u/Effective_Moose_4997

I see people mentioning a guy named carl. Who are they talking about?

Does anyone know how the thumbnails are made? They sit in a weird valley between photoshop and AI to me. I can't tell how them make them.

My grandpa is wanting to buy me a horse to do trails with him. He wants to get some kind of gaited horse. I have no interest in gaited horses, I've never ridden one. And if I was to have a horse of my own I'd want to be able to do English with it, doing some hunter U/S classes as that's what I currently lesson in. I mentioned an OTTB as that's what I currently ride in my lessons and he was very against it stating they're bred to run and are no good horses, too hot headed, etc. I don't think there's any changing his mind, so has anyone shown English with a gaited horse? Like a Tennessee walker or a Fox Trotter? How was it?

Recently I've been seeing a lot of people mentioning not liking Amanda on the podcasts. I've always liked her and haven't seen anything wrong with her takes or way she converses. But with all the people talking about how it's off putting I'm starting to wonder if I'm also the problem. If people have a problem with the way someone talks and I don't understand, it makes me feel like I'm also like that person and that people might perceive me the same way. I know it's insecure of me, but I don't know how else to explain it. It's like say someone jokes about something, and I laugh, but everyone else find the joke awful, I suddenly feel like that means I must be an awful person as well. Does anyone ever feel like this? Like people complain Amanda has mean girl energy, but I don't see it, so now I'm wondering if that must mean *I* have mean girl energy. Same with the other criticisms of her that I see. Like her having bad reddits takes. I haven't really ever noticed her having bad takes, which makes me think that maybe I'm also a bad person for being on the wrong side of these things.

Just a bit of a rant here. I have 1 single parent who will never be able to retire in their life. They are 55 and do not own a home. They are only able to rent a house under 1k and have no savings. They live paycheck to paycheck and are deeply in debt from college loans. They can only work 20 hours a week due to chronic pain, which on 15 an hour (the going rate where I'm at for office work) means they'll never be able to improve or ever save. Thankfully their car is paid off, but that's all they have that they own. No house, no savings, nothing.

It's just sad knowing they're going to have to work until they're dead.

Edit: Did not expect poor shaming in the poverty finance subreddit.

Hi! I'm currently at a university on the east coast but I'm originally from STL. My family lives away from the area now but is moving back next year. I'm in my 4th year but still have a year and some change to complete due to switching majors late. I'm thinking about switching to Mizzou as it would be close to home and has classes I'd love to take. How is the campus? Are the classes particularly hard (I'm a bio major). Would I be too old to make friends at 23 next fall? How is the college for biology?

Basically what are the pros and cons? And would it be better to just do UMSL?

Currently taking weekly lessons but this summer I'll be with my grandpa who has his own horse. Assuming I could ride 30-40 minutes a good 4-5 days a week. (Got to let horses rest) How much faster will I improve? Biggest thing right now is getting my strength back in the saddle. I'm not focused on anything too complicated. Just getting my foundations right in the W/T/C. Maybe learn how to do some lateral moves would be fun. Get good on my figures.

My doctors keep pestering me about it after each visit and each time I say "yeah I'll schedule that later". Well actually I'm not. I have no intention of letting a stranger see my vagina let alone put things in it. I get yearly blood tests and as far as I'm concerned my white blood cell count is enough preventative screening for me. My periods are normal and I don't have any infections so screw off!

Anyone else feel the same?

Edit: I've had 2 sexual partners. 1 was a virgin. I was last sexually active a couple years ago. I believe I got the HPV vaccine as a kid. I plan to do the self swab tests at home when ready. My primary will give me bc pills when I want them. My periods are normal and without cramping.

Has anyone else gotten the uhhhh gushes when posting? Not during a period but like... 🐌. It was happening to me every time I rose for the trot my past lesson 😭. It threw me off every time and messed my rhythm up.

Just signed up for Prolific. All of my current tasks require video footage and microphone. When reading the disclaimer the terms say that this video can be used for promotions for whatever wherever, worldwide. I am not comfortable with this. How common are non video related tasks? How do I get more of them? Is there any money to be made without selling my face to these companies?

The title. Should I just do rice and beans? I've been doing potatoes but butter is also expensive. I guess I can just get a giant tub of country crock and make it work? I'll only need 1200 calories each day. I also have a pantry to grab free food at work to get some variety every now and then. They mostly have frozen meals like lasagna and macaroni. Planning on getting pinto beans and rice with taco seasoning to hold me over for the month. Some potatoes, maybe oatmeal and peanut butter.

Edit : Here's some prices from the store on my block:

10lbs of potatoes for $5
32oz tomato sauce for $4
1 dozen eggs for 99 cent
20lb rice for $10, not sure if there's cheaper versions this is just from the weekly ad

Don't know about other prices until in store.

Edit 2: Please stop suggesting I hop in strangers cars for a ride to a food pantry! I'm a young woman alone here with no friends or family. I do not feel safe taking rides from strangers.

I am asking for RECIPES or meal plans.

Currently debating whether to return home to STL after college or go someplace relatively nearby like Chicago/Cincinnati. How hard is it to get a decent paying job in the area for a college grad? What about a non college grad? STL does seem less expensive to live in which entices me to move back, but are jobs easy to come by? Is the pay fair?

Before I started my senior year I was already behind on my degree by a semester. This was from not taking a whole bunch of classes some semesters and having to retake others. So what right? That's normal, I'll just finish it out. Then last semester happens and I become so depressed I fail all my classes because I simply stop going to them or turning anything in for about half the semester. Okay, well it's just an extra year right? And I'm getting on an SSRI and things will go better this semester! Felt much better the first two weeks, I was on top of things. Then it happened again. I got too afraid to go to class, afraid of people, too depressed to work and it happened again. I'm going to fail all my classes this semester since I haven't gone to class since February. So now I'm technically still a junior in credits.

So now I've got a lovely whole entire year of Fs. Sure I might be able to get them off as Ws. But even then I doubt I could transfer anywhere with that on my transcript. My school is too expensive after this year they will no longer give me financial aid. And do I really want to be in college for 6 years? I'm done with this. I just want a basic job and to be done. What is a biology degree actually going to do for me anyways? I'd make just as much working my way up as a manager at a retail place as any biology job.

The local university at home is too expensive to justify going to even though it's public. I can't get any scholarship and the Pell doesn't even cover a semester's tuition.

I'm disappointed in myself. Like extremely. I was straight As through high school. I was supposed to do the right thing and go to college, get a degree and a good job. And after 4 years I've just wasted about 15k to do nothing.

Has anyone here gone through a similar things? How did you reconcile with your expectations for yourself?

Edit: And for those wondering what career I want I have no clue. I'm hoping I can just work at PetSmart when I get back and learn to groom dogs. I do in fact plan on living with my parents until my debt is all paid off and I can afford to leave.

Edit 2: I'm am thinking of just trying to find a way to finish out my degree at university my parents might be moving near. They have some virtual options for the time being.

Interested in what coat colors some people might not be a fan of. For me its anything with blue eyes or a bald face.