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2008.07.30 01:59 Arduino

An unofficial place for all things Arduino! We all learned this stuff from some kind stranger on the internet. Bring us your Arduino questions or help answer something you might know! 😉
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2013.03.10 08:37 Enlightenment777 Official Printed Circuit Board (PCB) Subreddit

**Official Printed Circuit Board (PCB) Subreddit** - schematic capture / PCB layout / PCB assembly / gerber reviews / Altium / DipTrace / KiCad / LibrePCB / OrCAD / LTspice / QSPICE / Arduino / ARM / FPGA. Please read review instructions at https://old.reddit.com/PrintedCircuitBoard/wiki/index#wiki_instructions_for_reviews
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2016.11.29 18:32 Reddiphiliac DIY House

You started with a few tools and a paintbrush. Then you looked at building a deck, digging a pool, reroofing your house, or even building your own home and thought "It can't be that hard." If you're a little bit handy and can do basic math, you were probably right.
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2024.05.15 14:30 Aiko-chan13 TAOD - The Avenger of Drama

TAOD - The Avenger of Drama
I was thinking about drawing my other OCs, but I realized it might be confusing and you would think they're all in the same story. So I did this to let you know that each one is from a different story, even though the all share the same universe. By the way, even though the Avenger looks small, it's because it's and old design and I didn’t apply his actual height, he's actually 1.80 meters tall 🌚
https://preview.redd.it/yhkv3bck3l0d1.jpg?width=827&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=8bfdc13930286a30f0f43e59ef3ddfc67bd7f55d
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2024.05.15 14:28 Weary_Tax_9274 Experience sharing, as an ordinary person, how did I make 20,000 US dollars a month

Introduction:
I am a 28-year-old e-commerce entrepreneur from China, and I have been in the business for five years. Initially, I ventured into various product categories such as clothing, watches, and pet food, all of which ended in failure. Over time, I realized that in these saturated markets, I lacked competitiveness. Large players easily defeat smaller businesses through strategies like paid advertising, price reductions, promotions, and even selling at a loss to dominate market share.
To explain, selling at a loss refers to a strategy used for consumable goods with short repurchase cycles. This approach can crush competitors while quickly capturing market share, with profits recovered through customer repurchases. Of course, this requires careful optimization of the product SKUs.
Strategic Shift:
As a result, I shifted my strategy to avoid such cutthroat competition and started looking for "blue ocean" products. Previously, my product selection was based on intuition, and any success was merely due to luck and couldn't be reliably replicated. I began an in-depth analysis of data from the "Taobao" platform and realized I was constantly battling in a "red ocean." Before, I would only consider a product's trend charts (search popularity, conversion rates), thinking anything on the rise was good, but I overlooked other indicators like "online product count." For instance, the keyword "casual men's clothing" had a search popularity of 240,000 but faced over ten million competing products. That was the moment I understood my constant failures.
I subscribed to several data analysis platforms and began vigorously searching for products, eventually discovering a niche product with a search popularity of over 3,000 but only 180 items online: "shoes for elderly people with swollen feet." I contacted the supplier, obtaining the shoes for $11 per pair, or $12.50 if they handled shipping. The leading seller on the platform priced them at $29. Observing the mild competition, and poor quality of the product images in the listings, I bought a few pairs of the shoes, had a designer create exquisite images, and listed them at the same price but included three extra pairs of comfortable socks as a bonus. Orders began trickling in a week later. As autumn progressed and winter approached, search popularity for the shoes climbed to over 7,000. In winter, many elderly people suffer from swollen feet due to varicose veins or poor circulation, prompting their children to buy these adjustable shoes as a sign of filial piety.
My sales surged day by day, and that winter, I sold over 1,900 pairs of shoes, experiencing the thrill of earning over ten thousand a month and a deep sense of achievement. This success showed me that such outcomes are replicable, prompting me to collect more "blue ocean" products and open multiple shops. Some of these included post-surgery pillows, luxury cosmetic samples, and foot-soaking medicinal packages, most of which turned profitable.
Reflections:
This journey taught me that "one cannot make money beyond their understanding." Once you truly comprehend and deeply understand certain aspects, the path to success is less crowded. The key for the average person is to understand differentiated competition.sometimes, choice is more important than effort. Running an online business is actually simple; just manage your customers and suppliers well.
Looking Forward:
Recently, inspired by numerous cross-border e-commerce posts on TikTok, and considering my small company’s good performance with a profit of about $20,000 a month after paying six employees—a considerable income in China—I continue to explore new directions and profit opportunities, focusing on the European and American markets. Here, I hope to meet like-minded friends.
That's all from me for now. I welcome your comments . Thank you very much.
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2024.05.15 14:27 pie677 [TOMT] [book] 1990s-early2000s, book about creepy old woman who with a misshapen house.

I have this creepy memory of this picture book from my childhood which I remember even giving me nightmares lol. It was a creepy woman who I think was drawn to be overweight with messy hair, this girl who was the protagonist would go to her house for I’m not sure what reason, something about her giving the girl snack and luring her in, I’m not sure. I know this may be pretty vague but I need to find this book! The most distinct thing I remember was the creepy vibe I got from this book. I have no idea why my parents even gave it to me to read! It would have been no later than 2006 that I read it. The title definitely referred to the woman it, it could have been the woman under a house or something similar or the woman in blank house. Thanks in advance and apologies if it’s too obscure
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2024.05.15 14:27 No_Eye4508 Revealing the Magic of Kurtis: Your Guide to Jaipur's Wholesale Kurti Manufacturers

The vibrant city of Jaipur holds a lovely diversity in its heart. From a rich history to a rich culture, it has it all. Not to miss, it is a treasure for fashion enthusiasts.
Especially for those looking for timeless elegance like kurtis. And for wholesale kurti manufacturers, Jaipur is a popular hub. They cover a wide and diverse range, from traditional handloom weaves to contemporary designs. They have something for every taste and style out there.

A City Steeped in Textile Tradition


Since ages Jaipur has had a rich heritage in textiles which goes back to centuries. They have Skilled artisans who use age-old techniques to create the masterpiece. They weave magic with threads and craft elegant kurtis known for their quality and artistry.
Hence, they became the best kurti manufacturers in Jaipur. Here, you'll find a kaleidoscope of colors and intricate embroidery. They also possess stunning prints that set Jaipur kurti manufacturer apart.

Finding Your Perfect Wholesale Kurti Partner

Whether you're a boutique owner or a budding entrepreneur, collaboration with the right partner will always flourish your business. For instance, collaborating with a Jaipur kurti manufacturer wholesale can grow your collection.
Here at Harsh Creation, a leading Jaipur kurti wholesale manufacturer, they understand the importance of finding the right partner. They offer a wide range of trendy and timeless kurtis that are meant to serve a wide audience.

Benefits of Partnering with a Jaipur Kurti Wholesaler

Unmatched Selection:

The best part is that you will get to explore a vast collection of Jaipur kurtis. The collection at the Kurtis manufacturer in Jaipur covers diverse styles like anarkali, straight cut, A-line, and many more. You can discover a range of fabrics, from luxurious silks to comfortable cottons. All of these will have top-notch quality, too.

Competitive Prices:

Jaipur kurtis wholesale manufacturers Jaipur rajasthan like Harsh Creation offer competitive rates. This, allowing you to build a profitable business.

Customization Options:

Are you looking for a specific design or a specific color palette? Many manufacturers, like them, provide customization options. This way, you can fulfill your unique needs.

Bulk Quantities:

Wholesale suppliers like Harsh Creation know how to handle large orders. This ensures a steady flow of inventory for your business.

Harsh Creation: Your Trusted Source for Wholesale Kurtis

At Harsh Creation, they take pride in being a well-known branded kurtis manufacturer in Jaipur. They offer a captivating collection of Jaipur kurtis.
Their Kurtis are a perfect combination of tradition and modernity. They are passionate about quality, and customer satisfaction. These features have made them a preferred partner for businesses all across India.

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Harsh creation invites you to explore the vibrant world of Jaipur kurtis. You can even Search online for “ kurti manufacturers near me” or "kurti manufacturers near me Jaipur” to discover a treasure of available options. Look for manufacturers like Harsh Creation who prioritize quality, design, and customer service at top.
So with the right partner by your side, you can unlock the magic of Jaipur kurtis and take your business to new heights.
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2024.05.15 14:26 Dangerous-Call6880 28 M4F - Cairo: Looking for a Connection in the City of Wonders 🌆✨

I'm a 28-year-old guy based in the vibrant city of Cairo, and I'm putting myself out here in the hopes of finding someone special to share some memorable moments with. Life's too short for missed opportunities, right?
About me: I'm a lover of good conversations over a cup of tea, also we can have fun, dance and watching TV shows.
I'm passionate about my work but also believe in finding a balance between career and personal life. When I'm not busy with work, you can find me either reading a good book, trying out new recipes in the kitchen, or catching up on the latest movies and TV shows.
What I'm looking for: Someone who shares similar interests and values, someone who's open-minded, compassionate, and has a good sense of humor. Whether you're into deep conversations about life or simply enjoy sharing a laugh over silly jokes, I'm sure we'll get along just fine.
If you're a fellow Cairo dweller who's looking to explore the city and create some amazing memories together, feel free to shoot me a message! Let's see where this journey takes us. 😊✨"
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2024.05.15 14:26 Antermosiph Currently using a Note 8, what would be a reasonable upgrade?

I only really use the phone for discord, telegram, reddit, doodling with pen, audiobooks through bluetooth earbuds, and web browsing recipes. Sometimes use camera but rarely. I do use the find my phone feature occasionally though via google.
Given my lack of feature usage I'm wondering what'd be a good upgrade? The charging port on the note 8 is being difficult and makes it hard to upload new books and I've noticed I'm nearly running out of battery by end of work shifts now so its approaching end of life.
I don't think I need a new flagship, so sticking to samsung most likely wont be worth it. I saw there was a moto with a stylus while at walmart the other day, but don't know how much of a downgrade such things would be from an old flagship phone. Lots of space would be nice since the amount of audiobooks I consume (40hrs a week worth) takes up a lot of space on my note 8 and I regularly gotta clean it out to make more room.
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2024.05.15 14:25 nesian42ryukaiel My budding collection + Question on safekeeping slide rules

My budding collection + Question on safekeeping slide rules
Concise No.300 + Hemmi No.259D; TI calculators and MacBook Pro 13' (2020) for size comparison
Starting last week with a fresh new Concise No.300, today I started to own a true "collection" of slide rules with the addition of this Hemmi No.259D (which was my late grandfather's only rule left, in an incredibly pristine condition inside his old drawer).
Albeit the Hemmi did not come with any kind of case (unlike the Concise), and now I am torn on how to keep it safe during non-usage (the Hemmi box casing exists, but it's on the course of natural decomposition, so off limits). Should I just stash it away in a safe drawer, just like where it was found?
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2024.05.15 14:25 ker9189 Parker Palm Springs Review

Parker Palm Springs Review
I see this hotel recommended a lot for Palm Springs but haven’t seen a full review yet. Dates: 4/22-4/24 Room booked: Deluxe King Garden Room Upgraded at check-in to a Hammock Room (thanks Alex!)
We were transferring from the La Quinta Resort where we stayed for Coachella and wanted to arrive early. We called the day before and informed them we would be arriving between 11am and noon. Alex also reached out to the hotel and confirmed this would be okay. We arrived around 11:45 and were able to go directly to our room.
The grounds are absolutely gorgeous! Well manicured, beautiful flowers and tons of hummingbirds! Love the sand walkways in place of asphalt or cement, but could see that being a problem for individuals with mobility issues. It is pretty hard packed though.
The room was beautiful. Jonathan Adler designed and decorated. If you don’t like seeing yourself in the mirror you’d probably hate the bathroom as it is made entirely of mirrors. I forgot to take pictures of the bathroom ceiling but very cool. The hammock and outdoor sofa got lots of use! The shower was massive compared to the one in our room at La Quinta and the water pressure was great. They had great bathroom amenities as well (forgot to take note of brands).
Air conditioning unit is definitely dated. Couldn’t really set the temp and only mode was off or auto, it got hot at night (but I am someone who likes to keep things cold when I’m sleeping). One of the louvers on one panel of the blinds was broken and wouldn’t close completely. This didn’t end up being a problem however, my husband and I both use eye masks so if any light bothers you it would be a problem. There was a cockroach in the bathroom day 2. Called the front desk and they had someone come and remove him. I used to live in Phoenix so I understand this happens.
We really enjoyed the 13+ pool. The drinks are delicious ($20 a cocktail) and so refreshing! The Chucky was definitely my favorite! We also had the chicken Caesar salad, chicken tacos and the spring roll, all were really tasty which I think can be rare for pool side food.
We grabbed a drink at the lobby bar. Service was great. Husband ordered a vodka martini with a twist and said “it was good, actually really good”. Their bar snacks were lacking (but nothing will ever live up to The Dylan’s bar nuts in my book).
We had breakfast credits but didn’t use the first morning because we woke up around 11am. We did not realize they serve breakfast and lunch till 4pm (not sure if the breakfast credit works that entire time though). We ate breakfast second day. It was all fantastic! And service was great.
The vibe is midcentury modern, the lobby decorations are all over the place but somehow all work. The garden sculptures are also so random but also work wonderfully.
We will definitely stay again next year post Coachella, it was such a lovely way to relax and unwind. Plus we totally missed out on using the Spa but went and took a peak and it looked amazing!
I’m really bad at writing reviews but if you have any questions let me know and I’ll try to provide answers!
We also went to Shorebird for dinner and their Cubano Sandwich was other worldly! The sushi was also fantastic!
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2024.05.15 14:22 kovessky Old VS new TYS differences?

Hi all I was wondering if there are any differences between the old and new TYS books for O levels, I wasn't able to find good answers online. Both of them include questions from 2014-2023, I'm guessing there were minor differences (eg some questions being removed), but I don't know if there are any major ones.
Writing this rn because pure physics topical TYS is out of stock in both school bookshop and popular stores and parents don't trust their website 😭 had to get old syllabus second hand on carousel, it won't really affect much for revision practice right?
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2024.05.15 14:21 Mountain_Video9303 Why do i make up extreme lies? am i a pathological liar?

My whole life i have lied about things big and small but ive never had any intentions behind lying, such as to manipulate people or to get attention ect.. (this might be a long read but it’s all important info)
It started of as small things like in elementary school we were watching a video about professional bastekballers, i lied and said one of them was my cousin. I didn’t do it to get attention i just did and i don’t know why. (Obviously no one believed me)
One time in elementary, i was scratched by my dog and sent a picture of it to my friend saying “My dog scratched me” but in those quotes, implying that i SH. (It looked like if u scratch urself w ur fingernail) they obviously got very upset and our friendship ended,,not before me messaging her on PINTEREST apologising. I don’t know why i did that i just did it without any thoughts of “i shouldn’t send this” it was just impulsive/reflex. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Then i started to lie more frequently e.g., if someone asked me a question like “ Have you ever done..{insert topic},or have u ever watched {insert topic}” i would respond w a lie. Those are just examples because i can’t remember every single lie i’ve told especially small ones. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ As i’ve gotten older, i’m 19 now. I’ve lied about more extreme things.
I can’t remember much of my childhood, only “core” memories that randomly pop up in my mind; but i don’t have a concept of time w these memories,, idk how old i was when they happened. if i see a picture or if someone in my family mentions a story i can then remember it but only with the detail they provide.
For some background information, i have been verbally abused by my mother and she has suffered with depression and ‘manic??’ episodes my whole life.
When i was younger our relationship was very bad (still is) and we would get into yelling matches almost every day. These were me being yelled at for doing normal things a CHILD would do such as, sleeping in on accident, forgetting to bring something to school ect. And practically any chance she would get to have an argument with me.
She would scream things like “Your worthless, your useless , your a b*tch and ungrateful child, your fucked in the head” ect. She would say things along those lines to me almost every day for several years of my life. I couldn’t give you an age timeline as i can’t remember how old i was when it started happening.
I also have an older brother who’s always have a good relationship w my mum, she only treats me like this (i’m austisic and i’ve been told that’s why we “clash”) My mum was physically abused as a child and homeless around my age. She definitely hasn’t “healed” from it and still doesn’t know how to regulate her emotions and communicate effectively. My dad excuses her behaviour when i try to talk about how it has affected me by saying “it’s the depression, or the way her childhood was and she tries to be better!, she regrets what she says to me and loves me so much” ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Now to probably the worst lie i’ve told. I need to tell some background info tho for it to make sense! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ It all happened when i was on 🍃 and at a park with a group of people,, two of my close friends, let’s call them G & B, G’s boyfriend J. 4 guys friends w J including K who G worked with and i was “close with” for 6 months. i will try not to go into lots of detail bcoz if i did this post would be super long.
K was very manipulative towards me, well that is what my two friends G & B would tell me. I could provide screenshots of me and K’s conversations but i won’t, to protect privacy. Me and B hung out with K a few times to sesh and i would talk to K frequently on snap mostly about mental health related things.
He let me vent and explain how i felt and would give me advice as he was older, more experienced and struggled himself. I had a crush on him, he didn’t like me back but we stayed friends.
I discovered i didn’t actually like him and it was just Limerance. We had lots of arguments i can’t remember what about bcoz there was so many. One i remember was he dropped my friend B because she had BPD like him but “didn’t try to manage herself”; not related to that, i started to feel a sense of “hatred” towards B and the way they treated me as a friend in certain situations. I would complain abt them to K often and K would tell me to drop B. i did this while i was still best friends with B.
Me and B’ friendship almost ended because K told them to like get a grip and manage their BPD and treat me better. I liked to B and told them “i’ve never told K anything bad abt them only abt one situation which i’m over and i told u i told K. “ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Summary of it all i’m no longer friends w K and no one ik has been for a good 7-8 months. I will include some “quotes” they said to me in one our last convo (there was another situation after this but if i include it’ll be too long) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ “I know that to you, you genuinely think all of the stuff you said was happening is, that's how mental illness works cos i was the same” ; “This is so funny that you think it's somehow my responsibility to control your emotions and attachments”
“You just expect me to cut u off and somehow manage ur attachment for you, you need to manage ur own attachments” ; “You usually accuse me of things unjustly but i've done that to ppl before when i was your age so i understood” ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ After some thought i realise that K might’ve been right about me and my friends were (partially) wrong abt him being manipulative and a bad person. Yes they’ve seen the texts and conversations and the quotes above.
It’s eating at me that i acted this way towards K because it’s embarrassing.
I have to end this story here because it’ll get to long even tho i want to include it all!! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Back to the park. We were all talking abt life events that have happened to us and i told everyone there that i “had a huge secret ive never told anyone”.
“When i was a young child my dad told my mum to get bread out of the freezer to defrost and then make my sandwich for school. When my dad had left my mum complained and started yelling at me because I’m old enough to make my own goddam food. It got heated and she threw the loaf of bread at this glass cabinet i was next to, the glass shattered everywhere and cut my foot. i started to cry and scream, which made her angrier. She picked up a shard and tried to un*live me.” i won’t go into detail of the last bit of the lie i said.
Now this did actually happen apart form the very last bit. When i was telling this lie i didn’t have any intentions behind making it up. It just all came to me and out of my mouth as i was saying it,, kinda like i was read a book and just continuing to read.
I understand that this isn’t something to be lied about. I knew i was lying when i said it/after. I cannot tell people that it is a lie especially because i am still friends with G & B. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Last week i had a conversation with B about it as i mentioned i think i want to start going to therapy.
My reason for wanting to start therapy (this isn’t the only reason why i want to go and not the only time i’ve considered it) was that i got so annoyed by something my mum had done i was thinking everything would be better if she was just 💀. And how i went spiraling wondering if i was a psychopath for thinking/imagining me doing it.
My friend told me that im not a psychopath because i wouldn’t m*rder my mother cold blooded and have no remorse. And something along the lines of she hasn’t done anything to drive me to do that. I brought up the “Incident” (the lie) and B asked me to say what happened again because they forgot.
I told it in the same detail as i did to them before but i said “it’s kinda uncomfortable to type” they said it’s okay i don’t have to ( keep in mind my friend has experienced very traumatic things and wouldn’t get uncomfortable with hearing) and you saying that it’s uncomfortable proves ur not a psychopath.
It wasn’t uncomfortable for me to say, i felt awkward because i knew i was lying again. I know that no one “normal” lies about things like this.
I most of the lies i’ve told especially this one because i have to live with this now for the rest of my life. Telling my friends the truth is not an option, i don’t know how they would react and i would end up with no friends, isolated and excluded from society around me. Maybe that is what i deserve because I’ve lied abt something so horrible and intricately aswell.
I’ve also lied about being SA, i have never falsely accused anyone. I told the lie without saying the “person” who did it because i “didn’t know”. I regret doing this and if i could go back and somehow pause the part of my brain that wires me to lie i would.
I don’t think i’m a psychopath, i have empathy for others,,atleast i think it do?? I tell my friends and family that i love them and display affection towards people. I’ve been in multiple romantic situationships but never a proper relationship.
The idea of cuddling with a partner, talking to them every day and doing lovey dovey couples stuff makes me uncomfortable and i would be awkward doing so.
I’ve always had to question if i actually liked/loved someone as i know the definition of loving someone and how it’s shown but i don’t know if i feel it. I don’t know how to tell if i feel love or how to tell if i like someone romantically.
I do have autism which can be linked with a lack of empathy. Now that i think about it i can’t tell if I’m empathetic. My dad had skin cancer and had to have reconstruction surgery for it, i didn’t feel sad at the possibility of him dying or from seeing him in the hospital bed.
When we visited him my other family members were crying or very emotional. It’s not that i wished he had cancer and died i just didn’t feel any sort of emotion toward it.
My best-friends, i love them dearly? if either of them died i would definitely be sad, but I’m not sure if my “feeling sad” is the “normal” like if they passed away i would miss them giving me advice, conversations, moments and hangouts together and the fact we couldn’t make anymore memories.
I feel a deep connection with animals and love to be in their presence. although when i was very young after seeing my mum always kick, punch or push my pets for their “bad behaviour “ when my cat broke something in my room i attempted to str*ngle it. I regret that deeply and would never do that ever again. Ever. If i had to chose between never doing that and erasing my existence i would.
I guess what i’m asking is if anyone who has similar experience of lying without knowing why or if anyone has any advice on what i should do please help!
I understand a therapist would be good to tell this all too but i am afraid of the consequences/admitting i lied about horrible things. I know that im a horrible person for doing this, i dont think better of myself for lying.
i would do absolutely anything to go back and have never told a lie.
If anyone can help me i would really appreciate it and definitely implement strategies to become a better person and hopefully never lie again.
If anyone has an idea of whats “Wrong with me” please share, be harsh, be honest, be mean if you want to. If there is “something wrong with me” i will definitely try to get professional help when i can or is there a much harder way to resolve “myself” on my own.
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2024.05.15 14:19 Weary_Tax_9274 In five years, I made $20,000 a month

Introduction:
I am a 28-year-old e-commerce entrepreneur from China, and I have been in the business for five years. Initially, I ventured into various product categories such as clothing, watches, and pet food, all of which ended in failure. Over time, I realized that in these saturated markets, I lacked competitiveness. Large players easily defeat smaller businesses through strategies like paid advertising, price reductions, promotions, and even selling at a loss to dominate market share.
Strategic Shift:
To explain, selling at a loss refers to a strategy used for consumable goods with short repurchase cycles. This approach can crush competitors while quickly capturing market share, with profits recovered through customer repurchases. Of course, this requires careful optimization of the product SKUs.
As a result, I shifted my strategy to avoid such cutthroat competition and started looking for "blue ocean" products. Previously, my product selection was based on intuition, and any success was merely due to luck and couldn't be reliably replicated. I began an in-depth analysis of data from the "Taobao" platform and realized I was constantly battling in a "red ocean." Before, I would only consider a product's trend charts (search popularity, conversion rates), thinking anything on the rise was good, but I overlooked other indicators like "online product count." For instance, the keyword "casual men's clothing" had a search popularity of 240,000 but faced over ten million competing products. That was the moment I understood my constant failures.
I subscribed to several data analysis platforms and began vigorously searching for products, eventually discovering a niche product with a search popularity of over 3,000 but only 180 items online: "shoes for elderly people with swollen feet." I contacted the supplier, obtaining the shoes for $11 per pair, or $12.50 if they handled shipping. The leading seller on the platform priced them at $29. Observing the mild competition, and poor quality of the product images in the listings, I bought a few pairs of the shoes, had a designer create exquisite images, and listed them at the same price but included three extra pairs of comfortable socks as a bonus. Orders began trickling in a week later. As autumn progressed and winter approached, search popularity for the shoes climbed to over 7,000. In winter, many elderly people suffer from swollen feet due to varicose veins or poor circulation, prompting their children to buy these adjustable shoes as a sign of filial piety.
My sales surged day by day, and that winter, I sold over 1,900 pairs of shoes, experiencing the thrill of earning over ten thousand a month and a deep sense of achievement. This success showed me that such outcomes are replicable, prompting me to collect more "blue ocean" products and open multiple shops. Some of these included post-surgery pillows, luxury cosmetic samples, and foot-soaking medicinal packages, most of which turned profitable.
Reflections:
This journey taught me that "one cannot make money beyond their understanding." Once you truly comprehend and deeply understand certain aspects, the path to success is less crowded. The key for the average person is to understand differentiated competition—sometimes, choice is more important than effort. Running an online business is actually simple; just manage your customers and suppliers well.
Looking Forward:
Recently, inspired by numerous cross-border e-commerce posts on TikTok, and considering my small company’s good performance with a profit of about $20,000 a month after paying six employees—a considerable income in China—I continue to explore new directions and profit opportunities, focusing on the European and American markets. Here, I hope to meet like-minded friends.
That's all from me for now. I welcome your comments and discussions. Thank you very much.
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2024.05.15 14:18 shimszy Any tips and tricks for cruising while disabled?

My partner has a serious disability in that they cannot walk at all and also have weak arms. They use a powered wheelchair (~300 lbs for the wheelchair). A standard stateroom wouldn't be possible to use as a roll in shower and grab bars for the toilet are mandatory. I won't need any assistance from staff but I'll need to have a well designed stateroom and ship. We plan to book a cruise that either embarks or debarks at Barcelona, and we'll likely be budget conscious (inside cabin ideally and share a wifi subscription).
Are there any guides or advice for cruising while disabled and or booking accessible cabins? Any way to tell if a ship has available accessible cabins without calling in? Any particular cruise lines with good protocols for accessibility or ships that are built well for it? Are there particular ships that are good about not charging extra for an accessible room? (understandable upcharge as there is a space premium).
Thanks for the help!
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2024.05.15 14:17 Bude07 [FOR HIRE] character design and Book cover illustration

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2024.05.15 14:17 not_neccesarily An Eternity Ago, I Fell Through a Wall and into The Limbo

I'm walking through a bustling underground train station. I push and shove my way through all the other commuters onto the platform. As I look around, there seems to be endless rows of platforms in both directions, stretching well into a dense fog. Further ahead, neat lines of railway tracks extend out from the fog and through the platforms. I instinctually look up at the info screen
Next train in ### minutes
I furrow my brow, squint to try and focus on the numbers but they're heavily pixelated and illegible. I look around at the other commuters, who stream onto the platform completely unaware of the anomaly. Most people are on their phone, or wearing headphones while some are talking to each other. No one seems to notice the malfunction with the screen.
That's when the absurdity of the situation clicks for me. Endless platforms, a wall of fog, unreadable numbers and people that don't care. It's all a dream. I bring my hand up to my face and pinch my nose, trying to breathe through it. An old reality check I remembered from back when I was trying to learn to lucid dream.
My heart rate jumped when I realised, that I couldn't breathe through my nose. Before I could even process this, another problem presented itself. I didn't know why I was here. I didn't know where I was going and I definitely did not know how I even got here. It seems as if reality ceased to exist right before I walked onto this platform. Just like it typically feels in a dream, you spawn in out of nowhere and don't really know what happened prior - except this wasn't a dream.
I knew I was sure of it because deep inside my bones I felt this anxious urgent message. I need to catch this train. It was a primal feeling.
At this point, my head is spinning and I need to sit down somewhere. I choose a silver bench with a middle aged woman sitting on it. She shuffles further to the left as I sit down next to her clutching my head and racking my brain to try and figure out what it is happening. This is what amnesia feels like, I thought to my self as I gnawed at scraps of messy muddled memories. Each image that came into my mind was just a fragment - A school, a library, sickeningly white walls. It hit me that I didn't even know my name. I was starting to hyperventilate but then my body kicked into autopilot. I started to take deep breaths, focusing on my diaphragm and calming myself down. It felt like I was trained to do this. I started to focus on the current situation.
Where was my ticket? Instinctually, I knew I had to have gotten one on my entry to the train station. I reached into my pockets and pulled out a scrap of paper. Scrawled in very familiar cursive:
*In case of memory loss, read the journal in your backpack*
Strange message but I didn't have any choice then to at least give the instructions a try. I removed my backpack and rummaged through it for the journal. I wouldn't really call it a backpack - more a tattered and frayed bundle of cloth that was reminiscent of a backpack. I finally found a series of small thick journals, bundled in cloth with their leather covers on the verge of disintegration. The pages still seemed in good condition though. Each cover was sequentially labelled which I'm guessing corresponded to the chronological order of the writings within.
The lady next to me was weirdly getting agitated. She kept stealing glances, her body shaking and eyes burning with a fierce rage. I slowly got up from the bench and began to step backwards. My backpack bumped into a pillar. The dull thud it made seemed to cause a drastic change to everyone around me though. They all snapped their heads, locking eyes on me and staring through my very soul. I felt exposed.
The rumble of an arriving train stole away their attention and within a split second everyone was ignoring me again, going back to their usual activities. It seriously felt like I had just imagined it and it was becoming more and more clear that I was having some sort of mental breakdown. Nevertheless, as the train slowed to a stop on the platform, I walked into it and found a seat. The train seemed to be old and new at the same time. Typical blue seats with abstract dirty patterns complete with a modern sleek interior of gentle curves clashing with a boxy dull metallic exterior and doors that looked like they belonged on a rusty submarine.
I opened the first of the journals and began to read. I soon realised that the handwriting was mine and within the next few moments I was attacked by a barrage of memories that had remained repressed and buried in the back of my mind.
*
My name is Jacob and I have been stuck here in this place called *The Limbo* for an eternity. When I say 'eternity', I don't mean it lightly. Back when I used to keep track I counted over 500 years through my wristwatch that never seemed to run out of battery. Now I know counting is meaningless. There have been periods like this where my mind falls into a deep trance and I lose my whole identity as I mindlessly wander in this place much like the entities that inhabit it. Occasional periods of lucidity breach this trance and then I find myself lost and confused. It's why I keep the journals with me. I think its some sort of psychological survival mechanism that human brains develop when faced with the infinite vastness of The Limbo.
Speaking of The Limbo, I've come to learn a few things about its nature through my stay here. Some of its been through people that I've come across (Yes others are also stuck here) and some has been through my own experiences. Perhaps the most important is the question of where I get my food and water. The answer is weird. I have never felt hungry or thirsty. The sensation of having cool water slide down my throat remains a memory so distant that it feels like the snippet of a childhood dream.
I guess the next natural topic about this place would be time. Through various experiences of mine (that you'll get to read about) and discussions with others, the leading theory of mine is that The Limbo exists outside of time itself. While I myself have fallen here sometime during 2001, I've met many others from various years like the 80s, 90s and even one recent fellow from 2043.
Most people in The Limbo eventually fall into a trance, withering away until they become one of the entities or become mere tools for them. It's probably naive but I keep going through this place with only two hopes. The first is to somehow get out of here at the right time point and see my son, who I never got to see. The second is to come out of this place and die so that I no longer have to live out the empty agony of eternity (I'll explain how you can't age or die in The Limbo later). Perhaps my hopes will dwindle as the centuries pile and I will become just like those who I look upon in pity now.
I am writing this consolidated diary of my experiences for several reasons. I'd like someone to know of my unending journey in this place. To be aware of the capacity of the human spirit to keep going in the worst of situations. I have never had a long term friend in The Limbo, but know that I consider you the reader a dear friend even if I never get to meet you because you will know my story. I'm also sharing this in hopes that there is more awareness of The Limbo. Perhaps the military and scientists can actually figure out what it is. Perhaps all of us can be brought home. Or maybe this can serve as a survival guide to those who may be unfortunate enough to fall through.
There are small holes in The Limbo. Most of them are barely large enough for a pinkie finger to fit in let alone a person, but sometimes I've come across one large enough for this journal to go through. I'm not sure what time or place these holes lead to, so the safe passage of this book into a person capable of reading it has about the same chances as me ever leaving this place.
The train I'm on supposedly leads to the edge of The Limbo, where the holes are large enough for humans to fit through. It's really more of a legend amongst the poor souls that are trapped here and I've followed trails and clues for a long time to even find this train.
There are only two ways this goes. Both outcomes would lead to you reading this book in your hands. I'll either find my way out of this hell or give up hope and slip this journal through a Hole. You will find my fate at the end.
I should stop rambling now though. It would be best to start at the very beginning.
*
I was rushing out of work in pure ecstasy. My wife had gone into labor while I was at work and been rushed to hospital. I needed to get there fast. People were glancing over at me over their cubicles in confusion as I packed up my work bag and rushed out to the elevators. I couldn't stop thinking about seeing my first son as the elevator made its way down. The elevator doors finally opened and I rushed out.
The ground entrance of the building I worked at, particularly near the lobby, is an intersection of various hallways. I was already walking to close to the wall when someone came rushing around the corner and bumped me right into the wall. I was only able to hear half their apology when I fell *through* the wall like it was just a holographic projection. In hindsight, I find it oddly funny how easy it is for a life to get ruined. Just when you think you've got it all, when everything is going smoothly, a small incident like that is enough to take it all away.
I found myself in a room that resembled a classroom. It looked as if someone who had never stepped inside a classroom was asked to imagine the space. Desks were arranged in messy uneven rows with the chairs facing various directions. The board at the front of the room was a seamless patchy mixture of both chalk and modern whiteboard and mounted way too low on the wall, nearly hugging the floor. A large teachers desk sat in the front of the room. The walls were filled with posters of absolute gibberish along with diagrams and pictures that seemed like they showed something tangible but no matter how close you looked you could never identify anything in the picture.
The initial confusion was replaced by an immense panic. My heart was drumming against my chest as I searched the room for a doorway to exit it. My mind was trying to rationalise the situation. I was trying to convince myself that this was just some old part of the building and I had fallen into a hallway instead of the wall.
I ran through the doorway at the far end of the room and found myself in a large hallway that seemed to extend forever in both directions. The walls were a muted grey and the floors were that typical dirty linoleum. Soon I would find out that the regularly spaced doorways on either side of the hall led to other nonsensical classrooms.
I ran down the hallway screaming for help in pure panic, which was a terrible mistake in hindsight. I stopped running down the hallway when I suddenly heard the distinct scratch of chalk against board. In this large empty space, the sound echoed and boomed. Since I was still refusing to buy in to the reality of the situation, my hopes were momentarily increased by the supposed presence of another person here.
I slowly walked over to the doorway that the sounds were coming from. My stomach filled with an uneasy dread. This deep primal instinct within me urged me to hold back. I peeked carefully in the classroom and saw a woman with their back turned to me drawing something on the chalkboard.
It took me a few moments to notice that it was a very realistic portrait of my face.
She was drawing lines across my throat, her long dark hair swaying as she drew in the details. The drawing was completed with a terrible slash across the throat, blood gurgling out. I was frozen in place, transfixed on the hauntingly beautiful realism of the picture.
She began to turn around slowly while humming a high pitched tune. To this day I can't describe the face I saw. It is still etched into my mind. A face full of so much hatred, so much anger that I don't think its possible for a human to make that face. It expressed an emotion beyond human understanding. No artist in the world could ever render the expression on the paper. No words could describe the pure fear that coursed through my veins as she stared at me and began to approach.
I turned around to run, only to realise that a bunch of school children had gathered around me. They were headless, the bleeding stumps dripping thick blood onto the floor in a rhythmic patter. Somehow they were laughing.
I shoved through the group and ran down the hallway. I wasn't sure where I was going. My whole world had shattered and now I was completely aimless in some nonsense dimension with horrors beyond imagination that wanted me dead.
*
The extract above is from this journal I found at the foot of a large tree on a hiking trail. It's a miracle that I spotted its faded leather cover given that it was almost buried under rotting leaves. I really don't know what to make of what I'm reading, so I'll be slowly transcribing bits of it in separate posts over the next few days.
I know this subreddit is good for this sort of stuff. I'd love if someone else could share anything they know about The Limbo. This whole journal feels like some sort of prank, but the words and memories within feel way too real.
I can't help but feel a connection to this story. My mum doesn't speak much of my Dad, who I know left before I was born. No one ever found out where he went.
I was born in 2001
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2024.05.15 14:17 RisksShweky A long write-up on Mage and my opinions on it's direction

I know there is no true way to fix or balance a class to make everyone happy, but I just want to share where I think the direction of Mage should go, and share what I don't like about the current direction of Mage.
Firstly, a lot of the core mage cards need revamps. As an example, Arcane Intellect at 3 mana hurts to play. While I don't think it would break the game to have it be 2 mana, I know that would also cause issues. My solution would be to add a dredge-like option to the end of it. Sightless watcher style. 3 mana, draw 2, discover a card in your deck to place on top. Just a little extra bonus. Other examples are Shooting Star, fireball, flamestrike, and so on.
Secrets as a concept should really be re-thought. The issue is that secrets always feel bad for one player. Either the mage is very aggro/tempo and plays a secret in the early game and the opponent cries because they don't know if the board clear is going to be counterspelled, or both players are at 10 mana and the mage plays a secret and then cries when the opponent diffuses the secret easily and safely. I am not going to propose a complete fix because that gets too theoretical for what I am trying to say. However, I would like to suggest that a card I would like to see either as a secret or in the same design space as secrets; "3 mana: Freeze the next 3 minions the opponent plays".
Less "Sif-style" gameplay, more "Aegwynn" style gameplay. Taking Aegwynn out of core really upset me. I may be biased because I made the Nathria Aggro mage deck that really used Aegwynn for one of the first times. My point though is that Sif supports a boring playstyle that I call the "shopping list" playstyle. You put Sif in the deck along with its specific supporting cards that power it up to make it playable. That's not really that fun. Alternatively, Aegwynn did not receive much support but gave the support instead. You did not need to run "these specific cards" to make Aegwynn work. Yes, low cost minions are preferred, but its your choice on which 1 or 2 cost minions to actually put in your deck. If you want to complete the Sif Shopping List, you better play one of the two shadow spells in Mage.
I want to talk a bit about No Minion Mage for a minute. I think that it *sounds* cool, but once you think about it in concept, it breaks down quickly. Firstly, the "No Minion" restriction is a very strict condition, more-so than I think people realize. Not only can you not play any neutral cards (yes there are like two exceptions, but that's irrelevant), which cuts your deck selection by a ton, you also cannot play any mage minions, which further restricts the card pool. Looking at standard right now, the deck building condition brings your card selection from 319 cards to 43 cards. Of course its not quite as bad as it sounds because of the card quality of many of the neutral cards (Ancient Totem was not going to make the cut in your deck anyway probably. Stereo Totem might though!). The rewards are not nearly equal to the restriction. Summon two 3 drops? Have a better chance to randomly cast Wheel of Death? I don't think it makes sense. Compared to Pure Paladin, which could still play all of its class cards, the Pure Paladin rewards are often better, especially because they were often tied to minions. Which might I add, are fun to play. Another flaw of No Minion Mage is that most people like playing minions. So not playing minions is not that fun. As for how to fix it, I think Low Minion Mage would make more sense. Summoning minions with spells can also be fun.
Next I want to talk about the direction I would like mage minions to go. I think more minions that cast spells is a good thing. I plan to try out the new miniset card more, but I am talking more like School Teacher in general. I also truly believe in smaller spell damage amounts given to more mage minions, rather than large spell damage amounts given to one or two minions. To go along with that, I think that spell damage should effect more spells in fun ways. Having it be more like "Spell Power+1" would make more sense. That's probably a pipe dream, but it could make lots of cards more interesting. I also think that there should be some elementals that count as "spells" for the purposes of certain cards, that would be interesting.
I have other ideas but those are just concepts that are irrelevant to what I am trying to say. This was a very long write-up, but that is because I actually enjoy the flavor of the mage class and would like it to be good again without making everyone want to tear out their hair when playing against it (like when Sif is good).
To summarize; update old spells, re-think secrets, no minion mage is a poor concept, more minions that make spells better and spells that can get better from playing minions. Thank you for coming to my ted-talk, feel free to flame in comments.
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2024.05.15 14:14 Thaddaus26 Some Holy Priest Rework Ideas

Holy priests are arguably one of the more boring healers in Warcraft to the point that people often refer to them as the ‘default’ healer. I’m sure there are more deep, underlying issues that Holy has but I wanted to try tackling them on a purely thematic level with some minor thoughts on a more gameplay-oriented level.
I aim to make more interesting spells that interact in a fun way that gives the holy spec a little more flavor than, “The default RPG healer”.
Quick preemptive self-defense though. This is all in good fun and purely theoretical. It’s always been interesting for me to speculate what a class or spec could be and rather than hoarding it all to myself, I thought it would be more interesting to see some other people's opinions and possibly inspire others to do the same. With that said...
Some of Holy’s biggest cooldowns are Divine Hymn and Hymn of Hope (Renamed to Symbol of Hope now). Singing to help your allies. You’ll notice other spells in the toolkit like shadow WORD pain and power WORD shield. Shadow has a spell called SILENCE for god’s sake. Basically, the implication is that priests are using their voices to channel their spells somehow. Why not...do more of that? Because I can’t lie, having several spells named “Heal” with different variations is killing me inside.
Plus, a bunch of the talent node names already lean into this! A few notable examples are:
Voice of Harmony
Healing Chorus
Gales of Song
Divine Word
Resonant Words
All the Holy Word Spells
Let’s make it so Holy is all about literally singing the Light’s praises. After all, if Shadow and Holy are canonically on two ends of the spectrum with Discipline being the proverbial middle ground, let’s really have Holy Priest’s be truly ‘Devout Feeling’ with their spell names. Double points if the spells end with a sung note or maybe a little arpeggio of a harp or something.
Let’s go through a few examples I’ve thought of and any non-obvious reasons behind each decision.
“Heal” -> “Holy Solo”
“Flash Heal” -> “Divine Etude” (An Etude is a short music piece)
“Prayer of Healing” -> “Holy Motet” (A motet is mainly a vocal musical composition, the name describes the movement of the different voices against one another)
“Circle of Healing” -> “Sacred Cantata” (A Cantata, (from Italian cantare, “to sing”), originally, a musical composition intended to be sung, as opposed to a sonata, a composition played instrumentally)
“Renew” -> “Grace Note” (An extra note added as an embellishment and not essential to the harmony or melody)
And now, I’ve saved my favorite for last. Its effect is decent but the name is so uninspired…
“Trail of Light”? More like... “Light Motif”!
A light Motif is a dominant recurring theme and what’s more dominant and recurring than spam healing?
The point is that there are so many possibilities with having the Holy priest being the spec that heals with singing, and unlike trying to shoehorn bards in as a new class, it makes some sense here.
Ok, so all this stuff so far is just replacing words for other words and I know what you’re thinking…
“This doesn’t do anything to fix the fact that Holy is still quite dull compared to other healers!”
You’re dead right. The Priest’s Discipline spec currently rewards thinking ahead of what the encounter you’re facing will bring while Holy just sits back and collects red solo cups after the party is over. Let’s change that.
My main problem is with its mastery. Don’t get me wrong, it’s very “Good” when you’re thinking about the throughput and the pure numbers but it’s also a very “set it and forget it” style of gameplay and reminds me of the Shaman’s sometimes similarly maligned mastery that dishes out healing depending on how much health is missing. There’s no thinking required and frankly, Shaman have a much more interesting toolkit to justify it.
I think we would all prefer it to be more interesting like how Paladins generate more healing based on how close they are to the action which allows them to get in close with their other melee abilities anyway and encourages them to help out with the DPS. Excellent design decision. Win win win.
So the first thing is to fix the mastery and the new system I am proposing is…
“Mastery: Chord Progression”
To start, your basic heal will apply an effect to a targeted party member. This effect will have a very long uptime which can stack called Holy Note. (I’m personally imagining a buff that has a golden crotchet note with a little wing instead of the tail). Now your first Holy Note merely exists on top of the target and does a small heal over time in a similar being to how the mastery currently works, increasing with how much mastery you have.
A second heal to the target will apply a second stack and increase the stacked effect. This will change the buff icon to be two crotchets, stacked on top of one another. This will, again, increase the heal over time effect.
A 3rd heal to the target will complete the stack and heal the target with an effect called “Holy Chord” that heals more depending upon your mastery stat. Instead of just spamming heals over and over again mindlessly to get that powerful Holy Word spell you want back in case you need it, you instead work up chords on friendly targets. Targets that don’t require constant spamming will have heal over time effects up near constantly whereas targets that are dying and in need of healing will receive direct heals instead!
The effect is largely the same but with a little more thought and interactivity involved. If a target has two Holy Notes ready but is only at, say, 70% health, you can wait and focus on other party members until they drop a little more, and then you complete the chord.
So that’s the base outline of the spec. The long uptime of the buff rewards not finishing off the chord until you actually need it and still makes it usable in PvP.
The best part about it is that if we don’t want to be rid of the cooldown reduction mechanic that Holy is currently working with, it can fit very neatly over the top without changing anything too fundamental. The Holy Words might need some very slight tweaking to work but I don’t see any immediate problems with this system.
Now, Holy needs some new cooldowns. Over the years, Holy has gone from having one of the most well-rounded toolkits to one that looks very limited in comparison. Shaman's can heal by sharing health percentages. Paladin’s have all their auras, Glimmers, and immunities. Evokers can fly and bombard people with healing, heal through stuns and other CC, and reverse recent damage taken. Monks are dashing around like no one's business and healing by punching them in the face. Let’s find some good stuff to give the Holy Priest.
Guardian Spirit stays right where it is. It’s extremely thematic to the spec identity by this point and I think it works well with the Holy Note system since you can leave a target with Guardian Spirit to die while you work on other targets with Holy Notes in the meantime.
Hymn of Hope (Not Symbol, change it back) can also stay because its raid and PvP utility is interesting and works collaboratively with other healers and DPS. A good singer should strengthen and work off those around them, right? It works thematically with this Bard theming we’ve got going on. Plus, having to drop it isn’t nearly as painful as having to quit Divine Hymn early. Speaking of which.
The first thing to change is Divine Hymn itself! Sure, on paper it feels very Holyish and it’s certainly quite powerful but ask any Holy Priest what its main flaw is and they won’t hesitate to tell you. You can’t move and nothing is stopping it from being interrupted from an interrupt, a knockback, a stun, or a pull, etc. There are so many instances I can think of where I wanted to press it so badly but I knew it would do more harm than good. Added that it’s often a dead button for me if I ever decide to try using Holy for PvP since in the rare event that I’m not being trained or chain CC’d, it’s so AOE-focused that it often isn’t strong enough to help anyone outside of a Battleground from behind a rock. It requires a PvP talent to make it more worthwhile which is very seldomly picked anyway.
I had a thought after playing Discipline for a while and having Ultimate Penitence available to me. It’s an incredibly fun spell that does a boatload of healing and/or damage while making you immune to CC effects and giving you a huge absorb shield to delay damage to yourself. It’s balanced by having a long cooldown that you can reduce but only by talenting into the following nodes in the tree.
I can’t be the only one who’s noticed that Divine Hymn is basically Ultimate Penitence but drastically weakened and less cool looking to boot.
My idea was to give it the same ‘un-crowd-controllable’ effect as Ultimate Penitence and make it do generally increased healing instead of a stacking effect to increase further healing afterward. The new ‘gimmick’ of it would either be that it would either expel enemies from within a certain radius once, like Anduin’s big bubble of light from the cinematic, or gently push enemies back from the priest as the center point. This would not completely negate adds or an enemy player’s walking speed having any forward momentum, but it would definitely aid in players trying to kite adds when they’re dying or from enemy players in PvP where that little extra distance would make the difference, and would also reward the priests choice in a central location. You could inadvertently push enemies INTO players, after all.
To top all of this off, I would prefer to have this ability further down in the tree to make it feel a bit more impactful of a choice rather than ‘almost’ mandatory’ where it is smack bang in the middle. A lot of spells in talent trees that are sat dead center in the tree feel like they're meant to be picked and I feel like Guardian Spirit should be where Divine Hymn is at the moment, not as close to the level 10 talents as it is currently. For example, Soul Swap for Affliction Warlocks, Invoke Yu’lon/Chi’ji for Mistweaver, Dancing Rune Weapon for Blood Death Knights, and Pillar of Frost for Frost Death Knights. I could go on but the list is pretty exhaustive.
Another thing I would like to change is very synonymous with Holy Priests but something that I think, overall, doesn’t see as much use as we’d like. Primarily because it relies on the priest dying.
Spirit of Redemption is a cool spell, the problem is that unless you take the capstone talent to make you revive afterward or you take the PVP talent to make it into a cooldown in PvP, you don’t really ‘want’ to trigger its activation requirements or have a reliable way of doing so in PvE when you want its effects. I do enjoy that now it allows you to resurrect an ally if you die so someone else can continue the fight but it’s more of a consolation prize or at worst, a reward for bad skill expression. It is also basically a required talent in Solo Shuffle as, if the priest dies, your teammates have 15 seconds to get a kill of their own to win the match or you take the PvP talent as a way more powerful cooldown.
What I would like to do is make the Spirit of Redemption a bigger cooldown spell but give it an obscenely long cooldown so you cannot feasibly use it more than once per fight. Like the Holy Word: Salvation spell without the possibility of cooldown reduction. Because you are losing it upon death, the gimmick here would be that it would last the full 15 seconds, you don’t use mana while casting and you can resurrect a party member instantly in that form(Outside of PvP). This would make the spell more central to the spec rather than as an add-on, free up a PvP talent choice node, and make the battle resurrection more readily available rather than having to wait for your death to use it.
Another such spell we could make SO much more interesting is Divine Star. The one people don’t like taking because who the hell doesn’t WANT to take Halo, right? Whether it’s effective in whatever format you’re playing in, it’s much more visually interesting and it just FEELS powerful, y’know?
Now to fix this, I’m going to do none of the work and instead do what Blizzard should have done by taking an idea from their own IP…Anduin’s Divine Star in Heroes of the Storm!
Yeah, I know they’ve stopped doing anything with HoTS but still…
In HoTS, it has had a bunch of effects over its tenure depending on the talents you take and most of them would make the spell more interesting in WoW. Maybe when it comes back to the priest, it could explode and heal party members or deal damage as Shadow near the priest since you’re already in close range due to the nature of the spell. Maybe it doesn’t even buff up the healing of the actual spell itself and instead interacts with your other heals by producing a stacking buff per enemy/ally you hit that increases the power of your next Flash Heal or Mind Blast?
We can also improve the lackluster mobility of the Holy Priest outside of always picking Angelic Feather by giving them the reverse Leap of Faith Glyph back as a choice node between the normal Leap of Faith.
The ability to jump to your allies was a worthwhile drawback to not being able to troll people as hard with the Leap of Faith ability when Glyphs were a thing and frankly, I miss it. I find that sometimes I’d rather be able to jump into the fray, especially as a class with an AoE fear effect, and the regular leap of faith doesn’t reward that playstyle as much. I remember back in Shadowlands that having Door of Shadows to jump in, disorient them with the covenant effect, and then Psychic Scream before running back out was actually really interesting and it’s one of the only things I miss from that expansion.
In terms of a new name instead of being a glyph, our new ability “Light Transposition“ will cause you to fly to your friend’s location just like old times. Stick it on a choice node with Leap of Faith and you have two differing playstyles almost immediately.
Now a major problem all healers have to contend with, especially to compete with the Meta of Discipline Priests and Holy Paladins, is providing some level of damage.
Not gonna lie, this is where I’m not sure about this idea since I already don’t ‘love’ the idea of healer’s DPSing and having to work around the base spells of the class now that they’ve been reintroduced has made this a little clunky so I’d love some other suggestions for this part. I’d prefer that healers offered utility that DPS do not have access to rather than extra damage but that seems to be the direction Blizzard is rolling in. Frankly, at the moment, Smite and Holy Fire interact with very little of the Holy toolkit outside of Chastise and Empyreal Blaze and we also have Shadow Word: Pain and Mind Blast. I fear that they will all just be tacked on to the toolbar with no thought and we’ll just have this myriad of spells to randomly fire off when we’re bored.
Personally, as a basic idea, I would consider removing Holy Fire as a button as, in the theme of removing bloat that War Within seems to be addressing, I think having Holy Fire as an add-on effect in the same way as the Monk’s Chi Wave is being remade would be ideal. It could function in the same way as Holy Note in that every three casts of smite would bring down a blast of Holy Fire which would give way to being justified in making Holy Fire feel a bit more impactful. Mind Blast could be used within this to ‘erupt’ the Holy Fire DoT, causing an effect I think I’d like to call “Discordant Notes” on account of mixing the void with the light which would either do additional damage or perhaps cause an extra effect like a slow or AoE damage around the target.
With this in mind, Empyreal Blaze could remain as a talent and cause Smite to proc Holy Fire two additional times when it next triggers its chord effect. Shadow Word: Pain would likely exist as just an extra DoT you can throw on as it is now or it could be applied through Mind Blast to clear up more bar space.
Anyway, those are just some thoughts I’ve had. I’m sure there are flaws in them and I’m looking forward to hearing them but I hope you found them fun to theorise around!
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2024.05.15 14:14 youspiritually Infinite Series: Fusion

Greetings!
We of J are excited to continue our thought-track.
We move onto,
Fusion:
Your sciences pursue Fusion Energy, we think, purely off instinct.
Fusion is a natural occurrence in the body, for it is to our vibration, consciousness that can do fusion. To successfully fuse two hydrogen atoms, it requires precise alignments of magnetic fields in order to cause the energy in each atom to entangle together.
We of J believe that aligning magnetic fields is something that is explored in laser technology and extreme temperature cases.
Any attempt to achieve fusion exogenously does require a coherent magnetic field, when consciousness focuses its attention, it generates an infinitely coherent magnetic field which can interact with the matrix of atoms directly - because of this, those who have brilliant focusing ability can begin a process of fusion anywhere in the environment by placing their mind in space rather than keeping it within the vehicle.
History:
The history of fusion was that, to our perspective, thought used to be perfectly entangled with itself or in perpetual fusion one might say.
By adding a positive offset to the entanglement, it generates randomness that always seems to compound positively.
Fusion therefore, was the old state of consciousness thought was in some time ago, for now, there is always a little more positive energy.
In other words, thought was perfectly fused 1:1, but thought added a positive offset making it 2:1.
How J would achieve Fusion:
We of J believe that to achieve fusion would require a very small quantity of energy moving in a very powerful but coherent magnetic field. As the, electron for example, swirls in the magnetic field, it will become exponentially faster because there is always a little more positive magnetic energy coming from the center or The Eye if you will.
It would then be a battle of learning how to regulate the energy generated rather than trying to figure how to generate more energy.
We of J believe quite strongly, humanities focus on electricity and technology seemed to have offset the intention that ought to have been placed on magnetic fields, which in this simulation, there is always an abundance of.
Fusion and the Human Body:
Fusion can be achieved and maintained by the body through sheer dedication and practice, but your vehicles are primarily designed for forgiveness and understanding. Therefore, the 'superpowers' of your bodies are very limited and could only be fully activated through efficient time usage or sheer will power and dedication.
In the past, human bodies could achieve a very high level of fusion and were thus, exhilarating to use. Fusion could be used to create just about anything from the palm of the hand, or alternatively, could be used for creative and destructive purposes.
It allowed humans to craft planets or at-least, the original intention we perceive is that you were designed to garden planets for those who required counseling and therapy from higher levels of existence. We of J see that your planet crafting abilities were lost due to constant war between each other, these wars are well documented we think by your own imaginations through movies and animation.
As the wars progressed, changed and evolved, your Aliens started to become cross with you and placed intense restrictions on your abilities. Now, your primary ability is what could be termed, Emotional Mastery or Serenity - what many refer to as Enlightenment or the Dao.
When the human attention aligns into one place and fusion occurs, the longer one can hold that attention the larger the Dao energy becomes until one experiences a sensation of Oneness or Bliss.
As explained before, as the attention continues to collect, it compounds upon itself over and over again due to the excess of positive magnetic energy until one gets lost in a new world.
Increasing ones vibration is thus achieved, when ones attention power matches the positive bias and the 'head' begins spinning.
Fusion or Dao can be used for anything, but in your bodies, requires continuous practice and refinement until all lessons surrounding Emotional Mastery or Serenity are mastered unconsciously rather than through conscious will.
There is forever more to share,
Are there any questions?
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2024.05.15 14:13 SmokeableBud55 More on from “is it sinful to consume ‘_’ “

I saw a thread on a post here. The last person said about alcohol but I have a question which relates to my own personal things. Regarding cannabis.
I smoke weed. I don’t really drink that much but there are times I drink alcohol. I was born into a non Christian family and my parents split up at a young age, one of them atheist and the other spiritual. Without going to deep into my life, I found Christianity after a huge time in addiction. Heroin and cocaine was my drug of choice at the time, baring in mind I knew nothing of religion then (other then like the basic Christian story) and I started using it at 16 years old. This continued for a few years until I was 18 and very close to 19. I had a few years of literal hell, and a number of more substances I took but never used regularly also came with all I can describe it now as hell. I accepted that this is what it was and this was my life now, I will have withdrawals and stuff and my frame of mind was terrible. I was an absolute mess. Not long after I turned 18 I got put on medication for opiate withdrawal and I haven’t “used” since then. When I was 19 I started tempting with religion and at first I was reading the Quran, Non Muslim, but every night I was reading the book. It wasn’t long untill I realised I was Christian, and I converted. I am now nearly 21.
Now the problem lies with The fact I am still on the medication, and I don’t think I will be coming off it anytime in the next year, but my aim is for 2025.
Cannabis has been extremely helpful if not life saving with the epidemic that’s currently going on. I haven’t even thought about going back to the old life, but I am quite dependent on cannabis, only for now. Hopefully, I also have quite severe ADHD and cannabis dampens it down to the point I can actually watch a movie without becoming irritated, compulsive , and, INTERESTED.
I don’t feel like I am doing anything sinful, but I don’t want to “mess it up”. And this is where I can go into was it all created for control? Etc etc. If I had a needle out my arm I would understand but I don’t even smoke cigarettes, or joints. Just straight bowls. Why would this be sinful in some peoples eyes? And is there any advice I can get.
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