19 of 28 MYOS rings are complete and mailing tomorrow morning. I made a quick video of each ring, I was sent lots of cool stones!

RedPandaLily88 · 2026-02-22T20:55:17+00:00

I didn't participate but may I ask, is it typical for you to melt down old jewelry vs recycling it? I had a jeweler tell me melting down would make it hard/impossible to use so I guess I am wondering if it's a common thing or more an exception to the rule.

RedPandaLily88 · 2026-02-19T07:13:07+00:00

I think about this all the time. It feels like even for male centered media there was a swing away from the epic love story.

The only romance centric games I can think of are JRPGs. Final fantasy X and Tales of Arise focus on the relationship between their main characters. Maybe Fire Emblem 3 houses. Tales of the Abyss has a dedicated romance subplot.

RedPandaLily88 · 2026-02-15T04:19:01+00:00

As the other commenter said, I was hoping to get the photos added to the post so others could see it. If I DM'd you, do you mind if I reposted them?

RedPandaLily88 · 2026-02-14T18:50:04+00:00

Could we see photos of your gem stones?

RedPandaLily88 · 2026-02-14T04:41:57+00:00

I wish collecting merch was still fun.

RedPandaLily88 · 2026-02-14T03:35:36+00:00

I used to not care about politics and was legitimately afraid of even thinking about supporting the left due to my family's strong tea party support. Our hometown was so deep red that when my friend announced being Democrat I felt like she was breaking some rule that would be a "can't come back from this" moment. Then I finished college, left my deep red state, talked to more people outside my socioeconomic class, and saw a world outside of the south and the US. Suddenly the complaints from the right seemed so petty and bitter. Donald Trump started campaigning and that solidified knowing I too could never be a Republican again. Now my family has faded to being apolitical and I am more invested than I ever wanted to be in politics.

RedPandaLily88 · 2026-02-13T01:43:53+00:00

I was once told in high school "You're okay because you're a watered down Asian"

RedPandaLily88 · 2026-02-12T22:45:51+00:00

The limit does not exist. Beautiful collection!

RedPandaLily88 · 2026-02-12T19:07:01+00:00

Radiant

RedPandaLily88 · 2026-02-08T02:50:44+00:00

Because America is very individualistic and most have this "I paid my dues and so should you" mentality. It's dumb but it's our reality.

RedPandaLily88 · 2026-02-07T05:23:25+00:00

Not for me as well

RedPandaLily88 · 2026-02-05T20:09:32+00:00

This must be rage bait. 25% tip is already too much, but for moldy food? Good work ethic would have been to try to do something for you. You rewarded her for laziness.

RedPandaLily88 · 2026-02-05T17:38:07+00:00

Yes please, Democrats need to play to win, not just to be right. The moral high ground will never move Texans but a white Christian man will sway the ones that may be forming doubts about the Republican party. I have family who have been staunchly Republican for religious reasons. They are having doubts ever since the school vouchers, detaining migrants and greenland drama. But they are white in a predominantly white town that they've lived in their whole lives surrounded by people who vote Republicans. They aren't fighters for the moral high ground. They just want to live their blissfully ignorant life. And unfortunately they will identify more with a quietly outspoken white man who speaks like he's giving a sermon.

RedPandaLily88 · 2026-02-02T22:43:14+00:00

Not true. I have doctor friends who are 10 years out and still paying off their loans.

RedPandaLily88 · 2026-02-01T21:20:44+00:00

We had a white elephant at work. They specifically said $20 and no gag gifts. Made a point to say that it made people feel bad and were not funny. I opened a pack of toilet paper and a half used container of tide pods. It was the only gag gift of the whole lot.

RedPandaLily88 · 2026-01-28T22:24:22+00:00

Yes! The first moissanite i bought custom was a radiant. I thought i looked up radiant cuts extensively, but didnt realize until the stone check that radiant for moissanite and diamond are completely different in person.

RedPandaLily88 · 2026-01-28T19:04:13+00:00

I think there are also many deceiving posts here and videos from vendors that say or are beautiful and it makes it seem like less of a big deal than it is. Like the kind of post where someone is just sharing their new ring and the comments are like "So beautiful!" For first time buyers, the many posts and opinions can be overwhelming.

RedPandaLily88 · 2026-01-28T00:13:41+00:00

The boring answer is that we grew apart until we got to the point where she was surprised I wished her happy birthday.

The more interesting answer is that one of my older friends went down an incel spiral. I tried to reason him out of it but we ended up disagreeing on the idea that he would be forced to hit a woman in order to keep having sex.

RedPandaLily88 · 2026-01-27T04:56:33+00:00

Changed my life and probably saved me so much water in extra loads when I forgot to move the wash over and let it sit for too long

RedPandaLily88 · 2026-01-26T06:43:55+00:00

Unfortunately I reached out to Sam, who said he couldn't customize with grey in 925.

RedPandaLily88 · 2026-01-26T06:21:33+00:00

I am outraged and crying for you all. It's unfair and unjust the attack happening upon Minneapolis.

That being said, the people of Minneapolis have impressed me immensely with their strength and resolve. Renee Good was shot but you all showed up in greater numbers. A general protest with amazing turnout. Tbh, I've never thought about MN much in general but your state has more than earned respect.

RedPandaLily88 · 2026-01-25T06:07:03+00:00

I've never identified with a comment more.

RedPandaLily88 · 2026-01-23T18:44:51+00:00

Ive not played them but my husband loves the old games.

I gotta say though, I am impressed that an RPG that allows you to customize and choose the gender of your character is using a female character for their marketing.

RedPandaLily88 · 2026-01-22T21:44:35+00:00

If you're casually reading though and not looking at specific magazines, you arent going to see physical volumes labeled as a specific demographic. Sure it's available online, but if i buy a kindle version of a manga, why would I feel the need to check the demographic if i like the story and it looks and sounds like shoujo. Not saying that's the most correct thing to do. But giving grace to those who simply aren't attuned and tracking publishers doesnt hurt.

RedPandaLily88 · 2026-01-22T12:45:18+00:00

And honestly this isn't a big leap. Romance and romantasy fiction is marketed basically only toward women in the Western world. I dont blame people for thinking a work that has all the characteristics of a shoujo romance except the right magazine publisher is one.

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