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I’m 6’3 and fat, I have no idea where to start looking for images of results that i’m looking for (wanting a considerable increase, im between a c and a dd depending but with my band size i have no cleavage or significant boob crease)
looking at models on pinterest, most are either thin if they’re tall, or short if they’re my build. Where have other folks who’ve had breast aug collected images to show their surgeon from without feeling like a weirdo?

I'll break this down for ease of reading:
Topic question: Why is my knee acting this way?
Time: over 2 weeks but slightly better now than originally
Main symptoms: stiffness, tightness behind in the leg armpit that pops periodically. Sometimes pain upper left of the knee cap. No pain or resistance moving leg around or standing from a chair. No pain moving knee cap. Sometimes when I wake up it is very tight and I literally cannot move it for a bit.
Secondary symptoms: hip flexor area tightness. Tightness in lumbar. Tightness and pain on the inner thigh, possibly between the Sartorius and Gracilis.
Cause? I had been playing intramural sports as well as general exercising to trim off the fat. I have been active in baseball, football, marching band, and basketball my whole life. This semester in Intramurals we Went from volleyball to basketball to pickle ball. I never had a moment playing that I felt an injury, it just kind of started hurting on my way to class one day.
Me: I'm a 6'2 270s male 26yo. Active in sports but dad bod.
Basically, it is stiff almost all the time now. It really only pops in the back if I stand upright too long. Standing in one place generates pressure in the leg armpit. I have been wearing a copper compression sleeve, sleeping elevated, stretching multiple times a day, ice, and ibuprofen. It still doesn't cooperate.
Disclaimer: I am not expecting a diagnosis and have no intention to take anybody as the gospel. I promise to not blame anybody for incorrect information and will never pursue legal actions for any advice given. I am just a simple man looking for help from those that are experienced or knowledgeable. All help is greatly appreciated.
Edit: tightness is and pain in the leg armpit and above the knee. Tightness in thigh is middle front facing, and thigh tenderness is somewhere on the inner 45* facing and middle.

Hello! Please give me your raw advice for what I can do to improve my chances of being admitted to UNC. I don't mind a real/raw answer as that is what I truly need (no need to sugar coat). :)
I want to start off by mentioning that UNC is a reach school for me. I just finished my junior year last week and felt that it would be nice for me to get some tips as I am planning on applying to schools this autumn.
UNC is my dream school because I would like to pursue a study in medicine and UNC has a great program for it! To be frank, UNC hasn't always been my dream school. This is because during my freshman and sophomore year, I did not have good grades for someone who would be admitted to such school.
Most of my grades were a B- and I even got two D's on some final exams. This left me completely hopeless and I told myself that my only option was community college. Due to my hopelessness, I did not even think to try any further.
I had a 3.51 GPA through mostly honors courses, but no AP courses. However, my junior year courses consisted of one AP and the rest being all honors courses. I started to receive much better grades in all of my classes as I decided to give it "one last try." Through this, I managed to raise my GPA to a 4.02, which I am very proud of.
This allowed me to gain some confidence and I began to consider more school options for me and therefore, UNC really captured my attention. I have around 150 volunteer hours, several club experiences, some leadership, a few honors societies, 3 years of foreign language, along with 7 years of band. I also took courses from a medical-future-based program since my freshman year. I am also an in-state resident (which is a huge plus)! Yet, my concerns arise, because compared to many admitted undergrad students at UNC, I feel that I do not have enough rigor in my classes.
I do have 3 more AP courses scheduled for my senior year, which will begin in August, but I am not sure if those would count. Upon addressing my concerns with my school counselor and some senior friends who were admitted to UNC, I was told that a strong letter of recommendation and eye-catching essay may help improve my chances of acceptance.
I have already asked some teachers who know me very well and helped me for letters of recommendations and received the OK!
I have a few ideas for what I want to write my essay about, but I am afraid that they may be cliche. My ideas are:
1.) I grew up as "fat" and "ugly" child, but was able to change into what society would consider to be more attractive through my efforts (working out, eating healthier, taking care of myself more in general). I am thinking about writing about how the treatment I received from society (depending on my physical appearance) allowed me to grow/mature, learn, and realize how society truly is like.
2.) When I received the worst grades that I ever had during my first two years of high school (receiving D's on some final exams, always getting 60's on my tests, etc), I truly believed that this was the "end of the world" for me. I am thinking about writing about how my unexpected growth this past school year allowed me to learn about the value of effort and self-strength, how one shouldn't give up, & how I discovered my growing strive and love to be educated.
Thank you so much for reading to this point! I really appreciate you for that. Please let me know about any tips or advice. :)

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Description: Hello! This started off as an all black G-Shock GA2100 but I have replaced the rubber case and band with a black metal case and bracelet. It also has a hand painted “Starry Night” by Van Gogh inspired design! The painting pops in this all black dial and case/bracelet. I am posting this one with a discount from my usual $350 to $300 because it has the tiniest almost unnoticeable scratch on the metal case (circled in the last picture) it is very very tiny it is hard to even get in a photo. Watch is beautiful, comes with the original rubber case and band (with a tool kit). $300 Shipped/Insured
Zelle (preferred) or PayPal
Trade Item: Looking for a Surefire X300U-B (1000 lumen) in black, as new as possible +$100

Gold = $2,414.40/oz. & Silver = $31.51/oz.
Proof: https://imgur.com/a/uj40Vkr
All items are in are in excellent pre-owned condition and have been tested for authenticity. Most have been cleaned using an ultrasonic device. Additional photos or measurements are available on request.
Rings can be sized up or down two sizes for a flat $35 fee. Extenders for necklaces are available at my cost.
Shipping: $5 GA / $8 Priority. Insurance & international shipping are available at the buyer's expense. Orders over $175 ship free!
Payment: Venmo, CashApp, PPFF, PPGS (+3% fee), Venmo, Zelle
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THE GOODS:
**Gold Jewelry**
(1) 24k 23'' Pure Gold Chain (37.29 grams) = $3,000 (Melt = $2895) (https://imgur.com/a/8wmiDRN)
(2) 14k Byzantine Yellow Gold Band ~Size 10 (6.66 grams) = $375 (Melt = $302) (https://imgur.com/a/SjEQDIA)
(3) 14k ICED-OUT (Baguette + Round Diamonds) White Gold Men's Ring ~ Size 8.75 (11.88 grams) = $700 (Melt = $539) (https://imgur.com/a/uEgkQ2k)
(4) 14k Baguette Diamonds White Gold Men's Band ~ Size 9 (3.98 grams) = $275 (Melt = $180) (https://imgur.com/a/W53KSMp)
(5) 10k Emerald & Diamond Pendant (2.16 grams) = $75 (Melt = $70) (https://imgur.com/a/emPjVap)
(6) 10k Baguette Diamonds White Gold Heart Pendant (1.97 grams) = $75 (Melt = $63) (https://imgur.com/a/Jghjffv)
(7) 10k Baguette Diamonds Yellow Gold Heart Pendant (1.70 grams) = $65 (Melt = $55) (https://imgur.com/a/SLChYVy)
(8) 14k Diamond Stacker Rings White & Rose Gold (4.52 grams) = $305 (Melt = $205) (https://imgur.com/a/WynyKmi)
(9) 14k 7'' Amethyst & Diamond Tennis Bracelet (8.72 grams) = $525 (Melt = $396) (https://imgur.com/a/R04SNMd)
**Silver Jewelry**
(10) 6.75'' Sorrento Intricate Three Stone Faceted Hematite Bracelet (10.44 grams) = $30 (https://imgur.com/a/bLGyGs1)
(11) 6.5'' Milor Italy Two-Tone Bracelet (16.31 grams) = $30 (https://imgur.com/a/MGSMSqN)
(12) Southwest Style Crucifix (Turquoise, Sterling, Black Wood) = $30 (https://imgur.com/a/Nhqtzwu)
(13) Gold-Plated Reversible Cuban Link Bracelet 8'' (35.73 grams) = $60 (https://imgur.com/a/NAMlrwe)
**Assorted Sterling Items**
(14) Steiff Sterling Decanter Label "Sherry" (10.20 grams) = $27.50 (https://imgur.com/a/QSoZBV2)
**Sterling Scrap Lot**
(15) Consists of 3 Porringers, 1 Teacup Saucer and 1 Bread Plate (529.69 grams) (https://imgur.com/a/QlRxZ3q) =$480 (Melt = $496)

My cat Winston
Today I realized that my biggest issue with my mom is that she doesn't listen. I've never gotten along with my mom, and at this point, I do not care enough to try and mend our relationship. 'Small' issues and arguments with my mom make me absolutely livid.
Yesterday, I washed my sheets and blankets and they were still very damp even though they went through the dryer three times, and noticed that our dryer says it needs to have it's vent cleared. I thought this would be an easy thing to fix. So I told my mom that the dryer should be looked at, or if we can fix it ourselves, that would be better. My mom completely dismissed my complaint and said she didn't have any problems with the dryer. This morning, I did a load of laundry, and mom noticed and she told me to split it into two loads so the dryer could actually dry my clothes. I was like, 'alright,' even thought that doesn't fix the main issue. I told her she should still get the vent cleared. As I was putting my clothes in the washer, I hit my head against the wall somehow, and my mom asked me if I was okay. I was already mad at her because she was dismissing a problem that affects our entire family, and I told her to shut the fuck up. I know I shouldn't have said that, and I was in the wrong for that. Understandably so, my mom got mad at me for saying that, but she told me she wouldn't fix the dryer. My mom won't listen to any issue unless it's said in a 'nice' way.
A few months ago, my mom started taking our measuring cups and using the tablespoon to measure her coffee grounds. She wouldn't even rinse it out, and just put it back as if it were clean. I told her to please stop doing this, and she told me I wasn't being 'nice' about it so she wouldn't. I have no idea how I was voicing a complaint 'wrong' but okay. I ended up buying another measuring cup set, and I didn't want her to touch it at all. I told her this, and somehow, that was a 'nice' way to tell her to stop. I was specifically trying to tell her that I was so mad at her for not changing that I had to deal with it myself, but oh kay. She currently uses both sets of measuring cups for her coffee grounds, and I have given up.
3 or 4 years ago, my mom used to put bread in the freezer to keep it fresh longer. No one in my family liked this because we're a family of 6, we'll eat the bread. I told my mom that the bread gets soggy when it's thawing, and it was just more inconvenient to have the bread in the freezer. Of course, she didn't listen, so I sent her a lengthy text message about how I didn't want the bread in the freezer. Apparently, it was too mean, and if I was "freaking out," then she didn't want to help me. She is so frustrating to deal with, I don't think she understood she was genuinely being unreasonable. My mom only stopped putting bread in the freezer once every person in my family complained to her.
My family usually eats dinner at 5pm, sometimes earlier. My mom usually makes dinner, so she gets to pick what time we eat, and no one in my family likes eating this early except her. When my dad makes food, we eat at about 7pm, which is a far more reasonable time. Anytime we complain about eating so early, my mom just says, "Well, I was hungry. If you want to eat later, you can." It's so frustrating. And if we get irritated at her for having an event we didn't know about, she just tells us to look at the calendar. No one is looking at the calendar, and only she uses it. I guess we could read the calendar, but she could also just tell us when we have something.
My mom has had similar arguments with the rest of my family, so I know it's not just me. I know I argue with her more than than anyone else in my family, but we all have similar issues with her. She once signed up my sisters for a reading at mass and didn't tell them about it, and my youngest sister was pissed. My sister said she didn't want to do it and tried to tell my mom that it wasn't okay to sign her up for something she didn't want to do and wasn't told about, and my mom was completely dismissive about it. She completely refuses to accept she did something wrong. I don't apologize to her because she never does, maybe I'm really petty, but at this point, I do not care. About a year ago, my parents had a very large argument and almost got divorced (honestly, I wish they would, but they decided they never will :/), and my dad was telling me about how my mom thinks she never did anything wrong. Sigh.
These are just incidents, but I think they do show how my mom doesn't listen to me, or other people. I understand that I am part of the reason why our relationship sucks. I get that, I know relationships are a two way thing, but I feel like I'm trying harder to communicate my issues, and she just isn't listening.
Also, when I was younger, I was confused as to why other people got along with their mom. I went to Mother's Day mass with my mom and her sister's family when I was 6 or 7, and I noticed that my cousin hugged my aunt, and I was so confused on why someone would willingly hug their mother. My mom used to say that I yelled at her a lot, so one time I sent her the definition of yell to prove to her that I don't, and she got irritated at me for that. When my mom found out I'm not religious, she cried, and I think she still denies it because she still tells me to pray, and makes me go to mass occasionally. I used to make rubber band bracelets, and I gave one to my mom, and my sister also made one for her. I asked my mom where she got the other rubber band bracelet, because I was genuinely curious, and my mom told me she didn't know. My sister told me she made it, and my mom told me that she only said she didn't know because she didn't want me to be mad. Seriously, she thinks that little of me? Why would I be mad at her for wearing a bracelet my sister made for her? Both of my parents have made comments about me stealing money before, and it hurts my feelings because I wouldn't do that. I wouldn't steal, please don't think that poorly of me. Also, I'm trans and my mom completely refuses to use my name and correct pronouns. Only my friends and siblings are good about it. Anytime I argue with my mom, I think, "I fucking hate that goddamn woman," but I don't know if that's true. We're fine most of the time, but the second I get irritated at her, I immediately think about how we argue and how I'm mad at her. I don't do this with anyone else, and I almost never argue with anyone except her. Anyway, I've never gotten along with my mom and I don't think it will ever change. But hey, I'm 16, so I don't have many more years of living with her.
Thanks for reading, I hope you have a better than alright day or night!

Hello everyone,
Haven't gigged it yet but I love how simple the setup is for the Katana at rehearsals, it takes less time to set up than for my band's drummer to unpack a single cymbal. With that in mind, I want to add a wah to the rig in a way that doesn't add any more complications than necessary. I would love to use the Katana's built in wahs for their versatility, but having to step from the wah to the Airstep Kat to turn off the wah mid-song seems a bit awkward, so I'd rather not do this if necessary.
There are a few expression pedals that have switches in them, and I'm looking specifically at the Hotone Ampero II Press. I presume it would be easy enough to connect both outputs of this to the back of the GAFC and assign it so the switch toggles the effect on/off, and the pedal changes the sound, so that it works like a full-on wah pedal (and, of course, a whammy, volume, etc., depending on the patch). Trouble is, I lumped for the Airstep Kat, not the GAFC. As far as I can tell, there are three options I have:

1. Connect the expression pedal's two outputs to the GAFC and expression inputs at the back of the amp. I'm not sure if this is even possible, though- can you use any footswitch in the GAFC input, then sort it out in Tone Studio?
2. Spend a fat wedge amount on expanding my simple rig by adding the GAFC and the expression pedal;
3. Put a normal wah in between my guitar and the amp.

For the sake of simplicity, I'd rather option 1. I really don't want to have any more on the floor than I absolutely need, and I don't want to be faffing around with power supplies or batteries with a real wah, especially when it leaves whammy and volume off the table.
Does anyone have any experience doing this in a way that works live? Can you hook up a switching expression pedal directly into the amp? If not, is it actually awkward switching the wah on and off on the Airstep or GAFC separately from the expression pedal? Or should I just buy a standalone wah pedal?
Thanks for your help :)

Hello all, I’m sure this question has been asked a million times, but I am looking for a bass that can get me close to that punchy, fat Spector sound of an NS2 (think Mike Starr from Alice in Chains, my favorite bassist and band). I have been thinking of possibly getting a lowemid end Spector and upgrading it with a Haz preamp and EMG pickups, but I am not sure if that would be worth the additional cost. Alternatively, I could save and buy an NS2A and do upgrades to it. One day I will buy an NS2, but that is probably far in the future so I would like to get as close as I possibly can for now. Thanks!

If you're curious about my thoughts on previous Yakuza games, here are my much shorter (except for 4, thats pretty long too) reviews for Kiwami 1, Kiwami 2, Yakuza 3 (Remastered), and Yakuza 4 (Remastered).
This is a Part 2 to my Mega big Yakuza 5 review. In the first part I covered the plot and it was absurdly long because I am psychotic. If you want to read that you can read it here: https://www.reddit.com/yakuzagames/comments/1cvry2x/yakuza_5_a_mega_big_ole_reviewsummary_for_a_big/
Combat and Gameplay: I generally felt Y5 was a bit of a step down in gameplay compared to Y4 sometimes. I think Saejima was way more bearable to use in Y5 but I generally found the combat to just be less? fun? it felt a little bland. Kiryu felt much slower for some reason. Akiyama still felt great to use and at times a little better. Shinada's combat style was not my cup of tea. I can respect a characters combat relying on weapons but his felt repetitve and honestly the weapon to bare handed combat for him didn't feel good either way. Haruka's was great though obviously. I never felt such joy or excitement then when I first started the dancing gameplay in Y5.
The upgrade system was lame I did not enjoy it, I ended up just keeping on auto upgrade so I didnt have to bother. It felt like a downgrade back to Y3.
This game was mostly really easy, granted I do play on easy because I happen to be a shame to the video game community, but I very nearly turned it to normal many times. Haruka's dance stuff was so fun I actually did try it on every difficulty mode, hard mode was so fun!
As sure as random combat encounters are in the streets of Yakuza, my complaining about these encounters after every review is just as, if not more expected. Yeah obviously the mugging in this game was excessive for me. I went everywhere by taxi just to avoid getting attacked a billion times on one street. And it is kind of at it's worst in this game not just because of how often you're getting attacked but also because of the battle fields. At first I was pretty excited because the space you can fight was so large I incorrectly assumed you could just leave the fight, wrong. While a bigger battle space sounds better on paper, it's actually a horrible idea. I cant tell you how many times I would have finished fighting three of the goons but the fight wouldnt finish because there was two more hiding AROUND THE DAMN BLOCK. It was so irritating. They did take a step in the right direction by letting Kiryu have a ward off bracelet that kept the attacks mostly at bay, it was so nice I wish other games did that in case you want to just walk around for a change or better yet the rest of this one! Because as far as I could tell none of the others had similar items, and the mugging was at it's worse with Saejima in his city enviroment. It HAD to be bugged with the amount of times i'd get attacked in that area, I probably fought more people there in the brief stint I was there compared to all of Shinada's area. So basically yeah I hate the random fight encounters and it is always one of my main complaints with these games.
I liked the tower sweeps in this game, but the one you do as Kiryu near the end of his section had a horrible situation that I have to complain about, mostly because i'm an idiot. There's an area midway through the sweep where the doorway is lit on fire. Me being the genius I am, I grab the fire extinguisher, point it at the fire, and simply throw the whole thing into the flames. Cue the next 20 mintues being me panic running and collapsing into the fire trying to get the extinguisher :(.
Side Stories
Yeah so this game on top of its massive plot and its many new areas, also added on entire side stories for each character! I'll go through and talk about my experience with each one.
Kiryu: The Taxi Driver
Oh My God. This did NOT have to be as fun as it was. I was amazed that Kiryu even knew how to drive let alone was this good of a driver. So there are three types of missions you can get with this, Racing, Taxi driving where you drive, and taxi driving where you talk. I did literally every possible thing you could in this side story. The racing is a ton of fun, there is a bit of a plot to it that basically consists of batting a rival gang of street racers and leads into your taxi boss's trauma and whatever, I didn't really care for the plot but all the gameplay was stellar. I found the missions with just the conversations to be a bit boring, but my favorite was actually doing my job and driving people to their destinations. What a blast.
Saejima: The Hunter
Okay now I can talk about the bear plot. Saejima's side story is massive and I did love it. I wont go through and summarize the whole thing but Saejima basically stays in the village with the old man who saved him from that big bear he beat up and dedicates himself to finding the bear and hunting it to help the old man and the village. There's lots of ups and downs and twists and turns and I really enjoyed it! I liked the twist that the old man was an escaped convict/former hitman as well.
As for how the gameplay of this sidestory works, basically you go to the mountain and do hunting. You lay traps, shoot animals, etc. As you work through the plot you have more acess to higher parts of the mountain. I can definitely see this gameplay not being it for some people, but I actually really enjoyed it! I do have some complaints tho, I really wish you didn't have to start all the way at the bottom of the mountain everytime, or ESPECIALLY have to walk all the way back down when you're ready to leave. I had hoped those shacks you built would serve as fast travel spots but nope. Also the gameplay is a bit clunky here, I love clunkiness so it isn't a big deal but the male deer charging at me no matter what everytime got hella irritating. Also I was stupid during one of the evil bear encounters and when I was supposed to run I stayed and thought I was supposed to fight him and I sat there fighting for my life for literally thirty minutes before I was like "hmmm whats taking so long?" Anyways I did like it and did literally every mission I could except one lousy mushroom quest because I rage quit it.
Haruka: She's an idol or whatever
Yeah this is the best one. There's not much of a seperate plot here as it basically directly ties into her main plot but it mostly consists of her doing idol activities in preperation for each level of the Princess League competition and eventually her debut.
There are lots of different types of games here. There are actual performances which duh they're amazing. There's dance battles or solo battles where you basically do a dance battle...alone? those are also always fun. There are handshake events which took awhile for me to get the hang of, I think they needed way better directions to be honest but once I figured it out it was alot of fun. There are interviews, these are fine except I hate that they make me answer under a time limit STRESS. There's TV appearances, these range from going on a comedian interview show where you have to answer questions then do quick time events, to running ?, to doing various yakuza mini games like pool or air hockey and more. The running show was so weird, the producer was always like creepy as hell and I really dont get what the point of that show was. The minigame shows varied on fun depending on if I liked the minigame.
Now dear reader, I know what you've been wondering this whole time, youve been BEGGING to hear. What is Alex's Haruka song ranking? Im so glad you asked.
So not including the dance battle songs cuz duh she doenst even sing them but I do like "Like a Arabesque" the most out of those.

1. So Much More: Like obviously right? This is the greatest song of all time! I should be studied next to Bohemian Rhapsody, Nessun Dorma, and Moonlight Sonata.
2. Dream: Technically a dreamline song but who cares. This shit made me CRY. The lyrics are ssoooooooooooo goddamn.
3. Because I Have You: This might be a hot take because I do think's it's less well made then Lonliness Loop, but I still would just rather listen to this. It's a jam, SUE ME.
4. Lonliness Loop: Honestly not a bad song either, I just find it to be thematically the weakest as well as feeling a little awkward execution wise. Still a jam tho!

What are YOUR song rankings?
I also like that the songs some what reflect Haruka's state of mind at the time of her performing them. At the time of So Much More she is just really excited for her career and incredibly optimistic. Then during Lonliness Loop she's generally dealing with the heaviness of her career and isolation of it and if I remember correctly, Park had just died when she went on to perform it. Then Because I Have You is building up to the eventual decision Haruka will end up making at the end, she's realizing how much she misses her family but her dream is still ahead of her, just super duper close. Lastly Dream, the tear jerker, and tragically not on the OST, is about Haruka's dream finally cultivating. She is in this moment achieving her dream, but she's thinking of her family and is grateful to them for supporting her this way. THIS SONG IS FOR KIRYU. Like bro, amazing.
Shinada: Baseball
Anyways lets talk about baseball. I didn't love it. At first I kind of did because I was like omg thank god baseball is way easier in this game if I'm going to be expected to do it way more often. But omg bro its TOO easy. It's just boring man. There's no room for anything interesting or diverging about it. Kiryu's could be pretty repetitive as it's just driving but they offer three different types of driving games within it, Shinada's is just a bunch of the same hitting the baseball game. Granted I liked the little story with him helping the little boy be a good pitcher. I found the main story within it really boring? I struggled to pay attention but the ending to it was cute. Yeah I guess I just dont have as much to say with this side story. I did most of it too, I think I missed one baseball mission? I did enjoy the coach missions that he sends you on for training. Well most of them...THAT UFO ONE WAS EVIL. I've never seen a machine make you get a stick in a tiny hole (thats what she sai-) before as the goal to get your prize like WHAT?
Side stories final thoughts: And thats the side stories! They were alot of fun (mostly) I wish Akiyama got a side story :(. I can't think of what they'd give him to do but I would take literally anything. Any potential side story ideas for him?
Substories
My god I did like 95% of the substories. I did SO many.
Kiryu had a really good lineup of substories. My favorite was EASILY "From a far-off land" I cried so hard doing it bro. Basically Kiryu thinks of his kids during Christmas time and he sends money to each of them so they can get what they want for Christmas. Thing is he thought alot about each of them, it wasnt him just throwing twenty bucks per kid at them through the ATM, no, he sat there and was like "Well Shiro would really like this book, I think it costs about this much so I'll send around this much to cover it" But he does it with ALL OF THEM and its so stinkin cute I disintigrated. My second favorite goes to "The other Haruka" as you can imagine anything reminding me of the kids will be my favorite. This one is good for obvious reasons. As for a weaker substory, I really didnt care for "A knock on the door" Honorable mention to the series of substories with Yuya in them! This game was tragically the only one that didn't have Kazuki in it at all.
Saejima's were the weakest and here's why. Because you only get one chapter in his city area, all of them are incredibly fast. One of them is literally just briefly talking to a guy like ???. He does also have several substories on the mountain but they're more related to his side story so I dont really count them. Anyways, my favorite of his was easily "The Little Match Girl" I CRIED, listen im a sucker for the little match girl story and this was just really adorable. I also loved the substory where he dressed as Santa and had to escape a bunch of kids. His worst is probably that one where he just talks to that guy called "Snow Festival Performer". Mostly to set up the revelation.
Haruka wise, I liked any of her substories where she hung out with Akari, but my favorite overall was probably the one where she does the Okinawa magazine interview it was so cute and it made me wanna cri. Least favorite wise, I hated "starbound" it just felt meanspirited. Haha she's fat, grow up.
Akiyama had alot of fun ones. The best probably being either of the two where he DOES A DANCE BATTLE. It was fucking amazing. I also really enjoyed the "Quirky Idol" substory. I did not like "giving up on a dream" Akiyama was once again being mega weird and creepy, I hated that.
Shinada is much better in his substories then he is normally. My favorite's were "Daddy Papa" and "The Scoop Photo", that guy had crazy hair. I did not like the store clerk one because I am incapable of math.
And thats the substories! There's also the Tatsuya quests. Although I like Tatsuya and I made sure to do all of them, I don't think this was well executed. They dont feel very rewarding and taking Tatsuya to the resturaunts is really awkward, I wish they added like mini cutscenes of dialogue where each person got to know Tatsuya with every resturaunt encounter or something. But it wasn't that bad I hope I see him again.
As for the revelations, I am a huge fan of revelations in the Yakuza games. They cut back on them alot in this one sadly but at least we still got some. Also I know there were weapon revelations but I somehow found none of them so Im going to just talk about the normal ones. Well, more like rank them.
Saejima: This was funny in a looney tunes way, I loved it.
Haruka: Okay I hated the substory starbound but this was so stupid I couldn't help but lose it while watching.
Shinada: This was just really cool.
Akiyama: I can respect that performance
Kiryu: Althought I like the guy and respect the situation, the revelation in itself wasn't super memorable.
There you have it!
Lastly, the settings.
Yakuza 5 is wild because every character (except Akiyama) got their own unique area in the game, plus there is also Kamurocho. Saejima actually got TWO if not three if you count the prison. I found Kiryu's to be really lovely, it's probably my favorite honestly, at least out of the new ones. I felt like I really got a good feel of the place and it had such a relaxing atmosphere. Because of the slow nature of this part of the game, it really had time to develop a unique identity especially because Kiryu was so familiar with the locals. The mountain was a better setting for Saejima, I wish they just expanded the mountain rather then have him go to the city. Saejima's city, While I thought this area was my favorite beauty wise. we aren't there long enough and it feels to restrictive on where we can go. Satenbori felt like coming home and it was SO lovely and nice just like I remembered, no notes. Shinada's lacked alot of character. I actually thought it was Kamurocho for way too long because it looks so similar to it. Granted I get Japan can't look too different from well, Japan, it just struggled to stick out in my mind. It's unique feature was the large park area and that was pretty cool but I like never went over there. Lastly, Karmurocho is as lovely as ever, im amazed they still let me go underground even though we barely spend any time in the city, like there was no need for them to let me but they did and I appreciate it. Goodbye intricate rooftop access though, you will be missed. The Kamurocho hills additon made the whole place feel quite unfamiliar honestly. It was a strange feeling walking around it but I still thought it was pretty cool!
Did anyone have a favorite city we visited?
And that concludes my Yakuza 5 ramblings about everything other then the plot. If you read this AND part 1, thank you so much from the bottom of my heart. Im excited to discuss this game with people because I loved it alot! Feel free to comment on either post if you want to, otherwise I'll finally shut up.
8/10

I know the counter argument is that those people are only there because they were brought in through the DV and therefore it's better than not having the engagement at all, and that's probably true...
But Karl and the band were doing this before the DV, they are passionate musicians and artists who put time and effort into their craft, completely unrelated to SJ. Karl says he hates when people get too involved with the toxic negativity of it all. They obviously would like to organically grow their brand and exposure, hence why he was proud talking about it.
Imagine you're at your job or favorite event or hobby and everyone's just making juvenile drunk fat slob jokes at someone else's expense... Karl can't wash the SJ stink off him.
Is that an unexpected consequence of his success or does Karl enjoy being tied to SJ insults every time he's online and in the public eye?

I am not the OOP. The OOP is u/TASoDHype posting in AITAH
Concluded as per OOP
1 update - Medium
Original - 16th May 2024
Update - 17th May 2024
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AITAH for leaving my fiancée after I learned there were strippers at her bachelorette party?
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What the title reads basically. I(29M) and my ex-fiancée(29F) were together for 5 years. We should have been married now in the normal conditions but I broke up with her and cancelled the wedding 2 days before it because they invited male strippers to bachelorette party. I am personally not a fan of these parties but reluctantly agreed after both groom & bride side confirmed we would keep it simple. I told my ex-fiancée I am not comfortable with strippers or other kind of crazy things. She agreed. I also told my friends if they were to do a stupid thing without me knowing, we would have problems.
We stayed at my friends' summer house and chilled there by the pool, did some wow raids and played board games. My ex-fiancée and her friends went to a restaurant then rented an airbnb. There was no problem during the night and next day I asked how things went. She and her close friends said it was really chill and good. We returned to the city centre after that.
I encountered another bridesmaid that day when I was shopping for a bracelet for my ex-fiancée for her upcoming birthday. I asked that girl how's everything as we were in the same department at the college but rarely talk now. She is closer with my fiancée than me. She said it's going good and last night was crazy with all the strippers. After saying that she looked uncomfortable. I asked her about the details but she was not willing to tell much. I think she realized she should not have talked about it. I laughed, said goodbye and left.
I confronted my fiancée and she seemed surprised about it. She was denying it first, then told me nothing crazy happened and one of the bridesmaids invited strippers. I reminded her that it was a strict boundary for me. I asked about the details but she said there was nothing much with strippers just solo dances and that's it. I told her I need some time to think.
Almost all of the bridesmaids messaged me ensuring nothing happened when I was on my way back home(definitely not coordinated). Things happened after that but in the end I decided to break up and cancel the wedding. I lost some money since it was only 2 days before the wedding. Things are not cool right now. My head is messed up, I get criticism from everyone and no idea about what to do. My sister told me to see a therapist to process my thoughts and feelings. That is what I'll do next. Some mutuals suggested me that I should reconsider things and stop being so whiny about such a small thing. I do not think it's such a small thing especially when they all tried to hide it from me.
AITAH here?
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tasty-horse-paste
This is strangely similar to something that happened recently on 90 day fiancé.
Edit: A lot of people saying disagreements about strippers etc. is common, which sure, but it was the detail about playing MMO games by the pool at the bachelor party that got my attention. But I'm not saying OP's story is fake; it just reminded me of the 90 day thing.
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former_farmer
Because this happens a lot. Some people think that cheating in the bachelorette party is correct. It's so dumb.
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boredathome1962
NTA. "It was crazy with all the strippers" is hugely different from "it was really chill and good". This isn't just lying, this is a total reversal of the truth. Even her "it was just solo dances" is not the same as "crazy". So they are lying, all of them, except the first one.

OOP: Everyone is telling different things. One person says it was crazy, my ex says it was just solo dance, another person says it was different. I do not know whom to believe to be honest and that's one of the reasons I lost trust here. Apparently, the stripper was naked and that even alone is a dealbreaker for me. There is no way for me to know what happened that night and why she did not even bother with calling me or telling me about it.

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**Judgement - NTA*\*
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Update - 1 days later
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TL;DR: Bitter truth was revealed bit by bit. Ex-fiancée had sexual interaction with a stripper. It's therapy time.
I read most of the comments in the original post and thank you for the advice. My problem was that not her being blindsided by her friends but lying. Every bridesmaid told different things and none of them gave details about what happened. I believe you can understand it just shatters the trust and makes you think there is something going on.
I thought there was something wrong with me after reading the comments. There were a lot of YTAs and I thought I should apologize. One of the bridesmaid reached out to me last evening. I suspect she saw the post somewhere and recognized it. I knew my fiancée was having problems with her friends since last week but I did not know the extent.
Apparently, my ex-fiancée and her close friends blamed the girl that I encountered at mall about everything. This divided the group and led into a verbal fight. I will skip the personal details here but in the end she told me my ex-fiancée and other bridesmaids got sexual with the strippers. My fiancée was the only one who had boyfriend/fiancée/spouse(at least monogamously) there to my knowledge. Also, I was told by her that my ex-fiancée was not blindsided with stripper invites. She was happy to see the strippers and was relieved she had an excuse. I do not have proof for all of these but I got a short video of girls making out with strippers. One of the girls is my ex-fiancée and that's enough.
She has been trying to reach out to me since we broke up. I confronted her again. At first, she denied it again then it became we just touched, then okay we kissed too, okay I gave him a handjob, finally I was coerced into doing these by others as I pressed on. I just blocked her after the last part. I did not see any need to learn further. I was hurt already but learning that I got cheated on hurt more. I am not sure if it's the full truth even now. I will never know but all I can say is it hurts. I will go to a therapist to not carry my luggage to my next relationship. I lost 15K from the wedding related things and need to focus on filling the hole for a while.
Some misogynists made weird comments about women and I'll just ignore them. Some of the people told me I am an insecure, unfunny nerd for playing WoW on my bachelor party. Isn't the whole point of bachelor parties having "one last fun". It was raiding non-stop with the boys for me, not having one last sexual interaction with a stranger or having a stranger's butt on my face or penis. I will not miss on out these during marriage anyways(omitting the stranger part).
That's it. It's therapy time tomorrow and thank you for the help.
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Comments
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scotswaehey
I will never understand why people like your Ex Fiancée throw it all away for one night
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BigBlackBlasphemer
Not just that, the whole group had banded together in solidarity to lie.
If it wasn't for one person, they would've gotten away with it, while gaslighting OP the whole time
I hope all those votes calling OP, an AH rightly feel like DA's.
15k and a cancelled wedding is still LOADS better than divorce after the fact. You're doing the absolute right thing.
Also, I AM petty enough to blast her publicly with receipts if she wants to play the victim and make me look like the bad guy.
And the first person I'll send the video of her cheating to is her Dad. See how she likes those apples
PSA: Don't be the simp guy who didn't want to send his "wife" to jail after everyone caught her trying to poison him with bleach in the coffee machine.
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SuccessfulSeaweed385
I had a lan party at my bachelor party and it was awesome. Fuck the haters and screw your ex. NTA.
FarquaadStoleMyWig
My brothers bachelor party was pizza, flip cup, and halo reach on system linked Xbox’s. Fucken best night ever
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Please remember the No Brigading Rule and to be civil in the comments

Ranking most to less important inductees year by year!
I'll like to do something interesting regarding the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame & it's gonna be ranking the most to less important inductees year by year. I'll be doing this based on influence, innovation, cultural impact, critical acclaim etc. Note: I'm gonna be focusing on the performers so others in Musical Influence & Excellence would not be included. So here's the rankings.
1986:

1. Chuck Berry
2. Elvis Presley
3. James Brown
4. Little Richard
5. Ray Charles
6. Sam Cooke
7. Buddy Holly
8. Fats Domino
9. The Everly Brothers
10. Jerry Lee Lewis

1987:

1. Aretha Franklin
2. Muddy Waters
3. Marvin Gaye
4. Bo Diddley
5. Smokey Robinson
6. BB King
7. Roy Orbison
8. Carl Perkins
9. Jackie Wilson
10. Bill Haley
11. Ricky Nelson
12. Eddie Cochran
13. Big Joe Turner
14. The Coasters
15. Clyde McPhatter

1988:

1. The Beatles
2. Bob Dylan
3. The Beach Boys
4. The Supremes
5. The Drifters

1989:

1. The Rolling Stones
2. Stevie Wonder
3. The Temptations
4. Otis Redding
5. Dion

1990:

1. The Who
2. The Kinks
3. Simon & Garfunkel
4. The Four Tops
5. The Platters
6. Hank Ballard
7. The Four Seasons
8. Bobby Darin

1991:

1. The Byrds
2. Ike & Tina Turner
3. Wilson Pickett
4. John Lee Hooker
5. The Impressions
6. Jimmy Reed
7. Lavern Baker

1992:

1. The Jimi Hendrix Experience
2. Johnny Cash
3. The Yardbirds
4. The Isley Brothers
5. Booker T. & The M.G.'s
6. Sam & Dave
7. Bobby "Blue" Bland

1993:

1. Sly & The Family Stone
2. The Doors
3. Van Morrison
4. Cream
5. Etta James
6. Creedence Clearwater Revival
7. Ruth Brown
8. Frankie Lymon & The Teenagers

1994:

1. Bob Marley
2. John Lennon
3. Elton John
4. The Band
5. The Grateful Dead
6. Rod Stewart
7. The Animals
8. Duane Eddy

1995:

1. Led Zeppelin
2. Neil Young
3. Frank Zappa
4. Janis Joplin
5. Al Green
6. The Allman Brothers Band
7. Martha & The Vandellas

1996:

1. The Velvet Underground
2. Pink Floyd
3. David Bowie
4. The Shirelles
5. Jefferson Airplane
6. Gladys Knight & The Pips
7. Little Willie John

1997:

1. Joni Mitchell
2. Parliament - Funkadelic
3. The Bee Gees
4. The Jackson 5
5. Crosby, Stills & Nash
6. Buffalo Springfield
7. The (Young) Rascals

1998:

1. Eagles
2. Fleetwood Mac
3. Santana
4. Gene Vincent
5. The Mamas & The Papas
6. Lloyd Price

1999:

1. Bruce Springsteen
2. Curtis Mayfield
3. Billy Joel
4. Dusty Springfield
5. Paul McCartney
6. The Staple Singers
7. Del Shannon

2000:

1. Eric Clapton
2. James Taylor
3. Earth, Wind & Fire
4. Bonnie Raitt
5. The Moonglows
6. The 'Lovin Spoonful

2001:

1. Michael Jackson
2. Queen
3. Aerosmith
4. Steely Dan
5. Paul Simon
6. Solomon Burke
7. The Flamingos
8. Ritchie Valens

2002:

1. Ramones
2. Talking Heads
3. Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers
4. Isaac Hayes
5. Brenda Lee
6. Gene Pitney

2003:

1. The Clash
2. The Police
3. AC/DC
4. Elvis Costello & The Attractions
5. Righteous Brothers

2004:

1. Prince
2. George Harrison
3. ZZ Top
4. Traffic
5. Bob Seger
6. Jackson Browne
7. The Dells

2005:

1. U2
2. Buddy Guy
3. The Pretenders
4. The O'Jays
5. Percy Sledge

2006:

1. Miles Davis
2. Black Sabbath
3. Sex Pistols
4. Lynyrd Skynyrd
5. Blondie

2007:

1. R.E.M
2. Patti Smith
3. Van Halen
4. Grandmaster Flash & Furious Five
5. The Ronettes

2008:

1. Madonna
2. Leonard Cohen
3. John Mellencamp
4. The Ventures
5. DC5

2009:

1. Run - DMC
2. Metallica
3. Bobby Womack
4. Little Anthony & The Imperials
5. Jeff Beck

2010:

1. The Stooges
2. ABBA
3. Genesis
4. Jimmy Cliff
5. The Hollies

2011:

1. Tom Waits
2. Alice Cooper
3. Neil Diamond
4. Dr. John
5. Darlene Love

2012:

1. Beastie Boys
2. Guns N' Roses
3. RHCP
4. Donovan
5. Small Faces/Faces
6. Laura Nyro

2013:

1. Public Enemy
2. Donna Summer
3. Albert King
4. Rush
5. Randy Newman
6. Heart

2014:

1. Nirvana
2. Peter Gabriel
3. Hall & Oates
4. Linda Ronstadt
5. Kiss
6. Cat Stevens/Yusuf Islam

2015:

1. Green Day
2. Lou Reed
3. SRV & Double Trouble
4. Bill Withers
5. Joan Jett & The Blackhearts
6. The Paul Butterfield Blues Band

2016:

1. N.W.A
2. Deep Purple
3. Cheap Trick
4. Chicago
5. Steve Miller

2017:

1. Tupac Shakur
2. Pearl Jam
3. Joan Baez
4. Yes
5. ELO
6. Journey

2018:

1. Nina Simone
2. The Cars
3. Dire Straits
4. The Moody Blues
5. Bon Jovi

2019:

1. Radiohead
2. Janet Jackson
3. The Cure
4. Roxy Music
5. Def Leppard
6. The Zombies
7. Stevie Nicks

2020:

1. Whitney Houston
2. Nine Inch Nails
3. The Notorious B.I.G
4. Depeche Mode
5. T. Rex
6. The Doobie Brothers

2021:

1. Jay - Z
2. Tina Turner
3. Foo Fighters
4. The Go - Go's
5. Todd Rundgren
6. Carole King

2022:

1. Eminem
2. Dolly Parton
3. Eurythmics
4. Duran Duran
5. Pat Benatar
6. Lionel Richie
7. Carly Simon

2023:

1. Willie Nelson
2. Kate Bush
3. Missy Elliott
4. The Spinners
5. RATM
6. George Michael
7. Sheryl Crow

2024:

1. A Tribe Called Quest
2. Mary J. Blige
3. Ozzy Osbourne
4. Kool & The Gang
5. Cher
6. Dave Matthews Band
7. Peter Frampton
8. Foreigner

Just went in and checked, their inventory is extremely limited but there was a bracelet, just a very small one.

• Tiny e bracelet - 10 Link
• Tiny star ring, 7
• Double floral and floral in 8.5+
• Tiny e cross ring, 6
• Double cross charm
• Dog tag with cross pendant
• Tiny e necklace with diamonds - 24"

They were asking ¥163,000 for the tiny e bracelet, a bit on the expensive side if it were ~$890 usd.
I did see a lot of gold jewelry, and very unique gold bands that are 3-4" in width.