Hi all. I live in NYC in the midtown area and for lunch walks I take my anxious dog (he is 12 pounds) to the Hudson River Park. He enjoys going there to sniff and explore.
At the park there are always homeless people there but today was horrible. It was an influx of homeless people, strange characters, and mentally disturbed people including a man in a gas mask walking around erratically who scared my dog. This was at 11am. It is not even that nice out today. It is cloudy and in the 60s. I had to cut the walk short because I was feeling uncomfortable. Crime has been up in the city and recently there have been a lot of attacks of people getting randomly punched in broad daylight. I just didn't feel safe there today.
I vented to my mom and she told me to stop going to the park. She has voiced her concern about this a couple of times and said she wishes I would walk somewhere else.
My dog enjoys going to the park but I don't want to be stressed out and feel unsafe. He is a small dog and he could get hurt, too. I don't want him being more nervous than he already is.
Do I just stick to my block from now on? I don't know what to do. My dog is nervous outside but when it is warm weather he likes to stay out and will pull a certain way so I am unsure how to make a compromise if I eliminate going to the park.

Hello! I think this is my first time posting in this subreddit, I wasn’t sure which flair fit best between the advice and altar flair, I can change it if need be!
The past couple of days I’ve been seeing a lot of people posting about their pocket/hidden altars, particularly on the Hellenism subreddit. A lot of the posts I’ve been seeing include the little altars being made/housed inside mint or altoid containers and are painted and filled with items related to the deity it’s been made for. I’m someone who doesn’t really have space to have altars set up (my room is really small so not a lot of free space) but I like the idea of having these smaller altars that I could carry around with me if I wanted and I could potentially keep them together in one space.
The only thing is, because I have very little experience making tradition altars, I’m not quite sure where to start if I wanted to make a pocket altar. I have a growing collection of crystals I’ve been keeping and 9 times out of 10 the crystals I buy has some connection to a deity I like (ie. I get natural carnelian for Hermes, Amethyst for Dionysus, fire agate/labradorite for Loki, etc) which I have thought about including in one of these. However, I’m not quite sure where to start on decorating the inside or what things I could/should include aside from crystals or perhaps charms/symbols.
I’m open to any advice or suggestions that anyone is willing to share, I’m always looking learn more about altar making and such since I’ve only recently started looking into it!
P.S; I decided to post on here rather that in the Hellenism subreddit (where I’ve been seeing these altars the most) because I look towards both the Greek and Norse pantheons and I’m unsure how different altars are between the two.
Thank you to anyone who’s willing to share their thoughts and suggestions!

Market cap

A lot comes down to the market cap for me, it needs to be low enough, so that there is enough upside available to push the market cap up higher. As when the market cap is too big I find it can often be harder to push the market cap up significantly without the big buys coming in. This isn’t always the case however.

Waiting

Often I wait quite a while for the right time to buy. I look at trending meme coins on Dexscreener. I wait for the price to drop to a low enough entry, usually this is where there is a lot less interest in the meme coin and the big bags have already dumped. I like to see around the $10,000 market cap level or less. Of course this depends on a lot of other factors.

Socials

I like to see socials that have a lot of activity in promoting the meme coin. Such as on Telegram if they have have raids where they get Telegram group subscribers to like, retweet and comment their posts on X. This can help with algorithms on X to get the word out there about the meme coin. So it could potentially bring in more buyers for the meme coin.

Community Takeover

I am also keeping an eye if on Dexscreener the meme coin states about a Community Takeover as that signals to me that there is potential. So long as the community takeover is legitimate of course. As long as there isn’t big holders, or developers with big bags that can dump at anytime. I look at the holders tab on Dexscreener to check for this.

Meme

The meme needs to be something that is relatable to a lot of people, it may be current events, a popular or well known idea. It varies a lot what it could be. I tend to look for themes that have had success reaching big market caps from small market caps in the past. I like a meme theme that will retain relevancy over time.
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Not looking for medical advice, just personal experience.
Kiddo is 4.5. Autistic +/- ADHD (not official bc of age), SPD, anxiety (noted by OT and during neuropsych eval); possibly gifted; highly masked in public.
We started floortime OT last summer to address sensory concerns. One of their first observations was that he is anxious (generally hyper aware of his surroundings and any small change such as the AC kicking off, a fluorescent light gently flickering, people walking in the hallway, etc. disturbs him). They have been pushing for us to pursue medication and after many months we finally got in with a psychiatrist (not many options in our area and even fewer willing to see such a young kiddo). Said psychiatrist did not rx him any meds because he presented very typically during his eval and basically told me the risk would most likely outweigh benefit at this point (given his age and lack of “extreme” behavioral concerns). Of note: his pediatrician didn’t feel comfortable writing an rx/managing an SSRI for us either because it’s off label at 4 and she said she just wasn’t well versed in their use at this age (which I fully respect someone knowing their limits). We are to follow up in 2 months with psychiatry and will reevaluate at that time. I of course communicated to the doctor that his behavior in clinic was not indicative of how he is at home.
OT is not pleased that he was refused medication. They keep telling me that they have clients as young as 2 who are medicated and that they see such a beneficial change in these kids. Their main concern at this time is that we can relatively easily get to a regulated point but we cannot maintain regulation for a meaningful amount of time… which then impedes making further progress in other areas. I don’t necessarily disagree with them, but I also feel like they are pushing really hard to get him medicated but can’t offer me a solid suggestion on a doctor to see who would be willing to try meds right off the bat.
So anyway… for anyone who has had a very young child (thinking 4-5 year old) medicated using SSRIs, what were the key indicators that led to those meds being prescribed? Once prescribed what kinds of improvements/changes did you notice in your child?

I've come to make an announcement; The Antimango is a bitch ass motherfucker, he pissed on my fucking wife. Thats right, he took his heretical mango hating dick out and he pissed on my fucking wife, and he said his dick was "This big" and I said that's disgusting, so I'm making a callout post on my twitter dot com, Antimango, you've got a small dick, it's the size of this mango seed except WAY smaller, and guess what? Here's what my dong looks like: PFFFT, THAT'S RIGHT, BABY. ALL POINTS, NO HERESY, NO PILLOWS. Look at that, it looks like two balls and a bong. He fucked my wife so guess what? I'm gonna fuck the Earth. THAT'S RIGHT THIS IS WHAT YOU GET, MY SUPER LASER PISS! Except I'm not gonna piss on the earth. I'm gonna go higher. I'M PISSING ON THE MOON! HOW DO YOU LIKE THAT, NAO? I PISSED ON THE MOON YOU IDIOT! YOU HAVE 23 HOURS BEFORE THE PISS DROPLETS HIT THE FUCKING EARTH NOW GET OUT OF MY SIGHT BEFORE I PISS ON YOU TOO.

Hi friends! After spending my 20's traveling frequently and living in primarily HCOL big cities, I'm looking to move to one location and start settling down into a peaceful and quiet existence, with the hope to find a sense of community and a partner as well.
I would love to hear your opinions about where I should settle down based on that as well as the following criteria:

• Warm weather most of the year, mild winters (I can handle 100+ weather but I'm a wimp in the cold)
• Easy access to nature (beach, woods, prairies, lakes, mountains, desert, anything like this)
• Small town feel but within an hour of a city (not completely rural)
• Sense of community and people looking out for each other
• Dog-friendly (I have a Jack Russell Terrier)
• Cultural diversity (I grew up in SF; I can't imagine not being surrounded by other cultures)

For reference, two places I have loved spending time in: Sonora, CA and Burbank, CA. I also really liked Seattle but I've never been there in the winter, and I highly doubt I could mentally survive how dark it gets in the winter.
Perhaps I'm searching for a unicorn; please don't be snarky if you feel that's the case. It's also okay if your recommendations don't perfectly match what I've listed here; I really want to learn about as many options as possible. No geographical locations are necessarily off-limits, but I don't really see myself settling in the midwest or northeast due to the aversion to cold. TIA!
Lastly, if anyone out there has figured out a way to live semi-nomadically and still have a sense of community wherever you go, please do share how you make that work! I've considered spending summers in Seattle/Idaho/Montana area and winters in SoCal but I am ultimately craving stability and routine and I worry moving twice a year would upend that.

Hello everyone, like most of you, I'm big fan of the Homeworld series. Though unlike most of you, I wasn't introduced to it as a child, but rather as a young adult to the modern remakes. I'm not a native English speaker, so please forgive me if I say something that isn't idiomatic, but I'll try my best.
With the release of Homeworld 3, the initial response from fans doesn't look good. While I haven't played the game or watched much of it, I'm not here to complain about it.
Assuming that the game isn't as good as fans wished, then I've been thinking that .... old franchises are simply used as a platform for funding in order to try to get more fans, rather than actually releasing a game to satisfy pre-existing fans.
Take old game X, with fans starving for a sequel, and then create a new game promising many things. Fans pre-order and generate hype for you, and while they're doing that you're making sure your game is dumbed down to attract new, more fans, rather than risk placating to the existing fan base. You probably have enough games you've played in the past, only to watch their sequels crash and burn.
You could chalk it up to classic greed, and we could probably end it there, but I'd like to add that ... Perhaps, the economics of creating another faithful Homeworld or sequel to loved series "X" doesn't quite make financial sense.
I'd like to elaborate on that: Don't forget that the cost of an AAA game, despite inflation, has stayed more or less the same the past few decades, and nobody can deny that games offer great ROI in terms of how little they cost to how many hours of fun they can get you. But the reason why they stayed the same cost is because the playerbase grew over the years, developers that found ways to cater to new players stay afloat because they can sell a game for the same price over the years.
You can see how this relates to some failed remakes. Sequels may not strictly be all about creating a good sequel that original fans want, but more about having a playerbase to build on rather than risking the creation of game completely from scratch.
I am not a game developer, but I am a programmer, and one of the things I've read from one of my favourite engineer and entrepreneur, Joel Spolsky, is the Five Worlds article (You don't have to read all of itit): https://www.joelonsoftware.com/2002/05/06/five-worlds/
In there, Joel talks about the various types of companies you can work for and how their business model reflects your engineering standards and priorities, he talks about various types, but one of them is Gaming, and within, says the following:

Games are unique for two reasons. First, the economics of game development are hit-oriented. Some games are hits, many more games are failures, and if you want to make money on game software you recognize this and make sure that you have a portfolio of games so that the blockbuster hit makes up for the losses on the failures. This is more like movies than software.
The bigger issue with the development of games is that there’s only one version. Once your users have played through Duke Nukem 3D, they are not going to upgrade to Duke Nukem 3.1D just to get some bug fixes and new weapons. With some exceptions, once somebody has played the game to the end, it’s boring to play it again. So games have the same quality requirements as embedded software and an incredible financial imperative to get it right the first time. Shrinkwrap developers have the luxury of knowing that if 1.0 doesn’t meet people’s needs and doesn’t sell, maybe 2.0 will.

The key word here is hit oriented. All game developers like BBI, rely on hit games to generate actual revenue. They'll make a few shit games at a loss, but one of them will generate so much profit that it'll cover up the losses from other games.
TL;DR The idea that they can keep making faithful sequels to successful games isn't economically feasible because of small fanbase sizes, and a game price that doesn't reflect the current cost of living. Therefore, the only way to make financially successful sequels are to placate to a wider audience to try to get a hit game. Or fail and try making a different game so that one hits instead.

I took Clarythromicyn for an infection from March 30th to April 3rd and then took Flucloxacillin for another infection from April 19th to 24th. First one gave me crazy diarrhoea and second one only fatigue but nothing crazy. For about 2 weeks now since a few days after my last flucloxacillin dose I’ve had intense stomach pain on and off (usually lasts about 2 hours a couple of times a day) and constipation like I’ve never had before (I still manage to go about once a day or every other day but it’s a torture and it’s only very small amount and don’t exactly make me feel relieved). I’m wondering if this is normal as I know antibiotics messes up your guts especially so much in such little time but what can I do to get some relief and get my guts to go back to normal? How long will it take ? I have been taking probiotics and have been eating very healthy and lots of fiber but it does not seem to help so far (although I’m sure it’d be even worse if I didn’t do this)

Hey everyone! I've been playing for just under a year and until very recently had no understanding how important the right amp is. I started out on a fender mustang Lt 25 combo, which has been great to learn the instrument and play with some built in effects. I still know very little about the giant world of amps, but I'll do my best to describe what I'm looking for.
I'm chasing an amp that provides a little more "personality"? Something that sounds closer to the iconic classic rock tone. I almost always play with some sort of overdrive, so I'd love an amp that adds to that thick, gritty sound. I only have plans to be a bedroom guitarist (in an apartment) so I'm definitely not after anything insanely loud.
From the small amount of research I've done, it looks like the amps I'm after are $1000 Marshall tube amps, and as much as I'd like to, I can't make that happen. All I want is to play something that sounds decent for my myself. Thank you for your time and the read!

I'm mostly a PC gamer, and for the longest time I played Festival on my keyboard. It made sense. One key for each track, using both hands. But I was running out of space on my hard drive for other stuff, so I uninstalled Fortnite and started playing on my PS5 instead. I feel like I'm playing a completely different game now. I'm flubbing so many notes I would usually hit. I can still get 4 or 5 stars or around 95% on expert, but I can't keep a combo to save my life because I miss the tiniest mistake because the button slips, or I hit up on the d-pad instead of left or whatever.
I've tried both control schemes, I've tried different grips. Nothing just feels as natural and I'm considering going back to my Keyboard. Anyone have any tips on how to play or set up the controls to make it better?

I don't even know where to start, there is a huge amount of information that I wanted to share with you here.Let's start with perhaps the most common types of fraud.Theft of your credit and debit cards.There are several ways that you can part with your money from your cards.But where do the scammers get this data from?
The most common ways are
--You got to a phishing payment link,e-commerce
--Leakage of your data from the sites where you made the payment
--You have brought virus software to your PC by downloading a malicious file from an unknown source (Internet, flash card)
--You have got to a phishing site for authorization of an apple, Google, Samsung account, etc.
Now in order
You wanted to buy a product online on an unfamiliar site at a very attractive price.Despite the fact that the site inspires confidence, has an SSL certificate, the correct legal address, a beautiful domain name and other parameters, this is not an indicator of its reliability.After making a purchase, you will even receive a receipt for the cost and delivery time to your email address.And you are happy that you have saved a lot of money, keep going about your daily business. Next, it all depends on the methods of debiting funds from your bank card. It will be used either almost immediately or a little later.
The case is as follows. You regularly purchase any goods over the Internet in a local or large online store.For ease of use, your card and billing address are stored in these stores.Hackers study the attack vectors on these stores, exploit the vulnerability and gain access to the database of stores where you previously purchased goods.Your card data is usually encrypted, but not always, there are also methods for decrypting this data.This is how your card data gets to the attackers.
Do you like free software, movies and games downloaded from Torrent and unofficial sites?
Then the malefactor is already in your computer.There is a huge amount of malware for PCs on both Windows and macOS.All this malware has different tasks.We will focus on the stillers class for example.Stiller is a malicious software that extracts all information from your PC and sends it to an attacker.I will list only some parameters and data that stiller can extract, these are:versions of all software installed on the PC,IP address,time zones,keyboard layouts,fonts,autofill of any browser,cookies,hardware wallets and much, much more.As a rule, your credit cards, which browsers keep so carefully, are located in the autocomplete lines.All other information such as billing can also be extracted from the log taken from your PC.
The most insidious way - these are phishing authorization sites.I'll give you a simple example: your iCloud ran out of storage space, and you wanted to buy additional space in the cloud.You logged into safari on your iPhone and entered an icloud request.You click on the first link in the search results, this is what everyone would do, even me.This link was an advertisement, but the domain was original, the ORIGINAL CARL!!!Next, you are redirected to an icloud-type authorization page icloud.scamdomen.com you enter your login details, you are asked to enter a confirmation code on your device, you confirm, that's all.You can say goodbye to your Apple ID and iCloud for at least a month, because hackers will get into your apple ID, delete your devices, change your password and phone number.And then they start using your information, connected payment methods, viewing your photos and videos, studying your notes, applications, and so on.As a result, Apple ID support will restore your Apple ID, but only after a month.
Now we have looked at the most popular ways to steal your data, in my next posts I will try to analyze each category separately so that you better understand how to protect yourself. Now let's talk about the safety recommendations.I understand that half of what I'm going to say is actually corny, and you know it without me, but nevertheless, it works and provides you with protection.
-Do not use the same password on different services
-Do not specify your first name, last name, date of birth in the password
-Use at least 12 characters in the password, using special characters
-If possible, use only prepaid cards with a known balance to pay at unfamiliar stores/locations
-If possible, do not use the standard autofill functions for usernames and passwords on a PC and smartphone, use only specialized applications in which you can install two-step verification.
-If possible, use a two-step verification
-Use only licensed software
-Install and use antivirus software on your computer and smartphone
-Do not download files to your computer and smartphone from unknown sources
I would like to end this post with this, I hope this information will be useful for you.Take care of yourself and your loved ones!

It is a loooong story buy basically i am 30, have no job , hate my life and have since teen years, gay always liked guys who would never even look at me, hate gay dating pool tiny so i have no chance, hate how society works, been on anti depressants for years, after abusive father violently kicked me out, been living with my mother who wants to kick me out now cause i havent worked in 4 years, nor look for work, i will explain why in a moment. And i am mentally somewhat ok, when i am just doing hobbies, my mother has alreadt banned internet from me and locks the computer room door, today she explodes coming home we cannot communicate all she says is "when are you going to get a job, i need to see a therapist cause now cause of you, i am almost 65 at the end of my life you are so selfish you cant just ger yr own wings and fly away to start your own life"
Now here is the thing, i believe i must be autistic or something like it, cause ive always dealt with many social awkwardness and fears in school, on the street or on occassion i can be polite etc and talkative but for the most part, id love socializing but ive been bulliee, backstabbed, just always had such shitty stressful people around me, from my abusive father, my overly anxious mother whose anxiety was pushed onto me, being gay has been shit for me, i just want to be left alone to enjoy music and my photography hobbies etc, but cant..
I hate the city i live in, i was bullied here, badly that i have ptsd, spoken to therapists etc no change, i have seen 5 diff ones, please understand i am TIRED and opening up again and again about it makes me feel worse!!
I wanna move, but have little to any common sense skills with rent etc, like the idea of having to pay every month, having to work to be able to survive, freaks me out, so fking much... its so hostile, too much mental pressure. I already socially lost, i have less hair now cause of genetic alopecia, lost my teen and 20s to never dating , why continue to simply get a job in the town where seeinh people from my past constantly triggers me, if they see me working, they'll gossip about it and humiliate me again, they should not ever know of me again since the horrific things they did to me in highschool, last time i saw an ex bully as an adult, she passed by car, pointed and gave that evil grin from those days...please understand i cant go through with it here, i would simply be living to live for nothing but physically living.
I dont wanna see these people, my mother wont stop annoying me, my father is a violent abusive man, why just why not end it all? I have no reason to live outside of my hobbies. I learnt escapism cause i always hated the way the world was in regards to me.
Also just to add, so many people seem just so priviledged out of nowhere, the very few jobs i worked in the past i was worked like a mule for mininum wage, come home with stomach pains for hunger, tired without time for me, and examples: my sister is a teacher in a private school, every few months she can go on holiday...wtf? Worse, a guy from same school as me i had a big crush on (wont get into the painful story behind how he mocked me when i confessed my feelings as we are both gay) well he is a vet, his face is on the vet company website he works for too, moved abroad etc, he is constantly posting on insta about going to the states, to dubai, to cuba, the guy is always on vacation..what the fuck?? How did these people win at life? This isnt even what i wanted, i just wanted respect and no more trauma nor having to work a job i dislike, the small town i am in has limited choices. I dont want these people seeing ny life

Trying to get my pawn his Drake fighting badge and hunting down the drakes on the map. Noticed there was one in an area I hadn’t even unlocked 70+ hours into the game. Decided to chase it down and aggro it. Mid fight, I kid you not, I start being picked up and thrown by venin harpies. Only to then be dropped into a pack of wolves who proceed to drag me over to a small pack of asps. Meanwhile my pawns are fighting this drake for their lives. I keep trying to get back to them only to have these fucking harpies continue to screw with me. I keep plugging along killing monster after monster trying to get back to my drake only to have a fucking griffin fly on top of me. At this point I’m seething. I clearly underestimated how important it was to clear other monsters in the area before taking on this drake. This fight was hard, I was frustrated as hell, but I noticed after some time my adrenaline was pumping and my reaction time is increasing and I’m taking down monster after monster. I find myself laughing maniacally and saying to myself “Welp, it can’t get any worse than this” and I proceed to complete one of the most epic battles I’ve ever faced in game. This felt top notch to me. The way that it felt as if everything had to be just right but also completely random for this to happen really sprang a new sense of love for this game in me. I know most people are going to do NG+ for this game, but when I complete it, I genuinely want to experience it from the beginning again. I think I may make another account just to do this. I already can’t wait to hop back on again today. I’ve seen alot of hate for this game and it’s clunkiness but with that aside, if you can look past the few issues with graphics and NPCs fading in/out etc and just allow yourself to give it a fair chance, you can genuinely have a great play through. Hell, with all that’s going on in the world I haven’t allowed myself to feel anything for weeks and just that one fight had me experiencing laughter, frustration, sorrow, love (for my pawns who kept fighting and had my back) excitement and accomplishment. Anyone else love this game? Can we share some appreciation moments in the comments? Tell me about the wildest experience, most memorable battle, or most fun you’ve had in game! I want to hear all of this games epicness!

My LO was IUGR - born small at 5.5, and was put on a supplemental feeding plan to help her growth. I supplement her with my pumped milk, and attempt to have her breastfeed, but due to her size she is not yet effective at removing milk
She is now about 4 weeks old - we follow a schedule of attempting breastfeeding (10-20 mins), then pumping while I give her a bottle of my pumped breastmilk. (i’ve seen it referred to as “triple feeding”)
Every day i pump in total about 30-40 oz (~6-7 pumps/day, 15-20 mins each. I skip one overnight pump, going about 6 hours without pumping or breastfeeding).
As my LO continues to grow & get better at breastfeeding, i want to be able to transition her to primarily breastfeeding but continuing to have her take a bottle overnight/as needed so my husband can feed her as well.
Any advice on how to make the transition from supplemental feeding? I worry that with my supply, i may have issues with clogged ducts or mastitis if i reduce pumping, but would really like to be able to reduce pumping long term (i hate it)
Note - Until she is effectively breastfeeding, i have no plans to change the schedule - I have appts scheduled with my hospitals breastfeeding/lactation center to check in on LO’s ability to breastfeed, etc just want the input from other folks with similar experience for the future!

Hello there I (M19) have been dating my GF (F18) for 3 months now. We haven`t been dating for a long time but I am afraid to hurt her feelings. I don`t really know how to describe these thoughts I have about her but I feel like whenever we talk I have to restrain myself from speaking my feelings or what I truly think about a certain subject. I usually have to bite my tongue. When I do speak my true thoughts she usually snaps at my comments and I feel like I`m tormented by her and that I can`t be myself. She once asked me for help with finding a keyboard for her, and I gladly helped. But the majority of time when we were searching she was angry at me for "not finding the right color keyboard", and she never let me explain the benefits of some. It was difficult enough helping her with a hard task finding a keyboard for her crazy preferences but she would interrupt me and say "Yes Yes" in a nasty tone all the time. This "Yes Yes" behaviour was always present in our conversations. The biggest thing I really don`t like is how she threats her mother. It`s awful and most of the time not justified. She threats her the same way as me but 10 times more nastier, witch is disrespectful to her mother. When we started hanging out she was always very king and laughing , but after these last few weeks I have my doubts about her. I can`t see myself being with her anymore. It has gone to a stage where I can`t even bring myself to take her out on a date and wanting just to talk to her. I feel like I`m being supressed and tormented and the thought of her makes me feel sad and a little disgusted. I know the relationship isn`t old and there shouldn`t be a lot of drama if we brake up. But I`m not happy and I can`t bring myself to end it or I rather don`t know how to end it. The main reason is because we go to the same school and I will se her quite often. And we also have a school trip at the beginning of summer where she will go beside with me. I don`t know how to end it in a way that she doesn`t react badly. have a feeling that she will make a scene at school in a very immature way. I would love your thoughts and advice.

**TL;DR; : I need help with my relationship**. 

I've been gifted a broken music box and I'm really curious to know how it sounds. I thought of making a score (I can see the bumps in the cylinder) but I don't know which notes it can play and I can't find any info on it/don't know where to look it up. It's a small 18 note japanese music box.
How should I do it?
(Just for clarification, I know almost nothing about music boxes and English isn't my first language so that's why the wording may be awkward)

Hey guys,
Recently I watched a youtube video of a music composer analyzing Colgera's Boss Theme and while very fun, I thought it went a little too technical for me. The more I listen to it, the more I´m convinced Colgera's theme is my favourite theme in the whole series. It excels at setting the tone for the fight by way of telling a story.
Full disclaimer : I´m not a major in anything even closely related to music, can´t even distinguish similar musical instruments but bear with me, for some reason I feel like I got the 'theme' for this 'theme. Having said this, I´d love to hear the opinions/corrections of any music specialist on this issue.
Before we begin, please click the link provided or search for "Colgera Boss Theme" on Youtube, should be the first video available. I´ll be providing some time-stamps as examples to explain my reasonings.
Try to visualize the song as a Narrative, the characters are as follows:
0:00, 6:30 - This flute is Link (little slower flute), I think Link might be also a Clarinette sometimes?
0:22, 3:57 - This other flute is Tulin (little faster, higher pitched), I feel like this might be a wooden flute
0:33 - This Heavy Brass thing is Colgera
0:43 - This sinthy "woh" "wah" keyboard is Ganondorf, his theme when you meet him or his phantoms actually use the exact sounds
Not let me try and set the Ambience too:
0:35 - Flight of Cellos going up and down - Strong Wind or Tornado (actually sounds a lot like wind coming though an open window)
3:33 - PIanos going up and down - I feel like this could be Snow.
6:51 - This whole little piece of orchestra is Tulin's Sage powers waking up, could also be the sage himself
If you have beaten this boss, I'd like you to try and visualize the whole song as your battle.
Winds blowing, Storm and Tornadoes everywhere, it´s absolute chaos out there but you´re in the eye of the storm.
Link feels relatively fragile in relation to all this, but stout, somber. Tulin is there with him, his entrance evokes hope(0:22). In front of them, the menace of Colgera(0:33).
1:28 is there to remind of us again how dangerous this whole situation is, also just for a second there, the influence of Ganondorf(1:34) can be heard.
Notice how despete all this, Link never loses his cool, Tulin always comes right after him with his heroic and hopeful tune in this first part.
The song changes a little bit to be a little faster paced and erratic(3:44), it´s like Colgera is angriemore dangerous. Here Tulin changes his tune(3:57), he comes forward a little more, he gets faster, zipping around the battle field, as it were, almost playful. Now Link is the one following after him (4:04), he´s faster too, following him through his wind powers.
From 4:43 the song goes down a bit. It´s almost as if Colegera has the upper hand. Notice how the tone from 4:53 lacks all the heroic/hopeful elements we had till so far, even Link sounds a little hopeless (4:59), but again Tulin, very gradually (5:04) starts to pump himself up until going back to being fully heroic and playful (5:37).
And then 6:51 happens.
This is where Tulin's sage power fully awakens, the climax of the battle. After his awakening, we can hear Ganondorf does a whole lot more to try and influence this fight but obviously Link and Tulin prevail. As this is a videogame song, there is not a clear time-stamp to the end of the fight, sadly.
Lastly please let me gush on 6:51. This is also the part where if for some reason if you had any doubs about killing this cunt, now you don't. This orchestra makes me want to snort cocaine, eat glass and kill Colgera's babies. When I heard this part, I forgot all about Zelda for a short moment. 20 years of history came to me all at the sudden... I remembered all the way back to Medli, Valoo, Revali, that little crying baby kid with the Din´s Pearl... This song made me want to avenge all of them.
Well that´s it guys, thank you for reading it so far if you did, I hope this whole thing made sense to you.
I´d love to hear your opinions and corrections on this if you have!

So... I've been helping one of my best friends through a rather nasty divorce lately. And my god, his ex-wife is a serious piece of work. She's played games with him, taken his friends, hurt him physically and emotionally, used the kids against him, given him things and hope just to be able to take it away again, cheated on him, and broke his heart, then let it partially heal and broken it again.
I've helped open his eyes to the fact that what she's been doing is in fact, abuse. And I helped stop him from retaliating when his anger got the best of him.
But along with all this came a slowly dawning realisation that some of the treatment I was handed out by someone I used to really care for have a lot of parallels.
A couple years ago my former friend twisted a situation we were both confused about and cherry picked what she wanted out of what I said before I even understood what actually happened, and then emotionally beat the shit out of me... I lost it and did the same to her while I was having a full blown breakdown over it. Obviously (suprise!) she didn't like being treated the way she was treating me, and it cost us a 20 year friendship and fucked both of us up really badly.
A small part of me is glad it happened; I stood up for myself, and I'm able to be here for my friend in a way that I never would have been able to before... And I stopped him from making the same mistake I did and hurting someone he loved, even if she does deserve it. And I'll be able to help other people going through similar things in the future.
The other part of me is a little horrified with how much I still care about and love my former friend when she has so much in common with this absolute monster of a person and the things she's said about me. This whole thing has been dragging my mind through the things we both said again... And although there's not as much hurt, anger and embarrasment as there was the first time, I find myself having to forgive both of us all over again. And my dudes, it is hard sometimes... We were both complete assholes, and sometimes I wonder if we really deserve forgiveness.

I genuinely am not sure if this is the right sub but I'm at my wits end with this and I am seeking help.
I have a job where I do the ecommerce for a small chain of clothing boutiques in Florida. This is not a field I know a ton about and the job kind of happened to me on accident. The owner hires sales associates, then if they are "tech savvy" she will train them to do onlines.
The owner has 5 locations including a warehouse. At one of the locations, which is typically slower and doesn't see as much foot traffic, she has the "online girls." These are the employees that process all her online orders. There are 3 of us.
I am the only full-time "online girl." The other two work 1-2 days a week typically. Sometimes 3 if I am lucky.
Her online process is... really crazy and I've not been doing this job long enough to be able to figure out where I can even begin to fix it.
Basically, this is her process:

1. Order comes in
   
2. I have to log on remotely to a PC in the warehouse to manually search for each item in our inventory and I have to write down in the Shopify order notes which locations have the items, and where we are going to ship the order from. I then have to adjust these items out of inventory. Roughly 50% of the time someone is using that PC and I have to wait. Sometimes its easier for me to do this at 1am when everyone is asleep.
   
3. If there are items on the order that cannot ship from the same place, we split the shipment and buy multiple labels.
   
4. I email the stores where I am pulling items from with a list of the items I need for this order.
   
5. The stores search their flooback room for the items, and then they respond back with the SKU, price, and weight.
   
6. If they do not have all the items because inventory was incorrect (it nearly always is), I have to pull the item from a different store, repeat the process.
   
7. If all items are accounted for then I send them the label.
   
8. If there are items that are showing up as out of stock companywide, we have to make a list of these items and send them to our company group chat and tell all the stores to search their flooback room for these items. We have to send this same list to the owner and email all the stores with it.
   
9. If the stores cant find these items still, we have to see if our boss can order it directly from the vendor, and then email the customers to let them know there will be delays.
   
10. If it will take too long to order the item, we can email the customer with a list of "replacement options." We have to email the customer every day for 3 days until they answer. If they don't answer, we have to call them and ask them what they want as a replacement for their out of stock item. We aren't allowed to refund them unless they tell us they don't want a replacement or they don't answer their phone.
    

I could go further but I won't. This is a multi million dollar business and she's had it for 18 years.
Where do I even begin with this? Orders are almost always delayed. Customers are constantly getting the wrong things in their shipments. People are always complaining. I have to work crazy amounts of overtime to make any of this work. The "online girls" are all on the verge of quitting.
I have tried documents. My boss says she "doesn't do documents." She does most things through text message.
I have been here 6 months. It's not sustainable. I need to convince her there's a much easier way to do this but I don't know how.
Anybody have any immediate thoughts?

Like the title says, my husband and I thoroughly discussed the possibility of an open marriage a couple of years ago, because we both got married extremely young. We are deeply in love and building a wonderful life, we just were talking about "playing the field" a bit more since we never really got to. We gave each other permission to flirt and talk to other people during the duration of this, but we were not ok with anything physical happening yet. So, I did exactly that. I just texted this guy I used to have a small crush on and we flirted a little. No sexting, just a couple of flirty selfies. I didn't know how to tell him I was opening my marriage, so I never said it directly and I think that's where I went wrong. This person knew very well I was not looking for a new relationship, but that's about it. I don't feel like I led him on, because he knew nothing was going to happen. One day I got a random call from one of the other guys friends asking about my husband and I knew I had fucked up. I had permission from my husband to talk to this person, but we did not want to tell anyone our marriage was being explored in this way, so I just played it cool. I have never spoken to this guy again and we have since decided it isn't for us.
I feel like I cheated on my husband. I feel disgusting and like I betrayed him even though this is what we discussed. And again, this all happened over 2 years ago. I was just young and inexperienced and unable to properly communicate. I shouldn't have tried sometime so complex at such a young age, but I really thought I could do it. As soon as I got the call from that random guy, I called my husband and told him exactly what happened and he was not bothered at all.
Should I feel this badly about what I did? I just need advice. I need support. I feel like my husband deserves better and this makes me a terrible, terrible wife. I wouldn't think that if someone told me this story from their perspective, but I'm being consumed by guilt.