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2024.04.29 00:26 HillbillyOutWest The dog I adopted didn't belong to me [Part 1]
Hello, I am new to reddit and have never really thought much of posting anything, but the events of the past two days have changed my mind - along with some urging by some co-workers. Sorry in advance if this is long . . .
I, 27M, have been in the military for a little over five years, and am currently in the process of getting out due to mental health related issues. I have been going through a lot of therapy, and have even had stints in military medical institutions because of the depression and anxiety problems that developed during my time in. I live alone and often times get very lonely, leading to a whirlwind of old thoughts and emotions coming to the forefront of my mind. I've never been successful in the dating pool, and I don't have anyone I'd consider a friend, so the thought that I'll be alone forever with the problems in my mind with no-one there by my side, often makes things spiral even worse.
I had thought for some time about getting a pet - a dog or cat - but could never bring myself to go through with it. I have OCD as well, and much of my routines are very ingrained, and too much deviation makes me very anxious and unstable. I suppose that was the biggest negative for me when it came to thinking about getting a pet; that deviation from routine. A cat would be fine, I suppose; they don't need much attention other than feeding, cleaning a litter pan, and occasional affection. In my mind, a dog was so much more, and for the longest time, just the thought of having a dog and my routines be so drastically challenged, was enough to break me out in a mild panic attack. One of my therapists suggested that a dog may be good; something that needs attention to break me out of my loneliness, and also something that demanded I deviate from such ingrained day-to-day tasks to help me with my OCD. My parents and many co-workers urged the same, and after much consideration on my part, I finally consented and decided that a dog may be helpful.
I live in Southern California, and the humane societies here are nearly overflowing with dogs up for adoption. It really is a problem around here, and often times, the humane centers will stop taking in dogs, simply because they are overwhelmed with how many they have at that time. I found a few that - based upon their online description - I thought would be a good fit for me. . . but the adoption councilors always seemed to think otherwise. It seemed as though every dog I was interested in was either too high energy or had severe behavioral problems. And every time I would probe into what the problems were, the adoption councilors would make the problems seem worse and worse as the questions and time went on. It got to a point where I seriously expected them to just say, "No, you're not allowed to have this dog." I know these workers need to vet people to try and put the animals in a true forever home, but why not state problems up front instead of after the fact when someone has already gone in expressing interest in a particular animal.
You're probably thinking: Why haven't you just gone and gotten a service animal if your problems are really that bad? The thought did cross my mind, and it wouldn't be difficult to get a recommendation from my therapist and psychologist to get approved for one through the military. But I have a hard time asking for things, often talking myself out of it by having these fake Worse-Case-Scenario conversations in my head, that leave me feeling unnecessarily anxious and uncomfortable. Also, I do not feel as though I deserve one; guys that have gone and come back one or two limbs less, guys that have lost friends in action, I think those are the ones that deserve service animals. I'm not discounting what I've been through - god knows I do that enough already - but it has become a core belief of mine that I am not deserving of anything like that. An emotional support pet, on the other hand, is of a different nature - practically just a normal pet that you don't have to pay rent for - that I felt was more appropriate for me.
Since the humane society was of no use to me, I decided to search online, finding many websites that were used to rehome pets - some had rehoming fees and some didn't. And this is where Finn comes into the story. After about a month of trying to find a dog, I finally found the one that I thought was for me. Finn was a 2 year old, 20 pound Chihuahua/ Podenco mix that absolutely loved playing with his frisbee and peeing on trees. His previous owner, we'll call Sarah, said in his bio that Finn was such a sweet dog who loved to play. He'd had a decent amount of obedience training, was house trained, did great on a leash, and was trained to sit anytime his owner sat so that they could take him out and about to restaurants and the like. His case was also helped by the cutest ears I'd ever seen - Finn was able to work them independent of each other, giving him the ability to make faces I'd never seen a dog make before. Sarah had said in Finn's profile that they would love more than anything to be able to keep him; however, they had a toddler who was starting to wander that Finn did not get along with at all. So much so, that there came a point where Finn had bit the poor guy. At that, Sarah and her husband made the decision that they couldn't keep him anymore. Though, a dog biting is always concerning, I wasn't much worried about it. Given my track record, I wasn't going to be having a kid anytime soon, and besides, I lived alone. Per what was in his bio, Finn would have no problems at my place. He also had no rehoming fee, which I do think was another draw I had for him.
I met Sarah and Finn at a dog park close to my house one afternoon on a Sunday. Finn was just like his pictures, and was super playful. If I recall correctly, the whole meeting took about an hour, maybe a little more. Sarah had brought along treats - which helped Finn warm up to me - and his favorite frisbee, which I threw for him the whole time. He wasn't overly affectionate with me like some dogs are, seeming to not really want pets from me, and didn't care much for any of the other dogs that were there at the park. Sarah told me much of what I had read about Finn in his online bio, talking more in-depth about his training, and especially about how much she and her husband loved him - it was more than clear that they were going to be sad parting with him. Once our meeting was over, I was convinced that Finn was for me, and I told Sarah that I would be glad to adopt him from them. It was later that week - on a Thursday I think - when she dropped Finn off at my place for good. Later that day, Sarah transferred Finn's chip over to me, and sent all of his vet records via email. There was no adoption paperwork - or any paperwork for that matter - but I wasn't concerned. I am originally from West Virginia, and it is very common to get a dog - or any animal - without a bill of sale or transfer of ownership document. Back home, as long as you pay taxes on your pet, the state doesn't care about documentation like that. Often times, ownership is simply proved by showing off all of your pet's pictures that you have uploaded to Facebook or Instagram.
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I, 27M, have been in the military for a little over five years, and am currently in the process of getting out due to mental health related issues. I have been going through a lot of therapy, and have even had stints in military medical institutions because of the depression and anxiety problems that developed during my time in. I live alone and often times get very lonely, leading to a whirlwind of old thoughts and emotions coming to the forefront of my mind. I've never been successful in the dating pool, and I don't have anyone I'd consider a friend, so the thought that I'll be alone forever with the problems in my mind with no-one there by my side, often makes things spiral even worse.
I had thought for some time about getting a pet - a dog or cat - but could never bring myself to go through with it. I have OCD as well, and much of my routines are very ingrained, and too much deviation makes me very anxious and unstable. I suppose that was the biggest negative for me when it came to thinking about getting a pet; that deviation from routine. A cat would be fine, I suppose; they don't need much attention other than feeding, cleaning a litter pan, and occasional affection. In my mind, a dog was so much more, and for the longest time, just the thought of having a dog and my routines be so drastically challenged, was enough to break me out in a mild panic attack. One of my therapists suggested that a dog may be good; something that needs attention to break me out of my loneliness, and also something that demanded I deviate from such ingrained day-to-day tasks to help me with my OCD. My parents and many co-workers urged the same, and after much consideration on my part, I finally consented and decided that a dog may be helpful.
I live in Southern California, and the humane societies here are nearly overflowing with dogs up for adoption. It really is a problem around here, and often times, the humane centers will stop taking in dogs, simply because they are overwhelmed with how many they have at that time. I found a few that - based upon their online description - I thought would be a good fit for me. . . but the adoption councilors always seemed to think otherwise. It seemed as though every dog I was interested in was either too high energy or had severe behavioral problems. And every time I would probe into what the problems were, the adoption councilors would make the problems seem worse and worse as the questions and time went on. It got to a point where I seriously expected them to just say, "No, you're not allowed to have this dog." I know these workers need to vet people to try and put the animals in a true forever home, but why not state problems up front instead of after the fact when someone has already gone in expressing interest in a particular animal.
You're probably thinking: Why haven't you just gone and gotten a service animal if your problems are really that bad? The thought did cross my mind, and it wouldn't be difficult to get a recommendation from my therapist and psychologist to get approved for one through the military. But I have a hard time asking for things, often talking myself out of it by having these fake Worse-Case-Scenario conversations in my head, that leave me feeling unnecessarily anxious and uncomfortable. Also, I do not feel as though I deserve one; guys that have gone and come back one or two limbs less, guys that have lost friends in action, I think those are the ones that deserve service animals. I'm not discounting what I've been through - god knows I do that enough already - but it has become a core belief of mine that I am not deserving of anything like that. An emotional support pet, on the other hand, is of a different nature - practically just a normal pet that you don't have to pay rent for - that I felt was more appropriate for me.
Since the humane society was of no use to me, I decided to search online, finding many websites that were used to rehome pets - some had rehoming fees and some didn't. And this is where Finn comes into the story. After about a month of trying to find a dog, I finally found the one that I thought was for me. Finn was a 2 year old, 20 pound Chihuahua/ Podenco mix that absolutely loved playing with his frisbee and peeing on trees. His previous owner, we'll call Sarah, said in his bio that Finn was such a sweet dog who loved to play. He'd had a decent amount of obedience training, was house trained, did great on a leash, and was trained to sit anytime his owner sat so that they could take him out and about to restaurants and the like. His case was also helped by the cutest ears I'd ever seen - Finn was able to work them independent of each other, giving him the ability to make faces I'd never seen a dog make before. Sarah had said in Finn's profile that they would love more than anything to be able to keep him; however, they had a toddler who was starting to wander that Finn did not get along with at all. So much so, that there came a point where Finn had bit the poor guy. At that, Sarah and her husband made the decision that they couldn't keep him anymore. Though, a dog biting is always concerning, I wasn't much worried about it. Given my track record, I wasn't going to be having a kid anytime soon, and besides, I lived alone. Per what was in his bio, Finn would have no problems at my place. He also had no rehoming fee, which I do think was another draw I had for him.
I met Sarah and Finn at a dog park close to my house one afternoon on a Sunday. Finn was just like his pictures, and was super playful. If I recall correctly, the whole meeting took about an hour, maybe a little more. Sarah had brought along treats - which helped Finn warm up to me - and his favorite frisbee, which I threw for him the whole time. He wasn't overly affectionate with me like some dogs are, seeming to not really want pets from me, and didn't care much for any of the other dogs that were there at the park. Sarah told me much of what I had read about Finn in his online bio, talking more in-depth about his training, and especially about how much she and her husband loved him - it was more than clear that they were going to be sad parting with him. Once our meeting was over, I was convinced that Finn was for me, and I told Sarah that I would be glad to adopt him from them. It was later that week - on a Thursday I think - when she dropped Finn off at my place for good. Later that day, Sarah transferred Finn's chip over to me, and sent all of his vet records via email. There was no adoption paperwork - or any paperwork for that matter - but I wasn't concerned. I am originally from West Virginia, and it is very common to get a dog - or any animal - without a bill of sale or transfer of ownership document. Back home, as long as you pay taxes on your pet, the state doesn't care about documentation like that. Often times, ownership is simply proved by showing off all of your pet's pictures that you have uploaded to Facebook or Instagram.
2024.04.29 00:13 Active_Study_5751 I did something I regret
So when I was teenager (I am a guy) I was dumb and didnt have a good percepción of risk. This happened 8,5 years ago (2015).
I went into chatroulette/omegle (cant remember which one) and I was in a time of my life where I was exploring myself and I jerked off with a person I though was real (I know ot is stupid, I didnt reason well at all). When I finished jerking off, the other person resulted to be a man displaying a fake video, and then he turned off the video adnd then showed himself holding a phone in his hand as if he was recording, and told me recorded the screen as well. I got super nervous and I told him that I was underaged (I was 17) and I didnt let him say anything else as I was freaking out and I just left the chat.
I showed my face in the video (stupid mistake as well), but he had any data about myself. I dont know if he wanted to scare me and laugh at me, or actually record it to publish it somwehere. In the years after that I looked from time to time in p*rn websites looking for webcam/online videos, to see if I could find it. I searched a lot actually, in an even sick way (hundreds of pages), in different websites, and never found anything. Then I moved on with my life. Now it came back to my mind and it is haunting me again, I am still scared that ir can be out there and, thinking that thousands of people could have seen it makes me feel very anxious. Also the fact that he could have reposted it or something multiple times in the past years make me feel that it can eventually come back to me. I just used Pimeyes (website to look for your face in pictures or videos online) and it surprisingly found pictures of myself from social media and so on quite accurately, but not that video, so that calms me a bit.
I know it's been 8 years, now I have a good job, great friends, a good life in general. But this kind of trauma just came back to me after years ignoring it and it feels so close and likely to ruin my life and self steem eventually.
I also slmethimes think: fuck off, I did s mistake, I was young and dumb, and if for some reason that video comes back to me, I will not let it ruin my life because Im more than that, and the people who love me would support me fully. And fuck off, we all jerk off, life is a joke and life is too short to be worrying about something I cant control. But that mindset is leaving me now, the paranoia is invading myself again.
Has someone lived a similar experience ever? How would you try to move on with it? Should I be scared of it coming back to me ever? Please be kind and try help me giving it a different perspective, I am nervous and I feel very weak...
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I went into chatroulette/omegle (cant remember which one) and I was in a time of my life where I was exploring myself and I jerked off with a person I though was real (I know ot is stupid, I didnt reason well at all). When I finished jerking off, the other person resulted to be a man displaying a fake video, and then he turned off the video adnd then showed himself holding a phone in his hand as if he was recording, and told me recorded the screen as well. I got super nervous and I told him that I was underaged (I was 17) and I didnt let him say anything else as I was freaking out and I just left the chat.
I showed my face in the video (stupid mistake as well), but he had any data about myself. I dont know if he wanted to scare me and laugh at me, or actually record it to publish it somwehere. In the years after that I looked from time to time in p*rn websites looking for webcam/online videos, to see if I could find it. I searched a lot actually, in an even sick way (hundreds of pages), in different websites, and never found anything. Then I moved on with my life. Now it came back to my mind and it is haunting me again, I am still scared that ir can be out there and, thinking that thousands of people could have seen it makes me feel very anxious. Also the fact that he could have reposted it or something multiple times in the past years make me feel that it can eventually come back to me. I just used Pimeyes (website to look for your face in pictures or videos online) and it surprisingly found pictures of myself from social media and so on quite accurately, but not that video, so that calms me a bit.
I know it's been 8 years, now I have a good job, great friends, a good life in general. But this kind of trauma just came back to me after years ignoring it and it feels so close and likely to ruin my life and self steem eventually.
I also slmethimes think: fuck off, I did s mistake, I was young and dumb, and if for some reason that video comes back to me, I will not let it ruin my life because Im more than that, and the people who love me would support me fully. And fuck off, we all jerk off, life is a joke and life is too short to be worrying about something I cant control. But that mindset is leaving me now, the paranoia is invading myself again.
Has someone lived a similar experience ever? How would you try to move on with it? Should I be scared of it coming back to me ever? Please be kind and try help me giving it a different perspective, I am nervous and I feel very weak...
2024.04.29 00:12 BillythenotaKid What is the origin of this picture?
 | This picture was said to be a leaked photo from the Fallout TV show before the trailer came out. This of course is not a set photo but now I’m wondering what is the origin? It’s definitely a cosplay but I find it strange the cosplayer wouldn’t come out as say it was fake. Was it just a part of a hoax? submitted by BillythenotaKid to Fallout [link] [comments] |
2024.04.29 00:04 Imaginary-Cup8586 I miss her so insanely much and I’m worried about her
I’m 19m and she 17f. She just had prom (we broke up a week ago but her friend and I still follow each other) and her friend posted prom pictures. My ex- She doesn’t look herself. Her smile is so fake and she looks so incredibly exhausted. I know she doesn’t care about me anymore. She wouldn’t have hurt me the way she did if she cared. But we were together for 4 years and I just- I know she’s not okay. I want to check on her but I don’t know if I should. I texted the other day just to say “Hey thinking about you, hope you’re okay” and didn’t get a response or anything. And it looks like she went to prom with a guy too. I just want to see if she’s okay and ask how she’s doing so but. But I know I shouldn’t.
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| MONSTER HUNTER RISE | 3.6 TF2 | $6.88 PP | - |
| Mad Max | 0.7 TF2 | $1.26 PP | - |
| Mafia: Definitive Edition | 2.5 TF2 | $4.67 PP | - |
| Mass Effect™ Legendary Edition | 4.2 TF2 | $8.01 PP | - |
| MechWarrior 5: Mercenaries | 2.6 TF2 | $4.9 PP | - |
| Men of War: Assault Squad 2 Deluxe Edition | 1.1 TF2 | $2.06 PP | - |
| Metro 2033 Redux | 0.5 TF2 | $1.01 PP | - |
| Metro Exodus | 1.5 TF2 | $2.83 PP | - |
| Metro Redux Bundle | 0.8 TF2 | $1.56 PP | - |
| Middle-earth™: Shadow of War™ Definitive Edition | 0.9 TF2 | $1.65 PP | - |
| Midnight Ghost Hunt | 0.8 TF2 | $1.53 PP | - |
| Monster Hunter: World | 2.3 TF2 | $4.35 PP | - |
| Mordhau | 2.2 TF2 | $4.17 PP | - |
| Mortal Kombat XL | 0.7 TF2 | $1.28 PP | - |
| Mortal Shell | 0.5 TF2 | $0.99 PP | - |
| NASCAR Heat 5 - Ultimate Edition | 0.4 TF2 | $0.72 PP | - |
| NBA 2K23 | 5.3 TF2 | $10.16 PP | - |
| Naruto Shippuden: Ultimate Ninja Storm 4 | 1.9 TF2 | $3.58 PP | - |
| Naruto to Boruto Shinobi Striker | 1.0 TF2 | $1.87 PP | - |
| Nioh 2 - The Complete Edition | 2.7 TF2 | $5.19 PP | - |
| Nobody Saves the World | 0.5 TF2 | $1.0 PP | - |
| Northgard | 2.4 TF2 | $4.5 PP | - |
| Orcs Must Die! 3 | 1.4 TF2 | $2.67 PP | - |
| Outlast 2 | 0.9 TF2 | $1.68 PP | - |
| Overcooked! 2 | 1.3 TF2 | $2.38 PP | - |
| PC Building Simulator | 0.5 TF2 | $1.04 PP | - |
| PGA TOUR 2K21 | 1.0 TF2 | $1.83 PP | - |
| Paint the Town Red | 2.7 TF2 | $5.15 PP | - |
| Plague Inc: Evolved | 2.0 TF2 | $3.77 PP | - |
| Planet Coaster | 2.5 TF2 | $4.77 PP | - |
| Planet Zoo | 6.2 TF2 | $11.86 PP | - |
| PlateUp! | 0.9 TF2 | $1.68 PP | - |
| Prison Architect | 2.4 TF2 | $4.53 PP | - |
| Project Wingman | 1.6 TF2 | $3.09 PP | - |
| RESIDENT EVIL 3 | 2.0 TF2 | $3.76 PP | - |
| Rain World | 0.9 TF2 | $1.79 PP | - |
| Remnant: From the Ashes - Complete Edition | 2.2 TF2 | $4.21 PP | - |
| Resident Evil 4 Ultimate HD Edition | 1.0 TF2 | $1.85 PP | - |
| Resident Evil 5 GOLD Edition | 1.2 TF2 | $2.23 PP | - |
| Resident Evil 6 | 1.4 TF2 | $2.66 PP | - |
| Resident Evil® 5 | 1.1 TF2 | $2.14 PP | - |
| Rising Storm 2: Vietnam | 0.5 TF2 | $0.99 PP | - |
| Road 96 | 0.6 TF2 | $1.15 PP | - |
| SCUM | 4.7 TF2 | $8.88 PP | - |
| STAR WARS® THE FORCE UNLEASHED II | 0.6 TF2 | $1.18 PP | - |
| Saints Row | 0.4 TF2 | $0.76 PP | - |
| Satisfactory | 4.8 TF2 | $9.09 PP | - |
| Scorn | 0.8 TF2 | $1.55 PP | - |
| Secret Neighbor | 0.6 TF2 | $1.11 PP | - |
| Sid Meier's Civilization VI | 1.1 TF2 | $2.11 PP | - |
| Slay the Spire | 2.0 TF2 | $3.86 PP | - |
| Sleeping Dogs™ Definitive Edition | 1.0 TF2 | $1.95 PP | - |
| Slime Rancher | 1.2 TF2 | $2.21 PP | - |
| Sniper Elite 4 | 1.1 TF2 | $2.09 PP | - |
| Sonic Adventure DX | 1.2 TF2 | $2.25 PP | - |
| Space Engineers | 2.6 TF2 | $4.88 PP | - |
| Spec Ops: The Line | 4.6 TF2 | $8.7 PP | - |
| SpeedRunners | 0.5 TF2 | $0.91 PP | - |
| Spintires: MudRunner | Catch My Drift: Offroad & Rally Racing Bundle | ||
| Spyro™ Reignited Trilogy | 8.5 TF2 | $16.11 PP | - |
| Squad | 7.3 TF2 | $13.85 PP | - |
| Star Wars Republic Commando™ | 0.4 TF2 | $0.8 PP | - |
| Star Wars® Empire at War™: Gold Pack | 0.6 TF2 | $1.08 PP | - |
| State of Decay 2: Juggernaut Edition | 4.5 TF2 | $8.56 PP | - |
| Stellaris | 3.3 TF2 | $6.33 PP | - |
| Stellaris: Federations | 2.7 TF2 | $5.15 PP | - |
| Stellaris: MegaCorp | 2.7 TF2 | $5.09 PP | - |
| Streets of Rogue | 1.0 TF2 | $1.84 PP | - |
| Stronghold Crusader 2 | 0.7 TF2 | $1.24 PP | - |
| Subnautica | 5.4 TF2 | $10.21 PP | - |
| Sunset Overdrive | 0.8 TF2 | $1.52 PP | - |
| Superliminal | 1.0 TF2 | $1.88 PP | - |
| TEKKEN 7 | 1.9 TF2 | $3.56 PP | - |
| Temtem | 1.8 TF2 | $3.35 PP | - |
| The Ascent | 0.5 TF2 | $0.88 PP | - |
| The Dark Pictures Anthology: House of Ashes | 1.4 TF2 | $2.58 PP | - |
| The Dark Pictures Anthology: Man of Medan | 1.7 TF2 | $3.14 PP | - |
| The Escapists 2 | 0.9 TF2 | $1.68 PP | - |
| The Jackbox Party Pack 3 | 2.6 TF2 | $4.85 PP | - |
| The Jackbox Party Pack 4 | 3.1 TF2 | $5.92 PP | - |
| The Jackbox Party Pack 5 | 2.4 TF2 | $4.54 PP | - |
| The Jackbox Party Pack 7 | 3.8 TF2 | $7.13 PP | - |
| The LEGO® Movie Videogame | 0.4 TF2 | $0.72 PP | - |
| The Mortuary Assistant | 2.5 TF2 | $4.84 PP | - |
| The Outer Worlds: Spacer's Choice Edition | 2.2 TF2 | $4.19 PP | - |
| The Quarry Deluxe Edition | 2.8 TF2 | $5.3 PP | - |
| The Universim | 3.2 TF2 | $6.12 PP | - |
| The Walking Dead: A New Frontier | 0.7 TF2 | $1.4 PP | - |
| The Walking Dead: The Final Season | 1.1 TF2 | $2.1 PP | - |
| The Walking Dead: The Telltale Definitive Series | 3.2 TF2 | $6.02 PP | - |
| The Witness | 0.8 TF2 | $1.48 PP | - |
| The Wolf Among Us | 1.3 TF2 | $2.46 PP | - |
| Total War SHOGUN 2 Collection | 2.7 TF2 | $5.18 PP | - |
| Total War: Attila | 1.7 TF2 | $3.16 PP | - |
| Total War: Napoleon - Definitive Edition | 1.6 TF2 | $3.05 PP | - |
| Total War: ROME II - Emperor Edition | 2.4 TF2 | $4.57 PP | - |
| Total War™: WARHAMMER® | 3.1 TF2 | $5.93 PP | - |
| Totally Accurate Battle Simulator | 1.7 TF2 | $3.22 PP | - |
| Trailmakers | 0.4 TF2 | $0.75 PP | - |
| Tropico 6 | 2.2 TF2 | $4.2 PP | - |
| Two Point Campus | 1.0 TF2 | $1.88 PP | - |
| Ultimate Chicken Horse | 1.5 TF2 | $2.91 PP | - |
| Unpacking | 1.0 TF2 | $1.95 PP | - |
| Unrailed! | 1.0 TF2 | $1.92 PP | - |
| VTOL VR | 4.8 TF2 | $9.05 PP | - |
| Victoria 3 | Humble Choice (Apr 2024) | ||
| Viscera Cleanup Detail | 1.5 TF2 | $2.83 PP | - |
| WRATH: Aeon of Ruin | 0.7 TF2 | $1.37 PP | - |
| WWE 2K23 | 6.7 TF2 | $12.82 PP | - |
| Warhammer 40,000 Dawn of War III | 1.6 TF2 | $2.95 PP | - |
| Warhammer 40,000: Chaos Gate - Daemonhunters | 1.9 TF2 | $3.63 PP | - |
| Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War - Master Collection | 2.2 TF2 | $4.15 PP | - |
| Warhammer 40,000: Gladius - Relics of War | 1.4 TF2 | $2.66 PP | - |
| Warhammer: Vermintide 2 | 0.8 TF2 | $1.47 PP | - |
| Wasteland 3 | 1.2 TF2 | $2.34 PP | - |
| Wingspan | 1.7 TF2 | $3.21 PP | - |
| Witch It | 0.8 TF2 | $1.6 PP | - |
| Worms Armageddon | 0.6 TF2 | $1.22 PP | - |
| Worms Ultimate Mayhem - Deluxe Edition | 0.9 TF2 | $1.72 PP | - |
| Yakuza 0 | 3.3 TF2 | $6.22 PP | - |
| Yakuza 4 Remastered | 0.4 TF2 | $0.82 PP | - |
| Zombie Army 4: Dead War | 1.1 TF2 | $2.13 PP | - |
| Zombie Army Trilogy | 0.4 TF2 | $0.73 PP | - |
| rFactor 2 | 0.6 TF2 | $1.13 PP | - |
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2024.04.28 23:52 Scared_Armadillo_333 This is so dumb.
 | Here's the context to the picture on my earlier post. Her name is Jessi Lawless. A social media influencer and podcaster married to 90s pornstar Jenna Jameson. They posted this picture in order to show that she's strapped 24/7 because someone allegedly found their home address in Las Vegas (which is funny, because later they did an episode of MTV Cribs that literally shows a drone shot of the house and surrounding neighborhood) and it's so retarded. Literally no gun owner wears their gun to bed! Jenna supposedly took this pic while she was sleeping and it's obviously fake. 😅 submitted by Scared_Armadillo_333 to u/Scared_Armadillo_333 [link] [comments] |
2024.04.28 23:41 LeastBike8204 Hello, does anyone know what model is this jacket? Can't find it trought google image search.
2024.04.28 23:37 htmod Why You Shouldn't Buy 2024 Samsung DU7200, DU8000, DU9000, Q60D, Q70D, Q80D, QN85D, or QN90D
Why You Shouldn't Buy 2024 Samsung DU7200, DU8000, DU9000, Q60D, Q70D, Q80D, QN85D, or QN90D
Updated April 2024
Written by: Bill_Money Edited & Maintained by htmod
More Information will be added as more data comes out.
Edge Lit
No HDMI 2.1
Only 2 HDMI Ports/Only 1 USB Port. No Toslink Port
No VRFree Sync/G-Sync
"Crystal Processor" Samsung has had poor Processors for years with bad upscaling/processing/motion handling
Overly blue/Panel backlight setting locked behind service menu
Horrible Tizen OS
Massive Reduction in QA/QC for Samsung since 2016
Better Value Elsewhere
The Bottom Line (Rtings): "The Samsung DU8000 is an entry-level model in Samsung's 2024 lineup and replaces the Samsung CU8000. It sits above the Samsung DU7000 and below Samsung's QLED lineup. It uses Samsung's AirSlim design, which is meant to provide a slim design that blends into your wall, and this TV comes with Samsung's proprietary Tizen OS, which has been updated to version 8.0 in 2024. The TV has a 20W 2.0 channel speaker system built-in and is available in a wide variety of sizes: anything from a small 43-inch model to a large 85-inch model. It's a basic TV"
"The Samsung DU8000 is okay for mixed usage. It's best suited for watching movies or playing games in a dark room since it doesn't get bright enough to overcome glare in a bright room. HDR content lacks impact due to the TV's unremarkable contrast and inadequate HDR brightness, so blacks aren't deep at all when bright highlights are on screen, and highlights don't stand out the way they should. It also has a narrow viewing angle, so it's not a good option for watching shows or sports as a group, as anyone sitting to the side sees a degraded image."
"The Samsung DU8000 is just alright for watching sports. Its uniformity is decent, but there's some noticeable dirty screen effect when watching sports with large areas of uniform color, like hockey or soccer. Due to its narrow viewing angle, it's not a good choice for hosting game days since anyone sitting off to the sides sees a degraded image. The TV only has decent reflection handling and doesn't get bright enough to overcome glare, so it's not a good option for watching the game in a bright room."
"The Samsung DU8000 is an okay TV overall, but it's held back by its lack of local dimming, low peak brightness, narrow viewing angle, and lack of modern gaming features. You can do much better with your money by going with a TV like the TCL Q7/Q750G QLED"
/HTBuyingGuides:
The DU8000 is the replacement for the incredibly poor CU8000. Check /TVRepair, /4kTV, & /SamsungTV for the # of issues this tv had. We cannot in good conscious recommend the replacement of the CU8000.
It has a slow processor, horrible motion handling, & poor upscaling.
"The back of the TV is identical to the Samsung CU8000. It's made entirely out of plastic and has etched horizontal lines. There are two ports that directly face the back and a cutout where you'll find the rest of the inputs, so these can be hard to reach if you have the TV wall mounted. "
"The Samsung DU8000 has mediocre build quality. It's made entirely of plastic, and there's some wobble from front to back, but the TV recovers quickly. There's also some flex on the back of the TV that increases near the VESA mounting points, but this doesn't cause any issues. However, there's a large gap between the area where the screen meets the border. We don't know if this is isolated to our unit, but it's concerning."
/HTBuyingGuides: TV is made cheaply as expected. HDMI 3 & Toslink port are in a pain in the ass position if mounted.
Backlit: EDGE
"Its native contrast is good, but it lacks a local dimming feature, so blacks are deep in dim and dark scenes, but they become raised and washed out when bright highlights are on the screen."
"The Samsung DU8000 has inadequate HDR brightness. It's not bright enough to display HDR content properly. Bright highlights don't stand out, and overall, this TV doesn't provide an impactful HDR experience."
"The Samsung DU8000 has sub-par SDR brightness. It's not bright enough to overcome glare in a well-lit room, so it's best suited for dark or moderately lit rooms."
/HTBuyingGuides: TV has poor brightness and is not suitable for use outside of a bedroom TV
"The TV's color volume is mediocre. It doesn't display darker colors well due to its unremarkable contrast, and it can't display most colors at high luminance levels."
"The Samsung DU8000 has decent pre-calibration accuracy. Reds, greens, and blues are underrepresented in darker shades of gray, color temperature is cooler than than our target of 6500K, and gamma is much darker than the 2.2 target. Color accuracy is decent overall, but there are noticeable inaccuracies with magentas, reds, and blues."
/HTBuyingGuides: Typical Samsung cool color temperature to fake/push brightness higher.
"The TV has poor low-quality content smoothing. Although it preserves details well, there's no noticeable smoothing done, and artifacts are still present. "
"The TV's gradient handling is alright. There's significant banding in greens and noticeable banding in dark grays and dark reds."
"The Samsung DU8000 uses a BGR (Blue-Green-Red) subpixel layout instead of the traditional RGB layout. For video or gaming content, this doesn't cause any issues, but for PC monitor use, it can be a problem as it can impact text clarity."
"The TV uses pulse-width modulation (PWM) to dim its backlight, which introduces flicker that can bother people who are sensitive to it. The amount of flicker varies depending on what picture mode the TV is set to and what settings you're using."
"Due to this TV's relatively slow response time, it does an alright job with stutter in 24 fps content like movies, but there's still noticeable stutter with slower camera movements. "
"The TV supports all common resolutions at 60Hz. Unfortunately, 1440p doesn't work in Game Mode. The TV displays a cropped window, even though 1440p works fine outside of Game Mode."
Samsung has had poor Processors for years with bad upscaling/processing/motion handling especially on their cheapest TV's.
Overly blue/Panel backlight setting locked behind service menu.
Horrible Tizen OS.
Massive Reduction in QA/QC for Samsung since ~2016.
Better Value Elsewhere.
We would not recommend anyone purchase the Samsung DU8000.
For those in the US/Canada - TCL Q750G. For Europe & Other Regions - TCL C745
Yes VA Panel & HDMI 2.1 (only 3 HDMI Ports though) but uses garbage tier Samsung Crystal Processor
No HDMI 2.1, Only 3 HDMI Ports
Quantum Processor Lite, Samsung has had poor Processors for years with bad upscaling/processing/motion handling
Overly blue/Panel backlight setting locked behind service menu
Horrible Tizen OS
Massive Reduction in QA/QC for Samsung since 2016
Better Value Elsewhere
Verified Edge Lit
Samsung has had poor Processors for years with bad upscaling/processing/motion handling
Overly blue/Panel backlight setting locked behind service menu
Horrible Tizen OS
Massive Reduction in QA/QC for Samsung since 2016
Better Value Elsewhere
EU Specific for QN70D & Variants -
43 & 50 models have NO HDMI 2.1. Only 3 HDMI 2.0 Ports
Are 50 hz
Use an even worse processor!
Samsung has had poor Processors for years with bad upscaling/processing/motion handling
Overly blue/Panel backlight setting locked behind service menu
Horrible Tizen OS
Massive Reduction in QA/QC for Samsung since 2016
Better Value Elsewhere
No processor listed, Samsung has had poor Processors for years with bad upscaling/processing/motion handling
Overly blue/Panel backlight setting locked behind service menu
Horrible Tizen OS
Massive Reduction in QA/QC for Samsung since 2016
Better Value Elsewhere
Per Display Specifications 55, 65, 75, & 85 inch again use ADS panel in both US & Europe despite claims of others.
Samsung has bad upscaling, processing, & motion handling.
Overly blue/cool tones to fake brighter screen.
Panel backlight setting locked behind service menu
Horrible Tizen OS
Massive Reduction in QA/QC for Samsung since 2016
Better Value Elsewhere
submitted by htmod to HTBuyingGuides [link] [comments]
Updated April 2024
Written by: Bill_Money Edited & Maintained by htmod
More Information will be added as more data comes out.
DISCLAIMER - DOES NOT APPLY TO 43, 50 , & 98 INCH VERSIONS OF QN90D. APPLIES TO ALL OTHER SIZES.
- DU7200
Edge Lit
No HDMI 2.1
Only 2 HDMI Ports/Only 1 USB Port. No Toslink Port
No VRFree Sync/G-Sync
"Crystal Processor" Samsung has had poor Processors for years with bad upscaling/processing/motion handling
Overly blue/Panel backlight setting locked behind service menu
Horrible Tizen OS
Massive Reduction in QA/QC for Samsung since 2016
Better Value Elsewhere
- Samsung DU8000 AKA DU8070, DU8090, DU8100, & DU8500 in Europe
The Bottom Line (Rtings): "The Samsung DU8000 is an entry-level model in Samsung's 2024 lineup and replaces the Samsung CU8000. It sits above the Samsung DU7000 and below Samsung's QLED lineup. It uses Samsung's AirSlim design, which is meant to provide a slim design that blends into your wall, and this TV comes with Samsung's proprietary Tizen OS, which has been updated to version 8.0 in 2024. The TV has a 20W 2.0 channel speaker system built-in and is available in a wide variety of sizes: anything from a small 43-inch model to a large 85-inch model. It's a basic TV"
"The Samsung DU8000 is okay for mixed usage. It's best suited for watching movies or playing games in a dark room since it doesn't get bright enough to overcome glare in a bright room. HDR content lacks impact due to the TV's unremarkable contrast and inadequate HDR brightness, so blacks aren't deep at all when bright highlights are on screen, and highlights don't stand out the way they should. It also has a narrow viewing angle, so it's not a good option for watching shows or sports as a group, as anyone sitting to the side sees a degraded image."
"The Samsung DU8000 is just alright for watching sports. Its uniformity is decent, but there's some noticeable dirty screen effect when watching sports with large areas of uniform color, like hockey or soccer. Due to its narrow viewing angle, it's not a good choice for hosting game days since anyone sitting off to the sides sees a degraded image. The TV only has decent reflection handling and doesn't get bright enough to overcome glare, so it's not a good option for watching the game in a bright room."
"The Samsung DU8000 is an okay TV overall, but it's held back by its lack of local dimming, low peak brightness, narrow viewing angle, and lack of modern gaming features. You can do much better with your money by going with a TV like the TCL Q7/Q750G QLED"
/HTBuyingGuides:
The DU8000 is the replacement for the incredibly poor CU8000. Check /TVRepair, /4kTV, & /SamsungTV for the # of issues this tv had. We cannot in good conscious recommend the replacement of the CU8000.
It has a slow processor, horrible motion handling, & poor upscaling.
- Build Quality
"The back of the TV is identical to the Samsung CU8000. It's made entirely out of plastic and has etched horizontal lines. There are two ports that directly face the back and a cutout where you'll find the rest of the inputs, so these can be hard to reach if you have the TV wall mounted. "
"The Samsung DU8000 has mediocre build quality. It's made entirely of plastic, and there's some wobble from front to back, but the TV recovers quickly. There's also some flex on the back of the TV that increases near the VESA mounting points, but this doesn't cause any issues. However, there's a large gap between the area where the screen meets the border. We don't know if this is isolated to our unit, but it's concerning."
/HTBuyingGuides: TV is made cheaply as expected. HDMI 3 & Toslink port are in a pain in the ass position if mounted.
- Contrast & Brightness
Backlit: EDGE
"Its native contrast is good, but it lacks a local dimming feature, so blacks are deep in dim and dark scenes, but they become raised and washed out when bright highlights are on the screen."
"The Samsung DU8000 has inadequate HDR brightness. It's not bright enough to display HDR content properly. Bright highlights don't stand out, and overall, this TV doesn't provide an impactful HDR experience."
"The Samsung DU8000 has sub-par SDR brightness. It's not bright enough to overcome glare in a well-lit room, so it's best suited for dark or moderately lit rooms."
/HTBuyingGuides: TV has poor brightness and is not suitable for use outside of a bedroom TV
- Color Gamut/Volume
"The TV's color volume is mediocre. It doesn't display darker colors well due to its unremarkable contrast, and it can't display most colors at high luminance levels."
"The Samsung DU8000 has decent pre-calibration accuracy. Reds, greens, and blues are underrepresented in darker shades of gray, color temperature is cooler than than our target of 6500K, and gamma is much darker than the 2.2 target. Color accuracy is decent overall, but there are noticeable inaccuracies with magentas, reds, and blues."
/HTBuyingGuides: Typical Samsung cool color temperature to fake/push brightness higher.
- Other
"The TV has poor low-quality content smoothing. Although it preserves details well, there's no noticeable smoothing done, and artifacts are still present. "
"The TV's gradient handling is alright. There's significant banding in greens and noticeable banding in dark grays and dark reds."
"The Samsung DU8000 uses a BGR (Blue-Green-Red) subpixel layout instead of the traditional RGB layout. For video or gaming content, this doesn't cause any issues, but for PC monitor use, it can be a problem as it can impact text clarity."
"The TV uses pulse-width modulation (PWM) to dim its backlight, which introduces flicker that can bother people who are sensitive to it. The amount of flicker varies depending on what picture mode the TV is set to and what settings you're using."
"Due to this TV's relatively slow response time, it does an alright job with stutter in 24 fps content like movies, but there's still noticeable stutter with slower camera movements. "
"The TV supports all common resolutions at 60Hz. Unfortunately, 1440p doesn't work in Game Mode. The TV displays a cropped window, even though 1440p works fine outside of Game Mode."
- Final Thoughts
Samsung has had poor Processors for years with bad upscaling/processing/motion handling especially on their cheapest TV's.
Overly blue/Panel backlight setting locked behind service menu.
Horrible Tizen OS.
Massive Reduction in QA/QC for Samsung since ~2016.
Better Value Elsewhere.
We would not recommend anyone purchase the Samsung DU8000.
For those in the US/Canada - TCL Q750G. For Europe & Other Regions - TCL C745
- Samsung DU9000
Yes VA Panel & HDMI 2.1 (only 3 HDMI Ports though) but uses garbage tier Samsung Crystal Processor
- Samsung Q60D AKA Q64D/Q65D/Q67D in Europe
No HDMI 2.1, Only 3 HDMI Ports
Quantum Processor Lite, Samsung has had poor Processors for years with bad upscaling/processing/motion handling
Overly blue/Panel backlight setting locked behind service menu
Horrible Tizen OS
Massive Reduction in QA/QC for Samsung since 2016
Better Value Elsewhere
- Samsung Q70D AKA Q71D/Q72D/Q73D/Q74D/Q75D/Q77D in Europe
Verified Edge Lit
Samsung has had poor Processors for years with bad upscaling/processing/motion handling
Overly blue/Panel backlight setting locked behind service menu
Horrible Tizen OS
Massive Reduction in QA/QC for Samsung since 2016
Better Value Elsewhere
EU Specific for QN70D & Variants -
43 & 50 models have NO HDMI 2.1. Only 3 HDMI 2.0 Ports
Are 50 hz
Use an even worse processor!
- Samsung Q80D AKA Q81D/Q82D/Q83D/Q84D in Europe
Samsung has had poor Processors for years with bad upscaling/processing/motion handling
Overly blue/Panel backlight setting locked behind service menu
Horrible Tizen OS
Massive Reduction in QA/QC for Samsung since 2016
Better Value Elsewhere
- Samsung QN85D aka QN85D
No processor listed, Samsung has had poor Processors for years with bad upscaling/processing/motion handling
Overly blue/Panel backlight setting locked behind service menu
Horrible Tizen OS
Massive Reduction in QA/QC for Samsung since 2016
Better Value Elsewhere
- Samsung QN90D AKA QN91D/QN92D/QN93D/QN94D in Europe
Per Display Specifications 55, 65, 75, & 85 inch again use ADS panel in both US & Europe despite claims of others.
Samsung has bad upscaling, processing, & motion handling.
Overly blue/cool tones to fake brighter screen.
Panel backlight setting locked behind service menu
Horrible Tizen OS
Massive Reduction in QA/QC for Samsung since 2016
Better Value Elsewhere
2024.04.28 23:28 SpecificDirector1785 AITA.. Who am I kidding, I am defiantly the AH for sleeping with my ex-fiancé's affair baby 23 years later.
I'm a 45 year old guy. single no kids. All names are fake.
Okey here is the short version. About 24 years ago my then fiancé Ella (then 20) told me she was pregnant. I was over the moon. We did not set a wedding date yet, but now we wanted to wait till the child was 2-3 to be part of the wedding party.
When she was about 7 months pregnant my world shattered. A "friend" (lets call him Luke) told me that the child was his and not mine. This lead to a physical fight and Ella took his side. We were done, I broke up with her there. she moved in with Luke. I did demand a paternity test, if the child was mine I demanded to be in it's life. After the birth of the girl the test was done twice. By a clinic I choose and one she choose. Turned out she was not mine. I was destroyed and left town. She could have her life, I didn't want to witness it.
And not to the present. A month ago my work brought me back to my home town temporary for two weeks. I ran into Ella with her daughter Nicky (23) at an impromptu school reunion. Ella wanted to catch up. I wasn't angry anymore, but also did not see the point of being friends. I declined and mingled. After while I sat at a table nursing a drink. Ella has already left and Nicky sat at my table. She asked for 10 minutes to talk. She knew about my history with her mother. And it was clear that she resented her mother. Because.... Luke was also not her bio dad. Ella cheated on me with at least 2 people. 23andme revealed the real bio dad, he had passed away already. When Nicky was 7 Luke found out and kicked them out. And it became the scandal. Nicky was bullied her whole live for being the affair baby. Luke's family disowned her. All the cousins she was close with, were gone all of a sudden. She blamed her mother.
I asked her why she told me all of this, She said that I am someone who would understand this betrayal. And she is a product of that betrayal. She does not expect anything from me, she just needed someone to talk to that would understand. I felt for this kid, so we kept talking. We exchanged contact info and went our own ways. Next day she wanted to talk more, to vent more. So we met in the bar of the hotel I was staying. We had drinks and she ranted about her life. We talked till late and when the bar closed Nicky was too drunk to drive home and since I didn't know where she lived I couldn't even get her an uber. So I took her to my room. I have the habit of always getting a room with twin beds. So she slept in one bed and I slept in the other. Nothing happened, Next morning we had breakfast and she left while I went to work. A few nights I met Nicky in de bar because she had a lot to rant about. We also talked about her future and she expressed interest to move out of town to escape the stigma of being the affair baby. Here is where I am the asshole. I made a move on her one night. At first she walked away. I thought I blew it so I went up to my room. An hour later she send me a text asking if I was in my room. As soon as I answer with yes she knocked on the door.
I was sober, she was sober, I had time to think, I could have send her away, but I didn't. This is the daughter of my ex-fiancé. If I had never found out Ella cheated, I would have raised Nicky as my own daughter. But I found out and Nicky is not my daughter, I never saw her as a baby, never saw her grow up, I never saw her as a daughter, the first time I saw her was a week ago. So yes I slept with her, and then again.
Nicky is more vengeful then I am. She said she wanted to let her mother know, but she wasn't going to do it if I didn't want to. I was Okey with letting her know, It took a little convincing in how we would let her know. We took a picture together, clearly in bed, clearly naked but covered by sheets, and she send it as a one time view picture to her mother via Instagram message with the caption: "I can finally call him daddy"
Ella called and they got in a fight, Then she got in a fight with me (still over the phone), I thought I was over the betrayal, but it seems like I had bottled up everything and now it finally came out.
I had 4 more days there, and Nicky stayed in my hotel room those 4 days.
Now I'm back home. Nicky is currently packing everything, she going to move to another country to be away from her toxic environment. She will stay with me for a week maybe more before she flies away. She has going no contact with her mother. I have also blocked Ella on everything.
Yes, Nicky and I are both broken. I refused therapy for years, but after that one outburst where I told Ella everything that was bottled up, I've decided that I do need therapy. I have suggested it to Nicky, she said when she is settled she will.
I'm not even going to ask if I'm the asshole, I know I am.
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Okey here is the short version. About 24 years ago my then fiancé Ella (then 20) told me she was pregnant. I was over the moon. We did not set a wedding date yet, but now we wanted to wait till the child was 2-3 to be part of the wedding party.
When she was about 7 months pregnant my world shattered. A "friend" (lets call him Luke) told me that the child was his and not mine. This lead to a physical fight and Ella took his side. We were done, I broke up with her there. she moved in with Luke. I did demand a paternity test, if the child was mine I demanded to be in it's life. After the birth of the girl the test was done twice. By a clinic I choose and one she choose. Turned out she was not mine. I was destroyed and left town. She could have her life, I didn't want to witness it.
And not to the present. A month ago my work brought me back to my home town temporary for two weeks. I ran into Ella with her daughter Nicky (23) at an impromptu school reunion. Ella wanted to catch up. I wasn't angry anymore, but also did not see the point of being friends. I declined and mingled. After while I sat at a table nursing a drink. Ella has already left and Nicky sat at my table. She asked for 10 minutes to talk. She knew about my history with her mother. And it was clear that she resented her mother. Because.... Luke was also not her bio dad. Ella cheated on me with at least 2 people. 23andme revealed the real bio dad, he had passed away already. When Nicky was 7 Luke found out and kicked them out. And it became the scandal. Nicky was bullied her whole live for being the affair baby. Luke's family disowned her. All the cousins she was close with, were gone all of a sudden. She blamed her mother.
I asked her why she told me all of this, She said that I am someone who would understand this betrayal. And she is a product of that betrayal. She does not expect anything from me, she just needed someone to talk to that would understand. I felt for this kid, so we kept talking. We exchanged contact info and went our own ways. Next day she wanted to talk more, to vent more. So we met in the bar of the hotel I was staying. We had drinks and she ranted about her life. We talked till late and when the bar closed Nicky was too drunk to drive home and since I didn't know where she lived I couldn't even get her an uber. So I took her to my room. I have the habit of always getting a room with twin beds. So she slept in one bed and I slept in the other. Nothing happened, Next morning we had breakfast and she left while I went to work. A few nights I met Nicky in de bar because she had a lot to rant about. We also talked about her future and she expressed interest to move out of town to escape the stigma of being the affair baby. Here is where I am the asshole. I made a move on her one night. At first she walked away. I thought I blew it so I went up to my room. An hour later she send me a text asking if I was in my room. As soon as I answer with yes she knocked on the door.
I was sober, she was sober, I had time to think, I could have send her away, but I didn't. This is the daughter of my ex-fiancé. If I had never found out Ella cheated, I would have raised Nicky as my own daughter. But I found out and Nicky is not my daughter, I never saw her as a baby, never saw her grow up, I never saw her as a daughter, the first time I saw her was a week ago. So yes I slept with her, and then again.
Nicky is more vengeful then I am. She said she wanted to let her mother know, but she wasn't going to do it if I didn't want to. I was Okey with letting her know, It took a little convincing in how we would let her know. We took a picture together, clearly in bed, clearly naked but covered by sheets, and she send it as a one time view picture to her mother via Instagram message with the caption: "I can finally call him daddy"
Ella called and they got in a fight, Then she got in a fight with me (still over the phone), I thought I was over the betrayal, but it seems like I had bottled up everything and now it finally came out.
I had 4 more days there, and Nicky stayed in my hotel room those 4 days.
Now I'm back home. Nicky is currently packing everything, she going to move to another country to be away from her toxic environment. She will stay with me for a week maybe more before she flies away. She has going no contact with her mother. I have also blocked Ella on everything.
Yes, Nicky and I are both broken. I refused therapy for years, but after that one outburst where I told Ella everything that was bottled up, I've decided that I do need therapy. I have suggested it to Nicky, she said when she is settled she will.
I'm not even going to ask if I'm the asshole, I know I am.
2024.04.28 23:15 bloopeanut2 49 [M4F] - Northeast US: I like making lists. Do you vibe with my quirkiness?
- First and foremost, I'm not like the others. I'm not here for sex, I'm not going to show you a picture of my anatomy, and I loathe small talk.
- Me: Overthinking, shy, introverted nerd who seeks someone to fall in love with my mind. Anything else should follow naturally after.
- As an empath, I only know how to do things full blast. As such, my heart is covered with Care Bear stickers - the glow in the dark kind. Those are a few band-aids mixed in; hope you don't mind.
- History and time travel are my primary means of stress relief.
- I don't believe in limits. If I tell you I'm with you, it means just that. Please don't tell me that's impossible because I'm here, and you're x miles away there. Energy is real. Big bonus points if you are open to cuddling over distance.
- There is no #6. Duh.
- Oh. It says my age up there because I follow the rules, but I refuse to grow up. Adulthood only when necessary. Don't listen to muggles.
- Interrupting cow. Moo!
- You: I don't have a whole lot of expectations. Just be honest, don't fake it, don't be a bot, and be who you say you are. I seek permanence in a world that is too often sadly and profoundly temporary. So please, if you contact me, be prepared to stay. One more thing: As I alluded to above, please know and understand that making this post is a big, brave step for me, and be patient and nonjudgmental as we figure out the ropes. Affirm that with me, and you'll have my word on the same. I will most likely need your reassurance that I'm not messing up. I'm prepared to give that to you right back.
- What did the farmer say when he lost his tractor?
10a. There's a fine art to laughing at your own joke. Nothing better than giggling together. That's a form of affirmation.
- If you're still reading this, thank you. If you think our minds would connect, please tell me your favorite word in the unabridged dictionary, that you can think of without googling. Honors system applies here. Mine is "defenestration".
- That's the end of my humble list. Roll for initiative?
2024.04.28 23:00 Suspicious-Soup-199 My relatives might be trying to take possession of my inheritance
All names are fake.
My mother (Carrie) passed away in November of last year. She and her long time partner (Joe) lived in California; they were not married nor had a registered domestic partnership as far as I know. Joe let me know that my mom set aside jewelry and family heirlooms for me, and a few other items for my sister. He also mentioned multiple times that she left some money that was not his (and so I assume would pass to me and my sister). He is a nice guy and I didn’t want to rush him while he was grieving, so I just never got around to collecting my mother’s belongings (I live across the country).
My assumption was that Joe would have my mother’s will and act accordingly, so I did not file for probate. I do not know what assets she may have had.
I am very low contact with that side of the family, so I recently found out that Joe had passed away about a month ago. I don’t have a close relationship with Joe’s sister (Dawn, who lives in California and is now handling his estate) or my sister (Lyn, also in California), so I don’t have a full picture of the actual situation. Dawn has already been clearing out their house, and has packed up my mother’s documents (so we don’t know if any of her possessions have been taken as well). She told my sister that she did not find a will, and she has filed a petition to administer Joe’s estate. We would like to find the paperwork for any separate accounts held by my mother, but mostly I would just like to take possession of the items my mother left for me. My sister does not have a good relationship with Dawn, but has told me that Dawn has prevented her from taking items such as my mother’s heirloom tablecloths and Lyn’s baby book. I have been trying to make arrangements to travel to California and collect the items left to me, but Dawn has rescheduled and today she asked me not to come because her lawyer told her to wait until Joe’s probate hearing passed through the court. Like I said, it is hard to see if I am getting the full picture, or if Dawn is trying to prevent us from taking possession of our inheritance. There have been a couple of red flags in the communication, so I was hoping for advice on the legal process here.
Their house is worth a significant sum but the deed was joint tenancy, so unless we find a will, that might just be included in Joe’s estate now. After my mom died, Joe never completed the paperwork that the house had basically reverted into his full ownership. If I do need to start legal proceedings, how likely would it be that my sister and I would inherit any ownership of the house?
I wanted to finish up my side of things before Joe’s estate went through probate so that I would have leverage if Dawn tried anything sketchy, but his probate hearing is coming up soon. Would it theoretically be possible that my mother’s estate gets mixed into Joe’s and then we would have no legal standing to take possession of my mother’s estate after Joe’s probate hearing?
Is there any reason why my sister and I would not be able to enter the home and collect my mother’s possessions? Dawn currently would have to agree to let us in the home (even though she has already been going through the house herself). We would just like to go in and take what my mother left us on a day Dawn is already at the house.
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My mother (Carrie) passed away in November of last year. She and her long time partner (Joe) lived in California; they were not married nor had a registered domestic partnership as far as I know. Joe let me know that my mom set aside jewelry and family heirlooms for me, and a few other items for my sister. He also mentioned multiple times that she left some money that was not his (and so I assume would pass to me and my sister). He is a nice guy and I didn’t want to rush him while he was grieving, so I just never got around to collecting my mother’s belongings (I live across the country).
My assumption was that Joe would have my mother’s will and act accordingly, so I did not file for probate. I do not know what assets she may have had.
I am very low contact with that side of the family, so I recently found out that Joe had passed away about a month ago. I don’t have a close relationship with Joe’s sister (Dawn, who lives in California and is now handling his estate) or my sister (Lyn, also in California), so I don’t have a full picture of the actual situation. Dawn has already been clearing out their house, and has packed up my mother’s documents (so we don’t know if any of her possessions have been taken as well). She told my sister that she did not find a will, and she has filed a petition to administer Joe’s estate. We would like to find the paperwork for any separate accounts held by my mother, but mostly I would just like to take possession of the items my mother left for me. My sister does not have a good relationship with Dawn, but has told me that Dawn has prevented her from taking items such as my mother’s heirloom tablecloths and Lyn’s baby book. I have been trying to make arrangements to travel to California and collect the items left to me, but Dawn has rescheduled and today she asked me not to come because her lawyer told her to wait until Joe’s probate hearing passed through the court. Like I said, it is hard to see if I am getting the full picture, or if Dawn is trying to prevent us from taking possession of our inheritance. There have been a couple of red flags in the communication, so I was hoping for advice on the legal process here.
Their house is worth a significant sum but the deed was joint tenancy, so unless we find a will, that might just be included in Joe’s estate now. After my mom died, Joe never completed the paperwork that the house had basically reverted into his full ownership. If I do need to start legal proceedings, how likely would it be that my sister and I would inherit any ownership of the house?
I wanted to finish up my side of things before Joe’s estate went through probate so that I would have leverage if Dawn tried anything sketchy, but his probate hearing is coming up soon. Would it theoretically be possible that my mother’s estate gets mixed into Joe’s and then we would have no legal standing to take possession of my mother’s estate after Joe’s probate hearing?
Is there any reason why my sister and I would not be able to enter the home and collect my mother’s possessions? Dawn currently would have to agree to let us in the home (even though she has already been going through the house herself). We would just like to go in and take what my mother left us on a day Dawn is already at the house.
2024.04.28 22:49 No-Rest8697 Dissociated my entire relationship?
When I first started my relationship I decided I wanted to stop being the person I was before. I wanted to be more healthy, ignore the unhelpful thought processes I had and act opposite of them. At first it felt weird because for years I was just an awful ungrateful piece of shit to everyone in my entire life. I felt chained to a person who didn’t know how to love me and I didn’t know how to love her or anyone. My entire identity was devoting myself to her and chasing crumbs of affection when she was incredibly indecisive of whether she wanted me or not. I treated everyone badly including her. So I left her, left most of the bad habits I had behind, and started my life anew. I know this is probably bad to do, but I pictured “myself” as this new girl who could take care of herself, who was capable of love, who was sweet and cute. I was happy. I viewed (possibly the real me) my inner voice as a negative, hateful sad person who I could ignore and act opposite towards. In a way the two mes had a good relationship, and I loved my boyfriend in real life but he reminded me of the sad me inside that I could love and protect.
While this is probably wrong to do, I felt genuine empathy for him, and I think he might have been the first person in my entire life that I felt it towards. When he was sad, I got sad. I felt deeply sad actually and empathetic. I never felt that way towards anyone before. I also had been taking better care of myself for him and to model myself after this ideal person I wanted to be. I was frequently hygienic, I had a job, and I felt genuine appreciation for the people around me. I think I was genuinely faking it until I made it and it was working. I didn’t treat the people in my life badly anymore outwardly. Until one day it suddenly stopped because something I did triggered me into realizing I was acting like how I used to. The inner me was taking over and I shattered.
Now I am back to being horribly miserable inside, chained to a woman I have had no contact with for almost 2 years now, angry, manipulative, and just generally sad. Every time I talk I annoy myself. What the hell happened? Was the person I thought I was not me? Am I seriously doomed to be this sad miserable excuse of a person??? It’s so horrible. I loved myself back then but my brain tells me it wasn’t real, this terrible person is the true me and I don’t deserve good things.
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While this is probably wrong to do, I felt genuine empathy for him, and I think he might have been the first person in my entire life that I felt it towards. When he was sad, I got sad. I felt deeply sad actually and empathetic. I never felt that way towards anyone before. I also had been taking better care of myself for him and to model myself after this ideal person I wanted to be. I was frequently hygienic, I had a job, and I felt genuine appreciation for the people around me. I think I was genuinely faking it until I made it and it was working. I didn’t treat the people in my life badly anymore outwardly. Until one day it suddenly stopped because something I did triggered me into realizing I was acting like how I used to. The inner me was taking over and I shattered.
Now I am back to being horribly miserable inside, chained to a woman I have had no contact with for almost 2 years now, angry, manipulative, and just generally sad. Every time I talk I annoy myself. What the hell happened? Was the person I thought I was not me? Am I seriously doomed to be this sad miserable excuse of a person??? It’s so horrible. I loved myself back then but my brain tells me it wasn’t real, this terrible person is the true me and I don’t deserve good things.
2024.04.28 22:44 Virtual-Grade592 [A4A] [F4A] [M4A] [script offer] First magic lesson with your lich partner [fantasy] [magic] [magical lessons] [lich] [part 6]
This script is part of my lich partner series. You can find the other parts in my masterlist: My masterlist : u/Virtual-Grade592 (reddit.com)
I put the script in scriptbin for ease of recording (I heard some VA's prefer reading it from there): Virtual-Grade592: [A4A] [F4A] [M4A] It turns out your partner is a lich [fantasy] [magic] [undead] - scriptbin
It's okay to fill this script and make minor adjustments. Please give me credit for writing the script and put a link in the comments so that I can find your audio. It's okay to paywall, but send me a copy of the audio then.
(The listener begins their first lesson in learning magic with their partner. For some reason the speaker brought the listener to the middle of a desert)
Aahhh here we are. The perfect place to practice some magic.
[pause]
Why are we in the desert? Because there is nothing out here. There are no people who could spot us doing magic. There is no collateral damage you could cause here. And most importantly, there is peace and quiet. The perfect environment to concentrate.
[pause]
Yeah, this is basically our playground. Here you are free to experiment with magic to your heart’s content. Your magic lessons will take place here.
[pause]
*sarcastic* Aw is the sand too rough for you? Do you find it uncomfortable standing on all this sand? If only there was some mystical power that could help.
[pause]
*teasing* No honey, I won’t do it for you. You’ll have to do it on your own. How else are you going to learn to cast magic?
[pause]
Sweetheart, a demonstration is hardly going to help. I doubt you’d learn anything by just watching me cast magic. You would only see the effect it has, not the process of the magic itself. I’ll show you why it wouldn’t work.
[crack of thunder]
There, a bolt of lightning leapt from my hand. After my amazing demonstration, can you repeat it?
[pause]
No? That’s what I thought. It’s not easy to cast magic honey. You can’t just wave your hand and it happens. It’s like learning to walk or talk. Right now you are stumbling and blabbering, but with time and guidance you can run. So let us begin with a small step at first. The sand is too hot right? It’s not quite a comfortable temperature?
[pause]
Yeah I’ll teach you how to cool it down. First visualise what you want to happen. Imagine the sand getting cool, like when night falls in the desert. The heat seeps away and the grains of sand get nice and cool. Now picture which part of the sand gets cold. Look at your meet. It’s the sand beneath you that you want to cool.
[pause]
Okay, keep that image in your mind. Stay focussed on the cold sand. Now breathe in. *speaker breathes in as well.* Feel the magical energy build up in the back of your mind. Now let the energy flow through your mind, absorbing your image of cold sand. And finally breathe out, letting the magic leave your mind. *speaker breathes out as well.* That’s it, it’s working.
[pause]
*laughing hysterically* Honey, you certainly created something magical. I just didn’t expect you to turn the sand blue. *teasing* Just a bit more practice and you’ll be the greatest painter known to man.
[pause]
*speaker tries to hold their laughter in.* Okay, okay sweetie, I’ll be serious. I won’t laugh, even though you look ridiculous standing on blue sand.
[pause]
*gradually getting serious again.* What went wrong? The frequency of the spell changed. When the magical energy moves through your brain, you change it to a specific frequency, so that it will do what you want it to do. This is why you need to keep imagining what you want to happen. Your brain changes the energy to the frequency of the image you focus on. I think you got distracted or associated cold with blue for a moment. That changed the spell from cooling the sand to changing it’s colour.
[pause]
*uplifting* Oh sweetheart, don’t be discouraged. Magic is genuinely difficult. You already did great by creating any magical effect. Usually when a magician doesn’t have a clear enough image in their mind, because they get distracted for example, then the spell doesn’t work. The frequency is too messed up to do anything. But you still made it clear enough to have an effect. So you did well for your first time. Just keep trying and you’ll get the hang of it.
[pause]
Yeah I mean it. For a first attempt it was good. And I know you’ll get better if you keep trying. So please give it another go.
[pause]
Good honey, picture what will happen in your mind, breathe in, let the magic float in your skull and breathe out. Let the magic float out.
[pause]
Nothing happened? That’s okay. When I try to learn a new spell, it can take hours or even days before I get it right. It’s frustrating trying over and over again with no results, but that is just part of being a magician. This is simply part of the learning process.
[pause]
You want to try again? Wonderful honey, go ahead.
[pause]
Oh you want me to be quiet? Okay, I won’t disturb your concentration.
[longer pause]
Sweetie, I know it’s frustrating that nothing happened again. Just relax.
[pause]
*reassuring* No, you’re not doing anything wrong. It simply takes practice. But I can see you’re getting frustrated, so I think a break is in order. Let’s get your mind off failure. And I have the perfect way to do it.
[the speaker picks the listener up.]
Here you go, you’re snugly in my arms. Now let me show you how amazing magic can be.
[sound of wind as the speaker begins to fly.]
Yeah, you’re not seeing things, we’re really flying. I know this has always been your favourite superpower. See that tiny blue spot down there? That’s where we stood a few moments ago.
[pause]
It’s amazing isn’t it? Being so high up? Feeling the wind in your hair? All this is possible with a little magic. And you can learn this as well. For now it’s too difficult for you, but in a year or two you’re ready for this.
[pause]
*jokingly* You can’t wait for it? Birds learn to fly by jumping off a tree. Would you learn it if I let you go now?
[pause]
*laughing* I’m kidding. You’re safe with me darling. I’d never let you fall. And when you’re down, I’ll pick you back up.
[pause]
You’re feeling better? You’re ready to get back down and try the spell again? Okay, I’ll fly us down.
[wind noises as the speaker flies down and lands on the ground]
Here we are, back on terra firma. Take a moment to breathe. Relax and feel calm. When you feel ready, then begin casting the spell.
[longer pause]
*surprised* Huh? Honey why did you jump back?
[pause]
It’s gotten too cold? Hang on let me feel the sand.
[speaker pulls hand back in shock]
Oof that’s freezing. Congrats sweetheart, you certainly nailed it. In fact you did a bit too well. You’ve made it far too cold for comfort. But that’s a minor problem. You’ll get more self-control over the temperature the more you practice the spell. We can work on that another time, now I think we should celebrate your first success as a mage.
[pause]
*fake pondering* How to celebrate? I wonder. Perhaps like this?
[snaps fingers and fireworks go off.]
Congratulations my dear. You’re officially a spellcaster. And in my opinion you are the most handsome mage in the world. How do you feel?
[pause]
Tired and hungry? That’s understandable. Your first time with magic is intense. Now that you’ve succeeded your first spell, I think we can call it a day. I’ll teleport us back to town and we can enjoy our dinner in peace. Here, hold my hand.
[teleportation noises]
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I put the script in scriptbin for ease of recording (I heard some VA's prefer reading it from there): Virtual-Grade592: [A4A] [F4A] [M4A] It turns out your partner is a lich [fantasy] [magic] [undead] - scriptbin
It's okay to fill this script and make minor adjustments. Please give me credit for writing the script and put a link in the comments so that I can find your audio. It's okay to paywall, but send me a copy of the audio then.
(The listener begins their first lesson in learning magic with their partner. For some reason the speaker brought the listener to the middle of a desert)
Aahhh here we are. The perfect place to practice some magic.
[pause]
Why are we in the desert? Because there is nothing out here. There are no people who could spot us doing magic. There is no collateral damage you could cause here. And most importantly, there is peace and quiet. The perfect environment to concentrate.
[pause]
Yeah, this is basically our playground. Here you are free to experiment with magic to your heart’s content. Your magic lessons will take place here.
[pause]
*sarcastic* Aw is the sand too rough for you? Do you find it uncomfortable standing on all this sand? If only there was some mystical power that could help.
[pause]
*teasing* No honey, I won’t do it for you. You’ll have to do it on your own. How else are you going to learn to cast magic?
[pause]
Sweetheart, a demonstration is hardly going to help. I doubt you’d learn anything by just watching me cast magic. You would only see the effect it has, not the process of the magic itself. I’ll show you why it wouldn’t work.
[crack of thunder]
There, a bolt of lightning leapt from my hand. After my amazing demonstration, can you repeat it?
[pause]
No? That’s what I thought. It’s not easy to cast magic honey. You can’t just wave your hand and it happens. It’s like learning to walk or talk. Right now you are stumbling and blabbering, but with time and guidance you can run. So let us begin with a small step at first. The sand is too hot right? It’s not quite a comfortable temperature?
[pause]
Yeah I’ll teach you how to cool it down. First visualise what you want to happen. Imagine the sand getting cool, like when night falls in the desert. The heat seeps away and the grains of sand get nice and cool. Now picture which part of the sand gets cold. Look at your meet. It’s the sand beneath you that you want to cool.
[pause]
Okay, keep that image in your mind. Stay focussed on the cold sand. Now breathe in. *speaker breathes in as well.* Feel the magical energy build up in the back of your mind. Now let the energy flow through your mind, absorbing your image of cold sand. And finally breathe out, letting the magic leave your mind. *speaker breathes out as well.* That’s it, it’s working.
[pause]
*laughing hysterically* Honey, you certainly created something magical. I just didn’t expect you to turn the sand blue. *teasing* Just a bit more practice and you’ll be the greatest painter known to man.
[pause]
*speaker tries to hold their laughter in.* Okay, okay sweetie, I’ll be serious. I won’t laugh, even though you look ridiculous standing on blue sand.
[pause]
*gradually getting serious again.* What went wrong? The frequency of the spell changed. When the magical energy moves through your brain, you change it to a specific frequency, so that it will do what you want it to do. This is why you need to keep imagining what you want to happen. Your brain changes the energy to the frequency of the image you focus on. I think you got distracted or associated cold with blue for a moment. That changed the spell from cooling the sand to changing it’s colour.
[pause]
*uplifting* Oh sweetheart, don’t be discouraged. Magic is genuinely difficult. You already did great by creating any magical effect. Usually when a magician doesn’t have a clear enough image in their mind, because they get distracted for example, then the spell doesn’t work. The frequency is too messed up to do anything. But you still made it clear enough to have an effect. So you did well for your first time. Just keep trying and you’ll get the hang of it.
[pause]
Yeah I mean it. For a first attempt it was good. And I know you’ll get better if you keep trying. So please give it another go.
[pause]
Good honey, picture what will happen in your mind, breathe in, let the magic float in your skull and breathe out. Let the magic float out.
[pause]
Nothing happened? That’s okay. When I try to learn a new spell, it can take hours or even days before I get it right. It’s frustrating trying over and over again with no results, but that is just part of being a magician. This is simply part of the learning process.
[pause]
You want to try again? Wonderful honey, go ahead.
[pause]
Oh you want me to be quiet? Okay, I won’t disturb your concentration.
[longer pause]
Sweetie, I know it’s frustrating that nothing happened again. Just relax.
[pause]
*reassuring* No, you’re not doing anything wrong. It simply takes practice. But I can see you’re getting frustrated, so I think a break is in order. Let’s get your mind off failure. And I have the perfect way to do it.
[the speaker picks the listener up.]
Here you go, you’re snugly in my arms. Now let me show you how amazing magic can be.
[sound of wind as the speaker begins to fly.]
Yeah, you’re not seeing things, we’re really flying. I know this has always been your favourite superpower. See that tiny blue spot down there? That’s where we stood a few moments ago.
[pause]
It’s amazing isn’t it? Being so high up? Feeling the wind in your hair? All this is possible with a little magic. And you can learn this as well. For now it’s too difficult for you, but in a year or two you’re ready for this.
[pause]
*jokingly* You can’t wait for it? Birds learn to fly by jumping off a tree. Would you learn it if I let you go now?
[pause]
*laughing* I’m kidding. You’re safe with me darling. I’d never let you fall. And when you’re down, I’ll pick you back up.
[pause]
You’re feeling better? You’re ready to get back down and try the spell again? Okay, I’ll fly us down.
[wind noises as the speaker flies down and lands on the ground]
Here we are, back on terra firma. Take a moment to breathe. Relax and feel calm. When you feel ready, then begin casting the spell.
[longer pause]
*surprised* Huh? Honey why did you jump back?
[pause]
It’s gotten too cold? Hang on let me feel the sand.
[speaker pulls hand back in shock]
Oof that’s freezing. Congrats sweetheart, you certainly nailed it. In fact you did a bit too well. You’ve made it far too cold for comfort. But that’s a minor problem. You’ll get more self-control over the temperature the more you practice the spell. We can work on that another time, now I think we should celebrate your first success as a mage.
[pause]
*fake pondering* How to celebrate? I wonder. Perhaps like this?
[snaps fingers and fireworks go off.]
Congratulations my dear. You’re officially a spellcaster. And in my opinion you are the most handsome mage in the world. How do you feel?
[pause]
Tired and hungry? That’s understandable. Your first time with magic is intense. Now that you’ve succeeded your first spell, I think we can call it a day. I’ll teleport us back to town and we can enjoy our dinner in peace. Here, hold my hand.
[teleportation noises]
2024.04.28 22:09 OpportunityJunior379 22 [m4m] Canada/Anywhere - trans man looking for meaningful chat leading to long term connection
Helloo. You can call me A for now. I am a 22 year old trans man. I look and sound like a man, have had surgery to make my chest flat, but still have female genitalia. I don't mind answering questions just please dont be a creep and between the ages of 19-30
Lately i have been looking for something more meaningful. Dating these days can be tiring with all these mixed signals, ghosting, and catfishing/fake people. It'd be nice to have someone to chat with on a daily basis about life and what we've gotten from it and what we want from it. Or even some cheeky banter, it doesn't have to be deep. I also am open to sexting (pics&vids) to deepen our connection as that is important to me but only with the right guy at the right time
Im open to distance as that has never been a problem for me as long as we can meet up at some point and we ft, call, send pictures of our days etc. the bare minimum really.
I don't really care about appearance as long as you are hygienic! I am willing to exchange a face picture if we hit it off, this helps me get to know you better!
Feel free to message me about yourself, or ask for my discord and we can start talking there instead.
Hope to hear from you! -A
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Lately i have been looking for something more meaningful. Dating these days can be tiring with all these mixed signals, ghosting, and catfishing/fake people. It'd be nice to have someone to chat with on a daily basis about life and what we've gotten from it and what we want from it. Or even some cheeky banter, it doesn't have to be deep. I also am open to sexting (pics&vids) to deepen our connection as that is important to me but only with the right guy at the right time
Im open to distance as that has never been a problem for me as long as we can meet up at some point and we ft, call, send pictures of our days etc. the bare minimum really.
I don't really care about appearance as long as you are hygienic! I am willing to exchange a face picture if we hit it off, this helps me get to know you better!
Feel free to message me about yourself, or ask for my discord and we can start talking there instead.
Hope to hear from you! -A
2024.04.28 21:46 Final-Ad-6096 Pi4B: picamera2 and gpiozero compatibility?
Hey! I am using a Raspberry Pi 4B with a Raspberry Pi Camera Module 2 to take pictures. As a control, I made a program that just detects button presses and prints out that the button has been pressed:
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from gpiozero import Button import signal import time lastButtonPress = 0 count = 0 def onButtonPress(): global count global lastButtonPress if time.time() - lastButtonPress > 0.5: count += 1 print(f"\nButton Pressed! ({count})") last_button_press = time.time() buttonPin = 23 button = Button(buttonPin) button.when_pressed = onButtonPress signal.pause() This works flawlessly and has no error. However, when I transfer this to code that does essentially the same thing but mixed with the picamera2 module, I get fake button clicks in random moments. Here's my code for that: Code: Select all
from picamera2 import Picamera2, Preview import signal from gpiozero import Button import time lastButtonPress = 0 debouncingTime = 0.5 def onButtonPress(): global lastButtonPress global picam2 if time.time() - lastButtonPress > debouncingTime: picam2.capture_file("test_image.jpg") print("\nImage Captured") lastButtonPress = time.time() buttonPin = 23 button = Button(buttonPin) button.when_pressed = onButtonPress picam2 = Picamera2() camera_config = picam2.create_preview_configuration() picam2.configure(camera_config) picam2.start_preview(Preview.QTGL) picam2.start() signal.pause() I don't know what could be causing problems here, but hopefully, someone knows how I can counteract it. Thank you!2024.04.28 21:40 No_Analysis_1169 My pokemon card collection
Last pictures is of fake cards I had as a child, I didn't include any energy cards...
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2024.04.28 21:18 Wolfinked Rescues
Do you guys ever adopt from rescues? Are there rescues where you live or online? Or do you rescue your own fish from pet stores? What defines rescue in your eyes? I wanted to know how other people's experiences were like.
For me, to rescue something is to take a person or creature from a dangerous or deadly situation, where without intervention they would have been harmed/hurt, continued to face harm/hurt or die.
In my eyes it doesn't matter where the animal is coming from or how it got to the rescue because it's about their wellbeing. Taking them from just surviving to thriving and being loved, being appreciated for simply existing here. As long as it's not something like a fake rescue buying puppy mill designer breed dogs and reselling them for a $700 each ''adoption fee''. That's what PetRescueExposed handles.
My first ever betta was a rescue, it fit the first description. He was rescued from dying in a ammonia spiked cup with bad fin rot at a petstore.
The rescue I got in contact with is a single person rescue. One person does all the work and everything is out of their pocket. You see the betta's before and after pictures, and they come with an adoption paper with their before and after pictures. They have before and after pictures on their site, even before adoption. They also have requirements, like actually have a proper tank setup beforehand and when submitting a application it includes questionnaire about fish care like cycling.
I reached out a month before my fish was adopted from here, and when I reached out I had the tank supplies coming. She guided me through the entire process.
My fish's name was Vulcan.
She raised him and healed him. I brought him from her and I only paid a small adoption fee (to cover the cost of caring for other bettas) + the shipping fee (they're in america but not in my state so they had to be shipped). They take bettas who are also suffering in cups from pet stores to heal, raise and rehome them. She also takes owner surrenders, people who for whatever reason cannot keep their bettas.
This is the only rescue I have contact with at all and we talk often. I tried to contact other rescues but only this one responded, and I admire her work. She's helping 3 bettas in their own individual tanks at a time.
She's an exceptional example of a rescue, and I wish I had a way to support her.
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For me, to rescue something is to take a person or creature from a dangerous or deadly situation, where without intervention they would have been harmed/hurt, continued to face harm/hurt or die.
In my eyes it doesn't matter where the animal is coming from or how it got to the rescue because it's about their wellbeing. Taking them from just surviving to thriving and being loved, being appreciated for simply existing here. As long as it's not something like a fake rescue buying puppy mill designer breed dogs and reselling them for a $700 each ''adoption fee''. That's what PetRescueExposed handles.
My first ever betta was a rescue, it fit the first description. He was rescued from dying in a ammonia spiked cup with bad fin rot at a petstore.
The rescue I got in contact with is a single person rescue. One person does all the work and everything is out of their pocket. You see the betta's before and after pictures, and they come with an adoption paper with their before and after pictures. They have before and after pictures on their site, even before adoption. They also have requirements, like actually have a proper tank setup beforehand and when submitting a application it includes questionnaire about fish care like cycling.
I reached out a month before my fish was adopted from here, and when I reached out I had the tank supplies coming. She guided me through the entire process.
My fish's name was Vulcan.
She raised him and healed him. I brought him from her and I only paid a small adoption fee (to cover the cost of caring for other bettas) + the shipping fee (they're in america but not in my state so they had to be shipped). They take bettas who are also suffering in cups from pet stores to heal, raise and rehome them. She also takes owner surrenders, people who for whatever reason cannot keep their bettas.
This is the only rescue I have contact with at all and we talk often. I tried to contact other rescues but only this one responded, and I admire her work. She's helping 3 bettas in their own individual tanks at a time.
She's an exceptional example of a rescue, and I wish I had a way to support her.
2024.04.28 21:07 bbbunsenburner I (18F) reached out to my biological father (42M), then ghosted him, and now I'm terrified I made a big mistake.
Lock in, this will be a long one. (throwaway for privacy) TL;DR at the end
For some context: my bio-dad and mom (38F) split when i was about 3, after which my mom got full custody of me and cut off his parental rights (for reasons i'll explain later). My mom remarried when i was 6, to my stepdad (40M), and they raised me alongside my two younger half siblings. Even though there was always a big difference in how he treated me vs how he treated my siblings, we never really acknowledged that I'm not technically his daughter. I had enough memories to know he wasn't my biological dad, but that was it. My parents (by which i mean mom and stepdad. whenever i say parents, that who i mean) never talked about my biological dad. But, that difference in treatment lead me to think about my bio-dad quite a bit.
(Also, i might get mixed up in the dad terminology. I've never referred to my stepdad and anything but 'dad', i'm just using technical terms here. so forgive me if i get mixed up. )
So when i was a freshman in high school, i finally got my mom to talk about him, but only enough for me to get a few meager details. Not the whole story by a landslide. That next day, i used the school computers, trying to look him up with the little things i knew. The search bar kinda looked like [(his last name), (my hometown)]. (I still had his last name until like second grade, so i knew it from yearbooks.)
What I found was a few news articles about him getting arrested and sentenced, for kidnapping me. I went home that day and my mom and I got in an argument about her not telling me the truth. She finally actually opened up, and though i still to this day haven't gotten the whole story, this is what i do know:
He was her drug dealeboyfriend when she was 18/19, and after i was born, their relationship got rocky, and they broke up. But they shared custody for a while, until he found her at her apartment with a different guy during a custody exchange, and went off his rocker. After she got him out of the apartment, he broke back in to get me, then drove away. She called the cops, he got arrested, and a few year later, he went to jail for 4 years. During that time, my mom got repeating restraining orders and got his parental rights revoked. I never saw him again.
There was one thing, above all else, she made clear: He was a bad person.
Now I'm 18, and a few months ago, me and my friends got started talking about our childhoods. I brought him up, and my friend looked him up one one of those people search websites, and found his Instagram and Facebook. His instagram was private, but his facebook wasn't. And what i found kinda fucked with me. Every year on my birthday was the same post. A handmade birthday cake, a few old pictures, and a message about how much he missed me. And in the comments of each of those posts were his family members, wishing me a happy birthday. His facebook also revealed that i had an older half brother and younger half sister.
Seeing everything left me feeling so... strange. Like a weird, dissociative shock. It felt like my whole world was falling apart. And I admit, I definitely wasn't in the right headspace for what i was about to do. But my friend had a realistic fake instagram account, with followers and posts and everything, and we redid it to look like it was my account. We put a different university in the bio, used different pics, and changed my last name to my moms maiden name. And we requested to follow my bio-dad.
The next day, (we had done that at like midnight btw), he accepted my follow request. My friend was the only one with access to the account at first, so i had her respond when he started messaging. Eventually, she gave me the log-in, and I was the one responding. He was really emotional and happy I reached out. He told me about how much he missed me, about my younger sister and older brother, and sent me $100.
But the entire time i was talking to him, I had this awful sinking feeling in my chest. I just felt so guilty for even caring about my bio-dad when i had a whole family i grew up with. But i was also terrified of my parents finding out i had reached out. They had made it so clear he was a bad person, and my mom had put so much energy into making sure he never saw me again. I was scared of what they would do if they found out i had reached out. (Most of my college is covered by the GI bill through my step-dad. He's made it clear that if i screw up, he can easily stop his benefits. so that was my biggest fear.)
And as I talked with him more, he also gave me my sister's instagram (She's 8, but apparently 8 year old have instagram now). And over the next day or two, I learned alot of-- questionable things. For one, he knew what university i actually go to. He said that he had a friend who was a private investigator and "had kept an eye on me". I also learned that he had pictures of me-- recent ones. My half-sister had a picture of me as her wallpaper, and by how she described it, it was within the last, maybe 2 years. (It was one of my favorite outfits, that i wore a lot my senior year of high school). So, I started to get an additional icky feeling. I'm his daughter, it makes sense that he would want to know how i am, but my mom had long term restraining orders. It just felt... weird. Like he knew stuff he shouldn't.
So I decided to ghost him. I know, i know, its kinda fucked up. I feel like a major asshole. But i didn't know what to do. I know that doesn't really excuse it, but thats why i'm here. Because ever since, I've felt like such a piece of shit. I probably shouldn't have ghosted him, but maybe i shouldn't have reached out to him in the first place. Reaching out with a fake account was fucked up, and I still want to actually meet him, i want to meet my little sister, I want to meet his-- my?-- family. But him knowing where i go to university and having recent pictures of me was scary. And, I have the family that raised me, who I love so much. It all just feels like so much, and I don't know what to do.
So I'm here. I think my brain has just been so muddled with everything that I haven't been about to think about it clearly, and I can't really talk to my parents about any of this.
So I really just want other people's insight/advice. What even is the best course of action in this situation?
TL;DR: my mom and bio-dad split when I was little, and then he got arrested for kidnapping me. Fast forward to now, I'm 18, and I found out he's been posting about me on Facebook on my birthday every year. I make a fake account to reach out, but then i find out he knows stuff about me and has recent pictures. It was really weird, and i was already feeling like i was betraying my actual family, so i ended up ghosting him. but now I'm feeling guilty and confused, and i'm wondering if I made a big mistake. I just don't know what to do next.
submitted by bbbunsenburner to relationship_advice [link] [comments]
For some context: my bio-dad and mom (38F) split when i was about 3, after which my mom got full custody of me and cut off his parental rights (for reasons i'll explain later). My mom remarried when i was 6, to my stepdad (40M), and they raised me alongside my two younger half siblings. Even though there was always a big difference in how he treated me vs how he treated my siblings, we never really acknowledged that I'm not technically his daughter. I had enough memories to know he wasn't my biological dad, but that was it. My parents (by which i mean mom and stepdad. whenever i say parents, that who i mean) never talked about my biological dad. But, that difference in treatment lead me to think about my bio-dad quite a bit.
(Also, i might get mixed up in the dad terminology. I've never referred to my stepdad and anything but 'dad', i'm just using technical terms here. so forgive me if i get mixed up. )
So when i was a freshman in high school, i finally got my mom to talk about him, but only enough for me to get a few meager details. Not the whole story by a landslide. That next day, i used the school computers, trying to look him up with the little things i knew. The search bar kinda looked like [(his last name), (my hometown)]. (I still had his last name until like second grade, so i knew it from yearbooks.)
What I found was a few news articles about him getting arrested and sentenced, for kidnapping me. I went home that day and my mom and I got in an argument about her not telling me the truth. She finally actually opened up, and though i still to this day haven't gotten the whole story, this is what i do know:
He was her drug dealeboyfriend when she was 18/19, and after i was born, their relationship got rocky, and they broke up. But they shared custody for a while, until he found her at her apartment with a different guy during a custody exchange, and went off his rocker. After she got him out of the apartment, he broke back in to get me, then drove away. She called the cops, he got arrested, and a few year later, he went to jail for 4 years. During that time, my mom got repeating restraining orders and got his parental rights revoked. I never saw him again.
There was one thing, above all else, she made clear: He was a bad person.
Now I'm 18, and a few months ago, me and my friends got started talking about our childhoods. I brought him up, and my friend looked him up one one of those people search websites, and found his Instagram and Facebook. His instagram was private, but his facebook wasn't. And what i found kinda fucked with me. Every year on my birthday was the same post. A handmade birthday cake, a few old pictures, and a message about how much he missed me. And in the comments of each of those posts were his family members, wishing me a happy birthday. His facebook also revealed that i had an older half brother and younger half sister.
Seeing everything left me feeling so... strange. Like a weird, dissociative shock. It felt like my whole world was falling apart. And I admit, I definitely wasn't in the right headspace for what i was about to do. But my friend had a realistic fake instagram account, with followers and posts and everything, and we redid it to look like it was my account. We put a different university in the bio, used different pics, and changed my last name to my moms maiden name. And we requested to follow my bio-dad.
The next day, (we had done that at like midnight btw), he accepted my follow request. My friend was the only one with access to the account at first, so i had her respond when he started messaging. Eventually, she gave me the log-in, and I was the one responding. He was really emotional and happy I reached out. He told me about how much he missed me, about my younger sister and older brother, and sent me $100.
But the entire time i was talking to him, I had this awful sinking feeling in my chest. I just felt so guilty for even caring about my bio-dad when i had a whole family i grew up with. But i was also terrified of my parents finding out i had reached out. They had made it so clear he was a bad person, and my mom had put so much energy into making sure he never saw me again. I was scared of what they would do if they found out i had reached out. (Most of my college is covered by the GI bill through my step-dad. He's made it clear that if i screw up, he can easily stop his benefits. so that was my biggest fear.)
And as I talked with him more, he also gave me my sister's instagram (She's 8, but apparently 8 year old have instagram now). And over the next day or two, I learned alot of-- questionable things. For one, he knew what university i actually go to. He said that he had a friend who was a private investigator and "had kept an eye on me". I also learned that he had pictures of me-- recent ones. My half-sister had a picture of me as her wallpaper, and by how she described it, it was within the last, maybe 2 years. (It was one of my favorite outfits, that i wore a lot my senior year of high school). So, I started to get an additional icky feeling. I'm his daughter, it makes sense that he would want to know how i am, but my mom had long term restraining orders. It just felt... weird. Like he knew stuff he shouldn't.
So I decided to ghost him. I know, i know, its kinda fucked up. I feel like a major asshole. But i didn't know what to do. I know that doesn't really excuse it, but thats why i'm here. Because ever since, I've felt like such a piece of shit. I probably shouldn't have ghosted him, but maybe i shouldn't have reached out to him in the first place. Reaching out with a fake account was fucked up, and I still want to actually meet him, i want to meet my little sister, I want to meet his-- my?-- family. But him knowing where i go to university and having recent pictures of me was scary. And, I have the family that raised me, who I love so much. It all just feels like so much, and I don't know what to do.
So I'm here. I think my brain has just been so muddled with everything that I haven't been about to think about it clearly, and I can't really talk to my parents about any of this.
So I really just want other people's insight/advice. What even is the best course of action in this situation?
TL;DR: my mom and bio-dad split when I was little, and then he got arrested for kidnapping me. Fast forward to now, I'm 18, and I found out he's been posting about me on Facebook on my birthday every year. I make a fake account to reach out, but then i find out he knows stuff about me and has recent pictures. It was really weird, and i was already feeling like i was betraying my actual family, so i ended up ghosting him. but now I'm feeling guilty and confused, and i'm wondering if I made a big mistake. I just don't know what to do next.
2024.04.28 21:05 WhatWouldLizzoDo I thought of this scene from Glee every time Jack's fake man bun made it onto the screen.
 | And yeah I badly edited in a glazed Christmas ham onto his chest too. Thank you to Lauren for that cracking comparison. submitted by WhatWouldLizzoDo to MAFS_UK [link] [comments] |
2024.04.28 20:57 CINCO_Corp Spotted this in Germany
 | So, I was walking in Heidelberg and saw this gorgeous tree. It was up against what I think was a small hydroelectric plant building, next to the river. It smelled SO good and was it so strong, almost overpowering. The picture doesn't do it justice. One thing that grabbed me was that the trunk looked almost fake, like plastic. They were all over the town as well, growing by buildings. I am thinking it is purple wisteria, but wanted to ask the community. Thanks all! submitted by CINCO_Corp to whatsthisplant [link] [comments] |
2024.04.28 20:48 Willem_Nielsen Carrying the Mandelbrotian Torch: Using the human eye to test for probabilistic dependence
 | Hello Fellow Mandelbrot Enthusiasts, submitted by Willem_Nielsen to fractals [link] [comments] I love Mandelbrot's work and I'm working on applying his idea of visual science to different areas. My first application is in testing for dependence in Basketball to answer the question, "Is Basketball a Game of Runs?" My overarching goal is to remove the need for complex Mathematical bullshit using visual tests, effectively bringing science back to the common man. Please contribute any ideas you have, I want to hear your guys opinions. Here's a quiz Mandelbrot gives. Of the difference graphs below, one is Brownian motion, one fractional Brownian motion, one a Levy process, two are real financial data, and three are multifractal forgeries. Can you tell which is which? https://preview.redd.it/tgu59na5n9xc1.png?width=500&format=png&auto=webp&s=6aceb6bcbba494475f5dcdf540e8f3e41fd38139 Answers here I am fascinated by Mandelbrot's visual approach to science. In his book Misbehavior of Markets he comments, Pictures are undervalued in science. A modern diagram or chart can be as precise as desired, and is no more costly than the computer that draws it. The picture can now aid, not mislead the scientist. It permits instant comparison, instant comprehension. There was a famous scientific debate including the now late Daniel Kahneman over whether the "Hot Hand" effect was real or not. Current consensus is that it is real. I was curious if there was a "Hot Team" effect where teams were more likely to score after scoring. In my experience as a college basketball player and coach, it certainly feels like this exists. And basketball practitioners swear by it: "Basketball is a game of runs!", they say. I tried to tackle this problem using Mandelbrot's method, but found (at least on initial testing) that his eye test is not sensitive enough to pick up small changes of 2.5% dependence, which if the hot team effect exists it will be small. Here's what the Mandelbrot test looks like for 10,000 steps in a random walk with .525 probability dependence, meaning if you get a 1 you have a .525 chance of getting another 1 and same for -1. https://preview.redd.it/lj1bkr07n9xc1.png?width=403&format=png&auto=webp&s=4de542d9c84478f58cd5b6e06081cdddca61c256 I have to generate more samples to really double-check if it can pick up the difference but just from that image I can't really tell. So I devised a test that counts up the number of streaks of length 2 and plots their frequency. You can divide it up into chunks, to make it easier to see the difference between values. Here's what it looks like https://preview.redd.it/pcfgnck8n9xc1.png?width=1252&format=png&auto=webp&s=15eae720d6efe6d51db065489ee9e05fc122acf7 So here you can actually test yourself using the manipulate to see if you can tell which one is dependent and which one is independent. With 10 chunks of 1000 and a dependence of 0.525, I am about 95% accurate at telling the difference, which is an improvement on the initial Mandelbrot method which I couldn't really tell at all. With 10 chunks of 500 I performed at about 80%. Once you go lower than that it starts to become impossible because I think the information is not actually there. I encourage you to give it a try with the code below. I applied this method to the Portland Trail Blazers NBA Team data and found that it didn't look dependent, which is evidence for this paper here. Here's what it looked like: https://preview.redd.it/i07jnakcn9xc1.png?width=1088&format=png&auto=webp&s=378b7fdc0e1ac2070580450e6d178f2ef1f9a0b8 The left is fake independent, the middle is fake dependent, and the right is real. As you can see the real resembles the independent more than the dependent. I'm working on trying out my eye test on college basketball and tennis data. Overall I think it's a powerful tool for detecting dependence without knowing the mathematics behind it. It's science for dummies, like me, who can't get their head around probability formulas. On a bigger picture it's a method for finding effective visual models for random events. My plan is to build up a set of visual tests so that I can quickly understand data with minimal effort. Here's the Wolfram notebook to use the manipulates for yourself. Thank you, reader. Best, Willem |
2024.04.28 20:41 AznJoey624 Isn't it funny how much Spider-Man 3 just copy/pasted from the Fox Kids show?
 | I'm sure most Spider-Man fans know this, but with Spider-Man 3 back in theaters tomorrow, I wanted to see just how much they took from the Alien Costume 3 parter and WOW is it blatant. Correct me I'd I'm wrong, but AFAIK these ideas and imagery originated in the 90s show. The Symbiote coming from a meteorite, crawling onto Peter's bed while he sleeps, waking up in the black suit upside down, confronting Eddie about fake Spider-Man story/pictures, going to Dr. Connors to study the suit, the suit making Peter more angry & aggressive, ripping the suit off in a bell tower and Eddie getting the Symbiote on him in the same bell tower. submitted by AznJoey624 to TwoBestFriendsPlay [link] [comments] In the comics, he just got the suit from a random costume machine on Battleworld, it took his body for a joy ride to fight crime while he slept, didn't affect his personality and got it removed with help from the Fantastic 4 because Reed told him it was alive, which disgusted him. Raimi has said in the past that he wasn't familiar with the Symbiote or Venom but the studio & producers (I think specifically Avi Arad) wanted to sell more toys so he had to throw it in. It makes sense to just take from the cartoon since it simplified the story and made it work just in New York without all the extra characters. What I'd like to known is has anyone from the 90s show like John Semper Jr said anything about this? At least we got Bully Maguire. Gonna be a hoot to see that on the big screen again. |