Just graduated college with a double major in finance and marketing, but I’m definitely more finance oriented. I worked my ass off in college, getting a 3.94 GPA, only to realize it doesn’t matter at all, like not even one bit. I didn’t have a finance internship, due to a professor recommendation and a high pay, I was convinced to do more of a economic related internship. I didn’t realize how big of a mistake that was until I started looking for jobs. It’s by far my biggest regret of my life. It feels like I’m literally no more qualified than I was with just a high school degree for any job I’m looking for. I don’t think it’s even possible for me to get a good job. I think my only shot is to do another internship, but most listing for that require you to be a student still. I have no idea what to do. I cant even sleep because of this, as it is 6:37 a.m at the time of typing this. I also don’t have connections, a consequence of my severe anxiety.

Big fan of all of Zombies. Here's a quick list of one like and dislike from (almost) all of 'em, except for the "spin-offs" like the DS game, as well as MW3, as I haven't played them. I will also try to not include any points of them introducing a new core feature or being inventive as a positive, but rather look at the games on their own.
WAW: POSITIVE: Atmosphere is almost unmatched in the horror category, where the tone is perfect for a "simple, dark story but with something sinister and deep hiding underneath". NEGATIVE: Simply the lack of polish. Bugs are present, Zombies collision isn't great, etc.
BO1: POSITIVE: Extremely great tone of the story. Here, the story present is (imo) the PERFECT blend of groundedness and mystery. Secret experiments, visual storytelling, and hints towards deeper secrets are all present without overdoing it or shoving it in our faces. NEGATIVE: BO1 has probably the overall weakest weapons in the series, damage wise, making weapons quickly drop off in usefulness and forcing you to earlier use of traps and wonder weapons alone
BO2: POSITIVE: Incredible variety in gameplay. You have everything from the open Tranzit, to Mob of the Dead and its incredible story-driven gameplay, to Buried being one of the biggest sandboxes we've ever seen, and more. It also has Grief and Turned, and has an amazing variety in weapons. Variety is BO2's strength imo NEGATIVE: Honestly, missed potential. Tranzit could have been so, so much more. Grief could have been greatly expanded, and so could Turned. We could have gotten more survival maps. The list goes on
BO3: POSITIVE: The overall strongest maps in the entire franchise, imo. The maps are colorful, extremely varied, PACKED with content and side quests and map-specific weapons, beautiful cutscenes, and more. NEGATIVE: Imo, BO3 has the overall worst weapons in the series. Not in terms of power, but in terms of how fun they are to use. So many of the base weapons feel like plastic, and feel way too similar to each other. Weapons like the VMP sounds like it's on mute when you fire it. It did get better with DLC maps, however.
AW: POSITIVE: Movement and the chaos. High rounds in AW Zombies feel chaotic and where you're always on your toes. It's hectic and surprisingly fun. NEGATIVE: All maps feel very samey. Atlas, all of it. The maps don't really stand out from each other at all.
IW: POSITIVE: The care and passion clearly being put in. You can see it in the amount of content each map has and their variety. It's clearly this was made with a lot of passion. NEGATIVE: The story. Even if it's supposed to be goofy and Scooby-Doo-like, I don't think it really nails it still. The characters imo are uninteresting, and the story doesn't seem to know if it wants to be taken seriously or not.
WW2: POSITIVE: Easily the unique PaP effects. Almost every gun does something unique when PaP'd instead of just becoming stronger, which is a MASSIVE positive, and makes almost all weapons exciting to use. NEGATIVE: Honestly... Strange game design choices. Such as how the PaP in Shadowed Throne cannot even be opened without explosives, making you almost stuck if you choose a Throwing Knife as your grenade. There are many of these design choices all around the game.
BO4: POSITIVE: Similar to BO3, this game has amazing variety in maps and gameplay. Everything from Blood of the Dead (which may just be the most content-packed map in the entire franchise) to the more simple Alpha Omega or Classified, we have TONS of variety in tone, difficulty, complexity, and even characters. NEGATIVE: The game taking water over its head. BO4 was a strange game. Factions were promised but never implemented. They tried to introduce a new story alongside wrapping up the famous Aether story. The budget was cut massively on the last two maps. You spawn with special weapons instead of earning them in-game. Overall just a "messy" feeling for an otherwise amazing Zombies game.
BOCW: POSITIVE: Easily the best movement and core mechanics we've ever seen. Moving around feels like a breeze, and the system of salvage, weapon rarity, support streaks, crafting table, and more all flow together perfectly. It gives you more to work towards than ever before, it gives points much more of a purpose than ever, the feeling of progress is better than ever, and it all works wonders together. NEGATIVE: The sheer lack of personality. If you compare CW's maps to BO1-4, it's a night and day difference. Going from something like Der Eisendrache and Blood of the Dead with rich atmospheres, characterse and features, to CW's maps is staggering. CW's maps are bland, lack personality, and have almost no unique side quests to grant unique features like previous maps do.

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Imagine this: you're a high school math teacher, struggling to get a group of disinterested 10th graders engaged in algebra. Their eyes glaze over every time you introduce a new equation. But then, one day, a eureka moment strikes. What if you could use design thinking techniques to improve their ability to think critically about math problems?
Instead of dishing out formulaic equations for them to solve, you start off your class with a real-world problem. You tell your students, "We're opening our own pizza joint, but we need to figure out pricing. We want to make three pizza sizes: small, medium and large. How do we decide the prices?"
Students begin the process with empathy, interviewing each other and people outside to understand how much they’d be willing to pay for the pizzas. They define the problem, ideate solutions and prototype their pricing models. Finally, they test their models, challenging and critiquing each other's pricing strategies.
Suddenly, math wasn't about monotonous equations anymore but a tool that can be used to solve real-world problems. The class was actively using critical thinking, expressing their own ideas, and understanding mathematical concepts at a deeper level. By using design thinking, you not only improved your students' critical thinking abilities, but also made learning an exciting process.
P.S. No Math teachers were harmed in the making of this hypothetical scenario. We do hope, though, that you got a slice of how you could use Design Thinking as a mental model in your daily life. And don’t worry, we are not opening a pizza joint.
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Have you ever had to organize a surprise party in just a week? That was me, darting around like a headless chicken, trying to make sure everything was perfect for my best friend's 30th birthday bash.
After a day or two of chaotic planning, I realized I needed to approach this mess with a different strategy. I decided to leverage the concepts of design thinking to improve my planning and decision-making process.
I started with Empathy - I put myself in my best friend's shoes, trying to envision the kind of party she would love. I then Defined my problem – organizing a surprise party in a short time. I explored different Ideas for the location, theme, guest list, etc. Through Prototyping, I started putting together a rough plan of the party. I then Tested my plan by imagining the party from start to finish.
By using design thinking, I was able to unravel the knots in my mind and move forward with a clear plan. The party was a fantastic success, and my best friend couldn't stop raving about it.
P.S. No, this isn't a true story. (I don't have the nerves for surprise parties!) But hopefully, it paints a picture of how you can use design thinking as a mental model in your everyday problem-solving missions. It's certainly way more fun than running around like a headless chicken!

First: https://www.reddit.com/HFY/comments/14vo5lb/troublemakers_deaths_pity/
*previous:* https://www.reddit.com/HFY/comments/1d3yvie/troublemakers_parabellum/
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Go'mon stormed through the castle corridors. He'd sensed something slip beside him during his encounter with the vampire lord. It wasn't just that damned top hat with the thief's prints. No, it was more subtle than that, it was the sound of a gossamer chain rattling against cloth. He scanned every square inch of the hallways as he walked, slowly twirling the Warhammer in his off-hand as he calmly held the pistol muzzle-up towards the ceiling. He'd barely gotten a glimpse of what almost looked like mist as he stomped through the grand halls with paranoia-fueled, seething anger. Abruptly turning a corner he fired the revolver at what he thought was that pesky invisible parasite.
The shimmer shuddered and he switched to the visible spectrum to find out it was just a tapestry in front of a heating vent.
Go'mon let out an enraged scream, tearing the tapestry apart with his bare hands after casting his weapons aside in a fit of rage and impotence. The visage of Monarch D'vinn looking out from the top of a bombed-out hill in battered armor at the shattered remains of the once human-occupied city, being shredded like single-ply latrine paper by go'mon's molecularly edged cybernetic claws. Having spent his rage on the tapestry, he panted dramatically as his heart pounded in its cask. Turning around he let out another furious scream, howling madly as he scanned the hall with thermals. His Hammer and revolver had disappeared without a trace.
The sudden blare of a Klaxon made him pause as he adjusted his armor, forcing himself to calm down as he examined his molecularly edged claws. The main enemy was at the gates, he should go meet them.
...
Cassius' Heart pounded as he took shallow breaths, Go'mon's backplate inches from his own chest as he held onto the Hammer and Pistol for dear life. As the general strutted outside, Cassius moved in perfect synchronization, his left leg rising with the general's before being placed down in sync. He'd been practicing for weeks with the security droids at the mansion, practicing to keep inches from their backs without touching their metal carapace. Now he strutted behind perhaps the second most powerful being he knew like a silent specter. As Go'mon slammed through a door, breaking it into splinters, Cassius lifted his right leg and rotated out of the way just as Go'mon's tail would've brushed against his Calf, giving him away. As the General strutted out into the middle of the courtyard, Cassius used the various straps attached to his gambeson to affix the weapons to his waist before grabbing his Kama and weighted chain from a small pouch at his belt.
Cassius tossed the weighted end of the chain over the wall of the castle after a short run-up, wrapping the gossamer chain around his hands with each rapid step he took up the wall. Reaching the top, he unhooked the weight from the small bar he'd tossed it around quickly disentangling his hands from the chain. He groped the air on the outside of the wall until he touched the enchanted ladder the Top-Hats had left him. Sliding down the ladder, he spotted Drake sitting astride Barney in the middle of the street. The rest were nowhere to be seen but that indeed was part of the plan. Sprinting over, Cassius leaped onto Barney behind Drake and slipped Go'mon's revolver into the empty holster at his belt. Drawing out no reaction save for a few words from Drake, who didn't turn his head lest he give the gambit away.
"Good work Cassius, Fall back and get a gas mask on. We still don't know what's in those canisters because they inked out the labels."
Cassius slipped off of Barney's back and slipped into a nearby building before De-cloaking as he pressed himself against the wall next to a Warmonger who passed him a spare gas mask. He pulled it on and checked the seal before sitting against the wall as his legs jellied beneath him. His mouth was dryer than the scrubland as he accepted a Volunteer's canteen, drinking heavily through a port in the mask as he rode out the adrenaline crash. He glanced over to where their fighters had pried open a sewer access hatch and were dropping in, the smell of sewage souring the air. A few warmongers closest to the opening had comically attached wooden clothesline clips to their noses.
...
Caz lay atop the second-tallest building in Golgatha, trash and debris piled up around her for camouflage ash she drew a bead on the strutting Go'mon. Her god-given eyes were able to see the purple miasma that rose from him like mercury vapors. She didn't even turn her head as she softly asked.
"Distance?"
The man with Heavy cybernetic augmentations pulled casually from a large pouch of grain alcohol, camera-lense eyes extending from his face as he chewed on a bullet thoughtfully. Slowly he stated.
"One thousand five hundred and sixty-seven meters, If you're keeping it under auto-ignition velocity, you should be able to hold it one mil above and..."
The sound of the bullet in his mouth getting chewed filled the air before he stated.
"Two mils right, wind fluctuates between us and the target, expect a half minute of angle deviation."
Caz adjusted her optic, bringing the point of aim directly onto her crosshairs. The man next to her had called himself "an Olympian" an old sect of bionically enhanced warriors from even before the betrayal wars. In the small amount of time she'd gotten to know the man, she'd found him palatable at the very least, soft-spoken with a touch of crazy, it was refreshing. She tried to ignore the artillery-sized rifle he laid behind, the barrel itself bigger around than a drainage pipe, a suppressor of equally massive size almost protruding over the edge of the building. She watched from the corner of his eye as he pulled the breech open to the side and selected a shell thicker and longer than her forearm with a fused tip. He rammed it into the gun with the same ease she loaded her flechettes with.
They both had different jobs despite sitting on the same roof. She'd take care of anything on two legs, and he'd handle anything that had an armored skin. From her vantage point, she watched as the Agri-bots moved into position, planting their artillery pieces against the ground in preparation to fire. They weren't using High explosives much to Remin and Destrier's chagrin, but with their attack plan, they couldn't risk collapsing the sewers. They were instead armed with a chemical weapon known as "CS Smoke" which would obscure visual sightlines for anyone with unaugmented vision. Lucky for her and the Olympian, that wouldn't be an issue with her clear-sight and his advanced optics. She slowly swiveled her focus onto Drake, keeping the center of the crosshair off him as she watched him.
Sitting astride Barney, Drake looked every bit the warrior he was. His dark helmet and armor were almost lost in the dark night. But the red shock of his Helm's mohawk could not be mistaken, glowing brightly against the darkness. As his palm came to rest on the pommel of his sword, she saw something entirely different for a moment.
A warrior in battered, rusty armor, the flesh falling from his bones as a pair of white lights gleamed behind the helmet. A skeletal hand held a rusty sword in its sheath, Its pale, emaciated steed's head hanging low, milky eyes soulless and empty.
But as soon as she saw it, the image faded and she swiveled her crosshairs onto the castle's inner courtyard. A small, dim red light blinked on the side of the Olympian's skull as the Geknosians organized into fighting lines. Hulking Geknosians in overbuilt power armor manned emplaced turrets and the looming Gas generators. A small feed from the Olympian's perspective overlaid itself on her scope before minimizing to one corner. She watched as his crosshair fell onto one of the two Gallicks. The horseshoe-shaped APCs presenting their bulk to the gate as a bulwark. Caz switched her aim to a heavily armored Geknosian, slowly dialing the small wheel on the forend of her rifle to half-power, just under auto-ignition velocity. The geknosian seemed to get uncomfortable as her crosshairs landed on his chest, fidgeting at the controls of their AA plasma Beam-cannon.
The moment the Agri-bots fired their artillery, she'd remove him from the gene pool and take that AA gun out of the fight so Destrier could get into position.
...
Destrier and Remin ran last-minute checks on the small fleet of two-wheeled land vehicles the Top Hats had called "Dirt bikes." The variable electric powerplant produced little to no noise, even now, powered on and ready to roll they didn't even humm. Stepping back, Destrier let the forearms of his power armor clamshell close as he retook the hand controls. Contrary to popular belief, the hands of power armor weren't at all like gloves. A handle with a pressure sensor for each finger was clasped in his hands, allowing him to manipulate the hands of the armor like his own. Destrier turned his head, helmet whirring on its bearing as he watched Remin mount one of the Dirtbikes, the black scimitar strapped to the suspension of the bike within arm's reach. The old man's Mongolian lamellar draped over either side of the bike like fabric, small metal plates clinking and clattering softly as he pulled his fabric-wrapped helmet back on. Destrier clomped over, hardly noticing the backpack with over two hundred rounds of 13x110 mm HEP.
Remin looked up with a grin and met Destrier's arm halfway in a forearm-gripping handshake, their metal hands clanking together as they slid their arms back into a grip around the base of each other's thumbs, then to a normal handshake before waggling their fingers at each other.
Destrier chuckled softly and looked up at the sky, night vision lenses making it appear stuffed to bursting with stars.
"What's on the black samurai's mind?"
Remin asked softly, head tilted back to also look at the stars between the rooftops.
"Well... I'm looking forward to the fighting to finally being over... Maybe I'll finally be able to settle down and invent something with Martha..."
Remin chuckled softly.
"A noble goal... I'd expect nothing less from you Destri... I'm actually hoping to catch a ride back to human-controlled space. I'm too old for this shit, I want to settle down and live out the last years of my life in peace..."
Destrier nodded in agreement, slowly turning his gaze back to the helicopter, blades slowly turning in preparation for takeoff.
"How old are you Remin? I don't think I ever asked."
The old man paused, thinking for a long time.
"Oh... I'd say I've made it past a century at this point. Got a cybernetic heart when I was a kid thanks to a car accident, Ol' things been keeping me going far past when I shoulda dropped."
Destrier nods and laughs softly.
"Damn, and I thought you were only in your fifties."
Remin laughed in agreeance, setting his hands on the handlebars.
"I don't blame ya, I feel like it. Especially now that my legs aren't filled with creaky arthritis."
Destrier sighed softly, gently punching the old man's shoulder as softly as he could in his power armor.
"See you on the other side old man... whether that be the living side or the dead one."
"Here's to hoping it's the former not the latter."
Destrier chuckled his agreement and boarded the helicopter, making the landing gear compress slightly as he put his weight on the flight deck. Unhooking the feed chain from the side of the backpack, he clipped it into the Ma-deuce's feed chute. It whirred as the heavy cartridges were funneled down the chain and into the gun with a click and a clatter.
...
Barney shifted from one leg to the other beneath Drake, Death's chosen reaching down and gently patting his neck fondly as he softly whispered.
"Just a moment longer boy... There's someone I need to talk to."
Drake closed his eyes, letting the Darkness envelop him for a moment before opening them again.
He looked at Death, who was casually swirling a glass of black bourbon thoughtfully.
"You said you wanted to talk to me right before the battle?"
Death nodded and slid the glass of black bourbon his way.
"I did, I want you to drink this before you go into battle."
Drake picked up the glass, inspecting the pitch-black, inky liquid curiously. Before sniffing it and coughing as his eyes water.
"No offense, But I think something died in your liquor bottle."
Death laughed jovially, pouring his own glass from a red crystal decanter.
"That's because this is made from the blood of my predecessor. I thought i might as well get it out of the way."
Drake suspiciously looked at the glass.
"Okay, what happens when I drink it?"
Death paused, slowly swirling his own glass of black bourbon pensively. Then, he slowly knocked his own back, eyes dilating wide before returning to normal.
"Well, It should allow you to control your power, bypassing the decades of training most need."
Drake gave Death a side eye, sniffing the foul drink one more time asking.
"What's the catch?"
Death frowned, then set his glass down.
"Considering that it's going to completely restructure your magical and circulatory pathways. It's going to hurt like nothing you've ever felt before. It also may or may not bind your guardians to your soul."
Drake's head snapped up.
"Guardians... you mean my parents?"
Death nodded softly.
"Guardians, souls that loved someone so much that they remained on after death to watch over them. Your parents loved you... loved you enough to stand by your side even in death... and before you give me some bullshit about this not being what your parents would want... Remember, they'll always be at your side until you die one way or another."
Drake slowly swirled the bourbon before nodding softly, bringing it to his lips, he downed it in a single gulp. It burned on its way down, the tingling feeling intensely spreading throughout his body and to his fingertips in a moment. His nerves burned, and his very being felt as though it was being scalded by burning hot water. But as he set the glass down on Death's desk, he smiled softly. There was a warmth to the pain, like a cold rag against a feverish forehead. The sting of a garlic poultice applied to a fresh whip-wound. It was the crack of his father's wooden sword against his knuckles during their sparring, the sweat that would drip into his eyes on long evenings working the fields. Drake opened his eyes slowly, no longer sitting in Death's office, but his own soulscape, looking at the long-neglected buildings halfway through construction. But he wasn't alone.
Drake smiled at his mother and father. His mother gave him a soft smile as she touched the scar across his face, the wound in his cheek where a gauss slug had torn it open, then, she took his hand to gently touch the scarred wound where Garravan's knife had pierced his hand. His father just sat cross-legged, drinking a stout mug of scrub tree tea with a proud smile on his face. drake looked between them before holding out his hands.
As his parents took them, they dissolved into motes of light that drifted into his chest. His veins burned, and his eyes and nose bled. His entire existence felt like a blistering inferno as the ground of his soulscape rumbled, small, red flowers the color of blood and the shape of gunshot wounds popping up from the ground. But even as the pain grew, and grew, and grew, He found himself simply laughing, grabbing what felt like an invisible pair of chains and pulling up on them as he stood.
The ground erupted in the middle of his soulscape, a massive, gnarled oak tree sprouting from the ground. Its sturdy trunk protecting a small patch of pink carnations interspersed with curly-petaled white Gardenias. Drake felt something form atop his head and reached up, feeling a thorny crown, he gently pulled it off, looking at the black-petaled roses fondly before returning it to his head. The thorny veins grew down from the crown, snaking their way deep into his flesh only to bloom into what felt like new muscles and tendons that weren't attached to his physical strength. Looking at his upturned palms, he curled his fingers, a steady, smokeless pale flame popping into existence in his palm with next to no effort.
As the pain subsided, Drake closed his eyes, relishing its departure before opening them to the shocked and concerned face of Death. Drake gave him a curious look and Death coughed softly as he composed himself before speaking.
"Look, I know I can hide pain well... But that smile you get when you're hurting is capital C Creepy."
Drake touched his grinning face with a soft laugh, wiping a trickle of blood from his nose.
"Well, guess I can add that to my achievements list, Creeping Death out with a smile."
They both chuckled softly at the joke before Death sighed softly.
"You should get back to them, they're almost ready."
Drake nodded and stood, stepping over to the door.
"Wish me luck."
"Good luck, my Champion. Give them hell."
Drake smiled softly and stepped out the door. When he opened his eyes, he was back in the real world, staring up at Go'mon who'd perched himself atop the castle wall, eyeing Drake hungrily.
Giving Go'mon his signature grin, He reached up and depressed a countersunk button on the side of his helmet.
"Hit 'em"
Drake stated, the sound of artillery rocking the city as Go'mon's hungry look quickly turned to rage. There was a loud, screeching whistle as the artillery shells streaked in, blanketing the area in stinging fog. Drake drew his sword, extending thorned vines of power into it as the blade ignited with pale flames. Barney snuffled excitedly and roared as Drake nudged him forward, the Dinosaur leaping over the wall in a single bound. The final battle for Golgatha had begun, after this, they would either be free...
Or they will have died free.
......
Part 112: will be linked here upon completion.

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Well, my dad just passed away, and he was supporting me financially. I don't believe my mother knew the extent of how much he was providing me with. He died rather suddenly and didn't create a will or anything. I told my mom he was supporting me, and she said that's ok she can still help me out. But she's only sending $500/mo. My apartment is $1800/mo! I spend >$1200/mo on food because I am disabled (AuADHD and genetic obesity) and rely heavily on grocery and meal delivery services. I told her I need atleast $2500/mo to survive, and she scoffed at me. 'What do you expect me to do, spend my retirement money on you? Have you considered getting a job?'. Of course I have! I am disabled! What is so hard to understand about that?!
I'm 29 years old and haven't worked in years. I've been looking through job listings. Amazon is hiring, I will only be making $16/hr. Keep in mind I haven't worked in years, am obese and this job involves a lot of standing. I didn't think I'd ever work again due to my disability. What has this world come to? It's ridiculous that society doesn't even want to support people like me financially - or at the bare minimum provide a clear path for me to be able to work as much as I am able to support myself. I should be able to have my rent and food taken care of worry-free, whether or not it entails work. But it's impossible, instead I will end up homeless and starving if I do not work for a low $16/hr, and even if I do work 50 hours a week for $16/hr I will still be on the brink of homelessness and starvation.
Even if I apply for disability and am accepted after a long wait, I still wouldn't even be able to support myself off of the monthly allowance it provides. The $1400/mo I'd get is 90% of my food budget. I would literally be starving if I spent any less on food. So is that what they want me to do? Starve?!
Any advice would be helpful. Thank you

I posted this in the CFS sub, but I read here sometimes, in case anyone has any improvements themselves or to learn what worked for people.
I'm not claiming to have long-covid, but I do have ME/CFS, which I think many people do have here so I'm posting it here too for those people. I had no gut related issues / I have no experience with pain or neuropathy or any other long covid symptoms that are not ME/CFS.
Given that my situation and the situation of many people here are pretty much the same, I'm sure there's some benefit to posting. After all, I sometimes gain from reading posts here.
22M
Slow onset, which started hardly noticable when i was 20 years old. Came on over the span of 6 + months. At the time, I was exercising 15 hrs / week, working 40 hrs / week and doing a degree at the same time. It's possible my body accumulated so much stress that it just shut down, and that onset my CFS. I believe I had a preventable case if it was caught early, something 1 - 3 months of rest could've corrected, but I was experiencing some form of symptoms for almost a year before I recieved a diagnosis and by then it was far too late.
I read this subreddit a lot, mainly looking for recovery information more than anything. Sometimes I comment, but I never post, so I may aswell join in.
I've heard many things out there, that if I prevent crashing, I actually have a good shot at recovery or improvement. One thing for sure, is that the PEM keeps you in it, or can even make you worse. So what if I just stay perfectly within my energy envelope?
Of course, that's easier said than done, it's not an easy task to perfectly avoid PEM, it requires a strict adherence to many things, and not much room for error.
Back in the middle of February 2024, I set out on a mission to do exactly this. My goal is to go 1 year straight without PEM, and to see if I can regain my life back.
I believe I'm milder than many people here, but hopefully my personal experience can induce some thoughts in people here. Any hope is good, after all.
A full history of my symptoms, from my worse days probably last summer, to now are as follows. (some not present anymore, some only in PEM.)
Fatigue Insomnia (I went up to 3 days at a time unable to sleep) Brain Fog Muscle Weakness Breathlessness Headaches Sore Throat POTS Tarchadyia after eating Carbohydrates Dizzyness Light-headedness Tightness of the chest / unable to take a full deep breath Night sweats / constantly hot Wired feeling / inability to relax Sexual Dysfunction (If someone else suffers from ED please tell me because nobody talks about it, it can't just be me)
My starting baseline at the start of the year, in which I had to do to avoid PEM was as follows: 16 hours laying down / in bed to some degree, ~ 3000 steps per day. Unable to work, university from home. Although if I ate particularly garbage food it could be even less than that.
4 months later, avoiding PEM completely:
Today, 11,500 steps, 8 - 9 hours a day in bed. Regular sleeping pattern. Still doing university from home, no work. At baseline, I feel 80% - 90% normal. I tire out quite easily still, and if I do activity too close to bedtime, eat too close to bed time or break from my strict schedule, I can tell. I'm still far from being able to do what I want. I can't be careless at all.
My number one pacing tool without a doubt is my Garmin watch. It's scary how accurate it has been for me at avoiding PEM, and without this, I don't think I could have done it so perfectly.
The changes I made in my life, which has reduced the stress on my body, and improved my HRV according to my Garmin was:
Building my life around sleep. Sleep is the priority. I sleep at the same time every night, no exceptions. Blue-light glasses No technology within 1 hour before bed time Vagus nerve stimulation before bed with TENS device, basically some cheap bootleg neurosym because I can't afford neurosym. 1 hour of stretching each night Not eating at least 3 hours before bed, but generally the further i eat from bedtime, the deeper the rest I get. Keto diet, my body handles carbohydrates so terribly that this was a gamechanger. Acupressure mat Keeping my room as cold as possible I tried ice baths, which at first made me crash. Now I can use them without a crash, but they suck to get in and im not sure how big the benefit is. I think there is some, but perhaps I'll use it again in the future.
All of these things have one common goal, which is to maximise my parasympathetic nervous system, and give me as deep of a rest as possible. It's been very successful so far.
Medications & Supplements I use:
Diphenhydramine 50mg, which I use sparingly for sleep. If I'm concerned a crash is coming or some insomnia develops, I use this. It's addictive and not meant for long-term use so I can't use it all the time. I've dodged some PEM episodes with this though i'm 100% sure of that. It definitely works.
The most impactful:
Magensium Fish Oil for Omega 3s Ashwagandha Vitamin D
Secondary (Not sure how well these work, but I'm using it anyways): Vitamin B12 Vitamin C High Dose Vitamin B1
I was going to wait either 6 months or one year to make a post like this, but I may aswell make it now.
I know this improvement isn't just some luck, because before I stopped getting PEM, and made these changes, I was actually getting progressively worse over time. So this last 4 months is the first time I've actually changed my trajectory.
Any questions below are welcome.

Off-page SEO can be a game-changer for your website's visibility and search rankings. While on-page SEO focuses on optimizing elements within your website, off-page SEO involves actions taken outside your site to impact its authority, relevance, and trustworthiness.
Best Off-Page SEO Techniques
High-Quality Backlink Building Strategies
Backlinks are the backbone of off-page SEO. They signal to search engines that your content is valuable and authoritative. However, not all backlinks are created equal. Focus on acquiring backlinks from relevant and authoritative domains.
Techniques for Acquiring Backlinks:

• Content Outreach: Reach out to industry influencers and bloggers with high-quality content that they might want to link to.
  
• Broken Link Building: Find broken links on relevant websites and suggest your content as a replacement.
  
• Resource Pages: Get listed on resource pages that compile useful links on a given subject.
  

A study by Backlinko found that the number of domains linking to a page correlated with rankings more than any other factor. Moz also revealed that high-quality backlinks from authoritative sites are crucial for improving domain authority and search rankings.
Guest Blogging on Authoritative Sites
Guest blogging is a powerful tool for increasing brand visibility and domain authority. By contributing valuable content to reputable industry blogs, you can gain high-quality backlinks and reach a broader audience.
Criteria for Selecting Blogs:

• Relevance to your industry
  
• High domain authority
  
• Active and engaged readership
  

A case study on Neil Patel's blog demonstrated a 300% increase in organic traffic over three months through strategic guest posting and content promotion.
Social Media Engagement
Social media platforms are essential for promoting your content and attracting natural backlinks. By engaging with your audience and sharing valuable content, you can increase your reach and brand visibility.
Strategies for Effective Engagement:

• Share high-quality, shareable content
  
• Interact with followers and respond to comments
  
• Collaborate with influencers to amplify your reach
  

Influencer Partnerships
Influencers have the power to bring your brand to a larger audience. By partnering with influencers, you can leverage their audience for backlinks and brand awareness.
Best Practices:

• Identify influencers who align with your brand values
  
• Propose mutually beneficial collaborations
  
• Maintain long-term relationships to keep your brand in the spotlight
  

Many successful businesses have seen significant growth in traffic and brand visibility by engaging with influencers and participating in industry forums.
Utilizing Local and Online Business Directories
Listing your business in local and online directories can improve your local SEO and make it easier for potential customers to find you.
High-Value Directories:

• Google My Business
  
• Yelp
  
• Yellow Pages
  
• Industry-specific directories
  

Creation and Promotion of High-Quality, Shareable Content
Creating content that is valuable, engaging, and shareable can naturally attract backlinks. Focus on producing content that addresses your audience's needs and interests.
Strategies for Content Promotion:

• Use social media platforms to share your content
  
• Collaborate with other content creators for cross-promotion
  
• Utilize email marketing to reach your audience
  

Participation in Forums and Online Communities
Engaging in industry-specific forums and online communities can help build your authority and drive traffic to your website.
Best Practices:

• Provide valuable insights and answers to questions
  
• Include links to your content when relevant
  
• Build relationships with other community members
  

Supporting Data and Anecdotes

• Backlinko Study: Found that the number of domains linking to a page correlated with rankings more than any other factor.
  
• Moz Analysis: Revealed that high-quality backlinks from authoritative sites are crucial for improving domain authority and search rankings.
  
• Neil Patel's Case Study: Demonstrated a 300% increase in organic traffic over three months through strategic guest posting and content promotion.
  

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By following these off-page SEO techniques, you can significantly improve your website's visibility and search rankings. These strategies are backed by industry research and real-world case studies, demonstrating their effectiveness.
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At our digital marketing agency, we've implemented these off-page SEO techniques for numerous clients, yielding significant improvements in their online visibility and traffic. Here are a few examples:

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Selling Your Business: Numbers and Benchmarks by Revenue Stage

The previous newsletter provided a roadmap for selling your business at different revenue points. Now, let's delve deeper with specific numbers and industry benchmarks to illustrate the process:
Pre-Revenue:

• Valuation: At this stage, valuation is primarily based on future potential. Investors might consider the size of the addressable market, the strength of your intellectual property, and the experience of your team. Seed funding rounds for promising startups typically value companies in the $1 million to $5 million range.

Early Revenue (Less than $1 million annual revenue):

• Valuation: Here, valuation starts reflecting initial traction. A company with $500,000 in annual revenue, 50% year-over-year growth, and a low CAC to CLTV ratio might be valued at 3-5 times its annual revenue, translating to a range of $1.5 million to $2.5 million.
• Selling Your Business: Attracting investors who believe in your future potential is key. Here's who you might encounter:
  • Individual Investors: These are individuals with funds to invest, often seeking high-growth opportunities. They might find your business through online platforms like https://flippa.com/ or https://empireflippers.com/. Listing fees typically range from $10-$49 depending on the platform and asset value, with success fees charged upon a sale (often around 10% for smaller businesses).
  • Angel Investors: Wealthy individuals who invest in early-stage ventures with high growth potential. You can find them through angel investor networks or pitch competitions.

Established Revenue ($1 million to $10 million annual revenue):

• Valuation: Profitability becomes a key factor. A business with $5 million in annual revenue, 30% profit margin, and a diversified customer base could be valued at 5-7 times its EBITDA (earnings before interest, tax, depreciation, and amortization). Depending on the industry, this could translate to a valuation of $15 million to $35 million. (Industry Benchmarks: Technology companies often command higher EBITDA multiples, reaching 10 or above, while traditional brick-and-mortar businesses might fall in the 4-6 range.)
• Selling Your Business: Reaching a wider pool of buyers is crucial. Here are some common exit strategies and the types of buyers you might encounter:
  • Business Broker Services: Experienced business brokers connect you with a variety of buyers, including:
    • Strategic Buyers: Existing companies in your industry seeking to expand their market share or acquire your specific technology or customer base.
    • Financial Buyers: Private equity firms or investment banks looking to invest in your business for a high return on investment (ROI). They typically focus on established businesses with a strong track record of profitability.
  • Merger and Acquisition (M&A) Firms: For larger companies, M&A firms specialize in connecting businesses with:
    • Strategic Acquirers: Similar to those targeted by business brokers, but typically larger and more established companies.
  • Investment Banks: For high-value acquisitions, investment banks can bring in:
    • Financial Buyers: These can be private equity firms, hedge funds, or even high-net-worth individuals seeking to acquire a well-performing business for a return on investment.

Remember: These are just a few examples, and the best buyers and exit strategies will depend on your specific business and industry.
Additional Tips:

• Prepare a detailed offering memorandum. This document outlines your business's financials, growth potential, and competitive landscape to attract potential buyers.
• Market your business proactively. Attend industry events, connect with potential buyers online, and leverage your network to generate interest in your company.
• Be patient and persistent. Selling a business takes time and effort. Don't get discouraged if the process doesn't happen overnight.

By understanding the benchmarks, buyer types, and exit strategies for each revenue stage, you can approach the sale of your business with a well-informed strategy, maximizing your return and achieving a successful exit.
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Hi folks, I’m looking for some guidance. I’ve (40/M/South Asian based in UK) been informed that my blood work result indicates that I'm 1 mark off being pre-diabetic (type 2). So l'm not quite in the danger zone... yet! Seeing as I'm south Asian I'm very high risk - also my mother and grandmother have it. I want to ideally stay clear of it all together, as I already have several other health conditions (celiac, MS, hypothyroidism and antiphospholipid syndrome) that I'm managing so I don't really want to add diabetes.
Below is a typical food day - can anyone suggest what small changes I can make to help me reduce my blood sugar for my blood test in 3 months. Some things are obvious like don't eat the pizza l'm assuming...
Breakfast: Gluten free porridge with coconut milk. Topped with chia seeds, milked flaxseed and blueberries.
Morning snack: Apple and banana
Lunch: Winter - miso soup, with gf rice noodles, spring onions, boiled egg and tofu. Summer - cheese and avocado GF wrap with crisps.
Mid afternoon snack: Gluten free cereal or nut
Dinner: Homemade Mushroom risotto, OR homemade chilli con carne with white rice, OR frozen GF pizza, OR homemade spaghetti bolognese with GF pasta.
Thanks in advance

Table of Contents

1. tl;dr
2. Summary
3. Intro
4. 7 steps
   1. Omnivore
   2. 1 Fluid
   3. 2 Fuel
   4. 3 Fresh
   5. 4 Fat
   6. 5 Fruit
   7. 6 Veg
   8. 7 Snack
   9. Beyond AAD
5. Regimen
   1. Morning
   2. Between meals:
   3. Afternoon
   4. Travel
6. Details

tl;dr

Japanese women live the longest; traditional "ama" divers catch crustaceans by hand.
This inspired my chicken soup of the sea: rice, shrimp and mackerel.
Can you guess which causes the longevity?
PIC: How to tell when a shrimp is perfectly cooked
https://preview.redd.it/ioy13ankti5d1.jpg?width=602&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=f6561f8cd0dfa03e90f4fe35fa229651f459359e

Summary

Ama (海女, "sea women") are Japanese divers famous for collecting pearls, though traditionally their main catch is seafood.[1] The vast majority of ama are women.

An optimal diet should imitate the diet of the world's longest-lived people: Japanese women. What sets Japan apart from runners-up such as South Korea is high shrimp consumption.
Longevity is sexy:

• Tokyo Fish Market, 1964
• Japanese ama divers, with a diet primarily consisting of sea food, had impressive occlusions #mewtivation
• Japanese Ama divers, 1950s

I cut the seafood-rice diet down to the absolute minimum:

An elimination diet, also known as exclusion diet, is a diagnostic procedure used to identify foods that an individual cannot consume without adverse effects.

An optimal elimination diet follows the pattern of recovering from an upset stomach:

1. For fluid, drink hot water with a pinch of sea salt "tea".
2. For fuel, start with white rice congee. After #6 add brown rice, pre-soaked.
3. For fresh, have 50g frozen sea meat (shrimp) per day. The rest can be canned.
4. For fat, have a can of ocean fish (mackerel etc) per day. Watch the mercury.
5. For fruit, have a small orange with the plain rice (vit c).
6. For veg, lightly cook some spinach leaves with the shrimp (vit b).
7. For snack, have dried seaweed sheets and a handful of mixed tree nuts soaked overnight.

Take it one step at a time. These are sequenced in order of short-term priority to stay productive. Everything is low-FODMAPS except the nuts.
1-4 are like a healthier version of chicken soup: Both are high in methionine, salt and rice.
Methionine stops hunger. Eating less extends lifespan dramatically:

The exact manner by which calories are reduced changes across studies, but the animals’ calorie intakes are generally reduced by as much as half their normal levels. Depending on the species, the most promising results have shown lifespan extensions between 50 and 300%.

This diet can probably cut your calorie intake in half without trying, and your food budget as well.
A strong baseline makes it easy to detect harmful foods. You can thrive on just this, but why limit yourself? Establish a performance baseline, then introduce a new ingredient.

Intro

When I was a young man, I regarded cooking as a chore and simply wanted to eat healthy to gain muscle without wasting time. As a result, I ate a lot of Campbell's Chunky Soup and crackers. Not great for my sodium intake.
I sympathize with those who insist that a "minimum viable diet" should mean something simple and repeatable such as beef, potatoes and greens. Sounds great! If you're looking for lazy cooking, just learn some simple pressure cooker recipes. It does get more complicated than "throw tasty things in pot".
I might've continued as a culinary barbarian, had I not made some bad life choices, chief among which was taking a light course of Accutane, which is proven to cause Inflammatory Bowel Disease by aging epithelial stem cells. This caused my gut lining to gradually age, until I must now eat mush like an old man.
The struggle to find foods that didn't incapacitate me lead me to elimination diets and a journey into true minimalism, the meaning of which I hadn't appreciated before: not minimum cooking effort, but minimum digestive difficulty.
My eventual solution happened to align with the diet of the longest-lived people in the world – the Japanese. (Well, the women are longest-lived. The men work and drink themselves to death.) Apparently, the secret to their longevity is eating a lot of shrimp and rice. White rice is considered hypoallergenic, and shrimp induces satiety via methionine, permitting calorie restriction.
Doctors have been unable to label my condition with any specific diagnosis, despite extensive tests and endoscopy. So I believe my solution is generalizable to those without specific problems, who nonetheless find themselves plagued with Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS).
The less energy the gut must spend on digestion, the more energy the brain has to focus productively. Ancestral hunter gatherers could afford to lie around after a big meal; office workers not so much.
Even healthy people may be interested in the productivity benefits of easy digestion. Soylent is popular for this reason. The aquatic ape diet is healthier, easier to digest, and much cheaper.
Soylent costs about $225 per month. In a typical day I eat:

• for fuel, 4 handfuls of unenriched rice = 43g * 4 = 173g = 621 calories = .50 USD
• for fresh, a handful of frozen organic shrimp = 52g = 52 calories = 7.70 RMB = 1.06 USD
• for fat, 200g canned mackerel (or similar) = 312 calories = 6.5 RMB = .9 USD
• for fruit, small oranges sell for about a dollar each, so $2 for two = 90 calories
• for veg, spinach costs $2 and lasts 10 days, so .20 USD = 14 calories
• total calories = 1089
• $total = 4.66 USD daily * 30.4 days = $142 per month

As you can see, the AA baseline diet is slightly more expensive per calorie, but higher satiety so one eats less. If cost is a concern, you can easily cut to one small orange per day, dropping the price to $111 per month. Or replace oranges entirely with a vitamin c pill, which costs under 10 cents per dose. Then the cost would be $84 per month.
Most people don't want to eat minimally, and that's fine. However, those who hate cooking can keep the minimal ingredients at home, then indulge at restaurants. Or travel with Soylent and never miss a meal.

7 steps

Omnivore

Humans are omnivores. Thus a proper minimal diet will consume both plants and animals. Among mammals, even herbivores are usually opportunistic carnivores. Compensating for pure vegetarianism or carnivory complicates things considerably, as icebound Eskimos and smooth-brained koala vegans demonstrate.
Given omnivory, a minimal diet has three major requirements:

1. Fuel: either eat enough carbs and fat, or burn your own fat.
2. Fresh: for volatile water-soluble vitamins and animal protein.
3. Fat: for fat-soluble vitamins and well-being.

These are listed in order of priority.
One can get water-soluble vitamins from lightly-cooked meat, if one eats the right animals or organs in sufficient quantities. However, it is usually easier to get them from fruits and vegetables.

1 Fluid

The Romans paid legionnaires in sea salt, leading to the expression, "Worth his salt". Without sea salt, humans develop goiters.
During a severe IBS episode, you often stop eating. That is fine, humans can fast for weeks. Just drink sea salt "tea" until your gut calms.
This staves off dehydration, but gets quite hungry. When ready to rise and cook, proceed to the next step. Until then, have a toothpick and relax. (Chewing on something is a good way to stop eating.)

2 Fuel

The first step of recovery is to have some bland white rice congee. It is usually the easiest thing to digest. (If not, try soaking or pick another grain.) Starch fuel prevents starvation, conserving body fat on skinny chronic IBS sufferers. You need enough calories to stay active.
Put a 1-2 handfuls of rice and generous water into the pressure cooker, then cook until congee.
Plain white rice does get boring. So alternate white with brown rice. Brown rice has insoluble fiber, which is hardest to digest. So start with just a pinch of brown rice in white, which will change the flavor of the pot enough to fool your brain. If you can tolerate insoluble fiber, then increase the ratio. Gas is a key sign you can't.
If you're constipated, increase the ratio of brown rice. Fiber keeps you regular.

3 Fresh

The next step is to consume healthy fresh meat. The healthiest sea meat is shrimp. Just a handful will induce satiety via methionine. Briefly auto-warm them in the pressure cooker until they curl into a c-shape, not o. (This is safe, because saltwater shrimp parasites can't transfer to freshwater hosts.) Eat the shrimp before cooling, and save the broth for the next rice pot.
Wild meat is healthier than farmed, and saltwater is healthier than terrestrial. Humans are primarily a littoral species, even today. Our hairlessness is an aquatic adaptation (hippos, elephants); chimps can't swim. Our other closest relative, the pig, is semi-aquatic like us, and shares many anatomical features such as nose shape and eye color. Pigs, not chimps, are the main animal source for organ transplants into humans.

4 Fat

Fat is the second hardest to digest, but the most rewarding. It's what puts a smile on your face and heat in your extremities. Fat soluble vitamins degrade slowly, so canned food is fine. Mackerel is incredibly cheap and delicious. At 13% fat, it is sufficient but not overwhelming to weak guts. The bones are easy to eat around. Save the broth for the next rice pot.
Watch the toxin accumulation. Maximum is 200g mackerel per day, due to arsenic. Try alternating with other fish, such as tuna, sardines and salmon.
If you have fat malabsorption, try putting cholestyramine powder in the rice pot preceding the fatty meal, and look into UDCA. Eating fat is essential to enjoy life. Hence the expression, "Fat and happy."

5 Fruit

Fruit poses two digestive challenges: fructose and insoluble fiber. We can dilute the former and minimize the latter.
Apples have lots of insoluble fiber, making them chewy. Oranges have little, making them juicy.
Fruit is full of concentrated sugar, and the fructose in particular can irritate weak guts. Sugar provides short term energy. Thus an orange complements a pot of white rice congee.
By itself, the congee is bland starch, which provides long-term energy and filling comfort. Eat the orange as appetizer, then the congee as main course. Having this twice per day is a treat.

6 Veg

Vegetables contain even more insoluble fiber than fruit. One solution is to cook them to mush, but this destroys their b-vitamins, the main reason to eat them.
The solution is to use a soft vegetable that can be eaten raw and is high in vitamin b. Parsley and spinach both work, and go nicely with shrimp. Just throw them both into the pot on auto-warm at the same time.

7 Snack

With diets, cheating is always a danger, so one should try to fulfill cravings with healthy snacks. Dried seaweed have the salt, crunch and complex flavor to satisfy the potato chip craving. A handful of mixed tree nuts soaked overnight satisfies the desire for something more substantial, and puts the pot to good use.

Beyond AAD

Congratulations, you've completed the Aquatic Ape diet! Now you can add whatever works for you.
Having a strong baseline means it's easy to tell when something makes you feel worse. Similarly, being malnourished makes it easy to tell when you eat something that was previously missing. Malnourishment is not a pleasant baseline, so I recommend the former!
I'm sure you're eager to get to the steak and potatoes. The Weston Price Foundation has many great recipes for healthy indulgence.

Regimen

Morning

1. handful of unenriched white rice, pressure cooked to congee, eaten before cooling to avoid resistant starch. Small orange appetizer first.
2. clean pot and dish
3. 200g of wild-caught organic canned fish (no additives)
4. in leftover broth, pressure cook longer a handful of white rice with pinch of organic tricolor brown rice (to fool blandness perception)
5. clean pot and dish

Between meals:

• chew on a toothpick to distract from hunger
• pinch of sea salt in hot water

Afternoon

1. handful of unenriched white rice, pressure cooked to congee, eaten before cooling to avoid resistant starch. Small orange appetizer first.
2. clean pot and dish
3. handful of spinach and handful of wild-caught saltwater shelled shrimp (no additives) auto-heated to c-shape, not o-shape (that's overdone)
4. in leftover broth, pressure cook longer a handful of white rice with pinch of organic tricolor brown rice (to fool blandness perception)
5. clean pot and dish

The shrimp induces satiety for intermittent fasting.

Travel

Travel is tough. Suggestions welcome. Here's what I've got:

• bring toothpicks and sea salt
• buy hot white rice and water
• dry foods: pemmican, jerky or Soylent
• wet meat: canned fish, steamed shrimp
• vit b & c: spinach, lemon juice, small oranges

Details

Continued here due to length.

A few of you might have seen me floating about on this subreddit over the last month. I had the same story told here so many times before, account suspended (May 7th) due to a linked instagram breaking the rules that wasn't mine and doesnt appear to exist on instagram. Today I finally received some recovery emails which allowed me to get back into my account. I don't know for definite what finally did it because I tried so many different things, there are a few I can say definitely didn't work so I'll just list them all below as I know some of these have worked for various other people:

• Email [support@fb.com](mailto:support@fb.com), [appeals@fb.com](mailto:appeals@fb.com), [disabled@fb.com](mailto:disabled@fb.com) and the escalations mailbox. I am certain this is a complete waste of time but it's a route to try none the less
  
• Contacted my MP. They were very helpful and were looking into it but then unfortunately a general election was called so this route went no further. My local MP is a Tory so is highly likely to be out in July so it never would have evolved beyond that
  
• Complained to the ICO. They did nothing for a month and then told me they don't handle impersonation fraud cases, regardless of how much data has been lost. This I think was the biggest waste of time of the lot, but supposedly they have helped other people
  
• The EU form via VPN. I filled this in about 100 times and it got to the point where they stopped even sending me responses telling me to go away and just let the tickets close unanswered. I have heard of people getting back in this way but it's extremely hit and miss so definitely try but don't get your hopes up
  
• Complained to the facebook data protection officer and told them I wanted all the photos back off my hacked account. They told me as my account had been disabled I could basically go f myself. I replied with the (as of then still open) ICO reference but I doubt they read it
  

WHAT I THINK WORKED:
I sent a letter addressed to Meta Legal at their Ireland offices about a week after the hacking using a pre action letter template on Money Supermarket, demanding access to the account as it had been suspended through no fault of my own. I also attached the IP logs you can download from the suspension page as they showed the account had been accessed from China and Vietnam when it had been taken down so it obviously wasn't me. I waited a week after delivery and heard nothing, so I sent a second letter
This time rather than addressing it to Meta Legal I just addressed it to Meta Ireland. Rather than using the template I set out clearly that as I was a UK citizen the UK Consumer Rights Act applied and this contains protections for Consumers who sign Digital Service Agreements (Including Terms of Service) which Meta had breached by disabling my account when I hadn't violated the terms of service. I told them I would accept the reinstatement of my account in order to avoid court action
Four days after delivery (today) I got a 2fa text and an email saying the email address on my account had been changed, and the usual option to select "this wasn't me". I pressed that and lo and behold the "we think you've been hacked" email came through and I was able to get back in and secure the account
It looks like despite disabling my account, the hackers were still able to run thousands of pounds in dodgy crypto currency ads for the whole time the account was down. This only goes to show how bad Meta's cyber security is as by taking the account down they took it away from it's rightful owner whilst still allowing the criminals open access to do as they please. It's crazy. I have also had access to facebook ads restricted by the look of it
Anyway, best of luck to anyone in a similar situation. You can get it back but the only way to do so is absolute persistence. They will not make it easy for you. And finally , F--- Facebook!

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**Open a No Fee Chequing Account by October 31, 2024 and add an eligible direct deposit of at least $100 a month for 3 straight months and you'll earn an additional $400!**
Looking for a mortgage? Did you know that Simplii Financial™ offers mortgages with incredibly low competitive rates? Use my unique code when applying for your mortgage and you could earn $100!
My code for mortgages is: 0009326391
Thanks for considering my referral!

Open to residents of Canada, excluding Quebec
Hey, I think you’d like how simple everyday banking can be with Simplii Financial™. Use my link and you can earn when you open and use an eligible account with Simplii™. Earn $50 for a No Fee Chequing account, a High Interest Savings account, or a Personal Line of Credit.
My referral code for the accounts listed above is: https://mbsy.co/6mNQDc
For a No Fee Chequing Account or High Interest Savings Account you make a deposit of at least $100 within six months of opening the account, while also maintaining a minimum account balance of $100 for at least 30 days.
**Open a No Fee Chequing Account by October 31, 2024 and add an eligible direct deposit of at least $100 a month for 3 straight months and you'll earn an additional $400!**
Looking for a mortgage? Did you know that Simplii Financial™ offers mortgages with incredibly low competitive rates? Use my unique code when applying for your mortgage and you could earn $100!
My code for mortgages is: 0009326391
Thanks for considering my referral!

Open to residents of Canada, excluding Quebec
Hey, I think you’d like how simple everyday banking can be with Simplii Financial™. Use my link and you can earn when you open and use an eligible account with Simplii™. Earn $50 for a No Fee Chequing account, a High Interest Savings account, or a Personal Line of Credit.
My referral code for the accounts listed above is: https://mbsy.co/6mNQDc
For a No Fee Chequing Account or High Interest Savings Account you make a deposit of at least $100 within six months of opening the account, while also maintaining a minimum account balance of $100 for at least 30 days.
**Open a No Fee Chequing Account by October 31, 2024 and add an eligible direct deposit of at least $100 a month for 3 straight months and you'll earn an additional $400!**
Looking for a mortgage? Did you know that Simplii Financial™ offers mortgages with incredibly low competitive rates? Use my unique code when applying for your mortgage and you could earn $100!
My code for mortgages is: 0009326391
Thanks for considering my referral!

Open to residents of Canada, excluding Quebec
Hey, I think you’d like how simple everyday banking can be with Simplii Financial™. Use my link and you can earn when you open and use an eligible account with Simplii™. Earn $50 for a No Fee Chequing account, a High Interest Savings account, or a Personal Line of Credit.
My referral code for the accounts listed above is: https://mbsy.co/6mNQDc
For a No Fee Chequing Account or High Interest Savings Account you make a deposit of at least $100 within six months of opening the account, while also maintaining a minimum account balance of $100 for at least 30 days.
**Open a No Fee Chequing Account by October 31, 2024 and add an eligible direct deposit of at least $100 a month for 3 straight months and you'll earn an additional $400!**
Looking for a mortgage? Did you know that Simplii Financial™ offers mortgages with incredibly low competitive rates? Use my unique code when applying for your mortgage and you could earn $100!
My code for mortgages is: 0009326391
Thanks for considering my referral!

Open to residents of Canada, excluding Quebec
Hey, I think you’d like how simple everyday banking can be with Simplii Financial™. Use my link and you can earn when you open and use an eligible account with Simplii™. Earn $50 for a No Fee Chequing account, a High Interest Savings account, or a Personal Line of Credit.
My referral code for the accounts listed above is: https://mbsy.co/6mNQDc
For a No Fee Chequing Account or High Interest Savings Account you make a deposit of at least $100 within six months of opening the account, while also maintaining a minimum account balance of $100 for at least 30 days.
**Open a No Fee Chequing Account by October 31, 2024 and add an eligible direct deposit of at least $100 a month for 3 straight months and you'll earn an additional $400!**
Looking for a mortgage? Did you know that Simplii Financial™ offers mortgages with incredibly low competitive rates? Use my unique code when applying for your mortgage and you could earn $100!
My code for mortgages is: 0009326391
Thanks for considering my referral!