Hello beautiful people of this sub! I don't think I'm particularly good at introductions and the like, so l' do us all a favour and get straight to the point.
I'm a 19 year old guy, from North America (Mexico, if it matters), somewhat chubby and very tall (according to all accounts), who has always struggled with sociability and everything requiring interaction with others, however, l've decided to start breaking out of this shell, and I decided to give posting in here a try! Who knows? I might just find exactly what I'm looking for.
About me, in case the flair wasn't clear enough, 1 am somewhat of a heavy gamer! My favourite types of games include open world exploration ones (think like Minecraft), and JRPG's (such as Persona and Shin Megami Tensei). I use all three main gaming platforms (PlayStation, Xbox, and Nintendo Switch), so if we can arrange a session and play together that could be lovely!
I'm also a big fan of music, I spend most of my free time listening to it and I even own a vinyl collection, which I have posted on my instagram for a while now! We can talk about that for literal hours and I can't possibly get bored, recommend me your favourite songs or artists! I can even give you some recommendations myself.
Other smaller hobbies l've got also include movies (I've got a letterboxd), and reading, which in turn has made me somewhat of a writer, l've given writing a try a few times before and like to think I'm well spoken and educated, though that is something I can't award myself on purely ethical grounds. Seems a bit self-aggrandising in my opinion.
I've also got my fair share of baggage in the form of stories of various experiences and tragedies in my life (most revolving around men, funnily enough) so we can also wallow in each other's pain if that's something you're looking to do! I can talk about anything, anytime, just as long as we're both in the same wavelength, it'll be all smooth sailing.
If I sounded like something you'd like to bother with, don't hesitate to hit me up! And we don't even have to chat extensively through here, l've got Discord, Snapchat, Instagram, or of the enough trust is there, we can even text! I leave it up to you, one thing about me is that I am insanely adaptable, and will always try to make sure you are comfortable and feeling good when we talk.
Well, with this long ass post over, see ya soon! :)

i guarantee there will be at least one person with a negative view on this. But i genuinely can never wrap my head around online bullying/rude comments… if you get nothing being rude , then why not just choose to be nice if it’s also free…
it’s just sad that we can’t be nicer to people and have adult conversations.

Hello to all the product managers:- I am aspiring product manager. I want to be part of this field but I come from a non-tech background. What are the skills I should inculcate in me to become a better product manager? And do you have some free resources which I can use to learn more about this field. Also, how to get job as a non-tech person. Is it even a viable choice anymore? Please, I request you to guide me here.

Guess it may be time to open up & relate. I’m struggling with a previous bad break up at this moment. You too? We won’t get into full details, however, feel free to share the story and experience you left with.
Even if you can’t share with best friends, maybe find some insight from it all.

a 2010/2015 i guess hidden object game where it tells a story about a girl who her maid/ friend i dont remember made her a sleeping potion and drown her into the lake to steel her fiance but when the fiance finds out he confronts her but she got mad of him and traps him and the towns people in this board game
in the start of the game we get a cut scene where a girl wearing a cat like costum was invited by her friend to a halloween party but her mom warns her not to go but she goes anyways the first mini game is you have to make a jack-o-lantern to enter that parts after the mini game you get a cutscene where you get welcomed by the friend and propose to play the hunted board game when they open it a dark entity captures all the guests and the friend except the girl she runs to her car but the car wont move when the entity gets closer to her it mistakenly looks into the mirror and disappears
the machinism of the game is to find all figures (the figures looks like the towns pepole) to free all the guests and her friend and in every figure you get a backstory about the maid or the girl and who things went wrong
i hope you i made things clear so please help me find this game and thank you in advanced
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I don’t play online so if anyone wants one, feel free to drop me a message and I’ll send you a picture!

Its really worrying how many comments i see (usually pro israel) that are from new reddit accounts that follow multiple university subreddits and do nothing but berate ACTUAL students in the comments.
One account i just saw was made a few weeks ago, has made zero posts, but has almost a hundred comments across every UC school subreddit. Their comments contained no actual pro-israel arguments and instead ranged from mean spirited trolling to support for the cops violence against students. And this account is one of many.
Has there been a secret push among Israel supporters to join reddit to harass students? Are people being paid to do this? Can we do anything? Can the mods of our subreddit do anything?
If you are one of these accounts and you see this i dont really care what your political views are, free country you do you... that being said if you are not affiliated with ucsd get the fuck off our reddit page you annoying cunts holy fucking shit. The ucsd subreddit is for students and faculty not for bored terminally online shitposting losers omfg go away.

This is a story I've come up with my head for years It predates most things talked about so I've had to figure a way for it to fit in. This story was created basically to find a good way to blend Dbs with Naruto. There is a bit of a "timeline thing" but that will be explained and basically thrown away fairly early on. Also it starts a little overpowered but only due to the bigger things I started building up too. Also This is my first time "writing this down" and I'm not exactly a world class story teller so in ways this is more of a character.His name is Hachiman
This takes place in the Hidden Leaf Village but the current time is during Just before the 4th Great Ninja War. In this world The Kaguya clan has not yet gone extinct. A Prodigy child is born of the Kaguya Clan. A Rere Genetic Awakening has happened within the child's body Opening access to the Ötsutsuki genes within him of which being born with Byakugan and multiple charkra nature's are amongst a couple. His Ötsutsuki ability has the ability to manipulate time to a second difference Small but extremely reliable. Due to being such a a Prodigy at a young age as well as fascination with different Justu, as well as Frankly not being able to Beat or Captured he was Drafted into the Anbu. He shows hardly any emotion and Know's full well he can do what he wants to an extent but has no want for this as he Would rather just live peacefully and whatever brings him and everyone closer to peace he will due solemnly. He grows up with Hardly anybody but 1 girl named Kiriko (Kiri for short) In the middle of a mission The Hidden Stone attacks the Leaf! Hachiman hurry's back to the village quickly! Quickly he fends off quite an amount of Hidden Stone. A Shriek is heard in the distance! He rushes to Help! There he finds Kiriko with blood trickling the the hands of the enemy. Blind Rage awakens within Hachiman His Time related Kekkei genkai Erupts! White Surrounds the entire area it seems as if the world Is collapsed within it. When he comes to he awakes in a Forrest, "Where is the hidden leaf?" He thinks. Realizing his eyes have awakened Sharingan! Shinobi running through the Forrest stop him "Who are you they ask" As Hachiman looks up they meet eyes with the Sharingan. Immediately they attack! Hachiman defeats then. As he begins to walk around he notices the world and the chakra of the world itself is different? Eventually he stumbled into a camp and realizes this is an Original Uchiha Camp. He begins to ask questions blending in with the fact he has Sharingan they questioned nothing. He begins to put the pieces together His Kekkei genkai awakened and Swalllowed Him in time, He himself has Time traveled to before the Villages had begun. Thinking back in history eventually he works under the Uchiha but with minimal Killing as to protect time from being distorted and making an impact that never happened. As time continues he meets Madara Uchiha and studies him from the shadows Observing and Copying his every move. Hachiman learns his Sharingan's ability is able to Save and copy other Sharingan Formation (allowing Amaterasu, etc) Later he again Stay's in the shadows and does the same with the Tobirama. As time moves on he realizes he does not age anymore. He begins to not fully understand his situation but make the better of it instead. In the shadows he studies and copies all of the Legends from Naruto. Eventually Rinnegan awakens and Before the final Ninja war he abandons this dimension. "It is not my home anymore" he believes. He watches as Naruto and Sasuke beat Kaguya and Learns of the Ten tails. Trying to further his power he discovers a Ten tails abandoned in a random dimension. He decided to become a Ten Tailed Jinchūriki. Later Sasuke while traveling through his Rinnegan meets Hachiman. Hachiman explains everything. Sasuke already having his first run in with Otsutsuki explains everything that has been happening home. Hachiman has no interest as he feels a greater threat is coming. He tells Sasuke to leave him and he will stay out of all Trouble and wishes to be left alone.
Dragon Ball Super side of things
The Grand Priest has learned of a Universe Remnant that has survived Xeno's destruction. Immediately he sends a New Angel named Jin is sent to Investigate. Feeling a threat Incoming Hachiman meets Jin. Jin begins to explain why he was sent but Hachiman dosen't try to listen as he believes this might be an Otsutsuki threat. He fights to the Fullest ability! (Ten Tails Jinchūriki Awakening, Pure White Susanoo armor coated to his body, Lighting Style armor (similar to what The 3rd Raikage used), Sword of Nunoboko, as well as Multiple upon Multiple Shadow Clones) It is during this fight he awakes what he calls (Divine eyes) which allows him to use Divine Jutsu (which is basically just any Jutsu turned up to an 11) He is losing almost overwhelming however he is able to his a surprise Planetary Devastation. This surprises Jin to which he states that Hachiman is coming with him. Reluctantly Hachiman agrees. They leave to meet with The Grand Priest which has an Idea for the young Hachiman. During the 1st meeting with Universe 6 as well as Universe 7 Hachiman is brought to View and see if he can contend with such fighters. A sparing match is to be had the winner gains access to 1 wish from the Super Dragon Balls! The Fight begins! Hachiman Vs Vegeta!! To all Viewers the Fight ends Astonishingly Quick as Vegeta dosen't move everyone including Vegeta Unaware he is Locked in Genjustu. While The Fight unannounced to Vegeta is Over, Vegeta believes the fight is currently happening. Hachiman used Genjustu to obtain all Knowledge Vegeta has about everything. Quickly Hachiman learns of what sayians are as well as The circumstances as well as the Different sets of Dragon balls. Vegeta's body is set in the stands Senzu beans don't work as Vegeta's body is fine. The Fight with Goku Begins!! Using the Knowledge Hachiman now has He understands how to Fight A sayians better. While maintaining a "Mind Fight" with Vegeta Hachiman begins to Truly battle Goku. Using as many cheap trucks as he can to contend with a sayians of Goku's Caliber Eventually the fight ends with A Planetary Devastation Sealing Justsu. Goku can't escape. Announced as the winner Hachiman gains his wish! However with the knowledge gained from Vegeta he chooses to Use the Namekian Dragon Balls instead as a Win He makes his 3 wishes 1) He wishes to become a Half Blooded Sayians while maintaining all abilities he had Before 2) He wishes to unlock what his Bloodline Calls Tensigan 3) He does not care what this wish is and Gives it away Shortly after the The TOP is announced. Jin has been assigned to watch over Hachiman to keep eyes within his universe and Him. Hachiman decides he will be entering the TOP alone as he as already stated he will not intervene within what is happening with his universe The training with his New Found Divine Eyes mixed with the Blood of a Sayian has led him to become Overwhelmingly Powerful as well as unlock Ssj2 The TOP begins!! Immediately knowing the difference in power as well as being cunning Hachiman Buries himself within the Ground Funneling and Learning how to manipulate Kachi Katchin steel, as well as basically being a Clone summoning Factory that fight above ground. For the most part Hachiman keeps quiet until near the end. In a Fatal attempt he does try to fight Jiren thinking Genjustu might solve the problem IT does Not. Jiren let's it happen at first Letting Hachiman Speak to him. Later he breaks free however and Finds the real body of Hachiman. Seeing No way to win in a Sayian Anger fuled Rage he uses a Justu never been done before DIVINE STYLE: DIVINE REAPER DEATH SEAL Everything fades to black and seemingly Hachiman Disappears. In pure black A voice Speaks "My Slumber has been interrupted by whom" A Divine Reaper God appears before Hachiman Otsutsuki Honestly in Fear for the 1st time Hachiman has no words However The reaper Feels his energy and reads his based off this. "You ask for my power for such a weak Creature..... Pathetic" he states Hachiman responds " It was a sudden Idea I had no idea what would become of it Who are you?" " I am the What happens to God's and angels who have fallen, I am the manifestation of the Natural order Of things" Taking an Intrest in Hachiman The Reaper proposes an Offer "I have not been summoned in millennia as well as God's have not fallen in such time, I would like you to become my new Reaper You will gain access to my abilities as well as my Power" "& In Return?" Hachiman responds "I exist in all of time Past, Present, & Future you will be of use to me there will be interference from me in anything you do, so long as every now and then you fuel me with energy" Hachiman agrees Appearing back in the same spot as if Time stopped again Hachiman awakens with Black Energy pouring from his body He rushes Jiren Quickly however His body cannot take the duress and Gives out Hachiman is Eliminated The TOP proceeds regularly. When the Universes are Brought back Hachiman appears in the dimension he was Watching over back home in Universe 13 Jin arrives afterwards to Explain that the Grand Priest would like his presence. Hachiman goes with Jin to meet. The Grand Priest is alone with no Guards as well as no King Xeno He explains that he is unhappy with the way the Universes are being run. Tired of presiding over a Child with the Supreme power. He asks if That was the God Reapers energy he Felt within Hachiman. To which Hachiman says Yes. "Can you access it? Use it and your own will?" The Priest asks Hachiman responds No but it's still within him he could learn to harness it but why? Grand Priest has a plan to extract Xeno's energy and Give it to him to run this the Multiverse Correctly as a God should he also explains that when King Xeno destroyed the Multiverse is seems at that exact moment is when Hachiman's outburst happened and The moment destroyed Single handedly restarted his Universe through time. To help train Hachiman with his New Found power as well as the Fact Universe 13 has no current God of Destruction Hachiman is assigned as well as Given God of Destruction Power After a 4 years have passed Hachiman has traveled not only throughtout his universe but because his universe is still so Young there isn't much to Destroy or Watch he travels throught the other Universes. Every planet he has been too throught the Multiverse he places the Flying Rajin Seal A Coup has begun Grand Priest helps set the stage Hachiman's reaper energy has manifested through talking to the Reaper as well as practice. The Reaper energy as well as Reaper Saiyan Form has the ability to completely absorb Energy of all Kinds and Manifest it as Their Own. He uses Rope Kunai Energy weapons to predominantly absorb others energy. King Xeno is Stabbed at the same time as The Grand Priest the channel the energy from one blade to another. As the Energy is being drained Hachiman begins to see inside the Grand Priests Mind seeing that the Grand Priest plans to eradicate all of the Multiverse for Good Hachiman stops! The power is drained from Xeno but the Grand Priest has 75% of the power while Hachiman has the remaining 25%. Hachiman Escapes Labeled a Traitor Hachiman is Hunted by everyone the Grand Priest can get his hands on. Traveling from world to world Hiding Honing all of his abilities to One day fight The Grand Priest and Finally decide what should be done with The power of Xeno.
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So, long story [not so] short: I hung out with this guy I work with one time in late February and while it was fine, I could tell we weren’t a good match so I told him that. He flipped out on me and started sending me angry texts about how he saw this coming, sorry he didn’t “measure up to my standards,” telling me that they way I try to get to know guys “bothered” him (namely that I spoke about my ex bf after he asked me why my last relationship ended and that I talked about my friends — he informed me, “Guys don’t want to hear that. I’m there to get to you know. Not your ex, not your friends, you.” I was like okay, whatever. I didn’t say anything to him freaking out on me.
He then started sending me these long texts apologizing for his behavior and saying things like “I’m just a fuck up, I know you hate me now and I get why” and I was like DUDE. So I texted him and said hey, I don’t hate you, it’s fine, no hard feelings, let’s move on. All is forgiven. Then he just continued apologizing as if he didn’t even read my reply and proceeded to reprimand me again for talking about my ex when we hung out. He said, “But you get why I was upset right? You talked about your ex when you were supposed to be getting to know me. Do you understand this, yes or no?” It was exhausting. I just said “Yes, I understand. What I don’t understand is why you’re trying to have this conversation again.” I stopped responding after that completely bc we obviously were not communicating.
Then more long, drawn out apology texts. “I just feel terrible bc that’s not who I am but sorry again for fucking everything up.” Was the summation of basically every single one. I wanted to block him, but I also felt that it might escalate more, especially because he would sometimes tell me he was drinking when he texted me these novels, so I thought I might want to have screenshots of him basically harassing me via text if I ever did want to report him or at the very least, ask my supervisor for guidance. I finally texted back and said “I have no other response for you. If you want to talk to me about something work related only, feel free to reach out.” He said okay and apologized AGAIN.
Then last week I ran into him in the office which was inevitable. I said hello, he asked me how I was, I told him I was great and asked him the same. He seemed completely different than how he had been acting which was such a relief. He seemed calm, happy, and like he had put everything behind him. He then sent me a Teams message right after that and thanked me for breaking the ice. I said sure, it was nice to see you. My ultimate goal this whole time has been for things to smooth over so I don’t have drama with this guy I hung out with ONE TIME! He then said if I wanted, we could go on a walk sometime at work to take a break and get some fresh air. I very stupidly said sure. We went on a few walks and then yesterday right when we got back from one, this text convo ensued:
Him: Hey, I appreciate your time and the 2nd chance at a friendship but maybe we should just keep it a work thing. I get a vibe from you that's what you prefer to have, which sucks but I also know my place with you at this point. I've enjoyed the walks and talks but I'm not trying to ruin the vibe more than I already have previously.
Me: Yeah, I would like to be friends but I will respect keeping it a work thing if that's what you want. Definitely don't want to make you uncomfortable or anything.
Him: Oh I'm not uncomfortable. It's just hard to catch your vibe a little after some things. Maybe I'm just reading you wrong after things went south too. But I'm not trying to make you feel uncomfortable or like you have to try to be friends just cause we work together. I know you're dealing with whatever it is so maybe that's why it's hard to catch the same vibe I caught from you when we first talked. I also didn't really care for how you subtly threw my failure with you in my face on our walk but I deserve that a bit and that's my fault for bringing it up. I'm cool with being friends but like I said, it's just been different and a little difficult lately.
Me: No matter what I say or do, you seem to have a problem with. I didn’t throw anything in your face. I think at this point, we should definitely just keep it a work thing.
Him: I didn't say I had a problem and it just one thing. And you kind of did when I brought up me asking you to tom segura but my bad for saying anything. I should have just bowed out and been quiet. And yea, I had already stayed that it should be a work thing. You're the one that came back to me wanting to be friends, not the other way around. Remember that since you got a bit of attitude suddenly. Best of luck to you sarah. Hope you bounce back from whatever issues you have.
And actually I've not had a problem with anything regarding you just to be clear, you are just perceiving it oddly which is cool, saves me the headache.
Me: Okay. (then blocked him)
A little context about his “failure”: He said he might see this comedian this weekend who is like Tom Segura’s best friend. RIGHT before I initially texted him back in February to tell him I didn’t think we should pursue dating, he had asked me if I wanted to go see Tom Segura w/him. It was just terrible timing for him to suggest that right when I was saying let’s just be friends. So anyway, yesterday I really wasn’t thinking and said, “Man I’d love to see him live someday.” And he was like, “Well I tried to get you to go with me, remember?” And I said, “Yeah.” I was like oof that was awkward, but I assumed he remembered the timing of that invite?? So that’s what he was referring to that I apparently “threw in his face.”
So first of all, am I overreacting wanting to report this guy? And second of all, is my fear of retaliation irrational? He seems unhinged to me but I could be overthinking this. I truly don’t know what to do.

Hi,
TLDR: looking for advice for 'deep recovery' from autistic burnout, venting/rambling a bit about my situation
Sorry for the long post, my life hasn't been great the last few years and I'm hoping that if I describe it in detail then someone might have some advice for where to go next, or be able to tell me if I'm missing something obvious. I've bolded the bits where I'm asking for advice.
I (24F) am not officially diagnosed with aspergers or anything autism related, but am recovering from what I suspect is autistic burnout. I had symptoms of moderate to severe CFS last summeautumn but am slowly recovering from it without any major crashes. When I read the description of autistic burnout I identified with it completely. The loss of skills and extremely reduced tolerance to stimulus on top of the fatigue is something I have really struggled to describe or explain to people (not helped by the loss of skills i.e. barely being able to put a sentence together to speak to someone). I've read Strong Female Character and Aspergirls, and am currently reading Unmasking Autism. I haven't completely self-diagnosed yet, but I am researching it and think it's a strong possibility. The first half of Aspergirls describes my childhood pretty well. I was often called a 'Highly Sensitive Person' and Unmasking Autism states that the creator of this term has said that the people she was talking about have since been diagnosed with ASD. Even if I am not Autistic, I often find Autistic people more relatable and easier to understand that non-Autistic people and find their advice for rest, sensory issues etc helpful to me. I am not looking for a diagnosis or diagnostic advice.
I currently feel like I'm starting my life over again, and I'd really appreciate advice on how to build a sustainable life when I have a lower tolerance for stimulus and find communicating more tiring than many people.
Context/life story: I'm from the UK. I have a degree in maths, was feeling burnt out and was going to take a gap year before doing a masters, but the pandemic happened and I moved back into my childhood bedroom. I couldn't face being stuck there again with no 'escape plan' so one afternoon I (impusively) signed up for a masters at a not so great uni and didn't do well academically. At the time I was considering a PhD and going into pure maths research. I don't have the grades to get funding for this. By the end of the masters my boyfriend had broken up with me and I'd lost touch with all my friends. The only person I 'spoke' to was my mother and even she'd say this was pretty one sided. In my dissertation presentation on zoom, I read a pre-written script and answered 'I don't know' to all the questions because I hadn't spoken to anyone in months and couldn't hold a conversation with the cashier in the supermarket about the weather let alone one with an academic about advanced maths. I scraped a pass.
After this was over (October 2021), I really felt like I needed a break. I decided I was going to have 2022 'off'. I was going to rest, get a job that didn't use my brain, move to a city so I wasn't so isolated (I live in Wales) and recover and rebuild before figuring out what I wanted to do next. I couldn't figure out how to move to a city without getting a professional job. I asked some family for advice but they didn't know either. I didn't know how to get any job near the town where I live. It's very cliquey, I don't know anyone who's got a job through a formal application process, it's always through a family or friend connection, and I'd lost touch with everyone by this point, my mother doesn't have any contacts and the rest of my family lives in another country. I get filtered out of formal applications because I'm overqualified and bad at lying. Spring 2022 I got sick of it and applied for about 5 software dev jobs. I got one basically without being interviewed. In hindsight that was the first red flag.
I moved to a city 5 hours away. I won't go into the details of the job but it wasn't great. I discovered they had a vrey high turnover for a small company. The new hires previous to me had lasted weeks, one only lasted days, before going on stress leave. I did 10 months. I signed a rental agreement for a year and was too exhausted to search for another job to pay for it. It was full time in the office because I was a junior. I had one friend who lived 3 hours away and every time we met up it was me driving to them, and my sibling needed a lot of help with uni and job stuff so I drove the 5 hours back home most other weekends. I did too much, but I didn't know how to not do too much. Within a few months of each other, my dog died, my grandad died and it was the 10 year anniversary of my dads death. I never had a bad performance review and I quit due to 'personal reasons'. The final straw for me was when I noticed in the office I was physically shaking from exhaustion when I reached for my mouse or keyboard. I think I must have been running on adrenaline or something because it was 2 months before I properly crashed. In this time I moved my stuff back to my childhood bedroom, and that is where I am now. July last year was when I crashed and thought I had CFS etc.
I would say I'm mostly recovered from the physical fatigue. I walk 10k+ steps a day and this helps me mentally. I know I should do more restorative yoga, I see this more like stretchy meditation than exercise and it also helps mentally. I used to enjoy powerlifting and I've tried a few times recently but I think I need to take that super slowly because I get carried away and it wipes me out for a few days after. Skills-wise, I am able to read books again, albeit books I've read before or childrens books. I sometimes have 'high energy' days when I'll read more non-fiction and try to plan my recovery. I am not up for doing technical computer stuff. Things I used to know still go completely over my head. Sensory-wise, I struggle having the big light on for more than 10-15 minutes at a time. I try to reduce screen time. I barely watch tv. I've deleted most social media so I only check instagram once or twice a week on my laptop, and I go on reddit or youtube if I'm looking for something in particular. I try not to listen to too much music otherwise the brain fog gets worse, but that's hard becuase it's one of the few things I feel connects me with the outside world at the moment. When family come round and there are group conversations, I cannot follow anything that's going on and it may as well be white noise. I haven't been in a public space for a while, so I don't know how I am with the background noise. I've reconnected with school friends and am going out for dinner soon, so I'll find out then. I will also find out how I hold up in conversation.
In the next few weeks I plan on looking for part time work. Any advice on suitable jobs would be welcome. I also start a compassion focused therapy group next week, after going to the doctors about this in october of last year *sigh*. I plan on working part time and living at home while figuring out what I want from a career and how to build a life. I wish I could just move to London but it's so expensive.
I see pure maths as closer to the arts than the sciences, and also enjoy fiction books (esp fantasy) and music. I played classical piano and violin/viola as a child to a reasonably high standard. I have no interest in computers really, it was just a job thats related to my degree and that I was good at. As a child I wanted to be a writer or a musician, but as a teen I prioritised moving out of my hometown and told myself that was something I didn't need to study and could work on in my free time. I had a 'maths brain' so it was easy enough to coast this path while I was grieving. I have learnt that the first things I let slide when I am stressed or busy, are the things I am interested in. Then it's chores, then my physical health. I have no idea when to stop or when to say no people. Not because I want them to like me, simply because saying no doesn't occur to me until after I've done it. I also don't notice when I am stressed or doing too much. I have gotten better at that the last few months.
In future, I think I need to prioritise my interests more than I have. I think I tried to 'fix' the stress from the things I 'had' to do with exercise and being very physically healthy. I think the solution is to prioritise working on my interests and passions. The thing I've found most helpful is keeping a diary. I started this last July. I'm now writing music and learning how to produce using Ableton. It's going very slowly but it's going. I've found creating things is better for me mentally than consuming them, even if I'm doing that using a screen. I am interested in the links between maths and music (group theory, geometry, topology etc), and plan to read more about this when I'm able. It would be a dream come true if I could somehow work self-employed doing this one day. I can't imagine working full time in an office again. It exhausts me too much to be able to do anything in my free time. I don't know how demanding it would be to work remotely full-time. I'm lucky I can live with family and work part-time for the forseeable future. There is no rush. I am 24.
Any advice on building a career your interested in, moving to a new city, managing stress and having healthy relationships would be very welcome. Or anything else you think it would be useful to hear.

First off, I know this won't be that bad of a horror story since a lot of DMs/GMs go through this at least once, but I wanna bring it up anyway. I recently began a brand new Pathfinder 2E campaign set in my homebrew world of Tha'Lia, specifically in the continent of Aelrun, which I have been working on for almost a year, and still adding to passively to make it more lived-in and fleshed out. I managed to obtain 6 players two of which are my friends while the rest are people I've gathered from both Discord and Reddit. Two of these randoms I added to the game will be the focus of this story, we'll call them by their PC's names, Krak and Evad. We had a proper session 0 (with tavern music playing in the background) where I explained the world, it's base lore (i.e Kingdoms, Deities, Race history, yadayada) and the overall tone of the campaign, I even made sure to ask everyone their limits when it came to themes and other stuff that I can mention in this post, but it'll be too long. Evad and Krak seemed SUPER excited about the game, especially Krak who even came up with a cool character concept that did kind of deviate from the structure of the setting a bit but I didn't mind since we made some tweaks anyway. Evad also came up with a character that I ADORED because of well he fit within the world and the amount of things his backstory provided me that'd I use for the overall story for the game (just in case my players are reading this, I won't say much, but it does involve the politics of Aelrun).
First session came around, and it was great! I put a lot of effort into introducing the players to the campaign, the continent, their characters, all while reading a long scripted introduction as music played in the background. The session as a whole was fun! Everyone had fun roleplaying their characters, the Ysoki and the Strix PCs had a fun Tom and Jerry dynamic, hell Evad and Krak's PCs seemed like best friend's in the making already. After the session everyone said they enjoyed it, i saw no red flags or anything that needed hindsight, and everything seemed good
However when session 2 came around, Krak and Evad didnt show up, each with their own reasoning as to why, okay cool. Session 3, BOTH of them once again couldn't show up, both once again with their own reasonings, Evad had college finals, while Krak just "felt like death" and didn't feel like getting on call, bare in mind by this session the party are getting closer and closer to solving the first mystery of the main storyline, and both Krak and Evad missed TWO sessions. Session 4 comes and...nothing, they don't even text me stating they won't make it, just radio silence from both of them, hell I even texted them both days beforehand, asking if they'll be able to participate in the session, and I got no response.
While Evad continued to be completely inactive from Discord, Krak literally changed his profile picture AS THE SESSION WAS HAPPENING, meaning he was online and had time to tell me that he couldn't make it. I texted them both asking wth is going on and Krak only replies two days later. You'd think he'd give me a proper explanation right? WRONG, all he says is "Things are rough" and didn't elaborate further, he prioritized changing his pfp to Luffy, and his banner to GEAR 5 Luffy slapping his ass, but 0 time to join the session, tell me he COULDN'T join the session, or just straight up state he couldn't be apart of the game anymore. Upset at his lack of respect for my time I just kicked him out the server and blocked him, originally I was gonna give him till session 5 but after seeing that HE WAS ACTIVE and CHOSE not to say anything, I just didn't want to deal with that anymore. Then there's Evad, who I'm still giving till this coming Saturday to tell me what's going on (since there is no signs of him getting online during the session) or i'll have to kick him out the game for another player to take his spot, which sucks because he seemed SO INVESTED in his PC and my world, but i want to run for 6 people who are willing to make the time for my games or at least update me on their situation so I know what to do
The only reasons I can guess as to why they BOTH stopped showing is; They didn't enjoy the session, therefore lost hope for the campaign and just didn't want to say anything to make me feel bad (even though I tried my best to make sure everyone was having fun) so they couldn't bring themselves to state they wanted to leave OR Players who show up to the first session of campaigns only to not show up for the rest of the game as a "prank", are a common group of people in the TTRPG space and im only JUST finding out about them. Another reason is maybe they found better games and checked out of mines for those?? I may be reaching but at this point am I wrong for doing so? Saturday's almost here so if Evad doesn't show up by then, I guess he's out too (also, just a piece of advice, never trust someone who's status is always on invisible)
TL;DR: Two players who seemed very invested in my Pathfinder 2E campaign, stopped showing up to sessions, one of them even got online during one of our games and chose not to say anything, as the other continues to remain inactive

I will try to write it not too long, but I have too. As someone who is mentally ill, I was trying to find out what is wrong with me, changing medications...but I can see now that I'm not depressed, just sad. And telling it may help me, even if no one will read it. But even I can't tell everything, it's interesting story.
We were almost for 3 years in ldr (37F&M). I was never lucky in love, never could be with someone I loved, even they loved me too. Became a single mother (after 15 years he is crying how stupid he was). I got even married, I was pregnant and quite happy, I tried to make it work, but nothing in the marriage wasn't working. We didn't have anything in common, sex few times a year, then nothing. When I was 34, I was fine and satisfied. I had a great job, good money, looked great, 2 amazing children, accepted that I had to divorce and that I will stay alone because of my previous experinces.
Soon, I met a guy in a facebook group. We just started talking, he seemed to be much younger, so I was relaxed. But we had always a lot to talk about, soon spending whole nights talking. It took few months, until we had realized we felt in love. I was damaged from previous relationships, didn't trust anyone, didn't beleive in love. I was trying to run from it, but it wasn't possible. During the time, I'd found a lot about him, we was using profile of someone else, had very hard childhood (he is from poorer country than me), did bad things as young, had to leave the country to save his life. So much damaged. This caused a lot of hard fights between us of course, but we were able to get over it. And it was going better by the time when many things got clear, we were able to trust each other. Every free moment, we were talking. Often whole nights. We had the same plans for future, the same opinions, we could talk nonstop without being bored. And planned our future together even it was difficult. We met in person after two years and it was amazing. We were like happy married couple. He was so caring for me, so much in love. Even we had such strong desire for each other (and had the same intimate preferences, which was huge win for me), we spent a lot of time walking, drinking and talking for whole nights. And after few days, I had an incident, I broke few bones. I was in terrible pain, but still joking, but he was so scared and shaking, taking all care for me, carrying my handbag in hospital, taking care for everything. We were first time together and for few days when it happened. Many men would be annoyed by this, many wouldn't help so much. I saw that this man was really a treasure.
When I had to leave, it was heartbreaking for us both. I thought I would be able to visit him soon again. But it wasn't possible. He lives in a poor country, not able to go abroad. And I lost my job. I had enough money for long time, but not to travel abroad. I got more depressed, because even as a top qualified, I couldn't find a new job. I still had to live in my ex hb's apartment (I can't move outside the city because of children now). Started drinking too much. But we were going through this all together. Getting rid of alcohol addiction together.
Someone could ask, I had several plans how to do it future. Everything legally, considering my children. There's a solution for everything. I loved him so much and he proved me his incredible love to so many times. But recently, he started to be really desperate. So much missing me. Sometimes begging me to do crazy things like to take children and go to him. But I couldn't do it of course. He wanted me to come to him in certain time soon, but I didn't know if it would be possible. He offered to pay for me and there I may made a mistake, I refused, I wanted to have my own money. I told him it wouldn't be possible probably. I was trying to find a solution, but I couldn't promise anything.
We were still be so in loved and devoted to each other. I don't care about the circumstances and his past, because he had such good heart and loved me so much. He was the first one who told me "I love you" and I could tell him the same. He was such an amazing partner, worth all the effort. He was Orthodox, I'm baptised. But I planned to do it because he wanted to have a wedding in a church and I liked this church. We were even talking about it just few day before we spent night talking, drunk, he was finally able to talk about his pain from his previous life. And suddenly he told me he wanted be a muslim. He find the love of Allah. And how he is the most and like this. I didn't expect it, I was stunned, angry when he was talking that Allah was the most important for him. It was always me. We got in fight. Nothing extraordinary, but the next day I day a very difficult time. I told him sorry for my bad words. I had extremely difficult the whole week, one of most difficult in my life. And he didn't talk to me at all. I needed him, he was the closest person for me. After the week, I tried to talk to him. And it was a disaster. I got a lecture how I was disrespectful to his God (actually not to his God, but to him), he was so awful, arrogant and sniffy. Talked like an ISIS member. It got better in the next days. I saw still love to me in him. I was trying to get used to it, that he became a Muslim, but I didn't want it had any effect on our relationship and future family life. I didn't want to leave him. We had good days, bad days. But it couldn't work. He was still going to be such an arrogant awful person. I tried to be nice to him, but he was behaving like I was annoying him. He isn't the person I loved anymore. He was always loving, with good heart, devoted to me. It was enough for me. But this person doesn't exist anymore. I miss him so much, our love, his smile, his voice, talking with him. He was planning to ask me to marry him this summer. It would be the most beautiful time in my life, I had been dreaming about it, a man I love would ask me to marry him. I miss his face and smile. I saw him last time 3 weeks ago. I miss everything. Him, his and our love. Our time spent together even for long distance. Our future. I lost everything.
I know this person I loved doesn't exist anymore. He is still drinking, doing crazy stuff. But Allah is more worth than me. He showed that I was annoying to him. It's not the person I knew. It's someone totally else. I miss him so much. I know he doesn't exist anymore. But I'm still so sad and desperate for my love.

Guess it may be time to open up & relate. I’m struggling with a previous bad break up at this moment. You too? We won’t get into full details, however, feel free to share the story and experience you left with.
Even if you can’t share with best friends, maybe find some insight from it all.

Background: Got a bit of a story for you. One that starts pretty sad, but (hopefully) ends a little better. As stated in the title, I'm a 31yo guy. I come from a pretty privileged position (come from one of the surrounding suburbs) My entire adult life has been mental health hell. First it was BPD (think emotion dysregulation), then severe depression, now my main issue is mostly just really bad anxiety. As a matter of fact, it's been that way for several years now. I haven't really had any friends or even left my apartment much at all until recently. Finally I decided I had enough, and I have started to get out again. I moved to a new place, one where I'd be forced to interact with people more, and I have been practicing taking the bus places. Still don't have any friends though, that's where this post comes in.
What I'm looking for: First and foremost looking for a friend. Even if I did end up dating whoever hopefully answers this, I'd really like to be friends first before we even talk about that. I've really worked hard on myself over the last few years, so I like to think I'm pretty easy to get along with. I'm a huge a nerd. Video games, movies, books, shows, basically I love fiction. Especially fantasy and sci-fi. I'm also a huge fan of animation whether it be anime or otherwise. Currently I'm learning to play the guitar. I have a bit of a musical background (used to play cello and double bass in school, then played bass guitar for a while) so I'm hoping I'll pick it up pretty quick (cord shapes are hard though!) During my time of isolation, I unfortunately gained quite a bit of weight but I really enjoy active things like hiking or sports (used to really love soccer). I've been working on losing weight, and I've been doing pretty good so far, but it hasn't been very long so I'm still pretty chubby lol. Oh, and I also used to be big into D&D and other tabletop roleplaying games. I would love to be in an irl group again (I've tried online, but it's just not the same!)
Who I'm looking for: Honestly I'm not too picky here. I don't really care about age, gender, or background, though I kind of doubt I'd have much in common with anyone under the age of 25. As long as we have some common interests whether it be music, nerd stuff, or getting active, I think it'll be alright. Currently I live in the city, and I do not drive, so meeting somewhere in the city/on a bus route would be preferable. We can talk about specific ideas once we have a conversation going.
If you are interested please DM me and maybe we could talk more on the reddit chat? (I also have a discord which I actually prefer if you got it.)

This is something that's really starting to piss me off. I already have a very passive social media presence - my facebook timeline is only things that other people have tagged me in, and I very rarely post stories on Instagram/Snapchat. Last time was probably a month or two ago? And they weren't even about people, usually a funny meme or something. I've posted him on Snapchat a couple times, only because he told me he wanted me to. All of my friends know about him, and I've brought him around the family several times too (even though I haven't told them we're in a committed relationship yet, but they all pretty much know based on what I've heard). I'm not embarrassed of him, and I don't mind when he posts me on his, but posting my life and business online just has never been my thing; I'm just naturally reserved and private, and I'd say I'm just a lurker, somebody who likes to see what the people I've met in life are up to. He'll scroll on Instagram and tell me "how cute it is to see all these gay men posting about their SO's" and how "he wants that." I literally just have no desire to post not just him, but anything online. And as I type this out, I'm starting to feel huge resentment for him for caring so much about something that's just so artificial and ridiculous to me. As if being an active poster on social media is some sort of "requirement" for our relationship or for him to feel satisfied in his relationship. I've told my therapist how I feel about this, and she says that different people have different feelings on social media, and she always reassures me after our sessions but it still bothers me when he passively implies that I'm somehow "wrong" for not wanting to post my business for the whole internet to see. Am I supposed to compromise on this and just do it? I genuinely don't want my business online. At this point I've considered just deactivating it so it'll shut him up.

So many reasons, but here’s a few:

1. She’s a contract character. More time and episodes to make the story impactful.
   
2. She’s about 10 years older than Molly. Yes, endometriosis can happen at any age, but 35 plus is when the “geriatric pregnancy” starts (no judgement — I had twins at 36). For someone Brooklyn’s age, a doctor would say “try for three months, and get tested if nothing takes.” For someone Molly’s age, a doctor would say give it a year.
   
3. Representation matters and plenty of millennials are child free by choice. TJ and Molly would’ve been the perfect candidates for that.
   
4. Brooklyn already had a “taste” of motherhood with Bailey and wound up loving it. Her wanting to get pregnant right away would make sense.
   
5. Chase is younger right? Them having issues on her end and none on his would be realistic angst.
   

Here is the story, via the excellent Samir Varma.
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Opening a Bank of Khartoum Account Online: A Comprehensive Guide

Introduction

In today's digital age, the convenience of online banking has become increasingly sought after. Bank of Khartoum, a leading financial institution in Sudan, recognizes this trend and offers a seamless online account opening process for its customers. Whether you're a tech-savvy individual or a first-time online banking user, this guide will walk you through the steps involved in opening a Bank of Khartoum account online, ensuring a smooth and hassle-free experience.

Prerequisites

Before embarking on the online account opening journey, it's crucial to ensure you have the necessary prerequisites in place:
Personal Email Address: A valid email address is essential for receiving account notifications, transaction alerts, and important updates from the bank.
Original Proof of Identity: You will need to provide an original copy of your passport or national ID card to verify your identity. Ensure the document is clear, undamaged, and has not expired.
Initial Deposit: A minimum initial deposit of 10,000 Sudanese pounds is required to activate your account. This amount will cover account opening fees and stamps.
No Existing Bank of Khartoum Account: To proceed with online account opening, you must not have an existing account with Bank of Khartoum.

Opening an Account Using the Bankak App

The Bankak app, developed by Bank of Khartoum, provides a convenient platform for opening an account online. Follow these steps to get started:
Download the Bankak App: Visit the app store on your mobile device and search for "Bankak". Download and install the official Bankak app developed by Bank of Khartoum.
Launch the Bankak App: Once the app is installed, open it on your mobile device.
Initiate New Registration: Locate the "New Registration" option on the app's main menu. Click on it to begin the account opening process.
Select Account Type: Choose the type of account you wish to open from the available options. Common choices include savings accounts, current accounts, and salary accounts.
Complete Registration Form: Carefully fill out the registration form, providing accurate and up-to-date personal information. This includes your name, address, contact details, and employment information.
Attach Required Documents: Use the app's secure document uploading feature to attach clear copies of your original proof of identity and any other supporting documents.
Initial Deposit: Select the "Initial Deposit" option and follow the on-screen instructions to transfer the required 10,000 Sudanese pounds into your new account.
Submit Application: Once all information and documents have been uploaded and the initial deposit has been made, review the details carefully and submit your application.
Review and Verification: Bank of Khartoum will review your application and verify the submitted information. This process may take a few business days.
Account Activation: Upon successful verification, you will receive a notification via email and within the Bankak app informing you that your account has been activated.

Opening an Account Through the Bank of Khartoum Website

For those who prefer a web-based approach, Bank of Khartoum also offers an online account opening option through its official website. Follow these steps to proceed:
Access Bank of Khartoum Website: Open a web browser and navigate to the Bank of Khartoum website: https://bankofkhartoum.com/.
Locate Account Opening Page: On the website's main menu, find and click on the "Open Account" option. This will redirect you to the dedicated account opening page.
Choose Account Type: Select the type of account you wish to open from the available options, similar to the Bankak app process.
Initiate Online Registration: Click on the "Start Online Registration" button to begin the online account opening process.
Complete Registration Form: Fill out the online registration form with accurate and up-to-date personal information, including your name, address, contact details, and employment information.
Attach Required Documents: Upload clear copies of your original proof of identity and any other supporting documents using the secure file upload feature.
Initial Deposit: Select the "Initial Deposit" option and follow the on-screen instructions to transfer the required 10,000 Sudanese pounds into your new account.
Submit Application: Once all information and documents have been uploaded and the initial deposit has been made, review the details carefully and submit your application.
Review and Verification: Bank of Khartoum will review your application and verify the submitted information. This process may take a few business days.
Account Activation: Upon successful verification, you will receive an email notification and a message within

37 Male 5'7
150 pounds. No existing medical conditions. No current medications. Don't drink smoke or use any drugs.
I have tinnitus in my left ear for 2 weeks and my ENT wrote a script for prednisone. He will do an MRI if it does not help
60 MG for 3 days
40 MG for 3 days
20 MG for 3 days
I have never had this drug before and I am worried about the side effects I am reading. I am also going to be on vacation when I start it so that sucks. I wanted to wait a week and he doesn't recommend it
If I took it for 3 days and it was terrible, can I just stop at that point, or am I still on the ease off period of the drug? Just curious if 3 days is enough to mess up your body and make it dangerous to just stop it. This is all very stressful
I will of course call him if any issue, but I am very worried. You read horror stories online.
Thank you very much

I literally just got back from the stripclub and first thing I think of is to get this story down for you fine gentlemen.
I will provide background information where relevant, including the norms of the particular stripclub.
I've been into dominant women in general for a long time, and I've been into the fantasy of findom, but have never done it. Mostly because I have no interest in trying to make it happen over the internet, and it seems as if that's really the only place you can do it. But if I ever happened across a woman in real life that is into it? I could do it.
So, I've been giving strippers a second thought. I know, strippers aren't really findom, they just charge a lot for their services. But this was different.
Now I'm not a regular at stripclubs or anything. I'll go to them about twice a year on average, just to have some tits in my face. But I recently started thinking, hey, wait a minute, strippers love money, that's what they're there for. What if I got into findom with a stripper? And so this was the second time in a month I went to my stripclub, and it happened. Here's how it went down:
I sat at a table. Girls dancing on three stages. This place is topless only, so tits out, g-strings on. I order a beer. In a short time, a woman walks up to me and introduces herself. She sits down, we chat for like a minute, but I'm no stranger to these things, I know what I want, so I just ask for a dance, she says sure and we get up.
Her looks: Average height, fairly petite, absolutely perfect natural tits, with HUGE nipples. Just amazing nipples. If you like big nipples, this would be your girl. She had long blonde hair down to her tailbone.
So we go into the private room. It's small and dark. Total privacy, it's not one of those big open lap dance rooms. She gets on me, grinding, normal lap dance.
The style of lap dance at this club: Tops off, bottoms on, HEAVY touching. The girls grind on your dick, and will appreciate you having a hard on too and they target it like a Hunter Killer robot. Also, the cost is 20 dollars per song (HEYO that's already findom, am I right?) So 5 songs, about 25 minutes of grinding, would cost about 100 bucks.
Sometimes dancers will start jerking you off through your pants, sometimes they don't. This girl started doing so. Boner laid out along the thigh, hand wrapping as much as it can around it over the pants and stroking.
A couple songs go by, her perfect tits are in my face, she seems real cool, I shoot for it, I ask "Can I suck on them?"
Background: If the vibe is good and relaxed, sometimes I'll ask that. 50% of the time they're totally okay and say "sure" and shove their nipple in my mouth. The other 50% they'll say no sorry and I'm like no biggie it's all good.
She says, "for 500 dollars."
Right there, my heart leaps in my chest. No fucking way should that cost 500 bucks. She just doesn't want it to happen and this is a polite way of rejecting me. I kinda laugh it off and say "that's okay, a little rich for me."
Anyway, she's grinding, hand working, tits in my hands. The atmosphere is very calm and intimate, voices low. She brings it up again. Asks for 500 bucks. In a very alluring way. I am now already in a sub space. I politely refuse.
I know what you're thinking. This isn't findom, this is just a stripper trying to milk a dumb customer for an easy extra.
But things come around.
In the silence that follows, I dare a statement: "But I like how you keep asking."
She looks at me. A bit caught off guard herself. She says "hmm?"
We look at each other. "I like assertive women. Aggressive women."
I think it clicks in her head, then. She knows what I am. She grinds more, keeping the pace up hard. She asks for 500 again, naturally.
I say, "all I have is 200 in my wallet". This is a lie, I have about 250, but I'm sandbagging her cause my mind is spinning. Also, I only ever mean to spend a max of 100. Just me saying I have 200 is a rush.
She says, "go to the atm and get more money out."
My brain is going wild now. I say it. "You can take everything in my wallet."
"200 dollars?"
"Yeah."
We're both feeling a lot more free at this point. Gently, while her right hand is stroking me through my pants, I take her left hand, and place it on my neck. She immediately knows what to do, like an instinctual animal. She squeezes, starts choking me while grinding. Pushes my head hard back against the wall. She's not gentle, she does it nice and hard.
Then she just keeps it up. Tells me she wants me to go to the atm and get more money. I'm strong though. She says do it for your "Goddess 'insert stripper name'". She definitely knows what I am now. She has officially taken on the role of dominatrix.
"I have 250 in my wallet," I say, spilling the beans. It was an absolute rush.
"Give it to me."
We go back and forth, and she knows the lingo. I almost busted a nut right there but didn't. In the end, we do our final song, she stands up. Time to pay. I wanted to do it nice and paypig style, so I open my wallet and hand her the bills, counting it out to 250.
"Thank your Goddess for taking all of your money," she says.
I thank her, in a daze.
"Are you coming next week?" she asks.
"Yes," I say.
"Good, and next time there will be punishments for not doing everything I say."
We make arrangements and I leave.
All in all, we did maybe 5 songs. So it normally would have cost 100 bucks, so I basically paid a surcharge of 150 for her to indulge this kink.
And memories last forever.
Well guys, should I go back next week? I'm not a poor guy but I'm not a rich guy either. There's no way I could ever sustain this, but as a short term life experience, I feel like I have to, don't I? It was sort of a fantasy come true for me.

Context: I am not computer savvy other than basic operational knowledge. I need a laptop to operate Microsoft apps, Adobe Pro, go online, and receive/send emails for both personal and small business use. I am not a gamer and not streaming. My budget is $700 USD. I spent days researching, but do not have the knowledge to evaluate the information. Below are my research take-aways. Please tell me if my understandings are wrong. Forever grateful.
Take-aways:

1. The intel i5 1135G7 processor would meet my needs and can handle 32 GB RAM. Should I be looking for a better i5 processor version/generation?
2. I came across NVMe, PCIe, and SATA. I read NVMe is good but had some operating/connecting issues with Windows 11 upgrade. For my use case and lack of abilities is there one I should consider over others?
3. Are there any concerns with purchasing a HP Notebook Laptop as opposed to just a Laptop?
4. Is it accurate that FHD anti-glare 1920 x 1080 is a good screen choice?
5. The micro-edge screens may crack/chip but if not taking the laptop out of the house is this an issue to worry about?
6. Most of the laptops come with a 2-year manufacturer’s warranty and 90-day hassle-free return. Is there value in buying a protection plan on top of that? Seems redundant and a gimmick to get my money.
7. I’ve come across a lot of cautionary reviews about buying a laptop online from Amazon, etc. but buying direct from HP, Dell or even Best Buy are more expensive for the same device. Should I stay away from Amazon or just be sure to research the seller?

I narrowed it down to the 3 laptops below. Would any of these be a good purchase? One more so than the other? Scrap ‘em all and keep looking? Thank you!
HP 15 Notebook Laptop, 15.6 FHD Anti-Glare PC, i5-1135G7, 32 GB DDR4 RAM, 1 TB NVMe SSD, Windows 11 Pro, Iris Xe Graphics, Wi-Fi 5, Bluetooth 4.2. $600 USD
Lenovo 15.6 touchscreen, i5-1135G7, 20 GB DDR4 RAM, 1 TB PCIe NVMe SSD, Windows 11 Home, Iris Xe Graphics, Wi-Fi 6, Bluetooth 5. $600 USD
Dell Inspiron 15 3520 business laptop, 15.6 FHD anti-glare touchscreen, 11th gen Intel 4-core, i5-1135G7, 32 GB DDR4 RAM, 1 TB SSD, Iris Xe Graphics, Windows 11 Pro, Wi-Fi, Bluetooth. $583 USD
Edited to clarify US dollars.