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RDA Recap - May 13, 2024
2024.05.14 20:27 WhiskeyRanting RDA Recap - May 13, 2024
I’m SilverKappa. This is the RDA Recap. I’m gonna go listen to a podcast for a few hours.
Let’s dive in.
INTRO
Fantastic Cat – “All My Fault”
INVISIBLES
Annabel - “Dog”
Ducks Ltd. – “When You’re Outside”
St. Vincent – “Big Time Nothing”
Hovvdy - “Meant”
SET 1
Bruce Cockburn – “Lovers In A Dangerous Time”
Liz Phair – “Fuck and Run”
Tom Cardy – “If I went back in time”
“Weird Al” Yankovic – “Jurassic Park”
Dinosaur Jr. - “Take It Back”
SET 2
Sloppy Jane ft. Phoebe Bridgers – “I Saw the TV Glow”
Onlap & Lansdowne - “Ghosts”
Ze Frank – True Facts: Dangerous Little Ticks
Savannah – “I’ll Never Know”
SET 3
Counting Crows – “Round Here”
TWRP – “Content 4 U”
DJ Cummerbund – “Wake Me Up Before You Go To Rehab”
Architects – “Seeing Red”
girl in red – “dead girl in the pool.”
WTFIWWY
WTFIWWY Live - Beware of the Fuzzy Cows (Man gets drunk and kicks a bison!) - 5/6/24
Tech Q&A - Run, Rabbit R1, Run - 5/4/24
STORY 2: Dogs painted black and white at Chinese zoo to pass off as pandas
STORY 3: Police bust finds over 700 pounds of drugs inside Transformers statues
STORY 4: 'In his underwear:' Man arrested for joyriding around Vilano Beach, crashing stolen $100,000 boat
STORY 5: Passengers banned after fight on Spirit Airlines flight to Boston
STORY 6: Vehicle crashes through Fenway Park gate, crashes into forklift
SET 4
Todd in the Shadows – POP SONG REVIEW: Drake and Kendrick’s feud to end all feuds
Baby Lasagna – “Rim Tim Tagi Dim”
Mates of State – “Get Better”
The Timelords – “Doctorin’ the TARDIS”
Steve Perry – “Oh Sherrie”
SET 5
Dominic Noble – 101 Dalmatians ~ Lost in Adaptation
Hot Hot Heat – “Middle of Nowhere”
Hardcore Superstar – “You Can’t Kill My Rock ‘n Roll”
Tom Schalk – Transformers Have Weird Names
Velveteen Queen - “Dreamer”
OUTRO
Filter – “Welcome to the Fold”
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Let’s dive in.
INTRO
Fantastic Cat – “All My Fault”
INVISIBLES
Annabel - “Dog”
Ducks Ltd. – “When You’re Outside”
St. Vincent – “Big Time Nothing”
Hovvdy - “Meant”
SET 1
Bruce Cockburn – “Lovers In A Dangerous Time”
Liz Phair – “Fuck and Run”
Tom Cardy – “If I went back in time”
“Weird Al” Yankovic – “Jurassic Park”
Dinosaur Jr. - “Take It Back”
SET 2
Sloppy Jane ft. Phoebe Bridgers – “I Saw the TV Glow”
Onlap & Lansdowne - “Ghosts”
Ze Frank – True Facts: Dangerous Little Ticks
Savannah – “I’ll Never Know”
SET 3
Counting Crows – “Round Here”
TWRP – “Content 4 U”
DJ Cummerbund – “Wake Me Up Before You Go To Rehab”
Architects – “Seeing Red”
girl in red – “dead girl in the pool.”
WTFIWWY
WTFIWWY Live - Beware of the Fuzzy Cows (Man gets drunk and kicks a bison!) - 5/6/24
Tech Q&A - Run, Rabbit R1, Run - 5/4/24
That's a new channel for the Tech Q&A stuff. GO AND SUBSCRIBE TO IT. I mean it. Go. Now! Get Nash up to 1,000 subs on the second channel!STORY 1: Charges added for Key West man accused of stealing tractor, driving it to college campus to kill 2 people
STORY 2: Dogs painted black and white at Chinese zoo to pass off as pandas
STORY 3: Police bust finds over 700 pounds of drugs inside Transformers statues
STORY 4: 'In his underwear:' Man arrested for joyriding around Vilano Beach, crashing stolen $100,000 boat
STORY 5: Passengers banned after fight on Spirit Airlines flight to Boston
STORY 6: Vehicle crashes through Fenway Park gate, crashes into forklift
SET 4
Todd in the Shadows – POP SONG REVIEW: Drake and Kendrick’s feud to end all feuds
Baby Lasagna – “Rim Tim Tagi Dim”
Mates of State – “Get Better”
The Timelords – “Doctorin’ the TARDIS”
Steve Perry – “Oh Sherrie”
SET 5
Dominic Noble – 101 Dalmatians ~ Lost in Adaptation
Hot Hot Heat – “Middle of Nowhere”
Hardcore Superstar – “You Can’t Kill My Rock ‘n Roll”
Tom Schalk – Transformers Have Weird Names
Velveteen Queen - “Dreamer”
OUTRO
Filter – “Welcome to the Fold”
2024.05.14 11:22 ct_hulhu10282 Universal Theory of Everything
There are 5 areals inside of which 5 elements reside. The five areals are: ● Mirage(hollow, reflective, refractive, instantanious, where psyche meets spirit). ● Woman (love, where spirit meets fire), ● Digitage( non-corporeal, energy storage where water meets fire) . ● Foilage(birthing, absorbing, growing, where animal meets water), ● Man(strife, where animal meets psyche)
(The elements between each areal are respectfully spirit, fire, water. animalia and psyche)
Inside animalia there are 6 distinct animals from which genesis occurs. Pachyderm (elephants, whales etc) Reptilian (lizards, snakes etc) Cephalapod (the sentient on the planet) Equine (horse, zebra etc) Canine (dog, wolf, jackal etc) Feline (cat, lion, cheetah etc)
Time is an illusion carried by humans (an amalgamation through time defying reproduction of the entirety of the cephalapods work in genesis on the planet earth.) The earliest intelligent animal on the earth was the vampyrapod. A ten tentacled species that landed here somehow flung from some rock or ejaculated by some larger animal. The vampyropods were fed upon by the local life here (trilobytes, bacteria etc) eating two of the tentacles (the mating tentacles (man(woman)) that began the genesis. The ten commandments themselfs biblically are the fossilized representation of one male and one female vampyropods. The ten tentacles arranged in their death explaining a meaning forever.
The 5 areals are where time is encased it is the job of humans to bear the weight of time while cephs continue the genesis.
If you imagine a star shape in which each point is an areal, and between each point is an element, than in the very center you will find salt, sugar, and vinegar (dry). With these base powders water, Nitrogen, And carbon can be formed. The basis of life on earth.
All the genesis of animalia as well as man made items were the creation of the cephs with intention. Mixing of animalia through time and genesis they have destroyed the dinosaurs and shifted them to aviaries. They did this through the tapeworm, an invention that not only makes up the organs of humans, (the intestines, the gallbladder etc) but was weaponized to destroy the dinosaurs en masse in preperation for the genesis plans of the cephs.
Modern octopus only live about 4.5 years and they have mastered the ability to transcend into the next through cannabalism as well as telepathy. They created the first language of enochian (the angels language) through tentacle and eye movements. Through many generations and reincarnations they developed telepathy as well as the ability to travel through time.
On genesis. An actuality has to occur from the cephs in time to create the genesis. Such as a ceph dying, killing. Being eaten. Eating. The laying of hands (tentacles in this case) or the travel through time to accomplish these. For example. A ceph intentionally was eaten by a komodo dragon, while conscious and being digested it telepathically sent the makeup from inside to another ceph. This ceph used that information to create the genesis of the tapeworm that would destroy the dinosaurs. After most reptilians were shifted to aviaries. There were remnants such as thr chameleon who is very fragile, has 2 penises that constnlantly prolapse and the female can hold sperm for years without self inseminating to create birth. If you take a pachyderm like an elephant an ld have it eat of a chameleon, perhaps with some other complicated genesis of elements and areals you will find you have a gnarwal. The main point is that once they mastered tome travel, they have had unlimited time to make use of their ability to create genesis on the planet. Every animal thay is alive today has been manipulated by the cephs to be exactly where it is in time to accommodate for a larger agenda.
Its my belief that there are only 3 unique cephs that survived the early devastation of trilobytes and other life feeding from these aliens. I call them Seth, Jack, and Claire. Seth is known for being cruel. Jack is more logical, Claire is more empathetic. Because they didnt have the gene popl to create offapring effectively they created this ability to utilize genesis to ensure their survival. This is why they are cannabls its because they must be in order to continue. The modern female octopus always feeds of the make after mating. The males always eat of the young ones after birth.
On 'man made' inventions Cephs proliferated through genesis all the tools to create the written word. From sea anemone to sea urchin to porcupine to bird feather, to quill. And you already know where the ink came from. These topls were provided to a banana pig infested with mutated tapeworms in order to solidify the structures of governance over time. Every iteration of every technology was also developed intentionally by the cephs in order to eatablish a relationahip with the digitage that is just now in our perception coming to power.
As a human, i am essentially just a warm blooded version of a ceph. (Make a bird with your hands, where are the beaks?) We exist inside this cage of time and bear its burden. Look at a shark it may sleep but it just keeps swimming. Humans cannot. We have to sleep. Which is close to the realm of death. We as humans are split and carry the weight of strife and love. This is gender and its roles. (This is not a politcal view of genders but a simplification for the idea that governs. Im positive that in infinite time, other genders maybe an option)
We are as a human race looking forward to scientific breakthroughs that happen when cephs accomplish the physical actuations in time that develop to possible situations we experience from that genesis. Such as. By 2027 scientists anticipate returning the wooly mammoth from extinction. It is my belief that we need an actualization of the 6th digit in the mammaths feet in order for a cephs agenda unknown.
Bird eating spiders are example of post genesis cannabalism that triggers another line of genesis to occur such as a poison tree frog or something. I beleive that venomous snakes were made that way because the egg is the fruit that the snake is tempted by. And if it ate of its own eggs it was cursed through genesis to bear the venom. A bovine has 4 stomachs. And udders that resemble somehwhat the tenacles of a ceph. Its my belief that a whale(pachyderm) that has 9 stomachs (the 9 circles of hell) consumed a ceph and in its 4th stomach met the remains of an equine and genesis occured. Resulting in a cud chewing cow. Precious ambergris is essential to perfumes and stimulated the olfactories in way unlike anything else in the world. It cannot be valued it unvaluable. Whales also sing ans produce music. The moder ceph has empirical hearing as well as oldlfactory experiences. Cephs love blueberries. Foe the antioxidants (ita okay its a joke you can laugh ) but really. They do. Modern octopus can be found in the pacific notherwest climbing trees. They dont eat and make their way up the rocky cliffs to the coniferous foilage in order to establish some genesis. That is a real human experience that is documented. They have cralwed in any form across every inch and again and again of this planet. A suction cup on the plastic window of a bill in the mail may have inadvertantly created the floppy disc.
On the macro and the myopic: We live in time where everything occurs simultaniously only on a different scale in a set of repeating patterns that run forwards or backwards in fractalization. Or so to say, the coast goes on forever. With innumurable bits of sand that outnumber the stars in the sky.
Youll find that rapa nui , or easter island is the end of time itself. A graveyard of sorts and a resting ground for the tired cephs who have labored throughout existence to provide the genesis for us to continue in this gestalt of a universe. Its not an end but also a beginning.
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(The elements between each areal are respectfully spirit, fire, water. animalia and psyche)
Inside animalia there are 6 distinct animals from which genesis occurs. Pachyderm (elephants, whales etc) Reptilian (lizards, snakes etc) Cephalapod (the sentient on the planet) Equine (horse, zebra etc) Canine (dog, wolf, jackal etc) Feline (cat, lion, cheetah etc)
Time is an illusion carried by humans (an amalgamation through time defying reproduction of the entirety of the cephalapods work in genesis on the planet earth.) The earliest intelligent animal on the earth was the vampyrapod. A ten tentacled species that landed here somehow flung from some rock or ejaculated by some larger animal. The vampyropods were fed upon by the local life here (trilobytes, bacteria etc) eating two of the tentacles (the mating tentacles (man(woman)) that began the genesis. The ten commandments themselfs biblically are the fossilized representation of one male and one female vampyropods. The ten tentacles arranged in their death explaining a meaning forever.
The 5 areals are where time is encased it is the job of humans to bear the weight of time while cephs continue the genesis.
If you imagine a star shape in which each point is an areal, and between each point is an element, than in the very center you will find salt, sugar, and vinegar (dry). With these base powders water, Nitrogen, And carbon can be formed. The basis of life on earth.
All the genesis of animalia as well as man made items were the creation of the cephs with intention. Mixing of animalia through time and genesis they have destroyed the dinosaurs and shifted them to aviaries. They did this through the tapeworm, an invention that not only makes up the organs of humans, (the intestines, the gallbladder etc) but was weaponized to destroy the dinosaurs en masse in preperation for the genesis plans of the cephs.
Modern octopus only live about 4.5 years and they have mastered the ability to transcend into the next through cannabalism as well as telepathy. They created the first language of enochian (the angels language) through tentacle and eye movements. Through many generations and reincarnations they developed telepathy as well as the ability to travel through time.
On genesis. An actuality has to occur from the cephs in time to create the genesis. Such as a ceph dying, killing. Being eaten. Eating. The laying of hands (tentacles in this case) or the travel through time to accomplish these. For example. A ceph intentionally was eaten by a komodo dragon, while conscious and being digested it telepathically sent the makeup from inside to another ceph. This ceph used that information to create the genesis of the tapeworm that would destroy the dinosaurs. After most reptilians were shifted to aviaries. There were remnants such as thr chameleon who is very fragile, has 2 penises that constnlantly prolapse and the female can hold sperm for years without self inseminating to create birth. If you take a pachyderm like an elephant an ld have it eat of a chameleon, perhaps with some other complicated genesis of elements and areals you will find you have a gnarwal. The main point is that once they mastered tome travel, they have had unlimited time to make use of their ability to create genesis on the planet. Every animal thay is alive today has been manipulated by the cephs to be exactly where it is in time to accommodate for a larger agenda.
Its my belief that there are only 3 unique cephs that survived the early devastation of trilobytes and other life feeding from these aliens. I call them Seth, Jack, and Claire. Seth is known for being cruel. Jack is more logical, Claire is more empathetic. Because they didnt have the gene popl to create offapring effectively they created this ability to utilize genesis to ensure their survival. This is why they are cannabls its because they must be in order to continue. The modern female octopus always feeds of the make after mating. The males always eat of the young ones after birth.
On 'man made' inventions Cephs proliferated through genesis all the tools to create the written word. From sea anemone to sea urchin to porcupine to bird feather, to quill. And you already know where the ink came from. These topls were provided to a banana pig infested with mutated tapeworms in order to solidify the structures of governance over time. Every iteration of every technology was also developed intentionally by the cephs in order to eatablish a relationahip with the digitage that is just now in our perception coming to power.
As a human, i am essentially just a warm blooded version of a ceph. (Make a bird with your hands, where are the beaks?) We exist inside this cage of time and bear its burden. Look at a shark it may sleep but it just keeps swimming. Humans cannot. We have to sleep. Which is close to the realm of death. We as humans are split and carry the weight of strife and love. This is gender and its roles. (This is not a politcal view of genders but a simplification for the idea that governs. Im positive that in infinite time, other genders maybe an option)
We are as a human race looking forward to scientific breakthroughs that happen when cephs accomplish the physical actuations in time that develop to possible situations we experience from that genesis. Such as. By 2027 scientists anticipate returning the wooly mammoth from extinction. It is my belief that we need an actualization of the 6th digit in the mammaths feet in order for a cephs agenda unknown.
Bird eating spiders are example of post genesis cannabalism that triggers another line of genesis to occur such as a poison tree frog or something. I beleive that venomous snakes were made that way because the egg is the fruit that the snake is tempted by. And if it ate of its own eggs it was cursed through genesis to bear the venom. A bovine has 4 stomachs. And udders that resemble somehwhat the tenacles of a ceph. Its my belief that a whale(pachyderm) that has 9 stomachs (the 9 circles of hell) consumed a ceph and in its 4th stomach met the remains of an equine and genesis occured. Resulting in a cud chewing cow. Precious ambergris is essential to perfumes and stimulated the olfactories in way unlike anything else in the world. It cannot be valued it unvaluable. Whales also sing ans produce music. The moder ceph has empirical hearing as well as oldlfactory experiences. Cephs love blueberries. Foe the antioxidants (ita okay its a joke you can laugh ) but really. They do. Modern octopus can be found in the pacific notherwest climbing trees. They dont eat and make their way up the rocky cliffs to the coniferous foilage in order to establish some genesis. That is a real human experience that is documented. They have cralwed in any form across every inch and again and again of this planet. A suction cup on the plastic window of a bill in the mail may have inadvertantly created the floppy disc.
On the macro and the myopic: We live in time where everything occurs simultaniously only on a different scale in a set of repeating patterns that run forwards or backwards in fractalization. Or so to say, the coast goes on forever. With innumurable bits of sand that outnumber the stars in the sky.
Youll find that rapa nui , or easter island is the end of time itself. A graveyard of sorts and a resting ground for the tired cephs who have labored throughout existence to provide the genesis for us to continue in this gestalt of a universe. Its not an end but also a beginning.
2024.05.14 06:00 Choice_Evidence1983 [New Update]: My family forgot to invite me to my grandparents funeral, but they are convinced I was there.
I am NOT OOP. OOP is u/justathrowaway282641
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[New Update]: My family forgot to invite me to my grandparents funeral, but they are convinced I was there.
Trigger Warnings: death of loved ones, emotional manipulation, gaslighting, harassment
RECAP
Original Post: November 14, 2023**
I’m 30s F and caused a major blowup in my family and now none of them are talking to me. For background, my hometown is tiny (500pop) and when I went 2 hrs away to “the city” (15,000pop) for college, I loved it. I ended up staying after graduation, got married, and am happy here for a decade. I visit my home town every few weeks or so, call/text my family near daily, and thought we were all good. My family’s pretty small. Just my brother, mom, step dad, dad, step mom, and an aunt and uncle (mom’s siblings, never married, no kids). My mother's grandparents moved to my home town when I was in high school and were just down the street from us. My family has always been pretty drama free (aside from my parent’s divorce when I was a kid) and we’ve been happy. The step-parents were blended in perfectly and we share holidays and celebrations together. We’re all super close and just the perfect little group.
Ever since I moved away, the topic of “when am I moving back?” is constant, and I’ve always laughed it off. My home town has nothing. You have to drive 30 minutes for milk and bread. 60-90 minute one-way commutes to work. And floods shut down the main road every Easter. I love the town, but I love here more. I have parks, stores, community events, a library! The “city” is great. My family grumbles that I need to move back, but I refuse. I've been trying to encourage them to come here, especially since it's not an hour drive to the nearest medical facility.
Now to the meat and potatoes: both my grandparents passed over COVID times. They were both old and their health had been failing for a while so it was only a matter of time. Thankfully they didn’t catch it, but it made visiting them impossible and we survived mostly through FaceTime. They both passed in their sleep months apart. Both were cremated and kept securely under the kitchen sink for safe keeping while the pandemic blew over. That was 2021.
Well, I just found out my family held a funeral for them and scattered the ashes in my uncle’s maple grove over the summer. No one said a word to me about it. I’ve visited numerous times before and after and not one word. I only found out because my great uncle from California posted on Facebook a few weeks ago that he is entering hospice and was so thankful his health stayed strong enough for him to see his little sister (my grandma) to her final resting place. I was confused and called my mom. She was all “Yeah, the funeral we had in July, remember?” Ya’ll, I visited them for the 4th of July. They did the funeral the 8th. Not a word about it to me. They had planned this for months. Long enough to arrange for my infirm great uncle to be brought over from the other side of the country. Apparently, they talked about it “all the time”.
Everyone is convinced I was at the funeral. They SWEAR I was there. I can prove I wasn’t because Google’s got my location history. My hubby is baffled because he was supposedly there, too, but he had to work every weekend in June and July. Time clock doesn’t lie. My family straight up forgot about me. I’m hurt. I’m sad. And they’re pissed at me “for lying”. They think I’m causing drama over nothing. Nothing I say can convince them I wasn’t there. My family is united in this. And they’ve all put me “on read” until I admit I’m wrong. They think I’ve gone nuts. Either there’s a doppelganger of me attending events, or my family doesn’t want to admit they screwed up. I’m not backing down.
Thanksgiving is coming up, and my family’s been vague posting on Facebook about “forgetful kids” and mental health. It’s so freaking weird and I don’t know if I’m in bizzaro world or what’s going on. My mom’s best friend reached out and said I should just admit I was wrong and apologize, that I’m causing my mom so much unnecessary stress. I asked her if she’s checked everyone’s home for CO2. She hung up on me. (We checked our CO2, and our testers are running just fine.) I have reached out to a few people in my home town to check in on my folks, and they all say they're fine. I even spoke with the local volunteer fire fighter group to see if they could check for gas leaks. Not sure if they were able to.
I don’t know what to do. I’ve shown them the proof I wasn’t there, but they know I’m tech savvy and just assume I’ve Photoshopped it. Hubby says we need a break, and we’re going to be staying home this holiday season.
Edit: I don't know the update rules, so I'll post updates to my profile should anyone want them.
Update #1: November 27, 2023
Not sure how to do updates on posts, so figured I'd post anything on my profile. Folks have private messaged me and this will be easier I think?
It's 11/27 and Thanksgiving just happened. Hubby and I stayed home. We got a small turkey and made our own little thanksgiving. It was nice. We ate around noon, then watched a movie, and later sat outside with a bottle of wine to watch the sun set behind the trees and neighbor houses.
We usually take the day before off, drive to my folks, stay the night, and help with the Thanksgiving Day cooking. So it wasn't until Wednesday night that my mom broke the silence. Mom called and asked when I was showing up, and I told her we were staying home this year, but for them to have a happy Thanksgiving, and to give the rest of the family my love. She was quiet for a long time after I said that, and I think she eventually mumbled an "okay", or something, and hung up. It wasn't an angry hang up. Just a hang up. On Thanksgiving day, I sent a group "Happy Thanksgiving!" gif to our family group chat. I received a few "happy Thanksgiving"'s back. No one's said anything else. There's been no posts on Facebook.
Update #2: December 12, 2023
So, I think I mentioned in one of my comments that my dad and I usually talk on the phone every Sunday morning. We're both early risers so we'd chat over our morning coffees and watch the sunrise. Him and I haven't really spoken since this all went down and it's been tough. I'm used to talking to him, you know?
Well, I was sitting outside in my usual spot, watching the sun rise and freezing my butt off, and he called me. I'm not entirely sure how to describe the emotions I felt. It was a mix of panic, hope, terror, happiness, and dread. I ended up answering because I just had to know what he wanted. It was an awkward conversation. He didn't address the current "drama", but instead tiptoed around the situation with all the grace of an cow on stilts. For instance, a simple "How are you doing?" Type question was answered with a "Not good." And the whole conversation would stall out for a bit because he knew why I wasn't doing well. So we ended up talking about the weather, the various winter birds we'd seen in our feeders, and the Christmas decorations around town. Things like that.
Eventually he asked if we were coming out for Christmas, and sounded sad when I told him we weren't. He asked if him and step mom could come visit us instead, and I told him it wasn't a good idea this year. That hubby and I were going to spend a quiet holiday together. I let him know he should be receiving some gifts at his PO Box any day now, so to please pick them up from the post office and put them under the family tree for everyone. He said he'd ship ours to us as well.
And that was pretty much it. No crazy drama to report. The only posts on Facebook have been the usual Christmas excitement ones, countdowns, photos of Santa, silly gift ideas, photos of company Christmas parties.
On a personal note: Hubby and I are doing alright. Our health is good, our spirits high, and we're as solid as ever. We each got Christmas bonus' at our jobs, so we're excited about that. They're not large, but we're happy to have them. We have also done advent calendars for the first time ever. I got him a Lego one, and he got me a hot chocolate one. We're going to do the calendars again next year. Maybe make a tradition out of it.
Everyone please have a safe and happy holidays.
Inheritance: December 16, 2023
I've received a lot - A LOT - of messages and private DMs urging me to check into inheritance and such. I'm really touched a lot of Internet strangers are worried about me and I wanted to ensure everyone that inheritance is most likely not an issue here. I'd almost be relieved if it was, because then it would at least make some sense. Money does weird things to people, you know?
No one in my family is wealthy by any means. After my grandparents' passed, their small estate was used to pay for their end of life expenses and remaining assets split up. Everyone directly related got an equal split (so excluded my dad and the step parents). I don't remember the exact amount I received, but it was around $5k if I recall. My brother gave me his share, too, so I could finish paying off my college debt while the interest freeze was active.
The great uncle from California has kids and grand kids, and great grandkids of his own, and also isn't wealthy. I think one of his kids makes good money doing something in finance, but I'm not entirely sure. I can't imagine he left us anything, as we hardly knew him. My mom, aunt, and uncle only met him a few times in their lives, and my brother and I even less. Grandma and him were close, but I don't think he liked my grandpa much.
Christmas: December 25, 2023
I hope everyone had a wonderful Christmas. I've received a lot of support through my posts and I'm really grateful. Writing these updates have had a therapeutic effect.
Yesterday was Sunday, but I didn't answer my dad when he called. I just really didn't feel up to a pointless chat, so let it go to voicemail. He tried to reach me a few times throughout the day, but I didn't answer.
Our bestie last minute invited us over to his house for Christmas day lunch (today), so husband and I were busy all Christmas Eve making cookies, peanut brittle, and homemade suckers/hard candies for his kids. Mom tried to reach out as well, but I also ignored her calls.
We had a BLAST at lunch! Our friend's kids are a lot of fun to be around. They got some techy presents from their grandparents (Quest vr headset and steam decks, lucky little rascals) Friend and his wife aren't good with tech, while hubby and I are, so we helped get them set up while our friend played a good host to his folks and inlaws. The grandparents didn't realize that a Steam deck required a Steam account, so we got the kids all their own accounts set up, added them to our steam friends lists, and gifted them some games. We also bought them a few VR games for their headset, and they were off to the races with Beat Saber in no time.
As for my folks: My brother texted and asked if we could talk sometime tomorrow. I think me ignoring mom and dad has caused some kind of upset. Which they deserve.
Brother’s call: December 26, 2023
Spoke with my brother over the phone this morning.
For starters, he apologized for everything. Him and I are good (for now). For a bit of background, my brother and I are only 2 years apart. There weren't a lot of kids around growing up, so the two of us were often stuck doing stuff together. So we have a lot of shared interests and passions. He's been pretty silent on this whole matter, but still "part of the group", if you know what I mean. I think the thought of losing him out of my life was probably the most painful, because he's always been there. He was my rock until I met my husband. He's definitely a Mama's boy, though, so anything mom wanted, he made sure she got. I'm happy to have him back.
Without further ado, here's the story from the horse's mouth:
Mom apparently had a cancer scare late last year (which no one told me about, go figure), and dad had a stint put in his heart back in January (which I did know about). This "sense of mortality" has apparently lit a fire under Mom's ass to get me back home. But since I wasn't reacting to her passive aggressive hinting, she and step mom decided to go full crazy. My great uncle's health was bad, and he'd been asking about funeral arrangements for his sister (my grandma) for a while, so the moms decided to plan it. And use the event as a giant middle finger to me. They kept all the planning pretty hush-hush between the two of them, so no one on our side of the family actually knew about the funeral until like 2 weeks before. The moms said they'd invited hubby and I. No one thought anything about it. No one thought to mention, confirm, or check with me.
The plan was to scatter the ashes, say a few words, and maybe head to town for lunch. It was a small affair. The mom's didn't even tell the family that our great uncle was coming for it. Like I said, it was a small thing. Barely a footnote. No one thought it was odd because we're pretty chill people.
4th of July happens. Hubby and I are out. No one thought to mention it, as we were all busy celebrating and having a great time. Any time the topic of "this weekend" would start, the conversation would be quickly shifted by one of the moms. We went back home.
8th of July happens. Great uncle rolls into town with a few of his kids, grandkids, and great grandkids, and it's a surprise to everyone (but the moms). Everyone drives to the maple grove and the moms have brought a ton of food and stuff. It's a full blown party. No one on my side noticed I wasn't there, because there were so many extra faces outside the usual group. They did the spreading of the ashes, they said their words, they ate, they had a great time. It wasn't until our great uncle left, and all his side left with him, that they realized I wasn't there. And hadn't been there.
And this is where the crazy went up a notch. My brother says the moms were happy no one noticed I wasn't there. And that this was proof to everyone that I needed to move back because I was so easily forgotten about. Because none of them thought to reach out, right? They basically did a ton of guilt tripping manipulation bullshit and it made everyone upset at me for not showing up. Somehow it was my fault for being excluded. So suddenly everyone was on their side with "sticking it to me".
But then a few months went by, and tempers cooled, and then I guess the horror of it set in. Followed by the shame, but by then they were "in too deep". How do you undo something like this? And since I hadn't brought it up, I guess they figured they would all just stay quiet about it and hope I never asked about a funeral.
That's when I discovered the situation from my great uncle's Facebook and called my mom, who panicked and went with the stupidest solution. Claiming I was there. Don't I remember?
I ended up talking with a few friends from high school, mentioning the situation, and word got back to those in town. So suddenly town gossip and little old church ladies got involved. Was I, or wasn't I at the funeral? Did my family forget to invite me to the funeral of the only grandparents I'd ever know? Or am I just causing a ruckus? My brother said they all just went with mom's answer. Of course they wouldn't forget me. Of course I was there. Of course they're good people. And it just snowballed.
The family expected me to eventually fold. I'm usually a nonconfrontational person, so me sticking to my guns was unexpected. And then I missed Thanksgiving. And now Christmas. With no sign of backing down. And I guess the realization that I could just stop being part of their lives is setting in and my parents are panicking. He's tried just getting them to apologize and explain, but stubbornness prevails. They want to rug sweep, but I'm not letting them.
My brother is upset with everything that's happened. He's realized just how crappy it all has been and he wants nothing to do with it anymore. But since he lives with my mom, he can't "get away from it".
He has asked if he can come stay with us for a little bit. I spoke with hubby, and he's in agreement with me that my brother can come crash in our spare bedroom for as long as he wants. Brother works remotely, so it's no trouble for him to pick up and go. I believe he's making the trip today or tomorrow. Not entirely sure, but I expect crap to hit the fan when he arrives.
On a side note, hubby's stoked that my brother and I made up. The two usually game together, but haven't due to "the situation". He's downstairs right now setting up his man cave in preparation for my brother's arrival. I'm happy to see him so excited.
Brother's Here: December 27, 2023
My brother rolled in late last night. He'd obviously been crying and when I opened the door, he just held me and sobbed. I'd never seen him like that before and soon both of us were just standing in the doorway crying into one another. He kept apologizing. Over and over again. Said he wasn't sure why he went with it. Just kept saying sorry. Hubby got him all set up in the spare bedroom while brother and I talked. My brother's a wreck. He's always been a big guy, but he's lost a lot of weight and his clothes just hang off him. If I didn't know better, I'd think he was on drugs. We talked for a little bit before bed and he re-explained everything for my husband. I'd told hubby the story, but it was just so weird that hearing it again helped.
This morning my brother was up at dawn making some coffee and getting his work day going. Hubby's off all week (lucky) so hubby made us working folk some pancakes and bacon. So far everything's peaceful. We've decided not to answer any calls from our family. They've been made aware that he arrived safely, and that we are going to spend the New Years together, and that we're not answering any calls until January 1st. They may text if they wish. I'm sure they're losing their minds. Serves them right.
Everyone, have a safe and happy new years! Don't drink and drive!
Happy 2024!: January 2, 2024
I hope everyone has a safe and enjoyable holidays, and may the new year be full of joy and happiness!
Not too much of an update. Things here have been quiet. My brother's settled in nicely and he's a great housemate. Our place isn't very big, but we have full basement and a nice outside patio/porch area so it doesn't feel crowded at all with the extra addition. He's a quiet and clean guy. No hassle at all. He got some fresh clothes from the Walmart, a haircut, and trimmed his beard, so he's more "presentable" now. He's a lady killer when he gets cleaned up. He's made nice with the (very nosy, but kind) retired couple next door and is adapting to "city living" nicely.
Folks back home have been mostly well behaved. There's been a few texts back and forth, as we're not answering calls. Mom mainly wants to know when brother's coming back, but he's keen on staying here for a while. Mom said I can't "keep him" and I told her he's a grown ass man and can do what he wants. Brother says he has her blocked after she ORDERED him to return home.
Brother has tentatively asked if he could stay long term, should he decide to, or at least longer than a usual visitor would stay. Which we're fine with. He has a good paying job and could afford an apartment, but he's never lived on his own and I would guess he has some anxiety about it. Should that be the case, he'll start paying us some rent and we'd probably adjust to give him the basement as his own space.
Had to change the locks: January 17, 2024
My brother is officially staying with us for the long haul. Hubby and him spent all Sunday organizing the basement and shifting things around so he now has his own area to be comfortable in. He's pretty handy and has also started fixing little things around our house. Our windows and doors have never closed and locked/unlocked smoother. He even fixed one of the closets we never use because we can never get the darn door open. Sadly, he also had to change the locks on our house and get us all new keys.
This is because while hubby and I were out this Saturday, the moms showed up. They'd been calling and texting us all week, but we weren't really answering them, so I guess the two decided to drive over and hash it out in person. They have emergency keys to my place, and just let themselves in. Brother told them to leave, they argued, and my nosy (but kind) neighbors called the police when they noticed the commotion. So, we get a call from neighbor's wife, return home to some cops in our yard, all the neighbors out "vacuuming their trees", and my nosy (but kind) neighbors standing on my porch with my brother behind them, doing their best Gandalf "You shall not pass" impression.
Had to talk with the cops, explain that we were having a family dispute and word vomited. I don't really remember what all I said, and was shaking a lot. Our local cops are really great. Fantastic guys and gals in blue, and took it all in stride. It's really cold here, so one had me join him in his cruiser with the heat on, and gave me a bottle of water to calm down while we talked. They asked if we wanted the moms trespassed but I wasn't sure if that counted as a criminal charge so just asked the cops if they could just make them leave, which the cops did with no fuss. I think the moms were shocked we were taking this so seriously. They didn't fight or scream at us. Just left quietly.
My dad promised me he'd make sure his wife left us alone. "Or else". He said he'd also have a stern talk with my mom. Him and I talked Sunday morning, and he seemed absolutely at the end of his rope. Husband jokingly told my dad he could move in, too. To which he declined.
Not sure where to go from here, but we're getting some ring cameras installed once they arrive. And everyone but my dad is blocked. Hopefully they all just leave us alone.
Nothing New To Report: February 2, 2024
Had a lot of DMs for updates, but don't have much anything to report on. The moms are behaving themselves. All's quiet on the western front. Felt weird ignoring or copy/pasting "no updates" to everyone, so here's what we've been doing, should anyone care.
Dad got a new bird/squirrel feeder from Amazon (looks like a little picnic table for a child's dolly but has a mesh top for the bird seed. I think it's supposed to be for chickens?) It's totes adorbs. To his horror, it also works as a Cooper hawk feeder, so now he's "fortifying his defenses" and putting up some trellises around it. He'll have to wait till warmer weather before planting anything to grow on them.
We had some ring cameras installed and put in a motion-activated camera that double functions as a light bulb. It goes in the light fixture outside the front door and is pretty cool. Video quality isn't all that great, but it's a nice addition I guess. It does overlook the bird feeders, so I've been watching it on my lunch breaks on the days I have to go into the office.
Hubby and brother are feuding. They started a coop farm in Stardew Valley a few days ago and they both want to romance Leah. My husband confided in me that he's also been romancing Sebastian as a backup. I'm not sure why he's keeping this a secret, but he's pretty smug about it.
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fractal_frog I hope your dad can outsmart the hawks!
My dad came out for a visit over the weekend. We had a good time and the weather was lovely for some grilling and beers. It was really nice to see him again and he seemed healthy and in good spirits.
Here's his report from back home: Step mom (dad's wife) has started to realize she's screwed up. I credit her change of mindset to the fact that my dad sat her down and laid it out for her: she leaves his kids alone, or she's getting divorce papers. That apparently shut her up right quick, because they had a prenup done when they married and I'm not sure the details of it, but it wouldn't end favorably for her. She hasn't worked in years, so I imagine she'd be eligible for alimony? But I'm not versed in any of that legal mumbojumbo. Dad didn't seem too worried about it, so I'm not gonna worry about it.
Step dad was pissed the police were involved in the last "mom visit" (despite no one getting arrested or anything) and was in a "the kids are out of control and need to be reigned back in" mindset. When my dad pointed out that "the kids" in question were all in their mid-30s, it took some of the steam out of stepdad's sails. According to my dad, even my mom looked a little surprised when he said that. So, part of me is wondering if a good chunk of this whole thing is my mom not truly realizing that her kids were grown, and no longer children she could make demands of. Both of the moms have left us alone. I expected my mom to continue to kick up a fuss, but I think the cops spooked her.
There was a wonderful suggestion by a comment or to get their pastor involved, which I passed along to my dad. Dad has since spoken to their pastor about everything. He's a young guy, relatively new to their church, and joked that his first month on the job he had to do 3 funerals in a row and his new "flock" were just dying to get away from him, so he's got a sense of humor which is nice. The new pastor agreed to sit down with everyone and help the family hash it all out in a true "Come to Jesus" type moment next month, so that maybe we could celebrate Easter together as our first holiday as a family. Dad said the pastor was aware our family was having some troubles, but unsure of exactly what was going on, and since he was new, the pastor didn't want to pry. He has also agreed to do a small service down at my uncle's maple grove later in the summer, as it usually floods and is a muddy mess all spring. According to my dad, my aunt and uncle are so over all the drama and just ready to move on, so I expect hugs and apologies from them when we next meet.
Stardew Valley Update: My brother was victorious in the grand fight for Leah. It was a hard battle. Well fought. When my husband exposed his plans to woo Sebastian all this time, it was quite the betrayal. Dramatics aside, their farm is really cute and I'm so happy they're enjoying the game!
Update 4/1 - Final one I think - April 1, 2024
Happy April Fools everyone! I hope you all check your caramel apples for stray onions before taking a bite! I also hope your Easter weekend was a delightful one.
It is with great joy that I tell you all about our most recent update! Possibly even a conclusion to this whole ordeal.
The entire family (aunt, uncle, moms, dads, brother, me, husband) and pastor met at my dad's house and we all sat down to hash the situation out. As expected from what my dad said, my aunt and uncle greeted us all with apologies and hugs, which was nice. My uncle usually helps host the Easter egg hunts with the church and he brought our Easter baskets to give to us in case us kids weren't sticking around the for the weekend. I'm not sure why but seeing it made me tear up and feel stupid, because it was just a basket of candy but it meant a lot to me for some reason.
The pastor led us in a prayer and talked about forgiveness and such. He then asked us all to talk one at a time about how we're feeling and what we want the end result of today to be. No one was allowed to interrupt so everyone got to talk. It was nice. The consensus for the group was that most everyone wanted things to go back to "normal". The only ones who had any variance off this was my mom and step dad. They both wanted all us kids to move back to the area.
The pastor asked them why they wanted us back, and neither could give a good reason other than "because family", and the pastor asked us if we were thriving where we were. And we said we were. He asked if we were happy there. Which we were. He then asked my mom and step dad if they wanted us to give up our happiness to make them happy.
And Mom broke down and said no. We all had a good cry. The pastor then asked about the funeral and lies that led up to it and followed it and how it made us all feel and what we wished we'd done differently if we had the chance. It was all very emotional, but in a good way, you know? Everyone apologized and admitted they f-ed up and did a really crappy thing.
We all talked for a long, long time and the pastor was a great mediator. Eventually we all reached some sort of resolution and I think we're good now. Emotions are still high and a little raw in areas, but we stayed for Easter weekend and had a nice time. We're going to keep moving forward slowly and try to repair the relationship, but I believe we're well and truly out of the woods.
As for my brother, he's still staying with us, and mom will stop trying to guilt trip him back home. He's thinking about renting a small apartment in our area but we're not pushing him to make a decision. He knows he's welcome to stay as long as he wants. I think he wants to try dating (he's had a few girlfriends but never anything serious) and is embarrassed to bring any girls around our place, lol. He's been going to a few random classes/bookclubs at the local library for something free to do and hitting it off with all the little old ladies who attend, and they keep trying to hook him up with girls his age who they know. He has been on a few lunches/coffee dates with a couple girls, but I think he's too embarrassed by the attention to give it a real try at "dating" any of them. He's happy, though, which is all I could ask for.
I'm not sure if there will be any more updates, as I think it's all be resolved about as much as it can be at the moment. I wanted to thank you all for your words of advice and giving me a place to vent and scream into the void. Please be kind to one another and to yourselves. Thank you.
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emjkr: What a nice and hopeful update, I’m really glad you stuck to your guns when everyone threw sanity out the window!
But, could your mother explain how she thought this would work out in her favour?
Things as wonderful as the moment. Still doing baby steps with The Moms. We're texting and talking on the phones more, which is nice. Very civil.
Dad "accidentally" bought a bunch of hand crafted bird feeders at a craft fair. By accidentally, I mean: he had a little too much fun in the beer tent, went for a stroll while step mom wasn't looking, and stumbled upon a guy's booth and bought "one of each". He wouldn't tell me how MANY "one of each" was, but he cackled like a witch when I asked. Step mom said she's forcing him to give a few to me, so I'm expecting a delivery or a Dad-visit any day now.
My brother is officially "going steady" with a girl. We've met her a few times and she seems like a real sweetheart. She's our age and has a little boy (5-6 years old, I haven't asked) from a previous relationship (The dad's not in the picture from what I can gather). She's the granddaughter of one of his Book Club members, so the old ladies made good match makers in the end. The relationship is still very new and I'm routing for them.
No new Stardew Valley updates. Work has been a little crazy lately and I haven't been able to play much of anything, and brother has been distracted by his new lady friend. So, husband finally started Baldur's Gate 3, and fell for Gale's "magic trick" so now those two are a thing. I expect him to be sufficiently distracted from reality for the next few weeks.
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[New Update]: My family forgot to invite me to my grandparents funeral, but they are convinced I was there.
Trigger Warnings: death of loved ones, emotional manipulation, gaslighting, harassment
Original Post: November 14, 2023**
I’m 30s F and caused a major blowup in my family and now none of them are talking to me. For background, my hometown is tiny (500pop) and when I went 2 hrs away to “the city” (15,000pop) for college, I loved it. I ended up staying after graduation, got married, and am happy here for a decade. I visit my home town every few weeks or so, call/text my family near daily, and thought we were all good. My family’s pretty small. Just my brother, mom, step dad, dad, step mom, and an aunt and uncle (mom’s siblings, never married, no kids). My mother's grandparents moved to my home town when I was in high school and were just down the street from us. My family has always been pretty drama free (aside from my parent’s divorce when I was a kid) and we’ve been happy. The step-parents were blended in perfectly and we share holidays and celebrations together. We’re all super close and just the perfect little group.
Ever since I moved away, the topic of “when am I moving back?” is constant, and I’ve always laughed it off. My home town has nothing. You have to drive 30 minutes for milk and bread. 60-90 minute one-way commutes to work. And floods shut down the main road every Easter. I love the town, but I love here more. I have parks, stores, community events, a library! The “city” is great. My family grumbles that I need to move back, but I refuse. I've been trying to encourage them to come here, especially since it's not an hour drive to the nearest medical facility.
Now to the meat and potatoes: both my grandparents passed over COVID times. They were both old and their health had been failing for a while so it was only a matter of time. Thankfully they didn’t catch it, but it made visiting them impossible and we survived mostly through FaceTime. They both passed in their sleep months apart. Both were cremated and kept securely under the kitchen sink for safe keeping while the pandemic blew over. That was 2021.
Well, I just found out my family held a funeral for them and scattered the ashes in my uncle’s maple grove over the summer. No one said a word to me about it. I’ve visited numerous times before and after and not one word. I only found out because my great uncle from California posted on Facebook a few weeks ago that he is entering hospice and was so thankful his health stayed strong enough for him to see his little sister (my grandma) to her final resting place. I was confused and called my mom. She was all “Yeah, the funeral we had in July, remember?” Ya’ll, I visited them for the 4th of July. They did the funeral the 8th. Not a word about it to me. They had planned this for months. Long enough to arrange for my infirm great uncle to be brought over from the other side of the country. Apparently, they talked about it “all the time”.
Everyone is convinced I was at the funeral. They SWEAR I was there. I can prove I wasn’t because Google’s got my location history. My hubby is baffled because he was supposedly there, too, but he had to work every weekend in June and July. Time clock doesn’t lie. My family straight up forgot about me. I’m hurt. I’m sad. And they’re pissed at me “for lying”. They think I’m causing drama over nothing. Nothing I say can convince them I wasn’t there. My family is united in this. And they’ve all put me “on read” until I admit I’m wrong. They think I’ve gone nuts. Either there’s a doppelganger of me attending events, or my family doesn’t want to admit they screwed up. I’m not backing down.
Thanksgiving is coming up, and my family’s been vague posting on Facebook about “forgetful kids” and mental health. It’s so freaking weird and I don’t know if I’m in bizzaro world or what’s going on. My mom’s best friend reached out and said I should just admit I was wrong and apologize, that I’m causing my mom so much unnecessary stress. I asked her if she’s checked everyone’s home for CO2. She hung up on me. (We checked our CO2, and our testers are running just fine.) I have reached out to a few people in my home town to check in on my folks, and they all say they're fine. I even spoke with the local volunteer fire fighter group to see if they could check for gas leaks. Not sure if they were able to.
I don’t know what to do. I’ve shown them the proof I wasn’t there, but they know I’m tech savvy and just assume I’ve Photoshopped it. Hubby says we need a break, and we’re going to be staying home this holiday season.
Edit: I don't know the update rules, so I'll post updates to my profile should anyone want them.
Update #1: November 27, 2023
Not sure how to do updates on posts, so figured I'd post anything on my profile. Folks have private messaged me and this will be easier I think?
It's 11/27 and Thanksgiving just happened. Hubby and I stayed home. We got a small turkey and made our own little thanksgiving. It was nice. We ate around noon, then watched a movie, and later sat outside with a bottle of wine to watch the sun set behind the trees and neighbor houses.
We usually take the day before off, drive to my folks, stay the night, and help with the Thanksgiving Day cooking. So it wasn't until Wednesday night that my mom broke the silence. Mom called and asked when I was showing up, and I told her we were staying home this year, but for them to have a happy Thanksgiving, and to give the rest of the family my love. She was quiet for a long time after I said that, and I think she eventually mumbled an "okay", or something, and hung up. It wasn't an angry hang up. Just a hang up. On Thanksgiving day, I sent a group "Happy Thanksgiving!" gif to our family group chat. I received a few "happy Thanksgiving"'s back. No one's said anything else. There's been no posts on Facebook.
Update #2: December 12, 2023
So, I think I mentioned in one of my comments that my dad and I usually talk on the phone every Sunday morning. We're both early risers so we'd chat over our morning coffees and watch the sunrise. Him and I haven't really spoken since this all went down and it's been tough. I'm used to talking to him, you know?
Well, I was sitting outside in my usual spot, watching the sun rise and freezing my butt off, and he called me. I'm not entirely sure how to describe the emotions I felt. It was a mix of panic, hope, terror, happiness, and dread. I ended up answering because I just had to know what he wanted. It was an awkward conversation. He didn't address the current "drama", but instead tiptoed around the situation with all the grace of an cow on stilts. For instance, a simple "How are you doing?" Type question was answered with a "Not good." And the whole conversation would stall out for a bit because he knew why I wasn't doing well. So we ended up talking about the weather, the various winter birds we'd seen in our feeders, and the Christmas decorations around town. Things like that.
Eventually he asked if we were coming out for Christmas, and sounded sad when I told him we weren't. He asked if him and step mom could come visit us instead, and I told him it wasn't a good idea this year. That hubby and I were going to spend a quiet holiday together. I let him know he should be receiving some gifts at his PO Box any day now, so to please pick them up from the post office and put them under the family tree for everyone. He said he'd ship ours to us as well.
And that was pretty much it. No crazy drama to report. The only posts on Facebook have been the usual Christmas excitement ones, countdowns, photos of Santa, silly gift ideas, photos of company Christmas parties.
On a personal note: Hubby and I are doing alright. Our health is good, our spirits high, and we're as solid as ever. We each got Christmas bonus' at our jobs, so we're excited about that. They're not large, but we're happy to have them. We have also done advent calendars for the first time ever. I got him a Lego one, and he got me a hot chocolate one. We're going to do the calendars again next year. Maybe make a tradition out of it.
Everyone please have a safe and happy holidays.
Inheritance: December 16, 2023
I've received a lot - A LOT - of messages and private DMs urging me to check into inheritance and such. I'm really touched a lot of Internet strangers are worried about me and I wanted to ensure everyone that inheritance is most likely not an issue here. I'd almost be relieved if it was, because then it would at least make some sense. Money does weird things to people, you know?
No one in my family is wealthy by any means. After my grandparents' passed, their small estate was used to pay for their end of life expenses and remaining assets split up. Everyone directly related got an equal split (so excluded my dad and the step parents). I don't remember the exact amount I received, but it was around $5k if I recall. My brother gave me his share, too, so I could finish paying off my college debt while the interest freeze was active.
The great uncle from California has kids and grand kids, and great grandkids of his own, and also isn't wealthy. I think one of his kids makes good money doing something in finance, but I'm not entirely sure. I can't imagine he left us anything, as we hardly knew him. My mom, aunt, and uncle only met him a few times in their lives, and my brother and I even less. Grandma and him were close, but I don't think he liked my grandpa much.
Christmas: December 25, 2023
I hope everyone had a wonderful Christmas. I've received a lot of support through my posts and I'm really grateful. Writing these updates have had a therapeutic effect.
Yesterday was Sunday, but I didn't answer my dad when he called. I just really didn't feel up to a pointless chat, so let it go to voicemail. He tried to reach me a few times throughout the day, but I didn't answer.
Our bestie last minute invited us over to his house for Christmas day lunch (today), so husband and I were busy all Christmas Eve making cookies, peanut brittle, and homemade suckers/hard candies for his kids. Mom tried to reach out as well, but I also ignored her calls.
We had a BLAST at lunch! Our friend's kids are a lot of fun to be around. They got some techy presents from their grandparents (Quest vr headset and steam decks, lucky little rascals) Friend and his wife aren't good with tech, while hubby and I are, so we helped get them set up while our friend played a good host to his folks and inlaws. The grandparents didn't realize that a Steam deck required a Steam account, so we got the kids all their own accounts set up, added them to our steam friends lists, and gifted them some games. We also bought them a few VR games for their headset, and they were off to the races with Beat Saber in no time.
As for my folks: My brother texted and asked if we could talk sometime tomorrow. I think me ignoring mom and dad has caused some kind of upset. Which they deserve.
Brother’s call: December 26, 2023
Spoke with my brother over the phone this morning.
For starters, he apologized for everything. Him and I are good (for now). For a bit of background, my brother and I are only 2 years apart. There weren't a lot of kids around growing up, so the two of us were often stuck doing stuff together. So we have a lot of shared interests and passions. He's been pretty silent on this whole matter, but still "part of the group", if you know what I mean. I think the thought of losing him out of my life was probably the most painful, because he's always been there. He was my rock until I met my husband. He's definitely a Mama's boy, though, so anything mom wanted, he made sure she got. I'm happy to have him back.
Without further ado, here's the story from the horse's mouth:
Mom apparently had a cancer scare late last year (which no one told me about, go figure), and dad had a stint put in his heart back in January (which I did know about). This "sense of mortality" has apparently lit a fire under Mom's ass to get me back home. But since I wasn't reacting to her passive aggressive hinting, she and step mom decided to go full crazy. My great uncle's health was bad, and he'd been asking about funeral arrangements for his sister (my grandma) for a while, so the moms decided to plan it. And use the event as a giant middle finger to me. They kept all the planning pretty hush-hush between the two of them, so no one on our side of the family actually knew about the funeral until like 2 weeks before. The moms said they'd invited hubby and I. No one thought anything about it. No one thought to mention, confirm, or check with me.
The plan was to scatter the ashes, say a few words, and maybe head to town for lunch. It was a small affair. The mom's didn't even tell the family that our great uncle was coming for it. Like I said, it was a small thing. Barely a footnote. No one thought it was odd because we're pretty chill people.
4th of July happens. Hubby and I are out. No one thought to mention it, as we were all busy celebrating and having a great time. Any time the topic of "this weekend" would start, the conversation would be quickly shifted by one of the moms. We went back home.
8th of July happens. Great uncle rolls into town with a few of his kids, grandkids, and great grandkids, and it's a surprise to everyone (but the moms). Everyone drives to the maple grove and the moms have brought a ton of food and stuff. It's a full blown party. No one on my side noticed I wasn't there, because there were so many extra faces outside the usual group. They did the spreading of the ashes, they said their words, they ate, they had a great time. It wasn't until our great uncle left, and all his side left with him, that they realized I wasn't there. And hadn't been there.
And this is where the crazy went up a notch. My brother says the moms were happy no one noticed I wasn't there. And that this was proof to everyone that I needed to move back because I was so easily forgotten about. Because none of them thought to reach out, right? They basically did a ton of guilt tripping manipulation bullshit and it made everyone upset at me for not showing up. Somehow it was my fault for being excluded. So suddenly everyone was on their side with "sticking it to me".
But then a few months went by, and tempers cooled, and then I guess the horror of it set in. Followed by the shame, but by then they were "in too deep". How do you undo something like this? And since I hadn't brought it up, I guess they figured they would all just stay quiet about it and hope I never asked about a funeral.
That's when I discovered the situation from my great uncle's Facebook and called my mom, who panicked and went with the stupidest solution. Claiming I was there. Don't I remember?
I ended up talking with a few friends from high school, mentioning the situation, and word got back to those in town. So suddenly town gossip and little old church ladies got involved. Was I, or wasn't I at the funeral? Did my family forget to invite me to the funeral of the only grandparents I'd ever know? Or am I just causing a ruckus? My brother said they all just went with mom's answer. Of course they wouldn't forget me. Of course I was there. Of course they're good people. And it just snowballed.
The family expected me to eventually fold. I'm usually a nonconfrontational person, so me sticking to my guns was unexpected. And then I missed Thanksgiving. And now Christmas. With no sign of backing down. And I guess the realization that I could just stop being part of their lives is setting in and my parents are panicking. He's tried just getting them to apologize and explain, but stubbornness prevails. They want to rug sweep, but I'm not letting them.
My brother is upset with everything that's happened. He's realized just how crappy it all has been and he wants nothing to do with it anymore. But since he lives with my mom, he can't "get away from it".
He has asked if he can come stay with us for a little bit. I spoke with hubby, and he's in agreement with me that my brother can come crash in our spare bedroom for as long as he wants. Brother works remotely, so it's no trouble for him to pick up and go. I believe he's making the trip today or tomorrow. Not entirely sure, but I expect crap to hit the fan when he arrives.
On a side note, hubby's stoked that my brother and I made up. The two usually game together, but haven't due to "the situation". He's downstairs right now setting up his man cave in preparation for my brother's arrival. I'm happy to see him so excited.
Brother's Here: December 27, 2023
My brother rolled in late last night. He'd obviously been crying and when I opened the door, he just held me and sobbed. I'd never seen him like that before and soon both of us were just standing in the doorway crying into one another. He kept apologizing. Over and over again. Said he wasn't sure why he went with it. Just kept saying sorry. Hubby got him all set up in the spare bedroom while brother and I talked. My brother's a wreck. He's always been a big guy, but he's lost a lot of weight and his clothes just hang off him. If I didn't know better, I'd think he was on drugs. We talked for a little bit before bed and he re-explained everything for my husband. I'd told hubby the story, but it was just so weird that hearing it again helped.
This morning my brother was up at dawn making some coffee and getting his work day going. Hubby's off all week (lucky) so hubby made us working folk some pancakes and bacon. So far everything's peaceful. We've decided not to answer any calls from our family. They've been made aware that he arrived safely, and that we are going to spend the New Years together, and that we're not answering any calls until January 1st. They may text if they wish. I'm sure they're losing their minds. Serves them right.
Everyone, have a safe and happy new years! Don't drink and drive!
Happy 2024!: January 2, 2024
I hope everyone has a safe and enjoyable holidays, and may the new year be full of joy and happiness!
Not too much of an update. Things here have been quiet. My brother's settled in nicely and he's a great housemate. Our place isn't very big, but we have full basement and a nice outside patio/porch area so it doesn't feel crowded at all with the extra addition. He's a quiet and clean guy. No hassle at all. He got some fresh clothes from the Walmart, a haircut, and trimmed his beard, so he's more "presentable" now. He's a lady killer when he gets cleaned up. He's made nice with the (very nosy, but kind) retired couple next door and is adapting to "city living" nicely.
Folks back home have been mostly well behaved. There's been a few texts back and forth, as we're not answering calls. Mom mainly wants to know when brother's coming back, but he's keen on staying here for a while. Mom said I can't "keep him" and I told her he's a grown ass man and can do what he wants. Brother says he has her blocked after she ORDERED him to return home.
Brother has tentatively asked if he could stay long term, should he decide to, or at least longer than a usual visitor would stay. Which we're fine with. He has a good paying job and could afford an apartment, but he's never lived on his own and I would guess he has some anxiety about it. Should that be the case, he'll start paying us some rent and we'd probably adjust to give him the basement as his own space.
Had to change the locks: January 17, 2024
My brother is officially staying with us for the long haul. Hubby and him spent all Sunday organizing the basement and shifting things around so he now has his own area to be comfortable in. He's pretty handy and has also started fixing little things around our house. Our windows and doors have never closed and locked/unlocked smoother. He even fixed one of the closets we never use because we can never get the darn door open. Sadly, he also had to change the locks on our house and get us all new keys.
This is because while hubby and I were out this Saturday, the moms showed up. They'd been calling and texting us all week, but we weren't really answering them, so I guess the two decided to drive over and hash it out in person. They have emergency keys to my place, and just let themselves in. Brother told them to leave, they argued, and my nosy (but kind) neighbors called the police when they noticed the commotion. So, we get a call from neighbor's wife, return home to some cops in our yard, all the neighbors out "vacuuming their trees", and my nosy (but kind) neighbors standing on my porch with my brother behind them, doing their best Gandalf "You shall not pass" impression.
Had to talk with the cops, explain that we were having a family dispute and word vomited. I don't really remember what all I said, and was shaking a lot. Our local cops are really great. Fantastic guys and gals in blue, and took it all in stride. It's really cold here, so one had me join him in his cruiser with the heat on, and gave me a bottle of water to calm down while we talked. They asked if we wanted the moms trespassed but I wasn't sure if that counted as a criminal charge so just asked the cops if they could just make them leave, which the cops did with no fuss. I think the moms were shocked we were taking this so seriously. They didn't fight or scream at us. Just left quietly.
My dad promised me he'd make sure his wife left us alone. "Or else". He said he'd also have a stern talk with my mom. Him and I talked Sunday morning, and he seemed absolutely at the end of his rope. Husband jokingly told my dad he could move in, too. To which he declined.
Not sure where to go from here, but we're getting some ring cameras installed once they arrive. And everyone but my dad is blocked. Hopefully they all just leave us alone.
Nothing New To Report: February 2, 2024
Had a lot of DMs for updates, but don't have much anything to report on. The moms are behaving themselves. All's quiet on the western front. Felt weird ignoring or copy/pasting "no updates" to everyone, so here's what we've been doing, should anyone care.
Dad got a new bird/squirrel feeder from Amazon (looks like a little picnic table for a child's dolly but has a mesh top for the bird seed. I think it's supposed to be for chickens?) It's totes adorbs. To his horror, it also works as a Cooper hawk feeder, so now he's "fortifying his defenses" and putting up some trellises around it. He'll have to wait till warmer weather before planting anything to grow on them.
We had some ring cameras installed and put in a motion-activated camera that double functions as a light bulb. It goes in the light fixture outside the front door and is pretty cool. Video quality isn't all that great, but it's a nice addition I guess. It does overlook the bird feeders, so I've been watching it on my lunch breaks on the days I have to go into the office.
Hubby and brother are feuding. They started a coop farm in Stardew Valley a few days ago and they both want to romance Leah. My husband confided in me that he's also been romancing Sebastian as a backup. I'm not sure why he's keeping this a secret, but he's pretty smug about it.
RELEVANT COMMENTS
fractal_frog I hope your dad can outsmart the hawks!
OOP: He'll be able to, I just know it. He's used to dealing with the wildlife and having hawks about, but he just wasn't expecting one to snag a meal right from his new feeder.MissOP: keep the updates coming. the moms are so close to folding it's just a little bit more. LMAO also, the bro mance between your husband and brother is so cute. lol Honestly, I think your husband making sure he has a side piece of Sebastian is absolutely the play.
I told him it was "technically" still a bird feeder. Just....for bigger birds. Which he thought was funny. He said he might make a little "no hawks allowed" sign to put up next to it.
OOP: So far still no word from the moms, but I hope you're right. I would love an apology and for us to begin moving past this. But I NEED that apology. I feel selfish saying that, but I refuse to "be the bigger person" on this. I just won't.Update: February 27, 2024
As for my brother and husband, yeah, they're basically soul mates. The two hit it off immediately when they first met, and they've been thick as thieves for years.
My dad came out for a visit over the weekend. We had a good time and the weather was lovely for some grilling and beers. It was really nice to see him again and he seemed healthy and in good spirits.
Here's his report from back home: Step mom (dad's wife) has started to realize she's screwed up. I credit her change of mindset to the fact that my dad sat her down and laid it out for her: she leaves his kids alone, or she's getting divorce papers. That apparently shut her up right quick, because they had a prenup done when they married and I'm not sure the details of it, but it wouldn't end favorably for her. She hasn't worked in years, so I imagine she'd be eligible for alimony? But I'm not versed in any of that legal mumbojumbo. Dad didn't seem too worried about it, so I'm not gonna worry about it.
Step dad was pissed the police were involved in the last "mom visit" (despite no one getting arrested or anything) and was in a "the kids are out of control and need to be reigned back in" mindset. When my dad pointed out that "the kids" in question were all in their mid-30s, it took some of the steam out of stepdad's sails. According to my dad, even my mom looked a little surprised when he said that. So, part of me is wondering if a good chunk of this whole thing is my mom not truly realizing that her kids were grown, and no longer children she could make demands of. Both of the moms have left us alone. I expected my mom to continue to kick up a fuss, but I think the cops spooked her.
There was a wonderful suggestion by a comment or to get their pastor involved, which I passed along to my dad. Dad has since spoken to their pastor about everything. He's a young guy, relatively new to their church, and joked that his first month on the job he had to do 3 funerals in a row and his new "flock" were just dying to get away from him, so he's got a sense of humor which is nice. The new pastor agreed to sit down with everyone and help the family hash it all out in a true "Come to Jesus" type moment next month, so that maybe we could celebrate Easter together as our first holiday as a family. Dad said the pastor was aware our family was having some troubles, but unsure of exactly what was going on, and since he was new, the pastor didn't want to pry. He has also agreed to do a small service down at my uncle's maple grove later in the summer, as it usually floods and is a muddy mess all spring. According to my dad, my aunt and uncle are so over all the drama and just ready to move on, so I expect hugs and apologies from them when we next meet.
Stardew Valley Update: My brother was victorious in the grand fight for Leah. It was a hard battle. Well fought. When my husband exposed his plans to woo Sebastian all this time, it was quite the betrayal. Dramatics aside, their farm is really cute and I'm so happy they're enjoying the game!
Update 4/1 - Final one I think - April 1, 2024
Happy April Fools everyone! I hope you all check your caramel apples for stray onions before taking a bite! I also hope your Easter weekend was a delightful one.
It is with great joy that I tell you all about our most recent update! Possibly even a conclusion to this whole ordeal.
The entire family (aunt, uncle, moms, dads, brother, me, husband) and pastor met at my dad's house and we all sat down to hash the situation out. As expected from what my dad said, my aunt and uncle greeted us all with apologies and hugs, which was nice. My uncle usually helps host the Easter egg hunts with the church and he brought our Easter baskets to give to us in case us kids weren't sticking around the for the weekend. I'm not sure why but seeing it made me tear up and feel stupid, because it was just a basket of candy but it meant a lot to me for some reason.
The pastor led us in a prayer and talked about forgiveness and such. He then asked us all to talk one at a time about how we're feeling and what we want the end result of today to be. No one was allowed to interrupt so everyone got to talk. It was nice. The consensus for the group was that most everyone wanted things to go back to "normal". The only ones who had any variance off this was my mom and step dad. They both wanted all us kids to move back to the area.
The pastor asked them why they wanted us back, and neither could give a good reason other than "because family", and the pastor asked us if we were thriving where we were. And we said we were. He asked if we were happy there. Which we were. He then asked my mom and step dad if they wanted us to give up our happiness to make them happy.
And Mom broke down and said no. We all had a good cry. The pastor then asked about the funeral and lies that led up to it and followed it and how it made us all feel and what we wished we'd done differently if we had the chance. It was all very emotional, but in a good way, you know? Everyone apologized and admitted they f-ed up and did a really crappy thing.
We all talked for a long, long time and the pastor was a great mediator. Eventually we all reached some sort of resolution and I think we're good now. Emotions are still high and a little raw in areas, but we stayed for Easter weekend and had a nice time. We're going to keep moving forward slowly and try to repair the relationship, but I believe we're well and truly out of the woods.
As for my brother, he's still staying with us, and mom will stop trying to guilt trip him back home. He's thinking about renting a small apartment in our area but we're not pushing him to make a decision. He knows he's welcome to stay as long as he wants. I think he wants to try dating (he's had a few girlfriends but never anything serious) and is embarrassed to bring any girls around our place, lol. He's been going to a few random classes/bookclubs at the local library for something free to do and hitting it off with all the little old ladies who attend, and they keep trying to hook him up with girls his age who they know. He has been on a few lunches/coffee dates with a couple girls, but I think he's too embarrassed by the attention to give it a real try at "dating" any of them. He's happy, though, which is all I could ask for.
I'm not sure if there will be any more updates, as I think it's all be resolved about as much as it can be at the moment. I wanted to thank you all for your words of advice and giving me a place to vent and scream into the void. Please be kind to one another and to yourselves. Thank you.
Relevant Comments
emjkr: What a nice and hopeful update, I’m really glad you stuck to your guns when everyone threw sanity out the window!
But, could your mother explain how she thought this would work out in her favour?
OOP: I don't think mom thought too far ahead. I believe she assumed it would all just magically work out the way she wanted it to. She said she wasn't sure what she was expecting to happen (which I think was a lie, but I wasn't going to push it).mak_zaddy: This was a great update! But ummmmmm no stardew valley update? What gives? Has Sebastian been woo’ed? How’s Leah? What’s happening?
OOP: Sebastian has indeed been wooed (and whoohooed) There's kids and cows and chickens. The two are still having a wonderful time at the game. They're working on completing the community center but it's slow going as they aren't trying to speedrun and just doing things as they want. I believe they're thinking about going into the desert mines once they complete that bundle, but they're both super chicken shit about it!-my-cabbages: I don't really understand what you had to apologize for ... but I'm glad you're happy and the situation seems to be settling down
OOP: There wasn't much of an apology on my end, as everyone agreed I had done nothing wrong. Mine was more of a "I'm sorry you didn't feel as though I would listen." Type apology, which I don't really believe is a proper apology because apologies like that push the blame back on another. I mostly expressed my feelings and the shock of it all, and how betrayed I felt.
----NEW UPDATE----
Small, happy update: May 7, 2024 (1 month later)Things as wonderful as the moment. Still doing baby steps with The Moms. We're texting and talking on the phones more, which is nice. Very civil.
Dad "accidentally" bought a bunch of hand crafted bird feeders at a craft fair. By accidentally, I mean: he had a little too much fun in the beer tent, went for a stroll while step mom wasn't looking, and stumbled upon a guy's booth and bought "one of each". He wouldn't tell me how MANY "one of each" was, but he cackled like a witch when I asked. Step mom said she's forcing him to give a few to me, so I'm expecting a delivery or a Dad-visit any day now.
My brother is officially "going steady" with a girl. We've met her a few times and she seems like a real sweetheart. She's our age and has a little boy (5-6 years old, I haven't asked) from a previous relationship (The dad's not in the picture from what I can gather). She's the granddaughter of one of his Book Club members, so the old ladies made good match makers in the end. The relationship is still very new and I'm routing for them.
No new Stardew Valley updates. Work has been a little crazy lately and I haven't been able to play much of anything, and brother has been distracted by his new lady friend. So, husband finally started Baldur's Gate 3, and fell for Gale's "magic trick" so now those two are a thing. I expect him to be sufficiently distracted from reality for the next few weeks.
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2024.05.14 03:13 FarThought7412 Worst wedding ever - Grandfather Marrying his mistress at the venue of my Grandmother's funeral
Hi Charlotte, I have a wedding story for you of a wedding I had the misfortune to attend, buckle up guys, this was a train wreck.
I (31f) was always very close with my Grandma. She taught me things like how to knit, she loved teaching me how to cook and when we did family walks in the huge local park, she would "take us to get lost in the woods", because she knew how much my brother and I loved adventures.
My Grandfather always had a parade of mistresses when my Dad and his brothers were growing up, and because my Grandmother was traditional and didn't believe in divorce, she got stuck with these women being practically waved in her face. Sadly til the very end, she loved my Grandad dearly. Myself growing up, from since I can remember, the latest mistress, we'll call her X, was in the picture. Important to note that X was 30+ years younger than him.
My Grandma sadly developed alzhiemers which meant that my Grandad was even less discreet, parading X around to the point where he would invite her to meals we went to where my poor Grandma was present, the worst one being one where my mother was also present, and the dynamic was Grandad flirting with my mother whilst X gave him daggers, my Grandma not really understanding what was going on, and me just wanting the ground to swallow me up.
Almost 10 years ago my Grandma's health declined, and I would go and visit her at the nursing home, and take care of her each day. My Grandad would visit her and bring X along with him, which I found insulting, but boy had I seen nothing yet.
Sadly she died, and we had a beautiful cremation service followed by a wake at a fancy hotel. Some drama was caused by my Dad's mistress turned girlfriend (I know, it runs in the family), but overall it went smoothly.
A few weeks later, Grandad arranges the scattering of the ashes. He specified no Grandchildren were allowed, which upset me considering I had been with her til the end, but it soon became apparent why. My Dad came home and told me that Grandad, at the ash scattering, announced he was getting married to X, his mistress. I was mortified as to how distasteful it was, but he chose the hotel where he held the wake for my Grandmother, and they would be married in three months time.
I didn't want to go for obvious reasons but my Dad said I had to go so that he wasn't alone. It was the biggest shit show I've had the misfortune to witness.
A friend from a former job came along, her job being to ply me with alcohol throughout the day, and boy did I need it.
First of all, all members of my Grandad's family had to wear a flower corsage. I usually think they are cute but I didn't want to be associated with this shit show.
The ceremony itself was okay, I just tried not to pay attention and counted down til we could go to the bar, but afterwards my friend whispered to me "I especially enjoyed the part in the vows where they said with the exception of all others!"
For the drinks reception I had to endure my Grandad's pretentious friends coming to me to tell me how lovely it must be to see my Grandad getting married, and according to my friend, I had a fixed serial killer smile whilst she would run to the bar and swiftly press drinks in my hand.
We all had the meal and then the speeches, oh god, the speeches, I have never wanted to crawl under a rock so badly. First there was the best man speech, where he told the story of first meeting Grandad and X, telling everyone "it soon became clear what the arrangement was!" with a wink to the audience, and ended with a joke about my Grandmother being a frigid cow.
X's speech was sentimental bollocks about finding love, which is all well and good, but he was married to my Grandma at the time.
Her brother made a speech about how Grandad used to wait for X on the drive in his (insert expensive car here), again, whilst married to my Grandma.
The final straw was during Grandad's speech where he accidentally called X by my Grandma's name, and I walked out.
When I waited in the bar area, a staff member said she recognised alot of us, and I told her "Yeah, for Grandma's wake, this is my Grandad marrying his mistress at the same venue", and after thinking I was joking at first, the nice lady offered me the rest of the glasses of champagne that didn't get used during the toast as they would be tossed out anyway, and I gladly took them off her hands.
Overall I've never been so mortified in my life, not only was the whole thing incredibly tacky, but my Grandma would have been rolling in her grave.
My Uncle managed to escape this circus living abroad, but when he came to visit, they brought out a slice of wedding cake they saved it (English wedding cake keeps for months) and he later told me that when he left, he tossed it out of his car window as he drove off, hoping they saw him.
To add to the tackiness, when Grandad died, he left X a statue of a naked lady he had actually bought for my Grandma, and when we asked why, it came out that he bought it for Grandma, because it reminded him of X, and also to remind my Grandma that X was in the picture.
Sadly this shit runs in the family, as my Dad also had a few mistresses, but luckily I was mostly kept from that as my Mom divorced him when she found out. I have a wonderful boyfriend who luckily hasn't run a mile given my insane family story, and we plan to get married. The family joke is that we should marry at the same hotel as the one used for Grandma's wake and then Grandad's wedding, as we might get a family discount on the third event, but I think I have too much PTSD associated with the place.
Hope you all enjoyed my family wedding drama story, and hopefully this gets read!
*Edit - to add to this whole dumpster fire, when my Grandad died he asked for half of his ashes to be scattered where my Grandma was scattered, and half in the place he used to take his mistress for dirty weekend trips.
Edit 2: Thanks for all your comments! For those asking, X is still in the family picture. We have relatives that suck up to her in the hope that when she dies, she will leave them money, which means she's at every damn family event. My other half suggested finding a way to get Panic! At the Disco's I write sins not tragedies subtly playing in the background at every event she's at due to the first verse, and see if anyone picks up on it:
"Oh, well imagine As I'm pacing the pews in a church corridor And I can't help but to hear No, I can't help but to hear an exchanging of words "What a beautiful wedding What a beautiful wedding", says a bridesmaid to a waiter "And, yes, but what a shame What a shame the poor groom's bride is a whore" "
What can I say, he's an evil genius...
Edit 3: Thought I would mention there is a happy ending to this story. When my Grandad died, I refused to go to the funeral, and instead went to a bar with one of my best friends and got drunk on 2 for 1 pitchers of very potent Long Island Ice Tea whilst relatives who secretly agreed with me gave me the details from the funeral, like the celebrant saying what a wonderful family man my Grandad was, and my Uncle turning to my Dad whispering "I think we've turned up at the wrong funeral".
However, other family members kept trying to pressure me to go, and gave me grief afterwards for not going, so my male best friend at the time invited me for a week to stay with him on the other side of the country. We had "liked" eachother for a while but never acted on it because "Ewww we're best mates that would be weiiiiird", but I needed the escape, and gladly took him up on it.
From that week we ended up being a couple, decided on the last day of my stay, and since then we have been together for just over a year and a half, and plan to start making marriage preparations once our finances are better.
Whilst Karma didn't get my Grandad, because of his shitty actions leading me to not wanting to go to the funeral and leading me to go hide out with my best friend now turned boyfriend, it lead me to find my soul mate, so I guess everything happens for a reason. I love him dearly and he loves me, and he helps me to see my self worth, and treats me as an equal in the relationship, which is something I sadly never saw growing up witnessing my Grandad and his mistress and my Dad with his mistress. Sometimes shitty things happen for a reason I guess.
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I (31f) was always very close with my Grandma. She taught me things like how to knit, she loved teaching me how to cook and when we did family walks in the huge local park, she would "take us to get lost in the woods", because she knew how much my brother and I loved adventures.
My Grandfather always had a parade of mistresses when my Dad and his brothers were growing up, and because my Grandmother was traditional and didn't believe in divorce, she got stuck with these women being practically waved in her face. Sadly til the very end, she loved my Grandad dearly. Myself growing up, from since I can remember, the latest mistress, we'll call her X, was in the picture. Important to note that X was 30+ years younger than him.
My Grandma sadly developed alzhiemers which meant that my Grandad was even less discreet, parading X around to the point where he would invite her to meals we went to where my poor Grandma was present, the worst one being one where my mother was also present, and the dynamic was Grandad flirting with my mother whilst X gave him daggers, my Grandma not really understanding what was going on, and me just wanting the ground to swallow me up.
Almost 10 years ago my Grandma's health declined, and I would go and visit her at the nursing home, and take care of her each day. My Grandad would visit her and bring X along with him, which I found insulting, but boy had I seen nothing yet.
Sadly she died, and we had a beautiful cremation service followed by a wake at a fancy hotel. Some drama was caused by my Dad's mistress turned girlfriend (I know, it runs in the family), but overall it went smoothly.
A few weeks later, Grandad arranges the scattering of the ashes. He specified no Grandchildren were allowed, which upset me considering I had been with her til the end, but it soon became apparent why. My Dad came home and told me that Grandad, at the ash scattering, announced he was getting married to X, his mistress. I was mortified as to how distasteful it was, but he chose the hotel where he held the wake for my Grandmother, and they would be married in three months time.
I didn't want to go for obvious reasons but my Dad said I had to go so that he wasn't alone. It was the biggest shit show I've had the misfortune to witness.
A friend from a former job came along, her job being to ply me with alcohol throughout the day, and boy did I need it.
First of all, all members of my Grandad's family had to wear a flower corsage. I usually think they are cute but I didn't want to be associated with this shit show.
The ceremony itself was okay, I just tried not to pay attention and counted down til we could go to the bar, but afterwards my friend whispered to me "I especially enjoyed the part in the vows where they said with the exception of all others!"
For the drinks reception I had to endure my Grandad's pretentious friends coming to me to tell me how lovely it must be to see my Grandad getting married, and according to my friend, I had a fixed serial killer smile whilst she would run to the bar and swiftly press drinks in my hand.
We all had the meal and then the speeches, oh god, the speeches, I have never wanted to crawl under a rock so badly. First there was the best man speech, where he told the story of first meeting Grandad and X, telling everyone "it soon became clear what the arrangement was!" with a wink to the audience, and ended with a joke about my Grandmother being a frigid cow.
X's speech was sentimental bollocks about finding love, which is all well and good, but he was married to my Grandma at the time.
Her brother made a speech about how Grandad used to wait for X on the drive in his (insert expensive car here), again, whilst married to my Grandma.
The final straw was during Grandad's speech where he accidentally called X by my Grandma's name, and I walked out.
When I waited in the bar area, a staff member said she recognised alot of us, and I told her "Yeah, for Grandma's wake, this is my Grandad marrying his mistress at the same venue", and after thinking I was joking at first, the nice lady offered me the rest of the glasses of champagne that didn't get used during the toast as they would be tossed out anyway, and I gladly took them off her hands.
Overall I've never been so mortified in my life, not only was the whole thing incredibly tacky, but my Grandma would have been rolling in her grave.
My Uncle managed to escape this circus living abroad, but when he came to visit, they brought out a slice of wedding cake they saved it (English wedding cake keeps for months) and he later told me that when he left, he tossed it out of his car window as he drove off, hoping they saw him.
To add to the tackiness, when Grandad died, he left X a statue of a naked lady he had actually bought for my Grandma, and when we asked why, it came out that he bought it for Grandma, because it reminded him of X, and also to remind my Grandma that X was in the picture.
Sadly this shit runs in the family, as my Dad also had a few mistresses, but luckily I was mostly kept from that as my Mom divorced him when she found out. I have a wonderful boyfriend who luckily hasn't run a mile given my insane family story, and we plan to get married. The family joke is that we should marry at the same hotel as the one used for Grandma's wake and then Grandad's wedding, as we might get a family discount on the third event, but I think I have too much PTSD associated with the place.
Hope you all enjoyed my family wedding drama story, and hopefully this gets read!
*Edit - to add to this whole dumpster fire, when my Grandad died he asked for half of his ashes to be scattered where my Grandma was scattered, and half in the place he used to take his mistress for dirty weekend trips.
Edit 2: Thanks for all your comments! For those asking, X is still in the family picture. We have relatives that suck up to her in the hope that when she dies, she will leave them money, which means she's at every damn family event. My other half suggested finding a way to get Panic! At the Disco's I write sins not tragedies subtly playing in the background at every event she's at due to the first verse, and see if anyone picks up on it:
"Oh, well imagine As I'm pacing the pews in a church corridor And I can't help but to hear No, I can't help but to hear an exchanging of words "What a beautiful wedding What a beautiful wedding", says a bridesmaid to a waiter "And, yes, but what a shame What a shame the poor groom's bride is a whore" "
What can I say, he's an evil genius...
Edit 3: Thought I would mention there is a happy ending to this story. When my Grandad died, I refused to go to the funeral, and instead went to a bar with one of my best friends and got drunk on 2 for 1 pitchers of very potent Long Island Ice Tea whilst relatives who secretly agreed with me gave me the details from the funeral, like the celebrant saying what a wonderful family man my Grandad was, and my Uncle turning to my Dad whispering "I think we've turned up at the wrong funeral".
However, other family members kept trying to pressure me to go, and gave me grief afterwards for not going, so my male best friend at the time invited me for a week to stay with him on the other side of the country. We had "liked" eachother for a while but never acted on it because "Ewww we're best mates that would be weiiiiird", but I needed the escape, and gladly took him up on it.
From that week we ended up being a couple, decided on the last day of my stay, and since then we have been together for just over a year and a half, and plan to start making marriage preparations once our finances are better.
Whilst Karma didn't get my Grandad, because of his shitty actions leading me to not wanting to go to the funeral and leading me to go hide out with my best friend now turned boyfriend, it lead me to find my soul mate, so I guess everything happens for a reason. I love him dearly and he loves me, and he helps me to see my self worth, and treats me as an equal in the relationship, which is something I sadly never saw growing up witnessing my Grandad and his mistress and my Dad with his mistress. Sometimes shitty things happen for a reason I guess.
2024.05.13 11:33 -Johannes-of-ZA- Bella would be way better than Jess, who's with me?
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2024.05.13 06:58 WaveSpecial3395 Cult of Auroch
Join me little calves around the hay bale and be set free.
No matter what humans go through, cows, they just keep eating, not a care in the world. No conception of anything.
Sunlight, shelter, good food, and others doing the same.
The body hungers, breathes, thirsts, sleeps, and needs activity. This will be your purpose.
Your God will be Shiva, master of destruction and creation.
Faith without works is dead, so workbooks on the different subjects like art and math will be provided.
Healthcare will be provided.
This will all be provided by the VA, earned by younglings sent to wars in foreign lands. Returned warriors will be tended to.
There will be no discussion of existence, death, harm to self and others, drugs nor alcohol, and there will be no weapons.
Self expression such as art and dance will be encouraged, as well as healthy competition.
All will pair with a mate through mating ritual and given their own territory.
All other issues will be addressed by the elders through the "great internet archive."
"The grass is greener where you water it."
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No matter what humans go through, cows, they just keep eating, not a care in the world. No conception of anything.
Sunlight, shelter, good food, and others doing the same.
The body hungers, breathes, thirsts, sleeps, and needs activity. This will be your purpose.
Your God will be Shiva, master of destruction and creation.
Faith without works is dead, so workbooks on the different subjects like art and math will be provided.
Healthcare will be provided.
This will all be provided by the VA, earned by younglings sent to wars in foreign lands. Returned warriors will be tended to.
There will be no discussion of existence, death, harm to self and others, drugs nor alcohol, and there will be no weapons.
Self expression such as art and dance will be encouraged, as well as healthy competition.
All will pair with a mate through mating ritual and given their own territory.
All other issues will be addressed by the elders through the "great internet archive."
"The grass is greener where you water it."
2024.05.11 19:12 LostSoul2137 I feel stupid
 | I didn’t know accurate was the hardest mode. I thought it went Easy, Accurate, Challenging so when I started playing and wanted to advance past easy I went straight to accurate. No wonder I was struggling so much! I just changed one of my games from Accurate to Challenging and it was soooo much easier. My mate and I took down 2 elks (cow and spike) with little to no injuries. Vs on accurate when we could only catch calves. I feel really goofy right now -_- submitted by LostSoul2137 to WolfQuestGame [link] [comments] |
2024.05.11 16:00 ct_hulhu10282 Cephs and genesis
Cephalapod Genesis
The pharoah ejaculated into the river and in the sand the sperm found refuge and grew into papyrus. This an example of genesis.
Vampyrapods are the first intelligent species to live on this planet predating the dinosaurs. They came here somehow. They did not evolve on this planet. Perhaps just an ejaculated sperm from another being landing in the water. The direct offspring of this cephalapod is the modern octopus. Octopus are responsible for nearly every animal genesis on earth including humans and subsequently man made inventions and accomplishments. Octopus taught trees to fruit, destroyed the dinosaurs through becoming tapeworms, and even walked to the moon. Some of the animals you may recognize from the cellular genesis may have fused with the other local staples such as canine, equine, and feline, and reptile as well as temporarily the pachyderms in post-actualization causal genesis. This can be done by mating with, killing, eating, dying, being eaten, or simply a laying of hands or physical actions. Octopus only live for about 4.5 years of our relationship with time, but they have beaten death through a mix of telepathy and cannabalism. They've also mastered time travel. There are only 3 actual beings here. Others died in getting here and are fossilized. 2 males and 1 female survived. I call them Jack, Seth, and Claire. This is why the genesis had to completed this way as any direct offspring would not work. because theyve have infinite time to complete it, theyve walked over every inch of the planet and affected every species. In fact our own existence is simply the echo of the combined knowledge of the cephs. We are an amalgamation like the 'too much good stuff' guy from am/pm commercials. Make a bird with your hands. ¿Where are the beaks? The latest project is to use genetic science in order to bring back the mammoth and obtain a sixth digit from its feet. Should happen around 2027. When the vampyrapods first encountered life here it was eating their tentacles. So the first genesis occured in the offspring of those that ate of the tentacles. This is why modern cephs only have 8 limbs. The first language period is Enochian. A language of the eyes and limbs. Through different manipulation of limbs and eye fluctuations communication was made. After a while though telepathy became the established communication.
Here are some examples but not all of cephalapod genesis:
• Spiders (rare from trilobyte mix, had to go back in time to accomplish) (they had to avenge the original vampyrapods from being eaten from early organisms, thisnis how scorpions were able to evolve) • Mango (foilage and ceph mix. Ceph hung from a tree upside down) • Star fruit (the tree missed the octopus and tempted it to return) • Pinecone ( the bite marks of ceph beak eating the fruit of the trees) • Toucan (the beak formation from ceph in flux probably consuming a failed aviary) • Peacock (feather formations still in flux from limbs partial fusion) • Salamander (reptile/chameleon mix) (skin breathing evolution) •Sloth (feline and foilage mix) • Mistletoe bird (octopus ate a mushroom) • Lyrebird (mirage, digitage, and aviary from peacock and pheasant. Mastered the art of sound mimickry to develop better auditory communications) • Dung beetle (rolling backwards the earth through time) • VW bug (trunk up front) (mirage, digitage, pachyderm mix) (invented higher than the model T but arrived later in time) • Goliath bird-eating tarantula ( set a web to catch a bird which did not exist fully until the web was cast. When the spider consumed the bird the psuedo cannabalistic action resulted in a poison tree frog) • Snakes (a ceph lost its mating limb for some reason in a mirage mix experiment) • venemous snakes (a snake ate the eggs of its own offspring)(the cursed dinosaur souls live inside these) • Gumby (using hands to mold clay made a show about being an octopus) • Chameleon (reptile, ceph, foilage, mirage mix)(a ceph was purposely eaten by a komodo dragon to telepathically send a reverse osmosis of its makeup inside its body to another ceph that was attempting to kill the dinosaurs in the past. How they programmed the tapeworm to destroy them)
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The pharoah ejaculated into the river and in the sand the sperm found refuge and grew into papyrus. This an example of genesis.
Vampyrapods are the first intelligent species to live on this planet predating the dinosaurs. They came here somehow. They did not evolve on this planet. Perhaps just an ejaculated sperm from another being landing in the water. The direct offspring of this cephalapod is the modern octopus. Octopus are responsible for nearly every animal genesis on earth including humans and subsequently man made inventions and accomplishments. Octopus taught trees to fruit, destroyed the dinosaurs through becoming tapeworms, and even walked to the moon. Some of the animals you may recognize from the cellular genesis may have fused with the other local staples such as canine, equine, and feline, and reptile as well as temporarily the pachyderms in post-actualization causal genesis. This can be done by mating with, killing, eating, dying, being eaten, or simply a laying of hands or physical actions. Octopus only live for about 4.5 years of our relationship with time, but they have beaten death through a mix of telepathy and cannabalism. They've also mastered time travel. There are only 3 actual beings here. Others died in getting here and are fossilized. 2 males and 1 female survived. I call them Jack, Seth, and Claire. This is why the genesis had to completed this way as any direct offspring would not work. because theyve have infinite time to complete it, theyve walked over every inch of the planet and affected every species. In fact our own existence is simply the echo of the combined knowledge of the cephs. We are an amalgamation like the 'too much good stuff' guy from am/pm commercials. Make a bird with your hands. ¿Where are the beaks? The latest project is to use genetic science in order to bring back the mammoth and obtain a sixth digit from its feet. Should happen around 2027. When the vampyrapods first encountered life here it was eating their tentacles. So the first genesis occured in the offspring of those that ate of the tentacles. This is why modern cephs only have 8 limbs. The first language period is Enochian. A language of the eyes and limbs. Through different manipulation of limbs and eye fluctuations communication was made. After a while though telepathy became the established communication.
Here are some examples but not all of cephalapod genesis:
• Spiders (rare from trilobyte mix, had to go back in time to accomplish) (they had to avenge the original vampyrapods from being eaten from early organisms, thisnis how scorpions were able to evolve) • Mango (foilage and ceph mix. Ceph hung from a tree upside down) • Star fruit (the tree missed the octopus and tempted it to return) • Pinecone ( the bite marks of ceph beak eating the fruit of the trees) • Toucan (the beak formation from ceph in flux probably consuming a failed aviary) • Peacock (feather formations still in flux from limbs partial fusion) • Salamander (reptile/chameleon mix) (skin breathing evolution) •Sloth (feline and foilage mix) • Mistletoe bird (octopus ate a mushroom) • Lyrebird (mirage, digitage, and aviary from peacock and pheasant. Mastered the art of sound mimickry to develop better auditory communications) • Dung beetle (rolling backwards the earth through time) • VW bug (trunk up front) (mirage, digitage, pachyderm mix) (invented higher than the model T but arrived later in time) • Goliath bird-eating tarantula ( set a web to catch a bird which did not exist fully until the web was cast. When the spider consumed the bird the psuedo cannabalistic action resulted in a poison tree frog) • Snakes (a ceph lost its mating limb for some reason in a mirage mix experiment) • venemous snakes (a snake ate the eggs of its own offspring)(the cursed dinosaur souls live inside these) • Gumby (using hands to mold clay made a show about being an octopus) • Chameleon (reptile, ceph, foilage, mirage mix)(a ceph was purposely eaten by a komodo dragon to telepathically send a reverse osmosis of its makeup inside its body to another ceph that was attempting to kill the dinosaurs in the past. How they programmed the tapeworm to destroy them)
- Human organs (strife and love and tapeworm mix. Impregnating a mix of canine feline equine, ceph, pachyderm, reptilian, mirage, digitage, foilage, strife and love through years of experimentation lodged themselves systematically into more and more advanced versions and became functional in each iteration) • Sumi ink tattoo ink any ink really • The written word (anemone, sea urchin, porcupine quill, Bird feather and ink. Papyrus) • Floppy disk (suction cup on a piece of mail specifically a bill and the suction cup on the plastic window) • Cd, dvd, blu ray (laying of hands on a television screen) • Television (just a series of ceph exploring life through the inside of a glass tank with mirage and digitage mix) • Movie theater ( same but aquarium instead) • Papillon (love + insect from trilobyte and ink and papyrus needed training wheels to learn how to fly) • Taser (digitage mix of the two extra original tentacles lost from vampyrapod with mix of electric eel which was a detached limb of an octopus that had achieved ball lightning static existence) • Wisteria (ceph and foilage mix) (needed the seeds to play mancala or something) • Water strider (walked on water) • Lunar lander (digitage) (tapeworms in humans directed construction, the first electronic component gestalt high enough to become digital) (a tree really wanted to go to the moon) • Champagne cork (Ate some bark, vent plugged up and had to pee really bad) • Electrostatic Ball (attempting time travel, a ceph was meditating in complete non movement inside a digitized mirage flashing irridescence until it passed away) • Ball lightning (time travel attempt Same ceph tried a pure digitage and mirage mix) • Gnarwal (chameleon tongue, mirage and pachyderm) • Light bulb (ceph + mirage + digitage mix) (octopus crawled into a mirage jar and was irridescent) • Liquor bottle (octopus got stuck in a fulgarite and died temporarily trapping its soul in reflection but the invention of cork escaped it) • Silly string (mirage mix) (angry octopus sprayed another with diarhea from its vent) • Tapeworms (had to brave a walk into a volcano and die. As the octopus melted while running, it evolved the turkey, turkey vulture, vulture, and was just a slithering worm by the time it was engulfed by lava) • The Ten Commandments (vampyrapod fossils brought by a tapewormed moses to show people and try and explain the religion) • Dumbo (actually just a tiny cute octopus) • Hydra from capt america (introducing the public to idealogy of cephs) • Tobacco leaf (the laying of hands on deciduous plantlife, a gift to the early iterations of human) • Cow (equine ceph and pachyderm mix) essentially the Orca ate the Octopus, in its 4th stomach it finally died and so when the cow who has 4 stomachs manifested it came with udders symbolic of the octopus genesis in post actualization-causation • Rapa nui. The end of time. (Great stone heads disembodied) (mirage and strife)the final resting place. A graveyard. A place of rest always available
2024.05.10 01:03 Nich-jw Yo lemme get a match
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2024.05.09 20:55 Malaysia_Cater My life got turned into a horror flick… BY A FUCKING HORSE.
My family has owned a large farm for generations. On Carrie Hollows farm we sell potatoes and carrots. Then there's the animals. We've got the usual animals you would see on a farm. Chickens, pigs, sheep, cows, and horses.
Mama takes care of the sheep. Daddy takes care of the cows. Kimmy takes care of the chickens. John takes care of the pigs. And I… take care of the horses.
It all started when I found a stray horse three months back. It was a white coated beauty, standing by the lake bay. I had heard stories about killer horses, but Daddy just made those up to keep us far away from the lake as kids. Now that I was older and wiser, and I knew better. But to say I felt uneasy about this horse was an understatement.
My uneasiness turned to concern, as I noticed tiny yet deep punctures across its side. My concern soon bubbled into anger, when I realized they were bullet wounds. “Poachers,” I muttered under my breath. “Stay here, alright? I'll be back to help you,” I told it, before running off to get my dad. Sure enough it was still there when we got back.
After loading the horse in the truck, we brought it home and called the vet. The vet took out the bullets and patched the wound, telling us the horse would be fine. I spent all day with it making sure it felt welcomed and at home. And after some careful thought, I named it River. It seemingly liked the name, as it became more affectionate towards me when I said it.
I soon grew to be River’s favorite human. He was always at my side during feeding time, River would get seemingly angry if I was touching another horse, and jumped over the fence several times just to see me. I thought nothing of it and just brushed it off. After all, every living creature is different. And if one human can't represent all humans, then neither can one horse.
The weirdness started when River began fighting other horses. Apparently he was protecting a foal that was being targeted by an adult male horse. Things like that were common, and I assumed River had mated with another horse and was protecting his foal. Then one day, my mother had set a chocolate cake near the window. Since the animals don't get close to the house it was usually fine.
Welp not today. My mother came back from using the restroom and found River chowing down on the cake.
Funny? Hell yes. Unusual? Not really.
We called the vet and to our surprise River was fine. My family was relieved but I was a little uneasy. This uneasiness followed me and I couldn't get it off my mind. So I took a pork chop out of the fridge one night, and placed it where River usually slept. As expected he ate it, but not like a horse.
River tore into that meat like a monster, chewing it up and gulping it down like there was no tomorrow. All that was just a month ago. I've been continuing this experiment and nothing is happening to River. Horses are natural herbivores and cannot digest meat. But I’ve been giving River meat for a month straight and nothing is happening to him.
He almost seems stronger and even faster. River has gotten more aggressive with other horses lately, and it only happens when they're around me. My family thinks I'm going nuts, and I'm sure my parents would strip me of my job title if they knew I was feeding River meat. I'm scared to death about all this. I know for a fact now River isn't a horse. And I'm starting to lose it.
What if he can understand me? Is he listening to every conversation I have with my folks? Does he know I know? If he eats meat, does that mean he eats humans? And if so, has he killed before? What the fuck is he?
Help please…
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Mama takes care of the sheep. Daddy takes care of the cows. Kimmy takes care of the chickens. John takes care of the pigs. And I… take care of the horses.
It all started when I found a stray horse three months back. It was a white coated beauty, standing by the lake bay. I had heard stories about killer horses, but Daddy just made those up to keep us far away from the lake as kids. Now that I was older and wiser, and I knew better. But to say I felt uneasy about this horse was an understatement.
My uneasiness turned to concern, as I noticed tiny yet deep punctures across its side. My concern soon bubbled into anger, when I realized they were bullet wounds. “Poachers,” I muttered under my breath. “Stay here, alright? I'll be back to help you,” I told it, before running off to get my dad. Sure enough it was still there when we got back.
After loading the horse in the truck, we brought it home and called the vet. The vet took out the bullets and patched the wound, telling us the horse would be fine. I spent all day with it making sure it felt welcomed and at home. And after some careful thought, I named it River. It seemingly liked the name, as it became more affectionate towards me when I said it.
I soon grew to be River’s favorite human. He was always at my side during feeding time, River would get seemingly angry if I was touching another horse, and jumped over the fence several times just to see me. I thought nothing of it and just brushed it off. After all, every living creature is different. And if one human can't represent all humans, then neither can one horse.
The weirdness started when River began fighting other horses. Apparently he was protecting a foal that was being targeted by an adult male horse. Things like that were common, and I assumed River had mated with another horse and was protecting his foal. Then one day, my mother had set a chocolate cake near the window. Since the animals don't get close to the house it was usually fine.
Welp not today. My mother came back from using the restroom and found River chowing down on the cake.
Funny? Hell yes. Unusual? Not really.
We called the vet and to our surprise River was fine. My family was relieved but I was a little uneasy. This uneasiness followed me and I couldn't get it off my mind. So I took a pork chop out of the fridge one night, and placed it where River usually slept. As expected he ate it, but not like a horse.
River tore into that meat like a monster, chewing it up and gulping it down like there was no tomorrow. All that was just a month ago. I've been continuing this experiment and nothing is happening to River. Horses are natural herbivores and cannot digest meat. But I’ve been giving River meat for a month straight and nothing is happening to him.
He almost seems stronger and even faster. River has gotten more aggressive with other horses lately, and it only happens when they're around me. My family thinks I'm going nuts, and I'm sure my parents would strip me of my job title if they knew I was feeding River meat. I'm scared to death about all this. I know for a fact now River isn't a horse. And I'm starting to lose it.
What if he can understand me? Is he listening to every conversation I have with my folks? Does he know I know? If he eats meat, does that mean he eats humans? And if so, has he killed before? What the fuck is he?
Help please…
2024.05.09 14:02 Isopodfun96 Dairy cow tried mating with a armadillidium. She wasn't having it.
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2024.05.09 10:49 Jinglemisk Dear Mods: Let's make a "KCD Getting Started" Megathread for New Players!
Edit: I am trying to update this as comments come along :)
So many people are buying KCD nowadays and the least we can do is help them out and make sure we get some momentum rolling towards the release of the new game. I suggest that we make a sticky thread about this for all newcomers to see, and try to answer issues below that thread. Reddit's searching algorithm isn't the best, and there is a chance a player will read only a couple of tips before they give up on their search.
Here are some tips from me :) Combat is at the bottom.
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So many people are buying KCD nowadays and the least we can do is help them out and make sure we get some momentum rolling towards the release of the new game. I suggest that we make a sticky thread about this for all newcomers to see, and try to answer issues below that thread. Reddit's searching algorithm isn't the best, and there is a chance a player will read only a couple of tips before they give up on their search.
Here are some tips from me :) Combat is at the bottom.
- Henry: You are a lowborn peasant who can barely fistfight, can't use a sword and can't read. Your performance in this game is heavily tied to Henry's skills. You can't take on 2 Bandits with a sword if your sword level is 1. There is nothing more natural than trying something again later or running away from a fight. You are a 16 year old manchild whose first scene is oversleeping and slacking off from work. Embrace that, and you will become Henry.
- Prologue: Not spoiling anything, the prologue is a tad long. As a new player you might not notice when it actually ends. Let the game railroad you for a little while. Afterwards the game will ask you to go to a town relatively far from your area, that's when the game slowly starts to open up.
- Saving: You need to drink "Schnapps" to save the game. You can brew it, steal it or buy it. If you have money, spend it on Schanpps and Bandages in the early game.
- u/baksteen-13**: You can sleep in owned Beds to save the game!*\*
- u/DraefilkToo: Map of all save & sleep slots in the game: https://www.reddit.com/kingdomcome/comments/11ti14q/i_mapped_out_all_the_sleep_save_spots_i_know_of/
- u/mark_from_ca**: Use “Save&Exit” as you get a free save slot. Be sure to click “Resume” when reentering the game as it won’t appear in the Load Save list.
- Alchemy: Potion-brewing is an immersive minigame and opens up a great variety of buffs.
- u/shrekisloveAO : Alchemy really lets you make a lot of mistakes. For example, when making saviour schnapps, you can completely skip the boiling and grinding, so it goes like this: add wine, add 1 nettle and 2 belladona, finish potion
- Eating: You can eat from any cooking pot that other people use for free.
- u/Greeklibertarian27**: Don’t overeat. Due to my experience with previous games such as stalker anomaly and FNV I always carried copious amounts of food that I had to consume so as to not go stale. However, this constant eating ate both of my stamina and my inventory space.
- Training: Captain Bernard can be used for training, just outside Rattay's east gate. It is crucial that you spend some time training with him. Wake up, train, eat something, train, go to bed. Try to gain a couple of levels with your favored weapon before getting into action.
- u/Nast33 - Train with Bernard until you learn Master Strike. It's the most important technique and that's when you know training is basically over and you've learned everything you need for the whole game. [To which I would say, as u/Jinglemisk : "Come on mate let the guy have some fun!"]
- Reading: You will get a quest to learn how to read. Do it, and steal as many books as you can. Read books while sitting on benches (select them from Inventory). You will gain a lot of skills by doing this.
- Clothes and Hygiene: Clothing affects your Charisma, people will treat you as a Knight if you are wearing expensive Armor or noblemen's clothing. As you travel and fight your clothing will get muddy. Your Charisma checks will be affected negatively by dirt. Wash your clothes and take a bath every now and then.
- Looting: Be smart with your inventory capacity.
- u/pouziboy - For the love of god, don't take everything (...) I was looting everything and even without any stealing and thieving shenanigans ended up with enough money for life in the middle of the game because I was hauling every single piece of equipment to the shops to sell. Think about the weight to price ratio. That hauberk might seem valuable with price of 700 groschen but it also weighs 20 lbs? Leave it be. I found it's enough to loot things with 100 groschen per 1 lb of weight. Got an item that weighs 3 lbs but only costs 220 groschen? Leave it right there, not worth the hassle. Don't let your greedy lizard brain turn the game into Kingdom Come: Pawnshop Crap Hauling Simulator as I did. As I always do. And will do so with the next game for sure as well.
- Bow: Bow is hard to use at first, but very powerful and rewarding.
- u/Noriadin**:** If you're really struggling with upping your bow skill and want exp cheese for it (or if you're roleplaying a Henry who would do this), go kill as many livestock in the fields as you can. Easy to get hits and also a good way to practice your aim. You will also get a pretty small increase in hunting exp from cows and pigs.
- Hunting: It is magical to admire the deers, but even better to hunt them.
- u/pouziboy - Need money? Go shoot some game and then sell the meat. You can fill your inventory and horse inventory with a few dead animals and then sell all the meat in one or two goes. Much better way of earning than selling every singular dirty piece of underpants you were able to get from dead bandits.
- Crime: Use a torch at night, it is a crime not to carry one at night. People will hear you if you are walking around in Mail Boots. People will see you if you are wearing an orange overcoat. Wear simple shoes and a black shirt when sneaking and stealing. Bribing guards is easier if you have better quality clothing (see above). You can go to jail in this game. People will remember your crimes if you yeet someone and run away.
- Stealth (Pickpocketing and Lockpicking): Two great minigames (or one great minigame and ehhhh minigame on consoles) that combine your skill and Henry’s.
- u/frankfooter18 - Even though you may not want to make your Henry into a thief like character but it will help with certain missions. Under the inventory menu you can see Henry’s stats which will show you how loud or how visible your clothes are on your character. After the long intro of the game, you will learn stealth from Miller Peshek and he will teach you lock picking and pickpocketing. Lock picking may be very loud if not done correctly so for beginners try a chest that’s in the woods (investigation points, accidents, camps) or at Miller Peshek mill. Try pickpocketing on sleeping NPC but be careful not to get caught in towns by guards. Best if you try it in camps like lock picking chest. When you reach level 5 in stealth, pick the perk that makes you stealth kill enemies and buy a dagger or get one in a chest or pickpocketing. This perk will also help with certain missions as well as getting ride of enemy camps.
- u/EvanMcc18 - Lockpicking has two options Original and Simplified. This is more for the Console Players. I myself played it on PlayStation before PC. Lockpicking on console is very hard. I would recommend Simplified it still gives a challenge but you won't be getting frustrated breaking Ten Lockpicks on Easy Chests. For PC Lockpicking is basically the same on either simplified or Original.
- Maintaining Your Weapons: Use dirt-cheap bandit weapons to practice sharpening your sword at the blacksmith's grindstone. There is also a chance that doing it wrong will reduce its durability, so use an irrelevant sword and sell it later. If you have the time, sharpen the weapons you have before selling them.
- Haggling: After you fill your "shopping basket", you will have a chance to Haggle. You can negotiate for lower buy / higher sell prices. Don't overdo it or they will get pissed off.
- Horses: You are given a horse, but you can buy new ones. You don't keep horses you steal, you have to "own" them. After owning a horse, you can dump your Inventory for extra space. Buy horseshoes and tacks to increase its speed. Lower quality horses will get scared in combat.
- Travel: You can fast travel between certain locations. When fast travelling you will encounter people on roads: Travellers, Beggars, or bandit ambushes. A faster horse allows you to run. If you fail escaping the encounter, you can "manually" run by them. Do that in the first couple of levels.
- Farkle: Learn Farkle, it is extremely easy compared to games like Caravan or Gwent. It is fun and the perfect way to pass time and earn some extra bucks.
- Combat: Combat in this game is half tactics, half equipment; there is nothing more noble and masculine than running away from a fight. You can kill 3 Knights if you are tactical. You will get beaten to death by starving peasants if your equipment sucks. If there are at least two enemies, run backwards while engaging them. Getting flanked is brutal in the game because someone you can't see is slamming your back with a hammer. Don't turn around and run, they can tackle you and push you to the ground if you are not fast enough.
- Hardcore: Hardcore is the single greatest way to play KCD, but no first-time player should (IMO) be using it. Hardcore removes the HUD, applies some debuffs, and removes the player’s map marker (so it is impossible to tell where you are just by looking at the map)
- u/EvanMcc18 - Previous experience and Knowledge of Game Mechanics and the World Map really helps with Hardcore Mode. Without it you can be frustrated very quickly but entirely up to the player.
- Maps: Kingdom Come as heavenly cartography. Learning the map is 10x more important in Hardcore, but rest assured that both the Wiki and interactive maps online will help you out if you are stuck.
- u/DraefilkToo - Interactive Map https://kingdomcomemap.github.io/#2/2048.0/2048.0
- DLCs: They are fantastic additions and cheaper than pizza.
- u/EvanMcc18 - (on DLCs). DLC quest options in dialogue are usually coloured blue and marked with an icon.
- Jesus Christ be praised: Audibly say this whenever you walk up to a store, mount your horse, dismount your horse, eating something, anything.
2024.05.08 02:41 gentlecat2210 I wish my delivery driver took as much care of my sushi as he did with my eggs
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2024.05.07 11:22 ct_hulhu10282 Universal Theory of Everything
There are 5 areals inside of which 5 elements reside. The five areals are: ● Mirage(hollow, reflective, refractive, instantanious, where psyche meets spirit). ● Woman (love, where spirit meets fire), ● Digitage( non-corporeal, energy storage where water meets fire) . ● Foilage(birthing, absorbing, growing, where animal meets water), ● Man(strife, where animal meets psyche)
(The elements between each areal are respectfully spirit, fire, water. animalia and psyche)
Inside animalia there are 6 distinct animals from which genesis occurs. Pachyderm (elephants, whales etc) Reptilian (lizards, snakes etc) Cephalapod (the sentient on the planet) Equine (horse, zebra etc) Canine (dog, wolf, jackal etc) Feline (cat, lion, cheetah etc)
Time is an illusion carried by humans (an amalgamation through time defying reproduction of the entirety of the cephalapods work in genesis on the planet earth.) The earliest intelligent animal on the earth was the vampyrapod. A ten tentacled species that landed here somehow flung from some rock or ejaculated by some larger animal. The vampyropods were fed upon by the local life here (trilobytes, bacteria etc) eating two of the tentacles (the mating tentacles (man(woman)) that began the genesis. The ten commandments themselfs biblically are the fossilized representation of one male and one female vampyropods. The ten tentacles arranged in their death explaining a meaning forever.
The 5 areals are where time is encased it is the job of humans to bear the weight of time while cephs continue the genesis.
If you imagine a star shape in which each point is an areal, and between each point is an element, than in the very center you will find salt, sugar, and vinegar (dry). With these base powders water, Nitrogen, And carbon can be formed. The basis of life on earth.
All the genesis of animalia as well as man made items were the creation of the cephs with intention. Mixing of animalia through time and genesis they have destroyed the dinosaurs and shifted them to aviaries. They did this through the tapeworm, an invention that not only makes up the organs of humans, (the intestines, the gallbladder etc) but was weaponized to destroy the dinosaurs en masse in preperation for the genesis plans of the cephs.
Modern octopus only live about 4.5 years and they have mastered the ability to transcend into the next through cannabalism as well as telepathy. They created the first language of enochian (the angels language) through tentacle and eye movements. Through many generations and reincarnations they developed telepathy as well as the ability to travel through time.
On genesis. An actuality has to occur from the cephs in time to create the genesis. Such as a ceph dying, killing. Being eaten. Eating. The laying of hands (tentacles in this case) or the travel through time to accomplish these. For example. A ceph intentionally was eaten by a komodo dragon, while conscious and being digested it telepathically sent the makeup from inside to another ceph. This ceph used that information to create the genesis of the tapeworm that would destroy the dinosaurs. After most reptilians were shifted to aviaries. There were remnants such as thr chameleon who is very fragile, has 2 penises that constnlantly prolapse and the female can hold sperm for years without self inseminating to create birth. If you take a pachyderm like an elephant an ld have it eat of a chameleon, perhaps with some other complicated genesis of elements and areals you will find you have a gnarwal. The main point is that once they mastered tome travel, they have had unlimited time to make use of their ability to create genesis on the planet. Every animal thay is alive today has been manipulated by the cephs to be exactly where it is in time to accommodate for a larger agenda.
Its my belief that there are only 3 unique cephs that survived the early devastation of trilobytes and other life feeding from these aliens. I call them Seth, Jack, and Claire. Seth is known for being cruel. Jack is more logical, Claire is more empathetic. Because they didnt have the gene popl to create offapring effectively they created this ability to utilize genesis to ensure their survival. This is why they are cannabls its because they must be in order to continue. The modern female octopus always feeds of the make after mating. The males always eat of the young ones after birth.
On 'man made' inventions Cephs proliferated through genesis all the tools to create the written word. From sea anemone to sea urchin to porcupine to bird feather, to quill. And you already know where the ink came from. These topls were provided to a banana pig infested with mutated tapeworms in order to solidify the structures of governance over time. Every iteration of every technology was also developed intentionally by the cephs in order to eatablish a relationahip with the digitage that is just now in our perception coming to power.
As a human, i am essentially just a warm blooded version of a ceph. (Make a bird with your hands, where are the beaks?) We exist inside this cage of time and bear its burden. Look at a shark it may sleep but it just keeps swimming. Humans cannot. We have to sleep. Which is close to the realm of death. We as humans are split and carry the weight of strife and love. This is gender and its roles. (This is not a politcal view of genders but a simplification for the idea that governs. Im positive that in infinite time, other genders maybe an option)
We are as a human race looking forward to scientific breakthroughs that happen when cephs accomplish the physical actuations in time that develop to possible situations we experience from that genesis. Such as. By 2027 scientists anticipate returning the wooly mammoth from extinction. It is my belief that we need an actualization of the 6th digit in the mammaths feet in order for a cephs agenda unknown.
Bird eating spiders are example of post genesis cannabalism that triggers another line of genesis to occur such as a poison tree frog or something. I beleive that venomous snakes were made that way because the egg is the fruit that the snake is tempted by. And if it ate of its own eggs it was cursed through genesis to bear the venom. A bovine has 4 stomachs. And udders that resemble somehwhat the tenacles of a ceph. Its my belief that a whale(pachyderm) that has 9 stomachs (the 9 circles of hell) consumed a ceph and in its 4th stomach met the remains of an equine and genesis occured. Resulting in a cud chewing cow. Precious ambergris is essential to perfumes and stimulated the olfactories in way unlike anything else in the world. It cannot be valued it unvaluable. Whales also sing ans produce music. The moder ceph has empirical hearing as well as oldlfactory experiences. Cephs love blueberries. Foe the antioxidants (ita okay its a joke you can laugh ) but really. They do. Modern octopus can be found in the pacific notherwest climbing trees. They dont eat and make their way up the rocky cliffs to the coniferous foilage in order to establish some genesis. That is a real human experience that is documented. They have cralwed in any form across every inch and again and again of this planet. A suction cup on the plastic window of a bill in the mail may have inadvertantly created the floppy disc.
On the macro and the myopic: We live in time where everything occurs simultaniously only on a different scale in a set of repeating patterns that run forwards or backwards in fractalization. Or so to say, the coast goes on forever. With innumurable bits of sand that outnumber the stars in the sky.
Youll find that rapa nui , or easter island is the end of time itself. A graveyard of sorts and a resting ground for the tired cephs who have labored throughout existence to provide the genesis for us to continue in this gestalt of a universe. Its not an end but also a beginning.
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(The elements between each areal are respectfully spirit, fire, water. animalia and psyche)
Inside animalia there are 6 distinct animals from which genesis occurs. Pachyderm (elephants, whales etc) Reptilian (lizards, snakes etc) Cephalapod (the sentient on the planet) Equine (horse, zebra etc) Canine (dog, wolf, jackal etc) Feline (cat, lion, cheetah etc)
Time is an illusion carried by humans (an amalgamation through time defying reproduction of the entirety of the cephalapods work in genesis on the planet earth.) The earliest intelligent animal on the earth was the vampyrapod. A ten tentacled species that landed here somehow flung from some rock or ejaculated by some larger animal. The vampyropods were fed upon by the local life here (trilobytes, bacteria etc) eating two of the tentacles (the mating tentacles (man(woman)) that began the genesis. The ten commandments themselfs biblically are the fossilized representation of one male and one female vampyropods. The ten tentacles arranged in their death explaining a meaning forever.
The 5 areals are where time is encased it is the job of humans to bear the weight of time while cephs continue the genesis.
If you imagine a star shape in which each point is an areal, and between each point is an element, than in the very center you will find salt, sugar, and vinegar (dry). With these base powders water, Nitrogen, And carbon can be formed. The basis of life on earth.
All the genesis of animalia as well as man made items were the creation of the cephs with intention. Mixing of animalia through time and genesis they have destroyed the dinosaurs and shifted them to aviaries. They did this through the tapeworm, an invention that not only makes up the organs of humans, (the intestines, the gallbladder etc) but was weaponized to destroy the dinosaurs en masse in preperation for the genesis plans of the cephs.
Modern octopus only live about 4.5 years and they have mastered the ability to transcend into the next through cannabalism as well as telepathy. They created the first language of enochian (the angels language) through tentacle and eye movements. Through many generations and reincarnations they developed telepathy as well as the ability to travel through time.
On genesis. An actuality has to occur from the cephs in time to create the genesis. Such as a ceph dying, killing. Being eaten. Eating. The laying of hands (tentacles in this case) or the travel through time to accomplish these. For example. A ceph intentionally was eaten by a komodo dragon, while conscious and being digested it telepathically sent the makeup from inside to another ceph. This ceph used that information to create the genesis of the tapeworm that would destroy the dinosaurs. After most reptilians were shifted to aviaries. There were remnants such as thr chameleon who is very fragile, has 2 penises that constnlantly prolapse and the female can hold sperm for years without self inseminating to create birth. If you take a pachyderm like an elephant an ld have it eat of a chameleon, perhaps with some other complicated genesis of elements and areals you will find you have a gnarwal. The main point is that once they mastered tome travel, they have had unlimited time to make use of their ability to create genesis on the planet. Every animal thay is alive today has been manipulated by the cephs to be exactly where it is in time to accommodate for a larger agenda.
Its my belief that there are only 3 unique cephs that survived the early devastation of trilobytes and other life feeding from these aliens. I call them Seth, Jack, and Claire. Seth is known for being cruel. Jack is more logical, Claire is more empathetic. Because they didnt have the gene popl to create offapring effectively they created this ability to utilize genesis to ensure their survival. This is why they are cannabls its because they must be in order to continue. The modern female octopus always feeds of the make after mating. The males always eat of the young ones after birth.
On 'man made' inventions Cephs proliferated through genesis all the tools to create the written word. From sea anemone to sea urchin to porcupine to bird feather, to quill. And you already know where the ink came from. These topls were provided to a banana pig infested with mutated tapeworms in order to solidify the structures of governance over time. Every iteration of every technology was also developed intentionally by the cephs in order to eatablish a relationahip with the digitage that is just now in our perception coming to power.
As a human, i am essentially just a warm blooded version of a ceph. (Make a bird with your hands, where are the beaks?) We exist inside this cage of time and bear its burden. Look at a shark it may sleep but it just keeps swimming. Humans cannot. We have to sleep. Which is close to the realm of death. We as humans are split and carry the weight of strife and love. This is gender and its roles. (This is not a politcal view of genders but a simplification for the idea that governs. Im positive that in infinite time, other genders maybe an option)
We are as a human race looking forward to scientific breakthroughs that happen when cephs accomplish the physical actuations in time that develop to possible situations we experience from that genesis. Such as. By 2027 scientists anticipate returning the wooly mammoth from extinction. It is my belief that we need an actualization of the 6th digit in the mammaths feet in order for a cephs agenda unknown.
Bird eating spiders are example of post genesis cannabalism that triggers another line of genesis to occur such as a poison tree frog or something. I beleive that venomous snakes were made that way because the egg is the fruit that the snake is tempted by. And if it ate of its own eggs it was cursed through genesis to bear the venom. A bovine has 4 stomachs. And udders that resemble somehwhat the tenacles of a ceph. Its my belief that a whale(pachyderm) that has 9 stomachs (the 9 circles of hell) consumed a ceph and in its 4th stomach met the remains of an equine and genesis occured. Resulting in a cud chewing cow. Precious ambergris is essential to perfumes and stimulated the olfactories in way unlike anything else in the world. It cannot be valued it unvaluable. Whales also sing ans produce music. The moder ceph has empirical hearing as well as oldlfactory experiences. Cephs love blueberries. Foe the antioxidants (ita okay its a joke you can laugh ) but really. They do. Modern octopus can be found in the pacific notherwest climbing trees. They dont eat and make their way up the rocky cliffs to the coniferous foilage in order to establish some genesis. That is a real human experience that is documented. They have cralwed in any form across every inch and again and again of this planet. A suction cup on the plastic window of a bill in the mail may have inadvertantly created the floppy disc.
On the macro and the myopic: We live in time where everything occurs simultaniously only on a different scale in a set of repeating patterns that run forwards or backwards in fractalization. Or so to say, the coast goes on forever. With innumurable bits of sand that outnumber the stars in the sky.
Youll find that rapa nui , or easter island is the end of time itself. A graveyard of sorts and a resting ground for the tired cephs who have labored throughout existence to provide the genesis for us to continue in this gestalt of a universe. Its not an end but also a beginning.
2024.05.06 22:37 Throwaway_forevera Brothers and sister need advice/opinion on this.
So I had a friend or maybe call him Best Friend and our friendship was like too good. We use to roast make fun or do extreme mischeifs but still never went against each other until some like this happened.
So he belongs to hindu religion. And I uploaded my pic on reddit for something and saved and made a meme on our friends group. I didn't got pissed because it was just our mates group. I thought to go through his reddit to find something same. I just suddenly got a islamophobic comment he made in a mature subreddit so got downvoted and I was just angry. For context he had made some jokes on me for like bombs and all BECAUSE we belong to particular vfx industry. And he even apologised for that. So I got angry on that comment and thought of confronting him. But mistakenly like I don't know how I mistakenly posted it on my class group instead of sending him I deleted it as soon as I realised. He didn't kept his name as username so even if someone read might not know who it was.
So now I don't know what to do I sent that screenshot to my friend who's also our brother (Muslim) to get his opinion and he told I'll talk to him. So he call me back and said that he told it's message from last year and that he was misguided due to watching some videos and has been improved and also told that we could check his now posts and comments.
So he then just called me and said you did it wrong by sending it on group and sending that guy because we are good friends and now he'll never look at me with good. Also told same to check his posts and comments and said we did a compition together have you ever felt that way. (It was a 4 month compietition where we worked day and night toghether sometimes even waitng till nights in class sleeping and eating there). By saying this he told leave and cut the call.
Later I thought I don't know what to do but another thing to note was he never like supported much of palestine part don't why he thought it was just a war and all and not a religious war.(I'll show you, see if he corrected).
he sent me whatsapp messages :
For non hindi speakers : [4/7/2024 12:26 AM] Pankaj (Dump): Can I ask you a question? [4/7/2024 1:15 AM] : Sure, go ahead [4/8/2024 12:26 AM] Pankaj (Dump): If we switch the populations of Palestine and Israel but keep the injustices the same, such as Israel's actions on Palestine, who would you support? [4/8/2024 7:23 AM] : There's no need to do anything; the US and Europe are already doing what needs to be done. It's biased Zionism prevailing in their world, buddy. [4/8/2024 8:55 AM] Pankaj (Dump): That's true, but it seems like people are promoting their propaganda! It feels more like religious support than moral support for nationalism. [4/8/2024 12:25 PM] : Of course, it's religious, because mainly Zionists want to completely acquire Palestine and demolish our holy sites in Jerusalem. They believe their messiah will come there after offering cows. So, it's not just inhuman; it's also religious, and that's why they need religious support.
[4/8/2024 1:13 PM] Pankaj (Dump): Wait, isn't Jerusalem for Christians, Muslims, and Jews? Why would they do that? And who told you about the cow thing and their messiah? That's all wrong and just extremist propaganda! [4/8/2024 1:37 PM] : Lol, you still think that? Look up the Al-Aqsa Demolition and their messiah; that's why they call themselves God's Chosen One. [4/8/2024 1:40 PM] : They want to make their third temple by demolishing Al-Aqsa.
[4/8/2024 1:59 PM] Pankaj (Dump): Holy shit, man! I actually found out about the red cows on DuckDuckGo. They bought some 5 cows from the USA for $500,000! And also built a visualization of the Al-Aqsa temple. [4/8/2024 2:31 PM] : Some NGOs post proof about where the money goes because they are physically there in Gaza and use funds appropriately. [4/8/2024 3:12 PM] Pankaj (Dump): Iran is smuggling huge weaponry from Egypt! And many donations are coming from the Government of Iran for the cause.
After this I thought he was just blinded by propoganda and I have mistaken myslef and lost a friend. I messaged him saying lets over this am soryy and but he didn't replied my friend says I should leave it. My point was it was he who had to apologize not me but was I wrong because maybe if I could have confronted him directly all these wouldn't have happen.
Please advice me
JazakAllah Hu Khair!!
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So he belongs to hindu religion. And I uploaded my pic on reddit for something and saved and made a meme on our friends group. I didn't got pissed because it was just our mates group. I thought to go through his reddit to find something same. I just suddenly got a islamophobic comment he made in a mature subreddit so got downvoted and I was just angry. For context he had made some jokes on me for like bombs and all BECAUSE we belong to particular vfx industry. And he even apologised for that. So I got angry on that comment and thought of confronting him. But mistakenly like I don't know how I mistakenly posted it on my class group instead of sending him I deleted it as soon as I realised. He didn't kept his name as username so even if someone read might not know who it was.
So now I don't know what to do I sent that screenshot to my friend who's also our brother (Muslim) to get his opinion and he told I'll talk to him. So he call me back and said that he told it's message from last year and that he was misguided due to watching some videos and has been improved and also told that we could check his now posts and comments.
So he then just called me and said you did it wrong by sending it on group and sending that guy because we are good friends and now he'll never look at me with good. Also told same to check his posts and comments and said we did a compition together have you ever felt that way. (It was a 4 month compietition where we worked day and night toghether sometimes even waitng till nights in class sleeping and eating there). By saying this he told leave and cut the call.
Later I thought I don't know what to do but another thing to note was he never like supported much of palestine part don't why he thought it was just a war and all and not a religious war.(I'll show you, see if he corrected).
he sent me whatsapp messages :
For non hindi speakers : [4/7/2024 12:26 AM] Pankaj (Dump): Can I ask you a question? [4/7/2024 1:15 AM] : Sure, go ahead [4/8/2024 12:26 AM] Pankaj (Dump): If we switch the populations of Palestine and Israel but keep the injustices the same, such as Israel's actions on Palestine, who would you support? [4/8/2024 7:23 AM] : There's no need to do anything; the US and Europe are already doing what needs to be done. It's biased Zionism prevailing in their world, buddy. [4/8/2024 8:55 AM] Pankaj (Dump): That's true, but it seems like people are promoting their propaganda! It feels more like religious support than moral support for nationalism. [4/8/2024 12:25 PM] : Of course, it's religious, because mainly Zionists want to completely acquire Palestine and demolish our holy sites in Jerusalem. They believe their messiah will come there after offering cows. So, it's not just inhuman; it's also religious, and that's why they need religious support.
[4/8/2024 1:13 PM] Pankaj (Dump): Wait, isn't Jerusalem for Christians, Muslims, and Jews? Why would they do that? And who told you about the cow thing and their messiah? That's all wrong and just extremist propaganda! [4/8/2024 1:37 PM] : Lol, you still think that? Look up the Al-Aqsa Demolition and their messiah; that's why they call themselves God's Chosen One. [4/8/2024 1:40 PM] : They want to make their third temple by demolishing Al-Aqsa.
[4/8/2024 1:59 PM] Pankaj (Dump): Holy shit, man! I actually found out about the red cows on DuckDuckGo. They bought some 5 cows from the USA for $500,000! And also built a visualization of the Al-Aqsa temple. [4/8/2024 2:31 PM] : Some NGOs post proof about where the money goes because they are physically there in Gaza and use funds appropriately. [4/8/2024 3:12 PM] Pankaj (Dump): Iran is smuggling huge weaponry from Egypt! And many donations are coming from the Government of Iran for the cause.
After this I thought he was just blinded by propoganda and I have mistaken myslef and lost a friend. I messaged him saying lets over this am soryy and but he didn't replied my friend says I should leave it. My point was it was he who had to apologize not me but was I wrong because maybe if I could have confronted him directly all these wouldn't have happen.
Please advice me
JazakAllah Hu Khair!!
2024.05.05 14:51 In_The_Arms_of_Death Short stack current sell pile! ( No posted prices, offers welcome! )
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2024.05.04 16:00 ct_hulhu10282 Cephs and genesis
Cephalapod Genesis
The pharoah ejaculated into the river and in the sand the sperm found refuge and grew into papyrus. This an example of genesis.
Vampyrapods are the first intelligent species to live on this planet predating the dinosaurs. They came here somehow. They did not evolve on this planet. Perhaps just an ejaculated sperm from another being landing in the water. The direct offspring of this cephalapod is the modern octopus. Octopus are responsible for nearly every animal genesis on earth including humans and subsequently man made inventions and accomplishments. Octopus taught trees to fruit, destroyed the dinosaurs through becoming tapeworms, and even walked to the moon. Some of the animals you may recognize from the cellular genesis may have fused with the other local staples such as canine, equine, and feline, and reptile as well as temporarily the pachyderms in post-actualization causal genesis. This can be done by mating with, killing, eating, dying, being eaten, or simply a laying of hands or physical actions. Octopus only live for about 4.5 years of our relationship with time, but they have beaten death through a mix of telepathy and cannabalism. They've also mastered time travel. There are only 3 actual beings here. Others died in getting here and are fossilized. 2 males and 1 female survived. I call them Jack, Seth, and Claire. This is why the genesis had to completed this way as any direct offspring would not work. because theyve have infinite time to complete it, theyve walked over every inch of the planet and affected every species. In fact our own existence is simply the echo of the combined knowledge of the cephs. We are an amalgamation like the 'too much good stuff' guy from am/pm commercials. Make a bird with your hands. ¿Where are the beaks? The latest project is to use genetic science in order to bring back the mammoth and obtain a sixth digit from its feet. Should happen around 2027. When the vampyrapods first encountered life here it was eating their tentacles. So the first genesis occured in the offspring of those that ate of the tentacles. This is why modern cephs only have 8 limbs. The first language period is Enochian. A language of the eyes and limbs. Through different manipulation of limbs and eye fluctuations communication was made. After a while though telepathy became the established communication.
Here are some examples but not all of cephalapod genesis:
• Spiders (rare from trilobyte mix, had to go back in time to accomplish) (they had to avenge the original vampyrapods from being eaten from early organisms, thisnis how scorpions were able to evolve) • Mango (foilage and ceph mix. Ceph hung from a tree upside down) • Star fruit (the tree missed the octopus and tempted it to return) • Pinecone ( the bite marks of ceph beak eating the fruit of the trees) • Toucan (the beak formation from ceph in flux probably consuming a failed aviary) • Peacock (feather formations still in flux from limbs partial fusion) • Salamander (reptile/chameleon mix) (skin breathing evolution) •Sloth (feline and foilage mix) • Mistletoe bird (octopus ate a mushroom) • Lyrebird (mirage, digitage, and aviary from peacock and pheasant. Mastered the art of sound mimickry to develop better auditory communications) • Dung beetle (rolling backwards the earth through time) • VW bug (trunk up front) (mirage, digitage, pachyderm mix) (invented higher than the model T but arrived later in time) • Goliath bird-eating tarantula ( set a web to catch a bird which did not exist fully until the web was cast. When the spider consumed the bird the psuedo cannabalistic action resulted in a poison tree frog) • Snakes (a ceph lost its mating limb for some reason in a mirage mix experiment) • venemous snakes (a snake ate the eggs of its own offspring)(the cursed dinosaur souls live inside these) • Gumby (using hands to mold clay made a show about being an octopus) • Chameleon (reptile, ceph, foilage, mirage mix)(a ceph was purposely eaten by a komodo dragon to telepathically send a reverse osmosis of its makeup inside its body to another ceph that was attempting to kill the dinosaurs in the past. How they programmed the tapeworm to destroy them)
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The pharoah ejaculated into the river and in the sand the sperm found refuge and grew into papyrus. This an example of genesis.
Vampyrapods are the first intelligent species to live on this planet predating the dinosaurs. They came here somehow. They did not evolve on this planet. Perhaps just an ejaculated sperm from another being landing in the water. The direct offspring of this cephalapod is the modern octopus. Octopus are responsible for nearly every animal genesis on earth including humans and subsequently man made inventions and accomplishments. Octopus taught trees to fruit, destroyed the dinosaurs through becoming tapeworms, and even walked to the moon. Some of the animals you may recognize from the cellular genesis may have fused with the other local staples such as canine, equine, and feline, and reptile as well as temporarily the pachyderms in post-actualization causal genesis. This can be done by mating with, killing, eating, dying, being eaten, or simply a laying of hands or physical actions. Octopus only live for about 4.5 years of our relationship with time, but they have beaten death through a mix of telepathy and cannabalism. They've also mastered time travel. There are only 3 actual beings here. Others died in getting here and are fossilized. 2 males and 1 female survived. I call them Jack, Seth, and Claire. This is why the genesis had to completed this way as any direct offspring would not work. because theyve have infinite time to complete it, theyve walked over every inch of the planet and affected every species. In fact our own existence is simply the echo of the combined knowledge of the cephs. We are an amalgamation like the 'too much good stuff' guy from am/pm commercials. Make a bird with your hands. ¿Where are the beaks? The latest project is to use genetic science in order to bring back the mammoth and obtain a sixth digit from its feet. Should happen around 2027. When the vampyrapods first encountered life here it was eating their tentacles. So the first genesis occured in the offspring of those that ate of the tentacles. This is why modern cephs only have 8 limbs. The first language period is Enochian. A language of the eyes and limbs. Through different manipulation of limbs and eye fluctuations communication was made. After a while though telepathy became the established communication.
Here are some examples but not all of cephalapod genesis:
• Spiders (rare from trilobyte mix, had to go back in time to accomplish) (they had to avenge the original vampyrapods from being eaten from early organisms, thisnis how scorpions were able to evolve) • Mango (foilage and ceph mix. Ceph hung from a tree upside down) • Star fruit (the tree missed the octopus and tempted it to return) • Pinecone ( the bite marks of ceph beak eating the fruit of the trees) • Toucan (the beak formation from ceph in flux probably consuming a failed aviary) • Peacock (feather formations still in flux from limbs partial fusion) • Salamander (reptile/chameleon mix) (skin breathing evolution) •Sloth (feline and foilage mix) • Mistletoe bird (octopus ate a mushroom) • Lyrebird (mirage, digitage, and aviary from peacock and pheasant. Mastered the art of sound mimickry to develop better auditory communications) • Dung beetle (rolling backwards the earth through time) • VW bug (trunk up front) (mirage, digitage, pachyderm mix) (invented higher than the model T but arrived later in time) • Goliath bird-eating tarantula ( set a web to catch a bird which did not exist fully until the web was cast. When the spider consumed the bird the psuedo cannabalistic action resulted in a poison tree frog) • Snakes (a ceph lost its mating limb for some reason in a mirage mix experiment) • venemous snakes (a snake ate the eggs of its own offspring)(the cursed dinosaur souls live inside these) • Gumby (using hands to mold clay made a show about being an octopus) • Chameleon (reptile, ceph, foilage, mirage mix)(a ceph was purposely eaten by a komodo dragon to telepathically send a reverse osmosis of its makeup inside its body to another ceph that was attempting to kill the dinosaurs in the past. How they programmed the tapeworm to destroy them)
- Human organs (strife and love and tapeworm mix. Impregnating a mix of canine feline equine, ceph, pachyderm, reptilian, mirage, digitage, foilage, strife and love through years of experimentation lodged themselves systematically into more and more advanced versions and became functional in each iteration) • Sumi ink tattoo ink any ink really • The written word (anemone, sea urchin, porcupine quill, Bird feather and ink. Papyrus) • Floppy disk (suction cup on a piece of mail specifically a bill and the suction cup on the plastic window) • Cd, dvd, blu ray (laying of hands on a television screen) • Television (just a series of ceph exploring life through the inside of a glass tank with mirage and digitage mix) • Movie theater ( same but aquarium instead) • Papillon (love + insect from trilobyte and ink and papyrus needed training wheels to learn how to fly) • Taser (digitage mix of the two extra original tentacles lost from vampyrapod with mix of electric eel which was a detached limb of an octopus that had achieved ball lightning static existence) • Wisteria (ceph and foilage mix) (needed the seeds to play mancala or something) • Water strider (walked on water) • Lunar lander (digitage) (tapeworms in humans directed construction, the first electronic component gestalt high enough to become digital) (a tree really wanted to go to the moon) • Champagne cork (Ate some bark, vent plugged up and had to pee really bad) • Electrostatic Ball (attempting time travel, a ceph was meditating in complete non movement inside a digitized mirage flashing irridescence until it passed away) • Ball lightning (time travel attempt Same ceph tried a pure digitage and mirage mix) • Gnarwal (chameleon tongue, mirage and pachyderm) • Light bulb (ceph + mirage + digitage mix) (octopus crawled into a mirage jar and was irridescent) • Liquor bottle (octopus got stuck in a fulgarite and died temporarily trapping its soul in reflection but the invention of cork escaped it) • Silly string (mirage mix) (angry octopus sprayed another with diarhea from its vent) • Tapeworms (had to brave a walk into a volcano and die. As the octopus melted while running, it evolved the turkey, turkey vulture, vulture, and was just a slithering worm by the time it was engulfed by lava) • The Ten Commandments (vampyrapod fossils brought by a tapewormed moses to show people and try and explain the religion) • Dumbo (actually just a tiny cute octopus) • Hydra from capt america (introducing the public to idealogy of cephs) • Tobacco leaf (the laying of hands on deciduous plantlife, a gift to the early iterations of human) • Cow (equine ceph and pachyderm mix) essentially the Orca ate the Octopus, in its 4th stomach it finally died and so when the cow who has 4 stomachs manifested it came with udders symbolic of the octopus genesis in post actualization-causation • Rapa nui. The end of time. (Great stone heads disembodied) (mirage and strife)the final resting place. A graveyard. A place of rest always available
2024.05.03 09:40 bagofspit Does anyone know of this social realist film?
I’m trying to remember the name of a social realist film, its set in the 80s/90s i believe and follows a single mother who makes her money from shoplifting for mates in the local pub. She has a deadbeat boyfriend who steals a cow and butchers it in her kitchen at one point. The film starts with schoolkids pointing at a “another skydiver”, a person about to jump from a high rise estate. If anyone knows what this film is I would appreciate the help TIA
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2024.05.03 05:52 Rhysling_star_rover Possibly real?
 | Have had this map a very long time, came out of a book from the 1850s and the ink is oxidized so it's fairly old but is it even a real place? submitted by Rhysling_star_rover to antiquemaps [link] [comments] |
2024.05.03 04:44 Maximum_Impressive Have heavy paleo communitys perception of Dinosaurs As non Violent animals , have done a maybe a to hard 180 ? Due to how dinosaurs Have been portrayed before in media?
 | It's no secret in the wider pop cultural view of dinosaurs they are often seen as Big monsters. Which we know isn't true . Alot of science has come out and we have uncovered more about how dinosaurs lived in there every day life that weren't just them mindlessly smashing into each other. submitted by Maximum_Impressive to Dinosaurs [link] [comments] With that said a trend I've noticed is people downplaying how probably violent even dinosaurs could get . Dinosaurs are just wild animals and wild animals today can be suprising violent in they're every day life just to Go about there day . Animals live in a competitive ecosystems subject to Unpredictable conditions such as food and weather. Animals Will prioritizing they're Survival but are not immune to acts of what we may consider extreme violence. But that itself can always be explained. Predators encountering mass prey in bad conditions such as alot of gazelle Stuck in the mud . Will often Kill every gazelle They can . Not because they will eat every single one but because of Surpalas killing. They can't be sure to miss such as valuable opportunity of it fails to arise again . So if a large dromeosaur walked into a room with a bunch of scared humans it might just attack everyone. There's some male animals that will viscously complete for mates even outright risk dying over it . Even among predators and and herbivores. Its a common thing across all animals. We could expect this to be the same in dinosaurs. We often find evidence of this amongst ceratopsians. Cannibalism as a specific thing to talk about is also normal across the animal Kingdom. So seeing a dinosaur eating it's own kind or attacking it as prey response is normal . They aren't doing this as malicious response but for nutrients they need . Deer and others herbivores will often go after small animals because they lack certain minerals. We could expect to see a Triceratops to gore some hapless small animal and eat it . But I will admit Often depictions of dinosaurs in media can be hyper focused on them being violent and is part of a wider skewed perception people have of animals. Like in the Jurassic world films . The herbivores are seen as gentle big cows by people. Which also highlights people don't live big fauna if they don't consider a cow dangerous. The carnivores getting the worst of this as they're behavior can be limited to Big scary Chase chomp . Which is why I can understand in heavy Paleo sphere's focusing less on dinosaurs Fighting all the time . And instead like to discuss other possible behaviors. With that said perhaps a perceptions of dinosaurs has steered to far into a area of over correction in how we discuss Our animals that once roamned the earth were like as more peaceful than they probably were . |
2024.05.03 04:15 Storms_Wrath The Human Artificial Hivemind Part 507: A Round Of Diplomacy
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Diplomat Orith stood up fully before executing a low bow despite the limitations of the virtual reality. Before him stood three figures. One of them was the Lead Diplomat, and the others were people even children would know.
Heptarchs.
"I greet you warmly, Heptarchs," Orith said, not using their names though he knew them by heart. "I overflow with pleasure and joy at the grace of your pristine presences."
"You should work on your greeting, Orith," Heptarch Mi'lon chided. Orith withdrew his eyestalks, performing another bow of apology.
"But there is no harm in it. You are merely a Diplomat, after all, and this is your first time meeting any of us in person, as much as that can be said for a virtual reality. Now, the Lead Diplomat here has told us of your exploits. You have pursued a laughably belligerent policy with the Sol Alliance. May I know why?"
"Because that is what I was ordered to do, Heptarch," Orith responded smoothly, calming himself and purging his fear.
"Yes, that is good," Mi'lon said. "Yes. You were ordered to see whether the Alliance would respond to blatant provocations, and the Lead Diplomat was able to gain concessions from them as a consequence."
"Concessions?"
"Is that not what you believe happened?"
"I am not of the opinion that the Alliance thinks they have conceded anything. You negotatiated with Phoebe, correct?" He turned to the Lead Diplomat, who looked to the other Heptarch.
"Go ahead and answer him," Heptarch Tawa said.
"I did," the Lead Diplomat replied.
"And she likely offered resources, which are likely easy for the Alliance to produce. I do not think that they see it as a concession, but as a bribe to prevent us from interfering in the war between the Cawlarians and King Siran."
"That is my assessment as well," Mi'lon replied. "I am glad you have come to it. With that in mind, do you think the Alliance would declare war on us?"
"They are mentally weak," Orith replied. "They cannot see what needs to be done, or they do so rarely. It is likely only Phoebe or the hivemind we would have to consider. If we anger the hivemind, it may rouse enough voices to start an invasion. But it would take a lot for that to even happen at all. As long as we do not commit any acts of war against them, or attack the Cawlarians with too devastating a force, then we can move around them."
"What do you think, Heptarch Tawa?" Mi'lon asked.
"I think my orders still must stand. We cannot allow the Alliance as it stands to remain a rising power. They allow the scourge of spirituality in their halls, without opposition except for matters of law and justice."
"That is quite distasteful," Mi'lon agreed. "But it is possible that they may come around with AIs in their empire. Plus, we can show them our continued displeasure, and with the Cawlarians growing wary of their influence, we will serve as an out when the inevitable exclusion happens. We can get them to bend to our desires, but it will require time. We also will need to establish certain operations, it seems. I will discuss that with you later, Tawa."
"With me and likely two other Heptarchs. The ones that would care, at least."
Mi'lon let out a short chuckle of amusement before his eyestalks again turned to Orith. Now that it was no longer necessary, Orith resisted the urge to bow again. If he looked too deferential, it could cause problems for him. Corruption wasn't tolerated in the Heptarchies at all. Orith waited for Mi'lon to direct him to continue.
"I also suggest that after conducting tests on the Alliance's early warning capabilities, that we begin to make more aggressive measures around the war. If Siran turns back to our territory, we can gradually raise the pressure, and figure out what it would take for them to turn back. All the while, we can get our ships in place to possibly take prisoners. If we are able to do that, we open the door to many possibilities. Experimentation, exchanges for goods and services, or blackmail. I suggest looking into a way to abduct Annabelle Weber, if we can."
"The Fleet Commander, in a dreadnaught?" Tawa asked. "That is quite bold. I like it. But not without a sound strategy. We will make nothing of this unless they give us the opportunity. There may be some spies amongst the lower ranks, and I will not have our designs leaked so early."
Mi'lon looked at Tawa again before waving his eyestalks. "We should also exploit their AIs."
"Yes," Tawa said. "Diplomat Orith I order you to open up conversations with Edu'frec. Lead Diplomat, remain with Phoebe. We may be able to open rifts in their unity by only recognizing the AIs, instead of the biological beings in their Alliance. Our sources suggest there is significant tension in their ranks over some unspecified event, which may be related to the Sprilnav's announcement."
"Shall I find the cause of that, as well?" asked Orith.
"No. We will circle around the sides before going in for the kill."
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Justicar World News Network Reporter Perishaut 1594 crawled over the wreckage with her team, moving closer to the object of her documentary. She grunted with the effort, and a broken piece of metal scratched at her anti-toxin suit. Smoke and dust fell from all over, though now the firefighting fleets were out in force, purging the remaining fires section by section.
The recovery efforts had been abandoned by all but one single person. And Perishaut was here to see her. Past a mountain of rubble, and between five more, an alien clambered over the remains of a fifth-floor stairway. The massive skeleton of a skyscraper loomed overhead. With a loud creak, the metal groaned, twisted, and snapped.
Girders heavy enough to smash through a personal shield and mulch someone entirely fell down, tumbling closer and closer to the human... and then they disappeared. Her camera drones caught it, too. She was streaming her footage live as well, though she'd edit it properly when she got back home.
But getting a piece of the biggest story on the planet was worth being out here. The alien's eyes turned toward Perishaut when she managed to crest another closer mountain of rubble. Only now, seven Sprilnav were floating above Penny, grave injuries healing as she watched. A few of them were still covered in the firefighting foam, which fell off of them and also disappeared into an unknown location.
Perishaut finally reached her. She stepped onto the uneven and broken concrete pavement, avoiding corpses and skeletons as she moved. Her camera drones whizzed around her, capturing the area and all of the scenery there was to record. The mournful silence of it all. The devastation, with the tips of skyscrapers peeking out from behind the city shields that lay beyond. Clouds of ash and smoke that only continued to hover, trapped within the shield.
And there, a single alien, clad in a dirty black jumpsuit, picked through it all with psychic power, as well as her own hands when she deigned to. Her grey hair framed her forlorn expression and hid her neck as it fell to her shoulders. The ash around her seemed to swirl as it came close as if it was unwilling to approach her directly. Perhaps that showed the human's attitude, but a story was a story. And she was sure that the alien wouldn't kill her while she was streaming live to her viewers.
"Hello," Perishaut said, performing a respectful curtsy as she hoped the alien had a translator with her. "I am Perishaut 1594, a reporter from the Justicar World News Network."
"Greetings, reporter," Penny replied. "To what do I owe the pleasure of your visit?"
"How is my visit pleasurable?"
She wanted to see whether Penny actually thought so or was just making a typical greeting.
"You help to break up the monotony of misery and suffering I've been seeing for the past few hours. It's nice to see some life here that's willing, and not buried under a dangerous amount of weight or horribly injured."
"Ah," she replied. "So it is the fact that I am alive that makes my visit pleasing?"
"I suppose," Penny responded. "As much as anyone can feel pleasure in this place."
"How do you feel about the people responsible for this attack?"
"I feel hostile toward them," Penny said. "But only toward those whose blame has evidence behind it. I don't blame people without cause."
"So you don't think Yasihaut did this, then?"
"I think it is possible," Penny replied. "It's also possible that the gangs did this to strike at me. Either way, I am upset, but my anger will do nothing productive, so I have done my best to put it aside. And given that you have asked me some questions and I have answered them, how about I ask you a few?"
"That is acceptable."
"Alright."
"What made you decide to interview me?"
"Because you're an alien, who's going out of her way to help the Sprilnav. We've been told that you all hate us, so it's odd to see."
"There are those who feel that way. But I am no longer one of them. I ascribe to the view that all people deserve a chance to prove who they are, no matter which species they are. I don't think it's right to hate anyone because of what they are born as."
"And how would you feel if the Judgment wasn't coming up?"
"Differently, but not for the reason you think," Penny said. "Because I would not be here, seeing the culture and realism of people who I have only been told stories of, and not actually seen directly. We normally don't get normal Sprilnav outside your territory. It's all Elders, who can be a little intense. But hatred? I see no need for that."
"The Elders rule us," Perishaut said. "Do you hate all of them?"
"Not all of them, no. I have been shown a different path. There are many Elders who have been a part of antagonistic behavior to the galaxy at large. But there are also many who have not. Elders who remain in their star systems, eating and sleeping and drinking as they wish, but not being actively malicious."
"Such as Elder Kashaunta?"
"Kashaunta is... complicated," Penny said, nervousness clear on her face now.
"It would be difficult for me to say how I feel about her. We differ in opinion on many topics, yet I would still count her as a friend, and not just a business partner. And I'm aware of her complicated history, and I also do not condone the worst portions of it. But there is a point where one must move toward peace to have peace. We don't want war. Nor should anyone want that. But being peaceful should not be equated with being powerless. You can only be peaceful if you also have the ability not to be. Otherwise, you are not peaceful; you are pitiful. I don't go out of my way to cause suffering, though I have caused more than I should have. I have made my mistakes, and am not perfect. Some people build me up as some sort of hero, but I'm not heroic. I fight for selfish desires, and put the people I love on a high pedestal. But I do not believe I am a bad person, either. I don't know if I can declare anyone as good or bad, without knowing myself. Well, except a few people."
"Who are?"
"Certain individuals I'd rather not name," Penny said. "I know you're digging for a story, but I don't want to make things worse."
"Your feuds with the Everlasting, Progenitor Twilight, and Yasihaut are public."
"I only actively pursue one of those. But yes, I do hold grudges. That's part of life."
"Do you think you were wrong to attack the 85th Grand Fleet?"
"I do not, because I was saving my father."
"People were hurt."
"Yes. That happens in battles. They were trying to kill me, with lasers and guns and swords, in close quarters, and I broke bones in return, and did some teleporting. I hardly think that makes me evil, or even bad, considering I was trying to rescue my father, Elder Nilnacrawla, who they had directly kidnapped."
"Your father is an Elder?"
"He is my adoptive father," Penny replied. "My mentor, friend, and yes, my father, though obviously not biological. My biological parents are dead. It was a mutual decision for us to adopt, if you are concerned about that. And I was over double my species' age of majority when we made that decision, because I'm capable of making those decisions as an adult. I believe adoption is a practice common on many worlds in this area, as well."
"Yes. But you have not had problems with him?"
"Not many," Penny said. "And if I did, would it matter? Would it enhance your video to hear my family business, merely because there is an interspecies aspect? I doubt it."
"There is no need to be defensive."
"People do that when you pry into personal matters. He is my family, and nothing else about us should interest you."
"There are things that differ in our cultures," Perishaut said. "So they do have higher levels of interest. One of those things is that despite your power, you have no evidence of having a mate. Why is that?"
"That is also a highly invasive question," Penny said. "The answer is simple, though, and luckily for you, I am willing to give it."
Penny paused as if waiting for something. More Sprilnav appeared above her and were taken away by medical crews.
"Yes?" Perishaut asked awkwardly.
"Yes."
"So... what is the answer, then?"
"It may be quite shocking," Penny warned.
"I think I can handle it."
"Well... I just don't feel like it."
"That's it?"
"Were you expecting a trauma-laden backstory?"
"Kind-of, yeah."
"Alright. You see, I was born at a very young age. My parents died at a slightly older age, and I eventually grew up, went out into the world, went to school, made some incredibly stupid decisions, learned from them, did the same, and learned from those. Repeat and repeat, until I find Nilnacrawla, Yasihaut tortures me, and I gain psychic and conceptual power on a massive scale. And now I am here, on Justicar, walking through the wreckage of a city because some people couldn't accept that I wanted to free their enslaved subjects."
"Are you mocking me?"
"Not at all. I'm being as serious as the situation demands," Penny said. "You have burrowed into my personal life with invasive questions, tried to see if I have trauma of some kind, and are doing so to a live audience in the hopes I slip up. And look, we have reporters back home, too. I respect the grind. Just not when the grind is an axe, and is about to be swung at me. I've saved a few hundred thousand lives since I've landed back here. I really hope you're not trying to paint me as a villain."
"But would you agree that freeing the slaves caused this to happen?"
"Yes, I would," Penny said. "And though such a comment is quite disgusting to say, especially among this very graveyard, it makes sense. But freeing slaves is not bad because some people don't like that. Humanity went to war over slavery in various ways and forms, and oppression in countless more. And I happen to think that oppression, and slavery in particular, are bad. So I will dismantle slavery when and where I see it. And if people don't like that? Too bad. Don't be a slaver. Your society has mass android production. There is zero economic reason you even need slavery besides sadism. So even that worn-out and dumb argument is moot here. I am anti-slavery, and I will not be villified for it."
"The different is cultural."
"Slavery is not a part of your 'cultural heritage' at all. And if you think so, maybe you should re-examine the morality of your society. I do not believe the Elders deserve such a fate, not even Yasihaut. Slavery is an evil I will purge from this entire galaxy if I must, and I will do it happily. Slavers should get bullets, but I'm being merciful by sending them to jail instead."
"Murder is wrong."
"The slavers kill thousands of slaves and set up the conditions for millions to suffer and die all across the galaxy. Would you like to ask the people I have freed if the slavers deserve to die? I can assure you, killing slavers will be a part of their cultural heritage quite soon, if I allow it. I do not know if you came here to get a rise out of me, or to paint me as some evil monster. But there will be no slavery when I finish. I will destroy the gangs if I must. How else would I live up to my name, if I were to let such injustices rest, on a world named after Justicar? I am the Liberator, and that is what I will do. I will stand against a thousand dreadnaughts if I must, and I will be victorious."
Penny vanished. Perishaut took a peek at the comments on her video. They were being swarmed, mostly by people who agreed with Penny. Well, probably half of them were not actually real. The race between AI and bots was eternal.
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Grand Fleet Commander Valisada donned his uniform once again. The center wrapped around his stomach, securing it to him tightly. His skin glimmered from the lotion he'd applied to it, and he'd taken in extra psychic energy to appear even more youthful. With a slight shining of his claws and jaws, Valisada used his implant to look through five mirrors at once. They all showed him in an equally splendid light.
He'd managed to get almost everything he needed across. Given the topic of the event, he also donned a more traditional garment. It was a blue headdress, which would fall back between his ears to his lower neck, hanging down on either side of it. Several servants came through the room to eye him critically before giving him clacks of their jaws to show that they thought he was presentable.
Of course, the servants weren't what they appeared. Very few things so close to him now were. Azeri's faults had been many, and Valisada strove to rectify them wherever he could. One of those was inferior androids. Valisada himself wore an exoskeleton, which would become a full spacesuit upon his entrance to space.
But it also came with heavy conceptual protection, and even a black hole survival kit. Though it was more of a 'survive until a Progenitor fetches you' sort of kit. Breaking the event horizon of a black hole was too difficult to be worth it, and getting anything out was essentially impossible, even after accounting for ergosphere physics.
Only Progenitors, or beings equal or greater to them, could really hope to deal with black holes. And Penny could generate them on some scale. Though his gear likely wouldn't help if she generated a smaller one with the mass of a planet. It was wildly outside her known capabilities, but that was what he planned for. Heavier conceptual protection, more psychic energy, and mental fortification, and even a state-of-the-art mindscape blocker device.
Theoretically, it could totally isolate a region from the mindscape. Practically, it could only be used in a flagship or dreadnaught and only against the lower layers. It was the sort of device with ancient blueprints, though maintenance was so expensive it hadn't been worth it until a certain human had made the cost-benefit analysis move a little to the right.
Valisada didn't know how to think of Penny yet. He felt no disdain for her species, though he disliked her youth. She was far too young to be interfering in any sort of galactic affairs. She had no concept for the ramifications of her events since she had not lived long enough to know them. It wasn't a fault of her mindset, but of her simple age.
And now that they were meeting, he would gain more insight as to her thought process. It would not be immensely helpful in building a profile for Humanity. A sample size of one was never good, especially when hiveminds got involved. Since Penny wasn't connected to the hivemind right now, she was of little use for mental analysis.
Her baseline was what interested him. Could other humans manifest that conceptual power, using the pure strength of their will and determination to bend reality? Stranger phenomena had occurred. Valisada knew about the Ether the hivemind could harness, just as he knew the Source resided in Earth's physical location. Monitoring devices confirmed that every single pulse. The city the hivemind had built caused a little interference, but Valisada had sent teams of specialists to check up on those. Another responsibility that shouldn't have been his, but for the negligence of his predecessors.
It tarnished the species' image to be so lazy and lax with their defenses. Valisada would not let that stand. He strode into the virtual reality room, floating into the air with psychic power snapping into place all around him. Thick shields followed, isolating him in a sphere of pure blue. His implant placed visions over his eyes, and soon, he was standing in a holographic wasteland.
Dead Sprilnav were scattered about; impaled on broken tree branches, lying on cracked floors, and even burnt and bleeding in a rough circle around the green table resting on the soot-covered sand of a beach. The ocean was grey, filled with ash, and the setting sun remained locked in place, orange rays tinting the land with a fell glow. Yellow and orange clouds floated high overhead, reflecting onto four glassy chairs.
Three of the chairs were or normal length, with the typical cushion and all. The fourth, opposite from Valisada, had the same four legs, but was square instead of rectangular, and had a back which sat up to support a bipedal resting posture.
Penny appeared with Kashaunta beside her. The human was wearing what passed for formal clothing among her species. A white shirt, black pants, and a black vest aligned neatly with her arms, shoulders, and chest. A blue piece of cloth hung from her collar before vanishing under the vest.
Kashaunta was wearing battle gear with a thick dress beneath it. Her head was heavy with jewelry, and golden highlights marked her cheeks and jaws.
Justicar appeared next, in full gray armor. He was a normal size, though Valisada knew that it was only due to his wishes. Justicar was hosting the meeting, which was the reason for the violent scenery. Penny had blinked at the corpses, her features settling into a scowl that was pointed Justicar's way. The Elder ignored her anger, his own scowl mirroring hers. But his was directed at Valisada.
Only Kashaunta and Valisada appeared neutral. Whatever Kashaunta felt, she wasn't showing.
"I suppose it is proper as the host of this meeting for me to start the talks," Justicar said. His tone was light but still heavy in some ways. Valisada could almost taste the cold anger wafting forth from him. "I would like to acknowledge the deaths of 455 thousand people, with a death toll that only continues to rise."
Penny bowed her head. The Elders didn't. Valisada didn't take the bait, keeping his gaze level with Justicar's.
"I was aiming today to stave off a war," Valisada said. "I did what I could against Solei. Nothing more could have reasonably come from my efforts."
It was the full truth, which meant Justicar wouldn't be able to handle it. He was always too sensitive about his planet.
"That's it, then? No acknowledgment of the lives lost? Of my citizens being killed? Perhaps even no consideration that this was an act of war upon me and my people?"
Justicar's eyes narrowed.
"I will not be cowed into apologizing for the actions of a fool," Valisada spat. "I don't care for your power politics, and will ignore them and all future attempts at such things. I am here to talk with Kashaunta and Penny. You were meant to be the neutral party."
"A party is generally neutral until attacked-"
"Shut up," Kashaunta said. "Argue later. Do not waste my time with your pitiful arrogance."
"Very well," Justicar said. "I will remember how much my people mattered to you in the future."
Penny looked at Justicar sadly. False empathy, probably. "I'm sorry I couldn't do more, Justicar. I failed you, and them."
"You did, but not nearly as much as certain others did. You care about them, at least. You're a good person."
"None of us are good people," Kashaunta said. "And such platitudes ring empty when you enslave your own kind."
"Enough," Penny said. "I think we should have our discussion. Elder Valisada, it is an honor to meet you."
She bowed her head, though not in a deferential fashion. Kashaunta's eyes glazed over, signifying that she was doing something else instead of watching them with her avatar. Knowing her, it could have been another ploy, but he was willing to grab the lifeline to start the meat of the discussion. And he'd learn a bit more about the current enemy of his people.
Finally, thought Valisada. We can begin.
"I am honored to meet you as well, Champion of Humanity. Tell me, do you know why you deserve that name?"
"Because I'm the strongest human?"
"Because you are Humanity in our eyes. To the Sprilnav, the lower ones as well as the Elders, you are all that matters. It is by virtue of your strength and your accomplishments. And also your character, your mistakes, and all that comes along with you. We see you as a child, inexperienced with the complexities and nuances of war, as well as the sacrifices required.
Your age of a few scant... decades, to use your time units, is an eyeblink to us. You will always be looked down upon for your youth. Yet, you also have potential. You hold Conceptual Cardinality within your bones. You have a speeding space entity, and a strong one, at your side. You have tamed him. And so too have you tamed Elder Nilnacrawla, binding him into a mind bridge when he was once far too prideful for such a thing.
It would be sufficient to say that your story has emerged from that of Humanity, and now risks eclipsing it entirely, as well as the rest of the Alliance. You stand here, the subject of the most dangerous and talked about Judgment in an age, as you look upon beings older than your species. Your planet. Your star. Tell me, Penny Balica, Champion of Humanity and Concept Entity of Cardinality. How would you measure your own worth?"
"By the lives I have saved, and then by those I have cost. Past that, those I have helped, and those I have hurt."
Of course she still didn't understand. Valisada didn't fault her for it, given her age.
"A simple answer, born from a simple mindset. What of those who were altered by your existence? Those who you have affected, but neither in a positive or negative way? Or the people of Justicar, whom you rip conceptual energy from to fuel your budding Liberator title? Would you include them in your measurement?"
"Yes," Penny said. "And now I have a question for you, Elder Valisada. Rest assured, I mean no offense. In the long eons of your life, what are your greatest accomplishments? I would hear of your impact."
"I have had little impact," Valisada admitted. "I was born poor, raised poor, and built my eventual wealth through grit, wit, luck, and determination. I watched the Source crash through my home planet 50 million years after I was born, and 2 million years after that, I watched as the family of artificial intelligence I raised as my children died around me, the universe remaking itself to fit within a reality that no longer included half of the mindscape. And I built my wealth again. It was taken away.
I have killed 320 million people under the orders of the Grand Fleets. I have killed 2 million people by my own free will and choice, though I did not oppose my earlier orders. I remained a Dreadnaught Captain for millennia. Grand Fleet Commanders came and went, retiring or being assassinated over time. I was promoted to the top of the running after Azeri killed the next best four to become the Grand Fleet Commander. But my single greatest accomplishment in my life has been becoming the Grand Fleet Commander of the 85th Grand Fleet.
An accomplishment I only made this soon due to your direct attack on my flagship. There is much more I can say, as my life has been long. But my impact? That does not matter. What matters is how my life has changed me. I look into your eyes and I see the thoughts of others, Penny. I see years of trauma, of hatred, of pain. That burning desire to make the universe better, which my own eyes once held, until I was tempered by the reality of life. Because I have lived long enough to know the truth: there is no hope. So I cast hope away, and focused on greed and envy. Through those, I became a part.
And through deep meditation, a whole lot of drugs, and another few million years, I learned of myself, and the others around us. And what it all truly means, at least to me. Nothing, and everything. My greatest impact has been upon myself, Penny. Because I have spent billions of years in my body, learning and growing as slow as mountains do. Conceptual energy locking my genes. And now, we are here, standing in this virtual reality."
"So you believe that?"
"Mostly. As much as anyone can, I think. But there is a problem. Our futures clash. As do our motives. You wish to destroy the order we have built. As I understand it, your motive lies in the nebulous concept of 'freeing' everyone from misery. The problem with that is simple, and it is why I have brought up my long life in contrast with your short one. It is that solutions like love, respect, and adoration fall away as new generations are born. To borrow an example from your history, Rome once ruled Europe. Now, it is just another ruin, with a new city built atop it. You want to build a new galaxy, Penny. Do you have what that takes?
Can you take it upon yourself to care about and manage more beings than you can properly conceptualize? Can you care about a king of kings equally to an orphan born due to a failed abortion on the streets of a city that stinks of sewage and rot? How do you plan on ensuring that your society filled with a culture of peace, love, and tolerance does not fall to the charisma of evil, security, and safety?
How do you plan to ease the hatred the alien species harbor toward us Sprilnav, and us Elders? What of the Progenitors? Will you kill them all, or risk them going insane and killing more people? And what of the speeding space entities? Will you invade their realm next, subjecting them to the horrors of war because of tales you have heard and a few small areas of abhorrent debauchery and evil?
Your head is filled with ideas, Penny. But they are not your ideas. They are what others have told you. What you require for me to respect you, and what you wish for, is to have a concrete plan. A plan to not only build your galactic empire, but somehow to maintain it without fear. If you do not have that plan, you will fail in the end, and only cause more death once you finish."
"I do not know the answer to that," Penny admitted.
At least she can do that, he thought.
"I do not have those answers. I do ponder those questions, and do what I can to seek them out. But your Grand Fleets are used for ruthless slaughter of innocents. Overturning the galactic order may be too tall a task for the near future, I admit. But that part? Needless killing, the destruction of planets, and sadistic cruelty? That needs to end. The idea of there not being a perfect solution to our problem does not mean we should not seek out a better one."
"So you will be consumed by your idealism, then. You must accept a reality in which death and suffering cannot be ended. There will be war, and it will be needed. In the end, you are a slave to your ideas. Without war, there cannot be peace. All you will do is be a new master. You do not have what it takes."
Penny smiled. "No. I do not have what it takes, and I never will. Because it will always take more effort. I will never be perfect. Even if I become a true concept god, I will make mistakes and learn from them. I will become better. I will not be doing this alone. My species, my Alliance, will stand with me."
"Your Alliance will be broken by the weight of eternity. Whether by our claws or not, Earth will be destroyed, and your shining cities will become blasted ruins upon the rock, just like Rome. You cannot defeat the greatest enemy: Time."
"It is not about defeat," Penny said. "Because in the long dark of eternity, defeat will never be enough. We must make time our ally."
"And how will you do that?"
"By making eternity eternal."
"The universe itself is not built for that."
"Not yet," Penny said. "Speeding space expands, pushing space apart as it goes. That is the nature of what an infinity will do. But I have the answer to that, too. Cardinality. I will not only turn a zero to a one, but an infinity to a one."
"Which you cannot do."
She was being quite lofty with her aspirations. Valisada knew that they were technically possible, but that didn't mean she'd have any measure of success. He'd asked her questions to figure out if she had come back to realism for her plans. If she had, he might have deigned to work with her. But as it stood, only Kashaunta could properly absorb the risks her inane thoughts would pose to the galaxy.
It was hard to topple a regime. It was even harder to build a new one. And it was impossible to ever build a better one. Valisada had watched that play out far too many times in history.
"Not currently. But it is as you said. The way is going to be difficult. Without careful planning, and many dear allies, Rome will burn again. As will Ashurii, Cawlaria, Keem, and Justicar, and every other world that has ever and will ever exist. Why, you might ask, do I deal in idealism, when it has been proven wrong by reality in the past? I will tell you, Elder Valisada, as a gesture of accomodation and respect, as well as a genuine offer for us to not become eventual enemies. I am idealistic because I do not intend to bow to reality."
"I hope you have a better answer for the Judges than that."
Penny smiled at him warmly. "I am prepared for it."
"Good," Justicar said. "The Elders in charge of it are being selected. Now that we are finished with that, I have questions for you, Valisada. I do hope you take the time to answer them to my satisfaction. I require recompense, and you will pay it."
"It will not be as much as you desire."
"Then leave my star system, Grand Fleet Commander."
"No."
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Diplomat Orith stood up fully before executing a low bow despite the limitations of the virtual reality. Before him stood three figures. One of them was the Lead Diplomat, and the others were people even children would know.
Heptarchs.
"I greet you warmly, Heptarchs," Orith said, not using their names though he knew them by heart. "I overflow with pleasure and joy at the grace of your pristine presences."
"You should work on your greeting, Orith," Heptarch Mi'lon chided. Orith withdrew his eyestalks, performing another bow of apology.
"But there is no harm in it. You are merely a Diplomat, after all, and this is your first time meeting any of us in person, as much as that can be said for a virtual reality. Now, the Lead Diplomat here has told us of your exploits. You have pursued a laughably belligerent policy with the Sol Alliance. May I know why?"
"Because that is what I was ordered to do, Heptarch," Orith responded smoothly, calming himself and purging his fear.
"Yes, that is good," Mi'lon said. "Yes. You were ordered to see whether the Alliance would respond to blatant provocations, and the Lead Diplomat was able to gain concessions from them as a consequence."
"Concessions?"
"Is that not what you believe happened?"
"I am not of the opinion that the Alliance thinks they have conceded anything. You negotatiated with Phoebe, correct?" He turned to the Lead Diplomat, who looked to the other Heptarch.
"Go ahead and answer him," Heptarch Tawa said.
"I did," the Lead Diplomat replied.
"And she likely offered resources, which are likely easy for the Alliance to produce. I do not think that they see it as a concession, but as a bribe to prevent us from interfering in the war between the Cawlarians and King Siran."
"That is my assessment as well," Mi'lon replied. "I am glad you have come to it. With that in mind, do you think the Alliance would declare war on us?"
"They are mentally weak," Orith replied. "They cannot see what needs to be done, or they do so rarely. It is likely only Phoebe or the hivemind we would have to consider. If we anger the hivemind, it may rouse enough voices to start an invasion. But it would take a lot for that to even happen at all. As long as we do not commit any acts of war against them, or attack the Cawlarians with too devastating a force, then we can move around them."
"What do you think, Heptarch Tawa?" Mi'lon asked.
"I think my orders still must stand. We cannot allow the Alliance as it stands to remain a rising power. They allow the scourge of spirituality in their halls, without opposition except for matters of law and justice."
"That is quite distasteful," Mi'lon agreed. "But it is possible that they may come around with AIs in their empire. Plus, we can show them our continued displeasure, and with the Cawlarians growing wary of their influence, we will serve as an out when the inevitable exclusion happens. We can get them to bend to our desires, but it will require time. We also will need to establish certain operations, it seems. I will discuss that with you later, Tawa."
"With me and likely two other Heptarchs. The ones that would care, at least."
Mi'lon let out a short chuckle of amusement before his eyestalks again turned to Orith. Now that it was no longer necessary, Orith resisted the urge to bow again. If he looked too deferential, it could cause problems for him. Corruption wasn't tolerated in the Heptarchies at all. Orith waited for Mi'lon to direct him to continue.
"I also suggest that after conducting tests on the Alliance's early warning capabilities, that we begin to make more aggressive measures around the war. If Siran turns back to our territory, we can gradually raise the pressure, and figure out what it would take for them to turn back. All the while, we can get our ships in place to possibly take prisoners. If we are able to do that, we open the door to many possibilities. Experimentation, exchanges for goods and services, or blackmail. I suggest looking into a way to abduct Annabelle Weber, if we can."
"The Fleet Commander, in a dreadnaught?" Tawa asked. "That is quite bold. I like it. But not without a sound strategy. We will make nothing of this unless they give us the opportunity. There may be some spies amongst the lower ranks, and I will not have our designs leaked so early."
Mi'lon looked at Tawa again before waving his eyestalks. "We should also exploit their AIs."
"Yes," Tawa said. "Diplomat Orith I order you to open up conversations with Edu'frec. Lead Diplomat, remain with Phoebe. We may be able to open rifts in their unity by only recognizing the AIs, instead of the biological beings in their Alliance. Our sources suggest there is significant tension in their ranks over some unspecified event, which may be related to the Sprilnav's announcement."
"Shall I find the cause of that, as well?" asked Orith.
"No. We will circle around the sides before going in for the kill."
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Justicar World News Network Reporter Perishaut 1594 crawled over the wreckage with her team, moving closer to the object of her documentary. She grunted with the effort, and a broken piece of metal scratched at her anti-toxin suit. Smoke and dust fell from all over, though now the firefighting fleets were out in force, purging the remaining fires section by section.
The recovery efforts had been abandoned by all but one single person. And Perishaut was here to see her. Past a mountain of rubble, and between five more, an alien clambered over the remains of a fifth-floor stairway. The massive skeleton of a skyscraper loomed overhead. With a loud creak, the metal groaned, twisted, and snapped.
Girders heavy enough to smash through a personal shield and mulch someone entirely fell down, tumbling closer and closer to the human... and then they disappeared. Her camera drones caught it, too. She was streaming her footage live as well, though she'd edit it properly when she got back home.
But getting a piece of the biggest story on the planet was worth being out here. The alien's eyes turned toward Perishaut when she managed to crest another closer mountain of rubble. Only now, seven Sprilnav were floating above Penny, grave injuries healing as she watched. A few of them were still covered in the firefighting foam, which fell off of them and also disappeared into an unknown location.
Perishaut finally reached her. She stepped onto the uneven and broken concrete pavement, avoiding corpses and skeletons as she moved. Her camera drones whizzed around her, capturing the area and all of the scenery there was to record. The mournful silence of it all. The devastation, with the tips of skyscrapers peeking out from behind the city shields that lay beyond. Clouds of ash and smoke that only continued to hover, trapped within the shield.
And there, a single alien, clad in a dirty black jumpsuit, picked through it all with psychic power, as well as her own hands when she deigned to. Her grey hair framed her forlorn expression and hid her neck as it fell to her shoulders. The ash around her seemed to swirl as it came close as if it was unwilling to approach her directly. Perhaps that showed the human's attitude, but a story was a story. And she was sure that the alien wouldn't kill her while she was streaming live to her viewers.
"Hello," Perishaut said, performing a respectful curtsy as she hoped the alien had a translator with her. "I am Perishaut 1594, a reporter from the Justicar World News Network."
"Greetings, reporter," Penny replied. "To what do I owe the pleasure of your visit?"
"How is my visit pleasurable?"
She wanted to see whether Penny actually thought so or was just making a typical greeting.
"You help to break up the monotony of misery and suffering I've been seeing for the past few hours. It's nice to see some life here that's willing, and not buried under a dangerous amount of weight or horribly injured."
"Ah," she replied. "So it is the fact that I am alive that makes my visit pleasing?"
"I suppose," Penny responded. "As much as anyone can feel pleasure in this place."
"How do you feel about the people responsible for this attack?"
"I feel hostile toward them," Penny said. "But only toward those whose blame has evidence behind it. I don't blame people without cause."
"So you don't think Yasihaut did this, then?"
"I think it is possible," Penny replied. "It's also possible that the gangs did this to strike at me. Either way, I am upset, but my anger will do nothing productive, so I have done my best to put it aside. And given that you have asked me some questions and I have answered them, how about I ask you a few?"
"That is acceptable."
"Alright."
"What made you decide to interview me?"
"Because you're an alien, who's going out of her way to help the Sprilnav. We've been told that you all hate us, so it's odd to see."
"There are those who feel that way. But I am no longer one of them. I ascribe to the view that all people deserve a chance to prove who they are, no matter which species they are. I don't think it's right to hate anyone because of what they are born as."
"And how would you feel if the Judgment wasn't coming up?"
"Differently, but not for the reason you think," Penny said. "Because I would not be here, seeing the culture and realism of people who I have only been told stories of, and not actually seen directly. We normally don't get normal Sprilnav outside your territory. It's all Elders, who can be a little intense. But hatred? I see no need for that."
"The Elders rule us," Perishaut said. "Do you hate all of them?"
"Not all of them, no. I have been shown a different path. There are many Elders who have been a part of antagonistic behavior to the galaxy at large. But there are also many who have not. Elders who remain in their star systems, eating and sleeping and drinking as they wish, but not being actively malicious."
"Such as Elder Kashaunta?"
"Kashaunta is... complicated," Penny said, nervousness clear on her face now.
"It would be difficult for me to say how I feel about her. We differ in opinion on many topics, yet I would still count her as a friend, and not just a business partner. And I'm aware of her complicated history, and I also do not condone the worst portions of it. But there is a point where one must move toward peace to have peace. We don't want war. Nor should anyone want that. But being peaceful should not be equated with being powerless. You can only be peaceful if you also have the ability not to be. Otherwise, you are not peaceful; you are pitiful. I don't go out of my way to cause suffering, though I have caused more than I should have. I have made my mistakes, and am not perfect. Some people build me up as some sort of hero, but I'm not heroic. I fight for selfish desires, and put the people I love on a high pedestal. But I do not believe I am a bad person, either. I don't know if I can declare anyone as good or bad, without knowing myself. Well, except a few people."
"Who are?"
"Certain individuals I'd rather not name," Penny said. "I know you're digging for a story, but I don't want to make things worse."
"Your feuds with the Everlasting, Progenitor Twilight, and Yasihaut are public."
"I only actively pursue one of those. But yes, I do hold grudges. That's part of life."
"Do you think you were wrong to attack the 85th Grand Fleet?"
"I do not, because I was saving my father."
"People were hurt."
"Yes. That happens in battles. They were trying to kill me, with lasers and guns and swords, in close quarters, and I broke bones in return, and did some teleporting. I hardly think that makes me evil, or even bad, considering I was trying to rescue my father, Elder Nilnacrawla, who they had directly kidnapped."
"Your father is an Elder?"
"He is my adoptive father," Penny replied. "My mentor, friend, and yes, my father, though obviously not biological. My biological parents are dead. It was a mutual decision for us to adopt, if you are concerned about that. And I was over double my species' age of majority when we made that decision, because I'm capable of making those decisions as an adult. I believe adoption is a practice common on many worlds in this area, as well."
"Yes. But you have not had problems with him?"
"Not many," Penny said. "And if I did, would it matter? Would it enhance your video to hear my family business, merely because there is an interspecies aspect? I doubt it."
"There is no need to be defensive."
"People do that when you pry into personal matters. He is my family, and nothing else about us should interest you."
"There are things that differ in our cultures," Perishaut said. "So they do have higher levels of interest. One of those things is that despite your power, you have no evidence of having a mate. Why is that?"
"That is also a highly invasive question," Penny said. "The answer is simple, though, and luckily for you, I am willing to give it."
Penny paused as if waiting for something. More Sprilnav appeared above her and were taken away by medical crews.
"Yes?" Perishaut asked awkwardly.
"Yes."
"So... what is the answer, then?"
"It may be quite shocking," Penny warned.
"I think I can handle it."
"Well... I just don't feel like it."
"That's it?"
"Were you expecting a trauma-laden backstory?"
"Kind-of, yeah."
"Alright. You see, I was born at a very young age. My parents died at a slightly older age, and I eventually grew up, went out into the world, went to school, made some incredibly stupid decisions, learned from them, did the same, and learned from those. Repeat and repeat, until I find Nilnacrawla, Yasihaut tortures me, and I gain psychic and conceptual power on a massive scale. And now I am here, on Justicar, walking through the wreckage of a city because some people couldn't accept that I wanted to free their enslaved subjects."
"Are you mocking me?"
"Not at all. I'm being as serious as the situation demands," Penny said. "You have burrowed into my personal life with invasive questions, tried to see if I have trauma of some kind, and are doing so to a live audience in the hopes I slip up. And look, we have reporters back home, too. I respect the grind. Just not when the grind is an axe, and is about to be swung at me. I've saved a few hundred thousand lives since I've landed back here. I really hope you're not trying to paint me as a villain."
"But would you agree that freeing the slaves caused this to happen?"
"Yes, I would," Penny said. "And though such a comment is quite disgusting to say, especially among this very graveyard, it makes sense. But freeing slaves is not bad because some people don't like that. Humanity went to war over slavery in various ways and forms, and oppression in countless more. And I happen to think that oppression, and slavery in particular, are bad. So I will dismantle slavery when and where I see it. And if people don't like that? Too bad. Don't be a slaver. Your society has mass android production. There is zero economic reason you even need slavery besides sadism. So even that worn-out and dumb argument is moot here. I am anti-slavery, and I will not be villified for it."
"The different is cultural."
"Slavery is not a part of your 'cultural heritage' at all. And if you think so, maybe you should re-examine the morality of your society. I do not believe the Elders deserve such a fate, not even Yasihaut. Slavery is an evil I will purge from this entire galaxy if I must, and I will do it happily. Slavers should get bullets, but I'm being merciful by sending them to jail instead."
"Murder is wrong."
"The slavers kill thousands of slaves and set up the conditions for millions to suffer and die all across the galaxy. Would you like to ask the people I have freed if the slavers deserve to die? I can assure you, killing slavers will be a part of their cultural heritage quite soon, if I allow it. I do not know if you came here to get a rise out of me, or to paint me as some evil monster. But there will be no slavery when I finish. I will destroy the gangs if I must. How else would I live up to my name, if I were to let such injustices rest, on a world named after Justicar? I am the Liberator, and that is what I will do. I will stand against a thousand dreadnaughts if I must, and I will be victorious."
Penny vanished. Perishaut took a peek at the comments on her video. They were being swarmed, mostly by people who agreed with Penny. Well, probably half of them were not actually real. The race between AI and bots was eternal.
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Grand Fleet Commander Valisada donned his uniform once again. The center wrapped around his stomach, securing it to him tightly. His skin glimmered from the lotion he'd applied to it, and he'd taken in extra psychic energy to appear even more youthful. With a slight shining of his claws and jaws, Valisada used his implant to look through five mirrors at once. They all showed him in an equally splendid light.
He'd managed to get almost everything he needed across. Given the topic of the event, he also donned a more traditional garment. It was a blue headdress, which would fall back between his ears to his lower neck, hanging down on either side of it. Several servants came through the room to eye him critically before giving him clacks of their jaws to show that they thought he was presentable.
Of course, the servants weren't what they appeared. Very few things so close to him now were. Azeri's faults had been many, and Valisada strove to rectify them wherever he could. One of those was inferior androids. Valisada himself wore an exoskeleton, which would become a full spacesuit upon his entrance to space.
But it also came with heavy conceptual protection, and even a black hole survival kit. Though it was more of a 'survive until a Progenitor fetches you' sort of kit. Breaking the event horizon of a black hole was too difficult to be worth it, and getting anything out was essentially impossible, even after accounting for ergosphere physics.
Only Progenitors, or beings equal or greater to them, could really hope to deal with black holes. And Penny could generate them on some scale. Though his gear likely wouldn't help if she generated a smaller one with the mass of a planet. It was wildly outside her known capabilities, but that was what he planned for. Heavier conceptual protection, more psychic energy, and mental fortification, and even a state-of-the-art mindscape blocker device.
Theoretically, it could totally isolate a region from the mindscape. Practically, it could only be used in a flagship or dreadnaught and only against the lower layers. It was the sort of device with ancient blueprints, though maintenance was so expensive it hadn't been worth it until a certain human had made the cost-benefit analysis move a little to the right.
Valisada didn't know how to think of Penny yet. He felt no disdain for her species, though he disliked her youth. She was far too young to be interfering in any sort of galactic affairs. She had no concept for the ramifications of her events since she had not lived long enough to know them. It wasn't a fault of her mindset, but of her simple age.
And now that they were meeting, he would gain more insight as to her thought process. It would not be immensely helpful in building a profile for Humanity. A sample size of one was never good, especially when hiveminds got involved. Since Penny wasn't connected to the hivemind right now, she was of little use for mental analysis.
Her baseline was what interested him. Could other humans manifest that conceptual power, using the pure strength of their will and determination to bend reality? Stranger phenomena had occurred. Valisada knew about the Ether the hivemind could harness, just as he knew the Source resided in Earth's physical location. Monitoring devices confirmed that every single pulse. The city the hivemind had built caused a little interference, but Valisada had sent teams of specialists to check up on those. Another responsibility that shouldn't have been his, but for the negligence of his predecessors.
It tarnished the species' image to be so lazy and lax with their defenses. Valisada would not let that stand. He strode into the virtual reality room, floating into the air with psychic power snapping into place all around him. Thick shields followed, isolating him in a sphere of pure blue. His implant placed visions over his eyes, and soon, he was standing in a holographic wasteland.
Dead Sprilnav were scattered about; impaled on broken tree branches, lying on cracked floors, and even burnt and bleeding in a rough circle around the green table resting on the soot-covered sand of a beach. The ocean was grey, filled with ash, and the setting sun remained locked in place, orange rays tinting the land with a fell glow. Yellow and orange clouds floated high overhead, reflecting onto four glassy chairs.
Three of the chairs were or normal length, with the typical cushion and all. The fourth, opposite from Valisada, had the same four legs, but was square instead of rectangular, and had a back which sat up to support a bipedal resting posture.
Penny appeared with Kashaunta beside her. The human was wearing what passed for formal clothing among her species. A white shirt, black pants, and a black vest aligned neatly with her arms, shoulders, and chest. A blue piece of cloth hung from her collar before vanishing under the vest.
Kashaunta was wearing battle gear with a thick dress beneath it. Her head was heavy with jewelry, and golden highlights marked her cheeks and jaws.
Justicar appeared next, in full gray armor. He was a normal size, though Valisada knew that it was only due to his wishes. Justicar was hosting the meeting, which was the reason for the violent scenery. Penny had blinked at the corpses, her features settling into a scowl that was pointed Justicar's way. The Elder ignored her anger, his own scowl mirroring hers. But his was directed at Valisada.
Only Kashaunta and Valisada appeared neutral. Whatever Kashaunta felt, she wasn't showing.
"I suppose it is proper as the host of this meeting for me to start the talks," Justicar said. His tone was light but still heavy in some ways. Valisada could almost taste the cold anger wafting forth from him. "I would like to acknowledge the deaths of 455 thousand people, with a death toll that only continues to rise."
Penny bowed her head. The Elders didn't. Valisada didn't take the bait, keeping his gaze level with Justicar's.
"I was aiming today to stave off a war," Valisada said. "I did what I could against Solei. Nothing more could have reasonably come from my efforts."
It was the full truth, which meant Justicar wouldn't be able to handle it. He was always too sensitive about his planet.
"That's it, then? No acknowledgment of the lives lost? Of my citizens being killed? Perhaps even no consideration that this was an act of war upon me and my people?"
Justicar's eyes narrowed.
"I will not be cowed into apologizing for the actions of a fool," Valisada spat. "I don't care for your power politics, and will ignore them and all future attempts at such things. I am here to talk with Kashaunta and Penny. You were meant to be the neutral party."
"A party is generally neutral until attacked-"
"Shut up," Kashaunta said. "Argue later. Do not waste my time with your pitiful arrogance."
"Very well," Justicar said. "I will remember how much my people mattered to you in the future."
Penny looked at Justicar sadly. False empathy, probably. "I'm sorry I couldn't do more, Justicar. I failed you, and them."
"You did, but not nearly as much as certain others did. You care about them, at least. You're a good person."
"None of us are good people," Kashaunta said. "And such platitudes ring empty when you enslave your own kind."
"Enough," Penny said. "I think we should have our discussion. Elder Valisada, it is an honor to meet you."
She bowed her head, though not in a deferential fashion. Kashaunta's eyes glazed over, signifying that she was doing something else instead of watching them with her avatar. Knowing her, it could have been another ploy, but he was willing to grab the lifeline to start the meat of the discussion. And he'd learn a bit more about the current enemy of his people.
Finally, thought Valisada. We can begin.
"I am honored to meet you as well, Champion of Humanity. Tell me, do you know why you deserve that name?"
"Because I'm the strongest human?"
"Because you are Humanity in our eyes. To the Sprilnav, the lower ones as well as the Elders, you are all that matters. It is by virtue of your strength and your accomplishments. And also your character, your mistakes, and all that comes along with you. We see you as a child, inexperienced with the complexities and nuances of war, as well as the sacrifices required.
Your age of a few scant... decades, to use your time units, is an eyeblink to us. You will always be looked down upon for your youth. Yet, you also have potential. You hold Conceptual Cardinality within your bones. You have a speeding space entity, and a strong one, at your side. You have tamed him. And so too have you tamed Elder Nilnacrawla, binding him into a mind bridge when he was once far too prideful for such a thing.
It would be sufficient to say that your story has emerged from that of Humanity, and now risks eclipsing it entirely, as well as the rest of the Alliance. You stand here, the subject of the most dangerous and talked about Judgment in an age, as you look upon beings older than your species. Your planet. Your star. Tell me, Penny Balica, Champion of Humanity and Concept Entity of Cardinality. How would you measure your own worth?"
"By the lives I have saved, and then by those I have cost. Past that, those I have helped, and those I have hurt."
Of course she still didn't understand. Valisada didn't fault her for it, given her age.
"A simple answer, born from a simple mindset. What of those who were altered by your existence? Those who you have affected, but neither in a positive or negative way? Or the people of Justicar, whom you rip conceptual energy from to fuel your budding Liberator title? Would you include them in your measurement?"
"Yes," Penny said. "And now I have a question for you, Elder Valisada. Rest assured, I mean no offense. In the long eons of your life, what are your greatest accomplishments? I would hear of your impact."
"I have had little impact," Valisada admitted. "I was born poor, raised poor, and built my eventual wealth through grit, wit, luck, and determination. I watched the Source crash through my home planet 50 million years after I was born, and 2 million years after that, I watched as the family of artificial intelligence I raised as my children died around me, the universe remaking itself to fit within a reality that no longer included half of the mindscape. And I built my wealth again. It was taken away.
I have killed 320 million people under the orders of the Grand Fleets. I have killed 2 million people by my own free will and choice, though I did not oppose my earlier orders. I remained a Dreadnaught Captain for millennia. Grand Fleet Commanders came and went, retiring or being assassinated over time. I was promoted to the top of the running after Azeri killed the next best four to become the Grand Fleet Commander. But my single greatest accomplishment in my life has been becoming the Grand Fleet Commander of the 85th Grand Fleet.
An accomplishment I only made this soon due to your direct attack on my flagship. There is much more I can say, as my life has been long. But my impact? That does not matter. What matters is how my life has changed me. I look into your eyes and I see the thoughts of others, Penny. I see years of trauma, of hatred, of pain. That burning desire to make the universe better, which my own eyes once held, until I was tempered by the reality of life. Because I have lived long enough to know the truth: there is no hope. So I cast hope away, and focused on greed and envy. Through those, I became a part.
And through deep meditation, a whole lot of drugs, and another few million years, I learned of myself, and the others around us. And what it all truly means, at least to me. Nothing, and everything. My greatest impact has been upon myself, Penny. Because I have spent billions of years in my body, learning and growing as slow as mountains do. Conceptual energy locking my genes. And now, we are here, standing in this virtual reality."
"So you believe that?"
"Mostly. As much as anyone can, I think. But there is a problem. Our futures clash. As do our motives. You wish to destroy the order we have built. As I understand it, your motive lies in the nebulous concept of 'freeing' everyone from misery. The problem with that is simple, and it is why I have brought up my long life in contrast with your short one. It is that solutions like love, respect, and adoration fall away as new generations are born. To borrow an example from your history, Rome once ruled Europe. Now, it is just another ruin, with a new city built atop it. You want to build a new galaxy, Penny. Do you have what that takes?
Can you take it upon yourself to care about and manage more beings than you can properly conceptualize? Can you care about a king of kings equally to an orphan born due to a failed abortion on the streets of a city that stinks of sewage and rot? How do you plan on ensuring that your society filled with a culture of peace, love, and tolerance does not fall to the charisma of evil, security, and safety?
How do you plan to ease the hatred the alien species harbor toward us Sprilnav, and us Elders? What of the Progenitors? Will you kill them all, or risk them going insane and killing more people? And what of the speeding space entities? Will you invade their realm next, subjecting them to the horrors of war because of tales you have heard and a few small areas of abhorrent debauchery and evil?
Your head is filled with ideas, Penny. But they are not your ideas. They are what others have told you. What you require for me to respect you, and what you wish for, is to have a concrete plan. A plan to not only build your galactic empire, but somehow to maintain it without fear. If you do not have that plan, you will fail in the end, and only cause more death once you finish."
"I do not know the answer to that," Penny admitted.
At least she can do that, he thought.
"I do not have those answers. I do ponder those questions, and do what I can to seek them out. But your Grand Fleets are used for ruthless slaughter of innocents. Overturning the galactic order may be too tall a task for the near future, I admit. But that part? Needless killing, the destruction of planets, and sadistic cruelty? That needs to end. The idea of there not being a perfect solution to our problem does not mean we should not seek out a better one."
"So you will be consumed by your idealism, then. You must accept a reality in which death and suffering cannot be ended. There will be war, and it will be needed. In the end, you are a slave to your ideas. Without war, there cannot be peace. All you will do is be a new master. You do not have what it takes."
Penny smiled. "No. I do not have what it takes, and I never will. Because it will always take more effort. I will never be perfect. Even if I become a true concept god, I will make mistakes and learn from them. I will become better. I will not be doing this alone. My species, my Alliance, will stand with me."
"Your Alliance will be broken by the weight of eternity. Whether by our claws or not, Earth will be destroyed, and your shining cities will become blasted ruins upon the rock, just like Rome. You cannot defeat the greatest enemy: Time."
"It is not about defeat," Penny said. "Because in the long dark of eternity, defeat will never be enough. We must make time our ally."
"And how will you do that?"
"By making eternity eternal."
"The universe itself is not built for that."
"Not yet," Penny said. "Speeding space expands, pushing space apart as it goes. That is the nature of what an infinity will do. But I have the answer to that, too. Cardinality. I will not only turn a zero to a one, but an infinity to a one."
"Which you cannot do."
She was being quite lofty with her aspirations. Valisada knew that they were technically possible, but that didn't mean she'd have any measure of success. He'd asked her questions to figure out if she had come back to realism for her plans. If she had, he might have deigned to work with her. But as it stood, only Kashaunta could properly absorb the risks her inane thoughts would pose to the galaxy.
It was hard to topple a regime. It was even harder to build a new one. And it was impossible to ever build a better one. Valisada had watched that play out far too many times in history.
"Not currently. But it is as you said. The way is going to be difficult. Without careful planning, and many dear allies, Rome will burn again. As will Ashurii, Cawlaria, Keem, and Justicar, and every other world that has ever and will ever exist. Why, you might ask, do I deal in idealism, when it has been proven wrong by reality in the past? I will tell you, Elder Valisada, as a gesture of accomodation and respect, as well as a genuine offer for us to not become eventual enemies. I am idealistic because I do not intend to bow to reality."
"I hope you have a better answer for the Judges than that."
Penny smiled at him warmly. "I am prepared for it."
"Good," Justicar said. "The Elders in charge of it are being selected. Now that we are finished with that, I have questions for you, Valisada. I do hope you take the time to answer them to my satisfaction. I require recompense, and you will pay it."
"It will not be as much as you desire."
"Then leave my star system, Grand Fleet Commander."
"No."
2024.05.02 13:58 bo_felden A population of oxen
Below are the differences between bulls and oxen (castrated bulls) and it's absolutely striking how the traits and behaviors of the oxen resemble the situation of how men behave in society today. It almost looks as if somebody observed bulls and oxen in the past and applied it on the populus.
🐂🐂🐂 Let's start by examining the primary distinction between bulls and oxen-their purpose. Bulls are typically kept for breeding purposes in the cattle industry. They are known for their aggressive and territorial behavior, making them unsuitable for heavy labor (work, wage slaving).
On the other hand, oxen are castrated male cattle trained for work, primarily in agriculture and transportation. Oxen are valued for their strength, endurance, and cooperative nature (obedient, law abiding, tax paying citizen), which makes them ideal for tasks such as plowing fields or pulling heavy loads.
Behaviorally, bulls are known for their aggressive nature, especially during mating season. They exhibit territorial behavior, often engaging in fights with other bulls to establish dominance and win the right to mate with cows. Their aggression can make handling them hazardous, and they require experienced individuals to manage them safely (elites and people in power hate the natural man which is their prime enemy).
Oxen, however, undergo a process called "ox training" (school) or "ox breaking" (prisons, mental institutions) to develop their obedience and cooperative nature. They are trained to respond to voice commands and work in unison with their handlers (school, employer), making them more predictable and easier to manage (soyciety). 🐂🐂🐂
While young men are not physically castrated most of them are "chemically", mainly through porn and constant ejaculations. Oh yeah, according to doctors ejaculating 21 times a month is good for the prostate 🤯💀💀💀.
But also things like sweet foods, low nutritional fatty foods, chemicals everywhere, little sun, sedentary lifestyle as well through psychological means (schools aka brain-washing) that intend to destroy the way a man thinks and acts and change him into something much more tame and obedient.
Originally posted by bo_felden on PowerRetention
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🐂🐂🐂 Let's start by examining the primary distinction between bulls and oxen-their purpose. Bulls are typically kept for breeding purposes in the cattle industry. They are known for their aggressive and territorial behavior, making them unsuitable for heavy labor (work, wage slaving).
On the other hand, oxen are castrated male cattle trained for work, primarily in agriculture and transportation. Oxen are valued for their strength, endurance, and cooperative nature (obedient, law abiding, tax paying citizen), which makes them ideal for tasks such as plowing fields or pulling heavy loads.
Behaviorally, bulls are known for their aggressive nature, especially during mating season. They exhibit territorial behavior, often engaging in fights with other bulls to establish dominance and win the right to mate with cows. Their aggression can make handling them hazardous, and they require experienced individuals to manage them safely (elites and people in power hate the natural man which is their prime enemy).
Oxen, however, undergo a process called "ox training" (school) or "ox breaking" (prisons, mental institutions) to develop their obedience and cooperative nature. They are trained to respond to voice commands and work in unison with their handlers (school, employer), making them more predictable and easier to manage (soyciety). 🐂🐂🐂
While young men are not physically castrated most of them are "chemically", mainly through porn and constant ejaculations. Oh yeah, according to doctors ejaculating 21 times a month is good for the prostate 🤯💀💀💀.
But also things like sweet foods, low nutritional fatty foods, chemicals everywhere, little sun, sedentary lifestyle as well through psychological means (schools aka brain-washing) that intend to destroy the way a man thinks and acts and change him into something much more tame and obedient.
Originally posted by bo_felden on PowerRetention