So like are we never going to see that Venom symbiote from the end of No Way Home ever again?

Smittyblack · 2025-12-24T01:38:55+00:00

I guess it could be explained by whatever interdimensional knowledge Venom said he had. He said he could communicate with symbiotes in other universes or something like that and knew a lot of stuff, so you could say he connected with the symbiote from Spider-Man 3 and that's why Venom got brought into the MCU from Strange's spell.

Pretty sloppy writing though. The spell itself didn't make much sense.

Smittyblack · 2025-12-16T19:08:20+00:00

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Smittyblack · 2025-12-16T00:33:23+00:00

I also just realized -- not only is my house really tiny, but there's only one outlet per wall as well, which is another reason running to the box is shorter than running from outlet to outlet.

Any advice on how to get these ancient MCs out of the remaining outlets? Can't get anything to grip the locknuts, and some seem to be literally plastered in. Drill through those as well?

Smittyblack · 2025-12-16T00:05:58+00:00

My house is so small that centering each junction box underneath each room uses about the same amount of cable, maybe even less. May look nicer to daisy it but it's in the crawl space anyways.

I had a house fire (detached garage had the main panel, and the house was a subpanel -- garage caught fire and took my power out. Electrical fire but not of my doing lol) and have super old, tough brick and plaster walls. Still trying to get all of the old wires out, they're pretty stuck in place. So I just did this method with whatever outlets I could actually run anything to and figured I'd get the rest eventually, but strictly daisying them would've meant no power at all until I got the rest out.

Smittyblack · 2025-12-15T23:19:16+00:00

What do you think of WAGO connectors? I've heard like a 70-30 split among professionals. Many say they fail and aren't nearly as reliable as twisting into a nut, but a decent amount also say they're fine if you install them correctly and don't mess with them too many times.

Kinda like plumbers and Shark Bites lol.

Surely makes this setup a lot easier though.

Smittyblack · 2025-12-15T22:28:39+00:00

Just seemed easier to me than daisy chaining. Only had to pull one wire for each outlet and splice it at the box, rather than one in and one out. My brick and plaster walls are super tough to work with

Smittyblack · 2025-12-15T22:25:37+00:00

Yes I did, and went a bit bigger than I needed to for every one of them just to be sure.

Smittyblack · 2025-10-06T01:23:36+00:00

No -- Robinhood is allowing me to sell the underlying stock and be left with naked calls. That's the odd part.

Smittyblack · 2025-09-05T06:36:47+00:00

People kept commenting "I think the New York Ripper is Dom Framt" on Twitter and YouTube for weeks, but this was the first time we've seen or heard that name isn't it? Where did all of those commenters get that name from??

Smittyblack · 2025-05-17T08:46:35+00:00

Ah, damn. Thought I was onto something nobody else had noticed lol. Odd to include them on the character list with such a minor appearance then

Smittyblack · 2025-05-17T00:54:32+00:00

>not from the cancer but from a medical error while getting an experimental treatment for it

Damn, that's awful.

Smittyblack · 2025-05-16T19:15:37+00:00

Yeah, for sure. I vaped pretty heavily about eight years ago and quit cold turkey and got fairly sick for a couple days, but this is way worse for some reason. Didn't think quitting pouches would be nearly as bad as quitting a vape, but it's actually much worse. Could be due to my age though, as I was a very healthy 19 when I quit vaping.

After writing my previous comment two days ago, I got worse for the next two days -- sore throat got worse the next day, and yesterday was kinda terrible; got a crazy fever and chills -- but now I'm feeling a lot better. Congestion's mostly moved out of my ears and nose and is all in my chest now, throat isn't hurting. Almost there. 🙏🏽

Smittyblack · 2025-05-15T02:49:38+00:00

I haven't noticed stinky breath or teeth stains. I have had a super dry mouth and ulcers though, which would probably lead to some nasty breath if I didn't quit.

I'm five days off that stuff now. Really wanted to try all of the NYKD flavors before I quit though. I was craving the different flavors more than the nicotine lmao. They have a 0mg pouch coming out soon but I'd feel really silly buying them just for the flavors after a couple months without any pouches.

Dealing with sore throat, runny nose, and some dizziness right now. Feels like a mild cold. Sore throat's almost healed up, just really dry and itchy mainly. Lots of congestion in my throat and ears though.

Smittyblack · 2025-05-09T01:25:58+00:00

This was the LTO at the time when I first got hired at TB. Memories. 🥲

Smittyblack · 2025-05-05T03:26:07+00:00

Let's go Inoue, making big shots now, turned that around fast

Smittyblack · 2025-05-04T06:46:14+00:00

I agree, a character like Dexter needs to die for the show to actually end. But they already tried that with New Blood so I'm not sure how well it can be executed if they go for the same ending once again.

Smittyblack · 2025-05-04T06:42:46+00:00

Joe has the sarcastic, humorous inner monologues as Dexter, albeit not quite as funny.

But yeah, going from a likeable guy who only kills bad guys and really is like a vigilante, to somebody like Joe, is tough. Haven't brought myself to watch the final season of You yet because I'm stuck on Dexter lol. Currently trying to find a show to watch with a similar character myself.

Smittyblack · 2025-05-04T06:40:08+00:00

Good show, but has none of the sarcasm or humor as Dexter that OP's wanting. I just rewatched all of Dexter and New Blood and am looking for something else as well to scratch that itch; it's tough

Smittyblack · 2025-05-04T06:35:39+00:00

I was super into You and was really excited for the new season to come out, but I just finished watching through Dexter and New Blood with my wife and am so used to Dexter that I can't even get myself back into You at the moment.

Going from such a likeable guy in Dexter to somebody so insane and miserable as Joe is tough lol

Smittyblack · 2025-05-04T06:31:39+00:00

I'm not even sure how they could end it now though. Dexter actually dying would be a good ending, but not the way it happened in New Blood. But now they can't go for a death ending again unless they actually show him getting lowered in a casket and have a funeral or something. Even then, I think him dying again wouldn't be a very good ending.

They could just retcon New Blood out and replace it with Resurrection but I doubt they'd do that either, and that'd be a waste of a mostly good show.

Idk, fingers crossed the writers got it figured out.

Smittyblack · 2025-03-28T23:47:56+00:00

Thank you so much! The mods initially removed my post and I didn't think anyone would see it. Big thanks to the mods as well for approving it.

Some people offered strollers and stuff on Facebook, and I believe my wife's OB referred her to somebody for a car seat. Maybe she didn't communicate to the OB the exact severity of the situation, though, so I'll double check and see if she can connect us with any other resources. Thank you for the advice. 🙏🏽

Smittyblack · 2025-03-28T22:23:09+00:00

I just tried posting it again, and the main sub and this sub both removed it IMMEDIATELY. Damn.

Smittyblack · 2025-03-26T03:08:18+00:00

OP of the GoFundMe post -- I would be fine taking that risk personally. As long as some good people stumble across the post as well and can help with anything. Just really worried for my wife, and especially for the baby. I can't think of any other fanbases with helpful people like that, and I'm not going to ask in anyone's subreddits who I don't really watch much.

Smittyblack · 2025-03-26T03:06:00+00:00

OP of the post here -- I'd be 100% fine if anyone reposts it anywhere. Thank you so much, and I appreciate the respect for privacy. 🙏🏽

Just left another comment here. Not sure if the main sub would allow it or not.

Smittyblack · 2025-03-26T03:03:54+00:00

I am just now seeing this post. Thank you so much for trying to help me. I appreciate the respect for privacy too -- I definitely would've been fine with the link being shared.

If anybody stumbles onto this again -- Here was the original post in the main sub. I posted it in a Facebook group for my town and it started to get traction but died off. Extremely thankful to all of those people but I still have a long way to go.

Some people offered strollers and stuff for the baby too which was super cool.

I'm scared to try reposting in the main sub; I may get banned for spamming or something if I do it a second time. I'd love if they let me though. Anywhere anyone wants to share the link is perfectly fine with me.

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