Does annie's mac and cheese expire

Armin and Annie’s current ship

2023.03.22 17:51 todobaku1 Armin and Annie’s current ship

I posted this earlier, but it got removed since I didn’t flair correctly. Anyways:
Okay so after my resent post I actually decided to do some research, because I honestly thought that I was the problem, and that I should just roll with the way things went. But anyways, these are my new takes regarding Armins ship with Annie:
I recently decided to watch the latest aot episode. (By recently I mean like when the episode first aired lol). And there was one specific scene that got me thinking: when did Annie and Armin become an item? Because I was honestly very confused. I came to the conclusion that I didn’t quite dislike the ship or anything, it was more a surprise since I never expected it to be this prominent in the anime. As i said, I did a little research since it honestly didn’t make much sense to me, and then I stumbled upon this person on tumbler who had done an analysis on Armins character post-timeskip and there was a specific part that stood out to me:
“A huge part of Armin's focus post-timeskip was put into a side-plot with a character with whom he spoke twice in 100+ chapters. Yes, that's right. Armin and Annie only spoke twice to each other, first in chapter 21 when Armin saw that Annie was using Marco's gear, and than in 31 when he tried to trick her into getting captured. Both times, their dialogue served the plot. Never have they talked during the training days, never have they even looked at each other even once, other than in those two scenes. Even after Annie was defeated, Armin immediately went to Eren, while others gathered around crystallized Annie.”
https://www.tumblr.com/survey-corps-potato/647987861034008576/armin (I hope I linked this correctly. I recommend that y’all read their analysis. It’s actually quite good, especially since they talk about Armins character development post-timeskip, and I pretty much agree with most of what was stated in that post).
Which was why I found the whole situation confusing. Cuz they barley interacted with each other in the manga, yet the Minute she leaves her crystal they confess their “love” or mutual interest. (I feel like I’m missing something that I want to add, oh well).
But then there was also this article: https://wegotthiscovered.com/anime/do-armin-and-annie-end-up-together-in-attack-on-titan/
That wrote: “In chapter 131 of the Attack on Titan manga, “Rumbling,” which was adapted in the first half of season four’s part three, Armin and Annie share a bonding moment. In it, Annie thanks her friend for keeping her company for years, and questions his motivations for doing so. Indirectly, Armin confesses his feelings by claiming he wanted to see her, and although Annie attempts to brush that off as him simply being a good person, it’s clear she is affected by the words. Later, even Mikasa puts together that Annie returns Armin’s feelings, but unfortunately, after the two part ways, their romantic storyline is left at that. This means that despite Armin and Annie’s feelings for one another being hinted at enough times, in the manga, there is never a confirmation of these characters’ romantic relationship
Some fans consider that in the epilogue of Attack on Titan, the story implies the two are together, but the evidence for that is not strong enough. Thus, without explicit confirmation, it’s impossible to consider this a canonical relationship. That said, the anime has expanded on the source material in the past, so there’s no way to tell if Armin and Annie will end up together in the adaptation.”
Which brings me to my next question: Did they ever become canon? Cuz I see that they shared their mutual interest with one another, but did they ever become an official item in the end? I’ve tried to find information both in the manga, Isayamas interviews and online but nowhere does it actually prove that they became an item/ married (or however people view couples). Which is why I’m wondering if it was a kind of “open ending” where the readers themselves decides whatever happened with them at the end (and everyone else for that matter). The only one who we got to see with a family (apart from Christa), was Mikasa. But it was never confirmed if she got married to a random man, or ended up with Jean that so many thinks. Or if the child we see her with is actually her biological child, or if it’s an adopted child. There was a lot that confused me with the last 15 or so chapters, but it was a great story nonetheless.
I hope none of what I wrote was confusing (or problematic lol). I’m looking forward to your replies. Have a continued great day! <333
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2023.03.22 17:50 todobaku1 Armin and Annie’s current ship

I posted this earlier, but it got removed since I didn’t flair correctly. Anyways:
Okay so after my resent post I actually decided to do some research, because I honestly thought that I was the problem, and that I should just roll with the way things went. But anyways, these are my new takes regarding Armins ship with Annie:
I recently decided to watch the latest aot episode. (By recently I mean like when the episode first aired lol). And there was one specific scene that got me thinking: when did Annie and Armin become an item? Because I was honestly very confused. I came to the conclusion that I didn’t quite dislike the ship or anything, it was more a surprise since I never expected it to be this prominent in the anime. As i said, I did a little research since it honestly didn’t make much sense to me, and then I stumbled upon this person on tumbler who had done an analysis on Armins character post-timeskip and there was a specific part that stood out to me:
“A huge part of Armin's focus post-timeskip was put into a side-plot with a character with whom he spoke twice in 100+ chapters. Yes, that's right. Armin and Annie only spoke twice to each other, first in chapter 21 when Armin saw that Annie was using Marco's gear, and than in 31 when he tried to trick her into getting captured. Both times, their dialogue served the plot. Never have they talked during the training days, never have they even looked at each other even once, other than in those two scenes. Even after Annie was defeated, Armin immediately went to Eren, while others gathered around crystallized Annie.”
https://www.tumblr.com/survey-corps-potato/647987861034008576/armin (I hope I linked this correctly. I recommend that y’all read their analysis. It’s actually quite good, especially since they talk about Armins character development post-timeskip, and I pretty much agree with most of what was stated in that post).
Which was why I found the whole situation confusing. Cuz they barley interacted with each other in the manga, yet the Minute she leaves her crystal they confess their “love” or mutual interest. (I feel like I’m missing something that I want to add, oh well).
But then there was also this article: https://wegotthiscovered.com/anime/do-armin-and-annie-end-up-together-in-attack-on-titan/
That wrote: “In chapter 131 of the Attack on Titan manga, “Rumbling,” which was adapted in the first half of season four’s part three, Armin and Annie share a bonding moment. In it, Annie thanks her friend for keeping her company for years, and questions his motivations for doing so. Indirectly, Armin confesses his feelings by claiming he wanted to see her, and although Annie attempts to brush that off as him simply being a good person, it’s clear she is affected by the words. Later, even Mikasa puts together that Annie returns Armin’s feelings, but unfortunately, after the two part ways, their romantic storyline is left at that. This means that despite Armin and Annie’s feelings for one another being hinted at enough times, in the manga, there is never a confirmation of these characters’ romantic relationship
Some fans consider that in the epilogue of Attack on Titan, the story implies the two are together, but the evidence for that is not strong enough. Thus, without explicit confirmation, it’s impossible to consider this a canonical relationship. That said, the anime has expanded on the source material in the past, so there’s no way to tell if Armin and Annie will end up together in the adaptation.”
Which brings me to my next question: Did they ever become canon? Cuz I see that they shared their mutual interest with one another, but did they ever become an official item in the end? I’ve tried to find information both in the manga, Isayamas interviews and online but nowhere does it actually prove that they became an item/ married (or however people view couples). Which is why I’m wondering if it was a kind of “open ending” where the readers themselves decides whatever happened with them at the end (and everyone else for that matter). The only one who we got to see with a family (apart from Christa), was Mikasa. But it was never confirmed if she got married to a random man, or ended up with Jean that so many thinks. Or if the child we see her with is actually her biological child, or if it’s an adopted child. There was a lot that confused me with the last 15 or so chapters, but it was a great story nonetheless.
I hope none of what I wrote was confusing (or problematic lol). I’m looking forward to your replies. Have a continued great day! <333
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2023.03.22 17:44 Lizathedog US snacks?

Coming from the US, exploring and visiting family. What should we bring from the US? I’ve read grape and root beer flavored things, BBQ crisps, Kraft Mac n’ cheese, Girl Scout cookies. What should I add or subtract?
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2023.03.22 17:41 kaykellycc Pork ground sausage

I was cooking breakfast and taking care of sick kids and was preoccupied. I made some pork ground sausage with cream cheese in it. When I sat down to eat it seemed fine but seemed a bit undercooked. I’ve read about possible tapeworms from undercooked sausage. I live in the US. Bought from a big grocery chain. And it says on it that it was previously frozen for safety. So does that mean I should be safe from parasites even if it wasn’t fully cooked? Thanks for any insight as I have emetophobia.
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2023.03.22 17:40 Failed_cocacola Beginners Exploit Guide [ 2023 ]

Questions:
1.1: What Is A Roblox Exploit?
1.2: Why does Windows think it's a virus?
1.3: Why does Google think it's a virus?
1.4: I know that the exploit is a false positive, but how am I supposed to download it now?
1.5: Why does the exploit say that my DLL or other files are missing?
1.6: Why do some free exploits have annoying key systems?
1.7: Why does it say "Roblox has been updated, please wait for an unpatch."?
1.8: Will I get banned from using exploits?
1.9: Why does my exploit say that it can't find Roblox?
1.10: Why does it say my exploit is outdated?
1.11: How do I prevent Roblox from screenshotting or recording my screen?

setfflag("AbuseReportScreenshot", "False") setfflag("AbuseReportScreenshotPercentage", "0") 
1.12: How do I prevent Roblox from IP banning me? I'll explain why this is useless.
1.13: How do I check if I'm going to get banned in the next ban wave, or if I'm tainted?
Win + R %appdata% Go out of the Roaming folder Go into the Local folder Find Roblox Open the Logs File. If you find an archive file in there open one of them and you'll see if you're tainted. If it says "IsTainted=false" you're basically safe If it says "IsTainted=true" you'll be banned in the next banwave.
A detailed explanation:
1.14: Why can't I run require(id) scripts?
1.15: How do I copy a game?

saveinstance() 
1.16: How do I place backdoors in a game?
1.17: What do Auto-Inject/Attach and Auto Execute mean?
1.18: Why should I not get exploits from YouTube?
1.19: Are levels 6-8 the same?
1.20: Are there any exploits that support Windows 7?
1.21: Are linkvertises safe when getting keys?
1.22: Is WeAreDevs/WRD a virus?
1.23: Oh my god why does krnl.rocks, krnl.gg, and etc. say it's not working anymore?
1.24: What do I do if an exploit database gets leaked and my information is in it?
1.25: What are some fun scripts to use?
Before we head to other details, I'll explain what the most used scripts are and what they do.
What are some exploiting forums out there that I recommend?
1.1: V3rmillion (https://v3rmillion.net/)
1.2: Sir Memes Forum (https://forum.robloxscripts.com/)
1.3: WeAreDevs Forum (https://wearedevs.net/forum)
I'd like to learn how to script (ROBLOX LUA), so how do I do it?
1.1: Explanation
1.2: Tutorials
What are some places to get/download scripts?
1.1: Roblox scripts (http://robloxscripts.com/)
1.2: V3rmillion Forum (https://v3rmillion.net/)
1.3: WeAreDevs Forum (https://wearedevs.net/forum)
1.4: Dark Eccentric's Youtube (Youtube)
1.5: Pastebin
I want to make a simple script hub, how do I do it?
1.1: How to make a simple one
1.2: I want to use a UI Library instead of making my own UI
How do I make an executor with an already-made API?
1.1: Getting the APIs
1.2: Tools Needed
What are some good server sides? I'll be listing and explaining why server sides are not worth it.
ServerSides don't last long, it can end whenever the games are limited, there might be a lot of players but it's most likely just people that don't bother at all. It's like they're too shy to chat. I'm not gonna list other server sides because they're not worth it brother man. If you're looking for free server sides, NONE, and if there were they'd probably be shit.
Now that we finished explaining the basics, here are some exploits I recommend and NOT recommend. Free Exploits:
JJSploit (https://wearedevs.net/d/JJSploit)
KRNL (https://krnl.place/)
Oxygen U (https://wearedevs.net/d/Oxygen%20U)
Fluxus (https://wearedevs.net/d/Fluxus)

Paid Exploits:

Synapse X (https://x.synapse.to/)
Costs: 15.00-20.00 Dollars
The one and only Synapse X, the best of the best, hottest paid exploit in the market, heavily recommends this. Rarely crashes, has good UI, and fast updates. Also has synapssynapse-onlye only scripts available. Can execute almost all scripts, and is undetected.
Script-Ware (https://script-ware.com/)
Costs: 13.00-19.99 Dollars
Has a dashboard, and has a friends list which I think is pretty cool, good UI, and fast updates, also have a very big script hub, and a lot of featured scripts, also available on mac, make sure to keep your eyes on this exploit, it is evolving it might even be better than synapse in the future, who knows. ( EDIT it is now lol )
Important things to note:

made by u/OfficiallyRandom, edited by me.
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2023.03.22 17:37 ScrapsFralickJr Issues with sisciplining [39] GFs 10y.o. son

So I [40m] have an issue with my GFs 10 y.o. son. He is extremely disagreeable abd disrespectful with his mother and only her. The kid wakes up and immediately begins disagreeing with everything his mother tells him. Will flat out tell her no and throw tantrums. Clothes, breakfast, bathing, etc. If i tell him to do the same things, he does them. I ask him to treat his mother better and he says he will but just goes behind closed doors and does the same thing quietly. She doesn't discipline him aside from when he goes too overboard and will yell. Says she doesn't want him to be afraid to express negative emotions. She has to lay with him until he goes to sleep, he only eats, "garbage" foods like eggos, nuggets, fried eggs, hot dogs, or Kraft mac and cheese. Refuses to learn to tie his shoes. His father isnt really involved beyond, taking him to eat once or twice a month. I want to do something to help and him stop disrespecting her. I grew up in a strict home and this environment is totally alien to me. He requires her attention 10 out of 12 of the hours he's awakeand will misbehave when he doesn't get it. Not when im around, but when he gets her alone. I keep my space as his behavior stresses her out. It sounds like hes picking on her when theyre alone together. Her constantly yelling for him to stop doing things to her or other things to annoy her. She asks me to just talk to him to which he just says whatever to end the conversation and goes back to the same behavior so its pointless. She refuses to acknowledge that nothing is changing or working now. I want to help but feel my hands are tied, she says she doesn't know what to do. It gets to where she gets frustrated and takes it out on me. We just started living together and her son's behavior is causing a rift. He listens to me and doesn't talk back. I don't do anything when he misbehaves aside from raising my voice and reinforcing his moms instructions and she turns and gets mad at me. Im lost and don't know what to do.
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2023.03.22 17:35 Applecations Bluetooth Connection and cursor tracking issue on MX Master 3S with MacBook?

I got a MX Master 3s not too long ago, probably about a month ago. I was hoping to use this primarily on bluetooth, but I keep having this weird issue when using it on my MacBook (which is an M2 MacBook Air). When I use it with bluetooth, it connects fine, but moving the mouse has this weird cursor lag and often jumps in the opposite direction when trying to move it. At first I thought it may have been a sensor tracking issue, but using the bolt receiver it does not have this issue. I tried it on another Mac and there was no cursor issue when using it through bluetooth. Anyone know what could be the issue or how I could solve this problem?
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2023.03.22 17:32 Major-Masterpiece-10 Help: iOS like photos app for Windows with AI Search function.

So I have hundreds of gigs of photos and videos on my computer and I'm sick of spending hours organizing them in different ways, I used to have most of my photos on my 256GB iPad because that has an AI and I can search for people, animals, things, formats like panorama and timelapses and geolocations and whatnot, but I quickly ran out of space for other things I need to do on the iPad. So, I tried using the Photos app from windows but the only feature it apparently has is too look for people, and it doesn't even do that properly, and I can search by date, but my main problem with it, is that it doesn't have any of the other search functions that utilize AI.
Does anyone know a Windows Program that has the same kind of search engine as the photos app on iOS/iPadOS, and presumably Mac OS? this is very important for me, since last time I searched for a photo for almost 2 hours, which is a waste of time and I could have just searched, for example blue building and it would find all photos including a blue building. There must be a Program that does this on windows.
I know there may be some cloud services that may have these features but I know that soon I will have close to 1TB of photos and videos, and as far as I found out all cloud services with that amount of space only offer it as a subscription and I really want to avoid that.
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2023.03.22 17:32 Hakusprite 3C Second Coritinae Keep fight. Rant/Encouragement needed :(

So I've got 60ish hours into the game, I'm fighting Leonar in the duel. Right now I'm venting and looking for encouragement to go back in and attempt it with a squad. I like the game but every single game flaw is contained in this fight.
Leonar starts with 4 cards, 2 attack, 2 MP. He spams rending gale halves my Denam's HP, or uses the poison one and my Denam dies with the next poison tick. You literally cannot fight this guy.
Every gameplay video I've watched he's one or two shot Denam. The fight was designed like this.
I started as berserker.
I tried baiting him into a red card (no shield equipped) but in at least 5 attempts I had two red cards spawn in one of them. If I over or understepped trying to get him onto the red card, Denam would die. For blue cards, I had a majority of auto skill cards spawn, and I couldn't go to any of the more helpful ones because Leonar would half health Denam and I wouldn't be able to get away after combat began. Cards eventually just stopped spawning.
"Okay, use items!"
I gave Denam seraph fruit, mending seeds and the items that apply BREACH and WEAKEN. The latter items made no difference, he hit just as hard and took barely any extra damage. The former did give some survivability depending on how I spaced them out.
Until, seemingly randomly, Leonar would get two moves and would close the gap and kill Denam. I know it's based on actions taken with my units and sometimes you can see it coming up in the turn order, but I'd really like to know before I move that extra tile or use that item/spell that the enemy immediately gains another turn rather than finding out by being bonked in the head and having to wheel to find out what happened.
The most common "strategy" (cheese, more like) was to change Denam to ninja and poison the boss while kiting. The only bow I had applied silence, but that's okay, Ninjas have envenom! And smoke bomb! And shadowbind! And concentration! This is foolproof!
Try again - envenom procs first turn. Woo! RNG is on my side finally! Wait for him to approach and kite around, arrow hits, -1 HP. No poison. Okay, try again!
After a handful of shots, not a single poison proc'd on him.
He gets two turns, closes the gap and hits Denam once. Smoke bomb procs.
"Nice, now he can't hit me!"
I run away, continuing to try to poison him.
Concentrate procs. "Okay, that'll make life a bit easier i can shadowbind him." Still 0%.
"Maybe it'll help with envenom?
Nope.
"It does say physical, so maybe it doesn't work with ranged?"
He closes the gap again and kills denam because it turns out, finishers aren't effected by false strike from smoke bomb. Excellent.
I tried it again stun bringer, which has the same description as envenom and successfully applied stun over and over again, but it did not actually proc a single time.
How is this fight fair?
Second, concentrate only applies to the damage ninjutsus, doesnt it?
Third, why wouldn't envenom apply? Why wouldn't stun proc?
Just a totally frustrating time with this game :(
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2023.03.22 17:29 ariygurel Ready for small pieces?

Starting solids for our first baby has been somewhat confusing for me, so I thought asking this community would be helpful!
Right around 6 months we started our baby girl on purees, and she took well to them. We started giving them more consistently this past month, and in the past couple of weeks I’ve been looking to advance her texture experiences now that she’s 8.5 months old. She’s tried a lot of different lumpy/mashed foods and does pretty well.
For solids, I’ve tried offering her some banana or avocado spears, and at first she picked it up and gnawed on it and did well! Recently she’s decided she doesn’t want to touch food and wants to be spoon fed, but I’m still offering the solids to see if it’s a temporary rebellion.
My question is, how do we know she’s ready for small pieces? I see a lot of babies her age eating things like Mac and cheese or small squished fruits. She doesn’t have too much of a pincer grasp yet, but is that the only requirement to start small pieces or should they have experience with bigger pieces first?
I can’t help but feel like I’m a little behind when I see people post awesome meals for their babies, I guess it’s just overwhelming and I constantly question what she’s ready to eat!
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2023.03.22 17:25 sitrucb Does “Mac” still have special meaning to Marines?

Active duty Guardian with a question for a Marine. Does “Mac” mean anything to you?
We’re about to give our son the middle name Mac (see Semper Fi, Mac) in honor of my father in law. He did 12 as a Comm officer and is an awesome guy. Our son will be his first grandson after 9 granddaughters. 🫡
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2023.03.22 17:19 Thisbeatisdirty Information / Personal notes screen to the left of my desktop; Where did it go?

Hey Mac users. I don't know exactly what it was called, but on my iMac I had a screen I could swipe to the left and see. It had some random widgets and info I had added. I used it to place sticky notes so that I can remember quick bits of information and now that I'm taking classes again, it would be REALLY useful for me. I remember one of the widgets being movies show times near me, along with weather and a calander.

Does anybody know what I'm talking about and how I can get it back on this new Macbook Air.
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2023.03.22 17:12 Theclaaw Countdown to Kickoff 2023: Portland Thorns FC

Countdown to Kickoff 2023: Portland Thorns FC

🌹🌹🌹 LET'S GET THORNY!! 🌹🌹🌹
You can check out the the original post with links to all other write ups for this year here.
BACKGROUND
Head Coach: Mike Norris
Formerly an assistant coach for the Thorns, Mike Norris took over the team in January of this year following the resignation of last year’s head coach, Rhian Wilkinson who stepped down after only one season. Her resignation came after a joint investigation by the NWSL & NWSLPA regarding a relationship developing with a current player on the team. While the investigation found Wilkinson did not violate league policies, Wilkinson left the team after player urging, regarding the broken trust between the players and Wilkinson, the legitimacy of the reporting/investigation process of the team/league, and potential retaliation amongst other issues.
Norris joined PTFC in 2022 as an assistant head coach under Wilkinson. Most recently, Norris was the goalkeepers coach for the current Olympic champions, the Canadian Women’s National Team, but Norris’s assistant coaching background in women’s soccer is extensive. After starting his coaching career in youth soccer, he quickly moved up through Canadian youth’s national system up to the senior team over the span of 8 years. Most importantly, Norris was hired with the backing of the current players. Expectations are high for Norris. The Thorns are coming off their third championship season with sights set on a repeat performance.
Technical Director: Karina LeBlanc - General Manager
Karina LeBlanc took over the role of General Manager in November of 2021 following a 3 year stint as CONCACAF’s Head of Women’s Soccer. The newly dedicated role in the Thorns' organization came after a separation between the Thorns management from their brother club Portland Timbers FC stemming from the fall out of the 2021 abuse scandal of the league. LeBlanc, a Canadian national team Hall of Famer, was immediately thrown into the mix, managing to make a splash with her first two trades within her first month, securing a substantial amount of allocation money and expansion draft protection. Unfortunately, LeBlanc stumbled a bit in her first NWSL draft, using her first pick on a player that was never signed by the club (due to transphobic/anti-LGBTQ+ social media posts). In just over a year, LeBlanc appears to be a breath of fresh air in the recent tumultuous years of the club. Just like head coach Mike Norris, there are high expectations for LeBlanc (honestly though, not protecting a known abuser would instantly shoot LeBlanc up to the best GM in Thorns history).
Captain: Chrstine Sinclair
Synonymous with Portland women’s soccer and needing no introduction, the Canadian GOAT Christine Sinclair has been the Thorn’s captain since the start of the league in 2013. While several players have worn the armband in Sinc’s absence, the captaincy is Sinc’s and truly Sinc’s alone.
Stadium: Providence Park, Soccer City, USA
Arguably one of the most iconic professional soccer stadiums in the US, Providence Park has played host to the Thorns since they joined the league in 2013. Located in the Goose Hollow neighborhood in Southwest Portland, the recently renovated stadium is home to both PTFC teams and can host over 25,000 fans.
Ownership: To Be Determined
I am not going to waste time talking about the Thorns' current owner; in no way does he deserve any more publicity and in mine, and I’m sure many others’ opinion, should not be allowed to own a club in the league. Thankfully, in December of 2022, it was announced the Thorns would be up for sale. While this could potentially hinder both the Thorns & Timbers’ mantra of “Two Teams, One Club”, the future is bright for the Thorns. Right after the announcement of the sale, it was reported that an all-women investment group led by Nike executive Melanie Strong was looking to submit a bid with a valuation of $60 million.
Mascot: N/A
While there is no mascot for the club, the prominence of roses can be seen throughout the club, including on merch, within the supporters section, and even awarded to players after home matches.
Kits: We’ve Got Some Mixed Opinions
The Thorns have had some really great kits in past years. However, the kits unveiled in 2022 really missed the mark. One comment pointed out that the 2022 kits looked as if someone took the 2021 kits and remade them in MS Paint. Switching to black kits the previous year, Portland’s primary kits kept with the theme of a black base with the inclusion of red vines/thorns. A nice little easter egg, the acronym dear to the PTFC supporters, BAON, is included within the neck tag (a feature added to the kits starting in 2020).
The secondary kits didn’t fare much better. The club kept with the primary colors of white and red, but other than that, not much else can be said about them.
2023 brings about a fun new kit for our Ed Hardy fans out there (at least we can say they didn’t play it safe???). The Thorns wanted to go bold and that they did. With an updated logo on the shorts, they definitely stand out.
Supporters Groups: The Rose City Riveters
Housed in the North End of Providence Park, the Rose City Riveters are a wild bunch of supporters. You can check out their Instagram or Twitter. The group provides plenty of volunteer opportunities, charity drives, and are never shy in supporting what they believe in. The Riveters are loud and proud (NSFW - language), creating one of the best sporting environments in the league. Very biased, but they also create some of the best TIFOs and banners; since I love a good TIFO/banner, here are few of my recent favorites:
Subreddit: /Thorns
The Thorns subreddit is probably above average in activity compared to other clubs. You’ll get the biggest news, fun social media posts, and the occasional hyped upvote party (we like excitement). Drop by to show your support!
News and Commentary: Stumptown Footy & Riveting!
Stumptown Footy & Riveting! are the two publications that you will constantly find Thorns-centric coverage & commentary. While STF is currently going through the SB Nation cuts of all soccer coverage, they still plan on continuing coverage of soccer in Portland. Both are great for not just coverage, but opinions on the Thorns & the league.
Key Twitter Follows for Team Insights:
Thorns FC
Ryan Clarke - Beat writer for The Oregonian
Paul Danzer - Sports writer for The Portland Tribune
Stumptown Footy
Phuoc "Francis" Nguyen
Rose City Review
Mike Donovan
Chris Rifer
Anne M. Peterson - Portland based AP writer
Meg Linehan - The Athletic (it’s not a true list without Meg)
Craig Mitchelldyer - Great PTFC photos!
DanteysArt - Not Twitter (though they do have one), but great game day pics!
SCHEDULE
2023 Season/Home Opener: Sunday, March 26th, Orlando Pride @ Providence Park
Full 2023 Schedule
HISTORY
  • NWSL Championship: 2013, 2017, 2022
  • NWSL Shield: Supporters’ Shield: 2016, 2021
  • NWSL Challenge Cup: 2021
Also including the 2020 NWSL Community Shield for the Fall Series after the Chaos Cup.
2022 Season Review
Three Stars!!! ⭐⭐⭐
The Portland Thorns were your 2022 NWSL League Champions! As any other season in Portland, the Thorns came in with high expectations following their Shield win in 2021, but their upset loss in the semi-finals to Chicago. Portland went into the pre-season Challenge cup in the West Division finishing 3-1-2, but missed out on advancing to the knockout stage to defend their Challenge Cup championship. The Thorns started off the regular season a little sluggish, going 1-3-1 in their first five games, falling all the way to 7th in the standings. Thankfully, they quickly hit their stride, going on a 10 game unbeaten streak. Following back to back thrashings from NCC & SD, the Thorns went on to not drop a match for the rest of the season. They ended the season with a record of 10-9-3 and a goal differential of +25! The race for the shield at the end of the season was wild, with Portland being in control of their own destiny, but couldn’t get it done, ultimately falling short by 1 point to OL Reign.
Focusing on the on-field storylines, there is one name that was the star of the show: Sophia Smith. Coming into her 3rd season in the league, Smith took off (for club and country)! Racking up 14 goals with 3 assists which lead to 3 Player of the Week nominations (1 win), a Player of the Month award, 2nd in the race for the Golden Boot, NWSL Championship Game MVP, and ultimately being crowned the 2022 NWSL MVP. Nothing could stop Sophia Smith last season and hopefully this is just the beginning for her.
Smith was not the only Thorns player to really step it up this year. Continuing on with the nickname of Goalkeeper FC (shout out the magical Thorns GKer coach Nadine Angerer), starting goalkeeper Bella Bixby tied for the most clean sheets in the league with 9 (10 if you include the playoffs). Rookie Sam Coffey made an immediate impact in the midfield, switching to a DM position and being an anchor our midfield needed. The Thorns also had 1 iron woman in 2022, defender Kelli Hubly who really solidified her starting role going forward (over an injured Emily Menges). Last, but not least, one of the biggest stories of the season: the return of Crystal Dunn! After giving birth to her very adorable son Marcel in May, Dunn returned to the pitch less than 4 months later. And who could forget Dunn’s game winner to send Portland to the championship?
OFFSEASON
Players Out
  • Lindsey Horan, MF - For now, Horan is still out on loan to Lyon through the summer of 2023
  • Marissa Everett, F - Retired (to pursue a career in nursing)
  • Abby Smith, GK - Free agency (signed to Gotham)
  • Yazmeen Ryan, F - Traded to ACFC
Players In
Free Agents: None
Drafted:
  • Reyna Reyes - Defender - Round 1 Pick 5 (still unsigned, but training with the team)
  • Izzy D’Aquila - Forward - Round 1 Pick 12 (signed)
  • Lauren DeBeau - Forward/Midfield - Round 2 Pick 24 (released by the team ahead of final roster)
  • Lauren Kozal - Goalkeeper - Round 3 Pick 32 (signed)
ROSTER
Preseason Roster
Thorns return 23 players from their 2022 season and added 3 new players through the NWSL Draft.
Goalkeepers (3): Bella Bixby, Shelby Hogan, Lauren Kozal (DRAFT)
Defenders (9): Kelli Hubly, Meghan Klingenberg, Natalia Kuikka (INTL), Tegan McGrady, Emily Menges, Meaghan Nally, Gabby Provenzano, Reyna Reyes (DRAFT), Becky Sauerbrunn
Midfielders (7): Sam Coffey, Crystal Dunn, Olivia Moultrie, Taylor Porter, Rocky Rodríguez, Christine Sinclair, Hina Sugita (INTL)
Forwards (7): Janine Beckie, Natalie Beckman, Hannah Betfort, Izzy D’Aquila (DRAFT), Sophia Smith, Michele Vasconcelos, Morgan Weaver
Predicted Preferred Gameday XI
Formation: A bit unknown what the formation will be this year with a new head coach, but the Thorns primarily ran a 4-3-3 last year. It’s going to be an interesting discussion to see how Norris handles where Sinclair goes. While I respect the Canadian GOAT, I believe Sinc would be best used as a super sub. Depending how Norris handles where Sinclair goes, there is going to be some variation within our midfield & forwards group. Predicting Sinc remaining in our starting line up, I would expect to see some form of our starting XI looking something like:
-------------------Bixby-------------------
-Kuikka----Hubly----Sauerbrunn----Klingenberg-
----Rodriguez----Coffey----Dunn----
----Smith----Sinclair----Weaver----
Likely Top Bench/Subs:
  • Emily Menges, D
  • Hina Sugita, MF
  • Janine Beckie, F (sike :( )
  • Izzy D’Aquila, F
  • Olivia Moultrie, M (again, Moultrie’s use is really going to depend on what Norris plans on. Moultrie was ramping up in minutes on the back half of the season last year. As of today, Moultrie is in the Starting XI for the Thorns first preseason match)
Returning Players (Almost Everyone):
GK: Bella Bixby, Shelby Hogan
D: Kelli Hubly, Meghan Klingenberg, Natalia Kuikka, Tegan McGrady, Emily Menges, Meaghan Nally, Gabby Provenzano, Becky Sauerbrunn
M: Sam Coffey, Crystal Dunn, Olivia Moultrie, Taylor Porter, Rocky Rodríguez, Christine Sinclair, Hina Sugita
F: Janine Beckie, Natalie Beckman, Hannah Betfort, Sophia Smith, Michele Vasconcelos, Morgan Weaver
The Vets
Almost every Thorns player is a veteran with the team at this point. The vets below are those who have been around the block a time or two in this league:
D: Klingenberg, Menges, Sauerbrunn
M: Dunn, Rodríguez, Sinclair
Something to Prove
  • Kelli Hubly (D) - Being the Thorns only iron woman is a feat in itself, but until the 2021 season, Hubly hadn’t been a consistent starter. With an aging backline, it will be seen if Hubly can continue on the upward trajectory in being that anchor of our backline
  • Sam Coffey (M) - Year 1 for Coffey went about as good as one could wish for. Like Hubly, Coffey’s “prove it” is if she can continue to be as good as she was last year, proving that year 1 wasn’t just a fluke (I don’t think anyone thinks this is the case though). If she isn’t called in for the World Cup (a long shot at making it at the moment), Coffey is going to be a key piece for the Thorns.
  • Olivia Moultrie (M) - The Child. (Can we even call her that anymore?). Moultrie & co. fought hard to allow her to play for the Thorns which led to massive changes in how the league handles U18 players. That said, Moultrie hasn’t really consistently shown that she’s as good as they said she was. A lot of it is due to playing time, it came sporadically and at times, playing only the last few minutes of the match. However, Moultrie has shown flashes of brilliance when she was in. She’s not afraid to be physical and she has the confidence to take her shot.
  • Christine Sinclaire (M) - Does Sinc really have to prove anything at this point in her career? No. However, we are unfortunately heading towards the end of Sinc’s career here. The big question is, how will she handle it? This will be Portland’s 3rd coach in 3 years and while the Thorns are far from rebuilding, it is yet to be seen where Sinc will fall in Norris’s game planning. However it shakes out to be, I have a feeling we will see Sinc be what Sinc always is, the GOAT.
Out for the season
So far, Portland is looking good as far as the SEI list (knock on wood). Jinxed myself on this one. Unfortunately, Janine Beckie went down in the preseason friendly against the U23 NT with an ACL tear. The biggest missing piece will once again be Lindsey Horan. Leaving at the start of last season, Horan left big shoes to fill. She will continue to be out until at least June (the end of her loan), but we most likely won’t see her return until after the World Cup. Fortunately for the Thorns, they do not lack depth in their midfield.
2023 PREVIEW
Realistic Best Case Scenario: 1st Place
The Thorns are returning almost the entirety of their championship team. And while they do have a new coach, Norris was there during the Thorns’ championship run. Expectations for the club will be higher than ever with the possibility of the Thorns going back to back a very realistic goal.
Realistic Worst Case Scenario: 5-7th place
The league is only getting better. While the Thorns did not lose any key players, many clubs right below them gained quite a few. Five different clubs were all within 4 points of each other at the end of the season. The 3 teams right below Portland were San Diego, Houston, and Kansas City. I won’t repeat what’s already been said in these write ups about those 3 teams, but the Thorns could’ve easily been 5th last year as they could’ve been 1st. Looking further back, you have a team like ACFC who should be returning many injured starters and could easily project themselves forward in the standings. The World Cup is going to be especially hard on the Thorns who will look to have ~7 players out which includes 5 potential starters. I don’t expect to see Portland drop out of the playoff picture, but the middle to back half of the season could get very interesting.
Realistic Most Probable Scenario: 2nd-4th
While the Thorns didn’t make any flashy trades or free agent signings, they stuck with what they know worked. Sophia Smith really hit her stride last year and is going to be looked upon to continue her dominance this year. The return of Lindsey Horan (if healthy) in the back half should really give us a push late into the season. Portland returns a team of veterans that know what it takes to win. Can they repeat the success of their 2022 season? We’re going to have to find out.
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2023.03.22 17:11 Jock_BEAR9000 Starting my journey

Hey, so I'm 28M, and I have an unhealthy relationship with food. For some context, then I promise I'm coming back to the main topic (dont ban this, bots🙏), I grew up poor. Like back when mac&cheese was 0,75$ a box, that was dinner 5 times a week poor. To add to this, I grew-up in the closet, afraid of myself and what others would say. So naturally, I turned to depression, amd my comfort, was food. Developed a growth abnormality in my back and vertebrae in my early teens that prevented any strenuous form of exercise (i couldn't even run anymore) otherwise I was at risk of landing, in the best circumstances, in a wheel chair for the rest of my life, which contributed to my depression, hence, more food. The habit of using food has followed me n'y whole life, pushing me to 350 lbs...
I've never been truly happy with my own size. Even though I do tend to find bigger guys attractive, personnally I want to be in better shape. 350lbs is to much. I've tried things in Tue past, going to the gym, swimming, etc. But everyt8me, my back acts up, I end up unable to move for longer periods of time, which further shoves me into depression, and brings me back to food.
I want to change my relationship with food, and I want to get in better shape. I'm not blindly optimistic either; I'm not expecting to get down to 180lbs. But if I could at least get back down to a 225-250 range, I'd be so happy....but I'm also scared. I've recently been dealing actively with my depression, which helps alot; I've lost about 10 lbs in the past 6 weeks😁, feeling less the need to eat my emotions to fill a gap. I think I can do this, but I need help, and a sense of community to chat with if need be. So here I am, making my first step to a better me😁 I'm terrified, partly afraid that it's to late for me, but I want to be proud of the man I see in the mirror, amd I feel like this would be the last thing I need to accomplish to reach that point in my life.
So here's to the future! Looking forward to share my journey!
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2023.03.22 16:59 PedoJack Choosing a Thai citizenship or Malaysian citizenship after being stateless for my whole life?

This is my repost from malaysia, I hope to get perspectives from thai people about the true living conditions in thailand. I want to know the truth behind the smiles of thai people.
Warning: Long post ahead!
Hi everyone! First a short background story about me. I was a stateless Chinese person for my whole life up until now due to my parents late marriage registration because of their illiteracy, as of right now I am 22 years old. Before covid, we discover that I am eligible for thai citizenship because my mother is Thai (those born out of wedlock in Malaysia usually follow their mother's nationality) and I also have the relevant documents like thai birth certificate and a legitimate parental marriage registration (before I was born). Why my parents not able to register their marriage on time in Malaysia? Because my father was married to his ex wife, whom he had a falling out with. Then she go to Thailand and fall in love with my mother. My parents wanted to married and raise a family in malaysia, but my father didn't divorce his ex wife yet. Why? Because his ex wife was hospitalized at the same time I was in my mother's womb, so that's why late registration. So I was born out of wedlock and not able to obtain Malaysian citizenship.
Then my dad passed away in 2016 so it seems like I had no chance to get Malaysian IC. Before covid, after we discovered I was eligible for Thai citizenship, we went to the Royal Thai Consulate in Penang to request a special pass to cross the border into Thailand to apply Thai citizenship. I also use a new Thai name for my Thai identity so my Malaysian name and Thai name are different. The passport expired in 5 years. Then covid hit, and we can't afford (we are a rather poor family) to cross the border into Thailand even after MCO because of the expensive procedures and quarantines and also my mum is busy with work.
So just last 2 months, we were able to find time to go Thailand Songkhla province and apply Thai IC and it was successfully done in less than 1 week, we also go apply for my Thai passport with 10 years validity. Then we travel to meet my maternal grandparents up north in Thailand at Mae Sai, Chiang Rai to stay there for 1 more month. After coming back literally just yesterday, I found a letter in my motorcycle basket while washing it. At first I thought it as TNB etc letter. Then after further inspection, it was a letter from KDN asking me to head down to Putrajaya to obtain my surat keputusan for Malaysian citizenship, usually those with this notice letter will be eligible to obtain IC after they get their sijil kewarganegaraan.
So right now I have 2 citizenship, Malaysia and Thai. Which begs the question in the title. I was hoping to keep the Thai citizenship but Malaysia does not allow dual citizenship. I asked a Penang City Council YB in charge of this statelessness/citizenship issue, if there is a way to lay low profile with my Thai citizenship and they said cannot. Because when I come back to Malaysia from the trip in Thailand, I used the Thai passport to enter Malaysia, they already have my facial profile and fingerprints. So the record is there in immigration. If I didn't renounce my Thai citizenship when I have Malaysian IC, the authorities will know I have a Thai passport when I go make a new Malaysian passport because of the similar profile and fingerprints. Even if I didn't have any records about my Thai identity in Malaysia and didn't use my Thai passport to enter. Malaysia still have a right to request the information from the Thai Embassy/Consulate despite the policy of embassies not sharing confidential information about their citizens. There is an exception to kids born in Malaysia who are Thai citizens though and the Thai embassy/consulate share their info out yearly/monthly (I forgot) with their Malaysian counterparts to check if their Thai citizens have obtain Malaysian citizenship or not. This is what the Penang City Council YB told me.
TLDR:
Basically I have to choose one or the other, and I am having a tough time choosing it because the 1+ month spent in Thailand, I felt a bit of affection for the country even though my Thai language is subpar. Maybe I should restrain my emotions and choose Malaysia citizenship for its obvious benefits and renounce Thai citizenship. I can't sleep right or eat right. I wish I could keep both. I write here so maybe you guys can ease my mind a bit along with the opinions of my friends and family. Thanks!
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2023.03.22 16:52 URDVine VEAI: Ending the AMD processor-related shutdowns by switching to Mac mini M2 - good idea?

So I recently made a post already about Apple confirming that iMacs with AMD GPUs are especially prone to frequent crashes and shutdowns when runnig Topaz VEAI. Just now I have word from the support Apple is working on a solution, but it will take some time.
I have been using a 27'' 2020 iMac and with the issues getting worse and worse and many hours wasted, I am finally thinking of putting an end to the whole hassle by getting myself a Mac mini M2 as a secondary machine, exclusively for running my Topaz projects pretty much 24/7.
I am not a big techie, but from my understanding the Mac minis use a built-in GPU specifically designed by Apple. This should eliminate the issue, right? And it does NOT seem to be caused by overheating because the crashes persisted in spite of using a fan acceleration tool keeping my GPU temperature consistently below 90. Has anyone already made the test and is able to confirm? Should I spend the money??
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2023.03.22 16:51 Ok_Hope_8507 Does prep go bad

Read an article that said US Military tested old medicine stock from the 1980s and it was 90% still effective.
Does Prep actually go bad? I have about 20 bottles expired (on the label) in 2022
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2023.03.22 16:48 SerenaN94 Weird one but Man [M28] that Ive fallen for lied from the start to me [F28] and only got the full truth 4 weeks later, I’m struggling because I’m empathetic?

Before I start I know I should be wearing clown makeup but I will try to explain the full situation as well as I could. I met this man not hinge and we were speaking and he mentioned he has an ex fiancé, I said I’d rather not date someone who’s been engaged before so later that day he says it was his dad who actually put a ring in his exes glass for a business deal. this was all a lie btw the entire thing, even about the ex fiancé So fast forward he buys me flowers and a teddy and we start seeing eachother, he books a meal and buys me a necklace. He tells me he’s going away to newyork for his dads business, now by this point he’s said he owns the takeaway and restaurant and is an engineer. He said his mum died and left him property in Germany and his plans to turn it into a bar. Anyway. So off he goes to New York, I am in the uk and notice the dial tone sounds like he’s in England, as I’m questioning him he says he bumps into this woman into the back of her car, so me being me I drive to his takeaway and low and behold there he is. I catch him and he calls as I drive off to explain, he goes on to say that he was trying to avoid his dad because his dad is getting married and he’s upset him and trying to avoid him and shouldn’t of brought me into it. Anyway turns out that the man I saw in the take away was his dad and he just lied about new York to impress me. It took 5 days to find out everything in his past. He does own the takeaway with his dad but not the restaurant like said. He is an engineer so that was true and he does have the property in Germany and he’s very sorry that he over exaggerated things to impress me. I called the number that texted him the quote for a new bumper ( he’s faked texts before) and this confused old guy answered and said someone did go into the back of his partner the other day and his front bumper is abit crushed. So basically he tells the truth but then adds lies on to impress me, he’s says he’s done lying as I now know his real family, that he’s ashamed of himself and his family and didn’t think I’d accept him for who he is. He’s acknowledged everything he’s done and says he is going to my therapist who I’m friends with so I can check, I’m just so confused why ?! Like why the need.
I have memories of us feeling eachother pizza and having heart to hearts, I needed a MacBook and he got it me without me asking, I know he has a good heart but just really insecure that he fucked it this bad
Problem is I believe everyone fucks up and I’m certainly not perfect and have my own insecurities and my gut is saying just give him a chance and be vigilant of everything and see if it’s a pattern.
Can this be a one off or will it continue, it’s hard when you know they could be a good person but fuck up like this, I’ve dealt with issues my whole life I guess that’s why I’m empathetic and don’t judge too hardly but I would like to know of anyone else’s experiences and advice ?
Edit : my mum said him going through a bad time isn’t an excuse, yet she used her going through a bad time to justify beating me as a child. He said he’s booking therapy sessions with my therapist so I can check he means it. He’s trying.
TL;DR me [F28] was lied to about his [M28] past, I finally got all the truth out and he said he’s done with lying, his reasoning was that he didn’t think he could pull me and came from insecurity. Afew of the things he said are true but he lied about the others.
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2023.03.22 16:45 AngelGrade Mac Mini 2011 with temperature very high

I have an old 2011 Mac Mini running headless Ubuntu Server as a media server, no transcoding. however, its temperature can sometimes reach 90C and when in Idle it does not drop below 70C.
My question is: would changing the thermal paste help or should I replace it with something newer?
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2023.03.22 16:42 Limp-Drop6505 Hirevue interview expires mid-interview

Hi all! I recently was doing one of those one-way interviews with sparkhire/hirevue and in the middle of my interview it expired. Does anyone know if the first few questions I answered got submitted?
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2023.03.22 16:41 SuddenReturn9027 Local Vendors Day: The many questions I have

Firstly, Marcus' 'scavenged breast milk cheese'...how was that even allowed to be sold in store? Surely, they would have asked what he was selling or he would have had to fill out a form? I read in the US, it's not illegal but it's unregulated since it hasn't been checked by the FDA for diseases and he said he would find bottles that moms had left behind so it was probably expired too so he was most-likely selling 'expired diseased scavenged breast milk cheese'. There was also a woman selling artisanal beer that turned out to be Bud Light. One of the vendors was the manager's wife which feels like a conflict of interest. This store does not seem worried about law suits at all (I also feel bad for Marcus that episode when Mateo gets hit by the sign and is offered $50,000 but Marcus cut the tip off his thumb and only got $200. Poor guy. How is he even going to buy lobster with that?)
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2023.03.22 16:41 Limp-Drop6505 Sparkhire Interview Expires in the Middle

Hi all! I recently was doing one of those one-way interviews with sparkhire/hirevue and in the middle of my interview it expired. Does anyone know if the first few questions I answered got submitted?
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