My son started on whole milk at 12 months (before that he was formula fed and only had some breast milk the first few weeks) but since being on formula he has been constipated almost daily. We tried less milk like his doctor recommended and that didn’t help. Then we decided to try soy milk (silk original) and the constipation stopped. But I worry that it isn’t as good for him as whole milk could be and we’re also going to Mexico in August and we stay in a small town and I’m worried I won’t find the right soy milk. I tried a new whole milk this week and he’s been constipated again ( 8oz whole milk in the morning and between 6 and 8 ounces of soy milk at night). Has anyone had this problem with their child? Is it ok to just give soy milk? Could a lactose free milk be helpful? I appreciate any recommendations!

I’m (30m) at my wits end. Our 2 1/2year old daughter just won’t give us a break. Every night for the past 2 weeks, she’s decided that she won’t sleep at night, so she wails and bangs on the door. We cave and bring her into our bedroom, primarily because we have a 10 month old son sharing her room, who actually sleeps pretty well unless she wakes him up. So she joins our room, cries anyway for an hour, demands our phone so she can watch videos and any refusal leads to her screaming and kicking us until 7 in the morning.
She might sleep for 2 hours then. Will wake up, we try to give her breakfast (a hashbrown and some scrambled eggs, because she won’t eat anything else besides nuggets) which she might take a couple nibbles. She’ll pester us every hour to fill her bottle with milk because that’s an easy way to feel full (she only drinks from one specific bottle, no other bottles or cups). We give her some chicken nuggets in the evening, which she might make take a few nibbles of, before demanding more milk. Then the night repeats.
I can’t tell where the sensory issues end and the bad behavior begins. I just want to force her to eat a proper meal so she can have at least a passable diet though i know it would be pointless (any multivitamin in her milk makes her throw up instantly). I just want to lock her in her room at night and let her scream.
It’s starting to take a toll on my marriage too. The lack of sleep is getting to both of us, but my wife is stuck with the kids all day while i at least have a few hours away at work. My job is wfh hybrid and they don’t track my hours as long as i at least commute to the office a few times a week, so i regularly show up for an hour or two then rush home to help with the kids however i can. Still, i know it’s not enough support for my wife and nobody else can help us. She’s a rockstar and i know she already feels she isn’t doing enough, so i try not to resent it when she gives her milk throughout the day or the phone at night so she can have a moment’s quiet (i would do the same more often if in was in her position). But still, i just want to say no to my daughter and force her to behave. i feel so defeated.

This goes with Picks and transfers the veteran managers made this week compared to sample of top 100k
Summary: Nothing in it. Despite the fact that more veterans had kept their BB and used it. But more went Isak(C) on the differential. And a quick shout out to the top veteran (OR12) for team name Ederson, Ake and Palmer. Sweepstake on their age anyone? 60? (For younger readers, ELP, an excellent 70s prog rock band.) I do like OR2, "Pinkie and de Bruyne". A reference which is only 30 years old.
See https://www.reddit.com/FantasyPL/comments/15yj746/picking_the_veterans_for_the_comparing_against/ for how veterans chosen

Attribute	Veterans	Sample of Top 100k
Mean GW points	126.7	126.9
Median GW points	129	129
Mean overall rank	235212	53993
Median overall rank	102256	49669
Mean overall rank rise	7952	-4057
Median overall rank rise	3899	263
Mean hit points	2.5	2.5
Total Value inc bank	105.3	105.2

Key player contributions. only shows players with difference of > 0.2 points either way

Player	Pts	Vet Plyd%	Vet Capt%	Vet TC%	Vet Pts Contrib	100k Plyd%	100k Capt%	100k TC%	100k Pts Contrib	Contrib Diff
Haaland	15	95.8	81.7	1.1	26.8	98.4	89.2	2.5	28.5	-1.7
Gvardiol	27	48.6	0.0	0.0	13.1	54.2	0.0	0.0	14.6	-1.5
Pedro Porro	10	78.9	0.0	0.0	7.9	68.2	0.0	0.0	6.8	1.1
Ederson M.	13	26.1	0.0	0.0	3.4	19.1	0.0	0.0	2.5	0.9
De Bruyne	12	20.1	3.3	0.0	2.8	15.6	1.0	0.0	2.0	0.8
Branthwaite	6	16.3	0.0	0.0	1.0	27.2	0.0	0.0	1.6	-0.6
Pickford	8	7.3	0.0	0.0	0.6	13.2	0.0	0.0	1.1	-0.5
Gabriel	7	69.3	0.0	0.0	4.9	64.6	0.0	0.0	4.5	0.4
Onana	5	29.4	0.0	0.0	1.5	22.4	0.0	0.0	1.1	0.4
Van de Ven	12	14.8	0.0	0.0	1.8	12.1	0.0	0.0	1.5	0.3
Gordon	8	76.9	0.4	0.0	6.2	79.9	0.2	0.0	6.4	-0.2
N.Jackson	7	77.4	0.3	0.0	5.4	73.5	0.1	0.0	5.2	0.2

Hit profile

hits	count	percent
0	1243	57.8
1	561	26.1
2	274	12.7
3	55	2.6
4	15	0.7
5	2	0.1
6	2	0.1

Captains

Player	Points	Capt%.vet	Contrib.vet	Capt%.top100k	Contrib.top100k	VetAdvantage
Haaland	15	81.7	12.26	89.2	13.38	-1.12
Palmer	14	3.8	0.53	3.9	0.54	-0.01
De Bruyne	12	3.3	0.39	1.0	0.11	0.28
Isak	4	5.2	0.21	3.0	0.12	0.09
Foden	11	1.4	0.16	0.5	0.06	0.10
Son	4	3.1	0.12	2.0	0.08	0.04
Gordon	8	0.4	0.03	0.2	0.01	0.02
N.Jackson	7	0.3	0.02	0.1	0.01	0.02
Johnson	7	0.1	0.01	0.0	0.00	0.01
Gusto	13	0.0	0.01	0.0	0.00	0.01

veteran chips

chip	count YTD	% YTD	% this week
3xc	2135	99.2	1.7
bboost	2053	95.4	84.5
freehit	2112	98.1	2.6
wildcard2	2147	99.8	0.3

Top 100k (sampled) chips

chip	count YTD	% YTD	% this week
3xc	14678	98.3	3.2
bboost	14252	95.4	78.5
freehit	14821	99.2	1.6
wildcard	14741	98.7	0.0
wildcard2	14799	99.1	0.8

Best Vet This Week: 23498 with 163 points
Best Vet OverAll: 8492 with Overall Rank 12
Worst Vet OverAll: 10365 with Overall Rank 4819560
Top veterans this season

id	first_name	last_name	team_name	gwpoints	total_points	overall_rank	points_on_bench	rank_last_week	rank_increase
8492	Sam	T	Ederson Ake & Palmer	147	2644	12	0	26	14
9604	Mohamed	Hany	Nice to Michu	135	2622	42	0	41	-1
30422	Grant	Christie	Lord of the Mings	150	2612	67	0	151	84
13523	Karl	Durant	Llanana’s in Pyjamas	139	2607	97	0	111	14
265995	Matt	Lovatt	HoF	150	2601	120	0	268	148
609	Erki	Lomp	Raúl's Moving Castle	140	2594	168	0	234	66
19282	Jesper	Øiestad	Reisenissene	124	2591	203	0	113	-90
468117	Martin	Janson	Pinnock Noir	125	2591	206	0	122	-84
23385	Tim	Stewart	Top of the Klopps	140	2590	216	0	295	79
2878	S	K	Dunk-in Donuts	139	2587	249	0	328	79
335052	Antti	Nieminen	Nurkkajussit	139	2584	299	0	386	87
107536	Tyrone	Kerr	Pats 11	136	2583	316	0	335	19
43859	Luiz	Schiller	Placeholder	141	2577	415	0	616	201
16502	Adam	Juanette	Negative VARiance FC	143	2577	425	0	698	273
15051	Paul	Marshman	Back on the horse	137	2575	461	0	568	107
5091	Richard	Wehinger Krafft	Krafftwerk	134	2575	477	0	493	16
38509	James	Harrison	Wonky Saka Nuts	139	2574	489	0	650	161
4365	Jack	B	NdiayeWillAlways♥You	149	2573	515	0	1105	590
29824	Tom	N	The duke's army	149	2570	588	0	1288	700
7632	Ben	Crellin	ƃuᴉʞuᴉɥʇuʍopǝpᴉsdn	130	2567	664	0	583	-81

Choices

category	vets	top100k
squadpoints	117.6	118.0
first11points	96.4	96.8
missedcaptpoints	7.1	7.2
missedbenchpoints	9.9	10.0

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🤌 Laurin’s Picks

Die Woche mit ein paar extra Veranstaltungen für alle, die den Sonntagabend auch nutzen möchten! 🙂

1/ Thursday Special: Free Live Concert (Thur 19h - Free)

Am Donnerstag gibt es wieder mal ein Konzert in der Superbude! Dieses mal gibt es ‘James Choice’ zu hören. Hier kann man reinhören. Vermutlich werde ich auch dort sein, also wenn mich wer sieht, sagt hallo, würde mich freuen! 🙂
Alternativ eröffnet auch der ‘Sky Garden’ mit Afterwork Drinks und einem super Blick über die Stadt!

2/ Flohmarkt Karmelitamarkt (Thur-Fr 08-20h - Free)

Neben den vielfältigen und exklusiven Sonderangeboten der ansässigen Fachgeschäfte und den Privaten Ausstellern, werden vor allem Künstler mit besonderen Einzelstücken das Herz aller Sammler und Kunstliebhabern höher schlagen lassen.

3/ International Documentary Film Festival (Thur-Sun - €9)

Ab Donnerstag beginnt das Internationale Documentary Film Festival in Wien! Die Säle des Votiv und De France Kinos werden wieder zum Zentrum der dokumentarischen Filmkunst und des ethnographischen Filmschaffens.
Vielleicht gut geeignet für den verregneten Freitag? 🌧️

4/ Asian & Austrian street food and culture festival (Fr-Sun 10-22h - Free)

Eine Mischung aus Kultur und street food festival mit Fokus auf asiatische und österreichische Kultur und Küche. Klingt irgendwie ein bisschen verrückt, aber vielleicht lustig? Kann man auf jeden Fall gut mit einem Ausflug auf die Insel verbinden!

5/ Open Air Rave (Sun 15-22h - €10)

Am Sonntag gib es im Prater einen recht coolen Open Air rave von ‘Du Tanzt Mich Mal’. Am Mainfloor gibt es House, Minimal und Acid und am Rooftop Floor downtempo.
Achja, alternativ kann man auch direkt am Kobenzl Raven bei ‘Kein Sonntag ohne Techno’.

🎨 A little bit of culture & other 💎

• The Sound of Everyday Life - Sound installation // Thur 18:30
• PowerPoint Karaoke // Thur 20-22:30
• Exhibition - Connection Generations and Stories // Fr 19h
• Opening Vienna Festwochen - Rathausplatz // Fr 21h
• Repair Festival // Fr, Sat 12-18h

🔥Party Party

What are the best parties this weekend?
Thursday

• Überstunden Afterwork - Ziizuu // House, Disco
• Donnersdub - Club-U // Dub, Reggae
• Acid Lambada -SASS // Techno

Friday

• Afterwork -Sofiensäle // House, Disco, Pop
• Art Arttech - Camera Club // Techno
• Freuden Taumel - Flucc // Electronic
• Space Invaders - O der Klub // Disco, House, HipHop
• Herzfrequenz - Das Werk // Techno

Saturday

• Wine & Dance - Volksgarten (Starts at 15h) // House
• Concert Mochana - Kramladen // Deutschpop
• 17 Years Viper Room - Viper Room // Rock, Punk, 80s
• Free OpenAir Rave - Himmerl & Wasser // Electronic

Sunday
Cosmic Soul - Pratersauna // Sex positive, techno, psytrance
Steve Hope - Vienna Hope Beach Club // Electronic
Live Music (Tobias Kirchebner) - Gleis Garten // Live concert
Felix Jaehn - O der Klub // House
Heaven Vienna (Orange Edition) - The Loft // Pop, House
Kein Sonntag Ohne Techno - Schloss Cobenzl // Techno
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🤌 Laurin’s Picks

This week a couple of extra events as the Monday is a public holiday! 🙂 Let’s get to it 🚀

1/ Thursday Special: Free Live Concert (Thur 19h - Free)

This Thursday there will be another free concert at Superbude in the second district. This time there will be a concert of James Choice, you can listen to the music here. I will most likely be there, so say hello if you are also there! 🙂
Alternatively, this weekend the ‘Sky Garden’ is officially kicking off the season so if you want a nice after work drink with an amazing view, this is the place to be!

2/ Second Hand Market Karmelitamarkt (Thur-Fr 08-20h - Free)

Next to special offers from all the local shops, there will be a variety of artists displaying their art right in the second district! Great if you enjoy browsing through some unique art!

3/ International Documentary Film Festival (Thur-Sun - €9)

This Friday there will be the kick-off of the international film festival in Vienna. There will be various documentaries shown in both the Votiv as well as the De France cinema.
Maybe perfect for a rainy Friday? 🌦️

4/ Asian & Austrian street food and culture festival (Fr-Sun 10-22h - Free)

Potentially a strange mixture of different cultures, food and traditions. At the same time could be pretty cool and refreshing to combine all of this into one street food festival!
Either way, it’s happening on the Donauinsel, so if the weather is nice, you can definitely enjoy this as a small trip! 🙂

5/ Open Air Rave (Sun 15-22h - €10)

This Sunday there are a couple of nice raves! First up, at Prater with ‘Du Tanzt Mich Mal’. They will play a mixture of house, minimal, acid and downtempo.
Alternatively, you can also check out the party happening at the Kobenzl, which will provide you with probably the best view over Vienna you can get. The party there is ‘Kein Sonntag ohne Techno’.

🎨 A little bit of culture & other 💎

• The Sound of Everyday Life - Sound installation // Thur 18:30
• PowerPoint Karaoke // Thur 20-22:30
• Exhibition - Connection Generations and Stories // Fr 19h
• Opening Vienna Festwochen - Rathausplatz // Fr 21h
• Repair Festival // Fr, Sat 12-18h

🔥Party Party

What are the best parties this weekend?
Thursday

• Überstunden Afterwork - Ziizuu // House, Disco
• Donnersdub - Club-U // Dub, Reggae
• Acid Lambada -SASS // Techno

Friday

• Afterwork -Sofiensäle // House, Disco, Pop
• Art Arttech - Camera Club // Techno
• Freuden Taumel - Flucc // Electronic
• Space Invaders - O der Klub // Disco, House, HipHop
• Herzfrequenz - Das Werk // Techno

Saturday

• Wine & Dance - Volksgarten (Starts at 15h) // House
• Concert Mochana - Kramladen // Deutschpop
• 17 Years Viper Room - Viper Room // Rock, Punk, 80s
• Free OpenAir Rave - Himmerl & Wasser // Electronic

Sunday

• Cosmic Soul - Pratersauna // Sex positive, techno, psytrance
• Steve Hope - Vienna Hope Beach Club // Electronic
• Live Music (Tobias Kirchebner) - Gleis Garten // Live concert
• Felix Jaehn - O der Klub // House
• Heaven Vienna (Orange Edition) - The Loft // Pop, House
• Kein Sonntag Ohne Techno - Schloss Cobenzl // Techno

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I (32F) have known Joe (28M) for atleast a year and a half in total maybe more. When go and I first met in May of 2022 we started dating and were really good though we had one issue communication. He would tell me he didn't know what he wanted. I had a child unfortunately from bad circumstances so I needed someone who would help me due to the fact that I was a single mother with no family that would help. Joe was very kind but in Feb of 2023 I ended up messing everything up and breaking up with him due to my son constantly getting into trouble in school cuz he had an attachment disorder that made him not love me. About 4 months later I meet Rick (32M) after one date he moves in with me saying his friend kicked him out and me assuming he was indeed a single father with no family like me I agreed to let him live with me. After a week he asks me to marry him and I'm so shocked I can't reply so he assumes it means yes. I still have feelings for Joe but my son loves Rick so I agree and after 3 more moths Rick watches my son for only 4 hrs and somehow looses him. While I'm driving home he calls me saying my sons gone and I assume he's joking cuz he has a very bad sense of humor as in he'd constantly joke about things that weren't funny. He'd make light of bad situations or even joke completely crazy things. I get home to find out he wasn't lying and the police found my son blocks away making me loose custody of him. I break up with Rick right away and Joe, it now being Aug of 2023, becomes my friend. We go to the gym and talk everyday and our relationship develops in Dec of 2023 and by Jan of 2024 I make Rick leave my house physically since he didn't wanna leave on his own. I end up finally just being with Joe but he ends up backing off after Rick leaves saying that I vent too much and he's tired of hearing about how Rick's making problems for me. I kept my mouth shut and yesterday Joe contacted me told me he could see a future with me but that he didn't want a relationship right now since he thought my venting to him was very annoying and that I didn't love him since I agreed to be with Rick. I only agreed to Rick due to my son loving him and as soon as I knew he was a liar Ieft him but I understand I was wonder could me and Joe's relationship be fixed or not. I'm normally negative so I think not.

So my gf (22f) and I have been dating for almost 6 months and about 3 months ago we decided to get a apartment together bc we were both tired with living with our parents and now I know it was way to soon to move in together. She had a job at a hospital prior but quit bc she had issues with the doctors being jerks. Before we moved in together she got a job working at a urgent care but that lasted about 2 weeks bc she said she just didn't have the motivation to go back. Well I helped her get a job at the business my mom works at since she is one of the higher up people there. It was a good position as an assistant manager and she was making more then she was before, well about 3 weeks into the job she was complaining that the manager keeps giving her extra work, she told me she wants to quit but she's going to wait until she has another job lined up and she will do a 2 week notice, well I got home from work one day and she was home so I gave her a kiss and went to the bathroom and that's when she decided to text me that she quit her job. Of course I was upset bc now she has no income when she agreed when we first moved in that we would both pay half which is $730 each and I would cover the other bills since I do make more then her. I told her she should apply where I work bc we have different departments she could do that's easy but she has a medical assistant degree and refuses to do anything that doesn't have to do with her education. Now it's been almost 2 months since she quit so I'm paying all the bills and having to work a lot of overtime so make sure everything is paid and it's causing my anxiety it gets worse then it already is. When I told my girlfriend that I'm super stressed with everything her response to that was to say "just don't be" Things are getting weirder bc now she's always wanting to look at my phone and my messages and whenever my phone goes off she wants to know what it was. She was on my phone bc she was supposed to be getting us a discount on our Internet bill bc she had food stamps but instead she went thought all my Facebook messages. She goes up to me and says that she's concerned bc she knows I was texting my ex while we were talking, we weren't even dating at that point so I asked her to show my the messages so she scrolls all the way down my messenger and shows me a text exchange between my ex and I where it was me saying why I don't have feelings for her bc at the time my ex was trying to get back together but I was saying no. I asked my girlfriend if she even read the texts and she tells me "no I only looked at the date" so she didn't even care what the conversation was about, she just didn't like the fact that my ex and I talked at that point in time. She will get mad at me if I go to the store without her or if I decide I go for a drive alone she gets mad. She wants to be by my side all time time and even gets mad when I go on my computer on the weekends which is the only time I go on it. I made the mistake of making a joint bank account with her so she will buy something and just says "it's our money" I just don't know what to do at this point and when I do bring up my concerns to her she will either flip it to make me sound like the bad guy or if she says something that actually upsets me she just says "I was joking". What should I do?
TLDR: My gf won't get a job that isn't a medical assistant and now I'm stuck paying all the bills and having to work crazy hours just to survive.

Okay so, bit of backstory, in 2016 with my first pregnancy. I had my son preterm at 36 weeks as my water broke spontaneously on its own. Ended up with an emergency c-section as I laboured for 26 hours and when I finally reached 10cm, my son’s heart rate dropped too low and my blood pressure shot through the roof. (I was diagnosed with High blood pressure and was being suspected of Preeclampsia) thankfully my son and I both made it, we stayed in the hospital for 4 days after the c-section as my son was jaundice and but still feeding well on his own so he didn’t need the NICU, just stayed by my side throughout the whole hospital stay. Fast forward to now, currently 34 weeks 1 day, I’ve gotten diagnosed with gestational diabetes, cholestasis and am currently being tested for preeclampsia as my blood pressure rises from time to time. I came into the hospital at my hometown due to sudden pain and pressure throughout the day yesterday, had more discharge than I knew was normal. The doctor checked my cervix there and said I was still closed, the amniotic fluid swab was borderline green/blue. He said I had a UTI and because of my history of preterm labour, I got flown out to the city I am going to be delivering my baby girl at. I arrived in the city at 2am and 10am, my OB checked me and I was dilated to 2cm! I wasn’t dilated with my first when my water broke. I’m currently admitted for a few days to see if I’m gonna be dilating anymore, still lots of pressure going on but not painful. Just wanted to get it off my chest.

Hi all,
My 6yr old son is a typical over excited little man. He cna be naughty but can also be incredibly sweet.
For some context when he was born he had severe intolerances to dairy and reflux unchecked until 5 mths when a doctor finally believed us. Due to this he has always been a bit behind emotionally as he learnt his emotional responses while his nervous system was essentially on fire.
We had a call from the principal today saying we need to have a meeting. He is swearing constantly at students and teachers, not listening and saying he doesn't care when asked to do something, touching other kids ( I don't think inappropriately) and reacting when told to stop etc. We have heard nothing of this until today. He has had incidents before but nothing extending beyond a day where he's made a bad choice. He gets punished we talk to him and he deals and it doesn't repeat. The school wants him assessed by a pead. He has been assessed before and the doc diagnosed him as being a normal 4 yr old boy who has a lot of energy and doesn't necessarily want to sit still. He's very smart. I am the same in that I hated school and sitting still.
He has had a re-emergence of the reflux and anaemia so we are attending hospital with the pead team for blood tests to investigate what's going on next week.
I guess for anyone who has read this far is there any advice? We are super strict and don't tolerate bad behaviour. We don't swear around him and even are careful saying things like I don't care. He has an ipad for school and this is the first thing to go when he needs to be punished. He is generally good at home besides the normal outbursts here and there. He has twin brothers so it's been a hectic few years. I have no idea if pain is causing this but I'm at a loss as we don't see this behaviour at home so unsure how to proceed from here?
Thank you for those that have read this far.

My whole life my mom has favored my older sister.
All my parents’ friends know that my sister is a lawyer. I will be asked if I’m the lawyer and when I say no, I’m the teacher, you can hear crickets. It’s like they didn’t even know I existed and don’t know what to say.
Another example: I went back to school to get my second credential for special education in early childhood. My mom kept telling me that dad is not good and to quit to help her help him. But my sister decided to run for office as a District Attorney right before my dad died. My mom decides to help my sister run for office because “it was a life long dream of hers (sister’s dream). I turned in my last assignment 4 week early so I could help more with my dad. (BTW, I have young children and worked a teaching job with a teaching partner for 50% contract. I never slept during that time.)
Today, my mom went to a music thing at my son’s school with me. I saw a former family of mine and student. I talked for a minute or two, then walked away to join my mom and daughter to get my son from his classroom. I told her they were a former family. She starts talking rude to me and said, “You didn’t introduce me to them.” I said, “I didn’t think about.” Mom said: “you never do.” Me: “I’m sorry I’m not perfect like my sister.” Mom: “No, you’re not and you never will be.” Me: “I know and I have accepted it.” And walk away into the building to get my son. I decided I’m not getting in the same car as her. So, I called my husband to pick us up now. I didn’t tell my mom we were leaving. *** there are two entrances/exits to the building and my mom didn’t know about it.
I just wanted to let out. And the sad part is I haven’t shed a tear. I wish my dad was still here.

A woman who was my super long time crush became single after a 10 year marriage. I waited an appropriate amount of time (close to a year), asked her out. We had an okay first coffee date (we were both awkward as hell); and without even asking, she let me know that she was open to doing anything and had a clear schedule, so no brainer, I asked her out for a real date. It was at that point that she ghosted me, she agreed to the date but when I asked what would be a good evening for her, nothing. After a week I sent a funny meme but no response. Although it sucked to have missed the opportunity, just kind of shrugged it off and went on. Didn't want to be petty or awkward because we have some of the same friends, so I've kept her as Friends on Instagram and Facebook (on mute so her stuff doesn't show up on my feed). About 2 months later she posts that she has a boyfriend, which I will admit made me a little jealous because he is a complete loser, looks like a nice dude but comes off as a bum. I have had a number of life successes within a short time: I've graduated from college with my Bachelors, I've lost 100 pounds (most of which was off when I asked her out), and I just bought a condo. Of course I post my successes on social media. Ever since this girl has announced her boyfriend she posts on my social media posts about my successes. I don't know why but it totally kills my mood whenever she praises me. Feels like she is looking down on me out of guilt/pity because I havent found someone, I think she is doing it subconsciously but goddamn what a buzz kill. I can't unfollow her now becuase my friends will think I'm being petty. Maybe I will unfriend her in the future but hopefully I will just grow to not care about it anymore.

I confronted my groomer last week and I have never felt more at peace. This happened between 2017 - 2018 , I was 15 at time. I decided to join a private coaching academy to prepare for NEET (the medical entrance exam in India). I had just broken up with my first boyfriend and was studying 8 hours a day, so I was really stressed out and lonely. A professor at the coaching academy was always helpful (he offered to give me his phone number so I could text him any doubts I had).
It escalated from there,it started with him asking if I was single and asking him to stay back during his office hours so we could revise chemistry ( I was not the best at it). I did stay back once and went up to his cabin and he kissed me and told me he wanted me to be his girlfriend. I was shocked but ended up not telling my parents because I was ashamed I let it happen. We kept talking for the next 2 months, he would get me gifts, pay for my cellular data, and tell me how beautiful I was. He called me to his apartment so we could watch a movie, and he raped me. This went on every week for 6 more months, and the saddest part I dont remember anything besides the physical pain I felt. It feels like my brain just shut down.
I ended up getting an admit to a medical school, and stopped talking to him, blocked him everywhere. Fast forward to last week, I was going through some old Facebook chats and came upon his. I unblocked him, and I confronted him. He had the audacity to tell me how he has been single since the time, and how he cries to sleep thinking about how he hurt me. I corrected him and told him that he did so much more than hurt me, he groomed, raped, and abused me. And that he was piece of shit and I don’t care about what he feels.
Since that day, I have been so happy! I finally told my partner about the abuse, and he suggested we go to the police ( I still have all his emails and screenshots of the Facebook chats). I am not sure if I want to, cause I don’t want to relive the trauma and I want to move on. My parents don’t know about the abuse, so there’s that. Would appreciate any advice!

I won't use real names FH is Bob, the cousin is Steve and the cousins girl is Lita
Okay so I'll start from the very beginning, Bob's cousin Steve and I were really good friends, we considered each other family even though me and Bob weren't married yet. Me, Steve and Bob talked all the time and just had fun together in general, well one day Steve got a girlfriend Lita, at first we never had any issues. Steve would come to me and Bob and vent about Lita and the things she was doing/saying to Steve, of course me and Bob were there for him and gave him advice and tried to help him figure out what he was going to do/handle the situations that Steve and Lita were having. After a bit I noticed Steve had blocked me on Facebook, I knew were Steve worked and would frequently shop at said place of work(big name retailer). I asked Steve what happened and why he blocked me, he said Lita went through his phone and found out conversation. She got mad about what was being said and blocked me on Steve's Facebook, Steve was annoyed and upset but he said he would talk to Lita and get stuff figured out. This became a frequent thing with Lita blocking me on Steve's Facebook and Steve saying he'd handle it. I got tired of it and basically told Steve he needed to grow a backbone and get shit settled.
Steve lost his job and he just disappeared. One night shopping I ran into Steve and Lita, now id like to point out that I was still postpartum from giving birth to my son.I ended up going down a few aisles they were in, by the end of the shopping trip we were all at the checkouts when I noticed Steve and Lita now had a worker escorting them out of the store. I leave and get home, when I looked at my phone I noticed messages from a random person I didn't know asking me why I was stalking and harassing Lita. I defended myself of course and gave them the whole story, then started the whole shit storm of me being obsessed and stalking Steve according to Lita. Fast forward to last Saturday I bumped into them again, Lita keeps staring at me and of course I'm getting pissed at this point. I leave and Steve and Lita are on there car and I made an assumption which I shouldn't have but it looked like Lita was taking pictures of me and my son. I make a Facebook post asking if anyone sees them posting pictures to let me know. Well once again I'm being called a stalker, I'm harassing them and I'm so obsessed with Steve that I want a relationship with him. They both had me blocked so the only way they knew I posted what I did is if they had someone watching my page. Well now I'm the reason Steve and Lita broke up and Steve apparently hates me and blames me for Lita dumping him. I have since deleted the Facebook post because honestly I admitted I was wrong in my assumption.
I'm more or less just wondering if I was the asshole here or if maybe I'm just thinking to hard on it.

Written 5/8/2024- updates attached below

I tried posting this on kendrick almost a week ago and it got no response, I messaged the mods to ask about Karma restrictions or account age requirements and they never replied. I made a new account and it was the same issue, but I found out last night I wasn’t fully banned, so I figured I’d throw it up and see if anyone finds it valuable. It’s written for people who have no prior knowledge of the rap game/music business. I don’t have to go as hard on obscuring names this time. One of the influencers I mentioned in my last post is known for doxxing and threatening violence against people who mention the many contradictions in their stories. (Sorry for any typos/mistakes I want to go to bed.)
Origins
I believe the current Drake and Kendrick Lamar beef is either completely or partially fabricated by certain industry leaders or the parties involved in an effort to distract from something bigger going down behind the scenes. If you were an influential label owner facing major accusations, and you needed to deflect media attention from yourself, recreating one of the most defining moments in rap history during the social media era would be a way to do it. It also wouldn’t hurt that two of the biggest rappers in the world were already sending shots at each other in their music for years prior. The public consensus is they are simply two famous rappers who hate each other and fighting over the spot for the top like in the 90’s. Only people who were directly involved could paint a more cohesive picture of the whole story. Even when all the cards drop, there is a good chance the average person won’t be able to find direct sources on their own and will continue to support their favorite artists and dismiss any evidence of their crimes like the drizzy subreddit or Ak fans.

As I said the beef between Kendrick and Drake has been brewing in the background for years, with both rappers sending shots and sneak dissing each other over the course of at least 8 years. The most agreed upon origin story is the first diss was the 2016 Big Sean and Kendrick collaboration, “Control,” and Drake responded with, “The Language”. Things stayed relatively lighthearted for a while and both were intentionally vague for many years. Before I go deep into the Kendrick and Drake stuff, it’s really important to examine some of Drake’s prior beefs because they add a ton of context to my theory. In my opinion Kendrick and Co. started scheming all of this some time around Mid 2020-Mid 2022, well after the whole Pusha T beef had transitioned into the Kanye beef.

What exactly started the beef is debatable, but at the time many attributed it to rumors of Drake pursuing Ye’s ex Amber Rose. Unfortunately the timeline isn’t 100 percent clear, and if I included every detail this would be at least 200+ pages so I’ll stick with the important stuff. The ultimate outcome of the Pusha T battle in 2018 was the revelation of Drake’s son Adidon that he had previously been hiding from the world along with getting Ye directly involved in the beef.

Here are some more examples of Drake antagonizing Ye and of him trying to use women as pawns to get material for his diss tracks. The Drake line, “Yeah, I probably go link to Yeezy, I need me some Jesus, but as soon as I start confessin' my sins, he wouldn't believe us," could be a reference to sleeping with Kim Kardashian, trying to double down on his threats to harm him or his family, or it could be a double entendre. Another example is using the name Kiki in another song, which was apparently one of Kim’s nicknames. Some other possible examples include the theories he may have tried the same thing with Kendrick’s wife Whitney around 2020-2021 in an attempt to use as ammo against Kendrick, which I’ll go into later. I don’t listen to much of either artist's music, but there are probably many of other examples in Drake’s catalogue that I’m leaving out. There is also his song Omerta released in 2019, which I'll go into below.

“Your baby mother call me when she lonely My tailor see me twice a week, he like my homie Forever grateful, forever thankful Diamond necklace, but she wears it on her ankle”

(Probably referring to Kim Kardashian since she had a few pictures with her wearing diamond ankle bracelets and was trying to make it into a trend.

“I plan to buy your most personal belongings when they up for auction”

(There were various rumors floating around for a while that Drake was blackmailing Ye with something and he was fighting to keep it from the public. I thought about it and this line might be referencing a sex tape with Kim or her little sister who me was very touch before she turned 18. In 2022 there was a whole storyline on Kim’s show where Ye flies to LA to prevent her second sex tape from being released.)

West Hollywood, know my presence is menacing
Cosa Nostra, shady dealings
Racketeering, the syndicate got they hand in plenty things The things that we've done to protect the name are unsettling But no regrets, though, the name'll echo Years later, none greater
Death to a coward and a traitor, that's just in my nature, yeah
(Drake and Ye both frequented the Delilah Nightclub located in West Hollywood and lived closeby on the same street for a while.)
"I don't carry cash 'cause the money is digital
It's the American Expresser, the debt collector"

(Sounds a lot more like it could be crypto to launder or send large amounts of ill gotten gains. It started becoming mainstream around them)

"Last year, niggas really feel like they rode on me
Last year, niggas got hot 'cause they told on me
I'm 'bout to call the bluff of anybody the fold on me"

These lines stood out because they could be referring to Ye telling the public about Drake's alleged threats a couple months before the songs release. This happened not long after the release of Sicko mode which was towards the end of 2018 as well. Ye was discussing the incident on Twitter and reached out to Drake and Travis to talk to him in private. In the next set of tweets Kanye publicly accused Drake of threatening him and his family in a major way. Surprisingly Ye seemed genuinely scared and amongst his, “crazy rants,” some of the stuff he said makes a ton of sense in hindsight. This also the beginning of his second serious public struggles with Bipolar disorder after being committed in 2016 shortly after an on stage rant where he calls out Jay Z for selling out and says he's afraid he might kill him.. As someone who shares the same diagnosis, I have a pretty good understanding of mania and psychosis and firmly believe that it's important not to write people off right away due to their mental illness. Some of my most thoughtful, creative, and productive periods were inspired by mania. Industry bigwigs have also been using mental illness to discredit influential black celebrities and visionaries going back decades, but it really picked up in the 80’s.

Dave Chappelle has gone into this a lot in the past and claims he experienced something similar before he quit show business and dipped to Africa. Their stories have a lot of interesting parallels if you’re familiar or curious. I remember he actually visited Ye at his house in Wyoming after he was reported to have had a, "mental breakdown," during his presidential run in 2020 thus marking his third breakown in six years.. The reason I put it in quotes is because it happened right after he publicly accused Kim of cheating and delivered his legendary speech on abortion. Dave went as far as going on live tv and telling the public he wasn’t crazy, he was just really struggling because he was the only one at the time fighting against the narrative, which can often be a suicide mission or a ticket to obscurity. These are three examples of someone speaking up and being deemed crazy, two years later came the nazi stuff and I'm sure we'll have plenty in store for 2024.

This is just the tip of the iceberg when it comes to the very common pattern of artists dying or having their careers destroyed either after they try to leave their label or threaten to reveal industry secrets. A few more interesting industry connections I made in my research include the connections between:

T.U.G. records and J Cole's independent label Dreamville are both managed by Interscope Records, whose parent company is Universal Music Group.

Universal Music Group also hac Drake's label OvO label as well as Ye and Kendrick's old labels on their roster before they left to form their own independent labels in 2022 (around the same time the disses between Kendrick and Drake started escalating). Finally Bad Boy Records, which is owned by Diddy, and Motown Records who own Diddy's other R&B label Love Records, are also both owned by Universal. This means every label I mention is currently or was previously owned by Universal Music Group.

Ye tried for years to get out of his contract with Defjam, which happens to be ran by Jay Z who is known to be a close associate of Diddy. Jay would always used his money and power to fight against it. Ye even spoke out publicly on a few occasions, including when he said Jay Z was trying to kill him during one of his concerts. My theory is after years of getting nowhere and having his reputation skewered, in 2022 Ye finally said, "Fuck it," and dropped all the anti- Semetic stuff intentionally in a successful attempt to force his label to into using their morality clause, which requires labels to drop an artist if they're accused of any major controversy that could hurt the label’s profits. For the fourth time in four years the media reported he was having a breakdown. Even though they tried to punish him by cutting off all of his sources of income and freezing his accounts he still managed to bounce back pretty quickly. It was often reported how much he was losing, but it rarely discussed how he still was filthy rich in spite of the retrictions. His label wanted to discourage other artists from trying the same thing. My theory is he might have bought Kim or Kylie's alleged sex tape and used it for his own leverage. For Kendrick, his transition to his independent label ApLang went a lot smoother, but he had to split ownership of his new label with the previous manager owner Dave Free. Sadly it's still difficult for new or more niche artists to establish themselves without the some help.

He may be a lot of things but Ye isn’t dumb just because he has a mood disorder and the guys at the top know this, which is why I think he has really played up his diagnosis when it benefitted him. He’s still one of the most talented musicians in the game and I really think he sees his bipolar like a superpower as he says. It’s like his own invisibility cloak. He can go off his meds for a little, make an album after staying up for 72 hours, go on a “psychotic” twitter rant dropping facts throughout, then start up again once he makes enough news headlines. I think it’s worth noting the first divorce rumors in 2020 coincided with Ye’s abortion speech during his presidential run and the cheating accusations. that led to him dropping out and moving to Wyoming, and a couple months ago in February 2024 he was committed again.

The point I’m making is bipolar is complex, but pretty manageable especially if you have a ton of money to find meds that work for you and a good doctor and can keep substance abuse and stress at a manageable level. I think Ye is smart enough to know this, but it’s just safer for him to really play up the mental issues in the media. He’s proven he can literally say whatever he wants after getting cancelled and the average person is just going to write it off as psycho babble. While bias in health care is a sad fact of society, if you can use it to your advantage I say go for it. It might’ve just kept the microscope off of him long enough to plan his attack.

Ye v. Drake: Quotes of 2018
(Start of the beef, drake threats, and suspicion towards Kardashian family. )

“ It’s not about rap. It’s about family. We have to be close as a family and never let these people infiltrate just for radio spins”

“We need to show the world that people can talk without people ending up dead or in jail.”

”This is a man speaking to a man that has been placed in the program to fuck with Kanye West head and set me up“

”See when you care about your family you don’t let no man push you to do nothing that could risk your freedom“

These first four tweets by Ye were all in reference to perceived threats made by Drake after their beef escalated circa 2018. He began speaking on the industry and talking more about his psych hospital commitment two years prior and how he thought they were going to kill him. It's pretty obvious how the whole thing was planned by the sketchy doctor who called it in and his physical trainer who has a ton of connections to weird shit involving his celebrity clients.

I found interesting that Ye might not have been the first major league rapper whose life Drake threatened. During a similar period of mental illness the up and coming rapper XXXtentacion accused Drake of stealing his flow and dissed him a few times. Not long after he made a post online saying if he dies, it was Drake who did it. There are tons of conspiracies online, but none of the evidence is strong enough to draw a definitive connection. Also while it maybe be coincidental, Kendrick’s latest album Mr Morale also painted the picture that Kendrick was dealing with some serious personal issues. Some lines throughout the album may have been used to bait Drake into escalating, but it wasn’t until The Weekend, Future, and Metro Booming dropped, “We Don’t Trust You,” then Drake and J. Cole dropped, “First Person Shooter,” which was followed a couple days later with, “Like That,” where Kendrick started the chain of events that has led us to today.

Kanye vs. Drake: Quotes of 2020

Summary: Ye runs for president and gets suppressed for saying what very well could be the truth and was immediately deemed insane by the media. Kim did a couple interviews and everything he said was immediatly false. There is almost guarenteed to be some sketchy shit going down revolving her and her family. Ye was absolutely terrified of her keeping the kids away from him and it seems like there are still efforts being made to this day to paint a certain image of him for ulterior motives.

Below are six more quotes from a fan taking a deep dive into his 2020 tweets courtesy of u/ thehatstore42069 on Yeezy
”NORTHY I AM GOING TO WAR AND PUTTING MY LIFE ON THE LINE AND IF I AM MURDERED DON’T EVER LET WHITE MEDIA TELL YOU I WASNT A GOOD MAN,” West, 43, wrote in the tweet, adding, “WHEN PEOPLE THREATEN TO TAKE YOU OUT OF MY LIFE JUST KNOW I LOVE YOU”

"I need a public apology from J Cole and Drake to start with immediately... I'm Nat Turner... I'm fighting for us."

"the utmost respect for all brothers" and said "we need to link and respect each other... no more dissing each other on labels we don't own"

"Ye is constantly trying to tell people that his family does not have his or his kids best interests at heart. He goes on to list others, linking them together with the thinking emoji. These people include rap artist Drake and Larsa Pippen, wife of Scottie Pippe. Kim K is goddaughter to Pippen's daughter, showing how close the families actually are. All of these families that associate with Ye through Kardashian connections, as well as Drake, have been accused of the same thing Kris has. EVERY SINGLE ONE of these people have mixed race children that are groomed from a young age to fuck around with celebrities so the parents can remain famous. Drake on numerous occasions has been accused of grooming girls and then getting handsy on their 18th birthday.”

“These labels want their artists to make them money and they dont care about anything else. When Kanye says things like this in an attempt to expose him, the first thing they wanna do is drug him up and put him back in the studio.”
“Righteous indignation is typically a reactive emotion of anger over mistreatment, insult, or malice of another. It is akin to what is called the sense of injustice. This is how they keep the black man down. Keep people outraged about trivial things and distract them from the real issues in the world. The real problems in the industry. If you tell people enough times that they are unequal or discriminated against they start to believe it. Drug them when they step out of line and toss them aside when the checks run out. Ye is realizing he is pawn in a bigger game, and now that he has all these roots in the game such as Yeezy or the Gap or his music, too many people cant risk (Afford) a Ye who speaks his mind.”
(End of quotes)

Amongst the twitter rant, Ye warned about the predatory nature of record deals and discussed trying to get out of his own deal, and said again how his life may be in danger if it wasn’t already and was doing anything he could to protect his kids. The most fascinating part to me though is the public call to arms he made to Drake, J Cole, and Kendrick on twitter. After inviting them to all link up, he said, “It’s time to get free, we will not argue amongst each other while some guy we don’t know in Europe is getting paid and putting that money in a hedge fund.” I believe if Ye was able to pull off this meeting, there is an ever so slight chance that all four artists might be working together to take down a greater enemy. Weirdly there have been times throughout the last couple years where these supposed enemies were photographed together being friendly or praise each other in interviews, then out of no where the disses would start flying again.

To wrap things up I want to share my a few of my theories about the Drake/Kanye beef

A. Everything is exactly as it seems and the beef is over. Ye let his mental illness ruin his life and career so Drake simply picked another target after Ye stopped putting out disses. All of these connections are just a coincidence and all of this was choreographed to boost Drake and Kendrick’s music sales and possibly distract people from the Diddy trial and possibly the complicated geopolitical issues currently facing the U.S.

C. There is also the possibility that all four rappers are in cahoots and Drake’s dirt isn’t as extreme as people are theorizing, at least in comparison to the rest of the business. This could explain why everything has played out like a movie and how they were able to predict each other’s moves so well. This could either mean they’re all just trying to boost their sales or they’re all trying to take down the “slave masters,” as Ye calls them, and change the dynamic of the music industry in favor of the artist.

D. They may be trying to help their friends in the industry who are being abused or in shitty contracts. I know a lot of famous rappers have done a lot of collaborations with Jhene Aiko and Anderson Paak, who were both signed to T.U.G. records which I mentioned above in the connections to Universal Music Group. Considering they are both frequent collaborators with all of the artists involved on both sides, it’s not unlikely they may have played some part in influencing the takedown.

T.U.G was started by Chris Stokes with his partner Ketrina Askew. Back in the early to mid 90’s were gaining popularity attracting lots of young up and coming talent. They often collaborated with Diddy and his associates. In the 2000’s Raz B from the boy band B2K claimed he was molested by Stokes and his friend Marques Houston, then quickly retracted his claims. Years later he came forward again and said we was bribed into silence and that the rest of the victims were bribed with hush money and had another singer corroborate his story and they came forward together to level the accusations. After some of his former B2K members made fun of him for his claims and accused it of being a shakedown, Raz B revealed Stokes and Houston had preyed a lot of the children associated with the label including at least one of the former bandmates and paid them off.

I thought it was worth noting that the second whistleblower named Quindon Tarver died young in a car crash after mentioning his abuse again a few years prior. He seems to have left the industry not long after the incidents occurred and has few credits to his name. To this day Raz B is still trying to get his justice, while Stokes and his partner Askew, who was also involved in the abuse are still running the label to this day. Askew also has a ton of lawsuits, accusing her of using shady tactics to try to foreclose on houses. (Don’t quote me if a lawyer wants to take a look just google her full name), and has been tied to a ton of LLCs, similar to Drake. This is a good example of a shitty record deal, but I'm sure they have countless other friends in the industry who have even worse. While they were never convicted even Chris Stokes' wife confirmed it to be true.

E. The theory I personally think fits the narrative best and is the most realistic conspiracy is that Kendrick and possibly J. Cole went to the meeting, but not Drake due to his close relationship with Lucian Grange, the president of Drake’s label. Silence often speaks louder than words and this could explain why Kendrick was so ruthless and put so much effort into finding dirt on Drake. Ye, Cole, and Kendrick co-writing would be like the rap allstar team and if J. Cole wasn’t involved, it would also answer the question of whether or not he baited Drake into the battle by asking him to feature. I don’t think Drake is really their primary target though, which would explain letting him off easy. Compared to his bosses and their bosses he’s a small fish. If you take the big guys down you stand a better chance of landing a bigger blow on their operation.

Another really interesting connection is Kendrick and Ye were both signed under Universal Music Group and they both got out of their deals around couple months apart in 2022. As we speak U.M.G’s CEO Lucian Grange, who is often acccused of giving Drake special treatment, is facing charges related to sex trafficking by no other than P Diddy. This could very well explain the timing of it all. The craziest timeline would be Diddy masterminding all of this and using his connections to get it done and all the allegations are bullshit. The guy does seem pretty confident all things considered and constantly posts himself in his Batman costume which could mean he’s a vigilante.

It seems like there's a slight religious angle as well. (Ye and Diddy are both very vocal advocates of Christianity and Drake and Lucian Grange are both Jewish.) Obviously this is a reach, but they’ve been saying rap music was specifically promoted by mostly white label owners in the 80’s to help in the ongoing effort to expedite the systematic oppression of those living in black neighborhoods and the destruction of their family systems. Apparently it was an intentional decision to heavily promote rappers that promoted the very things that were destroying their neighborhoods. (So people know I'm and atheist and have zero agenda, I just thought it was interesting, please stay away from anything antisemitic. War is wrong on both sides.)

*** If my favorite theory is true, there is a possibility the Kendrick and Ye are going after Drake due to their mutual disdain for him and because he’s got a ton of power to dominate the charts and hog the radio airtime like Meek Mill and OG Maco claimed years ago. Even him dropping a record the same day as you could really fuck your album sales up. I’m also sure some of the many rumors throughout the years have had a least some truth and he will most likely snitch to avoid cell block one. I think that Drake could have been instructed to instigate this whole mess in order to draw attention away from the UMG charges brought about by Diddy. Or on the other hand it could be that Kendrick, Ye, and possibly Cole, may have had intel that Drake was going to be involved in the Diddy trial and are just gonna let the receipts show themselves. It might not have been the original plan, but they’ve already accomplished their mission of humiliating him, assuring he couldn’t use his influence to slide through the cracks, and taking over the throne.

Please take everything I say with a grain of salt I have no connection to this world or lifestyle. Regardless I believe all of the knowledge above does a pretty solid job at painting a picture of what may have let up to this and what may have been the source.
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More details found the last couple days…

Drake and Diddy Connections+Coincidences

Drake- In the P Diddy wig video from 2016 he talks about going to party with Drake, Cash, and The Weeknd in Toronto. Drake is also one of Birdman’s protégées who is known for being a predator and is rumored to have used label artists to lure young women.

Travis Scott- Interview where he comes out and says Diddy tried to lure him. Still has a long history of associating with him, video of him running from Diddy, his connection to Ruby Rose while underage.

Tim Westwood- Diddy had connections with sex offender Tim Westwood who also inspired the Drake song, “Westwood”. They also both were victims of drive by shootings along with The Weekend and they were all facing some type of allegations.

T.I.- Also has been associate with Diddy through the years, in 2021 his kid died and 11 women can forward at the same time to accuse him and his wife of drugging and assaulting them. Clearly someone wanted to fuck his life up. Possibly due to him getting arrested so many times for wild shit and people wondering how he continued to get away with it shining a light on how powerful industry lawyers are. He also had recently talked about having a gynecologist check to see if his daughter is still a Virgin, which sounds like it could have been an industrty secret. Could have been because he worried about someone trying to take advantage of her to get to him? Regardless that shit is fucking insane.

50 Cent- Has been saying pretty much the same thing as Travis Scott and has trolled Diddy for most of his career. It came out that his wife was a sex worker who was possibly recruited Diddy to help ruin his career. It sort of worked, which raises the question if 50 Cent is the only victim.

Ray J- Him and his sister worked with T.U.G. records when they were very young. Chris Stokes in the nineties who had connections with Diddy. He has been involved in a lot of sex scandals and allegedly may have played a part in Whitney Houston's death. (Which is also allegedly connected to Michael Jackson's death and both were deemed suspicious and happened during their final tours when their masters (song rights), became more valuable than their lives. Sony Records and Tommy Motolla, who also abused Mariah Carey when she was trying to start her career. These are just a few of the alleged examples of labels taking out musicians when they were worth more dead, another is the signing of high risk artists and requiring them to get life insurance so they can profit beyond releasing all their posthumous records. Also the ever so common story of the rising star artist that die at 21 after their first album or two.

He also partied with Diddy in Vegas with along Floyd Mayweather and a bunch of other famous industry people and athletes.

Tory Lanez- Tons of blackmail, also was signed by Interscope under UMG. got sent to prison for ten years after trying to leave his label. Also history of SA and and other allegations of violence towards women.

French Montana- On Diddy's label, close with Rick and Khaled, tons of drug and sexual assault allegations, also dated a Kardashian. Generally grimy.

DJ Khaled- Diddy said he could get anything in Miami, either referring to drugs or women, could explain his connections and lack of any notable talent. (New update, he was one of the first to promote Chris Alvarez’s instagram not long after he turned 18).

Rick Ross- Diddy said some weird shit about him and licked his lips and kissed him at a show. Ross is also signed to Bad Boy under Diddy. He ended up getting involved in the current feud and spamming social media nonstop dissing and threatening Drake.

A lot of the back and forth was both of them threatening to release dirt on each other. One strange coincidence I found was Drake recently trolled Ross about the 20 million dollar renovation to his home on Star island, where Diddy is currently residing. It’s rumored back in the day that P Diddy was caught in a room full of rich guys on ecstasy possibly at the beginning stages of a gay orgy. Drake also mentioned in the same tweets about Rick Ross that Birdman owned a house on the island and asked Rick Ross why he didn’t help him out.

Considering Ross is so sketchy and Drake claims the house isn’t that big, that’s a ridiculous amount of money. He may be covering up evidence, or creating tunnels in his house to escape if shit pops off and Drake might know what’s good. Interestingly enough Ross is very close with French Montana and also signed to Bad. He said his beef was related to something involving French, and Drake’s tweet popped up the same day the info came out concerning the Chris Alvarez stuff.

The famous line from U.O.E.N.O.

Meek Mill- “OG Maco called himself defending his friend Quentin Miller by substantiating the ghostwriting claims and agreeing with Meek. He hit up Twitter saying, "Some of us been knew. Meek just put it in the air. Sucks to have to compete with 6 n****s and get compared to”

Meek mill also had a short beef with Drake, some disses included lines referring to TI’s homie pissing on Drake at the movie theater, which is also interesting considering the current case against him. He also dropped a line saying Diddy almost got a domestic charge when he smacked Drake, which could either be saying that Drake is like a woman, or saying he was Drake’s boyfriend/sugar daddy.
( If you made it to the end comment with the number 8)
I thought it was interesting how the beef just kind of disappeared and even Meek said it didn’t seem genuine. Considering the allegations against Meek in the Diddy trial, and his rumored affair with Kim contributing to ending Kanye’s marriage, Meek Mill definitely did some dirt on him.

“Niggas frauds I told the truth, don't ask me shit
All this industry fake enemy and rap shit”

“Money make a sucker that told look trill again”

One of the many chapters in Drake's history in which he is seen paying his way out of trouble and starting beefs randomly.
“Now when that shit went down with Chris, you wrote a check”
This line is referring to Chris brown beef, another beef that was lost to time. All I can remember off the top was someone throwing a champagne bottle at the other’s entourage.

Ty Dolla $ign- Huge feature artist, close with Ye. Grew up in the industry and talks about growing up on the road and being in the studio with his dad and Rick James who was should have already been in prison for life for dragging, torturing, and S assaulting multiple women and children throughout his career and was himself a victim of the industry. May be part of Ye's motivation, considering their recent close working relationship.
The end.
Courtesy of,
The Randomest Moniker

my son was diagnosed with a retractile testicle today at his checkup. i've always been worried about it while his father reassured me it was normal and would descend permanently eventually. well, it hasn't and the pediatrician is suggesting he may need surgery.
it will be my sons second surgery. his first was for pyloric stenosis at 3 weeks and 5 days. i'm having a hard time with my anxiety and need a little reassurance from people that have gone through this! thank you so much for taking the time to read this.

I'm not sure if this is the right sub to ask this question (please let me know if there's a different one that would be better).
Our family has 2 older dogs (12 & 13), our 13yr old is coming to the end of her life. I have have a son (5) who I have been dreading having to have that conversation, but I did some research found some books that might help, I got one that's meant to help him create some what of a memory and celebration of life for her, and have been slowly preparing myself. The problem is my mom also has an older dog who we unfortunately have to put down next week, and now I'm worried that my son's sweet little heart is going to break not only once, but twice in a very short period of time. I'm looking for advice on how to handle the situation. Do we discuss my mom's dog first? I really would like to stay away from the idea of having to put the dog down in itself, I'm worried that could unintentionally place blame on someone in the eyes of my son.
My current thought is to bring up our household dog this weekend, and give him the book. Discussing how she's getting old and slowing down. Maybe talk about some memories and fun times with her, and let him know that, though it's not necessarily happening right away, she is coming to the end of her time with us (a friend recommended using the correct terminology for death, which I plan to do I just haven't figured out exactly how). And then after my mom's dog has passed bringing that up then, and bringing it up as if it had happened more naturally versus her being put down...
Any thoughts or suggestions? I will mention, we had 2 snails that died a few months ago, so death isn't a completely new concept for him, but he had a pretty hard time with the snails (he would just all of a sudden break down saying things like " I don't want to die" or "I don't want you to die" - we stayed away from the responses of we aren't going to die, or that's not going to happen, and chose instead to say that we would always be his mom/dad). The snails were just in a tank, so I'm assuming the dogs will be much harder.
TIA!

The specific issue that I’m here for is representative of the general problem. My son is five years old, a Capricorn (for those who understand the shorthand), and he is starting to understand reason but that doesn’t mean he is reasonable. We may have been overusing the stick and the carrot as incentives, but we’re always trying to implement better parenting techniques—it’s just that they never work out as easily as you think they might when you hear them.
Example: connect before you correct. Sure! Sounds amazing! But what about when I’m trying to talk to my kid but he’s looking off in a different direction and talking nonsense to himself? (It’s possible he has ADHD, from what I’ve been told it’s too early to diagnose him though).
Anyway. I have terrible teeth because my parents didn’t take enough time ensuring that I built good brushing habits, so I’ve been super diligent with that ritual. We found the Hum app and it worked wonders for a long time, but now he doesn’t want to do it. I get it, it’s the same game forever, it gets old. But it does such a good job training him to reach every part of his teeth and to brush for a solid length of time, I really want him to keep doing it as long as possible.
I tried incentivizing him with a party for him and four friends he’s been asking to invite over when he reaches the final level, and he’s really close. It would take him maybe two weeks. But half the time he still won’t do it. Sometimes talking to him about how fun it’s going to be helps. One time, telling him about why I push so hard for him to learn to brush helped. But none of the results are lasting and it’s still an uphill battle more than half of the time, and I’m tired.
Any recommendations for this age, this specific problem, the general issue, etc?
Thanks in advance! 🙏🏼

The two most important men in my life have been 100% straight.
The first is my father. He comes over to my place for dinner two or three times a week. We talk on the phone every single day, sometimes multiple times a day. Sometimes when we don't have much to say, we just leave our phones on speaker and don't hang up.
My mother passed when I was young and I guess we kinda trauma-bonded over that. I've always been afraid to be without him. But he turns 80 very soon and I'm starting to get worried about the future.
The other man in my life was my roommate. I'll call him Josh. Josh and I lived together from when I was 22 until I was 34. We did everything together. Shopped together, cooked together, traveled together. If one of us had a dentist appointment or had to go to the DMV, the other tagged along. He was also like a second son to my father. Our friends always referred to jointly, as Eno & Josh. It was the only time in my life I got to share an ampersand with someone.
But Josh met a girl and they got married, and despite all promises our friendship wouldn't change, it did change. A lot. I still see Josh from time to time. We went out drinking last month. But it's not the same at all.
And now I'm in my mid-40s, and I wonder if it's too late. I've never been interested in hookup culture or random sex, and it seems that's a prerequisite for a relationship these days. Fuck it till you make it. I don't know how to navigate that. I've had a few intense, but brief relationships with men over the years, but very few. The longest was two years, and that was when I was 18-19. I've basically got the dating experience of a high-schooler.
Tell me it's not too late.

Shortly after Final Fantasy VII hit the gaming world in 1997, Cloud Strife’s howls of grief at the loss of his beloved companion Aerith Gainsborough were echoed by droves and droves of fans. These echoes gathered in swarms, reaching the developers in the form of petition signatures, each begging the makers of the game to allow Aerith’s resurrection. Though these prayers remained unanswered —until now—, there soon came more protests: this time, fans pleaded with the developers to consider making a remake of the original game. Both of these wishes were met with considerable derision, with large chunks of the fandom calling the requests delusional— which is why the Final Fantasy world had to prepare for another meteoric hit when the Remake project was finally announced in 2015. With Kitase, Nomura, Toriyama, Nojima, Uematsu and more of the original developers at the helm, along with longtime FFVII fan-turned-developer Hamaguchi, the Remake trilogy was met with great expectations. These were nevertheless surpassed, though one aspect of the trilogy’s first entry seemed to thoroughly puzzle some and enrage others. Far and wide, the resounding questions were “What are these Whisper things?”, “Why is Cloud having visions unrelated to Nibelheim and Zack?” and “Why and how in the hell did Zack survive?”
Friends, I believe the answer lies within this post. Welcome to my literary-analysis-based theory on the Remake trilogy’s most important and most secret plot point: Cloud’s hidden mission. I want to make this fun and suspenseful to read, so I will write my analyses in the same order and manner in which I encountered them while putting my theory together. You will be reading what initially sparked my curiosity, the path I took while researching for answers, the conclusions I made every step of the way, and only then will you read my theory, after which we’ll try and apply it to the Remake trilogy so far and see if it fits! I want you to experience the rollercoaster that I did when digging through SE content to bring you this post. Thank you so much for waiting for and anticipating this analysis, and I do hope you read every word to soak in every last bit of Clerith you can get. I also hope it’s really fun and touching for you (I cried at least once making this)! Let’s embark on our adventure through the compilation, other FF games and real-life events to find out what the Remake project is truly all about and anticipate the events of part 3.
N.B.: Please be aware that I have never seen this theory navigate online, so I have no idea if anyone has ever come up with a similar hypothesis. The big reveal I’m building toward might be something you’re already aware of or suspected. In that case, I hope this post doesn’t disappoint you if you’re one of the lovely people who requested it! At the very least, it will provide you with valuable literary and musical analysis, a ton of evidence you haven’t considered yet, and hopefully, entertainment too!
WARNING: Please be careful with the censored spoiler text, because I'll be referencing other FF games in this analysis and I don't want to ruin anything for you! Obviously, this analysis contains spoilers for the entirety of the FFVII compilation. Additionally, if you're not a fan of Clerith and you've stumbled upon this post, please stop here. I would hate it if something I worked on and posted made you angry, so please don't read this analysis. I have only good intentions and I just want everyone to enjoy the FFVII world as much as they can.

I. Groundwork: The Remake Timelines Theory

Before I take you on this ride, we must lay down the framework of the Remake Timelines Theory. In this section, we’ll be reviewing the general consensus of theorizers within the fandom on timeline/multiverse shenanigans, with some added specifications on my part. Please keep in mind that because the timeline mechanics are kept quite vague by the devs, there might be certain inaccuracies in my iteration of the timelines theory. Thankfully, these potential variances won’t have any effect on the legitimacy of the theory I’ll be presenting to you in this analysis.
I. a) Sephiroth’s Plan
The premise of the Remake trilogy is widely thought to be the result of post-OG Sephiroth attempting to succeed where he failed in OG. There are six key points we need to keep in mind to understand how this was possible.
I. a) i. Sephiroth in the Lifestream
Firstly, it’s important to remember that Sephiroth is dead and located in the Lifestream before OG even begins, and remains that way for almost all of OG's duration. He is only able to operate in the world of the living via his/Jenova's control over the living Sephiroth clones. In the OG timeline then, Sephiroth is sent to the Lifestream by Cloud twice: once before the game takes place on the night of the Nibelheim incident (pre-OG), and a second time during the final battle against Sephiroth (disk 3, chapter 3). During the long period between the Nibelheim incident and Sephiroth’s rebirth at the Northern Crater (disk 2, chapter 2), he exists in the Lifestream. After his ultimate defeat (post-OG), he returns there for good.
II. a) ii. Sephiroth Unintegrated
Secondly, because he is full of hatred and unyielding determination, Sephiroth’s spirit cannot become one with the planet. After both occasions where Cloud kills him in OG, Sephiroth retains his individual will and the memories of his lifetime, remaining a separate entity in the Lifestream. He says so himself in Nojima’s Advent Children prequel novel On a Way to a Smile:

“[Sephiroth] could sense the Lifestream trying to erode his spirit— the memories of his former experiences, thoughts and emotions. If he allowed himself to be taken into the current, the being he once was would soon disseminate and disappear amongst the spirit energy cycling around the planet. [He] thought this unacceptable. The planet was to be his to rule, and to become a part of that system would be nothing short of defeat” ("Lifestream Black 1").

Combined with Bugenhagen’s basic lesson on planetology (FFVII OG, disk 1, chapter 19), this excerpt provides interesting information on how the Lifestream normally works. Usually, when a life returns to the planet, its individuality (personality, will, consciousness, memories, etc.) is stripped away. The trappings of a soul’s former lifetime are progressively dissolved so that all that is left is the spirit itself, ready to integrate into the Lifestream. This way, soul energy can be “recycled” by the planet to animate new lifeforms in a sort of reincarnation process. The erasure of one’s memories in the Lifestream is necessary for the creation of a brand new life, poised to make its own memories: the slate must be wiped clean, so to speak. Sephiroth’s sheer hatred for and desire to dominate the planet is enough to keep him from undergoing this process.
It is also thought that Sephiroth cannot be integrated into the Lifestream because he was conceived with the use of Jenova cells in vitro. Given that so much of his consciousness and genetic makeup originate from an alien life force, it is impossible for him to become one with the planet.
Regardless of the reason, it is precisely this persisting individuality in death that allows Sephiroth to meddle in the world of the living during the post-OG events of Advent Children, as explained to us by post-OG Aerith in On a Way to a Smile:

“[Aerith] had sensed a different presence within the Lifestream cycling around the planet. It was the vehemence of a strong will, one that would never join with the planet. She knew this consciousness. It was [Sephiroth]. A merciless spirit hidden behind a beauteous wall. That spirit was now operating from within the Lifestream. [She] sensed that he was planning to exert his influence to the surface of the planet“ ("Lifestream White 1").

I. a) iii. The Lifestream Beyond Time
Our third point is that the Lifestream has existed for as long as the planet, and has therefore touched every part of its history— including, of course, the events of OG. On that account, one could think of the Lifestream as atemporal. Considering this, it is possible for a spirit in the Lifestream to communicate with or even travel to the past, provided the necessary circumstances and/or abilities. For instance, the Aerith that appears in Cloud’s resolution scene in Remake (chapter 14) is commonly considered to be a post-OG Aerith, appearing to him from the future to try and dissuade him from falling for her. This time-defying event is made possible by the fact that post-OG Aerith’s spirit has access to the atemporal Lifestream because she's deceased. In my view, this explains why she dissolves into green light (Lifestream visual cue) at the end of the resolution scene (5:19-5:45). This is not time travel per se, but it is a manner of communication unobstructed by the one-directionality of a linear timeline that only spirits can perform.
I. a) iv. Sephiroth Beyond Time
What we’ve covered so far amounts to our fourth point. Please familiarize yourself with the graph below before you continue reading. Refer back to the graph when you encounter text in bold.
The Remake Timelines Theory: FFVII OG Timeline
As we discussed in section “I. a) i.”, Sephiroth is dead and located in the Lifestream for the duration of the green arrow and beyond point D: in the context of the OG timeline, he can only ever be considered “alive” during the period highlighted in purple. In section “I. a) ii.”, we asserted that Sephiroth retained his individual will in the Lifestream, enabling him to exert his influence on the world of the living by manipulating his clones on the surface. In section “I. a) iii.”, we covered the atemporal nature of the Lifestream, which allows post-OG Aerith’s spirit to communicate with her past, living self thanks to her Cetra abilities. Now, I will explain to you how Sephiroth was able to do virtually the same thing, albeit his lack of Cetra blood.
To the characters of the story and a fully immersed first-time player of OG, the timeline above was not always an established series of events: when they first started playing FFVII OG, the player began at point B, with nothing existing beyond it. It is only as the player moved Cloud forward that the black, arrowed timeline was drawn, accumulating lived events (or points) in Cloud’s wake. The picture you see above is only available to Cloud and to the player with hindsight. All this to state the obvious: at point B, Cloud could not know what would occur, say, at point C.
During the period highlighted in purple, Sephiroth was “alive” again, accumulating new memories on the surface of the planet and adding them to his consciousness. When he entered the Lifestream for the second time at point D, he brought these memories with him. Simply put, after returning to the Lifestream at point D, Sephiroth remembers what happened during the period highlighted in purple. However, given that the Lifestream exists beyond time, upon Sephiroth’s consciousness’ return to the Lifestream at point D, his newly acquired memories were also made available to him at all points on the green, double-arrowed line— including point A, before the OG timeline even begins at point B. So while it is true that Cloud cannot know what will occur at point C if he is only at point B, Sephiroth indeed knows what will occur during the period highlighted in purple when he is only at point A. While a living, pre-OG Aerith would be able to receive post-OG Aerith’s spirit’s knowledge through the Lifestream thanks to her Cetra powers, Sephiroth has no need for this ability. The fact that he resides in the Lifestream for practically the entire FFVII OG timeline renders the limitations of time irrelevant: as far as the FFVII OG timeline is concerned, Sephiroth exists beyond time itself.
In summary, after point D was first encountered in OG, pre-OG Sephiroth (in the Lifestream) is made aware of his eventual defeat, and begins plotting an alternate path to victory. This time, with the benefit of hindsight, he will do things differently: we experience his "second” attempt at FFVII as the Remake trilogy.
I. a) v. Sephiroth Against Fate
Of course, the Whispers stand squarely in Sephiroth’s way. This leads us to our fifth point, which Remake Ultimania describes better than I ever could:

“According to Red XIII, who gained knowledge through his contact with Aerith, ‘The Whispers are drawn to those who attempt to alter destiny’s course and ensure they do not’ […]. It would appear that what the Whispers deem to be ‘fate’ is the original story of Final Fantasy VII” (section 08 “Secrets”, “Newly Arisen Mysteries”, “What Is the Goal of the Elusive Whispers?”, page 733).

OG’s plot line is the fated timeline, and the Whispers are tasked with its preservation. They prevent alternative paths from even beginning to branch out from the OG timeline, which poses a problem for Sephiroth: he cannot win FFVII if his destiny is to lose it.
I. a) vi. Sephiroth and the Multiverse
Consequently, our sixth point is that Sephiroth must dismantle the mechanisms of fate before he can even try to accomplish his dreams of godhood.
As Sephiroth explains in chapter 14 of Rebirth, “the planet encompasses [an ever unfolding] multitude of worlds”, and these “[new worlds are born] when the boundaries of fate are breached.” Since the Whispers uphold the “boundaries of fate”, a world in which Sephiroth’s evil plans succeed can only emerge after the Whispers have been defeated. Otherwise, destiny will continue to protect the OG plot line by preventing any significant deviations. Consequently, before the party vanquishes fate, the Remake timeline and the OG timeline are one and the same: before chapter 18, Remake Barret is OG Barret, Remake Tifa is OG Tifa, Remake Hojo is OG Hojo, etc. After the defeat of Destiny, the OG timeline is no longer protected by fate: there are now an infinite number of timelines or worlds, including those we see glimpses of in Rebirth: Remake Barret is no longer necessarily OG Barret, Remake Tifa is no longer necessarily OG Tifa, Remake Hojo is no longer necessarily OG Hojo, etc. Perhaps this is why Aerith gives the party the following warning at destiny’s crossroads in Remake:

“[This] is the wall of destiny. If we go through it… if we go beyond it… then all of us will change, too” (FFVII Remake Material Ultimania Plus, VA script notes, “Destiny’s Crossroads”).

I. a) vii. Sephiroth’s Plan
Now that these six points have been elucidated, we can compose a solid hypothesis on how Sephiroth plots to win FFVII.
After gaining knowledge of his eventual demise (disk 3, chapter 3), pre-OG Sephiroth began thinking of what he must do in Remake from the Lifestream. First, Sephiroth must antagonize the Whispers in the initial stages of the OG timeline. He accomplishes this by commanding his clones to commit acts that drastically violate the fated timeline, engendering plot-line deviations that the Whispers must course-correct. The most extreme example transpires in Remake’s chapter 17 when the Sephiroth clone in President Shinra’s office kills Barret, forcing the Whispers to restore the fated plot line by coming forth and reviving him. The Whispers react to Sephiroth’s prodding by rushing in to protect fate, their efforts culminating in the protective wall of destiny that surrounds Midgar in chapter 18.
Secondly, after he’s created an opportunity for a battle against the Whispers, Sephiroth must convince the party to seize it and beat fate for him. After all, a mere Sephiroth clone is probably no match for Destiny. This second step is accomplished in Remake’s chapter 18 when Sephiroth successfully tempts Cloud to breach the boundaries of fate. Now that destiny is no longer a limitation, worlds deviating from the OG timeline can finally emerge; Sephiroth has a chance at victory.
The steps Sephiroth plans to take going forward are unknowable at this stage, but we do get more hints in Rebirth’s chapter 13. At the Temple of the Ancients, Sephiroth reveals a part of his plot:

“Sephiroth: My fragmented mother, these errant worlds... All shall be one again.
Aerith: The ‘Reunion’…!”

It seems Sephiroth eventually plans to merge the worlds created by destiny’s defeat in Remake’s chapter 18. My guess is he hopes to achieve godhood in part 3 and consolidate all diverting worlds into a single timeline protected by destiny once more— only this time, his victory will replace the ending of OG as the destined outcome. If he succeeds, Sephiroth’s Black Whispers will likely replace the planet’s Whispers as the arbiters of his desired fate.
I. b) Aerith’s Intervention
But Aerith can’t let this slide unchallenged!
We know that before chapter 18 of Remake, while the OG plot-line is still protected by fate, Aerith has knowledge of its future. This is insinuated by certain slips of the tongue: for instance, when Aerith reveals she knows Cloud is a mercenary upon meeting him for the second time in chapter 8, just like she knows Tifa will ask her to retrieve Marlene at Seventh Heaven in chapter 12. In the run-up to Remake, post-OG Aerith's spirit likely sensed Sephiroth planning his second try at FFVII in the Lifestream. She’s been able to anticipate Sephiroth’s plotting in the Lifestream before, namely in the context of Advent Children:

“[Aerith] had sensed a different presence within the Lifestream cycling around the planet […]. It was [Sephiroth] […]. That spirit was now operating from within the Lifestream. [She] sensed that he was planning to exert his influence [on] the surface of the planet” (On a Way to a Smile, "Lifestream White 1").

If you’re wondering how Aerith was able to maintain her individuality in the Lifestream like Sephiroth, On a Way to a Smile provides the following explanation:

“[Aerith] was an Ancient, which explained how she was able to maintain her individuality even within the Lifestream. If she so wished she could become part of the planet at any time, but [she] thought it too early for that just yet” ("Lifestream White 1").

It is thought that, as a countermeasure to Sephiroth's scheming, post-OG Aerith’s spirit used the atemporal nature of the Lifestream to inform her past, living self (pre-OG Aerith) of this new threat to the planet. Because the Cetra can commune with spirits, pre-OG Aerith would have been able to receive post-OG Aerith’s message from the Lifestream without a problem. Essentially, pre-OG Aerith received post-OG Aerith’s memories of the fated OG timeline. As a consequence, pre-OG Aerith embarks on the OG timeline with knowledge of the fated future that demands she give her life: the player experiences this version of her in Remake.
Be that as it may, it’s unclear how much Remake Aerith is aware of. You would think she’d be completely opposed to defeating, destiny since it protects the planet, but Aerith shows ambivalence toward the idea instead. Had she gotten a clear message from her future self that she must keep fate intact, she would not have allowed the party to enter the battle against fate in chapter 18. She doesn’t seem to know what the Whispers are the first time she encounters them either. Regardless, what’s important is that the Aerith seen in Remake is the result of pre-OG Aerith receiving knowledge from post-OG Aerith via the Lifestream.
I. c) Ambiguity: Memory Transfer or Time-Travel?
There remains an ambiguity pertaining to the Aerith we see in Remake and the question of time travel. What I’ve described to you in section “I. b)” is post-OG Aerith's spirit transferring her memories to her past self through the Lifestream. However, it’s possible that post-OG Aerith’s consciousness used the atemporal nature of the Lifestream to inhabit her living OG body instead, effectively time-traveling. There is no evidence to outright refute either explanation, since the gaps in Aerith’s memories of the OG plot-line in Remake can be explained in both cases. For instance, in a memory transfer scenario, it’s possible that post-OG Aerith only communicated the most essential information to pre-OG Aerith. On the other hand, in a time-travel scenario, one could interpret the following quotes as proof that the Whispers are progressively erasing Aerith’s memories of OG as Remake advances:

“Aerith: Every time the Whispers touch me, a piece of me falls away” (FFVII Remake Material Ultimania Plus, VA script notes, “Aerith Speaks”)
“At any rate, Aerith is perplexed at how, like a flower being scattered, something inside is being taken away by the Whispers and lost to her” (Toriyama in FFVII Remake Material Ultimania Plus, VA script notes, “Aerith Speaks”, “Scenario Staff Q&A - Answered by Motomu Toriyama”).

This ambiguity is completely irrelevant to Sephiroth’s situation in Remake, as we established in section “I. a) iv.”.
The specifics don’t matter nearly as much as I’m impressing upon you by explaining all these little alternatives. Simply keep in mind that: regardless of why, the Sephiroth and Aerith we see in Remake know the events of the OG game because they have acquired this knowledge from the future, and the events of Remake occur squarely within the OG timeline until the Whispers are defeated in chapter 18.
So there! That’s my iteration of the Remake Timelines Theory! I hope I’ve made it clear in your mind, or at least clearer. Now that we’ve established the widely theorized premise of the Remake trilogy, we can get into our theory on its hidden premise.
II. My Initial Curiosity
My theory first burgeoned upon going through Remake for the second time. I noticed something strange going on with Cloud, something that could not be explained by the Remake Timelines Theory. Key moments in Remake Cloud’s experience of the OG timeline (aka, everything before chapter 18) stuck out to me as strange and mysterious, and certain inexplicable audiovisual cues struck me as hugely significant. It was upon watching the tear fall from Cloud’s eye during my second go at chapter 8 that I knew I had to look into this.
At the very end of Remake’s chapter 8, Cloud watches Aerith walk away from him, humming happily into the night air as she sets off to lead the way to Sector 7. According to the VA script notes, “his heart skips a beat” and watching her walk away provokes a sudden “anxiety” within him. Triggered by the familiarity of the sight, a strange sensation overcomes Cloud:

“[There’s a] close-up shot of Cloud’s fingertips (they’re tingling). He presses them to his temples (his eyes are burning). A trickle of tears quickly rolls down from the eye hidden behind his hand” (FFVII Remake Material Ultimania Plus, VA script notes, “A Midnight Ambush”).

If you’re clever, you’ll recognize these lines as a reference to the speech Cloud makes in OG following Aerith’s death at the City of the Ancients (“My fingers are tingling. My mouth is dry. My eyes are burning!”) (disk 1, chapter 28). In this small moment in chapter 8 of Remake, Cloud experiences a flash of the profound grief he is destined to feel upon Aerith’s fated death.
Many players immediately recognized the composition of this scene: the blue-greenish air, the straight path Aerith heads down, the sight of her walking away itself… this moment closely resembles Cloud’s Sleeping Forest dream of Aerith in OG, wherein Cloud and Aerith’s very last words are exchanged (disk 1, chapter 25). Toriyama, codirector of the Remake project, comments on this scene thusly:

“It’s possible these similarities […] cause a memory of the future to be called forth in Cloud” (FFVII Remake Material Ultimania Plus, VA script notes, “A Midnight Ambush”).

The language used by Toriyama here is strange in both the English translation and the Japanese original: the term “memory of the future” makes no sense. One cannot remember things they haven’t already experienced, so why did Toriyama use the word “memory” to describe a "future" event? Couldn’t he have simply said that Remake Cloud experiences “visions of the future” rather than “[memories]”?
Cloud experiences a few moments like these throughout the game. These pseudo-premonitions are just as markedly exclusive to Remake as the Whispers are. I did not want to dismiss them as a foreshadowing device the devs included just to elicit emotional reactions from OG players; I felt they were more important. And thus began my digging! My mission was initially to figure out what these “[memories of the future]” (MOTFs) could signify… I had no clue it would turn into what I’m writing right now.
II. a) Each MOTF and Its Context
I began by finding every one of Cloud’s MOTFs so I could better understand them.
MOTF 1 occurs in chapter 2 on Sector 8’s Loveless Street, when Cloud sees Aerith struggling against the Whispers. The VA script notes reveal that even though this is only his first time seeing her, Cloud recognizes Aerith’s face:

“Recognizing Aerith’s face causes Cloud to experience [a hallucination]. Sephiroth is suddenly standing between him and Aerith” (FFVII Remake Material Ultimania Plus, VA script notes, “Encountering Aerith”).

Sephiroth then taunts Cloud with words that, according to the script notes, “[live] inside of Cloud's heart”: “You can’t protect anyone. Not even yourself”. Cloud should not recognize Aerith’s face at this point in the OG timeline, nor should he associate it with not being able to protect people.
MOTF 2 occurs in chapter 3, at the plaza in front of the Sector 7 slums support pillar. Cloud experiences a MOTF of the plate falling, which is fated to occur at a much later point in chapter 12. The Whispers float near him, “watching Cloud alertly as he sees a vision of the future” (FFVII Remake Ultimania, section 08 “Secrets”, “Newly Arisen Mysteries”, “What Is the Goal of the Elusive Whispers?”, page 733).
MOTF 3 occurs in Aerith’s church at the start of chapter 8, when Aerith mentions that her mother’s materia is “not good for anything at all”. Triggered by the mention and sight of the White Materia, Cloud’s fourth MOTF takes the form of a vision: he sees quick flashes of the materia falling into the lake of the Forgotten Capital and Aerith holding her hands together in prayer. These are evidently visions of her death in OG (disk 1, chapter 28).
MOTF 4 is the one we first discussed, occurring at the very end of chapter 8 as Cloud watches Aerith walk away from him to lead the way toward Sector 7.
MOTF 5 occurs in chapter 13 shortly after the Sector 7 plate has fallen on the slums. Cloud tells Barret that Marlene is safe at Aerith’s house, and they begin heading there. As Cloud thinks about Aerith, the VA script notes describe the very next moment as follows:

“Cloud: Tifa, you know anything about the Ancients?
Tifa: I’ve heard of them before, but…
Barret walks on ahead, showing little interest in the topic.
Barret: Read a book on planetology and they’re sure to come up. They’re a tribe that cultivated the planet a real long time ago. Used to talk to it. That sort of stuff.
Cloud: That must be why the Turks were after her.
[Psychic] interference starts up.
[Cloud has a] flashback of Sephiroth from five years ago, after learning of his ancestry at Shinra Manor […].
Sephiroth [(in flashback, voice tinged with madness)]: Within my veins flows the blood of the Ancients. I am the rightful heir to this planet!
The flashback ends and Cloud looks lost in thought. The interference starts up once more. Cloud makes agonized sounds. When he opens his eyes, Sephiroth is actually standing before him.
Sephiroth: You failed again— failed to protect [her]*.
Cloud is startled. He shrinks back. Tifa watches what’s happening. The other two can’t see Sephiroth. All they see is Cloud acting frightened.
Sephiroth: But loss will make you strong. […] Isn’t that what you want?
With that, Sephiroth departs.”

*Sephiroth does not use a gendered pronoun here, because the grammatical structure of the original Japanese sentence doesn’t necessitate it. I've seen some debate as to whether the proper translation is “her” (Aerith, who’s just been kidnapped), or “them” (Jessie, Biggs or Wedge, who have seemingly just died). I believe Sephiroth was referring to Aerith for a few reasons. First, Cloud’s hallucinations of Sephiroth always appear as a response to whatever he is perceiving or thinking about at the moment. At this point in the scene, Cloud has been thinking and talking about Aerith for some time, and not about Jessie, Biggs or Wedge. The Sephiroth hallucination must therefore be referring to “her” rather than to “them”. Secondly, Cloud was never tasked with “[protecting]” Avalanche, but he was in fact tasked with “[protecting]” Aerith as her bodyguard back in chapter 8: it makes far more sense for Sephiroth to be referring to Aerith when he speaks about someone Cloud “failed to protect”. Finally, FFVII Remake Ultimania describes this piece of dialogue as “[Sephiroth aiming] these profound words at Cloud, who not only failed to prevent the tragedy in the Sector 7 slums but allowed Aerith to be abducted” (Sephiroth’s profile in section 01 “Character & World”, “Impressive Words”, page 29): the specific mention of Aerith here seals my decision to translate the line with the pronoun “her”.
Contrary to Sephiroth’s words, this is the first time in Remake that Cloud “[fails] to protect [Aerith]”, and he hasn’t “[lost]” her either— not yet, at least. So why use the words "again" and "loss"? This fifth MOTF must be similar to MOTF 1, in that Sephiroth is referring to Cloud’s guilt surrounding Aerith’s death in OG.
MOTF 6 occurs in chapter 17, in Aerith and Ifalna’s old room at Shinra HQ. The Whispers swarm Aerith as she tells the party earnestly that she wants to do everything in her power to help her friends and the planet: according to the script notes, it is at this very moment that, “for some reason, Cloud feels his chest constrict tightly” (FFVII Remake Material Ultimania Plus, VA script notes, “Aerith Speaks”). In the corresponding cutscene, this unpleasant physiological reaction to Aerith’s words makes Cloud glance down at his chest with a confounded frown. This physical response to her speech about wanting to fulfill her duty to the planet implies that Cloud somehow knows deep down that saving the world will cost Aerith her life.
At this point, I noticed that five out of the six MOTFs Cloud experiences in Remake are triggered by and/or revolve around Aerith specifically, the one exception being a MOTF of the Sector 7 plate fall. One could actually argue that this MOTF revolves around Aerith too, considering the plate fall marks the first time Aerith is taken away from Cloud since reuniting with her in the Sector 5 slums church. This is more than plausible, as MOTF 5 proves that in the wake of the Sector 7 plate fall, Cloud’s main concern is Aerith (see section “II. a)”). How fitting is it, then, that the merc of few words’ longest uninterrupted piece of dialogue in all of Remake is:

“We found an underground Shinra lab where they've done human testing. This wasn't the first time and it won't be the last. I know these people, and I know they're never gonna let Aerith go. She's the last living Ancient on the planet. Think about what that means to Shinra's scientists. Especially to that son of a bitch Hojo. We're all just numbers and meat to him—“ (Remake, chapter 13).

Cloud would’ve gone on too, had Elmyra and Tifa not stopped him.
At this juncture in my research, my questions were only stacking up. What are these MOTFs? Why is Cloud the only one experiencing them? Why do all of them implicate Aerith? What did the devs hope to accomplish with their inclusion in the game? What do they mean for Remake’s story? But most importantly:
II. b) What Does Cloud Know?
The first assertion we have to make is simple, yet essential: the only reason Cloud would experience MOTFs is that whatever’s triggered them is significant to him in one way or another. Some part of him must recognize his triggers for them to be triggers at all. It’s clear he doesn’t consciously understand the meaning of his MOTF triggers, just like his Jenova triggers: for example, Cloud doesn’t know why Zack’s name causes him to experience psychic interference, but it sure does. We as players know Cloud’s MOTFs are hinting at Aerith’s fated death because of our awareness of OG, but as a character navigating the OG timeline, Remake Cloud shouldn't even be unconsciously aware of Aerith’s eventual death in the slightest! Whatever the nature of the MOTFs, it’s essential to understand that if Cloud “[recognizes]” Aerith’s face the first time he sees her, it must mean some part of him knows Aerith’s face in the first place. If this recognition triggers a hallucination of Sephiroth telling Cloud he “can’t protect anyone”, it must mean some part of him knows he was once unable to protect Aerith. The same goes for every other MOTF: subconsciously, Remake Cloud somehow has memories of the OG timeline. Most interestingly, it looks like he either only has OG memories related to Aerith, or like his OG memories of Aerith are simply the only ones prominent enough to trigger his MOTFs. Why and how does Remake Cloud have memories of OG, and why are they so focused on Aerith in particular? What does he know?
When examining a situation with no explanation, it’s wise to examine similar situations that have already been explained. Maybe the mystery of Remake Cloud’s MOTFs will become more approachable if we consider the cases of the only other Remake characters who seem to know the future: Aerith and Sephiroth. Remake Sephiroth knows the future of the OG timeline because his consciousness exists beyond time in the Lifestream, while Remake Aerith likely obtained her knowledge of the future from post-OG Aerith’s spirit via the Lifestream. But what about Cloud? Where does his weaker, fragmented knowledge come from?
(continued in part 2)

Wake up, poke, test, inject the insulin, lunch poke injections, supper poke injections . Before I go to bed and wake up, short acting injections. I’m only 36 and my body is rotting away and I am alone. Everyone I know is dead. Hundreds….. everyone. It’s like a fucking battle field. Everyone talks shit about me…. When your down you see who your real friends are. Even my family has turned their back. My grandmother who I love just had a stroke last week, my grandfather two heart attacks. My godmother is on life support. My best friends, a while click of hundreds of us are all fucking dead. My friend just blew his head off last month. I want to fucking die I’m just trying to get the courage. All I have is my dogs. That’s all. But I can’t live for them. Please don’t judge me….. I just want to know ideas on what to do to get pumped enough to pull. God please, I’ve called out to you so many times and you never answered. I haven’t had a woman in years. I have no one. I just waste away in my room all day and night. It’s been like this for years. I just lay there. Like I’m already asleep in a box. When I go they’re going to crack my skull open and take out my brain. Take out all my organs. Then drain my blood and fill me up with some kind of solution so I don’t stink like death. I’ll have that nice formaldehyde smell. I used to hate that smell but now it’s like a comfort. I wonder what they will Find when they slice my brain into little pieces. My own mother calls me a fucking waste, a mistake, a fucking fat looser junkie….she posts fucked up videos of my on Facebook. Everyone in my home town has seen them. No one will talk to Me. I want to die but I don’t want to be embalmed. I just want to go In a box and sleep. There’s a reason they bring flowers. Funny thing is, NOBODY WILL GO. That’s what hurts the most. I was close. I remembered waking up not knowing where I was or who I was for about 15 minutes. I couldn’t talk. All I could understand was that I was me…………I remembered when I opened my eyes….if they cut me up it’s ok. I think fent is the best way. I’m going to go tomorrow and free everyone from me. No one seems the struggle, they only see the trouble, not knowing it’s hard to keep going when nobody loves you.

So I (32F) and my brother (45 M) had a tiff the other day. Some background to explain:
About a year ago, my husband and I got evicted from our home. We were paying rent like we were meant to, but the landlord got angry at us when I called her out on making us overpay for utilities (we were paying her's as well as ours, and when I found out, I was livid.) Shortly after, we were all made to leave the home as I had no solid proof to back us up. I had 3 kids + 1 stepchild at the time. The step child lived with her mom, so no change for her, but we were struggling to find a new place to rent. We are in fact still struggling, and all we've been able to afford in that time is a one bedroom apartment. My oldest two children are teenagers, and I had had a baby with my husband just a few months prior to the eviction notice.
Now, because of the limited space, and laws in my state, my eldest two children were required to stay elsewhere. Namely, with my brother. He offered, and I thanked him profusely for his generosity and have done everything I can to continue making my appreciation known. I am working and so is my husband. But even with both of us working, we are still having a hard time finding something bigger that is sustainable. I have seen how this sudden separation has affected my elder children, and I don't want to ever put them through this again. So I have been looking with the intention that it has to be in our budget long term, and affordable even if one of us lost their jobs. I refuse to put my kids through this hell again.
One of the places I have been consistently bugging about an available rental has finally gotten back to me with a big enough place, and below what our "safety" budget is. I am only waiting on them to finish their inspection/refurbish of the place, and then we can move in. We have put back tax money to make sure this move is doable as soon as they are done.
I am again pregnant (not on purpose, I was supposed to have had my tubes tied but I guess it didn't take properly according to my obgyn.) I was more than a little upset to find out, but I am not someone who would abort a child just because they weren't on purpose. My husband and I have decided to make this work as best we can, and we will still be moving to the same place as soon as we can, with minor adjustments to include the new little one. I was also briefly unemployed (a grand total of 2 weeks) and have just started a new job in the last few days which I think will be better for us in the long run anyway.
All this to say, my brother texted me about my son a few days ago. I have been picking him up from school and taking him to my brother's house afterwards every day. This is because my brother lives outside of the school district for my son's high school, and while my brothers children can take him, they often have after school things and my son wants to go "home" and do his homework straight after. Not a big deal. Sometimes my son calls me and tells me that he is getting a ride home with a friend, or his gf, and that's fine too. He's about to be a senior, so I don't mind the commute simply because he shouldn't be made to switch schools just because we failed to provide properly. Our car (we currently only have 1, and are looking to trade it for a van because we're going to need one), broke down randomly. It's 20ish years old, so this isn't entirely unexpected, just super inconvenient while we wait for the parts to come in to fix it. I told my son that if he needed me to come get him, that was fine, but that while we waited for the parts to come in, if he had someone else who could take him to my brother's house for the time being, that would be helpful for now.
At no point did I say I wouldn't come get him, or that he had to ask for a ride daily, or anything of the sort. I made sure he was aware I was still willing to come get him whenever, but that it would help keep the car from breaking down faster if he had a different way ( which he usually does anyway.)
This apparently trigger big brother. And he sent me a couple of messages asking why I was making my child "beg for a ride home" when I could have just let him know if our car was messed up so he could make other arrangements for my son to get there. I explained as succinctly as I could what I had told my son, and that he usually has a ride home that isn't me anyway, so I didn't think it would be a big issue. Nor did I tell him he absolutely had to go with someone else, but that if he had a different way that it would be helpful for the time being. My brother told me I should have discussed it with him instead, and not with my son. He said I was making him feel unloved and excluded, especially considering my pregnancy and the fact that I had another smaller child who I was "replacing" my elder two children with. (that's not a thing, and I have spoken to both of my children several times, and keep them in the loop on all the things happening while we wait for the house.)
There have been several instances where my brother and I have butted heads as far as the kids go, because he tells them to ask me if they can do x, y, or z, and when I answer as I normally would as their mom, and it doesn't align with that he thinks is correct, he then sends me passive aggressive messages and says that I need to consult him first. At first I thought this was a communication break-down between myself and kids, and they were leaving part of it out (the part where bro wanted me to consult him specifically,) but after checking their messages, that's not it at all. He literally tells them to ask me, and when I don't reply as he thinks I should, I get the messages that I mentioned before.
Now on the call he made, he went on for about 30 minutes, screaming at me and telling me I wasn't a good mother, and that I hadn't done anything for my children since they went to stay with him. I told him if he wanted money, I would send money, but that I wasn't trying to exclude my kids from anything, and I was still trying to find a place that was sustainable, and where I was waiting on the house. He knew these things already. He said he didn't want my money, just for me to make more of an effort to spend time with my kids. My eldest daughter also usually rides home with me from a different school. I have offered multiple times for both kids to come over to the apartment, or to come on day trips with us to places. They keep saying they have plans. Even when I specifically ask them to not make plans so I can see them, it ends up happening anyway. I don't dispute this because I don't feel I'm currently in a position to do so, and because teenagers are well.. teenagers. They have their own lives to lead in some respects and hanging out with mom isn't cool anymore, even when I miss them like mad.
I tried explaining all this to my brother but he was having none of it. I ended up parked under an overpass, crying my eyes out, to the point my husband was telling me to hang up because of the amount of stress it was causing me.
to be clear, I know I am failing as a mother right now, but there's nothing anyone else can say that I haven't said to myself, and have probably said even worse.
After a few more minutes of the non-stop berating I was getting, I yelled that as soon as I got my kids home we were completely done and he wouldn't have to worry about seeing the other kids ever again.
I feel i may have overreacted, though my husband says I didn't react enough. I don't know. I think hormones got the best of me, along with the stress of everything. Now my brother is back to being silent (which isn't new) and I feel even worse than when he was yelling at me.
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AITHA? Did I overstep and overreact considering the fact that he's doing me such a huge favor by keeping my kids safe while I try to stand on my feet again?
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