u/entenduintransit

DISCLAIMER: I'm writing this up top after writing everything below. I had an extremely complicated relationship with my late father who really resembled Donna in a lot of ways, I'm a recovering addict myself, for a number of reasons I truly feel like I relate to many of the personal turmoils of both Carmy and Richie, and I also have a pipe dream of being a chef in some capacity as preparing food is my main passion. So, all of these things are possibly influences on why I loved the turn this series took with these two seasons.

I feel like I'm losing my mind when I see the discourse about this show about how supposedly subpar the third and fourth seasons are, because for me they through-and-through brought me so much emotion.

The backstories, the relationship dynamics, the insights we get into the characters, the cinematography and direction and the way the showrunners allow scenes to just breathe sometimes. It all just feels extremely human and I kept getting brought to tears regularly.

I know I shouldn't get hung up on other folks' opinions, and I do generally just leave alone because in a sense I get it, but I can't help but want to tear my hair out when I see folks chime about this show going downhill with S3. To me it's when the show became its most human, its most real, regularly delivering scenes that would regularly make me really reflect and at times just dissolve into a puddle of feelings.

It took me a couple months to prod through the first two seasons as I'd just watch it when I felt like it, but starting with season 3 I was hooked and properly binged it. About halfway through season 5 now and still loving the ride.

I'm sure I'm not the first to say this, but it's such a frustration and I've always wondered why it's allowed, especially since the Solo Standard/3v3 playlist was rid of years ago.

Far more often than not, the two partied players on will play as though the third solo player isn't even there. It makes you wonder why they're bothering to play threes.

As the third leg, your best bet is to usually just back them up and play conservatively/defensively the whole time, because those two will just go for most every shot/challenge without considering the third player may be in a better position to do so. And that's just a really simultaneously boring and aggravating way to play.

I've long wanted (hopelessly) for the Solo Standard/3v3 playlist to be resurrected, but it's not because I don't like playing with randos against partied three-player teams, it's because I cannot stand playing on the same team with two partied players.

Between allowing this and getting rid of Solo Standard I sometimes feel as though this game is actively hostile toward people that enjoy 3v3 but don't want to be in a party. I know that's an overreaction but damn, it kills my enjoyment of the game a fair bit.

I have an old, beautiful Koch & Lowy floor lamp passed down from my parents that seems to have crapped out in some way. Given this thing might be worth more than my car with 190k on it (joking, but it is precious to me), I want to leave any diagnosis and repair up to a pro.

Any recommendations for a local business that could help me out? The last time I needed a repair like this, it was in my smaller hometown and I was helped by my mom's friend that owned a vacuum + computer repair store, but he really just fixed anything. Wondering what similar may be around here.

Thanks in advance!

It's insane this team still has Cole, Rodon, and Schmidt yet to return. This rotation has been everything expected of them and then some, with Gil being the odd man out but I still have optimism for him.

Fried's 6 IP, 0 ER performance tonight lowered his ERA from 3.011 to 2.9946 (rounding down to 2.99).

He's gradually approached this since joining the Yankees as he's had a 2.71 ERA in 242.2 IP across 39 starts with the squad.