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I'm debating whether to report this or not because everyone else around me is saying that it's "not a big deal"
I have a little sister J who has a boyfriend M. M spends a lot of his time at our house. A couple weeks ago he was dropped off by an older man, around 35ish. I asked M if that was his dad and he said "No that's my friend". At first I thought he meant a friend of his family but after learning more I discovered that the older man was just M's friend. I wouldn't typically have a problem with this but M is only 14. It made me feel slightly uncomfortable that a 14 year old was friends with a 35 year old. My parents said that it wasn't weird because the 35 year old is "more like a big brother".
Last week I began talking to M about this friend. M told me that he's in a friend group with ages that range from 27-43. I was horrified because once again M is only 14 and the second youngest is 27. I again brought this up to my parents but they said that there was probably a perfect explanation for why M was friends with them. I also brought this up to my little sister J to see if she knew anything else. J said that M would often sleep over at their houses and skip classes to hang out with them. J also mentioned that she had brought this up to M multiple times but he also shot it down saying that "they were his only real family" and that "he would do anything to please them". This really made me sick but I thought there must be a reason why no adults were freaking out about this.
The most recent time when I ran into the 35 year old he was with two other people, the 27 year old and a 40 year old. We (Me, J and M) ran into them at the arcade. These grown adults were acting like middle schoolers. They acted like middle school boys with M but were very opposed to me and J being there.
At one point the 40 year old told M that his shirt was "too loose" and needed to be tighter so it would "reveal" M's "hot body". I was absolutely disgusted after hearing that I could also tell that J was very uncomfortable. So I pretended that I got an urgent text from work and we needed to go. We left but M's friends seemed really disappointed and annoyed that I was making M leave. Almost like they knew what I was doing.
This morning J came to me and said that we should report this to the police. I agreed with her but as we were on our way to the station she got cold feet and said that she felt bad for doing this to M. I took her home because she became very upset about doing this. I also feel bad for doing this to M but I feel worse letting him be friends with them.
Should I report this?

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So, you said Lord Nicholas has no personality, which is true lol, but since I'm the devil's advocate, I took that as a challenge. Make yourself comfortable for a long read. Have some popcorn.
Why is this guy more of a tragic character, rather than a villain? And how does a man lose identity, and becomes a monster through desperation? I'll answer this for you below.
• Throughout Plague Tale Innocence, there are various signs that although he is personally close to Vitalis (no use of titles or formalities when speaking to each other) he is the execution, and not the mastermind behind the plans. For example, when Hugo's Macula was to be tested, he urged Vitalis on to put an end to the plague already, they are not here to play games.
• In the very same chapter, we get a little insight on what he believes and thinks about the conflict between the Inquisition and the De Runes. He doesn't understand why Beatrice De Rune resists their persuasion for information regarding the Macula, since their goals are shared -> ending the Plague. Ultimately, he blindly believes Vitalis wants to control the Plague to save them. And he does anything, ANYTHING to make that happen.
Commit genocide against peasants, and in the end, even go as far as killing Hugo.
Now, let's take a little turn to make a background check for this guy. Or at least what is hinted, and what can be assumed with intuition and theories.
• Like I mentioned before, him and Vitalis are personally close, and in the preultimate chapter of Plague Tale: Innocence, after his death, guards talk about him in the city. They are confused why Vitalis hasn't sent anyone for his search (I'll get to that one later), since he was his Protégé. This alone in itself wouldn't mean anything, but right after that a guard added "Maybe he found himself another Protégé" regarding Hugo of course.
Since this game is about innocence and children, it's almost safe to assume that Nicholas likely got taken under Vitalis' wings just as Hugo was now in the present. That would explain why they are close, and why Nicholas blindly trusts his master. Another dialogue backs this up, between the Arch Bishop and Vitalis. "Puppets like you will kneel and beg me to save them." and look who appears and kneels right there and then? Lord Nicholas. This is my theory, I can back it up but it isn't 100% surely true of course. Take it with a pinch of salt please.
• Now, time to get to why Vitalis didn't send anyone after Nicholas' disappearance... We saw nothing of the two months Hugo spent in the Bastion, but based on the Cathedral's state, it's safe to assume things didn't go that well with controlling the Macula. The plan was to get Hugo through the threshold finally, so that the Conjuration can begin. (Note to self: another essay later about that one). Although they tried to push Hugo through with hurting his mother, it didn't work. Because of this, Vitalis tasked Nicholas with taking Hugo to his sister, to end her life. This is simple, but it doesn't stop here.
In the chapter Blood Ties (where we control Hugo), we already meet an impatient Nicholas who wants to put an end to the Plague. Not only that, but let me get to one crucial sentence told by Vitalis. "Nicholas... You cannot understand." This hints at the disagreements between the two, and that Nicholas is not indulged in how this should be done. Nicholas tries to help Vitalis up, but he rejects the help too. It's quite symbolic for the one-sided trust between the two. Due to this growing mistrust, and how Vitalis didn't expect Nicholas to come back after his mission later on, to me it seems like Vitalis cut the ties and sent him exactly to his death to get rid of him.
• Vitalis' plan was never to get rid of Hugo once they pass the threshold ("I have a lot to teach the Carrier, and his friends."), and knew well, that Nicholas has no chance against Hugo and Amicia with the rats alongside them. He sent the man who trusted him the most to his death, and with that also chose his ultimate protégé - Hugo. It's also likely that Nicholas' mistrust grew because his position in the hierarchy was compromised, since it's likely Vitalis got obsessed with Hugo, and Nicholas almost realized he is played with. There is also the idea, that Vitalis sent him away to actually save him from the white rats he meant to send on the crowd anyway. Anyway, Vitalis is for another essay...
• The betrayed, the sacrificed. Who is he? There is absolutely little we know of him, except for his title and occupation. What always speaks in Plague Tale: Innocence though, is the design. I mean look at that drip- sorry.. In "A Making of Plague Tale: Innocence" the creative developers mention the importance of faces, and overall pure, intuitive impressions we get of our characters.
• There is only one character whose face we never see, and that is Nicholas. That doesn't only play as a psychological trick to make him more terrifying, but also hints at certain points. First of all, his robes are Dominican. This is historically fitting (although there were no dominican knights) since Dominicans were those entrusted by the Church to handle trials against heresy and begin inquisitions. This also hints that he is very religious and dedicated to serving the (assumed) good. I know, no way. Let's not forget about how faded out it is, or bloody. In NO way he is a good guy, but a tragic believer? Likely. Under the robes is the armour, which is hit all around. It's no news we talk about a very experienced and efficient knight who also happens to be serving Vitalis (NOT the Church! Explained in another essay, chill.). Knights start their training at 7, and only nobles are in for the job, obviously. I made the connection, that since he likely knows Vitalis from his childhood, and his training also began when he was 7 years old, and his name was Nicholas...
Side note: In medieval times, children were named after Saints to inwoke their blessing, in this case, among many things, protecting children.
It's likely that he himself, just like those he hunts, was an orphan, perhaps even a sinner, who had to be saved by none else, than Vitalis. Give it a thought, maybe he was a lost little boy like Hugo, whose innocence was stolen way too early. With how Plague Tale likes to play with irony and parallels between characters, I don't see this as unlikely.
• All in all, he is what his occupation is, and nothing human. He is the machine that serves. The cross, the judgement. We cannot see his face, because he has no identity except what Vitalis gave him. His role, his title, his mission (perhaps even name). As it can be seen, Hugo too, was dressed in robes showing the Inquisition's sign, like a mark of ownership over him.
• From the very start of the story, he was the representative of that time's barbaric cruelty, unforgiving, misplaced judgement. And as though from the children's perspective he was a monster from the very beginning, how did it go down? As I said before, he has no identity except his committment, and through that his morals, ambitions are shown. At the very start, they ambushed the De Rune estate, and we CANNOT know, if the violance was planned beforehand or it came due to Robert's resistance.
People were taken hostage for questioning, the goal was to capture Hugo, the Carrier, and Beatrice, the only one who can help them understand the plague's origins. It was bloody, but after this chapter, you can hear guards clearly say "capture children" and not just Hugo. Now, unbelivably, I don't think he wanted Amicia bad at the start. They confront each other in the English camp for the second time (where he paid a ransom for both of them), where he tries to negotiate with her to give them Hugo and stop running. Later his methods change, telling the plain truth that there is nowehere for her to go out there (These methods of convincing show a lot of personality and insight especially in the boss fight).
Later on, it's mentioned Vitalis is going hard on him but "he is used to it". Again, their shared history is hinted. The hunt for Hugo is fruitless still, and the plague is spreading day-by-day.
Next we hear from him, is in the chapter where we visit the city with Amicia. Or rather, that he is not exactly participating in the mission killing the sick. Since him and Vitalis disagree with methods of solving the Plague, and he is occupied with catching Hugo, there is a possibility this order of slaughter was carried out without his consent. Though, this is a high take and it would be totally in character to do such a task in the means of self-preservation.
Amicia's visions of him from Penance is not reliable, but at the very same time she clearly dreamed what happened and it's likely she mixed reality with hallucinations from exhaust. If, the hallucinations were true, that means Hugo did hear Amicia, but Nicholas directly diverted his attention from her and led him away.
It's hard to speculate if he did this to let nature do its work, or to actually show mercy, which is equally possible, since it was clear from the beginning that even though she killed his men, he knew she is simply running and kills as a means to survive.
Now, as I explained earlier, many things go down when Hugo resides in the Bastion, and we can only guess what that causes. I mentioned Nicholas' growing distrust, now let me introduce you to the psychological denial he experiences during the boss fight, along with his reflections pointing at the children. The man, becoming the monster. The fire (another essay since fire in Plague Tale is symbolic) causing him to destroy himself.
In the chapter Remembrance he goes to the Château d'Ombrage along Hugo, to ensure the boy passes the threshold with killing his sister, with this enabling Vitalis to pass as well. At first, Nicholas is quite calm and confident, sending Hugo to kill her "Go, and do what has to be done.". Interestingly, despite this, he still has his sword prepared, which shows he still doesn't trust Hugo. Later on, he knocks Arthur out, but doesn't kill him senselessly, despite the fiasco at the English camp. He takes Amicia to Hugo, and now threatens him to kill her, or else he kills his mother in front of him. After that, he tells him, if Hugo does as he tells him so, maybe Vitalis keeps him by his side.
This could hint that only by accomplishments such as this, and proving devotion, can one remain important in Vitalis' eyes. Also, that maybe, Nicholas had to go through something similar, "She means nothing to you now".
Doubts and frantic impatience take hold, which ultimately lead him to take matters into his own hands. He decides to kill her, himself. As he pushes Hugo away, she calls him a bastard, which he then turns back at her, to question her morality and self-righteousness. She betrayed him, that is why he gave himself up. It can be perhaps far-fetched, but this also can count as self-reflection already. Betrayal -> causing giving up, which happens later to him too.
After Arthur "takes care of him" (not exactly...) and the siblings reunite, Nicholas wakes up and this time, immediately kills Arthur. The death is not just a shock value as many believe, it also shows the already progressing monster stepping forth, and losing humanity entirely.
The boss fight has three phases. His methods at provoking the children, and self-reflect change and become way more intense with time.
In the first phase, he tries to separate them and tells Amicia that he knows it must be difficult to live in the Carrier's shadow. Also, that they are terrified. He is poking at her most vulnerable place, their biggest fear, which's "face" is ultimately him. Also, reminding Amicia of her biggest desire, that is to be acknowledged by her parents. Especially this can count as self-reflective, since as I said earlier Nicholas likely noticed Hugo is slowly replacing him in Vitalis' eyes. The wish to excell, and be acknowledged for the devotion is a deep scar this character could carry. He also reminds them of how their father died, to remind them of honour, which Nicholas obviously has a twisted sense of.
In the second phase, his first voice line shows surprise and fear, and anger in response to those feelings. He is more reckless and aggressive too. Here, again, he manipulatively reminds them how little they can do, and threatens them. This is both calculated and instinctual, since he says such things to bring the children out of their hiding places, but at the very same time also because he is slowly losing himself. There are also lines which can be reflective to his beliefs and assumptions based on himself, such as: "Your sister won't be able to save you child.... You are alone." There were already connections made between how Vitalis saved him, and if one puts it all together, this line shows how he doesn't believe in the siblings' bond, because his own bond with Vitalis broke, and Nicholas is (alike to Hugo) alone. Or there is also the line "What do you think you can do? You are nothing. [...]" I wanted to highlight this line because Plague Tale (among many other things) is about the helplessness one faces trying to protect loved ones, and/or trying to rewrite their fates. The fact that Nicholas dehumanizes them entirely, shows he knows the fact one, them or him, cannot change the course that has been set, but he is still in denial trying to fight it (a lot like Amicia in Requiem, by the way. Also, fire (this is why that needs another essay....).
In the third phase, he becomes uncharacteristically reckless and desperate, where he succumbs to the wrath and, his fate. "Come to me, come into my arms my dear children." His sanity decreases and he knows death is unavoidable. The question left is whenever he can bring them down with himself or fails. And failure, is unacceptable. He is better dead, than failed. "I will teach you the meaning of sacrifice" this line shows that likely, he accepted his last quest knowing well he is going to die probably. That he rather burns himself, bring hell, than letting go. He keeps shouting the motto of his order, because that is the only thing that he clings to. It's pathetic and forced, inhumane. "[...] We'll die together" <-> "I will boil your blood until it spurts from your eyes", "You are going to pay, [...]" by this time, he keeps switching tactics at approaching and luring them out, frantic and monstrous. His words mean nothing by this time and desperation takes hold. What line of him is the purest, rawest, and most honest, between all the threads and claims, self-convincing attempts to maintain devoted is this: "The pain... To feel oneself alive... And deliver death." This line might seem like one among the many terrible threats, but it in fact shows his deepest belief. That is, of pain and life. Sacrifice and death. That those who live, have to kill, and that is what it means to exist in this world.
• In Plague Tale Innocence and Requiem, we see Amicia's development into a murderer who follows similarly blind committments.
She ultimately becomes, what she condemned, and what caused her great misery. What, in the end, she herself becomes if Hugo doesn't lead her on the right path. A monster.
So, to sum it all up, Lord Nicholas represents the human being of that time, whose identity is what he serves, and nothing else.
It makes one selfless, righteous, but at what cost? Violence spreads from one person to another, while everyone tries to save what is precious to them. Hope this helped seeing him as more human and with more personality. Cheers. A few more points I couldn't exactly integrate are the following:
• A few things showing the underlying morality and plain intentions: at first he tried to negotiate with both Robert, Amicia, and Beatrice as well. He condones stealing entirely. He doesn't kill Arthur at first.
• In the concept art he is left handed. In Middle Ages, left handed people were considered sinful, since it was the "devil's hand". This added with the self-punishing- self-destructive-Catholic mindset, added with his devotion, signs that he is penitent, and does what he should for a greater good, a salvation, and carries the burden of "sacrifice".

I feel really weird because I'm a detrans girl. I was on T for 8-9 months and just started going off T about three days ago. What I felt was dysphoria before was actually me not wanting to be sexualized for my body (because I was a literal child in middle school and high school no duh). And now after being on T I have real gender dysphoria with my voice. It feels weird to have dysphoria when I have trans girl friends. Like I already had the privilege of being "cis" I can't imagine how bad dysphoria for trans girls is. And it feels so weird because technically I guess I'm "cis" but I really don't feel cis in the slightest. Does anyone else feel like this?

It's kind of pathetic to say, but at 16 years old, I'm starting to realize I've either wasted or lost all the potential I've ever had in life. I don't think I'm capable of living a happy life where I'll ever feel satisfied. I know this sounds very much like teenage angst but since I was young, I've always felt this sense of impending doom and grief when I think about my future.
I think I was 8 years old when I contemplated ending my life for the first time. I was being both physically and sexually abused by my mother and another relative while my father was aware of everything and stayed silent about all of it. The only memories of my childhood I have are ones of the cold bathroom floor my mom used to beat and force me to sleep in. Not only that, but I was very terribly bullied and isolated at school and wasn't ever allowed to leave the house unless it was to a family member's house every so often. At school, I was miserable and hiding in bathroom stalls. At home, I was even more miserable and sleeping on the bathroom floor.
Even after the bullying and physical abuse ended, I struggled to make friends for years and only now have started talking to others on a regular basis. Before this, I tended to shove my head into books and pretend the characters were my companions. There have been times where I wouldn't speak for weeks. One, because my relationship with my family is destroyed and I refuse to stay in the same room as them. Two, because others avoided me and felt so uncomfortable by my presence that I never spoke with others.
My situation has greatly improved since then but recently I've been realizing how much my childhood and living situations have ruined my chances to be a normal human being. I feel so isolated and alone and like a disgusting vile monster wearing a human suit and trying to belong. I feel like life has no choice but to end terribly for me — girls who grow up like me typically end up dead in ditches, addicted to substances, homeless, or all of the above. I have no friends who I speak to regularly, no family members I can rely on, and I'm not intelligent or capable enough to work up for an education that would fix the state of my life. I don't know what to do with myself. I've done everything to try to change whatever's wrong with me.
I've tried to change my behaviour and stop being socially awkward but my phoniness drives people off even more. I've tried to change my appearance and developed severe anorexia in hopes that maybe my body was the reason why I couldn't connect with others. I've tried to study my ass off so others could at least respect me. But I'm too stupid and lack diligence to work hard. I don't know what to do with myself and I don't know how to fix the mess that's my life. The only solution I can think of is to fast things forward and end my life already. I just feel so lost.

I'm 18 years old, graduating highscool in like two weeks. I've always wanted to go to college for art and get a BFA. When I was in middle school I thought it would be at some private art school like calarts but I grew out of that when I realized how expensive it was. I've instead been planning to get a BFA with an emphasis in illustration at my local university.
Here's my problem: college is still expensive (surprise). I've been looking into getting an associates from my local community college first. However, when I met with the university college advisor he told me that the local community college and the university have some issues with transferring credits (they have agreements for some classes to be equivalent classes but the BFA illustration program at the university has a lot of requirements that I can't get with my associates degree; I'd be taking more classes than necessary at the community college when I get my associates.)
Today I had a call with the community college advisor and she redirected me to one of the other advisors, who I can only get an appointment with 4 days before I graduate highschool.
My big question is this: What is worth it as an artist? Should I go through with the associates degree alone and try to build my online presence instead? Do I go for the BFA? Is college even worth it for me or am I getting a degree that's a waste of money and time?
For reference, I'm interested in doing various jobs: freelance, character design, illustration for picture books or graphic novels, concept art, etc.
Tl;dr As someone looking to become a professional artist, what level of higher education is worth it?

It's good. I've always had a soft spot for RPGs with big casts of quirky characters, it's why I like Fire Emblem and Trails so much. This certainly scratches that itch, I liked a lot of the designs of the cast and they were mostly fun, or failing that inoffensively forgettable. I beat this game far faster than I usually beat games of this scale, likely because there was always something to work towards, always a character to unlock. Having a tangible goal right in front of you, or something to look forward to like a new party member really did wonders for the addiction factor of this game.
Combat was pretty decent, usual fare. I greatly appreciated that those who are underleveled caught up quick, I was able to give just about every battle party member a try at one point or another and while some are certainly better than others only 1 or 2 felt outright useless. Autobattle came in handy but I really, really wish they didn't use up the battle items at the first opportunity, it was just wasteful honestly.
I liked the story as well, the three protagonists are all cool but my favorite character was probably Perrielle, she more or less felt like the real hero of the story, and I liked her relationship with Nowa. The plot was certainly standard but that's hardly a crime. Seign turned good maybe a bit too quickly, almost felt like they halfheartedly dangled a bit of the Jowy drama in front of us before giving up on that and just having him and his crew join the good guys without much friction involved. Marisa felt a biiit out of place I'll admit, like the Runebarrows really only serve as sidequest-y dungeons rather than the crux of the plot so her role as their protector didn't really serve the greater goal of defeating Dux Aldric. That said I liked her character, and her posse of friends for the most part. Nowa is fine, a standard JRPG hero but he has some fun quirks, I especially like how into Beigoma he got. Character wise, that's a fun trait, I like how he's not afraid to get hammy. There are a lot of characters introduced near the end and a few bizarre moments but nothing outright bad in my opinion. Maybe a bit nonsensical but this is a JRPG we're talking about.
Mini games kinda sucked lol. If I didn't have to do basically the whole Beigoma sidequest to unlock all the characters I never would have bothered. Same with the cooking, to be honest, mashing A and guesswork make up the crux of their gameplay mechanics. Sand racing was tolerable, if only because I only did it twice, once for the plot, the other to unlock Scarlet. I honestly didn't even do the Egg foot Races or the Plays and I don't feel like I'm missing much. The War Battles were an acceptable interlude but hardly riveting.
I would really like to see a sequel to this game. I think it's flawed but enjoyable and that there are a lot of cracks to fill. Make Beigoma more fun, would probably have to revamp it entirely. Make cooking a bit more of a challenge (Pro tip just make the Omlet the first meal and the Coconut water the last, find any judge's favorite for the middle. Literally worked every time). Balance out the party, be a bit more ambitious with the storytelling. What I see here is a game like the First Suikoden that is just begging for the Suikoden 2 to come out and cement itself as an all time classic.
For now, game's good. Would recommend for fans of the genre

Hey everyone Firstly, I'd like to apologize for my poor writing, as english is not my first language.
So, basically, I'm drawing and looking for a collab with a writer.
No money involved (and if later on, this even need to come to the table, then we'd split evenly, but right now I feel far from this, and just want to gather experience and level up/have fun with someone), only passion and the need to make something good, at least really try our best too.
I'm now past 40 (good to know, because, as open as I am, chances are that I'd get along better with someone that's not too young, so we can focus on more mature characters, even if anything goes in the end, as long as it's good. I just don't feel like drawing the usual school settings), and I've been drawing on and off my whole life, but never seriously. I probably picked up something from it, but right now my drawing are really baby level. I'm ADHD (probably ?) and can't finish something by myself. I did finish projects in other settings tho : I also do music and been doing some short movies. I just need someone to exchange idea, brainstorm, and finalize the writing so there's a road to follow in the end.
I do not have something to show right now as I've just picked up a tablet and have nothing old that I kept. But ! Just discuss ideas with me and I'll sketch them as soon as I can so you can see for youself if it's ok to you to work with me (no hard feelings if my level is too weak. You can just say it, I'm basically nowhere right now, but still very motivated to learn better this time. I will also be frank about what I'm interested in or not)
As for influences, here are some pieces I feel very strongly about, that I love :
Movies : Stalker, Robocop, Kids return, Everything everywhere all at once, Whiplash, Eternal sunshine, Blade runner, Ed Wood, Babylon, Turning red
Manga : HxH, Nichijou, Ranma, Dragon ball, Ashita no joe, Devilman, Gunnm, Hikaru no go, Jojo, Berserk, Tezuka in general (I also like more modern stuff, those are just a few classical references I have)
Comics/BD : The invisibles (basically, most of what I've read from Grant Morrison too), Frontier and PSTD by Guillaume Singelin
Anime : Shirobako, Devilman crybaby, FMA, Lain, Nichijou,Cowboy bebop, Baccano
I'd like to start with short stories (not sure how many pages, but the shorter the better I guess, to start with)
The story we'd create together could literally be any genre, but I want something that's trying to stand out a bit if possible (there are very classical, excellent stories tho, but you gotta catch the eye amongst the myriad to existing title, so anything that does stand out in any regard would make that easier), either out of contrast, surrealism, extreme ideas and feelings...
I would like if possible to talk about adults, and the following themes : depression, adhd, lacking goal in life, introversion, spirituality, fear of death, fear of time passing, not feeling like an adult when you are an adult, regrets This all sound like dark stuff, but I do also like lighter, absurd stuff like Nichijou, so again, anything goes. I just feel like talking about those themes I'm going through or being interested in, would actually be useful to connect with people going through them too. In general I also love the following, which could serve as themes or settings : movies, music, occult stuff in general (not actually well versed in those, but they're fascinating to me)
Sorry for the messy wall of text. But yeah, you get the idea. If you feel like it, hit me up in MP and I'll give you my discord. See you!

As all of you working with kids probably know, kids have a million questions.
I’m a middle school teacher, and am leaving my school at the end of this year to do the PC. My kids have started asking me if I’ll be back next year, and have been evading the question but starting thinking the Peace Corps could be a cool thing to tell them about? I don’t know how much info to give though, I don’t want to sound boring or be accused of indoctrinating

As all of you working with kids probably know, kids have a million questions.
I’m a middle school teacher, and am leaving my school at the end of this year to do the PC. My kids have started asking me if I’ll be back next year, and have been evading the question but starting thinking the Peace Corps could be a cool thing to tell them about? I don’t know how much info to give though, I don’t want to sound boring or be accused of indoctrinating

SORRY WRONG TITLE I MEANT I USED TO WATCH So basically I loved from turkey when I was younger, I won't really dive into the details but I'm trying to find my fav turkish kid show I used to watch. Basically it was about these 3 boys + another boy which was the younger siblings of one of them, his iconic shirt was I think blue? But he was around the ages of the main group, I think the main group was in high school and the younger siblings was in middle school. They hanged out together a lot. I remember one of the iconic things in the background was a red broken truck. Anyone know how to find this?

When I was growing up, my parents moved us around alot. I have 3 siblings, 1 brother and 2 sisters. We moved around so much I met so many people but I never made any real friends, we stopped moving and stayed in one place for a few years, I made a "friend" there, later I realized he liked my older brother more than me, they were friends, not me. That was a real emotional punch.we all moved and than moved again, and again, and we finally made it to a place called tipton, we stayed there for 4 years, I made a real friend there, and even met a girl I really liked, but she didnt like me in the same way, how could she? Theres so many better, more interesting people around. Tword the end of our time living in tipton, my only friend got a girlfriend and she got pregnant. Thats about the time we stopped talking, He has a life to live now. My little sister at the time, she made some bad choices and met this guy colby, a nastly drug addicted pos, he turn this sweet innocent girl into a heroine using meth head, he knocked her up three times, and convinced her that all the choices she made were our fault. Alot of other stuff happened but shes not around anymore. My big sister moved out back then too, I was still just 17 maybe 18 at the time, my parents decided to buy a rv and leave tipton and took me and my older brother out of state, we went to Colorado. Lived there for 4 years and than went to nevada for 6 months and thanwe came back to our home state when mom and dad lost their jobs, I was never able to finish high school and never made any friends, for the last 5 years we have been traveling in the same old state and just living on what we had.
Whats really been getting to me for the last few years, Is all my life we have been moving, I never had a girlfriend, no romantic relationship, that girl I liked back in tipton, she told me I was too boring, and that I'm not good enough. All the females in the schools I went to mostly avoided me. Im convinced I'm never going to find anyone to be with. On top of that my dad has always been a drinker, lots of beer every night. When he dinks he kinda mentally abused and bully me, more so than when he wasnt drunk, and because of how I grew up I never learned to think fast enough to defend myself with words like most people do, again never had any friends to talk to lile that.
Most recently I moved in with my cousin, Lets call him J, he knows alot about my family and how I grew up, even saw some of it. So when we started talking again, he would ask questions about life, and honestly, I told him the truth about some of it. Him and his girlfriend M, got a home together and weeks later they invited me over to hang out, and we did that a few times, when I first walked into their home it felt lile I was finally back home, about 10 years of not living in a house. It feels different, the two of them said they were already talking about me moving in before I even asked them, so it was a easy yes, I guess. Been here for almost 2 weeks. Theyre the greatest couple I have ever seen.
Ofcourse seeing them be so romantic and stuff, its been hitting me even harder, how much I have always felt alone, been alone, how I will probably never be in a romantic relationship, and at this point thats all I want, its been so bad, I never really though about suicide before. But the months before I moved here It started coming to mind, and now everytime I see them cuddle up or kiss, I get a deep feeling in my chest, my mind feels like its going to fall apart. The other night I found myself just looking at nothing while deep in my thoughts running so many of my problems through my head I started crying. Had to be quite tho, didnt wanna get anyones attention in the middle of the night, I cant ever sleep well and lately its been getting harder and harder to eat.
I dont know what to do with myself. I cant bring myself to commit suicide, so thats off the table, too shy and scared of opening up to J or M even though their so easy to talk to. Theres the two of them and their kids, there so many around me now, I was a part of a family of six and now this family of six has invited me to be here. I still feel all alone.
I bearly get any sleep, I just wanna cuddle up with someone and fall asleep.

I want to be a certified teacher for Middle school. I have a Masters of Science from an accredited US state university. How do I get my transcript evaluation done to see what classes or program I need to enroll in to get my certification.
Any guidance will be appreciated.
Thank you so much!

Gonna try and make this short. I was an avid COD player starting around 2010-2011. I played every release leading up to about 2017 when my PS4 bit the dust and i just thought of using my time doing other things. fast forward to xmas this past year my lady and i decide to buy a ps5, shortly after the new mw3 remaster came out and i purchased that. i do not play the campaign ever i only play multiplayer, more specifically i basically only play TDM or hardcore TDM. My kdr MAY be at 1.00 but honestly its probably is lower. i can get in a match and go 3-24 easily depnding on the map lol, im a middle aged man. im out here trying to have guy time not go pro.
In april i noticed i had random friends on my friends list that were in chinese/japanese characters, at first i was like how did those get there, but then i thought maybe someone switched the name on their account from my old friends from my playing days. to be safe i deleted the old friends outside of who i play with currently, including the strange accounts.
Well last week i try to log on and i do not get online. so I assume the serve it down, but after 3 days still not connecting. this lead me to investigate. to which i find i have been banned from MW3, Warzone, and MW2. I appealed it, trying to explain the situation withint the 1000 character account but that did not work and now i have no more appeals. I aslo noticed my activision account was connected to a random steam account. i have no idea what steam is, as i am a middle aged man as i have said. activision has not seemed to care.
Oddly enough i went to vent on twitter and to my surprise hundred of bots came trying to get me to pay this account or that account to regain my account back. which im definitely not doing that. I assume that is a hustle for hackers.
My question is, is there anything i can do or anyone i can actually contact outside of the appeal form? LIke an email or someone to actually explain the situation and not rely on AI to make a decision on the status of my long running account? I literally just purchased the 420 cheech and chong bundle too.
I have screen shots and more via my facebook post i made last week about the situation that shows the freidn requests and my appeal band. The other interesting this is i stopped getting activision emails, so i was unaware of the punishment until i researched it.
https://www.facebook.com/iamlurk/posts/10161545608546473
twitter links with the bots trying to scam me:
https://twitter.com/lurkcity/status/1788056855865876968
https://twitter.com/lurkcity/status/1788071385069228455/
twitter.com/lurkcity/status/1788209225916637622

I am not even drafting this post under the influence of the quick turn events in the final inning which led to Inashiro’s win , because this is My fifth re-watch.
From the plot in the final innings, cinematography of the episode , music score to the consequence of losing the final: everything hit like crack.
Look at this : MC halts the momentum of the team thanks to his inexperience, one out away from Koshien and yet they can’t get the LAST one . One step away , in Almost in the palm of their hands yet it’s slipping away . All of a sudden Katoka’s shouts some inspirational words which if this were any other average sports anime: the players would have pulled through.
But no.
Because the next ball itself was the winning shot of the rival team. That’s it, it’s done. The team which has looked so solid , has lost their final match in their high school career. All hopes and dreams : gone.
Not only that : majority of the characters who have been an integral part of the story since episode one: will no longer be featured in the future episodes because they HAVE to retire. No more redos. The fact that they were one out away, makes this match even more hurting.
This is what makes this series stand out from any other mainstream sports anime including Kuroku and Haikyuu. If the team looses the first final/Knockout match , they have the chance to redeem themselves by improving their skill until the next tournament. Oh and also, the MC gets a random power up . But not here no, the MC literally digresses.
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I am a ninth grader who is still doing kumon. My mom made me start VERY late (middle school) so I wouldn't lose grip of the "basics" in middle/high school.
I do sports all 3 seasons - jv volleyball, jv basketball, and jv soccer, but I have just been pulled up for varsity soccer for playoffs. Therefore I am extremely busy year round and have practice everyday, and if i don't, i play club lacrosse.
My parents also want me to have straight a's, if I get a b+ or a-, i get yelled at and I have to pull it up to an A asap. It's been impossible to keep my grades up, play sports well, and do kumon everyday, since I get home around 6-7 everyday or even have games, and then I need the rest of my night to do school work and be prepared.
therefore, i get piled up with kumon on the weekends, generally about 2 weeks behind having me to do 6-7 sets on saturday and 6-7 more on sunday. I don't even go to the center anymore due to my busy schedule and my mom just picks up my work.
I don't score too well on my kumon, which makes it harder for me to convince my parents to let me quit. But the thing is, if any of the topics I get on kumon comes up during math/english class, I do them very well. I think I see kumon as a chore and don't put 100% into it.
I've been constantly reminding my parents of how it doesn't benefit or apply to any of the things I am doing and how busy I am and that kumons whole "practive everyday" theory is useless on me because I have such a busy schedule, but they constantly remind me that I keep scoring bad and they get SUPER mad at me and tell me to "accept it".
If we lose our next game, I won't have any more practices for high school and travel soccer practices twice a week, but I have to study REALLY hard for my finals. I can't continue to do kumon. As of now, I have 6-7 sets to fix, 14 sets of kumon to do by tomorrow, but I have a game tomorrow and 3 math sheets to do for final review. I really need to quit, but my parents always get so mad and never hear me out. What should i do?

Hiii, so I go to a (kind of??) Pwi.
The reason I say kind of is because there are black people but I’m in advanced honors and for some reason there isn’t very many black guys or girls 😔
For starters, I’m an immigrant from Africa (I can switch between accents so I sound primarily American)
But anyways, so far, I’ve always been last picked because I’m not light skin, and even then, I’m sure my light skin girls may feel the same way wi, I feel so unloved. No guy has ever told me he likes me, never gotten a love confession, never even held hands with a guy. Throughout middle school to freshman year and going to sophomore year right now, I haven’t gotten any sort of attention.
And while I wouldn’t date a guy anyways in highschool (I’d rather focus on studies and all) it would still be nice to get some attention. I’m not even conventionally unattractive, people have told me I’m pretty.
My mom also doesn’t let me date inside of my race unless they are from Africa. It doesn’t help that the guy I like would never look my way. I’m not blonde with blue eyes and fair skin, and it hurts. I’ve met so many girls from Africa as well, so that’s a plus, I feel pretty happy about that I guess.
Please tell me if it gets better after highschool?

Hey so I'm struggling to cope with the fact that "I'm just not that guy." I have always struggled to make friends.
I tried therapy. All I got was a therapist who got be to believe wishful thinking but it never changed my situation.
I tried self improvement like working out and building confidence. Sure I felt better mentally but it only made it more noticeable that people didn't like me. People were quicker to show disapproval. Just here recently I try to get a girl to study with me and she lied about being busy. She was decided to study with someone else. I try to approach people as friends but i just get ignored. For example, in my grad school, everyone went out to the bars and I wasn't invited. Tried to plan a pool party and the idea was shot down.
So I have given up. Friends I do make feels one sided. No one really initiates first in my life. I'm a sideline character and I see that now.
Side note: I know it sounds like I lack self confidence but I don't. I put alot work into myself because I love myself. But that hasn't ever really transferred to others.
Idk if anyone has felt like that before. How did you cope with it?