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My thread was UNFAIRLY deleted on OLDTRL, so lemme resurrect this classic POP IT OFF HELLO

or sweep...? Adele with her worst album? (Metacritic is pointless, y'all have ears, its just not that good or memorable...) Taylor (who'll just look greedy, taking it with an album we already heard 10 years ago) Harry Ed Sheran Kendrick Lizzo ABBA Arcade Fire Brandi Carlile Bad Bunny? Drake ... someone else?

Inspired by the big lips thread I‘d like to know ATRL‘s opinion on whether blonde guys are attractive to you? My (female) friend says she would never date a blonde guy bc blonde (to her) is feminine. As a Bleach Blonde Baby myself I think this is wrong and I actually find blonde guys hotter than if they had basic dark hair in many cases. What’s y‘all thoughts on this debate?

Do you guys ever actually see tweets that get embedded into ATRL posts? Is there some trick that I'm missing? Every time somebody posts a tweet, all I see is a black field with nothing to see or click on. And that's with Firefox and Safari. This is what I see:

I will be announcing my early retirement from ATRL effective as of right now. When I log out, there will be no logging back in for the foreseeable future. I know many on here are fans of the content I provide, and I see you and appreciate the support, but I must make my way out. Make sure to click on my profile and hit the FOLLOW button for any future updates!

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On the day that the UN General Assembly overwhelmingly voted to condemn Russia's illegal annexation of 4 regions of Ukraine, Palestinian Authority leader Mahmoud Abbas embraces Russian President Vladimir Putin and his stance on "international law."

soooo definitely a content warning cause there are some mildly graphic things discussed in here so at around 1 pm today I decided to go on one of my classic mid-day walks (I live not too far from downtown Denver i and I don't have a car yet so I like to walk everywhere atm) and grab me some starbucks. gorgeous day, very mild. while I'm walking back, since I'm a pretty fast walker (east coasters know what i mean) I walk past a few other pedestrians, which is typical Joe behavior. I eventually get to a relatively busy intersection, which I cross at least twice a day at this point, and I'm waiting right next to this 50-something year old man. he was one of the people I had walked past earlier... all of a sudden... I don't even realize that he's punching me in my chest for about 10 seconds cause it happened so quickly. so shocking. COMPLETELY out of nowhere. HUGE adrenaline rush. he's punching me like RIGHT above my heart, on the left side of my chest. dude. it went on for about 35 seconds at most but holy f*ck. one of the most horrifying experiences ever. all the while he's calling me a f*ggot and seems like he's about to push me over a fence down the hill. this is right beside the South Platte River btw, and like I said it's one of the busiest intersections in south Denver. I'm just cowering and saying "dude please f*cking stop, get off of me!" and he grunts and then eventually complies. he's then walking the same way I was headed. I do go up to a lady in a blue car who is stopped at the intersection after she rolls down her window and asks if i'm okay. that interaction... idk on one hand i'm thankful she did that but her and a few other cars were stopped and no one called 911 or anything. just a few faces of complete speechless awe. I text my sibling group chat and one of my brothers advises me to immediately call the cops. I do so but by the time they arrive the dude is out of sight. I give them a full description of the man, and they tell me they'll go out searching for a few hours and file a report. it's about 5 hours later now and no word, but I really hope they catch his ass and THROW him in jail, toss the key. no f*cking mercy dude. justice hurts. so, at this moment, how i feel... well first of all, I'm furious. i'm so hurt, for all of my other LGBTQ siblings who have ever gone through anything like this. the adrenaline rush made me exhausted so I'll probably be resting up for the evening. I'm so enraged dude. my chest still hurts. lots of soreness right near my nipple and the middle of my ribs. i had extreme blurry vision for about an hour afterwards, and I let everyone in my family know what happened. I wouldn't wish this sh*t on anyone I've ever met. I'm just thankful I'm alive you guys. like what if he had been carrying a blade? he only punched my chest but I could've sworn he was considering going up to my face. I need to get back into self-defense immediately. I'm gonna go buy some pepper spray or mace tomorrow. maybe a new pocket knife. it's a scary f*cking world, and some of us young adults think we're invincible sometimes. we're not. idk exactly why I wanted to make this thread but I just felt like telling y'all. if this has happened to you before too, I'm here to listen and discuss it further. love u guys

Hey all, I’ve been with my company for a few years since graduating but I feel like I’ve outgrown it and am looking for new opportunities for a fresh start. I’m a software engineer and I’m good at my job, but I absolutely loathe the interviewing process, especially in our field. For those unfamiliar, it’s usually 2-3 rounds of interviews and the last round can be anywhere from 1 to 4 hours where you code a problem live while another engineer watches you solve it My resume is pretty good and I can land interviews easily, but by that stage I usually don’t make it cause I’m a bad test taker under pressure. knowing someone else is watching + there’s a time limit makes me get in my head so I lose my train of thought. I go through cycles of landing several interviews, not passing them due to bad time management under pressure and then getting demotivated and stopping my job search altogether. I get so close yet so far and I hate it, any tips if any of you girlies are in the field? Thanks in advance

I just want to clarify that i will go see a doctor soon, but until i will able to i just wanted to see if someone here maybe had similiar experiences. I had a co-worker i got very close with for a couple of months. We were in a similiar situation and bonded over that. We saw each other, outside from work, a good amount of time and also texted almost every day. I don't really trust many people, but for some reason, i trusted him and just felt very connected to him, although we didn't knew each other for that long. And one night, when we did go out, he just said to me that he never wanted to get that close and that he just had no one other to talk to (about the situation we bonded over) and because he was over that situation, our friendship also "stands and falls" with it. And i was just so incredibly hurt. I knew that he always had problems with letting people into his life, but i just felt so used and worthless in that moment. I lashed out, threw my drink in his face and said awful things to him. And after that, i saw him at work and apologized to him, but he was just so cold and acted like i was the bad guy (or atleast it felt like it). He didn't respond to any of my texts for a while and he switched shifts at work, so he didn't had to work with me. And i just had an extremely hard time getting over it. Not only did i feel bad for what i said, i also blamed myself for what he did. I even thought about hurting myself and i never had these thoughts before, atleast not in a serious way. There was a short time where i thought i was finally over it and then he quit anyway, so i didn't had to see him anymore, atleast not regulary. But he just showed up at work a few days ago, with some other co-workers, and everything came back. And for the longest time i thought this was just a phase i would get over and that this was normal, even though i never felt anything like this so heavily before. And then i found out that something like friendship PTSD actually exists and is caused when a friendship ends abruptly and in a bad way. And some of the symptoms just fit. Besides the thoughts of self-harm, i had a panic attack when i walked by the bar where everything happened, i have nightmares about it, if i can sleep at all, i have trouble concentrating, i burst out into tears randomly, i have flashbacks of the night it happened and i feel so emotionally detached to most of the people around me, even my nephew, who is the most important person in my life. I was in therapy before and i will see my doctor soon and talk to him about getting therapy again. Did some of you had similiar experiences? And if so, how did you deal with it?

I used to take Zoloft 50mg for 6 months, but therapy was helping, so my therapist and I agreed I could come off Zoloft. I weaned off and things were alright until now. I got into my first car accident last month where insurance was involved (car wasn't totaled and insurance covered the repairs, and no one was hurt, which is good), I was in-between two jobs before I landed my current job, entered a new relationship in August, and moved out with a high school friend for the first time in July. However, I still get days where my anxiety is so bad that sleep, my anti-nausea meds, or the occasional benzo are the only successful factors in managing my anxiety. My therapist wants me to give mindfulness another shot (to be honest, I haven't done this, and I really need to), but I feel like time is ticking. I'm getting more fatigued than usual, I'm having unexplainable pains, and I feel like mindfulness is just not sustainable when I have to work 40 hours like everyone else, cook/clean, make time for myself, my partner, etc. It's especially harder now that I have to take public transportation since my car is still in the shop. Honestly, Zoloft helped a lot with my anxiety, and the first week of side effects weren't even that bad. I'm just nervous because while side effects were tolerable, it is a commitment: you have to take this every day, it made my insomnia worse (which is why I took CBD or an OTC sleep aid to fall asleep). What's weird is that I love my boyfriend, I actually like my job, and if I described my life to someone on paper, they'd be like, "How are you anxious?" That's how I know my GAD is pretty bad: I can't even think of a justifiable reason as to why I'm anxious all the time. Anyone been on/off anxiety meds? I don't wanna take Xanax every day, because obviously there's a dependance factor that should be avoided, but my winning combo, previously, was really Zoloft every day and then Xanax for panic attacks.

I once made a DVD where I saved video files of random family videos that dated back to the 80s and early 00's. Many people who have died had appeared on those videos. One day I realized that I hadn't seen that disc for a while so I began searching for it, but it was nowhere to be found. I lost the only footage I had of certain people.

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I’ve been healthy and never been to the doctors but ever since I got my booster my heart has been racing nonstop at random times. I’ve read a lot of articles that young adults are now getting heart attacks from the booster. has anyone gotten any symptoms from the vaccine? And will you be getting anymore?

The Viola Davis-starring, Gina Prince-Bythewood-directed, West Africa set historical epic opened in first place with an above-expectations $19 million. More important than the overperforming opening, though, is its A+ CinemaScore, making The Woman King just the second film of the year to receive the top grade from audiences (the other was Top Gun: Maverick). Critics agree with audiences that The Woman King is a winner (it’s at 94% on Rotten Tomatoes), and its status may get a further boost when awards season comes around. The film opened in 3,765 theaters, and audiences felt this was one to see on the biggest screen around as 34% of its gross came from IMAX and other premium large format (PLF) screens. https://www.boxofficemojo.com/article/ed1785791492/?ref_=bo_hm_hp Racists LOST.

RIP to one of the best studios of animation

With over 700,000 Russian men running away from Vladimir Putin’s mobilization orders, the Russian government debuted an ad to discourage people from moving abroad. Why? Because there are gay people, vegetarians, and because… equal rights for Black people? And before you ask, yes, this is a real, Russian government sanctioned advertising campaign.

https://www.levernews.com/health-insurers-get-government-cash-then-jack-up-prices/