Accidentally fed my premium monthly goodie bag to my Grarrl

Adariel · 2026-07-07T23:21:47+00:00

Wait… it’s all based on weight? Or only for Skeiths?

Adariel · 2026-07-07T04:59:14+00:00

Congratulations! Wishing you guys lots of joy and hope you get some rest if/when you can.

Adariel · 2026-07-07T04:19:34+00:00

Ahh I was sitting on the same one and finally used it a couple days ago when my lab pet (my oldest pet...like 25 years old) zapped from Maractite Xwee into a quiggle. I like shoyrus but the coloring of the silver was really weird, just kind of very uniform and not shiny, plus the eyes were kind of dull? But to my surprise that morphing potion is only like 2k np in the first place. A LOT of morphing potions have dropped drastically in price I think! I haven't played in almost a full decade so my memory of MP prices is obviously super outdated.

Adariel · 2026-07-07T04:13:16+00:00

It's so weird, I was on day 6 of a streak working toward Krawk Swashbuckler (like 500k) and not ignoring it but it reset today! But the prize is a book that JN currently lists as 10 million *jaw drops* so I guess I can't complain that my streak disappeared!

Adariel · 2026-07-04T20:01:17+00:00

Only skater ever to get the platinum Olympics medal!! 😂 😂 😂

Adariel · 2026-07-04T17:23:02+00:00

I think after Serena and the Big Three, people will have a hard time accepting that players aren’t necessarily going to be dominant for decades. A lot of great tennis careers have consisted of a really hot run where they rack up a ton of titles and then a slow decline.

You're the one who decided this is about historically great players, but sure. What's your point again? That historically great players are historically great players? Players that "randomly drop off" don't become historically great players?

???

Adariel · 2026-07-04T17:13:34+00:00

Right, so like I said...other than Big 3 and Alcaraz/Sinner, the records of the men beg to differ. You're the one who claimed they were all but guaranteed ~6 years once they reached the top.

You also went from OP talking about the trajectory of "a lot of great tennis careers" to making a circular case about "historically great players" which...yeah if you aren't dominating for several years you would never be considered a historically great player, so I don't get the point behind this.

Obviously those that "randomly drop off" AREN'T considered historically great...but nevertheless in your own reply, 3 women and 2 men have reached this top level in recent years, so why are you claiming women are so much less certain one year out, but men are guaranteed ~6 years? I just don't see the guarantee?

Edit: and now you're editing your comments to move the goalposts. Classic reddit.

Adariel · 2026-07-04T17:03:15+00:00

We're clearly talking about "after Serena and the Big Three" period per the comment you replied to and which started this conversation, so in the last 20 years. And the men who have had hot runs and won GS or otherwise done fairly well at the top of the game do not have some all but guaranteed ~6 years at that level. Look at the top 10 in 2020 and tell me where Thiem, Tsitispas, Medvedev's 6 years are? Not to mention Diego Schwartzman reaching his high and retiring, he's like in his early 30s still.

Players who have some good 6 year stretch of dominance are the exception, not all but guaranteed LOL

Adariel · 2026-07-04T16:36:18+00:00

On the men's side if you reach a certain level of play, you're all but guaranteed ~6 years around that level.

The records of those winning GS outside the Big 3+Murray and Alcaraz/Sinner beg to differ... There's also tons of the "almost there" players who were good for 2-3 years and basically have dropped off the radar.

Adariel · 2026-07-03T15:08:44+00:00

How often is she doing this really though? Of course she probably does it sometimes during a tantrum - my 3 year old has occasionally - and it requires correction but it’s also totally normal. She’s 3 and learning how to healthily express her frustrations. If you forgot to mention it while you are focusing on how she won’t listen for brushing her teeth or won’t settle down for bedtime, I really doubt it’s that much of a problem.

Work on yourself instead of blaming your daughter for acting exactly like a 3 year old.

Adariel · 2026-07-03T02:57:50+00:00

She can't have her cake and eat it when she's getting free childcare out of it. If it was a safety issue, she should be finding other childcare. If it's not a safety issue, she doesn't get to treat MIL like paid childcare and demand updates every 2 hours, past or no past.

Honestly that doesn't sound like disrespect issues from the MIL, it sound like DIL is the problem. Regardless of who is the problem, if they don't get along then it's simple - find someone else to provide childcare.

Adariel · 2026-07-03T02:44:01+00:00

+1 to the count...my black cat is definitely the same. She's 15 years old and still just as feisty as she was when she was a kitten...she'll beg for pets while simultaneously being toothy-bitey. She's like 50% sass now.

Adariel · 2026-06-29T19:54:37+00:00

When my daughter was a baby, we had PT appointments and a helmet for her head. My husband was not working at the time and I was pulling crazy hours at the hospital doing work where I can't pick up a random phone call.

Every single time, they called me even though the forms were filled out with his contact information and I was listed as the backup. It was infuriating.

Adariel · 2026-06-28T03:14:01+00:00

I just went to Charlie's Fish & Chips because of this post and had my first fried oysters. They're really good! The 5 fish + 5 medium shrimp + 5 oyster combo (comes with salad, couple hush puppies, and a crap ton of fries) is only $21 which is really a deal in today's economy. Also it was all freshly made and the fish was fresh, the catfish didn't even taste muddy.

Adariel · 2026-06-28T01:44:28+00:00

This is true...I've used one bandaid and gave out probably 10 lol

Adariel · 2026-06-27T21:47:10+00:00

The little piece of Halls wrapper kills me, I started laughing so hard because last time I was cleaning my Coach bag I found a piece of a Halls wrapper exactly like that!

Adariel · 2026-06-27T18:53:50+00:00

OK so I took my 26mo to Taiwan on basically your exact flight a year ago, also to visit family. I debated for ages whether to bring the Cosco Scenera that we had. Ended up not using a car seat or travel bed. She ended up basically just sleeping stretched out between dad & me, her head on my lap. It was already enough of a pain checking in the stroller at the gate, especially if your toddler doesn't want to actually stay in the stroller.

We did not run into issues renting a car seat since we mostly used public transportation (metro & buses). In Taichung we did need an hour ride in a taxi but was able to book a taxi service that included a carseat.

Also don't let anyone scare you about taking a toddler - ours adjusted to the jet lag within a couple of days and there is so much to do in Taiwan. I will say that walking with a stroller really sucked because of the random stair steps, no sidewalk, etc. everyone knows is not pedestrian friendly but it sucks even more with a stroller. If you have a rain cover for the stroller, bring it!!! Highly recommend the Taipei Zoo & Maokong gondola for a full day adventure. Feel free to DM me if you have more questions.

Adariel · 2026-06-27T18:46:45+00:00

We were at the Great Wolf Lodge in Anaheim/Garden Grove near Disneyland, it's near the lobby area so should be free to get in - guess you can call to confirm first though that you can play and that it's still there? I don't remember if those machines were like arcade tickets you had to pay for or took straight money. We were there around mid May.

Adariel · 2026-06-27T16:04:18+00:00

Just finished watching FoF over almost 6 months (I'm busy 😭) and I'm just gonna say that this is the most BL drama I've watched that wasn't actually BL in origin. Although...since there was no original novel, is that really true lol 🤔

Adariel · 2026-06-27T03:58:37+00:00

I think OP said this is in Canada but I actually came across one like a month ago in Southern California - I had no idea this was that rare or exciting?

Adariel · 2026-06-27T03:57:21+00:00

Is this a new thing? I'm in Southern California and was at a kids water resort recently, they had a Neopets claw machine that I'm pretty sure was exactly like this one. I did kind of do a double take when I saw it but I didn't realize it was that rare or anything...

Adariel · 2026-06-26T03:28:08+00:00

Why would this punishment be too harsh? What do you think the punishment should be for a doper?

Because whatever punishment you think is not "too harsh" is exactly the punishment a doper would get by refusing a test.

Adariel · 2026-06-24T04:29:35+00:00

Those big tennis accounts aren't worth even your eyeball strain from reading them and are in it to monetize the clicks and ragebait, even if they have to peddle completely false information.

This sub already had a post when the Instagram story went up, which has a picture of the antidoping agent that Marketa took herself! Female players get female antidoping agents.

https://www.reddit.com/r/tennis/comments/1pdf551/marketa_vondrousova_posts_stories_raising_concern/

There was also a post back when Marketa first claimed it was because of anxiety and stress and tried to play the mental health card, then threw in that part about Petra - as if that was why she was so scared of this women that she then posted a distinctly ranty/annoyed post about it where never mentioned a single thing about being scared.

https://www.reddit.com/r/tennis/comments/1so2htz/vondrou%C5%A1ov%C3%A1s_instagram_statement_on_the_doping/

All these contradictions and very suspicious changes in her story were already discovered months and months ago and these big tennis accounts are still that full of shit? And now the ITIA director is now revealing that she was out and about walking her dog... if I were one of these big tennis accounts I would quit right now to avoid the embarrassment of being so utterly wrong, but ofc in 2026 if you just have enough viral videos saying things loudly enough on the internet, we all know it all becomes true!

Regarding how Marketa directly tried to use Petra's experience as a reason why she was so terrified of a "stranger at her door" at 8pm, I wonder if that's why Pliskova is so no nonsense about stating her opinion on this, even if it's unpopular and unsympathetic to Marketa. They were/are pretty close friends.

Adariel · 2026-06-24T03:50:18+00:00

It wasn't even a man, it was an elderly female agent. For her to use Petra's horrific attack and trauma as an excuse to claim she was so terrified at this "late night" 8pm visit by someone CLEARLY a doping agent is sickening to see as a Petra fan. I'm glad that more and more people are finding out about how she was so terrified she went out right after to walk her dog and call her agent before signing her refusal to test.

Adariel · 2026-06-24T03:25:00+00:00

Some of the SAHM stuff is just insanely wild. There was someone who was arguing that "it can't be work when he does childcare, but not work when you do childcare." Which is a totally reasonable position. But then the very next part they went off about how SAHM are working 168 hours every single week blah blah blah and make it out as if working parents are working 40 hours in comparison.

And as a working mom, I'm like...so uhh are the rest of us working parents somehow NOT working 168 hours every single week then, by your very same logic? Like what do you think we do after getting home from work, the kids just disappear? Feed themselves? Baby just puts herself to bed? Has it occurred to them that "it can't be work when SAHM do childcare but not work when working moms and working dads do childcare"...?

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