I'm curious, how do you test your ads for your products or services?
Typically, what I do is the following:

• Create (usually) 5 creatives or 5 of each (text, images, description, etc...) for dynamic creative
• Set the campaign to $10 per day, choose the country i target my product / service at, use Advantage + audience
• Depending on the ad, choose typically Lead or Sale (on Website) for the target result
• Leave the ad running for around 10 days (because 7-day attribution settings)

Some questions:

• If you know that you can only call leads during certain times of day, would you limit the ad to run only during those times of the day?
• Is it worth it checking the CPMs if I am satisfied with the Cost per Result?
• How do you optimize the ads (reduce CPR) once the ad is runnin nicely?
• Do you find that lower prices perform better (I guess it depends on product and country)

I understand that this depends on each advertiser and ad, but I am just looking for opinions. Also, is there any tools to better analyze ad results and suggest optimization?
Thanks to all of you! This subreddit has been a good place for learning more related to Facebook Ads.

Qmee have a cashback offer that’s 100% free, it’s just a CPR Test, shouldn’t take longer than 15 minutes it’s super easy and you get a CPR qualified certificate at the end. I tried linking it but it wouldn’t allow me to but it should be on the cashback offers

They can be a celebrity for any reason, good or bad. As long as they were famous.
When I first joined (2010)....
All the admins were celebrities, and everyone had their favorites. Builderman, Telamon, legoseed, Tarabyte, Clockwork, MrDoomBringer, and so on. And the one that everyone hated, Reesemcblox. Apparently she was personally responsible for a lot of the bans that users got, allegedly.
Hacker lore was also extremely popular. Everyone knew 1x1x1x1, especially on the forums. Dignity, Zuka, Minish were other famous "hackers" that were revered.
John Doe and Jane Doe were the 2nd and 3rd roblox characters made, they were test accounts made by the admins. But everyone had lore of them being hacker puppet accounts.
SONICTHEHEDGEHOGXX was particularly famous for his island resort game, mostly for having a lot of free models, but mostly for creating the FEAR group which made clan groups popular.
Jaredvaldez2 was very infamous for stealing games, especially the zombie game where you defended a house and went underground, and rebranding them as his own.
JuliusColes was infamous for also copying games, especially Welcome to the Town of Robloxia (another famous game made by a famous user, 1dev2). JuliusColes was also famous for being a massive POS.

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2010 Ford Escape Limited, 148K miles, drives well, sounds a bit loud but it does have a V6, so it could be that? Asking price is $5,995. 2012 Ford Fusion SE, 156K miles, haven’t test drove it yet, I plan on going to see it tomorrow for a test drive and to check it over more. Asking price is $4,995. Assuming they both handle well, which one would be a better deal and more reliable in the long run? Anything to look out for? Thanks!

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Washington Quarters - 35FV Available - 21.50x
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1935-D Texas Commemorative Half Dollar TONER- $200 https://imgur.com/kwx0NGW
1896-S Barber Quarter KEY DATE - $750
1936-S Mercury Dime NGC MS66FB TONER - $200 https://imgur.com/wCFwTOU https://imgur.com/G9IPuty
1942-D Mercury Dime NGC MS66FB TONER - $100 https://imgur.com/ZmakhHL
1942-D Mercury Dime PCGS MS66FB TONER - $120
1881-S Morgan Dollar NGC MS66 MEGA TONER - $480. https://imgur.com/6eTFnB9 https://imgur.com/0YaM8ko
1899-O Morgan Dollar PCGS MS63 TONER - $130 https://imgur.com/PnxlFZq https://imgur.com/zFxi3ZN
1944 Walking Liberty Half Dollar ANACS Soapbox Holder - $90 https://imgur.com/lxHABXq https://imgur.com/qcK4ui1
PROOF AMERICAN SILVER EAGLES I'm happy to send pictures of the specific coin you are interested in. I have over 35 available, taking pictures is time consuming, but will do it for serious buyers.
1991-S x2 $75 each 1994-P $140 1995-P $75 1996-P $75 1997-P $100 1998-P $75 1999-P $75 2000-P $75 2001-W $67 2002-W $60 2003-W $60 2004-W x 2 $60 each 2005-W $60 2006-W $60 2007-W $60 2008-W $60 2010-W $60 2011-W $60 2012-W $60 2013-W $60 2014-W $60 2015-W $60 2016-W $60 2017-W $60 2018-W $60 2019-W $60 2020-W $60
ASE PROOF SHIPPING: 1-2: $6 3-4: $12 5-20: $16
BIN/Claims/Deals:
All BIN/Claims/Deal need to be confirmed prior to acceptance. Once a BIN/Claim/Deal is made the buyer has 2 Hours to complete the transaction. If the deal isn't completed, I will make a deal with the backup buyer. I've had too many people claim/BIN or make a deal and then go
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Shipping Options:
Small Packages < 8 ounces: $5 USPS Ground Advantage with tracking.
Small Packages 8-12 Ounces: $6 USPS Ground Advantage with tracking
$9 for small flat rate priority mail.
$12 USPS Priority Mail with Signature Confirmation
Insurance at cost. I will combine shipping on multiple lots.
I can also send FedEx or UPS if preferred.
I package very well and I cannot be held responsible for your package once delivered to the drop off facility. I always walk the package in and get a receipt. In the event of an issue with a carrier, I will do everything in my power to help resolve the issue.
Payment methods:
All prices are net to me.
Venmo (Preferred) FF / Venmo GS + 3.5% / CashApp / Check / eCheck / Money Orde PayPal GS + 3.5%- I WILL ONLY SHIP TO THE ADDRESS ON YOUR PAYPAL FOR SELLER PROTECTION.
I am not able to accept PPFF as I have a business account.
No Zelle

I am using R to code my ANN model. I only differenced it once and I am having a hard time getting the real forecast values. To give context this is my code:

> library(fpp2) > library(tidyverse) > library(zoo) > library(tseries) > fe.ts <- ts(fe$FR, start=as.yearqtr("2000-1"), end=as.yearqtr("2020-4"), frequency = 4) > adf.test(fe.ts) Augmented Dickey-Fuller Test data: fe.ts Dickey-Fuller = -1.8707, Lag order = 4, p-value = 0.6289 alternative hypothesis: stationary > fe.df <- diff(fe.ts, differences = 1) > adf.test(fe.df) Augmented Dickey-Fuller Test data: fe.df Dickey-Fuller = -3.9254, Lag order = 4, p-value = 0.01713 alternative hypothesis: stationary > nvalid <- 10*4 > ntrain <- length(fe.df)-nvalid > train.fe <- window(fe.df, start=c(2000, 2), end=c(2000, ntrain+1)) > train.fe Qtr1 Qtr2 Qtr3 Qtr4 2000 -7.216667e-04 -1.654667e-03 -1.918000e-03 2001 1.066667e-05 -6.083333e-04 -5.333333e-04 1.130000e-04 2002 2.200000e-04 3.276667e-04 -4.206667e-04 -6.366667e-04 2003 -2.883333e-04 4.096667e-04 -5.776667e-04 -2.273333e-04 2004 -2.293333e-04 1.700000e-05 -2.866667e-05 -8.933333e-05 2005 4.140000e-04 1.103333e-04 -4.473333e-04 4.660000e-04 2006 9.653333e-04 -1.203333e-04 3.096667e-04 6.266667e-04 2007 4.826667e-04 7.373333e-04 4.543333e-04 1.443000e-03 2008 1.209000e-03 -1.150333e-03 -1.286667e-03 -1.332667e-03 2009 2.960000e-04 -5.900000e-05 -1.166667e-04 6.136667e-04 2010 3.443333e-04 2.516667e-04 1.170000e-04 8.250000e-04 > valid.fe <- window(fe.df, start=c(2000, ntrain+2), end=c(2000, ntrain+1+nvalid)) > valid.fe Qtr1 Qtr2 Qtr3 Qtr4 2011 -8.719887e-05 2.904301e-04 2.677502e-04 -3.807286e-04 2012 2.223043e-04 1.444780e-04 4.889275e-04 4.094522e-04 2013 2.910368e-04 -6.248952e-04 -1.049830e-03 3.786290e-05 2014 -6.441334e-04 3.770003e-04 1.844894e-04 -5.322016e-04 2015 1.953095e-04 -1.232587e-04 -6.692691e-04 -3.794231e-04 2016 -1.912715e-04 3.504358e-04 -2.458137e-04 -8.850740e-04 2017 -3.630356e-04 5.307741e-05 -3.876564e-04 -3.170097e-05 2018 -1.994767e-04 -3.701366e-04 -3.932589e-04 1.259794e-04 2019 2.988588e-04 1.095174e-04 1.093072e-04 2.905325e-04 2020 6.479634e-05 1.433803e-04 6.177858e-04 2.837689e-04 > set.seed(4) > fe.ann <- nnetar(train.fe) > fe.ann Series: train.fe Model: NNAR(1,1,2)[4] Call: nnetar(y = train.fe) Average of 20 networks, each of which is a 2-2-1 network with 9 weights options were - linear output units sigma^2 estimated as 2.085e-07 > fe.pred <- forecast(fe.ann, h=nvalid,level=c(95), PI=TRUE) > fe.pred Point Forecast Lo 95 Hi 95 2011 Q1 0.0005567572 -0.0003761673 0.001410563 2011 Q2 0.0002904076 -0.0006077748 0.001303945 2011 Q3 0.0002244748 -0.0008682039 0.001113682 2011 Q4 0.0005905100 -0.0006038632 0.001383441 2012 Q1 0.0006019431 -0.0007059116 0.001393661 2012 Q2 0.0003783826 -0.0007361636 0.001287532 2012 Q3 0.0002732668 -0.0008267363 0.001302404 2012 Q4 0.0005967775 -0.0008765754 0.001239778 2013 Q1 0.0006023539 -0.0010229607 0.001254514 2013 Q2 0.0005570904 -0.0009408133 0.001330773 2013 Q3 0.0003125065 -0.0009466465 0.001325717 2013 Q4 0.0005981054 -0.0010380335 0.001298259 2014 Q1 0.0006023636 -0.0009313430 0.001217793 2014 Q2 0.0006019581 -0.0009721376 0.001265459 2014 Q3 0.0004609551 -0.0010183388 0.001273914 2014 Q4 0.0006010070 -0.0008817944 0.001265015 2015 Q1 0.0006023807 -0.0009446716 0.001186696 2015 Q2 0.0006023868 -0.0009352224 0.001225216 2015 Q3 0.0005903222 -0.0009840675 0.001212690 2015 Q4 0.0006023093 -0.0009331281 0.001254557 2016 Q1 0.0006023882 -0.0009536074 0.001269323 2016 Q2 0.0006023887 -0.0009455761 0.001183656 2016 Q3 0.0006023235 -0.0009530541 0.001223740 2016 Q4 0.0006023880 -0.0008895240 0.001228952 2017 Q1 0.0006023887 -0.0009468702 0.001282632 2017 Q2 0.0006023887 -0.0010220570 0.001248577 2017 Q3 0.0006023884 -0.0008967334 0.001254988 2017 Q4 0.0006023887 -0.0009790534 0.001235975 2018 Q1 0.0006023887 -0.0010340453 0.001214739 2018 Q2 0.0006023887 -0.0010184489 0.001240319 2018 Q3 0.0006023887 -0.0010476626 0.001165271 2018 Q4 0.0006023887 -0.0010141604 0.001226387 2019 Q1 0.0006023887 -0.0009741401 0.001236558 2019 Q2 0.0006023887 -0.0010247619 0.001252107 2019 Q3 0.0006023887 -0.0010230025 0.001176667 2019 Q4 0.0006023887 -0.0010801932 0.001263868 2020 Q1 0.0006023887 -0.0011074078 0.001164061 2020 Q2 0.0006023887 -0.0010709943 0.001221420 2020 Q3 0.0006023887 -0.0010186864 0.001184130 2020 Q4 0.0006023887 -0.0010442610 0.001209037 > accuracy(fe.pred, valid.fe) ME RMSE MAE MPE MAPE MASE ACF1 Theil's U Training set 2.942287e-07 0.0004565933 0.0003397971 63.18444 85.6198 0.5031993 -0.03327395 NA Test set -6.123962e-04 0.0007388672 0.0006261140 23.61932 335.6245 0.9272006 0.29490873 2.111266 

Where do I begin. For the purpose of this post, I will use fictious names and locations as it is ongoing, and out of respect (even though she doesn't deserve any)
My name is Daniel. I am 35 years old, and i am dying. I have a disease called systemic sclerosis. I am currently on a supplemental disability plan, until I get approved for SSI (social Security). Until then, my income is about 4K a month. I own a home but after child support and bills, NOT INCLUDING gas, food, haircuts, medical appointments, and or emergencies like my fridge just broke. (which i never go out) I am left with $260 that has to last me a month. I also have three children who I have to take care of half the time per the 50/50 agreement.
Recently, I found out my oldest, (who is 13) is not biologically mine. I decided to look into it as I had concerns for a while since my divorce as her cheating was very rampant. I also had caught her in 2017 with a man in my house, which is what prompted the divorce. But FL being a no fault state, doesn't matter. I also had to pay child support since the beginning and WHILE LEGALLY Married since 2010 because she had applied for financial support like food stamps and government assistance then. I know what your thinking. Why didnt you stop it then? I tried. You cant take yourself off child support. I also never grew up with a father and wanted that two-parent household. I don't run from responsibilities, like he did. Its how I was raised. Anyways, I married her, tried to do the right thing, she lied numerous times. she never worked, and I worked 90 plus hours a week. To look into her cheating, was impossible at the time as I was never home. and to busy providing for my family.
fast forward to now. My disease started to become worse and over three years; it didn't reveal itself until last year fully to actually pinpoint what this was. for instance, I had in 2019 pain behind my eyes and horrible headaches to the point that I thought I had MS. following year, I had trouble swallowing for 3 months. next year itching in the skin for three months. But prior, I had visited various doctors to see what was going on, each time a flare up then would last 3 to four months, which again, when you don't understand what's going on, you need to take time off to go see doctors, run tests, but this illness was and still is very elusive. with that being said I had 5 jobs since its first flare up till last year to continue to support my family and to pay child support. as of last year. I'm having trouble moving on certain days, breathing and acid reflux and muscle atrophy. (disease progression) especially when this is going on, it worsens everything as this is flared up. I was working under the table to try and make ends meet as I was paying child support still. I should add that the child support with 50/50 custody was $1029 for three kids cause I was making six figures at the time of divorce in 2018. Last year however, I couldn't work anymore, and filed for disability.
In june of last year, I had asked Susan, to get the children school supplies, (which she never does) as I was still paying at the time $1029 in child support. She said she didnt have the money despite now making 70k and her new BF living with her and is working whom she cheated on me with. With me working under the table, I bought them clothes, haircuts, school supplies (ive done every year) but then, I noticed she went on vacation to puerto rico and got a giant leg tattoo. At the time, I had already known what I had, and I asked myself why the heck am I doing this? So i turned to an attorney to get it modified. Again, this is June 20th to be exact of last year. My lawyer, stated that this was only going to be a 90 day turn around for the temporary modification then we will go for the final.
Since then, I have gone for a DNA test. I had to know. I am dying. I wanted to know. And you may judge me for this. but i have filed for disablement for paternity, meaning I am removing myself from the birth certificate. However, in the state of Florida, a mother can deny this and so can the courts. before you judge me, I have many reasons none of which have to do with him other then his mental disability (Aspergers) This illness, as days go by takes more and more from me. As previously aforementioned, I am left with 250 a month. I cannot go get a drs appointment pay for groceries or start planning my funeral which I will start making payments on soon. He also eats three times the amount that we all collectively do (Not his fault) but I have paid enough both mentally and financially. He also has trouble communicating as my suspicions is, that he was born of incest (gross) which is why I was 'chosen' to be his father at the time. Before you ask how do you know? Lets just say she had an uncle 'leave' during that time.
anyways, in February, I had the temporary modification hearing for child support and needless to say it was a circus. My doctor was subpoenaed to be there by my attorneys request to better my argument, even though I felt we didn't need her, she advised me to have my doctor there. Well, he attorney attacked my doctor and me for an hour and 40 mins when the court case was only supposed to go for an hour. He said "you saw another dr Max so and so and they said it was all in your head" (again I had flare ups on a illness that hadnt revealed itself correctly since last year). So there argument was that I was doctor seeking to avoid child support. After I have paid for 13 years never missing a payment. Her lawyer also targeted people who are living with me. Now I'll admit that I said they were friends which is true but how else can I pay for my attorney? Cant work, cant sell drugs, cant rob a bank? So they want to take there income into consideration. BS. She also hired a private investigator to watch me exercise outside and stated that because I can exercise, I can work..... Ok. Where's the 23 hours of the rest of the day watching me in pain. or when do you have me on video of a flare up from this terminal illness? (that's what I wanted to say)
Although I was granted the temporary modification, of $209, I left the court thinking wow, this woman can cheat, commit paternity fraud, not give two craps about our children, live with her mom in a section 8 home, and here I am doing whatever I can and I've done nothing wrong but be lied to and this is how my government, my country treats me? No wonder men my age dont have children this is insane. The paternity issue wasn't even brought up they said that this isnt the place for this and that the disestablishment will be another trial for those wondering. My lawyer only spoke for 5 mins. Asking her about her income cause thats the only thing that has changed since 2018 since she didnt work at the time. Other than that, it was an attack on me and my disease arguing my ability to work.
after leaving that, I didnt eat for 96 hours. I have since been crying nonstop. Compilating suicide. I am already heart broken about my son not being mine. Sure does a terminal illness make me said, no question everyday. But a life wasted on another? Cause I decided to be a man and take up responsibility? thats soul crushing. And to say "well, there is a big chance the courts will deny your request' thats BS. If i go to prison because I was accused of a robbery for 13 years, and DNA evidence proves I wasnt there, I get out of jail and can sue. This is no different. If anything, DNA evidence needs to be more of a factor in family law than in almost every court of law if not as equally important. My bad for not investigating her infidelity not only in the beginning but also in the end. How about not being a POS. sorry rant over
gets better. Her mom and dad smoke in the section 8 house, kids reek of cigarette smoke and marijuana, all day. they dont take showers there, they were hand me down clothes, they live in the garage shared with there mother, that isn't air conditioned. and he makes only a few thousand less than I do a month. She stated in court that she pays her mom $500 in rent which is BS, she is only doing that now so that she makes herself look bad. I know she is doing pills, like oxy and what not. Id love to prove it.
after the temp hearing, in april, I had to go to court to contest my drivers license suspension as I hadn't paid child support since, august of last year. again, there is no way, I can pay my bills, feed my children, go to the doctor, pay my lawyer to end all of this BS and pay the current child support amount. and again, this final hearing is still not set yet. So they intercepted my tax return, even though the temporary modification was approved, the final is what gets it retro backed to the date of filing, so they took, a much needed 5500 tax return from me. I needed that cause one of the issues I failed to mention as well, hurricane Ian has destroyed my home and I'm still going through that process too. not to mention I am on payment plans with Mayo clinic and other various medical facilities. (no one cares) but the interest that accrues, makes it impossible to catch up. also, Florida department of rev is overstepping I feel, and asking for medical info to be sent to them as well as updated doctors letters to be sent saying that I am still on disability.
a few weeks ago, I got an email from my lawyer having a withdrawal notice from her lawyer. in the withdrawal, he stated that he cannot represent her, due to something she may have withheld or lied about (more or less wasn't worded like that but you can tell). In feb court appearance they never produced the PI report, or videos, they had medical info they shouldn't have had, and they had very outlandish comments about my lifestyle. So my lawyer filed immediately a motion to compel. meaning, we want to see everything you have on my client. this was filed almost immediately after court appearance on feb 20th. Susan has failed to provide any updated info requested by my attorney so on june 18th, we have that upcoming hearing.
in the mean time, I have sent my lawyer, a very heavily requested topics, such as "where did they get my medical records, if those were lies, what are the consequences if any"? What did exercising have to do with any of this despite various drs saying he has to or he will get worse.
I know wat you must be thinking, what about your oldest, how can you do that to him. Please listen. This woman has taken everything from me. And i mean everything but the roof over my head. I am seeing a therapist to help with the suicidal thoughts. it isnt enough. the reality of it is, I chose to be loyal and it bit me in the butt. This disease will rob me of everything, my teeth will fall out ( I had 5 cavities last time I went to the dentist) I haven't had a cavity since I was 30 and even then I was suspicious. And I am brushing 5 time s a day to save them. My skin is tightening, and my arms and muscles are wasting. I will literally be left with nothing. My organs will also start to harden, and I will have to start getting around the clock care.
I forgot to mention they (child support) recently, sent a letter to SSI (social security) saying that they would garnish my SSI before I even got it, totaling $1029. the incorrect amount. I sent this to my lawyer and she is looking into it. But it shows that child support will overstep and breaks every law or freedom you may think you have. I DO take care of my children. if they need a haircut i do it, school supplies clothes, anything I do it. And I do it, cause she wont. What I want to leave you with, is that woman can be dead beats too. Child support was designed to have woman off of government subsidized programs like section 8 food stamps and what not. Also to make the man pay for their children man or woman I should say, I know this. I am not running from my obligation. I just want Susan, to have to pay for what's she's done to me and the kids.
I would like to hear your thoughts on this, please comment and share, all names are fake, but everything else is unfortunately real. I know it was wordy, but I wanted to provide as much backstory as possible. And please. Respect my descions. When you are end of life, I hope someone would be kind enough to respect yours. You may not agree and that's ok, but I am asking you to respect them. Thank you for reading.

s'il vous plait j'ai besoin d'aide..
bonjour,
En fait j'ai des problème avec ma mère depuis toujours mais je sais pas si elle a raison quand elle me dis que c'est ma faute et mon comportement.
pour mettre dans un contexte, je suis née sans père, dans un foyer ni pauvre ni riche. ma mère gagne assez pour vivre mais pas pour avoir des chaussure de marque ou des trucs comme ça (non pas que je m'en plaigne, c'est pour mettre dans un contexte. si je veux vraiment quelque chose de marque je peux très bien me le payer toute seule.) et on a souvent déménager a cause de ses travails car elle ne trouvais pas de cdi. et je suis une fille;
depuis que je suis petite j'ai vécu des choses étrange avec elle.. ce n'est que mon avis mais elle a toujours été violente. par exemple je me souviens très bien d'une fois ou elle a fermé la porte qui menais au salon avec moi derrière; pour tapé mon chat, atteint de la VIF, car il avait fait une bêtises. (il me semble qu'il avais fait pipi sur le canapé). Mais en disant tapé je parle de tapé a l'entendre miaulé de souffrance. Je pleurais derrière la porte mais rien y faire elle a continuer. cette évènement est le premier marquant donc je me souviens encore.
je pourrais dire des tas d'exemple de ce genre. mais le problème et telle que parfois, on me dis que ce que ma mère fait est inacceptable , mais moi je ne le vois pas. Par exemple encore, je me souviens d'une fois ou j'avais dis a ma copine que ma mère me punissais de nourriture, et elle s'emblait choqué de ça.. aujourd'hui encore je ne comprend pas pourquoi. Il y a sans doute des tas de personne qui vive la même chose voir pire.. pourquoi être choquer?
Avec ma famille il y a toujours eu un grand écart. disons que ma mère et moi sommes un peut les cygnes noirs.. Je ne sais pas ce qu'a fait ma mère; car ma famille n'est généralement comme ça avec personne; mais je sais qu'elle n'a pas du être cool. aujourd'hui en grandissant j'arrive a avoir quelque info par ci par la sur ce qu'elle leurs a fait. j'ai donc subit dans mon enfance une grande pression et des choses m'était demander que mes cousins et cousine du même âge n'avait jamais fait. Malheureusement je l'ai très mal vécu sur le moment et ça a crée de nombreux problème de confiance en moi. (mais malgré tout je reste super reconnaissante envers eux car il m'ont appris a me battre pour moi même et me débrouiller seule). quoi qu'il en soit voici le principale :
Tout a commencer quand on a déménager la ou je suis actuellement vers Marseille. en 6eme. je m'embrouillais avec ma mère car je commençais a me défendre de ses agression constante. agression physique. elle me tapais dans le ventre jusqu'au sang avec son pied. me hurlais dessus. me giflait devant mes amies... Enfin a l'époque ça allait.
un garçon est arriver dans ma vie. début 5ème. l'amour fou réciproque. mais ce garçon s'est vite mis a me parler de chose.. déplacer.. et de fils en aiguille ils s'est retrouver a me forcé a avoir des rapport sexuel avec lui dès qu'on ce voyais. enfin 2 ans après un vrai garçon est venu me sauvé de ça. qui est aujourd'hui mon copain actuelle et depuis 2 ans bientôt. mais durant les deux ans avec mon agresseur, qu'on appellera J, j'ai vécu d'un autre coté un enfer a la maison, et par la suite au collège. J m'as fait dire a ses copain qu'on le faisais, car, en 5ème, quel chance de le faire! sauf que cette acte a été la pire erreur au monde. car en faisant ça je me condamne moi même. comment porter plainte contre quelqu'un si on a dit a tout le monde qu'on le voulais ? et puis même moi a l'époque j'avais fini par croire que j'amais ça. mais attention ! funfact ! J ne voulais pas ce protèger et faisais la technique du retrais ! et bien évidemment "si tu tombe enceinte je me suicide". ENFIN, J a été une dure période de ma vie que je ne peux même pas confier a ma mère. je lui ai demander de voir un quelqu'un, lui disant que c'était dur avec lui, sans dire ce qu'il m'avait fait. mais elle ma juste répondu "ouai, t'a toujours des problème quand on s'embrouille" "tout ça parce que t'a plus ton tel" ou la fameuse phrase "ça fait deux ans, passe au dessus". ( peut être me direz vous que si je lui en parlerai ce serai mieux. oh oui, on a déjà parler de ça. si je me fait violée elle me force a "porter plainte, que je le veuille ou non". vous avez donc compris.. l'erreur qu'il ma fait dire a tout le monde que je voulais.. ça m'en empêche.. et puis même je ne veux pas être forcé a porter plainte.. j'ai besoin de passer a autre chose et pas retomber dedans)
et donc, si je parle de J ce n'est pas un hasard. car durant cette relation ma mère avait la fâcheuse manie de me mettre a la rue dehors, a minuit, et parfois en pyjama et sans chaussure, dans le froid hivernal! et donc je me retrouvais a aller soit chez J (J qui me violais donc ensuite) soit a la police. aha. la POLICE. parlons de eux. (si jamais il a y des policier, je ne généralise pas, j'énonce les fait, je suis sur que vous êtes génial!) j'ai porter plainte 2 fois contre ma mère, en sang, gelé, et avec des preuves contre elle. sauf que ma mère qui pleure est la plus forte des mère. et je suis reparti sans rien, ma mère a mes coté, me disant "pour qui tu me fait passer, un monstre!". et apres 1 an.. la police l'a envoyer chez le juge ! merci! aha...merci...? eh non, encore une fois elle m'a dis que le juge lui avait donnée raison; que j'était en tord. aller dire a une gamine de 12 13 ans qu'elle est en tord de ce plaindre d'une mère violente.. je n'ai jamais eu le droit a une psy mais sans effort je peut dire que je suis tomber de ce qui ce rapproche le plus a une dépression.
mais depuis l'événement du juge elle ne ma plus tapé. noon. elle me laisse juste a moi même. mes repas sont tous industrielle. ou alors elle commande Deliveroo ! le midi je rentre et elle me dis "Ya du tarama dans le frigo". un plat très consistant oui. elle n'a aucune conscience de ce qui est bon. je lui ai fais la remarque mais "ya des légume dedans".. j'ai un très mauvis rapport a la nourriture. déjà que depuis petite j'ai, a cause d'elle, toujours trouver mon corps trop gros (je suis tomber en dessous des 45 kilos pour 1m70, j'était pas la plus grosse..) car elle me dis souvent "je veux pas que tu finisse comme moi" "tu bouffe que des gâteau" "tu as vue tes joues?". hilarant quand on voit son physique qui doit largement dépasser les 130kg.
Le pire c'est mental. les insultes, méchanceté, violence verbale.. Je me sens comme une merde face a ça.. je me sens manipuler car je ne vois même pas le mal, j'ai l'impression d'être ingrate. je crois que même en écrivant cela j'ai l'impression d'abuser..
Ma mère est disons.. une enfant. elle fait des caprices : "NON! je veux manger mc do ce soir!!", parle comme un bébé en ne mettant jamais de sujet dans ses phrases "ai fini, ai ranger les course, ai faim, manger pizza ce soir ?" elle est colérique, impulsive et ma famille a des gros doute sur la bipolarité (je ne donnerai pas mon avis je suis pas médecin). ET avec tout ça, ma mère en plus sais tout! avec sa fameuse phrase rabaissant "t'a tout vue t'a tout fait, t'es née avant t'a grand mère". et quand ça va pas il y a les "études".
mise en contexte, on était en train de parler de viole justement et moi je lui dis "oui, c'est que mon avis, mais une personne violée a le droit de ce sentir vierge, car pour moi en théorie, au moins mentalement, elle l'est encore" (je ne veux pas crée de débat je raconte juste) car jusqu'à preuve du contraire je suis bien placé pour en parler. et elle me dis "non, aujourd'hui les études on prouvés que les personnes violée qui ce sentait encore vierge mentalement ne pouvais pas passer au dessus de ce traumatisme". ou encore j'avais envie de vomir et elle me dis en rigolant "vomis, si ton corps veux vomir c'est que tu dois" je répond donc en rigolant "oui sauf si c'est de l'acide ou des produit chimique!" sur quoi elle enchaine "arrete de te croire supérieur, les études on prouver qu'il fallait vomir de la javel ou des produit dans le genre". enfin vous voyez quoi..
Elle hurle tout le temps, et j'ai un probleme d'hypersensiblité auditive, de phobie sociale et de misophonie (La misophonie est une aversion intense et irrationnelle envers des sons ou bruits spécifiques. Les patients concernés évoquent souvent des symptômes comme une anxiété importante, une irritabilité ou encore un dégoût face à certains sons.) : "encore un problème de la petite princesse, la réalité des choses c'est que c'est parce que je suis ta mère que tu supporte pas ça! voila tout!" je sais qu'on me dis souvent que c'est rien, mais c'est un reel problème qui me handicap durant toute ma vie. (pour la phobie social, petit moment marrant, je n'arrive toujours pas a dire bonjour au parent de mon copain ! et il doivent me penser très mal poli aha, la plus part du temps je les regarde, souris et fuit)
dernier point, mon contrôle parental trop TROP strict. Je fini a 17h30, généralement je rentre a 18h, fait une pause de 15 minutes et commence mes devoir. problème ? je n'ai plus de telephone a partir de 18h30. elle me demande de regarder des video, d'aller sur pronote ou des chose dans le genre quand je ne comprend pas, mais je ne peux tout simplement pas. j'ai 16 ans et je vais etre obliger de redoubler a cause de ça. je fais de mon mieux mais j'ai des problème d'orthographe (tout mes prof depuis ma maternelle supplie ma mere de m'emener faire des teste mais "lis plus" ou "tes prof disent ça pour te faire plaisir" sont ses phrase preféré. funfact avec mon controle parental je ne fait QUE ça de lire..) mais quand je lui redemande du temps pour mes cours c'est NON. je suis bloqué.
je ne sais pas quoi faire, c'est de plus en plus dur. chaque jours je subie de nouvelle pression. j'ai envie de partir. je ne sais pas ce que je pourrait faire.. mais avant tout, est ce que je suis vraiment innocente ? êtes vous d'accord avec moi pour dire que je suis la coupable dans l'histoire ? mais malgré ça, qu'est ce que je dois faire ? tout les jours elle m'embrouille car elle est de mauvaise humeur "j'avais passer une bonne journée jusqu'à la, tu as gâcher ma soirée, merci !" je n'ai pas tout dis de ses violence, mais vous pouvez imaginer le reste. et quand je lui demande de voir un psy a cause d'elle, elle me dis de passer au dessus et que ça devrait être bon la (funfact n3, elle ne parle plus a sa mère car elle l'aurais maltraité). je men sent mal de dire que c'est un traumatisme pour moi.. j'aimerai bien avoir vos conseil. Merci beaucoup de m'avoir lu jusque ici.

Hi! Just graduated and got a role for a new grad position as a pdn that comes with a residency. I was wondering thoughts from nurses on taking this role?
Here’s how I’ll be oriented and patients I would take:

1. I would get 4 shifts (or more if needed) with THAT kiddo with a nurse that has experience with them already. The acuity starts off low since I’m new, but can take higher acuity once I get comfy.
   
2. The residency starts shortly after, where I learn everything and lasts for 12 months.
   
3. I get trainings for CPR, PALS, etc and will take a test to become a certified pediatric nurse once I finish the trainings.
   
4. I get trained outside of the home on the machines (almost like classes) such as ventilators, g-tubes, trach etc
   
5. a nurse is always on call 24/7 if anything rises.
   

If i don’t feel comfortable, they won’t sign me off until Im ready. Reviews have said it’s a good place to learn and they support new grads. I still just want opinions, I really love the idea and the job. the company seems great!
any thoughts r great!!

Anna Megill, Lead Writer:
QA Tester: Cyberlore Studios, 2004 - 2004:

• Quality Assurance: Playboy: The Mansion.

Various roles: Smith College, 2004-2008.

• Technology Wrangler.
• Provided tutoring and training in technology.
• Advised students on academic paper writing, and taught workshops on grammar and style.
• Editing.

Writers/QA Lead: Pileated Pictures May, 2007 - Sep 2009.

• Writers/QA Lead: Littlest Pet Shop: Marketing and game text, also editing.
• Writers/QA Lead: Planet Cazmo.
• Quality Assurance Insecticide: Primary in-house tester.

Lotcheck QA: Nintendo, 2009 - 2010.

• Editing game text and manuals.
• Compliance testing for all titles.

Writers/QA Editors ArenaNet LLC, Mar 2010 - Sep 2012.

• Writers/QA Editors: Guild Wars.
• Writers/QA Editors: Guild Wars 2.

Writers/Narrative Designers: Murdered: Soul Suspect.
Writers: Ubisoft, May 2014 - Aug 2014:

• Writing for Assassin's Creed Victory/Syndicate (Uncredited on final game).

Creative Director: Project Untold, Nov 2014 - Jan 2015:

• Writing, editing and marketing text for unreleased projects.

Writers/Narrative Designers: Cynixy LLC, Jan 2015 - Jan 2017:

• Writing, editing for interactive media projects, websites, games and installations.
• Work for Arkane Studios, Exploding Rogue Studios (TTRPGs), the Corcoran Gallery of Art, and George Washington University.
• Writing and editing for promotional materials and news releases.
• Ghostwriting.
• Editing.

External Writers: Dishonored: Death of the Outsider.
Pre-Production Narrative Lead: Control:

• Writers on Control: AWE.

Lead Narrative Designers: Avatar: Frontiers of Pandora.

• Left in January 2021.

Former Lead WriteNarrative Lead: Fable:

• Left in Ausust 2023.

August 2023 - prior to joining CDPR: Unknown.
Non-Fiction:
Writer: The Game Writing Guide.
Writer: The Pocket Mentor for Video Game Writers.
Alexander Freed, Writer:
Started off writing short fiction.
Freelance Game Designer, 2002-2006:

• Writing for TTRPGs, developing IP, and editing for various companies, including Alderac Entertainment Group, Bastion Press, CCP/White Wolf Publishing, Dream Pod 9, The Inner Circle, Morrigan Press, and Steve Jackson Games.
• Worked on Tribe 8, Mage Intruders Encounters With the Abyss, The Complete Book of Denizens, Secrets of the Ruined Temple, Omni Eco and Astral Realms.

Senior Writer and Managing Editor: Star Wars: The Old Republic:

• Original Lead Writer on Rise of the Hutt Cartel left prior to the release of the DLC.
• Freelance Writer on Galactic Starfighter, Shadow of Revan and Knights of the Fallen Empire.
• (Base game) Alongside Hall Hood, he assisted Lead Writer Daniel Erickson in managing the rest of the writing team.
• Lead WriteManager Imperial Agent class storyline and its content during Rise of the Hutt Cartel.
• Wrote three articles for the game's website including one about how to write something within the Star Wars universe and an introduction to the Imperial Agent class.
• Involved with the creation of a large amount of non-class specific content
• Wrote much of the Imperial storyline on Makeb.
• Wrote Wrote KOTFE Chapter 10 Anarchy in Paradise.

Shadow Realms (Canceled game):

• Initial IP and design conception alongside the Lead Designer and Creative Director.

Co-Writer: Star Wars: Uprising.
Editor: The Banner Saga 2.
Editor: Tyranny.
Additional Design: Mass Effect: Andromeda.
Worked on Shuyan Saga.
Writers: Star Wars: Battlefront 2.
Freelance Writer and later Studio Writing Director: Fogbank Entertainment, 2017 - 2020:

• Wrote the entirety of the Eternal City.
• Reviewed final scripts for all their games/shows.
• Wrote additional content for their Storyscape app.

Additonal Design: Anthem.
Additional Writing: Wasteland 3.
Senior Writer: Battlefield 2042.
Freelance Writing/Narrative Design/Consultation for various studios:

• Ranging from AAA to Indie.
• WB Games Montreal, Archetype Entertainment, ZeniMax and others.

Comics/Graphic Novels:
Writer: Star Wars: The Old Republic, Blood of the Empire.
Writer: Star Wars: The Old Republic, Lost Suns.
Scriptwriter: Dragon Age: The Silent Grove.
Scriptwriter: Dragon Age: Those Who Speak.
Scriptwriter: Dragon Age: Until We Sleep.
Writer: Star Wars Purge: The Tyrant's Fist (Story arc).
Writers: Anthem: Strong Alone, Stronger Together.
Writer: Assasin's Creed Valhalla: Forgotten Myths.
Writer: Violet Dawn.
Books:
Writer: Battlefront: Twilight Company.
Writer: Rogue One: A Star Wars Story (Novelization).
Writer: Alphabet Squadron.
Writer: Shadow Fall.
Writer: Victory's Price.
Short Stories:
Writer: The Last Battle of Colonel Jace Malcom.
Writer: One Thousand Levels Down.
Writer: The End of History.
Writer: Contingency Plan.
Writer: The Man Who Built Cloud City.
Wrote original short fiction for magazines and anthologies:

• including the magazine Interzone and the anthologies The Book of More Flesh (Eden Studios), Path of the Just (Guardians of Order), and Robots and Time (Altair Australia).

Non-Fiction:
Published articles on Gamasutra.
Wrote blog entries on his personal website.
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They also have several of the Cyberpunk 2077 writers still at the company, though most of them seem to be working on The Witcher 4, and Mike Pondsmith will likely be involved with the game's development.

I used to play this dress up game on mobile (I use Android-Samsung) but I don't really remember the year but I guess it was between 2010-2020. As far as I remember, it was a dress up game with a spacey-futuristic menu? But the fashion themes weren't always futuristic. The art style was cartoony but not TOO cartoony in a Crayon Shinchan way? It was in beta testing iirc and I don't even know if it's on the appstore anymore. There aren't many details I can remember other than I liked it 💀

Raonaid Murray was a 17 year old Irish teenager who was violently murdered on the morning of September 4th 1999. Despite extensive investigation and appeals, her murder has never been solved and the murder weapon has never been found.
Raonaid Murray was born on January 6 1982 to parents Jim and Deirdre Murray. She also had two older siblings, a sister, Sarah and a brother, Daniel. She had attended St Joseph of Cluny secondary school in Killiney where she was a high achiever. She completed her leaving certification exams in 1999. After she had completed school, she went on to work part time in a fashion boutique in the town of Dún Laoghaire in Dublin. However, she intended to re-sit her leaving certification at the Institute of Education and hoped she would be able to attend the arts faculty in University College Dublin after completion. Her family stated that she liked reading and poetry and had expressed hopes that she might one day be a successful writer. Her friends fondly remembered her for always wearing bright colours, her optimistic attitude and her commitment to an active social life.
On the evening of September 3rd, Raonaid spent time socialising in Scott's pub in the town of Dún Laoghaire. She had finished her shift at the boutique at around 9:40pm and was excited to socialise. CCTV footage shows her leaving the shopping centre carrying a bag and walking with a friend. However, this would be the last time that she would be seen alive. At around 11:20pm, Raonaid left the pub so she could go home and change as she had purchased a new outfit that day and wanted to wear it out. She had planned to meet her friends again at the paparazzi nightclub in town. The walk home should only have taken her 15-20 minutes but she never made it. Approximately 20 minutes after she left the pub, an eyewitness claimed they saw her arguing with a young man on the Glenageary upper road. She then crossed over to Silchester Road and entered the laneway that would take her to her home in Silchester Park. Almost immediately after this, a female voice was heard from the alley saying something like "Leave me alone" or "Get away" followed by "Fuck off". A loud woman's scream was then heard, followed by silence. One of Raonaid's friends, concerned as to how long she was taking, called her house phone but when her father Jim answered, the friend quicky hung up.
Early on the morning of September 4th, at around 12:30am, Raonaid's sister and her friends found her body lying in the alleyway, 500 yards from her front door. She was still clutching her shopping bag that contained her new outfit. A Garda investigation would later reveal that she had been stabbed 30 times although many of the stab wounds hadn't managed to pierce her clothing. She had also managed to stagger 200 yards from where she was attacked to where she was found, this was determined by the blood trail. Gardaí strongly suspected that the perpetrator was someone she knew based on the extremely frenzied nature of the attack which could suggest a personal grudge. Raonaid had a deep wound to her chest, abdomen, right arm and a fatal wound to her left armpit. In addition, she had not been sexually assaulted and nothing had been stolen.
A large scale investigation was launched and over 100 Gardaí were assigned to the case but despite extensive interviews and searches, no motive was uncovered and the murder weapon was never found. Garda believe the blade used was probably a kitchen knife which further supported the theory that this was a crime of passion. By 2008, 8000 people had been interviewed, 3000 statements had been taken and 12 arrests were made. Despite this, no primary suspect has ever been identified and the investigation has effectively gone cold. A few months after her death, her gravestone was desecrated by an unknown individual/individuals which Garda believe could be people involved in her murder. A more recent review of the original investigation showed that Gardaí had botched the case from the start as they seemed to be waiting for a killer to simply present themselves. When this didn't happen, they ignored important clues, misinterpreted evidence, failed to carry out proper searches, and ignored their own procedures. According to one of the officers who reviewed the case, "It was nothing short of a shambles. They were convinced someone would present themselves or some family would contact them to say someone came home covered in blood. When this didn’t happen, the investigation just went nowhere".
In 2010, with the advancement of forensic technology, DNA was successfully removed from under Raonaid's nails. Curiously, when tested, it showed that the material belonged to a woman and it was confirmed that it did not belong to anyone known to her. This knowledge changed the line of thinking considerably as prior to this, the Garda had been adamantly searching for a male. It was theorised that if the attacker was a woman, it would explain why many of the stab wounds were weak and didn't pierce her clothing. In addition, a young woman was allegedly seen walking quickly away from the area shortly after the murder. Despite this renewed line of thinking, the investigation has remained cold with no new leads.
It's been 24 years since Raonaid was murdered in cold blood and nobody has been charged for this heinous crime and her family have still received no justice. Despite the offer of a €190,000 reward, the family and Garda have been met with silence. The investigation continues and renewed appeals for information have been made but to date, the case remains unsolved.
Sources: https://www.rte.ie/news/2016/0903/813922-raonaid-murray/
https://m.independent.ie/regionals/herald/female-dna-found-under-raonaids-nails/27938356.html
https://www.thetimes.co.uk/travel/destinations/europe-travel/ireland/the-mystery-of-south-dublin-schoolgirl-raonaid-murrays-unsolved-murder-9fpdwznbq
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Murder_of_Raonaid_Murray#:~:text=Raonaid%20Murray%20(6%20January%201982,this%20murder%20case%20remains%20unsolved.
https://www.chillingcrimes.com/blogs/news/raonaid-murray

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Welcome back to the Asylum write-up, where we explore the decade-long slow-motion car crash that is the Emilie Autumn fandom.
Sorry this installment took so long to upload! Just a heads-up, I may take some time to deliver the last one too – these posts take forever to format on Reddit's finicky-ass editor, and my dumb real life is currently keeping me from precious Internet time. Thank you for your patience! You have my word that everyone who pre-ordered the final installment will receive a PERSONAL, HANDWRITTEN letter autographed and illustrated by me, a list of the snacks I consumed while composing this write-up, some exclusive behind-the-scenes secrets, and a pony.
Part 1 Part 2 Part 3 Part 4.1 – Part 4.2 Part 5

Places, everyone This is a test Throw your stones Do your damage Your worst, and your best (...) And if I had a dollar For every time I repented the sin And commit the same crime I'd be sitting on top of the world today (“God Help Me”, 2006🎵)

Quick recap of where we left off. First, there were five to ten halcyon years of pleasant and meaningful interactions between EA and her blossoming fanbase, prominently by way of her official forum. Then, circa 2009-2010, EA's online presence shifted towards sudden anger outbursts, ban-hammering, and an increasingly top-down communication style.
This created a sort of primordial rift within the fanbase, between those who supported EA's right to speak her mind and regulate her own fan spaces however she pleased – and those who thought that her reactions were rude and inappropriate (at best), and that even fan spaces should allow for reasonable, non-abusive criticism of the artist.
Between a poorly-handled book release (see Part 3), the controversial (Part 2) or dubiously true (Part 4) contents of said book, and serious shade from various former collaborators (Part 5), more and more fans had pressing thoughts about EA's work ethic and choices. EA attempted damage control through drastic forum rules that made it virtually impossible to voice any “serious” critical opinion. It didn't work, of course: instead of squashing the mutiny, she created a schism.
Critical fans and active haters started congregating on unofficial platforms.

“WITH MUFFINS LIKE THIS, WHO NEEDS ENEMIES?”: TROLL LIKE A GIRL

So here we were, the early 2010s. The official forum (which had about 700 members in 2006, if you recall) was now thousands-strong, reaching just over 12,000 registered users in 2012 – not all of them active, but still. In terms of sheer numbers and content creation, the party was POPPIN'... but increasingly in parts of the Asylum that escaped EA's jurisdiction, such as Tumblr, where they could speak their mind freely.

You play the victim very well You've built your self-indulgent hell You wanted someone to understand you Well, be careful what you wish for, because I do (“I Know Where You Sleep”, 2006🎵)

In one wing of Asylum Tumblr, a smattering of call-out blogs emerged, which laid out EA's various lies, faux pas, shitty takes, and general deep-seated terribleness in detailed timelines and screenshots (or, short of that, long-winded bullet points). While many such blogs framed it as “serious” whistleblowing and did their best to remain as fact-based and neutral as they could, there was some genuine disgust, animosity and creepiness towards EA on that side of Tumblr; for some ex-fans, “exposing the truth” was mostly justify obsessive hatred, prying and verbal abuse. Some, for instance, felt the bizarre need to side with EA's mother in their estrangement. (One user, with the URL “emilyautumnfischkopf”, argued in a serious and down-to-earth tone - but with zero sources - that EA's upbringing had been nothing but peaceful and supportive until she ungratefully kicked her loving family to the curb for no reason at all. They were later revealed 🔍 to have an alternate handle as “eaisalyingcunt”.)
Either way, through these blogs, a number of potential drama bombs that had mostly flown under the radar were dredged up from over the years – some of which were hard to ignore, even for supportive fans. Where to begin?
There was that nonsense in-joke song, captured twice on camera during the 2009 tour (to very little outrage, at the time), crassly called “Manatee Retard”📺. Or EA's scathing response, in print, to a wheelchair user who found it insensitive that she used a bedazzled wheelchair as a prop to do sexy acrobatics on stage. (“Your offence taken at my hard-won self-acceptance proves that I indeed have something to fight against”, she wrote). Spoken word tracks where she made trivializing knock-knock jokes about serious mental illnesses she didn't have, like schizophrenia and OCD. Multiple instances of calling Britney Spears a “bimbo” and a “Hollywood fucked-up”, resentfully claiming that she only shaved her head because she was “hopped up on drugs” and certainly not because she was “bipolar”, a word the press liked to wield as an insult anyway. (“That's almost like calling someone a retard!” Yeah, heaven forbid.) The meanest, most distasteful paragraphs in the book. Basically everything problematic EA had ever said or written.📝 In retrospect, it had been a long time coming, but it was a lot to take in – and certainly more off-putting, even to less emotionally invested fans, than silly lies about her age and last name.
In another wing of Asylum Tumblr, some fans had had it up to here and just wanted to have fun. 🎵 If Plague Rats had learned one valuable lesson from EA, it was how to crack a joke in the face of absurd tragedy – and the general state of the EA fandom certainly warranted a few.
In 2012, Fight Like a Girl was released. After six long years, three of which had been peaceful, the Opheliac era was officially over. The new album and ensuing tour confirmed that the Asylum had entered a process of glamorous Broadway-style militarization. 🎵📺
The mood board was “Roman general meets Vegas showgirl meets Victorian street urchin”.🪞 The color palette was, to naysayers, “musty pink and rotten, stale piss yellow”. 🐀 The keyword was “REVENGE” (through the power of... self-expression! sorority! brutal assault with rusty medical implements!). The chorus of the title song had an intriguing run-on line about getting “revenge on the world, or at least 49% of the people in it” 🎵 – which seemed like an awful lot, and was widely interpreted (to cheers, boos, or uncomfortable sighs) as a misandrist jab at literally all men on Earth.
The show was essentially a demo version of the musical, in that the setlist vaguely reflected the order of events in the story – but prior reading was essential in order to get what the hell was going on on stage. This one Broadway reviewer had not perused the literature before seeing the show 🔍, and hated: the set, the choreography, the skits, the plot, the lyrics, the music, the concept. (Seriously, you should read the review. It's not even my show and I feel like quitting show business.)
Pre-show VIP encounters, now violin-free, were lorded over by EA's new manager🐀, whose official title was “Asylum Headmistress”. (Interesting choice – she sounds fun!) The swag bags were less substantial than before, and the “greet” part of the meet-and-greet was rarely more than a quick hug and photo op.
On Twitter, EA continued to embrace her “I am very badass” fronting attitude...

Often wonder if cyberbullies r aware they’re fucking w/ a girl who’s BFs w/ maker of the SAW films & is marrying a knife-throwing scorpion. (🐀📝)

...and her taste for needlessly inflammatory statements. About an aisle sign in a supermarket:

If this does not infuriate you, then you're a fucking potato.

(Again with the confounding crypto-ableism, EA! 🔍) She also went through a phase of raging against Lady Gaga 📝, who had stolen her idea of using a wheelchair on stage as an able-bodied woman. 🔍 That failed to convince anyone that she wasn't the histrionic diva that haters made her out to be.
Spurred on by EA's rallying cries and “us vs them” mentality, loyalists turned the white-knighting up to 11. On Twitter, some Plague Rats got into cat fights with Lady Gaga's Little Monsters (what a time to be alive). Others tried to balance out the Tumblr negativity with initiatives like “Spreading a Plague of Love” – a “positive-only” confession blog, whose extreme fangirling, comically drastic rules and hyper-defensive tone📝 did not debunk the increasingly popular notion that “true Plague Rats” were a bunch of authoritarian and hopelessly brainwashed fanatics.
EA truthers and other anti-fans started lashing out at anyone who dared express any positive opinion of EA, solidifying claims that the backlash against EA was just a conspiracy of bitter, hysterical bullies.
All this to say: every passing day brought new reasons for fans to get mad at EA and each other, and everyone in the Asylum was in need of a laugh. It's not easy having a good time.🦠
Leading up to Fight Like a Girl and in the years that followed, user-submission-based meme blogs took off, most notably “Spreading a Plague of Lulz / Troll Like a Girl”. A lot of the early submissions were absurdist humor and toothless, cheezburger-Impact memes (a style that was, oddly, already dated at the time). Those often originated in good fun, and from loyal fans, on the official forum. But there was also true snark, satirizing EA's questionable ethics, outrageous claims, and easily spoofed artistic gimmicks. A new slang of Asylumspeak emerged: Glittertits (slight NSFW), GAGA!!, EA Gusta and all its memeface variants, Get outta mah house!, Are You Suffering?, Fight Like A Goat, [Random celebrity] copied EA (a subgenre in its own right), ...
Most of the “trolling” was directed at unrepentant bootlickers and, to a lesser extent, red-in-the-face haters and creeps. Meme blogs would post joke comments under “serious” or gushing submissions on Wayward Victorian Confessions, and taunt loyalist accounts by tagging them in their posts. When a few people complained on WVC that almost all of the Bloody Crumpets to date had been thin white able-bodied women, and a few fans responded by sharing their dream-casts for a more diverse line-up, the blog was flooded for days with confessions that “X should be a Crumpet” (candidates included RuPaul, Mitt Romney, Nicki Minaj, EA's therapist, and the WVC admins). Farcical shenanigans like that.
Ah, but some people will always cross the line, won't they. EA threads popped up on merciless, bully-friendly snark platforms like Lolcow, Pretty Ugly Little Liar, and Encyclopedia Dramatica. Snarkers with a mean streak and obsessive haters mingled in some of the more aggressive, 4-chan-spirited retaliation against EA – which would be called “brigading” in modern parlance. This included flooding EA's Goodreads page with one-star reviews (see part 4), repeatedly editing her Wikipedia page to include her legal name and birth year, and ensuring that Googling said name would bring up current pictures of her.
All of this compounded agitation fragmented the once-united fandom beyond recognition.🦠 Through substantial disagreements among fans, personal bickerings, layers upon layers of inscrutable in-jokes, and cross-platform telephone games, the Asylum morphed into a booby-trapped Escher room.
Satire blogs were taken in earnest. Earnest fan blogs scanned as satire. Memes would get called out as abuse. Appreciation without attached criticism would get mocked as bootlicking. Obvious jokes made by EA would be taken at face value. One divisive confession could trigger days and days of debate, to the point that WVC eventually banned confessions in response to other confessions. New waves of infighting created a confusing web of rival sub-factions🐀, each accusing the others of being toxic, cliquish, and delusional.
The shared fantasy was broken, the collective vision had crumbled, no onez was speaking the same language anymore. Fans would jump down the throat of other fans who held almost identical views about EA, except for that one thing she said or did that one time. Everyone had differing thoughts on what should or shouldn't acceptable to discuss, question, excuse, make fun of.
War is hell.

SCORCHED EARTH SHENANIGANS: HONEY, I SHRUNK THE ASYLUM

Would you tear my castle down Stone by stone And let the wind run through my windows Till there was nothing left But a battered rose? (“Castle Down”, 2003🎵)

Haters vs sycophants is not really the kind of conflict where one side can come out on top (if you're participating, you've already lost). But in the long tug-of-war between “grassroots” and “EA-sponsored” fan spaces, the ultimate winner is obvious – in that the former is gasping in agony, a shriveled husk of its former glory, while the latter... is non-existent. This is due in no small part to EA's tendency, like the Czars of old, to settle conflicts by setting Moscow on fire.🔍)
That's not entirely fair: unlike EA, the czar only did it that once.
By early 2013, as EA was gearing up for her third Fight Like a Girl tour at the end of the year, the official forum was... not as lively as it once had been. Not just because of the stifling rules and disgruntlement towards EA, or because EA herself hadn't really posted anything on there in years; the Internet was also changing, and forums in general were fast becoming passé.
This made it difficult for EA to create a safe space where she could talk to fans, and fans could talk to and about her, in a way she deemed suitable (ie, a space she could gate-keep and regulate enough to keep it completely free from negative criticism). Social media was a minefield; she still posted regularly, but didn't interact very much. So EA and the Headmistress came up with a way to filter out the unbelievers: an official fan club📝, aptly called the “Asylum Army”, with a $100 entry price.
Joining the AA came with a dog tag, a sew-on patch, and a lifetime membership certificate signed by EA and – for some reason – the Headmistress. (Unlike EA's best friend and sound engineer back in the forum's heyday, I don't think fans ever really embraced the FLAG-era manager as part of the Asylum in-group. She came across more as a coordinator / businessperson / adult chaperone, at best.🐀) So, slightly better goodies than you'd get by joining the other AA 🔍 ... but not by much. The main appeal was that members would have access to exclusive content, special merch, giveaways, early bird tickets for future shows, and regular video chats with EA.
The concept itself drew a fair amount of criticism, as you can imagine. Between the name🐀, the price, and the inherent gatekeeping of a pay-to-join fanclub, many balked at the monetizing of a concept that had once (like, three years back) been significantly more DIY, grassroots, and inclusive. 📝🐀
Then again, many also longed for a positive, drama-free space where fans could just be fans. And while the creation of the AA was generally recognized as a quick cashgrab, a lot of people were surprisingly cool with it. EA was trying to finance her dream musical, after all – although a number of fans wished she had gone about raising funds in a less sketchy way.
So around 400 fans shelled out (which, according to the Headmistress📝, “basically cover[ed] the cost of running the fanclub itself – keeping the database up, website, etc.”). Enough for a close-knit, but sizable community. But already, there was a conflict of interest: a high fanclub entry fee essentially demands that you pledge loyalty to the artist over loyalty to your fellow fans, who wish to join but can't afford to. Sharing, caring, and ensuring no one felt left out were some of the more positive values cultivated in the fandom... but leaking exclusive content would surely piss off other paying members🐀, and make EA feel betrayed all over again. (And she had barely just started to mellow out on social media!)
...But then again, this is the internet. After the first month of secret AA drops (lyric sheets, some photoshoot outtakes – nothing too juicy, really), there were, yes, some leaks. EA was predictably miffed, and retaliated by... ghosting the fanclub for weeks at a time in its first few months of existence (great look!). She eventually found the “solution” to her problem, by providing something you couldn't right-click-save (and which had been part of the promised perks to begin with): live interaction.
Over webcam, she was her usual in-person bubbly, charming, funny self. Everyone seemingly had a good time during the fanclub video chat, and this gave people faith and hope.
There were a few more events, giveaways, etc. As promised, ahead of the fall 2013 tour (the last one to date, it would turn out), AA members got priority access to show tickets and VIP bundles. The latter were much pricier than before, and only included soundcheck, a photo-op, and three goodies: a tin of loose-leaf tea, a signed printer-paper setlist, and a small flag that said “F.L.A.G.”.🔍 Some stuff continued to leak – but, as some of the outlaws pointed out (scroll down to the Disqus comments), they were mostly relaying information that was relevant to the entire fanbase, such as updates about ongoing projects (the dragged-out recording of the audiobook, for one).
In early 2014, lifetime memberships were closed, and replaced with monthly, quarterly and yearly subscription tiers. Bizarrely, you ended up paying $3 more per month if you bought a $99 yearly subscription📝 – but it did include the patch, dog tag, and piece of paper!

Sometimes I kind of want to be part of the cool kids and register to the Asylum Army. Then I remember how it came about, what you could get for the same price a couple years ago, how the whole thing was and is handled, and that I won’t support any of this bullshit. (And then I roll around naked in all the money I’m saving.) (🐀)

Still, a number of fans rejoiced at the affordable monthly option, and joined – if not for the exclusive content and merch (which were... okay, but not much to write home about), then for the friendly, drama-free exchanges with an artist they actually did love, in spite of all the frustration.
For the still-too-poor or still-undecided, there was always the forum! It wasn't as active as it used to be, but a few die-hards still managed to keep the lights on... until, inevitably, Someone Did Something and Ruined Everything. (Once again: EA's wrath is spectacular, but rarely completely unprovoked.) The incident features one notable figure in the Asylum community. Let's call him the Collector.
OK, so maybe you remember the meme I linked to in Part 4, with Christian Grey and the ginormous EA hoard. Well, that's the Collector's collection. The “Violin” promo that I called the "Holy Grail of the fandom" in the same paragraph? Also his. The handwritten lyrics that went for $940? Guess who won that auction. Over the years, the Collector had probably spent five figures on EA merch and shows, and although that fact was a little unsettling, he was a very active, easy-going, and generally well-liked fixture of the fandom.
One day in 2012, shortly after the Headmistress had replaced EA's old Chicago BFF as main forum admin, the Collector's account got banned or restricted over something dumb. When the ban wasn't lifted as quickly as he hoped, he took it... the way one takes things when one is unhealthily invested: he started spamming Headmistress and the mod team with increasingly rambling and abusive emails (lost to time, probably for the best). When that didn't work quickly enough, he tried a different route.
One of the many auctions that the Collector had won, some years prior, was EA's old iPod Touch📝 – which contained all of her favorite tunes and, buried somewhere in the data cache... a phone number. Which the Collector tried calling. And wouldn't you know it: EA picked up. She congratulated him on his sleuthing skills, listened patiently as he made his case, apologized for any distress caused by the unfair account restriction, and then they got married.
Kidding! She freaked the fuck out, hung up, and banned him for life from the forum and all EA shows and events.
After his ban, the Collector allegedly still tried to attend at least one VIP pre-show (one source in the comments says he was allowed to buy some merch, refunded for his ticket, and escorted out). He joined the Reform forum to bitch about EA and try to rally people to his cause, possibly made revenge posts about her on darker snark forums, and continued to hound the Asylum mod team. So in June 2014, EA came up with a radical and unexpected fix to the Collector problem.

The official Asylum Fan Forum has been shut down permanently. I have personally paid thousands of dollars each year to keep the forum safe and secure for you ... Unfortunately, the forum has not been kept safe and secure for me, a truth which disappoints me greatly, instead becoming a place where people who have physically threatened myself and my staff prey upon forum members, pressuring them to contact me and my staff on their behalf. If the gullible wish to humor my stalkers (who live in their parent’s basement at age 30 something) and thus put me in danger, they may do it on their own dime. They may also fuck off, because stupidity can kill, and I won’t be your victim. To those who enjoyed the forum, you know who to thank for its closure. (“On the closing of the Asylum Forum”)

Voilà! This is how a decade-long archive of shared history ends: not with a bang, but with a dirty delete and a sod-off communiqué.
The obliteration of the forum took everyone by surprise...

I was actually on the forum when it was taken down. I was navigating between posts and when I went to click on a different board, an error message came up. I honestly cried a little, I'm not ashamed to say. (WVC admin on Reddit, 2024)

...and I do mean everyone:

Chicago BFF / ex-admin, the next morning: Whoa, EA forum shut down? Ex-mod: It turns out that if someone spends enough years actively “waging war” to destroy what they can’t have, eventually they’ll be successful. * eye roll * Not even mods got prior warning. Just all the sudden, poof, gone. BFF: Really? She did not let the moderators know?! This is sounding worse and worse. Uggh. I’m so sorry. Such a loss. (...) Ok, threats are serious, but why not just put it in archive mode so no one can post? (...) Sad. I shall light a candle in the forum's honor. (Facebook posts; scroll down for screenshots)

It was a gut punch, especially for people who had poured countless hours into the community, or could have used some prior warning to save years of their own writing from the role-playing threads. One last chance to take a look around the place that had meant so much to so many.

From the wording of the announcement of closing the forum and a number of other things, it sometimes seems like EA doesn't like her fans much. :/ (🐀)

Three months after the forum was nuked, Battered Rose (a venerable EA fansite, which had been around since the Enchant era and had one of the most complete EA galleries online) announced that it was shutting down too.📝 The admin, who had also been a long-time forum mod, cited a lack of “time, energy, passion, or money” to keep the website going... and being upset at the sudden disappearance of the forum. It was, truly, the end of an era for the Asylum.
...Well, no point in living in the past. For those who could afford it, and still wanted to talk to/about EA after that (not everyone did 🐀), there was always the Asylum Army fanclub!
Over the summer of 2014, EA held regular live chats and Q&A's, and... many attendees really enjoyed them, and thought the AA was well worth the money after all. She also quietly parted ways with the much poo-pooed Headmistress around that time.

Just spent over 4 hours giggling, drinking tea and playing guessing games in chat with EA and other Asylum Army members ... No griping, no downers, just lots of fun. I think I like the way the ‘new fandom’ is going and now I’m really glad I finally decided to join the Army. (September 4, 2014🐀; Battered Rose had closed the day before)

The forum was lost forever, but perhaps that was a chance for a fresh start. Could this fanclub thing really be the Asylum Renaissance that fans had been longing for?

...I have come today to a very difficult but necessary decision, and that is to discontinue the Emilie Autumn Official Fanclub. The site itself, and the community chatroom, will remain open to you indefinitely, but I will no longer be making updates to the site. (Newsletter, September 8, 2014📝)

...Never mind, then.
Turns out the fanclub had been the Headmistress' idea all along. EA had been reluctant from the start, and although she really enjoyed the live chats with a safe community of people “who are there for the right reasons”, she couldn't overcome her fundamental discomfort with the concept. Lifetime and regular members would receive a bunch of digital downloads and a -35% coupon on the Asylum Emporium for their troubles. EA said she would definitely pop back once in a while for live chats, for free, just for fun, but to my knowledge, she never did.
And so the most devoted fans were left standing in the rain...

She is happy, she made it. She is fulfilling her dreams, found love and happiness after all the pain. I understand that she now doesn’t need “us” anymore ... That doesn’t change the fact she broke my heart with taking the Asylum Army and the forum from me. Yet, I am happy for her. (🐀)

...while naysayers pointed and laughed, Nelson-style.🦠

I don’t feel sorry at all for the people that paid for the Asylum Army fan club. Most of them knew that EA is an atrocious business woman and has broken many promises before. In fact, I laugh at them. They seriously thought that EA would actually stay consistent with this? (🐀)

EVERYTHING MUST GO: THE ASYLUM WHOLESALE

EA fans were left without an “official” home for about three years. This gave them plenty of time to be annoyed at EA for: not releasing the audiobook on time, not materializing any new project for a while... and the new sin of peddling random, ridiculously marked-up AliBaba jewelry as “merch” on her official store. Think faux-antique cameo pendants and $30 Big Ben rings (...because the Asylum story is set in London, get it?).

The whole accessories section looks like a tacky overpriced English souvenir shop. (🐀)

The fanbase lost a lost of steam in those in-between years, because there wasn't much to stick around for. As evidenced by the positive reception of the AA live chats, even in the midst of unresolved drama, out-loud interactions in a friendly environment have always been EA's saving grace. Considering the amount of online hate, there are shockingly few accounts of bad IRL encounters with EA: most people say that in live conversation, she comes across as a fun, warm, and genuinely sweet person. Some report that their negative opinion shifted after meeting her.
But there were no chats or live shows anymore. There was only social media, where she ignored questions and vague-posted about overdue projects – and the newsletter📝, which was all saccharine love-bombing to promote bland dropshipped trinkets. For fans who remembered the handcrafted merch (and two-way communication) of the early years, it was a bitter pill to swallow.

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I am currently using on a daily basis:
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I was using Murad AHA BHA to exfoliate 2 times a week but I want to try a new chemical exfoliant. I patch-tested The Ordinary AHA BHA peel and gurl... I'm glad I patch tested because it would've been byebye face.
And there's so much buzz about peptides... But after coming here, I am scared to add it into my routine, worried about an adverse reaction with the products I already use. I really should get on YouTube because more or less I feel like I have no idea what I'm doing. What would you change?
I'm considering Botox as a b-day gift to myself in a couple of weeks but thats another.... Hmmmm, not 100% sold on going through with it. I'm slender so the wrinkles now are pretty prevalent. My husband took a candid picture of me the other day and I said wow... Eeep. I've been self-conscious about my crow's feet for a while but also my smile lines around my mouth have become another concern over the past 2-3 years.

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