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This subreddits is specific for DataHoarders coming from Switzerland. We focus more on swiss deals about SSD, LTO Tape, HDD, NAS/DAS, Software, Thunderbolt Devices, NVME Enclosures, etc. It doesn't matter if you live in the italian/german or french part of Switzerland. What only matter, is that you are a DataHoarder!
2023.06.09 01:29 SnooRabbits5324 Thoughts on my team/units?
 | Tbh I’m very unknowledgeable when it comes to team formation, and telling what units better. I just go off of how they do for me, and just want some opinion. submitted by SnooRabbits5324 to DokkanBattleCommunity [link] [comments] |
2023.06.09 01:28 hkrd97 Jewelry made from loved one’s ashes
I hope this is the right place to post, if not I would love to be pointed in the right direction.
My grandma has recently passed away and some family members and I would like to look into having some of her ashes made into a few pieces of jewelry. I have seen ashes made into stones for rings, necklaces created, etc.
I have Googled a little bit but I’m not sure what sites are legit and/or would do a good job. Since this is more than just a generic ring for me (and more than just a generic necklace for other family), I want to make sure we use a quality business. Has anyone used a business like this? Are there ones that you would recommend or not recommend? I know this will be a pricey endeavor which is okay, I’m not looking to go with a business just because they’re cheap. Any recommendations would be greatly appreciated!
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My grandma has recently passed away and some family members and I would like to look into having some of her ashes made into a few pieces of jewelry. I have seen ashes made into stones for rings, necklaces created, etc.
I have Googled a little bit but I’m not sure what sites are legit and/or would do a good job. Since this is more than just a generic ring for me (and more than just a generic necklace for other family), I want to make sure we use a quality business. Has anyone used a business like this? Are there ones that you would recommend or not recommend? I know this will be a pricey endeavor which is okay, I’m not looking to go with a business just because they’re cheap. Any recommendations would be greatly appreciated!
2023.06.09 01:28 Nazenn A lazy mans weird logic: Moving a setup between cases is tedious, may as well buy the whole new one. Need help finalizing CPU cooler and anything else I may have missed
Yeah it's dumb logic, but as my current build is almost 8 years old and starting to get to that point where I'm below minimum spec on new games coming out it needed a redo anyway. Just a year or so sooner than I thought. Only thing on my horizon right now is Dragons Dogma 2 anyway and who knows what the specs for that will be, though I can't imagine I'll have any problems with what I've listed here.
Just posting for a general sanity/savings/wtf did I not think of check that really needs a second pair of eyes
Budget: ~$3,000 AUD (approx 2000usd, but also australia tax)
Will mostly be used for gaming at 1440/60 fps (using a TV mostly, hence the framerate), as well as some AI art gen (12gb wanted for that and general use), and hopefully getting back into 3D modelling (though not rendering), but I am hoping for this to last me many years until a forced upgrade, like my current one.
But that budget is for a complete setup redo as by chance in the last six months I've also had my mouse scroll wheel break, my cat smacked one of my screens and damaged it, and my keyboard is having issues I can't fix without potentially learning to solder.
And I don't want any RGB or fancy features so all that has been excluded here.
PCPartPicker Part List
Don't need an OS as I'll be transferring Win 10 from my current system.
Already brought some parts because as I said, I was planning on just migrating to a new case so I got what I needed for that so bugger on the sata instead of the m.2 but oh well.
And no I'm not an MSI fanboy, it just turns out the motherboard is on a huge sale, the 6750xt are somewhat hard to come by here and the Gigabyte and ASUS models I've heard reports of coil whine which leaves this one, and the screens are a nice upgrade to what I have now while being 40 bucks cheaper per screen then the next model up I was looking at.
Other recommendations welcome, minimal noise is a focus along with good enough cooling for 13th gen
Given the other options out there, and this one being on a significant sale, it seemed like a good offer while looking that little bit better thanks to the I/O shroud. I also want to stay away from ASUS due to having had issues with them in the past (funny timing given AMD events) and Gigabyte both due to their security issues and an alarming amount of refurbished models I'm finding on aus sites which raised alarm bells, unless you think that's not an issue.
Think that about covers it. Thanks for any input guys.
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Just posting for a general sanity/savings/wtf did I not think of check that really needs a second pair of eyes
Will mostly be used for gaming at 1440/60 fps (using a TV mostly, hence the framerate), as well as some AI art gen (12gb wanted for that and general use), and hopefully getting back into 3D modelling (though not rendering), but I am hoping for this to last me many years until a forced upgrade, like my current one.
But that budget is for a complete setup redo as by chance in the last six months I've also had my mouse scroll wheel break, my cat smacked one of my screens and damaged it, and my keyboard is having issues I can't fix without potentially learning to solder.
And I don't want any RGB or fancy features so all that has been excluded here.
PCPartPicker Part List
Don't need an OS as I'll be transferring Win 10 from my current system.
Already brought some parts because as I said, I was planning on just migrating to a new case so I got what I needed for that so bugger on the sata instead of the m.2 but oh well.
And no I'm not an MSI fanboy, it just turns out the motherboard is on a huge sale, the 6750xt are somewhat hard to come by here and the Gigabyte and ASUS models I've heard reports of coil whine which leaves this one, and the screens are a nice upgrade to what I have now while being 40 bucks cheaper per screen then the next model up I was looking at.
Main points of concern:
- CPU cooler
Other recommendations welcome, minimal noise is a focus along with good enough cooling for 13th gen
- Motherboard
Given the other options out there, and this one being on a significant sale, it seemed like a good offer while looking that little bit better thanks to the I/O shroud. I also want to stay away from ASUS due to having had issues with them in the past (funny timing given AMD events) and Gigabyte both due to their security issues and an alarming amount of refurbished models I'm finding on aus sites which raised alarm bells, unless you think that's not an issue.
- Power Supply
- Video Card
Think that about covers it. Thanks for any input guys.
2023.06.09 01:28 JP-Killyleagh I'm currently 0-6 with my army
So my first few games of warhammer with my eldar army haven't exactly gone great
Game 1 - playing defense, tabled by knorne demons with ridiculous luck on their dice. On paper an even game, but in practice next to none of my wounds did damage and he rolled through me. I killed 1(one) unit of bloodletters
Game 2 - assassination game on defense vs space wolves, warlord got 0 kills and was killed essentially dooming the game
Game 3 - 3 way game, close match but a thousand sons player got more objective markers than me and an ork player
Game 4 - tabled by Tau vehicle spam, had zero answer in terms of models due to fielding mostly infantry. They were slaughtered wholesale
Game 5 - extremely close 2v1 game (my 100 power army vs 2 50 power armies of tau and wolves). Last unit died on turn 5, otherwise would've been a win
Game 6 - Orks sat on an objective I couldn't reach without a self-deleting charge. Army was healthy but objective score ended up being something like 120-0 due to my units being too spread out to punch through
I'm not saying that I'm not having fun, a bunch of those games were fun, but I feel like fate is just kicking my teeth in at every opportunity, mostly due to shit luck.
Here's to going 0-10, I'm on a roll lmao
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Game 1 - playing defense, tabled by knorne demons with ridiculous luck on their dice. On paper an even game, but in practice next to none of my wounds did damage and he rolled through me. I killed 1(one) unit of bloodletters
Game 2 - assassination game on defense vs space wolves, warlord got 0 kills and was killed essentially dooming the game
Game 3 - 3 way game, close match but a thousand sons player got more objective markers than me and an ork player
Game 4 - tabled by Tau vehicle spam, had zero answer in terms of models due to fielding mostly infantry. They were slaughtered wholesale
Game 5 - extremely close 2v1 game (my 100 power army vs 2 50 power armies of tau and wolves). Last unit died on turn 5, otherwise would've been a win
Game 6 - Orks sat on an objective I couldn't reach without a self-deleting charge. Army was healthy but objective score ended up being something like 120-0 due to my units being too spread out to punch through
I'm not saying that I'm not having fun, a bunch of those games were fun, but I feel like fate is just kicking my teeth in at every opportunity, mostly due to shit luck.
Here's to going 0-10, I'm on a roll lmao
2023.06.09 01:27 Scaevus Tyranids Movement Control
After reviewing the Tyranids data cards, one particular area struck me as interesting, and that is the Tyranids’ ability to control the opponent’s movement phase.
I don’t think I’m exaggerating when I say mastery of the movement is key to a competitive edge. Line of sight for shooting, setting up counterpunch, objective control, etc., are all important aspects of the game which are determined in the movement phase.
Historically there were few ways for a player to affect an opponent’s movement phase. The ability to debuff enemy movement was often limited to a single unit (like the infamous Space Marine Thunderfire) or stratagem. The ability to block enemy units from moving was usually limited to screening out deep strike.
Enter the Tyranids index. Not only do Barbagaunts have the largest volume of fire for their debuffs, they’re also cheap. You can theoretically debuff 30 units, the entire visible enemy army.
Then, we have spore mines. In addition to the ones you buy during army construction, you can create three units per turn, one per Biovore unit, and each creates a bubble of 6” diameter no movement and 12” diameter no advance. Not just screening out deepstrike, but even regular movement.
I think this will lead to exciting new strategies, advanced mine formations 3.1” apart to prevent charging and consolidation, etc.
What do you guys think? Is movement control going to be the new meta? What are Death Guard terminators going to do with their 4” base movement speed? Can Tyranid players who reserve hundred points just literally block an opponent in their own deployment zone forever with a constant rain of spore mines?
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I don’t think I’m exaggerating when I say mastery of the movement is key to a competitive edge. Line of sight for shooting, setting up counterpunch, objective control, etc., are all important aspects of the game which are determined in the movement phase.
Historically there were few ways for a player to affect an opponent’s movement phase. The ability to debuff enemy movement was often limited to a single unit (like the infamous Space Marine Thunderfire) or stratagem. The ability to block enemy units from moving was usually limited to screening out deep strike.
Enter the Tyranids index. Not only do Barbagaunts have the largest volume of fire for their debuffs, they’re also cheap. You can theoretically debuff 30 units, the entire visible enemy army.
Then, we have spore mines. In addition to the ones you buy during army construction, you can create three units per turn, one per Biovore unit, and each creates a bubble of 6” diameter no movement and 12” diameter no advance. Not just screening out deepstrike, but even regular movement.
I think this will lead to exciting new strategies, advanced mine formations 3.1” apart to prevent charging and consolidation, etc.
What do you guys think? Is movement control going to be the new meta? What are Death Guard terminators going to do with their 4” base movement speed? Can Tyranid players who reserve hundred points just literally block an opponent in their own deployment zone forever with a constant rain of spore mines?
2023.06.09 01:26 SplitLost438 Looking for cheap, used, blank
I need a regular sized Pullip, and as cheap as possible. She can be used, no clothes, no wig, no eye chips, she can even be damaged as long as none of her body parts are missing. Just body and head. So if you have a blank doll that you're having trouble getting rid of because she's too damaged or something, please let me know. Or if you know where people are selling the cheapest possible because of damage or broken pieces. I'd really appreciate it.
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2023.06.09 01:26 AuthorInHell Hindsight's a Bitch (Color Me Black CH2)
After they left, I locked the front door and carried on cleaning. Normally I wouldn't worry about locking the door until I left, but even if those strangers were two of the most attractive men I had the pleasure of looking upon, I didn't know them, and therefore, I didn't trust them.
Small town charm, indeed.
As I grabbed the last few bottles from by the pool table, the jukebox cut out. I rolled my eyes and made a mental note to call Jerry tomorrow about it. It was too late now, after I started bartending for him, Jerry took full advantage of not having to be here 24/7. He was likely already asleep.
The lights flickered as I pulled the trash bag out and threw it over my shoulder, but I shrugged it off, even as chills spread across my arms. The place was old, and probably haunted, and it wasn't the first time weird shit had happened here. I threw open the back door, crinkling my nose at the smell, and tossed the bag in the dumpster before locking up and heading to my car.
My car was technically Jim's old truck, but after he passed, Doris said I should have it. I tried to insist that it go to Polly when she was old enough to drive, but Doris just said I had helped him work on it enough that it should go to me. Polly wasn't one for trucks anyway, she had claimed. It was only when Polly put the keys in my hand herself that I actually accepted it. Seven years later, and the old, ugly thing still ran great.
God, I've been overly sentimental today. Let's move on.
The thing about hindsight, they say it's 20/20. After this day, I'd say it's a bitch. All it does is make you think about every single thing you did wrong, over and over again, until it drives you crazy. And crazy people don't tend to see all that clearly.
The house was dark when I pulled up, the only light coming from the moon. Which you'd think would be normal, it being ten something at night, but the porch light was always left on for me, and Polly doesn't normally go to bed this early. Doris doesn't either, but she may have gone to sleep earlier than usual if I had woken her up last night. She probably just forgot the porch light.
I walked up the steps and found the front door slightly open. Now THAT was not normal. I paused at the threshold long enough to pull out my Glock. I checked the sled and loaded the magazine before slowly pushing the door open with my foot. I longed to call out to Doris and Polly, to make sure they were okay, if they were even here (holding out hope that they aren't), but instinct and years of hunting kept my mouth shut.
I tried to keep my footsteps silent, avoiding the spots in the floor I know creak and groan. An overwhelming smell, like rotting eggs, filled the air. It triggered something in the corner of my brain, but I couldn't focus on it right now. The kitchen and living room were clear, and so was the downstairs bathroom.
I walked towards the stairs and the smell intensified. You know when people say they felt like lead was in the pit of their stomach? Turns out, they weren't overexaggerating.
There was no noise, save for my own breathing, as I crept up. Room by room, I cleared the house. No one was here. No sign of Doris, or Polly. I wanted to feel relieved, I really did, but life has taught me that relief is often a feeling followed by dread.
Sentimental has flown out the window.
I checked the windows upstairs, making sure they were all closed and locked, before going downstairs to do the same. I stopped short at the sight of Lenny and Barry. In my living room. Normally, this would constitute as a dream come true, but the guns in their hands definitely gave me pause on the horny fantasy.
They hadn't noticed me yet, so I slowly raised my gun and watched as they made their way into the kitchen. I followed them silently, keeping my gun level, until they reached the table.
"I'm gonna need you to drop the weapons and explain what, exactly, you're doing in my house."
They whirled around, both going to aim at me, but I was quicker. I shot a warning round into the floor by their feet. (Doris was seriously going to kill me for that.) They both jumped back, hands raised in the air.
"I didn't say wave them around, I said drop them."
"Look, Winnie-"
"Drop the goddamn guns!" I said, as I cocked my own back.
"Fine, fine," Barry said, slowly bending at the knees to place his gun on the floor. "Just calm down, alright?"
Lenny looked irritated but followed suit, putting his weapon on the ground gently.
"Kick them aside."
Sighs of absolute exasperation floated through the air. (Seriously? Breaking into my house and then getting annoyed at me? Get a load of these guys.)
"Where are Doris and Polly?"
"Who?" Lenny asked, irritation coloring the word.
"Don't play stupid, I'm really not in the mood."
"Lady, I don't know who those people are." He snapped.
"Doris and Polly," I repeated slowly. "The two women who live in this house with me. The house you just broke into, with loaded weapons. After I come home to find them missing."
"Look, we can explain," Barry started.
"I would hope so, considering the alternative." I gestured with my head at the gun in my hand.
"Just lower your gun, and we'll tell you everything."
"Listen, Bare, may I call you Bare?" I continued without waiting for permission, "You seem to not understand how this works. Your weapons are out of reach, mine is in hand, you're in MY house, and my family is missing. I'll lower the gun if I decide your explanation is good enough. Which seems unlikely."
My voice, somehow, was holding completely steady, but inwardly, panic was filling every empty part of my body. My brain was screaming at me to stop wasting time, but I forced that voice aside. At this point, the only people who could tell me anything were standing in front of me, one looking pissed off and the other looking very concerned. About me or the imminent death he faced, I couldn't be sure.
"Winsley, your family, they've been taken by-"
"Sammy!"
"Dean, she deserves to know. She's in this, whether we like it or not."
I blinked at the sudden identity change, although I have to say, I was kind of grateful that two dudes who looked this good didn't have names like Lenny and Barry. Even if they were possible kidnappers.
Dean, previously Lenny, clenched his jaw, but didn't say anything when Sammy, previously Barry, started again. "They've been taken by what we think is a demon. We're not sure why yet, but that's why we're here. It's what we do. We, we save people from things like this."
"Things like demons." I deadpanned. "So you're story is, a demon has, for some unknown reason, kidnapped my family, and you two just happen to be here at the same time as this thing, because life is all just one big coininky dink?"
"We tracked it here," Lenny/Dean spoke up. "It's been traveling through Wyoming, ripping through small towns. It's killed before, but it's never kidnapped anyone. Until now. So whatever this thing wants, your family has it. And you're not exactly helping us save 'em."
"And your plan was to shoot this demon full of lead? Do demons bleed? Can they even die?"
"They're full of rock salt," Barry/Sammy said. "Salt doesn't kill them, but it hurts them. Slows 'em down. We slow them down enough, we can get them wrapped in rope soaked in holy water and get the answers we all want."
Hysterical laughter bubbled up in my throat. I've been a bartender for 7 years, in a small ass town in the middle of nowhere, and before that, well, that's a backstory for another chapter, but let's just conclude that I know crazy. I've delt with crazy, but this was above and beyond.
"This is either some elaborate scheme to distract me, or you're both having a psychotic break at the same time."
"Okay, enough," Dean snapped. Faster than I could track, he whipped out yet another gun from behind him and aimed it at me.
"Am I now a demon in this illusion of yours? Rock salt isn't gonna do shit to me."
"Well, actually, it hurts like a bitch." He said, shrugging. "Curiosity got the best of me. But this ain't no rock salt, sweetheart. So why don't you put the gun down, because I guarantee you I can pull this trigger faster than you."
I paused, considering, before twisting and aiming my gun at Sammy's head. "You wanna test that theory?"
They both went deathly still. Apparently, they decided to finally take my threat seriously.
"Fine, you know what? You want your family to die, that's on you, lady. We can leave you to it," Dean put his gun down and went to grab the other one from the floor. "But don't say we didn't warn you."
He went to walk out the back door, Sammy hesitantly grabbing his own gun before following Dean out.
"Wait. Fine. But I want some of those rock salt thingies."
Dean glanced back. "No."
Sammy ignored him and handed me his pistol. "Aim for the heart."
I slowly holstered my gun, replacing it with his.
"Dammit, Sammy."
"I think she can handle herself, Dean."
Dean pinched the bridge of his nose and sighed so hard I was surprised it didn't propel him backwards.
"Are there any other buildings around here that might be abandoned or empty? Somewhere used for storage?"
"Yeah, we have a barn. Jim used to keep some of his old junk in there."
"Show us."
"Okay, full offense, for someone supposedly trying to help, you are extremely rude."
"Yes, and I look good doing it."
I narrowed my eyes at him but lead them out the backdoor. Before you start yelling at me, I'm not believing this bullshit. They're clearly insane, and they probably have my family locked in the barn, and I figure once they go inside to "scope the place out", I'll call Sherrif Bereta and get these beautiful loonies locked up.
That plan went dark, literally, as a sharp pain cracked through my skull and I crumbled to the ground.
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I'm sure we've all heard the term "spitting mad". Well, whatever that means, I was even angrier when I came to, back in the kitchen, surrounded by a ring of salt and tied up with, sure enough, a soggy rope. It itched.
Okay, yes. I got, well, got. I spent the past ten years of my life hunting animals, not fighting crime, okay? Give me a break. I thought my plan had been pretty solid.
I glanced around, trying to get my bearings through the bulldozer that had made its home in my head. Two major headaches in one day. If the tequila didn't kill my braincells, that hit certainly did.
"Bastards," I muttered to myself. I wiggled against the ropes, but all that managed to do was chafe. I attempted to stand, but they had tied my ankles together and to my bound wrists, so not only did I fail, I looked ridiculous doing it.
The panic I was ignoring earlier came back with renewed strength, and I had to stop all movement and focus on my breathing. I haven't had a panic attack in years, and I really didn't think this was a smart time to start again.
The silence broke with a screech that sounded, as much as I loathe to admit it, demonic. I'm not a religious person, if you couldn't tell, working a Sunday morning instead of attending church, so I didn't break out in prayer. I did, however, look around for any kind of weapon that I could try to get my hands on. My gun was sitting on the table, just out of reach.
"Bastards!" I announced again.
"That's no way to talk about the people who saved your ass."
Dean was standing in the doorway, a light coat of sweat shining across his forehead. His breathing was quick, but all in all, he seemed steady.
"You pistol whipped me, hog tied me, and seasoned me, dude. I wouldn't constitute that as 'saving'."
"Yeah, well. Difference of opinion," he said, a small smile playing across his lips.
"Where's your future cellmate?"
"He's finishing up with the demon. Should be here any minute."
"Ah, yes. The demon. Did you get any answers? Did you find Polly and Doris? Did you develop the sudden need to enroll yourself into a mental institution?"
Before Dean could answer, Sam came into view behind him, and on his arm was Polly. My breath caught in my throat as I looked her over, bruised, bleeding from a cut on her forehead, but alive. On her feet.
"Polly thank god, I was so worried-" I went to stand up, forgetting about the ropes, and promptly fell over. "Can you get these goddamn things off of me?"
Dean glanced over at his brother, and Sammy nodded. He lead Polly to a chair and positioned himself in front of her.
"Do you think I'm going to attack my own family? I'm not the one suffering from some kind of breakdown." I said, watching Dean pull out a knife and ever so slowly cut through the ropes. As soon as they fell off, I stood, rubbing my raw wrists, and went to make my way to Polly.
"Where's Doris?" I asked, kneeling in front of her. "Is she okay? Did she get caught up at bible study or did these two lunatics tie her up, too?"
Polly lifted her tear soaked eyes, grief overflowing in them.
There's something you should know about Big Traumatic Events, and it's that time moves differently in them. You know when you were a kid, swimming in a pool, and you sunk down to the bottom? The world was quiet, and your limbs were heavy and light at the same time, moving through the water as if time had slowed.
That's what it's like.
I rocked back on my heels.
I stood and whipped towards Sam.
I lunged for the gun.
Sammy caught my arms, pushing me back as I fought against him.
There was a sound trying to pierce through the overwhelming emptiness in my head. A sound that sounded a lot like a wounded animal. It's a sound I know well.
When Polly swam into view, putting my face between her hands, I realized that I was that sound. Something between a scream and a sob was falling out of me, and I couldn't stop it.
"Winnie. It's okay. It's gonna be okay," she sobbed with me.
I wrenched myself away from her. I couldn't, wouldn't, allow myself to be calmed down.
"What did you do to her?!" I screamed.
"She was possessed, Winnie."
"Don't call me that."
"By the time we got to her, it was too late. The demon had destroyed her body, and it was the only thing holding her together."
"STOP USING YOUR INSANE THEORIES AS AN EXCUSE FOR WHY YOU KILLED MY MOTHER!"
My chest heaved, and the two murdering bastards just stood there. They had the gall to even look sad. What did they have to be sad about? They're the ones going around killing people, claiming it's in the name of- of what? God? I didn't care.
"It's true, Winnie."
My breath came up short as I turned to look at Polly. Tears still streamed down her face, mingling with the blood. I noticed her lip was split, too, and added another tally to the scoreboard. I'd kill them.
"She was, she was different. She wasn't mom. She hit me. She tied me up. She tried to torture me, asking me questions that I didn't understand."
"No, Polly. These lunatics probably drugged you or something. THEY tortured you. They're feeding you their delusions."
"No, they aren't!" She shouted. "I saw it, okay? I saw her become that thing. I saw her eyes turn black. And I felt every moment she laid her hands on me. She was MY mom, Winnie. I knew her better than anyone, and I know that wasn't her."
Those words broke something deep inside of me, deeper than even Doris's death. Polly was right. Doris was her mother. Not mine. I looked at Dean, at Sammy, at the gun, my gun, that he was now holding in his hands, probably to keep me from putting a few rounds in the two of them.
I took a deep breath and simply said, "Fine."
And I left.
Authors note:
Yeah I made myself sad. I also feel like I used the word "Gun" so much. But really what else do I call it? Anyway. Supernatural ripped my heart out like twenty thousand times, so it's only fair I add some heartbreak to this story. Hope you like it!
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Small town charm, indeed.
As I grabbed the last few bottles from by the pool table, the jukebox cut out. I rolled my eyes and made a mental note to call Jerry tomorrow about it. It was too late now, after I started bartending for him, Jerry took full advantage of not having to be here 24/7. He was likely already asleep.
The lights flickered as I pulled the trash bag out and threw it over my shoulder, but I shrugged it off, even as chills spread across my arms. The place was old, and probably haunted, and it wasn't the first time weird shit had happened here. I threw open the back door, crinkling my nose at the smell, and tossed the bag in the dumpster before locking up and heading to my car.
My car was technically Jim's old truck, but after he passed, Doris said I should have it. I tried to insist that it go to Polly when she was old enough to drive, but Doris just said I had helped him work on it enough that it should go to me. Polly wasn't one for trucks anyway, she had claimed. It was only when Polly put the keys in my hand herself that I actually accepted it. Seven years later, and the old, ugly thing still ran great.
God, I've been overly sentimental today. Let's move on.
The thing about hindsight, they say it's 20/20. After this day, I'd say it's a bitch. All it does is make you think about every single thing you did wrong, over and over again, until it drives you crazy. And crazy people don't tend to see all that clearly.
The house was dark when I pulled up, the only light coming from the moon. Which you'd think would be normal, it being ten something at night, but the porch light was always left on for me, and Polly doesn't normally go to bed this early. Doris doesn't either, but she may have gone to sleep earlier than usual if I had woken her up last night. She probably just forgot the porch light.
I walked up the steps and found the front door slightly open. Now THAT was not normal. I paused at the threshold long enough to pull out my Glock. I checked the sled and loaded the magazine before slowly pushing the door open with my foot. I longed to call out to Doris and Polly, to make sure they were okay, if they were even here (holding out hope that they aren't), but instinct and years of hunting kept my mouth shut.
I tried to keep my footsteps silent, avoiding the spots in the floor I know creak and groan. An overwhelming smell, like rotting eggs, filled the air. It triggered something in the corner of my brain, but I couldn't focus on it right now. The kitchen and living room were clear, and so was the downstairs bathroom.
I walked towards the stairs and the smell intensified. You know when people say they felt like lead was in the pit of their stomach? Turns out, they weren't overexaggerating.
There was no noise, save for my own breathing, as I crept up. Room by room, I cleared the house. No one was here. No sign of Doris, or Polly. I wanted to feel relieved, I really did, but life has taught me that relief is often a feeling followed by dread.
Sentimental has flown out the window.
I checked the windows upstairs, making sure they were all closed and locked, before going downstairs to do the same. I stopped short at the sight of Lenny and Barry. In my living room. Normally, this would constitute as a dream come true, but the guns in their hands definitely gave me pause on the horny fantasy.
They hadn't noticed me yet, so I slowly raised my gun and watched as they made their way into the kitchen. I followed them silently, keeping my gun level, until they reached the table.
"I'm gonna need you to drop the weapons and explain what, exactly, you're doing in my house."
They whirled around, both going to aim at me, but I was quicker. I shot a warning round into the floor by their feet. (Doris was seriously going to kill me for that.) They both jumped back, hands raised in the air.
"I didn't say wave them around, I said drop them."
"Look, Winnie-"
"Drop the goddamn guns!" I said, as I cocked my own back.
"Fine, fine," Barry said, slowly bending at the knees to place his gun on the floor. "Just calm down, alright?"
Lenny looked irritated but followed suit, putting his weapon on the ground gently.
"Kick them aside."
Sighs of absolute exasperation floated through the air. (Seriously? Breaking into my house and then getting annoyed at me? Get a load of these guys.)
"Where are Doris and Polly?"
"Who?" Lenny asked, irritation coloring the word.
"Don't play stupid, I'm really not in the mood."
"Lady, I don't know who those people are." He snapped.
"Doris and Polly," I repeated slowly. "The two women who live in this house with me. The house you just broke into, with loaded weapons. After I come home to find them missing."
"Look, we can explain," Barry started.
"I would hope so, considering the alternative." I gestured with my head at the gun in my hand.
"Just lower your gun, and we'll tell you everything."
"Listen, Bare, may I call you Bare?" I continued without waiting for permission, "You seem to not understand how this works. Your weapons are out of reach, mine is in hand, you're in MY house, and my family is missing. I'll lower the gun if I decide your explanation is good enough. Which seems unlikely."
My voice, somehow, was holding completely steady, but inwardly, panic was filling every empty part of my body. My brain was screaming at me to stop wasting time, but I forced that voice aside. At this point, the only people who could tell me anything were standing in front of me, one looking pissed off and the other looking very concerned. About me or the imminent death he faced, I couldn't be sure.
"Winsley, your family, they've been taken by-"
"Sammy!"
"Dean, she deserves to know. She's in this, whether we like it or not."
I blinked at the sudden identity change, although I have to say, I was kind of grateful that two dudes who looked this good didn't have names like Lenny and Barry. Even if they were possible kidnappers.
Dean, previously Lenny, clenched his jaw, but didn't say anything when Sammy, previously Barry, started again. "They've been taken by what we think is a demon. We're not sure why yet, but that's why we're here. It's what we do. We, we save people from things like this."
"Things like demons." I deadpanned. "So you're story is, a demon has, for some unknown reason, kidnapped my family, and you two just happen to be here at the same time as this thing, because life is all just one big coininky dink?"
"We tracked it here," Lenny/Dean spoke up. "It's been traveling through Wyoming, ripping through small towns. It's killed before, but it's never kidnapped anyone. Until now. So whatever this thing wants, your family has it. And you're not exactly helping us save 'em."
"And your plan was to shoot this demon full of lead? Do demons bleed? Can they even die?"
"They're full of rock salt," Barry/Sammy said. "Salt doesn't kill them, but it hurts them. Slows 'em down. We slow them down enough, we can get them wrapped in rope soaked in holy water and get the answers we all want."
Hysterical laughter bubbled up in my throat. I've been a bartender for 7 years, in a small ass town in the middle of nowhere, and before that, well, that's a backstory for another chapter, but let's just conclude that I know crazy. I've delt with crazy, but this was above and beyond.
"This is either some elaborate scheme to distract me, or you're both having a psychotic break at the same time."
"Okay, enough," Dean snapped. Faster than I could track, he whipped out yet another gun from behind him and aimed it at me.
"Am I now a demon in this illusion of yours? Rock salt isn't gonna do shit to me."
"Well, actually, it hurts like a bitch." He said, shrugging. "Curiosity got the best of me. But this ain't no rock salt, sweetheart. So why don't you put the gun down, because I guarantee you I can pull this trigger faster than you."
I paused, considering, before twisting and aiming my gun at Sammy's head. "You wanna test that theory?"
They both went deathly still. Apparently, they decided to finally take my threat seriously.
"Fine, you know what? You want your family to die, that's on you, lady. We can leave you to it," Dean put his gun down and went to grab the other one from the floor. "But don't say we didn't warn you."
He went to walk out the back door, Sammy hesitantly grabbing his own gun before following Dean out.
"Wait. Fine. But I want some of those rock salt thingies."
Dean glanced back. "No."
Sammy ignored him and handed me his pistol. "Aim for the heart."
I slowly holstered my gun, replacing it with his.
"Dammit, Sammy."
"I think she can handle herself, Dean."
Dean pinched the bridge of his nose and sighed so hard I was surprised it didn't propel him backwards.
"Are there any other buildings around here that might be abandoned or empty? Somewhere used for storage?"
"Yeah, we have a barn. Jim used to keep some of his old junk in there."
"Show us."
"Okay, full offense, for someone supposedly trying to help, you are extremely rude."
"Yes, and I look good doing it."
I narrowed my eyes at him but lead them out the backdoor. Before you start yelling at me, I'm not believing this bullshit. They're clearly insane, and they probably have my family locked in the barn, and I figure once they go inside to "scope the place out", I'll call Sherrif Bereta and get these beautiful loonies locked up.
That plan went dark, literally, as a sharp pain cracked through my skull and I crumbled to the ground.
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I'm sure we've all heard the term "spitting mad". Well, whatever that means, I was even angrier when I came to, back in the kitchen, surrounded by a ring of salt and tied up with, sure enough, a soggy rope. It itched.
Okay, yes. I got, well, got. I spent the past ten years of my life hunting animals, not fighting crime, okay? Give me a break. I thought my plan had been pretty solid.
I glanced around, trying to get my bearings through the bulldozer that had made its home in my head. Two major headaches in one day. If the tequila didn't kill my braincells, that hit certainly did.
"Bastards," I muttered to myself. I wiggled against the ropes, but all that managed to do was chafe. I attempted to stand, but they had tied my ankles together and to my bound wrists, so not only did I fail, I looked ridiculous doing it.
The panic I was ignoring earlier came back with renewed strength, and I had to stop all movement and focus on my breathing. I haven't had a panic attack in years, and I really didn't think this was a smart time to start again.
The silence broke with a screech that sounded, as much as I loathe to admit it, demonic. I'm not a religious person, if you couldn't tell, working a Sunday morning instead of attending church, so I didn't break out in prayer. I did, however, look around for any kind of weapon that I could try to get my hands on. My gun was sitting on the table, just out of reach.
"Bastards!" I announced again.
"That's no way to talk about the people who saved your ass."
Dean was standing in the doorway, a light coat of sweat shining across his forehead. His breathing was quick, but all in all, he seemed steady.
"You pistol whipped me, hog tied me, and seasoned me, dude. I wouldn't constitute that as 'saving'."
"Yeah, well. Difference of opinion," he said, a small smile playing across his lips.
"Where's your future cellmate?"
"He's finishing up with the demon. Should be here any minute."
"Ah, yes. The demon. Did you get any answers? Did you find Polly and Doris? Did you develop the sudden need to enroll yourself into a mental institution?"
Before Dean could answer, Sam came into view behind him, and on his arm was Polly. My breath caught in my throat as I looked her over, bruised, bleeding from a cut on her forehead, but alive. On her feet.
"Polly thank god, I was so worried-" I went to stand up, forgetting about the ropes, and promptly fell over. "Can you get these goddamn things off of me?"
Dean glanced over at his brother, and Sammy nodded. He lead Polly to a chair and positioned himself in front of her.
"Do you think I'm going to attack my own family? I'm not the one suffering from some kind of breakdown." I said, watching Dean pull out a knife and ever so slowly cut through the ropes. As soon as they fell off, I stood, rubbing my raw wrists, and went to make my way to Polly.
"Where's Doris?" I asked, kneeling in front of her. "Is she okay? Did she get caught up at bible study or did these two lunatics tie her up, too?"
Polly lifted her tear soaked eyes, grief overflowing in them.
There's something you should know about Big Traumatic Events, and it's that time moves differently in them. You know when you were a kid, swimming in a pool, and you sunk down to the bottom? The world was quiet, and your limbs were heavy and light at the same time, moving through the water as if time had slowed.
That's what it's like.
I rocked back on my heels.
I stood and whipped towards Sam.
I lunged for the gun.
Sammy caught my arms, pushing me back as I fought against him.
There was a sound trying to pierce through the overwhelming emptiness in my head. A sound that sounded a lot like a wounded animal. It's a sound I know well.
When Polly swam into view, putting my face between her hands, I realized that I was that sound. Something between a scream and a sob was falling out of me, and I couldn't stop it.
"Winnie. It's okay. It's gonna be okay," she sobbed with me.
I wrenched myself away from her. I couldn't, wouldn't, allow myself to be calmed down.
"What did you do to her?!" I screamed.
"She was possessed, Winnie."
"Don't call me that."
"By the time we got to her, it was too late. The demon had destroyed her body, and it was the only thing holding her together."
"STOP USING YOUR INSANE THEORIES AS AN EXCUSE FOR WHY YOU KILLED MY MOTHER!"
My chest heaved, and the two murdering bastards just stood there. They had the gall to even look sad. What did they have to be sad about? They're the ones going around killing people, claiming it's in the name of- of what? God? I didn't care.
"It's true, Winnie."
My breath came up short as I turned to look at Polly. Tears still streamed down her face, mingling with the blood. I noticed her lip was split, too, and added another tally to the scoreboard. I'd kill them.
"She was, she was different. She wasn't mom. She hit me. She tied me up. She tried to torture me, asking me questions that I didn't understand."
"No, Polly. These lunatics probably drugged you or something. THEY tortured you. They're feeding you their delusions."
"No, they aren't!" She shouted. "I saw it, okay? I saw her become that thing. I saw her eyes turn black. And I felt every moment she laid her hands on me. She was MY mom, Winnie. I knew her better than anyone, and I know that wasn't her."
Those words broke something deep inside of me, deeper than even Doris's death. Polly was right. Doris was her mother. Not mine. I looked at Dean, at Sammy, at the gun, my gun, that he was now holding in his hands, probably to keep me from putting a few rounds in the two of them.
I took a deep breath and simply said, "Fine."
And I left.
Authors note:
Yeah I made myself sad. I also feel like I used the word "Gun" so much. But really what else do I call it? Anyway. Supernatural ripped my heart out like twenty thousand times, so it's only fair I add some heartbreak to this story. Hope you like it!
2023.06.09 01:26 Still_Super Salary vs hourly
I work in construction and my question who the hell is accepting salary over hourly rate. Because these companies are acting like it’s normal. I’ve been turning down a few roles because they’re awful. 60hr weeks to make 120k. Once I explain I make near that working 40hr weeks and over $150k working 50hr weeks. They try to guilt me into accepting the bullshit offer. I will die on this ledge: Salary will never benefit the worker, especially on construction projects. So if you’re the ones accepting these positions, please stop making awful choices because your choices are hurting the industry.
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2023.06.09 01:25 gold3nb3ast2 Alternatives to pixel art
Forgive me if this is a stupid question I'm very new to Unity. I've been following along with different learning platforms for 2d unity and they all use pixel art for everything. One of my favorite games is Hollow Knight and that certainty doesn't look like pixel art. However, all of the tools appear to be catered to pixel art with stuff like the pixels per unit. Do the tools work the same for non pixel art sprites and assets or am I missing something?
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2023.06.09 01:24 Goth-but-not-gothic Secret facility haunting me
Went to sleep at 4pm because I was tired and while sleeping I had a nightmare of me discovering some kind of series of trapdoors in some public bathrooms that went inside a facility who seemed all but nice. I started having the feeling of being there before and it all seemed like a mental control facility where they took people to mind wash them into their spies for something more complex. All though I don't recall being trapped there or getting too deep inside I had the feeling like I was already one of their vitcims. Recalled also many detailed maps of a city which wasnt mine which had the exact location in which these secret trapdoors where located in that city. One in the bathroom from a restorant, one behind a public workplace and the last one was a porta potty which was secured by one old guard who didntlet anyone get near but had a wooden trapdoor in a dusty floor. The dream started repeating itself including more details about stuff and it all ended when I went to the portapotty and opened the door, the image was just the dusty trap door leading into the underground and the guard caught me and told me "I've known you by many years, I dont like you get caught were you shouldn't be" I dont recall ever meeting the guard in my life he seemed like a new face.then I got woken up with a feeling of it all being way too real and that I somehow in my dream find aout about something, it has been over an hour since I woke up and still remember a lot of it, the trapdoors, the white rooms of the facilty.
Have to make emphasis on the maps, despite a huge part of the dream was about me inside a bathroom and triying to get out of the facility the part that seemed more curious about it all was the fact that I started seeing maps like a google maps and it marked the locations of the entrances to the facilty andthe maps I still remember them in high detail and I'm sure it wasnt my town and I know I could recognize it if I see it in the world. I dont know where they are from but feel like probably saw that place, same with the old guard, he was just dressed like a security guard but it all seemed like he wasnt there to stop people but notify who was too curious.
I do have had some other kind of lucid dreams and recall one where I also wrote step by step what I had done in the dream
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Have to make emphasis on the maps, despite a huge part of the dream was about me inside a bathroom and triying to get out of the facility the part that seemed more curious about it all was the fact that I started seeing maps like a google maps and it marked the locations of the entrances to the facilty andthe maps I still remember them in high detail and I'm sure it wasnt my town and I know I could recognize it if I see it in the world. I dont know where they are from but feel like probably saw that place, same with the old guard, he was just dressed like a security guard but it all seemed like he wasnt there to stop people but notify who was too curious.
I do have had some other kind of lucid dreams and recall one where I also wrote step by step what I had done in the dream
2023.06.09 01:24 onysupreme Any advice study advice / life advice to stay on track and not fall off? (Mini rant)
So back in Feburay I made a post for the first time here explaining my situation and asking for help / advice on how to catch up with my peers, and I got really good advice and it helped me a lot. Though just to sum up the post and my current situation plus so I can add details that I was admittedly just too embarrassed to share then, my mom was doing all of my schoolwork for me from the 3rd grade to the 9th until she passed away in November of last year. At that time I wasn't really thinking about the future or the severity of school, my days mainly just consisted of video games and tv shows. The only thing I did that was educational was my genuine interest in history, other than that I kind of just picked stuff up as I grew up, but obviously not enough to justify the lack of education. I started to attempt to catch up early 2022 when I found a job intrest but I was unfortunately treating it as a side project, but after my mom passed away in November it really opened my eyes even more to how bleak my future and my dreams are looking without an education.
So since then I've been trying to focus only on doing khan academy and cheap math textbooks off of amazon, as well as other life essential things like getting my license, trying to socialize more and stuff of that degree, but unfortunately I'd be lying if I said I've made any real progress on any of these besides khan academy and math.
The reason for this post is that I keep falling off. I don't know if it's burnout or just laziness, but every now and then an inconvenience will emerge and I'll literally let it ruin my week(s). For example, I'll hop on a game with a couple of online friends and the next day I'll wake up at like 1pm, and I'll use that as an excuse not to do anything that day, it feels like I have two different people with different priorities living in my head. When I do get in these week long hiatuses, I start thinking of how I'm not making any real progress with my life, then it gets hard to breathe and I distract myself and in doing so furthering away more from the solution and causing more harm.
So I guess my belated question is this, do y'all have any study advice, or any life advice to help me (or anyone who reads this) improve my self discipline and keep on track?
And just for the sake of perspective here's everything I have yet to learn (;﹏;)
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So since then I've been trying to focus only on doing khan academy and cheap math textbooks off of amazon, as well as other life essential things like getting my license, trying to socialize more and stuff of that degree, but unfortunately I'd be lying if I said I've made any real progress on any of these besides khan academy and math.
The reason for this post is that I keep falling off. I don't know if it's burnout or just laziness, but every now and then an inconvenience will emerge and I'll literally let it ruin my week(s). For example, I'll hop on a game with a couple of online friends and the next day I'll wake up at like 1pm, and I'll use that as an excuse not to do anything that day, it feels like I have two different people with different priorities living in my head. When I do get in these week long hiatuses, I start thinking of how I'm not making any real progress with my life, then it gets hard to breathe and I distract myself and in doing so furthering away more from the solution and causing more harm.
So I guess my belated question is this, do y'all have any study advice, or any life advice to help me (or anyone who reads this) improve my self discipline and keep on track?
And just for the sake of perspective here's everything I have yet to learn (;﹏;)
- Division and Algrabra
- The rules of grammar
- Basic geometry, basic science
- How to write neatly
- How to spell words on paper
- How to keep my writing on the lines
- Anything health related
2023.06.09 01:24 mai-valentine He came back in
So today I go to work not really caring, put NO effort into my appearance as I figured it would be an average day. Near the end of the day a manager speaks to me while I'm not looking asking for another member of management and I turn around and he's stood there next to her! Let mr tell you I was not expecting it at all and my heart did the thing y' know thr one. When saying that the othrr manager was in the garden centre ((which wasn't where I was)) he then walks over to me and talks to me and we probably stood there for like 10 minutes at least, he even helped me reach the top shelf. I said some stuff I wish I hadn't but it's done now. I felt my face flush throughout the conversation so I hope to god I wasn't bright red. He didn't even have a real reason to come into the store and he certainly had no reason to walk over and talk to me... I just wish I didn't look like this.
Later in town I had to run an errand and I was waiting to cross the road and I felt someone look at me and I look right and there he was driving the van past me and I'm very sure he was looking at me, smiling because I could feel it if that makes sense?
Anyway thank you if anyone has read this, I really just needed to vent.
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Later in town I had to run an errand and I was waiting to cross the road and I felt someone look at me and I look right and there he was driving the van past me and I'm very sure he was looking at me, smiling because I could feel it if that makes sense?
Anyway thank you if anyone has read this, I really just needed to vent.
2023.06.09 01:23 Nordisken The Great Mechanics War - Shadow of the Emperor
 | Hi :D I'm Nordisken, I've been writing an alternate universe called the Great Clockwork War, I already have several maps and countries, right now I'd like to post a not so clear view of the universe in the form of short stories and maybe later write something longer with pictures and more. I hope you are interested ^ submitted by Nordisken to AlternateHistory [link] [comments] "Empty Streets of Amsterdam" Chronicle 1 "Finally, the transmission was heard throughout the houses of Amsterdam with uncertainty and disbelief. The Central Powers and the European Democratic Union reached the end of peace negotiations in the neutral city of Barcelona. Everyone considered the German nationalist requests inhuman or exaggerated, the fragmentation of France and the United Kingdom for their subsequent subordination sounded as if Berlin now eliminated all competition in Europe and the world. The government had maintained a thin line of neutrality in this terrifying and apocalyptic conflict, but the few civil protection volunteers who returned reported a massacre on the streets of Rome or the resistance in Britain. We witnessed the hordes of cavalry that in a few years of war became spider-legged tanks alongside swarms of fighters next to Zeppelins reinforced by ground aggression weapons. A traumatic mark that lasted for years in our inexperienced country, we would see in the front row the theater of how a new world full of technology was born that took away our soul, a world so depressing that it has brought down the religions that promised peace in our time. Even neutral, the greedy Kaiser gave an ultimatum to our leaders to deliver the lands of the South or suffer the same fate as our French or English neighbors. How far will the greed and patriotism of the new Empire go on the world? How long will the lost bodies wandering through the capital regain the stolen hope? It is impossible to bring back a generation of young boys to life after this senseless war. I lost my brother and father for thinking that being volunteers of a neutral country they thought they would not be coldly shot protecting a poor neighborhood in Rome. My hands tremble like my body, tears fall and I keep reading the same last letter I received from my father over 2 decades ago. Today, I wander through the empty streets of Amsterdam, crowds gather around a radio that releases new news about German forces movements near our border. Everyone shouts and cries inconsolably for what could happen in these days, many mothers hug their children and other people run to their homes taking everything valuable. I sit tired in my living room after my walk through the city. I love you mother, sorry for being a coward and not accompanying my brother to service. Maybe I would have saved him and dad too.” Suicide letter of a man found by a thief, 2 days before the German invasion of the Netherlands. 1935. |
2023.06.09 01:22 NoSoupFourYu 43M Michigan/Anywhere - Still searching for a pleasant distraction
Like a lot of others, I am married with kids, and it isn’t quite all hunky-dory… especially the last few months. I work from home (for years, well before the pandemic) and I am not always busy. That leaves a lot of time for me to be stuck in my own head, so I am looking for a friend who can provide a long-term distraction, both during and outside of work hours. I am not really looking to rant. I prefer chatting with someone creative, as maybe that will jumpstart a part of me that I feel I have lost.
About me… I love basketball and have season tickets to the local pro team (even though that causes me loads of heartache). I like exercise, long walks, food, TV, movies, and baseball on a nice day. I am often too sarcastic for my own good.
If you are in a similar situation or possibly share some interests, please feel free to reach out. If you are near Detroit, maybe we can even hang out.
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About me… I love basketball and have season tickets to the local pro team (even though that causes me loads of heartache). I like exercise, long walks, food, TV, movies, and baseball on a nice day. I am often too sarcastic for my own good.
If you are in a similar situation or possibly share some interests, please feel free to reach out. If you are near Detroit, maybe we can even hang out.
2023.06.09 01:22 AnthonyJWinslow Toast, we need to have a conversation...
Posted on Toast's Community Hub
Toast we need to have a conversation, over the years your software has increasingly become harder to use and evermore broken. I am writing this at 21:00 EST so please excuse my poor grammar and half completed thoughts. As I do need to get up early, I will come back tomorrow and update this post with more discussion points and fix any mistakes I may have made.
Lets begin with my current 6 month long problem that keeps getting "resolved" by Toast Customer Care. I have now had three cases "resolved" without anyone contacting me or verifying that the problem was actually fixed. If anyone would like to follow along, please try the following:
As a paying customer of your product, I feel I am being strung along by your support who humor me long enough to get me off the phone, only to have my case closed so they can have one less open support ticket. I have requested to speak with someone higher up and am happy to have either a face to face conversation or even a simple phone call. I have already begun removing toast integrations and will continue to do so until either my issue is resolved or we end up replace Toast in the coming months.
From an analytic perspective, why does Toast not ask for this information during signup? Most of the time customers will sign up without clicking the link in the welcome email and we will miss out on that data. Often customers will ask how they get their birthday rewards and we have to explain the lengthy process of adding their birthday:
There is no simple way to login to a customer loyalty account to view the profile or update the information. If a customer wishes to check points, or update their phone numbeemail the only way to currently do that is to follow the same steps above. Why do I have to “Look up rewards account”, and get an email about my reward balance, just to be able to view/modify my loyalty profile?
If the customer gets to the profile page they might notice another oddity with the software. Under “Ways to redeem” it states I can use my points to order online. “Create an online ordering account with the email or phone number linked to your loyalty account and log in to order.” Why does the customer have to create yet another account while they are using the same platform at the same restaurant? I have had multiple customers get confused and call us asking why when they try to login to our online ordering platform their email address is not recognized and are prompted to enter a phone number. I have to explain that the loyalty email address is different then the online ordering but they will both be automagically linked once they create a curbside account. If the curbside software can see the loyalty account after the curbside account is created, why can it not just search the loyalty accounts and use that customer data to start a new order? The process would be much more seamless.
The contrasting UX/UI throughout toast are most harshly felt by the customer. The loyalty interface is completely different from the online ordering interface and the customer data does not appear to be shared across the two integrations. Toast needs to have one database full of customer data that plays nicely across all the integrations and follows similar UX/UI design and principles. Maybe provide a single customer profile portal that allows the customer to view and edit their data across all of toast; possibly for all Toast equipped restaurants.
Let us continue our trek down with curbside. I opened a cased on 2/14/2023 stating the the Toast Takeout App was not properly showing items with nested modifiers. It is now 6/8/2023 and the app is still broken. Here is how their support described the issue: “he says that Modifiers are not working on the Toast Takeout App... They are working for Online Ordering though. You can test this by clicking our February 2-For-1 [BOGO], it is supposed to show two modifier groups, one called First Dog and one called Second Dog. These groups do not show up at all and when he tries to add the item to cart it says the modifiers need to be selected. Inherited Modifiers appear to be working though. If the modifier is inherited from the previous menu group it shows up just fine. This issue is happening only on the Toast Takeout App. it is not showing the First Dog and Second Dog modifier group on my "Heid's Daily Special" and "February 2-For-1 [BOGO]”
As you can imagine they “Closed” the case and all is still going well at Toast. We tell customers to delete the Toast App as it does not work correctly and simply use the online ordering link on our website. Feel free to test it out for yourself. Our restaurant, if you can see it, is Heid’s of Liverpool.
Both Order & Pay and Online Ordering integrations have the same issue. Pricing is incorrectly displayed for items with pre-selected modifiers. Basically, if you have a menu item, a burger, that costs $1.00 and it has a modifier, cheese, that costs $0.50, Toast will display the item to the customer as $1.00 but then when the customer clicks the item it will show the add to cart price of $1.50. This is extremely misleading to customers and a very simple fix. This problem has persisted since 2019 when we first started using toast.
“We was able to review the information in the system under toasttab.com/ edit menu / sweet treats / Sundaes / Hot Fudge Sundae / scroll down to Default Modifiers, the sauce has a modifier select by default just like, works modifier has all modifier selected by default and working properly but sauce is not working, we try to toggle the configuration, no update, customer refer their is many bug in the system and need to bring all the issue with the system to toast attention.”
This issue was brought to Toast July of 2021… I have since removed the Order & Pay integration so I cannot verify if the issue still persists or not.
If toast can print tickets to a networked printer during an outage, why can we not also send tickets to the KVMs the same way? Our registers already have a static IP and the local network is still functioning correctly, why can we not just send the ticket data locally to each KVM?
95% of the time, my simple response is “turn it off, turn it back on again”. Why do we constantly have to do this? The time it takes to call me, restart the register, and get back online is all time wasted and not making the restaurant money.
Let's talk about hardware support. When we first started with toast, we had three Toast Gen1 handhelds. Within 6 months, one of the card readers stopped working. We sent it back under warranty. A few months later another handheld’s card reader stopped working and a third started power cycling. Coming up on the original 1 year warranty I realized that at the rate this hardware was breaking, I would literally need to buy a new handheld each year. I called toast and asked them to remove the handhelds from my subscription and find out how much it would cost to just get a standard terminal. The ELO terminals we had seemed fairly robust and didn’t appear to have any physical hardware problems like the handhelds. The representative I was speaking to offered to send me three new Toast 2.0 handhelds for free. Reluctantly I agreed to try them out. To their credit, they have worked well enough, minus the toast software issues, for the last two years.
It still stands, that if something were to happen to these devices, I do not actually have an easy way to get them repaired or replaced. Toast should offer either a lease program or a monthly protection plan for their hardware. I would feel more secure using Toast hardware if I knew I could send it out for repair or a replacement. If I drop my phone, I simply call my provider and they overnight a replacement the next day.
We have a combination of Toast branded ELO hardware and the newer Toast Flex hardware. The Flex hardware is full of issues. Both of our flex units in our Heid's of Liverpool kitchen had to be swapped with our older units when being used as KVMs due to how often they lose internet. For some reason, the hardware would randomly disconnect from the network and refuse to reconnect. This issue persisted whether we were connected via WiFi or Ethernet. Our current policy is to simply restart the device if this issue happens but it is wildly inconvenient when I have to perform this action during a busy lunch or dinner hour.
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Toast we need to have a conversation, over the years your software has increasingly become harder to use and evermore broken. I am writing this at 21:00 EST so please excuse my poor grammar and half completed thoughts. As I do need to get up early, I will come back tomorrow and update this post with more discussion points and fix any mistakes I may have made.
Lets begin with my current 6 month long problem that keeps getting "resolved" by Toast Customer Care. I have now had three cases "resolved" without anyone contacting me or verifying that the problem was actually fixed. If anyone would like to follow along, please try the following:
- Create a new item
- Set the Name of the menu item to Test Item
- Set Pricing Strategy to Size Price
- Create a Small & Large size and set price to $1.00 and $2.00 respectively.
- Save and Publish new menu item.
- Navigate to Discounts
- Click Add a Discount
- Name the discount Test Combo
- Set the Discount Type to Combo and set the value to $3.00
- Add the Test Item created in step 1
- Click Save
- Next, try to set the size for the Test Item and realize you cannot
As a paying customer of your product, I feel I am being strung along by your support who humor me long enough to get me off the phone, only to have my case closed so they can have one less open support ticket. I have requested to speak with someone higher up and am happy to have either a face to face conversation or even a simple phone call. I have already begun removing toast integrations and will continue to do so until either my issue is resolved or we end up replace Toast in the coming months.
Toast Loyalty & Curbside
When a customer signs up for loyalty, they are only required to enter either their phone number or email address depending on the settings set in the backend. When a customer creates a loyalty account with their email they are sent a welcome message and are allowed to view their points in their web browser; or Toast TakeOut app. If they click the browser link they are then prompted to enter their full name, birthday, and phone number.From an analytic perspective, why does Toast not ask for this information during signup? Most of the time customers will sign up without clicking the link in the welcome email and we will miss out on that data. Often customers will ask how they get their birthday rewards and we have to explain the lengthy process of adding their birthday:
- Go to our website and click “Rewards”
- Enter your email, check that you are not a robot, and click “Find Now”
- Open your email app and look for the “Reward’s Balance” email from Toast.
- Open the email and click “View Rewards Transactions”.
- If you are prompted with “Complete your profile” simply fill out the form and click “Save”.
- If you are not prompted, scroll down to “Ways to earn” and click “Complete your profile”
There is no simple way to login to a customer loyalty account to view the profile or update the information. If a customer wishes to check points, or update their phone numbeemail the only way to currently do that is to follow the same steps above. Why do I have to “Look up rewards account”, and get an email about my reward balance, just to be able to view/modify my loyalty profile?
If the customer gets to the profile page they might notice another oddity with the software. Under “Ways to redeem” it states I can use my points to order online. “Create an online ordering account with the email or phone number linked to your loyalty account and log in to order.” Why does the customer have to create yet another account while they are using the same platform at the same restaurant? I have had multiple customers get confused and call us asking why when they try to login to our online ordering platform their email address is not recognized and are prompted to enter a phone number. I have to explain that the loyalty email address is different then the online ordering but they will both be automagically linked once they create a curbside account. If the curbside software can see the loyalty account after the curbside account is created, why can it not just search the loyalty accounts and use that customer data to start a new order? The process would be much more seamless.
The contrasting UX/UI throughout toast are most harshly felt by the customer. The loyalty interface is completely different from the online ordering interface and the customer data does not appear to be shared across the two integrations. Toast needs to have one database full of customer data that plays nicely across all the integrations and follows similar UX/UI design and principles. Maybe provide a single customer profile portal that allows the customer to view and edit their data across all of toast; possibly for all Toast equipped restaurants.
Let us continue our trek down with curbside. I opened a cased on 2/14/2023 stating the the Toast Takeout App was not properly showing items with nested modifiers. It is now 6/8/2023 and the app is still broken. Here is how their support described the issue: “he says that Modifiers are not working on the Toast Takeout App... They are working for Online Ordering though. You can test this by clicking our February 2-For-1 [BOGO], it is supposed to show two modifier groups, one called First Dog and one called Second Dog. These groups do not show up at all and when he tries to add the item to cart it says the modifiers need to be selected. Inherited Modifiers appear to be working though. If the modifier is inherited from the previous menu group it shows up just fine. This issue is happening only on the Toast Takeout App. it is not showing the First Dog and Second Dog modifier group on my "Heid's Daily Special" and "February 2-For-1 [BOGO]”
As you can imagine they “Closed” the case and all is still going well at Toast. We tell customers to delete the Toast App as it does not work correctly and simply use the online ordering link on our website. Feel free to test it out for yourself. Our restaurant, if you can see it, is Heid’s of Liverpool.
Both Order & Pay and Online Ordering integrations have the same issue. Pricing is incorrectly displayed for items with pre-selected modifiers. Basically, if you have a menu item, a burger, that costs $1.00 and it has a modifier, cheese, that costs $0.50, Toast will display the item to the customer as $1.00 but then when the customer clicks the item it will show the add to cart price of $1.50. This is extremely misleading to customers and a very simple fix. This problem has persisted since 2019 when we first started using toast.
Toast Order & Pay
Let us first start off by saying, simply duplicating Toast Online Ordering and adding a table numbering and mobile pay feature does NOT mean you should charge me MORE then the Online Ordering integration. Online Ordering is $50 and Toast Order and Pay is $69 + 0.5% per transaction! From the backend, they appear to basically do that exact same thing except one has some options for adding a vehicle and the other has options for selecting a table number. Otherwise, it would appear they copied the code for the Online Ordering module and went straight for the upcharge.“We was able to review the information in the system under toasttab.com/ edit menu / sweet treats / Sundaes / Hot Fudge Sundae / scroll down to Default Modifiers, the sauce has a modifier select by default just like, works modifier has all modifier selected by default and working properly but sauce is not working, we try to toggle the configuration, no update, customer refer their is many bug in the system and need to bring all the issue with the system to toast attention.”
This issue was brought to Toast July of 2021… I have since removed the Order & Pay integration so I cannot verify if the issue still persists or not.
UX/UI Nightmare
Toast has an identity problem. It currently does not know if it wants to Toast 1.0 or Toast 4.0. Toast 1.0 had everything laid out in a series of nested links that mostly made sense while 4.0 has a hip new design that appears to be more touchscreen friendly. Sometimes you can complete a taste using only the new UI but often you are jarringly thrusted back into the old UI and have to take a moment to get your bearings as to where everything might be. Here is an incomplete list of daily annoyances:- Breadcrumb links, why do they randomly break and not actually show the trail you took to get to that page? Try this:
- Go to an item that has Modifiers
- Click on a Modifier Group
- On the Modifier Group Page, Click on a Modifier
- On the Modifier Item Page, click Edit Item
- Notice that the breadcrumb navigation is now wrong. This is a common occurrence on Toast.
- Why are there 20 ways to check reports? Why do all these reports only seem to give me some of the data I want? Why do some of the reports only allow me to view the last two months worth of data? Why is it so difficult to compare two dates (month/day/yeaetc)? I could honestly write an entire book on how broken Toast Reporting is, but I believe that anyone who uses it already knows; I will leave it at that.
- Double left side menu, who thought this was a good idea? I very frequently end up clicking the wrong link because I will accidentally slide my mouse too far left on the screen and the main menu will slide open and I will click a link on the main menu instead of the intended link on the sub menu.
- On the POS, when a new order is pushed or someone publishes a change on the backend, why does the POS screen flash and pull you out of what you are working on. For example, Let's say I am on the payment terminal screen with an order selected partway down the list and I am about to click “Update Order”. All of a sudden someone sends an order to the kitchen, my screen flashes and now the top left order is selected on my screen. I don't realize this and proceed to the pay screen charging someone for the wrong order. This happens a not insignificant number of times a month and has led to some full refunds and apologies from our staff.
- Why does the "Help" button in the top right of the screen randomly just not do anything? Currently, I click on it, nothing happens. I refresh the page, still nothing. Can anyone explain what I am doing wrong? I try to scroll down to the bottom of the page and the "Support & Training" link (button) does not work either.
- We have had many instances of having employees, modifiers, or menu items that we are not able to archive. We either get an error or the website just simply does nothing. To this day no one can explain to me why this happens and we have to contact Toast each time so someone can come on and fix the item.
- Ever since the update to "Toast Home", our team has noticed that on occasion we will lose access to features on toast. This happened to me today and I was able to include a screenshot (Toast 01 Screenshot); As you can see, I am "locked" out of "Edit Menus" and "Employees" when I should have full system privileges. A simple page refresh sometimes fixes this issue and the sections I am "Locked" out of will change sporadically. This appears to not just be a simple "Quick Actions" or shortcut issue as I have noticed error messages when trying to make updates via the website. I could get around these error messages by refreshing the page, however, I would lose any work I was trying to save.
- I have this very common problem of Toast just not working when trying to go to the Toast "Home" (Toast 02 Screenshot); The whole page goes blank and I either need to refresh the page or click through to another page if it will let me. Sometimes the whole site hangs while loading after I pressed a menu link and I am forced to refresh the page. This issue persists across multiple computers and devices.
- Our kitchen video monitor (KVM) will frequently have issues displaying the tickets. We have seen visual text errors such as fonts being randomly bolded or italicized. Tickets will appear with most of the order cut off and can only be viewed by clicking into the ticket for the pop-up.
Other Toast Integrations
I will keep this section short. Basically, if Toast has a first party integration simply do not use it. Every integration I have tried, from Toast, appears to have been half baked and still in beta; even though I was paying full price for the software.The Cloud
For the most part, having our POS in The Cloud is normally not an inconvenience. However, we have had many times where either Toast or our internet would go down. This causes immediate headache with our staff as we can no longer use our Kitchen Video Monitors (KVM/KDS). Our kitchen is setup with three KVMs and one receipt printer. The expeditor has the printer while our grill and fryer each get their own KVM. If we lose connection to Toast, none of the stations can see what they need to make and our expediter now has to call out every item to each station.If toast can print tickets to a networked printer during an outage, why can we not also send tickets to the KVMs the same way? Our registers already have a static IP and the local network is still functioning correctly, why can we not just send the ticket data locally to each KVM?
Toast Hardware
Recently, I have noticed an increase in the number of calls from my staff requesting help because one of the registers has stopped sending orders to the kitchen; won’t let the customer use the customer facing display; won’t turn on the chip reader; won’t turn on the NFC for tap to pay; toast crashes each time we try to open it; the ethernet just fully disconnects and refuses to reestablish connection; I could go on… but I won't.95% of the time, my simple response is “turn it off, turn it back on again”. Why do we constantly have to do this? The time it takes to call me, restart the register, and get back online is all time wasted and not making the restaurant money.
Let's talk about hardware support. When we first started with toast, we had three Toast Gen1 handhelds. Within 6 months, one of the card readers stopped working. We sent it back under warranty. A few months later another handheld’s card reader stopped working and a third started power cycling. Coming up on the original 1 year warranty I realized that at the rate this hardware was breaking, I would literally need to buy a new handheld each year. I called toast and asked them to remove the handhelds from my subscription and find out how much it would cost to just get a standard terminal. The ELO terminals we had seemed fairly robust and didn’t appear to have any physical hardware problems like the handhelds. The representative I was speaking to offered to send me three new Toast 2.0 handhelds for free. Reluctantly I agreed to try them out. To their credit, they have worked well enough, minus the toast software issues, for the last two years.
It still stands, that if something were to happen to these devices, I do not actually have an easy way to get them repaired or replaced. Toast should offer either a lease program or a monthly protection plan for their hardware. I would feel more secure using Toast hardware if I knew I could send it out for repair or a replacement. If I drop my phone, I simply call my provider and they overnight a replacement the next day.
We have a combination of Toast branded ELO hardware and the newer Toast Flex hardware. The Flex hardware is full of issues. Both of our flex units in our Heid's of Liverpool kitchen had to be swapped with our older units when being used as KVMs due to how often they lose internet. For some reason, the hardware would randomly disconnect from the network and refuse to reconnect. This issue persisted whether we were connected via WiFi or Ethernet. Our current policy is to simply restart the device if this issue happens but it is wildly inconvenient when I have to perform this action during a busy lunch or dinner hour.
Final Thoughts… For now
From their hardware to their software, every aspect of Toast feels rushed and still in beta. Toast should have created the new UI and fully implemented it before pushing it as a major update. I constantly feel like I am paying $600 a month, plus ~$5000 in processing fees, for a software that is still in beta. We are currently talking with our managers about the possibility of switching to a new POS. I have already removed Toast Marketing and will be removing Online Ordering shortly. If I can simply get a response on my “Resolved” support case, we may reconsider. We have invested a lot of time and effort into this system and honestly I would like to keep it… but it needs to just work. Currently, if you are in the market for a new POS, I would NOT recommend Toast.2023.06.09 01:21 Former-Echidna-1804 Ex/fp wants to meet up
To make a long story short my FP ( my ex ) cheated on me for a long time during our relationship and left me for the other person, ever since obviously the bridges burned and I was blocked everywhere. Even after him cheating on me and disrespecting me I still missed him so much smh, so I texted him. I told him I had his deceased fathers belongings and asked if he wanted them back which I know is so low but it’s not a lie !!!!! Anyways he agreed surprisingly to meet up near my house to exchange but now I’m second guessing ??? How do I miss him so much but am so scared to see his face ? Idk what to do anymore and I slightly regret texting him but I couldn’t resist it.
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2023.06.09 01:21 KWildman92 Hoping for some repair advice.
My Bb clarinet is having issues with assembly and im pretty sure i need to replace the cork and i know some of my pads need replaced. Does anyone know if its something i can try doing myself and if there are some good tutorial videos for doing so? And also what to look for when in the market for cork and pads. I may be able to find someone to do it for me but im in a place where a clarinet repair person is hard to find.
Edit. Or if possible help finding someone to do repairs in or near Zagreb
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Edit. Or if possible help finding someone to do repairs in or near Zagreb
2023.06.09 01:21 kinttach Cross-play from Mac to GeForce Now, acting like two separate Steam accounts
I have No Man’s Sky on Steam. I can play on Mac and I can play in GeForce Now, but GFN doesn’t see my saved game. It acts like I am starting a new game for the first time.
I have “Keep games saves in the Steam Cloud” turned on and I verified through the Steam web site remote storage thing that it has the latest save from my Mac.
Not sure if this belongs here, in /Steam, or in /GeForceNOW but I figured someone has probably tried it and can tell me if it’s supposed to support cross play between Mac & GFN.
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I have “Keep games saves in the Steam Cloud” turned on and I verified through the Steam web site remote storage thing that it has the latest save from my Mac.
Not sure if this belongs here, in /Steam, or in /GeForceNOW but I figured someone has probably tried it and can tell me if it’s supposed to support cross play between Mac & GFN.
2023.06.09 01:21 taylorswiftskneecap WIBTA If I didn’t buy a present for my stepsister
I ( 15f) have 2 sisters , I’ll call them Chloe and Sarah for the sake of this. Chloe (12) is my biological sister and Sarah (16) is like a stepsister to me ( not technically but we live together most of the time) . Sarah will be turning 17 at the end of this month. You see , It’s incredibly hard to get a job at my age where I live so all my money is either from birthdays,holidays, etc. I am VERY frugal when it comes to money. By this I mean I will only spend money on Christmas gifts, and will almost always put away all the money I receive. My stepsister Sarah has a job and is very outgoing in the terms of money, especially with me. She’ll often pick me up food or really anything when we go out together. I greatly appreciate it of course.
I take a ceramics class in high school and decided a good gift would be a bowl , not just to save money but at first I felt she would really like it. For reference Sarah loves Ramen, Soup and stuff like that. I painted the bowl in colors she likes and recently got it back. Im starting to second guess my idea and think it would be too “ cheap” if I gave this to her as a gift, especially since she gets me a lot. Even my younger sister Chloe is planning on getting her a gift from the store. WIBTA if I didn’t purchase a gift for my stepsister? Sorry if this is typed strange Im on a phone.
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I take a ceramics class in high school and decided a good gift would be a bowl , not just to save money but at first I felt she would really like it. For reference Sarah loves Ramen, Soup and stuff like that. I painted the bowl in colors she likes and recently got it back. Im starting to second guess my idea and think it would be too “ cheap” if I gave this to her as a gift, especially since she gets me a lot. Even my younger sister Chloe is planning on getting her a gift from the store. WIBTA if I didn’t purchase a gift for my stepsister? Sorry if this is typed strange Im on a phone.
2023.06.09 01:21 Competitive-Row2768 +1 (332) 242-7981
This same scam company calls me back nearly everyday changing one or two digits of their number
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2023.06.09 01:20 ThickSpaces Dogs at pride should not be this normal
There was a big pride parade last week and there were dogs everywhere. I understand if there are a few service animals here and there, but it was EVERYWHERE. No escape wherever you went, there was a dog owner that dressed them up in ugly little outfits. I also notice the dog owners in pride are even more inconsiderate than usual. Usually dog owners that walk near me are respectful and pull them to the side when they notice I’m scared but these fuckers at pride parades don’t give a shit and bring them close to the booths near me even when I look visibly uncomfortable. Not only that but some dog started shitting in the middle of the parade and it was fucking disgusting. Why are dogs now suddenly a big thing at pride??? Keep your pets at home.
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2023.06.09 01:20 QueensGambit90 F22 Weird Sensation on right side of face
Hi everyone,
I F22 am suffering from multiple health issues.
First would be ear pain from last year
Then neck, shoulder tension and left chest pain.
I also have right hand pain.
On Monday I had an ent appointment for night cough and throat irritation along with ear pain.
The ENT has referred me for a doctor dentist who would assess my face for possible TMJ.
Ever since then I have felt weird.
I have for the last week had migraines and intense right nose bridge pain near my right eye.
I have gone to the eye doctor and they said my eyes are healthy around a month ago.
I assume it’s pain from leaning on my right side with my glasses on.
Right now, I have aches on my right face. My cheek and jaws and nose bridge.
I also feel like my face isn’t symmetrical at all, which I know is normal but more like muscle strain or even weakness on the right side.
I have been under immense pressure for my degree show as a final undergraduate student.
Is there anyway I can lessen the pain?
When I smile the right side of my face feels stressed. My eyes are also quite sensitive as well with lights.
I do want to add that I haven’t been sleeping much and I have been overworked because of our degree show.
I also have been in the sunlight a lot the past week.
I’m not on birth control, no contraception ever. No medication at this moment.
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I F22 am suffering from multiple health issues.
First would be ear pain from last year
Then neck, shoulder tension and left chest pain.
I also have right hand pain.
On Monday I had an ent appointment for night cough and throat irritation along with ear pain.
The ENT has referred me for a doctor dentist who would assess my face for possible TMJ.
Ever since then I have felt weird.
I have for the last week had migraines and intense right nose bridge pain near my right eye.
I have gone to the eye doctor and they said my eyes are healthy around a month ago.
I assume it’s pain from leaning on my right side with my glasses on.
Right now, I have aches on my right face. My cheek and jaws and nose bridge.
I also feel like my face isn’t symmetrical at all, which I know is normal but more like muscle strain or even weakness on the right side.
I have been under immense pressure for my degree show as a final undergraduate student.
Is there anyway I can lessen the pain?
When I smile the right side of my face feels stressed. My eyes are also quite sensitive as well with lights.
I do want to add that I haven’t been sleeping much and I have been overworked because of our degree show.
I also have been in the sunlight a lot the past week.
I’m not on birth control, no contraception ever. No medication at this moment.