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2012.08.01 23:15 I want to be sugar free!
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2024.05.14 09:47 CuriousAnachronism 24 [M4M] Germany/Europe/Online - Fiat iustitia, et pereat mundus
Prologue
Hello and welcome to my post. I will subdivide this into two large parts. One will cover my thoughts, feelings, my hopes and dreams...While the other will tell you the specifics of how I pass the time, what topics interest me, what passions do I posses. I believe that at the end of this leap into my inner world, you dear reader, will have all the necessary information to judge whether we are compatible or not.
Part I
I am writing this in the hopes of finding something that I lack. Lately I have had this feeling, this tinge of melancholy within the dephts of my being, this yearning to find a kindred spirit, another Soul, much like mine, to form a bond with. Perhaps Loneliness is the right word for what is bothering me, but to use it seems to carry with it a connotation of ungratefulness. Ungratefulness for the people that I do have in my life, although none of them, of course, have the connection to me that I seek here.
I have found it increasingly necessary to seek in this Life a sort of purity of thought. What I mean is, I have began to undestand what ideas and concepts are ultimately compatible with my inner most Self, ergo what guidelines I have to follow to feel the most whole. Naturally I have likewise realised what I cannot add to my Self and what I will henceforth reject with all the power that I posses.
With this new context in mind, I now follow on the path of self improvement. I will now begin to mold my Self into my perfected idea of how the Self should be. This is certainly a significant undertaking, one that will not be easy to follow through on but one that I ultimately have to do. To me such context is essential. It is akin to a Guiding Star shining in the night. I will follow this Star for without it I am lost in the vast Darkness.
Looking back at my life, it was suboptimal, especially if one compares the way it molded me to how I will now mold myself. I suppose I must look on with a hint of regret at all that time which one might consider to be lost. Still... I try to stave off such decisively negative interpretations, after all, I have ultimately came to these conclusions. That means that somewhere along the line I had to have picked up on enough of such ideas for them to become so cemented in my consciousness. Well, either that or I was always like this, but in that case I can at least thank my life up to this point for not being able to supress such manifestations of my inner most Self.
To add to the topic of my life, I must admit that not all the battles have yet been won, not all the Demons vanquished, not every Mountain climbed. I want you to keep such things in mind when deciding whether or not to approach me. Many will shy away, I undestand that much, but the pursuit of true Companionship is just another such battle. Having said all that I do believe that being able to overcome hurdles together carries with it a certain appeal. That is to say, what's the fun in joining once the Game is already over?
I don't shy away from such challenges, perhaps to a fault. Certain troubles that I faced in the past carry with them a long shadow over my current health and well being. Still, I intend to change little in this regard other than the proficiency with which I will clash the current of my Will against the cliffs of Life.
Part II
In this part of my post I will tell you about my interests and hobbies, I will try to be thorough, commonality in this regard is rather important to build a relationship
History. I have had an interest in history for almost a decade now, it started back in school and developed from there. Well, now that I think about it one could argue that it started even earlier in my life as I liked watching the odd historic documentary or film aired on television but it wasn't regular back then, I never actively sought it out. I am mostly interested in European history in the period between the 18th-20th century but I sometimes branch out to other time periods and other parts of the world. I watch various channels related to history and read articles and sometimes books. I have recently got a few books on the German revolution of 1848/1849 and a historical magazine on the Thirty Years' War. Besides that I try to visit museums sometimes.
Literature. Especially old novels. I like to immerse myself in the Worlds of these books, I tend to read them while listening to thematically fitting music and take my time with them. One time you are following a troubled Youth in his quest for spiritual understanding of the world, another you see the aged and decrepit Doctor gambling his very Soul on the promises of abtaining satisfaction in earthy pleasures, then again your olfaction notices the most pleasant scent known to man even as the one eminating it has the appearance of a revolting Frog. These and many other stories open up to you once you decide to set foot into the literary World.
Languages. I know three, with one being a bit rusty. I am currently working intently on strengthening it. I believe that if I continue to apply myself in this regard then I should be able to finally conquer it. What language am I working on? Well, if you were to stack all the major works in it they would be as tall as a house... It is fun to go through different works in multiple languages, the same goes for film, games and such.
Games. I recently played Cyberpunk 2077. Well as recently as I played any major story centric game. Now that the dust has settled and the bugs mostly removed...It's not that bad. The main questline at least. Besides that I tried Fallout 76 (Very average, I'm dissapointed with what they made the "RPG" system) and I might give Deus Ex Manking Divided another spin (since it's somewhat similar to Cyberpunk when it comes to its aesthetics). Dark Souls is one of my favorite series, I still haven't beaten Elden Ring though. When it came out I wasn't in the right mindset to invest a hundred hours into it, with all those bosses and difficult locations. I think I'll only consider playing it if I am streaming it to someone. I am generally interested in either streaming games or having the person I am talking to stream them to me. To be specific I mean streaming to a single person while being on call. Besides that I'm a big fan of Paradox strategy games, especially Europa Universalis IV and Heats of Iron IV, I tend to only play single player since I find multiplayer with many people to be rather stressful but on the other hand I have nothing against a co-op game. I'm not the best player though, despite the ammount of hours I have in them. Another great game I would mention would be Dragon's Dogma. A very underrated RPG. I recently beat it again and it was an atmospheric and interesting experience. It is one of those games that feel like they have an endless ammount of depth and constant new secrets to discover.
Anime and Manga. In recent times my interest in them has waned but I still watch the occasional series here and there. Like Cyberpunk Edgerunners (Which I found to be rather mediocre) and the very good first season from the new arc of Bleach. Some of my favourite series include: Fullmetal Alchemist Brotherhood, Death Note, Fate;Zero, Psycho Pass, Code Geass and Attack on Titan. I wouldn't mind if you were to introduce me to some new series, maybe based on the ones I mentioned. My favourite Manga is Berserk which I still follow, althought I am still not certain on the direction that the new author is taking. I suppose it really is a matter of contention whether a somewhat (or considerably warped) vision is better than an unfinished work. One could argue that a few novels remain unfinished and possess a macabre appeal to them as such.
Music. Classical music has a very special place in my heart. A few of my favourite pieces would be: Clair de Lune, Nocturne Op. 9 No.2, Devil's Trill Sonata, Danse Macabre, Valse Sentimentale, Symphony No. 7 in A Major, Op. 92: II. Alegreto (by Beethoven) and Suite from Swan Lake, Op. 20a: I. Scene. Moderato. There are more but these ones always invoke something in me when I listen to them. Besides Classical I also enjoy listening to Synthwave, old Western pop and J-pop, both modern and from the 20th century.
Esotericism. I am interested in things spiritual, mystical, magical and esoteric. I have read religios texts, magical grimoires, introductions to various schools of thought. It is interesting to me.
Epilogue
Hopefully I was able to cast the spotlight upon my inner World in a clear and unequivocal manner. I feel the need to add to the aforementioned that I am rather introverted, which means that I tend to dislike large social gatherings. I managed to condition myself to be able to endure the presense of large groups of people but it isn't something that I would seek out in most cases. Besides that I am neurodivergent and suffer from certain issues with mental health. I have to take medication to keep myself under control. They work well enough but certain days are harder than others. I respect the struggle that others have with mental health but in the context of a relationship I have my limits, no one with BDP for instance. I am also not looking for anything casual. I understand than one cannot demand depth and meaning from a conversation with an absolute stranger, that is akin to trying to build a sand castle right before the waves strike but I ask at least that you enter with a mindset that this might become something of significance. I also do want to say that I am completely Monogamous. My preference? The sickly, pale, intellectual who watches rain droplets slide down the window in Autumn. Lastly, if I enjoy the company of a person I tend to not want to let them go.
Thank you for taking the time to read my post and have a good day. I ask that you send a DM instead of a chat and that you give your thoughts on my title in the opening of your message.
Goodbye...Or perhaps untill we meet again
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Hello and welcome to my post. I will subdivide this into two large parts. One will cover my thoughts, feelings, my hopes and dreams...While the other will tell you the specifics of how I pass the time, what topics interest me, what passions do I posses. I believe that at the end of this leap into my inner world, you dear reader, will have all the necessary information to judge whether we are compatible or not.
Part I
I am writing this in the hopes of finding something that I lack. Lately I have had this feeling, this tinge of melancholy within the dephts of my being, this yearning to find a kindred spirit, another Soul, much like mine, to form a bond with. Perhaps Loneliness is the right word for what is bothering me, but to use it seems to carry with it a connotation of ungratefulness. Ungratefulness for the people that I do have in my life, although none of them, of course, have the connection to me that I seek here.
I have found it increasingly necessary to seek in this Life a sort of purity of thought. What I mean is, I have began to undestand what ideas and concepts are ultimately compatible with my inner most Self, ergo what guidelines I have to follow to feel the most whole. Naturally I have likewise realised what I cannot add to my Self and what I will henceforth reject with all the power that I posses.
With this new context in mind, I now follow on the path of self improvement. I will now begin to mold my Self into my perfected idea of how the Self should be. This is certainly a significant undertaking, one that will not be easy to follow through on but one that I ultimately have to do. To me such context is essential. It is akin to a Guiding Star shining in the night. I will follow this Star for without it I am lost in the vast Darkness.
Looking back at my life, it was suboptimal, especially if one compares the way it molded me to how I will now mold myself. I suppose I must look on with a hint of regret at all that time which one might consider to be lost. Still... I try to stave off such decisively negative interpretations, after all, I have ultimately came to these conclusions. That means that somewhere along the line I had to have picked up on enough of such ideas for them to become so cemented in my consciousness. Well, either that or I was always like this, but in that case I can at least thank my life up to this point for not being able to supress such manifestations of my inner most Self.
To add to the topic of my life, I must admit that not all the battles have yet been won, not all the Demons vanquished, not every Mountain climbed. I want you to keep such things in mind when deciding whether or not to approach me. Many will shy away, I undestand that much, but the pursuit of true Companionship is just another such battle. Having said all that I do believe that being able to overcome hurdles together carries with it a certain appeal. That is to say, what's the fun in joining once the Game is already over?
I don't shy away from such challenges, perhaps to a fault. Certain troubles that I faced in the past carry with them a long shadow over my current health and well being. Still, I intend to change little in this regard other than the proficiency with which I will clash the current of my Will against the cliffs of Life.
Part II
In this part of my post I will tell you about my interests and hobbies, I will try to be thorough, commonality in this regard is rather important to build a relationship
History. I have had an interest in history for almost a decade now, it started back in school and developed from there. Well, now that I think about it one could argue that it started even earlier in my life as I liked watching the odd historic documentary or film aired on television but it wasn't regular back then, I never actively sought it out. I am mostly interested in European history in the period between the 18th-20th century but I sometimes branch out to other time periods and other parts of the world. I watch various channels related to history and read articles and sometimes books. I have recently got a few books on the German revolution of 1848/1849 and a historical magazine on the Thirty Years' War. Besides that I try to visit museums sometimes.
Literature. Especially old novels. I like to immerse myself in the Worlds of these books, I tend to read them while listening to thematically fitting music and take my time with them. One time you are following a troubled Youth in his quest for spiritual understanding of the world, another you see the aged and decrepit Doctor gambling his very Soul on the promises of abtaining satisfaction in earthy pleasures, then again your olfaction notices the most pleasant scent known to man even as the one eminating it has the appearance of a revolting Frog. These and many other stories open up to you once you decide to set foot into the literary World.
Languages. I know three, with one being a bit rusty. I am currently working intently on strengthening it. I believe that if I continue to apply myself in this regard then I should be able to finally conquer it. What language am I working on? Well, if you were to stack all the major works in it they would be as tall as a house... It is fun to go through different works in multiple languages, the same goes for film, games and such.
Games. I recently played Cyberpunk 2077. Well as recently as I played any major story centric game. Now that the dust has settled and the bugs mostly removed...It's not that bad. The main questline at least. Besides that I tried Fallout 76 (Very average, I'm dissapointed with what they made the "RPG" system) and I might give Deus Ex Manking Divided another spin (since it's somewhat similar to Cyberpunk when it comes to its aesthetics). Dark Souls is one of my favorite series, I still haven't beaten Elden Ring though. When it came out I wasn't in the right mindset to invest a hundred hours into it, with all those bosses and difficult locations. I think I'll only consider playing it if I am streaming it to someone. I am generally interested in either streaming games or having the person I am talking to stream them to me. To be specific I mean streaming to a single person while being on call. Besides that I'm a big fan of Paradox strategy games, especially Europa Universalis IV and Heats of Iron IV, I tend to only play single player since I find multiplayer with many people to be rather stressful but on the other hand I have nothing against a co-op game. I'm not the best player though, despite the ammount of hours I have in them. Another great game I would mention would be Dragon's Dogma. A very underrated RPG. I recently beat it again and it was an atmospheric and interesting experience. It is one of those games that feel like they have an endless ammount of depth and constant new secrets to discover.
Anime and Manga. In recent times my interest in them has waned but I still watch the occasional series here and there. Like Cyberpunk Edgerunners (Which I found to be rather mediocre) and the very good first season from the new arc of Bleach. Some of my favourite series include: Fullmetal Alchemist Brotherhood, Death Note, Fate;Zero, Psycho Pass, Code Geass and Attack on Titan. I wouldn't mind if you were to introduce me to some new series, maybe based on the ones I mentioned. My favourite Manga is Berserk which I still follow, althought I am still not certain on the direction that the new author is taking. I suppose it really is a matter of contention whether a somewhat (or considerably warped) vision is better than an unfinished work. One could argue that a few novels remain unfinished and possess a macabre appeal to them as such.
Music. Classical music has a very special place in my heart. A few of my favourite pieces would be: Clair de Lune, Nocturne Op. 9 No.2, Devil's Trill Sonata, Danse Macabre, Valse Sentimentale, Symphony No. 7 in A Major, Op. 92: II. Alegreto (by Beethoven) and Suite from Swan Lake, Op. 20a: I. Scene. Moderato. There are more but these ones always invoke something in me when I listen to them. Besides Classical I also enjoy listening to Synthwave, old Western pop and J-pop, both modern and from the 20th century.
Esotericism. I am interested in things spiritual, mystical, magical and esoteric. I have read religios texts, magical grimoires, introductions to various schools of thought. It is interesting to me.
Epilogue
Hopefully I was able to cast the spotlight upon my inner World in a clear and unequivocal manner. I feel the need to add to the aforementioned that I am rather introverted, which means that I tend to dislike large social gatherings. I managed to condition myself to be able to endure the presense of large groups of people but it isn't something that I would seek out in most cases. Besides that I am neurodivergent and suffer from certain issues with mental health. I have to take medication to keep myself under control. They work well enough but certain days are harder than others. I respect the struggle that others have with mental health but in the context of a relationship I have my limits, no one with BDP for instance. I am also not looking for anything casual. I understand than one cannot demand depth and meaning from a conversation with an absolute stranger, that is akin to trying to build a sand castle right before the waves strike but I ask at least that you enter with a mindset that this might become something of significance. I also do want to say that I am completely Monogamous. My preference? The sickly, pale, intellectual who watches rain droplets slide down the window in Autumn. Lastly, if I enjoy the company of a person I tend to not want to let them go.
Thank you for taking the time to read my post and have a good day. I ask that you send a DM instead of a chat and that you give your thoughts on my title in the opening of your message.
Goodbye...Or perhaps untill we meet again
2024.05.14 08:43 advancedautismabc Exploring Developmental Play: 10 Autism-Inclusive Ideas
Play is a fundamental aspect of childhood development, fostering creativity, social skills, and cognitive growth. For children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD), however, engaging in play activities can present unique challenges. In this article, we'll explore 10 autism-inclusive play ideas designed to promote development and provide enjoyable experiences for children on the autism spectrum.
Sensory Play
Sensory play engages the senses and can be particularly beneficial for children with autism who may have sensory processing differences. Consider setting up sensory bins filled with materials like rice, sand, water beads, or textured fabrics. Encourage exploration and experimentation with different textures, smells, and tactile sensations to stimulate the senses and promote sensory integration.
Pretend Play
Pretend play offers opportunities for imaginative expression and social interaction. Create a dress-up corner with costumes and props, or set up a pretend kitchen with play food and utensils. Encourage children to role-play different scenarios, such as cooking a meal, going on a pretend adventure, or acting out everyday activities. Pretend play can help develop language skills, creativity, and social understanding.
Visual Supports
Many children with autism benefit from visual supports to enhance communication and understanding. Incorporate visual supports into play activities by using picture schedules, visual timers, or visual cue cards to provide structure and predictability. Visual supports can help children navigate transitions, follow routines, and comprehend expectations, promoting independence and reducing anxiety.
Structured Games
Structured games with clear rules and expectations can provide opportunities for learning and social interaction. Choose games that are simple, repetitive, and easy to understand, such as matching games, board games with visual cues, or turn-taking activities. Structured games can help children develop important skills like turn-taking, sharing, and following directions, while also providing opportunities for fun and enjoyment.
Movement Activities
Physical activity is essential for promoting gross motor skills, coordination, and body awareness. Plan movement activities that cater to the interests and preferences of children with autism, such as yoga, dancing, or obstacle courses. Provide sensory-friendly spaces with options for proprioceptive input, such as crash pads, trampolines, or therapy swings. Movement activities not only support physical development but also help regulate sensory processing and promote emotional well-being.
Nature Exploration
Nature offers a rich sensory environment filled with opportunities for exploration and discovery. Take children on nature walks to observe plants, animals, and natural landscapes. Encourage hands-on exploration by collecting leaves, rocks, or shells, and incorporating them into sensory activities or crafts. Nature exploration fosters curiosity, appreciation for the environment, and connections with the natural world.
Art and Creativity
Art activities provide a creative outlet for self-expression and can be adapted to accommodate the needs of children with autism. Offer a variety of art materials and techniques, such as painting, drawing, collage, or sculpting. Focus on process-oriented art rather than product-focused outcomes, allowing children to explore materials freely and express themselves without pressure. Art activities support fine motor skills, creativity, and sensory exploration.
Social Stories
Social stories are short narratives that describe social situations, concepts, or expectations in a structured and visual format. Create social stories related to play activities, such as going to a playground, attending a birthday party, or participating in group games. Use simple language, clear visuals, and personalized details to help children understand what to expect and how to navigate social interactions. Social stories can reduce anxiety, improve social skills, and enhance participation in play activities.
Technology-Based Play
Technology can be a valuable tool for engaging children with autism and supporting their development. Explore interactive apps, educational games, or virtual reality experiences that cater to the interests and learning styles of children with autism. Use technology-based play activities to target specific skills, such as communication, academic concepts, or social skills, while also providing engaging and motivating experiences.
Joint Attention Activities
Joint attention refers to the ability to share attention with others and coordinate attention between objects, people, and events. Plan activities that promote joint attention, such as building with blocks, playing with toys that require turn-taking, or engaging in interactive games like peek-a-boo or pat-a-cake. Use prompts, modeling, and reinforcement to encourage children to attend to and interact with others, fostering social engagement and communication skills.
If you're seeking aba therapy for autism virginia beach,va, look no further! Our dedicated team offers comprehensive Applied Behavior Analysis services tailored to meet the individual needs of children and adults on the autism spectrum. With a focus on evidence-based interventions and personalized treatment plans, we are committed to helping individuals with autism reach their full potential and thrive in all aspects of life. Contact us today to learn more about how we can support you and your family on the journey towards growth and success.
Conclusion
Play is a powerful vehicle for promoting development, fostering social connections, and enriching the lives of children with autism. By incorporating autism-inclusive play ideas into everyday activities, we can create meaningful opportunities for learning, growth, and enjoyment. Whether through sensory exploration, imaginative play, structured games, or nature adventures, every play experience has the potential to unlock new possibilities and support the unique strengths and needs of children on the autism spectrum. Let's continue to explore, create, and play together, building a more inclusive and enriching world for all children.
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Sensory Play
Sensory play engages the senses and can be particularly beneficial for children with autism who may have sensory processing differences. Consider setting up sensory bins filled with materials like rice, sand, water beads, or textured fabrics. Encourage exploration and experimentation with different textures, smells, and tactile sensations to stimulate the senses and promote sensory integration.
Pretend Play
Pretend play offers opportunities for imaginative expression and social interaction. Create a dress-up corner with costumes and props, or set up a pretend kitchen with play food and utensils. Encourage children to role-play different scenarios, such as cooking a meal, going on a pretend adventure, or acting out everyday activities. Pretend play can help develop language skills, creativity, and social understanding.
Visual Supports
Many children with autism benefit from visual supports to enhance communication and understanding. Incorporate visual supports into play activities by using picture schedules, visual timers, or visual cue cards to provide structure and predictability. Visual supports can help children navigate transitions, follow routines, and comprehend expectations, promoting independence and reducing anxiety.
Structured Games
Structured games with clear rules and expectations can provide opportunities for learning and social interaction. Choose games that are simple, repetitive, and easy to understand, such as matching games, board games with visual cues, or turn-taking activities. Structured games can help children develop important skills like turn-taking, sharing, and following directions, while also providing opportunities for fun and enjoyment.
Movement Activities
Physical activity is essential for promoting gross motor skills, coordination, and body awareness. Plan movement activities that cater to the interests and preferences of children with autism, such as yoga, dancing, or obstacle courses. Provide sensory-friendly spaces with options for proprioceptive input, such as crash pads, trampolines, or therapy swings. Movement activities not only support physical development but also help regulate sensory processing and promote emotional well-being.
Nature Exploration
Nature offers a rich sensory environment filled with opportunities for exploration and discovery. Take children on nature walks to observe plants, animals, and natural landscapes. Encourage hands-on exploration by collecting leaves, rocks, or shells, and incorporating them into sensory activities or crafts. Nature exploration fosters curiosity, appreciation for the environment, and connections with the natural world.
Art and Creativity
Art activities provide a creative outlet for self-expression and can be adapted to accommodate the needs of children with autism. Offer a variety of art materials and techniques, such as painting, drawing, collage, or sculpting. Focus on process-oriented art rather than product-focused outcomes, allowing children to explore materials freely and express themselves without pressure. Art activities support fine motor skills, creativity, and sensory exploration.
Social Stories
Social stories are short narratives that describe social situations, concepts, or expectations in a structured and visual format. Create social stories related to play activities, such as going to a playground, attending a birthday party, or participating in group games. Use simple language, clear visuals, and personalized details to help children understand what to expect and how to navigate social interactions. Social stories can reduce anxiety, improve social skills, and enhance participation in play activities.
Technology-Based Play
Technology can be a valuable tool for engaging children with autism and supporting their development. Explore interactive apps, educational games, or virtual reality experiences that cater to the interests and learning styles of children with autism. Use technology-based play activities to target specific skills, such as communication, academic concepts, or social skills, while also providing engaging and motivating experiences.
Joint Attention Activities
Joint attention refers to the ability to share attention with others and coordinate attention between objects, people, and events. Plan activities that promote joint attention, such as building with blocks, playing with toys that require turn-taking, or engaging in interactive games like peek-a-boo or pat-a-cake. Use prompts, modeling, and reinforcement to encourage children to attend to and interact with others, fostering social engagement and communication skills.
If you're seeking aba therapy for autism virginia beach,va, look no further! Our dedicated team offers comprehensive Applied Behavior Analysis services tailored to meet the individual needs of children and adults on the autism spectrum. With a focus on evidence-based interventions and personalized treatment plans, we are committed to helping individuals with autism reach their full potential and thrive in all aspects of life. Contact us today to learn more about how we can support you and your family on the journey towards growth and success.
Conclusion
Play is a powerful vehicle for promoting development, fostering social connections, and enriching the lives of children with autism. By incorporating autism-inclusive play ideas into everyday activities, we can create meaningful opportunities for learning, growth, and enjoyment. Whether through sensory exploration, imaginative play, structured games, or nature adventures, every play experience has the potential to unlock new possibilities and support the unique strengths and needs of children on the autism spectrum. Let's continue to explore, create, and play together, building a more inclusive and enriching world for all children.
2024.05.14 07:34 Thick_Disaster_4659 I see so clearly now how nothing I do matters, and I don’t know how to unsee it
I apply to countless minimum wage jobs and attend countless interviews = I’m never hired unless the company is desperate. I graduate = I’m in debt for life and my degree is useless. I make art and put it out there = no one wants to see it, no one would notice if I never drew anything in my life again. I make stories and characters = no one cares what will happen, no one would blink if I never thought or spoke of them again. I have a friend = I tire myself out being socially confused, I don’t know how to contact them, how to have them over, how to be in anyone’s life really. I don’t have a friend anymore. I work hard at my creative pursuits = I know nobody in the industry, it doesn’t matter anyway because making and keeping a friend is a one in a million chance. All that work has no worthwhile outlet. It may as well have never happened. I go to therapy = I can no longer afford it, I lose my progress if I made any in the first place, I don’t get better.
It’s summer, I had so many ambitions, so many things I was excited to do when I finally had time. Now I wake up, eat food, apply to jobs, and do some little errand. Then I rot online for hours while I try to figure out what on earth I can do that will either make me happy, or matter to someone.
People always sugar coat it but getting up over and over does not guarantee eventual success. The only thing I can see so clearly about my future is that I will die in the same cycle of falling down and getting up. If I am not capable (I know because I never have been), if I am not wanted (I know because I can see it, I can feel it), if I wasn’t supposed to be here, why am I here? Why do I do anything? How do I find worth in any fleeting thing I have ever or will ever attempt?
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It’s summer, I had so many ambitions, so many things I was excited to do when I finally had time. Now I wake up, eat food, apply to jobs, and do some little errand. Then I rot online for hours while I try to figure out what on earth I can do that will either make me happy, or matter to someone.
People always sugar coat it but getting up over and over does not guarantee eventual success. The only thing I can see so clearly about my future is that I will die in the same cycle of falling down and getting up. If I am not capable (I know because I never have been), if I am not wanted (I know because I can see it, I can feel it), if I wasn’t supposed to be here, why am I here? Why do I do anything? How do I find worth in any fleeting thing I have ever or will ever attempt?
2024.05.14 07:06 Objective_Box5956 Just finished my third 100% play-through
Just finished my third 100% play-through of Tears on the 1 year anniversary. It’s pretty brutal to 100% this game, but I enjoyed it. Here’s my 100% list:
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Useful Links
Zelda Dungeon Interactive Map
Armor Upgrade List
Horse Upgrade List
100% Map Landmark Guide (Helped me find a few missed locations)
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Missed Locations (after collecting all Koroks, quests, shrines, caves, and wells)
Missed all 3 times
Kolomo Garrison Ruins
Missed Twice
Gatepost Town Ruins
Castle Town Watchtower
Lost Woods
Inogo Bridge
Dracozu Altar
East Passage
Water Reservoir
Kolomo Garrison Ruins
Missed Locations (2nd and 3rd run-though)
Desert Rift
Device Dispenser on Thunderhead Isles
Sargon Bridge
Drena Canyon Mine
Retsam Forest Cave (North Entrance)
Missed Locations (1st run-through)
Lutos Crossing
Lanayru Road - West Gate
Canyon of Awakening Mine
Abandoned Eldin Mine Forge Construct
Floret Sandbar
Faron Woods
West Passage
Dalite Grove
Grove of Time
Nabooru Canyon Mine
Walnot Canyon Mine
Madorna Canyon Mine
Hickaly Grove
Rozudo Canyon Mine
Daval Canyon Mine
Granajih Canyon Mine
Agaat Canyon Mine
Applean Grove
Rok Grove
Rhoam Canyon Mine
Ruto Canyon Mine
Akkala Bridges (all 3)
Stolock Bridge
Crystal Refinery in Lookout Landing
Faloraa Canyon Mine (last one)
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Final Koroks (2nd and 3rd time)
Money Makers
Rocket Shields
Oromuwak Shrine (east of Rito Village). I visit here regularly to stock up on Rocket Shields.
Zonaites and Crytalized Charges
4-4-5-3 Stat Horses Found Southeast of Bublinga Forest
Gems Info
How to get Stars
Also works with (not confirmed on my end)
Silent Princess and Blue Nightshade
(-2476, -0646, 0208)
Milk
Desert Colosseum
Gibdo Wings
Gerudo Underground Cemetery
Sand pits
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Shopping
Restock Shops
To restock any shop in Tears of the Kingdom, here is what you will have to do.
Hylian Rice x5 (need 38 + recipes)
Swift Carrot x10 (need 10 + horses + recipes)
Bird Egg x5 (need 12 + recipes)
Fresh Milk x3 (need 66 + recipes)
Goat Butter x5 (Need 84 + recipes)
Kakariko General Store
Aerocuda Eyeball x3 (need 42)
Aerocuda Wing x3 (need 48)
Kakariko General Store Trissa
Goat Butter x5 (need 84 + recipes)
Swift Carrot x12 (need 10 + horses + recipes)
Bird Egg x5 (need 12 + recipes)
Fortified Pumpkin x3
Lookout Landing General Store
Hylian Rice x3 (need 38 + recipes)
Fresh Milk x4 (need 66 + recipes)
East Akkala Stable
· 3 Sticky Frog (need 30)
· 3 Smotherwing Butterfly (need 15)
Lakeside Stable
· 2 Sticky Frog
· 3 Thunderwing Butterfly (need 9)
· 2 Hightail Lizard (need 21)
South Akkala Stable
· 2 Sticky Lizard (need 24)
· 3 Hightail Lizard (need 21)
· 2 Fireproof Lizard (need 15)
Woodland Stable
· 3 Cold Darner (need 15)
· 3 Fireproof Lizard (need 15)
Kara Kara Bazaar General Store
Green Lizalfos Tail x3 (need 18)
Riverside Stable
· 5 Hylian Rice (need 38)
· 3 Thunderwing Butterfly (need 9)
· 3 Electric Darner (need 15)
Tabantha Bridge Stable
· 4 Fire Fruit (need 9)
· 3 Summerwing Butterfly (need 15)
· 3 Winterwing Butterfly (need 15)
· 3 Thunderwing Butterfly (need 9)
New Serenne Stable
· 4 Warm Darner (need 15)
· 4 Sunset Firefly (need 15 + 10 + 10)
Kara Kara Bazaar
· 5 Summerwing Butterfly (need 15)
· 5 Cold Darner (need 15)
Snowfield Stable
· 3 Summerwing Butterfly (need 15)
· 3 Warm Darner (need 15)
Kara Kara Bazaar
Summerwing Butterfly x5 (need 15)
Cold Darner x5 (need 15)
Foothill Stable
· 3 Thunderwing Butterfly (need 9)
Wetland Stable
· 3 Smotherwing Butterfly (need 24)
Rito Village General Store
Goat Butter x5 (need 84 + recipes)
Cane Sugar x3 (need 24 + recipes)
Tabantha Wheat x3 (need 42 + recipes)
Sunshroom x4 (need 15)
Korok General Store
Tabantha Wheat x2 (need 42 + recipes)
Hylian Rice x3 (need 38 + recipes)
Cane Sugar x3 (need 24 + recipes)
Goron General Store
Cane Sugar x3 (need 24 + recipes)
Goron Spice x3 (need 12 + recipes)
Zora General Store
Hylian Rice x4 (need 38 + recipes)
Swift Violet x4 (need 90)
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- 1,000 Korok Seeds
- 100% map completion (includes all Named Locations, Cave Entrances, Shrines, Light Roots, Wells, Chasms, Towns, Settlements, Stables, Specialty Shops, Device Dispensers, Sky View Towers, Forge / Weapon Constructs and Refineries, Tears of the Dragon, Ancient Tablets, and Fairy Fountains)
- All chest icons on Shrines (appears when all chests in the shrines have been opened)
- 23 Main Quests
- 60 Side Adventures
- 31 Shrine Quests
- 139 Side Quests
- 18 Memories
- Completed Hyrule Compendium
- 228 Recipes
- Upgraded all Horses to the max
- All Clothing and Armor Pieces upgraded to the max
- 21 Energy Cells
- 27 Zonai Devices
- 51 Paraglider Fabric Skins
- 12 Schema Stones
- 34 Yiga Schematics
- 31 Old Maps
- 147 Bubbul Gems
- 11 Horse Gear (Towing Harness, Saddles, Bridles)
- Medals of Honor
- All’s Well Key Item
- Dispelling Darkness Medal
- Hestu’s Gift Key Item
- 81 Addison Signs Put Up
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Useful Links
Zelda Dungeon Interactive Map
Armor Upgrade List
Horse Upgrade List
100% Map Landmark Guide (Helped me find a few missed locations)
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Missed Locations (after collecting all Koroks, quests, shrines, caves, and wells)
Missed all 3 times
Kolomo Garrison Ruins
Missed Twice
Gatepost Town Ruins
Castle Town Watchtower
Lost Woods
Inogo Bridge
Dracozu Altar
East Passage
Water Reservoir
Kolomo Garrison Ruins
Missed Locations (2nd and 3rd run-though)
Desert Rift
Device Dispenser on Thunderhead Isles
Sargon Bridge
Drena Canyon Mine
Retsam Forest Cave (North Entrance)
Missed Locations (1st run-through)
Lutos Crossing
Lanayru Road - West Gate
Canyon of Awakening Mine
Abandoned Eldin Mine Forge Construct
Floret Sandbar
Faron Woods
West Passage
Dalite Grove
Grove of Time
Nabooru Canyon Mine
Walnot Canyon Mine
Madorna Canyon Mine
Hickaly Grove
Rozudo Canyon Mine
Daval Canyon Mine
Granajih Canyon Mine
Agaat Canyon Mine
Applean Grove
Rok Grove
Rhoam Canyon Mine
Ruto Canyon Mine
Akkala Bridges (all 3)
Stolock Bridge
Crystal Refinery in Lookout Landing
Faloraa Canyon Mine (last one)
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Final Koroks (2nd and 3rd time)
- Desert by Shrine (Climb Up)
- Hateno beach
- Wellspring Island underneath staircase by the waterfall, 3414 0618 1551
- Thims Bridge Korok
- Ceiling stump west of Ulria Grotto (4078 0821 0236)
- South of Flirly Plateau, dive into lily pads (3014 -2537 0129)
Money Makers
- If you are going to 100% this game, don’t sell items you will need later unless you already have extra, especially gems. Crosscheck it with the Armor Upgrade link above.
- I regularly cycled through Moldugas and the Lynels in the Floating Coliseum every blood moon. Lynel Hooves and Molduga Guts are easy to collect and have extra to sell at a good price.
- Extra armor is great to sell and can be easily obtained with Amiibos (if you have them all - I have the cards). In my experience, armor didn’t have a high drop rate until after I finished 2/4 regional phenomena
Rocket Shields
Oromuwak Shrine (east of Rito Village). I visit here regularly to stock up on Rocket Shields.
Zonaites and Crytalized Charges
- Save Zonaite for Autobuild only
- Save Large Zonaites for Armor Upgrades only
- Best Way to get Crystalized Charges is defeat all Flux Construct, Hinox, Stone Talus, Frox, and Gleeok in the depths. They will always give you 20 crystalized charges.
- After you beat each regional boss on the surface, 3 of them will respawn in the Depths and give you 100 crystalized charges each after the first kill.
- Floating Colieseum is an excellent place to stack up on strong weapons and get 100 crystalized Charges)
- Plenty of chests in the Depths that have 20 Crystalized Charges
- Every Frox location has a small cluster of Zonaite
- Large Zonaite Deposits are basically ripoffs, you get very little for the effort
- Hudson Signs can be dependent on time or weather or something
- My last 2 were Lodrum Headland and Gerudo Canyon Stable
4-4-5-3 Stat Horses Found Southeast of Bublinga Forest
Gems Info
- Sapphire and Opal are the hardest? In addition to the breaking Rare Ore Deposits, Frost Talus’ are a good source for Sapphire and Opal
- 4 Ruby’s at Simosiwak Shrine
- Dondons seemed like a waste of time for me.
- Turn your sensor on in Death Moutain to target Rare Ore Deposits and mark them on the map to visit every blood moon.
- Luminous stones: Sky Mine (northeast corner of Sky Map), West Necluda Sky Archipelago (north of Ukoojisi Shrine), South Hyrule Sky Archipelago (west of Jinodok Shrine), Maw of Death Mountain Lakes
How to get Stars
- Fast travel to Gerudo Canyon Skyview Tower
- Rest until Night.
- Walk up the ramp and launch yourself into the air.
- After being launched, point the camera down and begin diving. A star will eventually fall for you to claim.
- Descent back to the ground at Gerudo Canyon Skyview Tower and rest until night again.
- Fast travel to Typhlo Ruins Skyview tower. Launch, look down, catch star. (Or Mayam Shrine above Thyphlo Ruins)
- As soon as you catch start, you can warp right back to Gerudo Canyon Skyview Tower. Rest until Night. Rinse and Repeat.
Also works with (not confirmed on my end)
- Gerudo Canyon
- Gerudo Highlands
- Rabella Wetlands
- Mount Lanaryu
- Ulri Mountain
- Eldin Canyon
- Sahasra Slope
Silent Princess and Blue Nightshade
(-2476, -0646, 0208)
Milk
- Dantz in Hateno Pasture (Trade 3 acorns for 1 milk)
- Hateno Village General Store
- Sage Temple Ruins
- Dragon claws from each dragon for the Goddess Statues Side Quest
- Dragon parts respawn every 10 minutes so if you’re trying to farm any parts and want to be a little lazy, you can ride the dragon continuously and set a timer for 10 mins, collect part, then repeat. Be sure to save every now and then (One time I collected parts for 1.5 hours, stepped away from the game and died and lost everything). Also, with the exception of the Light Dragon, you will fall off the dragon unless you adjust yourself as they go in and out of the Depths.
- Big tree at Rutile Lake has 3-4 of each Beetle Type (-2470, -0610, 0202)
- Bronas Forest for Beetles
- Hinox guts come from Black Hinoxes (need 15)
- Tall Circular Rock north of Gerudo Desert Gateway and west of Gerudo Canyon Stable (use sky tower)
- West of Tabahl Woods Cave (southwest of Zora’s Domain)
- Veiled Falls (west of Zora’s Domain)
- Northeast of Upland Zorana (northwest of Toto Lake)
- North of Luto’s Crossing (just west of Ruto Lake name on small island)
- South of Ralis Pond
- Southwest of ebon Mountin (closer to the water)
- North of Keya Pond (intersects with Hanu pond, southwest of Ebon mountain)
- West side of Riola Spring (southwest of Mount Floria)
- North of Mount Hylia (and south of River of the dead)
- Gohma like skeleton, east of Gerudo town, west of Palu Wasteland
- Mystathi’s Shelf (Gerudo Highlands)
- West end of Vatorsa Snowfield (Gerudo Highlands)
- NW of Eastern Abbey (Great Plateau)
- SE corner of Aquame Lake in a half skull encampment (Hyrule Field near Coliseum Ruins)
- Halfway between Lanayru Bay and the Spring of Wisdom/ Mt Lanayru Skyview Tower (Lanayru)
- Varies since the game seems to scale some of these for some but not others even though they have story completed and a lot of hours as well.
- West Passage of Hyrule castle. Coords -0450, 0909, 0012. The entrance is closer to the castle gates where you’ll find a minecart that takes you to the room they’re in (just north of name label Hyrule Caste Moat)
- Another Black Boss Bokoblin in the depths at (-2097, -1510, -0692) near a Flux Construct I, and is underneath Nephra Hill (west of Digdogg Suspension Bridge)
- Depths north of Dueling Canyons Mine at 1332, -1547, -0646 (fixed)
- Patrolling just south of Talonto Peak in the Hebra region, along the path you travel to find Tulin at the peak during Rito storyline. There are actually two boss bokoblins here, with one on a higher and slightly more eastern shelf and the other slightly lower and westward shelf just above an entrance to Hebra South Summit Cave; the first one is the non-scaling red one, and the second scales. Thought I’d mention it because I and another commenter found the scaling one first.)
- On the skull bridge west of Mount Gustaf (west of Lookout Landing), between the Hyrule Ridge and Hyrule Plains regions.
- Patrolling the Maritta Exchange Ruins north of Lindor’s Brow in the Hyrule Ridge region.
- Patrolling in the middle of Seresa Scablands in the Hyrule Ridge region.
- In the Royal Ancient Lab Ruins in North Hyrule Plain, just north of New Serenne Stable
- Southeast Lookout Landing and Mabe Village Ruins in Hyrule Field
- South of the East Deplian Badlands in the Eldin Mountains, on a landing to the northwest of the Isle of Rabac (east of Thyphlo Ruins)
- On Zauz Island in the Lanayru Wetlands, directly east of Wetland Stable
- South of Mount Daphnes in Hyrule Field, between the mountain and the Exchange Ruins
- Warp to Zakusu Shrine, in the Naydra Snowfield near Mount Lanayru. There are about 6 in this area going up around the mountain and around the edges of the snowfield.
- Warp to the Niuzimod Lightroot in the depths, in the Ancient Underground Fortress, this is underneath the Akkala Citadel Ruins on the surface. There are about 4-5 here as well
- Another location for one blue Lizalfos: 2991, - 0215, 0278. It's the blue water area between Zobodon Highlands and Ruto Mountain, just south southwest of Zora's Domain
- Found some in the Lanayru region here: ** 4023, - 1664, 0345 (Lanayru Range - A platform of about 3 blue Lizalfos)
- Madorna Mountain - Another platform with 2 blue (3808, - 1660, 0329)
- North of Nadrya Snowfield Chasm - 1 blue under a tent with an icy Lizalfos (3601, - 1128, 0263)
- (1) In-isa shrine on great sky island - captain I
- (1) Ijo-o Shrine West Hebra Sky Islands
- (1) Rasitakiwak Shrine, southeast of Tarrey Town. 4166 1323 0229
- (1) Yansamin Shrine, Zonaite Forge Island, in sky above Fort Hateno. Other bots wield weapons with a captain 1 horn and a captain 2 horn. (2350 - 1782 1475)
- (1) Simosiwak Shrine, Bravery Island, in sky above Korok Forest. (Also, three rubies and a ruby sword, for 420 rupees every blood moon) (0163 1972 0759)
- (1) Nouda Shrine, inside Kopeeki Drifts Cave, east of Rito Village. -2318 2201 0173
- (1) Zakusu Shrine, Naydra Snowfield, west side of Mount Lanayru. 3527 - 1482 0168
- (1) Sifumim Shrine, overlooking Lurelin Village. 2826 - 3271 0078
- At the east end of the Lake Siela supply river, east of Kakariko Bridge, south east of the Pilars of Levia. Basically the line formed by the Pilars of Levia point south east to a camp of Constructs, one of which is a Captain II. 2248, -1429, 0026.
- Where the old bowling game used to be south of snowfield stable, east of nouda shrine -1974, 2144,0253
- Kanalet ridge in akkala highlands, north east of shrine by south akkala stable (3244,2000,0160)
- East of proxim bridge, north of hills of baumer, north of popla foothills sky view tower
- Wellspring island, up and southwest of Igoshon Shrine 3340 0538 1353
- Two in Typhlo Ruins, north of Korok Forest + eventually (2) soldier construct IV + 1 Soldier Construct III
- Two in a sea fort between Clarnet Coast and Aris Beach, west of Lurelin Village. 2 Captain Construct III + 3 Soldiers Construct III + 1 Soldier Construct IV
- South of Tarry Town, north of Ulria Grotto
Desert Colosseum
Gibdo Wings
Gerudo Underground Cemetery
Sand pits
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Shopping
Restock Shops
To restock any shop in Tears of the Kingdom, here is what you will have to do.
- Buy out the item in the shop until there are none left.
- Take out wood and flint to make a fire.
- Rest by the fire till the next day.
- Manually save the game.
- Load the game from the save you just made.
Hylian Rice x5 (need 38 + recipes)
Swift Carrot x10 (need 10 + horses + recipes)
Bird Egg x5 (need 12 + recipes)
Fresh Milk x3 (need 66 + recipes)
Goat Butter x5 (Need 84 + recipes)
Kakariko General Store
Aerocuda Eyeball x3 (need 42)
Aerocuda Wing x3 (need 48)
Kakariko General Store Trissa
Goat Butter x5 (need 84 + recipes)
Swift Carrot x12 (need 10 + horses + recipes)
Bird Egg x5 (need 12 + recipes)
Fortified Pumpkin x3
Lookout Landing General Store
Hylian Rice x3 (need 38 + recipes)
Fresh Milk x4 (need 66 + recipes)
East Akkala Stable
· 3 Sticky Frog (need 30)
· 3 Smotherwing Butterfly (need 15)
Lakeside Stable
· 2 Sticky Frog
· 3 Thunderwing Butterfly (need 9)
· 2 Hightail Lizard (need 21)
South Akkala Stable
· 2 Sticky Lizard (need 24)
· 3 Hightail Lizard (need 21)
· 2 Fireproof Lizard (need 15)
Woodland Stable
· 3 Cold Darner (need 15)
· 3 Fireproof Lizard (need 15)
Kara Kara Bazaar General Store
Green Lizalfos Tail x3 (need 18)
Riverside Stable
· 5 Hylian Rice (need 38)
· 3 Thunderwing Butterfly (need 9)
· 3 Electric Darner (need 15)
Tabantha Bridge Stable
· 4 Fire Fruit (need 9)
· 3 Summerwing Butterfly (need 15)
· 3 Winterwing Butterfly (need 15)
· 3 Thunderwing Butterfly (need 9)
New Serenne Stable
· 4 Warm Darner (need 15)
· 4 Sunset Firefly (need 15 + 10 + 10)
Kara Kara Bazaar
· 5 Summerwing Butterfly (need 15)
· 5 Cold Darner (need 15)
Snowfield Stable
· 3 Summerwing Butterfly (need 15)
· 3 Warm Darner (need 15)
Kara Kara Bazaar
Summerwing Butterfly x5 (need 15)
Cold Darner x5 (need 15)
Foothill Stable
· 3 Thunderwing Butterfly (need 9)
Wetland Stable
· 3 Smotherwing Butterfly (need 24)
Rito Village General Store
Goat Butter x5 (need 84 + recipes)
Cane Sugar x3 (need 24 + recipes)
Tabantha Wheat x3 (need 42 + recipes)
Sunshroom x4 (need 15)
Korok General Store
Tabantha Wheat x2 (need 42 + recipes)
Hylian Rice x3 (need 38 + recipes)
Cane Sugar x3 (need 24 + recipes)
Goron General Store
Cane Sugar x3 (need 24 + recipes)
Goron Spice x3 (need 12 + recipes)
Zora General Store
Hylian Rice x4 (need 38 + recipes)
Swift Violet x4 (need 90)
2024.05.14 07:02 Competitive_War_5474 Scratch repair + Melatonin Shoe Cream Damage - help!
 | Hi there, I have this new pair of Luca del forte shoes that I love - unfortunately I was wearing them the other day and got a scratch, as pictured. I read that shoe cream could re-dye the scratch, so I purchased a matching color and applied it a couple of times. submitted by Competitive_War_5474 to AskACobbler [link] [comments] On the second applications when I rubbed it off, it seemed to have stripped the color completely off the leather when I polished it off with a soft cloth. I've no idea why this happened!!! And now the damage is much worse than before. It's almost like it was lightly sanded. How can I go abouts fixing this? Now I have a scratch, as well as a discoloured area. Please help :( |
2024.05.14 03:43 heydawn TODAY'S RECAP 5-13-2024
TODAY'S RECAP
Sheila loves that she got to spook Li and delights in anticipation of revealing herself to the Forresters. We see the aftermath of Steffy, Ridge, and Liam accepting the truth. Neither Finn or Deacon knows their partners as well as they think they do.Deacon and Sheila at Deacon's
Sheila: I'm glad I went to the hospital. Nothing was more fun than scaring the bejesus out of Li! 😄 (Sheila can't stop giggling). It couldn't have been more perfect -- Li being there. Hahaha!Deacon: She was furiously attacking you, tryna send you to the grave, for real.
Sheila: I know! It was so much fucking fun! More fun than I've had in a long time. 😆 Poor Li, she was just jealous that Finn couldn't let me stay dead and felt compelled to save me! Hahahaha. Li couldn't take it! (💭 Suck it, Li!)
I know. I know. People wish me dead all the damned time. IDGAF. I'm used to it! 😏
Deacon: This is going to keep happening if you keep popping up 👻 and surprising people. 😛 You're going to get a similar reaction to Li 🤯😡😤💥 Hey, how about trying subtle?
Sheila: Fuck that. I like to go BIG! 😆 I expect people to react like Li. I'm looking forward to it. 😏 I can't wait! Hahaha. 😂🤣
Who will be most shocked? Brooke 😫 or Ridge 😡? Oooh, I sooo wanna roll on up into Eric's place. 👏👏👏 Whoooey! Fun! 🎉 Donna is a screamer! 😮 (💭 These bitches will all freak out beautifully in a perfect combination of shock 😳, fear 🫣, loathing 😠, and disbelief 😦. Hahaha. Yay! 🤸♀️).
It was so perfect how Li was just there. How can I orchestrate my reveal to the Forresters for maximum shock? 😀 I can pop in at FC and be the model who walks in to see Ridge for alterations! Hahaha! HAAAA! 🤭
Deacon: Does "changed'" Sheila just wanna shock people? (💭 Sheila Sheila Sheila. Gotta try to control the crazy 😵💫).
Sheila: OMG! You're no FUN! It's just a little SHOCK 😱. Not HARM! 😏 (💭 I'm not going to chop up 🪓, hang or tie up ➰, stab 🔪, drown 🌊, or shoot 🔫 anybody. I'm not going to set anyone's house on fire🔥 or chain ⛓️ them up in a dungeon ⛓️! I'm not going to kidnap any babies or children 👦👶👧, or trick anyone into getting my face 🙂. I'm not going to break in to anyone's home 🏠! That was the old Sheila! No one will end up murdered, kidnapped, bloody🩸, or otherwise injured 🤕, ffs! Gah! Calm down! It's just a little mischief 🙄😏).
I just want to have a little fun 🥳. Come on! Nothing nefarious 👿. Just prankster fun 🤪😝!
Deacon: So remember the nice, chill, mellow, 😌 happy, calm, quiet life we discussed? (💭 Imagine being a stoner and our biggest stressor is getting the munchies 🍕🥪🍚🍪🍰🥯🍟🥨when we're out of snacks and our favorite places are closed.) No fantasies about scaring 👻 people and getting reactions from the Forresters. Let's get back to us, our engagement, and our nice, quiet life. (Deacon, Reddit wonders if you actually KNOW Sheila 🤔).
Sheila: Ppffrrtt. (💭 Alright, fine, we'll seeeeeee😏.)
(Sheila and Deacon laugh 😄😀 and smoochy smoochy kissy kissy 😍🥰. Then Sheila is snuggled up with Deacon getting a shoulder massage.)
Sheila: I missed this. 😍 I missed you and thought about you the whole time. I didn't think I'd be back here. I was thisclose to 💀.
But, here I am! With you and my imaginary ring. 👋💍 😀 WOW!
Deacon: 🙄 No more pretending. I want everyone to know how in love 😍💕 I am with you. 🥰 (More smoochy smoochy 😘🥰.)
Hope, Ridge, and Liam at FC
Ridge and Liam: Sheila! Changed? 🤨 Wha? 😦Nah. Nope. No. No fucking way! 😠 Is Finn crazy? 😵💫 Delusional? Stupid? Wtf is his problem? 😤Ridge: You must have gotten it wrong. It can't be.
Hope: No. Sheila is--
Ridge: NOOOOOOO! Grrrr. 😠 Gah! 😦 Not about SHEILA. I know. I KNOW. 🤨 I get it. I heard you. Sheila's alive. Fuck. But whatever. No. I mean about the other thing -- Finn idiotically thinking this is GOOD news. Growl! Huff! Puff! 😤On what planet could he POSSIBLY believe this is good news? How clueless is he?
Liam: (quickly hopping on the anti-Finn train 🚂) Yah. Yah. I mean, seriously. Hope. How could Finn POSSIBLY think,💡🤔 with NO ❌ evidence, that psychopath Sheila 👿 is reformed 😇? Wtf?!
Hope: He has reasons. He--
Ridge: REASONS!? REASONS?! 😮 Snarl! 😡 What fucking REASONS?!
Hope: He says she's changed. He's seen her growth. 🌱 He's seen her sprout angel 😇 wings 🪽. He's seen a new and improved Sheila.
Liam: Give me a fucking break! It's pure foolishness 🥴 and personal bias! 😦 Gah! Just because the BABY MANCHILD has a childish need to have a relationship with his birth mommy, he's latched onto a fantasy that this demon 👿 psycho has reformed. (💭 Don't worry, Steffy 💕. I'll be your fall back guy.).
It's NOT REALITY! (💭 I'm really postering now, showing off to Ridge, matching him huff for puff! 😤).
Ridge: Yah! Grrrr. Harumph! 😤😡 What's gotten into this guy? 🤨 Growl! 😦 Sheila is an ANIMAL! Grrr! 😦 Animals don't change! Snort! 😤 Spiders 🕷️, snakes⚕️, reptiles 🐊, monsters 🧟♀️👺👿 like Sheila never change!
Hope: I felt the same way. (💭 I even gave up on a relationship with my dad ☹️ when he wouldn't break it off with Sheila.) But after seeing 👀 them together 💕, maybe we should keep an open mind 😐. People said the same thing about Thomas, that he--
Ridge: 🤨 You DID NOT. You DID NOT just FUCKING GO THERE (💭 bitch!) Growl! 😡 Snarl! 😦 Snort 😤! Grrrr. You DID NOT just COMPARE my TALENTED, KIND, LOVING, REFORMED SON (some Redditors say you forgot enabled, entitled, obsessed, dangerous, and consequence free son) to that PSYCHOPATH SHEILA?! OMFG! 🤬
Hope: I'm not saying they're the same. 🫤🙄 (💭 Gah. Eye roll. Patience with the neanderthal. Deep breath.) I'm just saying people can change. So we could just possibly, maybe open the door a teeny, tiny 🤏 bit and entertain the possibility that Finn could possibly be right.
Ridge: You AGREE with (💭 the loser idiot) FINN about that psycho 🫨 Sheila?! What the fucking fuck, Hope?! (💭 Are you crazy and stupid too? Where's Brooke? I can't deal with you, ffs.😠)
Look, Finn has a weird ass connection to Sheila. But WTF, Hope. What's up with YOU? 🤔
Liam: 🤨
Hope: I explained. Sugar was planning to harm 🪓➰🔪🩸 Steffy. Sheila tried to stop her.
Liam: Hearsay. This story of Sheila fighting Sugar came from the least reliable source -- Sheila! (💭 Reddit hates to admit it, but Liam has a point). Sheila told you this story. You, Finn, and Deacon just accept it at face value.
But all we know for sure is that SHEILA didn't attack 🔪 Steffy. Sugar did. That doesn't mean Sheila has changed. It just means there were TWO psychos! 😵💫🫨 (Reddit really doesn't want to give Liam credit but kinda gotta suck it up and admit, he's making good points.)
Hope: Deacon and Finn think she HAS changed.
Ridge: Hope. (💭 Whooo boy. I have no patience under normal circumstances. 😑 This is WILDLY FRUSTRATING AF! 😡). Everything Sheila says is a LIE! It's all for show. Gah! 😦 Come ON!
Hope: For--
Ridge and Liam: FOR FINN! FOR FINN! OMFG! 😨
Ridge: She's feeding him the fantasy HE WANTS! Now, she's supposed to be mother of the year, ffs?! Growl! Snarl! 😡 Nah!
Hope: I'm not saying we just accept it. I'm just asking that we keep an open mind, for Finn's sake. (💭 Reddit wonders why Hope doesn't just wrap it up and extricate herself from this whole thing! She should just say ' I gave you the news. Talk to Finn. Byeeee.' Reddit says get out of there, Hope. It's been a looooooooooooooong af day!)
Look, I'm starting to see Finn's side. If indeed Sheila has changed, why shouldn't he want a relationship with her?
Ridge: NOT gonna HAPPEN. 🤨 😡 (Reddit thinks Ridge must have taken a few pointers from Victor Newman only Ridge is way louder.) Finn wants Sheila in their lives. Steffy's not gonna allow it.🫸❌ Absolutely not. ❌ No way. ❌ No how. ❌ Never. Ever. Gonna happen. ❌ Nope. ❌ Nah! ❌ Forget about it! ❌
Liam: Ohhh. Yah! Righ! After what she's endured being MARRIED to this guy who has some bullshit, primal connection to his psycho 🫨 birth mother. Now he wants to invite Sheila into her life? Well, he doesn't GET STEFFY! Steffy will NEVER allow it. She'll draw a line ➖in the sand. The stop 🛑 sign will go up. The hands will push 🫸 back 🫸 hard 🫸.
FINN DOESN'T KNOW STEFFY -- like AT ALL! (💭 Not like I know Steffy and love 😍 Steffy, and will protect Steffy 👩❤️👨.)
Ridge: 🤨
Hope: 🙄
Finn and Steffy at their home
Steffy: (it all sinks in) It wasn't Sheila I stabbed 🔪. 😣 It was a look-a-like, Sugar. 😖 I stabbed Sugar -- some woman who was tricked into plastic surgery to look like Sheila. What?! 🤯Finn: Yah, babe. Isn't that a good thing? 🙂 Isn't that GREAT? 😀 Isn't that a relief? 😀 Isn't that a HUGE weight lifted? 😃 Aren't you thrilled 🤩, happy 😁, and bursting with joy 😊? I know I am. We thought you killed my birth mother, but you stabbed a totally different psycho! Pretty cool, huh? 🙄😃
Steffy: 🥺😠😡 (💭 Wow. OMG. Finn thinks I should be relieved? WTF?!)
Finn: Sugar kidnapped ➰⛓️ Sheila. If Deacon and I hadn't gotten there to SAVE her, she might not have survived, honey! This is SUCH AMAZINGLY AWESOME 👍 NEWS!
Steffy: So YOU think I'm supposed to be THANKFUL this monster 👿 is alive?! Are you fucking serious?! 😖😟
Finn: Nah. But yah. Isn't a small 🤏 part of you thankful? 🙄
Steffy: No. 😕
Finn: Relieved? 😀
Steffy: No. ☹️
Finn: Happy for me? 🙂
Steffy: No. 😣
Finn: Honey, babe, sweetheart, listen. We were struggling with the fact that you killed my birth mother, but we don't have to anymore. (💭 I know if I reframe this the right way, Steffy will have an ah ha 💡moment 😀 and feel relief. I just have to find the right words. I have faith 🙏 in us. I'm not even a little bit delusional.🥴 I know Steffy has a good and forgiving heart ❤️. She's just in shock 😳 and horrified 😱 and her mind is blown 🤯. But this will subside. 🙂 I'll just keep talking in a soothing voice. Yah!)
You killed someone who hated Sheila. Sugar was crazy. She wanted to hurt YOU to hurt HER. Get it? (💭 Sugar was the REALLY bad 👹 one. Sheila is a RECOVERING psycho! Big difference! 😀)
Steffy: So I'm supposed to be ooooh all happy and shit that psycho A is dead and psycho B is alive? 🤔 Nah! Finn, I'ma speak slowly so you can understand me when I tell you, NO I'm not happy or relieved or whatever tf you want me to be -- because the DANGER IS BACK! (💭 This man has the THICKEST, HARDEST HEAD! Fucking hell. He's freaking me out so badly that Dawn can't even find any emojis to express the emotional wreckage on my face! Anger, disbelief, confusion, fear, stress, anxiety, frustration -- all the feels!)
Finn: Nah. It's not back! That's the glorious, wonderful, amazing, beautiful, exciting, magnificent 😀😃😄😁 thing I'm just not adequately conveying to you, my love! No fear or danger! Sheila tried to PROTECT YOU. She tried to SAVE YOUR LIFE! She's your best friend ever! She wants to get pedicures together, not shoot us and leave us for dead! She's past that nonsense now. No more danger, honey! ☺️💕
She offered her own life to save you! She tried to fight Sugar. She loves us!
Steffy: Look. 🤨 Sugar's scheme was to blame Sheila. So, Sheila was just selfishly protecting HERSELF from getting blamed. That's all it was! (💭 If I just reframe this the right way, Finn will have an ah ha 💡 moment. He has to! I just have to find the right words to get through his thick skull and penetrate his delusional thinking. He's really worrying me and pissing me off. Wow. Just wow.)
Finn: Nah. She offered her own life! She cares more about us than her own life. SHEILA'S A HERO! Super Sheila🦸♀️ to the rescue, only she was chained up ⛓️ and fighting at a disadvantage, but she tried!
Steffy: Hero? HERO? 🤢🤮 You're calling SHEILA fucking psycho CARTER a HERO? Are you on crack? 😮 She tried to KILL🩸us. (💭 He's gone off the deep end into LA LA land 🤪.)
Finn: When Sugar told her--
Steffy: (Angry 😡 and frustrated 😖, Steffy Slams a chair 🪑💥 hard on the floor.) I DON'T GIVE AF ABOUT SUGAR!!! I don't CARE about her!!! 😦😣 She means NOTHING TO ME!!! (💭 STFU Finn! OMFG! Ahhhh! I have NO PATIENCE LEFT for his delusional BULLSHIT! I can't seem to get through to him! Why tf won't he LISTEN??!! 🤬)
WE'RE TALKING ABOUT SHEILA! 😠
S H E I L A !! 😡
We've been over this a ZILLION TIMES how she had terrorized my family for generations! How do you not GET IT?
Finn: I do. I underst--
Steffy: NO YOU DO NOT FUCKING UNDERSTAND!!!! 😡😤 GENERATIONS! GENERATIONS! That vile bitch is a LUNATIC! 😵💫🫨😈
(Steffy pleads 😫 with Finn in frustration 😖😣 to comprehend.)
She tried to KILL ME! And my MOTHER! And my GRANDMOTHER! 😩
I lost TIME with my mother! 😩 I lost TIME with YOU! 😫😣
She's tried to POISON people. So, even if she did try some feeble attempt to get that other stupid psychopath friend not to hurt me, SO FUCKING WHAT?!
NO! NO! NO NO NO NO! 😡 She's NO HERO! I NEVER want to hear you say that AGAIN! (💭 La La La La I can't hear you! I won't hear you! NO!)
Finn: 😑😞 (shakes his head. 💭 She's not getting it.)
Steffy: 😡😖 (shakes her head. 💭 He's lost his mind.)
Steffy: Do you hear me? She's vile. She is in no way a HERO! 😠 She left us in an ALLEY to DIE! What are you thinking? 😩
Finn: Yah yah. I knoooow. I know her past sins. She's made some mistakes 😒, some bad judgement calls🙄, she's been kind of a mess 🫤. She hasn't always put her best foot forward. She hasn't always been super thoughtful. Sure, she's wanted a lot of people dead 💀, but that was THEN and this is NOW! She's been working on herself. She's very into self help these days, and yoga and shit. The fact is she tried to save you!
Steffy: Don't CHALLENGE ME on FACTS ABOUT SHEILA! I'll give YOU the fucking FACTS Mr. Man! 😡 You will lose.
Finn: How about the handy dandy fact that she's alive and you didn't kill my birth mother? ☺️ That matters to me! I'm your husband (takes Steffy's hand). You're the most important person 💕 in the world 🌎 to me. But my birth mother was a mystery. I almost lost her. I just want to help her. I don't want to turn my back on her. 😟 (💭 She's kind of a hoot too, and stubborn and strong, kinda like someone else I love! ❤️)
Steffy: (looking miserable 😖) But you have to. I love you. 😢God, I love you! ❤️ (💭 And my heart is breaking 💔 right now.) You are SO GOOD! But Sheila is EVIL 👹. You are naive (💭 delusional) to think she'll change, that she won't devestate our lives.
Sheila is NOT going to be IN OUR LIVES, no where near Kelly or Hayes.
You can't have BOTH. 😟
It's either HER.
Or ME. 😐
Finn: 😕I hear you. Of COURSE it's YOU. It will always be you. ❤️ (Steffy and Finn share an emotional embrace, both with weary 😞, teary 😥, worried 🥺 expressions. They hold on to each other, emotionally spent.)
The end.
2024.05.14 02:11 Illustrious-Radio-55 One time asbestos exposure is considered low risk, but does this apply to me?
 | So I found out three months ago that a renovation we did 7 years ago exposed us to asbestos. submitted by Illustrious-Radio-55 to asbestoshelp [link] [comments] We pulled up over half a small/average size room worth of vinyl sheet floor that likely had asbestos because it was from the 70s. My dad also sanded the black adhesive under floor for about 30 minutes while we were there, he probably sanded for a bit over an hour total though while we were outside waiting (the machine was brutally loud). He sanded maybe 1/5 of the floor in that room. The door to outside and window were also open so the room had some ventilation at least, and the sander had a built in vacuum and bag to contain the dust (though im guessing the asbestos got through it because how small the fibers are). The vinyl floor also could have had a high percentage of asbestos in it as the layer under the vinyl pattern looked gray/white. I think in total we may have spent up to 5 hours pulling this floor off tear after tear, but I guess it’s still not as bad as just sanding asbestos 🥲. The good thing is that we weren’t around the sander for too long, but even then tearing up the floor the way we did is something I wish never happened. We also swept up the debris and put in a container and then into the trash, possibly putting some dust into the air again. My exposure was probably less than 4 hours, and my brother and sister less than 30 minutes, but what I hate is that we were young when this happened. Im pretty much certain nothing will happen to my brother and sister with only 30 minutes, but I worry for me and my parents. My parents were about 40 when this happened so im hoping if it ever affects them they will be 70 or 80 or even 90 and its not like its cutting their lives short, but my exposure at 14 is something I fear will be my end even in 30 to 50 years. The thing is, I know I have ocd now and I think im over exaggerating and im wrong, but I cant stop thinking about this stupid day 7 years ago. I want to just stop, so I want this to be my last post about this day and then I can just move on. So I just want to know if what I hear everywhere will apply to this particular situation, it was only a few hours of exposure but feels like a bad type of exposure because of how much we damaged the asbestos materials and even sanded them. What level of exposure would this be considered, moderate or heavy? I dont plan on smoking and I will always be careful with construction and renovation from now on as well as with radon and other lung cancer causing things. Ill be careful with my health in general and see how far it gets me, but I need to stop obsessing about this. So I just want to ask one last time now that iv’e figured out roughly how long I was exposed for ( a few hours). Can I just consider this a low risk event and move on with my life, should I be getting my lungs checked in 10 to 20 years? I just want to be responsible about this, and move on with my life while knowing ive done everything I can. If I need to get checked in the future I will do it, but I want to do the right thing and take of myself and my family. After that, I can let go easier and move on with my life. |
2024.05.14 01:23 Illustrious-Radio-55 I definitely breathed in asbestos for a few hours…
We tore up half a bedroom worth of vinyl sheet floor without ever knowing about asbestos, I was 14 when this happened and im 21 now. My dad just didn’t know, but I still feel upset that it happened and got us all exposed, including my little brother and sister who were 6 and 8 at the time.
My dad even sanded the black adhesive under the vinyl for 30 minutes while we were there, no god damn ppe aside from an n95 that I wasn’t even wearing because I was 14 and uninformed about the danger.
Its been 3 months since I found out and im still uneasy about it, we tore that damn floor to shreds with roof shingle removal tools because it was so stuck the floor. It came off tear after tear, piece after piece. I think I may have spent 2-5 hours there helping my parents, and the sander was on for 30 minutes while I was there, I may have worn an n95 for half the time I was there but idk anymore because my pictures show me not wearing it.
The only good thing is that the door to outside and a window were open so I don’t think the fibers just stayed in the aree were working in, and also the asbestos was probably white asbestos since thats was mostly used in floor. We also didnt live in this house ever, it was a second home.
And I have read about one time exposure, ive read that its considered low risk, but I feel like my situation might be different. This wasn’t just a popcorn ceiling that I stared at the wrong way, my dad sanded asbestos and thats about the worst thing you can do. He only did it for an hour or 2 and we were only in the room for less than 30 minutes when he did it, but we were certainly exposed and definitely inhaled asbestos. Also those damn vinyl floors have a gray/white backing under the vinyl pattern that can apparently be 100% asbestos, and thats terrifying.
The only good thing is my brother and sister were probably exposed for less than 30 minutes total because they spent the day outside playing, but it’s still terrifying to think they were exposed at all. It’s also scary that I don’t truly know the full extent of the exposure, im only guessing how long we were exposed based on photos and videos from that day. It could be more, but it’s probably less than I would think. I also know it was very dusty in the room, but asbestos is invisible so…
Regardless, I was definitely exposed and I want to know if the general idea of one time exposure being low risk still applies to me. I was very young when exposed, was there for up to 5 hours (probably less), and black asbestos adhesive was sanded for 30 minutes while I was there without ppe. The sheet floor we tore up may have had a very high percentage of asbestos, me and my mom were doing that for hours without, let alone my dad who spent days sanding asbestos for almost a week total as he sanded about 5 rooms worth of the stuff while we werent there. He only had an n95.
Did I get a common one time exposure that happens to lots of people, or is this worse than that?
(Also sorry if I come off as paranoid, I have been dealing with ocd since I went through a house fire a year ago, im working on getting over it though)
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My dad even sanded the black adhesive under the vinyl for 30 minutes while we were there, no god damn ppe aside from an n95 that I wasn’t even wearing because I was 14 and uninformed about the danger.
Its been 3 months since I found out and im still uneasy about it, we tore that damn floor to shreds with roof shingle removal tools because it was so stuck the floor. It came off tear after tear, piece after piece. I think I may have spent 2-5 hours there helping my parents, and the sander was on for 30 minutes while I was there, I may have worn an n95 for half the time I was there but idk anymore because my pictures show me not wearing it.
The only good thing is that the door to outside and a window were open so I don’t think the fibers just stayed in the aree were working in, and also the asbestos was probably white asbestos since thats was mostly used in floor. We also didnt live in this house ever, it was a second home.
And I have read about one time exposure, ive read that its considered low risk, but I feel like my situation might be different. This wasn’t just a popcorn ceiling that I stared at the wrong way, my dad sanded asbestos and thats about the worst thing you can do. He only did it for an hour or 2 and we were only in the room for less than 30 minutes when he did it, but we were certainly exposed and definitely inhaled asbestos. Also those damn vinyl floors have a gray/white backing under the vinyl pattern that can apparently be 100% asbestos, and thats terrifying.
The only good thing is my brother and sister were probably exposed for less than 30 minutes total because they spent the day outside playing, but it’s still terrifying to think they were exposed at all. It’s also scary that I don’t truly know the full extent of the exposure, im only guessing how long we were exposed based on photos and videos from that day. It could be more, but it’s probably less than I would think. I also know it was very dusty in the room, but asbestos is invisible so…
Regardless, I was definitely exposed and I want to know if the general idea of one time exposure being low risk still applies to me. I was very young when exposed, was there for up to 5 hours (probably less), and black asbestos adhesive was sanded for 30 minutes while I was there without ppe. The sheet floor we tore up may have had a very high percentage of asbestos, me and my mom were doing that for hours without, let alone my dad who spent days sanding asbestos for almost a week total as he sanded about 5 rooms worth of the stuff while we werent there. He only had an n95.
Did I get a common one time exposure that happens to lots of people, or is this worse than that?
(Also sorry if I come off as paranoid, I have been dealing with ocd since I went through a house fire a year ago, im working on getting over it though)
2024.05.13 22:17 Rossowdult DOR success story
TL;DR: After 3 miscarriages and a diagnosis of DOR, I had two healthy pregnancies without IVF or other ART.
We started TTC when I was 35.5, my partner 37. We got pregnant quickly, and quickly had 3 miscarriages, all around 8 or 9 weeks. We never had them tested, but my OB suspected genetic abnormalities.
My partner's test results were normal for a man his age. After the 2nd miscarriage, I had bloodwork and an SHG, a procedure where my OB filled my uterus with saline and looked at it on an ultrasound to see whether I had any visible issues that could explain what was wrong. This procedure was timed to a specific day in my menstrual cycle, so that while we were at it, she could look at my ovaries on the ultrasound as well, to make a prediction about how many eggs she could expect to retrieve if we decided to try IVF.
The SHG turned out normal. My uterus was perfectly fine. My ovaries, however, looked like those of a woman nearing menopause. My antral follicle count (AFC) was only 4. If we did IVF now, the doctor said, that’s how many eggs she expected to harvest -- just 4. Not nearly enough for a promising cycle. The results from the blood test also corresponded to the levels of a menopausal woman. Here are the numbers, for those of you who already know what these mean:
Day 3 AMH: 0.311
Estradiol: 23.8
FSH: 13.8
I might have looked 30 on the outside, but I’d just turned 36, and on the inside I was closer to 50. Our doctor did not recommend that we move forward with IVF. We asked her what we could do instead. She suggested I try supplementing with DHEA, and gave us the recommended dosage (25 mg 3 times/day, for a total of 75 mg daily). She also recommended CoQ10, though she didn’t have a suggested dosage for that, and noted that my vitamin D levels were low. I started supplementing with each of those three things.
I noticed the effects of the DHEA very quickly. It’s an androgen, and can cause women to start sprouting extra body hair. My libido sprang up to teenager levels, and I got acne again.
I decided to take only 200 mg/day of the CoQ10 because it was expensive. That and the vitamin D seemed to give me more energy, maybe, but I couldn’t say for sure.
It took us longer to get pregnant the 3rd time. The miscarriage was the same.
Our OB explained again why she didn't recommend IVF for women with DOR, and told us about a patient of hers who’d had 9 miscarriages before having a successful pregnancy. We were lucky we were able to get pregnant so easily, she said. We were lucky that we didn’t have any other issues compounding the DOR.
If we wanted to explore other options, she told us, our best chance was to use an egg donor. Other than that, all we could do was keep trying. During my fertile window, and given our age, she recommended intercourse every 48 hours.
I doubled down on my research. I read everything I could find online, and read a lot of posts on message boards like the one I’m writing now. Here’s what I decided to do:
Here is a study on CoQ10 in follicular fluid and its association with better outcomes: https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s00404-011-2169-2
Here’s another (“Conclusion: Our observation leads to the hypothesis that the oral supplementation of CoQ10 may improve follicular fluid oxidative metabolism and oocyte quality, specially in over 35-year-old women”): https://www.mdpi.com/2076-3921/7/10/141
The positive news about CoQ10 keeps coming. I’ll stop with these: https://rbej.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s12958-018-0343-0, https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/acel.12368
From what I learned while researching this stuff, both CoQ10 and acetyl l-carnitine are antioxidants that are thought to be active in the mitochondria. The mitochondria is sometimes called the “battery” of the cell, supplying its energy as it does its job. After an egg leaves the nourishing environment of the ovary for its journey down the fallopian tube, its only source of energy is its own mitochondria. That’s what keeps it fresh and alive. So an antioxidant that might help the mitochondria have more energy might be crucial for keeping egg cells, and the DNA inside them, better organized for longer -- long enough to conceive. This theory would apply to sperm cells as well, and is thought to be why taking these supplements gives people more energy. Young people have a lot of CoQ10 in their bodies, but after age 25 or so, our natural production goes down.
Here’s a study about egg quality and acetyl l-carnitine (ALCAR): https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0378432012002436
There isn’t as much research, especially in humans, on ACLAR as there is on CoQ10, but what’s been done so far looks promising. Here’s a study in mice: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0378432012002436
As for alpha lipoic acid (ALA), my understanding is that this is thought to be beneficial for diabetics because of its effects on the pancreas. The pancreas and the ovaries are similar in the way they age (again, according to things I read while I was researching like crazy). While I’m not overweight, I’ve always had high blood sugar, and have type 2 diabetes on both sides of my family. So I added this to my regimen too.
Research: ALA supplementation is thought to be safe during pregnancy: https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/09513590.2018.1462320
A small study has shown ALA to be helpful in patients with PCOS undergoing IVF: https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Luisa_Caponecchia/publication/303088959_Effect_of_myo-inositol_and_alpha-lipoic_acid_on_oocyte_quality_in_polycystic_ovary_syndrome_non-obese_women_undergoing_in_vitro_fertilization_a_pilot_study/links/584fb41c08ae4bc8993b3211/Effect-of-myo-inositol-and-alpha-lipoic-acid-on-oocyte-quality-in-polycystic-ovary-syndrome-non-obese-women-undergoing-in-vitro-fertilization-a-pilot-study.pdf
Anyway, if you're still reading, pregnancy number 4 was a success. I quit every supplement except for prenatal vitamins. My doctor at the IVF clinic put me on progesterone until I got through week 10, in case a progesterone deficiency was the cause of my previous miscarriages. She’d never tested for this, so the progesterone was just a precaution. I’d always been plenty nauseated with each of my pregnancies, and the supplemental progesterone only made it worse. All I could eat were dry crackers. After reading a few things about the potential effects of progesterone on an embryo, I don’t think I’d do it again, not unless my doctor had a test result suggesting that it was what I really needed.
My doctor also recommended I start taking baby aspirin, 81 mgs/day, to be continued throughout the pregnancy, in case I had an issue with blood clotting that was causing the miscarriages. She’d never tested me for it, and given my AFC and AMH and FSH levels, it seemed like we already knew what my problem was, but she said it couldn’t hurt, so I went on it and stayed on it until 36 weeks.
Two years later, while I was supplementing with just prenatal vitamins and CoQ10, and without really trying, we got pregnant again. Baby #1 is now five years old, and #2 is three.
submitted by Rossowdult to DOR [link] [comments]
We started TTC when I was 35.5, my partner 37. We got pregnant quickly, and quickly had 3 miscarriages, all around 8 or 9 weeks. We never had them tested, but my OB suspected genetic abnormalities.
My partner's test results were normal for a man his age. After the 2nd miscarriage, I had bloodwork and an SHG, a procedure where my OB filled my uterus with saline and looked at it on an ultrasound to see whether I had any visible issues that could explain what was wrong. This procedure was timed to a specific day in my menstrual cycle, so that while we were at it, she could look at my ovaries on the ultrasound as well, to make a prediction about how many eggs she could expect to retrieve if we decided to try IVF.
The SHG turned out normal. My uterus was perfectly fine. My ovaries, however, looked like those of a woman nearing menopause. My antral follicle count (AFC) was only 4. If we did IVF now, the doctor said, that’s how many eggs she expected to harvest -- just 4. Not nearly enough for a promising cycle. The results from the blood test also corresponded to the levels of a menopausal woman. Here are the numbers, for those of you who already know what these mean:
Day 3 AMH: 0.311
Estradiol: 23.8
FSH: 13.8
I might have looked 30 on the outside, but I’d just turned 36, and on the inside I was closer to 50. Our doctor did not recommend that we move forward with IVF. We asked her what we could do instead. She suggested I try supplementing with DHEA, and gave us the recommended dosage (25 mg 3 times/day, for a total of 75 mg daily). She also recommended CoQ10, though she didn’t have a suggested dosage for that, and noted that my vitamin D levels were low. I started supplementing with each of those three things.
I noticed the effects of the DHEA very quickly. It’s an androgen, and can cause women to start sprouting extra body hair. My libido sprang up to teenager levels, and I got acne again.
I decided to take only 200 mg/day of the CoQ10 because it was expensive. That and the vitamin D seemed to give me more energy, maybe, but I couldn’t say for sure.
It took us longer to get pregnant the 3rd time. The miscarriage was the same.
Our OB explained again why she didn't recommend IVF for women with DOR, and told us about a patient of hers who’d had 9 miscarriages before having a successful pregnancy. We were lucky we were able to get pregnant so easily, she said. We were lucky that we didn’t have any other issues compounding the DOR.
If we wanted to explore other options, she told us, our best chance was to use an egg donor. Other than that, all we could do was keep trying. During my fertile window, and given our age, she recommended intercourse every 48 hours.
I doubled down on my research. I read everything I could find online, and read a lot of posts on message boards like the one I’m writing now. Here’s what I decided to do:
- Lots of exercise, or at least “lots” by my desk-worker standards (brisk walks every day, gentle training with 10-to-20-pound weights a few times a week, and frequent bike rides)
- Lots of time being happy and relaxed and out in the sun
- Supplements:
- DHEA, 75 mg/day divided in 3 doses
- CoQ10, 800 mg/day (ubiquinone, the cheaper kind)
- Vitamin D3, 2,000 IU/day
- Acetyl L-carnitine, or Alcar, 250 mg/day (the typical dose is 500 mg, but I found this amount gave me nightmares; at 250 mg I felt more energetic, like I could do twice as much exercising as I normally did)
- Alpha lipoic acid, 300 mg/day (this makes your urine stink, but it’s inexpensive and safe, and in addition to helping with fertility, I also found studies about its benefit to diabetics and its effect on the pancreas)
- Black cohosh on cycle days 1 through 12 (it’s an herb, so I have no idea how much I was actually getting)
- Vitex (ditto)
- Prenatal vitamins
- Fish oil (why not)
- More soy foods and freshly ground flax seeds in my diet, for extra estrogen
Here is a study on CoQ10 in follicular fluid and its association with better outcomes: https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s00404-011-2169-2
Here’s another (“Conclusion: Our observation leads to the hypothesis that the oral supplementation of CoQ10 may improve follicular fluid oxidative metabolism and oocyte quality, specially in over 35-year-old women”): https://www.mdpi.com/2076-3921/7/10/141
The positive news about CoQ10 keeps coming. I’ll stop with these: https://rbej.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s12958-018-0343-0, https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/acel.12368
From what I learned while researching this stuff, both CoQ10 and acetyl l-carnitine are antioxidants that are thought to be active in the mitochondria. The mitochondria is sometimes called the “battery” of the cell, supplying its energy as it does its job. After an egg leaves the nourishing environment of the ovary for its journey down the fallopian tube, its only source of energy is its own mitochondria. That’s what keeps it fresh and alive. So an antioxidant that might help the mitochondria have more energy might be crucial for keeping egg cells, and the DNA inside them, better organized for longer -- long enough to conceive. This theory would apply to sperm cells as well, and is thought to be why taking these supplements gives people more energy. Young people have a lot of CoQ10 in their bodies, but after age 25 or so, our natural production goes down.
Here’s a study about egg quality and acetyl l-carnitine (ALCAR): https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0378432012002436
There isn’t as much research, especially in humans, on ACLAR as there is on CoQ10, but what’s been done so far looks promising. Here’s a study in mice: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0378432012002436
As for alpha lipoic acid (ALA), my understanding is that this is thought to be beneficial for diabetics because of its effects on the pancreas. The pancreas and the ovaries are similar in the way they age (again, according to things I read while I was researching like crazy). While I’m not overweight, I’ve always had high blood sugar, and have type 2 diabetes on both sides of my family. So I added this to my regimen too.
Research: ALA supplementation is thought to be safe during pregnancy: https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/09513590.2018.1462320
A small study has shown ALA to be helpful in patients with PCOS undergoing IVF: https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Luisa_Caponecchia/publication/303088959_Effect_of_myo-inositol_and_alpha-lipoic_acid_on_oocyte_quality_in_polycystic_ovary_syndrome_non-obese_women_undergoing_in_vitro_fertilization_a_pilot_study/links/584fb41c08ae4bc8993b3211/Effect-of-myo-inositol-and-alpha-lipoic-acid-on-oocyte-quality-in-polycystic-ovary-syndrome-non-obese-women-undergoing-in-vitro-fertilization-a-pilot-study.pdf
Anyway, if you're still reading, pregnancy number 4 was a success. I quit every supplement except for prenatal vitamins. My doctor at the IVF clinic put me on progesterone until I got through week 10, in case a progesterone deficiency was the cause of my previous miscarriages. She’d never tested for this, so the progesterone was just a precaution. I’d always been plenty nauseated with each of my pregnancies, and the supplemental progesterone only made it worse. All I could eat were dry crackers. After reading a few things about the potential effects of progesterone on an embryo, I don’t think I’d do it again, not unless my doctor had a test result suggesting that it was what I really needed.
My doctor also recommended I start taking baby aspirin, 81 mgs/day, to be continued throughout the pregnancy, in case I had an issue with blood clotting that was causing the miscarriages. She’d never tested me for it, and given my AFC and AMH and FSH levels, it seemed like we already knew what my problem was, but she said it couldn’t hurt, so I went on it and stayed on it until 36 weeks.
Two years later, while I was supplementing with just prenatal vitamins and CoQ10, and without really trying, we got pregnant again. Baby #1 is now five years old, and #2 is three.
2024.05.13 21:23 BlueJayWC Fan Speculation/Theory: Ever wondered how many soldiers the NCR/Legion has? Here's my findings
So for starters, it's important to distinguish between a game's meta-lore and the restrictions based on gameplay. If you count up the total number of NCR soldiers in-game, it will add up to around 200 (according to the wiki). But obviously 200 soldiers is not the total number, it's just the number of NPC that the engine can handle. This is common throughout many RPGs, just like how a big battle in Skyrim only has a couple dozen NPCs or how in Fallout 2, Shady Sands had a population of 3000 and yet maybe only 100 actual NPCs in-game.
Let's shoot out some numbers based on dialogue; Lt. Haggerty at Helios ONE claims that the NCR outnumbered the Brotherhood 20-1 during Operation Sunburst. It's unknown how many knights and Paladins the Brotherhood had, but I'm going to assume 100. Veronica states that half the Brotherhood died at this battle, and since Hidden Bunker has around 50 NPCs, I believe that's a reasonable assumption. Of course, if we use the same logic as stated above, the Mojave Brotherhood could have had 200, 300, or 500 for all we know; regardless, in the interest of moderation, I'll stick with 100 for now, and the smaller a faction is the more likely their actual in-game numbers are supposed to reflect their population.
So, in other words, the NCR had 2000 soldiers at Helios One. Elder McNamarra, after the courier hands in the scout reports, states that the NCR has increased their presence in the area by 5x since Helios ONE, for a grand total of 10,000 soldiers.
Seems a lot, but this relies on a bit of speculation since no numbers are actually stated, just ratios and multiplications. However, Chief Hanlon gives a firm number; he says that 1000 NCR soldiers die a year in the Mojave. The US army field manual 101-5-1 states that a unit becomes combat ineffective at 31% losses. Assuming 10% deaths, with an equal of unrecoverable wounded, the NCR loses 20% of it's strength in a year. This reflects the depiction of the NCR in-game as while they hold the line, they are not "combat ineffectively", just severely pushed to the limit.
Another hard number to throw into the mix; the NCR pamphlet in Fallout 2 states that the NCR has a population of 700,000. Due to territorial expansion and population growth, the NCR probably has at least 1 million citizens in 2281. With an army in the low tens of thousands, this would be an effective population-to-miltary ratio.
Again this all a bit of speculation, and just an excuse to show how much I care about the game. Let's do the Legion now
The Legion is a bit interesting because their units seem to follow the Roman structure exactly, which were rigid and less fluid like a modern day military (or the NCR). A "tent-group" (contubernia) had 10 members, led by a decanus ("leader of ten"). In the Roman legion, however, only 8 contubernia members were actually legionaries, just like in-game where a contubernia has 8 legionaries. The other 2 were non-combatants. In the Roman Empire, they would be servants, grooms, slaves or engineers, and in New Vegas they would be represented in-game as slaves, the support class which were vital for the Legion's logistics.
Centuries are mentioned in-game in dialogue, and Centurions (leader of a hundred) are also a rank. The Offical Game Guide also claims that Cohorts (6 centuries, 480 legionaires with 120 slaves) also exist, but again because of the limitations of the game-engine, the entire Legion presence in the Mojave would be a single cohort.
Now here's the tricky party; what about the "Legion"? It's is Caesar's Legion after all. Assuming the pattern holds, does Caesar's Legion hold a total of ~5000 soldiers? After all ,Lanius is the only legate present in the game, and every Roman legion was commanded by one Legate. What's interesting about this is that Legate Lanius, presumably the only legate in Caesar's singular Legion, isn't actually the only legate. Caesar and Ulysses state that there other legates, both past and present.
If this is the case, and the aforementioned logic above still applies, this means that Caesar's Legion has multiple legions and possibly tens of thousands of soldiers. Legate Lanius arriving to lead the battle of Hoover Dam might mean that Caesar's Legion receives an entire legion (Lanius' legion) as reinforcements. Lanius being the most important (and visible) legate relates to the Roman term "primus inter pares" (first among equals), which explains why Lanius kills other Legates who failed Caesar even though they're the same rank.
Since the Legion is also implied to outnumber the NCR in the Mojave (not the total manpower of the NCR however), it's possible that the Legion has anywhere from 15-20,000 legionaires in the Mojave.
tl;dr I might be obsessed with New Vegas.
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Let's shoot out some numbers based on dialogue; Lt. Haggerty at Helios ONE claims that the NCR outnumbered the Brotherhood 20-1 during Operation Sunburst. It's unknown how many knights and Paladins the Brotherhood had, but I'm going to assume 100. Veronica states that half the Brotherhood died at this battle, and since Hidden Bunker has around 50 NPCs, I believe that's a reasonable assumption. Of course, if we use the same logic as stated above, the Mojave Brotherhood could have had 200, 300, or 500 for all we know; regardless, in the interest of moderation, I'll stick with 100 for now, and the smaller a faction is the more likely their actual in-game numbers are supposed to reflect their population.
So, in other words, the NCR had 2000 soldiers at Helios One. Elder McNamarra, after the courier hands in the scout reports, states that the NCR has increased their presence in the area by 5x since Helios ONE, for a grand total of 10,000 soldiers.
Seems a lot, but this relies on a bit of speculation since no numbers are actually stated, just ratios and multiplications. However, Chief Hanlon gives a firm number; he says that 1000 NCR soldiers die a year in the Mojave. The US army field manual 101-5-1 states that a unit becomes combat ineffective at 31% losses. Assuming 10% deaths, with an equal of unrecoverable wounded, the NCR loses 20% of it's strength in a year. This reflects the depiction of the NCR in-game as while they hold the line, they are not "combat ineffectively", just severely pushed to the limit.
Another hard number to throw into the mix; the NCR pamphlet in Fallout 2 states that the NCR has a population of 700,000. Due to territorial expansion and population growth, the NCR probably has at least 1 million citizens in 2281. With an army in the low tens of thousands, this would be an effective population-to-miltary ratio.
Again this all a bit of speculation, and just an excuse to show how much I care about the game. Let's do the Legion now
The Legion is a bit interesting because their units seem to follow the Roman structure exactly, which were rigid and less fluid like a modern day military (or the NCR). A "tent-group" (contubernia) had 10 members, led by a decanus ("leader of ten"). In the Roman legion, however, only 8 contubernia members were actually legionaries, just like in-game where a contubernia has 8 legionaries. The other 2 were non-combatants. In the Roman Empire, they would be servants, grooms, slaves or engineers, and in New Vegas they would be represented in-game as slaves, the support class which were vital for the Legion's logistics.
Centuries are mentioned in-game in dialogue, and Centurions (leader of a hundred) are also a rank. The Offical Game Guide also claims that Cohorts (6 centuries, 480 legionaires with 120 slaves) also exist, but again because of the limitations of the game-engine, the entire Legion presence in the Mojave would be a single cohort.
Now here's the tricky party; what about the "Legion"? It's is Caesar's Legion after all. Assuming the pattern holds, does Caesar's Legion hold a total of ~5000 soldiers? After all ,Lanius is the only legate present in the game, and every Roman legion was commanded by one Legate. What's interesting about this is that Legate Lanius, presumably the only legate in Caesar's singular Legion, isn't actually the only legate. Caesar and Ulysses state that there other legates, both past and present.
If this is the case, and the aforementioned logic above still applies, this means that Caesar's Legion has multiple legions and possibly tens of thousands of soldiers. Legate Lanius arriving to lead the battle of Hoover Dam might mean that Caesar's Legion receives an entire legion (Lanius' legion) as reinforcements. Lanius being the most important (and visible) legate relates to the Roman term "primus inter pares" (first among equals), which explains why Lanius kills other Legates who failed Caesar even though they're the same rank.
Since the Legion is also implied to outnumber the NCR in the Mojave (not the total manpower of the NCR however), it's possible that the Legion has anywhere from 15-20,000 legionaires in the Mojave.
tl;dr I might be obsessed with New Vegas.
2024.05.13 21:13 Gamer_KatLife Skin allergy
Can someone tell me what this skin allergy could be caused by, and how to treat it.
I go to swimming pools very often, every second day and I get very bad skin dryness and ichness afterwards. Whenever we apply absolutely ANY type of cream on the dry skin, it becomes partially red in like small hexagons and then my hands just become fully red and hot. Also a little context: I once had a wound, that opened on its own, we managed to heal it by desinfecting it, but it feels like this could also be caused by sugar. Not sure what to do, the pools are also for some reason different than before. You used to be able to see from one end to the other underwater, 50 meters, now it has become very white and you can only see like 5 meters maximum. There are also side tyles with a bit of green something, at the bottoms of the pool there seems to be some sort of sand mixed with glass, the coaches say its from filters.
Thank you for reading, waiting for responses.
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I go to swimming pools very often, every second day and I get very bad skin dryness and ichness afterwards. Whenever we apply absolutely ANY type of cream on the dry skin, it becomes partially red in like small hexagons and then my hands just become fully red and hot. Also a little context: I once had a wound, that opened on its own, we managed to heal it by desinfecting it, but it feels like this could also be caused by sugar. Not sure what to do, the pools are also for some reason different than before. You used to be able to see from one end to the other underwater, 50 meters, now it has become very white and you can only see like 5 meters maximum. There are also side tyles with a bit of green something, at the bottoms of the pool there seems to be some sort of sand mixed with glass, the coaches say its from filters.
Thank you for reading, waiting for responses.
2024.05.13 18:42 ZiggyPanda Opinions on weapons and armour. Request for staggering War bonds to seasonal content, every 3 months with a 9 page bond.
Assault Rifles
- Pretty much all AR’s need reworking but AH have acknowledged this or at least the CEO has. Make them all med pen weapons bar liberator (keep this gun as the reminder of how you started, should be the weakest primary but still good for up to diff 5), make them slower firing but really hurt armoured units to distinguish them from smg’s. Speaking of…
Submachine Guns
- Pummeler: this is in a good spot imo, baseline weapon powerful, fun but obvious limitations. - Knight: the one gun I have no idea what to do with TBH - Defender: seems fine too, maybe make it hit even a bit harder than the pummeler as it doesn’t stagger. That’s the trade off. Buffing damage obviously takes into account if AR's are buffed to above where SMG's are right now.Shotguns
- Punisher: baseline, feels fun to use with obvious limitations, hits hard and has good range, staggers like it should. - Slugger: given the slug nature compared to the other shotguns it should be the most powerful single target shotgun, needs stagger back defo. Fun with a mouse and key but hard to use effectively with controller even before the nerf. - Breaker: restore the mag size to launch number, that’d make it baseline again - Breaker incendiary: baseline, great gun right now super fun - Breaker Spray and Pray: I’ve honestly had no need to use this weapon over incendiary.Marksman rifles
- Not really my playstyle, good for weakpoints maybe but my aim isn't the best so maybe better damage to non weakpoints too. That or lean into the weak point strength with unique sights that highlight weak points specially, maybe even see through fog and blizzard/sand storms.
Explosive
- Eruptor: This gun felt really fun and I reckon baseline at launch bar too many mags which may be an actually good nerf balance wise, I never knew about any exploits myself until after nerf but using this with a stalwart had me smiling. Defo keep its bug nest, fabricator clearing ability. Restore its glory! - Crossbow: this puzzled me and was the breaking point for me personally regarding AH’s approach to balance because I thought it needed a buff to compete with the eruptor yet it was nerfed. Should do big damage, basically one shot single med pen targets or spewers on direct hits. Treat more like a specialised grenade launcher with support stalwart as primary, less splash than grenades but great for chargers asses and stripping legs. Increase power and lower velocity I think, make it a skill based weapon. Have it close holes and fabricators and open crates. - Jar 5 dominator: baseline honestly, needs more patience than other shotguns when using to shine due to handling but it does. Let it open crates atleast.- Punisher Plasma: I need to try it out more but I hear good things post buff, could be baseline. Should atleast open crates but maybe not close holes and fabricators idk - Blitzer: so close to baseline, maybe the arc inconsistencies and the upgrade to chained target applying to it also could get it there. - Scythe: all I can say is with a controller, it’s no fun, hear mixed opinions with mouse and key - Sickle: honestly on cold planets, baseline choice and the ammo debuff doesn’t hurt it there. Outside cold planets it gets tricky but I think that should be it’s unique selling point. - Scorcher: right now, pretty much there baseline wise. - Purifier: Dead on arrival, could be as much fun as launch eruptor if reworked in an interesting way.
Secondary Weapons
- Peacemaker: with a laser sight compared to redeemer I think it’s fair to stay, mainly for ballistic shield builds it has use but also like the liberator reminds you where you started. - Redeemer: single shot, this gun still beats the new verdict IMO for DPS. Baseline on that alone. Fun to spray in a pinch but mag count balances it. Lacks laser sight for First Person Ballistic Shield tho which is a shame. - Senator: Good baseline now it has a speed loader, not a fan of the sights or reticle though but thats me. Also hard to use in First Person with ballistic shield. -Dagger: Like the scythe maybe with mouse and key, better aim, its great for weakpoints on bots but i don't have any fun with it myself. - Verdict: More mags and the laser sight could make it a good Ballistic Shield gun if using in First Person but I also feel just adding med pen armour would just tip it to a baseline choice.Grenades
- My only beef here is now the Thermite grenade, it doesn't stick most of the time and like others have said, if it lowered armour pen needed for that area after its explosion it'd be a very cool strategy for big targets, soften them up then unload an MG into the area.
Armour Passives
Rather than individual armours I wanna talk about the passives and what new ones could replace the abundance of identical ones.- Democracy Protects: 50% less chance of getting killed by lethal damage and prevents bleeding from chest haemorrhages. First part is interesting but second part never really noticed myself, fine but perhaps could just be 50% less chance of getting killed by lethal damage and 25% chance for limbs to not break*.* Making this a 'Luck' Style armour.
- Engineering Kit: Reduces recoil while crouching or laying down by 30% and increases grenade capacity by 2. At the moment apparently this effects all recoil regardless of crouching or laying down, which honestly should remain. make it Reduces recoil by 30% and increases grenade capacity by 2. Baseline!
- Extra Padding: Increases Armor Rating. A baseline for new players.
- Fortified: Reduces recoil while crouching or laying down by 30% while granting 50% resistance to explosions. I would change to perhaps Reduce Flinching effect by 30% when crouching or prone while granting 50% resistance to explosions.
- Med Kit: Increases Stim capacity by 2 and increases their duration by two seconds. Baseline, very good passive buffs.
- Servo-Assisted: Increases grenade throwing range by 30% and adds 50% bonus to limb health. Instead of Limb Health, I think the whole passive should be Increases grenade throwing range by 30% and support weapons reloads by 15%
- Scout: Markers placed on maps scan the area every two seconds, reduces enemy detection by 30% Honestly our go to armour right now, baseline, whether because it's working as intended or not.
- Electrical Conduit: 95 percent resistance to arc damage. Almost there honestly but I think adding a secondary would make it more fun, like 95% resistance to arc damage and increase Fire rate of arc based weaponry by 10%
Suggestions for other passives for existing/ future armours
- Feel the Burn: Take 80% less Fire Damage from all sources, movement speed increased while on fire by 20% I could see some intentional self immolation to quickly speed grab samples, finish artillery loading in fire tornados or make an escape from a large group, also a good counter to the Hulk Scorcher. Risk vs Reward.- Artic Explorer: Reduce movement penalty in deep snow and during blizzard hazards by 50%. More Traction on Ice. I considered maybe giving a reduce detection buff instead but I'd rather just have a scout armour with polar colours.
- Geologist: Samples appear marked on the main map when in 50 metre proximity and sample outlines can be seen through terrain at 25 metres. Shows outlines of dropped sample containers too within 25 metres. When ya hunting specifically for samples this would be a handy set for one diver to bring. Like with scout the marking on map doesn't apply squad wide and would show as blinking dots representing their rarity, green/orange/purple. Could also have a hidden buff that audibly warns being in a meteor shower impact zone.
- Flexible Shoulder Pads: Increase solo reload speed for backpack weapons by 30% and increase melee damage by 50% The main draw here is obviously the first buff, it wouldn't affect non backpack support weapons like the railgun or AMR (The Servo-Assisted reload buff I suggested covers those but less of a buff) but Spear, Airburst, Autocannon, Recoilless etc.
- Analyst: Highlights mission critical objects of interest in 50m proximity through terrain. Enemies and patrols temporarily show as red outlines through terrain when pinged. This is similar to the Geologist perks but instead of samples showing through terrain, terminals/ssd's/launch codes, artillery warheads, valve icons show from further away. Enemies also pulse three times (per 1.5 seconds) allowing you or perhaps even your whole team to get a better view. Extra hidden buff, see outlines of team mates when dropping in.
What do you guys think? It’s pretty clear now that trying to do this monthly content is just not working out, more issues than wins overall not to mention the longer this goes on the more intimidating it is for new players coming in having to spend thousands of super credits to just access the bonds and if they shortcut with real money are gonna feel let down with the lacklustre feeling of weapons and uninteresting new armour as they are now.
The latest war bond seems to be ignoring the last balance update numbers before it, which gives the impression things are too rushed as they are now. so the tenderiser (which doesn't even match the trailer colour wise) and purifier are pretty much dead on arrival. The Verdict feels underpowered with light pen now the senator has a speed loader etc
If this goes on we’re just gonna get more new weapons and armour that seem superfluous and often worse than existing launch weapons with more on the way before existing ones are properly fixed. Bear in mind a lot of players aren’t grinding for these bonds but again paying for them.
I think instead (if possible with Sony terms) the next 3 month gap between bonds should really work over issues with some existing armours and weapons, with interesting effects and unique elements that let them stand out. I think it would be easier holding back new content and releasing it in a massive dump too because the heavy users will unlock them immediately and bring to attention any issues needing a quick fix before the rest of the player base get their first impression spoiled.
The arc resistance to armour was the only real interesting post launch armour passive and it didn't even cover all Weights. Each war bond if remaining as monthly at the very least should introduce a new fun passive effect. Like others have said the Polar Bond giving an armour passive specific to snow planets with a secondary buff to run on ice without slipping would have been a lot more interesting.
The focus of balance now should be no nerfs, only buffs. The best weapons right now are the only fun ones to use ATM, none feel overpowered so make them the baseline.
2024.05.13 16:45 ToEmpathyAndBeyond Wife’s numbers are scary high
 | Tl;dr: My wife (38F) was diagnosed last week with BG 458 and A1c 13.7, started metformin 500mg extended release 2x/day, got a CGM, no finger sticks, numbers are 200-400 but mostly stayed in 250-350 range over past 40 hours. Looking for support, and wondering if anyone else was diagnosed with numbers this high, how long did it take to get them controlled? submitted by ToEmpathyAndBeyond to diabetes_t2 [link] [comments] My (39F) wife (38F) was diagnosed last week after a routine PCP visit with labs (first PCP visit in many years, but she had a gynecologist/nurse midwife visit in January and we saw a reproductive endocrinologist in March). Next morning the doctor sent this message. In hindsight I think her approach (incremental change, avoid info overload) is smart and probably works well for MOST people. But my wife and I freaked out, started Googling and asking our med pro friends, and immediately made a same-day appt. I left work 3 hours early and we arrived at the dr office 45 mins before the appt (unheard of for us 😂). To the dr’s credit, she got us back to see her right away, quickly shifted gears to share lots of info and options, and took time to listen and answer our questions. She prescribed a CGM (Libre 2) which my wife got on Saturday. (Wife is terrified of needles and doesn’t want to do any finger sticks. I had to apply the CGM for her.) Over the past 40 hours, her numbers have ranged from 200 to 400+. She’s taken 8 doses of metformin 500mg extended release (2x day since Thursday night), and I know it can take 4-5 days to really see effects. I also know that her numbers have likely been this high for months and months, but I’m so worried about long-term damage. 😞 My wife is taking this super seriously and has already overhauled her diet (no added sugar, low carbs, extra protein and healthy fats), and started exercising more. We’ve both dieted before and know the drill. Emotionally she’s devastated by the diagnosis, especially because we were planning to TTC next month, and that’s likely delayed now. She’s motivated to get this controlled ASAP so that having a baby is still an option. And, I know this is a marathon and not a sprint, and I’m worried about burnout. She has a long history of (likely but undiagnosed) PCOS, obesity, binge eating, and avoidance of preventive medical care. (Ironically her weight is currently almost in a healthy range, thanks to 2 years of previously-unexplained weight loss, which no one besides me questioned - if you’re fat, weight loss is always the priority. 😑) I’m doing this with her, both to be supportive and because I’m concerned about my own IR (weight gain in the past year, fasting insulin was 17.5 in March despite having good FG and A1c, and last year my A1c was 5.7 so barely pre-D). I know this is long, so I appreciate anyone who read this far. It’s been very overwhelming the last few days, and I feel like I need a “T2D spouse support group” already. I’m really hoping we can get her numbers down in the next few weeks and without having to add insulin. |
2024.05.13 13:51 xtremexavier15 TMA 6
The logo's 'D' transitioned the scene back to the studio, the shot showing all the former cast members on stage – the six losers on the right, the three guests on the left, and the two hosts in the center.
"Welcome back to the Aftermath show!" Damien said happily to the audience as they gave their applause. "We're currently talking with Izzy about herself and her time on the show!" The crowd cheered.
"Now it's time for Izzy to play Truth or Hammer!" Priya announced and turned to the quirky guest. "Season two started off so well for you. Where did things go wrong?"
“I think it was when I turned down that secret alliance with Chef,” Izzy dropped, causing everyone to gasp.
Damien looked up at the hammer and saw that it didn't lower down at all. “Chef actually tried to form a secret alliance with you?”
“Uh-huh. He said he'd help me win this thing if I shared the money with him,” Izzy answered.
“Whoa,” Geoff spoke out in surprise.
“Totally did not expect that,” Eva added.
Damien then heard something in his earpiece. “Hey, I think we've got a never-before-seen clip!” he mentioned as the camera panned up to the television.
After the static played out, the footage featured Chef and Izzy standing next to a trailer on the film lot. “I'll help you man up and win this thing. We split the prize money fifty-fifty,” Chef negotiated.
Chef held out his hand for a handshake, prompting Izzy to karate kick him out of view as an intern holding a clipboard watched from the background.
“Oh, I don't think so!” Izzy declined the offer, the intern becoming scared as the clip ended.
The shot focused on the hosts shocked by what they saw. “Wow!” Priya said.
“I can't believe Chef did that!” Damien commented.
“The impact was big though!” Priya mentioned as the part of Izzy kicking Chef in the chest was zoomed in and a circle was drawn around Izzy's foot. “Check that out!”
The clip now moved in slow motion as Chef flew away while Izzy bounced away from her impact, causing the camera to focus on the scared-looking intern.
“I'd advise that intern to run away!” Damien said while the intern's head was circled on, earning laughter from the audience.
“I would never hurt that intern,” Izzy claimed, and she back flipped in order to avoid the swinging hammer. “Whoa! Nearly got me that time.” The next shot showed the same intern watching from afar dropping his clipboard and running away due to what Izzy said.
“So then what happened after?” Priya asked Izzy.
“My guess is Chef went and made a demon deal with Brick,” Izzy theorized. “Yeah, I think Chef threw the acting challenge with Justin so Brick's team won and I lost. But, hey, what do I know?”
"Apparently, a lot," Priya remarked.
"How about we hear from another viewer now?" Damien looked down at the display in front of him. "Gluepunks350 asks, "Do you think Brick will get busted?"”
“Well, I don't know about Brick, but I busted my arm once. Yeah, look, now I'm double jointed.” Izzy bent her left arm backwards. “I'm doing it! Backwards!”
Damien felt weirded out. "I think we should move on to our next guest."
"Correct," Priya nodded as the camera panned back up to the hanging television. "Trent being here is quite surprising," she said as footage began to play of Trent talking to Geoff about the latter's tooth and him talking about the sleeping arrangements. "He is a Season 1 fan favorite after all."
"I agree with that," Damien said as the footage moved on to the guitarist offering Sky his toast. "Although he did start to slip up around episode two after seeing Sky and Chase become friends," he continued over Sky picking Chase for her team and Trent looking shocked.
"Not wanting to lose his girlfriend and the game, Trent tried depending on luck, and when that didn't work, he opted to throw the challenges in order to let Sky win thanks to Justin's advice on making her happy," Priya said over Trent attempting to put nine flags on his team's sandcastle, and then purposely tripping over a stick and being talked to by Justin.
“Luckily, Sky was not blind to Trent's subtle attempts to lose deliberately,” Damien spoke as the footage showed Sky getting annoyed over Trent's compliments and him throwing the rope to the ground and then the two of them talking to each other after bathing in a barrel, “and after a much needed talk, the two were able to resolve their problems.”
"Despite all this, Justin was able to gather enough votes to target Trent, and in the end, Trent's time on the show was over!" Priya finished, the clips of Justin talking to the girls about Trent's actions and the guitarist walking into the limo being played.
"Our next guest took down a serial killer and once got poisoned by a blowfish,” Damien recapped. “Please welcome Trent!"
The Aftermath theme played and applause issued from the audience as Trent walked onstage with a smile and his guitar in hand.
“We're live on the TDA Aftermath with Trent, everyone!” Priya announced while Trent waved for the camera and sat down next to Izzy.
“So what happened, Trent?” Damien got the interview started.
“At the start of the season, things were going great until Sky and I were split on different teams,” Trent delved in. “Then she and Chase started hanging out.”
“Jealousy can be quite common,” Topher muttered.
“True,” Sam agreed.
“Then the competition set in,” Trent resumed.
“We know there's something else,” Damien reminded.
“You mean, how stressful things got?” Trent answered.
“Yeah, and no. It mostly applies to you,” Priya stated. “Be careful how you answer this, because a humongous hammer can come down and knock you out of that couch!”
The musician was intrigued by this news before continuing. “Uh, I guess somewhere I decided Sky was more important than the money,” Trent said, and the hammer not coming down proved his honesty.
“I'm surprised you're being really cool with losing out on a million dollars,” Priya said.
“It's Trent. What else did you expect?” Damien told his girlfriend.
“I guess I just lost my game,” Trent sighed. “Really let my team down. Sorry, Grips,” he apologized to the camera, making the audience aww.
“I have to ask you about the number nine thing. Check it out,” Damien pointed up at the television, which was in static before fading to the clips.
“That's right. Nine turrets, nine doors,” Trent instructed as Brick and Jasmine poured more sand.
“Remember, nine of everything!” Trent added in, much to his teammates’ bother.
Sky's attention was caught by the number of sticks he carried. "Not to interrupt," she started to say, "but you're carrying nine sticks."
The focus was now back on Trent. “Dudes, there's a lot more to my number than it being luck!” he protested.
“You did depend on it for challenges because you wanted to win,” Gwen brought up.
“The number nine thing has nothing to do with Sky or the competition,” Trent debunked. “I had this toy train my granddad gave me as a kid. Right before he died. One of the wheels fell off, so there were only nine. I was devastated. So my mom told me nine was now my lucky number.”
After Trent finished his story, the camera showed shots of the hosts, the other guests, and the Peanut Gallery all reacting with sadness.
“Have you ever told Sky about this?” Katie asked.
“She is still your girlfriend,” Sadie pointed out.
“I haven't had time to, but I'll make good on my word,” Trent promised, and the audience applauded for him.
“We've got a lot of emails here,” Priya checked the display. “Snowgirl writes, "Trent, what kind of girl are you not into?"”
“Simple. They'd either have to be stalkers or the kind of girls that'd do anything to humiliate people for no reason,” Trent claimed.
"How about we check in on our web cams?" Damien suggested, leaning over to check the display in front of him. "We've got Ginger from Sudbury," he said before the camera pulled out enough to show the monitor, which flashed from static to a feed of a geeky young white girl with large glasses and her red hair in pigtails. "Hey Ginger!" Damien greeted as the young girl waved.
"Trent, I'd love it if you went psycho crazy over me!" the girl squealed.
“Side note, you've been getting a lot of admirers ever since you got eliminated,” Damien told Trent.
"Uh, yeah," Trent said uneasily.
"Thanks, Ginger," Priya said as Ginger waved once more and her feed cut to static. "We also have Steve," she looked at her display, "the...Yeti? From Vancouver!"
The static on the monitor cut away to show none other than Sasquatchanakwa, or at least something that looked very much like it. "Uh, how's it going?" Priya asked awkwardly.
"Chris McLean," the yeti began to say in a deep and growling voice before it faded into something much more familiar, "is the best host ever! How'd you get your own show?" He leaned towards the camera angrily, his long white teeth bared. "You stink!"
"Yo Chris," Chef's voice said from the yeti's end. "If I wanted to take a hot tub by myself, I-" The yeti smiled sheepishly. "Oh! You on the webcam?"
"Chris?" the two hosts asked in bewilderment as the audience roared in laughter.
Chef then got next to Chris. “Don't believe a word Izzy says,” he advised. “Girl's crazy.”
Priya and Damien looked at each other before the former spoke. "Now it's time for a segment that we like to call, 'That's Gonna Leave a Mark!'"
The crowd cheered as a short introduction was played with clips of various contestants getting hurt throughout the seasons scrolling across a sunburst pattern in a manner similar to part of the Gilded Chris ceremony introduction, albeit with a different theme tune.
Damien sighed happily as the shot cut back to him and Priya. "I do not miss getting humiliated."
"Here's what all of you didn't get to see on the show!" Priya looked back up as the television descended, and cut to the first in a series of clips set to a campy tune comprised primarily of a tuba, drums, and whistling.
The first clip showed Justin and Izzy walking backstage in their costumes during the acting challenge. Just then, a headlight fell and clubbed Justin on the head. "Looks like it's lights out for Justin," Damien said as the crowd laughed and a circle was drawn around the impact.
A bout of static heralded the second clip, in which Eva and Geoff were running through the beach set during the monster movie challenge. "This is a good one," Priya said as the monster stomped across the screen and left Eva and Geoff shaped holes on the ground, earning more laughter.
The third clip focused on Millie patting the sand castle for support until something bit her. She pulled her hand out and saw a crab pinched to her finger. "Ooh!" the hosts winced as a circle was drawn around the crab.
Next was a shot of Anne Maria twirling her lasso around. She threw it forward, but it got wrapped around her legs and pulled her down. "I don't even know what to draw for this," Priya laughed.
The next clip began to play. It consisted of nothing more than Mama Alien Chef walking forward with determination only to slip and fall on a pile of his own slime, his gun flying off-screen before a few shots rained back down on the fallen cook.
"Now that's gonna leave a mark," Damien said as Chef was circled and the scene cut back to the set. "With what's been happening," he said after a bit more laughing, "I am so glad I'm not competing."
“Do you guys think I could sing a song?” Trent asked Damien and Priya and held his guitar. “It's something I wrote after I left the show.”
“I'm not going to stop you,” Priya shrugged.
Trent strummed a beat to start his song, and the Peanut Gallery, Damien, Priya, Izzy, Geoff, and Eva listened attentively.
“We'll be separated for a couple of days,
And I know inside our heads our love stays.
I know I'll be okay, but I also know I'll be in a bad mood…
If I didn't show how much I love you…
And you love me too.”
When the song ended, the audience applauded and cheered heavily for Trent. “Sky, I want you to know that I'll be watching and rooting for you here,” he gave a shout out to his girlfriend, earning an 'Aww' from the audience.
"Now that is true love if I do say so myself," Priya gushed heavily with her arm on Damien's shoulder.
"Don't forget that ours is just as strong, if not more," Damien teased before he leaned in and kissed Priya, the audience oohing as the beginnings of a familiar tune began to play in the background.
“Could we get that hammer out here?” Izzy asked playfully and spoke to the camera. “I guess that's a wrap. Priya and Damien will see you next time!”
"You've got that right," Damien said as the kiss was broken and the Aftermath theme began to play.
"We've got a huge season coming up!" Priya added.
"And we'll be joining you again for another Aftermath!" Damien continued.
"Don't forget to follow Chris next time," Priya said with a smile, "for the next dramatically thrilling episode of Total! Drama! Action!" The audience cheered wildly, and another quick jingle played as the scene cut to the show's title card, the block letters gleaming one last time before fading to black.
(Roll the Credits)
(Bonus Clip)
The scene showed Izzy and Trent inside of the green room. Trent was in the middle of playing on his guitar and Izzy was helping herself to more food.
“So I gotta ask,” Trent said suddenly. “How come you didn't mind being called by your real name instead of “E-Scope”?”
Izzy stopped stuffing herself with crackers as soon as the question was asked. “Say what?”
“I'm talking about how the whole time you were competing, you'd act bratty because you weren't called by the name you wanted to be referred to as,” Trent pointed out.
“Well, I was repeatedly told that it was getting old and grating,” Izzy explained. “That kinda bummed me out cause I just wanted everyone to find it funny.”
“And they didn't,” Trent responded. “No offense.”
“None taken,” Izzy shrugged. “I'm not going to change my personality entirely, but the alter-egos should be taken down a notch. So about those secret admirers...”
“I don't even want to delve into those when I already have a loving girlfriend thank you very much,” Trent finished their conversation.
“Right,” Izzy nodded and returned back to her binge eating.
Eva - 14th
Geoff - 14th
Izzy - 12th
Trent - 11th
Killer Grips: Anne Maria, Brick, Jasmine, Justin, Millie
Screaming Gaffers: Chase, MK, Ripper, Scott, Sky
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"Welcome back to the Aftermath show!" Damien said happily to the audience as they gave their applause. "We're currently talking with Izzy about herself and her time on the show!" The crowd cheered.
"Now it's time for Izzy to play Truth or Hammer!" Priya announced and turned to the quirky guest. "Season two started off so well for you. Where did things go wrong?"
“I think it was when I turned down that secret alliance with Chef,” Izzy dropped, causing everyone to gasp.
Damien looked up at the hammer and saw that it didn't lower down at all. “Chef actually tried to form a secret alliance with you?”
“Uh-huh. He said he'd help me win this thing if I shared the money with him,” Izzy answered.
“Whoa,” Geoff spoke out in surprise.
“Totally did not expect that,” Eva added.
Damien then heard something in his earpiece. “Hey, I think we've got a never-before-seen clip!” he mentioned as the camera panned up to the television.
After the static played out, the footage featured Chef and Izzy standing next to a trailer on the film lot. “I'll help you man up and win this thing. We split the prize money fifty-fifty,” Chef negotiated.
Chef held out his hand for a handshake, prompting Izzy to karate kick him out of view as an intern holding a clipboard watched from the background.
“Oh, I don't think so!” Izzy declined the offer, the intern becoming scared as the clip ended.
The shot focused on the hosts shocked by what they saw. “Wow!” Priya said.
“I can't believe Chef did that!” Damien commented.
“The impact was big though!” Priya mentioned as the part of Izzy kicking Chef in the chest was zoomed in and a circle was drawn around Izzy's foot. “Check that out!”
The clip now moved in slow motion as Chef flew away while Izzy bounced away from her impact, causing the camera to focus on the scared-looking intern.
“I'd advise that intern to run away!” Damien said while the intern's head was circled on, earning laughter from the audience.
“I would never hurt that intern,” Izzy claimed, and she back flipped in order to avoid the swinging hammer. “Whoa! Nearly got me that time.” The next shot showed the same intern watching from afar dropping his clipboard and running away due to what Izzy said.
“So then what happened after?” Priya asked Izzy.
“My guess is Chef went and made a demon deal with Brick,” Izzy theorized. “Yeah, I think Chef threw the acting challenge with Justin so Brick's team won and I lost. But, hey, what do I know?”
"Apparently, a lot," Priya remarked.
"How about we hear from another viewer now?" Damien looked down at the display in front of him. "Gluepunks350 asks, "Do you think Brick will get busted?"”
“Well, I don't know about Brick, but I busted my arm once. Yeah, look, now I'm double jointed.” Izzy bent her left arm backwards. “I'm doing it! Backwards!”
Damien felt weirded out. "I think we should move on to our next guest."
"Correct," Priya nodded as the camera panned back up to the hanging television. "Trent being here is quite surprising," she said as footage began to play of Trent talking to Geoff about the latter's tooth and him talking about the sleeping arrangements. "He is a Season 1 fan favorite after all."
"I agree with that," Damien said as the footage moved on to the guitarist offering Sky his toast. "Although he did start to slip up around episode two after seeing Sky and Chase become friends," he continued over Sky picking Chase for her team and Trent looking shocked.
"Not wanting to lose his girlfriend and the game, Trent tried depending on luck, and when that didn't work, he opted to throw the challenges in order to let Sky win thanks to Justin's advice on making her happy," Priya said over Trent attempting to put nine flags on his team's sandcastle, and then purposely tripping over a stick and being talked to by Justin.
“Luckily, Sky was not blind to Trent's subtle attempts to lose deliberately,” Damien spoke as the footage showed Sky getting annoyed over Trent's compliments and him throwing the rope to the ground and then the two of them talking to each other after bathing in a barrel, “and after a much needed talk, the two were able to resolve their problems.”
"Despite all this, Justin was able to gather enough votes to target Trent, and in the end, Trent's time on the show was over!" Priya finished, the clips of Justin talking to the girls about Trent's actions and the guitarist walking into the limo being played.
"Our next guest took down a serial killer and once got poisoned by a blowfish,” Damien recapped. “Please welcome Trent!"
The Aftermath theme played and applause issued from the audience as Trent walked onstage with a smile and his guitar in hand.
“We're live on the TDA Aftermath with Trent, everyone!” Priya announced while Trent waved for the camera and sat down next to Izzy.
“So what happened, Trent?” Damien got the interview started.
“At the start of the season, things were going great until Sky and I were split on different teams,” Trent delved in. “Then she and Chase started hanging out.”
“Jealousy can be quite common,” Topher muttered.
“True,” Sam agreed.
“Then the competition set in,” Trent resumed.
“We know there's something else,” Damien reminded.
“You mean, how stressful things got?” Trent answered.
“Yeah, and no. It mostly applies to you,” Priya stated. “Be careful how you answer this, because a humongous hammer can come down and knock you out of that couch!”
The musician was intrigued by this news before continuing. “Uh, I guess somewhere I decided Sky was more important than the money,” Trent said, and the hammer not coming down proved his honesty.
“I'm surprised you're being really cool with losing out on a million dollars,” Priya said.
“It's Trent. What else did you expect?” Damien told his girlfriend.
“I guess I just lost my game,” Trent sighed. “Really let my team down. Sorry, Grips,” he apologized to the camera, making the audience aww.
“I have to ask you about the number nine thing. Check it out,” Damien pointed up at the television, which was in static before fading to the clips.
“That's right. Nine turrets, nine doors,” Trent instructed as Brick and Jasmine poured more sand.
“Remember, nine of everything!” Trent added in, much to his teammates’ bother.
Sky's attention was caught by the number of sticks he carried. "Not to interrupt," she started to say, "but you're carrying nine sticks."
The focus was now back on Trent. “Dudes, there's a lot more to my number than it being luck!” he protested.
“You did depend on it for challenges because you wanted to win,” Gwen brought up.
“The number nine thing has nothing to do with Sky or the competition,” Trent debunked. “I had this toy train my granddad gave me as a kid. Right before he died. One of the wheels fell off, so there were only nine. I was devastated. So my mom told me nine was now my lucky number.”
After Trent finished his story, the camera showed shots of the hosts, the other guests, and the Peanut Gallery all reacting with sadness.
“Have you ever told Sky about this?” Katie asked.
“She is still your girlfriend,” Sadie pointed out.
“I haven't had time to, but I'll make good on my word,” Trent promised, and the audience applauded for him.
“We've got a lot of emails here,” Priya checked the display. “Snowgirl writes, "Trent, what kind of girl are you not into?"”
“Simple. They'd either have to be stalkers or the kind of girls that'd do anything to humiliate people for no reason,” Trent claimed.
"How about we check in on our web cams?" Damien suggested, leaning over to check the display in front of him. "We've got Ginger from Sudbury," he said before the camera pulled out enough to show the monitor, which flashed from static to a feed of a geeky young white girl with large glasses and her red hair in pigtails. "Hey Ginger!" Damien greeted as the young girl waved.
"Trent, I'd love it if you went psycho crazy over me!" the girl squealed.
“Side note, you've been getting a lot of admirers ever since you got eliminated,” Damien told Trent.
"Uh, yeah," Trent said uneasily.
"Thanks, Ginger," Priya said as Ginger waved once more and her feed cut to static. "We also have Steve," she looked at her display, "the...Yeti? From Vancouver!"
The static on the monitor cut away to show none other than Sasquatchanakwa, or at least something that looked very much like it. "Uh, how's it going?" Priya asked awkwardly.
"Chris McLean," the yeti began to say in a deep and growling voice before it faded into something much more familiar, "is the best host ever! How'd you get your own show?" He leaned towards the camera angrily, his long white teeth bared. "You stink!"
"Yo Chris," Chef's voice said from the yeti's end. "If I wanted to take a hot tub by myself, I-" The yeti smiled sheepishly. "Oh! You on the webcam?"
"Chris?" the two hosts asked in bewilderment as the audience roared in laughter.
Chef then got next to Chris. “Don't believe a word Izzy says,” he advised. “Girl's crazy.”
Priya and Damien looked at each other before the former spoke. "Now it's time for a segment that we like to call, 'That's Gonna Leave a Mark!'"
The crowd cheered as a short introduction was played with clips of various contestants getting hurt throughout the seasons scrolling across a sunburst pattern in a manner similar to part of the Gilded Chris ceremony introduction, albeit with a different theme tune.
Damien sighed happily as the shot cut back to him and Priya. "I do not miss getting humiliated."
"Here's what all of you didn't get to see on the show!" Priya looked back up as the television descended, and cut to the first in a series of clips set to a campy tune comprised primarily of a tuba, drums, and whistling.
The first clip showed Justin and Izzy walking backstage in their costumes during the acting challenge. Just then, a headlight fell and clubbed Justin on the head. "Looks like it's lights out for Justin," Damien said as the crowd laughed and a circle was drawn around the impact.
A bout of static heralded the second clip, in which Eva and Geoff were running through the beach set during the monster movie challenge. "This is a good one," Priya said as the monster stomped across the screen and left Eva and Geoff shaped holes on the ground, earning more laughter.
The third clip focused on Millie patting the sand castle for support until something bit her. She pulled her hand out and saw a crab pinched to her finger. "Ooh!" the hosts winced as a circle was drawn around the crab.
Next was a shot of Anne Maria twirling her lasso around. She threw it forward, but it got wrapped around her legs and pulled her down. "I don't even know what to draw for this," Priya laughed.
The next clip began to play. It consisted of nothing more than Mama Alien Chef walking forward with determination only to slip and fall on a pile of his own slime, his gun flying off-screen before a few shots rained back down on the fallen cook.
"Now that's gonna leave a mark," Damien said as Chef was circled and the scene cut back to the set. "With what's been happening," he said after a bit more laughing, "I am so glad I'm not competing."
“Do you guys think I could sing a song?” Trent asked Damien and Priya and held his guitar. “It's something I wrote after I left the show.”
“I'm not going to stop you,” Priya shrugged.
Trent strummed a beat to start his song, and the Peanut Gallery, Damien, Priya, Izzy, Geoff, and Eva listened attentively.
“We'll be separated for a couple of days,
And I know inside our heads our love stays.
I know I'll be okay, but I also know I'll be in a bad mood…
If I didn't show how much I love you…
And you love me too.”
When the song ended, the audience applauded and cheered heavily for Trent. “Sky, I want you to know that I'll be watching and rooting for you here,” he gave a shout out to his girlfriend, earning an 'Aww' from the audience.
"Now that is true love if I do say so myself," Priya gushed heavily with her arm on Damien's shoulder.
"Don't forget that ours is just as strong, if not more," Damien teased before he leaned in and kissed Priya, the audience oohing as the beginnings of a familiar tune began to play in the background.
“Could we get that hammer out here?” Izzy asked playfully and spoke to the camera. “I guess that's a wrap. Priya and Damien will see you next time!”
"You've got that right," Damien said as the kiss was broken and the Aftermath theme began to play.
"We've got a huge season coming up!" Priya added.
"And we'll be joining you again for another Aftermath!" Damien continued.
"Don't forget to follow Chris next time," Priya said with a smile, "for the next dramatically thrilling episode of Total! Drama! Action!" The audience cheered wildly, and another quick jingle played as the scene cut to the show's title card, the block letters gleaming one last time before fading to black.
(Roll the Credits)
(Bonus Clip)
The scene showed Izzy and Trent inside of the green room. Trent was in the middle of playing on his guitar and Izzy was helping herself to more food.
“So I gotta ask,” Trent said suddenly. “How come you didn't mind being called by your real name instead of “E-Scope”?”
Izzy stopped stuffing herself with crackers as soon as the question was asked. “Say what?”
“I'm talking about how the whole time you were competing, you'd act bratty because you weren't called by the name you wanted to be referred to as,” Trent pointed out.
“Well, I was repeatedly told that it was getting old and grating,” Izzy explained. “That kinda bummed me out cause I just wanted everyone to find it funny.”
“And they didn't,” Trent responded. “No offense.”
“None taken,” Izzy shrugged. “I'm not going to change my personality entirely, but the alter-egos should be taken down a notch. So about those secret admirers...”
“I don't even want to delve into those when I already have a loving girlfriend thank you very much,” Trent finished their conversation.
“Right,” Izzy nodded and returned back to her binge eating.
Eva - 14th
Geoff - 14th
Izzy - 12th
Trent - 11th
Killer Grips: Anne Maria, Brick, Jasmine, Justin, Millie
Screaming Gaffers: Chase, MK, Ripper, Scott, Sky
2024.05.13 09:19 KnightMiner New update for Tinkers' Construct 1.19.2, with some major improvements to plate armor
 | Tinkers' Construct for 1.19.2 is now on 3.8.2. There are quite a few internal changes (notably to tool definitions and material stats) which open the doors to a lot of addon potential, notably datapacks. The API should be mostly stable after this release so its a much better time for addons to update, though its still possible a bug in the new API will force a change. submitted by KnightMiner to tinkersconstruct [link] [comments] Since I'm sure someone is wondering, what about 1.20.1? As mentioned above, 1.19.2 is nearly in a state I will call stable. Once its stable, there is one other notable feature I am considering for 1.19.2: the sublimery (which will provide access to new mid to late game materials). More info on the sublimery can be found on the roadmap. After the sublimery is added (or I decide to put it off again), I will likely be targeting 1.20.1. 1.20.2+ is still undecided as 1.21 is coming soon. Now that the boring stuff is out of the way, time for the cool new features! Plate Armor MaterialsPlate armor made from seared stone, manyullyn, heptizon, cobalt, ancient hide, copper, and iron.Plate armor now uses materials! Plate has two tool parts:
Part Builder Sand CastsMaking a sand cast in the part builder.You might be wondering, if plating can only be created by casting, how do you make plating casts? The answer is taking advantage of a new part builder feature! Place sand or sand casts in the pattern slot in the part builder, and you can shape it into any valid sand cast. That cast can then be placed in the part builder to create a tool part, which can be used for making more sand casts, a gold cast, or just used in tool creation. Plate ShieldsCasting a plate shieldPlate shields were not left out of the armor rework. They make use of a new tool part - shield cores - which can be crafted out of wood, slimewood, bamboo, nahuatl, or the new blazewood. Shield cores like maille just provide traits, with the majority of the stats coming from the plating. Shield plating is not crafted directly, rather you pour molten metal or stone on a shield core in a casting table to apply the plating. Plate shields like plate armor now have 2 upgrades and 3 defense slots with 0 abilities. BlazewoodBlazewood shield and staff embellishmentWhat is blazewood you ask? Blazewood was a feature left unused from 1.12 where it was the tool material granting autosmelt. I liked the texture too much to fully remove it, so its sat as a decorative block since the port to 1.16. With shield cores only being craftable from wood, it seemed like a good time to bring it back. It has a trait similar to that of blazing bone, providing a tier 4 shield core material. Plus it is the first animated tool material and make a great embellishment for staffs. Travelers Shield ReworkCrafting a travelers shield.With the plate shield being made from wood and metal, copper and wood felt less unique for travelers shields. To make them more distinct, they are now made using leather and patterns. Apart from the recipe their functionality is unchanged, though they do now get wood embellishments (instead of metal) and the dyed modifier changes the color of the outer ring (instead of the wood). This was the last usage of the metal embellishments, which have been fully migrated to plate armor. Protection ReworkApplying the protection modifier.All armor materials that are also "protection types" notably have their trait as their relevant protection type (so cobalt grants melee protection). To make this work better, a couple protection types got recipe changes:
Chain ReworkThe new wrought iron material variant.With iron no longer granting "durability reinforcements", and irons trait elsewhere being magnetic, it made a lot less sense for chain bindings to grant reinforced. The material was thus removed in favor of rose gold bindings and the new rose gold bowstring (crafted from casting rose gold on a string bowstring). Since I liked the palette of chain bindings, its now a material variant of iron made by casting molten glass on iron. If you are unaware, material variants are visual alternatives to a material, notably used for wood types. Unknown BordersUnknown tool partsSpeaking of visual changes, unknown tool parts now render as an empty outline instead of white. This helps distinguish tools with broken NBT from tools with white materials. Armor in BooksTier 4 armor materials in fantastic foundryBooks got updates with the armor changes. Plate armor was notably moved to puny melting as it just requires a melter to craft (instead of cobalt). In addition, puny melting, mighty smelting, fantastic foundry, and the encyclopedia all got sections on armor materials. The armor pages contain info on armor plating (including shield plating) plus armor maille and shield cores. It should have all the info on the new armor traits and stats for those interested in exploring the mod. Encyclopedia UpdateNew encyclopedia of tinkering index page.With the addition of armor materials, we were now up to 12 different material sections in the book. This was a lot, so we opted to combine materials into just 4 sections: melee/harvest, ranged, armor, and slimeskulls. A result of this change was only modifiers remained as unlocked by crafting the other guidebooks, so the section unlocking feature was ditched (encyclopedia now always contains all its info). DownloadThis update can be downloaded from all the usual places, including:Requires a Mantle update, download from: |
2024.05.13 08:33 Dan_the_coach I’m not perfect
Daily Dose of Integrity
Every now and then I'll share something I'm struggling with my clients. I try to be open and honest in my sessions. And their response is quite often surprise!
I've come to realize that because I'm always putting out content like this - giving advice and guidance that people actually do find quite helpful and effective - it can give the impression that I've got everything sorted out.
I can see why someone might get the impression that I don't fuck up, like I don't make many mistakes and errors, and I don’t have problems in my life.
I just wanted to point out that's very much not true!
While I'm certainly a much improved version on my previous self, I'm far from perfect. Very far.
Yes, I quit alcohol and drugs, but I struggle to resist eating sugar when I’m stressed.
Within 5 minutes of advising a client on how to confront his partner effectively I can still say something impulsive and thoughtless to my wife.
My business would be doing a lot better if I was more consistent at applying my own principles of financial management.
My particular strength - the reason I can coach and create content that helps people - is I'm very good at analyzing why a problem happened and what the solution is. But my weakness is actually preventing that problem from happening. I’m forced by my nature to be a trial-and-error guy.
I still frequently get it wrong. I'm just good at sharing the lesson to others.
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Every now and then I'll share something I'm struggling with my clients. I try to be open and honest in my sessions. And their response is quite often surprise!
I've come to realize that because I'm always putting out content like this - giving advice and guidance that people actually do find quite helpful and effective - it can give the impression that I've got everything sorted out.
I can see why someone might get the impression that I don't fuck up, like I don't make many mistakes and errors, and I don’t have problems in my life.
I just wanted to point out that's very much not true!
While I'm certainly a much improved version on my previous self, I'm far from perfect. Very far.
Yes, I quit alcohol and drugs, but I struggle to resist eating sugar when I’m stressed.
Within 5 minutes of advising a client on how to confront his partner effectively I can still say something impulsive and thoughtless to my wife.
My business would be doing a lot better if I was more consistent at applying my own principles of financial management.
My particular strength - the reason I can coach and create content that helps people - is I'm very good at analyzing why a problem happened and what the solution is. But my weakness is actually preventing that problem from happening. I’m forced by my nature to be a trial-and-error guy.
I still frequently get it wrong. I'm just good at sharing the lesson to others.
2024.05.13 05:53 ragefury32 Brickmania F-105D - review and variants...
 | Note: Brickmania has been private for at least a year, and their moderators haven't lifted restrictions, so, I guess we'll just have to discuss it here. submitted by ragefury32 to DigitalLego [link] [comments] So, the boys at Brickmania have just recently "declassified" their F-105 Thunderchief, and considering that it was one of their better designs, well, I went ahead and snapped it up using some credit card reward points. That's several years in the making, the 'chief... The usual Brickmania digital instructions are usually done well, but it does continue their "break this off into sub-assembly" traits where you'll need to figure out what components are used in a particular assembly (I wish they have a sub-assembly parts call-out) and how they should be assembled. Considering that I almost always do the assembly electronically to do test-fitting, well, this required some serious guessing. For example, the windscreen/flight console in step 8? Would be nice if I didn't have to spend 90 minutes second guessing the windscreen mount angles since fitting it onto the Bricklink studios model was a royal pain... Yes, I deliberately made this image blurry, because, you know, plagiarism is a thing and people seem to enjoy being parasitic mooches. That being said, the resulting model does speak for itself... Front Side Portside profile view Of course, having an electronic model does give you a very precise idea of the inventory required for Bricklink parts purchase... Including the stand? That's 1592 parts in 284 lots, and assuming 3-4 sellers, you are paying 240-260 USD for the design. So if you send this inventory directly to Bricklink for purchasing? Well, chances are, it'll likely fail, since the Slope 45 with 2/3 cutout (92946) in Olive Green and the Inverted Slope 45 2x1 (3665) in Dark Green are not easy to get a hold of. Either the Bricklink fulfillment engine fails (even with new/used checked to any) or you might have to deal with specialist parts dealers, which tends to drive up the prices due to minimum parts/lots purchasing requirements. So, what's a potential remedy? Well, you could do some recoloring. For example, I went ahead and reduced the olive green elements in the design by switching it out with regular green, and combined some lots. Also, the Sidewinder missiles were very subtly redesigned... Despite adding a few extra pieces, the number of unique lots went down by 20, which can actually help you overall since less unique lots can mean one or 2 less sellers to fulfill the order... Okay, can we do even more? Well, I swapped out the bombs (which are M117-like) for Mk. 82s, which are similar to the ones on my existing A-4E. Note that the drop tank fins are recolored. So I actually spent the money and built it as a v2.5 model, with some parts swaps and recolors. Total price was roughly 218 USD including shipping/handling and sales taxes for 2 vendors. The decals from Brickmania are an extra 13 bucks. Not bad...? Of course, one of the stated reasons why Brickmania made this a limited release is because the number of green tiles are limited and likely not to go up (well, the Lego Botanical sets did push green tile availability back up). But...can we go grey like the early Thunderchiefs? Yes you can - in fact, since the tiles and bricks are all one of 3 colors, the number of unique lots will go down significantly. Note that this is a single re-color of the existing pieces - and many of the arrangements are not symmetrical, nor are you eliminating overly complex tiling/brick assemblies. If you take those into account you might be able to bring the lot numbers down even more. Also, note that paradoxically, the pricing on the plane might jump up a tad bit since 2x2 curved slopes (15068) and 2x1 curved slopes (11477) are also very common in modern plane MOCs, so demand for them are fairly high. The price floor for 2x2 curved slopes are 0.13 USD per piece for most colors (that's Lego's own price picker) while Bricklink resellers tend to charge about 0.20 USD per piece for light bluish grey. So then, the question begins...can we modify for more features? Well, here's v2.6, which features a large central fuel tank substituting the multi-ejector rack with a large fuel tank, and one of the sidewinder pairs were swapped out for an ALQ-87 ECM jammer pod, which is used to deal with the Fan Song radars of SA-2 Missile batteries. The additional pieces did add some costs back... This of course meant that further work 'should' be done - for example, the wing pylons are often fitted with MELs to carry bombs if it's a short range mission. For example, here we have a heavily laden F-105D with 6 M117 bombs in the center, 4 on each inboard pylons, an ALQ-87 on the starboard outboard, and one more M117 on the port outboard pylons. That's 15 x 750 lb of American freedom ready to free some VCs from the mortal realm. Note that the MERs on the inner wing pylons are also "drooped" for maximum commonality with the centerline pylon... Didn't cost that much more due to centerline / inboard pylon design commonalities. What about switching it to Mk. 82s? Yeah, the plane is even cheaper...? Well, that also begs yet anoher question...what if we have a later paint scheme, like the one that is applied to Air Force Reserve Thunderchiefs in the 1970s? Lot count goes down, but the price goes up by a little... There is a further modified version of the F-105D which was given an avionics kit for even better all weather attack capabilities (aka the Thunderstick II) via a larger fuselage hump, but unfortunately it did not see combat in Southeast Asia. Only 30 airframes were given the upgrades. Note the taller hump above the fuselage What about other variants of the "chief"? For example, here's the shorter nose, early model F-105Bs, which were infamously used by the Thunderbirds until one split apart during a practice flight. Most had structural defects and were retired in the mid-1960s. Note the slightly shorter nose, and the early Republic clamshell canopies with the shoulder windows. Of course, if we crank back the time we could look at the original YF-105A Thunderchief, which does not have the sugar-scoop intake or the airbrake paddles, and features a smaller tailfin. That's one of 2 YF-105As ever built. Due to the smaller airframe, smaller tailfin, no stores/pylons and simpler tail design, this had a much cheaper price tag. I'll ballpark it at 160 or so with real Legos, and probably 90 or so if you go Webrick. Of course, that does beg the question...what happens if you want an F-105G Wild Weasel II? Well, you'll need to start with an F-105F first, then add the AGM-45 Shrike missiles (derived from the AIM-7 Sparrow Airframe), the AGM-78 Standard ARM missile (derived from the RIM-66 Standard shipboard SAM), the wingtip missile warning receivers and you'll need to add the under-fuselage bulges for the jammer pod integration... Don't get excited - this is only a \"planner\". Fortunately it doesn't look like the grey version will be that much more expensive... But that'll need to be a crapload of work to get it working. |
2024.05.13 05:50 TridentH20 C6 Furina Pros/Cons: FAQ
 | With Furina's First rerun right around the corner, I'm sure there are many of you looking to secure Constellations for the Queen. As someone who has her at C6, I wanted to share my experience and findings to help you all make a more informed decision. Dont expect exact numbers here though, there are way too many variables for me to begin calculating EVERYTHING. Plus i believe there are already resources available for you to see the exact damage boost for each Con. Anyways, let's get into it! submitted by TridentH20 to furinamains [link] [comments] Part 1: C6 FURINA DOES NOT EXIST IN A VACUUM ////////////////////////// Furina is one of the few characters where every single Constellation has an "Impact". They all offer significant increases to her performance and a C6 Furina benefits from all of them. I'll provide a brief summary of all their effect and what they mean for your Furina. C1: Furina's Fanfare will immediately start with 150 Fanfare, Maximum Fanfare will increase by 100. TLDR: Furina will never NOT have Fanfare stacks, on cast; she will immediately provide damage and healing bonus on her burst. The upper limit of the buff is also increased. C2: Furina will gain fanfare 2.5X faster. Her max HP will also increase by by .35% per stack passed the cap [max 140%HP]. TLDR: Furina will consistently be reaching her max stacks with minimal time or effort. You'll also be rewarded with more HP when you overcap. C3: Burt Lvl+3. Not much to say here. Her burst is one of the strongest talents in game and this buffs it. C4: Furina now generates 4 energy every 5 seconds if she heals or does damage with her skill. TLDR: You can put the ER sands down now... At this point you can now run HP on sands and Weapon [if possible]. Bonus note: Furina's skill has permanent up time; so essentially she regens 4 Energy every 5 seconds while in combat. Furina's C4 also procs off overheals; meaning: Your Furina may now regen energy out of combat with her Pneumastance! C5: Skill Lvl+3... Crabaletta may now pinch their B@LL$. /////////////////////////// Part 2: Furina evolved into Focalors! So here's the deal: After using for skill Furina gains Hydro infusion for her next 6 basic attacks and do additional damage based off of 18% of her max HP. She will also gain additional effects depending on her Arke Alignment. Ousia: will apply a heal overtime to the whole party for 4% of Furina's Max HP for 2.9 seconds per normal. Pneuma: will do an ADDITIONAL 25% of Furina's max HP as Hydro Damage. Each normal performed in this way will drain 1% HP from each party member. TLDR: She will now obliterate anything in her path that cant 100% immune Hydro. To add insult to injury, Furina now reaches full Fanfare after popping her skill and a couple of Normals. Bonus Note: I have noticed that the Heal over time effect that Furina applies in Ousia stance applies faster that once per second. This indicates that it is effected by her A2 Passive. This enables her to not only negate her HP drain but to outright heal through it. Simply put, a C6 Furina will end every fight with a fully healed team (provided she got her normal attacks in [ or unless the abyss floor is cleared before the heals go off]) At this point Furina is now a premier BuffeSub DPS/Main DPS/Healer. ////////////////////////// Part 3 Pros -Furina Impact has been achieved. -"Send Furina" to an abyss side that lacks Hydro immunity and watch her clear it in under a minute. -Furina no longer needs to be paired with a healer. -You may now keep your Furina in Ousia stance in Co-Op without feeling like you are hindering your teams survivability. -Pneuma stance enjoyers [such as my self] now have an excuse to stance switch to Pneuma every now and then. -You may now run your Furina with any Character... her Synergies no longer matter. If you have a character you've been wanting to use but they aren't particularly viable... Furina will make them viable. At the very least, if she can't make them viable, she can fit them in the backpack. -Your Furina may now run MH set... should it please you. You were farming it anyway when you farmed Golden Troup. /////////////////////////// Part 4 The Cons have Cons -$$$. I'm not in the business of telling people how to spend their money but please be mindful. -To EZ [borderline AFK]. You have to understand... C6 Furina Obliterates opponents. The fact that she summons 3 pets only magnifies this issue. It's not very interactive to burst, skill, and then have everything die around you. -Identity Crisis. At C0, Furina is a character with an identity. She brings healers into the meta by allowing them to "Drive" her buff. She's also THE premier buffer for Neuvillette (the best DPS in the game). At C6 she turns these synergies on their head. The healers are no longer required; and Neuvillette and her begin to fight over field time. Her buff and damage become so potent that by the time the chief Justice hits the field... Justice has already been served. They also both suffer from being walled by Hydro immune enemies so sending the other to the opposite abyss path may prove problematic. -Other characters become less impressive... it becomes difficult to guage other characters contributions when Furina is delivering monstrous waves of damage and borderline doubling the damage of her peers. -[Technically applies to every character but:] C6 Furina can only help you with one side of the abyss at a time. If your objective is to clear the abyss with as little wishes as possible with Furina... it would be much wiser to get Furina c0, get Neuvillette c0, use an ER sword, use your free Barbara, and a sub DPS (ideally one that can help break problematic elemental shields for you). Even if you hit hard pity and lose 50/50 both times, this would cost you 360 wishes tops, which would still be (on average) less than half of the wishes you would use to get Furina c6. This would also leave you with Primos to work on a team for the other half. -FoMo. Imagine 6 5 star characters you really like. That was the opportunity cost. -Pneuma stance is STILL the inferior stance due to the fact that the summons will be attacking in addition the the Hydro infused normals. ////////////////////////// Part 5: JUDGEMENT. AT C0 Furina is a meta Character with checks and balances. Specifically her NEED for a healer and her NEED to build ER keep her in check. As the Constellations grow, the balance slowly crumbles and she wreaks havoc. I can assure you that she WILL be as insane as you are probably imagining at C6, but I also want to remind you that she is viable and holds a significant place in the meta without C6. Lastly, I want to warn you that some investments you may have made for your Furina may become redundant if you get her to C6. I hope this post was helpful. If you learned something I'm glad I made this post. If my this post influenced you one way or the other I'm glad, as long as you are a bit more informed. If you have any questions don't be shy, I'll gladly reply to the best of my ability. If you decide to pull on the eventual rerun best of luck. We may now render Judgement to Oratrice Mecanique D' Analyse Cardinale for final judgment. Goodbye. |
2024.05.13 03:46 somuchqq Deck (Paint) Advice
Posted this on /HomeImprovement too
Recently moved back home and the deck is... not in great shape. I can see the paint is peeling, and some of the planks are cracked/rotting. In the garage, I can see the paint used is "Behr Stain Blocking paint and primer in one" which seems to be kind of garbage based on what I've read after some googling.
Pictures: https://imgur.com/a/yXuABeP
A few inquiries:
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Recently moved back home and the deck is... not in great shape. I can see the paint is peeling, and some of the planks are cracked/rotting. In the garage, I can see the paint used is "Behr Stain Blocking paint and primer in one" which seems to be kind of garbage based on what I've read after some googling.
Pictures: https://imgur.com/a/yXuABeP
A few inquiries:
- If I replace pieces of this, how do I know what type of wood was used in the first place? Does that even matter if everything is getting painted?
- Do I need to blast or sand off all the old stuff before applying new? Asking mainly because this is all over the awning too.
- Any recommendations on what stain/paint and what primers to use? Are they able to mix and match the color to this sort of red?
2024.05.13 02:22 Unhinged_Appricot21 “WOF’s lack of depth frustrates me”: 39 queries and ideas
Original post: https://www.reddit.com/WingsOfFire/s/cEBdWfjUbB
My last post criticized Tui’s shallow writing and lack of notable improvement throughout the series. This post is meant to be the constructive half of my criticism by posing 39 queries and ideas that would help make the world of Wings of Fire feel more substanced, varied, distinct, and nuanced.
Since I received comments on my previous post about fanfiction and its capacity to add depth to a franchise, feel free to steal any of these ideas and write about them. Or, if you’ve got any good ideas that you’re willing to share, comment them below. Let’s craft some stories worth telling.
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My last post criticized Tui’s shallow writing and lack of notable improvement throughout the series. This post is meant to be the constructive half of my criticism by posing 39 queries and ideas that would help make the world of Wings of Fire feel more substanced, varied, distinct, and nuanced.
Since I received comments on my previous post about fanfiction and its capacity to add depth to a franchise, feel free to steal any of these ideas and write about them. Or, if you’ve got any good ideas that you’re willing to share, comment them below. Let’s craft some stories worth telling.
- SeaWings hunt sharks solo as a part of their coming-of-age rite.
- RainWing names are chosen by the grandmother.
- RainWings value music. All dragonets are taught musical instruments as a necessary part of their curriculum.
- The IceWing kingdom is divided into territories each ruled by a lady. Dragons who have done an exceptional service to the crown may be awarded a territory.
- The IceWing Assembly is composed of the aforementioned territorial rulers. Membership is hereditary. The Assembly runs some of the day-to-day business of the kingdom by reviewing legislature, managing affairs of public interest, and advising the queen. However, they can also check the power of the queen by forming coalition against her and blocking or passing laws.
- An IceWing princess needs to do more than just kill her mother to gain the throne, or she may not keep it for long: she must also make allies and supporters within the Assembly. An unpopular queen may find it difficult to exercise her power with a reticent Assembly.
- NightWings like composing riddles and poems; it is a favored pastime. They would gather in groups and make games out of guessing riddles, constructing verse, and engaging in friendly competition.
- There are few to no trees on the island, a scarcity of animals, and the NightWings don’t trade; thus they have taken to molding clay tablets, carving into them with a stylus, and firing them in a kiln to harden. parchment is as rare and coveted as gold.
- NightWings were known historically for their metallurgy, so advanced that it seemed mystical to other tribes. Legends speak of their immunity to and mastery over fire, their ability to mold metals with their talons, and the magic associated with metalcraft.
- The NightWings invented Damascus steel, which allowed them to forge weapons of exceptional quality. Knowledge of its craft was kept a tribe secret, and the NightWings kept their monopoly on it for thousands of years until Darkstalker forced the NightWings to flee their homeland, and the art was forgotten.
- Why is the royal challenge so prevalent across tribes? Why can only females challenge? How did it begin in the first place?
- The MudWing royal family employs seniority succession, in which the throne is passed to the monarch’s younger sibling and not their children. Both male and female royalty can rule.
- SandWing inheritance is a type of matrilineal system in which a male’s possessions are handed to his sister’s sons.
- What is the currency of the dragon world? Is it based on a gold standard? Does each tribe employ its own currency, is there a universal currency, or is there both an international and local currency for each tribe?
- A NightWing is not given a name at birth; it is earned through their extended family and friends.
- MudWings forge coins with a hole in the center, allowing them to string ropes of coins along their necks.
- The HiveWing takeover of the LeafWings was subtle and gradual: the LeafWing queen remained in power as a puppet and the tribe did not formally integrate with the HiveWings, instead existing as a vassal state. Over time, they lost theirs rights and power.
- Firebreathing tribes consider the ability a divine gift and a powerful kind of magic. It allowed dragonkind to ascend their animal states, purge the scavengers, and become civilized peoples who cook their food, build advanced infrastructure, and produce all kinds of advanced technologies. Firebreathing dragons consider themselves inherently superior to non-firebreathers, blessed with a divine right. Fire is associated with truth, clarity, and expansion of the mind.
- When a LeafWing hatches, he is given a protective necklace made of silver, meant to ward evil spirits. He grows up within a cohort of same-sex dragonets who work and learn together. Adulthood is not marked by age, but by initiation, which can only occur when the right signs are read in the natural world. A dragon 100 years of age would still be considered a dragonet, and unable to choose a mate, if he has not been initiated.
- When a HiveWing hatches, he is presented to the family matriarch, who formally decides whether to accept him into the family.
- Tribeless dragons reject the kingdoms. Lone wolves or pack hunters, they roam the continent in small bands, sometimes coexisting with the tribes, sometimes coming into conflict, and often selling their services as messengers or mercenaries.
- Why are all the tribes so isolated? Why do they not engage in international trade?
- Trade guilds are made up of tribeless dragons who have found a lucrative business in trade. Since the tribes are largely xenophobic and like to avoid each other, these guilds act as an intermediary: they roam the continent, acquiring goods from one tribe and trading them with another. From this great influx of wealth emerged two or three trade empires, geographically insignificant but titans in money-making. They’ve become so powerful that they’re forcing the kingdoms to compete economically in new ways.
- Do dragons have access to banking institutions? Do they take out credit or write checks? Does an international banking service exist?
- How about a postage system? Domestic, international, or both? How would it work?
- SeaWings believe in reincarnation, and that deceased family members will hatch into the same family over and over. When a dragonet hatches, he is examined for any resemblance to a deceased family member, and may be named after said dragon.
- The RainWings’ most lucrative trade is in spices and herbs.
- Do dragons pay taxes?
- Why is there no form of gender or class stratification in any tribe besides HiveWings and SilkWings? If only females can become monarchs, does this matriarchal mindset extend anywhere else in society? Are families matrilineal? Do females have rights or privileges over males?
- On that note, why are there no gender roles either?
- What sorts of jobs exist with a kingdom? How would a carnivorous diet affect livelihood, economy, and society?
- Brittlescale is a condition which may arise due to undernourishment or malnutrition. Signs of the ailment include dull, malformed scales, scales that crack easily, and loose scales.
- Dueling is a common method of defending and proclaiming one’s strength and honor. Just as princesses challenge queens, common dragons will duel to prove their worth.
- How do dragons understand medicine and the body?
- SilkWing traditional garments are made of silk. Silk is one of the most precious and coveted products in the kingdom.
- Spiders feature heavily in SilkWings culture and mythology as craftsmen and weavers.
- SandWing venom is a neurotoxin. It can be drawn from the tail, distilled to increase its potency, applied to weapons, or made into a powder. Alternatively, it can be diluted into a drug used in anxiety medication and to treat insomnia.
- Do dragons modify their bodies? Do they wear piercings, tattoos, or body paint?
- How have dragons evolved over 2000 years? What biological, social, cultural, religious, political, economic, and technological advancements or regressions have taken place?
2024.05.12 23:10 No_Sell7324 Dark marks from previous carpet/pet on white oak. Thinking to remove using wood bleach or hydrogen peroxide.
Sanded with 24-36-60-80. I know I have to do the edges (planning on taping over and doing 60-80). But the dark spots are pretty deep. I was just going to water poly (clear, Palmann) over it but a friend said (and showed) his floors where he applied 3% peroxide with some results.
Now my question is how best to go about this? Which bleach to use? Obv the best would be something that lifts dark spots but doesn't lift natural wood color. Just applying over spots would be time consuming but I might do a floorboard if there is something which works fast enough.
Anyway the easiest solution would a life saver (my parents are coming over in a month :(
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Now my question is how best to go about this? Which bleach to use? Obv the best would be something that lifts dark spots but doesn't lift natural wood color. Just applying over spots would be time consuming but I might do a floorboard if there is something which works fast enough.
Anyway the easiest solution would a life saver (my parents are coming over in a month :(
2024.05.12 22:48 natsumehack Saati, My thoughts on the changes and her current cards, and talents. And some suggestions.
150+ saati here(Not my main that would be khan at over 200). Just wanna give my thoughts since maybe just maybe the devs might change something here. As well as give suggestions for better talents and cards.
Changes I like the change to her pip system for the most part. Back blast can thankfully no longer be spammed back to back and has to be more carefully thought out when to use it. And you need to land 6 shots before you can even do it a second time in the middle of a fight.
I think the coin pip nerf is just bad. Listen Your talent basically tell you where you are spending your pips in the first place. SC =Coin WoO =BackBlast Impov =DeadRinger The chance you was planning to throw a coin over just Dropping a decoy(This is already a rare thing to do), or saving for your BB is so situational that the nerf just hurts newer players trying to learn her then it will affect people who plan to keep playing her. As they will now be forced to pick spare change talent at first and be thrown off later when Coin suddenly costs 3 rather then 2 after trying her other talents.
BB had the nerf to it's cost coming. I'll say it now, and I will say it then. It's a strong skill even outside of WoO. A good saati could escape from a lot of situations by double BBing away.
The hand cannon changes are fine IMO.
Talents Her talents are still very much only one being any viable in most situations. That is Window of opportunity It's a simple, fun( For you, not for the enemy) and straight forward talent that asks you to be able to hit a guy basically standing still. (Be honest moving straight upwards aint that hard to track, it's a straight line, they might as well be standing still)
Improvised This talent is just bad. Like real bad. Really her whole decoy is such a bad skill. Like the only 2 things it has going for it is the Ying Clone HP pool of 1500. And that it can reveal people who shoot it. But with the changes to illuminate Reveal is useless now. Like I always assumed the point of the skill was to drop them pointing at point, or certain spots on maps to act as a kind of covering fire, but in Practice just end up being a waste of 4 pips outside of funny situation where you hide behind them from console players/kasumi who magnetize to them.
The talent slightly changes the idea of the decoy by now making them rigged to explode dealing 650 damage if a enemy is stupid enough to get close, or you are planning to drop them in the enemy face(Btw there like a 1 second delay so they don't insta explode in the enemy face.) meaning they can block off doors, or small hallways. But like In most cases maps tend to be open enough (Even the smaller ones) that one blocked route just means the many mobile flanks are barely bothered by a slight detour.
There is a hidden downside(or upside depending on how much the enemy hates it) the talent doesn't mention. The God Awful FUCKING TICKING. You hear that shit long enough and you will start sounding like the The Grinch. Or worse, you start Singing to it Jokes aside. I wont sugar coat this talent is still her worse even with the change to her coin talent.
My suggestion would be change it to something else. Few ideas I have are like.
Stolen Tech : Dead Ringer decoys will now target nearby enemies in front of it within 50 units. Dead Ringers now only last 10 seconds, and fire one less shot. (Basically higher damage but lower range Barik turrets that die after 10 seconds. (For people who are unfamiliar with Barik's turrets they have a range of 100 units.) ) The idea here is simple. Make the Dead ringer better at point/area denial but unlike the coin you have to be there to place them. .
Life Like Decoys no longer fire shots, but instead will charge forward for 2 seconds to the closest enemy, and explode for 650 damage in 20 units. (Yes the talent name is a fun Nod to how this just turns the decoys into ying's shattered illusions.)
Spare Change I like the idea of the talent. Let the coin spammers spam coins as much as they want, you aint going to play this talent to spam her other abilities as the patch notes want you to use this to " have rapid uptime of abilities" You are just going to rapid uptime on coins, nothing else. The biggest issue with coin is and will always be no caut. Given the current changes to supports, and our new support moji. You are going to be as useless(if not more) as a coin saati this patch as you was the patch before. I wouldn't be surprised if more people play double support in casual purely just because jeno's move speed giving card.
Heck all they need to do is Let Ricochet hits apply caut with this talent and it be far more useful with that alone. That's looking at it from both a casual and rank view. Something I want to remind people is Ricochet hits target Deployables, and shields, so now that it's back down to only hitting one thing, and doing less shield damage, applying Caut wouldn't break it.
But that's enough of me whining about my beloved ult spam being dead, and how this new talent sucks, I also have a few ideas on other talents that could replace this.
Ultra Kill : Coin Toss now costs 8 pips, and throws out 4 coins in a spread. Coins will now break when activated, and no longer explode, but will activate other coins in range. Ricocheted shots can no longer target depolyables, and will only hit the closest enemy. (So the idea here is rather then a area denial you spending all your pips to hit one guy for a burst of 1200(4 normal coin hits).
Counterfeit Coins : Coin Toss now costs 4 pips. Coins will no longer Ricochet bullets shot at it; or take damage from being shot by the hand cannon, and will explode when it expires. Every shot on the coin Increases the explosion damage by 150 , and then coin explosion size is increased to 20 units. If the coin is shot by a wall bang, increase damage by 500, and explode prematurely. (The idea behind this talent is to change how coin is played from a shoot people who are hiding behind cover, to a deny a point, or the area where a cart is being pushed to/is. You trade the constant 300 damage it would have done to a bigger better AOE with a pretty long warning/ loud warning of the intentions of the saati.)
Fun thing to mention I did some shooting range tests and the coin lasts for around 7 seconds after being activated.
Cards
Oh boy her cards, some of the most hot garbage this side of the realm.
Hide: The worst card scale wise in the whole game. 0.12 seconds of extra invisibility PER A POINT. That's 0.62 seconds FOR 5 POINTS. The fact this card wasn't buffed/changed after the illuminate changes should be a crime. You should be able to report people who use this card for griefing. Yes that is how bad this card is. Change the card completely or put it in line with skye's cards. It needs love more then moji as a whole did.
Paper Design : At 5 points your dead ringers will shoot every 0.8 seconds. Unless we had that silly talent I suggested to make the dead ringers act like turrets, I really don't see this card being useful at all. That's more of a fault with how bad Dead Ringer is then the card.
Reinforced Standee : Again this is more down to how bad dead ringer and it's talent is. Like if you compare this card to other cards that give more Hp to depolyables like barik's or yings, it's fantastic(literally more per a point then those 2). It's just you know held back by being a saati card.
Seek I think this card could be good but again held back by being well a saati card, and for her dead ringer. Put them card on Ying illusions, or a barik turret and I could see it being run as a fun little gimmick.
Closing Time extra speed can be good just as a filler card for WoO players. Not as good this patch now that back blast can't be spammed twice, but you would be using this as a filler.
Grab, and Go : Again filler card at best. Maybe that 1 bullet from back blasting will help ya.
Plated Leggins : Bingo again could be used as a quick filler for WoO users, less useful now that you can't spam back blast.
Step Off : Passionately refereed to as "Saati Space Program" by fans. A card every WoO player will have 4-5 because it's funny to see people go flying high up for longer, and makes you have longer time to shoot them after back blasting them before they can walk. Seriously her best card now by a long shot. Made even better by the item shop changes that split the anti CC item. Even with the buff to it's cost. No one going to buy it for a saati alone lol.
Agressive Tip : A mandatory card for any coin talent enjoyers. The extra range this gives make some coin angles viable to reasonably hit. Something you have at 3 or 4 points.
Costly Physics : Awful awful card the scaling is pretty at 0.3 seconds a point, and like who the hell needs the extra time? Never once in all my 100+ levels of coin meme having fun did I think. "Boy howdy would be great if I had extra time on this coin" Unless they change the current coin talent, or change this card, I wouldn't even call this a filler card.
Steady Predictions Still another mandatory card for coin Even if after the nerfs; Ult Gain goes brrr. Sure not as fast now with the talent change, but still if you playing coin spam you also trying to also ult spam.
Steel Coin Purse :The wording a bit confusing on this one, but you get the DR after tossing a coin, tested it in the shooting range. At best filler, because even back when Coin was the meta funny talent you tend to be hiding around corners then out in the open most of the time.
Bullet Hopper : It's more ammo in your gun, can be used for any talent. I tend to see it run at 2-3 most of the time in games.
Designer Armor : Same with bullet hopper you tend to see this do to lack of better filler cards, and the scaling on it is okay.
Sure Shot : Second Verse, Same as the first.
Taste Maker : Just a worse lethality I guess you could run it as a filler if you was really desperate, but I'll rather they just rework it.
Closing thoughts The changes with the patch are a step in the right direction, but she could use more love to both her cards and coin and Dead Ringer talent, by changes to them or straight reworks. If someone as awful at paladins and stupid as me could come up with reasonably interesting talent suggestions the devs can manage. Else we be stuck with a One Trick Pony of WoO Saati's sending us on a one way trip to the moon forever. Please give me your guys thoughts on saati. Maybe we can fix her.
(I might edit this main post over time to fix any spelling and grammar mistakes)
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Changes I like the change to her pip system for the most part. Back blast can thankfully no longer be spammed back to back and has to be more carefully thought out when to use it. And you need to land 6 shots before you can even do it a second time in the middle of a fight.
I think the coin pip nerf is just bad. Listen Your talent basically tell you where you are spending your pips in the first place. SC =Coin WoO =BackBlast Impov =DeadRinger The chance you was planning to throw a coin over just Dropping a decoy(This is already a rare thing to do), or saving for your BB is so situational that the nerf just hurts newer players trying to learn her then it will affect people who plan to keep playing her. As they will now be forced to pick spare change talent at first and be thrown off later when Coin suddenly costs 3 rather then 2 after trying her other talents.
BB had the nerf to it's cost coming. I'll say it now, and I will say it then. It's a strong skill even outside of WoO. A good saati could escape from a lot of situations by double BBing away.
The hand cannon changes are fine IMO.
The talent slightly changes the idea of the decoy by now making them rigged to explode dealing 650 damage if a enemy is stupid enough to get close, or you are planning to drop them in the enemy face(Btw there like a 1 second delay so they don't insta explode in the enemy face.) meaning they can block off doors, or small hallways. But like In most cases maps tend to be open enough (Even the smaller ones) that one blocked route just means the many mobile flanks are barely bothered by a slight detour.
There is a hidden downside(or upside depending on how much the enemy hates it) the talent doesn't mention. The God Awful FUCKING TICKING. You hear that shit long enough and you will start sounding like the The Grinch. Or worse, you start Singing to it Jokes aside. I wont sugar coat this talent is still her worse even with the change to her coin talent.
My suggestion would be change it to something else. Few ideas I have are like.
Stolen Tech : Dead Ringer decoys will now target nearby enemies in front of it within 50 units. Dead Ringers now only last 10 seconds, and fire one less shot. (Basically higher damage but lower range Barik turrets that die after 10 seconds. (For people who are unfamiliar with Barik's turrets they have a range of 100 units.) ) The idea here is simple. Make the Dead ringer better at point/area denial but unlike the coin you have to be there to place them. .
Life Like Decoys no longer fire shots, but instead will charge forward for 2 seconds to the closest enemy, and explode for 650 damage in 20 units. (Yes the talent name is a fun Nod to how this just turns the decoys into ying's shattered illusions.)
Heck all they need to do is Let Ricochet hits apply caut with this talent and it be far more useful with that alone. That's looking at it from both a casual and rank view. Something I want to remind people is Ricochet hits target Deployables, and shields, so now that it's back down to only hitting one thing, and doing less shield damage, applying Caut wouldn't break it.
But that's enough of me whining about my beloved ult spam being dead, and how this new talent sucks, I also have a few ideas on other talents that could replace this.
Ultra Kill : Coin Toss now costs 8 pips, and throws out 4 coins in a spread. Coins will now break when activated, and no longer explode, but will activate other coins in range. Ricocheted shots can no longer target depolyables, and will only hit the closest enemy. (So the idea here is rather then a area denial you spending all your pips to hit one guy for a burst of 1200(4 normal coin hits).
Counterfeit Coins : Coin Toss now costs 4 pips. Coins will no longer Ricochet bullets shot at it; or take damage from being shot by the hand cannon, and will explode when it expires. Every shot on the coin Increases the explosion damage by 150 , and then coin explosion size is increased to 20 units. If the coin is shot by a wall bang, increase damage by 500, and explode prematurely. (The idea behind this talent is to change how coin is played from a shoot people who are hiding behind cover, to a deny a point, or the area where a cart is being pushed to/is. You trade the constant 300 damage it would have done to a bigger better AOE with a pretty long warning/ loud warning of the intentions of the saati.)
Fun thing to mention I did some shooting range tests and the coin lasts for around 7 seconds after being activated.
Oh boy her cards, some of the most hot garbage this side of the realm.
Hide: The worst card scale wise in the whole game. 0.12 seconds of extra invisibility PER A POINT. That's 0.62 seconds FOR 5 POINTS. The fact this card wasn't buffed/changed after the illuminate changes should be a crime. You should be able to report people who use this card for griefing. Yes that is how bad this card is. Change the card completely or put it in line with skye's cards. It needs love more then moji as a whole did.
Paper Design : At 5 points your dead ringers will shoot every 0.8 seconds. Unless we had that silly talent I suggested to make the dead ringers act like turrets, I really don't see this card being useful at all. That's more of a fault with how bad Dead Ringer is then the card.
Reinforced Standee : Again this is more down to how bad dead ringer and it's talent is. Like if you compare this card to other cards that give more Hp to depolyables like barik's or yings, it's fantastic(literally more per a point then those 2). It's just you know held back by being a saati card.
Seek I think this card could be good but again held back by being well a saati card, and for her dead ringer. Put them card on Ying illusions, or a barik turret and I could see it being run as a fun little gimmick.
Closing Time extra speed can be good just as a filler card for WoO players. Not as good this patch now that back blast can't be spammed twice, but you would be using this as a filler.
Grab, and Go : Again filler card at best. Maybe that 1 bullet from back blasting will help ya.
Plated Leggins : Bingo again could be used as a quick filler for WoO users, less useful now that you can't spam back blast.
Step Off : Passionately refereed to as "Saati Space Program" by fans. A card every WoO player will have 4-5 because it's funny to see people go flying high up for longer, and makes you have longer time to shoot them after back blasting them before they can walk. Seriously her best card now by a long shot. Made even better by the item shop changes that split the anti CC item. Even with the buff to it's cost. No one going to buy it for a saati alone lol.
Agressive Tip : A mandatory card for any coin talent enjoyers. The extra range this gives make some coin angles viable to reasonably hit. Something you have at 3 or 4 points.
Costly Physics : Awful awful card the scaling is pretty at 0.3 seconds a point, and like who the hell needs the extra time? Never once in all my 100+ levels of coin meme having fun did I think. "Boy howdy would be great if I had extra time on this coin" Unless they change the current coin talent, or change this card, I wouldn't even call this a filler card.
Steady Predictions Still another mandatory card for coin Even if after the nerfs; Ult Gain goes brrr. Sure not as fast now with the talent change, but still if you playing coin spam you also trying to also ult spam.
Steel Coin Purse :The wording a bit confusing on this one, but you get the DR after tossing a coin, tested it in the shooting range. At best filler, because even back when Coin was the meta funny talent you tend to be hiding around corners then out in the open most of the time.
Bullet Hopper : It's more ammo in your gun, can be used for any talent. I tend to see it run at 2-3 most of the time in games.
Designer Armor : Same with bullet hopper you tend to see this do to lack of better filler cards, and the scaling on it is okay.
Sure Shot : Second Verse, Same as the first.
Taste Maker : Just a worse lethality I guess you could run it as a filler if you was really desperate, but I'll rather they just rework it.
(I might edit this main post over time to fix any spelling and grammar mistakes)