Can i take gravol with percocet

don’t ask me to what, if i knew i’d work at blizzard haha
i’ve been playing a lot of comp and i find myself using mercy less and less because she feels weak and pointless- i almost feel guilty playing a character i used to enjoy/have fun with because her utility is so trash compared to literally anyone else- especially rez.
from an enemy standpoint; rez is annoying, unfair and rigged. if your teammates, like mine, regularly are passing around one brain cell, they’ll turn their backs to the tank that took 15 minutes to kill because of the mercy healbotting them, just to get rezzed because her rez animation is so fast in comparison to reaction + kill time, and then by the time you kill the tank again, she has rez ready to go for when your dps decide to push forward again.
all that to say, that it takes a LOT to kill a tank sometimes, and it feels unfair to have to do it all over again especially when it exhausts all your resources in a team fight. obviously team rez mercy was worse, but let’s stay in the present. and, of course, teammates shouldn’t be making the mistake of leaving a soul unguarded but… it’s Overwatch. what can you expect?
from Playing mercy perspective; often rez feels lackluster, especially if you’re playing mercy well. a good mercy will usually save rez / not go for risky rez in the first place, because the little value mercy DOES give, it usually isn’t worth trading mercy’s life for a rez, especially in a losing team fight- so truthfully, you rarely get to use it.
not to mention the focusing that comes from just you Existing. obviously that’s what the enemy SHOULD do, but it makes gameplay less fun and i think if she had an ability that WASNT rez, she’d be more viable and fun to play because her only value wouldn’t be placed on whether shes dead or alive.
risky rez, rez in general, rezparkour , etc, are all fun, opportunistic ways to play the game and obviously integral to how mercy has existed as a character for the life of overwatch- but in my PERSONAL OPINION, she needs a rework (which is no secret) and i , for one, would be happy to see a rez overhaul, or even the replacement of rez for a different ability that better suited the playstyle of overwatch 2.

I’ve been prescribed Zoloft along with Propanalol and Hydroxyzine for depression and anxiety. I never wanted the Zoloft, doctor just thought it was a good idea. Been mostly getting along ok trying to manage my anxiety and sadness with meditation and mindfulness techniques but the events of the past few months have been pretty devastating and there are days when I cannot stop crying and do not want to get out of bed. I’m in therapy and last time I just basically zombie stared at the wall and felt pretty unable to participate.
I take the propanalol sometimes, do not really notice if anything is different. The hydroxyzine just makes me sleep forever. So not something I can take and be functional. The reason I’m hesitant to take an antidepressant is that I’ve heard they can kill your creativity and sex drive and give you a flat affect. I’m a musician and the ability to create is super important to me. I already have sexual problems in my relationship and I’m not trying to make that worse.
I guess I’m just looking for other people’s experiences/ advice because I’m pretty lost. Thanks.

This is a vent post, so please look away if layoffs, the state of play doesn't matter much to you.
I think I'm about to find out that the role they brought me in a year ago to build 'from scratch' as just a uxr - is being eliminated. And they won't tell me face to face, but just via HR. This is a listed company and I'm sole uxr. Prior to this job, I was asked to lead a team, then in fact got asked to do layoffs which I didnt sign up for.
I would normally consider jumping back into applying but tbh, I'm taking stock of whether I want to continue to be in this undervalued sector of the industry at all. Its constantly proving that you're valuable and justifying your existence. And the abuse felt ramped up because everyone is afraid of layoffs and findings ways to leverage 'findings' from you.
These are the red flags I should have listened to over the past 4 jobs:

• senior leadership do not know or understand your role
• hiring manager of design team has never worked with uxr before
• designers have never worked with uxr before
• team does not have more than 1 native speaker of the language they all work in
• they actually work in waterfall and don't have design thinking processes at all (this is the biggest one)
• they had a former uxr but no one can tell you what happened to them and why they left
• you have zero autonomy over projects and forward planning

I know the state of the market sucks right now, but sacrificing mental health now means paying for it in therapy frankly

Hello,
For the past year I have been living at home and going to a community college since I graduated highschool. I have decided that the degree Im going for is really kind of useless, and that I dont want to or really even need to get the degree to get that job (and frankly I dont think I want the job either). This past year has been really lonely and very depressing in terms of making friends/meeting people, due to commuting and my major being a small group of the same people for each class. I also really dont have a great idea of what I would like to do/major in.
My options Im considering right now are:
-Stay at home and go to community college for a general studies degree (Pro: go for free, credits will be mostly applicable to anywhere I apply, use those 2 years to figure out what I wanna do. Cons: still decently lonely, hate living in the same place I have grown up my entire life)
-Go to state school undecided (Pro: be around people, parties. Cons: Student debt (something I REALLY want to avoid).
This leads me to another option:
-Move to a college town with roomates and take my general studies degree online. (Pros: go for free, I manage my time better doing school online, still have time to figure out what Im doing without going into debt, still can be around a college campus with people) (Cons: Paying rent/utilities, managing life being independent)
If anyone older than me (19M) could outline anything I am perhaps not seeing with these options, I would GREATLY appreciate it. I had the idea for the third option today but dont know if I am seeing all the sides of it.
Thanks.
EDIT: To clarify, general studies would be a 2 year degree that I would use to transfer to a 4 year.

This is a vent.
Ignore this if you’re going through a hard time yourself.
I am in pain. I want it to go away, and I don’t know how.
In the span of 3 months, I have lost my great grandmother, I have broken my collarbone, I have injured my eye, I have taken finals for pre nursing, and now I am going to lose my dog tomorrow.
I am going to try and start therapy. I need it, I am incapable of coping with anything that has happened. I feel like I haven’t been able to properly mourn my Gram. I’ve been put under pressure with my job to pick up more hours. I am about to lose a dog that I’ve had since I was 7 years old.
I am in so much pain. I am a very emotional person, I have a hard time regulating my feelings and I tend to lash out in anger because I don’t have control of anything.
I’m not asking for an answer. I know what the answer is. I need to get professional help, probably medicated, and I need to just get over what’s happening. I just wish it was easier. I’ll probably delete this post in a couple hours because of my anxiety.
Losing a dog is like losing a family member. I haven’t had the time, due to stress from work, school, and friends/family to properly mourn the death of my Gram. She is the first person in my life who has passed away, and I’m having a hard time coping with it. Now I am going to lose my dog.
I’m tired, I’m angry, and I’m depressed. There is so much more I could put into this, like how I’ve been dealing with severe anxiety/depression for years and my drs can never seem to find an answer besides “here’s some medication that’s seriously going to fuck you up”. I had to take a break from the meds for a while, and felt like I wasn’t even existing. Just on auto pilot.
I’ll probably delete this soon. I just need a place to vent.

I'm a blind 20 year old college student currently paying $900 a month in rent, plus another $400 a month in pet rent (4 rats, and a dog) I've been renting the house for 2 years now, and my lease is running out soon. My landlord has decided not to renew the lease as he would like to move in it to retire.
The house I'm renting currently has 3 bedrooms and 1 bathroom. It is not within any public transportation. The 3 bedroom is nice, because my grandma and brother often live with me for parts of the year because my hometown is under feet of snow most of the time, and is generally a nightmare to live in if your old. The lease is in my name, but the landlord knows that they stay with me for long amounts of time, and they help with rent when they are here.
I've always made rent on time; although maintaining employment has been incredibly difficult for me. Because no one likes it when blind people drive for some reason, (Jokes, Jokes I know why I can't drive) it's hard for me to get to and from both work and school. If I want to do anything, including but not limited to work and school, I have to beg a friend to drive out of their way to take me.
Now that I won't be able to stay here, I'm at a crossroads. I can either, find another place to rent, which will almost certainly be more expensive than where I am now, and won't be any closer to public transportation, or I can take advantage of a city run housing program for the disabled that would allow me to buy a house close to public transit. For the same amount of rent I pay now, I could own my home in 30 years.
On one hand, I really don't think I'll ever own a home if I don't take this opportunity. It would help me get a stable job since I would have semi-reliable transportation, and it has a spare room I could rent out, plus a yard for the dog. It's also near my school. I like the neighborhood, and generally enjoy living in my town.
On the other hand, I'm only 20. Literally anything could happen. The city is super depressed as a whole, with high unemployment, and low wages. There is a lot of crime, and it's not exactly easy to sell here. Plus there is a high crime rate and lots of gang related violence. Buying this house would take me out of the thick of it, but If I ever want to leave, I'd have to figure something out. If I buy, I'm locked into this location for the rest of my life.
The other catch is that this program is only available until July. I already am qualified for it, but in order for me to get it, I have to act fast. If I buy after the program closes, I lose it. If I buy now, even once it's gone, I've got it.
I also very well could be locked into this town one way or another. Since living here, I've made a bit of a name for myself. I sell crochet items and other handmade toys fairly regularly at local craft fairs. This combined with taking commissions for custom toys has been how I've been staying afloat for the last 2 years. Leaving the town, means starting from 0 as far as selling my art goes. Plus, my grandma and brother are both on board with helping to pay my mortgage or rent when they inevitably end up staying with me.
I'm leaning towards buying, but I'm still incredibly nervous about the decision.

i am 17F living with my two parents. for as long as i can remember, even as a child, we’ve had roach problems. in the past year, they’ve gotten especially bad. there are roaches in our bathroom, in the sinks, in our air fryer, stove, in the FRIDGE, in everyone’s bedrooms (+ a new addition of bedbugs too) every single place you can ever think of. there are many in the daytime, which means there are only even more at night. i’m genuinely traumatized by this and i can’t eat food from my fridge anymore and i can’t sleep at night and i feel like there are always bugs crawling on me even if there are not.
my parents have done nothing to combat this, the most they’ve done is buying roach spray, which obviously will do nothing to an infestation this bad. our house in general is also dirty and my mom holds onto things we do not need, so there are certain areas that are cluttered as well. they do not regularly clean anything and then my dad blames it on me even though i’ve tried doing my best, but i’m a teenager and the responsibility of cleaning the house should not only lay on me.
its gotten so difficult to live like this and all i want is to live in a clean house that isn’t completely infested with bugs. im HORRIFIED that when i move out as an adult i will take them with me and i start sobbing everytime i think of how i’ve been living like this for years, i feel so dirty and it’s ruining my mental health completely.
what i’m looking for is any tips to help my situation, since there isn’t much i can do about the infestation itself. and any tips for when i move out and go to college will also be helpful. i’m just so desperate right now and i can’t tell any of my friends because it is an uncomfortable topic so i decided to resort to this for advice. thank you

I had met my ex some time ago, about 4 years ago already, and soon we got along well and started to escalate things, consequently, we started dating. We dated for almost two years, I think it was just a little over 4 months short of completing two years... two years being faithful to the same person. But even though I loved her very much, I couldn't continue with the relationship. She lived far away and it was taking a toll on me. I felt really bad on the day I told her everything... Honestly, she was the person I loved the most, and I still look for people who remind me of her, even unconsciously. The curly hair and the small lips along with that beautiful body... When I remember her and realize that we didn't work out, it makes me really sad because I wanted someone like her, someone who understood me, was affectionate, a little crazy like she was, haha. Sometimes I catch myself thinking about it, and I confess that I end up imagining a more favorable reality for us. I can live without her now, but I confess that it feels like a part of me stayed with her. Since we stopped talking, I became much more withdrawn, although I'm better now. I feel a sense of emptiness when I remember that we didn't work out, and also sadness knowing that she has had sexual relationships with someone else and has dated someone else. She was my first in everything, and foolishly, I thought we were really meant to be forever, even though I'm quite grounded.

One of her friends had corrective jaw surgery last year and is still in the healing process. He looks fine but full recovery can take up to 9 months and its barely been six.
My daughter, he and three other friends were sitting in my front yard. I walked by and caught my daughter teasing her friend by cupping(for lack of a better word) her friend's chin. The friend gently brushed her hand away but look obviously bothered and she did it again. While the rest of the friends just looked on amused.
I get teenagers are rowdy and everything but this is somebody who's recovering from a medical procedure. I immediately yelled at her to cut that out and reminded all of them that doing that is no joke. They froze and my daughter sheepisly apologized to her friend.
Its been three days and my daughter is still pissed at me for embarassing her like that and my husband said that since she was being ''gentle''(not hitting his face, but just holding it) that I could just have waited to tell her privately that she should stop doing that. And that she's probably embarrassed because that was her way of flirting with her friend.
She's 16, she should understand respecting other people's physical space and why even a ''gentle touch'' in a sensitive, still healing area is inconsiderate and ill-advised.

hi!
i am very new to my anxiety medication. so new that today is the first time ive taken any and im on a plane (hence the anxiety) and unable to reach my doctor to ask these questions so I am curious if anyone has any insight.
i’m prescribed lorazepam. i took 0.5 at midnight, then 1mg at 8:50am before take off. it’s now 1:20 and im still on flight but can feel the anxiety rising again. i would like to take another dose or half but im not sure if thats safe enough?
i also am concerned about drinking this weekend. this whole trip is for a music festival in vegas and i would like to be able to drink or have an edible. i dont plan on using the meds after i get off this flight, not until the return flight on tuesday.
even with what ive taken so far is it still unsafe to drink at all this weekend? i am not a risky person so i do want to be safe and have all the facts.
thank you

Here's a quick story about my biggest SAAS success to date.
I was working as a software engineer at Expedia. On the side, I was running cold email outreach for a few saas companies.
One of the most time-consuming aspects of doing cold email was writing the email sequences. Especially to do proper A/B testing with 2-4 variations of each email. I ended up shortcutting this with chatgpt. However, vanilla gpt sucks at writing emails, so I slowly put together a prompt I'd use. Along with the prompt, I'd input the company's product, the pain point of the buyer, and any metrics or case studies I had.
The result was pretty good. It got me about 75% of the way there. It saved a ton of time.
I have built a few gpt wrappers before, and it's honestly a lot harder than it sounds. Getting quality results that are accurate can be difficult. But, I was already using gpt to write these emails, so I thought I might as well at least build the tool for myself.
My initial repository commit was on April 20th.
I used it myself, and it was awesome.
I hosted it completely for free for anyone to use. I tracked IP addresses of users to see how many people tried it.
Stats:

• Over 300 people tried it by marketing on X and reddit
• 21 people generated 6 or more emails
• 16 people came back on a later date to use the product again

This was enough validation for me to at least give it a real shot.
I finished up adding sign ups and payments on May 4th.
I launched on product hunt... and TADA! Crickets. A few more sign ups but no paid users.
Once I implemented sign ups, I allowed everyone to start with 5 generations for free. People loved it, but I noticed multiple people would abuse the system, creating multiple accounts for themself to get more free credits and avoid paying.
So I made the scary decision to completely remove the free plan 2 days ago.
And in the last 24 hours?
I got my first 4 subscribers.
I'm not rich by any means, but man it feels good when things finally start to work out.
I know it's kind of lame giving advice to others when I'm sitting here at $36 MRR, but at one point I would look up to me now, so here's my advice.

1. Learn from every failure, take a break to gather yourself, and try again with your new knowledge. This is my 5th saas product I've built, and I'm excited about $36 MRR... it's not an easy road. But every failure contains learnings.
2. Start with the distribution. If you have a killer idea, first think about who will purchase it and how you will reach those people. Please have a plan before writing any code. For me, it was cold email. I can easily target thousands of business development reps who send cold emails every day and could benefit from my tool.
3. Be patient. It sucks but you simply have to be patient. Even if you are doing everything right, it will take time for you to build a trustworthy landing page. Don't try a marketing channel for a day and give up. I'd give each one at least a week, maybe a month before assuming it doesn't work.

Hope this helps some of you who are just getting started. I'm always excited to talk about building saas projects, feel free to dm or follow me on X.

(Mods - I'm not trying to advertise a product or solicit research participants or anything, please take down of this is not appropriate!)
Hi all! long time lurker, first time poster. :) A little bit of background about myself - I got diagnosed with ADHD in my late 20s after a lifetime of white knuckling it through life. I've struggled with intense anxiety and depression as co-morbidities. I now go to therapy regularly and take medication and it took an immense amount of effort (re: I have major executive dysfunction issues lol) to even get where I am today.
What I'm finding the most overwhelming is that ... beyond semi-regular therapist check-ins and ADHD medication, I haven't found any structured tooling to help me navigate the day to day challenges of ADHD. Yes, there are some resources (books, coaches) and forums for tips and some tools out there, but even getting STARTED on researching those things and then figuring out the best implementation of them is overwhelming.
Recently, I've been mulling over why there isn't better tooling to help someone's ADHD management in day to day life. I can think of so many examples of things that I need help with but one major one is time blindness. It creates a ton of stress for me and impacts my relationships and even though I try to use timers and organize on calendars, in the moment, I'm still time blind.
Does anyone have recommendations of tools they use that help with time blindness? If not, would something like this be of use to you? I got laid off a few months ago and have been thinking about making something simple to help with this issue in my free time.

• I'm imagining something like a virtual "shadow buddy" time management coach. Say you need to leave the house in an hour, but you need to do your make up and put the laundry in the dryer first. You could set the session to 50 minutes and put in your headphones. Maybe it could then allow you to connect to external audio like Spotify or Netflix or Youtube if you're someone who needs some auditory stimulation while doing another task (I am lol). The session starts with someone saying "ok - remind yourself now of what you need to get done by the end of this session! I'm going to check in again every 10 minutes to let you know how much time you have left!". The tool then auto-jumps back to say, the audiobook you're listening too, and then 10 minutes later it pauses the audio and the virtual coach comes back with "hey! i'm checking back in, it's been 10 minutes and you have 40 minutes left. are you still on task? did you get distracted doing something else, or get overwhelmed and started scrolling? get back on track! i'll check back again in 10 minutes"... and so forth.

Thoughts?! Any existing tools that do this? (Again mods, if this is not allowed, totally understand, sorry if this is breaking any rules)

My 12 year old niece is big into her music (and style! Has her hair dyed half back half pink) we got her tickets to the 21st showing at the Denver Ball Arena. My question is, my sister sees the VIP is meet and greet with a hologram? She is wondering if there is any way to contact a management team member and see if we can get an in person VIP. Money is not an issue, we will pay as much as it takes, my niece recently relapsed with a rare form of childhood leukemia, she is going through the process of getting a bone marrow transplant. We want to put a very memorable exciting moment in midst this gloom, so please no snark on asking, I have no idea if this would be possible. Thanks!

Hi all, I’m so glad to find this subreddit and hope to get some insight…
I’ve been taking ovasitol for almost 4 weeks now. I started at one packet (2000 mg) for 5 days then went to 2 packets (4000).This last week or so, I’ve noticed a crazy sudden change in weight, or maybe it’s bloating? My stomach is bigger and my clothes don’t fit right. The pants that usually hang loose from my hips are now tight at the waist. The sudden change in my body has me feeling insane/like I can’t tell what’s really going on with it. I haven’t made any dietary or exercise changes that would explain the change either.
Has anyone else experienced this? I keep seeing that people lost weight from ovasitol, not gained it. A part of me is hoping this is pre-period bloating and hormones. At the same time, I’m terrified I’ll get even bigger and won’t be able to get back to my weight before this. I’m considering cutting down back to 2000 mg and just taking a packet once a day but am scared I’ll sabotage my chances of getting my period, which I haven’t had since December.
Any help/advice is so appreciated!

Ever wonder why Joseph & his friends had to sit in Liberty Jail for MONTHS during the winter when they hadn't been convicted of a crime?
Turns out in the 1800s, most courts only operated twice per year. So when Joseph was arrested in November, he was stuck in a jail and had no trial, no hearings, no options, until court was back in session in the following spring.
And remember, this incarceration kicked off the "Extermination Order" of Governor Boggs, which sought to exterminate or expel all Mormons from the state of Missouri. So while Joseph and other leaders are in jail they are getting reports of intense suffering endured by the saints. Beatings, rape, murder, robbery, and the worst kinds of abuse. All with no options. No rights. Just the power of the governor keeping you locked in a tiny cell because the courts can't be bothered to deal with you right now.
Man, oh man, Governor Boggs hated the Mormons. Especially Joseph Smith.
Finally, in April, Just before a trial would have to begin, Joseph was allowed to escape. Almost as if they knew they had nothing that would stick, but they could inflict 6 months of unjust imprisonment on them.
But Boggs didn't like that. He was more of a "kick out all the Mormons, but also throw them all in jail" kind of guy. He demanded Illinois arrest and extradite Joseph and others to be jailed again and face more charges. Luckily, a court found that the warrant was deficient. The saints managed to settle in Nauvoo, and Boggs was soon done as governor of Missouri.
But then someone tried to kill Boggs.
Neighbors identified somebody named Tompkins, but opponents of the church quickly asserted it must have been a Mormon, trying to get revenge.
With hostile forces gathering, Saints figured that Boggs would soon try to arrest Latter-day Saints again - even though they were now in Illinois. How to defend yourself from the power of a corrupt former governor, or illegal orders from your own governor? The saints came up with a novel idea. They created a city ordinance that allowed the municipal court to essentially examine any extradition requests, whether federal, state, or city based, under the common law of Habeas Corpus
Around that time, John C. Bennett sent letters to newspapers claiming Joseph Smith hired Orrin Porter Rockwell to assassinate Boggs.
Now with a story he could use, Boggs went to a justice of the peace to swear an affidavit that Rockwell was the shooter, and that Joseph Smith was an accessory to the attempted murder, citing "evidence and information" in his possession. (But not saying what that evidence or information was.) He used this affidavit to convince the new Missouri governor, Thomas Reynolds, to initiate the extradition process to try and bring Joseph back to the state where people were so hostile to Mormons that the jails would only release Mormon prisoners in the middle of the night due to attacks by mobs.
Receiving the demand from Missouri, Illinois governor Thomas Carlin went ahead and issued warrants without any pushback, and JS and Rockwell were arrested in Nauvoo. The two prisoners exercised their right for habeas corpus under the Nauvoo ordinance.
That stalled the arrest long enough for Joseph to enact a backup plan and reach out to the county court for the writ of habeas corpus, which was also granted.
Well now we have a pickle. We have two governors, three states (Iowa later got involved), a city marshal, a municipal court, a county court, a county constable, a sheriff, an agent of the Missouri government all barking at each other about who has authority, who can arrest who, and the rights of the accused never really given fair consideration. Looking to skip over annoying questions of law and jurisdiction, rewards were offered by the governors of Missouri and Illinois for the capture of JS and Rockwell. Mobs arrived in Nauvoo to hunt them down. For months this went on, with Joseph being shifted around from home to home to try and avoid the people who would forcibly take him to Missouri despite the writ of habeas corpus, and no higher power willing to actually look at the legality of the extradition order, or the right of Nauvoo to intercede. Things were bleak. It was like the worst days of Missouri had come again.
Really, Joseph had 2 options: submit to arrest and jail in Missouri (he knew what that was like, and rightly feared the abuses he would certainly suffer again there), or else hide until some court or government outside of mob control finally paid attention. I don't blame him one bit for choosing to hide!
A few months pass and in 1842, a former Illinois state supreme court justice was elected governor of Illinois, and the saints thought maybe they had an opening to get justice. A delegation was sent to speak with him and the US Attorney for the district of Illinois. When the US Attorney heard the details he immediately said the extradition order was illegal and requested Joseph come to Springfield to be heard before the U.S. district court - a court with Federal authority.
But how do you get Joseph to Springfield without one of these mobs or lawmen jumping him and dragging him to Missouri for that cash reward? You get the Nauvoo Legion to arrest him and escort the prisoner themselves. :D
On arriving in Springfield, hostile county officials at first refused to provide a copy of the warrant, knowing it was going to be challenged. So the Governor's office provided one and submitted the case to the district court.
Crazy arguments were made on both sides, with people arguing about jurisdiction, residency, and the facts of the alleged crime itself. Stuff that doesn't really happen today, but was common back then.
The Judge said, in essence, "Since extradition is between two states, it MUST be a federal issue and therefore heard by a federal court. (Sorry Nauvoo.) And furthermore, A governor can't just demand another state arrest somebody and send them over. The alleged criminal has to have committed a crime in that state, then ran away to another state. Joseph Smith didn't do that, so too bad, Missouri."
This ruling helped establish precedent in American extradition law, making it clear that you can't just demand somebody be extradited, even if you're a governor.
https://www.josephsmithpapers.org/paper-summary/introduction-to-extradition-of-js-for-accessory-to-assault/1#11046207362051668990
https://rsc.byu.edu/vol-16-no-1-2015/they-pursue-me-without-cause-joseph-smith-hiding-dc-127-128
https://byustudies.byu.edu/article/habeas-corpus-in-early-nineteenth-century-mormonism-joseph-smiths-legal-bulwark-for-personal-freedom/
Bennett and the state of Missouri would try one more time, and fail again, to extradite Joseph Smith. After which the state of Illinois would be the next source of charges against Joseph, including the charges that led to Carthage Jail.

Link to earlier post.
Before getting into the meat of this post, it needs to be remembered that the ex-Scientologists named here are actual victims of the Church of Scientology. Nothing in this post is meant to deny that fact.
However, let's remember too, those being attacked by Aaron Smith-Levin and their new brand of Scientology-style attacks, are also victims of Scientology.
The cruelty directed at Mike Rinder, Claire Headley, Tony Ortega, Chris Shelton, Leah Remini, Stefani Hutchinson, the Aftermath Foundation and those who speak out against SPTV's excesses are not justified. There has been a strain of "both sides" about this. Defending oneself against slander is not the same thing as initiating slander, which is how this all started. Telling the truth in response to SPTV creator attacks is not the same thing as a Fair Game campaign against them.
It doesn't bring me any joy to write these posts, but these things need to be known because the number of distortions and fabrications coming out of the SPTV creators is reaching a fever pitch and it needs to stop.
My earlier two posts focused mainly on Chrissie Bixler, Jane Doe 1 (from the Masterson trials) and Aaron Smith-Levin, all of whom have been working together in a tight, hidden conspiracy to attack anyone who could expose them or their agendas, and/or anyone who opposes their slanderous and vicious attacks. They are in fact acting as Scientology does, following L. Ron's directions to hunt those people down and attempt to ruin them.
Unfortunately, the SPTV cabal is not just these three mentioned above. There are others who have also jumped on this bandwagon of Scientology-like attacks. From the outside, none of these people's "content" is any different from what the Church of Scientology produces through its STAND League and other OSA-front group social media accounts. If OSA had a video channel, it would look almost exactly like SPTV.
So let's take a look at Serge Del Mar, formerly known as Serge Gil. If you Google "Serge Gil" you will find photos of him hanging around with the Mastersons and other VIP Scientologists as recently as November of 2014 at an art exhibit Serge participated in. This was while he was still in the cult, of course, but it sure is odd that he never mentions this.
Funny too that this group of "innocents" all have taken to going after whistle blowers who are out, and not admitting to anything they did while they were Scientologists and Sea Organisation members. Serge becomes visibly and loudly unhinged over the idea that Mike Rinder was once the head of OSA and therefore "must know" every single secret and crime ever perpetrated in Scientology. Yet he claims perfect innocence when it comes to his Scientology history. But how is that possible when he perpetuated Scientology's abuse on children in a much more direct and forceful way than Mike Rinder ever could: Serge audited children and was apparently paid handsomely for it. Auditing is, of course, Scientology's warped and twisted idea of counselling.
In this article from Tony Ortega, it reads: "In his Facebook post, Serge talked about the horror of having men admit to having sex with children, and being instructed to get even more information from such confessors, who were then simply charged even more [money] to 'handle' their paedophilia.
"We were made to sit in that Fort Harrison hotel day in and day out interrogating people to see what they had done. Our interviews were always closely watched [and] monitored by several ‘terminals.’ All the CSes [case supervisors] and tech ‘executives’ became willing in colluding and becoming 100 percent complicit with this sexually inappropriate environment for any one under the age of 18."
"Self-confessed paedophiles could just magically ‘address’ this behavior with auditing — all the while you were looking at ways to monetize at every opportunity' he says, accusing Scientology executives of looking for ways to turn confessions into more auditing and more money."
So who were these paedophiles and why aren't they being reported to the police? Why is Serge not talking about them? Why is he instead negating what he did and laughing about it in live streams with Nora, where they forgive and forget easily when it comes to their own bad behaviour in the cult. How come they get a free pass but no one else outside of SPTV does?
Serge engages in hypocrisy at a level that would put politicians and cult leaders to shame.
Recently, Serge added Leah Remini's name to his hit list by claiming Remini told him that she wanted nothing to do with helping children of the Sea Organisation. He actually said that about the woman who produced an the documentary series which gave Serge and the other "Scientology children" a voice on an international stage, something none of them were able to accomplish on their own.
Some facts from the past need to be brought forward.
First, it was Leah Remini who was trying to help all of the ex-Scientology "kids" to help find legal representation. This was the group Serge Del MaSerge Gil proclaimed he was the leader of, saying he was the "voice of many." He claimed he would be bringing the clients and the documentation to Kent's law firm.
Remini was introduced to Brian Kent by A&E. Right after the end of the Aftermath's finale, Kent's law firm was the only one willing to take on this massive case. Is A&E now going to be attacked by this group? Where are the tweets directed at A&E? Not that I am suggesting that. It is just to prove the facts here are consistently twisted to suit this group’s goal and it has nothing to do with exposing the crimes committed by Scientologists and Scientology.
This is about getting anyone who isn’t them.
Second and more importantly, it was Serge who then ran with this and gathered claimants for this case, and it was Serge that then introduced them all to Kent's firm. Christi Gordon was also working on this case. It was a noble effort. Leah, Serge and Christi did not do anything wrong,but somehow now Leah is a bad person for having tried to help.
Obviously, no one was aware at that time of what the future would hold for Jane Doe and Kent. No one still knows what happened with these cases - because Serge Del Mar was the ringleader. No mention of this from Alex the silly Wabbit. No mention of this from anyone. And obviously once Kent's law firm was hired, Leah and Mike would not have been privy to any privileged information about the cases.
Then Aaron and crew claim they uncovered this alleged crime committed by Kent? Kent isn’t being accused of crimes of child molestation, or of rape. He is being accused of unethical behaviour with an adult victim - and yes, that is bad enough. But it was Jane Doe in this case that had to summon the courage to file a confidential complaint. Aaron and his gang didn’t uncover and report anything. What they did do was compromise a bar investigation; they took credit for something they had nothing to do with. This is simply despicable behaviour. How this group has completely fabricated the facts of the investigation is beyond me.
They didn't even talk to the person who filed the complaint against Brian Kent. They were too busy stabbing her in the back, compromising her identity and forwarding a confidential document. Aaron conveniently didn’t mention this was a confidential investigation and document when he read it out to his audience. That's how Aaron makes a living.
Anyone continuing this story and celebrating these people are only doing so for other reasons that have nothing to do with the Jane Doe in this case. It is not only unfortunate that Jane Doe in this case had been harmed by Kent, but now these SPTV creators are harming her and her investigation too.
As a Scientology "activist," every action Serge claims he has taken against Scientology has been a major failure. If you step back and look at his track record, Serge has not accomplished a single thing against his former “church” of any significance, unless you count minutes of time shouting into a microphone at highest-ever decibels as 'activism.' It's not. It's just shouting into a microphone. He constantly claims that he has receipts, lawsuits are imminent, but with nothing forthcoming it sure seems as though Serge Del MaSerge Gil is nothing more than a con man looking for clicks for which he can profit.
Even more strangely, Serge's first attempt at fame was spending many years attacking former high-ranking Sea Organisation member Debbie Cook. Remember her? She was the one who got more people out of Scientology with her blistering 2011 New Year email than any former member before her. Debbie Cook was a whistle blower. And Serge seems to be going after those who did/do the work and are OUT of Scientology - excluding himself of course. Why not expose the crimes they covered up while they were in the cult? Aaron tearfully admitted to committing his own heinous crimes once, but somehow he is instantly forgiven.
Serge's criminal complaint against Scientology in Florida went nowhere and the investigation was dropped due to a lack of evidence. In fact, Serge told lies in his police filing, such as claiming that there are tunnels underneath The Fort Harrison Hotel (Scientology’s Clearwater Florida location) which are used to traffic Scientology children.
These days he goes on and on about "the hotels" where supposedly children are kept as sex slaves, a claim so preposterous even ex-Scientologists are fed up with hearing it.
Serge Del MaSerge Gil has promised to bring lawsuits against Scientology and continues to disseminate that he "has receipts" but again, not once has he ever been able to produce a shred of evidence or anything real. His incompetence and ineffectiveness are obvious, which is why the only way he can remain in the spotlight is to attack inwardly against the people who are getting the real work done.
For Serge (and the rest), it's the spotlight that is important, not the actual work.
Serge, Aaron, Chrissie Bixler, Jane Doe 1, Mike Brown, Miriam Francis, Nora Aames and the following are on a campaign to destroy their own credibility in the real world. One can only wonder if they are also getting a kick-back from Scientology.
Liz Gale has seemingly banished herself after being exposed and has all but disappeared, which of course is being blamed on RindeRemini/Hutchinson.
Christie Gordon too has disappeared from the SPTV Foundation board. Why hasn't she spoken up? Isn't she part of the crew demanding others own what they did? Why hasn't she done so when it comes to her own group's activities?
Joey Chait who was on board for the SPTV fake foundation, is now off too and no one knows why.
What has the Aftermath done? Helped people to get out of Scientology. That is the work.
What has SPTV Inc. done to help victims of Scientology? How about showing it? I have previously asked for evidence of any effective work and have yet to receive a response.
It's time for Serge (and the rest) to put up or shut up. If he or anyone in this group has real evidence of Scientology crimes, he has a solicitor and he can file a lawsuit in civil court or he can go back to the Clearwater Police and show them evidence of the crimes committed against him.
I'm not saying that crimes were not committed against Serge by others when he was in the Sea Org. But screaming into a microphone for hours isn't how to bring Scientology to justice. Screaming at law enforcement who have no idea what he is talking about with Flag and children is not helping anyone, nor is stalking and harassing Scientology's attorneys while Leah Remini's hearings are going on.
It looks an awful lot like the SPTV crew are trapped in some kind of victim complex and are high-conflict personalities.
So instead of more name calling, if Serge (or anyone in this group), "has receipts" that show that Mike Rinder is a criminal who is knowingly covering up his crimes in Scientology, produce them or shut up already. Rinder handed over his OSA documents. Aaron, by the way, took those documents under false pretenses, promised not to forward them and then did with the intent to harm Rinder and others. So instead of attacking Mike Rinder (the whistleblower here), where are the questions to the FBI for not acting on them? Where is the outrage for the documents that are authored by OSA personnel that are still in Scientology?
Personally, I'm sick of watching this crazy train go on and on without end just so some former Scientologists can try to appear altruist and inflate their egos for profit. Aren’t you all sick of the noise?
More to come.

Now… let me be clear… I’ve worked in fine dining for years. I understand it matters a great deal to the people who pursue it, both technically and culinarily. I understand it matters to the patrons who consume the food.
I’ve heard all the justifications about technique and the quality of the food… I’ve experienced Michelin star food and I’ve been told that my pallet isn’t good enough just because I don’t understand the hype. Which is a great way to not discuss the actual benefit of the food to begin with.
For me, the food in fine dining seems to be extremely over complicated and fine tuned only for the sake of being over complicated and fine tuned. There are many dishes where technique comes into play in both preparation and taste however… I think most fine dining establishments don’t justify the means to and end.
Like, in The Bear, we see the stress and pressure that people put into these things… and my question is: Is it worth it? Is it worth 14 hour days to master a craft only the wealthy can enjoy? Is Carmy someone who should be emulated?
I’d love to hear everyone’s takes.

So tonight my 15 year old son, just minutes after buying him a brand new pair of football cleats for the upcoming season, decided to cop an attitude with me and his mom. I told him if his attitude don't change, there will be no birthday airsoft party at rampage and possibly even the football camp he signed up for. His reaction yelling "Shut the f@ck up. No one can take those from me". I immediately turn around in my seat and yell back "Don't you ever tell me to shut the f@ck up, who do you think you are". He replied with something along the lines of "someone who will f@ck you up so I got out of the car and told him "if that's you think will happen, come do it". He got out and pushed me a few times then jumped back in the car.
Just curious how would you react?? I know some of you may think I reacted inappropriately but this kinda behavior is becoming the norm with him.... seriously thinking meds may be warranted

The most frustrating for me was when Ahsoka was accused of bombing the temple. If they all would have taken like 2 seconds they would have realized she couldn’t have possibly have planned it because she was off fighting with Anakin. Don’t even get me started on their hypocrisy in the last episode of that arc. I can completely understand how the dark side was able to take over.