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Please can someone read and share their thoughts. Would really appreciate it.
I’m a young 21 male who got married at 19 to a beautiful woman the same age as me. From the very start, we were unable to have sex as it would just be really painful to the point where I felt bad looking at her go through the pain so I stop every time we try (we used to try at the start but not anymore). Before marriage, there was a lot of chemistry between us and we would both get turned on from just being close to each other. When we got married, we would try and try but it wouldn’t get anywhere at all. We tried to seek help from doctors who say that it is a psychological problem rather than a physical one. My wife and her ex boyfriend were having fun one time and he put it inside of her which she didn’t want to happen but didn’t exactly say for it not to happen at the time however she did state previously to him that she did not want to have sex before marriage for religious reasons. When she was explaining it to me, her words were “before I had even got the chance to say no, it was already in and I didn’t even feel it. As soon as I realised, I told him to get off.” I don’t really agree with that part because she was naked infront him at the end of the day. I know men and when they’re in a relationship in that situation, shit will happen because the tension is so high from both sides. I understand it was a mistake from her part and she understands that too which is why I’m not hung up about it.
Anyways, she had opened up to me about it during our talking stage, which I appreciated and accepted her for it but did not realise how badly it was going to affect our relationship.
We’re now coming up to 2 years into our marriage and we haven’t tried doing it for the past 5 months.
I’ve always wanted to flirt with my wife and send dirty messages and pictures but it’s like what is all that for if we cant have sex? I really do love her and can’t see my life without her but at the end of the day, I have urges which are not being fulfilled. Can I really go my whole life in a marriage without sex? Am I just expecting sex to be this amazing thing as I haven’t had it before? If I leave her, it’ll make me feel like shit leaving her out to dry by herself.
We’ve been through therapy for a short while which only got a conversation going but didn’t really help the way I expected it to. We’ve spoken to a couple people who have had vaginismus about our situation but they say the usual things like oh it will get better and you guys will be able to have sex. How will that happen if there’s no effort being put into it? We’re both tired of trying and using dilators all for it to just be painful and not get any improvement whatsoever.
It’s messing me up inside. I’ve become soo moody to a point where I don’t want to go out. I would rather just stay at home and do nothing. My friends ask me all the time how marriage is and I have to lie and say it’s going good because our situation is so messed up. They even joke about sex and I have to go along with it because I can’t just tell them oh we haven’t had sex yet because they wouldn’t understand.
I haven’t cried in the past 6+ years even during family deaths but I cried about this. Shows how messed up I am inside about this whole situation.
I’m not the type of person to go out of my way and speak to someone about it because I’ve always been a reserved person. I keep things to myself which isn’t turning out good because it’s all just being bottled up. How long can I keep this up for? My wife and I have questioned how long will we last like this?
We’ve talked about divorce about 3-4 times and she has told me many times that she’ll leave me if it makes me feel better as I will just get married again and be able to have my needs met. I don’t want that but I want that. Somehow it makes sense to want both. I want her in my life and to be able to have sex. It feels like I’m asking for too much but isn’t that just the basic needs of men?
There’s a surgery called Botox or something which numbs the muscle that contracts in the vagina which has 100% success stories. It’s costing £3,000 but we can’t afford that. Both our families can’t pay for it. Seems like it’s costing £3,000 to fix our marriage but it’s something no one can afford. I don’t want to cry for help and beg for money.
Can someone tell me something. Anything please.

I’ve been taking vyvanse for about a month, and recently my doctor upped my dosage to 60 from 30. Im also on Effexor which I’ve been on for almost 2 years.
I do have pretty bad ocd and one of my major themes/ fear is that I will go into psychosis. Which is a reason I left my ADHD unmedicated for years. My family doesn’t have a history of psychosis that I know of but my dad may be bipolar but never got evaluated.
With this high dose and my anti depressant will I possibly go into psychosis ?? ( I also especially worry about triggering a psychotic episode on days I don’t get much sleep bc of my demanding job)

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Prince Edward County OPP are investigating a firearm incident which took place in Picton shortly after 2 a.m. on Monday. Police say one person was taken to hospital after suffering a gunshot injury.
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So my fiance and I have been struggling for a while now. Because back in december the house we are renting flooded. The landlord has been a POS and refuses to fix anything.
Now, we are at the point where WE NEED TO LEAVE. This home is unlivable and the LL is a fucking criminal. So I got a new job. 2hrs away. It pays good, good upward mobility, good lateral mobility, great environment. So we start looking for places closer to it. It's an expensive area but we'll work something out. I give the company my start date of june 3rd (3 weeks+ out at the time.) She says "I wish you would have talked to me about this first." Bearing in mind she's been party to the whole fucking endeavor. The first one to know after me. OH but the real reason is she didn't want to move to that area. She wants to stay here. "I don't think it's a good time to move." were her words. To which I replied "We. dont. have. a. choice." So she changed to "I want to stay in the area." Okay. But we need solutions here. She'd take a full time position at work. We'd find a place nearby. I guess, but we absolutely need a place asap and she needs to take the full time spot asap. Or we are boned. I kept saying how I hated to turn down such a good job...
Today we got a formal eviction notice from our LL and also our bid on a home was accepted (near our current jobs) and is about to be finalized. So I called the job and told them "Sorry, I can't take the job. My fiance has an opportunity at work and we need to stay here." Not quite honest, but close enough for them to get the picture and realize it's not me just jerking them around. She hears this. Calls me on it saying "No it was YOUR choice not to take the job." Uh... was it!? was it really? With her practically giving me an ultimatum over it? With her insisting we stay here? With her refusal to house shop in that area? Fucking WAS IT!?
We were getting ice cream and she was trying to make her point when she revealed that despite us agreeing almost 2 weeks ago she hasn't yet talked to anyone at work about going full time... not even a quick text... At which point I started to lose it and said "I'm done talking about this." but she pressed the issue and I had to state it again glaring daggers at her.
I'm so mad. I went to a separate room and every time I see her she looks like she's crying and just trying to guilt me into feeling bad but I'm so mad IDGAF. She deserves to cry right now. Making me give up an amazing career FOR HER, and then act like it was my decision from the start!?
Im over her gaslighting me. This isn't the first time she's tried... I'm so... ARGH!

I bought new Yokohama Avid Ascend LX BW 185/65HR15's in May of 2021. My mileage at the time was 209,674. My mileage is now 241,241 and one of my tires is bald and needs replacing. And the others ares are bald but getting low while one is still pretty good. I did have a tires replaced under warranty a year or so in, so that is probably the one that got replaced. I was driving my car usually 2-3 times a for Amazon part time so maybe the shorter life on the tires is due to that. So now I'm looking to purchase 4 new tires but not sure what to get. Any suggestions? Not sure whether to buy those again or go with something else. My Prius is a 2007 gen 2

I am 3 stickers away from completing my album. I can’t help but notice people are insanely greedy sometimes…. I’m down to finding my last few 5 stars cards and I have a bunch of high demand 4 star cards and have been trying to offer a few them for a five star. One person responded and seriously asked me for 30 stars?! Is that not ridiculous. I would think 2 or 3 popular 4 star cards would be appropriate for a 5 star? When I have traded my own five star cards in the past that’s what I assumed was fair because is nearly double the value. Even 12 stars, I get it. But having the audacity to ask for 30 stars?? Is that not ridiculous? I know, life is unfair. It’s just surprising to me. Anyone get me?

Thanks all for the helpful advice in my other post!
I went first time fishing yesterday at the Pine Lake Park and it was fun! Met another novice fisherman so was fun to learn together.
Could you help me understand a few basic questions?

1. When I fish stocked lake, let's say if I fish for Trout - do I use the "spinner" without any "live/food" bait, or, do I use a single hook with some bait like worm or salmon eggs? (I tried both and was not sure what is better)
2. What hook size would I use for the stocked lake trout? There was just way too many options in Dicks yesterday and no one to help me figure our the right size and style.
3. I noticed that with both options (spinner or hook and food-bait) the lure always gets all the way to the bottom of the lake and then I drag it through the lake undercoveplants. Should I use a "float" to not sink the lure all the way down to the bottom? I was not sure if I should just cast and wait, or, if I should cast and then start reeling towards me and re-cast.
4. When you say that "salmon is not open yet" - Where could I find the information about which locations are open for salmon fishing and when?
5. Somebody told me that for salmon fishing I must use only a "single hook without barb" - is that true? I.e. I cannot use the triple hook or barbed hook?

If you don't like walls of texts there's a TLDR below
I hope some of you get to read some of this, before it might get deleted. It can help you understand things.
I want to freshen the air a bit and hopefully untie some knots ppl are hung up on. I will not mince my words and feel like I need to vent a bit. I might answer questions as good as my autodidact ass can answer. Since I haven't read much leftist theory. I've only read The State and Revolution by Lenin, once. It's better to ask infinitely more knowledgeable ppl within the leftist movement.
So let's get to the "drama":
I'm superior to Destiny when it comes to being an autodidact. I'm morally, historically, rhetorically and logically superior due to the fact of, luck. The luck is that I was born in a Nordic country, so when I had my moral failings, society helped me through it, it gave me time to really analyze myself and society. One thing he has over me definitely is debate.
Anways, at every step of the way when met with an obstacle of moral nature, I stopped and self corrected. Meanwhile Destiny never truly internalized his failures to learn from it, he's such a stubborn and morally bankrupt asshole and deserve to be in the same trash heap of history (forgotten) as capitalism, the peak of immorality.
Capitalism's current torchbearer, the US, is history's most evil country. Just because it doesn't have as many internal governmental problems as other dogshit countries, doesn't give it a pass on things like exporting death and destruction. In total suffering and deaths, nothing compares to global neoliberal capitalism, how many ppl die again every year, due to starvation? That alone, kills so many.
So I don't hate the asshole as an individual, but I do despise the person he's become and his rotten ideas which he spreads to some of you little gremlins in here.
Maybe you'll understand my thought process more from this other angle. Let's think of the 2 big quotients of human intelligence. He might have a high IQ but it's balanced out by his EQ or EI being 100s of points in the negatives. This is what happens when you don't self correct bad behavior. This is not a balanced person and other sane ppl in the real world can see it clearly, can you?
His lack of understanding of concepts on a macro scale, again due to American education, is embarrassing. He keeps saying one has to debate him in which socioeconomic system is better and that's what everyone wants according to him. But Hasan doesn't have to and that fact makes him so mad. Doesn't Destiny understand there's 3 different types of rhetoric? Has he read any fucking thing, like Aristotle? There's logos, pathos and ethos, not everyone "debates" all the time, he just hates that hasan doesn't use "logos" a lot. Logic doesn't mean truth. Also the general population vibes with "aesthetics", and that's more of Hasan's angle because it's the fucking zeitgeist. That's why he's able to convince ppl.
Let's go through some of the other recent "drama" he's had with hasan

1. Crackergate: I will dismantle it with one sentence. The etymology of both words have no equal and someone that has basic understanding of history would know this.
2. Genocide: He doesn't understand the basic concept that morality trumps over law but with the caveat that it depends on what society or part of it thinks, after filtering through someone's moral arguments. If your morality is sound, people will listen. And if such a person's morality extends beyond current law on a subject, it will be deliberated faster among a part of civil population, it will take more time on a judicial level, understandably. Franscesca Albanese is one such a person and we feel it is sound, you have to prove it isn't. Saying there's no genocidal intent doesn't disprove anything, especially when there's several instances of it. Calling them animals, cutting off their supplies, threatening a second Nakba etc is proof on our side, which ppl like Destiny deny is intent ofc. Imagine being negatively polarized by a dumb influencer like Hasan, into defending genocide? That's just sad. So that he can't see why it's a genocide is a moral failing. I wouldn't call him sociopath but maybe "sociopath-lite"

Personally what lit a fire in me recently, and negatively polarized me further away from the right and towards the left, to a degree never before, was when all the ziofascists and other right wingers really loved to run the propaganda that Hamas is wrong with the numbers. Just because the UN decided to separate numbers between identified and unidentified bodies. How the fuck do you identity someone when there's only a foot left? Is it so hard to imagine why they couldn't be identified. It was instantly "Hamas lied" and it showed their bias. If one knows the history of the Hamas run health ministry. Things like UN finding out it's often an undercount due to how fragile their institutions are. Now that everything is bombed it's even harder to count, you know? Now I don't believe Ralph Nader's numbers, but he has been open about saying that up to 200k ppl could've been killed so far.
So stop being edgy, grow up and join the broader leftist movement in fighting against war hawks and the like. Everyone deserves a good life (even destiny) and nobody should die in unneccesary wars or conflicts. Btw Americans, not to fearmonger but doesn't it honestly feel like your country is on the brink of something, maybe either collapse or a fucking civil war, I'd hate to see workers fight amongst eachother.
Make it easy for yourselves. You belong in the majority, your fucked up leaders are the minority. Take down ppl like Matthew Miller, that Dracula looking ass state department spokesperson, from his position. He defends murdering families and gets paid for it. Meanwhile he smirks with that shit eating grin, while you work your ass off day in and day out, not knowing what to do, to change things.
Find the nearest group that dabbles in leftism, Parliamentarism is over, whether you like either trump or biden.. neither of them really cares about you. They only care about profit. You will at some point want to defend something and their police state will be ready to crack down on you.
Sidenotes: I want to cover the topic of white supremacy from another angle, hopefully it makes you think on it a bit.
So I've heard this be brought up enough, so I thought it's good to cover it.
The argument of [insert other ethnic group other than "whites"] using slavery over other groups is such stupid systemic analysis. There's enough time gap that there's no logic to it, especially if one tries to monolithically make a connection between a certain race, across history. The bigger the time gap the less logical sense it makes. There's a reason why we speak so much about white supremacy, the time gap is short and it's still in effect.
This can also be translated to Israel's modern founding. There's enough time gap that they have no justifiable claim on that land. 1000s of years ago? So? They should suck it up, it's also what their holy book say. Or they could retry without the colonialism part. Do you think sane ppl will wait x amount of time for the genocidal ziofascists to be able to make the same claim over the land? Like bro, come on..
TLDR: Don't abandon leftism. If you don't really care, the least you can do is read some stuff. I for example have only read Lenin's "State and revolution", it can help some. Read it so you can ask leftist theory nerds about context and why you don't like some parts.
I also have to say it's not the leftists that are radical, sure some of them are directionless and lash out in a bad way, but I probably can't change your mind on that. But have you ever thought that maybe, just maybe, capitalism is radical? It's radically committing a genocide rn. Radically starving ppl worldwide. Radically only focused on profit, fuck the people that create that profit, right? How does this make sense? It's not radical to want to undo that.

Does anyone have any recommendations for rental apartments/condos with trusted management/landlords? Northwestern grad student looking to move to Evanston around early august/late July, preferably very close to campus. If any alums/students here, could you please advise where you are staying/where to avoid?
Considerations are: Safety of the neighbourhood, proximity to campus, trustworthy management/landlord, budget is less than 2,300 all expenses included, in unit washedryer preferred, and no bug infestation problem (saw horror stories on google reviews). No heat or water issues. Looking for one bedroom or studio apartment. Noise, parking, lack of amenities aren't a dealbreaker. Closeness to grocery stores is preferred.
Thank you!

So, after i fond out that in my country the nearly cheapest turbo can Cost actually more than a funcioning 2.6L engine, i Said f*ck it, i Will not be one Day slapping turbo on my car ( which can destroy only the engine ) i'm gonna engine swap it ( could destroy the whole car = financially worth it ). But That's where the problem starts...i have no idea what it depends on... All other things like size, how to Mount it and more are clear to me but, what About transmission And drive shaft ( engine in front And is fwd ) ? Do all engines just have the same "rod" sticking out of them to just shove it into the transmission ? Is this whole thing a bad idea ? Yes. Do I still wanna do it ? Of course.
I Will be happy for any response, i'm trying to understand how to work on cars and overall about sngine swapping, but I have a few years left before I can actually get to one.

After the blueprints for The Plate were created, they needed a way to build it, and the idea of a submarine came up. The submarine would scrape the ice off from beneath Antradand, and replace it with 4 feet of molten iron, which would be used to hold the six pontoons. the submarines would be named, Under Surface Plate Construction Vehicle, or USPCV for short.
The pontoons would have to be added quickly before the ice on the sides of Antradand melted too, causing Antradand to sink. the pontoons would have a temporary bridge on the bottom of them, and would have buoyancy control, and twenty 0.2 mile tall spikes on the top of the pontoon, with ten on each side. the pontoons would be nudged around by submarines until it reaches the designated spot, where then it'd ram itself upwards into the bottom of Antradand at the same time as another pontoon on the opposite side of Antradand, where then the bridge is detached, and pontoons secured in place by molten iron on each side.
After multiple different ideas were considered, Antradands government settled with this one, and the construction began. over 200 USPCVs were built, with each one being 510ft long, 50ft tall (80ft with scraper), and 65ft wide.
The USPCV would have 2 large tanks on each side to hold the molten iron, and 3 dispensers on the roof behind the scraper, which would extrude the molten iron. Due to the size of the USPCVs and how many would be built, they would be completely unpainted to save resources, and after the plate was finished, all USPCVs would be scrapped for their resources.
The entire construction took 15 years to finish with the help of Denmark, Germany, Canada, The United States, Mexico, England Ireland, Indonesia, France, Australia, Austria, China, Japan, Iran, Finland, Brazil, Argentina, Peru & South Korea.
After all the ice melted, the lost ice was replaced by rock, dirt, and sand by conventional means, which took another 5 years.
After the construction of The Plate was finished, all USPCVs were scrapped except for one, which was sold to the Arctic History & Preservation Museum in Antradands state of Bronid.

Hi guys, this is my first post on here, sorry if it’s a long one. 24 year old here. I’m in the beginning stages of being officially diagnosed with endo and I’ve been a silent watcher on this thread and it has been a great resource for me so I wanted to share myself after a disappointment of an visit today.
Backstory, I first went to my OB last year in May 2023 for stabbing pelvic pain during my period and ovulation, bleeding between periods, and other symptoms I’m now noticing (GI issues, bladder pain/bowel movement pain, and severe fatigue), and shooting rectal pain. I actually switched to a male OB after being gaslit by a female OB. I saw him in May for an ultrasound and exam, and the ultrasound was normal which I figured. Upon exam he said he could feel lesions (I think he called it uterosacral nodules?) in my cul de sac and he was pretty sure I have endometriosis but didn’t want to do unnecessary surgery on me and cause me more pain.
He (of course) recommended birth control to slow the growth of endo and “preserve my future fertility” since I don’t have any kids yet. I started them for 2 weeks but then stopped since I started getting awful mood side effects. I had bad side effects from OCPs in college and am still trying to heal my body from it.
I’ve also been having some spotting lately so he did another scan (which showed nothing) and offered either to do nothing, start OCPs, or do a saline ultrasound to see if anything was missed on my last scan. I chose the saline ultrasound. I just had the SIS done today (which hurt, bad) which I know won’t show endo, but just to rule other things out. Results were normal. He again suggested northeindrone(?) birth control and I kindly declined. It has ended here.
I guess what I want your guys thoughts on is where do I go from here? I feel stuck. I do not feel like my endo is very severe, I feel it is likely stage I, maybe stage II. But I just don’t know if I just give it a rest from now on until it gets worse and I need more intervention? I’m afraid of taking birth control but I also don’t want unnecessary surgery that might make my pain worse (and it doesn’t sound like he would want to perform it since he just said it’ll grow back). Do I just leave it alone for now and cope with the symptoms? They are manageable still.
Thoughts?

I’ve been taking vyvanse for about a month, and recently my doctor upped my dosage to 60 from 30. Im also on Effexor which I’ve been on for almost 2 years.
I do have pretty bad ocd and one of my major themes/ fear is that I will go into psychosis. Which is a reason I left my ADHD unmedicated for years. My family doesn’t have a history of psychosis that I know of but my dad may be bipolar but never got evaluated.
With this high dose and my anti depressant will I possibly go into psychosis ?? ( I also especially worry about triggering a psychotic episode on days I don’t get much sleep bc of my demanding job)

In a Dating post, I explained that as a man, I (26M) don't have the Hero Instinct; a need and desire to be needed, a lack of need to feel strong and like a provideprotecter. I'm a man who doesn't need--or even WANT, in my case--to feel like "the man" in a relationship. And I kinda want to know how common men like me is, because I don't think this is normal at all.
For men who do have the Hero Instinct, a damsel in distress is great. They make these men feel strong, reliable. Like a handyman, a protector, a provider, a hero. But for me, there's few things worse. To me, the more competent and less vulnerable a woman is--particularly physically--the more attractive she is to me.What attracts me physically is brute strength and athleticism. And to a smaller extent, I find tallness (being 5'7 or taller) more attractive than being short; after all, it's easier to reach stuff when you're tall. Plus, you're more likely to be seen as intimidating and a leader.
As for mental and emotional qualities, a woman who either lacks fear (bravery) or acts despite having fear (courage) is very attractive to me. At my job, a mouse was inside the office of a parking garage I work in sometimes, and three of my female co-workers were afraid of it. A woman who isn't my co-worker, but works in one of the rooms screamed when she saw it and ran back out where I was, and I accompanied her back in so she could get her supplies and work in another area. I knew that what I did was good, but I got no satisfaction out of it. The fact that I stepped up when my female co-workers were afraid meant nothing to me. Didn't make that office worker more endearing to me either.
Plus, growing up, when my mom or my grandmother needed help reaching something, they'd say, "I need your height!", and I'd help them, but...it didn't make me more secure about my height. And when I moved something heavy, my grandmother would sometimes call me her "strong guy", which was almost enough to make me throw up in my mouth. I HATED hearing that. And nowadays, I help my grandaunt with her DIY projects around the house, and my grandma often comments that I'm doing something manly...which--you guessed it--doesn't encourage or motivate me at all.
By contrast, I have glanced at the female cops at my job a few times; particularly one with an arm that was all tatted up. She looked super bad*ss, and I was kind of crushing a little bit. I'm genuinely curious. How common are men like me, who don't have the "Hero Instinct", and find strength and competence more attractive in a woman? Looking back, I worry I may have issues.

Hey all just a quick introduction and background. I am a college student and do not come from a well-off family and had a relative that cosigned my private student loan which is in deferment. It dropped his credit, and now he can not co-sign my next one. The issue I have is I really do not like the loan, and its current rate. I understand it is really bad it is at 14.02% interest. I initially took out 22k but landed a scholarship so my loan was reduced. It is now at 13,600. I did the math it is accueing $160 a month so I was tempted to start making payments on it now. I want advice if it is was worth refinancing or paying it off at its current rate now. If I refinance it loses its deferment, while if I were to keep it how it is I can still make large payments on it, but the interest would make it take slightly longer.
So here is my thought-process, I am working 2 jobs. My only expenses are decently low. My one job is contract work and pays relatively well $30-$40 an hour, but since it is contract I put away 36% for taxes, due to self employment and the state I live in. My other job is part time and pays $15 an hour. I work 16-20 hours a week. My only (debt) which under monthly plans (I put addiotional money into them) that are due, my school supplies which is under affirm about $1,300, summer classes another $1,550, and than rent for the whole summer is only $500. After all of those expenses are gone all of the money I make I keep. I have aid with groceries and my subcriptions. I did some math to figure out how much I would need to work my contract job to make enough to pay off my loan by decemeber at its current rate, I did not include any money I get from my part time job. I would need to work 80 hours a month to put away enough for taxes and pay $1,800 to the loan. I was wondering if I should do that under its current rate, and since it is in deferment if I lose this contract job I don't have a monthly bill. I know I can easily make $270 (the cost I was given when looking at options) a month if I were to refinance it. If I do refinance it, I would still put away the $1,800 to still pay it off asap. I want it gone I dislike the rate, and do not like the fact that I dropped my cosigners credit so much that I cant get my next loan signed again. I am currently looking at other cosigners for my next loan as well. So which path should I take and if I did not include any other relevant information I can do so too.
Thank you, I appreciate any advice!!

My father passed away about 2 years ago and he left me his entire record collection. He always claimed it was about 60k records and I’m inclined to believe him. Thing is I may like a few rock and jazz albums but by no means do I want to start a record store. Would it be better for me to sell the records individually or to sell them as an entire collection. My father collected all sorts of music. Latin jazz, rock, blues, oldies, do wop, 60s, 70s, some 80s, Spanish records, sound tracks, Disney records and just a whole plethora of stuff. He mostly loved jazz and rock. It feels like I’m giving part of him away and he told me that this would be my inheritance. Sad to say i never really payed much attention to what to look for in an album and estimate its worth. Kinda wish as a kid I would have listened to him more.
Any thoughts on how I can liquidate the collection would be very helpful.
I’ve had one record store owner come in already and he went through some boxes, I then took out the records I wanted to keep….but he didn’t seem very happy with what he got…even though he selected them.
Anyway, again any help would be welcome and highly appreciated. Thank you !

In recent years, the European Union has witnessed a significant influx of immigrants from third- and fourth-world countries, driven by factors ranging from conflicts and economic instability in their home countries to the possibility of better opportunities in Europe. Data from the European Commission indicates that in 2022, approximately 5.1 million immigrants arrived, marking an increase of about 117% from the 2.7 million who arrived in 2021. The increasing number of immigrants has stirred various reactions across the spectrum. On the one hand, there is a humanitarian response advocating for open doors and support for those seeking refuge and better life opportunities. On the other hand, there is a rising tide of right-wing policies, fueled by concerns over national security, cultural identity, and economic strain. For example, countries like Hungary and Poland have seen significant political shifts where right-wing parties have gained ground, advocating for more nationalistic and immigration-sceptical policies. Such policies often emphasise stricter border controls, reduced immigrant intake, and more naturalisation requirements. These polarising views are indicative of a broader European dilemma on how to handle the complexities of migration, balancing between openness and preservation of social and economic stability.

So as the title says, I'm currently writing a Jegulus fic (also my first published work) and the only extensive feedback I get is from 2 of my best friends. Of course, i appreciate their time and i know theyd tell me if anything at all wasnt up to par, but neither have been in the fandom long enough to pick out anything problematic.
Therefore, I was hoping someone on here could give it a read and make sure of the following:
General flow withing the story ie. Chapters link and are cohesive to create a single story rather than many separate feeling chapters.
That over written the characters, particularly Lily, Mary and Pandora well. As a Jegulus shipper, ive seen the controversy around it due to a handful of mysogynistic plonkers. I wanted to get an unbiased perspective in terms of how I presented the girls (and other characters too but they're the ones I'd like to focus on)
If anyone's interested, dm me on here or just reply to this post.
P:S heres the fic if anyone wants to see whats up- Its not living (if its not with you)

Rat Liver (brown) - Increase movement speed while holding shred by 7.5 (was 3.5)
This is because 3.5 is barely a good enough speed to see a difference, but seeing this as a brown I'd understand why.
Rat Tail (brown) - Decreases the time it takes to go into portals by 50%
Rat Tail is a really good add on to have and without it placing portals is so sluggish and takes a bit to do, especially if you want to multitask and place portals during chases. So I made it base kit and gave it a different description, making the time it takes to go through a portal faster.
Rotten Green Tripe (yellow) - Increases Teleport speed by 20% (was 15%)
Rotten Green Tripe is an okay add on and it could really use a buff to make it a bit better.
Viscous Webbing (yellow) - Change: While holding shred for 2 seconds, The Demogorgon gains undetectable.
Viscous Webbing is a pretty terrible add on that nobody will ever run, making it take 16% longer to seal portals. Since the number is really small and it makes sealing portals take 2 seconds longer, instead of buffing it, I changed the effect completely and provided a stealthy aspect to his kit with this add on.
Sticky Lining (yellow) - Increases the Area of Effect of active Portals by +4 meters. New effect: The range of the audio the portals emit is decreased by 4 meters.
Sticky lining is also another add on that never gets any good use, so to make it special, buffing the range and making the portal sounds quieter would make them harder to listen out for.
Brass Case Lighter (green) - Change: Injured survivors that come into contact with active portals suffer from the Hemorrhaged and the Mangled status effect for 80 seconds.
Demo doesn't really have any anti-healing in his kit of add ons and given how useless blindness is, even for 60 seconds, it gives anti-healing status effects.
Deer Lung (green) - Increases Teleport speed by 40% (was 30%) and removes 1 portal (was 2)
Deer lung had too much of a severe downside for only 30% of traverse speed so buffing the speed and removing only 1 portal instead of two shouldn't make it really dangerous.
Thorny Vines (green) Increases Portal Sealing Time by 40% (was 11%). No longer increases the area of effect of active portals by 1 meter.
Thorny vines only made the portals take 1.5 seconds longer to remove and the extra 1 meter of detection was barely anything to help out in a match.
Eleven's Soda (green) - Change: While traversing The Upside Down, the progress of the generators' is determined by the color of their aura.
Seeing which generator is being repaired while you're locked in animation and you can't go back is really annoying so why not let the Demogorgon also see the progress of the generator through the color like the wraith's add on.
Violet Waxcap (green) - Increases the undetectable status effect the Demogorgon gains after emerging from a portal by 5 seconds. (was 1 second)
Come on. 1 second? Really?
Lifeguard Whistle (purple) - Killer instinct is automatically triggered without holding shred. No longer removes 1 meter of detection range
Why would a purple with a good effect need to have such a stupid downside. Just remove it.
Unknown Egg (purple) - Change: While traversing the upside down, press Active Ability 1 to go back to the portal you were going through and reappear from the portal you entered. Does not work when within 16 meters of a hooked survivor.
This would be such a good thing to have because when survivors see you go through a portal they are safe unless you placed a portal next to the one you entered. To prevent this, The Demogorgon should have a button to go back to the start. Also, you can't use it when you are within 16 meters of a hooked survivor to prevent easy Make your Choice and Devour downs.
Upside Down Resin (purple) - Portals take 60% longer to seal (was 40%)
Making portals take a maximum of 24 seconds to seal would be a good thing to have especially since 4 seconds is barely a difference.
Vermillion Webcap (purple) - Increases the undetectable status effect the Demogorgon gains after emerging from a portal by 8 seconds. (was 3 seconds)
Leprose Lichen (red) - The Auras of all Survivors are revealed to you while traversing the Upside Down. This effect lingers while survivors are within 16 meters of an active portal. Change: Removes the Global Teleport sound that occurs when teleporting.
This would make the nerf that they added for this add on actually viable if it had the secondary effect of making the teleport sound inaudible.
Red Moss (red) - Increases the duration of the Undetectable Status Effect by +16 seconds (was 8 seconds) Suppresses all noise made while emerging from Portals. While undetectable, The Growling Sounds the Demogorgon makes is removed. No longer increases the time it takes to emerge from a portal.
Red Moss is a pretty mediocre add on even for an iridescent so these changed definitely would make them suitable for ultra-rare. Also, giving the Demogorgon a more stealthy aspect would make him more fun with a stealth build.