u/gremlintheodd

I really want to try the konjac jelly snacks you see in Asian markets, I’ve heard they’re very good for helping you feel full between meals and and for adding more fiber to your diet, but every single brand I’ve seen both in person and online uses sucralose/artificial sweeteners, which make me extremely sick and give me a killer migraine. Can anyone recommend a brand that DOESNT use artificial sweeteners? It’s ok if it doesn’t taste quite as good, I just really cannot do sucralose.

I’m a very, very small artist, I genuinely do not make enough money for the government to care. PayPal personal gives out my real, legal name, which I really don’t want for safety reasons, so people have been suggesting that I make a business account.
I’m kinda scared to do that though? I don’t consider myself a business, I’ve never broken even, the amount I charge comes out to far under min wage, and I just use the payments I get for comms and merch to fund making more art. I’m really just a hobbyist.
Is there anything I should be concerned about legally? I’ve heard paypal doesn’t report taxes if you make under 20,000 a year, and I don’t get even close to that. I would like to be a full fledged, profitable business one day, but for now I’m just trying to get my foot in the door and need a safe way to take payments, but it’s not worth it if it’s going to suck me into a bunch of legal trouble.

My understanding, if I'm not mistaken, is that Kofi and PayPal are owned by the same parent companies. This has made me fearful that future strikes on kofi will affect my connected paypal account, which I use for EVERYTHING including paying subscriptions, receiving payment for commissions and selling artist alley merch. Do these companies share strike lists? if I am struck on a platform like kofi, do they ban the email, or do they go so far as to keep track of which bank account was being used?

Related topic- I have been hate-stalked recently by someone that went through all my linked social medias and spammed threats, hate messages, and reports. If someone like that went to my kofi and reported me, how good is Kofi about handling false reports?

I'm pretty interested in playing, but I have only ever played Hoyoverse games and Wuwa, would Reverse gameplay feel intuitive to me or would I be way out of my depth and lost?
Hows the combat system? I have some permanant damage to my left hand and really struggle with games that rely on more complicated combos. Whats the quality of life like? How generous is the gacha? Is powercreep a big issue or can I ftp?

Also *very* important to me: how friendly and active is the fandom? Is it supportive of artists? I get kinda bummed out on games where I try and make fanart and the fandom is super inactive.

I dislike my natural voice and think it could be fun to use a voice changer to better suit my Vtuber. I know for a fact there used to be good voice changers out there, but since AI has been getting added to everything I cant find a single program thats NOT AI driven. Old reddit threads listing voice changers for streaming are now useless because the go-to's listed on them have all switched to using AI. I'm looking for something that can change my voice in real time for streaming. I use OBS, can anyone point me in the right direction?

Hello, I’m not menopausal, (I’m 24) but I was prescribed estradiol cream, which is normally given to menopausal women, so I thought y’all might have some experience with this issue. The cream came with a plastic plunger that is very similar to a tampon applicator, but I’m having trouble getting it clean in a way that feels sanitary. Instructions say to clean it with hot water and soap, but there’s still a ring of the cream being left just inside the applicator. I’m supposed to use this cream long-term, but it feels like this applicator will never be fully sanitary and I’m worried about giving myself an infection. I’m going to try cleaning it out with a Q-tip, but are there are other ways of effectively cleaning it? It says specifically no boiling.
Sorry I didn’t really know how to flair this post, but I’m so getting put into pelvic floor physical therapy so I tagged pelvic floor..?

Hi all, I make art dolls. Previously I would use the method o sculpting an eye with polyclay and then filling the lenses with resin, but I've now developed an allergy to resin and cannot use it. can y'all comment with suggestions on how to achieve a similar look without resin? i've heard of using sculpy liquid with a heat gun and may try that next. glass cabachons do not come small enough for me to use that method.

Years ago I was recommended Picarto as an artist-centric streaming platform, thought “oh cool!” Made an account, and honestly forgot it existed.

Fast forward to like two weeks ago, my friend and I are running an artist alley booth at a convention, and this guy starts chatting with us about a streaming platform he’s trying to promote. Imagine my surprise when the business card he hands us is for Picarto.

This got me looking back into the site, but no one talks about it, there’s no official subreddit, the unofficial subreddit hasn’t been touched for 3+ years.

The site isn’t dead dead, there’s still people streaming on it, is it just super small? Is it worth it to try streaming on? I’m really sick of other platforms.

My friend has applied for an artist alley booth (I would be coming as her booth assistant) at Yamacon in Pigeon Forge, Tennessee, but my family is worried that it may not be safe or worth going due to weather. The event is in early December, I've visited the area during Thanksgiving/November with family and seen just how badly the region gets snowed/iced over at the drop of a hat. its a little worrying.
Has anyone in this sub attended this event? how miserable is the weather? how enjoyable/quality is the event? Is the artist alley well organized/tolerable or not worth the trip?