There’s a flappy piece of a chunk of skin, the Pearson can’t sit flush against my ear, and when I push as far as I can go, the top half of the bar sticks out .
I got this piercing two days ago, but I’m only noticing the skin and bar now because there’s no blood.
I pushed the bar out a bit so you can see the skin better but What did this happen from? it being pierced on a certain angle or the needle itself? it looks like the tissue never got removed and tore my skin upwards. Which means it will never go away and will look bad when I wear a hoop.
Not only that, but when I do push the piercing in as far as it can go, it doesn’t sit flush against my skin and part of the bar sticks out.
What should I do, deal with it? or do what I’m thinking which is maybe I should just let it close and get it re-pierced some other time.

In good weather, I take daily 1.5~2 mile barefoot walks around the neighborhood (in addition to other barefooting around town when I do shopping and errands). There are patches on my standard walk where the ground is covered with twigs, seeds, acorns, and occasional small stones. I am ok with that, but it is definitely always uncomfortable and not a highlight of the walk. I walk carefully through this area and try to configure my feet as I walk to minimize things poking at me — and fortunately it's just a short stretch, followed by a lovely meadow area. But this got me wondering about places around the world where people are barefoot all the time (whether by choice or lack of access to shoes), and the earlier history of our species before shoes and sandals came into common use. If you are barefoot your whole life, do you really end up not noticing and not minding small things poking at you underfoot? Does that really happen? Seems almost impossible to me (especially since studies show that sole sensitivity is still remarkably good in people who habitually go barefoot). But then again, our ancestors did not spend most of their time walking on pavement and smooth floors, so they must have managed somehow. I am wondering what if anything science knows about this, or what the personal experience of others might be. Pure curiosity — not going to give up my walks.

i engaged a sticky zombie on a snow biome, it was flat and he was the only enemy nearby. i didnt read the boss bar carefully so i just attacked him, as i hit him my weapon just vanished so i doged back and killed him with my bow. first i thought i droped it but i didnt saw the weapon fall to the floor and no enemy was able to pick it up (exept from the sticky zombie) but i killed him so the weapon should drop again but there was only rotten flesh an a enchanted iron pickaxe. unfortunally i dont have a recording, but i am sure the weapon just disapeared out of my hand i didnt saw it drop and i had my eyes all time on the zombie. version: 2.9.2 maybe someone has the same bug, and yes i know CoP but its just hard to find...

I really like this idea of combining things like basic chemistry with magic. This one has stuck in my head a while after writing it, though the short story itself I feel lacks something.
Here's the link
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Reld led the crew further into the odd structure. Many of them whispered underneath their breath, awestruck. The building was fairly large, formed mainly of hallways that led into rectangular rooms. There was no second floor that they could see, but that hardly mattered. This find was extraordinarily well preserved.
The crew paused for a moment, and the flames held in their hands flickered as they hesitated. What if they didn't find anything? What if there was nothing of any worth here? What if they couldn't win the war?
"Well?!" A clear voice rang out in the darkness. "None of this is getting any less decrepit! Go and see what you can find!"
Reld grinned at E'lin, who flicked her wrist and summoned fire. The light that reflected off her hair may it seem to glow. "I thought I was the one who was supposed to lead this expedition."
"Well, you were going too slow. So I took the lead." She spun on her heel and briskly followed the rest of the crew to help.
Reld started after her, grinning dumbly.
Melthis noticed, and limped over to him, a smile spreading across his aged face. He put a frail hand on Reld's shoulder and told him what he told Reld every time.
The excavation of the structure was shockingly easy. The hallways hadn't collapsed under the earth, so they hadn't needed to bring any manipulators, although they did come in handy when moving piles of small metal tables and chairs.
Eventually, they came across a door that was locked. This was what Reld was here for, really. He was a manipulator of the highest order, able to exercise extreme control over metal. But his power came in bursts, so he was saved specifically for situations like this. He extended his hands towards the door, and focused. After a few seconds, the door compressed itself into a perfect sphere.
This room was the best-preserved of any of them. Any books found in the hallway--or even the other rooms--were decayed, unusable. They had a particular interest in books, as relics of the ancients were imbued with incredibly complex magic that they could not understand. The leader of Zator had what he called a "pistol." It could kill at range, spitting fire and metal with naught more than a thought. And they had found a relic inscribed with the letters NOKIA, which displayed odd, glowing symbols. It had stopped working a while after they found it, but it had astounded the elders all the same, prompting this excursion.
Needless to say, Reld quickly brought the tomes back to his home in the hopes that they could replicate a portion of the ancients' power, and protect their home. They also found curious wooden rods, odd apparatus that seemed designed to protect your eyes, vials and containers of odd substances, and various other knick-knacks.
Three months later, the experiments started. The scholars had translated the books to the best of their ability, and followed the instructions on one of the spells. It had involved an odd metal called Megnisium and a flame. The spell had increased the intensity of the flame like nothing anyone had ever seen.
Reld was particularly drawn to a vial of something called Mircurie. It seemed like metal, but it was a liquid. Hopefully, that would make it easier to manipulate. He fantasized about being able to use his power for more than a few seconds before he exhausted himself, and these thoughts intoxicated him.
Despite the warnings from the scholars, he opened the vial, and attempted to manipulate it. The metal responded as if it were a part of him. He twisted it into different shapes, sent it flying outward and calling it back, forming a blade, a shield, and everything in between. This would change everything. Manipulators didn't have to pit their will against the strength of steel anymore.
They could win countless battles with this strength.
As time went on, more and more of the substances were revealed to empower magic. Soldiers no longer had to worry about psychics taking control over them with the discovery of alomenum. And with megnisium, flames could blind enemy forces.
Eventually, Zator attacked. But they were not permitted to use the new powers, for the elders were afraid. Many had died. Fathers, mothers, brothers, sisters.
And E'lin. E'lin had died. And Reld couldn't do anything about it.
Reld soon confronted the elders. "Why do we still sit here and wait to be attacked! We could front an offensive, we could attack! We have the strength now! We could liberate every other village overtaken by the Zator!"
The elders fight long and hard. What if the magic isn't stable? What if it's bound to an area? What if, what if, what if.
But Reld had one final thing to say. Melthis had told him time and time again, but he had never listened. This time, he would.
"Nothing will ever happen unless you step forward."

Hello! So here's some (possibly) relevant information about me? To hopefully help answer my two ?s.
Me: Female, 25, Caucasian, 130 lbs & 12 weeks pregnant. Based in the U.S. if that's relevant.
Diagnoses: Psoriasis/psoriatic arthritis & UTI with ZERO symptoms (I had a lot of UTIs as a kid and I never developed symptoms except frequent urination, which now that I'm pregnant is already a common thing haha)
Medication: Newly weaned off of 100 mg of zoloft per my docs suggestion due to potential for deformities in baby, prenatal vitamin, and cephalexin 500 mg 2x daily for UTI.
My questions: 1. Yesterday I developed a nose bleed. Not a severe one, it didn't actually drip out of my nose. But I blew my nose and found a lot of blood, plus my entire nostril is scabbed up on the inside. Should I be concerned? I do not get frequent nose bleeds so I'm not sure if this is concerning with my antibiotic being at such a strong dose.

1. My doctor sent me a message Friday evening (it's now a holiday weekend) saying that the culture came back saying my UTI is sensitive for the antibiotic I'm on. She asked me if I'm feeling any different. I'm confused as to what this means (is being sensitive to the antibiotic good or bad?) And also confused why she's asking me how I'm feeling after only 24 hours on it. I told her I have zero symptoms other than using the bathroom a lot. Zero pain, zero discomfort. I'm not sure what information she's hoping to get out of me? I feel the same as I did before, the same as always.

Can anyone help me out with this?

This is just a silly thought I had when I was smoking and trying to cope with how sad this song is...But looking at All too well lyrics, You're losing me might not be about Joe, but about Jake 🤡🤡

1. ''I'm a soldier who's returning half her weight'' + ''as i tried to be the bravest soldier''
2. ''until we were dead and gone and burried, check the pulse and came back swearing'' + ''my heart wont start anymore for you'' AND 'Til we were too far gone to bring back to life?''
3. ''you held my lifeless frame'' + ''How can you say that you love someone you can't tell is dyin'?'' (plus before that he said he loved her but it was too late)
4. ''Runnin' scared, I was there'' + ''now you're running down the hallway''
5. ''back before you lost the one real thing you've even known'' + ''you dont know what you got until its gone''
6. ''Fighting in only your army, frontlines, don't you ignore me I'm the best thing at this party'' + that part of all too well mv when he brings her infront his friends and ignores her
7. ''The idea you had of me, who was she?'' + ''I gave you all my best mes''
8. ''A never-needy, ever-lovely jewel whose shine reflects on you'' + ''I know my pain is such an imposition'' (she's not supposed to be needy).

+ ''I wouldn't marry me either'' she haunts him in I bet you think about me as a bride.
Feel free to clown with me hehe, again this is just for fun🤡

[86F]My grandma accidentally cuts a chunk of her (not sure if just the skin or with the flesh) thumb while using a nail cutter. The blood wont stop (it's not spurting or squirting. it's just leaking but not that heavy). She is taking aspirin because of her medication and I know that aspirin can make the blood thin. I applied first aid by using betadine on the wound. The deep of the wound is less than a cm.

Hello everyone,
today I had an interesting discussion with a friend of mine about which Pokémon generation we liked the least. I should mention that my friend and I are 25 and 23 years old respectively, and we have played all the Pokémon generations up to the fourth one. Unfortunately, I had to stop after the fourth generation due to an unfortunate incident where my Nintendo DS Lite fell to the floor and broke. After the fourth generation, I decided not to invest any more money in buying a new DS and playing Pokémon games beyond Platinum. However, my friend continued to play all the titles up to the present day, while I have been following the various video games as a spectator rather than a player.
So today we were discussing which generation we liked the least, and we have very different opinions on which one is the worst overall. Personally, I believe that the fourth generation (Pokémon Platinum) marked a turning point for me in terms of the design choices for Pokémon. I don't like many of the Pokémon from the fourth generation, but there are others that I adore. On the other hand, the fifth generation is the one that definitively marked a change in design. Many Pokémon, from an aesthetic point of view, don't appeal to me, and I also find that the new generations drastically alter a Pokémon after evolution, which I find unsuitable. In fact, I believe that an evolution should be a gradual process rather than a complete transformation. While in the earlier generations I could accept that Magikarp evolves into Gyarados as an exception that confirms the rule, I increasingly struggle to appreciate things like Yamask evolving into Cofagrigus or a Ducklett evolving into a Swanna. But this is just my opinion, and I realize that it may not be shared by everyone.
However, I wanted to know the community's opinion on which generation they prefer the most and conduct a survey about it. Unfortunately, I can't include all nine generations because the maximum number of options for the survey is six. Therefore, for simplicity, I will place the first three generations in the top position since I believe they are very similar to each other. I won't include the ninth generation because I know it is the most disliked, even though I would like to include all of them separately, but I can't.
TL;DR I discussed my least favorite Pokémon generation with a friend. I stopped playing pokémon games after the fourth generation due to a broken DS Lite, while my friend continued and we disagree on the worst generation. I wanted to know what the community thinks about it by asking which is your favorite pokémon generation.
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Hey guys, have a couple skins that I'm looking to trade/sell. Included an album below (guns aren't in my inventory right now as my friend has them listed on buff for me).
Open to crypto offers (BTC, ETH) and item trades (preferably liquid skins/knives)

Item	B/O
FT Blue Gem Bayonet	$2000
FT AK Redline with Kato14 IBP holo, Mouz holo	$2500
MAC10 with Kato14 IBP non-holo	$450
AK Blue Lam with Kato14 VP non-holo (x2)	$750
FN P90 Cold Blooded with Kato14 complexity non-holo (0.00 float)	$250
FN Deagle Blaze	$950
ST BS 5/7 Blue Gem	$50
FN M4A1-S Icarus Fell	$600
Fnatic Kato 15 holo	N/A (offer)

Album: https://imgur.com/a/C5hwyEz
Please dm here on reddit before adding me! (I will check this more often)
Trade link (PLZ DM ON REDDIT FIRST)

I know heaven on high has been out for ages but, I'm fairly new to the game and i want to try and get this. The only things I want to know are:

1. Best job to solo it?
2. If I die do I have to start again from the very first floor or (if for example I did 51 - 60 can I restart from 51?)
3. Do I need to have any extra items?

I made a post about a PMU around 2 weeks ago (https://www.reddit.com/FEEngage/comments/13hu6efirst_fe_pmu/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3) and finished it last night. It took a bit longer than I expected but it’s because I’ve (successfully) been trying to touch grass. Anyway, feel free to check out the screenshot for stats and some bonus Citrinne, Clanne, and Lindon content https://imgur.com/a/fd9h5uj. I left my thoughts on how each unit turned out below. It was on Hard Classic and all units are around internal level 40 giver or take 1 level (except Mauvier who just got those 9 levels after reclassing). I did grind for second seals early through relay trials because I wanted everyone to be in their new classes ASAP, so that gave me extra SP books and forging materials to work with. Thanks to everyone who commented builds on my last post!
Alear - Swordmaster - Chrom (Canter+/Sword Power 5)
Fun Facts: 8 MVPs (tied for 2nd), 84% wins to battles ratio (2nd)
Pretty great combat. He was getting HP and Str screwed (based on averages) in the early game so I did feed him some stat boosters to make up for it and he wound up great. Chrom was great for a free 1-2 range option and the ability to hit on res. Rally Spectrum was incredible utility and pushed other units into thresholds they were just missing countless times. I did compare the averages between sword master and divine dragon and DD is better at almost everything but speed so if you want sword Alear you should probably stick with that class for the stats and dragon tag.
Bunet - Halberdier - Eirika (Break Defenses/Lance Power 5)
Fun Facts: 8 MVPs (tied for 2nd), 83% wins to battles ratio (tied for 3rd), Highest HP (62) , 2nd Highest Def (33) & Lck (26 *Capped), 3rd Highest Str (29) & Dex (34)
One of my best combat units. In fairness I did cheat a little (since I was giving him the pact ring) and gave him starsphere until I got Marth back for break defenses. One of my best combat units. When he got pincer attack he did great work using it, but then he kept leveling up str and spd. Eventually I stopped setting it up for him and he would kill with 2 or 4 brave lance hits and never had issues due to high dex and an accuracy engrave. Also surprisingly bulky in def. Break defenses was a recommendation from the comment who suggested him and it did help with the faster swordmasters and heroes in the last chapters. Of course Eirika pulled a lot of weight and this was my first time using a Halberdier but I was very happy with his performance.
Clanne - Sniper - Marth (Canter+/Speedtaker)
Fun Facts: 9 MVPs (1st), 83% wins to battles ratio (tied for 3rd)
Easily one of the best units of the run and it showed. His only problems were his low build and he was speed screwed until the very late game. I gave him speed taker to make up for that and he did great. He honestly didn’t really need to double most enemies because his crit rate was consistently 70%-90%. He had 102 crit in endgame with No Distractions active. He also had great Str for an archer. Would recommend trying him out if you haven’t.
Chloe - Hero - Byleth (Canter+/Dual Assist+)
Fun Facts: 2nd Highest Spd (35), 3rd Highest HP (59)
Put in work early game, but combat fell off pretty hard. She did decent chip with the levin sword and could clean up damaged enemies. Once I got Byleth, most of that didn’t matter much though. She spent most of her turns rallying str and dancing which was invaluable. Brave assist & Dual assist+ was incredible support though, and helped a lot of other units get kills. All in all nothing notable and most units could fill the same role in this class.
Alcryst - Thief - Leif (Canter+/Draconic Hex)
Incredibly underwhelming. Serviceable combat early on but fell off hard. Could only ever kill with crits which are harder to stack on daggers and even then it wasn’t guaranteed. He also got stuck with probably the worst emblem in the game. Maybe he could’ve been used better or gotten better skills, but his stats weren’t giving me much to work with. The best utility he had was giving a hit support to Fogado who did everything Alcryst did but infinitely better (see Fogado’s section).
Lapis - Wyvern Knight - Tiki (Canter+/Level Boost)
Fun Facts: Highest Str (33), 2nd Highest Spd (35), 3rd Highest Def (28), Most RNG screwed (-7 total to stats calculated with starsphere)
She was definitely a good unit, but she did feel underwhelming for being arguably the best physical class in the game + starsphere. Her build was so bad that she carried her refined & engraved steel sword from the early game so she could double enemies (She got 2 of her bld levels after Ch22). Stronger weapons often weighed her down enough that she couldn’t double. Tiki helped with that a bit though she often still relied on eternal claw crits (which her personal works against). Being my only natural flier was nice though.
Citrinne - Martial Master - Lucina (Canter+/Lunar Brace+)
Fun Facts: 2nd Highest Res (33) & Lck (26)
100% bonded shield procs for every ally, what more can I say? For real though, that was good enough utility that she was worth deploying whenever I could. Staff utility also came in handy a lot. I was excited about making her combat ready with FFA (hence Lunar Brace+) but she honestly let me down. She wasn’t quadding almost anything, even after 3 (I think) Speedwings. She was also incredibly squishy, though I was able to stack avoid to stop enemies from targeting during bonded shields. If you want a MM nuke, definitely pick someone faster with more balanced mag & str.
Amber - High Priest - Veronica (Mag+5/Staff Proficiency 5)
Fun Facts: 3 MVPs (All Fell Xenologue), 62% wins to battles ratio, Highest Lck (28), 2nd Highest Str (30* Capped)
Functioned as a great staff bot. Fortify+ on Veronica with Staff Proficiency 5 was my “Great Sacrifice at home,” though he could do it every engage turn. His combat was actually decent early on due to reprisal, but his speed was garbage and he wasn’t able to equip better weapons due to class limitations. Book of worlds helped with freezing some enemies and he did decent chip safely with elthunder. He was my only staff unit that I didn’t try to make combat effective and he didn’t need to equip a healing staff thanks to Veronica so that was nice. I would still rate him 10/10 because of those High Priest hips alone though.
Jade - Great Knight - Camilla (Canter+/Axe Power 5)
Fun Facts: 6 MVPs (3rd), Highest Def (42), 3rd Highest Str (29)
This is definitely one of the less out there builds, but she did make my life a lot easier. A 10 move flier with incredible defense was great to have. She one shot A LOT of enemies with Dark Inferno using a unrefined, Ike engraved silver great axe. Thanks to the speed levels she was getting and Camilla’s bonus she was actually doubling some midgame enemies and matched/outsped most of my other units for a bit. Camilla’s res, HP, and Camilla’s axe also kept her safe against magic enemies. She also did fairly well with Camilla’s bolt axe. Her biggest flaw was low hit rates, but she was always able to eventually clean up or safely draw enemies for allies to finish off. Would recommend trying this build if you like Jade.
Nel - Sage - Soren (Canter+/Draconic Hex)
Fun Facts: 2nd Highest Magic (33) & Res (33), 3rd Highest Lck (25)
Great magic combat unit. Fast enough to double most enemies up till late game, only because Sage’s speed cap wouldn’t let her get higher than 30. She also capped HP and Def, which made her bulky enough to Flare tank with Soren. Otherwise, she was doing decent chip and debuffing with bolting/cataclysm, anima focus, and Draconic Hex. Useful staff utility when she wasn’t doing combat too. If you would like to build her for offense I would help keep her Spd up or increase her Mag a bit since I did use most of my Spirit Dust on her.
Zelkov - Hector - (Canter+/Gentility+)
Fun Facts: 3rd highest Spd (33)
Honestly wasn’t super sure how to use him. He’s in a fast class, but has the slow and bulky emblem. Quick Riposte did help against some faster enemies and other Wolf Knights but it was mostly useless. The bulk and Impenetrable was somewhat helpful and the Wolf Beil was nice for effective damage. Most of my good axes went to Jade and Lindon though so he was stuck with a forged & refined Silver dagger. He did get his job well most of the time, but it’s also not a huge. At the end of the day, Wolf Knight is basically thief with slightly more HP, Spd, Res, and Lck and slightly less Str, Dex, and Def.
Fogado - Mage Cannoneer - Corrin (Canter+/Divine Pulse+)
Fun Facts: 3rd Highest Res (25*Capped)
My first mage cannoneer was incredibly satisfying to use. Hit rates were very shaky at first, especially since I declassed him right away and his stats weren’t great, but he made excellent contributions once he got Corrin and Divine Pulse. He stopped needing to rely on supports to hit and chip/debuff. Venom blast afflicts 3 stacks of poison, making daggers way less useful. Freeze blast and break blast also came in handy plenty of times, though they’re lest reliable as it’s only a 50% chance for those effects. You don’t actually need damage for the effects to occur, which is nice. 8 range AOE freeze with Corrin saved me more times than I can count. Canter helped him not fall behind, especially since he can attack an enemy almost every turn with 8 range. Effective canons that you can choose based on map composition help guarantee decent chip too. 10/10 would love to use a Mage Cannoneer again. Other units might be better suited though, since Fogado's personal str & dex growths aren't super high.
Lindon - Berserker - Ike (Reprisal+/Vantage+)
Fun Facts: 87% wins to battles ratio (1st). 2nd Highest HP (61)
Haha funny crit man. He literally got to 100 crit on the first map after recruiting him. I did use Eirika engrave for his killer axe instead of Corrin or Camilla. It gives 10 less crit, but it gives 40 hit, which he desperately needed and it doesn’t lower might. He capped his dex at 22 and that’s not nearly enough to get above 60-70 hit on most enemies. He also had so much HP that it was optimal to get crit on multiple occasions since he didn’t die and it got him in wrath/vantage/reprisal range. He did need Reprisal though, because his str isn’t high enough to oneshot some enemies even with crits. Vantage+ was for when he had more than 60 HP wich happened quick with the Ike bonus. It makes the Vantage range easier to set up and he still gets maximum Wrath and enough Reprisal. For those uninitiated, here’s the crit stacking break down: Killer Axe +5 (40) + Eirika Engrave (20) + Weapon Insight (20) + Wrath (30) + 22 Dex (11) = 121 Crit. I would recommend Warrior though since it has higher dex, spd, def, and res caps.
Mauvier - Mage Knight - Celica (Speed+5/Canter+)
Fun Facts: Highest Mag (34) & Res (36)
This is one of the best classes for him. He has excellent magic and this class helps his speed issues. I also gave him Spd +5 which allowed him to double basically everything, especially with all my Draconic Hexers and Rally Spectrum from Alear. He cleaned up the endgame for me with little to no issues. He also caps HP and build upon reclassing, and capped defense soon after. 11/10 I love this man and I wish we could use him for longer. Wish I wasn’t tech illiterate so I could use him in reverse recruitment or a randomizer.
If you kept reading this long thanks for hearing my thoughts! I had tons of fun with this run and it was a chance to use some units and builds I never would’ve otherwise. I’m definitely thinking of doing another one somewhere down the line prioritizing units, classes, and emblems that weren’t picked this time.

So here's my situation: I have a Marriage with Blue Sin and a Ring of the Still-Blood and Cahara with the Eastern Sword and Charm of the Yaggaetsu.
I've saved with the Book of Enlightenment right before the room with the scrolls in the Tomb of the Gods, I'm planning on abusing save/reset until I get some neat scrolls.
Which ones should I be looking out for?

To the people who never went experienced it, it's just a disturbing manga, but it's exactly what covert child abuse looks like. It's the perfect example for emotional incest.
Did I feel seen reading it? yes. Was I triggered by it? also yes.
The manga revolves around the main character's (a boy in middleschool) relationship with his "overprotective" mother. It accurately depicts how an abusive parent manipulates their child and make them doubt themselves, making them lose their sense of self as well. It also shows how harmful generational trauma is.
It's triggering but reading it made me feel that I wasn't wrong, that my parents wronged me in so many ways. I'd recommend it to anyone who wants a glimpse to the kind of abuse I went through.