In celebration of rejoining the workforce, I am delighted to gift this community again. enjoy!! :)

My husband had a pet jumping spider and it recently got eaten by a daddy longleg... lol. Wishing safety and sweet dreams to your upcoming pet! 🕷🌈 u/crash---- 🫶

Hello everyone! 💜
I’m new to this community and still figuring out how Reddit works! 😂
I’m a mom of two with a big imagination and a love for creativity, entrepreneurship, books, and finding humor in everyday life.
I love connecting with people, learning new things, and hearing about what makes others happy.
Looking forward to meeting everyone and getting to know this community!
What’s one thing that made you smile this week? 💜

Hello!

My name is Mel. I am a single mom who works in healthcare. In my free time I like to read and write fanfiction. I would like to someday publish a book, but feel like my writing has a lot of room to grow.

In the summer I like to be out in the forests or just enjoying nature in general, but in the winter I am a homebody. I do not like the cold, yet I live somewhere cold. Go figure.

I love the Seattle Seahawks and grew up in Bremerton but have since moved away. I still carry that love with me though!

I have three kids total, a 21 year old son and twelve year old boy/girl twins that could not be more different.

We are currently indulging in fall/spooky season by baking many pumpkin flavored treats before we switch to peppermint. Is it strange to have flavor associations with seasons? Well, we do!

As many people know, RAOA is a huge sub and it can be very intimidating. Many newbies have questions they may feel silly asking or are just worried they won't make any l here. This thread will hopefully change that!

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How this works:

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The general idea is that this will be posted and you will be adopting a newbie for a whole week. I'm not saying you have to talk to them 24/7 all week. But be there to help them out and be an awesome friend! :)

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Newbies:

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Make a top level comment (basically make a comment in reply to this thread) stating you're new and would like to be adopted. Maybe include a little bit about yourself for your adopter to start to get to know you! If a top level comment is a bit too intimidating, sometimes users volunteer to be adopters and you can grab one of them!

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Adopters:

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Reply to a newbies comment saying you'd like to adopt them for the week! If you'd like, you can also post a top level comment saying you're looking to adopt! This will help any newbies with a bit of stage fright!

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Notes:

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Newbies don't have to be brand new. But you should be new enough to need some guidance such as what are tags, how do I contest, what rules do we have, how do I make friends, etc! Anything you need help with. A newbie can be adopted by more than one adopter! This way they have many people to help them out! Newbies, if you missed the first day, feel free to comment and be adopted mid-week! You can even come back and be adopted next week too!

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So go! Have fun! Be adopted! :)

Been grinding Portuguese on Duolingo for a spring trip and keep wondering if it's actually useful once you land. Last time I tried Spanish the phrases I practiced never matched what locals actually said. Food terms stuck, directions fell apart. If any of you are using these apps for real trips, curious what stuck and what didn't. Also curious how many people here are learning before a trip versus just for fun.

2 things arriving Friday!

Hope you have a great bday even though you're probably working.

We love you and appreciate you (well, waxler tolerates you). This place and the discord would not be the same without you!

🖤🖤🖤

Welcome to the daily/nightly thread!

Whether you're new around here or a familiar face, come hang out, chat, and cause a little harmless chaos with your fellow RAOAers!

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Some fun things you could do today:

- Wish u/nacho_cheezus a Happy Birthday!
- Tell u/nacho_cheezus that he's old
- Remind u/nacho_cheezus that old people need to be careful so they don't fall and break a hip!

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QOTD: What is your ideal birthday cake/dessert?

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Sometimes the daily gets posted late... sometimes really early so u/nacho_cheezus doesn't beat you to posting, and it's today for me and that's all that matters.

And the stass strikes again!!!

And to answer your question you'd be the high priestess.. mysterious and intuitive!

Also the cards pulled were the sun, strength and temperance.. Together, they suggest a movement from light and awareness, through courage, toward peace and balance!

Thank you for your kindness .. words can not express how grateful I am for you and your lovely gifts.. I really needed to be reminded that not all people are the same and there's still some kindness left in the world! 🥰

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Every year around my birthday, (for the past... 8, 9 years now is it?!) I host a contest here at RAOA. It is time again. Read the rules carefully to enter 🍂✨️

Rules:

1) You must be active in this group to enter and/or have gifted at least once this past year ❤️

2) Tell me what you are going to bring to my birthday party! (This is figurative, imagination, pretend, etc) Example: "I am bringing a load of shelter cats and I will turn your birthday into a cat-petting cat-adopting event. Litterbox cake included."

3) Tell me what you hope you find in your birthday goodie bag when you leave the party (This is for real life - not pretend - tell me actual items off your Amazon list you would hope to find in your party favor bag) And yes my bags are magic, they can fit anything. Example: "In my goodie bag I hope I find Spongebob mac n cheese, new blue dress shoes, and the hoodie on my list that says "Silly Goose".

4) Contest ends Friday Japan Time, because I'm celebrating my birthday this weekend since my actual day is on a dumb Tuesday lol.

Ps tag a friend for fun!

Order 113-9945178-5298642

Coming 10/28

“No! I mean, it took us five hours to make a 90-minute drive! Gene got attacked by a snake, there was throw-up everywhere, we-we spent so much money at the Madness Castle, which was just a GUY'S HOUSE filled with JUNK, and now we're HERE, and THERE AREN'T ANY MONKEYS BEING FRIENDS WITH LIONS!”

And the winner is.... u/mrseddiemunson4ever !!

Welcome to the daily/nightly thread!

Whether you're new around here or a familiar face, come hang out, chat, and cause a little harmless chaos with your fellow RAOAers!

Some fun things you could do today:

• Ranting

• Chatting

• Venting

• Squeeing

QOTD: What's your morning routine?

PotD: Snake

You make the world a brighter place , just by being in it!

Hello everyone ! I've been lurking around for a little bit and decided to finally make an intro post. :) some things i like include cars, cats, deadpool, reading, and music. I'm open to questions about my interests and things of the sorts :)) looking forward to any comments to chat !

Edit: youre all so nice omg 😭😭😭 tysm, Ive had a terrible day so im very appreciative

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u/excited4sfx

Order # 111-2708775-4969860

Alright we have arrived at the bracket portion! Woooo!

There are 2 things to do this time:

1. Fill out the form again. Your vote is your own personal preference between each candy pair

https://forms.gle/GGsyei5Cyscnww6h9

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1. Check the pinned comment below with the bracket image. Download or save the image, and edit it with what you think the majority is going to choose for each pick!

Paste your bracket in a comment below to be entered in the GIFTED part of this contest!

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Brackets will be due on Friday! You only fill out the actual bracket once, but will continue voting until we are down to the final 2!

Again, the gifted portion of this will be based on whose bracket wins!

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Comments will lock on Friday and any posted brackets will be entered!

I do not know who you are .. but you made my whole weekend... You are amazing and I love you unknown friend!!