Long story short:
* Like everyone else, I had doubts before purchasing any of his courses, so I’ll mention the main points that were important to me before buying it (more on this when I talk about the four main problems I faced in my journey of self-development and attraction):
* Is the course worth it? Considering the impact it has had on my life, my answer is a resounding YES.
* Is there a cost-benefit balance? Absolutely yes.
* Will it help me in all areas of my life? Yes, especially with power dynamics. This course will offer you valuable insights that you can apply in any area of your life.
* Do the techniques and strategies really work? Yes, they do. However, like any course, the key is to you apply what you've learned and it also depends on the time and effort you're willing to invest to achieve lasting changes
Important note: I don't have any kind of relationship with Lucio or anyone on his team, and no one paid me to do this review, much less to share such intimate details. I am doing this of my own free will because I want to thank him for all the knowledge he has provided me, and I believe this could be useful for him and for anyone looking to determine whether what he teaches is useful or not. This review is not going to be directly about his courses; it is going to be about all the resources on TPM (The Power Moves), and specifically about the impact they have had on my life. Consider it more of a testimonial and also a personal opinion.
The following review is quite detailed, and really long. I really believe that writing less would strip away a lot of depth and context. I don’t expect everyone to read it entirely, but maybe it can offer some perspective to someone interested in buying the course. I’m not a special person (I mean like someone famous, or with a lot of academic titles, or any of that); I’m just a regular guy looking to improve the quality of my life and achieve enough economic prosperity to help the people I love most live the life they want, help those in need, people, animals…and if possible, gain valuable knowledge that helps me in my work as a psychologist. Nothing satisfies me more than seeing the faces of people when, with some time and effort, they realize they can do things they never thought possible and feel proud of themselves for achieving it. I also haven’t had it easy in my romantic life, and I’d like to find a healthy person who is also motivated to be a better human being and have a peaceful love. Learning about power will just be a means to contribute my little bit to this world. I’m not a writer, but I’ll try to outline what I consider to be the most important points to give you another perspective to consider, if you want to buy this course. My native language is Spanish, so due to the length of the text and my lack of skill in “speaking” another language, I decided to use ChatGPT as a translator (since I feel it does a better job than Google Translator), and I’ll make the necessary adjustments to make myself better understood.
For most of my life, I lived in deep loneliness and experienced a lot of abuse from people. I never understood why, no matter how many good things I did for others, I received mistreatment in return. My social programming whispered to me, “Do good things for others, and they will be good to you”, “Give to others what you would like to receive,” among many other things. But as time went by, I slowly fell into despair. Since I was 8 years old, I’ve had suicidal thoughts, strongly influenced by my social/romantic life. Eventually, I began to harbor unhealthy beliefs that took root in my way of thinking. For example, I thought I had to make enormous efforts to maintain the “affection” and “acceptance” people “had” for me. I also believed that if no one, not a single person, treated me with respect, it was because that was what I deserved. If no one was interested in who I was, it was because I was worth so little that I couldn’t ask for more from life and should be grateful for the crumbs of “love” I received. Regarding my love life, during my first 19 years, not a single person showed interest in me. I’m not extremely attractive, but based on social feedback, I’d say I’m slightly above average. Perhaps my short height would be the one physical trait that works against me, as I’m 1.63 meters or, as you might better understand, I’m 5’4”. As for internal traits related to girls, I treated them well, was respectful, showed interest in them, helped them, dedicated a lot of my time, and was unconditionally there for them through good and bad times. I was many things that, according to movies and the opinions of many girls (based solely on what they said they wanted), I thought would bring me plenty of women, and yet, not a single soul wanted to be with me. What I did achieve with the girls I liked was becoming their best friend. And so, I spent my days and nights listening to the girls I liked cry over aggressive men who mistreated them physically and emotionally and/or cheated on them with other girls. I didn’t understand it; I had a good set of values and not just with them but with everyone. I considered myself a good guy, competent in some areas, and was unconditionally there for them, and yet they preferred to be with clearly violent men. In one of the moments when I felt most miserable, the following happened: I liked a girl and expressed it to her, and although she initially reciprocated, a month later, she left me for someone else and started dating that person. In something very similar to therapy, I ended up helping her for almost three years to improve her relationship with her aggressive partner.
Here, I’d like to say something (nothing to do with the situation, but anyway, I wanted to share those thoughts with you): two of the worst things I was made to believe were: “You don’t have to change; someone will come and love you just as you are,” and “Romantic love is something that just happens naturally, stop looking for it. It will come to you.” Neither of these things ever happened, and both are awful, unempathetic and limiting mindsets.
Eight years ago, after spending some time in a psychiatric hospital due to suicidal ideation, I decided to completely change my life and committed to my personal growth. Every day without exception, I studied and applied the concepts I was learning in my spare time, while studying to one day become a psychologist. I bought books, courses (even from very prominent figures in the world of seduction and self-development that you would easily recognize). When I didn’t even have money to eat, I downloaded them from pirate sources, but I always found a way to keep progressing. I had many virtual teachers who helped me grow in different aspects, and I’m very grateful for the knowledge they provided me that helped me climb out of that black hole. Like many who embark on this journey, I reached a point where, no matter how much I read and took courses, there was nothing new to pull me out of my stagnation. Everything was the same. I had to constantly review new resources and listen to endless hours of videos to find a needle in a haystack. For me, it was no longer worth paying for a full course if what I was going to found was something I had likely already learned (a lot of times for free). Although I sought to develop on all levels, here I will emphasize the romantic part more. Generally, these learning resources had a couple of problems: the first is that I’ve never been the kind of person who wants to date multiple girls; I’m more the type of guy who seeks a stable partner. The second problem was that many people who teach dating skills ask you to have a very high energy level and I’m a very calm and rather introverted person (not shy, introverted). I don’t want to pretend to be excited or become friends with everyone around me to increase my social value (it’s very exhausting and not worth it as a long-term strategy). The third problem is that the advice of many people who want to promote healthy relationships (some of them psychologists), although well-intentioned, makes any spark that generated attraction nonexistent, generating very predictable behavior (in the bad way) among other things. – certainly, those tools are important for a healthy relationship, but they won’t necessarily make someone feel attracted to you (I find it unlikely). They are more of a positive complement that can help increase value when there is already attraction. After a while and thanks to Lucio’s reflections, I realized the problems and limitations that these gurus or psychologists, basically they are very “politically correct”. Finally, the last problem I found is that none of them addressed the true root of my problem. No matter how much I improved in all aspects, I still didn’t see results with girls. Yes, the number of girls approaching me increased slightly, but none wanted to be with me for a long-term relationship. That missing ingredient is called “power,” and although briefly mentioned in those courses, videos, books, etc., it was never sufficiently well explained to understand why I wasn’t achieving results. My problem was that my balance between warmth and power was enormously unbalanced. I was completely warm with people, but I didn’t have a clue about power dynamics (what Lucio would call “The King’s Servant). I ended up in the “good guy” category, a good guy who wanted to be bad and wanted to treat women poorly to see if he got results, but whose moral values never allowed him to do anything that would hurt or could hurt another person, even if it meant remaining alone (which, far from making me feel good or proud at the moment, it only increased my self-hate). I wanted to remain good, but being good got me nowhere. Adding to that, due to my upbringing, I developed an anxious attachment style (something I also hated for a long time because, objectively speaking, it’s certainly easier for an avoidant man to have more power in a relationship thanks to his natural tendency to fear emotional closeness and natural behavior to protect his independence; quick note: I think that behavior is far from perfect but from what I’ve seen at least they get more results with girls). I have been always considered too clingy and dependent.
Many girls who felt initial attraction to me after a while wanted me to stay in their lives, but never as their partner, only as a good friend. When I turned 20, I found my first partner. This girl was incredibly attracted to me at first, but as soon as I started prioritizing her and seeking closeness, when I set aside my power to be “truly myself,” she began to lose attraction and started to disrespect me. At some point along that path, I came across TPM, and I must say it was a pleasant surprise after years of stagnation.
Human beings are very complex, and because of this, it’s unlikely that a single teacher will “save” you from your social and/or romantic situation. But for me, the person who has influenced my life for the better the most is Lucio. Since I started this journey, I’ve been gathering bits of knowledge from each person that has contributed to who I am, but there have been two things that have totally changed my social life, and for me, both are equally important. The first would take a long time to explain and is more about inner work and pure reflection, but in terms of knowledge, if I had to erase those eight years and start over, I’d like it to be with the knowledge Lucio provides. Seduction University was the last course I bought a long time ago, and Power University will probably be the last course I’ll buy (for several years). I bought Seduction University quite some time ago (about two or three years) and am still learning; I’m just over 73% through the course. This amount of time might surprise many, but those who seek lasting changes in themselves and who are truly committed to deeply learning and integrating everything there until it becomes second nature, know it will likely take several months and probably years.
Having knowledge is not a magic cure; knowing something doesn't make you good at it. Changing deep aspects of one's identity is not as easy as many people seem to forget; it's slow, very slow, and also requires conscious and constant effort. The path of personal growth is not easy, but personally I don't expect it to be. It may take me several years of practice to consolidate all that knowledge, but I know with absolute certainty that it will be a great investment for my future. Going back to the main point, in my opinion, Seduction University and very likely Power University will give you much more value than what you'd get from a more well-known person's course, and at an incredibly affordable price. I know this, because I've been consuming content from many authors for 8 years (every day, each day of the past 8 years without fail). Honestly, I'm fortunate that it is priced so affordably. To be completely honest with you I don't earn much money, and, in my country, there is not much economic prosperity, there is significant inequality, and for me, paying for a course in dollars is comparatively much more expensive than for people who earn in dollars or other stronger currencies. And still, I believe it's totally worth investing in these courses.
One important thing I've learned over the years is that there are things your mind will not be ready to understand, and the good thing about that is as long as you commit to your learning, you will keep growing and progressing, and at some point when you revisit the material, you might understand those things you didn't “grasp” initially, or you might achieve more advanced things that your novice self couldn't properly do the first time you went through the material. You'll pay a price for one of these courses the day you decide to buy it (if you decide to do so), but the truth is that by the time you truly learn everything, so much time will have passed that, if you look at it from a very distant perspective (all the required time for you to really learn), you'll find that the benefits you will get will be arguably greater than those that Lucio and his team will have gotten. Another thing to keep in mind is that either Seduction University or Power University, if used well, will likely help you achieve more economic prosperity; on the other hand, Lucio makes sure to improve the course content, which guarantees even more growth over time. For me this justifies the annual payment to access the material again, which brings me to the next point: Lucio gives you a full year to access the learning material, and if you want to keep having access, he significantly reduces the price (probably in gratitude to those who trusted him and decided to buy the course). Also, keep in mind what I said about how it's very likely that the second or third time you take the course, you'll probably learn new things you were not prepared for before. Finally, it's a price that, in my opinion, supports all his work. He has spent a lot of time and effort reading books, articles, reviewing courses, making videos, writing in his blog, and much more, all for free. Even if you decided not to buy any of his courses, believe me, just by reading his articles, watching his videos, and reading the book reviews he recommends for specific issues, you'd already be avoiding wasting time on reading useless or unnecessarily complex things. For my part, I'm glad he was able to provide me with a way out of the stagnation I had; I really like that he also considers people who are looking for a stable relationship and not just those seeking to have more sexual partners (which is also very valid and respectable); I like that he teaches the "general rules and mindsets," allowing for personality flexibility since that way I don't feel compelled to be (or rather pretend to be) a very energetic and super sociable person to achieve good results with girls; I like that he is a person who does not seek or promote the use of the knowledge he has to harm people but focuses on teaching how to generate relationships that promote a win-win dynamic. Since I started to consume his content, my life has changed quite a bit. I definitely feel more respected, and all my relationships have improved on all levels, romantically, although I have not yet found a person with whom there has been enough compatibility to want to have that person as a stable partner, and I still have much to improve, I definitely feel that I have become more attractive to people. In my last job, considering there weren't many staff members (about 30-35 workers including supervisors and the manager), I ended up being (romantically/sexually) liked by 14 people (8 women, 6 men), and in that job, I dated my second partner. I still make many mistakes, and there are deeper issues that require professional help, but the truth is that my life has undoubtedly improved a lot. I am a person who really takes the time to learn and truly integrate into myself what I have learned, and it has taken me years to consolidate the knowledge in Seduction University. As I said before, I haven't finished it, and it will probably take me many more months (maybe years) to consolidate the information there and what I still have not read yet in the course (not to mention the hyperlinks he provides to dig really deep in some topics). I want to improve even more in my life, and that’s why I decided to buy Power University. From lesson one, I already started finding very valuable knowledge; I haven't gone far into the course, and it would be dishonest to give my opinion, but I feel that, like Seduction University, Power University will also be very worthwhile. The book "Ultimate Power" also has hidden gems (at the moment, I am reflecting a lot on what it explains about cultivating an antifragile ego). I decided not to buy more courses or books because it will probably take me more than a year to consume all the content and much longer to make it my second nature. Although I like to diversify my knowledge and will continue learning about synergistic topics about personal growth, I would like to prioritize finishing both courses (at least "the reading part" the "superficial effort part"), besides dedicating the rest of my efforts to deep-reflective inner work, developing a physique that I feel happy with, and creating my own business that will allow me to help more people and animals in the future.
I hope the knowledge you find in any of TPM’s resources changes your life as much as it changed mine. Of course, it’s important to learn from different people and not become obsessed with a single philosophy. There are things you won’t find in Lucio’s material that could be very useful in your life and your specific problems/challenges, and you shouldn’t overlook them. Additionally, learning from different people with different perspectives will help you be more flexible and have a better chance of achieving the things you want in life. Find someone who shares their knowledge with you and who makes you reflect, and when you notice that that person starts repeating ideas, it's time to move on and look for new people who can help you out of your stagnation. Remember, every piece is important along the way, and it's important to be grateful to every person you meet because everyone has a valuable lesson to teach you (especially when that person has a different perspective than yours).
I'll probably spend many more years learning from Lucio until I finish integrating the knowledge he offers (although as he will most likely keep adding more content and learning things on his own, I will surely visit his blog or YouTube channel from time to time like visiting an old and dear friend and teacher whom I admire and respect).
I would like to make a final mention to John from customer service. He is a charming person and attended to me very well every time I contacted customer service. It feels like talking to a good friend; the service is fast, he is respectful, he has manners, and from start to finish he was very attentive in keeping his word every time he told me he would respond within a certain time frame. You can't really get to know a person in customer service, but from all the times I talked to him, he seemed competent, warm, and generous. John deserves a raise; he’s a really great guy :)

I’m a 19 y/o F and am about to start my 3rd year of college. My older sister is autistic and was much more obvious from a young age and I only found out a few years ago that my mom was also diagnosed as on the spectrum as an adult. My whole family has ADHD, depression, anxiety, etc, and that takes its toll in various ways. Growing up from a young age I wouldn’t say I experienced any significant trauma, but I dealt with bouts of public humiliation (in school by a teacher where I would be humiliated in front of the class for crying because I couldn’t keep up or pay attention), and was frequently teased and bullied by my “friends” for being slow, clumsy, weak, dumb, etc. In reality I was a bright kid with a lot of talent, but I always felt ostracized and everyone’s words took a massive toll on my mental health and self-esteem as I grew up. I also would say I had some minor trauma on the part that my parents used to fight when I was younger and I tried to take on the role of the mediator often. My sister’s autism and depression were often exhausting and took all of my parents’ attention, leaving me as the ‘good dependable’ kid who never really got a chance to feel bad. My sister used to self-harm and was bulimic and would tell me not to tell our parents when I was around 9 ( and when I did she blew up at me), contributing to my own self-harm patterns later. All of this caused my grades to fall in high school as I became distracted by drugs, alcohol, sex, self-harm, etc.
I am now in college, diagnosed with only depression, anxiety, and ADHD (I only got diagnosed with ADHD about 6 months ago), and struggle with very low self-esteem. I cry frequently and intensely when criticized (even constructively) and whenever I feel I may embarrass myself (even over trivial things) leading to multiple panic attacks in classrooms over the years. I struggle to hold jobs due to emotional distress and constantly feel misunderstood by the people around me so I prefer to be alone (or with my boyfriend who is very understanding). I am struggling immensely in college (granted my major is physiology and neurobiology) but mostly due to inability to go to class and anxiety about classroom settings and I performed so poorly this semester I am now on academic probation. I always lie to my parents and strangers about how I am really doing because I am deeply afraid I will be judged or belittled. I have a fixation on death and often ‘predict’ my death or feel I will be in some accident. I have been performing self-soothing behaviors such as force yawning, stretching my hands and fingers and rocking since I was little but now it has extended to more subtle but consistent stimming and mental repetition. I also struggle immensely to make friends and isolate to the max. I have deep shame about many things and feeling the slightest guilt often triggers an emotional cascade of thinking I am a horrible, incompetent person that disappoints everyone and is responsible for the emotional state of people I don’t even know well. Anyone have any thoughts? I am really trying to understand myself better and find people who share these struggles because the transition from childhood to adulthood has been very hard for me.

So usual disclaimer, I'm on mobile and I'm still pissed.
My uncle who I'll refer to as Q, has a lung disease that has progressed since he was initially diagnosed. I can't remember the name of it but it has caused him to be in severe pain and requiring a lung transplant. He was put on the transplant list over a year ago and now needs oxygen just to breathe. He has a portable oxygen concentrator he has been flying with since he first got it with no problems from the airline he flies with. It's FAA approved, prescribed, and he always carries his paperwork with him when he flies just in case.
Tuesday he was informed that they found a donor and scheduled his surgery for the next day (Wednesday). His flight was originally supposed to leave at 5am with him being scheduled for surgery at 8am. No problem, flight booked my uncle Q, my aunt (his wife) and my other aunt and uncle (his brother) get to the airport, get through TSA with no problem, and then get to the terminal where the problem begins.
My uncle and aunt make it on the flight and after a while they notice that my uncle Q still hasn't boarded. Turns out a fairly new supervisor at the airline terminal is denying my uncle boarding stating he can't have his oxygen concentrator on the plane and that he would have to either check it or not fly. Mind you my uncle has been flying back and forth to the clinic with this same concentrator for well over a year, never denied. Nah supervisor is saying no dice. To someone going to have life saving surgery and needs said oxygen to literally breathe.
My uncle Q is understandably upset and is in tears as this bitch is being rude, cruel, and basically a bitch. My uncle misses his flight. My aunt calls the clinic because my uncle just wants to give up and go back home. His doctors basically beg him to come while the ticket and gate agent are arguing with the supervisor that his concentrator is FAA approved and meets their guidelines and policies. She is of course refusing to listen stating that just because he's flown before doesn't mean he's allowed to fly now and that someone wasn't doing their job correctly.
The mention of a lawsuit and a complaint being filed to corporate finally has her snatching the paperwork from his hand that he's been trying to show since the beginning. It's only then that she finally relents albeit too late for his originally scheduled flight. He's told he can get on the next flight a few hours later. His surgery was scheduled for 8am, he went into surgery at 6pm Wed, they should have finished fifty minutes ago.
As for me, I'm petty. She almost cost my uncle his life because of her ego. So now I'm about to cost her her livelihood. May be odds be never in her favor.

I'm a short weak Asian guy (5'3-5'4ish) turning 21 next month and still never really had a girlfriend. I had a female friend in 1st grade who kissed me on the cheek, and a female friend in 5th grade who I held hands with. This was all over a decade ago. Ever since puberty started, I've never had any luck with women. I only go outside when I have to go to school or work. Otherwise I'm just playing video games to escape the reality of my situation. Don't really know what the hell I'm still doing in community college since I've only passed like 4 or 5 classes in the past 3 years since I enrolled. I work a fast food job where there are female coworkers but I don't really talk to them. So how do I work towards acquiring a girlfriend?

First post here and non english speaker, so bear with me please.
26M here, still living with my parents. Got to breaking point with my nmother the other day. I was in the bathroom shaving and I could hear her shouting vulgarities about me on the phone talking to someone.
She then burst in the bathroom (I've heard no concept of privacy is a common point among narcissistic parents) and keeps on verbally attack me. At that point, with the razor in my hand, I thought "this is it: the moment I kill myself or I kill her, but this ends here".
Of course I did nothing, but as soon as she left me alone I started planning to move out and maybe even go no contact. Now here are the problems I need advice for:

• I'm dead broke: as soon as I told my friends about the situation some of them offered me to sleep on their couch until I find a room or a flat. Still, rents are hella expensive and I haven't got my first paycheck at the new job I got
• I'm hella tired: right now I'm working in a newly opened restaurant as waiter, long hours without break, shitty bosses who do nothing but complain, people quit after a couple of days because no one taught us shit about nothing, leading in having more stuff to do by myself
• I don't have any time: next week I'm going to take the entrance exam for psychology university, so the few hours I'm awake and not working I'm still studying. I think it's my only way to guarantee a nice working future for myself. Also this limits my chances of finding a room or flat.
• I don't feel ready: I know maybe 50% of the basics of what do you need to live by yourself, still with the little time I have I don't think I can manage to do everything and also keep a semi-healthy lifestyle (for health purpose I need to follow a strict diet and need time to unwind and meditate to not go crazy)

And now the big thing: after a few days she apologized to me. She hugged and said sorry, so I took that opportunity to tell her about my idea of moving out. Was it a mistake?
I don't know if it's guilt tripping, my tiredness speaking or whatever it is, but maybe I should wait a little until things get easier? I've always wanted to move out but I thought I would have done it in better conditions. Now I feel everything is in a hurry, I don't know if it makes sense.

A group of us had been selected for special duty in a far-off place at the other end of the Country. And for some reason, I’d been further selected to shepherd our small flock to there. Into my keeping was given everyone’s individual travel orders, tickets, meal vouchers, etc. We’d be flying commercially, so mine to deal with airport personnel, make sure we got to our gates on time, damn transfers, etc, etc. Lucky me.
Why me, I had no idea. I Had achieved NCO status by that point, but I wasn’t the only one. I wasn’t even the senior one. And tbh, I didn’t consider Myself all that responsible.
I Was good at talking, lying, conniving, obfuscating, bribing, and otherwise getting my charges (and by extension Me) out of whatever they’d gotten themselves/us into again. THAT I was good at. Those bast……fine young men were walking chaos. It took up more of my time and ingenuity than you might think.
But this one more minor headache I didn’t need.
Then the skies brightened, and the sunlight it did appear. Gathering at the departure point for to depart, I was delighted to see a SSgt among we lesser sheep.
Approaching his August self, with a happy smile, I informed him of the obvious: “You’re the ranking man here. I believe these belong to you.”
And I attempted to hand over one tan-colored expandable accordion file, flap secured with a string, issue one.
With an even larger smile than mine own, he replied: “No the hell they do not! YOU were assigned this duty. This is Your turkey shoot. I’m just along for the ride. Lead on, McDuff……nice try, though.” The old adage in action: “Don’t volunteer for Anything.” And he wasn’t about to.
Gray skies again. But a minor nuisance. Keep counting heads, make sure noone wanders off with departure in five minutes. Tries to sneak a couple of drinks before the flight’s called. Gets to talking to someone and forgets they’re supposed to be going somewhere.
“Let’s go - where are You all going?”
“Gate nine’s this way.”
“Gate Five! Gate Five!”
SSgt smiling.
“Are all of you young men in the military?”
“Yes, Ma’am.” (Maybe the uniforms gave it away…..be nice. She’s somebody’s grandmother).
“Flying commercial, I see.” (Well, we’re in an airport…..probably a lucky guess. Be polite. His taxes pay your salary. He’ll tell ya).
“Yes, Sir.”
Boarding call. One, two, three, four, five, six…..”Where’s Cpl Evans?”
“I think he’s makin’ a head call.”
“We been here for an hour, and he goes Now?…..Never mind - here ‘e comes.”
SSgt happy.
“So you’re all flying together?”
(No shit, Sherlock! We’re all Standin’ here together, ain’t we?…….Be patient - she’s just doin’ her job).
“Yes, Ma’am.”
SSgt smiling again.

The article is intended primarily for Game Masters who play games in settings inspired by Lovecraft’s works. However, I hope that other fans of cosmic horror will also find something for themselves here. The interesting facts presented here may also be entertaining for people who do not know the work of The Loner of Providence, but some of the references may be unclear to them. The article contains several anecdotes – either from real history or from beliefs that exist in the real world, and suggestions on how they can be related to the Cthulhu mythology. So read about:

• Sea Peoples, bane of ancient civilizations,
• a forgotten Eldritch abomination from Greek mythology,
• Jan Twardowski, the first man on the Moon,
• mathematicians and physicists who wanted to know the structure of reality and lost their minds,
• one of the most mysterious characters from the Bible and a dark, occult ritual that underlies monotheism.

Invasion of the Sea Peoples
Ancient, super-advanced, fallen civilizations are one of the favorite motifs of fantasy. And truth be told, something similar happened in real history. Of course, in reality, the fallen civilizations did not have sci-fi supertechnology at their disposal, but their collapse still led to great destabilization. We are talking about the invasion of the so-called Sea Peoples, which took place at the turn of the 13th and 12th centuries BC. The Sea Peoples are mobile and warlike groups of people of unknown origin. They caused the collapse of several advanced cultures, including: Mycenaean and Hittite. Only the Egyptians managed to defeat them in a great battle. Well, the material for Lovecraftian inspiration is obvious. A mysterious army, coming out of nowhere, called the „Sea Peoples”, leading to the fall of the most powerful human civilizations at that time? Let us add that, according to some historians, the descendants of the Sea Peoples destroyed by the Egyptians were the Philistines. Yes, the same Philistines, one of whose main deities was the well-known Dagon to Lovecraftomaniacs… Deep Ones say hello. Let us also add that, according to Egyptian records, the tribes of the Sea Peoples had names such as Ekvesh, Teresh, Lucki, Sherden, Shekelesh, Tekel and Peleset. Sounds suitably dark, blasphemous and filthy? If we want to dig deeper, one of the pharaohs who ruled Egypt was Akhenaten – yes, that heretic who tried to replace the worship of traditional Egyptian gods with the religion of the Aten and who is very much liked by conspiracy theorists. Let’s add to the mix that Middle Eastern cultures had quite a negative attitude towards the sea as such. Babylonian Marduk had to defeat the giant monsters of Chaos – Apsu and Tiamat, personifications of fresh and salt waters, respectively. The Bible also contains traces of the myth about the fight between Yahweh and Leviathan, and the Book of Revelation, describing the new, ideal world, emphasizes that „I saw a new heaven and a new earth, for the first heaven and the first earth had passed away, and the sea was no more.” Let’s assume that the players are researchers of an antiquity – historians, archaeologists, etc. They conduct research on the Sea Peoples. Of course, as common sense dictates, they assume that these were human warriors. However, as time goes on, more and more evidence appears that they were not completely human again, and the evidence of their monstrosity becomes increasingly difficult to put down to the demonization that Egyptian chroniclers used against their enemies… It becomes clear that an onslaught of inhuman and semi-human monsters came from the sea. , trying to conquer the world of that time. Moreover, after their defeat at the hands of the Egyptians, this species did not become extinct, but instead of open conquest it switched to cautious infiltration. Perhaps the Deep Ones have spies in academia who are tasked with eliminating historians who find the trail of truth…
Oh, one more interesting fact connecting the history of the Sea Peoples with Lovecraft. Well, as we know, HPL liked to use the term „Cyclopean” for huge, monumental buildings. At least he didn’t come up with it himself. Well, when the later (and at first more primitive) inhabitants, the Dorians, saw the ruins of destroyed castles left by the Mycenaean culture, they came to the conclusion that such huge buildings could not have been built by human hands, so they were probably the work of mythical giants – cyclopes.
Typhon – a classic but forgotten abomination
Modern works drawing on Greek mythology usually make Hades (completely senseless) or Kronos (a little more) the Big Bad, but they forget about Zeus’s greatest enemy – Typhon. After defeating the titans and then the gigants, the Olympian gods had to face the main boss on the way to dominating the world – Typhon. Here is an example of its description: It was larger than the largest mountains, its head touched the stars. When he stretched out his hands, one reached the eastern ends of the world and the other reached the western ends. Instead of fingers, he had a hundred dragon heads. From the waist down he had a tangle of vipers (yay, tentacles!) and wings at his shoulders. His eyes were shooting out flames. In other versions of the myth, Typhon was a flying, hundred-headed dragon. In any case – appearance and stature worthy of the Great Old One. Typhon attacked Olympus, and all the gods except Zeus fled in panic. The supreme god took up the fight… and lost it. Only in the second duel did he manage to defeat Typhon, but not kill him – he only imprisoned him, hitting him with Etna. In the sense of a mountain. A volcano – and volcanic activity is the result of Typhon’s anger, trying to break free. Typhon equaled the lord of heaven not only in strength, but in fertility. His wife was Echidna, about whom Hesiod wrote: „She also gave birth to another creature, invincible, huge, unlike neither men nor immortal gods, in a hollow cave – the divine violent Echidna, half a sharp-eyed young girl, with beautiful cheeks, half a huge snake, a great and powerful, spotted, cruel – in the depths of the holy land. This pair spawned many, if not most, of the monsters found in Greek mythology. Their offspring were very diverse and strange, as befits the spawn of enemies of the divine order, including: – Ladon, the hundred-headed dragon who never slept and guarded the apples that gave immortality, – Cerberus – we all know the dog guarding the gates of hell… but not all of us know that, according to some accounts, it had not three heads, but as many as 50, it was also covered with scales, and it had a snake by its tail… so what does this have to do with a dog? – Scylla – this lady inherited the most from the human, beautiful part of Echidna… at least initially, but eventually, as a result of various perturbations, she turned from a beautiful nymph to her siblings, becoming a six-headed sea beast, so hideous, according to Homer, that even the gods could not stand sight of her – she dwelt in a cave, from where she opened her mouth to devour the crews of ships, – Gorgons – I mean, those ladies with snake hair, not monstrous bulls. Medusa was one of them – the story that Athena turned her priestess into a monster as punishment for being raped by Poseidon is an invention of later poets, – Lernaean Hydra – a multi-headed monster with many reptilian or human heads. In place of each severed head, two others grew, and in addition, the main head was completely immortal – therefore, after chopping off the mortal heads, Heracles had to burn the stumps and bury the immortal, still hissing head underground. Hydra’s breath was poisonous. – various other creatures, such as the Sphinx, the dog Ortus, the Nemean Lion or the Chimera. Each of these descendants has the potential to be portrayed as an Eldritch abomination in its own right. To be precise – according to some accounts, the father of these creatures (and Echidna herself) was Typhon, but a monstrous, ancient (older than Poseidon) sea god, Phorcys. How to use Typhon? Well, Typhon clearly has the potential to be a Great Old One, imprisoned by… Nodens? Some other Elder God? Weak gods of humanity? Maybe his cult is trying to free him from Etna? What if he succeeds? What might distinguish Typhon from many other Great Old Ones? I would recommend focusing on his monster progenitor aspect – if he manages to reunite with Echidna, they will immediately start spawning various blasphemous beasts in series.
Jan Twardowski – the first man on the Moon
Jan (John) Twardowski, the hero of the legend, a Polish nobleman who allegedly sold his soul to the devil and became a sorcerer. Probably a historical figure, according to legend he lived in the 16th century and became famous for summoning the spirit of the deceased queen for King Sigismund Augustus. The ghost allegedly appeared in the mirror. This mirror is still kept in the church in Węgrów. According to legend, when the terms of the pact were fulfilled, devils came to kidnap Twardowski to hell. Interestingly, instead of taking the sorcerer’s soul after death, the most material demons appeared and grabbed Twardowski in order to kidnap him bodily, alive… and instead of heading towards the underground, which in legends is considered the traditional place of residence of demons and damned souls, they began to carry away up with him. At some point, Twardowski started singing religious songs, which caused the demons to escape, leaving him on the Moon, where he is said to have stayed ever since. Could the “demons” actually be extraterrestrials? Maybe mi-go? Maybe Twardowski was their agent and obtained secret knowledge and technology from them that gave him the fame of a sorcerer? As part of his studies, did he acquire knowledge of a system of sounds („religious songs”) that was able to drive away his masters when they decided that his usefulness on Earth had ended and it was time to transport him to a space base where he would be transformed into a brain in jar? Or was transportation to the Moon part of the deal from the beginning? Oh, one more interesting fact – according to legends, Twardowski used to use a rooster as a horse, which he enlarged with his magic. It’s easy to imagine an abomination that, in the eyes of laymen, might have resembled a large rooster… Examples of scenario hooks: – Twardowski’s secret mirror is still in the church in Węgrów. The local priest thinks it is just other „pagan” superstitions, but in fact it is a tool enabling contact with cosmic beings and higher realities. It may prove useful to players if they convince the priest to give it back or simply steal it. – Players are looking for Twardowski’s notes to gain knowledge about the „song” thanks to which he drove away mi-go (or other creatures that became the prototype of the „devils” from the legend). The so-called Twardowski’s „School” or „Cathedral” was located in a quarry near Kraków. In fact, at the end of the 19th century, during the construction of the church of St. Józef, a cave showing traces of alchemical experiments was discovered… And it was destroyed. But perhaps there is a second, secret laboratory under the cave that escaped destruction? And there lie Twardowski’s secrets… And again, potential obstacles may be placed by the local parish priest. But not only him. Maybe Twardowski’s legendary „rooster” lies dormant in the laboratory and was left by the sorcerer as a guard? – players are astronauts on the Moon. However, it turns out that someone lives here, someone who was not detected by previous expeditions and probes. Will Twardowski prove to be an ally in the fight against cosmic horrors? Or maybe their agent, or an independent villain? If he survived this long on the Moon thanks to blasphemous secrets, it’s possible that he had little humanity left…
The rest of the text is avalaible (of course, for free) here: https://adeptusrpg.wordpress.com/2024/05/13/some-lovecraftian-inspiration-form-real-life-and-beliefs/

This is my first time leaving an office job. Do I speak to my manager face to face and then put it in an email? Or do I just email my manager after working hours then wait for him to ask for a meeting?
Is there anything I should do before I hand in my notice?
I work for a company that gives “unlimited time off”, would it be wrong for me ask to take my notice period as paid leave?

I know the title sounds shady, but please hear me out. I am not wanting to con potential recruiters, but my title is really weird and doesn’t make sense to anyone outside of my company. I have been job hunting for nearly 2 years and I feel like my title might be part of the issue. I have applied for multiple jobs that are nearly identical to the work I do, but my title doesn’t indicate it at all.
My title is one of a kind so don’t want to post what it is exactly, but it includes the word “Concierge.” Nothing wrong with the word, and would make sense for someone who works in hotels or hospitality. The problem is, is that my company calls the customer service department the concierge team. I do chat, email, and phone support for our network’s intranet system and tools (i.e. CRM system, website, marketing tools, etc.). My LinkedIn recommends hotel concierge jobs all the time since it is in my title, and in the handful of interviews I have had in the last year, a couple of the people I spoke with asked me to clarify what concierge was. Because of this, I want to change the word “Concierge” to “Customer Service” in my title because I feel it’s less confusing and still true to what I do. If I change my title like this, how would a potential new employer react if they found out about it? Would it cause issues or be a big deal?

Mid 30s, married with kids. Low paying specialty. Bought a home as primary residence in 2021 for 370k @ 4% on a 0 down doctor loan thinking job was solid. However, job went south (20% admin mandated increase in patient encounters in a salary only position) and decided to relocate far away for a new job. Now making ~250k and satisfied with the work.
Currently mortgage principal on original home is 356k but realtor says home is only worth 340k on market based on comps. Monthly mortgage payment is 2450 with 550/mo as principal. Converted home to a rental and receiving 2400 a month after property management fees. I am currently living in a rental for 2200/mo. So essentially my rental cash flow is negative, but it is covering the outgoing rent to my landlord. I originally decided to do this because I didn't have the cash on hand to relocate as well as sell the first home for a loss, especially considering 6% realtor fees in my area. Additionally with monthly expenses I would be able to comfortably handle both mortgage and outgoing rent without any rental income at present based on current pay.
My goal is to buy another home (likely in the ~600k range) in 2-3 years. My original plan was to rent for 2-3 years while my rental income (despite technically being negative cash flow) covers the rent I am paying to someone else and my mortgage payments help slowly reduce the principal to make a future sale easier - at that time thinking hopefully 1. Local market improved 2. Lower realtor fees after MLS settlement and 3. If somehow profitable on sale at that time, still protected by 2 out of 5 rule.
However, is there any argument towards keeping this home past the 3 year mark? I don't think it would be cash flow positive for a long time and I don't want to make underwriting for next home more difficult but perhaps there is an angle I'm not seeing. I can handle mortgage and outgoing rent currently without incoming rent, but I don't think I could handle two mortgages without incoming rental income based on the size of house we would be looking for in the future. Alternatively, is my original plan foolish and I should just try to get out of the original mortgage ASAP? I am saving all incoming rent money currently and can handle a sale for loss next year.

As the title says, I am a 26 year old female finally leaving my parents home. For some background, went to undergrad out of state. But came back home for medical school. Since my parents were only 20min away from my institution, I decided to move back home as I thought it made the most sense (plus I missed my parents dearly).
Now, however, I recently matched into residency 6 hours away in a different state and it’s bittersweet.
Sweet because finally are my dreams coming true. Finally I can mold my life into what I envisioned for myself. I’m moving to my dream city that I feel will influence me to be the best form of myself. I can actually now start living. I have a job, have an income, and can start living.
BUT in the same breath, my parents are my best friend. I genuinely only hang out with them, often turning down invites from friends to do things with them. I miss them when they’re away. I look forward to our lunch and dinner dates. I call my mom at least 3x a day. Any advice or venting session is with them. I never needed anyone else to “talk to” about my problems, because they’re all I need. This won’t be the case anymore. Most days, it’ll just be phonecalls or facetimes. But the dinner dates will be few and far in between, often limited to a weekend or a holiday.
Second, my parents have been seperated for a decade - living in two seperate homes. They co-parent very well. My dad would come by the house everyday to hang out. But with me moving out (living in our childhood home w/ mom), my dad won’t have that need anymore. He has moved on with his life (he doesn’t talk about his dating life, but im sure he has a “lady friend”), has hobbies, increased investment with his job, etc. and at baseline has always been a more hands-off, reserved parent. So I’m not worried about him.
But my mom, she’ll be living in our house all by herself. I’ve slept in the bed with her everyday and now she has to sleep alone. Our weekend rituals and lunch dates will be no more. She has been trying to form an identity outside of being a mother with community service and leadership roles, went back and got her doctorate and is transitioning from clinical medicine to being a professor. But I hope it’s enough to fufill the new void. She’s not dating anyone. She doesn’t have alot of friendships. So I’m just really worried about leaving her. I’m more worried about her than I am of me - bc she has given so much of her life to being a mom and loves it so much. And she’s been taking my move very hard (as we speak, im currently packing and will be moving this weekend). Her health lately hasn’t been the best with her having heart issues, so I also worry for her well-being and me not being there to take her to the hospital if she has a bad day.
I’m not sure what I’m asking for here, but for parents who are empty nesters - are you doing okay?
I can’t live with my parents forever, nor do I want to. But it’s just so painful leaving them for some reason…mainly bc I hope they’ll be okay.

Having a conversation with something,
And one thing is crazy people who are New to being rich, New money, cant handle it or know what to do yet, just love spending money and showing of too much, or just have more money than brains,
And some things I have come over that those people might throw some money on to get.
And that is a bottle of champagne, where the bottle has 3000 diamonds set in gold prongs all over the bottle,
a gold lable with the letters in the name that has a dot over it, has a swarovski crystal applied by hand,
how the hell did they get the small delicate prongs, and the diamonds on then? Is there a machine that can do that?
And why is he bosting and making so much hubbubb like 2-4 small manmade glass "crystals", almost more than the diamonds that there are like 3000 of and not labgrown?
The people who has tasted the champagne inside,
which the maker was talking up as one of the best ever, like he had filled the bottle with some vintage, extra good year, of some Dom or something,
the people tastings's verdict of "the best champagne ever " , didn't taste the greatest,
is that Nice wineexpert talk for: shittiest champagne I ever tasted? 🤣
And what kind of cash you would have to own this bottle?
Just the small sum of 2,75 millon USD.
Then the guy has a vodka in the same line,
With the same 3000 diamonds set in gold prongs, gold lable with swarovski, and fancy kork as the champagne.
But since the dude making this is russian, making some good russian vodka,
he had to get a little oligark walking outside as it's 20 degrees celsius or more, and gave it a little furcoat with a hood,
foefur by all means, the maker is also a member of PETA..
he says he has made the best russian vodka with all the best ingredients, like crystal clear springwater,
and what gives the little extra, making it the very best russian vodka EVER,
is that , in one of the steps of his top secret filtration system, the vodka runs over even more diamonds!
Normal people from russia, who knows vodka,
and not being pretensious or trying to seem like they have refined, expensive tastes,
and trying to impess other rich people in the room,
just saying it like it is, saying what they realy feel.
Said it was ok, drinkable ,
tiered the same as the cheepest, worst, russian vodka I have ever had,
and what I could afford of vodka when I was young and started Drinking for real, was 0,5 liter bottle of Kalinka,
bottom tier stuff,
but it got me unconsious every time, so it did what it was supposed to I guess,
why I would ever start my drinking with Downing half a liter vodka, with less and less OJ for every drink as a mixer, I willi never know,
these days the hardest liqour i touch is some rum when I want some strawberry daquirys, guess I learned my lesson,
But the vodka they compared this "best vodka in the world, filtered through real diamonds " to was even worse than the kalinka,
but that is my personal opinion,
the vodka they compared to, was Jeltsin, dont know if anyone here has tried that one..
And the price of this wonder of the world, it's even worse than the champagne, because it's 3,75 million USD!
And if you have some spare change after dropping a cool 6,5 mill on a bottom tier champagne, and a bottom tier vodka in some iced out bottles,
Feel like you smell a little musty from the pre gaming, and want to smell like a rich duche when hitting the club?
Don't worry, for in the same line as the bad rich duche alcohol you dropper more money on than some make an entire lifetime,
There is also a perfume in the same obnoctious iced out bottle,
with a little foefur coat on,
and it comes in a wooden boxs with Black castiron hinges,
smells like au de rich duche,
and could be yours, having you smelling duchy in no time ,
the very attractive and sexy, but very golddigging,
women with botox and fillers and other plastic in all the right places,
5kg makeup, but very nicely done,
half her head is fake hair, the color isn't hers,
but with all the fake, she does fake the way that looks real , and hot,
looking like a perfect trophy girlfriend, could turn perfect trophy wife, or a Nice younger, hotter, trophy second wife,
if you wear our perfume, they can smell you from a mile away, and come running,
not to make the first move, but standing in some seductive, flirty pose, hot girls can do,
girls like me didn't even get invited to watch the video on how to do it, it was on the invite only, hot girls exclusive youtube Chanel 😪😅
And to make this happen, what you need to do is easy, just drop another 2,25 millon USD, and it's yours.
And the next thing that's coming in the line?
Coffee!!
There was no info yet , so I dont know how they are going to ice out the tin,
but do you agree with my guess,
that it's either the real deal of that Coffee that is the most rare and expensive in the world,
Kopi Luvak or something.
that is made by the civet, that I thought was in the feline family,
but it's actually a carnivorous mammal,
so our cat looking very very very distant cousin,
but by marriage,
so just a stepcousin,but still in the family 😅
And the civet eats the fruit the Coffee beans are inside?
Just the pods with beans?
Don't know,
But some, a little disgusting people, goes around picking through every civet poop they can find,
pick out the partialy digested beans that didn't turn to poop,
hopefully washes them very well,
roast them,
and boom worlds most expensive Coffee,
which is just poop Coffee!
Or did he just pick up some typicly russian Coffee at the supermarked,
Made a fancy iced out tin to put it in,
and if we look at the price of the other things,
Is going to slap a price like between 1,25 and 2 millon USD on it? 🤣
The reason for this very long post, it does have a point and it has to do with wine , you have now heard this insane things about champagne, vodka, perfume and Coffee.
But I tried using the Google machine myself, but the Google machine is a lot of the time not my friend, and I didn't find an answer..
Are there, or has there been anything like that with wine , red or white, rose or sparkling, any wine?
That the wine is ok or so , not the best, but has an insane bottle and other packaging if there are any, and has an insane price?
Doesn't have to like the BS i found, that the price is in the millions,
but something crazy only rich people could or would drop on a bottle of wine,
not from a top winyard,
from a good or better year,
a rare bottle of one of the best ever vintages of that wine,
or something else spectacular,
so if an event big enough to open such a special bottle doesn't happen,
it's gone up in value if you sell it years later,
or could make a valuble and Nice piece to make a family heirloom,
especialy if you have a kid or grandkid that turns out to just a big a winenut as you..
just a big ass amount of money,
on a meh bottle of wine,
for the cool, or bling bottle?
Anyone know of?
If you know stuff about the same, around other types of alcohol, like tequila, cognac, or anything, i would love to hear them all.
Sorry for the very long post,
and Sorry if I made grammatical mistakes in anyway in the text,
english isn't my first language,
and I have insomnia,
and im well into my third 24 hour a day awake,
so I passed 50 hours a while ago,
so not on my A game, for sure.
And the reason for the text being 549 miles long?
I'm sorry, but you had the misfortune of stumbling on to, and becoming a victim to one of my adhd hangup posts,
They tend to become way to long, i haven't learned any ways to stop myself yet , new to the whole diagnose thing,
I have been struggling with it since like the end of kindergarten ,beginning of school, without knowing what it was.
And when I was to old for non stop hyper all waking second of the day,
I was so scared of being weird and fit in even less than I did, and scared to do something at home, so they would start thinking i was weird and not like me either..
So I hid it as best i could, i took everything that came with that and pushed it as far down and hid it as i just could managed , had some small outlets when I was alone at home, and the times i cracked at home, it was either against my Brothers, and because of lack of selfregulation, it was either exploding with anger, crying hystericly, screaming as loud and as long my lungs and voice would let me from irritation or frustration, or having the same extremes with positive feelings, they most likely thought i was a normal part bipolar, part psychopath, part spoilt rotten daddys little Princess who gets everything she wants, never gets in trouble, and can get us in trouble with just one cry or one word, and part sweet, happy , Nice littlesister, you know the kind of babysister every big Brother, most of the time, have? And it's normal for a kid to be a hyper sometimes, but I had a childhood being scared to be me, tummyaches all the time for the stress and work, physical and mental symptoms getting slowly worse with time, and buhu, i had it so bad, millon kids had it a millon times worse, but it still wasn't plesant and 10/10 would not recomend! It's been about 20 years since I had the lightbulb moment what might be going on with me, had no idea how to move forward, thought it cost a lot of money to get it checked out, didn't have any money, now, at the end of my 30's i get it, so not learned how to stopp the long rants, but it get here some day, maybe when I get on the medication, start testing soon, which I look very much forward too. The moment i went from wondering if I had it, to knowing without knowing, if you get it, was one night after way to much alcohol, and a supersurge in inpulsivity, have it all the time, but it usually just make me online shop to much or buy something unhealty stuff to eat , and waaay to much of it, I want chips, candy, chocolate, some cookies or baked goods, and some full fat soda, and eat everything today? Sure go ahead, no worries,
But that night i did that one illegal thing, that if someone with adhd do it, their reaction to it is almost polar oposite of normal people?
It was the best few hours of my life, I hade peace and quiet , and a lot of the unvolentairy movements took a little break for the first time that I could remember,
It was the best thing I ever did, and that scared the shit out of me, and I kept away after,
that peace and quiet could had me addicted if I got to have it one to many times,
could most done a few times before stopping, but it was better to be safe than sorry,
and I have not felt peace since, that is what 18 years ago,
so even if I know the medication wont be the same, anything resembling something less than now will be 1 millon times better..
So now dont just a 500 mile long post, but a bonus 450 mile long explenation about the 500 mile post, so if you actually took the time to read it all:
Congratulation on getting to the very end of the 950 mile long post, i hope it wasn't all the worst time Reading, but I give many thanks for the time and effort you took , and I bid you a good day ❤️
(And if I just spent over 2 hours writing this, and run into the same as i did last time, and cant get it to post ,
i will be very angry, maybe even make an angry sound out loud.
Well, here we go, cross my fingers, cross my heart, and hope for the best, hopefully i will see you on the other side,
and I need a very long youtube short break, that is what I use to be stimulated non stop, but they are short and switch all the time,
so I don't have to keep my fokus , attention and keep track of everything and remembering things like with movies and shows,
and they don't make me overstimulated,
the sound keeps my volume att 11 kaos more easy to handle,
once every leapyear i even get so into things on the shorts,
i ignore my kaos a little, just some minutes like around 5 or so at the most, but its Nice,
that is where I'm headed, and I'm not coming out for hours.
Have a Nice day my friend,
peace, love, knowledge, understanding, friendship,
and everything else positive that your heart might be longing for in the evil times, and violent world we are living at the moment,
for you and all your loved ones❤️
Remember that even if evil screams the loudest, takes more room, is more in your face, visible and easy to notice.
Good is wispering it's warm, calm, and comforting message of everything good, from the shadow of evil,
But even from the shadow, the warm, loving , and welcoming little light from the good will always be shining in the darkness under evil, guiding you, showing you the way home,
And you can always find it if you look for it ❤️

Been playing as a hobby for about 17 years. Never played a gig or been in a band, just me learning on my own and playing almost every day because I enjoy it. I've had several guitars but never anything too fancy, the most expensive being my Epi LP. Almost 10 years ago now I stopped in a local shop and picked up a Squier Strat Classic Vibe 50's style for like $150. 10 years later it is STILL the only guitar I play. I'm looking to get a new guitar but I want it to play the same, i.e have similar specs.
Things I love about the classic vibe:
-9.5" neck radius - most other guitars I have or I play in stores my hand literally goes numb after a few minutes due to the thickness of the neck and most likely related to a job carpel tunnel injury that persists in certain conditions. The 9.5 or round about there seems to be a thing of the past.
-Strat style body - I've found that I can't play a LP anymore, the bridge saddle sits too high and is uncomfortable for me to play enjoyably.
-Trem - I use the trem quite often and it's become part of my style of playing.
-Whatever the hell type of gloss polyurethane is on the neck, I've heard most people hate it, but I guess I have played it for so long that I'm so used to it. My fingers slide easily across the neck and never get stuck. (that being said, I'd like to find a better alternative neck type such as rosewood or ebony)
Things I dislike about the classic vibe:
-22 frets - I really want 24 frets so I can at least reach a d minor shape up high
-SSS - I want a heavier style guitar like at least one humbucker, HHS, HH, HSS, HSH
-Body gloss - it CAN get a little stuck to my arm from time to time though it's not a huge deal, but I have played a few satin body guitars and my god it was amazing
-Inlays - the plain black dot inlays are fine, but I would like a different type of inlay, really doesn't matter too much what kind
I've looked at several Ibanez, Schecters, PRS: Schecter Hellraiser or Hellrasier Hybrid C-1 FR, Ibanez S670QM, Ibanez S770, Schecter Sun Valley Super shredder, the PRS DW CE24 looks amazing with 10" neck radius, satin finish, trem, 24 frets, although the neck shape isn't C but whatever Dustie Waring custom neck shape is, but damn I just don't have $3k. My budget is somewhere between $500 and $1500
All suggestions welcome please! Thank you

So I’m married for the last 13 years and have three kids . My husband has been having financial issues for the last 6 years ! We have struggled a lot and he’s still trying to get some sort of stability . He has tried to get jobs which didn’t work and then he started doing his own freelancing work which hasn’t been doing well either . Basically from the last 8 months he hasn’t had any income . We have had help from family and friends and that’s how we have managed so far alhamdulillah but I do feel life cannot go on like this . Sometimes I do get thoughts about divorcing him because it’s jsut too much for me to handle now - mentally I’m drained with all the financial stress . He has a lot of faith in Allah and he is trying his best to make things work for him financially. His tawakkul in allah is very strong. On the other hand I’ve lost hope that I will ever see him being financially stable again and it scares me to think how will I raise three kids with no financial stability . What are your thoughts? 🙏🙏 also please keep me and my family in your duas . We need allah to do miracles for us !! Thank you 🙏

Hello, I am an international student from Taiwan and am about to study grad school in the United States.
I have applied for master's degree in Mechanical Engineering and my specialized research area is Fluid Mechanics. I really fancy Fluid Mechanics and have decided to do research master's degree (or maybe thesis option), instead of just coursework master's degree.
Luckily, I recently got offers from University of Michigan and Georgia Institute of Technology, I have difficulty choosing which school to attend and thus hope you can give me some useful pieces of advice, I will be truly grateful. I am unable to visit the campuses in person and financial issue is not a problem to me, so we can just neglect the tuition aspect.
Here are some Pros and Cons I've analyzed for both of them. Since I am not an expert to this, please correct me if my understanding is wrong.
Georgia Institute of Technology
Pros:

1. The ranking of Mechanical Engineering (or simply Engineering) of GT is slightly higher than UM.
   
2. In terms of Fluid Mechanics, GT has more research resources and faculties. The overall intensity of Fluid Mechanics research is much better at GT than at UM. Plus, there are more Fluid Mechanics labs that align with my interest in GT.
   
3. GT does better in job opportunities, such as the Co-op, Graduate Internship Program and their career fairs, which allow their graduate students to find a suitable job more easily upon graduation.
   
4. Labs are generally supported by some tech giants or have joint research projects with corporations. This help me learn more about those companies and thus help me find jobs more smoothly after graduation.
   
5. GT really boast with their Engineering and STEM programs, which will probably give me more resources toward my research.
   
6. I want to apply my knowledge of Fluid Mechanics and work in aerodynamic industries in the future, GT is more connected to them, including NASA, SpaceX and Lockheed Martin.
   
7. Less Asian students than that in UM, this do good to me since I want to step out of my comfort zone and interact with different ethnicity.
   
8. Atlanta is a metropolitan city where I can have a bunch of places to unwind and chill out.
   

Cons:

1. The campus size is only 373 acres, insignificant in comparison to UM. I personally prefer large campus.
   
2. The student group is consisted mostly of engineering students, which is monotonous (less diverse) and somewhat boring. Also there are less female students.
   
3. It is kinda scorching and wet during summer in Atlanta, I hate humid weather !!
   

Among all the merits mentioned for GT, 2. & 3. matter most for me. They are the main points to consider.
University of Michigan Ann Arbor
Pros:

1. UM is a mighty traditional public with long history (founded in 1817), their buildings are quaint and picturesque. Their overall reputation is phenomenal in the states, and there are other prestigious programs than Engineering in UM such as Law, Nuclear, Medicine and Dentistry.
   
2. UM has strong school spirit (go blue, wolverine), diverse student groups and fantastic social life. I will have the sense of belonging and recognition here.
   
3. Many multidisciplinary programs which I can gain non-engineering ideas to nourish my mindset. Also their alumni network is world class.
   
4. Large campus size (3203 acres). Plus, Ann Arbor is a fabulous college town where I can enjoy some fancy shops and restaurants, the environment around UM is undoubtedly satisfying.
   
5. Strong alumni network. This helps me become more connected and provides more opportunities at workplace.
   

Cons:

1. Even UM's Mechanical Engineering is reputable, the Fluid Mechanics research is deficient, there is limited resources and faculties in Fluid Mechanics. It will be hard to find a lab there that fit with me.
   
2. It is freezing during winter in Michigan. This will discourage me from going out and study.
   
3. I think their Mechanical Engineering department receive less funds and grants than that in GT, because GT focuses on Engineering and STEM subjects so they probably allocate their budget mostly in Engineering.
   

Conclusion:
GT and UM are both prestigious, if I want to focus my graduate time in studying, doing research and seeking internships, I will pick GT. On the other hand, if I want to enjoy the campus, develop social life and experience the diverse community, I should pick UM.
Since I am just an undergraduate student in Taiwan, I haven't been to either of these schools and are less familiar to these schools than you guys. If you can provide me with useful advice and suggestion, I will be sincerely appreciated. Thank you very much.
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I know multiple dashers do Uber eats, insta cart, Postmates, etc at the same time. If you've by chance used any of these or any other delivery apps can you answer these questions to help me out? (not Uber or Lyft) I just lost my full time job and have had tricky getting a new one. I'm not sure if it's just been me or everyone but recently the orders have been so so slow even if we do it from sunset to sundown. This isn't anything new but the main ones I've gotten have been like 2-5 dollar orders for 7-15 miles which isn't worth it to me. Now I'm looking to do multiple apps at once or something that has a slightly better pay. As this is my main source of income I can't keep going from sunrise to sundown, I need a better option.
What's the app you've noticed has the best pay ?
What is a positive and a negative for each one ?
Have you noticed a difference in better organization of the orders, app features, etc?
Is it difficult to do multiple at once; how does it work exactly, do your stats ever get messed up or affected by this, have customers ever said anything about the food getting cold or that you aren't heading to the order, has one of the apps ever given you a warning, do you keep one paused if you get a really good one ?
Question for female drivers; how do you ensure your safety, what precautions do you take, how do you react to a customer flirting, etc.
I typically never dash alone I do it with my boyfriend and he drops it off at the door for me most of the time. This is because the first ever dash I did by myself I had a very uncomfortable situation. I got the order it was a leave at door, this customer was in an apartment and had not included the pin to the door when I called. He gave me a code that was not working no matter how I did it so he said he would come grey it from me. Throughout this phone call he was saying things that were flirtatious and made me uncomfortable. I stated I'm not interested in small talk I just want to make sure you get your food. He kept on saying things like "you sound so beautiful, what's your number, where are you from, what part of town do you live in, you should come inside, etc. I'm a small person and do have pepper spray and such but I completely felt so uncomfortable I was shaking with fear when he finally showed up I basically shoved the food in his hands and left as soon as possible. Whenever I called doordash to let them know I felt unsafe and uncomfortable there was a male on the phone who made me feel like I was overreacting and completely made me feel like even if it was any dangerous situations. Due to this I never go alone so any advice is greatly appreciated. I'm only like 110 pounds and 21 years old so I have a lot to learn.
Thank you in advance!
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I know multiple dashers do Uber eats, insta cart, Postmates, etc at the same time. If you've by chance used any of these or any other delivery apps can you answer these questions to help me out? (not Uber or Lyft) I just lost my full time job and have had tricky getting a new one. I'm not sure if it's just been me or everyone but recently the orders have been so so slow even if we do it from sunset to sundown. This isn't anything new but the main ones I've gotten have been like 2-5 dollar orders for 7-15 miles which isn't worth it to me. Now I'm looking to do multiple apps at once or something that has a slightly better pay. As this is my main source of income I can't keep going from sunrise to sundown, I need a better option.
What's the app you've noticed has the best pay ?
What is a positive and a negative for each one ?
Have you noticed a difference in better organization of the orders, app features, etc?
Is it difficult to do multiple at once; how does it work exactly, do your stats ever get messed up or affected by this, have customers ever said anything about the food getting cold or that you aren't heading to the order, has one of the apps ever given you a warning, do you keep one paused if you get a really good one ?
Question for female drivers; how do you ensure your safety, what precautions do you take, how do you react to a customer flirting, etc.
I typically never dash alone I do it with my boyfriend and he drops it off at the door for me most of the time. This is because the first ever dash I did by myself I had a very uncomfortable situation. I got the order it was a leave at door, this customer was in an apartment and had not included the pin to the door when I called. He gave me a code that was not working no matter how I did it so he said he would come grey it from me. Throughout this phone call he was saying things that were flirtatious and made me uncomfortable. I stated I'm not interested in small talk I just want to make sure you get your food. He kept on saying things like "you sound so beautiful, what's your number, where are you from, what part of town do you live in, you should come inside, etc. I'm a small person and do have pepper spray and such but I completely felt so uncomfortable I was shaking with fear when he finally showed up I basically shoved the food in his hands and left as soon as possible. Whenever I called doordash to let them know I felt unsafe and uncomfortable there was a male on the phone who made me feel like I was overreacting and completely made me feel like even if it was any dangerous situations. Due to this I never go alone so any advice is greatly appreciated. I'm only like 110 pounds and 21 years old so I have a lot to learn.
Thank you in advance!
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I know multiple dashers do Uber eats, insta cart, Postmates, etc at the same time. If you've by chance used any of these or any other delivery apps can you answer these questions to help me out? (not Uber or Lyft) I just lost my full time job and have had tricky getting a new one. I'm not sure if it's just been me or everyone but recently the orders have been so so slow even if we do it from sunset to sundown. This isn't anything new but the main ones I've gotten have been like 2-5 dollar orders for 7-15 miles which isn't worth it to me. Now I'm looking to do multiple apps at once or something that has a slightly better pay. As this is my main source of income I can't keep going from sunrise to sundown, I need a better option.
What's the app you've noticed has the best pay ?
What is a positive and a negative for each one ?
Have you noticed a difference in better organization of the orders, app features, etc?
Is it difficult to do multiple at once; how does it work exactly, do your stats ever get messed up or affected by this, have customers ever said anything about the food getting cold or that you aren't heading to the order, has one of the apps ever given you a warning, do you keep one paused if you get a really good one ?
Question for female drivers; how do you ensure your safety, what precautions do you take, how do you react to a customer flirting, etc.
I typically never dash alone I do it with my boyfriend and he drops it off at the door for me most of the time. This is because the first ever dash I did by myself I had a very uncomfortable situation. I got the order it was a leave at door, this customer was in an apartment and had not included the pin to the door when I called. He gave me a code that was not working no matter how I did it so he said he would come grey it from me. Throughout this phone call he was saying things that were flirtatious and made me uncomfortable. I stated I'm not interested in small talk I just want to make sure you get your food. He kept on saying things like "you sound so beautiful, what's your number, where are you from, what part of town do you live in, you should come inside, etc. I'm a small person and do have pepper spray and such but I completely felt so uncomfortable I was shaking with fear when he finally showed up I basically shoved the food in his hands and left as soon as possible. Whenever I called doordash to let them know I felt unsafe and uncomfortable there was a male on the phone who made me feel like I was overreacting and completely made me feel like even if it was any dangerous situations. Due to this I never go alone so any advice is greatly appreciated. I'm only like 110 pounds and 21 years old so I have a lot to learn.
Thank you in advance!
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