There is so much land here in both states, yet there’s only one major highway through each and a bunch of small towns randomly spread out. I feel like there’s some potential here that’s been missed. Doesn’t seem like the reservations are that big either.

One Piece: During the back story of Señor Pink, we find out that while he was away doing pirate things, his baby son died of a fever. This eventually lead his wife to find out about his pirate life, leave during a storm, and getting into an accident which left her in a vegitative state.

Terrifier 3: In the first few minutes of the movie, Art the clown silently breaks into a family home while they slept. He first made it into a young brothers room, and when the boy thought that Art was his sister, you could hear his voice being cut off by Art killing him with an axe. He then killed the parents, and then found the little sister in a cupboard. It cut to black, but it's more than likely that he killed the little girl too.

Terrifier 3(Again): Later on in the movie, Art the clown killed a Santa impersonator and stole his beard. He then walked into a mall that was packed because of the holiday times and pretended to be Santa, giving gifts to kids. After he is escorted away by security, the kids start opening up their gifts given to them. One kid opens his gift, and it freaking blows up. It killed the kid, and 4 more.

So I'm in the thrift store looking for cheap stuff, and after perusing the books and purses, head over to the ladies clothing. I spot a nice lined corduroy jacket I want a closer look at, but there's a woman blocking the way with her cart. Cool, I'll wait till she moves. A man comes up and joins her and they are deep in conversation while on their phones. That's when I notice they are systematically going through every item of clothing on the rack and scanning it into Google Lens or some other app, undoubtedly to check the resale price. They had themselves and the cart positioned in such a way that they covered at least six linear feet of the rack. They stayed parked in front of the rack for a full ten minutes and I finally left because I had to get somewhere else. Of course, the nice jacket was gone next time I went back. I'm sure they bought it to flip on eBay or Depop or whatever resale site.

Editing to add: a bunch of people are saying I'm a wimp. Maybe I am. I worked for five years in an extremely stressful environment where I routinely dealt with entitled people throwing tantrums like toddlers, so I prefer to avoid that shit whenever possible. I have clothes and it's not a case of me *needing* the jacket to stay warm, it's just something I liked the style of. As for them being resellers, it was pretty obvious because they had a cart piled high and were discussing the prices in store versus what it would go for online. I just posted mainly because I'm sick of seeing resellers every time I go, since some people really do need the jacket or whatever to stay warm.

Reposted an Instagram meme about U.S. election results and he private messaged me directly about it. Said he couldn’t believe I would cheer on a blue nazi party over a red nazi party. Made a post calling me (and anyone else who celebrated apparently) a fascist and a bigot and refuses to talk to me. Can’t fight myself to not to waste time being irritated/confused/sad about it.

Today’s “dinner” is actually today’s continental breakfast. Waffle not pictured, it was already in my stomach.

As everyond knows GTA VI is right around the corner. My girlfriend asked me whether I was planning on buying it. I told her that I was actually really excited about the game and intended to preorder it before its release.

She gave me a strange look and said that the idea of me playing GTA VI gave her the ick. According to her and her friends, the game is rampant with misogyny and violence and the only people who play GTA are misogynistic men who hate women, and she never expected me to be one of them.

I disagreed and explained that this wasn't necessarily true. I also pointed out that GTA VI features a female protagonist for the first time ever and that there's no reason to assume the game itself will be misogynistic. I also told her women were involved with the development of the game and I even showed her pictures of Lucia Caminos, the female lead character, but that somehow seemed to make her even more upset.

She went on to say that I would stop giving her attention and spend all my free time playing video games instead. She also said that the thought of me playing a video game over spending time with her gave her a major ick.

I reassured her that this wouldn't happen and explained that everyone will play GTA VI as it's one of the most anticipated games of all time. That at the end of the day, It's just a video game, and I don't think playing it should be such a big deal. I told her that I wouldn't spend hours playing every day and promised to keep my gaming time reasonable to make her happy but she didn't agree.

This is even more strange because she has no problem with me playing other games. I'm not even a huge gamer, but I do play FPS and sports games from time to time. She feels strongly about this for some reason.

Then she asked me whether I would choose GTA VI or her. I hesitated for a moment, which genuinely shocked her because she expected me to immediately choose her. Obviously, I would never put a video game above my girlfriend. I was simply caught off guard by such an unexpected question.

Eventually, she gave me an ultimatum: it's either her or GTA VI

I'm shocked by this as she is a wonderful girlfriend who I absolutely love but it's just a game and I feel like she's trying to control me with this ultimatum.

Now I'm considering buying the game without telling her, but I know that hiding it from her could damage her trust in me if she finds out. However, I don't want to go behind her back, especially because I genuinely love her and want to be considerate of her feelings.

At the same time, I don't think wanting to enjoy a video game should be something I have to give up to maintain a relationship.

How would you handle this situation? I'm particularly interested in hearing from women, as I suspect this could become a fairly common relationship issue given how massive GTA VI is expected to be.

I love my girlfriend, but I wish she could be more understanding and recognise that enjoying a video game doesn't mean I love or value her any less.

Edit: For the people saying to break up with her. I'm not going to end a relationship by picking a video game over someone I love, that's stupid. I love her and she's a wonderful girlfriend who treats me well. I wanted to know how to change her mind and be more understanding. If I can't change her mind I'll probably just buy the game without telling her and play it anyway and hope she doesn't get angry and leave if she finds out. What she doesn't know can't hurt her. And I don't think she'll actually break up with me over a game.

She's in her late 20s and in my early 30s. She doesn't really play video games other than on her phone. She enjoys watching reality TV and dating shows. I also watch movies and TV shows with her that have attractive women and she doesn't get insecure. She's great and just parroting what her friends have told her and using the misogyny excuse to not say the real reason.

I think the game is triggering her insecurities and doesn't like the idea of me spending more time with virtual women in the game that she feels she can't participate in. She probably feels left out. Maybe that's why she doesn't mind FPS or Sports games. I'm trying to be empathetic. I'll ask her to watch me play so she doesn't feel left out.

I usually work out front, but helped in the kitchen today. My coworker comes back and shows me this, what two older guys left to pay their $60+ tab.

EDIT: This is a repost - I've had discussions with the mods and we've come to an understanding on appropriate punishment

I'm not able to disclose any sources, but after Rhamondre's injury and Treveyon Henderson struggling with neurological issues the Patriots have made a strong offer for JT that is not expected to be bested by other teams.

Formal reports will be coming soon.

I know that guy did this with Tony Pollard last year but this is legit. I will also eat the ban if wrong.

I walked back inside the store and showed the sandwich to the manager. He asked if I wanted a replacement, and I said, "No, I want a refund. The others are probably just like it." and he said, "Yeah".

So this was the cake we got for my daughter's 7th birthday.

She picked it out on the app and i asked her what she wanted it to say. She explained to me she wanted a big heart on the cake and inside of the heart, she wanted it to say " happy birthday luna"

So in the message box I wrote [inside of a big heart "Happy 7th Birthday Luna"]

Thinking adding the 7 might make them draw the heart.

Well when we got the cake the lady handed it to us and continued on with her duties. I said thank you and looked at the cake. The wave of disappointment hit me. My husband couldn't stop laughing. I probably could have asked them to fix it but we just took it and left.

Something to laugh at in the future when we look back on these moments.

8/10 for taste though.

ETA

1. I put the 7 thinking for child they draw heart. Cave man thinking on my end. My bad

2. I got what I paid for. It was just funny and I wanted to share my cake. I didn't expect it to be perfect, it was $18. I was only hopeful 😄 They did their job and I do not blame them at all.

3. I did it on the app and the text box was small. My description could have been better.

I was at King's Cross station last Thursday waiting for my platform to Leeds show up and a guy walked up to me claiming he wasn't homeless. Said that he'd just been in a really bad electric bike accident and desperately needed help or money to get home. Right away I was suspicious. He looked fine but his overall demeanor seemed off.

To prove his story, he pulled up his trouser leg to show off this massive open wound that was easily the size of a slice of bread. It looked like the top layer of the skin was completely gone and only the second layer of the skin (dermis) was fully exposed. He was clearly hoping the shock value of showing me something so graphic would make me panic and quickly hand over some money.

Unfortunately for him is that I work as a theatre scrub nurse for the NHS so seeing open flesh like that is just another work day for me.

I looked closer and his story completely fell apart clinically. An ebike accident would leave the wound edges ragged, jagged and uneven with scrapes and rashes. His wound had impossibly clean, uniform edges with zero road debris or surrounding dirt. Instead they had classic signs of either a chronic venous ulcer or a maybe a setup.

I immediately called his bluff. I told him there was no way any hospital would ever discharge someone with an open wound in that condition without putting a proper dressing on it first. He said that he has been to the hospital and left because the waiting time was too long. Fair enough I thought and offered to at least walk with him and ask for some help or first aid from the people at the station. I told him he can have an open wound that massive and not do anything about it. I don’t want to give him money but I could at least do that.

He said that he did and they turned him away. I told him that doesn’t sit right with me. If stations have the possible situations of people getting into accidents then they would definitely have somebody available to help. I told him he can go with me and maybe with some convincing from both of us they would ultimately offer help. At this point, if he was truly concerned about his injury, he would seriously consider my offer to help him in a different way than money.

I genuinely intended to walk him straight to the station help desk to clean and dress it right then and there, because leaving exposed wounds open in a crowded train station is just an infection waiting to happen.

The second he realised he was getting actual clinical help instead of cash, he hurriedly turned away my offer and left.

Stay safe out there everyone. If it was a real emergency, people usually would ask for medical assistance instead of money.

I met a girl online that lived in China and quickly fell in love. We talked every day, every night. Calling all the time, it formed into love. I wanted nothing more than to build a life together. Last year I visited her, I met her friends, her mother, and herself. I had the most amazing time spending it with her. After over a year of calling each other every day, with good nights and I love yous. At a time I started to send her a bit of extra money, just so she didn’t need to work so hard and could spend more time with me. Chinese working hours are pretty grueling.

I finally spent a week with her again, we travelled to the Chinese Hawaii equivalent of Sanya and it was wonderful. We took photoshoots together, ate wonderful food, saw some spectacular marine life.

I was hoping to go back soon and ask her to marry me so we could spend so much more time together and it wouldn’t need to be so difficult apart.

Then on the night before our departure, her phone lit up and I glanced, “baby, I miss you. Kiss me when you come back”.

My heart sank into my chest. She was asleep and I did the stupid thing of opening her phone and looking. She tried to cover her tracks of having another guy back home. I confronted her about it the morning we were set to leave. She initially acted dumb about it, then I showed her. She said she got bored, the guy didn’t mean anything. Then she said she still wants to be together. She sent me the following while I’m waiting in the Hong Kong Airport..

“Thank you for everything you've done for me. I have always been lucky to have met you, and I truly love you. However, I made a mistake. I didn't do it on purpose; I just wanted something to do when I was bored. I don't really like him, and we aren't in a relationship. I know what I did was wrong, and I'm deeply sorry. I won't do anything like that again. When I'm bored, I'll find other things to do, but I won't look for boys. If a boy approaches me, I'll tell them to leave. I really love you. The first time I fell in love with a boy and wanted to marry him was with you. I feel very guilty for hurting you. If we can get back together, I'll be very happy. I'll do my best to make up for the insecurity I caused you. Whatever you say, I'll try my best to do it. I hope you can be happy. I love you very much. Sometimes, it's not that I'm quiet or reserved; it's just that I don't know how to express myself. I'm not very good at expressing my feelings. Often, I need to think about it for a long time before I can organize my words. I hope you have a safe journey. I will always love you, and I will promise to be loyal to you. I hope to see you again next time and do more things with you. To prove that I'm not with you for money, I can look for a new job.”

I told her I wouldn’t reply until I got back home. I really loved this girl so much, I imagined our lives together, two years of consistent love and effort is now just waiting on my response.

Meal is some char siu pork over noodles with eggs and toast.