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Lolita shoes care - help needed

I had my btssb rocking horses and antaina tea parties for years. 1,5 y ago I moved to a new place and both, after like 3 wears, started to disintegrate. I also had pu leather boots, cheap taobao brand, wore them multiple times before, and after a few wears here, the soles cracked in half.

The main difference is that I moved to the place with less humidity and higher average temperature by ~2-4 degrees Celsius and slightly harder water. After wearing them, I wash them after each wear (warm water + occasionally dish soap if very dirty) and make sure they're wiped dry before putting them into the closet. Antaina ones I had for 10 years, so it wouldn't be a surprise that they gave up, but it's weird that all 3 pairs broke at the same time. I have 2 other pairs of lolita shoes (another antaina and nameless ones), and they're in mint condition, but I haven't worn them outside yet.

Do you have any tips on how to prevent it? How do you care for your pu shoes, using protective sprays/oils, washing them with demineralised water, storing them in a specific way?

I'd also like to know if it's possible to fix the cracks on rocking horses because losing them would hurt the most T-T

u/anarakko — 9 hours ago

Coming down from 2g 3mmc + 3g 4cmc

I went on my first stims binge. Started out with 2g 3mmc, but events escalated and went out for more, but all I could find was 4cmc, which I know is pretty damn neuro and cardio toxic. And now I want to know what to potentially expect after such endeavor. I have been taking caths like every one-two months, but never went that hard, and especially not with 4cmc, so I don't know how deep in the shit I found myself in.

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For damage control, between each session I slept for 4-6 hours, took NAC, electrolytes, vitamin C and curcumin + piperin for antioxidants, glycine, taurine, magnesium, potassium, omega3 and vit b complex, and 50g lamotrygine just in case (i normally take 200 daily). After the final line took 0.5mg Xanax, glycine and apigenine, went to sleep, and now after 12 hours, 150g 5HTP and 75g pregabaline, and some minerals and vitamin complex.

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For now, I feel ok mentally, just slowed down and slightly anxious. Physically though its a different story, my nose is cooked, body hurts like hell, RHR 124. When I took 3 or 4mmc before, it was max 2g through the weekend, and following the protocol above, I didn't have crashing comedowns. Tiredness, and slightly lower mood and anxiety for 2 days max.

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But after so much 4cmc, now that I'm sober, I'm anxious about how bad it could get. Any tips on what to potentially expect and how to get through with it?

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u/anarakko — 14 days ago

I fear I might not survive this burnout

I've been pushing through for months and months on end. Every day at work, I'm so anxious overstimulated I'm coming home crying and wanting to put ice picks inside my ears so the noise would stop. This job is everything I can ever think of, and I know it's the main source of all of it, and it's just a stupid office job, but I cannot afford not working right now. The exhaustion is so deliberating, no matter if I sleep 4, 8, or 12 hours, or if it's my free day, I am unable to do anything. I'm too tired to even read, speak, and barely manage to take care of myself. It got so bad I started hallucinating, my memory went to shit, my body is so tense, and overwhelmed that I'm going numb at times and losing my motor skills.

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If it wasn't for my partner, I would be institutionalized months ago. But I can't always lean on her for support, and outside this relationship, I don't really have a safety net. I know there are people over there who care about me, but I don't want to set them back because everyone have their own things going on.

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And I don't know what to do, I have disability certificate, but according to the gov, it's not severe enough to be entitled to any support. And I don't understand why I can't just be "normal" about it like most of my coworkers are. It's a shitty online support job from the office. It is stressful but not to the point of losing one's mind and health over it. But even if I say fuck it and get institutionalized right now, what are the odds that it won't happen again. It happened once before, but it was never that bad, and I fear that I'm going to get stuck in this cycle because I cannot deal with my problems in a way "normal" person does. And hallucinations, numbness, memory loss, losing social skills I barely even had before. I fear that my nervous system is overworked to the point of no return, and I don't want to continue living like that. It feels helpless.

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u/anarakko — 22 days ago
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People are just tagging whatever at this point

I am mad at sellers adding every possible hashtag, no matter how irrelevant to the item they're posting. I am into japanese fashion, especially lolita fashion, and "lolita" hashtag got flooded with random sht long time ago, like yeah, definitely your jeans booty shorts is what has been missing from my roccoco inspired wardrobe, amazing match!

There were other tags that were used almost exclusively by j-fashion comm, but now randoms have also discovered it and would post whatever. And not to mention people posting their shein or other mass produced sht under niche japanese brands "for attention uwu". Pisses me off so bad, like no one who is looking for alternative fashion would buy this sht so why do it???

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u/anarakko — 29 days ago
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Rant! AI nie radzi sobie w zastępywaniu pracowników supportu, więc niech pracownicy pracują jak AI

Rant post bo jestem na skraju załamania nerwowego. Pracuję na supporcie dla użytkowników jednej z platform społecznościowych i jeżeli ktoś się jeszcze dziwi dlaczego support na takich stronach można najwyżej o kant dupy rozbić, to już tłumaczę.

Każdy agent musi być wyspecjalizowany w każdej dziedzinie, wiedzieć wszystko o każdej gówno funkcji na platformie, a procedury są dodawane/usuwane/zmieniane przynajmniej dwa razy dziennie. I to nie odbija się tylko na nas ale też na użytkownikach, którzy czują się traktowani jak idioci, bo wczoraj ktoś mu powiedział to, a dzisiaj to samo już nie może być w taki sposób rozwiązane. Oni są sfrustrowani więc oczerniają nas, a my sami zgrzytamy zębami przewijając pierdyliard dokumentów i wiadomości, gdzie jedna funkcja została zmieniona czwarty raz w ciągu tygodnia, każdy update jest zamieszczony gdzie indziej i sami głupiejemy mając sekundy na sformułowanie odpowiedzi bo licznik leci, i można pożegnać się z premią za spadek produktywności o pół minuty. Nie mówiąc już o tym, że niektóre z tych rzeczy są zmieniane na niekorzyść użytkowników i ten prostacki, nic nie potrafiący agent, który nie chce pomóc, nie może nic zrobić bo inaczej zostanie wywalony za działanie wbrew odgórnie narzuconym procesom.

Oczekiwane jest, że każda taka zmiana ma być zaimplementowana przez agentów NATYCHMIAST, od momentu w którym pojawi się powiadomienie na czacie, którego nie ma nawet jak otworzyć jak cały czas musisz zapierdalać "bo produktywność". Jeżeli przyłapią kogoś na błędzie, bo odpowiedział w taki sposób w jaki mógł jeszcze dwie minuty temu, jest call out. Jeżeli są dwa takie błędy w krótkim odstępie czasu - taki agent zostaje wywalony. Więc można sie domyślić jaka jest rotacja, a ludzie tacy jak ja, którym udało się utrzymać ponad rok, mają status legendarny.

I tu pojawia się powód mojej największej frustracji - partaczony bot AI. To gówno było wprowadzane z początkiem mojej pracy i działa wciąż tak samo beznadziejnie. Źle identyfikuje zgłaszane problemy, przerzuca użytkowników przez różne grupy (odwołanie o usunięty komentarz trafia do problemów z logowaniem), samodzielnie zamyka zgłoszenia bez rozwiązania i halucynuje odpowiedzi z dupy, a jeżeli użytkownikowi już uda się przedostać do agenta to jest tak wkurwiony, że wylewa całe żale świata na niego. Od początku było wiadomo, że ten cud technologii jest trenowany na naszej pracy i regularnie jest nam przypominane, że w końcu nas zastąpi. I w tym wszystkim absurdem dla mnie jest to, że korporacja traktuje bardziej "po ludzku" jebanego bota, opartego na możliwie najtańszych modelach, który popełnia od roku te same błędy bardziej rozwalając platformę i doświadczenie użytkowników niż pomagając, a od ludzi oczekują, że momentalnie będą adaptować się do ciągłych zmian i utrzymywać mordercze tempo pracy jak roboty, żeby na koniec użytkownik i tak nam powiedział, żebyśmy wyskoczyli z okna bo tacy debile na supporcie marnują powietrze (i to jest i tak jedna z milszych obelg, bo spotkałam się z dużo, dużo gorszymi).

I już wiem, że ktoś powie, że sama sobie wybrałam pracę i jak mi się nie podoba, to niech znajdę inną. Uwierzcie, że próbuję od 2 lat, w zawodzie I poza zawodem, i przy obecnym rynku pracy jedyne miejsce jakie mnie przyjmie to oddział szpitala psychiatrycznego. Więc jak następnym razem ktoś będzie narzekał i wyzywał beznadziejny support to niech wie, że choćby skały srały to nie zmienimy procedur i podziękujcie korporacjom które mają w dupie użytkowników I pracowników po równo. Dziękuję.

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u/anarakko — 1 month ago

Being a social media support is ruining me mental health

Vent post because I'm barely hanging on. I work as a live chat support for one of the biggest social media platforms. Started from sorting spam tickets through various issues (suspension, recovery, etc.) and ended up on live chat serving exclusively "premium" users. I knew it won't get any easier, as they usually come with more complex problems, but at least I thought they would be polite, or at least civilized. And oh boy, I was wrong.

It is just humiliation ritual in real time, and the company doesn't give a shit about users being abusive towards agents. I shit you not. Last week, one user wished for me to be killed in the gas chamber (I couldn't help them with something that is against our procedures). Today I was called r* word and had a user wishing me to get s/a because the platform took down their content for hate speech, which you can imagine was as bad as their behavior towards me (one of those redpill influencers). I snapped, as politely as possible, apologizing that following community guidelines is causing them an inconvenience, and got called out by the management for being passive-aggressive, with no acknowledgment that the user just told me to get brutalized. There are a lot more, including the people I've personally followed and liked before, who just think that popularity gives them a right to treat first line support as a punching bag for anything wrong going with their account, brain washed mob thinking that they're untouchable behind the screen (and they are right, as the company doesn't care about employees well being). My mental health isn't all there these days, and this job is making me even more miserable, I cry every day before and after work and became insufferable to those closest around me, breaking down at the smallest inconvenience. I can not afford to quit, and with the current job market finding a new job is impossible (200+ applications sent since january). It literally costs nothing to be a decent human being, but social media and AI enables people to be impertinent antisocial idiots with no comprehension skills, and because of them, people are literally becoming medical emergencies.

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u/anarakko — 2 months ago