Thanks podair, this move genuinely seems like one of the best ideas for the game’s future. It allows for WAY more utility in “unusable” songs of common rarity. Rather than quick selling those songs, people are now able to hold on to them and use them for quests. These songs will eventually get used and deleted from profiles anyway, but at least they stand a higher chance of being traded for and the trade market can be unclogged. People will actually be willing to trade for the songs offered in the market, even if not holding a personal interest in them. Just genius man I love it. However… 25 songs for a Kanye Dropbox? That’s steep man.

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I (28m) used to be best friends with this girl, “S” (29f) from grade 2 until I was 22 years old (that was when we last saw each other). Her parents ran a Korean restaurant, and I have so many fond memories of eating there with her. S and I were close enough that when we were really young, we promised to marry each other when we got older lol. It was that kind of relationship.
Starting from when I was in high school, until around my second year of college, I became a bit of a creep. I knew that it was wrong to touch girls without their consent, but I just thought it was “mildly” wrong, rather than being a genuine, disturbing violation. I didn’t think it was wrong to ogle girls, I thought I was being “funny” when I said sexual things to them, etc etc. I don’t know how, but I just happened to fly under the radar; between the ages of 14-18, when I was REALLY acting out, I still don’t remember getting any warnings or getting into trouble from my authority figures and teachers. And unfortunately, I took out a lot of my perversions on S during this time. I only remember one time where I touched her; it was during my freshman year of college, and I groped her breast. The rest of the time, I simply stuck to leering at her and making sexual comments about her. It's important to note, however, that I didn't do this to her nearly as much as I did to other girls, because I thought she was too dear to me to treat her that way on a regular basis. The last communication she had with me was 6 years ago, when she asked me via Facebook “yo…are you okay?” I didn’t respond to that message.
I grew up A LOT ever since I went to college. With all that being said, I admit that I am still sexually attracted to S, and I look up her Facebook photos frequently (not that it really hurts her; what she doesn’t know won’t hurt her). I miss her so much, and I still remember that silly childhood marriage promise that we made with each other. She never posts anything angsty on her Facebook or social media, which I’m hoping means that she’s not as traumatized as I fear she is. If I reach out to her and ask her out for some coffee, would that be a good idea?

WARNING:(Possible spoilers up through almost current manga?) Read at your own risk.
I'm currently rereading One Piece and I have noticed some things I just thought may tie together but I am also an idiot so it may just be the ramblings of a mad man.
So first things first. This is a theory based on theories so obviously if the first theory is wrong everything else doesn't work.
Here we go...
Law's fruit can remove the heart of someone and grant someone immortality.
Ever since luffy has been using his powers he has has drawbacks like turning tiny after gear 3rd or getting old and tired as Nika after fighting.
That is because I think Nika is missing his heart. I think the Mother Flame is Nika's Heart that was removed by the same person who granted Imu immortality. Cripple the enemy by removing his heart then turn it into a weapon to nuke islands. Sounds like a supervillain thing to do.
Now onto my main idea. I was very confused as to why deleting an islands causes earthquakes and the sea level to raise. It makes no sense.
In rereading it is obvious that Enies Lobby is built over a site previously struck by the Mother Flame.
The Mother Flame used at Lulusia.
The Mother Flame used at Enies Lobby.
Looking at those images. Ask yourself, why would deleting a hole in the ocean cause earthquakes and sea level rise?
I don't think it is.
If my theory is correct that the Mother Flame is the heart of Nika. Then what if instead of the islands getting obliterated, they are using Nika's power, turning the islands and ocean into rubber and smashing it down into the bottom of the oceans?
This image of Lulusia getting hit always bothered me how it looked like it came from above. What if inside that light is just a big Nika fist smashing the rubber islands down into the bottom of the ocean?
They always say that after the Mother Flame was used, the oceans rose following earthquakes. What would cause earthquakes and sea level rise more than an entire islands getting smashed into the ocean floor?
This would also explains Enies Lobby being built where it is and being so heavily defended. Whatever island was in Enies Lobby location previous is still there, on the ocean floor. They built Enies lobby on top of it to protect it from every being discovered.
Jaya/Skypeia
I know about the Knock up Stream, and how they think it was what originally launched Jaya into the air, but hear me out. Remember how Jaya got launched into the air? Remember what Jaya looked like? Doesn't that big circular bit in Skypeia look like a target of the Mother Flame? If the Mother Flame smashed part of the island down into the ocean what would have to the rest of the island. The pressure builds up and poof part of the islands get launched high into the sky.
We know that Enel had plans for a boat to literally fly to the moon. Someone knew about the ocean levels rising and left plans for a boat to escape the planet. The world government/Imu found out and decided to Mother Flame the city on Skypeia that knew about it. When they smashed the city into the ground, it launched the rest of the islands skywards.
My prediction: I am expecting at some point in the future for Nika to get his heart back from the Mother Flame, then he will no longer tire from G5 or we will see G6 or some other power up. At some point Nika will be able to reverse the Mother Flames effects and bring the rubbered islands that we thought we gone back to the surface thus lowering the water levels all over the planet.
Thank you for coming to my rant.
tl;dr: previous Law fruit owner cut out Nikas heart and granted Imu immortality. Imu used Nika's heart to make the Mother Flame. Islands aren't getting nuked, they are getting rubbered and smashed to the bottom of the ocean explaining earthquakes and sea level rises.

TW!!! TALK OF ED AND SH DO NOT READ IF SENSITIVE!!!! recently me and my best friend we will call her Cindy had an argument, of course it was over something dumb and she just said how she doesn't want to talk about it anymore. some background I struggle mentally with the idea of how everyone is better than me at everything and Cindy is the kind of person who always has to win an argument. anyways she ends the argument after I make a good point and I'm still upset over this. so I go onto a secret twt account that she went out of her way to find by key word searching a sc of something funny from my twt account. this isn't the first time me has found one of my secret accounts. Cindy just has this thing of constantly being curious and finding ALL of my secret accounts no matter how hard I try to hide them. so anyways I vented about how I was upset that she was doing her usual if I lose the argument I just don't continue it therefore I'm not wrong kind of thing. of course without my knowledge she sometimes checks my secret twt account without my knowledge and she gets upset of my rant. just the other day I was feeling quite depressed and a lot of self hatred and felt jealous of her so I made a rant on how I was jealous of her love life and how throughout our entire 8 year long friendship everyone prefered talking to her than me examples include how when I made something and we showed it to someone and we told that person I made it they would still assume Cindy made it, or for gym class I would always end up getting picked last out of the two of us, or how the popular girls were nice to her and not me and same with the employers at our job. in the tweet I made I commented wondering why people prefered her over me despite us being very similar bc that's why we are such good friends I personally find us similar in interests and all that kind of stuff. I was jealous of her numerous relationships and how my failed one relationship was a long distance rebound. she saw this as well and took me comparing us to each other as me using her life as "pity points" which was absolutely not my intention. on this secret account I do just so happen to be apart of sh and ed twt and I made a quote twt saying how maybe people will like me more if I was thinner. me and her are around the same weight though she is taller and weighs less than me we are pretty close. she took this comment as a dig at her weight even though in my head it never was ment like that. last night she confronted me on the comments I've made and how upset she was that I would say such stuff and yes it's true I absolutely should've vented my frustrations to someone close to me or maybe just journaled it and not posted about it on twt but it was heat of the moment and I forgot I even posted it the next day. Cindy tells me she wants time apart so she can calm down and for me to work on myself and get help for my sh and ed. the sucky thing is idk if I'm willing to get help, I don't want to get fully into it bc this is already so long but TL;DR bff found my secret twt acc and is upset that I vented ab us on there :(

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Welcome to Poetry Corner

Welcome to May!
We have entered the May flowers portion of spring. There certainly is a lot of pollen, but also a lot of rain where I am—Maryland is bouncing between hot and frigid, and I would say it needs to make up its mind, but…. We all know it won't.
However, I have made up my mind about this month's theme! And Im excited to get to it.
I had a suggestion a few weeks ago to include some sources for crit – I don’t have them ready now, but I will get some stuff together for you guys soon, I swear. I am always open to suggestions <3
Let’s face it: poetry is a strange land for many of us. What makes a poem? Does it have to rhyme? Follow a structure and meter? Does it have to be based in emotion? All these are great questions. Poetry comes in all forms and styles, rhyming and non-rhyming, metered and freeform. Some poems even tell a fictional story, like prose does! Some poems don't use any line breaks at all, and Prose-Poems can be tricky yet effective. I'll give you a nudge here to look into them and maybe try them out. Who knows, maybe a constraint is coming our way.
Each month, I provide you with a simple theme and an additional constraint to inspire you. You have 60 - 350 words to write a poem based on that theme. Poetry is often shorter than prose, so word choice is important. Less words mean each word does more. Be sure to read the entire post before submitting!  

This Month’s Challenge

Theme: Gravity IP MP Bonus Constraints:

• Lean into horror, either thematically or narratively.

Gravity, honestly, should be easy. The hardest part might be picking one direction over another.
The gravity of the earth? The gravity of your emotions? The pull of the deep ocean or the urge to explore the stars?
Its really up to you!
Need some help with some horror-themed poems? I got you! An elegy is a poem of serious reflection, and in English literature usually a lament for the dead.
I am encouraging the poets this week to stretch that definition of dead as well, especially since we did just do death last month! Examples:
Déjà Rêvé. BY Avra Margariti
Because I could not stop for Death by Emily Dickinson
These are just a few ideas to get you started. Remember, you can interpret the theme any way you like as long as the connection is clear and you follow all sub and post rules. Don’t forget to leave feedback on at least one other poem by the deadline (it is a requirement)!

Schedule

• Submission deadline: Wednesday, May 1st, at 11:59pm EST
• Feedback & Nomination deadline: Tuesday, May 21st at 11:59pm EST
• Campfire: None scheduled for May. Please leave comments on the post. Check out previous Poetry Corners here!
  

  How To Participate

• Submit a 60 - 350 word poem inspired by the theme as a top-level comment below. You have until next Wednesday at 11:59 p.m. EST. Please note that for this particular feature, poems must be at least 60 words. Low-effort poems will be removed. No pre-written content.
  
• Use wordcounter.net to check your word count. The title is not counted in your final word count. Poems under 60 words or over 350 will be disqualified.
  
• Leave actionable feedback on at least one other poem Each critique is worth up to 10 points, up to 50 points. I really encourage trying, even if you are new to poetry!
  
• Nominate your favorite poems from the thread using this form (it will open after the submission deadline). You get points just for voting!
  
• Please be respectful and civil in all feedback and discussion. We welcome writers of all skill levels and experience here, as we’re all here to improve and sharpen our skills. Uncivil or discouraging comments will not be tolerated and may result in further mod actions.
  
• Be creative and have fun! If you have any questions, feel free to ask them on the stickied comment on this thread or via modmail. Top-level comments are reserved for poem submissions.
  

Point Breakdown

TASK	POINTS	ADDITIONAL NOTES
Use of the Weekly Theme	up to 50 pts	Theme should be present, but the interpretation is up to you!
Use of Bonus Constraint	10 pts	(unless otherwise noted)
Actionable Feedback	up to 10 pts each	1 crit required; you’re welcome to provide more crit, but pts are capped at 50
Nominations your poem receives	20 pts each	No cap
Mod Choice	20 - 50 pts	First- 50 pts, Second- 40 pts, Third- 30 pts, plus regular noms
Voting for others	10 pts	Don’t forget to vote by the deadline!

 
Note: *Actionable feedback should be constructive, something that the author can use to improve. Feedback can also be positive, like what you enjoyed, how it made you feel, parts that flowed particularly well, images that stood out, etc.

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A lot of people myself included can find it challenging to come up with ideas on what to base a magic system off of or what its core concept should be. However, in my own experience, Ive found that a core tenant of writing in general can remedy this issue. More specifically I'm talking about writing what you know. Though, in this case, I'd like to reframe it as writing what you like or what speaks to you. It could be a hobby or a niche interest of yours but regardless its a really good jumping-off point for making a system that's truly unique and your own. Another way to further personalize it is to dive even deeper and base the magic system around an aspect of that hobby or interest that draws you to it. For example in the magic system in Rebecca Kuang's "Babel", Kuang focuses the magic system around language but even more specifically translation and what can be lost between languages. So even if you come up with a magic system with a similar overall concept to another author you can still make it wholly unique by focusing it on another aspect of that same idea.
A massive bonus of this method is that it also makes coming up with the mechanics of the system really easy since you can base them on your preexisting knowledge of the hobby or topic you chose. For a hypothetical example say your interest is the theory aspect of music. You could have spells be melodies and aspects of them like their chords, time signature, or key, can influence their effects and properties. Building on that a limitation of this could be that the duration of this spell is based on the length of the melody so to use a force field spell you'd need to play a long looping melody for an extended period. I hope that this method can prove useful to other people struggling to come up with a concept for a magic system.

Okay... this is a difficult post to make as the WS, because I have debilitating shame and remorse and fear., so putting it all out there is scary... But here goes...it's a long one....
I am 41F, married to my wonderful wife, 33F, for almost 4 years, together for 8. She is gay, the first woman I have ever been with and I identify as bisexual. My 15 year old son from my previous marriage lives with us and my wife has taken the role of stepmother beautifully.
Some background....She cheated on me, physically with one woman (a drunken one night stand) and an emotional affair with another woman (a "friend" I always had bad feelings about - texting inappropriate pics, sharing loving feelings with each other and talking badly about me). This was only a few months into us dating, but I didnt find out until 2 and a half years and moving in together. She was extremely remorseful, claimed she was planning on telling me, and ultimately did everything right as far as helping me heal and reconcile. I felt like it took about 2-3 months for me to decide I was ready to forgive and move on. But I did. I mean, I never really forgot it, and still would look at the both of the other women's social media accts and would compare myself to them constantly. But overall, I felt like we were in a good place after a few months and really did come out stronger. My trust in her was restored and we were good. We got engaged, got married, bought a new house. We were truly happy.
Okay. Now... deep breath.... About 2 and a half months ago I had an emotional affair, texting and talking on the phone, with an old friend who lives in another state, that lasted a little under two weeks. This friend and I did share a history of hooking up, but this was years ago when we were teens/early 20's. He had reached out kind of out of nowhere, to tell me his marriage was on the rocks. I expressed sympathy and offered support. Then he went on to tell me he has always been in love with me, for 22 years. I was taken aback. In hindsight, I wish so badly I had just shown my wife this text right away. But I stupidly thought I could just handle it on my own and avoid making her uncomfortable (again...huge regret). Anyway, I told him that I cared deeply for him, but that I was happily married and boundaries needed to be respected. He agreed. We continued to text, at first just innocent things about what we had been up to over the past few years since we last saw each other. Then he told me he had made a suicide attempt recently. This scared and upset me, so I went on to tell him how much I loved him. He then told me I "saved his life" by telling him this, because he had been in such a bad place. The texts just got out of control after that. I am not saying that to act like I had no control. I know I did. But I started to feel feelings for him (or I thought I did) and honestly, was eating up the ego boost he was giving me. Messed up, I know. I have serious insecurities and vulnerability when it comes to men from my past. Again, no excuse. Anyway, eventually it lead to us being really inappropriate, talking about our past sexual moments with each other, how much we wanted to see eachother, how great it would be, etc. I sent him a picture of me, no nudity, but definitely suggestive.
Shortly after that, the guilt consumed me, I blocked his number, and I confessed to my wife. I admittedly trickle truthed at first, saying it was all him, but as the conversation went on, I admitted I also reciprocated, told him I loved him, talked about sex, and sent him a photo of me. Wife was of course pissed and devastated.
The NEXT day, this man's wife texted me. She said she knew all along. He had been deleting our texts, but she was seeing everything on their phone records. Shockingly, she wasnt flipping out on me. She actually said that their marriage was terrible for years, that this was mild compared to other things he had done, and this was finally her out. She actually even thanked me. But of course, also said this was real disgusting of both of us. She said she could have reached out to my wife several times but didn't. She said she had possession of her husband's phone (including the picture, and that he would never see it again), and that everything she had would be destroyed after their divorce was final. She also told me that he manipulated me (that he uses threats of suicide with her all the time), and that even though I was wrong too, it was him "who sunk his claws into me". She told me to show my wife what she was saying so that maybe it would help. I did, and it did help a little bit. She also said she believes I am a good person. All of this was a relief to hear, even though I didnt feel deserving of such grace. She said that I could give my wife her number if she ever needed to vent, but that she wouldnt pull up the facts she had because that is not helpful or healthy. My wife didnt want to do that. All of my texts with him had already been deleted on my phone, which I had done in state of panic before confessing. So my wife hasnt actually seen anything that was said and has only my words to go off of.
After about three days of talking and crying, and me telling her how remorseful I was and that I would do anything to save us, my wife said she wanted to work through this and stay with me. I was relieved of course, but still felt so awful, and honestly, still scared that she will leave. At one point, she even said she felt like she deserved this because of her cheating. And that what she did was worse because she actually physically slept with someone else. I told her that I didnt feel that way.
Flash forward, Dday was about two and a half months ago. I am still a wreck. Wife says she has already forgiven me (she is still "mad" but she is ready to move on). She believes me when I tell her I would never do this again. I know for a fact I would never.
I cant keep my intrusive thoughts of losing her from making me spiral. I feel so ashamed. I cant eat or sleep. I have constant anxiety attacks. I am trying SO hard not to put this burden on her, because it was ME who did the terrible thing. But i am just crying constantly and not myself. She even told me "the only thing keeping us from moving forward is you. We cant move forward as long as you are stuck."
We are in MC and our own IC. Wife is giving me so much reassurance, so why cant I hear it? And I dont want to keep putting my feelings on her. I know it is just overwhelming her which she doesnt deserve, and I know if I dont pull it together, it will drive her away. She said she misses me. She wants us to be ourselves again. She is still mad that I did this, but says she trusts me overall. Why cant I get out of this terrible depression? I think a part of me worries that if she actually SAW our texts, it would be too much. I dont know. I told her that it was way too emotional, but didnt really give specifics.
I am not totally sure what I am looking for here.... advice? positivity? Anything from anyone who has been there and successfully reconciled and give me hope? Advise on what I can do to snap out of this and move forward. And that reconciliation truly is possible. That what my wife is telling me is true and that alone should help me. She is the love of my life and the idea of losing her because of my disgusting actions is an actual nightmare. I feel terrible for the reprucussions this could have on my son if she left. He loves her so much. Our life was truly amazing, so why did i do this? I hate myself so much. How can i forgive myself??

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I'd prefer at least one other person with more experience to go with. my friend that I used to go with has moved out of the area so is unable to go this year.
I have enough room in my car to accommodate one or two people and their gear in addition to my own. I have a packraft rated for class iv and have taken it through a few. split creek was the last one I took it through.
In the near term, I'm thinking of the south fork of the clearwater to like kamiah or maybe floating through harpster or floating from lowell to kooskia.
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please message me with more than "hi, how are you?" + do not chat message me, send me a DM! it's so much easier for me since i use the app on my phone.
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i'm smitten with people who are weird but not weird enough to make others uncomfy, or unable to enjoy the weirdness, ya know? i know you know. i like people who are into things that others mostly aren't: tarot, astrology, deep conversations, things like that. i might not actively be participating in said things but i like hearing the perspective of people who are! my friends always joke that i'm the person people say "i can fix her!" about but uh, i'm awesome. i don't need fixed. ✨i will admit though, i hesitate about people a lot because while i do want a best friend -- mine have scorned me, so i need someone patient with me and understanding of that, please. please. i adore social connections but i do come with a social battery and it needs refilled. me needing that time does not negate the connection i have built with you and am nurturing with you.
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on to the fun tingz (and the stuff that will hopefully bring you in),
i'm watching my first ever anime, like ever and no we're not going to talk about my real first ever anime because it might've been a live action and it might've been death note and maybe i enjoyed it (holy crap, sueeeee me) but i have a few on my list to watch but i got pressured into this one, so far so good! let's talk about it, ask me which one it is! it's a pretty popular one lol. maybe you can guess it! either way, i'm also into horror shows/movies. i'm not really into the gory ones anymore, nor the emotional horror so i'll pass. my heart strings are saying noOoO thanks. i love watching movies with friends and even anthology shows like cabinet of curiosities, dark mirror, etc etc. i don't mind anything else! hit me up. i'll tell you some stuff i like(d)
currently, iiiiii am a graphic design major with a knack for not drawing. i mean, i guess i do like pixel art. if you can give me something small to draw in pixel art form, i will attempt it (if you give me something large, i'll send you doo doo in the mail) but honestly, i am still learning and trying new things everyday 💤 however, i'm in the process of changing majors to cybersecurity! which starts in June, so wish ya girl luck 💅
i am a gamer, so come game with me! i don't play league, my mental health is terrible enough, thank you. i also don't play wow, my attention span could never. i do, however, play valorant because i don't like myself that much. i got you there, didn't i? i play a few other things: CS, starting to get into overwatch 2 (please play this with me and if you ask me my rank, i'll cry), party animals, pummel party (can we please?) etc. i tend to hang out in valorant land though, i won't lie. i do not take it seriously and honestly, nor should you.. nerd.
i am ✨sPiCy✨so if that bothers you, i am sorry. i, again, am a genuinely kind person but i do have a snarkiness to me that is meant to be a slight "i love you" + dash of bully. ❤

Sorry this is so long but i would appreciate it if you read it.
I'm new here and i dont even know where to start. reddit is the absolute last place i would ever come to say something but i have given up all hope at this point. for context, i'm 15f and have never had any history with mental health issues. it started all fairly recently in like February. i dont even know where to begin. i have many friends and everyone thinks that im so funny but honestly i truly hate myself and this world. i've never told anyone about my problems, not even my parents, but they know i cry a lot. they always ask me whats going on, if its anything at school, if its a guy, or if im getting bullied, but its truly none of that. my problem is that every single day is the same exact thing but while everyone is living it im just simply here existing. i know that i am capable of so much more than this but i feel so trapped in this life where im just supposed to go to school, do my sports and my homework and im not allowed to be just mentally exhausted by the end of it. and yes, i know everyone has this problem and this is just how life works but i honestly i guess im too weak or something and just cant handle it. i feel vulnerable talking about this all so just stay with me. i feel like people think im someone who im really not, and in their defense i dont show anyone the real me. i just act stupid for laughs so naturally everyone thinks im just an idiot. i dont feel smart but at the same time i know i also could be, and honestly wish i was. i dont want my life now to define me and who i am. off topic but i also wish i was prettier. im skinny and got bullied a lot for it but really never cared. ive always never really cared about what people think, and around my friends im an extremely confident person. ive never had a bf but ive also never needed one, and i dont find purpose in dating in my generation, i think im too young and id look for someone who deeply understands me. ive never cared about what a guy has thought of me, or what anyone has for that matter. ive never cared about anything until recently and have been feeling extra numb lately. i know i need purpose in life but im sick of trying to figure out who im truly meant to be and what im "destined" to do. ik, sounds cliche. i just want to be who i am when im alone. recently everything has gotten worse. ive tried so hard to fix it, but ive lost all motivation. i like to learn new stuff, so ive just been doing that. i never liked to read but ive started that lately. ive also eaten healthier and worked out because i thought it would make me feel better. i took a break from all of that lately because im just too tired to do it and have doubts about it fixing anything. i just wish i was perfect and actually happy. ive started to isolate myself from everyone and just stay in my room and cry, watch something, or be alone. many of my friends have asked me to hang out recently and every time i blew them off saying i was busy when really i needed to be alone. i dont want to lose them, they make me laugh and forget about my problems but a lot of the time, especially my closer ones. i really do love some of them, the ones who i can truly be myself around, the ones who dont judge me. ive never confided in them about my problems because i feel too vulnerable, and im also just afraid of pushing them away. i dont want this to define me because its not who i am at all, i just think im just too mentally drained. i would blame everything on my phone but my screen times only a few hours, although i have come to realize i am slightly addicted and rely on it a lot. i guess my main point is: i just feel like lots of things in life are inevitable and i cant truly fix whats going on, even though ive tried. a lot of the time i cry because i know that tomorrow is going to be just like today. im sick of living in this simulation and just want to be happy. lately, ive been losing hope and dont know if i can do it anymore. there are many reasons i dont want to die, but many more reasons i do. i dont even want to kill myself, i just want this period to end. I dont think my life is awful, in fact, i have a really nice life for the most part. i just cant escape the thoughts, and i dont want my "mental health problems" to define me. i want a future. i want to live in a nice house with a nice husband and beautiful kids, but i just know its not going to work. i just have no idea what to do from here.
i dont expect anyone to read this and honestly just came on here to say something. ive come on here to read things and honestly it looks like a lot of people are in the same position as me, a surprising amount.
maybe i just need to wait for summer

I have a silly question but it is genuinely bothering me. Does Warbreaker ever say what planet this is taking place on? I have read up to Chapter 47 and still no mention of the planet (unless I missed it).
I do know this is taking place on Nalthis from online sources but it has yet to ever say that in the book and it is seriously killing me. The map at front of the book only reflects T’Telir.
I read Stormlight Archive first (I know, I know but I had no idea what I was getting myself into) and they are constantly referring to Roshar in one way or another. But here not one person mentions the name of the world??

I'm a 31 year old male who drank everyday from 18. Wines and cans to start and then any alcohol that wasn't tied down. It controlled me, my life and I was very much on the cusp of functioning just, going from job to job, relationship to relationship, generally fucking it up as I went all in the pursuit of that 9 o clock (pm) hit of a bottle of wine and several cans of high strength larger. Two years ago I had to have two wisdom teeth out and was advised to avoid alcohol as part of the wisdom tooth recovery. I embarked on a journey that I'm still on to this day and that was going cold turkey, no input from medical professionals, just some sleeping tablets off a mate to stem my initial reasons for drinking being scared or insomnia. I just stress that this was my personal choice to go cold turkey with nothing more than some sleeping tablets for the first week and a billion bottles of spring water. I must stress that if your in this place, seek medical support and my story is no way medical advice. However I am here 2 years on and sober, not a drop of alcohol, my will power tested to the max with the strains of life, social events and even my big 30th birthday sober and I've made the pledge to not touch the stuff until I retire and even then I probably won't. Even talking about it and the devils nector makes my mouth water from time to time but I'm the one in control. My message is simple, to all of you going through addiction, I celebrate two years, I genuinely stand with you and you should celebrate every single milestone, 2 years, 2 months, 2 weeks, 2 days. Your not alone, your strong and you celebrate every single god damn day, be proud. For those of you not ready, be proud too, your here reading this arnt you? Your time will come and you celebrate every milestone regardless of how big or how small. I'm still on a journey to rediscover myself without alcohol and the fight never ends but I'm the one in control of this fight. You will be too. Thanks for reading and your not alone. Celebrate.

Accidentally clicked my chat with someone and it would be awkward if they got a notification about it so I wanted to ask. Whenever I open a conversation with someone the chat box automatically opens so I am unsure if it said I was typing or not. I know that on iMessage at least as long as your text bar is up it will give the other person a chat bubble as if you are typing, that is my only point of reference

I've I've having diarrhea for 3 days (didnt go to the doctors) and today is the fourth yet my stomach is still grumbling.
However, today I have to go to school. So when I asked my parents if I could take a sick leave, they just gave me reasons that I shouldn't take sick leave as they were afraid that I won't be able to catch up with my lessons. But the ridiculous thing is that they said bring an extra pair of panties just in case you shit in your pants. I literally laughed at the moment I saw that message. I was just really ridiculed that, they'd rather want me to prepare the idea of me shitting my pants than allowing me take a sick leave.
I had no choice but to go to school today. I hope my stomach doesn't act up suddenly.
TLDR: got diarrhea for 3 days a row, (didnt went to the doctor) but when I have to go school. They don't allow me take a sick leave.

Hiya reader, it’s very nice to meet you! I would love to be friends with you and talk with you about the various ups and downs of life. Now this friendship doesn’t need to be long term, doesn’t even have to be middle term, even short term is okay with me. As long as we both get something out of it even if that something is small. I personally really love the idea of how we each leave a part of ourselves in the people around us. How everyone also becomes a part of us.
But here is a little bit about me. I really love reading books, on both kindle and physical. I plan to move soon so I’m kinda crying a little because I have no idea how I will transport all of my books. Yes most of them are manga but a lot of them are great sad romantic books such as “I want to eat your pancreas” that book really made me cry my eyes out. I also love “No longer human” which kind of in a bad way made me feel good about how humans are just truly flawed animals.
Oh also something that I should point out is that I am mainly an old soul kind of person. I have a much harder time connecting with younger people or people my age I would say, yet at the same time I am honestly just a kid at heart. Maybe childish is the better word haha.
I love travelling. I recently returned from Japan. I could talk about that experience for ages. I have been to various cities in Europe and even been to Africa. I am more of a let’s walk around for 32km and enjoy all of the museums and let’s hike everywhere kind of guy. Rather than the sun holiday person.
I also play video games, mainly story games such as red dead redemption, fallout, Zelda. Stardew valley, animal crossing and such. My favourite franchise of all time is Yakuza or Like a dragon. Could I talk about that topic for hours and hours ? Yes. Should I? Probably not. Though I might get you addicted to the whole idea of it and before you know it you’d be addicted to talking about it too ahah.
Okay I’d say that is enough yapping from me. I hope that you enjoyed reading this. If you’d love to talk then send me a message and I’ll do my very best to respond. If not then I’m glad that you at least read this far.
Wishing you a nice day or night or evening !

Got a large space being built with 30 4 person movable tables with motorized monitors that rise and lower from inside table. Along walls 9 80” TVs. Center room lectern for instructor and 4 neat boards on wheels for huddle zooms. Central Cisco room kit pro for lectern connections. (Overkill?)
They want in concept a way to have the 40 tables with hdmi connections to be centrally route-able from instructor area. So instructor can have their screen on all monitors and then remove them, let groups work together on the one laptop and screens, then if they want to pull one table group computer to all screens, they can.
Sounds like a nightmare to me. They not gonna hook any video to the core system. So no massive switchers. Looking for a WiFi or wired internet based system to do this.
I recall wolf vision has a product that did this but steep learning curve.
Solstice was mentioned.
My idea was just use zoom and let folks share as needed. But they seem to think it needs to be something else.
Any thoughts on a solution?

So, like many of us in this Reddit space are here to share stories from a time when we were naïve and probably convinced we were with our soulmate. at the timing of the end of this relationship, I was 23 (m) she was 22 (f). We really were only together for about a year and a half. However, there was some history between us that encouraged us to get together in the first place after our previous relationships. We knew each other for about five years at the time we got together. And we got together very fast after fairly lengthy relationships. The thing is, she had an apartment and her ex moved out. I kind of slowly started staying around a lot after he moved out and about 6-7 months into the relationship we moved in together into a new apartment and everything up to that point was so amazing.
I was very acclimated with her family. She wasn’t very much acclimated with mine actually. There was a dog in the middle that we had but it was technically her dog, but that dog does love me so much and I miss that dog so much now. Very skittish dog and the love was very apparent when I was around because I basically took a lot of responsibilities and taking care of the dog from the second I started being around. Now to the actual point of where this leads to…
So this year January, she broke up with me. It was very apparent, and there were writings on the wall that the spark was kind of gone and it was just hard to be around each other. Very ironic, but probably some type of psychological explanation because I swear I had so many opportunities to talk to new woman, but I valued loyalty more than anything to her and wanted to make things work no matter how hard. The next thing you know, she is noticeably, distant, asking for space and very hostile all the time. I kept telling her hey why do I just feel like your roommate and not your boyfriend anymore? you know I never had thought of anything suspicious from her side because I was convinced that she loves me. She’s basically had a crush on me you know since we were very young, as I said five years before we even got together she had a thing for me.
Now there were some crisis stages of living together where I am actively learning about God in my life and trying to place God as the pedestal for the way that I live my life, and those values differed. But at the end of the day, I accepted our differences and wanted to make it work, but it was very hard and I didn’t really see the sacrifices. She was willing to make for me. Now by no means was I perfect. I had a lot of flaws when it came to dealings with certain things and maybe not being reassuring in the ways that I was supposed to. However, my love for her was through the roof. She’s made me feel like nobody else ever has in my life and before her I was in a four-year relationship. So fast-forward, she breaks up with me on the same day that actually bought a new car (paid cash) which is something I thought she would be very excited for me about because my old car was a piece of junk and we usually took her car around. And I told her and she was absolutely expressionless.
As soon as that was the case, I was in a very dark state immediately. Prior to this there is a few days that I was really trying to get things rolling and some positive way between us and again it was just a matter where the spark was gone and she didn’t really want anything to do with me and it was making me so sad and frustrated. After I came home telling her that I bought a new car and she didn’t respond I start questioning her on a whole Lotta things and eventually she spills out that she no longer has feelings for me and says we’re broken up. Immediately, I’m in shambles. I think it was a Tuesday and the next day was a Wednesday where we normally spent all of our time together. I’m crying all night. I sleep in a separate room and see you was just quiet. The next Wednesday she goes out doesn’t really say anything and this is what was the hardest part. The person that I loved more than anyone in the world basically just stopped telling me anything and sharing anything with me.
She leaves the next morning. I tried to pull information out of her for her to tell me she was going apartment touring. That broke me as well. There was about 10 weeks left on the lease. I couldn’t even begin to think about that. However, I have to plead with her to keep her location on because I’m concerned about her and I still admittedly loved her, and all I wanted to do was reconcile and try to find a place of comfort. And her location she turned it off and turned it on and then it was like kind of weird on my phone, but eventually, I was basically stalking her because I was that insecure. She goes to one place and then another place and she’s gone all day and doesn’t tell me a thing. There is a place that she went to that confused me but I guess I excused it because she said she was apartment touring but it didn’t really make a lot of sense. This one place later on becomes an an answer to me. I talked to my family and friends and they basically accused her of cheating and I wasn’t having it because I couldn’t handle any more pain honestly.
Fast forward, though for the next two months basically we still live together and she was still being very secretive and I’m still hurting more and more. It was a very traumatic experience to just watch this girl I love change and be so different around me and I couldn’t feel any different way. It was really affecting me on a daily basis every single day and night. And that’s because I was admittedly, too emotionally dependent on her. it became very apparent that she was basically seeing someone else and wouldn’t fess up to it so quickly however this person wasn’t a boyfriend according to her because she wanted to be single. But she’s not coming back overnight, so I’m like where are you sleeping? She says don’t worry about it. I’m doing everything around the apartment. I’m taking care of the dog that it’s technically hers that I love a lot yes but you know. Sometimes she would come back and we would still often sleep in the same bed because I couldn’t sleep on the couch because that would just be very physically uncomfortable for me.
She was doing this and again I just had to live with it mind you she’s also told me some things like hey I believe in the right person wrong time idea and I still love you . It only gave me hope but it also put me through so much more pain as well. So just from a matter of how fast she was moving on to seeing another guy I feel like that should’ve been a key indicator, but I kept asking her if she cheated on me. She never said she did. I tried my absolute best to believe her every time. She also got approved for an apartment and had a roommate with some person who I didn’t really trust in the past, but I see now that that person is not significant in why the relationship broke. However, something that I have yet to mention is that she never really told a single person about our break up not family or friends. I wouldn’t have survived if I can tell no one because I was just going through it. You know I think this traumatic phase in my life and it’s making me realize that I think I have ADHD too.
Anyways, she was basically slowly moving out while I had my attempts to move out to a new place that kind of failed. I moved back in with my parents because of the roommate dependency of other people wasn’t working too well. Mind, you still pretty much through our time continuing to live together while I am deeply scarred and depressed. I am still actively trying to reconcile the relationship in someway. I was basically reflecting on everything that I did wrong and trying to better it while I was still living with her. That and I was just doing so many nice things like making all her meals and doing so many nice things for the dog buying things here and there. I was acting as a complete Simp believe me I hated it, but I missed her. At the same time I did not hate it though because I genuinely like doing things for other people and she was my outlet for that often.
Nonetheless, towards the end of the time before she moved out officially this is a part where I found out she cheated on me. There was about two weeks left on the lease or so. Quick note because I forgot to mention that we stopped having sex probably for a good amount of time and a red flag that I couldn’t overlook is the fact that she said she needed sex where I didn’t feel as I always desired it because it should be sacred. This could’ve very well been the nail in the coffin for her. Even though so many other things were good in my opinion she and I did not share the same values..
So we both wake up, she has an appointment to be at in the morning. I make food in the morning and I offered some. She takes a shower and gets changed in the bedroom. She left her phone in the bathroom unlocked and I looked through with major hesitation. Text showed nothing but then I showed that flo app (where women track their period and when they have sex)… my heart caught on fire. To see the amount of times she was having sex and also before we broke up, hurt me so bad but not as bad as I thought it would at the same time. I couldn’t look much further honestly, but I got my answer and I had to research to make sure I was looking at that correctly. I then questioned her, she would not admit and basically decided to move out that night, officially which put me in a pretty tough spot because she took the Internet.
I’m a big person on faith I’ve kept in touch with her somewhat and I’m doing my absolute best to forgive her. But I definitely cannot forget. What’s weird is that after we officially moved out the apartment and everything together she started sharing her location with me on Snapchat. Mind you I have a suspicion of who she was cheating on me with because I was investigating you know. I’m definitely more handsome and charismatic. I now notice her go to the same place she went to the day after we broke up pretty often. It’s not where she lives. It’s pretty close to her work. Do the math. I have tried to talk to her a few times about this topic and she certainly gets uncomfortable every time it is brought up. I just wanted it told from her for my closure, but I guess I don’t need it.
But yeah, that experience, especially living together after the break up was not fun and I don’t recommend it for anyone. I wouldn’t put my worst enemy through that. The lesson that i learned is that it can take two to build something great but only one to destroy it. Therefore, build something great on your own. Someone will be waiting there when you’re done.

Obligatory - I am not a woman, or a feminist, and I am fully "redpilled" or "blackpilled" or whatever you want to call it. I know women inside and out. I could code a woman's entire personality onto a floppy drive.
Men and women approach dating in two different ways.
When a man says he is "dating," that means he is meeting women in bathrooms and getting blowjobs. Once he is done with this then he finds a new one to do this with. The younger the better because older women aren't that exciting. (For a man, I am not making a critique of women, this is how men think)
When a woman says she is dating she is meeting potential candidates to create a relationship with and to start a family. A woman is nothing without her family. Sure, she still eats, works, and sits in traffic. But a woman who has no kids is a truly broken woman. I am sorry for anybody who is trapped in this situation.
A woman builds attraction from getting to know you.
A woman wants to build a story in her head that "you are this guy, this is your relationship to the woman, this is your history with the woman, and these are your views." This is why Western females find it so hard to be in relationships because they already "know" who the man is. The man is "angry" and "Hates women." (obviously untrue) If you are telling yourself this then you can't create relationships. These women die childless.
A woman must be healthy and sane enough to be a woman. Let her build her anticipation with you, her story, her attraction.
Women are the ones who control social interactions. So how do "couples meet their partners?" Through friends. This is when the woman feels safe and is able to build her story in her head of who you are and how you interact with her.
Moving on to Passport Bros.
I can tell straight away that Passport Bros are never going to play the woman's game. They want to shoot a bunch of cum all over the woman and then find a new one.
Who goes to a foreign country without learning the language?
If you were a real Passport Bro you would have a long term rental in the foreign country and know a few good places to drink coffee or to eat. If you had to entertain a woman (and not be lead by her) you could do it.
A language barrier prevents any genuine relationship from being built, which means that almost all the time when a Passport Bro is romancing a woman he is doing it on men's terms and not on the woman's terms. And the woman goes along with it because the man could potentially have more money than her. This is why Passport Bros are seen as manipulative and exploitative.
If you wanted to create a positive image of "Passport Bros" then you would feature stories of men who learned the language, got settled, and started interacting with their community in the foreign country. This eventually lead to a meaningful relationship which then lead to a healthy and happy marriage.
I have never seen this in the PPB community. You could claim that this is for "privacy reasons," but even with faces blurred and names changed I have never seen this.
The bottom line for Passport Bros is that you're a Passport Bro. Any time you get a chick pregnant or if you get married and don't want to support her anymore you can easily leave the country and give up your access to that country.
The ability for a man to completely ditch and dash is what makes Passport Bros undeniably a "bad idea" in a woman's head.
Now, I agree that in the West relationships are cooked. I couldn't tell you what's the right answer. The point of this thread is to give you an insight into how women think.