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Balance Suggestions for (almost) Every Primary Weapon
2024.05.16 10:17 DemocracyManaged Balance Suggestions for (almost) Every Primary Weapon
There's been a lot of talk around balance lately, particularly some (in my opinion) valid complaints about certain nerfs not making sense.
With that in mind, here are some suggestions around balance. The focus here is on fun and uniqueness.
Credit for most suggestions goes to the Helldivers community. I've mostly compiled what others have said, though I've tried to be more specific about stat recommendations.
For anyone who doesn't know, the stats shown on-screen are not the full picture. For instance, the CEO has said recoil is actually governed by 14 different values. However, I wanted to be as specific as possible.
For anyone wondering, I'm around level 50 and play on various difficulties, most often 7.
When in doubt, I've erred on the side of smaller versus larger changes, which I think is a good approach to balance in general.
Some more general thoughts about balance about the bottom, but for now, let's just dive in...
Liberator: Honestly great as-is; well-rounded starter for clearing crowds, compensated by being bad against armor.
Liberator Penetrator: VERY underpowered due to a 30-round mag (versus 45 for the Liberator), and 45 (versus 60) damage, though it does have Medium armor penetration. It's very strange that the "Penetrator" does far less damage than its "vanilla" variant. Suggest raising damage to 65 and keeping the clip at 30 rounds to emphasize its specialty anti-armor role.
Liberator Concussive: Suggest raising damage to 75. Come on... it shoots explosive, um, concussive rounds. The smaller clip would still balance it versus the basic Liberator, while the lack of Medium penetration would mean it doesn't invalidate the Penetrator.
Tenderizer: Suggest raising damage to 75 on this one too, or it will be completely invalidated by the Liberator variants (as it currently is...). This would make it a smaller-capacity, higher-caliber alternative, which aligns with the description. Also, ammo should be fully refilled by drops (as most other guns are) and the color fixed to match the trailer. Guessing these were oversights.
Adjudicator: Well-balanced thanks to recent buffs, but I do think the recoil should be more like 30-35 instead of 40. I'm a big fan (and liked it even before the buff), but it feels strangely hard to control the recoil, especially now that it's considered an assault rifle.
Diligence: Think it's great after the buffs. Not always ideal for bugs (though I use it for that too), but great for bots. No changes.
Diligence Counter-Sniper: Love it after the buffs; it was terrible before. I do think it should have 8 mags instead of 6 (matching the Diligence in mags, but still with less ammo overall due to a clip of 15 versus 20). It feels like it runs out way too fast.
Defender: Honestly not sure; I rarely use it and haven't read much about it. I suspect this means it's decent as-is.
Pummeler: Similar to Defender but less fire rate and lower damage in exchange for stun. Well-received by the community; good as-is.
Punisher: Powerful and well-rounded, good as-is.
Slugger: People were using it as a stagger sniper rifle, and somehow the balance "fix" was to remove the stagger and power, but keep the sniper accuracy? This is a slug shotgun. Suggest reverting damage and stagger to pre-nerf, but make it somewhat less accurate (or have the damage drop off more) at longer ranges.
Breaker: Good as-is.
Breaker Spray& Pray: Nearly half the damage / twice the capacity of the regular Breaker, but only 10% more fire rate? Granted this is a light crowd clearer, but I really think the fire rate should be more like 400. This would still be notably lower DPS than the Breaker, but with more ammo and much faster firing... it is called the Spray&Pray!
Breaker Incendiary: One of the best weapons imo, with a very reasonable trade-off of less immediate power for more BURN THEM ALL. My teammates often use it to set me ablaze with patriotism. Good as-is.
Exploding Crossbow: One of the worst-balanced weapons right now. The question is whether it should be more of a light crowd-clear (as it was pre-nerf), or armor penetrator (as the devs have claimed was their original intention), as currently it is bad at both. I would favor the former, only because A) that's what it was before and what people seemed to prefer, and B) that sets it apart from the Eruptor more, rather than basically serving the same role but without the ability to close holes. (I personally wish it could close them, as it is explosive, but being semi-auto that might be a bit OP.) I think it should be reverted to pre-nerf, but adding a couple more clips and keeping the faster-flying bolts (a nice change!). It was odd and a bit annoying how slow the bolts were when it first got released; even strafing could throw them off. It's a crossbow, after all, not a trebuchet. The tooltip should also say its level of armor penetration (currently it doesn't.)
Dominator: Not sure why it was recently nerfed down to 275 damage. I honestly feel the recent nerf made no difference to the balance, but I'd revert it just as a show of good faith.
Eruptor: There is a lot to say here... suggest reverting its stats and performance to the original release, but keeping the fix to it not 'imploding' players toward the explosion, and keeping the magazines at 6. I think it is potentially OK to keep the slight nerf to damage radius fall-off too (I didn't feel much difference, but it seemed more realistic somehow, whereas at release the explosion felt like it went abruptly from full damage to 0 at the edge of the radius).
HOWEVER, removing the "shrapnel" mechanic absolutely needs to be reverted. This was a massive, unnecessary nerf that removed the gun's identity and took it from being great to being awful.
A couple more points about that:
-Yes, it could randomly kill you from 30 meters away... like 0.5% of the time. Anyone claiming it didn't is wrong, though it was very rare. I had it happen maybe twice in a 10-hour period.
-No, it was not a big deal at all. However, it also did not make sense, and added nothing fun to gameplay. None of the other "explosive" guns, airstrikes, etc, work that way, and it appears from dev comments the rare weirdly long ricochets were not intended. If that could be fixed without removing the shrapnel, I think it should be... though I would personally rather have a quick revert/fix that adds back shrapnel but keeps the weird ricochet, versus a slower fix that resolves the issue completely.
-Removing the shrapnel was a dev decision. Some people need to stop blaming the community for that, because no one was asking for it to be removed completely; they just wanted the explosive mechanics to be more consistent, fun, and intuitive.
Punisher Plasma: Feels way better after the buffs; love the increased flight speed for the shots. I could see a slight buff to power or explosive radius, but think it's pretty good as-is.
Blitzer: Feels amazing after the buff to fire rate. Kudos to the devs, because this has gone from hot garbage to being my favorite gun... unless/until the Eruptor is fixed. Democracy rating: Taste My Lightning / 10.
Scythe: The buff helped, but it still feels quite weak. I'd buff power significantly (up to 450-500 DPS) and up the Fire Limit from 8 to 10. For comparison, the Sickle has a DPS of 687.5 (assuming its 750 "Fire Rate" means roughly 750 rounds per minute) and a Fire Limit of 9.
Sickle: Super fun, no notes. Great crowd clear, not so great against heavies. I think the nerf to its ammo cartridges was fine, though unnecessary. It didn't change much.
Scorcher: I haven't used it personally (literally just unlocked), but the community seems to feel it's in a good place. Looking forward to some Scorching!
Purifier: Also have not used this personally, so take with a grain of salt, but the consensus seems to be that it's like a much worse Scorcher. The chargeup is a neat mechanic, so I'd lean into that and add a lot more power... like, 400 versus the current 250. Maybe increase recoil to give it that extra kick. Also, I could be wrong, but the 250 displayed for the fire rate seems strangely high based on the gameplay videos I've seen... not sure if that's accurate.
General balance suggestions:
1) "Spreadsheet" balancing based on gun popularity is a bad strategy.
It's good to encourage loadout variety, but guns will never be used equally, and "more used" does not necessarily mean "overpowered." There are many reasons besides a gun being unbalanced that it might be used by more people. It could be unlocked earlier, or easier to learn, or just more fun to use (in which case it's the last thing you should be nerfing!). Some will be used by more people simply because they see other people using it. There are many examples of this in other games. In Rocket League, the "Octane" car is literally identical to many other cars in its stats, but it's still the most used by a wide margin. In Age of Empires 2, the French civilization has a higher win-rate among low-level players because it's easy to learn, but at a higher level, it's well-balanced.
2) Ideally balance for low and high difficulties... but high is more important.
At a high level, if a gun underperforms, you will either die, or worse, not contribute properly to your team... and Freedom.
Because there are some enemies that only appear on higher difficulties, you simply can't get away without playtesting on higher levels.
With that said, if something works well at a high level, the lower levels take care of themselves to an extent. There are some caveats (for instance, crowd-clearing weapons with low armor penetration are relatively better on lower levels), but it's hard to have perfect balance across all difficulties, and it's less important for lower levels because you can get away with a lot more and still survive. The same is not true in reverse.
If the devs don't have the time or inclination to play at a high level, a Preview server (as some have suggested) could help. Tapping skilled streamers/content creators for balance suggestions (after vetting them and/or putting some kind of NDA in place) is an option, too. Microsoft does that with Age of Empires, for instance.
3) This is a PVE game, not PVP. It's best to err on the side of limited changes... especially with nerfs. Fixes take time, but it takes 0 development time to NOT nerf something.
People emotionally invest in weapons they enjoy. (I bring my emotional support 500KG everywhere!) If you change them, they probably won't like it! This goes double for unnecessary nerfs (see 1 above).
In a PVP game, if something is overpowered, the person it's used against generally has less fun. In Helldivers, our enemies are subhuman and have no feelings to consider besides a hatred of all things free and Democratic.
If you've read this far, thanks for taking the time!
I'd love to hear what others think about these suggestions.
The CEO (Pilestedt) has made it clear that the community's concerns around balance have been noted, and the recent Discord posts indicate it's something the team is currently looking at, so hopefully there will be more positive changes soon.
See you on the front!
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With that in mind, here are some suggestions around balance. The focus here is on fun and uniqueness.
Credit for most suggestions goes to the Helldivers community. I've mostly compiled what others have said, though I've tried to be more specific about stat recommendations.
For anyone who doesn't know, the stats shown on-screen are not the full picture. For instance, the CEO has said recoil is actually governed by 14 different values. However, I wanted to be as specific as possible.
For anyone wondering, I'm around level 50 and play on various difficulties, most often 7.
When in doubt, I've erred on the side of smaller versus larger changes, which I think is a good approach to balance in general.
Some more general thoughts about balance about the bottom, but for now, let's just dive in...
Liberator: Honestly great as-is; well-rounded starter for clearing crowds, compensated by being bad against armor.
Liberator Penetrator: VERY underpowered due to a 30-round mag (versus 45 for the Liberator), and 45 (versus 60) damage, though it does have Medium armor penetration. It's very strange that the "Penetrator" does far less damage than its "vanilla" variant. Suggest raising damage to 65 and keeping the clip at 30 rounds to emphasize its specialty anti-armor role.
Liberator Concussive: Suggest raising damage to 75. Come on... it shoots explosive, um, concussive rounds. The smaller clip would still balance it versus the basic Liberator, while the lack of Medium penetration would mean it doesn't invalidate the Penetrator.
Tenderizer: Suggest raising damage to 75 on this one too, or it will be completely invalidated by the Liberator variants (as it currently is...). This would make it a smaller-capacity, higher-caliber alternative, which aligns with the description. Also, ammo should be fully refilled by drops (as most other guns are) and the color fixed to match the trailer. Guessing these were oversights.
Adjudicator: Well-balanced thanks to recent buffs, but I do think the recoil should be more like 30-35 instead of 40. I'm a big fan (and liked it even before the buff), but it feels strangely hard to control the recoil, especially now that it's considered an assault rifle.
Diligence: Think it's great after the buffs. Not always ideal for bugs (though I use it for that too), but great for bots. No changes.
Diligence Counter-Sniper: Love it after the buffs; it was terrible before. I do think it should have 8 mags instead of 6 (matching the Diligence in mags, but still with less ammo overall due to a clip of 15 versus 20). It feels like it runs out way too fast.
Defender: Honestly not sure; I rarely use it and haven't read much about it. I suspect this means it's decent as-is.
Pummeler: Similar to Defender but less fire rate and lower damage in exchange for stun. Well-received by the community; good as-is.
Punisher: Powerful and well-rounded, good as-is.
Slugger: People were using it as a stagger sniper rifle, and somehow the balance "fix" was to remove the stagger and power, but keep the sniper accuracy? This is a slug shotgun. Suggest reverting damage and stagger to pre-nerf, but make it somewhat less accurate (or have the damage drop off more) at longer ranges.
Breaker: Good as-is.
Breaker Spray& Pray: Nearly half the damage / twice the capacity of the regular Breaker, but only 10% more fire rate? Granted this is a light crowd clearer, but I really think the fire rate should be more like 400. This would still be notably lower DPS than the Breaker, but with more ammo and much faster firing... it is called the Spray&Pray!
Breaker Incendiary: One of the best weapons imo, with a very reasonable trade-off of less immediate power for more BURN THEM ALL. My teammates often use it to set me ablaze with patriotism. Good as-is.
Exploding Crossbow: One of the worst-balanced weapons right now. The question is whether it should be more of a light crowd-clear (as it was pre-nerf), or armor penetrator (as the devs have claimed was their original intention), as currently it is bad at both. I would favor the former, only because A) that's what it was before and what people seemed to prefer, and B) that sets it apart from the Eruptor more, rather than basically serving the same role but without the ability to close holes. (I personally wish it could close them, as it is explosive, but being semi-auto that might be a bit OP.) I think it should be reverted to pre-nerf, but adding a couple more clips and keeping the faster-flying bolts (a nice change!). It was odd and a bit annoying how slow the bolts were when it first got released; even strafing could throw them off. It's a crossbow, after all, not a trebuchet. The tooltip should also say its level of armor penetration (currently it doesn't.)
Dominator: Not sure why it was recently nerfed down to 275 damage. I honestly feel the recent nerf made no difference to the balance, but I'd revert it just as a show of good faith.
Eruptor: There is a lot to say here... suggest reverting its stats and performance to the original release, but keeping the fix to it not 'imploding' players toward the explosion, and keeping the magazines at 6. I think it is potentially OK to keep the slight nerf to damage radius fall-off too (I didn't feel much difference, but it seemed more realistic somehow, whereas at release the explosion felt like it went abruptly from full damage to 0 at the edge of the radius).
HOWEVER, removing the "shrapnel" mechanic absolutely needs to be reverted. This was a massive, unnecessary nerf that removed the gun's identity and took it from being great to being awful.
A couple more points about that:
-Yes, it could randomly kill you from 30 meters away... like 0.5% of the time. Anyone claiming it didn't is wrong, though it was very rare. I had it happen maybe twice in a 10-hour period.
-No, it was not a big deal at all. However, it also did not make sense, and added nothing fun to gameplay. None of the other "explosive" guns, airstrikes, etc, work that way, and it appears from dev comments the rare weirdly long ricochets were not intended. If that could be fixed without removing the shrapnel, I think it should be... though I would personally rather have a quick revert/fix that adds back shrapnel but keeps the weird ricochet, versus a slower fix that resolves the issue completely.
-Removing the shrapnel was a dev decision. Some people need to stop blaming the community for that, because no one was asking for it to be removed completely; they just wanted the explosive mechanics to be more consistent, fun, and intuitive.
Punisher Plasma: Feels way better after the buffs; love the increased flight speed for the shots. I could see a slight buff to power or explosive radius, but think it's pretty good as-is.
Blitzer: Feels amazing after the buff to fire rate. Kudos to the devs, because this has gone from hot garbage to being my favorite gun... unless/until the Eruptor is fixed. Democracy rating: Taste My Lightning / 10.
Scythe: The buff helped, but it still feels quite weak. I'd buff power significantly (up to 450-500 DPS) and up the Fire Limit from 8 to 10. For comparison, the Sickle has a DPS of 687.5 (assuming its 750 "Fire Rate" means roughly 750 rounds per minute) and a Fire Limit of 9.
Sickle: Super fun, no notes. Great crowd clear, not so great against heavies. I think the nerf to its ammo cartridges was fine, though unnecessary. It didn't change much.
Scorcher: I haven't used it personally (literally just unlocked), but the community seems to feel it's in a good place. Looking forward to some Scorching!
Purifier: Also have not used this personally, so take with a grain of salt, but the consensus seems to be that it's like a much worse Scorcher. The chargeup is a neat mechanic, so I'd lean into that and add a lot more power... like, 400 versus the current 250. Maybe increase recoil to give it that extra kick. Also, I could be wrong, but the 250 displayed for the fire rate seems strangely high based on the gameplay videos I've seen... not sure if that's accurate.
General balance suggestions:
1) "Spreadsheet" balancing based on gun popularity is a bad strategy.
It's good to encourage loadout variety, but guns will never be used equally, and "more used" does not necessarily mean "overpowered." There are many reasons besides a gun being unbalanced that it might be used by more people. It could be unlocked earlier, or easier to learn, or just more fun to use (in which case it's the last thing you should be nerfing!). Some will be used by more people simply because they see other people using it. There are many examples of this in other games. In Rocket League, the "Octane" car is literally identical to many other cars in its stats, but it's still the most used by a wide margin. In Age of Empires 2, the French civilization has a higher win-rate among low-level players because it's easy to learn, but at a higher level, it's well-balanced.
2) Ideally balance for low and high difficulties... but high is more important.
At a high level, if a gun underperforms, you will either die, or worse, not contribute properly to your team... and Freedom.
Because there are some enemies that only appear on higher difficulties, you simply can't get away without playtesting on higher levels.
With that said, if something works well at a high level, the lower levels take care of themselves to an extent. There are some caveats (for instance, crowd-clearing weapons with low armor penetration are relatively better on lower levels), but it's hard to have perfect balance across all difficulties, and it's less important for lower levels because you can get away with a lot more and still survive. The same is not true in reverse.
If the devs don't have the time or inclination to play at a high level, a Preview server (as some have suggested) could help. Tapping skilled streamers/content creators for balance suggestions (after vetting them and/or putting some kind of NDA in place) is an option, too. Microsoft does that with Age of Empires, for instance.
3) This is a PVE game, not PVP. It's best to err on the side of limited changes... especially with nerfs. Fixes take time, but it takes 0 development time to NOT nerf something.
People emotionally invest in weapons they enjoy. (I bring my emotional support 500KG everywhere!) If you change them, they probably won't like it! This goes double for unnecessary nerfs (see 1 above).
In a PVP game, if something is overpowered, the person it's used against generally has less fun. In Helldivers, our enemies are subhuman and have no feelings to consider besides a hatred of all things free and Democratic.
If you've read this far, thanks for taking the time!
I'd love to hear what others think about these suggestions.
The CEO (Pilestedt) has made it clear that the community's concerns around balance have been noted, and the recent Discord posts indicate it's something the team is currently looking at, so hopefully there will be more positive changes soon.
See you on the front!
2024.05.16 10:16 Mayor-GK My 25M girlfriend 31F has been distant in our LDR but we are supposed to meet very soon, what can i do?
Hi everyone, so a little back story. I "25M" met my now girlfriend "31F" about a year ago when I was still in another relationship . My ex girlfriend introduced us to each other because they were friends and my now girlfriend needed a job and I just felt like helping her out as she was going through some financial struggles and she is a single mom of a 5 year old sweet girl. So I made a couple of referrals and she ended up getting a job but the boss didn't like her so I made another one and she ended up working where I worked.
After I broke up with my ex I started seeing my now girlfriend after about 2 months as we had gotten familiar with each other and I was still a bit heartbroken so I wanted to take it slow .....I should mention she is not the reason I broke up with my ex girlfriend. I was going to do that eventually as I had had enough of her. I could write a whole book about her if I wanted to .
Things were good for a while that is until she had to move to another country for permanent relocation.
Now in a normal scenario I would have just let it go there and then but the 7 months I spent with her were amazing. She was everything I ever wanted in a girl and her love and respect towards me was just out of this world . Anyway fast forward 2 months after she left it's like a switch flipped and now she is distant but not cold . If I call her and she picks up we can have a good conversation but if I don't call or text she won't call or text me .
Oh I forgot to mention we are planning on reuniting in just 2 months now before she left we had already discussed it all including my plan to eventually get married to her coz I know it's something I want and I asked her if it would be something she would like and she was very much on board. Now this wasn't a proposal no , it was just the first step leading to a proposal just to know where we both stand in the relationship.
So now my problem is the dwindling communication. I have brought it up before about 2 times and both those times we ended up talking for hours just telling each other how we feel and how we would like to move on but it seems that only gets good for the first 2-3 days and then she goes back to her usual self. She isn't working she just stays at home getting paid by the state to do so . All she does the whole day is taking care of her child. So I can't say she is so busy she can't pick up the phone and just send a simple hi . I like having back and forth conversations even if they don't make any sense đ and the thing is we used to have those. When I brought it up she said that she doesn't like staying with her phone because of the content she sees online it stresses her and all that (makes sense because she comes from a war torn country) . So we said that at least we can talk once a day in the evening but even that has stopped and when I call I don't get an answer until the next day in the afternoon. We do have a time difference but if I am putting in all this effort in line with the time zones but I am not getting any reciprocation.
I have to visit her in 2 months now and we have to stay together for a month before I leave again. With how I'm seeing it now, there might be no hope for the next time around so now I'm just contemplating if I should go see her or just ditch the whole thing because if she acts like this when I'm not around and nice when I'm there what will happen after I leave again waiting for the next meeting.
Any advice?
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After I broke up with my ex I started seeing my now girlfriend after about 2 months as we had gotten familiar with each other and I was still a bit heartbroken so I wanted to take it slow .....I should mention she is not the reason I broke up with my ex girlfriend. I was going to do that eventually as I had had enough of her. I could write a whole book about her if I wanted to .
Things were good for a while that is until she had to move to another country for permanent relocation.
Now in a normal scenario I would have just let it go there and then but the 7 months I spent with her were amazing. She was everything I ever wanted in a girl and her love and respect towards me was just out of this world . Anyway fast forward 2 months after she left it's like a switch flipped and now she is distant but not cold . If I call her and she picks up we can have a good conversation but if I don't call or text she won't call or text me .
Oh I forgot to mention we are planning on reuniting in just 2 months now before she left we had already discussed it all including my plan to eventually get married to her coz I know it's something I want and I asked her if it would be something she would like and she was very much on board. Now this wasn't a proposal no , it was just the first step leading to a proposal just to know where we both stand in the relationship.
So now my problem is the dwindling communication. I have brought it up before about 2 times and both those times we ended up talking for hours just telling each other how we feel and how we would like to move on but it seems that only gets good for the first 2-3 days and then she goes back to her usual self. She isn't working she just stays at home getting paid by the state to do so . All she does the whole day is taking care of her child. So I can't say she is so busy she can't pick up the phone and just send a simple hi . I like having back and forth conversations even if they don't make any sense đ and the thing is we used to have those. When I brought it up she said that she doesn't like staying with her phone because of the content she sees online it stresses her and all that (makes sense because she comes from a war torn country) . So we said that at least we can talk once a day in the evening but even that has stopped and when I call I don't get an answer until the next day in the afternoon. We do have a time difference but if I am putting in all this effort in line with the time zones but I am not getting any reciprocation.
I have to visit her in 2 months now and we have to stay together for a month before I leave again. With how I'm seeing it now, there might be no hope for the next time around so now I'm just contemplating if I should go see her or just ditch the whole thing because if she acts like this when I'm not around and nice when I'm there what will happen after I leave again waiting for the next meeting.
Any advice?
2024.05.16 10:15 Sharpy34 [C5] Lethal Devotion Hole Control What War? PvPers Wanted!
A Little about us
LDEV is a tight-knit PvP group living in wormhole space. As one of Hole Control's primary, English speaking members, we are looking for players of all types to expand our ranks and solidify ourselves as part of the wider WH community. We are a relaxed, IRL-first group constantly trying to better themselves and become more competitive.
We are also looking for people who are interested in content creation or junior FC roles.
Our current home is a C5 with C5 static giving us plenty of opportunities to fight or make ISK.
We are a multinational English-speaking corp active within EU/US timezones, we also have a small AU contingent which we are actively expanding.
We are also looking for other smaller or like-minded corps who are open to the idea of merging. Please contact âRaz868â for more details.
Killboard
What we can offer you
⧠Small to Medium gang PvP
⧠Access to larger, alliance-wide content
⧠Access to High Class PvP/E content
⧠Industrial Infrastructure
⧠Corp Buyback
⧠SRP Program
Our Requirements
⧠Omega Accounts Only
⧠Full ESI Check
⧠25 Million Skill Points (Flexible based on skills trained, experience etc)
⧠Must be able to fly at least one from each of the following:
⧠Alt account that can fly a Dictor and/or Cov. Ops Scanner is useful but not mandatory
⧠Ability to be self-sufficient
⧠Willingness to join in, engage with your corp-mates and generate content
⧠In chain, on comms policy
⧠Be respectful to your fellow players
If you think we would be a good fit for you, and you'd like to get more information, Join our discord here.
We look forward to flying with you!
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LDEV is a tight-knit PvP group living in wormhole space. As one of Hole Control's primary, English speaking members, we are looking for players of all types to expand our ranks and solidify ourselves as part of the wider WH community. We are a relaxed, IRL-first group constantly trying to better themselves and become more competitive.
We are also looking for people who are interested in content creation or junior FC roles.
Our current home is a C5 with C5 static giving us plenty of opportunities to fight or make ISK.
We are a multinational English-speaking corp active within EU/US timezones, we also have a small AU contingent which we are actively expanding.
We are also looking for other smaller or like-minded corps who are open to the idea of merging. Please contact âRaz868â for more details.
Killboard
What we can offer you
⧠Small to Medium gang PvP
⧠Access to larger, alliance-wide content
⧠Access to High Class PvP/E content
⧠Industrial Infrastructure
⧠Corp Buyback
⧠SRP Program
Our Requirements
⧠Omega Accounts Only
⧠Full ESI Check
⧠25 Million Skill Points (Flexible based on skills trained, experience etc)
⧠Must be able to fly at least one from each of the following:
- Nighthawk, Scorpion Navy, Tengu, Loki
- Leshak, Tempest, Guardian/Zarm, Damnation
⧠Alt account that can fly a Dictor and/or Cov. Ops Scanner is useful but not mandatory
⧠Ability to be self-sufficient
⧠Willingness to join in, engage with your corp-mates and generate content
⧠In chain, on comms policy
⧠Be respectful to your fellow players
If you think we would be a good fit for you, and you'd like to get more information, Join our discord here.
We look forward to flying with you!
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2024.05.16 10:14 meggylovescookies Why does my mother utterly hate me?
Okay so this happened a couple months ago around mid-March. I posted what happened in another subreddit, but a couple of people mentioned posting it in this one too. I keep rehashing it over and over and yeah⌠here is what I said in the original post:
I canât deal with my mom anymore. My whole life I was always afraid to talk back or stick up for myself. And then when I do, she just continues to berate me. Here is the storyâŚ
I donât know what to make of this situation. It would be a long story if I tried to explain it all so I will attempt to make it brief. So, a couple weeks ago my mom started talking down to me.
My memere has been dying. And my mom told me my âpriorities are skeweredâ and âitâs quite underwhelming, honestlyâ âyour memere is the opposite of good health.â She said this because I told my mom that I would visit memere later in the week.
Keep on my mind my mom kept going back and forth on this matter. She would tell me I should go and see my memere. Then a day later she would say I shouldnât because my memere isnât herself. Then she would tell me I should call my memere. Then she would tell me I shouldnât because of how my memere isnât in her right mind.
So, my mother speaking down to me by lecturing me how my priorities are skewered and whatnot, really pissed me off. I replied telling her not to talk down to me and told her how rude and condescending her comments are. That just prompted her to continue the comments and tell me I am self absorbed and all I do is sleep all the time. Keep in mind, I never discuss myself with my mother.
Every conversation we have is either about my memere as of lately, or my mother will discuss things going on in her life.
And any other time Iâll just take it and deal with it (my mother being rude or whatnot) But this time I didnât. It resulted in me eventually deleting the app we converse on. I told her to leave me alone and that I didnât want anything to do with her. I knew it wasnât worth going back and forth and I didnât want to say anything I would regret.
I ended up reaching out to her a week later saying âsorry memere is in hospice.â Since then we have been getting along.
Fast forward to today, I was searching for something in our conversation when I stumbled across her messages to me (from before I blocked her). I hadnât read some of them yet because I didnât want to. But then I saw she called me a âselfish, self-absorbed twat.â And that, âit takes a special kind of someone. Remember that.â
Keep in mind I donât call her names. I decided to confront her about it. It didnât turn out well. She just threw in my face about how she is going through a rough time because of her mother and also threw into my face how she has been here for me at my lowest points and that I put her and my dad through hell (I assume she is referencing my alcoholism, which I have been sober from for almost 2 years). She also said âand I stand behind the selfish twat comment.â
So I ended up saying, âand youâre a bitch.â Which prompted her to saying how Iâm a despicable woman and that she would never talk to her mom like that.
I just donât understand how she thinks itâs okay for her to call me names, but when I dish it right back to her she continues to try and bring me down, or throws in my face how she was there for me at my lowest points. It makes it seem like she is trying to guilt trip by bringing that up (from when I was suffering from alcoholism which caused my parents to be worried for me and stuff).
I understand her mother is dying. But does that really give her the okay to treat me this way? I blocked her. And I honestly do wish I had kept my cool. I did initially the first time around when I removed her. But this second time around I let the situation get the best of me.
Okay so now for an updateâŚsadly my memere ended up passing away :â( Ever since then, things havenât felt right between my mother and I. After that whole debacle, she texted me a couple weeks after telling me that she loves me and also said, âI apologize for my choice of words. I reacted and I reacted badly.â All I said back was âI love you too.â
I felt like her apology was crummy. It seems like she isnât even really taking responsibility for her actions but almost placing the blame on me. Acting like Iâm the one who caused her to lash out.
Since then, we havenât talked much. Honestly I just feel uncomfortable regarding the whole situation. Itâs hard to move past it. I donât know if Iâm overreacting by still being affected by it. A week ago my dad texted me letting me know to not forget about my mom for motherâs dayâŚwhich I had already planned to visit her.
So, on Sunday I went to go see her and gave her flowers because it felt like the right thing to do. But every time I think of her and when I saw her, I just keep replaying all of what happened. I just donât know what to do anymore. As I said, I donât know if Iâm just overreacting and if I should just try and get over it and forget about it.
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I canât deal with my mom anymore. My whole life I was always afraid to talk back or stick up for myself. And then when I do, she just continues to berate me. Here is the storyâŚ
I donât know what to make of this situation. It would be a long story if I tried to explain it all so I will attempt to make it brief. So, a couple weeks ago my mom started talking down to me.
My memere has been dying. And my mom told me my âpriorities are skeweredâ and âitâs quite underwhelming, honestlyâ âyour memere is the opposite of good health.â She said this because I told my mom that I would visit memere later in the week.
Keep on my mind my mom kept going back and forth on this matter. She would tell me I should go and see my memere. Then a day later she would say I shouldnât because my memere isnât herself. Then she would tell me I should call my memere. Then she would tell me I shouldnât because of how my memere isnât in her right mind.
So, my mother speaking down to me by lecturing me how my priorities are skewered and whatnot, really pissed me off. I replied telling her not to talk down to me and told her how rude and condescending her comments are. That just prompted her to continue the comments and tell me I am self absorbed and all I do is sleep all the time. Keep in mind, I never discuss myself with my mother.
Every conversation we have is either about my memere as of lately, or my mother will discuss things going on in her life.
And any other time Iâll just take it and deal with it (my mother being rude or whatnot) But this time I didnât. It resulted in me eventually deleting the app we converse on. I told her to leave me alone and that I didnât want anything to do with her. I knew it wasnât worth going back and forth and I didnât want to say anything I would regret.
I ended up reaching out to her a week later saying âsorry memere is in hospice.â Since then we have been getting along.
Fast forward to today, I was searching for something in our conversation when I stumbled across her messages to me (from before I blocked her). I hadnât read some of them yet because I didnât want to. But then I saw she called me a âselfish, self-absorbed twat.â And that, âit takes a special kind of someone. Remember that.â
Keep in mind I donât call her names. I decided to confront her about it. It didnât turn out well. She just threw in my face about how she is going through a rough time because of her mother and also threw into my face how she has been here for me at my lowest points and that I put her and my dad through hell (I assume she is referencing my alcoholism, which I have been sober from for almost 2 years). She also said âand I stand behind the selfish twat comment.â
So I ended up saying, âand youâre a bitch.â Which prompted her to saying how Iâm a despicable woman and that she would never talk to her mom like that.
I just donât understand how she thinks itâs okay for her to call me names, but when I dish it right back to her she continues to try and bring me down, or throws in my face how she was there for me at my lowest points. It makes it seem like she is trying to guilt trip by bringing that up (from when I was suffering from alcoholism which caused my parents to be worried for me and stuff).
I understand her mother is dying. But does that really give her the okay to treat me this way? I blocked her. And I honestly do wish I had kept my cool. I did initially the first time around when I removed her. But this second time around I let the situation get the best of me.
Okay so now for an updateâŚsadly my memere ended up passing away :â( Ever since then, things havenât felt right between my mother and I. After that whole debacle, she texted me a couple weeks after telling me that she loves me and also said, âI apologize for my choice of words. I reacted and I reacted badly.â All I said back was âI love you too.â
I felt like her apology was crummy. It seems like she isnât even really taking responsibility for her actions but almost placing the blame on me. Acting like Iâm the one who caused her to lash out.
Since then, we havenât talked much. Honestly I just feel uncomfortable regarding the whole situation. Itâs hard to move past it. I donât know if Iâm overreacting by still being affected by it. A week ago my dad texted me letting me know to not forget about my mom for motherâs dayâŚwhich I had already planned to visit her.
So, on Sunday I went to go see her and gave her flowers because it felt like the right thing to do. But every time I think of her and when I saw her, I just keep replaying all of what happened. I just donât know what to do anymore. As I said, I donât know if Iâm just overreacting and if I should just try and get over it and forget about it.
2024.05.16 10:11 Otherwise_Stable6122 How i beat Pokerogue classic without even meaning to
So i beat classic mode for the first time last night without even intending to Here's how it went!!!
So before the run started, i was basically just doing short quick runs with tinkatink to try and get the candy to unlock its' passive (huge power) since i'd seen that huge power tinkaton destroys Ray, M-Ray and Eternatus (mostly).
While doing those runs, i got curious and decided to see what would happen if i stuck Tinka on a team with 4 pickup pokemon (Zigzagoon,Lillipup,Bunnelby and a Meowth i caught). Also something fun to note is that the bunnelby had Pokerus, not that it was necessary probably but i wasn't complaining.
So i just did the run as usual, solo'd the early game with tinka with a little help from the pickup pokemon here and there and ended up having the furthest run i'd had that night with just Tinka so i decided to try taking the run 'seriously' as a joke, thinking it would end pretty soon.
Fast forward a lot and i end up destroying Finn on floor 145 with mainly just Tinkaton. My tinkatink had ice hammer as an egg move so ray was a cakewalk, and i had a decent build up of vitamins and power boosting items like metal coat and Neva-Melt-Ice, mainly due to pickups.
Fast forward again, the elite 4 + champ was the Kanto set, so they weren't too much of an issue except for blue who was a little scary but not too bad.
Then we reach the endgame and i get to Floor 195, and i'm thinking 'Ok, surely the run can't die now, i just have way too many things in my favour for this to go wrong.' Turns out, Mega ray was actually a pretty big issue for Tinka, cause fly was doing a lot of damage to it and i couldn't heal the damage back with draining kiss, so i take a couple shots at it to try figure something out.
Little did i know that the MVP of the fight in this case was zigzagoon. Because i gave it baby doll eyes, it had a priority over Ray, and could lower its' attack, so i decided on a whim to send it out, and sure enough i was able to lower its' attack but that still wasn't enough, but then it used fly and i realised i had endure on that Zigzagoon from an egg move, and because the ray kept spamming Fly, i would just BBDE and then endure over and over until the ray was at minus 6. From there it was a switch back into Tinka and 2 ice hammers and the Ray was down.
Floor 200 rolls around and it's rough. The first phase isn't too bad but then i found out that second phase has flamethrower, which of course, Tinka is weak to. I throw myself at the fight a few times and i get this run where E-Max eternatus is just using flamethrower on Tinka over and over again while Tinka heals it off. So i throw out zigzagoon as my second mon thinking it'll just go down like the rest. I get a few sand attacks off on Eternatus before it finally takes zigzagoon out. Then i throw in lillipup, and because Eternatus was so obsessed with attacking Tinka over and over again, i manage to widdle it down by using a combination of Ice hammer from Tinka and leer from lillipup. And that was the run.
Moral of the story, Zigzagoon op, Pokerogue best game 2024 and Tinkaton is peak I still haven't got enough candy for huge power
I get if this all doesn't sound too impressive to the people that do endless runs and stuff but i just thought this run was so fun that i wanted to share it.
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So before the run started, i was basically just doing short quick runs with tinkatink to try and get the candy to unlock its' passive (huge power) since i'd seen that huge power tinkaton destroys Ray, M-Ray and Eternatus (mostly).
While doing those runs, i got curious and decided to see what would happen if i stuck Tinka on a team with 4 pickup pokemon (Zigzagoon,Lillipup,Bunnelby and a Meowth i caught). Also something fun to note is that the bunnelby had Pokerus, not that it was necessary probably but i wasn't complaining.
So i just did the run as usual, solo'd the early game with tinka with a little help from the pickup pokemon here and there and ended up having the furthest run i'd had that night with just Tinka so i decided to try taking the run 'seriously' as a joke, thinking it would end pretty soon.
Fast forward a lot and i end up destroying Finn on floor 145 with mainly just Tinkaton. My tinkatink had ice hammer as an egg move so ray was a cakewalk, and i had a decent build up of vitamins and power boosting items like metal coat and Neva-Melt-Ice, mainly due to pickups.
Fast forward again, the elite 4 + champ was the Kanto set, so they weren't too much of an issue except for blue who was a little scary but not too bad.
Then we reach the endgame and i get to Floor 195, and i'm thinking 'Ok, surely the run can't die now, i just have way too many things in my favour for this to go wrong.' Turns out, Mega ray was actually a pretty big issue for Tinka, cause fly was doing a lot of damage to it and i couldn't heal the damage back with draining kiss, so i take a couple shots at it to try figure something out.
Little did i know that the MVP of the fight in this case was zigzagoon. Because i gave it baby doll eyes, it had a priority over Ray, and could lower its' attack, so i decided on a whim to send it out, and sure enough i was able to lower its' attack but that still wasn't enough, but then it used fly and i realised i had endure on that Zigzagoon from an egg move, and because the ray kept spamming Fly, i would just BBDE and then endure over and over until the ray was at minus 6. From there it was a switch back into Tinka and 2 ice hammers and the Ray was down.
Floor 200 rolls around and it's rough. The first phase isn't too bad but then i found out that second phase has flamethrower, which of course, Tinka is weak to. I throw myself at the fight a few times and i get this run where E-Max eternatus is just using flamethrower on Tinka over and over again while Tinka heals it off. So i throw out zigzagoon as my second mon thinking it'll just go down like the rest. I get a few sand attacks off on Eternatus before it finally takes zigzagoon out. Then i throw in lillipup, and because Eternatus was so obsessed with attacking Tinka over and over again, i manage to widdle it down by using a combination of Ice hammer from Tinka and leer from lillipup. And that was the run.
Moral of the story, Zigzagoon op, Pokerogue best game 2024 and Tinkaton is peak I still haven't got enough candy for huge power
I get if this all doesn't sound too impressive to the people that do endless runs and stuff but i just thought this run was so fun that i wanted to share it.
2024.05.16 10:10 chueffen STYLE Protocol
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Fairness and fun are at the heart of STYLE Protocol,designed as the ultimate gaming party where everyone's invited, the protocol rewards contributions such as community assistance, innovative ideas, and collaborative efforts. This ensures everyone has a chance to join in the excitement and benefits from the shared success.
STYLE Protocol revolutionizes the concept of non-fungible tokens (NFTs) by transforming them into dynamic, 3D assets that transcend the boundaries of individual games and virtual environments. Imagine owning a coveted item in one game and seamlessly deploying it in another, or transforming your favorite NFT into a living, breathing character. With STYLE Protocol, such feats are within reach, ushering in an era of true interoperability in gaming.
At the heart of STYLE Protocol lies its native utility token, §STYLE, a digital asset that serves as the key to unlocking a world of possibilities. With $STYLE, gamers gain access to exclusive products and services within the protocol's ecosystem, enabling them to seamlessly transfer in-game assets across diverse gaming platforms and Metaverse .
Built on the Polkadot network, STYLE Protocol embraces the principles of Web3, championing interoperability and decentralization. By leveraging the capabilities of Polkadot's "blockchain of blockchains," STYLE Protocol ensures compatibility across a wide range of EVM-compatible chains, including Ethereum, Binance Smart Chain, Polygon, and Avalanche. In doing so, it creates unified gaming ecosystem where digital assets are no longer fragmented but seamlessly interconnected.
STYLE Protocol represents a paradigm shift in virtual worlds, offering unparalleled interoperability, utility, and engagement. By bridging platforms and empowering users with decentralized governance and reward mechanisms, it heralds a new era of connectivity and creativity in the digital landscape. As users embark on this transformative journey, the STYLE Protocol invites exploration, innovation, and the redefinition of virtual reality boundaries.
It usability of in-game assets and NFTs transcends traditional boundaries, enabling users to seamlessly transfer and utilize their digital possessions across a mvriad of virtual environments. From rare collectibles to coveted skins, every asset gains newfound utility and versatility within the interconnected digital universe.
Investors Partners Backers: Morningstar Ventures, DutchCrypto Invest, FileCoin VC, Protocol Labs, Faber VC, AlphaGrep VC, FunFair VC, BlockHub VC, GBV Capital, Many more.
Launchpads: Seedify, Poolz, ChainGPT IDO in April, 2024 (Listing in May.)
Web https://www.protocol.style/
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Fairness and fun are at the heart of STYLE Protocol,designed as the ultimate gaming party where everyone's invited, the protocol rewards contributions such as community assistance, innovative ideas, and collaborative efforts. This ensures everyone has a chance to join in the excitement and benefits from the shared success.
STYLE Protocol revolutionizes the concept of non-fungible tokens (NFTs) by transforming them into dynamic, 3D assets that transcend the boundaries of individual games and virtual environments. Imagine owning a coveted item in one game and seamlessly deploying it in another, or transforming your favorite NFT into a living, breathing character. With STYLE Protocol, such feats are within reach, ushering in an era of true interoperability in gaming.
At the heart of STYLE Protocol lies its native utility token, §STYLE, a digital asset that serves as the key to unlocking a world of possibilities. With $STYLE, gamers gain access to exclusive products and services within the protocol's ecosystem, enabling them to seamlessly transfer in-game assets across diverse gaming platforms and Metaverse .
Built on the Polkadot network, STYLE Protocol embraces the principles of Web3, championing interoperability and decentralization. By leveraging the capabilities of Polkadot's "blockchain of blockchains," STYLE Protocol ensures compatibility across a wide range of EVM-compatible chains, including Ethereum, Binance Smart Chain, Polygon, and Avalanche. In doing so, it creates unified gaming ecosystem where digital assets are no longer fragmented but seamlessly interconnected.
STYLE Protocol represents a paradigm shift in virtual worlds, offering unparalleled interoperability, utility, and engagement. By bridging platforms and empowering users with decentralized governance and reward mechanisms, it heralds a new era of connectivity and creativity in the digital landscape. As users embark on this transformative journey, the STYLE Protocol invites exploration, innovation, and the redefinition of virtual reality boundaries.
It usability of in-game assets and NFTs transcends traditional boundaries, enabling users to seamlessly transfer and utilize their digital possessions across a mvriad of virtual environments. From rare collectibles to coveted skins, every asset gains newfound utility and versatility within the interconnected digital universe.
Investors Partners Backers: Morningstar Ventures, DutchCrypto Invest, FileCoin VC, Protocol Labs, Faber VC, AlphaGrep VC, FunFair VC, BlockHub VC, GBV Capital, Many more.
Launchpads: Seedify, Poolz, ChainGPT IDO in April, 2024 (Listing in May.)
Web https://www.protocol.style/
2024.05.16 10:08 Mart-coder76 Export Table(s) from desmos grafic calculator
Hi, I always missed to export Tables from Desmos via copy-past to i.e. excel.
Wrote a little JS Script with a little help of chatGPT doing the trick by converting to a regular html-table.
I use it as a bookmarklet, so it is very easy to use. Open your web browser's bookmarks or favorites manager.
In most browsers, you can do this by pressing Ctrl+Shift+B (Windows) or Cmd+Shift+B (Mac).
Create a new bookmark.
You can name it something like "Desmos Tables". Copy the following code: javascript:(function(){let tableContainers=document.querySelectorAll('.dcg-table-container');let zIndexStart=1000;tableContainers.forEach((container,index)=>{let tableDiv=document.createElement('div');tableDiv.style.position='fixed';tableDiv.style.top=\${40+index15}px`;tableDiv.style.left=`${40+index15}px`;tableDiv.style.width='40%';tableDiv.style.height='80%';tableDiv.style.border='1px solid #ccc';tableDiv.style.backgroundColor='white';tableDiv.style.padding='10px';tableDiv.style.zIndex=zIndexStart+index;tableDiv.style.overflowY='auto';tableDiv.style.boxShadow='0 4px 8px rgba(0,0,0,0.1)';tableDiv.style.resize='both';tableDiv.style.userSelect='text';let closeButton=document.createElement('span');closeButton.innerText='x';closeButton.style.position='absolute';closeButton.style.top='5px';closeButton.style.right='10px';closeButton.style.cursor='pointer';closeButton.style.fontWeight='bold';closeButton.onclick=()=>tableDiv.remove();let heading=document.createElement('h2');heading.innerText=`Table ${index+1}`;heading.style.margin='0 0 10px 0';heading.style.fontSize='16px';heading.style.fontWeight='bold';let htmlTable=document.createElement('table');htmlTable.style.width='100%';htmlTable.style.borderCollapse='collapse';htmlTable.style.userSelect='text';let rows=container.querySelectorAll('.dcg-row');rows.forEach(row=>{let htmlRow=document.createElement('tr');let cells=row.querySelectorAll('.dcg-cell');cells.forEach(cell=>{let htmlCell=document.createElement('td');htmlCell.style.border='1px solid #ddd';htmlCell.style.padding='8px';htmlCell.style.userSelect='text';let cellContent=cell.querySelector('.dcg-mq-root-block');if(cellContent&&cellContent.innerText.trim()!==""){htmlCell.innerText=cellContent.innerText.trim();}else{htmlCell.innerHTML=' ';}htmlRow.appendChild(htmlCell);});htmlTable.appendChild(htmlRow);});tableDiv.appendChild(heading);tableDiv.appendChild(htmlTable);tableDiv.appendChild(closeButton);document.body.appendChild(tableDiv);});if(tableContainers.length===0){alert('No tables found.');}else{alert(`${tableContainers.length} table(s) found and displayed.`);}})();`
Paste the copied code into the URL field of the new bookmark. Ensure the URL starts with javascript: and that the entire code is on a single line without any line breaks. Save the bookmark.
How to Use the Bookmarklet Navigate to a Desmos page that contains tables. Click on the bookmarklet in your bookmarks toolbar.
The bookmarklet will find the tables on the page, display them in floating div elements, and number each table. Empty cells will contain a non-breaking space to ensure they are copied correctly.
Have fun!
submitted by Mart-coder76 to desmos [link] [comments]
Wrote a little JS Script with a little help of chatGPT doing the trick by converting to a regular html-table.
I use it as a bookmarklet, so it is very easy to use. Open your web browser's bookmarks or favorites manager.
In most browsers, you can do this by pressing Ctrl+Shift+B (Windows) or Cmd+Shift+B (Mac).
Create a new bookmark.
You can name it something like "Desmos Tables". Copy the following code: javascript:(function(){let tableContainers=document.querySelectorAll('.dcg-table-container');let zIndexStart=1000;tableContainers.forEach((container,index)=>{let tableDiv=document.createElement('div');tableDiv.style.position='fixed';tableDiv.style.top=\${40+index15}px`;tableDiv.style.left=`${40+index15}px`;tableDiv.style.width='40%';tableDiv.style.height='80%';tableDiv.style.border='1px solid #ccc';tableDiv.style.backgroundColor='white';tableDiv.style.padding='10px';tableDiv.style.zIndex=zIndexStart+index;tableDiv.style.overflowY='auto';tableDiv.style.boxShadow='0 4px 8px rgba(0,0,0,0.1)';tableDiv.style.resize='both';tableDiv.style.userSelect='text';let closeButton=document.createElement('span');closeButton.innerText='x';closeButton.style.position='absolute';closeButton.style.top='5px';closeButton.style.right='10px';closeButton.style.cursor='pointer';closeButton.style.fontWeight='bold';closeButton.onclick=()=>tableDiv.remove();let heading=document.createElement('h2');heading.innerText=`Table ${index+1}`;heading.style.margin='0 0 10px 0';heading.style.fontSize='16px';heading.style.fontWeight='bold';let htmlTable=document.createElement('table');htmlTable.style.width='100%';htmlTable.style.borderCollapse='collapse';htmlTable.style.userSelect='text';let rows=container.querySelectorAll('.dcg-row');rows.forEach(row=>{let htmlRow=document.createElement('tr');let cells=row.querySelectorAll('.dcg-cell');cells.forEach(cell=>{let htmlCell=document.createElement('td');htmlCell.style.border='1px solid #ddd';htmlCell.style.padding='8px';htmlCell.style.userSelect='text';let cellContent=cell.querySelector('.dcg-mq-root-block');if(cellContent&&cellContent.innerText.trim()!==""){htmlCell.innerText=cellContent.innerText.trim();}else{htmlCell.innerHTML=' ';}htmlRow.appendChild(htmlCell);});htmlTable.appendChild(htmlRow);});tableDiv.appendChild(heading);tableDiv.appendChild(htmlTable);tableDiv.appendChild(closeButton);document.body.appendChild(tableDiv);});if(tableContainers.length===0){alert('No tables found.');}else{alert(`${tableContainers.length} table(s) found and displayed.`);}})();`
Paste the copied code into the URL field of the new bookmark. Ensure the URL starts with javascript: and that the entire code is on a single line without any line breaks. Save the bookmark.
How to Use the Bookmarklet Navigate to a Desmos page that contains tables. Click on the bookmarklet in your bookmarks toolbar.
The bookmarklet will find the tables on the page, display them in floating div elements, and number each table. Empty cells will contain a non-breaking space to ensure they are copied correctly.
Have fun!
2024.05.16 10:07 Thin_Crazy_3685 SheraSeven notes
Someone here about a month ago asked for a summary or notes on Sheras teachings and I cant seem to find it anymore, so I will list here some of the things I have noted.
⢠Have a goal in mind
⢠Stay feminine
⢠Dont talk about your personal business, family/exes/private personal life heavy on the exes!
⢠if he tries to have sex immediately and heâs all sex sex sex just tell them âOkay maybe this isnât going to work out, but I have the perfect friend for you who likes your type. Her name is Alexa, Iâll send her number to you. She is soo free spiritedâ or just blatantly ask for money if heâs that rude.
⢠if he asks for your body count, ask about his bank account (only dusties ask this)
⢠He needs to like you more than you like him
⢠Spend his money
⢠Allow him to cheat, dont try to control any man
⢠All men are the same, their income isnât
⢠Whatever comes out of a mans mouth, reverse it
⢠If you want him to love you, love yourself not him
⢠Men want what they cant have
⢠Emotions and fighting. Treat him like your boss in that sense, you dont get messy with your boss either.
⢠Emotions are better if you act them
⢠Laugh at his jokes
⢠Let him do the talking, and dont correct him. You want to make him feel good about himself around you.
⢠Tell them you dont have sex outside of relationships
⢠Exculisivity costs money, youâre not 3rd graders with post-it cards asking to be their girlfriend.
⢠If they say something you dont like give them an ugly look
⢠If he doesnt fix his issues within a week heâs a dusty. (E.g car breaks down etc.)
⢠âI donât deal with men who cant keep their word and are secretly brokeâ
⢠Dusties run away on their own if given a financial burden
⢠Always have a financial problem as a reason why you havent texted back or are unable to see them.
⢠Donât be too available
⢠I look for what a man can do for me, offer me. I make him feel good, and elevate him
⢠When he makes time for you, you make time for him. And make sure that your time is being compensated, wheter itâs experience or material, or money
⢠Have several options
⢠Itâs all about him stroke his ego
⢠You are the prize !!!!
⢠Ask him for help for free stuff first then he doesnât have a problem with problems that cost
⢠Pay attention to details and make mental notes about him
⢠Dont sleep on the first date
⢠You cant change a dusty, a dusty will change themselves
⢠Be their weakness
⢠Say âIâm very attracted to youâ to ugly men
⢠Be emotionally reclusive
⢠Let him pick the place for the date but know in advance so you can ghost if itâs a cheap coffee shop
⢠Believe the red flags
⢠Talk slow and sensual
⢠Act like you dont need him at all
⢠Only being sexual, giving sex, talking about sex, initiating sex is being a pickmeisha. Use your other assets, such as voice, eyes, body language, humor, appearance
⢠If you want to be a pickmeisha, be one to a bank account
⢠Confidence and being the prize is in your mind, there is no tutorial for it
⢠Dont outshine him in gift giving
⢠If youâre talking and heâs not listening, ask âDo you hear me? I want your opinion on this youâre so smart after allâ you train him subconciously to listen and react to you while giving him a compliment
⢠Everytime you stress about a man, wheter heâs seeing other people etc. Reverse it. Why isnât he stressed about you?
⢠You can be a pickmeisha to get their attention if you immediatly go back to yourself
⢠Dont carry the conversation
⢠Men tend to be seduced by looks, women by words. Be careful heâs not all talk, but actions too.
⢠When they give you the silent treatment, you act like they arent giving you the silent treatment because youre not talking to him anyway and that way it wont work on you
⢠âOh baby yeah I cant wait itâs just going to be so great, but I have to get to know you a little better first. It makes it more passionate for me, and I know you want to please me, right? I cant just sleep with anybody I barely know, itâs not exciting for me.â
⢠He should have more than 1 income
⢠Date dusties and for fun when young, start dating for funds at 23
⢠If he tries to come back, have a list of things you want and make him complete all of them.
⢠Play dumb
⢠If you playing the game correctly you shouldnât be worried about commitment
⢠âHow you doing?â âOh I was doing bad but now that you called Iâm feeling much betterâ
⢠Being unbothered holds actual power
⢠If a man ghosts you or has other options you dont care
⢠Dont approach men, but you can always pass them the ball
â˘In order to take things slow with a man you need to have high values
⢠My brain doesnt understand less
⢠âItâs been a while since I met a handsome succesful man thatâs not afraid to impress a womanâ
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⢠Have a goal in mind
⢠Stay feminine
⢠Dont talk about your personal business, family/exes/private personal life heavy on the exes!
⢠if he tries to have sex immediately and heâs all sex sex sex just tell them âOkay maybe this isnât going to work out, but I have the perfect friend for you who likes your type. Her name is Alexa, Iâll send her number to you. She is soo free spiritedâ or just blatantly ask for money if heâs that rude.
⢠if he asks for your body count, ask about his bank account (only dusties ask this)
⢠He needs to like you more than you like him
⢠Spend his money
⢠Allow him to cheat, dont try to control any man
⢠All men are the same, their income isnât
⢠Whatever comes out of a mans mouth, reverse it
⢠If you want him to love you, love yourself not him
⢠Men want what they cant have
⢠Emotions and fighting. Treat him like your boss in that sense, you dont get messy with your boss either.
⢠Emotions are better if you act them
⢠Laugh at his jokes
⢠Let him do the talking, and dont correct him. You want to make him feel good about himself around you.
⢠Tell them you dont have sex outside of relationships
⢠Exculisivity costs money, youâre not 3rd graders with post-it cards asking to be their girlfriend.
⢠If they say something you dont like give them an ugly look
⢠If he doesnt fix his issues within a week heâs a dusty. (E.g car breaks down etc.)
⢠âI donât deal with men who cant keep their word and are secretly brokeâ
⢠Dusties run away on their own if given a financial burden
⢠Always have a financial problem as a reason why you havent texted back or are unable to see them.
⢠Donât be too available
⢠I look for what a man can do for me, offer me. I make him feel good, and elevate him
⢠When he makes time for you, you make time for him. And make sure that your time is being compensated, wheter itâs experience or material, or money
⢠Have several options
⢠Itâs all about him stroke his ego
⢠You are the prize !!!!
⢠Ask him for help for free stuff first then he doesnât have a problem with problems that cost
⢠Pay attention to details and make mental notes about him
⢠Dont sleep on the first date
⢠You cant change a dusty, a dusty will change themselves
⢠Be their weakness
⢠Say âIâm very attracted to youâ to ugly men
⢠Be emotionally reclusive
⢠Let him pick the place for the date but know in advance so you can ghost if itâs a cheap coffee shop
⢠Believe the red flags
⢠Talk slow and sensual
⢠Act like you dont need him at all
⢠Only being sexual, giving sex, talking about sex, initiating sex is being a pickmeisha. Use your other assets, such as voice, eyes, body language, humor, appearance
⢠If you want to be a pickmeisha, be one to a bank account
⢠Confidence and being the prize is in your mind, there is no tutorial for it
⢠Dont outshine him in gift giving
⢠If youâre talking and heâs not listening, ask âDo you hear me? I want your opinion on this youâre so smart after allâ you train him subconciously to listen and react to you while giving him a compliment
⢠Everytime you stress about a man, wheter heâs seeing other people etc. Reverse it. Why isnât he stressed about you?
⢠You can be a pickmeisha to get their attention if you immediatly go back to yourself
⢠Dont carry the conversation
⢠Men tend to be seduced by looks, women by words. Be careful heâs not all talk, but actions too.
⢠When they give you the silent treatment, you act like they arent giving you the silent treatment because youre not talking to him anyway and that way it wont work on you
⢠âOh baby yeah I cant wait itâs just going to be so great, but I have to get to know you a little better first. It makes it more passionate for me, and I know you want to please me, right? I cant just sleep with anybody I barely know, itâs not exciting for me.â
⢠He should have more than 1 income
⢠Date dusties and for fun when young, start dating for funds at 23
⢠If he tries to come back, have a list of things you want and make him complete all of them.
⢠Play dumb
⢠If you playing the game correctly you shouldnât be worried about commitment
⢠âHow you doing?â âOh I was doing bad but now that you called Iâm feeling much betterâ
⢠Being unbothered holds actual power
⢠If a man ghosts you or has other options you dont care
⢠Dont approach men, but you can always pass them the ball
â˘In order to take things slow with a man you need to have high values
⢠My brain doesnt understand less
⢠âItâs been a while since I met a handsome succesful man thatâs not afraid to impress a womanâ
2024.05.16 10:07 AdamantAce The New Titans #9 - War Dove
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Issue Nine: War Dove
Written by AdamantAce, GemlinTheGremlin & PatrollinTheMojave
Edited by Deadislandman1 and Voidkiller826
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âRaven!â
Sladeâs gruff voice pierced through the deafening, wave-like roars in Ravenâs head, but the rage was too much to bear. Her hands sizzled as hellfire danced in her palms, her body readying for another attack. She locked eyes with a reptilian soldier, dismounting his simian steed and charging on foot, but as she lunged forwards to strike him, she watched a man fly into her path. Slade Wilson caught the young Titanâs hand and pushed, throwing Raven backwards.
âCome on, kid, snap out of it!â But as Sladeâs words fell on deaf ears, he felt the familiar sting of a fist to his jaw, a crack echoing in his ears. He recoiled from the attack but powered through his injury and stood his ground. Sinking his heels into the ground, he locked eyes with the girl before him. Her face seemed contorted and uncanny, as if all of the rage she was feeling was pouring out of her. She groaned angrily as she thrusted her head downwards, her forehead making contact with Sladeâs teeth, before pulling her head back up again in preparation for another attack.
Before she could make one, however, one of the lizardmen had almost reached the warring duoâs sides, and as he lunged forward with his long spear, he made contact with Ravenâs side. A small rip formed in the side of Ravenâs outfit, which seemed to only anger her further. However, it did seem to distract her enough; Marâi fired off a single Starbolt which struck only the ground - a warning shot.
âRaven! Please!â the half-Tamaranean cried out. But the Raven she knew was buried under unfathomable amounts of fury; she ignored her teammateâs call and instead flew forwards and swung out at the reptiloid. The strike glowed with red flame, sending the creature skidding across the floor, barely conscious. Slade spotted a flash of something else on her face, as if she was finally able to fight back against the endless rage - pain, perhaps, or anguish. But in an instant, it was gone.
That flicker of something other than white-hot anger was enough for Slade.
He clutched his side as his still open wound began to ache, the bandages feeling wet with fresh blood. His jaw felt crooked, and as he gritted his teeth, it felt as though they sat differently atop each other. And yet, he clutched his staff tightly in one hand, and with the other he beckoned to Raven.
âKid, youâre fighting it, I know you are!â Slade felt his mouth filling with blood rather than saliva.
Within a moment, Ravenâs attention was locked on the white-haired man once again. She fired bolt after bolt of black and red flame, but Slade was still dextrous despite his pain. He dodged and dived, weaving through the fire, until he finally managed to make contact with his opponent. He drove his staff into her chest and pushed his weight against the weapon, forcing her backwards. She rose into the air, a black mist pouring from her arms and over her face, a large ghostly corvid taking her place. He felt the deathly cold shadow of the birdâs wing fall over him, his feet leaving the ground as she scooped him into the air.
He looked down at the ground far beneath him. A fall from this height would kill anyone, he thought, let alone someone beaten half to death.
Then, as a verdant bolt of energy struck it in the side, Ravenâs Soul Self shrieked and the shadows retreated inwards. Slade felt himself falling through the air for a second, then two, before he felt his back collide with something soft and cushioned. As he looked up, he met the gaze of Conner, who soared to the ground in an instant, placing the snow-haired man on the ground and giving a swift nod.
Raven let out a pained, frustrated yell as she returned to the ground, aided by a grappling line expertly positioned by Tim, and in response, Conner jetted off towards the sound of her cries. Sladeâs feet faltered beneath him, and he stumbled to keep his balance. His breathing was laboured and his vision was becoming fuzzy. It felt as though, he realised, all the blood loss and violence he had suffered over the past few hours were finally catching up to him. Was this what dying felt like?
âSlade!â shouted a voice, followed by the dulled drumming of hurried footsteps. Slade pulled his hand across his face to wipe away the mental haze and drops of blood. It was Don, sprinting towards him. When Slade felt Don clasp him by shoulders, he realized just how slowed he was by his injuries. âPlan?,â Slade coughed out.
âYouâve seen what she can do. I only see one way out of these without one of the kids getting hurt. Iâd do it myself, but Iâm out of practice and this is too important to leave to chance.â Don looked around anxiously, his face betraying that he had a lot on his mind. âIâm giving you the powers of a god.â Slade opened his mouth to ask a question, a million came to mind. He glanced across the battlefield. Through a blurry film, he saw Ravenâs Soul Self bat Conner away with its wing. He careened into the trunk of a thick tree, uprooting it with a deep crunch. âAre you sure?,â Slade asked, breathless.
âIâm not losing another Titan.â Don squeezed his eyes shut. His grip on Slade tightened as pale, almost blinding light enveloped them. It felt warm. No, better than that: it felt peaceful. With his enhanced senses, Slade could hear his erratic heartbeat slow. Fleeting visions bubbled up in his mind, opening up his awareness beyond the wildest dreams of Project Veritas. He felt rivers of magical energy flowing through the air and earth. Each of them spiralled towards a depression. Towards Raven, he knew instinctively. Iridescent blue light spread outward from his shoulders. It washed over his body armor, bleaching the jet black panels until his entire body shone with radiance. The pain from wounds old and new faded, replaced by serenity - and power. Don opened his eyes again and sighed gently; a concoction and joy, relief, and quiet mourning.
âThere,â Don remarked. Slade felt lighter, less angry, less burdened. He looked down at the iridescent light enveloping his body. Magical energy buzzed against the surface of his skin. âThe powers of the Dove - officially yours.â
Slade sucked in a nervous breath. âDonâŚâ Even rejuvenated, he was still lost for words.
âTheyâre yours now,â Don smiled weakly. âNow go earn them. Thereâs a Titan in dire need of our help.â
Conner floated out of the dense jungle, rubbing his forehead. âIs Slade glowing or do I have a concussion?â
Slade looked over at Raven. She seemed less erratic, her movements driven by her brain rather than her gut. Timâs staff batted fiercely against her, each strike buffeting her back more and more, but it was clear to Slade that Raven was not any weaker physically - her mind, however, was another story.
Slade began marching towards her, the ache in his side dulled. âRaven. Youâre strong. Fight this rage inside of you.â Raven glared at him, a spark of something in her eyes, as she swooped in towards him at top speed. As she neared him, however, Slade readied his staff, stretching it out in front of him. As the tip of the weapon struck Raven, a beam of white energy coursed through her, as if she had been struck by lightning, and her body was flung backwards across the dirt.
Slade danced a hand over his rifle, but something felt different. He pulled it into his hands and inspected it swiftly; nothing seemed out of order. Raven rose slowly from her supine position, snarling softly to herself. Her movements had slowed, the expression on her face becoming closer to horror than rage. She was doing it.
âYouâre nearly there, kid,â Slade soothed, his words suddenly like butter. He watched Ravenâs shoulders start to relax. âThatâs it. Just fight this, Raven. Youâre almost there.â
Despite her tremendous progress, Ravenâs blistering fury won out once more, and she charged a large bolt of hellfire in her hands. Slade fiddled with his rifle and crossed his fingers. There was a standstill between the two. Slade analysed his rifle again; there was something different about the barrel, as if it had been swapped out for another similar model. The stock felt lighter, too, as if the weight had beenâ
Raven roared at him, swiping wildly with glowing fists, and in an instant Slade instinctively pulled the trigger.
What fired from the gun was not a silvery bullet, but a familiar glowing bolt of white light, cloud-like in appearance. As it struck Raven, she sucked in a deep breath, the energy engulfing her. Her face softened and her posture relaxed. Then she swung out for the manâs weakened side, his bandages poking through the aura of light. And yet, as he stayed steadfast, not even attempting to dodge the attack. Sparks flew from the point of contact. Slade just readied another shot and fired.
Her body swayed with the blow. Slade closed the gap between them and focused on the new warmth he felt, concentrating it into his staff as best he could. Then, as he held it out in front of him at armâs length, he swiped at Raven and struck her in the side of the shoulder. Each blow seemed to be more effective than the last, but as Ravenâs movements continued to slow, Slade held fire.
âYouâre doing it, Raven,â Slade encouraged. He watched as the other Titans surrounded Raven, each of them ready for any further attacks. Everyone watched with bated breath as their teammate and friend thrashed and recoiled from the hit. Her breathing was rapid, although it felt closer to panic than unabashed fury. She clasped her hands over her head, groaning. Then, suddenly, she stopped.
Her face had softened completely, her jaw slack, and tears filled her vision. She looked up at Slade with a comfort in her eyes. The aura emanating from him was pervasive and contagious, and although she had felt lost in a sea of impossibly vast emotions, its warmth and comfort cut through. The anger was still there somewhat, the last remaining dregs still working its way out of her system, but the comfort, the peace that Slade was providing was the anchor for her to stabilise herself. She had only ever seen this kind of power when DonâŚ
Ravenâs eyes widened as she realised what that meant. She collapsed to her knees, suddenly feeling the bone-deep fatigue her rage had suppressed. Her teammates rushed in around her. Marâi dropped to a knee by her side and put a hand on her shoulder. âItâs OK. Youâre safe. Everyoneâs OK.â
âDon Iâmââ She wiped away a stream of tears, stumbling her way out of the emotional vortex sheâd been sucked into. âIâm so sorry. I donât know what happened. Iâve lost control before, but never like this.â
Don looked older. Creases ran across his forehead and around his eyes. His smile hadnât changed. âRaven, my brother and I got those powers when I was a kid. We didnât ask for them. We werenât ready for them. We didnât know how to use them, let alone control them.â He laughed dryly, recalling Hank. âI donât regret anything. Giving my powers to Slade is the best thing Iâve done with them in years. I know Hank would feel the same way.â
In the moment of silence that followed, Raven rose to her feet and pulled her cloak tightly around herself. She was still shaking. Timâs eyes drifted from her to Slade. âSomethingâs gnawing at me. Kestrelâs powers are weakened in Skartaris. DonâsâŚâ He coughed, âSladeâs powers are amplified. If this place is what affected youââ
Marâiâs face flashed with recognition, ââyour powers must be tied to the Lords of Order and Chaos!â
Tim furrowed his brow. âMaybe.â He hardly had time to consider further when a thundering crack tore open the sky. Two bolts of swirling energy - one red and one blue - met above them, forming a swirling portal at their vertex. The Titans readied their weapons, expecting the worst.
âItâs them.â Slade murmured, still put off by his uncanny awareness. Terataya and TâCharr descended from the sky, one wreathed in mist, the other, magma. The two elementals stopped a few feet above the ground, hovering.
Terataya was the first to speak. Even at a whisper, her voice reverberated through the air. âI donât usually care for surprises, Don, but this was a pleasant one.â A thin smile appeared on her face.
âSlade Wilson.â Teratayaâs neck turned at an unnatural angle to face him. âYou wield the powers of Order with great skill. Who understands the dangers of unchecked War better than a soldier. Become my champion. Protect the balance.â
Slade took a step back, then glanced at Don.
âSheâs right.â Don said, with only a hint of hesitation. âIt took me years to use the powers like you used them today. Youâre a natural.â
Slade looked at his hands, still gently pulsing with pale blue light. âThanks.â He allowed himself a weak smile. âBut no thanks.â
âWhat.â TâCharrâs voice boomed.
âIt doesnât take Zatanna to realize an old soldier like me makes a piss-poor Avatar of Peace. I fight for a living, and Iâm not deluded enough to think that makes me good at anything but fighting. If you want someone who understands the need for balance, Don just sacrificed everything special about him for it.â
Don raised an eyebrow. âNone taken.â
âHis actions today were noble, but they do not make up for years spent squandering the gift.â
âSquandering? The Titans wouldnât exist today if he hadnât pulled them together. Everything theyâve done. Everything theyâve achieved for your balance wouldnât have happened without him, including stopping that monster you made.â
âWatch your tone, mortal.â TâCharr threatened.
âThere may be a vein of truth to his words, lover.â Terataya said. âBut *if we were to restore Don Hallâs power, we would need assurances. His indecision led down this path.â*
Rocks ground against each other as TâCharr landed beside Don. âYou would have weeks, not years, to select a counterpart and return to your duties.â
Donâs response was instantaneous. âIâve made a decision.â
âYouâve decided if youâll take up the mantle of Dove again?â
Don nodded. âAnd who should be the new Hawk.â
Terataya giggled. âFull of surprises today. TâCharr?â
âWe should discuss this.â He said. âIn private.â
The three of them vanished, leaving the Titans and Slade alone on a battlefield riddled with bits of dino meat and ape fur.
ââ â ââ
âYou donât think theyâre gonna come back in like, 200 years, right?â Conner asked. He sat beside the depowered Slade Wilson, who was downing aspirin to make up for the sudden deficit in peace energy.
âI donât know.â Tim said. âBut we should give them more than fifteen minutes.â
As if on cue, the skies opened again. Again, the chromatic energy lit the sky and again a portal opened its swirling maw. This time, however, it wasnât two elemental Lords to descend. Raven squinted to make the figures out.
âOh my god.â Conner said, having a far easier time with his super-vision.
âWhat? Who is it?â Tim asked.
âDonna!â Marâi shouted. She shot off the ground towards her. Her black combat armor was replaced with a crimson and white bodysuit studded with stars that seemed to twinkle as the light shifted around her. The sword at her side was gone too, replaced with a coiled loop of rope suffused with the same brilliant energy. The two collided into an embrace, spinning through the air as they held each other tightly.
Don was the first to land, restored with the powers of Dove. He looked stronger than ever, and maybe more importantly, happier. Even Timâs typical thoughtful brooding has been pierced by an unimpeachable joy.
âI donât understand,.â Raven said. âS-Sheâs alive. How is this possible?â
âI knew there was only one person who could be trusted with the powers of War, with Hankâs abilities.â He scratched the back of his neck, a bit guilty. âAnd sheâd been staring me in the face for years. It took some doing, but eventually TâCharr and Terataya saw that too.â
Donna landed beside him, Marâi only a step behind. By now Conner had stepped forward. He tried not to choke over his words. âIâm sorry. If Iâdââ
Donna didnât let him get the words out before pulling him into a grapple-turned-hug that quickly grew as the rest of the team piled in. Slade flicked another aspirin into his mouth.
âDanyah!â A voice called out from over the ridge. It was Travis, mounted atop a fanged reptilian creature in the vague shape of a horse and flanked on either side by his gold-armored honor guard. He broke into a gallop, stopping just short of the Titans. âWhen I saw the skies, I feared the worst. Is it really you? Has sorcery brought you back to us?â
âItâs me, Travis. A Lord of Chaos brought me back.â
âNot to interrupt,.â Slade said, still nursing his wounds. âBut did either of you ask them to bring us back to Chicago?â
âIâŚâ Don grimaced. âDonna, how do we get home?â
âHow did you get here? Surely you could return the way you came.â Travis said.
âNo, we canât.â Tim said, pressing a few buttons on his wristâs holographic display. âWhatever magic pervades Skartaris is also causing some extreme time dilation. I canât guarantee weâd return to the 21st century, or even to Earth.â
âI spent a decade in Skartaris and returned to Earth nearly two centuries later. Itâs the influence of Chaos. Weâd need a Skartaran mage of overwhelming power to stabilize our return.â She spat the word mage with disgust. Travisâs expression seemed to confirm the reputation of Skartaran spellcasters.
Before their anxiety could spiral, the sky above began to churn. Moments later, the ground shook as a violent bolt of lightning cleaved the air, striking with such ferocity that all but Conner and Donna were flung backward. Mar'i skidded across the damp undergrowth, her senses overwhelmed by the acrid scent of ozone. Her mind was racing; their victory was hard fought, and she doubted they had much left in the tank for another confrontation. She dug her hands into the ground and pushed herself up as she choked from the smell. The Warlord Morgan and his military guards snapped to attention, forming a protective ring around the crater that now marred the earth.
From the smoking pit, a figure rose, unfolding from a crouch like something out of Terminator. Adorned in a red and white jumpsuit that accentuated his lithe build, the young man's appearance was marked by a red cowl and goggles, with sandy brown hair rebelliously spilling out.
Conner squinted through the dissipating smoke, murmuring under his breath, âA speedster?â The Flashes had had a variety of different sidekicks and other allies over the years, but none of them recognised this one
With a nonchalant flair that seemed at odds with the charged atmosphere, the newcomer greeted them. âHey, everyone chillax. I'm here to get you guys back home.â
Donna, ever the leader, stepped forward and spoke with a commanding curiosity, now emboldened with the war aura of Hawk. âAnd who are you exactly? Why should we trust you with such a claim?â
Flashing a cheeky grin, he tilted his head and responded, âWell, Iâm a speedster for one. Nameâs Impulse. If I run fast enough, then I can⌠well, I guess bend time.â
Behind Donna, the group exchanged sceptical glances. Raven's face remained shadowed by recovery, Mar'i and Conner braced for action, and Tim discretely checked his gadgets, no doubt for something that he could use on a speedster should the need arise.
âYeah, we figured that much,â Don cut through the tension, his voice calm yet insistent. âWho sent you?â
Impulse chuckled, his demeanour remaining unfazed by their scrutiny. âLook, the details aren't the fun part. Trust me, I can get us back.â
As a silence thick with doubt and scepticism settled over the group, Impulse seemed to realise his casual assurances weren't sufficient. With a theatrical sigh, he reached up and removed his mask, revealing a face familiar to both Mar'i and Raven.
âBrody!?â Mar'i exclaimed, her surprise echoing through the clearing as she stared at the boy who had once hobbled through their college classes with his leg in a cast.
The young manâs grin widened, his eyes sparkling with mischief and a hint of pride. âActually, itâs Bart.â
ââ â ââ
When Slade emerged from the shower, his skin was glistening with moisture, the water tracing the contours of his scars. He wrapped a stark white towel around his waist, and crossed the plush carpet to sit on the edge of the hotel room bed. He released a slow, deep breath; it was a good job the speedster kid arrived when he did. The notion of being stranded in an alien land or, worse, a different time had gnawed at him with a ferocity that was hard to admit. Without Bartâs intervention, every one of Sladeâs meticulously crafted plans would have been utterly dashed.
Facing him, a wall-mounted mirror caught his rugged reflection. Drawn to his own image, Slade studied the scars that mapped his trials, the slick white hair that crowned his head, and the deep lines etched into his face. A familiar discomfort nagged at him, focusing his attention on his right eye. Unable to alleviate the irritation through the skin, Slade exhaled heavily and carefully removed the eye altogether. The movement, fluid and practised, spoke of years of adaptation.
He placed the prosthetic gently on the bed beside him and as he massaged the socket, a decades-old habit, his mind wandered. He wasn't accustomed to keeping the prosthetic in for extended periods. Showering with it had been an uncomfortable experiment in necessity - he didn't like it, but understood the importance of maintaining the facade. The Slade he would have people believe he was would have never lost an eye, because that Slade had led a life far from by the darker paths Slade had truthfully trodden.
His thoughts wandered to his brief time wielding the potent powers of Dove, and Slade felt a twinge of regret at their loss. The clarity and strength those powers had provided were intoxicating, yet he recognised that he had a more important goal, one he couldnât compromise. His current role demanded not the accumulation of power but the perfection of his deceit, ensuring that all believed he was not the Slade Wilson they knew, but a Reawakened, more innocent doppelganger.
Now, with the glass eye resting beside him, Slade stared at his unmasked visage. Maintaining the myth of the noble Slade was critical. The ruthless mercenary, the Worldâs Deadliest Killer - those identities had to remain buried. The Titans had believed him enough to entrust him with divine powers, their faith a testament to his performance, but the game was far from over; in fact, it was entering its most critical phase.
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THE NEW TITANS
In Shadow of KestrelIssue Nine: War Dove
Written by AdamantAce, GemlinTheGremlin & PatrollinTheMojave
Edited by Deadislandman1 and Voidkiller826
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âRaven!â
Sladeâs gruff voice pierced through the deafening, wave-like roars in Ravenâs head, but the rage was too much to bear. Her hands sizzled as hellfire danced in her palms, her body readying for another attack. She locked eyes with a reptilian soldier, dismounting his simian steed and charging on foot, but as she lunged forwards to strike him, she watched a man fly into her path. Slade Wilson caught the young Titanâs hand and pushed, throwing Raven backwards.
âCome on, kid, snap out of it!â But as Sladeâs words fell on deaf ears, he felt the familiar sting of a fist to his jaw, a crack echoing in his ears. He recoiled from the attack but powered through his injury and stood his ground. Sinking his heels into the ground, he locked eyes with the girl before him. Her face seemed contorted and uncanny, as if all of the rage she was feeling was pouring out of her. She groaned angrily as she thrusted her head downwards, her forehead making contact with Sladeâs teeth, before pulling her head back up again in preparation for another attack.
Before she could make one, however, one of the lizardmen had almost reached the warring duoâs sides, and as he lunged forward with his long spear, he made contact with Ravenâs side. A small rip formed in the side of Ravenâs outfit, which seemed to only anger her further. However, it did seem to distract her enough; Marâi fired off a single Starbolt which struck only the ground - a warning shot.
âRaven! Please!â the half-Tamaranean cried out. But the Raven she knew was buried under unfathomable amounts of fury; she ignored her teammateâs call and instead flew forwards and swung out at the reptiloid. The strike glowed with red flame, sending the creature skidding across the floor, barely conscious. Slade spotted a flash of something else on her face, as if she was finally able to fight back against the endless rage - pain, perhaps, or anguish. But in an instant, it was gone.
That flicker of something other than white-hot anger was enough for Slade.
He clutched his side as his still open wound began to ache, the bandages feeling wet with fresh blood. His jaw felt crooked, and as he gritted his teeth, it felt as though they sat differently atop each other. And yet, he clutched his staff tightly in one hand, and with the other he beckoned to Raven.
âKid, youâre fighting it, I know you are!â Slade felt his mouth filling with blood rather than saliva.
Within a moment, Ravenâs attention was locked on the white-haired man once again. She fired bolt after bolt of black and red flame, but Slade was still dextrous despite his pain. He dodged and dived, weaving through the fire, until he finally managed to make contact with his opponent. He drove his staff into her chest and pushed his weight against the weapon, forcing her backwards. She rose into the air, a black mist pouring from her arms and over her face, a large ghostly corvid taking her place. He felt the deathly cold shadow of the birdâs wing fall over him, his feet leaving the ground as she scooped him into the air.
He looked down at the ground far beneath him. A fall from this height would kill anyone, he thought, let alone someone beaten half to death.
Then, as a verdant bolt of energy struck it in the side, Ravenâs Soul Self shrieked and the shadows retreated inwards. Slade felt himself falling through the air for a second, then two, before he felt his back collide with something soft and cushioned. As he looked up, he met the gaze of Conner, who soared to the ground in an instant, placing the snow-haired man on the ground and giving a swift nod.
Raven let out a pained, frustrated yell as she returned to the ground, aided by a grappling line expertly positioned by Tim, and in response, Conner jetted off towards the sound of her cries. Sladeâs feet faltered beneath him, and he stumbled to keep his balance. His breathing was laboured and his vision was becoming fuzzy. It felt as though, he realised, all the blood loss and violence he had suffered over the past few hours were finally catching up to him. Was this what dying felt like?
âSlade!â shouted a voice, followed by the dulled drumming of hurried footsteps. Slade pulled his hand across his face to wipe away the mental haze and drops of blood. It was Don, sprinting towards him. When Slade felt Don clasp him by shoulders, he realized just how slowed he was by his injuries. âPlan?,â Slade coughed out.
âYouâve seen what she can do. I only see one way out of these without one of the kids getting hurt. Iâd do it myself, but Iâm out of practice and this is too important to leave to chance.â Don looked around anxiously, his face betraying that he had a lot on his mind. âIâm giving you the powers of a god.â Slade opened his mouth to ask a question, a million came to mind. He glanced across the battlefield. Through a blurry film, he saw Ravenâs Soul Self bat Conner away with its wing. He careened into the trunk of a thick tree, uprooting it with a deep crunch. âAre you sure?,â Slade asked, breathless.
âIâm not losing another Titan.â Don squeezed his eyes shut. His grip on Slade tightened as pale, almost blinding light enveloped them. It felt warm. No, better than that: it felt peaceful. With his enhanced senses, Slade could hear his erratic heartbeat slow. Fleeting visions bubbled up in his mind, opening up his awareness beyond the wildest dreams of Project Veritas. He felt rivers of magical energy flowing through the air and earth. Each of them spiralled towards a depression. Towards Raven, he knew instinctively. Iridescent blue light spread outward from his shoulders. It washed over his body armor, bleaching the jet black panels until his entire body shone with radiance. The pain from wounds old and new faded, replaced by serenity - and power. Don opened his eyes again and sighed gently; a concoction and joy, relief, and quiet mourning.
âThere,â Don remarked. Slade felt lighter, less angry, less burdened. He looked down at the iridescent light enveloping his body. Magical energy buzzed against the surface of his skin. âThe powers of the Dove - officially yours.â
Slade sucked in a nervous breath. âDonâŚâ Even rejuvenated, he was still lost for words.
âTheyâre yours now,â Don smiled weakly. âNow go earn them. Thereâs a Titan in dire need of our help.â
Conner floated out of the dense jungle, rubbing his forehead. âIs Slade glowing or do I have a concussion?â
Slade looked over at Raven. She seemed less erratic, her movements driven by her brain rather than her gut. Timâs staff batted fiercely against her, each strike buffeting her back more and more, but it was clear to Slade that Raven was not any weaker physically - her mind, however, was another story.
Slade began marching towards her, the ache in his side dulled. âRaven. Youâre strong. Fight this rage inside of you.â Raven glared at him, a spark of something in her eyes, as she swooped in towards him at top speed. As she neared him, however, Slade readied his staff, stretching it out in front of him. As the tip of the weapon struck Raven, a beam of white energy coursed through her, as if she had been struck by lightning, and her body was flung backwards across the dirt.
Slade danced a hand over his rifle, but something felt different. He pulled it into his hands and inspected it swiftly; nothing seemed out of order. Raven rose slowly from her supine position, snarling softly to herself. Her movements had slowed, the expression on her face becoming closer to horror than rage. She was doing it.
âYouâre nearly there, kid,â Slade soothed, his words suddenly like butter. He watched Ravenâs shoulders start to relax. âThatâs it. Just fight this, Raven. Youâre almost there.â
Despite her tremendous progress, Ravenâs blistering fury won out once more, and she charged a large bolt of hellfire in her hands. Slade fiddled with his rifle and crossed his fingers. There was a standstill between the two. Slade analysed his rifle again; there was something different about the barrel, as if it had been swapped out for another similar model. The stock felt lighter, too, as if the weight had beenâ
Raven roared at him, swiping wildly with glowing fists, and in an instant Slade instinctively pulled the trigger.
What fired from the gun was not a silvery bullet, but a familiar glowing bolt of white light, cloud-like in appearance. As it struck Raven, she sucked in a deep breath, the energy engulfing her. Her face softened and her posture relaxed. Then she swung out for the manâs weakened side, his bandages poking through the aura of light. And yet, as he stayed steadfast, not even attempting to dodge the attack. Sparks flew from the point of contact. Slade just readied another shot and fired.
Her body swayed with the blow. Slade closed the gap between them and focused on the new warmth he felt, concentrating it into his staff as best he could. Then, as he held it out in front of him at armâs length, he swiped at Raven and struck her in the side of the shoulder. Each blow seemed to be more effective than the last, but as Ravenâs movements continued to slow, Slade held fire.
âYouâre doing it, Raven,â Slade encouraged. He watched as the other Titans surrounded Raven, each of them ready for any further attacks. Everyone watched with bated breath as their teammate and friend thrashed and recoiled from the hit. Her breathing was rapid, although it felt closer to panic than unabashed fury. She clasped her hands over her head, groaning. Then, suddenly, she stopped.
Her face had softened completely, her jaw slack, and tears filled her vision. She looked up at Slade with a comfort in her eyes. The aura emanating from him was pervasive and contagious, and although she had felt lost in a sea of impossibly vast emotions, its warmth and comfort cut through. The anger was still there somewhat, the last remaining dregs still working its way out of her system, but the comfort, the peace that Slade was providing was the anchor for her to stabilise herself. She had only ever seen this kind of power when DonâŚ
Ravenâs eyes widened as she realised what that meant. She collapsed to her knees, suddenly feeling the bone-deep fatigue her rage had suppressed. Her teammates rushed in around her. Marâi dropped to a knee by her side and put a hand on her shoulder. âItâs OK. Youâre safe. Everyoneâs OK.â
âDon Iâmââ She wiped away a stream of tears, stumbling her way out of the emotional vortex sheâd been sucked into. âIâm so sorry. I donât know what happened. Iâve lost control before, but never like this.â
Don looked older. Creases ran across his forehead and around his eyes. His smile hadnât changed. âRaven, my brother and I got those powers when I was a kid. We didnât ask for them. We werenât ready for them. We didnât know how to use them, let alone control them.â He laughed dryly, recalling Hank. âI donât regret anything. Giving my powers to Slade is the best thing Iâve done with them in years. I know Hank would feel the same way.â
In the moment of silence that followed, Raven rose to her feet and pulled her cloak tightly around herself. She was still shaking. Timâs eyes drifted from her to Slade. âSomethingâs gnawing at me. Kestrelâs powers are weakened in Skartaris. DonâsâŚâ He coughed, âSladeâs powers are amplified. If this place is what affected youââ
Marâiâs face flashed with recognition, ââyour powers must be tied to the Lords of Order and Chaos!â
Tim furrowed his brow. âMaybe.â He hardly had time to consider further when a thundering crack tore open the sky. Two bolts of swirling energy - one red and one blue - met above them, forming a swirling portal at their vertex. The Titans readied their weapons, expecting the worst.
âItâs them.â Slade murmured, still put off by his uncanny awareness. Terataya and TâCharr descended from the sky, one wreathed in mist, the other, magma. The two elementals stopped a few feet above the ground, hovering.
Terataya was the first to speak. Even at a whisper, her voice reverberated through the air. âI donât usually care for surprises, Don, but this was a pleasant one.â A thin smile appeared on her face.
âSlade Wilson.â Teratayaâs neck turned at an unnatural angle to face him. âYou wield the powers of Order with great skill. Who understands the dangers of unchecked War better than a soldier. Become my champion. Protect the balance.â
Slade took a step back, then glanced at Don.
âSheâs right.â Don said, with only a hint of hesitation. âIt took me years to use the powers like you used them today. Youâre a natural.â
Slade looked at his hands, still gently pulsing with pale blue light. âThanks.â He allowed himself a weak smile. âBut no thanks.â
âWhat.â TâCharrâs voice boomed.
âIt doesnât take Zatanna to realize an old soldier like me makes a piss-poor Avatar of Peace. I fight for a living, and Iâm not deluded enough to think that makes me good at anything but fighting. If you want someone who understands the need for balance, Don just sacrificed everything special about him for it.â
Don raised an eyebrow. âNone taken.â
âHis actions today were noble, but they do not make up for years spent squandering the gift.â
âSquandering? The Titans wouldnât exist today if he hadnât pulled them together. Everything theyâve done. Everything theyâve achieved for your balance wouldnât have happened without him, including stopping that monster you made.â
âWatch your tone, mortal.â TâCharr threatened.
âThere may be a vein of truth to his words, lover.â Terataya said. âBut *if we were to restore Don Hallâs power, we would need assurances. His indecision led down this path.â*
Rocks ground against each other as TâCharr landed beside Don. âYou would have weeks, not years, to select a counterpart and return to your duties.â
Donâs response was instantaneous. âIâve made a decision.â
âYouâve decided if youâll take up the mantle of Dove again?â
Don nodded. âAnd who should be the new Hawk.â
Terataya giggled. âFull of surprises today. TâCharr?â
âWe should discuss this.â He said. âIn private.â
The three of them vanished, leaving the Titans and Slade alone on a battlefield riddled with bits of dino meat and ape fur.
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âYou donât think theyâre gonna come back in like, 200 years, right?â Conner asked. He sat beside the depowered Slade Wilson, who was downing aspirin to make up for the sudden deficit in peace energy.
âI donât know.â Tim said. âBut we should give them more than fifteen minutes.â
As if on cue, the skies opened again. Again, the chromatic energy lit the sky and again a portal opened its swirling maw. This time, however, it wasnât two elemental Lords to descend. Raven squinted to make the figures out.
âOh my god.â Conner said, having a far easier time with his super-vision.
âWhat? Who is it?â Tim asked.
âDonna!â Marâi shouted. She shot off the ground towards her. Her black combat armor was replaced with a crimson and white bodysuit studded with stars that seemed to twinkle as the light shifted around her. The sword at her side was gone too, replaced with a coiled loop of rope suffused with the same brilliant energy. The two collided into an embrace, spinning through the air as they held each other tightly.
Don was the first to land, restored with the powers of Dove. He looked stronger than ever, and maybe more importantly, happier. Even Timâs typical thoughtful brooding has been pierced by an unimpeachable joy.
âI donât understand,.â Raven said. âS-Sheâs alive. How is this possible?â
âI knew there was only one person who could be trusted with the powers of War, with Hankâs abilities.â He scratched the back of his neck, a bit guilty. âAnd sheâd been staring me in the face for years. It took some doing, but eventually TâCharr and Terataya saw that too.â
Donna landed beside him, Marâi only a step behind. By now Conner had stepped forward. He tried not to choke over his words. âIâm sorry. If Iâdââ
Donna didnât let him get the words out before pulling him into a grapple-turned-hug that quickly grew as the rest of the team piled in. Slade flicked another aspirin into his mouth.
âDanyah!â A voice called out from over the ridge. It was Travis, mounted atop a fanged reptilian creature in the vague shape of a horse and flanked on either side by his gold-armored honor guard. He broke into a gallop, stopping just short of the Titans. âWhen I saw the skies, I feared the worst. Is it really you? Has sorcery brought you back to us?â
âItâs me, Travis. A Lord of Chaos brought me back.â
âNot to interrupt,.â Slade said, still nursing his wounds. âBut did either of you ask them to bring us back to Chicago?â
âIâŚâ Don grimaced. âDonna, how do we get home?â
âHow did you get here? Surely you could return the way you came.â Travis said.
âNo, we canât.â Tim said, pressing a few buttons on his wristâs holographic display. âWhatever magic pervades Skartaris is also causing some extreme time dilation. I canât guarantee weâd return to the 21st century, or even to Earth.â
âI spent a decade in Skartaris and returned to Earth nearly two centuries later. Itâs the influence of Chaos. Weâd need a Skartaran mage of overwhelming power to stabilize our return.â She spat the word mage with disgust. Travisâs expression seemed to confirm the reputation of Skartaran spellcasters.
Before their anxiety could spiral, the sky above began to churn. Moments later, the ground shook as a violent bolt of lightning cleaved the air, striking with such ferocity that all but Conner and Donna were flung backward. Mar'i skidded across the damp undergrowth, her senses overwhelmed by the acrid scent of ozone. Her mind was racing; their victory was hard fought, and she doubted they had much left in the tank for another confrontation. She dug her hands into the ground and pushed herself up as she choked from the smell. The Warlord Morgan and his military guards snapped to attention, forming a protective ring around the crater that now marred the earth.
From the smoking pit, a figure rose, unfolding from a crouch like something out of Terminator. Adorned in a red and white jumpsuit that accentuated his lithe build, the young man's appearance was marked by a red cowl and goggles, with sandy brown hair rebelliously spilling out.
Conner squinted through the dissipating smoke, murmuring under his breath, âA speedster?â The Flashes had had a variety of different sidekicks and other allies over the years, but none of them recognised this one
With a nonchalant flair that seemed at odds with the charged atmosphere, the newcomer greeted them. âHey, everyone chillax. I'm here to get you guys back home.â
Donna, ever the leader, stepped forward and spoke with a commanding curiosity, now emboldened with the war aura of Hawk. âAnd who are you exactly? Why should we trust you with such a claim?â
Flashing a cheeky grin, he tilted his head and responded, âWell, Iâm a speedster for one. Nameâs Impulse. If I run fast enough, then I can⌠well, I guess bend time.â
Behind Donna, the group exchanged sceptical glances. Raven's face remained shadowed by recovery, Mar'i and Conner braced for action, and Tim discretely checked his gadgets, no doubt for something that he could use on a speedster should the need arise.
âYeah, we figured that much,â Don cut through the tension, his voice calm yet insistent. âWho sent you?â
Impulse chuckled, his demeanour remaining unfazed by their scrutiny. âLook, the details aren't the fun part. Trust me, I can get us back.â
As a silence thick with doubt and scepticism settled over the group, Impulse seemed to realise his casual assurances weren't sufficient. With a theatrical sigh, he reached up and removed his mask, revealing a face familiar to both Mar'i and Raven.
âBrody!?â Mar'i exclaimed, her surprise echoing through the clearing as she stared at the boy who had once hobbled through their college classes with his leg in a cast.
The young manâs grin widened, his eyes sparkling with mischief and a hint of pride. âActually, itâs Bart.â
ââ â ââ
When Slade emerged from the shower, his skin was glistening with moisture, the water tracing the contours of his scars. He wrapped a stark white towel around his waist, and crossed the plush carpet to sit on the edge of the hotel room bed. He released a slow, deep breath; it was a good job the speedster kid arrived when he did. The notion of being stranded in an alien land or, worse, a different time had gnawed at him with a ferocity that was hard to admit. Without Bartâs intervention, every one of Sladeâs meticulously crafted plans would have been utterly dashed.
Facing him, a wall-mounted mirror caught his rugged reflection. Drawn to his own image, Slade studied the scars that mapped his trials, the slick white hair that crowned his head, and the deep lines etched into his face. A familiar discomfort nagged at him, focusing his attention on his right eye. Unable to alleviate the irritation through the skin, Slade exhaled heavily and carefully removed the eye altogether. The movement, fluid and practised, spoke of years of adaptation.
He placed the prosthetic gently on the bed beside him and as he massaged the socket, a decades-old habit, his mind wandered. He wasn't accustomed to keeping the prosthetic in for extended periods. Showering with it had been an uncomfortable experiment in necessity - he didn't like it, but understood the importance of maintaining the facade. The Slade he would have people believe he was would have never lost an eye, because that Slade had led a life far from by the darker paths Slade had truthfully trodden.
His thoughts wandered to his brief time wielding the potent powers of Dove, and Slade felt a twinge of regret at their loss. The clarity and strength those powers had provided were intoxicating, yet he recognised that he had a more important goal, one he couldnât compromise. His current role demanded not the accumulation of power but the perfection of his deceit, ensuring that all believed he was not the Slade Wilson they knew, but a Reawakened, more innocent doppelganger.
Now, with the glass eye resting beside him, Slade stared at his unmasked visage. Maintaining the myth of the noble Slade was critical. The ruthless mercenary, the Worldâs Deadliest Killer - those identities had to remain buried. The Titans had believed him enough to entrust him with divine powers, their faith a testament to his performance, but the game was far from over; in fact, it was entering its most critical phase.
Next: Return to normality in The New Titans #10
2024.05.16 10:05 10jen10 Need reassurance
I have really been struggling with the thought of my mom developing dementia. My grandmother, momâs mom, had dementia in her late 70s/early 80s and eventually died from it. I helped my mom take care of her and it was a really traumatizing experience watching her decline. Now that my mom is in her late 50s, itâs truly all I think about. For context, I am a very anxious person in general with a major phobia of disease/dying (I.e. I once had a swollen lymph node and was certain I was dying of cancer). I have been terrified of my mother getting this disease since the day my grandma got dignosed and I am very hyper aware of everything my mother forgets. I love her so much and the thought of this disease is crippling for me.
My mom has always been a bit chaotic-brained, even when I was a little kid! I always joke she has adult ADHD/ADD (but sheâs very organized so Iâm not sure if that fits). Sheâs very hyper and energetic, like sheâll be cleaning the house then go play with the dog then clean the house some more then start cooking, etc. Sheâs always been bad with names and not great with dates like birthdays. Sheâs always kept a planner for things like appointments - for as long as I can remember! She occasionally misplaces her phone or leaves it somewhere, but always find it later. She occasionally will mention something important a few times (like we are going to so and soâs house for dinner tonight).
She still works, she worked in biotech for years, now she works âfor funâ in the front office of a school managing attendance and in her free time she is a consultant for a biotech company. Sheâs very active, hikes all over with our dog (never gets lost), always having dinner with friends, doing workout classes, shopping, volunteering, etc etc etc.
What is truly upsetting me is that a few days ago, it was my grandpaâs bday - NOT her dad, my dadâs dad. His bday is may 11th. He was going to come over to our house on the 10th for lunch but he got sick and didnât come. On the 10th at dinner my mom was like âomg, I texted him happy birthday today (the 10th) because I thought it was today!â Ok no big deal. We had a super busy day on the 11th, my mom did a workout glass in the morning, then we went on a long hike, then we went shopping, then she had dinner out with friends. On the 12th we had a busy day for Motherâs Day- did some yard work together, lots of shopping, lunch, etc Then we stopped by my grandpa and grandmas house for my dad to wish his mom happy Motherâs Day. We were all sitting in the yard having many random/slightly chaotic conversations. My grandma was talking about her neighbor bringing over giant cookies for Motherâs Day and then my grandpa started talking about the birthday cake he had. My mom asked âwhose birthday was it?â and my grandpa said âmine!â. My mom said âomg, yeah, duh!â
This set a fire of panic in me that I havenât been able to stop thinking about. Iâve been crying and having a hard time sleeping and focusing at work.
Does this seem like dementia or possibly just normal forgetfulness from aging plus a really busy and chaotic weekend? I feel like I canât breathe when I think about her saying this.
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My mom has always been a bit chaotic-brained, even when I was a little kid! I always joke she has adult ADHD/ADD (but sheâs very organized so Iâm not sure if that fits). Sheâs very hyper and energetic, like sheâll be cleaning the house then go play with the dog then clean the house some more then start cooking, etc. Sheâs always been bad with names and not great with dates like birthdays. Sheâs always kept a planner for things like appointments - for as long as I can remember! She occasionally misplaces her phone or leaves it somewhere, but always find it later. She occasionally will mention something important a few times (like we are going to so and soâs house for dinner tonight).
She still works, she worked in biotech for years, now she works âfor funâ in the front office of a school managing attendance and in her free time she is a consultant for a biotech company. Sheâs very active, hikes all over with our dog (never gets lost), always having dinner with friends, doing workout classes, shopping, volunteering, etc etc etc.
What is truly upsetting me is that a few days ago, it was my grandpaâs bday - NOT her dad, my dadâs dad. His bday is may 11th. He was going to come over to our house on the 10th for lunch but he got sick and didnât come. On the 10th at dinner my mom was like âomg, I texted him happy birthday today (the 10th) because I thought it was today!â Ok no big deal. We had a super busy day on the 11th, my mom did a workout glass in the morning, then we went on a long hike, then we went shopping, then she had dinner out with friends. On the 12th we had a busy day for Motherâs Day- did some yard work together, lots of shopping, lunch, etc Then we stopped by my grandpa and grandmas house for my dad to wish his mom happy Motherâs Day. We were all sitting in the yard having many random/slightly chaotic conversations. My grandma was talking about her neighbor bringing over giant cookies for Motherâs Day and then my grandpa started talking about the birthday cake he had. My mom asked âwhose birthday was it?â and my grandpa said âmine!â. My mom said âomg, yeah, duh!â
This set a fire of panic in me that I havenât been able to stop thinking about. Iâve been crying and having a hard time sleeping and focusing at work.
Does this seem like dementia or possibly just normal forgetfulness from aging plus a really busy and chaotic weekend? I feel like I canât breathe when I think about her saying this.
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I am delighted to publish this page and I look forward to see fun and relevant discussions here. Any type of media and popularculture is welcome as long as it isn't sexual or political in nature.
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2024.05.16 10:01 Madi_is_Mad Who is Elica Le Bon, and is that her real identity?
 | DisclaimerAll the information is readily available by google search or was once accessible by the public, therefore public information. Please be respectful of all parties mentioned below. REAL HATE AND DOXXING IS NEVER TOLERATED IN ANY SHAPE OF FORM.The main subject is a person who goes by "Elica Le Bon" online who has gain some following since 2022 on Instagram, TikTok, and X (formally know as Twitter). She has other platforms that she promotes her artistic endeavors, but they seem to be inactive and had gain little traction. If there may be more public knowledge that gets missed in this post, please feel free to share your sources. On the surface*Elica Le Bon is a first-generation Iranian immigrant who according to Piers Morgan and herself was born in Iran, moved to the UK to seek asylum. She does go into further detail an interview with Yasmine Mohammed, where she claim her mother's side of the family fled to the UK during the Iranian Revolution in 1979, whilst her father was doing his PhD at Oxford, which was cut short when the regime cut off his scholarship, forcing him to work at a bar. In that same interview, she also claimed her mother and sister were in Evin prison, (notorious site that hold political prisoners before and after the Iranian Revolution.and currently living in Los Angeles, where she practices law and runs several large social media accounts that bring attention to the plight of the Iranian people. Elica garnered her following across most social media platforms during the "Women, Life, Freedom" movement in 2022, in 2022 protest had broke out over the death of Mahsa Jina Amini, after she died from her injuries sustained by the brutal assault committed by the morality police of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) over Iran's strict hijab law. Elica's position against the IRGC and the Iranian Regime has been consistent since up to date. However, it is unclear what her position is when it comes to who shall take power over Iran if and when it does the current regime falls. When it comes to the topic of Israel and Palestinians, Elica's had acknowledged Palestinians briefly in her Blog titled "My People, Your People" dating back to 14/11/2015. She had also made Pro-Palestinian statements numerous times on her X account (formally known as Twitter), as seen in screenshots below. from X.com from X.com In more recently, Elica had shifted dramatically, from being called "Iranian Born, Lawyer, Artist, and Social Media Influencer" who "believes in Palestine and their rights and that there is suffering", by Chris Cuomo on CUOMO on NewsNation to a zionist sympathizer. That shift was described in her interview with Noah Tishby on Israeli Channel 12 where she claimed her friend's immediate support of Palestine soon after the attack committed by Hamas "chilled" her to her "core" because that meant to her that they "must hate me (her) so much". She has also expressed the same sentiment on her X account seen below. from X.com Elica today is now openly sympathizing for Zionists on X, as seen below, smearing student protestors and people who she once was, a Pro Palestinian. She was also on Fox News, bashing on protestors, calling them "a generation that don't know how to think" and "don't know how to process information." She also claims the are "an existential threat to middle eastern community; Israelis, Iranians, Syrians, Palestinians even." She can also be seen on CUOMO on NewsNation, the second time around, to criticized protesters and supporters of Iran's Islamic regime amid recent bombings of Israeli targets, saying they're "supporting a terrorist regime." Elica on Piers Morgan claimed that Hamas started this war due to the attack that happened on Oct. 7th, which is an overused talking points to avoid the conversation of how the oppression and slaughter of innocent Palestinians occurred long before Oct 7th. from X.com from X.com Lets dig deeper**Here are some other interesting public discoveries of Elica upon a deeper dive into her identity pass the surface. If you open her linktr.ee found on her instagram, you can see she has an an email for the public to contact her. If you search that same public email on google, it reveals that the email is somehow linked to 2 other last names that share the same first name, N. Mojtahed-Zadeh and Zadeh.from Instagram and linker.ee Elica Zadeh's Father, Pirouz Mojtahedzadeh***If Elica "Le Bon" is indeed the same person as Elica N. Mojtahed-Zadeh or Zadeh, which there is not strong evidence to show otherwise, we can she start to uncover who had raised her into the person she is today. A quick google search of her last name, Mojtahed-Zadeh, you can see another notable person that goes by the name Pirouz Mojtahedzadeh. According to his page on wikipedia, you may discover that he has quite the connection to the IRGC. Pirouz has articles ligitimiing the IRI. Even articles argueing for the IRI to have nuclear power. He writes his pieces with a man strongly tied to the IRI. Noteable to add that her father has since tried to burry his past, and posts Monarchist Propoganda on instagram now under the name u/pirouz_mojtahedzadehNow previously, Pirouz has publicly supported the IRGC in his social media account, including the statement and video he had posted on X on 07/01/2020. Pirouz in the same video appears to also show support to Qasem Soleimani, an Iranian commander, who was assassinated by an airstrike ordered by former president, Donald J. Trump. from X.com Pirouz has written 3 opinion pieces, all published by The New York Times, listed below. And interestingly, in 2 of 3 of the opinion pieces published by NYT, you can see Pirouz had wrote them with a person name Kaveh L. Afrasiabi. Kaveh was charged for being an unregistered agent of the Iranian Government by the DOJ as reported by the Office of Public Affairs released on January 19, 2021 (Updated July 13, 2022) For more than a decade, Mr. Afrasiabi was allegedly paid, directed, and controlled by the Government of Iran to lobby U.S. government officials, including a congressman; and to create and disseminate information favorable to the Iranian government,â said FBI Special Agent in Charge Bonavolonta. âThe FBI will continue to do everything it can to uncover these hidden efforts and hold accountable those who work for our adversaries to the detriment of our national security.âAlthough Kaveh received a presidential pardon by President Biden and the pending charges against him were dropped at the pre-trial stage on September 18, 2023, there is no doubt that Elica's father, Pirouz was in close contact with Kaveh where they had share some ties back to the IRGC.
Elica's problematic connectionsMoj Mahdara: A problematic Iranian-American for her handling of Beautycon, as reported by The Wrap and WWD. Elica Le Bon, as seen in an interview with Moj on her Reset The Algorithm Podcast, where they spoke about their traumas as Iranian diaspora and their reaction to the Oct 7th attack.Noa Tishby: is an Israeli ZIONIST. Elica has visited Noa's resident for an interview. Elica has also been called the "Brown Noa Tishby" by other Israeli Zionist. Gazelle Sharmahd (Daughter of Jamshid Sharmahd): GazelleShe can be seen defending her in her stories against Journalist who had "expose" video on Elica in her instagram as seen in the screenshot below. See Elica calling Gazelle a "friend" on X in the screenshot below. She also Gazelle's story with Elica side by side, almost seemingly AI generated or heavily photoshopped. from Instagram Story from Instagram Story from X.com Gazelle's Story on 5/13/2024 Chelsea Hart: The Wombland Saga Matthew Nouriel: Zionist from Instagram Mahsa Townsend: Was involved in a contentious civil lawsuit "Jack in the box INC vs Ultra Fun Foods INC" in San Diego, where Jack in the Box employees were allegedly horribly mistreated by Franchise owner, Mahsa and her Husband, Kevin Townsend. Besides the now dismissed lawsuit, Mahsa has been repeated and fearlessly defending Elica Le Bon against Samira Mohyeddin as seen in the screenshot below. It is also alleged in the Reddit Community that Mahsa Townsend had or still has an Iranian Zionist led group chat that work together to slender and bully anyone who crosses Elica Le Bon. from Instagram Elica's other connectionsReza Pahlavi, Crown Prince of Iran: oldest son of Mohammad Reza Pahlavi, the last Shah of Iran. He is a zionist who keeps a gift from Hitler passed own by his grandfather. His wife, Yasmine Pahlavi, is seen at pro-israel marches. See below Yasmine, expressing confusion how a political prisoner (Narges Mohammadi) could possibly have communication with someone outside prison. See also photo taken of Reza, Yasmine and the infamous Benjamin Netanyahu altogether below. See also below photo of Elica with Reza, who happens to be wearing the exact same outfit.It is also noteworthy to point out that Reza's grandfather, Reza Shah, was known to be an admirer of Adolf Hitler. See below image of a photo of Adolf Hitler with his signed autograph with his best wished for Reza Shah Pahlavi. from X.com from Instagram from Instagram from Wikipedia SOURCES https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C4oux8iSKY4 https://www.instagram.com/elicalebon/?hl=en* https://reason.com/podcast/2024/04/18/elica-le-bon-is-war-with-iran-coming/#:~:text=That%20was%20Elica%20Le%20Bon,plight%20of%20the%20Iranian%20people* http://elicalebon.blogspot.com/2015/11/my-people-your-people.html* https://www.reddit.com/Palestinian_Violence/comments/1c8wqfo/elica_le_bon/?share_id=ds1R2utO49X38deqoRe69&utm_content=1&utm_medium=ios_app&utm_name=ioscss&utm_source=share&utm_term=1* https://twitter.com/elicalebon/status/1786439216525914530 https://twitter.com/elicalebon/status/1712992243433570329 https://twitter.com/elicalebon/status/1782533220271308949 https://linktr.ee/elicalebon?utm_source=linktree_profile_share<sid=004ecfab-1374-467f-b61a-d5dfe39c4306** https://www.jacobyandmeyers.com/teams/elica-zadeh/** https://apps.calbar.ca.gov/attorney/Licensee/Detail/333281** https://cacj.org/members/?id=70141377** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pirouz_Mojtahedzadeh*** https://twitter.com/ashurbanip4574/status/1785120056483180915?s=42&t=9abueDH7Ctue5xKzcr_uhQ*** https://www.nytimes.com/2003/10/14/opinion/IHT-energy-iran-needs-nuclear-power.html*** https://www.nytimes.com/2004/07/02/opinion/IHT-irans-nuclear-program-threats-are-not-the-way-to-influence-tehran.html*** https://www.nytimes.com/2005/08/12/opinion/irans-nuclear-program-a-crisis-of-choice-not-necessity.html*** https://www.justice.gov/opa/ppolitical-scientist-author-charged-acting-unregistered-agent-iranian-government*** https://twitter.com/elicalebon/status/1788950474088927437?s=12&t=UyvUv17qb6wVwa-rowAXqA https://youtu.be/VwFmc6ouWQc?si=R21D5QKecCn-8jly&t=635 https://www.thewrap.com/beautycon-ugly-end-ceo-moj-mahdara-out-assets-foreclosure-exclusive/ https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/iranian-studies/article/abs/iran-in-the-nazi-new-order-19331941/2E6C02ADD1DD333DB11CC5482F21FA5C https://www.instagram.com/p/C6_vju4gzIu/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link&igsh=MzRlODBiNWFlZA== https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VwFmc6ouWQc https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i9fQn6u-wg8 |
2024.05.16 10:01 Glass-Confidence-737 Should I(24F) entertain this man(25M)?
Hi, I am a 24F and just got out of a 2 year long relationship so testing my luck in online dating. This guy also knows I am fresh out of a relationship.
I met this guy once and he was super sweet on the first date (he held me to get warm blah blah)and we ended up making out after that. Also joked about marrying now would be just little soon but sooon, he said he had 2 years with me when I said I get possesive 2 years in the relationship. No text nothing after the date from him for a week.
Then I asked to make plans for the next time so went over to his and we did stuff ..make out, cuddle , watch movie but not sex, he also said he was fine if I wanted no sex. MAN KISSED MY FOREHEAD He say I know you like me and I am taken aback and I say when ?did I say that we are just having fun, he agrees. Nothing after that again for the whole week. He also said he was going to text me in a few days(I didn't ask)
Then I ask him again to meet and he agrees we meet and we meet 2 weeks later and he's again sweet, cuddly, no sex again and I asked if he still wanted to see me if sex is not on the table HE SAID YES and asked me if I missed him, said we'll do this n that (in bed) the next time BUT AGAIN nothing for this week.
I really like the attention and the time we spend together but I also want him to plan once even if it's like fwbs.
I AM ALWAYS ASKING TO MEET
should I text him this week to make plans or see if he does?
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I met this guy once and he was super sweet on the first date (he held me to get warm blah blah)and we ended up making out after that. Also joked about marrying now would be just little soon but sooon, he said he had 2 years with me when I said I get possesive 2 years in the relationship. No text nothing after the date from him for a week.
Then I asked to make plans for the next time so went over to his and we did stuff ..make out, cuddle , watch movie but not sex, he also said he was fine if I wanted no sex. MAN KISSED MY FOREHEAD He say I know you like me and I am taken aback and I say when ?did I say that we are just having fun, he agrees. Nothing after that again for the whole week. He also said he was going to text me in a few days(I didn't ask)
Then I ask him again to meet and he agrees we meet and we meet 2 weeks later and he's again sweet, cuddly, no sex again and I asked if he still wanted to see me if sex is not on the table HE SAID YES and asked me if I missed him, said we'll do this n that (in bed) the next time BUT AGAIN nothing for this week.
I really like the attention and the time we spend together but I also want him to plan once even if it's like fwbs.
I AM ALWAYS ASKING TO MEET
should I text him this week to make plans or see if he does?
2024.05.16 09:56 adulting4kids More Types of Poems
- Terza Rima: A poetic form consisting of tercets (three-line stanzas) with interwoven rhymes, often used by Dante in "The Divine Comedy."
- Clerihew: A humorous and whimsical poem of four lines, with irregular meter and rhymes, focusing on a person, often the poet.
- Triolet: An eight-line poem with a specific rhyme scheme (ABaAabAB), featuring repeated lines.
- Ballad: A narrative poem often set to music, telling a story with a strong rhythm and rhyme.
- Renga: A collaborative form of Japanese linked-verse poetry, typically composed by multiple poets in alternating stanzas.
- Senryu: Similar to haiku, but focuses on human nature and emotions rather than nature itself.
- Paradelle: A complex and rare form of poetry that repeats lines with variations, creating a challenging structure.
- Golden Shovel: A form where each word in a line of an existing poem is used as the end word in a line of the new poem.
- Haibun: A combination of prose and haiku, often describing a journey or a nature experience.
- Villancico: A medieval Spanish poetic form often used in songs and carols, characterized by repetition and refrains.
- Palindrome Poetry: A poem that reads the same backward as forward, creating a mirrored effect.
- Blackout Poetry: Creating poetry by selectively redacting or highlighting words from an existing text, often creating a visual element.
- Tetractys: A five-line poem with a syllable count of 1, 2, 3, 4, 10, creating a pyramid shape.
- Rubaiyat: A Persian form of poetry with quatrains, typically written in iambic pentameter with the rhyme scheme AABA.
- Fibonacci Poem: A poem following the Fibonacci sequence for syllable counts in each line (0, 1, 1, 2, 3, 5, 8, 13, etc.).
- Calligram: A visual poem in which the words or letters are arranged in a shape that reflects the poem's subject.
- Shape Poetry: Poems that take on a visual shape related to their subject, enhancing the overall meaning.
- Tanka Prose: A prose poem followed by a tanka, combining the concise nature of prose with the emotional depth of tanka.
- Found Poetry: Creating poetry from existing texts or found materials, rearranging and recontextualizing words.
- Blitz Poem: A form of poetry with a rapid, stream-of-consciousness style, using repetition and wordplay.
- Sevenling: A seven-line poem with specific guidelines, including three lines with three elements, and a concluding statement in one line.
- Pantun: A Malay poetic form with quatrains, featuring an interlocking rhyme scheme between stanzas.
- Cento: A collage-like poem composed entirely of lines from other poems.
- Cinquain Chain: Connecting multiple cinquains to create a longer poem or narrative.
- Rhyme Royal: A seven-line stanza with a specific rhyme scheme (ABABBCC), used by Geoffrey Chaucer.
- Haiga: A combination of haiku and visual art, where an image complements the haiku.
- Minute Poem: A strict 60-syllable poem with a 8-4-4-4 structure and specific rhyme scheme (aabb).
- Nonet: A nine-line poem with a descending syllable count in each line, often 9-8-7-6-5-4-3-2-1.
- Tanka Tumble: A series of linked tanka poems, creating a flowing narrative.
- Dramatic Monologue: A poem in which a character speaks directly to an audience, revealing their thoughts and emotions.
2024.05.16 09:52 Glass-Confidence-737 What exactly are the persons(25M) intensions here with me(23F)?
Hi, I am a 24F and just got out of a 2 year long relationship so testing my luck in online dating. This guy also knows I am fresh out of a relationship.
I met this guy once and he was super sweet on the first date (he held me to get warm blah blah)and we ended up making out after that. Also joked about marrying now would be just little soon but sooon, he said he had 2 years with me when I said I get possesive 2 years in the relationship. No text nothing after the date from him for a week.
Then I asked to make plans for the next time so went over to his and we did stuff ..make out, cuddle , watch movie but not sex, he also said he was fine if I wanted no sex. MAN KISSED MY FOREHEAD He say I know you like me and I am taken aback and I say when ?did I say that we are just having fun, he agrees. Nothing after that again for the whole week. He also said he was going to text me in a few days(I didn't ask)
Then I ask him again to meet and he agrees we meet and we meet 2 weeks later and he's again sweet, cuddly, no sex again and I asked if he still wanted to see me if sex is not on the table HE SAID YES and asked me if I missed him, said we'll do this n that (in bed) the next time BUT AGAIN nothing for this week.
I really like the attention and the time we spend together but I also want him to plan once even if it's like fwbs.
I AM ALWAYS ASKING TO MEET
should I text him this week to make plans or see if he does?
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I met this guy once and he was super sweet on the first date (he held me to get warm blah blah)and we ended up making out after that. Also joked about marrying now would be just little soon but sooon, he said he had 2 years with me when I said I get possesive 2 years in the relationship. No text nothing after the date from him for a week.
Then I asked to make plans for the next time so went over to his and we did stuff ..make out, cuddle , watch movie but not sex, he also said he was fine if I wanted no sex. MAN KISSED MY FOREHEAD He say I know you like me and I am taken aback and I say when ?did I say that we are just having fun, he agrees. Nothing after that again for the whole week. He also said he was going to text me in a few days(I didn't ask)
Then I ask him again to meet and he agrees we meet and we meet 2 weeks later and he's again sweet, cuddly, no sex again and I asked if he still wanted to see me if sex is not on the table HE SAID YES and asked me if I missed him, said we'll do this n that (in bed) the next time BUT AGAIN nothing for this week.
I really like the attention and the time we spend together but I also want him to plan once even if it's like fwbs.
I AM ALWAYS ASKING TO MEET
should I text him this week to make plans or see if he does?
2024.05.16 09:50 markoj22 Personal Perspective: New lessons learned about THC long into a medical career.
KEY POINTS
- The therapeutic interactions between doctors and cannabis patients can be extremely gratifying.
- Having time to deeply explain and then followup with cannabis patients and caregivers creates a special bond.
- Working in the world of medical cannabis is provocative and challenging as more is learned about the plant.
- People's interactions with cannabis provoke a fascinating mix of medical and spiritual benefits.
After 30-plus years in the ER and urgent care setting, providing one-time, episodic interventions and rarely seeing the same patient again, I now have accrued a roster of hundreds of ongoing patients, many of whom I have continued to treat since I began as a registered cannabis practitioner in 2016.
The conversations we have, mostly about their positive responses to using medical cannabis but about so many other aspects of life, politics, and their illnesses, have become a very important part of my own life. These dialogues have brought me closer to the patients, their families, and their caregivers and have been instrumental in my ever-deepening understanding of and appreciation for the vast array of benefits that medical cannabis provides.
Itâs been a tremendously important and enriching experience and, in addition, has rekindled my interest in biochemistry, neurotransmitters, and brain anatomy, subjects that I last explored during medical school.
Most remarkable has been the array of patients Iâve met who have taken me into their lives. Advising patients about medical cannabis has brought me into contact with a stratum of people I would otherwise probably never have access to. They have ranged from corporate CEOs, attorneys, and others wanting a medical cannabis card so they wouldnât get arrested with illicit products to people with devastating and debilitating autoimmune diseases or those with terminal cancer.
Regardless of where along the health and socioeconomic spectrum my patients lie, there has been a consistent attitude that I became aware of early on when the law legalizing medical cannabis first went into effect.
Iâm referring to an openness to trying cannabis. These patients, their families, and their caregivers havenât been taken in by the nearly 90-year-old propaganda onslaught against the plant. Either they laughed at the âkiller weedâ characterizations, were open-minded enough to see or know others for whom it worked, or, especially in the many elderly patients I see, theyâd already tried everything else before they came to me. They clearly had not gotten relief for an array of symptoms caused by their underlying diseases and were willing to give medical cannabis a shot.
As they have seen its benefits, this has formed a unique bond between many of us, an understanding and camaraderie in that we are partaking in something still considered forbidden and illegal in many corners of the globe. Yet we know that despite that condemnation, we have access to something that, as so many of them say, is âlife-changing.â
I had realized early on in the ER and Urgent Care setting the need for abbreviated interactions. The conversations and observations that transpired in those settings helped my interventions there to provide the best immediate therapeutic relief. Even though they were often brief (of necessity), these experiences also led to many of the stories I wrote and were published. Now, in this late-in-life career choice, the longer conversations that I can pursue provide me incredible insights into the workings of the cannabis plant and provoke me to try to understand what Iâm being told by patients or their caregivers about their observations on what taking cannabis is like.
I seem to learn the most from my âcannabis naiveâ patients, those who have never used the plant. They will describe the process of finding that âsweet spot,â discovering the therapeutic regimen that gives them the relief they seek, bringing them back to where theyâd been before their illness struck. And, whether this happens in a day or a week or longer, the story is similar to hearing someone describe an epiphany.
I can no longer count the times Iâve been told: âI now go through the day without pain and have to remind myself that itâs from the cannabis tincture I take every morning.â
Iâm reminded of a patient whoâd come to me for treatment of severe chronic back pain. When I asked, with concern, how the high THC product he took every morning for that pain affected him at work, he recounted how, as a computer programmer, he was tasked with coming up with solutions to various program challenges. He told me that using cannabis allowed him to find answers he would not have seen otherwise.
Or the successful businessman with Crohnâs disease who, before using cannabis at work, would be debilitated by his flares. Now, four or five years into his involvement in the program, when he senses a flare coming on, he uses a very well-controlled dose of his high-THC cannabis, and shortly thereafter, he dives right back into caring for his customers, pain-free and focused.
I also have a patient with USHER 3 syndrome, a degenerative disease ultimately causing deafness and blindness. She has compared her taking cannabis to being in a dark room and having the lights go on.
Several patients with severe pain syndromes, overweight and out of shape (and scheduled to have surgery for resolution of their symptoms), have found that as cannabis increasingly resolved their pain, they became more active, lost weight, had even less pain, and ultimately (for several, now six or seven years into using cannabis) have been able to avoid going under the knife.
I have another patient, a writer with severe anxiety and some cognitive issues, whom I saw recently in follow-up, a year into treatment with cannabis. She is much more focused, conversant, and happy, interacting with family and caregivers in a much more positive way, and no longer abusing alcohol.
Another, a teacher with Autism Spectrum Disorder, told me he has been able to escape the destructive route older generations in his family had chosen, using alcohol to try and treat their symptoms. Instead, he has adopted a cannabis regimen to effectively control his ASD.
I also must mention the great help my colleagues and I are seeing that cannabis can provide for many of the symptoms of dementia.
It is my hope that those of us practitioners in the world of medical cannabis can continue to educate the public and break down the stigma surrounding cannabis. Hopefully, as well, governments will move forward in rescheduling (or de-scheduling) cannabis so that more patients can benefit from its therapeutic potential.
This brings me back to my last patient and the question about THC and wisdom:
I recently saw a middle-aged man, a Hasidic Jew, with inflammatory bowel disease. He found that medical cannabis could be very helpful in controlling his IBD flares. In addition, when we were on a follow-up call a few months after he began taking medical cannabis, he asked me something.
âDr. Weinberg,â he asked, âdoes THC give you wisdom?â
I was intrigued by the question and asked back, âWhy, what do you mean?â
âWell,â he said, âIâve been reading Talmud all my life, and there have always been passages I donât understand.â He paused. âBut when I take my medical cannabis, and I go back to my studies, I get it! I understand the meaning of those passages. And itâs not because Iâm high! Both my wife and the rabbi agree that my insights are valid and profound.â
Knowing the many references to cannabis in ancient Hebrew (and other spiritual) texts, I shouldnât have been surprised at his question. I was delighted, however, and am eager to pass this insight along to others as we hopefully advance our knowledge of the many benefits of the cannabis plant.
2024.05.16 09:50 heavenlyichigo 22F exchange student looking for friends!
ăăŁăťăźďźhello! i'm an American exchange student here in tokyo until august and i've been feeling a bit lonely these past few days, just stuck in my room rotting away haha
i'm a pretty shy person, so I haven't made much friends here yet or put myself out there and due to this, I haven't had the chance to really explore tokyo much and I feel like it'd be a lot of fun to experience such cool sights alongside a friend!!!
I've been to akihabara once for an hour but i'd like to see more, that's definitely on top of my list... i'd also love to see more of harajuku, shinjuku and shibuya! I've only been to those places briefly đĽş
I love anime, manga, cats, kpop, hip hop, fashion, anything cute, video games + arcade games (though i'm horrid at them!!) I feel like I could get along with anyone, so there are absolutely no limitations :> i'd like to maintain a friendship and keep in touch ()
ah, my japanese is horrible too! I'm currently at N3 level so if there's someone who is more advanced in ćĽćŹčŞ and would be down to teach me some things (like how the heck to tell the difference between particles 㯠and ă đââď¸) , i'd love to have a study session and I can treat you to a nice meal during/after etc etc !
welp, i'm sorry for the massive amount of text.. thank you for reading!
if you're interested and would like to become friends, please do leave me a DM! âĄ
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i'm a pretty shy person, so I haven't made much friends here yet or put myself out there and due to this, I haven't had the chance to really explore tokyo much and I feel like it'd be a lot of fun to experience such cool sights alongside a friend!!!
I've been to akihabara once for an hour but i'd like to see more, that's definitely on top of my list... i'd also love to see more of harajuku, shinjuku and shibuya! I've only been to those places briefly đĽş
I love anime, manga, cats, kpop, hip hop, fashion, anything cute, video games + arcade games (though i'm horrid at them!!) I feel like I could get along with anyone, so there are absolutely no limitations :> i'd like to maintain a friendship and keep in touch ()
ah, my japanese is horrible too! I'm currently at N3 level so if there's someone who is more advanced in ćĽćŹčŞ and would be down to teach me some things (like how the heck to tell the difference between particles 㯠and ă đââď¸) , i'd love to have a study session and I can treat you to a nice meal during/after etc etc !
welp, i'm sorry for the massive amount of text.. thank you for reading!
if you're interested and would like to become friends, please do leave me a DM! âĄ
2024.05.16 09:48 MadBearVids FIXER PARIS
Hey guys! Fun one (actually, I think) !!
Looking for high-level LPs/UPMs in Paris, France for a TV show surrounding Olympics and a celeb music artist.
Want someone local, who knows local Paris spots inside and out, great crew, how to film in Paris smoothly, easy segment ideas etc.
Will be filming during the Olympics this summer.
Ideally someone who knows doc/reality. Please send resumes/credits/imdb to nikovernic3@gmail.com if interested!! or text me at 415.378.1061
Thanks!
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Looking for high-level LPs/UPMs in Paris, France for a TV show surrounding Olympics and a celeb music artist.
Want someone local, who knows local Paris spots inside and out, great crew, how to film in Paris smoothly, easy segment ideas etc.
Will be filming during the Olympics this summer.
Ideally someone who knows doc/reality. Please send resumes/credits/imdb to nikovernic3@gmail.com if interested!! or text me at 415.378.1061
Thanks!
2024.05.16 09:47 famous_prophets Finally some clarity!
I've just come out of an 8+ year long friendship with a person with BPD and wow, this subreddit has been clarifying. For context said person has been homeless on and off for 3 years - he got kicked out of his family home, moved in with his boyfriend, got kicked out after a year or so, moved back home, then in October he got kicked out again which is when I took him in and let him sleep on my couch. I didn't even think twice about it, he had nowhere else to go and we'd been good friends for so long.
I will spare the details but we had an argument about a month ago. I definitely snapped, after 6 months of him bumming around not helping with the housework, not looking for work, blaming every little problem on him being homeless, and rotting on the couch getting stoned, I was done giving him leeway.
The jist of it is, I needed a break from living with him and his two flying monkeys, so I went to stay at my mam's for a night. But! I left the toilet clogged (genuinely just forgot, I had been dealing with it the night before and needed to go out to buy things to fix it, then some petty fight happened between me and him which was what made me decide to go stay with my mam for a night. My bad, but I told him I would fix it once I got home and that he could use the ensuite in my flatmates' room until then. Not ideal, but shit happens (literally!).) He lost his shit, saying this was "typical" (it wasn't, this had never happened before) and so I was just at the end of my rope. I told him to get a grip and that this has never been an issue before in the 6 months I'd been kindly sharing my bathroom with him. This was on Saturday afternoon.
That was too much for him, and then within 3 days he'd left and took his monkeys with him. I left them to clear out, my landlord texted me telling me they were gonna be out by the end of the week so I just let them do that while I stayed at my mam's. He bombarded me with vicious texts, I realised things could get unsafe so I went back on Monday to collect my cat and checked her into a cat hotel. When I did that I found a note pinned to my bedroom wall detailing all the ways in which I'm a shitty cat owner and friend. Apparently he's been running his mouth about me on twitter, has a pinned tweet in which he's namedropping me and badmouthing me, and has posted a private discord message I sent him that was taken out of context.
He has everyone fooled. My exflatmate's gf had an Xbox we all used for Youtube in the living room, I left my account logged in and one night she deleted all of my subscriptions, watch history, etc. Real petty shit.
I'm glad to be rid of all of them. I know the love I deserve, I have incredible friends and family and a wonderful partner. If anything this has given me more motivation to work on my own mental health recovery - I have cPTSD (ontop of auDHD, fun and games /s) and have made incredible strides over the past year, I still have my moments but I realised that I don't want to be like him. At all. So truly, this is the best thing that could've happened.
Thanks for giving me a space to share this đŤś
edit - phrasing
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I will spare the details but we had an argument about a month ago. I definitely snapped, after 6 months of him bumming around not helping with the housework, not looking for work, blaming every little problem on him being homeless, and rotting on the couch getting stoned, I was done giving him leeway.
The jist of it is, I needed a break from living with him and his two flying monkeys, so I went to stay at my mam's for a night. But! I left the toilet clogged (genuinely just forgot, I had been dealing with it the night before and needed to go out to buy things to fix it, then some petty fight happened between me and him which was what made me decide to go stay with my mam for a night. My bad, but I told him I would fix it once I got home and that he could use the ensuite in my flatmates' room until then. Not ideal, but shit happens (literally!).) He lost his shit, saying this was "typical" (it wasn't, this had never happened before) and so I was just at the end of my rope. I told him to get a grip and that this has never been an issue before in the 6 months I'd been kindly sharing my bathroom with him. This was on Saturday afternoon.
That was too much for him, and then within 3 days he'd left and took his monkeys with him. I left them to clear out, my landlord texted me telling me they were gonna be out by the end of the week so I just let them do that while I stayed at my mam's. He bombarded me with vicious texts, I realised things could get unsafe so I went back on Monday to collect my cat and checked her into a cat hotel. When I did that I found a note pinned to my bedroom wall detailing all the ways in which I'm a shitty cat owner and friend. Apparently he's been running his mouth about me on twitter, has a pinned tweet in which he's namedropping me and badmouthing me, and has posted a private discord message I sent him that was taken out of context.
He has everyone fooled. My exflatmate's gf had an Xbox we all used for Youtube in the living room, I left my account logged in and one night she deleted all of my subscriptions, watch history, etc. Real petty shit.
I'm glad to be rid of all of them. I know the love I deserve, I have incredible friends and family and a wonderful partner. If anything this has given me more motivation to work on my own mental health recovery - I have cPTSD (ontop of auDHD, fun and games /s) and have made incredible strides over the past year, I still have my moments but I realised that I don't want to be like him. At all. So truly, this is the best thing that could've happened.
Thanks for giving me a space to share this đŤś
edit - phrasing
2024.05.16 09:45 Jwagner0850 AIO for confronting a milder form of emotional cheating?
I'm (41m) currently sitting here wide awake at 3am, with less than 4 hours to go before work thinking about what I found on Facebook.
This might get long but...
Before all this I found tonight, several months back my wife was getting super pushy to see a band that had a player that was local to us. At first I didn't think anything of it, but she wanted to go see them. Ok cool, except I hate going to the city and wants really interested. But I went anyway because my wife wanted to go.
Anyway, fast forward to tonight and I'm scrolling Facebook and I see a react from my wife on a old high school friends post. Normally I wouldn't think anything of it, but I don't typically see this. She doesn't get on Facebook often so when she does, it's genuinely noticeable. So I dug a bit deeper and saw you commented on his post. Again, odd. Nothing bad, just commenting to a general discussion towards him. But because of her infrequency, it stood out again. So I began looking from my account side and only found comments/likes to his posts that seemingly were proactive.
To be clear, this dude is ripped. Used to be a scrawny dude in school but now he's not only jacked, but has 0 body fat which I could only imagine people on TRT/Steroids could do... Also he's out of state so there's no way they could have been physical
So of course, jealousy kicked in and I needed to know more. Well, she doesn't hide passwords from me and I figured, there's smoke here, so I better go investigate. Sure enough he contacted her late one night and they sort of started chatting about old times and school. However, I saw some comments that broke my heart. I don't remember the specifics, but she definitely made a comment about his looks and how he probably uses it to his advantage at his job.
He at one point later admitted to a crush back in the day, seemingly out of place in the Convo. The Convo continued on with each sharing kid photos. Then eventually a very emoji heavy goodnight. Again nothing sexual, but seemed flirtatious to me...
This was the only Convo she had but I noticed she actively searched him tonight, after seeing her reply to a post (about a pet bunny) at around midnight tonight.
It doesn't appear to have gone super far but I'm worried it may go there...
As I sit here, pondering what Im doing... Clearly tired... Waiting anxiously to see how she responds my text I sent about "us needing to talk"... Am I the asshole for doing any of this? Weve been together forever and I would hate to lose her if it's something we can work out and discuss..
She has no cheating history. Actually I have... We've worked through some tough things. I feel I've gotten better but I fear things may be sliding away from me here...
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This might get long but...
Before all this I found tonight, several months back my wife was getting super pushy to see a band that had a player that was local to us. At first I didn't think anything of it, but she wanted to go see them. Ok cool, except I hate going to the city and wants really interested. But I went anyway because my wife wanted to go.
Anyway, fast forward to tonight and I'm scrolling Facebook and I see a react from my wife on a old high school friends post. Normally I wouldn't think anything of it, but I don't typically see this. She doesn't get on Facebook often so when she does, it's genuinely noticeable. So I dug a bit deeper and saw you commented on his post. Again, odd. Nothing bad, just commenting to a general discussion towards him. But because of her infrequency, it stood out again. So I began looking from my account side and only found comments/likes to his posts that seemingly were proactive.
To be clear, this dude is ripped. Used to be a scrawny dude in school but now he's not only jacked, but has 0 body fat which I could only imagine people on TRT/Steroids could do... Also he's out of state so there's no way they could have been physical
So of course, jealousy kicked in and I needed to know more. Well, she doesn't hide passwords from me and I figured, there's smoke here, so I better go investigate. Sure enough he contacted her late one night and they sort of started chatting about old times and school. However, I saw some comments that broke my heart. I don't remember the specifics, but she definitely made a comment about his looks and how he probably uses it to his advantage at his job.
He at one point later admitted to a crush back in the day, seemingly out of place in the Convo. The Convo continued on with each sharing kid photos. Then eventually a very emoji heavy goodnight. Again nothing sexual, but seemed flirtatious to me...
This was the only Convo she had but I noticed she actively searched him tonight, after seeing her reply to a post (about a pet bunny) at around midnight tonight.
It doesn't appear to have gone super far but I'm worried it may go there...
As I sit here, pondering what Im doing... Clearly tired... Waiting anxiously to see how she responds my text I sent about "us needing to talk"... Am I the asshole for doing any of this? Weve been together forever and I would hate to lose her if it's something we can work out and discuss..
She has no cheating history. Actually I have... We've worked through some tough things. I feel I've gotten better but I fear things may be sliding away from me here...
2024.05.16 09:43 Some-Cabinet-5507 F4M/F longterm basis , Slice of life
Hey there readers! Thanks for taking time and reading my post.. I am looking for a rp partner for any kind of sol inspired roleplay. I'm 22 years old from IST timezone (Indian standard time).
Preferences : besties falling in love, strangers to lovers or arranged marriage. I would like it too be long term and slow burn.
Also we can discuss the stories in case you have any idea. Please be around my age. I can be as elaborative as my partner so i basically match your pace. I am almost available and text back multiple times in a day. I'd prefer you to reciprocate too if you aren't then sorry.
I rp in first person so i expect you to do the same. Third person is good in describing the scenes .
I don't appreciate one liners please, I am not gonna reply to your one liners. Even if you are female i expect more than one line .Text me with something about you, your expectations from rp , age, timezone etc etc. i won't reply to one liners they seem to be dry texter at first instance. If you are keen text me directly please don't expect the other way.
Prefered platform will be reddit. Not fond of discord!
Thank you! Have a nice day! Looking forward for some rp partners.!!
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Preferences : besties falling in love, strangers to lovers or arranged marriage. I would like it too be long term and slow burn.
Also we can discuss the stories in case you have any idea. Please be around my age. I can be as elaborative as my partner so i basically match your pace. I am almost available and text back multiple times in a day. I'd prefer you to reciprocate too if you aren't then sorry.
I rp in first person so i expect you to do the same. Third person is good in describing the scenes .
I don't appreciate one liners please, I am not gonna reply to your one liners. Even if you are female i expect more than one line .Text me with something about you, your expectations from rp , age, timezone etc etc. i won't reply to one liners they seem to be dry texter at first instance. If you are keen text me directly please don't expect the other way.
Prefered platform will be reddit. Not fond of discord!
Thank you! Have a nice day! Looking forward for some rp partners.!!