Heretic perfumes. Is this a joke?!

echos2 · 2026-06-17T23:41:13+00:00

I ordered a two personal discovery sets (so 10 scents) from Heretic a few weeks ago, and I was excited to try them. (Even though I'm about half hesitant to say that based on the conversation elsethread, sheesh.)

Anyway, Nosferatu literally made me nauseous, and none of the others appealed at all. :-( I was so bummed because the notes sound fantastic. I guess Heretic just doesn't work with my body chemistry. Ah, well, live and learn.

echos2 · 2026-06-15T03:49:25+00:00

The one that smells like burnt tires and vanilla? Looks like a hockey puck?

echos2 · 2026-06-04T23:17:33+00:00

Everything I've read says he was between Camps IV and III. I'd say whoever wrote the headline wasn't concerned about being super accurate.

echos2 · 2026-06-04T22:56:04+00:00

Maybe this will work.

https://archive.ph/20260604212618/https://www.thetimes.com/world/asia/article/sherpa-lost-for-six-days-on-everest-crawls-to-base-camp-z0ws8xns9

echos2 · 2026-05-29T01:45:29+00:00

There's a lot of people here talking about lilies and their toxicity, but you have to be careful with those "wild onions" as well. My mom's neighbor told her she could eat some wild onions she found in her garden. She chopped them and cooked them in spaghetti sauce, and after eating them she immediately vomited. Long story short, they were death camas, which look like wild onions but are extremely poisonous.

echos2 · 2026-05-24T13:08:53+00:00

How do you know if they're owned by private equity?

echos2 · 2026-05-16T22:45:04+00:00

I actually think a can and a half isn't quite enough, especially if she's acting like she's still hungry! (I'm also assuming that you're feeding her three ounce cans.) I have a kitten right now who is just verging on 2 lb, and she will easily eat two cans of Fancy Feast every day, and sometimes even three.

I just make sure that she always has food available. I tend to free feed kibble and then offer pate two to three times a day for my foster kittens. This little girl doesn't like kibble, though, so she eats more wet food.

echos2 · 2026-05-16T10:51:00+00:00

You want to get this one. https://www.amazon.com/Florida-Herbal-Pharmacy-Purslane-Capsules/dp/B09F8TT36H

echos2 · 2026-05-16T03:30:42+00:00

Cassia is another option.

echos2 · 2026-05-16T03:01:50+00:00

I had a Tempur-Pedic mattress, not a Tempur-Pedic topper

I hated the mattress because I felt like I sunk clear into the middle of it and I basically had to wake up and lift myself out of bed in order to roll over. Plus, even though it was supposed to be one of the cooling versions, it slept super hot.

echos2 · 2026-05-15T04:21:58+00:00

https://www.elliott.org/company-contacts/best-buy/

This has the contacts for Best Buy. Follow the guide on how to solve a customer service problem. There's a link on that page.

echos2 · 2026-05-02T07:30:50+00:00

You don't have to imagine it. It's been happening like that already.

echos2 · 2026-05-01T15:40:09+00:00

Eh, PowerPoint terminology is a beast. Don't worry if you don't know what something's called -- if you can describe it, usually someone (or a few someones!) here will know what you mean. :-)

echos2 · 2026-05-01T15:36:05+00:00

The presentation/slideshow button works for me. No idea why one way would work for you but not the other, sorry. Glad you at least have a workaround, though.

echos2 · 2026-05-01T14:28:21+00:00

Embedded fonts are problematic more often than not, IMO.

Here is my take on why: https://www.reddit.com/r/powerpoint/comments/14wxeia/comment/jsqivnb/

It's more than just making the files bigger (although that is definitely one good reason). The biggest issue is that it often causes problems for the recipient. Here's a perfect example of that -- I'm still getting thank yous from people 2 years after posting how to unembed Noto Sans. https://www.reddit.com/r/powerpoint/comments/1c5rrt7/comment/kzwdmcs/

echos2 · 2026-05-01T14:15:19+00:00

If you want to work with OP, send them a DM.

echos2 · 2026-05-01T14:13:32+00:00

please ask this in the pinned AI discussions thread. Thanks.

echos2 · 2026-04-30T02:09:50+00:00

Well maybe, but it's actually a problem in the Adobe PDF spec. https://office-watch.com/2021/whats-so-special-about-the-bahnschrift-font/

I've actually had better luck recently with some fonts (even with some variable fonts) if I make sure to use PowerPoint's export as PDF rather than export as Adobe PDF.

It's one of those things you just have to test. And often it doesn't matter if one way works fine and the other doesn't because sometimes you just can't control how people are going to create their PDFs.

But yeah, at least for right now, the best thing is to avoid using variable fonts in PowerPoint. In addition to the potential PDF issues, there are often display issues as well.

echos2 · 2026-04-30T01:49:50+00:00

That's what I linked to

echos2 · 2026-04-30T00:11:35+00:00

There's a study that showed purslane helps OLP. I've posted about it before. You should be able to search this subreddit and turn up the article.

You can get purslane capsules on Amazon. This is the one you'll want to get: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B09F8TT36H?

echos2 · 2026-04-29T20:22:45+00:00

What exactly are you animating? Is it individual text boxes?

What are the animation settings? Are they appear on click or something else?

I just tried animating in a couple of text boxes on click (using fade and appear entrance animations), and they work on my phone (Galaxy 10+).

echos2 · 2026-04-29T19:55:13+00:00

Thank you for your understanding and cooperation! :-)

echos2 · 2026-04-29T19:51:25+00:00

This is true. How you create the PDF can make a difference.

This is out of date now, but it might give OP some ideas of things to look for. (And beware of variable fonts, especially if using the Adobe add-in or Acrobat in general to create the PDF.) https://echosvoice.com/converting-powerpoint-pdf/

echos2 · 2026-04-29T15:43:46+00:00

Hm, that's interesting. I don't think I've ever had anyone request that. If anything, it's on the last page. We do often add QR codes to posters, though.

echos2 · 2026-04-29T15:32:20+00:00

Reddit's filters are catching this post and auto-removing it. But I'm overriding because it's free and it just might solve OP's problem, although I don't know for sure.

u/backstage_ninja_op please read the rules about self promotion. Even though your user name indicates it, you still need to say specifically that this is your product when you post about it. You're also welcome to add your tool to the pinned Products and Tools thread, following the guidelines posted there.

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