RIP my blood pressure
I’m a decent house shot bowler. 200 avg, had a couple 700 series this season, back-to-back 270s. Joining a sport league because it’s the only one that fits in my schedule until our league starts back up in the fall.
I’m speed dominant; first ball is typically around 18 on the lane gun. I usually stand 20-25 boards from the right and hit the 2nd arrow, though I can get it out more when I slow it down.
Every now and then we hit our lanes to practice when there’s a tournament in town and I get absolutely destroyed. Nothing works. The two times I came close to a decent score I had to stand far right and throw it hard and straight or far left and keep it in the middle. Problem with that last one was that the angle wasn’t steep enough and I was leaving a lot of weird spares.
So how do I approach this so I don’t lose my shit?
I throw a Track Archetype, Envy Tour Pearl, and an old Beyond Ridiculous that has more or less become my spare ball.
Thanks

Okay random but there are some errors with Reddit this morning and it won't let me upload my chart. Spoiler alert, I really don't need to do it in the first place bc the chart is pretty much unchanged. The entire market is pretty much in a holding pattern as it waits for CPI. PPI came out this morning and spoiler alert, it was hot. I think we were expecting that a bit as inflation proves sticky and I think overall a hot inflation report all but kills any hopes you get anything more than 1 rate cut this year.
Some people have been saying that they are still thinking 2-3 cuts and these guys haven't been paying attention if ya ask me. That is overly optimistic. The fed slowing down QT is a BIG BIG deal and that starts next month. That should bring yields on the 10 year start to drop. It's not going to be as dramatic as quantitative easing might be with the buying of treasuries. But it will really take away that upward pressure that has been on the 10 year which should help growth stock markets like us.
Why am I talking about all of this???? Well (may not seem like it at the moment) but we are a great growth stock. We are moving so flat and volume has completely dropped off as the entire market is waiting for CPI and ultimately NVDA's earnings. Seeing the meme stocks return was NOT on my bingo card for 2024 so good god. Massive speculation in the market is something to watch out for. If you see any crazy price spikes as dumb money flows in, I would be cautiously optimistic for sure.
AMD has really lost the narrative. I know this might not be popular to say but I've said it in the comments and discussion multiple times. Market is looking at new ATH and we are still soooo far off after literally DOUBLING our sales guidance. It's not a failure of execution. It is a failure of communication and narrative. Computex is our last really chance in the next 6 months to try to regain control of the microphone. I feel in my bones that Zen 5 is coming but we really need another "one more thing" moment that isn't super super technical. The fact that everyone is all quiet on MI300 chip sales and things makes me wonder if they don't want to sing the praises bc they already have a 2nd gen? They might be wanting to really just make it through initial order deliveries before seeing potential cancellations for 2nd gen. This is allllll just pure speculation here. There is zero data to support this.
I just remember when we were fighting these DC wars with INTC, it felt like there was articles every single day coming out about how Genoa and Epyc were destroying the competition. Now radio silence. And I don't know why???? I hope it is by design for some reason but if is not, then honestly every single person on their marketing team HAS to be fired. There needs to be a shakeup for real.
At the end of the day, This price action is giving us a decent value proposition for AMD where our valuation is starting to catch up to our share price. AMD isn't a value stock. If we were, then where is the dividend lol. I do worry that eventually shareholders are going to start to look for some sort of leadership shakeup and this is going to tarnish what Lisa has accomplished with AMD.
AMD it stuck in this middle ground of nothing and we are riding the bottom trendline of $150 for our channel. Hopefully we can hold on here but without holding support in this area, then we are being set up for a massive potential downturn if NVDA misses somehow. We are going to get crushed and get 3x the pain NVDA and we aren't going to get nearly any of the benefit if they beat. Welcome to the suck!

Hi everyone,
I've decided to share some tips for college essays that helped me get to the university I wanted. Even though it is not one of the most famous colleges, I've always wanted to study there. Maybe these tips will help you make your dream come true as well.

Find your "Wow" factor

Colleges have seen their fair share of volunteer trips and sports trophies. You need to dig deep. Was there a quirky hobby you mastered? An unexpected challenge you faced? If you have a question: “How to write a college essay?” - the answer is to use this chance to show them the unique qualities that make you the person you are.

Be specific

Essays are about storytelling, not just listing accomplishments. Instead of saying you're a hard worker, use vivid details to showcase your work ethic in action. Let the reader experience your story and draw their own conclusions about your qualities. Therefore, give them all the necessary information to draw the conclusion you want them to draw.

Authenticity is your goal

Don't try to be someone you're not. Admissions officers can sniff out inauthenticity a mile away (according to the experience of my friends, and I've read this in many articles about writing college essays). Your unique perspective is what makes your essay stand out.

What did you learn?

Every experience has a lesson. What did you gain from your unique story? Did it teach you resilience, creativity, or the importance of teamwork? Help the admissions officers see how this experience will shape you in college.

Revise and then revise again

First drafts are rarely masterpieces. Read your essay aloud and ruthlessly cut unnecessary details. Proofread meticulously, and then proofread again. A typo-free essay shows you pay attention to detail. Use services like Essayshark to edit and proofread your essay faster. You can hire a qualified writer there who will help you structure your narrative and make sure it's free of mistakes and plagiarism. They usually deliver orders very fast, so you will not have to wait for a long time.
I hope some of you will find my college essay advice helpful. Maybe I will also share my thoughts on how to start a college essay in the next post.

Who we are We are "THE OG" Triglavian group. We are a group of new and veteran players of EVE Online. We are an objective-driven alliance with the goal of healthy alliance culture, and PVP-focused goals. No space is out of our reach for content.  
  What is Pochven? No Caps, No Cynos, it is a sub-cap PvP haven. We have a red skybox that reflects the murderous rage in our hearts. Pochven is a mix of null-sec and wormhole space. No local, but it has gates.
  What We Offer: 🔺Small and Medium Gang PvP (5, 15 to 25+ man fleets) 🔺Small blue list - Means more content for you! 🔺Friendly Supportive Community 🔺Ship Replacement Program (SRP) 🔺0% POCO taxes (Pochven has some of the best PI in the game) 🔺Gatecamps, Roams, Observatory Flashpoint fleets, and many other types of fleets go out weekly. 🔺Blops 🔺outside Pochven content like ESS, WH defenses/sieges, Low/Null Sec roams, Faction Warfare, and more
 
What We Expect: 🔺Omega Status on one toon 🔺 Be on comms with a working mic 🔺 Submit to ESI check 🔺 Be Mature and Respectful  
Why Kyber? Kybernauts Clade alliance has meticulously crafted a robust cultural foundation centered around camaraderie and stable leadership over the years. We elevate individuals who express a passion for content creation and serving fellow members. Our leadership abides by a commitment to fun and objective-driven gameplay, steering clear of power trips and ISK grabs. Every tax you contribute goes back into the alliance for SRP and free ships. Collaborating with groups across New Eden, we adopt a "Who asks us first for help gets us first" approach to content. In the most challenging space CCP has devised, we may not be zkill warriors, but we consistently strive to emerge victorious in the battles we undertake, all while enjoying the experience. https://zkillboard.com/alliance/99010431/  
How to Join join our in-game channel "Kybernauts" or join our Discord to speak with a recruiter.

Applied for my son in December 2023. Things seemed to be moving a long quickly. Early April, I had the PERC phone interview. I have not been able to have a job for about a year now due to no childcare. I have been doing random tasks and opportunities online (swagbucks, freecash, etc), selling items on Ebay, donating plasma almost twice a week, every week, and other small things, to make ends meet. It's not an easy thing to document but I had everything written out and ready to explain/list for this interview. My case workerep didn't seem to care about being accurate at all. She didn't care about half of the income items, which I assumed was because they didn't count as income for SSI, but she wasn't interested in being thorough for the other stuff either. She kept classifying my online task work as 'online gambling' when there is no gambling involved and I kept correcting her. She got very pissy and short with me and kept saying "it's the same thing", when it most definitely is not and I don't want 'online gambling' on my paperwork.
Fast forward 3 weeks later, and I don't hear anything, when I was told to expect an award letter soon. I spend a week calling and leaving messages for her, and nothing. I showed up to the local office after that and although she was working from home that day, it took no time at all for her to call me as I was leaving the place. She said she couldn't 'read' the paperwork I dropped off and said she sent in a deposit request to my bank and it should take 2 days. 2 weeks later and multiple phone calls, I show up to the office again. I start to speak with a random person that called my number and my actual case worker pops in behind her and says 'I just need her to sign something". She tells me her mentor looked over the PERC paperwork and said it wasn't sufficient. So I get handed a piece of paper and told to fill it out with all of my income, going back to August 2023. This is exactly what I was trying to do from day 1 of this part of the process. Also, not sure why they need back to August now, when I filed in December, but I did it and filled the entire page with tiny handwriting, because that's what had to be done.
This rep has dragged this out unnecessarily and is obviously new or very bad at her job. If she would have been properly thorough during the first interview, my application process would have been complete a month ago. She won't call me and doesn't tell me something needs to be done until I walk into the local SSA office and speak to someone else or her supervisor.
Does anyone have any insight into this? Has any ever experienced something like this?

Is terrible. It offers no benefit and a lot of potential for abuse. In games with competition where players vote on their competitors, giving them the ability to hurt (the update states it will have a negative impact) other player’s score is the first step in creating both an unfair and unbalanced system (these kill gacha games). There will be a punishment for people who abuse it, but that also has massive problems. This game is too big for devs to check every single “off theme” flag BEFORE results are in. That means players are going to be stuck with bad scores, and players will probably have to report something multiple times for them to look at you. How bad are the punishments for reporting things off theme going to be? If it’s too weak, problem. It solved, if it’s too strong you again create fear of using that feature.
This also isn’t good for f2p or people who missed limited shops/gachas. There are plenty of comps where I’ve had to be creative slightly off theme because I didn’t have any of the options to make the specific prompt, or I haven’t seen the movie it’s based off of so I go off the tags. Now that could be voted off theme. The fact that it negatively impacts you is the problem. It limits creativity out of fear of getting a worse score.
Look, I’m sorry some people don’t like seeing wings or fairy dresses when they vote, just don’t vote for them or skip it. This new function stems from player demand for it and has the ability to really hurt the game

There is a man in our neighborhood who is repeatedly sexually harasses and assaults golf cart girls and waitresses and continually gets away with it. What can we (neighbors) do legally?
I live with my parents in an HOA community on a golf course. Here is a list of things this man has done (and “consequences” he has received). All girls are in their early 20s.
Stuck money in a golf club waitresses bra. She reported this and nothing was done, so she quit and wrote a ton of our neighbors an email about how she was disappointed no one advocated for her and he didn’t suffer any consequences. We are able to see the email.
Another girl reported him for an unknown reason. He then waited until she was alone in the clubhouse and confronted her. She said he was yelling at her and saying she was full of shit. She quit shortly after and rumor is that she checked herself into a hospital (she had previous abuse in her past).
Said to another waitress “I wonder if you taste as good as you smell” he was suspended for this comment for 3 months.
Said to another girl when asking her name “how about I call you Princess”
This last girl was a waitress at our clubhouse and he walked up to her and put his hand on her back and slid it down to her butt and rubbed her butt. She immediately walked away and told her coworkers and filed a report that night. Apparently the people who own the company questioned him and two coworkers and he denied it and her coworkers said they didn’t witness anything. The company told her if she doesn’t make this a thing they would give her more hours so she could quit her other job. She took this opportunity. They also told her that she needs to wait on this man like it never happened.
Each time these events are brought up, he gets a light consequence (short suspension) or just a vocal warning. And he continues to do it. Most of my neighbors and I are fed up. He is disgusting and these are young girls who need these jobs. His wife is supporting him. Now, he is threatening to sue neighbors for defamation of character for talking about these incidents.
My question is: Is there anything legally that we can do as a community to ban him from our community centers? Should/can we consult with a lawyer? Can he actually sue us for spreading the word about his actions?
We were thinking of creating a petition and bringing it up at our next board meeting to show how strongly our community stands against him. The newest girl that he touched on the butt will not go to the police.
Also, these are happening in different time frames, different clubhouses. So these girls don’t know each other and unlucky they would be conspiring against him. It’s always the same man. Thanks for any guidance or help.

Hello everyone,
This is my progress over the last 10 months: https://i.ibb.co/W5M9SMD/IMG-3243.jpg
Long story short, I started training about a year ago at home. First photo at 88kg, then got to 82kg in 2nd photo, in which I think I looked best in my life - december 2023. Then during the winter I tried bulking-I tried to do it as clean as possible, getting to 90kg in 3rd photo in february. I didnt feel as good-I felt fat. Maybe I didnt eat enough protein, maybe I didnt train hard enough, Im not making any excuse ofcourse the fualt is in me, I just dont want to try bulk again. I accept my body shape, I gotten a bit V-shape and a little definition and Im fine with being a skinny dude. I have a clear purpose, I dont want be a huge muscular guy, I am realistic and I want that surfer dude type of body, for which I have to lower my body fat. I want to be something like this: https://mh.co.za/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/The-Three-Moves-That-Will-Get-You-Ready-To-Ride-Waves-Like-A-Pro.jpg
I`ve gotten to about 20% at the end of my so called bulk, and now I`m at about 15-16%. I know its just a number and its more important how you feel and actually look. So I`d love to get advice and how to get rid of that remaining body fat around the belly - if I starve extremely, I would lose more muscle mass. Which foods should I totally avoid. I`m 36 and I dont have pro ambitions, so I want to have a beer and a pizza once a week. Now Im at 84kg, and I think I look pretty close to the second photo (also the top row are made with different camera so that may also make a difference)

• breakfast - sometimes I dont have any if I dont feel hungry, but usually its something with bread/wheat.
• lunch - chicken/pork, prepared at home
• salad and cheese apetisers.

I dont eat almost any sweets, very rarely. I dont drink coke and carbonated drinks. My big problem is bread/wheat products - pizza, burgers etc. I just fucking love them, but try to have them for breakfast or lunch at latest, never for dinner.
Should I drink plenty of water - I drink usually about a 1-1.5 liter a day, most of it from carbonated water (I`ve read that it doesnt have calories so you dont get fat from it)
Another issue - I drink a glass or two in the evening. I know the bad sides of alcohol, I`m not an alcoholic cause I can pause it any time I want, I can limit it, I`ve done it before. Should I completely stop it ot get to my goal, or I can still have a glass every other day?

Title - just checking how I did. Will be used as a game console basically in the living room. She picked up a wireless g305, and a wireless corsair Mx speed switch 60% keyboard to go along with it. I just tried to make it $1500, and I’ll get to assemble lol.
PCPartPicker Part List

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CPU Cooler	Thermalright Peerless Assassin 120 SE WHITE ARGB 66.17 CFM CPU Cooler	$36.99 @ Amazon
Motherboard	ASRock Z790 Lightning WiFi ATX LGA1700 Motherboard	$159.99 @ Newegg
Memory	Silicon Power XPOWER Zenith Gaming 32 GB (2 x 16 GB) DDR5-6000 CL30 Memory	$86.99 @ Amazon
Storage	*Inland Performance Plus 2 TB M.2-2280 PCIe 4.0 X4 NVME Solid State Drive	$138.99 @ Amazon
Video Card	MSI GAMING X SLIM GeForce RTX 4070 SUPER 12 GB Video Card	$604.99 @ Newegg
Case	Thermaltake H570 TG ARGB ATX Mid Tower Case	$119.99 @ Amazon
Power Supply	Cooler Master MWE Gold 850 - V2 850 W 80+ Gold Certified Fully Modular ATX Power Supply	$89.99 @ Amazon
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Wife bought me a 19x as a surprise birthday gift right before the AWB went into effect…. Obviously bought under her FOID.
Afew months later, looked into transferring it into my name and could believe how easy the ISP was making it…( fill out form/ get ISP portal approval/ hold into paper work 10 years, now I hear forever) so much so I was convinced I was missing something …
Went to Range USA in Naperville where it was purchased just to ask… figure people at a gun store have bought / sold.
Was told because of the 17/19 rd mags it was sold with, it was part of the ban and I couldn’t do anything with it…so I kinda left it at that.
Fast forward to afew months ago and that crap the state wanted you to do about registering your banned items… went thru the flow chart and the actual list..19x isn’t there… and now they sell the 19x locally again, just with 10 rd mags. So, obviously, the gun isn’t banned, it’s the mags….
Question is… the weapon should be able to be legally transferred now… just gotta keep the 17/19 mags for range days and either buy factory 19x 10 rd mags or I heard g17 15 rd mags fit..
Thanks for any and all help with clarification!!

Hi friends, I'm back with thoughts on my new Nui Cobalt Critters! For my reviews of 24 past Critters (including all of the Rabbits and Squirrels), see my recent post HERE. As I wrote before, this collection isn't entirely sweet cuddly woodland creatures, but it does have a lot of those, including three of my all-time favorite Nui Cobalts: Little Brown Rabbit, Little White Rabbit, and Lilac Rabbit (so of course I had to try this year's new Rabbit!) Here are my thoughts on five of this year's new releases, with an unexpected favorite...
Ordering specs: Nui Cobalt's website is easy to navigate, shipping is very affordable at $3.45, items come very securely packed, and customer service is always spectacular. I don't think I've ever placed an order that took more than 2-3 business days to ship (and recently it has usually been literally the very next day). Samples are generous - 1.15 mls at least - in vials with wand caps. Each order comes with one free sample, chosen by them (there’s no box to insert requests).
Nui Cobalt's typical annual schedule of releases: (I [and especially Nui Cobalt] make no promises, of course, that these collections will recur; this is just in my experience)

• Late January - Valentines (Philias, Crushes, and Les Désirs Dangereux)
• Late February - Bees, Favorite Things (formerly also Celtic Treasures)
• Late March - April Fools
• Late April - Critters
• Late May - Fae Folk
• Late June - Big Island, Dances
• Late July - Witches' Utility Blends
• Late August - Autumn 1
• Late September - Autumn 2
• Late October - Whole Being, Astrology (formerly also Ascended Masters, Good & Evil)
• Late November - Yule/Nutcracker
• Late December - Gamers & Geeks

These perfumes were provided as press samples by Nui Cobalt in exchange for an honest review.
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Golden Retriever [Sunflower, amber resin, budding dogwood, fenugreek, and fresh-baked bread] Toast! A warm, ambery, spiced scent featuring toast made from a slightly sweetened bread. It's remarkable how sunny and summery this is - yet it's unmistakeably toast, and I keep getting distracted by this scent as I do other things, absentmindedly wondering where the breakfast is. If you like Poesie Amaterasu [Golden sandalwood incense, rice milk, bright cardamom, amber, dry wheat, and sunflowers], you'd love this; it has that same amiable warmth (though, of course, without the cardamom). As it starts to dry, the botanicals (the dogwood and fenugreek) come out more strongly (still with spiced ambery toast as a strong base note).
Red Admiral Butterfly [Blood orange, nasturtium flower, coriander, subtle blackwood, wild strawberry, and fresh garden basil] - This strawberry-blood orange combination is fabulous - the blood orange actually doesn't stick out much by itself, but it makes the strawberry note super juicy and takes away the candied artificiality of most strawberry notes in perfume. LOVE. I'm not super into this strong basil note, though. I love fruity-florals, but not so much fruity-herbals, and this is very much "juicy strawberry + basil and other dried herbs from a witch's cottage" (the "other dusty herbs" bit must be from the coriander note?). If they ever do that strawberry-blood orange combo again, I'll be all over it, it's quite stunning!
Black Sheep [Clean lamb's wool accord, myrrh resin, black seed, ambrette, and barely a whisper of oudh] - This is dusty twilight in a bottle. It's peaceful evening; it's cozy winter snuggles; it's the exhale when you can finally rest. It's undeniably dark, but soft and gentle, and I'd even describe it as gauzy. There is indeed but a whisper of myrrh and oud, just enough to make it dusty and dark, with the softest (and totally non-sheepy) cashmere and clean, slightly powdery ambrette. It doesn't have great longevity, lasting just under half a day on me, but holy wow is it amazing. I didn't know what to expect with this one - just looking at the notes, it's easy to think it could be too smoky or harsh - but it's beautiful.
Black Swan [Smooth tobacco, wild violet, humid black orchid, Peru balsam, clove bud, and a touch of star anise] - This feels like the bolder cousin of Black Sheep - it shares the same kind of dark, dusky beauty, but is significantly stronger, bolder, and less cuddly. The violets and anise (licorice) are strongest, with a really fruity purple plum/fig note too that's not at all listed but definitely arrives on my skin, over a base of the smoothest tobacco. Husband loves this tobacco. "Bring me that bottle," he declared upon sniffing my wrist, "I want to see what it does on my skin." And woah, it's SO different on him - the balsam is SO much stronger, making this a woody tobacco with a gently floral background. Are any of us surprised that he snaffled it?
Harlequin Rabbit [Nutmeg and tonka bean nuzzle up against toasted marshmallow, auburn cashmere, white pepper, black tea, and a trace of carrot seed] - Where Little Brown Rabbit is the snuggly evening one, Little White Rabbit is the clean elegant one, and Lilac Rabbit the soft pretty one, Harlequin Rabbit feels to me like the rainy-day one. I love this concept of the harlequin rabbit - that's a real rabbit coloring, by the way, and SUPER pretty, look it up! - created here by the Rabbit base plus black and white notes. This scent features a strong marshmallow note, the pretty, clean soapiness of Little White Rabbit, and malty notes not yet recognizable as black tea. It's cheeky, to be sure, but it also feels young, like it needs time to grow into itself. Nui Cobalt has a gorgeous black tea note, but it's surprisingly (and disappointingly) not that strong in this scent. Right now, Harlequin Rabbit feels like tea-dusted marshmallows (plus that soapy cottonflower note) rather than the more autumnal "rich black tea with marshmallow sweetness and a peppery bite" that I'm hoping it will develop into. I think it'll get there with a little aging, and indeed, the black tea and white pepper have already become stronger just over the course of my multiple wears of this, one a few days after its arrival and the other just yesterday (a week and a half later). Meanwhile, Husband interestingly smells generic "spices" from the tea and pepper, and says that the scent overall reminds him of Christmas markets (and he's quite enthusiastic in his praise of this one on me).

Personally...

I like Harlequin Rabbit (and it will certainly join my collection, standing alongside my other beloved Rabbits) but I don't yet love it as much as I thought I would. I really do think it just needs time to finish growing into itself. Black Sheep is the quiet standout for me - she's soft and unassuming, but she's a stunner. Red Admiral Butterfly is also quite a triumph - that glorious juicy strawberry! - and anybody who likes (or at least won't mind) the herbal notes should absolutely give it a try. All five of these truly have such artistry and strength of character, so you can't go wrong if you pick the ones that have notes you love.

Hey all,
Just curious as to how you guys run info finding/Fixer chat in terms of time spent. In my game, the party pretty regularly has 4 weeks of downtime between each mission. If they choose to Hustle, no worries, that's handled a week at a time.
However I wanted to check what the expected timeframes for other activities is as there appears to be very little guidance. For ease of book-keeping, I've essentially made most "Go out and procure a fixedo legwork for another heist" activities also take a week (So the players have the option of spending a week making eddies or doing things to further their activities). A player did get a little bit annoyed in our last game, wanting to know why "making a call to a guy to secure a repair" took a whole week - I handwaved this as not just being the call, but working contacts, doing a few "I scratch your back" odd jobs and so on in order to actually get the contact. Which as a narrative justification, I'm fine with.
However it did make me wonder what the game's actual balance says - when I've looked, neither the core book or Black Chrome seem to give any guidance on "how long does it take the players to track a Fixer down?" Or am I missing something here?
My gut feeling is that it has to take some portion of time longer than a day, as otherwise a cashed up group of Edgerunners could pay a different fixer every day to set up a Night Market for them, but how much longer than that I'm unsure on.

We’ve been together for 8years+ . He had periods of struggle regarding mental health before, but never this bad, and generally, he was doing pretty well.
His shitty new job keeps giving him more and more and more work every single time and he just takes it. He doesn’t take breaks to eat, he’s always angry , sad and depressed. He’s barely taking care of himself anymore.
I suggested therapy, I suggested him to try small things like take a little 10min break every hour, eat lunch at lunch time (he often skips or delays it), to just do whatever work he can and fuck the rest. I told him to look for another job if he feels so bad .
Every suggestion of this kind I make he snaps and says that I don’t understand, that he can’t just do that, that it’s not how it works and that he’s not good at anything and and he hates everything.
When he’s not working he’s still depressed and spends most of his time watching YT.
This started several months ago when he got this “rise” (a.k.a some extra money and million new tasks everyday)
I’ve struggled with mental health since I was like 10 due to being rised in a toxic, abusive family. His current state is so fucking stressing.I’m always tense and and I’m worried. I’ve done good progress regarding my mental health past couple of years, I belive. I’m trying to convince him to try the things I’ve done to make it better for myself like sleep earlier, reduce screen time, try a new hobby, do some sport but he plain out refuses and gets angry saying he has no time, energy and he’s not good at anything.
What can I do?

Just got dumped by the guy I really wanted to settle down with a few days ago. We were always talking about getting a house together, and having children. He would laugh at me because the names I thought of for our future child sounded too exotic.
I really loved him and I think he loved me too. He would do things for me if I couldn’t sometimes, pick me up from my campus at school, and bring me home every time we went out, no matter how tired he was.
But… with good comes bad. When he got angry, he would be someone else. I wouldn’t even recognise him. He would get angry and shout at me, scream at me, and call me all sorts of unpleasant things
We often fought because I didn’t like how he handled these emotions. For context, he is a troubled man. He has family issues and baggage from the previous relationships he was in. So I understand if he feels the need to want to know where I am or check my phone.
But… a while ago, he had broken up with me- multiple times. Each time he broke up with me guys would come my way and start to want to hang out with me. I accepted the invite for a few. When we came back, he asked if I had gone out with any guys and I said yes.
He went beserk. Really just balls to the walls. He started to get controlling. He restricted my career, took control of my social media, and took control of my whole life. He became really unstable and cheated on me too, saying that he’s just serving me back what I served him.
But he broke up with me before I even went out with these people. Is that cheating? Even more recently, fights have been escalating. He went missing for a while and came back saying he had Korean Barbecue with a girl, who then he allowed to give him a blowjob.
He would always also ask for money, even though he earned more than me. He also would always ask me to apologise in ridiculous ways, and talked about how bad of a person I was all the time, that I was a whore for going out with other guys when HE broke up with me.
Because of how much this is to handle emotionally, I stopped feeling as much for him and lost a lot of attraction for him. I still love him, this I know, but it’s harder to love him to the extent I loved him at before because of this. If we reconcile, is this fixable?

The title is self-explanatory. I couldn't join my boyfriend to play games, so I just called with him and his friends and watched the live stream. It was about 11:30 pm when they started, and he told me at 1:30 am that he was going to play one more game. Around 1:55 am, he said he was going to hop off after. I was just watching their game and making comments here and there, so I was pleased to know he would hop off after because I wanted us to spend time (on call) alone and talk as well.
The game ended about 2:40 am, so I expected we'd say our goodbyes and we can talk because we've been so busy the whole day and it'd be nice to just spend time and catch up. I could tell by his voice as well that he was out of energy (and he told me as well that he was annoyed at the game), so when his friend asked him to play one more, I thought he'd say no, but he said yes and then proceeded to queue right away. I felt upset at that so I decided to just leave the call for a while because I didn't want my feelings to ruin the mood and I messaged him saying I'll be right back. He asked me what was wrong and I honestly just told him that he lied to me. I told him that he didn't keep his word and I didn't want to be around anymore because it's been 3 hours and I've just been watching and waiting.
He told me that he'll get off and I said that he doesn't have to and I'll just do my own thing. He insisted and said he left the game already. I asked him, "Why?" and he said it's because I'm mad. I asked him, "So you only got off because I'm mad, and not because you acknowledge you lied?" He then responded that he didn't lie and he got off anyway. I told him that's not how it works and he only did because I called him out for not keeping his word. Fast forward, he said that he left the game because I left the call with his friends. I confronted him about that as well because first, he said he left because I got mad, and then now, he's saying he left the game because I left the call. Two different reasons, two different meanings. But that's besides my point. I was more upset now because he left the game, not because he acknowledged that he told me something he didn't keep, but because I got mad or I left the call (whichever one's really true). It also made me think that if he could leave the game anyway, why couldn't he just tell his friend, who he plays with every night that, "No, I won't play another one," knowing he told me he'd stop playing, rather than leaving just because I got mad or left the call? Why make it reach that point when you can avoid someone misunderstanding the plan or being upsetting by sticking to your words?
It's not the first time that we've had issues about time management, such as saying "I'll get off at (insert time). Let's call after," but then delaying that and I end up waiting for a longer time than expected. I opened up that I just wanted him to be considerate of my time, because when I say I'll make time for him, I always make sure I meet that the way I promised him I would. We've worked on that though and it hasn't been happening often.
This specific scenario, I can admit that part of why I was upset was because I missed him and wanted to spend time because we haven't done so the whole day. Another is because there's been so many times where he left me waiting for nothing before for months because he'd get caught up in his games and I would have to keep reminding him to be considerate of my time, just as much as I am for his. It's also just annoying that he can't seem to say "no" to his friend. He's opened up to me about that too, but it just feels unfair that I have to be on the other end of it. AIO?

Unless you are at the point where YouTube pays your bills and feeds you, then you need to stop looking at that analytics tab. Especially the real-time one, which is just there to make you mad. Even if you do pay your bills with YouTube, stop looking at it.
The only things you can control on YouTube are your effort, the time you put in, and the topics you cover. The only way to grow your channel is to make stuff people want to watch, and you can see what gets views in the videos tab.
Also, stop worrying about "I published a video and it got fewer views than I wanted" because guess what. YouTube isn't a one-and-done system. They recommend me stuff from 5-10 years ago like they are brand new.
Why? I don't know, but I watch the stuff as if it's brand new all the time. Your videos do not have an expiration date on them unless it's topical stuff like news and politics.
Just make evergreen content. Think of your channel as you planting a forest. It takes time. You can't make the trees go faster. Some will grow faster for whatever reason, but not all of them will.
There are plenty of people in this sub who will tell you that they put out a video a year ago that did nothing. Got maybe 10 views, then they woke up one morning and it had 10,000 for no reason. They changed nothing, they did no updates, they just left it alone and it just blew up.
So here's what I suggest instead of checking analytics constantly.

1. Make videos you want to make BUT also make videos that people want to watch. Find something you and your audience both like and make that.
   
2. Whatever they do enjoy watching from you make more of that. See how AVGN is the biggest thing on that channel and all the non-AVGN stuff gets next to nothing. You need an "anchor" series. Something that is the main attraction and make lots of it. You will eventually change out the attractions though, but once you strike oil and get a ton of views on one, start grinding that topic until the audience gets bored then find another thing to drill.
   
3. Keep a day job regardless or start your own business. You can't rely on YouTube for $ unless you are in the top 1%. There are so many channels that I used to envy until I saw their analytics and realized they had a spike at some point now their stuff is barely paying the bills even with 100k+ subs (see most gaming channels for proof).
   
4. Treat YouTube as a hobby that is PASSIVE income. You can leave YouTube at any point to do other stuff or just take a break and it will keep generating money off your back catalog. This is PASSIVE income so just think of it as one of your many buckets that you use to make money every month not the main bucket because once again the algorithm is a cruel mistress and she's incredibly unreliable month to month. You don't have to work at McDonald's or Walmart but think of it as passive investment that can lead to active investments like ETFs or HYSA or whatever you wanna do to make more on the money YT gives you passively.
   
5. If you are an evergreen channel here's the best tip I can give you. Figure out a schedule you want to keep. I am doing once a week for the anchor series. Make a ton of that content, just grind it out without losing quality. Spend like a couple of weeks, maybe a month really putting your face to the grindstone and then schedule it out for MONTHS ahead. This gives you the ability to walk away, do other projects, or have a safety net in case you get sick for a month like I did in March and wasn't able to speak for an entire month & nobody knew anything different.
   

Hope this helped.

With TFS releasing in only 3 weeks and the slew of new abilities being introduced I wanna talk about Titans, their current state, what is being provided to and what is becoming of them. Also before I make my points I know we are going to be getting a TWID at some point talking about ability reworks and buffs in TFS. I just want to voice my current concerns and opinions.
What’s to come- To start things off least have a chat about Twilight Arsenal. While the concept is fucking awesome my concerns are in its theoretical potential, especially given the state of Void Titans and Void in general. Compared to other Supers I don’t see Twilight Arsenal being capable of more damage than other offensive damaging supers on its own given how you can pick up the axes post super and attack with them individually. I also don’t understand why we would be willing to drop ability uptime on Solar or Stand for example or heavier DPS weapons to pick up an axe that from what gameplay we’ve seen hits like a wet noodle. On top of that unless they grant devour and overshield on melee kill to at least promote killing ads then there will also be next to no survivability either. Given we have a bunch of weapons, abilities and other supers that are great for Ad clear and/or support as well as a lot of DPS being locked into stationary positions away from a boss I’m struggling to see how Twilight Arsenal will fit into the meta.
For what Titans have now- Right now Titans are in a really weird place in the game. Everything’s leaning towards melee focus and it’s not holding out all that well.
Strand is GODLY if used correctly, and in the right cases is just broken. It’s a total outlier for Titans as a whole. It provides the necessary healing and Dr to make a good melee based build. I won’t be surprised if it gets nerfed in some way making them borderline irrelevant. All I can really ask is to not turn it into a useless subclass.
Solar is alright but compared to other solar subclasses it’s struggling a bit. Every class has top tier Solar Supers, but in terms of survivability Titan arguably has the least since it’s just so melee focused and not nearly as potent as Strand Titan is in terms of Healing and DR. I loved Solar Titan since Solar 3.0 but it’s really starting to feel like it’s falling off since melee is just becoming less potent as it used to be.
Stasis I admittedly don’t have any opinions on currently since I haven’t really touched Stasis Titan since the hard nerf they got a while back.
Arc Titan has been pretty much dead since the end of Season of the Deep. It was fun with Arc 3.0 initially and with the Artifact support. Now it just exists. It has the worst healing options in game which is melee based, lower ability uptime and provides no DR at all. You only gain Thundercrash, but that’s on Prismatic so Arc will basically be DOA in TFS.
Void is just awkward, Bubble is nice but outclassed by Well in terms of support. Banner Shield is barely worth it, and I swear it barely makes orbs anymore. Overshield is okay at best in PvE and not as potent or available as passive DR like Woven Mail. Keeping buffs and abilities going is a struggle unless you make a heavily specific restricting build with very little flexibility that locks you into a certain playstyle (I.e. the Monte Carlo shield spam build). Even then in the end you just get an ad clear build which isn’t really necessary at this point with how potent weapons and other subclasses generally function. Void Titans are just sad compared to something like a Void Gyrfalcons Hunter that very flexible, has great survivability, a good super and is just fun.
Melee as a whole- Right now if feels like Titans are being turned into melee machines that aren’t being built to last. The more new subclasses, end game activities, enemies and guns that are introduced the less viable meleeing becomes. Look at the new Gun Bats for example, they fly around and suppress you. How and I supposed to pop my throwing hammer (or use any melee) on those and pick it up again after without succumbing to more, where as a Hunter could throw a tracking knife from a safe distance and get the knife refunded? Then repeat the cycle too? As a long term Titan main I’ve been more and more tempted to go to the other classes cause melee just doesn’t seem too viable anymore, especially on older subclasses. The melee gameplay loop feels like it needs a heavy rework, and needs to have more survivability. Strand is a great example of how Melee should be done imo between its possible DR and healing.

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So I've thought about this, and I think we can all agree on is that Duhrell is a control freak. He tried to control everything during his Waukesha trial, he represented himself to have control to be able to question witnesses (primarily Erika). He tried to manipulate during his sentencing hearing. He is all about control.
His Milwaukee trial was all about control. He could have pled out a long time ago, but wanted the control. He wanted to be shuttled back and forth, he wanted to see Erika one last time. He was fully prepared to see this trial to the end, being convicted again, because it's not like it was the difference between being free and not. But a funny thing happened, leading to him having to change how/what he controlled.
Someone got to him in the Milwaukee jail, and popped him in his eye. I'm sure it was made clear to him there was plenty more to follow, and that every night he stayed in that jail was going to be more and more dangerous to and for him. He was petrified of that, and so there was only one way to control that situation: pleading out.
He has no money, so the idea that he pled so that he could shield himself from civil liability is pretty laughable, especially since Erika can still sue. The bottom line is his primary concern was to control his safety. Supermax is *way* safer for him than the county jail, where people can get to him. He wanted nothing more than to leave the county jail in his rear view mirror, so he did what he needed to do to control his safety.
Duhrell is nothing more than a control freak, and this was his last chance to control Erika. And what did he do? Ran like a scared chicken when his safety was at risk.
Props to whomever busted him in the eye. Maybe if he'd been GenPop in Waukesha this trial might have gone completely differently.