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hi there! made a reddit just to ask about this.
so my bf and i had sex on may 4th and my period had just ended may 2nd. i’m not on birth control but we always use a condom. this time however it ripped not sure how but it did. he had pulled out and didn’t even finish in me but he has a lot of pre cum. i’ve been so stressed ab this. so i took the plan b about an hour after about said incident and experienced just moderately light cramps and just overwhelming fatigue. spotting happened about 3-4 days later and it was like black almost and then lightened up as the days went on. i also was supposed to ovulate the 13th/14th of may. now it’s june 5th and i’m 8 days late for my period and have had some cramping and insomnia and anxiety lately. i’m really scared to take a test because i’m 18 and don’t wanna know the answer (ik stupid)
realistically, what are the chances of me being pregnant with all these factors? my typical cycle is 30 days long and im just really scared and im a hypochondriac who googles EVERYTHING and overthinks lol. pls pls help <3

My husband and I rent the top floor apartment in a building with a total of 9 apartments. The side we’re on only has 3 apartments and a set of stairs to access the 2nd and 3rd floor apartment, there is a sidewalk/walkway that leads to the stairs as well as the bottom floor apartment. Unfortunately the entrance of the sidewalk/walkway is always blocked by a car meaning you have to step over the curb and go around to get to the walkway, this wouldn’t be an issue if it was even ground on the other side of the curb but it is not, instead it’s more of a drop down and nothing but loose dirt/gravel. It was horrible in the winter due to snow build up on the curb so you never knew if you were off the curb or not until you pretty much fell on a car, we should have brought it up then but we naively hoped it would be better once the snow melted. I’m currently 30 weeks pregnant and while carrying groceries in I once again could not access the walkway so I stepped over the curb to go around and the loose uneven dirt gave way and I ended up falling fairly hard, thankfully I was able to protect my belly so baby is ok but I ended up bruised and bloodied and with several pulled muscles that making moving extremely uncomfortable. I plan to email our property management today to inform them of what happened and ask that the spot in front of our walkway be made into a no parking spot like the building next to us and the two in front of us. Do they have any legal obligation to have the walkway cleared for access? Thank you!

I am spiralling in stress and anxiety and really need advice/to vent. I am relocating from UK to Australia in July, and was just told by the pet relocation agent that travel date for my cat is in 2024 as the permit application is heavily backlogged and quarantine center (only 1 in the whole of Australia!) is all booked.
The thing is I have no family in UK and the friends I have are all not in the position to care for my cat (renting so landlord said no, leasehold doesn't allow, living with other people, in student accommodation, will be travelling for months, etc).
I am deeply, deeply devastated and stressed I feel like I can't think straight. I really love my cat and please don't say I need to give him up because I will just break down.

 Hi all! Before shelling out a ton of money on a stage pole, I just want to be absolutely sure before making such an expensive purchase. Your feedback would be greatly appreciated! 

1. Which stage pole is best for mobility? I plan on going differently places weekly with the stage and need to be able to assemble and disassemble quickly on my own.

I currently have an X- pole at home. It’s been over a year now and absolutely 0 issues. I, however heard though, X-stage poles are quite heavy! I personally have never owned a Lupit pole but have been hearing a lot of great things about them.

1. I live in a humid environment. Weather is usually the same as Florida consistently (70’s-80’s.) If I were to go with the X-Stage, I thought about getting a silicone pole. As it would be easier so I wouldn’t be gliding off due to me profusely sweating from the heat.

-Lupit doesn’t offer silicone stage poles but if anyone else has used their Lupit stage pole in humid weather without much issues without sweat and sliding, I’d love to know! Also, quite frankly if Lupit is easier to transport, I wouldn’t mind buying a pole wrap to put over it.

1. Do you all prefer long legs or short legs? Again, my stage will be setup outdoors. So I’m thinking durability wise long legs may be best?

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So, like all of us I have HS. It’s very mild, I only have about 6 dark spots as scars on my groin and I have just had a full 12 months of remission.
I’ve had HS for 7 years, 6 of which I always had at least one active lesion in my groin or on my butt. Because of this I have not had sex or been in a relationship since this first started occurring. (At worst I had 15 connected lesions on each side of my groin, so 30 active at once).
This is silly I know. I know people in this thread have far worse HS than me and they have wonderful and supportive relationships. I commend you and am in awe! I also know that if most people had the same degree of illness as I do they would probably have relationships as normal! It’s that mild and as I said has been gone for 12 months.
Here’s the thing, I am conventionally attractive otherwise. I’m not saying we are not all beautiful, we are, but I am aware of my figure and face and I have never felt comfortable with it. Even before HS I have been irked by my appearance. I hate being looked at and stared at, people calling out to me and talking to me and following me. People asking to catch up with me to get to know me or doing job interviews with me only for me to realize that’s not what they are really after, etc. I’ve always been annoyed by it. I study and work hard and I don’t wear any makeup or revealing clothes. I just try to get on with my own business.
I feel that in another life I probably would not be bothered by my HS at all, however I feel I can’t hook up with anyone because they will be so grossed out by it because to be frank they expect a certain thing. I was actually with someone when I first got the condition but I broke up with them because I could see they were noticing it. We had a good relationship, but let’s just say he owns a $22million dollar house and I don’t think recurring puss filled boils on a woman are what he is looking for. I ended it before I had to explain it and then I’ve tried to find someone who probably wouldn’t care but those types of people are not the ones interested in me. I feel it’s only audacious alpha dudes that ever try for me and they expect a Kim K who doesn’t get pus filled lumps around their vagina, (and her psoriasis is worse than my HS too!) I’m sure there are some nice guys out there who would be understanding of the condition who might fancy me however in my experience they usually get intimidated and never approach. I’ve even had crushes with nice guys that are reciprocated and I’ve tried my hardest to woo them too but then they freak out and either don’t hook up with me or have even flat out stood me up!
Anyway I know this sounds obnoxious and you probably hate me from reading this. But, it might make you feel better to know that pretty girls get HS too. Even my derm took a double take when he looked me in the face after he diagnosed me and he looked at me with such pity. I also had a golf ball sized boil once lanced by a super macho hot doctor who was thrilled I was taking my pants off but after it was done he was so shocked and awkward he was speechless and couldn’t look me in the eye and got me out of his room as soon as possible.
Anyway so that’s all pretty pathetic but now this next reason why I’m winging is that recently my HS has come, THIS TIME ON MY NECK. I can’t believe it. I’ve had a few lesions on my scalp but I just thought it was regular acne. How wrong was I. I’ve just developed 5 connected bumps on the nape of my neck. I’m sure people can see the redness and swelling when I have my hair up. And some burst a couple of days ago and for the first time I think there is odor from the lesions and people noticed. I can’t believe it and I don’t know what to do. I also forgot how painful HS is. The pain is radiating all the way down my shoulders and back. I’m so tired of this condition and hate to wonder what people will think. I already hate the attention I get and now I have to have a rare disgusting disease that people can now see and gossip about. I actually don’t know if I can face it I already hate people talking about me.
I’m wondering is there anyone else in a similar situation as me? And if anyone has any advice on how to treat HS on the scalp. Ugh I can’t believe this.

‘The Little Mermaid’ is finally here. Find out how to watch Disney's latest live-action adaptation animated film The Little Mermaid online for free.
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The new live-action 'The Little Mermaid' movie stars Halle Bailey and Melissa McCarthy. Make sure to keep on reading to learn where you can watch and stream it.
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Folks, it's time to dive under the sea once again. Over the last few years, Disney has recreated their top animated musical films into live-action movies. The Little Mermaid is no different, and viewers can't wait to swim into theaters to catch a glimpse of how the movie will stand up against the original version.
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Walt Disney Studios has established a remarkable trend of making live-action remakes of its classic stories. One after the other, all the fairytales of the past era are being brought to life by the studio in an attempt to tell the magical stories in a new light of living characters. With the live-action Peter Pan & Wendy due out in April, Disney will continue their string of live-action remakes a month later with The Little Mermaid.
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Get ready to go "under the sea!" The latest of Disney's hugely successful line of live-action remakes, Ariel (Halle Bailey) is set to return to theaters for the first time in almost thirty-five years with The Little Mermaid (2023). The Walt Disney Company once again invites audiences to travel under the sea to see Princess Ariel's story unfold like never before. Featuring direction from veteran musical filmmaker Rob Marshall and other roles inhabited by major Hollywood stars like Melissa McCarthy as Ursula the Sea Witch and Javier Bardem as King Triton, the film is bound to be a bona fide hit at the box office.
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Though the upcoming and highly anticipated film will have stiff competition against two stand-up comedians on the weekend it releases, The Little Mermaid is destined to show that life is better down where it's wetter under the sea this Summer movie season. To find showtimes and streaming information on Disney's latest big-budget reimagining of an animated classic, here is where you can watch The Little Mermaid.
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Actress Halle Bailey as Ariel, the iconic mermaid princess who longs to be part of the the mysteriously world housed above the ocean floor. When she saves the handsome Prince Eric (Jonah Hauer-King) from a shipwreck, she makes a deal with the sea witch Ursula (Melissa McCarthy) in order to gain human legs and go on land to impress him. But there's one catch to the transaction: Ariel must trade her voice in order for her to try and see the things she's after. But as fans of the original 1989 film know, this comes with a series of consequences that threaten both her existence and the lives of those she loves.
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Before we ask if you're interested in seeing this, we know you are. But like us, you're probably wondering how to watch and stream The Little Mermaid online. Luckily, we have some clues and it's likely to land on a major streaming site very soon. So climb aboard, because here's where to watch and stream The Little Mermaid online.
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What Is the Release Date for The Little Mermaid?
Ariel's quest to go from a mermaid into a human begins anew when The Little Mermaid premieres this Memorial Day Weekend on Friday, May 26th, 2023. The film will be going up against not one, but two stand-up comedians and their films that weekend, with Sebastian Maniscalco's About My Father and Bert Kreischer's The Machine premiering on the same day. That said, The Little Mermaid will almost certainly be the choice for younger audiences and families.
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While some Disney films are heading straight to Disney+, The Little Mermaid will first be shown exclusively in theaters.
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Where To Watch The Little Mermaid Online:
As of now, the only way to watch Fast X is to head out to a movie theater when it premieres on May 26, 2023. You can find a local showing on Fandango.
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Otherwise, you’ll just have to wait for it to become available to rent or purchase on digital platforms like Amazon, Vudu, YouTube or Apple, or become available to stream on Disney+.
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At the moment, you can watch The Little Mermaid at your local theater. But like most movies these days, it should hit a streaming website in the near future.
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Like its predecessor, The Little Mermaid is a flick produced by multimedia conglomerate Disney. What's more, the production studio owns a number of other famous franchises, like the Marvel Cinematic Universe and Star Wars. Titles made under these umbrellas have both hit Disney+ sometime after arriving at the box office. Fans may also know the original Little Mermaid is currently available to stream on the site as well. So, if the 2023 version follows the same pattern, folks will likely get to see The Little Mermaid on Disney+ later this year too.
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As for an exact release date for The Little Mermaid, that's more complicated. Most movies produced by Disney often go to its streamer site within three months after debuting in theaters, like the most recent Marvel film Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania. If this is the case for The Little Mermaid, it will probably drop in late August 2023 or sometime near Labor Day in early September.
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When the time comes for The Little Mermaid to splash onto Disney+ though, make sure you're all prepared to watch it. If you don't have access yet, you can opt into a 30-day free trial before choosing a plan that start at $7.99 per month or $79.99 per year. After your account is all set, click on the title page on Disney+'s official website or the Disney+ app.
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As you wait for The Little Mermaid to hit the streamer, why don't you watch the animated version and its sequel The Little Mermaid 2: Return to the Sea? Or if you want to immerse yourself in another live-action version, click on the 2019 ABC TV special The Little Mermaid Live!. Enjoy!
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Will The Little Mermaid Be in Theaters or on Streaming?
Unlike several of Disney's other live-action remakes such as Pinocchio and Peter Pan & Wendy, The Little Mermaid will be exclusively in movie theaters first with tickets available for pre-sale now.
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After The Little Mermaid has completed its exclusive theatrical run, the film will be released on the Disney+ streaming service. Based on Disney's past release models, the film won't be made available to stream before 45 to 90 days after its theatrical release.
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When will The Little Mermaid be streaming on Disney+?
The Little Mermaid Disney+ premiere date is tentatively estimated to be August 30, 2023.
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While no official Little Mermaid streaming date has been confirmed by Disney, most of its major movie releases drop on Disney+ following a minimum 90-day period, and typically premiere on the platform on Wednesdays, making Wednesday, August 30 the most likely date for Disney’s The Little Mermaid live-action streaming release.
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Will The Little Mermaid Be Streaming On Disney+?
The 2023 version of The Little Mermaid will only be in theaters initially. After The Little Mermaid has completed its exclusive theatrical run, it is likely to stream on Disney Plus. You can also watch the animated version of Hans Christian Andersen's 1837 fairy tale of Ariel on Disney Plus now.
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While you will only be able to catch the new "The Little Mermaid" in theaters starting next Friday, you can still sign up for Disney+ now to refresh yourself on the characters, song, plot and magical fun from the highly anticipated film. The 1989 version of the movie was a catalyst for Disney's animation renaissance throughout the '90s and it still holds up today.
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An ad-supported Disney+ subscription starts at $8 per month, but you can get an ad-free access to the service for $11 monthly or bundle the Disney streaming service with Hulu and ESPN+ starting at $13 per month. Disney+ boasts a huge collection of movies and television series, including Marvel and Star Wars content. If you add in Hulu and ESPN, you have nearly unlimited entertainment at your fingertips.
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Is The Little Mermaid streaming on Netflix?
No, The Little Mermaid will not be on Netflix — at least not any time soon. In the meantime, you’ll just have to head out to a movie theater or wait for it to become available to stream on Disney+.
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Will The Little Mermaid Be On HBO Max?
No, The Little Mermaid will not be on HBO Max since it’s not a Universal Pictures movie. Last year, the company released its films in theaters and on the streamer on the same day. However, they now allow a 45-day window between the theatrical release and the streaming release.
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Is The Little Mermaid Available On Hulu?
Viewers are saying that they want to view the new animation movie The Little Mermaid on Hulu. Unfortunately, this is not possible since Hulu currently does not offer any of the free episodes of this series streaming at this time. It will be exclusive to the MTV channel, which you get by subscribing to cable or satellite TV services. You will not be able to watch it on Hulu or any other free streaming service.
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There are a few ways to watch The Little Mermaid online in the U.S. You can use a streaming service such as Netflix, Hulu, or Amazon Prime Video. You can also rent or buy the movie on iTunes or Google Play. You can also watch it on-demand or on a streaming app available on your TV or streaming device if you have cable.
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The Little Mermaid Cast and Characters
The Little Mermaid was written by David Magee and directed by Rob Marshall. It stars the following actors:
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Halle Bailey as Ariel
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Melissa McCarthy as Ursula
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Javier Bardem as King Triton
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Noma Dumezweni as Queen Selina
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Jonah Hauer-King as Prince Eric
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Daveed Diggs as Sebastian
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Awkwafina as Scuttle
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Jacob Tremblay as Flounder
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Art Malik as Sir Grimsby
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What is The Little Mermaid About?
The official synopsis for The Little Mermaid by Walt Disney Studios read:
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“The Little Mermaid” is the beloved story of Ariel, a beautiful and spirited young mermaid with a thirst for adventure. The youngest of King Triton’s daughters and the most defiant, Ariel longs to find out more about the world beyond the sea, and while visiting the surface, falls for the dashing Prince Eric. While mermaids are forbidden to interact with humans, Ariel must follow her heart. She makes a deal with the evil sea witch, Ursula, which gives her a chance to experience life on land, but ultimately places her life – and her father’s crown – in jeopardy.
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There is not much mystery in The Little Mermaid's plot. As seen in Disney's many other live-action remakes, it is anticipated that the film's plot will largely stick to the original. With the well-known song "Part of Your World," in which Ariel sings about her wish to be a part of the world beyond the water, i.e., the human realm, the teaser already alluded to Ariel's fascination with the human world. Fans will get to see Ariel and Prince Eric's romance as they deal with the challenges posed by their differences.

Hello, as the title says...
I was just on a trip to Japan and I absolutely loved the Tokyo metro system. With that said, when I found out the new Little Tokyo station opens in less than two weeks I got pretty excited. I of course don't expect the same level of cleanliness, speed, etc. But my main concern is if it's gonna be as bad as BART? When I lived in SF it was common to see drugged out people doing... well... anti-social and destructive things if we can call them that way.
What should my expectations be if I plan on going from Little Tokyo to Santa Monica? How safe is the blue line? Should I avoid it after certain times?

A few days ago, i asked a question about being able to run a marathon at 4:59/km in this post. I talked about having planned a simulation run of 30km and most people (sounds logic) told me to just run it and think about it after that run.
Simulation run - basic info I now did the simulation. I warmed up for 3km around 5:45/km and did the rest (27km) at an average of 4:57. In total this was an average of 5:01/km for the full 30k.
Simulation run - more details: I prepared for the run by applying sunscreen (i'm sensitive) and petrolium jelly at places where chafing was a problem in previous runs. Filled my soloman vest with 2 water flasks/bottles and 4 gels (3+1reserve). It was a sunny day so i put on my hat as well. In my head, i was still thinking about that pace and how it would hurt me.
The first few km's went great. It was nice and easy with little hills so my calve got a great warm-up. When i needed to go to the pace of 4:59, i found it difficult in the first 4km after the warm-up, after that, i eased into it. My tempo is not a flat line, it's a lot ups and downs, i'm not good at it. The way i do it is to look at my average pace on my watch, if it went above 4:59 for a longer period, i pushed a little, when it went down, i slowed down a little.
My heartrate at warm-up was 120 bpm and at pace it started with 138 BPM ending with 158 BPM, averaging at 146 BPM for the full run.
At 26km i first started to feel some tireness in my legs but i could push through untill km 30. It felt like this was possible because i knew it would end at 30.
Feelings after Simulation + questions for taper and marathon pace I felt great after this run. Today, i feel nothing. I'm thinking about how my legs felt in the last kilometers and the fact that how i can possible run 12km at that pace, starting from km 30 on the marathon. So here are my questions about this topic:

• How should I interpret this running for my marathon?
• Should I run exactly as I did for this simulation ( 3km warm up + rest @ 4:59) and see what happens after 30
• Should i run slower?
• Should i do carb loading in the taper period (marathon is 16th of June)
• What should i eat/drink during the day of the marathon, the marathon is at 20h00 or 8 pm. (totaly afraid to need to go to the toilet during run)

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For me it's all about the fact that the simulation run was during a training week and the marathon will be with more rested legs after a taper period. It's like running the same run and hope the legs can continue for 12km, or go slower and maintain that pace for the whole run and risk the possibility that i cuold run faster. All help and advice is welcome!
TLDR: Had simulation run that went great, have some questions for marathon pace and taper period (see bullet points).
Thank you all for your time :)

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My father spent 14 years locked behind the thick steel doors of the Barry Telford State Penitentiary located right outside Texarkana, Texas. Recently I took an interest in the darker events that have happened to various family members and sat down to ask him if he had any chilling stories or experiences he could share about his time he spent incarcerated, anything that he hadn’t shared with me before.
I was both pleased and horrified as for the next two hours he divulged some truly chilling and grotesque tales. I will just let you know now that some of these stories are graphic and if you have a weak stomach I’d advise you not to read further. For the rest of you, I won’t sparse details and I’ll lay them out exactly as he laid them out to me.
My dad was sent to the Telford unit a few months after his 21st birthday, sentenced to 20 years for armed robbery. It is a maximum security prison designed to mostly hold suspected gang members and violent criminals.
“The first day is a total shock to your system. You are stripped and cavity searched coming in and out of every room, you have a bed time, you are timed at meals, and thrown into a cell with 3 other inmates telling you the house rules and which bunk is yours. Then laying in bed that first night… that’s when it hits you that this is home, that this is your life now. Out of anything I can recall, that feeling of helplessness and hopelessness, that loss of freedom, that’s the scariest part of prison.”
He told me that as the months pass you get used to your routine, you start to need the structure, even crave it. He said he decided to make the best of it, learn as many skills as he could, and stay as busy as possible. One of his vocational skills he picked up was plumbing, and soon became the in house plumber for ‘A’ building.
Now the way the prison is set up is that there is an A-Building and a B-Building. Inside each building there are 10 cell houses, each cell house contains 12 cells that can hold anywhere from 1 to 4 inmates each. In the middle of each cell house is the Rec Room where the cells all open up to and this is where the inmates spend most of their free time.
In addition to the cell houses each building also contains several solitary wings, labeled from ‘A-Seg’ to ‘Z-Seg’.
“When I first got there, everyone kept joking that if I stepped out of line the guards would send me to ‘M-Seg.’ One day I asked a buddy, who had been locked up for 15 years already when I got there, why people kept talking about ‘M-Seg’ and not any of the other seg wings.”
“Look,” his buddy told him, “people who have extended stays in M just don’t come back the same, some don’t come back at all. The guards know it, that’s why they always fill M last, or put new guys there who they think might be troublemakers. A night in M and you’ll straighten your act up real quick. I’ve never been there myself, but I talked to a couple inmates who have and they both told me the same thing, something evil lives in that place.” So like I said, my dad had become the on call plumber for A-Building. He said it was about 6 months into the job when he had his first encounter with M-Seg.
“Whenever a toilet was stopped up or something was leaking the guards would just knock on my door and lead me to the problem. It was an around the clock type of thing, I didn’t mind though, any excuse to get out of the cell was fine by me. Plus you get your own cell since you’d be coming in and out at all hours of the night and day so that was a nice perk as well. Anyway, one night there is a knock on my door and the guard tell me to, ‘get dressed Rashell, we need you in seg.’ I get up, the guard opens my door and we start heading down to seg.”
“It’s a real mess down there, I’ve seen a lot of shit in my day but this is crazy…” the guard told my dad as he led him down the connecting corridors, “just make sure you wear your gloves and booties, Rashell.”
My dad was curious and asked the guard what had happened.
“Looney-toon on suicide watch, I guess somehow must’ve snuck in a piece of metal. Look, I shouldn’t tell you this but I don’t want you to be surprised when you get in there. ‘Crazy’ cut off his own genitals. He threw his testicles out on the run, but we can’t find his penis, and that’s where you come in.”
When they reached their destination there was another guard standing outside with an inmate holding a mop waiting to clean up after my dad was finished. My dad said when they opened the door to M-Seg it was almost hauntingly dark, four or five dim overhead lights ran down the hallway but seemed to act more like spotlights and gave off practically no ambient light. He said there was a trail of blood leading towards the back of the corridor. Each seg block had 14 cells with solid steel doors. Each door had a small window that could be opened and closed from the outside and a tray slit which the guy must’ve used to toss his testicles out. As he got closer he could see that blood was running out from a cell towards the end of the block through a small gap under the door.
“Open 13,” the guard yelled to another guard behind a glass window controlling the electronic locks.
“When I went in to that cell I couldn’t believe how much blood there was. It was on the walls and the ceiling, the entire mattress pad was doused in it… The toilet was flooded up to the brim and it looked like it was filled with blood. I used a cup to transfer the bloody water into buckets until I could start to see the silhouette of something under the water. I could see a big wad of toilet paper so I pulled it out and sat it on the floor. I could tell something was inside it. As I started to slowly unravel the wad, all of a sudden I started hearing this noise coming from the air vents, ‘tunk tunk tunk,’ it sounded like someone crawling or trying to sneak through them almost, I didn’t think much of it at the time but I’ll get back to that later. Anyway, I unroll the paper and sure enough the guy’s pecker was right there.”
The guard took it and dropped it in a bag of ice and after making sure the toilet flushed he started leading my dad back to the entrance of M Seg.
“When we got down the hall waiting for the exit door to open all the lights went out.”
“Shit,” muttered the guard, “against the wall inmate.”
“I stood back against the wall,” my dad continued, “and as the guards tried to figure out what was going on I heard that noise in the vents again. It was coming from the cell I had just come out of,
“‘tunk tunk tunk…’
“I didn’t know what it was but it gave me this awful feeling, and as I was standing there I realized it was getting louder and faster and closer to me.
“‘tunk… tunk…. tunk, tunk, TUNK, TUNK, TUNK.’
“It sounded like whatever was in that vent was now in a dead sprint right at us, the guard was trying to ignore it but I could tell he heard it too because he kept looking back over his shoulder and started yelling at the guard behind the glass.
“‘Hey! Hey!’ -TUNK, TUNK, TUNK- ‘Hurry up and get this fucking door open!’ -TUNK, TUNK, TUNK-
“Just as the noise in the vent got up to us, the lights came back on and it went silent. The door opened up and the guard got us out of there as fast as he could. A few days later I saw the inmate who was waiting on janitor duty that night and asked him if he had seen anything. He told me he saw them wheel a guy covered in blood out on a stretcher and that he was screaming about a ‘man in the vents’ and that the man had told him to do it.”
My dad also asked him if he had heard anything in the vents while he was mopping up, but he told my dad he didn’t hear anything, but that he found the metal the man from 13 had used to cut himself.
“It was buried in a pool of blood,” the guy said, “damnedest thing too, looked like a piece of shrapnel cut out from air duct metal.”
The next story my dad shared with me is more graphic and scary in the sense of what human beings are capable of.
“We get new guys that think they are going to be bad asses all the time. Sometimes it works out for them and other times it doesn’t. There were lots of serious gangs in BTU, and sometimes you get a guy who comes in from a local street gang that doesn’t really comprehend how violent some of these big gangs are. It’s like they are ‘playing’ gang to look cool, like kids play cops and robbers, the problem is that they think other people are just ‘playing’ gang too or something.
“Anyway we had this one guy, Ricky, come in and everyone but him knew it was going to end badly for him. He was this young Hispanic guy, and he thought his small town gang was a direct rival to another Hispanic gang, MS-13. He would curse out and disrespect them in front of everyone at chow time and in the halls, and scream at their members who’d pass his cell.
“He’d only been there a week, some of the elders tried telling him he needed to calm down before he got hurt but Ricky was hard headed and just wouldn’t hear it.
“Well one day during dinner the chow hall was quiet and Ricky was nowhere to be seen. My table was dismissed first and as we made our way back to our cell house we turned the corner to see Ricky covered in blood stumbling towards us, arms wrapped around his stomach.
“He was completely naked, big patches of his skin cut from his body where his tattoos had been. Both of his eyes were popped out from their sockets and were just dangling towards the ground. The side of his head was caved in where they had stomped his skull until his eyes came out. As he came closer I could see he was holding his intestines in his hands.
“The worst part to me is that he hadn’t died during it, that he was conscious for every blow and every cut… He just hobbled up the hall in our directions crying and asking,
“‘Why can’t I look up? Why can’t I look up?’
“He collapsed and passed out a few seconds later, and died right there at our feet. They never found out who did it…”
Alright I’ll share one more story my dad shared with me I found kind of creepy, as this is getting pretty long.
About seven years into his stint in prison my dad said through a series of circumstances he ended up having to stay the night in M-Seg. The A-Building was being renovated and repaired and as a result they were sending the inmates to stay in seg in waves.
Well it had been years since my dad had been to the rarely used M-seg and he had convinced himself that he was just hearing things that night. They were leading prisoners out one cell at a time and transferring them to the various seg blocks. My dad’s cell was on the end and he had his cell to himself so when they transferred him he wasn’t accompanied by any other inmates. To his dismay all the seg blocks had been filled, except for M, that is.
They led him down to the end of M and opened the door to 14, which was right next to the cell the man had cut himself in all those years ago.
“Everything was fine until lights out. It was really dark in there, each cell has a little night light thing above the toilet but it’s not enough to see anything or read or write. Anyway it was so dark I figured the only thing I could do was go to sleep. But all night I kept hearing the guy in the cell next to me talking to himself. The way the cells are set up the vents carry any little noise to the adjoining cells. The vent themselves are located right at the foot of the little cots in each cell. People would sit next to them to communicate and pass time during stints in solitary but this guy wasn’t talking to me he was like he was talking to himself and it was starting to really wear on my nerves. I banged on the vent and told him to keep it down but he just kept talking in this whispery voice, and it sounded like he was chanting the same thing over and over but I couldn’t make out what he was saying. I put my ear up to the vent to try and see what he was saying and my hairs stood up on the back of my head when I swear god I felt his breath in my ear as clear as day I heard him whispering,
“‘I remember you, I remember you, I remember you.’ in this frantic melodic tune.
“‘Well you won’t remember anything when I bash your head in if you don’t keep it down in there,’ I told him.
“All of a sudden his voice got a little louder and angrier in tone,
“‘I’ll slit your throat, I’ll slit your throat, I’ll slit your throat.’
“I was a little unnerved but I’ve heard a lot worse after so many years in prison so I just told him to fuck off and decided I’d let the guards deal with it in the morning. Well morning came and when the guard brought me my breakfast I told him if he didn’t do something about the guy keeping me up all night in 13 that I would.
“‘What are you talking about Rashell? You are the only person in M seg,’ the guard told me as chills ran down my spine.
“That night as soon as the light went out the whispers started again, and this time I was petrified.
“‘I’ll slit your throat. I’ll slit your throat. I’ll slit your throat…’
“The whispers were more aggressive this time, clearer too. Then all of a sudden they went from whispers to deep guttural screams,
“‘I’LL SLIT YOUR THROAT! I’LL SLIT YOUR THROAT! I’LL SLIT YOUR FUCKING THROAT!’
It scared me so bad I fell out of my cot and scooted on the floor until I felt my back hit the wall opposing the air vent. As my eyes came into focus in absolute horror I saw the silhouette of a head directly inside the vent. I couldn’t make out it’s features but I see it’s eyes. They were full of hatred and rage and they were locked right into me. Fast and louder he just continued screaming that he’d slit my throat, as the vent casing started to shake. Now the vents go straight up in a duct to a main duct then back down to the next cell through another duct, so you can’t see into your neighbor’s cell from your cell. That meant whatever this… thing… was, it was right inside my vent… I jumped up and banged on the steel door as hard as I could telling for a guard.
“‘Help! Help! Somebody!’
“A guard came running down the hall and as soon as he slid the door window open the vent went silent.
“‘You gotta get me out of here, something is in the vents,’ I pleaded.
“To my surprise the guard didn’t protest my request. Instead he just told me to hang tight for a second and then clicked his radio and said,
“‘Need an open cell for a transfer from M seg,’ he paused for a second then leaned back into his radio and simply said, ‘he’s back.’
“He opened the door and led me down the corridor and as they did the whole time we were followed by that familiar sound in the vents,
“‘Tunk… tunk… tunk…’
“I’ve seen and heard a lot in my years, not a lot gets under my skin, but I was shaking like a leaf the whole way out of M-seg… I don’t think I took a breath until I walked out the block doors and heard them shut behind me. I finally worked up the nerve to ask that guard what the hell was in those vents.
“‘I don’t know, Rashell. Warden’ll tell you there’s nothing in those vents. All I can tell you is that whatever it is, it’s evil.’”

Hi, need your advise. Planning to purchase a preowned certified car. Budget around < 25k on road. I feel i should go fully electric or just stick with gas. I don't find big savings with hybrid and most of them are costly. Requirements

1. fit 5 people
2. 95% for day to day errands
3. i like to do lot of road trips.
4. prefer to car camp thats like 10% of use
5. prefer spatious
6. good milege
7. currently live in California
8. does not quality for 7,500 tax credit for ev

What I am inlined to in the order of preference

1. Subaru Outback
2. Honda CRV Hybrid

Open for suggestions. please suggest. Appreciate all your help

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I've been grinding up the few Pokémon I've caught, which has been fun, but I almost feel like I'm playing it wrong? I don't have a team planned out, not sure how to do the fights really, and just feeling kinda lost.
I really enjoy shiny hunting videos, so I think my goal is going to be that. I plan to play more Pokémon games if I find myself enjoying Diamond enough, but I'll probably start playing on my switch instead. Will I be able to bring the shinnies I catch with me?
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Also I know there are simpler ways to wash away potential hexes/curses or even just bring a little bit more luck in your life, trust me, I have every intention on doing that too, I just feel like I’d be more comfortable with the ritual as well. Thanks so much :)

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