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2024.05.15 00:08 BitterLove0606 update (i move out đ)
hellos. it is me again. i am back with update about last post (if donât know what i mean, feels free to check profile) will warn again, english is not best so if hard to understand, i apologize! but i have been practice more đ
i finally am fully move in with bf. other night he let decorate a room to be girly because i always had dedicated room for art. i did not feels safe having one as soon as roommate allowed dog in house, but there is no dog to ruin me here. i feels so happy, safe, loved because he love me and respect me and there is no dog here to growl and act aggressive at me here. he always tell me how important i am to him, how much he love me and how he will make sure i stay happy with him.
a little over week ago (my birthday) roommate calls and ask for my part of rent money. i send her text about me move out and landlord should told her but she either ignore or didnât receive message. she did not ask how am i, no happy birthday, no ask about where i have been. like they not notice i have been gone. now she reach out on my birthday of any day to ask for money for place i do not live anymore? i tell her i live with bf now and am sorry but no money for rent can come from me, especially now because i am looking for new better pay job. she sends sad message making me feel bad because she knows am really easy to make feel bad about stuffs that is not my fault. she says she is pay to get stuff for dog and wants to be a good gf and dog mom (what is that? i do not understand how can be mom to a dog?) and want to use money for that but needs money for rent too. i was confuse because should rent not be bigger importance? she can spoil dog later i think but no, she wants take money from me. cut it short my final answer is no and she does not respond message.
a few days later i happen to be getting out of car after buying hair products when they stop by taking stroll. i still wonder if they were going out of way to see me or if just happened to be walking around area. dog is barking and pulling on very weak and dirty leash. it does not look like the leash strong enough to hold dog of size, much less clearly aggressive pitbull. it not break around me but whole time i was scare leash would snap and dog would attack me. bf was not home he was at work so it was me, roommate, her gf, and dog. gf says they were taking walk and ask how i am doing. i tell her honestly, very happy. i did not mean to sound bragging in any way but not resist telling her how life has treat me now that i can feel safe in own home again. not scared to walk to another room for fear of be attacked. she act happy for me but she also looks so angry at me. i donât know why? it is not like i told them to get rid of dog. do i wish they did? yes. not just because it is dog but because it is clearly aggressive. i realize now thanks to you all that moment dog was brought into home, they stop caring about me, their friend, for a dog that made miserable. even if i ask i doubt they would have rehome dog. i did what best for me, and i guess them, and move in with man who love me and would not hurt me like that.
as we are talking dog looks like ready to take bite out of me, pulling on leash. i wondered if both were angry enough to let dog loose to intimidate me just by way they were acting. i could not believe how quick we went from friends to me being scare of them and dog. while they did not say anything threaten exactly (we were catching up talk about life, i did because i did not want be childish), the body behavior and emotions were clear. they hate me for move out, but only notice because they need rent money? i tell them many time before i left that dog is making life hell but never listened. then i told was moving out before i officially did. when they brought dog with it felt like a threat, just having such dangerous thing around. like a warning and disrespect. âlook, we only care about dog. here it is on very weak leash that can snap any time. we know how you feel about dogs and how scare you are, but not care about you anymore! by the way, can borrow some money for rent even though is not your responsibility anymore? here is sad story to make you feel guilt so say yes.â
i told bf what happen when he got home later that night, and he called them and said some very angry thing. i think he should have calm down (for his sake), but he basically told them never come my way again, especially with dog. that if they want talk, talk like adults and donât include the thing that was a reason i move out. he said is dangerous dog and to not come crying to me when it gets put down because it kill someone or cause life change injuries. he can get very angry but he later tell me he just gets upset that NOW they decide to come sees me. NOW they want talk. we blocked both of them and i donât really want be friends with them again because they toss me aside for dog like it was nothing. we went hell and back and it went down drain because of dog. not just any dog but badly train dog who might attack someone one day. i tell my family and they thinks am overreacting but i donât think they ever understand until this happen to them. i mostly made post to tell you all am currently live dog free. am happy living here. it always smell clean, i can walk freely no fear. bf give me much love and attention. we have video game night or go out to eat or just be outside. i also got job for doordash today and am getting second job somewhere soon hopefully too because have interview tomorrow! it can get better, for anyone struggle living with dog. can be mentally drained but you are not alone. đ¤ thanks much for people that commented on last post. am thankful when people donât make me feel crazy for saying dogs scare me and impact mental health in bad way. i donât hate dogs for existence, just wish people could know that not everybody has to like them.
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i finally am fully move in with bf. other night he let decorate a room to be girly because i always had dedicated room for art. i did not feels safe having one as soon as roommate allowed dog in house, but there is no dog to ruin me here. i feels so happy, safe, loved because he love me and respect me and there is no dog here to growl and act aggressive at me here. he always tell me how important i am to him, how much he love me and how he will make sure i stay happy with him.
a little over week ago (my birthday) roommate calls and ask for my part of rent money. i send her text about me move out and landlord should told her but she either ignore or didnât receive message. she did not ask how am i, no happy birthday, no ask about where i have been. like they not notice i have been gone. now she reach out on my birthday of any day to ask for money for place i do not live anymore? i tell her i live with bf now and am sorry but no money for rent can come from me, especially now because i am looking for new better pay job. she sends sad message making me feel bad because she knows am really easy to make feel bad about stuffs that is not my fault. she says she is pay to get stuff for dog and wants to be a good gf and dog mom (what is that? i do not understand how can be mom to a dog?) and want to use money for that but needs money for rent too. i was confuse because should rent not be bigger importance? she can spoil dog later i think but no, she wants take money from me. cut it short my final answer is no and she does not respond message.
a few days later i happen to be getting out of car after buying hair products when they stop by taking stroll. i still wonder if they were going out of way to see me or if just happened to be walking around area. dog is barking and pulling on very weak and dirty leash. it does not look like the leash strong enough to hold dog of size, much less clearly aggressive pitbull. it not break around me but whole time i was scare leash would snap and dog would attack me. bf was not home he was at work so it was me, roommate, her gf, and dog. gf says they were taking walk and ask how i am doing. i tell her honestly, very happy. i did not mean to sound bragging in any way but not resist telling her how life has treat me now that i can feel safe in own home again. not scared to walk to another room for fear of be attacked. she act happy for me but she also looks so angry at me. i donât know why? it is not like i told them to get rid of dog. do i wish they did? yes. not just because it is dog but because it is clearly aggressive. i realize now thanks to you all that moment dog was brought into home, they stop caring about me, their friend, for a dog that made miserable. even if i ask i doubt they would have rehome dog. i did what best for me, and i guess them, and move in with man who love me and would not hurt me like that.
as we are talking dog looks like ready to take bite out of me, pulling on leash. i wondered if both were angry enough to let dog loose to intimidate me just by way they were acting. i could not believe how quick we went from friends to me being scare of them and dog. while they did not say anything threaten exactly (we were catching up talk about life, i did because i did not want be childish), the body behavior and emotions were clear. they hate me for move out, but only notice because they need rent money? i tell them many time before i left that dog is making life hell but never listened. then i told was moving out before i officially did. when they brought dog with it felt like a threat, just having such dangerous thing around. like a warning and disrespect. âlook, we only care about dog. here it is on very weak leash that can snap any time. we know how you feel about dogs and how scare you are, but not care about you anymore! by the way, can borrow some money for rent even though is not your responsibility anymore? here is sad story to make you feel guilt so say yes.â
i told bf what happen when he got home later that night, and he called them and said some very angry thing. i think he should have calm down (for his sake), but he basically told them never come my way again, especially with dog. that if they want talk, talk like adults and donât include the thing that was a reason i move out. he said is dangerous dog and to not come crying to me when it gets put down because it kill someone or cause life change injuries. he can get very angry but he later tell me he just gets upset that NOW they decide to come sees me. NOW they want talk. we blocked both of them and i donât really want be friends with them again because they toss me aside for dog like it was nothing. we went hell and back and it went down drain because of dog. not just any dog but badly train dog who might attack someone one day. i tell my family and they thinks am overreacting but i donât think they ever understand until this happen to them. i mostly made post to tell you all am currently live dog free. am happy living here. it always smell clean, i can walk freely no fear. bf give me much love and attention. we have video game night or go out to eat or just be outside. i also got job for doordash today and am getting second job somewhere soon hopefully too because have interview tomorrow! it can get better, for anyone struggle living with dog. can be mentally drained but you are not alone. đ¤ thanks much for people that commented on last post. am thankful when people donât make me feel crazy for saying dogs scare me and impact mental health in bad way. i donât hate dogs for existence, just wish people could know that not everybody has to like them.
2024.05.15 00:06 brightgoldsoul We Don't Know What Binding Vows Are At Play
A lot of people are upset with how binding vows in JKK are used, specifically how Sukuna seems to be the only character **shown** to be using them via the narrator's oracle speech.
But we don't actually know what binding vows are at play in the story.
I'm not trying to express that binding vows aren't being used as a narration tool to move the story forward or explain gaps but I hope with this post to talk about how the story expresses them and why it's very possible all of the characters in these chapters fighting Sukuna could be using them without our knowledge.
Why didn't / don't the main characters use binding vows during or leading up to the battle?
Who is the one judging the weight of a vow?
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But we don't actually know what binding vows are at play in the story.
I'm not trying to express that binding vows aren't being used as a narration tool to move the story forward or explain gaps but I hope with this post to talk about how the story expresses them and why it's very possible all of the characters in these chapters fighting Sukuna could be using them without our knowledge.
Why didn't / don't the main characters use binding vows during or leading up to the battle?
- They had no idea what Sukuna's, Kenjaku, or Uraeme's potential were/are. They're only baseline for the hideous amount of power Sukuna has is Gojo and literally none of them have fought Gojo at his full strength or potential. The only one who ever questioned how strong Sukuna was versus someone like Sukuna was Yuji very early on and Gojo very matter of factly said that "He'd win." Creating binding vows before knowing what the enemy is capable of could lead to disaster. Assassinating Kenjaku was entirely dependent on a number of risky factors surrounding Takaba and his extremely strange CT. If Yuta had made binding vows to help him against Sukuna but not against Kenjaku and that plan had failed he could have been at an extreme disadvantage. Of if they defeated Sukuna but then had to fight Kenjaku and Uraeme after using everything they had to take him down.
- They likely have been or are, but the narrator tells us about this -after the fact- when it's relevant in the story. We don't know if Gojo had to make a vow in order to remote detonate Red to make the Purple that killed Mahoraga. We don't know if Yuta had to make a vow to copy cleave/dismantle. He (as far as I know) never actually saw the technique himself until their fight. We don't know if Choso made a vow to save Yuji against furnace. Every instance of a binding vow being made is told to us after it has occurred, not during. All of the training and plotting and scheming from the heroes likewise has been shown to us during the battle, not before it.
- Most characters are not going to be able to make a binding vow in the split second battles occurring in the story that they can 1) uphold**\* and 2) Will prevent disaster later if their plan doesn't work
Who is the one judging the weight of a vow?
- Ultimately it's the person making it. That person has to believe that what they're giving up is significant enough for the result to be impactful. It's very very different for a character like Sukuna who is the strongest being (so far) in JKK to say "I'll give up my ability to instantly kill anyone in the world with this slash to kill this man who is going to defeat me in a matter of moments if I don't" than it is for Miwa, a grade 3 sorcerer with no CT to try and kill a special grade threat with a sword slash. The difference in their power and the potential of their power with or without those things are worlds apart. Sukuna's fire arrow, likewise, would have been a technique he could have obliterated cities with, sans MS. Him giving up the ability to fire it "at will" is equivalent to a nuclear strike requiring 3 keys by three different people in unison compared to just 1 button press. Would the technique be slow? Yes? How many sorcerers could actually harm him before he pulled it off with his strength and RCT? Apparently just Gojo, and now he's dead.
- We've never actually seen someone break a vow. There must be a reason for that. I could speculate how that ties into the very prevalent Buddhist themes of JKK but even a character like Miwa has not broken the vow just to wield a sword again after having her attack against Kenjaku utterly stopped. And Sukuna certainly has no reason to keep either of his vows yet he persists to do so. It may not have been stated explicitly but breaking a vow has some other consequence, if nothing else than it means none of the characters in the fiction of JKK are willing to go back on them for fear of not being true to themselves and their oaths. Even -villains- whose only goal is strength and might above all refuse to break them and that's all you really need to know. It doesn't need to be explained "why" they don't.
- See final point
- I don't think anything actually "prevents" someone from acting against a vow they made. Kenjaku's statement in the point above clearly says you can break vows and lose the power gained. So when characters are doing things within the boundary of the vow, that's a deliberate choice they're making. It's not like the power is completely cut off from them, it's that by making the vow they must from then on adhere to them of their own accord. In a life and death situation as extreme as the events of these chapters with Sukuna -AND THE THREAT OF THE MERGER LOOMING EVEN THEY DO DEFEAT SUKUNA- there aren't a lot of advantages a JKK hero is going to throw away even if they could think of them fast enough in this encounter. Gojo was maybe the only person who could be making them on the fly the way Sukuna did/is. We saw how a poorly thought out binding vow could rob you of your own strength in Miwa.
- Binding Vows Are Related To Buddhist Philosophy, even if you can make/break them at will it goes against the themes of the story to lie and disown your choices and paths.
2024.05.15 00:05 FollowingNational508 AITAH for telling my sister I don't want her in my life anymore?
TW: SA
For some context, I 22 (F) have a sister 21 (F). Ever since we were 15 and 16, she has had these crippling migraines. She has been to over 18 different specialist all around the country trying to figure out what is wrong with her, and they have found absolutely nothing wrong with her. Over the years she uses her migraines as an excuse to get out of anything she doesn't want to do, for example church, school, family events. But her migraines miraculously disappear as soon as something she does want to do comes up. Personally, I suffer with migraines as well our difference is mine was diagnosed from the TMJ that I now have from dislocating my jaw when I was 12. She loves to use her migraines as a way to either get out of something she doesn't want to do or uses it to garner sympathy from friends' family and strangers.
In 2019 she used her migraines as an excuse to not go to school at all and used them to get a doctor's note stating that even though she cannot attend school she should still graduate. 2020 rolls around and we can no longer go to school because of Covid and miraculously she has no migraines and goes out day and night to hang out with friends. Then when she goes off to college all of a sudden, these migraines come back coupled with severe dehydration to the point where she has to be hospitalized on multiple occasions, except these migraines only occur Friday Saturday and Sunday mornings after her sorority throws a party.
Summer of 2021, she gets the opportunity to participate in a college work program in Florida for the whole 3 months of summer. She goes and after only 3 weeks of being there her migraines get so bad that she has to come home. It is important to note that she comes home the day before Father's Day. Father's Day comes and we all go to church and out to lunch and have a great time. That night however my parents come to my room to ask me if I have spoken with my sister this evening and I tell them no. They proceed to tell me that my sister has runaway to Virginia (we live in Oklahoma) to live with her Boyfriend 26 (M) and that she has sent them a video to explain why.
This video states that she is leaving and never coming back because she has been assaulted on multiple occasions by multiple men in her life and that it is too traumatic to even be in the state so Shes leaving. She then follows with telling my parents that they are horrible people who have never loved or cared about her and that they are the reason this is all happening. She also sent similar videos to her friends as well. This video absolutely crushed my parents, it was the first time I ever saw my dad cry.
We grew up in a strange family, my parents couldn't have children of their own so they adopted us. But our biological families are all still very much in our lives. Our parents are the most amazing and caring people in the world and would give life and limb to anyone in need. So, to hear her saying these things about my parents not only hurt them but it also hurt me to see her putting them through all that.
She was only gone for a month because eventually my father flew out to her to get her and bring her home. Now I am someone who has to know everything, I cant leave a topic untouched, I always have to investigate and get every side of the story. But in that month, I ended up uncovering a few things about the stories she told in those videos she sent to my parents and her friends. In that time, I uncovered that the stories of abuse that she was speaking about were of previous boyfriends that she had had. Every single boyfriend had a story of abuse, and these stories had credible witnesses attached to each and every story. While combing through all of this information I come to the educated conclusion that they are false and told only in a specific way to frame her as the victim using a way that no one would dare call her a liar because who would blame the victim?
When she came back it was really hard on everyone because we had all been heavily affected by this experience that she has put us all through, but she just acted like it never happened and continued to act like she deserved everything. But anytime anyone would mention anything about what happened she would absolutely freak out scream and curse and throw a massive tantrum and storm off and slam her door. In this time, I have personally decided that I will just act like she doesn't exist, I won't speak to her or acknowledge her.
Fast forward to now January 2024, she has convinced my parents that the best thing for her is moving to Florida to go to school because in her words "it is the one place I don't get migraines". I pointed out to my parents that the last time she lived in Florida she only lasted 3 weeks before claiming migraine. Apparently, she only lasted a month at the school before dropping all of her classes and just living it up in her apartment that my parents pay for. And she only informed my parents over spring break that she dropped out because her migraines were too bad. She is now home and living with my parents again and continues to spread her stories of assault and abuse as well as her stories of migraines to literally anyone that will listen.
I'd like to add that throughout all of these years she never fails to make sure I am the one that somehow suffers through it all. Throughout her Migraines I was the one that had to take care of her, I was the one that got in trouble when she screwed up, I was the one that had to pay for all of her mistakes. After years and years of watching her lies not only hurt me and my family but also slowly chip away at what used to be a happy and close nit family I don't think I can live with it any longer. My mother continues to stand by her side and call me a liar anytime I call my sister out on her lies, and my relationship with my mom has suffered for it. My father knows my sister is lying but fears speaking up because it might anger my mom. This whole experience has divided our family.
Another thing of note is that I value honesty over everything else, I will call anyone and everyone out on their bull. This last weekend we were at a graduation party and sitting there and listening to her speak and talking about all of this to literal strangers and because we were in public I had to physically literally bite my tongue to keep myself from speaking which resulted in me actually biting off a piece of my tongue. I honestly have come to the end of my rope of patience and I don't want her in my life anymore. So am I the asshole?
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For some context, I 22 (F) have a sister 21 (F). Ever since we were 15 and 16, she has had these crippling migraines. She has been to over 18 different specialist all around the country trying to figure out what is wrong with her, and they have found absolutely nothing wrong with her. Over the years she uses her migraines as an excuse to get out of anything she doesn't want to do, for example church, school, family events. But her migraines miraculously disappear as soon as something she does want to do comes up. Personally, I suffer with migraines as well our difference is mine was diagnosed from the TMJ that I now have from dislocating my jaw when I was 12. She loves to use her migraines as a way to either get out of something she doesn't want to do or uses it to garner sympathy from friends' family and strangers.
In 2019 she used her migraines as an excuse to not go to school at all and used them to get a doctor's note stating that even though she cannot attend school she should still graduate. 2020 rolls around and we can no longer go to school because of Covid and miraculously she has no migraines and goes out day and night to hang out with friends. Then when she goes off to college all of a sudden, these migraines come back coupled with severe dehydration to the point where she has to be hospitalized on multiple occasions, except these migraines only occur Friday Saturday and Sunday mornings after her sorority throws a party.
Summer of 2021, she gets the opportunity to participate in a college work program in Florida for the whole 3 months of summer. She goes and after only 3 weeks of being there her migraines get so bad that she has to come home. It is important to note that she comes home the day before Father's Day. Father's Day comes and we all go to church and out to lunch and have a great time. That night however my parents come to my room to ask me if I have spoken with my sister this evening and I tell them no. They proceed to tell me that my sister has runaway to Virginia (we live in Oklahoma) to live with her Boyfriend 26 (M) and that she has sent them a video to explain why.
This video states that she is leaving and never coming back because she has been assaulted on multiple occasions by multiple men in her life and that it is too traumatic to even be in the state so Shes leaving. She then follows with telling my parents that they are horrible people who have never loved or cared about her and that they are the reason this is all happening. She also sent similar videos to her friends as well. This video absolutely crushed my parents, it was the first time I ever saw my dad cry.
We grew up in a strange family, my parents couldn't have children of their own so they adopted us. But our biological families are all still very much in our lives. Our parents are the most amazing and caring people in the world and would give life and limb to anyone in need. So, to hear her saying these things about my parents not only hurt them but it also hurt me to see her putting them through all that.
She was only gone for a month because eventually my father flew out to her to get her and bring her home. Now I am someone who has to know everything, I cant leave a topic untouched, I always have to investigate and get every side of the story. But in that month, I ended up uncovering a few things about the stories she told in those videos she sent to my parents and her friends. In that time, I uncovered that the stories of abuse that she was speaking about were of previous boyfriends that she had had. Every single boyfriend had a story of abuse, and these stories had credible witnesses attached to each and every story. While combing through all of this information I come to the educated conclusion that they are false and told only in a specific way to frame her as the victim using a way that no one would dare call her a liar because who would blame the victim?
When she came back it was really hard on everyone because we had all been heavily affected by this experience that she has put us all through, but she just acted like it never happened and continued to act like she deserved everything. But anytime anyone would mention anything about what happened she would absolutely freak out scream and curse and throw a massive tantrum and storm off and slam her door. In this time, I have personally decided that I will just act like she doesn't exist, I won't speak to her or acknowledge her.
Fast forward to now January 2024, she has convinced my parents that the best thing for her is moving to Florida to go to school because in her words "it is the one place I don't get migraines". I pointed out to my parents that the last time she lived in Florida she only lasted 3 weeks before claiming migraine. Apparently, she only lasted a month at the school before dropping all of her classes and just living it up in her apartment that my parents pay for. And she only informed my parents over spring break that she dropped out because her migraines were too bad. She is now home and living with my parents again and continues to spread her stories of assault and abuse as well as her stories of migraines to literally anyone that will listen.
I'd like to add that throughout all of these years she never fails to make sure I am the one that somehow suffers through it all. Throughout her Migraines I was the one that had to take care of her, I was the one that got in trouble when she screwed up, I was the one that had to pay for all of her mistakes. After years and years of watching her lies not only hurt me and my family but also slowly chip away at what used to be a happy and close nit family I don't think I can live with it any longer. My mother continues to stand by her side and call me a liar anytime I call my sister out on her lies, and my relationship with my mom has suffered for it. My father knows my sister is lying but fears speaking up because it might anger my mom. This whole experience has divided our family.
Another thing of note is that I value honesty over everything else, I will call anyone and everyone out on their bull. This last weekend we were at a graduation party and sitting there and listening to her speak and talking about all of this to literal strangers and because we were in public I had to physically literally bite my tongue to keep myself from speaking which resulted in me actually biting off a piece of my tongue. I honestly have come to the end of my rope of patience and I don't want her in my life anymore. So am I the asshole?
2024.05.15 00:04 FollowingNational508 AITAH for telling my sister I don't want her in my life anymore?
TW: SA
For some context, I 22 (F) have a sister 21 (F). Ever since we were 15 and 16, she has had these crippling migraines. She has been to over 18 different specialist all around the country trying to figure out what is wrong with her, and they have found absolutely nothing wrong with her. Over the years she uses her migraines as an excuse to get out of anything she doesn't want to do, for example church, school, family events. But her migraines miraculously disappear as soon as something she does want to do comes up. Personally, I suffer with migraines as well our difference is mine was diagnosed from the TMJ that I now have from dislocating my jaw when I was 12. She loves to use her migraines as a way to either get out of something she doesn't want to do or uses it to garner sympathy from friends' family and strangers.
In 2019 she used her migraines as an excuse to not go to school at all and used them to get a doctor's note stating that even though she cannot attend school she should still graduate. 2020 rolls around and we can no longer go to school because of Covid and miraculously she has no migraines and goes out day and night to hang out with friends. Then when she goes off to college all of a sudden, these migraines come back coupled with severe dehydration to the point where she has to be hospitalized on multiple occasions, except these migraines only occur Friday Saturday and Sunday mornings after her sorority throws a party.
Summer of 2021, she gets the opportunity to participate in a college work program in Florida for the whole 3 months of summer. She goes and after only 3 weeks of being there her migraines get so bad that she has to come home. It is important to note that she comes home the day before Father's Day. Father's Day comes and we all go to church and out to lunch and have a great time. That night however my parents come to my room to ask me if I have spoken with my sister this evening and I tell them no. They proceed to tell me that my sister has runaway to Virginia (we live in Oklahoma) to live with her Boyfriend 26 (M) and that she has sent them a video to explain why.
This video states that she is leaving and never coming back because she has been assaulted on multiple occasions by multiple men in her life and that it is too traumatic to even be in the state so Shes leaving. She then follows with telling my parents that they are horrible people who have never loved or cared about her and that they are the reason this is all happening. She also sent similar videos to her friends as well. This video absolutely crushed my parents, it was the first time I ever saw my dad cry.
We grew up in a strange family, my parents couldn't have children of their own so they adopted us. But our biological families are all still very much in our lives. Our parents are the most amazing and caring people in the world and would give life and limb to anyone in need. So, to hear her saying these things about my parents not only hurt them but it also hurt me to see her putting them through all that.
She was only gone for a month because eventually my father flew out to her to get her and bring her home. Now I am someone who has to know everything, I cant leave a topic untouched, I always have to investigate and get every side of the story. But in that month, I ended up uncovering a few things about the stories she told in those videos she sent to my parents and her friends. In that time, I uncovered that the stories of abuse that she was speaking about were of previous boyfriends that she had had. Every single boyfriend had a story of abuse, and these stories had credible witnesses attached to each and every story. While combing through all of this information I come to the educated conclusion that they are false and told only in a specific way to frame her as the victim using a way that no one would dare call her a liar because who would blame the victim?
When she came back it was really hard on everyone because we had all been heavily affected by this experience that she has put us all through, but she just acted like it never happened and continued to act like she deserved everything. But anytime anyone would mention anything about what happened she would absolutely freak out scream and curse and throw a massive tantrum and storm off and slam her door. In this time, I have personally decided that I will just act like she doesn't exist, I won't speak to her or acknowledge her.
Fast forward to now January 2024, she has convinced my parents that the best thing for her is moving to Florida to go to school because in her words "it is the one place I don't get migraines". I pointed out to my parents that the last time she lived in Florida she only lasted 3 weeks before claiming migraine. Apparently, she only lasted a month at the school before dropping all of her classes and just living it up in her apartment that my parents pay for. And she only informed my parents over spring break that she dropped out because her migraines were too bad. She is now home and living with my parents again and continues to spread her stories of assault and abuse as well as her stories of migraines to literally anyone that will listen.
I'd like to add that throughout all of these years she never fails to make sure I am the one that somehow suffers through it all. Throughout her Migraines I was the one that had to take care of her, I was the one that got in trouble when she screwed up, I was the one that had to pay for all of her mistakes. After years and years of watching her lies not only hurt me and my family but also slowly chip away at what used to be a happy and close nit family I don't think I can live with it any longer. My mother continues to stand by her side and call me a liar anytime I call my sister out on her lies, and my relationship with my mom has suffered for it. My father knows my sister is lying but fears speaking up because it might anger my mom. This whole experience has divided our family.
Another thing of note is that I value honesty over everything else, I will call anyone and everyone out on their bull. This last weekend we were at a graduation party and sitting there and listening to her speak and talking about all of this to literal strangers and because we were in public I had to physically literally bite my tongue to keep myself from speaking which resulted in me actually biting off a piece of my tongue. I honestly have come to the end of my rope of patience and I don't want her in my life anymore. So am I the asshole?
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For some context, I 22 (F) have a sister 21 (F). Ever since we were 15 and 16, she has had these crippling migraines. She has been to over 18 different specialist all around the country trying to figure out what is wrong with her, and they have found absolutely nothing wrong with her. Over the years she uses her migraines as an excuse to get out of anything she doesn't want to do, for example church, school, family events. But her migraines miraculously disappear as soon as something she does want to do comes up. Personally, I suffer with migraines as well our difference is mine was diagnosed from the TMJ that I now have from dislocating my jaw when I was 12. She loves to use her migraines as a way to either get out of something she doesn't want to do or uses it to garner sympathy from friends' family and strangers.
In 2019 she used her migraines as an excuse to not go to school at all and used them to get a doctor's note stating that even though she cannot attend school she should still graduate. 2020 rolls around and we can no longer go to school because of Covid and miraculously she has no migraines and goes out day and night to hang out with friends. Then when she goes off to college all of a sudden, these migraines come back coupled with severe dehydration to the point where she has to be hospitalized on multiple occasions, except these migraines only occur Friday Saturday and Sunday mornings after her sorority throws a party.
Summer of 2021, she gets the opportunity to participate in a college work program in Florida for the whole 3 months of summer. She goes and after only 3 weeks of being there her migraines get so bad that she has to come home. It is important to note that she comes home the day before Father's Day. Father's Day comes and we all go to church and out to lunch and have a great time. That night however my parents come to my room to ask me if I have spoken with my sister this evening and I tell them no. They proceed to tell me that my sister has runaway to Virginia (we live in Oklahoma) to live with her Boyfriend 26 (M) and that she has sent them a video to explain why.
This video states that she is leaving and never coming back because she has been assaulted on multiple occasions by multiple men in her life and that it is too traumatic to even be in the state so Shes leaving. She then follows with telling my parents that they are horrible people who have never loved or cared about her and that they are the reason this is all happening. She also sent similar videos to her friends as well. This video absolutely crushed my parents, it was the first time I ever saw my dad cry.
We grew up in a strange family, my parents couldn't have children of their own so they adopted us. But our biological families are all still very much in our lives. Our parents are the most amazing and caring people in the world and would give life and limb to anyone in need. So, to hear her saying these things about my parents not only hurt them but it also hurt me to see her putting them through all that.
She was only gone for a month because eventually my father flew out to her to get her and bring her home. Now I am someone who has to know everything, I cant leave a topic untouched, I always have to investigate and get every side of the story. But in that month, I ended up uncovering a few things about the stories she told in those videos she sent to my parents and her friends. In that time, I uncovered that the stories of abuse that she was speaking about were of previous boyfriends that she had had. Every single boyfriend had a story of abuse, and these stories had credible witnesses attached to each and every story. While combing through all of this information I come to the educated conclusion that they are false and told only in a specific way to frame her as the victim using a way that no one would dare call her a liar because who would blame the victim?
When she came back it was really hard on everyone because we had all been heavily affected by this experience that she has put us all through, but she just acted like it never happened and continued to act like she deserved everything. But anytime anyone would mention anything about what happened she would absolutely freak out scream and curse and throw a massive tantrum and storm off and slam her door. In this time, I have personally decided that I will just act like she doesn't exist, I won't speak to her or acknowledge her.
Fast forward to now January 2024, she has convinced my parents that the best thing for her is moving to Florida to go to school because in her words "it is the one place I don't get migraines". I pointed out to my parents that the last time she lived in Florida she only lasted 3 weeks before claiming migraine. Apparently, she only lasted a month at the school before dropping all of her classes and just living it up in her apartment that my parents pay for. And she only informed my parents over spring break that she dropped out because her migraines were too bad. She is now home and living with my parents again and continues to spread her stories of assault and abuse as well as her stories of migraines to literally anyone that will listen.
I'd like to add that throughout all of these years she never fails to make sure I am the one that somehow suffers through it all. Throughout her Migraines I was the one that had to take care of her, I was the one that got in trouble when she screwed up, I was the one that had to pay for all of her mistakes. After years and years of watching her lies not only hurt me and my family but also slowly chip away at what used to be a happy and close nit family I don't think I can live with it any longer. My mother continues to stand by her side and call me a liar anytime I call my sister out on her lies, and my relationship with my mom has suffered for it. My father knows my sister is lying but fears speaking up because it might anger my mom. This whole experience has divided our family.
Another thing of note is that I value honesty over everything else, I will call anyone and everyone out on their bull. This last weekend we were at a graduation party and sitting there and listening to her speak and talking about all of this to literal strangers and because we were in public I had to physically literally bite my tongue to keep myself from speaking which resulted in me actually biting off a piece of my tongue. I honestly have come to the end of my rope of patience and I don't want her in my life anymore. So am I the asshole?
2024.05.15 00:04 thatonecoolguyz My best friend's ex told everyone that I was groomed without my consent
It's been a long time since I last used Reddit, but this has been on my mind lately and I wanted to know what other people think about this since It's a really sensitive topic for me and I just can't stop thinking about it.
I (16M) have my best friend (19F) who broke up with her boyfriend (17M) some months ago, I'll call her Lucy, and her ex, Jack.
A lot of things happened for them to break up, I'll try to keep it short.
First of all, Jack and I met when I was 12 through an Instagram group since we both liked art and that stuff. Lucy was already my friend by some months by that time, and we both hated Jack. He was extremely racist, homophobic, transphobic, everything. There was not a single good thing about this man. He used to sexualize me for being a trans guy, commenting gross things on my posts whenever it had my face, and much more.
And for some reason, Lucy and him ended up dating. I don't know how. But I accepted it since she was my best friend and thought "well if she's happy then I'll just keep up with it".
At the same time, I was in a relationship with a guy (16M), through the internet. I'll keep it short, he sexually abused me, deteriorated my mental health, cheated on me 3 times, and this is just the beginning.
Lucy and Jack knew about this, but Lucy couldn't help me because I was 12, whenever she would've talked to me about his toxic behavior I'd just brush it off because I "loved him" and he was just confused or whatever excuse I'd find to keep him as the good guy.
And including Jack wouldn't let me and Lucy talk a lot since he would get "jealous" saying that he "wanted to be my best friend" and not her. He would check her chats and see our conversation and TEXT THROUGH THEM to try and talk to me when I wouldn't answer him.
Time passed by and I got off that relationship when I was 14, met someone else at that time and started dating them. But it was kind of toxic too, we broke up once because I couldn't communicate properly, then he came back and asked me to try again, he broke up again with me because "distance wasn't his thing". So I let him go.
He made a lot of gross comments about my at the time boyfriend, and kept sexualizing me and trying to make my boyfriend leave me just because "he was there first."
I had it and blocked him, I spent months having to deal with his non stopping messages about how sorry he was through Lucy, since she was kinda by his side.
Well, some months ago he broke up with her because, in his words, he couldn't handle being with her because he still missed me a lot and the fact she was my best friend made him feel miserable.
Oh well.
Time passed by and some weeks ago Lucy told me she found something I might wanna see, when I checked her messages she had sent me screenshots of her ex talking shit about me in a DISCORD SERVER. I guess he was having another conversation when he said this because things before don't make sense, so I'll quote exactly what he said to like a hundred of people in that server about me:
" Oh yeah, I had a friend who fell in love with a 17 year old chilean guy when she was 14. I mean, 14 when she started dating him. But I guess they actually started having something when she was 13."
The others changed topics, and he kept on talking, but now about my newest ex.
" Because she was a dumbass blinded by love and she forgave him 3 times. She doesn't knows how to live without someone's love. "
Again changed topics, and he talked again.
" And she had the audacity to stop talking to me just because of her boyfriend. Just because he was from the USA and German. Just because she's a gold digger, to get a better future and blah blah blah."
" But then I'm the bad guy, he breaks up with her because he got bored and when I do something slightly bad I'm blocked from fucking everywhere, and the fucking stupid bitch forgives him and not me."
"So she's just a bitch with no self-love."
First of all, I wasn't 14, I was 13 when that guy was 17, and started "dating" when I was 12.
Second of all, he changed the whole story to keep as the "cool nice guy" in front of his friends. And not only that, he used female pronouns on me knowing I've been a trans guy since I was 9. There's no excuse to call me "she" when he knew from the moment he met me.
It's humiliating to know he told everyone about it, and I got an Instagram notification about him taking screenshots of old NSFW drawings I did of me and my groomer when I was 13, and showed to him because I didn't know who else to tell since Lucy wouldn't talk to me because of him.
I feel gross and I honestly don't know what to do. He texted all those things on December 2023, and it's been months since then but I don't know if I should do something. I feel like letting go is the best option but I can't stop thinking about how he's just spreading the SA I went through to everyone and I'm just here, suffering the consequences of it. Since when I was 14 I went through the same at school because of my cousin who looked through my phone and found erotic pictures of me and conversations I used to have with my groomer and told everyone the next day. I was harassed for months.
Anything that I could do? I'm confused and at the same time so mad, but sad.
Thanks for reading. Sorry if it was long, I needed to get a lot of things out.
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I (16M) have my best friend (19F) who broke up with her boyfriend (17M) some months ago, I'll call her Lucy, and her ex, Jack.
A lot of things happened for them to break up, I'll try to keep it short.
First of all, Jack and I met when I was 12 through an Instagram group since we both liked art and that stuff. Lucy was already my friend by some months by that time, and we both hated Jack. He was extremely racist, homophobic, transphobic, everything. There was not a single good thing about this man. He used to sexualize me for being a trans guy, commenting gross things on my posts whenever it had my face, and much more.
And for some reason, Lucy and him ended up dating. I don't know how. But I accepted it since she was my best friend and thought "well if she's happy then I'll just keep up with it".
At the same time, I was in a relationship with a guy (16M), through the internet. I'll keep it short, he sexually abused me, deteriorated my mental health, cheated on me 3 times, and this is just the beginning.
Lucy and Jack knew about this, but Lucy couldn't help me because I was 12, whenever she would've talked to me about his toxic behavior I'd just brush it off because I "loved him" and he was just confused or whatever excuse I'd find to keep him as the good guy.
And including Jack wouldn't let me and Lucy talk a lot since he would get "jealous" saying that he "wanted to be my best friend" and not her. He would check her chats and see our conversation and TEXT THROUGH THEM to try and talk to me when I wouldn't answer him.
Time passed by and I got off that relationship when I was 14, met someone else at that time and started dating them. But it was kind of toxic too, we broke up once because I couldn't communicate properly, then he came back and asked me to try again, he broke up again with me because "distance wasn't his thing". So I let him go.
He made a lot of gross comments about my at the time boyfriend, and kept sexualizing me and trying to make my boyfriend leave me just because "he was there first."
I had it and blocked him, I spent months having to deal with his non stopping messages about how sorry he was through Lucy, since she was kinda by his side.
Well, some months ago he broke up with her because, in his words, he couldn't handle being with her because he still missed me a lot and the fact she was my best friend made him feel miserable.
Oh well.
Time passed by and some weeks ago Lucy told me she found something I might wanna see, when I checked her messages she had sent me screenshots of her ex talking shit about me in a DISCORD SERVER. I guess he was having another conversation when he said this because things before don't make sense, so I'll quote exactly what he said to like a hundred of people in that server about me:
" Oh yeah, I had a friend who fell in love with a 17 year old chilean guy when she was 14. I mean, 14 when she started dating him. But I guess they actually started having something when she was 13."
The others changed topics, and he kept on talking, but now about my newest ex.
" Because she was a dumbass blinded by love and she forgave him 3 times. She doesn't knows how to live without someone's love. "
Again changed topics, and he talked again.
" And she had the audacity to stop talking to me just because of her boyfriend. Just because he was from the USA and German. Just because she's a gold digger, to get a better future and blah blah blah."
" But then I'm the bad guy, he breaks up with her because he got bored and when I do something slightly bad I'm blocked from fucking everywhere, and the fucking stupid bitch forgives him and not me."
"So she's just a bitch with no self-love."
First of all, I wasn't 14, I was 13 when that guy was 17, and started "dating" when I was 12.
Second of all, he changed the whole story to keep as the "cool nice guy" in front of his friends. And not only that, he used female pronouns on me knowing I've been a trans guy since I was 9. There's no excuse to call me "she" when he knew from the moment he met me.
It's humiliating to know he told everyone about it, and I got an Instagram notification about him taking screenshots of old NSFW drawings I did of me and my groomer when I was 13, and showed to him because I didn't know who else to tell since Lucy wouldn't talk to me because of him.
I feel gross and I honestly don't know what to do. He texted all those things on December 2023, and it's been months since then but I don't know if I should do something. I feel like letting go is the best option but I can't stop thinking about how he's just spreading the SA I went through to everyone and I'm just here, suffering the consequences of it. Since when I was 14 I went through the same at school because of my cousin who looked through my phone and found erotic pictures of me and conversations I used to have with my groomer and told everyone the next day. I was harassed for months.
Anything that I could do? I'm confused and at the same time so mad, but sad.
Thanks for reading. Sorry if it was long, I needed to get a lot of things out.
2024.05.15 00:03 MoneyYesterday422 Mistress Laney
Good afternoon,
I posted a story to this group a week or so ago about how hot and humiliating it was to send to another man. I just want to report that Mistress Laney has helped me fulfill that wonderful humiliation. Iâve sent multiple times to her man, and always tells her how pathetic it is. Please go to her for all your needs, no matter how wild. Sheâs excellent at her craft.
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I posted a story to this group a week or so ago about how hot and humiliating it was to send to another man. I just want to report that Mistress Laney has helped me fulfill that wonderful humiliation. Iâve sent multiple times to her man, and always tells her how pathetic it is. Please go to her for all your needs, no matter how wild. Sheâs excellent at her craft.
2024.05.15 00:03 CustomerSalt9098 Are my parents narcissists? Pls help !
I am not sure but i think my parents are very narcissistic. My dad told me once laughing together with my mom that he noticed my teeth were yellow due to smoking when i started hanging with my drug addicted friends....he then laughed again and said that i was "gone" exactly as they were./// I felt so ridiculed but it was a miracle i left that friendgroup. My parents reaction was so weird though. The second instance was when i told my mom about a stalker i had and that i was afraid he had photos of my body(its a complicated story). I explained that i became afraid of men and had a general fear of my body. My mom very callously said that everyone has seen us sometimes naked so its not a big thing. The third instance was when we went at my mother 's family side on holiday. She used to brag about what a cute girl i was and would go on to tell everyone at the table how she would pinch me with a needle as a baby anytime i used to touch things she did not want me to. Her eyes shined. She was also the first to say that you need to slapp the children until their eyes sparkle. I am going crazy ! There are many other stuff but these instances just trigger me the most.They are nice sometimes but something doesnt feel right about them. Who are they?
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2024.05.15 00:03 andrexx106 Tremendous scare
My wife told me a story that stunned me and she can't explain it... as a girl she was lying on her side on a sofa... trying to rest... an aunt of hers was sitting at an old sewing machine. So my wife could see that her aunt was not wearing underwear... but what she saw was horrifying... she saw that something like a pig's penis came out from between her aunt's legs... it came out and I kept hiding it again... my wife never talks stupid things... she saw that... she didn't know what to think... she closed her eyes... and today, 45 years later, she tells me... can anyone tell me something about...?
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2024.05.15 00:02 e_hawthorne Emilie Autumn Did It Better: Mental Health Edition
Okay this is not specifically Taylor AND Travis, but I feel this sub would get where I am coming from.
Now I am not one to ever compare one individual's mental health conditions that may be with another person. Everyone has their own struggles and challenges they go through, even if the severity differs. However, in this situation, I would like to put my two cents in on a subject many of us already have started to discuss: Taylor's usage of mental illness, mental institutions, and just overall angst she has been harbouring since TTPD's announcement to present times. As others have pointed out before me, it has never been confirmed if Taylor has any medical condition or has any mental disorder. She did confirm back in 2019 though I believe, she has never gone to therapy as she sees her mom as the only therapist she ever could need (if it has changed since then, please let me know). To be honest, yes, it's not our place to know if she doesn't want to share, about anything involving herself, especially like mental health, as it's a personal subject for many, whether famous or not. Also I truly think therapy while super helpful for some, may not be the right for others in contrast. It genuinely depends on each individual on what they need and what works best for them. Alas, whatever we want to call Taylor is doing for the TTPD era with the usage and imagery of mental illness, personally I'm not only over it but disgusted by it.
For starters, we are led to think all this imagery and wordplay and overall presentation of mental illness and mental institutions and lobonomies etc are solely due to her broken heart over a former love (popular suggestion says it's for Matty Healy but some think it's still Joe and some think it's for other people completely or even other situations). We're left with solely her songs and her choices in words both in songs and in real life, to theorize what they could be alluding to. I have seen many Gaylors suggest these are influenced by the LGBTQIA+ was and have been treated in mainstream society. How, homosexuality was even listed an actual illness not so long ago unfortunately.
But for the sake of calling a spade a spade and being simplistic, I am just going to follow the popular belief that this era is just her choice of showing her reaction and feelings towards some ex-lover and feeling scorned by them, most likely it's Matty. Or least the grand majority of the songs seem to lean in his not so favour. That being said (and as someone who has been there with Taylor since Debut), she could have honestly chose a better direction. Mental illness isn't a joke to make people laugh at parties. It isn't a trend or the latest accessory to buy at the mall. It's not something you can just shake off and pretend it's done by the next album. It's real and it's really affects your every day life. Just as mental institutions are no joke. They're not fun playgrounds to meet potential besties at. It's literally a place that originally people were sent to against their will. Even in present times, some people are still sent to them against their will. Yes, some go now voluntarily, but it isn't always the case. I understand being heartbroken and something like ghosting can make one feel emotionally vulnerable and hurt on a multitude of levels. I just wouldn't justify making chronic word usage of "asylums", "madhouses", phrases like "they sent me away" or referencing coming straight from the hospital if she just meant it "symbolically". I get she could have easily meant Hollywood and stardom especially like she has experienced, is a crazy experience to endure, but in that case, it seems like her previous analogies of a circus works better without offending potential parties or people with actual experiences with mental institutions and/or mental illness. It reminds me of how several people say something like "I always wash my hands, I'm OCD" or "War time flashbacks, I got PTSD from *names a very underwhelming situation that disturb a person slightly*", It's careless and callous wording all around. The fact we have even seen some of Taylor's so-called fans start to make their own medical bracelets to play up this theme is disturbing in my opinion. Again mental illness isn't some necklace to show off like a diamond studded piece.
I'm not saying Taylor couldn't have felt maddened in a way by her experiences that inspired TTPD thus how she chose to display this era and such. In my own personal experience without going too much into it, I had my own ghosting experience a few years back that wasn't fun in any way, and it was with someone, who reassured me for months on end that they were going to stay and we'd always be in each other's lives so obviously my trust and faith were both shaken when I noticed one night, I got blocked from all their social media and they didn't answer any call or text I left. However, I didn't go around not only acting like a tortured Victorian woman, who was imprisoned against her own will in a sanitarium but marketing myself as one and even trying to trademark a term I clearly didn't create. Granted say Taylor hypothetically went through a whole bunch of worst case scenarios: loved ones dying, friends leaving her when she needed them the most, people she care for getting sick, potential bankruptcy, etc then fuck, I get her reason behind using all this theme and the imagery as well. But I am going to take the benefit of the doubt and say she really chose a serious topic and things associated with it, just because something went awry again with her and some person she dated unfortunately. And what makes it even more vulgar in my opinion is it's not even like her first break up. It's much more than her first rodeo at this game yet she chose to display all of her feelings for it this time in perhaps, one of the worst ways. She is being insensitive to the ones who actually have been in mental institutions, whether by choice or not, and/or are suffering from mental illness. Again maybe she has something too, maybe not but regardless, she seems tone-deaf to the bigger picture here, similar to her using soldier terminology despite never been at war or even in service.
Many musicians have used this imagery before as we've established but it doesn't make it any more right. Several artists in comparison have been public with their mental health situations and don't even choose to use this type of imagery for themselves. They'll mention it time from time, but it's definitely not treated like a personality trait from them. It's just an aspect of them but not the whole picture. The fact she's even referring to herself as "The Chairman of The Tortured Poets Department" sounds like the combination of one of the most pretentious and woe is me crock I have ever heard. We don't see Morrissey calling himself, "The Pope of Mope" (yes, the fans do but he doesn't) and I doubt we'd see Robert Smith call himself, "The King of Sad". Yet Taylor who has had what seemed like a well off childhood and many good things happen to her and never seemed to brand herself as anything less than cheery adjectives for more over a decade, it just sounds so off-putting now she's trying to play the tragic role like it's natural or genuine.
I find it important to note, one particular musician named Emilie Autumn, has been inspired by the Victorian era for her whole career and real life "tortured" writers , along with incorporating the whole asylum analogy long before Taylor, but in sheer contrast, it was documented she actually went to a psych ward in a book she published in 2009. In the book itself, she discusses what it was in both a fictional way and factual way of what she went through as well showcasing how women were treated there in present times compared with the 1800s hasn't changed that much. She wanted to write the book to empower women though and to rise above the turmoil and be stronger because of it. She was no victim here (nor trying to just use it "alt points"). She has since (and even before the book) been very open about her experiences with mental illness (she's openly bipolar and the abuse she's endured over the years, as well her songs show she's not afraid to tackle the harder subjects) and what's it really like to be in a psych ward. I feel Emilie Autumn accomplished making mental illness a subject we can understand and even relate to, without it feeling gimmicky or a cash grab until she comes up with another aesthetic. Again I'm not saying Taylor's life story has been nothing but peaches and cream though, I recognize it hasn't been. And again she isn't expected to tell us her entire medical history and every blemish she ever had, but I don't support nor think her going around at her concerts with her dancers dressed as nurses and doctors and her using mental institutions as settings when she has been so mum on the subject of mental health, whether hers or in general, is a good look especially if she's just doing it to songs about how a guy stopped pursuing her and they weren't even together for that long. It comes off disrespectful and even condescending to the ones, who really have mental conditions and we can't just shake it off with a dance number. I'm sorry she got hurt (whether she still is or was is debated), but it doesn't give her a free pass to use something as heavy as this as just an aesthetic and equally turning a blind eye when some of her fans think it's just a lighthearted thing too. I will never get over how so many are now using asylums so loosely, like "OMG this album makes me crazy, send me to an asylum next". That's fucked up to say the least. Ultimately, I just hope this phase changes fast, and hopefully, Taylor can heal from whatever she is or isn't singing about, and more people step in when an idea is just isn't a good one.
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Now I am not one to ever compare one individual's mental health conditions that may be with another person. Everyone has their own struggles and challenges they go through, even if the severity differs. However, in this situation, I would like to put my two cents in on a subject many of us already have started to discuss: Taylor's usage of mental illness, mental institutions, and just overall angst she has been harbouring since TTPD's announcement to present times. As others have pointed out before me, it has never been confirmed if Taylor has any medical condition or has any mental disorder. She did confirm back in 2019 though I believe, she has never gone to therapy as she sees her mom as the only therapist she ever could need (if it has changed since then, please let me know). To be honest, yes, it's not our place to know if she doesn't want to share, about anything involving herself, especially like mental health, as it's a personal subject for many, whether famous or not. Also I truly think therapy while super helpful for some, may not be the right for others in contrast. It genuinely depends on each individual on what they need and what works best for them. Alas, whatever we want to call Taylor is doing for the TTPD era with the usage and imagery of mental illness, personally I'm not only over it but disgusted by it.
For starters, we are led to think all this imagery and wordplay and overall presentation of mental illness and mental institutions and lobonomies etc are solely due to her broken heart over a former love (popular suggestion says it's for Matty Healy but some think it's still Joe and some think it's for other people completely or even other situations). We're left with solely her songs and her choices in words both in songs and in real life, to theorize what they could be alluding to. I have seen many Gaylors suggest these are influenced by the LGBTQIA+ was and have been treated in mainstream society. How, homosexuality was even listed an actual illness not so long ago unfortunately.
But for the sake of calling a spade a spade and being simplistic, I am just going to follow the popular belief that this era is just her choice of showing her reaction and feelings towards some ex-lover and feeling scorned by them, most likely it's Matty. Or least the grand majority of the songs seem to lean in his not so favour. That being said (and as someone who has been there with Taylor since Debut), she could have honestly chose a better direction. Mental illness isn't a joke to make people laugh at parties. It isn't a trend or the latest accessory to buy at the mall. It's not something you can just shake off and pretend it's done by the next album. It's real and it's really affects your every day life. Just as mental institutions are no joke. They're not fun playgrounds to meet potential besties at. It's literally a place that originally people were sent to against their will. Even in present times, some people are still sent to them against their will. Yes, some go now voluntarily, but it isn't always the case. I understand being heartbroken and something like ghosting can make one feel emotionally vulnerable and hurt on a multitude of levels. I just wouldn't justify making chronic word usage of "asylums", "madhouses", phrases like "they sent me away" or referencing coming straight from the hospital if she just meant it "symbolically". I get she could have easily meant Hollywood and stardom especially like she has experienced, is a crazy experience to endure, but in that case, it seems like her previous analogies of a circus works better without offending potential parties or people with actual experiences with mental institutions and/or mental illness. It reminds me of how several people say something like "I always wash my hands, I'm OCD" or "War time flashbacks, I got PTSD from *names a very underwhelming situation that disturb a person slightly*", It's careless and callous wording all around. The fact we have even seen some of Taylor's so-called fans start to make their own medical bracelets to play up this theme is disturbing in my opinion. Again mental illness isn't some necklace to show off like a diamond studded piece.
I'm not saying Taylor couldn't have felt maddened in a way by her experiences that inspired TTPD thus how she chose to display this era and such. In my own personal experience without going too much into it, I had my own ghosting experience a few years back that wasn't fun in any way, and it was with someone, who reassured me for months on end that they were going to stay and we'd always be in each other's lives so obviously my trust and faith were both shaken when I noticed one night, I got blocked from all their social media and they didn't answer any call or text I left. However, I didn't go around not only acting like a tortured Victorian woman, who was imprisoned against her own will in a sanitarium but marketing myself as one and even trying to trademark a term I clearly didn't create. Granted say Taylor hypothetically went through a whole bunch of worst case scenarios: loved ones dying, friends leaving her when she needed them the most, people she care for getting sick, potential bankruptcy, etc then fuck, I get her reason behind using all this theme and the imagery as well. But I am going to take the benefit of the doubt and say she really chose a serious topic and things associated with it, just because something went awry again with her and some person she dated unfortunately. And what makes it even more vulgar in my opinion is it's not even like her first break up. It's much more than her first rodeo at this game yet she chose to display all of her feelings for it this time in perhaps, one of the worst ways. She is being insensitive to the ones who actually have been in mental institutions, whether by choice or not, and/or are suffering from mental illness. Again maybe she has something too, maybe not but regardless, she seems tone-deaf to the bigger picture here, similar to her using soldier terminology despite never been at war or even in service.
Many musicians have used this imagery before as we've established but it doesn't make it any more right. Several artists in comparison have been public with their mental health situations and don't even choose to use this type of imagery for themselves. They'll mention it time from time, but it's definitely not treated like a personality trait from them. It's just an aspect of them but not the whole picture. The fact she's even referring to herself as "The Chairman of The Tortured Poets Department" sounds like the combination of one of the most pretentious and woe is me crock I have ever heard. We don't see Morrissey calling himself, "The Pope of Mope" (yes, the fans do but he doesn't) and I doubt we'd see Robert Smith call himself, "The King of Sad". Yet Taylor who has had what seemed like a well off childhood and many good things happen to her and never seemed to brand herself as anything less than cheery adjectives for more over a decade, it just sounds so off-putting now she's trying to play the tragic role like it's natural or genuine.
I find it important to note, one particular musician named Emilie Autumn, has been inspired by the Victorian era for her whole career and real life "tortured" writers , along with incorporating the whole asylum analogy long before Taylor, but in sheer contrast, it was documented she actually went to a psych ward in a book she published in 2009. In the book itself, she discusses what it was in both a fictional way and factual way of what she went through as well showcasing how women were treated there in present times compared with the 1800s hasn't changed that much. She wanted to write the book to empower women though and to rise above the turmoil and be stronger because of it. She was no victim here (nor trying to just use it "alt points"). She has since (and even before the book) been very open about her experiences with mental illness (she's openly bipolar and the abuse she's endured over the years, as well her songs show she's not afraid to tackle the harder subjects) and what's it really like to be in a psych ward. I feel Emilie Autumn accomplished making mental illness a subject we can understand and even relate to, without it feeling gimmicky or a cash grab until she comes up with another aesthetic. Again I'm not saying Taylor's life story has been nothing but peaches and cream though, I recognize it hasn't been. And again she isn't expected to tell us her entire medical history and every blemish she ever had, but I don't support nor think her going around at her concerts with her dancers dressed as nurses and doctors and her using mental institutions as settings when she has been so mum on the subject of mental health, whether hers or in general, is a good look especially if she's just doing it to songs about how a guy stopped pursuing her and they weren't even together for that long. It comes off disrespectful and even condescending to the ones, who really have mental conditions and we can't just shake it off with a dance number. I'm sorry she got hurt (whether she still is or was is debated), but it doesn't give her a free pass to use something as heavy as this as just an aesthetic and equally turning a blind eye when some of her fans think it's just a lighthearted thing too. I will never get over how so many are now using asylums so loosely, like "OMG this album makes me crazy, send me to an asylum next". That's fucked up to say the least. Ultimately, I just hope this phase changes fast, and hopefully, Taylor can heal from whatever she is or isn't singing about, and more people step in when an idea is just isn't a good one.
2024.05.15 00:01 honestyandhoes My friend says I (25F) was misleading for this and it makes me feel dumb for being upset that things didn't go anywhere with this guy (28M). How do I stop regretting how things went and move on?
Long story short - I (25F) was on a 3rd date with a guy (28M) and I was drunk and we kissed for the first time that night and I invited him up to my place because I wanted to kiss him more. I wasn't thinking about sex cuz I was dumb and drunk (I even had to throw up a little bit after we got to my place), so I had to stop us in the middle of doing stuff to say no to sex and I explained to him my boundaries (I wait till I'm in a relationship to have sex and I'd need him to get an STD test for oral sex).
After this, we talked about other normal stuff in between. We also tried making out here and there in between and at some point, he made what sounded like a passive aggressive comment about blue balls. This bothered me so I made a couple comments later that came off quite rude. I tried saving the situation by explaining myself and my boundaries (I told him I haven't had the best dating experiences in the past but didn't go in more detail). I was having a hard time trying to fix things because I was drunk. Things were super awkward and when he was leaving, I could tell how annoyed he was by his face.
The next day, I sent him a lighthearted message that I was feeling better about things and still had fun before the night ended weirdly and he ended up shutting things down with me right after. I feel TERRIBLE about this still cuz things seemed to be going really well before and I have a hard time finding dates in my city. Man, I screwed things up and I keep thinking that we still could have been talking if I just hadn't invited him up or told him my boundaries much more in advance.
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After this, we talked about other normal stuff in between. We also tried making out here and there in between and at some point, he made what sounded like a passive aggressive comment about blue balls. This bothered me so I made a couple comments later that came off quite rude. I tried saving the situation by explaining myself and my boundaries (I told him I haven't had the best dating experiences in the past but didn't go in more detail). I was having a hard time trying to fix things because I was drunk. Things were super awkward and when he was leaving, I could tell how annoyed he was by his face.
The next day, I sent him a lighthearted message that I was feeling better about things and still had fun before the night ended weirdly and he ended up shutting things down with me right after. I feel TERRIBLE about this still cuz things seemed to be going really well before and I have a hard time finding dates in my city. Man, I screwed things up and I keep thinking that we still could have been talking if I just hadn't invited him up or told him my boundaries much more in advance.
2024.05.15 00:00 sleeping-dragon [TOMT] [1980s] [Horror] Movie or show about scary story telling.
I have vague memories of a moment etched in my mind from my childhood. The scene I remember was either from a movie or a TV show. I keep thinking it was Tales from the Crypt but I don't think that's it.
As I recall it, there are people in a cabin or house in the woods. They are sitting in a living room setting talking about a spooky story from the area about a creature named - Griller or Grillock - something like that. Part of the story talks about this thing have long arms and hands so big they can crush a basketball. As it progresses the monster smashes it's hands through some windows and crushes a couple of people's skulls.
It's total low budget B film and I can remember it being cheesy but scary for a young kid at the time. I've searched for it randomly but can never seem to find what I'm looking for.
Any help would be great. Thanks in advance.
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As I recall it, there are people in a cabin or house in the woods. They are sitting in a living room setting talking about a spooky story from the area about a creature named - Griller or Grillock - something like that. Part of the story talks about this thing have long arms and hands so big they can crush a basketball. As it progresses the monster smashes it's hands through some windows and crushes a couple of people's skulls.
It's total low budget B film and I can remember it being cheesy but scary for a young kid at the time. I've searched for it randomly but can never seem to find what I'm looking for.
Any help would be great. Thanks in advance.
2024.05.15 00:00 AVeryOddLife 10 Reasons I Have Not Tried to Reach Out
- I'm nervous about it. Many years ago in the 90s I was a mentally ill teenager and without going into details me not respecting boundaries got me in a lot of trouble. It was traumatizing and I don't want to go through it again.
- Even before that when I was a child and throughout most of my adult life every idea I've had has been laughed at, I've faced constant discouragement from family, basically every time I go even a little outside of my comfort zone bad things happen.
- I want to respect your boundaries. You've never told me explicitly not to contact you like others have said to me before but you blocked me on pretty much every app. I purposely deleted your number from contacts just so I wouldn't even be tempted to cross that line. If I really really want to reach out to you I'm sure I could find the number in a backup here somewhere. But I get the feeling it's a bad idea.
- The ratio of my messages to your responses when we did communicate is weighted very heavily towards me. It gets very discouraging after awhile.
- I said I wasn't ok and didn't get a response for months. I know you might say "go get a therapist" but I wasn't looking for a therapist. I would have been fine with "hey I'm sorry to here you are not feeling well. Let's get together for coffee sometime".
- I felt a little used. I did a lot of work for you. It was never about the money. I would have helped you for free. It was just I wanted to help you with something long term and you used my help as a short term fix and I ended up doing work through you for people I didn't want to be doing work for anymore. I left because those people didn't appreciate me, and through you I ended up doing it for pennies on the dollar. Again, the money didn't matter, it was the principle. I would have gladly helped you for free.
- I'm afraid you might think I was using you. Like this was some long term devious plan. I'm really not that clever. As I got to spend time with you I liked you.
- We're defintiely at different stages in life because of our different ages (late 20s vs early 40s). It's definitely a factor holding me back.
- Even if you for some reason wanted to be with me, I was and am too weak. Without getting into a sob story about my life, it's been a very bad one. I'm depressed and overweight and not wealthy (though I do alright). I could just never give you the things you deserve. I would want you to be with someone that makes you happy and that you would feel fine showing off to your friends. Someone who doesn't have to struggle to do things around the home to maintain it. Someone who can do fun activities outside with you. Unfortuantely that's not me.
- Anytime I've opened my heart to be vulnerable, I've been hurt. I've already told you in person about a couple of those times. (If you remember the only reason I was telling you was to make you feel better since you were telling me about your crush on one of your coworkers).
Just please don't think me staying away or being mean has anyting to do with you. It's been hard for many years now. It would be nice to have someone here to help. To talk to. About anything. I could just sit here and listen to you complain about work for hours. And I know I'm far from blameless. I could write a longer letter with all my faults.
I sent you one last thing on your birthday earlier this month. I just wanted perhaps the last thing you ever got from me to be something nice. Because the message before that came from a place of hurt.
But even me with all my faults deserves some happiness, kindness, and respect. I hope you find those in your life. And I hope someday I get to experience them too.
Sorry for the paragraphs and paragraphs and not respecting the boundaries of friendship. I guess to the void the words go. I've lost my train of thought.
2024.05.14 23:58 PlayerPin Respect Knuckles the Echidna! (Archie's Sonic the Hedgehog, Pre-Super Genesis Wave)
Knuckles the Echidna
"I am the last guardian of Angel Island. I will protect the Master Emerald. And I will do it alone if I have to."
Knuckles would go through many hardships throughout his life: His father's death, discovering his home then watching its destruction, and his endless fight against Dr. Eggman and the forces of the Dark Legion. Knuckles would even die and be brought back to life. However hard the going gets, though, Knuckles always manages to recover and hit harder. He's not just rougher than the rest of them; he's the best of them.
Section Key: I. Strength II. Speed/Agility III. Durability IV. Chaos Power V. Other VI. Hyper Knuckles VII. Chaos Knuckles Source Key: Knuckles' Chaotix - Chaotix Knuckles the Echidna - KtE# Sonic and Knuckles - S&K Sonic's Friendly Nemesis, Knuckles Miniseries - Nem# Sonic Quest - Quest# Sonic the Hedgehog (1993) - StC# Sonic the Hedgehog Free Comic Book Day - FCD# Sonic the Hedgehog Triple Trouble - Triple Sonic Super Special - Spe# Sonic Universe - SU# Sonic vs. Knuckles - SvK Super Sonic vs. Hyper Knuckles - SSvHK
Feats are posted in chronological order.
For additional context on some feats, see a map of Angel Island here.
To see his feats during his time as the Enerjak, see here (Respect Thread by theusjshjdhdne)
I. Strength
Striking
- Breaks a fake Chaos Emerald.
- Breaks down a brick wall in one punch.
- Knocks out Fang with one punch.
- Destroys Metal Sonic in one blow when theyâre both at a giant size.
- Brawls with Enerjak.
- Punches a hole in a giant machine.
- Brawls with Sonic until theyâre both exhausted.
- Rams through a large metal robot.
- Breaks through an indeterminate amount of stone.
- Punches Sonic so hard Sally worries that Knuckles could have knocked Sonicâs head off.
- Shatters a few Egg Grapes.
- Punches Finivetus hard enough for him to bounce.
- Punches a sturdy trap wall hard enough to climb up it.
- Clashes fists against Finitevus hard enough to cause a shockwave.
- Punches the ground enough to crack it and create smoke.
Lifting/Grabbing
- While Perfect Chaos is flooding a city and Knuckles is in this water, he lifts a heavy generator that powers the entire city.
- Restrains an out-of-control Bunnie alongside Mighty and Vector.
- Catches a giant drill and prevents its rotation.
- Holds up rubble alongside Amy to prevent a cave-in.
- Snaps off an arm of the Egg Beater with Vectorâs help.
- Grabs Finivetus by his cape and slams him into a wall hard enough to crack it.
Throwing
- Throws a dingo from one room to another to hit another dingo.
- Tosses Sonic above cloud level.
- Throws Thrash through a stone wall.
Other
- Anchors himself with his spikes during a tornado.
- Easily cuts a tree with ease.
- Powers through Thrashâs screams.
II. Speed/Agility
Combat/Evasion
- Evades falling boulders.
- Dodges a lot of traps completely unscathed including machine guns.
- Spins in a cyclone fast enough to throw a biker gang into the distance.
- Dodges a laser.
- Dodges a robotâs mace.
- Keeps up with Sonic going all-out pretty handily, at one point holding him down.
- Dodges multiple close-proximity lasers.
- Dodges Espioâs kunai in very close range.
Movement
- Speeds from near the outside of Angel Island to a distant mountain.
- Swims from the deepest point of the ocean floor to the surface before he loses oxygen, only not succeeding due to outside interference.
- Outruns a blast that quickly engulfs the Floating Island, only being hit when he reaches the end of the island. Out of everyone on the island, Knuckles is the only one able to outrun the blast and even reacts fast enough to throw a Dark Legion member into the blast before he starts actually running.
- Hops over a fence.
- Hops from one floating vehicle to another.
Gliding
- Can glide above the trees even in turbulent winds.
- For some reason his gliding works by using his dreadlocks???
- Okay, that isn't gliding, that's just flying, Knuckles.
- Can glide (fly) high enough to be significantly above Angel Island.
Other
- Swapped emeralds without Sonic and Eggman noticing.
- Able to keep balance on an Extreme Gear while grappling with Storm.
III. Durability
Blunt
- Struck by Sonic going at full speed.
- Bonked by Sonic hitting him with an entire tree.
- Hurt but able to handle being surprise attacked by Espio, Vector, and Mighty in succession.
- Tanks blows from Enerjak whose raw strength is stated to dwarf Knucklesâ.
- Shot down by a giant laser.
- Takes a few blows from an alternate (Irish) version of himself.
- Hit by Sonic hard enough to create a hole in Castle Acorn.
- Launched into a wall by Thrashâs scream.
- Blasted repeatedly by Thrashâs screams, visibly no worse for wear.
Energy/Fire/Electricity
- Blasted by Enerjak.
- Gets the inside of his mouth burnt by Archimedes.
- Zapped by Enerjak.
- Hurt but generally fine after being splashed by lava.
- Tanks the edge of a blast that engulfed a large chunk of the Floating Island, still has enough energy to drag himself out of the ocean onto a piece of debris though he falls unconscious for twelve hours.
- Takes some hits from dingo goons armed with electric weapons.
Other
- Harmed but unfazed by getting drained by the energy siphon used on the Master Emerald that allows the Floating Island to stay, well, afloat.
- Seemingly unaffected by the pressure caused from being inside the very bottom of an ocean aside, more so worried about having no oxygen.
- Only worried about the cold while 30,000 meters above the already cloud level floating island.
- Is the first to regain consciousness after a crash.
- Crushed by a mechanical lobster.
- Gets caught in an avalanche, recovers quickly.
IV. Chaos Power
For a period during his conflicts with the Dark Legion, his latent Chaos power increased with time until an explosion would turn his skin green and properly transform him into Chaos Knuckles, losing his powers when he later died and revived. He didn't rekindle his powers until a conflict with Dr. Finivetus reawakened his latent abilities.Knuckles usually doesn't use these abilities, but can break them out again when necessary.
Offensive
- Dismantles a machine on his neck then blasts Hunter into unconsciousness.
- Clashes with Finivetus hard enough to create a huge sphere of energy on Angel Island.
Non-Offensive
- Passively regenerates from a splash of lava.
- Creates a portal from Mobiusâ surface to Angel Island.
- Flies with his eyes closed and âseesâ his surroundings with help from the Guiding Star Gem.
- Either doesnât register on an infrared sensor or genuinely has no body heat.
- Throws a few Chaos Spears.
Energy Generation
- Called a living Chaos Emerald as he projects a message to a fellow Guardian in an entirely different Zone; later corroborated by an examination performed by the Dark Legion.
- Generates enough natural power to overload a power system that winds up blowing up a complex and is implied to radiate enough energy after 15 minutes to be akin to nuclear fallout.
V. Other
- Can tell where Espio is even when heâs invisible.
- Carries a laser gun that destroys a door he cannot with brawn.
- Has the worst family tree.
- Called in by Sally to fight Sonic all-out on his level while Sonic is mind-controlled, Knuckles appearing right after Sonic wipes the floor with both the Freedom Fighters and Chaotix.
- Holds the Guiding Star, an artifact that creates a magical transport back to Angel Island from any place.
- Holds a Warp Ring which allows him to teleport to any location he sets his mind to.
- Resists Finivetusâ hypnotization.
VI. Hyper Knuckles
Also referred to as Super Knuckles, this form occurs when Knuckles absorbs sufficient Chaos Energy from the Chaos Emeralds, the Master Emerald, or a similarly potent source. With the power, he has the ability to take on powerful foes like Super Sonic and Master Mogul.Strength
- Described as âa thousand times strongerâ than usual.
- Tears apart reality fighting Super Sonic, destroying the Zone they fight in.
- Alongside Super Sonic, punches Master Mogul through buildings.
- Breaks the top of a mountain then throws Hunter across Angel Island.
Speed
Durability
- Takes hits from Super Sonic.
- Tanks the Zone-busting clash between himself and Super Sonic but reverts back to normal.
- Completely ignores Chaos energy that was hurting him at base form.
Chaos Power
VII. Chaos Knuckles
Due to Knuckles' fatherStrength
Speed
- Unleashes a blast of energy before Tails can react, though he wasnât in control of his actions.
- Keeps up with Turbo Tails.
Durability
- Stands undamaged in an epicenter of an explosion that knocked out multiple people including a Roboticized Mobian.
- Endures being siphoned of his energy until Charmy and Saffron free him.
- Surprise attacked by Turbo Tails.
- Tanks blows from Turbo Tails.
- Makes the scenario of Angel Island crashing and/or blowing up from Chaos energy nonlethal by taking the brunt of it himself; also a Chaos Power feat.
- Undamaged from a shot to the head that would have killed base Knuckles.
Chaos Power
Offensive
- Paralyzes a Roboticized Mobian.
- A shout throws around everybody surrounding him and teleports them to various places across the world.
- Unleashes a âtidal waveâ of energy.
- An energy blast goes straight through Angel Island with the debris knocking out Tails.
- An optic laser harms Turbo Tails.
- Shoots down a meteor that would have destroyed the city of Echidnaopolis.
Non-Offensive
- Warps through time and space on accident; later does so on purpose.
- Teleports through time and space to Dimitriâs ship which moves at Mach 5.
- Detects the death of two echidna who crashed into the ship he is on.
- Read someoneâs mind, though at the time he wasnât sure how to do so consciously.
- Sends a telepathic message and projection of himself to his father across the Floating Island.
- Stops his heart to play dead.
- Heals somebody from critical condition.
Reality Warping
- Unconsciously warps reality on a fundamental scale, changing reality to different versions of itself: First to one resembling the OVA, then a reality without the Dark Legion, then a reality resembling SatAM, then to a reality where Sally is dead, finally to reality as it once was. Notably, both Sonic and Sally had full awareness of the changes during the changes, and everyone else had full awareness only after the fact.
- [Limit] Canât stop events that would be inevitable through multiple methods such as Echidnaopolisâ destruction or the failure of Dimitriâs plan in the past.
- Manipulates time on an island-wide level to restore Angel Island to its original state before its inhabitants were teleported to another Zone.
- Creates flowers.
- [Limit] Blows himself up and dies saving Dimitri and destroying Mogulâs Chaos Siphon, ascending to a higher plane of existence in the Chaos Force (temporarily).
- Ejects himself from the Chaos Force and revives himself, but loses access to his powers.
- In one version of the future, warps the entirety of Mobius to his whim.
- Dimitri the Echidna.
- Dr. Finitevus.
- Egg Beater, Respect Thread by Proletlariet.
- Enerjak (as Dimitri), Respect Thread by theusjshjdhdne.
- Espio the Chameleon.
- Metal Sonic.
- Mighty the Armadillo, Respect Thread by theusjshjdhdne.
- Sonic the Hedgehog, Respect Thread by 76SUP and Joshless.
- Thrash the Tasmanian Devil.
- Vector the Crocodile.
- Tails the Fox.
2024.05.14 23:58 Rob_flipp COOKED ON AP LANG
Mcqs were relatively fine in my opinion but oh boyâŚthe essays were not great at all.
On the synthesis, it was about food trucks and what important factors cities should consider when regulating them. I did not understand this prompt at all like what⌠Like was it about the pros or cons they should consider or like if they should consider like to change the regulations or remove some regulations or something (1 of my reasons).
Then on the RA, Simu Liu who? Why do we have a story of someone preparing to emigrate from China to Canada like idk. Anyways to be fair, I think mine was ok on that. Just that the prompt was weird and trash. But I used tone and analogies (idk if those work, someone tell me)
Then for the last one, oh boy this was definitely my worse essay ever. Legit did not understand the prompt and I only had like 20 minutes left and I could not think of anything. Like can someone please explain to me wtf this prompt was asking and some examples?
Anyways, in conclusion, I think I got like a 3 to be honest, and I tried my best, wish I had the other prompts on like selfies or whatever. But all I am grateful for is that, I got it over with.
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On the synthesis, it was about food trucks and what important factors cities should consider when regulating them. I did not understand this prompt at all like what⌠Like was it about the pros or cons they should consider or like if they should consider like to change the regulations or remove some regulations or something (1 of my reasons).
Then on the RA, Simu Liu who? Why do we have a story of someone preparing to emigrate from China to Canada like idk. Anyways to be fair, I think mine was ok on that. Just that the prompt was weird and trash. But I used tone and analogies (idk if those work, someone tell me)
Then for the last one, oh boy this was definitely my worse essay ever. Legit did not understand the prompt and I only had like 20 minutes left and I could not think of anything. Like can someone please explain to me wtf this prompt was asking and some examples?
Anyways, in conclusion, I think I got like a 3 to be honest, and I tried my best, wish I had the other prompts on like selfies or whatever. But all I am grateful for is that, I got it over with.
2024.05.14 23:57 Nestor2002 Great bj run these past 2 weeks
So im 22 years old from puerto rico. My mother and stepfather have a casino business here on the island so since a little kid theres always been casino stuff around. We had roulette tables on the living room, blackjack on the garage, craps table everything. My mom always growing up wanted us to stay away from gambling because sheâs seen what it does to people, she talks about clients committing suicide back in the day so yea. However seems like i didnt get scared enough and i started my bj playing in 2021 when i turned 19. I had learned basic strategy almost completely thru the years and believe it or not playing gta. Bad losses at the start. Anyways started learning counting about 2 years ago end of 2022. Had some good runs and some bad ones, the most i had won was like 800. Stayed off for like 5 months, and 2 weeks ago i decided to go again on my bd, took 300 made $1100 profit. Then 2 days later made 500 profit. 2 days after that lost 200, 2 days after made 2300 profit, last week on monday or tuesday made 300, on mothers day made 800 and just yesterday made 3325 profit. Goddamn. I sent most of my winnings to my hysa. But damn is it a rush. Especially after a win. I play 6 decks 3:2 bj min bet 25 max 500 dealer stays soft 17. The highest i go usually is like 300. Now Iâve been practicing my counting on the tables but its gotten to a point where im literally winning every single hand so i lose count and just keep flat betting 200-300 (yesterday at least other days 50-100) until i lose then im out. Does anybody else do that? Where they just keep winning every single hand so they forget about the count and go crazy? I know that u shouldnt really try counting if youre an addict and like to gamble and i kind of have an addictive personality to anything new that i find exciting, so what i do to keep me from withdrawing money is i take only my max budget with me most of the time which is 500, i leave my cash at home and i take my wallet with no cards so i dont have the choice to go and withdraw a little more. Just wanted to share my story. And yes i know that every good run will come crashing down eventually. Wanted to let it out somewhere cause my mom freaks out everytime i tell her i was at the casino even when i make money (understandable really).đ¤đž
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2024.05.14 23:56 BaldKido [all] What next?
Reading my second book from The Heroes of Olympus series, and i already started wondering... What other books should i read next? Can y'all tell me about the other book from Rick Riordan, what books may follow the story or talk about the characters, other similar books from other series, etc
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2024.05.14 23:52 ore098 I hope they bring a spin off or better yet a new light novel about Leon Fou Bartfault and his new three adventures.
 | the spin off to find out the fate of what did not appear in the end of volume 13. What happened to The Bartfault Family? Leon was in a coma for 3 months, which means that Nick and Dorothea's son was already born. The LeĂłn lineage, better the Bartfault lineage, is pure gold for the nobles, some wanted to get closer to Nick and Jenna and Finnley and even little Colin. that he would spend with the family now that his son is King. LeĂłn fulfilled his promise with Rauda and the diabolical knight helped the Duchy of Fannos (sincerely Yes) but in what way. The other Kingdoms like Rachelle and Repart and etc will be afraid of the Lion Dynasty kingdom. The republic upon learning that House Rault has an intimate connection with the Lion King. What happened to Loic and Noelle's sister, the Priestess of the Republic. What happened to Finn and Mile since the emperor must support those two out of responsibility and guilt for killing their father, letting him live stably, the personalities of the sons of lion and it is evident that they are fond of their parents' adventures, which will cause them to follow in their footsteps at a young age, making Leon and his mothers always worried. submitted by ore098 to MobuSeka [link] [comments] The continuation of the novel should at least have another name to continue the story of LeĂłn and tell us more about his new life as King, husband and father. |
2024.05.14 23:50 uncomfortably-alive Advice please!
On 05/12, I was kicked out of the apartment my mother and I share. I am not on the lease. I lived there since November. I paid $400 to rent, the internet, and the power. When she kicked me out, she said I had till midnight to get everything out. Her phone and Apple Watch are in my name. They are in a contract through Verizon and she has not paid for them completely. I cut them both off. Turned the internet off as well.
I went over there and moved most of my stuff. She kept yelling I had 20 minutes to get out of her house. So I called the cops and told them she was kicking me out and wouldnât let me get my stuff. They showed up 45 minutes later. She started talking before I could say anything and talking over me. Any time I would try to explain my side the cops would yell at me to stop bickering that they werenât staying there all night for me to get my stuff. I kept trying to explain I just wanted to be able to come back and get my stuff.
After saying all day that I couldnât, when the cops showed up she said âIâve been telling her all day that she could come back tomorrow at 3â. She only ever said that after I called the cops. While waiting on the cops I was putting more stuff into bags and I opened a kitchen drawer and found my car keys. I could not find both sets of my keys all day. Just the one that doesnât have my house key and mailbox key on it. I called my mamaw because the car is in her name. My mom told everyone that she didnât have my keys, that they were in a basket by the door. She texted my sister and said âyour sisters keys are in the basket by the door. That shows you how stupid she isâ My keys were never in the basket. She stole them and then hid them in a kitchen drawer to keep me from getting back into the apartment.
I left and came back the next day. She refused to give me the phone and Apple Watch. She repeatedly told me she was never going to give it back and that she was either gonna shatter or sell the phone. I turned off the power. When I went back, she kept trying to say stuff was hers when I bought it. I have the receipts for all of it. When I was upstairs and she was down stairs, I opened her dresser drawer and found the phone. I took as much stuff as I could and told her I needed to come back.
She found out I took the phone and said she was going to throw away all my stuff and putting a restraining order out on me. Thereâs over $2,000 worth of electronics still there. They were set aside to be kept up front and I had forgot to grab them.
The police department said I have no rights in the situation and thereâs nothing I can go. The magistrate says what she did is illegal and I need to go to small claims court.
Iâm in North Carolina. Any advice will help.
She is telling people that I am on drugs and stole her stuff from her along with her phone. That she has paid for it and I spend all my money on drugs. This couldnât be further from the truth. Half of my family is addicts and I will not tempt fate for any reason. I donât even drink. The reason she didnât want me to have the phone is because sheâs playing several different men and they donât know about each other. She tells every one of them a different story. Iâm guessing sheâs worried Iâll tell them about each other.
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I went over there and moved most of my stuff. She kept yelling I had 20 minutes to get out of her house. So I called the cops and told them she was kicking me out and wouldnât let me get my stuff. They showed up 45 minutes later. She started talking before I could say anything and talking over me. Any time I would try to explain my side the cops would yell at me to stop bickering that they werenât staying there all night for me to get my stuff. I kept trying to explain I just wanted to be able to come back and get my stuff.
After saying all day that I couldnât, when the cops showed up she said âIâve been telling her all day that she could come back tomorrow at 3â. She only ever said that after I called the cops. While waiting on the cops I was putting more stuff into bags and I opened a kitchen drawer and found my car keys. I could not find both sets of my keys all day. Just the one that doesnât have my house key and mailbox key on it. I called my mamaw because the car is in her name. My mom told everyone that she didnât have my keys, that they were in a basket by the door. She texted my sister and said âyour sisters keys are in the basket by the door. That shows you how stupid she isâ My keys were never in the basket. She stole them and then hid them in a kitchen drawer to keep me from getting back into the apartment.
I left and came back the next day. She refused to give me the phone and Apple Watch. She repeatedly told me she was never going to give it back and that she was either gonna shatter or sell the phone. I turned off the power. When I went back, she kept trying to say stuff was hers when I bought it. I have the receipts for all of it. When I was upstairs and she was down stairs, I opened her dresser drawer and found the phone. I took as much stuff as I could and told her I needed to come back.
She found out I took the phone and said she was going to throw away all my stuff and putting a restraining order out on me. Thereâs over $2,000 worth of electronics still there. They were set aside to be kept up front and I had forgot to grab them.
The police department said I have no rights in the situation and thereâs nothing I can go. The magistrate says what she did is illegal and I need to go to small claims court.
Iâm in North Carolina. Any advice will help.
She is telling people that I am on drugs and stole her stuff from her along with her phone. That she has paid for it and I spend all my money on drugs. This couldnât be further from the truth. Half of my family is addicts and I will not tempt fate for any reason. I donât even drink. The reason she didnât want me to have the phone is because sheâs playing several different men and they donât know about each other. She tells every one of them a different story. Iâm guessing sheâs worried Iâll tell them about each other.
2024.05.14 23:47 KyleKKent OOCS, Into A Wider Galaxy, Part 003
~First~
(Writing, writing, writing: Muse crashes, burns and refuses to respond. Great.)
The Buzz on the Spin
âThatâs the third time the call was dropped.â Hoagie states the obvious.
âFrom what I can tell theyâre being hacked like itâs the latest fad. Even if our call goes through clean itâs going to be seen by an audience of several billion at least.â Demon replies. His tiny little girl is sitting on his shoulder so everyoneâs watching their language, even Zsebreza. Sure, Kathy was growing quick and was developing a good sense of humour, but not even Minisi wanted to be responsible for teaching her the naughty words.
It takes several more tries with the bridge crew chuckling at things before suddenly the link is accepted to find a thoroughly unamused Asian Man glaring at them. The man then lets out a breath. âTwo hundred and eighty six separate calls with the image of a woman presenting herself. I have never been simultaneously flattered and insulted.â
âSpoiled for choice sir?â Demon asks.
There is a moment of a pause as the manâs eyebrow quirks in frustration. âYes.â
âIâm afraid itâs a common issue the galaxy over sir, we humans are hot commodity. Even a hideous slob of a man would find himself inundated with attention. A competent man with goals, ideals and motivation? A feast before the starving sir.â Hoagie says.
âClearly Officer Eastman.â He says before relaxing a little. âI am Observer Wu. I have been charged by the nations of Earth with baring impartial witness to what has occurred the galaxy over. I have already spoken to several pockets of humanity, including but not limited to three other space stations, the newly risen nobility of Vucsa and of course, The Dauntless and the Embassy on Centris.â
âSo what are you looking for? Weâve sent back numerous eyewitness testimonies and as much in the way of resources and proof of our claims that can survive the damaging effects of Cruel Space. A fair portion of exotic material and cadavers were actually supplied from this very station. What more do you need?â
âI just wish to speak with people. I will be communicating with and travelling to every major locations where humans have touched in the galaxy. To see the truth of things with unclouded eyes.â Observer Wu says and there are some nods. âNow then, if you could describe your location and posting please?â
âCertainly, weâll do that in reverse though if you donât mind.â
âI do not.â
âWe are posted here to both ensure that we have friendly contacts in an area of interest and to learn more about the galaxy at large. Between ourselves and our fellows posted at other stations we are writing the operations manual for how to maintain, police, administrate, protect and supply a fully functional space station with a substantial permanent population. Weâre also recruiting and keeping our eyes out for unusual technologies, tactics and techniques. This station alone contains a permanent population that rivals several first world nations on Earth with an industrial capacity well beyond what those nations can provide.â
âCan it now? This station is self sustaining? Food, air and other such supplies?â
âIt turns out that a great deal of air is released by harvesting asteroids. Most of them contain a large amount of ice, even when theyâre primarily minerals of some kind. Food is grown in hydroponics on such a scale we outright export it. The mining provides the metals and other materials for further products and again, hydroponics of a different source give us oils which leads to plastics, cloth comes in too. The station is completely self sustaining at this point. If the rest of the galaxy was to vanish then all we need are some rocks and we can keep this place going forever.â Demon explains and Observer Wu nods.
âAnd have you learned about these techniques and technologies?â
âYes, however many of them are reliant upon Axiom.â
âAnd the control of the station?â He asks and Minisi pokes at a few of them with her tentacles to get people to shift away. âAnd you are... the woman in charge I believe?â
âIndeed. Although not for too much longer. Iâve had my fun but the station has become a tedium. I will admit that your species showing up has broken up the monotony a touch, but only enough to give me enough time to really make sure my heiress has this place on lock and with an unmatched command crew.â
âAnd youâre fine with them having that level of power?â Observer Wu asks and Minisi has a tentacle point right down at Hoagie.
âThis one has been in charge of over ten percent of my station. The most productive Agriculture Decks we have are in his power, both officially and unofficially. The businesswomen there fear the flamingo shirts!â
âHey, I got flowers on at least half of them.â Hoagie protests and she turns to him.
âHey hey hey! Station boss or not, no horning on my hubby!â Zsebreza says buzzing into view and pressing back on the woman who leans back in amusement.
âYou Charbis are so easy to rile up...â She says fondly as Zsebreza sheathes her weapon while still giving her a massive stinkeye.
âSo that video was not an elaborate prank in horrific taste.â Observer Wu notes.
âReality is stranger than fiction sir.â Hoagie notes.
âIndeed it is, and now that youâve confused me, I am going to return the favour.â Observer Wu states and Hoagie looks from side to side and everyone else is equally baffled.
âSir?â Hoagie asks as Observer Wu presses a button on his armrest and requests for a certain passenger to be sent up. âWhat is this...â
He freezes entirely as the camera shifts and he can see... âMom?â
âDaniel!â Janet Eastman says with a smile. âAnd... one of those... things that got you.â
âI told you we needed to edit that video.â Zsebreza says.
âBut it would clearly have been faked in some way and...â Hoagie trails off. âI... are you alright? The way out of Cruel Space is no fun.â
âIt.. it was not pleasant, but I worked in the kitchens for most of it and it kept me busy.â She says.
âFamiliar territory then.â
âA starship mess hall is NOTHING like a Corner Bistro in New York.â Janet says and he chuckles.
âAre you sure youâre alright? I mean... the rail shot into orbit, the initial training...â
âIâm part of the civilian experiment. To see how easy or hard it is to get people out of our little corner of the galaxy.â
âAnd the verdict Miss Hoagieâs mother?â Minisi asks in an amused tone.
âSomething needs to be done about the zero-gravity trip. Itâs too much. Iâve needed some chemical help to stay calm during parts of the trip.â
âYeah, itâs not much better when youâre trained for it.â Hoagie says. âAre you coming here?â
âOf course! Those videos were horrifying! If those girls are walking all over you like that then I donât care if Iâm numbered two hundred to one or two thousand to one! I didnât work my butt off as a waitress when you were a little boy just to see a bunch of bees walk all over you! So Iâm putting you on notice!â She growls out.
âOkay lady, Iâm giving you the private number, because I love that attitude. And because we need to get ahead of this before thereâs a war kicked off.â Zsebreza promises.
âThere is no war thatâs going to kick off. Mother, Charbis are a very defensive species and refuse to let people see their relaxed state unless they have absolute trust. No exceptions. Thatâs why youâve never seen them in anything less than one of their most agitated states. When not safely in the hive a Charbis is only a few moments away from violence.â
âIs the hive like a beehive?â
âItâs not made of waxy hexagons. Itâs a bunker with innumerable defences and very comfortable on the inside. Theyâre so reinforced and secure that itâs the most defensive part on the station barring the other Hives.â
âHey, youâre really pushing it...â
âI havenât said anything secret. I havenât shown anything secret. Anyone with working eyes can see a Hive is nearly impossible to attack if they want to live, and with how wealthy and good with crops Charbis are in general, any idiot can figure out that they have plenty within the hive.â
âWell... yes, but the idea that anyone has any idea what the hives are like...â Zsebreza says and then Janetâs eyes widen as she realizes exactly what sheâs seeing.
âOh! Itâs like THAT! No wonder you havenât bothered running. Itâs not too different from home was it?â
âTough on the outside, everything you want inside? Pretty much.â Hoagie says and a very relieved Janet lets out a sigh of relief.
âGood. Iâm still coming over though.â
âBut, what about back home? Arenât you?â
âDaniel. Itâs okay. The old building was... well it was soon to be decommissioned anyway.â
âOh... and I suppose the little place out back...â
âGone too.â Janet says.
âI see.â Hoagie says.
âAre you alright?â Zsebreza asks and he nods.
âYeah it just... the place I grew up is gone. Even if there was a way back to Earth, a true way, then I still couldnât got home again.â
âEveryone leaves home eventually. Not everyone can go back.â Janet says. âStill. Donât think youâre keeping me away, just because Iâve gotten an idea about you young lady. Iâm coming to make sure youâre treating my little boy right. If this is a womanâs galaxy, then this woman is making sure her boy is with the best in the galaxy. Understand me?!â
âMom!â
âDaniel.â She says even as he gives one of his fellows a dirty look when they snort. They put their hands up and back away. âSo fierce young man. Now...â
â˘Ăâ˘Ăâ˘Ăâ˘Ăâ˘Ăâ˘Ăâ˘Ăâ˘Ăâ˘Ăâ˘Ăâ˘Ăâ˘Ăâ˘Ăâ˘Ăâ˘Ăâ˘Ăâ˘Ăâ˘Ăâ˘Ăâ˘Ăâ˘Ăâ˘Ăâ˘Ăâ˘Ăâ˘Ăâ˘Ăâ˘Ăâ˘Ăâ˘Ăâ˘Ăâ˘Ăâ˘Ăâ˘Ăâ˘Ăâ˘
He simply watches the video feed as mother and son speak. Trying to get a grip on the body language of the alien creatures. Thereâs a great deal of play and movement around the Charbis Bee woman, the ears are a massive tell on the Ikiya-Mas girl and the Mnenmi seemed utterly passive, in control. The men seemed either comfortable or excited and things seemed to be matching up.
Of course Mother Eastman was an open book to his practised eye, worried, putting on a brave front but the kind of woman who had given up her life to raise a child properly and was now chasing him out of not only maternal duty, but a sense of emptiness now that her great struggle was finished.
He knew her story. A sad tale of how to people, neither with families, had found each other and then shortly as life seemed to be picking up for the happy ending, an accident had taken the father, leaving a single mother to mourn and raise a child alone. A woman with no really marketable skills beyond being a woman and having a sympathetic story. She had been hired and remained hired at a moderately successful Bistro for over a decade, even being held on because she had a teenage son at home working a part time to help out.
Sad story, but one that had given her and the boy spines of steel. Still, open book regardless and...
His communicator goes off and he checks it. It is a text from an unknown number.
-Enjoying the show? ~Minisi
His eyebrows climb up a little and he reconsiders his thoughts on the octopus alien. Sheâs clearly very aware of things, and likely has the implants required to communicate without being obvious. Or heâs looking at a body double. Either way, sheâs tipped her hand for... some reason. Which is bothering him. Why did she reveal this?
There is no way to determine without further interaction. So he replies with a simple yes.
-Good, a voyeur who doesnât even enjoy the show is just a bore.
Is she just mocking him? This seems to be more mockery than anything. So he asks a simple question.
-Why does it matter?
-It doesnât. Youâre a prickly one arenât you?
-Yes, I am. Is there an issue?
-Not at all.
Well thatâs not useful. Is she just poking him for entertainment? She still hasnât moved at all beyond basic shows of amusement as mother and son make plans to get her to the station and the Charbis daughter in law is putting on a clearly fake show of protesting having the woman be brought into the hive.
A hand falls onto his shoulder and he jumps in his seat a little before turning to see a smiling, but old and withered face. âCan I help you?â
âI was just wondering if I could make use of the communication relays next. As entertaining as the last few months were, I do think I should give a proper warning to my approach. If only to see how the boy responds.â
âDo you think he will respond poorly?â
âOnly if heâs changed far more than Iâd expect. But who knows? The mystery is half the fun of life now, isnât it?â The elderly man says. Observer Wu considers for a few moments. This man had broken into his personal office without setting off an alarm, without alerting the guards and all the while needing a cane and with his joints audibly creaking.
âIf you tell me how you broke in Mister Koga, then I think I can accommodate you.â
âOh that? Easy enough, follow me lad, Iâll show you where you need a few more eyes. Or lasers! Lasers are always fun. Not as much as a guard dog, but having a poor inu in the vents is just cruel no matter how much you dislike chihuahuas.â
âThat was rather specific.â
âI was suppose it was wasnât it? Anyways, this way young man.â
~First~ Last
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The Buzz on the Spin
âThatâs the third time the call was dropped.â Hoagie states the obvious.
âFrom what I can tell theyâre being hacked like itâs the latest fad. Even if our call goes through clean itâs going to be seen by an audience of several billion at least.â Demon replies. His tiny little girl is sitting on his shoulder so everyoneâs watching their language, even Zsebreza. Sure, Kathy was growing quick and was developing a good sense of humour, but not even Minisi wanted to be responsible for teaching her the naughty words.
It takes several more tries with the bridge crew chuckling at things before suddenly the link is accepted to find a thoroughly unamused Asian Man glaring at them. The man then lets out a breath. âTwo hundred and eighty six separate calls with the image of a woman presenting herself. I have never been simultaneously flattered and insulted.â
âSpoiled for choice sir?â Demon asks.
There is a moment of a pause as the manâs eyebrow quirks in frustration. âYes.â
âIâm afraid itâs a common issue the galaxy over sir, we humans are hot commodity. Even a hideous slob of a man would find himself inundated with attention. A competent man with goals, ideals and motivation? A feast before the starving sir.â Hoagie says.
âClearly Officer Eastman.â He says before relaxing a little. âI am Observer Wu. I have been charged by the nations of Earth with baring impartial witness to what has occurred the galaxy over. I have already spoken to several pockets of humanity, including but not limited to three other space stations, the newly risen nobility of Vucsa and of course, The Dauntless and the Embassy on Centris.â
âSo what are you looking for? Weâve sent back numerous eyewitness testimonies and as much in the way of resources and proof of our claims that can survive the damaging effects of Cruel Space. A fair portion of exotic material and cadavers were actually supplied from this very station. What more do you need?â
âI just wish to speak with people. I will be communicating with and travelling to every major locations where humans have touched in the galaxy. To see the truth of things with unclouded eyes.â Observer Wu says and there are some nods. âNow then, if you could describe your location and posting please?â
âCertainly, weâll do that in reverse though if you donât mind.â
âI do not.â
âWe are posted here to both ensure that we have friendly contacts in an area of interest and to learn more about the galaxy at large. Between ourselves and our fellows posted at other stations we are writing the operations manual for how to maintain, police, administrate, protect and supply a fully functional space station with a substantial permanent population. Weâre also recruiting and keeping our eyes out for unusual technologies, tactics and techniques. This station alone contains a permanent population that rivals several first world nations on Earth with an industrial capacity well beyond what those nations can provide.â
âCan it now? This station is self sustaining? Food, air and other such supplies?â
âIt turns out that a great deal of air is released by harvesting asteroids. Most of them contain a large amount of ice, even when theyâre primarily minerals of some kind. Food is grown in hydroponics on such a scale we outright export it. The mining provides the metals and other materials for further products and again, hydroponics of a different source give us oils which leads to plastics, cloth comes in too. The station is completely self sustaining at this point. If the rest of the galaxy was to vanish then all we need are some rocks and we can keep this place going forever.â Demon explains and Observer Wu nods.
âAnd have you learned about these techniques and technologies?â
âYes, however many of them are reliant upon Axiom.â
âAnd the control of the station?â He asks and Minisi pokes at a few of them with her tentacles to get people to shift away. âAnd you are... the woman in charge I believe?â
âIndeed. Although not for too much longer. Iâve had my fun but the station has become a tedium. I will admit that your species showing up has broken up the monotony a touch, but only enough to give me enough time to really make sure my heiress has this place on lock and with an unmatched command crew.â
âAnd youâre fine with them having that level of power?â Observer Wu asks and Minisi has a tentacle point right down at Hoagie.
âThis one has been in charge of over ten percent of my station. The most productive Agriculture Decks we have are in his power, both officially and unofficially. The businesswomen there fear the flamingo shirts!â
âHey, I got flowers on at least half of them.â Hoagie protests and she turns to him.
âHey hey hey! Station boss or not, no horning on my hubby!â Zsebreza says buzzing into view and pressing back on the woman who leans back in amusement.
âYou Charbis are so easy to rile up...â She says fondly as Zsebreza sheathes her weapon while still giving her a massive stinkeye.
âSo that video was not an elaborate prank in horrific taste.â Observer Wu notes.
âReality is stranger than fiction sir.â Hoagie notes.
âIndeed it is, and now that youâve confused me, I am going to return the favour.â Observer Wu states and Hoagie looks from side to side and everyone else is equally baffled.
âSir?â Hoagie asks as Observer Wu presses a button on his armrest and requests for a certain passenger to be sent up. âWhat is this...â
He freezes entirely as the camera shifts and he can see... âMom?â
âDaniel!â Janet Eastman says with a smile. âAnd... one of those... things that got you.â
âI told you we needed to edit that video.â Zsebreza says.
âBut it would clearly have been faked in some way and...â Hoagie trails off. âI... are you alright? The way out of Cruel Space is no fun.â
âIt.. it was not pleasant, but I worked in the kitchens for most of it and it kept me busy.â She says.
âFamiliar territory then.â
âA starship mess hall is NOTHING like a Corner Bistro in New York.â Janet says and he chuckles.
âAre you sure youâre alright? I mean... the rail shot into orbit, the initial training...â
âIâm part of the civilian experiment. To see how easy or hard it is to get people out of our little corner of the galaxy.â
âAnd the verdict Miss Hoagieâs mother?â Minisi asks in an amused tone.
âSomething needs to be done about the zero-gravity trip. Itâs too much. Iâve needed some chemical help to stay calm during parts of the trip.â
âYeah, itâs not much better when youâre trained for it.â Hoagie says. âAre you coming here?â
âOf course! Those videos were horrifying! If those girls are walking all over you like that then I donât care if Iâm numbered two hundred to one or two thousand to one! I didnât work my butt off as a waitress when you were a little boy just to see a bunch of bees walk all over you! So Iâm putting you on notice!â She growls out.
âOkay lady, Iâm giving you the private number, because I love that attitude. And because we need to get ahead of this before thereâs a war kicked off.â Zsebreza promises.
âThere is no war thatâs going to kick off. Mother, Charbis are a very defensive species and refuse to let people see their relaxed state unless they have absolute trust. No exceptions. Thatâs why youâve never seen them in anything less than one of their most agitated states. When not safely in the hive a Charbis is only a few moments away from violence.â
âIs the hive like a beehive?â
âItâs not made of waxy hexagons. Itâs a bunker with innumerable defences and very comfortable on the inside. Theyâre so reinforced and secure that itâs the most defensive part on the station barring the other Hives.â
âHey, youâre really pushing it...â
âI havenât said anything secret. I havenât shown anything secret. Anyone with working eyes can see a Hive is nearly impossible to attack if they want to live, and with how wealthy and good with crops Charbis are in general, any idiot can figure out that they have plenty within the hive.â
âWell... yes, but the idea that anyone has any idea what the hives are like...â Zsebreza says and then Janetâs eyes widen as she realizes exactly what sheâs seeing.
âOh! Itâs like THAT! No wonder you havenât bothered running. Itâs not too different from home was it?â
âTough on the outside, everything you want inside? Pretty much.â Hoagie says and a very relieved Janet lets out a sigh of relief.
âGood. Iâm still coming over though.â
âBut, what about back home? Arenât you?â
âDaniel. Itâs okay. The old building was... well it was soon to be decommissioned anyway.â
âOh... and I suppose the little place out back...â
âGone too.â Janet says.
âI see.â Hoagie says.
âAre you alright?â Zsebreza asks and he nods.
âYeah it just... the place I grew up is gone. Even if there was a way back to Earth, a true way, then I still couldnât got home again.â
âEveryone leaves home eventually. Not everyone can go back.â Janet says. âStill. Donât think youâre keeping me away, just because Iâve gotten an idea about you young lady. Iâm coming to make sure youâre treating my little boy right. If this is a womanâs galaxy, then this woman is making sure her boy is with the best in the galaxy. Understand me?!â
âMom!â
âDaniel.â She says even as he gives one of his fellows a dirty look when they snort. They put their hands up and back away. âSo fierce young man. Now...â
â˘Ăâ˘Ăâ˘Ăâ˘Ăâ˘Ăâ˘Ăâ˘Ăâ˘Ăâ˘Ăâ˘Ăâ˘Ăâ˘Ăâ˘Ăâ˘Ăâ˘Ăâ˘Ăâ˘Ăâ˘Ăâ˘Ăâ˘Ăâ˘Ăâ˘Ăâ˘Ăâ˘Ăâ˘Ăâ˘Ăâ˘Ăâ˘Ăâ˘Ăâ˘Ăâ˘Ăâ˘Ăâ˘Ăâ˘Ăâ˘
He simply watches the video feed as mother and son speak. Trying to get a grip on the body language of the alien creatures. Thereâs a great deal of play and movement around the Charbis Bee woman, the ears are a massive tell on the Ikiya-Mas girl and the Mnenmi seemed utterly passive, in control. The men seemed either comfortable or excited and things seemed to be matching up.
Of course Mother Eastman was an open book to his practised eye, worried, putting on a brave front but the kind of woman who had given up her life to raise a child properly and was now chasing him out of not only maternal duty, but a sense of emptiness now that her great struggle was finished.
He knew her story. A sad tale of how to people, neither with families, had found each other and then shortly as life seemed to be picking up for the happy ending, an accident had taken the father, leaving a single mother to mourn and raise a child alone. A woman with no really marketable skills beyond being a woman and having a sympathetic story. She had been hired and remained hired at a moderately successful Bistro for over a decade, even being held on because she had a teenage son at home working a part time to help out.
Sad story, but one that had given her and the boy spines of steel. Still, open book regardless and...
His communicator goes off and he checks it. It is a text from an unknown number.
-Enjoying the show? ~Minisi
His eyebrows climb up a little and he reconsiders his thoughts on the octopus alien. Sheâs clearly very aware of things, and likely has the implants required to communicate without being obvious. Or heâs looking at a body double. Either way, sheâs tipped her hand for... some reason. Which is bothering him. Why did she reveal this?
There is no way to determine without further interaction. So he replies with a simple yes.
-Good, a voyeur who doesnât even enjoy the show is just a bore.
Is she just mocking him? This seems to be more mockery than anything. So he asks a simple question.
-Why does it matter?
-It doesnât. Youâre a prickly one arenât you?
-Yes, I am. Is there an issue?
-Not at all.
Well thatâs not useful. Is she just poking him for entertainment? She still hasnât moved at all beyond basic shows of amusement as mother and son make plans to get her to the station and the Charbis daughter in law is putting on a clearly fake show of protesting having the woman be brought into the hive.
A hand falls onto his shoulder and he jumps in his seat a little before turning to see a smiling, but old and withered face. âCan I help you?â
âI was just wondering if I could make use of the communication relays next. As entertaining as the last few months were, I do think I should give a proper warning to my approach. If only to see how the boy responds.â
âDo you think he will respond poorly?â
âOnly if heâs changed far more than Iâd expect. But who knows? The mystery is half the fun of life now, isnât it?â The elderly man says. Observer Wu considers for a few moments. This man had broken into his personal office without setting off an alarm, without alerting the guards and all the while needing a cane and with his joints audibly creaking.
âIf you tell me how you broke in Mister Koga, then I think I can accommodate you.â
âOh that? Easy enough, follow me lad, Iâll show you where you need a few more eyes. Or lasers! Lasers are always fun. Not as much as a guard dog, but having a poor inu in the vents is just cruel no matter how much you dislike chihuahuas.â
âThat was rather specific.â
âI was suppose it was wasnât it? Anyways, this way young man.â
~First~ Last
2024.05.14 23:46 ConcernedParent28804 Life with a Troubled Daughter & Red Hawk Academy
I am a parent of a troubled teen and this is my first post on Reddit. I registered for an account, just to make this post.
About three months ago, I found a post on Reddit discussing Red Hawk Academy in Littlefield, Arizona and it made me so angry I posted a response.
You can find the original posting at troubledteens Beetlejuicenewton.
Here was my written response to the original post:
"This comment is absolutely inaccurate and incorrect. My daughter has been there for months. I speak to her every week and we exchange letters throughout the week. This is the third program, she has been in and hands down the best program. You should not make accusations when you are not the parent and not actively involved in the program. I highly recommend this program. The staff are incredible and have helped my daughter tremendously. To all parents out there, call the school and ask to speak to Valerie. I have told Valerie that I will gladly speak to any parents who are interested in the school. This program has saved my daughter.) and was utterly shocked about what was being said about Red Hawk Academy."
Not understanding how social media works (in this case Reddit), I did not know that one's opinion can be removed from a site if the comment is contrary to the original post.
After posting this comment, I received an email from Reddit that my post had been removed and I was banned from the conversation. It took me awhile to calm down, but now I am in a place where I create a thoughtful post discussing my life with a troubled daughter and our experience with RHA.
Unlike the troubledteens Beetlejuicenewton post, I will not ban individuals who disagree with me.
This is my story...
In 2020, I started to notice a difference in my daughter who was 13 years old. I started to see a shift in her behavior. She was being inappropriate while on the internet, hanging out with troubled kids, and being very unkind to her family members. She started to lie, which turned into chronic lying. She started to get mad and hit her head into the wall. She never hit her head hard enough to receive a concussion, but it did get our attention. One day, I sat her down to discuss her behavior and took her phone. When I opened the phone, she had a screensaver that was a short clip of 2 toddlers being hit by a car. When I asked her why she had this as her screensaver, she said she thought it was funny.
Fast forward a couple of months....she was in therapy that was completely useless. She managed to make a handful of the therapist cry or get really upset. My daughter seemed to find humor in upsetting others. Her lack of empathy was beyond scary. She continued to hit her head into the wall every time she was upset. She then threatened to hurt herself, but it seemed to be more of a threat than anything else.
Fast forward three years...from the age of 15 to 16....she tried to "kill" herself twice (actually didn't really hurt herself, but it did get her into the hospital), hospital dependent (always wanted to be admitted to the hospital), suspended from school for inappropriate behavior (my daughter and her boyfriend were making out at lunch with hands down each others' pants), shoplifted (she shoplifted back-to-back days and took her little brother with her to provide cover), unprotected sex (I only found out because she thought she was pregnant), lying all of the time (she forgot how to tell the truth), cutting herself and still hitting her head into the wall, treated her little brother like crap (he would come to me crying, and tell me that he just wanted a "normal" sister), experimented with drugs (she only told me because she was feeling off and was scared), allowed strangers on the internet watch her sleep)....the list goes on and on.
This all happened within the timespan of 1 year! She was diagnosed with depression, anxiety, bipolar disorder, and borderline personality disorder. (For parents with daughters who have been diagnosed with borderline personality disorder, there is a great book I found on Amazon - When you Daughter has BPD: Essential Skills to Help Families Manage Borderline Personality Disorder by Daniel S. Lobel, PhD.)
Our family finally hit the breaking point. My husband and I were fighting all of the time, my son was so upset about his sister's behavior, and I was on the verge of having a breakdown. I cried all of the time and was so very sad about what was happening to my daughter.
We decided that we needed to send her some place. We could not manage her and she needed more help than we could provide. We sent her to a wilderness camp in Utah that came highly recommended by our therapist. I was scared to send her there, but I did not know what else to do. During her time at the wilderness camp, we had a neuropsychological assessment conducted, which resulted in an autism diagnosis. While she was slightly on the spectrum, it was clear that her behavior was driven by her borderline personality disorder. Within 5 weeks at the facility, we were advised that she was not a good fit for the program and we needed to find a therapeutic boarding school for her.
The wilderness program recommended a therapeutic boarding school in Oregon. We enrolled her in this program. She was a hot mess...she would not get out of bed and refused to go to school. She starting hitting her head into the wall (again), which the staff would not stop because the facility was a "no touch" facility, and the staff would just attempt to "redirect" her. She would punch and kick walls. Within 4 weeks of being at the school, the school called us and told us that we needed to immediately come pick her up because she was threatening to harm the staff members.
We felt desperate and full of despair. We did not know where to turn. We found the one and only program that has helped her....RED HAWK ACADEMY.
I initially called and spoke to Valerie. She and her husband, Sonny, own the school. Instantly, I felt heard and understood. During that initial conversation it came up that the school had received a reputation (not at the school's request) as the school that would take the girls that were kicked out of other programs. When I was filling out the paperwork (which is required for all programs), I got nervous because I had to sign a form that provided RHA with temporary guardianship. I prayed that this would not backfire on me. Unlike the other schools, RHA could restrain the girls when absolutely necessary. People instantly make accusations when the word "restraint" is involved in programs. What people do not understand, and unless you are in the unfortunate situation where you have a kid like my daughter, programs that restrain are absolutely essential. My daughter continually hurts herself and I need someone to stop her.
We dropped my daughter off at the school and hoped (with all of the hope we had left), that RHA would help our daughter. Programs, like RHA, are designed to help troubled kids. By no means, is this a vacation for your daughter or a break from the real world. My daughter tried everything she could to get kicked out of the program. She went so far as to orchestrate a fight with another student so they could both be kicked out. Unfortunately for her (and fortunately for us), she had consequences none of which involved removal from the school.
I have been so scared that we could not find help for her and that she would end up on the street when she turns 18 and most likely would end up homeless, uneducated, and in prison.
My daughter has been at RHA for 6 months and she is now at the point where therapy can begin. She has been so combative and defiant that it took 6 months for her to realize that she was not going anywhere and the only way she would leave the school was to complete the program.
While there have been good and many bad days, I am finally seeing a version of my sweet daughter. The daughter who used to hold my hand and tell me she loved me. For parents who are struggling, know that there are parents who understand your pain, understand the feeling of being out control, and understand how you become unsure of yourself (and your parenting skills). Just remember that you can change the trajectory of your daughter's life by getting her the help she needs. Welcome the opportunity to send her to a therapeutic school, like RHA, where she can get the helps she needs.
Thank you for reading this ridiculously long post, and I hope you can find some peace in knowing that are safe, supportive programs that can help your daughter!
I am going to write another post that specifically discusses RHA. Feel free to reach out if you have any questions.
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About three months ago, I found a post on Reddit discussing Red Hawk Academy in Littlefield, Arizona and it made me so angry I posted a response.
You can find the original posting at troubledteens Beetlejuicenewton.
Here was my written response to the original post:
"This comment is absolutely inaccurate and incorrect. My daughter has been there for months. I speak to her every week and we exchange letters throughout the week. This is the third program, she has been in and hands down the best program. You should not make accusations when you are not the parent and not actively involved in the program. I highly recommend this program. The staff are incredible and have helped my daughter tremendously. To all parents out there, call the school and ask to speak to Valerie. I have told Valerie that I will gladly speak to any parents who are interested in the school. This program has saved my daughter.) and was utterly shocked about what was being said about Red Hawk Academy."
Not understanding how social media works (in this case Reddit), I did not know that one's opinion can be removed from a site if the comment is contrary to the original post.
After posting this comment, I received an email from Reddit that my post had been removed and I was banned from the conversation. It took me awhile to calm down, but now I am in a place where I create a thoughtful post discussing my life with a troubled daughter and our experience with RHA.
Unlike the troubledteens Beetlejuicenewton post, I will not ban individuals who disagree with me.
This is my story...
In 2020, I started to notice a difference in my daughter who was 13 years old. I started to see a shift in her behavior. She was being inappropriate while on the internet, hanging out with troubled kids, and being very unkind to her family members. She started to lie, which turned into chronic lying. She started to get mad and hit her head into the wall. She never hit her head hard enough to receive a concussion, but it did get our attention. One day, I sat her down to discuss her behavior and took her phone. When I opened the phone, she had a screensaver that was a short clip of 2 toddlers being hit by a car. When I asked her why she had this as her screensaver, she said she thought it was funny.
Fast forward a couple of months....she was in therapy that was completely useless. She managed to make a handful of the therapist cry or get really upset. My daughter seemed to find humor in upsetting others. Her lack of empathy was beyond scary. She continued to hit her head into the wall every time she was upset. She then threatened to hurt herself, but it seemed to be more of a threat than anything else.
Fast forward three years...from the age of 15 to 16....she tried to "kill" herself twice (actually didn't really hurt herself, but it did get her into the hospital), hospital dependent (always wanted to be admitted to the hospital), suspended from school for inappropriate behavior (my daughter and her boyfriend were making out at lunch with hands down each others' pants), shoplifted (she shoplifted back-to-back days and took her little brother with her to provide cover), unprotected sex (I only found out because she thought she was pregnant), lying all of the time (she forgot how to tell the truth), cutting herself and still hitting her head into the wall, treated her little brother like crap (he would come to me crying, and tell me that he just wanted a "normal" sister), experimented with drugs (she only told me because she was feeling off and was scared), allowed strangers on the internet watch her sleep)....the list goes on and on.
This all happened within the timespan of 1 year! She was diagnosed with depression, anxiety, bipolar disorder, and borderline personality disorder. (For parents with daughters who have been diagnosed with borderline personality disorder, there is a great book I found on Amazon - When you Daughter has BPD: Essential Skills to Help Families Manage Borderline Personality Disorder by Daniel S. Lobel, PhD.)
Our family finally hit the breaking point. My husband and I were fighting all of the time, my son was so upset about his sister's behavior, and I was on the verge of having a breakdown. I cried all of the time and was so very sad about what was happening to my daughter.
We decided that we needed to send her some place. We could not manage her and she needed more help than we could provide. We sent her to a wilderness camp in Utah that came highly recommended by our therapist. I was scared to send her there, but I did not know what else to do. During her time at the wilderness camp, we had a neuropsychological assessment conducted, which resulted in an autism diagnosis. While she was slightly on the spectrum, it was clear that her behavior was driven by her borderline personality disorder. Within 5 weeks at the facility, we were advised that she was not a good fit for the program and we needed to find a therapeutic boarding school for her.
The wilderness program recommended a therapeutic boarding school in Oregon. We enrolled her in this program. She was a hot mess...she would not get out of bed and refused to go to school. She starting hitting her head into the wall (again), which the staff would not stop because the facility was a "no touch" facility, and the staff would just attempt to "redirect" her. She would punch and kick walls. Within 4 weeks of being at the school, the school called us and told us that we needed to immediately come pick her up because she was threatening to harm the staff members.
We felt desperate and full of despair. We did not know where to turn. We found the one and only program that has helped her....RED HAWK ACADEMY.
I initially called and spoke to Valerie. She and her husband, Sonny, own the school. Instantly, I felt heard and understood. During that initial conversation it came up that the school had received a reputation (not at the school's request) as the school that would take the girls that were kicked out of other programs. When I was filling out the paperwork (which is required for all programs), I got nervous because I had to sign a form that provided RHA with temporary guardianship. I prayed that this would not backfire on me. Unlike the other schools, RHA could restrain the girls when absolutely necessary. People instantly make accusations when the word "restraint" is involved in programs. What people do not understand, and unless you are in the unfortunate situation where you have a kid like my daughter, programs that restrain are absolutely essential. My daughter continually hurts herself and I need someone to stop her.
We dropped my daughter off at the school and hoped (with all of the hope we had left), that RHA would help our daughter. Programs, like RHA, are designed to help troubled kids. By no means, is this a vacation for your daughter or a break from the real world. My daughter tried everything she could to get kicked out of the program. She went so far as to orchestrate a fight with another student so they could both be kicked out. Unfortunately for her (and fortunately for us), she had consequences none of which involved removal from the school.
I have been so scared that we could not find help for her and that she would end up on the street when she turns 18 and most likely would end up homeless, uneducated, and in prison.
My daughter has been at RHA for 6 months and she is now at the point where therapy can begin. She has been so combative and defiant that it took 6 months for her to realize that she was not going anywhere and the only way she would leave the school was to complete the program.
While there have been good and many bad days, I am finally seeing a version of my sweet daughter. The daughter who used to hold my hand and tell me she loved me. For parents who are struggling, know that there are parents who understand your pain, understand the feeling of being out control, and understand how you become unsure of yourself (and your parenting skills). Just remember that you can change the trajectory of your daughter's life by getting her the help she needs. Welcome the opportunity to send her to a therapeutic school, like RHA, where she can get the helps she needs.
Thank you for reading this ridiculously long post, and I hope you can find some peace in knowing that are safe, supportive programs that can help your daughter!
I am going to write another post that specifically discusses RHA. Feel free to reach out if you have any questions.
2024.05.14 23:46 TryAdventurous270 Lyrics about the uncle
Posted in a comment but deserves its own post. Hella lyrics
In look what youâve done- he has a dedicated verse to his uncle.
It's like '06 in your backyard, I'm in love with Jade And I'm still in love 'cause when it's that real is when it doesn't fade And my father living in Memphis now, he can't come this way Over some minor charges and child support that just wasn't paid, damn Boohoo, sad story, Black American dad story ⌠Know that I'm your sister's kid, but it still don't explain the love that you have for me I remember sneaking in your pool after school dances Damn, your house feel like the Hamptons For all of my summer romances I never really had no one like you, man, this all new shit Made the world I knew bigger, changed the way that I viewed it ⌠Had all this fighting going on at the crib, you would calm me down when I lose it Told you I think I'm done acting, I'm more in touch with the music You said, either way, I'd be a star, I could go so far Talked to me, then you got to me You tossed the keys and loaned me your car, yeah ⌠Just a young kid in a drop-top Lexus hopin' that I don't get arrested Just another kid that's going through life so worried that I won't be accepted But I could do anything, you said that, and you meant that You took me places, you spent that, they said no, we went back ⌠Checks bounceed, but we bounced back I put all the money in your accounts back And I thank you, I don't know where I'd really be without that It worked out, man, you deserve it
This one verse alone gives a great picture of their relationship. First bar says 06, a year before Drake did the black face picture which was in 07 so he was still a child actor even tho he said he told his uncle he was switching to music during this verse, itâs safe to say he probably didnât actually switch till much later. Says his dad is in Memphis and canât come to Canada cause of unpaid child support. In the song empire (funnily enough with Rick Ross) he says âSay that shit in person, man I wish y'all would I say you lucky if your father was a figure Cause my uncle was my father and my father was my niggaâ implying that around this time period, he was relying on his uncle heavily. He also says how his uncle made his world bigger and changed how he viewed it. And although that could mean many different things, as kids go through that kinda thing naturally, I think we all know what Iâm thinking. He then goes to say that he has a change of heart about his career choice and that his uncle supported whichever he wants to do and âtook me places, you spent that, they said no, we went back⌠Checks bounceed, but we bounced back I put all the money in your accounts back And I thank you, I don't know where I'd really be without that It worked out, manâ suggesting his uncle made his career take off and then repaid him for everything he did. Itâs safe to say that this uncle was his in. This uncle had the connections and something is telling me that Dennis grahm and is connection to organized crime is also related to this uncles organized crime or atleast became so either before Dennis and Sandra got together or during the adolescence of Drake. Either way, if this uncle is the trafficker, Drake was undoubtedly groomed and is probably a victim as well but with over whelming positive success it has become a much worse thing than simple victims turning into predators. Sorry for the rant. Also not checking for spelling sorry.
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In look what youâve done- he has a dedicated verse to his uncle.
It's like '06 in your backyard, I'm in love with Jade And I'm still in love 'cause when it's that real is when it doesn't fade And my father living in Memphis now, he can't come this way Over some minor charges and child support that just wasn't paid, damn Boohoo, sad story, Black American dad story ⌠Know that I'm your sister's kid, but it still don't explain the love that you have for me I remember sneaking in your pool after school dances Damn, your house feel like the Hamptons For all of my summer romances I never really had no one like you, man, this all new shit Made the world I knew bigger, changed the way that I viewed it ⌠Had all this fighting going on at the crib, you would calm me down when I lose it Told you I think I'm done acting, I'm more in touch with the music You said, either way, I'd be a star, I could go so far Talked to me, then you got to me You tossed the keys and loaned me your car, yeah ⌠Just a young kid in a drop-top Lexus hopin' that I don't get arrested Just another kid that's going through life so worried that I won't be accepted But I could do anything, you said that, and you meant that You took me places, you spent that, they said no, we went back ⌠Checks bounceed, but we bounced back I put all the money in your accounts back And I thank you, I don't know where I'd really be without that It worked out, man, you deserve it
This one verse alone gives a great picture of their relationship. First bar says 06, a year before Drake did the black face picture which was in 07 so he was still a child actor even tho he said he told his uncle he was switching to music during this verse, itâs safe to say he probably didnât actually switch till much later. Says his dad is in Memphis and canât come to Canada cause of unpaid child support. In the song empire (funnily enough with Rick Ross) he says âSay that shit in person, man I wish y'all would I say you lucky if your father was a figure Cause my uncle was my father and my father was my niggaâ implying that around this time period, he was relying on his uncle heavily. He also says how his uncle made his world bigger and changed how he viewed it. And although that could mean many different things, as kids go through that kinda thing naturally, I think we all know what Iâm thinking. He then goes to say that he has a change of heart about his career choice and that his uncle supported whichever he wants to do and âtook me places, you spent that, they said no, we went back⌠Checks bounceed, but we bounced back I put all the money in your accounts back And I thank you, I don't know where I'd really be without that It worked out, manâ suggesting his uncle made his career take off and then repaid him for everything he did. Itâs safe to say that this uncle was his in. This uncle had the connections and something is telling me that Dennis grahm and is connection to organized crime is also related to this uncles organized crime or atleast became so either before Dennis and Sandra got together or during the adolescence of Drake. Either way, if this uncle is the trafficker, Drake was undoubtedly groomed and is probably a victim as well but with over whelming positive success it has become a much worse thing than simple victims turning into predators. Sorry for the rant. Also not checking for spelling sorry.
2024.05.14 23:44 Lonely-Chance-3398 I could really use some of your help
Iâll try to make this short. Iâm 32. I drank rather socially starting at age 19. Just beer mostly. Iâd get drunk maybe twice a month until about 26. Then it became every weekend. Jack and cokes. Hung over as hell Sunday morning.
By the end of 2019 (age 28) I lost my job, gf, dog, and apartment. Ended up on unemployment. The drinking picked up to 3 sometimes 4 nights per week. At least a pint per night. We all know what came next..Covid.
I remained embarrassingly on unemployment and was now regularly drinking 4 nights per week minimum. This is where it gets interesting. I became aware that I had formed a problem. So I would attempt to not drink consecutive nights. Example Drinking Mon, Wed, Fri, and Sat. (The weekends didnât count, definitely an alcoholic mindset) I did this all of 2020 and 2021.
Finally in 2022 I got myself back into the workforce. Thing is my schedule was 4 days on 3 days off. So I started staying sober 4 days for work then Iâd drink 3 straight nights. This lasted until the end of 2023.
Now in 2024 my hours were cut down. Now Iâm 3 days on 4 days off. To top it off I was put on 2nd shift hours. So I said fuck it and went back to a Mon, Wed, Fri, and sometimes Saturday schedule. Meaning I probably went into work hungover once a week.
Presently Iâve decided this canât continue anymore. Iâm now about to start a new job Mon-Fri 40 hours. I donât want to end up drinking my weekends away or going to work hungover. Iâm over it.
My question to you all is how bad am I? Iâd like to note that during all these years there were at least 10 times where Iâd cut off alcohol for a week and I wouldnât feel any ill effects. I hear all these horror stories about people withdrawing and going through hell.
Iâve always felt like I had this strange control yet incredibly strong desire to keep this stupid drinking schedule. Keep in mind Iâve been easily polishing off 3-4 pints of whiskey per week since 2020. I feel no withdrawal effects coming off of it; however I can tell that my memory, concentration, and overall health are suffering.
Am I what they call a functioning alcoholic?
Is it possible to drink this much and not be physically addicted to it? I clearly have a dependency.
Has anyone else gone through something similar to this? If so how did you deal with it?
My apologies for all the questions and how long this ended up being. Thank you for your time.
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By the end of 2019 (age 28) I lost my job, gf, dog, and apartment. Ended up on unemployment. The drinking picked up to 3 sometimes 4 nights per week. At least a pint per night. We all know what came next..Covid.
I remained embarrassingly on unemployment and was now regularly drinking 4 nights per week minimum. This is where it gets interesting. I became aware that I had formed a problem. So I would attempt to not drink consecutive nights. Example Drinking Mon, Wed, Fri, and Sat. (The weekends didnât count, definitely an alcoholic mindset) I did this all of 2020 and 2021.
Finally in 2022 I got myself back into the workforce. Thing is my schedule was 4 days on 3 days off. So I started staying sober 4 days for work then Iâd drink 3 straight nights. This lasted until the end of 2023.
Now in 2024 my hours were cut down. Now Iâm 3 days on 4 days off. To top it off I was put on 2nd shift hours. So I said fuck it and went back to a Mon, Wed, Fri, and sometimes Saturday schedule. Meaning I probably went into work hungover once a week.
Presently Iâve decided this canât continue anymore. Iâm now about to start a new job Mon-Fri 40 hours. I donât want to end up drinking my weekends away or going to work hungover. Iâm over it.
My question to you all is how bad am I? Iâd like to note that during all these years there were at least 10 times where Iâd cut off alcohol for a week and I wouldnât feel any ill effects. I hear all these horror stories about people withdrawing and going through hell.
Iâve always felt like I had this strange control yet incredibly strong desire to keep this stupid drinking schedule. Keep in mind Iâve been easily polishing off 3-4 pints of whiskey per week since 2020. I feel no withdrawal effects coming off of it; however I can tell that my memory, concentration, and overall health are suffering.
Am I what they call a functioning alcoholic?
Is it possible to drink this much and not be physically addicted to it? I clearly have a dependency.
Has anyone else gone through something similar to this? If so how did you deal with it?
My apologies for all the questions and how long this ended up being. Thank you for your time.