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The Reds and the Blacks: Daemon I

2024.05.16 10:37 Time_Peak4303 The Reds and the Blacks: Daemon I

Title: The Dance of the Dragons: The Reds and the Blacks
Author: ForWithinThisHollowCrown (me)
Category: AU, OC
Language: English
Length: 1062 (hope to write longer chapters though)
Status: Ongoing
Link: Ao3
Keywords: Court Politics, Arranged Marriage, Political Alliances, Childhood Friends to Enemies, Family Issues, HotD, Blacks/Reds, Greens/Blacks, Hightower, Velaryon, Lannister
Rating: Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings
Summary: Faced with failure in the attempt of making his daughter Queen, Ser Otto Hightower is left with no other choice than to turn once enemies into allies, and Princess Rhaenyra struggles with the uncertainty of her own destiny in light of the tragedy that has occurred. Meanwhile Prince Daemon finds himself trying to recover his own standing and Lord Corlys Velaryon, the Sea Snake, will stop at nothing to see his blood on the Iron throne yet when desperate times call for desperate measures their is little left to be desired. In the end, only one can sit the throne yet will it be the Delight or the Rogue none can know for sure. However in this game you live or you die, their is no middle ground.
Additional Thoughts: Essentially an AU where King Viserys chooses to marry Laena Velaryon but only has daughters thus making the Dance is between Rhaenyra and Daemon. More so based off the show but contains book elements. This is generally written to be unbiased to both sides (POV format), but I'm generally pro-Green, so please make of that what you will. Also this is still in the very early stages.
Also if I got Daemon's character please let me know and I'll correct it! I don't necessarily understand his character so if anyone has any tips I'd be grateful.
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2024.05.16 10:36 prettylilrebel WIBTA for Reporting my Husband & his father?

My family set up my marriage with a guy from USA whom I had never met before. It was an arranged marriage and I interacted with him the first time on the day of the wedding. What he and my family decided was that he will go back to USA after the ceremony and file for a spouse visa and then once the visa is processed then I will move in with him to USA. The guy married me out of an assumption that since I come from a Muslim country I must be very religious but that wasn’t the case. This was shocking for him and he told me from the very start that I will have to become more religious and cultural and started setting rules for me to follow. I grew up in a very conservative society but I have managed to do a lot of things that women in my community aren’t allowed to do. My family wouldn’t allow me to attend university unless I wore a burqa and I did that even though I hate the burqa but I knew I was gonna need education if I ever wanna liberate myself. My family wouldn’t allow me to work in office so I found a remote job and managed to become financially independent. I take a lot of pride in how far I have come in life and how resilient I have been and expected my partner to appreciate that as well. But he hates this about me and from day one he has tried to make sure that he changes me into a more religious and cultural woman. Everytime I would try to stand up to him, he would accuse me of being disobedient and would go and complain to my brother or father. He also started using the immigration paperwork to blackmail me and said he will file the paperwork once he is satisfied with my obedience towards him. I told him I don’t care about the paperwork and he doesn’t have to file. He started harassing my family to make me move in with him in my country since he knew I wont be able to get away from him here. I told my family I want a divorce and they said that’s not possible since no woman in my family has ever gotten a divorce. I have finally managed to end this arrangement and will be signing the divorce papers. I found out that his father got the citizenship by marrying an American woman but just a couple of years after marrying her, he came back to our country and married a woman here as well. Now he has been secretly married to this woman in my country and also has an American wife in USA. As per the law, bigamy is a crime in USA and also he must have lied to the immigration authorities as well since he hid his second secret marriage from them. He then sponsored his son and again he hid his secret marriage from immigration. From what I know this falls under immigration fraud and I want to report both of them to ICE since his son is aware of his father’s marriage too and helping him hide it. I admit, I am motivated by revenge but mainly I don’t like how their immigration status gives them the power to exploit women and I don’t want them to do that anymore.
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2024.05.16 10:32 Zhariri2008 Here are my Islanders who are mostly Characters i made

Here are my Islanders who are mostly Characters i made
And in case if you want one of my Islanders somehow then comment a letter and number from the second picture for example if you want My Eevee then Comment that you want H2, etc, also B8 doesn’t have any Character because i ran out of ideas
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2024.05.16 10:32 Zhariri2008 Here are my Islanders who are mostly Characters i made

Here are my Islanders who are mostly Characters i made
And in case if you want one of my Islanders somehow then comment a letter and number from the second picture for example if you want My Eevee then Comment that you want H2, etc, also B8 doesn’t have any Character because i ran out of ideas
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2024.05.16 10:24 Interesting_Mix1650 Sick of my in-laws

It’s been 5 years of happy marriage. My MIL is a single mother as my FIL passed away when my husband was in college with a heart attack. My SIL is like 10 years younger to me and there was a time during initial days of marriage where we stayed with them for a few months. Initially, I noticed that they did not treat my husband very well. The reason might be an age gap of 12 years between my SIL and my husband or because he wasn’t doing very well in his career. In every chance, my SIL tried to disrespect him and thereafter I witness a huge fight. I didn’t like the way she treated him and I tried to fix things between them since it’s family at the end of the day. However, things were still kinda weird between SIL and my husband and they hardly talk and I gave up on that since my husband also insisted that it’s better this way. Although, she was very sweet to me and I reciprocated that - planned birthdays for her since I thought it would be difficult for her, my MIL being a single mom. During our stay with them, I was laid off from my company (it was during covid) and I was finding it difficult to find another job.
We moved from there to another city since my husband was placed there with a high paying job and he had significantly progressed in his career. At the same time, I was still job hunting.
My in-laws visited us at our new place probably like after a year, and things changed just like that. My SIL started giving all the respect and love for her brother suddenly including my MIL and she started being like I’m going to be exactly like my brother. She started copying everything my husband does. And all of a sudden, she started this behaviour of being disrespectful to me since I was unemployed, putting me down during dinners by emphasising the fact to her brother that don’t worry, he doesn’t have to pay the bill always- she will start paying bills soon after college. She also tried to create issues between me and my husband by bringing up his past relationships- she highlighted that there was a time he had a crush on his cousin sister. (My husband had mentioned this to me and he admitted it was a stupid thing). Moreover, my SIL started passing slight comments to me like why do you go out of your way to plan birthdays etc. so, whenever they meet us, it’s been like this and my husband just tells me she is crazy but now surprisingly, they have started getting along well since she has started looking up to him. However I would like to emphasise the fact that my husband was very supportive when I was unemployed, and he tried to motivate me everyday.
There was also a point where my husband and I travelled abroad for a vacation and my in-laws hated me - they give subtle signs that they have to struggle there and I’m traveling abroad by just getting married. Also I’m from a rich family compared to them so my MIL keeps passing comments that my SIL had to struggle her entire life unlike me.
I find it so hard and I’ve been avoiding her. I finally found a job after 2 years of job search and constant interviews since the job market was bad. They still disrespect me sometimes in subtle ways or my MIL keeps comparing me with my SIL, she keeps praising her with things like oh my daughter is the best and she will be successful soon like she’s obsessed with her kids. They keep putting me down in a way that since I’m already 30, and I had a 2 year gap I’m never going to as successful as them. My SIL acts like this adult who has taken over everything just because she finished college and received a job offer immediately.
Currently, I’m happy with my job and things are going well on the career side for me. But whenever I meet them, I can’t handle this shit and I’m sick of this. And I don’t know how to stop this. The only thing I do is avoid them. It’s always like they give me the feeling that their family is doing much better than me and I don’t belong with them. How do I deal with this?
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2024.05.16 10:17 eng_bendover I thought pretty much before writing about my miserable life

I will try to keep it short
I'm a 26M currently living in UAE but originally from Syria, these details are important because they tell pretty much about my childhood. I was raised in a war environment in one of the most dangerous cities in the world "Aleppo City" when I was a kid I didn't have a normal childhood, we were under siege for a couple of times had to witness extremist sides had to see people sniped in-front of my eyes people being threatened, me personally got threatened countless times, my university got bombed, and due to war we lost a house and had to spend my life even when I was in college I had to work a 9-10 hours each day in order to make money and help my father to pay the rent and I graduated from English Literature with a BA. we have a small family of 6 members including mom and dad and me personally I value my family a lot, like my family comes before anything else. and due to war my brother immigrated to Germany and my sister was already living in UAE with her husband and kids, 4 years ago my father passed away and I had to witness it and I had to bury him and see it all alone with other random strangers and a couple of friends because my brother was in Germany and I was the only male in the family, after my dad passed away, my sister who lives in UAE developed a brain cancer and she undergone with a surgery which was a failed attempt to remove the tumor. I sold an gave away everything I had in Syria all my belongings my clothes my memories everything. and took my mom and traveled to UAE just to stay with my sister.
I came to UAE and I needed to find a job so I can still make money and stay in UAE, I'm quite professional at my job and before living Syria I was a Sales & Marketing Team leader at one of the finest academic educational institutes and I was always praised by my managers, I came to UAE and struggled a bit to find a job because in UAE they favor nationalities over other ones (yes this still exists) finally I found a job but im always under threat if being terminated and I'm underpaid and overtasked and even my manager says that I deserve to take double my wage but they just can't do it because they don't have the money since its a startup company.
still this is not a problem, after I finish my work I come back to home to see my sister's suffering because of the stupidity of the doctors here, she is now undergoing chemo therapy and whenever we ask how's it going they say we don't know we just need to wait even though she is taking the chemo therapy now for more than 2 years and her situation is not getting any better.
I can't do anything literally I just sit and think of my life, and why I had to suffer all my life? sometimes I just think if this the half of my life why do I need to exist? if my beloved ones are not okay whats the worth of living such a miserable life.
btw i'm an optimistic out-going friendly person but I had enough of this miserable life I can't take it anymore
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2024.05.16 10:14 corpse_harvest The missing essence of what makes Konosuba great in this season

I am writing this just right after finishing watching S3 EP6 of Konosuba.
As an LN reader I am quite dissappointed by the anime adaptation. In the LN, the entire heist was treated as this very time constraining and a serious thing where they got to showcase just how brutal and powerful Kazuma can be with his skillset. They also showed just how quick-witted both Kazuma and Chris can be and they're also very well coordinated. Of course there are bits of funny moments here and there but it is more towards cool action sprinkled in with a bit of comedy.
Where as in the anime, they made it seem more comedy sprinkled in with a bit of cool action scenes. They failed to capture how truly deadly the duo is and also the intensity of the moment. The anime also cut many scenes that should've added more to the feats of the duo. Rather than having those few scenes, the anime hit us a with a flashback in the beginning of the episode which was unnecessarily long.
I think the fact that they try to make every scene feels "comedic" is a downer for me especially in this season of Konosuba. In the previous season, although there are many comedic scenes, they also have their fair share of downtime where the cast is a bit more chill and not just chaotic all the time. That downtime really adds to the depth of the characters showing that these are actual people who are in an actual party and not just there to as a tool for the sake of gags. The serious moments should be actually serious and the funny moments should be funny, not just trying to make everything into a comedy all the time.
What makes Konosuba great compared to other comedy animes is the fact that the cast actually feels like how you'd feel when you're with your friends. We all can act dumb together and make bad desicions but we also have our fair share of serious moments and times that showcase how well we can work together. The fact that this season of Konosuba missed the most crucial part of what makes this show unique and one of it's kind really really upsets me.
Personally, that's what I find lacking in this season of Konosuba. As an LN reader, hopefully the director of the show would put more thought on adapting the essence of what makes Konosuba special.
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2024.05.16 10:05 Existing-Area-9093 Baradwaj Rangan's interview of Iraivi (lengthy, with spoilers)

Spoilers ahead…
Dear Karthik Subbaraj,
Congratulations on yet another interesting movie, and for resisting the impulse to name this one, too, after a food item. Iraivi is an unusual feminist film, in the sense that it’s seen entirely through the prism of sympathetic male characters. Your men aren’t monsters who drink or cheat on their wives or subject them to torture. They do these things, yes, but… differently. Arul (SJ Surya) drinks, but only to drown out his sense of failure – he’s a director and his film is in the cans, being held hostage by a sadistic producer. Michael (Vijay Sethupathi) has sex with Malarvizhi (Pooja Devariya), and he continues to lust after her after his marriage to Ponni (Anjali) – I love that all your women have names that suggest classical heroines, including Arul’s wife Yazhini (Kamalini Mukherjee) – but it’s a marriage he committed to in a hurry and he still hasn’t reconciled himself to it. He’s being a bastard, certainly, but he’s not a one-note villain. And the torture they inflict isn’t the stubbing-a-cigarette-into-the-wife’s-bare-arm variety. It’s more mental than physical.
So we get women who are collateral damage – and I include Arul’s comatose mother (Vadivukkarasi), and the nurse who’s not allowed to do her duty – of men being men. They’re being babies, really. Yazhini tells Arul that he should get on with his life, write another story, make another movie. He says it’s like her trying to have another child while still pregnant with their daughter. (Yes, all these men end up with girl children.) He’s a wallower – but maybe all artists are. You like to do that, don’t you Karthik? Even in a film like this, you deliver a commentary about filmmaking and the artist. Why, even Arul’s father is a sculptor, and though we never see him ill-treating his wife (thank you for sparing us the clichés of raised hands and raised voices), we’re informed that he’s responsible for her state. His son’s following the father’s footsteps. Maybe you’re trying to say that the wives of obsessed artists are doomed to become collateral damage. Your films make us think, Karthik, so thank you for that.
All your stories have at their centre a filmmaker, or at least (in the case of your first film, Pizza) a storyteller. And through them, we seem to hear your voice. “Works of art should not be in places where they are not respected.” “Namma padam pesanum, naama pesa koodadhu.” You compare masala movies to a massage with a happy ending. (I laughed, but please don’t judge me when I say I rather like massages with happy endings – I refer to masala movies, of course.) We even get a line of dialogue about Dolby Atmos. (What will the B/C-centre audience make of this, Karthik? But then you don’t really give a shit, do you? More power to you.) And you like your insider jokes. That crass, egoistic producer who does not care about art – he reminded me of the crass producer from your earlier film, Jigarthanda. You like Rajinikanth too. You referenced Thillu Mullu in Pizza, Thalapathi in Jigarthanda, and now you have Arul singing Malayala karayoram, Michael singing Oorai therinjikitten.
Or is that more of an Ilayaraja homage? You like to keep the audience guessing, right? When the Bobby Simha character in Jigarthanda said he was a Shankar-Ganesh fan, it appeared that you were mocking the endless Ilayaraja nods in Tamil cinema, but here you are, doffing your hat to the maestro. “Raja Raja dhaan.” Arul says this… twice. (By the way, which is that nightclub which plays Maanguyile poonguyile? Do let us know.) And the reuse of Unnai thaane – first in a scene between Michael and Malarvizhi; later in a scene between Michael and Ponni – is the kind of Easter egg we come to your films for. Let me list some others, though I’ll probably need to watch the film a second (or third) time to get them all. The name of the bachelors’ quarters is Ambal Mansion – it goes with your theme and title. I didn’t get the bit about the windmills (something connected to the gust of wind that makes the row of cycles fall over in the first scene?), or why you showcased the book of Shanta Shishunala Sharif’s poems. (I confess. I Googled up that name. I can’t remember the last time a Tamil film made me Google something up. Madras, maybe.) And despite your note at the beginning that Iraivi is inspired by the works of K Balachander (he made female-centric films, but I don’t know if I’d call them feminist films), this is really more of an ode to Mani Ratnam, isn’t it? Specifically, Aayidha Ezhuthu. The three men, one of them – the impulsive one – named Michael. The film starting out as Arul’s story, then becoming Michael’s story, and finally Jagan’s (Bobby Simha) story. The finale with the woman on the train. Plus, the arc of the Madhavan-Meera Jasmine plot was essentially about being easily misled (in the case of the man) and becoming collateral damage (in the case of the woman.) And yes, the rain. All that rain. As though the skies were weeping for these women.
Am I digressing, Karthik? If I am, I’m just following your style, which is the opposite of simple and linear. As a result, I find your films longer than they need to be. (You may feel the same about my reviews.) For instance, I did not care for the scene in the nightclub where a director is felicitated. I realise it was there as a last straw for Yazhini, but it felt redundant. But I suppose they couldn’t be any other way, because you like these shaggy-dog stories that you then embellish with novelistic detail. I love the way you introduce your characters, the time you take with them. Our films lay out characters and their relationship to each other the minute we set eyes on them, but you make us wait to know how Arul is related to Jagan and where Michael fits in and so on. And when it appeared that a semblance of a plot was kicking in (something about Arul needing money to buy back his film), I dug out my phone and checked: it was a whole hour into the movie. Borrowing an image from Malarvizhi’s profession (oh wait, she’s an artist too; she’s literally an artist), it’s like daubs of paint slowly forming a bigger picture.
And you really like an expansive canvas. Not only does the crass producer have a brother, you also bring in his wife later on, to conclude a deal he began making. These segments practically form a mini-movie, with another woman left reeling by the actions of her man. Your films have this… density. They’re packed – with characters, with complications, with information doled out in bits and pieces. (A character says, “Un kitta onnu sollanum.” And instead of hearing what he has to say, we cut to someone else.) Take the scene where Michael asks Arul for money he is owed. You just need to get Michael to Arul’s antiques shop, so the next part of the plot can be staged. Arul could have told Michael to collect the money at the shop. Instead, this is what we get. Arul tells Michael to wait for a week, when he can get the 50 lakhs he is owed. Michael says he wants only 10 lakhs. Arul says he has only 8 lakhs, he’ll give the remainder later. Michael goes to Arul’s father, in the hospital. He has only 5 lakhs. And he directs Michael to the shop, to get the remaining 3 lakhs. Your signature intercutting adds to this texture, Karthik. Shots of Michael and Arul’s father in the hospital are intercut with shots of Arul hunting for booze. Shots of Michael and Jagan outside a courtroom are intercut with shots of Arul being consoled by his father. Happenings are stretched and meshed the way they would be in real life, and not compacted according to the page-per-minute requirement of screenplay-writing textbooks.
I could never predict where the film was going (win!), what these people were going to do (again, win!) –though I must admit I found this to be the weakest of your “twists.” The subplot about stealing sculptures, too, I found rather conceit-y, something half-heartedly cooked up to fit with the title and the theme, rather than something plausible, something these people would do. When Michael, here, commits murder, with a hammer, I went, “This mild-mannered chap? Really?” But then, even in Jigarthanda, I wasn’t quite convinced that the characters would do the things they did. They seemed to be puppets of a screenplay rather than credible human beings, whose actions evolve organically from who they are (or at least, who they seem to be).
But even if I am not convinced by the overall trajectory of your characters, I love how fleshed-out they are on a moment-to-moment basis. I loved the scene where Arul barges into Yazhini’s house, after their separation, on the day of her engagement to someone else. In a lesser film, she would have asked him to get out, and he’d have dug his heels in, and she’d have cooled down and… But here, she rushes straight into his arms. And you make us see why. She was frustrated, fed up with him. But she’s also confused. Was she hasty in abandoning this man? Should she move on with another man? Does she even need a man? With just this one scene, you’ve compensated for the underwritten heroine of Jigarthanda. The story arc may be Arul’s, but Yazhini registers as a fully formed character. Similarly, Michael’s arc allows for the delineation of Ponni and Malarvizhi, and through Jagan, we get glimpses of his mother, and possibly of all womanhood as viewed by a compassionate man. And then you say that women don’t need even this compassionate man (poor chap!), that they have to emancipate themselves instead of looking for a penis-wielding emancipator. What delicious irony, given that you begin the film with women talking about marriage, tying themselves to a man!
Or not, in the case of Malarvizhi, who is easily the film’s most interesting character. Her husband is dead, and she doesn’t want love anymore – only sex. When Michael buys her a diamond necklace, she gives it back to him – she can buy her own trinkets, thank you very much. But the character feels shoe-horned into the film, Karthik. I felt betrayed – and I bet she did too – that after a point, she was used simply as a plot device to get Michael and Ponni together, and also to illustrate Michael’s (who is now standing in for all of mankind) hypocrisy. I felt she deserved more. And yet, I appreciated your generosity in fleshing her out like all the others, without judging her. She gets to be the rare woman in Tamil cinema who dumps the man, and the way she lets go of Michael is echoed in the way Arul lets go of Yazhini, with a heavy heart and some playacting. A side effect of the Malarvizhi subplot is the reassurance that Vijay Sethupathi is still interested in making cinema, rather than just massy entertainers targeted at the box office.
Ponni gets a better deal (and Anjali is terrific, raw and expressive in a way she has never been). In a great scene – rather, a set of book-ending scenes – Michael tells Ponni that he was forced to marry her, and she’s going to have to “adjust” to this if she wants to be with him. Much later, she throws the “adjust” word back on his bearded face when he asks her if she slept with someone else. In a different kind of movie, we’d be invited to see this symmetry, stand up and applaud. But you’re too subtle for that, Karthik. Iraivi is your subtlest film. Which is why I winced at the melodramatic lines about men and women, most of which came towards the end. Aan, using the long-sounding vowel, versus penn, with the shorter one – for such a visual filmmaker (this is another outstandingly shot film, less showy than Jigarthanda and probably richer for that), do you really need the crutch of linguistic special effects from another era of filmmaking? Also, when the rest of your film is so allusive, isn’t there another way you can explain the twist without having a character resort to such an inelegant information dump?
And why is it that your films come together more in the head than in the heart? Why are they easier to admire than love wholeheartedly? I used to think it was because your characters are essentially deceitful, self-serving and unsympathetic, so though we were invested in what they did, we didn’t really warm up to them. But here, you have Ponni and Yazhini and Malarvizhi – and they’re still remote. But perhaps this is bound to happen when there are so many people, so many strands, when we don’t follow one person’s simplistic “you go, girl” journey like we do in, say, 36 Vayadhinile? But when the parts are so well-crafted, we don’t complain as much about their sum not adding up to a satisfying whole. I am sure that you will, one day, make that wholly satisfying film, but for now, thank you for these parts. Thank you for the ambition. I felt there were too many songs (some good work by Santhosh Narayanan), but thank you for ensuring that they don’t break character, the way songs usually do when a character speaking in his or her voice suddenly segues into the playback singer’s voice. Thank you for giving us SJ Surya, the actor – I never dreamed he had such a capacity to hold a scene, to hold the screen. Thank you for continuing not to sell out. Thank you for trying to do so much, even if not all of it needed to have been tried. And thank you for making me fight with myself, for not making it easy to decide if you’ve made a “good” film or a merely “okay” film. For now, Iraivi is a fascinating film, and that’s enough.
Sincerely, etc.
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2024.05.16 09:56 adulting4kids More Types of Poems

  1. Terza Rima: A poetic form consisting of tercets (three-line stanzas) with interwoven rhymes, often used by Dante in "The Divine Comedy."
  2. Clerihew: A humorous and whimsical poem of four lines, with irregular meter and rhymes, focusing on a person, often the poet.
  3. Triolet: An eight-line poem with a specific rhyme scheme (ABaAabAB), featuring repeated lines.
  4. Ballad: A narrative poem often set to music, telling a story with a strong rhythm and rhyme.
  5. Renga: A collaborative form of Japanese linked-verse poetry, typically composed by multiple poets in alternating stanzas.
  6. Senryu: Similar to haiku, but focuses on human nature and emotions rather than nature itself.
  7. Paradelle: A complex and rare form of poetry that repeats lines with variations, creating a challenging structure.
  8. Golden Shovel: A form where each word in a line of an existing poem is used as the end word in a line of the new poem.
  9. Haibun: A combination of prose and haiku, often describing a journey or a nature experience.
  10. Villancico: A medieval Spanish poetic form often used in songs and carols, characterized by repetition and refrains.
  11. Palindrome Poetry: A poem that reads the same backward as forward, creating a mirrored effect.
  12. Blackout Poetry: Creating poetry by selectively redacting or highlighting words from an existing text, often creating a visual element.
  13. Tetractys: A five-line poem with a syllable count of 1, 2, 3, 4, 10, creating a pyramid shape.
  14. Rubaiyat: A Persian form of poetry with quatrains, typically written in iambic pentameter with the rhyme scheme AABA.
  15. Fibonacci Poem: A poem following the Fibonacci sequence for syllable counts in each line (0, 1, 1, 2, 3, 5, 8, 13, etc.).
  16. Calligram: A visual poem in which the words or letters are arranged in a shape that reflects the poem's subject.
  17. Shape Poetry: Poems that take on a visual shape related to their subject, enhancing the overall meaning.
  18. Tanka Prose: A prose poem followed by a tanka, combining the concise nature of prose with the emotional depth of tanka.
  19. Found Poetry: Creating poetry from existing texts or found materials, rearranging and recontextualizing words.
  20. Blitz Poem: A form of poetry with a rapid, stream-of-consciousness style, using repetition and wordplay.
  21. Sevenling: A seven-line poem with specific guidelines, including three lines with three elements, and a concluding statement in one line.
  22. Pantun: A Malay poetic form with quatrains, featuring an interlocking rhyme scheme between stanzas.
  23. Cento: A collage-like poem composed entirely of lines from other poems.
  24. Cinquain Chain: Connecting multiple cinquains to create a longer poem or narrative.
  25. Rhyme Royal: A seven-line stanza with a specific rhyme scheme (ABABBCC), used by Geoffrey Chaucer.
  26. Haiga: A combination of haiku and visual art, where an image complements the haiku.
  27. Minute Poem: A strict 60-syllable poem with a 8-4-4-4 structure and specific rhyme scheme (aabb).
  28. Nonet: A nine-line poem with a descending syllable count in each line, often 9-8-7-6-5-4-3-2-1.
  29. Tanka Tumble: A series of linked tanka poems, creating a flowing narrative.
  30. Dramatic Monologue: A poem in which a character speaks directly to an audience, revealing their thoughts and emotions.
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2024.05.16 09:53 Jcs609 Canadians of Reddit what’s your stance on shoe etiquette in your culture or Household?

It’s interesting as online I hear Canada seem to say they differ from thier southern neighbors US/LATAM as well as their counterparts opposite side if the pound ie UK, France, Ireland etc. In not wearing shoes inside.
However Asians who immigrate to Canada especially BC often tell a whole different story saying they witness many non Asians often including previous homeowners walk inside with shoes on. Just like Asians who immigrate to those other places I mentioned. I am thinking the culture is different. Ie more leniency in certain situations. Ie shoes can stay on in certain situations ie on hard floors when in a state of readiness ie dressed to exercise/shoot hoops/skateboard etc, dropping off a delivery, headed somewhere soon. Etc.
Since household practices vary I would like to make a poll on you or your household’s practices in Canada. And for those who leave shoes on indoors for any reason why?
For this purpose Asian approach states practices in Korea, Japan, Burma, Thailand, se Asia.
A. Asian approach of no outside shoes to touch any interior surface in any situation except maybe the mudroom or porch whatsoever. Unless fully covered, and/or kept from touching the floor completely.
B. Shoes can stay on or not expected to be off if in a state of readiness to do some activity or certain other situations unless otherwise directed or excessively dirty. As mentioned above. But otherwise normally taken off.
C. No rules on shoes inside, do what ever you want free for all unless it’s excessively dirty.
D. Shoes are expected to stay on in presence of company. Unless super dirty. Snowy, or otherwise directed. Otherwise it’s a free for all
View Poll
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2024.05.16 09:42 Timely_Investment_69 Help with Payoneer account

So basically i made a payoneer account on my dad’s CNIC and it was running well i received multiple payments successfully as well but they’re asking me why the date of birth i provided doesn’t match with the date of birth on the CNIC (probably because the CNIC doesn’t have day or month on it just the year). The date of birth i provided is correct though as it can be seen on his school’s character certificate
Now basically they’re asking me for one of the following things: •Birth/death certificate (dont have it) •National identity card (should i ask him to apply for a new one with correct DOB on it?) •Marriage certificate (cant find it either lol) •Beneficiary ID (someone please tell me what that is. When i look it up on google COVID beneficiary ID comes up. Is it corona certificate or smth?)
What would be my best option? Anyone who knows please suggest something
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2024.05.16 09:20 Temporary_Tension_46 [TOMT] [SHOW] A kids show in Spanish (?) about learning English, late 2000s/early 2010s

Help me find a children's show that taught English. Let me just warn you that Spanish (which the show was apparently in) is not my native language, and I didn’t see the show on TV, it was downloaded onto a USB. Here are a few aspects that I remember for sure:
• it was a real-life costumed show, something similar to LazyTown or Sesame Street
• first there was a real-life part where characters discussed something, then there was an animated sketch with a song about any letter (for example I remember the song about P where a parrot in a pirate hat had a party)
• the main environment was the pirate ship where characters spend the most of episodes
The only characters I could remember were:
• a couple of Elmo-like characters, one of them was red and the other was white. They appeared in the animated parts
• a pirate who was one of those ridiculous characters from children's shows. He was played by a real person
That's all I could remember about that show. I hope you will help me find it because I haven't seen it for over 10 years.
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2024.05.16 09:10 rafaelholmberg Commodities and Camus: a short text on the fetishism of existentialism

Commodities and Camus: a short text on the fetishism of existentialism
Some of you might find this of interest - I’ve included the full text below and the original link too if anyone wants to read more related writings. (N.B. This is not an attack on existentialism)
Salamano distraught by the loss of the dog that he himself spent a lifetime abusing; Ivan Karamazov ardent enough in his atheism to suffers a satanically-coloured psychic breakdown at the death his father; Joseph Garcin obsessed by a telephone that inevitably connects him only back to the hell of other people that he is already in; Abraham witnessing his devotion to God singularised in his love for a sacrificed son; Clamence’s critical juggling between a virtuous debauchery and a debaucherous virtue; Joseph Grand’s literary impotence and self-doubt at the production of a single line in the height of the plague of Oran - these ‘narrative object-relations’ represent a logic that lies at the heart of the existentialist tradition. Fundamentally, the avatars of the existentialist ‘method’, from the literary characters of Dostoyevsky via Kierkegaard to Camus and Sartre, define themselves broadly by their obscure attempts to treat things (whether their object, their comrade, or their duty) directly, yet by a directness adopted from a distance, in a mediated, self-reflective view - they define themselves by treating singular instances as if they were isolated from the situation of which these instances are the inevitable reproduction. In Sartre’s Huis Clos [‘No Exit’], the telephone in the hotel room which Joseph Garcin finds himself in alongside two female strangers - this room being Hell, as it is later revealed - functions only insofar as it veils its own function. The uncertainty of its connection with an outside world acts as an internally necessary distortion of the fact that its connection is a ‘closed-circuit’ connection to the crushing immanence of the inescapable room in which it is positioned, a room for which the ‘outside’ acts as an unsettling memory or an idealised, ethereal vision. In Camus’ La Peste [‘The Plague’], whilst the central characters of the plot set to work managing and planning for the containment of the plague that has struck Oran, Joseph Grand is occupied with a parallel object - his book - which veils the impasse that the general population of Oran finds itself in. Yet this impasse is veiled precisely by reformulating the impasse as internal to its own distraction (the book becomes an impasse for itself). The book, of which Grand is unable to conclude even the first line, is an object that indirectly returns him to his situation (the plague) only by removing him from this very situation, reformulating a generalised impasse into a personal, subjectivized impasse. Sartre and Camus’ dramas rely on an object, a singular point of subjective engagement, to distort or cover a situation which the object itself is a direct reproduction of. The object is treated as nothing other than itself - as being a self-explanatory x which rejects integration into its background scene, and yet it is precisely this rejection, this negative relation of the object to the situation of the drama itself, which acts as its most faithful reproduction of the drama’s central antagonism. The object veils the situation insofar as it paradoxically acts as its structural support. This object, this distortion-in-itself which acts as the support of a structure which it disguises in the very act of supporting it - this is nothing other than the quality which Marx attributed to the commodity, under the category of ‘commodity fetishism’. One of the breakthroughs of Marx’s materialism was the reformulation of the commodity as the product of a mode of reproduction that it materialises in order to reproduce this same political economy by which it is conditioned. This can be understood by firstly looking at Marx’s inversion of the category of a commodity’s ‘use value’. One of Marx’s criticisms of the classical English economists was their understanding of the form of ‘value’ which a commodity possesses: the standard understanding was that the commodity was infused with value by its usefulness being superior to that of its raw materials. Any value, in other words, was thought to be inherent to the commodity, a representation of value concentrated in its use. Hence Foucault’s description of pre-Marxist political economy as characterised by an ‘episteme [mode of discursive knowledge] of representation’. Commodities do not, for Marx, hold their value ‘in themselves’, as a constitutive quality inscribed in the essence of the object itself. Instead, the object is something ‘other than it appears’ - the commodity re-articulates the mode of economic reproduction of which it is the product. The process of commodity production and commodity circulation which Marx presents in Capital begins with an analysis of the radical re-invention of the factory, or more generally of the social mode of serialised production, which capitalism introduced. (It is worth noting that Marx is not inherently critical of capitalism in this work, but slowly begins to enumerate the social and economic conditions which allow for a capitalist mode of production, eventually extracting the inevitable forms of exploitation constitutive of this revolutionary system.) Fundamentally, the essence of the commodity is the it has no immanent essence, but that it is a product of labour-force: certain time in which a wage-labourer dedicates his energy towards production. Capitalism, Marx argues, begins where a working day’s labour time/value exceeds the ‘necessary labour time’ required for a worker to return the next day in his capacity as a worker (i.e. the necessary labour providing for rent, food, clothes etc.). The day’s labour which exceeds this necessary labour time is called ‘surplus labour’. If the division of social and factory labour is advanced enough, surplus value can reduce the amount of time needed for necessary labour times to be achieved. This is ‘relative surplus value’ (as opposed to absolute surplus value), with which, Marx notes, capitalism proper emerges. A series of investments into fixed and variable capital, calculations of turnaround times, necessary maintenance etc. are components of the mode of circulation of commodities which directly contribute to their continued production. Production, reproduction, and circulation are reciprocally supporting, requiring capital investments, planned labour divisions, and a reproduction of the social conditions in which capitalised reproduction itself can operate. The capitalist mode of production is therefore, as Marx insists, revolutionary insofar as it is a socially revolutionary political economy. It colours a domain which was previously excluded from economic consideration - the 21st century only more directly displays the non-boundary of the economic and the social, where the intimacy of everyday life lends itself to the most aggressive forms of economic appropriation. The value of the commodity lies in its support of this economic process - the commodity is the input of productive, capitalised, labour force exchanged and circulated through its social forms of reproduction. Commodity fetishism is therefore the contradictory treatment of the commodity as nothing other than a commodity - treating it as having its value inscribed within itself, detached from the situation of which it is the simultaneous product and support. The act of fetishism tells itself that an object is nothing but an object, that its value is internal. It therefore distorts the general antagonistic scene in which it is framed, by reducing its ‘difference’ to itself. Fetishism reproduces a situation in the very act of veiling it. A distortion clouding a distortion by locating the justification of its own existence within itself, a veil which clouds a situation by the very act of making it possible - this is the fetishism of the object which Marx located in the classical conception of our engagement with commodities, and as we might see, it appears to be a strange communal feature of the existentialist relation to its subjective ‘object’. Consider the miserable figure of Salamano in Camus’ L’Étranger [‘The Outsider’]: a lonesome wretch devoting his energy towards hatred for his submissive dog by abusing it - kicking and shouting at it, blaming his troubles on his unwilling four-legged companion. By an ironic inversion, Salamano’s misery is nevertheless fully actualised only once this dog escapes. The misery that he has attributed to his dog is a ‘negative support’ (what Freud would call a compromise solution), a paradoxical bulwark, against a more direct state of nothingness and desperation which emerges if this ‘compromise’ is removed (for Freud, the removal of an unpleasant symptom only leads to a more absolute state of irreparable despair). What Salamano loses with his dog’s disappearance is his functional fetishisation of this dog: this object was treated as an isolated instance of misery, yet it is precisely this focus which veils the dog’s distortion (and support) of a more absolute and universal state of misery. This is the ‘broad stroke’ of the obscure existentialist tradition - noticeable even where we turn to its earliest manifestations, the most direct example being the ‘knight of faith’, represented by Abraham of the Book of Genesis, in Kierkegaard’s Fear and Trembling. The paradox which, according to Kierkegaard, Abraham is forced to embody, is that whilst willing to sacrifice his son, Isaac, at the command of God, he must in the very moment of intervention (being told that he no longer needs to carry out the sacrifice), return to the position of an unquestionable devotion to his son, as itself representing his love for God. The moment of binding, Abraham’s dedication to the sacrifice of Isaac, is a horror which in the instance of its positing covers up the greater paradox of what happens without this binding. Without the binding of Isaac, the paradoxical formula which makes possible the unquestioning devotion of the knight of faith is itself removed. For Kierkegaard, faith is based on paradox: remove the paradoxical instance and you remove faith itself. This fetishism of the ‘leap of faith’ is that the contradictory instance supports, by veiling, the inconsistency structuring the religious scene as a whole. Dostoyevsky is equally a prototype of this existentialist fetishism. The atheist figure of Ivan Karamazov maintains a fidelity to his atheism despite his suggestion that without God, ethical codes would break down (here we see his nuance, irreducible to the ‘new atheism’ of Dawkins, Hitchens, Harris etc.). Yet this very fidelity to a form of pseudo-anarchic atheism leads him towards a severe psychotic break, of seeing a demon in his room, after his father’s death. The object of an amoral atheism here acts as a bulwark to a greater disharmony which nevertheless explains, by isolating, Ivan’s intellectual, anti-religious position. Precisely the same type of moral inversions would return in Camus’ La Chute: Clamance’s fixation upon virtue as an end in itself reveals itself to be a latent justification for an excess debauchery made possible by, and engaging in a dialogue with, the very category of ‘virtue’. The formula of commodity fetishism is evidently close to the existentialist mode of relating to its object. Across a series of dramas in this literary tradition, it is often a question of framing a singular subjective instance as an impasse or contradiction which veils, and in so doing supports (by reproducing), the central disharmony or paradox of a situation as a whole.
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2024.05.16 09:02 Mayall-II Can you please draw my Tiefling Monk for me?

I'm joining a DnD campaign, and am in need of a picture of my character, so here's what I'm looking for:
Eyes: Ice Blue, slight bags, with strong eyebrows( thick, but not overpowering)
Face: four wavy medium length horns, Greek Nose, Black Mane like hair with three long locks in his face, sweet smile.
Clothes: Loose fitting brown pants with bandages at the end, red layered robe with long sleeves, and a green sash from one shoulder to the opposite side of his waste, three necklaces( one with traditional elven symbols, one with A piece of wood, and another with the letter L)
General body features: Purple skin, Some scars, brand on his left palm (a circle of bloody tears surrounding a skull.), He's 31
Tail: one tail with spines(kinda like a dragon) that has two ends( arrow shaped with ends going far back)
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2024.05.16 08:57 Yurii_S_Kh St. Theodosius of the Kiev Caves

St. Theodosius of the Kiev Caves
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Theodosius, whose name means "gift of God," grew up in the small cities of Vasilkov and Kursk where his father was a judge. Although his parents were Christian and gave him an education directed primarily at the study of Scripture, they were astonished to see his heart so completely overtaken by love for God.
His father died when Theodosius was 13, and this caused the boy to retreat still further from the world common to one of his age and social rank. He gave away his good clothes, preferring to dress like the poor, and found pleasure in helping the peasants with their work. He often went to church, and when he learned that Divine Liturgy was sometimes not celebrated due to a lack of prosphora, he undertook to bake them himself. His mother loved him dearly, but she did not share her son's life-encompassing Christian outlook; she was very conscious of her social standing and felt that by engaging in such lowly occupations Theodosius brought shame upon the family. She tried cajoling, then threatening and even physically beating him to make him change his ways, but Theodosius stood firmly on the path of the Gospel commandments.
His zeal for the things of God inspired Theodosius to slip away with a band of pilgrims bound for the Holy Land. Three days later his mother tracked him down, berated the pilgrims for having taken the boy along, and dragged Theodosius home where she kept him in chains until the youth promised not to leave her again.
The humility of the youth and the sufferings he endured at the hands of his mother came to the attention of the governor who requested that the youth attend him in church. This served to calm the domestic drama, but Theodosius' heart yearned for a more concentrated spiritual atmosphere, for monastic life. Standing in church one day, he was struck by the words of the Gospel: "He who loves father or mother more than Me is not worthy of Me." With fixed resolve, he took advantage of his mother's departure into the country for a few days to set out for Kiev, taking with him nothing but some bread for the road. The monks in the established monasteries, however, turned him away because he had no money. Then he heard about the righteous Anthony. Coming to his cave, Theodosius fell to his knees and begged the holy ascetic to accept him.
"My son," said Anthony, "you see my cave; it is cramped and dismal, and I fear you will not endure the difficulties of life here." "Know, O blessed father," replied Theodosius. "that God Himself has led me to your holiness that I might find salvation. I shall do all that you enjoin." Foreseeing his future greatness, the blessed Anthony accepted the determined aspirant and bade the priest monk Nikon tonsure him. Theodosius was 23 years old.
It was a few years before his distraught mother finally discovered her son’s whereabouts. With great reluctance Theodosius went out to her. At first she vowed that she would die if he did not come home with her. But gradually God softened her heart and she came to see the wisdom of her son's patient admonitions. Following his advice she entered the St. Nicholas convent there in Kiev where she ended her days in peace.
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When Theodosius became abbot, he saw need for a common rule to unite the growing community--which by that time was living above the ground; only a few hermits were left in the caves--and he sent one of his monks to Constantinople to copy out the rule of the Studite Monastery. The rule governed the daily life of the monk: it set the hours of prayer and work; monks were forbidden to have any personal possessions, everything was held in common; all monks were together for common meals: time, apart from prayer, was to be spent in working; all activity was begun with a blessing from an elder and with prayer. The monks were to reveal their thoughts to the abbot, a practice which roused them to constant spiritual vigilance and helped to check manifestations of the passions before they took root in the heart.
Above all things, have fervent charity among yourselves (I Peter 4:8).
It was St, Theodosius' choice of the Studite Rule, with its emphasis on the duty of charity and the common good, which served to revive the ancient ideal of strict cenobitism and gave Russian monasticism its characteristic warmth. "What is principally necessary," taught Theodosius, "is that the youngest should love their neighbor and listen to their elders with humility and obedience. The elders should lavish on the young love and instruction; they should teach them and comfort them." This attitude created an atmosphere eminently suitable for missionary work, and it was thanks to the monasteries that Christianity was so successfully propagated in Russia.
Of a strong constitution, Theodosius was a model of industriousness. Even as abbot, he felled trees, carried water, and ground wheat, often helping the other brethren with their obediences. Once, the cook came to ask if he would assign a monk to cut firewood, as the kitchen supply was depleted. "I am idle," replied the Saint, and he set to chopping wood himself. He worked through the dinner hour and the brethren, when they came out and saw their abbot hard at work, were inspired to do likewise.
Knowing the great benefit of good books upon the soul, Theodosius instituted the reading of spiritually profitable texts during meals, and sought to augment the number of such books in the monastery. Books were still a rarity at that time, and one of the valued occupations of the monastery was the copying and binding of manuscripts. Theodosius himself helped in this work.
At first, life in the Caves Monastery was very austere indeed. The monks lived principally on rye bread and water with the addition of a few vegetables which they cultivated themselves; they wove their own cloth and sewed their own garments. When the brethren murmured about some deficiency, Theodosius exhorted them to place their trust in the Lord Who knew their needs. And his faith was often miraculously rewarded.
The reputation of the monks as 'angels on earth' began attracting pilgrims; princes and peasants ca me for spiritual counsel and left donations. Grand Prince Izyaslav, who became very attached to St. Theodosius and frequently came to visit him, was a great benefactor of the monastery, as also was the Viking Prince Shimon who was baptized into the Orthodox Church together with his entire household, numbering some 3,000 members.
With increased mean s, Theodosius was able to build a guest house for pilgrims where the poor and sick also found refuge. No beggar was ever turned away from the monastery without being given a meal. Weekly a cart was sent from the monastery laden with bread to be distributed among those in prison.
The Saint's compassion was boundless. Once there were brought to him some robbers who had been apprehended in the act of stealing monastery property. With tears the Saint entreated them to mend their ways. Then, having fed them, he let them go. The robbers were so moved by the Saint's mercy that they repented and became honest, God-fearing men.
Like St. Anthony, Theodosius also endured the effects of the princes' quarrels. At the same time he maintained his independence and did not fear risking the displeasure of his royal benefactors if he felt called as a spiritual father to admonish them. When, for example, Svyatoslav unjustly took the throne from Izyaslav, the Saint wrote a strong letter to Svyatoslav, reproving his action and urging him to restore power to his older brother. This angered Svyatoslav, and Theodosius was warned of possible consequences, but he calmly replied: "Nothing could be better for me in this life than to suffer for the sake of the truth." Mindful of the Saint' s popularity, Svyatoslav took no action against him and even went to visit him. He was surprised when Theodosius received him with the respect due to one of authority. "I was afraid you'd be angry with me," said the Prince. "Our duty," replied the Saint, "is to say what is beneficial for the soul's salvation; and you would do well to listen." Although Svyatoslav could not be persuaded to give up the throne and Theodosius continued to commemorate the pious Izyaslav as the lawful ruler, their relationship was peaceful and it was Svyatoslav who gave land for the building of the new stone church.
Work had just begun on this church when St. Anthony reposed. Neither did St. Theodosius live to see its completion. It was his custom to retire to a cave for the course of Great Lent, and it was during this time, in 1074, that the Lord revealed to him his imminent departure from this world. On Bright Week, having joyfully celebrated the radiant feast of Pascha in the monastery, he fell ill. Summoning the brethren, he informed them that his time had come, and foretold the very day and hour of his repose. By common consent of the brotherhood, he blessed his disciple Stefan to take his place as abbot, exhorting him not to change the tradition s of the monastery, "but follow in all things the law and our monastic rifle."
May 3,1074. The divinely appointed hour arrived and the bright soul of the Saint took leave of its earthly tabernacle. As he had willed, his body was laid to rest in the cave which alone with the angels had witnessed his ascetic labors.
Eighteen years after the Saint's blessed repose, the monastery brethren decided to transfer his relics to the new cathedral church. The abbot, together with monk Nestor the chronicler, went to the cave to dig up the relics and discovered them to be incorrupt. Accompanied by a large crowd of people, the relics were solemnly transferred to the Dormition Cathedral on August 14, 1092. And in 1106 Saint Theodosius was added to the list of canonized saints.
True to their promise, the holy founders of the Caves Monastery continued to watch over its existence even after their repose. There is, for example, the story written by Bishop Simon (+1226), a former monk of that monastery and principal author of the Kiev Caves Patericorn of how the stone church was completed.
Sts. Anthony and Theodosius had been gone from this world some ten years when a group of Greek iconographers came to the Caves Lavra demanding to see the two monks who had hired them to adorn the new church with frescoes. They were rather angry inasmuch as the church standing before them was considerably larger than they had been led to believe and would consequently require more work than was covered by the sum of gold they had received there in Constantinople upon signing the agreement. Abbot Nikon, confessing his ignorance of the matter, asked who it was that had hired them. "Their names were Anthony and Theodosius," "Truly," said the abbot, "I cannot summon them, for they departed this life ten years ago. But as you yourselves testify, they continue to care for this monastery even now."
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The Greeks, scarcely believing this possible, called some merchants traveling with them, who had been present at the signing of the agreement, and asked that they be shown an image of the deceased. When this was done the Greeks bowed low, for they recognized in the saints the exact likeness of the two men who had commissioned them to paint the frescoes and given them the gold. Acknowledging the supernatural power of the saints, they decided not to cancel the agreement after all, and set about with heightened inspiration to embellish the church. The iconographers never returned to Constantinople; they became monks and ended their days there in the Caves Monastery.
The Dormition Church, rebuilt in 1470, was destroyed in 1941 by an explosion which the Soviets attribute to the Germans. Witnesses, however, state that it was the communists themselves who set delayed action explosives just before the German occupation of the city.
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2024.05.16 08:52 thrownaway1887lo Doing the right thing

A few years ago, I lost friends and family during the pandemic back in 2020. A good friend of mine during high school took his life and left me speechless. I wish I could've saved him. Till this day it haunts me that the one thing he wanted for Christmas was, "happiness". It caused me to lose motivation for college and I failed almost the majority of my classes because of the incident. I wanted to get a full time job instead, but I couldn't since jobs weren't hiring applicants.
Come the beginning of spring semester of 2021, I was doing amazing until I fell back into the void of depression. During this time, I got a weekend job that didn't pay much. Only $200 for both days. I got my driving permit. I once again was failing classes and got dropped. Even during fall semester.
One day, I was about to run late for work. I forgot to ask my parents if they can drive with me over to my job, they were asleep during this time. My mind is fixiated when I have to be somewhere. When I have a destination to be, I have to get there. I knew driving without a license or insurance was wrong, but my mind threw all of that out of the window to not be late. On the way to work, I can't recall too much since it has only been two years. Either a car cut me off, break checked me, or something. I lost control of the vehicle while I attempted to break and I hit a pole on the highway, which totaled the truck. Luckily, I survived. Thank God, I wasnt killed or injured. God or maybe my relatives stopped it from being severe. A cop pulled up, he must've been sent from heaven or sorts. He didn't arrest me, ticket me, or cite me on the scene for driving with just a permit. He took me to starbucks and proceeded to have a conversation with me. I can't thank him enough because that day was the one year anniversary of my best friends passing. That day I learned, life is very short and anything can happen in such a short or long amount of time. Cherish the loved ones you have while they're still here. I got my driver's license a few days later and got a policy under my parents insurance company.
After getting both things, I got myself a job in retail that I enjoy and made a lot of great friends along the way. Years later a letter by my parents insurance company was sent to cooperate with their investigation on the claim. I'm building up my confidence and ready to take any punishment that comes with it. I'll do payments, if I can. During those two years, I cherished life, enjoyed time with everyone who has come near me, and got to witness a lot of things happen.
Ps please hug your loved ones close, get your license and get insurance. I don't want any of you making the same mistakes
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2024.05.16 08:45 BasqueLynx i have no will to continue and pretending to be fine hurts me

it’s sappy
i (m23) started therapy a few months ago to deal with character issues. we went deep into my past and unearthed repressed childhood memories that have been haunting me ever since. this and the rest of my mental health issues made me neglect my wife’s requests for me to get better and led to our separation along with past issues and mistakes of mine. i have suffered in silence for a good part of my adult life but it seemed to take a turn for the better with the birth of my son and marriage.
i wish i tried harder earlier to mature and put aside any issues that i had within myself to focus on them but when i finally did she had made her decision.
i’ve been feeling awful, like a mistake, i’m a good person but continuously made mistakes that hurt the woman i love and has cared for me the most. i have now lost her and our son. i have failed at the one thing i wanted most in life: having a family and growing together. i’m missing valuable time with my son and have no energy for anything nowadays. i keep going because of hope this will get better but it’s just wishful thinking. i have thought about suicide and have overcome that fear of what comes after we die. i’m just waiting for an opportunity to leave town and do it. telling my family will be hard and i do not know how to tell my wife. i sometimes feel angry at her for disrupting my life and progress to be better for them but idk. i wouldn’t want her to know that or feel bad if i do decide to go through with this. my mind is just full of terrors and sadness, regret, anger. thinking about my traumatic childhood, this separation, losing my son, how better life would be if i changed sooner. it seems to be pointless now. i hate being awake and realizing i have lost it all and the attempt of being better for them had been futile.
i understand if this is nonsensical but i’m just hurt because of this. i pretend to be fine and say to family that i will go to therapy to help with this feeling but i made a decision already. i will do my best to be someone good until i go through with this.
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2024.05.16 08:40 Denz-El My attempt to plot out a hypothetical Live Action adaptation (with no guarantee of sequels or future seasons)

I've been thinking that if Spy x Family ever got a live action adaptation (never gonna/never should happen?), whether as a film (trilogy?) or microseries, then a smart way of truncating the story would be to have Loid and Anya have a pre-established father-daughter relationship as a result of him rescuing her from the lab.
Twilight infiltrates the lab as a janitor, discovers that Subject 007 is the only survivor from their human trials and immediately decides to rescue her. Fortunately for him, the facility is distracted by a completely coincidental simultaneous attack by the mysterious Thorn Princess (who wears a mask in this adaptation since part of her Garden-mandated M. O. is to allow a survivor every once in a while to build up her reputation... in this case, said survivor just happens to be the dumbstruck Twilight, still in disguise. She informs him that she's about to rig the place to blow and that he should leave now. He runs off to retrieve Anya from her hiding place, where he told her to stay while he investigated the sounds of fighting. Thorn Princess allows them to leave, since Twilight was able to convince her that he really was just a hard-working man who was disgusted by the experiments and just wanted to help this girl escape. They part ways and the lab is destroyed.
Although in my imagination, said infiltration-turned-rescue would have happened while Anya is four, allowing her the awareness to get overly attached to Twilight, thus resulting in him getting automatically assigned by the higher ups from WISE (they're the only ones who know about her power) as her guardian/mentor. His mission is to protect her while helping her hone her abilities. Whether she becomes a spy or an ordinary well-adjusted citizen, would be up to her once she comes of age... All of this could be a cold open prologue narrated by Anya in the style of a spy novel. It's a mental diary entry she recites to herself on the anniversary of her rescue.
This would be a great way of shortening the set up as far as Loid and Anya are concerned. Among the Forger family, these two have known each other for longer and are the only ones who have any knowledge of Operation Strix and are actively working for its success (Yor is a wonderful and essential addition to the family, but sometimes she does feel a bit like an outsider... which she is: as far as she knows, she's Loid's second wife and Anya's stepmother).
If this hypothetical adaptation has Twilight rescue Anya as an infant/toddler and Operation Strix happens when she's around eleven or twelve, then this would allow the casting director to look for older, more experienced child actors for the role. But then again, a twelve year old Anya who was raised by Twilight may not be so eager to ship her spy dad with a freaking assassin they just so happen to bump into... unless said assassin happened to attack the lab several years ago and coincidentally allowed Twilight to survive and thus liberate little Anya! (As for why Yor doesn't recognize Anya now... Um, she just forgot, okay! :D But seriously, if pink hair were to be a rare, but not too rare, hair color in this adaptation's universe, then there would be little reason for Yor to suspect that Anya Forger is the same kid she helped rescue a few years back, especially if she doesn't recall hearing the child's name at the time.)
I imagine the first film of this hypothetical adaptation to start with "Dr. Loid Forger" being visited by his "mother-in-law" (Handler) who informs him that WISE HQ has determined that Anya and her ability are necessary for Operation Strix. Twilight, who has grown attached to Anya over the years, is upset but reluctantly agrees upon hearing the reasoning behind the decision. Anya is much less reluctant! After moving to Berlint and passing the entrance exam for Eden Academy, they receive the letter about both parents showing up for the interview. They come up with a plan to hire a single woman as a nanny for Anya, a woman who they can convince to also act as Anya's mother for the interview and trustworthy enough to keep quiet about it. While looking for prospects, the pair end up reuniting with an oblivious Yor.
So as not to complicate the plot too much (in the case of a standalone film with a soft potential sequel hook at the end) let's say that Yor had, at this point, handed in her resignation to the Shopkeeper since Yuri is now a grown man who's taking good care of himself. Unfortunately for Yor, resigning from Garden basically means getting politely excommunicated by the organization. No longer will they spare any of their resources to provide for her or to protect her from the authorities (should it ever come to that). She's on her own. So she's out job hunting when she coincidentally crosses paths with the Forgers. Seeing Anya makes Yor think of the time she helped rescue a pink haired kid from a lab. Anya reads her mind and she KNOWS that she's found the mom she wants!
Anya takes Loid aside to explain that Yor is Thorn Princess. She also tries to convince him of the benefits of keeping a jobless assassin away from unassuming civilians and from enemy employment by hiring her themselves. They'd keep her out of the loop as far as operation Strix was concerned, instead monitoring her as they keep her around as a loyal nanny with the skills of a bodyguard. After much pestering from Anya, Loid very reluctantly hires Yor as her nanny (and also fake mother for the interview).
(Now, Yuri is either still an SSS officer, or just a regular government employee... If the latter, then Yor might be able to get him to forge her marriage certificate later. He might grudgingly go along with it, the guy did give his sister a job... but he better not touch her.)
After that, the film would focus a bit on Anya adapting to life as an Eden student and befriending Becky and trying to befriend Damian... Maybe even showing a montage of the Forgers going about their daily lives: Anya doing good/badly at school and earning stellas/tonitrus bolts, Loid going out to do other spy jobs with Franky, Yuri (toned down) paying visits and eventually introducing his girlfriend Fiona (also toned down), and Yor settling in and finding peace in her new life as "Mrs. Forger".
Eventually, Anya sets her sights on earning another stella by signing up for community service at the dog adoption fair leading to an adaptation of the Doggy Crisis arc as the climax. Loid is called in by WISE and Yor is left to accompany Anya. Blah blah blah. Maybe Damian's also doing community service for the stella and ends up getting entangled with the terrorists and Anya ends up saving him at one point. Yor stops the terrorists that WISE couldn't capture. Perhaps, as a backup plan, the terrorists found and hired another excommunicated Garden assassin to take out the Westalian ambassador. Higher stakes may also force Anya to reveal her powers to Yor in order to help Loid in time.
At the end of the day the Forgers get to adopt Bond and Yor is brought in on Loid and Anya's secret, becoming an active participant of Operation Strix. Throughout the film, Loid has seen how quickly Anya and Yor clicked and grew close together and how they obviously loved each other. Loid ("for the mission, for Anya", he tries insist, but drops the excuses) proposes to Yor for real with a grenade pin. She happily accepts.
The film ends with the Forgers settling into their new lives as a family... One night while having dinner, the phone rings. Anya gets up to answer it, leaving Loid and Yor alone and trying to flirt with each other. Anya comes back, phone still in hand, explaining that the caller is Damian whose parents have given permission to invite friends and their parents over for his birthday party. Anya shares a knowing look with her parents, who both give her a nod. She says her thanks and accepts the invitation, hangs up the phone, and rejoins her parents at the table, gives Bond some food from her plate, Loid and Yor resume talking about their day. As this peaceful family scene plays out the music takes on a jazzy tune, clearly implying that the Forgers are already making plans. Cut to title: SPY X FAMILY.
Roll credits. :)
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2024.05.16 08:37 Partner_Visa_Academy 5 Keys to Prepare a Successful Partner Visa Application

Let’s be honest – if you think putting together a successful Partner Visa can be done overnight then you’re in real need of some hot tips. Good thing you’ve come to the right place.
Preparing for your Australian Partner Visa is a big milestone for you and your partner. It requires time, love and importantly, an understanding of how the Australian immigration system works, and specifically the eligibility criteria for a Partner Visa.
It was hard to choose only 5 tips – there is just SO much that goes into a successful Partner Visa application.

1. Check your eligibility

A lot of couples I have seen believe that because they are in a relationship, they are eligible for an Australian Partner Visa. Unfortunately this just isn’t the case. There are certain criteria both you and your partner need to meet before you lodge a Partner Visa.
Lodging a Partner Visa isn’t cheap, with the visa application charge at almost $9,000 you want to be certain that you are eligible.

2. Organise your evidence

Organisation is key! The goal for you and your partner is to submit the best possible application that you can. That also means making the decision makers life easier by being able to understand your application.
The evidence you submit with your application is what your relationship is assessed against. You want to make sure that you are organising evidence into appropriate bundles, labelling documents correctly and following the ‘four pillars’ when it comes categorising your documents.

3. Complete ALL your forms at the same time

Consistency is an important theme throughout your Partner Visa journey. The best way to ensure consistent information is provided is if you complete all the forms at the same time. By doing this, you can avoid mistakes, it’s easier to cross check information and it will save you time in the long run.

4. Lodge a decision ready application

Otherwise known as ‘front-end loading’ an application. This term is referred to applications that have given the decision maker everything they need to make a decision on the case. Every form is provided, all your evidence is uploaded as well as your police clearances. Lodging a decision ready application signals to the decision maker that your application is ready for a decision, and you may have a faster processing time as a result.

5. Get immigration advice

Give your application the best chance of success. Even if you’re not going to use a migration agent to complete your application, I always recommend couples get immigration advice, especially in more complex situations. For example, if you or your partner don’t have much evidence, if there is a health issue, if either of you have any criminal convictions, if you and your partner have never lived together or have only been living together for a short time.
The Partner Visa Application fee is expensive and for most couples, you only get one shot. Invest in the time to get proper advice and in turn give yourself the best chance of lodging a successful Partner Visa.
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2024.05.16 08:27 Ok-Broccoli3582 Laptop Security: How Do You Keep Your Data Safe?

Security is a really important issue, since laptops hold not only a large amount of private information, but also all our work. What do you do to keep your data safe? Let's share some best practices with regard to antivirus, firewalls, VPN, and physical security measures. Here are some important tips to get the conversation started:
  1. Antivirus Software: Your First Line of Defense
    • Get Reliable Antivirus Software: Buy popular and reliable antivirus software to protect your device from malware, ransomware, and other malicious threats. Norton, Bitdefender, and McAfee are some of the commonly used antiviruses.
    • Regular Scans and Updates: Ensure that your antivirus is scheduled for regular scans, and it has up-to-date virus-definition databases.
  2. Firewalls: Keeping Out Unwanted Traffic
    • Turn on the Built-In Firewalls: Ensure that built-in firewalls on most operating systems, like Windows Defender Firewall for Windows and firewall settings in macOS, are on.
    • Additional Firewalls: It is recommended to purchase additional hardware or software firewalls in hot spots.
  3. Virtual Private Networks: Protecting Your Online Activity
    • Use a VPN: This will encrypt your internet connection and shield your online activities from prying eyes. This is very important when connecting to a Wi-Fi network.
    • Get a Trustworthy VPN Service: Purchase a good VPN service from well-known providers like ExpressVPN, NordVPN, or CyberGhost.
  4. Password Management: Strong and Unique Passwords
    • Create Strong Passwords: Use a combination of letters, numbers, and special characters to create strong passwords. Make your passwords hard to guess by avoiding including easily guessable information, such as birthdays or common words.
    • Use a Password Manager: A password manager, such as LastPass or 1Password, can create and remember strong, unique passwords for all of your accounts.
  5. Encryption: Use Encryption to Protect Data
    • Encrypt Disk: Use the built-in, full disk encryption tools such as BitLocker on Windows and FileVault on MacOS, which will automatically encrypt your data in case your laptop is lost or stolen.
    • Encrypt Sensitive Files: You might need to encrypt specific sensitive files or folders for added protection. Utilize VeraCrypt software to achieve this.
  6. Backups: Regularly Back Up Your Data
    • Back Up Your Data Regularly: Back up your data from time to time on an external hard drive or other secure cloud service. This will help you restore the data to another device in the case of hardware failure or damage due to a cyberattack.
    • Use Automated Backup Solutions: Use automatic backup tools like Backblaze or Acronis, which will help you keep your data backed up automatically.
  7. Physical Security: Use Physical Security for Your Hardware
    • Use Laptop Locks: Use physical locks for your laptop when in public or shared spaces to avoid theft.
    • Be Careful: Be aware of your surroundings and never leave your laptop unattended in public places.
  8. Additional Tips and Best Practices
    • Keep Your Operating System and Software Updated: Regularly update your operating system and all software so as to patch any security vulnerabilities.
    • Be careful with emails and links: Do not click on suspicious links or download attachments from unknown sources to avoid phishing attacks.
    • Use Two-Factor Authentication (2FA): Whenever possible, enable two-factor authentication for your account as an extra layer of security.
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2024.05.16 08:24 nammo30 FLR (M) Document Checklist

Hey all,
Would appreciate a once over of my documents if possible please! I think we have a pretty straightforward case, but anxiety is getting the better of me!
General Docs - Cover letter written from Applicant and Sponsor - BRP Applicant - Passport Applicant (all pages scanned)
English Requirement - Uni Degree Applicant
Partner Docs - Passport Sponsor (all pages scanned) - Marriage certificate (it's in English)
Other - Declarations (to be printed off and signed)
Accommodation - All council tax letters that we've received in the past 2 years - Mortgage statements from Halifax - Land registry showing house in our name
Correspondence over last 2 years - May 2022 - Halifax Mortgage Statement (Joint Names - Posted Mail) - Sept 2022 - Nationwide Account Statement (Joint Names - PDF from Online) - Nov 2022 - Thames Water Bill (Sponsor's Name - PDF from Online) - Feb 2023 - Virgin Media Bill (Applicant's Name - PDF from Online) - March 2023 - Council Tax Bill (Joint Names - PDF from Online) - May 2023 - Halifax Mortgage Statement (Joint Names - Posted Mail) - Sept 2023 - Joint Account Statement (Joint Names - Posted Mail) - Nov 2023 - Thames Water Bill (Sponsor's Name - Posted Mail) - Jan 2024 - Letter from NHS (Applicant's Name - Posted Mail) - Mar 2024 - Council Tax (Joint - Posted Mail) - April 2024 - Joint Account Statement (Joint Names - PDF from Online)
Finances (Covered by Applicant) - 6 month of bank statements from Applicant's Monzo (Taken from Online Banking) - Letter from applicant's employer - Last P60 statement from 2023-2024 - 6 months of payslips
Questions... Declarations - Is there anything to be aware of here if financial requirement is covered by the applicant?
Mortgage - Are the statements sufficient?
Accommodation- We have lived in the flat we own for the past 2 years years, prior to that we were living with a friend, do I need to provide proof of that anywhere? Or not necessary as its more than 2 years ago?
Correspondence - Any gaps to fill?
Thank you in advance!!
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