u/UniquePresence9042

Hello!

I am moving and my home office set up is changing. Currently I have a built in desk with an ugly, but out of sight desk chair. My new place is an open-concept 1 bed penthouse and my desk is going to be in the middle of the common area lol. I work hybrid so my work setup is entirely designed to revolve around the laptop with plug-n-play into the monitors. I am going to be getting a basic writing desk, with unique legs to give it some design flair. My problem is finding a chair.

I cannot find a visually appealing and ergonomic chair for the life of me. Everything pretty looks terrible for my back, and everything ergonomic is so fckin ugly that I don’t want it in the MIDDLE of my otherwise gorgeous apartment. Anybody have insight on where I should be looking? I am stylistically open as long as it is ergonomic and visually appealing. Open to investing up to $400 on the right piece, would prefer to keep it at or under $300. I am not looking for a specific piece, rather a brand or designer that is known to bridge this gap. However, if you have a chair that checks these boxes that you love, PLEASE link it!!!

Has anybody successfully upgraded from a VIP prophet pass to VIP+? How so?

They do not like to answer emails. Take my fckin money ughhhh

Saturday night 🏔️ around 12:30, walked past the fountain headed to other for chase & status. The eye wouldn’t stop following me and I thought it was gonna eat me, so I ran away full speed and hid behind a tree for 15 mins and missed the first 20 mins of the set. I just saw a pic of it that someone posted at night and laughed so hard my chest hurt. By far my funniest roo experience this year. I was TERRIFIED.

I’m going to keep context limited because it will make this 5000000 words long, but I am an open book so open to answering any questions. Nothing is off limits and I am not easily offended. Primarily seeking conservative perspective, but open to others. Key context below.

I am a patrilineal convert living and practicing in the conservative movement. My mom (love her) is “spiritual” and my dad is a hot mess, and is now a member of a megachurch because of his a-hole girlfriend (she’s an a for MANY reasons beyond the evangelism). I have a great relationship with his mom, and had a great relationship with his dad. My dad and I had a period of estrangement from 17-21 that ended with his father’s untimely passing and a somber reunion at his erev shiva. The shiva and funeral were a huge factor in my conversion, and his dad’s death led to reluctant reconciliation that turned into a very positive adult-child/parent relationship for the better part of 5 years. That has been gradually worn down since the gf entered the picture about a year and half ago and completely went left a few weeks ago. After consulting my therapist, my rabbi, praying a lot about this, and sitting with myself, I do not see myself ever speaking to my dad again. He is effectively dead to me. If this was the first time something like this happened, I wouldn’t be viewing it so definitively, but it’s not. This is real and there’s no salvaging it.

I have a lot of feelings about this because letting go of a parent is an extremely difficult decision, even if it is a necessary one. He did not come to my mikvah last year, and I was named as his daughter in his absence. I’m getting married next year and he won’t be at my wedding or walking me down the aisle. My children will not have a maternal grandfather that they know. There’s a lot of grief associated with all of this and while it is my choice, it still feels like he died.

There’s a lot of opinions and superstitions surrounding Yizkor and Kaddish so comments should be interesting. My kneejerk to the way I’m processing all of this is that I should be doing it. I already have experience with Yizkor because my dad is an only child, obviously not practicing anymore and hadn’t been in any capacity for several years prior to my grandfather’s death, and my grandparents were divorced for like 30 years before he died. After deliberation my rabbi determined it was appropriate for me to say Yizkor for my grandfather on his behalf because if not me, then who? Now I feel like I need to say it for my dad too. Asked rabbi, deliberation has ensued again. I have a way of sending him to his network of rabbis with crazy questions, spray tans in the mikvah was a fan favorite (that’s allowed if you were wondering). This one isn’t so funny.

While I wait for a response, I’m curious to know: how do you all feel about ritual mourning for a living, but permanently estranged parent?

Ascent Midtown: 12/10 no notes. Property is gorgeous, extremely clean (lick the floor clean throughout), crossed paths with a few other residents throughout and they all seemed to be peaceful, pleasant people. Late-20s to Early-40s professionals all catching up on work in common areas. Quiet, well-to-do, put together people. Leasing professional was PHENOMENAL. Extremely professional and knowledgeable about the property. I had a tour at Nomia scheduled an hour later and put in app before leaving Ascent because there was 2 people in the lobby interested in the unit of interest. Kinda feel bad for them, but I got there first sooooo. And I’m glad I did. Looks like this is where I’m landing in a 1 bed penthouse and I’m thrilled. I will say the difference in penthouse vs regular units is HUGE and the regular units are not remotely as nice. However, the penthouses are fantastically priced for what you get…..if you can find one available. Penthouse residents don’t leave Ascent and some of them are original residents who have been there for 7 years. I got this unit because it was being used a corporate unit and the company renewed their contract at Peachtree location because it’s cheaper. Pure luck.

Nomia: 7/10 (generous) lots of notes. I still went to this tour…just in case. Units were comparable in price and it was already booked so why not? Got there, concierge walked us straight up to leasing without taking IDs. Leasing agent didn’t even know who the concierge was, sends us back down to concierge and it takes 20+ mins for IDs to process. We got there 10 mins early and didn’t start the tour until 15 mins after our appointment. Leasing agent was nonchalant. Pool is poorly maintained, 3 girls were wasted and passed out/rolling around in a cabana, and even if these two things weren’t true, the pool is less than impressive for a property of this “caliber” because it’s small and super basic. All the hallways smell weird, the residents encountered throughout the tour seemed shady and were super loud in the lobby. Except for one dude who came while we were waiting for IDs to process who came flying down the stairs to tell concierge his washing machine was flooding his entire apartment and nobody was responding to his emergency maintenance request. Great!! First floorplan shown at Nomia (A7) was a vacancy and they didn’t even clean the apartment before showing it. There was crud, dirt, and debris from the previous tenant throughout. Very unbecoming to see a potential apartment for the first time in this condition when rent is $2300/mo. Second floorplan (A8) was a model so it was clean, and a better floorplan. Both of them are not WFH friendly with a monitor setup due to layout, but Nomia does have one of the best apartment coworking areas I’ve ever seen, including no-cost private offices on a first come first served basis. Nomia gym left much to be desired for the cost.

I am not sure how Nomia is making money charging the same price when Ascent is across the street. Idk if I caught them on a bad day, but there were so many red flags and the cost does not feel justified like it did at Ascent where I felt like I was ripping THEM off. I’m so glad I pulled the Ascent unit from market before going over there, I went with my gut and it worked in my favor. Just sharing this here as my first impression experience of both properties for those looking in midtown as recent posts on both properties are fairly limited on this sub.

Narrowed it down to these two. Spill all your beans. I don’t have specific questions, I want the good, the bad, and the ugly. Current residents especially.

Alright roo crew, we’re officially 10 days out so I’m dropping this post. I don’t believe the festival set is going to be the exact same as the tour set. He has a 90 minute hard run, where the tour has flexibility. He now has a whole new 96 minute album since live from Fenway park and that show was 90 minutes with most of Stick Season + 3 other songs played. Noah doesn’t play much pre-Stick Season discography live anymore, minus classics like ‘Mess’, ‘Maine’ ‘Pain is Cold Water’ ‘Youngblood’. Between Stick Season and The Great Divide alone, there’s a little over 2.5 hours of discography to be played in 90 minutes. I believe the tour set is going to be closer to 2 hours because of this, which is why I think Bonnaroo will be different.

Speculate! I want to hear your thoughts.

I’m not naming the property until I speak with the regional manager tomorrow, but I am at a loss for what is happening to me right now. I will be blowing them up on every possible public platform if they do not fix this, but we are not quite there yet. I do, however, need advice NOW.

My lease ends July 6. I began looking mid-April. I found a building that was ideal for me on all fronts and toured because the special was really good. The only issue was they did not have a 1 bed balcony unit available yet because it was before the 60 day notice window for my timeframe. Knowing it was highly likely a resident with a balcony would give notice, I spoke with the assistant property manager prior to touring and was told I could transfer the approval no problem if something became available. I applied to the no balcony unit and was green lit by Approveshield April 28.

My speculation was correct and a 1 bed balcony unit of the same floorplan hit market on May 5 for $100/mo more. Excellent, immediately worked with leasing office and received an official welcome letter for this unit prompting me to set up utilities and mail forwarding. It literally says “your new address is….”

For almost a full month now, I have been planning the entire month of June around this move, lined up everything, and my month is jam packed between moving time allocation and work/personal travel. I get a call today from the new property manager that started this week. She regretted to inform me that she identified I was set to be leasing a renewed unit as part of her incoming audit. It appears the assistant property manager who was overseeing market availability, applications, notices, and renewals prior to her entry allowed the resident of the apartment I was supposed to move into to rescind their notice and renew their lease after I had paid to take it off market, and I was never notified. I never would have been notified if the new manager didn’t catch this. She alluded to the fact that this assistant manager was let go due to this error. That’s a smart call on their end, but does not solve my problem whatsoever. The current resident has an executed renewal and is keeping the apartment.

PM asked me what she can do to keep me. I said the balcony is non-negotiable and the rate isn’t really either. This is not my fault, it’s theirs. No 1 bed balconies available till July 27, August 5, or August 20. I already gave notice to my current contingent on the fact that I paid admin to take the unit I was supposed to get off market. 2 2 bed balconies are available right now, rents are $300 and $500 a month more than the 1 bed I was set to take respectively. I told her I expect them to put me in one of those and bite the difference because as of July 6, I am now currently homeless. She calls regional then calls me back an hour and a half later. Regional declines, states I can take a 1 bed no balcony at market ($100 less) and a $500 one-time concession, or one of the 2 beds at market rate with the same concession. A slap in the fucking face given then egregious negligence of their former employee. I stated that this offer was offensive and requested the RPM call me tomorrow. She stated she will arrange that without issue, and apologized profusely stating she is really surprised by this and doesn’t agree with it. Who would? This is so fucked up. I really like the new property manager and the incompetent asshole that put me in this bind is gone, so I’m not averse to living at this property because I love it.

I have looked at my options at other properties, despite having 1 day this entire month where I am able to tour. 1 bed options that meet my criteria are slim to none.

I’m planning to go into this call tomorrow swinging with an alternative negotiation. Give me the July 27 balcony at market with a $1500 concession for the inconvenience, allow me store my packed belongings in a vacant storage unit on prem until July 27, and house me in a corporate furnished unit July 6-27. My backup WAS going to be asking the regional to override and apply my existing approval to any income qualified apartment in this company’s network so I do not have to repeat applications and have additional hard inquiries on my credit report. Problem…there’s nothing viable for my timeframe available at any of their other properties.

My weakest leverage points are that I initially applied to a no balcony, but I have email threads detailing everything stated above explaining why. Additionally, I am electively having a budget $1500 less than my maximum approval. Just because I can afford a $3k+ apartment does not mean I want to pay that. Nor should I have to when I paid to take a $1900 unit off market a month ago.

This is a fucking fever dream. I have never been so stressed in my life. If anyone in property management or leasing has input on this, please spill. Likewise, if anyone has been through something like this, please spill. I am spiraling. I do not have the time or capacity for the burden this is placing on me.

LiveNation/Ticketmaster/a little bit of Summit’s team….smoking meth. Crack. A LOT OF IT.

This is absolutely a discussion starter but also a rant/shitpost.

I would like to preface by saying I spend a lot of money on shows and festivals. $15k-20k annually. I’m not afraid to cash out big, I do VIP for most fests, etc. I’ve been to over 50 festivals. I will regularly travel to other states and countries for events despite living in a major city. I also enjoy other types of music, and I attended the Eras tour 4x. Live music is life and I am very experienced with shows/tickets/fuckass Ticketmaster. I know ball, and I have a high threshold for ticket cost.

Logged into CTRL ESCAPE cashapp pre-presale for multiple cities and was honestly floored by the face value prices. Let’s not bash Summit too hard for this…they could’ve opted out of dynamic but they also don’t exactly choose the prices. LiveNation/Ticketmaster is smoking all the rocks. What the actual fuck. I knew from intel full floor would be GA. I had no intel on pricing but assumed they would be $100-200. Would’ve loved to spend $100 on a floor ticket. Every single show…$240+. Lower bowl? $200-400. And then nosebleeds are $40-60 but now reselling for well over $100. I’m actually shocked. It’s like this for every city. John Summit tickets for comparable, prime location lower bowl seats are the same price as what I paid for Taylor Swift in Canada, both face value. John Summit who plays festivals where a a multi-day GA that includes him and tons of other artists costs the same or within $150 as a floor seat to his arena tour.

I’ve already seen some discourse circulating across social media, but not enough people are talking about this. Let it rip in the comments. Did you guys buy, are you waiting it out, or are you not attending out of protest and/or funds?

I’m a pretty fit/athletic mid-20s female. I’m a former competitive athlete and need something in my adult life to scratch the itch. I’ve done 2 sprint triathlons and they were good but I didn’t enjoy them enough to commit to Ironman, mainly because of the swimming. It’s not a discipline issue, it’s a preference/enjoyability issue. Hyrox seems more compatible with my ADHD lol.

I lift 4-5 days per week and I’m a lean machine. I’ve been interested in hyrox for a while and I’m thinking I might run the women’s open in Nashville later this year to try it out.

Make fun of me for using AI, but I talked to Claude about it and based on my current stats in the gym, cardio is my biggest area for improvement. Claude thinks, based on my average whoop stats and lifts, that I could finish in 90-110 minutes if I ran a Hyrox tomorrow, with the running being my biggest issue. Basically, I have the capacity to smoke the actual events individually, but the run fatigue will eat me up towards the second half. With it being hybrid, that’s obviously not ideal. Claude thinks that if I can lock in my cardio for 6 months, I’ll run it sub 90 in Nashville and tbh I think I can do it. Claude being the overzealous AI it is says that if I stick with it I can be pro in 24 months. I’m not even entertaining that nonsense until I do an initial race, but it sounds cool if I enjoy the concept in practice.

2 questions:

1. Since my baseline is already pretty fit, do I need to take the classes? I’d say my knowledge of overall training is advanced. I have a Hyrox gym close enough if I need this, but I’m not sure it’s necessary.

2. How the hell do you people train extended cardio without being bored af? I power walk/jog on the treadmill for 20 mins 2-3 days per week alongside my lifts, but I know I need to up it to 30-60 minutes of zone 2-5 jogging 4-5 days per week if I’m going to do this. I’m physically capable of going longer, but mentally I get so bored.

Has anybody gone to Ultra Europe with Yacht Week? What was it like? Would you do it again?

I’ve been interested in Yacht Week for about 5 years as a bucket list trip before I round out my twenties. I’ve also been interested in attending Ultras outside of Miami. Seems like a pretty great itinerary for me lol. Too late for this year, but strongly considering for next year.

I’m moving to SoNo in July. I currently live close enough to a planet fitness with plate-loaded equipment. The tower square location is decent but it doesn’t have the full selection I need. I’ll keep that membership because it’s cheap and convenient for certain things, but I’m going to need something to supplement it. LA fitness midtown isn’t great from what I’ve heard from friends (outdated, crowded, etc). I’m not interested in joining Forum at Ponce because it’s extremely crowded and you wait for like every machine at all hours. It’s also a sea of tripods. Closest Lifetime is in N Druid Hills which is too far for consistent use. Carbon is too far as well. There’s no Crunch or OneLife ITP at all.

I need a solid gym with free weights and a well-rounded plate-loaded selection in either Midtown or O4W. Everything that I haven’t stated is either a training facility or too far. I’m not a snob, I’ve been perfectly fine with planet but I’m going to be too far to continue using them for my full program for reasons already stated. I’m also not cheap and can afford to pay for a more premium option if the logistics, selection of equipment, and hours makes sense. I’m prioritizing my needs over price here and planet has happened to work so well for very cheap, but cost isn’t actually the motivator there.

What am I missing? Why isn’t there a solid gym in Midtown/O4W that isn’t extremely crowded and poorly maintained? Can someone open one….there’s def demand 🫠

PS. I’m very familiar with both these areas. I’m an ATL native so this is a local move and I currently commute to Midtown. My office does not have a gym.

It’s almost exactly the same. Please tell me someone else with a reference point related to this. Not the face rush specifically, but the full body tingle.