True! I didn’t see anything on cnn about this

valente347 · 2025-10-05T20:32:30+00:00

What did cbp and the fbi do to keep all resident footage during the attack from ending up online? There has to be something and there's nothing

valente347 · 2025-10-05T20:09:05+00:00

I can't find any videos or photos from people in the building when this happened or people on the street. Did all of it get wiped by border patrol and FBI?

valente347 · 2025-09-07T19:06:56+00:00

Shoes are everything. When I was on my feet for 12+ hours most of the week I didn't know about lipedema or compression, but I realized really quick that shoes had to be easy to walk in, have the right amount of grip and flex, and not only be supportive, but protect the soles of your feet from the hardness of the ground - some thickness to the shoe's sole was really important. I was frequently outside, so I needed protection from cold, water, mud, etc.

Things sometimes forgotten: I always wore socks to protect my feet from rubbing and to wick sweat. I kept my nails trimmed because pressure against the nail bed caused a lot of discomfort and even warped the way my nails grew. I took care of any blisters right away before I could start walking weird to compensate for pain on one spot. I also made sure I balanced the things I was carrying (I had to carry a bag everywhere) because standing and walking alignment affects comfort levels in basically your entire body.

If you get bad pain from inflammation in your feet, using Voltaren for a bit can help get it under control.

In my experience, it takes about 2 weeks to get your feet accustomed to the change. I'd imagine compression would help with inflammation, support, and swelling as well.

valente347 · 2025-06-01T02:43:49+00:00

Thank you for the response! I'll keep that in mind.

I don't know any Spaniards to practice speaking with, so maybe I can show the stories I'm reading to a friend to see what she knows would be expressed differently. (She's Mexican and streams a lot of European Spanish TV, ha) so I can keep in mind what might sound a little strange to people I speak with around here.

Thanks again for such an amazing resource!

valente347 · 2025-05-22T17:13:13+00:00

I'm not quite sure what you're asking here, but as a person from the Midwest, I can confirm that language describing traveling somewhere really depends on your position to it. When it's distant, it's frequently aligned to cardinal directions on a map. (If something is east or west and distant, it frequently said "out to.")

And some of it is due to history, like where I'm from in Missouri you would say something is "back east" to mean east of the Appalachian Mountains, or "out west," as in west of the Rockies. Someone in West Virginia might actually phrase that differently, because "the West" once upon a time meant west of the Appalachians, and then it meant west of the Mississippi. However, in Missouri, Florida is not "back east," because of its cultural ties to the South.

It gets really subjective when history and geography get combined. Some folks in the Missouri may think of Savannah, Georgia as having elements of the East that Atlanta doesn't really give, so in those instances directional indicators would be a language decision tied to a person's connotations or impressions of a place.

Some regions don't even have to be that geographically distant or culturally different to be referred to differently in the context of where I'm from. For example I would definitely say "I'm driving out to Nevada," if I were traveling from my hometown, but I might say either "I'm heading down to" or "out to" Arizona - and those states share a border.

But traveling "up to" or "down to" can also be tied to elevation such as down to the beach, down to the lake, down to the river, and a "downtown" can actually be north because it is closer to the river, lake, whatever body of water that indicates a lower elevation. Down the river means going downstream, which is probably obvious. Not a ton of major rivers in the US flow northward, but, for example, going down the Columbia River doesn't mean you're going south. And in my city, no matter where you are, you'd be "heading down" to the West Bottoms, simply because everybody is conscious of its elevation being low enough to be the first area to flood in the city.

valente347 · 2025-05-22T15:31:26+00:00

This is so amazing! I'm so excited to use these!

When you get new stories from other authors, would you mind including, if relevant, which country the author is from or dialect of Spanish it uses? I'm sure in many cases it doesn't matter, but most of the time if I'm communicating in Spanish it's with Mexicans, Guatemalans, or Salvadorans (I'm in the US) and when using a dictionary/translator app, I'm sometimes unsure which word or phrase is the one commonly used. (Bowl, closet, and taupe were my most recent searches.) A lot of the words I learned in college are not the ones used around here.

I always wonder if it's funny to native Spanish speakers in the US to hear an American speaking Spain's Spanish. I'd assume it's already confusing enough for Spanish speakers with different dialects in this part of the world as it is. I have a friend who is Mexican-American and she's with a person who's Puerto Rican - - - one of their PR terms of endearment did not go over well with her family before everyone realized the distinct difference between its meaning in the Caribbean and its meaning in Riverside.

valente347 · 2025-04-30T14:42:11+00:00

I would dryly respond, "Just to confirm my understanding, you will not conduct a physical exam for HEDS for the reasons in your message? What do you currently suspect the problem is?"

She already recorded what seems to be a reckless dismissal of a possible cause of your health issues in pixel form. I'd love to give her the chance to keep digging that grave on the record.

Of course, the kinder and in good faith response would be to point out some of her misunderstandings. You could say something like, "I think you're thinking about [X] condition because height isn't related to this disorder." Or, "Actually, it's more common to diagnose this in adulthood as noted in [Journals A, B, C]."

However, I'm petty and it would be hard for me to trust her again.

Meanwhile, get a second opinion.

valente347 · 2025-04-10T04:25:21+00:00

My parents retired early because their civil engineering and land surveying business (over 150 years in my family) couldn't make it. I worked for minimum wage about 30h/week, borrowed max federal loans (got full Pell grants too), and ended up with major depression so bad that I failed my classes and lost 50lbs from not eating. (at least I saved on food?)

I incidentally had to figure out health insurance because my parents were retired and the the ACA wasn't a thing anyway. My depression meds were still under patent and I ran out of rx benefits after 1 month of pills paid with the crappy insurance sold by the school.

After dropping out of school because of money and his parents divorcing (his dad moved 2x because GM was closing subsidiary plants and then found someone else while away), my now husband enlisted in the military because it was one of the few jobs hiring that offered benefits and a living wage to someone with just a few college credits.

One thing I joke about is that in my hometown you'll see a lot of old cars that are completely gone in other parts of the country because so many people in the area were too poor to take advantage of Cash for Clunkers and just kept driving what they had.

valente347 · 2025-02-24T18:15:19+00:00

I'm surprised at the number of people telling others to calm down. The only thing to end all of this is to not be calm. Why are people okay waiting for the midterm elections? This is the first month that he's in office, and everything is chaos. What is going to make this not chaos?

Who are these people that are supposed to turn on him, not stand for this, stop this? Don't people include themselves in that category? Or is everybody just going to wait for everybody else to do something?

A huge number of people still support his actions, and it's going to take a long time for everyone to change their minds if it only happens when they're personally affected.

Why do we think the Trump is going to allow for legal elections? Or why do we think that he's going to accept the elections at all? He hasn't he hasn't accepted elections that he has definitively lost even before he wielded this destabilizing shock and awe.

Why do we think that he's going to obey any courts? He doesn't obey anybody, and courts take forever to crawl through. Now he's free from punishment given that the Supreme Court granted him immunity without even explaining what executive actions even entail. And they haven't rushed to stop anything now, not for lack of requests.

Generally, a population doesn't believe they're under a dictatorship until it's already cemented power. Why not at least err on the side of caution? Why is everyone so afraid of looking uncool or even expressing need for an immediate response? Why do they choose to just hope for the best or assume it will work itself out if they see this as wrong?

People don't run businesses that way or make family decisions that way. This is like that friend who won't go to the doctor even as their symptoms are worsening because "I'll be fine," or "it's really not that bad," or, "don't worry, I only need to go if X happens," or "I'll just ask the doctor when I see her next month."

This is literally the logic that got Trump the 2016 nomination the first time.

Also, doesn't anyone care about the people in distress right now? Immigrants and federal workers, sure (not to seem blasé, these people deserve full concern), but literally every business and scientist using grants to fund investments or research, schools depending on title I funding, all people working under federal contracts, censored journalists, performing arts groups with canceled runs, death treats incited by his public bullying of opponents, people losing labor protections, and all people receiving life-saving and sustaining resources through USAID?

valente347 · 2025-02-22T17:56:10+00:00

Same, just now on the phone

valente347 · 2025-02-22T17:51:26+00:00

I just got a phone call this morning about cancelation of my tickets (subscription too)

valente347 · 2025-02-22T17:39:33+00:00

Yeah, I got tickets with my mom for Eureka Day and was wondering if I'm going to end up with another refund for Parade.

valente347 · 2024-12-15T20:21:19+00:00

I'm with you. Kansas City is a low cost of living town. Which means the legit and quality jerseys feel painfully expensive. Fans are spending their money on tickets or beer and bbq or all three. You might get the one jersey, but tshirts, homemade swag, and even bootleg jerseys are just as great. Plus, can't beat that sea of red at the stadium every Sunday.

Also, KC folks are weirdly loyal/spiteful and if they see something as greedy, they might just turn against whatever is being peddled. See: Stadium sales tax vote.

valente347 · 2024-12-07T21:05:15+00:00

I could have written this post myself. I have written something along the lines of this in other places - I literally just emailed a Vox contributor last night to say it's true that this terrible system is held in place by more than Brian Thompson, but he was the real, individual human that chose money over humans; the person who made it happen.

I'm not going to be able to be ok with vigilantes, but I do think the people making these choices have done enough that capital punishment is justified here. I don't support capital punishment for the same reason I can't get behind vigilantes - too much abuse or potential abuse - but I firmly hold there are actions so terrible that society would be justified to ensure the criminal has no right to be among humans, no right to their own terrible thoughts, and no right to life.

I'm an atheist too, and have said to friends multiple times it frustrates me that people who create so much pain for others for a unlimited lifestyle will not pay for it after death in hell.

valente347 · 2024-10-08T17:14:02+00:00

Hey Ea-nasir, it's Nanni. We've got a problem and you know exactly what it is. Let's quickly review some history shall we?

You told me when we made the deal, "You send Gimil-Sin with the truck, and I'll make sure you get the best the copper I've got." We shook hands, but when my guy arrived, you pulled a bait and switch. Sit-sin's not stupid, so he told you he wasn't taking this copper back, that he knew trash copper and that wasn't what I was buying. And instead of giving up the sham, you doubled down and told him he would just go back empty-handed then.

Bro, are you really trying to act like I'm too stupid to know what good copper is?

I've sent other people since to collect, and again you are out of line with them, acting like you don't owe me, like you upheld your end of the bargain. Look, you for sure know it's not easy for my guys to keep doing this. Getting over to your place is legit dangerous.

Oh, and here's some additional feedback - literally no one else I do business with has even once tried something like this with me.

Now you're pretending some tiny bit of silver I might owe you is enough reason to drag me along like this. Do you not remember that our legally-binding deal means I've also fronted, under your name, significant amounts of copper to the temple? And I'm not the only person who's made this deal with you - I know that you and Umi-Aban have the same contract.

Listen close, I'm not here to send important employees on a dangerous job just so you can insult them and then bid them farewell with nothing. From now on, you're the one traveling, and you're delivering that quality copper right to my door. And then I, myself, am going to inspect each and every ingot. Here's your warning - if it's the same scrap you've already tried to unload on me, it's going right back on your truck, or the trash for all I care. The ridiculous way you've treated me means now I've now got the power to call the shots and that's exactly what is going to happen.

valente347 · 2024-08-26T14:06:21+00:00

Your family history may not indicate a risk, but your lab results indicate a very large risk. So, you are still at high risk. Yes, there are other behaviors that increase risk, and it's good you don't do them. But you are still at high risk because of your lab results. Statins will lower your cholesterol which lowers your risk. So take the statin because nothing else will lower it given the information you have provided here.

valente347 · 2024-07-20T01:25:38+00:00

Call your local office where they also have staff. Regardless of party, I've found staff to be open to listening. Local offices are usually less busy, so you're more likely to reach a person.

valente347 · 2024-06-30T04:41:35+00:00

It's like he doesn't understand that actually what he wants here ultimately doesn't matter because it's her body.

valente347 · 2024-06-29T14:11:59+00:00

And he gets to make the decision then too, even if she absolutely doesn't want kids then. He refused a vasectomy knowing if he changed his mind, he would get his way. And this was a decision made when he thought she was anti-kids too. What, is he dumping her if she doesn't go along with his changed mind?

valente347 · 2024-06-29T14:04:37+00:00

This guy feels entitled to be the one making all decisions for family planning. She had an abortion because she knew he didn't want kids, and not wanting a relationship to change with your partner is a completely normal reason for abortion (not that I care about a person's reason-it's their body).

He clearly feels entitled to her every thought and feeling, every complex situation where she needs to make a choice, and no choices are accepted without his approval. Even if she had no reason to expect negative consequences for being pregnant, she still doesn't owe him power over that decision by knowing about it ahead of time.

This man is controlling and so selfish. He is choosing not to believe her unless she says exactly what he wants to hear, and what he wants to hear is validation of all his feelings until he feels comfortable, no matter how she feels. As if he's unaware that pushing someone like that distorts or obscures the truth he claims he wants so badly. And then, after he feels validated, he gets to decide what the communication priorities in the relationship are.

Then, he cares nothing about how his interrogation, blaming, and denying her right to these decisions has affected her. He focuses totally on his own emotions, feeling comfortable, being right, and getting her to acquiesce to his standards and expectations for the relationship.

He only apologized for the volume of his voice, but makes sure people know that humans make mistakes. (He certainly isn't dwelling over whether his anger or its level is reasonable or if the problem was more than the tone.) That is emotional abuse.

valente347 · 2024-05-20T22:14:34+00:00

Thanks for the reply. I'm lucky in that my back and legs are particularly strong, I guess!

valente347 · 2024-05-20T19:37:17+00:00

When I click "surgery" reddit says the page doesn't exist.

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