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Finding's after CT ABD+PEL W CON:
IMPRESSION: 18 x 13 x 11 mm lobulated soft tissue nodule in the right lower quadrant small bowel mesentery. Although this most likely represents a reactive mesenteric lymph node, an early mesenteric carcinoid cannot be excluded. Lab tests to rule out carcinoid tumor, described above are suggested including urine collection for 5-H IAA measurement
FINDINGS: LOWER CHEST: No pleural effusion or pericardial effusion is identified. Lung bases are clear. ABDOMEN/PELVIS: HEPATOBILIARY: No focal hepatic lesions are demonstrated. The gallbladder appears unremarkable.There is no evidence of significant biliary dilatation.
SPLEEN AND RETROPERITONEUM:The spleen is normal in size. No focal splenic masses are demonstrated.The pancreas appears normal without evidence of mass or inflammation.No adrenal masses are demonstrated.In the distal small bowel mesentery near the ileocecal artery and vein there is a small lobulated soft tissue lesion measuring 18 mm transverse dimension with a craniocaudal dimension of 12.6 mm and an anteroposterior dimension of 10.9 mm. Differential diagnosis includes an enlarged mesenteric lymph node (most likely) or small mesenteric carcinoid (less likely) . In favor of an enlarged lymph node is the presence of other scattered mildly prominent lymph nodes in the small bowel mesentery. This does not have the appearance of mesenteric adenitis but could simply represent reactive mesenteric lymph nodes to a current gastrointestinal illness. I recommend performance of lab tests for detection of serotonin, chromogranin A and urinary 5-HIAA to exclude carcinoid or other neuroendocrine tumor. Additionally, a follow-up CT the abdomen and pelvis in 3-6 months is suggested to determine if this soft tissue lesion remains present or regresses in the interval. Spontaneous regression would indicate a benign reactive lymph node.
The inferior vena cava is unremarkable. The aorta is normal in caliber. BOWEL AND PERITONEUM: There is no evidence of abnormal bowel dilatation or bowel wall thickening. There is no evidence of significant free fluid or free intraperitoneal air. The appendix is normal. PELVIS:The bladder appears unremarkable. No pelvic masses or abnormal fluid collections are demonstrated. No pelvic or inguinal adenopathy is evident. MUSCULOSKELETAL AND EXTRA-ABDOMINAL SOFT TISSUES: Within normal limits for age.
I'm 32M (Just turned 32 yesterday actually).
I know this is a lot but it's been quite the year for me:
I had an awful bout of covid in March/April and actually had to go to the ER (had scans because my lungs, chest and ribs were killing me) - they were all clear and then a covid test came back positive. Also had awful coughing fits almost constantly for over a week.
Then in late April (around the 24th) I had a chunk of a rotted molar fall out (wasn't able to financially take care of a cavity previously), went to the dentist and was put on a round of antibiotics for infection (3x a day for 7 days) - bad fatigue /brain fog started around this time and was only recently getting a little better. Had that tooth pulled on May 3rd + and am over a few weeks in recovery at this point.
Saw doc for checkup back in January and had elevated/high blood pressure (which runs in my family). At this point I was 214lbs and eating awful everyday...I'm talking fast food, ice cream daily, junk food, no veggies, etc.
Immediately overhauled my diet (which looking back I don't think was a good idea - should have eased into things) and went from a sedentary lifestyle to eating lots of vegan options + exercising almost daily. Started drinking way more water. Dropped down to 186-189lbs in about 3 1/2 months.
Saw doc a few days ago and was down to 172lbs - give or take a few pounds (42 days after last weight check). I am now trying to course correct a little and up my calorie intake because I don't think I've been getting proper nutrition (enough protein specifically + calories per day). Still physically active.
I got the CT scan in the first place because of off and on pain I've had since Covid19 (on the opposite side of where the nodule was found mind you)
I have a family history of Crohn's disease (mom said at least 6 people) and IBS/gut issues (my mom and grandma and several aunts) - immediate family is on meds for their issues. We also all have hemorrhoids.
Also had a colonoscopy when I was 15 because of tummy issues I was having
I have no symptoms like bloody stool, vomiting, diarrhea
Except now I'm extremely anxious (diagnosed anxiety disorder) so that's for sure effecting my stomach. Also haven't slept much the past few days.
I just wanna know if anything I've experienced this year could explain this..and also a better understanding of the findings. It appears the surrounding organs and everything else is fine. I think?
Trying not to google too much. I'm making an appointment with Oncology tomorrow

Hey there! Hope you’re having a great day. I’m 24, based in London, and I’m looking for someone interesting! I used to be pretty prescriptive in terms of what I was looking for, but I’ve found that the most interesting experiences I’ve had have been when I’ve just been open to being surprised and delighted. So this is my attempt at going with the flow and letting things develop organically. I will say, however, that I am looking for non-platonic connections. I am also looking for something irl, so please be based in the UK (or nearby, like the US / continental Europe).
Some of my hobbies and interests include:

• Playing music on my saxophone
• Looking at stars, galaxies and nebulae through my telescope
• Playing chess
• Photography (mostly landscapes and astrophotography, with a little bit of portraiture too)
• Writing (mostly prose)
• Creating beautiful things using code
• Traveling (spent a month in 2022 backpacking around Europe and another month in the US; visited 12 countries in 2023 of which 10 were new)
• Going on walks and hikes
• Meeting and spending time with people
• Learning languages
• Scuba diving
• Exploring philosophy and spirituality
• Reading (about life, the universe, and everything)

If you’ve read this far, then congratulations! Let’s see where the conversation takes us Pictures available on dm :)

I turn 21 this year, and I’d like to consider myself relatively healthy. I currently don’t work because I’m a full time student and left my old job to focus on college.
Now, I don’t really have income coming in. I was curious how much people usually get per dono since I’m contemplating starting to donate just to get a little cash on the side to help.

After 6 months since I broke up with her i started liking a girl that i knew from before but we didn’t keep in touch for years. Everything was going well and etc until she said something that i dont know if it triggered some trauma or sth but i went in this state again like it is happening again i experienced all the pain from before i dont know how to even explain it but my response to this girl was to be very rude which is not something i would do. After experiencing this i just ghosted her for a few days after that i contacted her again she was mad obv and she gave me a lil bit of the cold shoulder and i dont know if its the trauma or not but i fucked up big time. I just snapped over her text told her why is she even texting or calling me and that she is such a waste of time which from what i was told by many of our mutual friends really hurt her I tried to fix the things but i believe i made them worse because she was distant the next time i talked with her and i did the same thing as last time. I feel much regret cuz she was with me with many things and she is actually very good for me but i believe the only thing i bring to everyone is sorrow and i am just hurting people. IDK what to do really

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I’m in a British school year 9 and I am actually so annoyed that I’m not popular in my school, I see all these Snapchat stories of all these girls in my school at the beach, group of 8, absolutely gorgeous(there’s always a token ugly one) all wearing bikinis,doing balloons,drinking,out with boys/boyfriends just everything I wish I was doing with them, I’m in a group of four girls 13-14 we’re not necessarily the weird people but were definitely not popular so pretty much in the middle, they’re great friends I guess just I wish they wanted to all do the stuff I wanna do, Millie’s a maned(Scouse slang for masculine girl if it wasn’t clear)Heidi’s a little shy she’ll drink but she won’t do drugs or smoke which I respect, and the last one my best friend poppie who was very popular in that group about two years ago but has since gone a little emo? Gothy? Idk but I love these girls to bits I’m not pointing blame at them for just being themselves just sometimes I wish I had friends that wanted to do stuff like that

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Yasuke (弥助 or 弥介) was a man of African origin who served as a retainer to the Japanese daimyō Oda Nobunaga in 1581–1582, during the Sengoku period. He was retained by the daimyō as a koshō (小姓) for a period of 15 months until Nobunaga's death in the Honnō-ji Incident.
He is the earliest African to appear in Japanese historical records, but his confirmed period of stay in Japan was relatively short – about three years, from 17 August 1579 to 21 June 1582. There are few historical documents on Yasuke, with only fragmentary accounts in the letters of the Jesuit missionary Luís Fróis, Ōta Gyūichi's Shinchō Kōki (信長公記, Nobunaga Official Chronicle), Matsudaira Ietada's Matsudaira Ietada Nikki (松平家忠日記, Matsudaira Ietada Diary), Jean Crasset's Histoire de l'église du Japon and François Solier's Histoire Ecclesiastique Des Isles Et Royaumes Du Japon.
In 1579, Yasuke arrived in Japan in the service of the Italian Jesuit missionary Alessandro Valignano, Visitor of Missions in the Indies, in India. Valignano had been appointed the Visitor (inspector) of the Jesuit missions in the Indies (which at that time meant East Africa, South, Southeast, and East Asia). Valignano's party spent the first two years of their stay in Japan, mainly in Kyushu.
Entering 1581, Valignano decided to visit the capital Kyoto as an envoy. He wanted to have an audience with Oda Nobunaga, the most powerful man in Japan, to ensure the Jesuits' missionary work before leaving Japan. These events are recorded in a 1581 letter Luís Fróis wrote to Lourenço Mexia, and in the 1582 Annual Report of the Jesuit Mission in Japan also by Fróis. These were published in Cartas que os padres e irmãos da Companhia de Jesus escreverão dos reynos de Japão e China II (1598), normally known simply as Cartas. On 27 March 1581, Valignano, together with Luís Fróis, who had arrived in Japan earlier, had an audience with Nobunaga, and Yasuke is said to have accompanied them as an attendant.
The Jesuit Luís Fróis wrote that while in the capital, a melee broke out among the local townsfolk who fought amongst themselves to catch a glimpse of Yasuke, breaking down the door of a Jesuit residence in the process and ended in a number of deaths and injuries among the Japanese. Luís Fróis's Annual Report on Japan states that Nobunaga also longed to see a black man, and summoned him. Fr. Organtino took Yasuke to Nobunaga, who upon seeing a black man for the first time, refused to believe that his skin colour was natural and not applied later, and made him remove his clothes from the belt upwards. Valignano describes how Nobunaga, thinking that he might have ink on his body, made him take off his clothes and wash his body, but the more he washed and scrubbed, the darker his skin became. The Shinchō Kōki manuscript of the Sonkeikaku Bunko (尊経閣文庫) archives describes him as follows:
“A black bōzu (黒坊主, kuro-bōzu) from the Christian country has arrived. He appears to be 26 or 27 years old. The blackness of his body is like that of a bull, and he is healthy and of fine physique. Moreover, he has the strength of more than ten men. The padres came with him and thanked Lord Nobunaga for his permission to proselytise.”
Nobunaga was impressed by him and asked Valignano to give him over. He gave him the Japanese name Yasuke, made him an attendant at his side and enlisted Yasuke into his army. Nobunaga's nephew gave him a sum of money at this first meeting. The Shinchō Kōki states:
A black man was taken on as a vassal by Nobunaga-sama and received a stipend. His name was decided to be Yasuke. He was also given a short sword and a house. He was sometimes made to carry Nobunaga-sama's tools. Fróis wrote in the annual report of the Jesuits:
“The black man understood a little Japanese, and Nobunaga never tired of talking with him. And because he was strong and could do a few tricks, Nobunaga took great pleasure in protecting him and had him roam around the city of Kyoto with an attendant. Some people in the town thought that Nobunaga might make him as tono ("lord").”
After becoming a vassal of the Oda clan, Yasuke followed Nobunaga to Azuchi in Omi Province, where he was appointed a koshō (小姓, page).
Yasuke next appears in historical records on 11 May 1582. The Ietada Diary of Matsudaira Ietada, a vassal of Tokugawa Ieyasu, mentions that Yasuke accompanied Nobunaga on his inspection tour of the region after he destroyed his long-time arch-enemy, the Takeda clan of Kai. The description of 11 May 1582 states:
“Nobunaga-sama was accompanied by a black man who was presented to him by the missionaries and to whom he gave a stipend. His body was black like ink and he was 6 shaku 2 fun [182.4 cm or near 6 feet] tall. His name was said to be Yasuke.” On 14 May, Yasuke departed for Echizen Province with Fróis and the other Christians. They returned to Kyoto on 30 May.
The Honnō-ji Incident >!On 21 June 1582, Oda Nobunaga was betrayed and attacked by his senior vassal Akechi Mitsuhide in the Honnō-ji Incident and Yasuke was serving near Nobunaga at this time. After his lord was forced to commit suicide, Yasuke was captured and later released. He went to Nijō Shin-gosho, the residence of Nobunaga's heir, Nobutada, where he engaged the Akechi forces. Luís Fróis's Annual Report on Japan contains the following statements:
“A black man whom the visitor [Valignano] sent to Nobunaga went to the house of Nobunaga's son after his death and was fighting for quite a long time, when a vassal of Akechi approached him and said, 'Do not be afraid, give me that sword', so he gave him the sword. The vassal asked Akechi what should be done with the black man, and he said, 'A black slave is an animal (bestial) and knows nothing, nor is he Japanese, so do not kill him, and place him in the custody at the cathedral of Padre in India.”
There are no historical documents to show the true meaning of Mitsuhide's statement, and it is not known whether it was a sign of his discriminatory mindset or an expedient to save Yasuke's life. As a result, Yasuke was sent to the Nanban-ji and treated by Jesuit missionaries. It is certain that Yasuke did not die, as Luís Fróis wrote five months after the Honnō-ji Incident, thanking God that he did not lose his life. However, there are no historical sources about him since then and it is not clear what happened to him afterwards.!<

Love the evenflow riptide shaft in my Mavrik 3 wood. Can never feel the shaft load in my driver, but my 3 wood I can feel it with it being very smooth. Which is funny since my driver shaft is a regular LA shaft and my 3 wood is a stiff riptide that’s 10g heavier. Luckily found a riptide for sale, been looking for newer shaft brands similar to it, couldn’t find anything.
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In the beginning of us being together this wasn’t the case. When I would come over she would usually have a clean room and even if it was even a little bit messy she would apologize and/or not let me in until it was clean. Over time her cleanliness seems to erode (I guess) over time, especially after moving into her own place with her sister (who isn’t much better). It’s even started to feel like her being clean and tidy in the beginning was a mask and I’m seeing the real her now
Examples:

• Her car

is always (ALWAYS) messy. It’s become the norm for me to have to push away trash on the passenger floor with my feet, there’s usually a cup that she uses for a small garbage/ashtray. There’s even other peoples trash (usually sister’s but friends too) that she complains about but doesn’t stop them from doing.
I remember one time her phone fell under the seat so I helped her reach it. I saw so much trash and food and filters and weed crumbs under her seats.
Ive expressed about this before and she changed temporarily. Eventually I gave up on it because it’s her car and I’m never in it for long (I don’t have my own car). Plus if it really bothers I just don’t have to be in it

• her room

has become a consistent mess. It’s crazy that she always apologizes for it when I come over but nothing gets done about it. She has clothes and dishes and wrappers on the floor, her nightstand is always cluttered, there’s even been times when she “didn’t get a chance to do laundry over the week” so we will sleep on towels or t shirts over pillows instead of having pillowcases.
I’m no neat freak but I was raised to be a good host but it seems she wasn’t(?) One time after we had sex I accidentally left a used condom laying around (nothing inside, just used). The next day she had a friend over unexpectedly. No biggie, she hung out her in her room for a bit while I watched tv in the living room. She told me after that her friend left and she saw it and pointed out the condom. I sincerely apologized to my girlfriend for it as I know it would be seen as gross and embarrassing. My girlfriend didn’t care, saying “this is my house”.
A few days ago (let’s say Wednesday) she told me she accidentally spilled her ashtray on the floor. Weekend comes and that spill is still on the floor. I laughed about it initially, thinking she would get to it. She never did, despite us eating and watching tv in the living room all night and it being as simple as sweeping it up. I even accidentally stepped on the pile of ash, filters, and sticks and expressed it made me upset. Still nothing done about it, instead just walks around it every time
what am I doing about it?
You may be saying to yourself, “why not help out sometimes?” Well one, it’s her house so it’s not my responsibility. And two, I actually have. I’m someone who was raised to be a good houseguest as well. When I’m over her place I clean. Not only do I genuinely want to help sometimes but I try to take care of any mess I contribute to. I’ll wash dishes, take out trash from our food delivery bags, etc
You may also be asking, “well have you communicated this to her?” One, I feel this isn’t something a partner should have to bring up as it is her personal and basic well-being. I feel it’s weird to have to tell my partner about the importance of keeping her home/room clean. Plus if this basic thing is changed just for the sake of the relationship or because a partner brings it up, similar to her car, would be it be real change? Two, tactfully I mention it all the time: “the trash is getting full, you guys should do the dishes more often I don’t want y’all to get pests, I think you should throw out the food in that Tupperware in fridge being it’s been in there for a few months, etc
some understanding
She works too jobs, one at a daycare and another as an aba therapist. She was heavily abused as a child and endures emotional and financial abuse from her sister often. In my opinion, she has every reason to be burnt out and not have the energy to do even basic things sometimes. She does try to be better. Though she has back problems that deter her from being able to do the dishes in one go she has done it here and there. She has cleaned the bathroom, washed her clothes, and keeps bed bed clean. It sounds like I’m scraping the bottom of the barrel here, I know, but I’m saying these things to say ‘I don’t think she’s lazy. I think she’s dealing with more than she can handle externally and internally and it’s affecting how she lives. I see her efforts and I don’t want it to come across as me condescending’. (Therapy would be helpful imo but she lacks the time and desire, she says).

Be warned, rant incoming.
When he first started, he seemed like a pretty nice guy. I actually had great first impressions of him because he really helped me out with something I was uncomfortable about. Then, one day, I firmly believed he was in a bad mood and took it out on me. He was just a huge asshole to me all day. Where I work we store lots and lots of stuff because our store is attached to a warehouse full of stock. And we get big deliveries of hundreds if not thousands of items. So on that day, I was working my hardest, back and forth, and back and forth between serving customers, putting away stock, grabbing peoples orders, and whatever else. All day, he kept going on and on at me about "how far along are you with putting that stuff away?" And basically constantly trying to hurry me. After ge spent the whole day doing that to me I decided to engage in some banter with him instead of just outright telling him to go fuck himself, because obviously I can't do that (unfortunately). Basically, he had been stood at the front of the store lazing about all day, serving customers and occasionally grabbing an order, but never really moving at all. He would also frequently step outside to vape. He said something that really annoyed me like "well good to see you're still working hard" in a very condescending and sarcastic tone, because he saw me stop for about a minute to speak to a colleague, one of the ONLY times I had stopped that day. And so I said "yeah I guess it must be really strenuous holding that vape to your mouth all the time" in an obviously satirical manner. He was obviously angry.
Then, over the next few weeks, he essentially just acted the same as that day almost every day. And we have a radio, there have never been any rules about what station has to be on or what song, as long as its not inappropriate or something weird like whale sounds lol, and basically my colleagues always choose the exact same channels that play the exact same 80s-2000's songs over and over and over again. So sometimes I get a bit sick of it and change it to something that still plays popular genres of music, just lesser known/newer songs just to mix it up a hit because it drives me insane. I don't even like the channels I change it to most of the time. It's just for something different. And suddenly he decided that there was now a rule about changing the radio because it has to be on something "everyone likes" and it needs to be something "recognisable to customers". This was never a thing before, and it's not as if I had just put on some random underground Chinese rap or anything. It was still largely popular music. But it was so obvious that it was because he wanted to decide the station so he just used his authority to get his way, truly pathetic thing for a 50+ year old man to be doing to an 18 year old. For the rest of that day I was agitated and after he kept up his usual of telling me I wasn't going quick enough despite working my ass off, I snapped a little bit and we started arguing. I never said anything personal or raised my voice or anything like that. I just got frustrated with his treatment of me. Long story short, we had a big conversation in the back room, and it seemed like we left off in a good spot. Recognised some misunderstandings and explained how we both felt, etc. Then 2 days later, I came in, and my friend/colleague told me that the day before while I wasn't in, he was slagging me off to other supervisors. So I decided to file a complaint and an area manager wad scheduled to come in later that week or the next. So of course I was still angry, and eventually we started arguing again and this time we brought another supervisor to mediate and again, we left off in a better place and I said I would drop the complaint. The area guy still had to come and talk to me, but I explained everything and basically said, "It's fine now, we can drop it."
So, I gave this asshole the benefit of the doubt multiple times. A few weeks passed with us not really getting any shifts together for one reason or another. And then yesterday I was packing away huge amounts of stock and he started to give me his usual shit about "are you done yet" and "be faster" all the while, STILL being a lazy POS sitting around on his phone and barely moving. I was incredibly angry but I bit my tongue. Today I came in and there was less boxes of stock, but the boxes they were there were absolutely packed full of very frustrating little things with a million different locations to go to, as well as some of the usual heavy stuff to top it off. So, of course, this was taking me a while to put away. And, like a little kid on a road trip to Disney land asking, "Are we there yet?" He must have asked "how far along are you/are you done yet" at least 7 times in the 5 hours I was there. Each time I had to explain that, no, I wasn't due to the amount of items all belonging to different places. At the end of my shift I was still not done but had made a very significant dent (it's worth noting an older colleague of mine was also helping with this but received zero harassment about it). When he asked as I was leaving, and I said no again, he laughed in a very condescending way and shook his head right in front of me. This tipped me over the edge and I said "well you can go and see for yourself how much stuff is there, you wouldn't know since it's not like you've moved from here all day" or something like that. He said, "What was that?" And I just said,"Go look, and you'll see that there's a lot of stuff, " this time dropping the sarcasm because I realised I should have probably bit my tongue again and left. I'm filing a complaint again because I am the only one he treats this way. He also harrases me about other stuff like going to the toilet despite the fact that he goes more times, and for longer than probably anyone else.
I'm just not sure how to deal with him. And trust me, despite this huge essay, I've actually missed off a number of other very frustrating things he does and shortened everything A LOT. He never treats anyone else this way. He singles me out and harrasses me all the time.

My friend has HD.
Her grandmother had it, her mother had it, her siblings have it, she has it.
She's in her early 40s and her symptoms are getting bad.
I wish I knew how to help but I just don't.
The physical symptoms are easy to manage.
It's the delusions she suffers from that I cannot help her with.
We live in the UK and it's almost impossible to get her real help, her GP is trash and the council don't answer my emails.
Approx 6 years ago we lived together as roommates, she was okay, a little off balanced but not unable to help herself.
Im a spiritual person and believe a positive mindset can benefit everyone. I introduced her into meditation and mantras, yoga and told her about good energy. I thought it could help her stay positive.
She's gone off into a toxic spiritual spiral and is in deep. I feel guilty for introducing her to this. I feel like I opened the gates and she's not completely off the wagon in la la land.
I know the HD is causing her delusions and hallucinations. I know it's just her brain but I don't know how to help her. She believes she's a star seed who demons are chasing.
She lives alone, I'm trying to get her a support worker but the systems in the UK are broken and everything is a struggle.
She spends all her money on things she doesn't need. When she speaks to her doctor she tells them she's fine. She believes she's okay when she speaks to them but when she's alone shes a different person.
Even I'm starting to question what's real. Is it for attention? Does she believe these things?
She had a car accident and had her license suspended. But she believes that she can still drive with out being a danger.
She smokes weed. I can't stop her. I know it's causing more issues with her mind.
How do I help her?
How can I make life easier for her and help her stay grounded in this reality.
At least once a week she has some sort of delusional episode...
Demons chasing her, giving birth to alien babies, believing she's healed herself through people she meets online who take advantage of her vaunrable self.
I work 9-5, have a family and home I need to make my priority. I live far from her. I cant be there for her all the time. Her family abandoned her and she has nobody but me.
If I could clone myself and give her my clone I would! But I can't. I blame myself for thinking some spirituality and positive thoughts could help her but I feel like I have caused damage to her.
Does anyone know of any charity in the UK that can help her?
Is there anyone I can contact to help her get some help?
I just don't know how to help.
The friend I once had great times with is now someone I can't recognise. It pains me to see her suffer and I feel useless for not being able to help her.
Your words are needed and appreciated. X

I've been on the fence about this issue and could use some input. My mom has been fretting a lot about my sister drinking. Both of my parents are former alcoholics, so my mom has been wary since my sister had her first drink. At first I just brushed it off, figured it left a bad taste in her mouth because of her and my father's own history. But my sister has gradually been upping the amount and I'm not sure if it's an issue or if I should say anything.
She used to just drink socially, then started drinking at home on her weekends, now she drinks pretty much every day. After work she'll have a small drink, get tipsy, if it's the weekend she'll get properly drunk. If she ever gets a surprise day off, first thing she'll do is head out to get drinks. It never really struck me as too odd, she's 25 and doesn't seem far off from other people I know in their twenties. But my mom sat and talked to me about it for a while and kind of has me worried, brought up some good points. On a handful of different occasions she's gone all out, next day she'll claim to swear it off forever. It ofc hasn't stuck yet. She doesn't really seem to drink socially anymore, just in her room by herself. She's also gotten a little secretive about it, doesn't like my mom to know, I figured it was just because my mother can come off as a little judgemental at times but who knows.
My mom wants me to talk to her about it since she probably wouldn't take that kind of conversation well from my mom. Does this even sound like something that needs to be talked about? Is it an issue? I'm not sure if me actually broaching the subject would help in this case, if it's even needed at this point. I guess it's just concerning since she's doing it everyday, and both my parents and most of my grandparents had issues with alcohol.

I am THOROUGHLY enjoying the game and am taking my time, but I am seeing a lot of people really upset over various things and the main one is bronze being a limited resource from a limited time event.
I got to thinking while I had my morning shower, why not have a tier set (possibly a MoP recolour or a completely new one both MoP exclusive, maybe inspired by the infinite dragonflight?) that’s suitable for end game content be tied to an achievement just like our rings/trinks/etc. It could be an achievement for completing scenarios & dungeuns/raids?? on ???? And reaching level 70. This way you could get right into end game without using bronze in upgrades.
Just a probably completely misinformed and ignorant idea and also too little too late but 🤷🏼 I think this would solve a lot of issues people are experiencing (not the scaling obviously but that’ll be fixed soon enough I’m sure?)

I'm not sure if this is the best thread to post on but I'm still new to this.
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My husband (turning 33) and wants to have 40+ people over to our small home for the 4th year in a row. Every year so far it's been very overwhelming for me since he goes golfing and then I'm just home prepping all the food for the 40+ guests. It's exhausting and I'm more introverted so on top of prepping I'm stressing about hosting that many people at our small house.
This year is a little different too because we had our first baby in 2023 and she will be 9 months by the time of his 33rd birthday party he wants to host and I'm a new SAHM (stay at home mom) so we are living off one paycheck because childcare near us is double our mortgage.
It was my 30th this year and we kept it super lowkey because the prior weekend he was on a golf trip and the weekend after we had an out of state wedding we had to fly for. Idk I'm feeling overwhelmed too because since 2020 we've had weddings, bachelorettes, bachelor parties, bridal and baby showers, our own wedding and the birth of our baby and even this year we have 6 wedding and barely any free weekends and it's only May. I also have hypothyroidism that is stress induced that I've been managing since 2022.
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Has anyone else dealt with a situation like this? Does anyone throw huge birthday parties that aren't milestone birthdays anymore?
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TLDR; my husband wants to host a huge birthday party at our house, that he says I don't have to plan but every year I end doing everything and we had a baby and I'm a new SAHM and don't want to host that many people and I've expressed this to him. I'm overwhelmed.

Basically the title. I like the ease of peaking at my notifications, it's nice but not that important.
I thought that the point I saw brought up in some YouTube reviews about how when it's closed it's like a physical barrier between you and your phone addiction would be great. Honestly, I didn't really need this. I don't use my phone that much. YouTube and twitter I only ever use on desktop, reddit I use a bit on my phone when I'm in the car on lunch but it's mostly desktop as well.
The only reason I've come to really love this phone, and the reason I would recommend it to people, is just the way it feels. I love the small form factor when it's closed and I fucking love the way it feels to open and close. I've also never had a phone with a good CPU and screen refresh rate, love the snappiness.
Plus I got it new on eBay at half the launch price just a year after it was released. Three years from now I am definitely going to be looking at one year old high end moto phones again. Great fucking buy. Love this little thing.

I have a Galaxy Fold 5 that is in immaculate condition and has never been dropped. However, I noticed a few days ago that one of the little black bumpers on the inside screen that go around the edge of the one was cracked off. Now, I have Samsung Care+, but if you are under warranty still you cannot file a claim online, you have to call in.
First of all, good luck finding someone who speaks even a reasonable level of English. I had to speak to 5 different people before someone understood that I was not talking about the inside screen protector, and even then I had to mail the guy an actual photo.
Now the fun part:
Samsung care+ refuses to let me get it fixed under the care+ plan. They claim that this is a warranty issue, and I am still in warranty. They asked if I dropped the phone or if there was any exterior damage and I said no. So they gave me a different number to call and said that I will need to get it fixed under warranty.
Well, the other number I called refuses to fix it under warranty, saying that the only way this could possibly happen is if I dropped the phone. Even if I did drop the phone, do you really think this would break off without anything else getting visibly damaged?
So, I have Care+ that tells me they won't fix it, it's a warranty issue. and I have support who says it's a care+ issue. If I lie on the care+ website and say that I dropped the phone, they will replace the inner screen for 100 USD, but I shouldn't have to pay 100 USD for something I didn't cause.
I pray for anyone in here that you never have any issues with the phone, because you will never get it fixed.

Please help me get 1 more night at this hotel
So I’m not going to get all in to detail because everyone has their own sh*t they go through but long story short I’m a 22 year old man that’s been by his self since 16 no mom dad brother sisters friends as of right now .i have been making it work by myself for this long had a apartment that I lost due not managing bills correctly then a car that I slept out of that I lost due to me staying up doing Uber eats and instacart thru the day and night for 3 days straight with no sleep and ended up falling asleeep while driving and totaled. My car. This lady witnessed this happen and she paid for the hotel for a few days because I got to talk to her and she decided to pay for the hotel which I appreciate. During the few days I have been here I just been applying for jobs. I ended up finding one with daily pay which I start tomorrow and means I can pay for my hotel tomorrow all I’m asking is for help paying for today I have no money the hotel is around 70 online and 90 if I paid up front like at the counter. I want to get another night because 1 it’s very close to the job and 2 I can get a good night sleep for tomorrow. As of right now I’m in the lobby because they manager is allowing me to charge my phone but if you don’t believe what I’m saying you can call me 7376109152 I don’t like asking for money I honestly never have or ever wanted to but I really need help right now I have 2 back full of just clothes and it’s hot in Texas which makes everything even better 😤😂but I’m in a little bind and am kindly asking for help.
P.s. if you know abt Austin Texas then you know that 211 is useless if your 22 and all the shelters around here are full of people that a 22 year old doesn’t need to be around. I’m not on any dru** I just want to get back on track.and this job will for sure help me.

I have seen people bringing up Kendrick's Pulitzer prize these past couple of weeks. That is fine within itself. But I keep seeing this brought up as a reason why he is better than the drizzler.
A pulitzer is a very big accomplishment, apparently from what everyone has been telling me. But would Kendrick be less or an artist and a person if he never won one these? Would he be lower on your legacy ranking? I won't lie I had to look up what a Pulitzer prize was a few days ago because people kept mentioning it. I knew about the win from years ago, but I took a deeper dive into the award itself.
The award is named after Joseph Pulitzer who was referred to as a yellow journalist. Him and other yellow journalist used sensationalism and catchy headlines with little legitmacy to bring eyes to their newspapers.
These are the same kind of headlines that have harmed black people in the past and present.
GROUP OF UNHINGED BLACK MEN CAUSE COMOTION DURING A PEACEFUL CELEBRATION!!!
Which caused a cycle of violence and hatred in America.
But this post isn't about Joseph Pulitzer. who isn't the cause of yellow journalism. It was here before him, and will be here after. I am not even really trying to call out his character so much as I am just providing context of who this award was named after. I don't want that to be anyones main takeaway from this post. I am aware that awards can have a muddy past, but can work towards improvement in the future. I doubt a black person was even allowed to win a pulitzer when it first award back in 1917. But that is mostly the past. These awards constantly change and evolve year after year,
I am also NOT knocking Kendrick for accepting the award. I just don't think this award or any award should be put on such a grand pedestal.
My main point is, although winning an award is a good feeling for the artist and the fans, these rappers don't do this for the awards. They do it for the love. We shouldn't really put such a huge emphasis on things like this. It always comes second to the art itself. This has probably been said many times before, but it is true.
You notice how Drake was the only one bringing up Grammys and Pulizers in his diss tracks. While Kendrick never mentioned anything of the sort? People may say "Because Kendrick gets those type of things." But I think it is deeper than that. Drake is just a superficial and materialistic type of guy.
People can talk about what all these awards represent and the significance of them all. But we need to take a step back and realize that at the end of the day, these awarda are just a piece of paper or metal that was given to these guys by a nameless voting commitee who we know nothing about.
These awards don't really speak for the culture, and more importantly, the artists recieving them.
Kendrick was a goat before the Pulitzer and is a goat after the pulitzer. Take away all his grammys, plaques, and other awards, and he is still an ultra skilled, and technical rapper who makes music that takes people on an unique and introspective experience. He is a thinking man's rapper.
THE ART COMES FIRST. TAKE AWAY ALL THE AWARDS AND TITLES AND WE WILL STILL HAVE THE ART.