u/Hair2dayGoon2morrow

I don't know how y'all do it. I'm playing through the whole series for the first time ever, currently on Eternal. I see all the clips here of you guys playing, especially TDA and Eternal, and just going absolute ham, all the weapon swapping and meathooking, and melee spamming, switching between all these combat styles so seamlessly and honestly too fast for me to even register what I'm seeing, and I genuinely have no clue how you guys are all playing like that. Like I get that that's the way it's supposed to be played and canonically how the Slayer would fight, but my brain just straight up does not work that way, I literally cannot think that fast. Maybe it's just my play style as a more casual gamer, but I tend to stick with one weapon for the duration of a fight unless I need to conserve ammo or switch to something more effective for a specific enemy. And a lot of subfunctions like the meathook and flamebelch, and even a lot of spear stuff in Revelations, I hardly ever use, mostly because when I'm just focused on surviving a fight, I honestly forget I even have most of that stuff. And like I'm not griping or complaining, I'm having a fantastic time with these games, but seeing how so many of you play, I'm realizing that I'm probably not experiencing it the way I should.

TL;DR: I am not fast or coordinated enough to do all this crazy, fast, intense fighting you guys all seem to be able to do. Not complaining or looking for advice necessarily, just noting something I've realized for the sake of noting it.

I'm sure this is extremely common, but I just don't know what I'm doing. I'm a 31 year old man, 6', 280 lbs, very little of it muscle. I don't want to spiral here, but I've been heavy my whole life, and extremely self conscious about it, such that it has crippled me with shame. I can't even begin to list the experiences I've denied myself and missed out on because I've been embarassed by how I look. I've never dated, I don't go to the beach, I can't even swim in front of my closest friends and family. I wear jackets on 90 degree days to try to hide the way my shirts hug my body a little too tightly. My whole sense of self worth is thoroughly tied to my weight and physical appearance, and I don't want it to be.

I've been miserable for as long as I can remember but for some reason, I just cannot bring myself to do anything about it, and when I do, it lasts for like 2 weeks tops and it's back to sitting on my ass and eating like garbage. I don't know if it's a mental block thing or just straight up laziness, but I'm aware that I've wasted my life by my own choice (which has opened the door to other mental conflicts that I won't get into here), but I'm really at the point where I feel I can't live this way anymore. It feels different this time.

But the problem is, I'm not food savvy or fitness savvy. I'm a hell of a cook, but I never feel motivated to take the time to cook, much less have to clean everything afterwards. I tried keto briefly because my best friend had done it and it was working pretty well for him. But while I did experience a bit of the feverishness they say comes with it at first, the real reason I fell off was because I felt like I was too limited in what I could eat (carbs are in SO MUCH food).

So does anyone have any advice for overcoming my overwhelming laziness, sticking to some kind or workout, or finding sustainable healthy diets? I just want to start living my life for real, not cowering in shame. Thank you so much if you've read this far.

TL;DR: I'm ashamed of how overweight and lazy I am and I want to know how to do something about it in a meaningful and effective way. Thank you, everyone.

More of a personal dilemma than anything, but I am in a band, and we're currently trying to establish a social media presence to gain a following. Now, I have plenty of issues with SM as a whole, but it's more or less the way of the world and the tools of the day, so I know I'll need to suck it up. My question here is whether or not I should consider it crossing a line to use Twitter/X as one of our points of contact. The place is a cesspool of pretty much anything that ends with -ist or -phobe, but it is unfortunately still one of the biggest and most prominent social networks around. I know Bluesky is a better alternative, and one we intend to use, but as far as I know it's nowhere near the level of global social permeation that Twit-X currently is. I just don't know if using it to try to boost my band's following (we largely share the views expressed here) would be a compromise of our morals and an act of hypocricy. What do you guys think?

Can anyone recommend some good in-ear monitors without breaking the bank? I can't imagine this is an uncommon question. Currently my band does not have any IEM's, and we find ourselves understandably struggling to hear each other when on stage, so it's difficult to even know if mistakes are being made or if someone is off tempo, etc. Now, I know with IEM's you definitely get what you pay for, and we're willing to save up some to get some reliable ones, but we are more often than not pretty strapped for cash, so I'm looking for suggestions for IEM's with a balance of cost and quality (obviously I'm not expecting top of the line, but as long as they work reliably, that's good enough for us). There are 5 of us, so if they come in a set, that's ideal, but we're open to getting individual ones for ourselves if that's the better option. Thanks in advance, guys!

Had my bottom left wisdom tooth removed a week and a half ago, hurt like hell, came out in pieces (I think it may have been impacted, but not sure), dentist said he left some root in, no idea how much. The swelling has diminished to the point where I can almost completely open my mouth again, but I'm still in a lot of pain. Not as much as a week ago, but enough that I'm still gulping down pain meds like tic tacs. I have yet to go one day without being woken up in considerable pain. Not sure if I'd call it throbbing necessarily, but it does sometimes spread up to my ear and down my throat. Thing is, I don't know how much pain is normal and what is excessive after this much time, especially considering how rough the extraction was. There is still a small bump right under the site where it's still a little swollen (my jaw currently opens about 95% of the way or so), so maybe that's just creating pressure that causes the pain I'm feeling? I genuinely have no clue, but I haven't felt comfortable enough to even try to eat anything on that side. I've eaten nothing but soup and yogurt for the last 10 days and I'm getting sick of it. I just don't know if this is normal and I need to give it more time, or if I should try to get it looked at.

TL;DR, 10 days post op, messy extraction, still hurts like hell, though not quite as bad, swelling is MOSTLY gone, but not completely, is it normal, or do I need to make a call? This is my first WT pulled, so I have no precedent or common sense to go by.