u/Pod-Bay-Doors

I had a great time with this film , I loved Kara's characterisation and how Ruth acts as a mirror forcing her to confront her own trauma.

I thought Krem was a little underdeveloped, but they did a great job of making him seem genuinely gross and unlikable. So he works functionally as a villain.

Lobo was fun , I think the film is better than Superman from a visual standpoint.

I really love the themes of not letting your past define your future and living a good life in spite of those who hurt you.

Overall I'd give it a 7.5/10

So me and my friend , it must have been around 6 months ago. He told me that his grandad didn't have long left to live , I told him that I was so sorry and that I'd be here if he ever needed to talk about it. 

I think it's worth mentioning that we hadn't been talking much if at all , it's one of those friendships where for a long time I was putting in all the effort and wasn't receiving much back. 

He didn't ever respond to my message telling him I was there for him , I know its understandable because of what he told me. But this was something that was all too common with them , they'd read my messages and not respond all the time so almost zero contact became the default in my brain.

We'd been friends for a long time but it was withering because of the fact that I was the one who had to message first it was always me reaching out to him and never the opposite, and then he'd tell me he values me as a friend because I'm his only friend but then leaves me on read almost every time.

Also in the time period I mentioned (6 months) my mum went in for major surgery and she almost didn't make it , it was insanely stressful and heartbreaking. Thank god she made it but then shortly after, my dog passed away. I was in such a low place for a while and I'm not making excuses but it definitely contributed, it's only now that this friend reaches out to me and explains that the reason they removed me on social is that they were hurt that I didn't reach out to them during their granddad being sick.

One think I'll admit is that I process grief in a different way to him , I tell friends and family that I just need to process it and then I go quiet and reserved but I let them know that I'll ask for support if I need it (and I have). My friend is different in this way but the communication between us was so broken that I didn't know what he wanted from me , I was literally a message away and I guess I was just fatigued from the years of not every having the energy and effort I put in be reciprocated. 

I still told them that I was there if he ever needed me or wanted to talk about it but now it seems like he's trying to say I'm a bad friend for not reaching out to him during this time , he said he's not trying to guilt trip me but it certainly feels like it.

I lost my grandad some years back and it was horrible , so I know exactly how it feels and I would have been there for him if I'd have known. I feel like I should mention that his grandad had been given a short time to live before and managed to fight it off , so in my message that he ignored I tried to be as optimistic as possible whilst still communicating that I was there for him.

On top of all the stuff I mentioned earlier that I was going through , I was balancing university as well. If any other context is needed I'm happy to provide it.

AITAH? I genuinely don't even know.

I absolutely love 3D and wanted to build my own budget 3D setup and was on a good path to doing so , I bought a pre-owned (but recently serviced) Acer H7550BD 3D DLP Projector. It's native 1080p, and apparently has decent contrast or so I'm told.

I bought it for around £85 and I bought the glasses I needed and even bought a projector screen a soundbar and then the projector arrived and I tried turning it on , and the lamp doesn't turn on.

It beeps and then after the fan boots and like 20 seconds later it turns off after flashing a red light above the lamp text , massively disappointed. If I had to guess it probably got damaged in transit.

But I'll get my money back , I need to know if there's a good 3D DLP native 1080p projector I can get for a similar price?

I bought this and was really excited about the active 2D-3D conversion feature , so ideally one that also has that if possible?

If any of you guys are knowledgeable about this subject any help would be greatly appreciated, thanks in advance.

Much love 🙏