Life is sin. Sin is survival for humans. The notion of Jesus’ existence suggests that he was half God half human. It is also believed that he was free of sin and original sin. The big gimmick is that there is no “point of life” or “larger purpose”. We as humans are on earth, simply to be ourselves in the human form. That is the ultimate gift amongst all of the suffering we must endure. Instead of trying to be a good person for the sake of God’s grace, I believe an individual should actively try to do the right thing (as much as any given situation allows) and treat people how they ought to be treated, simply because they feel love and want to share it.
In my opinion, Jesus serves as the perfect example, of what we should strive to be, but also acknowledge that we are not perfect, and we are going to sin. The test, I believe, is that after you sin due to your human bounds, your “god-like” part of the conscious will undergo a process of guilt, shame, forgiveness, acceptance, and renewal. To me, that is the closest a person can get to living the way that Jesus is said to have lived.
Life is suffering. It is simply a separation of: those who are aware of their suffering and actively trying to learn from it (therapy or self reflection) and those who suffer, but choose not to learn from it (too comfortable in one’s own ego/perception of thyself). However, I understand that in order to “make it” in this world, you must develop some sort of deluded sense of self, so that you can survive in public environments (the mask).
I believe that all of the people who die and will die having not become truly aware of their own sin and suffering, will simply continue the rebirth cycle until they truly understand and are able to transcend above the inherently human way of thinking, which is sinful thinking. I believe that once a person is comprehensive of the entire truth of our identities and actively chooses to live accordingly, they are finally capable of transcendence into “heaven” or as I like to believe, a Xanadu of some sorts…a plane of existence that embodies absolute freedom: a land free of judgement, a land free of pain, a land free of authority, a land free of misunderstanding, a land free of temptation, of currency. A land where all are one and one is all. This is why it is essential for the individual self to learn the ultimate truth of the self in accordance with everything and everyone.
The prevalent Christian (and/or catholic) belief is that in order to get in to heaven and not go to hell (in my beliefs, “hell” is just the rebirth cycle back to earth until you learn your lessons), one must live in constant fear of God’s final judgment, to which you must “be a good person”. Worshipping God and Jesus is also a common practice among Christians (and catholics).
I believe that God sent Jesus to earth, specifically to tell us, not to worship him, anyone, or anything.
If Jesus was truly free of sin, then there is no doubt he would be outcasted and eventually killed for simply being who he is. If Jesus lived today, he wouldn’t care about clothes, or a social media account (unless it was to benefit the greater good in some way). He would simply be. I reckon that Jesus would really like Bladee’s newer albums, (especially the fool, cold visions, 333) and the message that they send.
We are nothing—but as humans, we have the capability to be everything. What I mean by that is that when we are born, we are born to inherently “sin”, for survival in this modern world. I believe that God is the part of our conscious that tells you whether you are doing something right or wrong. As humans, we have a choice of whether or not to listen to that voice. Most people tend to be selective about when they choose to listen to that voice. (in a way, because we have to sometimes.) But due to this choice (free will), we can also decide to be: there for our close friends and family, be: welcoming of strangers and/or initially misunderstood people. Simply put, whatever an individual feels they deserve or need from other people, is exactly what you need to be for other people. By becoming this person for other individuals, you essentially become that person for yourself. WHICH MEANS...you are the only person that can love yourself the way you want to be loved, and developing this love for the self, could be relative to a person having "God's grace."
But I also reckon that Jesus would probably have an effortlessly cool style, or to be fair, he would most likely be homeless. That wouldn’t make sense though, would it? Because in this modern-day dystopian society, a homeless person wouldn’t be the right person to be tasked with inspiring the world to save themselves from a never-ending rebirth cycle. If I was God, I would send myself(being god)/Jesus down for his “second coming”, in the form of a person who goes through life experiencing exactly what they need to experience in order to understand the truth of everything and essentially live as Jesus like as possible, with the random probability of whatever situation Jesus’ new form will be born into. What I mean is that the second coming of Jesus could literally be born into any situation but in order for “God’s ultimate mission” to be fulfilled, I feel that this “Jesus-like” savior must be a symbolic, but physical mirror to the insecurities of all people who bear witness. In order for the mission to be fulfilled, we as humans must learn to accept and love this person for whoever they might be, regardless of the many ways in which they shall be outcasted from this artificial and ignorantly upheld society that we live in today. This message essentially means that we should always try our best to listen to and see the people in society who are outcasted for being their true selves and only ever perceived on the surface level.
One could argue that all of this is baloney due to the sole fact that psychopathic serial killers exist, so therefore not everybody is under the grace of God. My response to that is that that’s just unlucky science that certain people are born without the ability to feel love and empathy.
BTW. I am very stoned while writing this and it is in my nature to contradict my own ideas, so hopefully that doesn’t confuse people. Idek if there is any contradictions, I don’t even know what I am saying to be honest, I just felt like I really needed to write all of this. If anybody does get what im saying and has thoughts to share I would love to hear other people’s thoughts on these subjects. I also will not apologize for writing too much because I am just being myself and “only God over me man, so you’ve got no right”.

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I got myself into a bit of a pickle attempting to prioritize bills, ended up double charging myself and am now out of money for my cats food, and food for myself. This will cover the months worth. I can provide proof of work and proof of the money that I will have on the June 1st. In dire need of assistance please help me. I can provide any thing the lender requires, also willing to discussing payback/initial loan prices with the lender <3

I’ve described on my SB profile that I am looking for a stable longterm SD. Two weeks ago I met my first POT from SA exactly a year after making my profile. The first year I was taking some time to really educate myself on this lifestyle and scope the scenery. I decided about a month ago that I’m ready to start actively dating. I felt pretty lucky with this one, we were immediately very comfortable with each other and got along very well on some spiritual topics which is pretty rare for me in my day-to-day. I’d say the first M&G was actually really intense because of this. We got along sooooo well and really understood each other and were able to talk about things we felt we couldn’t express in our regular lives. A week later, we meet again, had drinks, discussed an arrangement (he wanted to start with a monthly allowance, I denied and said to do ppm to build trust) and very soon after that we were intimate. Again, great compatibility, no complaints. As a new SB I probably had the usual anxieties of wow this just got real. I went home that night feeling satisfied, paid, and even energized the next day. It’s been about a week and a half since we’ve seen each other, communication is consistent but I also feel that he is sort of passive at times. We will chat and chat and chat but not really discuss our next meet. Today, he proposes the idea of a MFF threesome, which I can somewhat appreciate because I expressed my bisexuality and polyamory. His profile also states no strings attached and no monogamous, cool, no surprises there. My main concern is that it feels way too soon. Having a threesome on the third meet? I also feel that our arrangement isn’t very clear because I’m not sure how many SB’s he has and he expressed slight financial concerns to me after being intimate which raised a red flag. I feel like him and I have established a solid friendship but I’m just not sure how solid the arrangement is, when we expect to meet, at what speed we are moving? All question marks. Should I maybe just look for something less intense……? From his stories, he is very experienced with this lifestyle, he even expressed to me that he almost feels bad because I’m so “nice” lol. There are some green flags but equal amount of red flags… I don’t know if it’s me or him. I’m new. I just denied to have a threesome tonight because damn, so soon!? He hasn’t asked to see me 1 on 1 since we have first been intimate and jumps straight to that. Ugh…………..😑

Im not so invested in trains that I know any kind of classifications of different engines or anything of that sort, im more just interested in taking cool photos, and id love to have trains as my subject since ive loved them since i was a young lad. I know the obvious answer is to just go to a rail crossing, but is there anything i can do to look for spots with high activity? Like a hot spot map or something? In Santa Clara county BTW.

Throw away since I know this former employee is on Reddit.
This is in regards to a small, privately owned retail business in an at-will state.
Usually oral agreement issues are employees being shafted by owners/managers/etc. that the latter may have orally agreed to about X, Y, or Z to an employee. It has actually been difficult to find online search results that are reversed, which is the case I am experiencing with a former employee (let's call them Alex, in a gender-neutral manner to reduce revealing private info about them) - Alex is claiming that they were promised a large portion of ownership of the business as well as equity related to recent, large product investments.
We had to fire Alex because of prolonged, catalogued/tracked service quality and professionalism issues, as well as strong suspicion (and eventual solid evidence discovered post termination) of theft. The service quality and professionalism issues were discussed with Alex numerous times, and naturally known to other employees working alongside them. Eventually, after numerous continued issues and verbal warnings, Alex was formally written up and we had them sign the notes covered in the meeting. After a couple more months of still declining service quality, and odd, suspicious behavior that strongly indicated theft as mentioned, we were forced to terminate employment. We provided Alex with a fairly standard release form which essentially said "we won't sue you and you won't sue us, and if you sign you get 4 weeks of severance pay." Alex did not sign the form. Alex found new employment about 4 weeks after termination and to my knowledge has not filed for unemployment for the few weeks between jobs.
As mentioned, we later confirmed not only theft, but Alex was selling the stolen goods online while undercutting our prices and then even using the store's financial accounts to purchase shipping labels for their online customers to ship the stolen goods to them. We have screenshots of their Ebay account, along with pictures they took showing of the goods where their hand is visible with recognizable jewelry seen by all the staff before Alex was terminated (so we can confirm it's Alex in the pictures they posted). There is strong evidence of other theft but it is more difficult to prove.
Re: the oral agreement - it should be noted that I did in fact make an oral agreement with Alex, but of which is very different than the one they are claiming was made. Because Alex was our first employee and worked with us for over 5 years, I agreed that if the business was to ever grow to say another storefront, I would allow Alex to buy in for an undetermined percent of the business (probably around 10% at most). That is it. I've maintained that this was the agreement to Alex, my wife, and employees for a number of years, never changing the details of the arrangement. Unfortunately Alex made these poor service quality and theft decisions and was terminated before the business was able to grow into an additional store (still not a possibility at the moment and probably for another couple of years), thus the agreement is now null and void. This agreement was NOT written down or signed by either party (and thus no witnesses either).
Alex is claiming that they were promised to be given (yes, given, not just allowed to buy in) ownership up to 50% of the current business and 20%-30% or so of the value of recent product investments, of which would likely be in excess of $100,000 together. Alex's claim is absolutely not true. There is no paperwork, signatures, witnesses, etc. that would be able to confirm this unless they are going to forge something or have people lie for them. However, I am concerned about this because I otherwise do not have proof that this was not the agreement...
Our two current employees, aware of this situation, and aware of (and witness to) the poor and odd behavior of the former employee that led to their termination (including the theft), are more than willing to testify that Alex's claim is not the case. Alex even spoke to them about thinking about drafting a letter to me about a 7% ownership stake, which they never did. If they were orally promised such a great deal of ownership why would they need to draft a letter for only 7%? Unfortunately Alex has recruited the wrath of their parents (who they lived with for 6 years straight and just moved into an apartment, Alex is in their 30s.) who are going to bankroll them a lawyer. I would imagine that Alex has been telling their parents for some time now (like years) that there was some sort of oral agreement about ownership more in the line of their false claims (to the specifics I am not sure) and they have been able to convince them that their child is telling the truth. So Alex's parents could very well feel like they're telling the truth when they say their child told them about this crazy 50% stake and equity when in fact it was a lie. But how do I prove that? Do I need to prove that?
Here's where it gets a little more complicated - Alex's father (who I miss, he was a good guy) is handy and built a majority of the counters, drawers, storage, display tables, etc. in the storefront for free (he refused payment for the labor, but I paid for all the materials of which I have receipts for). Alex is claiming that because their father built all this furniture, it is "proof" that they were promised part ownership and equity (because why else would their father be so generous?...). But that is not the case, their father just wanted to help and participate in any way he could as he is nearing retirement and wanting to take on new activities. The employee may have been cultivating this false assumption that such construction is proof of promised partnership with their fathefamily from the start, although their father never mentioned anything like that to me.
The personal and professional betrayal aside, I'm concerned about Alex levying such accusations of ridiculous grand promises via oral agreement since it is so hard to confirm either way, and given this person's proclivity of lying (and stealing) I have little trust they will act in good faith if any legal proceedings unfold. I would love any advice on how to possibly handle this issue. Wouldn't the onus be on Alex to prove these grand promises? Given the little I have listed above, what "evidence" might be in their favor? How concerning is it that their parents are fully convinced their child has been wronged (I also know that Alex is telling friends and new coworkers the reason they were fired was because of me not wanting to "give" them part of the business)? It seems ridiculous a parent's perspective would hold much weight in actual legal environments since they would be so biased. Should I be concerned there is no written agreement about any of these promises (including the legitimate one about eventual opportunity to buy in)? Anything about their father volunteering their labor? Is it a good thing that our current employees are willing to testify (on their own volition, I didn't even ask them) about their own first hand experiences and conversations with Alex that contradicts many of Alex's statements? Anything else potentially troublesome I should be aware of?
Yes, lots of lessons learned here - get things in writing for my own protection against such claims. Unfortunately that is not the case here, so advice geared around the fact that no party has much to support their claims (well, I'm only claiming their claim is false) would be most helpful. Please let me know if you have any clarifying questions or need more information for better input. I really appreciate your time and consideration!

My partner (m41) and I (f29) have been together for 4 years. It wasn't an easy relationship to begin with. My family fell out with me for getting with him. They knew him very well but they just thought it was moving too fast. I moved in with him pretty quickly as my dad was physically quote aggressive with me and controlling. I planned on staying with my partner for a while until sorting out my own place but we just fell in love more every day. We had a "we wi prove them all wrong" attitude. I really truly and deeply love and care for him. He was patient, calm, funny, gentlemanly. He spent 2 years doing everything he could to make me happy. He would cook, washa and dry my hair, massages, running baths, picking me flowers etc.
Fast forward to last April. We fell pregnant and were ecstatic but unfortunately, it ended in an early miscarriage at 7 weeks. He has a pain condition which means every so often it flare up and his mood dips. He finds it difficult to cope with stress etc. The miscarriage put alot of strain on our relationship as he switched off and offered no emotional support whatsoever.
We had a few arguments and I decided I needed to leave for a break. I went home and my mum and dad were more than supportive. I spent 2 weeks at home until I met my partner and we reconciled. My dad was so cross and again got aggressive and told me to never step foot in his house again.
In August a few months later, we fell pregnant again. Although this time was different, he didn't seem overly happy. Maybe sometimes but basically he mostly stopped being affectionate with me or doing thoughtful things that he always had done. He began to sleep separately from me. The odd time he would maybe run me a bath or cook etc. If I was sick or sore, he would say "tru being sore for 10 years" I never got any sympathy. He nearly got frustrated if I went for naps or had a lie in
Christmas, he made dinner for us on Christmas day etc he didn't get me anything. I got him a few things. On boxing day, we had an arguement, I can't even remember about what. He left and stayed at his mums for 3 weeks. I spent 3 weeks on my own, sick and crying in bed basically the whole time. I didn't tell anyone. New years eve countdown, I cried in bed rubbing my growing bump. He eventually came back, we had 3 great weeks together before his mood shifted again. He made a comment about how he had wanted a son instead of a daughter.
He then began home decorating and nesting. He spent 2 solid months working most evenings to do up her nursery, and basically improve every room with new paint etc.
I then was admitted early with pre eclampsia just over 3 weeks ago. I spent 4 days in hospital before they inserted a pessary. I then was moved to delivery suite 36 hours after the pessary. I was labouring and contracting for 6 hours until I got to 9cm and they realised something was wrong. Baby was completely stuck, cord around neck etc and I was rushed for a category 1 c section.
When my partner was allowed into theatre, I was already opened and blood everywhere. I had the shakes etc and he seen everything. I really thought I was going to die. It was so traumatic. I was wheeled into recovery and he asked when he could go home. I was disgusted. As soo. As I was wheeled on to the ward just 3 hours post op, he left. He came back thay evening for 2 hours. That night, my baby girl was cluster feeding, it was very difficult. I text him at 5am to tell him all about it. At 8am I got a message calling me a "whine" and not to be texting in the middle of the night again. I stupidly apologised.
Eventually I was discharged and the first week, he was as he described "father of the year" and I even said to him, that this was the making od him. He was so soft, gentle, caring and involved with our daughter. I thought finally, my life is working out.
He then spent a few days not interacting with us AT ALL. I mean not one glance. There was one day I was standing at the sink sorting baby bottles and she cried. I asked him to loft her and he said no I'm busy, grabbed a bag of crisps, went upstairs and slammed the bedroom door. He also continued to smoke in that room where she sleeps at night. I asked him to stop and he gave off that he has nowhere for himself anymore.
He came out of this mood a couple of times. He took us for a walk and picked us flowers and lunch. The very next day, he went back into his low depressive mood. On the last particular day 2.5 weeks after birth, he was wanting to take us to the beach. This was the first day where I got myself ready and pretty, I was excited. He made me lunch and then refused to eat with me because the previous days, we argued over lunch (he would start arguements about nothing and it would lead to raised voices etc)
So anyway he ate in another room, our daughter was with me and she started crying so he slammed the door of the room he was in. I then went to the sink washed bottles for baby. He came in and said was I going to keep hogging the sink or was I going to get out of the way. I told him to not be so ignorant with me.
It led to a full blown row where he got quite aggressive. He came into my face and I pushed him away and he then said I assaulted him I told him to wise up and stop this shouting in front of our baby. He slammed the living room door. I went in and I said this had to stop. He told me to get the hell out of his house and that it was about time I leave and give him peace. He went upstairs and at the top of the stairs he called me a fat shapeless b###ard, fat ugly nose and feet etc. Now before birth I weighed over 13 stone. At this arguement, I was weighing 10stone 10 so definitely not fat.
I packed 2 bags, and left with our baby. Since then I have reached out to him and he has ignored me. He believes me to be staying in a bmb with a newborn and he thinks this is acceptable. He has not asked about her or me. He changed the locks also so I can't get into the home. My heart is broken. What happened to the man I love? He doesn't speak to anyone anymore, he has no friends, he stopped working. I can see his Google activity and he has been researching moving to India and leading a spiritual life. I feel like his brain is messed up.
A week later, I am now 9.5 stone, stopped breast feeding as I'm not producing enough, doing everything on my own with our perfect daughter. Basically, what would you do? What has happened him? Is this normal behaviour during pregnancy and post-partum?
He knows all I have ever dreamed of is having a baby and a family. Why did he do this? I feel so sorry for me. That was where I made home, I have so many belongings and stuff in there that ingot for my daughter. I helped with the decor and actually blame that for my pre eclampsia. The day before admission I was on my hands and knees painting skirting because I felt bad about him painting upstairs. I redone all the grouting in the bathroom etc too. For him to turn around and say "what kind of idiot stays in a house where they aren't wanted". One day picking flowers and declaring your love, the next telling me to leave.
How do I get through this
Tldr my fiance m41, put me f29 out of the home with our 2.5 week old daughter. I need advice on what has happened to him and what to do next.

I know, I know, popular complaint. I have a 12-year-old son that is looking for a support dog to help him with his anxiety. We are also an active family looking for a fun friend for the whole family to go on adventures, but we are also very busy and somewhat hesitant to add a dog that is high maintenance. After spinning in circles for awhile, we are starting to focus on a golden retriever.
In looking at different breeds that are good support animals, we were initially interested in doodles of one sort of the other, but have discovered they need a lot of grooming and frequent trips to the professional groomer.
Our current thinking is that a golden retriever needs regular brushing, but it seems a lot simpler and cheaper overall than doodle grooming. I’ve also read that while a golden retriever sheds a lot, the long hair and clumps are relatively easy to clean up compared to other breeds.
Am I correct in thinking that a golden retriever will require a lot of vacuuming and lint rolling and brushing, but less complicated grooming? Is there anything in particular we can look for in a specific golden retriever that will help with less shedding? Does it seem like we are on the right track with our reasoning? Any guidance you have for a novice would be greatly appreciated.

Storytime (Why retake the GRE?)

I took the GRE in October 2020 at home, the old one for MS admissions, but did not end up using it for any applications. My old score for the old GRE was 323 (162V, 89th percentile; 161Q, 65th percentile) and writing was 6. I ended up getting into a decent program in applied mathematics, and needed to retake it for competitive PhD programs in biostatistics/statistics and bioinformatics for the Fall 2025 cycle. I was aiming for perfect quant and somewhat improved verbal. I am working full time doing research and writing papers and programming lots and lots, it was really challenging to prepare, but I had lots of preparation time on my side---roughly two months.

Mock Scores (Markov property)

I double majored in pure mathematics and statistics from a top public school in SoCal, but I get incredibly anxious when taking these sorts of time constrained tests, so my quant was generally not perfect at all and all over the place:

1. Two days ago I took my first mock in the morning timed and got 159V, 160Q (powerprep 2, free)
2. The same day, later in the evening, I took another mock and got 159V, 168Q (powerprep+ 2, $40)
3. The next day, I took another mock in the evening and got 161V, 164Q (powerprep+ 3, $40).

So my quant performance was all over the place. Most of the time I would literally SELECT THE WRONG ANSWER and not fully read the damn question out of anxiety.

Game day (and the day before)

I didn't get very good sleep (only slept 5hrs because I ate really late and was super worried). I made a nootropic shake concoction and had some other supplements 30-40 minutes before I started the actual exam, which helped with my sleep deficit (vegan protein, matcha powder, creatine, l-theanine shake; vitamin B complex, CoQ-10, vitamin D extra strength; and a banana). I think diet the night before is actually super important and I did heavy carb and creatine loading: finished four servings of gnocchi; 1.1lbs ribeye steak; one avocado and one salmon filet. And up until the test day, I made sure to be physically active and stuck to my workout schedule to make sure that I have the best possible VO2 max on test day. This included doing zone 2-4 cardio weekly for at least 90 minutes per week. I see lots of people give up their workout schedule, but I think that's actually detrimental.
Beyond hacking my physiology, I took my test at a test center. I think that was a big deal because the test center was super quiet and there were no distractions at all. Driving there took me 40 minutes, so I was also able to settle down emotionally and just meditate about doing well while getting there. I listened to music as well which got me in a good mood.
I had completely forgotten that we get an unofficial score as soon we finish, so I was incredibly SHOCKED at how I did. I think if I had known I get the score immediately (unofficial) I would've done worse.

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GREGMAT GUY... Danke Schoen. I used mostly gregmat strategies for all my preparation.

1. I used prepswift and made a cheat sheet from prepswift concepts for verbal, quant and writing. Making the cheat sheet was really helpful.
2. In particular, I focused on a lot of the strategy guides for the verbal and quant prepswift sections.
3. I did Manhattan 5lbs first, ALL problems EXCEPT the word problem ones since those ones were too wordy for no reason compared to actual ETS problems.
4. I did no foundations for quant until after I sampled my baseline performance on the Manhattan 5lb problems. Then I revised with prepswift and the official ETS material.
5. The official ETS quant and general GRE books are really good for practice as well. These are the real indicator of test performance since the Manhattan book problems are actually a lot more challenging.
6. I had very little verbal practice. I read and write everyday, so I just wanted to hit high 80s percentile for verbal. I did practice the vocab though (gregmat vocab mountain AND Magoosh GRE vocab).
7. For people with high anxiety: for the quant, just remember to recognize patterns, read the problem, stick to your foundations, plug and chug, and breathe. Everytime I started the quant section, I used the remaining time from the verbal to write that preceding sequence out so that I was using metacognition and prevent myself from panicking.

I’m 23, and my time in Eve (around 5 years as a consistent, active player) comes after Upwell and passive moon mining. I’m not an industrialist, nor am I particularly consistent in playing with Eve’s markets so bear with me while I ask the following questions out of an abundance of humility. Thank you.
So with null groups now having the ability to passively moon mine and potentially dictate which sorts of ore and minerals spawn in their space, along with a rework to PI, does this mean that nullsec no longer needs to interact with other areas of space in order to extract minerals and PI for basic industrial needs?
And does this also mean that morphite, which is the only ore not affected by this update is still bound to anomalies that exist mostly in nullsec and Pochven?
And if these are the case, can we expect a boom to industry with a morphite bottleneck in T2 production, that replaces the current isogen bottleneck, along with a similar bottleneck for lowsec gas?
How does this affect Rorqual mining, and the logical outworking — whaling? I would imagine that these changes mean that rorquals would be potentially only really be used (with any real cost effectiveness) to mine in lowsec, or in anomaly spawns with Mercoxit? Does this mean even fewer Rorquals in space despite the potential for them to be even cheaper?
How does the centralization of resources like ore, moon goo, and PI affect the ability of individual miners within various blocs to make isk? We can probably bet on a decrease in mineral and PI prices almost across the board, so does this effectively mean the end of individual/multiboxed miners to generate income in a profitable way? Or rather does this mean that a pivot to resources like lowsec/wh gas by smaller miners en masse is far more likely?
I don’t really make any sort of value judgement with any of these questions/observations, I just am trying to understand what might be coming down the pipe in a few months.

I have dreams where it's a life similar to my own but altered. The dreams are mundane, but a man and woman who are very friendly like to visit me and talk to me and bring gifts. Sometimes in the dream, I look out the window and someone (it looks like a classic small alien grey only its greyish green) is watching me. I get either mad or irritated and tell it to go away and close the window, because I guess I don't like the feeling that someone is watching me in my dreams. It's like this feeling of someone watching the show offstage, and a part of my brain begins to realize I am dreaming and I wake up soon after. I remember the dreams well, and they leave me curious and thoughtful about whether this is some sort of simulated thing my brain is processing over and over, or what. It's been happening a lot the past year, but I've had it throughout my adult life off and on.
Either way I was just wondering if anyone else has had the experience of dreaming and seeing something watching you in a way that feels 'out of context' of the dream? I don't know how to describe it exactly, but there comes a point in my dreams where it 'shifts' to almost an awake state within the dream and it becomes an active scenario of conversation or seeing things.
At the very least, it's interesting and I feel curious about why my brain makes these sort of scenarios.

Enotria: The Last Song – Official 15-Minute Gameplay Overview (youtube.com)
The demo comes to PC and PS5 on May 22.
The new release date for the full game is now September 19.
The demo is stated to run about 8 hours, and the full game should run more than 40. The demo will contain all of the following:

• 27 enemies
• 2 mini-bosses
• 1 full boss
• 22 weapons (full game is said to have over 100)
• 3 gauntlet gems
• 6 masks
• 32 perks
• 7 aspects
• 28 consumables
• Gear upgrades
• 18 lines (spells)

The trailer also breaks down all the new little wrinkles the game is bringing to the typical Souls-like formula with things like masks as a sort of class system (which we already knew about), an unconventional stat system that revolves around leveling up clusters of stats at a time through "virtues" rather than one at a time, a lack of shields to encourage more active and aggressive gameplay (I see you, Bloodborne), unique status effects that work like a double-edged sword by both buffing and debuffing the player character, an attempt at integrating lines into combat more effectively than simply letting mage builds stand back and plink away with ranged magic, and more I don't have time to mention here.
If nothing else, I'm blown away by how ambitious this team is. I am a little bit worried that they may be biting off more than they can chew with so many new systems on top of trying to deliver a solid game in its own right, but I respect the vision.
I know everyone is jazzed for Elden DLC and Black Myth Wukong (and I am, too), but I really want Enotria to be a surprise hit. I think it has the potential to be one. I'd love to live in a golden age of Souls-likes with Elden Ring, Lies of P, Black Myth Wukong, and Enotria: The Last Song.

LONG ONE but this is 15 years in the making.
So my brother and his wife have been married for about 15 years. Ever since the beginning, I've always felt a little skeptical of her. She's a southern gal that likes to romanticize everything. Think a Facebook junky that loves posting inspiring messages that are totally over the top. "From the depths of my soul, I wish you all to find happiness in your life. I truly do. Never give up! #MiraclesAreReal #HeHasAPlan" Etc. That sort of shit.
She's a sweetheart though and doesn't have a malicious bone in her body, but she's the type of person who wishes she lived in a hallmark movie. And she LOVES attention.
Over the last 15 years, she's had one thing happen to her after another. First it was shoulder issues from a car accident. Obviously this was all a real thing, but it just seemed like she kept having setback after setback, to the point where her shoulder was replaced. She had issues with opioid addiction, went to rehab. About 10 years ago she also started "feeling chronic pain" and was more and more reclusive, opting to spend most of the time we visited them in bed. Now she wasn't ignoring us, because we always made it a point to come up and even would spend time in their room watching movies and just talking, but for the most part, she stayed in bed.
Eventually it was determined that she had something called POTS, and then later Ehlers Danlos. These were both pretty much self-diagnosed, and then "confirmed" by doctors. But since then both of these afflictions have completely taken over her life. She started using a wheelchair, her body has deteriorated, she basically has zero leg muscles, with a much larger upper body from eating terribly. She's had highly invasive procedures like spinal fusions, ports, and all sorts of other shit over the years.
Everything is a "miracle cure" on Facebook and she talks about how she's a girl boss. "Guys!! I DID SOMETHING TODAY! I walked down the stairs to get a drink without my caregiver!" is a typical post on Facebook. Of course next week when I ask my brother how she's doing, she's had setbacks and is feeling worse than she was before. It's always one step forward and three steps back.
What gets me is that these posts are OBVIOUSLY pity parties, but of course she would never ask people to cry for her and talk about how terrible things are. No. that's not what the protagonist does in a hallmark movie. They have stiff upper lips, they are courageous! They never complain and live life to the fullest, despite how terrible things are.
So she makes a post with her sitting in her wheelchair or wearing a neck brace, and will say things like "Guys, I just had the best day EVER. I sat up! Normally when I sit up I get lightheaded and pass out, but today, thanks to my 3 Physical therapists, i've been able to sit up! These are the little things people sometimes take for granted, but I just had to share :) #EDScantStopMe! #GurlBoss #NotToday".
So she gets a million likes and comments saying how "Proud they are" of her and how she's an inspiration. We're all supposed to be so thrilled and excited, but all it really is is a reminder that she's basically bedridden and should be pitied and lavished with attention. Thankfully, she hasn't tried to move into influencer status, and I honestly don't feel like she has financial incentives at heart. She simply craves the attention, the pity, and the "status" as being an inspiring role model for other people a and being the main character of her own hallmark movie.
And I fucking can't stand it. I think this is all bullshit. I'm sure she's in pain, but that's what happens when you're body deteriorates from not doing shit for 10 years. She tries to solve all her issues with pills and procedures, but doesn't do fuck all when it comes to actually working hard at rehabilitating her body.
I know EDS is a real thing, but I've also read how commonly it's faked. Certain types can be genetically tested for. Of course hers hasn't.
Throughout all of this shit, my brother has been a fucking saint. He's never complained. Luckily he owns a business that does well enough that nothing has led to financial issues, but it easily could have since nothing is covered by insurance. He's a very active and outgoing guy, so it kills me seeing him spend his entire young adult life basically being her caregiver.
In the past year however, he has reached a breaking point. He had a short-lived affair, realized life was slipping by, and immediately told her about it. She's forgiven him, and basically will say things like "you can win me back. Lets renew vows, get me another ring" (All the bullshit you would see in a movie of course). He knows deep down that he doesn't WANT to win her back, and has essentially been letting the relationship die over the past 9 months. He wants to take care of her financially, but wants out. He needs a life.
Well, this past weekend, she finally sends a text saying that they are done, and the separation is moving forward. Oh and what do you know? She has started making posts on Facebook about how she hasn't used her wheelchair in days! She can now walk a mile in a day when she couldn't walk 20 steps. Where the FUCK was this 4 years ago when you maybe could have rehabilitated and lived an actual life? Where the fuck was this when my brother was wasting away his life, not traveling, not creating memories for his girls, having memories that he had growing up as a kid going on hikes and going to the beach.
On top of all of this, they have two daughters. The older one is 12 and is having all sorts of other issues, including anorexia and self-harm. I love her, but I see this as a response to the bullshit that her mom has put her through her entire life. She has always been an attention seeking kid. She is also very sweet, but unfortunately I believe that all of these cries for help wouldn't be happening if her own mother wasn't the way she is. I know this last part makes me an asshole, and I honestly have no ill will towards the daughter. I think what she is doing to herself is very serious and I don't want to take it lightly. But she is also a very sheltered girl and it's hard not to believe that the mother isn't the root cause.
I'm so happy that my brother is finally going to be rid of this soon. Obviously he plans to take care of her financially in perpetuity, and isn't planning to have any toxic fights over money or custody. He will do what's right. The only thing now is that I'm terrified that one of her stupid "followers' is going to share what happened and he somehow becomes some viral villain that gets crucified by assholes who have no idea what the actual situation is.

It was, in theory, a good idea to improve discipline. Captain Mary had one, and stood at the back, ready to oversee. In front of an officer, the preatorians, Valyreans and Taronians would be more subdued. The only snag was the compare. Scarlett was not known for an uncontroversial routine, and Staisy had even seen her on stage before joining the regiment, in the gig she was banned for. The ginger haired woman stepped out, flexing her bionic arm as she took the microphone.
Scarlett looked out onto the crowd. A mix of regiments, in blocks, let out for a bonding activity. A captive audience, if not a particularly lively one, filling the former town hall. Around a dozen taronians, and then fifty of the 1066th, Valyrrans and preatorians. She picked up the mic, and moved the stand to the edge.
“Hello westbridge,” she began, before deconstructing her act. “Its great to be here. Well, not great, but you all know that, it is just a thing you say. So I’ll start by telling you a bit about tonight, then get you warmed up with the usual crowd banter, and then various acts themselves will play some music, do a play or try and tell better jokes than me. But first, as at any comedy occation, some crowd work. Hello, what’s your name. And what do you do, a soldier, well I never. And you sitting next to her. Also a soldier. Is this some sort of works night out. What do you mean it’s a frontline gig. Well I never. Let’s move on to something else then, and out first act. But first, if I can give you a tip, of you have certain preferences, shall we say, in the bedroom. Valyrran security are in town, and, well, between the smart, tight uniforms, in black, with the leather, and the whips, I’ll leave those of you into that to seek them out at the end of the night.” The joke went down well with the minthelian contingent, especially for its daring as Tammy and Fizzy could be seen creasing with laughter. “But first, our first act, and I wasnt given a running order, and here they are, whoever it is first.” She departed the stage to leave it empty and ready for whoever was on first.
(Post the performance as a comment, and then we can react to each one individually I think, and broadly in any order)

I am a teacher aid at a pre-school. This would be my third year working there. My previous classes have been manageable and nothing out of the ordinary. So my new class has been a real challenge.
I have 3 kids with diagnosed autism. One has a personal teacher that stays with him at all times. The other two don´t. I also have to mention that my school is a "rich-ish people school" they accept any student and it has the reputation to accept kids that have been kicked from other schools (they just care about the money pretty much). The school has never offered training on dealing with special needs children or anything of the sort. Only two girls in the pre school have a degree in psychology the other don't. I personally graduated in Language education. We have 1 child psychologist who is never there. It´s frustating that te school does nothing to help these kids and doesn't do anything on pushing the parents on taking action. I have learned from videos and blogs on education for kids with learning disabilities but I just feel like it´s not enough. Besides my three students that have a hard time at school already the other 17 are all hyperactive, not well behaved and with a pretty much non existant attention span. I know that with kids you have to go overboard, use music, dance, interactive activities. But I swear nothings seems helpful for this group.
The head teacher has bad classroom management and it is chaos everyday. My throat hurts from screaming their names 20 times whether its to call them to get in line or call their attention. Circle time is absolute madness, they start running around, teasing each other, yelling, shouting, standing up, circling on their seats. I have talked to the teacher on what can we do for this to get better. When she is explaining the class I have to constantly tell everybody to sit proper, stop hitting your friend, put that toy in the backpack. Please just help me with advice on this. Anything is helpful. I swear I have never been this stressed.

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I am a teacher aid at a pre-school. This would be my third year working there. My previous classes have been manageable and nothing out of the ordinary. So my new class has been a real challenge.
I have 3 kids with diagnosed autism. One has a personal teacher that stays with him at all times. The other two don´t. I also have to mention that my school is a "rich-ish people school" they accept any student and it has the reputation to accept kids that have been kicked from other schools (they just care about the money pretty much). The school has never offered training on dealing with special needs children or anything of the sort. Only two girls in the pre school have a degree in psychology the other don't. I personally graduated in Language education. We have 1 child psychologist who is never there. It´s frustating that te school does nothing to help these kids and doesn't do anything on pushing the parents on taking action. I have learned from videos and blogs on education for kids with learning disabilities but I just feel like it´s not enough. Besides my three students that have a hard time at school already the other 17 are all hyperactive, not well behaved and with a pretty much non existant attention span. I know that with kids you have to go overboard, use music, dance, interactive activities. But I swear nothings seems helpful for this group.
The head teacher has bad classroom management and it is chaos everyday. My throat hurts from screaming their names 20 times whether its to call them to get in line or call their attention. Circle time is absolute madness, they start running around, teasing each other, yelling, shouting, standing up, circling on their seats. I have talked to the teacher on what can we do for this to get better. When she is explaining the class I have to constantly tell everybody to sit proper, stop hitting your friend, put that toy in the backpack. Please just help me with advice on this. Anything is helpful. I swear I have never been this stressed.

I live in the USA, my GF in Paraguay. My visits in Paraguay with her went outstandingly well. However, the relationship has been nothing but problems since the last visit. For those questioning the distance, I have no chance of meeting someone locally as I live in a rural area for work and there are literally, no available singles in my area that aren't some sort of drug addict or personal life disaster somehow. So I tried to find someone better from somewhere else. Anyways, back to the topic at hand, my gf.
-When something doesn't go her way, she gets upset and acts passive aggressive for days. Examples of this are such as her refusing to turn on the camera, saying hurtful things (for example "I am not your gf anymore") etc. After a few days of this, she goes back to as if nothing happened
-She is unable to hold an adult conversation with regards to resolving problems. I am very calm and collected and politely state things such as "this is the problem" "these are my complaints about your recent behavior" "what do you have to say/think?" "what can we do about this problem"? She, rather than attempting to discuss in a mature manner or to resolve said problem, becomes moody, emotional, combative, and often ends up hanging the call in my face, and then acts passive aggressive for days.
-She started asking for money to pay for her English classes. I agreed under the condition she actively tries to find a job, as she finished university shortly before we met. She has made zero effort that I know of to find a job. Whenever I ask her, she has nothing to say. See following point.
-I informed her that as I have seen no evidence that she is actively applying to jobs, I will no longer cover her English courses. She became VERY hostile, told me I was “breaking my word”, and went about how because I don’t want to pay her classes I’m not being a “gentleman”, told she no longer wants to travel with me later this year or talk to me.

• The following day in our discussion she explained that she wants to "solve things on her own" without any help from me, and that she is disappointed that I am not an unconditional source of "help" and that by not being an "unconditional source of help" that her feelings are hurt. She also explained that she is no longer interested in traveling together with me.
• She later revealed that she has been searching for work but didn't want to tell me.

Keep in mind, she lives with her mom, and her family does not lack for anything and all her needs are catered to, they live a better middle class life that what I did growing up in the US, and if anything, I am the one "dating up" in this case.
I'm tired of feeling like I'm trying to hold a relationship with a brick wall that refuses to listen to me, refuses to hold difficult or necessary conversations, and acts like a 12 year old at 25. What do I do?
TL;DR what do with girlfriend who has the conflict resolution skills of a potato?

Hi reddit!
I just wanted to come on here and share about a few dreams that I have had about things before they happened and maybe get some of your thoughts and opinions.
The first time this happened I was 15-16 and my friend, we will call her Bailey, wanted to introduce me to one of her friends because we were both single. My friend lived in an apartment complex so we were all going to go to the pool to meet up with her friend and hang out. The only thing I knew about her friend was his name and that he was blonde and I knew that this other guy was going to be there. I went to sleep that night at her apartment and had a dream that we went to the pool and met up with her friends. One of her friends was sitting on a pool chair smoking a cigarette and he got up and put his cigarrette in his mouth to give me a hug. The friend that Bailey was introducing me to then approached me and shook my hand and greeted me and said "Hi, My name is Milo." (fake name). In the morning I didn't think too much about the dream since we had been talking about what we were going to do and who was going to be there so I just figured my brain latched onto it. Fast forward and we make our way down to the pool and everything happens exactly like it did in my dream. Down to the friend smoking, the clothes they were wearing, the tone of their voices, even the guy (who I had never met or seen a picture of) looked exactly like he did in my dream. It was like if someone was showing me a camera recording of my dream. I didn't really hit it off with that guy cause I was so freaked out about the whole thing that I just felt off the whole time and I think they could tell. When we were leaving the pool I told Bailey about the dream I had and how everything was exactly the same and she sort of laughed it off like she didnt believe me. After a few years I forgot about this until I had another dream similar when I was 19.
So I never have dreams that include my phone or electronics except for the occasional tv but this time I did. In the dream I was looking at my emails on my phone and came across one that said that an order of some merch from a bands website had been canceled due to supply issues and that I was going to be getting a refund. I woke up and did my morning routine and was scrolling through twitter. I am very active on twitter in the fandoms that I am a part of so of couse I was seeing posts about peoples orders getting canceled. I found one tweet that had a compiled list of all the products that werent going to be able to be shipped out and what I had ordered was at the very bottom of the list. I immediately was like wtf so I opened my emails to find I had an email from the website that had been sent two hours before I woke up and it was unopened. The email said that my ordered had been canceled.

I've found the right person for you guys, after searching endlessly for an actual legit contact - being scammed multiple times through this & almost getting my account wiped i'll be happy to share what an ACTUAL experience is supposed to be & how they're supposed to do things.
We ran into the ad over on a forum discussion board about social media , decided to check the telegram out & what they had to offer and there was NO short of proof , vouches or any work solidifying they were the real deal.
We also noticed how long they've been around for - closing on 3+ years is pretty impressive to stay active, building a community of people as well as an overall actual help to people with request & needs for snapchat.
Now, Let's get into our experience! -
First -PROS
Transparency -They're really transparent when it comes to seeing proof of their work , very detailed & no room for any funny transactions like some other people in the space. So you can rest assured you're actually going to be getting what you paid for because there's YEARS of proof backing up what they talk about.
The Community! - There's a fine line between the amount of people looking to make a quick buck & an actual community behind these guys that actually support them. Which means the less likelihood of being scammed! There's a lot of actual fucking around going on you'd forget its supposed to be for snaphacks lmao!
3- Those Weekly Sales! - Trying to get a good deal , without busting your pockets we'll they have you covered! Check out there deals on weekends which usually is half off everything, for all socials they provide. Another Pro for the folks trying to ball on a budget!
Now Here Comes The Cons, Again I HAVE TO KEEP IT FAIR!
The WAIT TIMES! - My GODDDDDDD Do you get stuck waiting forever to get serviced, sometimes we were even turned down our money to skip due to them being over-booked. So please be on time & do not expect them to wait around for you because you're paying! They will LEAVE you AND your money behind!
2 Help Center SUCKS (Sometimes) - If you're having an issue with maybe accessing a certain section , there's a bug or anything of the sort & you need help? (this also goes with wait times) the help fucking sucks. Either they're giving you some automated excuse or just going to tell you wait until some slots open but they're booked AROUND the clock. So you'll be waiting a while to get what you need.

1. PRICES - If you are not a member , close with any admins or have some type of importance you WILL be buying out full price, yes they do offer discounts for promos but they're not around 24/7. So you'd have to take what you can get or make friends with some admins because it may be worth it but unless you're rolling in dough - take advantage of those weekend deals

CONCLUSION -
I did get what i wanted , yet it took a while due to the overwhelming amount of other people trying to also get in on the action. They didn't miss a beat on the test dummy we used (again we still had to cover it, there's no do it prior thing). After a while we wanted to see if it held up & it did but the folder had issues so chatting with support was the only option, which was a ride & a half! We did end up getting help & finishing what we had to do.
Rating - 8.3 / 10 , Maybe if they hired more people / staff it would run smoother. Ill leave the contact info here ,
Tele "NAEQUALITYY" ( 2 Y's)
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(Prearranged) Requesting to borrow $200 with repayment of $250 on September 11th 2020. Edited: to add prearranged note.

My fiancé just got a car while in service but her interest rate is 20% can that be lowered to 6% or is it some sort of requirement that has to happen before hand she’s active duty but for the car while in service

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So thanks anyway. My uncle came through in a big way. Wasn't expecting that, but I'm squared away.
Hey you guys. I really hate asking to borrow, especially from strangers, but I need a few things asap and hoping there's a kind soul out there. I'm on disabilities, and a little day job I had lined up fell through recently, leaving me screwed. All I got left is rice, and by tomorrow that'll be gone. Cats gonna need litter too within a couple days.
It's possible another side thing may come up before the payback date, but I won't promise early repayment, not after my experiences of things falling apart. I only remark that it's possible. I don't like being in debt, and try to clear it as soon as I can. So if things line up and I can repay earlier, I will. (Again I cannot promise early though.)
On the 29th my benefits come though, that's a sure thing; but that's still 2 weeks away. I'd have liked to ask for a little more, but realistically I can only pay back $40. It's tight, but I can for sure manage that, no worries.
I've posted a few threads about can collecting, which is a side means of earning income but I cannot do that right now, open wounds on hand. I hope this shows you my situation is as I say at least, if you have doubts.
https://www.reddit.com/homeless/comments/13nwqz2/3_weeks_ago_i_asked_for_tips_on_collecting_cans/
I have also created a successful charity drive on reddit once, in a way which nobody could be scammed. We raised over $2000 for various cat shelters and it all went directly where it was supposed to. I mean, I'm just posting this in hopes it adds to my credibility as someone who won't try to run a game. I don't know how I can otherwise assure you I'm on the level.
https://www.reddit.com/thefighterandthekid/comments/zpsmo0/jokes_aside_for_a_second_how_about_a_holiday/ https://www.reddit.com/thefighterandthekid/comments/zrl7pw/update_a_little_over_2000_raised_for_literal/
So yeah, just don't know what else to do here, hoping someone has a little to spare for now.