I wasn't planning on watching Thrice Upon A Time. I had not liked the previous films and they seemed like a very inferior product compared to the original anime. However, the good reviews and opinions I saw about it encouraged me to do so. I did it with as open and tolerant a mind as possible, knowing that there was a good chance I wouldn't like the film. "What's the worst that could happen? That I don't like it and continue to prefer the original series? At least I'll be entertained for two and a half hours," I thought. What I did not expect at all is the deep feeling of disgust and repulsion that this film provoked in me, in a way that no other film has provoked in years.
I hated the movie from start to finish. I could spend hours talking about the boring action sequences, about its ugly, excessive CGI that ruins the already ugly mecha, about its disgusting hypersexualization of fucking 14-year-old girls, about how Misato's plans don't make sense, about how Last Kiss almost made me tear my ears off, or its plot full of Deus Ex Machinas with concepts conveniently taken by Hideaki Anno from the place that his last name suggests; but the real reason I'm writing this is because I feel like these movies spit on everything the excellent original work represents.
Not only because as adaptations they fail miserably, but also because they retroactively damage the original work (we'll talk about that later).
Before I begin to explain why the rebuilds are bad adaptations, I want to warn that I am going to do a relatively exhaustive review of the 4 films, so this rant is going to be very long, like staying up late on a winter night with chronic insomnia. That said, let's start to see the reasons:
WHAT IS NEON GENESIS EVANGELION?:
To understand why rebuilds fail as remakes, I must first ask you, dear reader: What does Neon Genesis Evangelion mean to you? (it should at least be familiar to you, unless you've spent your life under a bridge) What do you think about when you read that title, apart from Shinji fucking in front of a comatose Asuka? What comes to mind when you hear the most famous opening in anime history, apart from Shinji strangling the otter against Happy Thursday's throat? (in more ways than one). If your answer is: "It's a mecha anime for emos with a coomer protagonist", that's fine, I respect that; but please press the red "X" in the top right corner of your screen, you can now leave.
Now, I'm going to get serious and explain my definition: Evangelion is a work about the hedgehog's dilemma and the difficulties of forming emotional bonds that human beings have, as well as the consequences of trying to separate from them for fear of rejection. It is not a story about heroes. It's not a story about saving the world. In Evangelion there are neither heroes nor villains, but rather a group of emotionally broken characters trying to be happy in a world just as broken as them. The real enemy of Evangelion is not the angels. It is the lack of communication and empathy.
https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dilema_del_erizo
It is that same lack of communication and empathy that progressively causes everything to go to hell to conclude with a cathartic and bleak ending, but consistent with the themes of the work. It is therefore an existentialist work about human relationships disguised as a mecha anime. This, added to a unique visual style, daring direction, and mechas like never before seen on television, made Evangelion one of the most influential anime in all of history, as well as a true commercial success for Gainax Studio. Success that encouraged other studios to carry out projects such as Cowboy Bebop or Serial Experiment Lain, taking anime towards a new golden age.
Even today you can hear the echoes of that Third Impact of End of Evangelion in 1997. The list of works influenced by Evangelion both inside and outside of Japan is endless. Of course, it is not a perfect work, nor extensive in errors: its target audience is ambiguous, many of the biblical references are more for decoration than anything else, and several aspects of the ending(s) could have been explained better. However, many of these errors can be attributed to a lack of time and budget during the production of the original anime (which was quite chaotic and improvised); therefore, they are understandable and forgivable.
In summary, we can conclude that Evangelion is a dark, introspective, provocative and unique work (at least at its time). This is also combined with a unique visual identity and complex characters whose relationships intertwine and interconnect throughout the work. The sum of all these factors is what led Evangelion to be such a critically acclaimed work that it transcended its own genre and became an icon of popular culture. And this in turn constitutes the biggest mistake of rebuilds; because they commit the biggest sin that an adaptation can commit: denying everything that made the original work great.
ADAPTING WITHOUT A CLEAR PURPOSE:
One of the biggest problems with these remakes (as well as a clear example of what I'm saying) is their total narrative inconsistency. Let me explain: the first rebuilds movie (1.11) is a literal copy-paste of the first 6 chapters of the original anime, with practically the same scenes, dialogues and even music. This makes the film completely redundant and unnecessary (and makes one wonder why it exists); But in any case, the message is being conveyed that the purpose of these remakes is to adapt the original series as faithfully as possible to the cinema with a current animation style.
However, the second movie (2.22) is a... something. A pastiche of new and old things where the plot broadly follows that of the original anime, but with many things changed (of course, for the worse) and a different ending. All this compressing no less than 14 chapters of the original anime into two and a half hours. Here the message that one can infer is that it seeks to adapt the original story (very briefly) by changing and rearranging certain elements, now more in line with what an adaptation is.
However, then we get to 3.33 and... well, after a 14-year because reasons timeskip, we're now in a post-post-apocalyptic world (repetition intended) where ex-Nerv members fight against Nerv itself. Nerv in giant spaceships, there are mechas everywhere, Misato is a sociopath, and Shinji and Asuka still look exactly the same because "DAMN JEBA." Here we can infer that what is sought is to create a totally new story and take it in different directions than the original. The following movie (3.0+1.01) is the only one that is consistent with this purpose.
Whether all these narrative pirouettes were planned in advance or not (clearly not), we can see that there is a clear incongruity between what is intended to be done and what is finally done. All of this generates a strong narrative chaos where the elements and themes of the original anime are mixed with the new ones, creating a total inconsistency. Since also in 3.0+1.01 it is revealed (unfortunately to me) that everything is part of the same universe and this is not really a remake, the excuse of "they are different universes, they don't have to be the same" doesn't work either.
In fact, one thing that you will see me comment a lot throughout this article is the lack of narrative consistency of these remakes, especially in comparison to the original work.
A HEDGEHOG WITHOUT TICKS:
No character in Evangelion better embodies the central theme of the work than Shinji Ikari, its own protagonist. Shinji is not a hero: he is not brave. He is not a genius. He is not charismatic. He is not selfless. He doesn't want to save the world. His reason for piloting the Eva is to gain recognition and appreciation from others; especially from his father, whom he hates, but at the same time admires; He feels that she despises him, but he also wants (and needs) that she loves him. Shinji spends the entire series in the dilemma between escaping from what hurts him (classic avoidance behavior) or accepting it and moving on, even at the risk of being hurt again.
This theme is rock solid throughout the entire original series: from the first to the last chapter of the anime, and from minute one to the very end of End of Evangelion. Even the opening itself makes several visual references to Shinji's hedgehog dilemma. This can make Shinji an infuriating character for audiences accustomed to typical anime protagonists; but it's those same things that make Shinji such a unique and special character. He deconstructs and subverts the hero's journey. And it's not as if this hinders the plot: Shinji is not proactive, but he also does not spend the series crying, as many often claim.
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https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monomito
And as you may already be imagining, the Shinji of the rebuilds does not have a hedgehog's dilemma. Or rather, he has it, but only during the first movie (copy-paste of the original anime) and part of the second. This is a problem, because it creates a strong narrative inconsistency (again) where it seems that two Shinjis exist at the same time or that this one is bipolar. As of 3.33, Shinji's entire character arc is based on trying to redeem himself for his past mistakes first by unleashing "Almost Third Impact" (what a stupid name) and subsequently preventing Kaworu's death while trying to right said mistake.
Is this a bad thing? Not necessarily. The problem is that I have already seen the arc of the hero who fails to eventually rise up and succeed in 100 trillion works, while the hedgehog's dilemma in none more than in Evangelion (at least in my case). Which makes Shinji a much less interesting character. Some might argue that in 3.0 + 1.01 Shinji does have such a dilemma because he spends half the movie crawling on the ground; but there is not a hedgehog's dilemma, but rather depression for having seen Kaworu's head go KAWOOM (I know, the joke was very bad, but if he didn't do it, I would explode too).
End of Evangelion's Shinji did have such a dilemma because the reason for his depression was having been manipulated and used by someone he had previously opened up to and then forced to kill him, not for failing in his mission (in fact, he was very efficient in her mission to separate Kaworu's head from her body), which in turn brings sexual (and later, deadly) results for Asuka. I insist: narrative consistency. But this is not the worst: the worst thing is that at certain moments in these films, Shinji becomes the typical shonen savior hero, betraying the central point of his character in the original series.
https://youtu.be/E-x-f2OrWeA
A perfect example of this is the ending of 2.22, where the fight in chapter 19 (COINCENTLY from where the original anime starts to get more introspective) is transformed into a ridiculous shipping attempt, with Rei turned into a damsel in distress and Shinji into a savior hero while spouting all the typical cliché lines, topped off with a disgustingly cheesy ending. But of course, how could it end otherwise? With Shinji's Eva practicing cannibalism on Zeruel's corpse (the original scene)? Too disturbing for current times. Shinji and Rei fighting as a team to defeat him? Yes of course. Rei has enough not being in the kitchen. Besides, Asuka already takes care of that, hoping to receive her alpha male's cock as a reward.
https://youtu.be/TPS0Uk0TkP0
Because, like any good modern anime protagonist, Shinji now has a harem.
FETISHING WITHOUT CONTROL:
Of all the characters who are now part of Shinji's harem, the one who is most harmed by this is Rei (Asuka's case is different, and the other character is an infernal creation from Anno's sick mind). Not only because acting like a bitch in heat goes totally against her personality and because of the murky situation, considering that she is a clone of Shinji's mother, but also because her character is reduced to a mere fetish object that does things cute to produce tenderness in the viewer and make coomers buy their figurines.
Rei is an interesting character because he raises numerous existential questions based on the ship of Theseus paradox: the concept of identity, to what extent we can consider ourselves still ourselves, the construction and definition of a "self", etc. But here, her screen time piloting her Unit 00 is minimal (COINCENTLY most of it in 1.11) and her exploits are practically irrelevant or non-existent, also being reduced to a mere damsel in distress at the end of 2.22, as I said before.
https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paradoja_de_Teseo
In 3.0+1.01 he doesn't even get to pilot an Eva. Her role in the film is to cause pity and produce tenderness with her total ignorance (I see that the idiot Anno forgot that all the Reis are born with basic knowledge) while she is seen with different hairstyles, different outfits, working as a farmer, taking care of a baby, etc. In short, a fetish object where she wants the public to value her for how "moe" she is instead of for her abilities or as a character. In Anno's mind, feminism advances in reverse. Ironic, considering that it was precisely Rei who unintentionally started the moe culture.
Of course, it goes without saying that Rei is not the only one who suffers from this extreme fetishization of her character in these films. Under the excuse of paying homage to End of Evangelion, Asuka now always wears an eye patch (needless to say it has nothing to do with having been injured there), a cap with cat ears, in addition to having a very convenient trend for the coomer public of walking naked and semi-naked through other people's houses. She sometimes puts on the plugsuit, but near the end of the movie, it is conveniently torn off, lest we forget that this is made by the Japanese.
One of the best examples of how this hareminication has destroyed the main female characters is in the elevator scene. In the original anime, Rei tries to advise Asuka in a time of particular vulnerability and depression. Rei's limited social skills, coupled with Asuka being Asuka, cause her to misinterpret the attempt to help as mockery and an act of condescension, triggering a slap from her towards Rei and a worsening of her already strained relationship and Asuka's mental state. Rei doesn't fight back because she knows that doing so would only make things even worse.
It is an excellent dramatic scene because it once again brings to the foreground the hedgehog's dilemma and the difficulties between human relationships, very much in line with what Evangelion is. In 2.22, this scene is gratuitously introduced and turned into two horny bitches fighting over which of the two will let their alpha male penetrate first, with a highly OC Rei stopping the assault attempt in a 100% gangsta way to make her see more "cool." The scene doesn't even make plot sense, because Asuka at that moment is not even depressed, and in the original anime this occurs at a much later time under a very different context.
and speaking of asuka...
SOMEONE CALLED ASUKA:
When I started watching these movies, I was afraid that Asuka's character had undergone modifications to make her more "palatable" to new audiences. What took me completely by surprise was how radically different this Asuka is from the original. So different that they can't even be considered the same character. To show it very clearly, we are going to review the personality of both:
Asuka from the original anime: An energetic and outgoing half-German, half-Japanese girl (actually it's 1/4, but who cares) who loves to be the center of attention and have everyone praise her due to the lack of parental love received during her childhood having been abandoned by her father and supplanted by her mother, who suffered from severe mental disorders. She is extremely proud and competitive because she feels that being Eva's pilot is the only thing that gives her an identity and purpose, which makes her tend to become quickly frustrated when things don't go her way and become defensive when she feels like she is being outmaneuvered. . He loves to make fun of others (especially Shinji), to the point of being cruel at times, but he does not do it out of malice, but rather to compensate for his enormous inferiority complex due to the rejection suffered by his mother and having witnessed her. committed suicide (and possibly even tried to kill her) the day she was chosen as Eva's pilot and came running to wish her a Happy Thursday. She admires Kaji and wants to fuck him because she hates her own adolescence, she needs to feel adult and independent due to suffering from a certain Electra complex for having lacked a true father figure during her childhood. She has a sweet and vulnerable nature, but she rarely expresses it to anyone except her best friend Hikari and I better stop this now because too much text.
Rebuild Asuka (hereinafter "Asuka"): A girl soldier created by Nerv as part of a series of clones who has always been alone and thinks she doesn't need anyone, although she secretly wishes to have a family. She hits and insults others for no reason, she yells a lot, never smiles or makes jokes, and hates socializing with others, which doesn't stop her from looking for Shinji's dick within 2 days of meeting him. She always plays video games while someone is talking to her and at night she talks to herself with a doll like an autistic person.
As we can see, these two characters not only look nothing alike: several of their traits directly contradict each other. Because they look alike, they are not even alike in aesthetics: the original Asuka had red hair and dressed in the traditional feminine way, while "Asuka" is light brown and dresses in a tomboy style (which I'm not saying is wrong, I'm just commenting to show the radical difference). It's not that they have changed Asuka: it's that they have directly murdered her to supplant her by someone with whom she only shares her first name (not even her last name). And needless to say, the change has been VERY for the worse.
To describe the first character, I had to spend 15 damn lines, and even then I had to leave out many important facets of his personality, his development in the original series and his entire character arc in EoE, because if I didn't have one endless bible For the second, 6 lines were enough for me, and I could have had more left over if I had been more concise. The first character is a complex and three-dimensional character, with multiple facets, edges and layers. She feels like a real person. The second character is a generic tsundere that you can find in any mecha anime of the week. She is not even comparable to the first; She's not even a good character.
We cannot speak of Flanderization because not even the most basic traits of the character have been respected. Nor can we speak of a deconstruction because that same absence of basic traits means that there is no character construction on which to stand in the first place. Obviously, this change greatly resents the interactions between characters: the original Asuka was a charismatic and fun character with the ability to drive the plot on her own (as soon as she appears in chapter 8 of the original anime she is already changing the entire dynamic between characters) , while "Asuka" is mostly only in the background or to fight; He doesn't even have a character arc as such. In fact, in 2.22 he has even less screen time than several supporting characters.
His chemistry with Shinji is also non-existent (and I'm not just referring to the romantic level) and they barely have any development together. They like each other here because... ehhhh... she likes how he cooks and he thinks she's hot? It's not that the AsuShinji (or ShinSuka, or whatever the hell it's called) here is forced: it's just that it doesn't even make sense. The only reason people still ship them together is because they did it in the 90s. Yūko Miyamura's performance also feels very lackadaisical and lacks passion, which is quite unlike her. Although perhaps this is intentional, since her character always talks as if she has the spear of Longinus permanently stuck up her rectum. In fact, the few times she says her iconic "Anta baka?" This one feels very forced, in addition to not having her characteristic high-pitched tone.
In short, the character has suffered the same fetishization as Rei (gamer girl, tomboy, one-eyed, etc.), but also with the aggravating factor that not even her basic characteristics have been respected here. This is especially disconcerting when we take into account that the rest of the characters have their original personalities more or less intact (albeit simplified). Even more disconcerting if we take into account that Asuka is possibly the most popular character in all of Evangelion, and even more so if we consider that she is Anno's favorite character (in fact, the initial idea was for Asuka to be the protagonist).
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Given this, the inevitable question arises: "Why?" What was the point of turning Asuka into an inferior and tsundere copy of Rei, even more so when there are already three clones? It has always been rumored that Asuka is not popular in Japan, but that is completely false. The only semi-rational explanation I can think of is that they did it to please the haters. It's no secret that a portion within the Evangelion fandom (and outside of it) hates Asuka with a passion. They see her as someone toxic and cruel who dedicates herself to screwing others for no reason, without understanding that you don't have to like a well-written character.
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What these people fail to understand is that Asuka's verbal abuse is a defense mechanism to avoid opening up to others, since Asuka constantly says things that do not fit with what she really feels or thinks (clear proof is chapter 16 from the original series). It's not like it matters much, considering they were never more than an extremely vocal minority. That the character is so popular is proof of this. The great irony of all this is that the new "Asuka" is a much more unpleasant and detestable character than the original, since she lacks the redeemable qualities of the original and her moments of comic relief.
And if until now I have been more or less benevolent with this remake, this is something I cannot forgive: because changing a character just because a group of people doesn't like it is one of the most cowardly and pathetic acts in the world. that a writer can fall. The fact that this was also at the expense of one of the best female characters in the history of anime and with a wonderful story arc makes it even more bloody. Any other halfway competent writer would have responded with this.
https://youtu.be/5Js0ea6yPKM
...although if we go by Ockham's razor, the most likely explanation is simply that Hideaki Anno is mentally retarded.
A CHARACTER TO DESTROY A FRANCHISE AND BIND IT TO DARKNESS:
Mari Makinami Illustrious A.K.A María Iskariote (what an appropriate last name) is one of the worst creations ever made by humans. Not since the atomic bombs has humanity created something so horrible. Worse than the holocaust. Worse than fascism. Worse than Facebook memes. Worse than stepping on a lego. I would even dare to say that it is worse than pizza with pineapple. No character better reflects Anno's mental decline or better embodies all the problems of the current anime industry than this trash.
This character contributes absolutely nothing to the plot, he does not contribute at any time to its advancement, he lacks his own development or story, he does absolutely nothing relevant in the 3 films in which he appears, and he does not even have a defined personality. So much so, that all of her scenes could be eliminated or replaced by any other character and she would barely affect the plot, or not affect it at all.
The character is so frighteningly one-dimensional that she doesn't even show different emotions or moods during the three films in which she appears, always being perpetually happy and carefree even in tense situations for literally no reason. This leads to moments as surreal as her starting to sing and hum in scenes that are intended to be serious or dramatic (or so I think; perhaps what they wanted was to turn this into an unintentional comedy), again generating a gigantic narrative dissonance. The last third of 3.33 is the best example of this.
But that's not the worst: this character is clearly made for otaku coomers to masturbate to. She has almost every fetish possible: glasses/lenses (whatever they call it in your country), pigtails, miniskirt, schoolgirl, saying "nya", big tits, obsession with smell and tight outfits, etc. To make matters worse in 3.0 + 1.01 we discover that she is 48 years old, so we can also add the milf fetish. Evidently, her tits always bounce in her plugsuit (she would swear that never happened in the original series) and there are many close-ups of her ass. In addition to constantly making sexual advances towards Shinji, which also turns this piece of shit into a potential pedophile.
If the thing simply ended there, we could say that this character remains a mere annoying and unnecessary secondary character. Unfortunately, the character is also disruptive to the plot, occupying long filler scenes that do nothing more than waste time that is already scarce in a film, and that could have been used on something else more interesting; like Pen Pen watching TV, Pen Pen eating a sardine, etc. Without going any further, both 2.22, 3.33 and 3.0+1.01 begin with a long filler scene of her hitting on her. Well, to be honest, the 3.33 one is more Asuka, but this abortion is still out there fucking and singing.
It would not be an exaggeration to say that discussing why this character exists is much more interesting than any other debate that can be created about these films. I still think about it. However, the ending of 3.0+1.01 gives a good clue: the character was created solely and exclusively to stay with Shinji. I can only imagine that Anno made this tired of the fandom shipping and the arguments over who Shinji should stay with, so he decided to end the matter by creating his own ideal waifu with all the fetishes he likes in a woman to end it. with this. It's disgusting, but considering we're talking about a Japanese, totally possible.
It's surreal coming from the man who harshly criticized the use of anime as escapism and the excessive female objectification and sexualization in it, but it's the only semi-decent explanation I can think of. Basically, he is what is called a mascot character in literature. That would explain why this character never shows doubts, nor any kind of internal conflict, or why he is a better Eva pilot than Asuka and Rei themselves. It is also very revealing about the quality of the Rebuilds: creating a self-insert OC just to be the partner of the protagonist or another main character is the quintessential trait of all bad fanfiction.
However, among all this tsunami of disqualifications, I also have to say something positive: spending three movies giving hope to the shippers only to have Shinji be cuckolded simultaneously by Rei and Asuka in the last one and end up with a character with which had zero development (before 3.0+1.01 I didn't even know its name) is a true trolling masterclass, worthy of the best of ball pumpers. Only a true emperor of evil would have come up with such a twisted and at the same time perfect way to screw over a large part of the fandom. I give you my tens, Anno.
THE ANTI-UNIVERSE OF ANTI-NARRATIVE:
Of all the new concepts that Anno brings up at the last minute from the place named after his last name, none stands out more than the "anti-universe." Or, as I like to call it, the "anti-good writing." Basically because it perfectly represents all the problems of the rebuilds and their script. In the final stretch of 3.0+1.01 we have the last-minute revelation of a quantum plane of existence capable of turning imagined worlds into reality and changing this through Lilith, which cannot be understood by the human mind (wow, WHAT CONVENIENT!) and whose existence has never been mentioned or even hinted at in the entire franchise until CONCIDENTLY the aforementioned last third of the film.
In other words, a gigantic Deus Ex Machina created in an improvised way to avoid repeating End of Evangelion and forcing a happy ending where Shinji creates an ideal universe for each character (although that is questionable, as we will see later). And it is far from being the only one: the spear of Cassius, the Eva of Infinity, the key of Nebuchadnezzar, the Book of Life, and so on. None of these concepts are integrated into the plot in an organic and natural way, but rather they arise spontaneously at its convenience when it needs it. Except for the new "Super Berserker Mode" of the Evas, which is simply a power-up to sell figurines.
As I said before, if at least this were an alternate universe separate from the original anime, all this bombardment of concepts pulled out of the ass would be a little better justified. But the revelation that everything is a cycle and we are in the same universe as the original work only makes it even worse, generating countless inconsistencies about why they never mentioned this or never used that (what's the point of the seeds of life If you can create universes simply by imagining them?). Although without a doubt, the worst of all these new concepts is "the curse of Eve."
Here we have a new concept with very strong repercussions completely launched, which is not even an explanation in itself, it does not answer anything and to make matters worse, the same films contradict each other several times. Needless to say, this is a cheap excuse for the three main characters not to grow up and continue sexualizing 14-year-old girls after the most gratuitous timeskip ever seen. And speaking of timeskip, putting such a long one in the middle of the story is a first-time writing error. If you are writers, never do that: the bigger the time jump, the more things you will be forced to explain, since the less you do it, the more plot holes will form as a result.
And of course, here it explains little to nothing of what happened these 14 years. Like where Nerv got such a tremendous base from, if in 3.33 it seemed that together with Rei and Kaworu it was made up of four people. Or how they have gotten such an army of pseudo-Evas, especially when these are supposed to be extremely expensive (wow, and SEELE with all her unlimited resources was barely 9 in EoE). Or worse yet, how Kaji managed to stop Almost Third Impact (seriously, the name couldn't be stupider). None of these questions are answered at any time. Obviously because they can't do it.
Evangelion has always been characterized by leaving things up to the public's interpretation, but here I feel that they are vilely taking advantage of it so as not to have to give any kind of explanations. And in the case at hand, do not even pay attention to contradictions. Like Touji and Kensuke got on Unit 01 and that doesn't stop them from being 28 after the timeskip. Or that Mari appears to be 14 despite looking like an adult in Gendo's photos and flashbacks, plus the fact that Evas, by simple logic, could not exist back then.
The height of absurdity is when near the end of 3.0+1.01 the "unexpected" revelation occurs (actually we all saw it coming) that everything is a cycle and we are facing a reboot of the original timeline, of which only Kaworu seems to be conscious. He let them guess without giving them any clues how many times Kaworu mentioned or even hinted at such a thing in the original series. Needless to say, nothing is ever explained about it: Who created that cycle? (Adam? Lilith? The First Ancestral Race? Hideaki Anno's last name?) For what purpose? How does it work? How long does it last? Why is Kaworu the only one who remembers him? Do these remakes make sense?
THE DEATH OF A STYLE:
Fortress-cities folding in on themselves. Designs and constructions oscillating between the nineties, the utopian and the cyberpunk. Meshes of flesh and blood animated with the souls of the dead fighting with classical music in the background. A mysterious and ambiguous lore where aliens, technology and conspiracies mix with gnostic, cabalistic elements and the most esoteric aspects of Christianity (did the History Channel predict Evangelion?). Minimalist posters moving quickly between frames. Monochrome backgrounds flashing aggressively (bad luck if you were epileptic). So consistent with its themes that the A.T. fields themselves. They were an allegory of the hedgehog's dilemma (I'm not making this up, Kaworu himself says it in chapter 23).
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The sum of all these factors is what allowed Evangelion to build an absolutely unique identity, the one that allowed people to say "hey, that's an Eva!". Starting in 3.33, all that is lost to disappear in 3.0+1.01 in favor of giant spaceships, mechanical mechas made of pure CGI, battles full of colored lights, multiverses and time loops. I'm not saying these elements are bad in and of themselves, but I've already seen a thousand mecha stories with these. For that, I start watching any of the versions of Gundam or Macross. I could also complain about the boring shots without audiovisual language and always using the same color palette, but to be fair, that is an endemic evil of current anime.
And like any bad remake, 3.0+1.01 can't help but pay homage to several scenes from the original work, completely failing to understand the point of said scenes. As an example, we have Ritsuko shooting Gendo for no reason other than to pay homage to End of Evangelion, ignoring that the context between both scenes is very different. Furthermore, here they never explain the relationship that exists between the two, so the scene makes no sense; especially for those who never saw the original series, who will also find mentions of facts that these films have never shown or bothered to explain.
Even worse is when they try to pay homage to the iconic battle between Asuka and the Eva Series. Not only because of the total absence of the graphic violence and choreography of the original, but because what makes that fight so remembered is its emotional component, since it is preceded by a narrative catharsis in which Asuka discovers that the Her mother's soul was always in Unit 02, in addition to being marked by the constant tension of knowing if she will be able to finish the fight before the Eva's energy supply runs out. Here the Evas never run out of energy (why do they need the power supply, then?), so there is no such tension.
In the original fight Asuka may not be shooting 1387945 Evas with a super cannon larger than her as she falls through an... interdimensional hole?; But there you feel every blow, you can appreciate every movement in detail, and the dramatic tension in crescendo only improves the result. If this were a shonen, the logical thing is that Asuka would win. After all, her character arc has been wrapped up in a climactic way. Unfortunately, this is Evangelion. When the Evas Series manage to cause a mortal wound with the pseudo-spear of Longinus and the energy counter reads zero, the outcome is already decided. What happens next is horrific (Asuka's enemies are cruel to her even after she is dead), and just as horrifying are Yūko Miyamura's screams and Miki Nagasawa's performance as Maya announcing that Asuka is dead. In the Rebuilds there are no performances anywhere near that level.
End of Evangelion will be as dark and uncomfortable to watch as you want, but it is a film where all those responsible put their souls into achieving the best possible result, both on a technical and artistic level.
and well, I think that for today I have already downloaded too much, an apology for the large amount of text, I will make a second part at another time because I have so many things to comment on... anyway, I hope you have a good day/afternoon/night or when you read this .

For some reason today I started playing music and the music will just cut out randomly and white noise will appear for a few seconds and its very very frustrating!
Log below:
Audirvana Studio 2.8.1 (20801)
Windows 11 (22631) with 32GB physical RAM
Connected account of : Lior Eliyahu
NETWORK

Status: available Available network interfaces: Ethernet ({3c0e6c4e-4e1f-4ca8-8f51-320449e2a8d9}) is private Windows Defender Firewall status for this instance of Audirvana Studio Active profile types: all Private profile: Firewall: enabled Inbound: allowed Outbound: allowed Notifications: enabled Public profile: Firewall: enabled Inbound: blocked Outbound: allowed Notifications: enabled 

SIGNAL PROCESSING:

Polarity Inversion: Globally: OFF Per track: ON Effects plugins ACTIVE in offline mode VST3 plugin #0: C:\\Program Files\\Common Files\\VST3\\MeldaProduction\\EQ\\MEqualizerLP.vst3 ClassID: 4D656C646170726F4D41656A4D41656A VST3 plugin #1: None VST3 plugin #2: None VST3 plugin #3: None 

UPSAMPLING:

r8brain not in use r8brain filter parameters Bandwidth = 99.5% Stop band attenuation 218dB Phase linear 

AUDIO VOLUME:

Max allowed volume: 100 Replay Gain: None SW volume control: OFF 

LIBRARY SETTINGS:

Sync list: 0 folders Library database path: C:\\Users\\liore\\AppData\\Local\\Packages\\Audirvana.Audirvana-4118-9684-d80dbb7827cd\_q3nymrkmej12j\\LocalCache\\Local\\Audirvana\\Audirvana\\AudirvanaDatabase.sqlite 

Local audio files fingerprinting

Tracks with no MBID: 207 

Remote Control server:

Listening on [192.168.0.18](http://192.168.0.18) on port 53220 

ACTIVE STREAMING SERVICES

Qobuz: Connected as Qobuz Studio TIDAL: Connected as PREMIUM 

APPEARANCE SETTINGS:

UI theme: dark Font size: regular Language: System language Show album covers in tracks list: yes Source list sorted: My Music Radios Podcasts Streaming Local Startup view: My Music: Albums Show local extended in source list: no Use media keys: yes Use media keys for volume control: yes Use legacy Bonjour protocol: no Number of paired remotes: 1 Remote pairing code required: yes Screen saver disabled: no 

=================== AUDIO DEVICE ========================
Active method: Local
Max. memory for audio buffers: 22502MB
Local Audio Engine: KernelStreaming
Preferred device:

Speakers (2- D90) Model UID:USB\\VID\_152A&PID\_8750&REV\_0106&MI\_00 UID:\\\\?\\SWD#MMDEVAPI#{0.0.0.00000000}.{6e2a11e2-7899-4aa0-bfa5-49d54a9359b7}#{e6327cad-dcec-4949-ae8a-991e976a79d2} 

Active Sample Rate: 705.6kHz
Bridge settings:

Sample rate limitation: none Sample rate switching latency: none Limit bitdepth to 24bit: OFF Mute during sample rate change: OFF 

Selected device:Speakers (2- D90)

Manufacturer: Microsoft Model name: D90 Model UID: USB\\VID\_152A&PID\_8750&REV\_0106&MI\_00 UID: \\\\?\\SWD#MMDEVAPI#{0.0.0.00000000}.{6e2a11e2-7899-4aa0-bfa5-49d54a9359b7}#{e6327cad-dcec-4949-ae8a-991e976a79d2} USB Vendor ID: 0x152a USB Product ID: 0x8750 Kernel Streaming capable 

10 available sample rates up to 768000Hz

44100 48000 88200 96000 176400 192000 352800 384000 705600 768000 

Volume Control

Physical: Yes Virtual: No Max volume alert: Disabled 

MQA capability

Auto-detect MQA devices: Yes Not automatically detected, user set to not MQA 

DSD capability

Unhandled (PCM conversion) with boost gain of 6dB 

Device audio channels

Preferred stereo channels L:0 R:1 Channel bitmap: Ox3, layout: Channel 0 mapped to 0 Channel 1 mapped to 1 

Audio channels in use

Number of channels: 2 Use as stereo device only: No Simple stereo device: No 

1 output streams:

Number of active channels: 2, in 1 stream(s) Channel #0 :Stream 0 channel 0 Channel #1 :Stream 0 channel 1 2 ch Integer PCM 32bit little endian 44.1kHz 2 ch Integer PCM 32bit little endian 48kHz 2 ch Integer PCM 32bit little endian 88.2kHz 2 ch Integer PCM 32bit little endian 96kHz 2 ch Integer PCM 32bit little endian 176.4kHz 2 ch Integer PCM 32bit little endian 192kHz 2 ch Integer PCM 32bit little endian 352.8kHz 2 ch Integer PCM 32bit little endian 384kHz 2 ch Integer PCM 32bit little endian 705.6kHz 2 ch Integer PCM 32bit little endian 768kHz 2 ch Integer PCM 24bit little endian aligned high in 32bit chunk 44.1kHz 2 ch Integer PCM 24bit little endian aligned high in 32bit chunk 48kHz 2 ch Integer PCM 24bit little endian aligned high in 32bit chunk 88.2kHz 2 ch Integer PCM 24bit little endian aligned high in 32bit chunk 96kHz 2 ch Integer PCM 24bit little endian aligned high in 32bit chunk 176.4kHz 2 ch Integer PCM 24bit little endian aligned high in 32bit chunk 192kHz 2 ch Integer PCM 24bit little endian aligned high in 32bit chunk 352.8kHz 2 ch Integer PCM 24bit little endian aligned high in 32bit chunk 384kHz 2 ch Integer PCM 24bit little endian aligned high in 32bit chunk 705.6kHz 2 ch Integer PCM 24bit little endian aligned high in 32bit chunk 768kHz 

Local devices found : 3

Device #0: Speakers (2- D90) Manufacturer: Microsoft Model UID: USB\\VID\_152A&PID\_8750&REV\_0106&MI\_00 UID: \\\\?\\SWD#MMDEVAPI#{0.0.0.00000000}.{6e2a11e2-7899-4aa0-bfa5-49d54a9359b7}#{e6327cad-dcec-4949-ae8a-991e976a79d2} USB Vendor ID: 0x152a USB Product ID: 0x8750 Model name: D90 Device #1: Digital Audio (S/PDIF) (High Definition Audio Device) Manufacturer: Microsoft Model UID: HDAUDIO\\FUNC\_01&VEN\_10EC&DEV\_1168&SUBSYS\_10438723&REV\_1000 UID: \\\\?\\SWD#MMDEVAPI#{0.0.0.00000000}.{54b95b35-1196-4402-83e8-e8ca3b6e0f3f}#{e6327cad-dcec-4949-ae8a-991e976a79d2} Model name: Audio Device on High Definition Audio Bus Device #2: MSI MAG281URF (NVIDIA High Definition Audio) Manufacturer: NVIDIA Model UID: HDAUDIO\\FUNC\_01&VEN\_10DE&DEV\_00A4&SUBSYS\_14625112&REV\_1001 UID: \\\\?\\SWD#MMDEVAPI#{0.0.0.00000000}.{334b751c-7be7-46a9-8120-1f067647cb4e}#{e6327cad-dcec-4949-ae8a-991e976a79d2} Model name: Audio Device on High Definition Audio Bus 

UPnP
UPnP devices found : 1

Device #0: My TV UID: uuid:ea366c9a-c192-11eb-9219-fe85844e9d6e Location: [http://192.168.0.100:38400/MediaServerendererdevicedesc.xml](http://192.168.0.100:38400/MediaServerendererdevicedesc.xml) Manufacturer: Model name: Renderer 

Chromecast
Chromecast devices found : 0

I know this is trivial compared to the heavier stuff on here, so please bear with me. I need to get this off my chest.
I’m 28F, and I’ve been dating my boyfriend (27M) for almost half a year. Embarassingly, I have a desperate need to be shown off by my partner on social media, which stems from some core childhood wounds. When I was 8, I walked into my father's new family's home and saw pictures of the four of them hanging in every room, but only one tiny photo of me on the fridge. Surrounded by grocery receipts.
When I was a bit older, I found out through Facebook photos that my father had his wedding ceremony, that I wasn't invited to. So many more similar experiences made me feel like my father prioritized his new family over me, and I've felt largely invisible in his life, and those feelings have stuck with me. I've been working on these issues with a therapist, and she helped me realize that I have a need to feel highly visible in my partner's life.
In my current relationship, my boyfriend does post about me on social media, but it’s more like on his story, often on his close-friends, and not in-feed posts. Stories are fleeting and disappear after 24 hours, while in-feed posts are there for good. It stings even more when I see him post a lot about events we both attended without mentioning me, or when he posts about his guy best friend on his birthday but doesn’t acknowledge mine on socials. Even as I'm typing this, I know it sounds trivial to be micro-observing and maybe I should just be happy that he posts me sometimes at all, and that we always create amazing in-real life memories, but I can’t help but sometimes compare it to his social media behavior with his ex.
His old Facebook was practically a shrine to his previous relationship, which ended about a year and a half ago. He made couple photos his profile picture, posted about her at events, included her on his feed, with captions about loving or celebrating or being with her, and even had a dedicated Instagram highlight for her. Seeing that made me feel even more insecure and unimportant, although he's done nothing to make me suspect he has feelings for her still. Apparently, she was a toxic girlfriend, despite the happy photos.
When I bring it up, he says he wants to protect his privacy and our relationship, and that what’s important is that everyone close to him knows about me or met me already. He mentioned that he wants to be more "intentional" about what he reveals about his relationship and personal life. He says he wants to "save me for himself." He also mentioned that some men acquaintances would follow his ex after posting her, and he doesn't want the same type of creepy behavior to happen to me. There's been no shady behavior or gut feelings. Just a sadness that he is less eager to show me off.
I know it’s bad to compare, and there could be many reasons for this behavior. He was younger back then and maybe his social media habits has changed. In his early 20s, maybe he wanted to flex his relationship, and now he's outgrown that. Maybe we just haven't been together long enough for him to want to celebrate me publicly. It could be a number of benevolent reasons other than: I'm just a girl who's not worth being shown off. But there is a deep burning desire within me to be flaunted, to feel like someone is so proud to be with me, and I can’t help but feel so sad about it. I always post about my boyfriend, and he says it means a lot to him. But he doesn't do it with as near frequency or thought as me.
I want to talk to him more about it, but I’m not comfortable yet being that vulnerable.
Thanks for listening.

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We had been using the variable %homeshare% within the registry to roam the token to a O365 folder on the mapped drive (folder re-direction enabled on documents). As we are migrating users to OneDrive for primary personal file storage, having the token in this location is not an option as the on-prem file storage / drive mapping is being removed.
Has anyone been able to successfully roam the token within a location within OneDrive and if so, what settings would you use in the registry? Microsoft do not seem to publish a list of the accepted variables.
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The only use I see for them is simply to restrict a group of tags to a specific deck or deck set. For example, putting all of your tags for your German cards into a tag like German::Chapter1 and German::Chapter2. Or putting all of your Math tags into a main Math tag like Math::Trigonometry and Math::Integrals.
Context: Anyways, I've recently been enlightened (I finally read the Anki manual) and discovered the versatility of tags (I did not know you could choose to study a specific set of tags). I'm studying German and decided to restructure my deck to remove any redundant cards as some word lists have reoccurring words.
I have a bunch of Kapitels (chapters) and each Kapitel has multiple word lists, depending on the CEFR proficiency level of the word (for example an A1 word or a B1 word). See this pic of the tag sidebar:
https://preview.redd.it/ub4yrznznn0d1.png?width=107&format=png&auto=webp&s=82d497718c365d0eeeecf4f32bfe38505a6d18b8
I was using dots to sort the tags into a hierarchy. Then I found out about hierarchical tags. I tried them out because it's basically native support for something I was already doing in a janky way and it should be way more useful right?
The Gripe
Then I looked to see how Anki dealt with hierarchical tags, and boy was I disappointed. It just lists them all with their full path! You can't even collapse them! And worst of all: the tags are automatically localized to its parent tag instead of staying a universal tag, which is in my opinion... bad!
Example:
If I want to study say, all A1 CEFR proficiency level words from all Kapitels (chapters), I can't just click the A1 tag. I have to click all KapitelX::A1 tags. To me, this seems counterproductive and basically makes hierarchical tags useless (except for the use case discussed earlier, to declutter the gigantic list of tags you might have if you have more than half a dozen different decks on your profile.)
So my question is: are there any more use cases for hierarchical tags? Perhaps I just don't understand them well enough. I couldn't find many useful resources that talked about them in detail with use cases.
Another Gripe In addition, as I was using my fake hierarchical tags (my dots method) I noticed an abominable parity issue. On the sidebar of the card browser, tags are sorted just like the first picture. But... you know those sorting columns at the top of the actual card browser? Tags are sorted differently there. See pic:
https://preview.redd.it/vfzqdjofgn0d1.png?width=855&format=png&auto=webp&s=9a762919a215edcadff849997d870a1e112a8407
The bar to the complete right is the tag list. The tags should be sorted the following way (as they are sorted in the sidebar):
-DE->NL -German -Lernliste ..Kapitel1 .A1
Instead we get:
.A1 -De->NL -German ..Kapitel1 -Lernliste
The sorting algorithm for the Tags column in the card browser, seems to neglect special characters like the dot (.) or the dash (-), if you ignore those you can see it's alphabetically sorted, A, D, G, K, L.

Part 2: The potential of hierarchical tags, feature requests.

Ultimately, I humbly ask someone with an account on the user forum to create a feature request. I know it's lazy of me but I also know there are a lot of you out there who wish to see Anki grow and become even more useful. Furthermore, I am not fully familiar with Anki and I feel someone more experienced would be better at expressing or creating the feature request in a more feasible/logical way.
So, if someone has any time on their hands I'd love to see the following 3 features implemented:
1. A parity change to the sorting of the Tags column in the card browser.
Currently, the Tags column does not sort tags the same way as the sidebar Tags list. I personally like the sidebar version more.
If this is unintended the change is a no-brainer.
If this is intended, I'd like there to be an option for people who prefer either sorting algorithm.
2. When using hierarchical tags: the ability to collapse them.
The same way you can collapse decks with sub-decks, or hierarchical tags in the sidebar of the card browser. This just makes sense and is probably already a feature request or maybe even in the works (please inform me if the latter is true!).
3. When selecting hierarchical tags in the custom study window: the ability to choose (perhaps with a ctrl+click) to only select a sub-tag, WITHOUT automatically requiring the parent tag.
This would mean the tag would include ANY cards of tags with the same name, whether it's under the parent tag of the selected tag, or under a different parent tag.
This could be implemented in a way that hierarchical tags are only visually hierarchical, in the sidebar of the card browser and the custom study window.
Talking about the custom study window: If the user clicks normally, it would select cards based on the currently implemented behaviour of hierarchical cards. The selected tag would simply be searched together with all parent tags of the selected tag. This is basically just the AND operation that's automatically done when ctrl+clicking multiple tags in the sidebar.
But, if the user uses a certain keybind and click, they can instead search exclusively for the sub-tag. Any cards, regardless of if they're in a different hierarchical tag, will be included in the search as long as they have the same name of the selected sub-tag.
Additionally, under the tag hierarchy would be a new list. Here, all tags are listed once, without any hierarchy. This way you can still easily find all tags that are available in the selected deck.
If implemented and once adopted, the tag sidebar would be less cluttered as you can close tags that aren't of concern, they're all separated instead of being in a gigantic list, just like decks are currently.
Example of this feature if my explanation wasn't adequate:
Say you have the following tag hierarchy:

German -Chapter1 -A1CEFR -A2CEFR -Chapter2 -A1CEFR -A2CEFR 

When doing a custom study:
Say you want to learn Chapter 1's A1 words. Then you just click on A1CEFR under Chapter1. The behaviour hasn't changed for indifferent users.
Now say you want to learn all cards that are A1 level, from both chapters at the same time. You just {keybind} click on one of the A1CEFR tags. If the tag is visible in multiple hierarchical tags, we can light up every instance of the tag to provide feedback that you are learning all A1 level cards.
If you don't know which sub-tag has a specific tag you're looking for, just scroll down and all available tags are listed in alphabetical order.
Final note
Lastly I would like to profusely apologize if I just don't understand hierarchical tags and made you waste your time by allowing you to read this post. It could definitely be shorter, I decided to make it fairly concrete because I am now quite invested in my feature suggestions. I might even make my own forum account to post them there myself.
Anyhow, if I'm just plain wrong about something, please tell me. Thanks for reading all this!

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If you are not particularly attractive this is done not for profit but simply psychological trauma and entrapment and also to build a file against you to share with the global system. It’s also used to test military means of espionage, we are essentially lab rats for the government, corporations, and the psychiatric community. Many people think the Illuminati or new world order is simply a conspiracy theory but this is not true there is a very real system in place and it will soon take over the world and all members of society with biotechnology, transhumanism and AI.
So initially you may have pissed of the wrong person or simply been chosen due to your your family I believe I was chosen for the solem reason of mental health history in my family and they are trying to make me crack. My father is also ex military and had a high IQ as a young person before he had a stroke. They are testing to see what you are capable of and if you can become an asset to the system in some way. You are also targeted because these people literally play a sadistic game where bets are put on you killing yourself or harming others. The way gang stalking occurs is a psychological attack on your subconscious mind subliminal messages via gaslighting are conveyed in order to either reward or punish your behaviour they copy everything you do and hold you accountable in every word you say in order to break your spirit and individualism. This isn’t just bullying and organised stalking they are harvesting your mind and spirit on a daily basis and playing a sadistic game with your life.
Gang Stalking can be sponsored by political parties, mafias or other organization that has a specific interest in you. You have the networks, locally, nationally and internationally. In the end what matters or what’s of concern is their objectives behind it. To exploit you in some way or form, disrupting you for political reasons, to rob or dispossess you. It varies, the complicated part of it is what they’ll do to you. From destroying your life to literally kill you.
About the psychological attack part of it, I suspected it as I noticed daily patterns of a sort of a persistent gaslighting, a program, where you are supposed to be mentally conditioned to accept the results of the scams and crimes of others. That includes repetitive tapping or noises adjusted to your behavioresponses, directed conversations or visual communications and timely, recurrent daily synchronicities as a way to imprint thoughts or ideas in you. A sort of a mental chamber or the creation of one through the input of different stimuli using the pressure of incessant repetition that ends in a disruptive although somewhat harmonic tune where you can remove or add stuff as you go. It’s a form of conditioning or forcing you to accept or to believe something that is not right, fair or true. It’s a process where they can play with your mind for years, tweaking it as it suits them. That’s why they never tell you anything, so they can always be in control of the narrative. That’s the key. From the profiling stage to multiple gaslighting events, traveling through repetitive and different forms of torture, analyzing your reactions on it all, ending in the perfect failure. Between other things, It’s a fucking attempt of a lobotomy, that’s what it is. These people are completely fucked up in their minds. This, well or perfectly done, is literal hell

That depends on how far you are into it. They will use any system necessary to oppress you which includes, criminal gangs, the media, police, all internet services and phone networks, your community and neighbours, churches and or spiritual institutions. This is global systematic abuse. Why do they target ordinary people and spend ridiculous amounts of time and money on harassing you and surveillance 24–7? Why would they do this to ordinary people? The system is looking for people they can use. Gang stalking or organised stalking is used to target an individual rob them of their identity and then sell that identity to third parties. This includes your data, all your intellectual properties or spiritual properties. Young women and men often have their houses bugged with cameras and listening devices so they can sell the footage on the dark web to people who have a fetish for spying on others.
If you are not particularly attractive this is done not for profit but simply psychological trauma and entrapment and also to build a file against you to share with the global system. It’s also used to test military means of espionage, we are essentially lab rats for the government, corporations, and the psychiatric community. Many people think the Illuminati or new world order is simply a conspiracy theory but this is not true there is a very real system in place and it will soon take over the world and all members of society with biotechnology, transhumanism and AI.
So initially you may have pissed of the wrong person or simply been chosen due to your your family I believe I was chosen for the solem reason of mental health history in my family and they are trying to make me crack. My father is also ex military and had a high IQ as a young person before he had a stroke. They are testing to see what you are capable of and if you can become an asset to the system in some way. You are also targeted because these people literally play a sadistic game where bets are put on you killing yourself or harming others. The way gang stalking occurs is a psychological attack on your subconscious mind subliminal messages via gaslighting are conveyed in order to either reward or punish your behaviour they copy everything you do and hold you accountable in every word you say in order to break your spirit and individualism. This isn’t just bullying and organised stalking they are harvesting your mind and spirit on a daily basis and playing a sadistic game with your life.
Gang Stalking can be sponsored by political parties, mafias or other organization that has a specific interest in you. You have the networks, locally, nationally and internationally. In the end what matters or what’s of concern is their objectives behind it. To exploit you in some way or form, disrupting you for political reasons, to rob or dispossess you. It varies, the complicated part of it is what they’ll do to you. From destroying your life to literally kill you.
About the psychological attack part of it, I suspected it as I noticed daily patterns of a sort of a persistent gaslighting, a program, where you are supposed to be mentally conditioned to accept the results of the scams and crimes of others. That includes repetitive tapping or noises adjusted to your behavioresponses, directed conversations or visual communications and timely, recurrent daily synchronicities as a way to imprint thoughts or ideas in you. A sort of a mental chamber or the creation of one through the input of different stimuli using the pressure of incessant repetition that ends in a disruptive although somewhat harmonic tune where you can remove or add stuff as you go. It’s a form of conditioning or forcing you to accept or to believe something that is not right, fair or true. It’s a process where they can play with your mind for years, tweaking it as it suits them. That’s why they never tell you anything, so they can always be in control of the narrative. That’s the key. From the profiling stage to multiple gaslighting events, traveling through repetitive and different forms of torture, analyzing your reactions on it all, ending in the perfect failure. Between other things, It’s a fucking attempt of a lobotomy, that’s what it is. These people are completely fucked up in their minds. This, well or perfectly done, is literal hell

That depends on how far you are into it. They will use any system necessary to oppress you which includes, criminal gangs, the media, police, all internet services and phone networks, your community and neighbours, churches and or spiritual institutions. This is global systematic abuse. Why do they target ordinary people and spend ridiculous amounts of time and money on harassing you and surveillance 24–7? Why would they do this to ordinary people? The system is looking for people they can use. Gang stalking or organised stalking is used to target an individual rob them of their identity and then sell that identity to third parties. This includes your data, all your intellectual properties or spiritual properties. Young women and men often have their houses bugged with cameras and listening devices so they can sell the footage on the dark web to people who have a fetish for spying on others.
If you are not particularly attractive this is done not for profit but simply psychological trauma and entrapment and also to build a file against you to share with the global system. It’s also used to test military means of espionage, we are essentially lab rats for the government, corporations, and the psychiatric community. Many people think the Illuminati or new world order is simply a conspiracy theory but this is not true there is a very real system in place and it will soon take over the world and all members of society with biotechnology, transhumanism and AI.
So initially you may have pissed of the wrong person or simply been chosen due to your your family I believe I was chosen for the solem reason of mental health history in my family and they are trying to make me crack. My father is also ex military and had a high IQ as a young person before he had a stroke. They are testing to see what you are capable of and if you can become an asset to the system in some way. You are also targeted because these people literally play a sadistic game where bets are put on you killing yourself or harming others. The way gang stalking occurs is a psychological attack on your subconscious mind subliminal messages via gaslighting are conveyed in order to either reward or punish your behaviour they copy everything you do and hold you accountable in every word you say in order to break your spirit and individualism. This isn’t just bullying and organised stalking they are harvesting your mind and spirit on a daily basis and playing a sadistic game with your life.
Gang Stalking can be sponsored by political parties, mafias or other organization that has a specific interest in you. You have the networks, locally, nationally and internationally. In the end what matters or what’s of concern is their objectives behind it. To exploit you in some way or form, disrupting you for political reasons, to rob or dispossess you. It varies, the complicated part of it is what they’ll do to you. From destroying your life to literally kill you.
About the psychological attack part of it, I suspected it as I noticed daily patterns of a sort of a persistent gaslighting, a program, where you are supposed to be mentally conditioned to accept the results of the scams and crimes of others. That includes repetitive tapping or noises adjusted to your behavioresponses, directed conversations or visual communications and timely, recurrent daily synchronicities as a way to imprint thoughts or ideas in you. A sort of a mental chamber or the creation of one through the input of different stimuli using the pressure of incessant repetition that ends in a disruptive although somewhat harmonic tune where you can remove or add stuff as you go. It’s a form of conditioning or forcing you to accept or to believe something that is not right, fair or true. It’s a process where they can play with your mind for years, tweaking it as it suits them. That’s why they never tell you anything, so they can always be in control of the narrative. That’s the key. From the profiling stage to multiple gaslighting events, traveling through repetitive and different forms of torture, analyzing your reactions on it all, ending in the perfect failure. Between other things, It’s a fucking attempt of a lobotomy, that’s what it is. These people are completely fucked up in their minds. This, well or perfectly done, is literal hell

Why did the farmer visit the pharmacy? To speak with the farm-assist.
Hi and welcome to my post! Wanted to start off with a funny to me dad joke.
Nice to meet you, I'm Dylan! To put it simple, I am a single 22 year old man who has been pretty lonely in life and lacking in female connection and interaction. And part of what comes with that is the desire to be intimate with a person. I am very mature for my age and will always be respectful of your boundaries and feelings, especially with anything sexual. Lately all I have is myself when it comes to sexual desires, so I would like to have someone to keep company with in that regard too.
I'm just relaxing at work since there's nothing really going on and thinking about going home tonight and burning a woodwick candle. Perfect for when there's a storm outside. I love candles! 🕯️ Sometimes a campfire outside on a fall night or a crackling WoodWick candle is a relaxing constant among our busy and hectic world. It's nice to just disconnect, feel grounded and happy in your own little cozy space. Feeling calm and collected and at peace. Something that fewer people take the time to do these days.
I am seeking a woman around my age or older to build a close connection with that could possibly lead to a relationship and something intimate which includes the possibility of teasing/sharing pics etc. but only when we were comfortable. Figured I would be open in my Intentions as that's the best way to be.
You:
Kind, respectful, and easy going.
Comfortable with the idea of eventually sharing intimate things together.
Willing to eventually move off of Reddit.
Want something genuine and fun!
Are honest in your intentions and a good person to be around!
That's about it, we will get along great I know it.
I've been feeling a little bummed out lately. I always try and stay happy and see the best in things. But.. I've just been so alone. Most of my whole childhood and adult years have been spent feeling lonely. I grew up surrounded by cornfields which was peaceful but also has a lonely aspect to it. My family never really were close and never did anything as a family really. And part of it too is the fact that I never had any neighbors my age to interact with. But aside from that, my adult life has been very lonely. I'm just always by myself. I barely have any meaningful adult relationships or experiences, or even any friends.
I work a 3-11 job in building maintenance at my company world headquarters building which I love, but again it's very lonely. I work the off shift so the building is always empty. I don't get normal social interaction with people my age or a chance to build relationships. I only have 3 older men as co-workers and we are mostly in the basement away from any people on the floors from knowing our existence. I always walk the floors and see office people laughing and chatting with their coworkers and I just don't have that kind of experience. And just.. no one knows I exist really. Everyone probably assumes I have a lot of friends, but I'm struggling inside with being so alone and trying to meet people and get past the "hi how are you?" "I'm good thanks" stage. Most people don't seem to want to talk beyond that. And most women are already in relationships and thus it would seem weird to approach them in an office setting trying to get to know them deeper. But man those "hi how are yous" are the only real interactions I get during my day.. so thus I decided to come here lol. Rant over, sorry! I promise I'm not a downer. 😅
Now for some things about me!
As you can tell, I am very mature for my age and am polite and have good grammar which unfortunately not everyone my age does anymore lol. I am not active at all on social media/internet culture really and don't know much about all the slang the younger people these days use. I feel like I'm 50. 🤣
I am left handed which is pretty cool. I'm not much of a party person or a drinker, I much prefer a quiet night at home and maybe a beer or two on a weekend but that's about it. I am simple and stay out of drama and trouble and don't get much into politics or other things that cause drama with people. I much prefer a relaxing campfire and a night at home and to just let the world keep on turning haha. I consider myself pretty intelligent and mature, especially for my age which is why I'm open to older ladies.
Physically I'm 180 pounds, have brown hair, green eyes, and a typical build. There's a few pictures on my profile.
Some of my hobbies are:
• Photography
I have a Nikon D200 and D5500 that I love to shoot with. I love nature scenes, abstract, black and white/goth kinda photography, sunsets, etc. it's so fun to just let your mind explore. It's not about what camera you have, but those who are behind the camera! I'm gonna try and photograph the northern lights tonight!
• Cooking and baking
I loveeee to cook and bake! I enjoy making various meals but also love to just have a frozen pizza once in awhile or something like that. I recently made homemade chili which turned out great. I love to bake, especially in the fall! I love pies, cakes, pastries, cookies, etc. I restored a vintage KitchenAid mixer that needed tbe gearbox rebuilt. Eventually I would love to practice home canning my own food.
• Music
Oh my gosh, I like so much!! Alternative rock, punk, post punk, electronic, synth pop, psychedelic rock, hard rock, etc. I am very non judgemental and open when it comes to music. My three current favorite bands are Type O Negative, Joy Division, and the Cure.
• Nature walks and camping
I really enjoy camping, making fires, and relaxing by a campfire. I love to take walks outside and just enjoy the beauty and simplicity of nature. It's wonderful, especially in a world so focused on everything digital.
• Repairing things
I'm a maintenance guy and one of my hobbies is electronics repair so I am good with my hands and just all around good at troubleshooting and fixing all sorts of things around the house. Last week I helped my elderly neighbor get his tractor started, it needed a new component in the starting circuit. So I'm pretty handy which... Comes in handy! 😂
• Autumn 🍁
This isn't a hobby per say, but man do I love the fall!!! It's my absolute favorite time of the year. Oh my gosh. The beautiful colors, crisp cool air, misty and foggy days, rain, lack of bugs, being cuddled up with a candle or by the fire drinking a tea, etc. I love it! There's only two seasons for me. Fall, and waiting for fall! Haha.
• Scented Candles and incense
Going along with my love for fall, I absolutely love candles! I have like 30 something lol. 😂 Currently my favorite are WoodWick, which are owned by Yankee candle. They have such a soothing crackle and the scents are great! I also love to burn incense from time to time as well. I have cottagecore hippie vibes.
• Old houses and architecture
I love old houses! Especially 1900s and Victorian era homes. Old homes have so much character to them and are just so beautiful from a time when people took pride in their craft. I strongly dislike the modern cookie cutter cheap construction of homes today. I would love to live in an old home one day. I also love their architecture and uniqueness, as well as architecture of old cathedrals and other buildings.
• Relaxing
Basic I know, but sometimes on the weekend I just love to get cozy in bed and relax and put on a YouTube video or an album! 😊
That's about it for me, I'm a pretty laid back and simple person. My ideal person is someone who is respectful and honest! I am very straightforward and open minded and would hope that you are as well.
If I seem interesting to you at all I would love to hear from you!
Thank you so much for reading.

i want to create a script that draws a tiny red circle (say 5x5 pixels) in the current position of the cursor every time I press the the R key, and deletes every circle when I press D. I want them not to disappear when I click or navigate through windows. If someone can help with that I'd appreciate it, thanks!

Hi All
I love my P30 pro, but unfortunately I smashed the screen and I keep hitting max storage, so need to get a bigger phone. If anyone has any suggestions or advice I'd be very grateful! Here's some key points that might help!
- I use my phone to capture social media content for work. It doesn't seem like Google Pixel 8 is particularly much better than the current Leica camera on the Huawei.
- I do have a macbook, so wouldn't be adverse to using an iPhone - but I LOVE using google photos, docs, password manager. I know those are accessible via iPhone now but heard it's a bit clunky. One benefit to the iPhone would be using airtags, and the airpods seem like they never have connectivity issues.
- I love using the QuadLok case on my bike and car, so ideally it would be compatible with that system. iPhone, Samsung and Google all have cases, but ones like OnePlus dont...
- I've seen a lot of bad reviews about the google pixel 8, are they justified or were they just haters?
- Never used a OnePlus before, what do we think? Are there any other alternatives to the Google and Samsung ones?
Thanks in advance...
x

Hello everyone! I'm super desperate...
I'm about to graduate as a M.Sc in Geoinformatics very soon, but I feel so worried that I did the 8 last years of studying in vain.
First, I worked as a surveying engineer, but then realized that I cannot handle all those sensory stimuli outside like loud noises on the streets. So, I switched to Geoinformatics. I never had problems with writing code, but I always hated debugging errors within code. I never had enough patience, if I couldn't solve an error within 20 minutes, it made me want to throw my laptop out of the window. I was always hoping that at some point I will develop more frustration tolerance, that's what kept me going. But now I realized that this will never happen. I cannot take it anymore.
If you're now asking yourself why I decided to study Surveying/Geoinformatics in the first place, my parents pressured me to do so and I gave in. My dream has always been to study Geography, particularly Human Geography, and I feel so much sadness, regret and self-hate that I wasn't strong enough to trust my intuition and stick to my dream. I tortured myself through the studying program and I will never get those lost 8 years back 😢
Now I at least want to make use of my degree somehow. However, I became more self-aware and realized that I have so much more emotional than rational intelligence. I want to do research about social problems and find new ideas how to solve them. I want to do interviews with people to understand their problems, hopes and dreams and I want to spread awareness about them.
I don't know who can help me, my colleagues at work and university professors try to push me back into jobs with coding or engineering, it feels like swimming against the currents. I know that programmers and engineers are heavily requested in the labour market, but I already went through burnout for 6 weeks. What's the point of staying in a job that society wants me to take when I know it will destroy me mentally in the long run?
Please send help...I need to find a new career path. I'd love to start a PHD in Human Geography in Europe, but I don't fulfill the requirements for that. Should I re-do a second master degree in Human Geography? I don't really wanna study anymore, but if I have no other option I am ready to do that.
Is there any media company that needs someone who can create and interpret maps? I'm ready to design maps for them, as long as it doesn't involve any coding, if they are ready to open the door into journalism for me in exchange. Unfortunately, I can't find such a company on the Internet.
Or do you maybe have other ideas? Other career paths I can take which allow me to understand human feelings instead of solving technical problems while still making use of my master's degree? Is it even possible to balance those two interests? What do you think?
I'm so sorry for the long text. I hope you get the dilemma I'm in now and can help show me a way out.

I recently came across a new-ish app that is officially available nation-wide (US) and has great potential and could be a OKC substitute for those that are unhappy with the changes.
The app pros: - Vets all profiles - Requires users to answer questions which weeds out (un)serious daters or scammers - based on core values - alerts users to red flags and deal breakers. You may still see profiles even if they don’t match you 💯 - as per the app that is due to low number of users and ideally once user base grows the matches will be better.
Cons: current user base is low. App load speed a bit slow.
For who is it: Anyone seriously looking for love and willing to be intentional and take their time. If you are looking for a “swipe dose” this app is not for you.
You need to be open minded and flexible as this is a new app and currently expanding its user base so patience is key. Personably the pillar questions really helped me identify what I actually care about and consider red flags vs deal breakers vs nice to have.
The app is FREE for anyone to join with optional paid subscriptions. The app is US based only.
I am NOT the founder and don’t make any money from posting this - just think this app has potential but sadly has a low user base. And since I always see a lot of dissatisfaction with the current dating apps - thought I’d share about the underdog since match group has obliterated the market with its app purchases.
If interested search weaver dating on the App Store/ Google Play

I recently came across a new-ish app that is officially available nation-wide (US) and has great potential.
The app pros: - Vets all profiles - Requires users to answer questions which weeds out (un)serious daters or scammers - based on core values - alerts users to red flags and deal breakers. You may still see profiles even if they don’t match you 💯 - as per the app that is due to low number of users and ideally once user base grows the matches will be better.
Cons: current user base is low. App load speed a bit slow.
For who is it: Anyone seriously looking for love and willing to be intentional and take their time. If you are looking for a “swipe dose” this app is not for you.
You need to be open minded and flexible as this is a new app and currently expanding its user base so patience is key. Personably the pillar questions really helped me identify what I actually care about and consider red flags vs deal breakers vs nice to have.
The app is FREE for anyone to join with optional paid subscriptions. The app is US based only.
I am NOT the founder and don’t make any money from posting this - just think this app has potential but sadly has a low user base. And since most of you complain about the current dating apps - thought I’d share about the underdog since match group has obliterated the market with its app purchases.
Edit: search weaver dating on the app stores- forgot to mention that

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Direct Market Access (DMA): One of the defining characteristics of ECNs is DMA, which allows traders to interact directly with the order books of various liquidity providers. This direct access ensures transparency in pricing and enables faster execution of trades.
Order Matching: ECNs employ sophisticated algorithms to match buy and sell orders from different participants based on price, quantity, and other specified parameters. This automated process ensures efficient trade execution and minimizes the impact of human intervention.
Depth of Market (DOM): ECNs provide traders with access to the depth of market data, allowing them to view the current bid and ask prices, as well as the volume of orders at each price level. This information empowers traders to make informed decisions based on market liquidity and sentiment.
Anonymous Trading: ECNs offer anonymity to traders by masking their identities during the order matching process. This anonymity fosters a level playing field and prevents any potential bias or discrimination based on the trader’s profile.
Low Latency: In the realm of high-frequency trading (HFT), speed is paramount. ECNs are engineered to deliver ultra-low latency, ensuring that orders are executed swiftly to capitalize on fleeting market opportunities.
Types of ECNs
Retail ECNs: These platforms cater to individual traders and retail investors, providing them with access to the interbank forex market, equities, commodities, and other financial instruments.
Institutional ECNs: Designed for institutional investors, hedge funds, and proprietary trading firms, institutional ECNs offer advanced trading features, deeper liquidity, and customizable execution options.
Dark Pools: While not strictly classified as ECNs, dark pools operate on similar principles by matching large block orders away from public exchanges. These private trading venues provide anonymity and reduced market impact for institutional traders.
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