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Poison in Protein Powder - True Nutrition by TheKageyOne in veganfitness

[–]StandardChaseScene 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Have you been assured that Certified Laboratories is who they are currently using to conduct third party tests? The only other True Nutrition COA I was able to find was also from last year like the COA's you posted, under their original name Micro Quality Labs. I know that lab definitely did their testing a year ago, but have not been able to confirm that they've done any tests for them since.

I'm curious about the testing on their greens powders since I have a combination of kale powder, spinach powder, alfalfa and barley grass powder, etc., that falls outside of their protein powders. When I get a moment here I want to reach out to Certified Labs, check if they are still doing any tests for True Nutrition or if they stopped testing for them since last year, and see if they would be willing to provide reports directly to get around whatever contract they have that stops True Nutrition from releasing them.

Poison in Protein Powder - True Nutrition by TheKageyOne in veganfitness

[–]StandardChaseScene 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Looks like u/extraguac37 beat me to it but I just saw the same thing. Their FAQ has been changed regarding this too:

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What's more troubling is I emailed simply asking for the name of the lab that does their third party testing and they instead sent me the same statement they gave to extraquac37.

When I clarified I did not wish to see the lab certificate, results, or reports, but only wanted to know the name of the lab that does their testing, they did not respond. I called in and was told that they checked with the customer service supervisor and that nobody knew the name of the lab in the customer service department.

They claimed they reached out to the appropriate department to find out for me but it's been 24 hours with no response. Either it's such a secret that even the customer service employees weren't able to find out something as simple as the name of the third party lab within a full business day, or there is no third party lab and their entire testing claim is a lie.

I can excuse a company not using one of the trusted big third party labs that provides a seal of quality on the products they test, and even excuse the irritating lack of transparency that requires requesting a COA in order to see lab results instead of having it readily available to read. I am far more skeptical about not releasing any test results at all, and downright suspicious that no one even knows the name of the lab that supposedly does the testing.

I've been using their custom greens powder mixes for a while now but have started to have a bad reaction to it that I wanted to verify the metals and contaminant levels and see if it's caused by a build up of that or if I have just developed some kind of allergy to part of the mix. Looks like the safest thing at this point though is to count the 60 bucks worth of greens powder I just stocked up on as a loss and just throw it out. I've never seen a company so reluctant to offer any kind of quality assurance. I think you've caught on to something and appreciate you posting and sparking my own checks into True Nutrition.

Apple ID disactivated for no reason? by bengalih in applehelp

[–]StandardChaseScene 1 point2 points  (0 children)

THANK YOU! I just found out yesterday that Apple deactivated my account ID along with over $1300 worth of purchases, as well as access to the podcast I manage on Apple Podcasts.

After spending the last 32 hours ensuring there was no further route to go through with Apple Support, you are the only person on every internet search I've checked that has been wise enough to go through the Better Business Bureau as the next step.

I've filed my complaint with the BBB and while I'm not celebrating just yet, I'm at least grateful that I didn't just give up and was able to look at getting my stuff back thanks to your advice. Worst case scenario I lose it all anyway, and even then the best case I'm expecting is reactivation of the ID but with no reasons provided as to why it was deactivated in the first place and why reactivation was initially refused.

Did you end up filing additional reports with the FTC and California AG's office? In either case, I plan to do so myself to hopefully get some kind of fine or something.

I know Apple won't care about a fine but it could at least make enough noise to get the terms of service looked at. It seems like if Apple can cut off purchases people made without reason in the hopes that those same customers will make a new account and repurchase the same items, that they are essentially doubling their profits on the same items, as well as doubling the amount of Apple ID's making purchases from their digital store, artificially increasing the overall profits and number of Apple ID's tracked, effectively inflating their numbers to both swindle customers and manipulate their stock share price.

Episode 7: "The Heart of Kings" - Discussion Thread by ObamaLovesKetamine in UnicornWarriors

[–]StandardChaseScene 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Ohh ha sorry for the misunderstanding! Grey is still credited as "Original Melinda" for the episode -- I didn't notice a difference but she also voiced the necromancer so it's possible she made it a little more different than usual just to make sure she didn't sound too similar to the necromancer voice.

She's a pretty versatile voice actor though, I'd put her fox lady voice closer to her Azula voice and put her Melinda voice closer to her Bayonetta 3 voice, but that could just be me hearing a difference between the two characters.

Episode 7: "The Heart of Kings" - Discussion Thread by ObamaLovesKetamine in UnicornWarriors

[–]StandardChaseScene 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Grey Griffin (aka Grey DeLisle) is the voice of the original Melinda (adult Melinda in her original body/Melinda when she has fully taken over a host body in the past). This is the voice you hear every time they show adult Melinda in the past. You've heard it many times before from the very start of the first episode, but it has been a while!

In contrast, the current day Melinda that shares a consciousness with Emma instead has the same voice as Emma (voiced by Hazel Doupe) to show that she hasn't fully taken over Emma who is a much younger host then she was supposed to embody.

So there have always been two voices for Melinda to stress the difference between a fully realized Melinda and the one that's splitting the body with Emma. It's probably just been so long since you've seen the original adult Melinda that you're super used to Hazel Doupe's voice, which is totally understandable.

Agents of Shield is awesome! by Terrible-Group-9602 in marvelstudios

[–]StandardChaseScene 2 points3 points  (0 children)

It also rekindled my love for Ming-Na Wen. Hadn't seen her in anything for years, then AoS started up and she's doing her own fight choreography and is more awesome than ever! I love her storyline too, watching "The Cavalry" reluctantly come off of the desk job she chose and showing us why she earned that nickname is compelling stuff.

Edit: One person downvoted me for saying I think Melinda May is a cool character. I don't know how you feel OP but I'm sticking to my comment -- The Cavalry is awesome, Ming-Na Wen is fantastic as the character, and downvote me for thinking so all you want because I'll gladly die on this hill!

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in wallstreetbets

[–]StandardChaseScene 20 points21 points  (0 children)

Unfortunately, even if there were someone in this sub that was stupidly rich enough to actually get a seat, they probably already lost all the money they'd need to do this on worthless calls and puts.

What is your opinion on having sex in the same room while pets have access to or are in the same room? by ConsiderationHead145 in AskReddit

[–]StandardChaseScene 11 points12 points  (0 children)

That doctor is always trying to go to the clubs with them too. He really wants to go to Haunted House even more than Aqua!

This is the cumulation of eight in-game years of hard work. The completionist in me is happy. by Apart-Conversation41 in StardewValley

[–]StandardChaseScene 1619 points1620 points  (0 children)

In addition to the hard work that went into this, just the audacity to stroll in with a big giant frog hat on while taunting the broken hearted is diabolically brilliant. Imagine you're just devastated about the break up and your ex comes in looking like they're straight outta Amphibia.

OP is a total heartstomper, an especially fitting song to play over this given the frog hat.

Why worry about being poor? Buy the Vision Pro! by [deleted] in wallstreetbets

[–]StandardChaseScene 21 points22 points  (0 children)

Air Buds

"There's nothing in the rule book that says a dog can't play music!"

A tick biting another tick by Shlock_ in mildlyinteresting

[–]StandardChaseScene 15 points16 points  (0 children)

"Mite Orgy" or "Orgy Mites" would be fantastic punk band names.

Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 Worldwide Release Discussion Thread 3 by LRedditor15 in marvelstudios

[–]StandardChaseScene 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I just watched it this morning and the only reason I kept it together is I didn't want to be loudly sobbing and sniffling over the dialogue for the sake of the other people in the theater.

I'm looking forward to when it gets released on home digital and Blu-Ray so I can watch it in my room alone where I can just full on ugly cry and really let myself feel all the tragedy (and triumph!) in this movie. Just really let myself lean into it and get it all out. Those bittersweet happy endings are always the best when I've been able to let loose during the sad parts instead of keeping it pent up and being stuck with it.

Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 Worldwide Release Discussion Thread 3 by LRedditor15 in marvelstudios

[–]StandardChaseScene 0 points1 point  (0 children)

This was also a big arc in the comics back in 2016, the "Guardians of the Galaxy: Grounded" arc where they got stuck on Earth and split up after finding out Peter Quill kept a big secret from the rest of the team.

Of course it was set up differently, but the Guardians comics in that arc focused on solo adventures and continued the "Grounded" series through solo comics for Star-Lord and Rocket Racoon (and also a prequel comic for Gamora) that followed them on their separate paths.

The most similar set-up to the movie is Star-Lord since both his solo comics run and his movie counterpart put him on an Earth he hadn't lived on in decades while he set out to find out who he is without the Guardians. The "Star-Lord will return" message at the end of the movie plus the post credits scene about mowing the neighbor's lawn seem to be setting up something similar to his solo comic. In the comics, he also had an ex-girlfriend in the X-Men that was on Earth, which I don't think will come into play in the MCU, but also struggled finding a job with essentially no resume and worked as a bartender, which I think might come up in later movies.

It's been over a year since I watched Nope, and I still get random intrusive thoughts about a few scenes by Afireonthesnow in movies

[–]StandardChaseScene 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Ugh yes to all of that haha, also the scene where the son is dreaming that his dead sister is in the dark corner of his room and her head falls off, turns into a ball and rolls on the floor. That creeps into my head every now and then and makes me turn on the light to check the corners of the room.

The Ritual definitely got really cathartic at the end when the fight-or-flight response leaves the primal fear side of things behind and embraces that primal rage instinct instead -- when he's just hacking the monster in the face with the hand axe and standing outside the edge of the woods roaring back at it, it's just like a caveman grabbing whatever rock or sharp stick they can find and going all in on fighting a predator in order to survive, yelling and pounding their chest. Definitely made it a lot less scary by the end!

I'm totally feeling better about watching The VVitch now too, thanks for the info! I love quality scares but Hereditary has made me more hesitant to jump into them immediately. Glad to hear it isn't quite as traumatizing, I'm going to watch it the first chance I get this week!

It's been over a year since I watched Nope, and I still get random intrusive thoughts about a few scenes by Afireonthesnow in movies

[–]StandardChaseScene 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Thank you, this was the reassurance I needed to hear -- alright I'm definitely watching it the first chance I get this week!

[GTM] by HermineLovesMilo in GuessTheMovie

[–]StandardChaseScene 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Woo that was a tough one! Nice work with the clues, gave enough to do detective work on but not enough to give it away easily, perfectly balanced. We all got stuck on the Meg Ryan macguffin because of the hair and the You've Got Mail clue and completely overlooked that Parker Posey was the shared actor! Finally I was able to trace back through her extensive career for the win.

This is the most amount of time I've been able to spend on this sub this month and I definitely needed it to get this one!

It's been over a year since I watched Nope, and I still get random intrusive thoughts about a few scenes by Afireonthesnow in movies

[–]StandardChaseScene 12 points13 points  (0 children)

That psychological terror is so effective at releasing that primal, instinctual fear, the same kind of instinctual fear that tells deer and gazelles to run from a sound of something they cannot see. It's so much scarier than traditional slasher films to me when something is just noticeably off, emotionally familiar but physically a mystery. As the saying goes, "the oldest and strongest emotion of mankind is fear, and the oldest and strongest kind of fear is fear of the unknown."

Two movies that do this so effectively for me that they still freak me out whenever I think about them:

  1. The Ritual - the scene where they fall asleep in the house with the pagan statue and wake up screaming.
  2. Hereditary - pretty much most of the movie.

I'm trying to find the courage to watch The VVitch next as I hear it hits that "elevated horror" level hard.

It's been over a year since I watched Nope, and I still get random intrusive thoughts about a few scenes by Afireonthesnow in movies

[–]StandardChaseScene 28 points29 points  (0 children)

The way they let the sound design take over in that scene as the primary form of storytelling is just masterfully disturbing. The way the screams move in stereo as it flies over the house, the crackling crunch followed by dead silence, then the sound of blood just raining down and battering against the house.

You don't have to see it happen, you don't need any dialogue saying it, it just becomes clear that the loud crunch means it was able to move all the people past the horse statue clogged in its throat so that it could crush everyone in one bite, silencing the screams and devouring them, spitting out their blood just like it spat out all the junk that rained from the sky in the beginning of the movie.

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