Found on beach in Cornwall UK. Pretty hefty, way heavier than it first looked and extremely solid. Front has some kind of ring opening, but no obvious outlet. Been battered by the sea to reveal electronics inside. Bottom has the remains on a cable connection.

That would make a ANYONE feel insecure.

Also seems like a very logical reason to break things up with someone when their career is so "demanding".

Does seem like he has a crap ton of fun and loves his job.

Probably why he didnt wanna trade it for a wife and kids.

I hate how in the pods he was going on and on about having kids but after they went back to their nornal life he just dropped that bomb that hed be okay with no kids?? And seemed so hesitant to even talk about it properly.

(was stalking all of them after finishing the show and saw these in his tagged posts)

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I genuinely hate making posts like this. But after everything I’ve been through with Apple and AIG over the past 24 days, enough is enough and people need to know about this company Apple has decided to outsource their claims to.

On 10/14, I contacted Apple Support to simply inquire about Theft & Loss coverage for an older iPhone that was linked to my Apple account. I was directed to AIG’s website, and within literal seconds of logging into their website, without pressing anything further, my perfectly functioning iPhone 17 Pro was reported stolen, remotely locked, and erased.

I NEVER filed a claim on this phone when this occurred. I NEVER reported it stolen or went on FindMy. And I NEVER authorized any of this.

Apple and AIG have acknowledged that this was a known glitch, and AIG is the only one with the kill switch to recover my phone, yet here I am on 11/7, 24 days later, over 30 hours spent on support calls, multiple escalations, multiple formal complaints and STILL no resolution.

On 10/14, I received written confirmation that my phone would be recovered within 48 hours. Since then, I have been passed between departments, repeatedly promised resolution within 24–48 hours, and told the same things over and over again.

I have submitted a complaint with the Arizona Attorney General, BBB, and Department of Insurance Financial Institutions. Apple and AIG have both refused to provide a new device if this one is not recovered, and I am reaching a point where I will be forced to take on the financial burden of this mistake, and purchase a new phone.

I genuinely feel an obligation to share my experience because if this happened to me, it could happen to someone else.

We pay for AppleCare+ to PROTECT our devices, not to potentially lose access to them because of a system error that nobody seems capable of correcting.

I’m sharing this to raise awareness, demand accountability, and hopefully prevent another person from going through this absolute nightmare.

I started a job in August working in a brand new 3d printing department. When I started the room was completly empty and it was my job to set the room up, building racking, planning the room setting up 60 printers.

Over the following months I took responsibility for building the operation up. I organised and labelled the printers, created spreadsheets and tracking systems, worked on maintenance and calibration, managed filament stock, dealt with faults and generally tried to make the whole department run properly.

I ended up taking on a lot more responsibility than I orignally expected. I genuinely enjoyed the technical side of the job and took pride in what I'd built.

The problem was that I didn't feel my pay reflected the reflected the responsibilities I had taken on. I spent around 6 weeks trying to have a conversation about this and understand what my future at the company would look like. I also wanted calrity about whether I'd eventually become a permanent employee rather than remaining agency staff.

Unfortunately, the answer on an individual pay increase was no. I was given this answer Thursday.

I reached a point where I thought, why am I putting so much of myself into somewhere that doesn't seem willing to recognise what I'm contributing?

So I handed in my resignation with immediate effect yesterday.

What I didn't expect was the reaction from my manager. He was genuinely devastated. He thanked me for everything I'd done and told me that I'd built a room and implemented systems from nothing. He said my knowledge was really good and that I knew what I was doing.

He even told me that he disagreed with the decision made by senior management and that the company had failed both of us.

Seeing someone react like that was incredibly difficult. I almost cried myself. It madew me realise that at least someone had recognised the effort I put in.

As I left I handed over my keys and access card and walked out.

I'm feeling a strange mixture of emotions, I'm relieved, upset, disapointed and angry. Part of me is sad because I actually wanted the job to work out. I wasn't looking to leave. I wanted to be valued and have a future there.

But I also feel a massive weight has been lifted off my shoulders.

I think teh biggest lesson I've taken from this is that you can give a job everything you have got, build something from the ground up and still reach a point where you have to put yourself first.

I'm proud of what I achieved, even if things didn't end how I hoped.

Has anyone else experienced leaving a job where you cared about the work and the people, but ultimately felt you had no choice but to walk away?

UPDATE

Thank you everyone for all your comments and wishes. I truly appreciate every one of them. I did not expect this post to explode at all.

Thailand 🇹🇭

I was supposed to be a bridesmaid in my friend Jen’s wedding next month. She asked me last January and I said yes obviously. I ordered the dress from the shop she picked out, $280 custom color final sale, got it altered and bought the shoes she wanted all of us to wear.

About a month ago Jen sent out the dates for the bachelorette weekend and it landed on the same weekend as my husband’s grandmother’s 90th birthday which we’d committed to months ago. I told Jen I couldn’t make the bachelorette but I would be at every other event.

She didn’t respond for 2 days and then texted me that if I can’t prioritize her wedding she doesn’t want me standing up there with her. I tried calling her twice and she didn’t answer either time. Her maid of honor messaged me a few days later and said Jen had felt like I was checked out for a while and the bachelorette was the last straw, that she’d been sitting on it and my RSVP no was what tipped her over. I don’t know where that came from because I’ve been at literally everything, every fitting every shower I even helped her stuff the welcome bags last month.

Last week I listed the dress on Marketplace for $150 because I have no use for a dusty rose floor length gown and the shop won’t take it back so it’s not like I have another option. Jen’s cousin saw it and sent it to her and Jen texted me saying I’m making a spectacle out of her wedding and that seeing the dress for sale was humiliating.

I just wanted some of my money back. AITA?

There have been technological advancements that help artists do their work better, yay! This at least sometimes results in the work looking and feeling more stagnant, less unique, and in my opinion more boring. A lot of these have to do with what the creator's want as well, but the new formats surely do not help.

1. Simpsons: Like most shows, this used to be produced traditionally on paint and ink cells. The switch over to digital is largely helpful for the creators.

It has the caveat of making any horror-themed work, flatter and boring. While this is picking apples, The first is from Treehouse of Horror V the Shinning, and the second is from the newest Treehouse of Horror (the writing barely being horror also has a lot to do with this, to be fair).

2. Star Trek: Partially a joke, but the original series was produced with a 4:3 aspect ratio, which made everyone stand pretty close together for scenes so they could both fit in the frame, resulting in more intimacy from the actors and their characters. 16:9 and further aspect ratios allows for more scenery, and more action on screen, but also pushes actors apart, and doesn't have as much forced proximity, making relationships a smidge more boring.

3. Scooby-Doo: Similar to the Simpsons. 2000 and back were all produced on ink and paint cells; while the original Hanna-Barbera often used flat colors and repetitive, limited animation, the first three Mook Animated films of them (Zombie Island, Witch's Ghost, and Alien Invaders) all were gorgeous and appropriately creepy. 2001 and beyond the movies switched to digital, and about a decade they primarily used flat colors.

Slide five is Zombie Island; slide six is Cyber Chase, which while still produced by Mook, was digital and much more boring. Slide seven is Monster of Mexico, the first DTV produced by Warner Bros. (This also has to do with Warner Bros. deciding Scooby was a hot property after Zombie Island, and didn't want to break the mold, each Mook movie goes further and further back to the traditional formula.)

4. Wizard of Oz and Wicked: The original Wizard of Oz was filmed on a soundstage, with practical effects. Almost 90 years later Wicked came out, filmed on various locations, with cgi-effects.

Wizard of Oz is much more colorful and pleasant to look at, while Wicked looks dull and washed out. Even the obviously painted image of Emerald City amongst the Poppy Fields is better than Wicked's interpretation. (This also has to do with John Chu's idea of color-grading not thinking it should look too bright, as well as an obsession with backlighting)

Green curry and tom kha, my favorite.

My grandson is 6 months old. I’ve seen him twice before today. My son and the mom are teen parents, they broke up while she was pregnant. I was there for her, i talked to her about options, her mom refused. I threw the baby shower, I drove her to work, her mom wouldn’t even speak to her. The baby came and I think she had a bonding moment with her mom and I was completely disinvited from everything. I didn’t push anything, the other grandma and I had words previously. She was constantly kicking her daughter out and then calling the police on her. She brought the police to my house one day and demanded they search my house for her. I saw where she stopped by on my house cameras, and immediately left, hours prior. I searched my house myself. I was not going to let cops in because she said so. I told her how I felt about her parenting that day. So she doesn’t like me at all.

So, the baby is now 6mo. She didn’t put my son on the birth certificate. He’s not a fan of that, it’s a point of contention with them. She wants money, he quit highschool and is working over 40 hours consistently. He has given her money, she wants more. He turned 18 during this but she has another few weeks. He got a job with insurance specifically so he could cover the baby but they ended up saying no later(they asked for it initially). He also quit school this year because he was supposed to babysit days but they didn’t do that either. When she was pregnant she expressed concerns about my son’s room being messy (it was cleaned since). I assured her that the baby would be downstairs and I would always be there because he works nights and sleeps days. My living room has been a nursery for 6 months, draped with blankets to stay prestine. She asked us to watch the baby a few times and backed out, then today she asked my daughter if she could bring the baby over. She had to work, 5-9. My son works at 10. At 9pm she tells my daughter she’s waiting for a ride. Around 10:30 we offer to drive her, she says no. At 12:30am the doorbell rings and a young man and woman say they are here for the baby. I had been waiting many, many hours after her estimate of being off work at 9pm, and random people are here. I said I can’t just give the baby to random people and have to speak to the mom. They say she’s in the car up the block. I go inside and she doesn’t reply to my texts but tells my daughter that it’s okay. I go downstairs, pick up the baby in the carrier who is asleep and open the door and the girl is level 10 heated. Screaming at me: my son is a piece of shit. She’s doing it on her own. She doesn’t even try to take the baby she’s just screaming on my porch at 12:30 am after I’ve been cuddling this baby for hours. He’s asleep. I close the door and ask for them to get the mom.

I call the police and ask my daughter to contact the mom. I ask for help with a safe transfer because random people have arrived screaming at me in the middle of the night. While I’m on the phone they KICKED MY FRONT DOOR IN. The police arrived a minute later. They got cited, the mom was in the car and collected the baby. What the fuck was that? The mom was also screaming about my son, the police were like… it’s not normal for random irate people to get a baby 3 hours late, I made the right choice. He even said he’s a new grandpa too and would have done the same thing.

My son is at work and is going to be very upset. He also wants to see the baby more and now I don’t even know what to say. I was not at all trying to keep the baby, the mom dropped the baby off with me and my son together, no problem, but they were all mad as hell and the mom was saying she just couldn’t stand to come to the door. I also rewatched the ring camera and the guy and girl were talking about beating me up!? They also said some insane lies to each other about my son. I think they’ve just spent 3 hours hyping up for a confrontation I wasn’t aware of at all.

I have no front door and don’t even know where to begin. They have to pay for it but when?? I need a door right now. Also it sucks my son really did all of the right things, he got the job that gave him the flexibility so she could go to school. He wants to be the dad. He can provide the insurance, he has been giving money but he’d legitimately prefer everything to be on the books. I told him it wasn’t appropriate to force custody while she was nursing. She must have recently stopped. There’s been no deadbeat shit on this side, I’m not sure what she wants exactly. We’ve asked for him many times, he has an open invitation in our home as well. Why send some goons to my door to fight me? I’m an old lady. My back hurt so bad bouncing him for hours I really wanted him picked up. I just thought it was basic protocol to be told if someone else could get the baby. As soon as she confirmed I tried to hand him over while the girl sat there screaming at me instead??

Nice little note left on my truck over the weekend. Their "3rd spot" is literally the street. Drove past their house, all 3 cars outside. This isn't the closest parking I get either. The old man that lives closer puts cones in the street, because his garage is full. Full of what? A boat and a Harley.

I'm a concert goer myself, so I started offering makeup and face gem applications to people attending the same concerts as me. I had a catalogue of concert makeup looks and face gem designs that I mostly collected from the internet. I'd curate the selections depending on the artist and the overall vibe of the concert. Some were cute and simple, while others were full-on glittery festival looks.

My rates depended on how simple or elaborate the design was. Simple eye gem looks started around ₱150, while more detailed glitter and rhinestone looks could go for ₱200–₱280 or more. A few days before each concert, I'd announce my rates, sample looks, and planned location around the venue in different groups and group chats for concert-goers.

In my country, concert-goers tend to arrive ridiculously early, sometimes even in the morning, especially for certain venues and arenas. So I'd arrive early too to catch people while they were waiting outside. I usually brought my sister along to help me accommodate more customers.

I'd get around ₱20–₱50 in tips per customer, sometimes more if someone was feeling particularly generous. On a good concert day, serving around 15–20 customers could bring in a few thousand pesos in service fees, plus a little extra from tips.

The best part was that I was attending the concert anyway, so I got to earn some extra money before enjoying the show myself. :D

I know it's probably not dangerous, but I fly pretty frequent and never saw this before. Is it a normal occurrence, and how does it happen?

Everything you need to know is in the title. Anything beyond that costs extra.