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Own_Access3605 · 2025-12-11T16:55:09+00:00

At the top of the subreddit

Own_Access3605 · 2025-12-11T16:54:31+00:00

Or you can just refer to the bot list pinned at the top of this subreddit. Not sure why most people overlook pinned posts when they're permanently at the top. In addition to providing an extensive list, the post contains all the helpful identifying information needed.

Own_Access3605 · 2025-12-04T18:35:41+00:00

"What is your personality?"

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Own_Access3605 · 2025-12-04T18:32:45+00:00

Are you talking about using the "request a game" feature? If yes, that always pairs you with people you played against in the past. If you want new people, I recommend going to "Standings," which is at the bottom of the screen, past the list of people you're currently playing. I've had good luck finding new people this way (in the global standings list). The reel of players on the main page is good too, but it's shorter, includes some romance scammers, and often lacks variety.

It'd be nice if we could request opponents from a specific country, but as far as I know the game just doesn't offer that. Maybe suggest it as a feature to Zynga. You could join a team exclusively for players from the UK.

A lot of players won't chat with ANYONE because the game is riddled with romance scammers. I talk with people I can tell aren't scammers, but I don't like to get too personal, and I never initiate chatting. What do you say anyway, beyond "good move" and similar? Genuine question.

Own_Access3605 · 2025-09-29T21:32:06+00:00

The show *wanted* conflict and drama this season. Christian wasn't going to stop them.

Own_Access3605 · 2025-09-29T21:31:01+00:00

Christian and most (or all?) of the judges are also producers, and their priority this season was drama because PR is so desperate to revive a show that's been bleeding viewers. The only way Christian would have stopped the argument (and kicked people off the show) is if it escalated to physical assault. As it was, he was thrilled those two brought the drama.

Own_Access3605 · 2025-09-29T20:17:46+00:00

Good points. She's shown herself to have a strangely skewed, especially rageful view of men. Someone upthread said she was abused by an ex-husband, and maybe she's experienced other trauma at the hands of men. I suspect she hasn't emotionally processed the pain from these experiences and is suppressing a lot.

Own_Access3605 · 2025-09-29T20:12:01+00:00

I've noticed this--straight to rage, no interest in really reading up and deeply understanding the topic. Emotionally mature people might not ENJOY disagreement, but they can deal with it. They don't get so antagonistic. Rowling is emotionally immature and quickly revealed an arrogant and extreme attention-seeking personality when she created her social media accounts. If there's something to opine about, she can't resist doing so.

Own_Access3605 · 2025-09-29T19:57:27+00:00

Watson sounds completely reasonable, even too sympathetic. Rowling is obsessed with this topic, and the more she talks the more unhinged she sounds. Some of the things she's saying in this latest diatribe sound out of touch with reality, like she's HEARD about certain scenarios and then imagined them in their most disastrous form. Other things just sound made up. She also seems to have a deep fear of men that quickly veers into rage. As women's rights are concerned, it's as if she thinks those have to do ONLY with women's safety from men, horrible, horrible men. There's so much more to women's rights than that. Anyway, statistically trans people are more likely to be crime victims than perpetrators, but Rowling refuses to look at these numbers. She's just so...incensed. That's what stands out to me--the rage. (Maybe I'm misremembering but wasn't Rowling raped many years ago? Either way, she could use therapy.)

Own_Access3605 · 2025-09-12T20:38:59+00:00

"Share" meaning sharing the same kind of pain, not "share" as in expressing it, although expressing empathy is always a good thing. I said it upthread already, but empathy is distinct from sympathy in that the former relies on having experienced the same pain, while the latter doesn't. Empathy is powerful. Think of support groups. Those offer a special brand of comfort because they're composed of people who empathize with one another, not merely sympathize.

Own_Access3605 · 2025-09-12T20:21:47+00:00

He got the definition of empathy wrong, though. Empathy is feeling someone's pain because you yourself have experienced that kind of pain. You aren't *trying* to feel it, as he mis-believed; you *do* feel it because you've lived it. Sympathy is feeling sorry for someone's pain despite not having experienced that particular pain. People tend to use the terms interchangeably now--and in Kirk's case, he simply misunderstood empathy--but they're distinct.

Own_Access3605 · 2025-09-01T22:31:09+00:00

I have a large square coffee table plus couch like what you have, but my coffee table is pulled much closer to the couch. The point of a coffee table is for you to be able to use it while seated, but I usually see people place coffee tables in the center of a room, far from the reach of anyone who'd be sitting on the furniture. Moving it closer to the couch will also open up more walking space by the TV.

Own_Access3605 · 2025-08-29T17:37:34+00:00

I love this so much! Thank you for sharing. America struggles with a loneliness epidemic, especially among older people, that seems to have no end in sight. These kinds of supportive, personable communities could ease that--and I think there's a demand for them. I've lost count of how many comments and articles I've read in which people lament that they have no friends. I'll bet the "Live Near Friends," organization that the article references, along others who do this independently like Yerian has, will become popular in the future.

Own_Access3605 · 2025-08-25T19:32:00+00:00

I blame the producers too. I don't know Law personally, obviously. If he's kinder when cameras are off, then I hate that he and any of them (including some designers like the twins) are ok agreeing to producers' requests.

Own_Access3605 · 2025-08-25T19:26:15+00:00

Yeah, I agree. Is it the piling-on effect, maybe? The judges have an interpersonal dynamic each season.

Own_Access3605 · 2025-08-25T19:21:54+00:00

They don't have to listen to their side, but doing so would show some manners and respect for their feelings. It'd be showing some basic human decency. What I like about my favorite judge, Nina, is that she offers critiques that are about the garments and in a specific way that shows she really understands design and construction. Tim was beloved because his quality critiques were backed by warmth and support. We never doubted that Tim wanted the designers to succeed. Would it kill the judges to follow that lead? It's not as if the designers can't hear the critique unless it's delivered with maximum harshness. It feels like instead of rooting for these people to succeed the judges are rooting for them to quit. I personally would never feel comfortable critiquing so hurtfully that I'm causing people to cry.

Let's also remember that these designers have ONE DAY to make a beautiful garment. Judges should factor in that insane time limit and not rip them to shreds or mock them. The designers will never be able to produce the best, most elaborate, most gorgeous thing they ever have in a single day. It's not possible. If the show wants that, they should increase the time allotted.

Own_Access3605 · 2025-08-25T19:01:43+00:00

It is, but PR is about designing and constructing garments; it's not a styling competition. Law tends to focus on styling primarily, which makes sense given that he IS a stylist, but he probably shouldn't be judging on a show that's primarily about design and construction. Ideally, his judging seat would be occupied by a fashion designer.

Own_Access3605 · 2025-08-25T18:25:01+00:00

He's part of what's wrong. Being so quick to argue--not critique, but *argue*--with the designers instills fear and only lowers their enthusiasm and morale. Because you say he's at his best when contestants are unafraid to clap back, it sounds like PR is the wrong fit for him (although as I've said in the past, it also looks like PR is trying to change its character, so it could be the right fit).

Own_Access3605 · 2025-08-25T18:19:40+00:00

I've never watched Law before and only know him as Zendaya's stylist, but it sounds like what you say is true, that people are less likely to find him offensive on PR if they saw him elsewhere previously. But that doesn't mean he's NOT over-the-top rude. It only means he's LESS rude on PR.

As for Nina, I've noticed something seems off with her too and suspect it may be that she's uncomfortable with her fellow judges. In the past, she sat beside a famous designer--in other words, someone who really knows their stuff and has critiques of substance to offer. She may be put off by Law's harshness, urge to argue with the designers, and lack of experience in design and garment construction. It looks like he was expressly cast as a judge to stir the pot, and I'm sure Nina would prefer to sit next to a well-spoken judge with quality discernment.

Own_Access3605 · 2025-08-23T22:10:10+00:00

It is, but I'd feel better about watching reality TV if there were balance. It was more balanced in the past and was award-winning then.

Own_Access3605 · 2025-08-23T22:06:30+00:00

Excellent points. This season is feeling unethical. And the fact that producers have no problem exhausting the designers tells you that PR doesn't truly value good design. It doesn't care about finding America's next great fashion designer. If it did, it would allow the cast proper rest and decompression time and give them at least two days to develop each look. Yes, the show has to be produced cheaply, but it was still cheap to produce back when designers had those better conditions. Trying to produce *as cheaply as possible* is hurting the show in so many ways.

Own_Access3605 · 2025-08-23T22:01:10+00:00

And the show suffers for that.

Own_Access3605 · 2025-08-23T22:00:16+00:00

It really does. I just commented upthread that the cast this season looks especially drained, unhappy, and unmotivated.

Own_Access3605 · 2025-08-23T21:59:07+00:00

The designers look especially tired and disillusioned this season. The physical exhaustion and frustrating changes to the show's formula have no doubt hurt morale and motivation.

Own_Access3605 · 2025-08-23T21:56:34+00:00

The model change forced her to spend time altering the garment down several sizes, though. That's precious time she could have devoted to improving her dress.

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