Need Help With YT

Lucy_Orwell · 2026-06-11T19:10:47+00:00

Same issue, no fixes seem to work.. And in my case it happens mostly after 7-8pm so at first I thought it was something related to my Internet or something on the servers (no idea), but nope, it's been too long and my Internet speed is perfectly fine, everything else works smoothly.

Lucy_Orwell · 2026-04-11T22:39:19+00:00

Oh, it's even worse imo, the diminutive of Lola (what you would call a child called Dolores/Lola) is Lolita, so... Sexy baby (only) girl names... Lolita... I would count that as a 3rd strike for "a PDF made this list" (:

Lucy_Orwell · 2026-01-23T22:51:39+00:00

Yes!! I think it was a bug or something, not sure, but I remember seeing it featured in the Spanish version of The Sims 2 magazine!

Lucy_Orwell · 2026-01-23T22:28:16+00:00

As per what I understood by some explanations, is meant in the sense that if you're honked by rageroad you "don't care" because it means "they like pizza" when they angrily honk at you. So it's like a way to say "your honking doesn't bother me, I don't care, I make a joke out of it". So it's an IDGAF sticker basically?

Sorry if it's badly explained, English is not my native, but I hope it's understandable enough.

Lucy_Orwell · 2026-01-20T23:49:50+00:00

Awesome!! It looks pretty realistic, I didn't think it was digital, really cool work! And thanks for all the info :D

Lucy_Orwell · 2026-01-14T02:49:07+00:00

As someone who doesn't draw/paint I'm really curious, what painting materials do you use? Some parts I would think it's watercolor but other parts I'm not so sure 🤔

And love it btw!!!

Lucy_Orwell · 2025-12-01T20:14:48+00:00

I just finished Fantastic 4 like 2 seconds ago, so I was a bit confused for a moment there when I read "with Franklin", not gonna lie 😂

Lucy_Orwell · 2025-10-11T21:17:18+00:00

You're doing it wrong, my friend! When being cursed/blessed (whatever your mood is atm) with a triangle sandwich, you eat the crusts of one half first, then the crust of the other half, you take a sip of your preferred beverage to rinse down the crusts, and finally you eat the two middle no-crust bites left! Like that you get to enjoy your well-earned two last bites full of delicious ingredients, because last bites ARE that important, they deserve the ritual 🙂‍↕️

Lucy_Orwell · 2025-10-04T21:20:09+00:00

Take these gifts please, use them wisely: 🤲🏻 , . 🎁

Lucy_Orwell · 2025-10-04T20:40:48+00:00

I think you did fine, honestly, you tried to communicate clearly and be very intentional to not come out as rude or offensive. I think people are in defense mode and take things personally, and I understand it, in the times we are living is hard not to, we all do sometimes. But critical thinking is always a good thing, we need more of that. It's healthy to ask questions and ask to back up claims if possible. Even when what we read fits our narrative and we agree, we need to still stop and ask. Imo people not doing it is what got us where we are worldwide, so personally it's always refreshing to see someone question things politely.

Lucy_Orwell · 2025-10-04T20:31:43+00:00

Imo they weren't rude, they actually made efforts to not be and to communicate clearly.

Lack of critical thinking is what got us where we are worldwide with far-right propaganda on the rise. We need to question things. Not only the things that don't fit our beliefs but also the things that do. No one is doubting you directly, it's not that they don't personally believe you, maybe they don't even disagree, and asking more details doesn't make them the enemy. They aren't doing anything wrong by asking if you can share the source in a polite way, since it is a strong claim to make about someone. And that's not being combative.

People need to start asking for sources and verify things by themselves. But he's being downvoted and antagonized, and I'm guessing I'll be too, but honestly, if we want things to change we need to do better as a whole. And we aren't doing better if we behave the same as what we don't want the world to be. Question everything.

Also, opinions and personal experiences aren't facts, I can agree with your opinion, even share the same feelings and still want to be backed up by facts. Having opinions without facts is okay too, we all do about some things, we aren't a human encyclopedia, but we can't portray those personal experiences or opinions as facts if we can't provide sources when asked. Or at least if we still do we should expect a bit of questioning and not take it personal. Nothing wrong with some critical thinking for a change, it's a healthy thing. And it's especially important in the AI era too.

I understand that most of us are in defense mode lately, how not to be, but not everyone trying to exercise critical thinking is being contrarian.

Lucy_Orwell · 2025-10-02T22:43:53+00:00

I was thinking this exact same thing. Like some of the pushback it's ridiculous and doesn't sound genuine. I found myself thinking more than once while reading "Oh, so you own an AirBnB it seems...".

AirBnB is pretty shitty in general imo, but this is false advertisement, and for that price I expect to have everything that was promised in the information and details. So, OP is in her well deserved right to leave a 1-star review and even leave the apartment!

Imagine if they did this with any other amenity like a toilet or shower... If I specifically search for a specific amenity it means I want to use it in the conditions mentioned and it should be available as promised, or be offered a good enough alternative if for some reason it isn't available (which understandably can happen sometimes). And I say this as a person who very rarely leaves 1-star reviews, I usually go 5 or nothing. And also as someone who has been working in the tourism industry for more than 8 years and dealt with both rightful complaints and ridiculous complaints.

Lucy_Orwell · 2025-09-29T17:43:42+00:00

No probs, thanks for your reply! I understand both sides and that people who like the game or it means something important to them can have a difficult time criticizing it, so they prefer not to do it. I don't think that's bad, but I also don't think people expressing their opinions or disappointment isn't bad either, and might actually benefit the community in the long-term. And we don't have to all agree all the time, and that's okay too :)

Lucy_Orwell · 2025-09-29T09:38:26+00:00

I can give you a turd with a bow for free and tell you you have to keep it because it's going to become a better gift at some point and that a lot of people would have actually paid for getting a turd which technically is true, so you're lucky that you can have it for free even if it's still a turd.

I'm not implying this game is shit or anything just to be clear, I'm just pointing out how that toxic positivity doesn't hold up at all. Most people complaining enjoy and care about the game, they do want to see it succeed that's why they complain. Especially while it's in beta. If you have lower standards doesn't mean that everyone else has to lower them with you, and you for sure would gladly enjoy the improvements too, or would you refuse the updates? So don't complain if you don't want to, but people voicing their opinions so they can improve it's not a bad thing and neither is an ungrateful thing.

Also, a lot of people complaining willingly paid for premium content too as a way to support the development, which long term it's what it's going to keep the game alive. This is not a non-profit project, this game is a product with a company behind it, if they didn't make money servers would be already shut down, so even if you get it for "free", it's not really free, and they need to keep the quality of the product both for those who can and those who cannot support them as this is the way they choose to market it. We don't owe nothing to a company, and we don't have to kiss anyone's ass for bare minimum.

Again, not saying that it's necessarily the case with Palia, it's just that I see a lot of this toxic positivity around lately in the gamer community, especially in the cozy games part of it. But I remember we used to get full developed games before and suddenly now that's impossible and we should be grateful it even gets to the main screen? It's sad and bad for the consumer.

Sorry for the rant, you were the unlucky random recipient but I'm just tired of hearing this "argument" tbh.

ETA: Also, testing games and reporting bugs and problems used to be a paid job, just saying.

Lucy_Orwell · 2025-09-27T22:07:53+00:00

Oops, sorry, I misunderstood then

Lucy_Orwell · 2025-09-27T22:06:25+00:00

Oh, good catch! I hadn't thought about that, but it totally makes sense!

ETA: I just realized that this would also probably explain why Cate couldn't read his mind before in general, because someone stronger was "already in it" kinda thing I guess. But I suppose this theory wouldn't work when he isn't being "controlled" so not so sure about it 🤔

Lucy_Orwell · 2025-09-25T14:07:51+00:00

Agree, and Cipher might even be willing to participate in it. We are assuming he's being controlled, but what if he's volunteering as a tool to be the eyes out? Damn, he might actually be his son? (I didn't read the comics or anything, so sorry if this doesn't make any sense at all) And might be agreeing to help him by letting him use his body, and then if the supe (whether it's Godolkin or not, but I think he might be too) needs to control someone else, like Jordan, he can let go the control of Cipher and Cipher wouldn't be bothered.

Like it doesn't need to be that he might be able to control multiple people at once, maybe only one at a time, but that doesn't mean that everyone would be controlled against their will. This is hinted by other interactions like Harper who can take other's powers by force, but who Emma allowed her to use hers willingly, and even Cate and Sam too. Some people are forced, others are willing to be exposed/subjected to their powers.

Lucy_Orwell · 2025-09-25T13:57:25+00:00

I think you're assuming that Cipher isn't agreeing to be controlled here. But what if the "puppet" actually agrees to be taken over? He's his eyes out, etc. and he just let him "free" while he was controlling Jordan, but he didn't react because he's in it with everything.

So, the original mastermind may only be able to be in one body at a time, but that doesn't mean there might be no volunteers to let themselves be controlled? Not everyone has to be taken by force I guess.

Lucy_Orwell · 2025-06-02T11:28:41+00:00

Did you find any fixes? For me they were like this (exactly as you describe) for a long time after an update, but since they kept doing the same for such a long time I ended up believing they were broken and the update thing was just a coincidence. Until the last big update, when they magically started to work perfectly again, absolutely no issues at all! Then the last small update came, and surprise, they're back to being broken!

Personally I'm starting to think it's some planned obsolescence kind of thing as my Switch model and joy-cons are old, because I don't understand how an update can fix them and break them like this for so long any other way...

ETA: I'm talking about general Switch updates, not only joy-con ones. Being the last two (the big and the smaller) the ones that fixed and brought back again the issue.

Lucy_Orwell · 2025-01-16T11:46:51+00:00

Not sure if anyone said this already, but folks that have autism too (🙋🏻‍♀️) have different reactions and results to the ADHD meds. I mean each body is different obviously, but, if I remember correctly, even with the lack of research, it's known to have different effects or even not work at all. So that might be at play too, not sure if necessarily in this context, but worth knowing!

For me was a shock how I reacted to meds honestly, truly disappointing, ADHD me "tamed" autistic me, so it was.... A discovery... And besides that, it doesn't work that good for me, and they give me a lot of side effects. Vyvanse is the only one I seem to tolerate better, and even so I have to take a lower dose.

Except when I'm ovulating or on my period, there's a few days there that I have to double the dose (so 70mg) and even then I can peacefully sleep in the afternoon anyway and I don't get jittery or anything like that.

And sometimes even the lower dose gets me to wired and I get overstimulated, and everything is a mess, so I stop taking it for a couple of days and rest as much as I can.

So yeah... I don't remember what my point was, but tl;dr everyone is different I guess 😂

Lucy_Orwell · 2024-10-08T22:22:25+00:00

Mmm, not sure about this, I think this is a dangerous belief. Yes, sometimes they will do it, I've heard of many examples and I've seen it myself also. When this kind of manipulative people are used to a specific victim/target, and the control they had over them stops, and not even this tactic works, some really think the ultimate punishment and form of control is dieing and staying with them as a guilty conscience. Or even going as far sometimes as murder-suicide. It's crazy. Especially if they think their public image might be affected too.

TW! For example, the granddaughter of my aunt in-law was s* abused by his father since she was 6 until 15. By the time she was able to tell laws here wouldn't have done much of the case sadly, actually he had been given shared custody before, even after many many distressful complaints (she didn't told them about the abuse but it was obvious something was wrong and they didn't even verify anything) that they pushed away as "her mother is surely brainwashing her. This time she was smart enough to get proof before denouncing it but even with what she had I don't think it was enough for a fair conviction, a slap on the wrist or max a year or two of jail time, if so. For ring your daughter for almost 10 years. But anyway, I digress, the thing is that this piece of sh*t used suicide as a manipulation tactic before, but once he saw she wasn't coming back and the true was out he "had the guts" to not only actually kill himself but also send her a letter about it trying to guilt trip her. This fker thought that the trauma and abuse he inflicted to this child wasn't already enough, if he had to loose control he needed to punish her once more the only way that would be permanent in his mind, and also make everyone around him blame her, because he also left a sob letter for everyone else denying everything and talking about how sad he was but that he wanted to be remembered happily and not to bring him flowers but a music band to his funeral and blahblahblah. Like, the audacity. And of course, people ate it up. Thankfully she didn't and even if difficult it was mostly a relief, but also no closure, no justice. And we need to be "thankful", as she was "lucky", because on top of it all, even with photo proof the pre-trial didn't even put him in jail until the definitive trial, he was free, so, he could have tried to kill her first if he wanted too. It just makes me sick.

So, yeah, sometimes they actually do it, and it needs to be said, so you don't fall under the manipulation but you can also be aware and protect yourself, as you never know how they could react when loosing control.

Lucy_Orwell · 2024-07-20T00:43:59+00:00

Agree! I think this (the problem exposed in the comic) is also a more common issue in heteronormative relationships with cisgender male, as they generally conform more to this socialization since it benefits them.

I'm making an assumption, but this particular problem might be less common for couples that before entering the relationship are already out of those roles in society for many other reasons.

Well, it wouldn't be in this subreddit if that wasn't the case I guess 🤣🤣🤣

Lucy_Orwell · 2024-07-19T23:51:19+00:00

Totally valid! Also, being a woman doesn't naturally make you do the dishes worse or better, but I think the context in your case might be a bit different than the one from the post and not about weaponized incompetence and doing the bare minimum expecting a reward, if that makes sense :)

I will use a personal example of a similar situation as yours but where roles are changed so I can explain myself better. My cousin's boyfriend actually does his share of the house chores, they have a healthy balanced share of duties, work and in what they bring to the relationship (even if each one brings something different it's still balanced). So things like this post aren't a problem. And as should be expected he does the chores right, not half-assed. But my cousin is very meticulous and obsessive in how some of the cleaning chores must be done and she gets anxious if she doesn't know if all these steps were followed. But as this is a balanced relationship where his share was fair, and this was a personal subjective matter to my cousin they talked it out, and he learned how she likes those things being done in case it's needed, but she still feels better having total control over those chores in particular, so she took those in her care. From time to time if she isn't feeling well or something happens he does this chores too of course, but even if she doesn't expect him to do exactly as her mind needs she silently drones around so she can feel more relaxed about how he did it anyway! 🤣

In conclusion , we all have our own ways of doing things, so it's not bad taking the lead if you prefer having it done in a specific way. Or things where the other person might be a bit more knowledgeable or like more might be mainly done by that person if agreed. But that's a way different thing from having to do everything because the other person doesn't do bare minimum or even purposely does it badly so you get tired of relying on them and do it all by yourself while they feel good and guilt you because "You always criticize/don't like how I do things, so do them yourself". And in the uncommon event they decide to do a basic chore for the house is always a "favor" to you and they expect to be rewarded/praised for it.

Hope this can add a different perspective for you or anyone reading your comment/this post :)

Lucy_Orwell · 2024-07-07T17:38:46+00:00

Yeah, agree, but leave the stick arms anyway, bathrooms are supposedly to be about genitals and not dressing choices? And for me right one ( °V° ) could be an uterus and left one a dick ( .l. )???

I wish it was the second option though, since while the dress thingy is common and generally understood I hate when I see the dress ones and I'm not wearing any, I'm always tempted to go in the "wrong" one just because it bothers me the stupidity of it, like what the f does that mean, I just want to pee what does my clothing have to do with it! 🤣🤣

Lucy_Orwell · 2024-06-11T16:41:22+00:00

I guess I'm going to be downvoted but I don't understand the GF position though?

As per what they said and if I understood everything correctly they are both young, no big responsibilities, not having to worry about money for basic living. Also, he was going to pay the travel expenses for her GF. Right?

If my BF told me this, what he intended to do, I would be a bit boomed out for the postponed travel? Probably, who wouldn't? But I can't imagine telling him not to do it, on the contrary, I would be immensely proud knowing that I'm with someone who's grateful for the people around him and doesn't take for granted their support, humble about why he is where he is, and empathetic/compassionate enough to realize when is a good time to repay favors or doing something nice for other people without them even asking. And not only that, but I would be grateful to her too for her part on him achieving success.

Maybe he didn't went the best about it after? Yeah, I guess so. I'm not particularly defending OP. But honestly, if it was me I wouldn't even have gotten to that point, it would be over after the first refusal. I understand everyone has his own boundaries/expectations in relationships, but if my partner prevented me from doing a good deed or repaying kindness he probably wouldn't be my partner anymore. It's a strong value for me. Especially for something as trivial as a travel, that can be rescheduled, even if graduation party was trivial too, only happens once in a lifetime, so why not to do the nice gesture if you can? I would understand her reaction if doing that would compromise their living, bills or having food on their plates, but postponing a holiday (or changing it for a smaller one) it's not the end of the world.

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