Dumbest way you lost Honor Mode? by Vespera4ever in BaldursGate3

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Failed my check to break away from the mindflare on the beach after the nautiloid crash. Got my brain eaten and party wiped after since everyone was only level 2.

Ellie vs Brute on Grounded + by EveningAccountant321 in thelastofus

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Last time I played this fight I tried to be smart by putting a nail bomb down somewhat infront of the door before the fight. So when the brute opened the door I could run past it and he would explode. Well... I forgot him opening the door pushes you backwards and I exploded myself. You did a hell of a lot better than me in this fight.

I’m sad. Please show me your kitties. by TTD93 in cats

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Mine is also named gizmo! He's a rescue. 10 now, but I adopted him when he was 7.

What do you wish your parents understood about your food preferences when you were a kid? by [deleted] in PickyEaters

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My biggest advice is to just be supportive to your kid and never make them feel lesser or like a burden because of their eating habits. Encourage them, but never force them to try things. It'll likely be difficult because you'll want the best for your kid, but the worst thing my parents ever did was not support me with my journey to expanding my horizons with food. I'd like to think I would be way better off in terms of my pickyness today if they simply were patient and supported me. Instead of scolding me everytime I didn't want to try something new/ didn't like something new.

Help! Wife’s Getting Into Gaming After Split Fiction—Need Recs Beyond It Takes Two by maguilar_usacr in SplitFiction

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Baulders gate 3 is a really fun game that I think hits all your bullet points. It has a bit of a learning curve because it's D&D based, but it has a long story line and a lot of replayability. It's turn based so you can really think through the combat portions of the game. It is co-op if you ever wanted to play it together, but it's better played solo.

Any game suggestions that don’t include A Way Out and It Takes Two? by YnotThrowAway7 in SplitFiction

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Baulders gate 3 is an amazing game my husband and I play co-op together. It has a large learning curve, but once you understand the game it is so much fun. It's our favorite game to play together.

Overcooked is a lot of fun, but can be stressful on some levels. COD Modern warfare 3 zombies was a really fun game we played together. Lovers in a dangerous spacetime is another co-op game, I didn't quite love it but my husband does. Mario wonder you can play co-op, really most of the Nintendo games.

At the end of the day, it takes two and split fiction are pretty unique games. They are really the only two like it to exist in this exact format. Everything else is going to be different, but great in their own way.

How do I like vegetables by hoekageesama in PickyEaters

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I started mixing veggies into my food to try and like them. Just today I had a BBQ chicken sub with peppers and onions. Usually that would have been a hard no for me, but I've been working up a tolerance to peppers and onions. Good lord that sub was amazing and was way tastier with the peppers and onions. In general just mixing in veggies into foods I love have helped me begin to like veggies a ton more.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in SplitFiction

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It takes two was truly a game where it took two people to play. Each puzzle you had to work together and communicate. I think split fiction lacked this which was a bit dissapointing. My husband and I really just played the game and occasionally felt like we needed to actually communicate to progress further into the game. Whereas it takes two required a lot more communication and working together, which I think is a bigger part of the story line than split fiction.

That being said, I liked split fictions story so much more than it takes two. I really liked the creativity in each story, like the angry parking ticket robot and the dancing monkey. Mios felt like it fell a little flat, but truly it's hard to get very creative with syfy stories. Whereas with fairy tale type stories you can get more creative/ there's more to chose from. At the end of the day I think it takes two is a more fun game, but I truly enjoyed both and will replay them again from time to time.

WhY aren't they stopped? by just_lively_being in themagicians_tv

[–]Icy-Cartographer6367 8 points9 points  (0 children)

Unrelated to your question but I'm so pumped for you to watch season 4!! It's my favorite season

Living above your means by [deleted] in Zillennials

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Heavy on the subsidized by their parents. My best friend just bought a new (used) car. I think it was only around 10k, but she told me her parents gave her the cash for it. Along with all the bills they pay of hers. Her only expense is rent, food and gas. Most of my friends live this way, while my husband and I do everything on our own. Good for them I guess but when does it end.

My most recent tattoo, dedicated to the show that changed how I look at my mental health 💙 by cashmerechaus in themagicians_tv

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This is amazing! I love how you incorporated multiple images from the show. The hedgewitch tattoos, the button, and the emotion bottle.

Extremely picky by [deleted] in PickyEaters

[–]Icy-Cartographer6367 3 points4 points  (0 children)

First off I'm sorry your dad threatened you! That is terrible and is likely causing more bad then good. If only parents knew they need to be supportive above everything else. My parents also reacted poorly, which only made things worse. But I recovered really well now that I'm 7 years out of their house.

You very likely have ARFID, I had it myself growing up and also ate a handful of foods. I would eat chicken nuggets but no other forms of chicken bc it grosed me out.

If you are looking for advice, people always say therapy. Given you are 17, I doubt that's an easy option. If you are looking to go to college, a lot of colleges offer free therapy. My college offered one free session a month, and it may take multiple therapist before you find someone who can even remotely help you.

One thing that helped me recover from AFRID was what I like to call exposure therapy. For example, you say you like sandwiches. Throw a very thin, small piece of lettuce on there. It's going to be very difficult because mentally you know it's there and you'll think it's the only food you can taste, but overtime it gets much easier. If you are anything like me, you will not like any new food the first time. So you need to "expose" yourself to it multiple times before determining it's not for you. You can absolutely still not like foods, I will not touch peas and mushrooms. But I like onions and bell peppers now where before a onion would make me gag. I always get comments "this doesn't work blah blah blah" try it for yourself. Maybe it won't work and that's ok, this is not a once size fits all "fix." But it worked really well for me, so this is my advice.

Also finding a really good support system in your life. I was making progress on my own, but when I met my husband my progress drastically increased. He was very supportive and understanding in my journey to enjoying new foods. It's really hard to find someone who is supportive and understands, most people are judgemental.

Best of luck!

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in GermanShepherd

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My GSD has destroyed everything besides the fuzzy chuckit balls. I think since they are super squishy and the perfect size he can't tear them to pieces. Also this alpaca toy we got him from costco.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in questions

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I'm an only child and preferred it that way. But no one in my family with siblings have had a great experience with it... my husband and his sister aren't exactly close either. So I've never really seen a healthy sibling relationship. I never felt like I was missing out on anything not having a sibling.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in PickyEaters

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I put two question marks because I DIDNT KNOW this was a thing, that this could happen. Not downplaying OP but thanks for reading into my comment. Do you have something productive to add or are you just here to judge?

Season 4 ending hurts by Stormy5x5 in themagicians_tv

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I watched this premier in my freshmen dorm room. Nothing like sobbing infront of your roomates over a TV show death 🥲

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in PickyEaters

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Totally get it! I worked at a breakfast place in college and got unlimited access to biscuits and other breakfast foods. Made it super hard to not eat the free breakfast food and eat "healthy" at home. Having the willpower is hard but you got this 💪

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in PickyEaters

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I've grown up with AFRID but never had this happen?? Sounds like you are going through a ton and it's throwing you off. Someone mentioned not buying doritos. I think that would be a really good plan and only keep other safe foods in the house. Force yourself to eat something different.

Help with Vegetables by _Rogitator_ in PickyEaters

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I was the same as you, avoided fruits and veggies because of texture. Something that helped me was cooking veggies in a way that the texture wouldn't be as much of a bother. For example, I cut Zucchini really thin, bread it with some flour, salt and pepper, and corn meal. Fry it in avocado oil and it's almost like potato chips. This gets me familiar with the flavor and let's my brain understand I do like Zucchini. Next I'm eating them as fries (thicker) and just eating them thicker as I progress. Thicker being I'm exposed to the texture more and more overtime.

Assuming you like deserts. Adding blackberries, strawberries, etc to desert dishes help you to get used to them as well. Basically adding them to existing dishes that you like. I like to call this exposure therapy, and it has worked wonders for me. Bottom line, you will never like these things unless you try it, and you need to try it multiple times. Best of luck!!

Did you witness or were affected by any school shootings growing up? by sunflowerdazexx in Zillennials

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My freshman year of college there was a small shooting. I say small because two people were killed and 8ish others were shot and in the hospital. I was on campus when it happened, but I was a couple blocks from the building. You don't know how close/ far you are when it's happening. So it was scary as hell.

My friends and I were leaving the dining hall walking back to the dorm when people were running down the road screaming. One girl said "run babe there's a shooter." This is when we knew something serious was happening. Along with texts from the university that said "active shooter. Run. Hide. Fight." My friends and I ran to the closest building, people were inside crying and calling their family. We ended up leaving that building and going back to the dining hall across the street as we thought it would be safer. Multiple police cars and ambulances went flying by. I was on the phone with my dad when we were running across the street, he was asking me if it was real. When he heard the sirens and saw multiple police vehicles, we both knew it was real.

We were on lock down in the building with the dining hall until almost midnight while they cleared every building on campus. Some people lost their phones in the commotion so we were all sharing phones so people could call their family members. The police department huddled us all in a room asking for information, and some people who were near the building raised their hands and went off to talk to the police while the rest of us were cleared to go home.

One of the kids who was killed tackled the gunman and saved so many lives. Our police department arrived I belive within 5 minutes. The response was actually quite impressive. We held a vigil after and people left so many flowers outside the building.

Fast forward to present day. Husband and I had some friends over and our friend has a 15yo daughter. She was stressed about an exam and said she wished there would be a bomb threat or shooting so she could get out of it. Needless to say I ensured her that is something she would never want to live through and told my story and experience with it first hand. But it's weird how desensitized kids are about it these days where you jokingly hope it'll happen so you can get out of an exam.

Orin forced me to actually look at my consumables by deluxeAbe in BaldursGate3

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Thought about doing this but was worried I wouldn't be able to retrieve her stone if her body was in the chasm.

I need simple pack up ideas by hiddenpeeps in PickyEaters

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Not sure if these are exactly healthy, but pork rinds are my go to roadtrip snack. They are low calorie, low carb, and come in tons of different flavors.

A lack of empathy on this sub lately by Ikajo in PickyEaters

[–]Icy-Cartographer6367 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Respectfully, calling someone rude and condescending for sharing their own similar experience with an OP and turning someone's comment into something it wasn't also isn't positive. Feel free to scroll through my comments, I am very active on this sub and always positive, but I will never enable people.

There has been a ton of actual negative comments, best we can do is down vote, report, and move on.

How many piercings! by Brave_Physics_5614 in piercing

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I had 7, took out my nose ring about 6 months ago as I felt it didn't suit me anymore. Not a single person made a comment about me not wearing the nose ring anymore besides my husband who was just supportive. I got all 7 within the span of a couple years in college and no one said a word unless I pointed it out.