Fan Casting for an imagined live-action rendition of Palia! I’m not a huge movie buff, but there’s some actors/ actresses that jump out at me, so I threw this together like all the other subreddits seem to have, which means this place is legit now, right?.
Jel – Young Johnny Depp, like from Benny and Joon.
Jina – Not sure here. Alison Brie?
Hekla – I would really, really, really love to see what Tilda Swinton could do with this role. Alternately, Yvette Nicole Brown in Community hit a great note I think would transfer well.
Tish – My favorite character should have my favorite actress, right? Keira Knightley, then.
Zeki – Chris Pratt, because he’s apparently gotta be in everything.
Ashura – Kurt Russell. Bruce Willis would be a strong runner-up, except for the hair.
Auni – Somewhere between Jake Lloyd and Haley Joel Osment. Yippee!
Einar – Tom Hanks would be interesting.
Hassian – A young Chiwetel Ejiofor seems perfect, Donald Glover could probably do great if he’s not too busy.
Tau – Robin Williams (Absolutely Anything!)
Badruu – I love Ryan Reynolds for this but I genuinely don’t know if he can be family-friendly and wholesome enough for the role. I’d be willing to try though.
Sifuu – Michelle Rodriguez seems a safe bet after the D&D movie
Najuma – Abigail Breslin, circa Zombieland.
Delaila – Maria Doyle Kennedy
Kenli – Edgar Wright would be a hoot here, I think.
Kenyatta – Jessica Alba, mayhaps, from around the time of Fantastic Four.
Eshe – Shohreh Aghdashloo. Beautiful voice, and Avasarala just feels so perfect here.
Nai’o – Chris Evans seems too on-the-nose, but still fitting.
Hodari – Pedro Pascal. The community has spoken.
Tamala – Morena Baccarin would be incredible here.
Elouisa – Tatiana Maslany. Delightful, talented actress with incredible range, and just the right mix of zany and intense.
Caleri – Tatiana Maslany. No, seriously, watch Orphan Black. (Adult content warning, though.)
Chayne – Lance Reddick, no contest.
Your turn! Who would you like to see for these roles? (edit for formatting)

So, I am a Aut/ADHD woman that makes people hard to read all the time. Last week, I (F23) hung out with a coworkefriend(F23) at her house. We had a really great time getting drinks and she suggested we go back to her place to hang out a little more. After getting settled in her apartment, we started to talk about past and current romantic relationships. I recently got out of a short but intense relationship several months ago, which led to be being blocked. I admit I had spammed called and texted to see if we could get back together again. I was acting very insecure and I am sure that it showed after being blocked.
I had recently read White Fragility by Robin Di'Angelo and have been engaging in anti-racism work for the past few years at this point. One of the main takeaways I got from the book was asking other white people such as friends that you trust if behavior may be problematic. To this friend ( She is white), I had mentioned these things to my friend and asked if I had overstepped any boundaries with my ex-boyfriend. My ex-bf is mixed, being half-Mexican and half-Black. For example, when we were talking about family, he mentioned how his mother is from Mexico. I had asked whether he had learned to speak Spanish when growing up. In that same discussion, I had asked about his dad. I asked to see a photo, and he seemed hesitant before showing me his dad. I now think I should not have asked those questions when we first started dating. When we were making out, I paused and asked if it was okay to touch his hair and he said that it was okay. However, I still felt a bit hesitant to. I know he said it was okay but I just didn't want to offend him or make him upset. She suggested that she thought I didn't do anything inappropriate.
However, I know for the rest of the night I was apologizing about talking about my ex-bf and then still talking about me ex-bf. I felt things were off for the past week and that she was actively avoiding me. After a group meeting, as we were walking back, I had apologized about crossing any boundaries or making her uncomfortable last week. She said that we are good but I am not sure if it was okay for me to talk to her about as she was just coming out of a meeting or when it would have been an okay time to talk to her about it. How do you read social cues better? Were boundaries crossed?
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TL;DR - May have crossed a line with my coworker.

Nestled in northern Lawrence County, Indiana, just six miles from Bedford, lies Ramsey Ridge Road. Just under three miles in length, the rural pathway once referred to as “Skin Ridge'' winds through the sparsely populated area’s dense woods atop a hill overlooking Little Salt Creek and nearby Bartlettsville. In the 1970’s, two completely unrelated deaths occurred within the confines of a modest green house that once stood along the ridge. Referred to by locals as “The Mysteries of Skin Ridge,” this is the story of the unusual deaths of Dennis McArthur, and Gerry Lee.
Dennis McArthur
On April 11, 1976, 44-year-old Pearl McArthur returned home after a lengthy stay at Madison State Hospital. Pearl, who would later be diagnosed with schizophrenia, had committed herself to the hospital in early December, leaving her 18-year-old son, Dennis, to care for the house in her absence. Accompanied by her 23-year-old daughter, April, who lived in nearby Bedford with her husband Gary, Pearl made her way inside the small two-story farmhouse.
Inside, Pearl and April found the home in complete disarray. Trash laid strewed about, lamps and furniture were overturned, and the stove was caved in, its exhaust pipe torn from the wall. It was unusually cold inside as though no heat had been recently used, and a strange smell permeated the air.
Alarmed, Pearl and April began to frantically search for Dennis. As they made their way over to a small couch located in a bedroom on the second floor, they noticed a pile of blankets lying on the sofa. As Pearl peeled back the layer of quilts, she was met with a horrific scene; Dennis’s decomposed body lay beneath the bedding. They immediately summoned police.
Dennis was found in a fetal position on the couch, facing inwards. Although covered by quilts, he was nude from the waist down. The coroner estimated he had died one to two months prior, however the cold weather had, in part, delayed the decomposition process making it difficult to give an exact time of death. During an autopsy, it was discovered that Dennis was severely emaciated, to the point of starvation. No evidence of external or internal injuries were found.
Police discovered several bottles of pills in the home; vitamins used for energy, an antidepressant, and a drug used in the treatment of Parkinson’s disease. All of the pills were prescribed to Pearl, and were still relatively full. A toxicology test was conducted and proved negative, however the state pathologist who performed the test admitted that the test was incapable of detecting substances such as LSD. He also explained due to the amount of time that had passed since his death, the tests might not be one hundred percent accurate. Dennis’ cause of death was listed as malnutrition and exposure.
Investigators found several clues at the scene that struck them as odd. Although the cabin appeared ransacked, nothing seemed to be missing, including a small amount of money that was found within the disheveled home. Along with money, a small amount of, now spoiled, food was found in the cabinets and refrigerator. An upstairs window was found to be broken from the inside. Also upstairs, investigators discovered several large pools of blood, including one beside the couch where Dennis’ body was found. They also found blood on the backside of the couch, on a rug, and on the kitchen door frame, along with splatter on a wall. Testing confirmed the blood to be human.
Dennis was well known to both police and the county’s social workers. His mother, Pearl, was frequently in and out of mental institutions leaving Dennis and his two siblings to fend for themselves. The children’s father, Walter, had abandoned the family and moved to Georgia years prior. In 1972, Dennis was arrested for theft and truancy. That same year, he was expelled from school and never returned.
He was again arrested in 1973, this time for driving without a license, fleeing from police, possession of alcohol, and curfew violation. After his release, Dennis was sent to live with a man named Al Hagopian, a case worker for the Youth Services Bureau. Al was quoted as saying; “Finding him a place to stay was hard. The house where he had been staying was pretty grubby, and the state thought he was too young to live alone. His mother was in and out of hospitals a lot and he worried about her constantly. He didn’t want to return home, but said he had to go back to help care for his mother.”
Al discovered that Dennis “read and wrote backwards,” and was “practically illiterate.” After reviewing Dennis’ school records, he found multiple instances where teachers labeled Dennis as having disciplinary problems when it came to schoolwork, however not once did they mention he had a clear learning disability. Al further explained that attempts to secure employment for Dennis were nearly never successful. Aside from being unable to read or write, he had no vehicle. He also had no stable address or phone number and was oftentimes dirty and dressed in near rags.
Dennis’ unfair hand he had been dealt did not stop him from trying to act like an average kid most of the time, Al added. He explained that Dennis had an interest in cars, enjoyed hanging out with his friends, and was always chasing girls. He had also told Al he wanted to someday save up enough money for a new guitar, as he loved to play music. Al admitted that Dennis was also into the “street scene” and had dabbled in drugs and alcohol. Dennis returned home after two months of living with Al.
In 1974, after another arrest and his subsequent release from a youth detention center, Dennis went to live with his father for a short time. Dennis’ arrest had made headlines when it was learned the young man had been kept with adult men for a long period before being transferred to the youth detention center. Dennis and Walter reportedly couldn’t get along, however, and Dennis ran away to Florida. He lived there for a few months, washing cars to make money, before returning to the home on Ramsey Ridge in Indiana in 1975. He was again arrested, this time in Bloomington, Indiana for carrying a concealed weapon, alcohol consumption, and curfew violation. At the time of Dennis’ death, the charges against him were still pending.
According to his sister, April, she had gone to visit Dennis at the home on Ramsey Ridge on Christmas Eve. April said Dennis was sitting on the couch, playing his guitar. He also showed her a new rug he had purchased for the home. According to her, he seemed his usual self and the home was clean. April offered him some money, however Dennis refused claiming he had enough to get by.
Lucy Lively, an aunt of Dennis’ who lived “within hollering distance,” claimed she entered the home on February 1st to turn off a lamp that had been left burning. While she did not see Dennis, she claimed the home's interior was in normal order. Joe McArthur, Dennis’ paternal grandfather who also lived nearby, said it was not unusual for Dennis to disappear for long periods, so he thought nothing of the youths' absence as of late.
When Walter, Dennis’ father, was informed of his son's death, he informed police that Dennis, along with two male friends, had come to visit him in Georgia in mid December. He gave a description of the two teens and told police they had been introduced to him as “John Boy'' and “Blonde John.”
Police were able to track down “Blonde John” who was identified as 18-year-old John Fonk of Bloomington, Indiana. John told investigators that he and Dennis had driven to Florida together in October, not December, as Walter had stated. John explained they had stopped by Walter’s home in Georgia on their way back home. He was confident in the date as he had joined the Air Force in December. He also explained that “John Boy” had been a hitchhiker they had picked up along the way. According to John, “John Boy” rode back to Indiana with the pair, but he had not seen him, or Dennis since. He described him as being in his mid 20’s. After learning of the discrepancy in Walter’s story, police again tried to contact him, however phone calls and letters went unanswered. Unfortunately, they were never able to identify “John Boy.”
Further questioning of social services showed that Pearl had filled several grocery orders provided by state services, however the orders ceased when she had been again hospitalized. Eventually the Lawrence County Welfare Office had taken control and promised to look in on Dennis, however they could provide no evidence they had followed up on the case. They suggested that Dennis, overwhelmed with his impoverished lifestyle, had simply starved himself to the point of being comatose, before succumbing to the harsh cold of winter. They were quoted as saying “We were aware of him of course, but he never came to us. We don’t go looking for people if they don’t come to us for help. Now if he had, we would have done something.”
The local sheriff as well as members of Dennis’ family were unsatisfied with Dennis’ listed cause of death and continued to pursue the investigation for several months. Unfortunately due to a lack of funds, more elaborate tests that may have presented some clue as to how Dennis died could not be conducted. Sheriff Robbins was quoted as saying, “This is a very disturbing mystery, because even if someone confessed to killing him, I doubt we would have the evidence to prove it. But it sure is hard to believe he could kill himself like that, by just laying down and dying. We aren’t closing the case, it will remain open. But until we have something more to go on, there’s not much more we can do at this point.”
Dennis was laid to rest at Heltonville’s Gilgal Cemetery. Few attended the modest closed casket funeral and subsequent burial. One journalist gave a last description of Dennis’ final resting place,
“The dogwood trees are in full bloom on the hillsides of Gilgal Cemetery, and though Dennis’ body now rests peacefully beneath a carpet of fallen petals, his soul will surely never rest until the reasons behind his death are discovered.”
Pearl, Dennis’ mother, passed away in 2000 at the age of 67. Walter, Dennis’ father, died in 1988. His sister, April, passed away suddenly in 2006 at the age of 53. Dennis also had an older brother, Gordon, who passed away in 1994 at the age of 42.
Gerry Lee
On the evening of May 28, 1978, police were again summoned to the little green house on Ramsey Ridge. The home was now occupied by 27-year-old Gerry Lee, a divorced self employed carpenter, and his roommate, 25-year-old Michael Davis. When police arrived, Michael informed them that Gerry had committed suicide.
Gerry was found hanging from a maple tree located 20 feet from the home's front porch. The rope had been tied off to a branch approximately 10 feet above the ground and fashioned into a noose. His feet were found to be touching the ground, and his knees were bent. Blood was discovered on Gerry’s hands and pants, despite having suffered no visible wounds. An autopsy would reveal that Gerry had died of asphyxiation as a result of a fracture to his cricoid cartilage located at the base of his larynx. The coroner stated this was not an injury normally associated with suicidal hangings, but instead blunt force trauma to the throat. Inside, more blood was found on a television set, the phone, and on the kitchen floor. A window on the home's back door had been broken from the outside, leaving shards of glass lying on the kitchen floor.
When questioned, Michael gave an explanation for the unusual findings. He claimed that he, Gerry, and two other friends, Mike Oakly and Roberta Chandler, had spent the day in nearby Bedford before the foursome returned to the home on Ramsey Ridge. There, Michael told police that he and Gerry got into a “friendly scuffle” that resulted in Michael falling into the window in the kitchen. He suffered a deep laceration to his forehead that left him bleeding profusely.
According to Michael, Roberta and Mike accompanied him to seek medical treatment in Bedford, while Gerry stayed behind at home. Michael returned home alone from the hospital, having left Roberta and Mike in town. It was then he discovered Gerry’s body and summoned police. He added that that evening Gerry had threatened to shoot himself multiple times with one of the loaded guns kept in the home.
When Roberta and Mike were taken in for questioning, they gave similar accounts of the night's events. Both were released. Aside from having a visible wound, medical staff confirmed Michael had been to the hospital that evening, having sought treatment for a laceration to his forehead.
Still, both the prosecutor and the county coroner stated they were not entirely satisfied with a verdict of suicide. The coroner stated “Some things have not fallen into place like they should with a suicide case. Although it looks as though it could be a suicide, there are so many angles that do not fit in with the suicide verdict.” The prosecutor agreed, “I’m not satisfied with how the investigation was handled,” he said, “and there are still a lot of unanswered questions. Several months later, Gerry’s case was brought before a grand jury who ultimately returned a verdict of “probable suicide.”
Gerry was laid to rest in Bedford’s Breckenridge Cemetery. Despite his death being declared a suicide, many locals, including Gerry’s friends and neighbors, continued to believe that something more sinister may have happened that evening, and the suicide was in fact staged. The community’s more superstitious elders shared a similar belief, however adding that a “strange ethereal force” inhabited the room where Gerry once slept, and where two years prior the body of Dennis had been discovered.
Whatever your opinion may be, it seems for some the books will never fully be closed on “The Mysteries of Skin Ridge.”
Sources
Newspaper Clippings, Death Certificates, Photos- https://imgur.com/a/4kQ3rEl
Find a Grave Dennis- https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/63100083/dennis-scott-mcarthur
Find a Grave Pearl- https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/254365281/pearl-m-mcarthur?createdMemorial=Yes
Find a Grave Walter- https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/80652726/walter-rufus-mcarthur
Find a Grave Gerry- https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/47074796/gerry-wayne-lee
National Library of Medicine- https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/22442828/#:~:text=Overall%2C%20neck%20structures%20fractures%20were,the%20cricoid%20cartilage%20of%2020.6%25.

So, I am a Aut/ADHD woman that makes people hard to read all the time. Last week, I (F23) hung out with a coworkefriend(F23) at her house. We had a really great time getting drinks and she suggested we go back to her place to hang out a little more. After getting settled in her apartment, we started to talk about past and current romantic relationships. I recently got out of a short but intense relationship several months ago, which led to be being blocked. I admit I had spammed called and texted to see if we could get back together again. I was acting very insecure and I am sure that it showed after being blocked.
I had recently read White Fragility by Robin Di'Angelo and have been engaging in anti-racism work for the past few years at this point. One of the main takeaways I got from the book was asking other white people such as friends that you trust if behavior may be problematic. To this friend, I had mentioned these things to my friend and asked if I had overstepped any boundaries with my ex-boyfriend. My ex-bf is mixed, being half-Mexican and half-Black. For example, when we were talking about family, he mentioned how his mother is from Mexico. I had asked whether he had learned to speak Spanish when growing up. In that same discussion, I had asked about his dad. I asked to see a photo, and he seemed hesitant before showing me his dad. I now think I should not have asked those questions when we first started dating. When we were making out, I paused and asked if it was okay to touch his hair and he said that it was okay. However, I still felt a bit hesitant to. I know he said it was okay but I just didn't want to offend him or make him upset. She suggested that she thought I didn't do anything inappropriate.
However, I know for the rest of the night I was apologizing about talking about my ex-bf and then still talking about me ex-bf. I felt things were off for the past week and that she was actively avoiding me. After a group meeting, as we were walking back, I had apologized about crossing any boundaries or making her uncomfortable last week. She said that we are good but I am not sure if it was okay for me to talk to her about as she was just coming out of a meeting or when it would have been an okay time to talk to her about it. How do you read social cues better? I am not sure.

His neck looks bloodied, but his supposed noose is not bloodied. And beyond that, I've never seen neck wounds like that as a result of hanging from cloth. Bruises? Some sort of rope burn? Sure. Fucking bloodied wounds? What do they want us to believe that he was rotating his head back and forth to try and saw through his own neck with cloth? And none of that blood got onto his noose he used?
And his wounds are just too thin to begin with to be from cloth rolled up into a thread/rope. I suspect some sort of leather garrette.
Like c'mon.
Here's a link:
https://www.tmz.com/photos/image_jpg_20200106_0a23c8f730754929b3beae80a7a2eb90/

This is from the lists of what is coming to US streaming services Fangoria publishes on social media, they're generally pretty accurate but unfortunately do not have the exact dates the movies will be added, and not all movies are available June 1st.

Shudder

An American Werewolf In London
Baskin
Brooklyn 45
Calvaire
Children Of The Corn (2023)
The Devil's Candy
Ginger Snaps
Ginger Snaps 2
Home Movie
The Howling
Howling II: Your Sister Is A Werewolf
Quicksand
Unwelcome

Hulu

Attack The Block
Barbarian
Infinity Pool
One Hour Photo
Predators
Tucker And Dale Vs. Evil
The Twilight Saga: New Moon
The Twilight Saga: Eclipse
The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn Part 1
The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn Part 2
The X-files: I Want To Believe

Max

Army Of Darkness
Eli Roth Presents: The Legion Of Exorcists
Knock Knock
Little Shop Of Horrors (1986)
The Evil Dead
Evil Dead II
Evil Dead
The Lodge (2019)
You're Next

Screambox

Autopsy
Beneath
Blue Vengeance
Christmas Evil
The Collector
Crazy Desires Of A Murderer
Day Of The Dead
Deathcember
Dominique
Grotesque
The Haunting Of Molly Hartley
Hollywood Dreams & Nightmares: The Robert Englund Story
Jethica
The Mangler
Murder Mansion
My Mom's Werewolf
New Religion
Night Terrors
Nightmare On Elm Street
Punk Vacation
Rabid (1977)
Rabid (2019)
Repulse
Road Games
Subspecies
Subspecies II: Bloodstone
Subspecies III: Bloodlust
Subspecies 4: Bloodstorm
Subspecies V: Bloodrise

Paramount+

From Beyond
Ghost Of Dragstrip
Hollow
The Gift
Margaux
The Relic

Peacock

Jurassic Park
The Lost World: Jurassic Park
Jurassic Park III
Jurassic World
The Purge
The Purge: Election Year

Amazon Prime

The Call (2020)
The Gift
M3gan
The Relic
The Return Of The Living Dead
Shaun Of The Dead
There's Something Wrong With The Children

Redbox

An Accidental Zombie (Named Ted)
Final Girl
Ginger Snaps
I Spit On Your Grave (2010)
Lost Child
Mutant Chronicles
Severance (2006)
Shrooms
Sick Nurses
Tin Can
Tyrel
Willy's Wonderland
You Can't Kill Stephen King

Crackle

The Chosen
Croc
Cryptid
Desert Shadows
Forbidden World
Frankenfish
Girl
The House By The Cemetery
Lake Placid 2
Q: The Winged Serpent
Slip Stream
Vipers
Willy's Wonderland

Pluto TV

The Amityville Horror (2005)
Crawl
Hansel & Gretel: Witch Hunters
Oculus
Poltergeist

Freevee

American Psycho
Bubba Ho-Tep

Netflix

Black Mirror - Season 6
The Ring
Skull Island

Arrow

Anguish
The Killing Game
The Most Dangerous Game
The Pack

Tubi

American Psycho
Annabelle Comes Home
Annabelle: Creation
Army Of Darkness
Bride Of Chucky
Candyman (1992)
Cape Fear
Captive
Child's Play 2
Child's Play 3
Cult Of Chucky
Curse Of Chucky
The Curse Of La Llorona
Devil
Doctor Sleep
Final Destination
Redheads: Documentary
Fright Night
Grindhouse: Death Proof
Grindhouse: Planet Terror
House Of Wax (2005)
Interview With The Vampire
The Last Exorcism
Play Dead
Seed Of Chucky
She Came From The Woods
The Shining
Sinister 2
The Thing (1982)
The Thing (2011)
The Wolfman
Van Helsing

Salaam everyone,
This is a venting post more than anything. It might be long so feel free to scroll if you’re not interested. Also, I know this is social media so it has no real world implications. I get it. However, I do care. I won't lie that I don't. I am bothered when people don't mind their business and fixate on strange things.I have seen plenty of accounts, and now here on reddit too, that are newly created and all of the posts are ones where they have a whole spiel about how they have realized Afghan has nothing to do with Pashtuns. It doesn't stop there. They then post and share Afghan (pashtun) culture including our clothes, our sheen khaal, and more. All while saying they are not the same...
Number one, I do not understand the psychology of this kind of person. Of all things one can do with their free time, why this? It takes a few minutes to create a new account or even new emails to sign up with some platforms. Why?
Second, I am tired of our ethnicity being torn apart and looked through with a microscope. We are people, not specimens to be dissected. Pashtun origins are not united. There is no one singular origin theory. The two common ones backed by genetics are that we are Eastern Iranian people, and that some of us are assimilated Turkic people eventually mixing with the Iranians. It does get a bit trickier when we add in the Pashtuns in Pakistan. There are some dards in Pakistan. Inevitably, when two populations live in the same vicinity, there will be some mixing. The same can be said for us in Afghanistan. There are plenty of Pashtuns in Afghanistan who have a Tajik or even Hazara relative somewhere in their family line. It is impossible for any one group of people to be 100% of any ethnicity. That is not how human history works. There has been mass migrations of people, invaders, and more. There are Tajiks who have Indian DNA (~2 to over 20%) sometimes. Would we ever label them as Indian or South Asians? No. That is not how it works. Generally, we go by the majority or the majority origin story.
How can Pashtuns then be dards when dards are defined as "Dards -- (Aryan).... chiefly Muhammedans, dwelling in the mountainous country north of Kashmir; the Tibetan Baltis being their neighbours on the East and the Pathans or Afghans on their West. Gazetteer of Kashmir and Ladakh 1890. Source. The separation of the Dards and "their neighbours" is an explicit statement to show the two are separate. Furthermore, "The term “Dard” was brought from Sanskrit texts and from “History” by Herodotus. British ethnographer Gottlieb William Leitner wasn’t the first to use the names “Dard” and “Dardistan”, but he established them as scientific terms in a number of writings including his book “Dardistan, 1866, 1886 and 1893” which concluded his experience of study of hill tribes to the west of Himalayas."Since they love to use Wemountains (Source) This article also mentions "His study also features interesting thoughts on construction of nations. Other peoples like Gujjar and Pashtun prefer to use the term “Kohistani” – mountain dweller – for their Dardic neighbours. Also it’s applied to some Dardic groups by linguists.". Again, there is a distinct separation between the two. Yet, this fact is conveniently ignored.
I am tired of the South Asian/Indian theory. I am tired of the Jewish theory. I am tired of these theories made by weirdos who obsess over us while simultaneously using them as a means to "out" us from Afghanistan. The truth is, the historical meaning of Afghan was Pashtun. The two were used interchangeably as seen above and in many other sources. Now? It is 2023 and it is used for all the people within Afghanistan. I will include a screenshot to show what I was referring to in case anyone is curious.
EDIT: It looks like I’m unable to send the photo in the comments