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2024.05.16 07:07 Erwinblackthorn The Time Vortex of Video Production
After much consideration, and planning, I am going to return to video production. When I began making videos on a weekly or monthly basis, I had plenty of free time due to the big coof. This was me learning things like scheduling, editing, how to make the microphone work, and I learned plenty through trial and error. There is a dramatic difference between my first videos and my recent ones because of this learning experience. But as I learned about how to make videos, I learned that I was wasting my time with them.
A LOT of time.
Whatever you’re thinking is a time waste for a video is not really it, unless you’ve been there and done that. During that time, I ruined my sleep schedule and would even pass up on small money opportunities, all because I thought my Youtube videos would send me into stardom. Plant a seed, watch it grow, that sort of thing. But, looking at my numbers, it was the exact opposite. Each video coming out, utilizing the keywords and subject matter as a reason to click, was essentially a false sense of activity.
Working on other people’s channels created even more false cases of activity, which created a false sense of justifying why I’m putting labor into something.
Like most artists, I was gaslighting myself into thinking that the time spent into a project was going to translate into a future income from something else. We always see these videos where it seems zero effort was put into it and it goes viral, not realizing that years of failing and group efforts were required to reach those results. And even then, a youtube video existing doesn’t cause a person to instantly gain money from that existence. I have a friend who made a viral video and he didn’t get anything from millions of views, because there was nothing to monetize. I have another friend who made a viral video, trying to recreate the magic, and nothing came of it after a year or two of trying.
Not only is it hard to receive results, but the amount of time it takes to attempt is ridiculous. I didn’t time myself, but if I knew how many hours were sunk into each video, I would probably pull out my balls in anger. The process of each video was a mess of:
Video editing is utter hell in the beginning, but it gets better after you look after your process and actually organize everything well.
I spent a night the other week changing up all of my files. I put them on my desktop, where I can easily access them, and away from my downloads. This is important because your downloads can be bogged down with anything you download, and eventually it becomes a massive mess of pictures, videos, game patches, or whatever else you’re downloading; all getting in the way of your actual project. You want your files to be files within files, and each file is marked clearly for its purpose and its direction. I had a million songs splayed out in different areas and couldn’t remember where they were, of course when I wanted them, all because they would get trapped in piles of other things I downloaded for later.
My file finding time is now only limited by the slowness of my computer acquiring it.
Audio began as a mess of me going through each line to make sure there was no extra noise, and having to fix anything that was too quiet or not full enough. Turns out I was making my audio way too maximized and wasting a lot of time on stuff that people wouldn’t even recognize as an issue. Now my audio mixing is done through OBS, already set up as a particular compression and volume that will stay in the acceptable range, with noise removal already set up.
My audio recording/editing time is closer to how long it takes to speak.
Developing each chapter card, clipping them together, having to find the font, typing everything out. These, along with getting sound effects working, took up too much time. What I did is make a plan to prepare all of these first, before anything else is added to the video, so that I know how many chapters there are. They don’t take that long to render, because of how short they are, and it takes way less time to do that than to shift gears at the end of the production day. Shifting gears every couple of minutes, that was wasting too much time, which is now changed to doing one specific task each session.
My “switching” time is removed, thus saving time.
Music was added in the beginning, as one of the first things. This was wrong to do, because of how many times I would want a clip where the music continues through it, only to realize that this continuation forced me to keep a massive background of editing history, which slows everything down through production. Adding music as the last bit, and after rendering, will save me minutes for every time I boot up the video editor, which saves hours over time when I’m going to have to go back and forth on video editing. My lifestyle only gives me an hour or two at a time to sit in front of the computer, and so editing will require less wait time for the process to warm up.
My rendering time will increase(as I go to do other things), but my waiting time will decrease.
Through my new process, I am also considering a different view of each video type. Recently, I saw a video about how kindle books are categorized between low, mid, and high content; related to how much effort it takes to make each one. My previous attempts were to, essentially, make high effort content as consistently as possible, which was going to be draining when these were events that came and went. Current news like Lindsay Ellis being stupid or DSP looking like a fool on Sidescrollers are incredibly time sensitive, which is why so many people stream these “news reports” instead of making high effort videos about them. And even if it was a long term type of video, we have to question if it REQUIRES that much effort to begin with.
My plans for the future are to measure how long I take with each session, what I get done, track down percentages, and measure what the longest steps are. Figuring out what’s causing a hold-up is the best way to prevent hold-ups, in the same way city builders (should) keep track of what’s causing traffic jams. Too many traffic jams? Get rid of cars or open more lanes. Keeping track of things is going to take minutes to save hours, which is something I should have practiced more on doing through my practicing year.
Videos are done with marketing in mind, because I don’t plan to make money from them. My “branding” is storytelling, art, art-related lolcows, and I guess that pesky culture war. People begged me to go fully political, but I think political is a step below philosophical, which is where I would rather go. I would rather explain the psychology and aesthetics of media, instead of repeating myself as to how offensive or woke something is. Yes, I make fun of Lindsay for being woke, but I explain why she is and where it comes from, which is something more important than some kind of drama farming that grifters do.
I would rather be a source of information than a pointless attack dog for someone above me, which is why I try to separate myself from the people who do such nonsense. I’m not with these movements, I don’t care to promote people I don’t care about, I’m not going to go easy on people just because “we’re on the same side”. Everyone gets made fun of or nobody gets made fun of, and I’m year of monkey, bitch. This monkey wants bananas and youtube is not going to supply any. But it supplies plenty of vines to swing around from, as I Donkey Kong my way from topic to topic.
Like anything else in life, videos need to be worth my time, meaning their expense needs to be dropped dramatically. Hour long, multi-hour long, these were excruciatingly hard to do. The next goal is to make sure everything is kept around 30min long, unless it’s going to be a bi-yearly 1 hour long video that will be the highlight of the year, which is where full book analysis videos come into play. The scripts for everything else will be written down as articles, with the better of the articles being made into low content videos.
Podcast style will be for low effort, being made weekly.
A new style will be for mid effort, which is where 30min of history or explanation is presented with video clips, being made monthly. Video game clips will be placed around here as well, unless they can be made bi-weekly.
And the classic, me in my room with my ASS computer, will be for the high content, for subjects that take far too long to make on a monthly basis.
This planning is still in the works, it’s an effort to create a strategy and a schedule for everything. The goal would be to place an hour a day per video, creating steps for each video, and using each other as progress reports for the bigger ones. It will be like placing smaller squares into bigger squares until the biggest square is complete, allowing me to visually determine my progress across such a subject. This is also a way for me to appear more productive, because content will be constantly coming out on a clear schedule. Only bad side about it is that this means 3 hours of my day are used for videos, and this won’t be possible for every day until content creation is my main job.
Before I can have this be a thing, it will be a slow, preemptive creation process, with smaller projects being made as my “short stories”, to then determine if I’m ready for a bigger “novel” of a project. And that’s how I have to approach video editing: the same way I would with storytelling. No more determining that length means better, or more time means more results. Now I’m going to obey the market, go for what’s expected of me, and react to feedback. If something doesn’t work, or doesn’t make a dent, I try something else.
I think that’s why people get mad at me, when they see that I am trying something else all the time. This is normal, but I’m told that I’m “an interloper” or “will never win” because I willingly give up on things that don’t work. Sorry, losers, but being unorganized and wasting my life is not worth it. I like money, and I like vaginas. If I wanted to be poor and wasting my life, I would have kept slamming my head against a wall and failing like most of what indie does.
And yes, the OPC reviews will be translated into videos, as well as my own short stories. I began as a crackpasta narrator, after all. I was thinking of putting a lot of radio drama production into my narrations, but I would want to keep them low effort until they start attracting all of the attention from their titles. A lot of people try to narrate their stories and they don’t make a spark anywhere with them. But as time goes on, and I get more videos under my belt, I could easily narrate for others, create a network, and get things going. It’s not that hard to get things working once you know what you’re doing.
The main time waste that we all fall for is chaotic activity and the lack of planning.
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A LOT of time.
Whatever you’re thinking is a time waste for a video is not really it, unless you’ve been there and done that. During that time, I ruined my sleep schedule and would even pass up on small money opportunities, all because I thought my Youtube videos would send me into stardom. Plant a seed, watch it grow, that sort of thing. But, looking at my numbers, it was the exact opposite. Each video coming out, utilizing the keywords and subject matter as a reason to click, was essentially a false sense of activity.
Working on other people’s channels created even more false cases of activity, which created a false sense of justifying why I’m putting labor into something.
Like most artists, I was gaslighting myself into thinking that the time spent into a project was going to translate into a future income from something else. We always see these videos where it seems zero effort was put into it and it goes viral, not realizing that years of failing and group efforts were required to reach those results. And even then, a youtube video existing doesn’t cause a person to instantly gain money from that existence. I have a friend who made a viral video and he didn’t get anything from millions of views, because there was nothing to monetize. I have another friend who made a viral video, trying to recreate the magic, and nothing came of it after a year or two of trying.
Not only is it hard to receive results, but the amount of time it takes to attempt is ridiculous. I didn’t time myself, but if I knew how many hours were sunk into each video, I would probably pull out my balls in anger. The process of each video was a mess of:
- Writing down a script (takes more than an hour to write an hour of script)
- Recording the audio (takes more than an hour to record an hour)
- Editing the audio (takes about double the time of whatever its recorded)
- Making the thumbnail
- Making the avatar
- Collecting images
- Collecting video clips
- Making images and clips
- Editing through clips that are too long
- Adding sound effects
- Finding and adding music
- Waiting for it to render (usually this is where I go to do other things)
- Rendering it AGAIN through handbrake so it’s a smaller file (quicker than waiting for uploading a multi GB file)
- Uploading it across youtube, bitchute, and rumble
Video editing is utter hell in the beginning, but it gets better after you look after your process and actually organize everything well.
I spent a night the other week changing up all of my files. I put them on my desktop, where I can easily access them, and away from my downloads. This is important because your downloads can be bogged down with anything you download, and eventually it becomes a massive mess of pictures, videos, game patches, or whatever else you’re downloading; all getting in the way of your actual project. You want your files to be files within files, and each file is marked clearly for its purpose and its direction. I had a million songs splayed out in different areas and couldn’t remember where they were, of course when I wanted them, all because they would get trapped in piles of other things I downloaded for later.
My file finding time is now only limited by the slowness of my computer acquiring it.
Audio began as a mess of me going through each line to make sure there was no extra noise, and having to fix anything that was too quiet or not full enough. Turns out I was making my audio way too maximized and wasting a lot of time on stuff that people wouldn’t even recognize as an issue. Now my audio mixing is done through OBS, already set up as a particular compression and volume that will stay in the acceptable range, with noise removal already set up.
My audio recording/editing time is closer to how long it takes to speak.
Developing each chapter card, clipping them together, having to find the font, typing everything out. These, along with getting sound effects working, took up too much time. What I did is make a plan to prepare all of these first, before anything else is added to the video, so that I know how many chapters there are. They don’t take that long to render, because of how short they are, and it takes way less time to do that than to shift gears at the end of the production day. Shifting gears every couple of minutes, that was wasting too much time, which is now changed to doing one specific task each session.
My “switching” time is removed, thus saving time.
Music was added in the beginning, as one of the first things. This was wrong to do, because of how many times I would want a clip where the music continues through it, only to realize that this continuation forced me to keep a massive background of editing history, which slows everything down through production. Adding music as the last bit, and after rendering, will save me minutes for every time I boot up the video editor, which saves hours over time when I’m going to have to go back and forth on video editing. My lifestyle only gives me an hour or two at a time to sit in front of the computer, and so editing will require less wait time for the process to warm up.
My rendering time will increase(as I go to do other things), but my waiting time will decrease.
Through my new process, I am also considering a different view of each video type. Recently, I saw a video about how kindle books are categorized between low, mid, and high content; related to how much effort it takes to make each one. My previous attempts were to, essentially, make high effort content as consistently as possible, which was going to be draining when these were events that came and went. Current news like Lindsay Ellis being stupid or DSP looking like a fool on Sidescrollers are incredibly time sensitive, which is why so many people stream these “news reports” instead of making high effort videos about them. And even if it was a long term type of video, we have to question if it REQUIRES that much effort to begin with.
My plans for the future are to measure how long I take with each session, what I get done, track down percentages, and measure what the longest steps are. Figuring out what’s causing a hold-up is the best way to prevent hold-ups, in the same way city builders (should) keep track of what’s causing traffic jams. Too many traffic jams? Get rid of cars or open more lanes. Keeping track of things is going to take minutes to save hours, which is something I should have practiced more on doing through my practicing year.
Videos are done with marketing in mind, because I don’t plan to make money from them. My “branding” is storytelling, art, art-related lolcows, and I guess that pesky culture war. People begged me to go fully political, but I think political is a step below philosophical, which is where I would rather go. I would rather explain the psychology and aesthetics of media, instead of repeating myself as to how offensive or woke something is. Yes, I make fun of Lindsay for being woke, but I explain why she is and where it comes from, which is something more important than some kind of drama farming that grifters do.
I would rather be a source of information than a pointless attack dog for someone above me, which is why I try to separate myself from the people who do such nonsense. I’m not with these movements, I don’t care to promote people I don’t care about, I’m not going to go easy on people just because “we’re on the same side”. Everyone gets made fun of or nobody gets made fun of, and I’m year of monkey, bitch. This monkey wants bananas and youtube is not going to supply any. But it supplies plenty of vines to swing around from, as I Donkey Kong my way from topic to topic.
Like anything else in life, videos need to be worth my time, meaning their expense needs to be dropped dramatically. Hour long, multi-hour long, these were excruciatingly hard to do. The next goal is to make sure everything is kept around 30min long, unless it’s going to be a bi-yearly 1 hour long video that will be the highlight of the year, which is where full book analysis videos come into play. The scripts for everything else will be written down as articles, with the better of the articles being made into low content videos.
Podcast style will be for low effort, being made weekly.
A new style will be for mid effort, which is where 30min of history or explanation is presented with video clips, being made monthly. Video game clips will be placed around here as well, unless they can be made bi-weekly.
And the classic, me in my room with my ASS computer, will be for the high content, for subjects that take far too long to make on a monthly basis.
This planning is still in the works, it’s an effort to create a strategy and a schedule for everything. The goal would be to place an hour a day per video, creating steps for each video, and using each other as progress reports for the bigger ones. It will be like placing smaller squares into bigger squares until the biggest square is complete, allowing me to visually determine my progress across such a subject. This is also a way for me to appear more productive, because content will be constantly coming out on a clear schedule. Only bad side about it is that this means 3 hours of my day are used for videos, and this won’t be possible for every day until content creation is my main job.
Before I can have this be a thing, it will be a slow, preemptive creation process, with smaller projects being made as my “short stories”, to then determine if I’m ready for a bigger “novel” of a project. And that’s how I have to approach video editing: the same way I would with storytelling. No more determining that length means better, or more time means more results. Now I’m going to obey the market, go for what’s expected of me, and react to feedback. If something doesn’t work, or doesn’t make a dent, I try something else.
I think that’s why people get mad at me, when they see that I am trying something else all the time. This is normal, but I’m told that I’m “an interloper” or “will never win” because I willingly give up on things that don’t work. Sorry, losers, but being unorganized and wasting my life is not worth it. I like money, and I like vaginas. If I wanted to be poor and wasting my life, I would have kept slamming my head against a wall and failing like most of what indie does.
And yes, the OPC reviews will be translated into videos, as well as my own short stories. I began as a crackpasta narrator, after all. I was thinking of putting a lot of radio drama production into my narrations, but I would want to keep them low effort until they start attracting all of the attention from their titles. A lot of people try to narrate their stories and they don’t make a spark anywhere with them. But as time goes on, and I get more videos under my belt, I could easily narrate for others, create a network, and get things going. It’s not that hard to get things working once you know what you’re doing.
The main time waste that we all fall for is chaotic activity and the lack of planning.
2024.05.16 07:07 BGodInspired How Do Bible Verses Guide Us in Nurturing Children's Faith and Character?
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Children are often described as bundles of joy, bringing laughter, warmth, and love into our lives. The Bible, rich in wisdom and guidance, speaks volumes about children, highlighting their importance and the special place they hold in God’s heart. In this enlightening journey through Scripture, we’ll explore the beauty and blessing of children as seen through the lens of the Bible. Together, let’s rediscover the joy and wonder that children bring into the world, guided by timeless biblical teachings.
Are you ready to embrace the biblical teachings on children and make a positive impact in their lives? Let this exploration of Scripture inspire you to cherish every moment, teaching and guiding the next generation with love and wisdom. The joy and wonder of children are a gift—let’s honor, protect, and celebrate them, following the beautiful blueprint laid out in the Bible.
If you want to want to research more Bible Answers on your own, please try our Bible Answers GPT. It’s easy to get lost in the interesting responses you’ll find… every search is like a new treasure hunt 🙂
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Cherishing Our Little Ones: The Biblical View on Children Introduction: Unlocking the Joy of Children Through Scripture
Children are often described as bundles of joy, bringing laughter, warmth, and love into our lives. The Bible, rich in wisdom and guidance, speaks volumes about children, highlighting their importance and the special place they hold in God’s heart. In this enlightening journey through Scripture, we’ll explore the beauty and blessing of children as seen through the lens of the Bible. Together, let’s rediscover the joy and wonder that children bring into the world, guided by timeless biblical teachings.The Special Place of Children in the Bible
In the Bible, children are seen as a gift from God—a heritage and reward from Him. Scriptures encourage us to view children not just as dependents but as blessings entrusted to our care. The Bible’s perspective on children is both refreshing and humbling, reminding us of the purity, innocence, and joy that they represent.- Psalm 127:3-5: “Behold, children are a heritage from the LORD, the fruit of the womb a reward.”
- Matthew 19:14: “But Jesus said, ‘Let the little children come to me and do not hinder them, for to such belongs the kingdom of heaven.'”
Inspiring Lessons from Biblical Examples
The Bible is filled with stories that showcase the faith, innocence, and significance of children. From Samuel, who was called by God at a young age, to the little boy who offered his five loaves and two fish to Jesus, these narratives teach us profound lessons about trust, purity, and the pivotal role of children in God’s plans.- 1 Samuel 3:1-10: The story of Samuel’s calling teaches us about listening and responding to God’s voice, even as a child.
- John 6:9: The account of the boy with five loaves and two fish illustrates how God can use the smallest among us for great miracles.
Embracing Our Role in Nurturing Children
Caring for and guiding children is a noble and sacred task. The Bible provides principles for raising children in love and righteousness, highlighting the importance of instilling godly values from a young age.- Proverbs 22:6: “Train up a child in the way he should go; even when he is old he will not depart from it.”
- Ephesians 6:4: “Fathers, do not provoke your children to anger, but bring them up in the discipline and instruction of the Lord.”
Conclusion: A Call to Cherish and Protect Our Youngest Blessings
Children, with their genuine curiosity, boundless energy, and joyful spirits, are indeed one of the greatest gifts from God. Through the wisdom of Scripture, we are reminded of their value and our significant role in nurturing and guiding them. Let’s commit to seeing the world through their eyes, filled with wonder and possibilities, as we guide them with love, patience, and godly wisdom. Together, let us cherish and protect these precious blessings, ensuring they grow in the love and knowledge of the Lord.Are you ready to embrace the biblical teachings on children and make a positive impact in their lives? Let this exploration of Scripture inspire you to cherish every moment, teaching and guiding the next generation with love and wisdom. The joy and wonder of children are a gift—let’s honor, protect, and celebrate them, following the beautiful blueprint laid out in the Bible.
If you want to want to research more Bible Answers on your own, please try our Bible Answers GPT. It’s easy to get lost in the interesting responses you’ll find… every search is like a new treasure hunt 🙂
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2024.05.16 07:02 PsychologicalLong798 Stuck Between a Rock and a Hard Place about my Interracial Relationship
For context I’m (28M) Indian and my Girlfriend (26F) is white.
Just tossing these thoughts out there because I don’t know what else to do. I’m stuck in this awful place between my girlfriend and what my family wants. It’s just us on one side, and pretty much everyone else on the other, and it’s not easy. Not a single person in my family is on my side, not even the ones who should understand because they’ve been in similar situations. I’m feeling incredibly alone.
I’m tempted to spill everything to see if maybe, just maybe, someone will stand with me. But it looks like I might have to end things, which is just brutal. My girlfriend is genuinely caring, selfless, and isn’t here for my money. She’s real. And as I’m lying here, trying to figure it all out under the dim light of my phone, I can’t help but feel like I’m about to make a massive mistake. Breaking up now, when things are so good between us, seems like it’s going to hurt both of us a lot. I’m starting to question whether I was fooling myself, thinking my family would ever prioritize my happiness. Plus, there’s this deep anger building up inside me, making everything even harder to handle. So, yeah, that’s the messy spot I’m in.
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Just tossing these thoughts out there because I don’t know what else to do. I’m stuck in this awful place between my girlfriend and what my family wants. It’s just us on one side, and pretty much everyone else on the other, and it’s not easy. Not a single person in my family is on my side, not even the ones who should understand because they’ve been in similar situations. I’m feeling incredibly alone.
I’m tempted to spill everything to see if maybe, just maybe, someone will stand with me. But it looks like I might have to end things, which is just brutal. My girlfriend is genuinely caring, selfless, and isn’t here for my money. She’s real. And as I’m lying here, trying to figure it all out under the dim light of my phone, I can’t help but feel like I’m about to make a massive mistake. Breaking up now, when things are so good between us, seems like it’s going to hurt both of us a lot. I’m starting to question whether I was fooling myself, thinking my family would ever prioritize my happiness. Plus, there’s this deep anger building up inside me, making everything even harder to handle. So, yeah, that’s the messy spot I’m in.
2024.05.16 06:57 ChibiMaster42 My (29m) partner (29f) of 5 years left me for a long distance job
I... dont really know where to begin, so I'll start with background. I've had flings in the past, but this is my first long time relationship. To be 5 years this August. We live in california.
Tldr: I recieved a phone call after having just seen her the previous day asking to talk, essentially during this reasons boiled down to
"Everything, the long distance, and (i, 29m) dont have initiative" "(i've, 29m) been talking about becoming an electrician, but havent done anything about it"
Back story.
I (29m) have supported my partner (29f) in their passion for Renaissance Faire for the entire time we had been together. She treats this as her livlihood. Has been clear about this, but I had no qualms. Her income is padded from her father at 1000$ a month, a vestige of an agreement to earn a degree (which she still has not, and has not been in school since before we began dating)
I have voiced wishing to become an electrician, i love working with my hands, and circuitry is enthralling. I have known people in the field, who have helped me get interviews and attempt entry level positions but each time have been told, the slot was filled before onboarding trully happened for me. Student loans kinda terrify me cause of debt, the trade schools i've found in cali be expensive. Most of my savings before hand went to assisting my grandma with issues that were taken care of.
We both talked about how neither of us was fully in the career we wanted, and how we wanted to see the other grow into it.
When we got together, @24 years old, i was an assistant manager in a deli, after multiple instances of being passed for applied promotions and training those who recieved those promotions.... I had enough. This was only the first year of our relationship
I got a job at a Hyatt Hotels, becoming a front end (lobby) manager. Hyatt at the time had excellent student programs and loan rates, which fizzled when the location franchised, and we lost a majority of benefits. Found a new job
I've been at a shipping company that works out of a single location for a tech company, Juniper networks. Have DOT driving certs, and multiple forklift certs. Mon-fri 9-5, making good money (close to 30/hr) feel ALOT more comfortable with loans now. Have more time that i can set aside for things. This was the last barely two years, my annual was literally a week ago.
The primary reason i havent begun said process of loans is the amount i have been trying to support her in her passion and stay connected. But even with that I was beginning to figure out times for school.
She had begun with 1 faire, then two, then some smaller ones. Trying out different Faires at different times. Just this year attempting all of them.
She has progressively added more and more faires, to the point where she we will not be at home .... 9 months? Of this year. 3 months roughly each faire, back to back at times. One faire is out of state, all the rest are driveable easy.
I say roughly as all the faires dates are up for debate, between the build, run, and teardown, there is variance of up to several weeks. Making planning outside of Faire difficult. I find out these dates through her, but with very little time in between to plan anything
I visit during the close faires, Casa de fruta Northern Ren faire, every weekend. During the farther Faires, like LA southern faire, every other weekend. Of my own volition and wish to see her.
Long distance it may be, but the longest actual time we've been apart for these is only a couple weeks at a time. Literally 2.
I text and call, not quite everyday, but no longer than a few (3ish), most of the time with no response. Again no qualms, just different things happening at different times, blind love yaknow?
I purchased essentially her entire camp, carport, cots, portable matress (trifold queen), tents, tables, stove, etc.
I drove her throughout our relationship, not just to and from Faire, literally everything. She has refused to get a drivers license out of fear. I have mobilized her supplies and camp.
We talked frequently, enjoyed shows, board games, we started heading to amusement parks, (she loves rollercoasters), we would go dancing while she was home, build lego display sets, like i could keep on going.
The last couple times shes come home from Faire, things have felt off. Like i have to reconnect with her at home. When i visit has seemed like either shes masking for me, or at faire.
She started getting too tired to do anything in between the Faires, and would refuse my assistance to get ready. Which was basically laundry and maintenance for camp things.
Sometimes these last couple months i would respond with the energy i recieved. Im human. I dont really know what else to say for that. We would talk about it Then things would go back to how they were.... for a time
Ill admit i have resting grumpy face, and on occaision am grumpy. But I never took it out on her. We had arguments, but never anything that lasted or made us truly angry. Sometimes i would say i need some alone time, just to cool off. But that never lasted for more than an hour or two.
When we began dating, she asked me bring my tone down a bit. Kinda made me realize unintended inflections.
Again these last couple months, she hasnt been rude, nor abusive... just sharp... to the point i feel like i have to apologize for ideas or actions. I brought this up, and things got better.... for a bit
I have dropped the ball on occaision with cleaning around the house, and she brought it up when they happened, but it honestly went both ways.
She ruled over laundry, i ruled over dishes, we'd help each other wipe down surfaces and vacuum. We have cats, and took turns cleaning litter.
We'd helped each other cook, but unless I laid very clear intentions i wanted to cook for her, she'd take over. She preferred cooking, saying "ocd"
Her love languages is much more touch oriented than mime are.
I have never claimed to be fast at anything. In fact literally have compared myself to the Tortoise, from tortoise and the hare. And feel very judged on it all of a sudden.
Looking back... maybe I could have initiated more... but as i began to do so more and more this last year together, i was met with more and more, "tired" or "faire".
I just... feel like a wrung out rag..... and ... i dont know... Used?
She mentioned it not being fair to either of us... just making me wonder if this might actually be better off...
Doesnt feel like it now
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Tldr: I recieved a phone call after having just seen her the previous day asking to talk, essentially during this reasons boiled down to
"Everything, the long distance, and (i, 29m) dont have initiative" "(i've, 29m) been talking about becoming an electrician, but havent done anything about it"
Back story.
I (29m) have supported my partner (29f) in their passion for Renaissance Faire for the entire time we had been together. She treats this as her livlihood. Has been clear about this, but I had no qualms. Her income is padded from her father at 1000$ a month, a vestige of an agreement to earn a degree (which she still has not, and has not been in school since before we began dating)
I have voiced wishing to become an electrician, i love working with my hands, and circuitry is enthralling. I have known people in the field, who have helped me get interviews and attempt entry level positions but each time have been told, the slot was filled before onboarding trully happened for me. Student loans kinda terrify me cause of debt, the trade schools i've found in cali be expensive. Most of my savings before hand went to assisting my grandma with issues that were taken care of.
We both talked about how neither of us was fully in the career we wanted, and how we wanted to see the other grow into it.
When we got together, @24 years old, i was an assistant manager in a deli, after multiple instances of being passed for applied promotions and training those who recieved those promotions.... I had enough. This was only the first year of our relationship
I got a job at a Hyatt Hotels, becoming a front end (lobby) manager. Hyatt at the time had excellent student programs and loan rates, which fizzled when the location franchised, and we lost a majority of benefits. Found a new job
I've been at a shipping company that works out of a single location for a tech company, Juniper networks. Have DOT driving certs, and multiple forklift certs. Mon-fri 9-5, making good money (close to 30/hr) feel ALOT more comfortable with loans now. Have more time that i can set aside for things. This was the last barely two years, my annual was literally a week ago.
The primary reason i havent begun said process of loans is the amount i have been trying to support her in her passion and stay connected. But even with that I was beginning to figure out times for school.
She had begun with 1 faire, then two, then some smaller ones. Trying out different Faires at different times. Just this year attempting all of them.
She has progressively added more and more faires, to the point where she we will not be at home .... 9 months? Of this year. 3 months roughly each faire, back to back at times. One faire is out of state, all the rest are driveable easy.
I say roughly as all the faires dates are up for debate, between the build, run, and teardown, there is variance of up to several weeks. Making planning outside of Faire difficult. I find out these dates through her, but with very little time in between to plan anything
I visit during the close faires, Casa de fruta Northern Ren faire, every weekend. During the farther Faires, like LA southern faire, every other weekend. Of my own volition and wish to see her.
Long distance it may be, but the longest actual time we've been apart for these is only a couple weeks at a time. Literally 2.
I text and call, not quite everyday, but no longer than a few (3ish), most of the time with no response. Again no qualms, just different things happening at different times, blind love yaknow?
I purchased essentially her entire camp, carport, cots, portable matress (trifold queen), tents, tables, stove, etc.
I drove her throughout our relationship, not just to and from Faire, literally everything. She has refused to get a drivers license out of fear. I have mobilized her supplies and camp.
We talked frequently, enjoyed shows, board games, we started heading to amusement parks, (she loves rollercoasters), we would go dancing while she was home, build lego display sets, like i could keep on going.
The last couple times shes come home from Faire, things have felt off. Like i have to reconnect with her at home. When i visit has seemed like either shes masking for me, or at faire.
She started getting too tired to do anything in between the Faires, and would refuse my assistance to get ready. Which was basically laundry and maintenance for camp things.
Sometimes these last couple months i would respond with the energy i recieved. Im human. I dont really know what else to say for that. We would talk about it Then things would go back to how they were.... for a time
Ill admit i have resting grumpy face, and on occaision am grumpy. But I never took it out on her. We had arguments, but never anything that lasted or made us truly angry. Sometimes i would say i need some alone time, just to cool off. But that never lasted for more than an hour or two.
When we began dating, she asked me bring my tone down a bit. Kinda made me realize unintended inflections.
Again these last couple months, she hasnt been rude, nor abusive... just sharp... to the point i feel like i have to apologize for ideas or actions. I brought this up, and things got better.... for a bit
I have dropped the ball on occaision with cleaning around the house, and she brought it up when they happened, but it honestly went both ways.
She ruled over laundry, i ruled over dishes, we'd help each other wipe down surfaces and vacuum. We have cats, and took turns cleaning litter.
We'd helped each other cook, but unless I laid very clear intentions i wanted to cook for her, she'd take over. She preferred cooking, saying "ocd"
Her love languages is much more touch oriented than mime are.
I have never claimed to be fast at anything. In fact literally have compared myself to the Tortoise, from tortoise and the hare. And feel very judged on it all of a sudden.
Looking back... maybe I could have initiated more... but as i began to do so more and more this last year together, i was met with more and more, "tired" or "faire".
I just... feel like a wrung out rag..... and ... i dont know... Used?
She mentioned it not being fair to either of us... just making me wonder if this might actually be better off...
Doesnt feel like it now
2024.05.16 06:57 VeterinarianIll5289 The new TV series better depict a Ron closer to his character in the books than the one we had from the movies.
I'll start by saying that I'm not going to talk about Ron's lines or moments being given to other characters because you already know about that. For myself, I love the Trio and one of the most important things that the new series has to take into account is that the characterisation of the Trio must be canonically accurate. Characterisation is important to me especially when it concerns the main three characters.
In the movies, I was always disappointed at the portrayal of Ron. There are people who would say they don't really see the difference to which I reply that means you don't really know Ron or you have already formulated an idea of who he is and just ran with it. Here are just some examples to point out how the movies depicted Ron.
Ron DOESN'T whimper like a fool, stammer like an idiot or do some stupid panicky face. It's just not in his Weasley blood to do so. Even when confronted by the Horcrux, Ron was terrified but it is more a silent, internal fear that freezes you rather than screaming on the ground. Again after destroying the Horcrux, Harry is relieved that Ron did not throw off his arm which can be a Ron response after dealing with a fear.
3 Ron's comic relief
From Uranus to "really breaking your leg", from describing the examiner's face to "hunting down Voldemort in a mobile library", Ron's range of humour typically remains the same. Like Harry, he is snarky and sarcastic. He uses humour to deal and his humour is what makes Harry laugh. Instead of that scared, silly face, Ron as a source of comic relief comes through his remarks and his personality.
There's so much more I could talk about but I'll leave it here for now. I'm just praying that whoever is in charge of the new series, please, please, please read the books and truly understand the character from the character's perspective and not what you want him to be. Ron definitely has flaws so put it in but don't change him into something else entirely.
I bet my hat that if Ron was depicted as he was in the books, you can pretty much guarantee there would be a few people who would be shocked as to see the differences between movie Ron and tv series Ron.
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In the movies, I was always disappointed at the portrayal of Ron. There are people who would say they don't really see the difference to which I reply that means you don't really know Ron or you have already formulated an idea of who he is and just ran with it. Here are just some examples to point out how the movies depicted Ron.
- Ron dealing with fears
Ron DOESN'T whimper like a fool, stammer like an idiot or do some stupid panicky face. It's just not in his Weasley blood to do so. Even when confronted by the Horcrux, Ron was terrified but it is more a silent, internal fear that freezes you rather than screaming on the ground. Again after destroying the Horcrux, Harry is relieved that Ron did not throw off his arm which can be a Ron response after dealing with a fear.
- Ron's personality
3 Ron's comic relief
From Uranus to "really breaking your leg", from describing the examiner's face to "hunting down Voldemort in a mobile library", Ron's range of humour typically remains the same. Like Harry, he is snarky and sarcastic. He uses humour to deal and his humour is what makes Harry laugh. Instead of that scared, silly face, Ron as a source of comic relief comes through his remarks and his personality.
There's so much more I could talk about but I'll leave it here for now. I'm just praying that whoever is in charge of the new series, please, please, please read the books and truly understand the character from the character's perspective and not what you want him to be. Ron definitely has flaws so put it in but don't change him into something else entirely.
I bet my hat that if Ron was depicted as he was in the books, you can pretty much guarantee there would be a few people who would be shocked as to see the differences between movie Ron and tv series Ron.
2024.05.16 06:50 blair_doll3 I regret my Autism diagnosis.
I’m 17F, in my last year of high school, and just got diagnosed with Level 1 Autism. To preface, it was my own decision to get this diagnosis, which took a lot of work on both my behalf, my parents, and my therapist. I thought it was a good idea because I have always struggled with feeling “different” (and being told that too). I started seeing a psychological therapist for general reasons, and she taught me about autism in women and how it can show, and I felt really validated and seen. I felt like I wasn’t alone in my “weirdness” and “abnormality” for once- like this was the “answer” I had been looking for. So I told my parents I wanted to get tested, and after some back-and-forth with my therapist, they agreed. It took just over a year for me to finally book a spot with a psychiatrist (applied in March 2023 and just had my testing in April 2024). It was an extremely draining process, anyone who’s been through it will know! It also cost my middle-class parents a lot of money. On top of that, I developed an eating disorder throughout the months of waiting, which took an extra toll on my mental and physical health (as well as my parents’). Entering 2024 (marking a year since starting my “mental health/diagnosis” journey), I felt like a walking mess with issue after issue that was only bringing myself and my family down. The waiting game of trying to secure a spot in such an over-saturated mental health system affected my schooling, work-life, and personal life by making me pretty much incapable. Of course the eating disorder just added to it, causing physical health issues that led me into the hospital on countless occasions. I had hope that getting this long awaited diagnosis would fix all that was broken, giving me an answer and some clarity. Additionally, my parents were hopeful that we could apply for NDIS to get some extra financial support in seeking further therapy (general and now for my ED), as well as some personal financial support for myself due to the fact that I can’t work. Boy were we all wrong! My diagnosis has given me nothing but stress, shame, guilt, and regret. I feel useless, even more abnormal, and depressed. Apparently Level 1 Autism doesn’t hit the mark for NDIS compensation (or any NDIS support for that matter). We are classified as too “normal”. So wtf is the point of this diagnosis? You tell me. It’s a useless label that only further segregates me from society, but not “enough” to be able to get support. I cant reverse it, so i’m stuck with it for life. It’s like a reminder of these horrible times i’m having to live through. I feel such deep anger and regret for opening this wormhole of “mental well-being”, because i’ve only been met with a dead-end a raging ED that is consuming me whole. It has stressed my parents, dropped my grades, and ruined me. I only have myself to blame! I hate it. My advice for anyone who may be entering the seemingly “validating” journal of mental health is turn back now. Unless you are sure of what you want/can receive from it, it will leave you in shambles. Apologies for the amount of negative talk, but I just don’t know what to do with myself/my life. I am such a burden and i’ve made that clear to everyone in my life- who now have to suffer with my brokenness.
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2024.05.16 06:48 blair_doll3 I regret my Autism diagnosis.
I’m 17F, in my last year of high school, and just got diagnosed with Level 1 Autism. To preface, it was my own decision to get this diagnosis, which took a lot of work on both my behalf, my parents, and my therapist. I thought it was a good idea because I have always struggled with feeling “different” (and being told that too). I started seeing a psychological therapist for general reasons, and she taught me about autism in women and how it can show, and I felt really validated and seen. I felt like I wasn’t alone in my “weirdness” and “abnormality” for once- like this was the “answer” I had been looking for. So I told my parents I wanted to get tested, and after some back-and-forth with my therapist, they agreed. It took just over a year for me to finally book a spot with a psychiatrist (applied in March 2023 and just had my testing in April 2024). It was an extremely draining process, anyone who’s been through it will know! It also cost my middle-class parents a lot of money. On top of that, I developed an eating disorder throughout the months of waiting, which took an extra toll on my mental and physical health (as well as my parents’). Entering 2024 (marking a year since starting my “mental health/diagnosis” journey), I felt like a walking mess with issue after issue that was only bringing myself and my family down. The waiting game of trying to secure a spot in such an over-saturated mental health system affected my schooling, work-life, and personal life by making me pretty much incapable. Of course the eating disorder just added to it, causing physical health issues that led me into the hospital on countless occasions. I had hope that getting this long awaited diagnosis would fix all that was broken, giving me an answer and some clarity. Additionally, my parents were hopeful that we could apply for NDIS to get some extra financial support in seeking further therapy (general and now for my ED), as well as some personal financial support for myself due to the fact that I can’t work. Boy were we all wrong! My diagnosis has given me nothing but stress, shame, guilt, and regret. I feel useless, even more abnormal, and depressed. Apparently Level 1 Autism doesn’t hit the mark for NDIS compensation (or any NDIS support for that matter). We are classified as too “normal”. So wtf is the point of this diagnosis? You tell me. It’s a useless label that only further segregates me from society, but not “enough” to be able to get support. I cant reverse it, so i’m stuck with it for life. It’s like a reminder of these horrible times i’m having to live through. I feel such deep anger and regret for opening this wormhole of “mental well-being”, because i’ve only been met with a dead-end a raging ED that is consuming me whole. It has stressed my parents, dropped my grades, and ruined me. I only have myself to blame! I hate it. My advice for anyone who may be entering the seemingly “validating” journal of mental health is turn back now. Unless you are sure of what you want/can receive from it, it will leave you in shambles. Apologies for the amount of negative talk, but I just don’t know what to do with myself/my life. I am such a burden and i’ve made that clear to everyone in my life- who now have to suffer with my brokenness.
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2024.05.16 06:46 newwobblywheeler Wednesday May 15 Trading Facts and other observations
Today's trading facts: The total volume traded pre-market and regular trading hours was about~30.6 M shares of which 10 698 698 shares were shorted and so if they were covered 2X (~21.5M) by end of day with VWAP at $3.27. After hours ~1.1Million shares unlike in the past the shares were low volume thus perhaps retail. Was this short covering or new buyers jumping in the meme run started by Roaring Kitty.
The shares on the dark pool was 15,124,311...so in reality how many shares were taken off retail hands is the big question. As it is evident that even from the early posting of 13F that institutions are buying in..the VWAP for 120 days is $2.90 except for the last four days.
Retail hold on to your shares from predatory hands...lock them up for sale price so brokerages cannot borrow them for shorting...reduce the liquidity for shorting. In addition, do not put stops and do not buy shares on margin as below $3...the shares were scooped by the brokerages. You may ask how do the big boys pick off the shares...they use a third or fourth decimal to the bid in the dark pool and the lit pool cannot see it but Citadel and Virtu who are the gatekeepers see and act accordingly.
Kindly retail look the short interest numbers from April 30 for NYSE (42,586,717) and TSX(17,816,044) = ~60.4M which is down from 61.5M from Apr 15. From April 16-30 on NYSE 14M shares traded between $2.64-2.98 with VWAP of $2.80 and only 1.6M shares were covered while on TSX 33.8M traded between $3.66-4.00 with VWAP of $3.85 while further 543,138 shares were shorted.
The present SI is well above the NYSE(43,485,405)+TSX(12,538,405)= 57,023,447 shares in Jan 2021 during the meme run!
CNBC is saying that the meme run is over but in reality I am not certain.
The SEC rule to be implemented is in works and the basis of the meme rally which is a lot broader this time as numerous short positions have been held with SWAPs, synthethic shares and naked shorting and this is why Roaring Kitty alerted retail but it is measured and controlled by the MM but with 60.4M shares short. If you read my report yesterday 94M shares traded on NYSE but how many shorts really covered is the question...no many shares were available to short but today there is larger volume to create a bear trap...the meme rally will continue with ebb and flow for the month until: finra.org/rules-guidance/gu...
Next, It is believed that the SWAPS big time on BB happened with the last meme run and because there was a 60M debenture as free shares for shorting the shorts and SWAPS felt that by deliberately compressing the price of the stock either PW will convert and provide further liquidity or BB would do a money raise with shares as AMC did today and provided share liquidity to the shorts! However, because BB did a note raise which was oversubscribed and restricted in share conversion for the past three months the MM have constrained the stock to allow covering but reality is the SI remains high at 60.4M it is possible the SWAPS may have been covered but additional shares requires liquidity and so the meme run initiation but controlled to harvest shares but at a low price. The new SEC rule added a further complication so you may have seen Ken Griffin doing interview which one could see through...ah business secrets...really! Citadel and Virtu are the gatekeepers of flow and manipulation.
https://twitter.com/EduardBrichuk/status/1790896075253149847?t=T43EkfUZVXSeBuASi31F8w&s=19
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The shares on the dark pool was 15,124,311...so in reality how many shares were taken off retail hands is the big question. As it is evident that even from the early posting of 13F that institutions are buying in..the VWAP for 120 days is $2.90 except for the last four days.
Retail hold on to your shares from predatory hands...lock them up for sale price so brokerages cannot borrow them for shorting...reduce the liquidity for shorting. In addition, do not put stops and do not buy shares on margin as below $3...the shares were scooped by the brokerages. You may ask how do the big boys pick off the shares...they use a third or fourth decimal to the bid in the dark pool and the lit pool cannot see it but Citadel and Virtu who are the gatekeepers see and act accordingly.
Kindly retail look the short interest numbers from April 30 for NYSE (42,586,717) and TSX(17,816,044) = ~60.4M which is down from 61.5M from Apr 15. From April 16-30 on NYSE 14M shares traded between $2.64-2.98 with VWAP of $2.80 and only 1.6M shares were covered while on TSX 33.8M traded between $3.66-4.00 with VWAP of $3.85 while further 543,138 shares were shorted.
The present SI is well above the NYSE(43,485,405)+TSX(12,538,405)= 57,023,447 shares in Jan 2021 during the meme run!
CNBC is saying that the meme run is over but in reality I am not certain.
The SEC rule to be implemented is in works and the basis of the meme rally which is a lot broader this time as numerous short positions have been held with SWAPs, synthethic shares and naked shorting and this is why Roaring Kitty alerted retail but it is measured and controlled by the MM but with 60.4M shares short. If you read my report yesterday 94M shares traded on NYSE but how many shorts really covered is the question...no many shares were available to short but today there is larger volume to create a bear trap...the meme rally will continue with ebb and flow for the month until: finra.org/rules-guidance/gu...
Next, It is believed that the SWAPS big time on BB happened with the last meme run and because there was a 60M debenture as free shares for shorting the shorts and SWAPS felt that by deliberately compressing the price of the stock either PW will convert and provide further liquidity or BB would do a money raise with shares as AMC did today and provided share liquidity to the shorts! However, because BB did a note raise which was oversubscribed and restricted in share conversion for the past three months the MM have constrained the stock to allow covering but reality is the SI remains high at 60.4M it is possible the SWAPS may have been covered but additional shares requires liquidity and so the meme run initiation but controlled to harvest shares but at a low price. The new SEC rule added a further complication so you may have seen Ken Griffin doing interview which one could see through...ah business secrets...really! Citadel and Virtu are the gatekeepers of flow and manipulation.
https://twitter.com/EduardBrichuk/status/1790896075253149847?t=T43EkfUZVXSeBuASi31F8w&s=19
2024.05.16 06:46 la_cROAissant TIFU and lost an entire bank account’s worth of savings
I thought I was above falling for scams, that I was alert and careful about what I clicked and believed. But in the span of two weeks, I got my credit card locked and fell for one of the easiest scams ever. I’ve never felt more stupid and humiliated in my life.
So it all began with a text saying that I had unclaimed rewards points waiting for me to redeem. I actually did have points outstanding on an account, but I was curious why the balance was suddenly so big. Still, it was a great deal, I just had to add a a bit of money to get a smartwatch. So dumb me clicked the link and filled out the necessary information, including my credit card. I have 2FA on online transactions, and I immediately got a text that flagged a suspicious transaction for more than a hundred times the amount I thought I entered. Right away, I called the bank and locked my card. I thought that was the end of that, and I would be more careful about clicking things willy-nilly without verifying the site. I would be getting a replacement credit card in the mail and it would all be fine.
Flash forward two weeks and I get a call from my bank right before my lunch break, telling me that my new credit card would be coming in a few days time. But before that, they’ll have to give me a cashback on my accrued rewards points since it won’t be carrying over to the nee account.
Claiming rewards points? Huh, that was familiar. Oh well, there’s nothing sus about this. They gave me their name, after all. So what if they asked me to pull up my banking app and keep it open, coincidentally preventing me from checking my e-mails? I’d have to watch out for the money after all. So what if they asked for the last digits of my savings account or my username? They didn’t ask for the password. So what if my bank has said several times not to share OTPs or log in details ever? This was them calling me, after all.
Idiot.
I fell for the same thing twice. Somehow, despite having what I thought was common sense and self-preservation, I gave them just enough personal information for them to hack into my banking account. I willingly sent over several authorization codes because I was in a hurry to get something to eat. I ignored the part of me that questioned why they would need so much of my personal information. I ignored the world telling me that this was a scam — the call dropped four times and the authentication codes kept expiring. I stubbornly pushed through and got to watch in real time how a scammer got 30k out of me, all my savings for that account. They had the audacity to make the transfer’s description “thanks, ma’am!”. They even waited for my reaction before hanging up.
I thought I was smart. I thought I knew better, but I didn’t. I’ve never felt stupider and more humiliated in my life. I had to call the bank and explain how I was an idiot and fell for such an easy trap. I had to tell my friends that I couldn’t hang out because I didn’t have anything to pay for travel and meals with. I had to tell my parents that their supposed responsible kid let all their savings get stolen from them, and that’s not something they’re ever going to forget.
Not that I would let them. I deserve the reminder that I’m a reckless idiot.
TL;DR: I fell for the same obvious scam twice and all lost all my savings. I thought I was smart enough not to, but clearly I wasn’t. I’m fully aware that this is the stupidest thing anyone has done to themselves.
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So it all began with a text saying that I had unclaimed rewards points waiting for me to redeem. I actually did have points outstanding on an account, but I was curious why the balance was suddenly so big. Still, it was a great deal, I just had to add a a bit of money to get a smartwatch. So dumb me clicked the link and filled out the necessary information, including my credit card. I have 2FA on online transactions, and I immediately got a text that flagged a suspicious transaction for more than a hundred times the amount I thought I entered. Right away, I called the bank and locked my card. I thought that was the end of that, and I would be more careful about clicking things willy-nilly without verifying the site. I would be getting a replacement credit card in the mail and it would all be fine.
Flash forward two weeks and I get a call from my bank right before my lunch break, telling me that my new credit card would be coming in a few days time. But before that, they’ll have to give me a cashback on my accrued rewards points since it won’t be carrying over to the nee account.
Claiming rewards points? Huh, that was familiar. Oh well, there’s nothing sus about this. They gave me their name, after all. So what if they asked me to pull up my banking app and keep it open, coincidentally preventing me from checking my e-mails? I’d have to watch out for the money after all. So what if they asked for the last digits of my savings account or my username? They didn’t ask for the password. So what if my bank has said several times not to share OTPs or log in details ever? This was them calling me, after all.
Idiot.
I fell for the same thing twice. Somehow, despite having what I thought was common sense and self-preservation, I gave them just enough personal information for them to hack into my banking account. I willingly sent over several authorization codes because I was in a hurry to get something to eat. I ignored the part of me that questioned why they would need so much of my personal information. I ignored the world telling me that this was a scam — the call dropped four times and the authentication codes kept expiring. I stubbornly pushed through and got to watch in real time how a scammer got 30k out of me, all my savings for that account. They had the audacity to make the transfer’s description “thanks, ma’am!”. They even waited for my reaction before hanging up.
I thought I was smart. I thought I knew better, but I didn’t. I’ve never felt stupider and more humiliated in my life. I had to call the bank and explain how I was an idiot and fell for such an easy trap. I had to tell my friends that I couldn’t hang out because I didn’t have anything to pay for travel and meals with. I had to tell my parents that their supposed responsible kid let all their savings get stolen from them, and that’s not something they’re ever going to forget.
Not that I would let them. I deserve the reminder that I’m a reckless idiot.
TL;DR: I fell for the same obvious scam twice and all lost all my savings. I thought I was smart enough not to, but clearly I wasn’t. I’m fully aware that this is the stupidest thing anyone has done to themselves.
2024.05.16 06:44 physicsking Annuity Current Equivalent Value
Is there a calculator that I could put in what my current annuity is and calculate what the equivalent lump sum would be if I had the money in today's dollars?
Example: if I have 1500 per month for 40 years. How can I calc what lump sum I would need to give that amount invested at a 4% conservative return. I might be thinking about it too much.
Motivation: if I figure my annual need in retirement, some amount X. If I withdraw from my nest egg at 4% to get this amount, I will need a total amount today of Y. However, if I have annuity of S each month, then my lump sum only needs to cover the difference with 4% withdrawal, right? That's easy enough. Just adjust to my low lower differential need and the corresponding lower lump sum today. However, I wild like to know what my equivalent lump sum would be today if I include the annuity. I think this will help me to compare my efforts to my peers and feel more comfortable about taking the leap.
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Example: if I have 1500 per month for 40 years. How can I calc what lump sum I would need to give that amount invested at a 4% conservative return. I might be thinking about it too much.
Motivation: if I figure my annual need in retirement, some amount X. If I withdraw from my nest egg at 4% to get this amount, I will need a total amount today of Y. However, if I have annuity of S each month, then my lump sum only needs to cover the difference with 4% withdrawal, right? That's easy enough. Just adjust to my low lower differential need and the corresponding lower lump sum today. However, I wild like to know what my equivalent lump sum would be today if I include the annuity. I think this will help me to compare my efforts to my peers and feel more comfortable about taking the leap.
2024.05.16 06:43 Failed_Racers Why Airbus should update the A220 cockpit
One of Airbus' main advantages over Boeing is commonality. If you don't look at the thrust levers, an A380 cockpit is nearly identical to an A320 cockpit. This makes pilot training very easy as the enormous A380 isn't particularly different from the A320 from the pilot's perspective. Even the military A400M has a pretty standard Airbus cockpit, although it is a little different from the rest.
Compare this with Boeing's lineup. A. 737 MAX cockpit looks absolutely nothing like a 777 cockpit or a 787 cockpit. This makes airlines using Boeing jets less loyal, since training between Boeing types is more difficult than between Airbus types, if you have a Boeing fleet, and add an Airbus, it won't add much more complexity than if you add a different Boeing type. Airbus customers find it cheaper to stick with airbus when adding a new type to the fleet.
This is where the A220 is a problem. It was designed by Bombardier. It doesn't have an Airbus cockpit, so it doesn't have the commonality and easy pilot training. Yes it uses sidesticks, but all of the controls are different. Switching from an A220 to an A320 needs just as much training as switching to a 737. So, here's the solution.
A new spec of A220 that's properly integrated into the Airbus family. The A220-100 would become the -200, and the A220-300 would become the -400. This spec would have an Airbus cockpit, the way the fly by wire system works should also be updated to the way it works on an Airbus. Since few A220s have been produced due to inefficiencies in Bombardier's production process, it would also be cheap for Airbus to partially cover the cost of retrofitting A220-100s and -300s to the A220-200 and A220-400 spec and also partially covering the cost of pilot training. Airbus's strong financial position means they can afford this. It would cost airbus money in the short term, but in the long term, it would make many more sales and contribute to the long term sustainability of the A220.
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Compare this with Boeing's lineup. A. 737 MAX cockpit looks absolutely nothing like a 777 cockpit or a 787 cockpit. This makes airlines using Boeing jets less loyal, since training between Boeing types is more difficult than between Airbus types, if you have a Boeing fleet, and add an Airbus, it won't add much more complexity than if you add a different Boeing type. Airbus customers find it cheaper to stick with airbus when adding a new type to the fleet.
This is where the A220 is a problem. It was designed by Bombardier. It doesn't have an Airbus cockpit, so it doesn't have the commonality and easy pilot training. Yes it uses sidesticks, but all of the controls are different. Switching from an A220 to an A320 needs just as much training as switching to a 737. So, here's the solution.
A new spec of A220 that's properly integrated into the Airbus family. The A220-100 would become the -200, and the A220-300 would become the -400. This spec would have an Airbus cockpit, the way the fly by wire system works should also be updated to the way it works on an Airbus. Since few A220s have been produced due to inefficiencies in Bombardier's production process, it would also be cheap for Airbus to partially cover the cost of retrofitting A220-100s and -300s to the A220-200 and A220-400 spec and also partially covering the cost of pilot training. Airbus's strong financial position means they can afford this. It would cost airbus money in the short term, but in the long term, it would make many more sales and contribute to the long term sustainability of the A220.
2024.05.16 06:42 Watermelon-starburst Should I put my dog down for biting?
He’s a 5 year old border collie. My boyfriend has raised him since he was a puppy. I met him when he was 2. Long story short he’s nipped at least 5 people all of which are family and did not want him put down (also I did not witness any of the bites so I wasn’t able to see how bad they were but from sound of it it was more of a typical border collie nip). He’s aggressively attacked me three times and I have multiple scars from it. All of the attacks have been from possession aggression issues. The first time he attacked me he wouldn’t leave our tortoise alone after multiple verbal commands I went to grab his collar and he bit. The second time he was eating a cupcake wrapper and I went to get it from him and he bit. We currently have another dog over and we are feeding them on opposite sides of the kitchen to help prevent any fights from breaking out. All other feeds have been perfectly fine and my border collie leaves the other dog’s food alone as soon as I say “leave it.” This time neither of the dogs were listening and my border collie started eating the other dog’s food and I didn’t want them to have a fight so I told him leave it multiple times. He finally listened when I yelled and he backed away but then procedded after her food two more times. Again only stopping when I yelled at him. I didn’t want to physically move him or the bowl because I knew he would attack so I kept my distance (about 3 feet away). The last time I yelled at him he ran after me and attacked. He jumped on me three times and bit before I could get him to stop. Luckily I only ended up with one laceration. It’s like something in him snaps and he becomes a completely different dog. Once it’s over he looks super guilty and tries to apologize. Even though he has serious possession aggression issues it’s very rare. All other times he will let me hand feed him, remove food from his mouth, grab his toys if he’s playing with them, and all sorts of other things. Not exactly sure what sets him off about specific things. He has never gone after my boyfriend and each time I’ve been attacked, my boyfriend was away. We have a large yard for him to play fetch in. He has a herding ball that he’s constantly playing with and a dog pool that he loves. I feel like he gets a good amount of activity. We can’t afford training because I am in nursing school and we are practically living pay check to pay check. We try to do our own training with him and he’s learned a lot but I don’t know how to train this out of a dog. The thought of putting him down sounds terrible but I don’t feel safe having him around people and if we have kids I wouldn’t feel safe having him around. I’ve thought about giving him up for adoption (of course letting the new owners know about his bite history) but I would still feel bad if he attacked them and then what if they just end up putting him down anyways. UGH! I dont know what to do but my attachment to this dog is slowly diminishing because I don’t trust him. When he’s not attacking me he’s the sweetest boy and cuddles me when I’m upset. He learns tricks super easily and I love working on training with him. I’m honestly just really sad because I don’t want to put him down or give him away but there really isn’t another option. I feel like a terrible dog owner and like it’s my fault but I’ve had two akitas and pit before and have never had aggression issues. My other dogs were so easy. Any advise?
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2024.05.16 06:40 Careless-Wish-4563 What do you predict?
If I get into another relationship, what do you think my partner will be?
This is how I look: https://www.instagram.com/p/C6z0F4bptE4/?igsh=MzRlODBiNWFlZA== and https://www.instagram.com/p/C7A0jc5Llck/?igsh=MzRlODBiNWFlZA==
I am 19, have been 19 for a month. I work with three Mexican/Latino people (two are women,) a woman who is half Mexican/Latina half Asian, another black woman, three white women, and one white man. I have been working for almost a year with this exact same group of individuals.
I live in, and was raised in, an area with a very low black population. I do have an older brother, although he is in rehab and we haven’t been close since I was little. I am from a low income family and live in an apartment complex with my parents, where I am not expected to pay rent. I have $11100 or so dollars in my savings account (have now been paid for the month of April, am of course still waiting to be paid for the month of May.) My family is quite dysfunctional and my parents were actually abusive toward my older brother when he was a child, though I hadn’t been born so I don’t remember this. I don’t spend my money. I watch “Laverne and Shirley” (am on s3, and loving it) alongside “twilight zone” on weekends.)
I’m a black woman, and I wonder about this. I’ve always been in an area that has a low black population, and will note that I do think, based upon observation, that a black woman who lives in an area with a low black population is likely to be more open to dating white men than a black woman who lives in an area with a high black population will be.
But even with that being said, as someone who lives in an area that doesn’t have a terribly high black population, it is rare for me to see black men dating and married to black women here. When I was in high school, black boys seeking out white girls was a “thing.” I receive a lot more attention when I walk around in an area that has a higher black population than I do in my city. I’ve met black women who grew up here that still have a preference for black men. As I’ve grown older, I’ve realized I have a preference for black men even though I haven’t moved. But I can’t say I’ve met many black men who grew up in the same area who prefer black women.
So why is that? I understand that environment growing up and what you see in the media are factors. But as a black woman, I’m wondering myself - why am I not very attracted to white men anymore, like I was for a time in middle school? I had a huge crush on David Bowie in middle school, and remember thinking that Sam (John Francis Daley) from freaks and geeks was cute.
In 9th grade I had my longest strongest crush on a 1/2 black 1/2 white boy, though by 11th grade I disliked him. In 11th grade I dated an average (in my opinion, there have been people who felt he was slightly below average but racism was likely factoring in, he was overweight) looking black boy. I resent both of those people now.
I’m an ISFJ 6w5.
I would ideally prefer to date a black man who is at a healthy weight. I am probably the least attracted overall to Asian men, though I don’t know why. I am attracted to some Mexican/Latino men, but have only felt attraction to above average looking ones and very occasionally to average looking ones (occasionally.)
I have an older brother, and am from a low income family. I actually don’t like my father at all.
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This is how I look: https://www.instagram.com/p/C6z0F4bptE4/?igsh=MzRlODBiNWFlZA== and https://www.instagram.com/p/C7A0jc5Llck/?igsh=MzRlODBiNWFlZA==
I am 19, have been 19 for a month. I work with three Mexican/Latino people (two are women,) a woman who is half Mexican/Latina half Asian, another black woman, three white women, and one white man. I have been working for almost a year with this exact same group of individuals.
I live in, and was raised in, an area with a very low black population. I do have an older brother, although he is in rehab and we haven’t been close since I was little. I am from a low income family and live in an apartment complex with my parents, where I am not expected to pay rent. I have $11100 or so dollars in my savings account (have now been paid for the month of April, am of course still waiting to be paid for the month of May.) My family is quite dysfunctional and my parents were actually abusive toward my older brother when he was a child, though I hadn’t been born so I don’t remember this. I don’t spend my money. I watch “Laverne and Shirley” (am on s3, and loving it) alongside “twilight zone” on weekends.)
I’m a black woman, and I wonder about this. I’ve always been in an area that has a low black population, and will note that I do think, based upon observation, that a black woman who lives in an area with a low black population is likely to be more open to dating white men than a black woman who lives in an area with a high black population will be.
But even with that being said, as someone who lives in an area that doesn’t have a terribly high black population, it is rare for me to see black men dating and married to black women here. When I was in high school, black boys seeking out white girls was a “thing.” I receive a lot more attention when I walk around in an area that has a higher black population than I do in my city. I’ve met black women who grew up here that still have a preference for black men. As I’ve grown older, I’ve realized I have a preference for black men even though I haven’t moved. But I can’t say I’ve met many black men who grew up in the same area who prefer black women.
So why is that? I understand that environment growing up and what you see in the media are factors. But as a black woman, I’m wondering myself - why am I not very attracted to white men anymore, like I was for a time in middle school? I had a huge crush on David Bowie in middle school, and remember thinking that Sam (John Francis Daley) from freaks and geeks was cute.
In 9th grade I had my longest strongest crush on a 1/2 black 1/2 white boy, though by 11th grade I disliked him. In 11th grade I dated an average (in my opinion, there have been people who felt he was slightly below average but racism was likely factoring in, he was overweight) looking black boy. I resent both of those people now.
I’m an ISFJ 6w5.
I would ideally prefer to date a black man who is at a healthy weight. I am probably the least attracted overall to Asian men, though I don’t know why. I am attracted to some Mexican/Latino men, but have only felt attraction to above average looking ones and very occasionally to average looking ones (occasionally.)
I have an older brother, and am from a low income family. I actually don’t like my father at all.
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2024.05.16 06:35 Warlord50000001 Stuck in an hard situation
Hi. This is half rant/half lend me your knowledge.
I'm a 19 y/o, living in Illinois. I got my EMT back in December and have been working IFT since.
I've been trying to work my ass off to become a firefighter since September of last year.
I keep getting told by everyone that I can just walk into any department and they'll send me to the academy. So I tried that. And I was told that I need my EMT first.
So I go to EMT school. I passed with honors, and I got my state license. I contact departments again. They say they no longer sponsor people for the academy, and that I have to do it myself.
I'm stuck in a tough situation. I was told by a lot of people, former and current Firefighters, that it's easy to become a firefighter if you put in the time and effort. But no one talks about the cost.
Where I'm at, it costs nearly $4,000 to go to the academy without a sponsorship. Finacial aid won't help me, and the school don't do any scholarships for these things. Departments aren't sponsoring anymore because the state doesn't require recruits to be sponsored.
I feel like it's not going to happen for a long time, because I need to save up so much money, not just tuition, but cost of living since academy is a full time thing.
Just, any words to help would be nice. Thank you.
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I'm a 19 y/o, living in Illinois. I got my EMT back in December and have been working IFT since.
I've been trying to work my ass off to become a firefighter since September of last year.
I keep getting told by everyone that I can just walk into any department and they'll send me to the academy. So I tried that. And I was told that I need my EMT first.
So I go to EMT school. I passed with honors, and I got my state license. I contact departments again. They say they no longer sponsor people for the academy, and that I have to do it myself.
I'm stuck in a tough situation. I was told by a lot of people, former and current Firefighters, that it's easy to become a firefighter if you put in the time and effort. But no one talks about the cost.
Where I'm at, it costs nearly $4,000 to go to the academy without a sponsorship. Finacial aid won't help me, and the school don't do any scholarships for these things. Departments aren't sponsoring anymore because the state doesn't require recruits to be sponsored.
I feel like it's not going to happen for a long time, because I need to save up so much money, not just tuition, but cost of living since academy is a full time thing.
Just, any words to help would be nice. Thank you.
2024.05.16 06:35 AssistanceReady3233 I have no idea if I'll show up to meet my nephew on Friday
Back in 2017, my brother Brian died in a horrific car accident. Both of our parents had died earlier so this was huge to me.
Fast forward to earlier this year, I get a private message off FB from this girl asking me if I was Brian's brother. I was said yes. He passed away. She said that she was the mother of his son. I said he didn't have any kids. She said he had hooked up with her before he died. She showed me pictures and this boy was an absolute deadringer for my brother. Everything. The blonde hair, blue eyes, cleft chin. Then I'm quickly reminded of my brother's face and how he had no nose and his head looked like a pumpkin.
I said if what she said was true then why reach out and what did she want. She said she didn't find out that she was pregnant months after Brian died and didn't know how or if she should reach out to me so basically she had the baby and had her family help raise him. She said "Landon" is almost 7 and asking lots of questions about his dad. He knows he passed away and has an uncle. He would like to meet me and see where it goes.
This kid is so much like my brother. He's very social, sporty and funny. She said that she'd love for me to meet him on Friday at a park. I haven't gotten back to her. It'd be like seeing my brother all over again. Me and my brother were tight. I don't know if I'd cry or be cool. This kid could be the best thing that ever happened to me or the most traumatizing thing.
BTW this is legit. I checked my brother's cell and sure enough they had a booty meetings around the time she would had gotten pregnant. She said she doesn't need or want money but Landon needs to know his father's side.
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Fast forward to earlier this year, I get a private message off FB from this girl asking me if I was Brian's brother. I was said yes. He passed away. She said that she was the mother of his son. I said he didn't have any kids. She said he had hooked up with her before he died. She showed me pictures and this boy was an absolute deadringer for my brother. Everything. The blonde hair, blue eyes, cleft chin. Then I'm quickly reminded of my brother's face and how he had no nose and his head looked like a pumpkin.
I said if what she said was true then why reach out and what did she want. She said she didn't find out that she was pregnant months after Brian died and didn't know how or if she should reach out to me so basically she had the baby and had her family help raise him. She said "Landon" is almost 7 and asking lots of questions about his dad. He knows he passed away and has an uncle. He would like to meet me and see where it goes.
This kid is so much like my brother. He's very social, sporty and funny. She said that she'd love for me to meet him on Friday at a park. I haven't gotten back to her. It'd be like seeing my brother all over again. Me and my brother were tight. I don't know if I'd cry or be cool. This kid could be the best thing that ever happened to me or the most traumatizing thing.
BTW this is legit. I checked my brother's cell and sure enough they had a booty meetings around the time she would had gotten pregnant. She said she doesn't need or want money but Landon needs to know his father's side.
2024.05.16 06:33 Competitive_Ad_2648 Characters now scales how evil they are. How much would be powerful this character? (Things he did is in post)
 | He's fictional version of Sheitan from Turkish TV Series called "Şeytan" (Sheitan in Turkish). submitted by Competitive_Ad_2648 to PowerScaling [link] [comments] Sheitan is basically Satan of my religion (Islam). Here's list: BEFORE THE SERIES AND OVERALL OF THE SERIES ⦁ By not prostrating to Prophet Adam (a.s.) and Prophet Eve (a.s.), he arrogantly declared that he was superior to them and all humanity. ⦁ He constantly says that he's a test for humanity. But do not think that it was created that way. He wanted to be like that. ⦁ Although he knows that he will go to Hell, due to his arrogance and to show Allah (swt) that he can bind people to himself and lead them to evil paths, he leads people astray, leads them to evil and irreligion, tries to be the owner of people and drags them to Hell, the place of eternal pain. ⦁ Throughout the series, children and adults, usually children, catch a whiff of it. This scent is implied to be a physical manifestation of his sins. ⦁ He takes great pleasure in dragging people into evil and Hell. ⦁ He suffers when he hears the name of Allah (swt) mentioned and sees goodness. In short, the guy can't stand these two things. ⦁ He usually calls people Adam or Eve, showing that he sees them all the same. ⦁ He makes fun of humanity. ⦁ He constantly stalks the main characters. ⦁ He trespasses too many places. ⦁ At the end of the episodes, he usually addresses the main characters and says, "I am your test. I will come again." He clearly states that he will not leave them. ⦁ The sections below are just a sampling of what they do. ⦁ Sometimes people's hands burn while holding them. ⦁ He gets very angry when he doesn't get what he wants. ⦁ He hates love. ⦁ He makes evil laugh. ⦁ He enjoyed everything he caused. EPISODE 1 ⦁ After giving money to Oktay with the agreement, the TV in the background tells the story of the loss of the money donated for children, which was the same amount as the money given with the agreement. This implies that Sheitan stole the donation and gave it to Oktay. ⦁ He sends another businessman, with whom he made a deal, to give evil advices to Oktay. This succeeds and Oktay begins to commit corruption. ⦁ He indirectly caused Oktay to oppress the weak, bribe and send death threats. And he enjoys it very much. ⦁ He asks Oktay to take his younger son Egemen as per the agreement. ⦁ He enters Oktay's dreams and tortures him psychologically by showing him terrible things. ⦁ To get Egemen, he threatens to bankrupt Oktay's company by tampering with his bank transactions. ⦁ While he was on the road, he came across a child crying because he was hungry. He tries to deceive him with food to become his owner, but fails. ⦁ While talking to Oktay in a cafe, he psychologically abuses him by showing him a child being shot to death in his dream. ⦁ He scares a nanny into kidnapping Egemen. ⦁ After training Egemen for 15 years to be what he wants, he sends him to kill his father, Oktay. But this fails when Oktay makes Egemen recite the basmala. EPISODE 2 ⦁ While Ece was driving with her newlywed husband, the car broke down. Later, while they're hanging out outside, a truck pulls up. Her husband narrowly saves Ece, but he falls into a coma. Sheitan's attitude at that moment implies, at least for me, that he ruined the car to cause the accident to happen. ⦁ He enters the husband's dreams and tells him that he will wake him up from his coma in exchange for him giving up his "heart" (which probably means giving up being a good person and becoming a bad person). This won't happen because Ece always comes. ⦁ Therefore, in order to deter Ece, he first comes to Ece as an old man and tries to dissuade Ece from coming to her husband, but it does not work. ⦁ He then makes a deal with another man. According to the agreement, he will teach the man how to have relationships with women, and the man will direct Ece to cheat on her husband with him, thus enabling her to move away from her husband. ⦁ He constantly verbally harasses Ece's husband until the night he manipulates him into cheating on her. ⦁ Once, he even tries to deceive husband by showing him something unreal, a scene in which Ece is having fun with the man she made a deal with, and Ece has not yet established a full relationship with that man. But Allah (swt) solves the situation at that moment by sending Ece's voice to the husband. ⦁ Finally, when Ece cheats on her husband, he reveals it to husband, bringing him to a psychological breaking point. He then encouraged violence against the woman by saying things to her such as "Say yes, give your heart and teach that woman a lesson.". When the Quran is read at that moment, things go wrong. Finally Sheitan kills the man. Allah (swt) resurrects the man, but this does not alleviate what Sheitan has done. ⦁ Finally, he encourages Ece, who was preparing to commit suicide, even more, but this does not work either when Ece's husband arrives. EPISODE 3 ⦁ He decided to disperse a family because they teach their children about Surah Nas and Islam. ⦁ He allies with mother Amine's friend Afet. Afet constantly tells Amine that her husband may be cheating on her, sowing the seed of doubt in Amine. ⦁ While Amine and her children were at the dinner table, she appeared to the little boy on the balcony and made him cry out of fear. This cry becomes the breaking point for Amine, whose psychology deteriorates because the seeds of doubt are planted in her, and she hits the little boy. As a result, Sheitan indirectly causes child abuse. ⦁ As a detective, he secretly follows Amine's husband and takes a photo of him holding a woman as she falls, and then gives it to Amine. Amine, whose perception is already distorted due to the doubt inside her, sees this as proof that her husband is cheating on her and takes the children and leaves her husband. While leaving her husband, she insults him and he slaps her. In other words, Afet and Sheitanboth separated husband and wife and indirectly caused violence against women. ⦁ Afet comes to Amine's husband and tells him to cheat on her in exchange for Amine's abandonment. This is probably the work of Sheitan. ⦁ He and Afet almost caused the family to break up. ⦁ He said he loved Afet. But that was probably because she was so bad like him. ⦁ When things start to turn out the opposite of what he wants, he threatens Afet to fix the situation. This situation causes Afet to die in a car accident. EPISODE 4 ⦁ After luring Emin with money when he was a child, he scared Emin by showing him himself, giving him a trauma that would cause him to have nightmares until adulthood. He probably did it for pleasure. ⦁ Just to encourage Emin to steal money, he got into the same job as Emin and encouraged him to steal money. Like, in most of the episode. And he succeeds in this. ⦁ Emin's wife says that when she saw him, she felt as if she had seen him before. Considering the wife's fondness for illicit money, this may imply that Sheitan is the reason for her becoming this way. ⦁ He referred to the donation of food used for orphans as "using the mind". ⦁ While Emin was psychologically at the bottom, he took advantage of his situation and tried to make him see himself as his master. And also because he makes corrupt people call him master, he makes them live in luxury and makes sure no one calls them thieves. EPISODE 5 ⦁ He scared the girl and caused the Zeynep to have an asthma attack. ⦁ To provoke the mother-in-law of Zeynep, he disguised himself as a old lady neighbor and told her fake stories, such as her being thrown out of the house by her daughter-in-law. He also tried to convince the mother-in-law that her son was paying attention to his daughter-in-law instead of her. And he succeeds in this for a while. ⦁ He makes Zeynep's friend beautiful enough to make men fall in love with her as her slaves, so that she can confuse men's minds and fill them with lust. He also uses her to handle his gaslighting with the Zeynep's mother-in-law. ⦁ He was trying to stop Zeynep's aunt by whispering because she was an obstacle to his work. ⦁ In one scene, while Zeynep is directly next to her husband and the mother-in-law is listening a little away, Sheitanleans next to her and Zeynep directly says bad things about the mother-in-law. The next scene was directly between Zeynep and her husband and they were normal. My guess is that Sheitan played with the mother-in-law's mind. ⦁ In order to separate Zeynep and her husband, the mother-in-law and he makes a potion with a witch. Once the husband drinks this potion, he will immediately hate his wife the next day. This potion is useless as it spills. ⦁ She encourages the mother-in-law to separate her son and Zeynep. The mother-in-law ruined her son's clothes by scratching them so that her son and Zeynep could separate, and slandered Zeynep about cheating. ⦁ He persuades the mother-in-law to slander Zeynep. And it works for a while but aunt fixes everything. ⦁ He almost caused the family to break up. ⦁ He made the mother-in-law a bad person. And this mother-in-law had taken her son from the bad way at the beginning of the episode. ⦁ He exposes the mother-in-law for what she did to her son and causes the mother-in-law to be kicked out of the house. ⦁ When the mother-in-law starts going to the sea to commit suicide, he takes pleasure in it. He hates it when Zeynep saves the mother-in-law. EPISODE 6 ⦁ He helped Bahar separate Fazıl, an old man, from his wife, tie him to her, and almost take over the company. After scaring her, of course. ⦁ As plan B, Bahar kill Fazıl's wife by dropping her and Sheitan helps her. Sheitan tastes the blood of the dead woman. Fazıl covers up the incident by saying that it was a suicide. ⦁ He tries to get her to cause an accident to stop a police officer investigating the murder. ⦁ While Fazıl's daughter was crying, he secretly made fun of her. ⦁ He convinces Bahar to kill Fazıl's son. He leaves Bahar just as the police arrive. Fazıl's son does not die. EPISODE 7 ⦁ He drops money on the road, causing two close friends to fight each other for gold. He tries to do the same thing to children, but it doesn't work because children are pure good. When it doesn't work, he vanishes the gold. ⦁ He tries to lead Adam, who is pure good, into a bad path and tie him to himself and become his master. ⦁ For this reason, he first tries to become his assistant, but fails. He then decides to corrupt her with love. For this, He gives a disease to a woman named Eva (only her name is foreign and she is Turkish) with the magic on the shoe. ⦁ He arranges for Eva to be sent to Adem's hospital for surgery by Adem. There he makes Adam fall in love with Eva. He then tries to get him closer to Eva. ⦁ He calls someone a fool for giving him his money. ⦁ He tries to impose on her the state of love corrupted by lust and desire. ⦁ Later, after giving Eva an illness, he kidnaps her to Adem's house, telling her father, with whom he is friends, that he will take her to the clinic. ⦁ He gives him a knife to keep Eva at home. ⦁ He causes Adam to seemingly "attempt to rape and murder" Eva and "go down the wrong path". And he called him "True Lover" because of that. ⦁ He makes an offer to Adam, who regrets what he did: If he kisses her hand (which means he becomes her master), he can destroy the corpse, make other women fall in love with him, and even resurrect Eva. Just as Adem was about to kiss his hand, Eva's guards arrived, so no deal could be made. At that moment, Sheitanexposes Adam, causing him to be "shot to death." ⦁ When he returned to Istanbul 10 years later, while reading the news of war, murder, hunger, unemployment and terrorism in the newspaper, he laughed and thought that its smell had spread throughout the city, in short, the whole city was mired in sin. ⦁ Later, when he learns that Adem and Eva's "death" was actually a trap made for him and that the duo did not die but became parents, he goes crazy. ⦁ He then tells the duo that he will follow them both constantly and will take over the Earth and humanity. EPISODE 8 ⦁ He plans to use a new discovery regarding stem cells to turn humanity into freak creatures. ⦁ In order to steal the formulas, he disguises himself as the university principal and asks for the formulas, but it does not work. ⦁ He whispers to a security guard not to let the mother of the Ayşe, who finded the formula, in because she was wearing a headscarf (I think that part is about Hijab Ban. For those who don't know, there were bans on wearing Hijabs in Turkiye at that time). ⦁ He encourages Ayşe's father-in-law to take the formulas with him. ⦁ They knock Ayşe unconscious and kidnap Ayşe's husband and ask for the formulas in return for her husband. And they do this while Ayşe is pregnant. ⦁ When Ayşe's brother goes to save Ayşe's husband, he scares him, causing his location to be revealed and him being taken as a hostage. ⦁ As Plan B, he tries to have Ayşe's father-in-law kill Ayşe, Ayşe's husband and Ayşe's brother. But at that moment, the father-in-law probably gives up because of the effect of the adhan recited at that moment. EPISODE 9 ⦁ In the first minute, he causes a father to have a car accident and die by making him look at his phone while in the car. ⦁ He puts misgivings and doubts in the mind of the dead man's wife about the factory partnership. ⦁ He whispers to Cengiz Bey that he should not give deceased man's, who is Cengiz's brother, son the factory when he turns 18. And he succeeds. ⦁ He whispers to provoke Cengiz's wife against the dead man's wife. ⦁ He whispers to Cengiz's wife to try to prevent money from being given to the dead man's wife. ⦁ He drags Cengiz down a bad path. He makes him selfish and bad guy. ⦁ He showed Cengiz's wife as if she was in a car accident. ⦁ He comes to Cengiz as a businessman who controls all the countries and establishes a partnership with him. Later, he smuggles drugs with him. ⦁ Cengiz's brother's son, who has a right to work in that factory, verbally abused him while he was mentally destroyed, saying that no one loved him. This caused the child to hit the glass with his hand, injuring his hand, and to turn into a problematic person within 4 years. ⦁ He whispers to the dead man's son to kill Cengiz. But the dead man's wife prevents her son from killing Genghis. EPISODE 10 ⦁ He decides to break Şükran's relationship and take her heart, which probably means taking the goodness out of her. ⦁ He takes over a girl's body and hits the cabinets with it until her hands bleed, insults Şükran and causes a mental breakdown in that girl he taked over. ⦁ It brings gratitude into dreams. He then psychologically tortured her by chasing her and posing as her lover in her dreams . ⦁ He watched as Hülya undressed and changed... While watching, she said "Ooh. Tsk Tsk Tsk." It made sounds like... ⦁ Looks like he made a deal with Hülya. According to the agreement, he will give Hülya beauty and attracting men. He would also receive his debt later. He asks him to help him with his business with Şükran to pay off his debt. He also physically and mentally abused her by calling her ugly and pressing her face against the glass. You can understand from Hülya's reactions that it has a great impact on him. ⦁ He exploits Şükran's fear that something will happen to her mother, who has a heart problem. Shows nightmares about it. ⦁ He threatens Hülya by holding her out the window to make her hurry up. ⦁ Hülya moves from studying with Şükran's boyfriend to caressing her head. While Sheitanconvinces Şükran that she needs money to go home for her mother, he suddenly decides to direct her to Hülya. When Şükran goes to her boyfriend's house, she sees Hülya caressing his head. When he sees that Beloved is cheating on him, he breaks up with her. ⦁ He tells Hülya to leave Şükran completely alone. Hülya calls Şükran's friend to "hitchhike to Izmir". ⦁ It suppresses Şükran's mother's heart and causes a lot of discomfort. Considering the pacing of that scene, he was probably trying to kill her or at least do her some harm. ⦁ When a car arrives and Hülya gets into it, Sheitanwhispers to Şükran's friend to get into that car. Then Hülya leaves the car and abandons her, and the men kidnap her. The wounds on her body and her reactions show that the men who kidnapped her did very bad things to her. ⦁ He secretly directs Şükran to be a babysitter at a house. Şükran comes to her while she is babysitting and shows her a fake proof that her mother is in a hospital. He then says that there is only one solution for humanity and that he can solve the problem in exchange for his heart. Later, when the owner comes, he tells her to tell owner that she wants to go. Şükran does this by threatening her with the vase. He then takes her hitchhiking in a car and tries to do the same thing to her that happened to his friend. Fortunately, Şükran quickly resolves the situation, gets out of the car and confronts Satan. EPISODE 11 ⦁ To ensure that vendetta continues and Yusuf or Ahmet's wife shoot Osman, he tells Ahmet's wife that he will give Osman's, who now lives a normal life with his sisters after changing his surname, location in exchange for her coming as a friend of Ahmet and convincing Yusuf, who is Ahmet's son, to shoot Osman, that have a father who shot Ahmet out of vendetta. ⦁ When Yusuf, tired of the nightmares he sees, decides to kill Osman, Sheitantells Ahmet's wife that Osman is in Istanbul. And Yusuf goes to Istanbul. ⦁ He later helps Yusuf continue his feud by things like giving him a house. For some reason, he places Yusuf in the house near Osman's house. I don't know why he did this, but he must have had a bad reason because... We're talking about the devil, he's probably planning something. ⦁ He drops Cemile's ,One of Osman's sisters, the bag in her hand and compares with Yusuf, whom she loved as a child but cannot recognize now, so he can find Osman but it accidently makes Yusuf fall in love with her again. ⦁ Yusuf gives up his blood feud after falling in love. For this reason, he tells Ahmet's wife that his son Yusuf left his blood feud and is in a relationship with Osman's sister Cemile. Ahmet's wife then decides to go to Istanbul with Sheitan, who disguised as Ahmet's friend, and meet with Yusuf, or to shoot Osman herself. ⦁ He disguises herself as his mother and goes to Yusuf and speaks like Yusuf's mother. ⦁ While talking to Ahmet's wife, when Ahmet's wife wonders about being called "Hevva", he forces him to sleep. He did this on the bus too. ⦁ He crushes a flower too much with a shoe while talking about continuing their feud and causing bloodshed. ⦁ He encourages Ahmet's wife to shoot Osman. This causes Ahmet's wife to shoot Yusuf, her own son, while trying to shoot Osman and stay in prison for a long time. Fortunately, Yusuf recovered, married Cemile and forgave his mother. EPISODE 12 ⦁ He goes to Ayla Bacı, a fortune teller, and shows her people burying their father's body, he goes there and gives someone the chills. Then it comes back. Then he asks the fortune teller to help him bind people to him. The fortune teller also accepts. ⦁ He whispers to Cemal, who is so fond of wordly goods that he cares about them instead of his father-in-law, to increase this fondness in him. ⦁ He enters the house of Cemal. Then he makes him leave his money under the board and makes him forget what he did. ⦁ He whispers to Cemal to make it seem as if Yakup, who is Cemal's brother who wanted money for buying a farm, will take over all of Cemal's money. Then he whispers to Yakup but it doesn't work. ⦁ He stops the heart of the man, who gave Yakup enough money to pay for farm in exchange for tobacco, just because he gived enough money for farm to Yahup. And he makes a evil laugh af |
2024.05.16 06:21 New_Selection_8250 Indian women in saree
I was always the unassuming type. I could finish a day without speaking to anyone and the world could go on nonchalant. It was alright till I hit the teens. It was difficult to understand the hormones and the new sense of feelings that it kicked within me. Suddenly from a boy, I was a man. Only, nobody seems to notice. I had to make sense of this new waves of sensations that hits me very often especially when a girl walks past - her growing bosom, the widening hips. It was making sense somewhere but didnt know where. After the initial few years, it was amply clear to me that I am not among the preferred list of boys for girls to giggle or gossip about. I was another chap - decent in studies, helpful when asked.
Adulthood was no different. Once the resignation to a life of solitude was internalized, it seemed seemingly easy to walk past the hot chicks while maintaining a stoic face; only if they looked below they would have seen how much my penis failed me. Porn was a relief to start with. A cope up mechanism and even before I realized, it was an addiction. Imaginations ran wild as I stroked myself to pleasure again after again - at times upto 4 to 6 times a day. As my body aged faster than my mind was growing, it was the only solace. With time, the stoking became mechanical and the pleasure sensations seem to go unnoticed even for me.
As I near 40, it was time to change. Time to grab the life by its neck and chock till it squirmed the way I wanted. In Feb I started hitting the gym. I started losing fat. My jawlines started shaping. My confidence started building. My arms, my chests and my legs - all of them started showing a defined muscles. I feel younger. My confidence building up. The beast in me started wagging its tail, licking its lips.
One of the prominent fantasy I have is to be with a women who wears a saree below her navel. If she has good cleavage then jannat. I have always admired a woman in a saree. The many teleseries with women in saree have made be obsessed with this fantasy. I want to unleash the beast within me. Take her down. Grope her. Squeeze her melons. Suck her nipples. Take her from behind. Make her boobs swing with every thrust. Choke her with my arms as I ride her like no tomorrow. Pleasure will only be mine. The beast needs its prey. I want her to moan; to shout my name with every thrust. To scream in lust, to cry in ecstasy. I want to feel the warmth of releasing my jism inside her. Feel my penis pulse as it ejaculates in her fertile pussy. Sense her breath; the panting. Smell her sweat. I want to be the beast that I am within.
The fantasy has become an obsession now. It is unproductive and hinders my thoughts. I lose my focus and gives me a boner each time I think of a woman in a saree - oh! her tantalizing navel fluttering beneath the saree as the pallu swings with the breeze. The beast in me sighs loudly. Determined. It needs its release.
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Adulthood was no different. Once the resignation to a life of solitude was internalized, it seemed seemingly easy to walk past the hot chicks while maintaining a stoic face; only if they looked below they would have seen how much my penis failed me. Porn was a relief to start with. A cope up mechanism and even before I realized, it was an addiction. Imaginations ran wild as I stroked myself to pleasure again after again - at times upto 4 to 6 times a day. As my body aged faster than my mind was growing, it was the only solace. With time, the stoking became mechanical and the pleasure sensations seem to go unnoticed even for me.
As I near 40, it was time to change. Time to grab the life by its neck and chock till it squirmed the way I wanted. In Feb I started hitting the gym. I started losing fat. My jawlines started shaping. My confidence started building. My arms, my chests and my legs - all of them started showing a defined muscles. I feel younger. My confidence building up. The beast in me started wagging its tail, licking its lips.
One of the prominent fantasy I have is to be with a women who wears a saree below her navel. If she has good cleavage then jannat. I have always admired a woman in a saree. The many teleseries with women in saree have made be obsessed with this fantasy. I want to unleash the beast within me. Take her down. Grope her. Squeeze her melons. Suck her nipples. Take her from behind. Make her boobs swing with every thrust. Choke her with my arms as I ride her like no tomorrow. Pleasure will only be mine. The beast needs its prey. I want her to moan; to shout my name with every thrust. To scream in lust, to cry in ecstasy. I want to feel the warmth of releasing my jism inside her. Feel my penis pulse as it ejaculates in her fertile pussy. Sense her breath; the panting. Smell her sweat. I want to be the beast that I am within.
The fantasy has become an obsession now. It is unproductive and hinders my thoughts. I lose my focus and gives me a boner each time I think of a woman in a saree - oh! her tantalizing navel fluttering beneath the saree as the pallu swings with the breeze. The beast in me sighs loudly. Determined. It needs its release.
2024.05.16 06:17 ChildofObama Reflecting on this semester of college
On one hand, I matured slightly. Unlike my first time at school a few years ago, I at least tried to keep up with the textbook reading, and study more. I made it through three closed book tests without asking a question every ten minutes. I wasn’t asking for an extension on assignments every week. I’m not some time management king with my day planned out on a flow chart, but I’m getting better.
On the other hand, I’m still a massive spendthrift, I can’t save money to save my life. After seeing the clutter in my room upon getting home, I may be reconsidering my buying habits though.
I’m also still not a good test taker in math related subjects, and my professor pointed out I panic a lot when I don’t see an easy solution to a problem.
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On the other hand, I’m still a massive spendthrift, I can’t save money to save my life. After seeing the clutter in my room upon getting home, I may be reconsidering my buying habits though.
I’m also still not a good test taker in math related subjects, and my professor pointed out I panic a lot when I don’t see an easy solution to a problem.
2024.05.16 06:11 Several_Boat1612 After speaking with 25 wedding photographers this is what I have so far....
After speaking with a few members in this group and few outside this group this is what I have gathered from the market for my project
let me know if this perspective is accurate or not and feel free to add to it
Service providers in the market:
Wedding videographephotographer that charge between 5-25k per wedding doing 12-40 jobs a year
Desired situation:
To be the go to wedding videographephotographer in their locality and be recommended by top venues and planners as well as having a good reputation online and in the community as well as having a lot of profit for me and my family
Issues:
Main pain point ( NEGATIVE FEEDBACK LOOP )
Softwares that are popular in the market currently use:
like if you're running a wedding photography business what are people trying to sell you over emails or cold calls,
Are those things even use full to you?
I noticed the big boys that help provide tools are mainly honeybook and studio ninja ( my study is strictly from a business POV not actually delivering i.e ( editing videos, sending to clients etc ) things that push the needle ( marketing, reviews, word of mouth ) ETC )
Could you share with me for example,
what you would prefer if you were looking to grow your photography business
1) All in one tool where you can manage your social media ( Facebook, insta ), Follow up on inquires automatically also with AI so you can sift through shitty ones and save time, Build workflows that automatically ask for referrals on your behalf so you don't have to remember,
sending personalized messages a year after you shot your clients weddings, Basically all the things that you know you should be doing but because if your hectic schedule it's a bit difficult to fit in and be constant with it building your reviews and testimonials
which will make your life easier with trying to get into the big venues and get better clients not to mention save you so much money rather than hiring an agency to do it and paying between 10-20k yearly
OR
2) Have an outside agency or person handle all those things for you white glove service style where you pay 10-20k yearly but you have the same benefit as the tool but with an element of human error but you'd also get the benefits of having a human eye as well as an extra set of hands for customer service
I want to gather accurate info and see what you guys deal with on a day to day and what areas you'd like to improve
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let me know if this perspective is accurate or not and feel free to add to it
Service providers in the market:
Wedding videographephotographer that charge between 5-25k per wedding doing 12-40 jobs a year
Desired situation:
To be the go to wedding videographephotographer in their locality and be recommended by top venues and planners as well as having a good reputation online and in the community as well as having a lot of profit for me and my family
Issues:
- Trying to show their creative side through their work as well as producing high quality work without “churning and burning” their customers
- Too much inquires coming in and wasting time with low quality inquires
- Trying to stay away from feast and famine months with their business
- Keeping a good name and image in the community
- Collaborating with venues and planners to get more high quality inquires
- Making sure to have a good and consistent online presence
- Spending a lot of time sorting and finding high quality leads
- Getting on the recommended vendors lists for venues and planners
- Being able to work “on” the business getting more inquires as well as them being a good quality
- SEO: the issue they brought up… Does it even work? What are the quality of the people calling me?
- Social Media Management Agency: the issue they brought up no real ROI on the service the money would be better spent elsewhere
- Software: mainly business management software doesn’t actually target pain points really can only send invoices contracts and speak with customers but not actions that move the needle forward
- Full service social media: the person handling it doesn’t bring out the vision the client is looking for and the same issues with the social media management agency
Main pain point ( NEGATIVE FEEDBACK LOOP )
- Forget about quality of inquires not enough are even coming in
- Jobs are low budget and low quality ( making it difficult to create good marketing material for the business having good looking brides and grooms in a good venue high quality backgrounds which would’ve created a positive feedback loop )
- Difficult to get out the 1-3k price range when marketing materials aren’t as good and are stuck delivering for clients to make sure the services were good
Softwares that are popular in the market currently use:
- Stripe (Payment processor)
- Gmail
- Adobe Suite
- Mac OS
- Honeybook
- Helsome (Payment processor)
- Shoot proof (sends clients there images and videos)
- Studio Ninja ( Invoicing, contracts, customer management )
like if you're running a wedding photography business what are people trying to sell you over emails or cold calls,
Are those things even use full to you?
I noticed the big boys that help provide tools are mainly honeybook and studio ninja ( my study is strictly from a business POV not actually delivering i.e ( editing videos, sending to clients etc ) things that push the needle ( marketing, reviews, word of mouth ) ETC )
Could you share with me for example,
what you would prefer if you were looking to grow your photography business
1) All in one tool where you can manage your social media ( Facebook, insta ), Follow up on inquires automatically also with AI so you can sift through shitty ones and save time, Build workflows that automatically ask for referrals on your behalf so you don't have to remember,
sending personalized messages a year after you shot your clients weddings, Basically all the things that you know you should be doing but because if your hectic schedule it's a bit difficult to fit in and be constant with it building your reviews and testimonials
which will make your life easier with trying to get into the big venues and get better clients not to mention save you so much money rather than hiring an agency to do it and paying between 10-20k yearly
OR
2) Have an outside agency or person handle all those things for you white glove service style where you pay 10-20k yearly but you have the same benefit as the tool but with an element of human error but you'd also get the benefits of having a human eye as well as an extra set of hands for customer service
I want to gather accurate info and see what you guys deal with on a day to day and what areas you'd like to improve
View Poll
2024.05.16 06:04 Umitsbooboo How I changed my life with Neville's teaching since 2018 (large money, freedom, travel, love)
Successor : u/Intel81994
Hi,
I first found this subreddit and Neville's works in 2018 so I thought I'd share my success/experiences.
I've never posted here, only lurked... daily. I often see people post tiny wins in here like manifesting a test result or a few hundred dollars. I don't see many huge wins except occasionally, or multi-year life changing creations.
Well, I'm not where I want to be bc my goals have gotten a lot bigger, but I've come a long way and finding this work in 2018 changed my life so I want to share with you how.
Not to discourage, but small wins are nothing compared to the deep life changes and incredible abundance you can create in knowing who you really are - just think - there are people out there, several, who own $10M+ houses, multi-millionaires, many came from nothing.
I'm not saying that's the only thing worth striving for or even the source of joy, of course. But my point is anything you want, someone else out there has done it, they are just humans like myself and you.
So here's how my life turned around since 2018 and what I created. The HOW I did so is no different than what you already read on this sub every day.
Neville has been my favorite teacher and this is the MAIN sub I have read over the last few years. I own all of his books and have read them several times.
I regard his methods as most influential for me. This may come off as some motivational story but truth is I use Neville's methods daily and always try to understand and control my beliefs to grow.
Here is how my life changed completely after DOING the work:
To my current goals, this is really nothing now and I now surround myself with people doing a ton more than me. So I'm not preaching here, it's just levels to the game right.
I now work professionally in the crypto industry, but also have skills and knowledge to a few types of online businesses in the consulting & marketing space, as well as make money from markets/trading, which is a great vehicle because there are effectively no limits.
I can live anywhere I want, have plenty of cushion and money to live mostly how I want (have larger goals now), have time freedom as well, and most of all, love growth and feel great striving for more. I did SATS to get my current gig.
I've also been trading the last 2 years and no it's not easy, in fact you're competing against algorithms and the best minds in the world so the learning curve is quite steep.
Trading is not easy money, but the potential is there. Besides, trading is just one vehicle, it's not value-additive to the market like businesses are, so I believe it's best used in conjunction with a business/job, and investing longer term is better.
Anyway I turned <40k into ~350K in crypto, and a separate stock portfolio last year.
And yes a lot of that crypto growth was market timing and luck with everything going on, monetary policy and all, and I know people who turned less into several million and also plenty who got liquidated and lost millions. I still spent a lot of time and skill to create that, point is I created all of it in various forms.
My health is impeccable and I've for sure made other physical changes, and I think I somehow changed my gf's looks to become better over time too. She was always quite cute though. I'm still very much in shape but now do yoga daily for last few years, as well as lifting.
Some was luck, some was skill and work. All was my creation. I also got quite decent at trading and managing a portfolio that I not only managed to publicly call the exact day of the market TOP in november 2021 but also sniped the bottom in July. Intuition plus knowledge.
So I kept this money, it is not bleeding out in my portfolio with the market. I've devoted a LOT into mastering this craft but again, self concept and Neville helped.
I got hacked for 60k-70k a few months back and chose to give it new meaning and manifested a career change to crypto industry, landing a position making over 10k per month (I'm not happy with this at my current standards of income, but I'm grateful), that I am growing to 20k per month of active income now with other streams.
What's interesting in my recent career manifestation is I decided I want a position that basically pays me to do what I already do (I was independently researching and managing a multi-6 figure crypto portfolio... over a quarter million dollars combined money that I was managing. )
I now get paid a full time 6 fig salary to do nothing extra from what I was already doing and barely work on the actual job with plenty of time for other stuff.
I just decided it was done and that's it. Also of course it's remote... knowing what I know, I will only consider remote jobs (never worked in a physical office and I've actually never had a w2 job before this, always doing sales and stuff or my own thing).
I have been working on increasing my standard to 25k per month minimum of active income generation. Had a lot of ideas come through. I’m just not the type to have a job I think but I have to figure out what I can build again.
Compared to who I want to be at a later date that’s also nothing much. Again, levels to the game.
Now also working on growing a business in this space. This hack event was pretty traumatic but I now see how I 100% manifested it. And I can choose to also create something far greater out of the event now.
With every job I've ever had, I've never worked in an office. I've only ever been remote or online because this is the only thing I was willing to accept. Being a digital nomad has been my norm since I graduated college.
Be specific in what you want and do not settle.
I went to a top 5 US public university and even manifested myself to lead a large pre-med club on campus (I was a pre med student) before I knew Neville. I'm now very glad I chose to go my own route instead of medicine for several reasons beyond scope of this post but anyway.
My best mental model/tips
Random Musings
The thing with manifesting is we sometimes take a passive route and wait for things to happen to us (and sure this is fine and still works), but think- if you don't grow your mental, emotional, skills container to deal with large amounts of money, or a team, or skills to sell and market and manage money... if you suddenly get 500K or 1M, how are you going to hold on to it?
If you lack personal power and execution skills, say you suddenly win 5M from the lottery, do you have the skills to keep it and make decisions at a level that can fluctuate several millions? It's stressful and requires thinking completely differently.
You have to 'stress test' your consciousness and expand your container.
I know that because I got hacked (stolen) ~70k it means nothing because the version of me who makes multi-7 figures a year deals with fluctuations of multi-6 figures in his portfolio all the time, it's part of the game. and I HAVE dealt with 6 figure fluctuations in my portfolio before this hack so it wasn't super new in that sense.
You know time is not real, it's all happening now, Creation is already finished, so you should also know that the way to 'hack' time is making decisions from a place of the future version of yourself you already are.
Make a commitment to stop playing small and settling for crumbs. Why would you get hung up on the one limited way your ego thinks that abundance has to manifest in your life, or love, instead of just feeling the emotions themselves, knowing it's done, and letting your life color it in in grander ways than you could have imagined.
Funny little manifestations and things happen literally every day that I just take it as reflections of me being in my creative power.
Something crazy/funny that happened was on our last trip, I told my girlfriend 'hey, how funny and weird would it be to see a parrot meowing?' - then next day we sit at a cafe and there is a parrot in a cage outside, meowing loudly. The most bizarre manifestation, I didn't even intend for it, just asked hey would it not be funny. Things like this happen so often, I can't keep track.
There is nothing new to learn. Just do the techniques and do self care rituals and get lost in your work. Feel the feeling of utter abundance and freedom now and it will happen.
We live in an advanced economy with the internet, it has never been easier to start or fund a business compared to even 50 years ago (see interest rates), distribution has never been easier, so if you know these tools, why would you not create the biggest dream you can imagine? Why settle for a free $200?
I realize there are levels people go through however so I don't mean to belittle, but now that I have been through so much and grown, I know there is nothing separating myself from multi millions and VC's and creators of large companies except belief, work, and time in this reality.
I have the knowledge, belief, and skills to not need a job if I don't want one. I can instead offer something to the market and be independent.
I'm telling you this stuff works and is sustainable. You can be as specific as you want and get whatever you want, and trust that with the turns life takes you through, it is a BRIDGE meant to turn you into the person to get and sustain what you say you want. Decide it and it is so.
I am someone who is a first generation American immigrant, my parents moved to the US from India when I was 5 and we had very little here. I grew up 'lower' middle class, and didn't have the best money programming from parents, but I always did well in school.
I KNOW I am going to be the first multi millionaire in my family. It's all in how you think about yourself/self concept and the work you do from that mindset. Do actions and shift your environment in accordance with who you want to be.
I always splurge on self care now and do things like fly business class or pay more for a better room because that's who I internally am. Just find a way to produce more and let it flow instead of shrinking yourself to be someone you’re not in your 4D
I don't try to scrimp and penny pinch, I let money flow. Even though getting stolen 70k was traumatic, oh well, I chose to give it a better, empowering meaning and my reality shifted.
That's all I have to say. Do the work. Stop procrastinating with learning. All the teachers, scripture, it's all the same Truth at the core. Learning is fine because you learn different mental models at different points of your life but you need to do the work.
I've been fortunate to not only have explored TONS of teachers and books in this realm, you name it I've probably read it or have a copy, I've also HAD mentors and WORKED directly under multi millionaires older and more experienced than me who know this work very well and knew Neville specifically, and it's the real deal. I did sales for someone in the online coaching space was was very well off and had decades of success and spoke of Neville very often, it was really cool.
Proof of the Law
I don't know what more proof you need that the Law is real. All religions throughout eternity have known this, Neville just distilled the same Truth through his own methods that work really well in my opinion and I personally love his interpretation of scripture.
The most successful people in the world are usually consciously (and some unconsciously) doing these same actions. Just do the work and focus on it coming from a good place of knowing that it's done. You don't need to know HOW but you just need to know the plane is going to somehow land one day.
I just come back to Neville every time, because his methods are simple and philosophies work well for how I think. I've done tons of psychedelic mushrooms over the years which luckily made me very open to this sort of thinking, before that I was very rigid and too '3d scientific' minded in my thinking. Keep in mind there is actually nothing 'unscientific' about the Law... modern science has its own limitations in that we cannot measure many things.
What used to be called magic in years past is now under the realm of science right? I'm not saying I don't value logic and science... I have a science degree from a top 5 university.
I'm just saying your ego mind which wants to keep you stuck and surviving uses the excuse of logic and science when that's actually not the full scope of how reality works, we are incredibly limited in our conscious understanding of reality.... we don't even know what we're doing here on a floating rock in infinite space and we can hardly see much of the light spectrum as it is.
So remember that when your ego tries to believe in your limitations and the 3d reality only. You being here is magic that even the most advanced science does not know the answer to. Do scientists know fundamentally why there is something at all instead of nothing?
Anyway, one more thing is I've never been shy of making relatively bold and fast decisions, investing in a mentor (for business) and just generally betting on myself.
Because getting around people who think bigger than you and don't settle is a hack and it's worth every penny. There is a reason millionaires hang with other millionaires.
I'm not saying to cut people out of your life (unless toxic) but rather to seek proximity and get around winners or pay to join some mastermind in business or whatever you need to do to network in your realm.
Just last week I invested 7.5k for get into a network of high performing young male entrepreneurs just because I want a better network in real life and work on business tactics and execution. When I was 23 I invested 25k that I did not have at the time (I made it happen and earned it back) to get a business mentor. So I use all of this in combo with Neville's methods primarily. I really like revision method as well.
The act of DECISION literally creates a parallel reality and becomes the new bridge to your manifestation.
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Hi,
I first found this subreddit and Neville's works in 2018 so I thought I'd share my success/experiences.
I've never posted here, only lurked... daily. I often see people post tiny wins in here like manifesting a test result or a few hundred dollars. I don't see many huge wins except occasionally, or multi-year life changing creations.
Well, I'm not where I want to be bc my goals have gotten a lot bigger, but I've come a long way and finding this work in 2018 changed my life so I want to share with you how.
Not to discourage, but small wins are nothing compared to the deep life changes and incredible abundance you can create in knowing who you really are - just think - there are people out there, several, who own $10M+ houses, multi-millionaires, many came from nothing.
I'm not saying that's the only thing worth striving for or even the source of joy, of course. But my point is anything you want, someone else out there has done it, they are just humans like myself and you.
So here's how my life turned around since 2018 and what I created. The HOW I did so is no different than what you already read on this sub every day.
Neville has been my favorite teacher and this is the MAIN sub I have read over the last few years. I own all of his books and have read them several times.
I regard his methods as most influential for me. This may come off as some motivational story but truth is I use Neville's methods daily and always try to understand and control my beliefs to grow.
- MONEY/TRAVEL : I went from -50k in debt running my own online fitness coaching business at my lowest point not knowing how I would pay rent (long story but I was young and not skilled enough in business at this time to really build a team and 7 figure business like I wanted),
To my current goals, this is really nothing now and I now surround myself with people doing a ton more than me. So I'm not preaching here, it's just levels to the game right.
I now work professionally in the crypto industry, but also have skills and knowledge to a few types of online businesses in the consulting & marketing space, as well as make money from markets/trading, which is a great vehicle because there are effectively no limits.
I can live anywhere I want, have plenty of cushion and money to live mostly how I want (have larger goals now), have time freedom as well, and most of all, love growth and feel great striving for more. I did SATS to get my current gig.
I've also been trading the last 2 years and no it's not easy, in fact you're competing against algorithms and the best minds in the world so the learning curve is quite steep.
Trading is not easy money, but the potential is there. Besides, trading is just one vehicle, it's not value-additive to the market like businesses are, so I believe it's best used in conjunction with a business/job, and investing longer term is better.
Anyway I turned <40k into ~350K in crypto, and a separate stock portfolio last year.
And yes a lot of that crypto growth was market timing and luck with everything going on, monetary policy and all, and I know people who turned less into several million and also plenty who got liquidated and lost millions. I still spent a lot of time and skill to create that, point is I created all of it in various forms.
- FITNESS/HEALTH: I achieved a more fit and better body than 98% of men have. This was a result of hard work plus these methods and was in 2018 when I decided to undergo a bodybuilding prep for a photoshoot. Great size, leanness, abs, I had been lifting for years but never gotten this in shape.
My health is impeccable and I've for sure made other physical changes, and I think I somehow changed my gf's looks to become better over time too. She was always quite cute though. I'm still very much in shape but now do yoga daily for last few years, as well as lifting.
- LOCATION/LIVING: I manifested the EXACT view I used to visualize in the center of my major city, with a gorgeous view of the ocean and city both, for a great price and have lived here for last 3 years now. In a luxury high rise. I can see ships and yachts right outside my balcony every day. It's literally grander than I even knew to imagine just 5 years ago.
- MORE FINANCE: Over the last 2 years my investments and more were doing so well sometimes - not always - that I often was able to have some months making 20-40k, point is I was not worried about work.
Some was luck, some was skill and work. All was my creation. I also got quite decent at trading and managing a portfolio that I not only managed to publicly call the exact day of the market TOP in november 2021 but also sniped the bottom in July. Intuition plus knowledge.
So I kept this money, it is not bleeding out in my portfolio with the market. I've devoted a LOT into mastering this craft but again, self concept and Neville helped.
I got hacked for 60k-70k a few months back and chose to give it new meaning and manifested a career change to crypto industry, landing a position making over 10k per month (I'm not happy with this at my current standards of income, but I'm grateful), that I am growing to 20k per month of active income now with other streams.
What's interesting in my recent career manifestation is I decided I want a position that basically pays me to do what I already do (I was independently researching and managing a multi-6 figure crypto portfolio... over a quarter million dollars combined money that I was managing. )
I now get paid a full time 6 fig salary to do nothing extra from what I was already doing and barely work on the actual job with plenty of time for other stuff.
I just decided it was done and that's it. Also of course it's remote... knowing what I know, I will only consider remote jobs (never worked in a physical office and I've actually never had a w2 job before this, always doing sales and stuff or my own thing).
I have been working on increasing my standard to 25k per month minimum of active income generation. Had a lot of ideas come through. I’m just not the type to have a job I think but I have to figure out what I can build again.
Compared to who I want to be at a later date that’s also nothing much. Again, levels to the game.
Now also working on growing a business in this space. This hack event was pretty traumatic but I now see how I 100% manifested it. And I can choose to also create something far greater out of the event now.
With every job I've ever had, I've never worked in an office. I've only ever been remote or online because this is the only thing I was willing to accept. Being a digital nomad has been my norm since I graduated college.
Be specific in what you want and do not settle.
I went to a top 5 US public university and even manifested myself to lead a large pre-med club on campus (I was a pre med student) before I knew Neville. I'm now very glad I chose to go my own route instead of medicine for several reasons beyond scope of this post but anyway.
- SP: Manifested my SP (gf) back in 2018 and we have a great relationship going on 6 years now (together since 2016). I focus more on self love and feeling I AM God rather than seeking it externally. My consciousness and inner connection is my source of sustenance.
- Honestly there are so many other crazy little things I can't possibly keep track. Every day I have synchronicities like crazy still. I don't give them much meaning but just take it to mean that I am aligned.
- Delude yourself into knowing that imagination is MORE real than the 3d. The 3d is 'old news.' Meaning it's a shadow world. The real creation is happening in your imagination, and there is a time lag in this physical world.
- I do SATS during the day, works fine for me, I don't think it matters much if day/night, but you need to do it. Follow a guided hypnosis session to get deeper into trance first if it helps.
- Act and trust deeply that life is leading you to what you want, and the meaning you give to events is literally what molds your future. Choose empowering meanings. Stop being a victim.
- Make a daily routine checklist and stick to it so you internally feel in control of your reality. Mine is: SATS or revision, meditate or breathwork, EFT or writing, cold shower, no phone in the morning, wake at 6am, and of course I exercise daily in some form. I use a spreadsheet to make sure I hit my routines for the day so I don't be a victim but rather stay in control. This is critical for me.
- As long as you occupy the realms of consciousness that you want, the result WILL come via downloads and hunches and thoughts, and insane physical things will happen that will 'seem like it would have happened anyway' so don't worry about the how.
The thing with manifesting is we sometimes take a passive route and wait for things to happen to us (and sure this is fine and still works), but think- if you don't grow your mental, emotional, skills container to deal with large amounts of money, or a team, or skills to sell and market and manage money... if you suddenly get 500K or 1M, how are you going to hold on to it?
If you lack personal power and execution skills, say you suddenly win 5M from the lottery, do you have the skills to keep it and make decisions at a level that can fluctuate several millions? It's stressful and requires thinking completely differently.
You have to 'stress test' your consciousness and expand your container.
I know that because I got hacked (stolen) ~70k it means nothing because the version of me who makes multi-7 figures a year deals with fluctuations of multi-6 figures in his portfolio all the time, it's part of the game. and I HAVE dealt with 6 figure fluctuations in my portfolio before this hack so it wasn't super new in that sense.
You know time is not real, it's all happening now, Creation is already finished, so you should also know that the way to 'hack' time is making decisions from a place of the future version of yourself you already are.
Make a commitment to stop playing small and settling for crumbs. Why would you get hung up on the one limited way your ego thinks that abundance has to manifest in your life, or love, instead of just feeling the emotions themselves, knowing it's done, and letting your life color it in in grander ways than you could have imagined.
Funny little manifestations and things happen literally every day that I just take it as reflections of me being in my creative power.
Something crazy/funny that happened was on our last trip, I told my girlfriend 'hey, how funny and weird would it be to see a parrot meowing?' - then next day we sit at a cafe and there is a parrot in a cage outside, meowing loudly. The most bizarre manifestation, I didn't even intend for it, just asked hey would it not be funny. Things like this happen so often, I can't keep track.
There is nothing new to learn. Just do the techniques and do self care rituals and get lost in your work. Feel the feeling of utter abundance and freedom now and it will happen.
We live in an advanced economy with the internet, it has never been easier to start or fund a business compared to even 50 years ago (see interest rates), distribution has never been easier, so if you know these tools, why would you not create the biggest dream you can imagine? Why settle for a free $200?
I realize there are levels people go through however so I don't mean to belittle, but now that I have been through so much and grown, I know there is nothing separating myself from multi millions and VC's and creators of large companies except belief, work, and time in this reality.
I have the knowledge, belief, and skills to not need a job if I don't want one. I can instead offer something to the market and be independent.
I'm telling you this stuff works and is sustainable. You can be as specific as you want and get whatever you want, and trust that with the turns life takes you through, it is a BRIDGE meant to turn you into the person to get and sustain what you say you want. Decide it and it is so.
I am someone who is a first generation American immigrant, my parents moved to the US from India when I was 5 and we had very little here. I grew up 'lower' middle class, and didn't have the best money programming from parents, but I always did well in school.
I KNOW I am going to be the first multi millionaire in my family. It's all in how you think about yourself/self concept and the work you do from that mindset. Do actions and shift your environment in accordance with who you want to be.
I always splurge on self care now and do things like fly business class or pay more for a better room because that's who I internally am. Just find a way to produce more and let it flow instead of shrinking yourself to be someone you’re not in your 4D
I don't try to scrimp and penny pinch, I let money flow. Even though getting stolen 70k was traumatic, oh well, I chose to give it a better, empowering meaning and my reality shifted.
That's all I have to say. Do the work. Stop procrastinating with learning. All the teachers, scripture, it's all the same Truth at the core. Learning is fine because you learn different mental models at different points of your life but you need to do the work.
I've been fortunate to not only have explored TONS of teachers and books in this realm, you name it I've probably read it or have a copy, I've also HAD mentors and WORKED directly under multi millionaires older and more experienced than me who know this work very well and knew Neville specifically, and it's the real deal. I did sales for someone in the online coaching space was was very well off and had decades of success and spoke of Neville very often, it was really cool.
I don't know what more proof you need that the Law is real. All religions throughout eternity have known this, Neville just distilled the same Truth through his own methods that work really well in my opinion and I personally love his interpretation of scripture.
The most successful people in the world are usually consciously (and some unconsciously) doing these same actions. Just do the work and focus on it coming from a good place of knowing that it's done. You don't need to know HOW but you just need to know the plane is going to somehow land one day.
I just come back to Neville every time, because his methods are simple and philosophies work well for how I think. I've done tons of psychedelic mushrooms over the years which luckily made me very open to this sort of thinking, before that I was very rigid and too '3d scientific' minded in my thinking. Keep in mind there is actually nothing 'unscientific' about the Law... modern science has its own limitations in that we cannot measure many things.
What used to be called magic in years past is now under the realm of science right? I'm not saying I don't value logic and science... I have a science degree from a top 5 university.
I'm just saying your ego mind which wants to keep you stuck and surviving uses the excuse of logic and science when that's actually not the full scope of how reality works, we are incredibly limited in our conscious understanding of reality.... we don't even know what we're doing here on a floating rock in infinite space and we can hardly see much of the light spectrum as it is.
So remember that when your ego tries to believe in your limitations and the 3d reality only. You being here is magic that even the most advanced science does not know the answer to. Do scientists know fundamentally why there is something at all instead of nothing?
Anyway, one more thing is I've never been shy of making relatively bold and fast decisions, investing in a mentor (for business) and just generally betting on myself.
Because getting around people who think bigger than you and don't settle is a hack and it's worth every penny. There is a reason millionaires hang with other millionaires.
I'm not saying to cut people out of your life (unless toxic) but rather to seek proximity and get around winners or pay to join some mastermind in business or whatever you need to do to network in your realm.
Just last week I invested 7.5k for get into a network of high performing young male entrepreneurs just because I want a better network in real life and work on business tactics and execution. When I was 23 I invested 25k that I did not have at the time (I made it happen and earned it back) to get a business mentor. So I use all of this in combo with Neville's methods primarily. I really like revision method as well.
The act of DECISION literally creates a parallel reality and becomes the new bridge to your manifestation.
2024.05.16 06:03 ByMyDecree Reviewing and Ranking Every Battle: Bruce Banner vs. Bruce Jenner
Tier List: https://imgur.com/a/8uZCpGy
Oh boy, is this one gonna be a can of worms. Let's dive in headfirst!
"I'll school you in this battle of the baddest Bruce, with your He-Man haircut and your Daisy Dukes." It's an unremarkable line, but the rhythm here is pretty kickass, and I love the choregraphy of Jenner doing stretches in time with the beat, it's a really satisfying visual. "I hear you're good at running, you're just like the Flash. Especially in the 100-meter ditch-your-wife dash." Decent attack. They never fail to use someone getting divorced as material for a diss, do they? Banner looming over his beakers and microscope is a nice visual, and "You turned one gold medal to a lifetime of green; the most overrated athlete anyone's ever seen" is a competent enough attack. "You need to carry fatherhood across that finish line; kept up with the Kardashians but left some kids behind" is, again, a decent enough diss. A lot of material about Jenner's family here; I guess that's to be expected. There's still one or two much more obvious lines of attack to make, but I suppose Banner is just saving his best stuff for the end, right? He certainly wasn't saving it for the end of this verse, in which he just references the fact that he transforms when he gets pissed off without fashioning it into much of an attack or boast. The use of strings in the music here is a really nice touch, although I'd say the green screen effect with Bruce standing in front of those neurons or whatever ain't looking so hot.
Actually, the green screen effects for this battle broadly aren't the best. That stadium Jenner's standing in is looking pretty low-res. "I think you're in your element when you're behaving badly; honestly you're kind of boron when you're happy." It's a corny pun, but the sentiment is true enough. "I'll lap and pass your ass ten different ways. Decathlon athlete blast through you like some gamma rays." This is filler; it's fine, rhythm sounds pretty good, but it's just taking up space. "The truth is there's no truce between the Bruces, you're a drifter being useless, I'm a winner, no excuses!" That's a lot of playing on the same rhyme in a short period of time, and I dig that: truth/truce/Bruces/useless/excuses, hell yeah. I guess some of those aren't proper rhymes so much as, what's the word... assonance, maybe? It's good writing, is the point. The visuals panning in and out of this home gym is a nice touch too, and a nice parallel to Banner's sequence with his lab. "Beatiful women all up on my jock, I got a home gym, check me on the cereal box, Doc!" The rhythm Jenner's spitting here rules, this beat is low-key one of the better ones they've done. It's also a nice boast, and that Wheaties visual is pretty great. "You big green freak, don't try to flex; if it wasn't for your cousin, you'd never have sex!" Okay, this line goes super hard and I think it's one of the most underrated ones in ERB history. AND it's got one of the funniest visuals in the way Jenner pops in on that roller shouting "OHH!" while Banner suffers. That bit lives rent-free in my head. "You're so strong when you get mad, too bad you can't go back to protect your mom from your dad!" Holy fucking SHIT, this goes hard! The flow here kicks all kinds of ass, and we've got a 3x rhyme combo going on with mad/bad/dad; I LOVE odd numbers of rhymes! It's also just an extremely savage low blow. Another line that doesn't get enough credit. Jenner is kicking Banner's ass so far.
One questionable and inadvisable transformation sequence later, The Hulk comes in to spit a few bars. But only a few. "That painted face don't give you class; just one more thing Bruce do for cash!" Interesting argument. "Best thing you make? Kylie ass! She eighteen? Hulk SMASH!!" I do think this is a pretty funny way to reduce Jenner's legacy to Kardashian bullshit, and the Hulk SMASH joke always gets a strong reaction out of people.
Fully transitioned Caitlin Jenner comes in with "That's my teenage daughter, man, I have to forbid this; I'll put a javelin through your jolly green discus." Decent lines. Good way for Caitlin Jenner to brag about her athletic achievements while also throwing a Jolly Green Giant jab in. "Kylie not the kinda girl I'm gonna let you smash on; you'll get the medal without the decathlon!" I like the medeal/metal wordplay here, although Caitlin Jenner dual-wielding pistols and firing them at the Hulk feels extremely out of left field.
"Hulk is Hulk! No identify as man! Me thinks Cait might understand!" Pretty funny line, and Caitlin's reaction is also amusing. "No gender issue; this Jenner issue! Just you being you is enough to diss you!" So that's it, then? They're really not going to bring that one thing up, eh? I feel like that closing line would land a lot better if they did.
"Look I understand that you hate yourself; but you don't need to blame yourself." Oh, huh. That's different. Let's see where this therapy session goes. "You're a tiger, stop trying to tame yourself; you gotta be big enough to contain yourself." Well... I like that she's mixing things up by rhyming with the penultimate word instead of the last word, that's always something. They're clearly going for an angle of Caitlin relating to Bruce and trying to teach him to come to terms with his identity, which is kind of cute, I guess. "Be green, it ain't none of my business!" That line's pretty funny, as is the tea-sipping visual. "But if you think you're looking good in those torn-ass clothes; you're lying, which means you need a new wardrobe!" That's a reference to The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, The Witch, and the Wardrobe, which has absolutely nothing to do with this matchup. Feels out of place because of it. And it's not a very strong diss besides, feels like padding. Doubly strange to end her verse on it. "The visions of those shorts kinda scarred me; what'd you just rage at a Barney themed party?" Oh, there's more? Alright. This burn is really lame. Barney jokes? Come aaaaaaaahhhhhn, what are we doing here? That line should have definitely been left on the cutting room floor. "That's probably not something you seen as a child; not one day did you see your daddy smile!" Okay. She already established that Hulk's father was abusive in her first verse, and while it was a powerful blow there, here it feels much more toothless. "Hulk not strong enough to deal with denial! Laying you down easy; that's kitchen tile!" The first line is pretty amusing with how Caitlin imitates The Hulk's speech, but that second line... why? Pretty weaksauce way to finish her performance off, but whatever. Also not a fan of these visuals with the diamonds, feels like they wanted to add some visual flair but couldn't think of a good way to do it so they settled on Caitlin popping out of diamonds which is just odd. "Examine this under your microscope; you've got no neck, but you still fucking choked!" Oh. This verse is still going? Okay. Well, it's a good line. "After battling me, you're gonna always be pissed! So the Hulk will stay forever, neither Bruce will exist!" You know, that's actually a pretty strong closer, but I can't help but feel like it's undercut by just how long that verse was dragging on.
Okay, so. I feel it should be pointed out that there's a lot of people who were always going to hate this battle for making the decision not to attack Caitlin for being trans. Furthermore, the overwhelming sentiment has been that Banner won this; it bears keeping in mind that there's a lot of transphobes out there who were going to say the Hulk won no matter what happened simply because Caitlin is trans. So to that end, I think that a fair amount of the hate this battle gets, and the hate that Caitlin's performance gets, is bullshit. But there are still some big criticisms that need to be made.
So let's be honest: they threw the match for Caitlin. Or at least attempted to. You might still think the Hulk managed to win, but with that insanely long final verse it's pretty clear they tried to make Caitlin the 'canon' winner, as with Thomas Jefferson vs. Frederick Douglass. They did this presumably because it was pride month, and they wanted to say Trans Rights with a trans rapper that gets a positive portrayal. I can get behind that sentiment, but the execution is questionable to say the least.
Like... I'm not trans, but there's some shitty stuff going on here that's easy to see. For one, the cardinal rule that everybody knows is that you're not supposed to misgendedeadname a trans person, and the title of this battle is Bruce Banner vs. Bruce Jenner. So from the get-go, before the video even starts playing, we're getting some mixed signals here. Are we to take from this that they made the tactical decision to go ahead and deadname Caitlin for the sake of the matchup making intuitive sense(what with it obviously being a play on their similar names), and then try and do a hard pivot and make Caitlin win the battle to avoid criticism for that decision? Feels like maybe they could have just not gone with this matchup instead. The whole transformation element also seems dubious, but I could see someone reasonably landing either way on whether that's actually an issue or just silly fun, so I won't go into that.
Another issue to consider: Caitlin Jenner kind of sucks. Most people do not like her. Most TRANS people don't even like her. For one, despite the fact that she's trans, she is a Republican who has made anti-gay marriage comments in the past. The bizarre shittiness of a trans person being like that is a pretty ripe source of material for disses, yet this battle does not bring it up at all. And more notably than that, Caitlin Jenner was famously involved with a manslaughter case, where she was accused of getting someone killed due to negligent driving. It was ultimately determined that there wasn't enough evidence for manslaughter and so she wasn't found guilty(though it's widely believed that this decision was bullshit and she did commit manslaughter), but it's an extremely well-known and controversial factoid and it's insane they didn't have Banner bring up as a diss. If you're going to have a rapper make the case of "Just you being you is enough to diss you", seems like being a trans Republican and quite possibly committing vehicular manslaughter are the two strongest and most obvious points to go with. And yet... nothing. If your goal to make a battle that gives trans people positive representation, I feel like Caitlin Jenner seems like a pretty poor choice. I get that there aren't a lot of choices for a trans rep with name recognition or ample material to work with, but... the Wachowski sisters are right there.
Another thing is... why is it a moral imperative that Caitlin win this battle? Sure she's trans, and it's cool want to give trans people positive representation, but you didn't need to give her an absurdly long verse at the end to do that. You could just give her good writing, refrain from shitting on her just for being trans, and sure, let her have the final word. Then, yes, show the pride flag at the end to say Trans Rights. That's all you had to do. With something like Jefferson v. Douglass the scale-tipping made sense, because it was a slave-owner vs. a slave. Yeah, it's kind of hard for the slave-owner to win that match, and it makes sense to use it as a vehicle to take a firm stand against slavery. But it's not like this battle is Trans Person vs. Transphobe; Bruce Banner isn't some horrible person that must be morally condemned(there's a much stronger case for Caitlin herself), so... why have it play out like this? I think that ironically, by trying to hand the match to Caitlin they wound up getting more hate thrown towards the performance and more people voting against her in polls than there otherwise would have been if they'd just cut out all that excessive padding and given her a solid closing verse. As-is the verse isn't good, the overall quality is dragged down by just how much fluff there is.
In the end, my read on the situation is this: for whatever reason, they really liked the idea of this matchup and wanted to go through with it. They knew that going through with it would necessitate making it Bruce Banner vs. Bruce Jenner at the start, so they bit the bullet on the deadnaming and the conceit for the matchup and did everything they could to mitigate the potential backlash for that, going as soft on Caitlin as possible and giving her a verse that was ridiculously lengthy. People always say "but it's the Hulk, it makes sense he wouldn't say much!" and sure, I can buy that as an excuse as to why Caitlin's verse would be longER than his, but that still doesn't account for why it's as insanely long as it is. In any case... this paragraph is just speculation, I can't know their actual motivations, but I think this is likely what happened.
Anyway... despite all, this battle gets way too much hate. I think Jenner's first verse is really good, and the Hulk is also quite solid for as few lines as he gets. Bruce Banner is a little mediocre and Caitlin's last verse ends up just being a pain in the ass to sit through(could've been good if they cut all the fat and left in the handful of good lines) that's best skipped past on repeat listens. But still... there's some stuff here that is thoroughly enjoyable. I don't think this battle quite manages to be good, but it's got enough going for it that I think it manages to avoid being outright bad. I'm putting this in the top of C tier, because I genuinely think it's more enjoyable than all of the battles that are below it.
It's understandable to say that The Hulk beat Jenner's second verse, but I think her first verse was pretty fire and the highlight of the battle. I think she edges out a win, but a case could be made either way.
Let me end things off by saying this: I once watched this battle with an extremely transphobic relative, and he was pissed off by that "no gender issue, this Jenner issue" line. So even if this battle was a regrettable mistake, at least they did something right.
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Oh boy, is this one gonna be a can of worms. Let's dive in headfirst!
"I'll school you in this battle of the baddest Bruce, with your He-Man haircut and your Daisy Dukes." It's an unremarkable line, but the rhythm here is pretty kickass, and I love the choregraphy of Jenner doing stretches in time with the beat, it's a really satisfying visual. "I hear you're good at running, you're just like the Flash. Especially in the 100-meter ditch-your-wife dash." Decent attack. They never fail to use someone getting divorced as material for a diss, do they? Banner looming over his beakers and microscope is a nice visual, and "You turned one gold medal to a lifetime of green; the most overrated athlete anyone's ever seen" is a competent enough attack. "You need to carry fatherhood across that finish line; kept up with the Kardashians but left some kids behind" is, again, a decent enough diss. A lot of material about Jenner's family here; I guess that's to be expected. There's still one or two much more obvious lines of attack to make, but I suppose Banner is just saving his best stuff for the end, right? He certainly wasn't saving it for the end of this verse, in which he just references the fact that he transforms when he gets pissed off without fashioning it into much of an attack or boast. The use of strings in the music here is a really nice touch, although I'd say the green screen effect with Bruce standing in front of those neurons or whatever ain't looking so hot.
Actually, the green screen effects for this battle broadly aren't the best. That stadium Jenner's standing in is looking pretty low-res. "I think you're in your element when you're behaving badly; honestly you're kind of boron when you're happy." It's a corny pun, but the sentiment is true enough. "I'll lap and pass your ass ten different ways. Decathlon athlete blast through you like some gamma rays." This is filler; it's fine, rhythm sounds pretty good, but it's just taking up space. "The truth is there's no truce between the Bruces, you're a drifter being useless, I'm a winner, no excuses!" That's a lot of playing on the same rhyme in a short period of time, and I dig that: truth/truce/Bruces/useless/excuses, hell yeah. I guess some of those aren't proper rhymes so much as, what's the word... assonance, maybe? It's good writing, is the point. The visuals panning in and out of this home gym is a nice touch too, and a nice parallel to Banner's sequence with his lab. "Beatiful women all up on my jock, I got a home gym, check me on the cereal box, Doc!" The rhythm Jenner's spitting here rules, this beat is low-key one of the better ones they've done. It's also a nice boast, and that Wheaties visual is pretty great. "You big green freak, don't try to flex; if it wasn't for your cousin, you'd never have sex!" Okay, this line goes super hard and I think it's one of the most underrated ones in ERB history. AND it's got one of the funniest visuals in the way Jenner pops in on that roller shouting "OHH!" while Banner suffers. That bit lives rent-free in my head. "You're so strong when you get mad, too bad you can't go back to protect your mom from your dad!" Holy fucking SHIT, this goes hard! The flow here kicks all kinds of ass, and we've got a 3x rhyme combo going on with mad/bad/dad; I LOVE odd numbers of rhymes! It's also just an extremely savage low blow. Another line that doesn't get enough credit. Jenner is kicking Banner's ass so far.
One questionable and inadvisable transformation sequence later, The Hulk comes in to spit a few bars. But only a few. "That painted face don't give you class; just one more thing Bruce do for cash!" Interesting argument. "Best thing you make? Kylie ass! She eighteen? Hulk SMASH!!" I do think this is a pretty funny way to reduce Jenner's legacy to Kardashian bullshit, and the Hulk SMASH joke always gets a strong reaction out of people.
Fully transitioned Caitlin Jenner comes in with "That's my teenage daughter, man, I have to forbid this; I'll put a javelin through your jolly green discus." Decent lines. Good way for Caitlin Jenner to brag about her athletic achievements while also throwing a Jolly Green Giant jab in. "Kylie not the kinda girl I'm gonna let you smash on; you'll get the medal without the decathlon!" I like the medeal/metal wordplay here, although Caitlin Jenner dual-wielding pistols and firing them at the Hulk feels extremely out of left field.
"Hulk is Hulk! No identify as man! Me thinks Cait might understand!" Pretty funny line, and Caitlin's reaction is also amusing. "No gender issue; this Jenner issue! Just you being you is enough to diss you!" So that's it, then? They're really not going to bring that one thing up, eh? I feel like that closing line would land a lot better if they did.
"Look I understand that you hate yourself; but you don't need to blame yourself." Oh, huh. That's different. Let's see where this therapy session goes. "You're a tiger, stop trying to tame yourself; you gotta be big enough to contain yourself." Well... I like that she's mixing things up by rhyming with the penultimate word instead of the last word, that's always something. They're clearly going for an angle of Caitlin relating to Bruce and trying to teach him to come to terms with his identity, which is kind of cute, I guess. "Be green, it ain't none of my business!" That line's pretty funny, as is the tea-sipping visual. "But if you think you're looking good in those torn-ass clothes; you're lying, which means you need a new wardrobe!" That's a reference to The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, The Witch, and the Wardrobe, which has absolutely nothing to do with this matchup. Feels out of place because of it. And it's not a very strong diss besides, feels like padding. Doubly strange to end her verse on it. "The visions of those shorts kinda scarred me; what'd you just rage at a Barney themed party?" Oh, there's more? Alright. This burn is really lame. Barney jokes? Come aaaaaaaahhhhhn, what are we doing here? That line should have definitely been left on the cutting room floor. "That's probably not something you seen as a child; not one day did you see your daddy smile!" Okay. She already established that Hulk's father was abusive in her first verse, and while it was a powerful blow there, here it feels much more toothless. "Hulk not strong enough to deal with denial! Laying you down easy; that's kitchen tile!" The first line is pretty amusing with how Caitlin imitates The Hulk's speech, but that second line... why? Pretty weaksauce way to finish her performance off, but whatever. Also not a fan of these visuals with the diamonds, feels like they wanted to add some visual flair but couldn't think of a good way to do it so they settled on Caitlin popping out of diamonds which is just odd. "Examine this under your microscope; you've got no neck, but you still fucking choked!" Oh. This verse is still going? Okay. Well, it's a good line. "After battling me, you're gonna always be pissed! So the Hulk will stay forever, neither Bruce will exist!" You know, that's actually a pretty strong closer, but I can't help but feel like it's undercut by just how long that verse was dragging on.
Okay, so. I feel it should be pointed out that there's a lot of people who were always going to hate this battle for making the decision not to attack Caitlin for being trans. Furthermore, the overwhelming sentiment has been that Banner won this; it bears keeping in mind that there's a lot of transphobes out there who were going to say the Hulk won no matter what happened simply because Caitlin is trans. So to that end, I think that a fair amount of the hate this battle gets, and the hate that Caitlin's performance gets, is bullshit. But there are still some big criticisms that need to be made.
So let's be honest: they threw the match for Caitlin. Or at least attempted to. You might still think the Hulk managed to win, but with that insanely long final verse it's pretty clear they tried to make Caitlin the 'canon' winner, as with Thomas Jefferson vs. Frederick Douglass. They did this presumably because it was pride month, and they wanted to say Trans Rights with a trans rapper that gets a positive portrayal. I can get behind that sentiment, but the execution is questionable to say the least.
Like... I'm not trans, but there's some shitty stuff going on here that's easy to see. For one, the cardinal rule that everybody knows is that you're not supposed to misgendedeadname a trans person, and the title of this battle is Bruce Banner vs. Bruce Jenner. So from the get-go, before the video even starts playing, we're getting some mixed signals here. Are we to take from this that they made the tactical decision to go ahead and deadname Caitlin for the sake of the matchup making intuitive sense(what with it obviously being a play on their similar names), and then try and do a hard pivot and make Caitlin win the battle to avoid criticism for that decision? Feels like maybe they could have just not gone with this matchup instead. The whole transformation element also seems dubious, but I could see someone reasonably landing either way on whether that's actually an issue or just silly fun, so I won't go into that.
Another issue to consider: Caitlin Jenner kind of sucks. Most people do not like her. Most TRANS people don't even like her. For one, despite the fact that she's trans, she is a Republican who has made anti-gay marriage comments in the past. The bizarre shittiness of a trans person being like that is a pretty ripe source of material for disses, yet this battle does not bring it up at all. And more notably than that, Caitlin Jenner was famously involved with a manslaughter case, where she was accused of getting someone killed due to negligent driving. It was ultimately determined that there wasn't enough evidence for manslaughter and so she wasn't found guilty(though it's widely believed that this decision was bullshit and she did commit manslaughter), but it's an extremely well-known and controversial factoid and it's insane they didn't have Banner bring up as a diss. If you're going to have a rapper make the case of "Just you being you is enough to diss you", seems like being a trans Republican and quite possibly committing vehicular manslaughter are the two strongest and most obvious points to go with. And yet... nothing. If your goal to make a battle that gives trans people positive representation, I feel like Caitlin Jenner seems like a pretty poor choice. I get that there aren't a lot of choices for a trans rep with name recognition or ample material to work with, but... the Wachowski sisters are right there.
Another thing is... why is it a moral imperative that Caitlin win this battle? Sure she's trans, and it's cool want to give trans people positive representation, but you didn't need to give her an absurdly long verse at the end to do that. You could just give her good writing, refrain from shitting on her just for being trans, and sure, let her have the final word. Then, yes, show the pride flag at the end to say Trans Rights. That's all you had to do. With something like Jefferson v. Douglass the scale-tipping made sense, because it was a slave-owner vs. a slave. Yeah, it's kind of hard for the slave-owner to win that match, and it makes sense to use it as a vehicle to take a firm stand against slavery. But it's not like this battle is Trans Person vs. Transphobe; Bruce Banner isn't some horrible person that must be morally condemned(there's a much stronger case for Caitlin herself), so... why have it play out like this? I think that ironically, by trying to hand the match to Caitlin they wound up getting more hate thrown towards the performance and more people voting against her in polls than there otherwise would have been if they'd just cut out all that excessive padding and given her a solid closing verse. As-is the verse isn't good, the overall quality is dragged down by just how much fluff there is.
In the end, my read on the situation is this: for whatever reason, they really liked the idea of this matchup and wanted to go through with it. They knew that going through with it would necessitate making it Bruce Banner vs. Bruce Jenner at the start, so they bit the bullet on the deadnaming and the conceit for the matchup and did everything they could to mitigate the potential backlash for that, going as soft on Caitlin as possible and giving her a verse that was ridiculously lengthy. People always say "but it's the Hulk, it makes sense he wouldn't say much!" and sure, I can buy that as an excuse as to why Caitlin's verse would be longER than his, but that still doesn't account for why it's as insanely long as it is. In any case... this paragraph is just speculation, I can't know their actual motivations, but I think this is likely what happened.
Anyway... despite all, this battle gets way too much hate. I think Jenner's first verse is really good, and the Hulk is also quite solid for as few lines as he gets. Bruce Banner is a little mediocre and Caitlin's last verse ends up just being a pain in the ass to sit through(could've been good if they cut all the fat and left in the handful of good lines) that's best skipped past on repeat listens. But still... there's some stuff here that is thoroughly enjoyable. I don't think this battle quite manages to be good, but it's got enough going for it that I think it manages to avoid being outright bad. I'm putting this in the top of C tier, because I genuinely think it's more enjoyable than all of the battles that are below it.
It's understandable to say that The Hulk beat Jenner's second verse, but I think her first verse was pretty fire and the highlight of the battle. I think she edges out a win, but a case could be made either way.
Let me end things off by saying this: I once watched this battle with an extremely transphobic relative, and he was pissed off by that "no gender issue, this Jenner issue" line. So even if this battle was a regrettable mistake, at least they did something right.
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