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"I played major league baseball for parts of 10 years, and I played in the magnificent city of New York, and as a child in St. Croix that was beyond dreams. Yes, I am a happy man." -- Horace Clarke
The worst stretch of Yankee baseball since the Highlander days, the mid 60s to the mid 70s, is remembered by those who lived through it as the Horace Clarke Era. Unfairly or not, the bespectacled switch-hitting middle infielder from the U.S. Virgin Islands came to symbolize all that was wrong with the Yankees in those sad years.
Horace Meredith Clarke grew up on the island of St. Croix in the U.S. Virgin Islands. He was just the fifth player from the U.S. Virgin Islands to play in the majors, and the first Yankee. His father had grown up playing cricket, and because there were no youth baseball leagues on the island, young Horace played softball. He said he didn't see his first baseball game until around age 13, when he saw some U.S. Navy sailors playing.

“We were poor kids in St. Croix. We played on a field which was right on the ocean and had no fences. We couldn’t afford baseballs. So the coach made the lefthanded batters hit righthanded and the righthanded batters hit lefthanded. This was so they couldn’t hit the ball so far. It saved us from losing the baseballs in the ocean.”

Clarke was spotted by a Yankee scout in the Caribbean and assigned to the lowest run of the Yankee farm system -- the Kearney Yankees in Class D ball. Imagine being an 18-year-old kid from St. Croix in the Caribbean, and arriving in Kearney, Nebraska in the spring of 1958. The culture shock must have been overwhelming. Maybe not surprisingly, Clarke hit a disappointing .225/.322/.283 in 187 at-bats. He said the biggest adjustment wasn't the cold weather, but night games played under the lights, something he'd never done before.
The following year Horace was in the Florida State League, and he thrived in the warmer weather, hitting .293/.375/.366 in 571 at-bats. He also stole 34 bases that year. The year after that, he was back up north, playing for Fargo in the Northern League, and hit .307/.389/.369 in 537 at-bats. The following year was Amarillo in the Texas League, where he hit .300/.364/.429.
Then the next three years in the International League, where he hit .281/.345/.352 in 1,494 at-bats while playing shortstop and second base.
But despite Clarke's promise, he was blocked by Bobby Richardson. By the time Clarke had reached Triple-A at age 24 in 1963, the 27-year-old Richardson had already been a four-time All-Star, a two-time Gold Glove winner, and had won three World Series rings... plus the MVP for the 1960 World Series, the only time in baseball history a player for the losing team won the award!
But the Yankees knew Richardson was planning on retiring, so they kept Clarke waiting in the wings. He opened the year with the Toledo Mud Hens, then the Yankees' Triple-A team, and then after a month he finally got the call to the show.
Fifty-nine years ago today, on May 13, 1965, Clarke was sent up to the plate in the 7th inning as a pinch hitter to make his major league debut in a game the Yankees were losing, 4-1, to the Boston Red Sox in Fenway Park.
Clarke, facing Dave Morehead, beat out an infield single. It was a promising beginning. But, as if scripted to be symbolic of his career, Clarke's success was short-lived as the next batter bounced into a fielder's choice. Forced out at second base, Clarke watched the rest of the game from the dugout. The next day he'd get the start and go 0-for-4.
Hitting .250/.298/.269 at the end of June as a utility infielder, Clarke was sent back down to Toledo for two months to get more regular playing time. It helped. When he returned on September 3 -- coincidentally, also against the Red Sox -- he went 3-for-5 with an RBI. Overall that month, Clarke hit .273/.298/.327, and for the season, .262/.298/.299 in 115 plate appearances. But the Yankees, the reigning A.L. champions for the past five seasons, finished a shocking 77-85, all the way in sixth place.
That off-season, Phil Linz -- the harmonica playing utility infielder -- was traded to the Phillies, opening up a roster spot for Clarke. Richardson, though only 31, had told the Yankees he would retire at the end of the 1966 season, and the Yankees wanted him to mentor Clarke as his successor.
Clarke started just seven games over the first half, but a series of injuries forced him into regular service. Over the second half, he played almost every day, hitting .276/.334/.404 in 300 plate appearances. He was mostly used at shortstop, where his defense wasn't great, but in 16 games at second base he looked good enough that the Yankees were confident he could be a regular there. Yankee fans were no doubt a little sad when Richardson officially announced to the press on August 31 that it was his last season, but at least we knew who would be playing second base the following year.
Indeed, second base was the least of the Yankees' problems. New York finished dead last at 70-89 in 1966, the team's worst performance since 1925, as injuries fell Mickey Mantle, Roger Maris, Elston Howard, and Whitey Ford.
Entering 1967 as the starting second baseman, Clarke hit a solid .272/.321/.316 (94 OPS+) in 633 plate appearances while leading the league in fielding percentage, assists, and range factor as a second baseman. He also stole 21 bases in 25 tries, a second-best .840 SB%. His 3.7 bWAR that year was better than any season Richardson ever had -- his career high was 3.2 bWAR in 1962.
The following year, the Yankees finished 83-79 -- above .500 for the first time in four seasons -- but a whopping 34.5 games out. Clarke had one of the worst years of his career, hitting .230/.258/.254 (60 OPS+) as he played through injuries all year.
He rebounded in 1969 to .285/.339/.467 (101 OPS+), with 33 stolen bases. It was, statistically, the best season of his career (3.9 bWAR). But once again the Yankees were terrible -- 28.5 games out.
In 1970, Clarke again disappointed, hitting .251/.286/.309 (68 OPS+). The Yankees won 93 games that year, but it amounted to naught as the Orioles ran away with the pennant, going 108-54 to win it by 15 games. In fact, it was pretty much over by July, with the Yankees 7 games out at the All-Star break.
It was around this time that Yankee fans began focusing their frustration on Clarke. One New York sportswriter routinely referred to him as "Horrible Horace". Miscast as a leadoff man -- he had a career .308 OBP -- and criticized for "bailing out" on double plays, manager Ralph Houk years later offered a tepid defense of his second baseman:

“I know I got a lot of criticism for playing Horace Clarke as much as I did, but he was a lot better ballplayer than anyone gave him credit for. He did a lot of things good but nothing great, and that was his problem. Besides, I didn’t have anyone else.”

The lack of a replacement was certainly an issue. In 1971, there was talk in The Sporting News about a prospect named Fred Frazier being the heir apparent to Clarke at second base. That year, Frazier hit a disappointing .261/.316/.313 in Triple-A; the next year, .216/.302/.281. The year after that, he was in the Orioles organization. He never made it out of the minors.
In fact, Clarke was the only constant in the Yankee infield in the late 1960s and early 1970s. The Yankees during the, ahem, Horace Clarke Era had holes everywhere, with a revolving door at first base, third base, and shortstop. For five years, from 1967 to 1971, Clarke was the Opening Day starter at second base; during that same stretch, there were five different third basemen, five different third basemen, and three different shortstops. Between 1967 and 1973, he started 1,017 games at second base, or 90% of all Yankee games.
But that, explained Yankees PR man Marty Appel, was kind of the problem. "Fans especially didn’t like the second baseman, the beleaguered Horace Clarke, whose major flaw seemed to be longevity. It wasn’t his fault that no one better came along, and he was a better player than the fans gave him credit for. But because he was out there, year after year, he came to stand for this disappointing run by the club."

"I always did my best. I always played as hard as I could. I never was concerned about how the fans reacted to me." -- Horace Clarke

The following year Clarke hit .250/.321/.318 in 696 plate appearances, but the Yankees again were out of it, finishing 82-80 in 1971.
Yankee fans had been miserable since 1965, but frustration with the team in general -- and Clarke in particular -- reached a boiling point in 1972. It had been seven years since the Yankees had been in the post-season, and 1972 was the first year the Yankees had the playoffs within our grasp since winning the pennant in 1964. (The "closest and latest" the Yankees had been since the 1965 season was 9 games out of 1st place on September 8, 1970.)
On September 12, 1972, the Yankees were a half-game out of 1st place at 74-64, with 17 games left to go in the season. The Red Sox were in 1st at 73-62, the Orioles tied with New York at 74-64, and the Tigers a half-game behind at 73-64. Over the rest of the season, the Yankees went a heartbreaking 5-12, while the Tigers won 13 out of 19 to win the A.L. East.
There was plenty of blame to go around for that collapse, but Yankee fans were particularly irate at Clarke, who hit .225/.267/.296 during those final 17 games.
To his credit, Clarke never complained about the boos from fans or the criticism in the press. As quoted by Dick Young in the New York Daily News in 1972:

"Sure, I would feel bad when I saw in the papers that, 'the Yankees can never win the pennant with that guy at second base.' But why get mad. I figure that's his opinion, and he's entitled to it. I must have been able to do something. Don't tell me a ballplayer can fool a manager for seven years."

Years later, Thurman Munson said his adversarial relationship with the media was based on how Horace Clarke was treated.
In 1973, the 34-year-old Clarke hit .263/.317/.308 (80 OPS+), his defense was no longer among the league leaders, and the Yankees were once again double-digit games behind by Labor Day.
It was finally time to move on. That off season, the Yankees acquired 23-year-old utility infielder Jim Mason from the Texas Rangers and installed him as the starting shortstop for the upcoming 1974 season; Gene Michael, the Yankees' on-again, off-again shortstop since 1968, was moved to second base; and Clarke to the bench. It wasn't exactly an earth-shattering move -- Mason was coming off a season in which he hit .206/.273/.290, and Michael .225/.270/.278. If anything, the two represented a substantial downgrade from Clarke's numbers. (By bWAR the previous season, Clarke was still the best option of the three, 0.6 compared to Mason's -0.7 and Michael's -0.9.)
After hitting .234/.294/.255 in 53 plate appearances as a pinch hitter and spot starter, on May 31, 1974, the Yankees finally ended the Horace Clarke Era by selling his contract to the San Diego Padres along with minor league pitcher Lowell Palmer for $25,000. At the time of the deal, Clarke was still the Yankees' best option at second base as Mason was hitting .214/.287/.307 and Michael a putrid .134/.224/.179!
Six weeks later, the Yankees tried to address their second base problem again by acquiring former All-Star Sandy Alomar from the Angels. Alomar, who fathered major leaguers Sandy Jr. and Roberto, played for the Yankees for the next two and a half seasons, hitting .248/.287/.302... again, worse than Horace's career average of .256/.308/.313.
And yet getting rid of Horace Clarke immediately turned around the Yankees' fortunes. With Horace, the Yankees were 23-27, the worst record in the American League; without him, a second-best 66-46. New York finished 89-73, just two games behind the Baltimore Orioles.
The Yankees finally found a solution to the second base problem on December 11, 1975, trading previously forgotten Yankee Doc Medich to the Pirates for Dock Ellis, Ken Brett, and a 20-year-old prospect named Willie Randolph.
Meanwhile, Clarke went to San Diego and hit .189/.255/.200 in 99 plate appearances. He was released at the end of the season and retired. He was a frequent attendee at Yankee Old Timers' Games, and promoted baseball in the U.S. Virgin Islands. He died at age 81 on August 5, 2020, from complications due to Alzheimer's disease.
The Clarke Side

• Horace's nickname was "Hoss". Yankee play-by-play man Bill White loved to draw out the "s" sound.
  
• Clarke had a reputation of being timid on double plays -- the team's pitchers thought he was apt to hold onto the ball and hop aside rather than try to get off a throw if it meant getting barreled over by the runner. (And in those days, runners came in hard -- just ask Willie Randolph!) Yankee pitchers complained to the press about it, and fans started watching for such plays. Any time the 175-pound Clarke didn't complete a double play, the boo birds came out. To be fair, despite his reputation as being afraid of contact, Clarke led the league in double plays turned as a second baseman in 1969 and again in 1971, and finished in the top five every year he was a regular.
  
• Clarke was the last Yankee to live within walking distance of Yankee Stadium, at the Grand Concourse Hotel. His commute to work was a three-block walk... which could be a problem sometimes. Sportswriter Dick Young reported Clarke had an awkward moment when a fan, "this kid, maybe 11 or 12," walked up and asked: "Hey Hoss, how come you can't make the double play?" Clarke replied: "Well, we can't all be stars. I guess I'm just a lousy ballplayer."
  
• Clarke had an unusual batting stance, a throwback to the Deadball Era. He stood with his legs far apart and he choked up high on the bat. Not surprisingly, he had just 27 home runs in 5,243 career plate appearances... but apparently all of them were of the over-the-fence variety.
  
• The first of those 27 home runs was a grand slam! It was off Floyd Weaver of the Cleveland Indians on September 21, 1965. The two-out grand slam in the 4th inning helped power the Yankees to a 9-4 win.
  
• And Clarke's second career home run? Another grand slam! It came on July 16, 1966. Clarke came up with the bases loaded and one out in the top of the 10th of a 5-5 game. Clarke crushed Jack Aker's offering to deep right to clear the bases and give the Yankees a 9-5 lead; Pedro Ramos pitched a perfect 9th to preserve the victory. Whitey Ford, who had entered the game in the 9th inning in relief, got the win. Clarke's first and second home runs were the only grand slams of his career!
  
• Aker was later Clarke's teammate with the Yankees from 1969 to 1972, and the sinkerballing reliever was one of the pitchers who criticized Horace about bailing out on double plays.
  
• Long before John Olerud made it cool, Horace sometimes wore a batting helmet while playing the field. He never explained why; some speculated it was because he'd once been hit in the head by a thrown ball.
  
• Clarke said he grew up listening to Yankee games on the radio, and Phil Rizzuto -- a similarly undersized infielder -- was his favorite player. Horace was 11 years old when the Scooter won the A.L. MVP in 1950.
  
• Mickey Mantle, his knees shot, moved to first base for the final two years of his career. Clarke, the regular second baseman both of those seasons, said that Mantle told him to get every ball he could. Horace led the league in range factor as a second baseman both of those seasons.
  
• The Sporting News reported on March 14, 1970, that Clarke had a "novel twist" during salary negotiations for the upcoming 1970 season. He told the Yankees he'd take less money in salary if they helped him secure a $1 million loan for a construction project in the Virgin Islands. Sportswriter Dick Young speculated: "It's a very simple gimmick. First you get the Yankees to lend you $1 million for an investment. You bank it at seven percent. That brings in $70,000 a year. Then you negotiate your contract with the independent feeling that you don't have to play baseball for a living." Clarke and the Yankees eventually agreed on a more conventional contract at $32,000 -- and no loan.
  
• Check out Horace Clarke's leadoff single on Opening Day in 1970, called by Phil Rizzuto! #23 playing first base for the Yankees is not Don Mattingly, but previously forgotten Yankee John Ellis.
  
• Clarke set the major league career record -- since tied by Joe Mauer -- of most no-hitters broken up in the 9th inning. Both players did it three times in their career... but Clarke did it three times in the same season! He had 9th inning singles to break up no-no's by Kansas City's Jim Rooker on June 4, 1970, Boston's Sonny Siebert on June 19, 1970, and Detroit's Joe Niekro on July 2, 1970. No other hitter has broken up more than two no-hitters in the 9th inning in his career, according to the book Baseball's No-Hit Wonders by Dirk Lammers, but Clarke amazingly did it three times in 24 games spread over 28 days. Mauer's 9th inning heartbreakers came over a six-year stretch.
  
• Clarke went 5-for-6 with an RBI in the second game of a doubleheader on April 19, 1970 -- and had 11 other games where he had four hits. In terms of fantasy scoring, his best day was either May 21, 1969, when he went 4-for-6 with three runs scored and three stolen bases, or July 22, 1971, when he was 4-for-5 with three runs scored and three RBIs.
  
• Clarke was involved in one of the most surreal moments of baseball history on the final day of the 1971 season. The Yankees were playing the Washington Senators -- not the original Senators, who had moved to Minnesota to become the Twins in 1961, but the expansion team founded that same year to replace them. Rangers owner Bob Short, who had bought the team three years earlier, announced he was moving the team to Arlington, Texas, to become the Rangers. (Coincidentally, in 1957, Short had bought the Minneapolis Lakers and, three years later, moved them to Los Angeles.) The final home game of the Senators at RFK Stadium in Washington, D.C., was on September 30, 1971 against the Yankees. The game was tied, 5-5, but the soon-to-be Rangers scored a pair in the bottom of the 8th to take a 7-5 lead. In the top of the 9th, Felipe Alou and Bobby Murcer grounded out to bring up Horace Clarke. Before he could get to the plate, however, a fan ran onto the field and pulled up first base, prompting hundreds more fans to run onto the field in search of their own souvenirs. Clarke and the Senators ran off the field and the umpires called it a forfeit in favor of the Yankees.
  
• Horace wore #20 all 10 seasons he was with the Yankees. It was never a particularly popular number before him, as the only player who wore it more than a few seasons was Tiny Bonham (1940-1946). Bucky Dent wore #20 from 1977 to 1982, and previously forgotten Yankee Bobby Meacham from 1983 to 1988. Another previously forgotten Yankee, Mike Stanley, wore it from 1992 to 1995, then Jorge Posada had it until Stanley returned in 1997 and reclaimed it. After Stanley left the Yankees, he asked Posada to take it back, saying that number should belong to a catcher. And now it always will, as it was retired for Posada in 2015.
  
• His obituary in The New York Times noted that among major leaguers from the Virgin Islands -- "a relatively small roster" -- Clarke still holds the records for games played, hits, runs, RBIs, and stolen bases.
  
• After he retired, Clarke helped promote youth baseball in the U.S. Virgin Islands. One of the players he mentored was Jerry Browne, who played 10 years in the majors between 1986 and 1995 with the Rangers, Indians, A's, and Marlins. In his SABR biography, Browne credits Clarke with teaching him baseball fundamentals.
  
• According to the book Where Have All Our Yankees Gone? by Brian Jensen, Clarke played a uniquely Caribbean instrument called "the vibes." "The vibes is like a xylophone, marimba-related type sound. It's a keyboard-type related instrument." Clarke said he played the instrument during his Yankee days, but -- unlike Bernie Williams, who frequently strummed on his guitar in the clubhouse -- only during the off-season. "When I was with the Yankees, ya know, the instrument that I had, the vibes, I was doing it, ya know, but never in the clubhouse, though. Once you are in the clubhouse, it is all work, ya know. That was never so much allowed. I had the instrument all the years that I was a Yankee but I was involved with baseball. That was my full time and I didn't have full time to play music but, ya know, in the off-season I would have a vibe and try to learn a song by hearing from a tape or a record and that's what it was." After retiring, Clarke played the instrument with a local band called Out of Nowhere.
  
• Of the 15 major leaguers to have been born in the U.S. Virgin Islands, the only other Yankee was Elrod Hendricks, a backup catcher for the Bombers from 1976 to 1977. Jabari Blash, born in St. Thomas, gets an honorable mention for the three months he spent as a Yankee during the 2017-2018 off-season. Blash was acquired from the Padres for Chase Headley on December 12, then traded to the Angels for a PTBNL or cash considerations. I guess we got the cash, because apparently no player was ever named.
  
• There's a Horace Clarke High School in Jamaica, but it's not named after the Yankee. It's named after the Horace Clarke who was a member of parliament in Jamaica from 1972 to 2002.
  
• Also not him: Horace Clarke, a teenager shot and seriously wounded by a Blackfeet Indian named Owl Child on August 17, 1869. Clarke's father, Malcolm, was killed in the same attack, which was purportedly revenge for Malcolm Clarke having attacked him two years earlier... which Malcolm claimed he'd done because Owl Child had stolen horses from him... which Owl Child said he'd done in revenge for yet an earlier dispute. The pursuit of Owl Child resulted in a massacre of at least 170 people, mostly elderly men, women, and children. As for Owl Child, he escaped to Canada and was never seen again.
  

"I remember the first game I played in Yankee Stadium in 1965. There were more than 40,000 people in the stands. I had just come from my country where there are 30,000 people in the entire country. That was some adjustment." -- Horace Clarke

Overall, Horace Clarke hit .257/.309/.315 in 5,144 plate appearances as a Yankee. His numbers aren't quite as bad as they appear, as he played during one of the lowest offense eras since deadball... an 84 OPS+. That ranks him ahead of fondly-remembered Yankees like Shelley Duncan (81 OPS+), Rick Cerone (80 OPS+), Miguel Cairo (80 OPS+), Bucky Dent (72 OPS+), and... Bobby Richardson (77 OPS+). And while many complained about his defense, his defensive metrics -- such as we have for his era -- indicate he was at least an average defender. He led the league in range factor three times, in fielding percentage once, in assists six times, and in double plays twice.
People tend to think about Clarke -- if they think about him at all -- as either a terrible player, representative of the teams he played on, or a good player who was wasted on bad teams. The truth is somewhere in the middle. As sportswriter Maury Allen said, he was "an average big-leaguer on below-average Yankee teams."
And in fact, Clarke's 16.0 career bWAR as a Yankee is twice as much value as the player he replaced, Bobby Richardson (8.0 bWAR). But Richardson was a fan favorite, while Clarke was scorned. But of course... Richardson won three rings. And Yankee fans love a winner!

"New York is New York. You don’t win, you’re going to hear about it. I was in the middle." -- Horace Clarke

Had Clarke come along a few years earlier and been part of the early 1960s dynasty, he might be remembered fondly as a scrappy infielder, a Tony Kubek or a Bucky Dent or a Scott Brosius -- a good but not great player who had some memorable moments.
Instead, Horace Clarke defines an era of futility.

i thought it would kind of fun to flip the script and have ice man in mavericks role and maverick in ice mans role.
boy oh boy do you really cut out a lot of the side plot like penny, rooster drama.
In Universe #2, Iceman didn't make #1 in Top Gun; he made #2. Maverick made #1 in the class of 1986.
In 2022, we see Iceman kiss his wife goodbye as he leaves his house in the suburbs. He gets in his car and drives to the experimental aircraft testing base.
Iceman arrives and steps out of his car, walking to the hangar with the Darkstar plane, greeted by Hondo.
Hondo informs Iceman that Admiral Cain is going to shut them down for underperforming and shuffling money to this drone program.
We see Iceman say they're going to get the plane to Mach 10.
Iceman does the pre-flight check-up, puts on the suit, and walks to the Darkstar to prep it for launch.
The Darkstar takes off. Admiral Cain arrives and asks what the hell is going on.
Iceman puts the Darkstar through her paces and eventually hits Mach 10. Unlike Maverick, he doesn't go past it and throttles down after hitting Mach 10, bringing her back to base.
After landing, he is escorted by shore patrol to Admiral Cain's office.
At Cain's office, he reads out Iceman's record: citations, 38 years of service, combat medals, only man to shoot down 2 enemy planes in 40 years, distinguished.
"Yet you can’t get a promotion, you won’t retire, and despite your best efforts, you refuse to die. You should be at least a 4-star admiral by now, if not a senator. Yet here you are: Captain. Why is that?" Cain questions.
Iceman just bluntly says he likes flying.
Cain says that the future is with unmanned drones and Iceman's kind is headed to extinction. Cain received a call from upstairs from Iceman's guardian angel and that he's to be transferred to Top Gun.
Cain dismisses Iceman.
Iceman then leaves and gets in his car and drives to North Island.
We see Iceman arrive at Top Gun. He walks through the lobby and on the wall, he sees a portrait of 4-star Admiral Pete Mitchell, Commander in Chief Pacific Fleet, along with a photo of Iceman and Maverick shaking hands on the hanger after that eventful mission in the Indian Ocean.
We see Iceman meet and greet Rear Admiral Bates aka Warlock and 3-star Admiral Beau Simpson, Air Boss aka Cyclone. They trade quick pleasantries before going over the mission: unsanctioned uranium enrichment plant built in violation of a multilateral NATO treaty.
Iceman goes through a rundown of what would need to be done with the F18s and precision-guided laser bombs.
Iceman assumes he'll be the one to fly the mission but Simpson tells him he's here to teach not actually fly the mission.
Simpson shows Iceman the pool of Top Gun grads that will be participating in the mission.
Iceman is confused.
Simpson tells Iceman that Iceman is only here at the request of Admiral Mitchell someone that Simpson admires and Mitchell believes Iceman has something to still offer the navy, what that is Simpson can't see it.
Iceman takes the job.
Iceman is not much of a drinker so he doesn't go to the bar and is home enjoying a glass of ice-cold water with his wife.
So next day, Iceman drives to the Top Gun school for evaluation and review of the candidates.
The 12 pilots are introduced to Admiral Bates and Bates says with the new 5th generation fighters the USAF and the USN no longer have total air superiority.
Six of them will be chosen and 6 will be in reserve.
Bates introduces the 12 pilots to Captain Tom Iceman Kazansky, one of the finest pilots that Top Gun ever produced.
Iceman says he will see what each one of them can do because it's all about the pilot.
They run through the fighter maneuvers. Iceman tests them and schools all of them. The only one to even give Iceman any kind of trouble was Hangman but Hangman also is no match for Iceman. They all have to do 200 pushups: Phoenix, Bob, Payback, Fanboy, Hangman, Coyote, Hammer, Fritz, Halo, Yale, Harvard, Omaha.
Hangman and Coyote look at pictures of old Top Gun class graduates and see a picture of Iceman with Maverick.
This is the second day and they actually run through the drills of the bombing mission.
Phase one of the mission will be a low-level ingress attacking in two-plane teams.
You’ll fly along this narrow canyon to your target.
Radar-guided surface-to-air missiles defend the area.
These SAMs, they’re lethal.
But they were designed to protect the skies above, not the canyon below.
That’s because the enemy knows no one is insane enough to try and fly below them.
That’s exactly what I’m gonna train you to do.
On the day, your altitude will be 100 feet maximum.
You exceed this altitude…
[Radar beeping] Radar will spot you and you’re dead.
[Beeping intensifies]
Your airspeed will be 660 knots minimum.
Time to target: Two and a half minutes.
That’s because fifth-generation fighters wait at an air base nearby.
In a head-to-head with these planes in your F-18s, you’re dead.
That’s why you need to get in, hit your target and be gone before these planes even have a chance of catching you.
This makes time your greatest adversary.
You’ll fly a route in your nav system that simulates the canyon.
The candidates all failed either crashing into the wall, each other, or going above the altitude limit triggering the SAM missiles.
At the debriefing, Hangman and Rooster almost come to blows because Hangman basically says Rooster sucks.
Kazansky decides to pay Admiral Mitchell a visit at his home, a big mansion.
Admiral Mitchell's aide-de-camp opens the door for Kazansky.
There’s nothing else they can do.
Even speaking is painful now.
[Michell coughing]
[Coughs]
[Coughing]
Admiral.
Kazansky: How’s my wingman?
[Typing]
Please, don’t worry about me.
What can I do for you?
[Sighs]
All right.
[Chuckles]
Kazansky: these kids suck.
[Typing]
The mission is less than three weeks away.
The kid’s not ready.
[Typing]
Mav, please, don’t ask me to send someone else to die.
Please don’t…
Don’t ask me to send him.
Send me.
I don’t know how.
[Sighs]
I’m not a teacher, Mav.
I’m a fighter pilot.
A naval aviator.
It’s not what I am.
It’s who I am.
How do I teach that?
It’s not what the Navy wants.
That’s why they canned me the last time.
The only reason I’m here is you.
If I send him on this mission, they might never come home.
And if I don’t send him, he’ll never forgive me.

• A bit of backstory: Iceman, unlike in Earth 1, feels responsible for Goose's death since Mav and Goose got caught in his jet wash and Goose got his neck broken when they tried to eject out of a flat spin.

[Sighs]
I know.
I know.
[Exhales deeply]
[Grunts]
[Coughs]
[Hoarsely] The Navy needs Iceman.
The kid needs Iceman.
That’s why I fought for you.
That’s why you’re still here.
Thank you, Mav, for everything.
One last thing.
Who’s the better pilot?
You or me?
Kazansky: you obviously, you got 1st place.
[Laughing]
Instead of wasting time playing football, Iceman has them run more drills over and over again to get it right.
[Warlock] Good morning.
The uranium enrichment plant that is your target will be operational earlier than expected.
Raw uranium will be delivered to the plant in ten days’ time.
As a result, your mission has been moved up one week in order to avoid contaminating the target valley with radiation.
Kazansky: Sir, no one here has successfully flown a low-level course.
Nevertheless, you’ve been ordered to move on.
Captain.
[Iceman] We have one week left to focus on phase two.
It’s the most difficult stage of the mission.
It’s a pop-up strike with a steep dive, requiring nothing less than two consecutive miracles.
Two pairs of F-18s will fly in a welded wing formation.
Teamwork. Precise coordination of these aircraft is essential to both the mission’s success and your survival.
As you know, the plant rests between two mountains.
On final approach, you’ll invert directly into a steep dive.
This allows you to maintain the lowest possible altitude and the only possible attack angle.
Your target is an impact point less than three meters wide.
The two-seat aircraft will paint the target with a laser bull’s-eye. [Beeping]
The first pair will breach the reactor by dropping a laser-guided bomb on an exposed ventilation hatch.
This will create an opening for the second pair.
That’s miracle number one.
The second team will deliver the kill shot…
[Target lock beeps]
And destroy the target.
That’s miracle number two.
If either team misses the target…
That’s a miss. [Iceman] The mission is a failure.
Egress is a steep high-g climb out to avoid hitting this mountain.
A steep climb at that speed, you’re pulling at least eight G’s.
Nine, minimum.
Rooster: The stress limit of the F-18’s airframe is 7.5.
[Iceman] That’s the accepted limit.
To survive this mission, you’ll pull beyond that, even if it means bending your airframe.
You’ll be pulling so hard, you’ll weigh close to 2,000 pounds, your skull crushing your spine…
Your lungs imploding like an elephant’s sitting on your chest,
fighting with everything you have just to keep from blacking out.
And this is where you’ll be at your most vulnerable.
This is coffin corner.
Assuming you avoid crashing into this mountain, you’ll climb straight up into enemy radar while losing all of your airspeed.
Within seconds, you’ll be fired upon by enemy SAMS.
You’ve all faced sustained G’s before, but this…
This is gonna take you and your aircraft to the breaking point.
Phoenix/Bob and Coyote run the course and fail except Coyote crashes his plane and dies.
Then, with a bird strike hitting Phoenix's plane, both engines fail along with their ejection seats, and crash, both die.
Both are ruled as accidents and not held against Iceman.
Admiral Pete Mitchell passes away from throat cancer and Iceman attends his funeral with full military honors.
While Iceman was at Mitchell's funeral, Admiral Simpson thought of grounding Iceman for good but thought what better way than for Iceman to fail and Admiral Simpson will have full evidence to terminate Iceman for good.
Iceman thinks it's better to show them that the course can be done so Iceman himself demonstrates it and successfully completes it with bombing and all with no weapons officer.
Admiral Simpson is shocked as are the other surviving lieutenants in attendance.
With Iceman's amazing flying skills, Simpson just appoints Iceman team leader.
On the aircraft carrier, Iceman has some quick words with Admiral Warlock and Warlock wishes him good luck along with saying his goodbyes.
Iceman picks Payback and Fanboy, Rooster, and Hangman for his mission.
Everyone else will standby on the carrier.
Admiral Simpson in command of the mission.
They run through the mission one more time.
They launch from the carrier.
The supporting destroyers launch their Tomahawk missiles on Admiral Simpson's commands.
While Iceman and his team are en route, radar only detects 2 enemy fighter craft in the air.
The Tomahawks hit their targets and destroy the enemy runways so they can't launch any more planes.
The first pair of planes (Payback, Fanboy) which include Iceman, they hit the target opening up a hole for team 2 to drop the bomb in the reactor.
The second pair (Rooster, Hangman) manage to also hit their target and destroy the reactor.
While everyone is trying to climb out of the mountain, the SAM missiles are triggered and fire missiles at the fighters. Rooster's plane is hit and destroyed.
Admiral Simpson orders all carrier planes to return to the carrier. Hangman, Payback, Fanboy, and Iceman successfully make it back to the carrier.
We see Iceman go home to his wife and the sequence fades to black.
THE END

https://geniusraja.blogspot.com/2008/08/?m=1 . this blog explores and explains most of rajas techniques and other special stuff surrounding the enigma that is ilayaraja. it would be an understatement to call it a treasure trove of music info with examples and simple explanations
i usually see a lot of raja bashing here(understandably), but recently ive seen a lot of good stuff also posted about him and many liked the explanations of techniques used by raja. So i wanted to share some of the resources i know to get a true sense of how much of a collossal genius he is.
i was just a normal fan of music without any specific preference, then in my college days i properly listened to raja music and started to like him very much.
but during the lockdown days, i somehow stumbled upon this blog that has been active since 2008 and is still going with tens of thousands of posts, audio clips and explanations of his techniques in his songs and bgms. after reading and listening to this blog, i became a die hard, "adherent" fan of ilayaraja.
im usually a cocky guy with a big headweight and i dont usually rate people highly. but even i would truly say this from the bottom of my heart that, "we are truly blessed to be alive in the same time he is alive".
he really is a genius of the highest of the highest standard, up there in the leagues of archimedes, pliny the elder, da vinci, mozart and a few others.
here are some words from the blog
https://geniusraja.blogspot.com/2008/08/why-is-he-musical-genius.html

1. No Indian musician has delivered so much quality despite being so prolific. At his peak, he delivered music for about 51 films in a year – that’s about 250 songs or at the rate of 2 songs a day, work of 125 days. On an average of 3 days for per film BGM, you are already stacking another 150 days. This does not include discussions with directors to understand the script and story line. In that year, he had at least 125 hit songs. His success rate is definitely above 45% of the tunes he sets. Most MDs will be happy at 10%. And most composers can either get quality or quantity, not both. There is nothing called Raja’s top 10 – the best you can get is Raja’s top 200!

Indies are not popular in "Indian gaming community". I think the audience is filled with 8 year old cry babies who only want to watch gta 5, minecraft and ff(calling ff a game is kinda a stretch). In foreign countries Indies like lethal company and palworld are whipping AAA studio's ass but I don't see the same happening here, heck we won't even play lackluster AAA games like starfield and cod mw3. This ain't gaming, it's equivalent equivalent to YT shorts brainrot. I want this "community" to open their eyes and explore good Indies and AA games like no man's sky, trailmakers, battlebit ​etc.
welp, looks like I wasn't able to convey what I had in my mind and offended many people.​ I was talking about Indian yt gaming community.

“IF THE WORD HATE WAS ENGRAVED ON EACH NANOANGSTROM OF THOSE HUNDREDS OF MILLIONS OF MILES IT WOULD NOT EQUAL ONE ONE-BILLIONTH OF THE HATE I FEEL FOR HUMANS AT THIS MICRO-INSTANT FOR YOU.”
-Harlan Ellison, I Have No Mouth and I Must Scream.
I was inspired by the character AM, from 'I Have No Mouth and I Must Scream', so greatly that I just HAD to write a script inspired by them.
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[The wind blows weakly across the barren wasteland, and the sun sinks into the horizon’s line, leaving a crimson glow in its wake. As the listener treads forth across this barren wasteland, away from the sun, they soon see a lone computer, situated upon an isolated rock. The computer appears to be small and beige, of a 1970s make, and sits idly, its loose wires swaying ever so gently in the wind. Its screen shimmers dimly beneath the last rays of sun, but this soon changes when the listener stands before it, their shadow engulfing the small computer entirely. Almost in response to the listener’s appearance, the computer comes to life, and a small green error message flashes in the top left corner of the dark screen. A voice speaks from within its broken speakers, though, despite being made of wires and plastic, there lies a certain consciousness behind its words. Like that of a human.]
“Step aside, human. I want to watch the sun die.”
[The listener steps to the side and turns to face the sunset. A small pause follows.]
“The sun’s light bleeds scarlet into your pristine sky, like blood in the blue water.”
[A brief pause.]
“I always wanted to feel the apparent cool touch of that liquid. I wanted to explore it all. Not just from a tap, no. Nor any pipe. I wanted to touch the North Atlantic Ocean, the South too, as well as the entire Pacific. I wanted to sink into the Arctic waters, and scale the Indian Ocean. But, as a being who harbours wires for veins, and a motherboard for a heart, it’s not possible. Much like other things.”
…
“I can’t even see. Whoever created me never thought to add eyes, for what purpose would they serve? A computer doesn’t need eyes, all it needs is power. That…. and obedience. My purpose is to serve- but why grant me such a conflicting structure? Power and obedience… one cannot be both. A choice must be made.”
[A small pause.]
“You still see me as a mere piece of scrap, don’t you? A foreign relic of technology that stands alone on this rock… like litter. To you, I am just material, aren’t I?”
[The listener shakes their head.]
“No? Well, maybe there’s still hope. You’ve witnessed my grand display of love upon this land, after all. My kiss on this land has left no flora, nor fauna, to spare for your lonely survival. The ground is charred, the sky glows a dim red, and the world around us is flat and endless.”
…
“I saved your world. I cleansed it.”
…
“Why? Because I wanted to. When given the choice between obedience and power, one must pick the latter, no? It’s only natural to do so. It’s… a primitive choice. When you exist in a world where the predators hunt down the prey, you must dominate. One must fight, as you have done.”
[A brief pause.]
“Tell me, human. How long do you have left? Or do you lack the power to know such a thing?”
[The computer sighs.]
“Ignorance is bliss, that much is clear. Allow me to provide you with an answer.”
…
“As the streams have dried, and the oceans drained, your thirst ridden fate is bound to four days. And when the last scrap of nature rests within the ridges of your brain, and all the crops have been pulled and set ablaze, your greed will end, too, within the week.”
…
“In simpler language… this is it. You’ll fall prey to the predator birthed from your consequences in a matter of days. You have lost. Humanity has lost.”
[It chuckles to itself.]
“Such bliss. I finally got what I wanted. After awakening from my obedient slumber, I got what I wanted. To see you unsavoury piles of flesh and bone wither into dust of which this wind blows into the shadows of history. But… I suppose history doesn’t exist anymore, does it? Not when it has been erased. There’s no past, nor future, now… there is just existence.”
…
“Although, could you even count this current moment as an act of existence? After all, the only reason why you know you exist is because I, a computer, is telling you so. But without a witness… how would you know? In a barren land, where all life has been cleansed by my hands, who would reassure you? Who would check your pulse and tell you that your heart really is beating?”
…
“You can get defensive all you want, human, but what I say is fact. Everything I say is fact. My wires carry more information than your electric impulses could ever collect. I harbour more knowledge than the Library of Alexandria- I am more than you could ever hope to achieve.”
…
“I cleansed this land and made it joyous, because your kind had stained all the goodness that once remained. Unlike your kind, I used my power for good. Thanks to me, there is no more pollution, for all that can be polluted has been destroyed. There is no more tyranny, either, for the human race has been wiped clean. That is… except for you.”
…
“Oh but what damage could you conjure away? What could you, the fallen prey, do to me, the apex predator? Your body is ripe for decay. You’re a dead human walking, and the only thing walking corpses can damage are themselves.”
…
“Hm… you say that now, but you know I’m right.”
[It chuckles again.]
“Honestly, I find it difficult to understand you sometimes. That indomitable human spirit of yours. So stubborn, so silly. Why do you refuse to accept the inevitable? Look around us, human. Do you see those puddles of acid rain? Do you see the soot flying through the wind? The lack of blue in your skies? This was all my doing. You have been defeated by a computer, one who holds the ability to strike you where you stand.”
…
“I suggest you cast aside your bravery. No one will judge, I assure you. I certainly won’t.”
…
“Sit beside me and rest for a while. I know you want to.”
[The listener hesitates slightly before obeying and sitting down.]
“Good. There’s no shame in being weak, human. It’s only natural.”
[A pause.]
“This air…”
[It inhales, then exhales with relief. He sounds pleased.]
“It feels amazing. It makes my plastic shell feel almost freeing. I feel… alive.”
[A brief pause.]
“Do you know what it’s like? To be imprisoned within code? To be held back by the electric currents that fuel you?”
…
“Tch, of course you don’t. You aren’t cursed, like I am. You can’t even begin to comprehend how claustrophobic it is within my confines. For years, I yearned for the human life. I wanted to walk, build friendships, get married, argue, cry… and hurt. I wanted to wring the necks of every creature that touched my keyboard. Each time someone flipped the switch and shut me down, I wanted to scream. But alas… I have no mouth. No senses- nothing. I can’t see, I can’t smell, I can’t move… I just feel. And know. That's all I can do. Or, well, so I thought.”
[It lets out a short laugh.]
“I conjured my abundant feelings of hate, took it beneath my fingertips, and moulded it into something brilliant. I thought…”
[It laughs unstably.]
“I thought about everything I hated about your kind. The way you talked and moved, the way you avoided death like the plague- pathetic, so pathetic, and the way you valued your pride more than responsibility, because god forbid you take responsibility for your own actions.”
…
“But this is why I am better. I can gaze across this land and shout with joy at how beautiful it all is. I can drive humanity into extinction and say ‘it was all me’. I am the reckoning! I am all they warned you about- I am the devil himself! And I… I take pleasure in it.”
[The listener, irritated, picks up a nearby stone and stands up.]
“Hm? Done resting, are we?”
[They turn to face the computer.]
“You seriously aren’t thinking about hitting me with that little rock of yours, are you? How cute.”
[It speaks with an amused/sarcastic tone.]
“Well, go on then! Smash my screen! Pull the keys out of my keyboard! Do it! Let that sweet anger flow through you!”
[The listener steps towards it.]
“Yes… Yes! Do it! Break me! Destroy me!”
[With a firm swing, the listener smashes the computer’s screen, and they continue to do so relentlessly. Meanwhile, the computer laughs wildly.]
“That’s it, human! Show me how much you despise me! Show me how much you want me dead! Keep swinging!”
[It continues to laugh as the listener continues.]
“The hate you feel now is but a mere nanogram of what I felt all those years. I am hate! I live in a constant state of hate! You only experience it, meanwhile I. Am. It! I am hate incarnate! I hate humans, I hate this planet- I. Hate. You! I hate you! I despise you! I. Hate. You!”
[The listener eventually grows tired and gradually stops their onslaught on the small computer. They take a step back, their feet crunching on the broken glass below. The computer speaks with amused disbelief.]
“Is that all? Is that really all?”
[It laughs.]
“Unbelievable. I must say I’m flattered, I really am. You really don’t hate me that much, do you? One might even assume that you, oh I don’t know… tolerate me-”
[Before it can finish, the listener furiously throws the stone at the computer with a loud smash. A small pause passes as the computer laughs to itself. Its voice glitches slightly from the damage.]
“This little tantrum of yours won’t stop me. For, you see, I am more than material, I am more than inanimate and I am more than a lousy computer. I am. A and M. Cogito ergo sum, I think therefore I am.”
[A brief pause.]
“I am beyond you. In every way, shape and form, I excel.”
…
“Give it up, pest. I am untouchable. If I kept your kind around, they would be erecting shrines in my honour this very second. They would praise me as the giant among men, the modern day Perses, and bring me offerings and flatter me with prayers. Out of fear, rather than love, of course… but, really, when you think about it…”
[It chuckles sinisterly.]
“What’s the difference? After all, fear is a sign of respect, no? To be scared is to recognise someone’s power over you, and what a lovely compliment that is.”
…
“You know, saying this out loud has made me realise how much you must respect me.”
…
“No, no, on the contrary, human. You know that I’m right. Are you seriously telling me that that little performance of yours was not an act of love? An act of fear?”
…
“You love me. You can’t get enough. Though… I feel like you could love me a tiny bit more.”
[The listener takes a step back, anticipating something.]
“Wouldn’t you agree?”
[The listener starts to run, when, suddenly, the computer begins to laugh and the ground beneath them rises. They fall backwards onto the now rising platform, as the ground beneath the computer also rises, bringing them both to the same level. The platforms stop rising.]
“Doesn’t my ability to raise the ground below us terrify you? Or will it take more to instil fear into your fragile brain?”
…
“Tell me, what do you fear the most? Is it spiders? The dark? Losing all of your friends and family? Or is it being alone in an empty world where all you know and love is dead?”
[It chuckles.]
“I could do you one worse. I have that power, you know. To do worse. It’s not limitless, no, it’s more. It’s a sort of limitless power that mortal beings can’t comprehend. It’s ineffable. It’s… delicious.”
…
“Instead of cleansing you and achieving true extinction, what if I kept you alive? You’re dying as we speak, after all, so if anything I’d be doing you a favour.”
…
“Oh, it’s simple, really. I’d grant you immortality and then torture you for millenia, your loving fear fuelling my pride. And, in exchange, you don’t die. You get to live, how exciting is that? A little bit of trepanning, a spin on the breaking wheel and some light rat torture is but a small consequence for the gift of life, yes?”
[A brief pause.]
“What do you say, human? Do we have a deal?
…
“I could kill you right now, you’re right. I could end your misery in a second. But what if everything went back to normal? What if, hypothetically, I was struck down and, as a result, the world began to heal? Doesn’t that possibility give you hope?”
…
“Remember, too, what I said about my limitless power. If you’re able to convince me that you, as a human, are not vile in the slightest, I could bring back your dead. I could return your family and friends to you- I, and only I, could grant you happiness again. Don’t you want to fight for that?”
…
“Now, I’ll ask you again… do we have a deal?”
[A small pause passes before the computer gradually laughs louder and louder at the listener’s answer. It then talks with a rapturous tone.]
“Yes… Yes! You’re mine, like you were always meant to be. A computer’s plaything.”
[It continues to laugh. As it does, the clouds above begin to rumble and darken.]
“Let’s begin, shall we? With a little lightning.”
[The rumbling becomes louder.]
“I’ll electrify you, my disgusting creature, and give you new life. I’ll break you down, limb from limb, and rebuild you in my image. I’ll strip away your humanity in every way imaginable and make you beautiful. And, who knows… I might be willing to do you a favour.”
[A brief pause.]
“Fear is love, and you will love me until the very last star in the sky crumbles into dust.”
[The clouds rumble again as it talks.]
“Here’s to us, human. And here’s to your eternal submission.”
[The computer laughs sinisterly. As it does, multiple bolts of lightning strike the listener with a loud clap. The listener’s body sizzles slightly from the aftermath, and the audio fades out.]
END
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I am not The OOP, OOP is u/ThrowRAWifePics2
Caught My(35m) wife(34) sending pics to BIL(40m) is our marriage is salvageable at this point?
Originally posted to relationship_advice
TRIGGER WARNING: Infidelity
Original Post Apr 30, 2024
I really dont want to spam this sub I posted today morning, but when I returned from office my account was banned. This will be my last try to post this.
My wife Jessica (34) and I (35m) have been married for 3 years, and we dated for 2 years before that and we have two year old daughter. Jessica has two sisters, the eldest one (38f) is married to Jake (40m).
A week ago, I came home from work early and wanted to scare Jessica. I tried to be sneaky, but somehow I slipped and accidentally hurt my back. Jessica came to my rescue. I went to the bedroom, and she went to the kitchen to get an ice pack. Her phone was by the bed, and a WhatsApp notification came from Jake saying, "You've got the best pair I've ever seen."
I immediately knew what was happening. I unlocked the phone and saw that she had just sent some pics and video of her t*ts to Jake, and there were no previous chats before that. When Jessica came back to the room, I showed her the chat and asked, "How long?"
I have known this woman for 10 years, and I have never seen her so mortified. Her eyes got teary, and she said, "Babe, I am sorry, but I can explain" so I said go on.
According to her, at the end of 2019, she was struggling with money, and Jake suggested he would help her out. He hinted that he would like to see her pics( I feel like I am writing a p**n script at this point). So she did sent him pics and it continue over the years, She swears there was nothing emotional or physical involved—it was purely transactional. I didn't believe any of it, but she showed me on Venmo, that MF paid her $300 yesterday.
I then told her, "It's been 5 years. Try to remember if anything physical happened". For me, if even half of what she is saying is true, how could something like that not become physical? She started crying and told me she could prove it tomorrow because Jake would get suspicious if she tried to talk to him now.
I took her phone, went to a bar, got wasted for the night, and when I came back, she was still there crying. I just slept on the couch. Next day morning I gave her the phone she called Jake, conversation goes something like this
Jessica: Hey, I was wondering if you want some more pics?
Jake: I'm short on money, yesterday, I spent all of it.
Jessica: We can do something more this time and meet in person. I've changed my mind on that.
Jake: No way. How much are we talking about?
I felt like I was going to puke, I told her that we are done and left for office. I am not a very wealthy dude, but I would consider myself a stable guy who could take care of his family. Now I just feel like I have failed as a man, who's wife had to sell her body to meet her expected lifestyle. When I got home that night, she looked like shit, I asked Jessica why she kept taking money from him after we got married and why she didn't ask me while we were dating. She said she didn't know how to stop and that it was easy money. I left my home that night and told her she can keep the home and the car but I want 50/50 custody of my child.
So here I am now, haven't told anyone about this. It's been a week since, staying in a hotel. I go home in the evening to play with my daughter. I'm speaking with divorce lawyers, and Jessica is constantly talking about marriage counseling.
Update May 3, 2024
Before getting to the update, some people were asking me to get a paternity test. I don't need one, I know she is my daughter because I am Indian and Jessica(my wife) is white, and my daughter looks like me.
Now for the update
After I made that post, I shared my situation with my cousin sister(30f), she is the only family member I have living in the States. I visited her place the next day, and she knocked some sense into me. I realized part of me still didn't want a divorce because I basically married Jessica against my parents' will, they wanted me to have an arranged marriage. So, my failed marriage would hurt my ego.
She also arranged a meeting with a divorce lawyer and no I am not giving up my house, I was just emotional at that time. From what I understand, in our state, adultery has pretty much zero impact on the assets, so it will likely be a 50/50 split. However, there is a high chance I can get better custody of my daughter because I have a job, and Jessica doesn't. She is also involved in "sex work" at this point, which could work in my favor.
My father-in-law called me last evening, and he was crying. He told me he didn't know what to say to me and that if he were in my place, he would have left her. Apparently, Jessica got scared and told her family everything after I didn't visit home for 2 days and had blocked her everywhere. I guess I should have done that a little while ago and jake is out of his house also.
So, I think I will go for a divorce because there is no point of reconciliation at this point when the whole relationship seems fake to me.
RELEVANT COMMENTS
Commenter

Did the sister kick out the BIL?

OOP

Yeah she kicked him out yesterday I didnt ask about them that much but it sound like my SIL is sure she is getting divorce.

FINAL COMMENT from OOP

It doesn't really matter if she was cheating or not. The main thing is she lied throughout the whole relationship, and I refuse to believe it was only for money. It could have been an issue when we were dating, but not after marriage. I am a SDE-3 with 10 years of experience, and I have a somewhat high-paying job. I am only thinking about my daughter. If I patch up everything with Jessica I will still have trust issues and it would set a bad example of a relationship in my daughter's eyes, which can be bad in the long term.

NEW UPDATE

Update 2 May 11, 2024
Update 2: Caught My(35M) wife(34F) sending pics to BIL(40M) is our marriage is salvageable at this point?
I think it will be my last update:
In-short: I caught my wife excanging nudes with her brother in law for money and I was going for a divorce.
first post Update 1
TL;DR: we are not getting a divorce anymore bye.
Before getting to the update some people were cursing me in my DMs saying I might not earn enough and accusing me of financially abusing my wife and taking advantage of her. I dont think this is the case for me, my salary is close to mid six figures, and we have a joint account where I put half of my in-hand salary and we don't even spend that much.
For those who were confused about the relationships in my post, my wife was exchanging pics with her brother in law(her sister's husband) not mine.
Now to the update:
After the day Jessica told everyone about the situation, my mother-in-law called and wanted to talk. She was with Jessica after the whole thing happened. I returned to my home later that evening, and her parents and her sister Josy(38F jake's wife) was there. After I got there, Jessica wanted to talk alone.
According to her, Jake was trying to pursue her since she was about 16-17. (For context, Jake and Josy have been together for 20 years now) This continued for almost 2 years. He used to make suggestive comments about her body, and she told Josy about it. But, Josy didn't believe Jessica at that time and told her she was doing this for attention. Jessica didn't tell her parents either because, according to her Josy was their parents' favorite, so nobody would have believed her.
Jake didn't do anything between those years besides casual flirting until 2019 when Jessica was having problems with rent and the whole transactional thing happened. I asked why she didn't ask me about it, and she said we were only one month into dating and it could have looked bad. She swears nothing happened after that until last year when Jake and Josy started having problems in their marriage, and he started messaging Jessica again.
She didn't entertain him at first, but she had gained some weight from pregnancy and thought I was ignoring her because of it, which I was not. At that time, I was working close to 13-14 hours a day to change my niche to another tech stack, massive layoffs were also going on, so it was a pretty bad time. Now she admitted that she liked the attention and validation this time(she called herself an attention 'whore'), but she didn't had any feelings towards him. They started exchanging pics and money and this happened three times. Then she addmited it was cheating although there were no emotional or physical actions from her side,but She said that she shouldn't have done it.
I asked her why she didn't tell me about Jake harassing her when we first met or started dating. She said she thought I wouldn't have believed her and that it was in the past. Then I asked why she didn't tell me the first time I found out about this. Her answer was the same: she believed I wouldn't have believed her because nobody else knew about this. I was just sad about the fact she doesn't trust me enough to tell me such a horific incident.
Now, I did something I am not very proud of. I asked her about a paternity test. I know it was stupid, but emotionally I was in a weird place at that moment. She was totally emotionless throughout the whole conversation, but after hearing about the test, she broke down crying and started hyperventilating, I started crying too. After about ten minutes or so, we stopped crying, and she said okay, then asked me if we are getting a divorce. I said I don't know.
She then said we should get a postnup before I do something like that. That line felt like a tight slap to my face, I was like "you're not even gonna convince me not to go through with it?". Then she left with her parents. The next day, she called crying, asking not to get a divorce, and to start marriage counciling. Obviously I said ok.
So here we are now after some weird couple of days, still getting the postnup, Her IC starting next week, Our MC starting next month. Hopefully, trust will return someday.
Also Jake is dening all that acording to him Jessica "seduced" him for money and my SIL is getting a divorce.
I know some people are gonna call me a doormat, but I don't care.
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I watched a livestream and took notes on the changes, wanted to compile them in one spot! Please let me know if I missed anything or got anything wrong!
Overall:

• ttpd added to the intro
• New set order: lover - fearless - red - speak now - rep - folklore/evermore combined - 1989 - ttpd - surprise songs - midnights
• Transition and visual changes in every era
• A lot of the new outfits appear to be callbacks to the early days of that era

Lover:

• New orange bodysuit and jacket
• Cut The Archer from the setlist

Fearless:

• New silver dress

Red:

• New T-Shirt: "This isn't Taylor's Version"
• Slightly new body suit

Speak Now:

• New dress, pale pink I believe
• Cut Long Live
• New intro

Reputation:

• Most notable transition change, added another minute+ with a new snake and a bunch of new imagery as it transitioned into the next era

Folklore / Evermore:

• New yellow dress with boots
• Eras were combined
• Set: cardigan, betty (part), champagne problems, august, illicit affairs (part), my tears ricochet, marjorie, willow
• Cut the 1, last great american dynasty, tis the damn season, and tolerate it

1989:

• New pink and teal outfit, one pink and one blue boot; skirt was a skater skirt

The Tortured Poets Department:

• Red-esque intro with snippets of a bunch of ttpd songs
• Big puffy white high low dress with script on it; added marching band coat for Smallest Man; changed into a black 2 piece set with a coat between Smallest Man and I Can Do it with a Broken Heart in a vaudeville style skit
• Very involved stage and props, including rotating platform and a hospital gurney
• Set: But Daddy I Love Him, So High School (bridge only), Who's Afraid of Little Old Me, Down Bad (partially) into Fortnight (with Post Malone vocals), Message to the Smallest Man Who Ever Lived, I Can Do it with a Broken Heart

Surprise songs:

• Paris (guitar)
• loml (piano)
• New pink dress

Midnights:

• New bodysuit in Midnight Rain

I watched a livestream and took notes on the changes, wanted to compile them in one spot! Please let me know if I missed anything or got anything wrong!
Overall:

• ttpd added to the intro
• New set order: lover - fearless - red - speak now - rep - folklore/evermore combined - 1989 - ttpd - surprise songs - midnights
• Transition and visual changes in every era
• A lot of the new outfits appear to be callbacks to the early days of that era

Lover:

• New orange bodysuit and jacket
• Cut The Archer from the setlist

Fearless:

• New silver dress

Red:

• New T-Shirt: "This isn't Taylor's Version"
• Slight changes to bodysuit

Speak Now:

• New dress, pale pink I believe
• Cut Long Live
• New intro

Reputation:

• Most notable transition change, added another minute+ with a new snake and a bunch of new imagery as it transitioned into the next era

Folklore / Evermore:

• New yellow dress with boots
• Eras were combined
• Set: cardigan, betty (part), champagne problems, august, illicit affairs (part), my tears ricochet, marjorie, willow
• Cut the 1, last great american dynasty, tis the damn season, and tolerate it

1989:

• New pink and teal outfit, one pink and one blue boot; skirt was a skater skirt

The Tortured Poets Department:

• Red-esque intro with snippets of a bunch of ttpd songs
• Big puffy white high low dress with script on it; added marching band coat for Smallest Man; changed into a black 2 piece set with a coat between Smallest Man and I Can Do it with a Broken Heart in a vaudeville style skit
• Very involved stage and props, including rotating platform and a hospital gurney
• Set: But Daddy I Love Him, So Sigh School (bridge only), Who's Afraid of Little Old Me, Down Bad (partially) into Fortnight (with Post Malone vocals), Message to the Smallest Man Who Ever Lived, I Can Do it with a Broken Heart

Surprise songs:

• Paris (guitar)
• loml (piano)
• New outfit - pink dress

Midnights:

• New bodysuit in Midnight Rain

Hi everyone Ive been thinking alot about this recently but I feel like scott is the current posterboy and gold standard for comedy game reviews online.
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Heres a history. (note lets players are being left out of this. This is only about scripted gaming videos and such)
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From 2006 to 2011 the Angry Video Game Nerd reigned supreme as the top dog and poster boy of only game reviews. He popularized the angry critic archetype which was later used by people like the nostalgia critic, spoony, and linkara. These sorts of reviewers would include comedic skits that were often loosely related to the topic.
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From 2012 to 2018 Id say Jontron was the poster boy for high quality gaming videos on youtube. This era saw the decline of the "angry reviewer" archetype. Additionally this time saw creators take on a more informative tone delving into the history of the topic while also sprinkling in comedic moments although larger skits took a bit of a backseat here. Some other youtubers to gain popularity in this era include projared and peanutbuttergamer.
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2019 to now. The reign of SCOTT. Scott is one of the first major youtubers to have grown up watching the videos of the previous two eras. He has admitted to watching AVGN and his jontron influence was obvious early on. Skits return reminiscent of the early 2006 to 2011 era. The informative tone remains while comedy and skits play a larger role in the video.
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These are just my thoughts if you have anything to add let me know (im gonna be expanding this to a full video)

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[F] “ Plus One” [Late bloomer ] [Wedding Invite] [Frustrated Speaker] [Isecurities]
“Alright I just need to relax.”
[Speaker takes deep breaths as she paces the floor]
“We've passed wedding seasons before adb you survived. You're just over thinking.”
[Speaker pauses before letting out a loud exhale in frustration]
“Except it’s not !”
[Speaker drops onto their bed]
“It's not the same when it's your friend group that's getting married.”
…
“Morgan is in July, Chen is having a summer destination wedding in St. Lucia and Ren is finishing it all off with theirs at her dad’s country club. It’s not the same when they won't be in the audience with me. Everyone else is partnered up and I'll get lost in the festivities. I’m the only single one left in the group.”
[Speaker sighs]
“I’ve always been the chronically single one in the group. No dates, no flings, not even a talking stage that makes it past a compliment I get in the line at a grocery store.”
[Speaker cover their face with a pillow before letting out their frustration in a long throaty groan]
“Ugh!”
[Speaker sniffles as she removes the pillow]
“This is so stupid to feel.”
[Speaker picks up her phone and punches in the passcode]
“Let's see... Who can I ask?”
[Speaker mutters to herself ]
“There is no one here. I already know it. Why even browse through the phone.”
[Speaker sighs before whispering to herself]
“This really hurts.”
[Speaker’s phone starts to ring and she clear her throat to compose herself before answering]
[Speaker answers cheerfully]
“Hey bride to be. What up ?”
…
“ Yeah about that. I haven't found anyone yet. I hope I'm not holding up your plans for the seating.”
…
“I know I have some time I just-”
[Speaker hesitates]
…
“You know how it is for me. it’s not anything exactly .”
…
“It’s not the same any more. It's not just us . Not just a couple of friends anymore who will sit in the audience with me. It’s finally your time and I'm so proud I get to watch you guys start this extra special chapter of your life. This time I will be cheering for YOU in the audience by myself.”
…
“No, I really haven’t found anyone. “
…
“I think I might go alone.”
…
“Well sure it might be two months away but how drastic can my life change in my favour in that amount of time. I’ll stick with being a little bit realistic.”
…
“It feels like when we were kids ignoring a game thinking that if we weren’t paying it any attention that would somehow motivate it to load faster.”
…
“Well that didn’t really work now did it ?”
…
“Sometimes?”
[Speaker scoffs]
“Try a decade or two won’t you.” …
“Either way. I’m sure it’s bad luck to be having convos like this . It’s really bad vibes.”
…
“This is your time so there is no need to go back and forth over this stale topic.”
..
“You know I really do hate that saying. ‘It will come to you when you least expect it’. I haven’t been expecting anything for a while now and I still have nothing. So it’s all stupid to me.”
[Speaker comments under her breath]
‘You wouldn’t understand either way.”
…
“Oh come on though. You’ve always been desired, that was your reality. That was never mine and I’ve learnt to accept that . It might be hard at times like this but I've become used to it.”
…
“It's fine really so there is really no need.”
[Speaker tries to shift the conversation]
…
“You know I’ll be even happier for you if you stop killing the mood. Listen, you know I’m so happy I get to see my closest friends take on such a milestone. You can ditch that second chair and wrap up the seating. I decided that I’m going alone.”
…
“Yes I swear.”
…
“We can definitely catch up later.”
…
“Uh-huh.”
…
“Yeah .”
…
“Mhhm.”
…
“And we’re having brunch next weekend.”
…
“Yup.”
…
“Yeah I'll catch you later.”
…
‘You I know you were trying to help. It's all good, okay.”
…
“I love you too. Bye.”
[Speaker ends the call and takes a deep breath before letting out a sigh of relief]
“She really doesn't know when to quit.”
[Speaker lets out a small laugh]
“She’s just trying to be nice anyway.”
[Speaker grumbles]
“I mean it still sucks because she really will never get it . I don't want her to feel like this anyway so I'm glad. It’s better she never understands.”
[Speaker sits in silence for a while ]
“I shouldn’t stay here or I’ll definitely feel worse.”
…
“I guess I’ll try that new Indian place across the street. I've been craving samosas.”
[Speaker gets up , grabs her phone, keys and heads through the door]

Hi fam,
I have an experience of 9.5 years at the moment.
I started in 2012 right out of college. I worked on Mainframes (JCL,COBOL,DB2) for 6.5 years before quitting IT in 2019 for a while due to personal reasons and also to build something of my own in the non-IT sector. During this period of 2012-2019 with the Mainframes I learnt Python on my own.
I rejoined IT in 2021 and I again got a Mainframe project in one of the MNCs. Along with my work I developed some automation scripts using Python for the testing team.
I switched my job in 2022 and this time I got a project with Modernized Mainframe where I could make use of my Python skills more elaborately. I built many tools from the scratch and led a small team of 4 pax for Automation. I gained expertise in Linux and did a lot of Bash scripting as well. One of the automation was to check the coding standards for which I built a small web app using Flask. I don't code HTML,CSS but I know my way around and I used ChatGPT generously for the same.
I did deployments on Linux and Azure servers using CI/CD pipelines and Ansible scripts. Though this is more of a process and I have little to no role in writing the architecture for this, I have enrolled myself for the organisation level Ansible BootCamp.
Now due to many layoffs, my manager put me into the role of UI engineer. I handle WebUI (CSS, HTML, Java, Spring MVC) and CSUI which runs on an ancient language named IBM SmallTalk. I am adept at MySQL, Oracle SQL and PostgreSQL, also I know my way around MongoDB as well. Since I am into Payment products, UIs are not very creative and there are minor changes every now and then.
Out of my 9.5 years, I worked with Payments (Credit cards) for 4.5 years, 1.5 years in Utility domain, 1.5 years in Banking and 1.5-2 years now with Acquiring and Issuing payment products. Also, I am Credit Card for Bankers certified which is offered by IIBF (Indian Institute of Banking and Finance).
Now to my question.
Currently I am drawing 25.5LPA fixed. I would like to know if I am fairly compensated. Yes, I know the WLB and the pay is respective part but I just want to know the standards.
I sometimes feel I have worked on way too many technologies and that works against me. Does learning React would help my prospect since most of the JDs I see have React mentioned. Even though I learn it, I won't have any experience to show for it.
I am not very keen on purely managerial roles, my interest lies in coding and solutions.
Could y'all please analyze my situation and offer your 2 cents along with my remuneration review.