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So I'm nearly 16 and moving to Switzerland this year with family. By the time I move there I will be 16. I really like Switzerland and wish to stay there and one day obtain Swiss citizenship. I also read that if you move to the country between ages 8-18, you only have to live there for 5 years to then be eligible to get citizenship. Correct me if that's not true. But if it was 5 years I'd be 21, if it was for 10 years I'd be 26, either way still in the age zone of working for the army I think. So question is, if I get Swiss citizenship as a foreigner, would I get hunted down and get told to work for the army? Let me make it clear that l'm not too fond of doing that, I don't know if it's bad but it still doesn't sound appealing to me. I love everything about the country despite it still having some flaws. But this is one thing that puts me off and stresses me out. Thank you for reading and any helpful replies would be appreciated. 🙏

My little one is 13 months. In no way is my baby a potato baby. More like a dragicorn. High needs. Hyperactive. We’ve tried going out with her to the beach a couple times to feel like a normal family but she just can’t hang. Restaurants we have to rush or cut it short because she gets fussy. I feel guilty sometimes for feeling this but at times I wish she was a potato baby. There’s some babies who just sit there staring, not touching anything, not doing anything… just sitting there while their parents enjoy their lunch. They barely make a peep. I’m always so baffled when I see babies like this out in public. Like wow they exist?! She also needs a lot of help sleeping for her naps so it’s not like we can just keep enjoying activities while we’re out. We’d have to go back to the car and drive around or go to the hotel. She’s just so hard sometimes… it’s exhausting. I’m jealous every time I see these posts of parents and their babies going out and enjoying themselves. They bring their baby everywhere!! I always think like damn do they stay out all day?? What about naps? They probably just sleep anywhere. I haven’t even tried taking her with me to grocery shop because I get anxiety just knowing how hard it’ll be. But it’s just sad I can’t even do something as simple as that! I’m tired of being inside all the time and being limited… I want to enjoy life, especially with my baby. Am I gonna have to wait 4 more years?! It’s depressing.
For anyone who’s been in the same situation as me… is there hope? I’m really losing myself here.

Hi all, I'm an RN on a med/Surg floor. I am coming up on a year of experience.
I had a PT in for recurrent UTI and associated stone that would have to get lithotripsy once the PT got over the infection. This was an elderly lady who also has Addison's. So , they baseline have elevated BP 150s/90s nothing crazy but during my night shift they jump up to 205/105 then 200/120 then 210/99. So after the first one I page the hospitalist who is an NP covering nights.
They advise me to check for any Neuro changes/symptoms and make sure it isn't in pain, then recheck BP in an hour. PT is stable and no pain, not retaining urine. Nothing else medical history wise is blaringly causing this. On recheck PT is still in the 210/100 range and I update hospitalist, and add that we don't have any BP meds available should we need them. Next vitals a few hours later PT is still getting the same BP. I notify the provider, as I have to from the orders and say I'm concerned we don't even have an order for a med that could bring this down if she becomes symptomatic etc.
Hospitalist calls me back immediately angry that I'm questioning them and telling me I don't understand the pathophysiology of Addison's and to look it up. They make that mental leap just from the short page where I said I was concerned about the hypertensive crisis and med situation.
She says " we would never treat high blood pressure in someone getting replacement steroids for Addison's, it would be more dangerous, so I'll defer to the day shift doctors managing that."
I understand that yes we don't want to drop the PT too fast and that yes PT could have an adrenal crisis if they don't have enough steroids on board. BUT, there most definitely is a point where the risk of stroke/MI/ or other organ damage outweighs the cons. Also, plenty of folks have Addison's and get blood pressure treatment, albeit usually the doc will try to lower to steroid dose first to see if that's driving it up.
In my mind, it was ridiculous to make a sweeping statement like that, and I truly just don't understand why bringing this PT down with a med which acts on a completely separate mechanism would cause her more bodily harm than a BP that high for that long.
Please let me know if you have seen this situation and how you would have dealt with the nurse practitioner. I haven't gotten this kind of attitude from a hospitalist before, when I was just advocating. Thoughts?
TL/DR: PT super had super high BP all night, hospitalist got mad when I asked why we aren't treating the BP. Says I don't understand Addison's disease pathophysiology.

Started taking golf seriously this year and hitting the range 3-4 times a week. I’ve been slowly replacing hand me downs in my bag (2 months ago got fitted for tm stealth irons and just recently grabbed a Callaway paradym driver). I carry my driver around 270 and so I’m looking to grab a 3 wood to fill a big gap. The bigger question is I currently have a TM R580 TI 5 wood (MAS2 ultralite 60 flex R shaft) and after a quick google search it says it’s from 2002. Is this worth replacing right away? Are modern day fairway woods that much better? I carry my 5 iron about 190 and this wood doesn’t seem to go much further than that. Maybe 200-210. Is this normal for a 5 wood or should I consider picking up a new 5 wood when I pick up my 3 wood?
Ideally I’d like my 3 wood to be around 245-250 and 5 wood 225-230. Not sure if that’s ridiculous or not would love some input. Thanks!

I’m usually more of a lurker than a poster but could really use some support for my current situation
Background: I have been TTC my first for the past 15 cycles. Had multiple failed ovulation induction cycles, one failed IUI, and one successful IUI that ended in a miscarriage at 7 weeks a few months ago.
We had decided to take the summer off from trying to conceive while we debated IVF/Surrogacy options and I was completely shocked to have a positive home pregnancy test when I realized I hadn’t had anything beyond extremely light spotting for a while and was having some familiar early pregnancy symptoms. I have used several different brands and all have been positive and slowly darkening as the days go by so I was shocked when I went in to the OB’s office for my confirmation of pregnancy visit only to be told that the urine test they did was negative and they did not believe I was currently pregnant. I went home and immediately had several more positives with brand new tests that I picked up from the store on the way home so I’m having a hard time believing their test was truly negative and am questioning whether or not a mistake was made? Has anyone ever heard of this happening? I did request that they do a blood test to verify but I likely won’t have those results for another few days. This was my first positive after our loss back in February so hearing that has brought up a lot of anxiety and memories around my recent loss and I am dreading another miscarriage or a chemical. I’m really struggling being in this limbo of not knowing whether or not I’m truly pregnant again and am debating whether or not I should let my fertility clinic know even though I am currently taking a break from treatments. It’s been a rough year and I would love nothing more than for this to work out but it’s hard to stay optimistic when I’m so afraid of another loss and even having a hard time convincing my OB’s office that I did in fact have several positive home tests.

I’m 13 weeks pregnant and have been having SUPER congested skin. I’ll get pimples without heads and those Hero patches do nothing to draw the junk out. I get blackheads along my jaw line, cheeks, and forehead. Before pregnancy, my congested pores responded well to AHA masks, but I don’t think I can use the product I was before.
I have mixed feelings about using glycolic acid/lactic acid, which I read can be safe for pregnancy in small percentages.
Right now I’m just using CeraVe face wash on a wash cloth to exfoliate twice a day, but It’s not doing much. What other things can I do to help my poor skin?
TIA

I was recently diagnosed with fibromyalgia, and the specialist put me on twice daily Lyrica. Because of this, together with my primary doctor, they decided to taper me off 50 mg Sertraline, which has been working extremely well for me for about 18 months. Well, if I ever had any doubts as to how effective the sertraline is for me, I have none anymore. Within a couple of days of the switch, I noticed myself getting more angry and irritable at everyday things and people, like I would before I started taking anything.
Has anyone had experience with this same medication change? I don't really have the option to stay on the sertraline because it interacts with a medication I must take. If forced to choose, I would rather feel irritable than be in constant physical pain.
I'm just wondering if what I've been experiencing might be temporary. I have already been at the full dose of cymbalta for about 5 days.

This is my first time posting on this sub, so bear with me. For context, I tested positive for COVID ~2 weeks ago and began feeling chest pain, having trouble breathing, and coughing ~a week ago.
I just back from seeing my doctor, where I was diagnosed with double pneumonia. To add on to that, they said I likely have viral AND bacterial pneumonia, at the same time. Viral in both, bacterial in one. Fuck me. I have some important things this weekend (graduation and associated events with hundreds, if not thousands, of people and their relatives attending) and was hoping to see my family (including elderly relatives and two in particular that have had cancer and other major health issues).
I’ll start on antibiotics tonight, but that really only tackles the bacterial part, as, from my understanding, bacterial infections are generally not contagious after a few days on antibiotics. On top of feeling shitty and like I need an inhaler every two seconds, I’m worried about spreading it to others. I’ll be at an event with 2,000+ people. What’s the safest route to go health-wise? Stay home and ride it out? I’m very conscious of my health and the last thing I would want is to give someone pneumonia, especially if that person is older.
My doc was in a rush and essentially just said to avoid large crowds, practice good hygiene, and rest. Graduation is in three days, and I’m not sure what the best action is.
Thanks so much in advance, this is really eating at me.
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Childhood asthma

I had seen a similar post a few days ago which made me remember my embarrassing situation and I thought I will share it here.
So in Hungary we have these events called "dance houses", where people go, dress up, drink, and dance to traditional folk music. They are very popular and even my college made such an event, so I thought "what the hell" and showed up.
First there were the group dances, where we stand in a circle and dance. I was able to participate in those, because you just find a random spot between two people. But as soon as partner dances came (dances where only 2 people dance with each other), I was left alone. I had two girls by my side and instead of any of them partnering with me, they danced with each other instead.
After that, I went and talked to my (good looking, muscular) friend. Then two girls started to approach us. I thought that they wanted to dance with us. No. They grabbed only my friend like I was not there, and the three of them danged. So, I repeat, two girls approached us, two guys, and decided to only grab one of us, shamelessly, completely ignoring the other guy, me. I stood there like a complete idiot, biggest loser on Earth.
Then I somehow summoned all my courage and asked I girl who I saw standing alone for a dance. She look at me, made a weird face, than she realized that maybe she shouldn't have done that, so he tried to be as polite as possible and said that she would rather not.
So, once again, I was one my own, next to the table where drinks were, and I, well, drinked (at least I had that).
Than I saw a girl who just got there and looked for a partner. One of the professor assistant who was there showed her that there was I, a guy without a partner, across the room, she should approach me if she want to dance. She made a disgusted face and she shook her head, than decided not to dance and sat down.
As you imagine that was the last straw. I mean I know I'm not attractive, but come on, that's absurd. It's not just that no one wanted to dance with me, no one even come over to me to at least chat or to speak a few words to me (my friend was nowhere to be found since that incident). I decided to go home but I went to the toilet first. When I got back to the room (to take my coat), I saw that the girl (from across the room) who didn't wanted to dance was dancing with an other guy (of course attractive and popular).
So I left early (very early) and went home. I took a shower, opened a bottle of wine and in huge shame and self loathing I started to binge watch Netflix in the dark of my room, alone, on a Friday night, while I still heard the noises of everyone dancing and having fun (I live very close to the building where the party took place). I fucking hate myself and how pathetic I am, and that was certainly one of the most humiliating and demoralizing experiences I had, where even my tiny confidence left had completely disappeared. Yeah, so much about putting yourself out there, it was very helpful.
PS: Sorry for my bad English

I have a 7 year old female German shepherd/boarder collie mix. She been reactive since 2 years of age (I took her in when she was a puppy) but besides the point. I’ve spent at least $5,000 on rehab training for her and in the last two years I’ve worked so hard on her training we’re to a point where she heels now, can sit on command but is still leash reactive most of the time. I do my best to see triggers and switch directions or do my best to distract her to avoid her getting to a point of reactivity I can’t control. When I take her out she’s always on leash I always have control over her, I do my best to avoid other people and dogs because I don’t want to make my dog uncomfortable but I also don’t want to make other people feel like they’re in harms way because everyone just assumes “omg your dog is barking and lunging it has to be aggressive and a damager to society” when in reality they’re just terrified dogs who don’t know how to handle the situation. Taking her out today I saw a dog right in the path I needed to go to go back into my apartment so I had my dog in sit between two cars. Another guy comes around the corner and makes a comment about “how I better get that dog under control” naturally I’m like what did you just say, mind you my dog is just sitting at this point, not barking nothing. So he repeats himself and then begins to yell at me and how he’s going to call animal control on me. So I yell back that she isn’t aggressive she’s reactive and she’s always on leash. Once I got back inside my doorbell camera caught him making another remark to the owner of the dog I was originally trying to avoid about “how I have no control over my dog”. I know animal control will not do anything, my dog is current on shots, she’s always on leash, and she’s never bitten a single person. But being a person with anxiety it just really set me off and into a panic attack because when a stranger that know absolutely nothing about the years of hard work you’ve put in to get your dog to a place when I can take her outside during the day tries and pretty much tell you your dog is awful and needs to be taken care of hurts.
Like do I go to my leasing office and say something or do I just let it go? It worries me because he knows which apartment is mine I don’t know what to do.

Any one know how am I not getting any decision yet. I applied to both business and art with 96 average, and it literally the last day of May.(Mcgill website mentions the decision for Ontario high school student will release before the end of May)

When people wear bold makeup, it doesn’t automatically mean that they’re seeking attention, insecure, or trying to fool the world.
If I have red and white eyeshadow blended together with false lashes and bright red lipstick, it just means that I love Inuyasha and wanted to channel my love for the character in some way
If I have blue and white eyeshadow blended together with false lashes and purple lipstick, it just means that I love Killua Zolduck from Hunter x Hunter
If have various shades of pink eyeshadow blended together with false lashes frosty pink lipstick, it just means that I felt like rubbish that day and I wanted to remind myself that I am a princess on the inside.
Yes, I know there are times when those looks aren’t acceptable like in professional corporate work environments and funerals. But if you just see those kind of looks at a grocery store, a mall, or an arcade…….who gives a shit? How does it affect you?
Makeup is supposed to be a fun and a creative outlet and a way to express yourself. Hell, even if people do wear makeup out of insecurity….why make their insecurity worse with your judgement? Let them do stuff make them do stuff to make them feel better. It’s no different then older men wearing caps or tupees in order to hide their bald heads.
So just let people be

Hi, I am Adrian, 26 and from the UK. pic of me on profile. Been having a rough few days, especially recently and have the week off work and nothing planned. So thought to meet new people and chat. Mainly looking for girls. Can be from anywhere. Learn about each-other, keep each-other company. Maybe play number game, for easy questions. Relaxed chill chat. Creeps and weirdos will be blocked
I like cooking, baking, hiking, being in nature, sleeping and relaxing
To start us off, message with your name, age and where you are from

Question comes up everytime. Are you suicidal. Fuck ya I want to kill myself. My body sucks and so does this shit world. What are you doing do about it. Lock me up for three days and fuck my life up worse. Still going to come out hating my diseased body. Still gonna kill myself.
Doctors are stupid.

I bought a ticket to the NYC live show but had some work things come up for that day and can't make it anymore. Just looking to get the $30 I paid for it, feel free to send me a message if you're interested--willing to verify!

This is really specific but I don't have anyone else to ask.
So I'm 22 and I was in a relationship for 1.5 years. He was my first boyfriend and I still love him. We broke up in November. He cheated on me a couple of times and this really affected me for a really long time- during and after the relationship.
Most days are okay now and I don't think about the past anymore but sometimes I have phases, especially before and during my period, where I get really depressed and think about everything again. So less than two weeks of a month I spend with crying and just wondering why he did it.
Besides this, my main issue is that whenever I see a man I just get disgusted because my mind is telling me that all men are the same. I know that all men aren't the same and I hate having these thoughts too. I seriously have become toxic and I never was like that. I never thought of all men being trashy and whatever negative characteristic. I admit this was so much worse a couple of months ago but I still feel like I won't ever be able to trust a man again. How do I change my behavior? Have you experienced that and how do I even deal with that?

Hi everyone, I’ll be honest I am a bit distraught. A little raw as well and would love some support.
We we U.K. based. Our 2.5 year old neutered male has has become wary very suddenly of people he does not know entering the house. It’s mostly with men. Tonight we had a friend come over who he’s never met and he jumped up and head butted him, totally an accident, he did not bite, but our friend was very upset. His tooth hit him and it drew blood. Again, def not a bite- he did try to nip his backpack but didn’t make contact. I am horrified and it should have never happened but to help possibly give context, our friend did get into his face and try to pet him over the head.
I am horrified, in tears, and am just so sad. I have put in so much time and effort to train Saxon since he as a puppy. I had a reactive dog growing up and this was always my biggest fear. Saxon has been in doggy daycare, boarding, and group walks since he was a puppy. His leash reactivity has improved drastically, all his walkers love him. My life has revolved around him. Every day I wake up anxious about him. He has seen behaviourists and trainers who all honestly think I am blowing things out of proportion because he’s only been on his best behaviour around them. This gives me hope, but also hurts me. I socialised him so heavily since he was a puppy and we have just had such issues with men he doesn’t know entering the house that I am exhausted. It isn’t consistent- he doesn’t mind women and he doesn’t mind SOME men. But others he will bark and bark scary, getting close to them. He INSTANTLY warms up in seconds when they give him a ball or treats and he never does this to women. My long term bf, who I live with, thinks the leashes upset him further so refuses to leash him when someone comes over. I disagree but this makes it inconsistent.
We are moving to Aberdeen next week and I am hoping this could be a fresh start with him since he won’t see this new house as ‘his’ territory and I will be putting up a baby gate and having people come in constantly, like I did when he was just a small puppy. I have a trainer lined up as well. I feel like i have done everything right and it hasn’t made a difference.
What can I do? I love him more than words can even say. I have honestly been sobbing for the last hour because this hurts me so much. I feel as though I’m at my beating point. Does anyone have any success stories with this?

TL;DR: Can a particularly powerful dragon beat a city known for wizards who delve into dark arts??
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I'm running a Greyhawk campaign with the starting adventure Against the Cult of the Reptile God. At some point the players will meet some orcs and goblins who have been slowly encroaching on the kingdom from this mysterious forest. I started to world build on the conflict between Orcs and the Elves of the forest then started to ask myself the question that sent me down the rabbit hole: "What the heck motivated the Orcs to leave their cave-homes in the mountains?"
My answer was naturally an ancient dragon. Now the only "problem" is that there is a city-state called the Valley of Mages nearby and unfortunately there is not a lot of lore about them. So instead of bothering with that I'll make it a surprise for my players if they take the quest hook and make it so that the dragon that displaced the orcs and goblins of the mountains, now resides in the ruined city in the Valley of Mages.
Of course I had to ask myself could a dragon 1v1 a city of evil wizards, and honestly I don't know. At the end of the day a chromatic dragon consuming the corrupted magic items for sustenance would make for a cool Hobbit-esk quest, but if I never get there it would be fun world building for me.
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I suggest we start rallying and writing WBD that we want a release date for the movie.
Even if it's not until August 2029, why can't we have a release date?
Be polite, but I'm seriously getting worried something bad happened over at WBD and they don't even want to release the damn thing anymore.
That clip was released 45 days ago... and then radio silence.
Did the WGA strike delay getting this out the door?
Is David Zaslav (WBD CEO) going to cancel the release and just do yet another tax write off?
Rally Team Venture, Rally!

Hi! My name is Andrew Greg Mitchell Clemence Kirchner, it's a mouth full, so my friends call me Andy.
I am a Creative Instigator.
As a Facilitator, Coach and Creator I guide small business owners and help launch new projects.
I was born in Curaçao (that’s in the Caribbean) and partially raised in the Netherlands. I grew up with mixed cultures and languages (I speak three fluently). This gave me a unique set of skills to understand and adapt to different cultures and organizations.
In 2012 I had a life altering experience when I had a scuba dive accident which saw me lose my girlfriend and leave me with physical challenges that affect my life to this day.
I have used this experience to become not only a better person for myself but also to educate the people I encounter as an inspirational speaker and coach. Emotional well-being and emotional intelligence are important for our human development, so I use them to counsel people on a 1:1 basis or in small group settings.
Are you interested in finding out more? Send me a private message. I would love to hear from you.

I’ve always had this theory that either the rental market here is rigged to create frenzy, there’s some behind the scenes laws I don’t know about or the property managers are incompetent.
I never understood how you’re required to give 30-60 day notice to vacate, yet apartments on the market in SOCAL are mostly “available now.” How is this possible? With that they only give you a max of 1 week or so to move in. I’ll see posts for an apartment that say “applicant must be available to move in by the available date.” The available date will be 2 days away….like, really?! I’ve had to turn down 2 places because they weren’t going to be available when I was ready to move. Show up to tour and it’s empty, but the available date said my timeframe. I’m like, I thought this was available end of June, but it’s empty. They’ll respond, yeah this one is available now. So why say June???
I’ve pulled up to apartments here and there’s a line of 20 people to view. Not exaggerating! I scour property management websites one by one down the list on Google and won’t see an apartment one day that will be there the next, available now! So the ownemanager knew the apartment was going to be available a month ago and chose to wait until the resident moved out to post it? Is this a law of some sort? They give you and every one interested one time to show up in a group and then pick and choose who they want to approve, no first come first serve. How is it possible to find an apartment here without feeling like you’re fighting for a TV on Black Friday.
Something I confirmed today, I put in notice 2 weeks ago and I went to my property manager’s website today, my apartment is not there. My neighbor is moving out today, nothing on the website…how is this normal? So anyone available now to move in would have to had put in their notice 30 days ago with no idea where they were going to wind up. They would’ve had to wait until a week before they needed to be out to find a place, apply, get approved and move in all in the same week. The other option would be to float 2 places, with a studio-1 bedroom for any single person being about $2000. Who can afford this?!

This has been happening a lot recently with hobbies, tv shows, and video games. For example, I have gotten really invested in a show for a couple weeks, ended up watching like 3-4 seasons of it, and then suddenly one day completely lost interest in it and haven’t re-visited the show since. This also happens with hobbies. I will get really invested into a new hobby for a couple weeks and then suddenly, one day, all interest will be gone.