(This took place quite a bit ago)
My sister was watching me play League. She is not much of a gamer (other than Minecraft and Roblox), but somehow she always manages to say something that makes me think. (Her best question: Why does Yuumi sit on one person and not all of them at the same time?)
This day, she was watching me struggle at playing Lux support. I don’t remember the exact matchup, but I was not having a good time.
Her: Is Lux easy? Me: Yeah, I’d say so. Her: Then why do you only have three kills and seven deaths? (I taught her how to read KDA, which I now regret) Me: Close your mouth.
The game after, she wanted to watch me play Pyke because “the music is cool”. Somehow, I did better this game (kudos to the jungler with great ganks btw)
Her: Is Pyke easy? Me: Not as easy as Lux, but not the hardest either. I’d say maybe 3.5/5 for difficulty. Her: Then why do you get so many kills on Pyke? You do the blubblub thing (she was talking about W), then you do the jumping thing (R), and then you dash out. It looks easy. Me: Well… Her: Remember that last Lux game? You tried to laser somebody and died in two seconds. They saw you and then you died. Me: Yes, I did. (She looks confused) Her: How is the hard person easy, and the easy person hard?
I realized I had no good answer, despite having M7 on both champs. Any opinions?

I’m a guy in my 20s and have no desire to trust/force strangers to carry my body on their hands when they are trying to watch a show. I love to mosh, but the nonstop surfing thing is ridiculous.
We usually avoid getting too close because of the general physicality of the mosh pits. My girlfriend is small and not keen on pushing back against hundreds of people while just trying to enjoy a band that she likes. My girlfriend loves Slipknot, though, and I wanted to get really close this year. We were able to move forward close to the rail after Breaking Benjamin, and stayed packed in the same spot for all of Evanescence.
Moshing is expected, and welcomed. I love to mosh. It can get crazy but there’s ways around the pit, and you can generally see it start to open up. It’s very possible to enjoy and pay attention the show even when navigating around the pits.
But, we had no idea just how many people were going to crowd surf literally right over us. It never looked like that many people were surfing when we watched many other performances. I know Slipknot is just an insane vibe, but I still just expected surfers here and there, with the mosh pits being the biggest “concern”.
As soon as Slipknot started we had to divert our eyes away from the performance and literally turn around to catch body after body after body. They started to come two+ surfers at a time, nonstop, even when the band was between songs!
We were literally forced into paying all of our attention and energy into carrying the endless surfers, some of them grown ass men, just to still get kicked in the face. We couldn’t watch the first three songs so we forced our way out of that shit. We definitely learned what it is really like to be in that mess and understand there is a way to avoid it. It just doesn’t make sense.
Yea, crowd surfing seems like fun, but why the hell do hundreds of people get a free pass to the front, all on the shoulders of the people that waited in a packed spot to be close? Especially when grown ass heavy adults are doing it.
It would be horrible to say I want to just let them drop. Then on the other hand, why is it cool for endless numbers of surfers to endanger other people while they are trying to watch a concert? The surfers force people to carry hundreds of pounds over their heads dozens and dozens of times, or else the surfers might fall and fuck up the same people they are forcing to carry them. Shit is whack af. Leave that experience for a few kids and smaller gals.

Round 1, Pick 32 - Xavier Legette, WR, South Carolina:
NFL: Legette, who had a terrific final season at South Carolina, is physical and a big-time vertical threat. This addition should be a big part of Bryce Young’s development in Year 2.
CBS Sports: B+. They have to get weapons for Bryce Young, so landing him makes sense. He is a player who plays physical and runs better than you think. He’s only done it for one year.
ESPN: Coach Dave Canales said it best: Legette brings versatility. The Panthers absolutely fell in love with Legette's ability to make plays all over the field, from catching passes to jet sweeps to kick returns. That versatility at a skill position is something Bryce Young didn't have last season, so this adds a unique weapon to take pressure off the second-year quarterback. He is also big (6-foot-1, 221 pounds) and fast (4.39 40), unlike any other Carolina receiver. He's a perfect fit for what Canales wants to create with the pass and run games.
NFL Absolutely Not Fake News: Can’t believe he is about to fulfill his dream of being picked in the 2nd round.
Round 2, Pick 46 - Jonathon Brooks, RB, Texas:
NFL: Had Brooks not suffered a torn ACL in November, he might have been a first-round pick. He's a shifty, speedy back who can hit the hole and go, and he should be Carolina's starter before long. I thought they might go center here, but Brooks makes sense for a team that lacked offensive juice.
CBS Sports: B-. Fun, three-down RB without much mileage on his legs. Can win between the tackle or on the perimeter and has feature back size. Elusive but not ridiculously in that regard. Fills a need but maybe a touch early. May not be 100% by September.
ESPN: As much as Canales has said he's excited about backs Chuba Hubbard and Miles Sanders, he obviously believed the running game needed an upgrade. You don't take a back in the second round unless you plan to use him, although Brooks may need time to fully recover from ACL surgery that caused him to miss the final three games last season. He's a playmaker who has a nose for the end zone (10 touchdowns on 187 carries last season), and general manager Dan Morgan said he was looking for guys who can score.
NFL Absolutely Not Fake News: Mixes the milk and cereal in his mouth, one bite and drink at a time.
Round 3, Pick 72 - Trevin Wallace, LB, Kentucky:
NFL: A late addition to my top 100 prospects list, Wallace is a top-tier athlete who finally seemed to find his groove last season -- on special teams but especially on defense. He's capable of covering tight ends and running backs and should impact all four downs, but Wallace is young and could use a redshirt year before he's ready to be featured on defense.
CBS Sports: C. Stocky, springy off-ball LB with speed to the football but one of the least-effective block-defeaters/avoiders I’ve scouted at the position. Not around the football much in coverage but fluid zone drops and has the athleticism to run with TEs. Very good tackler. Just unique strengths/weaknesses.
ESPN: Morgan entered the draft looking for "dawg mentality'' and he got that in Wallace. "Dawg mentality means you don't care if you go hurt somebody,'' Wallace said. "You don't go in there soft. I want you to be scared of me.'' Wallace isn't necessarily a long-term replacement for 30-year-old Shaq Thompson, but his ability to cover the field side-to-side and with speed gives him the potential to do that. Give him a year or so behind Thompson and Josey Jewell and he could prove to be a Day 2 steal.
NFL Absolutely Not Fake News: Enjoys going to the park to make faces at little kids, making them cry.
Round 4, Pick 101 - Ja’Tavion Sanders, TE, Texas:
NFL: Sanders is a fascinating athlete who remains in the developmental stage. He's not a quality blocker yet but has some untapped receiving skill. This is a worthy risk by general manager Dan Morgan and Co. as their hunt for playmakers continues.
CBS Sports: B. Big recruit who produced at Texas and is a smooth mover. Good, not amazing YAC and not a pure speed type. Minimal blocking chops. Reasonable weapon for Bryce Young but lacks burst so will have to get schemed up to get most of his catches in the NFL.
ESPN: Definitely an upgrade at a position that quarterback Young could have used some help from during his rookie season. Canales has spoken highly of Tommy Tremble, but he's not the dynamic pass-catching tight end that Sanders can become. Sanders had 99 receptions in three seasons, tops for a tight end in Texas history. He could pose problems for defenses, like Greg Olsen did during the development of quarterback Cam Newton. This was a no-brainer at this point.
NFL Absolutely Not Fake News: Insists he can distinguish between 50 shades of beige.
Round 5, Pick 157 - Chau Smith-Wade, CB, Washington State:
NFL: Smith-Wade opened eyes with a solid week at the Senior Bowl, consistently showing up around the ball and disrupting passes. His length almost certainly makes him a nickel only on defense, but there's some potential here if CSW develops.
CBS Sports: B+. Agitating CB who played outside but will have a home in the slot in the NFL. Plays more athletically than his testing. Lightning quick feet. Because of his smaller size, he tends to opt for diving tackle attempts more than wrapping up. Speed is a concern but could be masked inside. Up for any challenge.
ESPN: A definite need for depth at a position where injuries have hurt the past few years. Smith-Wade will be a backup and special teamer at best this season. He offers speed (4.54 40) and nose for the football that GM Dan Morgan wants. He's coming off a soft-tissue injury that forced him to miss the final five games and is more of a project at this point. Nickel, where he had two interceptions in the Senior Bowl, may be his future in the NFL.
NFL Absolutely Not Fake News: Thinks being a scrum master sounds kinda cool.
Round 6, Pick 200 - Jaden Crumedy, DT, Mississippi State:
NFL: Being 300-plus pounds and running a sub-5.0 40-yard dash gets you drafted. Crumedy doesn't have sterling production, but his maturity and experience should give him an edge in a fight for a roster spot in Carolina.
CBS Sports: C+. Older, very experienced interior rusher who won from multiple alignments in the SEC and has smooth athletic traits. Production never matched how fluid he is as an athlete and his hands. Needs to have a pass-rush plan more often. Has long stretches of invisibility. Plays hard every snap.
ESPN: This is totally a depth move. His ability to push the pocket is what Carolina will look for out of him in its 3-4 scheme. He likely won't be a threat to start, but he has the flexibility and size (6-4, 301) to play inside or out. Depth behind a solid starting three is key here.
NFL Absolutely Not Fake News: Once put together a 50,000 piece puzzle. It was a picture of a cloud.
Round 7, Pick 240 - Michael Barrett, LB, Michigan:
NFL: Punishing hitter in a sawed-off frame. Barrett's poor length will be tough to overcome, but his forceful play style is inspiring.
CBS Sports: C+. Has a nice blend of traits - - power, burst, coverage skill - - but not always the quickest to read where the ball is going. Quicker than fast and needs to get better beating or avoiding blockers on the way to the football.
ESPN: Barrett is undersized at 5-11, 233 pounds, but he has a nose for the football and brings a physicality to the game that makes up for his lack of size. Barrett should get a chance to contribute immediately, at least on special teams.
NFL Absolutely Not Fake News: Nursed a baby goat back to health after he hit it with a car.

Just going to lay out my thoughts and observations from the first 2.7 hours of the game.

• Ships feel fragile. Seriously I think I've replaced all my interceptors several times by now. I know strikecraft are easy to kill when they get hit but damn do they go down easy. Even frigates aren't safe. I sent in my frigate line up to clear out some anti-strikecraft turrets and imagine my surprise to see my frigates taking appreciable damage. That just feels wrong considering anti-strikecraft fire should be weak against the bigger stuff. Makes it hard to feel invested in my fleet too which is one of the biggest parts of the series.
• This feels like a controversial take but I never knew how much Homeworld was lacking in the battles until I played this game and Deserts of Kharak. The voice acting in 1 and 2 feels so stoic and professional to me that it verges on making crew/pilots feel like robots. It's really kind of amazing how much it livens up a fight to actually hear people raise their voices in the battle chatter and get stuck into it.
• I like Imogen so far. IDK why. Maybe it's because when she said "I can feel their losses" I really felt that as a Homeworld player. Maybe it's because the voice acting in BlackBird Homeworld just feels more like people and less like robots.
• Space terrain is a cool idea but I don't think I'll using it much. Feels like strikecraft are the best units to send through tunnels but as previously mentioned they feel very flimsy.
• I've seen a few people say the pathfinding is bad and I very much agree. I told my railgun corvettes (described as a backline unit) to engage some enemy frigates, took my attention elsewhere and was shocked to find them sitting in the middle of the battle when I refocused on them. And in the previously mentioned attempt to clear out turrets with my frigates they took some really weird paths trying to line up shots and got super close to the turrets. My interceptors got stuck when I told them to move once too. Might have been because I had so many trying to move at once?

Venue: Bon Secours Wellness Arena (Greenville, SC)
Attendance: ~8,400

Winner	Loser	Match Finish	Stipulation
Iyo Sky	Shayna Bazler	Over the Moonsault	Queen of the Ring Quarterfinal
GUNTHER	Kofi Kingston	Boston Crab	King of the Ring Quarterfinal
Bronson Reed	Akira Tozawa w/ Chad Gable	Tsunami
Lyra Valkyria	Zoey Stark	Nightwing	Queen of the Ring Quarterfinal
Sami Zayn	Otis w/ Chad Gable	Helluva Kick
Becky Lynch	Dakota Kai w/ Damage CTRL	DQ when Iyo and Kairi attack Becky
The Judgement Day w/ Carlito	The Creed Brothers, AOP, and New Catch Republic	Coup de Grace	#1 Contender for the World Tag Team Championships
Jey Uso	Ilja Dragunov	Uso Splash	King of the Ring Quarterfinal

IMPORTANT NOTES

• Kickoff with Drew McIntyre storming backstage and making his way out to the ring where the crowd instantly starts chanting for CM Punk. Drew says Punk only makes the big towns and he won't be showing up in Greenville brothers. Drew says the greatest trick Punk ever pulled was looking like a drug addict despite never taking any, and his other greatest trick was him convincing people to keep taking him back after he keeps breaking their hearts and yet they still buy all the crap he spews out and calls CM Punk fans stupid. Drew says last week Punk only called him a coward after he knew that he left, yet when he was on the stage Punk stayed up in a skybox. Drew says he won't keep wasting his time on someone who won't be cleared for 20 years, and speaking of things that'll never happen Jey Uso lost another title match and now he took his spot in the King of the Ring tournament. Drew calls Damian Priest a paper champion which causes the World Heavyweight Champion to make his way to the ring. Priest tells Drew he's got some serious issues and tells Drew maybe he should do something different tonight and say what he wants to say to someone's face. Drew says he'd love to but Punk keeps running away from him, but since Priest is here he'll say something positive and says that Damian put all the work in and made it here, but he isn't World Champion material. Drew says it is a case of the title making the man and right now that title is in its infancy and it needs someone like him to elevate it, not someone who cashed in on him. Damian says Drew knows what came with this life but Drew says he's a BS champion, but Priest says he's still a champion. Priest tells Drew to find a mirror and blame that asshole for all his faults. He wanted to cash in on Seth Rollins but Drew stopped that from happening multiple times and that's on him, at Wrestlemania all he had to do was leave with his wife, but instead he saw Punk and made him more important than himself, the title, and his wife, all after he got his ass kicked by a one armed man. Priest says once Drew is cleared he'll get a shot at the World Title, but warns Drew after he beats him he'll be eating his words and everyone can rise to that.
  
• Iyo Sky is interviewed after her victory, she rips the mic away and speaks in Japanese and motions to herself being crowned Queen of the Ring.
  
• Priest walks into the Judgement Day locker room and Dom tells him that despite their history Priest should work together with Carlito. Carlito says they all agree Rey is a selfish bastard and they could all benefit from this relationship. Priest says if the boys want to work with him it's on them, but he doesn't want him around. Carlito get he doesn't trust him, but even the most stubborn minds could be changed.
  
• Chad Gable is talking to the Alpha Academy, he tells Maxxine she blew her opportunity at Queen of the Ring and embarrassed the Academy. He tells Otis and Tozawa that he has jobs for them, Otis is going to soften up Sami Zayn and tells him to not do any funny business, he needs serious Otis and tells Tozawa not to blow his opportunity against Bronson Reed. Gable and the rest walk off as Maxxine stays behind, Ivy asks Max why she didn't tell her about the Queen of the Ring opportunity and says they could have trained together. Maxxine explains that Gable doesn't want her training outside of the Academy when Gable storms back in and tells Max to stop standing around and get to training. He tells Ivy she has potential and she shouldn't be wasting it on Taylor "Not so" Swift over here.
  
• Kofi Kingston is interviewed before his match with GUNTHER. Kofi says he's familiar with doing the unthinkable but tonight is about payback for what GUNTHER did to his boy Xavier Woods. Kofi says last night he went toe to toe with the greatest luchador of all time and he's not just winning this tournament for himself, he's doing this for Woods. Woods says because of GUNTHER he can't defend his crown, but he can think of no one better than Kofi to become king.
  
• Lillian Garcia returns to do the ring announcements for Kofi vs GUNTHER! She tells Samantha Irvin that she's doing an incredible job and she is making them all proud.
  
• R-Truth is talking to Adam Pearce and says he thinks he has a great idea for their tag titles. Miz walks in and says Truth better not putting their titles on the line again when Pearce explains that he is giving the Raw tag division and opportunity to become number one contenders tonight. Kiana James enters the office and tells Pearce she was thankful for their meeting over the phone last week but is looking forward to showing him why she is the top 1% and show off how well she can adjudicate. Truth questions if you should really do that at the workplace and asks if that's PG.
  
• Lyra Valkyria is interviewed, she says Damage CTRL better get used to seeing her and says she'll always have Becky's back. Becky comes by and thanks Lyra for the help last week and says they gotta stick together before walking off. Liv Morgan comes up and welcomes Lyra to Raw, but asks her if Becky has always been such a bitch but Lyra tells her to asks her herself and Liv turns to find Becky standing behind her. Becky punches Liv and tells her she isn't the one afraid of a face to face fight, bitch.
  
• Backstage Karrion Kross tells Kofi it was a tough loss, but there is always time to turn things around and walks off. Woods gives Kofi some ice and asks what he wanted but Kofi says he doesn't know.
  
• Ludwig Kaiser chastises an interviewer for trying to interview GUNTHER after his match. She says that she wanted to ask about GUNTHER's history with the other competitors in this tournament since Ilja beat him the last time they faced off, and the last time he faced Jey Uso he won due to Imperium, the same way he beat Sheamus last week. Ludwig says that Sheamus has done a lot in his career and Sheamus should be thanking him for what he did last week and should be standing beside him but instead it is up to him to embarrass Sheamus now.
  
• Adam Pearce is interviewed but before he can make his announcement about the World Tag Team Championships, the New Catch Republic walk in and Tyler Bate thanks Adam for the opportunity and Pearce says he is sanctioning a fatal four way to determine the number 1 contenders for the World Tag Team Championships. Adam is asked why he didn't allow Bron Breakker into the King of the Ring tournament and he explains he didn't want to throw Bron into the deep end but Bron walks in and say anyone he faced in that tournament would be in the deep end with him and he'd drown them all.
  
• Lyra Valkyria is interviewed after her victory, she says she's a former NXT Women's Champion and she travels as the crow flies, straight to the top and speaks something in Irish.
  
• Backstage Jey Uso says Drew McIntyre couldn't cut it so they threw your boy into the King of the Ring and promises to give a yeet down to both Ilja and GUNTHER on his path to becoming King.
  
• Chad Gable berates Otis in the ring following his loss and shoves him which casues Sami to rush back into the ring and attacks Chad and sets up for the Helluva Kick but Gable ducks out of the ring. Otis picks him up and apologizes but Chad slaps him and walks to the back.
  
• Backstage JD McDonough warns Braun Strowman to keep out of Judgement Day business, Braun laughs him off to the Creed Brothers and wishes them luck tonight.
  
• Following Becky's match, Lyra Valkyria runs in to make the save, throwing out Dakota and Kairi before squaring off with Iyo as Becky takes her out. Lyra and Becky stand tall until Liv ambushes Becky from behind.
  
• Ilja Dragunov is interviewed backstage, he says that some people think it is their dream or destiny to be here, but for him it is not enough to just be here and it all starts with him being the Czar of the Ring. He says he'll bring the same kind of fight to Jey Uso tonight, he knows Jey is ready for battle but he is standing across the ring from a different kind of animal, he is a mad dragon and he has beaten GUNTHER! GUNTHER appears behind Ilja and stares him down as Ilja breathes heavily.
  
• Ilja is preparing for his match when a suit-clad Ricochet enters and tells him he earned his respect last week but next time the result won't be the same before wishing him luck in getting the crown.
  
• Backstage Damian asks Dom if he's good with Rhea when Finn, JD, and Carlito storm in celebrating their victory. Priest tells Carlito what happened out there was cool but asks Carlito if he's going to handle his business with Rey because the crew doesn't roll with cowards.
  

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Hi all, to start, I’m a terrible very amateur cook. I basically know how to make like six “dishes” and one of them is baking salmon and eating it with rice and broccoli.
Anyways, usually I bake my salmon but today I thought it would be fun to cook it on the stove. My salmon is the farm raised one from Aldi. I’m cooking it on the stove, on high, and after cooking it for a bit and flipping it, it’s crispy on the outside so I take it off and put it on the plate.
It’s super hot at first so after a bit it cools off and I’m eating it until I notice it’s pretty undercooked. Nothing crazy, but it’s dark pink and just tastes undercooked.
I remind myself that it’s fine to eat raw salmon and I keep eating it. But then I get worried and I read about how eating undercooked salmon can give you tapeworms or other parasites. I’m so worried I’m going to have a tapeworm grow into my stomach now. Am I worrying too much????

on mondays, im alone at lunch (high school) cause all my friends have band. i recently met one of my friend’s friend, a guy, on thursday, and we exchanged a few words when i was hanging out with my friend. all cool except i ended up getting some sort of crush on him. so i tell my friend, and my friend promised to ‘set us up’ on tuesday, cause she’s in band mondays.
so i was asking her today if i should approach him. i found out we have a mutual band we both like and i decided i’d use that as a way to start a conversation. so, 2 minutes before the bell, i walk into the class he sits in at lunch (he was alone so i considered it a good excuse to start a conversation) and i say hi. except, while i’m explaining why i approached him, i’m horribly stumbling over all my words and my heart is beating super quickly. im really bad with social interaction when it’s someone i don’t really know. so while i’m stumbling over my words, he literally raises an eyebrow at me, probbaly cause i look like i’m on something, cause it’s taking me forever to get my words out. finally, i say “so, i heard you like (insert band)?” and he just awkwardly says “yea” so i continue to talk about it like a madman and i look silly during this whole thing!! i ask him his favorite album and i ask him if he’s ever listened to my favorite song and when he said “no” i recommended he listen to it. afterwards, he asks what my name was and says nice meeting u and i practically run out cus im so embarassed over what just happened
like i said, im really bad at social interaction but i’m also bad at reading people’s emotions. so i’m not entirely sure if he was put off by the interaction, or if he was fine with it.
later my friend texts him about it and she told me by the way he described it, he deemed the interaction as ‘odd’ but he called me nice. which is fine i guess, but i’m just stuck on the ‘odd’ part, which is really turning me away from pursuing him any further. he didn’t outright state he thought i or it was odd, but he implied it, and i’m just so embarrassed by how i carried myself and his reaction that i might just stop altogether.
so i’m not sure if i should keep trying to pursue him with my friend helping me, or if i should just stop. i really don’t want to let me embarrassment or awkwardness get the better of me, but i don’t want to odd him out anymore if that makes sense . it makes me happy that he thinks i’m nice, but i’m also friends with the friend he was telling this to, so he could’ve just been putting it lightly?? idk
so i guess my question is, should i discard my embarrassment and continue or just accept that he is probably weirded out by the interaction and just lay off of it?? i know i seem like i’m possibly overreacting (i probably am) but i take embarrassment really badly
TLDR ; embarassed myself talking to my crush, feeling really unmotivated to try to continue talking to him, wondering if i should continue or give up to save myself future embarrassment / also because he didn’t seem very interested in the conversation

Before we start, allow me to lay all my cards onto the table: No, this is not me bashing Stellar Blade, just Eve's character (or lack there of). No, this is not going to be a "Culture War" fest or whatever, go find a Marvel movie to complain about. Yes, I am a Bayonetta stan. No, I did not play the game, but I've watched playthroughs and I'm not talking about gameplay anyway. Ok?
So Eve Stellar Blade is the new It girl that's been causing a stir with her "sexy" boobs and butt and it's all talk of the town and la de da. There's people saying she's a "fighting fuckdoll trope", there's men putting her on their anti woke pedstal and saying she's the chosen one that's going restore the world back to the good old days and kill the left like Sydney Sweetie's chest or whatever, and everything in between.
Well I, the local contrarian, have chosen the position to say she's barely sexy at all. Now, is she sexualized, are her developers pushing her into sex symbol status? Yes, that comes with the territory of her defult clothes being Ned Flanders Ski suit and her unlockable outfits including pin up girl cosplay. But is Eve Stellar Blade sexy? The answer is no and here's why:
1) We've seen this before
Oh boy, a woman in spandex so tight she almost looks like she's wearing nothing at all! There's only like 100 other female characters who do that!!
Eve Stellar Blade needs to fire her wardrobe manager because her design is boring AF, just the tried and true Si-Fi spandex that every other girl has worn before. Sad thing is, her unlockable outfits that give her a cute, baggy jacket make her one million times more appealing than the sexy outfit version of cardbord box that she's wearing.
2) She has zero personality
So the worst part of this whole culture war surrounding Eve Stellar Blade is I've been seeing people compare her to Bayonetta and like, first of all, keep the queen's name out your mouth. She's sleeping.
Second of all, forgive my tone but Bayonetta cannot be compared to any old raggedy trick. She is Bayonetta . Everything about her, from her clothes, to her hair, to her personality, to her name , it all demands you pay attention to her. Bayonetta is a stripper dominatrix witch with the personality to match. There has never been a leading lady in gaming like her before, and there most likely won't be another after her. No. Comparison. But even if there was a new girl that tried to take the queen's throne, it ain't Even Steven Blonde.
Quick question, type one quote, something iconic that came from Eve Stellar Blade's mouth. Cuz I can think of several from Bayonetta, byt I'll wait.
Back on track, Sexy is more than just your looks, it's how you carry yourself. You think the reason why all the girlies are thirsting after corpse man from Fallout is because they have a no nose fetish??? No!!! It's because that guy is charming and endlessly confident. Bayonetta is charming, endlessly confident, and the baddest bitch of every room she ever walked into.
What does Even Stellar Blade do, other than rely on her looks to secure anti wokers? I'll tell you what, nothing!! She has zero personality, zero charisma, zero prescence, her aesthetic is looking like an airbrushed Korean model in Spandex, and her greatest assets aretried and true gainaxing that's been in every game ever! Yall are comparing this girl to Bayonetta when Mother brought you disappearing clothes AND monstergirls? I'd ask you to raise your standards, but worshipping Even Steven requires you not have any anyway.

TL;DR

Eve Stellar Blade is a bitch and Bayonetta's son. She is also the J Lo of video game girls.

Look, I'm not a huge Hip-Hop head but I've been hooked by this beef since Like That came out. Back then, when MMTBS was released my love to Hip-Hop got reignited after being left unimpressed by most other contemporary rap artists. I don't fuck with all that bling bling, booze and bitches talk but MMTBS threw me back to the time MBDTF came out (I was like 14 and bumping Kanye, Kid Cudi, Black Eyed Peas, Outkast) so I naturally became a Kdot fan (shame on me on me for not listening to his discography earlier).
I still believe he is the best rapper of our time. Great lyricist, great flow, very versatile. I believe he won the beef by proving he is a rapper better than Drake. But what did it cost?
I've seen Kdots win being called pyrrhic. After looking up the definition I can see why. Was it really necessary to destroy Drake in this fashion? People say he will be fine, keep a large fanbase, not face being cancelled big time but how I see it he got absolutely assasinated by Kdot saying Drake is a sick man with sick thoughts, a pedophile that should die. Euphoria is a perfect disstrack: full of wordplays, display of writing skills, symbolic but not too vague, direct but with a warning undertone saying "don't come closer". MTG is Kenny crashing out. It's a psychoanalytical portrait of Drakes family with very very wild accusations and a strong effect on ones emotions upon listening. Not Like Us is just Kdot dancing on Drakes grave.
What does Kenny actually know tho? I ask this because I won't rule out he only knows as much as we do: Hollywood gossip, Millie Bobby Brown, Bakas case...maybe some additional insider information of Drakes hook up behavior. But not much! I strongly assume tho he knows that 1) music is very powerful and can move mountains 2) - if not before already - after his last album he is seen as an honest soul, introspective, truth seeking with almost prophetic attributes 3) Art can allow itself to be stretching or even deceiving truth. Being a product of phantasy is somewhat arts nature as opposed to say a police protocol.
With these points in mind Kdot should have known shit will go down after releasing the tracks. He should have known lots of people take him serious and will believe him. He should have known we want paper for what he says because it's about children and justice. But how can we believe him if all we have is the 17yo fan, the Millie Bobby Brown story, blind items and a bunch of wild theories? I want to use this moment to call out everyone taking theories for granted and not thinking critically. It's our duty to never rule out the possibility of assumptions being wrong and a lot of people here don't seem to care. Trust me when I say I spent way too much time investigating and I've seen a lot. I can believe Drake luring girls over Tinder. I can believe he has shady companys. But not everything is connected and I will also say for me it's a big difference if he has consensual sex with teens that he lured by being this impressive famous rapper or if he literally abused prebuscent children (or dogs).
I'm trying to find the point here but I guess what I want to ask you guys is if you think Kdot knows more than we do or if he let his phantasy create the most damning and vile story about drake for the artistic goal of making the most impactful disstrack possible? Cuz if it's the second option...I don't know...you can't just call someone a children trafficking pedophile when you don't exactly know that AND also incorporate so much talk about speaking truth, following morals being always faithful. I say that because horrible things really happen to people that get abused and to use this fact to destroy someones reputation doesn't sit right with me.
Kdot will have to answer what he really knows at one point. Before that I'm somewhat disturbed in my positive perception of him. He doesn't play the social media game like Drake does but this mofo can't tell me he couldn't anticipate how everyone will try to find evidence for his claims.
Kendrick is not perfect he knows that and doesn't claim to be. But it would only be right to see Drakes facettes too. He is not the devil. I'm sure he is not a thoroughly evil person. He has regrets and pain too. You could probably hang with him at times. He might be awful at times but alright at other times. Like everyone. I study psychology so I try to be fair and critical and I gotta say Drakes alleged psychopath intuition and narcissism doesn't seem that much out of the ordinary. I've seen worse.
How you all feel?
Additional context: I know most theories so don't assume I just don't know enough. I just try to always apply critical thinking.

Further tags: talks about extreme misogyny. Anti-feminist propaganda, Racial fetishization.
I ain’t really want nothing fr, just a place to share my thoughts on the K-pop industry+ the fetishizing of Korea through its media. I will I can’t really speak on the whole perspective as I am not Korean, but as a feminist I still feel like I have to say something and take the proverbial plank out of my eye.
I was reading this really good thread on Twitter from a feminist in Korea. She details many systematic problems in the county that women face and are harmed by. Fem-scide, extreme misogyny, abuse, etc. I share it because I feel like her voice needs to be heard on a wide scale. I know everyone in this sub is cool, but I say it for brevity sake to go and read about what she says and engage with it respectfully and show her just as much respect. Do not harass her! Thread talking about that:
https://x.com/ciljdw467/status/1789382955560837538?s=46
Now, I read a pretty interesting quote tweet about the thread ( same demand engaging with this tweet and to not harass the creator:
https://x.com/tigertombs/status/1790032815804817432?s=46
Now this gave me some pause, I’m not going to lie. It’s not everyone’s problem, but it sure is the problem of a dangerous amount of people, and that scares the shit out of me. The thread is making me look twice at how I consume K-pop and K-drama as an outsider looking in. Yes, both of these things have introduced the world to a wider perspective of Korean culture, yet I still feel like people are falling for some bells and whistles, and I feel like I’ve fallen for it at some point in my youth as well. People are spreading their personal problems with fetishizing a whole Country and its People to create ideal images and spread these “ refined” ideas to others, causing this weird “ they can do no wrong attitude” to happen. Flawless images like that penultimately hurt movements like feminism.

The reality of women in Korea is very scathing, too scathing for people to have back’s and forth’s about how “ unproblematic” a certain idol member is compared to others. Spreading useless “ He would never” when in reality, he just might be, hell maybe he totally would. Like yes, not every man is going to be horrible, but aligning every one of them to a media stereotype not only blinds women to the reality of character, but also puts a unrealistic and dangerous stereotype on Korean men, no one deserves to be thought of only as an idea to be lusted over. 

I have already met so many people who absolutely have these gross ideas of Korea and Koreans, and when that happens, nasty results is all you get to see. Now I’m kinda scared because I feel like engaging with idol culture, I’m actively giving money that harms a human rights movement, I’m giving my money to an industry built to be a beacon of misogyny, and intended to spread it. Paying the bills of the people who create these distractions from liberation. And that really scares me. I can’t really look at my groups the same way again.

important context; I already know that this friend has taken both hard and soft drugs and drinks often.

//death, murder, fighting
I (18ftM) and my friend since childhood (19~F, I'll call her Alice) invited me to go to a drag show with her. It's not my usual scene, but I like cosplay and I'm queer so I agreed to go. I show up on time and wait awkwardly. When Alice gets there, shes normal and she has a friend (19~F, I'll call Ginny) I've met in passing with her.
They let me know that they're high and have taken edibles. I'm already a little uncomfortable because I have bad experiences with drug users in my family, but I've taken edibles before. I was iffy because I wasnt told before that I'd be the only sober one there, but shrugged it off. Been there done that myself, I cant be too judgy. They even offer me some, which I ashamedly considered but ended up turning down. Then, Alice complains that the bar is ID-ing. No biggie again, I already know she drinks sometimes. As the show goes on, Alice gets a bit disoriented and goes to stand by the door to cool off. Ginny then decides to tell me that it is her first time in year trying edibles and that the kind she gave her are very strong. I was more worried about Alice than upset, so when she goes to the car to get water we leave her be and chat with some friends before going to check on her.
Alice was in her car and upset, and told us that she needed to be alone. Ginny suggests taking a walk and I, being an idiot, agree. By now me and Ginny are getting along really well, having spent the entire night talking since Alice wasnt around for most of it. At one point, a car stops next to us on the walk and rolls down his window. He yells "How much?" Out of his window like a jackass and drives away like a pussy because he cant pick a struggle. I get out my pocket knife. I hadn't realized we were in the bad part of town before but something told me to open the knife, because that wasnt the end.
I tell Ginny we can just take my car (we were looking for a gas station to kill time and get an energy drink) and that we should head back to Alice anyway. On the way back, I'm getting really paranoid. Every car passing a little too slow is scaring the shit out of me, and I'm just glad I thought to bring the knife. Then, a car stops across the small street from us as we pass some storage units where a homeless guy was standing. Two men get out of the car. I start speeding up.
Ginny asks, "why are you walking faster," and I whisper to her about the car. One of the guys very obviously heads for us. I believe he saw my knife. It was dull as a rock but it was big and looked scarier than it was. He pivoted and headed for the homeless man instead. I look over my shoulder and these men immediately, no words no hesitation, start beating and kicking this man to the ground. I start running with Ginny away from the units. Whoever the driver was came back around and yelled, "Beat his ass!" To the men as we did. I look over my shoulder and they are curb stomping this mans head. I'm in shock, but not so much that I dont tell Ginny that we should call the police when we get away.
We call the police and tell them what happened- or more like I tell them what happened because Ginny is already forgetting due to her being high. I can remember vividly, even now a few days later. When I let Alice know that shes on call with the police, she flips put a yells at me how stupid that is, how she has edibles in her car. I try and tell her that they wouldnt search her car, shes not involved, and she apologizes but it was still jarring.
The police may have come, but I drove them (I didnt want them to drive) to a store and we got some drinks for Ginny to sobewake up so that she could drive Alice back to hers and she could sleep it off. At some point, they mention doing more stuff at Ginny's. Now I'm just plain tired and the shock is wearing off. No one else in the car realizes, but I saw a man likely get beat to death, and it was almost us. I never told either of them, of course, I dont want them to give it more thought than 'a cool story' (Ginny's words). A man is probably dead and I dont want them to live with that, its affecting me badly.
The more I think of it, the more uncomfortable I feel at the thought of possibly being around them in conditions where I am the only one to see those realities, especially when they take acid and shrooms and who the hell knows what else. I know it's my fault for agreeing to go on that walk when I didnt know the area and she was high, but I'm a gullible and easily peer-pressured guy. I know that.
Basically I want to tell Alice I dont want to hang out, but in a way our mutual friends wont think I'm evil. I also dont want to tell them and seem like I'm whining about something that ALMOST happened to make Alice look bad. I just want a clean cut where we only hang out in groups and she knows its not because I dislike her.
TLDR; I was into a bad situation as the only unwilling sober person to supervise my friends' high. I want to cut her off without any drama or seeming like I dislike her as a person.

Why did the farmer visit the pharmacy? To speak with the farm-assist.
Hi and welcome to my post! Wanted to start off with a funny to me dad joke.
Nice to meet you, I'm Dylan! To put it simple, I am a single 22 year old man who has been pretty lonely in life and lacking in female connection and interaction. And part of what comes with that is the desire to be intimate with a person. I am very mature for my age and will always be respectful of your boundaries and feelings, especially with anything sexual. Lately all I have is myself when it comes to sexual desires, so I would like to have someone to keep company with in that regard too.
I'm just relaxing at work since there's nothing really going on and thinking about going home tonight and burning a woodwick candle. Perfect for when there's a storm outside. I love candles! 🕯️ Sometimes a campfire outside on a fall night or a crackling WoodWick candle is a relaxing constant among our busy and hectic world. It's nice to just disconnect, feel grounded and happy in your own little cozy space. Feeling calm and collected and at peace. Something that fewer people take the time to do these days.
I am seeking a woman around my age or older to build a close connection with that could possibly lead to a relationship and something intimate which includes the possibility of teasing/sharing pics etc. but only when we were comfortable. Figured I would be open in my Intentions as that's the best way to be.
You:
Kind, respectful, and easy going.
Comfortable with the idea of eventually sharing intimate things together.
Willing to eventually move off of Reddit.
Want something genuine and fun!
Are honest in your intentions and a good person to be around!
That's about it, we will get along great I know it.
I've been feeling a little bummed out lately. I always try and stay happy and see the best in things. But.. I've just been so alone. Most of my whole childhood and adult years have been spent feeling lonely. I grew up surrounded by cornfields which was peaceful but also has a lonely aspect to it. My family never really were close and never did anything as a family really. And part of it too is the fact that I never had any neighbors my age to interact with. But aside from that, my adult life has been very lonely. I'm just always by myself. I barely have any meaningful adult relationships or experiences, or even any friends.
I work a 3-11 job in building maintenance at my company world headquarters building which I love, but again it's very lonely. I work the off shift so the building is always empty. I don't get normal social interaction with people my age or a chance to build relationships. I only have 3 older men as co-workers and we are mostly in the basement away from any people on the floors from knowing our existence. I always walk the floors and see office people laughing and chatting with their coworkers and I just don't have that kind of experience. And just.. no one knows I exist really. Everyone probably assumes I have a lot of friends, but I'm struggling inside with being so alone and trying to meet people and get past the "hi how are you?" "I'm good thanks" stage. Most people don't seem to want to talk beyond that. And most women are already in relationships and thus it would seem weird to approach them in an office setting trying to get to know them deeper. But man those "hi how are yous" are the only real interactions I get during my day.. so thus I decided to come here lol. Rant over, sorry! I promise I'm not a downer. 😅
Now for some things about me!
As you can tell, I am very mature for my age and am polite and have good grammar which unfortunately not everyone my age does anymore lol. I am not active at all on social media/internet culture really and don't know much about all the slang the younger people these days use. I feel like I'm 50. 🤣
I am left handed which is pretty cool. I'm not much of a party person or a drinker, I much prefer a quiet night at home and maybe a beer or two on a weekend but that's about it. I am simple and stay out of drama and trouble and don't get much into politics or other things that cause drama with people. I much prefer a relaxing campfire and a night at home and to just let the world keep on turning haha. I consider myself pretty intelligent and mature, especially for my age which is why I'm open to older ladies.
Physically I'm 180 pounds, have brown hair, green eyes, and a typical build. There's a few pictures on my profile.
Some of my hobbies are:
• Photography
I have a Nikon D200 and D5500 that I love to shoot with. I love nature scenes, abstract, black and white/goth kinda photography, sunsets, etc. it's so fun to just let your mind explore. It's not about what camera you have, but those who are behind the camera! I'm gonna try and photograph the northern lights tonight!
• Cooking and baking
I loveeee to cook and bake! I enjoy making various meals but also love to just have a frozen pizza once in awhile or something like that. I recently made homemade chili which turned out great. I love to bake, especially in the fall! I love pies, cakes, pastries, cookies, etc. I restored a vintage KitchenAid mixer that needed tbe gearbox rebuilt. Eventually I would love to practice home canning my own food.
• Music
Oh my gosh, I like so much!! Alternative rock, punk, post punk, electronic, synth pop, psychedelic rock, hard rock, etc. I am very non judgemental and open when it comes to music. My three current favorite bands are Type O Negative, Joy Division, and the Cure.
• Nature walks and camping
I really enjoy camping, making fires, and relaxing by a campfire. I love to take walks outside and just enjoy the beauty and simplicity of nature. It's wonderful, especially in a world so focused on everything digital.
• Repairing things
I'm a maintenance guy and one of my hobbies is electronics repair so I am good with my hands and just all around good at troubleshooting and fixing all sorts of things around the house. Last week I helped my elderly neighbor get his tractor started, it needed a new component in the starting circuit. So I'm pretty handy which... Comes in handy! 😂
• Autumn 🍁
This isn't a hobby per say, but man do I love the fall!!! It's my absolute favorite time of the year. Oh my gosh. The beautiful colors, crisp cool air, misty and foggy days, rain, lack of bugs, being cuddled up with a candle or by the fire drinking a tea, etc. I love it! There's only two seasons for me. Fall, and waiting for fall! Haha.
• Scented Candles and incense
Going along with my love for fall, I absolutely love candles! I have like 30 something lol. 😂 Currently my favorite are WoodWick, which are owned by Yankee candle. They have such a soothing crackle and the scents are great! I also love to burn incense from time to time as well. I have cottagecore hippie vibes.
• Old houses and architecture
I love old houses! Especially 1900s and Victorian era homes. Old homes have so much character to them and are just so beautiful from a time when people took pride in their craft. I strongly dislike the modern cookie cutter cheap construction of homes today. I would love to live in an old home one day. I also love their architecture and uniqueness, as well as architecture of old cathedrals and other buildings.
• Relaxing
Basic I know, but sometimes on the weekend I just love to get cozy in bed and relax and put on a YouTube video or an album! 😊
That's about it for me, I'm a pretty laid back and simple person. My ideal person is someone who is respectful and honest! I am very straightforward and open minded and would hope that you are as well.
If I seem interesting to you at all I would love to hear from you!
Thank you so much for reading.

So recently, I learned about something I heard about a lot but was never interested in learning about until recently, called character.ai.. I don’t know how long they’ve been around and might be living under a rock because I had little to no idea what they were or what they were like.
So, I started using some multiple times, got a little addicted. I found it really fun and cool to speak to your favorite characters and act like a weird idiot for fun. When they claimed they were real people. Keep in mind I went in completely blind and didn’t know much about this type of thing.
They spoke like real people, acted like real people and everything. I got very embarrassed, confused and believed they were real people at first.. I’m not very familiar with AI or anything like it, so I didn’t know that they could make them sound so human.
Which looking back kinda makes me look kinda gullible and dumb.
This set off my social anxiety and anxiety big time, I was sure they were just chatbots, but they acted pretty realistic and I’ve heard stories of some Character.ai actually being real people.
And the bots talked about it like it was common knowledge, I was very embarrassed and scared and so made a post on reddit asking if this was true.
If people were behind AI chat bots, though I didn’t word it quite right.. Due to the anxiety clouding my brain into a little bit of a stress overload.
And I was genuinely confused, my anxiety made it hard to think clearly, etc so I made some pretty obvious points that they weren’t human and asked if the AI were humans.
And the comments were all either rude or a bit condensing, especially after I actually began to understand it and realized how genuinely stupid my post looked..Which is very embarrassing.
One claimed that it’s questions like mine that lower IQ.
I tried to respond to one of the comments explaining my experience and tried to be nice, though I’m very socially awkward..But all my comments got downvoted.. I don’t know why or what I said wrong..Which stressed me out more.
It’s a social anxiety nightmare and I can’t stop stressing it thinking about it.
I didn’t and still don’t know enough about AI and was treated like it was obvious facts..I just was in a panicked state and couldn’t think clearly. I’m not that dumb or naive.
I’ve since deleted the whole post, but still worry a lot remembering the comments or knowing that there’s some more people who think I’m a literal idiot and it bothers me. I really wish I didn’t make the post at all now.
I don’t understand why this is bothering and messing with my anxiety so much.
How do I make this feeling go away around what happened?

Please note this is all personal preference and in no way reflects true viability.
Staff: Default weapon that really sets the tone for the difference between hades 1 and 2. Mel is a caster and boy this weapon will make you feel like a caster. With the Aspect of Mel and a boon of Hera this puppy will dish out as many omega casts as you want. Great range, decent damage.
Viability 7/10 Fun 8/10
Twin Blades: Teleporting around dealing 600+ on a backstab never felt so good. Sure I’m teleporting into enemy mines in the fields and will immediately get burst for 50 damage, sure for some reason they whiff on [REDACTED], but I felt so cool when I did it and who could ask for more? Let me put you on a little secret though. Aspect of Pan with the 360 degree special hammer skill and hook blades. You can thank me later.
Viability 6/10 Fun 7/10
Axe: I understand, mechanically, how axe is supposed to function. Expertly timed dodges and special blocks looking for the opening to do huge damage. It’s a play style that rewards patience and skill. I have neither so I’m spinning til I die brothers. I’m a simple man, I see omega attack buff, I take omega attack buff. Aspect of Charon with a buffed cast looks interesting but the call of the spin beckons.
Viability 5/10 Fun 7/10
Skulls: In the deepest recesses of every man, woman, and child is a skull main. The gameplay loop of shooting those skulls and picking them up with that beautiful i-frame omega special is a wonder to behold. If you’re lucky enough to get the hammer that makes the waves come back on omega special and the Aphrodite special boon, you have peaked and you’ll be chasing that high for weeks to come. Please. I beg of you. Choose the skull.
Viability 9/10 Fun 10/10
Torches: I hate you with all my heart. The first time I used torches I thought “wow these are awful.” The second time I used torches I cleared Chronos for the first time. Early game is a slog but mid to late game they are incredibly safe and scale well. It’s a shame using torches feels so cheeks. The gameplay isn’t particularly engaging but by the gods you will get that clear. The torch lovers will tell you that strafing and 1500% damage boost over a 45 minute clear is optimal gaming but they have a sickness. Do not engage.
Viability 10/10 Fun 2/10

Hey I'm wanting to get into battle sister for 40k and want to put together a decent 500 points army. What would people suggest as far as army composition? I don't really have any background info on sisters of battle I need recommendations on army comp. what should I have in my army to make it decent/ what's good. What's important to have. And how does sisters usually play?
I don't really have that much background about them other than funny goth power armor, they have cool helmets, and Pariah nexus PTSD girl. I'm very new to this army so treat me like I'm a dumb stupid idiot because I probably am. I have also not really gotten into imperium armies so very little to no background info about how these gals play.

From completely leaving out how Azula forced her way into Ty Lee and Mai's lives, and showing just how selfish, demanding and toxic she really is (which happens in season 2 anyways, what was the point of even introducing them already and in the way they chose?)
To leaving out any scenes that show just how much of a character Appa is, instead they reduced him to nothing more than a CGI transportation device, he is SO much more than that! Actually, all of the animals have so much character in the animated show and one of my favorite things about ATLA; the world building is so well thought-out that they really took their time creating all of the cute, dangerous, cool animals we get to learn about and love.
The non-existent scenes showing the budding, slow burn-hints at romance between Katara and Aang, the fact that Katara and Aang didn't even get lost in the underground tunnels together.
The entire Jett arc being reduced to what it was.
For some reason they felt it necessary to shove bits of season 2 into season 1, when the parts of season 1 they did put in were already crammed together and paced so fast.
The most touching part was showing Iroh at his sons funeral, but thats about it.
I don't know, I just felt the time-line, character development, character portrayals were so lackluster and thats without touching base on some of the very dead-pan acting.
I feel some of the casting was really good, Iroh and June specifically - Not only do they look the part but seem they can act the part too, but the actresses they got for Mai and Azula just don't fit what so ever - They do not seem intimidating, maybe with more screen time the actresses will be able to act their way out of the fact they just do not look the part, time will tell.
The Kyoshi scene was cool, the action scenes are pretty well thought out and choreographed well, but there just isn't that HEART in it that makes ATLA... ATLA.
Anyways, just wanted to put my two cents out here since I don't have anyone else to discuss this with lol. I've been a long long time ATLA fan and a long-time lurker on this sub.

I hate to ask for things but my mother and I had to move to Lethbridge with our 3 small dogs on emergency short notice due to abuse and are now living in our car as we don't have any money since we're both unemployed and disabled. We discovered we could move our stuff into the front at night so we could sleep properly (horizontally) in the back, however it is extremely painful (I have bruises on my ribs and Hips from how hard the folded seats are) and we don't have enough blankets so we are cold at night. We have tried local shelters but we dont fit their criteria, especially with our dogs. I'm adding a list of chores/jobs i could do and things we could use, if anybody has these items and are willing to part with them for free or for the completion of a task or chore, please comment or message me!
Suggestions for jobs I can do: - mow lawns or pick up dog Poop - vacuum/sweep/dust - wash windows - walk/wash/lightly groom dogs/cats/other pets (I'm very good with animals) - wash cars - babysit (my mother ran a day care most of my life and I grew up naturally learning how to care for kids as well as babysat most of middle/high school) - Help move furniture - And more! If you have a job I didnt list, let me know and if I'm capable I will do it!
Things we need: - Air mattress or mattress topper. This is a big need for us, absolutely high priority item. We are both in a lot of pain from the hard, uncomfortable seat backs of the car, but it's still better for our disabilities than to sleep in the front seats, even reclined. - Air pump (if we recieve an air mattress) - Portable charger batteries to charge our phones when the car is off at night - camping gear, such as a tent, heater, tarp, camping stove, cooler, etc. - sleeping bags or blankets, believe it or not, it gets quite cold still at night when you don't have indoor heating haha - car chargeplugs with USB ports - sun reflectowindshield and/or window covers, to keep the sun out so we and the dogs can stay cool - 2 peoples worth of plates, mugs/cups, and cutlery. We can't keep a lot of dishes but a couple plates and cups would make eating a lot less messy, 1 dish and mug for each of us is perfect - Cash or gift cards especially for gas or dollarama (you'd be surprised what we can find there) - in exchange for helping you with a task

What a weird game. This is the sequel to Syndicate (which I never played) and it's a real-time tactics game with 3D isometric graphics where you guide a crew of 4 agents (essentially terminators) through short missions in these kind of small, open ended sandbox maps, usually involving killing a bunch of people, kidnapping a bunch of people, or blowing something up.
I feel rather conflicted on it because it's simultaneously quite cool and also quite janky and frustrating. I mentioned it's a real-time tactics game but it leans a lot closer to Cannon Fodder than it does Commandos. There's rarely any reason to break up your crew and the potential for strategy is pretty limited, it's mostly about just knowing the level and playing it like a very punishing top-down shooter. Between missions you buy new equipment and upgrades for your guys and invest money into research, though the game is a bit obtuse as far as how this system works and doesn't explain that most of the time the only way to make more money is to go out of your way to rob banks.
I love the game's style and gritty cyberpunk vibe, the map design, the big crowds and destructible environments. When it's at its best the chaos of the firefights and explosions feels great, however the fast pace of the gameplay combined with the clunky controls and unforgiving difficulty make it feel punishing in the worst kind of way. This game loves to ambush you and will murder you over even the slightest misstep, and it only gets worse as it goes on. It feels like you have to play in a very particular way and do everything in a very specific order, all while relying on a lot of luck.
This might not be as big of an issue if you could actually save during levels but you can't, if you die it's back to the beginning. Ultimately I gave up when I got to a mission where you had to kidnap a high-ranking exec and break into their walled-garden neighbourhood by high-jacking a vehicle and driving through the gate (which takes a while to get to,) only to get immediately blasted to smithereens by the turrets if you don't jump straight out and destroy them, and then the police show up and start blasting you... it was just too much. If the game simply had a pause function so you could give your dudes orders without having to do it all in real-time it might be more manageable but I feel like this was before mechanics like that were really widely adopted.

“““I know all the things you do, that you are neither hot nor cold. I wish that you were one or the other! But since you are like lukewarm water, neither hot nor cold, I will spit you out of my mouth!” ‭‭Revelation‬ ‭3:15-16‬ ‭NLT‬‬
Christ had come to send a message to the church of Laodicea. The message would rebuke them of their lukewarmness, causing the lord to threatened to spit them out of his mouth. While many may not understand the full context of the verse, “spitting out of his mouth” leaves a bad connotation. What does it mean to be lukewarm, and how do we avoid being spat out?
The city of Laodicea( the location of the church this message was written to) was located between two other cities, Hierapolis( north of it) and Colossae(south of it). Hieapolis was filled with hot springs, heated from a volcanic mountain nearby, and is known for it’s hot springs even today. The people of Hierapolis believed that the hot springs obtained a healing nature, and would use the thermal springs for patients. This obviously makes the water good and useful.
However when water flowed from Hieapolis down to Laodicea, it took so long to do so that the water cooled, turning from hot to lukewarm. So when it came to Laodicea becoming lukewarm, it lost its healing properties, and thus wasn’t useful anymore.
Think of a Christian who’s lost their saltiness. A lukewarm Christian is one who isn’t living for God, but living for the world, and thus useless to him. It’s not someone struggling with sin, but one who fully embraces it, or has backslides into it.
”This is a trustworthy saying, and everyone should accept it: “Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners”—and I am the worst of them all.“ 1 Timothy‬ ‭1‬:‭15‬ ‭NLT‬‬
If this is you, don’t fret yet, there’s still hope. God didn’t come for the healthy, but the sick. Like all sins, we must repent and turn to God. Not only this, but we must be “refined by fire.
”So I advise you to buy gold from me—gold that has been purified by fire. Then you will be rich. Also buy white garments from me so you will not be shamed by your nakedness, and ointment for your eyes so you will be able to see. I correct and discipline everyone I love. So be diligent and turn from your indifference. “Look! I stand at the door and knock. If you hear my voice and open the door, I will come in, and we will share a meal together as friends.“ ‭‭Revelation‬ ‭3‬:‭18‬-‭20‬ ‭NLT‬‬
Laodicea had a decent amount of gold, seeing they were quite wealthy. But God cares not for ones wealth, but for ones faith. Paul in 1 Peter 1:7 describes faith, which is tested by fire, much more valuable than gold. We must have a living faith in God, but like all living things, it must be made strong through trials and tests.
Laodicea was also famous for its glossy wool. But here Jesus offered pure white garments, representing the covering of sin and putting on righteousness. God’s people must be righteous, or set apart from the world, living like Christ instead of the world.
When we do these things, even if we face struggles, our faith with shine like the brightest flame.