I (25F) am soo burnt out and emotionally exhausted from dating. I use hinge to date since i am a bit too shy to go up to people in person (and also have no idea what activities to do to meet guys). Most of the dates are bad but every once in a while i have a date that i thought went really well! For example my last date, the guy took initiative to kiss me and hold my hand and texted me after that we should hang soon. Yet every time i think a date goes well i get ghosted!!! I know people talk about the abundance mindset in nyc and how people think there’s always a better option, but isnt that the case in any heavily populated city? And then in less populated cities, is it really a good thing to have fewer options?? I am also aware of the fact that although i think im decently attractive, in nyc, my “rating” is much lower. All of this is seriously making me want to move even though uprooting my life would be a huge headache and come with its own consequences. Am I the problem? Am i uglier than I think? do i have to learn to meet people IRL? Please please any advice would be great im soooo tired but want to be in a relationship so badly (and dont hit me with those “people can smell desperation” comments because if i was really that desperate i could easily have a bf 🤨 its just that the ones i like end up ghosting.

Disclaimer: I want to acknowledge that I am aware of the privileged position I am in. I am seeking advice because I want to make the most responsible decision
I have been seeking financial independence since my teenage years because my dad is homophobic and he uses his financial leverage over me. My plan was to begin renting in Downtown Brooklyn immediately out of graduation and officially be independent, but our family recently had some changes.
In 2025 I graduate Yale, I had a full-ride scholarship. I am going into an entertainment job in Manhattan that pays 100,000 per year. I was also accepted into a program at Harvard Business School that guarantees I will start there in fall of 2027 and get my MBA by 2029. After that I am looking to continue in entertainment but will likely be able to make a lot more.
My family is from NYC and most of my life we lived off only mom’s teacher salary cause dad had no job. She bought our house in 2008 when everything was cheap. Well my dad finally got a very good job in DC and it fully pays for his rent in the area. Since mom is retiring, she will be moving to DC with my dad leaving our house in NYC empty. Now this house is in the outer boroughs, about a 40-50 minute commute to midtown. My goal was to move closer into the city to Long Island City or Downtown Brooklyn, but now I basically have a rent free place to live in that my parents are offering me. I’m thinking if I can live there during my 2 years before my MBA I could pocket a lot more in savings and even do a lot more travel.
My mom has also offered to give me 100,000 from her savings for a down payment on a condo if I stay in the house and do not rent. Essentially, I’d be able to put a down payment and start paying a mortgage on a condo in Downtown Brooklyn within 6-8 years.
However this would mean delaying when I move closer to the city and I’ve personally seen that my friends who live near Manhattan have a lot more fun in general. It would also be great to finally be financially independent from my parents and the commute adds up. I remember commuting in HS would become miserable waking up early to go to Manhattan. Also my friends would flat out refuse to come to Queens when they saw I lived on the last subway stop and it has made dating inconvenient when people find out where I live.
So is it worth it to do the commute for 2 years and save my money so I can buy in NYC sooner rather than later? Or should I just begin renting and be fully independent now. I’m leaning towards the former, I think this short term slight inconvenience of commuting would be worth much greater financial independence in 6-8 years.

The goal of this thread is to create a resource for Stoeger 8000 series owners and also Beretta owners. There are some recurring questions that we can answer.
Brief History: (ADD DATES)
The Beretta Cougar 8000 came out during the 94-04 AWB and was arguably failed from the beginning due to taking neutered 10 round magazines while 15 round plus magazines were relatively affordable. The 8000 series has some incredibly complex machining that is required to accommodate the unique rotating bolt operating system. So with a high price of production, no factory high cap magazines for sale and Beretta gobbling up other companies, it became apparent the Cougar didn’t have a place in the Italian catalog.
Enter Stoeger. (ADD DATES)
Stoeger has imported and rebranded guns for years. Once Beretta and Stoeger were part of the same group the Cougar production was sent to Turkey and rebranded the Stoeger Cougar.
Full disclosure: I am not impressed by most Turkish firearms. Most are garbage or range toys. IMHO the Cougar stands apart as it is (was for our market) produced under the close supervision of Beretta. It isn’t licensed or cloned, they just moved the production line and the roll marks.
Cougar 8000 and M92 parts compatibility:
1) Magazines within the same caliber 2) Magazine release. This needs to be replaced. It is polymer and the factory extended release is perfect. 3) Grip panels and grip hardware 4) FCG (NEED HELP HERE): - Hammer - Hammer spring (replaceable with ‘D’ spring

Hi! I am a 26 year old female relocating to NYC for a new position. My budget is 1500, but is somewhat flexible. Ideally I would be in a new place around August. I am flexible on a move-in date, but would like to be in a place no later than September. I am currently entertaining Williamsburg, East Village, LES, UWS, and Bushwick. My knowledge of neighborhoods is quite limited, so I am open to suggestions. I would need access to parking, as I will have a company vehicle. This is really my only requirement.
I am usually pretty quiet in my home. I don’t go out often and will spend most of my weekends out of the home. I don’t mind guests in the home, but I do prefer a more quiet space during the week. I mostly eat out or order in, but when I do cook, I tend to clean as I go. I am not obsessively clean, but my space and my mind reflect one another, so I do like to keep things clean, tidy, and organized. I would like to find someone who also appreciates a tidy space.
I do have two cats, but am open to other pets. My cats have lived with others cats and other dogs without issue. They are friendly cats and mostly keep to themselves.
I am looking for a 2-3 bedroom apartment to share with 1-2 roommates respectively. I do prefer female roommates, but am open to others who are a good fit. I am LGBT and BIPOC friendly! I am an open-minded person, but I do have a strong preference for no smoking in the home! Ideally, finding roommates would help in meeting some interesting people but I sometimes do need alone time to recharge, so I understand if you prefer to have less interaction.
Please reach out with questions or if you are interested!

I’m originally from MI. I’ve moved around a lot and done time in Wisconsin, Ohio and Indiana as well. The “carrot stick” phenomena got me where you’re basically chasing something you believe is within reach but is actually unattainable… i.e. having a normal dating life and especially finding a partner. I have wasted soooo much time in the Midwest hoping that if I just got to the right city or state things would get better. I think the ultimate letdown was when I went to University of Michigan in Ann Arbor; an alleged ultra-liberal school/city. Every single one of the guys I dated were deeply in the closet, no one wanted to hold hands or share our relationship status with their friend circle. Even random gay students on Grindr were very DL as if they all belonged to some straight frat and were afraid of getting caught by the homies. The internalized homophobia in the Midwest runs DEEP. I recently let my lease expire and am literally going to go on a quest this summer to find a better place. To me that is somewhere where men who like men are confident enough to be relaxed and open about it. I’m tired of feeling like a dirty secret… it’s kind of wrecked my self-esteem. I am looking for STATES, not cities, as I assume it would be easy to just throw out “move to L.A., NYC, Houston, etc.” but I am not a big-city person and also can’t afford those places.

BoxOfficeTheory Presale Tracking
USA Showtimes As of May 31
Presales Data (Google Sheets Link)
BoxOfficeReport Previews
Quorum Update (June 7)

• June 7 Weekly Unaided Awareness
  
• May 31 Weekly Unaided Awareness
  

DOMESTIC PRESALES

• YM! (Marcus is doing $7 matinees for children and seniors all day every day before 4 PM for the summer (May 31).)

The Lord of the Rings Extended Edition Re-Releases (June 8-10)

• BoxOfficePro (Fathom Events has also announced that select Regal Cinemas will present the films in 4DX on June 22/23/24 for Fellowship/Towers/Return respectively (May 14).)
  
• AnthonyJPHer (Fellowship (605 tickets) on June 8 and June 15 (102 tickets). Towers (490 tickets) on June 9 and June 16 (91 tickets). Return (462 tickets) on June 10 and June 17 (109 tickets). 1,859 tickets total (19.8% growth from last update). 1,557 tickets for the first week (20% growth from last update). 301 tickets for the second week (15% growth from last update). There are at least 4 showings for each of these films that are sold out or are close to selling out. If this had more showtimes I really think double digits could be possible, but alas, this’ll have to do (BTW, the showings did not change from last update.). But regardless, this is doing extremely well. Frontloaded as expected but just goes to show how insane a draw Lord of the Rings still is. I have no current predictions for this but they should all be above 1m (June 8). Theaters must be either extremely confident in this release or they are desperate because they added several showings from my last update. Or it’s possible that there was so much demand that they added more showings. Fellowship (468 tickets, 14 showtimes, 5 theaters) on June 8 and June 15 (97 tickets, 4 showings, 4 theaters). Towers (396 tickets, 13 showtimes, 5 theaters) on June 9 and June 16 (82 tickets, 4 showings, 4 theaters). Return (426 tickets, 10 showtimes, 5 theaters) on June 10 and June 17 (82 tickets, 4 showings, 4 theaters). 1,551 tickets total. 1,290 tickets for the first week (62% growth from last update). 261 tickets for the second week (massive 342% growth from last update). It’s preforming really strong surprisingly. I could see an opening bigger than The Phantom Menace re-release if there are enough theaters and showtimes. (June 4). Fellowship (269 tickets, 6 showtimes, 4 theaters) on June 8 and June 15 (21 tickets, 4 showings, 4 theaters). Towers (243 tickets, 4 theaters) on June 9 and June 16 (22 tickets, 4 showings, 4 theaters). Return (281 tickets, 4 theaters) on June 10 and June 17 (16 tickets, 4 showings, 4 theaters). 852 tickets total. 793 tickets for the first week. 59 tickets for the second week (May 28).)
  
• katnisscinnaplex (Opening Day Average Comps (June 8-10): Fellowship ($8.03M), Towers ($6.99M), and Return ($6.92M). [in response to "The number should be closer to 5 or 4M, walk ups really won’t be that good for a rerelease and there’s no PLF"] Yeah, you're probably right. Looking at these numbers against final 1hr comps would be around 2-2.5m. A lot of places have added additional shows so there is definitely room for growth this week. Currently thinking each of these make around 6m, assuming there are enough shows (June 2).)
  

Inside Out 2 Average Thursday Comp using TheFlatLannister's Florida comp: $11.46M

• NRG (Now tracking for $85M domestic debut (May 30).)
  
• abracadabra1998 (Comp: $9.11M THU. Garfield is a bad comp because EA was still syphoning off a bunch of sales at this point, but all other comps also went up significantly. This also has PLFs, as opposed to comps like Trolls or Garfield. Still think KFP4 is the best comp, but some really good signs here! (June 7). Pulled the numbers today, I have to say that this Inside Out 2 update is making me think good things are in store (June 6). Still mostly following along that Kung Fu Panda 4 ($6.32M) number for now (June 2). Keeps chugging along, comps will start converging soon (May 30).)
  
• AniNate (Finally a little movement here. 23 THU, 52 Fri-Sun (compared to 18 THU and 23 FRI-SUN on May 17) (May 22).)
  
• AnthonyJPHer (Amazing growth for Thursday, it’s really ramping up now, and if it keeps up this acceleration, I think 100m is very much in the discussion at this point. I can see previews being more than 8m at this point. Strong growth for Friday. Not as good as Thursday’s growth but still good strong growth overall. Friday did sell more tickets though. I’m bullish at this point for this movie, so I think, like I mentioned before, 100m is a huge possibility. If walkups are strong and reviews are solid, things are looking bright for this movie. Sales have been very consistent. At the very least we can put sub 80m to bed (June 7). Some growth for THU, not bad but I expect sales to increase steadily as we get closer to release. Presales are good enough to not be a disaster like Garfield, but not big enough to guarantee a 100m opening. I still like what I’m seeing though. My local theater has finally shown some signs of life with this film. 5 tickets sold. Way better than Garfield at the same point. Might not be completely accurate, but looking extremely strong on FRI. 900 tickets for the 5 theaters I track. Maybe even 1,286 tickets if my numbers are accurate. That tells me this is not front loaded whatsoever. Or at the very least not preview heavy (May 27).)
  
• cannastop (Funko Fan event is selling like gangbusters though (despite being at maybe only one chain). Prices aren't that low apparently. Still very limited (June 5).)
  
• charlie Jatinder (Comp: $14.8M THU at MTC2.)
  
• dallas ($11.02M THU comp. This one's doing great in my area. If all goes well, this should pass 90M OW and possible even 100M if the pace accelerates (June 6).)
  
• Flip (2.066x Bad Boys 4 T-6 [11.52M] (only comp) *(June 7). 1.893x Bad Boys 4 T-7 **(June 6). 1.738x Bad Boys 4 T-8 (only comp) (June 5). Fan event for Inside Out 2 (3D AMC showings at 12:00 PM on Sunday, at the majority of AMC theaters near me) is definitely siphoning off some demand from previews: for three showtimes on Sunday the event has 102 seats sold, which is over half the total of previews so far (June 5). Decided to add one more theater but there was good growth in both of the original two (May 27).)
  
• katnisscinnaplex (Comp: $4.43M THU. No great comps for this. The last week and especially final few days will tell everything we need to know (May 31).)
  
• keysersoze123 (There was some catalyst yesterday as pace today was slightly down. This is as of yesterday night. +2 days and few hours plus of data. Its definitely starting to amp up now big time just as I expected (June 7). Sunday Fan Shows at MTC1 are really wide and not cheap either (June 5). I expect presales to accelerate even more this week and of course leading up to final week (June 4). I think upcoming week pace is going to tell the tale. Not too happy with late social media reactions/reviews for this movie. That hinders any chance of early boost (June 2). If you compare this to any animation movies seen recently including Minions, its doing very well. Really good this far out for sure (May 25). Show counts show Plexes are expecting a big OW. I dont remember when we last had a animation movie start with so many shows. I wont count Mario as that was a fan driven movie (May 15).)
  
• Porthos ($10.16M THU. Slight pullback in Sacramento as well, but still a very good day, IMO. Next real tell will be Sunday, as T-4 Saturdays tend to be softer days (for a variety of reasons) (June 8). Pretty much looking for signs like this. See if the momentum continues before we get to the real test next week (June 7). I want to see how it does locally against both Lightyear and Elemental over the next couple of days before really thinking hard about the possibility of $10M. I've been soft-penciling in around 8m-10m for a while now. Only in very soft pencil, though. One thing to remember. Perhaps because of GentleMinions, Minions 2 had an appreciably higher ATP than many similar kids films. Yep. Acceleration underway (June 6). FWIW, no AMCs in my market. [in response to cannastop's comment about Funko] Just means people with Marcus Theaters in their regions likely need to adjust a bit when projecting outwards. There is a Funko event that I am reasonably sure is limited to Marcus TheateMovie Tavern on Saturday. The El Capitan has some sort of event on Friday, but it's the El Capitan and they often have exclusives. Might be something about a different fan event (listed on Fandango), but it might just be the above as I can't find anything else about the so-called "INSIDE OUT 2 - OPENING WEEK FAN EVENT (2024)" on Google except for something at ElCap. FWIW, locally I just have bog-standard showings on FSS with no special events anywhere within 30 miles. Acceleration looks to be starting (June 5). I literally have zero good comps. I generally don't keep track of sub-5m pure kids animated films until right before release. It is too backloaded (or rather NOT frontloaded) for the AtSVs of the world to make much sense. IO2 had a (too) long (by half) pre-sale window which is wrecking a whole bunch of other slightly more plausible comps. If I had a complete track of KFP4, that'd probably help a great deal. As often the case with films that should be very backloaded, won't really know how backloaded they are until the week of release. (will note that IO2 does seem to be picking up a hint of steam right now. Which should bode well for its overall ticket total). Horror is, along side pure kids animation, THE most backloaded genre there is when it comes to pre-sales. ATP for the Nope comp will be wrecked, but the pace should be very instructive. Name recognition for Jordan Peele led to slightly stronger pre-sales for a non-franchise horror installment which should map fairly well with the in-built name recognition of IO2. Is complicated by the fact that Nope had an even longer pre-sale window than IO2, but that might help counterbalance some of the ATP errors. Won't be a good comp at the end but right now it might be one of the better ones, especially to show the insane growth that should be on the table. I don't think it's much of a coincidence that it's one of the few comps I have right now that is pointing to double digit previews (May 30). I don't agree with the undertone of concern when it comes to ticket sales. They seem perfectly fine to me, maybe even somewhat strong. It just isn't selling like a frontloaded CBM/fan driven franchise (even when adjusting for animation). So I suppose it really comes down to how much we think this will still act like a traditional kids animation film when it comes to buying pattern, how much demand has been burnt off, and how many people are still going to buy tickets but see no particular need to buy them early. Which I suppose really can't be answered until we get close to the time when kids animation films typically accelerate. But, I keep looking at the sales in Sacramento and not seeing much cause for concern (May 25).)
  
• Skim Beeble (I don't know if it's just me, but starting June 20th PLF showings for Inside Out 2 are stopping after around 4 PM. Is there possibly a surprise release coming or is it just a scheduling showtime thing from the chains. (This is AMC) (May 29).)
  
• TheFlatLannister (Comp: $12.81M THU Florida and $7.57M THU Orlando Comp. Even though this will overindex in Florida, this is still accelerating at an excellent pace. Super strong final week is incoming (June 7). It's doing phenomenal in Florida at least. Excellent pace these past couple of days. With a strong final push, I don't think a $100M OW is too crazy to ask for (June 6). Thinking $85M OW is about right. Don't see much data as of right now to suggest a number much lower or higher than that (May 31). Excellent pace this far out. Does feel like something big is around the corner (May 27).)
  
• todos (AMC is adding second fan event shows next Sunday @12pm and first shows in some locations that didn’t have fan shows. Weird the second shows are taking place at the same time as the sold out/near sold out shows @12pm (June 7).)
  
• vafrow ($17.8M THU comp. Another good growth day (June 8). A good growth day heading into its final week (June 6). Not much movement. New showtimes were added though (June 5). THU comps are ignored since 2/3 comps (IF and Garfield) are obscenely high ($28M and $124M). Growth remains solid (June 4). Really strong day. I'm not sure what drove it, but it's pulled ahead of KFP4 in sales (June 3). Decent day (June 2). I still have a wide divide between comps. KFP4 just did tremendously well around here, making it a challenging comp to use. Or Garfield and IF being the opposite (June 1). Take the comps with a grain of salt. The low numbers on IF and Garfield really throw things off. Numbers were flat all week before a jump in the last day (May 29). It's starting to grow (May 25).)
  
• YM! (I think the Funko events took away the demand here and the rest is just walkups. [in response to Flip's comment about the SUN fan event siphoning sales] I noticed that too for SE Wisconsin - 250 tickets for the events on Saturday vs 57 tickets total (June 5). SouthEast Wisconsin: At T-9 is showing the momentum I was referring to jumping 50% from the T-12 total of 38 to 57. That’s pretty good for a kids movie but only one theater has been flat. PLF is the preferred format for IO2. With our data so far, thinking around $7-8.5m previews for this one (June 4). Already outdone Garfield minus EA. Ideally I’d like heavy buying to be prevalent next week with some form of buildup this week. Right now, looking at other data on here, put me down for 7-8M previews. At NS using pre-pandemic comparisons, it’s about 22% ahead of Onward’s T-9, 57% ahead of Sonic’s T-9 and 46% of Aladdin’s T-9 (June 1). Using Keysersoze123's earlier MTC1 data, the pace is pretty good. $6.74M average THU comp. The same caveats apply (higher ATP than the other animations due to older skew and PLFs but having lower ATP than TLM as that skews older and likely has more of audience to buy upfront, and Wish being on Discount TUES muddies things up) but the important thing is that pace healthy and gainer ground against its comparisons. Feel like tracking is right on the money of 75-85m OW but could grow stronger if pace continues strong and reviews are strong (May 26). The pace is moving nicely as we have about two and a half weeks left. Think there’s potential for ticket count pace to grow strongly. I have no comparisons but it is at Garfield’s EA-less T-3 ticket sales. Going to probably not say much on preview predictions but my thoughts of an OW in between 75m-100m still stand. Not much to make of things until we get to around 2 weeks for rudimentary guessing and opening week for figuring things out (May 25).)
  

The Bikeriders

• Pinacolada (Actually sold some around me. It does seem like Focus is giving it kind of a shitty release though. Small screens. Definitely no PLFs, which 20th Century Studios was gonna get it Dolby back when they had it. There's 3 theaters really near me. Only 1 of them has this on sale as of now, though the other 2 theaters may come later? (May 26).)

A Quiet Place: Day One Average Thursday Comp: $4.20M

• abracadabra1998 ($3.7M THU comp. Quite a good start, all of these (imperfect) comps had much larger windows so they should be going up the next couple of updates before it stabilizes (June 2).)
  
• AnthonyJPHer (Alright start to presales, although kind of muted in my opinion. I’m hoping it’ll start picking up the pace soon, but it’s alright. Not much to say here (May 31).)
  
• dallas ($4.24M THU comp. Pretty solid so far. Should open to 30M, possibly 40M if things go well (June 6).)
  
• el sid (Counted on FRI (so after ca. 24 hours) for THU, June 27. Yesterday almost nothing happened sales-wise. Two days ago sold 315 tickets. Comps (always counted for THU): AQP II (4.8M) 402 tickets with 9 days left (Day One already at over 75%) and similar sales in the different regions (Very good sales in LA AMC, quite good ones in NY and pretty muted (which is normal with so many days left) in the heartland. Miami is the exception (Day One with 53 tickets to 26 back then). Scream (3.5M) 325 tickets with 26 days left. Halloween Ends (5.4M) 511 tickets with 10 days left. Nope (6.4M) 837 tickets with 11 days left. Insidious: The Red Door (5M) 260 tickets with 8 days left. Overall that was a quite good start in my theaters (June 2).)
  
• Flip (I also expect AQP Day One to overindex for me since it’s set in NYC where some of my theaters are (June 6). Has a fan event on the same day of previews, PLF only (May 30).)
  
• katnisscinnaplex ($4.84M THU comp.)
  
• Porthos (Took a look locally. Not too bad. Before I tracked DBOX, AQP2 sold 160 tickets at T-22 and AQPD1 sold 166 tickets at T-28. Now I am tracking DBOX seats, which at a glance sold 19 tickets tonight. However three theaters locally converted to having DBOX showings, so some local theaters will have more DBOX sales. In line with D1 of AQP2, more or less. Tickets sold for the 3pm fan event are practically non-existent right now (8 tickets sold). There are so many problems with an AQP2 comp as to make it nearly worthless but promising start (May 31).)
  
• TheFlatLannister ($4.44M THU Comp. Pretty good start, but nothing crazy or outright telling me a big breakout is coming (May 31))
  
• vafrow ($3.8M THU comp. Nothing really noteworthy here (June 8). This went backwards, which is never good. And three days in, I think the initial rush is gone and this stays pretty quiet until we get closer (June 2). Second day didn't go as well (June 1). Not a bad start. I don't have great comps with it starting at a month out (May 31).)
  

Deadpool and Wolverine Average Thursday Comp: $27.27M

• AMC ("Some 200,000 movie fans have bought their AMC tickets already. This is more Day 1 ticket sales at AMC than for any other R-rated movie ever." Insiders tell The Hollywood Reporter that first-day sales are likely around $8 million to $9 million if extrapolating the 200,000 stat cited by Aron (May 22).)
  
• DEADLINE (Already heating up eight weeks before its debut, having already collected some $8M in first day ticket sales. $8M is pretty remarkable for an R-rated movie two months before release. While there are no direct comps on Deadpool & Wolverine ticket sales in post-Covid history, its current cash bests the 24-hour advance ticket sales of The Batman ($6.5M), Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 ($6M) and John Wick: Chapter 4 ($1.4M). The Batman and GOTG3 opened to respective 3-day weekends of $134M and $118.4M (May 22).)
  
• FANDANGO (Broke Fandango’s best first-day ticket sales record for 2024. Best first-day pre-seller from the Deadpool franchise (May 21).)
  
• abracadabra1998 ($22.33M Average THU Marvels+Dune2 comp. Just wanted to give a frame of reference for how this is doing (pretty darn good!). Just chuggin along (June 2).)
  
• AniNate (THU sales still largely biased towards primetime evening showings. There may be FOMO but not enough for people to take off work early. Good lord already 80+ THU previews sold for Deadpool at Canton (May 20).)
  
• AnthonyJPHer (Extremely strong growth from OD for THU. We have a monster on our hands here people. Buuut. Let me temper the excitement somewhat. The FRI numbers are good, stronger than Inside Out 2 by a considerable margin. However Inside Out 2 is looking very backloaded. This is looking extremely presales heavy right now. Much more than IO2’s 1,200 tickets for FRI. But here lies the problem. There is only 122 tickets separating THU and FRI for Deadpool and Wolverine, and for IO2, there is 500 tickets between the two days for that movie. This far out I’m not freaking out. I think the gap will increase. It just alarmed me a little. I still think it’s going to be massive though. Just a word of caution (May 28).)
  
• Charlie Jatinder (Comp: $28.07M THU. Moving along nicely with 8.3k tickets. Completed 8K+ by T-50 day target rather easily, was helped by that popcorn bucket promo in between. Next challenge is to hit 9K by T-40 days. $35-40M is what I expect (June 6). BP2 added ~48K from T-39 to T-26. D&W added ~42K from T-66 to T-53. Amazing (June 3). Weirdly strong day today, selling 200+ tix (May 31). Moving along well (May 27). Nearly 300 sales day vs ~260 by Black Panther & ~200 of GOTG3. Another brilliant day. Given the length of sales window, comps be falling off but they have remained steady for first 4 days (May 24).)
  
• Flip (1.41x Bad Boys 4 T-0 (June 7).)
  
• jeffthehat (Took my first look in Indiana yesterday. Won't do a full post because I missed like 20 shows. But the gist is it was at ~3600 tickets sold and ~400 shows. Just as a point of reference, here are the highest values for tickets sold I have in my database. Bob Marley Wed T-1 = 3309 tickets sold. Dune 2 Thu T-1 = 3041 tickets sold. Godzilla x Kong Thu T-1 = 2328 tickets sold. Thus, sales are already the highest I've tracked with two months to go (May 29).)
  
• keysersoze123 ([response to Jatinder] Previews pace is terrific. Ahead of what I expected. Of course Wakanda was more backloaded because of Veteran's Day. FRI was way higher compared to where Deadpool is (3rd week of presales). I think Thor is better comp once we are into its presale window. I think we could be close to bottom end of the curve for this movie. Probably around 200K for previews/90k ish for FRI by end of June (June 3). Previews was taken late yesterday and FRI data was just now. Still going quite strong. very impressive after huge OD (May 28). Still really strong 3 days later (May 25). 1st few days of PS is all about fanboys so T-x does not matter. By this FRI it will be in steady state mode. With this long a cycle that would be at very low levels. Looking at FRI sales, its IM will be closer to Thor 4 than BP2. So we can do the projections based on how the previews will go. However Its really early. Let us wait until we have T-x comps. Probably will have to wait until July to get credible comps. MTC2 early sales tend to be way weaker for all movies. The disparity for big movies is even higher. Nothing out of ordinary in day 2 pace for MTC1 (May 22). Obvious skew on previews (compared to FRI) as its 9+ weeks from release. Excellent growth even past 2:15 PM. Finished ahead of BP2 and ~20K below Thor 4 (116k for DxW and FINAL The Marvels previews at 133k). It has the longer cycle. This includes fan shows which sold 18K+ in initial check around noon PST. Fan event is just MTC1. I dont see anything for any other MTC so far or smaller chains. I think at this point we need to comp with 2022 MCU movies if OD presales are on par. Until we are within T-x cycle for this movie, we cannot comp after 1st 2-3 days. Fan shows are yuge. Adding FanShows and Previews should put it between BP2 and Thor 4 for now. Terrific OD. Over time, GotG3 should provide great comps. I can say for sure, its no where in the ballpark of DS2 which did 36m previews. Really good start. Should finish the day ahead of Ant 3 I think. Sales will taper off after fanboy rush. This does not include fan shows. No full data yet but show counts for previews (MTC1 - 7427 and MTC2 - 2914). MTC1 shows they are ready for big numbers. MTC2 is more conservative and numbers will go up close to release. If I have to guess based on really early indications, its OD between Guardians 3 and Ant 3 at MTC1. MTC2 I unfortunately cannot get data (May 20).)
  
• Porthos (Comp: $20.87M THU. Approx Earned So Far (Sacto Market Based Comps): $7.74M (June 8). For long releases of MCU/SW Saga caliber, it usually takes about 6 to 8 days for the initial wave to stop. The Rise of Skywalker didn't really "bottom out" until D9 or so (T-51). Then at T-21, more or less, it started up its acceleration again. Can see similar patterns for MCU long runners (May 24). MCU/SW films tend to have a bit longer of a slope-down on the decent of the "u-curve" so I think I'll keep posting "Day x" comps for at least a couple more days (May 23). Pretty standard Day 2, really. Best sign, I think, is it nearly matching BP2 (that also had a long pre-sale window starting at T-38) (May 22).)
  
• TheFlatLannister ($150M locked imo. Don’t really see under $30M for previews and a 6x multi gets it to $180M OW. With GOTG 3 early reception I think $200M becomes a real discussion (May 22).)
  
• Tinalera (Toronto having an especially good run on pre sales- overall sales looking healthy (May 27).)
  
• vafrow (Comp: $37.8M THU. At it's current stage, I can't figure any comp that's worthwhile. However, it did well of the gate and it's growth during this dead period is decent, doing about a percentage point a day (June 8). Growth not quite as high as I'd like for a full week, but I'm pretty sure I had a miscount for one of the big IMAX screens that probably has thrown off the numbers. I've kept comps in, but I'm really stretching the utility (June 1).)
  

Despicable Me 4

• abracadabra1998 (THU Comps: 0.73x Inside Out 2. 1.06x Kung Fu Panda 4: $4.04 Million (17 theaters). Holy number of showings/seats! Pretty good start (June 8).)
  
• AniNate (Still early goings but so far just a party of four on Wednesday at the theater I'm tracking for DM4 (June 5).)
  
• Charlie Jatinder (Almost nothing sale at MTC2 but this will more about final week sales film (June 6).)
  
• Flip (.678x Inside Out T-24 (had been on sale for a while) and .580x AQP Day One First day (June 5). Getting much more support than Inside Out 2, which currently has 16 showtimes for opening FRI whereas DM4 is getting 22 showtimes for WED opening day (June 4).)
  
• keysersoze123 (1st the show count is solid. This is as of now. Start is weaker than IO2 that started T-31 or something. But this movie's PS is irrelevant until T-7 or something. Let us see how things go. its OD should be great for movie going. it will drop in Jul 4 and then we have the weekend. So big 5 day weekend is in play (June 6). That said what matters is where it is say days to release. We will know by Jul 1st if its opening anywhere near Minions or not. Until then it does not matter (June 5).)
  
• Porthos (Just completed a Spot Check locally in Sacto. It's actually doing really well in my opinion! 137 tickets sold (All Day) vs [Minions 2 D1 68 tickets sold (Previews)], [Minions 2 D2: 53 tickets sold/121 total (Previews)], [Elemental D1: 37 tickets sold (Previews)], and [IO2 D1: 202 tickets sold (Previews)]. Added the second day of Minions 2 sales, as it had an abnormally small drop from D1->D2. As everyone else has said, this'll be a last week movie. But even in the context of kids movies, it's doing pretty darn well, IMO. How well? Hell if I know (June 6). Took a super casual glance at Century Arden and... it's playing exactly like a kids movie 28 days out. Smattering of sales here and there but zero sign of any real fan rush. Or, rather, the fact that there are any sales at all is the sign of the fans buying tickets today (June 5). There is an extra "event" (Wed July 3rd) called the "Super Ticket". At a glance, looks to be super limited (only one showing in the entire Greater Sacramento market), still could siphon away tickets from other showings in the locales that do have them. No idea what sort of chain limitations might be at play here. Secondly, (July 6th) "Despicable Me MEGA SAT Family Event". Looks to be a Marcus Exclusive, ala Inside Out 2 Funko event. Chance of siphoning off some amount of sales from earlier days, so might be kept in the back of the mind of anyone who is comping any regions that have Marcus/Movie Tavern Theaters.(June 4). The WED all-day release will mess with comps even more than a Discount TUES release will (June 3).)
  
• TheFlatLannister ($7.64M WED comp. Pretty massive rollout in terms of show allocations. Very good start this far out (June 7).)
  
• TwoMisfits (My Cinemarks are continuing the summer "put up or shut up" for presales with 2 screens and 12 showings at each for DM4 (1 has 1 PLF screen, so 1/2 the showings at one are PLF) (June 4).)
  
• vafrow (No new sales. Kung Fu Panda 4 jumped from 4 to 12 on its second day. Inside Out stayed at 2 on its second day (June 8). 7 sold compares to 2 sold for Inside Out 2 on its first day, and 4 for Kung Fu Panda 4 (June 7). No Despicable Me tickets on sale yet for MTC4 (June 5).)
  

Twisters Average Thursday Comp: $3.64M

• abracadabra1998 ($4.38M EA+THU comp. Pretty good start (June 7).)
  
• AniNate (Flipped through Canton showtimes and so far Twisters has sold 35 for the extended weekend (June 6).)
  
• el sid (Has already sold 10 tickets in "my" AMC in NY and 38 in LA (June 6).)
  
• Flip (.522x AQP Day One First Day. Twisters is selling ok, will probably come around how much DM4 sold yesterday, but since I track NYC/NJ, I’d expect it to underindex here (June 6).)
  
• jeffthehat ($3M THU comp. Doesn't look like a great start here. But I only have a couple day 2 comps. I don't think Fall Guy did very well in this region. And def don't think it will be as frontloaded as Monkey Man (June 7).)
  
• keysersoze123 (Meh start for a big budget CGI blockbuster (June 7).)
  
• Porthos (Sold 91 tickets last night (D1) which is better than the soft PLF-only start of KotPotA (73 tickets). I'm tracking it on the side, in case it shows signs of breaking out. Which it hasn't so far. Either way, put me in the boat of "it's fine... for a GA walkup based movie that inexplicably has pre-sales 42 days out" (June 7).)
  
• TheFlatLannister ($4.27M THU comp. Not really seeing breakout signs tbh. It's still very far out so maybe something closer to release date. Looks like lots of folks that wanted tickets bought on day one. Probably won't see an acceleration until final 7 days (June 7). With a long presales window, this is actually pretty good? Nothing crazy, but still much better than even I anticipated (June 6).)
  
• vafrow (It sold two more tickets on EA, but I expect this stays quiet for a while. Still need to set up sheets for it, but screen allocations seem plf heavy (June 8). Not much to really interpret. It's a similar first day to Fall Guy, which had 2 tickets sold, but no EA sales. It's hard to expect much this far out (June 7). Both Twisters and Minions are up for sale on MTC4. Twisters looks like it's going to get a fair amount of Wednesday EA showings (June 6).)
  

Domestic Calendar Dates (last updated June 6):
JUNE

• (June 8) 1-SAT Re-Release (1st day) [LotR: Fellowship of the Ring Extended Edition]
  
• (June 9) 1-SUN Re-Release (1st day) [LotR: Two Towers Extended Edition]
  
• (June 10) 1-MON Re-Release (1st day) [LotR: Return of the King Extended Edition]
  
• (June 10) Social Embargo Lifts [9PM PT Inside Out 2]
  
• (June 12) Presales Start (Horizon Chapter 1 + Horizon Chapter 2 [Bundled Promotion for tickets to both films])
  
• (June 12) Review Embargo Lifts [12PM PT Inside Out 2]
  
• (June 13) THU Previews [Inside Out 2]
  
• (June 14) Presales Start [MaXXXine]
  
• (June 15) 1-SAT Re-Release (2nd day) [Fellowship]
  
• (June 15) Inside Out 2 Funko Family Event (SAT: Marcus Exclusive?)
  
• (June 16) 1-SUN Re-Release (2nd day) [Towers]
  
• (June 17) 1-MON Re-Release (2nd day) [Return]
  
• (June 18) X One-Night-Only Fan Event (includes special sneak peek of MAXXXINE)
  
• (June 20) THU Previews [Bikeriders + The Exorcism]
  
• (June 22) 1-SAT Re-Release (3rd day) [Fellowship]
  
• (June 23) 1-SUN Re-Release (3rd day) [Towers]
  
• (June 24) 1-MON Re-Release (3rd day) [Return]
  
• (June 27) THU Previews [Blue Lock + Daddio + Horizon: Chapter 1 + A Quiet Place: Day One + Janet Planet (WIDE)]
  

JULY

• (July 1) Presales Start [Fly Me to the Moon + Longlegs]
  
• (July 3) Opening Day [WED: Despicable Me 4 (including Super Ticket showings)]
  
• (July 4) Opening Day [THU: Possum Trot]
  
• (July 5) Opening Day [FRI: MaXXXine]
  
• (July 6) Despicable Me 4 MEGA SAT Family Event (SAT: Marcus Exclusive?)
  
• (July 11) THU Previews [Fly Me to the Moon]
  
• (July 12) Opening Day [FRI: The Lion King 1994 Re-Release]
  
• (July 17) EA [Twisters]
  
• (July 18) THU Previews [Twisters]
  
• (July 25) THU Previews [Deadpool and Wolverine (including 1 PLF fan show at 3 PM) + Didi + Fabulous Four]
  
• (July 29) Presales Start [Alien: Romulus + It Ends With Us]
  

AUGUST

• (August 1) THU Previews [Cuckoo + Harold and the Purple Crayon]
  
• (August 5) Presales Start [Borderlands]
  
• (August 8) THU Previews [Borderlands + It Ends With Us + Trap]
  
• (August 12) Presales Start [Alien: Romulus]
  
• (August 15) THU Previews [Alien: Romulus + Horizon: Chapter 2 + Ryan’s World the Movie: Titan Universe Adventure]
  
• (August 22) THU Previews [Blink Twice + The Crow + The Forge + Slingshot]
  
• (August 29) THU Previews [City of Dreams + Reagan + They Listen]
  

Presale Tracking Posts:
May 11
May 14
May 16
May 18
May 21
May 23
May 25
May 28
May 30
June 1
June 4
June 6
Note: I have removed most tracking data that has not been updated for 2 weeks. I think there is value in keeping data for a week or two but at a certain point they start to lose their value and should not be treated the same as more recent tracking data.

Hello fellow pogo gamers. I was considering purchasing a ticket for the nyc event on July 5th and I was looking for an up to date map of the event
Is it in the same location every year or will there be an updated map for 2024?

JS - NYC - GGGF - GGF - GM - D - Self
GGGF was born in 1881 in Italy. My GGF was born in the US in 1907 while GGGF was visiting family. After he was born, my GGGF and GGF went back to Italy, and my GGF returned to the US later when he was a teenager. My GGGF lived the rest of his life in Italy and died there.
My GGGF never naturalized as a US citizen as he never lived here. For the NYC consulate specifically, they require either a NARA census record dated after the birth of my next-in-line relative or an Italian passport dated after his birth.
Obviously my GGGF isn’t showing up in census records as he never lived here in the US, and my understanding is that a lot of Italians didn’t have passports in the late 19th/early 20th century because they weren’t required to travel abroad.
Does anyone have any advice for how to fulfill this consulate requirement? I’m not sure what to do.

US Citizen here, I was looking for a french student visa in the US. I want to share my experience so you don’t make the same mistakes!
So first I got my school acceptance around April 25th and I started my application the same day. I applied directly with the university (exchange program with my US university), so I thought I did not need to go through campus france (1st mistake).
So I did the visa application online and then it was time to look for an appointment. The hardest part was finding an appointment. I was trying to find an appointment on April 27th but the only ones available were May 15. So I chose the May 15 appointment in DC. They were all so nice! I went to VFS with all these documents: - Photocopy of my passport - The acceptance letter from the french school - A letter from my US school explaining that i’m doing a study abroad program and that I have to be back in the US to graduate in May - My bank statements (3 months) - it had more than the monthly requirement - My dad’s bank statements (he’s paying) - same here, the amounts were more than the tuition and all of the expenses I will neeed! - A letter from my dad saying that he’ll be taking care of me financially - A “attestation d’hebergement” from my aunt who’s hosting me in france - A bill she received at her address with her name and the address of where i’ll be living - A letter from my aunt saying that she’ll be hosting me the whole time - my visa application that they asked me to print out before the appointment - the appointment confirmation (in NYC, you need it or else they wont let you in). - two identity pictures (took them at UPS)
I did not include insurance (I need my visa to get the insurance, I think the embassy knows that). I also did not include the campus france (the big mistake). I got my passport back on the 22nd and they said I have to go through campus france. So I applied for campus france the same day and paid 430 euros to have it expedited. It was supposed to take 3 business days but they sent me the Campus france letter and the email on Thursday May 23.
On Friday May 24, I decided to walk in at the VFS in NYC but they were busy and it was more than 3 months before my program start date (August 26). the manager told me to come back Wednesday May 29, so they won’t reject my visa because of that. Luckily, I went online and found an appointment for the 28. I went to vfs NYC ( they are stricter than the other VFS). I gave all my documents including my campus france acceptance and the email they sent me! I also added my flight tickets to france just in case. I got my passport back with my visa on wednesday june 5.
if you want to contact someone at the embassy, I can give you the emails. they are not that helpful but they’ll respond after 1-2 business days!
advices: - apply right after your three months start! dont wait! its really hard to get an appointment so the earliest is better. - if you cannot find appointments and you really need an appointment, call the VFS number and tell them about it, they might help you. - if they cant, keep checking every 2 hours, some appointments pop up out of nowhere. - make sure you have alllll documents!!! - in NYC do not bring any luggages, they dont care they wont let you in with it. - I could not go without my luggage and I was about to miss my appointment because I could not give it to anyone, I had to look for a storage near by it was like 7minutes walk. - in DC, they stored my luggage for me, they were so nice! - at the center, make sure to take a picture of your tracking number so you can track it, its on the receipt and it starts with FRA. - assk the interviewer if you have all the documents and if you need to include additional documents so you can send it to him/her before they send out your documents. - you have to go through campus france even if you applied directly with the university!
let me know if you have questions!

Italian grandmother arrived in NYC 1921 (date unknown). Married to another Italian immigrant who was already naturalized in the same year. naturalized sometime after 1926 and before 1930. Where and how can these records be found?
I have no idea please guide me, and ask for any further details

Looking for someone to date. I like my share of dark and edgy humor. I'm a Half black / half white male I like video games, anime, manga, and computers / electronics. Rock is my favorite type of music, but I'm open to all types of music . I work as an engineer, and am mostly interested in dating women within the NYC area (Open to Long Island / Jersey City too). I'm pretty straight forward and down to earth so if you wanna get to know me more, send a chat / DM.

This a continuation of the saga of my super Kevin brother-in-law. I have put parts 1-4 in the thread below, I suggest reading them before you read this one.
My introduction to Kevin (revised):
(I told this story previously, but I forgot some information when I first posted this.) One day many years ago my sister was working as a waitress and she said that one of her customers asked her boss if he could go on a date with my sister, the boss said yes. My sister described him a very quiet and kind. A few months later she came up to our house to hang out and introduce us to Kevin. Our mom planned a fun day in New York City so we can spend some time with Kevin. Right when we got to the city Kevin said, "woah look at all dem people, where do they all go at night". We had explained to him that they live in apartments in the city buildings and he was understanding. While walking around we were passing many signs in Mandarin and Kevin started complaining that he can't read the signs, even though he can't read English either. While walking to my sister's favorite restaurant Kevin saw two men holding hands so he pointed at them and loudly exclaimed, "HAAWWWTTT DAAMMNN dem men be holdin hands, dem be some gay men". My mom pulled him to the side and explained how it was inappropriate to point and yell at homosexual individuals in the street. He didn't know what homosexual meant. After that our NYC trip went smoothly. The next day my mom made pancakes for everyone and when Kevin saw the pancakes he said that he won't eat them because they are too unhealthy. He and my sister were staying in my late grandmother’s house during this trip. My grandmother had a lot of antiques around the house that she collected during her life. Kevin is a big fan of antiques so he decided to have a look around. Kevin looked all over the house, even some parts that i hadn’t been to before. Kevin also didn’t know the word for antique, so he just referred to it as “old stuff”. Kevin also vividly described the time he had scabies when we were visiting a historical site as a group.
Kevin and his Kevin-ness:
Kevin’s nick-name is a synonym for cum.
Kevin and his best man’s family:
Kevin and the best man at his wedding are very close. The best man’s sister (let’s just call her Kevina) and Kevin both have children in the similar age rage so the kids spend a lot of time together. Last summer, Kevina and her husband were saving money for an extension on their house. Around the same time, Kevina discovered that her husband was cheating on her with extremely overweight women. As a result of finding out that information, Kevina decided to use the money they were going to spend on the house in order to get breast implants so her husband would stop cheating on her. She also needed a babysitter for her children so my sister accepted the position. A few days later my sister gets a call at 3 in the morning that she needs to watch Kevinas kids.
Thank you for reading, it really means a lot to me. It seems like that whole town is just full of Kevins so I will keep you all updated as it continues

Hi ladies.
The weather in NY is bringing her A-game, and I wouldn't mind enjoying it with a pretty lady.
You: 30- whatever, fem energy, NYC adjacent, secure, good job, loves to laugh, wants and knows how to love and be loved and has many interests.
Me: 42, masc energy, butch leaning, good fashion sense, great job, funny, secure to the max, romantic and playful. I am on the muscular, broad side, but I have many body types that I am into, from thick to thin.
I seek an LTR through secure attachment. *Please have your issues in order and be down to open up appropriately. If you aren't self actualized or need to get high/drunk on a 1st date, please message the next person.
My interests: Music - i'm always going to see shows. I love the production side of live music and keeping my finger on what's hot and new. I like exploring the outdoors and going to the shore. Love sports, NYC dives, classic NY'ers and the arts (museums, gardens, etc). I like the finer things from time-to-time and sharing with my partner. I can read a room like it's my family husiness and love to bring a funny perspective to any situation.
Let's share a laugh while having fun. Hit me up.

I am deciding between NYC (West Village) and LA (Santa Monica). Have a high paying job so COL is not a big factor. The dating scene in LA is burning me out because so many girls go for the “hot but dumb guy”. I have a good group of guy friends in LA but I’m willing to move for a better dating pool. I like going out on weekends and running during the week.

I rarely remember my dreams but remember this, now sure why. I literally just woke up from it.....

I was staying in some motel allegedly in NYC, or so I was told. I'm heading to my room from somewhere and passed the key card over the lock. The hallway was already poorly lit, but it appeared the environment changed when I walked into my room, it was completely different. furniture, walls, even the colors were different.
Went back into the hallway, all different, though the overall structure was the same. Walked towards the lobby area and people were dressed differently. Not in a bad way, but clothes and styles I had never seen before, more colorful in some ways.
Go out into the street, again still allegedly NYC but different in building style and the people. I ask someone what the date was and they said it was May (something or other), but then I asked the year. They said 5123.
I froze a bit, thinking no way. Again, people walking around looking busy, going here and there. I didn't take notice of any vehicles, or my brain didn't figure that out.
I had walked around for a bit just looking around and decided to head back to my room. During this walk back is when I realized I had 2 plastic key cards in my pocket. I only remembered having one. they both looked identical.
When back to my room, not knowing which key card was which, I passed one over the lock and the environment around me changed again. I glanced in my room and it appeared things were as they should be, my original room.
I walk back towards the lobby, see a few people, they all look as I had expected. I asked this really tall, really large dude where I was. He smiled and said NYC of course. Then asked the date a year, he said May 5, 2023.
Hmm, guessing I was back in the right "time" and I walked around the city.
(how a brain decides these things is bizarre in and of itself) I found myself walking through a hospital, no idea why. Saw a row of chair where a couple of female nurses were sitting, walked past them and sat down. As I looked around, even though the year was 2023 it still seemed off. The people, the environment not exactly right.
As I got up to leave, the nurse sitting next to me, put her leg up and blocked me. I gently pushed her leg down and continued walking without looking at her or anyone else. I was just trying to figure out what was going on.
I reached a lobby type area when that nurse came running out and said excitedly, to meet her in thirty minutes on her break. She then gave me these convoluted directions to some small courtyard outside this hospital. She mentioned it was a restricted area but everyone is busy and wouldn't notice me.
I eventually find my way to the courtyard, circular, mostly surrounded by walls and shrubs. I am greeted by some dude. [This is where things get even stranger, again how does the brain manufacture this stuff]
The guy asks what I am doing there, that I don't belong there. AS HE WAS TALKING, he face started to change in appearance. What would have been considered a normal face, started to morph into something slightly larger and rounder, a slightly bigger nose, reddish on the cheeks. Though his demeanor remained the same, more and more of his friends just showed up out of the woodwork.
Some arbitrary conversation ensued with the talk shifting to how this group was at war with another group, like turf war of sorts, and now I was in the middle of it. EXCEPT....
....they didn't use what would be considered conventional weapons. They looked at me and said all they had were nerf weapons, like foam gloves and bats. Not even nerf guns. [Being that this was a different world than what I was expecting I'm thinking nerf meant something different than what I knew. Not really] So I asked if they had a real weapons, knives, guns etc. They said no.
For whatever reason I found myself walking back towards the hospital where I saw the nurse. Ran into her, she had changed her clothes, she said something about either going to get her car and meet her somewhere outside, couldn't understand anything she said and she took off. Looked around inside and outside for her for a while but just got lost and gave up. Went back to my room thinking not sure what to make of any of this. Saw the same nice large dude that asked about the date, got to my door, hesitated, passed the card over the lock, opened the door to the room I originally paid for, then woke up.
The end.

I had a wonderful driver almost one month ago and it was my first ride with Lyft (have always used Uber before or a car service ). EWR —> RIU Times Sq. I get car sick ( just queasy) easily, especially in nyc, but not this ride! He was the best driver hands down and for that reason alone I wish we could request drivers.
He seemed genuinely nice and very friendly. He asked so many questions but it didn’t feel creepy or that he was prying. It kinda felt a bit like speed dating, but in an hours span of time. 😁He was always making eye contact in the mirror and a perma smile on his face. I don’t know what driver’s limitations are, but I wish I would have given him my number, even if it was only for a friendship. We really seemed to click and I fear I missed an opportunity. When he dropped me off he was very genuine when he told me to be careful and to be safe. His sentiment was very sincere. I showed my appreciation with a $40 cash tip and another $20 when leaving a review on the app. (The fare was a little over $70) It said not to include personal info and I didn’t know if Lyft would filter or stop my message from going through if I did. I worded my review in a way that he hopefully would know it was me. I didn’t realize that after so many hours you couldn’t msg the driver. I got the idea to do a lost item from another Reddit thread, but that hasn’t worked. Is it possible Lyft didn’t get the message through? Or is it possible he just hasn’t seen it? Any suggestions? Or just leave it up to fate? No matter the outcome, I am grateful for the experience. 🩷 C’est la vie.