Hey everyone! :)
Unfortunately for me (31F and bi), I’m ill and housebound and have been for a decade now.
It’s sadly going to be a while yet before I have fully recovered and can go out and take part in the world, or go to pride events/meet and hang with other lgbt+ people. (Plus where I live has nothing here. It’s not a hateful place, just too small to have its own parades and stuff.)
I always feel a bit flat and sad around pride month due to this and was hoping some of you might have some cool ideas I could do to feel included, even from a sheltered distance?
I feel a bit lonely lgbt wise, and I’d love ways to make pride month feel more like a fun time/holiday feel, instead of just another boring day in my house. Having some queer friends would help, but my situation means I can’t find any haha!
Due to my circumstances, I’m out to only one family member and only for almost 1 year.
I’d like to create a new memory, or do something to make the occasion special, and actually feel some Pride y’know, cause being stuck inside the house makes me feel like I’m “hiding” who I am still if that makes sense?
Hope it does, it’s nearly 3am here! Excuse any typos. I own a little pride flag I got the day I came out, and a commemorative pride 50 years coin but that’s it.
TLDR; Super disconnected from pride due to ill health and would love tips to feel like it’s an event, and mark the occasion.
Stay safe everyone! :)

I’m probably blowing this out of proportion but this isn’t the first time that this has happened to me.
Prepare yourselves for ageism and sexism, y’all.
I am trying to put gas in my car. The gas station I am at has handicap buttons where you can call an attendant to your car. This detail is important to the story.
I have a disorder where sounds are deeply painful, exposure to certain sounds can make the disorder, worse.
As I am going into the gas station to pay, this woman starts honking and shouting at me.
She is clearly just trying to get my attention but remember loud noises can make my disorder worse. So I yell that I am disabled and take off running into the gas station to get away from the sound.
Running into a gas station, isn’t normal behavior and the gas station attendant is used to seeing me around.
He asks me what is wrong.
I tell him that I have a hearing disorder that causes pain and that there is a woman who keeps honking at me.
The woman hobbles up to the door, clearly having difficulty walking.
She cracks open the door, doesn’t come inside and points an accusing finger at me.
By this time, there are three men in the gas station not including the attendant.
She shouts that she can’t walk and I need to help her.
“Ma’am, I’m disabled. I can’t help you.”
She ignores me.
There is something about her body language that implies that she feels entitled to my help, that I can’t describe.
Whatever, it was the gas station attendant didn’t like it. He left the counter (which I’ve never seen him do in all the years that he had work there) and physically put himself between the woman and myself.
“How can I help you, Ma’am?” He asked.
“SHE is SUPPOSED to help me!!!”
I’m thinking to myself, why me? What does this woman think is special about me?
Which is the moment, that I realize that I am the only woman.
I forgot that women are free labor.
So not only do I have to experience the ageism of, ‘I definitely don’t believe you are disabled because you are young’. I also have the lousy experience of this woman’s internalized misogyny.
All of which is unnecessary because of the bright blue button that had a handicap sign pointing to it, with the words ‘press if you need assistance’.
Honestly, if she hadn’t been acting like a lunatic, shouting and honking so that I couldn’t get near her. I would have pumped the gas for her. As helping people makes me feel more capable.
I’m a few hours since the incident and luckily no harm appears to have been done to my ears. The fuel of fear of her behavior worsening my condition was why I was so angry.
Also, this is the sixth time. I have told an older person that I was disabled the response was basically, “no you are not you are just ignoring me and need to be taught a lesson”.

Posting a full update here! After getting an in person appointment today for DOT of 6/3 (tomorrow), I have secured my passport!! More accurate timeline below and more about my experience at the Los Angeles Passport Agency:
4/21: Mailed my passport renewal (DS 82) with routine service and 1-2 day shipping for delivery
4/24: Arrived to Irving TX processing center
4/26: DOS received application and it’s in process
5/22: Realize I need to expedite so I call the NPIC number and they take my card information. They tell me to call back starting 5/26 for an in person appointment. I got my first passport as a teen so had no idea what these appointments were and that they were so hard to get
5/26: I call NPIC and of course they say they don’t have any appointments. My application is still in process at the New Orleans passport agency (locator 42). This is the Friday before Memorial Day so I figure not much else to do until after the holiday.
During this weekend I start to comb through Reddit threads and this is where I learn I can contact my congressmen to help with the passport process (I never knew they could help with this sort of stuff)
5/30: I email and call my congressmen’s office (Jimmy Lopez in LA) and fill out their forms. They get back to me same day and say they will put in the congressional inquiry and if that won’t speed up the process they will try and get me an appointment. I also call NPIC to check on appointments and none avail still. I also call locator 42 directly and tell them NPIC marked my app as urgent, that I got a congressional inquiry and my DOT is 6/3 but the customer service agent is extremely unhelpful
5/31: I call my congressman’s office again and let them know how unhelpful locator 42 is and they end up getting me an appointment to go in person to my local passport agency in LA on 6/2. Even though I mailed in my old passport with my application and don’t have access to my birth certificate, the guy in the office assures me to go the appointment and just bring anything I have that could work as proof of citizenship. Folks on Reddit threads also calmed my nerves since ppl said they just went with other things other than their birth certificate and were able to still be seen.
6/1: I try one last ditch effort to call locator 42 and I actually get a really nice lady who says she’ll do what she can and she marked my app as urgent but that it probably won’t make much of a difference since the next day is Friday/ the weekend is coming up and my travel is so soon.
6/2: Day of in person appointment in LA! Had a 7:30am appt. I brought my filled out DS-82 app (renewal), copy of my previous passport, passport photo, State ID (mine is from NY state), flight and hotel confirmation, and for safety I brought my apartment lease and SSN card lol but I didn’t need those in the end. I arrived at 7:20 and the line was already long. They didn’t let ppl in til closer to 8am. The line moved so slow it wasn’t until 10:30am that I was seen. At the last minute I was diverted away from the line going inside the building and through security and to one of their windows they use for will call outside. I give in my documents and am told to come back between 1:30 and 3. I come back around 12:45 and the line for pick up is even longer. I get to the front around 2:30p and they tell me my passport isn’t ready yet so I have to go inside. Inside there’s a room full of people waiting for their passports to print. I wait on a smaller line and when I get to the front they take my receipt and tell me to wait in the waiting area for then to call my name. They call my name around 4pm, hand me my passport and I’m off!
Hopefully this is helpful for someone out there as I was losing all hope. This thread definitely helped keep me sane and I wish everyone the best of luck if they are trying to get their passports, keep pushing through!

6 months ago I worked for a short time at a somewhat upscale restaurant. It was the best job I've ever had in my life and I absolutely loved the environment there and the people I worked with aside from the problems I'm about to dig into here.
I ended up getting let go from this job-- I was a slow learner, and I got let go on performance. I loved my manager and he promised to give me a good review for whatever jobs I look at next, because he said he thought I was a good person. He is the kindest, most thoughtful manager I have ever worked for. When they were letting me go, I asked if I would be able to apply again, and he said yes in 6 months. He was also telling me how optimistic he was that things would work out.
Shortly after leaving the job, my car key went missing, which I have a hunch was due to my S.O.'s mother, but sadly we had no security cameras or proof, so we couldn't just have the cops go to the house looking for the key. Instead I spent a good 5 months unemployed, my S.O. saved up to get my car towed and keys made, all the while we were struggling financially and this all lead up to now- I now have a court date for overdue insurance in June and my license is suspended, and my S.O.'s car just got repoed TODAY!! Needless to say it's been a shitshow.
I absolutely loved the environment I was working in before, and I desperately need a job at the same time (obviously). Since I officially hit the 6 month mark on the 1st, I applied to the place again. I immediately got rejected from the location I worked at. I then applied to another location and got a call to interview tomorrow right after sending the application.
Should I hide the fact that I haven't worked since? On the resume I sent in I listed the establishment as the last place I'd worked, which showed it was 6 months ago, so I was honestly surprised they called.
Ever since getting the keys dealt with again, I technically did recently accept an offer at a place in a near management position which I left after a week of training because I was seeing some red flags that turned out to be PROVEN TRUE 🙃 Such as I still haven't been paid and it's been 3 pay periods now, even though I left, and legaladvice advised to to file a wage complaint.. so who knows what I would have endured there.
Should I mention that I got this position since the title may be impressive? Or is it best to shut my mouth that I had a job that I left that soon?
Now, inevitably they are going to ask me what happened the last time I was at the restaurant. Well, buckle in and get ready to hear a little workplace drama: I was a slow learner at first, i admit it. Once I got the hang of things, though, I REALLY got it, and it honestly was the easiest job in the world to me, and I LOVED doing it when everybody wasn't on my ass. Unfortunately, since I had prior frustrated my coworkers, it got to a point where even when I was doing light-years better, I would still have coworkers be on edge with me and always excessively checking to make sure I had things done, even after I had shown that I had my stuff down pat for a while now. 2 of the coworkers, the most on my ass ones, quit, and the manager assured me it wasn't because of me, but I feel that was a lie because I told them I don't work well under guilt or pressure. Basically I had a day where I broke down to my manager in the office, hysterical crying, telling him that I know how to do things now and that nobody's noticed, and he said that many did and many did not.
Once those 2 were out, I was left with the last coworker I'd be around regularly- and it was this girl who was bitter from being paid $1 less from the rest of us. I KNEW she was going to take this opportunity to be just as on my ass, if not more, than the last two, and honestly, I just didn't have the mental fortitude to deal with it. I don't do well for social games, I don't have the heart for it, and if someone is going to try to frame me for something, I have a bad habit of just letting it happen to get it over with. The girl was already snipping and it's been too long to remember specifics at that point, but I knew she was looking for any wrong thing I did to tell my manager. I wasn't planning on doing anything wrong and I wasn't doing anything wrong, but I had had enough, I felt genuinely just sad, heartbroken that this all had transpired and I didn't have the energy to play workplace drama games with this girl, it's genuinely just not something I like doing. I felt shattered, and terrible that my coworkers quit and it boiled down to the last underpaid girl who I actually liked LESS than the 2 who were most on my ass. Those two girls were actually good girls and I thought they had great allover personalities, I just wished they had cut me some slack once I got used to things. I really had a love-hate relationship with them. But prior to any of this happening, this same underpaid girl had made it known to coworkers that she was already upset with the job and bitter, she had an attitude about it and compared it to working at mcdonalds, but none of this was EVER within management's sight that I'm aware of. So they had no idea that this girl I was now left with has been moping around bitter and not taking this job seriously and always ready to quit and be mad at anything they ask her to do due to her pay for a while now. Thats why I lost my ability to play this game so quickly-- she was very visibly eager to try to dimish my every effort from the jump once the two coworkers left and she felt she had me all to herself and had leverage now, and could easily outsmart and outbeat me. I don't even remember what it was, but I snapped and told her I had covid (I didn't), because I knew she would freak out and ask not to be scheduled with me. I was suspended for 3 days because I caused such an upset with the covid comment and then returned to work. I figured once I said that I'd get in trouble but then it would blow over, and I was hoping they wouldn't schedule me with her any more, since they had just brought in a guy from another department to what my position was and he was REALLY good and I absolutely loved working with and learning from him. So after my 3 days, I go in for my next scheduled shift and I see I'm working with her again, even though I had sent a hotschedule message asking to be scheduled with the guy. Which my manager said was fine, but I couldn't do anything about the already posted next 2 weeks on the schedule, it just isn't a workplace where they will alter it. So once I see her I decided to whip out all of my work in the first hour, and I DID. I went complete horsepower mode and knocked out my whole shifts of work in the first hour, and went and laid down in the back for a second. I knew I may get in trouble for laying down, but I just wanted it to be over. I was exhausted as I had been up all night because a manipulative family member had an episode for the first time in a long time of not having one, waking me up when I needed to sleep for my shift. So when I knocked out all of my work in that one hour, I gave her NO room to talk to me. She was very obviously upset that I wasn't consulting her every 2 seconds and I didn't want to deal with this- it had me kicking my ass into gear to complete all that work so hard, but I knew this was the last time I could deal with this. I broke. So I decided to kind of ask for trouble a second time, after the whole lying about covid ordeal, and kind of laid down in the back.. somewhat on purpose, and somewhat because I was actually tired, because I knew this may be thr last straw where I get fired, and I just wanted it to all be done and over with, I was so sad, I just didn't want to have to work in such a degrading way like this where I am forever indebted to everyone and I have to prove my worth at 100X speed and be the picture perfect worker there, when I was already doing GOOD at that point. Alas, that was the last straw and it was over. And to be fair, just being a slow learner wasn't my only problem. Okay, I'm just going to be honest now. I learned at a decent pace, but my two ACTUAL biggest mistakes were that 1.) I have chronic pain and didn't disclose when I interviewed that I need to be home at a certain time in the evening (9/930 latest) to take a medication that impairs my driving, else I have trouble walking and it really slows me down. 2.) I projected my OCD onto the company and purposely overlapped the floors, making them think I was just a slow learner 😬😬 I did this with employee bathrooms as well. I also sprayed down spots of the employee bathrooms we weren't expected to spray down and was in fact told at first that we're NOT supposed to clean those parts, which gave me the ick and I would secretly spray those parts because they would be common/basic parts. Come to find out later that new guy said that's actually how we WERE supposed to do it.. anyways, at the end of the day during bathroom duties I wouod already be slowing down due to my pain to begin with since my medication wasn't getting into my body at the appropriate time, and on top of THAT, my slowing down was even worse because I was sneakily cleaning these parts of the bathroom that everyone would scold you for cleaning because it took too much time. So therenow you know the truth, i was contemplating just baring it all, so there it is. How in HEAVENS am I to explain this tomorrow? Since the manager said he would give me a good reference anywhere, should I assume he is also going to do that for me to the same restaurant of another location nearby? I am scared of putting my foot in my mouth, because what if I TL;DR the truth for them or tell them that I was bad, only for the manager to say I was great, and then it looks weird and I don't get hired, or, what if I lie and tell them I was great but the manager tells THIS place the truth, since it is the same chain? Basically what if his offer to give me a good reference only extends to external places unassociated with the company? Since I was rejected IMMEDIATELY after sending the resume into my prior location, I worry that the restaurant may hear the entire lowdown on what's happened. How should I navigate this? Another thing is now that the one car is suspended and one is repoed as of today, my S.O. and I are living with a relative, so that relative has to drive us around, so I'd have to leave around 4:30-5pm until he can get the car back, or until I pay my insurance AND get the okay from the state that I am officially unsuspended, because he needs toe dropped off at work around 6-630, he works graveyard. Basically the relative would have to drop me off to work, come and get me with him when I'm off my shift, and drop him off (I doubt she would let him use the car alone). Unless I'm thinking about this wrong, which I admit, my mind is currently overflooded and overwhelmed with what to do.

I have applied for a lot of jobs and I am disabled. I have a long list of conditions all of which have been diagnosed by a chartered physchologist. I always click the disability box and they ask do you need any extra support apart from extra time for the physchometric tests which are untimed and interviews but when I saw examples of help with application and interview etc I thought why not as I really struggle with applications and interviews. I have ADHD, OCD, Dyspraxia, GAD, depression and long history of constant headaches. I'm not looking for sympathy or anything but these things and their side effects do effect me greatly. I am taking medication and things are getting better. Due to this I struggle with time management like I am literally clicking submit on the very last minute 1 minute before deadline. I feel like I am educated enough and have good experiences but I cant express myself fully in my application. My applications sometimes do go through to the next stage and sometimes they dont. For things that dont need preparation like physchometric tests I score very highly and finish them quite quickly too and generally score high on IQ tests and exams without studying well more of inability to study or keep concentration for a long time but I pick up things very quickly. For this reason I feel like no one really paid attention to me as I always got by but never excelled or reached my true potential. Anyways going too much of topic what support is actually available? My university used to give me extra time for assignments deadlines and time in exams. I dont even necessarily need extra time just some support. Like when getting therapy and working on these things I found out its quite common for people to have issues like leaving things to the last minute and its human nature but I just dont feel motivated to do anything or do it at the last moment out of guilt. Would it be possible for them to extend deadline after sumbitting and allow for small changes? Thing is when I have deadlines I always rush near the end and if I had like just a day extra I know I could make the work so much better. The thing is though when my university gave me extra time I would still have the same problem of starting late as I would factor in the extension. Whenever I was responsible for doing work for say a group project I would have the same problem but the guilt of letting people down kind of motivated me to work but still I had bad time management and would rush it near the end. However I would then get an extension and perfect it as I would have done the majority and would want the team to do well and not let them down. In those cases I would do much better and my lecturers and learning support noticed it as well and we compared the quality of work. In like group projects though I really dont want to get an extension as it would make me feel ashamed and with group projects I kind of just wanted it to be done with it but when I wrapped things up I used to think just one more day and this will be so much better so I would apply for like a one day extension. So the thing is when I know I have an extension for sure it kind if makes the extension pointless. Its 3A.M right now and my head hurts with this rant so I am just going to sleep but does anyone have any advice? I even miss my interviews because of these things. I make silly mistakes in my applications like copying and pasting the wrong line etc.

Hello!
I am trying to choose between 2 laptop options.
I am buying a laptop for school/work, I have a tower at home. Although I plan to do very little to no gaming, both of these laptops are marketed as "gaming laptops".
I am planning to run VM's, so I really am looking at 16 gigs for RAM. If 8 if enough for running virtual machines let me know, but I think 16 is safer.
Here are the 2 different options:
Option 1: $699 (MSRP $899)
15.6 Inch Screen, 144hz
CPU: AMD Ryzen 7-5800H
GPU: AMD Radeon RX 6500M
2x USB 3.2 Gen1; 1x USB 2.0
1x USB 3.2 Gen1 Type C
Option 2: $699 (MSRP $999)
14 Inch Screen, 60hz
CPU: Intel 12th Generation Core i5 1240P
GPU: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1650
2 x Thunderbolt 4 (Support Power delivery, DP 1.4a, USB 4.0)
1 x USB 3.2 Gen 1 Type-A
Note: Both have 16gb ram & 512gb SSD.
I welcome any suggestions for laptops that aren't marketed as "gaming laptops" that may be cheaper. I really don't need a dedicated GPU, but for virtualization I think it may be necessary? Also 12gb RAM may be acceptable? Please let me know!
Sorry if this is a silly post, I am very out of the PC loop at the moment. I know these aren't the most economical options, but I am on a budget, so any cheaper laptops that meet my use cases are welcome!
Form:
LAPTOP QUESTIONNAIRE

• Total budget (in local currency) and country of purchase. Please do not use USD unless purchasing in the US: $700 Max, Preferably Less
• Are you open to refurbs/used? No, Wanting New, unless you all recommend otherwise.
• How would you prioritize form factor (ultrabook, 2-in-1, etc.), build quality, performance, and battery life? Need Laptop, Prioritize Battery Life, CPU for Virtualization
• How important is weight and thinness to you? Not a determining factor.
• Do you have a preferred screen size? If indifferent, put N/A. N/A
• Are you doing any CAD/video editing/photo editing/gaming? List which programs/games you desire to run. VirtualBox / VMWare - Linux Distributions, MSSQL, Software Development
• If you're gaming, do you have certain games you want to play? At what settings and FPS do you want? Don't really plan to game on this machine, I have a Tower at home.
• Any specific requirements such as good keyboard, reliable build quality, touch-screen, finger-print reader, optical drive or good input devices (keyboard/touchpad)? Good Keyboard is essential, but I will probably use an external keyboard a lot regardless. I don't care for Touchscreen, really prefer Budget over everything, but willing to go up to $700.
• Leave any finishing thoughts here that you may feel are necessary and beneficial to the discussion. I am really not sure if 12gb is sufficient for virtualization. For this reason, I haven't looked into 12gb options, only 16gb+.

Desperately in need of help, as I’m missing many quests, characters & buildings, which is obviously quite frustrating.
Background information: Im only level 29 Current Quests in my task book:
• Family Fun Pt. 1 - (Make Sarah Wiggum Cut Ralph’s Hair) 0/1 - (Reach level 26 and Build the Wiggum house) 0/1
• A Day in the Knife Pt. 1 - (Reach Level 30 and Build Tavern on the Scream) 0/1
Buildings I’m missing: - The Wiggum House - The Muntz House - Just Rainsticks - Sleeping Itchy’s Castle
Quests I’m missing: - “This Little Wiggy Pt. 1” - “Nelson” - “Squidport Pt. 9” - “The Krusty-est Place On Earth Pt 13”
I’ve completed the town hall quests, I have Bart and Martin, Quimby and Wiggum; but still no Nelson. No prompt to begin the quest at all.
I can kind of understand why I can’t begin “This Little Wiggy”, although it bothers me that this quest shows up in my task book, but no others do. For instance, I never had the following quests pop up, show up in my task book, or be initiated: • Executive Lackey • Hospital Quests • Hubert Family Practice Quests • Channel 6 Quests • Krabappel Quests finally leading to, Munts Quests. Oh boy. I must have really done something wrong.
Good old Squidport PART NINE. the one that nearly drove me over the edge. • Part 1 was initiated, I read the dialogue, and acquired the beach and water expansions. • Part 2 was initiated, I read the dialogue, and placed the Squidport entrance. • Part 3 was initiated, I read the dialogue, and placed 4 boardwalk sections. • Part 4 was initiated, I read the dialogue, and Homer cussed like no tomorrow at the sea. • Part 5 was initiated, you get the memo, Built the I&D store • Part 6, built boardwalk sections • Part 7, With 8 sections, built Malaria Zone • Part 8, Built all the boardwalk decor Leading us to Part 9. Which was never initiated, never popped up, etc. I have 12+ boardwalk sections, but just cannot build frickin Just Rainsticks.
I didn’t really look into “The Krusty-est place on earth part whatever” because I’m frustrated and about to give up. But, yeah. This is where I’m at.
None of the quests have been initiated or will pop up, or can be found in my task book. I have nuked my town (more than once) in an attempt to get them to show up. Tried placing the specific, quest-related buildings in my inventory and placing them back in the world. Sent all my characters on tasks, and kept them free for hours at a time after in case the quest popped up. Reset my phone, refreshed the app, I’m out of ideas. Not sure what to do, or what I’m doing wrong. But, any and all advice is appreciated!

I saw this “article” from the Daily Mail on Snapchat, titled “Experts say DINK couples save HALF A MILLION dollars by not having children- but could lose out in the long run”.
Basically, they claim that DINKs are “losing out” financially by not having kids because the government will give you up to $2000 a year for each kid, and they are not securing long term care later in life.
“Experts are warning that the decision isn’t that simple- and couples who opt out of parenthood could lose out in the long run as they miss key benefits like Child Tax Credit and, crucially, later life care. Personal finance expert Dr. Roger Gewolb told DailyMail.com: ‘Of course there’s an immediate financial benefit to not having kids. But down the line it’s important to think about later life care and who’s going to look after you when you’re older. It’d be interesting to see what these DINKs think of their decision in 10 to 12 years.’”
But later in the article, it says that the cost of raising a child to age 17 can cost, on average, $292,017. They go on to say that many childfree couples cite finances as reason for not having children. Then they say, “But chartered financial consultant Bill Ryze points out that couples often fail to consider the government support that comes with having children. Ryze said: ‘Currently, the Child Tax Credit is a maximum of $2000 a year for a child below 17 years. So while raising a kid is expensive, at least you are eligible for a refund. Without kids, your tax refund will be lesser than they would have been with kids.’”
Sooooo…. It is more financially prudent to have kids and spend $300,000 per kid so you can get $2000 per year for each kid? If you spend $300,000 on raising one kid to age 17, and you receive $2000 per year for that kid, you’ll still be spending $266,000 (minimum) more than you would if you have children. Yes yes, this is a very financially responsible decision /s
Later in the article, the author says, “But the biggest crunch point comes in the form of elderly social care fees. Parents can often rely on their children to look after them in later life and help out if they need extra care for conditions such as dementia. Those without children risk having to move into a nursing home for support as they age. The average cost of a US nursing home is now $2,432 a month, according to data from SeniorHomes. Just five years in residential care for one person would therefore cost $145,920.”
I’m not going to beat a dead horse, we all know that there is no guarantee that children will care for their elderly parents, especially ones that have dementia and other similar illnesses. It’s also becoming far less common for children to care for their elderly parents.
But the thing that really cracks me up here, is that these people are so worried about how DINKs are going to afford elder care, without realizing that earlier in the article they literally state, “… couples stand to save up to $500,000 by not having children…” like why don’t we just take that $500,000 or even the $300,000 we would otherwise spend on a child and put it towards end of life care?
The argument that we should have kids and spend money so we can get money, and later not have to spend money, is so unbelievably wild to me. The entire article is so contradictory and ridiculous. I know the Daily Mail isn’t actually a real journal, but it’s still insane to me that people actual wrote the entire article, sent it to editing, then sent it to graphic design, and after all that, it was still sent to “print”. Like, did no one read this and think, “Huh, none of this argument makes any sense whatsoever and the author is contradicting themself at every turn?” Wild.
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Desperately in need of help, as I’m missing many quests, characters & buildings, which is obviously quite frustrating.
Background information: Im only level 29 Current Quests in my task book:
• Family Fun Pt. 1 - (Make Sarah Wiggum Cut Ralph’s Hair) 0/1 - (Reach level 26 and Build the Wiggum house) 0/1
• A Day in the Knife Pt. 1 - (Reach Level 30 and Build Tavern on the Scream) 0/1
Buildings I’m missing: - The Wiggum House - The Muntz House - Just Rainsticks - Sleeping Itchy’s Castle
Quests I’m missing: - “This Little Wiggy Pt. 1” - “Nelson” - “Squidport Pt. 9” - “The Krusty-est Place On Earth Pt 13”
I’ve completed the town hall quests, I have Bart and Martin, Quimby and Wiggum; but still no Nelson. No prompt to begin the quest at all.
I can kind of understand why I can’t begin “This Little Wiggy”, although it bothers me that this quest shows up in my task book, but no others do. For instance, I never had the following quests pop up, show up in my task book, or be initiated: • Executive Lackey • Hospital Quests • Hubert Family Practice Quests • Channel 6 Quests • Krabappel Quests finally leading to, Munts Quests. Oh boy. I must have really done something wrong.
Good old Squidport PART NINE. the one that nearly drove me over the edge. • Part 1 was initiated, I read the dialogue, and acquired the beach and water expansions. • Part 2 was initiated, I read the dialogue, and placed the Squidport entrance. • Part 3 was initiated, I read the dialogue, and placed 4 boardwalk sections. • Part 4 was initiated, I read the dialogue, and Homer cussed like no tomorrow at the sea. • Part 5 was initiated, you get the memo, Built the I&D store • Part 6, built boardwalk sections • Part 7, With 8 sections, built Malaria Zone • Part 8, Built all the boardwalk decor Leading us to Part 9. Which was never initiated, never popped up, etc. I have 12+ boardwalk sections, but just cannot build frickin Just Rainsticks.
I didn’t really look into “The Krusty-est place on earth part whatever” because I’m frustrated and about to give up. But, yeah. This is where I’m at.
None of the quests have been initiated or will pop up, or can be found in my task book. I have nuked my town (more than once) in an attempt to get them to show up. Tried placing the specific, quest-related buildings in my inventory and placing them back in the world. Sent all my characters on tasks, and kept them free for hours at a time after in case the quest popped up. Reset my phone, refreshed the app, I’m out of ideas. Not sure what to do, or what I’m doing wrong. But, any and all advice is appreciated!

Desperately in need of help, as I’m missing many quests, characters & buildings, which is obviously quite frustrating.
Background information: Im only level 29 Current Quests in my task book:
• Family Fun Pt. 1 - (Make Sarah Wiggum Cut Ralph’s Hair) 0/1 - (Reach level 26 and Build the Wiggum house) 0/1
• A Day in the Knife Pt. 1 - (Reach Level 30 and Build Tavern on the Scream) 0/1
Buildings I’m missing: - The Wiggum House - The Muntz House - Just Rainsticks - Sleeping Itchy’s Castle
Quests I’m missing: - “This Little Wiggy Pt. 1” - “Nelson” - “Squidport Pt. 9” - “The Krusty-est Place On Earth Pt 13”
I’ve completed the town hall quests, I have Bart and Martin, Quimby and Wiggum; but still no Nelson. No prompt to begin the quest at all.
I can kind of understand why I can’t begin “This Little Wiggy”, although it bothers me that this quest shows up in my task book, but no others do. For instance, I never had the following quests pop up, show up in my task book, or be initiated: • Executive Lackey • Hospital Quests • Hubert Family Practice Quests • Channel 6 Quests • Krabappel Quests finally leading to, Munts Quests. Oh boy. I must have really done something wrong.
Good old Squidport PART NINE. the one that nearly drove me over the edge. • Part 1 was initiated, I read the dialogue, and acquired the beach and water expansions. • Part 2 was initiated, I read the dialogue, and placed the Squidport entrance. • Part 3 was initiated, I read the dialogue, and placed 4 boardwalk sections. • Part 4 was initiated, I read the dialogue, and Homer cussed like no tomorrow at the sea. • Part 5 was initiated, you get the memo, Built the I&D store • Part 6, built boardwalk sections • Part 7, With 8 sections, built Malaria Zone • Part 8, Built all the boardwalk decor Leading us to Part 9. Which was never initiated, never popped up, etc. I have 12+ boardwalk sections, but just cannot build frickin Just Rainsticks.
I didn’t really look into “The Krusty-est place on earth part whatever” because I’m frustrated and about to give up. But, yeah. This is where I’m at.
None of the quests have been initiated or will pop up, or can be found in my task book. I have nuked my town (more than once) in an attempt to get them to show up. Tried placing the specific, quest-related buildings in my inventory and placing them back in the world. Sent all my characters on tasks, and kept them free for hours at a time after in case the quest popped up. Reset my phone, refreshed the app, I’m out of ideas. Not sure what to do, or what I’m doing wrong. But, any and all advice is appreciated!

I was able to successfully induce a lucid dream while actively doing a “number 2”. I had a lot of trouble doing this at first. I found it nearly impossible to even fall asleep at first. I eventually resorted to using Benadryl (diphenhydramine). I started trying 4 25mg tablets. I found myself getting tired but it wasn’t enough. I tried 8 and i was able to sleep. After 4 times of doing this on different days, i was able to achieve turtle heading within my dream. The thing i was trying to do was to try to force something out within the dream, hoping it would happen in reality. The lines of reality and the dream become blurred when i start to exert my muscles. My main concern with my experience is that my successful experiment was conducted after 4 days of taking a lot of Benadryl that messed up my sleeping schedule, as well as just had me in a cloudy state of mind for the whole experience. Has anyone else ever used Benadryl for lucid dreaming? Has anyone ever tried to make what was happening in the dream happen in real life? Like pooping, peeing, or sex?

Maybe Its because of our one year of dealing with stress that I cannot pry myself from him.
Maybe it's because since highschool I always wanted him and FINALLY he noticed me in adulthood.
I do know that since we got together, my weight has increased by nearly 70 pounds. I've cried more. My hair fell out. My depression got worse. Time has slipped away, and I cannot get away!!
Talking turns into my fault, and I believe him when he says it. His voice raises or he will shut me out. He's more content with himself.
I long for gentle touch, and I know I have access to it, but I'm no cheater, though it's been MONTHS, since I've drank from a loving well. In my head I long to be touched and loved emotionally and physically again, not just by anyone, but by my partner but I know he won't.
I feel so trapped and alone, and so ugly and weak. I used to be beautiful and strong...now I'm diminished in every way.

Hi everyone. This is night 4 of bed leveling nightmares. I don’t know what I’m doing wrong. I can’t get a decent print, I’m using a feeler gauge, a digital caliper, a basic level, and nothing is working. Can someone help me start from scratch? Is there a way to manually set everything to zeros and start over? Is that even possible or the right thing? I’m so lost.

I was really irritated with my good friend (Peter) this past Memorial Day weekend when both of us went to Scottsdale, Arizona just for fun.I was irritated when, after Larry June's concert, both he and I went to a strip club because we had nothing else to do. To cut a long story short, we were in the strip club for nearly 2 hours. I wanted to leave, but I wanted to scout for one lap dance before he and I left. Guess what? He took out his phone and began taking a video of the TV in front of us. I'm not sure if there were any poles in between. But it just irritated me because when I asked him if he was posting to his Instagram story, he said, "I am only posting the TV so there is no way your girlfriend would know," but in my head I was thinking, it's common sense not to when my girlfriend follows you on social media. I'm just wondering if my friend is breaking the bro code because I'm in a relationship. Second, you're not supposed to pull out your camera in this situation, but he did. I spoke with him the next morning and told him that bringing out your phone and taking a video is not permitted in the strip club. My friend Peter said "I only had my phone up for 2 seconds." I'm not sure if you get my point, but if my gf found out I was at the strip club, I'd be in big trouble. But doesn't that seem obvious to him? This friend Peter broke up with his girlfriend for a year and a half, and I'm not sure if he was aware of my situation or not.Another issue was that he kept shaking his leg a lot...I'm not sure why. When he shakes his leg on the couch while we're watching an NBA game and I'm eating my dinner, it irritates me. I didn't say anything, but I just stared at him, hoping he gets it. Another time, when we arrived at the airport, he was shaking his leg again, and I felt like I was on a roller coaster as his leg continued to shake.On another occasion, we went clubbing in Scottsdale, and he brought out his phone to record, which he obviously posted on his social media (instagram). When my girlfriend saw the story, she asked, "Are you dancing on any girls?" I told her no. However, the angle makes it appear as if I was dancing on them because there were two girls in front of me. After I told him about the incident in which my girlfriend thought I was dancing on girls, he deleted his story the next morning. After that trip, I returned home to my girlfriend, who said I was suspicious because this friend named Peter deleted the story immediately, but I had nothing to hide. Because I've never danced with a girl. But, boy, all of this social media stuff is just causing unnecessary problems - People on Reddit, I'd like to know what you think and if you could give me some advice on this friend. I only have one friend, and it is he about whom I am constantly speaking. No one else.

Hello I an currently in the 8th grade 2 weeks away from moving up to high-school and today my teacher muss Karen (this us not her real name) in the 5th period class decides to throw a full glass of pencils at a student and send one of my friends to the office now at the start of the year miss Karen would do "breathing exercises" now me and my friend group had quite a few laughs about it in the first month or 2 but after that her Karen tendencies started to show she would force us to stand and say the ritualistic chant each day and do a breathing when someone refused she would email home
Now we also have a "special needs" kid named Parker no one likes Parker now I am as well special needs but I'm not as much as that I have adhd which I manage well enough now today in fith period parkers pencil got stolen and he decided to blame it on one of MY friend who was halfway across the room putting a pencil in the pencil cup he Saud no I didn't then ms Karen buds In and says "erm why did you steal his pencil" my friend replied with "I didn't I was putting this one back because it us nearly broken" he sits down and continues his eirk next thing I know there is a cup full of pencils flying right towards my head I catch the cup but the pencils all hit me I say "now why did you do that" she yells back "IM NOT TALIING TO YOU, YOU DIGUSTING VERMIN EXCUSE IF A CHILD" I'm taking back from this and reply with "bro chill" she yells almost screeching "DONT SAY BRO TO ME I AM YOUR TEACHER YOU WILL TREAT ME WITH RESPECT" thrn proceeds to yell qty friend that ge needs to go to the office for stealing property even parker admitted that he found his pencil but ns karen just responded with "oh no don't make lies for him" I really am debating going to administration and reporting this but i know that she will most likely get fired what should i do?.

I was really irritated with my good friend (Peter) this past Memorial Day weekend when both of us went to Scottsdale, Arizona just for fun.
I was irritated when, after Larry June's concert, both he and I went to a strip club because we had nothing else to do. To cut a long story short, we were in the strip club for nearly 2 hours. I wanted to leave, but I wanted to scout for one lap dance before he and I left. Guess what? He took out his phone and began taking a video of the TV in front of us. I'm not sure if there were any poles in between. But it just irritated me because when I asked him if he was posting to his Instagram story, he said, "I am only posting the TV so there is no way your girlfriend would know," but in my head I was thinking, it's common sense not to when my girlfriend follows you on social media. I'm just wondering if my friend is breaking the bro code because I'm in a relationship. Second, you're not supposed to pull out your camera in this situation, but he did. I spoke with him the next morning and told him that bringing out your phone and taking a video is not permitted in the strip club. My friend Peter said "I only had my phone up for 2 seconds." I'm not sure if you get my point, but if my gf found out I was at the strip club, I'd be in big trouble. But doesn't that seem obvious to him? This friend Peter broke up with his girlfriend for a year and a half, and I'm not sure if he was aware of my situation or not.
Another issue was that he kept shaking his leg a lot...I'm not sure why. When he shakes his leg on the couch while we're watching an NBA game and I'm eating my dinner, it irritates me. I didn't say anything, but I just stared at him, hoping he gets it. Another time, when we arrived at the airport, he was shaking his leg again, and I felt like I was on a roller coaster as his leg continued to shake.
On another occasion, we went clubbing in Scottsdale, and he brought out his phone to record, which he obviously posted on his social media (instagram). When my girlfriend saw the story, she asked, "Are you dancing on any girls?" I told her no. However, the angle makes it appear as if I was dancing on them because there were two girls in front of me. After I told him about the incident in which my girlfriend thought I was dancing on girls, he deleted his story the next morning. After that trip, I returned home to my girlfriend, who said I was suspicious because this friend named Peter deleted the story immediately, but I had nothing to hide. Because I've never danced with a girl. But, boy, all of this social media stuff is just causing unnecessary problems - People on Reddit, I'd like to know what you think and if you could give me some advice on this friend. I only have one friend, and it is he about whom I am constantly speaking. No one else.

I (22M) am looking for some new golf friends. I’m a recent NCSU grad and all of my previous golf friends have moved from the area, so just trying to meet new people and get more involved in the Raleigh golf realm. I live in South Raleigh near campus, and primarily play Lonnie Poole and RGA, but open to travel and see some nearby courses. I play casually, so just looking for people that like to play and spend a few hours outside. Let me know if you’re looking for something similar!

TW: domestic abuse and drug addiction.
I work with pregnant women and this happened about 2 months ago.
"Beatrice" comes in to my office shaking and asking that if she is late to her appointment (an hour away) that we please still see her. I enquire as to why she would be late and she tells me she needs to get a methadone treatment but her boyfriend will get pissed if both appointments take too long. She is sobbing and says she really needs to see us for what we offer because she loves her unborn baby. I tell her when we close and that I will personally ensure she is seen. She asks for an official looking envelope or her boyfriend will " beat my ass." for wasting more of his time. I ask if she is ok, needs help and what I can do for her. Through sobbs she says she just needs to get clean from drugs for her baby and boyfriend isn't really that bad, please don't call the cops. Trying to reassure her I promise I will only call the cops if she asks me to. Gently as possible I tell her I can look for women's shelters for her before she informs me they are all full, but if I can find one she will go. Gives me permission to use her name. Beatrice gets her envelope, more tissues and promises to try to return.
At her request I call her 2 minutes after she leaves sternly stating, "Beatrice if you are late for this appointment as well you will not be able to receive any benefits! Be on time today or it's too late." She had it on speaker and I just repeated what she asked me to. It's completely false but she wanted him to think it's the last chance.
I get on it, get another department (she approved and is a client so no HIPPA violation) involved. We are going to get her a shelter if she chooses it!! We call everywhere.
Full.
Other counties can't fit her in either. I tried 5 surrounding counties, no vacancies. No lunch break, just searching. Nothing .. . They all knew her from her daily calls begging for placement.
"Gretta" from the other resource group that's been helping search placement tells me she called the cops. She witnessed Beatrice getting punched multiple times in the face.
Beautiful Beatrice comes in, her smile surrounded in blood dried, face drenched in tears.
She does a circle with her finger informing me that he is watching. At the very back of the waiting room is this piece of festering dog shit with... Can't make this up... A giant bushy beard, trucker hat and a liter of mountain dew.
"Beatrice I need to get your appointment completed now, your late!"
I walk her through the locked door. We inform everyone that no one can go in or out and locked the other door. She collapsed. Sobbing for her unborn child. Everyone was there to support her. The other department let her know they called the cops, not me. I held my promise. They fed her candy and let her know our lack of finding her placement. The cops spoke with her.
Mountain Dew Mouth just sat back, thinking she was having an apt.
Cops come out, took him out of the building. Through windows I anxiously watch them. Waiting for the unnecessary rough treatment by cops I wholey oppose to become sweet vengeance! Nearly salivating at whatever sweet justice they will serve this sub human sewage gobbler!
There were laughing with him after about 12 seconds. 45 seconds later they let him go. Let.him.go. Beating a pregnant woman.
She was driven back to his house. She never came back.
I think about her daily.

Hello there!!! I’m bored, and looking for new online friends here who's looking for someone to talk to.
Just a little bit about me: I'm a colombian but here in US now. A simple girl, shy at first but if we're good then I'll be comfortable with you all the time. I like music (more on RnB), and I like watching movies, some time is reading books, I also loves to cook. I'm inlove with Rihanna and Ella Mai's song. I'm from USA so I hope I can have lots of friends here near me. Slide on my DM, I do also have other soc med but maybe you'll get it if we click.
I hope to hear something from you very soon 🤗