, Minecraft, MW3, Portal 2, Borderlands 2 - I am also open to trying any games (particularly co-op, they're super fun!)
My other hobbies -
- Music - Dance/Fitness - Skincare/Fashion - Language Learning - Cooking/Baking - Coffee/Drinks
I do have other hobbies but I'd say the above are probably all my main ones :) I will say though, I am from the UK but my sleep schedule can be pretty scuffed so I'm happy to chat to people from anywhere in the world :)
If anything mentioned takes your interest, drop me a DM and see if we vibe? I do use discord primarily so it's preferred and please be 18+ annd finallyyy, please do not spam me if I don't reply in 15 seconds...!! I will try my best to get back to everyone <3

Hi all,
I am working on a project to capture environmental noise and through the help of community have made decent progress. Currently, I am able to capture acceptable quality of sound using INMP441 mic. The problem comes when I plot the FFT. I am observing frequency mirroring along max_freq/2 , in my case 4000 Hz as my max frequency is 8000 Hz.
As of now , I am reading data in 16 bit format, even though the microphone datasheet says it is 24 bit. In 16 bit I am able to record sound but the issue persists. My question is, how can I modify my code to accept 24 bit data?
Below are two suggestions 1, 2, which boils down to recording data as 32 bit, and then dropping the pad byte (or last byte). Would very much appreciate any help here. I have exhausted my limits and still getting 0 value when I try 32 bit or no value.

#include  #include  #define I2S_WS 22 #define I2S_SD 12 #define I2S_SCK 21 #define I2S_PORT I2S_NUM_0 #define BUFFER_LEN 512 const char* ssid = "Test"; // Replace with your SSID const char* password = "Pass"; // Replace with your WiFi password const int serverPort = 12345; WiFiServer server(serverPort); int16_t sBuffer[BUFFER_LEN]; void setup() { Serial.begin(921600); WiFi.begin(ssid, password); while (WiFi.status() != WL_CONNECTED) { delay(1000); Serial.println("Connecting to WiFi..."); } Serial.println("Connected to WiFi"); Serial.print("IP Address: "); Serial.println(WiFi.localIP()); // Print the IP address to the serial monitor server.begin(); i2s_config_t i2s_config = { .mode = (i2s_mode_t)(I2S_MODE_MASTER I2S_MODE_RX), .sample_rate = 16000, .bits_per_sample = I2S_BITS_PER_SAMPLE_16BIT, .channel_format = I2S_CHANNEL_FMT_ONLY_LEFT, .communication_format = I2S_COMM_FORMAT_I2S , .intr_alloc_flags = 0, .dma_buf_count = 8, .dma_buf_len = BUFFER_LEN, .use_apll = false }; i2s_pin_config_t pin_config = { .bck_io_num = I2S_SCK, .ws_io_num = I2S_WS, .data_out_num = -1, .data_in_num = I2S_SD }; i2s_driver_install(I2S_PORT, &i2s_config, 0, NULL); i2s_set_pin(I2S_PORT, &pin_config); } void loop() { WiFiClient client = server.available(); if (client) { client.println("ready"); while (client.connected()) { size_t bytes_read; i2s_read(I2S_PORT, &sBuffer, sizeof(sBuffer), &bytes_read, portMAX_DELAY); client.write((const char *)sBuffer, bytes_read); } } } another option , not sure if good. // .communication_format = i2s_comm_format_t(I2S_COMM_FORMAT_I2S I2S_COMM_FORMAT_STAND_MSB) 

Any recommendations for a 5th Gen 4x2 1/2 ton? It has front drums and Im looking to upgrade.
I see a lot of kits over a really wide price range, particularly around the $400, $800, and >$1000 price points. Anyone have any experience?
Also see a lot that include spindles, but not necessarily drop spindles. What's the use if you're not changing geometry? also, how much of a bear is it to change kingpins with new spindles? I'm on the fence about lowering the stance.

After getting barely any sleep last night, I confidently arrived at the test center at 7:30 AM this morning prepared for my 8 AM exam. However when I went to grab my ID, I realized the "yellow thing I thought was my wallet" was my snack, a bag of dried mangoes, and NOT my yellow wallet. I asked the check in ladies if I had time to drive home and back to retrieve my drivers license. I was so thrown off and arrived back at test center at 8:10 AM. I noticed around 45 people waiting around and came to find out that the internet was down and they were unable to load exams on anyone's computers that required internet. They offered me the chance to reschedule or wait....I was very frustrated but thought I'm here and ready so let's go at least if I fail I have an excuse with all the distractions. 2.5 hours later I started taking my exam.
I thought the first section started off really difficult. It seemed like almost every question had 2 correct answers to choose from. I used the highlighter tool a lot and that helped me to dissect the question and see what they were REALLY asking for. The clues from the question often informed the best choice. DM's videos really helped with this. I personally tried not to psych myself by watching the clock and just grinded through question after question. I did write down the target time stamps when I first sat down (155/80) and thought that was helpful as I neared 60 question mark. I felt like the breaks were well timed and definitely needed. I had a few of the drag and drop questions and only one question where I needed a calculator. My test seemed to be mostly focused on agile vs waterfall.
As I moved through the test, my confidence started waning and I was pretty sure I was not going to pass but I kept grinding away. Since I was testing until after 2 pm and hadn't eaten since 6 and barely drank anything, my stomach was growling and I had a terrible headache. I was SHOCKED when I got my provisional pass as I was leaving the test site. So glad I stayed and stuck it out after a rough start to the day.
And you know I was wearing BLUE and maybe that luck helped me today! I can't wait to see how I scored on each of the domains but for now glad today is behind me. Can share my study plan if interested but I followed the same plan as others often post on here. THANK YOU to this amazing subreddit that helped me SO much.
Cheers and good luck grinding away- if I can do it, so can you!!

TLDR; Is there a limit to dropping classes? Or a penalty of some sort? I dropped one last semester and need to drop two this semester.
This may be a silly question, but I'm having a really hard time getting my shit together and I don't have time right now to chase down an advisor to speak to.
Last semester, I had to use the "drop" option for one class, and then the "withdrawal" option for another - my first time for both. I couldn't balance life at the time and thought I'd recover from this hiccup by registering myself for those classes in the summer. I originally had summer open / no classes. Already have been registered for fall classes. So I signed up for summer because I didn't want to fall off track even more.
Well as it stands today, with my current schedule, I will not have earned enough hours by my next audit to continue qualifying for the tuition benefit from my employer. So if I spend this time on school, rather than working more hours, I won't be able to continue school in the fall anyway.
If you're not familiar with how the SCAP audits work, that's fine. I don't need everyone on Earth to respond to this post :b I just don't have time to go further into it right now. Just trust me, that's how it works.
Anyhow, the summer classes that I'm enrolled in have already started and I haven't even opened them yet because my family and I have all been sick for the last two weeks. I've been missing school and work (which again, is what allows me to go to school) because of this. I'm stressed.
If you've hung on for this long, thanks. I'm mostly just venting here because I'm really isolated and don't really have anyone to turn to about this stuff. I'll probably delete this post. I'm not interested in rude comments when I'm just looking for some help...
I digress.
What I'm thinking is I should drop these classes before I unnecessarily and inevitably fumble them due to an ongoing illness and life being generally chaotic rn. (I'm also a parent and HOH) in the meantime, increase my work hours to meet the minimum by my next audit, and then pick up where I left off in the fall.
Am I kiiiiinda rambling into the void? ..yes. I think I just need someone to validate my decisions because school DOES matter to me, I just have no fucking idea what I'm doing. Like, ever.
I know I'm not the only one :b

An Airstrike of its bugs and a 500 of its bots. I'm telling you because a lot of you run 2 inches in front of a bug hole or fabricator and then get pissy that an eagle already had plans. I'm going to clip as many bug holes as I can, and I'll throw a second one of there's a few holes left. I'm going to try to close that bot base from 50m away, I don't want to be involved with what's inside. Don't stand 2 inches from the fabricator. Bug holes are sunk in at goofy angles and spread in different directions, I don't want to zig zag around dodging spawns, I want to throw 1 or 2 eagles and keep moving. Stop standing in front of the thing we need to blow up and whine about blow up mechanics that resupply themselves being used. No, I'm not throwing it while you're already there, but I'm throwing it from range and it's probably not there yet as you're rushing THE THING WE NEED TO BLOW UP. I want to save grenade pistol shots so I don't feel the urge to take an entire supply drop just so I can plop 6 more shots around you on the next base. That is all

If we talk about the poopsie slime surprise toy, it clearly shows a unicorn defecating. A unicorn is a bit like a horse and there are horses in RDR. What else is in RDR I hear you cry? Poo. The horses poo CONSTANTLY. Stay with me. In Fallout, Jet is created by huffing the fumes of cow poo. In RDR, we see people huffing fumes of tobacco products. If the gang knew about cow poo, they would be getting loopy of that poopy constantly. We also see people eating, so bear with me here, what if they believed eating the poo would give them a sort of more potent scat high like an edible gummy? Using this logic, they might try huffing and eating human poo to get the same effects if the cow poo has already been consumed. Therefore, scat would of been a common occurrence and uncle may of pooed in someone’s mouth and inhaled the stink in his youth.
I can’t afford my brain medicine

My boyfriend and I have been together for 3 years. We clicked immediately and he moved into my place about 4 months in. In the beginning the sex was super hot and often, if anything the problem was that he didn't last super long but that was never brought up and I'm almost certain it is not anything that he has any insecurity about. Once he moved in, it dropped severely. I figured it was stress and change in routine etc but after 3 months of this I decided to bring it up. I don't remember what excuse he gave but he listened and said he'd do better. A year after he had moved in…nothing had changed. I knew he was stressed about work and his health was suffering. He was constantly sick and started having frequent pain that he still deals with on a daily basis. He gained weight as well and that messed with his self-esteem. He fell into a depression. I did the math and made some adjustments and proposed that he take some time off work to get his mind right and I could support the both of us financially. He jumped at the opportunity. Throughout our relationship, the conversation has come up several times, sometimes it's me expressing my feeling of rejection/feeling undesirable or him telling me that he feels inadequate and embarrassed but these conversations come with less frequency as time passes. It has gotten heated a couple of times but never yelling or break ups. He always listens and understands but I've become tired. The disappointment that follows every one of these conversations has led me to stop initiating, the panic that sets into my chest in anticipation for the rejection is hard to surpass most of the time. Sometimes I can push through it and get out a measley “hey…do you think we can have some sexy time soon?” and sometimes he'll be up for “helping me masturbate” (playing with my nipples or caressing me while I use my vibe) or sometimes he'll have an apathetic yes but most of the times it's a “maybe later”. We have sex on the weekends and I know he enjoys it but I'd say about half of the times, it seems he does it out of obligation. I'm trying not to be pushy, especially since it is an improvement. I'm trying to give him the space he needs and be understanding of where he's coming from but sometimes it's hard to see past my own emotions about this.
We are in an enm relationship but aren't super active in the community partly because of this (I'm not comfortable introducing other people when there's this much insecurity in our relationship) and partly because I work 60 hours/week making it hard to find the time. He is an amazing partner outside of the bedroom. We are in love. PDA is frequent and unapologetic. I don't want to end things. I want to believe he is trying his best.
He's been on a journey of self improvement for a while. He's taught himself how to cook, he reads frequently and maintains the home. He cut down on video games severely and is trying to get more activity in. He's even trying to learn Spanish(my first language).
Yesterday he brought up a new way that he wants to improve himself. He called me at work to tell me he wants to stop masturbating and watching porn.This was surprising to me as I wasn't even aware that he was masturbating and watching porn often enough to warrant him thinking he needs to stop. Masturbation and porn are not frowned upon in our relationship, we're both ok with the other doing it/watching it. I asked him how often he was doing it and he said “2-3x a week, sometimes like 4 or 5 but mostly 2-3” This felt like a punch to the gut. I'm still not sure what about it bothers me exactly. I didn't say anything other than some words of encouragement and expressed my surprise at the frequency. He also said some sexy stuff about missing me and wanting me so bad. I came home from work and everything was normal, like any other weekday. When we went to bed he put on some sexy music instead of our usual sleep sounds and sorta caressed me a little bit but I couldn't bring myself to reciprocate or react. I just ignored him. I feel horrible. This is the first time that I've rejected his advances. He hasn't brought it up at all. This morning I got emotional as I was leaving and kissing him goodbye. He asked why and I told him that I didn't want to go to work and I just wanted to spend the day with him. He said he understood and he was sorry and that maybe I could take a mental health day soon. I'm not sure where to go from here….
p.s first time posting - please excuse any faux pas I might have committed.

Hey everyone! I work remotely with a full PC setup, but I'm looking for a Laptop to also use when travelling or just around the house as a different option.
It needs to be powerful enough to handle games (e.g League/Valorant/WoW/Diablo) to a very high quality as a lot of my work involves gaming video content where recording is key!
Ideally if possible I'd like something that would have a decent shelf life, as my last MSI gaming laptop started to drop significantly in performance after around 2 years to the point where I could no longer use it for work purposes.
Budget around £1,000 ($1200) but fairly flexible.
Thanks in advance!

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Accepted a new job and moving, so I’m getting rid of stuff I don’t use any more.
If for some reason you want everything spyderco related on this post, I will sell it all for $275. That is the para 3 itself, all 3 scale sets, the backspacer and both clips. To cut down on shipping costs I will give a discount if you buy multiple items. Just shoot me an offer. This stuff is just collecting dust at this point. Feel free to ask for more or better pictures if you need them.
Para 3: $190 Para 3 cpm 4V with flytanium skinny scales, flytanium backspacer and lynch clip. 2nd owner on this one, has been carried some and sharpened, a choil has been added. Comes with a box but not the original box. Drop shut action, perfect centering. If you don’t like the price, feel free to shoot me an offer.
Awt para 3 black Micarta scales: $50 Bought these, thought they would be darker. I never carried or used the scales. Original owner.
Para 3 g10 scales: $25 Want the black scales and not the pink? Want the blue ink scales and not the black? Too bad you’re getting both. Both in new condition, removed before use.
Para 3 flytanium backspacer: $30 Installed on a knife for about a day, decided i didn’t like the color combination and uninstalled. Original owner.
Para 3 deep carry clips: $20 Both are MXG clips and both have been used.
Crk small sebenza backspacer: $75 Jekyll to Hyde Designs. I installed this one on a knife and carried it a few times but it still looks new. Everything needed to install is included.
Crk small sebenza deep carry clip: $30 MXG. glass blasted and not sandblasted. So be aware of that if you have a sand blasted sebenza and you want it to match perfectly.
Crk small inkosi backspacer: $75 Jekyll to Hyde Designs. Installed this one but decided I didn’t like how it looked. Has not been carried, comes with everything needed.