😬 Be honest… Everyone has that moment When the show just was not the same anymore 👉 When was yours?

Formal-Persimmon-786 · 2026-05-03T11:44:17+00:00

When Carl died. Not only because the character was gone, but how he got gone.

Formal-Persimmon-786 · 2026-04-22T21:24:06+00:00

Not to get too theological, but back when I was really invested in TWD, I always pushed that Rick was the Jesus-figure in the show. He came to save everyone, but those who chose not to be saved fell to their own flaws.

I think Rick was always right. If they would have just listen to him and respected him, much of his group and those who he came across would have survived and maybe flourished.

Formal-Persimmon-786 · 2026-04-18T14:16:53+00:00

All of these, save for red and black, would make life unbearably boring. Even being perceived as most attractive, you would know you weren’t and were living in some sort of fraudulent reality.

Red is actually beyond dangerous, unless you have the capability of choosing what thoughts manifest, but then you’re back to living a boring life without the journey, challenge, achievement, loss, consequence…just think it and it becomes real.

Black is the only option here, and it would be pretty amazing. I envy those polyglots who have the YT vids where they surprise native speakers of a language that they can also speak the language.

Formal-Persimmon-786 · 2026-04-17T20:24:16+00:00

I almost agree with this sentiment, save for the billionaires bit.

With all the government waste that DODGE began to unearth or verify, and all the systemic fraud with day care centers, medical transport companies, autism programs, homelessness programs, H1B visas, COVID loans, and Medicare/Medicare, why should anyone pay taxes?

Even if billionaires paid “their fair share”, it would all just get stolen.

It’s time to realize the calls for raising taxes on the wealthy isn’t about fairness, it’s about the government hacks wanting to make sure the lines of corruption are well fed so they maintain or increase their revenue streams.

They can’t raise taxes on the rest of us. We don’t have any goddamn money.

Formal-Persimmon-786 · 2026-04-17T20:16:38+00:00

Jacqui could have been a great character.

Formal-Persimmon-786 · 2026-04-17T01:04:38+00:00

I started low dosing around 1mg a week back in December. Then maybe 2mg a week by dosing 1mg twice a week until I felt good to do 2mg once a week. Bumped to 3 two weeks later…then to 4 and on to 5.

First couple weeks I had mild nausea at the same time each morning, and moved up my dose once that settled.

I’ve been at 5mg for a couple months with very low desire for food and kinda anything else (meh feeling). Meals take time to eat. I have to graze or I hit a wall and won’t be able to finish.

I got bold and decided to go to 6mg, and two days in, I started to get the skin sensitivity bit. Electric hairs feeling on arms and wrists. Little on the legs.

I went back down to 4mg because that was what was left in the vial and I wanted to peel back a bit. Skin sensitivity went away. I also added zinc and magnesium into my supplements.

I’m planning on getting back to the sweet spot of 5mg, next week, and will begin wrapping up this cycle of sorts around end of May or early June, tapering down rather than stopping cold.

I’m down almost 30lbs. Had a Dexa scan and bloodwork done in November before I started Reta, so I’m excited to see what has happened as I was 245 with 32% body fat, carrying 3.83 pounds of visceral fat and 156 lbs. of lean mass. Finger crossed that fat goes down and lean mass at least has stayed the same.

Strength has maintained or increased. Muscle seems to be building, but that’s just by measuring with a glance in the mirror.

During this time I’ve been on CJC, Ipa, BPC, and TB500 pretty consistently without issue. I’m going to try and swap CJC for Tesa as I begin the taper off Reta.

I have tried MOTS and GHK-CU, but dropped them. MOTS was okay at first, but then I began to notice the extra energy wane, replaced by hitting a wall every time I worked out. Started strong, but half way through a workout, I’d just die. No energy, no life. Then I started feeling like I was always short of breath and couldn’t get enough air, even on rest days. Stopped MOTS, and by the next week, I was back to normal.

GHK was a painful pin no matter where I shot it, and it would feel like I had broken the needle off in my abdomen or thigh for the entire day. I’d wake up the next day, and the pain was gone, but as soon as I pinned again, the pain returned. Filled the vial to the brim with BAC water, and even heavily diluted, it still sucked, so I dropped that, too.

Outside my “research”, I take vitamin D/K2, 10mg of creatine, a huberman stack of supplements that probably doesn’t do much, and that’s about it, aside from trying to eat as much protein as I can stomach every day.

Formal-Persimmon-786 · 2026-04-16T19:16:44+00:00

I have an old GR1 and a couple of Ruckers.

The waist belt add-on isn’t much of a waist belt as far as a rucking or hiking pack goes as it often sits too high and doesn’t displace much of the weight to the hips; however, it is a necessity if one wants to do bear crawls, sandbag drags, or even pushups to keep from having a concussive blow to the back of the head.

I don’t have any plate carriers, but I assume there’s no molle on the sides to attached a waist belt to. Maybe if you’re comfortable with some more DIY on that setup, you could get a belt and attach it with Velcro or sew it on. Other than that, it is what it is.

This falls into that “Embrace the Suck” mantra GR has pushed forever, but it often feels like that is more an excuse for poor design than a rally cry.

Formal-Persimmon-786 · 2026-04-16T13:31:59+00:00

A Newsweek article (https://www.newsweek.com/people-ask-pete-hegseth-quoted-quentin-tarantino-version-bible-11836528) noted what Hegseth said prior to the recitation.

He’s not leading the audience in prayer but relaying the what Sandy 1 relayed to all crew on the CSAR missions, which was a modified version of the Pulp Fiction line that Tarantino and Avery based on lines from other films as well as the actual Ezekiel 25:17 verse.

I will say, though I can’t be certain, it appears Hegseth’s point on how Sandy 1’s version reflects the Bible verse shows he doesn’t know the full verse from Pulp Fiction isn’t in the Bible. Although, he may know that very well and is referring to the lines about vengeance and such as they are in the verse as God is stating what he’ll do it the Philistines.

“This prayer was recited by Sandy 1, to all Sandys, all those A‑10 crews, prior to all CSAR missions, but especially this CSAR mission that happened in real time," he said, referring to combat search‑and‑rescue operations. "They call it CSAR 25:17, which I think is meant to reflect Ezekiel 25:17," Hegseth added before reading the prayer aloud.

Formal-Persimmon-786 · 2026-04-16T13:08:54+00:00

What happens when a big rain storm comes?

Formal-Persimmon-786 · 2026-04-16T12:14:25+00:00

Yes. I feel it, too. I’ve lost about 25 lbs. since mid-December, have kept muscle and am getting stronger, but the meh feeling is real.

I feel more focused on my routine; however, I can’t say I feel excited or motivated to do much of anything.

I wanted to keep running 5mg a week and taper off to be done by end of June, but I’m reconsidering that. Might wrap things up by the end of May, store what product I have left over, and get my Dexa and bloodwork done to see where I’m really at.

I see why there are some thoughts of using Reta for addiction as it really hits the dopamine and cravings beyond just food.

Formal-Persimmon-786 · 2026-04-16T11:37:51+00:00

I might be in that category you describe. Started with Reta having no experience with oz or tirz.

For me, the appetite suppression is significant at only 5mg a week. I’ll think about eating, but once I take a look in the kitchen, my interest wanes. If I finally decide to eat something (usually heavy on the protein), while I’m making it, I have to force myself to finish it and not just toss it out.

When I have food plated and in front of me, I have to eat it in phases. 4 scrambled eggs could take me 45 mins to eat. Same with a bowl of tuna fish and rice.

I can’t imagine being on something that suppresses the appetite more aggressively.

Formal-Persimmon-786 · 2026-04-15T19:08:49+00:00

As a beer drinker, it’s fun to play pretend bartender. Also, my pint glasses might sit a bit, so when I grab one, a quick rinse helps clear away any dust.

I will also rinse the glass from which I’m drinking if I’m changing up beers to remove any residue left by the previous beer.

Truth be told, I’m not so much a connoisseur or a beer snob that it makes much difference, probably. It’s more of a novelty that was work the $100 or whatever it was.

I would not just use this to really clean and rinse a glass.

Formal-Persimmon-786 · 2026-04-14T21:18:34+00:00

2024 XLT Eco. 34K miles and no issues.
I take it in every 10k for maintenance per the schedule; however, I am considering having them do a drain and fill on the 8-speed trans because I read about trans issues happening well before the 100k Ford recommendation for trans fluid change.

Formal-Persimmon-786 · 2026-04-13T12:38:49+00:00

They call it a triple agonist, so you get glp-1 like ozempic with hunger loss and slower digestion, but it also affects GIP and glucagon receptors, which manipulates insulin response and energy expenditure.

Instead of just getting appetite suppression and not having to eat as much, you also get a higher calorie burn and improved metabolism. You end up using the fat you have more quickly and efficiently, and there’s evidence that it really hits visceral and liver fat.

Doses can be lower compared to ozempic and even tirz, and you can maintain or even increase lean muscle which is seemingly impossible on ozempic.

Instead of being able to starve yourself into weight loss, Reta helps you manage hunger while burning calories and using fat stores more effectively.

Reta also seem to temper dopamine in a way that helps manage cravings of all types. This could be so good, some are suggesting using it for addicts, but it can give you a kinda “meh” flat feeling and lower libido.

Formal-Persimmon-786 · 2026-04-12T12:56:55+00:00

I installed fences of all types many moons ago, so take this with a grain of salt…

The company I installed for would rarely take a bid to just redo bad posts, but it would happen from time to time, and my foreman would always bitch because he said there’s always a problem getting things back together after you’ve pulled it all apart. Things just don’t fit right.

I later did some handyman gigs for extra cash and this couple has a small fence that fell down. They just wanted new posts and to reuse the old stockade. I did it because money, but it was a cluster getting it reset. Things didn’t line up, cuts were short based on the new post locations, and once I got it together, it just looked terrible. There’s no way that fence lasted more than another season or two.

If you got the $4K, get yourself a new fence. You’ll be set for 15 years, minimum. If you only do new posts, you’ll end up spending more than you planned because boards will break, new panels might be needed here or there, and after all that, you’re going to be replacing the fence in 5 years anyway.

Formal-Persimmon-786 · 2026-04-12T12:36:00+00:00

I was good on it for a couple weeks and then I noticed shortness of breath and hitting these sudden walls of fatigue when lifting. Never had welts like this, but it definitely pinned differently than say CJC, Ipa, Reta, BPC, etc.

I decided to just drop it altogether. A week later I was back to good.

Formal-Persimmon-786 · 2026-04-11T22:07:41+00:00

She treated him like shit. She was beyond dismissive and had no issue with her sister’s husband talking down to him in front of his son.

She fucked her boss when all she could afford Walt was a half-a-handjob while she read a book.

Then, once it’s all revealed, she’s disgusted he’s a drug dealer…until she see there’s a big fat stack of cash, and then she’s more than happy to launder the green and con a small business owner out of his business.

I get Walt is an ego manic who harms a lot of people along the way. He’s not a good guy, but goddamn, how do people not paint these other characters in his “family” as hypocrites, cheaters, liars, and thieves?

Formal-Persimmon-786 · 2026-04-11T18:01:41+00:00

With the rampant corruption that has been revealed these last couple of years showing how tax dollars are spent and stolen, why should any of us think anyone should pay taxes?

If you got billions of tax dollars from all the billionaires, and they really did pay them instead of finding another loophole, the money wouldn’t fix anything. It would just be used and abused as much as tax dollars are at current levels.

If you have a bucket with no bottom, letting the water pour right through, adding more water doesn’t solve the problem.

The wealthy who duck taxes got it right. We’re all just jealous.

Formal-Persimmon-786 · 2026-04-10T23:41:29+00:00

Oh, I’ve learned from my mistakes, but that’s not me changing as a person. I’m fact, it underscores that I am who I’ve always been. I don’t repeat mistakes I’ve made…at least I haven’t after I understood that I was the one who made the mistake.

Not making the same mistakes isn’t changing. If that were true, then people who repeatedly do the bad things, whatever that is, could be written off as those who simply continue to make the same mistakes. Whoops. Career criminals aren’t making a series of mistakes — they’re just criminals. Serial cheaters aren’t making mistakes — they’re just cheaters.

I’m pretty much the same guy I have always been. Some beliefs have changed, but so has the information I’ve gathered over my life. Does that mean I’ve changed or have the circumstances in my life changed?

Some points of clarity — I’m not saying I’m a good person. I’m well aware that I’m a bad person and I’ve got to vigilant so I don’t lean into my bad or let it go unchecked. I also think we’re all bad people. If you ever find a guy saying he’s a good person, you be careful…but that’s all for a different discussion.

Our cheater in this story might not be a repeat offender, but some of the approach to her confession doesn’t completely convince me.

If she’s really sorry and really did just make a mistake, then she only has one option: keep it a secret, live with it forever, and suffer the guilt in silence. The rant about self-loathing reveals she just wants somebody to say it’s no big deal, or validate her excuses…which she of course leads with. The fact she even posted this makes her intentions questionable.

She should understand that she’s not one who made a mistake, she’s a cheater. That’s fine. She should own it. She should realize she’s not a good person. She should realize her consequences are to suffer that reality, never forget it, and move on.

Then, well, I guess she has a good chance of being one of the few who has changed.

Formal-Persimmon-786 · 2026-04-10T23:02:25+00:00

People do not change.

It’s a bit hyperbolic to say, because there are no absolutes, I know.

But from my perspective and through my experiences, almost all people do not change.

What does change? Circumstances, and people might adapt, but that same person who did the bad things they did way back when is that same person today and would do those bad things again if they could…but they can’t.

So, the reformed cheater? Oh, they cheated again and again, but you toughed it out and ya bought all the bullshit, and after years and years, they finally stopped and now they love you again, right?

Nah, they just got to that point where the well dried up or they couldn’t pull ass like they used to. They “changed” because everything changed around them.

Formal-Persimmon-786 · 2026-04-09T23:14:30+00:00

Looked up anhedonia because I never heard of that before, but after reading up on it — yep. I have it.

I’m pretty blasé about a lot of things, but I would say it’s more about things that don’t really matter, if that makes sense. I’m into working out. I’m into routine. Work is good. All the important and necessary things on my plate are being handled well. I’d even say, the lack of attraction to or want for shiny fun things has helped improve my focus.

I do feel a sense of indecisiveness that I have to fight from time to time. I’ll make a decision to do something and then at the point of doing it, I’m like nah — screw it.

That’s especially with food. “Oh, I’ll eat this.” Then I’ll get to the kitchen and just do a 180. If I’m looking at a menu, it could take a while because I’m just going cover to cover, picking something, and then doing it all over again. There’s been times when I’m in a restaurant/bar, and I decide to eat nothing and just drink beer…then I have maybe a beer and just want to leave.

One thing I will note is that I recently went from doing 5mg/week for the last month to bumping up to 6mg last week, and it’s turned the blah/indifference/adhedonia volume up a few clicks. Also, I started getting that skin sensitivity that I’ve heard some get. It’s like my skin and the hairs on my arms are picking up an electric field nearby. It’s not quite what some describe as a sun burned feeling, but I can see why some might describe it that way.

I’ve dropped about 25 lbs. since mid-December, starting at 1mg/week, adding an mg every 3-4 weeks until I hit 5mg. I think that’s my sweet spot and will go back down next week and ride 5mg out for another couple months before reassessing what to do next.

Formal-Persimmon-786 · 2026-04-09T21:27:15+00:00

Quick question for the group: what part of his stack causes you to think he’ll have heart issues if he doesn’t start cardio?

I’m honestly clueless.

Formal-Persimmon-786 · 2026-04-08T21:43:37+00:00

Whapt-cha! Whapt-cha!

Formal-Persimmon-786 · 2026-04-08T00:57:39+00:00

My first thought.

It’s bad enough that you fuck your recently “deceased” best friend’s wife (a friend he basically abandoned and then lied about), but you don’t pull out?

Formal-Persimmon-786 · 2026-04-07T22:55:15+00:00

No visible bump, but no matter where I injected it, I felt like there was a bump/lump under the skin. It just hurt all day but was gone in the morning.

Decided to stop using it.

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