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Need Advice (serious answers only please)

[(Anonymous)]

I think I'm being cyber-followed by an ex best friend of mine? I hestiate to say 'stalked', because it's not consistent enough for that; but on the vast majority of social media sites I follow she'll find some way to track me down and reach out to me. I keep blocking her or otherwise ignoring her when she does (her profiles have pretty obvious tells), but since she lives in the same town as me and my family I fear this method's gonna be unsustainable after a while. I seriously do not want her to keep finding me or to reach out to her - she's an EX best friend for a reason.

Any ideas?

Re: Need Advice (serious answers only please)

[(Anonymous)]

Hmm. How long has this been going on?

Re: Need Advice (serious answers only please)

[(Anonymous)]

Like I said, it's not SUPER consistent; the most frequent it's been is a couple of months apart from each other. Today's been the first time it's happened for a couple of years.

am I making too big a deal outta this, do you think?

Re: Need Advice (serious answers only please)

[(Anonymous)]

I'd say ignore it.

Re: Need Advice (serious answers only please)

[(Anonymous)]

Do you have any I insight into how she's managing to keep finding you? And whether or not there are any measures that you can take to make that harder, if not impossible? I ask because a surprising number of people don't seem fully aware of privacy and security measures on their social media and what steps they can take to limit public exposure.

I think if you want this to stop, it's worth taking a hard look at your social media practices and if it's as tight as it could be.

DA

[(Anonymous)]

I'm gonna hijack your advice thread for a minute here.

So I've lost my daily medication, (for ADHD, so it's a controlled substance), I knocked the bottle over one morning, and a majority of them fell into the furnace grate in my room. I tried to fish some of them out, but I haven't cleaned my grate out in a while and the ones I found were not exactly edible...
Problem is that this happened shortly before my most recent appointment with my doctor. The month before this I got a double renewal as to not pay two service fees for my prescription. This is the prescription I lost. I didn't mention losing my meds to my doctor because he was already writing a new script. (I guess he forgot he wrote a double script last month)
I figured "oh great, this works out perfectly!" but when I gave the script to the pharmacist I waited for a while before she mentioned that I should already have my meds and would put it on file for the next month. Me, being me. I panicked and said it was fine, I was just shopping which was why I was still there. (aka I'm an idiot)
I've waited like a week, and I'm pretty sure I can't wait the rest of the month. (As if this mess of a post isn't making a point of that already...) Obviously, I just need to be honest, but I'm not sure how to phrase any of this. It's already ridiculous that I dropped them down a grate, but it's also the fact that I happened to get an extra prescription around the same time and didn't bother mentioning it to my doctor! I'm afraid I'll just show up at the pharmacy and say nothing because I don't want to be thought of as a drug addict or something...

How ridiculous is this, and how much am I overreacting?

Re: DA

[(Anonymous)]

Eh, it's not great but it can be dealt with. You're right that pharmacies see a lot of liars with drug seeking behavior, but they also know that accidents happen. If you don't have a past history of "losing" pills or pestering them to refill prescriptions early, you've got a shot.

* Do this at your regular pharmacy. If you don't have one, pick one for future uses and stick with it. Do NOT go around to different pharmacies trying to fill the new prescription, not even different chains, because that looks like you're shopping around for a gullible pharmacist. Be a good customer, always. Never raise your voice, never get angry or upset.

* If you saved any of the pills you dropped down the grate, put them back in the bottle and bring them with you to the pharmacy. Explain (calmly) what happened and ask what your options are.

This might not work, but it's still your best shot.

Re: Need Advice (serious answers only please)

[(Anonymous)]

It's kind of weird that she keeps finding you. Do you have a wide social media presence? How locked down do you keep stuff? A few ideas:

* Maintain a separate e-mail address for your social media stuff. Make sure the username has no links to your real name or any other usernames you've used elsewhere. Just a bunch of random letters and numbers.

* Go through the security/privacy settings of all your social media accounts with a fine toothed comb. Opt out of your profile showing up in searches. Lock stuff to friends only or private. If you're on Facebook, create lists to keep your friends groups separate and ONLY POST TO LIMITED, SPECIFIC LISTS. Set your posts to exclude all her accounts and anyone linked to her. Set your privacy settings so that if people tag you, it doesn't simply show up on your timeline. Set your privacy settings so that only people on your friends list can message you privately. Post nothing publicly.

* Scale back on the information you share. A lot of people simply don't realize that they're sharing way too much personal info on their social media that makes them too easy to track down. Avoid selfies. Avoid discussing where you're going on vacation, what concerts you got tickets for, what bars and restaurants you're at/going to. Don't mention other people by name, especially not full names, so you can't be tracked via your relatives and acquaintances.

Lastly, if you haven't already done so, tell this person directly and firmly that you're not interested in communicating with her and not to contact you again. Don't sugarcoat it. Don't try to soften the blow or be "nice" about it. "I'm not interested in talking to you. Don't contact me again." THEN block. Don't repeat yourself, don't respond to any further communications or questions.

Favorite comedians

[philstar22]

Currently watching Whose Line is it Anyway, and it has me wondering who are people's favorite comedians.

I don't actually watch that much comedy, but thanks to Whose Line, I'm partial to Greg Proops. Colin and Ryan are a great team, and Colin is great. Not sure if they do comedy outside the show though?

Anyway, who are your favorite comedians?

Re: Favorite comedians

[greghousesgf]

Greg Proops is deff my favorite Whose Line comedian.

Re: Favorite comedians

[kaijinscendre]

John Mulaney. Terrible Driver is one of my favs. https://youtu.be/tqtIyftTiWI

Re: Favorite comedians

[(Anonymous)]

Dave Chappelle & Wanda Sykes for standup

Kate McKinnon for sketch comedy

Re: Favorite comedians

[(Anonymous)]

Oddly enough I came across an old list (from like a decade ago and based off of single performances) of my favourite comedians in a notebook when I was looking for paper to draw my pumpkin designs on... it's uhh, not exactly clear on how much I liked them unfortunately. (I know I got a few names wrong, since the comedy channel used to just list names and not say who's who) I used my old +/- rating system that's complete gibberish to me now.

Matt McCarthy
Pete Holmes
Jianne Geneafalo
Gilian Riner
Greg Fitzsimmons
Nick Kroll
Micheal Palersack
Matt O'Riely
Mark Maron
Ryan Dalton
Mo Mandel
Steven Wright
Peter Anthony

And my all time favourite, Jeremy Hotz!

(this very much probably does not help!)

Re: Favorite comedians

[(Anonymous)]

Greg, Colin, and Ryan are a good team!

Cute pet stories

[philstar22]

What cute things have your pets done lately? Or do you have recent photos? Just want some animal adorableness.

Re: Cute pet stories

[philstar22]

I got out a new toy for my cat today. It was a long strand of felt material on a stick. She loved it. She decided she wanted to play with it near the dining room table. She was rolling around beneath the chairs, grabbing at it from between the chair legs. It was the cutest thing.

Re: Cute pet stories

[(Anonymous)]

Not cute but funny.

My (very very large) dog was in the back seat of the new car today and the car was making an alert noise for someone not wearing their seatbelt. After we double checked ours we realised the car thought the dog was an unrestrained human passenger.

Re: Cute pet stories

[(Anonymous)]

I'm literally copy-pasting the post I made the other day. I'll say it's still relevant given her friend still visits every night!

I have an inside cat, and ever since my neighbours started letting their cat outside it's been visiting pretty much every night around this time! Usually my cat's asleep on a pillow by the outside window so for a while she didn't notice, but once she did they've been playfully batting at each other through the glass AND IT IS SO CUTE!

My Kitty:
https://i.imgur.com/a/ps4GAxW.png

Re: Cute pet stories

[morieris]

My dog just sat outside at the fence and looked up at the trees.

I asked her why and she just kept doing it.

idk, I thought it was funny.

Re: Cute pet stories

[syncing_feeling]

Our cat is the first I've ever had that absolutely loves being under the bedcovers. If we're asleep he'll bop us on the nose or cheek to get us to lift the covers so he can climb in. I woke up this morning and he was passed out on my chest with his head under my chin.

Re: Cute pet stories

[(Anonymous)]

My cat is not a cuddly cat. Petting is okay when he's sleepy, but he's not a lap cat (that sounds grumpy, but he's otherwise the gentlest cat I know - never uses his claws or teeth ever. I've got not a SINGLE scratch scar from him. He just pushes your hand away and looks offended when he's done being petted.)

Nonetheless he sleeps in a cardboard box at the foot of my bed every night.
It was an experiment, cause while he does have beds he uses, he always chooses a box when there is one to sleep in and one night I decided to put one on my bed to see if he'd sleep in it... and he does and it makes me melt? Idk.
Here he is in his box: https://www.instagram.com/p/B4UfGOfoMc-/

Re: Cute pet stories

[(Anonymous)]

Whenever I play that rubber ducky song from Sesame Street, my dog looks in the direction of the song and tilts his head at the squeaking parts. He looks so adorably confused and it makes me giggle.

Re: Cute pet stories

[(Anonymous)]

I'm watching The Little Mermaid Live and at one point when Eric's dog was barking my six month old puppy stopped crawling around the bed, sat down on her butt and started yapping at the TV until it stopped. This is the first time we've let her on the bed and she eventually decided to burrow under the covers like a tiny shark, then decided she was tired and started napping with just her head sticking out from under the sheets.

Sending Love To The Secret Makers!

[(Anonymous)]

They've made some 'too lazy to make', and comment secrets of mine, and I wanted to thank them for doing a bang up job! They look so good, and it always makes me happy to see them!
Thank you! <33

Also to anyone who's made secrets of their own! I might not know what some of them are about, but I love to read them, not to mention they've all been so pretty lately! Kudos!
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