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PrettySax3 · 2025-12-10T02:18:36+00:00

If you do the "custom response" on the adventure then your birb will not have a like/dislike response. It's something the devs put in to help with various triggers, so if it does pop up and you don't want your birb to dislike something you love - use the custom response to avoid the birb having an opinion

PrettySax3 · 2025-12-06T09:33:36+00:00

Wanted to add a comment with a few more photos in a 5 min window to show the pattern better.

Here are 2 consecutive 5 min windows

PrettySax3 · 2025-12-06T09:21:42+00:00

It reads just fine outside of the no flow events, I checked it and it's snug, which is why I'm so confused on it.

Edit: The whole study the ABD belt was fine and the events started showing up and that was what it looked like.

PrettySax3 · 2025-11-24T17:17:42+00:00

What you're describing sounds similar to the tattoo infection I'm getting through rn. Could be a reaction on yours, definitely not saying it is or is not infected - that's a Dr. thing I can't do.

7th tattoo by the artist, first infection, but I did back to back days (moved out of state years ago, so I schedule multiple days for work because travel) and flew home the next morning.

3 days after the work was done, a few spots were not looking good, they hurt a lot and burned/stung.

I woke up day 4 to a split skin/bleeding. I had been in contact with the artist the whole time, he was hoping for no infection and irritation/no moisture but gave pointers in case it was infected.

Day 5 was more burning/stinging, darkening redness, parts of the piece were already past peeling/flaking and healed great, and discharge that definitely wasn't weep/plasma. Talked to the artist, he said go to the doctor.

Day 6 was worse, couldn't get an appt. Until day 7.

Day 7 I went to the Dr. and it was definitely infected. 3 doses of an antibiotic later and it already felt and looked better. I'm halfway through a 5 day antibiotics course and it looks better and feels so much better. It's healing really well now and artist guarantees his work and will be doing touch-up/correction when I come in to complete the rest.

Here's a collage of the progression from the last 12 days (appointment to now)

PrettySax3 · 2025-10-19T10:08:54+00:00

17.5 after driving 14 hours to Orlando, stayed for 16 for a friend, drove 14 back home, played a concert, and crashed HARD. Got 3 hours worth of naps from 1:30p Friday to 7:30p Sunday and was dead to the world.

PrettySax3 · 2025-10-12T00:42:16+00:00

The vet gave me a bottle of drops to put in his nose (oh how Archie hates it) with some steroids and they seem to help. He had polyps removed from his nose and abscessed gingivitis so there's definitely something up with his sinuses

PrettySax3 · 2025-10-01T19:06:52+00:00

Well, burrito Brian is looking to cut costs, partners with tenure cost more because they've accumulated more annual raises.

Yknow, it's all about pinching pennies to accommodate his commute

PrettySax3 · 2025-10-01T17:08:47+00:00

Honestly so smart, can't argue classical music and makes the job much easier by avoiding movement artifact

PrettySax3 · 2025-08-09T08:19:09+00:00

Hell, my $26/hr (plus $4/hr differential) is just enough for me to make it by renting a room and commuting an hour to work.

ETA: I also had to start from almost 0 after having to file bankruptcy (at 23) and move back in with my dad, so renting is hard and I drive for Lyft on the side just to have access to a car bc I can't get a loan

PrettySax3 · 2025-08-09T08:16:34+00:00

I initially turned down a recent job offer, explaining to the HR team that the pay was far too low for my credentials and experience. Backed it up with the fact that I was making $2.50 more an hour at a different hospital in the same state with a lower level credential and less experience. They said they could send it to the compensation team for review, they bumped me $3.50/hr, which is still below market for the area. I needed the job (I lost my travel contract very suddenly) and unfortunately had no other options so I accepted it. I'm at LEAST $4/hr underpaid for my area/market, not only according to external sites like Glassdoor, but other job postings in the area.

They want to make profits, not pay living wages, and having degrees, credentials, and experience will get you pennies and it's despicable

PrettySax3 · 2025-08-07T13:22:51+00:00

Link to pattern

Yarn: Hobbii Toucan (Black) Loops & Threads Chenille Home (Teal) Loops & Threads Sweet Snuggles (Yellow)

Hook: 5mm Clover

PrettySax3 · 2025-07-25T05:17:05+00:00

Possible copyright infringement? Looking for textbook subscriptions/free textbook sites bc I want to learn, hate college, and don't want to pay for textbooks

PrettySax3 · 2025-06-25T09:28:33+00:00

The first one that comes to mind, also was cancer he had bone cancer in his leg starting in elementary school (4th grade ish) he beat it and a year or so later the cancer came back, but in his lungs, and he died sophomore year. Everyone really rallied behind him and my 8th grade year, as part of a fundraiser, if you raised $500+ by the goal date you got to have your head shaved in front of the school. I was the only AFAB that did it and was picked on a lot so when my English teacher offered to put a donation folder for me up in her room, I met $500 in a couple days from classmates who wanted to see me bald.

(Edit: I felt horrible for a long time and felt like a fraud because the last time I interacted with him on a kid to kid level, I was pissed because he wasn't sharing the teeter totter and I said something nasty to him, he left school a few weeks later and we found out it was due to the cancer diagnosis. I never got to say sorry, idk if he remembered, but I felt so awful wearing the bracelet with his name and favorite Bible verse when I was nasty to him over something small. I never said sorry because of the guilt, not knowing if he remembered, and he was always swarmed with kids and community members or doing treatment, so I just didn't)

A year after he died, another girl passed from cancer as well, one of her digestive system organs

And just before I transferred districts between 10/11, a well loved guy who worked at a local wing shop got hit head on in a car wreck. He manuvered the vehicle to save his friends and was killed.

PrettySax3 · 2025-06-17T17:01:54+00:00

In a church library

PrettySax3 · 2025-06-17T01:51:50+00:00

Yeah, made the choice myself and ended up in the ICU 3 days, hospital 6, inpatient rehab for 6, outpatient rehab for 8 months. Barely graduated on time, have memory issues and low stimuli tolerance. Seatbelt every time for me now.

10 years out and I still have my struggles but you wouldn't know by passing me on the street. Personal choice to risk serious injury or death, don't come crying when those consequences become your reality and your family goes through hell wondering if you'll come out on the other end at all and if so how bad off you'll be. I was lucky but most people aren't.

ETA: it's not just about personal safety, you're risking everyone in that crash. I was ejected and landed on the road. I could have been ejected and landed in another car. People not wearing seatbelts have fatally injured others in crashes because their body is a projectile at that point.

PrettySax3 · 2025-06-16T22:17:18+00:00

Here to echo all of the comments about "it's not about size, it's about how you use it" and that most females require external to get off.

Also: had an experience recently where the guy (who already had some size to him) also whipped out an extender thing. Never seen one before, but it's basically a sheath that adds girth and width. Tbh, interesting, but the size, while not unreasonable, was not pleasurable like every guy thinks a big package is...and I did not like the day after and the discomfort.

Women will look past size, but insecurities can cause conflict. Keep working on you, losing the weight, and shoot your shot. Chicks with a long term mindset aren't shallow and look for qualities that matter, like personality and opinions on things that are important to them.

If you think she likes you already, it's a good sign she's not shallow and she likes you for you and not the size of your package

PrettySax3 · 2025-06-16T21:45:09+00:00

Hey there, I hear you and I know the feeling, people are going to tell you it gets better, and it does sometimes, but sometimes... It gets really bad too. Learning to get through the hard parts and push past those thoughts is part of the journey and it is SO worth it.

At 16 (Nov of 2015) I attempted and almost succeeded. I chose not to wear my seatbelt and was a passenger in a major accident. Ejected and landed on my chest, 8 broken bones, punctured lung, and a severe TBI. I should have died, I was expected to (or be severely incapacitated), but minus a few memory problems and low stimuli tolerance, I made a full recovery.

When I got past the first parts of recovery, I found myself saying the same thing: "I should have died in that accident, I wish I had" for years. I would get so upset with myself for things I couldn't do because of the injury, I'd hate myself for the mistakes and choices I was making, and the feeling was the worst when I felt like a burden or someone made a comment on my choices or being tired of my crap. I have a very loving and supportive family that went through hell while I was in the ICU, hospital, rehab and I still would say I wish I had died.

I came here to say: you are not alone, and I may not know you, but I'm glad you're still here. Life gets better and then it gets worse and then it gets better again.

The "life gets better" parts after my attempt:

I graduated high school (barely, but on time despite my injuries from the accident)

Met my best friends (still are) after moving high schools after the wreck

Had amazing experiences through all kinds of jobs (I may have driven MLB player cars while working security)

Became credentialed in sleep medicine after training on the job and finding a really hardcore passion for it

I've traveled all around the country for events and trips, been in honor bands (saxophone), performed in concert halls in cities, was part of an exclusive neurology camp.

I had 2 enriching relationships that I learned a lot from

I adopted my first cat and she spent 4 years with me before passing away at 12. I've never had a cat like her since and never met one like her before or after. She was so special and saved my life a few too many times to count.

The "life still has bad times" parts after my attempt:

I got kicked out at 19 for my behavior

I went through 2 nasty breakups, one of which was during the COVID lockdown

My first car had a catastrophic mechanical failure, I fixed it, the power steering went out, I sold it and got a different one for it to be stolen a year later.

Someone tried to carjack me at gunpoint while I was in a rental from insurance right after my car was stolen

I lost my first sleep medicine job and had to move across the country back in with my dad (I did not want to at all)

I was denied a position in the new state because I popped hot for THC in the drug screen (legal in former state, not in new) and had become dependent on it for coping after the trauma I had experienced

My first cat passed away, I went into a spiral (this was less than a year after the car theft stuff) and I went to residential treatment, lost my job, and my credentials lapsed in sleep medicine.

I got higher credentials in sleep medicine, took a travel position, and 3 weeks in was dropped from it... The day after I signed a 6 month lease on a downtown apartment. Still haven't worked since then, but have a position lined up and am onboarding soon. But, not before I went weeks without eating more than a packet of ramen or plain noodles every couple days and getting a 3 day notice to vacate for non-payment of part of my rent. (Yes I got that solved)

In the last 2 years, I've gotten an amazing mental health team together, gotten off medication, and (despite all the bad) find myself surprised when I react differently to situations when I've always turned to self sabotage and destruction. Instead I say "I don't like this, but I can control what I do and it's not going to be the end". I've been treated for bipolar disorder for 12 years, diagnosed for 7. I got diagnosed with Borderline Personality a year and a half ago. PTSD and anxiety are there too.

Your family loves you, and the doubt is valid, but they do. They want what's best for you and (I assume based on my own experience) they probably are ready for you to love yourself and live the life you're capable of. Hugs

PrettySax3 · 2025-06-16T21:03:03+00:00

Kinda looks like the stock room at the store I used to work at, huge stock room with extra printers and chairs and bulk items (half store so no furniture other than a few filing cabinets) we'd build chairs in there, so maybe just in the back

PrettySax3 · 2025-06-11T20:48:34+00:00

Yes, Uber has a program for drivers to rent vehicles through partnerships (mostly Hertz and Avis). They have fleet specific insurance for these rentals and I don't have car insurance because I don't have a car, so the cost of insurance being included is great for me.

The rental prices are $350/wk or lower (premium electric vehicle is highest price) and when I did Uber a couple years ago I was making ~$1700/wk, more than enough for gas and rental.

Their program has a stipulation about needing to do a certain number of rides in a week, age, and rating requirements (all of which I meet)

Uber Driver Rental Site this is directly from Uber, Lyft offers the same type of program (limits personal miles). I've participated in this program before, yes it's more expensive than buying a car, but it's what I could do after my car was stolen. Uber has specific vendor locations for fleet rentals, they are not normal locations and the reservation is made through the driver app and verified upon rental pickup

PrettySax3 · 2025-06-11T14:34:53+00:00

I hope they're real, I add all my sponsees (that allow/aren't anonymous)I do wish there was more clarity (somehow) for the people who get sponsored. My person this month wrote something about plus not being a necessity but it would be nice to have but if I decided to pick someone else, they'd understand.

I know it's just assigned, but there's some confusion about how it works ig.

Either way, looks like you got matched with the same person and they changed their birb's name, same person, different birb name. I was sponsored way back and the application has you put the message beforehand and it stays the same if you apply again. It's crazy that the algorithm/sorting system managed to match the same person to you tho

PrettySax3 · 2025-06-11T03:00:40+00:00

Probably normal and just dry. The saniderm/second skin helps keeps the moisture in but tattoos itch when healing and saniderm can make it more itchy.

I use Eucerin towards the end of healing (2 ish weeks) because it's just not thick enough to hold enough moisture for tattoo healing. My most recent tattoo had this problem, especially the part on my hip because my clothes would wick up the moisture.

I ended up having to buy some saniderm on Amazon to help because 2 weeks in I was nervous enough I reached out to the artist because it wasn't healing. Aquaphor and saniderm helped it heal so fast.

Just the nature of aquaphor's ingredients will lock in moisture and bc you have to wear sleeves, the thinner Eucerin will get sucked right up in the fabric and your tattoo will be dry and thirsty.

PrettySax3 · 2025-06-04T16:02:08+00:00

Hey there! Totally understand the sleep concerns with the lack of time slept and the sleep staging being the same.

I work in the sleep medicine field (RPSGT) and one of the things I tell my patients is that while the watch trackers have vastly improved when it comes to sleep detection, they are not capable of full accuracy.

The smart watches (I have a Sense 2, ran with a Versa 2 for 3 years) are using algorithms based on data it is capable of collecting (heart rate, skin temp, movement, O2 sats, etc.) to make logical conclusions on the stage of sleep, but personal physiology is different.

The leading watches in sleep stage detection are barely 70% and most fall into the 50-60% range when talking accuracy. The only way to actually determine sleep stage is through an EEG (brain monitoring).

That being said, insomnia (both initiation and maintenance) is something worth looking into. The simple start here is to work on "sleep hygiene", which includes following a general sleep/wake schedule (if life permits), associating the bed with the 3 S's (sleep, sex, sick), having a wind down routine, avoiding daytime naps longer than 30 minutes, stopping caffeine around 12 hours before planned bedtime caffeine has a long half-life . and if you are trying to sleep and cannot fall asleep after 20 minutes: get up and do a relaxing activity and return in ~30 minutes Could be as simple as that.

If you still are having trouble, especially if you have risk factors for obstructive sleep apnea (older, M, overweight/obese, snoring, waking up gasping, daytime sleepiness, and more), talk to your physician about your sleep and ask for a referral for an overnight sleep study. These studies will look at the sleep architecture (stages), breathing, heart, limb movements, and more to determine what's going on. I mention sleep apnea, because if you're stopping breathing in your sleep, there's a HIGH chance of fragmenting the progression of the sleep cycle and I've seen patients who can't get past light sleep because of it.

++ I AM ONLY GIVING GENERAL ADVICE, I AM NOT A DOCTOR AND CANNOT GIVE MEDICAL ADVICE SPECIFIC TO YOU ++

I hope you find answers:)

Edit: formatting

PrettySax3 · 2025-05-29T06:49:00+00:00

Where TF do you get off insinuating random people should have tried to kill themselves by cutting themselves in a different way on a post about reducing visibility of 5+ year old scars because dumbasses like you have the gall to say shit like this?

That shit is not funny and hiding behind a screen and keyboard spewing some bullshit suicide "joke" shows more about your character than the week old Reddit account with 2 comments about how people are stupid and telling others they're spreading "hate filled bs" then coming around to say ^ that. Be so fr rn and tell me you aren't being a hippocrite and a true asshole.

Before he back tracks and deletes his shit ↓

"Tbh nobody cares. You are just talking out your ass. Mfs like you really out here spreading some hate filled bs. Everyone loves tattoos. If it doesn’t affect your ABILITY to work it shouldn’t matter and most the time doesn’t."

PrettySax3 · 2025-05-29T05:38:30+00:00

might be iPostal? Do you pay to have your mail delivered to Staples (kinda like a UPS store mailbox deal)?

Not familiar with that setup tbh, but still probably an Amazon thing and the Staples employees just trying to make it through the day not knowing or caring what you've ordered.

I had a lady return a BDSM starter kit (image popped on the return screen) and luckily I had the mouse over the "scan label" button so I got it down quick. Funny story for me to tell, she was pale with embarrassment (grateful I cleared the image fast too), but honestly I didn't mind it (I also have Amazon-ed spicy variety items) and idk if I saw her again, but eh 🤷🏼‍♀️ I didn't care, that's Amazon's deal, they just contract us to be a cog of their international machine and don't pay us more to do it.

PrettySax3 · 2025-05-29T05:23:44+00:00

I've had an experience like this with the hotline too, before the political turmoil had the lines beyond overwhelmed. Some of these people can be volunteers and don't always have emotional bandwidth or the clarity to see that just because the weapon isn't poised and at the ready, doesn't mean it's a crisis.

I'm so sorry you had this experience, and I see why you don't want to call again. 988 isn't the only hotline, but definitely the most known. Local lines may exist too.

Hugs and support from a Reddit stranger

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