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2024.06.09 15:39 boutell New US and Canadian CHAdeMO chargers in May 2024
Here are all of the new US and Canadian CHAdeMO (Leaf fast-charging) stations that rolled out in May, according to the Alternative Fuels Data Center. You can fetch the data yourself here. Feel free to report inaccuracies to the AFDC.
There were 124 new or updated charging stations in May 2024. I don't attempt to count individual CHAdeMO chargepoints because, unfortunately, the AFDC data does not specify how many chargepoints support CHAdeMO, so I don't want to assume too many.
For comparison's sake: in the US, there were 122 "new" (or updated) CHAdeMO stations added in May 2023.
Keep in mind that even EVGo has started to roll out stations where only some of the bays support CHAdeMO. This makes sense given that only Nissan still sells a CHAdeMO pure-battery-electric car in the US, and the newer Nissan Ariya model is CCS. The Mitsubishi Plug-In Hybrid Outlander PHEV also supports CHAdeMO.
Some of these chargepoints will be "refreshes," e.g. the provider replaced them with faster chargers etc. Some may be incorrect. This report is only as good as the Alternative Fuels Data Center data.
If you'd like to know about new chargers along your routes right away, or reading these monthly reports is just frustrating in your state, I've set up a free service that provides email notifications only when new stations actually open. You can sign up at evpov.com. I built it to help EV owners like myself (especially my fellow Leaf owners). You can pick other plug types as well.
For actual trip planning I recommend using PlugShare. This report is mainly useful to understand trends.
If you get a chance, do check out reported new stations near you and add PlugShare reviews, which helps everyone.
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There were 124 new or updated charging stations in May 2024. I don't attempt to count individual CHAdeMO chargepoints because, unfortunately, the AFDC data does not specify how many chargepoints support CHAdeMO, so I don't want to assume too many.
For comparison's sake: in the US, there were 122 "new" (or updated) CHAdeMO stations added in May 2023.
Keep in mind that even EVGo has started to roll out stations where only some of the bays support CHAdeMO. This makes sense given that only Nissan still sells a CHAdeMO pure-battery-electric car in the US, and the newer Nissan Ariya model is CCS. The Mitsubishi Plug-In Hybrid Outlander PHEV also supports CHAdeMO.
Some of these chargepoints will be "refreshes," e.g. the provider replaced them with faster chargers etc. Some may be incorrect. This report is only as good as the Alternative Fuels Data Center data.
If you'd like to know about new chargers along your routes right away, or reading these monthly reports is just frustrating in your state, I've set up a free service that provides email notifications only when new stations actually open. You can sign up at evpov.com. I built it to help EV owners like myself (especially my fellow Leaf owners). You can pick other plug types as well.
For actual trip planning I recommend using PlugShare. This report is mainly useful to understand trends.
If you get a chance, do check out reported new stations near you and add PlugShare reviews, which helps everyone.
➡ AL (1) SEAM HYUNDAI BACKLOT 29736 Frederick Blvd Daphne, AL 36526 (1) HARTSELLE 1 STATION 1 (L) 214 Chestnut St NW Hartselle, AL 35640 (1) CAT CARD BK PHENIX CITY2 1135 East 280 Bypass Phenix City, AL 36867 ➡ BC (1) 7Charge - Langley 20250 88th ave Langley, BC V1M 2Y4 (1) WESTCOASTNISSAN WC NISSAN LV3 19625 Lougheed Hwy. Pitt Meadows, BC V3Y 1Z2 (1) Alberni Chrysler - DC 2651 Port Alberni Hwy Port Alberni, BC V9Y 8P2 (1) YVR Parkade 3211 Grant McConachie Way Richmond, BC V7B 0A4 ➡ CA (1) Bay Area CoRoasters 2322 Fifth St Berkeley, CA 94710 (1) BWP EV CHARGE DCFC BWP LOT 1 110 West Magnolia Boulevard Burbank, CA 91502 (1) Danville - Library Parking Lot 400 Front Street Danville, CA 94526 (1) EV Connect Hardware Support 615 N Nash El Segundo, CA 90245 (1) G&M OIL G&M #194 2 6101 W Manchester Ave Los Angeles, CA 90045 (6) H&S ENERGY PM# CHEVRON 3 1050 Sunset Boulevard Rocklin, CA 95765 (1) ARCO 5731 - 805 Reed Ave, West Sacramento, CA 805 Reed Avenue West Sacramento, CA 95605 (1) 7Charge - Woodland 1670 E Main St Woodland, CA 95776 ➡ CO (2) CO ENERGY OFFCE GUNNISON PL2 202 East Tomichi Avenue Gunnison, CO 81230 ➡ CT (2) CROWLEY AUTO LEVEL 3 - B 238 Broad St Bristol, CT 06010 (1) MB OF DANBURY FRONT DC 1 1 Miry Brook Road Danbury, CT 06810 (1) MB OF DANBURY FRONT DC 2 10 Miry Brook Rd Danbury, CT 06810 (1) Applegreen Electric - RT 15 Fairfield NB Service Plaza 1396 Merritt Pkwy Fairfield, CT 06825 (1) Applegreen Electric - RT 15 Fairfield SB Service Plaza 4647 Merritt Pkwy Fairfield, CT 06825 (1) MANHONDA HONDA-CUSTOMER 24 Adams St Manchester, CT 06042 (1) Applegreen Electric - I-95 Milford NB Service Plaza I 95 Northbound Milford, CT 06460 (1) Applegreen Electric - I-95 Milford SB Service Plaza I-95 Connecticut Tpke Milford, CT 06460 (1) Applegreen Electric - RT 15 North Haven NB Service Plaza 14 Upper State St North Haven, CT 06473 ➡ FL (1) Waffle House Madison 145 SE Bandit St Madison Madison, FL 32340 (1) Certification 4201 Vineland Orlando, FL 32811 (1) OUC SHINGLECREEK DC 9939 universal Blvd Orlando, FL 32819 (1) PENSACOLA BGC STATION 1 5651 Pensacola Blvd Pensacola, FL 32505 ➡ GA (2) GEORGIA POWER MCRAE DC2 90 W Oak St McRae-Helena, GA 31055 ➡ HI (1) Hawaiian Electric Kona Office 74-5519 Kaiwi St Kailua- Kona, HI 96740 ➡ IA (1) Audobon Waspys Truck Stop 2079 U S 71 Audubon, IA 50025 (1) Hy-Vee Euclid 2540 Euclid Ave Des moines, IA 50317 (1) HYUNDAI STORE HYUNDAI S 4601 Singing Hills Boulevard Sioux City, IA 51106 (1) HYUNDAI STORE HYUNDAI N 4601-25 Singing Hills Blvd Sioux City, IA 51106 ➡ IL (2) ROSEN GROUP CPE250 2 789 S Randall Rd Algonquin, IL 60102 (1) KIA OF URBANA WELCOME CENTER 1111 Napleton Way Urbana, IL 61802 ➡ IN (1) Kokomo 1815 E Morgan St Kokomo, IN 46901 ➡ MA (1) 400 SUMMER ST 400 SUMMERP3-3 400 Summer St Boston, MA 02210 (1) DURAND CHEVY DURAND CHEV 223 Washington St Hudson, MA 01749 (2) NA208940 HND L3 A 88 Walkers Brook Dr Reading, MA 01867 ➡ MB (1) Shell Canada Ltd 1790 Highland Ave Brandon, MB R7C 1A7 (1) Federated Co-operatives Ltd (FCL) 3357 Pembina Ave Winnipeg, MB R3V 1A2 (1) Shell Canada Ltd 50 Sage Creek Blvd, Unit 400 Winnipeg, MB R3X 0J6 ➡ MD (1) BGE - Annapolis Visitor Center 26 West St Annapolis, MD 21401 (1) BGE - Bowie Park and Ride 15207 Major-Lansdale Blvd Bowie, MD 20716 (1) RFS 131 2703 Ocean Gateway Cambridge, MD 21613 (1) GENESIS BEL AIR JJGEN-EXT 3 1710 Harford Rd Fallston, MD 21047 (2) GENESIS BEL AIR JJGEN-EXT1 1710 Harford Road Fallston, MD 21047 ➡ MI (1) Midland 2029 S Saginaw Rd Midland, MI 48640 ➡ NC (1) 122 Turnersburg Hwy 122 Turnersburg Hwy Statesville, NC 28625 (1) GPM INVESTMENTS 3262 DC 2 310 College Rd Wilmington, NC 28403 (2) WINDSOR STA#1 STATION 1 105 Queen Street Windsor, NC 27983 ➡ NE (1) SDHYUNDAI S.W.HY 8350 South 40th Street Lincoln, NE 68516 ➡ NJ (1) Applegreen Electric - Connie Chung Service Area 1339 Broad St Bloomfield, NJ 07003 (1) 1433 Palisade Ave 1433 Palisade Ave Fort Lee, NJ 07024 ➡ NM (1) Enel X - Angel Fire Country Club 100 Country Club Dr Angel Fire, NM 87710 (1) Cumbres and Toltec Railroad 500 S Terrace Ave Chama, NM 87520 (1) Chiricahua Apache Plaza 20885 Frontage Rd Deming, NM 88030 (1) LAC DPU LOS ALAMOS MUNI 1000 Central Avenue Los Alamos, NM 87544 (1) Henry's True Value Hardware 17342 US-84 Los Ojos, NM 87551 (1) Enel X - Picuris Pueblo Visitor Center 201 A Pueblo Vw Rd Peñasco, NM 87553 ➡ NY (1) Reymore Chevrolet 2 746 N Main St Central Square, NY 13036 (2) SIDNEYFCU CICERO 1 8062 Brewerton Rd Cicero, NY 13039 (1) Applegreen Electric - Clarence Travel Plaza 4002 Ransom Rd Clarence, NY 14031 (1) Applegreen Electric - Clifton Springs Travel Plaza 3236 NY-96 Clifton Springs, NY 14432 (1) Applegreen Electric - Plattekill Service Area I-87 - NYS Thruway NB Plattekill, NY 12568 (1) Public or Dealer Use Station (DCFC) 18 Union Street Sidney, NY 13838 (2) ROCKLAND HYU STATION 1 55 New York 303 West Nyack, NY 10994 ➡ OH (1) EASTON WEST GAR CPE-2 167 Easton Town Ctr Columbus, OH 43219 (2) MURPHY PARK DC #1 356 Day Light Ln Powell, OH 43065 ➡ OK (1) GENESISOFEDMOND GOE1 14113 North Kelley Avenue Edmond, OK 73013 (1) TULSA HYUNDAI H SERVICE 9777 South Memorial Drive Tulsa, OK 74133 ➡ ON (1) WEST CITY HONDA WCH LVL 3 676 Dundas St W Belleville, ON K8N 4Z2 (1) Bourgeois Midland Nissan 760 Prospect Blvd Midland, ON L4R 0G3 ➡ OR (1) THB TEAM HYUNDAI 1 2250 NE Hwy 20 Bend, OR 97701 (1) Grass Valley Market 104 N. Mill Street Grass Valley, OR 97039 (1) Centennial School District 3424 SE 174th Ave Portland, OR 97236 ➡ PA (1) BENNETT HYUNDAI DC 1 1820 Cumberland St Lebanon, PA 17042 (2) MASCARIAUTOBODY EXXON 2 1700 Ferguson Road McCandless, PA 15101 (1) 3910 FILBERT 81BE7 51 N 39th St Philadelphia, PA 19104 (1) DIEHL SHARON STATION 2 1300 East State Street Sharon, PA 16146 ➡ QC (1) Canadian Tire - Chambly 3400 Bd Fréchette Chambly, QC J3L 6Z6 (1) Mercedes-Benz - Granby DC 1225 Rue Principale Granby, QC J2J 0M3 (1) BRCC - Île-Perrot - Grand Boulevard 110, Grand Boulevard L'Île-Perrot, QC J7V 4W8 (2) IKEA QUEBEC CITY CX7 3400 Av. Blaise-Pascal Québec, QC G1X 0E4 ➡ SC (1) 301 S Murray Ave 301 S Murray Ave Anderson, SC 29624 (1) 429 N Church St 429 N Church St Spartanburg, SC 29303 (1) 226 Mill St 226 Mill St Taylors, SC 29687 ➡ SK (1) Evergreen Nissan - Smart DC 4150 5th Ave E Prince Albert, SK S6W 0A5 (1) Shell Canada Ltd 275 N Albert St Regina, SK S4R 3C2 (1) Shell Canada Ltd 3206 Preston Ave S Saskatoon, SK S7T 0Y5 ➡ TN (2) GEA-1 STATION 1 (L) 885 W Andrew Johnson Hwy Greeneville, TN 37745 (2) BRIGHTRIDGE EV STATION 1 (L) 110 Cherry Street Johnson City, TN 37601 (1) MB OF MEMPHIS RETAIL 2 5401 Poplar Ave Memphis, TN 38119 ➡ TX (1) Brookshire TX 306 FM 359 S Brookshire, TX 77423 (1) WHOUSTON 250 HYUNDAI 1 16803 Katy Freeway Houston, TX 77094 (1) WHOUSTON 250 TUNNEL 12 16803 Katy Fwy Houston, TX 77094 (1) STEELEHYUNDAIKY STEELE CUSTOMER 24795 I-35 Kyle, TX 78640 (1) San Antonio TX 9510 Wurzbach Rd San Antonio, TX 78240 ➡ VA (1) 703 England 703 England St Ashland, VA 23005 (1) HYUNDAI ROANOKE HYUNDAI 2 7300 Williamson Road Hollins, VA 24019 (2) DAIRY QUEEN STATION 2 433 N Main St Kilmarnock, VA 22482 (1) WMBG HONDA WMBH NEW PDI 7101 Richmond Rd Williamsburg, VA 23188 ➡ VT (1) Hannaford Bradford 586 Lower Plain Bradford, VT 5033 (1) Town of Brattleboro, Grove street 12 Grove St Brattleboro, VT 5302 (1) Essex Outlet Center 21 Essex Way Essex Junction, VT 5452 (1) Northshire Bookstore 4869 Main St Manchester Center, VT 5255 (1) Mill Street Parking VT 12 Mill Street Middlebury, VT 5753 (1) VSECU Montpelier 1 Bailey Ave Montpelier, VT 5602 (1) Springfield District 34 Precision drive North Springfield, VT 5150 (1) Quechee Mall 5573 East Woodstock Road Quechee, VT 5059 (1) West Street Parking Rutland 117 West St. Rutland, VT 5701 (1) Grace Cottage Hospital, Townshend 185 Grafton road Townshend, VT 5353 (1) Irasville Country Store 5134 Main St. Waitsville, VT 05673 (1) Hannaford Willston 78 Marshall Ave Williston, VT 5495 ➡ WA (1) 76 Fuel Station 4650 W. Werner Road Bremerton, WA 98312 (1) VOLVO CAR USA ISSAQUAH DC1 1460 NW Gilman Blvd Issaquah, WA 98027 (3) VOLVO CAR USA ISSAQUAH DC2 1540 NW Gilman Blvd Issaquah, WA 98027
2024.06.09 15:32 boutell New US and Canadian CCS chargers in May 2024
Here are all (*) of the new US and Canadian CCS (Level 3 fast-charging) stations that rolled out in May 2024, according to the Department of Energy. You can get the data yourself here.
These chargers are suitable for most new EVs on the market, except for:
There were 255 CCS charging stations with a total of 606 chargepoints added or refreshed in May 2024, which is a major uptick in both stations and chargepoints. For comparison, there were only 226 new CCS charging stations in May 2023, with only 421 chargepoints. Things are trending upwards overall.
Some part of this is due to Tesla Magic Dock stations. Previously Tesla didn't report these to the AFDC as CCS, but now they do. And that makes sense because all CCS drivers can use them.
NOTE: most Tesla Superchargers do NOT have magic dock as of this writing (all those shown in this report should have it). I recommend using PlugShare to locate compatible stations for your vehicle.
(*) "What about other Tesla Superchargers? Can't everybody charge with NACS now?"
It's coming for many makes and models, and for newer Ford models as well as a few other manufacturers charging at v3 and v4 Superchargers is already an option with a free adapter from the automakers. GM should release their adapter this year. But since they are not open to all CCS vehicles, this report is not the place for them. Tesla's app provides the best guide to their locations, including locations that work with non-Tesla vehicles.
Other Notes
To streamline this post, multi-chargepoint locations are listed with the number of chargepoints first.
For serious trip planning, I recommend PlugShare. But by all means check out these reported new locations and submit reviews on PlugShare, which makes things better for everyone.
If you'd like to know about new chargers along your routes right away, or just prefer not to check this list monthly when new openings are rare in your area, I've set up a free service that provides email notifications as soon as they open. You can sign up at evpov.com. Or not! I don't really have a business plan here, I built it to help EV owners like myself. PlugShare has a similar feature.
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These chargers are suitable for most new EVs on the market, except for:
- Tesla drivers who haven't bought the official CCS adapter yet. Certain older Teslas need additional work done to accept the adapter.
- Nissan Leaf owners, owners of the Mitsubishi Outlander PHEV, and some owners of older cars that also use CHAdeMO. If you drive such a car, see my matching post in .
There were 255 CCS charging stations with a total of 606 chargepoints added or refreshed in May 2024, which is a major uptick in both stations and chargepoints. For comparison, there were only 226 new CCS charging stations in May 2023, with only 421 chargepoints. Things are trending upwards overall.
Some part of this is due to Tesla Magic Dock stations. Previously Tesla didn't report these to the AFDC as CCS, but now they do. And that makes sense because all CCS drivers can use them.
NOTE: most Tesla Superchargers do NOT have magic dock as of this writing (all those shown in this report should have it). I recommend using PlugShare to locate compatible stations for your vehicle.
(*) "What about other Tesla Superchargers? Can't everybody charge with NACS now?"
It's coming for many makes and models, and for newer Ford models as well as a few other manufacturers charging at v3 and v4 Superchargers is already an option with a free adapter from the automakers. GM should release their adapter this year. But since they are not open to all CCS vehicles, this report is not the place for them. Tesla's app provides the best guide to their locations, including locations that work with non-Tesla vehicles.
Other Notes
To streamline this post, multi-chargepoint locations are listed with the number of chargepoints first.
For serious trip planning, I recommend PlugShare. But by all means check out these reported new locations and submit reviews on PlugShare, which makes things better for everyone.
If you'd like to know about new chargers along your routes right away, or just prefer not to check this list monthly when new openings are rare in your area, I've set up a free service that provides email notifications as soon as they open. You can sign up at evpov.com. Or not! I don't really have a business plan here, I built it to help EV owners like myself. PlugShare has a similar feature.
➡ AL (1) SEAM HYUNDAI BACKLOT 29736 Frederick Blvd Daphne, AL 36526 (1) HARTSELLE 1 STATION 1 (L) 214 Chestnut St NW Hartselle, AL 35640 (1) 833 Eastern Blvd 833 Eastern Blvd Montgomery, AL 36117 (2) CAT CARD BK PHENIX CITY2 1135 East 280 Bypass Phenix City, AL 36867 (4) Baldwin County Highway Department 22070 AL-59 Robertsdale, AL 36567 ➡ AZ (1) FINDLAY BUICK GMC 1006 COMMERCE DR PRESCOTT, AZ 86305 ➡ BC (4) 7Charge - Langley 20250 88th ave Langley, BC V1M 2Y4 (1) WESTCOASTNISSAN WC NISSAN LV3 19625 Lougheed Hwy. Pitt Meadows, BC V3Y 1Z2 (1) Alberni Chrysler - DC 2651 Port Alberni Hwy Port Alberni, BC V9Y 8P2 (1) YVR Parkade 3211 Grant McConachie Way Richmond, BC V7B 0A4 (2) TOTEM FORD LEVEL 3 DUAL 4631 Keith Avenue Terrace, BC V8G 1K3 ➡ CA (4) ARCO 7171 - 895 Grass Valley Hwy, Auburn, WA 895 Grass Valley Hwy Auburn, CA 95603 (10) Bay Area CoRoasters 2322 Fifth St Berkeley, CA 94710 (1) BWP EV CHARGE DCFC BWP LOT 1 110 West Magnolia Boulevard Burbank, CA 91502 (1) Acura of Concord 1340 Concord Avenue Concord, CA 94520 (10) Park & Shop 1679 Willow Pass Rd Concord, CA 94520 (1) Danville - Library Parking Lot 400 Front Street Danville, CA 94526 (8) Downey Crossroads 9501 Lakewood Blvd Downey, CA 90240 (6) EV Connect Hardware Support 615 N Nash El Segundo, CA 90245 (2) South LA Yard P2 786 S. Mission Rd Los Angeles, CA 90023 (1) G&M OIL G&M #194 2 6101 W Manchester Ave Los Angeles, CA 90045 (1) Honda of Pasadena Public 1965 East Foothill Boulevard Pasadena, CA 91107 (6) Rialto Marketplace Phase II 1530 S Riverside Ave. Rialto, CA 92376 (6) H&S ENERGY PM# CHEVRON 3 1050 Sunset Boulevard Rocklin, CA 95765 (4) ARCO 7161 - 1243 W March Lane, Stockton, CA 1243 W March Lane Stockton, CA 95207 (1) Ocean Honda of Ventura 6450 Auto Center Drive Ventura, CA 93003 (4) ARCO 5731 - 805 Reed Ave, West Sacramento, CA 805 Reed Avenue West Sacramento, CA 95605 (4) 7Charge - Woodland 1670 E Main St Woodland, CA 95776 ➡ CO (3) Fisher Auto 6025 Arapahoe Road Boulder, CO 80303 (2) CO ENERGY OFFCE GUNNISON PL2 202 East Tomichi Avenue Gunnison, CO 81230 ➡ CT (2) CROWLEY AUTO LEVEL 3 - B 238 Broad St Bristol, CT 06010 (1) MB OF DANBURY FRONT DC 1 1 Miry Brook Road Danbury, CT 06810 (1) MB OF DANBURY FRONT DC 2 10 Miry Brook Rd Danbury, CT 06810 (1) Bolles Motors Ellington 84 West Road Ellington, CT 6029 (2) Applegreen Electric - RT 15 Fairfield NB Service Plaza 1396 Merritt Pkwy Fairfield, CT 06825 (4) Applegreen Electric - RT 15 Fairfield SB Service Plaza 4647 Merritt Pkwy Fairfield, CT 06825 (1) MANHONDA HONDA-CUSTOMER 24 Adams St Manchester, CT 06042 (2) Applegreen Electric - I-95 Milford NB Service Plaza I 95 Northbound Milford, CT 06460 (2) Applegreen Electric - I-95 Milford SB Service Plaza I-95 Connecticut Tpke Milford, CT 06460 (2) Cody's Diner 95 Water St New Haven, CT 06511 (4) Applegreen Electric - RT 15 North Haven NB Service Plaza 14 Upper State St North Haven, CT 06473 (1) Vachon Cadillac Putnam 139 POMFRET ST PUTNAM, CT 06260 ➡ FL (1) Gary Yeomans Ford Villages 11660 U.S. 441 Belleview, FL 34420 (4) Randy Marion Cadillac of Jacksonville 4700 Southside Blvd Jacksonville, FL 32216 (2) Waffle House Madison 145 SE Bandit St Madison Madison, FL 32340 (2) Certification 4201 Vineland Orlando, FL 32811 (4) Orange County Multi Cultural Center 7149 W Colonial Dr Orlando, FL 32818 (1) OUC SHINGLECREEK DC 9939 universal Blvd Orlando, FL 32819 (1) PENSACOLA BGC STATION 1 5651 Pensacola Blvd Pensacola, FL 32505 (1) Maus Acura of North Tampa 11025 N Florida Ave Tampa, FL 33612 (6) 11700 Mezzo Dr 11700 Mezzo Dr Venice, FL 34293 Venice, FL 34293 ➡ GA (2) 464 Hwy 441 464 Hwy 441 Clayton, GA 30525 (28) QuikTrip - Tesla Supercharger 11220 GA-142 Covington, GA 30014 (1) GEORGIA POWER MCRAE DC2 90 W Oak St McRae-Helena, GA 31055 ➡ HI (2) Hawaiian Electric Kona Office 74-5519 Kaiwi St Kailua- Kona, HI 96740 ➡ IA (6) Ames Ford Lincoln 123 Airport Rd. Ames, IA 50010 (2) Audobon Waspys Truck Stop 2079 U S 71 Audubon, IA 50025 (6) LINDQUISTFORD FC 3 3950 Middle Rd Bettendorf, IA 52722 (1) Kimberly Car City 625 West Kimberly Road Davenport, IA 52806 (2) Hy-Vee Euclid 2540 Euclid Ave Des moines, IA 50317 (1) HYUNDAI STORE HYUNDAI S 4601 Singing Hills Boulevard Sioux City, IA 51106 (1) HYUNDAI STORE HYUNDAI N 4601-25 Singing Hills Blvd Sioux City, IA 51106 ➡ IL (2) ROSEN GROUP CPE250 2 789 S Randall Rd Algonquin, IL 60102 (1) Volvo Cars Lisle - DCFC 4325 Lincoln Avenue Lisle, IL 60532 (2) Watermark Ford of Marion 1910 W. Coolidge Ave. Marion, IL 62959 (1) Eagleson Automotive Center 520 Whittle Ave Olney, IL 62450 (1) Schimmer Hyundai 911 Shooting Park Road Peru, IL 61354 (4) Casey's #3336 - Troy 440 Edwardsville Rd Troy, IL 62294 (1) KIA OF URBANA WELCOME CENTER 1111 Napleton Way Urbana, IL 61802 ➡ IN (1) Wiers Chevrolet GMC 416 S. HALLECK DEMOTTE, IN 46310 (2) Hubler Ford Franklin 2140 North Morton Street Franklin, IN 46131 (6) 7321 Heritage Square Drive (US-JEF-252-3B) 7321 Heritage Square Drive Granger, IN 46530 (4) Kokomo 1815 E Morgan St Kokomo, IN 46901 (1) All American Cadillac 6580 W HOMETOWN BLVD MUNCIE, IN 47304 (1) Muller Acura of Merrillville 3301 West Lincoln Highway Merrillville, IN 46410 (4) Plainfield 1610 Reeves Rd Plainfield, IN 46168 (4) Ford Charge - Pearson Ford 10650 N Michigan Rd Zionsville, IN 46077 ➡ KY (4) Pilot Travel Center 41 3060 Owingsville Road Mount Sterling, KY 40353 ➡ LA (6) Tanger Outlets Gonzales, Gonzales LA Under Armour Entrance DCFC 2100 Tanger Boulevard Gonzales, LA 70737 (6) 290 Town Center Pkwy (US-NBD-2GZ-3B) 290 Town Center Pkwy Slidell, LA 70458 ➡ MA (1) 400 SUMMER ST 400 SUMMERP3-3 400 Summer St Boston, MA 02210 (20) Trillium Brewery - Tesla Supercharger 100 Royall St Canton, MA 02021 (1) DURAND CHEVY DURAND CHEV 223 Washington St Hudson, MA 01749 (2) NA208940 HND L3 A 88 Walkers Brook Dr Reading, MA 01867 ➡ MB (2) Shell Canada Ltd 1790 Highland Ave Brandon, MB R7C 1A7 (2) Federated Co-operatives Ltd (FCL) 3357 Pembina Ave Winnipeg, MB R3V 1A2 (2) Shell Canada Ltd 50 Sage Creek Blvd, Unit 400 Winnipeg, MB R3X 0J6 ➡ MD (1) BGE - Annapolis Visitor Center 26 West St Annapolis, MD 21401 (2) JONES CDJR JJCDRJ1&2 1506 Belair Road Bel Air, MD 21014 (1) BGE - Bowie Park and Ride 15207 Major-Lansdale Blvd Bowie, MD 20716 (2) RFS 131 2703 Ocean Gateway Cambridge, MD 21613 (2) O’Donnell Honda 8620 Baltimore National Pike Ellicott City, MD 21043 (1) GENESIS BEL AIR JJGEN-EXT 3 1710 Harford Rd Fallston, MD 21047 (2) GENESIS BEL AIR JJGEN-EXT1 1710 Harford Road Fallston, MD 21047 ➡ MI (4) Starbucks Bridgeport 6301 Dixie Hwy Bridgeport, MI 48722 (8) Midland 2029 S Saginaw Rd Midland, MI 48640 (2) Saginaw - TimeSquare Plaza 3430 State St Saginaw, MI 48602 ➡ MN (9) Apple Valley Ford 7200 150th St W. 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2024.06.09 15:31 Rusted-1 ARK 8 Chapter 23-Unlucky
 | To kill for yourself is murder. To kill for your government is heroic. To kill for entertainment is harmless. What is it to kill for religion? - Unknown submitted by Rusted-1 to NatureofPredators [link] [comments] This fanfic is based on the fanfic The Isolationists, by Seeyouon_otherside, and a continuation of the stronger_together series. Constructive criticism is appreciated. Time Since First Contact: Y:0 M:1 W:0 D:3 Memory Transcript Subject: Private Brolien “Lucky” Tiwond of the enforcers. “Wait, the humans call you that? Why?” My buddy Rohan asked me as we patrolled the streets of the capital city of Finalshape under the night sky. You could actually see one of the aliens' ships flying overhead, which was fantastic. I felt like a kid watching them, just in awe at the technological marvels. Our power armor was clanking and clunking as we went about our day, heavy auto rifles in hand, a good breakfast this morning, kissed the kids and misses goodbye for today, promising little ones I’ll bring them back a souvenir of some kind. We walked through the snow that had to yet be cleared by the snow plows, and I just enjoyed the forever-green grass and trees. Just admiring the city that we lived in “Yeah, I was on the plane next to the human ARK ship when I went down.” “Wait, that was you?!” Rohan practically yelled, getting the attention of many people around us. “How come you’re still not in the Air Force anymore?” “That crash rattled me pretty bad, So I stepped down for that position and took up a job as a trooper,” I respond casually. “It was fun for a while being in the Air Force, but now, with seven kids and a wife, I can’t take that risk anymore. I’d rather do something more laid-back to have a higher chance of survival. So I can spend more time with my beloved and see my little ones grow up.” I said. Then I revealed my trap card. “I also got a spot on the Land Tank. “Yeah, I get that-YOU WHAT!?” He yelled. I let out a hearty laugh as he began to freak out. “Yep! I will be one of the lead anti-air and anti-space gunnery commanders. The pay is fantastic. I’m going to spoil my family rotten.” He made an odd noise and launched himself at me. “HOLLY SHIT DUDE! YOU’VE ALWAYS WANTED A JOB ON THAT HUNK OF HISTORY! I’M SO PROUD OF YOU!” He patted me on the back a few times and then let go. “But I get what you mean by anti-air, but what do you mean by anti-space?” I sighed and looked around before switching to helmet-to-helmet communication so no one could hear us. "You're aware that Lord Lieutenant Commander Canilia Feral doesn't fully trust the aliens, right?” Rohan nodded. I couldn’t see his expression under the heavy metal helmet, but we had known each other since we were kids, so I could tell he was somber. “Yeah, I'm not the biggest fan of that. But that doesn't mean I don't understand it. The aliens are fun, lovely, adorable, and huggable. I can say a hundred other nice things about them, but I won't because I don't want to bore you to death. They are still a massive unknown; they've been sharing more and more information with us, and I know the one, Captain Leo, is preparing to hold some… not ceremony, what do you call it…I want to say it's a seminar about how they got here and their history. I'm going to it, but I don't know when it will be.” I nodded in agreement. “ I am with you on every single one of those points. As amazing as they are, there are so many unknowns about them… which is why Lord Lieutenant Commander Canilia Feral has started a program meant to counteract the aliens' most powerful tools: their droids and ships.” Rohan looked at me. I could tell from underneath his helmet he looked surprised. “Wait, weapons?” It was my turn to be somber. “She says it's to prepare for if they turn on us. She made it very apparent that she hoped she would never have to use these weapons, but she wanted to be prepared.” “Does Commander Fango Feral know about this?” I scoffed at that thought. “Well, yeah, this project would have never gotten the green light anyway. Plus, we're talking about Lord Lieutenant Commander Canilia Feral here. Going behind her uncle's back is the last thing she would do." Rohan nodded. "What do you know about the project?" He asked "What little I know about the project is that I will be operating an ASRFC, an anti-space rapid-fire cannon. It’s designed to do what it sounds like: it shoots or, rather, assists in launching incredibly fast-moving projectiles, similar to missiles but different somehow. They should be coated in the specialized electricity designed to short out alien systems. She's also been developing handheld weapons to short out their droids.” Rohan was silent. Then spoke. “Geez. That's… a lot. I'm just hoping the aliens don't find out.” My shoulder sagged as I hated the thought of operating a weapon like that against two species that have been nothing but kind to us. “Same, we all share the same sentiment at the Land Tank. We are on our hands and knees, praying to the great protector that we never have to use these guns. Lord Lieutenant Commander Canilia Feral is probably the person who is hoping the most. However, I get the odd feeling that they would understand why we would make these weapons. I think they'd be mad, but they wouldn't be upset. They'd be understanding.” I looked over at my childhood best friend. “Honestly, considering your Borderline addiction to anything alien right now, I'm surprised you're taking this as well as you are.” He shook his head. “I'm not really… it's hard making guns and weapons to kill a person who has been nothing but kind to you simply because you don't fully trust them. But I understand and support the logic behind it. However, it is comforting to know that everyone working on this project hopes and prays that they don't have to use them. Not much, but a bit.” Rohan sighed, and we walked in silence for a while. He perked up, his posture became slightly straighter, and he pointed to my chest. “What is that anyway on your chest? I’ve never seen a dialect or a plant like that,” he asked. I looked down and laughed. “Yeah, that’s human dialect. I want to say it’s the one called English, but it could also be the one called Japanese or Russian. I really have no idea. It says, “Lucky, the falling star.” The symbol is of what they called a four-leaf clover, a type of plant back on the human homeworld that was considered lucky, surrounded by a star, and there are trails to the side of it, or to make it look like it’s falling.” Rohan stopped for a minute, got the joke, and nearly busted a gut laughing. When he finally calmed down, he looked at me. “How the hell did Humans and Zeyzell convince you to get that painted on your armor!?” he asked through laughs. “Well, I was at a drink stop, a bar as most of you normals call it, forget which one, when out of the blue, a bunch of humans popped up, and they recognized me as a pilot. I don’t know how, but they did.” I answered, “Ask me all sorts of questions like how I survived. How was I doing? Generally, they were good questions and warmed my heart that they were worried about me. It was nice, anywho, they were going on about this plant on the human home world called the four-leaf clover, and this represents luck or something. They asked if they could paint my armor with it. I had just gotten my shiny new power armor, so I was like, sure, go ahead and paint it. Then, they whipped out a bunch of little pups, or kids and kits, as the humans call them. As in little humans who are ADORIBLE, and they started painting my armor as I started talking to the adults. Two hours later, bam, you got this masterpiece painted all over my armor. I swear they took the little ones out of their pockets if I didn’t know better. After all that, I wanted it back to camp, and the paint had dried. I tried getting off, even though it was a nice gesture. I was kind of sad about it, but I don’t know what the void they used is. This stuff is not coming off. I scrubbed for a good hour, and it didn’t come off. So when I had to fall in with everyone at Camp and with everyone with their new hand-me-down E-10 power armor. I stood out like a sore thumb.” “And you had petty officer Gotrom, didn’t you?” Rohana teasingly said. I shook my head in pain, causing him to laugh. “I’ll take that as a yes.” “Yep, I had him, the man of the petty ones. The moment he laid eyes on me. His eyes did the whole bleeding thing. I hate it when he does that and starts screaming at me. I mean, this dude is slightly above me in rank, but he takes his job too seriously. So, after five minutes of chewing me out, I thought he would pass out with the amount of hot air he was spewing. He asked me what my excuse was.” “What do you say to him?” Rohan asks. I laughed. “It was like the great protector had whispered exactly what I should say into my ear. “Interacting with the new locals, sir. Just letting them know that we are their friends, not their wardens.” And you won’t freaking believe this, he took it.” “He what?! he took it as a valid answer?!” Rohan asked. “I myself was still surprised that he took that as a valid answer, but yes, he did. Then he immediately brought me to the front of all three hundred troops and started to yell at them, tearing them a new one by telling them how I was the only one here who had made any attempt to meet with the alien. Even though we all know that’s not true, they found me. He patted me on the back, congratulated me, and sent me off to get some extra food.” “By the old void, that guy gets stranger and stranger every time.” I shrugged. “I honestly have no clue, and I think he was telling everyone to step up the game in greeting the aliens, but other than that, I have no idea. The Humans are super nice, and I often find them chatting with someone or petting someone. Void, I’ve even seen an entire group of humans swarm a giant and start petting it. It was cute to watch. The Zeyzell seem far more reserved than the humans, but you can have interesting conversations with them.” We continued to patrol the streets in silence for a while after that, making a bit of small talk to break it, but nothing much, just observing people going about their business. That’s when we saw an out-of-breath Tiwond with a human gently helping him drink a bottle of water. A Zeyzell clung to the human's back, laughing his lungs out. “Everything all right over here?” I asked. “Yeah,” the person said as he got up, swishing his tail as he did, “tried to beat my buddy here in a race after hearing about humans' high stamina. I lost by a large margin while he carried his fluffy ass on his back. The man said as he pointed to the Human and the Zeyzell. The Zeyzell just laughed while still clinging to the human's back. “Don’t say I didn’t warn you!” The Zeyzell said as the three laughed. “All right, you three, stay safe. Bye now.” The group of three said their goodbyes, and I looked at the human. He just seemed so happy. It was such a pure and authentic expression that it warmed my hearts. “It’s so nice that we met the humans; everyone just seems happier.” Rohan nodded. “Yeah, it’s like the mood has shifted, from the low to the high, it's nice. With the war, the terror that came after it, and the animals evolving and changing. Things were looking bleak. That’s not even mentioning all the giant refugees we've been getting, and well…him and them.” I looked at Rohan. “Who and what?” Rohan looked at me, confused. “You know? Viggo Scythelock?” I nodded. The mention of his name made me slightly mad. “Oh, him…you think they will catch the guy?” I asked. “Honestly, I hope so. He has caused so much pain to so many. The man is a psychopath, a monster. He used the war as an opportunity to harm so many.” Rohan looked down. “But honestly, it’s been over three years. I’m not sure if they will ever find him.” “Yeah…I hope they find him and take him out. Also, who are "Them" you are talking about?” Rohan looked at me, surprised. “You haven't heard?” he asked. He switched to helmet-to-helmet communications instead of talking out loud. This must be bad.” “I’m almost afraid to ask…but no, I have not heard about them,” I responded also with helmet-to-helmet communication. “Who are you talking about?” “The Cult of the Old God? You haven't heard what they have been up to?” “You mean them assassinating high-ranking individuals, stealing supplies, their entire operation multiplying tenfold ever since the alien's arrival?” I could tell he was surprised, and I could also understand that he was blinking and surprised underneath the helmet. That's how well we know each other. “How did you know?” “It's common knowledge, and the higher-ups sent this documentation earlier this morning. Did you not read it? They're very transparent, and you know that I don't get all your conspiracies at everything, which is a conspiracy.” “Oh, come on! The Aliens! Their rival was too perfect; just when we were getting worried that we were the only living creatures in the universe, pop! They show up. That can't be a coincidence!” I rolled my eyes underneath my helmet. “You need help.” “Not with my mental state, but definitely with my taxes.” I shake my head We continued on our way. When we crossed one of the streets and took a left toward one of the shopping districts, we saw two dudes sitting in the snow, huddled around something. We approached to make sure everything was alright. “Everything alright?” I asked. The guys looked up at me and made the shhh motion with their fingers. Then they parted their bodies a little, and I saw a female human sleeping between them. “We don’t want to wake her up,” the first said. I nodded my head and continued on. Both of us then turned a corner into a more populated part of the district. We saw a human and what looked like a construction worker chatting there. “Thank you so much for taking us in. I think I can speak for my entire species when I say you have made us so happy.” The construction worker raised an eyebrow and took another bite of the sandwich she was eating. “Anyone would’ve done it; it's just the right thing to do if they had a soul, at least.” The human started to laugh a bit, and then it quickly stopped as a human just shook her head. “Guess the federation has no soul then, huh?” The construction worker took another bite out of her sandwich. “Doesn’t sound like it.” The human leaned into the construction worker. “Eay, don’t worry. If those Federation things ever come here, they’ll get a big face full of Big Jim.” She then pulled out a massive [monkey wrench.] I smiled at that, knowing that so many were willing to protect the humans. I believe that made them feel more at home. We wandered past them on our patrol and continued deeper into the district. “Hey, you know what I’ve noticed?” Rohan said. “Hm?” I asked in return. “I haven’t seen all that many little humans, you know, their pups, kids, children, whatever they call them.” I was about to argue that I had seen quite a few children, but when I really thought about it. The only significant group of human children I had seen was when a bunch of them confronted me and painted the four-leaf clover and star onto my chest plate. Other than that, I’ve only seen a few. “Now that you mention it, you’re right. I’ve hardly seen any. Why do you think that is?” Rohan thought for a minute. Then, he snapped his secondary jaw in realization or remembered something. “I remember a bit of talk about a lot of young ones being on a second ARK ship. I don’t know much about it. All I know is that most of their young population, as in newborns to tweens, was supposedly on an ARK ship called ARK Twelve. Other than that, I don’t know much.” “Where did you hear that from?” I asked. “One of my buddies works in intelligence gathering. We like humans, but the intelligence bureau doesn’t fully trust them like Lord Lieutenant Commander Canilia Feral doesn't. I can’t blame them. Again, Humans are still a big unknown, even though they are one of the cutest things I have ever seen.” “Agreed.” “He was pretty drunk when I asked him, but it was his reaction when he said out loud that really disturbed me. Normally he’s a pretty big drinker because you see some bad shit in intelligence gathering. I mean, there are some terrible people out there. But the second he mentioned ARK twelve, he got really really sad. And he didn’t even finish his drink, which was a first. He mumbled something about going home to spend time with the human he was taking care of. I don’t know what it was about the response, but I got a sense of pure dread from it.” I nodded my head, and we continued. I felt like asking the next human I saw about ARK twelve, but I sensed it would be a bad idea. We saw a commotion in front of what looked like a jewelry store. Wandering over, there was a female tiwond Who seemed distressed. As we approached, she continuously asked strangers if they had seen someone. A lot of other people are starting to be concerned, too, for some reason. We approach to attempt to calm the situation. “Enforcers, what’s going on here?” Rohan asked. The woman turned around rather quickly. She was short and had that typical camo pattern fur that the people of the woodland area have, so she was most likely not a local. Then again, you can never be too confident in the city. “I lost them! I can't find them! I don’t know where they are!” She almost yelled in what looked like fear and worry. “Whoa, calm down, ma’am. What’s the problem?” I gently told her to try to get him to calm down. “Take four large breaths and clear all four of your lungs. Trust me, it helps.” She took some deep breaths, seemingly calmed down just a little, and then spoke again. “I am in charge of two humans under my care for the exchange program. I had brought her and her kid here to the shopping district to see if they wanted anything before moving back to the Woodland cities. However, they vanished. I don’t know where they went. I am terrified of all the unknowns around here that might hurt them.” “Thank you. Do you know where you last saw them?” I asked. I made a hand motion to Rohan to signal in an incident report and some backup. Rohan stepped away from the conversation and radioed a command using his helmet. “This is Rohan. I'm reporting a case of a missing person. Yeah, two humans went missing. I’m currently with Brolien, and we’re patrolling the shopping district… Green Wyvern. Can you send a few more patrols down here to help? We can’t have two aliens going missing in the city. That's bad, AR. Also, and yes, I want to see them safe. I am not an AR asshole.” "This is HQ, sending down an additional squad. Keep us updated." "Yes sir." Rhoan responded “Do you know which store you were in when you saw them last?” I asked. “The jewelry store, the one just over there. About [10 minutes] ago. Their names are Jasper and Melinda.” She pointed to one of the higher-end jewelry stores, and I motioned to Rohan to follow me. I noticed a few Street cops coming over to see what the situation was about. “What’s going on here?” one of the cops asked. I recognize this one, a retired Detective, I think. “Missing persons, two humans last seen over there. We’re going to investigate now,” I quickly informed him. “Keep an eye on her, will you?” He nodded and walked over to the lady, with two others in tow. Rohan and I walked over to the building to inspect the area around it. “If a human is missing here… I’m worried about who might’ve taken them. I know it’s pretty rare for kidnappings, but still.” Rohan said as he opened a dumpster and took a peek inside. “I mean, the humans are so frail. A good-sized hail storm will kill them.” Rohan said. “Yeah, apparently it can. I’ve heard rumors that back on their home planet, it’s possible to die from things like that.” I responded. “Unbelievable,” Rohan replied in disbelief, shaking his head. We started to search the area, calling out their names. We wandered past an ally—“Oh, protector, what is this?” I looked over to see Rohan had stepped in Something. I walked over and looked at it. “Is that blood?” I asked him. “No way too light to be blood. Look at how red it is. It’s not even a black color like ours. I bet you another copper wire melted. I can tell by the scent.” he replied as he shook the stuff off his boot. I took a closer look, put my hand in it, and brought it up to my face. It looked like blood. It flowed like blood. I used the scanning equipment in my helmet and… …Oh shit. “Rohan, this is human blood,” I said. I got up and turned the safety off my gun. Rohan follows suit, and we both enter the alleyway, guns drawn. There was a little more blood on the walls and a bit on the ground. “This is enforcer Rohan calling enforcer HQ, and we have possible contact with an unknown that has seemingly taken two humans, one child, and one mother. Send backup, sending location.” Rohan called in as we quietly walked along the side of the alleyway. We are doing our best to make no noise. I’m so happy that we are wearing the newer power armor. They are so silent. “Roger that Rohan, this is enforcer HQ. Reinforcements are inbound in two minutes.” The coms operator said [Chanting] “Do you hear that? Sounds like chanting?” Rohan whispered. I strained my ears to listen and turned up the sensitivity on my power armor audio receptors. Chanting, I wonder… “Do you think it could be…?” I trailed off, and he immediately knew what I was talking about. “Cult of the old God? This far north? Hm… shoot to kill.” Rohan sternly replied. “This is Enforcer Rohan, possible contact with the Cult of the old god. I am requesting time for the arrival of reinforcements.” “Reinforcements inbound in one minute.” We both quickened the pace and turned the corner-“FUCK!” I yelled out loud. There were Six cultists in total. Two cultus whipped around to face me. One drew a pistol, and another a plasma pistol. “CONTACT CONTACT! LIGHT THEM UP!” Rohan yelled, and we both started blasting into them. We popped bullet bullets into each of their heads and two hearts, taking them down instantly. “Cultus! Here! This far north! What the fuck?!” Rohan yelled. The three others drew their guns and aimed and opened fire at us as we took cover behind some old barrels. We were bullet and plasma-proof in our power armor, but I would rather not risk it. Rohan tossed a flash bang, and It blew up a second later. I heard screams a second later, and we got up and opened fire, our visors blocking out the flash. We both nailed the same bastard as his buddies dove behind cover. They would fire at us every few seconds, keeping our heads down. I looked at Rohan and made the hand single to get the shield. He reached behind himself and took out the heavy-duty shield. I had the battering ram, so I was not that useful. He got up first as I threw another flash, confusing and disorienting the cultists as it went off. We both advanced as Rohan swapped out his heavy rifle for an SMG; I took out the full-auto shotgun as we got closer. Rohan shield-bashed the first one and then blasted him with the SMG. I took out the second one with my shotgun. A bullet deflected off of the shield, and a small spread of bullets that Rohan could deflect with his shield came at us. Then they stopped, and we rushed to cover, Rohan still holding the shield. I peeked out from behind the cover. “Were did..” I started when I heard a yell from behind us. Whipping around, the cultist had appeared and was now wrestling with me for my shotgun. In a split second, I shoved the shotgun into him as he pulled, disorienting him and knocking the wind out of him. I then grabbed the battering ram, which had already been turned on and was at full power, and bashed it into his chest. He immediately exploded from the pressure, and I was coated in his blood. Looking around, all the cultists were down just as reinforcements flooded the area. Looking at the cultus robes, I noticed the same color of blood on them that I had looked at earlier. “Shit, I think these guys got the humans!” I told Rohan. The human female was lying on what looked like a makeshift altar made of scrap metal, an old luxurious chair, and wood. Her entire chest and lower body had been torn open. Most of her major organs were removed, and her heart was speared with multiple little needles and placed on top of the altar. “This is bad. This is bad. If there is this far north, they have gotten bold.” Rohan spoke as he walked over to the human female and inspected her. “She died only a minute ago. It looks like she was in pain the entire time, too. Damn. FUCKING FANTIC SHITS!” “Radio this in,” I ordered Rohan, and he immediately did that. I walked over to the human adult female's corpse and looked at it as a medic was handling her. Why didn’t she scream? Oh, that’s why. They sewed her mouth shut. Damn. I look at the cultists again and look at their golden medallions decorated with a skull. “Wait, Rohan. Weren’t there two?” We looked at each other and immediately split up in different directions to find the kid. It didn't take long for me to see him. “Aw…kid.” I gently bent down to inspect the little body. His lower jaw was gone entirely. His left arm seems to have been sawed off and taken. His eyes were closed, and he wasn’t moving. I looked up and noticed footprints taking off into the distance. A seventh cultist, it looks like we missed one. I cradled his head in my hand and took a pulse. Nothing… “Shit.” “Oh, void.” ‘Oh, my young one…I am sorry.” the other enforcers said as we gathered around the child's corpse. One of the enforcers punched a wall out of anger as another just sat on an old couch, shaking her head. “Looks like there was a seventh we missed. If I get my hands on that-.” Another one started. *GACK!* “OH SHIT! ROHAN HE'S STILL ALIVE!” I screamed. Rohan immediately ran over and looked. As did the medic. “By the protector he is!” The medic yelled as she began to administer human-friendly meds. “There is an ambulance outside. MOVE!” She yelled. I picked up the kid and held him in my arms, carrying him as the medic did her work. “You’ll be OK, you’ll be OK,” I told him to comfort him, although I felt it was more for my own sake. “JASPER!” I looked behind me to see the female running to me and followed beside me. "MISS IS MUST INSIST YOU MOVE-" The medic begins to yell. "I'M HIS CARE TAKER!" she yelled back. "Shhhh, I’m here now.” Jasper reached up with a blood-soaked hand and began to grab at her fur like he was trying to hold onto life. She held him to her and then took something out of her bag. “I can use this to get the blood out of his lungs!” “Do it!” the medic told her. She stuck the tube into the kid's chest, and blood came out, and he immediately began to breathe easier. He then latched himself to her chest and passed out. “Don’t worry. I promised your mom I would take care of you if anything happened to her. I will take care of you.” She quietly told the sleeping child as she rocked back and forth, crying, holding the child as the ambulance came around the corner with more enforcers. They loaded both of them into the ambulance and took them away. I walked out and sat down on a bench in front of the alleyway. I just needed time to think. I sat there as the world around me continued. Just lost in thought. What if we got there sooner..? I was broken out of the trance by Rohan. “You alright?” I looked down. “No, we were supposed to protect them…” “Yeah,” Rohan said. We just sat there. It was helping a little to have my buddy there. But…still A human was…dead. “And yet…we saved a human child.” He told me. I nodded, looking up at the Alien space station that was now in orbit around our planet. “Yeah…we did.” We remained silent before he put an arm around me and hugged me. "I hope he survives." "Me too, me too." First/Previous/Next |
2024.06.09 15:30 dominion919 Windows 11 Toolbar is frozen on boot up seems to come back after reboot
Title says it all for the most part. When I boot up my PC, the icons on the toolbar can't be accessed. If I hit the window key the icons on the start menu behave the same way. If I reboot (sometimes I have to do it several times) the problem goes away.
I have a Razer mouse and keyboard and a 3080 video card. All of my drivers are updated. Any help is appreciated.
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I have a Razer mouse and keyboard and a 3080 video card. All of my drivers are updated. Any help is appreciated.
2024.06.09 15:29 dominion919 Windows 11 Toolbar is frozen on boot up seems to come back after reboot
Title says it all for the most part. When I boot up my PC, the icons on the toolbar can't be accessed. If I hit the window key the icons on the start menu behave the same way. If I reboot (sometimes I have to do it several times) the problem goes away.
I have a Razer mouse and keyboard and a 3080 video card. All of my drivers are updated. Any help is appreciated.
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I have a Razer mouse and keyboard and a 3080 video card. All of my drivers are updated. Any help is appreciated.
2024.06.09 15:25 CatSpilledSpicedTea AITAH for telling my wife I won’t be as stressed out next year because I won’t be married to her?
I've (32 M) been married to my wife Jen (32 f) for a little over 7 years now. Up until about two years ago, things were great. However, a disastrous move, a few family emergencies, and a totaled car have left us in a terrible financial situation. All our savings are pretty much gone, 401k's empty, and we're hemorrhaging money.
Before we bought our house 2 years ago, things were amazing financially. We made the mistake of buying a nice 3-bedroom house because we planned on having kids. Those plans, thankfully, got put on the back burner because adding a kid into this mess right now would kill us. It's not really a mystery why things are like this. Jen and I are both underpaid at our jobs, and we moved into a high-cost-of-living area like morons.
Last December, I told Jen one of two things needed to happen: We either sell the house or start making more money. The latter would most definitely mean finding new jobs that would pay us a market rate. Jen pushed back on this because she loved the house and her current job. I told her she had to choose one and couldn't have it both ways and after a week of arguing, she agreed we would look for new jobs.
It's been almost six months now. Last Friday, I signed an offer for a new job. It's over a 35k raise for me. Jen, however, has done nothing. In January, she asked for a raise in the market rate and was very disrespectfully told by her manager that she was not worth that. She was shown the door to leave if she wasn't happy. Jen has taken this as her putting in the effort and done nothing else. Telling me we should wait and see what happens with my job search.
I'm not happy about this, when I came home Friday and told her I got the job, she got pissy because I clarified this does not mean she can stay at her job. We fought again, and I told her that this would mean we only stop hemorrhaging money on the house. We will be able to save only a little and would still not be close to refilling our 401k's. Kids, the whole reason we got this damn house would be entirely off the table.
We haven't talked much since then. yesterday, her parents visited for dinner. Despite my best efforts to keep them out of it, Jen announced my new job to her parents by saying maybe I'll stop "complaining about money" once I start. I don't know why I said it, but I replied with, "Oh, don't worry, Jen. I won't have to worry about money a year from now because we'll be divorced by then." Things got quiet real quick after, and I excused myself. Her parents left shortly after, and she slept on the couch to avoid talking to me.
I've not talked to Jen or her parents since last night. Things are very cold between us right now, and I genuinely wonder if I did something last night that probably ruined my marriage.
Update:
Yeah, I messed up. People are rightfully tearing into me for wondering if this marriage didn't end when those words came from my mouth. I went to Jen last night to talk, and she refused to even say a word to me. She ended up locking herself in our bedroom and finally told me to go away. I'm scheduling some consultations with divorce attorneys today.
Some people are asking about car accidents and family emergencies, mostly blaming me for them. The car was neither of our faults. An uninsured driver hit my wife's fully paid-off car. Insurance gave us peanuts. The family emergencies were a handful of things that were just unluckily close to each other. I don't think you can really assign blame to these kinds of things. People will probably say I'm covering my ass or something and still blame me. Whatever. The big fuck up was the house, which I was 50% responsible for.
Before I wrote this post, I probably should have admitted to myself that I spoke my feelings at dinner and got my wish.
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Before we bought our house 2 years ago, things were amazing financially. We made the mistake of buying a nice 3-bedroom house because we planned on having kids. Those plans, thankfully, got put on the back burner because adding a kid into this mess right now would kill us. It's not really a mystery why things are like this. Jen and I are both underpaid at our jobs, and we moved into a high-cost-of-living area like morons.
Last December, I told Jen one of two things needed to happen: We either sell the house or start making more money. The latter would most definitely mean finding new jobs that would pay us a market rate. Jen pushed back on this because she loved the house and her current job. I told her she had to choose one and couldn't have it both ways and after a week of arguing, she agreed we would look for new jobs.
It's been almost six months now. Last Friday, I signed an offer for a new job. It's over a 35k raise for me. Jen, however, has done nothing. In January, she asked for a raise in the market rate and was very disrespectfully told by her manager that she was not worth that. She was shown the door to leave if she wasn't happy. Jen has taken this as her putting in the effort and done nothing else. Telling me we should wait and see what happens with my job search.
I'm not happy about this, when I came home Friday and told her I got the job, she got pissy because I clarified this does not mean she can stay at her job. We fought again, and I told her that this would mean we only stop hemorrhaging money on the house. We will be able to save only a little and would still not be close to refilling our 401k's. Kids, the whole reason we got this damn house would be entirely off the table.
We haven't talked much since then. yesterday, her parents visited for dinner. Despite my best efforts to keep them out of it, Jen announced my new job to her parents by saying maybe I'll stop "complaining about money" once I start. I don't know why I said it, but I replied with, "Oh, don't worry, Jen. I won't have to worry about money a year from now because we'll be divorced by then." Things got quiet real quick after, and I excused myself. Her parents left shortly after, and she slept on the couch to avoid talking to me.
I've not talked to Jen or her parents since last night. Things are very cold between us right now, and I genuinely wonder if I did something last night that probably ruined my marriage.
Update:
Yeah, I messed up. People are rightfully tearing into me for wondering if this marriage didn't end when those words came from my mouth. I went to Jen last night to talk, and she refused to even say a word to me. She ended up locking herself in our bedroom and finally told me to go away. I'm scheduling some consultations with divorce attorneys today.
Some people are asking about car accidents and family emergencies, mostly blaming me for them. The car was neither of our faults. An uninsured driver hit my wife's fully paid-off car. Insurance gave us peanuts. The family emergencies were a handful of things that were just unluckily close to each other. I don't think you can really assign blame to these kinds of things. People will probably say I'm covering my ass or something and still blame me. Whatever. The big fuck up was the house, which I was 50% responsible for.
Before I wrote this post, I probably should have admitted to myself that I spoke my feelings at dinner and got my wish.
2024.06.09 15:21 the_starship Got the new G8 Oled. But my PC doesn't wake after the monitor has been turned off for a bit
Just wondering if anyone has run into this issue. I had an ACER monitor with displayport before this and never had an issue. When I turn on the Monitor after an extended period, I cannot wake/get a display on the monitor without restarting the PC. I'm running Windows 11, I've updated the drivers for my graphics card too (4090).
I followed all the power management settings as well to ensure that the PC never goes to sleep.
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I followed all the power management settings as well to ensure that the PC never goes to sleep.
2024.06.09 15:19 Mc_chikenV2 Got in a car crash what do!?
Well I got into a car crash kid came from a one way and hit me I got his plates and driver license and a police officer gave me there insurance information but I got a ticket for driving without insurance( i do just didn’t have the updated card in the car) ik il have too dispute it by giving proof I did but what can I expect? Anything i should know? The guy admitted fault too the officer as well
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2024.06.09 15:15 criszszsz Graphics issues since last windows update (and firmware) (omen laptop)
My laptop: opmen 16 xn00015ns, ryzen 9 and nvidia 4070. / windows version: 11 pro, 2H2 / bios version: hp F20
Since last (and unexpected) windows update I have ans issue with graphic drivers. The laptop boots with a black screen, and then boots a second time but with graphic driver (amd and nvidia) unloaded and both devices disabled. I uninstall and reinstall both drivers several times, but it doesen't fix it. I can enable again with device manager. But everything come back again after next boot.
This last update, also updated the firmware, which made me very angry. I find it unacceptable that windows can update the bios inadvertently, without my permission.
how can I fix the issue with drivers? how can disable firmware updates?
thanks
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Since last (and unexpected) windows update I have ans issue with graphic drivers. The laptop boots with a black screen, and then boots a second time but with graphic driver (amd and nvidia) unloaded and both devices disabled. I uninstall and reinstall both drivers several times, but it doesen't fix it. I can enable again with device manager. But everything come back again after next boot.
This last update, also updated the firmware, which made me very angry. I find it unacceptable that windows can update the bios inadvertently, without my permission.
how can I fix the issue with drivers? how can disable firmware updates?
thanks
2024.06.09 15:10 mjemec Green screen crash, now PC won't post
After updating to the latest GPU drivers I've been having some crashes this past two weeks with my XFX 7800 XT card while watching videos in Chrome. This Friday I had the same crash, but now the PC won't post at all with the GPU plugged in.
I tried clearing CMOS, reseating the GPU and RAM and still got nothing. If I disconnect the power from the GPU it boots to Windows instantly.
Are there any more steps I can take before sending the card back for RMA? I'm worried they might refuse it because when I removed the clear peel from the card somehow the warranty void stickers got tripped.
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I tried clearing CMOS, reseating the GPU and RAM and still got nothing. If I disconnect the power from the GPU it boots to Windows instantly.
Are there any more steps I can take before sending the card back for RMA? I'm worried they might refuse it because when I removed the clear peel from the card somehow the warranty void stickers got tripped.
2024.06.09 15:10 BaseballBot Game Thread 6/9 ⚾ Mets (27-36) @ Phillies (45-19) 10:10 AM ET
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2024.06.09 15:08 Menov geforce experience bug (saved 00:00 seconds instead of my 30 seconds highlight clip's)
I am experiencing an issue with the Nvidia GeForce Experience software. Despite setting the clip length to 30 seconds, the software consistently saves clips that are 0 seconds long. This problem occurs across all games, rendering the feature unusable for capturing gameplay moments.
I have already attempted several troubleshooting steps, including reinstalling GeForce Experience, updating my graphics drivers, and adjusting the settings multiple times. Unfortunately, none of these measures have resolved the issue.
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I have already attempted several troubleshooting steps, including reinstalling GeForce Experience, updating my graphics drivers, and adjusting the settings multiple times. Unfortunately, none of these measures have resolved the issue.
2024.06.09 15:05 PlayfulDetective1515 CS2 Not loading fix.
if you've recently been having problem where cs2 opens but nothing is showing, the fix is pretty simple.
You've probably recently updated your NIVDIA driver and a setting usually resets to default
Right click on your desktop and select NIVIDA Control Panel
Go to Change resolution
Click on Customize
And make sure "Enable resolutions not exposed by the display" is enabled.
The problem should be fixed.
https://preview.redd.it/7vpfk6axfj5d1.png?width=964&format=png&auto=webp&s=77eb19fa0b7fcbcf4639346306c879ee1942141f
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You've probably recently updated your NIVDIA driver and a setting usually resets to default
Right click on your desktop and select NIVIDA Control Panel
Go to Change resolution
Click on Customize
And make sure "Enable resolutions not exposed by the display" is enabled.
The problem should be fixed.
https://preview.redd.it/7vpfk6axfj5d1.png?width=964&format=png&auto=webp&s=77eb19fa0b7fcbcf4639346306c879ee1942141f
2024.06.09 15:04 _Triple_ [STORE] 900+ KNIVES/GLOVES/SKINS, 100.000$+ INVENTORY. BFK Lore, Gloves Amphibious, Skeleton Fade, Bowie Emerald, BFK Auto, Gloves MF, Talon Doppler, Gloves POW, Bayo Tiger, Gut Sapphire, Stiletto MF, M9 Ultra, Ursus Doppler, Flip Doppler, M9 Stained, Nomad CW, Paracord CW, AK-47 X-Ray & A Lot More
Everything in my inventory is up for trade. The most valuable items are listed here, the rest you can find in My Inventory
Feel free to Add Me or even better send a Trade Offer. Open for any suggestions: upgrades, downgrades / knives, gloves, skins / stickers, patterns, floats.
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★ Butterfly Knife Lore (Factory New), B/O: $7194.77
★ Butterfly Knife Autotronic (Minimal Wear), B/O: $2025.74
⎯★ M9 Bayonet Ultraviolet (Field-Tested), B/O: $557.87
★ M9 Bayonet Stained (Well-Worn), B/O: $529.41
★ M9 Bayonet Boreal Forest (Field-Tested), B/O: $465.39
⎯★ Talon Knife Doppler (Factory New), B/O: $1295.27
★ Bayonet Tiger Tooth (Minimal Wear), B/O: $746.28
★ Karambit Bright Water (Field-Tested), B/O: $688.15
⎯★ Flip Knife Doppler (Factory New), B/O: $547.93
★ Flip Knife Autotronic (Minimal Wear), B/O: $476.69
★ Flip Knife Case Hardened (Battle-Scarred), B/O: $278.18
★ Flip Knife Black Laminate (Well-Worn), B/O: $258.83
★ Flip Knife Urban Masked (Field-Tested), B/O: $181.64
⎯★ Stiletto Knife Marble Fade (Factory New), B/O: $686.04
★ Stiletto Knife Doppler (Factory New), B/O: $665.41
★ Stiletto Knife, B/O: $601.39
★ Stiletto Knife Crimson Web (Field-Tested), B/O: $418.25
★ Stiletto Knife Night Stripe (Field-Tested), B/O: $227.80
★ Stiletto Knife Boreal Forest (Field-Tested), B/O: $194.96
★ Stiletto Knife Safari Mesh (Field-Tested), B/O: $192.79
⎯★ Nomad Knife Crimson Web (Field-Tested), B/O: $518.11
★ Nomad Knife Scorched (Field-Tested), B/O: $169.78
★ Nomad Knife Forest DDPAT (Battle-Scarred), B/O: $166.88
★ StatTrak™ Nomad Knife Blue Steel (Field-Tested), B/O: $335.79
⎯★ Skeleton Knife Stained (Well-Worn), B/O: $442.05
★ Skeleton Knife Urban Masked (Minimal Wear), B/O: $426.24
★ Skeleton Knife Boreal Forest (Field-Tested), B/O: $314.03
★ StatTrak™ Skeleton Knife Fade (Minimal Wear), B/O: $2361.28
★ StatTrak™ Skeleton Knife Urban Masked (Field-Tested), B/O: $376.53
⎯★ Ursus Knife Doppler (Factory New), B/O: $557.12
★ Ursus Knife, B/O: $471.42
★ Ursus Knife Blue Steel (Minimal Wear), B/O: $212.37
★ Ursus Knife Case Hardened (Battle-Scarred), B/O: $187.66
★ Ursus Knife Damascus Steel (Field-Tested), B/O: $178.18
★ Ursus Knife Ultraviolet (Battle-Scarred), B/O: $155.13
★ Ursus Knife Boreal Forest (Battle-Scarred), B/O: $124.26
⎯★ Huntsman Knife Black Laminate (Minimal Wear), B/O: $204.83
★ Huntsman Knife Black Laminate (Field-Tested), B/O: $184.50
★ StatTrak™ Huntsman Knife Lore (Battle-Scarred), B/O: $224.11
⎯★ Bowie Knife Gamma Doppler (Factory New), B/O: $2142.02
★ Bowie Knife, B/O: $230.44
★ Bowie Knife Damascus Steel (Factory New), B/O: $209.20
★ Bowie Knife Ultraviolet (Minimal Wear), B/O: $180.51
★ Bowie Knife Ultraviolet (Field-Tested), B/O: $131.03
⎯★ Falchion Knife Night (Field-Tested), B/O: $132.54
★ Falchion Knife Urban Masked (Well-Worn), B/O: $112.81
★ Falchion Knife Scorched (Field-Tested), B/O: $108.81
★ Falchion Knife Forest DDPAT (Field-Tested), B/O: $107.82
★ Falchion Knife Safari Mesh (Field-Tested), B/O: $107.46
★ StatTrak™ Falchion Knife Ultraviolet (Field-Tested), B/O: $143.08
⎯★ Paracord Knife Crimson Web (Minimal Wear), B/O: $486.48
★ Paracord Knife Blue Steel (Battle-Scarred), B/O: $163.12
⎯★ Survival Knife Blue Steel (Battle-Scarred), B/O: $138.26
★ Survival Knife Night Stripe (Field-Tested), B/O: $131.03
⎯★ Gut Knife Sapphire (Minimal Wear), B/O: $1127.79
★ Gut Knife Gamma Doppler (Factory New), B/O: $286.17
★ Gut Knife Doppler (Factory New), B/O: $246.55
★ Gut Knife Marble Fade (Factory New), B/O: $240.77
★ Gut Knife, B/O: $210.49
★ Gut Knife Lore (Field-Tested), B/O: $194.22
★ Gut Knife Case Hardened (Battle-Scarred), B/O: $151.51
★ Gut Knife Blue Steel (Minimal Wear), B/O: $124.94
★ Gut Knife Rust Coat (Well-Worn), B/O: $118.99
★ Gut Knife Boreal Forest (Minimal Wear), B/O: $109.80
★ StatTrak™ Gut Knife Doppler (Factory New), B/O: $237.96
⎯★ Shadow Daggers Gamma Doppler (Factory New), B/O: $264.92
★ Shadow Daggers Marble Fade (Factory New), B/O: $253.03
★ Shadow Daggers Tiger Tooth (Factory New), B/O: $237.22
★ Shadow Daggers Crimson Web (Field-Tested), B/O: $153.40
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2024.06.09 15:02 SharkEva Am I the asshole for feeling like my eldest daughter should be treated the same as my "real" children?
I am not the OOP. The OOP is u/Ready_405 posting in AITA_WIBTA_PUBLIC
Concluded as per OOP
1 update - Medium
Original - 2nd June 2024
Update - 7th June 2024
Am I the asshole for feeling like my eldest daughter should be treated the same as my "real" children?
When my(M45) daughter(F13) was born I immediately felt that something was obviously amiss. She was blonde haired and blue-eyed, which was extremely unlikely for a child of myself and my ex-wife(f39).
I am very Mediterranean, and I have olive skin, dark eyes, and dark hair. My ex-wife has brown eyes and relatively dark brown hair. Her skin is barely lighter than mine. The baby also clearly bore no resemblance to me or anyone in my family at all. I had been having misgivings about my ex, too, and she seemed too quick to express surprise and make excuses.
Still though, I didn't want to throw away my marriage over what could have been my own misunderstanding of genetics, and so I signed the birth certificate.
I instantly knew that I was going to have a paternity test done, but something else surprised me. When I brought our little girl home, I still fell in love with her. It felt just like bringing my son(M14) home, and, looking at her, I still just saw her as an innocent, beautiful little baby. We bonded.
The paternity test came back negative, as I suspected it would, and I decided that our marriage was over. I still loved our little girl though. My then wife did everything that she could to drag out the divorce and refused to separate or move out.
My daughter's biological father (every bit as blonde and blue-eyed as I suspected)turned out to want nothing to do with her or my ex. He was already married with his own family, and his only focus was preventing the situation from blowing back on himself too much.
My ex went totally nuts when both I and her affair partner rejected her, and she made some very unfortunate decisions. To make a long story short, she ended up with prison time for crimes including identity theft, assault with a deadly weapon, and grand theft Auto, when she stole credit cards and forged documents for both of us, and when she stole her affair partner's car and tried to run him over with it.
I ended up with custody of our kids, with the affair partner never even attempting to establish any kind of paternity rights. I didn't want to press the issue myself, as I couldn't deny that I had bonded with this child, even knowing that she wasn't my real daughter.
I had been shunning my ex-wife as best I could and trying to move on with life after she was finally out of the house, it wasn't long before I got together with and married my current wife(F34), and we've since had another two children. (m10, f8)
My eldest daughter is a total Daddy's girl, and we have a wonderful relationship. She always feels loved, and I treat her the same as my other kids. Even though she obviously stands out, my family accepts her too, or at least that's what I thought.
I work for my father's company, and the other day we were out talking about the future and his will, and he was talking about what money/assets etc He wanted to leave to whom, including his grandchildren, and I noticed that my older daughter had been left out, I mentioned it to him, and he said, "It's nice what you've done for (daughter's name), but you have real children, and obviously they should come first,"
I interrupted him, and I told him that She is my real daughter, and that I thought she should be treated equally. He just paused and looked at me for a moment, and he said, "I guess you feel how you feel," before he noticed I was still about to argue with him and he shrugged and moved the conversation on to things about work and my siblings. I was too polite to try to force the matter at the time, but it sort of stuck with me.
My father isn't the type of man to harp on a point, and I am certain that he's content to have said his piece and would let the matter drop. He could certainly tell that what he said upset me, and so I doubt he'd bring it up again. Frankly, he sort of raised me the same way.
At the time, I was shocked, because he's always seemed to accept my daughter as a part of the family. He buys her gifts for her birthday and for Christmas, and he makes her feel welcome, but, thinking about it, he really is just a kind, polite, and generous man in a lot of ways. He will and has bought Christmas gifts for high school friends or significant others, if he knew they were coming, and the same for other gift-giving occasions. He's generally very hospitable to anyone his friends or family bring around, so I thought that maybe it was just that, and I misinterpreted.
My wife is Asian, and so my eldest daughter always stands out. She's thin, and blonde, and blue-eyed, unlike pretty much anyone else in my family, and she's taller than any of the other girls or even most of the women, really, so I'm aware that she might look like the neighbor kid visiting or something. My wife loves her, and I know that she 100% accepts her as one of our kids, and she has been a great mom / stepmom.
I talked to my own mother, though, and while she's definitely closer to my daughter than my father is (They interact a lot more, and she includes my daughter with the other kids / other girls in family traditions and activities) I got a little bit of the same vibe from her. She was much more diplomatic, but it seems like she may also sort of consider my daughter to be sort of a guest / unfortunate orphan I'm hosting or something like that. She pointed out that I can make my own will however I want.
My daughter knows that she isn't biologically mine. That would have been hard to hide, even if we'd really had the opportunity. She doesn't want anything to do with either of her bio parents though. She's seen her biodad perhaps a handful of times in her entire life, and I don't even think he can remember her middle name. He seems to have pretty successfully kept his family together and his wife from leaving him, but he definitely doesn't want any involvement.
My ex-wife continued to spiral for a long while, and she lives in another state with another man and her own new family at this point. She mercifully rarely makes contact.
I've never really tried to go after either of them for money. I don't need it, and it's not a pot I want to stir.
My siblings are mostly supportive if a little bit mixed on the issue. Some of them say that they could never raise the child of a partner's affair, but all of them say that they love and accept their niece.
I just can't get over the way that I feel distant and upset about what my father said though. He's an extremely kind and generous man, and he's always taken care of his family. He's given me opportunities and a lifestyle that I could never have achieved without him. I love him and I look up to him. Maybe that's why I feel sort of, I don't know, betrayed? It feels wrong that she's the only one of his grandchildren to be left out of his will, apparently because he doesn't consider her a "real" grandchild. Intellectually, I can accept that he's technically correct, but it feels wrong. She is my daughter.
Am I wrong though? Am I just being entitled and unreasonable here? Am I the asshole?
Comments
jacobydave
I get why members of your family might consider you foolish for raising the result of you ex-wife's affair, but honestly, it speaks well of your character that you treat her as your own. I wonder if your parents would be similarly non-accepting if you had adopted a child, because, practically, that is what happened. I wish you and your family the best. NTA.
lawfox32
I think OP should ask his parents that. "If I had adopted a child, would you feel this way about that child? Okay, because that's what I did. I put my name on her birth certificate and raised her knowing she wasn't biologically mine. I adopted her and she's my daughter."
Live_Western_1389
I agree. And tbh, she was born into your family and you have claimed her as your own child, same as if you’d adopted her or brought her into the world through birth. That’s very important to me. And tbh, anybody that didn’t want to accept that and wanted to treat that child differently from my other kids would not be someone I would want spending much time with any of my kids. NTA. I think you are an amazing dad.
**Judgement - NTA*\*
Update - 5 days later
Just a small update. Thanks for the comments and wishes. It really put a lot of things into perspective and it confirmed to me that I needed to say something.
Some people seemed surprised at the way I let my daughter's bio parents "off the hook", so to speak. The main reason I've never tried to go after My ex or her affair partner for child support is that my daughter is more important than money. I'm not struggling at all, and I have the support I need. More importantly though, I have my daughter. Even though the affair partner didn't apparently want anything to do with her, my lawyer did mention way back in the day that either he or my wife, being her biological parents, could have a strong case for seeking custody.
I know I'm biased, but her bio dad seems like a huge asshole, and I know he doesn't care about her. I wouldn't put it past him to try to get custody just to duck out of paying child support though, if his hand was forced. And the idea of her having to go stay with him is just something I don't even want to think about.
Kind of the same thing when her mom got out of prison. She seemed like she was very quick to go shack up with her new guy, and she seemed willing to let the matter lie, so I did the same.
The fact that neither of them tried to get her, or, in my ex's case, the way she hasn't even bothered to keep much contact with our son either tells me more than everything I need to know about the kind of parents They are / would be. They only seem interested in their pre-existing/new families respectively. I wouldn't want to try to back them into trying to take custody. With my daughter being 13, it's possible that we've sort of "run out the clock" on that matter, but it's still not drama we need or a risk worth taking.
In better and more important news though, I talked with my dad.
I met with my father for lunch, which was easy enough, as he's around most days and we could sync up some time.
I mentioned that I wanted to talk about my daughter not being in his will, and I told him that even if it meant dividing what was being left to me or my other kids, I felt it was really important for her to be included. I also mentioned, as I felt, and as a lot of people pointed out, that it would be devastating for her to find out that she'd been excluded after his death.
My father agreed that that was a really good point, and he said that she is a lovely girl, that he does love her, and that he wouldn't want to add extra pain or bitterness to her life, especially at such a time.
Also, it had gotten around to him that I'd been sort of poling My siblings a little bit, and I think my mom talked to him some, and he said, "This is obviously very important to you. You're my son. I can just change it. It's not so much money anyway." And he was right. The amounts of money being left to individual grandchildren aren't massive, but the gesture and the thought are what's most meaningful. Mostly everything is going to my mom and or us his kids anyway.
Really, there was no reason for me to expect him to have been stubborn or hard-hearted about any of this. It was just something that we needed to talk about.
My father reiterated that Everyone loves my daughter and that she'll always be family and always have a home.
He has a gold bracelet that he has worn somewhat occasionally over the years, and he mentioned that my daughter thought it was pretty. When she was very little, she noticed it on his wrist and said that jewelry was for girls. He laughed and explained to her that sometimes boys wear jewelry too. She thought it was nice and he let her try it on even though it was way way too big for her wrist. She was a little toddler then. I didn't know about that moment between them, and I thought it was really sweet that he remembered. He said that he was going to leave her the bracelet and a note and that as far as money goes she'd get the same share as the rest of my kids.
So we had a nice lunch and we both felt better for it. Nothing too dramatic, but really the best way things could have gone.
Thanks everyone, for confirming that I wasn’t being crazy and confirming that I needed to talk to my father and set things right.
Comments
AppropriateArea1716
this is a happy update . your father is a good man and he raised you to be a wondrful man
StrategyDue6765
Yeah. Glad to hear things worked out well with your dad! Sounds like he's got a good heart and made the right call. Wishing you and your family all the best!
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submitted by SharkEva to BORUpdates [link] [comments]
Concluded as per OOP
1 update - Medium
Original - 2nd June 2024
Update - 7th June 2024
Am I the asshole for feeling like my eldest daughter should be treated the same as my "real" children?
When my(M45) daughter(F13) was born I immediately felt that something was obviously amiss. She was blonde haired and blue-eyed, which was extremely unlikely for a child of myself and my ex-wife(f39).
I am very Mediterranean, and I have olive skin, dark eyes, and dark hair. My ex-wife has brown eyes and relatively dark brown hair. Her skin is barely lighter than mine. The baby also clearly bore no resemblance to me or anyone in my family at all. I had been having misgivings about my ex, too, and she seemed too quick to express surprise and make excuses.
Still though, I didn't want to throw away my marriage over what could have been my own misunderstanding of genetics, and so I signed the birth certificate.
I instantly knew that I was going to have a paternity test done, but something else surprised me. When I brought our little girl home, I still fell in love with her. It felt just like bringing my son(M14) home, and, looking at her, I still just saw her as an innocent, beautiful little baby. We bonded.
The paternity test came back negative, as I suspected it would, and I decided that our marriage was over. I still loved our little girl though. My then wife did everything that she could to drag out the divorce and refused to separate or move out.
My daughter's biological father (every bit as blonde and blue-eyed as I suspected)turned out to want nothing to do with her or my ex. He was already married with his own family, and his only focus was preventing the situation from blowing back on himself too much.
My ex went totally nuts when both I and her affair partner rejected her, and she made some very unfortunate decisions. To make a long story short, she ended up with prison time for crimes including identity theft, assault with a deadly weapon, and grand theft Auto, when she stole credit cards and forged documents for both of us, and when she stole her affair partner's car and tried to run him over with it.
I ended up with custody of our kids, with the affair partner never even attempting to establish any kind of paternity rights. I didn't want to press the issue myself, as I couldn't deny that I had bonded with this child, even knowing that she wasn't my real daughter.
I had been shunning my ex-wife as best I could and trying to move on with life after she was finally out of the house, it wasn't long before I got together with and married my current wife(F34), and we've since had another two children. (m10, f8)
My eldest daughter is a total Daddy's girl, and we have a wonderful relationship. She always feels loved, and I treat her the same as my other kids. Even though she obviously stands out, my family accepts her too, or at least that's what I thought.
I work for my father's company, and the other day we were out talking about the future and his will, and he was talking about what money/assets etc He wanted to leave to whom, including his grandchildren, and I noticed that my older daughter had been left out, I mentioned it to him, and he said, "It's nice what you've done for (daughter's name), but you have real children, and obviously they should come first,"
I interrupted him, and I told him that She is my real daughter, and that I thought she should be treated equally. He just paused and looked at me for a moment, and he said, "I guess you feel how you feel," before he noticed I was still about to argue with him and he shrugged and moved the conversation on to things about work and my siblings. I was too polite to try to force the matter at the time, but it sort of stuck with me.
My father isn't the type of man to harp on a point, and I am certain that he's content to have said his piece and would let the matter drop. He could certainly tell that what he said upset me, and so I doubt he'd bring it up again. Frankly, he sort of raised me the same way.
At the time, I was shocked, because he's always seemed to accept my daughter as a part of the family. He buys her gifts for her birthday and for Christmas, and he makes her feel welcome, but, thinking about it, he really is just a kind, polite, and generous man in a lot of ways. He will and has bought Christmas gifts for high school friends or significant others, if he knew they were coming, and the same for other gift-giving occasions. He's generally very hospitable to anyone his friends or family bring around, so I thought that maybe it was just that, and I misinterpreted.
My wife is Asian, and so my eldest daughter always stands out. She's thin, and blonde, and blue-eyed, unlike pretty much anyone else in my family, and she's taller than any of the other girls or even most of the women, really, so I'm aware that she might look like the neighbor kid visiting or something. My wife loves her, and I know that she 100% accepts her as one of our kids, and she has been a great mom / stepmom.
I talked to my own mother, though, and while she's definitely closer to my daughter than my father is (They interact a lot more, and she includes my daughter with the other kids / other girls in family traditions and activities) I got a little bit of the same vibe from her. She was much more diplomatic, but it seems like she may also sort of consider my daughter to be sort of a guest / unfortunate orphan I'm hosting or something like that. She pointed out that I can make my own will however I want.
My daughter knows that she isn't biologically mine. That would have been hard to hide, even if we'd really had the opportunity. She doesn't want anything to do with either of her bio parents though. She's seen her biodad perhaps a handful of times in her entire life, and I don't even think he can remember her middle name. He seems to have pretty successfully kept his family together and his wife from leaving him, but he definitely doesn't want any involvement.
My ex-wife continued to spiral for a long while, and she lives in another state with another man and her own new family at this point. She mercifully rarely makes contact.
I've never really tried to go after either of them for money. I don't need it, and it's not a pot I want to stir.
My siblings are mostly supportive if a little bit mixed on the issue. Some of them say that they could never raise the child of a partner's affair, but all of them say that they love and accept their niece.
I just can't get over the way that I feel distant and upset about what my father said though. He's an extremely kind and generous man, and he's always taken care of his family. He's given me opportunities and a lifestyle that I could never have achieved without him. I love him and I look up to him. Maybe that's why I feel sort of, I don't know, betrayed? It feels wrong that she's the only one of his grandchildren to be left out of his will, apparently because he doesn't consider her a "real" grandchild. Intellectually, I can accept that he's technically correct, but it feels wrong. She is my daughter.
Am I wrong though? Am I just being entitled and unreasonable here? Am I the asshole?
Comments
jacobydave
I get why members of your family might consider you foolish for raising the result of you ex-wife's affair, but honestly, it speaks well of your character that you treat her as your own. I wonder if your parents would be similarly non-accepting if you had adopted a child, because, practically, that is what happened. I wish you and your family the best. NTA.
lawfox32
I think OP should ask his parents that. "If I had adopted a child, would you feel this way about that child? Okay, because that's what I did. I put my name on her birth certificate and raised her knowing she wasn't biologically mine. I adopted her and she's my daughter."
Live_Western_1389
I agree. And tbh, she was born into your family and you have claimed her as your own child, same as if you’d adopted her or brought her into the world through birth. That’s very important to me. And tbh, anybody that didn’t want to accept that and wanted to treat that child differently from my other kids would not be someone I would want spending much time with any of my kids. NTA. I think you are an amazing dad.
**Judgement - NTA*\*
Update - 5 days later
Just a small update. Thanks for the comments and wishes. It really put a lot of things into perspective and it confirmed to me that I needed to say something.
Some people seemed surprised at the way I let my daughter's bio parents "off the hook", so to speak. The main reason I've never tried to go after My ex or her affair partner for child support is that my daughter is more important than money. I'm not struggling at all, and I have the support I need. More importantly though, I have my daughter. Even though the affair partner didn't apparently want anything to do with her, my lawyer did mention way back in the day that either he or my wife, being her biological parents, could have a strong case for seeking custody.
I know I'm biased, but her bio dad seems like a huge asshole, and I know he doesn't care about her. I wouldn't put it past him to try to get custody just to duck out of paying child support though, if his hand was forced. And the idea of her having to go stay with him is just something I don't even want to think about.
Kind of the same thing when her mom got out of prison. She seemed like she was very quick to go shack up with her new guy, and she seemed willing to let the matter lie, so I did the same.
The fact that neither of them tried to get her, or, in my ex's case, the way she hasn't even bothered to keep much contact with our son either tells me more than everything I need to know about the kind of parents They are / would be. They only seem interested in their pre-existing/new families respectively. I wouldn't want to try to back them into trying to take custody. With my daughter being 13, it's possible that we've sort of "run out the clock" on that matter, but it's still not drama we need or a risk worth taking.
In better and more important news though, I talked with my dad.
I met with my father for lunch, which was easy enough, as he's around most days and we could sync up some time.
I mentioned that I wanted to talk about my daughter not being in his will, and I told him that even if it meant dividing what was being left to me or my other kids, I felt it was really important for her to be included. I also mentioned, as I felt, and as a lot of people pointed out, that it would be devastating for her to find out that she'd been excluded after his death.
My father agreed that that was a really good point, and he said that she is a lovely girl, that he does love her, and that he wouldn't want to add extra pain or bitterness to her life, especially at such a time.
Also, it had gotten around to him that I'd been sort of poling My siblings a little bit, and I think my mom talked to him some, and he said, "This is obviously very important to you. You're my son. I can just change it. It's not so much money anyway." And he was right. The amounts of money being left to individual grandchildren aren't massive, but the gesture and the thought are what's most meaningful. Mostly everything is going to my mom and or us his kids anyway.
Really, there was no reason for me to expect him to have been stubborn or hard-hearted about any of this. It was just something that we needed to talk about.
My father reiterated that Everyone loves my daughter and that she'll always be family and always have a home.
He has a gold bracelet that he has worn somewhat occasionally over the years, and he mentioned that my daughter thought it was pretty. When she was very little, she noticed it on his wrist and said that jewelry was for girls. He laughed and explained to her that sometimes boys wear jewelry too. She thought it was nice and he let her try it on even though it was way way too big for her wrist. She was a little toddler then. I didn't know about that moment between them, and I thought it was really sweet that he remembered. He said that he was going to leave her the bracelet and a note and that as far as money goes she'd get the same share as the rest of my kids.
So we had a nice lunch and we both felt better for it. Nothing too dramatic, but really the best way things could have gone.
Thanks everyone, for confirming that I wasn’t being crazy and confirming that I needed to talk to my father and set things right.
Comments
AppropriateArea1716
this is a happy update . your father is a good man and he raised you to be a wondrful man
StrategyDue6765
Yeah. Glad to hear things worked out well with your dad! Sounds like he's got a good heart and made the right call. Wishing you and your family all the best!
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2024.06.09 15:00 ManaByte Game crashing on loading
The game won't load for me anymore. Doesn't even get halfway through the loading bar and it crashes to desktop.
I tried updating my Nvidia drivers, but it still won't load.
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I tried updating my Nvidia drivers, but it still won't load.
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2024.06.09 14:57 TS878 2024 Elantra vs Civic
Hello, I’m looking between the Hyundai Elantra Limited and Honda Civic EX or Touring.
Pros/cons Elantra The Elantra has a more tech such as blind spot monitoring, and surround vehicle view. It’s also slightly cheaper monthly including insurance. I also prefer the interior to the civic. However, it lacks power and while I’m not looking for a sports car I worry that it may not handle expressway speeds very well.
Civic Touring The civic has enough power so that I doubt it will have any problems on the expressway but it doesn’t have the blind spot monitor. The civic is also more popular and higher rated on car and driver. Honda also provides GAP insurance on leases.
Civic EX It has much of the benefits that the touring has with less tech and a cheaper cost. I doubt I’ll go with it because it’s lacking some tech that I really enjoy such as auto dimming mirror.
I work from home and don’t drive much maybe once a week. And occasionally take long 11ish hour trips once or twice a year. I’d appreciate any feedback thanks.
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Pros/cons Elantra The Elantra has a more tech such as blind spot monitoring, and surround vehicle view. It’s also slightly cheaper monthly including insurance. I also prefer the interior to the civic. However, it lacks power and while I’m not looking for a sports car I worry that it may not handle expressway speeds very well.
Civic Touring The civic has enough power so that I doubt it will have any problems on the expressway but it doesn’t have the blind spot monitor. The civic is also more popular and higher rated on car and driver. Honda also provides GAP insurance on leases.
Civic EX It has much of the benefits that the touring has with less tech and a cheaper cost. I doubt I’ll go with it because it’s lacking some tech that I really enjoy such as auto dimming mirror.
I work from home and don’t drive much maybe once a week. And occasionally take long 11ish hour trips once or twice a year. I’d appreciate any feedback thanks.
2024.06.09 14:57 TurianHammer Suggestions for Google Maps when using Android Auto
My Fellow Road Warriors!
Just recently back from a 900-mile road trip and, wow, do I have an updated opinion on Google Maps. I still love it obviously; I don't want to go back to a world pre-google maps, but I do think a few more options and settings would be useful.
I was using a Google Pixel 6 Pro with maps pre-downloaded in case cell service wasn't available.
Offline Maps:
Speed Limits:
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Just recently back from a 900-mile road trip and, wow, do I have an updated opinion on Google Maps. I still love it obviously; I don't want to go back to a world pre-google maps, but I do think a few more options and settings would be useful.
I was using a Google Pixel 6 Pro with maps pre-downloaded in case cell service wasn't available.
Offline Maps:
- Instead of sizing rectangles to download offline map data, can you please allow me to select a province/state/country or some variation? I had to eyeball 3 different "offline" areas. If nothing else, please allow to select the rotation of the rectangle so that it downloads a more useful map segment.
Speed Limits:
- Maps made many mistakes related to speed limits which led to very different recommended routes. On multiple occasions Maps indicated speeds double the posted speed limit. There's no way to offer a correction while driving. I think allowing drivers to offer feedback while driving would be helpful for everyone. Obviously, some people are going to lie. I'm sure if I flagged a road as having an incorrect speed limit Google AI could likely skim through the Google Streets picture (assuming they are available) and validate my feedback. Or if many drivers are suggesting the same thing maybe update the maps accordingly.... or flag the street for an updated Street View to get new data.
- Routed to gravel roads when highways were available. I mean come on.... nobody prefers gravel roads to highways even if it's faster by 5 minutes...because it's not faster since Google is reporting incorrect speed limits.
- Suggestion: Let me choose other road type options too. I don't want gravel roads if a paved alternative road is available even if the paved road takes an extra 20 minutes.
- Please give me a way of seeing gas stations/restaurants along my route like I can see in the web browser. Just a button on the screen like you get on the PC. Many highways have service stations right on the highway. When I ask Android Auto assistant by saying "Hey Google, where's the next gas station" I really don't mean the one I just passed. Or if I say, "is there a Walmart near my destination" I don't mean "get me directions to the closest Walmart right now"
- Time estimates are usually OK for short travel distances say, from my home to Costco or for giving an idea of travel time during rush hour traffic in the city. Time estimates are quite inaccurate for longer travel days. If Google said a trip would take 4 hours, I knew it would take 5 hours more than likely unless I was speeding most of the way.
- Prompts for fuel. Whether you're driving an EV or an ICE a prompt once in a while saying "How are you doing for gas" would be helpful so that gas/diesel/charging stations could be automatically added as waypoints along the way.
- When I add Walmart as a waypoint along my route, please remember that I'm not going to drive my vehicle INTO the Walmart. The Walmart parking lot is sufficient to say I reached my destination. Having to delete the entire route, go back to my PC and re-email myself a route without the Walmart waypoint was super annoying because I forgot my phone in the car and didn't walk my phone into the Walmart when I stopped to buy my kid a frisbee.
- Having learned my lesson about being directed down poor-quality roads I started pre-mapping my routes on my laptop in the morning before departure using "send to my phone". This didn't seem to work at all. The routes never arrived. I had to send an email link to my email address and click it on the phone.
- As the traffic situations changed in real time Google would adjust my route, resetting it back to gravel roads or choosing faster routes but incurring more miles. I think there was no fewer than 3 times I had to reset the route after ignoring Google's suggestion to "fix" my route because a faster one was available.
2024.06.09 14:56 c4etech Constant Stutter on Win 11 (7950x 4090) - Any Ideas?
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This is what happens when I leave my PC on for a few hours... at first boot, everything is fine... as long as I'm using it, it's fine... if I leave it to idle for a few hours everything gets stuttery...
It's a Ryzen 9 7950x with a 4090, mostly Gigabyte build - I've tried updating all drivers, I've looked at a lotta posts, I don't have any razor software installed... a reboot always fixes it... so mostly, I just reboot instead of taking the time to write a post... it's super frustrating though - if anyone has any advice, I'd love to get this fixed :)
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This is what happens when I leave my PC on for a few hours... at first boot, everything is fine... as long as I'm using it, it's fine... if I leave it to idle for a few hours everything gets stuttery...
It's a Ryzen 9 7950x with a 4090, mostly Gigabyte build - I've tried updating all drivers, I've looked at a lotta posts, I don't have any razor software installed... a reboot always fixes it... so mostly, I just reboot instead of taking the time to write a post... it's super frustrating though - if anyone has any advice, I'd love to get this fixed :)
2024.06.09 14:55 DaEbookMan Android 2.15.0 - Media Overlays, Text to Speech (Google & Microsoft Natural Voices), Android Auto & PDF Improvements
 | Text To Speech(TTS)We have made significant improvements to our TTS implementation in our Android app.
Unlimited Microsoft Voice Natural Voices You can now install MS Voice and other third party TTS engines supported in Android. To use Microsoft Voice Natural voices do the following:
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Media Overlays
Other
Upcoming FeaturesWe still have a few more items to complete the full experience for TTS and Media Overlays, such as:
In addition to the above we have the following updates planned and prioritized based on input from all readers in aggregate: Paragraph Spacing, Hyphenation, Dictionary, Custom Font , E-ink Optimizations, Custom Themes, Custom Tap Area, Native CBZ/CBR, Better Vertical Writing Support You can reprioritize the features mentioned by voting using this Survey The latest update can be found in the Play Store at https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.bookfusion.android.reader . Thanks again for all the support and please do continue to reach out to us with feedback and suggestions to help us build your ideal reading platform. |