#buying guide

if you are looking for a new graphics card, or specifically a RAM upgrade, you might want to buy now. It’s already a little too late though.

AI is causing a massive RAM shortage. Prices have shot up tremendously. It will not be going down anytime soon, and will probably be going up even further.

This affects graphics cards because they use VRAM.

Here is what I paid for a 64 gigabyte kit of DDR5 ram a few months ago.

this is a graph showing a price of a 64 gigabyte kit by Corsair over the last month. I bought this for $215 earlier this year(and it crept up to $250 in July I suppose). As you can see, it is now about $500.

I keep getting asked about my prices so here they are lol

These are my prices, but depending on some factors they could be lowered or maybe raised

I do posting for free on Tumblr so don’t feel pressured

But if you do want a custom that is swag too as a help support my gains 😼🫶💖

Burps/soda bloating /“ workout” vids

Less than 4 minutes-$10

5-8 minutes-$20

10-18 minutes-$25

More than 20 minutes-$35

Stuffings vids and pics

To be discussed in DMs 

Belly play and bellybutton

Less than 4 minutes-$8

5 - 10 minutes-$15

More than 15 minutes -$20

Other things I could do -

Belly noise audios or burp audios

Here's the thing worth sitting with: a rosary isn't a decoration. It's a working object. It gets handled constantly — fingers moving bead to bead, tension pulling on the chain, the daily wear of being carried everywhere. That's exactly why the material matters far more than most people assume. It's the difference between an object that becomes a family heirloom and one that becomes landfill.

The Vatican Report put together a guide on this, and the framing is simple: there are materials to avoid, and materials that endure.

The ones to be cautious of tend to share a trait — they favor appearance and low cost over longevity. Cheap plastic beads scratch, yellow, and crack. Painted or coated finishes lose their coating to finger oils within months. Thin chain links bend open and separate. Low-grade dyed cord frays, stretches, and bleeds color when wet. None of these are evil — they're fine as giveaways or temporary travel rosaries — but they aren't built to last.

The materials that endure share a different trait: they age gracefully instead of deteriorating. Solid metal beads (brass, bronze, sterling silver) develop character and polish back to shine. Genuine gemstone holds its color and carries a cool weight in the hand. Quality hardwood — olive wood from the Holy Land especially — is warm, light, and meaningful. Sturdy soldered chain keeps everything secure for decades. Strong knotted cord survives rough conditions. Glass and crystal hold their brilliance far longer than dyed plastic.

The best part of the guide is practical: how to tell before you buy. Feel the weight. Inspect the links and knots. Ask directly about materials, and be suspicious of phrases like "stone effect" or "metal look." Artisans who offer repairs are quietly telling you they trust their own work.

A lasting rosary costs more upfront — but one good rosary outlasts a dozen cheap ones, and it means so much more when it survives years of prayer.

For myself:

what bitch doesn’t have YSL Black Opium around for a safe bet on date night

Juliette Has a Gun Not a Perfume for a subtle skin scent, perfect for work or school (or if you don’t like strong scents).

Maison Margiela ‘Replica’ Springtime in a Park is a heavenly, sweet, crisp, juicy floral scent - very well-named. I think you would like this if you also like YSL Mon Paris.

Jo Malone Poppy & Barley is a fresh, clean floral scent. It smells like a meadow. It’s light enough that I reach it for it as an everyday scent.

Juliette Has a Gun Vanilla Vibes is my favorite vanilla fragrance. It’s refreshing and has a touch of salt to it, which I think makes it smell more natural on the skin. I think you could wear this year-round, and once my travel size is empty, I’ll be buying a full-sized bottle.

Maison Margiela ‘Replica’ Coffee Break is a warm, cozy scent like reminds me of latte art in a small cafe in November. The coffee note in this is sweet and milky.

For my girlfriend (she prefers more unisex fragrances and usually gravitates to lighter men’s colognes):

Thin Wild Mercury Whiskey 1969. This smells fucking incredible. Spouse material fragrance. Sexy and alluring but warm and comforting all at the same time. It’s spicy and boozy and has a hint of cedar. It has a sweet raspberry note that isn’t forward in the fragrance, but helps to balance the other notes. It develops really beautifully on the skin.

Maison Margiela ‘Replica’ Jazz Club. This is her everyday fragrance. It has a subtle sweet, spicy note that gives it a little edge. Other than that it’s boozy, has a hint of leather. The tobacco note is my girlfriend’s favorite part; she’s a smoker and this cologne makes it smell better but not at all like she’s just trying to cover up the smell of cigarettes.

Tom Ford Tobacco Vanille is her wintertime fragrance. It’s warm and cozy, but still perfectly androgynous. Whenever she wears it I want to cuddle with her in front of a fireplace. On her it smells like sweet tobacco with top notes of warm spices like ginger and cardamom.

In the spring or summer, she usually wears either Maison Margiela ‘Replica’ Sailing Day or Dolce & Gabbana Light Blue Pour Homme. Sailing Day is a fresh, clean aquatic scent, it reminds of the ocean or rain. Light Blue is an earthy citrus fragrance that’s still fresh!

Are you looking for the best commercial meat grinder for your business? If so, then you probably know how difficult it is to find a good performing commercial meat grinder these days. Due to the advancement of technology, lots of brands are now manufacturing meat grinders for the customers. As a result, there are more than hundreds of different meat grinder brands available on the market.

Finding the best meat grinder for commercial use is quite difficult because meat grinders are available in a wide variety of sizes and features. If you check out the top commercial meat grinder reviews at MeatGrinderGuide.com, you will find a wide variety of options.

In order to choose the best one for your business, you should be very conscious about checking out the quality and features of the meat grinders before you buy.

So, what features you should consider when choosing a commercial meat grinder?

In this article, I will be talking about some of the features that you should consider when choosing a commercial meat grinder for your business.

The Capacity of the Machine

When choosing a meat grinder for commercial use, the first thing you should consider is the size and capacity of the machine. The capacity represents the ability of the grinder machine. Since you are planning to invest meat grinder for your business, your grinder should be very large and able to grind a lot of meat within few minutes. This is because, you will never want your customers to wait for their required ground meat. So, the capacity of the machine is very important thing to consider when choosing a commercial meat grinder.

Power of the Grinder

In addition to the capacity, the machine should also be very powerful. A powerful machine is required to grind massive amount of meat at your business. Usually, the power of a meat grinder is measured by its motor. The machine with more than 2 horsepower is much more fast and powerful than machine with 1 horsepower or less. So, my recommendation is to choose a meat grinder that has more than 2 horsepower grinding motor.

Additional Features

When it comes to use a large grinding machine at your business, you are going to need some features so that you can do your grinding task efficiently. The grinding tray of the machine should be large enough to hold a massive amount of meat. In addition, there should be a storage tray to keep all the grinding equipment so that you can easily find them during your work.

Price

Finally, you should consider the price of the meat grinder. Commercial meat grinders are usually large and come with powerful motor. So, these are usually pricy. But you shouldn’t invest lot of money on buying a low-quality commercial meat grinder. The best commercial meat grinders should be reasonable in price. After considering all of the features, you should compare the price with other models. I hope you will find the best value for the money.

How to Use a Commercial Meat Grinder Machine?

If you are new to commercial meat grinder, you probably have little or no idea about how to operate this machine. Watch the following video to learn how to grind meat using a commercial meat grinder:

Hello, @lunaireinspiration! Thank you for the question. The Canon PowerShot SX100 IS is a quite old camera, let’s face it. If I remember correctly, it was first introduced around 2008. “Old” is by no means automatically “bad” though. But we have to admit that it is a quite outdated camera and that you cannot expect it to give you the same image quality of current cameras that are in the price-range this camera originally was. When it was first introduced, all the tests that I read were very favourable, and this camera was said to be one of the best in its range of “point-and-shoot” bridge cameras.

Nevertheless, it has all the basic features and more: From full manual mode (learn to use it) to program automatic, aperture and time priority modes, some “scenic modes” and even a panorama mode. You can also take videos with it but the maximum video resolution of 640 x 480 makes video basically unusable for today’s standards. So it is certainly a good camera to get your toes wet in photography. I doubt a bit whether 50$ might not be a bit too high of a price. I am sure that you can get this or newer cameras with (even) better image quality on ebay (or similar) for quite a bit less than 50$...  But again: This camera is certainly not bad at all even though compared to current cameras (or smartphones) the 8MP sensor of this model seems very thrifty. But make no mistake, 8MP are plenty for most uses. As long as you don’t plan on printing posters, you will be fine with 8MP. For example: I still use my Sony DSC-HX5V (which is about two years younger than the Canon) and “only” provides 10MP but the size of the photos is absolutely sufficient for most uses. The output size is only one factor though. More important - IMHO - is the image quality and the handling of the camera. The Canon tends to get noisy at around ISO 400 and only goes up to ISO 1600, so if you plan on doing lots of interior or low light photos,  this model might not be the camera that is the most fun to use and you might not be too happy with the photos. But it is also a matter of personal taste. Coming back to my Sony camera, I won’t use it in lowlight anymore - simply because I am now used to the insane low light capabilities of my Canon DSLR. Compared to that, the quality of my Sony sucks big time. But I only “learned” that over time. I was perfectly happy in the beginning. 

You cannot change the lens but with 10x zoom and Image Stabilization, an aperture of 2.8 you have a good range though. As for handling: A lot of people complained about the “plastic feel” of this camera and that they found it quite slow. Others found it to feel fine. Also, the battery seems to not last too long. This all is certainly is a matter of personal preference and personal perception though (always get a set of spare batteries anyway). TL/DR: The Canon PowerShot SX100 IS certainly is not a bad camera to start out with. It is an outdated camera but will give you good results in the right conditions. It is by no means a low-light camera. If you don’t mind the 8MP (which are plenty for most uses), that it has a fixed zoom lens (which has pretty good 10x optical zoom), and that video (for today’s standards) is a bad joke (use your phone, it will almost definitely give you MUCH better quality), this camera is not a bad choice. But you might find this camera for less money on ebay, used camera stores, or yard sales (maybe even better cameras for the same or even lower price).

I am sure that there will be some helpful comments on this post by some of the wonderful and very helpful people following this blog