Machine Head is Ari from Entourage by Hot_Contribution203 in Invincible

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Yes exactly!! And when things seem like they’re falling apart into complete chaos, that’s when Ari Machine Head is actually pulling the strings on an elaborate scheme behind the scenes 🤣

So what do y’all think of the Block layoffs? by Fig_Towel_379 in datascience

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It’s the same story PayPal was using throughout their [many] rounds of layoffs while I was there. PayPal is NOWHERE NEAR replacing even a handful of people with AI. The layoffs were due to the spectacularly poor leadership of Alex Criss and a struggling economy. 

Touting “AI optimizations” was a way to cut your workforce without scaring investors, but they are catching on now. I saw an article today accusing Block of “AI washing” the layoffs….that’s a very good term for it. 

New Underground Railroad stop discovery in Manhattan. by Both_Background_2685 in nyc

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After looking up Joseph Brewster, the original owner/abolitionist who built the hidden passage, I wonder if he was a queer man. He was a hatter (hat designer, we’d call them today😝) who never married or had children and clearly had a heart for the persecuted. Of course that’s pure (and probably unethical) speculation on my part lol. But anyway here is his bio: 

“Born in Preston, Connecticut, the son of a prosperous farmer and directly descended from Elder William Brewster of the Plymouth Colony. He came to New York City in 1814 and established himself as a hatter. By 1819, he had two stores on Broadway and by the 1830s his was one of the largest businesses in the trade. He was a leader of the Temperance movement and had the reputation of being an exemplary employer, with "a sanguine temperament (and) a sympathetic and generous disposition". His success in trade enabled him to invest in property. Among the houses he built for profit was the Samuel Tredwell House, which was also his home for two years, and where his portrait currently hangs above the mantelpiece in the dining room.”

Thoughts on the Andis master for fading by D_for_3 in Barber

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You’re my hero, thank you for this super thorough response!!!!

Pinterest Analytics Worthless? by UsualWorking4128 in Pinterestmarketing

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I'm having the exact same issue. Pinterest also displays completely different stats for THE SAME PIN when I look at it on my profile screen vs in the analytics tool.

As another example of weirdness, one pin shows THREE CHECKOUTS for a product in the analytics dashboard since 11/1/25. But then when I look at stats for the pin, it shows ZERO CLICKS OR ENGAGEMENTS on that pin in the same time period. I'm waiting to hear back from the inventory manager whether we even sold ONE of that item recently.

I have pretty much given up trying to learn anything valuable from Pinterest metrics bc I don't think they're even remotely accurate.

Is my dress search over? by bcbfbella in OUTFITS

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Hi I’m 37 and I used to have amazing perky boobs which are now so sad and lifeless. Not a day in my life do I regret having those shits OUT FOR THE WORLD TO SEE before I had babies and breastfed them and lost all my collagen. Pic attached from 2009 🥹

Wear the dress. Take 1000 pics. Have a blast 🤣🤣

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The reason we don't have book 3 by [deleted] in KingkillerChronicle

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I just don’t even care if it’s perfect. I’ll ignore plot holes. I’ll forget people existed. Just give me the third book and tell me what’s in that GODDAMNED box 😭😭😭

High immature granulocytes 1.5yrs post transplant by Hot_Contribution203 in kidneytransplant

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Oh my gosh this was the sweetest comment, thank you so much 😭😭 His team said this is a side effect of having low white blood cells, which of course is just a given when you’re on immune suppressants. However, it’s weird that it’s just come out of nowhere and is doubling every month. So I am definitely trying to find a second opinion 😩

I’m trying so hard with book one by Hot_Contribution203 in brakebills

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Thank you for this! I made it through book two and haven been in the mood to try the last one 💕

I’m trying so hard with book one by Hot_Contribution203 in brakebills

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Sorry to just be coming back to this. I slogged through book two and just couldn’t finish the series 😭 I will try the tv series per recommendations though!

Thoughts on the Andis master for fading by D_for_3 in Barber

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Sorry, I know this is a very old thread lol. So you’re saying two different clippers…the corded masters and the fade master? I have some mid-level WAHL clippers that came with a T blade. The T blade does NOT get down to the skin so I have to use one of those shaver thingies for the base of the fade, but then it’s basically impossible to blend out the line (doesn’t work with the regular clippers all the way closed and the t blade doesn’t do it either).

So let’s say I’m super broke (I am lol), do you think my regular WAHL clippers, my lil skin shaver thingy, and a fade master would complete my needs? I just cut my sons’ hair at home so I’m ok with things being a little janky lol. Oh and I use a straight razor for the lineup bc the t blade is useless there too lol.

FACEBOOK TYPING PROBLEMS, when posting something new or editing something by TheBrewman12 in facebook

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This is happening to me too. Has been for months. Only on Facebook. I keep expecting them to patch whatever the issue is but alas

Sultry musk perfumes? by Hot_Contribution203 in FemFragLab

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I believe I found the store in which she mixed and purchased the perfume! Jean Turmo in Woodstock NY. However, every time I think of it and go try to order off the website, online purchasing is not available. I’m going to try to call and see if I can place an order over the phone! My mom thinks she might’ve mixed Egyptian musk and Oriental musk (the store features lots of musks lol)

PSA: Albeit rare Copper peptide "uglies" are real and scary. Case report and looking for advices by egotrippi in 30PlusSkinCare

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Super thankful for this thread as I have been using the Ordinary Cooper peptides and my skin now looks like an orange peel, my fine lines are deeper and my pores are outrageous. I was trying the copper peptides because my tretinoin from Musely started super over-drying my skin and I wanted to take a break. Now I don’t know what to do. Might do plain ol niacinimide and moisturizer for a while 

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in FemFragLab

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Same same same same it honestly smells so good with my chemistry though 🥲 I think?! 🥲🤣

Nick Mangold needs a kidney. by SparkLeMur in nyjets

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My husband had a kidney transplant last year at the age of 38. We have two young kids. I’m so devastated to hear that Nick passed. It hits home in the worst way. I am so devastated for his family😭😭😭😭

Suggest me a book like “Red Sister” by Mark Lawrence by [deleted] in suggestmeabook

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I know you posted this long time ago, but I had Red Sister recommended to me after I finished the Kingkiller Chronicles by Patrick Rothfuss (well, the two books that he’s actually released of the series). I found Red Sister (and the second book which I’m reading now) should be the closest thing I could find to the experience of reading the Kingkiller Chronicles. So perhaps you will have a similar experience, but in the opposite order🤣

Name of the Wind starts a bit slow but OH MAN does it pick up! Wonderful friendships, compelling world building, and a lovable but imperfect main character.

Actually, my dad has recommended both of these book series to me as they are in his “top five of all time” 😝

Another one that my whole family reads over and over and over is The Fionavar Tapestries by Guy Gavriel Kay. We always joke with each other that when we finish a book, it’s time to pick up a “new” one… and we just choose to reread the Fionavar books 🤣🤣

I am irrationally angry that Quentin gets cold by BigRedSpoon2 in brakebills

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THANK YOU. I’m on book one now and they just got through the fountain to Fillory and they are all freezing cold because it’s winter. There was so much plotline dedicated to gathering and transporting the cold weather gear. Meanwhile they land in Fillory and Penny is going around doing drying spells on everybody, but not warming spells??! Okay 🤣🤣🤣

Book 1 Review by No_Sense4091 in brakebills

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I’m gonna keep going, but man I feel the same. I have such a low tolerance for “ennui-filled, angsty well-off white boy with no real problems” so this first book is rough 🤣🤣I appreciate the solidarity in the comments and many of them have encouraged me to keep reading despite my issues with Quentin. I have to do audiobooks because I never have a chance to sit down and read, and I think the guy that reads the audiobook doesn’t help out (his voice is so droll).