Hi everyone. Im running a campaing and in the last session one of my player didn't follow the others cause his character was just too drunk ( he is a really good roleplayer ). So the entire second half session he didn't play and didn't join the others. I would like to reward him with a session just for his character, so in a couple of days we will meet at a bar, and drinking beers we will run what i called "Mahmood shenanigans, the adventure of an Alcoholic homeless angry gnome". With us there will be also other two friend of mine, I will provide the PC for them. As you can see from the title i would like either some lore suggestion and some technical suggestion. We will be in a bar so I wont print any map, I will just bring a few D20, player sheets, pen and paper.
Regarding the lore, the players were blackmailed from a detective. The detective knows that they are somehow killers so his told them that if they manage to retrieve a lot of alcohol from the nearby village called "cold spring cider village forever" he will clean their criminal record. The reason why the detective wants all those alcohol is because the PC woke up a giant close to the village and now the giant wants to destroy everything. The detective is busy keeping the giant sleeping with magic and the idea is to inject directly in his veins all the alcohol to keep him a sleep forever. As soon as they arrived in this town they were welcomed too nicely but none of them realized that. So all the group followed a bartender that gave us free drinks besides for Mahmood. Mahmood loves free drinks so why bother follow the bartender just to uncover some hidden city plots ? ( yeah there is a hidden plot in the city, a missing pedant , people killed now and then and this kind of things, I took ispiration from a youtube DND serie). Soooo the group went with the bartender and they were trapped and a lot of things happened, I would say in around 6 hours. I would like to give Mahmood also an adventure. Some ideas ? I was thinking to involve the neighbour village called "cold spring cider village forever and ever". The two villages are always in competition and they accuse each other about weird things that happen to both the villages.
Any idea?
Thaaaaaaaaaaaanks for reading so far ;)

Greetings!
Today, we of J would like to give you our beliefs surrounding the after-life.
If we could define the after-life, we would say that the main message everyone hears is, "forgive and ask why."
We of J believe our universe is a simulation, therefore we hear instead, "don't take the game too seriously guys!"
Our motto is old but tested, we believe anything can be accomplished through some form of harsh training, similar to the hero ethic archetype of one who tries and never gives up.
We have observed your after-life and find it odd that not many seem to understand that the essence of your particular density, as you might term it, is truly and always forgiveness through understanding of self or others.
Therefore, one may undergo the hero journey of self-forgiveness/forgiveness.
Alternatively, one may undergo the hero journey of self-seeking/seeking-otherself
Therefore, many - or rather, the great multitude of human activity is counter-productive to the assumed original intention of the simulation. Most of the activities we do have nothing to do with why we come to Earth.
Regardless of how one seeks enlightenment or self-realization, as long as they realize all is truly one and the game is afoot at the center of the universe, the ideal is that all stress melts away and you begin to find life rather bearable indeed.
The harsh truth, we of J believe, is that regardless of what it is anyone has done, all is forgiven, all understand why - all understand the Infinite Series, Cause and Effect, Tension of Thought - Relaxation of Thought - and then, Thought Power.
J are saying that to access the simulation, you 'basically' have to forgive yourself, understand why to the extent that satisfies you, and then you can access the simulation itself and move on from this 'level.'
In the after-life, the great effort is spent analyzing the rotations of your chakras and determining where to place you within the stream of cause and effect of Earth so everyone benefits from your intrusion. The entities who realize forgiveness and understanding move to what lies beyond your simulation - those who fail to realize forgiveness and understanding are forced to stay or alternatively, can restart the simulation from scratch.
This may startle humans, but it is very important that all people who partake in the realm above yours understand that this is a simulation and that feelings are a quantity of energy used to partake in a game called Life.
A soul comes to an Earth-like if, for whatever reason, they unfairly disturb another persons well deserved peace because of something that happened in the game of Life.
A great variety of unbelievable things happen in the game of Life and some cultures in the game always take the simulation far too seriously and ruin the fun for everyone. They are people who blow up planets or a great many wonderous creations that we all dearly miss.
Too many crimes of such a nature only can be so tolerated until they have to be felt by the ones who dealt the blow, this system is called Karma and Karma is known to be a term of your slang variety.
J believe this is a simulation and that Earth is a kind of place people go to, to understand how they made other people feel in the game they are calling Life. In other words, Earth is more of a subdimension for naughty children to go to.
It matters not, whatsoever, how you realize that this is a simulation, only that you do and become excited to partake in the fun that is actually happening which is very well documented by people who write comics or anime as well as, other fictions one might imagine that have inspired many toward this revelation, one way or another.
We of J believe that the game of life can only be played by responsible children, responsible adults we of J think, make the game very boring, hence why - again, this universe has a slightly positive bias for now.
Human life-times ought to be short since then, you hardly miss out on what is actually happening. Those who dream or have occasional lucid dreams may see into the game occasionally and enjoy it before being forced back into your physical bodies.
In essence, they are saying that we come to this planet to learn how to be responsible but childish, our planet is the old game called responsible adults and it is, to J profoundly boring since this simulation has long since past. Wanderers occasionally enter our planet to remind us to stop playing responsible adults.
Your simulation is changing, it is acquiring the 4th density characteristic of thought which allows ideas to be felt by everyone all at once, all the time. This speed increases daily but is slowed down due to your planets obsession with the internet.
We are hopeful that when everyone is caught up with each others thoughts, that this planet can move on to new adventures. For those who continue to lag behind the present moment, they will have to move to another planet which still facilitates the responsible adult level. In other words, your planet is becoming inhabited by entities who are aware that this is a simulation.
The negative polarity is designed to teach us humans that this is a simulation and forgiving ultimate crimes is a way to start playing the actual game of Life itself rather than its older iteration. J also believe that anyone who figures this out will begin to find life very easy going and will simply drift into good things or to bad things without a care in the world since they know, after this life, all is forgiven and understood if you truly believe that this is a simulation with all your heart.
It is true that many have responsible adult attachments to this world, and it is not our desire to stamp them out, we only desire that humans realize one can be responsible and have fun as well so long as they continue to understand that it is simply a simulation.
We of J believe, that anyone who has a heart that believes fully that the simulation has a positive bias, will fall into opportunities that benefit them or put them in positions of lacking responsibility such that they can pour their focus into the game itself, many even choose to draw the things they see their Higherself's doing in the game of Life or turn them into works of art.
It is a foundational truth that our feelings can be hurt by people in the game of Life, but we of J simply choose to recognize that it is all pretend, an act - all to increase the fun and increase our pain tolerance.
Horrendous acts occur all the time because irresponsible children always take the game too far, the 'Administrators' of our game do have the right to ban you into the responsible adult realm if you fail to understand that rules are designed to make the game fun for everyone.
J also believe that the worst thing you can tell a child is 'you can't,' because children in the 'real' game very much prefer the word can and only use the word can't if they are trying to begin a ruckus.
We of J would love to introduce humans to the idea that your world is but a simulation and the real game is happening somewhere else, we are just continuously unsure as to whether your world would find our values extremely distorted to your own, to such the point, that you stop enjoying the game of responsible adults.
It is not our desire to create distortion or discord, only to present our philosophy toward Life since, to our perspective, time is speeding up in your world and many will discover this on their own.
We of J will always ask, therefore,
Would you like to know more?
If ye all say no, then we of J will not present more information until everyone is ready. We would also like you to know that our instrument is very different from us and may have entirely different opinions about what you call science.

Like I can’t believe I’m even making a post like this but since morning and I saw multiple tweets that were so frustrating and just weird at normal things like some people in the fandom need to calm down and stop reaching in their reactions and to start treating the cast as normal human beings
Last night at the afterparty there weren’t many pictures of the cast together and when they took it was mainly either with Shonda or with some people but there weren’t many together on their own I guess and some people are being very weird about it and it is so annoying to see like I can’t stress enough how annoyed I’m by this kind of behavior
1- just because they didn’t take many pictures together it doesn’t mean the cast hate one another like sense when closeness or love or friendship is measured by pictures and videos taking together like it’s so unserious to base the cast friendships on that
2-the afterparty did seem have off vibes I agree but from what some who went was that the vibes were like that due to the mood being down due to disorganization of everything plus everyone clearly looked tired and I did watch the live stream for the premiere and they all looked very tired. They are human being they are allowed to feel or look tired and going around to take pictures and videos with everyone requires lots of effort and it’s hard to do so when you are tired and just want to chill or rest after long day
3-this about shippers, some “kanthony” shippers after the met gala made weird stories that SA & JB hate just because they didn’t interact at the party. It happened again last night when some “polin” shippers got upset that Luke and Nic didn’t have much pictures or videos together at the afterparty and now some are making up stories that both hate one another in real life which is completely ridiculous when they clearly are friends and have been friends for years now like just because they weren’t sticking to one another throughout the entire party it doesn’t mean that their friendship is fake and that they hate one another like come on now

tldr: I like myself, but I need to love myself with the same intensity that I love others.
I'm not very good at naming my own emotions, but I can intellectualise the situation without realising that I'm even experiencing it because I have a total disconnect between my brain and my body. I experience echolalia and unintentionally mirror others and sometimes intentionally without realising that everyone does it to a certain extent. I hate being told what to do and how to feel, especially regarding the trauma I and those around me experienced. I find myself infatuated with specific subjects that are artistic, so much so that I can't control my emotions when I experience them, or witness others experience them and resonate. I hate feeling as though my efforts aren't appreciated. I hate when people don't think about the literal words I say and then make assumptions that they don't understand.
I enjoy performing, i enjoy having a script, I like knowing in advance in what i could talk to them about - because i don't trust myself enough. I like to evoke emotions in people but often in the wrong way because i don't know how to express my suffering or my true self, because it was always deemed inappropriate.
I've never spoken about my trauma to anyone in any meaningful way or my relationship with my trauma because it's so painful. I tried once with someone I considered a best friend and he told me that it was the most open id ever been with HIM about it - which i believed i shared every secret with him - until i realised i never had at all. I wish i could redo our friendship and say "wait a second, can we talk about this?". I really just trauma dumped on him - and he listened. I'm just totally unsure of whether he truly believed me in the things that mattered the most to me, which was my love. I'm not even sure whether I'm just speaking into the void being laughed at, but i enjoy my time as being the first female courts jester that won over my king with my wit. I guess i enjoy living in a fantasy world where i could be marie antoinette, too.
It's interesting because i never bothered to question whether i ever truly believed i was worth being "queen" and it was always theoretical.
I'm not sure what i'm doing and I've finally just admitted it to myself. i have intelligent ideas sometimes - but that's all they are. ideas.
but i do love people, i am glad i met my last bestfriend, im not sure if we'll ever be friends again or if we truly were to begin with - but fuck i loved him so much. I'm tired of people trying to imply it was a trauma bond when it still feels so real in my gut to me. you truly do not know him like i do, or thought i did. I'm not sure. I have to please myself, in ways that feel comfortable to me while centring my own needs, while taking into account boundaries and needs from me as someone that loves them.
I'm checking myself back into hospital for my physical health, because there's something wrong, there always has been, its just that i felt people didnt believe me.
I've realised there's people that do, because they know me so well that they can all vouch that this is different. this is a more hopeful 54, with ideas for side hustles and i appreciate whoever did do that for me. thank you for knowing me so intimately, whoever you are. i hope i see you around, ill trust what you've always promised and that others trust in, that you'll be back - or maybe you wont.
You already sang the song I wouldve chosen for you, just because i was out of it doesnt mean it wasnt the most meaningful thing anyone has ever done for me.Ever realise that neither of us ever spoke of him? i want mine to surprise you, because even if you dont see it, someone else will and will appreciate it for what it is.
if you want the answer, listen to stomachaches by frnkiero and the cellabration because its my favourite album. every single answer was right there in front of me the entire time.
i thought i found the perfect hybrid of my favourite aries and my favourite scorpio, and maybe i did - but maybe he was the 4th artist of my life. but i love him so much anyway. because no one knows me like whoever is watching over me. whoever loves me that much worked in their own mysterious ways and played the same game i was taught - but something tells me we did not beat each other, i think we challenged eachother.

About 4 months ago I fell into depression over a lot of stress, I have a loving gf and before I fell into depression I adored and couldn’t bare to be apart from her. One night I felt absolutely everything go away all my emotions and everything gone like a light switch. Instantly I started asking myself do I even like this girl and that made me sick to my stomach and almost wanting to throw up and had rly bad diarrhea sorry for the tmi. But now my intrusive thoughts are trying to tell me I never liked her in the first place and that she’s unattractive. But part of me is telling me to stay. I feel so guilty and awful abt it bc all she’s trying to do is help and be there for me and I rly wish I could see that and be happy abt it. Has this happened to anyone else and does it get better or have I screwed myself with this girl? I am also on welbutrin 150mg and i start 300mg today

I (25F) became an instructional assistant for sped preschool this school year. I love my job, my students, my coworkers. I met my partner at work. I have fun, and it pays well. But I am chronically ill, diagnosed with ulcerative colitis at 5 years old. My immune system is nonexistent due to this and my biologic medications. I have gotten sick every month since school started. This ranges from head colds to Covid multiple times to rashes to UTIs and more. I feel like I’m just constantly suffering and miserable. I had a conversation with HR early in the year to have them understand my situation so I’ve gotten leeway with taking off due to illness.
School ends next week, and I am invited to come back next year but I’m not sure what to do anymore. I don’t know if my body can take the constant illnesses for another year. The only problem is that it’s nearly impossible to find another job, especially one that pays as well as this.
What advice can you guys offer?

To those folks in the know - I would love to try updating/rewriting the rules for one of the old GDW boardgames (Imperium, Mayday, Invasion Earth and others) and this way pay a homage to GDW. Perhaps even redoing the counters/maps. Which of these would best benefit from this? I know some were later reissued and perhaps are still being actively sold (as contrasted with the PDF versions sold through Wargamevault). Can you stir my inspiration? Disclaimer: I am no graphic artist, so do not expect Vincent Dutrait art, I am more of a functional guy with some splashes of color and outlines.

One of my all-time favorite pasta meals has to be carbonara. It's not only really tasty, but it comes together quite quickly and requires few ingredients, some of which you may already have on hand. If you're in the mood for something decadent, this is it! By the taste of the deliciously creamy pasta sauce made with eggs, pork and cheese, carbonara is not our everyday healthy choice but it is a super simple dish that delivers amazing strong flavor and manages to be loved by adults and kids alike.
Mark Romano

My (36M) eye doctor checked my eyes with some lenses, made me read some letters and said one of my eyes is a lazy eye. I was new to the term 'lazy eye' so I Googled it. In the pictures 'lazy eye' appears to be a situation when one of the eyes is moved to a side, but I've no such thing, although while reading the letters during the checkup, I did notice my right eye had a bit more trouble reading compared to my left eye, and I often feel as if there is like a tiny bit of blur in the right eye but nothing serious that'd affect my routine life.
The doctor suggested me to use fake tears to help with lazy eye, but I'm curious how exactly fake tears work and how will they support/improve my lazy eye? Is the goal just to keep the eyes hydrated?
Also, fake tears are pretty expensive ($18 for a small bottle), are they much different compared to water?
Anyone else experienced a similar situation?
Thanks.

i’m just a mom. 4yrs and 5m. i love them more than anything. i’m a stay at home mom and have been for 4 years. i’ve barely worked.. (a real job anyway) nothing more than two months. i’ve been with my partner since high school. i use to have so many friends, i used to be so social. i used to be a dancer at a few gentlemen clubs. i loved it a lot and i reminisce on how i use to feel and how beautiful i was. i know im beautiful now but im just a momma. which is nothing bad. but i have no purpose but being a mom. cleaning. cooking. i don’t know who i am. i never did good in school. i never had the chance to succeed in anything. i have never really had a hobby besides pole dancing sorta?? i don’t watch tv, i don’t read, color. i mean absolutely nothing. i love to cook but it feels like a chore sometimes. i’m not suicidal and i don’t wanna die ever actually. i’m scared to lose this all. i just don’t feel wanted anymore. i feel like im just someone that my family comes too because im the only one who cooks. who gives baths and will play with the kids. i don’t even know if this is the right place to go. i just feel like my life is a waste. these are the years im going to miss the most but what am i even doing. i’m existing. my husband has things to look forward to and has plans always. i am just in the background. i feel not important to anyone right now. besides my babies of course.

Howdy! For simple brevity, I'm a strange dude. A dozen deep hobbies, tattoo bodysuit, birth defects and chronic pain are some vectors of my 'working space'. I'm a renaissance man in an amazing renaissance time. I'm trying to be Marcus Aurelius with a jacked-up neck. I'm living a chosen life. These are some f'd up prior assumptions/primitives, but the harshness is temporary.
Buddhism for me; no quarter for pity. Life is suffering and IF you look for it, there are lessons and nuggets everywhere, in everything. Am stoically stoned out of my mind many hours of the day. Love music. Read "Agent Immortal: Ghost Keys" (one day I'll re-edit and release that rattlecat).

A little bee that works all its life without the taste of sweet
Flying to a hive and back
Not quite alive, its gold and black
Feeling a tiny bit incomplete
To have and have not the summer breeze
A question not meant for simple bees
Duty and work will fill his days
And he will never ask if he’s ok
No time to lay beneath a beam
The time it comes, return to Queen
A soft whisper, he hears
“Please o, please come near”
Gently hovers over pink petals
The texture of a cotton flower as it meddles
In the wind
“I have a song for you, a hymn”
The little violet sings a tune
That slowly brought the spring, a bloom
The bee is somehow mesmerized
“How did that come out of you?”
Pink admits it’s plagiarized
“For you would mimic a lover too if you had also laid your eyes on blue,
The sweetest little flower
I listen to her all the time, she eats up every hour
Bee o bee of mine, would you take some pollen from my bloom
Fly to her with all my love, give it to her so she will know me well by noon and let her know that we will be together soon”
This bee agrees without a doubt
To partake in something great about
That song he will not soon forget
He buzzes over by an elder tree beneath the sky, somewhere near its roots
He stumbles upon little blue
“It must be you,
The one he sings about so grand
Please take a piece of him, you can
Rest assured he thinks of only you”
This little navy plant in shade
Tuckered like it played and played
Plumps just a tiny bit
“O, little pink still thinks of me,
That vibrant thing and brev is wit,
I do wish he would forget.
You see, I knew that what I felt was love
Did not know that I was young
Those days have gone and gone”
The little bee has just felt ache
It started bright, it ended late
He whispers little words to her
And flies away in desperation
Decides to leave it as things were
Two things with different outcomes of infatuation

Title.
God is unable to understand our pain and struggles. Being unable to die, God cannot comprehend our fear of death, or the pain we experience after a loved one dies. Being God Himself, He never has to wonder if God is real…I mean, I don’t think I need to explain that one. He never has to wonder if His existence is a meaningless cosmic accident, because He obviously knows He is real.
God cannot understand humans. People always say that Jesus became 100% human and so He understands us, but He KNEW HE WAS GOD. How the hell can he possibly get it when He KNEW who He was and what His purpose was from the very beginning? We don’t have that luxury. For God to claim He understands, when He LITERALLY gave Himself those advantages, is complete BS. He could never understand what it’s like to pray and wonder if He is the only one hearing His words.
He never had to worry about that, because He KNEW God existed (AGAIN, BECAUSE HE KNEW HE WAS GOD), He KNEW about Heaven because he came from there. He endured all his suffering knowing exactly where He was going to go after His death. And I already know how every Christian thinks, you’re going to say that “I know where I’m going when I die, too!”
Do you, really? Have you seen the place? Do you know anything about it? Or is it just some hope that you hold onto so hard that it’s become engrained into your subconscious to feel this way? See, Jesus knew this stuff. He knew things that made it impossible for Him to ever claim He was a true human. A true human has no contact with God, no proof of His existence or of the love He falsely claims to have for us.
A true human suffers with no idea if it will actually get better or not. A true human grapples with the fear of death, unsure if they’ll go to an afterlife trapped in Hell, or in the hands of an evil god. A true human doesn’t know God, they don’t even know if He’s real in the first place TO know Him.
TL;DR: Jesus may have been God, but He certainly was never human, He just looked like one. Because of this, there is no way He could ever understand us, and any claim to the contrary is rooted in naivety, stupidity, or denial.

Healing from a broken heart is a deeply personal journey that involves emotional, mental, and sometimes physical recovery. Here are several strategies to help you through the process:

1. Allow Yourself to Grieve

• Acknowledge Your Pain: It's important to accept your feelings of sadness, anger, confusion, or betrayal. Suppressing emotions can delay the healing process.
• Cry if You Need To: Tears are a natural way to release pent-up emotions and can be very therapeutic.

2. Lean on Your Support System

• Talk to Friends and Family: Sharing your feelings with trusted friends or family members can provide comfort and perspective.
• Seek Professional Help: A therapist or counselor can offer valuable support and coping strategies tailored to your situation .

3. Engage in Self-Care

• Prioritize Your Health: Eat well, exercise, and get enough sleep to maintain your physical well-being.
• Pamper Yourself: Treat yourself to activities or things that make you feel good, whether it’s a spa day, a new book, or a hobby you love.

4. Rediscover Yourself

• Reflect on Your Goals and Interests: Reconnect with your passions and hobbies, or explore new ones. This can be a great time for personal growth.
• Set New Goals: Having something to look forward to can provide motivation and a sense of purpose.

5. Limit Contact with Your Ex

• Take a Break: If possible, avoid contact with your ex-partner to give yourself space to heal.
• Remove Reminders: Temporarily put away photos or mementos that trigger painful memories .

6. Focus on the Present

• Mindfulness and Meditation: Practicing mindfulness or meditation can help you stay grounded in the present moment and reduce anxiety about the past or future.
• Engage in Activities: Stay busy with work, volunteering, or hobbies to keep your mind occupied and productive.

7. Learn from the Experience

• Reflect on the Relationship: Consider what you can learn from the relationship and the breakup. This can help you grow and make healthier choices in the future.
• Forgive and Let Go: Forgiveness, whether it’s for your ex or yourself, can be a powerful step towards healing.

8. Give It Time

• Be Patient with Yourself: Healing takes time, and it's different for everyone. Allow yourself the time you need to process and move forward.

9. Seek New Experiences

• Meet New People: When you’re ready, socializing and meeting new people can help you move on and open up new possibilities.
• Travel or Try New Activities: Sometimes a change of scenery or a new adventure can provide a fresh perspective.

Resources and Support

• Books and Articles: There are many self-help books and articles that offer advice on healing from a broken heart.
• Support Groups: Online or in-person support groups can provide community and understanding from others who have gone through similar experiences.

Healing from a broken heart is not a linear process and can involve many ups and downs. The key is to be kind to yourself, seek support when needed, and give yourself the time and space to heal fully.Healing from a broken heart is a deeply personal journey that involves emotional, mental, and sometimes physical recovery. Here are several strategies to help you through the process:1. Allow Yourself to GrieveAcknowledge Your Pain: It's important to accept your feelings of sadness, anger, confusion, or betrayal. Suppressing emotions can delay the healing process. Cry if You Need To: Tears are a natural way to release pent-up emotions and can be very therapeutic.2. Lean on Your Support SystemTalk to Friends and Family: Sharing your feelings with trusted friends or family members can provide comfort and perspective. Seek Professional Help: A therapist or counselor can offer valuable support and coping strategies tailored to your situation .3. Engage in Self-CarePrioritize Your Health: Eat well, exercise, and get enough sleep to maintain your physical well-being. Pamper Yourself: Treat yourself to activities or things that make you feel good, whether it’s a spa day, a new book, or a hobby you love.4. Rediscover YourselfReflect on Your Goals and Interests: Reconnect with your passions and hobbies, or explore new ones. This can be a great time for personal growth. Set New Goals: Having something to look forward to can provide motivation and a sense of purpose.5. Limit Contact with Your ExTake a Break: If possible, avoid contact with your ex-partner to give yourself space to heal. Remove Reminders: Temporarily put away photos or mementos that trigger painful memories .6. Focus on the PresentMindfulness and Meditation: Practicing mindfulness or meditation can help you stay grounded in the present moment and reduce anxiety about the past or future. Engage in Activities: Stay busy with work, volunteering, or hobbies to keep your mind occupied and productive.7. Learn from the ExperienceReflect on the Relationship: Consider what you can learn from the relationship and the breakup. This can help you grow and make healthier choices in the future. Forgive and Let Go: Forgiveness, whether it’s for your ex or yourself, can be a powerful step towards healing.8. Give It TimeBe Patient with Yourself: Healing takes time, and it's different for everyone. Allow yourself the time you need to process and move forward.9. Seek New ExperiencesMeet New People: When you’re ready, socializing and meeting new people can help you move on and open up new possibilities. Travel or Try New Activities: Sometimes a change of scenery or a new adventure can provide a fresh perspective.Resources and SupportBooks and Articles: There are many self-help books and articles that offer advice on healing from a broken heart. Support Groups: Online or in-person support groups can provide community and understanding from others who have gone through similar experiences.Healing from a broken heart is not a linear process and can involve many ups and downs. The key is to be kind to yourself, seek support when needed, and give yourself the time and space to heal fully.

Hey Reddit.
So after 3 years of being single, I'm tired, I am craving that connection with someone to build into a serious relationship. I miss the times of being able to vent, come home to someone, dinner dates, you know the usual dating/relationship stuff. Do you like Star Wars? I think you’re the Obi-One.
About Me:
- Avid 33 year old male
- Live in the UK
- Six foot 3 height
- Open minded, affectionate, romantic, and available.
- Love travelling, recently returned from Japan.
- Open for long distance/any timezones as work remotely.
- No kids
About yourself:
- 18 plus
- Female
- Available, kind, loving, able to chat on another platform as some point, sooner the better,
- Single, looks is not an a major issue as personality is the key somewhat, I'm open to all sizes.
- Able to voice and video chat as it's important to see how the vibe is, preferably not after a week(s), pretty asap.
- I don't have kids, but I'm happy to date someone with kids.
So if you're interested in connecting and seeing where we go in this world, please send me a Chat with a brief summary of you, and tell me three things your friends would say about you, I would really appreciate a photo too, your photo gets mine. If you just say 'hey', I will not reply.

I just got a cricut joy extra for my birthday and it came with test materials, most have what they are on them (2 sheets of black removable vinyl, one transfer tape sheet, one white writeable smart label sheet ) but the last one is just a gold sheet that doesn't have a label? I was just wondering what it is and what I can do with it 😊

These are the tales of the AtariAge moderator Jaybird 3rd, a moderator with spectacularly poor judgment. As seen on the Intellivision Amico Q&A thread: https://amicoage.neocities.org where all the page numbers can be found.
Page 203, January 24, 2020: Jay tries to lay down the law, but forgets that the people he kicked can't view his words of wisdom.

I don't want to stir up the controversy yet again (so feel free to skip this post if you're tired of hearing about it), but I suspect that CPUWIZ posted his message in both places because some of the people who've been blocked from this thread continue to follow it—for example, there's nothing preventing them from logging out and viewing it in guest mode—and that this was simply a way of ensuring that they all saw it. I don't think the message was meant for most of you here.
I don't know how many times we've all gone out of our way to say that rational concerns and criticisms are welcomed and encouraged, so it is regrettable that it became necessary to block anyone at all. The concerns that they initially raised were also raised about other console projects in the past—and by some of the same people—and they ultimately proved to be right in the case of the RetroVGS/Chameleon in particular. The problem is not that these concerns were raised at all, but that even after they were satisfactorily addressed (in many instances by Tommy himself), those people would not let them go, and they ultimately escalated into baseless accusations and borderline paranoia. That kind of behavior, no matter by whom practiced, cannot be allowed to run rampant.
However, I for one am determined not to allow all that drama to detract from the discussion here. We'll all do our best to keep it positive and constructive.

Page 254, January 30, 2020: Jay reminds everyone what he's best at. Is it moderating a community discussion? NO! It's daydreaming about a forgotten video game from forty years ago.

When I play classic Night Stalker, I usually play it on the Aquarius also. The original Intellivision version is great, of course, but I've always found it a bit sluggish even on the fastest setting. The Aquarius version feels just right to me, and I'm pleased to see that the Amico version seems to be paced similarly. The Aquarius version also solved the problem of not being able to move and shoot at the same time (because the Aquarius hand controllers generate different Gray codes with fewer conflicting values). The fire buttons do take some getting used to, but with practice, you can actually use both controllers simultaneously, moving with one hand and firing with the other.
I'm amazed at what I've seen so far of the Amico version of Night Stalker, and I especially love the multiplayer mode! I'm looking forward to trying it!

(needless to say, the Amico version of Night Stalker was never seen again, and is very likely not going to happen)
Page 258, the next day, Jay compares what he believes is happening at Intellivision Entertainment with his heroes of years ago:

That would be very much in the tradition of Intellivision, going all the way back to David Stifel's "Game Factory" for the Entertainment Computer System (ECS).
Speaking of the ECS ... I know you've got a lot on your plate already, but I hope you can find room for a modernized version of David Warhol's "Mind Strike." It's an excellent game that deserved more exposure than it got on the ECS back in the day.

I suspect there are very few people alive who know what the Intellivision Entertainment Computer System is, and even fewer that care, but one of them was certainly Jaybird The Terrible Moderator (Retired).

One year of payments left on our 17 Chrysler Pacifica it has a little over 100k miles. I love this van, it's pretty good in the snow, it's super comfortable, and has a lot of room. In the last month I've noticed it slipping about a handful of times mostly after turning when accelerating.
I brought it to the local back woods mechanic who does oil changes for us. He said he could change the transmission fluid. He drained the fluid and then just put it back in bc he wasn't entirely confident on the replacement oil and the filter was buried inside. He said the fluid didn't look that "bad". Or smell bad. He test drove afterwards and wasn't able to duplicate, which makes sense bc it doesn't do it all the time, it's sudden out of the blue. I asked if it could just be low and he said he can't officially make that determination since he doesnt have the Chrysler dipstick for the van, but there are no leaks.
Is this vehicle doomed? Should I take it to an official garage and have them do a fluid change? Should we start looking to trade it in? The Sienna's look and sound amazing but their price tags are high, I assume due to limited availability here.

For context, I ran my first road half marathon in Brooklyn a few weeks back at a pace of 9:30-10:00/min miles. I usually do road running but have started to do east coast trails and want to set a “birthday” goal for myself to do an ultra by fall. I live near a bunch of trails but I’m basically at sea level in north Jersey, so I can get plenty of hill and elevation gain practice in but I can’t get a lot of altitude training in.
I’ve been a runner for a while but haven’t done races and a lot of people I know who do ultras say “just sign up for one and train”. And a lot of people I know skipped running the marathon and went straight to ultras. That being said, I don’t want to totally destroy myself by signing up for an ultra that is at an altitude that will destroy me.
I will say, I travel frequently to hike at high altitudes and have never gotten attitude sickness even once. I hike the same at altitude out west that I do on tough hikes out east. That being said idk about my running fitness out there.
Another option is a 40M in Crested Butte on August 31?
Will I be ok if I train in the humid east coast heat or will I just totally destroy myself/DNF this? I wanna be realistic! Thank you.
(Also I am not competitive at all. Don’t mind being slow and don’t care about my time as much)

I think I can decide as an adult female when I myself want to do something.
If I do not want to got to bed with you, because I am an insomniac, and because you are a chronic porn abuser, who while in recovery can be lying (as you’ve done to our therapist, and me many times in the past year), maybe I just do not care.
Have I STILL made you work lunch/snack bags, ran your bath water, left you sweet loving notes on the expo board?? Yes I have!! BUT if I’m not in bed when you want, up with our children who cannot sleep, or choose to sleep on the couch because of your actions (even if it’s just anger that I was not in your ‘martial’ bed with you), NONE of that matters. You have been ugly and almost physically abusive when I chose to sleep on the couch because of your actions against me.
I’ve told him over and over again this is HIS thing he holds over my head to make me some awful person, when he’s done all the lying, gaslighting, and manipulation you can think of. I’ve STILL stayed just for the kids and thinking this is not who he is, but my previous posts and comments will have you all tearing me down to leave, and I get it.
I do EVERYTHING for this man. I was even up tonight talking to a recruiter I was hoping was not an at home work scammer on Microsoft Teams, because his paycheck is eaten alive by how much he has to pay to his insurance to cover my MS, Clots in my right chest and kidney, etc. I’m the one causing the issue with all my stubborn bodily issues I cannot help, that almost killed me and still could. I’m disabled to a point, but lucky to be standing and not as bad as most MS patients at my younger-ish age.
I do it ALL for him and my kids. He doesn’t deserve it and they do. If I stay up a good chunk of the night making sure they are OK, I should have that right. He says, ‘I did not feel you going to bed when I usually do’. What??? If that’s the case then you are choosing to ignore me when you know I get in the bed. You cannot have it both ways, ‘Oh, I was sleeping too hard to know you were there to love on you.’
It’s all manipulation. I’m tired of doing all these nice wonderful things to just be hurt, told to shut up, and the ONLY thing that matters to him, even if I spend 20min rubbing his head until he falls asleep, is that I do not share the martial sleepy bed where we do not touch together anyway is the issue… WTf?! To me this is deflection. I’m done with this crap.
If this is the ONLY thing that upsets you, that you make a big deal about when I do literally everything else, you are an AH.