u/mikeyway_for_pres

hello everyone! im officially starting cosmetology school in September! and i wanted to know how do i get myself prepared for school? im extremely nervous about what to expect and how to get more advanced in my path! so how do i prepare myself for schooling? are there any resources out there for upcoming students to start getting prepared for school? i would really appreciate yalls input as i want to be prepared and ready once September hits! thank yall so much if you reply, i really appreciate it.

so i like to collect CDs (mostly emo such as Midwest, 1st wave, and screamo), but i also like post hardcore, and I've been looking to find CDs on ebay for the bands that i like. i was looking through the listings on eBay until i came across some IPTW CDs (i promised the world), and the prices were actually insane let me list out the ones I've found and the prices i got them from.

fear of the fall, black alternative album cover: that listening was 189.99. i have the same CD, and i got it for 15 dollars.

i promised the world self titled Ep: that listening was 79.95, i hace the same CD, and i got it for 11 dollars.

fear of the fall original album cover: that was listed for 399.99..... i dont have the original album cover, but the highest it sold for was 40. they also do rissues of the original cover.

what the actual fuck. there is no reason to price those CDs for so much when the band is active, and they constantly do alternative covers and reissues of the original covers. there is actually no fucking reason for this. please dont even think about buying ts. The CDs aren't even rare like these sellers are claiming. ALL of the sellers I've seen say that "they are rare" when the CDs get reissued literally every time a preorder comes out.

i am just trying to spread the word as this is actually insane. Do not buy from these sellers. I have faith yall won't, but again, I'm trying to spread the word.

please just wait for preorders. Yes, the shipping time is longer because it's a preorder, but im literally begging yall do not buy IPTW CDs FROM EBAY!!! just wait for the preorders so you won't get robbed.

thank you..

so im honestly so in love with sasscore, and i honestly really want to start a band that is sasscore inspired, i have a good list of bands. im honestly wanting to take inspiration from, let me give yall my list of bands, lol.

- blood brothers

- plot to blow up the effiel tower

- arab on radar

- the great redneck hope

- heavy heavy low low

i have a lot of ideas, and i honestly want to add a storytelling theme to projects, so I want the band's name to be like the "title" and then the band members to be the "storytellers" like the band members would have their own personas/characters, and the progressive of the "story" would be from the likeness of said characters.

my ideal band "setup" would be

lead vocalist

secondary vocalist + lead guitarist

rhythmic guitarist

bassist

drummer

so uhhh what do yall think? i honestly want some outside opinions before i actually commit to this.. thank yall for reading!!!

hello everybody, i am trying to figure out this mess of a situation. i am a 34DDD, and i dont know if i went up a size or down a size..

all my bras seem to have the same issue the band is extremely uncomfortable and constantly digs into my skin to the point i put it on the loosest option and it still digs into my skin and leave like skin indents. however, when i put it on the loosest option, my boobs spill out over the cups to the point my boobs had flat out fell entirely out of the cup (my nipples were out and its extremely awkward)

but the issue is that my boobs will spill out of the cup, but the sides of my cups seem to be too large, so essentially my boobs spill completely out of the cup, but also is too small for the cup? like it's where my armpit is that floats up and leaves a weird gap. It's genuinely so awkward, and i don't know what i should do as i honestly dont even know how to size myself...

to sum it all up: boobs in cup spill completely out and have no coverage, but cup seems to float and stick out where my armpits are leaving this massive gap between my armpit and bra, and so i don't know if i should go up a cup size or down a band size..

thank you all if you can help me figure out wtf is going on!!!

-both are put in a boxing style arena

-both are the same height (6'0)

-both will be high from their drug of choice (heroin junkie on heroin, meth head on meth)

-both will have the same weapons throughout the match

now it's time for the rounds

round one: both will fight hand to hand with a dose of their drug of choice.

round two: both will get access to a switchblade and will take another dose of their drug of choice

round three: both will be armed with a semi automatic rifle, which will be an AR-15 and will take one more dose of their drug of choice

bonus round: whoever wins will have to fight a person who is high on flakka both will be armed with a glock 19 to finish the fight

so.... who will win.

hello, black folks of reddit! i have recently turned 18, and i want to change my last name to my step dad's, but im having a really hard time figuring out how to tell my white grandparents on my bio dad's side heres some general background knowledge before i get into it!

my mom is brown Hispanic, and my step dad is black, and they have 2 kids together

im a white Hispanic as my biological dad was white (i say was as he's diseased now)

my step dad and mom have been dating since i was 6 (my biological dad passed when i was 5), and my step dad has been my step dad since i was 7 as he RAISED me, lol

now heres the problem im having

my white grandparents (on my biological dad's side) are racist and quite frankly horrible people, and i barely talk to them, and i have some examples to give context

they asked my mom where she was from as her "accent was unique" (shes from corpus christi texas...)

they asked my mom if i was going to be bilingual (my mom doesn't speak Spanish)

they have also asked me EXTREMELY inappropriate questions about my stepdad, such as

"Does he do drugs?"

"Has he been to jail?"

"Does he have a job?

those are stuff i can remember from earlier days. However, my family and I went on vacation around the area that they stayed at, and i was encouraged to see them as yk they're getting old lol and they straight up asked me

"Does [step dad's name] have a car?" After i straight up told them that my step dad bought my, my mom's, AND HIS OWN CAR"

oh, and they refuse to talk to me until ever 20-40 business days outta guilt lol (ever since my biological dad died and my step dad took me in, they went MIA)

background knowledge complete now let me get into the problem im having...

I want to change my last name to my step dad's as he raised me and took care of me for practically my WHOLE life. however, both of my parents are encouraging me to tell my white grandparents as they believe that they deserve to know as i have their last name, but i am horrified to tell them as they are racist asf and they refuse to tell me anything about my biological dad's health so im honestly worried they'll cut complete contact with me (not like i care but i stay in contact for answers on my biological dad's severe health issues so i can eventually get proper health testing done to be sure i dont die before 40 like he did) i just dont know how to tell them as im so scared they'll say some bullshit about my step dad and ask a whole bunch of questions why (they are so nosey).

i honestly want my mom to do it as i know they're more open about their issues with my step dad to her than with me, and i kinda want that closure and be away from them, my mom said that she can do it for me but my step dad honestly wants me to do it as he thinks it will be more therapeutic for me as they were never around regardless. Im honestly so divided right now as they're extremely conservative Christians, and my biological dad was extremely estranged from them due to their constant abuse and shit talking (but he kept a relationship as he wanted me to know them as he felt guilty).

I've since decided that i want to be the one to put my foot down and stand up to them, but i honestly dont know what to say or what to do, i love my step dad to bits and he wants me to tell them so i can get closure after years of bullshit from them but im just so scared, I've never been good at putting my foot down with them and having autism and other neurodivergent bs it makes my fear so much worse.

i love my step dad i am going to change my last name as even though i call him by his first name (he lets me lol). He's my dad, like i see him as my actual DAD..

sorry for the rambling. i just have a lot to say, so let me sum it up so yall dont have to read my utter rambling

i want to change my last name to my black step dad's last name, but i need to tell my white grandparents for closure and cutting contact reasons, but i am scared shit less due to them being racist assholes. I just want advice on what to say and how to say it so i can get their racist asses to accept that I've never and never will be their grandchild

thank you all so much. If you decide to reply ik its a family thing, but i kinda wanted output from black folks who aren't family (as yk family can tend to put things more lightly instead of the harsh truth lol)

thank you all !!