I get that Riverdale's writing doesn't get much respect around here. But I did enjoy it, and I particularly enjoyed the fifth season where the show basically cancelled itself as a high school drama and mounted a revival. That was truly daring.
I loved seeing the characters graduate from high school. I loved moving ahead and seeing the actors play characters closer to their actual ages.
I liked seeing the kids we knew in high school become adults. I liked them moving past adolescent issues and battling for the soul and life of their hometown. I liked seeing them become teachers and mentors instead of students. It was wonderful to see their potential achieved and realized.
The Rivervale arc of Season 6 was also truly unnerving, and I thought that the shift to superpowers was bizarre and joyfully ridiculous as Riverdale seized on the genre-hopping of the comics and shifted into becoming a dark CW superhero drama.
I was a bit put off by the shift to the 1950s with all the characters back in high school, undermining the Season 5 intent to let the adult actors play adult characters. I got used to it in the end and it was fine.
But I really loved the revival-style adult seasons of Riverdale. I would have loved to see Season 7 finish out the show with the adult characters. I would have loved to see the show match four seasons of high school with four seasons of adulthood.

A bit of career history to set the stage: I completed my undergrad in Spring 2019 at a highly ranked public school in California. I was a great student through high school but got middle-of-the-road grades in college, graduating with a 3.07 GPA in Cognitive Science. Right after grad, I started my career at a well known tech company in silicon valley doing tech sales (SDR first, AE after).
I did pretty well through 2020, 2021, and most of 2022, never a top rep, but always in the top half. With tech slowing down in 2023 and through 2024, this job has become a GRIND and my performance has been... unremarkable. It used to be an awesome gig where there were highs and lows, but you own your own day and autonomy as long as you hit your goals. After losing motivation at my last company, I decided to take an offer at another tech company in a slightly different space. I'm ~7 months in and I like the conversations I'm having, the product, my team, and the leadership. Only problem is, I'm having a very hard time seeing how I'll be able to achieve quota when I am done with my ramp period.
There's more to it, but for brevity's sake, I'll leave it at this. My mental health is suffering in this job. In sales, your value is your number, no matter what people say. There are certain things you can control like how many calls you make, emails you send, etc. but at the end of the day, you are measured against your quota. I have a very hard time being happy with what I'm doing because if I can't perform and miss my quota for a few months, I could easily get canned. If I'm being honest, I'm not sure I'm cut out for sales in the long haul. I love working with people, but I'm naturally not confrontational and the job requires a lot of that.
So... should I suck it up, stop whining, and try to make it work in tech sales until the economy turns, or consider applying to grad school (GPA isn't great, so not even sure how viable this is)? I've thought about applying to MBA programs, masters degrees in either Cognitive Science or Data Science, or even law school. FWIW, I'm 27, will be 28 in the fall. Would love to get some opinions!

I am about two years from graduating high school. Ever since I was little, I have wanted to go into the nursing field and work with children, whether peds, nicu, etc. I recently discovered that I will get dizzy when I see needles going into people, not just on the table and blood doesn't do it either. I don't really know if it will ever go away and honestly I dont know if there's a way to stop it. My main question is, do any of you think it could go away during nursing school or should I start planning a new career even though I dream of doing a medical career?

I have been fortunate enough to save cash gifts (from high school, college and graduate school graduations, and miscellaneous gifts over the years from my family) that amount to something ~$60,000, and I am looking to deposit it into my account at a local credit union.
I have searched the forum, and I know that this isn't really a big deal as long as I don't structure my deposit into smaller deposits. I, however, would like to transfer this amount from my credit union to my online bank account because its savings account interest rate is higher. Would this attract attention from the IRS/are there things I should be aware of like additional paperwork or potential pitfalls for doing this?

So I am 2 years into getting my EE degree, I felt really strong about doing so until my company stated they were going to shut down. The only reason I was inspired to become an EE is from other engineers and managers that I have worked with on projects when I was an industrial maintenance tech.
so I am debating on switching from EE to CS to go into network security or something similar. my reasoning for doing this, is because I am covered in tattoos including one of my hands and fingers, throat, and the both sides of face in my sideburn area, also to note about the ones on my face are barley visible looking directly at me. I am thinking working more remote I will be likely to be hired.
I am afraid not being able to find a job for EE after I graduate. my work is paying for my school, and will continue to do so until the plant is shut down completely. I would have never gotten tattooed, if I knew I was going to be given this opportunity. I always thought collage wasn't an option for me because I grew up poor.
The engineers I worked with and the engineering management really liked me because my grasp of logic working with controls and attention to detail when working with equipment, which is why they offered me the opportunity to become an EE.
I know I shouldn't have never gotten tattooed as much as I have, but I grew up the rural life of living to try to make end meet which is why I was good at industrial maintenance and never had the money to buy new clothes most of the time, I knew I wouldn't be able to afford to be able to go to collage after high school.
I want some honest options, I am not really looking to be lectured, I am 27 and had my mind set to stay in the industrial maintenance field for the rest of my working life.
Thank you in advance, you all are amazing people!

I am an MS EE Integrated Circuits student admitted to both Northwestern and Michigan Ann Arbor. Both are strong EE programs so I'm having a hard time deciding. I want to go to industry after graduation. Not really into pursuing a PhD and cost is non-factor. Here's a little info for both programs. Which one should I go?
Northwestern EE:
Pros:

• Course flexibility (can take courses from various fields such as Machine Learning, Cyber Security, Robotics, and IoT)
• Degree requirements are not restricting (need 6 units of any ECE courses and 6 units of any elective courses)
• Have the option to purse Thesis MS Degree, project-based degree, or course-based degree
• A lot of classes are project based. Lots of hands-on opportunities.
• Courses seem very interesting and diverse within Integrated Circuits (ASIC, Digital, Analog, VLSI, PCB, Solid State, Nano, Mixed-Signal)
• Can get a master's minor in various topics (entrepreneurship, engineering management, cyber security, etc)
• Flexibility in my specialization
• Smaller classes (1:9 faculty-student ratio), Small cohort (10-12 students)
• Chicago – great food, activities, and diverse people
• Good public transportation
• Travelling back to home is more accessible
• Can finish program in one year (Sept to June)
• Ranked #9 in overall university rankings

Cons:

• Engineering Career Fair seems to be lacking
• Not many top tech companies come to recruit on-campus
• No specific ECE career fair
• Ranked #17 - Graduate Engineering School
• Quarter system (seems to give more breath on courses and is more intense)

Michigan ECE:
Pros:

• World renowned faculty
• Great Advising and Career office
• Lot of big companies come to recruit (NVIDIA, Apple, Qualcomm, Intel, etc)
• Multiple career fairs and have ECE specific career fair
• Semester system
• Ranked #4 – Electrical Engineering School
• Ranked #7 - Graduate Engineering School
• One of the best ECE schools in the world
• Can be completed in one year (Aug to May)
• EECS 427: VLSI Design I course is highly regarded in the eyes of industry recruiters

Cons:

• Coursework is more restrictive (have to choose from a pre-determined list of courses: 9 credits from a list of core courses, 7 credits from a list of non-cores ECE courses, 4 credits from a list of 5 project-based courses, 6 credits from a list of entrepreneurship courses)
• Courses do not seem as interesting and are more time consuming
• Can't get credit for research due to MEng degree
• My specialization cannot change (Microelectronics and Integrated Circuits)
• Less accessibility to travel home
• Might have issues with transportation

I’m 40. I’m finishing grad school this summer and I’ll be a counselor. Because of some ventures and risks I took in my 20s, I didn’t really start working until my 30s other than part time restaurant jobs. I had a government job that was low paying, but it got me through college once I stopped the self-employment ventures and turned 30. I haven’t worked for a year because I had no choice but to leave my job for this last year of grad school which has included lots of practicum hours as well as full time school schedule.
The job was state government, and I’m being totally honest, I can’t imagine going back to state government. I would need 18 more years to even retire with my state’s pension system with the 9 years I’ve put in. I might go work a year when I graduate so I hit my 10 years and get public service loan forgiveness (it was all verified correctly with the various loan servicers). I don’t have to get the 10th year from a government job, either. Just a qualifying non-profit of some sort which will be easy with my grad degree. Plenty of treatment places that are qualifying and it would be good experiencing.
So anyway, I am strongly considering cashing out the 42,000 that is in my state’s retirement account, pay the tax hit and fees, and use the money to get out of the hole I’m in, graduate with a clean slate, maybe set aside 5-7k for an emergency fund, and start saving.
I own a home with a cheap mortgage. The reality is that I will inherit a pretty sizable estate from my mom. She is in her late 70s and won’t be around much longer. I am not going to ask her for money at this point.
It is also my understanding that if I wanted to return to government employment, I could buy my time back if I had the money, which I will once the inheritance happens.
Even if the inheritance somehow doesn’t happen, I am still out of money. I’m really struggling and just want a clean slate with my degree and new career.
I would pay off about $10,000 credit card debt. Pay my mortgage ($550 a month) and other bills such as phone, insurance etc until employed and back on feet.
While not counting on it, I have a few things going on that I suspect will be financially rewarding but I’ll be fine if they don’t.
I’m just tired, health issues, and want to stop being stressed.
I should add that because of the health issues, I highly doubt I’ll see 65 years old.
I have a pretty simple life. No kids. Don’t want them. Small home and there isn’t anything I can’t live without burning a hole in my pocket. I just can’t think of a reason to be sitting on this money when it could really really help me right now. My 30s were really hard because of all the health issues. They are finally diagnosed, healed, etc, but took a toll.
How would I calculate the penalty from cashing out the $42,000? Would it be like 30-40%?
Thanks, PF!

I (24) graduated with my master's degree in December. I was also admitted to a top 10 doctorate program in my field and set to start this fall. To celebrate, I asked my mom if I could have a graduation/celebration party for these accomplishments at our house. We had a date set and a tentative guest list started.
However, today, my mom out of nowhere said my cousin (18) was on board with having a joint party to celebrate their graduation. I was taken aback because my mom never discussed or mentioned having a joint party with me before this conversation.
For some context, I have a sibling and three step-siblings who I have always felt I had to share everything with. Two of these siblings are my age. For my high school graduation party, I had a joint party with two of my siblings. Although I understand why my parent did it that way, I did not feel like it was my party at all, as a majority of the guests were not there for me. I did not have a party for my undergraduate degree either. I would feel bad if my cousin had to share their graduation party with me because I know how it feels to have to share the spotlight with someone for such a big accomplishment. I have nothing against my cousin at all and do not want them to feel the same way I did. But at the same time, I feel selfish for wanting to have a party all to myself.
My mom thinks I'm being selfish because I won't do this favor for my uncle and have the joint party. I never said not the have the party for my cousin, but to leave me out of it if they do. AITA for not wanting to share a graduation party?

Can a 23 year old apply as a freshman and still receive scholarships from UMD? He graduated high school back in 2019, top 5% of his class with a 3.8 GPA

I am an MS EE Integrated Circuits student admitted to both Northwestern and the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor. Both are strong EE programs so I'm having a hard time deciding. I want to go to industry after graduation. Not really into pursuing a PhD and cost is a non-factor. Here's a little info for both programs. Which one should I go?
Northwestern EE:
Pros:

• Course flexibility (can take courses from various fields such as Machine Learning, Cyber Security, Robotics, and IoT)
• Degree requirements are not restricting (need 6 units of any ECE courses and 6 units of any elective courses)
• Have the option to purse Thesis MS Degree, project-based degree, or course-based degree
• A lot of classes are project based. Lots of hands-on opportunities.
• Courses seem very interesting and diverse within Integrated Circuits (ASIC, Digital, Analog, VLSI, PCB, Solid State, Nano, Mixed-Signal)
• Can get a master's minor in various topics (entrepreneurship, engineering management, cyber security, etc)
• Flexibility in my specialization
• Smaller classes (1:9 faculty-student ratio), Small cohort (10-12 students)
• Chicago – great food, activities, and diverse people
• Good public transportation
• Travelling back to home is more accessible
• Can finish program in one year (Sept to June)
• Ranked #9 in overall university rankings

Cons:

• Engineering Career Fair seems to be lacking
• Not many top tech companies come to recruit on-campus
• No specific ECE career fair
• Ranked #17 - Graduate Engineering School
• Quarter system (seems to give more breath on courses and is more intense)

Michigan ECE:
Pros:

• World renowned faculty
• Great Advising and Career office
• Lot of big companies come to recruit (NVIDIA, Apple, Qualcomm, Intel, etc)
• Multiple career fairs and have ECE specific career fair
• Semester system
• Ranked #4 – Electrical Engineering School
• Ranked #7 - Graduate Engineering School
• One of the best ECE schools in the world
• Can be completed in one year (Aug to May)
• EECS 427: VLSI Design I course is highly regarded in the eyes of industry recruiters

Cons:

• Coursework is more restrictive (have to choose from a pre-determined list of courses: 9 credits from a list of core courses, 7 credits from a list of non-cores ECE courses, 4 credits from a list of 5 project-based courses, 6 credits from a list of entrepreneurship courses)
• Courses do not seem as interesting and are more time consuming
• Can't get credit for research due to MEng degree
• My specialization cannot change (Microelectronics and Integrated Circuits)
• Less accessibility to travel home
• Might have issues with transportation

Follow-Up Questions:

1. What big tech companies come to recruit at NU (hardware roles)?
2. What support does the engineering career office offer to NU students?
3. Should the difference in ranking be a big consideration?
4. How does NU set one up for success with recruiting?

Sorry if this is a very long read. I appreciate any advice, thanks!

Graduating high school in a month and have about 4.5k cash from flipping things and 3.4k in my checking account since I just bought myself a laptop for college. I started a business with a friend, got an IT job, currently work at a restaurant, and am trying to get into web development to start building a portfolio for myself. I feel like I’m way behind people my age especially since I’m going to have to be paying around 30k for college next year. Is there anything I should be doing?

Hey guys, I'm a 24-year-old guy who recently graduated from college. I've been working as an academic editor for about a year and a half for a university remotely, and I found I'm very passionate about writing and editing.
However, I'm also a high functioning autistic who prefers to spend most of the time alone. I don't have children or significant other, but I don't even know if I'm really interested in having one given the freedom I have as a single guy. I also don't drive, but I've made my life situation work by relying on ride-sharing apps and public transportation. I save a lot of money because I don't have a car payment.
I do have friends who I play Dungeons & dragons with online once or twice a week, but I tend to stick to myself most of the other time because I found I don't really like people. I have faced a lot of rejection in my life in every social environment I go to, from high school to college, so I've gotten to the point where I would just prefer to live life alone.
Is there anything wrong with this mindset? Am I a loser because I tend to deviate from societal norms? I still play video games, Dungeons & Dragons, have no wife and kids, don't drive, but I'm hard-working, passionate about making a difference in society with my work, pay taxes, and I'm fully supporting myself.

Hello All,
I’ve been in Marin (southern) for only a few years now and knew about the lack of diversity coming in. I grew up on the east coast living in Philly and Boston and moved to the Bay Area not too long ago. Marin is beautiful but I was feeling a lack of connectedness so I started a group for BIPOC women called the Marin BIPOC Women’s Collective. The aim is to be able to connect with other women and be able to share our stories and celebrate each other.
It was at first limited to Mill Valley and we just opened it up to all of Marin. Our members span all ages - a Guatemalan high school student aspiring to be an architect to a Puerto Rican force of a woman who was the first latina to graduate from Princeton!
We meet in person on the second Sunday of every month and will start doing Zooms as well for those farther out. We have a Facebook and Nextdoor page so to all of those BIPOC women out there reading this who are looking for connection and feel isolated like I have, join our collective! We just started a few months ago and would love to exchange stories and support the journeys of others like us in Marin! 🙏🏽

I need advice, though this is partially to vent, I want to get my thoughts and feelings out there, so that maybe something someone says can help me. I (F18) live in my childhood home with my father (M55), mother (F50), sibling (NB14), sister (F21) and brother in law (M23). I get along great with everyone, except for my father. I've known my father, mother, and sister as long as I can remember, my sibling is 3 years younger than me, and we've known my brother in law for about 5 years.
In childhood, my father was never really present in our lives. He worked a normal job with normal hours, but when he got home all he did was watch TV. I remember this very distinctly as we were kicked off the TV at 5, when he came home. Even when he was off of the TV, he was distant and never really involved with us. Even when he did take one or more of us out, it was just to something we liked for a small amount of time, then we had to go to a hardware store or something with him for hours. All of us quickly learned to not accept his offers of going to McDonald's for a quick meal. He'd occasionally trick us, saying it was a reward for something, then drag us somewhere anyway.
His distant behavior became worse when his dad died, and his mother came to live with us. To make a long and horrible story short, she put me and my sibling through hell, bullying us about weight, appearance, behavior and anything you could ever think one would nitpick children for. This was when I was 13-14, and it left a lot of issues for myself and my sibling to deal with. At first he denied anything was happening, but then it got so bad I slipped to my therapist that I wanted to end my life, and he took me seriously after that. My father's mother was kicked out, but I was in rough shape.
Ever since then he has treated me like a fragile flower, always trying to say things like "You can always talk to your mom or I", but he knew this wasn't the case. I could never bring up anything with him as he would just tell me to go to mom, and never really supported me emotionally. He has depression and anxiety just like myself and my sibling, but unlike us he doesn't take his meds or go to therapy; he basically just doesn't do anything to improve himself.
But it really got bad when my sister graduated from high school and moved out. She had been with her boyfriend for about 3 years when they got engaged, and were married. This sent my father on a downward spiral. According to my mother, he had a bad drinking problem in the past, and had calmed down for a while, but this is when it started up again. My sister was always his obvious favorite; she looked like him, was athletic, smart, extroverted, and she had none of the mental issues he did. So her "leaving" him was very hard. He just couldn't deal with her growing up. I think it was partially because he never spent time with us, since after that he kept asking me to spend time with him, but at that point I had checked out of the relationship as much as he had.
He started spending more time in front of the TV. It really didn't help that he had an injury at work and had surgery on both of his shoulders, and he was being bullied when he did work. At this time, my mother had gotten a job to help pay for everything, and I was mostly home with my father, and he decided this meant I would do everything-all of the chores, cleaning up after him, cooking... everything my mom would normally do. They operated on his non-dominant shoulder first, so he could've helped, but no, he's just a poor helpless baby. I was 16 at the time, and also trying to learn to drive. His "driving lessons" consisted of him scolding me occasionally if I did something wrong, but not helping me learn at all.
I wanted to find a job, but between school and taking care of the house I was unable to. I got an allowance, but it was rather pitiful, and didn't even partially compensate me for the hours of endless work. Then there was an incident. My mom had told me to watch out for him when he'd been drinking, and I can easily tell when he was drinking. This was a day where I could tell he was drunk, but he came in asking for my help with something. He said that our truck was having issues and he wanted to look at the engine, so he asked me to help him wipe it off. I agreed. I went out with him, and my "helping" him was him watching while I wiped off the hood. Then he started to get angry.
I was focusing on the hood since he said he needed to lift it to look at the engine, but he told me to focus on the windshield. I was obiviously confused, but he grabbed another wiper and started to violently break apart the snow and wiping it off. I was still confused and kept wiping off the hood, but that made him more angry. He was moving in a way I knew would hurt him, but he was now raising his voice with me, angry and showing it. I started to dissociate, as that is my coping strategy, so I don't remember the exchange very well. All I know was there was a lot of swearing and yelling and calling me useless. Eventually he threw down his scraper and stormed off to the house.
I remember I was cold, sad, and I wanted to cry and run off into the woods never to be seen again. I wanted to scream, sob, punch a wall; but I did none of that. All I did was stand there for a while, then remember it was garbage day and take the garbage cans down. When I got inside, he was in his chair, watching TV, whistling to a song. I went to my room and cried. I hated myself, him, and the world so much, and that day I broke a streak of almost a year of self harming. I wanted to do more, but my dog helped me not to.
I wish I had let him go. I wish I had let him drive. At that point I still had some slight love for him, and that made me want to prevent his death. I honestly regret that now. He often got mad and snapped at mom, but it was never directed at me before. I knew that mom, with all the stress she was going through with her job and being both the house- maintainer and breadwinner wouldn't be able to handle that he had snapped at me. So I downplayed it, just telling her what happened and she said he probably either wanted fast food or alcohol, both of which he is addicted to. I still haven't gotten an apology.
I'm going to skip over some time here, as honestly his behavior is too frequent and habitual to mention every frustrating thing, so I will fast forward to the worst of it. A few months before my sister's wedding, it got really bad. He had yelled at my mom a few times, and every time we just took the dogs into our rooms, and we had gotten door knobs with locks specifically for this sort of thing. It happened often enough that all it took was a text to the other, and my sibling and I knew what to do. The worst happened on March 23rd, 2023. I don't know how it started; we never knew, but it didn't matter. The worst part is, my sibling was stuck in the bathroom when it started, right next to where my dad was screaming at my mom. They can't use that bathroom now when he's home because of this.
All I knew was I got the text and got our 2 dogs in my room. All I could hear (I was on the 2nd floor and this happened on the 1st) was how my mom was a bad person, getting the kids to hate him, she was a female dog, etc. Again it's a little fuzzy, but it got worse when he got to the 2nd floor. When you get to the top of the stairs, to the right there is their bedroom, and down a short hallway there is a bathroom and 2 bedrooms, one being my sister's old room. He went in to their room, and all I can remeber is him screaming over and over, "And you can just go F YOURSELF", all while slamming their bedroom door.
He did this for a while. All I know is that I, my mom, and my sibling all recorded it, but I am not willing to listen through that recording to figure out how long he was yelling at the top of the stairs, but the recording is 10 minutes and 47 seconds. Eventually his slamming of the door got too forceful, he broke the whole door frame, and the door ended up wedged in the staircase. He knocked himself out in this process somehow, and was out for a while. When his friend came (mom had called him), he even tried to fight him, but he was put into bed. He says he doesn't remember this whole night.
There was an intervention after, with mom and his friend, and he agreed to stop, or at least slow down. He didn't. There were some more screaming fits, and the last major one was in the beginning of December. But now, instead of screaming, he'll just get mad and snap at mom for nothing. I hate seeing her cry, and this affected my sibling and I as well. My sibling hates him, and is just waiting for him to die. They felt conflicted about this at first, but after father corrected himself after using their correct pronouns and made a comment around them about how anyone who's trans is just mentally ill, they lost the tiny sliver of affection they had for him. I have done my best to be a good older sister, assuring them it's normal, and helping them come to terms with their feelings. Now they just say we really are just waiting for him to die, and they feel nothing towards this idea.
Father has gone to therapy once, after a screaming fit where I wrote down how much him doing this made me want to die, but he says he doesn't want to go back. He continues to drink, and to not take his meds. My reason for this post was yesterday. Mother's Day.
Despite both mom and I working later than him, he still does minimal house work. If he does anything, it is to empty the dishwasher into the dish drainer, then bug mom for praise. Mom, sibling and I do almost all of the housework. I thought maybe he'd pitch in on mother's day, but no. I told mom she was not allowed to do any housework, and I did all of the laundry, dishes, cleaning, etc. The only thing I couldn't do was cook. But then, as I'm cleaning off the countertop and the table, father walks in and asks mom, "So what are you planning on doing?"
I wanted to punch him. He had been drinking, too. He'd been at least slightly drunk since noon. But HOW DARE HE. I think that was when I lost all hope for him. Then mom said, "I was just gonna leave it to you", and he had the audacity to look surprised, and even a little mad. He then walked away, I think to get stuff, but I don't care. I looked at mom, and she had the same baffled, amazed, and angry look I assume was on my face. But she looked a little sad, too. He couldn't do even this one thing on his own, on mother's day.
I had been angry with him for a long time, but at that it just grew into this huge raging fire. I hate him. With every bit of me. His disrespect and unwillingness to fix himself made me want to scream at him, give him a taste of what he gave us. But I couldn't. For the rest of the evening, mom couldn't just sit there; he needed to know the temperature and time things needed to cook, and she was just so frustrated.
Everything's at a boiling point. I want to tell him off, tell him how I feel, how much he's hurt everyone, and just how much I hate him. But I know I can't. If I do, he'll take it out on mom. Mom's too stressed already, as her job is hard and she's saving to separate if needed. She won't divorce him, since he could take the house, though they are both on the title, and she doesn't want to risk it. He's unhealthy as it is, my sibling is right; we really are just waiting for his liver to give out from all of the alcohol. But still, I am having a hard time living in the same house.
Sorry for the length, I get long winded when emotional. I'm just ignoring him for now, but I feel like my emotions could explode any day. Please give any advice you have. Thank you all.
TL;DR!: My father who is abusive has made me reach my limit, but I can't say anything. If I do, he'll yell at my mom, and I don't want that. I can't move out and she doesn't want to risk a divorce, in fear of losing everything, what do I do?

A guy and his friend decided to skip their high-school graduation and go drinking while driving, they hit a car and the guy is now in a coma. He ends up being able to go into this girl from his schools dreams and they can talk to each other, and eventually he goes into his friends dreams too.
It has a couple of different povs and it's written before 2020.

I never thought I would see that happen on The View.
I honestly believe part of the reason Clinton lost in 2016 was because shows were too nice to her. She was waltzing toward a coronation. She'd come out to some girl power song playing and get fluff questions. That did not help her.
I voted for her in 2016.
And yet frequently when I've seen her speak since then I feel like she has had contempt for people like me. She's blamed everyone under the sun for her loss, including the "Bernie Bros," of which I guess I am one since I voted for Bernie in the 2016 primary before then voting for her in the general.
Now she's out attacking people protesting war.
It feels like she wants power of attorney over everyone 18-40 because they must have a mental illness if they don't like war and hardship and thinks anyone who isn't lockstep with her is feeble-minded and suggestible to corrupting influences.
She's the definition of condescending, and Sunny called her out. Finally.
I never thought I'd see it from this show in particular because they seem to have a very cozy relationship with Hillary and Chelsey Clinton.
Trump calling out that type of stuff helped him. I'm not supporting Trump in saying that. I just think everyone sees through the sort of gross love affair between establishment politicians and the media. Another example is the White House Correspondents Dinner. I did not like Trump, but I actually liked that he skipped it. They shouldn't be so cozy and yukking it up together. Decorum is over-rated. Politicians should have their feet held to the fire and be responsive to citizens not to the media industry and not the media industry to the politicians (which is a lot of what Whoopi does—just exhorting people to get in line politically). Trump is what happens when the sane side doesn't get its house in order and lets arrogance, elitism, corporatism, etc., run amok. And you can't just yell at people harder to get them to vote your way. Democracy has to deliver on its promises.
Back to my original point: Someone like Sunny calling out Hillary Clinton actually makes it easier for me to vote for Democrats. I've had to do it holding my nose, but honestly recently with the upcoming election, I've not sure if I've had the capacity to on moral grounds. And it's refreshing to hear someone say, no you're not crazy, HRC was being condescending. It's not crazy to protest war that has gone beyond defense and is now gratuitous. I have a basket of other issues that bother me, but that was the one being referenced today.
I think if they had challenged her that way in 2016 she would have been a stronger candidate. I remember toward the end of the 2016 campaign she was on stage with Jay-Z, Beyonce, and Katy Perry. And it was like a party. Like senior year of high school, hanging out, waiting for graduation. It was unserious. And she's been hectoring everyone since about what they did wrong and continue to do wrong in her eyes. You can't schoolmarm your way to victory, especially when your own results have been less than stellar! I mean lecturing about foreign policy when she voted for the war on Iraq, when she helped with the uprising in Libya that displaced millions of people, the quagmire in Syria, and on and on. She may have a very good grasp of history (what she accused the students of lacking)—and in fact I think she does when I've heard her speak—but it hasn't really led to wise decisions.
Sorry I'm so long-winded. Good for Sunny. And I hope they don't back down and hold everyone's feet to the fire both in talking about them and to them when they have them on the air. It can't just be a lovefest for one side and a trashing of the other. It's corrosive. I believe it paradoxically hurts the former (and those who could otherwise benefit from the former) and emboldens the latter.
Just one last point:
This came up in the context of what Biden can do to turn things around.
Biden has an in my opinion bizarre fixation with getting money to Ukraine. It takes gall to start the State of the Union with the state of Ukraine!
If they want issues that people would care about, they have them, but refuse to engage in them so they can't come out and say Republicans are holding us back.
Take ACP for example, which is something I care about. ACP is for low income people and pays for their broadband access up to $30 a month. It's being eliminated next month.
Has Biden ever heard of ACP? Does he know what it is? I'm honestly not sure. It would be a guess.
But the Biden administration has requested Congress to renew ACP. Mike Johnson—the Republican speaker—is refusing to allow a vote on the bill that would extend ACP.
That's an issue that will NEVER be on The View and you will probably never hear Biden talk about.
Biden would never talk about an issue like ACP (or a basket of other issues I have) like he talks with passion about Ukraine.
As long as Biden keeps jonesing for money for Ukraine he's losing.
As long as The View remains unaware people like me rely on ACP to get Internet and that Republicans are blocking it and instead talk about Trump's affair, Biden is losing.
This is just on example of an issue that is real to me and millions of other Americans who use ACP, but there are so many others.
That would be a real fight that would make poor to working class families perk up.

I joined Reddit to join the Fire community and exchange ideas with the experts here.
I’m a 54-year-old living in Arizona and winding down my career. After my son graduates from high school in 2027, my wife and I are planning to pursue a nomadic lifestyle living in interesting places (NYC, Chicago, Mexico City, Panama, Buenos Aires, Austria, etc) for a few months at a time. I’ll be doing some low-effort side gigs but mostly planning to live off passive income.
Here is what I expect by the time I start living as a normad:
$5 million net worth No house, no debt $50,000 per year income from my investment advisory firm that can run from anywhere 3 passports including one from the US
As a test run, I currently I invest a few hundred thousand in a “high-income” portfolio to generate enough income to pay my monthly rent in Phoenix. The portfolio has a dozen positions including BDCs, CEFs and covered call ETFs. It’s been working great and generating consistent distributions of about 10% per year.
Happy to be here and looking forward to learning from the community.

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The Uncompromising Blissful Extravagance of His Presence! Inbox
By CMM.World CMMTheology.org - November 10, 2022
Dear Mighty One,
I see the Lord's eye upon us we discover by revelation the 'new thing' He is doing in our lives and of those of us who, beyond the present darkness, gaze into His eyes. The 'tuning fork' of Yahweh is orchestrating the sons and daughters of our living God in growing holy remnant unity to withstand as we stand with Him fearlessly in the boldness of the faith of God in this hour. Egypt is behind us, and the covenantal promises and prophetic words we have received (1 Tim. 1:18) empower us by His Holy Spirit to advance in warfare, humbly growing in the spirit of wisdom and revelation.

Yesterday as I encouraged some friends, I said, 'stay in the blissful extravagance of His presence.' Today I saw in Psalm 34 His eyes are upon us in vs. 8 & 9 and v:15 about the 'uncompromisingly righteous.' We are to be holy as He is holy. That leaves no room for any more compromise or seeking to please man or the traditions of men, being free of the fear of man, the religious spirit, and any demonic activity. We are seated in heavenly places with Christ Jesus. Lord, help us understand by revelation to walk in all the authority we have been given by Jesus Christ.
Psalm 34:8-9 'O taste and see that the Lord [our God] is good! Blessed (happy, fortunate, to be envied) is the man who trusts and takes refuge in Him. O fear the Lord, you His saints [revere and worship Him]! For there is no want to those who truly revere and worship Him with godly fear.'
v. 15 'The eyes of the Lord are toward the [uncompromisingly] righteous and His ears are open to their cry.'
Chuck Pierce shared this amazing word from Penny Jackson that is right on for this season: https://christsmandate.blogspot.com/2022/11/chuck-pierce-shares-powerful-word-from.html
May YOUR November be full of Thanksgiving and Praise for you and yours as YOU enjoy The Uncompromising Blissful Extravagance of His Presence!
Thank you for praying for CMM and all your fellow CMM Global Family worldwide. Pray for all the missionaries, schools, and students in CMM College of Theology in the US, Ecuador, Canada, Cuba, Myanmar, Nigeria, and Thailand.
Pray for the new wells and the living water and safe water recently drilled or soon to be drilled in Tanzania, India, Malawi, and Pakistan.
Pray for our upcoming Christmas gift campaigns to bless children and youth in many nations. Many of them are precious, beautiful children (orphans). As the Lord leads, pray about giving any amount to bless dear CMM children this Christmas. https://cmmworld.kindful.com/
Pray for each other, dear friends. We all know we each need prayers going up to Heaven for all those on the front lines. We each are on the front lines!
Please pray for me as I speak tomorrow online to a crusade with 8,000 expected to attend in Pakistan. In December, I will speak at conferences in Liberia and Kenya with fellow CMM Ordained ministers Robert Bimba (Liberia), Tom Omukhobero, and Daniel and Christine Oyoko (Kenya).
We are working on plans and trips for 2023. If you would like to have some of our awesome CMM family speakers for a conference in your area or would like to join or lead a missions trip, we would love to hook you up with dear friends in many nations.
Please join me in welcoming Dr. Louis Blom of Judea Harvest as Associate Director of Missions at CMM. This strategic alliance multiplies the efforts and impact in building the Kingdom of our God, for His glory. https://youtu.be/HXfP8tCySRc

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Kind of a continuation of sorts from my "1996 was more dated in 2010 than 2010 is in 2024" post. I honestly think there's a huge dissonance between cartoons from 10-15 years ago today and how dated they are, compared to how dated 10-15 year old cartoons were in 2014.
Note that this only details western animation, not anime.
Let me explain why below:

Many 1990s cartoons were dated by the mid-late 2000s

Most cartoons from the 90s like Bobby's World, Rocko's Modern Life, and The Magic School Bus all felt rather dated by 2005, especially considering that cel-animation was completely replaced with digital animation.
2D-animated movies were also going extinct, at least in theaters. A traditionally hand-drawn animated film like Cats Don't Dance or even Space Jam would already have felt rather out of place in movie theaters by 2005.
By the late 2000s, however, traditionally animated movies were largely phased out in favor of CGI/3D animated movies. In fact, of Disney's animated films made from 2005-2009, only one (Princess and The Frog, in 2009) was traditionally hand drawn.
In 1995-1997:

• It was still common for brand-new cartoons at this time to be cel-animated
• The Disney Renaissance was still going strong, and many movies from other studios tried copying their formula; Dreamworks Animation had just been founded and didn't have any animated movies yet
• It was rare for theatrical animated movies to be computer animated; almost all of them were hand-drawn. Toy Story, the first ever CGI animated movie, was released in 1995 and was considered revolutionary at the time

By 2005:

• Cel-animated cartoons were extinct. The final holdout, Ed Edd N Eddy, switched over in 2004
• Disney was in quite a troubled time during this time and Dreamworks was a real competitor to Disney
• Traditionally animated movies were being phased out for the most part

Cartoons made in the 2000s compared to the 2010s

The 2000s were arguably even more changeful for cartoons than the 90s were. While 2000s cartoons weren't quite as dated in the 2010s as cartoons from the 90s were in the 2000s, mid-2000s cartoons such as Camp Lazlo and Codename Kids Next Door felt pretty dated once the mid-2010s rolled around.
In 2005-2007:

• CGI animation was of much lower quality in the 2000s, especially for television animation
• Cartoon Network, Disney, and Nickelodeon all had different logos (slightly more arbitrary). Toon Disney was also still around
• Illumination was basically non-existent, and when it was founded in 2007 it was an unknown name to most people
• While traditionally-animated movies were on their way out, not all theatrical movies were CGI-animated
• Cartoons were basically entirely broadcast/shown in standard definition and in 4:3 aspect ratio (although some cartoons made during this time were produced in HD, you couldn't watch them in their intended format as HDTV was still rather uncommon)

By 2012:

• CGI animation was significantly higher quality overall
• Cartoon Network and Nickelodeon both had new logos (Disney Channel changed theirs in 2014 and Boomerang followed in 2015)
• Illumination was a big competitor to Disney
• Theatrical hand-drawn animated movies were almost entirely extinct
• Cartoons were almost entirely produced in 1080p 16:9 format

The late 2000s are bit of a mixed bag in terms of being "dated" overall, in both tone and production/animation-wise.
You've got shows like Phineas and Ferb and Martha Speaks that don't feel dated at all, and then there's shows like Flapjack and Making Fiends that definitely feel pretty dated these days. It was probably the last period where cartoons being produced in 4:3 aspect ratio and at 480p was somewhat common, and the last period where HDTV was not the standard for viewing animated cartoons.

Cartoons made in the 2010s compared to the 2020s

Shows that first aired over a decade ago like My Little Pony Friendship Is Magic or Phineas and Ferb don't feel dated in the slightest. They are both 16:9, both are high quality and in 1080p, and even tonally they aren't that far off from many 2020s cartoons.
Like in 2024, Friendship Is Magic still feels modern for the most part, and if it was a new cartoon in 2024 it would not feel out of place. Meanwhile Dragon Tales (a cartoon from 1999) was already very, very dated in style, tone and production by 2010; it actually stopped airing reruns in August of that year. If Dragon Tales came out in 2010, it definitely would've felt out of place.

• Cartoon Network's logo is completely the same as it was in 2010, completely unchanged. Nick and Disney Channel's logos are mostly the same as they were in 2014, with some minor differences (Nick's logo has the iconic splat in the background, but it's still very minimalist)
• Cartoons are produced in 1080p 16:9 format
• CGI animation is not much higher quality
• Theatrical hand-drawn animated movies are still basically non-existent

The one big difference to me is Boomerang, and that's really only compared for the first half of the 2010s. From 2000 to 2015, Boomerang's style and logo was completely different, but after the logo and bumpers changed it became an empty, soulless shell of it's former self.
And look, that's not to say nothing changed between 2012-2014 and 2024 for animation, not at all. Cable television has largely been pushed aside for streaming services, and there's been some big web animated successes like Hazbin Hotel and The Amazing Digital Circus, but for the most part the differences between 2014 and 2024 aren't nearly as noticeable as the differences between 1994 and 2004, or even 2004 and 2014 for cartoons.
I think this stagnation can be noticed in other aspects of culture, but for western animation it is especially noticeable.
https://preview.redd.it/bqid0hi06a0d1.png?width=1080&format=png&auto=webp&s=616007ecd393e35d95fe1d6313332726c02f60af