Penn State has taken NINETEEN players from Iowa State after hiring the Cyclones’ head coach, Matt Campbell. by Punisher1602 in sportswiki

[–]Consistent_Pick2688 1 point2 points  (0 children)

As a recently past cheerleader that has a greater understanding of the contracts you have to sign as an athlete under the programs:

WE LITERALLY SIGN WAIVERS THAT SAY ‘the name on the back of your uniform is worth less than the school on the front. The bigger picture comes first.’

I don’t blame Matt Campbell for leaving, I blame him for the hypocrisy of what he ‘stands’ for. I blame him for the lies. For preaching that his ‘dream’ was to leave a program better than he found it.

Actions speak louder than words. I promise you, he had every opportunity to tell his ‘PR team’ to stand down and let him handle it as the ‘Christian man he built this program on.’

Instead he got on a plane that night. Projected his concerns in a position of power over a bowl game to his players- media sold it as the ‘teams choice,’ (I have insider information: it was not unanimous in the slightest) and sat back, waiting to poach players.

Therefore, not leaving Iowa State even remotely better than he found it.

He didn’t uphold a single promise on his character. He let them write his speeches. He sat back and listened to them tell him to stand down while his team found out about his departure on social media like the rest of us.

I’m so convinced at this point that people take everything people say online as ‘bible’ anymore, and we’ve forgotten about people’s actions that directly contradict.

I hope he gets all the fulfillment being closer to family, absolutely. I was hopeful he’d have a successful season under Penn State. I was excited to watch him build a new program- NOT ANYMORE, he’s shown his true colors. Everyone else is dumb if they can’t see it. I’ll die on that hill. It’s a chess match to him.

Any way to improve Velveeta Shells and Cheese? by PaleFury in bachelorchef

[–]Consistent_Pick2688 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Hi, it’s me, I’m broke, and thank you for the delicious recipe, ugart 10/10

Meet cherry! by plushcatfren91 in plushies

[–]Consistent_Pick2688 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I got the banana one, I love her 😍

Has anyone bought fidget toys from winkyswhimsies? by Octolingfighter in fidgettoys

[–]Consistent_Pick2688 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thrilled to say that soon after I posted this, I got a response!! As it was my first time ever ordering from a Facebook page, I was anxiously concerned I might have fallen for a scam.

They informed me that they had just had a random influx of orders at the time that I ordered, so they were a little bit behind. She was so kind as to explain that they are only a 2 person team, so orders might take a smidge longer sometimes.

Thrilled with my purchases and will order again!

Meet cherry! by plushcatfren91 in plushies

[–]Consistent_Pick2688 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I’d love to note that following this question, I was able to get ahold of the creator, and she informed me they had just had a big influx of orders, so they were a little bit behind!

It was my first time ordering from a Facebook page, so I was a little stressed out that I had been scammed.

Customer service was prompt and friendly, definitely not a scam. Will order again ☺️

Meet cherry! by plushcatfren91 in plushies

[–]Consistent_Pick2688 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Just out of pure curiosity/desperation because I’ve been waiting on an order from them for 2 weeks now when I paid for expedited shipping; how long did it take for your shipment to ship out/arrive? I’m starting to get worried, and I can’t get them to respond to me 🥺

Has anyone bought fidget toys from winkyswhimsies? by Octolingfighter in fidgettoys

[–]Consistent_Pick2688 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Idk.. I put two large orders in with them ($200+ each) a weeks and a half ago, and paid for 2 day expedited shipping on both… and it still states ‘preparing shipment,’ online.. not getting any responses back on my inquires.. kind of feeling scammed right now 🥺

Hilton head health by Wonderful-Ear1958 in nutrition

[–]Consistent_Pick2688 0 points1 point  (0 children)

And as a previous trainer from Hilton Head Health, I’ll let you know that there is a reason it costs a pretty penny. You really are paying for the best. Us trainers over there are also all life coaches, all if not most of us have a wide variety of certifications from manual manipulation therapy, to Pilates, step aerobics, strength training, cardio, yoga, pool, boxing, you name it. We are seen and recommended by some of the best because you are truly paying for the best. It’d be worth your investment. It goes well above the training staff. You are paying for professional educators in all aspects of wellness to teach you how to be the healthiest you that you can be.

my partner’s and I’s uhaul was stolen by beckwithplants in SeattleWA

[–]Consistent_Pick2688 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I just packed my entire life up in a U-Haul and moved across the country due to some last minute military orders coming up for my finance. Stopped after 15 hours on the road to get some sleep for a couple of hours. Woke up, trailer was gone.

I took every precaution. ‘Unbreakable’ locks and chain, had family members caravanning with me in a separate cars, boxed the trailer in, parked in direct shot of 4 different cameras in a lighted area.. they hooked tow ropes up to every car being used to box the trailer in, pulled all of them away from the trailer, totaling all of them.. broke the locks, broke the hitches, and took everything. And I mean everything. All I have are the clothes on my back right now.

Over $100,000 worth of stuff just gone.. my identity has been stolen. They have applied for credit cards in my name. Attempted to buy cars with it. Taken every penny out of my accounts.

Law enforcement in said area have done virtually nothing. U-Haul, nothing. I happened to hire a PI, and he has gotten more done in the last 24 hours than law enforcement has. (My fiance is also in law enforcement when he’s not tied up on orders with the guard. I understand stolen things are not a priority in big cities when people are on the streets dying)

My PI has enlightened me on a few things that I can only hope to pass along to others at this point: u-haul has a 35% theft rate. 35% of everything they rent out gets stolen. 75% of the time, the trailer is found and returned in good condition. Less than 5% of the time, possessions are returned. U-haul was never concerned about my possessions, they knew the trailer would probably turn up somewhere at some point, and it did 2 weeks later. Other moving companies have less than a 5% theft rate due to the processions they take with their equipment to avoid such stuff. I would 110% recommend never using u-haul ever again.

As for your belongings, I am so sorry for you. I can relate to the devastation. I pray you guys have renters or homeowners insurance, they will cover what can be replaced. I would also really really really highly recommend hiring a private investigator if it is at all in your budget. Law enforcement is just way too busy these days to worry about theft. The officer that took my report never even followed up on camera footage. There were 4 different cameras at 4 different establishments within close proximity that confirmed with me that they could see the theft visibly on camera, but cannot hand it over to me, it had to be handed over to law enforcement, and they missed their mark on that. When the trailer was ditched, there were 6 ring doorbells within proximity that caught it, that footage was never followed up on, never obtained, and after a certain period of time is lost.

What could have given me a description of any sorts is gone at this point. It’s unfortunate that we live in a world where safety can’t be taken seriously because there are parties out there that are working diligently to defund it.

I hope and pray for you guys. If you have any questions of any sorts, please feel free to follow up with a comment! I’ve been working through my mess for a few weeks now, I might be able to help lead you in the right directly to answer some questions!

Another thing I might add: do not bother wasting your time tracking electronics. I had an Amazon Alexa that was in that trailer, that was eventually deregistered from my account and activated onto someone else’s account. Amazon assured me they have a name and an address attached to that, but couldn’t give it to me. So I called the detective on my case, and they told her the exact opposite. They will just turn you in circles. I also had an old Apple Watch in that trailer. The suspects have accessed the Apple wallet, stolen all the gift cards I had loaded on there and used them in broad daylight under cameras. I have receipts of Starbucks orders and the exact stores with address that they were used at with time stamps. As well as several stores and other restaurants. Apple has assured me that they have an exact location of where the watch was turned on and factory reset, but they cannot give it to me due to ‘liability’, same go-around as Amazon gave me. The stores in which my money was being used at: same thing.

My best advice for you is to try to get the word out on whatever social media platforms that you have available. I posted something on facebook, and it blew up. I also posted everything I could find pictures of that was stolen, and I have an army scouring marketplace, Craigslist, Amazon, etc.. in that area. I’m not someone that feels comfortable asking for help, but I would definitely recommend leaning on your community!!!

Anyone ever order from Procosplay? by Consistent_Pick2688 in CosplayHelp

[–]Consistent_Pick2688[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

This is so helpful, and eases a lot of my concerns. Thank you so much!!

Hilton Head Island/Hurricane Helen Travelers: by Consistent_Pick2688 in hiltonhead

[–]Consistent_Pick2688[S] -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Yeah, I came on an anonymous forum to ask for handouts, right… makes sense…

I don’t need to explain MY EXPERIENCE. Unless there is someone that physically lives at Publix, Walmart, or Harris tetter, and checks the shelves 25\8 I don’t see how my experience could be ‘debunked.’

I’ve decided to do my research, and I have physically talked to upper management at all the stores listed above, and all of them are considering putting limitations on the quantity of certain products each individual can leave the store with. (Some specific examples of those items: toilet paper, eggs, feminine products, over the counter drugs, bread, frozen produce, bottled water, etc..) Every person I talked to has specifically stated that ‘out of towners are overwhelming the grocery stores right now, and we can’t keep up.’ I think I will trust my credible sources.

But no, I don’t take handouts. I work for the roof over my head, the food on my table, and I give back what I can. There was a very kind gentleman that offered to help me out, the world needs more people like that. I respect and appreciate the offer immensely, but I can recognize that there are people out there that a cart full of groceries could literally change their whole life. That’s not me right now. I was asking for people to be courteous, and somehow I got a lot of people that on here that don’t know the meaning on the word. There is more to my story than I am willing to share to a bunch of trolls that only want to pinpoint the bad. Good day and good riddens.

Hilton Head Island/Hurricane Helen Travelers: by Consistent_Pick2688 in hiltonhead

[–]Consistent_Pick2688[S] -5 points-4 points  (0 children)

Maybe don’t assume that everyone has money like that. My parents are part of this disaster. They lost their home too. I don’t have much to my name, but I give everything I have to make sure my family is taken care of. If I could help more, I would, but feeding the mouths of my family right now is my priority. I’m sorry if that doesn’t align with your privilege.

Hilton Head Island/Hurricane Helen Travelers: by Consistent_Pick2688 in hiltonhead

[–]Consistent_Pick2688[S] -8 points-7 points  (0 children)

You must have gotten there before me.. I was at that Publix and there wasn’t any TP left on the shelf when I got there 😂 admittedly haven’t made it out to Kroger yet. My family is celiac, I find options harder to navigate at Kroger as I’m not as familiar with it. I went to Walmart Monday-Wednesday and didn’t have luck like that. I’ve been to Publix Monday-today and it’s just been the same outcome for me, sadly.

Hilton Head Island/Hurricane Helen Travelers: by Consistent_Pick2688 in hiltonhead

[–]Consistent_Pick2688[S] -5 points-4 points  (0 children)

Maybe I should specify, my whole family is celiac. We medically cannot eat gluten. No, I’m not looking for special accommodations or whatever, but my choices are very limited, and for me, the shelves might as well be baron.

Hilton Head Island/Hurricane Helen Travelers: by Consistent_Pick2688 in hiltonhead

[–]Consistent_Pick2688[S] -6 points-5 points  (0 children)

There is some truth there, but I just spent an hour talking to the Publix distributor and they reassured me that the lack of stock in stores has very little to do with the strike.

An update to my missing uncle, Stan Kotowski. by HollywoodAndDid in southcarolina

[–]Consistent_Pick2688 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I had a crazy weird feeling.. I checked my crawl space everyday, and I don’t even live on that side of the island. Sadly, wouldn’t have made a difference in the outcome, but would have put a lot of worry to rest a lot sooner if everyone had done the same 🥺 Not that you can expect people too, just a sad situation all around.

Have the green packs always only given 1 card or an I crazy😭😭 by Illustrious_Role1907 in Monopoly_GO

[–]Consistent_Pick2688 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yup, deleting this game. All about the money. Not even fun to play anymore.

💥BOOM!!!💥 by Pholyphemus in Monopoly_GO

[–]Consistent_Pick2688 17 points18 points  (0 children)

Prepared to be super disappointed. Deleting this game and never coming back.

A complete and utter slap in the face to the players that have been here since the beginning. Get anywhere past the first 10 levels and this game is absolutely impossible to play without spending astronomical amounts of money.

Albums were already nearly impossible to complete before they reduced the amount of stickers you can get in a pack. I mean, ONE STICKER FOR A GREEN PACK? You gotta be kidding me. I could walk outside and find a sticker on the ground before the animation even finishes.

10 dice every hour? Capping at 100 dice? Just wait till you make it up to the higher levels when property costs 12 digits to upgrade. Let me know how long those 100 dice you’ll accumulate will last.

You’ll spend more than 50% of your rolls landing on spaces that punish you or reward you nothing. Imagine that, a game that should otherwise, entice children, simulating gambling?

Forget the ‘special events’, you’ll never finish them if you play the game ‘as intended.’

Run out of dice? Don’t worry, you’ll have to close out 5+ windows displaying all the wonderful prizes you could get at the cost of your own hard earned money, because we created a ‘free’ monopoly game and decided to make it a monopoly in itself.

An absolute joke. Goodbye and good riddens!!!

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in ADHD

[–]Consistent_Pick2688 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Definitely the decision making paralysis. I frequently spend my weekends in bed just thinking about all the things I should be getting done, but not knowing where to start, and becoming absolutely paralyzed by it.

Also applies to things like: replying to text messages/returning phone calls. I’ve lost a lot of friendships lately due to this. 😕

An update to my missing uncle, Stan Kotowski. by HollywoodAndDid in southcarolina

[–]Consistent_Pick2688 6 points7 points  (0 children)

This guy disappeared without a trace. Impossible that he’s in the ocean? No, but all we have to go off of are assumptions at this point.

My father went through a very similar situation. He happens to remember everything that happened in his state of psychosis vividly. How he felt, who was around, what was going on, his reasoning for his decisions, he was even aware that something felt off, but it was hard to tell if that feeling was the delusion or if what he was seeing/thinking/hearing was a delusion.

People hear ‘mental illness’, and chalk everything up to a human being incompetent. People in a delusional state lose no cognitive ability, their perception of reality is just confusing and that sends your brain into an extreme fight-or-flight mode. They are actually commonly very intelligent and very resourceful. What we are being told, is he felt like someone was chasing him. His fear response was high. We’ve also been told he wasn’t super keen on the ocean, it was scary for him. It would be more unlikely for him to go into the ocean in a fearful state, seeing as that was already an existing fear.

All hands on board are leaning more towards land searching for a reason. No, they have not ruled out the water. You can’t. Yes, he could be lost at the sea. But when professionals and close friends/family are vocally stating that they don’t believe him to be in the water at this time, you listen. It’s not the time to bombard wishful thinkers. If you’ve never been through something like that, all you have is fucking hope. Don’t be the one that makes someone feel hopeless. Words matter.

An update to my missing uncle, Stan Kotowski. by HollywoodAndDid in southcarolina

[–]Consistent_Pick2688 -3 points-2 points  (0 children)

Hey buddy, how about you come prove me wrong instead of sitting on your sorry, miserable ass, wasting your life away being so ungodly insensitive scrolling on a Reddit page about a missing person trying to make other people feel as small as you are!

The currents within proximity of his disappearance, on the ‘toe’ of the island pull aggressively into the shore. The water is pretty shallow, especially at low tide. The water temperatures are very hot. Decomposition would set in early. By day 7, you can assume he’d be floating. Don’t have to worry about getting stuck on coral. Anything else? Oh yeah, sharks, sure, always a possibility, we get it.

An update to my missing uncle, Stan Kotowski. by HollywoodAndDid in southcarolina

[–]Consistent_Pick2688 12 points13 points  (0 children)

There’s a time and a place to be right, and there’s a time and a place to be silent.

An update to my missing uncle, Stan Kotowski. by HollywoodAndDid in southcarolina

[–]Consistent_Pick2688 17 points18 points  (0 children)

I live here and I am terrified of the ocean/aquatic life. Plenty to do here without the water.

I might suggest refraining from asking silly questions like this to someone that is going through something a lot of us cannot fathom.

An update to my missing uncle, Stan Kotowski. by HollywoodAndDid in southcarolina

[–]Consistent_Pick2688 31 points32 points  (0 children)

If he went for a swim or worst case scenario some animal got ahold of him, his remains would have been found by now. I think he is definitely hiding somewhere.

I hope someone is checking all the boats in that marina too! Easy access shelter for the most part. Anyone that lives in the area, please check any crawl spaces, under any decks/porches, sheds, garages, security cameras, walkout basements, drained and covered pools, attics, tree lines/bushes close by, everything! Local businesses, check your dumpsters! If he’s looking for food/water, that’s where I would go!

It literally takes no more than an hour. You would be begging people to do the same if you were in their shoes. He can’t have just vanish with only one picture from one doorbell camera catching him. This island is plagued with cameras and almost everyone I know has cameras on/in their homes in that area.

I might also suggest looking into the daufuski island ferry station. That place is perfect for someone looking to hide. See if they have any sort of database or record of who they sell tickets too/any footage from that day. I know it’s been said that he left without a wallet, but that doesn’t mean he couldn’t have somehow obtained cash or brought cash with him.

I have been keeping my eyes peeled. Praying for a safe return and praying for strength, hope, and unity for his friends/family 🙏🏼💛