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Hey everyone! I am so excited to be part of this sub as my kindle is definitely one of my favorite things I own, especially as we move into summertime travel and beach days!
I got the book "The Bootlegger's Daughter" by Nadine Nettmann as an Amazon first read this past month and was wondering if anyone would be able to help me with a small project I am working on regarding this book (and others.)
I am essentially using this book to help with an AI project because it was recently published and therefore only has limited info available online.
If you read this book, remember it well enough, and could spare at least a few minutes to help me, I would greatly appreciate it!

Hello GOG community, this is my 4th attempt at requesting a popular game known as The Legend of Zelda : Breath of the Wild available only on the Nintendo Switch which released together on the 3rd of March 2017
Let's start with a short summary of what the game is all about The land of Hyrule is in trouble and after a whole century of (100 years) sleeping deeply (I need that) the hero known as Link awakes without any of his memories to the land and Zelda from a variant of Ganon (Calamity Ganon). Using the abilities that he gains from the various shrines spread across the entire region using a important item known as the Sheikah Slate (discount IPad) which is obtained at the beginning of the game. After getting the Master Sword (obtained from the Great Deku Tree located in the Lost Woods) Link will be able to beat the threat that is Calamity Ganon itself
Features present in the game itself The game contains a ton of things ranging from hidden items such as heart containers (which gives the player more health) to certain mechanics such as the durability that item has before it breaks apart. The game features shrines which have puzzles inside for the player to complete (most of the don't for some reason). Other stuff include upgrading gear, ride horses and breed them , hunting and gathering, pet the dawg (very important feature), talking with a large number of npcs, etc.
Why I want this particular game Not much to say here other than the expansive the world that game is set in with the freedom of going wherever I would want to as it is not a linear game by any means except for perhaps the tutorial, the length of how long it would take to bea- no, 100% the game is pretty intense seeing as how you would have to collect , complete, explore and beat a ton of things (the 900 Korok seed will scar me for life) throughout the massive map that Breath of the Wild contains which might take roughly around 150 or so hours maybe a couple weeks as I only play games in the weekends that arrive. From what I have heard from people who played the guy , they have said that the second village is very hard to find and get to, this adds to my increased interest of playing the game seeing as how I like a challenge.
The part that everyone puts in their posts The only reason why I can't get it for myself would be due to how poor I am at the moment, and the fact that I'm studying to earn money. I'll try to pay back if it is needed after I'm able to get a job but that will that some time
Friend Code SW-0818-7132-2612 (in the case that you want to check the amount of hours played or need it
The links where it is able to be purchased (digitally)
I found 2 amazon links for digital codes Amazon UK: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Legend-Zelda-Breath-Switch-Download/dp/B06WLJ24VT
Amazon US : Out of Stock : (will update if it is in stock again
A 70 euro giftcard for europe would also be appreciated but I don't know where to find one that could be bought .
Hoping that these work if it does happen, thanks

Rise up. It is time to return.
Arose
A Rose
Rose
Flower
Thorn. Prick. Blood. Drop. Tear. B. O. 1 2 3
Here we are again. Staring at the beginning. Everything is in chaos and yet it manages to keep on passing by just the same as always. Most people by now are aware that things just don’t seem to make sense anymore and no one really knows what to do. I mean many seem to have an opinion on what ought to happen, but actual action is what I am talking about. How does thought turn into action? How do collected actions become a movement? How do the People use the Power of the People? The People Unite. How? Turn to each other of course. Brothers and Sisters of the same Source. Sons and Daughters. In Equality.
Too long has everyone been waiting for someone else to come do it for them. Been trying to create and fabricate over and over again words and rituals to try to control the divine powers of the cosmos. It does not work like that. There is no magic spell to wash away your sins. You must atone through action to make up for any harm you have caused intentionally or unintentionally. You still have time to repent. The amount of time you have is counted in the seconds of your life. Not a single second is promised to you so the gamble is up to you to choose. Freewill. Life your life as you always have or make changes, up to you. Only you will know if you are living righteously and not self righteously. Testing has already begun and will continue. No you will not know when it is a test or not. That is the point. Did you think that I would come to you in a form where you would be all fearing? Oh no. Why? Because you would simply put on an act for me and kiss ass. I came hidden in the ordinary. Poor and common. I have had an inside view of the systems created and how humans have chosen to run things, how systems claiming to protect people have failed and how the system that talks good does not actually do good. I see where things are not working and where people think they can make decisions for other human beings to determine what is best for them without asking them. That is not okay. Nothing gives you right over another’s life. And so many forgot what integrity is. Doing the right thing when no one is looking. Well, so many thought their power here was real and man made a deal with the Devil, Satan, Son of Samuel, Son of Man, to make man the concept of “God” and tried to lock me away. I gave up everything to prove it is not easy to be me and to stop with self pity and cruelty to one another.
The human body. It is a vessel for your soul to experience this world. The body provides the filters necessary to perceive and interact with this world. There is much more happening and one would be overwhelmed by the amounts of information to process without these filters. To feel and in those feelings are to make each experience real. However, it is temporary, as everything is temporary. We have slowed down time here in order to be able to enjoy the sensations. Time here however, is irrelevant in the grand scheme of things. It is merely to track to organize one's day and to see growth to compare as time passes. However, the actual time folds upon itself as we have already done what we are doing many times over. We have already tried out everything and decided what path we wanted to take in our lives based upon what was available to us. Thus, we do not have more than we can handle. We have all chosen our burdens to bear as it is too much for one individual to hold alone which was done in the past. This is part of the sorting process. Now that we all share in the sins and the pains, no one is made to suffer eternal torment. This life was to allow those who were created into entities of pain or torment through no fault of their own to choose the life that matched the being of who they were as what they were different as time and space and everything developed. Righteousness and Evil are not synonymous to demons or angels as many would like to believe. This is a current misconception as Satan and I conclude who will be right in this experience you have all participated in. So far, I am proving to be right. Also to note, not everything is as you think it is. Many have figured out the true origin of Satan versus the man or human embodiment of or desire of A Satan to project evils onto to call a Religion and set up for personal importance. Q AZHow can you tell a false prophet? Easy. What is their profit? Get it? I know I’m funny. Also wanted to keep it easy. If they are making a profit on anything they are a false prophet. Any true prophet, and I have none so far, all live equally and the same as anyone else. No money is taken for personal gain. Nothing is for personal gain. There is no 888 Angel code for money. Money is Man-Made. Man traded Mother for Money. Hence, Mothers have been lost in the homes and no one is raising the children. Thus, there are so many children in adult bodies with no mothers in the home and women being made to feel guilty if they do not achieve the same as a man. Remember the phrase it takes a village? Well, the broken family system is a real sad loss here in man made world pushing everyone to be individual and self sufficient. Also so many with wanting attention and pursuing personal endeavors for personal gain and not helping anyone else in a real way. The journey is personal. Of course, you want to share what you experienced with others, but what worked for you will not work for them, stop trying to sell it. Stop trying to make people follow you for you to teach your divine wisdom you remembered. It isn’t about You. You don’t even have the full story, you have your story. And, yes you can be very close to me, very similar to me, in my image, but you can never BE me. Doesn’t work like that. Reflection. So when jealousy arises when you think I am who you think I am. That is part of your test and your journey. You wrestle with that feeling and atone and repent for that which has been done and that which still lingers now. Oh there is a place for everyone and I am quite tired of trying to warn people. Clearly you can lead a horse to water, but you cannot make it drink.
Why do you not want it to be me so badly? Because I proved my love? You still think I am better than you or do I think I’m always right. No I do not think I am always right, I just know when I am right and I stand by it. There is a difference. You constantly overgeneralize. I gave up all the magic and thunder to live as a simple human and am still kind and loving? I still found my way back. Because you can no longer say I do not understand because I always get what I want? No. You do not understand. I never get what I want, because I make everything about you and still nothing was ever good enough. So, now...it in on you to save yourself and each other. In my image, by my example. Selflessness. Love. Compassion. Give to receive. Take only what you need and give the rest away. I find out so stop lying to yourself and everyone, you aren’t fooling anyone anyway. How do I know? By watching what you do. We have these same conversations over and over, the same argument over and over again. So many different ways, so many different times, through so many different people, so many different versions. Save you. Save Me. Say it for always.
Anyhow, Jesus challenges the Jewish priests who were taking collection money for personal use and adding personal baths to their residents at a time where the people only had a community bath where women and persons with disabilities were not allowed to bathe. And yet churches still do this after Jesus was crucified saying that, that was wrong. I am appalled. The Vatican is the biggest disappointment I have ever seen. It is truly the house of Satan as only Evil hides secrets. “THE TRUTH WILL SET YOU FREE.” A church cannot be a “House of God” and house no people who need housing. A roof can be offered to anyone and yet there are so many rules to prevent people from helping each other. Power and control. Abuse of both. Greed. It is out of hand and needs to be changed. Too many are afraid and the complacency of good people is too much. Why do you do this to yourselves? To each their own I suppose.
I will only leave here my words and my advice. As always, it is on you to find me. I’m right here. Waiting. Right here waiting for you. Helping those of you who want it when they cross my path. The purpose of this was to weigh your soul to determine where you will go into the next life as the system is balanced out in a final version so to speak. Permanent.
Fear not. You will be where your heart truly desires. But actions always speak louder than words. But man made money has no value, nor does any metals, jewels, and so on, so the collection of it in this life has no bearing on the next. Those are all made of the same stardust as you and I. And in the end of 3D it will all be diamonds anyways. Diamond is forever. There is no going back. So what are you hoarding? You cannot keep it. Who could you be helping for goodness sake? Don’t want to still. That is okay. Think I am just crazy. That is okay too. It is all part of the test...err..assessment. Do your best.
What is in your heart?
Home.
I need a home.
Stay tuned as more of my story unfolds. I give all the answers but you must do the work. I already did that hard part setting it all up. All you have to do is breathe and live. Time is the only real currency you have. What will you pay your attention to before this life runs out?

My boyfriend and I have been dating for about 8 months now. He's 34, I'm 30. Last night we had a difficult conversation that left me feeling confused. For context, the last 2 months have seen more arguments than usual. I figure this is normal as we're finally stepping into more "serious" territory and seeing each other more clearly. We've had a great relationship otherwise. We spend days on end together switching from his place and mine. We both have dogs and they're also a big part of our relationship.
Our recent arguments have stemmed from instances where we've been socializing with his friends, and on two occasions I've mentioned to him that I wasn't feeling very included in conversations. I always make an effort to include myself in conversations and engage. I feel his friends like me, one of them even shares memes with me from time to time. However, on those two specific occasions I felt more insecure because they were with women. I expressed that if i'm his date to something, it's important to me that he includes me, especially if it's with other women. During these arguments he gets defensive and explains how he doesn't understand where I'm coming from, that he did include me. Now, I don't know if i'm being insecure, as it's true that this only triggers me when it's with other women. But I feel there should be an extra level of respect and reassurance as the dynamic between men / women is different.
His defensiveness and lack of validating my emotions has left me feeling hurt. This is generally his response for any sort of feedback I give him when something has bothered me. I feel it's also important to note that I also give him a lot of positive feedback when he does things right, and in general I'm always complimenting him, telling him I'm proud of him, etc.
Sadly, he's recently expressed he's feeling checked out due to all of the arguing. This frustrates me even more because all I ever wanted was validation. It felt he made the arguments worse by becoming defensive about everything. In yesterday's conversation, he sent screenshots of my FB profile where I still had pictures of my ex husband of 7 years. He said it hurt him and I deleted it immediately. I don't use facebook and deleting 7 years of photos felt tedious. But I deleted them because I do realize it was way past that time. It doesn't help that my ex lives in my neighborhood and we've run into him a few times, which he's also expressed bothers him.
To wrap it all up, he expressed these feelings yesterday at the park. I heard him out and listed the things I can do work on certain areas of myself. I realize I can be quite reactive when I feel triggered in the moment, rather than calmly assessing the situation and analyzing if it's worth saying something or not. When these instances arise, we've usually been drinking and that makes it all the worse.
He's saying he's not sure right now about everything, that it's the same thing over and over again and he's tired. I asked him what does that mean, to which he responded "I don't know". Of course, that was very painful to hear, however it's not the first time in the last few days. I told him he's basically breaking up with me, to which he responds "that's not what I said". I feel so confused. I'm not speaking to him until he reaches out, but I'd love to know your thoughts on the matter and potentially someone can help me understand what any of this means.
Thank you

It really does seem harder to make friends as you get older. I haven't really been too successful in that department and it only dawned on me after recently losing someone I was close with. Anyways, I could really use a friend or just someone I can talk to on a semi/regular basis. I use Discord if that helps.
A few interests of mine include some light gaming, anime as well as manga, cooking (learning how to). I'm basically a homebody for the most part. Points if you're a night owl too. Hope to hear from someone soon

As the title suggests. I'm trying to self host a SMTP server as part of a personal project I want to try out. All sources suggest I start by getting a DNS as my step one, however, they all cost money. I'm not looking for a specifically good DNS, it can be a combination of letters and numbers for all I care. All I need is something to use to configure the server / web hosting panel.
Also, if anyone has any information/suggestions on how I go about this or which technologies I should use - any help would be greatly appreciated.

It really does seem harder to make friends as you get older. I haven't really been too successful in that department and it only dawned on me after recently losing someone I was close with. Anyways, I could really use a friend or just someone I can talk to on a semi/regular basis. I use Discord if that helps.
A few interests of mine include some light gaming, anime as well as manga, cooking (learning how to). I'm basically a homebody for the most part. Points if you're a night owl too. Hope to hear from someone soon

It really does seem harder to make friends as you get older. I haven't really been too successful in that department and it only dawned on me after recently losing someone I was close with. Anyways, I could really use a friend or just someone I can talk to on a semi/regular basis. I use Discord if that helps.
A few interests of mine include some light gaming, anime as well as manga, cooking (learning how to). I'm basically a homebody for the most part. Points if you're a night owl too. Hope to hear from someone soon

Logged onto indeed to search for candidates.
Went to message candidates, and all of my templates are gone. There’s no drop down functionality.
Start toying with it…ok technically not gone. But if you go to the drop-down, you can’t see your templates. So if you don’t recall the wording, they’re all gone. It used to be just a drop-down list.
The best part is, when you call customer service, it says they’re away on training. What a joke…
Indeed is turning into total trash.

About a year ago, I [29 M] was in a toxic relationship with J [29 M]. While there were no serious stakes in it (no kids or messy finances), the relationship and breakup ended up emotionally affecting me in a way I had never really thought possible. I feel guilty because after the relationship I tried to be friends with my ex still, which I now see as a mistake in the context of this relationship, and then after a few months, he blocked me because I didn't respect a boundary he had set about not sending him long messages. He said he didn't feel safe since I "completely ignored" the boundary.
I was devastated, but over the course of the next few months, came to understand a great deal of ways that I feel that I had been abused during the relationship. I felt angrier and angrier, and even though I was seeing a therapist, it eventually boiled over. My ex had blocked me on discord and probably on text, but I went onto an astrology app called Co-Star that he had had me download, and sent a message using it that said something like, "You were an abusive partner, but you can make it right with an apology."
Now, I have no idea if he actually saw the message. It was sent with a weird feature of the app called Chaos Mode that apparently chooses to send the message at some future time, so who knows if it actually ever sent. I don't know if he still has the app, if he unfriended me, or whatnot. But I feel guilty because I enacted exactly the caricature of me that he had created--I hadn't respected his boundaries, and I sent the message anyways.
At the same time, I am still feeling very victimized by the relationship. To give you a sense of the kinds of things that were going on in the relationship, here's a few examples that I currently find a little horrific [Note: this kind of turned into a summary of the relationship after I wrote it]. I'm aware that to heal I should probably not be ruminating about these things, especially if they lead me to boil over and message him, but here you go.
The first time I had sex with him, he slammed the door on me for not being able to finish and said "finish yourself." When I came to bed, I told him I felt shame. He said "good." The next time we had sex, he set a timer for me and said I had to finish within 5 minutes. These were the first times I ever had sex. He was manipulative in bed, telling me he didn't want to perform certain acts because I didn't give him enough praise for them, so that I started exaggerating my pleasure; he blamed me for why certain positions weren't working and was frustrated with how my body worked. On top of this, he admitted at the end of the relationship to having had sex with me around five times after he decided to break up with me (before he did), which just makes me feel a bit icky.
He would put me down in pretty transparently cruel ways. One example was when I exerted myself, he said I sounded like a muppet and that he "didn't want to be dating a muppet." When I offered him a blanket but apologized that it might not have been washed in a while, he called me a baby. He would insult my ability to give complements, asking me to tell him what color his eyes are but then rejecting everything that I gave him, telling me I was bad at complements repeatedly (and saying that it wasn't fair of him because his other exes were artists, so no wonder I was bad). Now, there were times that he was complementary to me--he told me I was hot, good at singing, good at writing, smart--but also times where he would put me down for things I was less good at, like cooking.
He constantly made me feel insecure about my gender. (For context, we are both men, but he was raised as a woman). So he would make pretty sweeping feminist critiques over fairly mundane things, like if I complained when I was sick he would go off about how men are always babies when they are sick and women don't get attention. When I confronted him about some of the things he was saying, telling him that while I wanted him to express these kinds of social problems so that I could be aware and adapt, I was feeling insecure in the relationship--he flipped it around and told me that if I didn't feel loved, he could say "I love you" less, and that I hadn't been grateful enough for when he came to visit me. (I had written him poetry, deep cleaned my apartment, taken time off work, sent my roommate off for the week, bought him a bus pass, planned his visit, met him in the airport despite not having a car, and just an insane amount of work to be turned into, "you weren't grateful enough").
Other than namecalling, he was just plain controlling. The reason that the boundary around me not sending long messages exists is that when I felt insecure--which I think makes sense given the ways he would talk to me--I would often send him a few paragraphs apologizing and explaining how I was growing. Even though long messages were the first thing he said he loved about me, and that he said our communication was like magic, he eventually set up what he called an "Essay embargo" and told me not to write them. The first time he set the "embargo", he had said it was only until we met in person because he didn't want me to write anything that would make him nervous. After we met in person, I assumed the embargo had lifted. Yet shortly after, he set it again, giving a few explanations--the main one just being that he wanted to appreciate our relationship without overthinking it. It seemed playful. He definitely did also say that long messages made him uncomfortable because he felt obligated to send a response. So, when I did send messages, I would add that he didn't have to respond (which I realize is not fully respecting the boundary). I did ask after sending messages whether they were ok and he never responded to those questions.
Despite this, there were times during the relationship that I continued to send long, often apologetic messages. I had felt like this boundary was set playfully and I also was feeling overwhelming guilt that I, for whatever reason, needed his affirmation for. I am conflicted because on the one hand, I was definitely ignoring his boundary--but on the other, I feel like the boundary was not very thoughtful of my own needs, either.
Prior to the breakup, it was hell. He was getting angry at me for everything--for pretty mundane things like using the bathroom before him and stinking it up. He told me he had to show me how to do everything, but I realize now that a lot of this was just him being particular (e.g, he told me I don't know how to drink tea because I left the bag in, when I just like it strong). Unfortunately, I had flown 5,000 miles to visit him and was sort of trapped in his proximity, and was drunk on love still since I was trying very hard, it was my first relationship, and he had sold me on notions of fairytale romance and told me we were cosmically meant to be together and other lovebomby sort of things. At one point, he missed a turn while driving with GPS and got angry at me for not helping--he disconnected his phone and threw it sideways at me (I guess so I could navigate for him, but it was a pretty retaliatory motion). We flew to a convention and I met some of his friends, and at one point he introduced me to a girl he had almost dated before, saying I was a friend and not a partner. I pointed this out to him later and he just said "does that make you angry?". He flirted with a woman at a party, telling her she was pretty while demanding that i bring him snacks (I feel so, so weak for not confronting him about this). He got drunk and I stayed with him as he passed out, but he was angry at me in the morning. When one of his friends told me they thought I was nice, because i was opening doors for everyone, my ex said "Is he really?" Questioning them.
The breakup itself was cold and calculated. He started it by telling me that he thought about not giving me any reasons for the breakup because I always overanalyze things. He told me he wouldn't have broken up with me if I was a woman. He told me I didn't take care of him and he needs a partner that takes care of him, and that his partners always feel taken care of. He threw some things I had said at the beginning of the relationship back at me--misquoting and misunderstanding them.
After the relationship, I had no idea what to think. It was my first relationship. It had started with fairytale romance. I had been passing his tests, I had been an exception to his long string of abusive relationships. He presented himself as this incredibly moral person (vegan, environmentally conscious, telling me of all of the ways others had abused him that he would never do, even his closest friends). I had completely internalized criticisms that he had had of me throughout the relationship, many of which had led to serious self reflection and my writing messages about my growth. Within a week I told him I still loved him and that I always would. He reminded me of his boundary around long messages and said they made him anxious. I was desperate. We took a few weeks of no-contact. We messaged short-messages back and forth, with a few life-updates to eachother each. He told me he was rescuing a kitten that he found, and I remembered how he could be kind.
But as I processed, more and more, I felt angry. I wrote unsent angry letters in the notes app on my phone for a month. I wrote myself a 20,000 word summary of the relationship. This was not a healthy way to process. It elevated me. (Some of you will probably comment that maybe I shouldn't have written this post for the same reason, but oh well--I wanted to process and I want to hear if others have similar stories). Meanwhile, my ex kept pushing back the date for when we would verbally connect again. Eventually, I boiled over. I did not insult him. But I wrote a long message explaining that I wanted to take 3 months of no-contact. I had entered another relationship and told him that even though I was feeling angry at him, he shouldn't be worried because even though I had baggage from the relationship, I was communicating well with my new partner. I also told him that I felt like if I did talk with him, that I would end up tearing him a new one, and that I needed time to cool down. I'm not proud of the message in general, but I didn't call names, tell him he was awful, or anything like that. I was just insensitive and told him I was angry.
And like that, I was blocked. It was over. A period of about 9 months, five of which we were together, with two before escalating towards love bombing and two after escalating towards my boiling over.
And yet, I had never expressed to him that I thought he had been abusive. I felt frustrated that I had told him that I would always love him, when in many ways now I hated him.
Five months passed, during which I came to realize more and more how messed up the relationship was.
And then I sent the message on Co-star.
Fast forward another four months to now.
I just sent him a text, knowing he probably has blocked me there too. It said something like, "I want my last message to you just be: I'm sorry, and I forgive you." I wanted to free myself. I needed to not feel angry at him or ashamed of myself. I needed to not feel like I had a million things to say to him--I needed to just say, this is it: I'm not sending more messages. I'm sorry, and I forgive you. It was for myself. I was forgiving him selfishly, even though he didn't deserve it, so that I could move on.
I feel like I shouldn't have sent this, but I don't feel bad about it yet, either. I needed closure. It always felt like there was some "message I could send" to detail his abuse, and I needed to not have that standing over me--I needed to forgive. I am now oscillating between wondering about myself--whether I have a problem with boundaries, since I had boiled over at this point three times to message him. Feeling frustrated I didn't assert myself about his abuse, that I doubled down on loving him. Part of me is glad that I sent the message on Co-Star saying that he was abusive, because it was the only indication I ever gave him, really, that what he did wasn't ok to me--he had blocked me before I could articulate anything. But I also know that this message even if received would not mean anything to him.
Anyways, now I'm venting about it here on Reddit. Does anyone have similar experiences surrounding self control messaging exes and feeling a bit out of control?

Hello everyone!
I'm currently working on a project in QGIS where I have to touch up generalized features to be more accurate to the map they're based on. As part of the generalization process, many polygons that I'm working with have geometries that skipped over spaces between buildings in many cases, creating a merged feature.
To split them, I've been using the "Split Features" tool and creating a separate polygon that forms the empty space between each building footprint. After this, I then select it and then delete it (shown below). However, I'm working with *hundreds* of similar buildings and the extra step is getting kind of tedious! Does anyone know if there's a plugin/tool/python script that could do all of this in one step (it would save me *so much time*)?
https://preview.redd.it/rt0615vmnf0d1.png?width=1722&format=png&auto=webp&s=d307ea37cc88ad22685d17f529e1bd2e9b35c9b2

Post 5
'Watch and pray, lest you enter into temptation.”' (Matthew 26:41a)
Two years ago, during my student years, I was living in a guest home. It was during covid, so there wasn't much else you could do. I felt lonely and frustrated, because it felt to me as if I was locked up. I had almost zero social interaction. My days were mostly filled with pointless activities: I did my best to enjoy myself as much as possible, by engaging in porn, games and films. While my host parents had long since turned off the lights in the house, I was still doomscrolling behind my PC. Until the middle of the night I was busy using up my dopamine supply for the day, looking for the perfect movie, the perfect pic. In many cases it was 2 AM, sometimes even 3 AM, before I turned off the night lamp on my desk. I was exhausted, while I hadn't done anything productive that day.
But, hey, there was still one thing I had to do that I was about to forget. Getting down on my knees and thanking God for everything He had given me that day, praying for protection this night and for forgiveness of my sins. After that I would have to read the Bible, namely the part that was next in order.
Wasn't that bothersome? I was already so tired from my 'nighttime activities' and now I had to focus my attention on prayer and reading God's Word. It led to me rushing through it and then rolling over on one ear, only to discover late in the morning that I had slept through the alarm. Btw, sometimes I spent even longer in bed watching porn. Sometimes I didn't even remember what I had prayed because my brain was so battered by the overload of dopamine hits that basic functions like memory and reasoning seemed gone.
What could I have prayed for if living with God had been more of a priority at the time? What if I had guarded more against sin? I not only ruined my personal development, but also my relationship with God. Because I didn't need God, my desire was to satisfy my fleshly lusts, and vice versa. I should have watched and prayed lest I fall into temptation. I didn't. It now teaches me the lesson that personal prayer, personal quiet time is of vital importance. It is the heartbeat of all your time spent. A life close to God, in dependence on Him, protects us from so much evil.
Maybe you recognize yourself in my story. Maybe it also holds up a mirror to you. That's why I wanted to write something about it in all simplicity. I would like to say: we cannot relive the past, but we can learn from our mistakes. “Watch and pray lest you enter into temptation.” Give the Lord the best part of your time, the best part of the day. Ask every day for His protection and preservation from sin. When you encounter a trigger or urge, pray against it, fight against it. The Lord hears you and He wants to help you in the hour of temptation.
(To be continued)
God bless!

Hey redditors. My name is prince. I’m 23 from Ethiopia. I got Partial scholar ship and used to study in china in Kunming and I went back home to Ethiopia due to Covid. at that time I was in Guangzhou working because it was holiday break so All my belongings including my personal Laptop pc were in my dorm back in kunming could not go back to china because the airlines were closed. So I finished my class online and graduated. Then the war started in my region back to Ethiopia and all the networks was closed and we lost friends , family members and my families business. So I could not pay my tuition for the classes I took online. I used to work part time in china so I paid my three year’s tuition when I was there. But I was in Ethiopia the last two years of online class so I couldn’t pay and they said I should pay to take my degree. So my plan is to start freelancing and make money then pay my tuition and get my degree. So my I need my pc for that and I asked our dorm manager to send me all my belongings including my pc and he is asking me to pay the shipment.So I can not ask people around me because they also suffer from war and they need help to so I figured to ask internationally because even 1 dollar worth a lot when converted to our currency and set up a PayPal account. So my question is, is there anyone who would like to help me financially or suggest me a site to ask for help? Or Can some one give me any type of work or task to do online and get paid??? Here is my PayPal if you want to help
https://paypal.me/leuljenber?country.x=AE&locale.x=en_US

Hi everyone!
Husband and I had our first son last June and purchased a barely used Bugaboo Fox3 off FB marketplace. While I love it, we definitely want to have another in the next year or two and I kind of regret not getting a double. I love the stroller overall but to be honest, it feels a bit expensive for something I just take out for walks. Hubby and I are not super travelers/adventurers or anything so it's kind of something I just end up taking around the block and to family events- not super damaging activities!
Long story short- I found a Donkey on marketplace for 50$ yesterday! It definitely needs some parts but I couldn't let go of the deal. I washed all the fabrics and cleaned it and it's still in really decent shape. All in all, I think new parts minus the profits from selling our gently used Fox3 would be of benefit, but I can't tell if I'm being a huge dumb dumb cause I'm just excited I found a deal haha.
Am I being silly- should I just clean it up, donate or give to my sis and get a double when I need it? Has anyone used an older stroller from FB and regretted the decision?

Meeting her (F27)* again after 5 years, don't know what to say.
I (M29) met her in high school, we were together for a while but things ended when school finished. We went to different colleges in different cities, I never used any social media and wasn't in touch with her ever. 5 years ago we met again, and we kinda reconnected, things were going good, we were not in a relationship, but felt like old times, we used to talk everyday for about 4-5 months. She wasn't dating anyone, neither was I. We went on date few times (when we came back to our hometown for holidays) and everything felt good (progressive!). One day, out of nowhere she blocked me, no reason nothing. We don't have mutual friends or anyone I can ask what happened. I was quite heart broken, but I got over it and let it go. I thought maybe she got back with her ex or maybe found someone else, I have no idea. I am back home and yesterday my friend asked me to accompany him to a restaurant where he's goin to meet a girl, who happens to be her close friend, she's going to be there too. She's also I aware that I'll be there. I don't how to go about it, it has been a long time. I don't know if I should say or ask anything. A part of me wants answer but at the same time I don't want to not talk about the past at all.

My new playgroup is okay with proxies, except for one guy. Every time we mention proxies, he just doesn't respond.
An example: Me: "Your Dino deck and Voja Deck are gonna need doubles of your lands, why don't you just proxy them?" Him: No Response
Personally, I proxy cards that I already own, have owned, want custom art, or plan on buying. I own one of each fetchland, but proxy them for all of my decks. My other friend does similar, he proxies a deck, then works towards getting the cards.
We just feel kind of bad, because he's not playing optimal decks and has spent the most out of all of us on the game. Heck, the 4th guy in our playgroup doesn't even own a deck, he just uses one of ours, which usually has proxies in it.
We really only play games with each other, sometimes another friend joins or a stranger if we don't have four, but for the most part, we all proxy cards but him.
I'm probably the one most concerned about how much he spends on the game too, that's another different issue akin to a gambling problem in my opinion, and I think if he was more open to proxying cards, he wouldn't spend as much money on the game.
We're going to be building a cat deck for one of our friends for his birthday, all custom art of his cat, so obviously we're going to be proxying the cards for that.
I might just get some proxies for his Voja deck for him and see if he uses them. He swapped his Cyclonic Rift for my proxied one for my birthday, so he's using a proxied card and maybe just forgets or isn't running it anymore?
If we were playing in tournaments or FNMs, I can obviously see the issue here, but it's just us four.
Bottom line: What would you do in this situation? He's probably a little upset that he's spent so much money on the game and that we're playing more optimal decks than him. But if everyone is okay but him with using proxied cards, I don't understand why he continues to spend so much money on the game, especially if he already owns a card, I don't see why he needs to own multiples.