Opps i came in you

This song came out almost a year ago and looking back, it seems like Kendrick knew he was almost ready to start the beef with Drake. I have no doubt that Kendrick had received whatever information by this point and was waiting for the perfect time to say something. On top of that, it seems that he may have predicted some things that would consequentially happen from the beef.
First, Kendrick says "Too much complexity to learn me from Google", which seems like he's saying no one can find any dirt on him and he's more complex than Drake, who has a very basic image and persona (may be a reach).
The next intriguing line is "Universal, please don't play possum", which I relate to the rumors of UMG telling Kendrick to retract all statements because they're interfering with their money. Kendrick may have foreshadowed that Universal would feel some type of way about Kendrick tearing down Drake's image.
The then Kendrick says, "I always fail to mention I'd slap homie, his career didn't come with no life insurance, hope his day one fans got some facts with him". This seems like the most obvious section about Drake. Blatantly saying that he knows there will be no defense for Drake because Kendrick has the dirt (and hopefully the proof).

"Even AI gotta practice clonin' Kendrick" probably wasn't an intentional foreshadowing of the AI diss tracks coming out, but definitely are accurate because all of them were distinguishable from how Kendrick actually sounds.

"I bop ten men, the opps need ten men" could be related to Drake’s ghostwriters. Saying he will take all of them down, as well as saying that Drake needs all of them to even stand a chance.
The final section could also relate where Kendrick says, "Billboard, they know" and "Simmer down, I go (culture, you got us)". As in Kendrick can top the Billboard charts and that the culture got us - us being actual rap.
There are also a few bars that could possibly correlate, but sound like a reach.
Am I a schizo K-Anon theorizer or do y'all agree? Let me know.
EDIT: clonin, not clockin

Greetings everyone. I hope this sort of post isn't becoming a nuisance on this sub by now, but I'm trying to start off at the right foot here with the game and I figured this is probably the best place to look. As you can probably guess I'm here cause of the release of the simulator.
To be completely clear, I'm not really a big Digimon fan (I watched a good number of the series when I was younger but never to completion and I was never a "digimon kid" if that makes sense). But I really love TCGs in general and my best friend is a big digimon nerd so that's how I ended up here. A year or so ago he bought two starter decks and we played a few games and I found it intriguing enough to keep it in mind (and to be clear, my best friend also has little to not Digimon TCG experience since no real opportunities to play irl).
As far as TCGs in general go I dabbled in pretty much everything and anything and have given most a try here and there (given they were accessible) though my main and go to by far is Yugioh. I assume some people here who play Digimon also play Yugioh so I'm brining it up as a reference point in terms of what my general experience is. I should probably also note that I'm really into Yugioh and how it's designed and why it's the one TCG I stuck with more than pretty much all other combined that I've ever tried.
I read up on the rules for the Digimon TCG and well, decided to just jump into it since I prefer to learn by playing. Over the last few days I did some 20-30 games against bots and maybe 5 or so real games with half a dozen different decks or so. The decks in question I got from the Digimon Card Meta site, Specifically the BT15 ENG Tournament decks.
My experience in general was mostly feeling like most decks wanted me to play a lot more aggro than is my preferred playstyle and a lot of their mechanics/strategies revolved around enabling/rewarding said playstyle above most other aspects. Before I continue I should probably emphasize that this is me coming in with low experience and just feeling around trying to find a playstyle and deck type that clicks with me, for all I know I was horribly misplaying most/all of these.
For reference the decks I tried were:

• Gaomon: Felt like one of the better decks to play where everything had an okay payoff, though the gameplan did seem a bit one note overall
  
• Rosemon: Felt very similar to Gaomon to me but with a less smooth climb to the big boss Digimon compared to Gaomon.
  
• Red Hybrid: I didn't fully get this one, it always felt like my hand was slightly mismatched/like I was missing a piece somewhere to fully benefit from all the effects that came up. May very well be just me sucking/luck of the draw as I did get a general sense of how it works tho.
  
• ShineGreymon: It was... okay. Definitely falls into the "a bit too aggro/OTK focused" bin for my taste but it also had a fair number of removal effects, not my favourite but overall okay.
  
• Loogamon: I honestly feel like I just need to play this more, cause like with Red Hybrid it felt like the pieces just weren't clicking together with how I played and what hands I was getting.
  
• Soc Police/Brigade: I have no idea if I'm about to make a lot of people laugh and if this is some insane clueless noob take, but holy crap I love this deck so much. I am sexually attracted to Brigadramon. Amazing feeling grind game, lots of really good non evolution tech digimon to plop down on the field depending on the board and once Brigadramon hits the field it feels borderline impossible to lose unless your opponent outs it asap.
  

It's BY FAR the closest deck I played to what I ideally wanna be doing in the game. Control the game state and slowly shut down my opponent while grinding them out on the resource front. Again, these might all be just my first impressions and completely naive/clueless takes but I'd really love to hear if there's more decks that play something like this.
Aside from the deck recommendations I wanted to ask a few things:

1. How safe is it to make my own deck? Like can I have a look, find a high level digimon I really like and then reverse engineer the rest of the deck around them? I'm not looking for 100% meta stuff, but like rogue-ish decks that can compete and steal games. Basically just stuff that won't feel miserable to play against any sort of competent deck.
   
2. Is there some in depth guide about best practices in regards to crucial decisions in the game? Stuff like what the general mulligan philosophy is or best MP management (right now I plan most/all of my turns around leaving my opp at 1 or 2 MP without necessarily considering other approaches unless I can get to a very obvious win con by going above that).
   

Sorry for the long post and thanks in advance for your time.

Two things I gained from being in Opus Dei, which I may not have done otherwise.
I learnt Spanish. I had classes in OD and then took night classes off my own bat to reach a higher level, just for my own interest. Even though I don't have opps to speak it in my life, I can still read it well enough to understand most of a news article or info on Opus Libros. So thank you Opus Dei for that.
Another thing is reading literature classics. That was a thing in Opus Dei without it being mandated. I picked up enthusiasm for reading them and got through more in my time in OD than before or since.
And I got introduced, by some others in OD or who came to OD activities, to some pop/country music that I didn't know before like Garth Brooks and Creedence Clearwater Revival.
It would be interesting to see any similar stories. Trying to look on the bright side for at least one thread!

I am NOT the Original Poster. That is u/Uncle-Barnacle. She posted in EntitledPeople.
Thanks to u/No-Mechanic-3048 for the rec!
Trigger Warnings: animal abuse; sexual harassment;
Mood Spoiler: Good ending for OOP
Original Post: January 27, 2024
As the title says, last week I kicked what I thought was a good friend out of my house because I can no longer handle her antics. Just wanna write it here just to destress and deal with the grief of losing a friend.
Kendall (25F) and I met in university in 2016, we studied different majors but were from the same department so we share many classes together and bonded over our passion for gaming and memes.
Upon graduation, Kendall moved back to her hometown due to covid and found a job there, we kept in touch online through Instagram.
About 3 years later, Kendall told me she found a better paying job in the city I so she's planning to move out from her parents place. When I asked her about her plans on her accomodations she replied with "That's the thing, I was going to ask if you have an extra bedroom that I could move into"
For context, I have inherited an apartment from my late grandfather which is a nice 3 bedroom 2 bath near the city center last year January and I currently live alone there since it is closer to my workplace and it has all the convenience of public transport.
After some thinking I thought that there's no harm in living with Kendall since I considered us as close friends. We discussed the terms and ofc the rent. A week later Kendall moved into my apartment. It was great at first, my home felt more lively than usual and the thought of going home to a close friend warmed my heart and gave me a sense of security. Things were okay for awhile and then sh*t goes downhill super quick.
Kendall started complaining about many things at home, about her work, her savings and how she feels homesick. At first I was very accommodating, thinking maybe she just needs time to get used to the city life. I offered as much help as I can, even to the point of if she's low on money I don't mind voiding a month's rent if it meant I could help her to achieve financial stability.
I taught her how I save money, how I live off with my then low salary with several commitments like my car, my dog and a student loan. I grew up where my parents expect me to be independent so I told her things I'd do when I'm low on cash, how to get freelance jobs etc but she always seem to have excuses for every suggestion I have. Finding a freelance job is too hard, or how she couldn't let go of her premium junk food, that she isn't willing to cook or meal prep, and I eventually decided to leave it as it is.
And after two months of living together, I realised Kendall started treating me as some kind of competition. She would constantly ask me things like how much money I make a month, how many job hoppings did that take. Anything that she thinks she's better than me, she'll definitely pop that question. She boasts about how she is loyal to her "sh#tty paying company" and how I would never be able to move up the corporate ladder as she called me "an industry frog" 🐸.
She once snooped my savings balance and asked how tf did I have so much saved up with commitments etc (mind you she didn't have a lot of commitments since her parents paid off her student loans and fully paid off a brand new car for her) and maybe I should stop collecting rent from her. I got mad, and told her if she isn't happy living with me maybe she should move out. Queue crocodile tears as she said it was a joke I didn't have to take her seriously she begged for forgiveness and promised to never snoop my personal items and details again. I let it go once, but she kept bringing things up like, "well you have the cash and a credit card" everytime I told her I rather stay home because I no longer have the budget to go out and "have fun". Comments like these became more frequent when I got a new job 6 months ago.
On top of that, she doesn't clean up after herself, tried to flirt with my boyfriend and at times parked in my parking space when our initial agreement was that she has to find her own parking space if she's moving in with her own car because my apartment only has one parking lot per unit.
The straw that broke the camel's back was when I caught her kicking my dog in his abdomen when I got home from work. I yelled at her and rushed to check my dog, luckily he was fine but I still rushed him to the vet for safety measures. I got home and she sneered that it was just a dog and as a friend I shouldn't treat her like that. I asked why she'd kicked my dog and she didn't answer me, she shrugged and tried to escape into her room.
At this point it was already about a year since Kendall moved in with me. I lost my cool and told her off, bringing up her problems and how I tried to be nice and accommodating. Then I told her I'm giving her a week to move out and that from then on I rather we keep our relationship casual or we don't ever talk at all. Kendall cried and begged me to not kick her out but soon it turned into her screaming back at me, calling me a bad friend because apparently in her words, I "didn't tell her off on how badly she was behaving" (like wtf?!). There was a lot of back and forth which I don't remember what I said, but I remember eventually calling her an entitled brat. She cried again saying it was uncalled for and stormed off to her room.
The next day I was bombarded with texts from other uni friends, some calling me selfish and others sympathize with me. Apparently, Kendall posted our argument on Facebook and Instagram, painting me to be the bad guy. I was upset at first but I decided that after Kendall moved out we would no longer be friends as well as those who took her side of the story and condemned me.
Last week, Kendall left, and I have changed the locks on my apartment. I curled up in bed and cried myself out, probably from the sadness of losing a friend or maybe I am finally letting out all the frustrations.
I am definitely still griefing about this loss of a friend as I've had many good times with Kendall. For now I wanna focus on myself and hopefully I eventually get over this.
Edit: The whole "teasing" that I have more money than Kendall gotten worse when I told her I was given an offer by an MNC as a Senior Designer, and I disclosed her the offered salary (as we always did, like I know how much she earns too) which was about 50% more than hers. That was dumb on my part, I now understand why my parents told me to never disclose/discuss salaries the moment I started working
Relevant Comments:
Commenter: Kendall should eat a whole bag of dicks. You did well looking out for yourself, and your dog.

OOP: Yea but it took me a year to see how my "friend" didn't treat me like one ☹️

Commenter: Per your post, I would think that Kendall is a user rather than an actual friend. You will need time to heal. I recommend that you seek short-term psychological counseling to help - and maybe find out how to more effectively set and enforce personal boundaries.

OOP: Im planning to look into those as well, if I could afford them. But for the time being I'll try to find comfort in spending time with doggo, my bf and drowning in my hobbies :))

Commenter: If I were you, I'd be telling everyone she was hurting your dog - that would probably swing some opinions real quick

OOP: I did but some still called me an AH for kicking a poor girl who has travelled far from her hometown out in a big city 😒 I got off fine but why can't she?

Commenter: Also, time to step back for just a moment. Your so-called friend had No Student Loans and a Brand New Car. She has parents who can help her out. They created this puppy- kicking monster; they can deal with her. You gave her plenty of opps to play nice.
You don't owe her squat!!! Hold your head high! You're a wonderful person

OOP: Yet I don't understand where her money went, her wallets are always empty near the end of the month. She once showed me her savings balance, which was two digits, she was asking if I could lend her money. Luckily I didn't lend her any, but that's probably why she was angry at me for a week lmao

Commenter: This type hates being told no. They often seek revenge. If they put a fraction of that energy into working for what they wanted? They’d be in great shape. May you think of her no more & enjoy your life!

OOP: Exactly what I thought, there were so many other things and ways she could have work around to be stable financially, it's true I probably didn't have to collect rent from her but I was glad I did, even if it wasn't a year's worth. I spent so much for that thorough checkup of my boii after she kicked him :((

Commenter: I would have thrown her out on her ass the second I saw her kick my dog. That is completely unacceptable. She's lucky you gave her a week.

OOP: It ain't easy out in the city where I'm from, but she moved out in a couple of days after asked her to move out, last I heard one of our uni friends who called me an AH allowed her to crash at their place while she finds her own place to rent. I wish them good luck for sure they gonna end up like me

Commenter: Change your accounts so all paper work is clear so she cannot pretend to be you. Social security office visit to be sure no new accounts have been opened in your name is mandatory to cleanse sociopath vibe from your life.

OOP: Oh no worries about that, where I'm from to make most accounts would need my fingerprints and my physical id which neither have been missing, but thanks for the heads up on that! I've never considered from this angle

OOP originally paid the dog tax but has since deleted the picture.
Commenter: Anyone who could harm such a sweet boi would instantly be dead to me. For this alone, you are absolutely in the right!

OOP: I was really worried, but luckily the vet said he's as fit as a fiddle and as sturdy as ever
(to a different comment) From the checkups and with my vet's assurance, it seems like I caught her hurting my dog for the first time. He has never shown any sign of nervousness or anxiety near Kendall up till the day she kicked him, then again I didn't have cameras installed at home so I'm not sure if she has every attempted anything prior to this.
The most important thing is my ol'boy is still healthy and happy, with a tiny bruise which dissipated after a few days

Update Post 1: February 14, 2024 (3 weeks later)
Hello everyone, I'm here with some updates about me and my doggo as well as my now ex-friend, Kendall.
Let's start off with the update about myself. I've been doing well and surprisingly as some of you mentioned previously, I had gotten over the lost of this friendship rather quickly. My boyfriend planned a trip to a pet friendly beachfront hotel and I spent a few days with just my boyfriend and doggo. We played in the sea water and I watched my dog played in the sand. Overall had a great time and we even had grilled fish together while watching the sun set. (Doggo had a deboned fish fillet)
I am also grateful for my friends who stood by my side regarding this issue, they check in on me from time to time and sent me funny content to watch during my free time. Some of them even told me their stories about Kendall and their discontentment with her behavior, which I will list some below.
Friend A: Kendall ridiculed Friend A several times because Friend A earned less than Kendall despite he has worked a year longer than Kendall.
Friend B: Kendall trash talked Friend B's company via instagram just because Kendall flunked her interview with said company with flying colors.
Friend C: Kendall always demands Friend C to be her personal driver during our college days. If Friend C refuses, Kendall will guilt trip her.
Friend D: Ruined Friend D's assignment by 'pranking' him. She actually formatted his laptop when the project was due in two weeks. When confronted, all Kendall said was 'oopsies'.
There are many more but these are the more icky ones I've heard from my friends.
And now with that out of the way, here is today's main course:-- after I kicked Kendall out of my house, one of my uni friends, let's call her Anne, stood by Kendall's version of events and has allowed Kendall to move in with her instead. Anne called me out of the blue this afternoon and her first question to me was: "How on earth did you managed to put up with Kendall for a year? She's driving me crazy!!" Long story short, whatever Kendall did when she's living with me, she now does it to Anne. Snooping Anne's personal items, leaving dirty laundry around...generally being a prick in the butt. Anne told me she's planning to force Kendall out of her house too. I didn't comment much since Anne were among those who called me a cruel person, but now it has came back to bite her.
But wait, that's not all, according to Anne, Kendall lost her job because she tried to ask for a 100% increment and assaulted her supervisor when the increment request was turned down two weeks ago. She was immediately escorted out of the office building by security. And she just texted me 20mins ago saying she needed a favour from me that she wants a job at my workplace.
I replied stating there isn't any vacancy. Tbh even if there is I wouldn't hire her lmaoo.
So yea, I hope this is the last time I will hear from Kendall and I'll only update if somehow , something interesting happened that involves Kendall 🤣
Relevant Comments:
Commenter: "Anne told me she's planning to force Kendall out of her house too." How in the ever loving world did you not reply, "Wouldn't that be cruel though?"

OOP: I went with a sarcastic tone of, "Oh wow really? What happened?" 🤣

Commenter: Bet Kendall applies to the company and uses OP as a reference anyway.

OOP: Regarding this I have no worries about it since hr has to wait for me to filter through candidates for my department before sending out an email invite for job interviews. I'll make sure to shred Kendall's if I see hers

Commenter: What about the other departments??

OOP: She only has skills for my dept, sadly. I'm working in an advertising agency it's either graphic designer or motion designer, Kendall can't for the love of God make good designs. She would only want my department. Even if she tried, I doubt she could get into my company since one of the requirements is to be able to converse in basic japanese and you are tested during the interview plus you would need to show the certification of JLPT.
Thanks for giving this advice guys, but no worries I doubt Kendall would be able to pass the first screening :D

Commenter: I can imagine her turning up on your door step wanting a place to stay do you have a camera doorbell. just in case she will be getting desperate for friends and a place to stay now people are realising how crazy she is.

OOP: I have set up a new doorbell cam, I live in an apartment and there's plenty of cameras in the lift and corridor. Plus, I wouldn't be that afraid of her appearing at my door step since the security would call me to verify if I have visitors. A simple "no" would render her plans useless.

Commenter: Please keep us posted if anything happens with Kendall going forward. This is too funny and she’s too crazy for this to be the end of it.

OOP: Man I can't believe I was crying over the loss of this friendship. Rn I'm laughing at everything she has done or tried to do to people.

Commenter: Shouldn't she have been arrested for the assault? [at work]

OOP: Maybe her employer didn't press charges? Idk

Commenter: How many days she stay with Anne?

OOP: I think it's about or almost a month? She moved in quite quickly with Anne after I told her she had a week to leave.

Update Post 2: May 5, 2024 (3+ months from OG post)
At this point I wonder if I should change the title to "The Kendall Chronicles" 🤣
Hello everyone, it's been about two months since I kicked my now ex friend, Kendall out of my home. For those who has read my story before, just wanna let you guys know doggo and I are well fed and happy.
If you guys remember last time, Anne, one of my friends who sided with Kendall, told me about all the horrible things that has happened while having Kendall as a roommate. Ho boy, Anne had to call the cops to evict Kendall.
I happen to meet Anne at a pet friendly cafe to enjoy a good book yesterday while my doggo gets to enjoy playing at the doggy daycare-ish kinda area. I did wonder if it was intentional on her side since all my friends know I love this cafe in particular. Anne greeted me and asked if she could sit and have a chat with me. We started out with some small talk but the moment she brought up about her evicting Kendall, I just sat there and listened.
I gave Anne a smile and prodded her lightly with a comment I borrowed from the previous comment on reddit, "Oh, so you're gonna really kick her out then? I remember someone last told me it was cruel to kick a friend out of their homes." Anne stuttered for awhile before saying how I should have made a post to counteclarify Kendall's social media claims about me. I simply told her neither have I the energy to do so nor I have the need to. Which in turn, landed us in some brief awkward silence before I asked what she needed from me. Anne told me she wanted someone to vent to about Kendall and didn't know who to turn to.
Anne told me she filed a police report against Kendall; for theft and destruction of property, and ultimately Anne needed the assistance of police officers to evict Kendall from her home. She is also in the midst of filing a restraining order as she mentioned Kendall looked completely psycho at that moment. Unlike me, Anne lives in landed property so I guess she'd be a lot more worried about Kendall coming back to find her.
Kendall apparently stole Anne's debit card and spent a whopping 2k$ in total. Anne only found out about the missing money when she found her debit card missing from her wallet. She checked the bank statements only to find that 2k$ went to clothes, expensive meals and clubbing activities. At this point, one might ask, how did Anne know it was Kendall that spent that money? Well, the answer presented itself when Kendall came home screaming at Anne for terminating her debit card. According to Anne, Kendall was shouting every insult in the book while flailing her arms around with Anne's debit card in hand which Kendall proceeded with slamming the card on the table before storming off into her room.
That was the first time Anne felt afraid of another person much less a friend. Since then, Kendall made Anne's life hell on earth. Kendall would leech off Anne's groceries, judges her choice of snacks, body shames Anne etc. Kendall also attempted to seduce Anne's boyfriend. She once kissed Anne's boyfriend, (let's call him Jason) on the cheek and giggled before running straight for her room during movie night. In another instance she groped Jason's manhood right in front of Anne but later claimed that she was drunk and thought what she touched was a couch pillow. The worst thing that Kendall did was throwing herself onto Jason and saying she has a fever and later guided Jason's hand to feel her breast in which Anne walked in at the same time Jason's hand was under Kendall's shirt. These incidents has since cause a strain between the three and Jason felt awkward to the point where he told Anne he would stop visiting her house unless Kendall moves out. Anne cried for a bit when she reached this part.
Anne then told Kendall to move out, and gave her a week to do so. Kendall then cried and ran out of the house only to come back later in the evening to lock herself in her room. Anne presumed that Kendall is packing her stuff and she decided to ignore Kendall for the time being. The next morning Anne woke up to the sound of some grunts and broken ceramics. She rushed out to her yard to see an unhinged Kendall swinging a rod against everything she could hit, a tree, flower pots, even the grass on the ground. This led Anne to immediately lock her doors and call the police fearing for her own safety. The police arrived and handled the situation swiftly and they took Kendall away. There were still a lot of screaming and shouting. Anne said she's not sure if Kendall is being locked up or has anyone who would've posted bail for her.
While I guess it was kinda nice sipping tea about Kendall but at how Anne described Kendall is behaving, I wonder if she'd actually needed professional help. I can't help but feel sad for her condition despite we have gone no contact for two months.
Relevant Comments:
Commenter: And why is this still your problem , Anne made her choice , why you still talk to her, she not a good friend , she is like Kendall, a two face snake.

OOP: I have went no contact since Anne's last call two months ago but I believed she went to my favourite cafe spot to try to bump into me and well I have a hard time turning others down so I decided to serve myself some Kendall tea I guess
After this I would probably not want to hear anything about Kendall, Anne or anybody that decided to take in Kendall

Commenter: What about Anne's bf ? He's not naive to the point of having his hand led under shirt iniit

OOP: Anne only told me about the things Kendall did to Jason, maybe she did mention his reaction but I just don't remember the entire thing she told me (I have bad memory)
The gist of it is that these "interactions" had affected their relationship. She didn't further elaborate I didn't probe.

Commenter: While these stories are interesting to read, I wonder how true they actually are. If her parents were so wealthy and paid for her education and car, then at what point has anyone called them and informed them to her behavior? I’m not buying it

OOP: I never had her parents' contact so it didn't really cross my mind to call her parents. While it is hard to believe, it is true, some of us had long severed ties with Kendall since her incident with me.
Kendall also didn't say much about her parents. For all I know was that she moved out of her parents' place because she wanted a better paying job.

I am a blue belt and former D1 wrestler (over a decade ago). I’m an out of shape (cardio-wise) hobbyist.
I am very conscious of physicality unless I’m in a real comp and I feel like I understand grappling etiquette in BJJ at this point. At the least, I am very respectful. I don’t give wrestling pointers to anyone at another gym UNLESS they ask me, out of respect for the gym, but clearly wrestling is my shit - I’m a wrestling coach and standing game in BJJ excites me.
I have been training my buddy on hand-fighting, beating him up, knowing fully well that once we hit the ground he would tap me pretty easily. Went to an open mat at his gym, and was pushing him around to help him maintain balance while standing, and he was allowing me to do this - people around gave me some looks, but he tapped me right away once we went to the ground before we dapped up and had a laugh.
One of their instructors called me out to roll immediately after (i couldnt tell he was a black belt - it was no-gi).
I laughed and said i need a round off and I’d get back to him later. I did a few rounds, buffered between ppl rolling, then took him up on the offer. Off the gate the dude is standing straight up - starts trying to jack me up and footsweep me. I was like - « fun! judo! ».
He kept baiting me to shoot - i kept position and just circled to his far elbow. He was a bit bigger / taller than me and I wasn’t gonna take a shot, i’m 33 and my neck hurts. I was playing defensively.
I’m pretty sure didn’t « slap » him or even collar tie hard .... as I wouldnt collar tie someone who has me in a russian, that’s kinda dumb. BUT - whenever i would escape the russian, I did occasionally post on his head (not his face) from space to set up a shot or create movement. My goal was to get to front headlock position but he didn’t ever get low enough.
Next thing you know, he double legs me into the wall and accuses me of slapping him. Seemed like he was frustrated from me not taking the bait.
I apologize, say « not my intention to slap you - just trying to keep up! ».
IDK this man and I’m down for hard rounds thoough - so we start kinda scrapping, and I think we're still having clean, fun, hard sparirng... I eventually take the bait and shoot a single, he jumps into a triangle/armbar and rips my arm out and my rib pops.
I said « hey bro, chill - I’m injured ». I have some instability in my ribs just from old shoulder injuries, but nothing serious that would require warning my opp, or else I’d be giving him a laundry list before we roll. Instead of checking if I’m good, he berated me for not telling him.
My friends saw it, and told me it was whack but also that they never roll with black belts there. Told a few other friends and they said this had happened before to others. One of my friends reminded me that this instructor also yelled at me to watch my space when I came here as a white belt last year - and since then I’ve been very careful, so I know that wasnt the issue. The second time I came, the wrestling instructor tried to « test » my wrestling in front of their students. I'm game, it’s fun, but I've never experienced anything like this.
Now I’ve been out of training for 4 weeks, I was really making changes in my lifestyle to rebound from my mental health and financial struggles, and I’m back at square 1. I'm pissed.
I like to scrap, I respect a hard round, I’m happy to get my ass kicked - it’s fun even if I'm getting fucking thrashed… but jumping submissions without letting someone tap, injuring them… as an instructor, seems way out of line.
I don’t want to go around talking shit and saying I was intentionally hurt if it was my own fault. Is it etiquette that if we start scrapping a bit, that I should expect to possibly get my arm broken or knee torn or something by a more experienced guy? Should I just defend better if I am gonna respectfully scrap w someone?
They have the tape, should I ask for it? I want to go back, I like rolling with killers, but dont want to get hurt. I could talk to the head coach, but I also feel like a yelp review is warranted to warn people that they practice like that at this gym and often hurt newcomers.

I apologize in advance for the long convoluted post, but I would appreciate some advice.
I don't have any VSO within 1.5 hours of me. I did all my claim on my own and feel I did a good job. I went once to the VSO 1.5 hours away to make sure what I put together was correct prior to submitting, but it would seem that he is no longer working. The VA lists 7 accredited VSO within 100 miles, all numbers are disconnected. The guy I did talk to was with the American legion. They list 3 VSOs near me, all with the same number that is to a county employment office not associated with AL.
I wanted to put that out there first off to see if given all that anyone thinks I should still talk to a VSO.
I got out in 2005 with 30%. At the time I also had severe breathing issues that didn't exist prior to joining the army. My concerns about this issue were well documented on my post deployment assessment for Iraq and My ETS assessment. They denied nexus.
Fast forward today and I'm coming off of 20 years of poor health, back, GI, sinuses, melanoma, and a few years ago pancreatic cancer. I managed to get through all of this and the bright spot was that most of that was suddenly covered under pact.
The back is a different story, it was injured during an opp. Choice was leave my unit with no medical coverage or cowboy up. Thankfully someone informed me that lay statements were sufficient to establish nexus and a number of guys provided them including a few that are still high ranking in the military or DOD which I believe helped.
The end result is me being 100% P&T with SMC, which I am grateful for. I submitted my ITF on 01/26/2023 took my time to make sure everything was done right and filed everything in January 2024. All new, and supplemental for the asthma. Asthma came back quickly 100% on its own, but dated back to ITF date not 10 August 2022 (PACT date).
I figured no big deal because I have years of medical evidence for Sinusitis, Rhinitis, IBS, GERD, Gastritis, OSA, etc... all PACT. I figured that would come through and be back dated to August 2022.
Well all the back pay only dated to January 2023, and the amount was incorrect. When I called they stated they would initiate an audit.
All of my additional PACT act claims were denied. The letters concede the diagnosis, exposure, and even say the C&P examiner also gave me the diagnosis. Yet they somehow also claim that the examiner states that my TERA exposure is not the cause of the condition. The one thing I didn't have to prove, the presumptive, is the thing they questioned.
Normally I think I would say good enough, I got a lot. After more than 2 years of not being able to work following cancer treatments among other medical conditions I'm ready to start my life again.
Doctors don't want me working more than 10-15 hours a week, but I'm not ready to be retired. I was looking to buy a house and try to get my life on track.
The amount I would receive if they dated back to August 10 2022 (I understand that pay would be for September distributed on 10/1) would be $15837.91. It's not an insignificant amount and would help with a down payment on a home.
So after all that:

1. Am I correct that I'm owed that money based on my asthma rating?
2. If not would appealing the denials of my PACT nexus be worth it?
3. After talking to a rep from the VA Benefits Hotline she initiated an audit of the back pay I did receive because it was wrong. Is this likely to trigger any type of new C&P or a sudden reduction due to CUE
4. Several conditions were deferred including 2 PACT claims for further medical opinion. Should I even go to those?

I know I shouldn't have to worry about losing what I have, but what should happen and what does happen are two different things.
Part of me wants to fight for it so I can get my own place again and start working, part of me realizes that if I rock the boat and they take anything a way I have no shot at getting my life back.
If you made it this far, thank you. All advice is welcome and appreciated.

So before they even got into their heated, extremely public argument, everybody was saying from the outside looking in, “hey, maybe big hurricane should stay out of grown man business because she obviously doesn’t understand the relationship her man has with the men from his neighborhood.” Some of us from hoods have a harsh relationship with niggas who grew up with us. It could be somebody we would kill and die for saying disrespectful shit to us and we’ll just laugh it off because we know they don’t mean no harm…. Until they do. Girls not from where we from, tend to see that and think it might be deeper than rap. It’s up to us to let them know “aye baby, don’t even trip, they just playin” THATS WHY females NORMALLY stay out of it. But then here comes fuckin batwoman trynna check shit. She doesn’t like Tiny because of what he did to smacc and how he talks to t-rell… she dont like Keem because of how he jokes with t-rell. She’s on the fence with mackwop because although he was there since day 2, he invited “internet opps” and thinks it was to be malicious, not knowing that the internet is not real, and that them nigga don’t give a fuck about most of this shit. lol. Niggas got opps in real life… which brings me back to big deal. Lil Bru deal with real life shit so he’s trynna figure this internet shit out. In the meantime, still not letting anybody disrespect him in real life…. Day of the fall off, here comes Hurricane “hey, don’t make fun of AD… he’s squad so you’re not allowed to say anything about him because we get money with him” Mistake number 1. What Big Deal said was innocent asf. Members of fmw said way worse and even AD didn’t trip cuz he know wassup. But apparently Heather is HR of FMW so she couldn’t just sit back and let talent be talented. Big Deal then tells T-Rell to check his girl. Rell explodes about something that had nothing to do with the convo. “She just telling u to get your chilly with us on YouTube.. stop doing it for free on IG” iono where that came from but at this point he evaded the point and everything crumbled from there…. So here we are. I can’t wait til they figure out how to show some comflict resolution with the people who they say they love. We too old for this dumb shit. Get it together.

Just awaken shaken once again, so you know it's on (Just awaken shaken once again, ho, you know it's on) Just awaken shaken once again, so you know it's on (Just awaken shaken once again, ho, you know it's on) Yeah, life Life is only thing we need They need me to go, but I don't wanna leave Rest in peace to Lil Keed
Fuck a pigeonhole, I'm a night owl, this a different mode I might have to make her paint a 6 on her pinky toe Heard you with a shooting guard, just let a nigga know I would have you courtside, not the middle row All good, love, in a minute, though I can't stress about no bitch 'cause I'm a timid soul Plus I'm cookin' up ambition on a kitchen stove Pot start to bubble, see the suds, that shit good to go
Hoes say I'm suave, but I can't get RICO'd Bro think he John Wayne, I bought him yellow stones Love the way they hang, babe, fuck the silicone Everybody fake now, you could crack the code Bust down everything, set in rose gold Dread talkin' to you niggas like I'm J. Cole I can tell her head good before I even know Bitch, don't tell me that you model if you ain't been in Vogue
Gotta throw a party for my day ones They ain't in the studio, but they'll lay somethin' Rest in peace to Drama King, we was straight stuntin' You don't like the way I talk? Nigga say somethin' Gotta throw a party for my day ones Pull up, and you know it's us, the bass jumpin' You don't like the way I talk? Then say somethin' Get out my face, nigga
Gotta throw a party for my day ones They ain't in the studio, but they'll lay somethin' Rest in peace to Drama King, we was straight stuntin' If I let my nigga 21 tell it, you a pussy
Spin a block twice like it ain't nowhere to park (21) Smack the backside of his head like he Bart (pussy) OVO 4L, we come out when it get dark (21, 21) Big stepper, he came in a Rolls, but he left in a stretcher (21) Let my brother drive while I shoot, team effort (21) Askin' all these questions, bitch, you must think you Nadeska The chopper like to feel on all the opps, it's a molester (21)
I be with my gun like Rozay be with lemon pepper She wanna hear some Afrobeats 'cause she just popped a Tesla All that workin' out, that nigga must think he a wrestler But this ain't UFC, this chopper came with a compressor (21) This chopper came with a compressor (pussy) His chopper came with a- (pussy) This Glock .45 came with a switch (21) If I was Will Smith, I would've slapped him with a stick Put your hands in the air, it's a stick-up (21) Spin the same hood where I get my dick sucked (facts)
If you standin' on business, put your blick up (21, 21) Come around actin' scary, get your shit took (21) Fell in love with feelin' dizzy, so I spizzin (21) I got mad love for the boy, yeah, that's my twizzin (21) If them niggas keep on dissin', slide agaizzin (21) We the reason why the ops ain't got no frizziends (21) Last nigga played with me got turned duppy I ain't even roll him in the wood 'cause he musty You ask how she doin', I just tell her come and fuck me Shot his ass twenty times, damn, this nigga lucky (damn, that nigga lucky)
Gotta throw a party for my day ones They ain't in the studio, but they'll lay somethin' Rest in peace to Drama King, we was straight stuntin' You don't like the way I talk, nigga, say somethin'
Say somethin', say somethin', say somethin', say somethin', say somethin' You don't like the way I talk, nigga, say somethin', say somethin' Say somethin', say somethin', say somethin'

We may not know which way to go on this dark road
All of these hoes make it difficult
Session ten, breakthrough
One of these lives, I'ma make things right With the wrongs I've done, that's one of you now With the Father, Son, 'til then, I fight Rain on me, put the blame on me Got guilt, got hurt, got shame on me Got six magazines that's aimed at me Done every magazine, what's fame to me?
It's a game to me, where the bedroom at? (And I'm tripping and falling) Sleep, I ain't never had affairs with that What's fed when the hearts and the words don't reach? What's fair when the money don't take things back? It's rare when somebody take your dreams back
I care too much, wanna share too much (and I'm tripping and falling) In my head too much, I shut down too I ain't there too much, I'm a complex soul They layered me up, then broke me down And morality's dust, I lack in trust
This time around, I trust myself (and I'm tripping and falling) Please everybody else but myself All else fails, I was myself Outdone fear, outdone myself This year, you better one yourself
Masks on the babies, mask on an opp (and I'm tripping and falling) Wear masks in the neighborhood stores you shop But a mask won't hide who you are inside Look around, the reality's carved in the lies Wipe my ego, dodge my pride
Look myself in the mirror (and I'm tripping and falling) Amityville, I ain't seen nothing scarier (on and on and on and on) I fought like a Pitbull Terrier, blood I shed could fill up aquariums Tell all my angels, "Carry 'em" (and I'm tripping and falling) Every emotion been deprived, even my strong points couldn't survive If I didn't learn to love myself, forgive myself a hundred times, dawg
I love when you count me out (huh) I love when you count me out I love when you count me out (brrah, ooh, brrah, ooh, brrah) I love when you count me out (brrah, ooh, brrah, ooh, brrah) Fuck it up, fuck it up, fuck it up, fuck it up, fucking it up How you gon' win my trust when the lies run deep? (Brrah, ooh, brrah) How you gon' bend your love when the bad don't sleep? Beep, beep, crash our feelings in the middle of the street (vroom, vroom) Fuck it up, fuck it up, fuck it up, fuck it up, fucking it up
When you was at your lowest, tell me, where the hoes was at? When you was at your lowest, tell me, where the bros was at? 3:30 in the morning, scroll through the call log Ain't nobody but the mirror looking for the fall off (brrr)
I love when you count me out I love when you count me out I love when you count me out I love when you count me out (brrah, ooh, brrah, ooh, brrah) My name is in your mouth, shoo, shoo
It's gon' take more than pride to stop Call 911, I caught a body Sun up now, yesterday is fading Healing's only one mile away
Let me tell you 'bout the women I know (that's my baby) I know karma like to follow us strong (sheesh) I know millionaires that feel alone (sheesh) Anytime I couldn't find God, I still could find myself through a song Many find they life in a phone
Fuck it up, fuck it up, fuck it up, fuck it up, fucking it up
You said I'd feel better if I just worked hard Without lifting my head up, that left me fed up You made me worry, I wanted my best version But you ignored me, then changed the story Then changed the story
Good energy in the room, drop the location, please Antibiotic for the womb when I'm frustrated, please (Antibiotic for the womb when I'm frustrated) Tryna keep my good conscious in rotation (no, no) Thoughts in my head, they living there with no (tryna keep my good)
I made a decision, never give you my feelings Fuck with you from, fuck with you from a distance Some put it on the devil when they fall short I put it on my ego, lord of all lords Sometimes I fall for her, dawg
I love when you count me out I love when you count me out (sheesh) I love when you count me out (sheesh) I love when you count me out (brrah, ooh, brrah, ooh, brrah) My name is in your mouth Fuck it up, fuck it up, fuck it up, fuck it up, fucking it up (shoo, shoo)
Miss Regrets, I believe that you done me wrong (Miss Regrets) Miss Regrets, can you please exit out my home? (Miss Regrets) Miss Regret, I think I'm better off alone (Miss Regrets) Miss Regret, Miss Regret, I got these deep regrets
some things I can't forget Lord knows, I tried my best, you said it's not my best I came up out my flesh Some things I must confess (and I'm tripping and falling) Spoke my truth, paid my debt, can't you see I'm a wreck? (Ah-yah) Let me lose, I digress, this is me and I'm blessed (ah-yah, ah-yah)
This is me and I'm blessed (ah-yah) This is me and I'm blessed (ah-yah) This is me and I'm blessed (ah-yah) Anybody fighting through the stress? (Ah-yah) Anybody fighting through the-

Whats it like Monday or sum I should be out runnin or sum Do something productive or sum Instead I just stayed in the house Like outside it aint summer or sum Like I hate the sun or sum Like I’m Dracula son or sum They say I’m drinking blood or sum I say that I ate the pussy out And its that time of the month or sum Fuck it… yeah Pull up Black on black trucks back to back And I do this like Trump or sum Hm My boy not in the band , but he’ll put the stick To his head like drum or sum Hm, my girl not a thug but she cock’n this barrel like Its a gun or sum I only got one kid but I look at dude and see my son or sum Any opp that I gots like a condom I swear them boys ain’t gonna come at n’un Huh Cuz they really pussyyy And I’m Savage 21 or sum I just start smiling and know that one day Imma put them Lil fucks in the trunk or sum I been like 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 This like my 27th bun or sum Shit, no I don’t stream but I goal stream Body type lean and I sip lean Yes I smoke weed no it aint steam Throw my chains on yadidimean, aye They dread what I got, locked in my head like I’m Kai Cenat If my hands is twitchin, then I switch it and start Kickin shit like I’m Adin Ross I’m in that Maybach like Ricky Ross I smoke on sticky and never cough I got this blinky and wear a cross I came with Trippie I can’t be lost Aye, aye, aye, ayy.. You know I gotta do this for the O You know we lit can’t do shit for the low I got my own holiday when I’m home Still I can’t find happiness that shit gone R-I-P X, R-I-P Juice, yeah Do this light, do this shit Yeah
Maybe I'll do live on stream? 🤫

To my utter disbelief, it looked like an underground graveyard. There were torches ablaze lining the walls, illuminating the area as we shone our flashlights and guns into the enormous cave chamber, the size of a school gymnasium. Even more unsettling than the freshly lit torches which meant something was in here very recently, were the various corpses and skeletons of creatures, both human and not, littering the floor. Some were still in their earthly vessels, while others were picked clean to the bone.
It was a chilling sight, and we all stood there, taking it all in. Marlow spat on the ground.
“Look at this,” he said, picking up an extremely old, tattered-looking vest.
It read out ‘CORE’, and my heartbeat quickened as I looked at him.
“I guess these folks got sliced up down here to. I just wonder what the hell they were doing here. Where’s the rest of their gear?”
“Fuck if I know,” Blame said. “But this is some creepy shit, like what they were doing back out in the ocean.”
I continued to inspect the pile of corpses, expecting to find members of our taskforce wasn't there. We needed to find a way out of this maze, and quick. My mind raced with thoughts of how we could possibly escape this place alive, but first, we needed to find the others.
As we shuffled through the underground graveyard, we suddenly heard whispers echoing through the caverns. We stopped in our tracks, staring at one another, breath held, listening intently to the faint voices.
"I know we're not alone," Marlow whispered, his voice barely audible over the distant voices.
“No fucking shit,” I said. “But something’s off with this graveyard. There’s creatures in here from all over the world, K’lah Tegothlku’s offspring, cultists, it’s like every faction from the entire world came here and got fucking obliterated by the home team.”
“The Graveyard Of Empires,” Marlow grunted. “That’s what they called Afghanistan back in the day, I tell you. Everyone who tried invading it got fucking wiped out. Happened in old Hamburger Hill too. It’s the home field advantage, and we’re the away team.”
“Thing is,” I chuckled. “None of these skeletons were as strong as the freaks DOSACD sent in here. If Task Force Nova Compass Hunter isn’t somewhere in here right now, fighting, we’re already fucked.”
We were walking through the graveyard chamber, which almost spanned a few miles, when all of our lights cut off, and I began hearing gunshots ringing in the distance. My heart raced as Marlow and Blame exchanged worried glances. We were in enemy territory, and it seemed like we had stumbled into a battle zone.
"We have to split up," I suggested quietly. "One of us goes left, the other right. We need to find the others and let them know what's going on."
Marlow and Blame both nodded in agreement. We took off in opposite directions, scanning the massive chamber for any signs of life. The gunfire grew louder as I made my way through the maze of tunnels, and suddenly, we were being shot at too, as I widely spun around, taking cover behind a pile of skeletal remains. My thoughts raced as the intensity of the battle grew. Who the fuck could be on the other side of these shots? There were so many possible factions it was impossible to tell. I pulled out my own weapon and fired back, hoping to find the source of the attack.
As I moved through the graveyard, I spotted a familiar figure in the distance. It was one of my teammates. Injured and bleeding, he was desperately trying to make his way back to us. I knew that the others must be close by, but the graveyard was a twisted labyrinth, and we were running out of time.
"Get down!" I shouted, as a barrage of bullets whizzed past us.
They had no flashlights or torches, probably because they were trying to avoid detection. I suddenly bumped into Blame again, who was holding his pistols up in the air, switching back and forth between them. He kept muttering something about being in a fucking video game.
"Shit, we're going to need to regroup," I said, trying to stay calm amidst the chaos. "Let's find a place to hole up and figure out what the hell is going on."
We stumbled upon a small opening in the wall, barely big enough for us to squeeze through. As we squeezed past one another, bullets whizzing past us, we finally made it to a small room off the main tunnel. It was dark, cramped, but gave us some much-needed cover. We quickly assessed our situation and decided to regroup.
"We need to find a way out of here," I said, groaning in annoyance. "And we need to find the rest of our team. We can't split up any longer, that shit was fucking stupid."
"Agreed," Marlow nodded, pulling out a map of the tunnels. "We've been going in circles for hours. We need to smoke these bastards and get out."
We huddled together in the small room, trying to figure out our next move. Our unknown enemy, or as Blame would call them, the ‘opps’, had used some sort of disruptor weapon that had knocked out our lights. We were sure that this wasn't going to be an easy fight, but we had no choice but to keep moving forward.
Suddenly, the sound of footsteps echoed through the chamber, growing louder as they approached. They had stopped firing, and it seemed like they were just casually strolling towards us. We exchanged nervous glances as the footsteps got closer and closer.
"Who the fuck could that be?" Blame whispered.
"I don't know," I replied, clutching my weapon tightly, "but don’t shoot until we see them.”
Without warning the advancing group suddenly turned on an extremely bright flashlight, illuminating the cave chamber in an almost otherworldly glow.
“Well, if it ain’t the rest of Task Force Nova Compass Hunter,” Marlow said sarcastically as he recognized them. “What the hell took you so long?”

If you're on here just wanted to say that I tried to warn you of the OPP and that I hope it was worth being pulled over for.
I was the QC plated Infiniti in front of you. I was pushing 125on the HOV when the OPP came on the 403 I slowed it down to 115 and cruised there making sure not to pass him. Out of no where you came speeding in probably in the 140s and started tailgating me. I don't think you noticed the OPP literally beside me. I slowed down to 110 and so did OPP. You still tailed me. I slowed down to 105 and so did OPP but you still tailed me. I sped up to 115 to show you I was going to eventually speed up again but you still tailed me. OPP matched my speed. I slowed back to 105 due to traffic ahead and it looked like you finally noticed the OPP and finally backed off from tailgating me. But it was too late. OPP immediately got behind you the moment he could and pulled you over.
I was going to post footage but turns out I forgot to put back in the SD card from last time.

Exfriend rekindles relationship w sexual harasser, then takes to social media to call me a predator a few weeks later
Tw: sexual harassment, suicide, etc.
So. I(19) don’t even know where to start.
Basically back in November, my ex best friend (19) had a close friend over while we were on FaceTime. Long story short, around 15 minutes into the call this girl (19) grabs the phone and starts talking about my genitalia and sexual stuff. As she does this my exfriend says “(name) why are you sexually harassing (name)”. At this point I felt extremely uncomfortable but was really scared to say anything. I act like it didn’t happen and the conversation keeps going, but ultimately I end the call early and go to bed.
The next day I get a text from exfriend basically asking if I’d like an apology from the girl who did the sexual harassment. I reluctantly say yes because…well…why not? Maybe it will ease some of the discomfort. Plus from the way ex-friend speaks about sexual harasser, they are “done” with her and never letting her back into their life. Atp I am happy to hear that.
Fast forward a few months later in late March, and the two of them are back to being close friends. I feel uncomfortable and uneasy about this, but I don’t voice it bc I don’t want jealousy accusations or to ruin the friendship.
Soon enough though, exfriend brings up a separate friend I had—lets call this person Ocean—who exfriend hates because Ocean asked if they were American when exfriend said they didn’t know about a certain card game. Exfriend said this was xenophobic after the fact and I agreed, but did not end the friendship. Exfriend is angry/irritated that I mentioned Ocean at all in conversation “knowing what they said to them”. I make a mental note to not bring Ocean up in the future, and swallowed the fact that that was my exact feeling upon hearing them rekindle their relationship with someone who sexually harassed me…esp when I had been molested around a month before (the harassment) and told exfriend.
Now let’s fast forward a bit more . Me and exfriend fell out over an insensitive and harmful comment I made, (i don’t really know how to explain the depth of the convo that made us fall out here) and I tried to own up to it immediately and apologize. They block me, and I email a google doc w an apology and ask them to read it.
No response. A few days after the fact I deleted it, I honestly can’t remember when and I write a separate apology in a shared google doc we had. I read (on here actually) that apologies are for yourself and not the other person, so I post it on my twitter account (again, where I changed my @ to my OG one and removed all ten of my followers) for a sense of release/accountability. I pin it so that I have a reminder of my actions.
While the apology is pinned, yes I am tweeting about being/feeling suicidal. Keep in mind though that I have always used my twitter as a diary (cringe ik lmao) and I assumed by changing my username and removing my followers he wouldn’t see my SI. Especially bc I was (as i thought) blocked, permanently. I took to tweeting my suicidal thoughts AFTER also chatting with a hotline, and at the time I didn’t have anyone who knew me to text with. I just needed to release those thoughts somewhere without anyone having to deal w the emotional distress of them.
Today, I log on to see this person calling for all of their twitter followers to block me for being “predatory” (genuinely so confused) and telling people what I emailed them was a suicide note, which to be clear, it was NOT. I never wrote a suicide note at all. Im guessing they assumed it was a suicide note bc on my twitter (where they blocked me btw, and i changed my username and removed all my followers) I tweeted my SI thoughts…which tbh I did before meeting this person. Tweeting them feels like a release for me. They went on to tweet that I should rest in piss and that they’re happy an “opp is dead”
I saw these tweets bc I checked what they were saying about me publicly on my burner.
Im just in awe tbh. Not even sure how I should begin processing this. I honestly want to make a callout post of my own now but I know I dont have mental fortitude and strength to battle his mutuals who will no doubt come to his defense, even with me having proof of the sexual harassment. But it would also provide me a release to defend myself. Help.
My question is: Do I defend myself publicly? Seeing as this person is making fun of my SI and telling their mutuals that I’m literally a predatory meanwhile they are friends with a person who verbally sexually harasses people. Like do you actually care about victims?
I know I shouldn’t have tweeted abt my SI on public but again I removed my followers and changed my @ to the one i had before meeting him, exfriend had to go actively looking for that shit.
Then to claim my genuine apology was a suicide note…ew. Im just upset and angry tbh.
For context: i met them on twitter at age 18, they were the same age. we really hit it off and they came to see me, traveled literally 24 hrs by train. I always emphasized they didn’t have to. . . Just confused and scared. Also we never did anything remotely sexual, at most we cuddled (initiated by them) and held hands. It was wholesome.

Dude always came off as a phony, disloyal, opportunist. Someone quick to ride your wave, suck you dry of your buzz, and then fall back once things start to cool off. This is exactly what he did with Wayne and the Young Money platform. He used Wayne at the peak of his career to catapult himself into a mainstream giant. Obviously he had the sound and the talent. But the connections that Wayne had around the industry, the access to certain artists, writers, producers, and engineers. This allowed Drake to become a superstar right out the gate. Rolling with Wayne, at THAT time, automatically gave Drake a certain level of credibility and a ‘cool’ factor that he wouldn’t have had under anybody else. Nicki also benefitted from the same fruits. But the difference is that she remained loyal, through thick and thin.
Notice how once things began to hit the fan between Wayne and Birdman, and things started to cool down within the label, how quickly Drake began to detach himself. Drake abandoning Wayne during that tumultuous ‘15-‘18 period, is a major reason why Wayne lost a lot of relevance. Drake was bigger than ever during that period, and decided to go like 5 straight albums without even featuring Wayne, and started aligning himself with many of Wayne’s opps (YSL in particular). Over time the duo of him and Future became more prominent than him and Wayne. Once he realized that Wayne was no longer as hot, and wasn’t impacting the streets, the culture, or the charts anymore, he discarded him. Choosing to do collab albums with anyone BUT Wayne was a slap in the face to everyone who witnessed the come up.
Say what you want about Nicki but she always stood 10 toes. Her loyalty can never be questioned. Drake on the other hand, is simply a snake, who never had the best interests of anyone but himself. I hate how he has used his platform. It’s the complete opposite of what Wayne did with his. He never catapulted anybody into superstardom. Literally none of his artists on OVO have ever seen true success. Not even Tyga-level success. Often times, the people who he gives exposure to, end up falling off a cliff immediately after. Remember BlocBoy JB and iLoveMakonnen? Dude hops on already established waves, as a means to keep himself relevant. Like a true vulture.
Don’t be fooled by the phony IG posts and song lyrics where he claims to love Wayne. He doesn’t. It’s all a facade to make him appear loyal. Even Kendrick had a way better, way more respectful Wayne reference in his diss track. You could tell it came from the perspective of someone who got real love for Wayne. Drake’s was the exact opposite “yo daddy got robbed by Top, you Stunna and Wayne, like Father like Son” why would he liken Kendrick to Wayne as a means to insult him, if Wayne is someone who he truly admires and holds in a high regard? Why is he still referring to Wayne and Stunna as Father and Son after everything that transpired? Just a weird, forced reference that’s more questionable than clever.
Also, Drake comes off as someone that tries too hard to fit in. Someone super desperate to be liked and accepted by every single culture and demographic. From talking that Slime talk, to painting fingernails, to hanging with Yatchy, and dressing like Yachty. Etc. That For All The Dogs album was an embarrassing pander to Gen Z and all the Kai Cenat’s of the world. Dude is a 37 year old clown who deserves no respect.
Happy to witness the fall in real time 👏

I am a beginner and stuck in a problem I cannot find a solution for.
I embedded a third-party app using the plug-in named "Head & Footer Code". The script tag contains the URL for the app and API Key. I came to know of an issue through my SEO audit app that an incorrect URL is being generated which gives a 404. The URL goes something like:
https://example.com/blog/category/uncategorized/%E2%80%9Chttps:/opps-widget.third-party-app.com/third-party.js?clientld=9%E2%80%9D
Some of my many blog posts got added in the "Uncategorized" category. I have now bulk edited those and removed them from this category.
My site uses Genesis but I cannot find any instance of the third-party app anywhere in functions.php. I have even set up a redirect link from the incorrect URL to the actual blog page but to that, the clientId keeps getting appended. It looks something like:
https://example.com/blog?=clientld=
I don't understand why the incorrect URL is being hit and what the origin of it is.
This is affecting SEO, is there any fix I can implement? Note that I do not have access to .htaccess or the phpMyAdmin database credentials.
Any help is appreciated. Thank you in advance!

I realized that there's no way in hell i can answer every single one of your concerns in a singular post, it's too much, and no one would ever be able to read it all, especially because i can be a rather verbose.
These are my opinions, and should not necessarily be taken as statements of fact. I am speaking on my perspective and don't know the content of someone's heart
I feel that Debatetok has had a perpetual issue where, as it grows, it depends more and more on being sensationalized drama. When i first joined debatetok it was far smaller, and far less "Jerry Springer", if you will. There was drama, yes. But it was about the content of the debate and people became more and more renowned based on how skilled they were.
Early last year, debatetok's tone switched and suddenly there was this influx of thousands of people flocking to view live debates. But with that came a change of attitude. There was a goldrush of content creators coming to the app to sieze up as many viewers as possible and, if I'm entirely honest, debatetok viewers do not always, or often, want debates. They want drama. Rage. Yelling.
So, inevitably came the rage bait. Because if your audience was a bunch of pissed off opps telling you how dumb you are, you become exponentially more successful. People will wait in line to tell you why you're wrong for what you're doing. They look at rage bait backgrounds and KNOW something is wrong here.
I'll even make it clear, depending on the topic, the audience, or the opps, rage bait can be an effective tool. But if you're going to do it, you ought to be well educated on what you're speaking on, and i would emphasize it would be insanely irresponsible to ragebait about a group you're not in.
Pregnant men: This is a topic that I've walked through with adora, and on its face, shouldn't be a problem. Trans men can be spoken on in a plethora of ways, and the logical through line is there. Ultimately she's trans, and should be well educated on how to discuss the topics.
The problem is that she's not.
It's almost funny, the difference in her discussions about trans men vs trans women. Because in a TW debate, the objective becomes justifying why biology should not be regarded when considering personal identity, trying to keep biology as far away from the subject as possible. But with TM, it becomes solely about pregnancy. Biology. Having a uterus. The only way she can bring herself to speak about trans men is one of the most dysphoric experiences for many of them.
Excuse me for being cynical; i feel she does this because she is an advocate, if at all, for trans women alone. And she argues the trans men topic to muddle up the biology conversation around trans people, distancing pregnancy from gender identity, and thus removing that association between WOMEN and PREGNANCY.
I.E. i believe she argues TM can get pregnant because she thinks it will benefit trans women, thus protecting her own identity.
I know a couple of TM spoke to her, and at least one of them was shut down entirely as being emotional.
Male Lesbians: The topic that made my brain crack a little. The throughline is simple. Trans women=women. WLW=Lesbian. TW=Male. TW who are WLW are thus lesbian. Thus male lesbians.
So why would i disagree with the topic? I personally identify as a lesbian. I know I'm very much biologically male. So what could be wrong here?
Ragebait is what's wrong. Adora and i did have a rather heated conversation about this and more after my comment (oh she blocked me fs). Lesbian is specifically an identity that, at its inception, is female-centered. Trans women absolutely can be lesbian, but i look at myself as a "guest" within lesbian spaces. I belong there, sure, but i need to be respectful of those that came before.
The idea of "males can be lesbians" is ABSOLUTELY intended to piss people off. Because on its immediate face, it looks immediately wrong. Outrageous. Absurd. And that's the intention.
Like i said, ragebait CAN BE fine. CAN BE effective. But the fundamental reason i disagree with adora on the background is because it ragebaits 2 marginalized communities against each other (trans women and lesbians) and right now, with how many LGB individuals want to entirely drop advocacy for trans people, the last thing we need AS ADVOCATES is to drive a wedge into the heart of the Queer community.
I will be entirely candid with you all (this is still entirely my perception and can be wrong). Adora is not a very calculated person. She's extremely earnest. Which can be a good trait. But when you're a political advocate for the queer community, shouting at lesbians and minimizing trans men is far more damaging than the help you bring.
I don't think adora AT ALL considers how her backgrounds will actually hurt people. I don't think she considers anything from a lense of how to benefit the queer community, or even how she will have impacts. She only cares that she's REACHING thousands of people, and not what those people take home. i think she only thinks about the backgrounds that will draw the most attention to herself as possible.
She has to be an advocate for herself first, right?
TL;DR, in my opinion adora ragebaits for attention, money, and validation for herself. When she ragebaits groups she's not apart of, it makes her a piss poor advocate

Hello there lovely and kind people having TwoX ♥️
This might get a lil long, but it's weekend, and ig you'll read it so here it goes. PART 1 I've befriended a guy about 15 days back - circumstantial friendship , as he had to drop me home from the gym bcs weather suddenly changed and we live in the same neighborhood. After that we went on walks, had talks while sitting in his yard, had ice cream together and finally he came w me for a movie - I didn't invite him , he asked me not to go alone and so finally came w me - I bought the tickets for us bcs he was being kind to accompany me. He bought popcorn and shakes for us.
Now, ever since that movie outing, he has become avoidant. We have shared very few texts this week, but he was busy/ seemed busy and bit cold (I might be overthinking). Previously he was easily available, wanted to go for walks, even asked me to go for a drive(i dont have time for this), was telling me about his daily plans, used to text me once he comes back home from outing,etc etc. Did he ask me out ? No. One thing which might be the reason for his avoidance is that he tried to hold my hand at the theater, and I, being an anti touch person, swiftly took it away, pretending to fix my hair. I consider him as a FRIEND( i definitely have a crush on him, but I didn't lead him on or told him). And I want us to be normal like before but we didn't go for walks the whole week(went to movie Saturday). He didn't greet at the gym, and i did the same - because after the movie, he asked me not to tell his friends that we went together - it hurt me a lot. He said his friends get jealous when he goes out w other people telling him that he should hand out w them more. What kind of friends are these?! Jealous of your friends circle? I'm not even on talking terms w his friends, so me telling them about our outing was never gonna happen, BUT he had to say that? Did he think it was a date?
The guy 23M is 4 (3.5) years younger to me. We never talked before even though we live in the same locality bcs I'm very introverted. I was so happy to finally have a friend who lives this close to my house bcs I don't have any friends who stay in the same city as me. He has few female friends at the gym, so I thought it might be easier for him to befriend an opp gender person, and I really didn't feel any kind of awkwardness or weirdness around him.
What is this? Yes yes I know I should ask him - but I am not going to talk w him at the gym, and he is unavailable for walks. What should I do ? Should focus on myself, right ? That's tough because I want answers to what went wrong. Anyone had same experiences? Let me tell you, I do not have male friends. None. Because everyone catch feelings once they start talking and get overly attached, I've lied to many that I've a boyfriend- that doesn't work anymore bcs people do affairs easily these days so I just deny any other advances, if ever happens. Now, do I like this guy ? Yes. He is a good person. Well settled and has a nice family background. And I love spending time w him. But I don't know much about him bcs it's been just 15 days.
PART 2 I was in a relationship w a younger guy(one year younger); broke up w him bcs he lied about his age and other basic things like past relationships and all. This is such a stupid thing to do. I can not tolerate lies. You should be honest if you want the person to trust you. If the basic principles don't match, then that relation will never work. So, it's tough for me to trust any guy. It was always tough, but I became more rigid after this.
I have never been on dates w people. Never went to a club, dont do drinks and all. I'm old-school in this generation. I don't understand the casual relationship and fwb concepts. I'm scared. I'm totally scared of what kind of partner I'll get. I've made peace w the fact that he won't be a virgin ( and I guess won't be trying to find one for marriage) and must have lived his life very enthusiastically having sx w don't know how many women. Though I would be grateful if he shares my morals ( being in relation doenst mean you did it- grateful that my ex respected my boundaries ), if not and the count goes any further than 3 Idk how to handle that. I would love to stay single for life, but parents won't allow that.
Then again, I would love to have a loving partner for life. But I just can't accept such people. And there is no way to know how and who he was before meeting me, unless he is sachai ki murat or loves me to the extent that lying to me feels like a sin to him( my ex loved me a lot BUT decided to lie bcs he didn't want me to leave him lol). Am I thinking too much ? Or should I just go to the Himalayas :) Please be honest and guide me through this.
Also, how does this casual relationship things work - is it for emotional people like me ? Or I shouldn't try too hard and just be me. Bcs if this guy asks me to date him, I am confused about my answer- I would like to know more about him before dating. And I think dating and relationships are two different things, right? And as I said I do not do casual relationships. I would rather choose him as a friend for life than date him for few weeks/months and be in no contact afterward.
My thoughts and mind are all over the place, so please please give your two cents on this. I'm 26 , and my parents will start searching for a partner for me in a few months, AM setup. I'm overall scared of males bcs I can never know what's going on in their mind, they might love you but hurt you in a way you can never imagine. I would always prefer LM over AM, but currently it's all upto my destiny.
TL;DR - :) can't compress it , thanks for checking TLDR 🫶

Ok let me explain…. I have a 10f, 7m and 1 f… I am currently pregnant 8mo with our final child. Yesterday was the first graders concert. Now lately I have been having really bad baby brain. Forgetting stuff or misplacing items and then hours or days later finding or remembering them.. My son’s teacher sent home a reminder for the concert and I was confused because I didn’t understand why she sent home 1st grader info. Well that’s probably because my son is in 1st grade, but my absent minded self thought he was in second grade for a hot second. So I didn’t attend the concert and now I feel horrible.
He came home yesterday and didn’t say anything and was happy go lucky like usual. Yet today looking at papers I realize my mistake and now I feel horrible. I am going to make him his favorite dinner and apologize but just wondering for my sake, has any other moms made a Opps and felt like this. Like the worse parent in the world. First concert I have ever missed between the two oldest kids ever.
Thank you for letting me confess my stupidity and vent slightly over my absent minded self.

(First time making a post in reddit and in this sub this will be probably lost behind memes and fanarts which im fine with, I'm mostly a lurker when it comes to social media because of I've always been an introvert and a reclusive person in my whole life [I had to do a literal coin flip when considering about posting this, I'm that scared of posting stuff online], also because I got no one to talk to after a bad day so it's just more of a vent...please be patient while reading, english is not my first language nor I am too good with writing overall, so i hope you enjoy my yapping and feel free to either hate or show me a different way of looking at this issue.)
Personal stuff dump that I never got to share, just jump to next paragraph if you don't want to hear me yap:I don't even know how to begin but I'll just start by saying that I've started reading Chainsaw Man because my highschool crush suggested it around 3 years ago and I thought this was an opportunity to maybe talk with her, anyways I've took my time to read through the chapters and stopped when part 1 ended. Time skip to January 2024 after remembering that I've made myself forget about part 2 release so I could read in mass the chapters, for the next few days I started building enough mental fortitude (for context I tend to attatch myself too much to fictional characters and y'know....the whole Aki thing didn't help at all with that) and honestly part 2 has its issues but it has been quite an interesting and fun story IMO, yeah sure the part has hit a plenty of bumps with art, story, decisions and whatever else you can say, which for me honestly, as the "certified npc in this world" badge on my forehead says, I don't really mind since all I do is sit down, read through the chapter in manga plus and be like at the end of the chapter "Hm...peak" and that's it, I go on with my life taking public transportation and not understanding what people around me are saying. But for the past few weeks something in my head is feeling...numb let's just say.
Enough with the rambling, time to get to the reason why you clicked on this post. (by starting another rambling >:).)
Look, I'm someone who believes that if you don't pay for something, you shouldn't criticize it, but after some thinking I believe spending my time reading this manga and lurking around this sub reading daily posts about cute ships (except nayuta/denji, that's straight up pedo shit, consider yourself an opp if you like this), quanxi brain rot, kishibe brain rot, badass fanarts, awesome cosplays but one thing from this sub I've always noticed was the critics of part 2, which always peaks my attention, even the ones who are only talking about super small stuff like Kobeni's brother feet going through a table or whatever that was. Because they always split the community in 2 parts (no pun intended), the ones who are the warriors of Fujimoto's work and the ones who just want to point out some stuff they felt lacking or any other motive. Which for me is the most common thing in a human being, people WILL be divided when a topic is brought up, it's what makes us human. Also don't get me wrong on how I potentially described you, feel free to defend Fujimoto, I like to watch the reply section catch on fire sometimes ; ).
But now onto my feelings towards this Arc, SPOILER WARNING to most recent chapters, oh boy, I don't know why but I feel like I'm shooting myself on the foot for writing this instead of just continuing to lurk in the shadows of this sub.
I'll be direct, it felt rushed. And I mean it all the way to the meaning of the word in the dictionary. I had so much hype when the community was together with all the memes of "[...] It would take a war to compromise this facility's safety." that single quote made me already think how many memes the community would make with that, and I was glad I was right, Kishibe in a dress, Reze bros coping harder than ever with the quote, AKI IN A DRESS?! It was wild time, probably the best in my opinion. But then the chapters started rolling out, which at the start they were funny and fine but then they started downgrading...I remember I opened a fresh tank of copium because this arc had the potential to bring back several devils or characters from part 1, Future, Fox, Ghost(?), Reze, Kobeni (ik she retired but i can dream), Kishibe, heck even Angel in a new form! Which would be awesome to see even more on ressurected devils, the potential! Or even...a Human/Knowldege Devil? At the time I was sleeping so at ease and wishing time went by faster to read more chapters of this arc.
CHAPTER 159, GOATANA AND NOBAR- i mean NAIL FIEND APPEARS!!! I was so happy to see how much Katana has developed in his combat ever since the last time we saw him in a long battle, a fear boosted Asa/Yoru versus Katana and Nail, I was so happy to see we were having weekly releases, but it also started worrying me, I was afraid of Fujimoto's life of having 2 Movies and the Manga happening at the same time.
Chapter 160, this, this is the first time I felt like I didn't say "Hm...peak." , which that day I was fine with it, not every chapter has to be a banger, plus Goatana in the team! Woohoo! This will surely mean they'll get to Denji faster!
Chapter 161, Wait...they...already found Denji? Okay, of course! Fami knew the exact place...but really? No like...extra security that doesn't involve throwing human fodder into them? (No, quanxi doesn't count, hold on) Well...okay I guess, surely enough the trip back will be very difficult and THEN we'll see the potential of this Arc in all its glory! Patience is all I need.....Wait is that Qua-
chapter 162, i think by now you noticed the change of my emotions towards these chapters by reading the words in bold. Look, going to be direct, Katana kinda disappointed me, I thought he would...y'know...change, but then again it's Katana, nothing changed from him other than he went to jim, we still don't know his name, and that for me says a lot. I just wished we had more time for his proper introduction. As for the rest of the chapter this was the dark age of CSF, all thanks to a chinese woman showing up I guess, I don't even know why she appeared, or why she's being used in Part 2, like go get some fiends(bitches) this is not even hate just genuine confusion why she's sticking with public safety other than "Oh we have your fiends", whatever, at least it's not the end of the arc-
chapter 163, ...wait I went to the bathroom, did I miss something? Oh a TV! that must be them in a employee's only break room! Yeah the cables in the roof look like the ones from the halls- no nevermind they're just chilling in a huge bed...okay...Lego Denji is assembled. This isn't the end of prison arc, right?
chapter 164, it is. Let's go get sushi. I really hope they're going back for Nayuta and she's in this detention center...
This transition from chapter 162 through 164 is what made me write this whole text. It felt rushed, it could've been explored with more time, I believe Fujimoto could've definitely just made those chapters biweekly and I wouldn't say anything if it meant seeing more of this facility that only a "war" would compromise its safety, displaying some actual Public Safety firepower like canon fodders who are just in for the money or just Yoshida receiving news about this shit, and for last I believe Fujimoto making these chapters weekly at that time was just so he could rush this arc and get to a better position narratively having Asa and Denji and their whole spiderman face reveal thing...I can understand if it was a schedule thing but then that just means Fujimoto could've done a different approach like Fami having internal connections being the reason why they managed to just skip through the facility in and out??? I don't know, just my opinion on the matter.
After typing this much I feel like I could've done my college essays instead of this, but, Chainsaw Man has been and still is a major point in my life, as stupid as that sounds its true, it's what got me into socializing more (or at least wanting to), it's what got me through some rough times, it's what got me into reading different stories from different authors instead of the repetitive routine of boring studies and brainless long gaming sessions after school in a discord call with my only 2 friends who i've never seen their faces, only pictures of fictional characters. This story is what motivates to wake up and repeat my routine, always looking foward to reading the next chapter, thinking of it as a "reward" of some sorts for going through mental stress and loneliness when I have no one to talk or interact with. I feel like an idiot for oversharing so much and I will most definetly regret for doing so. But I guess this is how I can show somewhat of a contribution towards this series, for good or for bad.
Anyways, I am genuine greatful if you read this entire thing without closing the post or doing something else with your precious time, have a good one and I wish you the best in your life. : )
TL:DR: The Arc felt rushed where in some parts it could've been explored better if it meant taking more time for breaks or just taking a different approach to things instead of major points being shut down in a later chapter. And as idiotic as this sounds it affected personally my view in the series as someone who accompanied Denji's journey before the anime came out.

34 Female About 2 years ago I suffered miscarriages and an ectopic pregnancy. I made the choice in life the removal my tubes due to my significant other being abusive... Long story short I removed myself from that situation and removed my tubes... Two years later I found myself in the most loving relationship I have ever know, my significant other and I decided we wanted to complete our family with a child of our own..... We knew it would mean having to do IVF......
We had our initial consult at the end of March and didn't expect so many emotions so fast. We have done all of our baseline testing and opted in for genetic testing due to my mother being adopted. Everything had gone smooth until all the results came back so far. We have learned I have Endometritis (don't confused it to endometriosis like I did) luckily that is an easy fix. My genetic testing came ba k negative for all 172 tests they ran whooo!!! My other half came back positive for ASL carrier... We have had to process that result and spoke with a genetic counselor who explained he carriers the gene but since I don't it's a 1 and 75,000 chance our child could be affected.
We also learned I suck at taking care of my health with certain vitamins we require in life mainly B12 and folic acid. My bad... Onto adding those into my routine! We have a regroup with our provider at the end of May to go over everything else, which I am super nervous about.... I don't do with anxiety and waiting very well it has been a flaw my whole life. Opps....
But I noticed through this journey I already feel so alone, no one in our families or friends know we are doing this since I don't want to give anyone false hopes. Since we decided this path I don't have a sound boars. If anyone has advice or just any knowledge you want to share please feel free to leave a comment or even message me.