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AITAH for expecting my classmates to have basic empathy??
2024.05.15 14:57 vencriii AITAH for expecting my classmates to have basic empathy??
hello fellow users, this is my not first post in Reddit and i actually posted this a few months ago but i used the wrong wordings (i was not mentally stable) so a lot of people attacked me (yes i did re-read what i wrote before and the wording was horrible). I'm okay now and definitely more mature than before, understood human morals and yk those deeper than my asshole shit?? Anyways, i wanna know if i overreacted, so storytime :
So a few months ago, I've realised that my classmates don't seem to like me. Never knew why, they are just a bunch of rude, inconsiderate bitches. Literally the most attention seeking people I've ever seen. They would sometimes do stuff out of their way just to get people's eyes on them. I am one of the outcasts in my class, I don't join the popular girl groups and in fact i hate getting attention bc it stresses me out (have social anxiety). The only good thing about me is that I get top grades in English and i guess that's what I'm only known for. That's also one possible reason why my classmates never liked me. It's also kind of weird since one of THOSE classmates get good grades and everyone liked her for it, kinda unfair to me (if you get what i mean). Nevertheless, I never gave a single shit and they also see me as an invisible person. I don't know but one if my girlfriends told me that i look cold so i guess that somehow scares the shit out of my classmates? but whatever, that's just the background info.
Let's get into some details about the main point of this post. In January, there was a dodgeball competition. At first i was hesitant in joining, 1) i am the definition of self-isolation from any public events bc it's kinda useless to me, 2) the biggest bitches in my class joined. However since my friends wanted me to join with them i reluctantly agreed. After trying it out privately with my friends, I had taken a liking in dodgeball. I am good at dodging, which is quite a surprise to myself. I just enjoyed the fun of it overall. I practised with my classmates and things were pretty good so far. We were having fun. Until. Me and my classmates had a friendly match tgt. We got into groups and it started off pretty well. However, not long later, I was the last one standing, which was something not expected bc i thought i would lose immediately. But finally, after a good 10 minutes, i did manage to win against the other team, which was something never expected. So yk, i thought a small "congratulations" to me was probably the least you can do after any sort of competition or like a "good job" to your teammates? What they did instead, they went onto the more popular teammates and comforted, praised them for their hard work as an outfielder. Side note, the popular classmates did almost nothing but got eliminated on the first minute. I know and knew it was childish and weird of them and myself for expecting a single word from them but i was kinda disappointed that no one even said anything to me before and after the matches.
I was like whatever and just let it go bc they didn't know me so well. UNTIL ONE DAY.
Again, one friendly match and started a new round. It went on good so far until i tripped. Let me tell you when i tried to stand up, i felt a sharp pain in my left knee, like a needle. My classmates just stood there, said absolutely nothing and continued the round when i stood up. IN MY OPINION, helping someone out when they fall down is the least you can fucking do. However that rlly made me wonder if i did something wrong in the process, including the fact that i fell down etc.
I did not have a mental breakdown until when one of friends (one of my friends who joined the competition with me) told me that someone made fun of me of always falling down (yes i did fall down multiple times cuz i have a specific way of dodging that is prone for me to fall down) and even said shit basically saying how I'm not qualified to be in the competition. That was completely over my line and cried in bed that night.
I did absolutely nothing to them and i didn't expect them to do this to me. They also did other shady and shitty shit but i cant type them out in one post.
Right now, i kinda got over it but i can never forgive them for what they did to me and especially to my friends. But i wanna know if im the A.H. here. Thank you ! ! (im extremely sorry for any typos đđ)
For those who are wondering how old i am, I'm 13.
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So a few months ago, I've realised that my classmates don't seem to like me. Never knew why, they are just a bunch of rude, inconsiderate bitches. Literally the most attention seeking people I've ever seen. They would sometimes do stuff out of their way just to get people's eyes on them. I am one of the outcasts in my class, I don't join the popular girl groups and in fact i hate getting attention bc it stresses me out (have social anxiety). The only good thing about me is that I get top grades in English and i guess that's what I'm only known for. That's also one possible reason why my classmates never liked me. It's also kind of weird since one of THOSE classmates get good grades and everyone liked her for it, kinda unfair to me (if you get what i mean). Nevertheless, I never gave a single shit and they also see me as an invisible person. I don't know but one if my girlfriends told me that i look cold so i guess that somehow scares the shit out of my classmates? but whatever, that's just the background info.
Let's get into some details about the main point of this post. In January, there was a dodgeball competition. At first i was hesitant in joining, 1) i am the definition of self-isolation from any public events bc it's kinda useless to me, 2) the biggest bitches in my class joined. However since my friends wanted me to join with them i reluctantly agreed. After trying it out privately with my friends, I had taken a liking in dodgeball. I am good at dodging, which is quite a surprise to myself. I just enjoyed the fun of it overall. I practised with my classmates and things were pretty good so far. We were having fun. Until. Me and my classmates had a friendly match tgt. We got into groups and it started off pretty well. However, not long later, I was the last one standing, which was something not expected bc i thought i would lose immediately. But finally, after a good 10 minutes, i did manage to win against the other team, which was something never expected. So yk, i thought a small "congratulations" to me was probably the least you can do after any sort of competition or like a "good job" to your teammates? What they did instead, they went onto the more popular teammates and comforted, praised them for their hard work as an outfielder. Side note, the popular classmates did almost nothing but got eliminated on the first minute. I know and knew it was childish and weird of them and myself for expecting a single word from them but i was kinda disappointed that no one even said anything to me before and after the matches.
I was like whatever and just let it go bc they didn't know me so well. UNTIL ONE DAY.
Again, one friendly match and started a new round. It went on good so far until i tripped. Let me tell you when i tried to stand up, i felt a sharp pain in my left knee, like a needle. My classmates just stood there, said absolutely nothing and continued the round when i stood up. IN MY OPINION, helping someone out when they fall down is the least you can fucking do. However that rlly made me wonder if i did something wrong in the process, including the fact that i fell down etc.
I did not have a mental breakdown until when one of friends (one of my friends who joined the competition with me) told me that someone made fun of me of always falling down (yes i did fall down multiple times cuz i have a specific way of dodging that is prone for me to fall down) and even said shit basically saying how I'm not qualified to be in the competition. That was completely over my line and cried in bed that night.
I did absolutely nothing to them and i didn't expect them to do this to me. They also did other shady and shitty shit but i cant type them out in one post.
Right now, i kinda got over it but i can never forgive them for what they did to me and especially to my friends. But i wanna know if im the A.H. here. Thank you ! ! (im extremely sorry for any typos đđ)
For those who are wondering how old i am, I'm 13.
2024.05.15 14:57 astrobabag Understanding the Concept of Ullu ki Haddi Se Vashikaran
 | Ullu ki Haddi Se Vashikaran submitted by astrobabag to u/astrobabag [link] [comments] Utensil ki hatti se rutibhav hai jab toh bol ne waqt jo hum Bollywood mein hai hai ab, aab tak jum se vashikaran kyun mein hai. This particular method is considered to be amazingly good in the manipulation and control of a person's thoughts, feelings, and actions by the bone of an owl (ullu ki haddi). Although some people think that it is quite odd and supernatural, many people think that it is a very good way of reaching what they want. The practice of using owl bones in vashikaran rituals started in ancient India and it is linked to the country's mythology and folklore. Owls have been the models of wisdom, intuition, and the paranormal for the different cultures of the world in the various times. In the Indian mythological stories, the owl is always portrayed as the messenger of the goddess of wealth, Lakshmi, and is considered as the entity of the powerful spiritual energies. For the people who are into the ullu ki haddi se vashikaran, the bone of the owl is the source of the magical powers and the one that can be used to direct these powers to a particular person or goal. Practitioners prove the link between the bone, rituals, mantras and charms and they say that by using them, they can change the others' thoughts, emotions and actions and thus, they will get the best they have ever had. The method of ululus ki onddi which is mostly based on the procedure of getting a bone from an owl is usually very rare. Then, the bone is cleaned, electrified, and blessed by means of a long series of different rituals, prayers, and offerings. The bone is charged with the energies of the objects that you want to get when the bone is combined with other materials such as incense, candles and herbs to create a very strong vashikaran charm or talisman. This technique is called Ullu ki haddi which is the way of concentrating one's thoughts and energies on charm and thus, creating a strong psychic link with the target person thereby influencing his or her thoughts and actions from a great distance. This is certainly the case, especially when the traditional methods of persuasion or communication have not been successful. Though the notion of using an owl bone for vashikaran might seem to be strange and even scandalous to some people, the supporters of the practice regard it as a strong and effective tool for the acquisition of one's desire and interest. The people think that the spiritual powers of the owl bone are the way they can reach the natural forces of the universe and as a result, when they want something, they will get it with great accuracy and success. The document that would be created using ullu ki haddi se vashikaran is not free from the risks and the ethical problems it brings. The opponents of such a thing say that there are some drawbacks to this, for example, this is the manipulation of another person's ideas or actions without their consent, which is the harm and the person's freedom and autonomy can be infringed upon. They claim that the real spiritual growth and the freedom of the individual are because of the appreciation of the limits and the decisions of the others, but not the control or domination of others through the supernatural means. Nevertheless, the main attraction of the people who are believers in it is still the process of ullu ki haddi se vashikaran and they say that this practice is the way to achieve their goals and the things they want. Although to accept or to deny this mysterious practice is still not clear, it is definitely a very intriguing and fascinating part of the vast and diverse spirituality and occult traditions of India. In conclusion, the ullu ki haddi se vashikaran is a unique and controversial ability that has been accepted in recent years for the supposed power to control and influence the thoughts, emotions and actions of others through the bone of an owl. Although to some it might be strange and eerie, a lot of people are of the opinion that it works and they are completely dependent on it. Even if some people will be convinced that ullu ki haddi se vashikaran is a real thing and others will not, it is still a fascinating and mysterious aspect of the complex religious world of India. Online Free Consultation With Baba Ji Please Visit: https://www.astrobabag.com/ UlluKiHaddi #Vashikaran #SocialMediaVideo #Influencer #Marketing #GetResults #EasyVashikaran #Impress #HigherConversions #TargetAudience #EffectiveStrategy #DigitalPresence #ContentIsKey #OnlineVisibility #BoostEngagement #VisibilityMatters #ResultsDriven #SocialMediaImpact #MasterInfluence #BeInfluential #ConqueringHearts |
2024.05.15 14:57 hayema7 June Swap Preview (better late than never!)
May ROTMs have landed and a few of us are waiting on some mystery bundles. The records I've seen on the most tables are Little Richard with it's slick jacket and Earl Sweatshirt. Clint Black, Alice Coltrane, and Don Blackman are all spinning around as well.
A reminder for ROTMs: Moving forward, newly released ROTMs are going to be exclusive to memberships and swaps for 3 months. For example, our May ROTMs will not be available in store until August. With this in mind, anything within 3 months of release is a "good deal." Other titles can be used with store discount codes, so you may be able to get them cheaper in the store. We're getting our first release of ROTMs with way, with January titles hitting the store.
Bonus records are now gone, but referral codes can get you discounts on multi-month memberships if you're interested in joining. Don't forget to check the referral thread to grab a code or reach out to some individuals if you're considering a 3 ($20 off), 6 ($40 off), or 12 month ($80 off) plan. It's a win-win for everyone.
This month's preview focuses on the June Swap Preview. Remember that not all swaps are "good deals." Some titles cost less than the price of your subscription. Prices for store titles will be included, while past ROTMs range from $37 for some 1LPs to $41 for other 1 and 2LPs and $49 for other 2LPs for members. You can also click "Learn More" and see the member price in your swap preview. With the new titles in swaps, we're seeing values a lot closer to your monthly prices.
All value is based on the new add-on price ($36). If you previously bought a 3, 6, or 12-month subscription, you're at that price on your main track until that subscription ends (I think this is the last month for this). Swapping for credit will get you that old price, which is something to keep in mind at this point. Know your price and know your value. Your price may vary, depending on what subscription level you're at, so be aware of how much you're paying each month before swapping. In no way is this a judgment on the music, but I'm just trying to make sure members don't pay subscription prices for a record that is significantly cheaper in the store.
Titles are broken down into 4 categories (New/will go quickly, solid recent options that are good value, questionable value, and do not swap) themed for September ROTMs with examples from the current swap preview. There are still some great deals to be had, even if we aren't seeing the crazy anthology value.
As always, feel free to post questions about specific titles you may be interested in. The community is very knowledgeable about pressing details and sound. I'm sure a lot of members would be willing to share their reviews of the pressing quality, even if it's in a category that you may not agree with:
Isaac Hayes - Swap Moses: Let Swap Moses part the seas and guide you to the promised land. These titles are the best of the month. Be on to grab them ASAP! They could be a repress of past ROTMs that have been long gone or store titles that aren't around anymore. They're some of the community's favorites. Waitlisted titles under $36 are a gamble. Some stock could've been pulled back. Get them while you can!
Essentials: N/A
Classics: Nina Simone (waitlisted)
RHH: Wu Tang (waitlisted)
Country: N/A
Rock: N/A
Store Titles: The Story of Memphis Rap ($269), Yuji Toriyama ($35 but waitlisted), Sampha Unnumbered ($37 but waitlisted), Tony Rice ($35 but waitlisted), The Story of The Comedy Store ($199)
Harry Nilsson - A Little Touch of Swaps in the Night: You won't have to be on quite as fast as other titles, but a touch of these swaps will make for a great month. We're starting to see them selling out a little faster, so if you're interested in something, it's probably a good idea to grab them in swaps. You may have had your eye on and now have some reviews to base your decision on. I don't expect a rush for these titles, but keep an eye on them as the swap window goes on and they may move to low stock. These are recent ROTMs (Past 6 Months Listed), recent represses you may have missed, or in-stock store titles listed for more than the price of your subscription or an add-on track that may be on your wishlist. I also added some that have been popular with VMP subscribers. These are pretty safe bets for the value of your subscription and our frequent swappers.
Essentials: Alice Coltrane (swap exclusive), Harry Nilsson (swap exclusive), Willie Nelson P&S (swap exclusive until July), Fleetwood Mac (now in store), Labelle (now in store), Herbie Hancock, Ray Charles, Ray Barretto, Santigold, Bone Thugs, Stevie Nicks
Classics: Don Blackman (swap exclusive), Oliver Nelson (swap exclusive) Gary Bartz (now in store), La Lupe (now in store), Hector Lavoe, The MarKeys/Booker T, David Porter, Hound Dog, Wynton Marsalis, McCoy Tyner, Thelonious Monk
RHH: Earl Sweatshirt - Doris (swap exclusive), O.C (now in store), Boogie Down Productions (now in store), Masta Killa, Lupe Fiasco, Run DMC, Aesop Rock, Atmosphere, Q-Tip, Goldlink
Country: Clint Black (swap exclusive), Alan Jackson (swap exclusive) Rodney Crowell (swap exclusive until July), Billy Joe Shaver (now in store), Guy Clark (now in store), Wille Nelson (& Family), John Prine, Bobbie Gentry, Waylon Jennings
Rock: Little Richard (swap exclusive), Stevie Ray Vaughn (swap exclusive), Heart (swap exclusive until July), The Replacements (swap exclusive until June)
Store Titles: Chromeo ($45) La the Darkman ($42), Usher - My Way ($53), Kronos Quartet ($40), Willie Nelson - I Don't... ($39), Kiefer ($42), Oneohtrix Point Never (Again $45), Sarah Evans ($39), JOHN ($40), Alicia Keys (Girl on Fire $43), Euphoria S1 ($42), Busta Rhyme ($40), First Choice ($40), Rexx Life Raj ($40), Wayne Shorter Live ($46), Moses Sumney (L@B $40), Alan Braufman ($58), Euphoria S2 ($42), T-Pain ($41), Saba - FGT ($46), Altopalo ($44), Fly Anakin ($41), Black Milk ($40), Mariah Carey - Butterfly ($48), Atmosphere ($43), Joe Bataan ($40)
Charlie Worsham - Swapperband: Like a rubberband, going for these titles is a stretch. You don't save any money (or very little), so be sure to think it through. Have you had your eye on this title for a while or are you just considering them due to the fact that they're in swaps? These titles are close to the price of an add-on track, so don't dive in without considering if you REALLY want them. Think twice about these titles and ask yourself "Would I buy this if it wasn't in swaps because I'm not saving money?" These are often labeled "Swap exclusives" and store titles around $36. It may be a tough decision to swap for these.
Store Titles: Jules ($35), John Glacier Surf Gang ($35), Honky Tonk Angels ($35), OFFAIR: Dr. No's Lost Beach ($35)
Big Pun - Swapital Punishment: Don't punish yourself (or your wallet) by going after these titles. These are titles that I'd encourage you to look elsewhere to purchase, wait for a sale, or buy for less on discogs. This is my personal Do Not Swap list. As an alternative swap for credit and buy in the store, go to Discogs to look for the same pressing at less than the price of your subscription (most applicable for past ROTMs), or wait for a sale. Take your time to find a deal, as these aren't going anywhere. Most of these titles have been around for a long time, and this is VMPs way of getting rid of extra stock while making a few extra bucks. This includes in-stock store titles under $35 and older ROTMs which have been around for years.
Essentials: Aaliyah, Torres, Lapsley, The Books, Kevin Morby, Silvertones, Townes Van Zandt, Experience Unlimited, Sleater Kinny, Jim Sullivan, Dirty Projectors, Beverly Glenn Copeland, Grizzly Bear, Caroline Rose (all showing for less than an add on track in US on Discogs)
Classics: Sarah Webster Fabio, Leon Ware, Frederick Knight, Isaac Hayes, Abbey Lincoln, Teddy Pendergrass, Charles Musselwhite, Sylvester (all showing for less than an add on track in US on Discogs)
RHH: Open Mike Eagle, Queen Latifah, Da Brat, Lord Finesse, Big Boi, Future, Nappy Roots, Eyedea & Abilities, Young MC, E-40, UGK, Gang Starr, J Dilla (all showing for less than an add on track in US on Discogs)
Country: Reba McIntyre, Sam Hunt, Loretta Lynn, Brad Paisley (all showing for less than an add on track in US on Discogs)
Store Titles: Blvck Svm and Pilotkid ($28), Babsy Konate ($25)
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A reminder for ROTMs: Moving forward, newly released ROTMs are going to be exclusive to memberships and swaps for 3 months. For example, our May ROTMs will not be available in store until August. With this in mind, anything within 3 months of release is a "good deal." Other titles can be used with store discount codes, so you may be able to get them cheaper in the store. We're getting our first release of ROTMs with way, with January titles hitting the store.
Bonus records are now gone, but referral codes can get you discounts on multi-month memberships if you're interested in joining. Don't forget to check the referral thread to grab a code or reach out to some individuals if you're considering a 3 ($20 off), 6 ($40 off), or 12 month ($80 off) plan. It's a win-win for everyone.
This month's preview focuses on the June Swap Preview. Remember that not all swaps are "good deals." Some titles cost less than the price of your subscription. Prices for store titles will be included, while past ROTMs range from $37 for some 1LPs to $41 for other 1 and 2LPs and $49 for other 2LPs for members. You can also click "Learn More" and see the member price in your swap preview. With the new titles in swaps, we're seeing values a lot closer to your monthly prices.
All value is based on the new add-on price ($36). If you previously bought a 3, 6, or 12-month subscription, you're at that price on your main track until that subscription ends (I think this is the last month for this). Swapping for credit will get you that old price, which is something to keep in mind at this point. Know your price and know your value. Your price may vary, depending on what subscription level you're at, so be aware of how much you're paying each month before swapping. In no way is this a judgment on the music, but I'm just trying to make sure members don't pay subscription prices for a record that is significantly cheaper in the store.
Titles are broken down into 4 categories (New/will go quickly, solid recent options that are good value, questionable value, and do not swap) themed for September ROTMs with examples from the current swap preview. There are still some great deals to be had, even if we aren't seeing the crazy anthology value.
As always, feel free to post questions about specific titles you may be interested in. The community is very knowledgeable about pressing details and sound. I'm sure a lot of members would be willing to share their reviews of the pressing quality, even if it's in a category that you may not agree with:
Isaac Hayes - Swap Moses: Let Swap Moses part the seas and guide you to the promised land. These titles are the best of the month. Be on to grab them ASAP! They could be a repress of past ROTMs that have been long gone or store titles that aren't around anymore. They're some of the community's favorites. Waitlisted titles under $36 are a gamble. Some stock could've been pulled back. Get them while you can!
Essentials: N/A
Classics: Nina Simone (waitlisted)
RHH: Wu Tang (waitlisted)
Country: N/A
Rock: N/A
Store Titles: The Story of Memphis Rap ($269), Yuji Toriyama ($35 but waitlisted), Sampha Unnumbered ($37 but waitlisted), Tony Rice ($35 but waitlisted), The Story of The Comedy Store ($199)
Harry Nilsson - A Little Touch of Swaps in the Night: You won't have to be on quite as fast as other titles, but a touch of these swaps will make for a great month. We're starting to see them selling out a little faster, so if you're interested in something, it's probably a good idea to grab them in swaps. You may have had your eye on and now have some reviews to base your decision on. I don't expect a rush for these titles, but keep an eye on them as the swap window goes on and they may move to low stock. These are recent ROTMs (Past 6 Months Listed), recent represses you may have missed, or in-stock store titles listed for more than the price of your subscription or an add-on track that may be on your wishlist. I also added some that have been popular with VMP subscribers. These are pretty safe bets for the value of your subscription and our frequent swappers.
Essentials: Alice Coltrane (swap exclusive), Harry Nilsson (swap exclusive), Willie Nelson P&S (swap exclusive until July), Fleetwood Mac (now in store), Labelle (now in store), Herbie Hancock, Ray Charles, Ray Barretto, Santigold, Bone Thugs, Stevie Nicks
Classics: Don Blackman (swap exclusive), Oliver Nelson (swap exclusive) Gary Bartz (now in store), La Lupe (now in store), Hector Lavoe, The MarKeys/Booker T, David Porter, Hound Dog, Wynton Marsalis, McCoy Tyner, Thelonious Monk
RHH: Earl Sweatshirt - Doris (swap exclusive), O.C (now in store), Boogie Down Productions (now in store), Masta Killa, Lupe Fiasco, Run DMC, Aesop Rock, Atmosphere, Q-Tip, Goldlink
Country: Clint Black (swap exclusive), Alan Jackson (swap exclusive) Rodney Crowell (swap exclusive until July), Billy Joe Shaver (now in store), Guy Clark (now in store), Wille Nelson (& Family), John Prine, Bobbie Gentry, Waylon Jennings
Rock: Little Richard (swap exclusive), Stevie Ray Vaughn (swap exclusive), Heart (swap exclusive until July), The Replacements (swap exclusive until June)
Store Titles: Chromeo ($45) La the Darkman ($42), Usher - My Way ($53), Kronos Quartet ($40), Willie Nelson - I Don't... ($39), Kiefer ($42), Oneohtrix Point Never (Again $45), Sarah Evans ($39), JOHN ($40), Alicia Keys (Girl on Fire $43), Euphoria S1 ($42), Busta Rhyme ($40), First Choice ($40), Rexx Life Raj ($40), Wayne Shorter Live ($46), Moses Sumney (L@B $40), Alan Braufman ($58), Euphoria S2 ($42), T-Pain ($41), Saba - FGT ($46), Altopalo ($44), Fly Anakin ($41), Black Milk ($40), Mariah Carey - Butterfly ($48), Atmosphere ($43), Joe Bataan ($40)
Charlie Worsham - Swapperband: Like a rubberband, going for these titles is a stretch. You don't save any money (or very little), so be sure to think it through. Have you had your eye on this title for a while or are you just considering them due to the fact that they're in swaps? These titles are close to the price of an add-on track, so don't dive in without considering if you REALLY want them. Think twice about these titles and ask yourself "Would I buy this if it wasn't in swaps because I'm not saving money?" These are often labeled "Swap exclusives" and store titles around $36. It may be a tough decision to swap for these.
Store Titles: Jules ($35), John Glacier Surf Gang ($35), Honky Tonk Angels ($35), OFFAIR: Dr. No's Lost Beach ($35)
Big Pun - Swapital Punishment: Don't punish yourself (or your wallet) by going after these titles. These are titles that I'd encourage you to look elsewhere to purchase, wait for a sale, or buy for less on discogs. This is my personal Do Not Swap list. As an alternative swap for credit and buy in the store, go to Discogs to look for the same pressing at less than the price of your subscription (most applicable for past ROTMs), or wait for a sale. Take your time to find a deal, as these aren't going anywhere. Most of these titles have been around for a long time, and this is VMPs way of getting rid of extra stock while making a few extra bucks. This includes in-stock store titles under $35 and older ROTMs which have been around for years.
Essentials: Aaliyah, Torres, Lapsley, The Books, Kevin Morby, Silvertones, Townes Van Zandt, Experience Unlimited, Sleater Kinny, Jim Sullivan, Dirty Projectors, Beverly Glenn Copeland, Grizzly Bear, Caroline Rose (all showing for less than an add on track in US on Discogs)
Classics: Sarah Webster Fabio, Leon Ware, Frederick Knight, Isaac Hayes, Abbey Lincoln, Teddy Pendergrass, Charles Musselwhite, Sylvester (all showing for less than an add on track in US on Discogs)
RHH: Open Mike Eagle, Queen Latifah, Da Brat, Lord Finesse, Big Boi, Future, Nappy Roots, Eyedea & Abilities, Young MC, E-40, UGK, Gang Starr, J Dilla (all showing for less than an add on track in US on Discogs)
Country: Reba McIntyre, Sam Hunt, Loretta Lynn, Brad Paisley (all showing for less than an add on track in US on Discogs)
Store Titles: Blvck Svm and Pilotkid ($28), Babsy Konate ($25)
2024.05.15 14:52 BlueFishcake Sexy Steampunk Babes: Chapter Twenty Six
Yelena watched the doorway through which the young Ashfield scion had just left for a few moments more as she pondered over the meeting theyâd just had.
*Precocious indeed,* she thought with a smile.
A smile that only grew as her gaze flitted over to her childhood friendâs⊠complicated expression.
It seemed young Williamâs decision had come as much a surprise to his instructor as it had come to Yelena herself.
âHe said no,â Joana said after a few moments.
Yelena nodded slowly as she reclined into her friendâs surprisingly comfortable chair. Given what she knew of Griffith, the Queen had half expected the thing to be harder than mithril when she first sat down - but it was surprisingly plush.
âNot without good reason,â Yelena said as she shifted about.
âGood reason?â Joana scoffed. âYou offered him your daughterâs hand.â Her eyes narrowed slightly. âYou offered *all* of your daughterâs hands.â
Yelena rolled her eyes at her friendâs tone. âAnd if heâd accepted I would have considered it a bargain.â
A minor scandal and the loss of a number of future marriage alliances was ultimately nothing compared to the ability to raid Kraken nests. And that was ignoring that a hypothetical means to slay kraken in deep water would undoubtedly have other applications.
Applications that would be incredibly useful in the months to come.
Though, perhaps, if young Williamâs plans came to fruition that coming storm could be delayed by a few years.
ââŠAre things truly that desperate?â Joana asked quietly.
âTheyâre not great,â Yelena admitted, massaging the bridge of her nose. âThe Blackstones⊠I knew theyâd resist the reforms, but to threaten open rebellion?â
Sheâd not expected that. Not even in her wildest dreams. Lindholmâs only human ducal house had ever been wilful, and their antipathy towards the Orcs who dwelled in the Sunlands was well documented, but surely even they could see why Yelena was doing what she was.
Regardless of what her critics said, her decision to end the slave trade in Lindholm was most assuredly not the result of âuseless sentimentâ.
Far from it.
Oh certainly, Yelena had no love for the institution of slavery, for reasons both moral and financial, but that wasnât why sheâd created the abolitionist movement.
With each passing year, the Homelandâs view of Lindholm grew ever more covetous. More and more the Sun Empress and Desert Khanâs rhetoric centred less on their ongoing deadlock with each other and more on the idea of ârecovering wayward territoriesâ.
Certainly, that could have been a reference to Old Growth as much as Lindholm, but Yelena doubted it.
Lindholm might have scared the Solites and Lunites into retreating by choosing to engage them over deep water, but ultimately those victories were borne of a lack of conviction on the part of her foes.
Had the two disparate fleets been willing to risk the permanent loss of a small portion of their mithril cores in order to achieve victory and push towards the mainland, they may well have been able to flip the allegiances of a number of Lindholmian houses.
Oh, certainly, the high elves and dark elves of Lindholm might have prided themselves on maintaining the strictures of equality that defined the Old Empire â but with either Solite or Lunite airships hovering over their family castles, she couldnât help but wonder if some might reconsider their stances on their fellow elves.
No, while an invasion of Lindholm would certainly be costly, it was entirely within the realm of reason.
An invasion of the Old Growth however?
There was a reason the Wood Elves â as they named themselves â had managed to remain independent of both the other two, much larger, nations despite sharing land borders with both of them.
Their strange magics might have been muted and weak beyond the borders of their home, but within their territory they were nigh invincible.
No, if there was to be any âreclamationâ of any territory belonging to the old Aelven Imperium, it was likely to come from Lindholm.
To that end, the kingdom could ill afford to keep feeding people and iron into the meatgrinder that was the Sunlands. Could ill afford to keep orcs that might otherwise be valuable mages laboring in the fields under the eyes of watchful taskmasters.
Lindholm needed every mage-knight it could get â regardless of the color of their skin or the shape of their ears.
Yet after year and years of negotiations and attempts to shift public opinion on the matter, the North still remained willfully ignorant of that truth.
âSurely they know that even if they win, any kind of division between us will just see the Homeland sweep over them?â Joana said.
Yelena shrugged. âI have a feeling that Duchess Blackstoneâs victories over both the Lunites and Solites has left her confident of repeating the fact should it come to that.â
Foolhardy, in her eyes, but no one had ever accused the Blackstones of being meek. Nor being incapable of backing up their sometimes insane claims. What other House could lay claim to an ancestry that had once beaten back the Old Imperium at the height of its power?
Where other human nobles had been sworn into the Old Imperium on their knees with their battered armies scattered to the winds, the Blackstones managed to resist long and hard enough that the Imperial Legions had been forced to come to the negotiating table.
Ultimately, the Blackstones had still been absorbed into the Empire, but theyâd done so on their terms with their heads unbowed.
âŠThough it was somewhat ironic that nearly a thousand years on, it was now those same humans in the position of the old Imperial Legion while it was the free orcs who now utilized the same strategies as the old Blackstone tribes â right down to the Wyvern riders.
âI could imagine that,â Joana muttered.
âIs it strange that I think she might pull it off?â Yelena said â though only because she was sure that no one beyond her friend and silent guards was listening.
âPart of me wants to argue that, but⊠do you think itâs a human thing?â
Yelena thought about the Blackstones and the young man whoâd just turned down a chance to be king one day.
âPerhaps,â she admitted.
Personally she thought it was because humans didnât live as long â and there was more of them. When your life could be measured in but a single century, perhaps you were a bit more inclined towards taking risks that might make an elf balk?
âŠRisks like trying to take your first year team up against a third year team in the name of trying to avoid a war.
Or at least delay it.
âI still canât believe he said no to your offer,â Joana said, something⊠complicated in her friendâs expression.
Yelena grinned at the sight, though she wrestled down the urge to ask a number of probing questions of her normally straight laced friend, who seemed to have a childish crush on a young man nearly ten years her junior â and her student beside.
Normally sheâd be all over a scandal that delicious.
Alas, right now was work time. âI can. He gave me his reasons and they were solid.â
Well, solid enough. If you squinted a bit. And tried to think âhumanâ.
Rather than all-but guarantee a war by having the Crown break off his betrothal, he intended to do it himself.
Loudly and publicly.
And if he won â and that was a big *if* â heâd all but destroy any kind of excuse the Blackstones might have to declare war in response. Indeed, by being âshamedâ in such a public manner theyâd need to spend a few years at least regathering lost support.
After all, who would want to follow a house into a civil war just after their heir was publicly humiliated by a team of cadets two years her junior?
Academy fights werenât just schoolyard squabbles. They were civil conflicts writ small. A microcosm of the constant jostling and jockeying of Lindholmâs houses.
In other words, they held weight.
If Willaim could beat his fiancĂ©e, Yelena knew sheâd owe him more than she could ever truly repay. A few more years of preparation would turn an almost guaranteed defeat into something *much* more even.
Especially if she could scoop up who knows how many mithril cores that were otherwise just littering the ocean. Ninety percent of them would be of limited use immediately, but a few years would give her time to construct at least a few more airship hulls to house the devices.
All that was required was for William to win.
âSolid,â Joana scoffed. âHis plan is to go up against a group of third years with a team of firsties.â
Yelena tried to keep the intensity she was feeling out of her tone as she leaned forward. âYou donât think he can do it?â
Joana opened her mouth before hesitating. âI⊠normally Iâd say no. Talented as they are, the gap in experience is just too wide.â
âButâŠâ
The dark elf rolled her silver eyes behind her glasses. âBut, with Williamâs newest inventionâŠâ The woman paused. âSon of a bitch.â
For just a moment Yelena was treated to the rare sight of her friend laughing. âI canât believe I thought he âjust wanted to use it in a schoolyard fightâ,â the Instructor said.
âWell, he sort of is, in a way.â Yelena shrugged. âIt just so happens to be a very important schoolyard fight.â
Joana laughed. âI suppose it is.â
âStill, do you think he can win?â
Joana straightened up. âI genuinely donât know. With his new invention he might be able to catch her off guard. If he can skew the numbers in his favor at the start, they might have a chance.â
Yelena frowned. Not exactly the ringing endorsement she wanted to hear, but that was part of why she valued Joanaâs friendship.
Always had really, even when the girl had first come to court at the age of ten as a potential playmate for Yelenaâs daughters and told her that her dress made her look like some kind of tropical bird.
Something Yelena realized upon closer inspection was true.
Ever since, the Queen had made a point of checking in with the girl from time to time, if only for the occasional shot of unvarnished truth.
It was a strange âfriendshipâ from the outside looking in, but one that got less so as time went by and the age gap became less stark.
âWell, letâs hope the human capacity for the nigh impossible isnât relegated entirely to the Blackstones,â Yelena muttered.
Because if it wasnât, the boy would either have to marry one of Yelenaâs daughters or die.
She *could* *not* afford the knowledge in his head to reach the Blackstones. To that end, heâd either accept her offer â rolling the dice on the onset of war and all that might come with it â or heâd suffer an accident.
As much as it pained the royal sovereignâs heart to see such a bright and enterprising soul be snuffed out before its time.
Being forced to make such decisions was simply the price of wearing the crown.
âStill,â Joana said, and Yelena was grateful for the distraction as she looked up. âWill you actually leave him alone if he pulls this off?â
Yelena scoffed.
âOf course not. If anything Iâll up my offer.â She shrugged. âIâll give him you, myself and half my court if it means getting my hands on whatâs in his head.â
It was actually a little amusing how Joana flushed at her words, even as she shook her head.
âYes, that sounds a lot more like you.â
Yelena nodded. Damn right it did.
Though as she did, a thought occurred to her. âHey Joana?â
âYes?â
âIn your reports to me, didnât you mention the Ashfield boy having some kind of nickname.â
The dark elf pondered the words for a moment before stiffening. âHmm, he does actually. A rather apt one considering. Apt enough that Iâm wondering if whatever he used to kill AlâHundra is related.â
âWell, donât keep me in suspense. What is it?â
Joana leaned back, her head craned upwards, as if seeking strength from above.
âKraken Slayer.â
Yelena laughed. She couldnât help it.
âOf course it is.â
âYou killed AlâHundra.â
William was still reeling a little from the conversation heâd just had, so he was actually a little caught off guard by a finger being shoved into his face the moment he stepped back into his teams quarters.
*Ah,* he thought. *I promised answers.*
Though it seemed that in his absence his team had managed to figure out some of those answers without him.
Glancing past Olzenyaâs outstretched arm, he saw Marline shaking her head â as if to vehemently deny sheâd told them anything.
She neednât have bothered, her geass precluded it as an option. Hell, even once everyone found out it would preclude it as an option.
Which was for the best for the moment because now he wasnât so much trying to hide what heâd done as *how* heâd done it. Admittedly, Marline didnât know anything beyond the broadest details, but she knew enough to know that it was some kind of enchantment combined with alchemy.
Now it was possible the forces working against him â or rather simply to profit off him â had already figured that out and heâd hear the alchemy lab exploded any moment now, but heâd sooner put it off for as long as he could.
To that end, he turned to Olzenya â though not before politely lowering her pointing arm.
Something that, to her credit, the high elf allowed â actually looking a little embarrassed by her outburst and thus rudeness.
âHonestly, I was expecting something like that to come from Bonnlyn, not you,â he said to the slightly flushed high elf.
As he glanced over toward where the dwarf was sitting, she shrugged. âI realize I may not be the most classically polite individual around, but Iâve been a merchant long enough to recognize when someoneâs got a trade secret they want to keep close to their chests.â
If anything, Olzenya flushed harder, as while she might not have been familiar with trade secrets, she was most definitely familiar with the notion of house spells that needed to be kept secret.
âI also thought ambushing him at the door was a little rude,â Verity murmured from the back of the room.
Olzenya coughed, before backing up. âOf course, I apologize for that William.â
More bemused than anything else, especially as the elf curtsied, he waved a hand dismissively. âItâs fine. Or, understandable, I guess.â
âGood,â Ozlenya smiled, glad for his acceptance⊠before she shouted again. âBecause you lied to us.â
âI did?â
âHe didnât,â Marline said. âHe said he had something to bet against Tala.â
Indeed he had, something heâd kept hidden under a sheet. After all, heâd not wanted his big surprise to be spoiled by the rumors of his coming beating him to the cafeteria.
And they would.
Rumors in the academy somehow managed to move at light speed.
âHe implied it was gold,â Olzenya shot back.
âAnd you said Tala wouldnât go for it, but you came with us anyway,â Bonnlyn said.
Indeed, he had implied it was gold. Or âsomething valuable enough to catch her interestâ.
âTo comfort him after she shot him down,â Olzenya said. âInstead I damn near tripped over my own feet in front of everyone when he pulled an honest to goddess mithril core out of his ass.â
William was actually a little thrown off â and amused â by the sudden display of crassness from the noble girl.
âBut he didnât lie.â It was actually a little surprising â and heartwarming â to hear Verity speaking so forcefully.
And that Olzenya didnât immediately snap at her for doing so. The team really had come a long way in just a few months.
*Ah, the joys of shared suffering,* William thought as he watched the girls bicker amongst themselves.
âAs Iâm sure youâve all guessed, I have indeed been less than open about a few things,â he said, silencing all of them â except Marline whoâd yet to speak in the first place. âWith that said, Iâve never once lied to you about my end goal.â
âBreaking off your betrothal,â Marline said finally.
âBreaking off my betrothal *without* starting a war,â he said. âIf it were that easy, the Queen would have done it for me just now.â
âYou met the Queen?â Olzenya sounded a little faint.
âI did.â
Oh, how he did.
âOh ancestors, please donât tell me you hit on the queen!?â This time Marline sounded a little faint.
And he actually felt a little offended. âWhat!? Why would you think that.â
âYouâre doing the same thing you do when we talk about Instructor Griffith,â Bonnlyn said with studiously neutral voice. âOr Instructor Morline. Or Instructor Flen. Or some of the guards.â
âOr that one cafeteria lady,â Verity chimed in, a little red in the face.
âOr the-â
âI do not!â Heâd finally had enough of these aspersion on his character.
Across the room, a number of sighs rang out, even from the elves.
âAt least now I knew why he never checked me out,â Bonnlyn said. âHeâs got mommy issues. And Iâm not old enough to tickle them.â
âStill, the Queen?â Olzenya hissed.
âI mean, have you seen her?â Marline muttered back. âI mean, I donât agree with him⊠but I get it.â
âI didnât âpervâ on the Queen.â Some part of him died on using such childish language. âWe had a meeting about my plans and⊠what occurred with AlâHundra. Needless to say, the fact that Iâm here means sheâs agreed to go ahead with them and Iâm also to keep quiet about anything I may or may not have had to do with any Kraken going missing. Or their cores.â
He deliberately left out the royal marriage offer.
Still, with those words the room went silent. After all, if the Queen had told him to say nothing, he was expected to say nothing. Just because the North in general didnât have much respect for royal authority didnât mean the rest of the kingdom did.
Quite the opposite.
âWell, if the Queen has commanded you to *remain* silent, I suppose thereâs nothing to be done,â Olzenya muttered. âThough I would like answers some day.â
âHell, Iâd like to know why you brought Marline in on your plans,â Bonnlyn said, glancing at the Dark Elf. âYou know, and not the rest of us.â
There was no missing the hint of hurt there â which he understood.
âI can promise you it was purely a matter of convenient circumstance,â he said. âAnd I can promise you, I didnât confide in Marline for free.â
All the girls glanced up as the dark elf nodded slowly. âHeâs not lying â though I canât say anymore. Literally. Itâs a price I paid willingly, but one I doubt any of you would be interested in.â
Almost as one, he could see the lightbulbs turn on in everyoneâs brain simultaneously â except for Verity, who took a few seconds.
*âGeass,â* thought none of them said it.
This time though, when the girls looked between him and Marline, there was a definite sense of wariness to it.
âWell, I suppose thereâs nothing else to say then,â Bonnyln said. âI guess we shouldâŠâ
ââŠGo to bed,â Olzenya nodded warily.
William grinned. âGood idea. Big day tomorrow and all that.â
That was an understatement, and he could tell everyone was thinking it as they made their way over to their rooms.
Still, it was true all the same.
Theyâd need their rest if they wanted to stand a chance tomorrow.
Indeed, theyâd need every advantage they could get.
To that end, William could only hope heâd stacked the deck in their favor enough to matter.
âŠIt took him a long time to get to sleep.
When he did awake, in the early hours of the morning, it was to the sound of an explosion.
*In the direction of the old alchemy labs if Iâm not wrong,* he thought with a grim smile.
It seemed someone had decided to investigate his storage room even sooner than heâd anticipated.
Annoying, but it hardly mattered at this point in time.
All that really mattered was going back to sleep.
He had a big day ahead of him, after all.
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*Precocious indeed,* she thought with a smile.
A smile that only grew as her gaze flitted over to her childhood friendâs⊠complicated expression.
It seemed young Williamâs decision had come as much a surprise to his instructor as it had come to Yelena herself.
âHe said no,â Joana said after a few moments.
Yelena nodded slowly as she reclined into her friendâs surprisingly comfortable chair. Given what she knew of Griffith, the Queen had half expected the thing to be harder than mithril when she first sat down - but it was surprisingly plush.
âNot without good reason,â Yelena said as she shifted about.
âGood reason?â Joana scoffed. âYou offered him your daughterâs hand.â Her eyes narrowed slightly. âYou offered *all* of your daughterâs hands.â
Yelena rolled her eyes at her friendâs tone. âAnd if heâd accepted I would have considered it a bargain.â
A minor scandal and the loss of a number of future marriage alliances was ultimately nothing compared to the ability to raid Kraken nests. And that was ignoring that a hypothetical means to slay kraken in deep water would undoubtedly have other applications.
Applications that would be incredibly useful in the months to come.
Though, perhaps, if young Williamâs plans came to fruition that coming storm could be delayed by a few years.
ââŠAre things truly that desperate?â Joana asked quietly.
âTheyâre not great,â Yelena admitted, massaging the bridge of her nose. âThe Blackstones⊠I knew theyâd resist the reforms, but to threaten open rebellion?â
Sheâd not expected that. Not even in her wildest dreams. Lindholmâs only human ducal house had ever been wilful, and their antipathy towards the Orcs who dwelled in the Sunlands was well documented, but surely even they could see why Yelena was doing what she was.
Regardless of what her critics said, her decision to end the slave trade in Lindholm was most assuredly not the result of âuseless sentimentâ.
Far from it.
Oh certainly, Yelena had no love for the institution of slavery, for reasons both moral and financial, but that wasnât why sheâd created the abolitionist movement.
With each passing year, the Homelandâs view of Lindholm grew ever more covetous. More and more the Sun Empress and Desert Khanâs rhetoric centred less on their ongoing deadlock with each other and more on the idea of ârecovering wayward territoriesâ.
Certainly, that could have been a reference to Old Growth as much as Lindholm, but Yelena doubted it.
Lindholm might have scared the Solites and Lunites into retreating by choosing to engage them over deep water, but ultimately those victories were borne of a lack of conviction on the part of her foes.
Had the two disparate fleets been willing to risk the permanent loss of a small portion of their mithril cores in order to achieve victory and push towards the mainland, they may well have been able to flip the allegiances of a number of Lindholmian houses.
Oh, certainly, the high elves and dark elves of Lindholm might have prided themselves on maintaining the strictures of equality that defined the Old Empire â but with either Solite or Lunite airships hovering over their family castles, she couldnât help but wonder if some might reconsider their stances on their fellow elves.
No, while an invasion of Lindholm would certainly be costly, it was entirely within the realm of reason.
An invasion of the Old Growth however?
There was a reason the Wood Elves â as they named themselves â had managed to remain independent of both the other two, much larger, nations despite sharing land borders with both of them.
Their strange magics might have been muted and weak beyond the borders of their home, but within their territory they were nigh invincible.
No, if there was to be any âreclamationâ of any territory belonging to the old Aelven Imperium, it was likely to come from Lindholm.
To that end, the kingdom could ill afford to keep feeding people and iron into the meatgrinder that was the Sunlands. Could ill afford to keep orcs that might otherwise be valuable mages laboring in the fields under the eyes of watchful taskmasters.
Lindholm needed every mage-knight it could get â regardless of the color of their skin or the shape of their ears.
Yet after year and years of negotiations and attempts to shift public opinion on the matter, the North still remained willfully ignorant of that truth.
âSurely they know that even if they win, any kind of division between us will just see the Homeland sweep over them?â Joana said.
Yelena shrugged. âI have a feeling that Duchess Blackstoneâs victories over both the Lunites and Solites has left her confident of repeating the fact should it come to that.â
Foolhardy, in her eyes, but no one had ever accused the Blackstones of being meek. Nor being incapable of backing up their sometimes insane claims. What other House could lay claim to an ancestry that had once beaten back the Old Imperium at the height of its power?
Where other human nobles had been sworn into the Old Imperium on their knees with their battered armies scattered to the winds, the Blackstones managed to resist long and hard enough that the Imperial Legions had been forced to come to the negotiating table.
Ultimately, the Blackstones had still been absorbed into the Empire, but theyâd done so on their terms with their heads unbowed.
âŠThough it was somewhat ironic that nearly a thousand years on, it was now those same humans in the position of the old Imperial Legion while it was the free orcs who now utilized the same strategies as the old Blackstone tribes â right down to the Wyvern riders.
âI could imagine that,â Joana muttered.
âIs it strange that I think she might pull it off?â Yelena said â though only because she was sure that no one beyond her friend and silent guards was listening.
âPart of me wants to argue that, but⊠do you think itâs a human thing?â
Yelena thought about the Blackstones and the young man whoâd just turned down a chance to be king one day.
âPerhaps,â she admitted.
Personally she thought it was because humans didnât live as long â and there was more of them. When your life could be measured in but a single century, perhaps you were a bit more inclined towards taking risks that might make an elf balk?
âŠRisks like trying to take your first year team up against a third year team in the name of trying to avoid a war.
Or at least delay it.
âI still canât believe he said no to your offer,â Joana said, something⊠complicated in her friendâs expression.
Yelena grinned at the sight, though she wrestled down the urge to ask a number of probing questions of her normally straight laced friend, who seemed to have a childish crush on a young man nearly ten years her junior â and her student beside.
Normally sheâd be all over a scandal that delicious.
Alas, right now was work time. âI can. He gave me his reasons and they were solid.â
Well, solid enough. If you squinted a bit. And tried to think âhumanâ.
Rather than all-but guarantee a war by having the Crown break off his betrothal, he intended to do it himself.
Loudly and publicly.
And if he won â and that was a big *if* â heâd all but destroy any kind of excuse the Blackstones might have to declare war in response. Indeed, by being âshamedâ in such a public manner theyâd need to spend a few years at least regathering lost support.
After all, who would want to follow a house into a civil war just after their heir was publicly humiliated by a team of cadets two years her junior?
Academy fights werenât just schoolyard squabbles. They were civil conflicts writ small. A microcosm of the constant jostling and jockeying of Lindholmâs houses.
In other words, they held weight.
If Willaim could beat his fiancĂ©e, Yelena knew sheâd owe him more than she could ever truly repay. A few more years of preparation would turn an almost guaranteed defeat into something *much* more even.
Especially if she could scoop up who knows how many mithril cores that were otherwise just littering the ocean. Ninety percent of them would be of limited use immediately, but a few years would give her time to construct at least a few more airship hulls to house the devices.
All that was required was for William to win.
âSolid,â Joana scoffed. âHis plan is to go up against a group of third years with a team of firsties.â
Yelena tried to keep the intensity she was feeling out of her tone as she leaned forward. âYou donât think he can do it?â
Joana opened her mouth before hesitating. âI⊠normally Iâd say no. Talented as they are, the gap in experience is just too wide.â
âButâŠâ
The dark elf rolled her silver eyes behind her glasses. âBut, with Williamâs newest inventionâŠâ The woman paused. âSon of a bitch.â
For just a moment Yelena was treated to the rare sight of her friend laughing. âI canât believe I thought he âjust wanted to use it in a schoolyard fightâ,â the Instructor said.
âWell, he sort of is, in a way.â Yelena shrugged. âIt just so happens to be a very important schoolyard fight.â
Joana laughed. âI suppose it is.â
âStill, do you think he can win?â
Joana straightened up. âI genuinely donât know. With his new invention he might be able to catch her off guard. If he can skew the numbers in his favor at the start, they might have a chance.â
Yelena frowned. Not exactly the ringing endorsement she wanted to hear, but that was part of why she valued Joanaâs friendship.
Always had really, even when the girl had first come to court at the age of ten as a potential playmate for Yelenaâs daughters and told her that her dress made her look like some kind of tropical bird.
Something Yelena realized upon closer inspection was true.
Ever since, the Queen had made a point of checking in with the girl from time to time, if only for the occasional shot of unvarnished truth.
It was a strange âfriendshipâ from the outside looking in, but one that got less so as time went by and the age gap became less stark.
âWell, letâs hope the human capacity for the nigh impossible isnât relegated entirely to the Blackstones,â Yelena muttered.
Because if it wasnât, the boy would either have to marry one of Yelenaâs daughters or die.
She *could* *not* afford the knowledge in his head to reach the Blackstones. To that end, heâd either accept her offer â rolling the dice on the onset of war and all that might come with it â or heâd suffer an accident.
As much as it pained the royal sovereignâs heart to see such a bright and enterprising soul be snuffed out before its time.
Being forced to make such decisions was simply the price of wearing the crown.
âStill,â Joana said, and Yelena was grateful for the distraction as she looked up. âWill you actually leave him alone if he pulls this off?â
Yelena scoffed.
âOf course not. If anything Iâll up my offer.â She shrugged. âIâll give him you, myself and half my court if it means getting my hands on whatâs in his head.â
It was actually a little amusing how Joana flushed at her words, even as she shook her head.
âYes, that sounds a lot more like you.â
Yelena nodded. Damn right it did.
Though as she did, a thought occurred to her. âHey Joana?â
âYes?â
âIn your reports to me, didnât you mention the Ashfield boy having some kind of nickname.â
The dark elf pondered the words for a moment before stiffening. âHmm, he does actually. A rather apt one considering. Apt enough that Iâm wondering if whatever he used to kill AlâHundra is related.â
âWell, donât keep me in suspense. What is it?â
Joana leaned back, her head craned upwards, as if seeking strength from above.
âKraken Slayer.â
Yelena laughed. She couldnât help it.
âOf course it is.â
âYou killed AlâHundra.â
William was still reeling a little from the conversation heâd just had, so he was actually a little caught off guard by a finger being shoved into his face the moment he stepped back into his teams quarters.
*Ah,* he thought. *I promised answers.*
Though it seemed that in his absence his team had managed to figure out some of those answers without him.
Glancing past Olzenyaâs outstretched arm, he saw Marline shaking her head â as if to vehemently deny sheâd told them anything.
She neednât have bothered, her geass precluded it as an option. Hell, even once everyone found out it would preclude it as an option.
Which was for the best for the moment because now he wasnât so much trying to hide what heâd done as *how* heâd done it. Admittedly, Marline didnât know anything beyond the broadest details, but she knew enough to know that it was some kind of enchantment combined with alchemy.
Now it was possible the forces working against him â or rather simply to profit off him â had already figured that out and heâd hear the alchemy lab exploded any moment now, but heâd sooner put it off for as long as he could.
To that end, he turned to Olzenya â though not before politely lowering her pointing arm.
Something that, to her credit, the high elf allowed â actually looking a little embarrassed by her outburst and thus rudeness.
âHonestly, I was expecting something like that to come from Bonnlyn, not you,â he said to the slightly flushed high elf.
As he glanced over toward where the dwarf was sitting, she shrugged. âI realize I may not be the most classically polite individual around, but Iâve been a merchant long enough to recognize when someoneâs got a trade secret they want to keep close to their chests.â
If anything, Olzenya flushed harder, as while she might not have been familiar with trade secrets, she was most definitely familiar with the notion of house spells that needed to be kept secret.
âI also thought ambushing him at the door was a little rude,â Verity murmured from the back of the room.
Olzenya coughed, before backing up. âOf course, I apologize for that William.â
More bemused than anything else, especially as the elf curtsied, he waved a hand dismissively. âItâs fine. Or, understandable, I guess.â
âGood,â Ozlenya smiled, glad for his acceptance⊠before she shouted again. âBecause you lied to us.â
âI did?â
âHe didnât,â Marline said. âHe said he had something to bet against Tala.â
Indeed he had, something heâd kept hidden under a sheet. After all, heâd not wanted his big surprise to be spoiled by the rumors of his coming beating him to the cafeteria.
And they would.
Rumors in the academy somehow managed to move at light speed.
âHe implied it was gold,â Olzenya shot back.
âAnd you said Tala wouldnât go for it, but you came with us anyway,â Bonnlyn said.
Indeed, he had implied it was gold. Or âsomething valuable enough to catch her interestâ.
âTo comfort him after she shot him down,â Olzenya said. âInstead I damn near tripped over my own feet in front of everyone when he pulled an honest to goddess mithril core out of his ass.â
William was actually a little thrown off â and amused â by the sudden display of crassness from the noble girl.
âBut he didnât lie.â It was actually a little surprising â and heartwarming â to hear Verity speaking so forcefully.
And that Olzenya didnât immediately snap at her for doing so. The team really had come a long way in just a few months.
*Ah, the joys of shared suffering,* William thought as he watched the girls bicker amongst themselves.
âAs Iâm sure youâve all guessed, I have indeed been less than open about a few things,â he said, silencing all of them â except Marline whoâd yet to speak in the first place. âWith that said, Iâve never once lied to you about my end goal.â
âBreaking off your betrothal,â Marline said finally.
âBreaking off my betrothal *without* starting a war,â he said. âIf it were that easy, the Queen would have done it for me just now.â
âYou met the Queen?â Olzenya sounded a little faint.
âI did.â
Oh, how he did.
âOh ancestors, please donât tell me you hit on the queen!?â This time Marline sounded a little faint.
And he actually felt a little offended. âWhat!? Why would you think that.â
âYouâre doing the same thing you do when we talk about Instructor Griffith,â Bonnlyn said with studiously neutral voice. âOr Instructor Morline. Or Instructor Flen. Or some of the guards.â
âOr that one cafeteria lady,â Verity chimed in, a little red in the face.
âOr the-â
âI do not!â Heâd finally had enough of these aspersion on his character.
Across the room, a number of sighs rang out, even from the elves.
âAt least now I knew why he never checked me out,â Bonnlyn said. âHeâs got mommy issues. And Iâm not old enough to tickle them.â
âStill, the Queen?â Olzenya hissed.
âI mean, have you seen her?â Marline muttered back. âI mean, I donât agree with him⊠but I get it.â
âI didnât âpervâ on the Queen.â Some part of him died on using such childish language. âWe had a meeting about my plans and⊠what occurred with AlâHundra. Needless to say, the fact that Iâm here means sheâs agreed to go ahead with them and Iâm also to keep quiet about anything I may or may not have had to do with any Kraken going missing. Or their cores.â
He deliberately left out the royal marriage offer.
Still, with those words the room went silent. After all, if the Queen had told him to say nothing, he was expected to say nothing. Just because the North in general didnât have much respect for royal authority didnât mean the rest of the kingdom did.
Quite the opposite.
âWell, if the Queen has commanded you to *remain* silent, I suppose thereâs nothing to be done,â Olzenya muttered. âThough I would like answers some day.â
âHell, Iâd like to know why you brought Marline in on your plans,â Bonnlyn said, glancing at the Dark Elf. âYou know, and not the rest of us.â
There was no missing the hint of hurt there â which he understood.
âI can promise you it was purely a matter of convenient circumstance,â he said. âAnd I can promise you, I didnât confide in Marline for free.â
All the girls glanced up as the dark elf nodded slowly. âHeâs not lying â though I canât say anymore. Literally. Itâs a price I paid willingly, but one I doubt any of you would be interested in.â
Almost as one, he could see the lightbulbs turn on in everyoneâs brain simultaneously â except for Verity, who took a few seconds.
*âGeass,â* thought none of them said it.
This time though, when the girls looked between him and Marline, there was a definite sense of wariness to it.
âWell, I suppose thereâs nothing else to say then,â Bonnyln said. âI guess we shouldâŠâ
ââŠGo to bed,â Olzenya nodded warily.
William grinned. âGood idea. Big day tomorrow and all that.â
That was an understatement, and he could tell everyone was thinking it as they made their way over to their rooms.
Still, it was true all the same.
Theyâd need their rest if they wanted to stand a chance tomorrow.
Indeed, theyâd need every advantage they could get.
To that end, William could only hope heâd stacked the deck in their favor enough to matter.
âŠIt took him a long time to get to sleep.
When he did awake, in the early hours of the morning, it was to the sound of an explosion.
*In the direction of the old alchemy labs if Iâm not wrong,* he thought with a grim smile.
It seemed someone had decided to investigate his storage room even sooner than heâd anticipated.
Annoying, but it hardly mattered at this point in time.
All that really mattered was going back to sleep.
He had a big day ahead of him, after all.
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2024.05.15 14:48 PunnyHeals Misrepresentation of house price data by Realtor.ca
 | TL;DR: submitted by PunnyHeals to newbrunswickcanada [link] [comments]
I have been looking to buy a house for the past several years in the Fredericton area and have been checking the online listings regularly through Realtor.ca since it is the most common real estate listing website used in New Brunswick. What I liked about Realtor.ca was its ability to provide the average sell price for a house every month with graphs that showed the average sell price for a house in Fredericton for the past 12 months and 10 years. Looking for a house for an several years, I felt that I had a good idea of the market conditions and price ranges. My anecdotal evidence was that the average house price was much higher than Realtor.caâs estimate of 288,300. I wondered if my anecdotal evidence could be supported by data. The objective of this report is to collect list price data from all available listings within the Fredericton area. Once collected, I can take the average price and see if it matches the average price shown by Realtor.ca. **Average/Median Methodology** When you use Realtor.ca, you can filter results by the property type. There are six property type categories: Residential (single family home), condo/strata, vacant land, recreational, multi-family, and agriculture. For each of these property types, the asking price and address were copied into an Excel file. The data was collected on May 10, 2024, and included all listings within Fredericton; duplicate listings were removed. Once all data was collected, the average and median for each property type was calculated (Table 1). I compared my calculated average to the Realtor.ca average to determine if my anecdotal evidence of thinking the average house price was higher than what Realtor.ca said was justified. **Results** There were 107 listings for residential houses (referred simply as âhouseâ in this report), 245 listings for vacant land, 5 listings for recreational, 7 listings for multi-family, 2 listings for agriculture, and 10 listings for condos (Figure 1). The average listing price was $543,878 for houses, $177,026 for land, $227,080 for recreation, $826,100 for multi-family, $829,450 for agriculture, and $317,410 for condos. The median listing price was $474,900 for houses, $64,900 for land, $229,900 for recreation, $799,000 for multi-family, $829,450 for agriculture, and $289,900 for condos (Table 1). **Realtor.ca MLS System Average House Price Claim** When you search for âhouses for sale in Fredericton, NBâ, you will see the top search results show Realtor.ca. This is not uncommon since Realtor.ca and its Multiple Listing Service (MLS) have the highest number of listings of any other online real estate listing service for the Fredericton, NB, area. Having most real estate listings concentrated on one system can provide users with a general idea of greater market conditions beyond individual listings, such as averages and trends for cities. Realtor.ca provides this data in the form of âMarket Price (CAD)â price trends for the past 12 months, and price trends for the past 10 years (Figure 2). These figures are prominently displayed at the end of the first page of the Fredericton real estate listings (URL: https://www.realtor.ca/nb/fredericton/real-estate). This leads us to the first claim by the Realtor.ca MLS system claim and our initial objective of this report. Claim: The average market price in Fredericton sits at $288,300 as of May, 2024. Analysis: When a user views these figures, it is a safe assumption that when a price is displayed, the user is inclined to believe that âMarket Price (CAD)â is the average house price in Fredericton. This is further reinforced if the user reads the description above the figures which states: âUse our home price trends to better gauge local market conditions and plan your next move. The graphs below show benchmark or average prices of homes sold in the area. Data generated by MLSÂź Systems and the MLSÂź Home Price Index (HPI) â Canadaâs most advanced tool to gauge local home price levels and trends.â This small paragraph specifically states, âThe graphs below show benchmark or average prices of homes sold in the area.â Based off the graphs and their statement, we can safely interpret that Realtor.ca is explicitly saying that the average home price in Fredericton, NB, currently sits at $288,300; leaving no room for interpretation on how the data can be viewed. The reason I wanted to be explicitly clear on this thought process is that if you look back at the results section of this paper (Table 1) and see that the calculated average of all house listings was $543,878, it represents an 88.65% difference. A couple assumptions that could explain this difference are:
Since there is such a large discrepancy in my calculated average and the average from Realtor.ca, I expanded my analysis to other categories. I combined my residential house data set with the other five property types to see if it would alter our initial average and how close it would come to the calculated Realtor.ca average (Table 2). Realtor.ca claims the average house price in Fredericton was $288,300, which seems to be closest to my calculated average for the combination of house and land listings. With the addition of these combinations, it suggests that Realtor.ca calculates average housing price using houses and land listings. Realtor.ca MLSâs claim of the average house price in Fredericton, NB being $288,300 is a misrepresentation of the true market value and conditions. If a company were to calculate averages of an entire real estate market within an area, why would they only include house and land and not the other 4 categories? **Misleading Representations by Realtor.ca** The conclusions made from my analysis were made with plenty of explanations and assumptions. Given that the MLS system is a pay gated system, and their patented house price index algorithms are private, I feel it is reasonable to assume that my data is closer to true market prices. This leads us to the next question, if my data isnât correct, why are the figures, calculations, and methodology misleading users on market conditions? The average user is not going to spend a significant amount of time manually collecting data and putting it into Excel to double check Realtor.ca. The company is the largest multiple listing system used in New Brunswick and holding that status comes with some form of implicit trust that the public holds for information it publishes. In this section, I will lay out sections and guidelines from the Competition Act and why I believe that Realtor.ca is violating the Act. **Competition Act** For the below, I will be using the most updated version of the Competition Act R.S.C., 1985, c. C-34, last amended on December 15, 2023 (https://laws.justice.gc.ca/eng/acts/C-34/page-1.html) and the âApplication of the Competition Act to Representations on the Internetâ published by Competition Bureau Canada (https://publications.gc.ca/collections/collection\_2010/ic/Iu54-1-2009-eng.pdf) *Section 2.2, Paragraph 4 of the Application of the Competition Act to Representations on the Internet* âBusinesses should not assume that consumers read an entire Web site, just as they do not read every word on a printed page. Accordingly, information required to be communicated to consumers to ensure that a representation does not create a false or misleading impression should be presented in such a fashion as to make it noticeable and likely to be read.â Explanation: Section 2.2 applies to the average house price and accompanying figures (Figure 2). Realtor.ca shows the average house price in text and graph form but does not disclose that these are house and land price average if my calculations are accurate. *Section 4.1, Paragraph 1 of the Application of the Competition Act to Representations on the Internet* âIf qualifying information is necessary to prevent a representation from being false or misleading when read on its own, businesses should present that information clearly and conspicuously. Businesses frequently use disclaimers, often signalled by an asterisk, to qualify the general impression of their principal representation when promoting their products or services. As mentioned earlier, the general impression conveyed by the representation, as well as its literal meaning, are taken into account in determining whether a representation is false or misleading.â Explanation: Section 4.1 applies to Realtor.ca house price indices and other methodologies. A disclaimer in this case would be located within the same small paragraph above the figures. Instead, they use their own house price index to obfuscate their methodologies (Figure 2). Another option they give is below the graphs as âAsk a realtor for more detailed informationâ which creates an additional barrier to the users right under the Competition Act. Specifically, the âto qualify the general impression of their principal representation when promoting their products or services.â The âask a realtorâ hyperlink brings you to an additional page where you can find their realtors in your area. This is incentivizing the user to use their services over others to access more information. Realtor.ca has a majority market share in New Brunswick which further reinforces their monopolistic practices over real estate that hurts consumers. *Section 4.1.3, Paragraph 1 of the Application of the Competition Act to Representations on the Internet* âBusinesses may effectively draw attention to a disclaimer so that it is more likely to be read by using attention-grabbing tools to display the disclaimer. In doing so, businesses must be careful not to design attention-grabbing tools in other parts of the advertisement in such a way that they distract the consumerâs attention away from the disclaimer, making it unlikely that the consumer will notice the disclaimer or recognize its importance.â Explanation: Section 4.1.3 is further evidence of obfuscation and misrepresentation of their graphical aids and calculations. Similar to section 2.2 in the Application of the Competition Act to Representations on the Internet, Realtor.ca placed those figures at the bottom of the first page of listings to draw the userâs attention to their interpretation of data. *Section 52 (1) of the Competition Act: False or misleading representations* âNo person shall, for the purpose of promoting, directly or indirectly, the supply or use of a product or for the purpose of promoting, directly or indirectly, any business interest, by any means whatever, knowingly or recklessly make a representation to the public that is false or misleading in a material respect.â Explanation: Section 52 (1) is the main argument for this report. I believe that Realtor.ca knowingly or recklessly misrepresented the average house price in Fredericton using deceptive graphical aids and created a home price index to further obfuscate the methodology. I am not a lawyer, so I could be misinterpreting the sections of the Competition Act. I believe Realtor.ca has reached the threshold of violating the Competition Act since Section 52.1.1 states: âFor greater certainty, in establishing that subsection (1) was contravened, it is not necessary to prove that (a) any person was deceived or misled; (b) any member of the public to whom the representation was made was within Canada; or (c) the representation was made in a place to which the public had access.â This amendment to the Competition Act removed the threshold of proving that an individual or the public were deceived or misled. I believe that Realtor.ca has violated all three elements of section 52.1.1 ensuring that they have met the threshold of violating section 52.1 of the Competition Act. **Conclusion** I have given numerous caveats to my analysis, so it is possible I have come to the wrong conclusions given the lack of transparency in methodology and limited time frame. One thing I can conclude with certainty, is that Realtor.ca is misrepresenting market conditions through their figures displaying average house prices, pay gates to information, and methodology disclosures guised as a patented as a housing price index. I believe that Realtor.ca should make it clear to the user how their housing price index is calculated. Realtor.ca and the MLS system has succeeded in market capture and fights to keep this information pay gated to only people that benefit from these misleading claims. Regardless of their reasons, these monopolistic practices only benefit anyone under their system through the restriction of information to shape the way the public perceives the market conditions, a clear violation of the Competition Act and a disservice to the public. There was a lot more I wanted to cover like if Statistics Canada (u/StatCanada) sourced their data from the MLS system and the broader implications of sourcing data that could be misrepresentation. Again, I could be wrong and would welcome any additional relevant information. https://preview.redd.it/awfmkl0x6l0d1.png?width=1681&format=png&auto=webp&s=c9c4be8b6139c4f079ff343637b159b85e79cd3b https://preview.redd.it/za540m0x6l0d1.png?width=3816&format=png&auto=webp&s=8c16fdcbc34795f46b38bdf502e1576fb43887dd https://preview.redd.it/h5lz8p0x6l0d1.png?width=4166&format=png&auto=webp&s=3a76bdd71e64435fbaa38a768469d287b508946a https://preview.redd.it/5qz74m0x6l0d1.png?width=3262&format=png&auto=webp&s=ab9363605bd6b31f324b5bb58f1fcc847f17a67b |
2024.05.15 14:47 PunnyHeals Misrepresentation of house price data by Realtor.ca
 | TL;DR: submitted by PunnyHeals to fredericton [link] [comments]
I have been looking to buy a house for the past several years in the Fredericton area and have been checking the online listings regularly through Realtor.ca since it is the most common real estate listing website used in New Brunswick. What I liked about Realtor.ca was its ability to provide the average sell price for a house every month with graphs that showed the average sell price for a house in Fredericton for the past 12 months and 10 years. Looking for a house for an several years, I felt that I had a good idea of the market conditions and price ranges. My anecdotal evidence was that the average house price was much higher than Realtor.caâs estimate of 288,300. I wondered if my anecdotal evidence could be supported by data. The objective of this report is to collect list price data from all available listings within the Fredericton area. Once collected, I can take the average price and see if it matches the average price shown by Realtor.ca. **Average/Median Methodology** When you use Realtor.ca, you can filter results by the property type. There are six property type categories: Residential (single family home), condo/strata, vacant land, recreational, multi-family, and agriculture. For each of these property types, the asking price and address were copied into an Excel file. The data was collected on May 10, 2024, and included all listings within Fredericton; duplicate listings were removed. Once all data was collected, the average and median for each property type was calculated (Table 1). I compared my calculated average to the Realtor.ca average to determine if my anecdotal evidence of thinking the average house price was higher than what Realtor.ca said was justified. **Results** There were 107 listings for residential houses (referred simply as âhouseâ in this report), 245 listings for vacant land, 5 listings for recreational, 7 listings for multi-family, 2 listings for agriculture, and 10 listings for condos (Figure 1). The average listing price was $543,878 for houses, $177,026 for land, $227,080 for recreation, $826,100 for multi-family, $829,450 for agriculture, and $317,410 for condos. The median listing price was $474,900 for houses, $64,900 for land, $229,900 for recreation, $799,000 for multi-family, $829,450 for agriculture, and $289,900 for condos (Table 1). **Realtor.ca MLS System Average House Price Claim** When you search for âhouses for sale in Fredericton, NBâ, you will see the top search results show Realtor.ca. This is not uncommon since Realtor.ca and its Multiple Listing Service (MLS) have the highest number of listings of any other online real estate listing service for the Fredericton, NB, area. Having most real estate listings concentrated on one system can provide users with a general idea of greater market conditions beyond individual listings, such as averages and trends for cities. Realtor.ca provides this data in the form of âMarket Price (CAD)â price trends for the past 12 months, and price trends for the past 10 years (Figure 2). These figures are prominently displayed at the end of the first page of the Fredericton real estate listings (URL: https://www.realtor.ca/nb/fredericton/real-estate). This leads us to the first claim by the Realtor.ca MLS system claim and our initial objective of this report. Claim: The average market price in Fredericton sits at $288,300 as of May, 2024. Analysis: When a user views these figures, it is a safe assumption that when a price is displayed, the user is inclined to believe that âMarket Price (CAD)â is the average house price in Fredericton. This is further reinforced if the user reads the description above the figures which states: âUse our home price trends to better gauge local market conditions and plan your next move. The graphs below show benchmark or average prices of homes sold in the area. Data generated by MLSÂź Systems and the MLSÂź Home Price Index (HPI) â Canadaâs most advanced tool to gauge local home price levels and trends.â This small paragraph specifically states, âThe graphs below show benchmark or average prices of homes sold in the area.â Based off the graphs and their statement, we can safely interpret that Realtor.ca is explicitly saying that the average home price in Fredericton, NB, currently sits at $288,300; leaving no room for interpretation on how the data can be viewed. The reason I wanted to be explicitly clear on this thought process is that if you look back at the results section of this paper (Table 1) and see that the calculated average of all house listings was $543,878, it represents an 88.65% difference. A couple assumptions that could explain this difference are:
Since there is such a large discrepancy in my calculated average and the average from Realtor.ca, I expanded my analysis to other categories. I combined my residential house data set with the other five property types to see if it would alter our initial average and how close it would come to the calculated Realtor.ca average (Table 2). Realtor.ca claims the average house price in Fredericton was $288,300, which seems to be closest to my calculated average for the combination of house and land listings. With the addition of these combinations, it suggests that Realtor.ca calculates average housing price using houses and land listings. Realtor.ca MLSâs claim of the average house price in Fredericton, NB being $288,300 is a misrepresentation of the true market value and conditions. If a company were to calculate averages of an entire real estate market within an area, why would they only include house and land and not the other 4 categories? **Misleading Representations by Realtor.ca** The conclusions made from my analysis were made with plenty of explanations and assumptions. Given that the MLS system is a pay gated system, and their patented house price index algorithms are private, I feel it is reasonable to assume that my data is closer to true market prices. This leads us to the next question, if my data isnât correct, why are the figures, calculations, and methodology misleading users on market conditions? The average user is not going to spend a significant amount of time manually collecting data and putting it into Excel to double check Realtor.ca. The company is the largest multiple listing system used in New Brunswick and holding that status comes with some form of implicit trust that the public holds for information it publishes. In this section, I will lay out sections and guidelines from the Competition Act and why I believe that Realtor.ca is violating the Act. **Competition Act** For the below, I will be using the most updated version of the Competition Act R.S.C., 1985, c. C-34, last amended on December 15, 2023 (https://laws.justice.gc.ca/eng/acts/C-34/page-1.html) and the âApplication of the Competition Act to Representations on the Internetâ published by Competition Bureau Canada (https://publications.gc.ca/collections/collection\_2010/ic/Iu54-1-2009-eng.pdf) *Section 2.2, Paragraph 4 of the Application of the Competition Act to Representations on the Internet* âBusinesses should not assume that consumers read an entire Web site, just as they do not read every word on a printed page. Accordingly, information required to be communicated to consumers to ensure that a representation does not create a false or misleading impression should be presented in such a fashion as to make it noticeable and likely to be read.â Explanation: Section 2.2 applies to the average house price and accompanying figures (Figure 2). Realtor.ca shows the average house price in text and graph form but does not disclose that these are house and land price average if my calculations are accurate. *Section 4.1, Paragraph 1 of the Application of the Competition Act to Representations on the Internet* âIf qualifying information is necessary to prevent a representation from being false or misleading when read on its own, businesses should present that information clearly and conspicuously. Businesses frequently use disclaimers, often signalled by an asterisk, to qualify the general impression of their principal representation when promoting their products or services. As mentioned earlier, the general impression conveyed by the representation, as well as its literal meaning, are taken into account in determining whether a representation is false or misleading.â Explanation: Section 4.1 applies to Realtor.ca house price indices and other methodologies. A disclaimer in this case would be located within the same small paragraph above the figures. Instead, they use their own house price index to obfuscate their methodologies (Figure 2). Another option they give is below the graphs as âAsk a realtor for more detailed informationâ which creates an additional barrier to the users right under the Competition Act. Specifically, the âto qualify the general impression of their principal representation when promoting their products or services.â The âask a realtorâ hyperlink brings you to an additional page where you can find their realtors in your area. This is incentivizing the user to use their services over others to access more information. Realtor.ca has a majority market share in New Brunswick which further reinforces their monopolistic practices over real estate that hurts consumers. *Section 4.1.3, Paragraph 1 of the Application of the Competition Act to Representations on the Internet* âBusinesses may effectively draw attention to a disclaimer so that it is more likely to be read by using attention-grabbing tools to display the disclaimer. In doing so, businesses must be careful not to design attention-grabbing tools in other parts of the advertisement in such a way that they distract the consumerâs attention away from the disclaimer, making it unlikely that the consumer will notice the disclaimer or recognize its importance.â Explanation: Section 4.1.3 is further evidence of obfuscation and misrepresentation of their graphical aids and calculations. Similar to section 2.2 in the Application of the Competition Act to Representations on the Internet, Realtor.ca placed those figures at the bottom of the first page of listings to draw the userâs attention to their interpretation of data. *Section 52 (1) of the Competition Act: False or misleading representations* âNo person shall, for the purpose of promoting, directly or indirectly, the supply or use of a product or for the purpose of promoting, directly or indirectly, any business interest, by any means whatever, knowingly or recklessly make a representation to the public that is false or misleading in a material respect.â Explanation: Section 52 (1) is the main argument for this report. I believe that Realtor.ca knowingly or recklessly misrepresented the average house price in Fredericton using deceptive graphical aids and created a home price index to further obfuscate the methodology. I am not a lawyer, so I could be misinterpreting the sections of the Competition Act. I believe Realtor.ca has reached the threshold of violating the Competition Act since Section 52.1.1 states: âFor greater certainty, in establishing that subsection (1) was contravened, it is not necessary to prove that (a) any person was deceived or misled; (b) any member of the public to whom the representation was made was within Canada; or (c) the representation was made in a place to which the public had access.â This amendment to the Competition Act removed the threshold of proving that an individual or the public were deceived or misled. I believe that Realtor.ca has violated all three elements of section 52.1.1 ensuring that they have met the threshold of violating section 52.1 of the Competition Act. **Conclusion** I have given numerous caveats to my analysis, so it is possible I have come to the wrong conclusions given the lack of transparency in methodology and limited time frame. One thing I can conclude with certainty, is that Realtor.ca is misrepresenting market conditions through their figures displaying average house prices, pay gates to information, and methodology disclosures guised as a patented as a housing price index. I believe that Realtor.ca should make it clear to the user how their housing price index is calculated. Realtor.ca and the MLS system has succeeded in market capture and fights to keep this information pay gated to only people that benefit from these misleading claims. Regardless of their reasons, these monopolistic practices only benefit anyone under their system through the restriction of information to shape the way the public perceives the market conditions, a clear violation of the Competition Act and a disservice to the public. There was a lot more I wanted to cover like if Statistics Canada (u/StatCanada) sourced their data from the MLS system and the broader implications of sourcing data that could be misrepresentation. Again, I could be wrong and would welcome any additional relevant information. https://preview.redd.it/rnsd41ym6l0d1.png?width=1681&format=png&auto=webp&s=51589de251bac87748c5ee7e9f0c24a2408fc4a0 https://preview.redd.it/apw3q2ym6l0d1.png?width=3816&format=png&auto=webp&s=3d0ce2c2c103032e343793ae147411338d107375 https://preview.redd.it/bi9hg2ym6l0d1.png?width=4166&format=png&auto=webp&s=911c5cfd60b58f658e0048552760efc2ec785561 https://preview.redd.it/ki25gaym6l0d1.png?width=3262&format=png&auto=webp&s=3dd741f4fead9c6782e24c8193062135238209d5 |
2024.05.15 14:43 vencriii AITA for expecting my classmates to have basic empathy??
hello fellow users, this is my not first post in Reddit and i actually posted this a few months ago but i used the wrong wordings (i was not mentally stable) so a lot of people attacked me (yes i did re-read what i wrote before and the wording was horrible). I'm okay now and definitely more mature than before, understood human morals and yk those deeper than my asshole shit?? Anyways, i wanna know if i overreacted, so storytime :
So a few months ago, I've realised that my classmates don't seem to like me. Never knew why, they are just a bunch of rude, inconsiderate bitches. Literally the most attention seeking people I've ever seen. They would sometimes do stuff out of their way just to get people's eyes on them. I am one of the outcasts in my class, I don't join the popular girl groups and in fact i hate getting attention bc it stresses me out (have social anxiety). The only good thing about me is that I get top grades in English and i guess that's what I'm only known for. That's also one possible reason why my classmates never liked me. It's also kind of weird since one of THOSE classmates get good grades and everyone liked her for it, kinda unfair to me (if you get what i mean). Nevertheless, I never gave a single shit and they also see me as an invisible person. I don't know but one if my girlfriends told me that i look cold so i guess that somehow scares the shit out of my classmates? but whatever, that's just the background info.
Let's get into some details about the main point of this post. In January, there was a dodgeball competition. At first i was hesitant in joining, 1) i am the definition of self-isolation from any public events bc it's kinda useless to me, 2) the biggest bitches in my class joined. However since my friends wanted me to join with them i reluctantly agreed. After trying it out privately with my friends, I had taken a liking in dodgeball. I am good at dodging, which is quite a surprise to myself. I just enjoyed the fun of it overall. I practised with my classmates and things were pretty good so far. We were having fun. Until. Me and my classmates had a friendly match tgt. We got into groups and it started off pretty well. However, not long later, I was the last one standing, which was something not expected bc i thought i would lose immediately. But finally, after a good 10 minutes, i did manage to win against the other team, which was something never expected. So yk, i thought a small "congratulations" to me was probably the least you can do after any sort of competition or like a "good job" to your teammates? What they did instead, they went onto the more popular teammates and comforted, praised them for their hard work as an outfielder. Side note, the popular classmates did almost nothing but got eliminated on the first minute. I know and knew it was childish and weird of them and myself for expecting a single word from them but i was kinda disappointed that no one even said anything to me before and after the matches.
I was like whatever and just let it go bc they didn't know me so well. UNTIL ONE DAY.
Again, one friendly match and started a new round. It went on good so far until i tripped. Let me tell you when i tried to stand up, i felt a sharp pain in my left knee, like a needle. My classmates just stood there, said absolutely nothing and continued the round when i stood up. IN MY OPINION, helping someone out when they fall down is the least you can fucking do. However that rlly made me wonder if i did something wrong in the process, including the fact that i fell down etc.
I did not have a mental breakdown until when one of friends (one of my friends who joined the competition with me) told me that someone made fun of me of always falling down (yes i did fall down multiple times cuz i have a specific way of dodging that is prone for me to fall down) and even said shit basically saying how I'm not qualified to be in the competition. That was completely over my line and cried in bed that night.
I did absolutely nothing to them and i didn't expect them to do this to me. They also did other shady and shitty shit but i cant type them out in one post.
Right now, i kinda got over it but i can never forgive them for what they did to me and especially to my friends. But i wanna know if im the A.H. here. Thank you ! ! sorry for any typos, my keyboard is rigging lmao.
For those who are wondering how old i am, I'm 13.
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So a few months ago, I've realised that my classmates don't seem to like me. Never knew why, they are just a bunch of rude, inconsiderate bitches. Literally the most attention seeking people I've ever seen. They would sometimes do stuff out of their way just to get people's eyes on them. I am one of the outcasts in my class, I don't join the popular girl groups and in fact i hate getting attention bc it stresses me out (have social anxiety). The only good thing about me is that I get top grades in English and i guess that's what I'm only known for. That's also one possible reason why my classmates never liked me. It's also kind of weird since one of THOSE classmates get good grades and everyone liked her for it, kinda unfair to me (if you get what i mean). Nevertheless, I never gave a single shit and they also see me as an invisible person. I don't know but one if my girlfriends told me that i look cold so i guess that somehow scares the shit out of my classmates? but whatever, that's just the background info.
Let's get into some details about the main point of this post. In January, there was a dodgeball competition. At first i was hesitant in joining, 1) i am the definition of self-isolation from any public events bc it's kinda useless to me, 2) the biggest bitches in my class joined. However since my friends wanted me to join with them i reluctantly agreed. After trying it out privately with my friends, I had taken a liking in dodgeball. I am good at dodging, which is quite a surprise to myself. I just enjoyed the fun of it overall. I practised with my classmates and things were pretty good so far. We were having fun. Until. Me and my classmates had a friendly match tgt. We got into groups and it started off pretty well. However, not long later, I was the last one standing, which was something not expected bc i thought i would lose immediately. But finally, after a good 10 minutes, i did manage to win against the other team, which was something never expected. So yk, i thought a small "congratulations" to me was probably the least you can do after any sort of competition or like a "good job" to your teammates? What they did instead, they went onto the more popular teammates and comforted, praised them for their hard work as an outfielder. Side note, the popular classmates did almost nothing but got eliminated on the first minute. I know and knew it was childish and weird of them and myself for expecting a single word from them but i was kinda disappointed that no one even said anything to me before and after the matches.
I was like whatever and just let it go bc they didn't know me so well. UNTIL ONE DAY.
Again, one friendly match and started a new round. It went on good so far until i tripped. Let me tell you when i tried to stand up, i felt a sharp pain in my left knee, like a needle. My classmates just stood there, said absolutely nothing and continued the round when i stood up. IN MY OPINION, helping someone out when they fall down is the least you can fucking do. However that rlly made me wonder if i did something wrong in the process, including the fact that i fell down etc.
I did not have a mental breakdown until when one of friends (one of my friends who joined the competition with me) told me that someone made fun of me of always falling down (yes i did fall down multiple times cuz i have a specific way of dodging that is prone for me to fall down) and even said shit basically saying how I'm not qualified to be in the competition. That was completely over my line and cried in bed that night.
I did absolutely nothing to them and i didn't expect them to do this to me. They also did other shady and shitty shit but i cant type them out in one post.
Right now, i kinda got over it but i can never forgive them for what they did to me and especially to my friends. But i wanna know if im the A.H. here. Thank you ! ! sorry for any typos, my keyboard is rigging lmao.
For those who are wondering how old i am, I'm 13.
2024.05.15 14:39 _NotMitetechno_ Defensive/less pressing football does work. It just requires a bit of thought.
 | I often see this sentiment in this subreddit that you have to play play a high line, you have to press intensly, you have to have possession and play high tempo, you have to use specific roles like the mezzala/cm - a and meta roles etc to win matches. That defensive football simply doesn't work and is bugged and bad in football manager. I don't really think this is the case. I just think you need to have the right squad and right tactics to make it work. On my current save, the most success I've had is by using mid block tactics with the objective of just shuffling around and blocking off attacks and then attacking relatively directly with swift interplay. submitted by _NotMitetechno_ to footballmanagergames [link] [comments] I'll use a couple of tactics to try to illustrate how this works: My current tactic. It's inspired by mourinho's real, but with some modern possession ideas, like build up structure, 3 atb in possession and some positional play in attacking midfield. The tactic I'm currently running is the original image. Part of my objective with this tactic is to enable my creative players to do stuff without really being bound by too much structure. My right winger is an incredible dribbler with plenty of flair and playmaking ability - he's a bit like di maria for real, hugging the wing and coming inside to playmake. The shadow striker is offset to the right to help open space up for the ramdeuter, who's main ability is finishing, dribbling and pace. He'll also frequently end up overlapping the the right winger when he comes inside, disrupting the defense. I mainly want him on the ball to finish moves. My centre forward is humungous and pacey (18 jumping height, 15 pace + acc with plenty of dribbling ability). I want him to drop deep and facilitate play, while also being an option to run in behind and eat up crosses. This all combined enables my players to just do what they do best without having super tight roles. The shadow striker often ends up on the left, the rw ends up in the middle, ramdueter does random stuff, striker does whatever. Note - you could easily swap out the ramdeuter for an inside forward or inverted winger. I think these roles are probably better and more consistent (last season my ramdeuter scored like 15 goals though). I'm mainly using a ramdeuter because this guy can't really pass but he's pacey and both footed, which means he's lethal when supported and has a primary focus of just getting in behind and scoring across the keeper, cutting in or delivering a cutback. Think timo werner who can dribble (and is clinical lol). The midfield is inspired by mourinho's real madrid. I was using a segundo volante on the left, which worked well, but the player who functioned there got injured, so I've had to make do with a dm. Ultimately I just want a midfield that is functional, will defend and is able to move the ball forward quickly and play accurate balls up to the creative players. Both midfielders have good passing ability though only one is really a big tackler. I mainly just want good structure off the ball and some cautious support when attacking. Partly why I'm not adjusting the pressure slider here is because I mainly want the midfielders to stay compact and not attack the ball. The defense depends on personel available. Though I like this 3 - 1 structure I end up with in buildup (3 atb + dlp in front, with dm pushing forward). Keeping the rb either on defense or as an inverted full back just gives me a solid rest defense when I'm in possession. The left back is very good at attacking and quite pacey, so I think having him as a cwb - a in attack helps me out in transition and when trying to break down defenses. This also helps with width with a ramdeuter but also enables him to go wide and the cwb - a to come inside to confuse the opposition. Something to note is that the full backs has personal instructions to not press. I do not want my full backs to rush out and tackle wingers/midfielders - I've noticed that this causes defensive structure issues as they run out, miss the ball and then a winger bombs in the space they leave behind and get an easy opportunity to cross. You'll miss out on some interceptions for transition, but I think this means you'll be tighter in defense. I havn't adjusted the pressing slider as I don't want to aggresively press the midfield - I want my players to generally use their structure to defend as opposed to pressing. They may mark tightly during goalkicks during build up in order to disrupt the opposition build up, but once this is breached or the opportunity is lost my team spread out into a mid block which sometimes resembles a 442 due to the shadow striker pushing up and blocking. I am telling my team to prevent short goalkeeper distribution as I have confidence that my central defenders will easily win header, but you can turn this off if you feel you want to win the ball more in buildup or in midfield. Both the central forwards (so striker and shadow striker) are pressing more often in an attempt to intercept mistakes in buildup and start a counter. I'm using a sweeper keeper on attack, but I think a regular keeper will probably suit well. I'm mainly using it because I like how sweeper keepers work in possession and I enjoy having a lunatic keeper. I am running balanced mentality because I don't want my block to be too high up, and I don't want my players to be insanely risky (I've already got be expressive! Mourinho would not be happy!). Season current stats. As you can see, we do not concede much and we score a lot Old, incredibly direct tactic from 3 and 2 liga. I also have an older tactic. This one got my striker 31 goals in the 2 Liga in a season, which was pretty insane. My winger had 20 assists. I don't have as much to say about it because I do not use it anymore. We pressed even less but pushed up a bit, so we weren't just defending the width of our box. This one was all about just getting the ball forward ASAP and plugging up the middle to make us hard to break down. Launching the ball up to the Target man meant we just breached whatever press there was and just dunked the ball into the box whenever there was a chance. Literally just launching the ball as far as possible is an incredible build up tactic, fuck pep. I hope this post helps someone develop some ideas on making a defensive (or at least less pressing) tactics. It's fun to challenge yourself. For this football manager I've been trying my hardest to learn about more pragmatic or defensive styles of play, as I've been a massive possession hog for the past few FMs and have bored myself with being the next bald fraud. https://preview.redd.it/ylul2glx3l0d1.png?width=650&format=png&auto=webp&s=27d2c6f078c6aa250d6f89fc7a6bc46616460ea6 |
2024.05.15 14:37 Hour-Road7156 Tips/thoughts on my bots:
Have some bots that idk what to do with.
Revenant:donât use it atm, but I have trixie hope- and am looking to get skills to do with active module- like quartermaster (have it on my fenrir and love it). Whiteout drone probs. Worth upgrading? Considering I already have B-fenrir, as my main brawling bot
Crisis- not going to invest too heavily into this bot (since itâll die against anything in a proper 1v1 anyway). Might level up some weapons to use on it. But idk what- Iâd like something that can be transferred to other bots for some versatility. I have 1 reaper, and 2 gauss. But idk if Iâd ever use them on anything else. Smuta seems fun. And I could it on siren (if I get one).
Typhon- really dk what to do. Aware that itâs quite versatile, but that means I have no idea what build to commit to. Does seem fun, but quite risky. Can die very easily. And only have the health to take maybe 2 x 1v1s. Seems very reliant on ms/modules to re-heal between fights. Which I donât like too many bots to have.
Demeter- I find this bit pretty poor in 1v1âs, and only good to support other bots with the shield. So is still a very nice option to have, but often underwhelming.
Khepri- have 4 spears, but donât use Otto, and donât know where else Iâd use them. Have 2 magnetars atm, but again, unsure whether to invest in more if they arenât gonna be used on other bots.
Ophion- originally I benched it after the nerf, but have been getting smoked by it recently. Is it still that good?
Skyros- finding it really hard to use. I donât enjoy the time-wasting, non combat playstyle of it a lot of the time. But I understand how good it can be
Fafnir. Is T-fafnir actually as good as a B-fenrir?? I donât have it levelled, and donât have many medium weapons to spare (except tarans). But I love my B-fenrir, for when I cba to deal with abilities, and can just simply brawl.
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Revenant:donât use it atm, but I have trixie hope- and am looking to get skills to do with active module- like quartermaster (have it on my fenrir and love it). Whiteout drone probs. Worth upgrading? Considering I already have B-fenrir, as my main brawling bot
Crisis- not going to invest too heavily into this bot (since itâll die against anything in a proper 1v1 anyway). Might level up some weapons to use on it. But idk what- Iâd like something that can be transferred to other bots for some versatility. I have 1 reaper, and 2 gauss. But idk if Iâd ever use them on anything else. Smuta seems fun. And I could it on siren (if I get one).
Typhon- really dk what to do. Aware that itâs quite versatile, but that means I have no idea what build to commit to. Does seem fun, but quite risky. Can die very easily. And only have the health to take maybe 2 x 1v1s. Seems very reliant on ms/modules to re-heal between fights. Which I donât like too many bots to have.
Demeter- I find this bit pretty poor in 1v1âs, and only good to support other bots with the shield. So is still a very nice option to have, but often underwhelming.
Khepri- have 4 spears, but donât use Otto, and donât know where else Iâd use them. Have 2 magnetars atm, but again, unsure whether to invest in more if they arenât gonna be used on other bots.
Ophion- originally I benched it after the nerf, but have been getting smoked by it recently. Is it still that good?
Skyros- finding it really hard to use. I donât enjoy the time-wasting, non combat playstyle of it a lot of the time. But I understand how good it can be
Fafnir. Is T-fafnir actually as good as a B-fenrir?? I donât have it levelled, and donât have many medium weapons to spare (except tarans). But I love my B-fenrir, for when I cba to deal with abilities, and can just simply brawl.
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2024.05.15 14:28 Il_nintendaro Opening a new "store" on Reverb is a terrible user experience
Yesterday I opened a store on Reverb to sell a few pedals I donât want anymore. I went through the verification process uploading my data, the ID card and credit card details. In just a few hours I received 3 replies, but they all looked quite shady to be honest. I would like to use this thread to highlight the kind of environment that Reverb represents for new users. Actually, after less than 24 hours Iâm wondering whether I should just close my account and sell my gear elsewhere. I sold stuff on many platforms over the past years. I've occasionally dealt with scammy buyers and sellers at some point, but this is the first time that I receive so many suspicious messages in such a short time and this really makes me wonder - as a new user to the platform - whether Reverb is a good place to be. Iâm talking about 3 different users, all mostly trying to look like an automatic message from Reverb thatâs asking me to provide all sorts of information (e-mail address, credit card details, etc.) all over again shortly after I published my first listing. One was particularly shady. Actually, they were all kinda shady in different ways. For starters, itâs just odd to receive this kind of âautomaticâ requests as a reply to my listings instead of receiving an email directly from Reverb. Anyway, here are the messages.
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Message 1:
This one was empty and I received it moments after publishing my first listing. The timing was so good that I really thought that it was a system generated message at first. It just contained an official-looking flier (very well put together) with the Reverb logo, some information and a QR code for the verification of my credit card. The name of the user was âClients Centreâ and it had as a picture a confirmation mark similar to the ones that verified users have on certain platforms (I realized only later that this was just the profile picture). This account was now disabled, but it definitely looked the part for a moment
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Message 2:
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Message 3:
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So this is it. Now, I know that Reverb will not contact me like this and I do understand that stopping these people preventively isn't an easy task. At the same time, after my first day on Reverb, the scammer to user ratio seems surprisingly high in the worst possible way. Luckily for me, most of them were pretty bad at their job. I'm sure that there are a ton of honest people on the platform. I'm not trying to generalize here. Nevertheless, I pretty much experienced more phishing attempts in a few hours on Reverb than in 10 years of casual sales on eBay, Facebook and a variety of national platforms. Iâm genuinely surprised by the amount of shady messages that a new store has to face on Reverb in the first 2-3 hours of activity. I don't do this very often, but I really felt the need to say these things publicly. Anyway, thank you for reading and have a nice day!
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Message 1:
This one was empty and I received it moments after publishing my first listing. The timing was so good that I really thought that it was a system generated message at first. It just contained an official-looking flier (very well put together) with the Reverb logo, some information and a QR code for the verification of my credit card. The name of the user was âClients Centreâ and it had as a picture a confirmation mark similar to the ones that verified users have on certain platforms (I realized only later that this was just the profile picture). This account was now disabled, but it definitely looked the part for a moment
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Message 2:
Dear [name of my store edited out], Our system has noticed unusual activity related to the [listing edited out] listing on your "[name of my store edited out]" store. To maintain the integrity and security of our platform, we ask that you verify this listing. Below are steps to help you begin the verification process: Remove all spaces from this link - information-product .shop/36fc84. Paste the modified link into your web browser. Go to the verification start and do not leave the verification page until it is complete, you will be notified by a technical support agent. It is important to note that pasting the modified link into your web browser is an important step to begin the verification process. If verification is not completed within the next 24 hours, we will be forced to temporarily suspend your store until the circumstances are clarified. This verification process helps us confirm your identity and the authenticity of your business. We appreciate your cooperation and understanding in this matter. We appreciate your immediate attention to this matter. Regards Agent Lisa.This one looked immediately like a pure scam. The link itself doesnât even look official and Iâve never seen a platform sending you a link that you have to edit before using it. âLisa Ag3ntâ is also a very odd name and when I clicked on it, it already said âaccount disabledâ so this was a no brainer.
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Message 3:
ĐĐ”llĐŸ, this mĐ”ssĐ°gĐ” wĐ°s sĐ”nt Đ°utĐŸmĐ°tiŃĐ°llŃ bŃ Reverb suppĐŸrt bĐŸt. Đąhis ŃustĐŸmĐ”r hĐ°s ŃurŃhĐ°sĐ”d ĐŸnĐ” ĐŸf ŃĐŸur ŃrĐŸduŃts. ĐąĐŸ Đ°vĐŸid frĐ°udulĐ”nt trĐ°nsĐ°ŃtiĐŸns, wĐ” hĐ°vĐ” intrĐŸduŃĐ”d Đ° nĐ”w mĐ”thĐŸd ĐŸf rĐ”ŃĐ”iving funds. Đ lДаsĐ” sĐ”nd ŃĐŸur e-mĐ°il Đ°ddrĐ”ss tĐŸ this ŃhĐ°t. Đn it will bĐ” sĐ”nt instruŃtiĐŸns fĐŸr furthĐ”r Đ°ŃtiĐŸns. RĐ”gĐ°rds, Reverb tДаm!This could look almost normal at a first glance. The customer had a name and a surname and the message wasn't asking for much. That said, I never received any e-mail confirming the sale and the idea that I have to send my email address in the chat as a reply to the customer who allegedly bought the pedal just to receive further âinstructionsâ is odd at best. Itâs just hard to believe that any platform out there would handle the payment like this. Not to mention that at this point I already experienced the warm welcome of the other two swindlers.
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So this is it. Now, I know that Reverb will not contact me like this and I do understand that stopping these people preventively isn't an easy task. At the same time, after my first day on Reverb, the scammer to user ratio seems surprisingly high in the worst possible way. Luckily for me, most of them were pretty bad at their job. I'm sure that there are a ton of honest people on the platform. I'm not trying to generalize here. Nevertheless, I pretty much experienced more phishing attempts in a few hours on Reverb than in 10 years of casual sales on eBay, Facebook and a variety of national platforms. Iâm genuinely surprised by the amount of shady messages that a new store has to face on Reverb in the first 2-3 hours of activity. I don't do this very often, but I really felt the need to say these things publicly. Anyway, thank you for reading and have a nice day!
2024.05.15 14:20 HotSarcasm $ADAP: Adaptimmune Reports Q1 2024 Financial and Business Updates
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2024.05.15 14:20 mxrosetea Ex-Girlfriend with BPD
TLDR: I'm trying to get my ex girlfriend back who has BPD, but shes ignoring me.
I'll cut to the main problem at hand; My ex was seeing someone else (their ex from December-January) about a few months ago even though I told them I wanted to wait and process my past relationships that I had before being with them so I can be a better healed person for them. This broke my heart, and so here I am.
For a while she was ignoring me but still had me in contact. One time she blocked me then unblocked me, which confused me.
One time I noticed she was offline for the entire day so I decided to give her a call and she picked up, but she couldn't talk so she texted while I spoke. She asked if I was "talking to any cute girls lately" and as well she dropped a few complaints about her ex-now-boyfriend, saying she felt like he was purposely ignoring her. She told me she wished she knew me in person (LDR btw) and how she wanted a shoulder to cry on and she wanted me to hug her and hold her, as well as saying how she told her boyfriend she was sad and he didn't acknowledge it, showing a screenshot of the guy actually not saying anything about her being sad when she explicitly said "im sad" (what a fuckin prick.). She explained the block before was that she was hiding me from her ex-now-boyfriend and he didn't like how she would stay in contact with me. She wanted us to sleep in call together but eventually changed her mind saying how "I deserve to be alone, its what he wants". I didn't want to disrespect her decision and let her rest. We had a good weekend together but eventually her energy for me fizzled out and she stopped responding again for weeks. I tried calling her a few times one day and she ended up blocking me.
I contacted her on an alternative account and she ended up accepting my friend request and we talked. She asked me again if I had a girlfriend which I said no and asked why I was "obsessed" with her. I explained how I love her company, that I like her as a person, and how she's nice to be around, in which she replied with "whatever". So I asked if she would be comfortable staying in contact with me again in which she said no, and I asked if we could talk about it and she said "not now", so I gave her space.
Ex-now-ex-again and her broke up, and I tried to contact her about it telling her I would be there if she needed support. I wasn't pushing anything romantic on her but instead reinforcing the idea of comfort and support. I reached out saying "Hey (name), can we talk for a minute? You don't have to if you'd like." (added the second second to avoid applying pressure) in which she ended up blocking me again, and here we are.
What's going on with her? Do I still have a chance of getting her back? I know how to handle this, I've known her for foir years now and so I'm prepared for her ups and downs with BPD, but what should I do now?
I've talked to an AI relationship coach (I can't afford one nor can I even buy one at the moment) and it suggested a "two week rule"; where I give her space for two weeks and attempt to reach out again. If she doesn't respond or blocks me again, give her another two weeks. It says it will make her feel like I'm not abandoning her while giving her the space she needs. Is that effective?
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I'll cut to the main problem at hand; My ex was seeing someone else (their ex from December-January) about a few months ago even though I told them I wanted to wait and process my past relationships that I had before being with them so I can be a better healed person for them. This broke my heart, and so here I am.
For a while she was ignoring me but still had me in contact. One time she blocked me then unblocked me, which confused me.
One time I noticed she was offline for the entire day so I decided to give her a call and she picked up, but she couldn't talk so she texted while I spoke. She asked if I was "talking to any cute girls lately" and as well she dropped a few complaints about her ex-now-boyfriend, saying she felt like he was purposely ignoring her. She told me she wished she knew me in person (LDR btw) and how she wanted a shoulder to cry on and she wanted me to hug her and hold her, as well as saying how she told her boyfriend she was sad and he didn't acknowledge it, showing a screenshot of the guy actually not saying anything about her being sad when she explicitly said "im sad" (what a fuckin prick.). She explained the block before was that she was hiding me from her ex-now-boyfriend and he didn't like how she would stay in contact with me. She wanted us to sleep in call together but eventually changed her mind saying how "I deserve to be alone, its what he wants". I didn't want to disrespect her decision and let her rest. We had a good weekend together but eventually her energy for me fizzled out and she stopped responding again for weeks. I tried calling her a few times one day and she ended up blocking me.
I contacted her on an alternative account and she ended up accepting my friend request and we talked. She asked me again if I had a girlfriend which I said no and asked why I was "obsessed" with her. I explained how I love her company, that I like her as a person, and how she's nice to be around, in which she replied with "whatever". So I asked if she would be comfortable staying in contact with me again in which she said no, and I asked if we could talk about it and she said "not now", so I gave her space.
Ex-now-ex-again and her broke up, and I tried to contact her about it telling her I would be there if she needed support. I wasn't pushing anything romantic on her but instead reinforcing the idea of comfort and support. I reached out saying "Hey (name), can we talk for a minute? You don't have to if you'd like." (added the second second to avoid applying pressure) in which she ended up blocking me again, and here we are.
What's going on with her? Do I still have a chance of getting her back? I know how to handle this, I've known her for foir years now and so I'm prepared for her ups and downs with BPD, but what should I do now?
I've talked to an AI relationship coach (I can't afford one nor can I even buy one at the moment) and it suggested a "two week rule"; where I give her space for two weeks and attempt to reach out again. If she doesn't respond or blocks me again, give her another two weeks. It says it will make her feel like I'm not abandoning her while giving her the space she needs. Is that effective?
2024.05.15 14:18 astrobabag Power Of Vashikaran Using Hair
 | Vashikaran is a centuries-old unhealthy technique of mind and action manipulation of another person. Nevertheless, the reality is that some people still believe in its power, but the existence of the law is not backed by all. A way that is meant to be practiced for vashikaran is the use of the hair of the target. submitted by astrobabag to u/astrobabag [link] [comments] Vashikaran Using Hair Hair is considered as the major link to a person in both the physical and the spiritual sides of the person. Hair is the main device in vashikaran which is utilized to the connection of the spells and rituals to the target of the wish. The Vashikaran people claim that they can see a person's inner thoughts by having their hair. Hence, the regulation of Vashikaran by hair is that the DNA and the distinct energy signature that hair has can be used to make a strong connection between the ritual and the target. By the way of using of hair in the rituals, the Vashikaran practitioner thinks that they can transfer their will and the aim of the other person into his mind directly. There are some rituals that are generally performed which include the chanting of mantras and the tying or holding of the hair into bundles. Individual mantras are believed to be the keys to the answers that are, e. g. , the increase of love, attraction, wealth, fame, or the reconciliation between the divided parties. On the contrary, there are cases when the hair bundles are either burned or buried with the effigies, symbols, and offerings to the vashikaran spell work to make it effective. The more sophisticated ceremonial practices use hair to make doll-like figures that are meant to be the manifestation of the person. These numbers are dressed up with ornaments, considered by the folks as the persona for the real person. On the one hand the figure is transformed, by incubation, binding, nailing, drowning, burning etc, it is supposed that the subject's mind and environment do the same thing to the link that is established using their hair. Vashikaran by hair supporters believe that the quality, quantity, gender, age, and the body location of the hair will be the factors that will determine the predestined outcome of the wish. For example, the long healthy hair from the head of a young lady is an appropriate thing for love spells. On the other hand, one can claim that the exact time, the days, the planets and the nakshatras are also taken into account when the hair is being collected and the ritual is being performed. It is evident that a lot of the modern thinkers do not describe hair as a material that has or even carries a special energy, DNA, consciousness, or spiritual connection. The scientists have a consensus that hair is mainly made of keratin along with amino acids, lipids, minerals etc. Once the hair is cut from the body, it is no longer interacting with the body processes. The legends of "Vashikaran Using Hair" are either meant to be psychological trick, manipulation, coincidence or superstition by the rationalists. Moreover, a number of ethicists, feminists and human rights activists have opposed such practices as victims of vashikaran which are always considered to be unscientific, manipulative attacks on personal liberty and consent. The fact that getting someone's hair illegally for the sake of something else is seen as fraudulent in most places is a major reason why people should not do what they do. The victims rights groups constantly stress that psychological coercion is never okay, even if there are some alleged supernatural elements involved. Currently, the vashikaran through the hair is still a topic of a discussion in some communities. The lobbyists are campaigning to make people force others to do against their will, even the searching for the personal agendas and the forced marriages. The people who are unsure but sure about the 'mystic' powers of hair when its body is not connected still do not believe. Controversies on this issue divide the people into two main groups: spiritual traditionalists and scientific rationalists who believe in the power of mysticism and the sacredness of nature. The problems of the morally and socially negative consequences of manipulating others without their consent are present no matter what one's religious views are. To conclude, the Vashikaran by hair is the belief of using the alleged hidden secrets of hair for casting mind control spells - yet, the scientific research for this idea is still absent. The psychological domination policy is also the reason why it has the ethical problems too. While the old spiritual views agree with vashikaran, like prayer, the modern people who are not certain of it, think hair-based rituals are fake, forced, and the human rights abuse. Hence, even after many centuries it is still a controversial topic that is being debated. The study of this issue from different points of view should be done by using the interdisciplinary research methods. Online Free Consultation With Baba Ji Please Visit: https://www.astrobabag.com/ Vashikaran#HairMagic#MagicSpells#LoveSpells#Astrology#Occult#Mystical#Enchantment#PowerofHair#AncientRituals#SpiritualHealing#ManifestLove#MagicalLore#HairVashikaran#SpellCasting#Witchcraft#HairMystery#SupernaturalBeauty#Metaphysical#Sorcery |
2024.05.15 14:13 Icy-Statistician3337 9 Mistakes to Avoid While Taking the CA Exam
 | https://preview.redd.it/irac3fgh0l0d1.png?width=1280&format=png&auto=webp&s=e191e5b4893d183109ea20281f0297dbd2a9bc4f submitted by Icy-Statistician3337 to u/Icy-Statistician3337 [link] [comments] Introduction: Taking the Chartered Accountant (CA) exam can be a daunting task. The CA Entrance Exam is known for its rigor and complexity, and even the most prepared candidates can make mistakes that cost them valuable points. However, with proper preparation and a strategic approach, you can minimize the risk of making errors and increase your chances of success. In this guide, we'll explore various strategies to help you avoid mistakes when taking the CA exam. Understanding the Format and Content: Before diving into preparation, it's crucial to have a solid understanding of the exam format and content. The CA Entrance exam typically consists of multiple-choice questions, case studies, and written responses, covering various topics such as financial accounting, taxation, auditing, and business laws. Familiarize yourself with the exam syllabus and past papers to get a clear picture of what to expect on exam day. Effective Time Management:CA Foundation Exam Effective time management is crucial for CA Foundation exam success. Allocate study time wisely, prioritizing topics like Accounting, Business Laws, Economics, and Mathematics. Create a structured study schedule, allowing for regular breaks and review sessions. Utilize CA Foundation books and study materials to reinforce concepts and practice questions. Practice past papers under timed conditions to improve speed and accuracy. Balancing study time with relaxation ensures optimal performance on exam day. Thorough Preparation: Preparation is the cornerstone of success in the CA Entrance exam. Start early and break down the syllabus into manageable sections. Use a variety of study materials, including textbooks, online resources, and practice questions, to reinforce your understanding of key concepts. Consider enrolling in a review course or hiring a tutor to provide additional support and guidance. Practice on Study Material For CA : Practice is essential for mastering the skills required to excel in the CA exam. Solve as many practice questions and past papers as possible to familiarize yourself with the exam format and types of questions asked. Focus on understanding the underlying principles and concepts rather than memorizing answers. Review your mistakes regularly and learn from them to avoid repeating them in the actual exam. Simulate Exam Conditions: To simulate exam conditions, try taking practice exams under timed conditions. Find a quiet and distraction-free environment, set a timer, and attempt the exam without any interruptions. This will help you get accustomed to the pressure and time constraints of the actual exam, allowing you to perform better on the day. Stay Calm and Focused on CA Final Exam Exam stress can detrimentally affect CA Final performance. Utilize innovative study materials for ca final such as interactive online modules and virtual simulations to enhance comprehension and retention. Employ relaxation techniques like deep breathing and mindfulness to alleviate pre-exam nerves. Maintain concentration during the exam, refraining from fixating on prior errors. If confronted with a difficult question, maintain composure and proceed to the next, revisiting it later if possible. Effective use of cutting-edge study resources and stress management strategies is pivotal for success. Read Instructions Carefully: Many mistakes on exams can be attributed to overlooking or misinterpreting instructions. Take the time to read the instructions carefully before attempting each section of the exam. Pay attention to any specific requirements or guidelines provided by the examiners, such as word limits or formatting instructions for written responses. Review Your Answers on our CA Final Exam: Please study your answers very carefully before turning in your CA Final exam paper. To cross-reference ideas and verify answers, consult the CA Final books and additional resources. Pay close attention to intricate subjects such as advanced auditing, corporate and economic laws, and strategic financial management. Find any mistakes or omissions and fix them if needed. Examining your responses helps to confirm correctness and increases self-assurance, which could raise your final grade. Seek Support and Feedback If you're struggling with certain topics or concepts, don't hesitate to seek support from teachers, classmates, or online forums. Collaborating with others can provide valuable insights and perspectives that can help clarify your doubts and reinforce your understanding. Additionally, consider seeking feedback on your practice exams from experienced mentors or tutors to identify areas for improvement. Conclusion: Taking the CA exam requires thorough preparation, effective time management, and a strategic approach. By understanding the exam format, practicing regularly, and staying calm under pressure, you can minimize the risk of making mistakes and increase your chances of success. Remember to stay focused, read instructions carefully, and seek support when needed. With dedication and perseverance, you can ace the CA exam and embark on a successful career as a chartered accountant. |
2024.05.15 14:02 kitan25 Opinion: In a society that objectifies and undervalues women, motherhood scares me (Salt Lake Tribune)
 | https://preview.redd.it/tpsbt526yk0d1.png?width=658&format=png&auto=webp&s=52c85f1ddb6418a787c92fa472a34b5dc50db754 submitted by kitan25 to childfree [link] [comments] This is especially notable because the author of this article is a Mormon and about to graduate from BYU, the Mormon Church's university. The Mormon Church believes that parenthood is a sacred duty. https://www.sltrib.com/opinion/commentary/2024/05/10/opinion-society-that-objectifies/ Article text: By Caitlin McKinnon For The Salt Lake Tribune May 10, 2024, 8:05 a.m. Motherhood. One the most demanding yet essential duties that billions of women have shouldered since the beginning of time. Yet, in societyâs efforts to support this role, many unintended consequences have caused women to deviate from and postpone motherhood. While there are the obvious reasons for delaying children: contraception, education, career plans, there are other reasons why I have been turned off to motherhood for most of my young adult life. Growing up, many of my female role models were stay-at-home mothers. I observed their housekeeping, unconditional support of their husbands, moral contributions to the family and accessibility. I also observed postpartum depression, silent tears, disordered eating, worried nights and a lack of personal time. I admire them so much, but for a long time, motherhood scared me. Itâs scary to think that once I become a mother, my body and personhood could be objectified, held hostage by idealized yet unattainable standards and evaluated by my bodyâs usefulness. Societyâs pervasive maternal objectification causes women to self-objectify before they even become mothers. As I reflected on this disconnect between how society encourages motherhood while simultaneously undervaluing the individual women in these roles, I was reminded of âthe Madonna-whore complex.â This term, first coined by Sigmund Freud to support his Oedipal theories, describes a phenomenon that still permeates our societal views of gender. Originally meant to dichotomize female characteristics and sexuality into two parts, Madonna and whore, it is now a belief that perpetuates patriarchal oppression. Madonna refers to chaste, virtuous and motherly traits, while whore refers to promiscuous, easy and hypersexual traits. This has influenced how most men and women have internalized womenâs bodies and purposes. Women are often expected to fulfill roles and expectations that benefit men. When women are objectified, they are only seen in the role they are placed in. Societyâs obsession with womenâs bodies and agency is overtly seen in the sexualization of women, particularly in media. Maternal objectification is when women are seen as a literal object, a âhuman incubatorâ or âwomb for rent,â and are âtreated as bodies that exist for the use or consumption of others, stripped of their individuality and personality.â Motherhood, though extremely necessary and remarkable, is undervalued. This contributes to objectification since it celebrates women for their bodyâs usefulness and dismisses the broad range of womenâs experiences. Once a woman becomes and shows she is pregnant, there is a cultural invitation to maternally objectify the womanâs body and identity. A recent systematic review of 23 studies on the objectification of motherhood found patterns of objectification at the hands of others and oneself. By others, many women experience a loss of autonomy especially with nonconsensual belly-touching, comments about oneâs weight and appearance, and frequent questioning about when theyâll have another baby. One may cause self-objectification by adopting an outsiderâs âperspective on oneâs body and value.â Self-objectifying causes a disconnect between an individual and their body and correlates with postpartum depression, disordered eating, body shame, negative beliefs about breastfeeding and fear of childbirth. Even those who do not have children may start to self-objectify their body, forsaking personal identity for societal utility. What are the consequences of maternal objectification? Women are not seen as individuals and are treated as flattened caricatures labeled as âmother.â When I was in first-grade filling out a Motherâs Day card for my mom, I was asked what her favorite thing to do was. I put âfolding laundry.â It was not until I grew up that I realized how little I actually knew about my mom as a person. On top of stripping women of their unique personalities, maternal objectification also leads to isolation as some women may feel like their efforts are not enough or they do not meet the traditional stay-at-home image. This is detrimental for women as they contemplate motherhood, are in the thick of it or interact with other mothers. So what can be done? Dr. Julie Hanks gave a TedTalk reframing motherhood from a role to a relationship. A central principle for this shift is valuing women in all their responsibilities and achievements, whether that includes motherhood or not, instead of idealizing motherhood as a role. In regards to self-objectification, women should see motherhood as a relationship, an opportunity to connect. Another way to move away from maternal objectification is to recognize women as multi-dimensional. If mothers rely on all aspects of their identity in their endeavors, not only does their personhood remain intact but the idea of motherhood is expanded. Women can set themselves free from the false narrative that motherhood needs to be perfect. Forcing women in the Madonna-whore binary perpetuates objectification and causes harm. Let us stop labeling and reducing mothers to a role when they are so much more than that. Caitlin McKinnon is a graduating senior with a bachelor of science in psychology from Brigham Young University. |
2024.05.15 13:58 tinkerellabella Husband wants us to sell family home
My (29F) husband (40M) wants to sell our family home. What do I do?
Hi Reddit,
I'm in need of some advice regarding my current marital situation and the potential sale of our home. To give you the full picture, I'll start from the beginning. Apologies for the length, but I feel all the details are necessary to understand the context.
I (29F) met my husband (40M) on Tinder four years ago. We dated for about eight months when my family had an opportunity to purchase a property. My then-boyfriend was also looking to be involved in a business deal of that sort, and he was interested in having his name on the property as well. My father supported this, seeing as how my boyfriend was a physician with a good income, and saw this as a way to bring him closer to our family. The opportunity came quickly, and we all signed the contract to purchase the house.
Trouble began shortly after this. My boyfriend requested that only he and I be on the title of the house, removing the rest of my family, as he saw a future with us and envisioned it as our potential family home. My father was very pleased to hear this and supported it, so we obliged. During this time, the property had increased in value, and I requested the other family members be paid off so we could buy out their shares. My boyfriend declined, feeling it was unfair.
To skim over some details, here are the highlights of the construction: My boyfriend paid more for the down payment than we initially realized would be required. Because of this, he paid no further construction costs. The construction proceeded with debt from my family until the construction loans came through. My family paid for the construction, and my father built the house for us without charging for his management services. My father was displeased with my boyfriendâs behavior and required him to pay more money for the construction due to inflation and the COVID shutdown. My boyfriend declined, and my mother and I secretly took out a line of credit to front the construction costs to my father, pretending it was from my boyfriend. Eventually, as we got the construction loans on a rolling basis after meeting construction milestones, my motherâs line of credit was paid off.
During this time, my family and I wondered why my boyfriend had not proposed. I decided that if he hadn't proposed by a certain time, I would leave him. Fortunately, he did propose on Valentineâs Day 2022. By spring of 2022, construction was coming to an end, and it was time for us to settle into the house. My fiancĂ© felt uncomfortable with how much money he had put into the house and was worried I could leave him and make a profit. I promised him I wouldnât leave him, but it wasnât enough. He said he would believe me if I had a child with him, otherwise women would leave men if there were no ties. I told him I would have a child with him right when we got married. He suggested I come off birth control, as it takes months for a womanâs cycle to normalize after being on birth control for many years. I promised him I would come off birth control.
Coming off birth control was more stressful than I realized. I was very hormonal, breaking out, and felt unlike myself. This contributed to my fiancĂ© and I fighting more than usual. In one particularly heated fight, I told him I would go back on birth control and even purchased the pills, but he told me he would break up with me if I did because he wanted to get to know the real me. I conceded, and then something switched in me and I became excited at the possibility of having a baby. I started tracking my cycle and figuring out my ovulation days. I shared this with my fiancĂ©, and on one of those days, we got pregnant. I didnât find out until the end of summer 2022. When I did find out, I told my fiancĂ© and suggested we should probably get married.
My fiancĂ©'s first response was that we should wait to see if the baby sticks, and if it does, then we can plan a marriage but he wanted to wait until February 2023. I was very disappointed and angry and yelled at him. I felt alone and overwhelmed by the thought of having an illegitimate child. After discussing potentially getting an abortion, potentially breaking up, and potentially selling the house, I talked my fiancĂ© into keeping the baby and getting married. He also wanted to keep the baby but was afraid of our situation. After many fights about when to have the wedding, we finally decided on December 2022. At that point, I was four months pregnant. During this time, my fiancĂ© and I had major arguments that therapy couldnât even remedy. We would yell at each other, slam doors, I would cry, and he would hold himself up in a room for hours. We had nice moments too, but they were heavily clouded over by the bad.
Finally, we got married, and things were good for a while. But then we faced some marital problems. My husband kept separate accounts and managed the finances himself. We had a joint credit card where I could pay for expenses without being questioned. He made all of the major investment decisions and major purchases. If I tried to disagree or speak up, he would get upset because this was not the submissive wife I had promised him I would be. I made significantly less money than him but lived a good lifestyle, buying almost anything I wanted within reason. Coming from a traditional family, I was upset that finances were kept separate. And so it continued that my husband would invest tens of thousands of dollars into our house so that his family from out of town would visit. We live in Vancouver, Canada, but his family is from Ottawa. In hopes of luring his youngest sister (of four) to Vancouver, my husband would make any modification to the house that his youngest sister showed the slightest interest in. This included a hot tub on the rooftop, a media system in the basement, a movie projector, and much more. After said sister got married, she made it clear that she would not move to Vancouver. Then a switch happened in my husband, and he suddenly wanted to sell the house.
Meanwhile, during all this time, I had my baby, and my husband and I were still fighting more than ever. I felt no support from him, and he felt drained by his work, our fights, and being away from his family. Recently, for the past three months, he has been consistently pushing for the sale of our house. This is where my dilemma lies. I am afraid to sell this house because my husband has kept finances separate, and the mortgage on this house has been serving as a way for me to feel secure. My husband contributes a monthly amount on a regular basis. He could have forced a sale in the past but didnât, instead paying into the monthly mortgage on top of other bills. Now, he is considering forcing the sale of our house, but I am upset that he is citing financing as the issue when I have been begging him to save money instead of spending (his response is that $200,000 does not affect a $2M mortgage, and that he now feels burnt out and wants to retire sooner and live passively). If I agree to sell, I feel unstable about moving from our home given that my husband and I fight so frequently, and I am left alone to take care of the child. It is also worth noting that my parents live right across the street and come over frequently to help with the child, or I would go over to seek their help. My husband says that he feels abandoned and uncomfortable frequently because of our proximity to my parents, but I feel itâs only been helpful because there have been times when I felt truly alone, and my parents were my only solace and support. My husband would ignore me for days, especially when I was postpartum and vulnerable. My parents now see my husband as someone who doesnât put his wife and child first. My husband says that the massive mortgage we have is too stressful for him, and he canât take that burden. I am sad that my husband will not consider keeping this house for another three years so that I can get comfortable with the idea of selling the house and that potentially I and my family can all move to Ottawa so that we can allow my husband to be closer to his family. My husband says that heâs tired of the mortgage and feeling forced to work and missing out on spending time with our daughter (his job is very high stress).
I donât know what to do at this point, Reddit. Iâm currently on extended maternity leave, but it ends in six months. My husband and I will have to come to an agreement about the house, otherwise, it is likely that he will force the sale of the house even if Iâm not ready to move. Iâve consistently felt rushed and overlooked in this relationship. I am tired of being the small voice that does not impact decision-making. My husband is now being nice to me and trying to show me a good time, but I see it as him turning on his charming mode so that I can say yes to the sale of this house. Iâm not sure what to do. Our fights and disagreements are so bad and the marriage feels like doom sometimes (never any physical violence). I sometimes questions even staying with him, but I worry for my daughter. Iâm afraid of her being an only child of divorce; I imagine itâll be lonely and emotionally traumatizing. He is a good father to her, even though he is cold (but civil) with me.
Any advice would be greatly appreciated.
TL;DR:
I need advice. I met my husband four years ago, and we bought a house together with my family's help. Financial disputes caused issues. Despite getting married and having a baby, we fight often. My husband handles our finances separately, spent a lot on the house, but now wants to sell it. I feel insecure about selling because the mortgage is like an investment to me, and also I rely on my parents, who live nearby, for help with our child. My husband feels stressed by the mortgage and feels homesick for his family 3000km away. I feel overlooked in decision-making and am unsure whether to agree to the sale, or to stand my ground and not sell. Sometimes I question staying in the marriage for my daughterâs sake, or is it better give up on this unhappy marriage.
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Hi Reddit,
I'm in need of some advice regarding my current marital situation and the potential sale of our home. To give you the full picture, I'll start from the beginning. Apologies for the length, but I feel all the details are necessary to understand the context.
I (29F) met my husband (40M) on Tinder four years ago. We dated for about eight months when my family had an opportunity to purchase a property. My then-boyfriend was also looking to be involved in a business deal of that sort, and he was interested in having his name on the property as well. My father supported this, seeing as how my boyfriend was a physician with a good income, and saw this as a way to bring him closer to our family. The opportunity came quickly, and we all signed the contract to purchase the house.
Trouble began shortly after this. My boyfriend requested that only he and I be on the title of the house, removing the rest of my family, as he saw a future with us and envisioned it as our potential family home. My father was very pleased to hear this and supported it, so we obliged. During this time, the property had increased in value, and I requested the other family members be paid off so we could buy out their shares. My boyfriend declined, feeling it was unfair.
To skim over some details, here are the highlights of the construction: My boyfriend paid more for the down payment than we initially realized would be required. Because of this, he paid no further construction costs. The construction proceeded with debt from my family until the construction loans came through. My family paid for the construction, and my father built the house for us without charging for his management services. My father was displeased with my boyfriendâs behavior and required him to pay more money for the construction due to inflation and the COVID shutdown. My boyfriend declined, and my mother and I secretly took out a line of credit to front the construction costs to my father, pretending it was from my boyfriend. Eventually, as we got the construction loans on a rolling basis after meeting construction milestones, my motherâs line of credit was paid off.
During this time, my family and I wondered why my boyfriend had not proposed. I decided that if he hadn't proposed by a certain time, I would leave him. Fortunately, he did propose on Valentineâs Day 2022. By spring of 2022, construction was coming to an end, and it was time for us to settle into the house. My fiancĂ© felt uncomfortable with how much money he had put into the house and was worried I could leave him and make a profit. I promised him I wouldnât leave him, but it wasnât enough. He said he would believe me if I had a child with him, otherwise women would leave men if there were no ties. I told him I would have a child with him right when we got married. He suggested I come off birth control, as it takes months for a womanâs cycle to normalize after being on birth control for many years. I promised him I would come off birth control.
Coming off birth control was more stressful than I realized. I was very hormonal, breaking out, and felt unlike myself. This contributed to my fiancĂ© and I fighting more than usual. In one particularly heated fight, I told him I would go back on birth control and even purchased the pills, but he told me he would break up with me if I did because he wanted to get to know the real me. I conceded, and then something switched in me and I became excited at the possibility of having a baby. I started tracking my cycle and figuring out my ovulation days. I shared this with my fiancĂ©, and on one of those days, we got pregnant. I didnât find out until the end of summer 2022. When I did find out, I told my fiancĂ© and suggested we should probably get married.
My fiancĂ©'s first response was that we should wait to see if the baby sticks, and if it does, then we can plan a marriage but he wanted to wait until February 2023. I was very disappointed and angry and yelled at him. I felt alone and overwhelmed by the thought of having an illegitimate child. After discussing potentially getting an abortion, potentially breaking up, and potentially selling the house, I talked my fiancĂ© into keeping the baby and getting married. He also wanted to keep the baby but was afraid of our situation. After many fights about when to have the wedding, we finally decided on December 2022. At that point, I was four months pregnant. During this time, my fiancĂ© and I had major arguments that therapy couldnât even remedy. We would yell at each other, slam doors, I would cry, and he would hold himself up in a room for hours. We had nice moments too, but they were heavily clouded over by the bad.
Finally, we got married, and things were good for a while. But then we faced some marital problems. My husband kept separate accounts and managed the finances himself. We had a joint credit card where I could pay for expenses without being questioned. He made all of the major investment decisions and major purchases. If I tried to disagree or speak up, he would get upset because this was not the submissive wife I had promised him I would be. I made significantly less money than him but lived a good lifestyle, buying almost anything I wanted within reason. Coming from a traditional family, I was upset that finances were kept separate. And so it continued that my husband would invest tens of thousands of dollars into our house so that his family from out of town would visit. We live in Vancouver, Canada, but his family is from Ottawa. In hopes of luring his youngest sister (of four) to Vancouver, my husband would make any modification to the house that his youngest sister showed the slightest interest in. This included a hot tub on the rooftop, a media system in the basement, a movie projector, and much more. After said sister got married, she made it clear that she would not move to Vancouver. Then a switch happened in my husband, and he suddenly wanted to sell the house.
Meanwhile, during all this time, I had my baby, and my husband and I were still fighting more than ever. I felt no support from him, and he felt drained by his work, our fights, and being away from his family. Recently, for the past three months, he has been consistently pushing for the sale of our house. This is where my dilemma lies. I am afraid to sell this house because my husband has kept finances separate, and the mortgage on this house has been serving as a way for me to feel secure. My husband contributes a monthly amount on a regular basis. He could have forced a sale in the past but didnât, instead paying into the monthly mortgage on top of other bills. Now, he is considering forcing the sale of our house, but I am upset that he is citing financing as the issue when I have been begging him to save money instead of spending (his response is that $200,000 does not affect a $2M mortgage, and that he now feels burnt out and wants to retire sooner and live passively). If I agree to sell, I feel unstable about moving from our home given that my husband and I fight so frequently, and I am left alone to take care of the child. It is also worth noting that my parents live right across the street and come over frequently to help with the child, or I would go over to seek their help. My husband says that he feels abandoned and uncomfortable frequently because of our proximity to my parents, but I feel itâs only been helpful because there have been times when I felt truly alone, and my parents were my only solace and support. My husband would ignore me for days, especially when I was postpartum and vulnerable. My parents now see my husband as someone who doesnât put his wife and child first. My husband says that the massive mortgage we have is too stressful for him, and he canât take that burden. I am sad that my husband will not consider keeping this house for another three years so that I can get comfortable with the idea of selling the house and that potentially I and my family can all move to Ottawa so that we can allow my husband to be closer to his family. My husband says that heâs tired of the mortgage and feeling forced to work and missing out on spending time with our daughter (his job is very high stress).
I donât know what to do at this point, Reddit. Iâm currently on extended maternity leave, but it ends in six months. My husband and I will have to come to an agreement about the house, otherwise, it is likely that he will force the sale of the house even if Iâm not ready to move. Iâve consistently felt rushed and overlooked in this relationship. I am tired of being the small voice that does not impact decision-making. My husband is now being nice to me and trying to show me a good time, but I see it as him turning on his charming mode so that I can say yes to the sale of this house. Iâm not sure what to do. Our fights and disagreements are so bad and the marriage feels like doom sometimes (never any physical violence). I sometimes questions even staying with him, but I worry for my daughter. Iâm afraid of her being an only child of divorce; I imagine itâll be lonely and emotionally traumatizing. He is a good father to her, even though he is cold (but civil) with me.
Any advice would be greatly appreciated.
TL;DR:
I need advice. I met my husband four years ago, and we bought a house together with my family's help. Financial disputes caused issues. Despite getting married and having a baby, we fight often. My husband handles our finances separately, spent a lot on the house, but now wants to sell it. I feel insecure about selling because the mortgage is like an investment to me, and also I rely on my parents, who live nearby, for help with our child. My husband feels stressed by the mortgage and feels homesick for his family 3000km away. I feel overlooked in decision-making and am unsure whether to agree to the sale, or to stand my ground and not sell. Sometimes I question staying in the marriage for my daughterâs sake, or is it better give up on this unhappy marriage.
2024.05.15 13:52 Status-Ad-8977 GBWhatsApp APK Download (Updated) Latest Version May 2024 (Checked)
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Although GBWhatsApp promises that no userâs data or any other information will ever be leaked, but still you have to run it very carefully so that you do not face any problems related to it in the future. In further information, we are going to tell you about some special features of GBWhatsapp and its excellent privacy. You have to read it very carefully, only then you will be able to know the real importance of WhatsApp and how to use it. Making it popular among millions of users around the world. If you want more privacy, more control over your chatting experience, or want a way to add some fun and excitement to your conversations then GB WhatsApp is a great solution for you.
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Change Colors
- Universal Color:- Changes Color everywhere, including UI
- Universal ActionBar Text Color:- Changes the color of the Actionbar on all screens
- Background:-Change Color of Background. Default is White
- List Background:- Change Background of list Chats in One UI.
- Status Bar:- Change Color of StatusBar on Every Screen
- Navigation Bar:- Change Color of NavigationBar on
- Tabs background color:- Change the background color for the Tabs in home screen
- Page Title Text Color:- Change color of âCHATSâ, âSTATUSâ, âCALLSâ
- Page Selected Title Text Color:- Change Selected color of âCHATSâ, âSTATUSâ, âCALLSâ
- Unread message counter color:- Change the background color for the unread message
GBWhatsApp Other Features and Advance Privacy
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- Forward messages to anyone without forwarding the tag.
- You can select all chats at once from the home screen of this app.
- Add new fonts and icons.
- Anti-ban feature, you will not be banned from using WhatsApp.
- Stickers from other apps can be added.
- You can select all chats at once from the home screen.
- Enable drag to reply in group call.
- Hide the last seen.
- You can send a private reply to groups.
- The ability to send a group message supported by photos and videos.
- One-time photo and video viewing.
- Feature hide visiting cases to your friends.
- Hide the two check marks (correct) when receiving the message.
- Get notified of deleted messages.
- You can now read the description of the group in the title as the normal case.
- Airplane mode has been added so that the internet can be locked off from the WhatsApp application only.
- The possibility of sending 100 documents at once instead of 30.
- The feature of uploading your friendsâ statuses.
- Video Now you can send a file size of up to 50 MB.
- You can send a group message to up to 600 people at once.
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In todayâs article we have told you about some special features of GBWhatsapp. We hope that you have understood all this information well. As we have mentioned earlier that WhatsApp is a third party app which cannot be trusted blindly. Most of the people around the world are using it but some people also say that all the data of this app has been leaked. Actually GB WhatsApp promises its users that no WhatsApp userâs data will be leaked. But you have to use it very carefully so that you never face any problem due to which you have to worry. Apart from this, there are many other flaws in it due to which people have to get a little worried.Therefore you will have to be very careful while using it. Although we have given you all the information about this WhatsApp, but if you have any doubt about this article then you can tell us by commenting. We will definitely solve all your problems. Apart from this, we write many useful articles on our website which are very useful for people. If you want to know more things related to this, then you will have to visit our website as much as possible. So that you can read our every post first. GBWhatsApp Pro is a great app for those who want a more personalized and feature-rich WhatsApp experience.
2024.05.15 13:43 Leenadavis Attendance Software Demystified: A Comprehensive Guide for Businesses
The foundation of efficient workforce management is attendance tracking, which guarantees accurate timekeeping of employee work hours, streamlines payroll processing, and permits adherence to labour laws. While punch cards and paper-based timesheets have long served this purpose, the advent of technology has ushered in a new era of attendance tracking through software programmes. In this blog, we will delve into the complex world of attendance software, covering its features, advantages, and deployment techniques to help businesses achieve effective workforce management.
Time tracking and monitoring: Employees can clock in and out electronically with attendance software, doing away with the requirement for paper timesheets. It makes it possible to precisely measure working hours, breaks, and overtime, giving managers instant access to data on worker attendance.
Integration with payroll and HR systems: The smooth integration of attendance software with HRMS and payroll software is one of its biggest benefits. Businesses may ensure proper employee remuneration and streamline payroll calculations by automating the syncing of attendance data with payroll processing software.
Analytics and reporting: Attendance software produces thorough reports and analyses on employee attendance for topics such as overtime hours, late arrivals, and absentee rates. These insights enable managers to see trends in attendance, make data-driven choices, and put plans in place to increase worker productivity.
Mobile Accessibility: Employees can remotely clock in and out using their smartphones or tablets thanks to attendance software, which provides mobile accessibility in today's workforce that is becoming more and more mobile.
Enhanced accuracy and efficiency: Software solutions that automate attendance monitoring processes eliminate mistakes and inaccuracies that come with manual techniques like punch cards or paper timesheets. This lowers the possibility of payroll errors and increases processing efficiency.
Enhanced compliance: One of the most important aspects of personnel management is adherence to labour laws. By accurately documenting employee work hours, breaks, and overtime, attendance software helps organisations maintain compliance and lowers the chance of fines or legal issues.
Savings: Manual attendance tracking techniques need specialised administrative resources and are labour- and time-intensive. Employee attendance software saves organisations a lot of money by automating these procedures, which lowers labour and administrative expenses.
Enhanced productivity: Managers can spot trends of tardiness or absenteeism and take proactive steps to solve them when they have real-time visibility into staff attendance data. Employee accountability increases, and worker productivity increases as a result.
Evaluate business needs: Organisations should evaluate their unique demands and goals prior to choosing an attendance software solution. This includes assessing variables like the workforce size, the industry in which it operates, and any particular requirements for attendance tracking.
Choose the appropriate software programme: Businesses need to select an attendance software solution that fits their needs and budget among the many options on the market. Considerations include customer support, customisation choices, scalability, and ease of use.
Training and integration: Businesses should make sure that a software solution integrates seamlessly with current systems, such as payroll and HRMS software, after a solution has been chosen. Employees should also receive thorough training to acquaint them with the capabilities and functionalities of the programme.
Monitoring and optimisation: Companies should closely monitor the use and performance of the attendance software after installation. This involves monitoring important data, including customer satisfaction, system uptime, and employee adoption rates. In order to achieve maximum ROI and optimal performance, it is imperative to swiftly resolve any issues or challenges that may develop.
If you are looking to implement attendance software in your organisation, you should check out Opportune HR. They are an award-winning organisation renowned for customising their HRMS software according to unique business requirements. Visit their website to learn more about their HR-related services.
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Important Features and Functionality
To accommodate the various needs of enterprises, contemporary attendance software comes with a plethora of features and functionality. Let's examine some of the salient points in more detail:Time tracking and monitoring: Employees can clock in and out electronically with attendance software, doing away with the requirement for paper timesheets. It makes it possible to precisely measure working hours, breaks, and overtime, giving managers instant access to data on worker attendance.
Integration with payroll and HR systems: The smooth integration of attendance software with HRMS and payroll software is one of its biggest benefits. Businesses may ensure proper employee remuneration and streamline payroll calculations by automating the syncing of attendance data with payroll processing software.
Analytics and reporting: Attendance software produces thorough reports and analyses on employee attendance for topics such as overtime hours, late arrivals, and absentee rates. These insights enable managers to see trends in attendance, make data-driven choices, and put plans in place to increase worker productivity.
Mobile Accessibility: Employees can remotely clock in and out using their smartphones or tablets thanks to attendance software, which provides mobile accessibility in today's workforce that is becoming more and more mobile.
Benefits for Businesses
Companies in a variety of sectors can gain a great deal by implementing attendance software. The following are some of the main benefits:Enhanced accuracy and efficiency: Software solutions that automate attendance monitoring processes eliminate mistakes and inaccuracies that come with manual techniques like punch cards or paper timesheets. This lowers the possibility of payroll errors and increases processing efficiency.
Enhanced compliance: One of the most important aspects of personnel management is adherence to labour laws. By accurately documenting employee work hours, breaks, and overtime, attendance software helps organisations maintain compliance and lowers the chance of fines or legal issues.
Savings: Manual attendance tracking techniques need specialised administrative resources and are labour- and time-intensive. Employee attendance software saves organisations a lot of money by automating these procedures, which lowers labour and administrative expenses.
Enhanced productivity: Managers can spot trends of tardiness or absenteeism and take proactive steps to solve them when they have real-time visibility into staff attendance data. Employee accountability increases, and worker productivity increases as a result.
Adoption and Implementation
Careful planning and execution are necessary for the effective implementation of attendance software. Take into consideration these crucial steps:Evaluate business needs: Organisations should evaluate their unique demands and goals prior to choosing an attendance software solution. This includes assessing variables like the workforce size, the industry in which it operates, and any particular requirements for attendance tracking.
Choose the appropriate software programme: Businesses need to select an attendance software solution that fits their needs and budget among the many options on the market. Considerations include customer support, customisation choices, scalability, and ease of use.
Training and integration: Businesses should make sure that a software solution integrates seamlessly with current systems, such as payroll and HRMS software, after a solution has been chosen. Employees should also receive thorough training to acquaint them with the capabilities and functionalities of the programme.
Monitoring and optimisation: Companies should closely monitor the use and performance of the attendance software after installation. This involves monitoring important data, including customer satisfaction, system uptime, and employee adoption rates. In order to achieve maximum ROI and optimal performance, it is imperative to swiftly resolve any issues or challenges that may develop.
Conclusion
Attendance software is a game-changing tool for companies looking to improve operational effectiveness and optimise their personnel management procedures. Utilising the sophisticated features and functionalities provided by contemporary attendance software systems, companies may increase efficiency, guarantee compliance, and improve accuracy. Businesses may realise the full benefits of effective workforce management and fully utilise the potential of attendance software with proper planning, execution, and optimisation.If you are looking to implement attendance software in your organisation, you should check out Opportune HR. They are an award-winning organisation renowned for customising their HRMS software according to unique business requirements. Visit their website to learn more about their HR-related services.
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2024.05.15 13:42 gentlewindsolsol I ran a crokinole booth at a Korean children's event.
This is what I posted on the board game community in Korea, and I'm also translating and posting it on Reddit!
The translation and text inspection took a long time, but I'm posting it because I think croquinol gamers from other countries will enjoy reading it.
(I don't know how to put pictures in between when writing on Reddit. If you're curious about pictures while reading, please visit the link below. You may not understand Korean, but pictures are visual information so they can be understood universally)
https://boardlife.co.kbbs_detail.php?tb=community_post&bbs_num=26766
Not long ago in early May, I ran a croquinol booth for students and parents at a Children's Day event (it was held on the grounds of the University of Education)
The head of the school affairs department suggested, "I heard you like board games, do you want to run a booth?" so I thought very hard. Actually, it was bothersome.
In the end, I accepted because I wanted to make good memories with children as well as selling croquinol. At first, I thought it was easy to take a few croquinols and play a few rounds.
It wasn't long before I realized that the idea was very wrong. This is because there were so many things to consider operating the booth. The program should be organized in consideration of the number of users and the number of people visiting.
The arrangement of objects and the movement of people should also be considered. I shouldn't think, 'I'm done explaining the game to the students in moderation and watching them play.'
I have to think about the details. I thought about it until the day of operation and right before it started. Now that it's been decided so far, I'll have to recruit staff to run it together (this was the most difficult problem)
Finally, find out the products to give to the visiting children and purchase them, purchase notices to be installed in the booth, and other things necessary to proceed or make them
For two weeks, I spent a lot of time and energy thinking about and preparing for how to operate the booth. I thought a lot about what to give as the prize, but it was finally decided to go down
(1) Pokémon Key Chain Pokémon is definitely a successful IP!!
I decided it right away because it looked so pretty and the quality looked good. There were some that were really cheap, but the quality was really... It was a pity, so I put in more budget
(2) ritter sport chocolate It's economical because there are 200 in a pack I tried one to see if it's poisonous What????? This chocolate tastes pretty good...
(3) Crockinol Pencil (Steadler + Engrave) Originally, I didn't want to give pencils, but if I imprint them and give them to students, I thought they could remember croquinol for quite some time, so I made it meaningful.
If you look closely at the pencil, you can see the image of a disc bouncing with a finger. (â â â) I made it using the basic characters on the keyboard. Haha.)
It took a long time to think of the word 'dream tree' in the engraved phrase. (Offered words: rookie, genius, child, master, king, god, etc.) Since there are no other people to help me, I planned and produced a lot of things by myself.... lol
I recruited the operating personnel as follows
Head of the school affairs department -> Recruit me (one-person planner and business manager): Let's compare and analyze croquinol sales and rest at home and then experience it. Decided
Me-> First cast (S teacher): A versatile teacher who has been in the next class since we met in the 6th grade this year He became interested after being introduced to Crockinol by me. Enjoying Crockinol at home with his wife. Canadian style. (He said he was doing it without giving it away.) After receiving a proposal from me, "I'll do all the preparations, so please come and let the children know the games without any burden," he decided to participate after much consideration. I'm playing with my kids in the classroom, and my croquinol skills are increasing rapidly. I'm planning to promote the entire 6th grade croquinol competition later.
Second cast (Teacher C): My younger brother who met as a manager and a staff member at my last school and became very close. The same person who said in an old article that he helped move the classroom!
Together, we played about 400 rounds of croquinol 1:1 match. He made a lot of mistakes in his early days, but after hundreds of editions, he became enlightened at some point. He has become quite a master.
His powerful shots made a lot of crazy scenes. Among them, he sent five discs of his opponent to a ditch at the same time. When he was asked by me to help him, he accepted without hesitation. (He is expected to participate in the next event.)
Third cast (Teacher K): I am a teacher from another region, and I am close to him because I got to know him in a club. She was the last to be recruited, and she suggested liter port chocolate and keychain among the product ideas. Pencils were also highly recommended when I was thinking about it.
Lastly, he volunteered after seeing me thinking about recruiting one more person.
She's the only teacher who doesn't have a croquinol, and she doesn't usually have a chance to train, so she's still a beginner's skill.
Rather, a person who is expected to revitalize the booth operation because of that. (If teachers do too well, all students lose.) For the record, she has a board gamer gene that can also play Arcnova board games.
â» In addition, there is a sad history of rejection and subtly falling over during the recruitment process.
And I started setting it up on the day!! Visit early with teacher C and install one croquinol on three tables in the tent
At first, I was worried because the table was in the shape of a rectangle, but I could put things here and there. If you put the croquinol at an angle on the table, it was possible to conduct a 2:2 team, so there was no problem.
After I finished setting up, I sat down for a bit and tried a croquinol test. Played without any problems. The shot was even better because I told them to cut their nails, including myself.
However, there was a lot of dust on the tables and chairs provided by the company, so I hurriedly cleaned them. The remaining two operators also narrowly joined, and a total of four people were matched.
After that, I had time to start operating the booth as a whole They're here...!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! The name of the booth was 'Gather up here if you're confident in flicking', but I think I drew some aggro. Other places looked healthy like making animal bracelets, but our booth was like, "You! Come if you're confident!"
The booth was originally planned like this Planning the rules of the game: - If you feel uncomfortable, you can stand and shoot freely - In the case of 1:1, the original use of the 1/4 shooting line based on North America and Canada, rather than the use of the 1/2 shooting line that changed the rules in Korean company Korea Board Games. - A student who is too young is forced to shoot with a line forward. Two places are experience seats and listen to and experience the rules 1:1 or 2:2 (Parents and friends can participate together) - The experience gift is one litre pot chocolate - Rule Description -> Shot Practice -> consists of a two-game friendly
If you have learned the rules through the experience, go to the challenge seat of one place and challenge 1:1 or 2:2 (you can also participate together) - If you win, you'll get a Pokémon keychain, even if you lose, you'll get a 1/3 chance of a keychain and a 2/3 chance of a pencil through a lottery - Using one chance card, we will proceed with two sets, and if the student draws or wins even one set, it will be considered a victory. - Re-challenge possible when you line up again The booth gradually gathered and filled the corner, and the line got longer
I repeated the explanation and game so wildly!
The first episode : Even though it was in the shade of the tent, the temperature was high, so the chocolate melted. The student said it melted, so I touched it and it was liquid! Unfortunately, we can't give these defective products to students, so we decided to go to the challenge seat without giving them away in the experience seat.
The second episode : Our classmates are here! I heard a voice saying, "Teacher!" and I can see the 6th grade girls in my class
Of course, we played the game. I tried to lose, but I thought that if I lost too much, the student would notice, so I made mistakes from time to time, but these guys made more mistakes!
It ended with me winning or drawing (I should have made it more clear and lost... lol) I said, "This is just an experience seat, so it doesn't matter, show your real skills in the challenge seat," and sent the girl to another corner
The third episode : People were buzzing that a very famous politician visited the booth next door. (He was Korea's presidential candidate.) I looked up and saw the face that I saw on screen Although I was curious, I had my day job as a board gamer, so I welcomed students and focused on explaining the rules. Later, I found out that he talked to a student who experienced our booth and passed by
The 4th episode : The booth operators were not given a separate lunch break! It was announced that they would take turns eating lunch boxes. There were quite a few people... and I barely had time to eat. One person will be in charge of one booth, and one person will take turns eating I'm the type to eat slowly while tasting the taste, but I didn't have much time to relax on this day, so I sat on the stand and came back in a hurry that I couldn't even feel the taste
The fifth episode : There are so many people, and especially in the case of the challenge seat, the waiting line is longer, so to solve the bottleneck, we decided to take both the place and challenge as an experience seat It was the same with the booth I was in. I don't know what this day is... I made more mistakes than usual and often missed shots because I was nervous dealing with children. Hahaha
The 6th episode : The operations staff at the next table said, "A kid came up with a challenge and beat me." He got the prize, of course But after that, the student was still in the viewing room and gave advice to other participating children, saying, "I win all of them," showing a lot of confidence Then the child triumphantly challenged the management staff again! He must have wanted to win again. What was the result? According to him, he showed the dignity of an adult with his skills to children Of course, he gave away a croquinol pencil this time!!
The 7th episode : I explained the rules so much that the script was automatically made "This game is a 150-year-old game of Canada known to have started in 1876.... "In Canada, it's a daily sport that many families have and play throughout their lives, from childhood to grandmothers and grandparents. The rules are simple: if you put it in here, it's 20 points, this is 15 points....." I can't remember how many times I repeated the script above! The eighth episode : There are people who waited for an hour to listen to it while organizing it I've already experienced it and moved to the challenge seat, but the challenge seat lines are too long... Did they feel like they were waiting for a long line in the amusement park... ă ă Parents were tired of waiting, so they asked to go to another booth, but the child said, "Since I've experienced it, I really want to try it. I want to take a PokĂ©mon keychain!" and waited a lot. It must have been very boring for parents, but there was no other way. I thought the quality of the operation would be very low to just experience/challenge one game at a time 2 play experience + 2 play challenge was the minimum number of plays to feel a little croquinol
The ninth episode : After eating, I heard parents and children talking "This is where we play Alkagi(flicking). Shall we play Alkagi?" "Let's do it!"
If you had written the booth title, "Who wants to play croquinol?" no one would know croquinol, so accessibility would have been low But when the title said "Alkkagi", I was proud of him coming in without any pressure
The 10th episode : The official closing time of the booth was 4 p.m At around 3:50 p.m., I took a breath and looked at other places, and some places had already withdrawn, and I was usually cleaning up, so the atmosphere was clear But our booth is still full It lasted beyond hours Is this the power of crocinol?
The 11th episode : Time has been deleted I was worried about what if time went by during that long time of operating the booth, but it was a mistake. We were so busy explaining and playing that we didn't have time to look at the clock, and when we came to our senses, it was a time when the end was imminent. I couldn't even go to the bathroom for five hours. Because it was hectic, the operation ended without a comparative analysis of 'Are many people visiting other booths? How popular is our booth?' (When I saw the photos and videos later, I could see that our booth was more crowded than other booths.)
The 12th episode : I tried a lot to react to it in my own way. I really complimented the kid every time he hit the disc. I exaggerated a little bit like I became a YouTuber and shouted a compliment chant out loud A young girl who looked like elementary 1 or 2 sat down (around 7-8 years old) I finished explaining the rules, and asked her to practice shooting a few times. After that, we started playing the game. The girl said she would do it first, and she took the first shot of her life's first game. It went straight into the center hole. There was applause from all around. I said, "Even I couldn't put it in at first. It's amazing." Congratulations on your best experience." She's made a lot of mistakes in play since then, but it doesn't matter at all! There's nothing more touching than the first shot of 20 The parents who were nearby filmed this scene and will cherish this meaningful moment for a long time
The 13th episode : There seemed to be something interesting to see other crocinol tables also clapping, wow, oh, oh From the perspective of planning, all these reactions are a gift
The 14th episode : There were a lot of spectators while explaining/playing There were a lot of comments about the rules of the game "You have to hit the disc when it's on the surface" "Oh!" A male parent was glad to hear that he knew croquinol "I knew this game since it came out last year. It was about 110 dollars, but I didn't buy it because it was expensive." (It's more expensive now. It's about $140)
The 15th episode : We allowed a re-challenge in the 'Beat the Teacher' section, caressing the hearts of children thirsty for crocinol Some students tried again 3 times (The challenge itself takes about 1 minute and 30 seconds for the first round, 3 minutes in total, so it doesn't take much.)
The 16th episode : After 4 p.m., I looked at the other booth thinking about when to organize it, and a boy who looked like a fourth grade in the challenge seat was doing very well Her parents were also amazed by it The accuracy of each step wasn't unusual He said he came back to try it out and do it again Looking at the game, he unfortunately lost to Teacher S by 5 points when he made a mistake of 2 turns in the second half Teacher S told the student. " Try it with that teacher. He's the best While sitting down, I asked, "Do you want me to do it with all my strength or not?" I laughed and asked At first, the student said, "Please be generous!" but later changed his words to "With full strength." "Haha, okay. I'll go with all my strength!" The student said he would attack first and tried an open shot and went straight into the center hole "Wow... does this make sense?" I also chased along the disc in the center hole. That's how I tried to hit my opponent's disc in Hogan's alley and accidentally wasted three turns. The result is that the student who leads by 15 points wins... The child liked it very much and came home with a light step with his parents "Thank you for your hard work. Bye!" When I looked at the playground with the back of my family leaving after saying hello, the sun was slowly heading down, scattering light everywhere and giving the lawn a cozy view What could be a more peaceful landscape. He must have felt really good on his way home. I thought he lost well
Finish writing : When I was in college, I ran a different kind of booth when I was the president of a club, but it was the first time I ran it this way in relation to board games.
At that time, there were a lot of club members and the space was very spacious, so the event was held comfortably, but the croquinol booth was operated in a very minimal condition: 1 tent, 3 tables, 3 croquinols, and 4 people in operation
Still, it ended successfully as it exceeded the time without an accident, so considering that it is the first operation under this condition, it should be considered a great success.
The operation of this croquinol booth was planned by myself and prepared for the program, so I have a lot of attachment.
I'm grateful to the three people who ran it together (they were dispatched from each elementary school publicly and privately). As expected, people are the most important.
I'm willing to do it again if I have to participate in the booth event another month this year or if I have to run it again next year. I think we can do it in a better way than now
For example, I dream of running a mini-contest by installing more tables. There's a mini trophy, and I think the kid who got it will really like it. (Of course we need a lot more people than we do now...!)
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The translation and text inspection took a long time, but I'm posting it because I think croquinol gamers from other countries will enjoy reading it.
(I don't know how to put pictures in between when writing on Reddit. If you're curious about pictures while reading, please visit the link below. You may not understand Korean, but pictures are visual information so they can be understood universally)
https://boardlife.co.kbbs_detail.php?tb=community_post&bbs_num=26766
Not long ago in early May, I ran a croquinol booth for students and parents at a Children's Day event (it was held on the grounds of the University of Education)
The head of the school affairs department suggested, "I heard you like board games, do you want to run a booth?" so I thought very hard. Actually, it was bothersome.
In the end, I accepted because I wanted to make good memories with children as well as selling croquinol. At first, I thought it was easy to take a few croquinols and play a few rounds.
It wasn't long before I realized that the idea was very wrong. This is because there were so many things to consider operating the booth. The program should be organized in consideration of the number of users and the number of people visiting.
The arrangement of objects and the movement of people should also be considered. I shouldn't think, 'I'm done explaining the game to the students in moderation and watching them play.'
I have to think about the details. I thought about it until the day of operation and right before it started. Now that it's been decided so far, I'll have to recruit staff to run it together (this was the most difficult problem)
Finally, find out the products to give to the visiting children and purchase them, purchase notices to be installed in the booth, and other things necessary to proceed or make them
For two weeks, I spent a lot of time and energy thinking about and preparing for how to operate the booth. I thought a lot about what to give as the prize, but it was finally decided to go down
(1) Pokémon Key Chain Pokémon is definitely a successful IP!!
I decided it right away because it looked so pretty and the quality looked good. There were some that were really cheap, but the quality was really... It was a pity, so I put in more budget
(2) ritter sport chocolate It's economical because there are 200 in a pack I tried one to see if it's poisonous What????? This chocolate tastes pretty good...
(3) Crockinol Pencil (Steadler + Engrave) Originally, I didn't want to give pencils, but if I imprint them and give them to students, I thought they could remember croquinol for quite some time, so I made it meaningful.
If you look closely at the pencil, you can see the image of a disc bouncing with a finger. (â â â) I made it using the basic characters on the keyboard. Haha.)
It took a long time to think of the word 'dream tree' in the engraved phrase. (Offered words: rookie, genius, child, master, king, god, etc.) Since there are no other people to help me, I planned and produced a lot of things by myself.... lol
I recruited the operating personnel as follows
Head of the school affairs department -> Recruit me (one-person planner and business manager): Let's compare and analyze croquinol sales and rest at home and then experience it. Decided
Me-> First cast (S teacher): A versatile teacher who has been in the next class since we met in the 6th grade this year He became interested after being introduced to Crockinol by me. Enjoying Crockinol at home with his wife. Canadian style. (He said he was doing it without giving it away.) After receiving a proposal from me, "I'll do all the preparations, so please come and let the children know the games without any burden," he decided to participate after much consideration. I'm playing with my kids in the classroom, and my croquinol skills are increasing rapidly. I'm planning to promote the entire 6th grade croquinol competition later.
Second cast (Teacher C): My younger brother who met as a manager and a staff member at my last school and became very close. The same person who said in an old article that he helped move the classroom!
Together, we played about 400 rounds of croquinol 1:1 match. He made a lot of mistakes in his early days, but after hundreds of editions, he became enlightened at some point. He has become quite a master.
His powerful shots made a lot of crazy scenes. Among them, he sent five discs of his opponent to a ditch at the same time. When he was asked by me to help him, he accepted without hesitation. (He is expected to participate in the next event.)
Third cast (Teacher K): I am a teacher from another region, and I am close to him because I got to know him in a club. She was the last to be recruited, and she suggested liter port chocolate and keychain among the product ideas. Pencils were also highly recommended when I was thinking about it.
Lastly, he volunteered after seeing me thinking about recruiting one more person.
She's the only teacher who doesn't have a croquinol, and she doesn't usually have a chance to train, so she's still a beginner's skill.
Rather, a person who is expected to revitalize the booth operation because of that. (If teachers do too well, all students lose.) For the record, she has a board gamer gene that can also play Arcnova board games.
â» In addition, there is a sad history of rejection and subtly falling over during the recruitment process.
And I started setting it up on the day!! Visit early with teacher C and install one croquinol on three tables in the tent
At first, I was worried because the table was in the shape of a rectangle, but I could put things here and there. If you put the croquinol at an angle on the table, it was possible to conduct a 2:2 team, so there was no problem.
After I finished setting up, I sat down for a bit and tried a croquinol test. Played without any problems. The shot was even better because I told them to cut their nails, including myself.
However, there was a lot of dust on the tables and chairs provided by the company, so I hurriedly cleaned them. The remaining two operators also narrowly joined, and a total of four people were matched.
After that, I had time to start operating the booth as a whole They're here...!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! The name of the booth was 'Gather up here if you're confident in flicking', but I think I drew some aggro. Other places looked healthy like making animal bracelets, but our booth was like, "You! Come if you're confident!"
The booth was originally planned like this Planning the rules of the game: - If you feel uncomfortable, you can stand and shoot freely - In the case of 1:1, the original use of the 1/4 shooting line based on North America and Canada, rather than the use of the 1/2 shooting line that changed the rules in Korean company Korea Board Games. - A student who is too young is forced to shoot with a line forward. Two places are experience seats and listen to and experience the rules 1:1 or 2:2 (Parents and friends can participate together) - The experience gift is one litre pot chocolate - Rule Description -> Shot Practice -> consists of a two-game friendly
If you have learned the rules through the experience, go to the challenge seat of one place and challenge 1:1 or 2:2 (you can also participate together) - If you win, you'll get a Pokémon keychain, even if you lose, you'll get a 1/3 chance of a keychain and a 2/3 chance of a pencil through a lottery - Using one chance card, we will proceed with two sets, and if the student draws or wins even one set, it will be considered a victory. - Re-challenge possible when you line up again The booth gradually gathered and filled the corner, and the line got longer
I repeated the explanation and game so wildly!
The first episode : Even though it was in the shade of the tent, the temperature was high, so the chocolate melted. The student said it melted, so I touched it and it was liquid! Unfortunately, we can't give these defective products to students, so we decided to go to the challenge seat without giving them away in the experience seat.
The second episode : Our classmates are here! I heard a voice saying, "Teacher!" and I can see the 6th grade girls in my class
Of course, we played the game. I tried to lose, but I thought that if I lost too much, the student would notice, so I made mistakes from time to time, but these guys made more mistakes!
It ended with me winning or drawing (I should have made it more clear and lost... lol) I said, "This is just an experience seat, so it doesn't matter, show your real skills in the challenge seat," and sent the girl to another corner
The third episode : People were buzzing that a very famous politician visited the booth next door. (He was Korea's presidential candidate.) I looked up and saw the face that I saw on screen Although I was curious, I had my day job as a board gamer, so I welcomed students and focused on explaining the rules. Later, I found out that he talked to a student who experienced our booth and passed by
The 4th episode : The booth operators were not given a separate lunch break! It was announced that they would take turns eating lunch boxes. There were quite a few people... and I barely had time to eat. One person will be in charge of one booth, and one person will take turns eating I'm the type to eat slowly while tasting the taste, but I didn't have much time to relax on this day, so I sat on the stand and came back in a hurry that I couldn't even feel the taste
The fifth episode : There are so many people, and especially in the case of the challenge seat, the waiting line is longer, so to solve the bottleneck, we decided to take both the place and challenge as an experience seat It was the same with the booth I was in. I don't know what this day is... I made more mistakes than usual and often missed shots because I was nervous dealing with children. Hahaha
The 6th episode : The operations staff at the next table said, "A kid came up with a challenge and beat me." He got the prize, of course But after that, the student was still in the viewing room and gave advice to other participating children, saying, "I win all of them," showing a lot of confidence Then the child triumphantly challenged the management staff again! He must have wanted to win again. What was the result? According to him, he showed the dignity of an adult with his skills to children Of course, he gave away a croquinol pencil this time!!
The 7th episode : I explained the rules so much that the script was automatically made "This game is a 150-year-old game of Canada known to have started in 1876.... "In Canada, it's a daily sport that many families have and play throughout their lives, from childhood to grandmothers and grandparents. The rules are simple: if you put it in here, it's 20 points, this is 15 points....." I can't remember how many times I repeated the script above! The eighth episode : There are people who waited for an hour to listen to it while organizing it I've already experienced it and moved to the challenge seat, but the challenge seat lines are too long... Did they feel like they were waiting for a long line in the amusement park... ă ă Parents were tired of waiting, so they asked to go to another booth, but the child said, "Since I've experienced it, I really want to try it. I want to take a PokĂ©mon keychain!" and waited a lot. It must have been very boring for parents, but there was no other way. I thought the quality of the operation would be very low to just experience/challenge one game at a time 2 play experience + 2 play challenge was the minimum number of plays to feel a little croquinol
The ninth episode : After eating, I heard parents and children talking "This is where we play Alkagi(flicking). Shall we play Alkagi?" "Let's do it!"
If you had written the booth title, "Who wants to play croquinol?" no one would know croquinol, so accessibility would have been low But when the title said "Alkkagi", I was proud of him coming in without any pressure
The 10th episode : The official closing time of the booth was 4 p.m At around 3:50 p.m., I took a breath and looked at other places, and some places had already withdrawn, and I was usually cleaning up, so the atmosphere was clear But our booth is still full It lasted beyond hours Is this the power of crocinol?
The 11th episode : Time has been deleted I was worried about what if time went by during that long time of operating the booth, but it was a mistake. We were so busy explaining and playing that we didn't have time to look at the clock, and when we came to our senses, it was a time when the end was imminent. I couldn't even go to the bathroom for five hours. Because it was hectic, the operation ended without a comparative analysis of 'Are many people visiting other booths? How popular is our booth?' (When I saw the photos and videos later, I could see that our booth was more crowded than other booths.)
The 12th episode : I tried a lot to react to it in my own way. I really complimented the kid every time he hit the disc. I exaggerated a little bit like I became a YouTuber and shouted a compliment chant out loud A young girl who looked like elementary 1 or 2 sat down (around 7-8 years old) I finished explaining the rules, and asked her to practice shooting a few times. After that, we started playing the game. The girl said she would do it first, and she took the first shot of her life's first game. It went straight into the center hole. There was applause from all around. I said, "Even I couldn't put it in at first. It's amazing." Congratulations on your best experience." She's made a lot of mistakes in play since then, but it doesn't matter at all! There's nothing more touching than the first shot of 20 The parents who were nearby filmed this scene and will cherish this meaningful moment for a long time
The 13th episode : There seemed to be something interesting to see other crocinol tables also clapping, wow, oh, oh From the perspective of planning, all these reactions are a gift
The 14th episode : There were a lot of spectators while explaining/playing There were a lot of comments about the rules of the game "You have to hit the disc when it's on the surface" "Oh!" A male parent was glad to hear that he knew croquinol "I knew this game since it came out last year. It was about 110 dollars, but I didn't buy it because it was expensive." (It's more expensive now. It's about $140)
The 15th episode : We allowed a re-challenge in the 'Beat the Teacher' section, caressing the hearts of children thirsty for crocinol Some students tried again 3 times (The challenge itself takes about 1 minute and 30 seconds for the first round, 3 minutes in total, so it doesn't take much.)
The 16th episode : After 4 p.m., I looked at the other booth thinking about when to organize it, and a boy who looked like a fourth grade in the challenge seat was doing very well Her parents were also amazed by it The accuracy of each step wasn't unusual He said he came back to try it out and do it again Looking at the game, he unfortunately lost to Teacher S by 5 points when he made a mistake of 2 turns in the second half Teacher S told the student. " Try it with that teacher. He's the best While sitting down, I asked, "Do you want me to do it with all my strength or not?" I laughed and asked At first, the student said, "Please be generous!" but later changed his words to "With full strength." "Haha, okay. I'll go with all my strength!" The student said he would attack first and tried an open shot and went straight into the center hole "Wow... does this make sense?" I also chased along the disc in the center hole. That's how I tried to hit my opponent's disc in Hogan's alley and accidentally wasted three turns. The result is that the student who leads by 15 points wins... The child liked it very much and came home with a light step with his parents "Thank you for your hard work. Bye!" When I looked at the playground with the back of my family leaving after saying hello, the sun was slowly heading down, scattering light everywhere and giving the lawn a cozy view What could be a more peaceful landscape. He must have felt really good on his way home. I thought he lost well
Finish writing : When I was in college, I ran a different kind of booth when I was the president of a club, but it was the first time I ran it this way in relation to board games.
At that time, there were a lot of club members and the space was very spacious, so the event was held comfortably, but the croquinol booth was operated in a very minimal condition: 1 tent, 3 tables, 3 croquinols, and 4 people in operation
Still, it ended successfully as it exceeded the time without an accident, so considering that it is the first operation under this condition, it should be considered a great success.
The operation of this croquinol booth was planned by myself and prepared for the program, so I have a lot of attachment.
I'm grateful to the three people who ran it together (they were dispatched from each elementary school publicly and privately). As expected, people are the most important.
I'm willing to do it again if I have to participate in the booth event another month this year or if I have to run it again next year. I think we can do it in a better way than now
For example, I dream of running a mini-contest by installing more tables. There's a mini trophy, and I think the kid who got it will really like it. (Of course we need a lot more people than we do now...!)
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