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Hi everyone! Was wondering if someone could give some step by step instructions on how to do the VAT refund at CDG. I know when I shop, I need to ask the store to give me the VAT refund form for my purchase and I have to present my passport at the store.
But once I get to CDG — what do I do next?
Thanks in advance!

I am a third year undergrad B.S Biochemistry Major on the premed track and as of the last one and a half weeks I am starting to feel like I hate my major and I don't want to go to medical school. I thought these thoughts were just a symptom of going through a rough patch and that it will go away when things get better. Only problem is I have been through more rough patches than I can count and this is the first time I said "do I really even like this?"
I stuck out the weed-out courses and persevered thinking once I got out of those it would be smoother and things would get easier. Well after my second year that was a fucking lie.
To be honest I really love Biochemistry but I just cannot deal with how the classes are handled and my ADHD makes things worse. I feel like such a weak bitch for saying this when there are probably others going through far worse. My GPA is not doing the best (3.24) and it got even worse after last semester where I got a C and C+ respectively in Biochemistry 2 and Physics. Biochemistry 1 and 2 had really hard tests and I studied so fucking hard each test and never got above a 70. I am in Biochemistry 3 right now and my professor is super nit-picky about everything and tries to make every assignment as hard as possible. Quizzes we cannot go back to questions we have already answered, tests have confusing wording/she nitpicks reasons to take points off, and homework she is also nit-picky/has super specific answer expectations. Another thing I hate is that she basically spends all lecture talking at us and basically has nearly no details on her slides so I have to basically write down her words which is quite difficult. I have been putting EVERY OUNCE OF MY BEING into studying and I have not breached over a 70 on any midterm and never over an 85 on a quiz.
I hate putting in my 110% for it to never feel like its enough. I hate being told "just do your best" only for it to feel like its all for nothing.
Same thing with physics. Who fucking knows why I have to take these awful awful courses. My professors are terrible and my TAs are mid at best. I have to rely on the internet and tutors and shell out more money. I am garbage at Calculus and I find Physics itself incredibly boring. They give incredibly difficult homework and then annoying quizzes with confusing midterms. Then the final comes and I would rather bleed to death than go through that.
All I feel this major does is beat me down, make me feel stupid and worthless. I keep thinking I should persevere because I love science and want to help people, but i don't know anymore. I accomplish things in life and I am proud of myself for it, but I remember it does not pay my bills. I became more social, I learned new skills, I am a healthy weight now, my porn addiction recovery is going well, I am more empathetic, etc yet none of that pays my bills. The people I talk to and they say I am a good person say that they value me for my character yet again those higher ups don't care. When I meet new people and I mention my major they feel sorry for me. I don't know how to react to it. I met my High school friends over break. One told me he switched his major to PoliSci to keep his GPA high, the other makes hundreds per commission drawing furry porn and is getting married later this year, and idk about the third one i think he does CS so he is set after college. They are all like to me "I can't imagine being a stem major".
What makes it worse is my dad when I first applied said out of my choices Biochem would be the best since "it has the most opportunities, just a Biology degree is useless". He said the same thing about B.S vs B.A. I was leaning BA as course load seemed a little easier down the line but again urged me B.S. My dad is also paying way more for me to be at my out of state uni than most others.
I have the MCAT coming in a little over four months and that adds more pressure. My dad already shelled out money for books and a course so telling him I don't want to do med may set him off the rails. I am beyond terrified to have this conversation with him, that I think I should pursue something else. Last semester I did not do well and basically despite him saying opportunities were good for Biochem, he is now saying theres not much out there that has a comfortable salary if i don't do med school. He is saying at worst go to Caribbean school. I don't mind what school, I want to do something I feel happy with. If I am feeling overwhelmed here there is no way I will survive Med school.
Early in life due to my Autism and ADHD+late diagnoses for both I was a bottom tier student. All I did was cause trouble and my grades were abysmal. My parents friends always bragged about their kids and how smart they were so it made my parents more disappointed in me. I didn't start getting my act together till high school when I realized my grades actually mattered now. I still wasn't a star student but I gave it my all. They always did so much for me despite being a rude brat when I was young so I feel so much guilt over it basically every day and I want to give back, yet with the way things are going I feel like I am a burden. They say they are proud of me for my growth but I don't find it easy to believe. I can't shake the feeling I ask for too much and I won't be able to provide them comfort and make it easy for them to sleep at night.
I am not asking this to be easy, I just don't like having my soul being stepped on and kicked around like a soccer-ball. I loved helping others and I loved science thats why I picked this path originally. I still want to do that but I feel hopeless in my choices. All I really want is a job that pays enough for me to live comfortably, not like 500k or whatever but more like I can afford my necessities and still have some disposable income for fun stuff.
I feel like I would actually have depression right now if it were not for the stuff i do outside my studies as well as having a therapist. Luckily i have broadened my interests and at least I still get some free time to enjoy myself.

When my parents leave the house, and have it all to myself, I like to go on the TV in the living room and start playing music at 100%. I have a feature on my android phone where you can mirror your phone to the TV, and everything you do on it shows up on the TV. Then when I do that, I have Playlist of songs I play and dance off to, and some I search them up. The best time to do this is when I get home from school and have the house to myself. Everytime before they walk through the door, I turn the TV off and sit down and act normal like nothing happened. One thing that might give this away is when I breathe heavily and I'm sweating. There are times I feel super energetic and other times not. This occasionally happens. There are times I'm so energetic I can't stop dancing.
Last night, my dad took his parents to the grocery store and shopping and my mom went with him. PERFECT time to play music! I went and did it right after they left and couldn't stop and danced for 3 hours. The ONE time youtube ads become useful. Since I was dancing so much, the ads gave me a short break. I got this line from a movie, and the line was "never stop running!" When I was dancing so much that played in my head and then I replaced the word with "never stop dancing!"

We all know now that Vegapunk York is the traitor, but I was reading the last 10 chapters and then it hit me. How did York disable the dome defences when she was nowhere near the control room at that time? It couldn't be any of the Seraphim because they were all with CP0 outside the dome.

Allow the long story, my mind been all over the place
So I got stoned with my gf and we started watching Battlebots on Netflix. I told her a story about me getting my first ps2 for Christmas, can't remember the exact year but I got a battlebots game with it(it was called something else back then around 2005-2007), but was too stupid to play it so I went to GameStation in the UK to exchange it. And she asked "What do you mean exchange it?" and I told her how back in the day you could go to the shop and exchange a disc, GameStation Also was cheap and had great deals where you could get 4 Decent tier games for 20 quid or 5 Lower hype games for 20. Similar brick and mortar shop to gamestop, which I believe is the only living famous chain game shop. Couple years forward GAME UK took over GameStation and it was never the same cause they were more expensive and bigger dick heads with exchanging games gaving really low price when trading in. Once bought it had to be traded in, instantly losing value. And then she asked if there are still movie rental shops and I said nope because blockbuster was kinda ruined by netflix and streaming services which is actually joining powers with gme most likely.
Anyways, fast forward cause I was in depth explaining about shorts, the bad guys and us the good guys. And she said "yeah but not everyone of you has good intentions". "Probably not but a large amount of us really want to help the les fortunate, save the nature and are just good people in general, there's always good and evil" and continued with what Gamestop is doing with the meta verse for the millionth time. How the GME verse will allow us go to a shop in vr, buy our avatar a painting for a house and also get a physical copy, buy shoes, cars, and get physicals too etc. And then she asked "But you won't be able to feel physically being there.
And then I had a 2 minute thought and got a "shiiiiiiiiieeeet" moment.
I said who knows, for now it's probably gonna be in a vr headset cause we're not that technologically advanced. And she asked me "so you believe in like this sci-fi world living in a computer sort of thing?" And I replied "not really like that, but look how advanced we keep Getting. I think it'll be more like you leave the house normally and have CGI shops that you could see virtually outside and you could just buy stuff from, and we could maybe access this with just our brains. And then I was saying that we have so many different groups of people in this world specialising in different things. Like people who make automatic cookers, they already have solid foundation that they'll keep developing until with a press of a button we will be able to pull out a hot plate of food every day, how you'd have laundry done with fresh clothes every morning automatically and everyone will contribute to a great future. Then I thought who would make the CGI possible, since now we're are developing a VR headsets multiverses but would need to automatically be able to trigger stuff with our brains...??? Who? Who could make that possible in the future? Edon Mask(hopefully not redacted) with his neurological linkage. Maybe he's not bad overall since he already had beef with the ESSissy.
Overall, I believe hedgies and richies run their monopoly in keeping themselves in power, doing crime and getting away with it, controlling the less fortunate, destroying our world. Thoughout history, every disaster, allowed us humans to advance, we always rebuilt the world stronger. Now life is been getting shitter and shitter each year. The disaster has been feeding and will make the world change. We will be the ones who will rebuilding the world to be a better, more advanced and healthy place!
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Man, I love my Namekian.
I’ve clocked in 300 hours on this game so far, but most of it has been done in PvE. Today, I did my tenth online match and my first match that I chose to do without someone in the lobby challenging me.
I got into a room with 3 other people, which meant that it would be a 2v2. The host had a very high TP level, it was close to 5000, compared to my 1000. The game started and I ended up being paired against the host, who started bombarding me with basic attacks. I knew I was in trouble when he started doing that sweaty Ki blast cancel thing to hit me every time I vanished. It didn’t take too long for him to get me low enough for a stamina break.
I decided to Limit Burst there, which, thanks to my “Any taller and it would be unnatural!” Super Soul, gave me increased defense and Super Armor. I used that Super Armor to charge up my Ki as he futilely hit me with more basic attacks. Then, once my Stamina was back, I activated my favorite thing in the whole game: Giant Mode.
The host panicked and started flying around in an attempt to not get hit, but it was no use. I made quick work of him with my Mouth Cannons and helped my teammate defeat the other guy.
When we got back to the room, the two other guys sent “GG”-type chats and asked for another match, but hilariously, the host quickly said “No”, “Goodbye”, and quit the room.
I looked up his data after he close up the room and found that he had done nearly 600 online matches and had a 78% Win Rate, but crumbled after fighting my Namekian once. So, that was a fun time.

After months and months of looking forward to seeing Haken and BTBAM in London tomorrow, I am no longer able to go. Long post, sorry - tl;dr at the bottom.
I've only been listening to Haken since about 2020 but they helped get me through the first lockdown and I've never taken to another band quite like them before. I've enjoyed every moment of this Fauna release, waiting for singles to drop and following the tour updates as they traveled round Europe. Ray even inspired me to pick up the drums for the first time (though I haven't played much recently for reasons I cite below).
The first nail in the coffin was, typically, the British transport system. Got an update at the start of March from the train operator telling me they were doing works on the line tomorrow (the only one that links me to London). This already made things very tricky, with a replacement bus and not getting home until 2am. Proper mither, but if it was just the transport links that were the issue then I'd probably have found a way...
But at the end of last week I was dealt the knockout blow. I am only 32 but for very complicated reasons I suffer from severe arthritis in my hips. I have hardly left the house in the last 3 months except to go to the office once and to attend doctor's appointments. I was heading through the train station on the way home from my doctors appointment on Thursday when I slipped in a puddle and my limbs went akimbo. I sank to the ground in installments and in a way that would have probably looked hilarious on an episode of You've Been Framed but I can assure you it was acutely painful. I am British though so I bounced up from sheer embarassment-fueled adrenaline.
Since I got home I've hardly been able to walk, I've not slept properly. I just hoped it might get better today but it hasn't. It would be hard enough getting several replacement buses while able-bodied, in the state I'm in I just can't make the journey down.
I did have refund protection so will see if I get my money back but if not, I might have two tickets to pass on to anybody who wants them...
Anyway, sorry, this post is very long and rambly and a bit depressing! I just wanted to rant a bit in the hope it's cathartic and others might understand my disappointment. I think even my wife has realised how upset I am and she doesn't really follow my music taste at all. I hope all you who do get to go to the last night of the tour have an amazing time and most of all I want to say THANK YOU to this amazing group of musicians!
I'm sure they'll be back in a town near me one day soon but until then I'll keep listening.
tl;dr slipped at the worst possible time, looked a proper mug, fucked up my already fucked up hips, no more Haken

I am a third year undergrad B.S Biochemistry Major on the premed track and as of the last one and a half weeks I am starting to feel like I hate my major and I don't want to go to medical school. I thought these thoughts were just a symptom of going through a rough patch and that it will go away when things get better. Only problem is I have been through more rough patches than I can count and this is the first time I said "do I really even like this?"
I stuck out the weed-out courses and persevered thinking once I got out of those it would be smoother and things would get easier. Well after my second year that was a fucking lie.
To be honest I really love Biochemistry but I just cannot deal with how the classes are handled and my ADHD makes things worse. I feel like such a weak bitch for saying this when there are probably others going through far worse. My GPA is not doing the best (3.24) and it got even worse after last semester where I got a C and C+ respectively in Biochemistry 2 and Physics. Biochemistry 1 and 2 had really hard tests and I studied so fucking hard each test and never got above a 70. I am in Biochemistry 3 right now and my professor is super nit-picky about everything and tries to make every assignment as hard as possible. Quizzes we cannot go back to questions we have already answered, tests have confusing wording/she nitpicks reasons to take points off, and homework she is also nit-picky/has super specific answer expectations. Another thing I hate is that she basically spends all lecture talking at us and basically has nearly no details on her slides so I have to basically write down her words which is quite difficult. I have been putting EVERY OUNCE OF MY BEING into studying and I have not breached over a 70 on any midterm and never over an 85 on a quiz.
I hate putting in my 110% for it to never feel like its enough. I hate being told "just do your best" only for it to feel like its all for nothing.
Same thing with physics. Who fucking knows why I have to take these awful awful courses. My professors are terrible and my TAs are mid at best. I have to rely on the internet and tutors and shell out more money. I am garbage at Calculus and I find Physics itself incredibly boring. They give incredibly difficult homework and then annoying quizzes with confusing midterms. Then the final comes and I would rather bleed to death than go through that.
All I feel this major does is beat me down, make me feel stupid and worthless. I keep thinking I should persevere because I love science and want to help people, but i don't know anymore. I accomplish things in life and I am proud of myself for it, but I remember it does not pay my bills. I became more social, I learned new skills, I am a healthy weight now, my porn addiction recovery is going well, I am more empathetic, etc yet none of that pays my bills. The people I talk to and they say I am a good person say that they value me for my character yet again those higher ups don't care. When I meet new people and I mention my major they feel sorry for me. I don't know how to react to it. I met my High school friends over break. One told me he switched his major to PoliSci to keep his GPA high, the other makes hundreds per commission drawing furry porn and is getting married later this year, and idk about the third one i think he does CS so he is set after college. They are all like to me "I can't imagine being a stem major".
What makes it worse is my dad when I first applied said out of my choices Biochem would be the best since "it has the most opportunities, just a Biology degree is useless". He said the same thing about B.S vs B.A. I was leaning BA as course load seemed a little easier down the line but again urged me B.S. My dad is also paying way more for me to be at my out of state uni than most others.
I have the MCAT coming in a little over four months and that adds more pressure. My dad already shelled out money for books and a course so telling him I don't want to do med may set him off the rails. I am beyond terrified to have this conversation with him, that I think I should pursue something else. Last semester I did not do well and basically despite him saying opportunities were good for Biochem, he is now saying theres not much out there that has a comfortable salary if i don't do med school. He is saying at worst go to Caribbean school. I don't mind what school, I want to do something I feel happy with. If I am feeling overwhelmed here there is no way I will survive Med school.
Early in life due to my Autism and ADHD+late diagnoses for both I was a bottom tier student. All I did was cause trouble and my grades were abysmal. My parents friends always bragged about their kids and how smart they were so it made my parents more disappointed in me. I didn't start getting my act together till high school when I realized my grades actually mattered now. I still wasn't a star student but I gave it my all. They always did so much for me despite being a rude brat when I was young so I feel so much guilt over it basically every day and I want to give back, yet with the way things are going I feel like I am a burden. They say they are proud of me for my growth but I don't find it easy to believe. I can't shake the feeling I ask for too much and I won't be able to provide them comfort and make it easy for them to sleep at night.
I am not asking this to be easy, I just don't like having my soul being stepped on and kicked around like a soccer-ball. I loved helping others and I loved science thats why I picked this path originally. I still want to do that but I feel hopeless in my choices. All I really want is a job that pays enough for me to live comfortably, not like 500k or whatever but more like I can afford my necessities and still have some disposable income for fun stuff.
I feel like I would actually have depression right now if it were not for the stuff i do outside my studies as well as having a therapist. Luckily i have broadened my interests and at least I still get some free time to enjoy myself.

so i’m going to give a brief explanation beforehand, i assume this type of conversation theme isn’t allowed or whatever but i don’t know where to go. also phone so yata yata. the context for this is that on the 11 (march) we had unprotected sex and she took a plan b pill and her period ended on the 22 (march), then today 25 (march) we were having intercourse again, and i scratched her (make fun of me whatever was a mistake, hand slipped) it was a small nick the types you get with a nail scratching lightly against skin. point is i stopped to check in on her and she was bleeding, i initially thought it was the scratch and got worried but not even a minute later much more came out, a blood clot and a decently sized one (her words) also said that the blood was lighter than the ones she gets on her period said period one was darker. not really familiarized with the female body and google isn’t really helping, says it can be anything from normal, pregnancy or cancer. im really kinda lost on my actions and what to do i think most obvious and likely is a pregnancy test but i want to know and she does aswell since she says it has never happened before as to what on earth happened. is she pregnant?? is it a normal side effect?? should i be worried?? abortions aren’t allowed at all where i’m from and if she is im kinda fucked anyways thanks for any possible help

Malicious beings are attacking humans all day long, I am told by the Transcendent Eminent Beings. Yesterday I made yet another advancement in my spiritual protections. This angered all of the above listed beings and entities and they swarmed me. Within less than half an hour they tripped me going up the stairs, used a device to cause severe pain in my left large toe, and severe pain in my right upper arch before the Archangels could stop them. Their assaults are frequent and evident.
Archons attack in a different way. They put devices and energetic technology within us to control us and make us ill. Last summer I was being ferociously attacked by the Archons in the middle of the afternoon. When I removed a device they had placed in my head, they would fly in and slam another right back into my head, causing great pain and distress. Same with removing one from my throat and chest. They would fly in and blast it back into me! Now, to be fair, because I have been on the Path of the Mystic since I was born, I am highly sensitive to energetic stimulus. Which is why I have been able to unearth all that I have about what has been happening to all of humanity.
Vicious and vengeful entities, along with Luciferians will enter the body and cause great harm from within. Even now I want to just sit and sob about all of the attacks and assaults I have experienced, knowingly, over the past 2.5 years. I am told there have been many more upon me of which I am unaware because of the compassion of the Archangels and Transcendent Eminent Beings. They have spent much time healing my body and making me forget the horrors.
There are many other entities and beings that have entered my body and harmed me - and at the very thought of it I begin to shake and cry. Much has been done to harm and enslave us.
I have been given permission to begin to speak about this because of my advanced protections and the Presence of the Transcendent Eminent Beings and Archangels around me. Even two days ago when I posted, I was assaulted and had to discover additional protections that we may begin to share this information with humanity.
Our beings and bodies are such that we are naturally protected in our original form. But all of our original protections were broken or stolen by the most heinous beings who arrived over 55,000 years ago. Much must be done by humanity to reclaim what I have reclaimed to protect myself. Healings must take place. Devices and artifacts removed. Parts restored. Light activations must take place. But the gift of the 1st chakra front above, energetically touch near the center line of the body and step back away to push malicious away is a very first small step. An additional practice is at the first chakra front below the feet, go to the outer edge, five feet out, energetically step in and back out again. This will start to destroy devices in your being.
Much needs to be done by each of you. Pranic healing is a good place to start.
As we all begin to fight back and say “No more!” Retreat will happen. Today the Archangels have assisted many dark beings to their dissolution because of my stand against them. You, too, may call on the Archangels for assistance.
Another practice for each to begin: think about your heart chakra. This chakra is green in color for most people. First, go to the outer edge of the chakra. Enter in, and follow the green stream into the center line of the body. You may encounter resistance along the way. This will be objects and/or entities that need cleared from the chakra. Just keep pushing through. If you are unable to push through, call on an Archangel for assistance. After you get to the center line of the body, step away and prepare for part 2.
Part 2: Using your consciousness, enter the stream of your heart chakra moving from the center line of your body into the stream. See this as if you are floating or swimming in a green river. Ask Light Supernal to enter your heart chakra. Stay-in your heart chakra until you feel energy in your pineal gland. If you are uncertain where to find the pineal gland, look it up online before you begin. Once you feel the energy in the pineal gland you may either continue to sit in meditation or go about your day. Light Supernal will move throughout your being healing all that He can.

I’ve clocked in 300 hours on this game so far, but most of it has been done in PvE. Today, I did my tenth online match and my first match that I chose to do without someone in the lobby challenging me.
I got into a room with 3 other people, which meant that it would be a 2v2. The host had a very high TP level, it was close to 5000, compared to my 1000. The game started and I ended up being paired against the host, who started bombarding me with basic attacks. I knew I was in trouble when he started doing that sweaty Ki blast cancel thing to hit me every time I vanished. It didn’t take too long for him to get me low enough for a stamina break.
I decided to Limit Burst there, which, thanks to my “Any taller and it would be unnatural!” Super Soul, gave me increased defense and Super Armor. I used that Super Armor to charge up my Ki as he futilely hit me with more basic attacks. Then, once my Stamina was back, I activated my favorite thing in the whole game: Giant Mode.
The host panicked and started flying around in an attempt to not get hit, but it was no use. I made quick work of him with my Mouth Cannons and helped my teammate defeat the other guy.
When we got back to the room, the two other guys sent “GG”-type chats and asked for another match, but hilariously, the host quickly said “No”, “Goodbye”, and quit the room.
I looked up his data after he close up the room and found that he had done nearly 600 online matches and had a 78% Win Rate, but crumbled after fighting my Namekian once. So, that was a fun time.

Fairly new to the game and looking to get a better ball. I currently throw a 10lb Brunswick twist. Nothing special. I had it drilled to my hand and the pin is even with my finger holes. I didn’t know much at all about bowling when I bought the ball but now I’m looking for something to give me more of a hook.
I’m looking into the Brunswick Attitude but when it comes to getting it drilled I’m new to layout patterns. I’m currently a straight bowler but looking to adopt a hook. So my question is how will a pro shop be able to find my pap if I’m not really a consistent hook bowler yet? I don’t want to get a ball and it end up having a pattern that works against me. Trying to understand what I’m talking about before I go into a shop. Thanks for the help!!

I've been meaning to post this for a while but I had the opportunity to try the TerraKaffe Tk02 a while back at the NYC coffee festival, also chatted with the founder for about an hour. I was very very very impressed.
For context, their booth was across from Eversys, one of the biggest super automatic manufacturers. Just chatting with both it was obvious that the team at TK understands coffee and espresso and didn't cut any corners.
They have weight dosing for shots opposed volumetric dosing on most machines, tamp pressure adjustments, and temperature control to the degree. All of this together led me to very seriously question my ability to compete with this machine on consistency. They invested tons of resources into the internal components and ability to make great shots, and didn't really include any features that someone who doesn't appreciate coffee would care about.
I tried a shot and it was genuinely incredible. I was shocked. I like to think I can pull a solid shot, I used to own a LMLM and worked in coffee for five years before that. However, the TK02 ability to dial in nearly all of the same variables I would on a semi-automatic and do it consistently every time convinced me to pre-order one.
I also tried the TK01 while I was there, it wasn't nearly as impressive. It's missing out on a lot of the features the new model has. Even the founder admitted this but it's priced accordingly.
I totally understand a lot of people on this sub are dedicated to espresso more as an art form/creative outlet/hobby and the thought of using a super automatic defeats all of that. However, if you want a solid shot of espresso that truly competes with what a solid setup can brew I would check it out.
I had a LMLM for a year and loved it, but found that I was wasting tons of coffee and didn't have the patience to dial in at 6am when I just wanted an americano. This ultimately led me to pulling crappy shots and, eventually, selling the setup. I'm excited to make the TK02 my daily driver. I'm also really happy to be able to support the brand having met them.
AMA about this, happy to answer questions because I know that not a ton of people have had access to tasting off this machine yet.

Hi guys,
I am a new immigrant and am waiting to get the permanent residence visa this year. I am 27 years old, single, no kids, no credit cards or any other loans. My pre tax salary is 85K - 90k. I live in regional Queensland (2 hours from Brisbane) and now I pay $350 a week in rent.
I just borrowed 250k from my parents and would love to jump in the house market as soon as I get my visa. I just talked to a mortgage broker and he told me I could borrow at least 450k from them. Could I please ask for advice on what I should do base on my situation?
Although the house prices in remote areas where I live are more affordable for me, I am currently considering buying a two-bedroom or three-bedroom house in Brisbane as an investment property (around 700k), based on the following reasons: 1. Brisbane has a lot of potential as a great city and I expect house prices to rise in Brisbane over the next 10 years so I'll get more capital gains. 2. I can rent out the investment property and get some rental income to help me pay off the mortgage. 3. As an investment property, I can use negative gearing, which also helps me pay my mortgage. 4. I am not sure how long I will stay in the remote area, the infrastructure is very poor, and there are no good restaurants here.
I know that my plan has some drawbacks: 1. I am not eligible for the First Home Owner Grant and stamp duty will cost a lot more. 2. There is nearly no way for me to find a property in good suburbs (eg, Toowong, Indooroopilly, Chermside) for my budget. So there is a risk that I won't be able to rent out the house for a while.
As I have no family in Australia and I am new to QLD, no one can really give me some advice in my real life. I tried to do some search by myself but I am a little bit not sure where should I start. I am currently taking a tax course and hopefully I will gain a better understanding of negative gearing and other terms soon. Could I please ask if there any suburbs you recommend for me to have a look? And if there is anything I need to be aware of? Since I borrowed a lot of money from my parents, and I am not from a rich family ( my parents sold a property in my home country to lend me the money). I want to maximize the value of the money. Any advice would be greatly appreciated.

Hi everyone! To be honest I do not have a direct question. I just wanted to write here some of my thoughts and see if you think I am realistic enough or not about starting a life together with my girlfriend.
I have to start giving some information about myself and the situation. I am a 22 year old male from Turkey. I study translation and interpreting studies in German (in my 3rd year of a 4 year uni) as my major and I study logistics (1/2) as my minor. My GPAs are pretty good but I will mention this later. I am in a super healthy relationship with a 22 year old Italian girl for the last 4 years which had to be long distance but we were lucky enough to spend a lot of time together thanks to COVID etc.. She lives in north Italy near Venice and studies Japanese.
Okay, the thing is that we do not want to be far away anymore. We will finish our universities next summer. Unfortunately as a Turkish citizen I don't have the freedom of movement within Europe. The only way for us to be together is me moving to Europe so we can be together, right? I mean Turkey here is not really a great choice compared to it. And for me to be able to do this, she has to marry me AT THE AGE OF 23. This freaks me out because I am 23 and I would never ever think about getting married. We had a lot of talks about it and we both agreed to see it as just a paper to be together and we will get "married" when we have our financial freedom.
So, okay lets say we got married and I can move now. The obvious country here is Italy because thats where she lives. Her had has a huge house where we can stay at least couple of years or at least until we are sure that we can have our own place. Now, the problem is I don't speak Italian. Throughout the years I got really good at understanding Italian and reading Italian. I can understand what's going on at a crowded table of loud Italians and answer in English easily, thats a skill. But I can not speak.
This makes my chance to find a job in Italy close to 0 with my skills, which is meh German skills (don't ask, COVID student and the education sucked during the period). I mean, I thought about just focusing Italian and learn it properly before I arrive there but I find it really hard to study 2 languages at the same time, which is I need that German practice every day to be able to "learn" it properly.
But here stuff gets even more confusing. Even speaking Italian, it is really hard to get a job in Italy. So we thought about waiting until I get my Italian residence permit (apprx. 3-6 months) and move to Germany, more precisely to Berlin.
Why Berlin? Because I had a student exchange experience there and I saw the opportunity of being able to build a life with my logistics minor and German/English skills. My girlfriend also wants to move because she also feels insecure with her future language diploma. And the best part of Germany is that the education is nearly free. So after we settle properly, we can (or at least she can) study something else while working. Of course, Berlin has its own problems such as finding a flat, the bureaucracy, the language (mostly for my girlfriend) etc.. But it sounds like a best place for a couple like us to start a life with its English/Turkish (for me) job opportunities.
Now, the problems continue. With an Italian residence permit, I can not work in Germany immediately. My girlfriend has to move first, find a job, find a flat and wait for the whole registering process again for me. If I don't have a job in Italy, I will of course come and help her with settling, finding flat and a job.
We have a friend who thinks the same and the friend plans to move before us. If she does that, my girlfriend can just go to her and register herself and stay there until she secures a job. And after that we plan to move all 3 of us to a bigger flat and if we all have jobs, then it will be easier for us to build our life.
This is how the first German plan is. But I just don't want to rely on the friend only and that makes me feel in between. Because if we can't move to Germany like this at the end of 2024 or start of 2025, then we will have to create our own way via my girlfriend applying through internet and travel back and forth until she finds something. And then again the registering process for me if I don't get my Italian citizenship until then, which is 2 years of marriage + Italian exam and processing time. If I do, then stuff will be easier because I feel like I would find a job easier than her at least in Berlin.
So, I know it is a lot of stuff but this is my mind lately. I even thought about maybe lets save couple more years in our own countries but saving is not really an option in Turkey unfortunately. So the best way is to start at least the process.
But I am not sure if I am being realistic enough. I don't know if being young and not knowing life completely blinds me. If you read all of this, I sincerely thank you and I am open to all of your comments.

I have been a massive fan of RWBY for 7 years now. I've watched every episode. Own every book, comic and manga. I've made multiple lifelong friends through the fandom and if I was given the chance to experience it all again I would take it without a second thought.
Unfortunately around a year ago I was hit by the realisation that the show is just not for me anymore. The realisation really hurt me. This is a show I dearly love and hold close to my heart. I remember waiting every summer for the soundtracks to be released so I could understand the show even better than before. I still hold the fond memory of listening to BMBLB for the first time and how it made me feel about myself.
But as I've grown up I started noticing things... I've consumed all sorts of knowledge about the show. Both positive and negative. I've seen things I am not going to discuss here because this post isn't about the scandals of Rooster Teeth and its employees. This is about the show itself and how I personally find it kind of repulsive now.
My journey into this realisation started with Volume 4 release. I watched every episode with joy and a bit of confusion. The plot for me personally made no sense but I was happy anyway because it was RWBY, what more could I want?
Then the confusion only grew with every volume. Still I held on and enjoyed every episode as much as I could. Did I think that Volume 4 and 5 were kind of unnecessary? Yeah. Both of them could have been made into a couple of episodes each and made just as much sense in my opinion.
Then Volumes 6, 7 and 8 happened. The writing in my opinion was better, not perfect but definitely better than before. The Atlas Arc really started delving into the characters motivations and reasoning. It seemed like we were finally going to get some decent character development for Ruby (aka: the main character of the show called RWBY, like come on).
But then 2020 happened and the show stopped for a couple of years. This is the period in which I rewatched the show with a fresh perspective. After not being surrounded by RWBY for 2 years I realised that it is not even close to what I personally saw it as. It wasn't this great massive universe that I could escape into anymore. Instead it was like a buggy game from 2008. Lacklustre and disappointing.
Even still I held out hope that the decent writing will continue in Volume 9 and fix the mess that the rest of the series was in. Unfortunately it did not come to pass.
After I watched the first episode of Volume 9 I knew it isn't going to be working on anything other than fanservice. We were violently ripped away from the universe that the writers built over the span of 8 volumes to be dropped into a completely new and undiscovered "fairytale". The shift was too quick and honestly totally unnecessary.
But because I've invested literally years into this show I wouldn't stop now just because I found the current plot not to my liking. I still enjoyed the possible plot shifts in Remnant even if I found the current setting unappealing.
Yet the more I watch the more I'm finding that it is no longer the show I grew to love. RWBY has changed and I am finding myself mourning the loss of a great universe. The last nail in the coffin for me was the latest episode (v9e6). It not only made no sense with the pacing but the plot threads as well.

• I'm warning you about serious spoilers. Please be advised that I will be retelling v9e6 from here on out. If you're still to watch it then come back after you've done it. Thanks-

To me, this episode was a massive slap in the face. Instead of focusing on Jaune and the traumatic experience he went through we were whisked back and forth from serious plot to a forced Yang and Blake confession (THEY WERE LITERALLY FORCED TO BE TOGETHER).
Everything was happening not because it needed to happen but because they needed the plot to move. That's it.
The mood was all over the place because of that. As a long time Bumblebee shipper I found this "confession" insulting.
Was there no better way of discussing their feelings towards each other? Could we not have had a moment where they weren't forced to do something? Their entire existence seems like a continuous push toward something.
And could we not have had a moment where Jaune acknowledges what happened to him? Yes, he tells the girls about what he did while there but he never actually talks about how hard it was for him. Am I supposed to believe that Jaune, the "I collected cereal boxes and won a hoodie and am never going to take it off ever because this is truly mine and no-one elses" guy, was just fine and dandy? That he wasn't depressed for literal years for basically loosing his life due to his own actions? That he is not even a little bit proud of the place he made for himself even in the worst of circumstances? I don't think so.
And here's the main issue with RWBY for me. The way that it's written is just not realistic. People don't just have one emotion. Worlds don't just have one evil. But RWBY does. And I believe it is going to be it's undoing the further it goes on (if it even does).

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Hey everyone,
I have a birthday coming up and really want to travel somewhere for my birthday. I was thinking of visiting NYC and want to check out it's green spaces, parks, the High Line, bike along the Brooklyn Bridge, etc. I was looking at prices for hotels and the prices are starting at around $220 a night. I was planning of staying for four nights and that's over a $1000. I really value privacy given my medical conditions and my own room, so I don't want to stay in a hostel. Airbnbs are quite pricey too and about the same cost as staying in a hotel.
Another alternative was to go to Rio de Janeiro. The prices for hotels are very low and quite affordable. Less than $75 for a night at a four star hotel. However, I've been reading a ton of horror stories about people and their time in Brazil to the point where they don't take out their phone. I currently live in a big city and take precaution when I go to downtown like not wear jewelry, my headphones, not carry a purse, and keep my personal items in my front pockets. In Rio, I really want to bike along the beaches, get some sun, watch a sunset, and meet friendly locals. I wouldn't be out past 6pm and would only roam around the area near the hotel I stay in. A flight out to Rio is less than $700, which is way less than a four night stay in NYC.
So I guess my dilemma is this: NYC hotels are too expensive and can't see paying $220 a night; Rio is the more affordable option but I worry about my safety. In NYC, I wouldn't be out at night and the latest I come in is like 6pm. Given the city I live in, I would exercise the same precaution in NYC and plan on not visiting certain areas.
Any suggestions of what I should do? Any other alternatives of where I could travel to? I'm looking for a place where I can get some "sun", it's walkable, the people are nice, and there are ton of museums, outdoor spaces and fun activities to do, and hotels are less than $100 a night!
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Hi! I’m trying to start a blog within the fashion industry niche (bridal) but I’m getting confused with all the research I’ve done around media copyrights.
If I’m writing a post highlighting a specific designer, do I need to obtain permission to use photos/video from their website? Or if I want to write a post about a specific fashion show, can I use video of that show if not filmed by me? Do I need to obtain this through a resource like AP or…?
And when people do shopping posts (a la “25 products for X on Amazon”)- how are those product photos used?
Appreciate any resources for better insight on this. I’ve just been googling/YouTubing and confusing myself with all the info that’s out there.
Thank you from this newbie!