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2024.05.16 08:49 PENNEPBusiness Staffing Solutions for Every Business Stage: From Startup to Enterprise

Building a successful business is like climbing a mountain. The challenges differ depending on where you are on the climb. At the base, you're scrabbling for a foothold, gathering your gear, and figuring out the best path. As you ascend, the terrain changes, demanding new skills and equipment. Staffing your company follows a similar trajectory. The ideal team for a scrappy startup won't be the same one that propels a large enterprise forward.
This blog explores the different staffing solutions available at each stage of your business journey, from the lean and mean startup phase to the established and ever-evolving enterprise.
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The Startup: Building Your Base Camp

Imagine yourself at the foot of the mountain, brimming with ideas but with limited resources. Here, agility and adaptability are key. You need a team that can wear multiple hats and quickly learn new skills. Traditional full-time hires might not be the most efficient option at this point. Here's where some specialized staffing solutions come in:

Temporary and Contract Workers: These are lifesavers for startups. They allow you to fill immediate skill gaps without the long-term commitment of a full-time employee. Need a marketing whiz to launch your website? Hire a contractor. Coding ninjas to build your app? Look for temporary developers. This flexibility helps you scale up quickly and cost-effectively, focusing your resources on core development.
Freelancers and Independent Contractors: The freelance market is a treasure trove of talent. You can find experienced writers, designers, virtual assistants, and more, all working on a project-by-project basis. This allows you to access a wider pool of talent than you might have in your local area and keeps your overhead low.
Staffing Agencies: Partnering with a staffing agency can be a great way to find qualified candidates, especially for specialized roles. They handle the resume screening and initial interview stages, saving you valuable time and resources.

The Small and Medium-Sized Business (SMB): Taking the First Steps Up

Congratulations! You've made significant progress and established a foothold. Now it's time to solidify your foundation and start growing. While some level of flexibility is still important, you might also need some permanent staff to provide stability and ensure continuity. Here's how staffing strategies can evolve:

Building a Core Team: As your business needs become more defined, you'll want to start hiring full-time employees for essential roles. This could include positions in sales, marketing, customer service, and operations.
Temp-to-Perm: This is a great strategy for positions where you're unsure about the long-term need. You can bring someone on as a temporary worker and then transition them to a permanent role if they prove to be a good fit.
Managed Service Providers (MSPs): If you lack the in-house expertise to handle certain functions like IT support or payroll, MSPs can be a lifesaver. They provide a team of experts to manage those tasks, freeing you to focus on your core business.

The Enterprise: Scaling the Peak

You've reached the summit, or at least a high plateau, with a well-established team and complex operations. Now it's about maintaining your position and continuing to innovate. Here, attracting and retaining top talent becomes paramount. Here are some advanced staffing solutions to consider:

Recruitment Process Outsourcing (RPO): This involves outsourcing your entire recruitment process to a specialized firm. They will handle everything from job postings and candidate screening to interview coordination and offer negotiation.
Executive Search: When you need to fill high-level leadership positions, a dedicated executive search firm can be invaluable. They have the network and expertise to identify and attract the best candidates in your industry.
Employer Branding: In today's competitive talent market, it's crucial to have a strong employer brand. This means creating a workplace culture that attracts and retains top performers. Consider offering competitive benefits packages, fostering a positive work environment, and promoting your company as a great place to work.

Beyond the Solutions: Building a Winning Team

Regardless of the stage you're at, remember that staffing solutions are just tools. The real key to success lies in building a winning team. Here are some additional tips:

Focus on Culture Fit: Skills are important, but cultural fit is equally crucial. Look for candidates who share your company values and will thrive in your work environment.
Invest in Training and Development: Employees who feel valued and have opportunities to grow are more likely to stay with your company. Invest in training programs and provide opportunities for professional development.
Open Communication and Feedback: Create a culture where open communication is encouraged. This means giving and receiving feedback regularly, fostering a sense of A sense of trust and psychological safety where employees feel comfortable sharing ideas and concerns without fear of retribution. This will lead to a more engaged and productive workforce.

Building a Diverse Team:

Diversity of thought and experience is essential for innovation and success. Actively seek out candidates from different backgrounds and perspectives. This can lead to more creative solutions and a stronger understanding of your target market.

The Future of Staffing

The world of work is constantly evolving, and staffing solutions are keeping pace. Here are some trends to keep an eye on:

The Rise of the Gig Economy: The freelance and contract workforce is growing rapidly. Businesses are increasingly turning to temporary workers and independent contractors to access specialized skills and scale their workforce up or down as needed.
Remote Work: Technological advancements have made it easier than ever for employees to work remotely. This opens up a wider talent pool for businesses and allows employees to achieve a better work-life balance.
Artificial Intelligence (AI) in Recruitment: AI is being used to automate tasks like resume screening and candidate matching. This can help to streamline the recruitment process and identify qualified candidates more quickly.

Conclusion
Building a successful team is a journey, not a destination. By understanding the different staffing solutions available at each stage of your business growth, you can make informed decisions about how to attract, develop, and retain the best talent. Remember, it's not just about finding the right people; it's about creating an environment where they can thrive and contribute to your company's success. So, whether you're a startup just starting out or an established enterprise looking to scale new heights, the right staffing strategy can be your secret weapon for conquering any mountain.
PENNEP has developed and implemented the crucial changes that required to grow in this ever changing environment. For more information on how you can build a strong workforce for your continued success contact PENNEP - Trusted Staffing Agency from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA.

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2024.05.16 08:48 No_Dirt1688 Wormlike

I feel like bugs are crawling all over my skin, my hair all over my clothes, my house and my cat. I think I’ve had this for about a year. I don’t know what to do very embarrassed. I feel like my hair is moving all my body on its own, terrible nightmares

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2024.05.16 08:42 Glitterbug1017 I hate having a child. I feel guilty every day.

I’m a solo mom to a little girl who is almost 2 years old. Her dad is an addict so I don’t let him around. Let me start by saying I absolutely love my daughter and I make sure she lives an amazing life. We travel all over the east coast, we do everything together, she is my best friend. But I’m miserable. Is it wrong to say I absolutely hate being a mom? I’m exhausted. She stays up til 3-4 am every single night no matter how tired I think she is, she rarely naps, she’s constantly into everything & destroying the house. I work long busy shifts on my feet and sometimes I can barely walk by the time I leave work.. then I have to come home and break my back over this child until 4 in the morning. I totally understand she’s just being a toddler and I’m not mad at her. It just sucks so bad never having even a few minutes to gather my thoughts. I get so annoyed by her & feel so much rage towards her and I know I shouldn’t. The only person who helps me is my dad. He doesn’t listen to anything I say and gives her sugar or caffeine, let’s the dogs lick her which causes her to break out in hives or eczema which I have to deal with & explain to the doctor, he takes her to play in the mud in brand new clothes and shoes so then I have to buy more when he could just change her into play clothes, he will let her take a nap at 8pm knowing she’s going to be up all night. I just cry every single day because I’m so sick of this life with a toddler. And sick of the one person I have to babysit who does not respect my wishes. When does it get easier? I feel so guilty because I do not want to wish the time away, I do not want to blink and open my eyes one day and she’s all grown up. But this toddler phase is killing me and we’re just getting started. How did yall get your kids to sleep? How do you stay sane when you’re a single parent who gets absolutely no free time? Usually I have to wait until she’s asleep after 3am-4am to shower or else she screams at me the whole time I’m washing off because she wants me to put her in the shower with me or hold her. I can’t even sit and watch a 30 minute tv show because my toddler is screaming or throwing a fit to watch her shows. And by the time she goes to sleep it’s already 4am so I can’t do anything else but go to bed. I’m losing so much weight not having a moment to even cook myself a meal, I’m having suicidal thoughts although I would never leave her on this earth without me. I feel like I’m completely losing myself and my mind. I gave birth completely alone as her dad was in jail at the time, I worked on my feet until the day I gave birth and I just feel so defeated and alone. My pelvic floor is very weak ever since giving birth (I assume since I’ve never gotten a chance to lay down and rest or heal) so sometimes after work it feels like I’m giving birth all over again there’s so much pressure on my pelvis. The pain is unreal. I’d never give my child up, sometimes I just wish I could go back and do things differently. I feel like I’m just not cut out for this mom life and it makes me so sad to feel this way.

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2024.05.16 08:39 AnnaFirebird WIBTA Cutting contact with dad leaving mom in a difficult situation. Escape to grandma's or stay & lose sanity?

Exhausted college student (22F) on the verge of a breakdown here.
My dad has never been good- no good memories, constant arguments with mom, and zero financial support. Things got even worse recently after mom's hip surgery. We live in a big house, but it's a mess - overflowing trash, disgusting cat litter, and a 15-year-old dog who needs to be let out frequently or he’ll have an accident. I'm constantly cleaning, cooking, and caring for mom while juggling my final semester.
When mom came home from the hospital, she needed help with everything - dressing, eating, even showering. “Shockingly”, no help came from dad. He even got mad if lunch wasn't ready by 11 AM (lunch is the main meal here). To make things even harder, I don't have a driver's license. So, I walk 1 kilometer each way to grocery shop, carrying heavy stuff like 5-6 liters milk, because my dad refuses to help. He even blames me if something runs out! The bathroom situation is another disaster. Dad decided to "fix" the shower himself, so we were without it for a week. He was rude to mom the entire time, making her cry, and then refused to let a professional fix it even though mom offered to pay! Now, thanks to him, our wall is going to get water damage. I'm a terrible sleeper, and to top it all off, Dad sleeps constantly during the day and gets upset if anyone makes a noise. This week, with my crucial exams approaching, I desperately needed to study.
The final straw happened today. Unable to sleep since 2:30 AM, I asked my Dad to keep the dog from scratching at my door (his usual bathroom signal) as my mom is still not very mobile. He completely ignored me, and after a while, I had to get up to avoid an accident. My father layed down to sleep. I saw red I woke him up conforted him he started playing the victim as he arrived home midnight (woke up at 5) yada yada I went to sleep at 11 btw I told him he is not f ing special then he stormed of.
I'm at my wit's end. My exams are crucial, and I'm exhausted. Dad's negativity and inconsideration are suffocating. I want to cut contact, move to my grandma's after my exams, but mom needs another surgery on her other hip in November, and she could really use help. My brother might be able to visit occasionally, but my university is far away if I’ll get accepted to Masters.
So, the question is WIBTA if I prioritized my well-being and left my amazing mom in a difficult situation?

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2024.05.16 08:38 pprreettzzeell my cat is missing , im so hopeless

i have 2 outdoor cats that spend most of the day outside but come inside the house VERY FREQUENTLY throughout the day for food, snuggles, naps, etc. 4 days ago i let my cats out around 6am and one of them has not returned since. he did not come home at all on the day he went missing, which is again very unusual because he stops by very often. i have knocked on 20+ neighbors doors and have put posters up on all the neighbouring streets. i have made several posts on missing cat fb groups and websites and checking lost and found websites hourly. i have also been checking the local animal shelter lost and found site hourly and its so heartbreaking seeing so many found cats that look like mine.
he is very very friendly and walks up to anyone that approaches him. he is also a very handsome bengal mix, and these 2 things pose the possibility of some asshole taking him. (other cats have gone missing in my area , in the last 3 weeks) so i would not be surprised if someone snatched him up. its also getting very very hot outside, which makes finding water even more difficult
he also does not fear anything. he has chased dogs, foxes, other cats, and brings me at least one dead bird a week (i am working on that issue) one time i had to put myself between him and a fox because he was trying to attack and i didn’t want him to become injured. so i am so scared he got into an altercation with another animal and is now somewhere alone and injured.
please what do i do. i am so hopeless he is gone forever or dead. he always comes home to greet me when i come back from school and he did not that day. im so worried something has happened and i do not know where he is, or what happened. can someone please give me some advice to help me cope with this. or a service i can pay for that will help me find my cat. i dont know how i am supposed to live without this cat

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2024.05.16 08:37 C0nd0rX Clips of wisdom

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2024.05.16 08:36 Business-Ad-3328 Incoming Freshman (URGENT) question about housing application

Hey, is it possible to rank a preference for a residence that is in a different learning community since I had a first choice in one learning community and the second choice in another learning community. Also how common is it to select as an individual? will this decrease my chances of getting the residence hall that I want? I have two specific residence halls that I have in mind. Please feel free to message me about this, since I am kind of struggling haha. Also does the timeframe for when i submit the housing and meal plan contract influence my chances of residence placement?

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2024.05.16 08:34 NFeruch Realistically, how much data can RDS Postgres handle on the AWS free tier

I’m looking to start a personal project where I gather all the player data for league of legends players on the NA server. These are the tables:

accounts (1.5M rows, 5-10 columns)
summoners (1.5M rows, 10-15 columns)
ranked_data (1.5M rows added everyday, 10-15 columns)
matches
1. (initially, I’ll gather 1.5M players * 50 matches * 10 players per match. There will be overlap because multiple players play in the same game, so less rows in reality. I’ll continue to gather new matches probably every day)
2. (200-300 rows)

AWS free tier has these parameters, “750 Hours of Amazon RDS Single-AZ db.t2.micro, db.t3.micro, and db.t4g.micro Instances usage running MySQL, MariaDB, PostgreSQL databases each month (applicable DB engines).”
The largest option, db.t4g.micro, has 2 CPUs and 1Gb of RAM. Using the AWS pricing calculator, it would normally cost ~$23/mo if purchased without the free plan.
Is this powerful enough to house the data for this project?

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2024.05.16 08:34 Real-Lab-3630 AITAH for Refusing to Financially Support My Sister After She Dropped Out of College?

Hey everyone,
I (25M) need some perspective on whether I'm being unreasonable in my current situation with my sister (22F).
A bit of background: I graduated from college three years ago and have been working a stable job since then. My parents helped me through college, but I also took out loans and worked part-time to cover expenses. My sister started college two years ago, and my parents committed to supporting her financially as they did with me.
Last year, my sister decided to drop out of college. She said she felt that the traditional education system wasn't for her and wanted to explore other interests. My parents were disappointed but respected her decision. However, they told her she would need to find a job and support herself, as they had already stretched their finances thin helping both of us through college.
Fast forward to now: my sister has struggled to find stable employment and is living with our parents rent-free. She's been bouncing between part-time jobs and side gigs, but nothing has stuck. She recently approached me, asking if I could help her out financially until she gets back on her feet.
Here's where I might be the AH: I told her no. It's not that I don't want to help her, but I feel like she made a choice to drop out and should have considered the financial implications. I worked hard to get through college and am still paying off my loans. I also have my own expenses and future plans, like saving for a house and building an emergency fund. I explained this to her, but she got really upset and accused me of being selfish and unsupportive. My parents haven't explicitly asked me to help, but I know they feel caught in the middle.
My sister and I used to be really close, but this has put a strain on our relationship. Part of me feels guilty for not stepping in, but another part of me believes she needs to take responsibility for her own choices. Am I the asshole for refusing to financially support my sister after she dropped out of college?
Thanks for your input.

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2024.05.16 08:33 meginoz How do I deal with regret?

Long story but I think I need to get it out for therapeutic purposes
TDLR: Ended up spending everything on a lemon, how do I make myself ok with this?
Also, I want to note that I fully understand that this is a privileged problem to have, with so many currently homeless or in the rental crisis.
In 2020 my partner and I built our first house. We were both low income with a dependent so we couldn't afford to build much. We went with a small bit of land in a very cheap suburb. We built our first house on a tight budget. I designed the floor plan, together we picked the finish. It was beautiful. Sadly though the backyard was too small, we couldn't sleep for traffic noise and we had an abusive neighbour. We decided to sell and walked away debt free (including personal loans etc) and over 100k profit, this was the start of the property boom.
Moved into a rental and planned to build a bigger house now finances were a bit better without the debt. Partner bought his dream car but we were left with enough for a build deposit. We purchased rural land and designed an amazing house. Due to job changes though the distance became an issue and we had to sell prior to building as it wasn't feasible. Luck was on our side again though and we made 10k profit from the land.
We planned to build local and purchased land. This is when building prices sky rocketed though and we were struggling to get what we wanted in budget. We also discovered my child needed access to swimming for therapy. Being in a rental the blow up swimming pool was not allowed and was about to cause us huge issues.
We found a house for sale that was large. On 700m2, had a beautiful pool and spa. It was listed for $599,000 to $630,000. The market was extremely competitive, and from previous experience when we sold our first house we went in with our best offer subject to building inspection. We offered $650,000 and had $30,000 left over for house improvements, we planned to heat the pool for our daughter etc. We got the building inspection and that came back with no defects and that the property was in good condition.
We moved In and everything went to hell from there. Turns out the flooring was a DIY and the grout was never sealed or whatever so our feet were constantly black. Even now 6 months later with constant cleaning the tiles always look dirty. We didn't realise things like linen cupboards were gutted. The spa does not work and needs to be chucked (bubbles work but doesn't heat and shorts out)the pool needed massive repairs (all this was meant to be checked by the specialised building inspector) the roof needs 20k of work, there's a leak behind the wall in the bathroom, the electrical work was a DIY job and a safety hazard, it's just endless issues.
Obviously our money quickly went to fixing the safety issues with nothing to spare and nothing to show for it. We can't heat the pool for my daughter so that can only be used in the height of summer. The spa was the back up plan for the dead of winter but that doesn't work and is so old would cost too much to fix. We don't even have access to a bath as she needs me in with her for regulation and it's so small I literally don't fit, I'm now squeezing in everynight and dealing with bad leg cramps each day. We knew the bath was small but figured the spa would be a happy replacement for water regulation. The floors have to be washed twice a day and are doing my head in. Can't fix any of the cosmetic issues like we'd planned.
I'm so angry and disappointed with myself for making the decision to buy this house but also not listening to my intuition. When we inspected the house privately the owners were walking out the front, and the female owner gave me a look and my intuition screamed don't buy, we fell in love though so I ignored it. I'm extremely angry at the building inspector who missed everything, we would not have bought this house with even one major defect since we had such limited liquid funds. I'm angry with my partner because he is not open to selling it and moving on, he wants to settle which I get, he hates moving as does my child, but it will be a very long time before this house has enough equity for any renovations.
How do I deal with the fact I was handed this golden opportunity to have a really nice house for my child and I blew it on this? How do I accept that I should have gotten two building inspections?

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2024.05.16 08:28 Cupcake112014 Analyzing 2000s Strawberry Shortcake: Here Comes Pupcake

This is the first episode of SS season 2. This is where the show has more of a sense of what it wants to be. The episode time is cut in half, and the number of songs per episode goes from 4 to 2. These changes help improve the pacing of the show. As with many TV shows, the intro has changed. The intro is where we first see the inclusion of the side characters' pets. While they don't appear in this episode, they will be very relevant in the sister episode. As always, these posts are filled with spoilers, so read at your own risk.
First, I need to discuss the elephant in the room that this episode goes entirely against what was established in the first season. This ep is about how Strawberry got Pupcake, which could have worked if it was set up as a distant flashback. Strawberry already has the friendships with the other humans and Honey Pie Pony in this ep, but in the pilot, she has Pupcake, and all her friends met him at the same time that they met Strawberry, Custard, and Apple. Speaking of, Apple Dumplin is not in this episode, and no explanation is given as to why. When it comes Apple, I get the sense that the writers only include her when they need a little child character, and forget about her the rest of the time. Okay, rant over. Now, we start the episode with Strawberry and Custard planning for a "Just for Custard" day, which is set to happen in two weeks. We're treated to a song from Strawberry about how much she loves Custard, and I'm sure cat owners feel the same kind of love for their own cats. Later that night, there's a thunderstorm, and Pupcake shows up at her doorstep. Strawberry, being the compassionate person that she is, lets him in. Naturally, Custard does not like him, since he is loud, messy, and full of energy. I wish we could have had some scenes where Strawberry trains Pupcake to behave himself, since his behavior was obviously stressing out Custard. The one training scene we do get is more about teaching him how to do tricks than for behavioral stuff. The lack of training we see has the unfortunate implications that Strawberry was enabling Pupcake's behavior and forcing Custard to just deal with it. Anyways, the next day, Strawberry asks her friends if they know anything about this dog, which they don't. Then Strawberry gets the idea for Pupcake's name by going to Angel Cake's house, where she feeds him cupcakes, even though some of them clearly had chocolate icing. There's also a scene earlier, where Pupcake is given a bowl of milk. I can't help but wonder if these scenes where the pets are given human food (in this and other episodes), would have given kids the idea to feed those things to their pets, which would have made them sick (or worse). This is one of the reasons why it's important to analyze the messages in children's media, so that they don't receive harmful messages (like how a bunch of little girls ended up in the hospital for kissing frogs). Okay, second rant over. Since no one had any information about Pupcake, Strawberry takes him in as a permanent member of her family, much to Custard's chagrin. During the aforementioned training sequence, Custard remembers her special day, and gets dolled up, only for Pupcake to come inside and get mud everywhere. Strawberry sends the pets outside to play so that she can clean up. In real life, that would be extremely irresponsible, but since we're inStrawberryland, it's totally okay /s. Through the second musical number, Custard laments about how Pupcake has, in her eyes, ruined her life. Pupcake tries to bring her a stick, but then she finally gets fed up and tells him to stop howling, which he takes to heart. That night, Strawberry tells the pets a story about a prince getting lost in the woods. Custard gets the idea to take Pupcake into the forest and abandon him there, which is uh... kinda sociopathic. Anyway, the pets go on a walk the next day. Pupcake is still upset by Custard telling him not to howl, and so he doesn't even greet any of the other people they see. Then, Custard takes him to Huckleberry Briar, and they both end up lost and it gets very dark and stormy. At feeding time, Strawberry realizes that her pets are missing, so she recruits her friends to search for them with her. While they're lost, the pets bond with each other a bit, and Custard develops some empathy for Pupcake since that was how life was for him before he found Strawberry. They can hear the human voices calling for them. Custard convinces Pupcake to howl so that the humans can find them, even though she'd previously begged him to stop. When they're home, Custard comes clean and apologizes to Pupcake. Strawberry reminds her that she never stopped loving her and that she didn't forget about their special day. Custard has grown fond of Pupcake, and so she tells Strawberry that she wants him to be there on her special day. I'll admit, that this is a wholesome ending. It seems like the pets have a better understanding of each other. In case you couldn't tell, I'm not a big fan of this episode, and I won't be revisiting it all that much. Most of the episode is just frustrating and unpleasant to watch.
Comment your thoughts below!

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2024.05.16 08:17 JohnnyTheEpic Thank you for changing the internet and people life forever.

So this is going be a long bad englist ans grammar rent so might well write down how Rooster Teeth impact everyone.
I was a Halo fan since I was a little kid, I remember my dad taking me to the mall where most of computers, tabletop like Warhammer and of course the Xbox with hour free gameplay of your choice. For me it start with Halo and that how I love for Halo.
Since then I was Halo fan during between 2007 to 2009 with Halo 3 released. Still play on friends house just to killed time, but on YouTube somethings caught me attention. A Halo 3 video of some Spartan punching someone ball, and once I watched it, that where I discovered Red vs. Blue. All I remember is watching the Blood Gulch Chronicles, not until caught up with Halo 3 season, with new animation from Mouty Oum. Around 2013 when I watched on the former red vs blue website and once Church was staying in Halo Reach in end credit, a RT production show up and I saw the first RWBY trailer with Red trailer. Somethings Rooster Teeth made a new show.
Many year pass, I watched many Rooster Teeth show. From Rage Quit to Sho-Mo Guys. To Achievement Hunter from how to earn achievements on Xbox to many let plays video. Even new channels from past like Funhaus (which I watched the most,) The Creature, Cow Chop, ScrewAttack who been very long and Sugar Pine 7.
With Death Battle bringing the fight Funhaus breaking demo disk, flesh content bringing in from Day 5 and their movie Lazer Team. Plus new show like Camp Camp and gen:LOCK bring new people.
And of course the RTX, part of me do want to go but can't make it due of how money it cost. But it did bring people from around the world, and bring RTX to their home.
Even with up and down Rooster Teeth still keep us entertained till the very last day.
I wish I got to make RT account just to day how awesome to has a Halo show, how RWBY bring many fandom to anime community, and meet people who fan of Rooster Teeth just to share their love. But it was too late for me. Maybe in next life.
I still hold both Funhaus esport and Team RWBY (plus Blake vinyl pop,) the only Rooster Teeth item I still holding on is Ruby Rose DnD dice set, and still using her on Critical Role campaign of Tai'Dorei. But did managed to meet Ruby, Yang and Sun on Weebcon just to tell them how awesome they are.
So that, I think I learned two thing from Rooster Teeth:
Memory is the key, and Keep Moving Forward.
Thank you for everything you done not only the great content you made, by impact the people of the internet.
Thank cock bites.

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2024.05.16 08:13 sophiaeirene Why is my older sister being so immature? (2 years older than me)

Im 15 and shes 17. She barely does any work at the house right now, and I always take the blame when my mom gets mad. Ever since she actually started being serious with school at grade 11, my sister took all her time into studying. there is no problem with that but its the fact that she uses that as an excuse to not help out with chores and be rude to me instead when I ask her to help once in a while. Its been days since shes graduated, but she's still acting this snobby and unlikable. I did all the chores for her for the past year and had to deal with my mom getting mad at me so many times for multiple reasons. now when my older sister is finally free without school, she does almost nothing to help and I always have to initiate everything now. After her graduation, shes did a chore of washing the dishes once after a long time of not helping with anything, but then she has the audacity to ask me again to do some of the work as well. In the end I still had to help her do it even though I wished she would take this ONE time to show her gratitude towards me. I wish she would know how hard I worked and how many times ive cried because of this problem already, because it is so tiring. Mind you that when I try to remind her about doing something, she thinks im trying to insult her or something then when I approach her she hits me at sensitive spots like at my face and it hurts so much physically and emotionally. Mind you Even though shes just 2 years older than me, she is so much physically bigger than me and she does everything to show that shes so much more mature than me or something but even I don't see it at this point. Whats worse my parents keep babying her because shes studying hard or something. Ive never had trouble with academics so I guess they dont have a reason to care about me with things like this. Sometimes but rarely my mom takes my sides in arguments but I know deep down that as time passes by, all that will be forgotten and they will keep doing things like this to me. What should I do about this situation or should I even do anything at all?? It is already so difficult for me to communicate with this family. I might have worded this post in an egotistical manner, but I hope you guys can understand my side as well somehow. Or, if anyone relates to this please let me know

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2024.05.16 08:12 EvolvingMind 🔥 5 things you shouldn't miss this weekend in Vienna

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🇦🇹 Wochenende 16.5 - 19.5

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🤌 Laurin’s Picks

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

5/ Open Air Rave (Sun 15-22h - €10)

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

🎨 A little bit of culture & other 💎

🔥Party Party

What are the best parties this weekend?
Thursday

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

Friday

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

Saturday

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

Sunday
Cosmic Soul - Pratersauna // Sex positive, techno, psytrance
Steve Hope - Vienna Hope Beach Club // Electronic
Live Music (Tobias Kirchebner) - Gleis Garten // Live concert
Felix Jaehn - O der Klub // House
Heaven Vienna (Orange Edition) - The Loft // Pop, House
Kein Sonntag Ohne Techno - Schloss Cobenzl // Techno
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This week a couple of extra events as the Monday is a public holiday! 🙂 Let’s get to it 🚀

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

5/ Open Air Rave (Sun 15-22h - €10)

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

🎨 A little bit of culture & other 💎

🔥Party Party

What are the best parties this weekend?
Thursday

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

Friday

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

Saturday

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

Sunday

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

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2024.05.16 08:12 throwitfarawayacct LOST CAT IN STOWE

Our cat got out of the house tonight around 11:30 pm. We tried walking the neighborhood with a treat bag but with no luck.
He is normally never outside unless he’s on a leash or with us and tends to stick low to the ground/hide when he’s in an unfamiliar environment. He is very friendly and chatty. All black with a white spot on his chest and between his back legs. His name is Yami and he is chipped but was not wearing his collar when he got out.
Please please message me if you have any information or if you have seen him. We’re losing our minds a little bit.

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2024.05.16 08:10 Sad-Pop6649 Lunetten, Utrecht, Netherlands, a higher density green suburb?

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This might end up as a bit of a weird post. But mostly a very long one. I don’t think this place I’m presenting here is heaven, but without SuburbHeaven Thursday this subreddit may give viewers the idea that we’re all just hating, and this case study may help illustrate some of the alternatives and what one could like and dislike about them. I know that yelling “the Netherlands!” on any urbanist platform is overdone and so 2 years ago, but I also feel like the available “Netherlands!” content is giving people an incomplete picture. So I’m going to discuss a suburban neighborhood, Lunetten, in Utrecht, where I’ve lived for about a year now. It’s a place built in the 70’s and 80’s, housing about 11,000 people in 5,500ish homes, for a density of just over 4,000 people/km², 10,000 per square mile.
Obviously that’s pretty dense. In a North American context Lunetten may count more as an example of the “missing middle” than a true suburb, but I feel it still works as a comparison because it is situated at the edge of a city* and it offers features people often look to the suburbs for, like a low noise environment, plenty of green and child oriented features. So, what can we find in this example that people may like or dislike in their suburban areas?
If you want to look along on your favorite online map: 52° 3'53 N, 5° 8'13 E.
Traffic and transit
Lunetten has a clear main road (middle left image, bright pink line on the map) that serves as the main way of getting around by car. It is the only road where the limit is 50 km/h (30 mph), not 30 km/h. The main road has priority over all side roads, indicated by the exits or all side streets being raised a bit. The speed bump automatically makes one slow down to yield to the traffic on the main road. In the places where people’s front doors open towards this main ring there are service roads for them to do their parking and loading and such on. In the busiest part of the ring the road was raised a few meters so pedestrians and cyclists can pass underneath through tunnels. So while the maximum speed cars can go on most of the roads in this place is quite low, the time to destination is pretty good, because a lot was done to ensure a good flow of traffic.
A more debatable feature is the lack of through-traffic options. If you want to leave Lunetten by car there are two roads leading West, connecting to the rest of the city and to the 70km/h raised road that serves as the exit from the city. There is also one small road going South-East along the train line, and that’s it. Despite being next to two highways Lunetten has no direct on- and off-ramp accessing it, and even no direct way across the highways for cars. Cyclists and pedestrians do have options leading in basically all directions. On the one hand this does wonders for how quiet the neighborhood is, but on the other hand that one road taking people in and out of the city is still more prone to blocking than a direct ramp to the highway, so car owners will experience some travel delays because of this.
Lunetten is no public transit hotspot, but there are like two bus lines both going to more connected places including the city’s central hub, and the train station is two stops from said hub as well, which happens to be the biggest train station in the Netherlands.
Public Spaces
Even by Dutch standards Lunetten has a pretty urban-ish density. There’s a mix of mostly rowhouses and midrise apartment buildings, mostly gallery flats up to 5 stories tall, including the ground floor. To give you an idea of Dutch standards for density: I grew up in a commuter town of about the same size as Lunetten, housing 1,000 less people (present day numbers) on roughly 1.25 times the surface**. But what I find interesting is what that space is used for. In Lunetten, on the outer ring of the neighborhood, adjacent to the two highways, busy raised road and train line that surround the neighborhood, there are quite sizable parks (bottom right picture). There’s plenty of space for dogs to run off their leash, there are football/play fields, there are two skate parks, two ponds for amphibians to spend the winter in (granted: that’s an amenity most people could live without) and an entire petting zoo, in case you had doubts this was a suburb. Together with a football/soccer club, a tennis club, some allotment gardens and a small business park near the train station these parks take up most of the space where traffic noise is an issue. There is room for recreation and other daytime activities in the noisy bits (there are sound screens, but that’s not blocking all of the noise) so that peoples’ homes can mostly be in the quiet parts, shielded from noise by trees and stuff. And then there’s the neighborhood interior. You’ll see on the map a few yellow locations marked as “playground/square”, but in reality many, probably most, of the dark green “courtyards” contain a little playground too. All of the courtyards have grass, most if not all of them have trees, many of those trees being taller than the midrises. Some of the courtyards feature parking space as well***. The middle right image is far from the greenest example. The combination of the parks and the courtyards make Lunetten much greener than the actual smallish town I lived in mentioned previously. Plenty of birds live here too, including a bunch of water birds who enjoy the ditches and canals. In the smallish town much more of the space was simply used for row houses with pretty large gardens, and in the newer parts a bunch of four home and two home units and free standing homes as well****.
Which brings me to the reality check. With all these pedestrianized public spaces around and loads of playgrounds, is Lunetten actually a good neighborhood to raise kids? From what I can tell, opinions are mixed. Because one thing that does tend to come with density of people is density of crime. In my year here I have personally witnessed a man snorting coke off his bicycle saddle, in broad daylight, in the middle of a bike lane near a skatepark with playing children in it*****. There is also the occasional lost shopping cart dumped in a canal and apparently there was a pretty shocking supermarket robbery just before I moved in. Especially if your budget only allows for an apartment and not a house I could imagine feeling a little scared to let young children wander around near the house on their own, also maybe because of the canals and ditches they might fall into. The sweet spot age for children in Lunetten is probably around 9-12, old enough to be trusted with their own safety around water and some minor drug use and vandalism, yet young enough to fully enjoy all the outdoor play space.
The blame for the crime is often put on the street pattern that is said to attract drug dealers and the like who love having good get away options, and the many green public spaces and nice dry apartment building entrances are certainly not the worst place a homeless person could go to for another night of hopefully not being bothered by the police. More recently developed neighborhoods have tried to avoid these effects by using a “cauliflower pattern” for their streets, branched streets ending in a bunch of (at least to cars) dead ends. The downside of that pattern seems to be less sense of community. The more direct neighbors you have, the more interaction. That’s why cul-de-sacs can be so isolating after all. Lunetten is not the worst crimey part of its parent by a long shot, but it’s noticeable enough to be worth mentioning.
A planned neighborhood
The big advantage I think Lunetten has over a lot of other places is that it was designed in one go. The land it was built on was part of the Dutch Water Line******, and had to stay free of buildings and obstructions that would block the firing lines of defending artillery. (That’s what the two weird shapes in the northern park are: old fortifications, called Lunette 3 and 4. Hence the suburb’s name.) When the line was legally disbanded in 1963 Utrecht started planning to build a new neighborhood here. Because of the highways (current configuration built at the same time as the suburb) and the train line that surround the place it was very clear to where the neighborhood would stretch. And it shows. The suburb is designed as a cohesive whole. There’s a neighborhood shopping center (bottom left image and the main soft pink blob on the map) at the heart of the neighborhood. It has two supermarkets, some small other shops, several small fast food/lunch places in different styles, two bicycle shops and repair places (it’s the Netherlands), a restaurant (there’s another one on one of the forts in the park, which doubles as a sort of social work place), a community center which houses some clubs and such (not the scouts, those have a place in one of the parks) as well as a library. There’s even a bar (I think, I should maybe go there ones), and some space where small neighborhood markets and events turn up with some regularity. The other main soft pink and yellow blob in a convenient central location on the map is two elementary schools*******. In many more organically grown neighborhoods or places the amenities wouldn’t be so conveniently centralized or would eventually be “centralized” on the outskirt of town.
The Bijlmer comparison, what not to do
Another interesting point of comparison I think is the Bijlmer (Bijlmermeer officially) in Amsterdam, another green neighborhood designed as one big plan outside of its parent city’s core, yet quite different. The Bijlmer is nationally famous as a bit of a ghetto, a place where you don’t want to live. (To be fair: the plane falling down on it didn’t help its case.) A lot of work has been done to improve the place, but its initial “ghettoization” was surprising because the Bijlmer was never intended to even be particularly affordable, but more of a vertical suburb, spacious family apartments (around 120 m²) for 100,000 people or more in large highrise buildings with between them plenty of green. A quiet place, with quick access to the city, using density to save on land use and travel time. There are three main differences I see between the struggling Bijlmer and “doing pretty well” Lunetten: 1 The Bijlmer has a higher density through the use of massive apartment buildings, literally and figuratively increasing the distance between people’s homes and the public space. 2 The Bijlmer is a much bigger place, I’m not sure they ever got to those 100,000 inhabitants, but it certainly loses that towny vibe. 3 They’ve been correcting this in the rebabilitation, but as designed the Bijlmer had basically no amenities. It wasn’t a town or city, it was people storage, housing for people who mentally lived several kilometers away but couldn’t afford it there. See the rest of this subreddit for why that doesn’t work for many people.
Interdependency with other suburbs
Looking back on growing up in that smallish town I notice that there really isn’t that much of a difference in amenities. The town offered much of the same things Lunetten does. But Lunetten’s status as a suburb gives it a big advantage over that town. Because while suburbs mostly serve themselves, they also serve each other. Take sports: there’s a football and tennis club and two indoor sports halls in Lunetten, but what if I want to swim or throw spears instead? Well, there’s a pool in a suburb to the North, as well as an athletics stadium. After elementary school there’s no middle/high school in Lunetten, but there are in nearby neighborhoods, and there are even college options******** spread throughout different suburbs and neighborhoods. These things are closer than they are in a small town not because the suburb is associated with a city center, but because it is associated with other suburbs. There are things I liked about the commuter town, but having to take either an honestly too long bike trip or a bus ride that only went whenever it was not convenient for me whenever I wanted to do something my town didn’t provide, like going to school, wasn’t one of them. And I say that even as a spoiled person whose commuter town at least had buses and bicycle paths.
Conclusion
And that is I think the main takeaway from this absolute wall of text: suburbs don’t have to be places where there’s nothing to do and you feel disconnected from the world. That’s the entire point of living in a suburb instead of in a town: there are other places nearby. There is a balance to be found between private space, public space and connectivity. Essentially, in a neighborhood of 10,000 people, for every 100x100 meters of public space or amenities either every person gets 1 square meter less private space or everybody gets maybe a few meters of extra travel distance on the average trip. Lunetten probably provides too little private space for the taste of many North American suburbanites, but it does show I think that there is quite a bit of room on those sliders. A green place with amenities sort of near other places can still be built with more spacious houses. (Just maybe go easy on the sea of lawns?) And that’s when all the separated bike lanes and other urbanist talking points really start making sense: when you found the balance between having your own place, having local places worth going to and being close enough to other places worth going to, then you want a good way to get there.
The other takeaway I feel is that it pays to design neighborhoods as a unit. And that’s another reason why suburbs can be better than towns. A town of 10,000 residents can’t plan ahead for the next 10,000, but a city of several hundred thousand people can. And it pays off. Don’t lose track of the human scale though, planning 10,000 residents ahead might actually be better than planning 100,000 or 1,000,000 residents ahead when it comes to suburbs. It is still supposed to feel like a quiet little place with maybe a bit of its own identity.
* On the other side of one of the highways there’s a bit of forest tied to several historic estates that’s very nice for walking in as well as a golf course half as big as this entire neighborhood, this really is the edge of town and will be for the foreseeable future.
** I’ve also lived in several other cities since then, near the city center, further out and on the far edge in a highrise neighborhood. Honestly I might still prefer the smaller cities I’ve lived in, being near everything the city offers and even to some of the stuff outside of it. But work took me back to a larger city (pretend I said “less tiny” if you’re from Mexico City or something), and I could honestly have landed in a much worse place than this particular suburb.
*** Fun fact: this is one of the very few neighborhoods of Utrecht where parking is currently still free, because of enough parking space and enough distance to the city center. It really is a suburb.
**** In the 90’s a style of more expensive neighborhoods called “Vinex” set standards for the ratio of more expensive to cheaper houses in those neighborhoods, and ever since both contractors and local politicians refuse to let go of those ratios everywhere. A newer, competing vision is that we shouldn’t be building new neighborhoods at all, just filling in the gaps in our cities. So now we mostly build quite large houses, but only in very small spaces. We’re still not sure where that massive housing shortage came from, somehow.
***** I stopped and addressed him because I thought he was having bicycle trouble, chain ran off or something. Quite a chill dude, very apologetic, but still maybe not exactly what the average parent is looking for in a neighbor.
****** More accurately: Holland Waterline, because it wasn’t the only Dutch waterline, but it was the main one defending the part called Holland. But that sounds a bit off in English.
******* We have a bit of a weird school system, for every public elementary school there is at least one other founded on religious grounds or based on some specific didactic theory. That’s why there are two schools in the same central location instead of just one bigger school or two in separate locations.
******** If I start going into the differences in advanced education systems we’ll be here all day, but there are options within cycling distance ranging from trade school to university, depending on the field you actually want to study *********.
********* I could start using other symbols instead of these confusingly long rows of asterisks, but where would be the fun in that?

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2024.05.16 08:08 ReturntoSea888 Caretaker quitting, help

Pretty much I have to stop feeding the local strays. I've been they're caretaker for 2 to 3 years now. Many live on the side of my house in plastic totes I made them & some wooden ones I made for winter. I'm broken hearted but we will be moving in a year or 2 and my fiance is sick of it. He hates the cats. Tolerated it for this long but it has to stop.
There is at least 2 neighbor who also feeds them. Not sure how often or how much. We use to talk but it's a long story.
I've thought about writing a summary of like there's strays, I want to help by feeding them & getting them fixed. Then printing and distributing in my area?
-Any better ideas?
Tonight's the first night in 3 years I haven't put food out. There's a momma with 5 newborn kittens and it makes me feel responsible. If there was a way I could feed them just else where I would but it's a city & there's no many spaces I think that would work.

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2024.05.16 08:05 justaguyonreddit754 Strange animal noise all night

Last night I heard what sounded like an injured animal, or giving birth maybe, but really close to my house. I couldn’t see anything immediately outside my area and I live within a small city, so I know where the farming areas are on the outskirts and I’m not near them at all.
It sounded like a cow, but sometimes a cat or a bird (I know that sounds nuts). But it definitely sounded like a large animal. I also couldn’t actually hear any movement whatsoever and the sound never traveled from its location. It was like a loud screaming and prolonged moaning.
Any ideas? I live in England by the way so there’s a good number of animals not valid.

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2024.05.16 08:03 sarahkkjk what color is she? is she considered a Siamese?

I think my baby is seven months old and she's my first cat, so I'm new in this world lol. someone left her and seven more cats in front of my house, so I adopted them. I've been with her for 5 months she's Brazilian lol. (I'm Brazilian) maybe knowing the country helps

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2024.05.16 08:02 PropRatActual The Albino Ep 10

Well, Hi all! again! 4Th Wall here, I figured since I just got power back, I might as well play some catch up on both series. Hope you enjoy this episode!!
Yup, I fucked that up. This is a repost with the correct Episode number, LOL! It's been a while since I've done that.
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Benjamin smiled, watching the girls skip ahead of him. Today was a testing day of sorts for him. Unwilling to release firearms into this world haphazardly, yet unwilling to go without them as a backup; he had pulled from one of his sister’s favorite video games. He had “melted down” his bowie knife, repurposing the metal to be used in his latest creation. The final product rode on his hip like a short sword, but Ben was satisfied in the design when the vast majority of the people he passed ignored it as just another adventurer’s blade. Benjamin hoped, that with the existence of Majik, that he would be able to pass off any… peculiarities... as the realm of the supernatural.

The three of them arrived at the tailor’s establishment, and the girls were met with a customary indifference that seemed to present itself when a slave’s “master” was present. The moment Benjamin entered, the seamstress ceased to pay attention to the girls, and instead addressed him directly, “Ah, The Forgemaster’s Protégé. What can I do for you this day.” She said cooly, bowing slightly in welcome. “I’m here commission some clothing for these two, a reward for good service.” Benjamin began. It was technically true; the success of the forge had afforded him much more coin than a mere apprentice could have made. Qort had taken him on as a true partner, and Benjamin earned enough to comfortably afford to cloth his “slaves” in whatever he chose.

Some stigma’s remained however, and the seamstress seemed to glare sideways at the girls as they perused the fabrics adorning the walls. “Is that wise? A slave could lose her place with such gifts.” she asked, her polite tone barely hiding her disapproval. Benjamin sighed internally, ‘oh for fucks sake’ he groaned in his own mind before putting on facad, “I find that proper reward, afforded on the right servant can result in” he paused, projecting a smug expression and blatantly looking the girls up and down. “a profound dedication to their duties” he finished with a satisfied smile as the seamstress covered her mouth with a hand to hide a smile of her own. The gambit worked, and the Seamstress was obviously satisfied that the “Aereesen slave whores” were being properly “used”. “Ah, I understand. What did you have in mind for them.” She practically moaned back at Benjamin. ‘This hag needs a good pounding….’ Benjamin’s inner monologue threatened to crack his facade, “That’s the fun part, my good lady. It’s their choice. The surprise is half the excitement.” He chuckled.

The seamstress openly smiled at him this time before nodding and stepping over to the two girls. Benjamin breathed a sigh of relief as she seemed to treat them at least marginally more warmly. The old racist bag didn’t need to know that Benjamin was secretly building a small nest egg for his girls, or that his sending them out to do errands for him was how he was teaching them about money, value, and the application of Mathematics. She also didn’t need to know that the full Cutlery set that she had purchased last week had been made by Vi’s own hand as her first full solo commission set. Benjamin had stamped his “mark” on them, because slaves were not allowed to own anything, including their own work; but Vi had begun with raw steel and finished with one of the finest cooking knife sets he had seen in this world or his.

Benjamin settled onto a bench outside, using the excuse of wanting to enjoy the morning air to afford his girls some privacy. Now that Viola and Valtrya were eating a healthy diet, and the right calorie amount; they had blossomed into absolute bombshells. Their hair had recovered, and both sported long flowing locks that boasted a silky satin black color and texture that betrayed hints of deep royal purple. The color reminded Benjamin of one of those expensive custom car paints that changed color depending on the lighting.

Their skin recovered almost as quickly as their hair. The sickly, scabbed look was quickly replaced with the same satin quality as their hair to the touch, but with a light grey coloring that almost seemed to tease the edge of hinting at a greyish purple. A dense pattern of Small freckles of the same dark, almost royal, purple as the highlights in their hair frolicked on both girl’s cheeks, and down the sides of their necks. Because of their early lack of understanding on modestly, Ben knew that those freckles traveled much further. The sad truth was that Benjamin understood fully why Aereesen’s were the prize of slavers and brothels, and he silently prayed that he could give them enough self-worth and skill to have a better life than that, once he got them out of the Principality.

A door’s soft creaking broke Benjamin from his thoughts as the two sisters stepped out smiling, “Get everything you need?” he asked standing as the three of them departed the establishment. Val nodded vigorously, and Vi smiled as she spoke, “I think so, but I had to practically beg the woman to stop showing us lingerie… what did you tell her?” Benjamin felt his cheeks heat as he responded, “What I had to. The old hag doesn’t get enough at home. It’s not my fault that your ‘enthusiasm’ is in the forge and your studies, not between the sheets. I didn’t lie to her, I just let her draw her own conclusions, sorry.”

Vi’s eyes twinkled for a second, “Oh,” She smirked, “Thaaat’s why she broke out the silk. Some of her options were..” She blatantly bit her lip at Benjamin. “You didn’t…” He asked in shock, and Vi lifted up on her tippy toes to brush her lips against his ear, “Not telling” she purred, setting Bens senses on fire. She backed up a step, openly smirking at his beet red face. “But your expression is adorable… My Lord” She stated the last two words with a deep sultry tone, knowing that Ben couldn’t scold her in public before taking his hand, “May we visit the bazar next? Val saw some jewelry she wanted to look at.” Benjamin gave her a pointed look, that turned into a smile as she beamed at him, “Ok, sounds good. I need to pick up some food for the week.”

It was later that afternoon when the three of them left the bazar. They found Jukha waiting on the bench in front of their home. “Jukha! How are you!” Benjamin called, clasping the Orc’s hand firmly as the girls rushed inside to put up their purchases. Jukha reciprocated, if somewhat stiffly, to the strange to him gesture. “Benjamin, it is good to see you well.” His tone stopped Ben in his tracks, “What is it. Is your wife, ok?”
Jukha shook his head, “Vilora is well, but I have been tasked with finding you.” He said carefully, “The slaver, the one you dueled for those two,” he nodded to Vi and Val as they stepped back out of the building, “The Heir of The Romoregin house is here. He has lodged an official demand for satisfaction, and he brought a champion.”

Benjamin stiffened, “Another duel? You said an ‘official demand’… what happens if I refuse.” Jukha winced at Ben’s tone, “It is an archaic practice of my people, rarely remembered, and even more rarely demanded. You cannot deny a satisfaction claim, but should you prevail, no further claims can be made upon your person. I am sorry Benjamin, but if you flee or refuse, your life is forfeit; and your property goes to the claimant.” Jukha looked pointedly at Viola and Valtrya. “The young puke has put me in danger as well, if I do not deliver you and them to the duel, I can be detained. If they torture me….” Benjamin’s eyes widened before hardening in understanding. “Jukha…” He turned to find Viola standing next to him, with his musket in one arm and his ammunition bag in the other, and sighed, “Fuck”. He loaded his musket with a single roundball cartridge this time, unwilling to fire buck and ball in the town streets. He pealed the ball out of the paper wading after pouring the poweder, reaching into his haversack to retrieve a small round patch made of pillow ticking. Jukha looked on in mild fascination as Benjamin spit on the cloth patch before wrapping the ball in it and ramming the whole thing down the barrel. It wasn’t much, but it reduce windage, ensuring at least reasonable enough accuracy from the smoothbore to keep from hitting innocent bystanders. It would also virtually eliminate blow-by, upping the chamber pressure and giving him a little more velocity. “I’m ready.”

The four of them entered the small city square to be met with Qort and three Org guards. These soldiers wore different insignia that Benjamin had been taught were the mark of the capital. “Beenjaymen Shayfe” one of them butchered his name, “I am.” Ben nodded firmly, the other guard nodded, “And your two slaves, good. Has Jukha informed you of the proceedings.” Benjamin scowled, “A legalized way to attempt a revenge killing? Yea, I’ve been told.” Ben didn’t bother to hide his vitriol, “So I have to kill a motherfucker for defending myself from his father?”

“Not quite. The Heir has brought a champion. The rules are simple, all forms of combat are allowed” The first guard began as the second one began chaining the wrists of Viola and Valtrya. Benjamin began to move before thinking, only to be held back by Jukha, “Peace albino. They must do this. Fighting them will cause a forfeit.” Benjamin looked at the terrified faces of the two girls. He forced himself to calm down outwardly, but Benjamin could feel the rage building. He had worked so hard to save those two, to get them out.. now some snot nosed brat was going to try to kill him because his father didn’t know when to fuck off. Benjamin stepped out from around the guards. The “heir” was a young Durr. Ben had no frame of reference for age, but the Heir was substantially shorter, and his facial tentacles were almost mere buds. Beside him stood a crimson colossus, the same species as the Hunter he had shot saving Jukha. He was taller than that female, and was wearing plate armor, gilded in silver. He hefted a great sword of some kind and smiled openly at Benjamin. It was not a pleasant expression. “Ah, so You’re the puke I’ll be cleaning from my blade. I am Krastorin. Come here, pale one, I’ll make it quick.”

Benjamin looked him over, subtly shifting into a shooting stance but keeping his musket looking like he was resting the butt of a spear on the ground. “You look accomplished, what makes you do the bidding of the boy.” He asked, blatant scorn on his tone. The Young Durr flinched, his small tentacle buds writhing violently. “H’Dare Yee!” he bellowed, voice cracking with the strain of fury, “Aye’ll ‘ave Yee Head on Me’Wall!!”
Benjamin ignored him, focusing on the Hellirine. The man looked back at the boy with a raised eyebrow, “The young puke promised me one of those.” He pointed at Vi and Val, who had reverted to their former trembling submissive postures that Ben had met them in. “It appears that they are as well kept as claimed. I look forward to sampling them.” He leered. Benjamin looked over at the Young Durr and found his face a mixture of relief and anger. ‘Ah, lied about daddy’s slaves.’ He turned to the soldier standing next to him, “Is the duel on?” he growled.

“Combatants! Begin!” was the Soldiers response, and the crimson mercenary lifted his sword from his shoulders advancing forward with a long confident stride, “at last, let’s get this over wi..” a clap of thunder echo’d through the Feral wood, and most of the crowd cried out in surprise as Benjamin disappeared, seemingly behind a bubble of fire, and brimstone. The single round ball ignored the mercenary’s plate armor. Punching straight through as the soft lead mushroomed out into a ragged disk that measured almost an inch and a half. The mangled projectile, still travelling at almost half the speed of sound, eviscerated the chest cavity of the Mercenary before blowing a one foot wide hole out of the crimson man’s back. The exit wound missed Krastorin’s spine by an inch, but it didn’t matter. The projectile embedded itself into a post, thankfully missing any bystanders by mere inches in some cases. The Young Durr, who was standing just behind and to the side of his champion, was screaming as he pawed at the bits of pale yellow blood, bones, and fragments of internal organs now covering him from head to toe.

Benjamin handed the smoking musket to Jukha, drawing his short sword and walking over to a sputtering, choking, and coughing Krastorin. The Hellirine lay face down on the ground, having fallen that way from the momentum of his initial advance. The back of Benjamins mind was sickly amused as he remembered the old Hollywood trope of bullets throwing people backward, and a pinch of regret sparked in his soul as his opponent death rattled. He stepped up to the Heir, resting the blade against his neck, “Are we done here. Be a better man than your father and learn when to save your own life.” The Young Durr froze, staring up at him in abject terror for several moments as a puddle formed at his feet. Benjamin opened his mouth to speak again when the boy simply passed out, falling into the puddle of his own mess as his mind refused to stay conscious.

Benjamin turned to walk back towards Jukha and the girls. “Unchain them.” Benjamin’s tone could have frozen a raging forge’s inferno. To his surprise, two of the soldiers drew their weapons on him, “You need to come with us. All Touched must be registered with...” Benjamin pointed his short sword at the one talking… and pulled the trigger. The percussion revolver built into the hilt of the short sword was zero’d using a notch Benjamin cut into the crossguard, and the tip of the curved blade as a crude set of open sights. The barrel of the revolver lay along one side of the blade, and was rifled. The speaking soldier orc’s took the smaller pistol round through the forehead, exploding the back of his skull in a cone of dark green and grey mist. The exit wound showered his companion in bits of bone and brains. Benjamin’s thumb found the hammer, and four satisfying clicks echo’d in the stunned silence, “HEAR ME!” He growled, “I, am touched by the Gods. I posses the power to end any life I choose using the power of Hell itself!” ‘if I have to show them a gun, might as well throw them off the trail’ “The violence of the raging volcano obeys my very fingertips.” His revolvesword bucked a second time as another soldier orc made a move to rush him. The smaller pistol round still punched through the orcs armor and out the back, but only left him screaming on the ground. Benjamin re-cocked, and leveled his weapon at the orc holding the chains to Val and Vi. “Now, release them.” This last remaining Orc did as asked, before gathering up his screaming companion as the girls rushed to Benjamin, he pulled them close, whispering, “I’m sorry we wont be able to pick up your dresses.”

The three of them packed up that night. Qort had understood, knowing all too well what the Principality would do to acquire a Touched of Benjamins ability. “Stay safe my friend. I pray our paths cross again.” Jukha snuck them out of the village that night, using his wagon to get them to his home. They stayed a week, laying low while they planned their next move. The girls spent their time learning recipes from Jukha’s wife, and ben took the time to unwind a bit. Jukha and He went on a hunt, and Benjamin was given a run down on the flora and fauna of the Feral wood. The two of them brought back a pair of Stags, and the three women cooked them a feast.

“Dinner’s ready!!” called Viola, setting the last of the sides on the table as the dutch oven roasted meat was brought off of the stove top. It was a simple yet elegant meal. Stag, potatoes, some kind of Kale style vegetable that Benjamin had never seen before. Soon enough, everyone at the table was leaning back, as full as they could make themselves. “So, pinkskin,” Jukha asked, “Where do you plan on going. I wouldn’t mind you staying with me. I could use another hunter, but I suspect that they would notice the extra product I brought to the village.”

Benjamin Hummed, “The Maridian Combine. Qort told me that they banned slavery over a century ago, the girls have learned so much already. It would be easy to find jobs for them.” Vi and Val drooped slightly but hid it well. Jukha noticed it but said nothing. “A good choice, their boarders are well guarded, you would need to free them before you cross, or end up in a dungeon yourself.”

“Good point, I can write up a simple writ of freedom. Something I can sign and give to them.” Benjamin nodded, “I can get started on that to…” he paused as a hand fell on his. He looked to see Viola staring at him, fighting back tears, “Hey, what’s wrong. You will be free…” Jukha nodded slowly and stood. “love,” he said to Vilora, “I need some help with the livestock” The Farie met his eyes in unspoken understanding, fluttering out the front door with Jukha.

“Vi, what’s wrong.” Benjamin asked gently.

“No… go… Val… stay…” Both of them turned to Valtrya in shock. She was trembling, “I wont..leave.”

“You speak?” Benjamin looked in shock, but Viola spoke next, “Benjamin, we don’t want to leave. We want to stay, with you. I…” She paused. Ben sighed, “I want you to stay too.” He said, finally admitting it to himself, “But I can’t own you. It’s killing me that you are my property.” He reached up and wiped a tear from Vi’s eyes, “You are so much more than property. I feel evil, every day that I wake up knowing that I could do anything I wanted to you, or worse, die and have someone else hurt you for the fun of it.” Benjamin bowed his head. Viola reached out, lifting his chin to look into his eyes, “Then come with us.” She whispered as Val stood up and stepped around the table, “yes.. You, come.” She wrapped herself around Ben from the side leaning in until she was resting her head against his shoulder, “I’m… staying.. with you.” she said softly. Viola nodded, “Benjamin, how old do you think we are.”

Ben looked at her in confusion, “I have no idea, I’ve always assumed you were teenagers. 13-14 years old for Val, maybe 16 for you, but that was when you were skin and bones.” He admitted.

Viola’s eyes widened in understanding. “You did not want to bed us because you thought us children.” Benjamin nodded slowly, answering. “And forcing sex on a child is the worst kind of crime on my world”. Viola and Valtrya looked at each other, before Vi spoke. “Ben, my sister will turn one hundred and three in a fortnight. I just had my one hundred and fifteenth birthday last week.” She leaned in, pressing her lips to Bens as she kissed him passionately for a moment. “We are no children,” Viola paused as Valtrya leaned in, kissing Ben lightly on the neck, “You are not forcing us to do anything, but leave.” Viola whispered as she began to close in to a surprised Benjamin for another kiss.

The door to the cabin flew open violently, and the girls pulled back to a more modest distance. Jukha walked in, carrying a panting Vilora. “What happened.” Ben asked hurriedly, hoping he wasn’t blushing as hard as the heat on his cheeks suggested. Vilora waved a hand as Jukha set her down in her chair, “The Vin… My sisters… they reached out… They wish to meet…” The Farie gathered herself, “They also sent a warning. We must leave, tonight… hunters.”
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Name	Westland Survival: Cowboy Game
Publisher	Helio Games
Genre	Adventure
Size	422M
Version	7.5.0
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Western cowboy survival role-playing game Helio Games created and published Westland Survival. Excellent! If you like westerns, cowboys, horses, and shooting things, this is the game for you.

DRAMATIC PLOT IN A WESTERN SETTING

The West is a haven for criminals, bounty hunters, smugglers, and murderers. How can these crooks receive such a free pass? These perpetrators know that Western justice is created in the underworld through real tycoons. Unfortunately, even policemen with their law enforcement jobs can be bribed easily with dollars.

There are no good or bad people, only weak and powerful individuals. Learning to protect and fight is essential if you want to make it in the West. In this game, you take on the role of a merchant. Unfortunately, when traveling through this dangerous land, your carriage encounters a band of robbers, and you are the only survivor of this horrible event. Your main motivation right now is a desire for retribution. Find the perpetrators and hang them on gallows, or shoot them.

CLIMB THE SURVIVAL RUNGS.

The bandits have taken everything you own, from property to friends and even self-defense weapons,… With only your bare hands, you’re alone in the desert, a strange and frightening place. Food and water are in short supply at this time. Because the final few usable items are in critically short supply, you must start accumulating them immediately. This will be when you can use the great survival skills you have accumulated in the previous period. Make a set of robust mining, hunting, and crafting tools out of stone and wood.
One of the most dangerous times of the day is when night falls. This will be when the bandits start their work, or even the beasts will carry out the hunt. You must own a house to hide in this dangerous area at night. Resources, including wood and stone that you can collect, will be able to help you build your own house to hide.

COMMERCE WITH INDIGENOUS PEOPLES

With your business and business acumen and skills, this will be the time when you can look for better amenities. Through the unnecessary items, you will completely be able to think about using them to exchange with the locals. Equivalent items can be obtained, or you can even sell your items for a suitable amount.

KEEP AN EYE OUT FOR ANY POTENTIAL THREATS.

You must be physically and emotionally prepared to meet any threats you may face and any health difficulties. Criminals, bounty hunters, and wild animals are just a few possible attackers. The items you own will also be the purpose for other players to target in their plan to attack, loot and even destroy you. The most effective way to protect oneself is to arm oneself with lethal weapons and perfect one’s combat skills. The more levels you gain, your health and strength will improve.

A STANDARD WESTERN WAY OF LIFE

If you’ve ever longed to live the life of a true cowboy, Westland Survival is the game for you. You can ride around the map when you have time, herding sheep. You can earn extra money by participating in high-stakes gunfights among cowboys. Many enjoyable activities are typical of Westerns and cowboy films.

KEY FEATURES

A Wild West Ranch building system to create a perfect fortress and survive the elements.
Crafting of weapons, armor, and workbenches with rare blueprints to fight bandits.
Hunting wild animals to survive and tame them to fight alongside the player.
Unique locations with resources to explore, including Native American tribes and bandit outposts.
Horse riding and stable building to travel faster and carry extra items to adventures.
Daily quests and PVP mode with other players, including building alliances and towns.
Pet raising and taming to fight with bandits and other players from alliances.
Limited-time events with unique challenges and rewards.
No rules for fighting for survival in PVE/PVP mode by slaying monsters and looting other players.

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