u/Luann1497

so i been using this dtf supplier for like 6 months. they were fine at first, decent quality, reasonable shipping. but the last few orders have been getting slower and slower. this time i placed an order a week ahead and they still couldnt get it to me on time

had 50 shirts to press for a corporate event. client paid deposit and everything. i was panicking honestly

started calling around to find anyone who could help. found a place that does same-day printing and they came through. got the transfers the next morning. pressed all 50 shirts in like 4 hours. delivered on time

never relying on one supplier again. gonna keep a backup from now on

anyone else been burned by a supplier going downhill. how do you handle it

I'm a supplement geek and try to find everything about magnesium, zinc. Omega-3s. Plus my dermatologist prescribed tretinoin…

Every month I spend way too long hunting for the best prices. Compare iHerb, then check local pharmacies, search clinic websites. It's all such a mess like 5 tabs open, some spreadsheets. It's exhausting…

Today I saw an ad for one place that claims you can order prescription creams, supplements, and even weight loss meds all from one account, one place and one checkout

It sounds so convenient I’d even say like a dream.

But I'm skeptical. I searched for reviews and couldn't find anything and no Trustpilot

I don't want to gamble with my health. What if I waste money on something that doesn't work?

I'd save so much time if this worked. But in the meantime I'm scared to trust it

currently sitting in my car after another humiliating rental inspection in maroochydore and honestly just wanted to vent

There were literally 60 people lined up for a 2-bedder that smelled aggressively like wet dog and mould. The agent rocked up 15 mins late, didn't even say hi, just unlocked the door and stood there on her phone while we all shuffled through. They want $800 a week for a place with no aircon in the main bedroom. Its just pure extortion at this point

Moved up from melbourne last month for the "lifestyle" but starting to massively regret it tbh. The ironic part is the only smooth part of this entire interstate move was dealing with my old agency down south. My property manager from Ray White Southbank just processed my break-lease paperwork in like two days and actually treated me like a human being instead of an inconvenience.

Up here? I feel like I'm literally begging for the privilege to live in a damp shed. I love the beach but I'm genuinely wondering if this sunshine tax is actually worth it right now

how long did it take you guys to secure a place? My airbnb budget is completely evaporating and I'm losing my mind a little bit

had a private trainer for about two months with my 2 year old german shepherd mix. paid a good amount and honestly didn’t see much real progress. sessions felt rushed, the methods were inconsistent, and my dog still pulls hard and reacts to other dogs on walks. started feeling like i was wasting money.

decided to stop and switch. what made you finally leave a trainer that wasn’t working?

did you notice a clear difference once you switched to a more structured program?

living on the coast for a while now and I love it. but sometimes it feels like anything decent is always a drive down the F3.

I've been wanting to try pilates but it seems like all the good studios are in Sydney or maybe Gosford at best.

anyone on the coast found a good studio locally? or done the home setup thing and stuck with it? I'm near the entrance but don't mind driving a bit if it's worth it

Visiting ABQ next month for a few days and need a decent car rental. Nothing fancy, just something reliable and reasonably priced for getting around the city and maybe a day trip to Santa Fe or the Jemez Mountains.

I checked Turo and found a few interesting options with decent reviews, some local hosts with newer cars at okay prices. But I've never rented through there before so not sure how it actually goes in practice.

Mostly wondering if anyone has used a local rental spot or a peertopeer service and had a good experience. Are the big chains at the airport worth it or overpriced? Any spots downtown worth checking out?

Also, if you've done the Santa Fe drive, is a regular sedan fine or do I need something with a bit more clearance? Appreciate any advice.

Most combat systems treat any win as valid. You can ignore positioning, skip the intended mechanics, and clear the fight on numbers alone. The game never checks whether you engaged with what it actually built. It just moves you forward.

That creates a feedback problem. Players learn the system only needs to be defeated, not understood. Over time the ruleset stops mattering because nothing punishes the gap between a sloppy win and a clean one. Some games try to fix this with grades or optional objectives, but those feel bolted on. They rarely change how the core loop plays.

I keep wondering if the win state itself could be more selective. What if winning without using a specific tool or respecting a constraint had a mechanical cost later, not a moral or narrative one? Not punishment exactly, just the game acknowledging that the method mattered. Most systems stop at success or failure and skip everything in between.

Has anyone tried building encounters where the shape of the victory affects what comes next, and did it actually hold up in testing?

My mom can't live alone anymore. It's the right decision and she's in a good facility and they take care of her

But her house is sitting empty. I'm still paying utilities like insurance, taxes. So every month I'm losing money. And I need to pay for her care and it's kinda expensive I wanna say

I live in another city and I can't manage the sale myself. Indded I can't fix it up. I can't do showings. I can't deal with repairs

I found eazy house sale and they buy houses as-is, close in days and it sounds perfect

But I have no idea how to actually do this

The house is in my mom's name. She's not able to sign documents anymore. I have power of attorney. But I've never used it for a real estate transaction. I don't know what I'm allowed to do. I don't know if I need a lawyer. I don't know if I need court approval

Has anyone sold a parent's house using power of attorney? How did you do it?

I'm stressed and confused. I just want to sell the house and pay for my mom's care

proper doing my head in. tried getting standing tickets for a gig at the arena this morning and watched the entire floor sell out to headless scalper bots in about 14 seconds

The basic captchas they use are a total joke, the automated scripts just solve them instantly now. Feel like local venues are eventually gonna have to force physical hardware verification to stop the touts. like making you authenticate with an orb or a secure local enclave on your phone just to get a binary yes/no that you actually have a pulse before letting you join the queue

Just sick of getting priced out of our own local gigs by server farms. Did anyone actually manage to get a ticket today or are we all just waiting for the resale sites to fleece us?

working at a small B2B SaaS startup and i've been helping clean up the audience for an upcoming feature launch. originally we had a pretty large contact database and the thinking was basically... they're already in there, why not include them? but once we started actually looking at it, it got messy fast. old leads, people who changed companies, accounts that don't really match our ICP anymore, old emails, different job functions etc. we used some tools to clean up the email side, but the bigger PMM question for me is what happens after that. how aggressive are you guys with segmentation for launches?

for example, if the feature is really relevant to maybe 30% of your database, are you only messaging that 30% with very specific positioning? or do you still send a broader announcement and change the messaging depending on segment?

i'm leaning toward smaller segments + much more specific positioning, even if it makes the total reach look kinda underwhelming on paper.

Looking at a 2019 Toyota Camry SE with 52,000 miles. One owner, clean title, and no major accidents on the report. Asking price is $19,800.

Found it at Puente Hills Auto Center used cars and it looked pretty straight in person. Interior is in good shape and it drove fine on a short test.

Is this a solid buy at that price and mileage, or should I keep looking? Mainly need something reliable for daily driving.

Every "how to learn programming" guide insists on manually typing out code instead of copy-pasting, even for basic syntax examples. Makes intuitive sense for building muscle memory, but I'm not sure how much it actually helps once you're past the very early stages versus just being tedious friction that doesn't add real understanding

Curious what people who've actually gotten decent at this think, looking back. Did manually typing everything out genuinely make concepts stick better, or did the real learning happen more from writing your own code from scratch to solve a problem, regardless of how you handled following along with tutorials?

ok so i had this idea to start a shirt printing business but i had basically zero budget. no way i could afford a real screen printing setup. those cost thousands

so i looked for the cheapest way in. bought a used heat press off facebook marketplace for 80 bucks. got some blanks from a wholesaler. started testing dtf transfers

my first client was my cousin who needed 5 shirts for a bachelor party. charged him just enough to cover costs and a little extra. felt like a real business moment lol

that was 2 months ago. now im getting maybe 1-2 orders a week. nothing huge but enough to keep me busy on weekends .next step is building a proper website and maybe running some ads. but honestly im still figuring it out as i go

anyone else start a printing business on a shoestring budget. what worked for you

Read another piece from The Economist about housing markets and it got me thinking. They do these global comparisons of price to income ratios and it always makes Australia look crazy overvalued .

the data they use is so aggregated it's almost useless for anyone actually making a decision. Comparing median prices and rents across entire countries tells you nothing about what's happening in a specific suburb or on a particular street.

Makes me wonder how many people rely on this kind of macro analysis when they should be looking at the actual data that matters for their situation. Council overlays, flood zones, zoning restrictions - stuff that directly affects value but never makes it into these global reports.

I've been using PropCheck recently to get a proper look at properties I'm serious about. Two minutes, shows the actual council rules for a specific address. Seems like a better use of time than reading another broad housing index.

Anyway, just a thought.

flew out for a wedding this weekend and booked a luxury sedan through avis months ago. Specifically chose the tier that explicitly said E-Class. I get to the counter after a delayed flight and the guy straight up tries to hand me keys to a base model chrysler 300. Literally argued with me with a straight face that it's in the exact same luxury tier in their system

Cancelled the reservation on the spot. ended up just sitting in the terminal and snagged a '20 C43 AMG off turo for basically the same daily rate

but honestly guys... is the w205 suspension always this incredibly punishing? I'm used to stiffer setups but hitting bridge expansion joints in this thing feels like getting kicked directly in the spine. the exhaust note is absolutely intoxicating ngl, but my lower back is actually screaming today. Do swapping to 18 inch wheels make that big of a difference over the factory 19s, or is it just the amg tuning?

my daughter's been doing ballet for a few months now and i've just been ordering stuff online cause i didn't know where else to go. she's growing so fast and i feel like i'm constantly buying new stuff. anyone know good local spots for dancewear on the coast?

also if anyone's got recommendations for dance schools on the coast that are good for little ones. she's 5 and just starting out so nothing intense, just somewhere fun where she can keep learning.

just a tired parent trying to figure things out lol. any tips appreciated

Random thought + vent about all this, but I think we underestimate where scams actually begin.

Most people think the scam starts when you get the text, email, or phone call. The fake Amazon message, bank employee or the "your account has been compromised" thing.

But by that point, the scammer has already done the first part. They know enough about you to make the story believable. that's the part I find creepy.

A random message from a stranger is easy to ignore. But when someone already knows your name, your location, maybe an old address, maybe a family member's name... feels completely different. It stops feeling like a random scam and starts feeling like someone actually knows you.

I think we focus a lot on protecting passwords (which obviously matters), but we don't talk enough about how much personal information is already floating around online. Old accounts, old addresses, phone numbers, random public records... stuff most people forgot about years ago.

Maybe I'm just late to realizing this, but I used to think scams were mostly about people being tricked in the moment. Now I think a big part of it is making the victim think: "Wait, how do they know that?"

Curious if anyone else has ever searched their own name and been surprised by what was out there.

just had a 45 min call with a plumbing contractor who is absolutely dead set on having this hyper-detailed crest with like, tiny intertwined wrenches and a microscopic cursive motto

Bro, your trucks drive on the highway. No one is pulling out a magnifying glass in the fast lane to read your 12pt font.

I keep trying to explain scalability but it’s like talking to a brick wall. I literally had to pull up some massive vehicle wrap examples from craftsmenind just to physically show him how real world applications work and why you need bold, simple shapes

He still wants the cursive. Im so tired of trying to save people from their own bad taste tbh. at this point im just gonna collect the final half of the payment and watch his vans look like a blurry inkblot driving down I-95

I swear driving anywhere outside the richardson bubble lately is just asking to get rear ended by a lifted silverado doing 90

I had to drive way down south of the city a few times recently to visit my brother while he was staying at discovery point retreat (he's doing really well thankfully, finally getting his stuff together). but man, the drive back up 75 into our area is just absolute chaos

Between the random lane shifts, the endless construction barrels around campbell, and people aggressively cutting you off to save literally two seconds... its completely exhausting. I just wanted to grab some takeout off greenville and go home, not fight for my life on the highway.

is it just me or did the traffic aggression in dfw just permanently stay at a 10? tbh I kinda just want to never leave my neighborhood again