Should I (23f) cut things off with my best friend (23f) of 10 years or is the friendship still salvageable?
My best friends and I have known each other for 10 years. Its been the three of us since school. Ill call them S and J in this. All of us have gone through a lot together and grown up a lot since school. I’m in college now while the both of them are working. The issue lies with S. Lately, S has been a lot more difficult to be around.

1. She’s tends to be self absorbed. She manages to make every point of conversation about her (not that big of a deal but gets annoying).
2. Doesnt take the time to plan things out and makes everyones life harder because of it. She doesnt plan ahead of time what she needs to bring and how she is going to get to a certain place. Her and I had to walk a long distance bcs she wanted to put her bag in J’s car when she could’ve done it earlier.
3. She doesnt have a car or license so she often asks us for car rides. She lives 40 minutes away roundtrip. She does offer to pay gas money but it gets exhausting heading out just to send her when there are public transportation, her mom, her sisters and other ways she can use to get where she needs to go.
4. When we go out to party, she dances with guys she isnt into and then complain our ear off about how the guy wouldnt stop hogging her space while at the same time doesnt make the effort to stop him. I can see she is uninterested in the guy and ask her if shes okay, if she wasnt i wouldve pulled her away but she says she’s fine and have her arms around him and everything and then later complain about him to us.
5. Partying way too much. We used to go to the club once a month. Now we go every week because of her. The only time i see my bffs are in the club and thats just sad. Thats all she wants to do nowadays. Ive tried initiating outings where we go to cute cafes or do literally anything else but the plans falls through.
6. Reckless behaviour. She goes to strange random flings houses. Its a new guy every week and both J and I have never met them before. When we ask her where and whose house she’s going to, shes very vague and secretive saying things like “a friend” “someone”. She also doesnt send her location or any info when she does this. She’s lost her phone in the club bcs she put it in her flings back pocket (that she had only met once before) despite me offering to hold onto it. Was literally unbothered about losing her phone and instead took care of drunk fling while I was stuck looking for it the entire night. Mind you he had a group of his friends with him that were more than able to take care of him.

Ive talked to J at length about this and she had way more things to say as S often stays over at J’s house but I’m just sticking to what I’ve experienced. J and I almost had an intervention for her but it fell through bcs although J is annoyed at her lately too, she doesn’t think its too bad though I can see its starting to tick her off. We’re both not good with confrontation. We’ve wracked our brains to see why or what set her off to start behaving like this and we’ve let her know time and time again to talk to us about anything. It could be that shes just trying to act out a bit since she just got out of a long term relationship (they ended amicably).
Idk im stuck in this place of where its not that big of an issue and i can overlook some stuff. On the other hand, its also getting on my nerves a bit however if im the only one out of J and I to bring it up then its going to make me seem like a bitch. How do I bring this up to her or is it just not even worth the effort and i should cut my losses?

I watched IZONE Chu multiple times but don't remember this part at all, is there an extended version of Chu somewhere? The one I watched had like 5-6 episodes each season
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oyDSZwqAbLI

i’m literally disgusted of how the moms treat brynn in this season, especially jess. i know it’s talked about a lot on this thread, but im rewatching the episode in season 6 where it’s the first one without maddie and mackenzie and im disgusted.
brynn is literally having a panic attack because she’s scared of the judgement from the moms, and jess and the moms come up to brynn and yell at her??? it’s so hypocritical especially if jill because kendall cries and has panic attacks all the time???
apart from the treatment jess gives brynn, i literally just can’t stand her. i cant. she’s a huge bitch and is just annoying. and jill. fuck them both. jojo and kendall are not good enough for them to be acting like that LMAO.

I need a second opinion from a professional veterinarian.
My baby boy Juno was 12.5 years old and he was diagnosed with CHF back in February. More specifically Mitral Valve Disease, Stage C. He was stable on his heart medications (Pimobendan + Furosemide). It was until late February, 3 weeks after his first heart failure episode (he recovered from that) that he was rushed into the ER for his second heart failure episode. He had a syncopal collapse. I paid for a 24 hour stabilization, but not even 6 hours into the hospitalization they said he was "about to pass soon" and "have cardiac arrest". They did tell me that he was resistant to the medication, but it does not explain why they rushed the euthanasia. I know CHF causes blood and fluid to backup into the lungs.
What I don't understand is that when I met him in the oxygen tank, he looked calm and still conscious, and very much alive, except some blood-tinged saliva around his nose. What angers me is why did they rush me into euthanizing him? He was calm, able to breathe in oxygen, and relaxed in the oxygen tank and they did not bother utilizing the remaining 18 hours of the oxygen supplementation. To say I am devastated, is a complete understatement. I was gutted and paralyzed by the whole veterinary team and doctors on the case because they were pushing me to put him down the same day he was admitted. They were planning my dog's funeral before explaining their options or Plan B. I would gladly have a home euthanasia if he were to pass, but they rushed me to put him down at the ER on same day. It was a busy, chaotic, and stressful veterinary hospital, so it still brings me a great deal of pain and guilt for letting him go in a place where he was stressed, scared, and terrified. Also I admitted him to the ER not to put him down, but stabilize him. Dogs with CHF can still live fulfilling lives, with medication management and consistent treatment. Why was my dog not given this opportunity? He passed away literally 3 weeks after his diagnosis, whereas dogs diagnosed with CHF statistically live at least 6 months up to 2 years. I am heartbroken. I don't understand. Why? Just Why?
I regret so much for not fighting for my boy. He deserved a better send off than at the ER where he was scared and anxious. I keep on replaying this scene over and over again. Why did I not fight back and tell them to keep him there in the oxygen tank? He was calmer in there. Please I need your veterinary input? I understand if I am thinking irrationally because I am emotionally stricken with grief. Please someone give me their own perspective. I am being eaten away by guilt.

Major spoilers for “Edible Complex” (Season Two Episode Two) follow, and though I try to refrain from crossing the threshold into fan theory, in my opinion some of the allusions to Ulysses are suggestive of what might happen in future episodes. You have been warned.
I suspect that when the writers came up with the idea for this episode they had their copy of James Joyce’s Ulysses open to the fifth section, known as “Lotus Eaters”. In it Leopold Bloom contemplates the idea that in mass the body of Jesus is consumed and is reminded of cannibals (I think of Jackie), a woman with skin made white thus bringing out the darkness of her eyes (I think of Laura Lee’s reappearance), strawberries (I think of the bacchanal feast), and “skinfood” (do I even have to tell you what this makes me think of?).
More details follow.

1. Title
2. The Symbol
3. Travis Martinez, Javi Martinez, and Adam Martin
4. Nat and Tan
5. Mirrors
6. Laura Lee
7. The Funeral Pyre and the Feast

1. Title
The title alludes to both Ulysses and the Odyssey. “Edible” sounds like “Oedipal”; Oedipus, who had sex with his mother, appears in the Odyssey as do cannibal giants.
As mentioned, Leopold Bloom thinks about cannibalism in “Lotus Eaters”. And in “Circe”, another section of Ulysses, Leopold Bloom becomes aroused thinking about the scene in Hamlet preceding the scene in which Hamlet confronts his mother Gertrude and threatens to “set you up a glass / Where you may see the inmost part of you.” Gertrude worries that Hamlet plans on carving her up, and audiences wonder if his desire for his mother is Oedipal. (After the Odyssey, Hamlet is the work Ulysses alludes to the most.)
2. The Symbol
In the episode we once again see the mysterious symbol we first saw in “Pilot” (Season One Episode One). In “Lotus Eaters” there is a reference to alchemists, which is interesting in view of u/theflyingwhisker’s post suggesting that the symbol is composed of symbols from alchemy.
3. Travis Martinez, Javi Martinez, and Adam Martin
Travis Martinez, Javi Martinez, and Adam Martin all have last names alluding to various “Martin”s mentioned throughout Ulysses.
I surmise “Travis” is an allusion to traversals. If we did not know already, this would make Travis a significant character: Ulysses is as much about Leopold Bloom’s and Stephen Dedalus’s traversals of Dubin as the Odyssey is about Odysseus’ sea voyage. (On a related note, the writers presumably derived “Mari” from “mariner”, another word that occurs in Ulysses.)
Javi’s first name is an allusion to “Saint Francis Xavier”, whose name is mentioned in James Joyce’s Ulysses and in whose honor Catholics observe a feast day. In “Lotus Eaters” there are references to various men named “Joseph”, including Jesus’ father. I have to wonder if the writers were also thinking of a different Joseph: In the Hebrew Scriptures Joseph’s brothers tear off a piece of Joseph’s robe, stain the robe with another organism’s blood, and take it to his father, presenting it as proof of his beloved son’s demise.
In Ulysses the name appears in the sentence “Unfallen Adam rode and not rutted”, alluding to some Christians’ belief that before humanity’s fall humans had sex without experiencing lust. Is Travis’s apparent encounter with Lottie an allusion to this? Whatever the answer may be, “Adam” also occurs in a mention of Adam Kadmon and in the phrase “not knowing me from Adam”.
In Ulysses “Adam” also appears when a character utters the palindrome “Madam, I’m Adam.” In a work full of references to parallax and mirror imagery, it makes sense that the author would be interested in palindromes. Speaking of which . . .
4. Nat and Tan
Kevyn Tan’s name is an allusion to “the Honourable Mrs. Mervyn Talboys”. Ulysses also contains several occurrences of the word “tan”, usually in references to Blazes Boylan’s “new tan shoes”. We find “Nat.” as an abbreviation, and “Nat” is also “tan” spelled backwards. Together their name reminds us of “tan gnat”, a rather well-known palindrome.
5. Mirrors
Elsewhere I suggested that the Yellowjackets writers have taken a cue from Ulysses and use mirrors to represent objectification and blades to represent bodily harm. It seems appropriate then that we see “the Bad One” move in the mirror, as it suggests that some inner part of her is being cut into pieces. And of course, Jackie says something about mirrors while calling Shauna “useless” as though she is an inert tool.
Presumably it is also significant that Callie says, “Everything I thought was real is a fun house hall of mirrors.” Mirrors reduce people to their appearance—and often a distorted appearance at that. The writers might have also had in mind spherical aberration, a phenomenon related to parallax; parallax in turn is the metaphor at the heart of Ulysses.
6. Laura Lee
u/Windows1798 has argued (quite persuasively, in my opinion) that Laura Lee is associated with Apollo and Lottie with the moon. As my wife observed, Laura Lee’s transfiguration is reminiscent of her death, which we saw in Season One. Within u/Window1798’s framework Laura Lee’s death amounts to the end of the age of Apollo and light and the beginning of the age of the moon and darkness.
In “Lotus Eaters” Leopold thinks about suicide and “glimpses of the moon”. This is a direct reference to Hamlet in which Hamlet says this to his father’s ghost: “What may this mean, / That thou, dead corse, again, in complete steel, / Revisit'st thus the glimpses of the moon, Making night hideous.” The writers might also have been thinking of Ulysses’ use of the phrase “the witching hour of the night”, which is also found in Hamlet just before Hamlet’s encounter with Gertrude, mentioned above.
Ulysses alludes to Il Trovatore, an opera in which Ferrando recounts that a woman was burned at the stake after being accused of casting spells on the infant Garzia. Before she burned completely she demanded that her daughter Azucena avenge her death. Soldiers pursued her after she kidnapped the child and found her with a fire in which there were bones that had not yet completely burned. Ferrando says that she still haunts the area and once killed a man by appearing to him as an owl at midnight.
7. The Funeral Pyre
If we count the burning of Adam’s face on his ID, there have now been four times since the initial plane crash that a character has been placed on or in the structure that burns them—the burning of Van, the burning of Laura Lee, the burning of Adam, and of course the burning of Jackie. I do not think it coincidental that we saw each of their faces at some point in the episode. Cremation is mentioned in Ulysses, and surely it is significant that Odysseus burned his beloved Elpenor on a pyre.
I find it interesting that the burning of Van, Adam, and Jackie were incomplete. Laura Lee might not be an exception here, considering that in this episode we saw that in some sense Laura Lee is still with Lottie. Note that all four of the instances of burning were connected to an act of sacrifice: Van put herself in harm’s way to help Taissa, Laura Lee died in an act of self-sacrifice, Shauna seemed loath to let go of Adam’s possessions and obviously knew she was going to miss her journals, and the burning of Jackie not only required Shauna to let go of her but also involved a communal meal. In ancient times sacrifice involved offering parts of an animal to a deity and keeping the rest to be consumed by members of the community. There are multiple instances of feasting in the Odyssey.
As u/NaiadoftheSea has observed, the feast in this episode conjures the story of Tantalus, whom Odysseus met in Hades. Tantalus had been sent there because he had sacrificed his son to the deities. In Ulysses there is only one word separating “Tantalus” from the phrase “heart of gold”. Really. Yes.

Season 6 Episode 504
The first 5 mins of this episode cannot be just ignored and is not just randomly put in there.
They clearly show Kuina practicing in the yard while The Revolutionary Army is docked. This got me thinking that Kuina might be with them. It's possible that Shimotsuki helps the army and allows them to take Kuina with them or Kuina is distraught after learning that Shimotsuki thinks she can't be the greatest because she's a woman. And decides to leave with the army.
It's possible that Ivankov helped in disguising her death as he was there in the East Blue when the Celestial Dragon arrives at the Goa Kingdom and tries to kill Sabo. This was suggested here as well.

This is my first request. Abs I understand that it’s a liability; but I wanted to try here before i went thru other measures that are predatory like title loans; and all that. Any information or questions please feel free to message me; and I can clarify or elaborate; but I’ll try to keep it brief in my post.
I’m a mom; currently Making a go at starting my own business. I have informally been “in business” for 3 seasons building client relations and a reputation; but only as a side gig with 2/3 customers. I recently have been blessed with equipment for my lawn care biz; and immediately was met with my transmission going out 3 months after I bought my vehicle. I was without a car for 6 weeks as I battled trying to get my extended warranty approved; and was once again blessed to have that happen. But of course 6 weeks of renting/paying friend to barrow vehicles isn’t cheap. I thought I’d made it thru the worst of it; just in time for season without going in the red but depleting my “cushion” . I came home today; to a flooded garage and a sump pump that didn’t work. I had recently bought new beds for my kids; and planned on setting them up today :/ my youngest has outgrown his crib; and my middle his toddler bed so updated them to twins. I’ve tried to dry them ; abs for a adult they may be ok; but not for my little dudes. I am asking for loan to replace the mattress; and the time to repay it so I may do so after I get my first round of invoices returned.
I appreciate taking the time if you read my request; and am able to provide my license; and proof of income in the form of spousal support to assure I’m able to pay bscm since I don’t have a official “job” and can provide reference . I know it’s a tall order but can’t hurt to try. I’m aimiable for negotiations or suggestions; also.
Thank you

Does anyone have any archives of JJ seasons 6 through 8? There was a Vietnamese guy on YouTube who used to post enormous compilations of seasons 6-8 episodes back in 2022, and I watched all of them but regrettably only downloaded a few. I would kill to watch more episodes from this time period. If anyone has any, please let me know!

Just watched that episode season 6 episode 5. It came out in 2002 and wow the nostalgia. The episode had something we never really do to much anymore. I do remember watching specific things to catch first showings of various commercials. Now with steaming and ease of watching a specific movie trailer is just accessed online.
Another thing you don’t see much anymore was chef getting confused about using his new TV. It seems most TV sets now either set up much easier or just have removed a lot of pointless features.
Another thing I don’t see anymore is Russell Crowe being a violent asshole. I remember that time period when he seemed to hate his fans and just random people. He also seemed oblivious to his own problem. I saw an interview with him on 60 minutes where they showed him the south park clip and he said. I think they just wanted to show how I had to fight for everything in my life.
No Russell it wasn’t there to show your so called struggle. It was clearly showing your hatred to your fans. South Park tends to show more of your ugly side when you have it flying at full mast.

TL;DR - For months, I’ve been walking 20-27k steps 3-5x a week and 6-10k steps on days I don’t work out. I’ve reached a plateau from doing this. How do I go about this?
18M, 167.6 cm (5 ft. 6 in.)
Just a little background, this is my third significant weight loss journey (disregarding the short, failed ones in between). My first one happened in 2018. I was 76 kg (167.5 lbs), then dropped down to 64 (141 lbs) in 4 months. I then gained all that back by 2019, fluctuating from 74-76 kg (163-167.5 lbs). Then, in 2020 in the middle of the COVID lockdown, I gained up to 88 kg (194 lbs). I then began to lose again by August and dropped to 74 (163 lbs) by December through OMAD, walking 11-17k steps 3-4x a week, cycling for two hours 1-2x a week, and bingeing once a week so my body could “reset.”
Shortly after that, I began to get burnt out by how I went about my weight loss, and so slowly, I again started to gain the weight back. Eventually, I reached up to 97 kg (214 lbs). Looking back, restricting myself and then binge eating ruined me and was why I could not sustain my weight. So, when I began my third weight loss journey on August 2022, I did it healthily— physically, mentally, and emotionally. I let myself eat foods that I commonly would only eat on cheat days whenever I wanted, as long as I did so in moderation. Then, I would walk 20k+ steps every night, reminding myself that I was doing it because I wanted to, not that I had to. If I could only reach 10k, then that was already enough.
That worked for me, and I was happy with how I did it cause I was no longer restricting myself. I will admit there were a few days where recovery wasn’t easy for me, and I’d end up binge eating again, but I pushed on and learned every time.
However, around mid-March, I hit a plateau at 83 kg (183 lbs). This has been going on for three weeks now. I would walk 20-27k steps 3-4x a week and around 6-10k steps on days I don’t work out. However, if I were to eat slightly just a little bit more, I would gain 0.5-1 kg the following day. My episodes of binge eating are now coming back, and I’m stressing out cause I feel stuck. I want to balance food freedom and validate what I want to eat cause I no longer wish to return to the old habits that ruined me (i.e., the restrict and binge cycle and pressuring myself to reach a certain number of daily steps). Still, I also want to continue losing weight. Do you guys have any suggestions on how to go about this? I’ve tried switching up my routine by doing dance workouts (which I used to do in 2018) occasionally. However, I also think increasing my steps will lead to burnout again, just like I went through back in 2020.