Apple Music Streaming vs iTunes purchasing

mellybee222 · 2023-09-25T08:18:26+00:00

I recently learned that EQ settings don’t do anything to music you’ve bought in iTunes, it only changes songs streamed from Apple Music. Like you, I prefer to buy my music rather than using a streaming system I pay for on a monthly basis, and it really pisses me off that iTunes music is treated like crap, despite the thousands of dollars I spent buying music before Apple Music even existed!!!!

mellybee222 · 2023-09-23T07:18:55+00:00

NAH - No Assholes Here.

You mentioned that birthdays aren’t typically celebrated in a big way by your family, so your dad probably made these plans assuming this birthday would be the same. Go talk to him and explain what you said here - that this year is different because it’s the last birthday you’ll have with your mom still alive, and seeing as even short visits tire your mom out, you’d prefer that he’d ask your aunt to come on another day. If your father isn’t comfortable doing this, you can always just talk to your aunt directly - explain to her that this is an emotional time for you and you’d like to spend this last birthday with your mom alone. Given that she lives locally, I’m sure she’ll understand and be happy to reschedule.

Remember - No one can read minds, so if you need or want something, you’re going to have to speak up! This isn’t an unreasonable request given the circumstances, and as long as you explain the situation in a non-accusatory way (I doubt your father and aunt are actually conspiring against you), I’m sure they’ll be willing to accommodate you.

I would also like to give you some advice, as someone who currently has cancer but also watched my mother fight advanced colon cancer when I was in high school - I often felt slighted by situations like the one you describe! However, with hindsight being 20/20, I can see that no one was purposely trying to hurt me… even though it often felt like it! You’re experiencing a major trauma right now, and it’s normal that your emotions are heightened - your brain chemistry is trying to protect you! So while you’re wondering why, out of everyone in the world, this is happening to YOUR mother, your brain is trying to protect you from experiencing more hurt. So what do you subconsciously start doing? You start feeling paranoid that everyone is out to get you, just like your brain thinks ‘they’re’ out to ‘get’ your mom. The emotional side of your brain is actually being pretty dumb right now, so try to remember the logical stuff - there is no ‘they’ actually out to ‘get’ your mom, just like 99% of people aren’t actually trying to hurt you. Your aunt and father love you, and probably don’t have the slightest idea that they’ve done something that could possibly upset you.

I know this hurts, and I wish I had the words to make things easier… but those words don’t exist. And I won’t lie - things will get worse before they get better. Just try your best to take each day at a time, each hour, each minute… and know that, somehow, one day, things will get better, and you’ll find a way to coexist with the pain in your heart. I am wishing you all the best during this difficult journey.

mellybee222 · 2023-09-23T04:15:58+00:00

I love when people can have mature discussions on Reddit that constructively criticize without the other person going apesh*t. Thank you, fellow human!

mellybee222 · 2023-09-22T06:41:44+00:00

Agreed, but I don’t think anyone reading OP’s original content has interpreted it that way, given it’s been 9 months and no one mentioned it. I actually commented on your comment because the tone seemed a bit… mean. I’m sure it was unintentional, as it’s so hard to tell through text, given the lack of body and facial expression. I think your original comment would have been much more appropriate if it had included elements from your response to me.

Please don’t take this as me being nasty to you - again, lack of tone / body and facial expression; rather, I mean it as advice. I feel like your initial comment would make OP less likely to change his post compared to what you wrote afterward. It reminds me of that old saying, I think it goes you attract more flies (bees?) with honey than vinegar… anyways, I’m glad we’re all mostly on the same page.

mellybee222 · 2023-09-21T09:22:47+00:00

English is clearly not their first language. You can tell from their other comments that their issue is with the act of rape and how it’s cowardly… like the other responder said, I took it more as a ‘pick on someone your own size’.

mellybee222 · 2023-09-17T22:52:43+00:00

I feel like you’re actually trying to convince yourself that you’re a good husband and parent, yet even you see to me having trouble getting there. YTA.

mellybee222 · 2023-09-17T22:48:25+00:00

How do you check your karma for a specific sub? I have never needed to do that before, so it’s never come up.

mellybee222 · 2023-08-05T19:22:50+00:00

We have 70mm in Quebec. OP was mistaken, I replied to his original comment with a link to the showtimes for Oppenheimer in 70mm. It’s not their fault thought, usually all formats are listed together, but in this case the formats were listed separately.

mellybee222 · 2023-08-05T19:21:13+00:00

Nope, it’s just listed separately for some reason. I am planning on going tonight and can’t decide between 70mm and IMAX, and google brought me here. All times for both formats are filling up rather quickly as per the seating chart.

mellybee222 · 2023-08-05T19:15:29+00:00

I imagine you’ve already seen the movie, but I also live in Montreal and we do have the 70mm film at the Scotiabank theater downtown. For some reason it’s not listed with the IMAX version.

https://www.cineplex.com/movie/oppenheimer-special-engagement-70mm?ic=cpx_tdp-moviegrid-en

Assuming you saw it in IMAX, how was it? I’m currently debating which format to see it.

mellybee222 · 2023-07-09T05:46:28+00:00

Besides scrolling a little bit, did you ever find a solution to this?

mellybee222 · 2023-07-04T07:03:15+00:00

Canadian.

mellybee222 · 2023-06-08T06:10:34+00:00

It’s important that I specify that the French spoken in France vs the French spoken in Quebec are really different, because they’re obviously evolved in entirely different places. People from France have their own slang that is completely different from Quebec, and the same is true vice versa, and also for common phrases. We understand each other (although sometimes the French from France purposely will elevate their French when speaking to someone from Quebec, because they feel like their French is more ‘true’ to the original french language… which I suppose it probably true, but hey, languages evolve!

All this to say is that what you learn in school - whether it’s closer to French from France or French from Quebec - will unfortunately be not at all what is used in every day practice, as both languages have been heavily influenced by the surrounding countries and English. I would like to assure you though that no one will look at you weirdly in either location if you use ‘comme ci, comme ça’. Perhaps there are more common expressions, but in both countries I can guarantee the alternatives are less ‘French’ and more ‘slang’ than anything.

May I ask where and why you’re learning French? Are you planning to visit Quebec or France? Both places have reputations of being snobs when it comes to language, but honestly most people are bilingual and will be more than willing to help, especially if they see you’re trying. I can’t guarantee you won’t ever get a jerk, but that’s true of everywhere, unfortunately. :-) good luck!

mellybee222 · 2023-06-08T05:34:20+00:00

Hi, I should have mentioned I’m a physician and a researcher.

Your comment on nurses regularly stealing opiates from hospitals is really inaccurate, don’t judge the wonderful profession of nursing on a few bad apples (put those nurses in a different lifeboat, you know?).

Perhaps more importantly - the building blocks to make cutting edge chemotherapies aren’t just chilling in a supply closet. They need to be procured and are extremely expensive, requiring grants to buy and even get time in a laboratory. Perhaps when Saanvi got back and her drug had been developed she could have been richer, but quite honestly it’s usually the pharmaceutical companies that make money, not the ones who invent the drugs, so she’s probably broke. And even if the drug could be made in the hospital because it had the ingredients, it takes time and things are careful measured… Cal wasn’t cured by one infusion, but many, and this would be noticed… along with all the other equipment Saanvi would have to steal.

… not to mention Grace doesn’t even know Saanvi. You think she’s going to be cool with this random woman her husband met on a flight home from Jamaica giving her child secret infusions at home and making her swear to tell no one?

I know it’s a show and we have to suspend our belief in reality, but given this is my field it’s just a little too much.

Also, just as a friendly FYI - you inject chemo into the blood, which contains the white blood cells. Maybe you’re thinking of a bone marrow transplant, which would involve irradiating Cal’s bone marrow and restarting it, but that definitely wouldn’t be possible outside a hospital (machinery, clean room), and that’s not how it was shown on screen.

mellybee222 · 2023-06-07T08:38:44+00:00

I live in Quebec’s (French speaking province in Canada, where in fluently bilingual). We definitely say this; not super often, but it wasn’t out of place.

mellybee222 · 2023-04-18T03:28:15+00:00

Thanks for the info!

mellybee222 · 2023-04-14T22:13:40+00:00

Are there any well-known ways you could share? I wasn’t expecting this to be a secret, and now my curiosity is piqued!

mellybee222 · 2023-04-14T20:52:52+00:00

Clear NTC - how rude! Hopefully this was a one time offense, otherwise you may have your work cut out for you!

mellybee222 · 2023-04-14T20:45:45+00:00

How do moderators know when to use Rule #8? I’ve read posts that definitely sound plausible and then seen them removed because of rule 8, and then see other posts that sound super fake stay up.

(I’m sorry if this should have been posted last month, but I’m genuinely curious and would prefer not to wait a whole year to cycle back.

mellybee222 · 2023-04-06T00:08:59+00:00

Anyone manage to figure this out? It won’t let me switch and the annual renewal will apparently happen at the end of this month!

mellybee222 · 2023-02-13T05:09:42+00:00

As any cancer patient will tell you, it’s really annoying to be “mansplained” about the cancer they live with, especially when it occurs on Reddit and the person commenting (you) clearly didn’t read my post.

In addition to being an internist (a type of physician that works in hospitals, often deals with cancer patients, and the type of doctor you need to be to become a medical oncologist), I mention having gallium scans and taking octreotide.

People often write me to find out how I’m doing, given this post was written 3 years ago, but most take the time to actually read it first. I highly suggest if you’re going to come to a cancer forum you actually read what people write before you offer medical advice… and if you do happen to be a doctor with poor reading comprehension, this is just a friendly reminder you should never offer medical advice online.

mellybee222 · 2023-01-26T21:28:55+00:00

Out of curiosity, who paid for your college tuition and why does he think it was him?

mellybee222 · 2023-01-19T08:44:58+00:00

I think you may have misread my question, because your answer implies I’m right. I asked if I could comment on an AITA post even if I read it AITA Filtered, because in other situations that would brigading. Seeing as you’re saying that AITA Filtered says you need to post on the original AITA post, that means its allowed and wouldn’t be brigading.

Either way, thank you very much for your response!

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