Jokes aside, I was able to replace my handlebar (they call it a cockpit) with the part cowboy sent me as a warranty claim. I learned a lot about how the bike was designed and constructed. I’m convinced whatever engineers designed it did not consider serviceability or repairs. Very challenging and wishing there were bike shops that worked on these things.
I made an attempt to refill the brake fluid since I had to disconnect the break lines to replace the handle bar. I tried my darndest to use a bleed kit but it’s just beyond my skill level. Thankfully after calling several bike shops I found one willing to bleed my breaks.
Rest in piece anyone trying to get a cowboy repaired in the US because damn what a shit show. I didn’t even mention how they screwed up the parts they were going to send me and never sent the grips and sent me 2 left brake levers. Whatever orders system they use is non functional.

Today, Krystal's monologue was about the harm of climate change relative to housing, discussion the cost of insurance, reinsurance and government funds. What I cannot figure out is why she wants anyone to do anything about this at all. The takeaway should not be that we need to raise more taxes for climate change or give bigger bailouts to insurance companies in exchange for taking on more risk. Rather, it should be STOP FUCKING BUILDING HOMES IN HIGH RISK AREAS. This should not be a controversial take. Why the fuck do people keep rebuilding in northern California forests??? Why do people go back to tornado valley, or hurricane hot spots? This shit has to stop. If you can't insure it, instead of the government insuring your risk, we should just buy you out, make the area a nature preserve and be done with it.
Similarly, Saagar was talking about the growing male-female divide around college attendance, and its knock on effects for male loneliness and the disintegration of the nuclear family. He has long been a complainer about the blank checks to universities, so he tried to shoe horn his views about that in here too. But what he seems to really be missing is that COLLEGE IS NOT A JOBS PROGRAM AND NEEDS TO BE DEPOLITICIZED. Everyone should get at least a 2 year, and probably a 4-year degree. I don't care if you are going to make a living as a plumber, an engineer or a pot tender. University is there to sculpt your mind as you get closer to peak development with more nuanced and interesting information than what we can typically deliver in a high school setting. If college was both mandatory and free at point of service just like k-12 education, then the political bullshit would go away, as would the education based class differences. We set the bar way too fucking low for people in our nation - if you have been raised so badly that you cannot complete a university liberal arts that is a major competitive problem for our nation and it is a major problem causing the so-called political divide. We already know there is a big difference between majors like philosophy and structural engineering - college can accommodate a very wide range of talent and interests, while still creating a level playing field for discussion.

I have an ironwood 650 I bought three years ago and used a handful of times and then had to store away due to living situation. So even though I have had it for a while I am still very new to it. I am about to pull it back out and I’m wondering if there are any recommendations for cleaning or getting it back ready to use after so long stored, such as the process you go through when first turning it on to prime it. Additionally, if I don’t have any other grills, is the best bet for searing items pulling it off and using the stove? Thanks for your help and patience with a beginner!

Hello everyone, will be staying at Cabo azul in Palmilla for five days and looking for any golf or barestaurant recommendations. Anything water front would be awesome. Thanks!

Im just putting this here because I thought a trans girl could help a fellow fren out :).
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Ive been going through and trying to find information for changing the gender marker on passports AND driver lisanses the past few days and have curated a very helpful list.
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First, PASSPORTS
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Not only can you get a passport to change your gender pretty easy (they include a box tick on the form to specify if your changing your gender or putting in the one assigned at birth). Generally, ive discovered changing passport is easier. AND, you can get a passport card. Which (excluding driving) you can use as any form of identification anywhere. Even to get into bars, clubs, any form of public interaction needing an ID (Besides driving) you can use it for. Passport cards are awesome because you can mostly use it as your primary ID in the US. You can also travel with it to Cannada and Mexico without a traditional passport. Attached below is the link for that.
https://pptform.state.gov/PassportWizardMain.aspx#%7B%22__s%22%3A%22vmlsaS0c2pAf%2FvwE%2Fgy8LZwS%2FfqlfN83Zqysb9xONg2cctjl1dlOhF82YyW6CadcGqwXm%2BmGA0gNl5AfIIjxIyPhMhR53eXOA3dxvHJTC3IvERth%2BkDp5hRy7q8%3D%22%7D
Twards the end of filling out paperwork you can also specify weather you want a ID passport card, a standard passport, or both.
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YOU CAN ALSO GET AN X GENDER MARKER ON UR PASSPORT/CARD IF U ARE NON BINARY 😀
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Drivers lisance (Tennessee experience)
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This was tricky and sucks. I live in Tennessee, Governer bill lee (I call him kill bill) has a law going into effect in july banning this, so you gotta movefast
.http://transitioningineasttennessee.weebly.com/gender-marker-change.html
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Seems to me that this process is the same any state, but dont quote me on that. You have to have a written letter of approval from your psychologist (the doctor from any gender clinic works fine) saying you have been diagnosed with gender dysphoria and are currently being treated by professional care for a medical transition. (Hormones alone work for this). For some reason you cannot really do anything drivers lisance related in TN without this kind of letter. Once you get the letter, print it out and take it to a DMV, they should in theory change your gender marker no questions asked on your drivers lisance.ALSO, IN TERMS OF COLLAGE ID/LIVINGThe same kind of note has worked for me and many other people I know to change your gender in a college database, which in turn can make it so that with medical notes you can transfer and properly live in the mens or women's dorms on campus. Take that letter and email housing departments at your college explaining your purpose, and then you should be able to get into a women's dorms at any college campus. Make sure your dorm with a friend tho. I didn't to the process until I had a confirmed bestie I knew wasnt transphobic.
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LOVE YOU ALL YOU GORGEOUS PEOPLE.
Good luck to ya guys, gals, and non binary pals.
Much love
Ty

So I have had a composting(desiccating) toilet for almost 4 years now. Always had a little bit of smell from the urine diverter. Today I threw in a bar of Irish Spring to see how it acts as a urinal cake... f'n a... Works like a charm and super cheap option to kill the smell.
If this was posted before, well, I missed out until now... Enjoy all.

I’m hosting the first official post meet up after party and wanted to invite some talented growers to come hang out. We have a cannabis consumption bus outside of the bar and got some of the local brands to sponsor. It’s invite only but free tickets! Msg me if you’re interested in coming by.

(Shoutouts to u/TheSlyKoopa for the match concept!)
Scenario: Isla de Piedra, Somewhere in the Mediterranean Sea — 11:44AM
Dédalo Viatger, adventurer, archaeologist and explorer extraordinaire, had filled his travelog with countless exploits on his never-ending quest to uncover the secrets of the ancient world. Following the trail of the lost civilization of Pieduro was proving to be his lengthiest entry yet. Armed with powerful Pieduron artifacts known as the Temples, Dédalo and the Pieduron entity ｢Perdida｣ had forged a path across the Mediterranean, getting ever closer to solving the mystery of their disappearance.
With assistance from Cullinan Dwarf Star, Patron of the House of Muses, Dédalo and Perdida were on the verge of discovering the final piece of the puzzle. Their journey had come full circle, and Dédalo and Perdida’s adventure would end where it began; on the island of Isla de Piedra.
Situated between the coasts of Southern Spain and North Africa, Isla de Piedra had been uninhabited for all of recorded history, though not for lack of trying. The dense forests and greenery that covered every square meter of the island made it a ripe target for logging companies and greedy colonists to strip it for all it was worth. None had succeeded—their abandoned camps had long since been reclaimed by the forest.
The only other sign of human life on the island was the ancient Pieduron outpost where Dédalo’s journey first began, and where it would now hopefully end. The trek to get there was as difficult as the first time—but he didn’t have to do it alone now. At his side were his ever faithful companion Perdida, the inquisitive swordswoman Ninian, the extraordinary android 2095, and the illustrious ice skater Electra (although he didn’t call them that out loud).
Dédalo led the party up a long, winding stone staircase, pointing out the many partially-disabled traps along the way. He and Ninian had long been in contact, and the latter could personally vouch for her +1s—2095 one of the few Bastards she could trust and Electra having earned her trust in for her actions against Enyalius & Enyo Pharmaceuticals in San Battista.
“...and here’s a wall of spikes that shoot out when you pass over that threshold,” he pointed out with a tour guide’s enthusiasm. “I managed to jam up the mechanism with some cloth, but we should probably tread carefully around here.”
Electra rolled her eyes, even though Dédalo couldn’t see the gesture. “Should have just blown it up,” she muttered, annoyed. While her experiences in San Battista had somewhat melted her frosty demeanor, it had still been a long, hot, exhausting trip to get here, and old habits died hard.
“Watch your tone, miss,” Perdida said from behind her ear, making her jump. “My people’s architecture is not something to “blow up”.”
“And it might not have worked,” 2095 chimed in. “If this outpost could survive all those centuries of wear, I doubt a mundane explosion would do much damage to it.”
“The Piedurons built everything to last, from their treasures to their traps.” Dédalo gingerly ducked under the blade of a massive pendulum axe that jutted out from the ceiling. “Fortunate in some ways, unfortunate in others.”
At last, they reached the center chamber. Carved from stone and coated with moss, it appeared just as untouched as the rest of the outpost—save for the podium in the middle of the chamber and the conspicuously empty space on top of it, where the moss grew a little bit thinner.
“Ah, this brings back memories,” Dédalo chuckled. “This is where Perdida and I first met. The El Cor Terra necklace lay in this very spot at the heart of the chamber. When I unfastened it, poof! There she appeared in all of her resplendent glory. We hit it off right away.”
“He tried to cut my head off with a machete.”
“In self-defense!”
“Ok, move it along, lovebirds,” Electra huffed. “Where’s the thing we were looking for? It’s somewhere in here, right?”
Brushing past the “lovebirds” comment, Dédalo retrieved a piece of parchment from his explorer’s pack marked with the symbol of the House of Muses. “According to Cullinan, the hidden door should be right over on that wall.” He pointed over 2095’s shoulder at the northern wall of the chamber. “The question is…how do we open it?”
2095 gave the room a once-over. Aside from the layer of moss and vegetation covering the chamber, it was pretty bare. Its only noticeable feature seemed to be the podium.
“Perhaps the podium could offer some answers.” The party gathered around the stone podium—a stone cylinder, atop which stood a carving which vaguely resembled the neck and collarbone area of a human, with a thin groove running where a necklace would hang. Perdida instantly recognized the Cleria stone inlays around the circumference of the podium.
She traced a finger along the length of the groove, and the Cleria stone beneath it glowed—and, at a volume only audible to 2095’s mechanical hearing, it began to hum.
“Keep going, Perdida,” she whispered. Perdida closed her eyes, feeling herself attune to the place where she lay dormant for thousands of years. The Cleria stone grew brighter and brighter, the hum getting louder and louder.
Suddenly, the room shook. Electra leaped back, expecting another trap. Instead, she watched as the north wall slid open like the doors of an elevator, revealing two hallways; one leading up, the other leading down, both with Cleria stone markings along the walls that pulsed with a gentle light.
“Thank goodness,” Dédalo sighed. “I was worried the real treasure was going to be the friends we made along the way.”
Dédalo and Perdida continued to trek up the hallway, climbing what was likely the control tower of the outpost. Ninian dutifully followed behind them, ready to draw her blade at whatever might strike from the newly unknown section of the outpost. The sound of exhaled breath made her jump...but it was only a sigh from Dédalo. “A shame you came aboard so late, Ninian; our journey’s almost up.”
Ninian’s confusion spiked to alarm as the explorer motioned to lean against the wall. “Watch out-”
Dédalo made contact and nothing happened. He tilted his head to the end of the corridor, a doorway just a few meters away. “We’re far enough in that we’ve most likely avoided the worst of the traps. Besides, I don’t think the Piedurons would have placed many traps so close to a place of importance.” He wistfully rubbed his arm, massaging the strain of adventures and injuries in equal measure. “Feels almost bittersweet. So many months of travel and turmoil, and the end of our journey is in sight.”
“Hey, don’t say that yet. We still need to find a way to get my human body back.” Pedida gently punched him in his shoulder. Still, her pout eventually softened as she looked back towards the final chamber. “I guess you are correct, though. The answer to the Pieduron collapse lies beyond those doors. What comes after…nobody knows”
“Quite right,” Dédalo nodded, and the group moved onwards. “I hope that Electra and 2095 are doing okay down there, in any case.”
“I hope that the rest of the outpost is okay,” Perdida frowned. “They didn’t seem to appreciate how precious this place is—I don’t want to lose another one.”
“I don’t think we have to worry too much about losing them,” A grin of cat-like mischief unfurled on Ninian’s face as hoarse laughter echoed on a draft. There were adventures to come and to be seen, but one to reach its conclusion here and now, and the anticipation made Ninian’s hair stand on end.
The group carefully entered the room, and Perdida flickered out of existence. Before any of them could respond, the control room flickered to life. The stone walls that extended higher and higher suddenly turned “on” as if they were screens, but these were more akin to slabs whose light-emitting runes and rocks flickered and changed in the appearance of Perdida—Perdidas, in fact. All of them, on the many screens, acted in unison as Dédalo rushed forward. “Dédalo, what’s going on?”
“We’re figuring it out,” he shouted as he and Ninian raced to the panels below, trying to decipher the text streaming by. Soon, however, one message displayed on a readout screen:

MYSTICALLY AUTOMATED KNOWLEDGE SYSTEM 0 DETECTED
RESUMING RING FUNCTIONALITY

Meanwhile, having taken the outpost’s lower path, 2095 and Electra entered into a large atrium. Like the rest of the outpost, the walls and floor were composed of the usual, teal stone that seemed impossibly durable. The fact that they could use it to form buildings, carve intricate murals, and keep it all hidden was impressive, but they craned their heads upwards towards the skylight that would let rain and sun in. Through the overgrown foliage, they could see a massive flat ring of Cleria floating above the ground in stubborn defiance of the laws of physics. Gravity-defying gyroscopes of stone spun and swirled in the air above, rotating with the same slow grace as the ancient gears that whirred to life around them. The glow of the Cleria blended together with the light of the noonday sun; the hum of power permeated the entire chamber.
“...shit,” Electra murmured, not sure what else to say.
2095 scanned the rest of the atrium, but ultimately found nothing beyond a discolored, glowing pad on the floor by the opposite wall, outcroppings on the walls that resembled benches, and the remnants of what appeared to be ancient drinking fountains. Rest now before it’s too late, the room seemed to scream.
“I believe we should wait for the others before we go deeper,” 2095 announced. “We could retrace our steps and explore the previous areas, in case we missed another hidden passageway or an undiscovered treasure. It would be a shame to proceed not knowing whether we’ve left every stone unturned-”
“Not a chance,” Electra huffed. “I’m not letting us get killed because of your FOMO. Come on.”
She grabbed 2095 by the wrist and began to drag her over to the pads. 2095 let her—partly because she weighed significantly more than Electra did and she didn’t want her to hurt herself trying to pull her by force, but partly because she was right. She could feel the air buzzing with energy, intensifying by the second. Something big was about to happen.
The two stepped onto the floor pad and immediately felt themselves being shunted into a different space as the teleporter activated. When their vision cleared, they found themselves standing on top of the Cleria ring itself. Electra could smell the ozone in the air and taste the prickling on her tongue. This ring was the key to the whole mechanism—either it was powering the outpost…or the outpost was powering it.
2095 gazed in awe at the machinery surrounding them. It reminded her of the technology from her time; except instead of steel and chrome, it was made of rock and crystal. What secrets died with the Piedurons when they disappeared?
She turned to Electra to express her wonder and nearly screamed when she saw the vantablack vines burst out of her shadowed face, ready to smash the ring to pieces.
“What are you doing?!” 2095 yelled, ｢Yours Truly｣ appearing at her side, tentacles raised.
“I’m destroying this thing, duh,” spat Electra. “I know a superweapon when I see one, and I’m not about to let some dipshit corporation get their hands on it after we leave.”
The chamber shook, bits of rocks and dust falling from the ceiling. “B-but we don’t even know whether this is a superweapon! Aren’t you acting a bit rash?”
“Rash? Seriously? You have no idea what some people in Dead Drop Bay would do for an artifact like this.” Electra remembered what she saw in San Battista—the monster that she had to put down, fuelled by a desire to abuse the remnants of the past for her own gain. “Farewell to Kings, Dead Man’s Hand; hell, even my own company. They’d sink this island to the bottom of the ocean for the chance to have this thing for themselves. This way, I’m solving the problem before it has a chance to start.”
“And risk destroying the legacy of an entire civilization?!” 2095 felt anger boiling in her metallic chest. A part of her resonated with the Piedurons in this moment—she knew what it was like to be a relic of an era far from the present, the last remaining piece of a time nobody would ever know. “What gives you the right to decide what to do with an artifact of this magnitude? To bury what could be the last hope of Pieduro to be remembered as anything but a footnote in history?”
The chamber shook again—this time, both 2095 and Electra felt the ground shift under their feet. Without warning, walls of stone burst out of the ground around them, tearing through centuries-old roots and vines to surround the ring on all sides. Slabs of Cleria stone with deep divots carved into the top of them emerged from the ring itself and floated just above its surface like a magnet levitating atop another.
In the control tower below them, Dédalo and Ninian scrambled from panel to panel, desperately trying to decipher what was going on. Dédalo could see the two other members of the party facing off inside the ring—but before he could call out to them, he heard Perdida’s voice resonate from every screen.
“The Temples…I can see them.”
Ninian watched the panel in front of her light up, displaying a holographic map of the Mediterranean, hundreds of glowing blue dots scattered across the projection.
Dédalo rushed to the nearest screen and grabbed it. “Perdida! Are you alright?!”
“Y-yes, I’m fine.” Perdida blinked hard, putting a hand to the side of her head. “I can feel every Temple in the Mediterranean. I…I think I can gain access to them from here.”
“Access? Like…you can turn them on?” Ninian asked.
“Yes. All of them.” Before Perdida could say any more, the chamber shook once more. In the room below, the ring glowed even more brightly, the two would-be explorers now utterly trapped within it by the sloped walls surrounding it.
“See what I mean?!” Electra clenched her fists, snapping flytrap jaws emerging from the shadow underneath her. “We need to put this entire place in the ground. For good. And like hell am I going to let you stop me!”
Suddenly, all across the surface of the ring, crackling orbs of energy sparked to life, both 2095 and Electra just managing to avoid them. The orbs spun in a circle around the ring, accelerating rapidly until they were nothing but a blur. 2095 recognized the movements of the orbs immediately; it looked like a particle accelerator.
“I hoped we could resolve this peacefully, Electra.” 2095 flicked the silver locks out of her face. “But now I have to convince you in the only language you seem to understand—the language of violence. Don’t hold back.”
The age-old machinery around them hummed to a crescendo. If either of the two combatants wanted to see their convictions through, they would need to survive the full power of Pieduro first.
OPEN THE GAME!
Location: On Isla de Piedra, (Shoutouts to u/TheSlyKoopa for the match art) inside the Floating Ring. The arena shown here has Electra on the north side and 2095 on the south side represented by their character tokens. The players are in the area inside the ring and have no way to exit with sloping walls on all sides.
The ring has a diameter of 60 meters and the internal width is 15 meters; the entire structure is A Durability.
The brown rectangles inside the ring are Pieduron Temples that resemble short, knee-tall minecarts made out of stone slabs.
Goal: RETIRE your opponent!
Additional Information: Over the course of 10 minutes, the ring will spawn 6-inch diameter orbs of light that will accelerate and move in an orbit around the ring at A Speed. Each orb takes 4 seconds to spawn-in, glowing in place and translucent, before it becomes a solid orb.
Trajectory of the orbs move completely along the curvature of the ring, counterclockwise (denoted by the arrows on the map) and can be spawned anywhere inside the ring. When they hit something solid, they will detonate at C Power—powerful enough to destroy ink left by ｢Venus Fly Trap｣ and tentacles from ｢Yours Truly｣—and cause another orb to spawn where the original one started. The orbs have a blast radius of half a meter and other orbs exploding around them will not trigger them to detonate.
Orbs will complete one revolution around the ring anywhere from 3 seconds (inside track) to 6 seconds (along the rim).
Assuming you are standing still, the rough number of orbs that pass by will be 5 orbs per second at the first minute mark, 10 orbs per second at the second minute mark, and so on until the maximum of 50 orbs per second at the ten minute mark.
Starting near each player and around the map are Pieduron temples that resemble minecarts. Each kart can comfortably fit one person, have a handle on either side, and a single rudder-like steering peripheral. The wheels of the kart will always stick to the ring, but they can drive just fine along the walls or even the ceiling of the ring. Karts move at up to B Speed and players intuitively have a 4 in driving them. At max speed, karts can complete one revolution in 4 to 8 seconds (4 seconds on the inside track and 8 seconds on the rim).
All karts have three other special features that can be activated when a driver is steering it, the Turtle, the Spider, and the Crab:

• The Turtle is a forcefield-like shield that can cover the kart and anybody riding inside it. This forcefield only protects against the fast moving orbs and their explosions and is intangible to everything else. It lasts up to 2 seconds and has a 6 second cooldown before it can be activated again. It can also be set to automatically activate if the minecart is about to hit or be affected by an orb, otherwise it can be manually activated by the driver.
  
• The Spider is a net-like shield that functions somewhat similarly to the forcefield the Turtle. The main difference is that instead of blocking orbs, it catches them and converts them into an inert palm-sized orb that is stowed inside the minecart. This shield does also block explosions produced by orbs, but will not produce an inert orb in those cases. The Spider lasts up to 1 second and shares a cooldown with the Turtle. Inert orbs are orbs that can be converted back into fast moving orbs by being thrown with force and intent. They can be made to move exactly in a straight line or along the curvature of the ring when thrown. Inert orbs have no other special properties, other than being A Durability.
  
• The Crab is a fast sideways dash up to 8 meters, with a minimum distance of 1 meter. Once the dash is finished, the kart will resume moving in the direction and speed it had before initiating the dash, making it useful for dodging without turning or changing the direction the kart is going in. This feature has a stamina bar where the longer your dash distance is, the more stamina will be used up. It takes 4 seconds for the stamina bar to fill up from empty.
  

The cooldowns and stamina bars are tied to the person, not the karts themselves.

Team	Combatant	JoJolity
Anvil Procession	Electra Heart	"I need to master this Spin..." Have a good plan for how to avoid and deal with the orbs spinning around you!
Bastards of Barcas	10538-2095	"The secret to the Steel Ball is the search for infinity..." Have a good plan for how to avoid and deal with the orbs spinning around you!

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He mentioned that some bar named Pinks is closing on Saturday. When did this happen and what’s the story behind it?

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1st	TIL a family in Georgia claimed to have passed down a song in an unknown language from the time of their enslavement; scientists identified the song as a genuine West African funeral song in the Mende language that had survived multiple transmissions from mother to daughter over multiple centuries	u/admiralturtleship	todayilearned	84,317 Upvotes	30/05/2023 12:27 UTC
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1st	So I was 19 at this point, and I was the manager of the hardware department at Walmart. One day, I had a customer who absolutely freaked out and flipped his shit on me because I wouldn't mark down a gallon of paint.(...)	u/RomanKlim	facepalm	14,637 Upvotes	30/05/2023 11:20 UTC
2nd	[Poor old grumpy. Everywhere he goes people are assholes for no reason, in every shop he has problems with the staff having attitude, when ever he goes out in the car some idiot starts road rage on him, every time he’s in a bar he gets in a fight.

When will all the people of the world stop uniting and tormenting this innocent man? Now I know what you’re thinking, but It cant be anything HE is doing wrong. He would know if he was the problem.](/facepalm/comments/13vjtoh/home_depot_employee_named_andrew_gets_fed_up_with/jm6fgl5/)u/UncleBendersfacepalm13,122 Upvotes30/05/2023 08:33 UTC 3rd"we just wanted to check the price on something, and he just went crazy"(...)u/Dutch-in-Tahitifacepalm11,920 Upvotes30/05/2023 08:02 UTC 4thI feel for the employee. Dealing with the public is the fucking worst.u/Technical_Activity78facepalm9,938 Upvotes30/05/2023 08:33 UTC 5thHell, I was a Pharmacist for CVS and I did this. The Store Manager, who was actually below me in status pay grade and replaceability was standing up for this crazy bitch, and I just turned to him and Said "Fine, run your fucking store without a Pharmacist, I took my License off the wall and walked out, took a week off and had a new job in a Week with a competitor down the road. I eventually got out of Retail and went Hospital.u/Bargdaffy158facepalm9,784 Upvotes30/05/2023 11:58 UTC

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REMINDER: Bind your account!

Please remember to bind your accounts and take note of your UID, member code, server location, and any information related to your account (e.g. amount spent, student roster, etc). If anything happens to your account (e.g. losing access, unauthorized access), you will need to provide as much info as you can to Nexon's customer support email. Guest accounts that are unbound will be extremely difficult to recover, perhaps impossible.

Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)

[01] When does the server reset?
For global, dailies reset at 19:00 UTC and weeklies reset on Sunday.
[02] Should I re-roll this account?
This will depend on your priorities with PvE, PvP, or both, but you can generally see the “ideal” units as Iori, Hibiki, and Tsubaki for most content, while Shun and Haruna are great for PvP.
[03] Who should I spend my elephs on? Who should I mystic unlock?
At the start, prioritize spending your blank elephs on getting Serina to 2-star for the increased healing stat, Tsubaki to 3-star for the extra tankiness when she is reloading. It is generally advised not to spend your elephs on increasing characters to 4-star and 5-star ratings, since there is only a stat increase and the amount of elephs needed is quite high.
[04] What do my support students’ stats do?
Aside from increasing the stats of their own skills, support students will provide additional stat boosts to your striker team. The specific increase(s) can be viewed by clicking on “Support” on the right side of the team formation screen.
[05] What should I buy in the shop?

• Credit Shop - Buy out the bottom row of materials, then the first two tiers of enhancement stones as needed. Feel free to buy the higher tiers of enhancement stones if you feel that you have an excess of credits, which is very common.
• Eligma - This will depend on you, can reference question [03].
• Total Assault (raid) - Prioritize Maki’s elephs (until you unlock her) and save the rest of your currency for future updates that will add more low-rarity students to the shop, meaning you can unlock mystic for them without spending your eligma. You can also purchase the skill discs/blu-rays depending on your needs.
• Tactical Challenge (PvP) - Buy out the energy drinks as needed (warning: they are instantly consumed, they won’t be moved to your inventory). Many suggest to save these for events in order to buy drinks, refresh the shop, and repeat.

[06] What does the “leader” position do?
This is purely cosmetic, as it changes which student’s chibi shows up on the map.
[07] What benefits are there to joining a club?

• 10 AP are given daily and deposited automatically on teacher's mailbox, upon checking in.
• A maximum of two assistant can be set for Total Assault and Joint Firing Drill respectively.

1. Students assigned to assist with TA cannot also be selected to assist with JFD.
2. 20 credits are rewarded every minute by setting assistants.
3. The specific unit that is borrowed can be only used once a day.
4. There's a fee of 40,000 credits, when borrowing a assistant student.
5. The donor receives 50,000 credits instead; even though the fee is 40,000 credits.
6. The fee can only be received 20 times a day.

• It can be unlocked after clearing Mission 3 Act 4

[08] How does the pity system work?
You need to pull, at a minimum, 200 times in order to get 200 recruitment points that are redeemed for the character you want. The recruitment point system does not carry over from banner to banner, it is only shared between banners that are concurrently running.
[09] Why can’t I find my friend’s club?
While the servers’ updates are separated from JP and global, the global servers are separated further into smaller divisions. You need to be on the same server as your friend, which you can check from the home screen: top-right menu button > account > version info. The server must be the same.
[10] When is X banner coming? Should I save for X student?
We never know for sure, due to the fact that global servers are on an accelerated schedule compared to JP. Please refer to this guide for some more info.
[11] Should I use Pyroxenes to refill my AP?
If you want to prioritize progression, the first three daily refills are decently valuable, this is because the Pyroxene cost of refilling will increase for every three refills. If you are focused on character collection or future banners, you should be saving your Pyroxenes.
[12] Why can’t I buy X student’s eleph in the shop?
You can only buy elephs of students you own.
[13] What should I craft?
At the start, prioritize crafting cafe furniture until your comfort is maxed out, then students’ gifts, then whichever upgrade materials you need. The crafting system is the only way to get furniture and gifts at the moment.
[14] What is the “Anniversary” in account settings?
This is your birthday, used for characters to wish you happy birthday.
[15] When will the beginner guide missions for Nonomi end?
This is a permanent addition, so feel free to take your time with the tasks.
[16] What is the best place to farm EXP?
You can run any map to farm EXP, as the EXP gain is equal to the amount of AP spent (i.e. 10 AP spent = 10 EXP gained). You should be looking at the stages that drop the equipment upgrade materials that you need.
[17] What is the “Secret Tech Sheet” in the Total Assault shop?
This is used to upgrade a student’s (non-EX) skill to level 10.
[18] Is it worth doing a raid if I can’t pass X difficulty level?
It is always more efficient to clear the highest difficulty you can finish instead of failing/forfeiting a higher difficulty.
[19] Can I claim the Limited Students through exchanging Expert Permits? How often does the Expert Permit shop resets?
You cannot get the limited students via this method. You will still need to pull for them. There's no specific mentioned but it's expected to be monthly.

OthePast Megathreads

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Going to be staying at north lake and looking for a good brewery/barestaurant that has a good beer selection. Thanks!

Im just putting this here because I though a trans girl could help a fellow fren out :).
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Ive been going through and trying to find information for changing gender marker on passports AND drivers lisances the pst few days and have curated a very helpful list.First, PASSPORTSNot only can you get a passport to change your gender pretty easy (they include a box tick on the form to specify if your changing your gender or putting in the one assigned at birth). Generally, ive discovered changing passport is easier. AND, you can get a passport card. Which (excluding driving) you can use as any form of identification anywhere. Even to get into bars, clubs, any form of public interaction needing an ID (Besides driving) you can use it for. Passport cards are awesome because you can mostly use it as your primary ID in the US. You can also travel with it to Cannada and Mexico without a traditional passport. Attached below is the link for that.
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https://pptform.state.gov/PassportWizardMain.aspx#%7B%22__s%22%3A%22vmlsaS0c2pAf%2FvwE%2Fgy8LZwS%2FfqlfN83Zqysb9xONg2cctjl1dlOhF82YyW6CadcGqwXm%2BmGA0gNl5AfIIjxIyPhMhR53eXOA3dxvHJTC3IvERth%2BkDp5hRy7q8%3D%22%7D
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Twards the end of filling out paperwork you can also specify weather you want a ID passport card, a standard passport, or both.YOU CAN ALSO GET AN X ON UR PASSPORT/CARD IF U ARE NON BINARY 😀
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Drivers lisance (Tennessee experience)
This was tricky and sucks. I live in Tennessee, Governer bill lee (I call him kill bill) has a law going into effect in july banning this, so you gotta move
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fast.http://transitioningineasttennessee.weebly.com/gender-marker-change.html
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Seems to me that this process is the same any state, but dont quote me on that. You have to have a written letter of approval from your psychologist (the doctor from any gender clinic works fine) saying you have been diagnosed with gender dysphoria and are currently being treated by professional care for a medical transition. (Hormones alone work for this). For some reason you cannot really do anything drivers lisance related in TN without this kind of letter. Once you get the letter, print it out and take it to a DMV, they should in theory change your gender marker no questions asked on your drivers lisance.
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ALSO, IN TERMS OF COLLAGE ID/LIVING
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The same kind of note has worked for me and many other people to change your gender in a collage database, which in turn can make it so with medical transition/hormones you can transfer and properly live in the mens or womens dorms on campus. Take that letter and email housing departments at your collage explaining your purpose, and then you should be able to get into a womens dorms at any collage campus.Make sure you dorm with a frend tho. I didnt to the process until I had a confirmed bestie I knew wasnt transphobic.
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LOVE YOU ALL YOU GEORGEOUS PEOPLE.
Good luck to ya guys, gals, and non binary pals.
Much love
Ty

I’m posting on behalf of a friend.
This individual went out drinking and met a few people. They drank heavily and at one point the girlfriend of a man in the group was sick. The man said he would drive her home and left for some time.
At the end of the night, my friend (I will call her Jane) asked for a ride home from the boyfriend of the sick girl (I will call him Bob). Jane wasn’t thinking and didn’t realize how heavily Bob had been drinking.
She opened the front door to see that Bob’s girlfriend was left in the vehicle, covered in vomit rather than actually being brought home. My friend was upset about this so she got in the car to keep an eye on her and get the ride home. While they were driving, cops began approaching the vehicle. Bob demanded repeatedly that Jane start driving. She was scared and panicked so she took the keys from him and drove around the block and back to the bar where there were cameras. Bob started running from police and was arrested. Despite her jumping out of the car before cops got there and just checking on the girl who was still unconscious in the front, she was arrested.
She wasn’t questioned that night and went home but saw missed calls from the police as well as a business card from the constable left at her door.
She hasn’t responded to their attempts as of yet. Should we be concerned? Should she get a lawyer so that she doesn’t say anything incriminating. We aren’t sure why she was arrested or if the police know she was drinking and driving.
She will call the officer back tomorrow but we are looking for advice prior to her going in.

I M21 met this girl online, and she happened to be from the same state I’m in right now, but she’s in the military, so she is training right now in a different state. However, after all her training, she only moves to a base which is 3 hours from me. Recently has just got out of her first marriage, she’s only 19F but she dated her first bf for 8 years then they got married. During her training, she came back home to where I’m at, she take her belongings from their house and get all the divorce paperwork finalized. She was home for 3-4 days.
During those days, her and I hung out every day…. I mean like we hung out then I ended up staying the night every night and we slept together, had sex, and were affectionate the entire time we hung out. I even met her parents and hung out with her family on 2 of the days. She says she just wants me to be a friend, since she wants to focus on herself right now, especially just since she ended an 8 year relationship / marriage. However, she always calls me love, said that she definitely sees a future with me, and wants to hang out more in the future when she gets stationed closer to me.
However, she has a lot of guy friends, doesn’t text often, like she’ll text me for awhile then will go ghost for a day or so, goes to bars and clubs a lot, and overall at times I kinda just feel like a backup option to her or she just doesn’t wanna be mean and just is being nice to keep my feelings from getting hurt.
I really don’t know what to do or how to react, I’m way too attached because it was the first time I got real love and affection in my life. Now all I want is too be with her, like even looking at other girls just disgust me because she is just constantly on my mind.
I need some help on how to cope with this, if I’m being over dramatic, or if I’m truly just screwed in this situation and that I should just forget about it.

Worried my (29f) bf (29) just doesn't like me at all...
Okay so please please help a paranoid, stressed out soul here.
Been with my bf about 10 months now, talking for longer than that, met online, I have a kid from a previous relationship.
I'm getting increasingly freaked out he just does not care about me unless he's stood infront of me. He has a place of his own with 2 friends (guy and a girl) and I have my own with my child. Everything is amazing when we're together, he's so loving and funny and we talk constantly. We go on nights out and go to festivals together (baby with her father permitting). My daughter loves him too when he comes over and he loves her also, always playing together and talking and he wants to get her involved in what he likes doing (video games mostly). He's also teaching her another language, always teaching her words and phrases from his country which I absolutely encourage and love about him as he always talks about her future and how being able to speak 2 languages will be amazing for her. Everything is perfect and I really do love him, he told me he loved me first which really threw me off because of my previous relationship with my daughter's dad and how abusive it was but not long after I said it back. We've been on holiday together, I've met his parents and they love the fact I have a daughter and want me to bring her next time we visit the country.
My issue is this, when we're not together, our conversation is nearly nonexistent. I'm always the one making the conversation, sending the funny memes, making the phone calls. I understand he really is a game nerd and loves to play and when we're together he can't do that. When we're alone he can leave his phone in the bedroom for hours and not even want to look at it just to spend time with me.
The girl roommate he has is also something that bothers me, she always voice notes him/calls him. Being from the same country they always speak in the same language so I have 0 idea what they're saying most of the time apart from high school learning I can remember. They always go on nights out together and she is younger and much more attractive than me, I'm not normally the jealous type at all but we went on a night out together last weekend and while my bf was outside with his roommate smoking a cigarette, I had 2 guys come and harass me in the club and it took me going to one of his friends to "save" me from them. When I told him about it, he seemed unbothered, but he went out again with his roommate the next night and gladly told me he was "looking after" her all night as she was pretty drunk and guys wouldn't leave her alone.
I tried speaking to him today, no replies for 9 hours which is pretty normal now, fair enough he was in work. He said he had a shit day, I try to call him, he declines the call and says he's waiting for a takeout order. No "I'll call you back babe", so I call again an hour later and he's in a bar with his friends, which is totally fine, I get it, stressful day. But it takes 2 seconds to type a message. 2 seconds. I am a worrier and I want to know how his days been etc, how hes3 feeling. Am I being too insecure here?
I do have some unresolved trauma from my daughter's dad who was very abusive and had to have CONSTANT updates on what I was doing/where I was/who I was with etc. then it got that bad I wasn't allowed out at all and he still ended up cheating on me. But this still doesn't sit right with me in my new relationship, am I being played again? Help please 🙏

Eating at those establishments is permitted of course. But I've been told by one local pub that "performing while dressed as the opposite gender is prohibited".
WTF
I can eat there while dressed as any typical middle-aged hausfrau, but not sing bloody karaoke?
The tension is rising here. The community can feel it. Our governor tacitly condones violence against us when he refuses to acknowledge we exist.
And the guy may just occupy the White House.
I've seen a lot of stuff in 40+ years as an adult.
I just never thought I would be living in the dystopian future envisioned by literary authors and screenwriters.