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+There is some kind of war going on. +The entire world is covered in snow. +I am an archer in a rebel faction. +I am good at getting to treetops and shooting down at enemies. +I begin walking through the woods, putting my big fur cloak on. +I come up to a clearing. +I think about how I am going to talk to my enemy that my faction just fought. +He will be able to make sure my parents and wife get enough food. +"I don't care if you have to skin me alive, just make sure they eat." I say in my head. +I am up at my family's cabin. +I hear my aunt and uncle arrive, I go to say hi. +I begin to fly up, when I hit a ceiling outside. +The ceiling is like an archway with right angles where the wall meets the ceiling, maybe 10 feet wide, and 30 feet long or so. +I make my way to their property, descending as I do so. +They are driving both of their cars in circles around the driveway and through the forest. +When they see me descending they cease driving. +Both of them get out to greet me. +Apparently I am still struggling to put my coat on. +They are completely devoid of emotion when they hug me. +Their eyes are hostile and without compassion. +We are transported inside and we begin to talk as they both stand looking at me. +A strange song is playing in the background, some jazzy, industrial/experimental song. (Most likely a song I was listening to while I was falling asleep) +My aunt starts walking circles around me looking at me with hateful eyes. +I start doing an Irish step dance before stopping when they don't laugh. +Suddenly three people appear. +They are in big weird suits and they start battling all over the place. +They are members of the LGBTQ community who are rivalling genders (I am not making this up). +The first one's gender is "Omnigender". +Except it's not Omni because they told me it's an alien word that means Omni but I could never remember what it was. +The second person was a Gender Impacter, which monitors how people on the gender spectrum are affected by political change. +I was told this while the three were doing battle in the kitchen. +The third person, I'm not sure their gender, a fridge fell on them and they died off pretty quick.
That's when I woke up.
TLDR - I am Hawkeye in the frozen apocalypse. The world is covered in snow and ice, and it takes me 17 years to get my coat on. I met some body snatchers and tried to Irish jig my way out of it before a gender gang war erupted.
Now on the surface, this seems ridiculous. I mean this when I say it, however. When I woke up, I have never been filled with more dread and horror in my life. By far the scariest dream I have had, probably in my life. I don't really have nightmares, but I have dreams where I wake up and the dream logic/unsettling factors don't hit me until I'm awake. I had cottonmouth after waking up but didn't want to go upstairs because I was so scared. After typing it out it seems ridiculous, but it was such a surreal and dreadful vision.
Also please excuse my formatting, it's how I record it in my notes.

My paranoia has got so bad. I can't put my mind at ease. Everyone is trying to undermine me. Employers are trying to break me down. They judge me. I can't escape. I don't know who I can talk to about this stuff. People who know me will talk about me if I do - more than they already are. I've had three panic attacks today. I'm not sure how to make them stop. I'm starting to hear sounds again that make no sense... namely non-vocal music. And I'm seeing things creeping on me... around each corner. They move like shadows. They won't let up. I just want to make it to the weekend, just so I can hide in peace for a few days before the world starts up again.

I saw a post on here (at I believe it was milwaukee, I apologize if it wasn't, though I feel like this needs to be emphasized and shared regardless) that now appears to have been deleted before I was able to add a comment with my own horrible experience about the sham that is Fluffy Dog "Rescue" (FDR). To whomever that was who posted it, I want you to know that you certainly are not alone in your experience.
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We adopted a dog from FDR years ago. Unfortunately, after a few months it unfortunately wasn't going to work out with that dog due to an incident that deeply affected us and made us realize that we couldn't keep the dog. Making the decision to give up the dog was truly painful and one that we agonized over for days after the incident, but we knew we had to make it. Please believe me when I say that we wanted to make it work out, but it just wasn't going to happen no matter how much we wanted it to. Unfortunately, due to the contract we signed at adoption, we needed to return our dog to the FDR directly. We sent Lori Marcheck (the owner and founder of FDR) a very sad, sincere, and detailed email about how hard it was for us to make the decision and tried to do our best to ensure the dog would be taken care of. The response from Lori was so heartless, cruel, and so horrific: basically she didn't care about us and said (and I am literally quoting her email) "Welcome to rescue dog. [...] I am sorry that [dog name] will need to go through the stress of being rehomed again. Let's hope she makes it." What a cruel response with absolutely no regard for us; basically, this is what you should expect from us, oh well. We were incredibly close to breaking the adoption contract and giving up our dog to a different local shelter so that it would not go back to Lori; we didn't want return the dog to Lori so much that we even tried to bargain a return of dog to the foster home directly because we at least knew the foster provided a good home (and we certainly didn't feel the same about what Lori would do).
After that incident and reflecting upon all of the warning signs that we then were able to see (looking back at prior correspondences with Lori), I realized that we should have done more research into FDR. Oh did I find some interesting things...
Lori estimates that she has "rescued" over (5000 dogs)[https://www.wisn.com/article/person-of-the-week-lori-marcheck/40207437] since 2005, which multiplied by the adoption fee we paid ($450) means she has received over $2.25 MILLION in sales/revenue. It appears that there may even be an additional(?) $75 fee which is non-refundable, this may or may not be additional sales/revenue Lori would receive. And as far as I can tell, Lori and FDR uses volunteers at their facility (which is just a warehouse with kennels stacked on top of each other) and as fosters. Furthermore, they utilize (transport groups)[https://wisconsinpetcare.com/rescue-transport/] that volunteer to move dogs from southern states to FDR. Additionally, in our experience, FDR provided the absolute minimal number of vaccines and medication for the dog we adopted as possible, enough to legally allow them to cross state lines to come to Wisconsin; the vet that we took our dog to was SHOCKED at the limited/poor documentation and minimal vaccines given to the dog before we adopted them. Finally, they frequently ask for (donations)[https://m.facebook.com/permalink.php?id=54101026353&story_fbid=10159270794866354] to support the dogs, meaning that even those basic expenses like food are provided via donations. Clearly, FDR has minimal expenses in total (the website even claims they ("are entirely volunteer run")[http://rescue.fluffydog.net/contact-us.html]), likely only paying for a minimal amount of dog food and other basic expenses required at their facility.
Finally, from what I was able to find, prior to FDR having their own facility at 647 Industrial Ct., they were registered at (W295 N8427 Camp Whitcomb Rd)[https://www.animalshelter.org/shelters/Fluffy_Dog_Rescue_rId6288_rS_pC.html] which appears to be a very wealthy residential house. I unfortunately can't find it, but I don't believe they had a facility until at least 2020, which points to solely using foster households for the dogs they rescued for 15+ years (whom they would not have paid) since they had their personal(?) residence listed on legal documents for FDR's location.
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In addition to my own experiences, this is the same "rescue" that (discriminated against a 70-year old women)[https://www.tmj4.com/news/local-news/age-likely-why-wisconsin-rescue-group-denied-70-year-old-woman-dog-adoption] and said she should adopt a dog who was 3+ instead of the 1 year old dog she wanted. Did Lori/FDR really expect that a 70+ year old women would die within those 2 years of a dog's life?!
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Finally, I want to emphasize the point that all of the fosters and volunteers seem like absolutely wonderful individuals looking to do the right thing to help; our experience with the foster could not have been better, she was a wonderful individual. However, Lori Marcheck appears to be an absolute fraud and appears to be using this "rescue" as a way to make money from people who want to foster and adopt vulnerable dogs.

How did you choose the next step…
My husband and I have been TTC off and on for long time, seriously for about three years. I’ve never been pregnant. Never had a chemical pregnancy. I’m 39, he’s 37. I have DOR. No other known issues.
We have had three failed IUIs and now we are looking towards our next steps.
Our doctor didn’t seem confident about IVF working and IUI is seeming less and less likely. When we first met with her she said IVF wasn’t a good option due to DOR.
She mentioned donor eggs and embryo adoption. Neither of us are against it, but it’s a shock and the info was pretty overwhelming.
Of course, nothing is covered by insurance, thus our finances are limited. My husband feels we will “waste” our chance if we move ahead with IVF with my eggs. It’s hard for me, however, to let go of the idea of a “genetically-mine” child though.
I also feel like I’m on borrowed time…
Anyone going down a similar journey? Success after years of no positives? Success while in 40s? How did you figure out the next steps? Any pros or cons with donor eggs or embryos? Any regrets?
Looking for support and camaraderie, I guess.

Hi everyone,
I am coming up on a month into keto and I am increasingly feeling worse physically. My mental state is better than ever (persistent brain fog has disappeared) so I am interested in continuing but my god, I cannot seem to figure out electrolytes.
Before I started keto I was running 4 miles, 3-4 days a week after work relatively easily and then the normal dip in endurance happened when I started keto. I am now back up to 3ish miles and feel alright (but definitely running slower) except for the HORRIBLE migraines, fatigue, and insane bloating the next morning. I have experimented with the base doses of sodium (5000mg), mag (300mg), and potassium (1000mg) recommended in the keto FAQ and even that doesn't seem to be close enough so I have upped sodium closer to 7000-8000mg consistently. A few days ago I didn't feel better until I drank 12,500mg sodium!! That seems like a ridiculous amount for 3ish miles. No?
I think the biggest issue is that I just feel so physically uncomfortable throughout the day consuming that much sodium. My stomach get so uncomfortably bloated and distended.
Are you all downing this many electrolytes with no bloating issues? Or am I doing something wrong? Also I experimented by adding in some carbs here and there to reduce this issue (with success) but it just doesn't seem right that my body is passing some many electrolytes at 3 miles a couple times a week.

I’ve been doing so good.
Like really good.
I’ve been training for this race and jogging 3 nights a week while getting in long walks on my recovery days and I’m down around 60 pounds. I’m sitting at my kitchen table after my most successful run to date, jogging constantly for 20 minutes. This week I jogged consistently for over a mile multiple times and I’ve never done that before in my entire life.
But I don’t feel good tonight. My weight (which I have been taking virtually every morning) has been stagnant this week. It’s the first time since I really started taking this seriously where the weight didn’t fall off over a week’s time. I don’t think I ate all that much more. In fact if anything I cut more calories this week than usual.
I understand this happens. Plateaus are common and the actual number on the scale is not all those indicative of me burning fat because I’m likely adding muscle.
But I feel bad. I’m scared because the good feeling of seeing the number change was such a big factor in my mood. I’m getting concerned that if I finish this race and have no concrete goal in the near future I might fall back into old habits.

This isnt as a result of sucking up bill gates propaganda , i am just sickened by the fact i have to consume other beings to exist. I know "i dont have to" but ive tried vegetarianism a few times and got sick every time, when i dont usually get sick atall. I know you can say, you didnt do it right you need all the nutes brah. Man i dont want to live my life like an alchemist as an alternative to eating meat. I also dislike a lot of the "vegan scen" type people and the shops which sell vegan food soooo expensively.
Anytime i eat meat i buy freerange and well fed organic produce, i utterly detest the factory farms and poor animals kept in bad conditions. Its one of the worst parts of being a human for me. Sure i can switch it off and just eat some bbq chicken breast and it tastes good, ive ate meat most of my life, but deep down it does bother me. The lab meat idea everyone jumps to dismiss and i understand, fuck gates i dont trust any of those guys, but if a genuine meat alternative or even cloned meat came about with no cancer or downsides ,i would definitely take it. I get deep on it and flip between , who the fuck created this mess of a world where we have to do this stuff, to , maybe i dislike this eating meat as a motivation to find an alternative and develop new options via technology.
Bothers the shit out me , also things like eating lamb , not just meat but young meat "because its more tender" or lambskin clothes, its fucked up. Humans really disappoint me with all the meat eating and wars and shitshow world , the same people telling us to eat meat are pumping it full of hormones and chems which we in turn eat, and in the UK its £14 for 2 organic chicken breasts ,totally unaffordable on the bigger scale ... what is you guys take on this ?

trying to find it. im having paranoia about EoS, because all the banners are flopping like crazy. please, ive been trying all day, and im not joking

But I’m hoping for some specific help! Biggest question is.. how much harder is it to kill roaches that are only in your walls and under the house? We’ve had issues for at least 6 months and have been sprayed 3 times now by an exterminator who also put down bait (looks like peanut butter) and some white powder in the cracks. I move my appliances to clean often and never see them! I can’t move my fridge by myself but he did and said he found a large gap in the wall that had roaches crawling out of it 🤮 we don’t have a extermination plan and he told me to just call him if I want him to spray again. But idk if I should have him keep spreading every two weeks because I rarely saw roaches in the first place! When I would see them I would only see large ones and only like 5 times in 6 months and only when I would turn a light on at night! (Also why do these roaches keep running around with their “wings” kinda up? They don’t fly but have wings I think?) we had a bad leak in crawlspace and fixed it and then he blew a bunch of powder that starts with a D under our house. I’m just worried. I was raised in roaches and they make my skin crawl now 🥴 also I read that I can’t use my own treatment since he treated my house. Does that mean no other baits, traps, or like Borox? How long and often would y’all recommend a house to be sprayed with roaches in the walls?

I have a table where I have a drop down box using data validation in all the cells of a column. When I go to cut a row out to put somewhere else, the drop down box gets removed from the cell in that row. Is there a way to prevent this from happening?

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Does anyone hear snippets of conversations while falling asleep? Obviously everyone (I think) makes up situations in their head as they're going to sleep like they're watching a movie, but I've noticed on days where I am more overstimulated this happens. For example, today I was in the hospital visiting someone, so it was very overstimulating. I get home and lay down, and the situation is vaguely like two people in a hospital having a conversation but nothing they're saying is making sense. The sentences are just random English words thrown together like "cat apple blanket horse? Dog water sniff cake." and stuff like that.
It's not that I'm over tired or anything, but literally only happens on days where I've been overstimulated more than normal. I'd like it to stop having it since it's uncanny and kinda scary, lol.

Few rappers snarl quite like Raftaar.
However, Raftaar was mostly absent in the Hiphop scene after dropping Mr. Nair, his album with commercial appeal which came post the highly speculated beef in the DHH history. And, From 2020 - 2022, Raftaar only appeared as a feature artist on the tracks of fellow rappers.
Hard Drive. Vol. 1 (a) a surprise drop which was released on Mr Nair's 34th birthday. And, he’s at his growling best on this record even after being on a 2 year long hiatus.
He's showing off his skills while simultaneously introspecting his absence in the scene and talking about his hunger as an artist.
The MC is equal parts fun and fierce on HARD DRIVE Vol. 1, spitting out lyrics that explore anything from pop culture to his own attitude and ambitions. The former Mafia Mundeer member works alongside a host of talent who whip up relentlessly hard-hitting beats and ear-catching hooks throughout. Highlights include high-octane opener “ICE” and “GANGNUM” with Deep Kalsi, which demonstrates Raftaar’s ever-growing lyrical intensity.
Points For Discussion:

• Reviewing the project in retrospect and how it holds up for you 5 months later.
• Are you still looping this project from time to time?
• Which track stands out from the rest for you, a month later?
• Favourite bar, track, which track stood out for your in terms of production ?
• Is there anything on this project that doesn't work?
• Does this EP get a place in your top tier list?
• Criticism you have for this project, if there's any.
• Other tangents which can propagate insightful discussions.

PS: One liner comments are not allowed, this is a discussion thread and not a first impressions thread.

A lot of people probably like the whole "turns out the whole damn thing was fake" twist, and it certainly seems to be a Layton staple, but... I dunno, it didn't sit right with me. Felt like a massive plot twist just for the sake of having a massive plot twist. Not to mention I really liked the idea of being able to apply AA mechanics to a genuine world of magic, pointing out contradictions in spells and considering their logistics felt like such a breath of fresh air! But I guess that was never meant to be. And of course the Great Witch Bezella just turned out to be a massive red herring of a mystery, which also felt quite anti-climactic to me.
So, I won't claim this would be the better route to take, but here's my idea for an alternate ending where the magic is all real, and there is in fact a great witch to track down...
And it's god-damn Patty Eclaire. Ya know, the cute pudgy baker that graciously took everyone in as her own. Not the figure you'd expect a witch to have, right? Well maybe that's what she wants you to believe!! Tell me THAT wouldn't have been one hell of a groundbreaking twist. Imagine if (3-5) Sister Bikini was the big bad, except the motivation, reasoning and setup were all there for her to work from the shadows lol
Halfway through chapter 8 I was honest-to-god convinced that it was her. She's been conveniently positioned near everything that’s going on without seeming to have any actual part in it... Raising Espella and being the only one who "trusts" her, Phoenix and Maya suddenly getting wiped and becoming her baker apprentices(never really a specific explanation for how that happened other than that's just where Darklaw happened to dump them off). As well as her appearing at the bell tower after the incident and happening to spray flour everywhere... that obviously turned out to be a confounding variable in the trial, and could've been intentional on her part to conceal evidence in some way! What's more, when the crew passed by the shades' vats and noted the familiar smell, I racked my brain... and there's one thing I thought of that they'd undoubtedly know the smell of: Patty's bread. It could've been her whole operation, slipping them chemicals through their food and subtly controlling their minds through that! (Let's be honest, that's nowhere near as insane as what we got instead :p)
Here's the vague idea I had for the backstory: Bezella(good at first) and Storyteller were once married, and had both Espella and Darklaw as children(makes even more sense that Patty took Espella in since she's her own). But then a rift forms, they separate, and out of petty revenge ST decides to write her as the villain, bending reality and forcing her to become this despicable force of evil. So she hides in plain sight, orchestrates all this nasty stuff, but knows deep down that she only desires to do evil because she's forced to. That could be really interesting, ya know? Then once you expose her for who she is, you turn your sights on ST, expose HIM for what he's done, and force his story to come to a close, freeing Bezella from his control, and the townspeople from the notion that witches are wholesale evil.
That's just my funny little idea, anyway. There's a lot of detail missing, and a ton of factors I didn't account for, but those probably could've been cleaned up a bit more to make this happen. Definitely not as much of a cheerful ending either. But I think a twist like that would've been super impactful, and the ensuing climax would give a strong feeling of toppling a brutal regime much the same way as SoJ. Thoughts?

Hello everyone, I have a Sony a7iii and my SD card is stuck in slot 1. It does not spring back out when I push it in and appears to remain locked in place. I was wondering if anyone has ever encountered this issue and has fixed it or if anyone could point me to the right direction. I've tried googling and i cannot find anything about this particular issue.
Also the card is inserted correctly because the photos I take are able to write data into the card and I am able to view photos etc. Ive tried trying to use a tweezer but I don't want to force it too hard to avoid further damage. Thank you very much folks and I appreciate any help in figuring this out!

Hello I am a man needing advice on something I’m really tripped up on…. I feel really weird cause I NEVER do this! I also do not open up and let many people in. This was the first time in a while I had and it was incredible how fast and easy she knocked down my walls!
I was dating a (28f) for 3 months! I attempted to make it official which we had discussed before and she stated she wanted! At this time I did not sense or feel like there were issues between us…. But we however were each individually going through stuff and we were having a pregnancy scare…. Which I had told her that I would be there for her with anything she needed and any decision she made!!!!
I sent her a message saying I wanted her and to battle any challenges that came!! Basically what a partner should do, I wanted and saw us going the distance!
She replied with say in short, that was everything she wanted and I was literally everything she wanted in a guy!!! BUT she needed time to figure stuff out and thought we should focus on ourselves for a little!!! Understood, she then says she didn’t want to do it this was but she never got a chance to tell me she loves me!! A few days pass not talking, I send her a message to see how she is doing and she replies and ends it with I miss you!
We exchange some txts nothing bad and all of a sudden it flips to me never contacting her again and going my own way!!!!!
In two weeks time it goes from good to breaking up to I love you, to I miss you and finishes with don’t contact me again!!!!
Im lost and need some advice, thoughts and opinions!!!!! Please!!!!

I have a fiber connection that’s 1G up/1G down. I have two routers, a Nighthawk X4S, and some cheepo my fiber ISP gave me.
The other day, running wired to either got me about 100mbs, straight to the modem was closer to a gig.
I normally run the X4S, just plugged in the cheap isp one to test. Some days I get super slow speeds thru the router, others it’s fine, speeds seem inconsistent or just get choked down to 100mbs. Wireless is more inconstant but wired has issues as well. Usually it’s fine but is inconsistent enough to be an issue.
Anyone know what could cause this? There weren’t any devices pulling massive amounts of data over the connection (did multiple restarts and swapped routers). Or is it just time for a new router?

My baby is 5 months 2 weeks old and has been exclusively breastfed. The last day or two my supply has tanked all of a sudden. Normally, I soak through bra pads and have a strong let down, but yesterday they were dry. Waking up at night to feed and boobs felt empty, which is not normally the case and baby seems frustrated latching and unlatching repeatedly.
I pumped after feeding him this morning and it took me 20 minutes to get 3 oz, normally I can do this in less than 10 minutes.
We have had a weird/hard week. We traveled for the first time and on Saturday he was away from me for 10 hours (I pumped every three hours while away). It’s been really chaotic travel days and I’m sure I’m not eating enough or drinking enough water. Additionally, my throat started hurting so I’m pretty sure I’m fighting some sort of illness.
What can I do to get my supply back up?