u/Desperate-Hold-2055

Hello! Im a tad new to miniature painting and wanted to buy some 1/72 scale minis to paint, since they are a decent size. In all my looking though, it seems like most of them are from the World Wars or modern wars. While thats all well and good for those who enjoy them, i kinda wanted something a bit different. Is there any where I can find minis that aren’t soldier related? Ive looked online but can’t find any.

I (21m), am 105 lb, 5’4”, and take Lexapro. I haven’t been feeling good for the past few days, mostly an upset stomach. I was riding my bike home from work, trying to get home as fast as I could so I didn’t soil my pants. Unfortunately it was raining so the road was wet, and I was going a bit too fast. When I turned into my road, I plowed straight into some trees and was knocked off my bike and hit my head. It’s an e-bike, and I was wearing a ski helmet as thats all I have rn. I was able to walk and stuff and tried to go to my neighbors for help but they weren’t home so I just rode back. My head hurt for a while, and I didn’t feel good due to being sick. The only red flag symptoms of hitting my head have been mild nausea, but that could be due to upset stomach, weakness, but again, fever of 103, and really tired, again still sick. My head still hurts now, but not as much. Mostly on the right side above my ear, as well as just general pain on the inside of my head. Im going to call my PCP in order to get checked out, but it’s not open until tomorrow. How do I know if it’s serious or not? Should I go to the ER now or do I wait?

Hello! Im new to Reddit so please go easy on me. If I mess anything up just lemme know. So I, 21m, am adopted. My mom passed away when I was two and my dad didn’t really care for me I guess so I was adopted by my aunt and uncle, who I now call mom and dad. I never knew who my bio dad was, and the only thing my adoptive parents would say was they didn’t know. I was a lot tanner than the rest of my family as a kid (not so much anymore. After COVID happened I became a hermit and don’t really go outside all that often.) Some kids in my class would say I looked “Asian” whatever that meant. I became really curious who my bio dad was and what race he is. Some of my friends said i looked Pilipino, but like only a quarter, since im still rather white. My aunt mom caught wind of this and berated one of my friends for suggesting I wasn’t white. (We were like 13 when this happened) Btw my adoptive parents are very white and kinda racist. I feel that is relevant. I finally found who my bio dad is from my other aunt, and apparently everyone knew the entire time and didn’t tell me. Also he’s Native American. Which I found out by my other aunt making an offensive joke but oh well. The thing is, I can’t ask him what tribe he belongs to. He doesn’t seem like the greatest guy and no one in his family knows I exist. I don’t want to blow up his life at all with my presence, but I’m also curious. After all this time, I have a culture I can tie myself back to. But also what does that make me? For the most part i look white, and was raised by white people. I grew up my entire life with white privilege. I don’t even know what tribe I belong to or where that part of my family comes from. Even if I was able to learn, would it still be okay? Would I still be considered an outsider? How on earth do I proceed with something like this? I don’t want to come off as one of those guys who says that their great grandmother was a Cherokee Princess. I want to be respectful to the Indigenous community as much as possible. Any advice would be appreciated.

Hello! I (21m) am in need of some advice on how to deal with one of my jobs. I have two jobs, one at a gas station (keeping it vague cuz it’s a local company and I don’t wanna dox myself.) and a Chamber of Commerce.
The Chamber is fine, the gas station, not so much. It’s incredibly stressful. I have to do fifty different things at once. Refilling coffee pots, scooping ice cream, ringing out customers, keeping an eye on gas so no one drives away without paying, so on and so forth. I can’t sit still for two seconds without getting yelled at. I’ve had to work while sick many times (including a fever of 103 degrees, on Christmas.)
I have a shoddy immune system, plus joint issues so standing all day hurts, plus im autistic so im interacting with 300+ people a day for an 8 hour shift which is incredibly draining. Not to mention how overstimulating it is with all the people and the machines running. It’s a lot. And im working another job on top of all this. Like 48 hrs a week, which yay! Money! But also on no my will to live!
Im a very creative person, it’s my call in life. If I don’t make stuff I feel dead inside. But nowadays im so stressed and depressed I can’t find passion in what I create and I hate it. Everything feels like a chore and im snappy and rude to customers and coworkers which I hate. I’d like to think I’m a very nice person. I do not like being mean to people. And I hate how much of a zombified asshole Ive become. I miss being a person.
But I don’t know if I can quit. I can barely scrape by on the other job, but only barely. My mom basically controls everything and I do NOT like confrontation with her cuz it never ends well and she will not let me quit under any circumstances. Also, im a coward.
I want to quit so bad but it’s the 4th of July weekend and I don’t want to leave them hanging, even tho I know this weekend is going to ruin me working 10am-10pm (which I have stated I cannot work, but of course I was ignored) im so tired and so stressed and I just want to cry all the time.
Im thinking about selling my art to maybe make some extra money if I do gather the courage to quit, but I am unsure if that is feasible cuz I live in the middle of nowhere with no drivers license, which also makes finding another job difficult cuz theres literally nothing where I live. I don’t know what to do at this point and all I wanna do is become one with my bed. It’s gotten so bad im genuinely thinking of checking myself into a mental hospital but I can’t do that cuz I don’t have health insurance (yay America).
This is really long so I apologize im just trying to explain my situation as good as a can and im kinda venting a little. If you’ve made it this far some advice would be appreciated.
Apologies if the format is wrong im on my phone and I rarely post on Reddit.