I’m out of the country for a few weeks for a family wedding. I, of course, left my car at home and, stupidly, told my roommate where the keys were in case he had to move my car (sometimes the landlord needs weird stuff). I left not thinking too much of it, however, my bf stopped by my house to help take care of my dog and noticed my car wasn’t there. He texted me this and I immediately started panicking. I called my roommate hoping maybe he moved it somewhere and my bf just wasn’t seeing it. But my roommate had taken it to work because it was windy and he hadn’t gotten around to fixing his car. He has the part and everything, he’s just been lazy about it. I said it was fine that once but not to do it again. Today my bf tells me my car is gone again. I tried calling and texting my roommate, this time no answer. He still hasn’t responded to me. The biggest problem is my roommate doesn’t have a license. He’s also been pulled over borrowing my car once and they said they’d impound it if they saw him in it again. I can’t afford to pay any impound fees and even if I did, I wouldn’t want to. I know for a fact he can’t afford them. So I sent him a very serious message reading “Hey I need you to stop driving my car. If you get caught again, I can't afford the impound fees and I know you can't either. Please leave the keys on the kitchen counter. If you can't be bothered to respond to me and I see my car is taken out again, I will be forced to call the police. Thank you.” I feel like it may be a bit harsh but I can’t afford to go home to no car. I need it for work and daily life (our city isn’t very walkable). So would I be the A hole if I called the cops if he takes it again?

I would like to chat with someone and hopefully be good friends eventually!
I am 30, i live in the UK have done all my life, I do not get outside much currently, all thanks to mental health stuff which is always fun!, but it’s okay as I’m getting better slowly!. The main problems I have are basically General anxiety disorder, depression and agoraphobia. Which has been fun to learn to live with and get over but it’s not impossible.
Thanks to that I currently spend most of my time indoors gaming or watching movies and anime, or listening to music. I’d love to find a friend who is into the same things as I am! And possibly game or watch something together!
General Hobbies: Gaming usually on Xbox series X or PS5, watching movies mostly the old classics from the 80’s/90’s, watching tv shows like GoT, and some anime too.
If you read my post and wanna chat send me a message, or if you wanna know more ask me a question and I will respond when I can :)

After doing my research and getting my game list smaller I think is time to get some FF games now here my general plan and I be happy to know your though and keep in mind I those are the switch version:
FF4
FF10
FF7
FF9
I just thibk for the moment and for storage purposes cause my chances to find a 10 physical copy without paying too much for liking is unlikley I will get the second one that in my mind which is 4 which I heard is generally the FF game for classic introduction, 7 I will get cause is FF7 and 9 at the end cause is a one that I heard a lot of good things but personally I really want to get this 3 first.

(Readers, kindly note the length of Part 1 has been increased to comply with nosleep guidelines. The start of the newly added portion has been highlighted in bold.)
Part 1
It was already 5 am when I finally reached his home, and I wasn’t surprised to see him awake. He runs a small illegal gambling den in the city, and usually works late into the night.
[Henry was sitting by the fireside enjoying a pint of beer. I quickly brought him up to speed with the events of the day.]()
[When I was finished, he asked, “Do you still have the telescope?”]()
[I nodded. He took it out from the briefcase and pointed it at the sky. I showed him how to work it, and warned him not crank it up all the way to level 3. He nodded.]()
[And then, he saw it too. All the three spaceships were suspended mid-air. Just like I had spotted them the first time. He was in shock and whistled softly to himself.]()
[“What’s gonna happen Mike? Why do you think they are here?” he asked. I simply shrugged not knowing what to say.]()
[“Are they going to hurt us?” he inquired, sounding worried.]()
[“I’m sure the government already knows of their presence. They must be dealing with them” I replied, though not fully convinced.]()
[He then panned the device straight at me and said “I can see your heart, lungs, spleen and guts from here Mikey!”]()
[He then pointed it down to my trousers and exclaimed “Somebody’s packin down there!’.]()
[I grabbed the telescope and put it back in the briefcase.]()
[“I want to sell this thing to help pay for Jessica’s surgery. Do you know any buyer?” I asked him.]()
[He told me about a smuggler in Tipmann Avenue, which was an hour’s drive away from his house. I decided to visit him first thing in the morning.]()
Henry looked at me in silence. “Mike, you would probably be dead by now had you not received the call from the hospital,” he said a moment later in quiet realization.
“And don’t blame yourself for Joe’s death ok,” he added. “Had you stayed back, you would have all been killed by now, including Buster,’ he reasoned. I nodded in understanding, but deep down I couldn’t shake away the feeling of guilt. Joe was all alone back there and had no body to turn to for help.
Henry then got up and hugged me tight, “I’m glad your fine.” he said.
We spoke for a little while longer before agreeing to call it a night.
As I lay down on his couch, I felt the exhaustion kicking in and immediately fell asleep.
[I looked at my Mickey Mouse watch. It was 5:36 PM. I was happily licking my ice-cream in the backseat of my car when a truck came and rammed into it. I looked around in the car, but I was all alone.]()
[I started doing everything in my power to try and get out. But I was unable to open the door. It was stuck. I tried to smash the window with my foot. But I failed again. It was too strong.]()
[Then a man looked at me from the outside. He had long hair and wore a French beard. He smashed the glass with his elbow and rescued me from the wreckage. ..]()
[I opened my eyes and realized I was still sleeping on Henry’s couch. It was the damn dream again. But it was very different this time, and I had never seen that guy before.]()
[When I looked at the clock I realized it was 3:00 in the afternoon, and my cousin had already left for work.]()
[I got up from the couch, took a quick shower and put on some of Henry’s clothes. While going through his cupboard, I noticed a new jacket and decided to try it on. It fit perfectly, so I decided to keep it. I took out the telescope from the briefcase, and placed it in the inner pocket of my new jacket.]()
[Got in my car with Buster, and took off to meet the smuggler whose address Henry had provided. When I was halfway along, I stopped at a signal to take a right turn to Tipmann Avenue. A man with long black hair and a French beard stopped his bike next to my jeep.]()
[I was a little taken aback at the coincidence because he was the same person who had appeared in my dream this morning. I kept staring at him, while he had his sight fixed on the road. When the signal turned green, he raced ahead and I decided to follow him.]()
[A few miles later, he stopped his bike in front of a store and walked inside.]()
I straightened my shirt and cleared my throat before stepping out of the jeep, and began formulating a plan in my mind as I walked towards the store.
[“Good morning. What can I do for you?” he asked me, when I entered the same shop with Buster.]()
[The man with long hair was manning the counter, and appeared to be in the dry cleaning business. He was wearing a sleeveless jacket with a nameplate that read Adam.]()
[To my surprise, there was another person seated just a few feet away who looked just like him. They were in fact identical twins.]()
[“You saved my life.” I said to Adam.]()
[“Excuse me?” he replied back sounding confused.]()
[“You saved my life when I was involved in a car accident. But that was only a dream” I said to him.]()
[The brothers glanced awkwardly at each other before breaking into a grin, treating me as if I were a mad person.]()
[I simply took the telescope from my jacket, and placed it on the counter in front of Adam. I just wanted to see how he would react. And he immediately recognized the device for what it was. He was not laughing anymore, and I now had all his attention.]()
[“Who are you?” he asked for the first time fully serious.]()
[“My name is Michael. I used to work as a security guard. I found this lying around in an abandoned building.” I said.]()
I refused to divulge any further details about myself.
[“How did you find me?” he asked still looking confused.]()
[“In my dream like I already told you. Now I realize this sounds both stupid and bizarre.”]()
[“So did you really save my life? No, of course not. I saved my own life from the car wreck, and I saved my cousin’s life as well.”]()
[“But there must be a reason why you came in my dream this morning, because I spotted you on your bike only a few hours later. Now I have reached a point in life, where I can longer just ignore incidents like these as mere coincidences.”]()
[“So I decided to follow after you, and here I am, right now, in front of you, in your own store.”]()
[I then tapped on the telescope with my finger and asked. “So, are you interested?”]()
[Adam took a deep long breath and finally asked, “Ok Michael. How much do you want for it?”]()
[I said, “30k. In cash and would like it now please”.]()
[“Why the urgency?”]()
[“My wife needs emergency surgery, and I need the 30 grand to make that happen”]()
Adam nodded.
[“Ok. Let’s go test this thing upstairs. But your dog stays here. Don’t worry. My brother will keep an eye on him. You cool with that?” he asked.]()
[I looked at his brother, and he raised his hand to assure me Buster would be fine. I nodded and followed after Adam to the terrace.]()
[I could see Adam was comfortable with handling the telescope. He had obviously used it before. He placed it in front of his eye, and then began to fidget with the controls. He panned it at various office buildings and continued to keep testing it.]()
[He then passed it back to me saying it wasn’t working properly. I took it from him and began testing it myself.]()
I looked into the telescope. The green display was working fine; I could zoom in and out. I then cranked it up to level 2. I could now see various people busy at work inside their offices.
[When I kept panning the telescope, Adam suddenly came into my line of vision. The telescope suddenly zoomed in to reveal the insides of his chest, and what I saw made the hair on the back of my neck stand up.]()
[There was a little alien residing inside Adam’s body, and he was looking right back at me.]()
[Before I had any time to react, I fell to the floor feeling fully paralyzed. Adam had just tasered me. The only thing I could remember after that was his fist coming in contact with my face, and I lost all consciousness.]()
[When I finally came around, I realized I was still at the dry cleaners. Buster was busy licking my face and wagging his tail. He was obviously happy to see me finally awake. I looked around the store, and the twins were nowhere in sight. Adam obviously must have carried me downstairs after knocking me out.]()
[Meanwhile, on the counter I saw the telescope, and next to it were a stack of bills totaling $30K. There was also a note attached to it.]()
[It read, “Break your little finger if you get into trouble”.]()
[I looked at my palm, and noticed a tiny puncture mark in the webbing of my right hand between the ring and the little finger.]()
[‘What did they inject into my hand? What did that note even mean? And why did they leave the money on the counter without even taking the telescope?’ I thought to myself.]()
[My head was swimming with many unanswered questions. But I was grateful for the money. I immediately wired it to the hospital, and asked the doctor to get started with the surgery. But first I wanted to check in on Henry. For some inexplicable reason, I began to worry about his safety. I got in my car and started to drive towards his place.]()
[When I parked the car outside his home, Buster immediately began to bark. He could sense something was wrong too. I took out my pistol from the dashboard and ran towards his house. I decided to enter through the backdoor, hoping it would give me some kind of tactical advantage if necessary. I kicked the door open, and entered the house through the kitchen to get to the living room.]()
[My heart sank when I looked at Henry’s lifeless body. He was sitting in his favorite chair, killed in the same way as Joe. All that was left of him now, were his skeletal remains. I dropped to my knees, and the tears started flowing down my face.]()
[Buster started barking loudly again. His face looked really tense and I soon realized why.]()
[Three large aliens had suddenly come out of hiding, and their eyes were all fixed on me. They were at least 8 feet tall, with large hands and muscular bodies.]()
[The alien in front of me was brandishing a baton kind of weapon in his hand. Every time he swished it in the air, electrical sparks flew from it. Buster suddenly lunged at him to tear into his leg, but he casually managed to kick him away. He flew back 2 feet in the air and yelped in pain.]()
[I then aimed my gun at him to take him out, when another alien whacked me in the head from behind. And I fell to the floor unconscious for the second time in less than 5 hours.]()

I would like to chat with someone and hopefully be good friends eventually!
I am 30, i live in the UK have done all my life, I do not get outside much currently, all thanks to mental health stuff which is always fun!, but it’s okay as I’m getting better slowly!. The main problems I have are basically General anxiety disorder, depression and agoraphobia. Which has been fun to learn to live with and get over but it’s not impossible.
Thanks to that I currently spend most of my time indoors gaming or watching movies and anime, or listening to music. I’d love to find a friend who is into the same things as I am! And possibly game or watch something together!
General Hobbies: Gaming usually on Xbox series X or PS5, watching movies mostly the old classics from the 80’s/90’s, watching tv shows like GoT, and some anime too.
If you read my post and wanna chat send me a message, or if you wanna know more ask me a question and I will respond when I can :)

I already feel bad all the time but somehow my mum makes it worse. She comments on what i eat and what i look like. She comments on what i do in my free time. She tells me that it’s my fault she’s overweight. She tells me that my friends don’t care about me and that they’re not really my friends. She tells me my family don’t love me and i’ll never be good enough for them. She tells me that nobody will love me like she does. She tells me that it’s my fault my dad cries every night. She tells me to just get over my anxiety like she did. She tells me that i make her life hard. I heard her yell at my dad that she hated us both. She compares me to my friends , looks and grades. She tells me that if my dad dies it’ll be my fault and she’ll never speak to me again. She always “reminds” me to wear an arm cover that she bought me to cover up my scars , even though i didn’t want it. She tells me i’m not good enough and could do better , every time i get a good score on a test. She tells me that I need to be the best to succeed in life. She tells me i’m a disappointment. I didn’t get a good enough grade to get into latin classes at school, she felt the need to rub it in by sending me messages in Latin. I’m not allowed to be upset about things she has said because according to her she never said any of these things and that i’m accusing her of being a bad mum. But then other times she’s really nice to me. I don’t know what to believe anymore, i always have to be cautious around her that i just avoid her at this point. I miss a lot of school because i’m scared to go, and she acts caring but also judgmental . I can’t talk to teachers because i don’t trust them from past experiences and i don’t go to school anyway. I can’t talk to my friends because i don’t trust them, i can’t tell them anything about me or my life because when i do they twist the information and tell teachers things that aren’t true. I can’t talk to my family either because they don’t care. I feel so trapped.

I would like to chat with someone and hopefully be good friends eventually!
I am 30, i live in the UK have done all my life, I do not get outside much currently, all thanks to mental health stuff which is always fun!, but it’s okay as I’m getting better slowly!. The main problems I have are basically General anxiety disorder, depression and agoraphobia. Which has been fun to learn to live with and get over but it’s not impossible.
Thanks to that I currently spend most of my time indoors gaming or watching movies and anime, or listening to music. I’d love to find a friend who is into the same things as I am! And possibly game or watch something together!
General Hobbies: Gaming usually on Xbox series X or PS5, watching movies mostly the old classics from the 80’s/90’s, watching tv shows like GoT, and some anime too.
If you read my post and wanna chat send me a message, or if you wanna know more ask me a question and I will respond when I can :)

I already feel bad all the time but somehow my mum makes it worse. She comments on what i eat and what i look like. She comments on what i do in my free time. She tells me that it’s my fault she’s overweight. She tells me that my friends don’t care about me and that they’re not really my friends. She tells me my family don’t love me and i’ll never be good enough for them. She tells me that nobody will love me like she does. She tells me that it’s my fault my dad cries every night. She tells me to just get over my anxiety like she did. She tells me that i make her life hard. I heard her yell at my dad that she hated us both. She compares me to my friends , looks and grades. She tells me that if my dad dies it’ll be my fault and she’ll never speak to me again. She always “reminds” me to wear an arm cover that she bought me to cover up my scars , even though i didn’t want it. She tells me i’m not good enough and could do better , every time i get a good score on a test. She tells me that I need to be the best to succeed in life. She tells me i’m a disappointment. I didn’t get a good enough grade to get into latin classes at school, she felt the need to rub it in by sending me messages in Latin. I’m not allowed to be upset about things she has said because according to her she never said any of these things and that i’m accusing her of being a bad mum. But then other times she’s really nice to me. I don’t know what to believe anymore, i always have to be cautious around her that i just avoid her at this point. I miss a lot of school because i’m scared to go, and she acts caring but also judgmental . I can’t talk to teachers because i don’t trust them from past experiences and i don’t go to school anyway. I can’t talk to my friends because i don’t trust them, i can’t tell them anything about me or my life because when i do they twist the information and tell teachers things that aren’t true. I can’t talk to my family either because they don’t care. I feel so trapped.

I went to donate plasma for the first time yesterday and they asked what meds I'm on (understandable) and then asked what they were for. I told them one of them is for Bipolar 2, and they told me I wouldn't be able to donate until I have my psychiatrist fax them this form basically proving I'm of sound mind to make the decision to donate. It asks if I have self destructive behaviors, if I can make the decision to donate, if I will tell them if something is wrong and need medical assistance during the donation, basically confirming I'm sane enough to donate. I can understand why this is important for them but I needed that donation money and as someone whose manic phase has never lasted longer than 2 days and has never caused me to have delusions or lose sleep I felt incredibly demeaned for a disorder I feel like I barely qualify for. Now I have to wait however many days with $0 to my name until pay day so I can have this stupid permission slip signed. It seems like it would be more efficient to have their doctors do a short evaluation to confirm my sanity rather than send me home with this form that takes who knows how long to get processed. End rant I guess, if anyone else has felt this way I'd love to hear about it.

I would like to chat with someone and hopefully be good friends eventually!
I am 30, i live in the UK have done all my life, I do not get outside much currently, all thanks to mental health stuff which is always fun!, but it’s okay as I’m getting better slowly!. The main problems I have are basically General anxiety disorder, depression and agoraphobia. Which has been fun to learn to live with and get over but it’s not impossible.
Thanks to that I currently spend most of my time indoors gaming or watching movies and anime, or listening to music. I’d love to find a friend who is into the same things as I am! And possibly game or watch something together!
General Hobbies: Gaming usually on Xbox series X or PS5, watching movies mostly the old classics from the 80’s/90’s, watching tv shows like GoT, and some anime too.
If you read my post and wanna chat send me a message, or if you wanna know more ask me a question and I will respond when I can :)

First of all, I know I could figure this all out on my own, but I'm struggling a lot with mental health and substance use and it's putting some significant blockers up when it comes to stuff like this.
I figure there's a couple sympathetic and knowledgeable people that will see this.
I moved to Denver from phoenix in February. I was on acchs Medicaid in Phoenix. I haven't worked in a couple years because due to a few different circumstances. I'm honestly not sure if I'm still technically on my old insurance.
I really need health insurance right now. To be totally transparent, I'm a lifelong opiate addict on suboxone and I'm desperate for a sublocade shot. Which I've heard medicaid covers.
I'm not sure how to go about even applying for insurance or what that looks like, and fear is crippling me... might sound silly.
Is there a building I go to? Online form I fill out?
I'd like to do it in the manor which settles the issue asap.
For those knowledgeable in insurance, is it likely my arizona Medicaid is still active if I never told them I moved or canceled it? Would it be illegal for any reason to try to get the shot I need in AZ if it is still active?
I feel ashamed from posting this bc I know technically a 30 year old man should be able to manage this all by myself... but here we are. I'm truly desperate.
Thank you to any helpful people who see this. I'm already vulnerable enough so I beg that unhelpful comments are kept to a minimum. I already know.

It’s finally time for this truly crazy season to come to an end. 46 has been such a journey, starting out with one of the worst pre-merges of all time, a bit of a boring early merge, then suddenly building momentum like crazy and delivering a great 5-episode run. I’ve enjoyed this season, and it’s currently ranked 3rd out of the new-era seasons for me, under 45 and 42. Anyway, time for the final predictions.
🦎5th Place: Maria. 🦎
Through out the new era, a pattern has emerged with its fifth placers: players who, on the island, are big threats, likely to win if they get to the end, and are shown to be solid strategic players, but with edits that are smaller than they should be, given their perceived win equity on the island; players like Lindsey (42) Lauren (44) and Julie (45), Maria fits in that lineup perfectly.
After her blindside of Charlie failed, she’s left with no allies and is the biggest target by far. I think Maria is going to go out unanimously. There is absolutely no reason for anyone to keep her.
🦎4th Place (Fire Making Loser.) : Ben. 🦎
Ben is going to lose to Kenzie in fire. I’ve been predicting this for awhile, and while I’m no longer as certain of this happening as I used to be, to me, it still seems like what the season has been building up to for a while now.
Kenzie and Ben both got fire making content extremely earlier in the season and has colored how I’ve seen their relationship all season; Kenzie will no longer be the comforter but will be the competitor; taking out one of her closest relationships of the season and sending a strong supporter to the jury. I see this has her finally showing off a “killer instinct” or something along those lines. Ben will be the winning vote for Kenzie in an incredibly close final tribal council.
Oops. I’ve spent Ben’s section talking about Kenzie. Ben is a supporting character in the story of Kenzie’s win. And no, I don’t think he’ll break any sort of tie.
🦎3rd Place: Liz.🦎
Liz lands here by default. I’m leaning towards Charlie winning the final immunity challenge, and sending Ben and Kenzie to fire with the main goal of getting Kenzie out. We saw in episode 12 that Liz is horrible at fire, so I think Charlie won’t pick her; also, she’s just an easy person to beat at the end.
I don't think Liz is well liked or respected by the majority Nami jury–who I’m guessing will be bitter at her for whatever reason–and will be seen as a goat. Which I don't think is really fair; Liz has played an okay game, but against Charlie and Kenzie, she won't get a single vote.
Liz has been a great character and is responsible for the most iconic moment of the season. IM PISSED that Liz has been overlooked by the editors. I’m hoping she has a good finale.
🦎Second Place: Charlie.🦎
The strategic figure head of the season, top-ten new-era player, and Swiftie, Charlie, is going to get second place. It’s really hard to have Charlie at second; I’d love to see him win; he truly deserves it; and on any other new-era season, I think he does win, but just not this one.
The only reason I think Charlie doesn’t win is purely from reading the edit.

1. His social game isn’t as prevalent in his edit, which leans way more toward the strategic. When considering Kenzie's edit, that’s really bad, as it gives Kenzie a clear reason why she wins over Charlie—that being her better social game.
   
2. A few weeks ago, Charlie talked about not wanting to be seen as “one of the bad people,” which makes me think that the jury might be bitter.
   
3. After such a visibly dominant winner like Dee, Charlie and Maria’s complete control of the game wasn’t shown off to the extent it could have been.
   
4. Kenzie has one of the strongest edits of the new-era.
   

That being said, I don’t think Charlie’s edit is as bad as people are making it seem; sure, I don’t think it’s as strong as Kenzie’s from a story arc or personal content perspective, but I don’t think we’ve really been shown explicitly why Charlie loses. My main line of thinking is that the jury is going to be bitter, or that Charlie’s final tribal speech doesn’t do his game justice. The final tribal council will be a battle between the strategically dominant Charlie and the social butterfly Kenzie. It’ll be a close vote. this is the highest I’ve ever been on a Charlie win happening. I don’t think it’s impossible as others do, but Kenzie’s edit is just too strong for me to really consider anything else.
🦎The Winner Of Survivor 46: Kenzie.🦎
As predictable as it is, Kenzie seems to be locked in for a win. Kenzie has one of the strongest new-era edits and one of the strongest edits for a woman ever. Kenzie has been consistently visible throughout the entirety of the season. Her pre-merge did an excellent job of setting her up as a strong social player. We were consistently shown her reads on players and situations and her reactions to the game. Come the merge, we got more of the same, which was odd considering Kenzies lack of importance to the merge game over all. She’s been playing, no doubt, but to have as many confessionals as Charlie and more than Maria doesn’t exactly make sense, unless she wins. From the start, Kenzie has been a strong narrator.
We also get a strong view of Kenzie’s relationships. We know how she feels about the majority of the players on the jury. Which strengthens her social player storyline.
We know that: She was close to Hunter, and after Tevin was blindsided, she became his number one. She was extremely close to Tiffany all season. They were arguably the second-strongest duo of the season. She had a developing relationship with Venus, and they were growing close up until her eventual blindside. She was done with Q after his antics and all the drama he brought, but they did have a working relationship with Yanu.
Speaking of Yanu, the majority of the Yanu comeback content was framed from Kenzie's perspective. She got that really strong opening in episode two about staying strong and making it to the end.
Overall, Kenzie is the total package. She’s got the storyline, the narration, the social game, a jury full of friends, the backstory package, a challenge win, an episode dedicated to erasing her negativity (episode 7), she’s never had a zero confessional episode, and most importantly, the edit to back it all up!!!
The reign of the mermaid dragon is here! 🧜🏻‍♀️🐉

I’ve had candida for two years (was overprescribed antibiotics after getting strep throat, then got a yeast infection afterwards which I took OTC suppositories for, a couple months later is when my symtoms started) and was just finally diagnosed this February after thorough testing by a naturopathic doctor. She had me start taking supplements and I’ve changed my diet but it’s been such a struggle that I feel like I’m doing something wrong and making it worse for myself.
The supplements my doctor has me on are grapefruit seed extract, ADP oregano oil, mastica gum, iodine, vitamin C, vitamin D and a B12 spray. First she told me to take the grapefruit extract, oregano oil and mastica with each meal 3 times per day which initially caused severe die-off and made me feel so awful I was bedridden for two months except for when I had to go to work. When I explained this to her she told me to reduce to one time per day and use a castor oil pack, sauna, and epsom salt baths to support my liver and sweat things out. I mostly used castor oil since my bathtub is uncomfortable and I don’t have access to a sauna.
I’ve only been doing the 3 supplements one time per day for a month and a half now and I have had good and bad days. I’m also just unsure of what to eat anymore at this point. I haven’t had dairy, gluten or sugar in months. I’m scared to eat othet grains like quinoa/teff/millet that are considered “safe” because I don’t know how my body will react or if it will feed the candida at all. Most of what I eat consists of organic chicken, free range organic eggs, salmon (when I can find it), sometimes I would have grass-fed ground beef but haven’t had any for a while out of fear that it may cause issues for me, veggies such as broccoli, cauliflower, spinach, kale, collared greens, avocado, cucumber, zucchini, brussel sprouts and asparagus. Sometimes I will roast my own pumpkin seeds or almonds with olive oil and salt but I developed a bad habit of snacking on them too much so I try to avoid them now.
I have a fast metabolism but I’ve gotten so thin and I haven’t had my period for two months. It’s freaking me out and I am terrified. I’m going in for follow-up tests tomorrow and then a follow-up appt in a couple weeks so my doctor can see where I’m at. I just wish I had a proper guide for all of this… I don’t want to give up but I feel so defeated every day. Stress has not been helping either and I’m extremely aware of that, but it’s such a struggle to manage it when this has consumed my life.
If anyone has any thoughts or advice I would greatly appreciate it. Maybe I need something for liver support? Or something else to break the biofilms and move things out of my body more smoothly? Please let me know. I want to heal like everyone else.

Hi Guys,
Hopefully you might be able to offer a little macOS scripting insight to a Linux guy roped into this environment :). I've been working on this for about a week now with mixed success and since I'm the only person in the place who knows bash it's time to ask for help from the internet lol
I'm currently trying to get a script working that uses BIG RAT's tool called Mobile To Local from here(Version 2.6.1: https://github.com/BIG-RAT/mobile_to_local
I want my users to be able to opt into in themselves via the Self Service and ideally with 1 click on the install button, get their currently logged in account converted to a Local Account.
I have tested my script on 6 machines(4 are VM's in UTM) with various versions from Big Sur to Sonoma and it's successful on 5 of them, converting the logged in user no problem with a single click of the Install button from Self Service except for my M1 Mac Studio with my own personal account. Upon editing my script to spit out the variable containing the user who is running the script as a notification, on the other machines it returns my test users username or on one of them my own username(a physical iMac) but on the problem Mac Studio where again my personal account it logged in it actually returns the user as root instead of myself.
How can I include logic in the script to run it as the logged in user all the time but still retain the required elevated permissions without needing to add any additional steps like prompting the user for their password for example?
Here is a copy of my current script that was working on the 5/6 machines:

# Fetch the username of the currently logged in user and store the result into CurrentUser CurrentUser=$(stat -f "%Su" /dev/console) # If the user doesn't show up in the Filevault enabled list, display a notification and exit with an error status # If the user does show up in the Filevault enabled list, execute the Mobile To Local tool to silently convert them to a Local Account if [[ ! $(sudo fdesetup list grep -io $CurrentUser) ]]; then osascript -e 'display notification "Filevault must be enabled first! Please ask IT for assistance." with title "Self Service says"' exit 1 else sudo /Applications/Mobile\ to\ Local.app/Contents/MacOS/Mobile\ to\ Local -unbind false -userType standard -mode silent fi 

Sidenote 1: I included logic to check that the logged in user was a Secure Token enabled user because I ran into an issue where if Filevault was enabled on the machine and the logged in user was not Secure Token enabled, their account would convert ok but their password would not log them in until an admin resets it locally.
Sidenote 2: The whole reason we want local accounts is to use Apples Kerberbos SSO extension via our VPN to keep passwords synced as the boss doesn't want to spend any money on a solution like Jamf Connect for example.
Any help or advice would be appreciated guys.

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I will never understand people's need to stand in a line. I remember the lines at that first Yogurt Shop that opened up, then it was Magnolia Cupcake shop, then Papa Beard's Cream Puff's, then the Artichoke Slice, then the Rainbow Bagel, then Cronut, then Prince Street Pizza, it goes on and on. Who has the time, who has the desire, who has the patience.
So, last night coming from dinner, I was walking down Mott and thinking to myself, there are an unusual amount of tourists waiting for the BBQ Bun today as I noticed the line was coming off of Bayard turning on to Mott.
I then noticed there was a new Boba place, I guess I had noticed the shop during the day but there was a huge line last night.
I was with my son and we were about to do an Ice Cream Factory Ube ice cream mixed into an Ube Boba at Gong Cha bang bang. But, I now was curious about this new place.
I walked up to a teenage girl who was carrying like 4 boba's. I asked her how long the wait was for her. She says, oh it's not that bad. The line was like 45 minutes and then it takes about another 30 or 40 minutes for them to make your boba after that.
So, I am like, so about an 1 1/2 hours.
Yes she says smiling while coveting her 4 pack of bobas tied together with a string.
Anyway, whats the deal with this place, has anyone been. And is it safe to get a cronut now?

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This is kind of venty, fair warning.
Im wording this the best i can but i cant guarantee ill be clear enough. when i split, particularly when i split on myself, i feel like i really cannot help myself, and i end up relying on my partner to comfort me and give reassurance.
Let me preface by saying, i am aware that this is incredibly unhealthy, and i want to try to get better.
I have this fantasy of not having to ask for comfort and having someone that meets all my needs without trying. I just want someone to know how to deal with me and knows how to stop my spiraling. I just want someone to take me away because i could never escape when i was a kid. It never works even when they try though because my brain finds a way to invalidate whatever reasoning they throw at me. And also because this is just an incredibly unachievable goal because nobody is a telepath.
Ive also been told i victimize myself the whole time, which has been hard to accept because I've never seen my behavior that way, but its come from enough people for me to believe it now. Im not entirely sure im aware of all the parts of my behavior are victimizing, and even if i were, i dont know how to stop.
Anyone have any advice on how to handle this? Is it even valid to seek comfort from your partner at all with things like this? Will i just have to try and deal with this on my own forever, aside from therapists?

I see a lot of confusion about personas here and wanted to shed some light on why you may want to use them on a new server like Teek. These use cases will change in the future, since personas won’t be needed for many of the reasons stated below in later expansion, so keep in mind that this is mostly for early gameplay on the new TLP.
Reason 1: Quickly getting to a different continent at launch.
For example, my plan is to start with an Iksar character, but the static group I’m leveling with is meeting up in GFay. Instead of making the long and risky journey from Cabilis to Kelethin, I’m using personas. I’ll begin with my Iksar and grab my starting robe. Then, I’ll create a new persona as a Wood Elf Druid that starts in Kelethin. But since the Iksar race are KOS there, I’ll first take the Druid to a safe area without guards. At that point, I can switch to my Iksar persona, which will now be wherever that safe spot is.
Reason 2: Quick travel upon dying.
Since I’m playing an Iksar, if I die, I will respawn in my starting city, Cabilis. When that happens, I will simply switch my persona back to my Druid, who will now also be in Cabilis. I’ll attack a guard and let the Druid die. Since the Druid’s starting location is Kelethin, I will respawn in Kelethin. I’ll then again get to a safe area and switch personas back to the Iksar and be back in Kelethin.
Reason 3: To quickly buy spells.
This one works particularly well if you have the Challenger perk that prevents you from losing levels upon death. For this to work, you should keep your bind point at the starting location on your main character. For example, if I’m in Crushbone when my Iksar levels up, I will obviously be a long run back to Cabilis to get new spells. However, if I let myself die, the Challenger perk will prevent me from losing any experience and I will end up back in Cabilis. Then, I can buy my spells and switch personas back to my Druid, who will again die and respawn back in Kelethin. This method is much quicker in the early stages for buying spells compared to creating a character that sits at the spell vendor and then parcels them over to your main.
Reason 4: For quick travel in general.
Using the same strategy as above, you can leverage the starting locations around the map to travel via “death ports”. For example, I plan on having my Iksar main (starting continent is Kunark), a Wood Elf Druid persona (starting continent is Faydwer), and a Human persona (starting continent is Antonica). This setup will give me easy travel around the map by switching to the specific persona, dying, and then respawning at the designated starting area. Then I just switch back to my Iksar when I’m in a safe location and I’m there.
Reason 5: To vendor trash loot as an evil race.
Since I’m playing an Iksar and plan to spend most of my early time near cities where I am KOS, I will use my personas to sell to those vendors. For example, if I’m in Crushbone and ready to sell my loot, I will switch to my Wood Elf persona to sell to the vendors in Kelethin. You can even meta-game this by creating a persona with the highest Charisma possible to get the maximum price from vendors for your loot. Not a huge difference in price, but not irrelevant either.
Some important notes to remember:

1. You must have the LS expansion to access personas, which costs at minimum $35 USD. Be aware that you do not have access to personas unless you own this expansion.
2. With the purchase of the LS expansion, you have a limited number of personas (3) unless you buy additional slots. It’s also important to note that you cannot delete a persona. Therefore, you have to be strategic in how you use them. Don’t create them randomly. When you create personas, try to consider what you might want to use them for in future expansions (different races, classes, etc.). Once your 3 personas are used up, that character can no longer create more without purchasing extra slots.
3. Each persona levels up independently. This means if your main character is level 20, when you switch to the persona, they will not share your experience and will be level 1.
4. Your entire inventory is shared. Which means if you have a full bag of loot on your main and then persona over to another toon, that full bag of loot will be in the same spot.

Hope this helps some folks trying to figure out what the purpose of Personas is and how you might want to use them if you plan on (or already own) the expansion!