u/NicoleASUstudent

TLDR: What aspects go into Apple shows that separate the great from the hard to watch? How can foundation and for all mankind both be sci-fi but later seasons vary so greatly in quality?

It's my first time posting here. I hope this is an okay post. Please be kind- if you think my questions/comments are dumb, just move along. :)

There are some great apple shows that are well done from all aspects. I love slow horses, shrinking and most of the morning show.

There are a few that seem like they would be amazing but they just aren't. Specifically, for all mankind (later seasons,) seems like it could have been a banger (like foundation) but I kept getting reminded it was people acting rather than being pulled into the world. Also the latest season of Silo, and I noticed it again in the latest episode of dark matter.

I'm not judging people if they love these shows. I'm curious if anyone else has noticed this and if so, is it acting, editing, production, or something else about creating a show I'm not aware of. Now that I think of it, even the last episode of Ted lasso had a little bit of that something about it that seemed off. Is it the industry at large? Budget? Writing?

Again, thank you for taking the time to respond with kindness if you have insight into these things. I probably don't belong on Reddit because I get my feelings hurt easily but I'm willing to take the risk on this because I am genuinely curious.
Thanks. :)

I saw this on r/pourstea. Makes me so proud to be part of this community.

I accidentally posted that the next protest will be on sept. 17th. Oops! I was too excited and made a mistake. Posting this again to make sure people know the right date.

Check out the No Kings website to make plans to come out and protest or remind friends and family. There will be more locations than are currently listed. I have reached out to them to add them to the map. The other thing I said in the other post is I am always happy to hear sign ideas as I usually panic until the last minute trying to find the perfect sign to covey all my feelings.

Here we go guys!

Ugh. I am posting because I just CANNOT let this go. Thank you to anyone who can give some support.

I love the livestreams. A lot. During the most recent one I made TWO mistakes. I was having a really bad day and wasn't thinking clearly. The first mistake, John read out loud. I died a little bit. He saw my correction and read that, so wow that was close.

Then later I meant to type, "... are such dicks," which I would not normally have said anyway (I try to stay positive,) but switched the h with a k!!!!!!

OMG I am mortified. I have been part of the streams for quite a while now and I know they see my comments regularly. They usually mention one every other stream.

I keep playing this look John got on his face at about the time he would have seen it and I am convinced that, A.) they will never read my comments again, B.) they think of me differently and C.) that I brought negativity to the stream!! I immediately apologized to the mods and they are family with me so they knew it was a mistake but I am dead.

Please guys, help me out. I feel awful and worry about it every night along with the long list of real world horrors going on in my life.

ANY input from my people would be so so appreciated. I thought about sending an email through DH&J apologizing, but I don't want to bother Rosiana who has always been so kind to me. (She replied to a question I asked for the show and was supportive and loving. It meant a lot.)

What do I do???? GAH. I am sick over it.

(For anyone part of the livestreams my username is bluesmudge.) I hope it isn't a mistake including that.

Thank you again.

This is a follow up post. In my first one, I mentioned that since the update my speed resets to 1.0 each time I open the app. I spent 45 minutes chatting with tech-support and they finally confirmed it is unknown issue, and said a possible fix is resetting the app.

They will not confirm that my downloaded books will still be on my phone. I thought it was a simple question because resetting the app should not be the same as deleting it and re-downloading it, but I wanted to check with you guys. I asked five times and the closest I got was "your downloaded books should not be affected in an ideal situation."

Since people have been reporting that they can no longer download books on desktop, I was worried this might happen with the mobile app. I have hundreds of books and haven't gotten around to using libation (sp?) yet.

Thank you for your input. (I don't want "audible" to reply recommending a private chat because I am not going through that again.)

TLDR: I am looking for a place online to work through the birth trauma that is suddenly affecting my daily life.

I wasn't sure where else to post this, asking for help. The short version of some of the things that happened: I had a baby in May of 2020 with 40 hours of labor ending in an emergency c-section. I couldn't have anyone with me through any of it. They messed up the c-section badly then I had to choose between getting my own medical care or being in the NICU with my baby. I was in really bad physical shape but the PPD was telling me she was in danger. Within 24 hours of my daughter being born, I had to sign papers relinquishing custody to the state because of a false positive in her poop (there was nothing in my system) for a medication that hadn't been manufactured in 20 years but was still on a list of CPS warnings. I was allowed to take her home after a week, with the explanation that we should expect home visits any time, day or night, without warning and had no one we could contact. When the social worker came out she explained it was obviously a mistake but that was six months later with utter shock, fear, and uncertainty the whole time.

I don't know why but six years later I am having nightmares, intrusive thoughts, crying randomly about it and am sort of shutting down. The obvious solution would be to get therapy but I cannot afford it.

Does anyone know of resources I can access or a place online I can go to work through some of this? I finally had a hysterectomy which fixed a lot of the physical problems the c-section caused but the emotional/mental damage is significantly impacting my life.

I am sorry if this is the wrong place for this post. I love being part of this community and figured I would try here.

Thank you for your thoughts.

The details don't matter I guess. Bottom line I have physical and mental limitations that keep me from doing all the things that my mom did for me. I could push myself harder! I could do so so much more and give them a better life!

The problem is I just don't. That part of my brain that controls motivation is just gone right now and has been for the last nine months to a year.

I do the minimum necessary and have been open with them about my limitations but I worry that even that is going to give them some sort of complex because they know their mom isn't perfect.

They have clean clothes and clean sheets. They get to school on time and eat three meals a day. We go to doctors appointments and my 11-year-old and six-year-old both feel comfortable enough to come to me whenever there is anything they need to discuss to work out what kind of human they want to be when they are older.

They know they are loved even if they don't get as much one-on-one time with me as they want and quite frankly deserve.

I don't know how to put down the stick I keep beating myself up with. Either I'm going to do more or I'm going to continue to do less but I wish I could get to a place of acceptance with it. It's like I use the agony of not feeling good enough to tell myself I should be doing more.

Anyway I don't know if anyone can relate to this but I'm just so tired of stuck. There's a list of 10 things I want to do every day that would make me feel like I was being a better mom and it just doesn't happen.

I feel like I am so far from living up to my potential that I am actually a bad mom.

OK… Thank you for listening to my sad talk. I've never posted here before but I get a lot out of your posts and comments. Hit me with whatever you got. Thank you in advance.

-A sloth in mom's clothing.

I was watching the newest episode of game changers and I recognized the points voiceover but it was like an itch in the back of my brain. It was so crazy! It took me till the third points reading to realize it was Alex Horne! I wasn't sure where else to post it so I figured I would share it with you guys.

If you like game changers or taskmaster, what else do you watch? They are two of my favorite shows ever and I'd like recommendations. (Also movie recommendations if you're up for it.)

DFTBA. :)

I am sorry if this is asked a lot- I tried searching previous posts and couldn't find a fix. Thank you for your help, in advance, and for being kind. I know we probably handled this wrong; we have a lot going on right now.

We transferred ownership from him to me so I could have access to settings and such. While he was the owner, he made a payment, and now that I am the owner, it shows no payment history.

Is there any way to fix this? I think he made a mistake transferring ownership to me but even though I was a shared user, I was very limited on what I could change.

Is there a way that both he and I can have the same control over the app? That would have solved the problem before we did this.

Again, thank you for your help and for being kind.

Hi. :)

I like to trim (not shave) my hair in any places that chafe. Basically one designed for super sensitive areas that are hard or impossible to see if you catch my drift. I am 42 and during my second pregnancy gained about 150 pounds during and after. I have since lost the weight and am super stretchy all over.

I've been using one that doesn't have a ceramic safety guard, I think it is some sort of bikini trimmer, and I've gotten nicks enough time that I have become nervous.

Has anyone found a trimmer they like? A few I have looked at our called the lawnmower or manscapes and stuff like that.

Thank you for your input!

Hello to my emotional support nerds.

I have had a lot going on lately and like the title says, I haven't been able to keep up on the newsletter, Hank's channel, vlogbrothers, AHA, and certainly not any interviews or things like that with John's new book or collaborations with other creators.

What's crazy is I feel guilty about it!

I think it started during the live stream this month when I asked a question and someone mentioned they had spoken about the topic in a recent video.

Has anyone else ever felt this way? I know it's not a reasonable demand to place on myself but somehow I have. Also there is a sense of FOMO. I have real life friends that I connect with at least over the phone regularly, but you guys are my community.

My life is really falling apart right now. Vlogbrothers has always been a source of emotional support. And again, I am missing my community.

I'd be grateful for your thoughts. Thank you in advance. It's silly, but I'm crying even typing this.

Also if you are comfortable answering, how much of your teeth is actually still your teeth? I mean like how many crowns, implants, fillings or things like that do you have?

I always used a sonicare toothbrush but I feel like they are too much now that most of my teeth are crowns and crowns that have had to be replaced at least once. I don't have a tooth that is more than 1/4 filling.

By the way I have always had excellent oral hygiene! I floss with toothpaste before I brush, then brush for at least two minutes, then use a water pick, and in recent years I have switched to using prescription fluoride once a week before bed.

Anyway, thank you for your input.

The best I have ever found were champion sandals I got 10 years ago at Walmart. They don't make anything remotely similar that I have found. I was thinking Birkenstocks but I'm not sure I can afford them.

Thank you.

I posted my first 4 x 3 today and went through and did everyone else's.

Do you guys think there is enough traction that we could have a resource of everyone's puzzles? Is this something I should send to the mods?

I love that people are doing this and that I got to be a part of it.

:)

I know a lot of people have been doing this, I hope it isn't a bother. I would really like your input! Especially on the order of the categories and if I should change one of the words (I will put which I want to change in spoiler mode after people try it. 😄

I am also okay with an explain like I am 15. :)

Thank you.

My cardiologist is suggesting a 3 year loop recorder. I've done some research but also wanted to ask my fellow zebras about it.

I'm worried about extra migration because I had an IUD 20 years ago that didn't like its home and some piercings that said, "nope."

Also I had a lot of complications from my c-section and when I had my hysterectomy my doctor said I was an adhesion factory.

Thanks for sharing your experiences!