Alright so I just got back from convention with my PIMI mom on Sunday night and here are my thoughts on it. the theme this years convention had was "Declare the good news!" Which is real creative, I know. Adding onto that I feel like they're just recycling topics at this point, like, I know how I'm 14 and probably 'hard to please' but DEAR GOD. They're literally just out of ideas for topics at this point. for all I know, next year is gonna be "wait a little longer" or some shit.
Not to mention the building was FREEZING as well. I literally had to bring a blanket and manuever it around myself like a MANIAC just so I could SLIGHTLY feel the teensy bit of warmth that was available for me.
Anywho, as for the talks? Boring. As expected. I literally could barely stay awake for most of them because of how much they all said THE SAME THING IN DIFFERENT WORDS. Like, the whole premise of EVERY talk was something like "We don't fear the future because Jehovahs gonna protect us blahblahblah!!" The only time I really "paid attention" was for when they told us to open up to a certain scripture (because my mom always gets on my ass about that.) other than, it was just a 3 day long yapping session.
The good parts? lunch. Also the "new song" is kinda a banger tbh. But I cant wait till I'm able to get out of JW because doing this every year SUCKS

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 --PLOT-- 

Between the realm of life and death is a plane shared by dozens of universes. This realm is comprised of structures dream each respective universe and era of time, a reminder of the world's beyond this frozen hellscape. Tall statues and ancient temples are mere yards away from ruined skyscrapers and boarded up plazas. Rusted cars and ruined chariots line roads mostly hidden under ash and snow. The sky is always gray and the ash falls mixed with the snow. All is silent until the Residents make themselves known. Bloodthirsty creatures that are manifestations of mankind's evils and horrors brought to life in a never ending pageant of horror and death, made to hunt and torment those within the Ashpit, despite how good or bad they may be. Y/C wakes up in the Ashpit where they have unwillingly handed in their life for a new existence built around fear and a constant battle for survival alongside others who have fallen into the Ashpit. Will they all prevail and find their ways home, or will they be consumed by the madness of the Ash Pit?...

 --Rules-- 

•first and foremost, don't bother messaging me if you're going to end up flaking out before we begin. That seems to happen a lot on here (at least in my experience)
•second, I understand you have a life and won't be able to respond right away, but don't leave me on seen please. Shoot me a "brb" and then come back when you're free. That's more of just a pet peeve really
•third, I work a full time job and attend classes two days out of the week. Please be patient and don't cast me off if you don't hear from me in the day
•fourth, I roleplay for fun. I'm not expecting you to write 5+ paragraphs. I only ask that we do things in a semi lit fashion, but otherwise I can pretty much adapt to your style.
•Fifth, this post is open to Fandoms of any sort. Well discuss details later, but if it's an anime, movie, videogame, etc, go for it and use whatever character you want. If you're using ocs, that's cool too. Just please don't God mod
I primarily rp on discord and Instagram. I prefer Instagram, but I don't mind either way.

I am currently about to get started on Teek and am trying to decide what class would be the best fit for me. I would play a class that will last throughout the expansions as it gets into later expansions, be able to find groups fairly easily (doesn't have to be immediately but also not sit in LFG for hours), and also have the ability to solo while I am waiting to find camps. I am good with being a healer, tank or pure dps. I've always been interested in the rogue class but I know soloing would be completely out of the question. Any suggestions on what would be some good class options to choose between? Thank you in advance for any help.

I never tried to make an op build before like bloodied builds. But I guess I still have one, that is probably shit cuz I can't do events at all solo. But I want to know what kinda mangled mess my character is considered. I don't know what else to call it other than, kinda a mutant build. My main focus in making my character was to survive and deal as much damage as possible. But without power armor.
I will list my gear and perks. I want to know what what people think and maybe learn to get a better Idea to get more out of it.
My special is currently:S.9 P.15 E.11 C.3 I.5 A.10 L.9
For strength I have:
1 traveling pharmacy to carry over 100 stimpacks
1 expert gladiator to boost my melees
2 bandolier to never run out of ammo
2 martial arts to boost melee
3 arms keeper to carry 7 rifles
For perception:
3 rifleman for damage
3 expert rifle for even more damage
3 master rifle for even more, more damage
3 tank killer to ignore power armor
3 concentrated fire for bonus damage and because I like vats once in awhile
Endurance:
5 ironclad to survive
2 adamntium Skelton to ignore broken bones
1 cannibal to ignore hungar
3 fire proof to ignore explosive damage
Charisma: I don't really care for this stat but I currently have 3 hard bargain( I'm a solo player and never use lone wanderer though I don't think I need it) only for meat weak though. I mainly use 2 field surgeon with 2 on charisma. I don't know where to put that one free point though.
Intelligence:
3 first aid to spam stimpack through heavy damage
2 gunsmith so I don't have to look for gun benches as often
Agility:
3 evasive for survival
3 action boy to make sure I have ap when I want it
2 white knight so I don't need armor benches as much
2 Goat legs to ignore cliffs
Luck:
2 scrounger to always have ammo
2 pharma farma to always have stimpacks
3 lucky break to keep my armor always with some durability
2 class freak to ignore all the negatives to my long list of mutations that Is still growing
As for legendary perks:
2 what's rad so I don't lose my precious mutations
3 perception for rifle man perks
3 agility for action boy
I'm only 127 so thats it for now.
In events I can survive just about anything but can't lay down much damage. But I'm fine with that. With all the automatics targeting the biggest targets, I can take out the little mobs that are just there to annoy, and I can annoy the big targets and keep their attention on me.
Now for the mutations:
Speed demon 😈 to move faster
Bird bone 🐦 this one I heard went nicely with marsupial 🦵. I can live with out this but I need all the mutations I can get. I hope I never develop vegetarian by accident.
Carnivore 🍖 to ignore hunger
Chameleon 🦎 useless as hell but hey gotta get them mutations
Electricly charge ⛈️ this one was random but welcomed
X factor I mean Healing factor to use less stimpacks
Plague walker was random, usless but sure why not
Scaly skin 🪨 for even more survivability
Unstable isotope random but hell yess
Ok now for my guns and armor after: if anyone read this far you can skip over most of this. I never seek out specific legendaries but I ended up with alot of good ones.
RIFLES:
RAILWAY RIFLE *** I got lucky with this random roll through legendary modules
Mutant's which hell yea. Rapid, not sure what it does. Steadfast. usefully. Standard reciever.
WESTERN SPIRIT***
FURIOUS. HITMAN'S. SWIFT. fierce reciever to ignore reloading this gun.
THE FIXER*** boring I hardly use it. Two shot. Last shot. Steadfast.
GAUSS RIFLE*** does alot of damage but to slow Zealot. Rapid. Ghost. All stock.
HANDMADE *** I think I bought his one from a player vendor. Berserker useless. Basher is meh, but I got the bayonet anyways. V.A.T.S. OPTIMAIZE this gun stills chew through my ap faster than any of my other guns. Hardened reciever.
SLUG BUSTER*** the holy grail of finds for me. It got anti armor, vital and weightless. I don't have to mod this gun. It came with exactly with what I would have slapped on there. Refined beta wave tuner, aligned sniper barrel, aligned stock, and medium NV scope. It's beatifull. And It can slap power armor players.
TESLA RIFLE*** I just love using this gun. Suppressor I'm sure helps. V.A.T.S. enhanced means I don't miss a shot. Durability which im very happy to have. It got the charging barrel but I might change it back to stock for dps over raw damage.
These are my primary guns but on the side I have other weapons for smaller fights or just cuz I'm bored.
Melee:
BLUE RIDGE BRANDING IRON*** I feel so lucky to have found this.
Instigating is kinda useful. Melee speed with 2 martial arts is intense. Strength is there.
REVOLUTIONARY SWORD*** this one I got martial arts for but then I ended up with the branding iron.
Assassin, can't complain. Melee speed yep. Cavalier is there.
Now for for the one I use for fun.
Thirst zapper, just a water gun 🔫
Flare 🤷‍♂️
And the fatman daisycutter*
It has weightless, I think I found alot of these but I dont where from. This one also have the MIRV launcher.
Ok now for armor:
I wear marine wetsuits underneath to be protected from water born diseases. It has resistance lining.
My backpack to carry more. 60+. No mods.
Secret service chest*** I made one and I love it.
Chameleon so now I can pretend my mutation works. Agility for which I hope evasive take account of. Frozen mixed with my other mutation that activate on Melee contact makes for a crazy time 🤪. Buttress of course. With jetpack cuz duh.
Secret service left leg*** I consider myself lucky. Only made 3 for this one.
Regenerator. Luck. Divers. It's just a beautiful list to me. Buttress obviously. Gunning for pocketed mods by the way but I'll see what is available before I but any mods.
Secret service right leg*** made one.
Unyielding again also hoping evasive takes into account. Intelligence is there. Reduced weapon weight is nice.
And for the last two are random garbage with life saver effect to survive more but that was before the mutations and and jetpack.
Finally that's it.......so besides being fun to play as a immortal muatated super freak that explodes in many ways on contact. What should I call this uh "build".

My son (26 months) was a pretty good sleeper up until last week when we brought home his newborn sister. Unfortunately he's struggling hard after the baby showed up and bedtime has become terrible, just when we need him to be good while we're also dealing with an infant. Does anyone have suggestions to help ease the transition and avoid an hour of ugly crying "daddy" in between coughing fits during bedtime?
For some context: My wife handles mornings and I do evenings so we both get some sleep. My son had previously been a great sleeper, usually laying down in bed when I tell him it's bedtime, and sometimes lately even pushing me out of bed and saying "bye-bye" when he wants me to leave before I've finished a book. Occasionally it took singing a few more songs in bed or reading a few more books, but usually our bedtime routine took less than 30 minutes. Unfortunately this all changed a couple days after bringing home the newborn and now as soon as I leave the room he gets up and stands by the door crying. He immediately goes back to bed and lays down quietly when I come back into the room, but he gets up again as soon as I try to leave, sometimes trying to hold me from going if I move to get up. I worry that I'm rewarding the behavior by going back in when he's crying, but it's also so painful to listen to him crying for me.
His reasoning and language skills aren't quite good enough yet for me to use other tricks I've read about, like telling him I've asked his stuffies to watch him or that I'll be just outside and checking on him. Has anyone else gone through this found any tricks to easing the transition?

Classes are fun, but outleveling zones without heirlooms, blasting through quests without thinking twice, RDF with no or very little chat going on, and all the insanely good gear from dungeons and caches, makes cata leveling kinda like a love/hate relationship to me, here im talking pre 80+ content. Anyone else feel like cata leveling was the start to a more "retail"ish direction in regards to leveling? i'm aware that for some players, leveling is just something to get done with ASAP, personally though, leveling can be very relaxing, where you could just turn off the brain after a long day, and i must say i preferred the vanilla way, where grinds could take long, and you didn't swim in loot, which made getting a blue upgrade speciel.

OKAY OKAY, I might sound crazy but I have watched almost every single youtube video known to man lmao, and almost every good action movie that 2000 and up, I bet I missed some thought, Sooo far I have watched (and this is in order of my favs RECENTLY)
Blade Runner 2049
Baby Driver
All Fast and Furious movies (bc im a car guy)
Road House (2024)
Dredd
FALL GUY
Bullet Train
Alita Battle Angel
The new batman
Boy Kills World
John WIck 1 and 4
NoBody
Ride along 1 & 2
Kingsman
Dune 2
Furiosa (idk spelling)
Mad Max Furry Road
John Wick 2 and 3
V for Vendetta
LUCY
Pacific RIm
Focus
Kingsman Golden Circle
Godzilla (2014)
Ready Player One
Most Xmen movies
Joker
Most Blade movies
Most Rocky movies
DeadPool
Inception
All batman mvoes (even the 60s)
All Matrix Movies
All MAD MAX movies
Predator
All Terminator movies
some mission impossible movies
Creed 1 and 2
KillBill 1
Free Guy
All Hobit And Lord of the Rings
Suicide Squad 1 & 2
All Marvel Movies (yes all after 2000)
Most new DC movies after 2010
and about 100+ other action only movies (the last 2-3 years)
1000+ all generes (last 2-3 years)
Anyways moral of the story lol Im bored and literally cant forcefeed myself anymore B.S off of youtube bc i cant find nothing good on TV. LOL I kinda hate rewatching stuff idk why, but if I really like a movie ill rewatch it maybe 10 times in a lifetime unless its my top 5, then imma watch it once with each one of the important people in my life... Anyways based off my list of the very FEW action movies i have listed (lol I swear I passed english) what would yall reccomend thats after 2000s (ACTION) (idk why but i cant stand old movies i watched so many growing up w my dad bc he has seen like idk 600000 movies or so idk) (p.s i swear i do other shit than watch tv lmao it sounds like I havent done anything in 2-3 years but i have lol I HAVE HOBBIES)

I do not think this is relevant bu....uut many post this kind of stuff so I thought why not give it a shot So, I just need help from you guys regarding a school crush It all started in mid-feb During our final exams It is our school rule that a 9th grader sits beside an 8th grader to avoid any form of cheating. So I 14M sat beside this class 8 girl 13F Before the exams we get time for revision and during that time we talked a lot about random stuff I also helped her during the exams in some questions she had difficulties in(I am really good at studies) Exams were over and I thought I would never get to talk to her again but luckily she was on the same floor on mine.(i have a crush on her now)
So we talk almost every day now while passing through the corridors and i think she and her friends drop enough hints that I think she likes me too! 1- She intentionally brushes her hand with mine while we walk past each other(very obvious that she does it intentionally) 2- I was playing with my friends and then she and her friend were strolling and upon seeing me, her friend's like,"Oh so you saw 'my name' goal complete?"
3- And when I was talking to her once her friend tells her "Should I reveal your secret to him?"
SO what I wanted to know is what should I do? TL:DR- Just read the last paragraph

Jump is here.
Apologies if a new post for the same Jump before a week passes is too soon. I didn't see any rules about it, and figured the original post was far enough down the list. For those who are interested in the Jump, thanks for giving it a try. Hopefully anyone who enjoyed the 1.0 will also like the changes and additions.
I've sufficiently excised my brain worms on this, I think, so I wouldn't expect another update after this unless someone points out a glaring mistake or embarrassing typos.
Changelog:

Update to v1.3

• -Buffed the Fighter’s It Just Needs Some Spit perk
• -Buffed the Fighter’s A Fort To Call Your Own item
• -Buffed the Tomes, Tomes, Tomes item
• -Buffed Sir Roth's Sword to make it more attractive to a Jumper
• -Added a smithy to the Fighter’s A Fort To Call Your Own item
• -Added a benefit to purchasing caste, in the Class & Caste choice for Sha’ahoul
• -Adjusted the Chalice of Life item to better match its in-game counterpart
• -Adjusted the Fiery Shroud of the Inferno item to better match its in-game counterpart
• -Adjusted the Wizard’s Staff item’s description to better illustrate it isn’t its in-game counterpart
• -Adjusted the Fistful of Crowns item, from 50 to 75 crowns
• -Adjusted the Enchanted Armour item to play nice with the new items
• -Lowered the cost for the Enchanted Rings item
• -Added the Fedora of the Deceiver item
• -Added the Just As Worthy Protection item
• -Added the Forty Bars of Fine Steel item
• -Added the A Proficient Alchemist general perk
• -Added the A Proficient Blacksmith general perk
• -Added the Elven Ranger companion
• -Added the Naga Pathfinder companion

Update to v1.2

• -Buffed the Fighter perk Elven Warrior Training
• -Buffed the Very Good Dog
• -Gave all Companions a moderate buff
• -Added the Not Just Any Dwarf Companion
• -Added the Nameless Apprentice Companion
• -Added the Younger Dreamwalker Companion

Update to v1.1

• -Corrected typos and spelling
• -Added the training yard to the Fighter’s A Fort To Call Your Own
• -Buffed the Scout’s Magical Mask post Jump
• -Added bathrooms and amenities to the Mage’s Wizard’s Tower
• -Made canon companions free, with an option to spend CP to give them their own
• -Added the drawback I Don’t Need Ten Years
• -Finished descriptions for Spells in the Notes section
• -Formatting

I made a post a few weeks ago about Eddie. Three years ago, I befriended “Eddie” on vacation. I liked him, and he liked me. He confided in the wrong people about his crush on me, and I found out. However, Eddie actually had a girlfriend, and cut contact with me. He was friends with mostly everyone else on social media except me. I never really got any closure or resolution around this situation. Eddie and I never spoke after the trip. So for years, I’ve always wondered about how he really felt about me.
Eddie and his girlfriend broke up two months later, but he never tried contacting me. I kind of suspected that he looked at my TikTok videos, but I also know that for months after, he wasn’t over his ex. This situation happened during the height of the pandemic, so while I knew it would be best to move on, I couldn’t. If this situation happened at any other time, I likely would’ve forgotten Eddie within a couple of weeks or months. But classes were online. I couldn’t meet anyone. For a good year, I had feelings for Eddie, but again, nothing ever came of it.
This past summer, I was heartbroken over another failed crush. I was just going through a lot in general, and I spent most of my days high on drugs. I posted TikTok videos about heartbreak and depression. Sometimes I’d post five TikToks in a night. Sometimes, I’d reupload these videos. I don’t know why. I guess I was bored. And while I still wondered about Eddie, I didn’t think he ever looked my social media.
Little did I know, Eddie saw me posting these videos online, and contacted our friends. He asked them to see if I was posting anything else on my Instagram, which is private. Nothing’s happened since then, but I’m wondering why Eddie cares. I don’t think Eddie is this evil sociopath or anything, but it’s not like he showed me any care or consideration back then when he actually hurt me. So why? Is this some misguided way of absolving himself of guilt?

From childhood to college to working years and unto death, women are increasingly favored over men for at least the past few decades in America. And not enough people realize this will come with significant costs and downsides to America as we age.
1.)
Teachers give higher grades to girls than to boys with the same academic ability. And the bias is evident across different types of schools and for different teacher characteristics, suggesting teachers are hard-wired to give girls higher marks. The size of the gap is considerable and could have significant long-term consequences, both on college admission and employment prospects:
Researchers compared the results of standardized anonymous tests taken by almost 40,000 15 and 16-year-olds in language and math with the grades the same students were awarded in classroom tests. While the results of the anonymous tests followed the expected pattern, with girls outperforming boys in languages and boys doing better in math, in the non-anonymous classroom tests the girls scored higher in both subjects.
And the disparity could mean the difference between boys getting a pass and a fail in some subjects.
The average grade for girls in language was 6.6 out of 10, compared with 6.2 for boys, and in math it was 6.3 for girls and 5.9 for boys, just under the pass mark of 6.
https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/01425692.2022.2122942
https://www.forbes.com/sites/nickmorrison/2022/10/17/teachers-are-hard-wired-to-give-girls-better-grades-study-says/?sh=7f95fbef70a6
2.)
For the class of 2022, women comprised 58.6% of all bachelor degrees.
For the class of 2022, women comprised 57% of doctorate and professional degrees. As we know, people who have degrees tend to make more money, widening the growing pay gap between men and women.
https://educationdata.org/number-of-college-graduates
3.)
Working women already earn more than men on average, per hour:
The New York, Washington, D.C., and Los Angeles metropolitan areas are among the cities where young women are earning the most relative to young men. In both the New York and Washington metro areas, young women earn 102% of what young men earn when examining median annual earnings among full-time, year-round workers…
However, even among full-time, year-round workers, men and women devote DIFFERENT amounts of time to work. Men under 30 usually work 44 hours per week, on average, compared with 42 hours among young women.
https://www.pewresearch.org/short-reads/2022/03/28/young-women-are-out-earning-young-men-in-several-u-s-cities/
In healthcare, at least 53.7% of the next generation of doctors are all women. One medical school even BOASTED about the fact that OVER 65% of its student doctors were female.
Please also keep in mind: 22% of women doctors choose to work part time, and 9% of male doctors choose part time. This only exacerbates the doctor shortage in America, as the field continues to grow in favor of a female ratio.
Other healthcare jobs with good pay are dominated by women:
87% of all registered nurses are women.
88.8% of nurse practitioners and 78% of physician assistant students are women (average 130K salary).
https://www.ama-assn.org/education/medical-school-diversity/women-medical-schools-dig-latest-record-breaking-numbers
4.)
Women are living longer and longer than men.
As life expectancy at birth in the US decreased for the second consecutive year, from 78.8 years (2019) to 77.0 years (2020) and 76.1 years (2021), the gap between women and men widened to 5.8 years, its LARGEST since 1996 and an INCREASE from a low of 4.8 years in 2010.
https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jamainternalmedicine/fullarticle/2811338#:~:text=As%20life%20expectancy%20at%20birth,of%204.8%20years%20in%202010.
5.)
Healthcare funding is heavily slanted towards women. Example:
The NIH spending for prostate cancer in 2015 was US$288 million, which is LESS THAN HALF that for breast cancer…The difference between public funding and disease burden is even more striking in the case of COPD: NIH invested a mere US$97 million, almost SEVEN TIMES LESS than for breast cancer, although COPD killed 292,000 Americans, SIX TIMES MORE than breast cancer.
https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jamainternalmedicine/fullarticle/2811338#:~:text=As%20life%20expectancy%20at%20birth,of%204.8%20years%20in%202010.
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5836059/#:~:text=The%20NIH%20spending%20for%20prostate,43%2C000%20people%20died%20from%20it.

Original Post here
WatzatSong Post here
I got great news! Uptown People bas been found! It finally feels good to know that Uptown People has been finally found after so long. Thank you Tripork for finding the song :)
The song is Break Down Those Walls by Dolce Vita!

I didn’t listen live, so I’m just going from the order of the 60 songs played after 9PM Eastern, which is when it started.

1. Girl Don’t Tell Me
   
2. Busy Doin’ Nothing
   
3. It’s OK
   
4. Wild Honey
   
5. Summer Of Love (how the fuck did this make it on)
   
6. Long Promised Road
   
7. That’s Why God Made The Radio
   
8. Add Some Music To Your Day
   
9. Good Timin’
   
10. Don’t Talk (Put Your Head On My Shoulder)
    
11. The Little Girl I Once Know
    
12. This Whole World
    
13. Hawaii
    
14. Wendy
    
15. Ding Dang (LET’S FUCKING GOOOOOO)
    
16. Kiss Me Baby
    
17. Girls On The Beach
    
18. Break Away
    
19. Let Him Run Wild
    
20. Getcha Back
    
21. You Still Believe In Me
    
22. All I Wanna Do
    
23. Disney Girls
    
24. Dance Dance Dance
    
25. California Dreamin’
    
26. Forever
    
27. Do You Wanna Dance?
    
28. I Just Wasn’t Made For These Times
    
29. Be True To Your School
    
30. Shut Down
    
31. ‘Til I Die
    
32. Catch A Wave
    
33. 409
    
34. All Summer Long
    
35. Please Let Me Wonder
    
36. Do It Again
    
37. Sail On, Sailor
    
38. Caroline, No
    
39. Darlin’
    
40. Surfin’ Safari
    
41. Surf’s Up
    
42. Barbara Ann [45 Version]
    
43. The Warmth Of The Sun
    
44. Little Deuce Coupe
    
45. Heroes & Villians (they played the Smiley Smile version during the broadcast)
    
46. I Can Hear Music
    
47. When I Grow Up To Be A Man
    
48. Help Me, Rhonda
    
49. Surfin’ USA
    
50. Fun, Fun, Fun (Single Version)
    
51. I Get Around
    
52. Surfer Girl
    
53. Sloop John B.
    
54. Kokomo
    
55. In My Room
    
56. California Girls
    
57. Don’t Worry Baby
    
58. Wouldn’t It Be Nice
    
59. Good Vibrations (once again they played the Smiley Smile version, despite them usually playing the SMiLE version during regular broadcasts)
    
60. God Only Knows
    

Pretty damn epic we got Ding Dang on tbh. Thoughts?

Him 23M, I 21F We had planned to hang out last week, the plan was to go do karaoke & im quite shy so it was like uhhh anyways he canceled the day of early in the morning and honestly I didn’t think much of it It just made me feel better since I felt like that was too much for a first date, atleast for me.
He said we could hang out the day after that instead and I said “okay sounds good just let me know” and he canceled again due to some work related thing
This is where I’m just like 🤔🤔🤔🤔
So we planned to do a picnic tomorrow but as i recall from last week his car is in the shop and he can’t drive to certain places but he told me he could walk, etc. I offered him to drive him when we were suppose to do karaoke… although idk I like meeting up individually for first dates.
He just texted me saying he still doesn’t have a car, idk I feel even more nervous having to pick him up, usually the drive there & back are my little hype up / debrief moments. But then of i drive i can just easily call it a day and go home?
Idk, sounds weird to me should I just tell him we could plan for another time. I do have my dance classes and some errands to run tomorrow so I could just tell him that?
I think his inconsistency is sorta in unattractive but then again life happens.
Any advice?
*update I also discovered we followed eachother on Insta before we matched and recall a post he made asking for a ride to the mountains (he is a skier)
Am i a ass for thinking it’s a turn off that he doesn’t have transportation? I understand people have circumstances but I spent as a 18-20 yo babying a 20-22 y/o man by driving him around and paying for a bunch of his stuff and think i learned my lesson there idk if I am overthinking it.

Disclaimer: this is an extremely long post with a lot of background information. If you wish to skip, please proceed to paragraph 7 lol
I was convicted in October of ‘23 for pandering. I spent 5 months in my county’s CBCF as a result of the charge and have been placed on probation for 2 years but could be let off sooner. However, the 22 videos and 44 images that I dreadfully downloaded happened back in October of ‘21.
To make another extremely long story short, this happened due to the end of my 2 year marriage that resulted in infidelity on both ends (I was 20 and she was 18 when we got married) and I decided to cope in the worst ways possible. Alcohol binges, dating apps, porn, hook ups and steroids. I believe the steroids that I took were a huge contributing factor in terms of escalating the type of porn I was watching which inevitably led me down a rabbit hole over a 3 year span. However the illegal stuff was a very isolated time frame, less than a month, before realizing what I was doing was extremely wrong.
Not trying to make excuses, but during that time I was dating my soon to be baby mom and our relationship was extremely toxic and unhealthy. She ended up finding non illegal images of younger girls in my dropbox account in my files on my computer (I was completely unaware my phone was being backed up.) She obviously freaked, and I was very open and honest about things. It took a while for her to come around and understand, but we agreed that I were to get help. I did and it was very useful. As time went on, she would accuse me of looking at images still (I wasn’t) and would get mad if I watched porn at all (even though she did all the time) I was the only one who worked and I had to provide for her and her son. It was very difficult and I was constantly ridiculed. Every day I was in that relationship it was like walking on eggshells due to her threatening to expose me. I was trapped. Eventually I lost my job and while I was unemployed for a month is when I said “fuck it, if I’m going to get accused all the time I may as well escape from this hellhole somehow” and that’s when the illegal stuff happened.
I felt ashamed of myself and deleted everything I had off my phone (or so I thought). Months go by, we have our daughter, everything is fine until one night she goes through my phone while I was asleep because she thought I was cheating on her. I worked at a popular bar with lots of attractive girls. And honestly, I did cheat on her once and the evidence was there. But while she went through my phone, she found a couple deleted non illegal images that I deleted from my camera roll recently and a zip file in my “files” app on my phone that had a female name on it. I thought I deleted everything from my past but I forgot one thing. She then turns my phone in to the police while I was asleep and the investigation was underway.
I decide to contact a lawyer and move home with my parents. A couple days later, she stops by the house and we have a conversation and I tell her the truth about what I downloaded in the past. She regretted things immediately and wanted to move home with me and genuinely make things work. Well, since you’re reading this post, obviously things didn’t work out. We separated again after 3 months because of a fictional cultivated scenario of DV in my car where I ended up with more bruises on my face than her fake makeup bruise she painted on the day later. But because I was the drunk, big male passenger, I was charged and sent to jail. We didn’t speak to one another for 6 months then tried to make things work again when I took a plea deal for Assault because she threatened I wouldn’t see my daughter if I took things to trial. We dated for another 6 months, getting hotels and spending time as a family up until I was sentenced to CBCF. Mind you, this whole time her family and her friends and everyone on her social media didn’t know we were together since she plastered my case and me all over Facebook and Instagram, exaggerating everything. Saying I had hundreds of thousands of images and that I beat her up, all of which simply wasn’t true.
While I was in CBCF, we had phone calls and video visits for a month before finding out that she was already dating and living with another guy. I was heartbroken and it made my time in there difficult but eventually, I learned to let go and focus on healing myself. I took many classes in which I took very seriously and received great mental health treatment. I felt the happiest I had been in 7 years. I get out, I see my daughter and have breakfast with baby mom, and then things go south again. My case is plastered all over social media from people I went to high school with, containing all these outrageous claims and then my baby mom chimes in and puts out more false info.
So finally what I’m getting at, is how can I even think about trying to make new friends or even try to have a relationship with anyone? The people I thought were my friends stopped talking to me except for one. He’s my best friend and I’m very grateful for him. I’ve told him my story and he never judged once, he actually understood. I’m trying my best to restart my life, but I have so much anxiety doing so because of all the misinformation plastered everywhere on social media.
For instance, I met a couple girls a few weeks ago that bartend and I thought would be great recruits for my buddy’s restaurant that I’m helping open. We all become friends and last week I finally let one of the girls know I was interested in her since the other one told me that she thought I was hot. We agreed that it wasn’t going to be anything serious and just enjoy the summer with each other since she just got out of a relationship and wanted to focus on herself. Well, I’m assuming she somehow caught wind of things about me because today she asked “what’s your last name” I told her, despite nervously knowing where it was headed. I sent another text stating “I’m assuming I know why you’re asking, and to be honest I have no problem telling you the truth about things if you’re actually interested in knowing. If not, I totally understand”
No response. I check insta, she unfollowed me. Check snap, she deleted me.
I understand people’s decisions and have no problem with them. I can’t take things personally and can accept things for what they are. However, at night I really start to think about things and make myself upset because why won’t anyone let me tell them my side of the story? Not my “friends,” and not someone who I genuinely felt like I had a great connection with. I don’t plan on hiding who I am, but I at least want the person to know that I am a good human being who is working on themselves diligently before ever bringing up my past.
How would any of my fellow offenders tackle this, and how would you female supporters react to my situation? I’m trying my best to rebuild my life but the anxiety of it all can be crippling. Now I have to start over to square one, with my confidence reset back to 0 now that I’ve been ghosted.
I would consider myself to be an attractive man, solid 7.5-8. 5’11, 210lbs and very into fitness. I bust my ass at work, drive a nice vehicle, I’m compassionate, empathetic and emotionally mature thankfully because of therapy. I’m not trying to blow my own horn, but I would consider myself to be a high quality man. However, this conviction is a major blow to everything else I have going on for me. Any advice on how anyone believes I should go about my life would be greatly appreciated. This is all new to me, and it’s very frustrating to say the least.
Thank you all for your time in advance

So there isn't much bass on old songs. What I decided to do is take some old songs and add a MIDI bass track. I basically just played along to the songs with a keyboard with bass notes. Then exported the original track with my MIDI bass track. It sounds pretty good, I try to keep it subtle to not ruin the original song.
I'm wondering if there are recordings available for download where this is already done? All I can find is "bass boosted" remixes, but they seem to be just EQ. I'm looking for songs where someone has added a bass track to them.
Thanks

Just to preface, In 2 months I will be 26, single, my lease will be up, and I am planning on resigning my current position. I have no ties to any particular city so I am down to move anywhere in the world for a good job and fun experience.
im going to copy and paste my resume below

Work History

Tesla - Production Associate

Austin • 01/2023 - Current
• Preforming maintenance and repair on 42 experiential
automated machines.
• Operating, maintaining, and improving battery cell
manufacturing machinery.
• Assuring quality through visual, chemical, radiation, and
helium testing.
• Logging multiple quality spreadsheets and running SQL
queries of around 500 parts daily.
• Expertise in troubleshooting and minimizing downtime.
• Operating Laser welding, ultrasonic welding, X-ray, automated
quality testing, automated electrolyte pumping, and automated
microscopic visual testing machines.
• Led training for new team members.
• First class of Workplace Trainers.
• HMI competency and Beckhoff TwinCat UI
• A flexible approach to work assignments, willingly crosstraining in 11 manufacturing areas to support changing
production needs.
• Improved product quality by adhering to strict quality control
measures, conducting inspections, and promptly addressing any
issues.

HEB - Fishmonger

Georgetown, TX • 06/2018 - 11/2022
Cleaning, filleting, preparing and displaying raw fish and
shellfish
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• Preparing meals and cooking fish and shellfish
Increased sales by explaining characteristics and providing
serving suggestions for various seafood items.
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Ensured freshness of seafood products by conducting regular
inventory checks and maintaining proper storage conditions.
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Upheld the highest standards of cleanliness throughout the
department, performing daily sanitation tasks such as
washing cutting boards, utensils, display cases, and work
surfaces.

Gigabit Technologies - Project Manager

Houston, TX • 07/2014 - 01/2020
Monitored inventory of supplies and purchased orders to
maintain adequate stock levels.
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Proved successful working within tight deadlines and a
fast-paced environment.
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Successfully managed multiple projects simultaneously by
prioritizing tasks according to urgency, resource availability,
and alignment with organizational goals.
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Traveled nationally for company needs and on-site direction /
management.
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• Planned, designed, and scheduled phases for large projects.
Met project deadlines without sacrificing build quality or
workplace safety.
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• Track record of under-budget, ahead-of-schedule projects
Lead design and engineering of high-speed networking
infrastructures and other electrical systems.
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Delivered exceptional customer satisfaction by proactively
addressing client concerns and meeting or exceeding
expectations throughout the engagement process.
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Provided detailed technical and operational direction in
project challenges, consistently meeting deliverables
according to deadlines and budget restrictions.
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Sourced, vetted and managed vendors needed to accomplish
project goals.
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Analyzed project performance data to identify areas of
improvement.
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Recruited and oversaw personnel to achieve performance
and quality targets.
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HONORS AND AWARDS

• Eagle Scout - 2016
• August 17th declared "Ian Perez Day" in Georgetown, Texas
Acknowledgement from Texas Senate through State
Proclamation No. 756

I (16f) am a Nigerian whose family lives in Europe. I have VERY traditional parents who have raised me the Nigerian way. Ever since I was a kid, my family has constantly complained about my behavior and traits. Since we have a very social culture there were lots of people to meet and places to and Nigeria's a very loud country. I have struggled with what I've been told is overstimulation for as long as I can remember. I got my glasses tinted to block out the light, se earplugs to try to sleep, and I basically have a rigid system and way of living. Moving to Europe was extremely hard for me as I just couldn't get used to it and I just became more stressed out, while my parents yelled at me for acting spoiled and not coming out of my shell. I also have a hard time in social settings and was bullied for it back home.
In my new school, I was given an exemption class with the school's counsellor as I was a new student and the only black person in my year (racism is real guys. I used to think it couldn't be that bad, but it do be that bad at times). Anyways, a few months ago, my counsellor asked me if I was stressed, as I look dull and expressionless most of the time, and I told her that's how I've looked for as long as I can remember, and my mom gets so worked up about the fact that I don't catch on the things or express myself differently. I also have a lot of 'babyish' habits that I've developed over the years that piss off my mom, as she thinks I should look and act responsible as the first, and be reliable, instead of going mute when people try to talk to me and having meltdowns over the smallest things.
I've now had a handful of meetings with my school's psychologist where I've been slowly learning to my manage my anxiety and find ways to make myself comfortable without making everyone else uncomfortable. I was told I'm a special needs kid, so I will be getting a special center to write my school leaving exams in where I can adjust the environment to my sensory needs and take breaks if I feel too overwhelmed. However, my parents needed to be called in for a meeting with the counsellor and psychologist over my physical and emotional support needs especially since I'll be going to college in September.
They agreed to the special center thing, but also think I've been brainwashed into thinking I'm a sick child and I need help. For context, Nigerians are extremely religious people so things like autism are seen as curses or spiritual warfare on the family. So according to them, I'm bringing evil spirits into the family so I have to go pray to God to deliver me from the bondage I'm in. (don't get me wrong, I'm Christian and I believe and live my life the way a good Christian should according to the bible, but I've read through most, if not all of it, and I don't see where thinking and having different behavioral needs from most people means I'm cursed or need deliverance). My counsellor says there isn't much she can do as I graduated last week so they can't start an application process for me, and besides I won't be able to do it on my own without parental consent.
I might finally have an answer to the questions I've had my whole life, but my parents are in apparent denial and don't look like they're gonna get out of it soon. What can I do?

Have the opportunity to buy a 2014 REX with 60k miles for a good price (compared to Autotrader listings). It was just serviced. Battery health is good. It gets about 70 miles, plus another 70 on the range extender. My commute is 38 miles each way if I go highway (76 round trip). 31 miles each way (62 round trip) if I take surface streets. I have free level 2 charging at work. Only Level 1 charging at home. Does this range sound like enough range to work? And would it be bad for the battery to drive it the 30-40 miles one way to work, and top it off, every day? Never owned an EV.