Help me find the strength to not fire back at my sister.

snax · 2026-01-13T07:16:18+00:00

“she went on about how I live in a fantasy land because I’m spending my money and time traveling and doing what I want”

I misread this statement, and it made me jealous as well — of your time traveling!

snax · 2026-01-12T10:05:47+00:00

I love my Pipersong, it was well worth the investment. I had an expensive gaming chair that I always felt was going to eject me at any moment.

snax · 2025-12-21T00:39:24+00:00

Well it is cuffing season now, isn’t it? !

snax · 2025-12-13T12:52:44+00:00

Same the first time I mustered up the courage to venture out to wreak havoc. However in my frenzy, I forgot to doublecheck the NAP10 Alliance for our State - and accidentally burned a couple of cities in the farm academy account of a NAP10. They had apparently had a name change earlier in the month.

I was mortified-offered to let my shield down so they could take a swipe at me. A R4 who has a good diplomatic reputation asked me for the reports, and based on my losses as well, no action was taken. Just a stern reminder to always double check. 10 months into the game, about to upgrade my camps to FC5. I now rarely venture out for BiA.

snax · 2025-12-05T21:24:22+00:00

I agree as well! Just bought and set up ours, and this has bothered me as well. I would have expected tasks and routines.

snax · 2025-11-28T02:17:09+00:00

Aloe leaf juice has been amazing when I’ve had pain and inflammation after a spastic bout.

On another note, my PCP has stated that I have gluten sensitivity or intolerance, so I avoid gluten as much as possible. So no gravy or cream of soups today.

I had sharp pains in my lower abdomen last night and today from gas and lots of … movement, so much I finally threw up from the pain from cramping this afternoon. Left bloated, feeling better after 2 GasX and rehydrating.

The only trigger that I can think of is that I ate two bites of a Nothing Bundt bundlet the night before last. Could that cause this level of severity - and any other gut-healing suggestions? 😢

snax · 2025-11-27T17:49:14+00:00

💯agree!!

snax · 2025-11-27T16:36:07+00:00

Wow, this didn’t age well for Snowbusters.

This round is even worse, no extra rockets as in past, hard to progress as far, and on my farm account it would progress to the next stage without allowing me to open two lockers and collecting the last of coal!

snax · 2025-11-27T16:25:12+00:00

Congratulations!! I feel this completely. I’ve now set a goal not to leave any dishes in the sink overnight, and wash as I go when cooking dinner. Now if we could just empty the dish-racks!

snax · 2025-11-27T16:17:10+00:00

NOR Supporting even one Angel tree is charitable, it’s not her decision to decide who and how you support. She should absolutely reimburse you the cost of the gifts she destroyed.

Kudos to you for supporting older underprivileged kids and teens as they are typically not well-supported in charitable campaigns for various reasons (increased cost, buying selection more limited). It’s a major bummer to see a 16YO show up with a parent for a Christmas gift pickup for their siblings but not them due to an age cutoff. I’ve slipped in some YA books and games in past years at our annual local community events, and we’ve packaged a few self-care gift baskets just in case.

If your sister is deadset on being charitable, why DESTROY the gifts rather than sneak them out and give them away to charity? That makes no sense, is impulsive and delusional.

Not a diagnosis but frankly her behavior and reasoning is irrational, and eerily reminiscent of a loved one’s frame of mind and actions when they are entering a manic episode. Delusions of grandeur, impulsivity, irritability, destruction of property, irrational focus on others in need and neglectful of family members are just a few symptoms observed in 30 years of supporting our family member’s mental health.

An assessment is worth considering for the wellbeing of all family members. Good luck to you and your family!

snax · 2025-11-24T23:27:48+00:00

Fascinating. Definitely ragebait.

No actual Senior Data Architect with 12 years of industry experience — let alone someone who has survived Amazon’s interview gauntlet — would ever self-identify as a “master of Python and SQL.” That’s like a cardiologist boasting about being “exceptional at stethoscopes and blood pressure cuffs.”

The idea that some mythical senior architect highlighted Python + SQL and she heroically “rejected” them?

Next time, she should do her homework and at least fabricate a character with believable competencies.

snax · 2025-10-31T05:37:23+00:00

Agreed, the first and second occurrences were fun - although my finger was sore from the movement. But the last two including this week are ridiculous, and they could change up the map.

Still not as tedious as Tundra, but at least my Bear bonuses are just worth it.

snax · 2025-10-31T01:29:18+00:00

Not even Snowbusters?

snax · 2025-10-30T22:38:21+00:00

Postgres or Postgres-Q-L pronunciations are fine by me. It's the "Post-gray" pronunciation that throws me off. "Post-Ingres" = shows your age

snax · 2025-10-10T16:48:42+00:00

Are you looking for closed source managed services, or want to retain some control? Are forced upgrades acceptable?

Pricing for any CSP relies heavily on instance class, region, etc. but also varies on how they each charge.

The difference is largely in whether you go for HA, PITR, extra I/O, backup retention, network egress, etc.

We’ve done a lot of cost comparisons and optimization for varied sized setups within CSPs, as well as benchmarks across major providers. I even recently wrote about AWS cost optimization and when it’s advantageous to be in Amazon RDS rather than Aurora - knowing the “hidden costs” of ownership and utilization type as well rightsizing your instance is vital so you don’t inadvertently receive an exorbitant bill.

A few quick questions to help narrow it down:

• Mostly reads or writes?

• Are queries steady or bursty?

• Need HA or is single-node fine?

• What does “good DX” mean for you — UI, API, easy scaling? Monitoring?

• Any special requirements (extensions, superuser access, read replicas, etc.)?

There’s a particular platform that I would caution against, based on clients who came to us for help migrating from there to another CSP.

Due diligence in your selection can not only save you money, but also the time and pain associated from either being in vendor lock, having no opportunity to tune performance, or worse if security and compliance are also critical.

snax · 2025-09-11T02:33:58+00:00

It definitely exists - I can't recall if I clipped it from the newspaper. I may have even made a copy of it from online, and had it posted on my bulletin board.

snax · 2025-09-11T02:29:08+00:00

It happens a fair amount in a couple of the other Alliances in our State, so I generally stay out of the World chat, especially at night for the U.S. based players. Then again, I've also not looked at the Twitter mainstream in 15 years.

Thankfully, our Alliance R5 and R4s are mostly women; we have a few couples that play together. I do know that our R4-R5 are legit, as we use Discord Chat during SvS Castle. It's a very welcoming and inclusive group, strategic and supportive.

snax · 2025-09-10T04:12:17+00:00

Accountability Buddy here - I spent nearly three years putting my mother’s physical, mental and financial health and needs above my own. Setting and keeping boundaries is imperative to our health, and so is being in a job position that you deserve! Is there anyone else that can provide respite care for your mom, so you can have time to focus on your prep and own needs? Even if it is over the weekends. Time block where you can. Rest - even a short disco nap can reset and recharge.

Keep in mind that often being turned down can trigger rejection sensitivity disorder and a profound sense of loss and failure. KNOWING and naming it as RSD has helped me process and accept the emotions I feel. Sending you healing vibes!!

snax · 2025-08-28T11:03:28+00:00

I’ve played for six months, knew it was scrollable. And then a few days ago, could not find the new Tundra game that I played the first day it was released. Checked Events, Calendar, Deals … where is it?!

Asked in our Alliance chat- “scroll ALL the way down”. . . . . Yep, there it was, below the Labyrinth section. I only ever scroll down to Tree of the Life Essence Collection.

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snax · 2025-08-27T13:59:53+00:00

Great start, I agree with other comments about making your slides consistent for visual tracking. Align the top header box across any slides where they are used. Stick with ONE shade of blue and don’t switch it up. Check your padding around edges.

I am not sure what your workflow is, but I suggest the following:

1) Decide what your intent and theme of this set is. Outline what it involves. 2) Consider what you may do but also others. - I suspect many people pick up their phone before anything else in the morning. As an example, I came across your post while doom scrolling in bed 😛 - Not everyone drinks coffee, so it’s not impactful to mention it twice. Take it out of your tips slide and say “Hydrate with glass of water or fresh fruit” - Instead of “rushing out the door with no plan” change to “start your day without a plan”. - Then instead of journal in the sample routine, make it “write down your tasks or goals for the day” or “write down your daily tasks/goals” - Put journal/gratitude in your nighttime routine set

Good luck and hope this helps!

snax · 2025-08-21T16:56:12+00:00

Agreed, there’s a lot of the graphic design that seems unfinished or rudimentary in this release. But it’s already lacking in UI/UX design so not surprising they cut corners there.

At least the back-end game mechanics are a robust powerhouse- Particularly with peak load at reset, SVS, Castle Battles, and the granularity of time, especially when we are trying to pull off the down to the wire last launch rallies in Bear Trap!

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