I've already got all the other DLCs and finished all their content. Looking to add another DLC. Which of the two is better to buy and play first in my current playthrough?
I understand that it comes from a place of love and always thank people, but so many people in my life have started gifting me coffee beans now that they know I'm into coffee. Honestly, I miss getting the (more useful) gifts I used to get from these people.
Of course, none of these people are into coffee themselves, so inevitably, they end up giving me rather poor quality beans that I wouldn't normally want to use.
I have been gifted all of the following by well-meaning people:
- 1kg bag of supermarket brand beans
- Guinness novelty coffee
- Starbucks coffee
- Dunkin donuts apple cider flavoured coffee (so artificial)
I haven't said anything to these people as I don't want to come off as ungrateful, but the reality is that I often have 2 or 3 bags of coffee I like at home already and I would never want to forego a nice cup of coffee for something mediocre just because I have it (limited caffeine intake per day and all that). Adding another bag to my queue would also push whatever I have in my freezer even further back.
I've started donating these bags so they don't go to waste, but I really don't know how to handle this going forward without annoying people. Am I just stuck getting bad coffee from other people forever?
I recently took on a new role managing official wholesalers of a company. It's a mix of driving new business to them for our products and managing the sales targets for the wholesalers themselves. It's a senior manager position although they have given me no direct reports. I report into the European Sales Director.
It's a successful business and the wholesale channel grew 30% in 2025. I joined in early 2026 and was told that I would be able to set my own targets (as signed off by the sales director) and largely manage my own channel.
I came out of my probation period in May and based on analyzing the numbers and identifying potential opportunities for growth in the local market, I proposed a target of 45% YoY growth in 2026, despite already being nearly halfway through the year already. I thought it would show ambition and drive. This was approved of by my sales director.
Now it's July and senior management (above the sales director) has told us that it's not ambitious enough and they want to be up 80% YoY for 2026. To me, this is an impossible number to achieve given our current market share and that I am working on this alone. We are also more than halfway through the year and are currently up about 35%. This is an impossible gap to fill.
In this situation, what am I to do other than try my best and get as close as possible? I've been in business development for nearly 6 years now, but have never had targets changed after approval and never had such impossible targets.
I (33M) am currently taking a break from dating after meeting several "progressive" women who eventually reveal that they have more traditional views around something or other, whether it's planning, paying for dates, or always messaging first. I'm exhausted and feel like there is nobody out there for me.
Even from talking to many of my friends who are women who hold generally progressive views, it feels like so many women expect a man to do everything because "it feels nice" or similar. As if men don't also want women to do thinks for them because "it feels nice"?
I find I am constantly bombarded by messaging from women that reject traditional gender norms for women but still expect many of them to be in place for men because it's "chivalrous" or similar.
The view that men should be paying the majority of expenses or always be planning seem to be prevalent with many I speak to. How hard is it to expect a relationship in which both sides put effort in? I find that there are basically no arguments that hold water once you remove children from the equation. Is it so hard to want a relationship between two humans who both contribute and build a life together?
I am not saying that I want everything to be equal at all times. Just that I would love to find someone who is happy to buy drinks if I buy dinner or happy to plan a date every now and then. I'm also happy to cook, clean, do laundry, etc. for a partner who contributes in other ways to the partnership.
Where are you meeting women who don't have a view that men should always be contributing more? Why is dating still a bidding war about who can pay the most for the privilege of someone's time? It's 2026.
Rider here.
A couple weeks back, I booked an Uber trip with 3 stops for me and 2 friends, with the intention of dropping one person at each stop. I tried all 3 stops in different orders and ended up booking the option that was cheapest on the app, assuming this would naturally be the most efficient route as well.
Once we got into the car, the driver said the app didn't tell him it was 3 stops. When we started driving, it also became obvious that the route wasn't the most efficient, having to double back at one point. When I got home, I double checked with google maps and it seems the route was about 8 mins longer than the most ideal one.
When the trip was over, I got hit with an extra charge for extra driving time, which added about an extra 20% to the cost of the trip and I noticed my rating went down, so obviously the driver felt he had been tricked or something.
Does Uber seriously work this poorly? At the end of it, I ended up feeling scammed and the obvious poor rating was a double whammy.
I had a few drinks with friends on Friday. There were 7 of us around the room (5 singles and 1 couple) and we were discussing how dating has been for us in our late 20s and early 30s. It was a multicultural group of people from UK, Canada, Hong Kong, Korea, and Australia.
I was completely blown away by how much financials came into it with all my single friends who are women. All 3 single women have had major financial gains in life due to men in their lives and now have criteria financial for the men that they date that feel quite strict.
One had 5 years of her rent paid for by her ex and she's now saved a massive amount of money from that. One married rich when she was in her early 20s and walked away with a ton of money when they divorced 4 years later. One recently got out of a 3 year relationship in which her partner paid for all her travel, clothing, car, and dog. They all similarly only want to date men who will plan everything, pay for everything, and yet still save for their future (numbers between 20% and 30% of his paycheck were mentioned). Surely requiring this kind of treatment is basically a way of introducing another filter for men who don't earn exceptionally well or don't have generational wealth.
They all admitted that height mattered, and that anything less than dinner isn't a real date as it's too cheap and that if a man is interested, he'll want to spend money on them.
I earn pretty well in a middle management corporate job, but there is no way I could afford to cover my own costs and costs for luxuries for another person in the VHCOL city we live in.
I think me and the other single guy were just sitting there with our eyes bulging out of our sockets the entire time. I'm just trying to meet someone who likes to spend her time doing the same things as me and who likes my dog. I also want a life partner who will share lifes joys, duties, and costs with me. I would never pick a woman who wants the "princess treatment".
I think it's obvious why I'm friends with these women rather than wanting to date them, but hearing this from them has really coloured my view of them. It feels so selfish, shallow, and greedy. I think it's easy to gloss this over as simply being incompatible with them romantically, but how many of you men out there are actually wanting partners like this? Is this an unrealistic ask for them and is this why they're single or is this normal among certain circles that I just want nothing to do with?
I was under the impression that our generation (Millennials) was into equal rights and doing away with these stereotypes of the man being the provider and the woman being the carer, but it doesn't really feel like it after what I heard. I am frankly stunned.
Looking to hear how dating expectations are for you and what your experience has been!