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IGN: Seka4a
Age: 19 yo
Region: EU ( Bulgaria )
Hours: 3k+
Faceit: 10 (2.2k (max 3100) https://www.faceit.com/en/players/Seka4a
Steam- https://steamcommunity.com/profiles/76561199095805224/
discord- plamen1889
Availability: all days of the week with a flexible schedule
Role: AWP or lurker
Experience:
I was in several teams in Bulgaria, but they were not the right ones, in the longest team I stayed for 6 months , and then I took a break from the teams for to put my personal performance first
(i was also in international roster for 3 months)
Languages: I'm fluent in English and Bulgarian.
Goals: To be part of long term project and develope to at least tier 2 level

The Beginning
Hi, for a bit of context I have a 15k sub gaming channel that I decided to rebrand. Originally it was a variety gaming channel but blew up during the pandemic due to a game called Phasmophobia. During this time I had little and outdated knowledge of the algorithm and could not ride the waves. 90% of my viewers subscribed to my Phasmophobia content and because of this my analytics on videos with different games took a hit. Even videos I uploaded later on about Phasmophobia performed very poorly compared to what they once were. Eventually I gave up on the channel and called it quits.
The Experiment
In January 2023 I decided to try and rebrand my channel and stick to the Minecraft niche, unlisting my previous videos. At first I wasn't sure of what to do but had a lot of fun making content on Old Minecraft, creating let's plays similar to the old days of YouTube. I saw that other creators were having success reaching a few thousand views with their uploads doing similar content. For a period I even transitioned to another game called Vintage Story which took a lot of inspiration from Minecraft, and those videos performed decently well garnering a few thousand views. However, my heart was set on the topic of Old Minecraft and one day I created a commentary video about it. It didn't blow up at first but after about 3 months it grew to 50k views. This was the highest viewed video I had in years since the pandemic.
Testing Hypothesis
Despite this I had a feeling in the back of my head that the 15k subs I garnered from Phasmophobia were really holding back my channel from getting more views. Since I haven't been uploading that game for ages they practically became "dead subs" and were a reason why my channel could not get more potential views. To test this idea, I made a brand new channel with the emphasis on a game called Lethal Company that I started at the beginning of December 2023. My hard work paid off and two weeks in I had a video blow up to over 100k views. This single video gave me 11.4k watch hours and over 600 subs. Right now that channel is close to monetization, but I know that if I was to upload those videos on my first channel then it definitely would've made things worse.
Conclusion
What have I learned from this? Videos that blow up have inherently interesting topics. I took me almost 5 years to really figure this out. During that time I was able to learn more about editing, thumbnail creation, and researching. Another important lesson was that you have to stick in your particular niche until you gather enough of a large following and loyal fanbase before you branch out to other topics. Your channel can take a huge hit if you started as a FPS channel and then suddenly switch to Farming Simulator games. If you do decide to switch games then they can't be too drastically different from each other.
This is my experience and I'm sure there are others who have had success from rebranding their channel, so don't let my input stop you from trying different things. I would say that if you don't care about growth then just upload and post whatever you like. However if you want the most effective and efficient way to grow, then it really is best to create a new channel and niche down. If you do decide to rebrand then I think it's fine to do so early on before you have an established audience.
Thank you all for reading this long post. This subreddit has helped me out a lot over the years and I am super grateful for everyone who posts their experience. I hope that this post helps out anyone who is going through the same thing as well. :)

Today I was in this subreddit and looking at articles related to this case, and am just realizing that a former friend of mine is the ex-husband of Mica Miller.
Well... anyone who knows me who reads this will immediately be able to tell exactly who I am, but please I ask that you dm me privately and do not reveal my name if you recognize this story and want to talk.
Around 2017 (I think), I joined a local bible study group. All the members of this bible study were young adults (aged 20-35 approximately) who met online through Bumble BFF or through mutual friends who went to church together, or just word of mouth, so we didn't all attend one single church or even any particular denomination. Our common factor was that we were around the same age and wanted to meet up and study the Bible. We would meet once a week at Starbucks and talk about a chapter or so at a time.
Through this group I became friends with a lovely girl (who I will refer to as Jane, as in Jane Doe because I do not want to dox her), as well as many other friends I hold to this day, and a man that would become my husband.
After I had known her for a while, Jane met a man outside of our Bible study and started dating him (I'll call him John Doe even though his name is out there publicly). She told me John had previously been married, and had been an assistant pastor at a local church, but that his ex-wife had cheated on him with the head pastor of that church. She said John had to leave his position at that church, got a divorce... it basically ruined his life for a while. He had been truly blindsided and devastated. It was explained to me that the guy who slept with his wife had also been a very close friend of his, and was the officiant of John and this ex-wife's wedding.
John and Jane dated for a while, and eventually got married. My then fiance (now husband) and I were friends with them for years after they were married, and they seemed very happy together.
I hate getting specific, but we are not friends anymore after kind of an awkward disagreement about some religious beliefs. I don't want to make it sound like they have sinister beliefs so I will reveal it I guess... My fiance had to move into my condo with me before we got married because of some very inconvenient circumstances involving his lease expiring a month before our wedding and the house we had bought together not being ready yet to move into yet. John, Jane , my fiance and I were all of the belief that staying celebate before marriage is the way we should live (please don't even comment on this part of the story ... I didn't want to leave it in, but I'm trying to explain that our friendship ended over a pretty stupid but not sinister disagreement. I'm not trying to get into a moral debate).
John and Jane thought my fiance and I would unable to remain celebate housemates until marriage. I still don't think it was ever any of their business, but they were adament in insisting that remaining friends with us while we lived together before marriage would be as bad as them condoning sin. They went through w/ cutting us off after my fiance and I moved in together. It's a shame really. My fiance and I actually were completely abstinent until we got married, but of course there was no way to prove that, nor did I think I should have ever had to discuss such a private topic with them (or anyone other than my partner!) at all. But... the friendship has been over and irreparable since then. It's been years now since I've spoken to either of them.
I haven't thought about them for a while, but today I was researching this case and found a Daily Mail article, as well as several Reddit threads with PHOTOS of John Doe and Mica Miller at their wedding. I truly did not realize until a few hours ago that SHE was his ex-wife, but now the stories are clicking together. It was a huge shock to see his face and name in relation to this situation.
I want to make the statement that you all should NOT be digging into John Doe or his current wife. Even though we are no longer friends, I really respect them both and think they are lovely people. I actually think Mica Miller is the villian in John Doe's story. Of course it does sound like she was groomed and manipulated by John Paul Miller, but she did cheat on John Doe. It embarassed him publicly and cost him many friends, and his job.
(Admins, if you need photo proof that I really know these people, I can provide a lot of screenshots or other evidence. I just don't want to dox them or myself here, and truly am appalled that John Doe's real name is even out there at all),

So for context -my partner and I have been dating for half a decade. Our relationship is strong and we are enjoying our time together immensely - he's the love of my life, my favourite laughing partner and just a really special human being I'm honoured to know so deeply. My MIL came accross as a strong personality but seemed delightful and embraced me at first. Over the last few years it has become suspected she has a personality disorder with her "incidents" and behaviour. My partner and I are planning on getting engaged this year and have had this timeline for a very long time. While this should be a very exciting time in my life - I am instead feeling worried, stressed, and down. This MIL is constantly bringing up the concepts of engagement, weddings, and babies at get-togethers which sure is fine but the thing is it feels like she makes an effort to leave me out of it. My partners brother is also proposing this year to his partner which have been dating a few years less than us (super happy for them). My partner also has another sibling that isn't planning on proposing anytime soon and is younger. I have a really good relationship with everyone else in the family including the father (says i'm like a daughter), the siblings, and the partners (we have become friends). My MIL is not only making the maintenance of these relationships hard, but she is making me feel like abolute crap on a consistent basis at family events with how she blatenly treats me poorly compared to others. Here's some examples:

• At family events the MIL will bring up the topic of marriage, babies, moving in, etc. talk about it happening for both other siblings and then completely disregard me and my partner. For instance recently she went on about who shes inviting to the one siblings wedding and then talked about how the other sibling (one not proposing anytime soon)'s would be and then (I kid you not) looked at me, said my partner and I's names and laughed.
  
• Im telling you at every.single. event. for the past 3 years from the first few months of them dating she is bringing up the other siblings future engagement and how they deserve it so much etc. Cute at first but its very very excessive at this point (and thats me underexagerating). Im talking about begging, and not letting the topic go when no one in the room is reciprocating. Not a peep has been heard about me and my partner in this half a decade of being in the family. - Would I every want it to the extent of the other sibling? no. Do i find it odd and a bit rude? Yes. especially considering the fact that she has known my partner is proposing this year.
  
• one day she brought down her mothers gold jewlery and was passing it to the other siblings partners and asking what type of ring she wants. Then when that sibling's partner asked me (attempting to include me in the conversation) and I showed pictures of the the ones I tried on and the MIL immediatly went quiet then interrupted and changed the conversation back to the other siblings partner. She acted like I wasn't there and afterwards the other siblings partner said they noticed too.
  
• when leaving a get together she went out of her way to hug every partner but me.
  

-When the other sibling's partners arrive an excited voice and questions about work/life are had. Meanwhile, when I arrive it’s a short embrace with very little effort/interest in my life anymore unless it has to do with something that impacts my partner like whether we are going to my house this weekend.

• After not saying a word to me in a room she calls over other siblings partners and has private conversations in the other conjoining room about non-private things.
  
• (this is wild that im even saying this) I noticed she covers our picture on the mantel up by either putting other siblings and their partners photos in front or a nick nack like a bible verse plaque.
  

Efforts I have made over the past few years that I think qualify me as a good DIL /her response:

• I have tried doing activities she enjoys with her -making an effort to let her know I care about her and her interests. - a lot out of my comfort zone.
  
• One of my love languages is gifts/acts of service (I don't expect it in return but I would think she would atleast treat me kindly) - I hand-made the whole family including partners sweaters (while other partners go nothing), every year I make the family yearly recap videos, I also make every family member including her birthday videos where I spend hours collecting photos, and videos from the past with their favourite music - started as something just for my partner but my FIL was so appreciative of it I thought i would do it for everyone. I do something special for her for international womens day and mothers day every year.
  
• I thank her in cards and have told her many times for raising very kind respectable humans.
  
• I ask her questions/ listen to her vents about conflicts with friends or family - (which btw she can be very negative about people).
  
• Myself and my partner both do the most activities with her and go out of our way to visit/help her the most. (ie. going shopping together, visiting her at work)
  
• I have cleaned her whole kitchen/ made food for the family on my own dime and time.
  
• Even when we first started dating and I was a broke university student - I would go out of my way to spend money on her and her family because i wanted to and I love them.
  
• When she would have mental "incidents" ie. leaving the house for a few days, calling family members really horrible names etc. I was the one who would speak sense to my partner and his siblings about how this is a mental health issue and she doesn't really mean it. - I have defended her at her worst.
  

Most recently:

• invited her to two outings/events things we have done together before - denied
  
• Asking her about life/work - not holding conversation
  
• Used to hug me good morning/goodbye - not anymore.
  
• Blatantly ignoring my prescence in the room when other siblings partners are there/not including me in conversation
  
• didn't respond to my mothers text and makes very little effort with my family (despite my family having them to our cottage and visiting/checking in - my dad and the FIL are friends) - meanwhile when we are in big groups she is constantly talkig about the other siblings partners parents and going out of her way to invite them to fancy dinners - buy them the most expensive bottle of wine etc. (bc she "wants to make a good impression"). - lol i guess my family wasn't important these past 5 years.
  I feel as though my family is treated as less important and I myself am treated as less worthy of engagement or marriage when I have tried my hardest to just be accepted and respected by their family. I have made many efforts to show my care and loyalty to their family but the events I used to look forward to have just turned into sour reminders of how vastly different I am treated.
  

Some of these things above I have cried, laughed, or both about. There are many more things she has done that have hurt me these past few years of our relationship which I haven't mentioned above by myself and my partner thought were unintentional at the time and not necesary to address. She has love bombed me before which has confused me and made me think i'm over reacting to feeling like she wasn't treating me well/ doesn't like me -but most recently its gotten to the point where I am crying when I get home from every family event because of how prominent her efforts to exclude and bellttle me are.
Me and my partner have great communication and have agreed on the implementation of boundaries such as increased distance if her behaviour progresses etc. and he has offered to say something but I am scared. No matter what, I will have to attend family get to-gethers and I am marrying into this family that I really do love. I get along with the siblings partners so well it's such a shame that her presence leads to her making me feel poorly around them because of how she acts/things she says. I have also suggested she gets more mental support but right now shes attending therapy alone where I don't think she is fully honesst about her incidents/treatment of others. My partner knows she is unwell and we are both upset and tired of this being a thing. I definitely don't want to be overly embraced and put on a pedestal but I think what shes doing currently takes more effort than just acknowledging me and treating me with an ounce of the kindness she gives the others. I am scared to get engaged after her reaction to hearing we have been ring shopping and I am also more scared about the concept of a wedding or having kids as I find she has a tendency to be controlling and I don't want my future kids to see their mom being treated like this or possibly be treated the same. That of course made my partner upset and now don't know where to go from here (hence me referring to reddit) but I know a life with this is not a happy one for me or my partner and I don't deserve it but I love the family and I do love her for who she may be when shes mentally more well and her perseverence in life.

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I was a recovering finsub. Years ago, I was financially abused by a Mistress who used a debt contract to systematically extract as much money from me as possible. While I was able to get out of the contract, it took almost every cent I had. In the end, I paid double the original amount due to all the usury terms.
I told my cautionary tale online and received a lot of comments. Most of the feedback was from Dommes and they were generally supportive. One was so touched by my experience that she wanted to help me out. She proposed that I enter into a contract with her. It wasn’t a typical debt contract. It was an arrangement where I would give her a lump sum of money for her to invest with. After a set time period, she would return the money to me. And whatever returns she made through investments would be hers to keep. It seemed like a zero-risk way to engage in findom.
She drafted up a lengthy contract. As she was a paralegal, this came naturally for her. But the 24-page contract was overwhelming for me. She summarized it for me so I could easily understand. I would transfer $50,000 to her account. After 6 months, the $50,000 would be returned to me minus a “variable maintenance fee” starting at 2%. Since she was only keeping profits, she reasoned the large initial amount was necessary to make it worth her time. And at 2%, $1000 seemed more than fair to serve her for 6 months. We agreed to the terms and we both signed the contract.
At the end of every month, she sent me statements detailing the financial performance of her portfolio. I could see she was very savvy financially. I always looked forward to these statements and watching her wealth grow.
When the 6-month period came to an end, I asked her how she would return the funds to me. To my shock, she told me she wasn’t going to return it, at least not at that time. She was exercising her option to extend the contract for an additional month. When I protested, she pointed to a clause that either one of us was able to do this unilaterally. She also reminded me that exiting the contract required agreement from both parties, despite what the original time period was. So without a mutual agreement, by default the contract would keep extending for an additional month. And each monthly extension required a special maintenance fee from me.
I felt the situation was dire. These extra maintenance fees, while minor, would eat into the initial funds. But that soon became the least of my worries. After three more months of having the same conversation, I had the sinking feeling I was never going to see my money again. That’s when she seemed to take some pity on me and suggested a way we could end the contract sooner rather than later. Although she had been investing aggressively, she wasn’t quite at her financial goals. She told me an additional $20,000 from me would expedite things. Figuring I only had to temporarily send an additional $20,000 to get all my money back, it seemed like a good deal. So we amended the contract from $50,000 to $70,000. I transferred $20,000 to her account.
I didn’t know exactly how much faster it would be, but I didn’t expect it to be a year. In that year we never talked. She did keep sending me monthly statements, but I eventually ignored those as I completely lost interest. I had mentally made my stand. I was no longer going to give her any more money. I was no longer going to be her fool. But my proud moment was for nothing. I knew she had the last laugh.
After a year, she unexpectedly contacted me. She let me know that she intended to end the contract, assuming I would agree. We subsequently signed the exit clause. When I asked about the money, she dropped a bomb on me. I was not getting my money back. I, in fact, owed her another $24,893.49. It was those variable maintenance fees. She expressed surprise that I didn’t object whenever the percentage changed, which was within my rights. I quickly scanned through the statements from the past year. The percentage had been well over 2% for a while. And month after month, the fees were cumulative. The fees were also compounded with interest. I neglected to realize that once the fees had dwindled the $70,000 to zero, I was actually on the hook to pay the fees every month.
I sank in despair as I couldn’t come to grips with the math. Knowing I didn’t have $25,000 to spare, she proposed a straightforward solution: a standard debt contract. In the end I would end up paying at least $95,000 in total to a Domme who was trying to help me. She suggested we just round it up to $100,000.

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So, been together since we were 16, both nerds and tend to stay inside most of the time. I’ve always been bored w our level of excitement, our sex life, (intimate maybe once a month- he never finishes due to anti depression meds, or lack of stamina) but he is kind and generous.
The whole time we’ve been together his employment hasn’t lasted longer than two years at a time. He attempted college but dropped out after a year or so due to lack of interest. He has gone for a handful of counselling sessions years ago at my ultimatum. He deals w depression and lack of motivation, anxiety and has a successful family whom care for him a lot but are obviously concerned. Going to family events is embarrassing as they always ask where his job status is, if he will go to school etc. I feel ashamed to admit I have to leave those conversations because I’m embarrassed. I love him so so so so much. We have four cats and are debt free, not engaged (yes that bothers me too) and don’t file as common law since that would cost more. (Live in British Columbia) His most recent job lost a contract so he’s had maybe 1-2 hrs work this last month. It’s probably the 4th-5th time he has been unemployed- he won’t apply for min wage jobs because he feels he doesn’t need to and he could get a mill labour job if it was desperate. I asked him today how long he can go for on his savings (he claims he’s living off a separate savings fund than the 110k he supposedly has invested) and he replied he can live comfortably for another six to eight weeks. I was so disappointed to hear him declare that. I told him I simply disagreed with his plans but do not want to argue.
So how do I protect my own peace while I wait on him? I’m anxious throughout the day or depressed thinking about the state of our lives. He has yelled at some people in public too recently while I was him because they were “discourteous” in some way- and yet I question why he holds his head high while unemployed ? I have not told him many of my thoughts- through previous phases of unemployment I already have and it never led to anything but push back and him feeling bad about himself. I want to stay because one it’s comfortable, it’s all I know and I fear I would regret it. When he is employed he shows good work ethic until he is bored and then he quits or the work dries up. He is nice. But I just don’t know. We didn’t even hav sex on our ten year anniversary. He said it was late and he was tired. We had been booked at a resort and yet. Nothing. We hardly seem to agree on things. I’m constantly bowing out of attempting to do things because he says he will do it. Sorry this is a mess. I kinda feel like throwing up writing it all down. How do I protect my peace if I stay or if I ask for a break? Would a break be enough push to get him to be willing to be uncomfortable for a short term job?

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

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

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So I’ve become passionate about urban design and planning. The town I currently live in is very car centric and I dream of living in a town where I can walk or bike to most places. I feel living like this would help dramatically with my overall happiness.
So I’ve been doing research about places I can move to where the focus is more on the people and community rather than cars. And I was doing research I started coming across urban planning and design firms and the projects they’ve completed. Then an idea came to me.
So briefly, I’m a videographer and my focus is to bring value to companies through video. I like to use video more as a tool to help businesses reach their goals rather than just having a cool looking video.
So now I see an opportunity for me to produce videos for these firms. I’m very capable and confident in the positive results I can bring but as I mentioned before, urban planning is something I’ve grown to become passionate about and I would love the chance to put my skills to use and help me these firms by educating others on topics that I personally care about.
The problem I’m having is that I’m finding it difficult to get in contact with the marketing team of these firms. I’ve reached out by phone, left voicemails, sent emails that include videos, connected to people on linkedin, but to no avail.
First of all, I’m curious if this is even an industry that can benefit from videos (or believe they can)? So I want to know if there’s demand.
Second of all, do these firms have a budget for retainers to create multiple videos a month.
Lastly, what’s the best way or approach to get in contact with these firms and schedule a call or meeting.
I figured this would be a good sub to ask but my apologies if that’s not case. I can delete if needed.
I appreciate all help. Thanks!
TLDR: I’m a videographer and I need help finding an effective way to get in contact with urban planning and design firms because it’s a practice I’ve grown to become passionate about.

Hello,
I'm an immigrant with an engineering degree from outside the US. I have general notions of electrical engineering but far from being an an actual electrical engineer. I've recently started a business and required the help from a licensed electrical engineer, but I was disappointed by the time I had to wait to get him to show up and then the work they performed, when I asked the GC about that they told me electricians are in high demand and they often can't keep up with the workload.
I'm planing to open several locations more in the future so since this took several months to get a hold of this technical person and get the job done to somewhat disappointing results I'm considering the option to become a licensed electrician myself since this was the most impactful bottleneck.
I'm very appreciative of people who know their trade, and I hope I don't come across as if I'm trying to belittle this one, but from what I've read the path to become one you have to go through an apprenticeship period instead of a course (see https://www.buildforce.com/blog/how-to-become-a-commercial-electrician-in-texas) I'd like to know if there's another route I can go like attend a class either online or personally to be able to get licensed in Texas, I don't plan to make it a business I'm just trying to eliminate this bottleneck for the my current business.

Hello everybody! I believe this topic can be quite stupid, but sometimes it really bothers me and I'm not sure where I can seek help. I've (23) been married to a man (27) for half a year. We had a number of problems at the beginning: together we were overcoming our previous relationships with our ex-partners, solving some problems concerning his manner of communication and my hypersensitivity, our insecurities, some pivotal moments like my graduation from the university and moving from my parents for the first time. He came to my country to be with me and later I left everything I had to move to another country with him. We're learning how to navigate through our conflicts, though at first it wasn't easy at all. Every time I wanted to share my feelings I felt numb and couldn't say anything and when I finally were saying something he felt it as an attack. We solved almost ALL of that and now it's much better, but... Sometimes I have a feeling that something is wrong. Sometimes I think that we're too different: he likes to spend time at home playing videogames, I'm a sociable person and I can't spend a week without going out at least twice. He lives in the moment, I prefer to plan everything to feel safe. He doesn't need some cute gestures and romance, and I feel frustrated every time I remember how many flowers and compliments he was giving me at the beginning of our relationship and now. We find compromises. We have one day-off for me and one day-off for him. I explain to him that it is important for me to get flowers as a sign of his love and care sometimes. Once we went to a couples' counseling, but the psychologist just told us that we have good communication and didn't say anything interesting or useful. In short, sometimes I just get tired of this necessity to explain how to treat me, how not to hurt me, with these attempts to find compromises and stuff. He hears me, I also hear him, I feel good dynamics, but I've been in a long-term relationship before (6 years), and it felt much easier, to be honest.
Now he gives me flowers and we spend whole day out once a week, sometimes we go for a walk during weekdays, I also give him whole day to play and relax the way he wants. I feel free to speak my mind and he always tries to understand me. Every time we have an argument we try to support each other. We have interesting discussions about everything and share some of our interests.
But every time I check my Instagram and see these perfect couples I start to think something like "Maybe they just found someone perfectly compatible with them? Maybe it's not always that difficult?" Maybe I'm just too naive, I won't argue with that, I really want to understand, I want to learn something real. Sometimes I see different girls' comments like "The main thing is to find the right man", "The main thing is to find a man you won't need to ask" etc. Maybe they're right and I'm not? Or maybe everything is great and I'm just overthinking? Or maybe I'm also perfectly fine but that's just the first year of our relationship and we're going through difficult times with immigration and getting used to each other?
I'm open to any option, I want to understand. Thank you <3

Hey all. I've been playing Helldivers 2 for about a month now and must say it's fantastic. I'm brand new to the sub and felt like sharing some thoughts so here goes! Feel free to agree or disagree with anything as I'd love to hear what anyone has to say.
Let's get the obvious hot topic out of the way first. The new Warbond! A little lack-luster to be sure but not worthless. I think the new booster is almost a must-have for high diffi bug missions and incendiary impacts are nice! Although I don't understand how they really leave room for the traditional incendiary grenades to have a place in any loadout.
As for the guns the Pummeler is the clear W here. The stunlocking feels fantastic especially when you have friendly divers playing around you. The other new primaries and secondary seem to lack an identity amongst already established choices so hopefully they get some work done to them. (This has actually made me wonder if Palestedt's earlier ask for delaying the warbond may have been a sneaky hope that we would give them some more time to work it out, but I don't know why he wouldn't just ask directly then given the circumstances.)
Lastly on the warbond, armors. And I wanted to talk about them last in order to segue into armor in general as a topic. Not much going on in the warbond. All armors have perk and value combos we already have access to. New looks are nice but what we really want are new traits or trait combos we aren't used to, which brings me to armor in general.
I can respect the idea that armor is less used as an impactful choice and more along the lines of a playstyle selection. I wouldn't say this is a problem and in fact might be exactly what Arrowhead is going for, however it seems like it would be cool to shake some of these perks up a bit. Servo-assist + Arc resist? Explosive resist + Extra stims? Recoil reduce + Reduced Detection? Ok that last one might be too good but you get the idea. The fact that we are already starting to pile armors that have the exact same function makes me wonder if we should just have 1 shown in our list with a pullout menu to select what style we want it in. Maybe something for the future to decrease clutter. Also on the topic of NEW perks why don't we have a fire resist armor yet? I'd almost consider it solely on the issue of I still get insta-melted by flame hulks fairly often. But aside from that it would be a pick that allows more aggression when running flamethrower and might even be worthwhile to run on planets with fire tornadoes.
So let's get to talking weapons a little. Obviously in a PVE setting, fun is paramount. Even if a gun is powerful, if it's a painful slog to use it, it isn't fun. A gun can also feel good, but be functionally useless, and this also isn't fun. Creating a diverse armory of weapons with different functions and making all of them useful and interesting in their own way is hard. You never want content that is so bad that nobody uses it. But creating weapons so powerful that you're sandbagging merely by picking anything else is a problem as well. One of the boons that Helldivers 2 has to it's name is how the factions differ from eachother and how they demand different loadouts. For example, I love where the new Blitzer is. It's a powerful choice for bug squashing, but will leave you wondering how you can possibly close distance against bots. I think this kind of balance is great and not every weapon need be effective in every scenario. But I also love the Sickle, and have no issue taking it to either bugs or bots. It's shortcomings become clear against large targets. With all of this in mind, it makes me more excited for the introduction of a new faction, and how many more options the devs will gain for weapon balances within differing scenarios. What loadouts will Illuminate demand? Will under-used loadouts finally see some use planetside? I'm not going to really talk about the eruptoquasar changes or how I feel about them since I'm sure everyone is exhausted with that. I was never an eruptor fan anyway being a gigachad autocannon enjoyer. My primary is usually a small target clearing tool. I will say on the topic of the Slugger, I really only think they slightly over-nerfed it. I took it out just the other day and was surprised at how useful it still really is which goes to show just how immensely powerful it was pre-nerf. Maybe pulling it up just a little will make it a good choice on the bot front again. Aside from the newer weapons I have to say I actually think Arrowhead has done fairly well here. I see lots of varying weapons on the battlefield as I see divers using all sorts of primaries and supports that they find fun and useful. Also a little side note on the Spear: I think if they manage to make the locking mechanism a bit less wonky, I think it has the potential to be one of the most powerful tertiary picks in the game.
I also wanted to spend a moment with the change to how patrols work. Even as someone who will solo dive from time to time, I actually don't mind it too much because what it means for full 4 person games. With this change, effectively the only things a Helldiver can do wrong, is die or team kill. You are making the mission easier simply by virtue of being on the battlefield. This means that as long as you aren't murdering your fellow divers, (traitors excluded) just staying alive is helpful. Seeing as every diver (not factoring in IRB booster) brings 5 reinforcements to the table, you really aren't dragging down your team at all until you've cost the team MORE than 5 reinforcements. I think this allows for maximum freedom of playstyle around your team and I feel outweighs the downsides of diving without a full squad.
Since I brought up a booster there, let's talk about them a little. They are, well, weird to me. I simply don't see a world where increased reinforcement budget and flexible reinforcement budget are anything but planning for failure, and if you are failing, maybe it's because you brought them. Full ammo (and notably stims) on drop, injury resist, less patrols and bonus stamina are all such good choices it's hard to part with them for anything. The new booster I think is an example of the kind of stuff we need to shake up what's brought on missions more and I hope to see more like it in the future.
Another thing I can think of I'd like to bring up for now is orders. While I think we should always be able to work on whatever front we choose to play on, maybe we should have something available to sweeten the deal a little when doing missions that fall under the major order? Not sure if an exp bonus or anything would do it or be on the table at all but it's a thought. Being someone who enjoys being a part of completing the major orders whenever they are active, this brings me to a minor complaint. If the major order is on the Automaton front, but my PERSONAL order is to get flamethrower kills... I'm not bringing that to fight bots sorry. Maybe this is something that won't or doesn't even need to be changed, but it does bother me a little to be pulled away from the team objective to hold a terminid barbecue on the other side of the galaxy. I suppose there's always just choosing not to do the personal order in a day too. As I said before, this is a very minor gripe.
Stratagems almost all seem good and useable in a variety of situations except I can't for the life of me understand why Eagle Cluster Bomb has more uses than Eagle Strafing Run. Seems like just a straight buff to Strafing Run to have 5 or even 6 uses (adjusted with ship module) per rearm would land it safely in the category of probably still never used unless I could find a way to consistantly kill more than 4-6 light enemies with it.
Anyway that's about everything I can think of for now. If you read all the way here thank you so much for listening to me shamelessly lay out my thoughts in one post and I hope you enjoyed reading! Keep on fighting for freedom divers. And if you see Ogre on the battlefield I assure you he loves hugs. Cheers!

TW: Domestic violence, miscarriage
First time on here. I am extremely fragile about this case, so please be kind. I am a female in my late twenties. I have changed a few things for anonymity. I am located in the Carolinas.
To provide a brief overview of my situation, several years ago, I removed myself and my children from a domestic violence situation. Despite leaving, I have yet to receive any child support or financial assistance from my ex-husband. However, my main concern is the safety and well-being of my children, particularly my partially non-verbal severely autistic son, who requires specialized care and protection. I have done fine providing, but don't have much (if any) disposable income. My son is the only child he has rights to.
These events happened either in front of the children, or down the hall from them. My ex-husband has demonstrated a pattern of abusive behavior, including physical, mental, and emotional violence in front of the children. He has also made threats to kill me and kidnap the kids, and taken actions of harm towards me, and shown disregard and neglect for our son and his needs. Additionally, his abuse led to a miscarriage. I told him about the pregnancy, and I guess he decided it was his decision on if it was terminated or not.
Last year, I was not properly served with the divorce and custody papers, which were signed for at an address where I have never resided. I have diligently pursued legal avenues to ensure the safety of my children, including filing motions for dismissal and continuance to give me more time. I haven't heard back about the continuance. However, due to financial constraints, I have been navigating this complex legal process largely by myself. The final trial is coming up and while I am happy to be divorced, I have not had adequate time to prepare for the custody case. I have filed a Motion to Dismiss by Rule 12 which is set at the end of June 2024, as well as a Motion of Continuous for the custody trial, which was scheduled without my input for the end of this month, May 2024.
Recently, I was misled by an attorney who took advantage of my limited financial resources without providing meaningful assistance. Consequently, I find myself facing a final trial without proper legal representation. Despite my efforts to manage the paperwork and gather evidence over the past four years, I recognize the need for experienced legal counsel to navigate the complexities of this case effectively.
My children and I had an Order of Protection, and later a Show Cause. He was arrested at the time an incident happened between us requiring me to go to the hospital. During this order, I was required to communicate with him via email about my son, which I did, and even let him do video calls with him. However, once the Order of Protection expired, he became hostile with me, so I stopped reaching out due to my his behavior. Not to mention the mental harm it did on my children and I (PTSD). While I left open the main line of communication, I refrained from further contact out of fear for our safety and mental well-being.
I am deeply concerned about the well-being of my children, particularly my son, who has been subjected to neglect and emotional distress by the actions of his father, and the lack of his caring of what is best for the children, namely my son. He doesn't even know his birthday, and hasn't attempted to reach out in over a year. His family has never once tried to connect, and never particularly cared to begin with. I TRULY believe all of this is just to get to me because he knows that my children are the most important things to me, and as a true narcissist, doesn't care who is in the way, including young children.
I have diligently documented and compiled evidence to support my case, including copies of court orders and relevant documentation. I have prepared for this trial as though I will have to proceed alone. However, I recognize the limitations of my own legal knowledge and resources in securing a favorable outcome for my children's safety and welfare. I don't want this to come out badly for my son just because I don't have anyone. It's frustrating because I am providing everything for these babies, without help, and he is able to pay for an attorney no problem. Even if he couldn't, his family could.
I will take any comments on this that may help me. I have reached out to what seems like every legal aid group and countless attorneys. I am terrified...

Since the introduction of "Japanese-style ridesharing" in Tokyo and other regions on April 8th, a month has passed. As of April 26th, 90 companies are operating in the initial areas, which include Tokyo, Kanagawa, Nagoya, and Kyoto.
Before the launch, safety concerns were a major topic of discussion. So far, there have been no reports of significant accidents, which might be attributed to the relatively low number of users who have actually experienced the service. This article aims to delve into the current state of Japanese-style ridesharing, exploring it from various perspectives including statistics, service providers, and drivers.

The Current State of Ridesharing in Japan

Currently, ridesharing services in Japan can only be accessed through four ride-hailing apps: "GO," "Uber," "S.RIDE," and "DiDi." Moreover, rides can only be booked during specific time slots designated by the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport, and Tourism.
Among these apps, only "Uber" allows users to specifically select a ridesharing vehicle, but even then, the number of operational vehicles is limited. From a passenger's perspective, most people who have used ridesharing likely did so by chance rather than intentionally seeking it out.
For example, despite living in Tokyo and frequently trying to book rides over the past month, I have not once been matched with a ridesharing driver. According to a survey conducted by the government's Regulatory Reform Committee with industry groups, approximately 2,400 rides were provided in a two-week period. This suggests that the likelihood of booking a ridesharing ride is not particularly high.
This situation highlights the challenges faced in the early stages of implementing Japanese-style ridesharing, both from the perspective of service availability and user experience.
Tokyo Keizai

Last month, Bristol Myers Squibb reported a major loss due to charges related to a series of acquisitions and a cut to its profit forecast for the year. With a negative outlook for Bristol, investors have lost confidence in the company, at least in the short term, keeping the stock in the red year-to-date.
Stunted S&P 500 Growth
With over 92% of companies finished with their reporting, the index is on pace for a 5.4% earnings growth compared to the year-ago quarter. This would be the largest year-over-year earnings growth since the second quarter of 2022, a time in which stocks rebounded from the pandemic. If you were to take out Bristol, the pace would jump to 8.3%, which would be a massive difference in growth.
Some More Laggers
The blame can’t all be put on Bristol. The Healthcare sector struggled in Q1 of 2024, with an earnings decline of 25.4% from the same quarter a year ago. Alongside Energy, the sector has had the worst performance of all sectors within the S&P 500 this quarter. If you take out a couple of other companies from within the space, such as Pfizer (PFE) and Gilead Sciences (GILD), the S&P 500 would be on pace for an earnings growth of 9.7%. By removing three companies, the S&P 500 earnings growth practically doubles.
Stock Price Non-Correlation
Interestingly, declining earnings haven’t necessarily done much to weigh down any particular sector. The Healthcare sector has actually risen by a modest 1.4% in the past month, the fourth-best performance of any sector and better than the S&P 500 return of 1.2% over the same time period. Earnings growth and stock prices are not lining up.
Future Growth for Bristol and the Healthcare Sector
Another interesting piece of data to note is that earnings declines are not expected to continue within the sector. After Bristol reported its massive loss attributed to its acquisition of Karuna Therapeutics, analysts expect the company to bounce back in the second quarter. Earnings per share are expected to be at $1.69, which is still slightly down from the year-earlier period of $1.75.
The overall Healthcare sector is expected to rebound in the second quarter as well. Analysts predict that the sector is expected to produce the second-highest year-over-year growth of any sector in the second quarter. Wall Street is projecting an increase of 17.2% for the sector.
I'm curious what the ValueInvesting SubReddit's opinion is on the outlook of the healthcare sector.
i like to think I'm a good guy, so I wanna give credit where it's due: This analysis I got almost entirely from here

It is coming up on a month since my ex (M27), and I (F22, 23 soon) ended things. Long story short, we were doing long distance and I had told him from the early days that I had a goal of pursuing medicine, as I am applying this coming cycle - attending medical school in my home city which would cause us to do long distance for 4 years; but I agreed to move to him for residency. I was willing to leave behind my entire family, and all of my friends to move to the city he lives in. I also was willing to travel to him on my breaks and support him in achieving his dreams in the sport he plays. I made it very clear at the start that this was going to be the reality of things, and given medical school + residency, I wouldn’t want to have my first child until around 28. I forgot to mention, I had also told him early on that I would never be a full time stay at home mom, but I would 100% cut back on hours and go part-time until all of my kids were school-age, because parenthood is not something I take lightly, and I want to be as present as I possibly can without having to lose myself in motherhood. With this, I had told him that it would be likely that I would have to put my kids in daycare a few days a week, as I had never planned to move away from my mom who would’ve been my main form of childcare.
He agreed, and so we continued our relationship. Things were great, we were super compatible, had a lot of patience for each other, saw eye to eye on so many topics - including how we wanted to raise children, our expectations in a relationship, our values + traditions (we both are of the same culture). It was great. He was the first guy I have ever felt this at peace with, the first guy I ever took seriously and was the first guy I went on a date with. I really felt like he was the one, and he verbalized many times that he was serious about me and would always talk about things in the terms of “we” and “our” in regards to the future.
Fast forward 6 months, I ask him to really think about everything, the long distance, the waiting to have children until HE would be 32ish, I just wanted him to think about it all because a part of me felt like he really wasn’t understanding how much effort it would take from both parties to make this work. After telling him I did not want to talk to him until he really thought this out, we took a short break and he came back with his answers.
Essentially, he told me he had wanted to have kids younger and wanted to have me be a full time stay at home mom until all of my kids were of school age (basically a stay at home for at least 10 years), as he wasn’t wanting to put his kids in daycare. I had told him that having children during residency would be incredibly tough on me, especially without the right support. Aside from the sport he plays, he does work a trades job that is a family business; which is going to soon be passed down onto him. I understand it can take a lot of time to run a business however, it does give him flexibility to take some days/time slots off if he really needs to (if he’s willing to). But he didn’t want to compromise on his schedule, making adjustments where he can be home 2-3 days a week so I can be at work was a no go for him, which was frustrating because he also does not want his kids in daycare either. I then asked him if me doing medicine was something he was indifferent to or something he was supportive of. He said indifferent, and my heart sank. I then told him it would be best if we just ended things because it was hard to be with someone if they couldn’t find themselves supportive of me. He seemed to be pretty upset about it as well, and after trying to find what I call “loop holes” so he could get things the way he wanted, he agreed as well.
Anyways, fast forward almost a month and here I am having to stop myself from calling him and trying to make things work. I feel so much doubt about ever being able to find love as a woman with ambition, especially coming from a culture where motherhood is heavily emphasized. He truly made feel so safe, at peace, we had such great conversations and really has been the only guy I have ever felt a connection with after talking to so many others. He checked nearly all of my boxes; religious, of the same culture, patient, kind, ambitious, disciplined, family oriented etc. I have felt so down in the dumps this last month and it’s making me doubt my decisions and my dreams for the future as well. So after all this rambling, I guess my question is should I give it one more shot? Should I try to make things work or am I going to end up even more hurt?

Hi guys! I've been watching Caleb for a few months, and recently been on this reddit for a few days, and I've looked through other posts asking about HYSA's, but I have a few questions I was hoping people here could answer.
Based on my (limited) research I've decided that Ally has a good HYSA option. I see it (and wealthfront) recommended all the time here.
For those who use Ally i was wondering: Are there any fees involved? Do I have to keep money in for a set time? Is it an online bank only? Is it FDIC insured? Can someone explain compounding interest to me?
Also, off topic from the original question, but I figured I'd ask: What is a CD and do you recommend them? From what I've gathered you "buy" them for a set amount of time and can't access that money during that time. Do these have higher interests rates than HYSA, and are they FDIC insured/safe to "buy"?
Sorry if these questions are dumb. I am 28, never went to college, and just got my first "real" job that's a career.
Extra info: I have 4k sitting in a vystar account with like .2% interest and want to change that. My average bills/total cost to live averages 650$/month. (I'm a trucker and live in my truck 95% of my time- when I do come home my dad let's me live in his spare bedroom rent free for the 2 or 3 days im home a month.) I make roughly 1500-1800/week AFTER taxes. If anyone has any extra advice for me based on that information I would certainly read over it and be very thankful. Thank you to anyone who responds and helps me. Have a blessed day!

So I am using the iPhone SE 2020. Got it on launch day, unlocked. This phone has been EXCELLENT but time does its thing. What feels like yesterday has been four years… it is showing its age. The battery’s health is “service” (70% of its full capacity) and as such the performance is tanking.
Its getting glitchy, particularly with the screen not wanting to turn on until I press the home button 20 times and then the phone goes a but insane. All of this to say I want a new phone. Im sure I could replace the battery and breathe life into it but at the end of the day I want a bigger screen anyways.
I like switching between iPhone and android at random so I have no worries there. Looked at the pixel 7a, the S23fe, the one plus N30 and the Galaxy A54. Due to seeing positive reviews (even post 1 year retrospectives) I decided on the A54.
I have always used straight talk because it is cheap and good enough for me. I do like that 35 dollars a month and my coverage is perfect where I am. Well straight talk has the A54 for 270 dollars brand new. Which is a far cry from the 350-500 that the alternatives are going for.
I figure if the differences are minor, I am better off saving the money. However I came to this sub and I see nothing but horror stories on this thing. “The battery is trash! 3 hours of screen time!” And they even provide proof of it. Screen colors off. Touch gestures not registering properly. The performance randomly cutting in half out of nowhere and the thing restarting for no reason even with the option disabled.
I do NOT need flagship performance. I need youtube and HBO to run flawlessly and look good. I need reddit to run good. I need good pictures. None of that requires a flagship but you guys are reporting that it cant even do those basic things without it eating the battery or without it running terribly.
I know they didnt pick the best chip for the phone but I didnt think it would be THAT bad! Anyways, is it a software thing? This phone is very tempting for me. Im not a phone gamer so IDC about that. But are these issues for real? Are they here to stay?
I know 6.1 just dropped but idk if that makes things better or worse. If it’s the latter, I cannot justify buying a phone from a manufacturer that tanks the phones performance after ONE year.
TLDR: Is this phone worth it for 270? Will I realistically have any issues with it? Only used for pics, reddit, youtube and HBO max. Well, calling too but ya know.