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I've been reading a few PJO (Percy Jackson) stories and at some point, I told myself "Man, I really hate gods". But despite my research I can't seem to find any stories where the main character hates the gods, perhaps the only one of this nature is that crossover with "A Practical Guide to Evil" where an MC, a guy reincarnated as Percy l, wants revenge on Zeus. But that's it.
And I'm a bit tired to read about demi-gods being the ultimate pushovers of the gods and the universe at large, to be honest.
So if you have any fics where the main character, hates or even just doesn't want to be the heaven's puppet, I would appreciate it. It doesn't have to be PJO though.

I originally identified as nonbinary, with they/them pronouns. But in January 2023, I started identifying as a trans man, with he/they pronouns. I had a moment where I looked in the mirror, thought I looked like a man and liked what I saw. So I adjusted my identity. And there are some days, especially when my dysphoria is high, that I enjoy looking as masc as I can. And part of me does prefer when people refer to me with masc terms because it's an obvious way for me to tell when my pronouns are being respected.
But I wonder if I've actually swung too far binary. When I think of transitioning medically, I don't think of the joy of looking like a man. I think of the relief of not looking like a woman. I think of the freedom to be as androgynous, as gender neutral as possible. I think of having a flat chest, with subtle curves, and a voice that clues nobody into my AGAB. And I wonder if the reason I thought being a trans man would make me happy is because it seemed like the only way that I might eventually stop getting misgendered on accident by strangers. (Strangers misgendering me is a huge trigger for my dysphoria, which sucks because it happens everyday)
I want to go into whatever bathroom I want. I want to wear whatever clothes I want. I want confused polite people to ask me what gender I am and what my pronouns are. There's a part of me that even wants confused not nice people to be rude and ask me "are you a boy or a girl?!" And I can just answer back "no" or "yes" or whatever funny answer I feel like.
I might still go on T. But I might also just get top surgery and do voice training. I really don't know. But I'm tired of questioning this all the time. I want to go back to the first 6 months where I identified as nonbinary and felt so empowered in that realization, rather than the constant struggle I've felt since I started identifying as a trans man

I have a late 60s three level split. It has two attics- one for the two-story section, and one for the one storely section. Each one is around 500sq feet. They both have soffit all the way around.
I've been meaning to get up in my attic to install baffles/blow in additional insulation (right now I've only got ~4-6" of fiber up there). This definitely needs to be done, and I'm now just waiting for a reasonable day to do it because it's about 90⁰ here today.
However, while inspecting both attics today, I noticed something interesting. The two story side of my house has a gable fan installed, while the one story side does not.
So I checked the temperature in each with a laser thermometer, and the upper level attic decking temperature is between 100-110⁰ while the other side is pushing 130-135⁰.
Should I consider adding a gable fan to the one story side? I would imagine it would really help to keep the moisture and heat down.

Im not sure what else i can do, but I've recently got hired as a pharmacy technician a town away from my home and was in the middle of training at one location to transfer to another down the street in order to get hours. After about a rough week of training, i havent heard back from my other manager in regards to said hours/when ill be transferring, just to call the other location this morning and speak to the RxOM and he tells me i wont be guaranteed hours for another week, which is disappointing cause bills don't stop with or without hours. Im wondering if im the only one going through this? anyone else experiencing cut back hours? ive called every Walgreens within a 50 mile radius and every single store is cut on hours. im starting to think ill be forced to find another job soon.

I'm waiting to get an assessment for bipolar disorder or depression as I can not look after myself anymore. I haven't washed myself in months, I'm constantly picking my scalp, face, back and chest causing scars. I wear the same clothes for weeks. Haven't changed my bed covers in a long time. And my family had to clean my room for me as clothes and rubbish were everywhere and it smelt horrendous.
I'm out of controll, I have so much apathy and can not force myself to make an effort with anything. Everyone around me believes that if I try hard enough I can get better, such as forcing myself to go on a walk outside. It's painful and tiring to do these things that will get me better. I have given up completely. I have zero willpower.
I'm worried about my mental/physical health. I have no controll over anything, I feel so helpless.
Has this happened to anyone else?Will there have to be an intervention? I'm terrified at the thought of going without washing for a year or longer and the fact that others won't help because I'm the one that has to do it. I do realise that, but it's so hard.
I have no purpose in life. I'm just killing time.
Advice would be appreciated, please don't grill me, I realise it's my fault but I already feel bad enough. I wouldn't wish this apon anyone.

My friend is currently living in Seoul for the summer, and I'd like to send them a gift for their birthday which is coming up. I am in the U.S. so unfamiliar with the services there. What are some great gift ideas? Gourmet desserts, experiences, any cool stores that deliver to home?
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Thank you!

For reference I don’t really see many people buying sealed products for the sake of opening them for their collection, neither do I see box flippers at local game stores very often, who buy boxes and then use the singles they opened for store credit to buy more boxes.
It’s my belief that most players that stay active within the singles market don’t buy sealed products all that much, in comparison. Without mass box openers that amass large amounts of singles for online and local sales, it seems to me that by laws of supply and demand, singles on average would be significantly more expensive.
With the slow increase of prices on sealed products, and shrinkflation on products like set boosters and Aftermath, I don’t expect sales of sealed products would increase, especially if all online single retailers suddenly disappeared overnight.
Is there something I’m missing or not accounting for?

Next week I will defend my master's thesis in law.
I wake up at 5:00 AM for work and get home at 4:00 PM. My bedtime is 10:00 PM (supposedly).
Between 4:00 PM and 10:00 PM is the time I have to prepare and stud (and to do the rest of the housework).
I usually memorize some key ideas verbalizing them. Once I assimilate these ideas, I become a machine at relating information and debating. This strategy has worked quite well.
However, perhaps because of age, or because I'm tired, memorization is taking a little longer.
In that sense, I come to ask you: if you were in my position, what strategies would you use to optimize your memorization? What nootropics would you use? What other techniques would you use?
Don't forget that at 10:00 PM I have to be ready to sleep, so I can't abuse stimulants (coffee is out of the question at that time).
I'm thinking of taking Noopept (0.5mg sublingual)/GPC (300mg) before starting the study, as I have the impression that Noopept gives me a slight cognitive boost and doesn't impair my sleep too much. What do you think?

I’m 27. When I was 13/14, I started having weird throat issues all the time. It felt like my throat had a lot of pressure in it, like a weird tension feeling, and the only thing that helped was when I ate/drank something or swallowed. This would help then it would come back a few minutes or so later. I had weird issues swallowing saliva too. I saw an ear nose & throat doctor about this and was told my issue was acid reflux. Doctor prescribed reflux medication and told me to sleep on an incline. I did those things for a while, but it didn’t help. Supposedly I was treating the issue and the doctor didn’t know why I wasn’t improving but told me to continue doing what I was doing to supposedly treat it. I saw some other doctors that weren’t sure either. I pretty much learned to just live like that but it was annoying and started to take over my life to the point that every day revolved around coping with my throat and dealing with the bad anxiety it was causing. I used to avoid things, had no life, had to make sure I always had something to drink to help my throat, and felt really stressed about the whole thing and how it was affecting me. On a side note, I also used to breathe mostly through my mouth as well. No one really knew, but I was really miserable all the time because of this stuff. At 15, I started to feel like a brain fog on top of the throat issues. Something I’d never felt before. It was like my brain felt like mush all the time, no matter how much sleep I got. Like that feeling when you sleep really bad for a couple nights and feel like crap, except I was sleeping enough. Felt kind of spaced out constantly, couldn’t concentrate as well, I never wanted to do anything, felt apathetic, and just kind of crappy all the time. Wasn’t severe but was definitely impacting my day to day life. I went back to seeing doctors. Lots of doctors said there was nothing medically wrong with me and some even said that the brain fog (and maybe even the throat issues) were all psychological. I didn’t feel like that was it because my symptoms felt so real and physical but what did I know. I was prescribed antidepressants and doctors recommended I see a therapist for bad anxiety issues. I spent the next couple of years trying multiple medications, seeing therapists, and making other changes but nothing helped. I thought I was going crazy. In those few years that passed, I had slowly started to feel worse. By the time I graduated high school, the constant mental fog and tiredness were affecting me pretty bad. I felt stressed and anxious nonstop. I had almost no life during high school because of it and did just the bare minimum to get by. With lots of doctors telling me there was nothing physically wrong with me, I started to believe them about it being all mental. I thought it was something I was doing wrong personally. At this point I wasn’t even talking to my family about it as much since supposedly there was nothing wrong and it was all in my head. Especially when doctor after doctor were saying nothing was wrong and because my symptoms were mostly feeling tired all the time, what was I supposed to say? It felt like it was my personal fault for feeling the way I did. Everyone gave me the impression that my issues were because of me and I just needed to change my mindset and lifestyle and I’d feel better. Do anxiety workbooks, deep breathing, get more sleep, take antidepressants, therapy. I did every single thing doctors and therapists told me to do, but nothing helped. Doctors and therapists made me question my sanity every day. It was hell. I was in no shape to go to college out of state, but I did. I ended up going because supposedly there was nothing wrong with me and I was trying desperately to believe it was all in my head like doctors and therapists and my family were saying. I just needed to change my way of thinking and lifestyle and that would cure the constant brain fog and tiredness and throat issues. So I pushed myself to go, hoping I’d sort it out. I spent the next 4 years slowly feeling worse, still seeing doctors but getting no legit answers. I'd go months and months at a time without seeing a doctor as I didn't know where to turn and had given up at times. I saw a doctor about sleep apnea but didn't seem to fit almost any of the symptoms. Stuff like waking up trying to get air, choking, stopping breathing, snoring, wasn't overweight, wasn't unhealthy, didn’t have a family history of it or other health issues. Still, I tried one of those moldable mouthpieces that’s supposed to help with sleep apnea but didn't see any benefit from it. So with all of this, I figured it’s probably not sleep apnea. I was so desperate, I was constantly trying all sorts of medications, supplements, and other weird things to try and help myself. I felt like I was losing my damn mind. My mental health was horrendous. Felt like crap 24/7. I literally felt stupid because my brain wasn’t working. Dealing with symptoms and figuring out what was wrong with me consumed my entire life. I would occasionally go to class after taking a big dose of stimulant drugs, but even those only did so much. No amount of caffeine pills, energy drinks did anything either. I was beyond that stuff helping. I experienced almost nothing enjoyable in those 4 years of college and had basically no life, really no friends, hobbies, nothing. Really the only experience I had during college was when I went on a study abroad trip but it was hell because I felt so awful the whole time. I had also joined a fraternity in the beginning of college but did almost nothing with them for the same reason. The mental tiredness had gotten so bad it felt like I was disconnected and living in a dream. Like I felt kind of drunk. I was so mentally and emotionally numb and exhausted I didn’t even feel human. Like I physically could not feel emotions and felt super spaced out. I was also still dealing with the throat issues. I’d get random dizziness, my vision got worse (more sensitive to bright light, bad floaters in my eyes). I somehow managed to graduate college and finished feeling significantly worse than when I began. I was so miserable and had no one to talk to about what was going on. But I was at least glad that college was over, because it sucked horribly. I spent the next year doing just the bare minimum to get by. About a year after college (2019), I had a sleep study done and results came back with moderate sleep apnea. For the first time I actually had an answer. Sleep doctor immediately prescribed a CPAP machine. Didn’t even bother to wonder why a young healthy person has sleep apnea to begin with, because it’s not normal. I spent the next 2ish years trying multiple machines, masks, changing all the settings, but only saw some improvement. Keeping the CPAP consistently on throughout the night was also a struggle in itself as it was super awkward and uncomfortable, even though I was desperately trying to make it work. When I was able to keep it on for 5+ hours a night I felt a bit better but it was really difficult to do so consistently. During this time I couldn’t really hold down a job, other than some really basic, short term jobs. And even those felt brutal. My relationships with everyone were affected pretty bad. I was a complete zombie because the tiredness was so overwhelming. It was as an amount of brain fog and exhaustion I didn’t know was humanly possible. I was making myself basically sick with stimulants that really weren't helping and even had a doctor at one point tell me that I should get genetic testing for depression or have my brain zapped with electric shocks. I luckily didn't go that route. After two years of messing with machines, my sleep doctor then recommended I see a maxillofacial doctor to see what the underlying breathing issue was being caused by. The doctor recommended I get a custom mouthpiece made that shifts the lower jaw forward to help open the airway to prevent breathing issues while sleeping. The process of having it fitted and made took a couple months. I even took a “real” job during this same time because I had two different doctors telling me that this mouthpiece was likely to help me a lot. I felt like I couldn’t have gotten the mouthpiece fast enough. I ended up messing with the mouthpiece for months and had no benefit at all. Literally zero. The dentist who made the mouthpiece said that the mouthpiece wasn’t helping because I might just have “weak muscle tone” in my throat and that I should see someone called a myofunctional doctor to supposedly improve muscle tone in the throat and tongue. I looked into that and it seemed like total quack stuff so I didn’t do it and completely dropped that dentist that made my mouthpiece and suggested this. I then saw an ear nose and throat doctor and later did a sleep endoscopy with him where I was put to sleep and had my breathing monitored with a camera down my throat. The doctor said that my breathing issues were being caused by my throat and jaw and suggested that since the mouthpiece wasn’t helping, I could get surgery or have a device called Inspire surgically inserted into my chest and neck to artificially help breathing. I held off on that cause it sounded pretty extreme and thought there had to be something else. During this time I had to leave the job I should’ve never taken in the first place because I was so non-functional. I pretty much gave up for months. I eventually scheduled an appointment with another ear nose & throat doctor (the same kind of doctor I saw when I was 13). I'd already seen many ear nose & throat doctors by this point but didn't know what else to do. Don’t remember how exactly it happened, but the connection was made that my issues were due to really abnormal nasal breathing. Something called nasal valve stenosis, where both sides of my nose were completely caving in and blocking most air, leading to crappy breathing, even when just breathing in lightly. This issue is worse during sleep and was causing my brain to “wake up” every time my nose had the obstruction. So I was struggling to breathe all night and I was slowly feeling worse as I was never getting good deep sleep. So the bad sleep every night just kept accumulating over the course of 10+ years. He also explained that my throat issues were a sign that my nose wasn’t functioning normally, which was causing airflow issues and a throat pressure feeling as a result. But weirdly the nasal issues weren’t being caused by my nose itself. There’s nothing actually wrong with my nose. It’s the middle part of the face that provides the base and support for the nose that is lacking the support needed to keep the nose open for normal breathing. Doctor said it’s really abnormal for nasal collapse to happen like this as a result of the face just not developing properly. It was just the way the middle of my face grew and changed over time, especially during puberty, that led to this. Doctor said it is called midface deficiency. It’s the area of the face just to the sides of the nose, below the eyes. Doctor said facial surgery is really what I needed but said nasal surgery could potentially help a bit and is less intense of a surgery, so I decided to go with that. Everything finally made sense for the first time ever. I even recorded my sleep and sure enough I could hear myself struggling to breathe all night. Last year (2022), I had nasal valve surgery. It took a long time to recover from surgery and I still have to wear something in my nose when I sleep to prevent it from pinching shut because the surgery only helped a bit. I will still have to look into facial surgery to address the underlying issue as my breathing is still horrible during the day when I’m not wearing a dilator in my nose but at night I wear it and am good. Over time most of my issues have gone away. The slowly worsening exhaustion and brain fog and cognitive issues that started when I was a teenager. The constant severe anxiety and stress feelings I had since I was a kid. Throat issues gone. I no longer feel like killing myself out of misery. It was that obvious all along but untreated made my life constant fucking torture. Feeling horrible nonstop, slowly getting worse, not knowing why, being told there was nothing wrong with me and that it was all psychological, trying all sorts of things with no benefit, and having my entire life be ruined was a mental hell I wouldn’t wish on anyone. I don’t feel like my teens and most my 20s actually happened because I was in such poor health physically and mentally 24/7. I wish I had been able to see decent doctors earlier, but obviously that didn’t happen. I’m not even sure how I wasn’t able to make the connection myself. I think I was just so used to really bad breathing since I was young I didn’t know it was abnormal and had no reason to think I had some weird issue cause why would I? I still struggle with the mental effects of I think living like this for so long. The why me, why this specific abnormal issue that wrecked my life, why couldn't doctors have helped me sooner, all the wasted time and lack of experiences I've had in life, etc. I'm still depressed, angry, frustrated, etc. These issues consumed everything for over 10 years so I guess it’s not surprising that it still affects me mentally even after the fact. TLDR: Slowly worsening chronic fatigue/brain fog and other issues for 10+ years was due to really bad nasal breathing, mostly nasal valve collapse due to midface deficiency that developed when I was a teenager and was leading to sleep apnea.

Landed myself a case that landed itself in criminal court. I am beyond proud of my client for their willingness to face their abuser. I, on the other hand, am oscillating between explosive poops and constipation. I don't feel ready for this. I feel anxious, and scared. I am terrified I will cost them this case. I'm getting called as an expert witness... but I'm not an expert on anything. I'm a master's level therapist. No PhD, no research in my name. The only purpose is to shred me on the stand– even the prosecutor admitted that. I can't sleep. Food makes me sick, even water makes me nauseous. As my day rolls on I feel less and less connected to my clients and more and more connected to my bed. I just want to go home. I don't know what I would do there, but at least I could be wearing sweatpants and pooping (or not) in my own bathroom. My heart is beating out of my chest. I'm tired so I need caffeine because of the insomnia, but caffeine adds to the poop problem and makes it hard to regulate my breath and heart. This is, indeed, a special ring of hell. Props to any therapists that do this regularly.
Wish me luck folks.

Here is my method of controlling fleas on pets. I have a flea comb and a wire brush. I fill an Old spice container with cornstarch powder from the bakery section. This is generally totally harmless to the pet if they lick it but it will smother the fleas. I feel the flee come with the cornstarch and brush it through the animals fur. I then place the flea comb in a Ziploc bag filled with water and a few drops of Dr bronner's peppermint soap in it along with some cornstarch. From the outside I pull the hair with the flea off into the bag zip it shut and shake it around and see how long it takes for the flea to die. That way I know if I have to adjust the mixture. Now where they go outside needs to be fully treated with baking soda, salt and possibly garden lime that you can buy at any garden center or Big box store. Fleas have a waxy coating and that needs to be dissolved so the moisture can be sucked out of the flea. Since I work at home I flea comb my cat 3 or 4 times a day to try to break the egg cycle. Pharmaceutical products applyed to the animal usually only kill the flea but do not stop the fleas from biting. If you have a very large area where your pet goes you may want to buy food grade diatomaceous Earth and spray it with water around the area deep into the grass.

My mate was watching me open packs and the updating of the store he suggested I was mug for opening packs (I agree) .I showed him the percentage of said packs which he disagreed with, he then said when the store is updating it is going thru the data of time played how much money u have put in opened said packs he suggested the pack weight is based on algorithm of data of said player ... like new players who have hardly any game time of opening of packs will get a said run of big pulls .. jus thought I'd share it made me think .

Hi All,
Tracks for my robotic pool cleaner 'BARACUDA® S3 ROBOTIC' has been broken and I am looking for replacement. For some reason, this technology is extremely expensive so I'd like to try to repair it first and get your thoughts. I couldn't find the exact measurement for the tracks online but I measured manually and it is around

• 80cm perimeter OR 5in radius tracks.

I believe there exists something that can be used as tracks maybe from newer models, kids toys, V-Belts OR something DIY. I understand robot wouldn't perform same as it would with original tracks but I'd be happy if it can clean the bottom of In-Ground Pool.
I have tried to contacting local pool stores, people on FB, official CS and I haven't received any response yet. Also tried googling and finding any alternative solutions but no luck.
Location Montreal. Please help.

When you tell the person you've loved for 2 years about the plans that motivate you and push you forward and will pull you and her out this Stagnant spot we found ourselves just for her to tell you that it's not what she wants. That she wants to stay in the pits and wants nothing to do with anything you're passionate about or working towards. How do you motivate someone who doesn't want to be motivated? How do you keep someone motivated to continue when they get mad that you tell them not to quit and stay focused. Why would you want your significant other to just sit there and listen when we are in a relationship to help each other grow? I heard somewhere, that the most dangerous thing you can do is enlighten someone who's not ready. The thing is that i thought we were on the same level. How did i miss her falling behind. How did i not realize how in her head she was. Ignorance is bliss, mind over matter, i don't care about anything if it doesn't kill me and at the time i only cared about her no matter how calloused my hands and feet were or how tired i was i still cooked, cleaned. How do I instill that onto someone. How can I tell when someone is lying to me about having the same mindset. What I've come to realize is that i don't want to take care of an already grown person. Having kids would be different but i can not be with someone who wants to stay the same their entire life. At least i learned something about myself. I just hope she learns something about herself as well

I’m 27. When I was 13/14, I started having weird throat issues all the time. It felt like my throat had a lot of pressure in it, like a weird tension feeling, and the only thing that helped was when I ate/drank something or swallowed. This would help then it would come back a few minutes or so later. I had weird issues swallowing saliva too. I saw an ear nose & throat doctor about this and was told my issue was acid reflux. Doctor prescribed reflux medication and told me to sleep on an incline. I did those things for a while, but it didn’t help. Supposedly I was treating the issue and the doctor didn’t know why I wasn’t improving but told me to continue doing what I was doing to supposedly treat it. I saw some other doctors that weren’t sure either. I pretty much learned to just live like that but it was annoying and started to take over my life to the point that every day revolved around coping with my throat and dealing with the bad anxiety it was causing. I used to avoid things, had no life, had to make sure I always had something to drink to help my throat, and felt really stressed about the whole thing and how it was affecting me. On a side note, I also used to breathe mostly through my mouth as well. No one really knew, but I was really miserable all the time because of this stuff.
At 15, I started to feel like a brain fog on top of the throat issues. Something I’d never felt before. It was like my brain felt like mush all the time, no matter how much sleep I got. Like that feeling when you sleep really bad for a couple nights and feel like crap, except I was sleeping enough. Felt kind of spaced out constantly, couldn’t concentrate as well, I never wanted to do anything, felt apathetic, and just kind of crappy all the time. Wasn’t severe but was definitely impacting my day to day life. I went back to seeing doctors. Lots of doctors said there was nothing medically wrong with me and some even said that the brain fog (and maybe even the throat issues) were all psychological. I didn’t feel like that was it because my symptoms felt so real and physical but what did I know. I was prescribed antidepressants and doctors recommended I see a therapist for bad anxiety issues. I spent the next couple of years trying multiple medications, seeing therapists, and making other changes but nothing helped. I thought I was going crazy. In those few years that passed, I had slowly started to feel worse. By the time I graduated high school, the constant mental fog and tiredness were affecting me pretty bad. I felt stressed and anxious nonstop. I had almost no life during high school because of it and did just the bare minimum to get by. With lots of doctors telling me there was nothing physically wrong with me, I started to believe them about it being all mental. I thought it was something I was doing wrong personally. At this point I wasn’t even talking to my family about it as much since supposedly there was nothing wrong and it was all in my head. Especially when doctor after doctor were saying nothing was wrong and because my symptoms were mostly feeling tired all the time, what was I supposed to say? It felt like it was my personal fault for feeling the way I did. Everyone gave me the impression that my issues were because of me and I just needed to change my mindset and lifestyle and I’d feel better. Do anxiety workbooks, deep breathing, get more sleep, take antidepressants, therapy. I did every single thing doctors and therapists told me to do, but nothing helped. Doctors and therapists made me question my sanity every day. It was hell.
I was in no shape to go to college out of state, but I did. I ended up going because supposedly there was nothing wrong with me and I was trying desperately to believe it was all in my head like doctors and therapists and my family were saying. I just needed to change my way of thinking and lifestyle and that would cure the constant brain fog and tiredness and throat issues. So I pushed myself to go, hoping I’d sort it out. I spent the next 4 years slowly feeling worse, still seeing doctors but getting no legit answers. I'd go months and months at a time without seeing a doctor as I didn't know where to turn and had given up at times. I saw a doctor about sleep apnea but didn't seem to fit almost any of the symptoms. Stuff like waking up trying to get air, choking, stopping breathing, snoring, wasn't overweight, wasn't unhealthy, didn’t have a family history of it or other health issues. Still, I tried one of those moldable mouthpieces that’s supposed to help with sleep apnea but didn't see any benefit from it. So with all of this, I figured it’s probably not sleep apnea. I was so desperate, I was constantly trying all sorts of medications, supplements, and other weird things to try and help myself. I felt like I was losing my damn mind. My mental health was horrendous. Felt like crap 24/7. I literally felt stupid because my brain wasn’t working. Dealing with symptoms and figuring out what was wrong with me consumed my entire life. I would occasionally go to class after taking a big dose of stimulant drugs, but even those only did so much. No amount of caffeine pills, energy drinks did anything either. I was beyond that stuff helping. I experienced almost nothing enjoyable in those 4 years of college and had basically no life, really no friends, hobbies, nothing. Really the only experience I had during college was when I went on a study abroad trip but it was hell because I felt so awful the whole time. I had also joined a fraternity in the beginning of college but did almost nothing with them for the same reason. The mental tiredness had gotten so bad it felt like I was disconnected and living in a dream. Like I felt kind of drunk. I was so mentally and emotionally numb and exhausted I didn’t even feel human. Like I physically could not feel emotions and felt super spaced out. I was also still dealing with the throat issues. I’d get random dizziness, my vision got worse (more sensitive to bright light, bad floaters in my eyes). I somehow managed to graduate college and finished feeling significantly worse than when I began. I was so miserable and had no one to talk to about what was going on. But I was at least glad that college was over, because it sucked horribly.
I spent the next year doing just the bare minimum to get by. About a year after college (2019), I had a sleep study done and results came back with moderate sleep apnea. For the first time I actually had an answer. Sleep doctor immediately prescribed a CPAP machine. Didn’t even bother to wonder why a young healthy person has sleep apnea to begin with, because it’s not normal. I spent the next 2ish years trying multiple machines, masks, changing all the settings, but only saw some improvement. Keeping the CPAP consistently on throughout the night was also a struggle in itself as it was super awkward and uncomfortable, even though I was desperately trying to make it work. When I was able to keep it on for 5+ hours a night I felt a bit better but it was really difficult to do so consistently. During this time I couldn’t really hold down a job, other than some really basic, short term jobs. And even those felt brutal. My relationships with everyone were affected pretty bad. I was a complete zombie because the tiredness was so overwhelming. It was as an amount of brain fog and exhaustion I didn’t know was humanly possible. I was making myself basically sick with stimulants that really weren't helping and even had a doctor at one point tell me that I should get genetic testing for depression or have my brain zapped with electric shocks. I luckily didn't go that route.
After two years of messing with machines, my sleep doctor then recommended I see a maxillofacial doctor to see what the underlying breathing issue was being caused by. The doctor recommended I get a custom mouthpiece made that shifts the lower jaw forward to help open the airway to prevent breathing issues while sleeping. The process of having it fitted and made took a couple months. I even took a “real” job during this same time because I had two different doctors telling me that this mouthpiece was likely to help me a lot. I felt like I couldn’t have gotten the mouthpiece fast enough. I ended up messing with the mouthpiece for months and had no benefit at all. Literally zero. The dentist who made the mouthpiece said that the mouthpiece wasn’t helping because I might just have “weak muscle tone” in my throat and that I should see someone called a myofunctional doctor to supposedly improve muscle tone in the throat and tongue. I looked into that and it seemed like total quack stuff so I didn’t do it and completely dropped that dentist that made my mouthpiece and suggested this. I then saw an ear nose and throat doctor and later did a sleep endoscopy with him where I was put to sleep and had my breathing monitored with a camera down my throat. The doctor said that my breathing issues were being caused by my throat and jaw and suggested that since the mouthpiece wasn’t helping, I could get surgery or have a device called Inspire surgically inserted into my chest and neck to artificially help breathing. I held off on that cause it sounded pretty extreme and thought there had to be something else. During this time I had to leave the job I should’ve never taken in the first place because I was so non-functional.
I pretty much gave up for months. I eventually scheduled an appointment with another ear nose & throat doctor (the same kind of doctor I saw when I was 13). I'd already seen many ear nose & throat doctors by this point but didn't know what else to do. Don’t remember how exactly it happened, but the connection was made that my issues were due to really abnormal nasal breathing. Something called nasal valve stenosis, where both sides of my nose were completely caving in and blocking most air, leading to crappy breathing, even when just breathing in lightly. This issue is worse during sleep and was causing my brain to “wake up” every time my nose had the obstruction. So I was struggling to breathe all night and I was slowly feeling worse as I was never getting good deep sleep. So the bad sleep every night just kept accumulating over the course of 10+ years. He also explained that my throat issues were a sign that my nose wasn’t functioning normally, which was causing airflow issues and a throat pressure feeling as a result. But weirdly the nasal issues weren’t being caused by my nose itself. There’s nothing actually wrong with my nose. It’s the middle part of the face that provides the base and support for the nose that is lacking the support needed to keep the nose open for normal breathing. Doctor said it’s really abnormal for nasal collapse to happen like this as a result of the face just not developing properly. It was just the way the middle of my face grew and changed over time, especially during puberty, that led to this. Doctor said it is called midface deficiency. It’s the area of the face just to the sides of the nose, below the eyes. Doctor said facial surgery is really what I needed but said nasal surgery could potentially help a bit and is less intense of a surgery, so I decided to go with that. Everything finally made sense for the first time ever. I even recorded my sleep and sure enough I could hear myself struggling to breathe all night.
Last year (2022), I had nasal valve surgery. It took a long time to recover from surgery and I still have to wear something in my nose when I sleep to prevent it from pinching shut because the surgery only helped a bit. I will still have to look into facial surgery to address the underlying issue as my breathing is still horrible during the day when I’m not wearing a dilator in my nose but at night I wear it and am good. Over time most of my issues have gone away. The slowly worsening exhaustion and brain fog and cognitive issues that started when I was a teenager. The constant severe anxiety and stress feelings I had since I was a kid. Throat issues gone. I no longer feel like killing myself out of misery. It was that obvious all along but untreated made my life constant fucking torture. Feeling horrible nonstop, slowly getting worse, not knowing why, being told there was nothing wrong with me and that it was all psychological, trying all sorts of things with no benefit, and having my entire life be ruined was a mental hell I wouldn’t wish on anyone. I don’t feel like my teens and most my 20s actually happened because I was in such poor health physically and mentally 24/7. I wish I had been able to see decent doctors earlier, but obviously that didn’t happen. I’m not even sure how I wasn’t able to make the connection myself. I think I was just so used to really bad breathing since I was young I didn’t know it was abnormal and had no reason to think I had some weird issue cause why would I? I still struggle with the mental effects of I think living like this for so long. The why me, why this specific abnormal issue that wrecked my life, why couldn't doctors have helped me sooner, all the wasted time and lack of experiences I've had in life, etc. I'm still depressed, angry, frustrated, etc. These issues consumed everything for over 10 years so I guess it’s not surprising that it still affects me mentally even after the fact.
TLDR: Slowly worsening chronic fatigue/brain fog and other issues for 10+ years was due to really bad nasal breathing, mostly nasal valve collapse due to midface deficiency that developed when I was a teenager and was leading to sleep apnea.

(Honda CRV 2000) I was pumping gas and when I parked the car, I was hearing a peculiar sound coming from it. At first, I recorded the sound around the left tired area, but then I recorded it with the hood open. The sound disappeared after a few minutes, never to be seen again. I also noticed that the engine was shaking more than usual, but after arriving at my destination and checking again, the engine was not checking anymore and the sound never returned. Any idea of what it could be? Should I worry?
Video from the wheel area: https://streamable.com/bwqlkn
Video from the hood area: https://streamable.com/ofndow
Video after arriving(Notice how the engine is not shaking anymore and the sound disappeared): https://streamable.com/1gnuyo
I would greatly appreciate the help.

I 22 (m) and my now ex 24(f) broke up on April 27th, I have recently found out the truth of her leaving. She originally told me that it was because she wasn't happy and that our outlooks on life were too different. But thats not the case. I found out from her now former best friend and former coworkers that she left me for a drug dealer that showed up at her job weeks before we broke up. He had a fiancé that he left for her and she left me for him. I have left out the nitty-gritty but that is the summarized version of everything. I dont know how to feel, im angry, sad, and im just tired of feeling this way. I dont hate her but I hate what she did. How do I continue with my life and get over this?

One of my sims has the gloomy trait and one of his wants is occasionally mourn the dead. But this time he's very sad from losing a friend. I have absolutely no idea how to find or get tombstones/urns. I thought there would be a graveyard or something that had graves but there isn't. Can't find anything in the store either except urns which don't do anything

Hey everyone,
I've been facing a peculiar issue with my Sony FX30 camera and I wanted to see if anyone else has experienced the same.
I bought the camera in March 2023 for my documentary filmmaking work. However, I've been noticing a consistent white noise during recordings. It's really compromising the sound quality and has been a real headache to figure out.
I've tested my mic on a Sony FX3 and A74 - no such issue on those. Also, tried another Sony FX30 from a rental store, and surprise, same noise problem. Even after considering the cheaper pre-amp in the FX30 and testing the separate audio handle, the noise didn't go away.
Has anyone else experienced this with their SonyFX30? I'm curious if this is a known issue and if there's a workaround or solution. Any advice or suggestions would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks in advance!