Helicopter game unblocked at school

I am STILL NOT the Original Poster. That is u/ta-bff-234324. He posted in AITAH and amiwrong but posted the same text in both subreddits. I chose to use the ones from AITAH
Thanks again to u/Literally_Taken for the rec and to Choice Evidence and u/chickenoodledeprived for letting me know about the update!
Previous BORU here. New update marked with ****\*
Trigger Warning: racism
Mood Spoiler: tentatively happy ending
Original Post: April 1, 2024
My (29M) best friend Jess (29F) keeps on mentioning my ex (29F) in front of my fiancee, and I am thinking of cutting her off. I want to know if I am overreacting, or if Jess is in the wrong.
For context, Jess and I went to the same high school and the same college. We were friends in high school. However, since we both went to the same out-of-state college, we became best friends since then. We have always been there for each other during the best and worst times. However, things have always been platonic, and she is more like a big sister to me, who made sure I stay on the right track.
I have only been in two long-term relationships so far. One was with my ex Lisa for 7 years. We met in college and dated all through our college years. Lisa and Jess also became good friends, too. After college, Lisa and I just grew apart and had different goals in life. I became "boring" after college as I was working on my PhD while doing a full time job. Lisa broke up with me as she wanted to party on weekends, while I was home studying. I was heartbroken, but I don't think I ever blamed her or had resentment towards her, as I understood my decisions were selfish and should not hold her back from having the best life.
Jess always stood by me and comforted me during that time. Jess and Lisa were good friends and Jess always kept on telling me that Lisa loves me and will be back one day when I am ready. I foolishly held on to that hope and stayed friends with Lisa. That was until I met my fiancee Yang. After I finished my PhD, I got a nice job in a big tech company. Yang joined our team a year after me. We started going out for drinks, and dinner and we started dating seriously pretty soon. We are happy together, and financially in a great place. Needless to say, I stopped talking to Lisa after I started dating Yang.
I proposed to Yang a year after we started dating and got engaged last year. Jess has been acting weirdly since we got engaged. One of the first things she said to Yang after we got engaged was how I had planned the same thing for Lisa (proposing on a local hiking trail). It was a bit off-putting that she was bringing up Lisa whom I broke up with almost 5 years ago on such a happy occasion. However, Yang asked me to not spoil my mood, as she felt Jess was just commenting on how I had that plan in mind for years. Since then, every time we meet, Jess without fail brings up Lisa and how the things I am doing are all the things I had planned with Lisa. This happened when we bought a house, planned for vacations, etc. Jess always starts with some nostalgic story and then brings up how Lisa and I were so happy together. She is still good friends with Lisa and keeps giving me updates about Lisa and how great Lisa is doing at work when no one is asking for it. It felt like she was painting a rosy picture of Lisa to Yang and telling Yang that she would always be second to Lisa.
Yang told me Jess's comments bothered her, and I also felt the same. I have brought this up with Jess many times and asked her not to do it. However, she says she will try but since I dated Lisa for 7 years, she would be part of many stories from the past. Also, she asked me why talking about Lisa bothers me and if I still have feelings for her. I have reduced hanging out with Jess. However, she is close with my mom and is always invited to all our family parties and holidays.
I talked to my mom and sister about this and they feel I am overreacting. They feel Jess is just telling stories and since the stories are mostly from college days and later, Lisa will be a character in the story. They also feel I should not be bothered by Jess mentioning Lisa since we broke up a long time ago. I feel that it's disrespectful to Yang as she doesn't need to hear about all the fun Lisa and I had when we were together and how we were planning to get married. Do you think I am the asshole to stop here or Jess is truly acting out of line?
Relevant Comments:
Commenter: Probably need to separate your time with your fiancé away from your friend. ... On a side note, your friend comes across poorly on one other aspect. When you were too busy to date so you could study. She is encouraging you to stay available while your ex goes about dating around? Think she ever encouraged your ex to not? Or do you think she was telling your ex she could have all the fun she wanted cause you'd still be around? Food for thought.

OOP: She thought we were 24 when we broke up and she always justified that Lisa was young and it's natural to date around before you settle down. She also encouraged me to do the same. However, after my breakup, I decided that I would not be in a relationship (based on what happened to the previous one) and never dated anyone until after I graduated.

Commenter: Not wrong, in fact it's thoughtful of your finace's feelings. " Jess always kept on telling me that Lisa loves me and will be back one day when I am ready." - yikes.
An easy: "Jess, you keep bringing up my ex, and keep making comments which are dismissive of my relationship with Yang. I am telling you point blank that this is harming our friendship and it saddens me that you dismiss my feelings as being unimportant on this topic. If you can't respect me, and my relationship with Yang, please understand why it will likely end our friendship."

OOP: We have had this exact conversation. Jess then proceeded to ask Yang is she offended by her telling stories about me. Yang was polite and said she is ok. Then she told me I am being too sensitive.

Commenter: Op do you know if Lisa is married? Maybe Jess is trying to sabotage your engagement so you can be with Lisa.

OOP: I know Lisa is single. She has not been in any serious long term relationship after me. Infant, Jess always makes it a point to bring that up regularly and update me, even after I tell her I have no interest. My mom loves gossip and they also discuss a out Lisa regularly.

Jess is just being a mean girl/have you talked to Lisa at all?
At this point, I suspect Jess is just being mean to Yang. I would have cut her off long ago if she was not so close to me or my family for so many years.
Lisa is out of the picture, to be honest. I have completely gone no contact with her for the last 2 years.
Jess has feelings for you:
That's not true. I did not write it since I thought it was irrelevant, but Jess is happily married and has a 3 year old kid.
There is no consensus bot on AITAH, but top comments were NTA
Update Post: April 23, 2024 (22 days later)
I wrote a post a month ago regarding my friend Jess mentioning my ex constantly in front of my fiancée. Thanks to everyone who commented, and how inappropriate it was. However, the last month has been nothing but crazy and I still trying to make sense of what happened so far.
After my post, I decided to talk to Jess and gave her an ultimatum not to speak about my ex Lisa again. I know Jess and Lisa are still friends, but I was uncomfortable of her comparing my fiancée Yang with Lisa all the time. I broke up with Lisa 5 years ago, and she is nothing but a faint memory in my past. Jess kept on defending herself and telling me that I was with Lisa for most of my adult life and it's hard to tell any stories from the past without including her. She also blamed me for being emotionally childish and just forgetting about Lisa when she was with me for 7 years. Finally, Jess agreed that she will not bring up Lisa in front of Yang, and I should also not treat Lisa as she does not exist since she is still Jess's friend. I informed Yang about our conversation. Although she was appreciative about it, she said I did not need to do it and she knows how much I love her and every time Jess brings up my Lisa, she feels sorry for Lisa that she let a guy like me go.
Yang went to visit China two weeks ago for a month as we plan to get married in her hometown. She is taking care of her shopping as well as preparations for the wedding. Jess invited me to her house that Friday for dinner as I was home alone. I am also good friends with her husband, and we were all just chatting and drinking in the living room. Around 7.30pm, the doorbell rang, and Jess excitedly went to open the door. To my surprise, it was fucking Lisa at the door. She was all dressed up as if she were ready for a date and came in. I had not seen her in person for almost 3 years and I was shocked to see her. She sat down and started making small talk with me. I was extremely uncomfortable and went into the kitchen to talk to Jess. I was angry at her and asked her what was going on. She kept on telling me that it's been 5 years since the breakup and to get over it and be nice to Lisa. She said Lisa was excited to meet me and she thought we were all adults and could have one fun evening together. We had a fight and I told her that she should not have invited Lisa after our conversation the other day and I do not want to be friends with her anymore. I went into the living room and politely excused myself and told everyone that I had a work emergency and had to leave early. Lisa looked sad, but I genuinely felt uncomfortable to be made to hang out with my ex without my consent.
I came home and called Yang. I have never seen her more furious, and she told me she is not comfortable with Jess anymore as she has some agenda that we do not know about. It's different to talk about Lisa, but to invite her without consulting is not ok. I also felt the same and I called Jess the next day and told her that she crossed a line, and I was terribly upset with her. I stopped taking her calls and ghosted her. I also told my mom and sister about the whole incident.
Last Sunday, my mom called me for lunch. When I got there, I saw Jess was already there. I told my mom that I do not want to talk to Jess and can't stay. However, she asked me to sit as they all wanted to talk to me. I have a glutton for punishment and decided to hear them out. My mom started with how Jess has been there for me all these years and only has my best interest at heart. She kept on telling me that they are the three people (mom, sister, and Jess) that love me the most. Jess started saying how she felt that I was making a big mistake in not having to hear what Lisa had to say. She told me that Lisa was my first love and Lisa is now ready to settle down and we can pick where we left off. She reminded me how broken I was when Lisa left me and how life is giving me a second chance. My sister also chimed in and said how they all liked Lisa more than Yang and how we both looked so great together. Finally, my mom started saying how our culture was so different than Yang and it is hard for them to relate to her. I asked them in what way, and my mom said that they did not understand what Yang says sometimes and have nothing in common with her. Then my mom asked me to think about how Lisa and I would have such wonderful looking kids, while if I marry Yang, our kids will look so different. I started getting their drift and I probed more. My mom told me how our kids would look Asian with "small eyes" and not like any others in the family.
I asked my mom if she cared about my kids looks more and not about how smart they will be since Yang has a PhD. She blew it off, and I realized she just did not want me to marry Yang because she was Chinese and not white. My mom told me to forgive Jess and my mom asked Jess to talk to Lisa on my behalf and asked her if she would be interested in getting back together with me. My mom was adamant that since I loved Lisa so much, I should be happy and pick up things where we left off as that is the best for everyone. I have never been so angry and may have said a lot of unkind things to all of them before I left
I am so depressed right now. I not only lost my best friend, but also am not sure how I can move on from what my mom said. My mom and sister raised me and that is the reason where I am today. However, I cannot get over how racist they are being and how they were just pretending to like Yang all these years while actively working on breaking us up. I have been so shocked that I have not told any of this to Yang so far. I might wait for her to come back next week and talk to her in person.
Again, thanks everyone for all your messages on the last post as they helped me a lot to think through the situation. My life is more fucked up than I could imagine, and I cannot imagine how dejected Yang will feel after hearing all this.
*****New Update Post: May 7, 2024 (5 weeks after OG post)****\*
I wrote a post two months ago regarding my best friend Jess constantly bringing up my ex when talking to my fiancée Yang. I wrote an update two weeks ago about my mom, sister and Jess scheming about trying to get me back with my ex Lisa because they were uncomfortable with Yang being Chinese. They tried to do it when my fiancée was visiting her parents and I felt so betrayed by their actions.
As I said in the previous post, I blew up on my mom and sister about what they said and immediately left. I did not take calls from them or answer texts for the next several days. Their messages initially were anger towards me on why I left before they could finish what they wanted to say. However, I think they realized on day 3 that they might have crossed the line this time and became extremely apologetic. I finally messaged them to leave me alone and not to contact Yang or I until we contact them. Jess did not message me the whole time.
I did not tell Yang about the situation until she came back home 9 days ago. I initially did not know how to bring up the subject, but she sensed something was wrong and asked me about it. I was so worried about hurting her, but I told her about what happened. I was upfront about the stunt Jess pulled and she was angry at Jess. I also told her about my visit to my mother's place, but she did not react with any anger. She just asked me if I was ok.
The next few days were confusing where I was more upset than Yang. She was just excited showing me all pictures and telling me stories. Finally, on last Thursday evening, she opened up and asked me if I was ok about my mom's behavior and what I plan to do. I told her my thoughts and how I cannot forgive them for what they said about her being Asian and them wanting me to marry a Lisa because she was white. I asked her why she was not more upset as it was bothering me.
She told me that when she told her parents about me, they had the exact same reaction for her dating someone who was not Chinese. Her family is very traditional, and her parents were very upset about her decision. It took them a few months to warm up to me and accept me. She never told me about this because she wanted me to have good relationship with her parents. She told me that now they are the most excited doing arrangements for our wedding.
She told me that she has always felt something was off when she talked to my mom, my sister or Jess and they did not like her. My mom and sister would be very friendly with her in front of me, but never invited her for anything when I am not around. She suspected that it may be due to fact that she is not white and does not understand the American traditions. She said she is not upset with them and now that this is in the open, she should talk to them and assure them that she would be as good of a wife as Lisa or any other girl. She said that she does not want to break a family in order to start a new one.
Despite my protests, Yang invited my mom and sister for lunch on Sunday. She said that it would be good for us to talk about everything and hear why they are concerned about her marrying me. I was really not happy with this, but Yang spent most of Sunday morning cooking for them.
When my mom and sister arrived, there were a lot of waterworks and apologies. My mom apologized to Yang and me for her behavior and told us that she would never bring it up again. My sister also was quiet and had tears in her eyes. There were a lot of blame games. My mom and my sister were blaming Jess for constantly telling them how Yang might not be great for me and how she won't fit into our family. My mom and sister fought with Jess after I left and Jess blamed Lisa. Based on Jess's story, Lisa has been depressed for the last few years and when I suddenly got engaged to Yang, it became worse. Jess thought I was also depressed after Lisa left me, because I did not date anyone for 3 years. In reality, I just wanted to focus on my work and studies and never had time. So, Lisa convinced Jess that she has to get back together with me as that is what I wanted too. Jess said how sorry she felt for Lisa as she was her longtime friend and listened to her plan as she thought it was good for everyone.
My mom and sister told us that I should stay away from Jess because she orchestrated the whole situation. They kept on hugging Yang and apologizing to her. Yang in turn also started crying and telling them that she will do better to fit in with them. It was all a big mess. I am still skeptical of my mom's change in heart, but I also want to see Yang happy. However, I think it will take a lot of time and healing before I could truly trust my mom and sister.
Currently, my mom invited us to lunch at her place next week and told me that Jess will not be there. Jess has still not message me or Yang. I really don't know what I can do in this situation. I am still upset and furious at my mom, but I also want to respect Yang's effort to keep the family together. Thanks to everyone for all the messages and supportive comments. It really helped reading them when I was feeling very sad.

I wasn't expecting to post here again so soon, but I have to let my anger out and possibly get suggestions and feedback on the situation.
My daughter attends a well-regarded competition-focused dance school. It is not a ballet-only school, but ballet is required in order to continue competing. The students must take and pass the Cecchetti exam every year in June to progress to the next level. The owner has been teaching to this exam for 30+ years, so you would think she'd have a systematic approach to each grade level that covers everything needed, plus allows time for polishing and perfecting.
But you would be wrong.
My daughter is in Grade I, which meets once a week for 45 minutes. She doesn't really like ballet to begin with. It doesn't come naturally to her - she's more of a tap girl - but she can learn the steps well enough given time and practice. When we signed her up for this class I knew there would be an exam, but was given zero information about it and, being a relative newbie, didn't know what I didn't know. I just assumed everything she needed would be taught in the class and we'd practice on our own at home to prepare. Let's face it, my daughter isn't doing this because she wants to be a professional dancer; she just likes the shiny costumes and winning trophies. Nevertheless, had I known how involved the exam is, I would have approached things much more head on instead of taking the more relaxed approach that I did.
This past February they added extra exam classes every two weeks until the exam itself. Cool. Daughter could use them and they weren't a hardship for us. But in April things suddenly and unexpectedly ramped up. In addition to the regular weekly teacher, two other Cecchetti teachers began offering/requiring additional classes, sometimes with only a few day's notice - all costing extra, of course. All the new classes meant my daughter was now often attending ballet three times a week on top of her tap and acro classes, which is not what we signed up for and which made having a life outside the studio difficult. It didn't take long to realize the exam was a bigger deal than I thought.
Finally, a few weeks ago, we were given a list of 28 ballet phrases/steps and told our daughters would have to memorize them and their meanings and demonstrate each one to music without a leader.
Wait, what? So let me get this straight: there's a competition in a couple weeks, the recital is the day before the exam, they've covered maybe 12 or 15 steps total so far, and you're telling me we have to learn ALL of this in 45 (at the time) effing days?!?
Now my daughter's teacher, who is not a very nice person at the best of times, has gone into absolute meltdown mode trying to cram everything into these last few weeks girls to get the girls ready. She's teaching multiple new steps per class and going off on any of them - my daughter included - who can't keep up with the breakneck pace. As I said, my daughter needs time and patience with ballet. She is not going to be a professional dancer and neither are most of the other girls in the school. It's been a miserable experience all around and my daughter hates everything to do with ballet now.
The breaking point was yesterday, though. Daughter was actually doing pretty well the first half of class, but really struggled with the final two or three steps. The teacher called her out each time she missed something and told her she would fail the exam and shouldn't go. Finally, at the end, the teacher separated the class nearly in half and told one half they were good enough to go to the exam and the other half that they were not. She berated the "lesser" half for not practicing enough and not paying attention, which sent volcano rage through my brain because we WOULD HAVE BEEN PRACTICING MORE HAD WE HAD THE INFORMATION NEEDED SOONER. And it is absolutely the teacher's fault for not having a game plan for teaching to the exam after 30 fucking years and thinking she can cram everything into the last month!
The cherry on this shit cake is the fact that, back when all the extra classes began being added, I was specifically told by the other two Cecchetti teachers not to look up the steps we were given because what we find on YouTube might not be in the Cecchetti style. They told me and the other moms that they would be sure to get our girls ready to go and - get this - that our daughters did not have to practice at home because they will learn everything they need in class. Communication at this school: 0/10.
Oh and one of the other two teachers said my daughter is still going to the exam. I don't even know what's going on anymore and I'm beyond exhausted by it all. My heart hurts for my daughter.

It was in a style similar to Pokemon emerald, with everything pixelated. On the bottom left it had arrow buttons to move. I remember than you start off in the school where they teach you about basic mechanics, and you eventually fight one of the teachers in the yard in front of the school. There was a shop that you could buy extremely powerful monsters from for 0.99$ that were evolved. At some point you walked through a place full of flowers and some place with a trailer. The game wasn’t finished, and when you got to the “end”, it said that the game was still in development. Im pretty sure they stopped making it and took it off the App Store.

Heres my idea for an open world crime based action adventure game:
I want a modern open world game with modern graphics, modern physics, driving and combat mechanics, the whole 9 yards, but it takes place in New Orleans LA in the Early 2000’s, the game would have hundreds and hundreds of licensed cars, licensed songs ALL period correct and as many licensed brands as i can get in the game to make the setting more resemble real life, we’ve seen so many fantasy brands and fake cities and companies based off real life companies and i want to change that, i want all electronics of the era to be 100% accessible and usable in the game, everything from Motorola Razr’s, PDA’s, Laptops and The Internet in FULL early 2000’s style, Alpine and Sony X-Plod Car Headunits etc
Im going to say this now: there would be ZERO references or mentions of Hurricane Katrina in this game, the timeline would be 2002 to Summer 2005 before Katrina, Katrina wouldn’t be mentioned as it wouldn’t exist
The story is about a young transgender woman in her 20’s who lives in the Lower 9th Ward of New Orleans, she drives a beat up 80’s-Early 90’s Pontiac at the start of the game and lives with her sister, at the beginning of the game nobody respects her, misgenders her and deadnames her, the idea is to hit the nail on the head with how trans people are treated on a daily basis, she progresses through the underground hustling ranks of New Orleans after being offered a job and proves to be someone who will go to great lengths to get the job done, everything from street racing in a scene that fully captures Early 2000’s tuner culture, winning cars in pinkslip races, shootouts from deals gone bad in nightclubs, encounters with corrupt police officers etc, at the end of the game shes a wealthy kingpin in the city and has earned the respect of mostly everyone and everyone speaks highly of her, i also want to slip in alot of little references to games and franchises i love like Earthbound, Clock Tower, Tony Hawk’s Underground 2, 2 Fast 2 Furious, Bad Boys, Need For Speed etc and make the user interface and menus feel like its from the Early 2000’s but also pay homage and respect to New Orleans Mardi Gras and jazz culture and for the world to be crammed full of life with NPC’s, animals, weather, random events, random encounters and interactions and basically how it would be in real life
The map i want to be the most accurate virtual recreation of New Orleans ever done just circa 2002-2005, i want as many enterable interiors in the game as possible, i want to include everything from Jazzland Theme Park, the Bayou areas, Lake Pontchatrain, East New Orleans, The SuperDome, the then New Orleans Arena next door, Shopping Malls, Car Dealerships for each brand in the game, Upper class Neighborhoods, Trailer Parks, Nightclubs, bars and of course the French quarter and Canal Street
I also want to take customization to a whole new level, give a Sims like ability to customize, furnish and build your home and character however you like, and of course the Early 2000’s fashion will be in full swing here, i want the most in-depth car customization of any game ever, its the early 2000’s after all, i want body kits, bumpers, hoods, wings, headlights and tail lights, the ability to customize the headunit in your car, put subwoofers in the trunk, rims, spinners, donks, lambo doors, underglow and of course in depth performance upgrades ALL parts be name brand, like Bomex body kits, TYC tail lights, JL Audio Amps, Subwoofers, Lowenhart, Lexani, Asanti, DUB and TIS rims, APR aluminum wings etc, i basically want to make the customization in Need For Speed Underground 2 look like a mobile game
And the car list, i want to have over 600 fully licensed cars in the game minimum and be fully customizable down to every single part, since the plot of the game starts in 2002 and ends in 2005, i want NOTHING newer than 2006 in the game
Cadillac Escalade, Hummer H2 and Chrysler 300C are a must, but i also want to have the 99-04 Mustang, both V6 and GT, Ferrari 360 Modena, Spider and Challenge Stradale, Ferrari 550, Lamborghini Murcièlago and Gallardo, but also include more common lesser loved cars like the Chevy Cavalier, Pontiac Sunfire, Pontiac Grand Am, Geo Metro, Dodge Neon, Chrysler Concorde, Chevy Celebrity, Ford Taurus etc, and of course i’ll have bikes, boats, planes, helicopters and all other types of vehicles
Yeah its a GTA/Saints Row type game, but i want to raise the bar, push boundaries and do something different thats never been done before

(please don’t share i’m also sorry for such a long post)
i love my boyfriend. so much, but his family drive me fucking insane and make me cry so much and i don’t know if it’s pregnancy hormones or what but
me and my boyfriend have been together for a year i’m currently pregnant (unplanned) were young parents who need a lot of support mainly just finically since homes are expensive, i have to worry about college savings, and i won’t be able to work for a while (even while pregnant my dad refuses to help he wouldn’t let me get my license now i have to wait i’m getting closer to getting it though before the baby is here), boyfriend works but doesn’t make enough to provide for us (which is okay he’s had the job for a few years and is trying hard to find something at least a little better i’m proud of him) so not living with them or my father isn’t really an option my mother isn’t really in the picture and doesn’t take care of her home (smokes inside, and a bunch of other issues i won’t get into just not suitable for a little one) the issues living with my dad is a lot so i won’t get into that either
basically the issues with my in laws are

• since i am young and struggle with a ton of physical health issues i was considering abortion when i first found out, obviously no woman wants to have an abortion its devastating i always wanted kids but i wanted to be able to fully support and spoil my baby. she was super against this literally yelling at me at times for even bringing up the idea and guilt tripped me horribly told me she was physically sick at the thought of me having one, sent my boyfriend a photo of a baby in the womb stating it has a heartbeat and “we did an adult thing by having sex so we need to be adults”, etc just very very out of taste and hurtful. i was using protection, i was being cautious it just happened to me. which sucks. but i’m trying to embrace it. she also kept telling me false medical facts to coerce me into having the baby obviously i made the choice to keep my little one and i know it’s bad to say but sometimes i wish i didn’t especially if it was going to end up like this. (my dad also smears in my face how i should’ve gotten an abortion lol) i know i probably sound like a horrible mother i’m ready to take care of her and hold her and admire her i just wish so bad i could’ve predicted how awful the situation would be. i know it could always be worse, some girls don’t even have family support but mine is very forced i guess. i’m happy i get to have her, i don’t know. i’m just conflicted. i refuse to adopt our baby out so please no one comment saying i should i’ve already been through this multiple times. i respect everyone’s political views and social views but please don’t cram the down my throat. i feel guilty for even considering the latter to begin with even though i’m not finished with high school + once again i have a lot of health issues. i just got unlucky.
  
• his grandma gave us a talk about how she’s disappointed we had pre material sex (i was saving myself for marriage before i met him? i lost my virginity to HIM) but she’s happy we didn’t abort because that’s just “wrong”
  
• they’ve told everyone i’m pregnant without confiding in me first even the babies gender. we got the gender we were hoping for and i was sooo excited but everyone already knew.. i wouldn’t be upset about this really if they had just asked me first :/ and when i got upset about someone finding out who me and bf were going to tell they literally just said “i think everyone should know anyways but that’s my opinion”
  
• his mom made a comment about me not wearing a bra (i had a baggy shirt on that went off the shoulder a little) i understand that this is a social norm but she added in that i would get preyed on for not wearing one as a victim of SA that part was super hurtful.
  
• this one is kinda a minor rant i guess. his family is super large which is a good and bad thing, im glad they’re family is so close but it kinda sucks when i’m trying to spend time with my boyfriend before we have our kid and i’m forced to watch everyone else’s kids (his grandma literally asks this of me basically demands it, i’m pretty pregnant right now i’ve gained 20 pounds it’s not easily for me to carry a bunch of babies) the other day she told me to get down on the ground take the babies shoes off, then pick them up take them to the sink and wash their hands for them i use to be super fit but i have had such a hard time even GETTING UP when sitting down my boyfriend was helping out in the house while she TELLS ME to go outside and play with the kids. i’m so fucking tired i can barely sleep because my baby keeps me up all night kicking and no position is comfortable. anyways then the kids parents complain when i give any type of pda to my boyfriend (hugging, a quick kiss, or even just laying on his arm) if you don’t want me doing these things don’t force me to watch your children?? also notice how these little kids have NEVER hurt themselves when i’m around why because i chase after them whenever they do something remotely dangerous??? (they left the kids with the younger cousin and the baby hit its fucking head) i didn’t ask to babysit? ( keep in mind my boyfriend is not super close to where i currently live i drive a pretty good distance SUPER EARLY IN THE MORNING MIGHT I ADD. ) i’d like some alone time with HIM. i’m cherishing every moment with him before our baby is here.
  
• his brother literally told me to shut up today when i asked him to stop yelling at my boyfriend over a dumbass video game controller. & then yelled at me for laying on my boyfriends shoulder 💀 that’s how i even found out the kids parents complain about me BECAUSE THEY NEVER SAY ANYTHING UPFRONT TO ME it’s always behind my back in the most judgmental way, um guys hello? i’m right here if you have an issue with something i’m doing please address it with me and we can talk about it compromise, or i’ll just stop overall i’m not one to fight i really really hate fucking fighting. and that’s why i haven’t spoken up for myself at all this entire time.
  
• this one makes me sound like i’m spoiled probably so don’t take it like that, it’s just kinda a punch in the face i guess i’m very grateful for all that they do for my baby: they haven’t gotten my baby anything yet besides the stuff i politely asked them if i could get (her clothes) since i’m super picky and want her to dress really girly while she’s young i’m super into fashion and clothes so it’s just something i’d like to do. anyways they buy my baby second hand clothes that are gender neutral (when i was sorting them out btw mil stopped me put them in a bag and told me to do it later. i had two piles already made that’s just annoying but whatever whenever we mention about sorting them she acts like we need to keep them all) a swing that’s fucking blue and they got a free car seat that’s blue and goddamn orange •_• (if ur a parent you know ur not supposed to receive second hand car seats) but then here’s the fucking KICKER right? they complain about how much money they’ve given other members of the family but then TAKE THAT EXACT family member on a shopping spree. keep in mind said family member asks my boyfriend for money every two weeks promising to pay him back which he never does. and his sister owes my boyfriend over 50 bucks at the moment because she wanted to buy WEED. yes WEED. i convinced him to stop doing this because we need to save every penny right now, mean-while the baby they begged me to keep is getting second hand clothes mommy didnt even get to pick out or see LMFAO listen buying second hand shit is fine babies are going to outgrow it fast and i’m glad they are excited once again i’m grateful they got her anything. but this is my first and only child i plan to have id like it to be a tiny bit special for me and her. they also bought bath toys for the other little kids then told me to use them for my daughter (if y’all don’t know bath toys need to be replaced often, they can grow a shit ton of mold if you don’t she’s also going to be you know a FUCKING NEWBORN so she’s super fragile to sickness just not a good idea to share things like that)
  
• i could go on and on and on but the biggest issue i have is: it’s causing a rift between me and my boyfriend. fuck we’ve never argued but i’ve been so angry at him recently i know it’s not his fault and my own father warned me “if i don’t like the persons parents i’m not being with them” i always said not me because my boyfriend is an amazing human being i love him so dearly and i’ve truly never have met someone like him even my dad adores him and asks me when he’s coming over because he misses him. he can’t help who his family is i just hate that sometimes he’s too nice to see how fucked up this all is or doesn’t try hard enough to defend us or me but maybe i’m overreacting i don’t know. i could never leave him but sometimes i get intrusive thoughts about it i’m so desperate to have a normal life i just wish this never happened to us. he’s my first boyfriend and i’m his first girlfriend down to the first kiss and everything. i just don’t want to deal with them anymore i constantly cry and i’m so fucking stressed which isn’t good for our baby. but his comfort and the love we have for each other is just so much. i can’t. i don’t blame him for any of this and i’m so scared of ever losing him. i hate that i’m becoming so bitter because so this.
  

so reddit, feel free to give me advice or your opinions am i being overdramatic? i just need someone anyone to talk to about this. i don’t really have any friends to lean on or family.
tldr: i love my boyfriend but his family is super snarky and rude sometimes i can’t really sum all of this up

Kinda weird question, but I’ve never thought about the fact that I’ll eventually die more until I started medical school. The more I think about it the weirder the concept of consciousness becomes to me. Almost like we’re in a movie or video game and the power is going to get unplugged at some random unspecified time.
Idk I’ve been thinking about it more lately, not in a dangerous way or anything but I’m just like “that’s really weird none of this will matter some day”.

Hello. I am an adult survivor of child neglect and abuse. Like many of us, I had no idea how bad what I was experiencing was at the time it was happening.
Part of the abuse was scapegoating and playing the role of identified patient. I was put in therapy around 8/9 years old due to “behavioral issues” which I now understand was normal behavior for a neglected and abused child, but my parents were of the mindset that there was something horribly wrong with me and took me from doctor to doctor to do every possible test because my parents were not satisfied that the evaluations I had were always pretty much inconclusive. I’ve even looked back at the notes I could get from a therapist I saw in high school and they paint a portrait of a generally normal kid who was unhappy because of instability at home.
Now here is my question: when I was somewhere between 9 and 12 years old, I saw a child psychologist/psychiatrist (she did therapy and not strictly meds) for 2 years (she was a med resident) who just played card games with me every session. I’m sure there was some minimal dialogue sometimes maybe for the first 5 minutes, but often she just asked me what game I wanted to play and then we played uno or other similar games for an hour. I loved this therapist, but I have no idea why she took this approach.
Part of me asking is I’m not sure if my therapists knew that I was being neglected and abused? The only thing I can think of is perhaps that therapist just wanted to give me that hour of respite and pleasant interaction with an adult, but that would mean she knew, no? I’m bewildered why it was never reported, I had teachers that I know for a fact knew because they pulled me out of class to ask me about things at home.

My school has recently put minecraft education at the centre of it's computing curriculum, and we are now being asked to find ways to use minecraft education within other curriculum subjects. Have I completely missed something, or is minecraft 'education' simply the same game that these children play at home? How is it educational? And why are we encouraging children who, in my opinion, already spend a concerning amount of time playing video games, to play video games in school?

This year (for some bizarre reason), our high school reunion was held in a log cabin deep within the Miskatonic forest. After driving for about an hour, I pulled into a gravelly lot next to a rusty, Chevy cavalier. A clown who looked an awful lot like Ronald McDonald got out and walked towards my car.
“They had the latest survival horror game at my mom‘s office party last night,” said the clown. “Great,” I said. “I don’t remember you. Were you class of 2000?” “No. I never went to High School; I was home schooled by pelicans.”

I went back to school as an adult. I'm 32 and have been back in school for 1 year. However despite being 32, most people think I look in my 20s, like 23-25.
I will tell you I absolutely love being in college. The people I meet, the trips we take. I'm really trying to make the most of this experience. I'm currently maintaining a 4.0 GPA but I'm also in a few different clubs. I'm in the process of starting a Billiard's club. I'm working in an internship over the summer and just got offered a job for when the internship is over. We go skiing and mountain biking and take trips to conferences in NYC and New Orleans and all over the place. After working bs jobs and working open to close and dealing with customer service etc etc, college is like an escape to a resort. However, a problem tends to come up when my age is brought up..
Everyone I meet we tend to hit it off. We get along in class, in club meetings, on the trips we take etc. I'll get invited over for poker games or cookouts. Everything is great. Then I get asked my age... And I tell them 32 and I just see their entire body language shift. They are genuinely shocked and they'll tell me they thought I was just a really mature 23 year old. At first I just took it as flattering, thinking surely all of the good times we've had won't get outweighed by my age.. but it does seem to make a difference to them. I won't get invited as much, they won't want to hang out on campus. Sometimes I ask myself why do I care what a bunch of kids who are 12 years younger than I am thinks but it just sucks getting dismissed for something that is out of your control and doesn't change who I am or the quality of engagement I bring.
At first I thought it was just the one group, but then it would happen again. Great times with new people I met, then get asked my age, then ghosted. So my question is is it ok to just lie? I feel like if I just told them I was 24 that they wouldn't feel so weird and we could keep hitting it off. But part of me feels like I shouldn't have to lie and if they really don't want to hang out with me just because of my age I should just move on and think of it as their loss.
And listen I'm not asking if I should lie so I can be a weirdo. I'm not asking about sleeping with girls or trying to do anything unethical. I'm just looking for a second perspective on considering this so I can make the most of this decision to go back to school. I mean don't women lie about their age all the time?

So I (f 23) keep telling my b f (m 24) that he needs a career job. My b f and I have been together for 2 years and during those 2 years I’ve been in college (finished my bachelors and I am now pursuing my masters) my b f isn’t in college and he’s just been working part time jobs but the thing is he keeps losing these jobs and takes months to find new ones and goes broke every time and now it’s to the point where he’s homeless and living with a friend now. I’ve always told him that I don’t care if he doesn’t go to college but he should at least do trade school or something so that he can get certifications so that he can get salary pay so that he can make more money/ save more money for emergencies (like losing a job) and if/when he loses a job he can easily find another job to fall back on in that same field. I’ve told him this, my parents have told him this, his brothers have told him this, his family has told him this, his friends have told him this etc. but every time somebody tells him this he gets defensive and thinks we’re trying to bash him but we’re not. We’re just tired of seeing the same thing always happening to him (losing a job and asking everyone for money), every time we tell him this he thinks we’re saying he needs to go to college/university but we literally tell him word for word “that’s no what we’re saying.” I love him but it gets to a point where I’m tired of the same pattern, also I’m a broke college student so every time he loses a job and runs out of money I’m the only one that supports him financially (buying him food, toiletries, just little things because again I am a broke college student). He’s also extremely bad at managing his money when he loses a job, for example he has PlayStation + which is a $10 or $15 subscription for those who don’t know which allows you to play certain parts of games like online with friends, etc. so his aunt sent him $20 for food and instead of spending it on food he wanted to spend it on his PlayStation + subscription, and then when I told him he should use it on food instead he got annoyed and said I was telling him what to do, which I didn’t, I just made a suggestion. Also another reason I want this for him is so that he can have insurance because the amount of time I’ve known him he’s never had it and I want him to be able to take care of his health.
So aita for telling my b f he should get a career job so that he make more money and can save more money, as well as have insurance?
Sorry if this is all over the place, I just started rambling at one point so please let me know if you have any questions/ need clarification.
Edit: more clarification on things. He’s played football his whole life and is stuck on wanting to play football. He has football in his so called “5 year plan” or really just life plan in general, but I and many others have told him that he needs to focus more on a career at this point than football because football most likely isn’t going to happen, mainly because at his age colleges are looking at grad students that have already been football players. Also money isn’t such a big deal with the trade school thing because my dad even offered to help him out a bit

✦the part of messing around with the stove its good I think cause with the wrench the player reputation will lower if someone spots Ayano, but with the ventilation system should a accesible with an ID card from the faculty, cause a system that can be utilize by anyone including students in a elite school its unreal for me.
✦the explotion: for what I think about a gas leak is that it will cause a much bigger explotion than whats shown in the game, th explotion of the stove would cause the "electric" stove behind Amai's stove would also explote, causing a big fire in home ec room. Now there are two options: the students near the Home ec room after seeing the fire would inmediatly run to the fire extinguisher, and sease the fire or the second option its the implement of those things that sease fire with water from the roof (I really don't know how the are called)
✦after the explotion: since the gas leak started since like before class or in lunch time, it would be a big gas leak that its explotion would make almost everyone on the first floor atleast heard it, and a bunch of students in go investigate and discover amai, but instead of running, some of them would film it, like the bullies maybe, others would get so in shock that would be unable to move, the coward ones, others would cry( Taro, Shoku, and the cooking club would cry while trying to save amai)
✦next day/next week. After Amai funeral at the gym, the player would discover Home ec room closed, with some police tape outside the door, the player would not be able to see cause the are courtains on all Windows, cause the police are investigating if its a murder case or puré accident. During next week, Home ec room would still be closed but not cause the police, but for some enginers are fixing every thing, that would last to tuesday/wednesday. (All home ec room stuff like the mop or trash bags would be in storage rooms or in the bathrooms.

I’m a long time casual paper legacy player. I don’t care enough to spend the money for magic online, but I like paper legacy so I keep up with the 2 decks I own in paper. I lurk in a number of discord channels for the relevant legacy decks I play and some content creators in the legacy community.
This is a moment in the legacy community right now where there are a couple very polarizing cards and strategies at the top of the metagame. There was a banned and restricted announcement today that took action very few people were expecting, and for the second time in a row, acknowledged the polarizing cards are being “watched”.
The ensuing insanity I witnessed in these discords was out of control. Truly some of the funniest, most embarrassing worse than middle school shit. Name calling, ad hominem attacks over literally nothing, “you’re blocked and I hope you ” insults, and good-fucking-god the cringiest essay posts about this all this stupid bullshit. This behavior was significantly more tame in the mass non-Channel affiliated discord channels, but in the content creator affiliated ones it was just one hysterical pissing match after another. At several points I was laughing imagining the dozens of neckbeard they/thems on their keyboards/phones tearing their fucking hair out arguing over this shit. And the “influencers” who run the channel were among the worst of them all. Either being the biggest bitches of the bunch or trying (and failing) to shut it all down.
Maybe I’m just baked and thinking about this too much. But the more I do, I can’t help but pity all of them. Hooooolllllyyyyyy shit these people need to find more meaningful shit to add to their lives.
That’s it, that’s the tweet.
PSA: If you were one of the ones getting that upset over changes to the rules for a card game, a thing you choose to do because you claim you have fun doing it, then you have a sad fucking life. Plain and simple.

I (35F) have been married to my husband (37M) for 7 years. and sometimes we’re really happy. But most of the time, at least I, am not. I’ll start by saying things were different when we got married. I had lower self esteem. I was out of abusive relationships and picked a boring but safe man. Not my intention at the time, but in retrospect, I think that’s what I was doing.
Now that I’ve done a lot of healing, inside and out, I’m not sure we still make sense.
He is safe. Never abusive. Does “the little things.” However, I do 90% of the family work. I pay 100% of the bills. He has no desire to get a better job, go to school, etc. His account is only for miscellaneous expenses, because that’s all he can afford. I come home from work, clean, do laundry, run the kids to appointments, all the things. He does do some household things but not a lot, not well, and it’s besides the main point anyway.
The main thing is, I’m lonely. I want to grow. I like having conversations, challenging myself, adventures, learning new things. This man is stagnant. I want to be better, healthier, do more with our family. He could not care less. I enjoy talking about financial planning, investing, healthier routines and activities… He’d rather sit and play video games. We have 3 boys and I’m worried about their future if their rolemodel has no interest in personal growth or health. Will they grow to find a wife that coddles and tends to their every need and ends up as resentful as I am? Who will teach them to be a man? I feel as if I am the man. I don’t want to be! But every day, I run the show.
This leads me to never be attracted to him, simply because I don’t respect him. The more people pleasing he is to everyone, the bigger ick I get. We don’t have sex. He used to blame it on me, but even now when I offer, he says no. Yet, pretty sure he does it himself nearly every day. Idec though. The thought of being vulnerable in order to please this man who can’t stand up for me, push himself, be bothered to become more, makes me sick.
So I ask, if you had a wife who worked her ass off, made bank, bought you a house, car, trips, paid all the bills, was a great mom, took care of all the things, took care of herself, would you step it up for her? Would you try to relieve some of the pressure? Or did I make him this way by being independent and successful? I ask so many times that he do this or do that. Just like picking a career or can we go over finances together, can we have a date night… Let’s start doing this or even can you take this box to the attic? And it’s like another kid I have to keep on. It’s exhausting. It’s heartbreaking. I just want a partner. I want someone to share life with. He’s just cynical and lazy. But I do love him, and I know he loves me. I’m just incredibly lonely and let down.
It’s another night. He says goodnight. I lay here and look at the ceiling and think about all the conversations I wanna have. But it’s not worth watching him pretend to be interested only to feign sleep midway through, and my time getting my hopes up. Again.

hello, i am a 19 year old who’s currently an undergrad in college. i’m at a good point personally (doing good in school, 2 part-time jobs, feel good about myself holistically) and i know what i want in life. i'm currently living several miles from DC, but i'm originally from baltimore. i would prefer to date someone with similar attributes, age, and close-distance, but i am not limiting myself. i’m looking for someone that can hopefully be my long-term partner!
About Me - ⁠i would describe myself as caring, authentic, hardworking, rational, helpful, organized, efficient, realistic, funny, introverted, and versatile - ⁠i enjoy playing video games, listening to music, animals, basketball, football, sci-fi, hanging with friends, and eating good food - studying engineering - ⁠agnostic atheist - ⁠i don’t smoke, drink, or do drugs - don’t want kids -⁠i’m looking forward to learning how to cook, trying new things, and gaining unique experiences :)

Platform: Pretty sure it was only on PC, Windows
Genre: 2D, Puzzles/Riddles
Estimated year of release: All school pcs had them iirc, mid 90's/early 00s.
Graphics/art style: The game was somewhat realistic, a lot of egyptian related items/themes, I don't remember any real life humans in the game, all cartoon scary humans/gods.
Notable characters: Egyptians (I think some of the gods but can't remember exact ones), You are a explorer (again memory is hazy)
Notable gameplay mechanics: I remember getting items which were used to progress, there were text boxes when characters were talking (IIRC), the choices you made mattered.
Other details:
Perhaps this game was a puzzle game with multiple eras, and I just never got past the first era which was Egyptian, I can't exactly remember. I do remember it being really confusing. I'm remembering perhaps you start off in a time machine or plane and crash land in Egypt and have to collect stuff to get out (could be waffle tho). The game was kind of creepy/spooky at times. There was a scene/setting with a blowdart, someone gets poisoned and u have to heal them or shoot them I can't remember.

I am 36 years old. I don't have any friends. I haven't been in a relationship in two years. I don't make as much money as I would like. I am have a really slow recovery from a tonsillectomy and I am just having a hard time getting myself motivated to do anything.
I had one pretty good friend, an ex, and we went on a platonic trip together in March. I had a really good time and generally enjoyed myself. Got to see Chichen Itza and get some fun in at the cenotes and beach. Since then we haven't hung out though. In her texts she said the guy she has been seeing is moving out of town in a few months so she is spending time with him. She has dated him off and on for 20+ years and this has never been an issue before so I do feel like some of this is also just fatigue of hanging out with me. We didn't get in any fights on the trip but it did show we have much different priorities/personalities. She brought her dogs, they go everywhere with her, and one is incontinent so it was dictating quite a bit of our schedule but I am pretty used to this so I felt like I handled it fairly well. I also do think some of this is her boyfriend not wanting us to hangout, which is understandable. I just said No worries and we haven't talked since. She didn't message me on my birthday, but I wouldn't be surprised if she didn't remember. We have been hanging out regularly for 2-3 years so it is a bit of a hit, but it was something that felt ultimately was going to happen so I am not mad, just a little sad. I haven't hung out with anyone other than my dad since the middle of March though.
Just hurts to not have anyone to hangout with at all. I have talked to two coworkers and one of them has bailed on me multiple times and the other just said he was too busy to make any plans in the first place. I have done meetups in the past but I always just feel so awkward not knowing anyone and I am awful at initiating contact with anyone, guys or girls. I also just don't really have that many interests, even though I tend to enjoy most things I do. I own a dirt bike but haven't gotten out to use it because it is really hard to load by myself and I am just not that confident with it. And if I am doing anything alone without somebody else keeping me accountable I tend to just blow it off. I have also tried Bumble BFF but honestly was so turned off by it. I kept on getting hit on, creepy af, and it just feels awkward.
I feel like I am bad at making friends because I am not very personable and also tend to overshare and say stupid things just because I haven't talked to anyone in so long it is just kind of like a dam bursts.
I would like to get back into judo or jujitsu, but with college and my mortgage I am barely squeaking by financially, and 200+ a month is a little too much for me. I even canceled my cable plan to save some money for bills despite loving basketball. I also don't really have enough energy for active hobbies due to my tonsillectomy right now.
I work full time and am taking college classes at the same time. I was never the best student, but I have finished 9 computer science courses and a statistics class over the last 2.5 years. I have 5 classes left for my bachelors and am on course to graduate Spring 2025. Straight A's and one B+ so far so I have been really happy with my grades, but the industry has completely fallen apart over the last year or two and I am worried that after investing all this time and money into going back to college I might not be able to get a job. The best student I know wasn't able to land a single internship this summer and that really shocked me. He is an amazing programmer, better than anyone I know.
Because I have a mortgage on a little duplex I cannot really afford to do an internship to try and help my job prospects, I am going to really have to rely on doing well in the interviews. I am also planning on trying to take advantage of the career fairs and other on-campus opportunities next fall but that is so not my comfort zone that I don't want to set my expectations really.
With how busy I am it has also been a great excuse for myself to not pursue more social outlets and the only thing I do for dating is online apps and while I can get the occasional date I don't think I have ever actually had a real connection through it. I am just bad at connecting with people on a personal level, be it friends or dates. I have been on so many first dates it is kind of depressing. The town I live in isn't small, like 150k, but I feel like I am running low on options after years of failures.
I had been suffering from chronic tonsillitis over the last year. I had 5 bouts in total, three of which were back to back episodes from January to March this year. I got a tonsillectomy on April 20 and am still having problems swallowing food. I am basically still on a puree diet.
Getting the tonsillectomy was a real eye opener for me because with my ex not being a contact anymore I didn't have anyone to rely on so I had to have my father fly out and spend a week with me. I didn't have any friends to rely on and it really just kind of hit me how depressing my life is. All of my old high school friends, who I don't keep up with, have families.
The one thing I had going for me is that I had a decent physique. Due to a lack of a social life I was pretty good at going to the gym and lifting regularly. I was 6'1 and 180-185 pounds, nothing impressive but I was happy with myself. I am down to 160 pounds now since my tonsillectomy though and I am just extremely low energy all the time. My summer class started today and I am having a lot of issues just focusing after an 8-hour work day, even though I only work remotely on a computer.
During COVID I really made leaps and bounds to improve myself. I quit cigarettes after 15 years, I started going back to class. Got my own place and gained 40 pounds (in a good way) but after losing half of that weight and generally being miserable from my tonsillectomy it is just so hard to motivate myself to even go to the gym anymore and for 3 years I never had a problem getting off my butt to go to the gym, even if it was just for a mediocre lifting session.
I used to love playing video games and watching tv shows/movies but now I just find myself mindlessly watching youtube or reading and don't even have the attention span or interest in booting up a video game anymore or trying to find a show or movie to watch.
I always wanted a family, but I have never really had a successful relationship in my life and now since my tonsillectomy I have become a lot less sexually motivated than before. I don't even have the urge to masturbate anymore, and sex was never a strong point of mine in the first place, leading me to believe it will be even worse moving forward. I also just have never connected with somebody on like a really deep level and feel like years of failures/insecurity just kind of burden me a this point. And I am getting to the age now where I feel like I am almost beyond the point where this is still possible. It is weird telling somebody I am 36 and my longest relationship was only 4 months long.
I feel like I am on the right track on paper with only one year left until I graduate and I kind of really want to move even though I love where I live just so I can get a fresh start, but at the same time I am terrified I will graduate and just be in the same situation I am currently in. I also could never afford to buy another place without a better salary. The only reason I was able to afford what I currently have is because I bought during the 2020 market and got a 2.34% APR. But even with that my mortgage is close to 40% of my take home right now and I have one of the cheapest places in town.
I don't really have anyone to vent to or destress to so I just wanted to post something from a throwaway account. My dad has been texting me daily because I think he realizes how unhappy I am and I really appreciate that.
I have been wanting to go see some Nuggets games at the bar, but I still cannot drink alcohol until I am eating food again so I have just been following highlights on youtube. I also have never been a fan of hanging out at bars. I enjoy shooting pool but I am not good at social settings like that.
I will leave it at this for now. A very long, poorly formatted ramble. But I have seen much worse. Thanks.

I'm at my wit's end. The office politics in my workplace are OUT. OF. CONTROL. It's like high school all over again, but with way more expensive suits.
I've always tried to just focus on my work and be a good teammate, but it feels like that's not enough. I see people getting ahead by sucking up to the boss and throwing their colleagues under the bus, and it's making me sick.
I'm not even sure how to play the game anymore. Any tips from people who've been there? Or am I just destined to be stuck in the middle while everyone else climbs the corporate ladder by stepping on each other?

Demographics: international(might not be when I apply to college),first gen private school in us grades: I’ll probably have a 3.95 uw+ total currently sophomore Course load: will have 10 aps total(school lets you take 11 most) all honors 2 ib Test scores: 1400 from psat(didn’t study) Current extracurriculars:
Assistant under a globally recognized scuba divephotographer( I will be mentioned in some of his books and some of his articles etc)
Internship at a international mobile video game company( 50m+ total game downloads)
Founder of programming club
Student government
robotics, DECA, model United Nations, debate club,
Self taught English, and multiple programming languages at a young age.
I have a project page where I have done multiple advanced coding projects.
Volunteer 7 hours every week
Varsity wrestling
what I will be doing over the summer: Internship/work with a high stakes startup.( will be working with the team) Multiple projects Research competition work with the 50m+ downloads company again.
Confirmed things next year(will do more): Maintain and advance the project of a student who will go to MIT this year.(used by over 400 students in my school) All my clubs Few competitions Math and science Olympiad work with the companies I mentioned Varsity tennis Might start a coding blog
Aims: t20 comp sci( mit, Stanford, Duke , cal tech, Berkeley, Georgia tech cmu etc.)
If anyone has recommendations or feedback please tell me will be appreciated

I learned English mostly from movies and games and a little at school