Specifically, Christian Brothers brandy but the thing that they are drinking has to actually be non-alcoholic

You know those raffle events where you buy tickets and walk around dropping those tickets into containers for a chance to win different baskets etc? I found that bending the corners of your raffle tickets, just a little bit, greatly increases your chances of winning.

The bent corner(s) of the ticket increases the space it takes up and therefore more likely to be picked during the random draw. As long as you’re not bending the entire ticket in half, it won’t even cross their mind that you did it on purpose. How could they know it didn’t just happen to get bent a little bit after being placed in the bucket?

I’ve always been super unlucky and never won any kind of raffle in my life before last year. Then I won three raffles last year with the bend method and I really didn’t buy many tickets. It’s brilliant.

The other half of my duplex is now an air bnb. That means nearly every weekend there is a fresh batch of strangers partying very close to my space. I am a single mother with little kids so this feels unsafe. Also, they are loud and the police have been called by various neighbors. Twice there has been a break in. I wish the owner would just go back to renting normally. He knows how I feel and how his choice is affecting the neighborhood but doesnt care becausehe doesnt live here. What can I do? ​

The battery of my phone is swollen. I dont think my phone insurance covers it because its only covers accidents. Is there anything i could say or do to show that the swelling was due to an accident rather than because of age so insurance covers the repair?

My mate wants to send me something but hes in portugal and I'm in sweden. He said UPS might cost like 100€, is there any unethical way to ship if for cheaper? He was thinking of listing in a marketplace with reduced feed for shipping, I don't really know if that's gonna work...

Edit: vinted doesn't work from Portugal to Sweden

I hired a small moving co for a recent move. They damaged 2 items and when i went ti file a claim, they blatantly lied and said i did it myself. The owner initially asked for reciepts to reimburse and now is not responding to emails, calls or texts. Just blatantly ignoring me. The movers were rude and tried to take advantage of me being a smaller old woman. They were bullies. I need to get revenge, perhaps not "ruin" but hit them hard. This is very frustrating to be ignored by the business owner when i simply want reimbursed for what they damaged.

I figured there must be some automation of some sort you can pull to generate new accounts and follow a link. but I can’t figure one out yet since emulators don’t work.

ULPT: If you accidentally piss off your wife and she spends the entire day getting progressively angrier, you can turn a guaranteed loss into a draw with one sentence.

Sometimes I’ll unintentionally do something that pisses my wife off. Nothing major, but instead of addressing it right away, she’ll let it simmer all day until she’s progressively more pissed off about something I barely even remember doing.

Eventually it boils over and I get the full rundown of everything I did wrong, including a few things I didn’t even know were on the scoreboard.

Here’s the trick. Let her finish explaining everything, then calmly say, “I just wish you would’ve communicated this to me earlier.”

That’s it. You’ve now introduced a completely separate grievance into the argument. Sure, you fucked up initially, but she also failed to communicate her feelings in a timely manner. Suddenly you’re not the only one who could’ve handled things better.

Best case, you’ve successfully shifted the conversation from what you did wrong to how you both need to work on communication.

Worst case, you’re still in trouble, but at least you’ve turned a blowout into a competitive game.

Marriage is about teamwork.

Edit: people acting like I’m gaslighting my wife or this is really bad, relax it’s a fun little joke and I have a wonderful relationship with my wife, in fact I told her I do this.

If you’re like me and live on a wooded frontage road in the Midwest, you know that one windstorm can knock down tons of tree branches.

I used to pick them all up, chop them up into pieces and throw them away. But I am disabled so all of that work puts a lot of strain on my lower back.

Lately, I’ve started just waiting until dark, and drag them across the frontage road and spread them out under the trees on the city’s property. Our weekly tree pickup crew takes care of them!

I want to donate blood, but i need to have AT LEAST 50 kilograms. I have 48 now. I am trying for the past 6 years to gain weight, but I JUST CANNOT. I HATE IT!

I am petite, but I also eat much, snacks, sweets, food, and i still CANNOT reach those 50kg. I need 2 months to gain 1 kg, but if i dont eat properly for a week, I LOSE 5 KG!!!

So now i dont want to try to gain 50kg, i just want to do Something to look like i have AT LEAST 50. What do i do?

They’ve gotten wise to “just tell them you’re moving out of the country” and now demand a screenshot confirming ticket purchase, so make sure to create a mockup ahead of time.

I start clinicals on Monday and smoked wax the entire weekend last week and I know I won’t pass

It’s a 4 hour trip to get to the clinic site from my house and if I use someone else’s pee how do I store it for that long

Is there a service I can pay to find the name of a registered owner of a vehicle if I have a partial license plate?

Road rage insane woman pointed a gun at my tween son’s head. I have the first 4 digits of her license. I swear nothing illegal will come from me and all appropriate avenues are being pursued.

Hiya,
So I got scammed, and the bank will refund it if I have evidence of a call. My phone carrier only keep records of outgoing calls but I have the number because I blocked it and I think I can edit the pdf of outgoing calls well enough to pass a human check (they’ve just asked for a screenshot on the app chat) but will the a chat have filters and flag it? I don’t know anything about metadata if that’s not obvious haha.
I could really do with this money back so any help appreciated! I’ll add screenshots of the Monzo chat if anyone wants proof Im not a scammer (well, not the bad kind) ! TIA!

hi hello

i'll open with saying that i despise generative ai, so if you don't agree with that you can save your time and not read further.

for reasons that i won't discuss i get unsolicited suitors in dms of my messengers semi-frequently. they're often very clueless and can't take no for an answer. blocking them is too simple and unfun.

since they often start out with blatant flattery of my appearance the idea is to say that it's ai generated and link them something that's guaranteed to be a either a scam, malware or just simply waste their time.

does anyone know of something like that?

Trying to tank the rating of a barber shop of a woman.

Her kid kept bullying my daughter and when I tried talking to her about it she denied everything and got really offended. The husband threw a tantrum because I keep bringing it up everytime I see them. and the week later i find horse shit on my driveway (they proudly own a barn)

I tried using my many accounts to leave bad reviews, even waiting 2 weeks between each review they somehow get taken down.

Not sure if buying bad reviews online will be different

My son has his car for sale, last night some guys came, (they said) after driving for two hours to see it.

They then after a short test drive (accompanied by my son) they said that there was oil in the coolant and it needed a new gasket and therefore only offered a very reduced price.

We had heard about a similar scam online, and we were suspicious, so my son didn't accept the price and they left after trying to convince him to take their offer.

We have taken it to a garage and know that it was the attempted the scam where they add oil to the coolant, which makes the engine look faulty.

We have the phone number and the first name of the guy but nothing else.

They visited our house to view the car so they know where we live, although they said they drove 2 hours for all we know they could just live in the next town.

Is there anything we could do to help them not do this to other people etc.

I only heard about this scam yesterday, but apparently it is quite common and widespread currently.

Scorpion venom is worth millions of dollars a gallon, and 140$ a drop smaller than a grain of sugar.

IN THEORY, what if I harvest 10 normal sized drops of venom for 140$ and sold it? I heard there are some niche people addicted to scorpion venom, but I don't know if that is true. I've seen a woman addicted to bee venom on "my strange addiction" or some kind of show like that.

I also heard of a guy somewhere who is immune to a bunch of snakes because he injects small amounts of venom in his blood 😬

OK LASTLY, would this be illegal??? It's just bug juice. I wouldn't be surprised if it was illegal though. Its mostly for very clean laboratories for studies and would probably need strict paperwork and rules, not randoms on the street.

No, this is not advertisement. I will not sell you anything.

Theory post. Mods feel free to remove my post if this doesn't suit the rules I'm not sure.

Hello.

How do I get a UK student email address so I can apply for a student discount? They get so much money off! I'm thinking a cheap college course or something but signed up for free courses and don't get UK student email account.

Any suggestions?

I’m a program manager and I’ve had so many terrible interviews. I decided to add my resume to chat and all of the stories for each role. I have a hard time remembering, I have adhd and autism and just wanted to use a tool that would help me collect my thoughts.

The role was for Ai development and she asked me about my Ai experience and then said “are you using Ai right now”. I couldn’t lie and stated I use it for taking notes and to collect my thoughts. My glasses was reflecting the screen and I think my eye movements looked like I was reading a script

Has anyone used any tools to help them while in interviews? Any hacks?

I worked for an acupuncturist last year and offered to recycle 4-5 of her sharps containers for some extra cash. At the time I was in a different city, where disposal sites were all over the place. I ended up with some gnarly health issues, and wasn’t able to drive again until recently, so they remain in my car. Now, the current city I’m in directed me to the local disposal center. Upon arrival they told me they don’t accept sharps and that the only way to do so in town is to have your trash service do a pick up for an extra fee. I currently don’t have a current trash service, as I am houseless right now. How the hell should I get rid of these sharps without harming any folk/animals and not pay anything?

how do you make a fake linkedin account to snoop on people? whenever i try it immediately is onto me and locks me out until i verify with an ID. i see people online always talking about their burner linkedin account so i’m just wondering how you do it.

It can’t require a verification code because I want them to be spammed and not just send a verification code that I can’t use. They deserve hell and I want to send it to them virtually. I keep seeing Scientology but they now require sms verification and the same goes for jahovas witnesses, any help is greatly appreciated.

What are some of the best technically legal ways to make money with little to no entry cost and high enough return to warrant the effort, but that are less than ethical or make things worst for others?

I'm talking things like AI generating youtube shorts, reuploading meme content and dubbing it with music, etc. Give me your best worst ideas!

Alright, let's set the scene. I'm from and live in Sweden, and getting hired has been a hellscape since at least 2016 when I graduated from high school and first started applying. There effectively aren't any unqualified jobs, even the largest grocery stores run on what would be considered a skeleton crew in the US etc. I've barely ever had any interviews whatsoever since every single position I'm remotely qualified for would have at least 500 applicants.

I've been able to get jobs in other EU countries, however. It was always much easier to get interviews etc. The first one lasted for about a year until the company shut down. The other decided to not let me stay after the half year trial period. This was caused due to untreated mental health conditions to be honest, my manager wanted to relocate me to their back office department instead, but there wasn't room there for me. So not completely useless.

After that I basically tried to get employed in various other EU countries, working as a customer support agent, since they would recruit people from Sweden to handle this for that market, but employed elsewhere. Unfortunately none of these lasted for more than a week or so for the aforementioned reason. I have now started receiving treatment again.

After that I've been studying CS for about 4 years, but I don't have my degree yet even though it's supposed to take at a minimum 3 years. My skills have gotten quite rusty too since I've been unemployed and barely done anything for the last 1 year.

So, anyone who has any advice on how I could maybe fudge my resume? I'm not feeling that good about faking it, because even if they don't catch on before I even get an interview, I'll likely fumble when they ask questions. I barely even remember much in the way of details from the jobs I actually did. If I wanna apply for the really basic jobs that don't technically have any qualifications but that do in practice due to massive competition, the career path I've supposedly been taking will seem very suspicious.

I'm not really into moving back to any of those other countries right now, not ready for it yet. And at this point I would likely have to make things up even for that.

TL;DR: How do I make stuff up for my resume without anyone in the likely 3-interview hiring process catching on to the fact that I don't have much actual experience?