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▲ 5 r/OzempicForWeightLoss

cognitive dissonance (?) regarding food noise/hunger

I am on week 5 now, just moved up to .5mg. Didn't notice a huge difference with the step up, frankly. Since the beginning it's been pretty much the same "feeling" of not hungry but kinda hungry still? It's like if I zone in on what I'm feeling, I don't feel hungry, but there's background feeling that I am hungry - if that makes at all any sense.

Is this just old eating habits that are hard to break? I am a bad snacker and eat out of comfort and boredom a lot. I also take a lot of enjoyment in food. Like when I wake up in the morning and go to work, I just really enjoy my little piece of toast with a bit of cheese on it and my morning coffee with me in the car, so I feel that pull.

So I'm wondering if anyone else has experienced this type of "cognitive dissonance" where you don't feel hungry but do feel hungry at the same time. It's not nausea at all, but just a kind of lingering feeling in my stomach that's new and I can't quite put my finger on it. Does it go away after some time?

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u/tongfather — 1 day ago
▲ 0 r/PassportBrosHQ

Ukrainian women

I'm sure this is probably the 1000th post asking this, but shouldn't it be easy(er) to go online and find Ukrainian women who want to get out of Ukraine because of the war? I know they love their country and are very nationalist (in the good way) but also it must be getting old for a lot of people.

I dated a couple locally who got a visa because of the war, and they are tough nuts to crack for sure.

What about this UkrainianDate app? It's always been traditionally full of scammers and whatnot, but you'd think more women would be entertaining their options these days. And who wouldn't want a beautiful, traditional, European, god fearing woman.

Are there other websites that are more reliable than the aforementioned?

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u/tongfather — 6 days ago
▲ 2 r/ShitPoliticsSays

At least she filtered herself out for me 🤷🏻‍♂️

Wrote to a girl on Facebook dating since I could tell just by her bio and bull knocker (septum piercing)

u/tongfather — 6 days ago
▲ 23 r/sludge

Kollapse (DK)

I love this band and I think they deserve more attention. They're from a small town in Denmark that has a thriving hardcore scene which has also produced other bands like Kōya and Vægtløs.

For me with Kollapse.....there's something about them that's different from the others. They only sing in Danish but the energy from the music and expression is all I need to understand the vibe.

AR was my AOTY for 2024 but frankly all of their records are equally as good imo. Them only having 380 listeners on Spotify is criminal. Hopefully some of you enjoy their stuff!

PS, I love this quote on their Spotify: "The positive value of negative energy". I feel it really encapsulates how sludge and heavy music makes me feel when some people think it just sounds depressing. And I think has hit deeper the past 1.5 years or so since one of the band members was diagnosed with terminal cancer. I've seen them live since then and it was an incredibly powerful performance. Prayers are with Peter and his family!! (I have no affiliation with the band other than a fan)

I would start with this song and album:

https://open.spotify.com/track/5Vn0MUQUVwMCkPeiY6XUOD?si=xVqsXOXUT-KFhO4gmOHrEQ

https://youtu.be/ZN9xwMBOz\_c?si=5k8I5451atoHBCM5

u/tongfather — 12 days ago
▲ 5 r/sonos

Speaker crackling while using a turntable

Hi all.

I am having troubles with a stereo setup that has multiple amps that lead to multiple speaker destinations around a brewery/bar. Normally they just use Spotify to play music, but we've tried a vinyl night there a couple times and when I use the TT (turntable) on the system, I get this weird crackling/interference/distortion sound throughout some of the speakers.

It's worst on the patio, then next closest speakers, and finally on the closest speaker-area it seems to be OK but certainly not perfect and you get some distortion after a couple hours or with certain genres of music (it seems. Kind of hard to tell what is triggering the distortion. It seems that the further away the speaker from the TT/amps that it gets worse.

I have tried switching the TT RCA's and white communication wire into all 5 of the amps with the results actually getting worse when I do so. The speakers sound best plugged into the current amp: "BOOTHS". The sub woofer is plugged into the "PATIO" amp and seems to work best there after trying every combination of swapping around the sub and TT RCA's, as well as moving around the white communication wire into every spot I can.

So, I'm stuck. All the connections and speaker wires I have double and triple checked to be secure and tight. I'm no SONOS professional but I have dealt with them in the past and every time is a pain is the arse. Always problems.....so I'm looking for advice!

Could it be a software issue? Should I update the app? Is it because of the speaker wire distance/length?

You have to remember this is a brewery and I am not a paid contractor for this job, just a guy who runs vinyl night. I am good with mechanics, construction, and done my fair share of messing with electrical components while working on superyachts as an engineer, but we usually had guidance from someone who's a pro with SONOS or the other equipment. I am confident not to wreck something and working with electronics, just not super knowledgeable I suppose. Either way I don't want to fry their system lol.

SONOS amp model: S16 FCC ID: SBVRM015

Sub: Klipsch R-121SW

TT: Audio-technica AT-LP120XUSB

TIA for **ANY** advice or even small tips that I need to check.

u/tongfather — 12 days ago
▲ 12 r/sludge

Sludge metal is king

I listen to many different genres of metal and hard rock (I guess). Doom, stoner, and sludge are my top but prog is probably in there too since tool is my all time favorite......but my god, nothing is better than sludge.

Have you all heard Old Man Gloom's live at Roadburn festival? Fuck me running.....

They were here 2 weeks ago live and the show was one of the best I've seen the past 5 years (including 2 tool shows).

Something about a good sludge group that embraces that blues riff hook, mixed with completely brutal fuzz/pedal heaviness. Aaron Turner is fucking god.

Other sludge bands I like:

LLNN

Sâver

AMENRA

Lethvm

Kollapse (Denmark)

Severed Arm

GRIN

Cranial

Red Apollo

Canyon Observer (first 2 albums)

Modder

Redwood Hill

Pothamus

to name a few

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u/tongfather — 12 days ago
▲ 5 r/sonos

As you can see in the photo, this line for the sub is connected to the "sub" and "in" on this model Sonos amp. Is this correct? I'm new to Sonos.

The sub seems to work fine when I remove the cable going to the "IN" output. And yes the back of the sub has 2 RCA going in

u/tongfather — 22 days ago
▲ 2 r/turntables

As the title says, I am trying to sort out how to ground a TT without having an amp with a ground. The TT is at a bar and set up through a Sonos sound system, so nothing has a built-in ground on the back of it.

I do have a regular power socket close enough, so I was thinking to just run a ground from the back of the TT to there without the voltage progs connected to anything (or completely remove them so it's purely a ground prong into the socket), but I'm not sure if this is/isn't safe for the TT and power system in general. From my experience with electrical, just a straight ground seems like it should be safe, but any insight into this or another solution would be very much appreciated!!

Edit: the TT is Audio-technica AT-LP120XUSB and has a built-in in preamp

TIA 🙏🏻

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u/tongfather — 23 days ago