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Hi! My business partner and I are trying to create reusable bottles for miscellaneous refill items.
We want to be eco friendly- or we aren’t doing it. I don’t want to use plastic, and thought aluminum was our material, but it seems almost impossible due to the shape that we want these bottles to be. We want some weird, wavy, shapes and I’ve been told it’s near impossible with aluminum. Someone told me to look into hydroforming and I’ve been trying but not getting a ton of responses.
I’m looking for people who know what they are doing. Either for some help finding a manufacturer (paid) or even just ideas about sustainable materials I might be overlooking.
Clay would be awesome, but it is easily breakable, yes? Not ideal. We want them as durable as possible. We would really like to use aluminum if we could
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From the 3 MD run and 2 Canto IV stages I've done playing with Foxcliff, I've come to the conclusion that he is as high maintenance as an Australian Shepherd.
You either play around him or you don't play him whatsoever, sickass animations, metal art and a nice change of pace of an ID that is using an EGO... but utterly dogwater when it comes to actual gameplay.
You can't play him without Kraust because she has S1 Envy and then you'd need either Shishmael for S1 Envy and Counter Envy, TingLu S1 Envy or others that have at the very least x2 Envy.
Why? Because his passive requires 3x owned Envy and if you don't get it at the 1st turn you'll have to simmer in the most excruciatingly weak ass, shit roll, body bag of an ID.
Passive is simple, it makes him tough via protection and reduces sanity by sink amount and also some blunt damage up next turn, perfect for solo... if his Envy giving skill was actually worth shit or his counter wasn't Wrath.
His S1 is an envy that you can't even use because 1 sink count is not going to help at the start and dealing 18 damage at the very best of rolls is going to tickle even the weakest mob in the game, and that is assuming you don't roll head, which is of super low chance.
His S2 is not only shit in damage above -15, but also shit if you don't have 5+ sink. You can't use it first turn because it does nothing but lose clash and you can't use it 2nd turn and beyond if you don't have 5+ sink, why? Because it eats self sink and that makes you lose the sink you've worked hard to acquire for a just above average damage.
His S3 is great, you can use it first turn and turbo charge your sink by 6 with +3 count and it actually wins clashes! It deals para, frag next turn and 5 rupture too, but the downside aside from being only x1, is that you're going to suffer knowing your next skills are going to be the worst.
Finally, his Defense, the most useful thing in his kit. A counter that gives 3 sink on use, paralyzes and deals 5 rup and 5 sink... on the enemy. It's pretty much the only thing you'll use first turn if you don't get lucky with S3 and 2nd turn and beyond it's also the only thing you'll use until you gain 3 Envy and 5+ sink. The only thing that I hate about it is that it's Wrath. Jesus fucking christ. IF this was Envy or his passive was 3 Wrath, he'd be a monster of a solo unit but right now he's average even with dedicated comps.
You have 2 paths laid before you on turn 1 if you plan to use Sunshower Heath, both implores you to watch and think and then hope. Watch and micromange every encounter, think about which skills to use and not just on sunshower heath but everyone, and then hope you fucking roll okay. On Everyone.
1st path is called "I'm actually doing something" it's when you get 3 Envy first turn and win the clash with those envy givers, it activates sunshower heath's passive and allows him to lose 6 to 3 sanity at the start of the next turn depending on your luck! Then you have to micromanage his usage of S1 for the count and Counter until you are confident enough to use S2 and not gain more sanity than you'll lose next turn!
2nd path is called "Please hit me" if you don't get 3 Envy (Which is of low chance if you build around him) why? Because you'll be begging for enemies to hit you so your self inflicted sink actually does something until the 3rd turn in which your passive should be activated already.
Now after you walk either of those paths, you're ready to go and face the world with a tank that you want people to hit but not too much because you wouldn't want to -45 because 10 sink and some asshole with 4 coins decides it's going to tickle you. Didn't happen to me, whatchu on about?
You can't spam ego on him too much because you'll need those Envy for his passive and without those passive Sunshower Heath is actually really, really bad.
Now, if you don't plan to use Sunshower Heath? His support passive is absolutely great in certain situations!
This is a special path, dedicated and given only to him. I call it the "I'm Nclair's optional buff" Because it decreases Sanity and gives blunt up next turn for whoever has the least Sp if hit. Which synergizes well with Nclair's guard. Set up with guard if you see the big red 30 coming and assuming you have enough envy to proc it. But is it worth it compared to just using S1? No.
Sunshower Heath is absolutely useless but usable if you like high maintenance, high risk low reward ID's. Otherwise? Just use base Heathcliff or Small Hammer if you don't have Rcliff.
UT4 is going to save this ID. If it doesn't then Yi Sang's finale ID or ego is going to be massive synergy buff to this ID, and if not that then Ishmael would come and save her hate-boyfriend with an ID that sinks allies on demand, and if not that then some QOL change that allows you to target an ally.
I refuse to believe PM would make an ID that is actually this bad and useless forever.

My sister says everyone (my parents, other sister, husband, brother in law, me, etc.) in our family needs Invisalign. She has already declared she is going to Invisalign certain family members. My main thing is that it costs around $5,000.00 for me to get it. I technically have more than that amount saved up but honestly I want to use the money to eventually buy a new car since my current one is 10 years old and possibly buy a condo in the near future. I know I could also do a payment installment plan but with high cost of living and the state of economy I am not saving a whole lot each month and am using a lot of my money on living expenses. With my teeth, I do have a bit of an overbite and a bit of crookedness on one tooth. I would rather wait to do Invisalign until I am a bit older (I am 26), maybe wait until I am in my thirties when I am more financially stable. But then again I get nervous that if I don’t get it I am going to have certain health issues.

We had an art therapy kind of thing happening at the mother's group I attend. Text sent out by the lady who runs it mentions bringing our own supplies if we like. Cool! I got into doing adult colouring in books because well, I'm a SAHM with two toddlers and I'm 8 months pregnant with my third, with little help from anyone in my "village". Colouring in for an hour after the kids go to sleep doesn't require much mental energy, it's quiet and helps my brain calm down enough after a full on day with my tiny human hurricanes. I have a collection of various markers in a small bucket that I've miraculously managed to keep out of my little humans' hands. So, I bring the bucket.
One of my kids got drenched while at mother's group, so I left the table to change her and thought it was fine leaving my bucket of markers on the table. The mother's group provides a bunch of markers, mine were clearly different and kept in an old bucket. I return to the table to find my bucket has been taken by another lady's young child, who was using my markers to colour in. Young children aren't known for being careful with markers, so my heart sinks. My non-confrontational self just stays quiet because I don't want to be that person asking a young child not to use my markers. Soon enough, most of my markers were spread across the table being used by adults and children alike. I feel tears coming on so I gather my kids and ask my partner to come get us, let the staff facilitating the mother's group know that these particular markers in the bucket were mine and that I'll just leave them there because again, so many kids and adults were using them and I don't want to be that person and ruin their enjoyment of them. My partner collects me and the kids, and we go home.
I've been crying on and off all day since. I know I should've been more assertive or straight up not brought my markers there in the first place, but I'm so socially awkward, shy and desperate to not be disliked that I didn't say anything. They're markers, not expensive by any means and I can easily just replace the whole bucket if I need to (which going by how many young children were using them, I'm probably going to have to). I didn't want to cause a scene or get side-eyed for being protective over markers. But on the other hand, I have to share everything. Besides my clothes, I don't have a single thing that's just mine anymore. I can't eat openly without having to share it. I can't sit on my phone without a toddler wanting to play on it, I had to hide my LEGO because my kids want to play with it if they see it, and my near decade-old PS4 kicked the bucket recently. Even then I was limited in when/how long I can play games (mostly just building houses in the Sims) because I'm the primary parent to my kids and can't afford to spend hours a night gaming when I could be getting any scrap of sleep I can.
These markers were the only thing I had that were mine. They allowed me to be creative to an extent without having to wrack my brain for creative inspiration. I love art, drawing, painting etc but since I had kids my brain is so fried that if I have a pencil in my hand, I just can't draw. Colouring in took a lot of the mental work out of being creative, yet still allowed some creativity to come through. I felt like an actual person in my own right when I used my markers, not just a being that lives to service others. I love my kids more than anything, but I feel like 99% of my identity and personhood has been lost in being a parent. I'm going through a bad depression slump right now and losing what my brain held as a symbol for the last scraps of my identity has just made it worse.
My partner gave me a big hug when I told him (after briefly scolding me for not being assertive enough) and said we'd replace them, but I feel so dejected and depressed right now that I don't see the point. I'm not angry at the fact my markers got commandeered, nor am I angry at the little kid who saw a bucket full of markers and wanted to draw with them. I'm more mad at myself for bringing them in the first place, and just plain sad. I didn't realise those markers meant that much to me until they were gone. I feel like this situation made my brain revert to a child who had their favourite toy taken from them, even if the markers weren't taken out of maliciousness. I just have that feeling of sadness and loss despite it being so insignificant on the grand scale of things.
This was much longer than I thought it would be, I just needed to get this off my chest.

Strange questions but paper went fine tho I nearly ran out of time at the end… Swear I made some mistakes during the test.. Let me know how it went for you guys.

MyVegas Slots has been pretty brutal to me over the past few days.
I set it to run with turbo, and then let it do its thing. But, lately I’ve been coming back to an empty amount of coins. Definitely not the return I was seeing before last week.
What game within MyVegas Slots are people generally rolling? I was using One of the Bingo Fu Long. But, recently switched to Dragon Law because I was enjoying playing that over in MyKonami.

They came up for sale near me, and I'm not asking for purchase advice, just generally what they are, and ill take it from there..
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I'm F(26), living somewhere near Davao, been single since God knows when (2018 actually). Had flirted a LOT but always ends up with friendzoned or talking stage lvl only. Sometimes I ask myself maybe there's smth wrong with me and the way I handle things, or maybe I'm looking in the wrong place, or maybe the right guy for me isn't born yet chos. But seriously, I miss dating and I can't even remember how it feels like to be in a relationship anymore. I've been so independent for too long but I'm still not used to it. I have no exes baggage and I'd say I'm emotionally available as well, I hope same goes with the future guy I would be with. Maybe someone here wants to give it a shot, or you may refer someone you know to me. I'd like in-person dating not online, so preferably someone nearby. 🤍

My understanding of the situation was not me vs her, it was that we fell into an undesireable dynamic that we did not find a way out of. She had, by her own description, a weak sense of self. She would say that she wanted to dissolve. I have a stronger sense of self, I often want to feel seen or realize my dreams. We got along quite well, loved each other intently and tenderly, loved each other like no one else ever had. She had three medical disabilities: two mental illnesses and a chronic illness. These, combined with the challenges of adulting for the first time, meant that we were dating when she had to learn a lot.
I would get exhausted with her ADHD compounding her ability to manage her chronic illness and vice versa. Her mental state fluctuating a lot daily wore me down. I would try to help her remember about her medication, and help her come up with strategies like making lists so that she could cope instead of flailing about while her health and living situation declined—for instance, piles of trash all over her house, impulsively buying things she struggled to afford, eating junk food constantly that hurts her chronic illness. Her own independent streak led her to not want to listen to me, even though I was being encouraging and thoughtful, but then I would become frustrated, and my attempts at helping became mixed with resentment, which in turn caused her resentment toward me. I could not simply watch her let herself decline and not say something. At times, my negative feedback would become critical, but I would not be condescending—I try to be honest and respect another person in conflict.
I became increasingly worn out by feeling like I was not dating someone who was an independent person. I felt like I had to initiate things most of the time. She fished for complements often. She tried to get my attention in little ways, even when I already was giving her my focus. When I complemented her from my heart or tried to help her process what she was feeling, she seemed to forget it. When I gave her negative feedback, she remembered it vividly. She kinda skated along. She became increasingly exhausted with feeling like I did not like her. She said she felt like I was always annoyed with her in some way. She did not give me feedback like I gave her, and I really wanted her to tell me what she wanted, so that I could listen and respond rather than imagining what she wants.
To be fair, I tend to be an idealistic person, and I dont blame her for feeling that intensity as a lot. I was struggling in our relationship, and things she did would annoy me, but I identified that this is probably the person I will marry, she had said the same about me, and so I decided that the best thing for me to do is to endure and work through this as we grow up together. Long term relationships, especially marriage, require work and learning to resolve conflict together as people grow and change. So much of marriage is about cultivating rich love and working to cohabitate well rather than simply finding an absence of conflict.
I'm focusing on the negative, so here is some positive. We shared our worlds together. Lots of laughs and very intimate conversations and moments. We would take stuffed animals and put them in funny situations and send photos of them to each other. We made up funny stories and talked about deep things together. She felt like my woman, and I felt like her man. We had many conversations about things very near and dear to our hearts. We would care for each other and cry together.
Two months ago, she starts taking mental health medication, and in three or four days the relationship goes from loving and friendly to stone cold from her. She stops talking to me. I try calling her numerous times asking what's up? She was distant and aloof. Finally, she explains she likes the distance between us. She starts to get mad at me over phone and I start to cry. She decides over phone that she wants to be single. I tell her that I want to have this conversation in person rather than over the phone. She tells me over text shes breaking up with me and says theres no point in coming over. I call her and very angrily explain to her how f'd up it is to break up with a long term boyfriend over text when we have been each other's closest, most trusted companions for almost two years. I demanded an in-person, face-to-face conversation. It was like she was flushing all our love out a toilet, like it was all a dream she could walk away from.
When I showed up, she was at first happy to see me, smiling uncontrollably. It felt to me like she was acting girlishly. She tried to explain that she felt like she was losing her sense of self around me, and that she had been codependently bouncing between guys ever since high school. That was an understandable reason for wanting to be single. I tried my best to be supportive, because her feeling like herself is really important, but I was devastated. I loved her, we loved each other so much. She tried to uncling herself from me with as little emotional involvement as possible. She has treated me very starkly ever since. I feel there is an emotional chasm left behind by her swift departure from me. She was such a bright love in my life. I guess I feel wronged by how easily she dumped me, as if her perception of me had been flipped all of a sudden, maybe by the medications. I dont think her wanting to be single is a bad idea. It makes perfect sense. I just wish she had slowed down and thought solidly about us long-term and communicated with me about her desires instead of zooting from me like I was a bad fling. It's like she forgot I was her best friend. I can see the reasons that led up to the breakup, we got into a spiral where she felt she was giving herself away to me, and I was wanting more of her, and we didnt get out of it. She blamed it on me, and I dont think it's all my fault. Relationships are not assured to last, and sometimes they fall apart between people.
I am wondering, Reddit, about your feedback. Also if you think it would be good for me to reach out to her with a letter or about having a conversation for closure or to hold on hope that maybe we will get back together someday? My friends say I dodged a bullet. Somebody who would leave me so quickly and so quickly reinterpret the level of intimacy we shared as a wholly negative thing must have not been as open to me as I was open with her. She seems to have some growing up to do, and being single might be just what she needs to feel more herself.

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My mom and stepfather are two of the most dishonest and morally corrupt people I've ever met. I also am estranged from them. I haven't had a relationship with my mom since high school, and even then it was very strained. Have always butt heads with my stepfather.
Never been good between us. After HS I went to a big university. Got my degree. Started my career got my own one bedroom apartment downtown.
Near the end of 2020, I was in the process of signing for a car lease. The dealership ran my information (background check, consumer report, etc.) and came out and told me that the information I provided them about my employment history and current employer did not match up with what is on record. I was super confused and I asked what the report said and they told me that it says your employer is "******" (my stepfather) and that you are employed as his "accountant".
I was speechless. I have never worked a day in my life for this man, I have never received a penny from him in any aspect, and I have absolutely no background in accounting whatsoever. My major at MSU was political science minor in economics. Like l've never done ANYTHING in accounting I don't have the experience nor the education to be in any type of role like that. And I work in a totally different field.
The dealership gave me a copy of the report. I called my mom while I was at the dealership and she denied any knowledge of it and told me that it was probably my actual father..???….. and that my stepfather would never do that. Lol. It wasn't my actual father, but that was her story. I've tried to submit the information to IRS fraud department online but I have never heard anything back. This year, I got audited on my state taxes which was so strange and I've run into multiple other problems and hurdles with this. I don't know what to do. I'm also not sure what exactly is angle is with it, like type of breaks / benefits falsely claiming me as an employee would generate for him. My guess is he claims me as an employee to avoid some sort of income taxes. I also have a fear that he listed me as the accountant so that if law-enforcement ever catches onto his absolute cesspool of business that he will try to say that the cooked books or whatever he's got going on were me. Any info would be greatly appreciated

I have previously written two posts about gay (sex)adventures in Tokyo about 6 months ago, they are HERE and HERE. I just made another trip last week, this time more focused on general tourist activities, including a side trip to hike near Mount Fuji. But nothing would stop me from exploring the night and sex life of the city. Hope you'd find the additional information useful:
About bars - as a mature Asian muscle bear myself I again ended up going to first to Tokyo Eagle, then off to Eagle Blue to see a gogo dance performance by a group called Bear Train. Both places are in the middle of Shinjuku's gay district Ni-chome. Eagle Blue is more of a basement club than bar, and it was packed full of people that night. It'a a cover charge of ¥1,500, but you get one big drink up to the same price. They do serve drinks in big plastic cups. The atmosphere was great, so if you happen to be in Tokyo during the weekend go check out their Twitter to see if they have any performance.
As it was still early I decided to also go check out Dragon Men, which has a more professional troupe of muscle gogo dancers. This is a legit club and I read the weekend before the US singer Lil Nas X was there having fun after a promotional tour in Japan. I gotta say the performance there was way better than Bear Train's. So unless you, like me, have a thing for bears, Dragon Men is probably more entertaining.
A few people have asked me about "masseurs" and "escorts" in Tokyo. This is not something I usually go for but since Yen is now really cheap against USD, one can get a full service massage for only between ¥15,000 (around USD110) to ¥20,000. I was traveling with 2 other buddies this round and one of them knows more about the scene than me - here is what he did. There is actually a website that lists all the independent "masseurs" through out Japan. You can see their basic information and there are links to their Twitter accounts and websites to find out more. The main website is in Japanese and English, and you can set your browser to auto-translate from Japanese to English when viewing their own webpages.
Most masseurs prefer you contact them by emails first. You can use English and from what my friend has shown me they have no problem replying in English too. You should also contact them at least half a day in advance. Some of them regularly update their availability on Twitter. For some reasons Twitter is still very popular with Japanese and local businesses too. My friend hired one for an afternoon massage; he was so happy afterward that he is still talking about it. But please be mindful that this is a list of "masseurs" even when some are very explicit in what additional services are being offered. Use your own judgement and be respecful when setting up an appointment.
Since I was sharing a room with a travel buddy, we did decide to stay in more expensive hotels this round. The first one is in Ginza, and the second one is a "hot spring" hotel in Shinjuku right next to the gay district Ni-chome. It has a large bath in the basement with one big hot pool of hotspring water that can sit up to 8 people comfortably. There are also two smaller ones in an sealed off "outside" area. If you like the experience Japanese hotspring bathing this place is a very good deal, with the additional bonus that since it's also close to Ni-chome, it's popular with gay tourists and locals alike. All of us have encountered some very discreet cruising.
I don't encourage anyone to cruise in a public place that is not meant to be exclusively gay, but a smile and a friendly nod to the right person can definitely make your trip more interesting. I did exactly that and ended up in another hotel guest's room one evening.
Much as I wanted to visit at least one gay sauna or sex club this trip, I decided not to. Monkey pox is still a concern in Japan, and people are getting infected despite being vaccinated. This is just my personal choice, but you can still read about the 24 Kaikan sauna chain and various sex clubs in my two previous posts.
It's still really cheap to visit Japan now, but its economy is recovering faster than everyone else. It may not be cheap for long.

So I fought to get my check under my name, and I eventually got it under my name, but now i didnt receive my benefits this month and social security for some reason sosay sent out another card through direct express going straight to my previous payee that was never received as far as i know, and i didnt even ask for the card, yet I also received mail from social security this month clarified my check is still under my name??? I'm so confused... and I don't know what to do. I've called social security nearly every day since the first of this month and they act entirely nonchalant about it like it's nothing and yet don't tell me anything. It wasn't even social security that told me the payee wasn't myself on that card, it was direct express when I called them. They didnt even want to tell me, i had to name who i thought it was for them to confirm it. I don't understand how social security can act like this and do this, this is literally someone's life they're messing with. Good thing I have a relative at the moment helping me out because without them I literally would probably be on the streets due to this. I'm so fed up. I'm posting this for suggestions by the way, reddit is usually my last choice with things like this, but neither me or my family know what to do or why this even happened.
By the way, I'd set up an appointment, but I dont even know what to say the appointment should be about because I literally do not know what's going on.

Context: my friend told me that Tinder has an option to show people with same orientation as you first, and me being curious cat wanted to see if there are any aces near by, short answer: No :(
Curiosity got better of me and I decided to read profiles, mostly for shits and giggles, but the amount of gym photos made me just delete my profile and the app, something about the gym photos feels obnoxious and unattractive? and everyone had the same interests= gym, outdoors, working out and netflix, nothing stood out and it felt like I was reading same profile over and over again?
This is probably just my own personal preferences, but anyone feel the same way? Or is this just a normal dating profile standard for allos?

So… my bf and i made the very stupid decision to have unprotected sex for the first time ever over a month ago, it was literally a couple hours after my period ended. I took a plan B within 24 hours, ended up getting my period a week later for about 5 days. (my period twice in a month sucked btw). Well fast forward to now, i am now day 37 on my cycle aka, 6 days late. I’m not sure if plan B is proven to screw up schedules and all that but this sucks. and before you ask yes i’ve taken three tests within a couple days of each other, the most recent was yesterday, and they’ve all come out negative.
I know it is near impossible that i am pregnant but i need actual people to tell me that before i lose my head. I also know it was extremely dumb so hush about the “don’t have unprotected sex”, lol learned my lesson there.
Thank you!

Hi all,
I got a bit bored of playing on my main account, so I thought I’d see what it would be like to climb to legend without bonus stars. Well, it’s actually surprisingly hard - mainly in that even if you win A LOT, it still takes considerable time.
I thought it would be interesting to share some of my findings, maybe those of you who are still climbing or struggle with it can make use of it. Note that this is not a deck guide as I’ve used decks that are prevalent. Also note that this was not a completely fresh account (but simply one not played on for a long time) so I didn’t go through the apprentice ranks and such, and had dust to spend on good decks.
First some overal stats:

• Start: bronze 10, no bonus stars
• Finish: legend 2522
• Overall winrate: 129-44 (75% winrate)
• Decks played:
• Pure paladin (54-19, 74% winrate)
• Outcast DH (70-22, 76% winrate)
• Enrage warrior (5-3, 62% win rate)
• Time played: 15.1 hours (spread over the past 3 days - as I said I was bored).
• Decktracker: https://imgur.com/a/ajdJCkF

The meta:
Having climbed with a a 10 or 11-star bonus for a long time, I’m probably playing in quite a bubble. I was surprised by the diversity of the meta (see decktracker image). I’ve seen all classes, though druid and shaman only for 6 games both (3%). Deathknight was the outlier on the top end, though only with 17%, followed by Paladin (14%).The big difference between 11-star / high legend meta and this climb for me was the unrefined nature of a lot of decks. Cards included in decks probably because people think they’re fun (ETC rock duel), because they don’t know better (playing old, outdated lists) or dust issues maybe. I don’t know, but it made a lot of games fairly easy. From diamond 5 onwards I ran into the usual meta stuff, but saw considerably more hunter for some reason.
I thought Demon Hunter was a lot more popular, but I only ran into 7 of them (just 1 more than the 2 dead classes druid and shaman). So maybe relic DH is more popular in legend (even when it's not the best deck) than it is in general.
Decks and play style:
Outcast DH is a deck that I like and am comfortable with. I played the list from a recent reddit post. It might not be optimal but I’m not great at making meaningful tweaks to decks. I simply shredded through a lot of bronze, silver and gold with it. At some point had a 15 game win streak.Outcast DH is a deck with at least some game against a wide field, but you don’t like seeing control priest or blood DK. Since those weren’t prevalent at lower ranks (and those that were either had bad decks or didn’t know what my gameplan was), it was quite a good choice for fast wins. At this point the key thing was chaining win streaks for the bonus stars from 3 wins in a row, since that cuts down the time it takes considerably.
Deck: AAECAZ+aBgT7vwSkkgXn9QXr9QUNs6AEtKAEiLIE+b8EpeIEiJIFj5IFlJIFhaoFpMMF9MMF5OQF4fgFAAA=
credit to / guide here: https://www.reddit.com/CompetitiveHS/comments/13xvah2/i_still_walk_alone_outcast_dh_update_and_indepth/
I ran into a bit more refined decks at plat and decided to switch to the current meta tyrant pure paladin. Reasoning was that at that point people played better against outcast, had a few losses too many and wanted to try if it was the deck or simply the meta. Used this list (LINK).The popular pure pala build is really strong overall, has decently fast games which is good. The only thing I really dislike (but that’s been a paladin / midrange deck issue for so long) is the difference between going first and second. I had a 83% win rate without coin, and 63% win rate with coin. That’s a pretty major difference. Maybe I’m not adapting my mulligan well enough with coin? I don’t know.
Deck: AAECAZ8FBrCyBIbiBKHiBK+TBYSWBYWlBQzJoATi0wSA4gS/4gTy7QSrkwWBlgWNlgXAxAXBxAX26AW1ngYA
Enrage warrior was something I thought would work well because I love playing it and have had success with it in the heroic tavern brawl as well as using it to climb to top 100. But I ran into a lot of hunters and that felt like a rough matchup, while being an almost free matchup for paladin (went 9-0 vs hunters), so I just switched back.
Deck: eAAECAZfDAwSLoASB3ASI3wS53QUNh7cE/9sEvuIEiYMFzZIFj5UFoJkFkaMF6tAF69AF7NAFtNEF9PIFAAA=
Random observations:
Mulligan: One of the bigger things that you hear a lot is ‘good streamer always has the card / curve!’. And that’s probably because of the same reason that people struggle to climb: mulligan. It’s SO important to mulligan for your best cards instead of simply keeping your decent cards. Look at HSreplay for stats on cards and use that to your advantage. Example: The Curator in pure paladin has the highest mulligan win rate of all cards. But is only kept 50% of the time. That’s bonkers. Meanwhile Grimestreet outfitter and seafloor saviour (though they’re not in the current best list they’re still played a lot) are kept 76 and 75% of the time, even though they are cards with a terrible mulligan win rate. So how come streamer has curator a lot on 5 and you don’t? Because they keep it when they see it, and mulligan sub-par cards away in the mulligan so they have a higher chance of getting the card that wins them matches. So don’t think ‘1 mana, 2 mana and 3 mana cards, great!’. Think about the best cards for the matchup you’re facing, and find them.
Tilt / stress: Because this was not my main account and I just wanted to try something else, I noticed I played really relaxed. Nothing was riding on a game, so even though I played A LOT in a short time, I didn’t really experience stress, anxiety or tilt at all. Losses were just that, I checked myself and moved on. For some reason that changed when I get to diamond 2, because I was ‘so close’ and really wanted to get there with the same win rate that I had maintained over the climb (was up to >80% at that point still). That led to me being frustrated of matchups and losses where I wasn’t before. I had quite some back and forward still, and 11 out of the 44 losses occurred around ranks 3-1 diamond.
Deck selection: Play whatever you think is fun. But if you want to win more, at least see if you can use the available resources to find the good versions of your lists.
Good luck on the climb!

Found this Baja near me, it has 93k miles but had a brand new engine installed 10k ago. Clean title and looks to be in good shape on the inside and outside. Is this worth $10k? What should I look out for?

Hey all, using a throwaway for obvious reasons.
I've been with my boyfriend for nearly 3 years now. The first year or so was long-distance, and after hundreds of hours of Discord calls and a couple of visits, we moved in together and we've lived that way ever since.
On one hand, I feel emotionally cold towards him. I'm no longer sexually attracted to him (even though he is quite good-looking, in my opinion) and I'm afraid to admit that I may no longer be romantically attracted to him. On the other hand, I love and value the stability and honesty and patience that he affords. He's by far the most "sane" and communicative partner I've ever had- we've actually talked about these issues before, and basically decided to try and make it work. Now, though, I find myself questioning whether I'll ever find him attractive in those ways again.
It's hard, for many reasons, some of which are to do with our specific social situation (much of which does not actually have any bearing on whether we should stay together, in my opinion, but still complicates a potential breakup) and some of which are relevant to my posting this thread. Matters in question, which I would like feedback on, are:

1. Whether or not this sort of romantic and sexual decline is normal in long term relationships. I don't believe most sustainable couples suffer this badly this early on from such a decline in emotional interest from either party, but am I just well out of the honeymoon phase? Would this sort of decline be inevitable in any relationship?
   
2. Whether or not I'm overvaluing the very thing of romantic and sexual magnetism in and of itself. Do I just long for the high of the honeymoon phase once again? I don't believe so. I find myself irritated by him. I'm frankly cold to him when he absolutely does not deserve to receive that kind of treatment... He is a genuine romantic and a sweetheart and the fact that his advances so often rub me the wrong way is surely a sign that I should leave the relationship, and free us both, no? Surely a daily sense of being bonded and truly enjoying his company should be a necessary component of a lifelong relationship, right?
   
3. Whether or not this is simply an unbroken cycle perpetuated by some unaddressed matters of my psyche. This is the longest relationship I've ever been in, but two years seems to be about the pattern. That said, there have been various different reasons for wanting to leave. It isn't always just irritation and a sense of being fed up and a loss of romantic fire, as it is in this case. Perhaps my problem is that I'm not quick enough to end unsatisfying or otherwise doomed relationships, and two years is just the limits of my patience?
   

Worst of all is how he'll be affected. In fact, if it weren't for that, I think I would have done it some time ago already. He's extremely sentimental and it absolutely tears me up to think of all of our good times turning sour for him. So many songs and little details of our lives and hobbies that are tied up with memories of being together that I fear I may ruin.
I really just had to get this off my chest. I'll probably have made up my mind by tomorrow, but getting these thoughts out on paper was likely necessary. Thank you for reading and please feel free to give any thoughts or words of advice you may have.