This is quite old and I feel comfortable talking about this now, however the one week hospital stay where I was awake most of it and also the physical experience has made me develop a genuine phobia of caffeine.
Ama

I got laid off yesterday with 550 other employees. We didn't get a meeting, an email or even a message over MS teams. We all lost access to our official accounts and got forcefully signed out of the computers. The HR stayed silent till the end of the day and then sent emails on our personal email IDs. AMA

Back in the 1960s, I played lead guitar in a Georgia garage-rock band called Red Beard & The Pirates.

We recorded an original single, "Go On Leave," backed with "Don't Be A Loser," at Atlanta Sound Recording Studios. The record was released on the small Gaye Records label, and only 500 copies were pressed.

We sold the records ourselves, never imagining that decades later anyone would still be interested in our music.

During those years, we also won a television talent competition called "Stars of Tomorrow" on Atlanta's Channel 11. Our prize was a trip to New York City to audition for the Ted Mack Amateur Hour.

Eventually, the band went its separate ways, but the recording had a life of its own.

Years later, "Go On Leave" appeared on garage-rock compilations, including Crypt Records' Back From The Grave, Gearfab's Psychedelic States: Georgia in the Sixties, and a compilation associated with Keb Darge and Cut Chemist.

Now, nearly six decades after we recorded it, I'm revisiting the original music and preserving that small piece of Georgia rock-and-roll history.

For anyone curious about my music and the recordings I'm sharing today, here's my Bandcamp page:

https://weaverstudios.bandcamp.com

I'd especially enjoy hearing from anyone who remembers the garage-band scene of the 1960s or collects obscure American 45s.

Were any of you playing in local bands back then, or have you discovered forgotten garage-rock records from that era?

I'm now 77 years old, and it's remarkable to see people still interested in music we recorded nearly 60 years ago.

I'm happy to answer questions about recording a 45 in the 1960s, the Georgia garage-rock scene, our television appearance, the equipment we used, and what happened to the band afterward.

Ask me anything!

About 7.5 years ago, I (27F) started losing the ability to eat and drink. Now my entire digestive tract is partially paralyzed. I relied on a feeding tube for several years, and then last year I got worse and stopped tolerating feeds, and had to switch to Total Parenteral Nutrition -- TPN, or IV nutrition that goes straight into your bloodstream. AMA if you'd like :)

PS -- I also have a lot of chronic fatigue and sometimes sleep for several hours at once, so I may not respond to comments immediately, but I will get to them!

I grew up attending what is known as a a IFB church (independent fundamental Baptist)

Growing up we had mandatory church on Wednesdays and Sunday and plenty of additional church events.

In 6th grade my peers and I attended a purity ball where we pledged to our father’s to stay pure till marriage.

We were not allowed any secular music or tv shows but still snuck it occasionally (I loved Degrassi)

Eventually I went to college and had a bit of a wild phase and left the church.

AMA.

Im posting this because i feel like epilepsy and seizures are something I barely hear talked about. Like the title says, I'm 22 and was diagnosed at six. The doctors believe that I have had it since I was born. Anyway, ask me anything.

I don’t really experience hunger or thirst, which I guess is a little unusual. It’s been this way for as long as I can remember. I do occasionally feel hungry or thirsty, but it’s extremely rare (we’re talking about a few times a year). Feel free to ask me anything! :)

I was born and have lived most of my life in Managua, Nicaragua
In 2024, my country ranked 147th out of 167 in the Democracy Index, placing it among the 20 most authoritarian countries in the world. Nicaragua is also one of the poorest countries in the Western Hemisphere and in 2026 president Ortega cancelled elections in the country
Im a student of school, I speak three languages, and I have two cats. I enjoy playing the piano, I love history, geography, literature, and languages, and I also like traveling and cooking.
During my life, I visited several countries and live abroad for a couple of years, so I think I’ll have smt for comparing Nicaragua.
Sooo, feel free for ask me anything!

I am absolutely not claiming to be a painter or an expert. I am just hoping to provide some information about products/procedures/behind the scenes info that may help any contractor, homeowner, or DIYer that frequents the HD paint department. Ask me anything!

The shelter I work at is pretty big and we have 2 other locations (one is adoptions only, the other takes strays, surrenders, etc). My role is public facing and focused on adoptions, surrenders, strays, end of life services, etc.

I graduated with a business degree in May of '25, and boy oh boy has the job market been brutal. I've been working at Home Depot paint department for the last year to work on my student loans/build savings as I lived at home with my parents and continued to job search. The president of a local 3rd party fulfilment company came in, and I provided some "above and beyond" service to help solve a problem he had. It impressed him, we shared contact info, and 3 weeks later here I am as the new Office and Administration Manager. I start Tuesday. Ask me anything!

At age 12, I experienced some issues which caused me to be sent to a psych ward. There are some extremely personal things that happened that I don't want to talk about, but I'll give you the basics below.

My memory of this experience is somewhat foggy for the second half of my stay, since some extremely traumatic things happened here.

I witnessed teenagers getting restrained, hit, threatened, verbally abused, neglected, and over medicated.

I was put in a ward with teenagers ages 15-18. Since I was the youngest, the other patients were very interested in me, some for bad purposes.

I was put on a medication that I didn't actually need. The medicine I was already taking had its doses upped much too quickly.

There's more, feel free to ask any questions :)

Hello all,

I 26m had my last planned chemotherapy today. Hopefully the coming pet scan confirms I am in remission.

I have high hopes that I will be remission but I keep room for doubt, about 5%. I am diagnosed with stage 4 hodgkin's lymphoma.

Please ask anything you like relating/revolving to my diagnosis or my state of being with it. It can be more than just what lead up to it, like my day to day.

I turned 46 today. Normally I underplay the heck out of my birthday, but my wife very firmly reminded me that I deserve kindness and celebration. Therefore, I am leaning into this, because I am nothing if not literal (it's the 'tism). So, ask me anything!

Hey Reddit,

A while back, I was in a serious car accident and actually flatlined for about a minute. Somehow, I made it back, but I haven’t been the same person since.
..Before the accident, I was the kind of guy who could walk into a room and get noticed without even trying. I had confidence, a certain swagger, and honestly, life felt a lot easier back then. I didn’t really have to think about how people saw me or whether I was good enough.

Now, I feel like the complete opposite. I’m just an ordinary guy trying to figure out who I am and where I fit in. I mean, sometimes, I even feel like people look at me differently than they used to.

…One of the hardest things to deal with has been the change in attention I get from women. Before, it felt like something that happened naturally. Now, I find myself missing that feeling and sometimes wondering what happened to the guy I used to be. It’s a weird thing to admit, but losing that confidence has affected me more than I ever expected.

Like, the accident didn’t just change my body; It changed my mind, my outlook on life, my confidence, and pretty much my entire sense of identity. Surviving something that serious should feel like a blessing, and in many ways, it is, but there’s also a part of me that feels like I lost the person I was supposed to become.
I’ve also been through my fair share of brain and body surgeries, so there’s a whole other side to the story.

I’m still trying to figure things out and come to terms with how much my life has changed.
So, Reddit, ask me anything. About the accident, the surgeries, what it’s like to live with the aftermath, or how something like this can change the way you see yourself and the world.

Edit: My buddy and I were about to go bowling when my ex asked me to bring her some rubbing alcohol, so I took the detour and dropped it off for her.

I've been a driving instructor for 10 years.

"Is it scary?" Not anymore. It takes a really bad driver to scare me.

I will not disclose the exact school I work for but, I will tell you I work in Washington state, In King County.

I will answer as soon as I can!

Throwaway account. It was October 2025 and my bully had been bullying me for months and my teachers wouldn’t do anything.

One day I found out his parents had overstayed their visa. I stalked them on social media, gathered all the information, and sent an anonymous tip to immigration.

A few weeks later, the bully’s dad got detained by ICE during a workplace raid and the mom eventually voluntarily surrendered. He was taken out of school and I don’t know what happened afterwards.

Context: I am 15 and 220 pounds (soon to be 16 in 2 months at the time of posting) As a younger child I struggled with picking my skin so bad it left scarring on my skin and they range in color from purple to white. If I could, id show SPOILED photos, but I'm still new to this reddit thing. I am covered in scars and it's not as simple to "just stop picking". I hate when people say that. Its a chronic disorder, not a bad habit. AMA mods, take this down if it breaks any rules I apologize, I'm still very new to reddit.

I'm an advanced practice Registered Nurse with PTSD, MDD and GAD. I had EMDR to treat PTSD symptoms related to childhood trauma. I'm extremely sceptical when it comes to these sort of treatments but this actually worked. AMA

I work with Pigs every weekend at a pasture pork operation. Love the guys, one of the boars is my best friend. I want to eventually have my own pasture pork operation, but I don’t know if I’ll ever have the money. I run a hoof trimming business for sheep and goats. I’m looking to get back into trimming pig hooves but still have some learning to do on them.

As I mentioned in the title, I’m 32 years old, and I haven’t seen a doctor in 16 years. I haven’t even had a routine checkup or a blood test during that time to see how my blood sugar, cholesterol, liver, and kidneys are doing.

Obviously, this isn’t something to be proud of, and some of you are probably thinking, “What an idiot!” But the thing is, I don’t have any symptoms.

Of course, a lot of diseases don’t cause any noticeable symptoms, so at this point, I honestly have no idea whether I’m actually healthy or not so if I went for a checkup now, the doctor might look at my results and say, “I’m sorry, I wish you’d come in a little sooner”😅

I see a lot on Reddit about cost of living and housing cost.

There are a lot of factors that play into this that I never see discussed.

However, the 5 common misconceptions and misunderstandings I see that are never discussed and are major factors-

1. Many of the sale previous sale prices being used as examples do not take into account that most of these areas were not desirable at the time and the areas have changed over 60 years.
“My parents only paid $50,000 for their house now it’s $600,000” “yeah the houses I can afford are in the middle of nowhere or the hood I don’t want to live there”

Housing has never been affordable and a $50,000 house was not in a desirable area.

Some were far out, some were dangerous areas, some had no infrastructure around them, many were subdivisions with a commute to the city but cities have expanded making them close and desirable now.

1. Owning a home with a mortgage was cheaper than at any point in history 2015-2023

Homes actually have NOT gone up as much as they should have when tracked against inflation. This only applies for cash purchases. Anything FINANCED with a mortgage cost more.

The total sale price is higher but the monthly payments very similar and even CHEAPER up until 2022. Now they’ve gone up but still MUCH LOWER than where inflation would put them. If it kept up with inflation and the interest rate of the time it would be $3,866 a month but it’s $2,411

Average sale price and interest rates by year

——————-1981 2021. 2026.
Interest rate. 19%. 2%. 6%.
Sale price: $83,000. $346,900. $502,700
Monthly: $1,055. $1,025. $2,411

* numbers do not include taxes and insurance.

There are also several grants, programs and housing incentives today that did not exist at the time. Bringing the cost of entry below $10,000 and sometimes almost $0.

1. Land, Labor & material cost to build
   I never see any of the discussions factor in the cost of material, the cost of labor needed to get a house up today and the shortage of land that can be developed for homes.
   This is part of the reason there is a housing shortage that has been growing for the last 12ish years.

These are huge factors, because it’s more expensive to build a house today than to buy an existing one. There is a shortage of skilled labor making the cost significantly higher than previously seen and building material is at an all time high.

That all factors into existing prices because of scarcity and high demand.

1. Taxes. Property taxes have gone up average of 62% since the 70s and even 200% in major cities that have developed since.

This all goes into the cost the current owner has put into that property and will be passed on in the sale price.

1. People are not cohabiting and it’s making a greater gap.

Record numbers of men and women living separately. You need double the amount of housing for the same amount of people.

But we were already short on houses and this makes the gap bigger.

There are many single men and women who have purchased 3 bedroom homes because the mortgage from years 2015-2023 was cheaper than renting and they live along taking up a home that traditionally houses a family of about 3 or 4.

The average 3 bedroom home price in 2021 was $325,000. The monthly mortgage payment was $961

The average rent for a 1 bedroom apartment was $1,594.

Instead of renting, People were buying 3 bedroom homes and paying half what they would for rent.

I first hand sold multiple 3 bedroom homes to mostly single women.

This is another part of the deficit.

After reading those points, if there is anything else I can break down and explain. I am happy to.

I'm a 25 year old female police officer based in emergency response somewhere in London. However i currently am injured so in other words, I am free to awnser your questions. So feel free to ask me anything!

So I'm from a small town called thetford in Norfolk uk. I have lived here almost my whole life and have seen a lot go on and heard of a lot going on. Like every town it has its good and bad, fun and creepy. Ask me anything