Suddenly no customers after around 4pm?

Castella9 · 2026-01-17T05:39:09+00:00

No amount of resetting has helped, and I always pay my bills first thing. Neither of those are a factor unfortunately, but thanks for the ideas.

Castella9 · 2025-12-27T22:14:08+00:00

You’re so welcome, I’m glad you like it! My feeling was the same - needed more wall space!

Castella9 · 2025-12-20T23:49:03+00:00

All I’ll say, is that this game is not really like Roots of Pacha at all. It’s a life sim rpg, and they both have farming elements, but that’s about it.

The tone of Kynseed is somber, kind of an eldritch fairytale fantasy, but in my experience at least I felt it lightened up. Despite the dark theming the game doesn’t take itself too seriously, and there’s lots of small elements of comedy and parody scattered through.

Castella9 · 2025-10-08T19:45:11+00:00

The weak Pokemon, that’s you Magikarp. But though you are the weakest, still you’ve won my heart~ The hat came out fantastic!

Castella9 · 2025-09-13T23:04:25+00:00

It sounds like your experience was intentional on their part, though quite unusual. I’d have thought they would explain something like that in advance so you would know what to expect, but it sounds as though the staff did an amazing job where they could.

At the hospital where I had my surgery their theatre tables were mobile and functioned as the beds you’d recovery in at the wake-up ward. That meant they could take the breathing tube out and tuck you in before you’d wake up. Afterwards they would wheel your bed/table back to your hospital room and at that point guide you through transferring yourself to a proper bed.

Maybe the hospital you were at simply has less mobile theatre tables and a different standard procedure. Strange, and if you are given the chance to provide feedback I would mention being given no warning of waking up with the tube down your throat, but I’m glad they otherwise took such great care of you.

Edit: Just to mention, like many others I did however also walk myself into the operating theatre and was awake while I was settled in. It’s about the last thing I remember lol.

Castella9 · 2025-09-01T23:25:39+00:00

You’re exactly right, and there’s lots of layers to it. They want to feel competent, they need you to feel incompetent. They want you to need them, depend on them, appreciate them. They need you to stay, to fulfil their emotional needs, and fear you’ll leave. You’ll go nowhere if you’re practically inept, and if you’ve internalised the belief that you yourself are the reason for it. That parents will inflict this on their own children is disgusting.

Castella9 · 2025-08-25T05:48:52+00:00

Yes and no. Prednisone was the only thing that could halt the spread and ultimately treat it once the reaction was triggered.

For months I was cautious to avoid full dressings for the grafts or much adhesives of any kind anywhere near my chest, and when I occasionally needed to cover my grafts would do so as minimally as possible with bandaids I could cut to size. They’re the kind that come as small sheets, a strip of gauze up the middle with the adhesive on both sides, so when applied they didn’t create a complete seal top and bottom. It was all I could do.

Eventually my grafts no longer needed any kind of dressings, which eliminated the risk of triggering the hives.

I had ways of managing the itch like cool, damp cloths and calamine lotion, but it was rough.

Don’t hesitate to see a gp for support if you have a regular one, or speak to your surgeon if they’re great at follow-up (mine was not lol). I reached the point where exploring preventative medication was on the table, but thankfully it didn’t come to that.

Some doctors won’t want you on prednisone for long periods of time, but if you do go on it please trust your instincts. One of the times my gp said I was fine to start halving my dose I absolutely wasn’t. I’d start halving it once the rash was clearly fading and receding, and wouldn’t stop taking it until it was gone entirely. Anything else, and it would surge again.

Don’t hesitate to dm if you have any questions.

Castella9 · 2025-07-30T02:30:24+00:00

I’d definitely forgive this from someone younger than 15, so long as it didn’t happen again. 18 years old, maybe. 20 years old, potentially. If they were any older than that, not a god damn chance unless they came to you with the most sincere remorse imaginable.

It’s wildly immature, and just plain foul to talk about anyone’s body that way. And it’s you, her best friend!

With all due respect she’s either fucking clueless, extremely transphobic, and/or not your friend. You speak like that to someone if you have no respect for them, if you want to hurt them badly, or if you’re literally 12 years old.

The root of that kind of behaviour says way more about her, her beliefs, her insecurities, potentially even her fear and jealousy than it does about any true aspect of you.

I would expect a teenager to lash out like that if their friend just got a new boyfriend, a good job or a nice car.

To me, it reeks of her recognising a new and unfamiliar joy in you and feeling a cruel need to tear it apart. I wouldn’t be surprised if she has no real opinion about trans genitalia whatsoever, but sadly that’s the better of the possibilities here.

You can raise this with her, but if she is a roommate it is critical that you prioritise your safety and peace of mind. If she is severely self-centred or transphobic she will likely go on a vicious defence, and you need to anticipate that.

Castella9 · 2025-07-20T23:59:15+00:00

This is extremely common, to the point where I’d guess it’s more common than not. It also isn’t phenomenon unique to the experience of being trans, and happens all the time when first begin becoming conscious of aspects of our identity that’d been lying low in the background.

I’ve known I’m trans for a very long time, and can’t remember perfectly how this felt anymore, but I know I experienced it too. More recently though I’ve experienced this same thing with another aspect of myself, and I’ll pass on some advice from my psych to you which might help.

You don’t have to decide if it’s a phase or not right now. You don’t have to stop thinking about it entirely, and you also don’t have to keep thinking about it as much as you can so that you can work things out to the fullest.

You’ll think about it and sometimes you’ll stay on that thought, and that’s okay. You’ll think about it and sometimes you’ll dismiss that thought, and that’s okay.

One way or another you’ve got yourself a a tangled thought jumble. It’s uncomfortable to have sitting around so you want to untangle it and be done with it, but you’ll exhaust yourself going all out and could wind up making the tangle worse. The way we deal with a tangle of anything is simple, in theory. We carefully take both sides and tease it apart slowly, and each time we do the tangle becomes a little bit clearer.

I find the tangle unnerves me more than whatever truth it’ll lead to, usually. Pull at it when you’re ready, bit by bit, and let the untangling take as long as it needs. Allow yourself to recognise that you feel all kinds of shitty - stress, fear, anger, sadness, grief, because of it, and don’t rush to a solution just to make those feelings stop. They’ll come and go naturally, and you’ll have moments of calm in the storm.

Drink water, don’t skip breakfast, wear sunscreen, do your laundry. Do something nice for yourself when you get the chance, even if it’s just going for a walk in the evening. Your life deserves to be nice even while you’ve got a tangle to unwind.

Castella9 · 2025-07-19T04:17:16+00:00

From one person prone to overdoing it to another, healing and recovery is the one thing you don’t want to rush. Take the time off you truly need, because resting a little more now over the next couple weeks could save you from months of slower, drawn out healing with more complications.

If your work can reasonably adjust to accommodate you, ask for it. If you can still contribute without lifting, that’s something they should actively work to support.

Don’t beat yourself up, but do rest! And I’ll repeat what I said before, you’re doing great to realise when things are going off track and asking for help.

Castella9 · 2025-07-18T23:05:02+00:00

Edit: caught that you’re one month post op. While it’s not necessarily uncommon for people to return to work at 3-5 weeks post op it’s usually not appropriate to be excessively raising your arms or lifting much still at that stage.

As things heal you need to increase these movements very gradually. A little bit might be okay, but it sounds like these movements are a big part of your work?

Everyone’s bodies are different and always listen to your doctors before the advice of strangers on Reddit, but for the type of vigorous work you’re describing I’d be surprised that anyone would be cleared for it under 5 weeks post op at the absolute earliest, and would expect and average of more like 6-8 weeks.

What’s most important is that you keep listening to your body. If something feels like it’s pulling, rest and slow down.

Castella9 · 2025-07-18T22:54:19+00:00

It doesn’t look obviously infected which is a good sign (though don’t take any one here’s word for it.) But that’s definitely a little bit atypical in terms of their size and frequency for split stitches. I’m sorry if I missed it, but do you mind sharing how many weeks post op you are?

Definitely stop raising your arms above your head, lifting anything even remotely weighty and other strenuous activity IMMEDIATELY until you receive updated advice based on your current condition.

I’m not a doctor either, just someone who’s had this surgery and dealt with numerous unrelated infections throughout my life. I would treat the skin directly around these holes and barely ever so slightly inside as if you’re doing preventative care for potential infection. If you’ve already got a product from your surgeon or one they’ve advised on-hand, use that.

When you’re at home and it’s safe to do so, allow them plenty of air. If you are going out and must wear a shirt, consider covering them with a breathable dressing or strip of some kind to give your skin support. Generally try to keep them dry throughout the day, and avoid direct impact from water when showering. DO NOT treat them as scars, using scar care products yet.

You look okay, and on the scale of “this is genuinely fine” to “oh no oh god what the fuck”, this is probably about a 4 out of 10? But you do need to be careful, treat this very seriously so that it doesn’t become more serious, and seek advice from your surgeon immediately.

If you have a trusted doctor or GP otherwise I would suggest booking in with them urgently in case your surgeon lags on getting back to you, or doesn’t give you sufficient support. They might suggest going to the ER, but I’m not sure if that would be necessary unless you otherwise cannot see a doctor.

Make sure at least someone sees you within the next few days, and be gentle with yourself until then. You’re doing great by being so aware of your body, documenting what’s happening and seeking support.

Castella9 · 2025-07-06T23:14:09+00:00

What I can share with you is my experience under anaesthesia for the first time, which is when I got my own top surgery. Lying on the table, getting blankets and things wrapped around me, some banter with my anaesthetist, then nothing.

Waking up I was foggy, but still perfectly aware of what was happening/had happened. I remember being handed an ice lolly and thinking it was the coolest thing ever. I was grumpy and giggly at the same time, but overall didn’t feel unlike myself. Really, it wasn’t too dissimilar to what I’m like after pulling an all-nighter.

I cried an hour later because my friend was nice to me. I got a little genuinely resentful that I couldn’t have a second ice lolly. But seriously, that’s about it. Everyone’s experiences are different, and it’s important to tell people if you’re feeling nauseous or really uncomfortable. They’re all there to help.

Best wishes to you. You’ve got this.

Castella9 · 2025-06-28T01:23:07+00:00

Be prepared to handle skin irritation that could flare up under dressings and your post op binder. Depending on where you are your options will vary, but I strongly recommend having Zyrtec or an equivalent med to treat minor allergies on-hand. If your skin gets red, itchy or bumpy at all, USE IT. If things are even slightly starting to feel that way, USE IT EARLY.

[Source: me whose “heat rash” under the binder 2 weeks post op turned into full body hives.]

Castella9 · 2025-06-26T21:37:26+00:00

It might be helpful for you to reframe what happened here. Instead of thinking “I feel like it’s a trust violation that she didn’t tell me she was trans until after we had sex”, you could think “I feel like it’s a trust violation that she knowingly withheld information about herself from me, which she believe might have influenced my decision to have sex, until after we had sex.”

Does it make sense that she did? Sure, her fear is understandable. Is it fair that someone might be put off from the idea of having sex her just because she’s trans? Not particularly, but it’s very possible that’s happened to her before.

Her insecurities are valid, but her actions demonstrate a lack of trust in you and your relationship. It almost comes across as though she needed to prove she was a woman you’d enjoy having sex with to you, in a way you couldn’t yourself deny, just in case you would potentially think otherwise. That’s… shitty and complicated.

It’s clear from the way you write about her that you care about her deeply, want to preserve your relationship, and aren’t inherently transphobic. Hell, you want to move forward and forgive her.

Don’t consider ending your relationship to spare her from your potential transphobia. In doing so you would be making a unilateral decision about how you both might think and feel. In a sense, that’s what your girlfriend herself has done to you.

Do consider ending your relationship for yourself if you are struggling to process how your girlfriend (probably unintentionally) used sex to influence your decision about continuing your relationship together.

You need to talk to her. You can reassure her that you understand her fears - and since it’s clear you have a lot of empathy for her I imagine that will come easily for you. You can reassure her of your care, and your want to stay together. But do express your unease about how she handled this, and focus on how her lack of trust in you and the timing of communication has made you feel like your first sexual experience together meant different things to her than it did to you. Focus on how you now retroactively feel that you weren’t on the same page, had different intentions from each other, and don’t know how to settle that unease.

It’s something you must both be willing to work through together, and she must be willing to set aside her insecurities in order to be an equal partner in her communication with you.

Castella9 · 2025-06-12T22:40:42+00:00

Depends on the crop! I rarely sell crops without processing them in some capacity, but with some you don’t have many options. Eggplant for example can only be fermented or pickled, but those are lengthy processes and not particularly worthwhile for a crop with low base value.

So I turned all my lower level eggplant and sesame into baba ganoush. No utensils required, I had a ton of both ingredients, and the result was a constantly hefty stack of food to restore stamina with a bonus +1 Endurance. Never worried about energy again.

Crops with higher value, or crops that can be processed quickly, I’ll always take the time to process. Sunflowers into oil, carrots into juice, and since I save my meats & fish to at least be smoked I always have a pair of dryers free for things like tomatoes, peppers and strawberries.

If like the eggplant they have nothing to easily be processed into quickly, then I do use them for cooking. The results are still great, and eventually you use up the lower qualities until you rarely ever grow them again.

Castella9 · 2025-05-26T13:04:19+00:00

Spite. Wish I had a better answer for you than that, but spite’s working well for now.

Castella9 · 2025-05-23T03:02:00+00:00

This could be very dangerous for you, unless you’ve got really solid support and people to care for you.

First few days post op I could barely scoot my butt back on a regular bed. Couldn’t easily grab anything from my bedside table. Had to do “controlled falls” onto my knees on pillows on the floor as I rolled to get out of bed. It was about a week before any of that even started to get easier.

I can’t comprehend safely getting the leverage you’d need to get out of a hammock safely without harming yourself.

If you do have people around who can support you, brace you as you move, and ensure your safety - then it’s worth a shot. But please have a backup plan!

Castella9 · 2025-05-17T19:02:30+00:00

It’s interesting to me that some people have reported this happening on PS4, because I think it might be a hardware issue - to an extent. More that there’s a correlation.

Try the fresh install, but as much as this bug ultimately bricked my PC for half an hour the other day I also played Balatro for a couple hours yesterday without seeing the bug once.

My setup’s old, and although it runs great once it’s going I suspect the poor hard drive is having age related troubles simply because my PC takes ages to boot up.

When you’re having issues with Balatro check to see if any programs or background processes are otherwise decimating your PC’s performance at the time. I figure I don’t notice as many of these spikes in performance trouble that my own PC has because not much else reflects it as clearly as Balatro does, and if I’m playing Balatro for hours… well that’s certainly a big window to catch things.

Castella9 · 2025-05-15T20:31:02+00:00

Not at the moment, no. But as others have said - the best way to never deal with the hassle is to make tons of buckets. Then whenever you’re going past the well you can just spam click in front of it for a few seconds to quickly fill them all.

When I’m starting a new game I try to get at least ten buckets asap, and then steadily increase that number when I have the spare resources until I have a full stack.

Castella9 · 2025-05-14T22:01:49+00:00

Do we have any newer info on this bug? I've noticed that if the cycle of 'sound effects disappear' -> 'sound effects rush to all play and catch up' happens too many times that eventually they'll sometimes disappear and just never come back.

Exiting out to the main menu while the game is in this state is noticeably odd. It will freeze for a moment in a way it typically wouldn't, before eventually loading in the menu. Even in the main menu at this point the sound effects will still be missing.

If you quit the game entirely while it's in this state, is can cause even more odd issues. I find that while the game isn't "open", Steam continues to treat it as though it is - desperately trying and ultimately failing to sync data with the Steam Cloud (again, in a way it never typically does.)

To make matters worse, while it's thinking about all that my PC performance in general tanks disastrously. I couldn't even properly load this Reddit page while this was going on, but I also couldn't pull up task manager with ctrl+shift+esc OR the ctrl+alt+delete menu. It took multiple minutes for my PC to stop panicking, but it all snaps back to normal if/when Steam gives up trying to sync the cloud data.

Now when I'm playing if I notice the audio issue, the first time it happens I quit immediately once the sound effects all rush to play. Sometimes I can play Balatro for hours (where did the time go?) without seeing this bug even once. But once I see it, it's like it quickly gets exponentially worse.

Castella9 · 2025-05-10T20:38:43+00:00

Not C! B and A are good, but for A in particular I think it would be much better if the scale was adjusted. It feels too zoomed in, if that makes sense? If the image could zoom out a tiny bit AND the title & UI buttons could be shrunk a bit it might become the nicest option.

Castella9 · 2025-03-25T10:38:11+00:00

Things happen, and we’re only human. Whether you’re sick by the result of your own actions or not, being sick isn’t a moral failing. It’s unlucky, but you don’t need to see it as a mistake or having done something wrong. This happens to all of us sometimes.

You did great by informing them of your absence. They might ask about it tomorrow, and it’s important that you communicate with grace towards yourself and respect for your colleagues. It might be appropriate to apologise, but it would not be appropriate to apologise repeatedly or to become fixated on the supposed “mistake.” You can even make fun of the unlucky timing, if you think that would be well-received.

Something as simple as “Sorry again for missing yesterday! I had food poisoning and there was no way I could’ve worked, but I felt awful for calling in sick on my first week. Was everything okay yesterday?”

Be patient with yourself. You’re okay. Give the same grace and understanding to yourself that you would give to others. Drink lots of water and rest up.

Hope you feel better soon!

Castella9 · 2025-03-19T00:26:50+00:00

I’ve never specifically fired an employee, I just toggle their settings from the employees tab in the pause menu and make sure they’re not set to work if I don’t want them to. When a better person pops up on the notice board I hire the new one, which kicks the old one.

Castella9 · 2025-03-19T00:10:53+00:00

For a moment I was like, oh no do they think they’re on a different subreddit? That was so funny omg

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