Jesus Christ man they obliterate my thirteen hearts, come in three different elements, have a kicking boss theme, AND you can’t mindlessly dodge them and hit them, you need to hit their heads.
They also mess with the temperature around them and YOU CANNOT APPROACH THEM AT ALL, so I get lasered to death like planet Alderaan from Star Wars, and then Ice Gleeok decides to play Icicle Tetris with me and one-shot me! What is going on!? I swear this guy got biggest glow-up in this franchise, these are actually difficult fights!

I am finding myself more and more weirded out by people’s home UNSAFE recipes in Facebook groups. Some people are honestly trying to learn, and the advice they are getting on these groups is going to get someone sick. I am about ready to just leave all Facebook canning groups.
The one that finally did me in—someone was wanting to know how to can ground beef. Someone in the comments insisted that you can use RAW ground beef and pack it DRY because grandma did it.
My grandma canned too. She showed me how. I still went to the county extension after I was grown to take classes, because things change. We find out more with time. My other grandmother was scared of home-canned vegetables—especially green beans—due to family getting poisoned from bad green beans when she was young. Sure, she’d politely take it from people if they gave it to her, but she’d dump it once she was home.
Anyway sorry for the rant.

i hope this isnt a stupid question- one of my cats, junie, is a little over a year old. when the shelter i adopted her from received her at ~7months, she was heavily pregnant. she gave birth to 8 kittens and sadly none of them made it. luckily she took another kitten in the shelter under her wing (i adopted them together!) and is doing very well and is happy and healthy, but i cant help but notice she has some very strict boundaries about where she is touched. she lovesssss head/nose scratches but is very defensive of being touched anywhere else 90% of the time. i am just curious if maybe she is still traumatized from being such a young mama and losing her babies, or if she is just snippy. would love to know if theres anything that would help her cope!

Today was the final day of our 11 year stretch in the Premier League, and I must say it was one hell of a game to watch from the comfort of my couch in New York. Yet after the final whistle, I found myself reflecting on our time in the Premier League, our next chapter, and what this club has meant to me during my time as a kid, and now as an adult.
I have a lot of family and family friends in the UK, as my father was born in England although he grew up in the States. Thus, I've spent a decent amount of time visiting the UK on various occasions. The first was in March 2013 when I was 8 years old. This March marked the 10th anniversary of when Saints beat Chelsea at home 2-1. That very same day also marked the 10th anniversary of when I decided to become a Saints fan.
Some family friends in London who we were visiting are Saints fans, and so they decided to bring us all the way to Southampton to watch a game. I distinctly remember my friends dad, the actual Saints fan, saying, "Boys, just so you know Southampton isn't very good and Chelsea are a really good team so they'll probably beat us today." Yet after than 2-1 win I walked out of St. Mary's thinking, "Well if this team I've never heard of before can beat Chelsea, a team I play with on FIFA, than I guess they're good and I should root for them."
Thus for the past 10 years, I've been a Southampton supporter. I must admit, I haven't always followed every game, as I mostly played Baseball as a kid and thus I'd only ever occasionally even check the results. It was only when I starting getting back into Soccer (Football I know but indulge me here) during COVID that I really starting watching the matches more frequently. Hell, I was surprised when I heard that we twice qualified for the Europa league, as I had honestly forgot that happened. But despite that, I've always been a Saints fan through and through.
Watching us this year has been really difficult I'm ngl, and while it's really hilarious that everyone genuinely respects me for choosing Southampton instead of Man U, Chelsea, or Arsenal like absolutely everyone my age did when they were 8, it doesn't make up for the pain of relegation.
However, I have hope. Unlike Leeds or Leicester, we have a genuinely good bench, and good academy full of young players who can fill in for many of the key players who are likely to leave this summer. Additionally, our performance today shows exactly what we're capable of against a top side in the Prem, and even when we lose some of our best players, their loss won't be enough to stop us from doing well in the Championship.
I love this club, and it has meant so much to me for so long. I really hope that soon I can come to St. Marys and watch us play in the Prem again, but that won't be next season. So while it sucks right now, and sucks a lot, Imma leave you all off with a line from the most famous American Coach, Ted Lasso:
"Now, look, this is a sad moment right here. For all of us. And there ain't nothing I can say, standing in front of you right now, that can take that away. But please do me this favor, will you? Lift your heads up and look around this locker room. Yeah? Look at everybody else in here. And I want you to be grateful that you're going through this sad moment with all these other folks. Because I promise you, there is something worse out there than being sad, and that is being alone and being sad. Ain't nobody in this room alone. Sam, do you remember what animal has the shortest memory? "
"A goldfish."
"That's right. It's a goldfish. Sam, what do you think we should all do once we get done being sad and/or angry about this situation?"
"I think we should all be a goldfish."
"I agree. Let's be sad now. Let's be sad together. And then we can be a gosh-darn goldfish. Onward. Forward."
Come on you Saints!

In 2019ish before Covid I believe. Three girls made an account documenting them running away. I don’t know if they were sisters or not but they made videos of them walking most of the time just their shoes showing as they talked. One video was about trying to find an outlet in a public bathroom to charge their phone. One video freaked me out. The girl who did more of the talking and owned the account was panicked. The three of them decided to spilt up using their phones to communicate. I don’t know why they split probably to find a place to sleep or food. One of the girls stopped replying and they couldn’t find her. I can’t remember if that’s the last video they made or if they made others about trying to find her. The kids were probably about 14 but being a kid myself I didn’t do anything about it I mean they were in a whole differnt country! (America I’m Canadia) I assumed the kids went home Or caught by there parents. I forgot all about it until recently when it popped into my mind. I had followed the account so I went back through my follows. I have followed over 800 accounts so many have been since deleted so I could be incorrect but I believe this was the account: pleasehelpsorryfirwa There are a lot of followers so maybe someone here remembers this or there was a conclusion I missed. This could have been fake as well but if so they were really good at making it look real.

Photos of the current situation as well as the pre- and post-biopsy. I found the May 2020 photo after already making the other collages, whoops! I feel like there's some other weirdness going on with my skin around it but that might not be related.
In 2020 had a blue (?) mole biopsied after it went from a slight discoloration to a substantial entity in about two and a half years (doubling in size over the year leading up to the punch). As far as I know it was benign.
I've scrounged up a few pictures to try and show how it progressed, I'm sorry they're shitty quality. I ended up covering it with my hand or my sleeve most of the time, it had grown both around and "out" by the time finally had it yoinked.
After the procedure it healed normally, less noticable than most of my scars, and I put it out of my head for the first time in years. Last march it was nearly invisible.
Several days ago, I felt something on my arm and reached under my sweater to scratch it (I know, I know, but thought it was just a hair or something), when pulled my hand back there was blood on my fingers. It was a few hours later, while getting ready for bed, that I realized the biopsy scar itself had been bleeding and opened up.
It's now been like 5 days and there's a scab but it's still irritated and tends to almost flake blood off over the day and night, the scab looks "fresh". It doesn't seem like it's healing super well.
I do have an appointment with a new dermatologist late June, but I'm honestly more confused than anything. Google kept giving me information about how scabs take a while to scar, instead of old scars scabbing. I'm sure it's nothing serious, I've just never had it happen before and I'm a curious person.
Per the rules, here's what's been going on elsewise medically (I won't drag out the symptoms unless someone requests it):

• I have recurring ferritin and vitamin D deficiency (despite IV infusion and high dose treatments and daily supplementation, normal diet, etc). As of now the reason is unknown. (Any recommendations to bring up with my doctor? Genetic analyses for acquired mutations?)
  
• I have been seeing a rheumatologist, my titers have been consistently positive with a nucleolar immunofluorescence but the ANA panel/screen is negative.
  
• I've had some weird metanephrines/catecholamine/hormone levels that I had been referred to an endocrinologist for. My plasma + 24h urine metanephrines and 24h catecholamines were mildly elevated last August. When the endo did another plasma test in September (no follow-up to the pee jug chronicles at this point) they were high end of normal and I was sent away.
  
• I have recently seen an immunologist/allergist and after some blood work we're doing the SAD vaccine test (no response to pneumococcal antibodies). My 24h urine histamine was 132 ug/d, the results for other tests were sent out of state and haven't populated.
  
• The immunologist added metanephrines and catecholamines with my 24 hour urine again. These were my levels:
  
• metanephrine 519 ug/d (compared to 267 ug/d last year)
  
• normetanephrine 1018 ug/d (compared to 255 ug/d last year)
  
• epinephrine 39 ug/d (compared to 15 ug/d last year)
  
• norepinephrine 141 ug/d (compared to 53 ug/d last year)
  
• dopamine 475 ug/d (compared to 187 ug/d last year)
  
• I have made an appointment with endocrinology again, but the soonest appointment was March of next year. I doubt anything will come of it, but might as well.
  
• I am HLA-B27 positive. I have POTS and OH and my cardiac workups have been suggestive of ischemia, though it has not been diagnosed. My complements C3 and C4 have been wishy-washy slightly low and borderline low for a while. I have had a low beta protein level. Normal thyroid tests, low sed rate, low CRP.
  

I have a lush family medical history (besides ADHD and insomnia on both sides). Maternal: Grandmother passed to cholangiocarcinoma; uncle has Polycythemia Vera; mother has idiopathic pancreatitis. Paternal: Grandmother had breast cancer and a myocardial infarction in her 40s; grandfather had prostate cancer, pulmonary embolism; aunt had something with her gall bladder and it was removed; uncle and father have various amounts of degenerative disc disease; father has non-small cell lung cancer. I did not inherit BRCA or any other associated familial mutations but I am at a slightly elevated risk of breast cancer. I did inherit a spine that hates me.

Thanks to anyone who can give me some sort of insight while wait for my appointment!

Below are list of free agents i hope the warriors will consider, and seek you guys’ opinion, and feel free to add on who you guys think can provide value to the warriors for another title run (or two, or three) (Is it possible to waive JMG and Lamb too? They just don’t work for us)
Demarcus Cousins Is it just me or am i the only one who thinks we should sign Demarcus cousins? Always been a huge fan of his game, and bringing him once again to the bay can allow us to switch in between Looney and Cousins, and as a true number one big a few years ago i feel he still has a little of his prime juice in him, as clearly seen from his highlights in the PR league ( sure it doesn’t compare to the NBA, but still impressive nonetheless)
Yuta Watanabe A 6’9 wing with hunger to find a permanent home? A UFA we can get for vet minimum contract? A lights out shooter with better shooting percentages than steph at some point last year? Good hustle for rebounds and decent defence might earn him a roster spot, and i sure hope so
Christian Wood/ Jakob Poetl/ Mason Plumlee/ Naz Reid and Thomas Bryant Size size and size, though Lacob will have to dig into his pockets a lil
Anyone else worth considering?

In 2016, my then-boyfriend (we’ll call him Michael) and I got our dog, Larry. Importantly, Larry was adopted in my ex’s name, NOT because Michael wanted him more or was ever intended to be the sole guardian, at least as far as I was aware. We've always shared all of his medical, food and toy expenses. I’ve continually had a flexible work schedule, while Michael worked 9-5. I’ve worked from home, had the ability to bring Larry to work, meaning I am free during the day. I'm always free and active with the dogs during the day. I love Larry, he is my dog. Michael and I broke up at the end of 2021. It is important to acknowledge that I was unfaithful. I’ve spent every day since feeling remorseful and horrible about my drunken, selfish actions. Michael absolutely did not deserve that, and I know I hurt him badly. Up until now, we have been co-parenting Larry, informally dropping him off with one another regularly, taking him while the other goes on trips, etc.
Admittedly, I have three other dogs. One is a dog we got together when we were still together, whom Michael didn’t want anything to do with after we separated. The other two I’ve adopted after our split. Larry can be and always has been territorial (re: food and toys) with other dogs, while he thoroughly enjoys the company of other dogs. He and all my other dogs get along, BUT HAVE scuffled in the past.
Last week, I texted Michael about picking Larry up and we set up a time and place to meet. Out of nowhere for me, Michael declared that he thought it was best that Larry stays “with one of us permanently”. I’m sure you can guess which “one of us” he was reasoning: himself. He argued that he’s in a new relationship, wants stability, and feels deeply emotionally connected to Larry. He keeps saying that he’s “open to talking about it”, and that I’ll still be “allowed” to see him, but doesn’t want to share custody anymore.
I refused. Larry is my dog too, and I deserve to spend half the time with him. I live in a 5,000 square foot house with a huge yard and access to hiking trails in my backyard. I have the daytime free. Larry loves me and my other dogs. Michael tells me that I’m railroading him, and not taking his feelings into account. But Larry is just as much my dog as he is Michael’s.
I cannot understand his logic in unilaterially deciding that Larry is his dog, and that their connection is more sacred than mine and Larry’s. I understand wanting to move on and cut ties, but I can’t give Larry up. I would NEVER even dream about asking Michael to do this.

Trying to figure out if I should keep the house or the rental properties. The house is only a few years old in an urban metro that is highly desirable and is basically impossible to do a new build in (I got lucky). If I keep that I maybe get one rental property if I get lucky. If I don’t keep it I probably get most of my rental properties. I have two little kids (6 and 1) so part of me wants to keep the home as it’s their home and safe spot. I also am assuming if I keep the rental properties I’ll have to pay her more in child support every month so kind of like a double whammy. On the other side of the coin if I keep the rental properties it will help me rebuild faster, although I’d probably have to live in one of my rentals for a few years as I rebuild and I’m not necessarily looking forward to that again at 43 years old. What do you guys think? Mom moved out to an apartment so I’m in the house now until this gets settled. I’m 55/45 custody agreement now with our temporary arrangement.

Today I was in the store, my wife was ringing up our stuff while I was entertaining our 2 year old in the cart. I suddenly had a somewhat sharp pain in my side that lasted maybe half a second. It was enough for me to think "oh what was that?". A few seconds later I got really light headed and tingly in my head, the feeling shot down to my feet and hands. My whole body felt light and tingly. I thought I was going to die, all I could picture was myself dying there in front of my family. This happened again maybe 10 minutes later and maybe 2 more times after. Overall it probably lasted an hour. Went to the ER and all tests came back fine. I've never had anything like this happen before, it was the most terrifying thing I've ever experienced. I'm following up with doctors but wanted to see if people here have similar experiences.

A man who was enjoying an evening drink got transferred to the body of Liam, the fifth son of a nobleman from another world."I spent easy days practicing the magic I had longed for, and learned not only attribute magic, but also how to summon spirits, obtain powerful familiars, and ended up mastering even the most difficult magic!"He became an adventurer aiming for independence from his parents' h ... Read My Noble Family is Headed For Ruin, So I May As Well Study Magic In My Free Time - Chapter 17 - MangaPuma. Read more at https://mangapuma.com/my-noble-family-is-headed-for-ruin-so-i-may-as-well-study-magic-in-my-free-time/chapter-17

Hi everyone, I'm getting ready to order the parts for my first PC build! However, PC part picker shows I may have some issues. One is that the motherboard may come with an out of date BIOS, so I'm not totally sure how to update the BIOS if need be. Two is that the CPU cooler may need a separate mounting adapter, can anyone tell me if I would need one for this motherboard and an i5 13600k? If so, what would I need? Lastly, it states that physical dimensions aren't checked and I have no idea if all of the parts I selected will fit in the case or not. Can anyone provide some clarity on this?
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So for the context my cousin and me are best friends , we talk almost everyday and she hasn't give any sign of life for 5 days.
I'm worried because some days ago her mother wrote a message on the family group saying 'Kill (name of her daughter)' and then deleted it 5 mn after, I took a screenshot because I found it pretty weird.
I tried to call my cousin but her phone is off so I contacted her brother who lives with her and her family and he said that she's at the psychiatric hospital.
It is true that she told me some weird stuff like : I hear voices in my head , I hear people saying bad things about me and adviced her to see a doctor , she made me promise not to tell her mom.
Her brother told me she became crazy and started talking about weird stuff like saying shes a goddess and that death is following her and started saying alot of things that are incoherent.
But the thing is that I don't know why I'm not convinced that this is the truth ... I'm wondering if i'm being paranoid.
What makes me doubt it is that her brother doesn't know which hospital she's in and he told me we gonna visit her this tuesday , I asked if I could come and he said no you can't , while they know for sure we are really close and she always turns to me when she has problems.
I'm really worried about her and idk what to do ..
Can you tell me what you guys think about this situation and advice me on what I can do ?

I (19M) am taking summer courses in journalism. I have a documented need for accommodations. As a kid I was diagnosed with Selective Mutism and a few years ago was diagnosed with Spasmodic Dysphonia. To summarize, speaking is nearly impossible, mentally it’s hard but the physical part is the most impactful. I communicate vocally sometimes but am able to use gestures, writing, and sign language. Speech devices cost $15,000 and my family could never afford one.
I grew up getting good grades and have held a job since age 16. Now, one of my courses is not going well. The first assignment was to give a presentation on ourselves. Mine was written. My professor asked one of my classmates (Andrew) to read mine aloud without asking either of us first. I got the vibe that he wasn’t happy (subtle eye-rolling, sighing, slouching) but I tried to give him my thanks.
Next assignment was a group presentation. Andrew was assigned to a group with me and 2 others. Per the rubric each member needed to speak for 5 minutes minimum and cover 3 slides. I offered to format all slides and to help write scripts for their parts (they had to do the research though). I had 3 of my own slides and one of the group members read them. The presentation was going okay but Andrew was mispronouncing a country which is frowned upon in reporting. I got his attention and slowly managed to get the name out with the proper pronunciation… sort of. He said, “Oh NOW you decide to speak up.” I brushed it off but noticed the professor was one of the loudest to laugh.
There was a written peer evaluation at the end. I praised my group and gave one bit of constructive feedback for each. They all gave the same feedback for me: “Didn’t do his part.” Via email I explained to the professor the arrangements we agreed on for me to make up for not doing a spoken part and he said, “You can’t expect me to try to change how your classmates feel about your participation.” I never asked him to do that. I just explained that I tried to contribute extra in other ways.
Despite him saying that we gave a “model” presentation that the rest of the class should follow, we got the worst grade because “speaker requirements weren’t met” and “peer reviews were negative.” The next class was spent talking about what we could personally do better. Andrew said, “I could refuse to work with someone who can’t do their job.” The professor then said, “Self-advocacy is important in reporting so if someone isn’t up to your speed then you should do what you need to do to be successful.”
I took his advice and wrote to the Dean and the Disability Rep recounting the whole thing. In the most recent class Andrew gave me a hearty “you’re an asshole” as I took my seat (I ignored it) and the professor sighed and shook his head when we made eye contact.
AITA?

By Yishen Kuik: https://www.facebook.com/yishen.kuik/posts/10159474346650382
Black and White
Much of what has been written on Ridout and the Black and White houses is incorrect - and understandably so as very few members of the public live in one. This is because the SLA manages 500 or so units, of which many are reserved leases (American military in Sembawang, British Council in Dover), commercial leases or educational leases which leaves only a few hundred residential. Renters tend to stay for a long time so turnover is low. There might only be a few dozen opportunities to rent a year, so public interaction is miniscule compared with the private market.
Nonetheless, there is always a stock of dilapidated Black and Whites waiting to be restored for when demand is strong. Units often stay vacant for years. Why? The pool of renters is niche. The houses are old, come with no a/c, no hot water, no cabinets, no facilities & no appliances : exactly how they would have been in 1920-1940. The land area may be large but you cannot enlarge your house or build anything on it - this is why psf methods of valuing them don't make any sense. The land is not yours to do as you please. The plot ratio is not usable. The large field is only for you to mow and for your dog to run on. You can build a pool but you have to remove it when you leave. For barracks style units there is no security guard, or tennis court and you cannot prevent the public from wandering up to your window. For these reasons they usually rent for below the price of a comparable condo or house.
I looked at maybe 30 units before leasing mine, and I also grew up in the HoopeMakepeace cluster. Minister Shan's unit which was leased in 2018, would in my estimation have leased in the 20k to 35k range - nothing like the 200k or more bandied around by those with an agenda to enrage. The SLA lease process is designed to prevent corruption. If the situation is competitive, you submit a deposit to register your interest and then you drop off your blind bid at SLA by a deadline. The next day all the bids will be published. Someone will call you if you won and if you agree to honor your bid, the top bid will be published as the winner. Otherwise they might confiscate your deposit and talk to the second bidder. Even if you bid double the next person you cannot change your bid - and every bid is in the public record *before* you can decide yes or no. This is all then archived after a few months. If this process is not circumvented there should be no reason why anyone cannot bid on it, even the Minister.
Why even have Black and Whites?
So why do we even preserve these Black and Whites? If the demand is low, why not build HDB flats or condos instead on them?
Today only the SLA manages Black and Whites, but back in 1920 Singapore was full of them. When the British left Singapore they handed over all military and civil service housing to the Singapore Government. This became the SLA portfolio. The private sector Black and Whites were mostly slowly demolished and replaced by modern homes that built over the grounds. Without the SLA's conservation effort the current portfolio would be similarly wiped out by each owner's desire to maximize living space, monetize plot ratio or break into pieces to distribute upon death.
The SLA has been creative about how to keep these B&W estates alive by making them relevant as beautiful residential estates that double as a sort of historical park for the public, F&B and lifestyle spaces like Seletar and Dempsey and universities like UBS at Command House.
They serve as an extension of the National Museum and play a soft role in nation building and our shared identity as Singaporeans. They play a role in tourism and what international visitors takeaway in their minds about Singapore.
The conservation effort has been far sighted in my opinion, but you need people to occupy and maintain them for otherwise they will fall apart. When tenants leave they must restore everything back to the original 1920-40 condition for the next tenant. So you pay to put in a/c, hot water, cabinets, fridge, washing machine, oven, stove .... and then you pay *again* to remove them all. In that sense, when you lease a Black and White, you are effectively a custodian of it for Singapore even as you enjoy the surroundings of a bygone era - a win-win conservation solution.
(I was prompted to write this after reading Calvin Cheng's well written pieces. I think Calvin has got it right and I think the inaccuracies in the accusations are so blatant they cannot be guilty of ignorance but rather creative malice. Nonetheless, the SLA process was built to withstand corruption and it is fitting that it should be tested it to see if the public's faith is justified).

I've (34F) been seeing this guy (38M) for less than two months. We had a fun day kayaking today and then he took me to have dinner.
Backstory: I've been in abusive relationships, was abused as a child, I have PTSD.
We sat down and he started talking about how his roommate/best friend has a girlfriend now and he asked his friend if they would want to double date and go to an escape room. I asked him if we could talk about it later when we're back at my place because I get anxious meeting strangers and would like to discuss how to do that in a way that I will feel comfortable.
Suddenly, he got really upset and raising his voice in the restaurant. I said, please don't raise your voice, we can talk about this later. He was visibly annoyed and continued with a raised voice saying "Why don't you want to meet my best friend?!" I said I do want to, but we should discuss this later and please stop raising your voice. He said he wanted to leave and wasn't hungry anymore. We got up to leave and he slammed the door into the wall as we exited. I was mortified and said to him, that's inappropriate. We got in the car and I told him I want to be dropped off at home. As we're driving he starts mocking me and changing his voice and saying "I'm scared", I said you're being very mean and rude and to please stop it. We got to my apartment and I was crying and said please stop here so I can get it. I get out and he rolls down the window while there are people standing out there and I'm walking to the door and he yells "Are you serious???!!!" I just kept walking to the door and then he sped off.
What the heck just happened? I don't tolerate this crap anymore and I can't just let it go. I don't think I should see him anymore. Is this a red flag? I'm right to think I need to cut this off, right? I've done therapy and work on myself every single day and I don't want to be disrespected ever again. He seemed so kind, truly. He has treated me better than I've ever been treated. Then this happened out of nowhere. I'm so confused.

This weekend my wife and I took my 14 month old to grandma and grandpas lake house. She had a great time playing with her cousins and around family. We timed leaving with her bed time, hoping she would sleep the 3 hours home, and we could easily get her in her crib. We’ll, she was up for the last two hours of the ride. We did our tried and true method of getting her down, and it seemed to work, but now she’s rolling around and playing in her crib. We’ve seen this before, and she’ll eventually conk out, but I don’t know if we should wake her at the normal time to keep her on a schedule, or let her sleep in so she gets enough rest.
Any advice/personal experiences?

Hello, I am in Canada. Came here to study and now am in work permit working to get my PR requirements met. But I am feeling hopeless and feels like something is missing in this rush of a life here. Anyone who returned back to Nepal?? Who are not regretting their decision? It's just been 2.5 years here haven't saved anything. I have a small family business back home. So, I might not starve but just wanted to know. If anyone regretted coming back to Nepal or are there are success stories lying beneath all these trend to go abroad?

Hello there. Currently looking for a vacuum for our family of 4 with a budget of up to $500. We’re in a 2300sqft home with multiple levels, 1/3 is carpet and 2/3 is hardwood. We have a 2.5 year old and a 3.5 year old with seasonal allergies and long hair, as well as 2 huskies and one chocolate lab. Although portable would be nice, I just want a decent vacuum that’s going to make our lives a little easier - especially with all the hair. Thanks for your input!

a few days ago i posted a very important post, looking for horror films with lots of boobs lol(working my way through the recommendations as i type this, you guys are awesome) and it got me wishing that video rental stores were still around,
video rental stores were the reason i fell in love with the horror genre, those of us that are older remember the rows and rows of horror films, if you were lucky one of the employees that worked at the store was a horror movie buff that could recommend you some titles,
i'll never forget my first horror movie rental, the first nightmare on elm street, watching that at 9 years old gave me nightmare for days, i was hooked and the love for horror began, i was fortunate that my local video rental store employees didn't give a shit about me being young and i was able to rent r rated movies behind my mom's back lol,
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but unfortunately we are now in the digital age, and save for a very small few locations around the country, the video rental store is pretty much dead, i decided to do some research to see if netflix dvd was still around, sure enough it was but it is ending this year, i can't believe it's been around all this time, i thought netflix dvd died in the early 2010's,
i got curious to see if other dvd rental by mail companies existed, as i am determined to do my part to keep physical media alove, and support those that are fighting to keep them alive, and i'm happy to report there are a few options to rent movies, unfortunately it's a select few, and it's by mail, so have to be very careful to not lose the discs,
1) scarecrow video,
my first recommendation is this nonprofit video rental store in seattle, they offer a rbm program, though it is pricey, and they don't offer rental subscriptions, they charge $4.50 per disc rented, there is a flat $12 fee for shipping for up to 6 discs, this includes return mailers,
another catch is you can't rent new releases, but there is another option for that, that i will address, for more information their rbm program, click on the link below:
https://www.scarecrow.com/327/scarecrow-rental-by-mail-pilot-program.html
2) cafe dvd,
the second option is a site that i just discovered, they are similar to scarecrow video, except they aren't an actual physical video rental store, they do offer two options to rent, pay as you go and rental subscriptions, for more information click on the link below:
https://www.cafedvd.com/
3) gamefly,
gamefly isn't solely a place to rent games by mail, they also offer movie rentals, with a movie only rentals plan that is $8.95 a month, unfortunately their library is very small, so this will be a good supplement to the options above to rent new releases,
https://www.gamefly.com/browse/movies/movies-all

Should I text the guy after our first date? I’m worried I didn’t seem interested enough in the guy that I might have been. We met for an activity date and then chatted for a while after, I’m learning we didn’t go into much depth on any topic. I think this is my fault because I am trying to get better at social skills. I last messaged him I made it home and crickets after. It’s been 2 days.