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Hi all, I wanted to post here to get some clarity on what my expectations should be in the future. I am 26 years old and currently make around 60k, and have roughly 90k in savings. However, I have roughly 27k in student loans at 0% interest. I currently live with my parents so I am able to put away most of my earnings ($2000-2300 per month). I live fairly frugally and am just looking for a small 2 bedroom house that hopefully wouldn't need to much work. I live in a small town and don't live in an area like Toronto where housing is crazy but still feels like this may be out of reach. Would home ownership be attainable in the next couple years?

I am planning on applying to the 2024 cycle and have my Step 2 date planned for September 8th. I would appreciate any help or tips provided by you guys, I'm quite unfamiliar with the ERAS and NRMP and am trying to understand it. My current plan after some looking into the topic is that I will start my ECFMG certification process by submitting my deans evaluation, OET, and USMLE Step 1 Pass into ECFMG, with the only thing missing being my Step 2. I heard that if you have submitted everything else, then once you get your score for Step 2 and submit it, it only takes a couple of days for the ECFMG certification to process. My questions are the following and any answers are appreciated <3

1. I plan to take the Step 2 on September 8th. Is it likely that my score would arrive within 12 days, which would be the 2nd Wednesday on September 20th, I've heard from other people that this does happen often and people receive their scores usually in this time frame of 11-18 days.
2. What happens if I don't receive my scores on this date and make it on time for September 27th. Is it fine/that much of a difference if I only upload my ERAS application once I receive my certification, possibly 1-2 weeks later? Would my chances of matching be a lot worse?
3. Should I upload all my apps to the hospitals I want to go to even if I don't receive my score in time, is it better to be on time than to have a Step 2? Would there be a possibility of letting the hospital know that my Step 2 score is on the way and has been completed?
4. Unrelated but on a side note, i just want to match into internal medicine and have lots of extracurriculars like being a TA for 3 years, volunteering, research experience, hospital experience, but I have 0 publications. This 0 publications is absolutely stressing me and I don't know how much of an effect this could have, is this something that would really be looked at for an Internal Medicine app if I have strengths in other fields like recs, experience, and grades/scores?

Here is a little background to what happened. I (F20) broke up with my boyfriend (M20) a couple months ago. That breakup was a big mess but we got back together a couple weeks after. During that time period he made a lot of friends and went out on a couple dates with this girl (F28 aka friend A). He is super close to her and her friend (F18 aka friend B). I don’t mind that they are really close because I also have friends of the opposite gender. Since we got back together, I have had multiple health issues, anxiety and a herniated disc in my back. I tend to not to go out as much if there are going to be people I don’t really know and will stand by those I do know like my siblings and friends. My bf has pointed out many times how I seem to shut down and ignore him when we’re in public. Which I have been working on. Yesterday, friend B invited my bf and some other friends to go to a fire at her house. Our mutual friend (M28, aka friend C) starts to mix together Dr. Pepper and whiskey in a flask. He then hands it to my bf which made me a little upset. I am not a drinker but I do believe that you can make your own decisions in life. However, not that long ago my bf got wasted and our other mutual friend (M27, aka friend D) called me. When I got to my bfs apartment it was to find him passed out in his puke. I had to take care of him and stayed up the entire night to make sure he was fine. I do get a little upset when he does drink because I’m scared about him taking it too far. I had to step out of the car before I got emotional. I was fine later but the damage was already done because friend C thought it was a “btch move”. Fast forward to when people start showing up to the fire. My back was starting to hurt pretty bad and I was starting to get a migraine from it. My ex roommate (F21) went as well and could tell that something was wrong with me. I was slowly starting to get dizzy so she called her roommate to come pick us up. I told friend D that I was leaving because of my back and to please let everyone know. My bf was talking and I didn’t want to interrupt. We then left and I sent a text to my bf telling him what was going on but forgot to hit send. This morning friend D told me that when I left friend B said it was a btch thing to do and not even say goodbye. He then said my bf complained about some of the things I do. Somehow it got brought up that my bf has paid for some of my things because I don’t make a lot of money. However, I have offered to pay him back for said things and I have bought him stuff when he didn’t have a job. Friend A heard this and told my bf that he needs to breakup with me because I am toxic and controlling. My bf told me I should apologize to friend A and B because I was out of line for leaving early and not telling him bye first. I honestly feel terrible and I know I haven’t been my regular self lately but I was in a lot of pain due to my back.

I had a couple of budgies (2 males) for about 7 years but unfortunately one of them passed recently (liver), so I slowly integrated another male buddy so he wouldn't be alone. It's been a couple of months now and they get along (feed each other, preen each other, etc) but my oldest bird started this thing where he wants to be covered around 5 pm. He squawks like crazy until he's covered. I hate doing that because I feel it may throw their natural clocks out of whack. Before this, I would usually cover them for 12-14 hours or until I'd hear them chirp around 10 or 11 am.
He's always been hormonal and always tried to get it on with my past bird and now this one (I don't have mirrors, maybe he's just a dirty bird LOL). I'm starting to wonder whether he thinks the cage is some kind of nest with the cover on? I don't know but both are males according to the vet.

[Warning: This story deals with themes of depression and suicidal ideation, and has been spoilered for your benefit. Please exercise discretion.]
John wanted to die.
Among Humans, this was a mental disorder known as depression, one with a myriad of causes, and not many ways to combat it. John didn't like talking about his past, how the actions of his family and his peers left him with such a low sense of self-worth that when he was abducted at the age of fifteen, he didn't complain, he simply told his abductor, "If you're hoping for a ransom, nobody gives a shit."
That was how he met Latra.
Latra was a Raider, a space pirate, from the largely herbivorous species known as 'Trillum'. The Trills had soft fur, blunted, flat teeth only good for chewing plant matter, long ears, and four beady eyes, two on the front, two on the sides. Take every pet prey animal on Earth and mix and match, and you'll find some commonality between them and the Trills.
When it became clear that John was a worthless abductee, Latra put him to work, told him if he wanted to live, he'd clean the ship and not complain. John... didn't. "I guess I'll die." He said with a shrug.
The crew didn't bother him for the uncounted stretch of time that he'd been holed up in a room, barely eating, mostly sleeping the hours away. Nobody killed him, even though they could, Latra's orders. She didn't give a reason for this, she simply told them she didn't want him dead yet, that he might prove useful, "Sooner or later."
It wasn't kindness or care, he received the same ration as the rest of the crew, the same access to the bathroom facilities, and even access to the armory. "If you think you're hard enough to take us all on at once, or you want to blow your brains out." The Canician guffawed before Latra slugged him in the jaw.
John didn't understand why anyone would ever bother to keep a useless piece of shit like him, who wasn't good for anything. Then came the boarding party, rivals, all storming the ship. Though they didn't overlook the prisoner in the brig, they did overlook the fact that his door was unlocked, that he wasn't tied up or otherwise bound.
The leader of the raiding party was Human, pulled out a six-chambered revolver, put one ballistic round in it, and told the crew, "You're playing Russian Roulette. Spin the chamber, point the gun at your head, and fire. If it goes click, you get to live a little longer. If it goes bang, you lose. Point that gun at any of us, we fire. Understood?"
John was given the gun, the void called to him, urging him to simply put the barrel right in his mouth and just hammer the trigger.
Click.
"Well, it's the boy's lucky day! Alright, now-"
Click.
The Human stared at John with an incredulous look, then gave one of the most sadistic grins he'd ever seen. "Well now." His voice lowered to something almost like a purr. "This one gets it. C'mon, your worthless piece of shit. Blow your fuckin' brains out."
Something changed in John's brain chemistry. He pulled the gun out of his mouth and said, "I've been wanting to die my entire life." He said. He shifted the barrel toward the smug bastard in front of him and fired. "I think I'd rather kill bastards like you."
The Human collapsed in front of John, his body convulsing as John stood up. The rival grew flinched as the young Human stood up. "Who's next?" He growled.
Prey species have the same response, when a predator challenges them. They freeze up, and then they run. The Canician didn't give them the chance, the bloody carnage painted the storage room a myriad of blood colors, a rainbow of gore that only lent the situation a surreality that kept John from cracking entirely.
He knelt down beside the dead Human, rifled through his belongings, and came up with a handful of pistol bullets, three of which he loaded into the revolver, an empty space between them.
"If I join you." John said, spinning the chamber. "We're only hitting bastards like him." He raised the barrel below his chin. "I'm not joining a band of bastards."
Latra simply nodded. "Are you joining my crew?" She asked.
John pulled the trigger. He wanted to die, wanted to make his choice in a way only he could respect. The gun went click. "I guess I am." He said. "The moment you say we target innocent civilians is the moment I put a bullet in your brain, and then I'll follow suit. Understood?"
Latra smiled. "I think you're going to be my best crew member." She said.

Tl;Dr - How much do you chat with long term partners?
My wife and I are new to swinging, and we met a great couple about a month ago. We seem to be on the same page as far as what we're looking for (we've all agreed that we're looking for friends, and hopefully more). We've had several meetups with them, (only the most recent had any play), and everything seemed to be going well. For the first few weeks we were texting almost daily. Last week we stopped reaching out to give them space too (they're introverts, we're extroverts), and we've discovered that they haven't reached out at all. We told them weeks ago that if our texting got to be too much to let us know, and they said they thoroughly enjoyed it. We do have two meetups planned already, so they've indicated that they do want to keep meeting, it just feels strange not to talk at all in between meetups. For those of you with regular partners, how often do you talk? Would you see this as a red flag, or are we expecting too much?

I was diagnosed with endo at 16 by laparoscopic surgery. They removed the tissue and inserted an IUD. I’m taking diclofenac to manage any pain on top of that. I’m now 20 and although I do not have a regular period my pain has almost always been constant and I get flare ups when my period starts and when I ovulate. Many times I wonder if my pain is legit, like when I’m sobbing because it feels like a knife is being twisted inside my uterus I feel like I’m just sensitive and dramatic. That’s how I felt today as I drove to work, trying to will myself to get through a long shift. When I got there I realized the pain was too great for me to focus, and I’m a server so you kind of have to be focused and move quickly. I thought maybe I could push through and wait out the spasms, which feel like labor pains (anyone else?), because I knew as soon as I said something to a manager my pain would subside. But after a couple got short with me for forgetting butter I gave in and had to awkwardly explain to my manager why I needed to go home on a busy Friday even though I look perfectly well on the outside (invisible diseases, amirite). And now I’m home, and my pain is next to nothing. And I hate myself because I’m now doubting whether my pain was really that bad and regretting my decision to come home. Feeling like a weakling for leaving work because I couldn’t tough it out. Has anybody else experienced this, where you finally make an irreversible move to withdrawal because of the pain and then you miss out on an opportunity- only to find moments later the storm has calmed and you just might have been able to make it?

So I’ve been playing splatoon 2 and then 3 for like maybe 4 years on and off. I know quite a bit of the lore and stuff about the game, but after hanging out on the sub, realized there’s SO MUCH i don’t know and i do kinda feel like a dummy. Side note, why the hell did my rank go from a B to a C when sizzle season started? And my catalog went back to 1??? But anyways, I’m an Aerospray RG main. I used to only mainly play turf wars and story mode (plus the splatoon 2 DLC but i can’t afford the splatoon 3 one :( ) recently like the past couple months I’ve started actuallt playing ranked. Anyways, here’s my REAL question: my game style strategy is, i think, pretty weird. Basicallt what i do is (especially on splat zones and tower control) i ink the hell out of base until my special is full (it’s the little tornado thing) and then i aim it at the tower or splat zones. I tend to not go out in field much or really anything i just fill up my special and use it a lot unless something happens where i think i should engage. I’ve gotten pretty far with this, so yea!!!

Had a job that I loved about two months ago but the driving was 200-300 miles a day and I was getting home 6 hours before my next shift, so I decided on a whim to quit. I've been unemployed since and honestly have been too afraid to start looking again since. I applied to a couple jobs but ignored any followups because I was afraid I'd just fall back into the same habits I had before.
Despite my last job being my favorite in terms of what I was doing, I was having panic attacks when I woke up and drinking when I got home a lot of the time. I'm a very introverted person who needs a little free time every day, and it's just so daunting to know I have to do something all day for five days in a row.
Now I'm in a position where I need to get a job but don't want to fall back into the same patterns. It's rough because I have a degree and am capable of getting these higher paying higher commitment jobs, but heavily prefer just doing mindless shit that doesn't consume my whole life. I hated that I needed to be on guard for emails or write something up when I get home simply because there was no time when I was with the client, and I have a feeling any new job that's actually livable that I can get will be the same deal.
I'm young and the idea of grinding longer and harder hours to get into a cozy position down the line is just so unappealing. It's ridiculous to me that these companies can bill $500 an hour for my services and I won't even see 10% of that, and I'm supposed to be happy that if I waste enough of my good years I'll get a promotion where I get to waste slightly less of my future years.
Have a feeling this probably isn't right for this subreddit anymore but I guess I'm just looking for some advice or inspiration to get back into it. I know intrinsically I have to work but don't know how to cope when I do work. It sucks because the more my mental health spiraled at my last job the more praise I got, and towards the end I was even up for promotion. Still I decided it wasn't worth it though and am worried that this is just a cycle that's going to keep repeating.

So excited to start and do my best. I'm nervous but want to do well so they'll keep me esp since it's so hard landing a job in the first place. More than that, I'll be able to help my family financially. It won't be much money but we're not well off and my parents aren't very well health-wise so this helps alot.
I'm also in school and I know it'll take a couple yrs to complete but this will help get me thru that. I barely have money for clothes so I've bought like 5 cheap shirts today that should last me a couple months.
I'm beyond grateful and can't wait. Is there anything/tips I should know?

Hey everyone! Baby seller here - just started posting content this week and had a couple requests for custom. Any tips on how to charge for the custom pics? I'd like to handle everything through the site, but not sure how to do it. Do you just post on your page and then alert the requestor or do you handle it a different way?
Thanks in advance for any advice. Happy to share any experiences here with other newbies!

Have never modded mc before and I’m wondering which to go with if I ever chose to do so. From my understanding, Optifine is tried and tested and works well but doesn’t give as big as an fps boost as sodium does (fps isn’t an issue really for me) but doesn’t work with fabric stuff? (Whatever that means). Sodium has a bigger fps boost but doesn’t work with forge and also it can have steep fps drops occasionally and animations can get janky.. also forge doesn’t work with it. Am I getting the broad strokes right? What’s the communities thoughts.
(I don’t mean to start a war between the 2 groups I’m just a dude that’s stayed with vanilla since forever except a couple texture packs)
Thx :)

This is gonna sound dumb but I played EN and switched over to JP like a couple of months before the EOS announcement. I'm very curious in Misora tbh. Can anyone explain her to me? Is she in love with Yuuki? Hate him? What's her moral compass, her background? Really appreciate it and sorry for the bother.

I was really happy after I finished my Endymion deck (it still needs refinement is not "done" but its playable) but then after playing with actual people I just saw what this game has become with the passing years and I just don't agree with the game and it's direction, modern Yugioh feels wrong.
I think Master Duel as a platform is great and the f2p experience is very decent so this is not really a complain about the app but the game this app is representing which is Yugioh.
But overall the issues I have as a returning Yugioh player is:

• The game has become solitaire, the first thing you will notice is that it takes ages for the opponent to end their turn
• The rules about not being able to summon more than one monster may aswell just not exist anymore because you can litterally summon an horde of monsters and this is really not an specialized deck situation no, most decks work like that now
• You can now constantly interrupt your opponent even from his own turn and from your hand
• Cards that look like bibles with tons of effects and little time to see what is happening
• This point is actually a complain with MD itself: why do you put an insta losing if you run out of time?, why not just give the turn to the opponent like any other card game, its like the developers of this game don't realize that Yugioh has tons of effects and stuff you need to read on top of the thinking you have to do and they decided it was a good idea to punish you with an insta loss if you run out of time?, its ridiculous.
• Remember I said your opponent can interrupt you in your own turn? well they can also basically play an entire turn on your own turn, its beyond ridiculous
• The powercreep is through the roof seriously the amount of ways that decks this days can get a one turn kill or very fast wins is insane
• Remember when black hole and raigeki were considered broken and even banned? well now you have stuff like: " Divine Arsenal AA-ZEUS- Sky Thunder" (fucking name) that can do something even worse and its considered fine.

Modern Yugioh feels like you were in a boxing match and instead of trading blows back and forward untill someone wins is as if the boxers had a Rope and handcufs and tried their best to tie the other one first and then when one of them is completely tied then now proceeds to fuck him up and win. Its some coward stuff seriously.
I just don't feel the same satisfaction of playing when I played the old DS WC games or even old IRL Yugioh, I feel like the game just changed too much and made it just not fun anymore, no wonder many people prefer other card games even if they lack the complexity of Yugioh they are fun at least and old Yugioh was complex and it didn't needed all of this new stuff that I listed.

Sorry for the essay but damn
Been playing for a couple years now (mostly as dps, ranked plat 2 in tank and support but somehow bronze 2 in dps with good games and mostly wins whatever)and I've noticed that in fights no matter the map or character, I'm only ever killed by a widow headshot, (which is fine) a random hanzo shot, (99% of the time im already low) a Cassidy grenade or ult, (from behind or while fighting someone else) or a zen melee(rushes me when I'm low or from behind) and to the point it's driving me crazy and would bet my life my only deaths are from these characters. Am I just the worst against these specific characters?(can beat them in most cases) Is it something to how I position myself in a teamfight? Am I not picking up on something that would help me be ready for them? Or it is just luck of the draw and I'm doomed to death by no skill all the time?
Can post some clips etc if need be. Thanks

We’ve known eachother about a year and a half, together just under a year and I have no reason to think he won’t be the person I eventually have kids with, I love him and his family, my family adore him and he is ridiculously good with kids, to the point where I think if you asked me am I ready for kids while I was watching him with a kid, I’d probably say fuck it give me 7 tomorrow.
But, I’m not ready. I mean, if it happened then I’d cope, but although I’m in a stable enough job it’s not what I want to do long term and I’m changing jobs soon, so I want to be settled in the new job for at least a couple of years before having kids so I can come back. He knows this and says he completely understands and doesn’t want to rush either.
While I really want to believe that, we’ve both said how we’d like to have kids fairly young, and I know he’s getting towards the end of the ‘fairly young’ age. I’ve noticed little things like comments he makes to his friends about kids, but I’d brushed them off until 3 separate times recently I’ve had people say to me things along the lines of ‘I know that look, he’s ready for kids’.
Usually we’re great at communicating but I just don’t know how to bring this up. In a selfish way I’m terrified of asking him because I really don’t want to loose him but I also know that if he does want kids soon, he might just end up resenting me for not wanting it too
Tldr; I think my bf wants kids sooner than me, how do I bring it up?

We are a group of 5 close friends - 3 guys and 2 girls. There are 2 couples and one single guy in the group.
We all went out clubbing day before yesterday where us guys drank a lot. The girls little less.
I am not a good dancer so I generally do not dance much when we go clubbing. But my girlfriend loves to dance and so does our single friend and the other couple.
Initially I danced with the group but as the night progressed, I decided to sit and watch them dance while I enjoyed my drinks and thé food. We were at the second floor of the club which had area to sit and a little space to dance near the seats.
However, during the late hours of our clubbing, the four of them decided to go down to the ground floor of the club which was the main dancing area with the DJ and where majority of the couples were swaying to the music. My gf asked me to also come, but I declined saying I was too tired for an energetic dance and asked her to proceed telling I would join them when the club starts to close that was around 15-20 minutes from that time.
I after few minutes of getting bored, got up to watch them from above. Initially they all were dancing together but then the couple started dancing together in a sexy couple dance sort of and got split from my gf and the single friend moving to a more further area on the floor.
And then gradually I observed my gf and my friend starting to dance a little too close. I saw my friend’s hands touching her waist initially during the dance for a while but then over her arms, hands, shoulders, ass, moving his hands all over her while slowly dancing. He was sort of controlling her dance moves and she was going along. Generally there is very little even friendly touching between the two so I was very surprised to see that happening.
He pulled her closer towards him, her back facing him, in a more grinding sort of way. I was not clear whether they were actually grinding or just dancing too close because I was looking at them from an angle but it was a very unusual sight for me.
But seeing my usually sweet and demure girlfriend let a guy other than me touch her so much, in a very erotic way made me feel very conflicting emotions . I was uncomfortable but also turned on at that sight. They seem to be oblivious of the fact that I was still there upstairs.
This went on for next 10 minutes before the dj shut down, lights starting to turn off Indicating that the club was closing. I went down, met them and we went back but this sight was running through my mind since that day.
TL DR: Having conflicted emotions of being uncomfortable and turned on after seeing my gf and a close friend dance quite close while in a club

What will you be doing with this PC? Be as specific as possible, and include specific games or programs you will be using.
1080p Gaming, some 2D like football manager dunno what else i could expect
What is your maximum budget before rebates/shipping/taxes?
800-900 usd
When do you plan on building/buying the PC? Note: beyond a week or two from today means any build you receive will be out of date when you want to buy.
Next week max.
What, exactly, do you need included in the budget? (ToweOS/monitokeyboard/mouse/etc)
tower
Which country (and state/province) will you be purchasing the parts in? If you're in US, do you have access to a Microcenter location?
will purchase everything online in US and send it to my country, no microcenters here everyting way more expensive.
If reusing any parts (including monitor(s)/keyboard/mouse/etc), what parts will you be reusing? Brands and models are appreciated.
No reused parts.
Will you be overclocking? If yes, are you interested in overclocking right away, or down the line? CPU and/or GPU?
Most likely not.
Are there any specific features or items you want/need in the build? (ex: SSD, large amount of storage or a RAID setup, CUDA or OpenCL support, etc)
Nope. regarding ssd i doubt i will need something larger than 1tb max 2tb
What type of network connectivity do you need? (Wired and/or WiFi) If WiFi is needed and you would like to find the fastest match for your wireless router, please list any specifics.
wifi
Do you have any specific case preferences (Size like ITX/microATX/mid-towefull-tower, styles, colors, window or not, LED lighting, etc), or a particular color theme preference for the components?
For the tower: good airflow without being overpriced full tower..was looking at this Montech AIR 100 ARGB Micro-ATX Tower with Four ARGB Fans Pre Installed but honestly dont care
Do you need a copy of Windows included in the budget? If you do need one included, do you have a preference?
ill look for a code for around 20-30 for any windows 10-11 dont care either as long as it works and is cheap
Extra info or particulars:
for gpu i was looking at GeForce RTX 3060 12GB or 6650xt dunno which or if none will fit in what i can purchase, just saying what i was looking at