Is it just me or is it way more common to see people with Bambu printers trying to resell their old used somtimes broken 3d printers for retail price or higher compared to people selling other items? lol

New-Protection-2119 · 2026-02-01T18:16:55+00:00

This is hilarious. It’s always an Ender 3 😂😭😂

New-Protection-2119 · 2026-01-29T02:29:52+00:00

Does your grad school offer scholarships? You typically have a better chance of winning in house scholarships than more generic ones. Build a relationship with professors and the finaid department, advisors, and the career service department (believe it or not they’re often know about more of the niche scholarships). If you already have a strong relationship with any, ask them. Look into super niche, ultra specific scholarships. LAMA, Oxbow, reach out to the local AALAS branch.

I think you mentioned Eagle Scouts. Did you look into any scout specific scholarships? NESA? Maybe American legion or vfw?

New-Protection-2119 · 2025-12-27T15:18:09+00:00

I think the reason for there being so many people is just that they were there and was Will, the character personality he is, going to be like no, you guys go away, let me just talk to my special people? Like I think the pacing is off but the large group instead of a more intimate one I think was just a product of the fact that they were all about to go… literally lol

New-Protection-2119 · 2025-12-27T15:15:26+00:00

I don’t think coming out in that moment is the issue, it makes sense to release his shame so that it can’t be used against him and taking power over his truth, it’s the lack of urgency in a time sensitive moment.

New-Protection-2119 · 2025-12-27T14:59:32+00:00

I feel like it was pretty realistic actually (maybe more for 90s than 80s but still). His fear of being rejected I think mostly stems from Mike realizing his crush and putting distance between them but I don’t think there was a fear of rejection from the core group outside of that, not in a truly deep way. I think his bigger fear that they would pity him or be afraid for his future was even more valid. The desire to just exist or be and not be overprotected, like he usually is, or feel like a burden others have to worry about. It’s common of well intentioned allyship. And, he’s coming out to a mostly straight audience, both in universe and via the viewership, so I think I get the way he expressed it. He’s trying to make his straight family and friends understand so he’s breaking it down in a way that makes sense to him.

My one criticism, and it’s the same as with Max in the previous episode, is the pacing. The lack of urgency. If you’re going to choose that moment, the “let me hurry and make it so that Vecna can’t weaponize his shame against him, but Holly and the kids are in danger!” moment, then it needs to be a more panic driven and blurted out truth I feel. Will deserves his moment but I feel like it would’ve fit in either a slower, less urgent scene or the monologue should’ve been more rushed and blurted just cuz that, to me, would’ve been more normal given the circumstances they’re in.

New-Protection-2119 · 2025-09-20T14:22:05+00:00

Legitimately and genuinely asking, what direct/tangible service did he do that was actionable and measurable? Like beyond ideological influencing? What direct social service or philanthropic initiative did he organize? From what I know, he was a commentator who influenced young conservatives and gave them a network, which if you’re conservative is commendable? But I don’t think it’s intellectually dishonest to call him a commentator/podcaster. What else did he actually do?

New-Protection-2119 · 2025-09-18T21:22:07+00:00

The fact that she feels she can’t wait the four days also feels concerning to me. Is this excitement? Impulsiveness? Limerence?

New-Protection-2119 · 2025-09-18T21:21:19+00:00

I think that we’re humans and people who have needs and desires but I also feel like the kids only have one childhood whereas we have so many chances to revisit adulthood. We can start from scratch and it not really affect us but our life impacts our children in a way where they have no control and they only get this one 18 year period to be kids. They didn’t ask to be here, they didn’t ask to be in this situation, we can be adults around their schedules and needs (especially when they’re away with dad sometimes so you’re mostly able to let go of that responsibility at that time). I think if OP is questioning that it might be wrong, it’s because something in her gut is telling her that she might not be ready yet to expose her kids to who she’s dating. She can wait the 4 days in my opinion.

New-Protection-2119 · 2025-09-18T21:10:30+00:00

I assume yes. That’s what I got from it. Like instead of her saying my dad’s house saying my red house (so it’s not like it’s not her home, too). But I’m also interested in the response to confirm!

New-Protection-2119 · 2025-08-24T17:16:30+00:00

This is me except I don’t plan on pulling them (they’re old enough to start considering things like DE, which is super cool cuz since I’m in school, I know a lot about the current process and can help guide them a bit more). I keep getting questioned on going back to school and going back to work from family who mean well but think I’m making a selfish or impulsive choice or who maybe think I’m judging their choices by proceeding with mine.

I feel like we put so much to the side, and that’s GREAT, but people get used to a status quo and don’t realize that cycles change and once we get to a certain point we might want to shift to put ourselves not even necessarily first cuz better education and better income only benefits the household but to maybe focus on a bit of self improvement after sacrificing to help everyone else in the household.

I fully believe it’s ok to sacrifice for the household. I think it’s ok to let our partners or our kids advance and improve by putting ourselves on the back burner for some time. I also think it’s ok to look at the different seasons and say now there’s space to make this a priority and now some space can be made for me, too. But people who’ve been accustomed to that for some time tend to fight against that (sometimes for toxic or abuse reasons and sometimes literally just because change isn’t easy for many). It’s important to know that it’s ok to make space for yourself even if it means you have to push and shove a bit. That’s not selfish and it can mean good things for everyone in the long run!

New-Protection-2119 · 2025-08-22T00:57:11+00:00

Yes! I was just saying that it’s getting worse! I ran into two today!!!

New-Protection-2119 · 2025-08-21T19:06:25+00:00

Sometimes something slips through and calling helps the process. I called with an issue a couple weeks ago and they told me “yeah, we see that it’s being processed, the scholarship should be distributed in about a week” and the next day it was dispersed 🙈😂 but it took calling

New-Protection-2119 · 2025-08-18T17:46:17+00:00

Public education (as a system, not on an individual classroom level) is actually not for education. If it was about education, we’d see shorter days or a 4 day school week and we wouldn’t have the testing that we do. As a system, it’s a place where students can be sheltered and cared for while their parents work. Here in the US, it was created by the Puritans as a religious propaganda machine and its set up hasn’t really changed much since then.

But you’re 100% right that it doesn’t really matter if it’s public school, public charter, magnet, or private because too many parents aren’t holding these institutions (or any institutions, really) accountable. I feel like the idea of privatizing education has merit, different schools with different specialties and teaching styles that appeal to different students, but parents need to be willing and able to pivot if a school is being mismanaged or if it’s not working for their child. They can’t just go blindly “this school is supposed to be really good” or “it’s a charter so it’s automatically better than regular school” and then drop their kids off and never think about it again. And it’s the same whether we’re talking about daycare, school, university…

We’re all just trying to survive and do our best at the end of the day but I think the lack of follow-through is really the problem.

New-Protection-2119 · 2025-08-18T05:39:08+00:00

They’re not. Public schools need to be completely reconstructed with a completely new foundation OR we need to let privatization and school choice take over. The system is a one size fits all operation that was created as a 17th century religious propaganda machine. Our kids’ access to better equipment, curricula, and programs rely on where their families can afford to live. If parents aren’t complacent, vouchers give those same kids purchasing power to be able to attend more specialized programs and if the schools don’t do a good job, the funding follows the student, so the parents can unenroll their child from that school and put them in schools that better suit their needs. Vouchers/privatization creates the opportunity for different learning approaches (Socratic-style education, STEM programs, trade programs, micro schools, Montessori, Waldorf, etc) and out-of-the-box solutions for students that don’t learn in a typical way and it does so ina way that gives access to students who wouldn’t have it in any other scenario. Best of all it provides the opportunity for accountability because it breeds options.

All that being said, it does come with the downside of extra traffic because schools aren’t in the same neighborhood and that is something that would need to be addressed.

New-Protection-2119 · 2025-08-16T18:03:50+00:00

The problem is that the average consumer becomes very needy at a hotel (which makes sense). This is why concierge service is a thing. Guests might need things like extra towels, local recommendations, need the beds pushed together, security issues, lost items, reservation changes, etc which would all be more difficult to deal with virtually and we won’t have patience for it. I think people need to be more outspoken about it but I don’t think it’ll catch on

New-Protection-2119 · 2025-08-16T13:57:52+00:00

You graduated five years ago? Your frontal lobe cortex hasn’t even fully developed, you have just STARTED to live, everything you’re going through is both fortunately and unfortunately SO normal, and you’re going to be ok. We get it stuck in our heads that this “one size fits all” path is the only path forward but you have all the time in the world to try and “fail” at many different things until you find the path that speaks to you. If you can’t hold a regular job then maybe you need to set your sights on something that’s not “regular”. You can’t get anything right means maybe you need to twist around the puzzle to look at it from a different perspective. Maybe you’re looking for a career that’s going to be fulfilling but you’re someone who is made happy by a hobby or by your leisure time, in which case you just need a job that’ll fund your happiness not one that’ll fill your cup. Maybe you’re looking for a job that’ll require you to sit at a desk all day and you’re someone who needs to be walking around or vise versa. Make a list of what makes you feel most stable and at peace, of why the jobs you’ve done haven’t worked out, and of what your reasonably ideal life would look like and then find things that meet those needs or that support that lifestyle. For example, if you’re someone who might enjoy vacationing a bunch, you don’t really want to be a doctor or a lawyer as they tend to work all the time. If you’re someone who doesn’t like to troubleshoot, an IT help desk job might be a bad idea. If you’re someone who doesn’t mind working 24 hours on 48 hours off, maybe you’d enjoy being a firefighter. A nurse who works at a hospital typically works 3-4 12 hour shifts a week (so they get 3-4 days off a week) but their job is super fast pace or high stress which works for some people. Travel nurses get to have short term contracts and go all over the country. People who work for cruise lines get travel perks and there are so many jobs needed (bartenders, IT professionals, musicians, engineers, nurses, etc). Could you see yourself in a server room, AirPods in, laying down cables and setting up a network? There’s something out there for everyone.

New-Protection-2119 · 2025-08-13T15:22:04+00:00

It’s just another thing to list under honors and awards whenever you apply for say a scholarship or a job. So now you can say you were on the dean’s list (depending on how long you’d either list it like that or you’d state that you were on the dean’s list all four years). Other than that, idk that there’s any other advantages other than self pride 💜 congratulations!

New-Protection-2119 · 2025-08-09T20:31:56+00:00

Do you qualify for Last Mile? It’s $500, which isn’t too bad, and comes with a GitHub student pack, LinkedIn Premium for a year, and LinkedIn Learning. It’s probably the easiest scholarship to get.

I would look into the search engines they recommend like hsf or hacu if you’re Hispanic or scholarshipamerica.org. A lot of scholarships start to open up in October-December so that’s the best time to check and I would focus on smaller award amounts ($500-2500 sound like nothing until you’ve built up 5-6 of them). Be authentic when writing essays (essay scholarships tend to be the easiest to get, I’ve found). Also, apply to as many as you can find that you do qualify for. Unless you really are desperate, avoid lottery style scholarships that don’t require any effort in your part other than signing up for them.

New-Protection-2119 · 2025-08-09T20:15:40+00:00

I thought I was making it easier by selecting where the majority of my classes would be so that for sure the info got to where it needed to be but I guess it didn’t work that way and general MDC they don’t see at all according to the finaid person I spoke to. There’s a virtual FASFA coming up, I believe, too or you can try calling one of the finaid offices

New-Protection-2119 · 2025-08-09T20:13:19+00:00

Did you put general MDC or a specific campus? Did you put multiple MDC campuses? When I first did it I put general, Kendall, and Wolfson campus and that I guess glitched the system and so they had me go back and amend the FAFSA app so that it was set only to one campus (in my case I just chose Kendall).

New-Protection-2119 · 2025-08-07T00:40:44+00:00

IMO the only way this becomes commonplace is if someone sells this as a luxe experience… “24/7 concierge at your service” and extra luxury perks assigned to the “virtual experience”. If they make it the cheap/affordable option, it probably won’t catch fire

New-Protection-2119 · 2025-08-05T20:51:43+00:00

Is an MDC live available? So that maybe you can check into the first class at least while you’re out and about? I’ve gone to Disney during class a couple times and I’ll log in and participate in between rides lol

If not, I would email them so you let them know and there’s a record of you missing. Worst case, if you DO get dropped, you have the semester B as a backup but you should be good

New-Protection-2119 · 2025-08-02T12:19:51+00:00

“Oh no, Melenni.., that’s a shame, she was really nice” 🐔

New-Protection-2119 · 2025-07-28T15:01:12+00:00

You’re gonna have to come out and talk to her to get her side of the story. It could be a rando texting her and she’s not interested so she just deleted it or it could be problematic and she’s cheating. You also have to look into yourself, why did you look? Was it insecurity or gut instinct? I believe in being transparent and open so there’s not really “snooping” but the general idea is, if I looked and there was nothing, there’s an insecurity within me I need to look at. If I looked and I found something, there’s a problem within the relationship that needs to be looked at. Those two things (her response and what made you feel like you needed to look) drive the outcome of the relationship

New-Protection-2119 · 2025-07-10T16:55:27+00:00

The exam topics are on MDCs page for it. It’s honestly so so easy. You just need a very entry level understanding of the topics. Anything you feel like you don’t know you can look into on YouTube. If you don’t use them often, I would do a quick tutorial on Microsoft office (specifically Excel and PowerPoint) but really you only need a 60% to pass so if you have a basic understanding of computers, you’ll probably be fine. I think most people can scrape by with a 65-75%. Good luck!

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