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There is a user on here that I blocked a few months back that is active in a certain community that I am, and they still keep commenting on my posts for some reason. Can somebody tell me why/how this is happening? At first I don’t get a notification for their comment (because they’re blocked, presumably) and their comment is hidden and by their name it says ”blocked user” and when I go to their account it says “you’ve blocked (username).”

What is the point of blocking somebody if they can still interact with what I post? I don’t know if this user is aware that I have them blocked but I don’t want to see anymore of them on my content :( Help needed!

I used to never have this issue because my old spa would block 30 minutes extra on every appointment to avoid this, but my new spa only books 15 minutes. While this is plenty of time to get set up in between, it doesn’t leave a lot of wiggle room for clients that are late for whatever reason.

For example, say I have a client who’s getting a 45 minute massage at 3:00 and then I have another client pretty much immediately after at 4:00. if my 3:00 shows up 5 mins late, then takes a minute to use the restroom, has to fill out an intake form, and then time to allow them to get undressed and comfortable on the table, I may not get into their room until 3:15 which gives me no time to complete the full massage and then get set up for the next one. I also like to have my clients breathe in essential oils before I technically start my timer, just as some complementary aromatherapy.

I obviously don’t want to be late for my next client who didn’t do anything wrong, but I still want my first client to get a decent amount of their massage as well, especially if they were only a little bit late and they don’t make a habit of doing it because I know things happen. If they were significantly late it would be a different story. So, what would be the best way to go about a client experience like this?

I’m renewing my Alabama license at the end of November, and I’m trying to get all my ducks in a row. I’ve never been super tech savvy and I just tend to get confused at all the requirements so I asked my brother if he would come over and help me have a look, which he agreed to do.

I seriously don’t think I’ve ever been so frustrated before. I already had a ton of issues with getting licensed initially, with the main issue being that they would not send me my physical license. I called the board and emailed them probably upwards of 30 times and it took them almost an entire year to send me a physical copy. They did not answer a single call or email.

Now, I’m on the official AMTLB website trying to look at the requirements to renew and the renewal application. Every time I try to go to the renewal application it prompts me to sign in, which I do, and then it takes me to what is essentially only a screen that shows my active license and personal info. There’s an option at the top that says “applications,” and the only 3 options it shows are: establishment, massage instructor license, and request name change. So then I try and go back to the other page with the renewal license and then it continues prompting me to sign in and the same thing just happens in a loop, it takes me to the other portal where I don’t have any option to renew.

So, we tried going to online.AMTLB.org to see if that would work any differently, and I signed in (I had to change my password for this one) and when I sign in it is quite literally just a blank screen that says “hello (my name)” and on the top right there’s a menu with options like settings, and literally none of them work when you click on them. And that is the ONLY thing on the screen. My brother is a software developer and he tried reading the website info or whatever and he could not find out why it’s acting like this.

I have seriously had it up to here with the Alabama state board and I’m just wondering if anyone, from Alabama or otherwise, is having any of these same issues. I’ve already emailed them twice as well as sent a message directly from the AMTLB website and have gotten no response. I will try calling up there on Monday, but I’m not hopeful at all that they’ll pick up get back to me.

I’m honestly not sure if this is an autism thing, but none of my neurotypical friends seem to be able to relate to this. I ALWAYS have a song stuck in my head. Literally always. It makes it hard to focus. Hard to read, hard to sleep, hard to hold conversations sometimes.

Usually it’s just whatever song I heard last. The last song I listened to in the car? Stuck in my head until I hear another. Same thing with if I heard a song on tiktok or whatever kind of video I was just watching. I’ve tried all the advice I can find but I can’t seem to turn off the music inside my head!

Does this happen to anyone else, and is it as infuriating for you as it is for me?

It’s probably been three years since I’ve ordered from Shein, but my mom wanted to order some stuff and I told her I would try to find a coupon code for her. I would typically just Google “shein coupon code” and one for 15% or 20% would pop up and I would use that. It would be a different code every time but it would always work. When I tell y’all I went through legitimately probably 100 codes that I found scouring the internet and they all either said “coupon code isn’t valid” or something about it not meeting the minimum requirement, but no mention of what the requirement is. I’m frustrated because I wanted to help get my mom a good deal. The weirdest part is they all said stuff like “verified code, used 40 minutes ago” but they didn’t work for me. Did SHEIN change the way they do the coupon codes or something?

So, I listen to a LOT of audiobooks. I would say about 75% of the way I read is audiobooks, and I’m at 70 books for this year. Sometimes you’ll get a narrator that’s a dud, but rarely ever do I have to actually stop listening to the book because of a bad narrator.

This morning, however, I decided that I’m finally going to do it. I’ve waited MONTHS on Libby for the “Not Quite Dead Yet“ audiobook, and I’m 20% in and throwing in the towel. The narrator‘s voice is just so grating, and every single character that she voices besides the main character is the same unbearable voice. If any of y’all have watched That 70’s Show, just picture something similar to Midge’s voice. And then picture that for 14 hours straight.

I wanted to power through because I’ve been super excited about this book, but unfortunately I’m going to have to pick up a physical copy because all the enjoyment has been sucked out of it.

What audiobook was completely ruined for you because of this?

Hey everyone. I’ve been an LMT for about two years now and this is the only time I’ve ever felt uncomfortable with a client, and I wanted some opinions and advice on the situation.

I had a client book this morning at 9:00 for an 11:30, which was my earliest appointment today. That’s fine, I don’t have anything wrong with last minute appointments typically. But I do know that some MT’s have their guard up for last minute appointments for people trying to book for nefarious reasons.

I live about an hour away, and I get there to set up, and my client ends up being 15 minutes late. I didn’t have anyone after her so I wasn’t TOO worried about it. There was also a bit of a language and culture barrier so I was wondering if she was potentially new to the area and had trouble finding it, or if she was a little confused about the timing, idk. These two things didn’t bother me, but it’s what happened after that made me start to question everything a little bit.

After she filled out her intake form and I took it to look at it, I was a bit taken aback. For starters, the name on the intake form was different than the name she had booked under, and she put that she didn’t have a job, and she didn’t put an address or an email address. Again, she definitely could be new to the area and still looking for a job, or there could be plenty of other reasons, and somebody else could’ve booked the appointment for her. That happens a lot, so that in itself wasn’t the main thing that concerned me.

The thing that had me taken aback was when I got down to the diagram that asks the client to circle/mark which areas they would like massaged. On hers, she had circled the breasts, buttocks, and groin areas. I was seriously confused and freaked out and debated if I should even go into the room. But i thought about it, and like I said, there was definitely a little bit of a language barrier. So then I thought that maybe she had misunderstood the question and was actually circling parts that she did NOT want massaged.

Since this seemed like the likely answer, I decided I would go forth with the massage. I thought: okay. I’ll go into the room and see how she’s laying. if she’s on top of the sheets vs under them, if she’s in a suggestive position, etc. I was truly worried that this woman was expecting a service that I certainly don’t offer. But the massage itself was completely normal, she even kept her underwear on, and nothing else weird happened for the rest of the session.

What do you guys think? Does this sound like a case of someone wanting an illicit service and then realizing that I do not provide that, or am I being silly to even think that?

Sorry if this has been asked before! I’m a long time episode watcher, first time feed watcher, but every time I go to the feed it’s just showing cats lol. I know that they shut the feeds down during comps and other things, but WHY exactly do they do this? I remember watching it as a teen with my mom and they would start an endurance HoH comp and then say to tune in to the live feeds to see who wins.

I don’t see how it could be for potential spoilers, because once the feeds come back you’re still able to see/hear whoever won the HoH or veto comps, no? I remember my friend telling me that she accidentally spoiled it for herself from watching the live feeds but I feel like that’s kind of a watch at your own risk kind of thing! Plus, the episodes obviously still have to cut down on a lot and therefore cant show entire comps. I’m sure there are plenty of people who would love to watch the houseguests do the whole comp without it being edited!

I have an iPhone 16, ios26.4.2, that I’ve had since October of last year. For the past few months now, every time I listen to music (or audiobooks or whatever, the app I’m listening on doesn’t affect it) in my car, it will randomly stop and pop up a blue screen that says “voice control.”

Before this started happening, I was having the same exact issue except it would be with siri. I ended up turning Siri off entirely and it fixed the issue, but I’ve turned every single thing off in my settings that I can find that’s related to voice control and this is STILL happening. It happens whether my phone is locked or open. I don’t touch anything. It just pops up and interrupts whatever I’m listening to. This will happen multiple times every single time Im in the car. It’s extra frustrating because that forces me to have to use my phone for a moment while I’m driving, and obviously I do NOT want to have to do that.

Can anyone help? I’m getting so pissed off at this.

There’s a user that I blocked over a month ago, and somehow they were able to comment on one of my posts??? I thought that when you blocked someone, they were unable to see your posts/comments/general interactions. Am I misunderstanding the point of blocking someone on this app? And it does say “blocked user” by their name, so I know for a fact that I did block them.

Help please!

There’s a user that I blocked over a month ago, and somehow they were able to comment on one of my posts??? I thought that when you blocked someone, they were unable to see your posts/comments/general interactions. Am I misunderstanding the point of blocking someone on this app? And it does say “blocked user” by their name, so I know for a fact that I did block them.

Help please!

I recently moved away from the spa that I have worked at since I got my license, which is coming up on two years now. It was amazing for a starter job, but unfortunately the location just wasnt great and I was not getting booked with the clientele that I want at this point in my career, so I moved to a different spa in a city about 20 minutes away. A lot of my regulars already traveled a bit of a distance to come see me at my original location and it doesnt make sense for them to continue to see me, which totally makes sense. I had about 12 regulars, and only 2 of them are following me to my new spa.

I am absolutely over the moon about the new location. The benefits are incredible, I’m already averaging more weekly clients there, everything about it is great except for the fact that I’ll have to get used to an entirely new clientele and I’ll miss my old clients 😭 I’ve already cried a couple times thinking about how I’ll likely never see/get to work on them again!

Is this relatable or am I just too emotional? lol

I got my device from a TMJ specialist in August of last year, so I’ve had it for nearly a year now. I had to get a second one made almost immediately because my first one wasn’t extended far enough and I was still grinding off my teeth, and now the second one leaves quite a big space between my top and bottom teeth.

The issue is that I now can’t close my front teeth at all. I used to be a big nail biter and now I’m not able to bite my nails at all because I can’t close my front teeth, which I guess is a little bit of a blessing in disguise. However, it’s a lot more difficult to eat now because it feels like I just can’t chew properly anymore and I’m having to relearn how to with the way my mouth is now. I also don’t like how my smile looks as much anymore and it’s just little things that bother me.

Is this something I should talk to my doctor about? it’s been a few months since Ive went to see him and I only started to notice this AFTER my last visit. is this normal or worth mentioning?

I recently made a post here about how I’m watching all of the survivor seasons in order as I’ve never seen all of them, and I’m currently on season 8.

One person that grew on me is LEX, for sure. On season 3 I really disliked him at first, and then towards the end of the season was pretty neutral on him. On season 8, however, I absolutely love him. I’m not sure if it’s just a difference in the edits he got on the two seasons but he seems to have grown a lot as a person. I just finished watching his eviction and it made me so sad, lol.

Do yall have anyone you feel this way about?

I don’t want to get into all of it here, I would prefer to talk to someone one-on-one in messages. But basically I’m really struggling right now with a lot things going on in life, but especially my relationship with my boyfriend. It’s been going on for a while and I feel so unsure what I should do, what would make me happy, what would be the best thing to do for myself. I feel so overwhelmed and lost. I just need some unbiased and kind conversation, please ❤️

So my first season of survivor was One World when I was 12, and I’ve watched every season since then. After watching season 50 and seeing so many references to the old seasons, old school vs. new school, etc., I decided that I would watch all of the seasons from the beginning. I don’t know much at all about the early seasons except for what I’ve heard mentioned on the seasons that I’ve watched.

I seriously didn’t realize HOW different it would be. Obviously I knew it would be very different, but it’s so curious to me to see how many things have changed. It’s so weird to watch the competitions and Jeff isn’t commentating the whole time, no immunity idols, essentially no strategy compared to modern day survivor. I was absolutely FLOORED when I first heard them talking about how it’s unfair to form alliances, lol. I’m on episode 9 and my favorite players are currently Colleen and Kelly.

I’m so excited to keep watching and see all of the iconic players that have been talked about and invited back but on their original seasons! And I’m excited to see the progression of the game from what it is then to what it is now. This season is a little bit boring and you can tell they were really finding their footing, but it’s also equal parts interesting because it feels like an entirely different show.

Which season do yall think I’m going to love??

I took my cat to the vet yesterday because she’s been having issues with peeing everywhere, as well as fighting with my other cats. I was at the vet for about 3 hours before they asked me to leave her overnight, and I came to get her this morning and waited an additional 2 hours. I don’t want to have to go back and deal with those wait times again, but obviously I will if I have to. This vet is the highest rated in my county so that’s why I was willing to deal with the long wait times to get the best care for my cat.

Anyway, she was prescribed: Baytril 20mg once a day, and 1/2 magestrol acetate 20mg for a week, then every other day for a week, and then every three days for two weeks. At first I tried just putting the pill (i started with the baytril) in her mouth, but she wouldn’t take it. So then I tried crushing it up and getting her to swallow and she was not having it. The issue with this kitty is that she is very picky. She doesn’t eat wet food, any kind of cat treats, tuna, anything like that. The only thing she likes is her dry cat food, and she LOVES dairy. I don’t let her have dairy regularly but I’ve caught her on more than one occasion licking ranch or butter, so I tried crushing it up and putting it in a small bit of butter. She did not want it at all and started growling at this point.

Right now I have her in a room by herself (doctors orders) and I put the half magestrol acetate in a bit of cheese, but she has not touched it. I looked up if I’m able to crush up the pills with a bit of water and put it in a syringe but it says to contact your vet first. I’ve called them twice to talk to them about this and they won’t pick up, and they close in two hours. If I’m able to do this, I’m sure i could get her to take it this way, but I don’t want to do anything that would make her medication less effective.

What do I need to do?

I got diagnosed with TMJ a little under a year ago after repeatedly being misdiagnosed with ear infections due to having ear pain for months on end. I have now been fitted for a mouth guard that I at first had to wear 24/7, and now I only have to wear when I’m sleeping. I wear my mouth guard every single night, I try to limit foods and activities that cause my ear to hurt, but it’s still so painful. I don’t have any other pain from my TMJ other than the ear pain. It just feels like a burning that comes and goes and gets worse when I eat, swallow, cough, yawn, sneeze, smoke… most things irritate it.

I just want the pain to go away 😭

I’m 26, and I became aware of the name trypophobia and the fact that I had it when I was about 12. For me, it’s not just holes that bother me, but it’s any little clusters of things. Ant hills, schools of small fish, things like that. It doesn’t make me feel “scared” as much as it makes me feel almost a sense of dread and disgust and extreme anxiety. Yesterday I was driving and I got behind a big truck carrying a bunch of pipes with all of the holes facing outward and I saw it and immediately got dizzy and nauseous and I felt like I was going to pass out. It’s a very legitimate thing for me.

Lately online, I’ve seen a lot of people downplaying it and basically saying that it doesn’t exist, and it just really bothers me. It’s like people forget that the entire point of a phobia is that it is irrational. And that it’s not always a “fear,” but rather an extreme aversion, at least in my case. It makes me both embarrassed to bring it up and very angry at the prospect of even having to explain myself.

I’m not sure how many others suffer from this phobia or how common it is, but it honestly doesn’t matter to me. It seems as if some people on the internet view it as a trend, but that’s not what it is. It exists, it’s real, I have it, and that’s that.