Honor Violence: And why nobody should demand respect

Honor violence is a sort of violence committed where the perpetrator's goal is to regain his tribe's honor, his family's honor, and his own honor. In most cases it’s planned by a family, and committed by one or more men of that family, to a woman of the family who has done or suspected to have done something against cultural or religious norms like rejecting an arranged marriage, or adopting a Western lifestyle. What's worse is that the family helps the perpetrators avoid justice by helping them flee the country. It’s a huge problem in Islamic communities[1], among others, and it’s something that doesn’t exist at all in so many other communities.
Now before I talk about the kind of thinking that is causing these behaviors, I want to clarify some things. First of all, Islam, at least according to the Quran, does not advocate honor violence. Second, honor violence is a tradition that existed in the deserts of today's Saudi Arabia long before Islam. Third, Arab Muslims spread Islam along with their traditions (including honor violence) to a huge proportion of the world (although, I don't doubt that other cultures already had the tradition of honor violence).
What kind of thinking causes a person to commit honor violence?
There are three flaws to discuss here. The main flaw is violent intolerance of dissenters -- the idea that it's best for a person to initiate violence on another person because he has dissenting ideas or actions. A second flaw is the idea that a person's social status is important and should be sought after and preserved. And a third flaw is that a person's social status should be, in any way, linked with his family's, and tribe's social status. An important thing to note here is that these flaws are connected. To clarify, I'm not talking about which flaw is more or less to blame for a person committing honor violence. What I'm talking about is that all of these flaws must be there, in order for a person to think it's best for him to commit honor violence (i.e. for him to want to commit honor violence).
The least bad of these flaws can be explained by answering the question, why do some people care about having respect from their peers? What's the point of it? What problem is it intended to solve? One way to approach this problem is to think about why some people get offended. Consider that when somebody perceives that he has been disrespected, he gets offended, and he may respond in a way to regain respect.
Fallibility and first impressions
One problem with thinking in terms of being respected, is that people are often wrong in their interpretations of other people’s actions and intentions. Often people perceive that they’ve been disrespected, when the person had no intention of disrespecting anybody. Most of the time it’s a case of jumping to conclusions. In other words, the person is not thinking terms of innocent until proven guilty. The thing is that we’re all fallible, meaning that it’s possible, and very common, that we are wrong about our ideas. But a lot of people are not familiar with the idea of checking for other possible interpretations and critically questioning them as a means of avoiding jumping to conclusions, as a means of finding the correct interpretation.
One common first interpretation that people make is that someone wants to hurt them, or to make them lose in some way. But this is a bad way to think about people’s actions because some people don’t want to hurt anyone or make anyone lose anything. So assuming that there is always malicious intent is a mistake because it ignores all the cases where there isn’t malicious intent. So it's not giving the person the benefit of the doubt.
This way of thinking, of always assuming that there is malicious intent, sees human interactions as win/lose. But this is a mistake. It’s entirely possible, and desirable, for human interactions to be win/win, for everybody to get what they want and nobody loses anything they want -- there is no law of nature preventing it from happening.[2] This is a special case of the idea that 'all problems are soluble'.[3]
So the better way to think about human interactions is that win/win situations are possible, where the people involved share the same primary goal of everybody winning, of everybody getting what they want. Now it is true that sometimes a person is trying to make you lose something, or otherwise hurt you, so it’s important to try to look out for this as a means of protecting yourself from harm.
One common misinterpretation people make is to treat a criticism of an idea or an action as a personal attack. But this is a mistake because a criticism is an explanation of a flaw in an idea, so criticizing the idea does not make the holder of the idea lose anything. In fact, criticism helps a person go from wrong to right. It helps him change his mind. It helps him find the truth, which is a great thing! So why perceive it as an attack? The person loses nothing. He only stands to gain (the truth!).
So consider a situation where you're presented with a criticism of your idea. If you agree with it, you stand to gain the truth, and if you disagree with it, you stand to lose nothing. So with criticism you have everything to gain and nothing to lose. So giving and receiving criticism is win/win.
Some common responses people make to criticism is to say "that hurts my feelings," "I'm offended by that," and "that's insulting!" These people respond in this way to communicate that the other person is wrong in some way. But that's not a valid argument -- it's not objective. A person's feelings can't be used as a standard for judging the truth. What's needed is an explanation, one that doesn't depend on a person's feelings. And on a related note, if your feelings are hurt by the truth, then what you can do is ignore the truth (not something I advise), or you can change your feelings about the truth. But what you shouldn't be doing is pressuring people to hide the truth.
Now some people mistake personal attacks for criticism. But calling somebody stupid because he believes an idea does not constitute a criticism. It’s not an explanation of a flaw in an idea. Instead it's an attack on the holder of the idea. And it’s designed for only one purpose, to hurt. People who make personal attacks instead of arguments see human interactions as win/lose. And this is where the idea of respect comes in. The personal attacks are about disrespecting the person. But why would anybody want to do that? What’s the point? What problem does it solve?
Truth-seeking vs Status-seeking
Something closely connected to the win/lose attitude is the status-seeking attitude. People with this attitude think in terms of people having social status, and getting more of it, or keeping the amount they currently have, is something they want. So if a person with the status-seeking attitude tries to disrespect another person, they perceive it as raising their own status while necessarily lowering the other person’s status, hence win/lose. The rest of us, who see human interaction as win/win, see the world in terms of truth. We are truth-seekers instead of status-seekers. We seek cooperative interactions instead of adversarial ones.
To get a better understanding of the difference between truth-seeking and status-seeking, let's consider how they differ in the way they work. Status-based thinking means judging ideas by figuring out how much status the ideas have. In contrast, truth-based thinking means judging ideas by their merit. As I explained in _Atheism: The faith of intellectuals?_, judging ideas by status means believing ideas by looking for confirmation, while judging by merit means believing ideas only after they have survived all known criticism.
As an example, imagine a guy hearing that somebody said something that he perceived as an insult to his parent, and he felt hurt by it. This means he's thinking with the status-seeking attitude instead of the truth-seeking attitude. So he is caring about having social status, and one extra flaw is that he thinks his social status is connected to the status of his parents. And so if he perceives that somebody has insulted his parent, he perceives this as a lowering of his parent’s status, which he also perceives as his own status being lowered. So he is hurt (feels disrespected) by this. He thinks that the "insulter" intentionally did it to try to hurt him, or otherwise make him lose something. But it's a mistake to make such an assumption because the "insulter" may have had no such intention -- maybe he was a truth-seeker not a status-seeker. The truth-seeking attitude does not cause this problem. A truth-seeker thinks like this: "Hmm. Somebody has said something bad about my mom. I wonder if the thing he said is truthful, or not. If it’s truthful, then my mom is bad, and I should talk to her about fixing her error so that she can improve, so I'm glad that he said it because it revealed an opportunity to improve, YAY!! And if it’s not truthful, then maybe this guy is a fool and I don't care what fools think, or maybe he's just mistaken so there's no reason to mind it because mistakes are common." So the truth-seeking attitude doesn’t produce the feeling of being insulted/disrespected. Only the status-seeking attitude does that.
The status-based attitude is one that is shared by many cultures. In gang culture, individuals each have an amount of status that they intend to keep. For this reason, if a gang member perceives that somebody has disrespected him, he sees this as his status being lowered while the other guy’s status being raised. And in an effort to regain his status, he may retaliate with physical violence. So here the gang member is committing two flaws -- demanding respect, and violent intolerance of dissenters.
There are lots of other examples of this. In tribal cultures, an individual’s status is partly determined by how much status his tribe has. For this reason, if a tribesman perceives that somebody has disrespected a member of his tribe, he sees this as his own status being lowered because he sees his tribe’s status being lowered. Now imagine a situation where somebody perceives that the king of his tribe (like Prophet Mohamed) has been disrespected. He would be very offended by this. And if he also has the violent-intolerant attitude too, and if the circumstances were opportune, then he would initiate violence in his misguided attempt to regain respect for his family, and by association, for himself.
Another example is honor violence within a family, or community. If a man thinks that his status is lowered if his daughter does something against his community’s religious norms, and if he also has the violent-intolerant attitude, then he may initiate violence if she commits such an act, as a means to preserve his family's status in the community, and by association, his own status. I should clarify that what usually happens is the family plans this together, where one person does the murder, and then the family helps him avoid the police, say by helping him leave the country.
What's interesting about the status-based idea is that it denies that respect should be earned. A person thinking like this may be in the wrong, and know it, and still demand to be treated as though he is in the right. Street thugs do it when they violently demand respect. Authoritative parents do it when they say 'Don't argue with me' to their kids. Some husbands do it when they expect their wives to side with them in social situations even when they are in the wrong. And some Muslim men do it when they commit honor violence.
The status-based attitude rears it’s ugly head in people’s politics too. These people align themselves politically by their tribal origin (status), rather than by their ideas (merit). It’s ugly because it’s not based on the truth, and because it means the person is unwilling to consider changing his mind about his politics -- because you can’t change your tribal origin. Judging ideas by status means that if you find out that you’re wrong, you’re going to deny it and claim that you’re right, and demand respect too. This way of thinking means no possibility of changing your political affiliation even if you were given devastating criticism of your political ideas. In contrast, judging ideas by merit means that you're willing to change your mind if you find out that you’re wrong. And this way of thinking means the possibility of changing your political affiliation.
Another way to describe the truth-seeking and status-seeking attitudes is like this. Truth-seeking means approaching problems as though the person does not yet have the truth, which is why he is seeking the truth. Status-seeking means approaching problems as though the person already has the truth, which is why he isn't seeking the truth, and instead he is seeking confirmation of what he already believes to be true. Note how the truth-seeking attitude accounts for the fact that it's possible one's ideas are in error, while the status-seeking attitude does not account for that fact. So somebody who is applying the status-seeking attitude is acting like he is infallible/omniscient. He's acting like he thinks he's God.
Rational people vs irrational people
Another way to describe the truth-seeking attitude is to describe the people who have it, rational people. As Elliot Temple explained [4]:

So a rational person sees criticism as win/win because it's part of his truth-seeking attitude. So when he gets criticism of his ideas, actions, or feelings, he doesn't interpret it as a personal attack (win/lose) and instead he tries to judge the criticism in order to try to extract value from it. He sees criticism as a good thing because he knows that criticism leads to further evolution of his knowledge. He sees criticism as necessary to improve himself, so he willingly seeks it out and enjoys thinking about it.
As I mentioned before, a common mistake people make is in how they interpret criticism of ideas. They see it as their person being criticized, rather than the idea alone being criticized. They misinterpret this because they consider some of their ideas to be static -- they are attached to them. They consider these ideas to be part of their identity -- something they refuse to even consider changing. And if you criticize one of these ideas they are attached to, since they consider that idea as part of their identify, they interpret your actions as an attack on their person. And in retaliation, they may call you out to be arrogant and condescending, or cuss you out, or initiate violence, as an attack back at you, in their misguided attempt at self-defense.
So the status-based attitude is what causes people to care about honor (i.e. social status). They have an intense desire for status, and it can pervade practically all of their thinking. Now in tribal cultures, another flaw they have aside from this status-seeking attitude, is that a person's social status should be linked to his family and tribe. And in some tribal cultures, especially the ones where Islam is dominant, they have a strong tradition linking their status with the women of their tribe. Now, combine this status-seeking attitude and these other flaws, together with the attitude that it's morally right to initiate violence in response to a dissenter, and what you have is somebody willing to commit honor violence (including honor killings) against his daughters, sisters, and other female members of his community, and on anybody who he perceives to be lowering his status/respect/honor.
On a final note, I should clarify something about the relationship between the individual and the community. It is true that a man who commits honor violence is being pressured by his family to commit the violence as a means of preserving their social status, but whether or not he acts on that pressure, or even feels that pressure, depends on his ideas. Will he care what his family and community thinks? Well, in those communities a lot of the opportunities for a man, like getting married or having a good job, depends on the status of his family and his tribe. So if a woman taints his family's status, and if he doesn't remove that taint by killing her, then he'll lose those opportunities. But so what? He could forego all of those "opportunities" by fleeing the country with his daughter. If he doesn't do that, it's because of his evil ideas. Pressure from society is not a defense! Individuals are responsible for their actions regardless of the "pressures" from their communities.
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[1] _Honor Killings Go Beyond Mere Homocide_, by Ayaan Hirsi Ali. Also see The AHA Foundation on Honor Violence.
[2] See _The Beginning of Infinity_, Chapter 9: Optimism, by David Deutsch.
[3] See _All problems are soluble_, by Elliot Temple. Also see [2].
[4] _Rational People_, by Elliot Temple.
^{Originally published in 2014}

Let me give some backstory. My partner and I have been together for the past just over four years. We are extremely close and have been for the duration of our relationship. For the past 6-8 months, things between us have been really rocky. She would get frustrated at things my friends would say - and then expect me to deal with it. An example of this would be watching the Superbowl. She came over and read her book while my 12 other friends were watching the game. I had no problem with this since she was spending time with me and my friends which I greatly appreciated but one my friends asked her, "Why are you here if you're going to read?" This upset her because she didn't like the sport and wanted to read instead (which again is fine by me). However, that same friend would make rude jokes to her that night like, "He (meaning me) should play the field" or something alluding to dating other people. It upset her that I didn't say something immediately to him but I wasn't paying attention to what he was saying and I was focused on cooking for 12 people so I missed it. I was also running in and out of rooms - this was hard because I felt like I couldn't do anything in that situation other than not spend more time with that friend or I should focus on her when I invite my friends over. If the latter is the case, I'd keep them separate but that isn't healthy and I know that.
Then comes our recent threesome. For the past year and half, my girlfriend has wanted to try a threesome. She is bisexual and wanted to bring in another woman into the bedroom. I was hesitant at first, because I didn't want to. I didn't really have any strong desire to see someone else. She kept asking me and eventually I just gave in thinking I might have a good time. I really hoped this could be a good experience for both of us. She found the person and we set up a date to meet. That night, we were all together in bed. I could not perform (get hard) and I was sitting there trying to get in the mood but it just never happened - my girlfriend got eaten out and vice versa. So they had a good time. I thought okay maybe it was first time jitters - I wanted to try it again to have a good experience. It wasn't till we met up again that everything clicked. The third person we met wasn't interested in me and I picked up on that. She wasn't interested in me the first time either, but I just didn't notice as much until this time. I recognized this and asked to leave. Girlfriend was getting eaten out, so I went to the bathroom. When I came back, I said it again - I was very annoyed, she was still getting eaten out. Not only that I asked to leave but that we agreed we wouldn't do things without the other one there (me being in the bathroom). We finally left after much needed urgency on my part. In the car, she was crying about how we left early without any aftercare for the third and here I was just miserable. I couldn't enjoy either experience but she got to enjoy both. This happened almost a month ago. I know I put myself into the situation twice but I'm just so disappointed how each time went. I'm uncomfortable with being sexual with her now. I am also extremely insecure, more now than I have been in years.
One more issue, we have very different opinions on what to do while sick. I come from a family of doctors who do things when we are sick. I trust these people - not only are they my family - but they are also specialists in their field who can tell me what to do to get healthy. My girlfriend on the other hand, does not trust my family with her health. I understand this - in the sense that you want to have your own doctors' take care of you - cool no problem. She believes my family is "bias" when it comes to treatment. My family aren't psychologists so not sure how that really applies with general treatment of illnesses. Nonetheless, we have a differing view of how to get better. She always tells me that it is her body her choice. 100% respect that. When it comes to my own health, I will, at least going forward, put my health first and not see her if she is sick. We don't live together. It's just stressful and anxiety producing. She claims that I come from a place of superiority and when I talk about health stuff and that I always talk with certainty. I agree with her, and I do because I am able to ask my family - who are medical professionals and specialists what to do. They are specialists who know how to handle illness. I am working on improving my communication and how I can better support her.
With all of these issues in our relationship, I have considered ending things with her. is my relationship salvageable? Greatly appreciate any feedback

I'm not sure how helpful it will be to post here because I think my issue goes far beyond the usual conflicts one might find in a traditional dnd campaign. So before anyone reads this I wants to emphasise that 1. this was my very first dnd campaign and I joined it without any prior knowledge, and 2. this campaign was never intended to be a traditional "we're heroes and trying to save the world while fighting monsters left and right" campaign. I hope this answers any questions along the lines of "Well, why did you create this kind of character in the first place?" and "Why do your characters spend so much time talking about stuff, don't you have some beholders to fight?". I also cannot explain the whole situation without writing a literal 20 page long essay, so I'll try to keep it as short as possible and only give two examples. I'm definitely leaving a lot of details out here, so please let me know if clarifications or futher information is needed.
To preface what this is all about: I was a player in a very roleplay focused campaign and my character basically turned into the problem child of this campaign. I never intended for my character to be the focus, was never interested in him being the focus, but nothing I ever did suceeded in solving the issues at hand and taking the focus away from him. I constantly got accused of "making my character suffer", whereas from my perspective I was constantly trying to keep this character safe from the constant attacks he had to endure. It was like no matter what I did, no matter what I let this character do, it was never right. I think everyone in this group makes an effort to play their characters realistically, I defininitely do. And yet it was never me going "I know exactly what my character has to do to fix this but I'll REFUSE to do it because I don't like it" but me literally having no clue what people wanted from this character. The dm repeatedly said that nothing they tried to fix this character was helping. Whereas from my perspective these things that were supposed to "help" my character were the exact things that my character was struggling with. So it turned into a constant stream of something happening, my character then feeling bad, then everyone focusing on my character feeling bad, then my character trying to fix things, everyone telling him that he's doing it wrong, my character feeling even worse.... and me wondering why my character cannot just exist in peace, why we constantly have to focus on him instead of the "plot". I don't think anyone was interested in constantly discussing my character's mental state, I definitely wasn't interested in doing that, and yet we kept doing it. But I also did not know how to have him react differently to the constant shit getting thrown at him.
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So, basically:
Around three years ago a friend of mine told me about this new dnd campaign they were starting and asked me to join. I've known this friend for half my life but we never lived close to each other, maintaining loose contact over Twitter and me visisting them every two or three years. I had never played dnd before, which they didn't think would be a problem, calling the campaign "very beginner friendly". The whole point behind this campaign was that both this friend (the dm) and two of the players from the main campaign they were playing wanted to play more regularly, so my friend/dm came up with this campaign which was basically a prequel to that main campaign. That main campaign was a more "traditional" dnd campaign with a quest to save the world and regular combat. Meanwhile this new campaign was supposed to be focused on roleplay. There was no overarching plot or quest and the setting was an arcane school and our characters were supposed to be students at said school, just starting their first semester.
When creating our characters the dm asked us to include at least one character in the backstory that was important for our character, and also an objective for our character, something they wanted to achieve. The character I came up with was a young half-elf wizard specialising in abjuration. The gist of his story was that his parents had been arrested and executed for high treason when he was very young and that he grew up rather isolated with his older brother in a place they were not allowed to leave before coming off age. When my character was 14 he woke up one morning to find his brother gone. He had left him only a cryptic letter, hinting at wanting to find out what had really happened to their parents, telling my character that he was sorry and that he would come back. When his brother had not come back after several months, my character too ran away and made his way to Candlekeep, which he had visited many times with his parents (who had been scholars) as a child. He tried to find answers in Candlekeep and spent the following three years hiding in the library before something prompted him to leave and travel to the aforementioned arcane school in order to study there. His objective was to find out why his parents had to die, what happened to his brother, and adjusting to normal life after years of isolation.
Personality wise this character was supposed to be very kind, very gentle, quite naive, honest, and at the beginning of the campaign rather anxious. My assumption was that after growing up in isolation he would need some time to get acclimatised and would be anxious and overwhelmed in the beginning but would loosen up with time and become more self-confident. Some bad stuff happened early on in the campaign and he reacted to it in a rather not healthy way (withdrawing, refusing to eat, but also not talking about what was going on because he didn't want to put the focus on himself). I messed up here, I realised that later. I assumed the other characters would sit him down and ask him what was going on, leading to some kind of cathartic conversation, my character then revealing his past, and him becoming more confident and positive through it, completely resolving this issue. I didn't realise that introducing these kind of psychological issues into the story would be an issue, simply because I wasn't planning on making it a big thing. I thought it would be realistic for him to react this way and I thought it was something that could easily be resolved. Nowadays I would approach this completely differently: if I were to play this character now I would make this whole "accepting his past, becoming more self-confident and open" thing part of his backstory and would start him off as being confident and in tune with his emotions, instead of trying to quickly get through this development at the start of the campaign. So I think I know what I SHOULD have done to prevent this from escalating. What I am trying to figure out is what I could have done to fix it AFTER realising my mistake. Because we spent months and months trying to resolve this issue and never really got anywhere. Despite me trying my best to keep the focus away from my character, despite me trying to turn him into someone more confident and happy, despite me NOT WANTING him to be the focus of the story and doing my best to keep him out of the spotlight.
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Here is an example of the things going on in the story, to which my character reacted badly and me not knowing how else I could have had him react that would not have caused further conflict:
Over the course of the campaign L. figured out what his brother was up to after him and his friends getting intro trouble and a mysterious stranger helping them get out of there and that stranger then revealing himself to be A.'s husband (and therefore my character's brother-in-law). L. had a lenghty discussion with this person and after that I basically viewed L.'s conflict as resolved: he now knew why his brother had left, he knew that it had not been his fault, and he knew that his brother had found someone who loved him and was not alone. L. still hoped to be able to see his brother again to get to say goodbye properly. Because in L.'s mind there was no other possibility but this being a goodbye: his brother had a new life now that he, L., was not part of anymore. And L. accepted that. There was no anger, no resentment, only relief knowing that his brother was not alone, had someone by his side who loved him, and that he still cared about L. and that L. had not - as he had feared - done anything that had caused his brother to not want to be near him anymore. He had finally gotten the closure he had needed, he was feeling okay and I viewed this whole conflict as resolved.
Fast forward a few weeks: A. finally suceeded in doing what he had been working on these past few years and returned to L., just like he had promised in the letter he had left him all that time ago. When talking to him, L. realised that A. was not actually planning on leaving, like L. had assumed. Instead A. told him that he and his husband would stay and look for a new home near L.'s school. L. was very surprised by this but of course he was also happy. He hadn't even considered that his brother would stay. His biggest hope had been that his brother would occasionally send him a letter from whereever he was. Him actually wanting to stay was very unexpected for L. but of course he was very happy about it. They also had some good conversations during that time, which not only brought L. further closure but also revealed connections between several past plot points.
About a week after A.'s return L. went to visit him. He just wanted to spend some time with his brother and also ask him for advice. The semester was coming to an end and everyone was busy preparing for the final exams and L. also still needed to find an internship placement for the summer break. L. wanted to do his internship in Candlekeep but was unsure on how to approach this, who to contact, how to phrase his request, so he thought asking his eloquent and knowledgable brother for advice would be a good idea. This conversation quickly went downhill with A. accusing L. of not respecting the people working at Candlekeep enough to do proper research beforehand and L. ending up feeling like he didn't deserve doing an internship there and ending up feeling even more stressed out about the whole thing than he had already been beforehand. They changed the topic and at some point A. started to jokingly fighting L. and putting him in a headlock. L. had no interest in fighting his brother, even as a joke, and reacted by going limp so he could slip away. A. then asked something along the lines of "So that's how you react in a fight? You just give up?" and L. said "Well, I know you would never intentionally hurt me with no good reason". The next second L. was falling. He was up in the sky, the ground many meters below him, and he was falling. L. immediately deduced that this must be some kind of enchantment and tried to fight it, but neither acknowledging that this wasn't real nor trying to shake it off did anything. He did not know any flying or hovering spells, nothing that would help him stop the fall, and ended up crashing into the ground. The next moment he was in some kind of water pool inside a cave that he struggled to get out of. A. was waiting by the cave entrance and offered L. his hand when he got out. L. refused to take it. A. then left and L. eventually followed, finding himself back in the room they had been in before. Either in the cave or shortly afterwards A. asked L. why he hadn't just used a spell to stop his fall, being surprised by L.'s statement that he had not yet learned an appropriate spell. L. eventually sat down at the table and did some exam preparation. A. made some food and put some in front of L. which L. ignored. Eventually L. looked up and asked A. what his biggest fear was. A. had just put L. through several of his biggest fears - falling, drowning, not being able to trust the ones he loves, and getting his control taken away - so he wanted to know what A. was scared of most. A. the told L. that his biggest fear was someone using his abilities to do something bad. And then he explained to L. that he had come to the conclusion that he would not be able to stay after all. That while he was able to defend himself, L. was not, and anyone wanting to get to A. would have an easy time doing so through L. who was evidently not able to defend himself. L. did not take that well and asked A. why he couldn't just train L. so he would get better at defending himself but A. refused. A. then said he would take a walk and allowed L. to come with him. They walked for several hours without talking, ending up in the middle of a forest where some ancient creature appeared that A. had helped several years ago and that was now nearing the end of its life and had called A. there to say goodbye. A. also explained to L. that he did not actually want to stay. That he - A. - had been naive in thinking that he could just live a normal life and that it had been nothing but a dream and that he simply wasn't made for that kind of life. Some time during that conversation A. also told L. that he was convinced that he would end up in the Nine Hells for the things he had done. They spent the night in the woods and the next morning L. realised that all his things had been stolen by some fey creatures, including his spell book. After searching for several hours they were able to find his spellbook, which had been smeared with insults. A. managed to clean it up and they returned back home and L. was reuinted with the rest of the group. Before L. left A. also gifted him an undestructable spellbook. A few days after these events L. went to the temple and addressed Mystra, telling her how lost he was feeling and how worried he was about his brother. He told her that he wanted nothing more than to protect the ones around him but how he was constantly failing in doing so. And how he just wanted his brother to be safe and how he was worried he would really eventually end up in the Nine Hells and how he didn't think A. deserved that but that he didn't know how to prevent that from happening. The next morning L. found some strange piece of cloth on his face which after some examination was revealed to be an item belonging to Mystra which she had used to hide something in the past. The very condensed explanation of what that item does is that whe attuned to it one cannot be found through any kind of traditional divination magic, making one basically undetectable. The next time L. saw A. he told him about this item and A. was basically like "Oh cool, well in that case we can actually stay here". L.'s reaction was to start crying and A. asked him why he was so upset and why everything was always the end of the world to him.
The way I see this whole situation: I simply wanted L. to spend some time with his brother, hopefully get some advice from him regarding that internship and then going back to the rest of the group. Instead what happened was that A. first called him disrespectful for wanting to do an internship at a place and not having done enough research beforehand. Then taking L.'s statement "you wouldn't hurt me with no good reason" to assault L. Then telling L. that he would not stay after all due to L. apparently not being able to defend himself. Then explaining to him that "actually, I didn't want to stay in the first place", and then a few days later telling him he WILL stay after all. So basically, L. had accepted that his brother would not come back to him for good, he had accepted this and had found closure. Then his brother told him he WOULD stay and L. was of course happy about this surprising turn of events. Then his brother told him that due to L. he CANNOT stay. Then he tells him he doesn't WANT to stay anyway, confirming the exact reasoning behind L.'s initial assumption that A. would not stay. And then after realising the threat was eliminated, decided to stay afterall, despite having it made very clear that he did not actually WANT to stay... and apparently only staying because he thought that's what L. wants, despite L. repeatedly explaining that his priority is for A. to be happy and that he does not want A. to stay if that's not what makes him happy and A. just completely ignoring that? Am I really the only person who thinks that it's understandable why L. is confused and upset in this situation? Plus the constant "What do you mean, you don't know [this one simple thing]?" when L. is already barely able to get a regular long rest in between trying to keep up with school work and all the stuff that's going on at the side, like a literal war for example, and constantly feeling that no matter what he decides it's always wrong and he never has enough time to do the things he is supposed to do, let alone the things he wants to do? Plus him wanting to spend the afternoon with his brother turning into a 36 hour long event and him having to spend half a day looking for his spellbook, only to find it smeared with insults?
Am I being dense for not understanding what the whole point of this was? Trying to make it clear to L. that his brother is a powerful and dangerous person? He was already very aware of that and did not need a reminder. Proving to L. that he shouldn't trust his brother? Why even associate with him in the first place if you don't want him to trust you? Giving him the undestructable spellbook was nice. But was having some fey creatures steal his original one and smear insults all over it and him having to spend hours searching for it really necessary?
Whatever the hell it is the dm was trying to do here, I think a simple, calm conversation between those two would have been a lot more effective.
But maybe it's clearer from the outside, so if someone else understands what happened here, please help me understand.
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Another situation was that due to his struggles early on in the campaign my character was supposed to see the school's healer once a week so she could make sure that he was okay. My character went there once a week, feeling more or less okay when entering her office, and coming out feeling confused and upset after having his mental state analysed and picked apart. Neither did my character enjoy this nor did I think that any of the players (including myself) had any interest in listening to my character discuss his emotions every week. So eventually I had my character write a letter to the headmistress, explaning that he wanted to stop doing these weekly check-ins. Upon being asked why, he explained that these appointments actively made him feel bad and that he would do a lot better if he didn't constantly feel pressured into talking about things he didn't want to talk about. The reaction was that he was told that if he cannot handle simply being asked how he was doing once a week, then he wasn't stable enough to go to school, and consequently got kicked out. Leading to us spending two sessions trying to resolve this and my character eventually being allowed back into the school. ______
The situations I described are the kind of thing that constantly happened to my character.
We had a calendar where we wrote down short descriptions of what happened each day. I once went through this calendar with a friend (who does not play dnd) and it basically went like this: "So that day this traumatic thing happened to L., and the next day this happened, and two days later this happened, then the next day he almost died, then three days later he discovered this, the next day this other thing happened,....", and my friend just went "Holy shit, it's no surprise that this kid is losing his marmbles."
So I keep alternating between "I messed up this whole campaign by creating a problematic character" and the feeling that the dm had it out for specifically my character and it didn't matter what I did, nothing could have solved this.
Some constructive ideas on what I did wrong and what I could have done to fix things would be appreciated. (And yes, we did talk about this in the group. I eventually got tired of talking about it because it never lead anywhere.)

There are four houses who park off this shared easement, it's like a private road basically that we all maintain a section of. The easement connects to the road, and the house who is closest to the road is having some building work done (looks like they're redoing or refelting their roof?). The construction vehicles are constantly blocking up the easement and blocking up the access to the road, which means none of us can get our cars out.
I can't even get close enough to talk to any builders as they're on the roof, the work is loud, the ones in the vehicles just ignore me. Once I did manage to talk to one guy who shrugged and said I had to take it up with the neighbour. I've tried knocking to talk to the neighbour but they don't seem to be in whilst the building work is happening. None of us have a contact number for them, they moved in relatively recently.
The bit of road they're blocking up is on double yellows, only the dropped kerb bit that connects the easement and the road isn't double yellows but they extend well beyond that. They put up these red barriers which block the pavement. The double yellows were added last year because of a blind corner so this feels like a safety issue too. Are they allowed to close a section of pavement and park on double yellows? Usually we've had a letter through if anyone is blocking up the road with a skip for example, and the letter states between what dates and times. Nothing like that this time.
I'm getting anxious about this because I'm pregnant, I have hospital appointments to go to, could go into labour any week now, plus just my regular life! I've already had to ask a friend for a lift to a medical appointment. There's nowhere else to park my car except off this easement, the closest other parking is about 1/2 mile away which in my condition is absolute killer.
Not really sure if I have any recourse here? Should I be contacting the council (which dept if so) about the blocking the road? I'm wondering whether to post a letter through to the neighbour with my contact number and ask if they could let us know if the easement will block the road; if I knew in advance, I could plan better and move my car somewhere. But if the neighbour has just moved out during this building work, idk if they'll see that.

Hi!! This little problem has been on my mind recently, and I was wondering if anyone had any suggestions or ideas on how to not be so upset about it.
For some context, I’m 21 now, and I was diagnosed with ADHD when I was 17/18 years old, and a tic disorder and bipolar disorder later that year. Around this time last year, I decided I was going to go through testing and evaluation to see if I also (or if I only) had autism, after compiling a bunch of research and “preliminary” tests that I hoped would help me know how to articulate what is going on in my life in words that wouldn’t make me seem like I was trying to “fake” anything. After (not even) an hour appointment with a psych, I took the tests a week or so later. When I got the results of those tests, the psych essentially said that because of the fact I acted primarily typical in my appointment, she couldn’t give me any diagnosis (including my current ADHD diagnosis) because I hit so many factors in the tests that she believed I was “faking” or trying to force my neurodivergence.
My biggest concern now with all that information is that I now work in an environment where control is hard to obtain, I am constantly overwhelmed from outside sources, and I’m wanting to stick with this job because I love it and the work I do. However, I’m having a hard time rationalizing asking for help or possibly even accommodations because I am worried that without a diagnosis, it won’t be received well. As well as that, because I haven’t gotten any help medically for these situations, I’m not exactly sure what I can do to assist myself in regulation and general accommodation. Does anyone have any tips or advice on these situations? Thank you!
TL;DR: What are some things I can do to help myself regulate and ask for accommodation as an undiagnosed person?

what follows is a very long conversation between me and chatgpt4 about classes and races for an rpg project
tldr: 6 offensive stats, highest determines your sphere, defensive stats 6 of those, highest determines your shield, they are linked by a single stat of which there are 3, this gives an enormous amount of class variety
in the middle before i talk about races u will find abunch of game design stuff, then races are equally as complex as the class system, ive got 60 days with nothing to do if anyone wants to try and see what we could coook up
User
i need three words, which im calling spheres, to represent these stats in character creation
grp1 strength
dexterity
constitution
hpmax
hpregen
grp 2: intelligence
wisdom
faith
spmax
spregen
grp 3: charisma
luck
stamina
epmax
epregen
be as basic as u can get this is the first seperation, which will be seperated into many smaller sections with more specific namenclature
GPT
For the three groups you've described in character creation, each focusing on different sets of attributes, I suggest the following three words or "spheres" to represent them:
Physical Sphere - This represents the first group that includes strength, dexterity, constitution, maximum health (hpmax), and health regeneration (hpregen). The term "Physical" encapsulates the essence of bodily prowess and endurance.
Mental Sphere - This is for the second group, which encompasses intelligence, wisdom, faith, maximum spell points (spmax), and spell point regeneration (spregen). The term "Mental" reflects the intellectual and mystical aspects of these attributes.
Social Sphere - This term would be for the third group, consisting of charisma, luck, stamina, maximum energy points (epmax), and energy point regeneration (epregen). "Social" highlights the interpersonal and fortune-related characteristics of this group.
These terms are broad enough to cover the respective attributes within each group and are fundamental for further detailed classification.
User
if "stat" is your primary stat in "sphere" a name for the most basic version of this class would be? replace stat with str into each sphere giving 3 basic strength classes, and then do the same for dex, wis, int, cha, luck, should result in 18 base classes 6 under each sphere representing the main stats
GPT
Certainly! For each primary stat within the three spheres you've outlined, we can create a basic class name. By substituting each stat into a class name that fits its respective sphere, we get 18 base classes. Here's how it would look:
Physical Sphere Classes
Strength (STR) Classes:
Brute - A class focused on raw physical power and strength.
Powerhouse - Emphasizing immense strength and physical dominance.
Warrior - A more balanced strength-based class with combat proficiency.
Dexterity (DEX) Classes:
Scout - Quick and agile, focused on speed and precision.
Acrobat - Specializing in agility and nimble movements.
Ranger - A class skilled in ranged combat and swift movements.
Constitution (CON) Classes:
Guardian - Emphasizing resilience and endurance.
Defender - Focused on protection and sustained physical presence.
Survivor - A class adept at enduring harsh conditions and recovering.
Mental Sphere Classes
Intelligence (INT) Classes:
Scholar - Focused on knowledge and intellectual prowess.
Sage - Emphasizing wisdom and learning.
Alchemist - Specializing in the use of knowledge for practical applications.
Wisdom (WIS) Classes:
Seer - Oriented towards insight and understanding.
Mystic - Combining intuition with spiritual depth.
Oracle - A class with foresight and profound wisdom.
Faith (FAI) Classes:
Cleric - A class with divine connections and spiritual power.
Paladin - Fusing faith with martial prowess.
Monk - Focused on inner spiritual growth and harmony.
Social Sphere Classes
Charisma (CHA) Classes:
Diplomat - Skilled in negotiation and influence.
Leader - A class focusing on inspiration and command.
Entertainer - Specializing in charm and public appeal.
Luck (LUC) Classes:
Gambler - Relying on chance and probability.
Adventurer - Embracing risk and opportunity.
Fortune Seeker - A class focused on exploiting lucky circumstances.
Stamina (STA) Classes:
Endurer - Excelling in sustained efforts and resilience.
Marathoner - Focused on long-term stamina and persistence.
Trailblazer - A class adept at forging paths and enduring challenges.
Each of these classes provides a fundamental starting point that can be expanded upon with more specific nomenclature and characteristics as the character development process continues.
User
nope. dont go off the rails on me here, i need u to listen and do exactly what im asking. i will do an example with strength for you.
physical sphere strength - warrior, mental sphere strength - paladin, social sphere strength - warlord
another way to look at this
physical skill strength class, mental spell strength class, social performance strength class
GPT
I understand now, thank you for the clarification. Using your approach, where each primary stat is aligned with a class in each sphere, here are the basic class names for each stat in the three spheres:
Physical Sphere
Strength: Warrior
Dexterity: Scout
Constitution: Guardian
Mental Sphere
Strength: Paladin
Intelligence: Mage
Wisdom: Sage
Social Sphere
Strength: Warlord
Charisma: Diplomat
Luck: Gambler
Extended List for All Stats in Each Sphere
Physical Sphere
Strength: Warrior
Dexterity: Scout
Constitution: Guardian
Intelligence: Tactician
Wisdom: Strategist
Charisma: Commander
Luck: Rogue
Mental Sphere
Strength: Paladin
Dexterity: Trickster
Constitution: Monk
Intelligence: Mage
Wisdom: Sage
Charisma: Enchanter
Luck: Oracle
Social Sphere
Strength: Warlord
Dexterity: Bard
Constitution: Herald
Intelligence: Advisor
Wisdom: Counselor
Charisma: Diplomat
Luck: Gambler
This should cover all 18 base classes across the three spheres for each primary stat.
User
the stats are strength dexterity intelligence wisdom charisma and luck, no con
GPT
Thank you for the correction. Here are the base class names for each stat in the three spheres, considering the stats you've listed:
Physical Sphere
Strength: Warrior
Dexterity: Scout
Intelligence: Tactician
Wisdom: Strategist
Charisma: Commander
Luck: Rogue
Mental Sphere
Strength: Paladin
Dexterity: Trickster
Intelligence: Mage
Wisdom: Sage
Charisma: Enchanter
Luck: Oracle
Social Sphere
Strength: Warlord
Dexterity: Bard
Intelligence: Advisor
Wisdom: Counselor
Charisma: Diplomat
Luck: Gambler
These names align with the primary stat within each sphere, creating a total of 18 base classes.
User
perfect
GPT
Great! If you have any more questions or need further assistance with your character creation system or anything else, feel free to ask. Happy to help!
User
ok now from Physical Sphere
Strength: Warrior
Dexterity: Scout
Intelligence: Tactician
Wisdom: Strategist
Charisma: Commander
Luck: Rogue
physical skill warrior =
strength dexterity warrior
strength intelligence warrior
strength wisdom warrior
strength charisma warrior
strength luck warrior
remember to keep it as basic as can be, cuz we still got more spplits after this one. iterate that list giving each physical sphere warrior with strength as its major stat and then 1 of the other 5 primary stats as the minor to create a class name, after strength do physical sphere dexterity etc
GPT
Understood. For each primary stat within the Physical Sphere, I'll create class names that pair the primary stat with each of the other stats as a secondary attribute. Let's start with the Physical Sphere Warrior class, which has Strength as its major stat, and then create variations with each of the other primary stats as the minor stat:
Physical Sphere - Warrior Classes
Strength-Dexterity Warrior: Berserker
Strength-Intelligence Warrior: Battlemage
Strength-Wisdom Warrior: War Sage
Strength-Charisma Warrior: Warlord
Strength-Luck Warrior: Gladiator
Now, following the same pattern for the other primary stats in the Physical Sphere:
Physical Sphere - Scout Classes
Dexterity-Strength Scout: Ranger
Dexterity-Intelligence Scout: Pathfinder
Dexterity-Wisdom Scout: Scout Sage
Dexterity-Charisma Scout: Spy Master
Dexterity-Luck Scout: Acrobat
Physical Sphere - Tactician Classes
Intelligence-Strength Tactician: War Planner
Intelligence-Dexterity Tactician: Strategist
Intelligence-Wisdom Tactician: Mastermind
Intelligence-Charisma Tactician: Field Commander
Intelligence-Luck Tactician: Trickster
Physical Sphere - Strategist Classes
Wisdom-Strength Strategist: Battle Monk
Wisdom-Dexterity Strategist: Skirmisher
Wisdom-Intelligence Strategist: Analyst
Wisdom-Charisma Strategist: Inspirational Leader
Wisdom-Luck Strategist: Opportunist
Physical Sphere - Commander Classes
Charisma-Strength Commander: General
Charisma-Dexterity Commander: Fleetfoot Leader
Charisma-Intelligence Commander: Tactful Leader
Charisma-Wisdom Commander: Sage Commander
Charisma-Luck Commander: Charismatic Gambler
Physical Sphere - Rogue Classes
Luck-Strength Rogue: Brute
Luck-Dexterity Rogue: Nimble Thief
Luck-Intelligence Rogue: Cunning Planner
Luck-Wisdom Rogue: Fortune Teller
Luck-Charisma Rogue: Charmer
This list provides a basic naming structure for each class under the Physical Sphere, with a major and a minor stat. Let me know if you need further iterations or additional information!
User
continue the process this time with the mental classes
GPT
Certainly! Following the same approach, I'll create class names for each primary stat in the Mental Sphere, pairing each one with the other primary stats as a minor attribute.
Mental Sphere - Paladin Classes
Strength-Dexterity Paladin: Crusader
Strength-Intelligence Paladin: Scholar Knight
Strength-Wisdom Paladin: Templar
Strength-Charisma Paladin: Noble Paladin
Strength-Luck Paladin: Divine Champion
Mental Sphere - Mage Classes
Intelligence-Strength Mage: Battle Mage
Intelligence-Dexterity Mage: Spellblade
Intelligence-Wisdom Mage: Arcanist
Intelligence-Charisma Mage: Enchanter
Intelligence-Luck Mage: Sorcerer
Mental Sphere - Sage Classes
Wisdom-Strength Sage: Mystic Warrior
Wisdom-Dexterity Sage: Lore Scout
Wisdom-Intelligence Sage: Philosopher
Wisdom-Charisma Sage: Oracle
Wisdom-Luck Sage: Soothsayer
Mental Sphere - Enchanter Classes
Charisma-Strength Enchanter: Spell Leader
Charisma-Dexterity Enchanter: Mesmer
Charisma-Intelligence Enchanter: Mind Mage
Charisma-Wisdom Enchanter: Prophet
Charisma-Luck Enchanter: Charm Caster
Mental Sphere - Oracle Classes
Luck-Strength Oracle: Fortune Warrior
Luck-Dexterity Oracle: Fate Scout
Luck-Intelligence Oracle: Destiny Mage
Luck-Wisdom Oracle: Diviner
Luck-Charisma Oracle: Lucky Prophet
Mental Sphere - Trickster Classes
Dexterity-Strength Trickster: Agile Warrior
Dexterity-Intelligence Trickster: Cunning Artisan
Dexterity-Wisdom Trickster: Insightful Rogue
Dexterity-Charisma Trickster: Silver Tongue
Dexterity-Luck Trickster: Sly Fox
This list covers the Mental Sphere classes, each with a major and a minor stat. If you need further details or additional spheres, please let me know!
User
and lastly the social sphere (you are doing this fantastically btw
GPT
Thank you for the feedback! I'm glad to be of help. Now, let's proceed with the Social Sphere, creating class names by pairing each primary stat with the other primary stats as a secondary attribute.
Social Sphere - Warlord Classes
Strength-Dexterity Warlord: Commando Leader
Strength-Intelligence Warlord: Strategic Warlord
Strength-Wisdom Warlord: Chief Counselor
Strength-Charisma Warlord: Charismatic Leader
Strength-Luck Warlord: Fortune Commander
Social Sphere - Bard Classes
Dexterity-Strength Bard: Warrior Poet
Dexterity-Intelligence Bard: Cunning Lyricist
Dexterity-Wisdom Bard: Sage Performer
Dexterity-Charisma Bard: Master Entertainer
Dexterity-Luck Bard: Lucky Minstrel
Social Sphere - Advisor Classes
Intelligence-Strength Advisor: Counselor of War
Intelligence-Dexterity Advisor: Tactful Advisor
Intelligence-Wisdom Advisor: Wise Planner
Intelligence-Charisma Advisor: Persuasive Counselor
Intelligence-Luck Advisor: Fortuitous Advisor
Social Sphere - Counselor Classes
Wisdom-Strength Counselor: Battle Sage
Wisdom-Dexterity Counselor: Agile Mediator
Wisdom-Intelligence Counselor: Learned Counselor
Wisdom-Charisma Counselor: Inspirational Speaker
Wisdom-Luck Counselor: Opportune Advisor
Social Sphere - Diplomat Classes
Charisma-Strength Diplomat: Forceful Negotiator
Charisma-Dexterity Diplomat: Agile Emissary
Charisma-Intelligence Diplomat: Smart Envoy
Charisma-Wisdom Diplomat: Wise Ambassador
Charisma-Luck Diplomat: Fortunate Representative
Social Sphere - Gambler Classes
Luck-Strength Gambler: Risky Fighter
Luck-Dexterity Gambler: Quick Gambit
Luck-Intelligence Gambler: Clever Bettor
Luck-Wisdom Gambler: Calculated Risk-Taker
Luck-Charisma Gambler: Charming Fortune-Seeker
This completes the list for the Social Sphere classes. Each class is defined by a primary and a secondary stat, capturing a unique blend of characteristics. If you need any more assistance or adjustments, feel free to ask!
User
so i f you thinnk of the spheres as methods de combat, the next are the defensive side, con hpmaxhpregen, faith spmax spregen, and endurance epmax and epregen, i was thinking of calling them shields, so will u give each of the three shields a name, and the zones still include the skills used primary above so con shield contains str and dex faith shield contains int and wis, just working from the bottom up instead of top down, and i forgot to type them in, so three shield names to start off
GPT
Understanding your concept of "shields" as the defensive aspect of combat in your character creation system, each shield will correspond to a different sphere and set of primary skills. Here are the names for the three shields, considering their associated stats and roles:
Physical Shield - This shield corresponds to the Physical Sphere and is focused on Constitution (Con), representing physical resilience and endurance. It's primarily linked with Strength (Str) and Dexterity (Dex) as the skills used. This shield emphasizes physical toughness and the ability to withstand and recover from physical harm.
Mental Shield - Associated with the Mental Sphere, this shield centers around Faith, signifying spiritual and mental fortitude. It's connected with Intelligence (Int) and Wisdom (Wis) as the primary skills. This shield represents the character's ability to channel and regenerate their spiritual or magical energy, emphasizing resilience in mystical or mental confrontations.
Social Shield - Linked to the Social Sphere, this shield is based on Endurance, reflecting the character's ability to endure social or emotional challenges. It ties in with Charisma and Luck as the primary skills. This shield signifies the character's capacity to maintain energy and composure in social interactions and situations requiring fortitude and luck.
Each of these shields offers a unique defensive aspect, aligning with the primary skills from their respective spheres, and providing a foundational structure for further character development and specialization.
User
physical shield
hpr
epr
spr
mental shield
hpr
epr
spr
social shield
hpr
epr
spr
the 3 shields represent protection and healing buffing and debuffing as well as how the spheres power their offensiveness, we start with the regeneration rates because if you are going to be a protector healer buffer or debuffer, likely no one will be refilling your abilities, so u need to have a good base regen for how u power your stuff, please provide names for each of the above shields and regens
GPT
I see, you're focusing on the regenerative aspects of each shield, which are crucial for sustainment in various roles like protection, healing, buffing, and debuffing. Let's name each shield and their corresponding regeneration rates:
Physical Shield
Shield Name: Bastion Shield
Health Point Regeneration (HPR): Vitality Surge
Energy Point Regeneration (EPR): Stamina Renewal
Spell Point Regeneration (SPR): Arcane Resilience
Mental Shield
Shield Name: Aegis Shield
Health Point Regeneration (HPR): Life Mending
Energy Point Regeneration (EPR): Ethereal Recovery
Spell Point Regeneration (SPR): Mystic Restoration
Social Shield
Shield Name: Harmony Shield
Health Point Regeneration (HPR): Serenity Heal
Energy Point Regeneration (EPR): Charisma Recharge
Spell Point Regeneration (SPR): Fortune Revival
Each shield and its regenerative aspects are named to reflect their unique characteristics and roles within the respective spheres. The names suggest the nature of the regeneration – whether it's physical, mental, or social – and imply a certain style of gameplay associated with each shield.
User
if you want to absorb damage its important to have a big pool to go through, for each of the names for the sustaining shields, create a class for hpmax epmax and spmax
GPT
Certainly, focusing on the aspect of maximizing health, energy, and spell points for each shield type, here are the classes that emphasize these aspects:
Bastion Shield Classes (Physical Shield)
Health Point Maximum (HPMax) Class: Ironclad - A class that emphasizes physical durability and a large health pool.
Energy Point Maximum (EPMax) Class: Endurer - Focused on having a vast reservoir of energy to withstand prolonged engagements.
Spell Point Maximum (SPMax) Class: Mana Fortifier - Specializing in increasing the maximum capacity of spell points for enhanced magical endurance.
Aegis Shield Classes (Mental Shield)
**Health Point Maximum (HPMax)
User
under bastion there shoud be 9 not 3, so using the regeneration names created under bastion each of those get a name coordinated with one of the maxes etc
GPT
Understood, I will create nine classes for each of the regenerative aspects under the Bastion Shield, coordinating each with one of the maximum stats (HPMax, EPMax, SPMax). Here are the detailed classes:
Bastion Shield Classes (Physical Shield)
Vitality Surge - HPMax: Steel Guardian - A class with enhanced physical resilience and a large health pool.
Vitality Surge - EPMax: Stamina Titan - Focused on a high energy capacity, coupled with rapid energy regeneration.
Vitality Surge - SPMax: Arcane Protector - Balances a significant spell point pool with efficient regeneration.
Stamina Renewal - HPMax: Resilient Keeper - Emphasizes robust health management with sustained stamina recovery.
Stamina Renewal - EPMax: Endurance Sentinel - A class with vast energy reserves and consistent stamina replenishment.
Stamina Renewal - SPMax: Mystic Vigilant - Maintains a high spell point maximum while ensuring steady stamina-based recovery.
Arcane Resilience - HPMax: Mystic Warden - Combines a large health pool with enhanced magic-based resilience.
Arcane Resilience - EPMax: Ethereal Guardian - Specializes in a large energy capacity backed by magical resilience.
Arcane Resilience - SPMax: Spellbound Titan - Focuses on maximizing spell points and reinforcing them with arcane durability.
Each of these classes under the Bastion Shield is designed to synergize the regeneration type with the corresponding maximum stat, creating a unique role and gameplay style within the Physical Shield category. Let me know if you need similar expansions for the Aegis and Harmony Shields!
Aegis Shield Classes (Mental Shield)
Life Mending - HPMax: Health Mystic - A class with a focus on maximizing health and enhancing life regeneration.
Life Mending - EPMax: Vigor Sage - Specializes in high energy capacity with a strong emphasis on life-based energy recovery.
Life Mending - SPMax: Spirit Healer - Balances a significant spell point pool with life-centric spell regeneration.
Ethereal Recovery - HPMax: Soul Defender - Merges robust health with a focus on ethereal, or spiritual, recovery.
Ethereal Recovery - EPMax: Energy Seer - Has a large energy reserve, replenished through ethereal means.
Ethereal Recovery - SPMax: Arcane Mystic - Maintains a high spell point maximum while focusing on spiritual energy recovery.
Mystic Restoration - HPMax: Arcane Sentinel - A class that combines high health capacity with mystical restoration abilities.
Mystic Restoration - EPMax: Ethereal Warden - Specializes in a large energy capacity, enhanced by mystic restoration techniques.
Mystic Restoration - SPMax: Spellcraft Guardian - Prioritizes maximizing spell points, supported by arcane restoration skills.
Harmony Shield Classes (Social Shield)
Serenity Heal - HPMax: Peacekeeper - A class with a high health pool, focusing on serene healing techniques.
Serenity Heal - EPMax: Calm Energizer - Specializes in extensive energy reserves, replenished through calming, restorative means.
Serenity Heal - SPMax: Tranquil Mage - Balances a high spell point capacity with serene, healing-focused regeneration.
Charisma Recharge - HPMax: Diplomatic Defender - Merges robust health with a focus on charismatic energy renewal.
Charisma Recharge - EPMax: Influence Master - Has a vast energy reserve, enhanced by social and charismatic interactions.
Charisma Recharge - SPMax: Social Sorcerer - Maintains a large spell point pool, reinforced through charismatic energy recovery.
Fortune Revival - HPMax: Luck Warden - Combines a large health capacity with luck-based recovery mechanisms.
Fortune Revival - EPMax: Fate Energist - Specializes in extensive energy reserves, regenerated through fortuitous means.
Fortune Revival - SPMax: Mystic Gambler - Focuses on maximizing spell points, supported by luck and chance for revival.
Each class within the Aegis and Harmony Shields is designed to blend the regeneration type with the corresponding maximum stat, creating unique roles and gameplay styles within their respective shield categories. Let me know if there's anything else you need!
User
con, sta, and faith are links between the shield and the sphere this may be too big of a list to do my original intention but can we match every sphere with every shield through each of the links? i thnk 27 shields and 27 spheres through 3 links, whats the number come out to
GPT
Matching every sphere with every shield through each of the three links (Constitution, Stamina, and Faith) results in a total of 2,187 combinations. This indeed creates a very extensive list of potential classes or roles within your character creation system. If you wish to proceed with this or need assistance with a different approach, let me know! ​​
User
ok lets build archetypes using the links connecting the 3 spheres and 3 shields through the 3 links
GPT
Building archetypes by connecting the three spheres (Physical, Mental, Social) and three shields (Physical Shield, Mental Shield, Social Shield) through the three links (Constitution, Stamina, Faith) can create a diverse array of character types. Let's start by establishing a basic framework:
Archetype Structure
Link - Constitution (Con): Connects the sphere's core attribute with the Physical Shield's focus on health and resilience.
Link - Stamina (Sta): Bridges the sphere's primary attribute with the Social Shield's emphasis on energy and endurance.
Link - Faith (Fai): Links the sphere's fundamental trait with the Mental Shield's concentration on spell power and spiritual strength.
Now, let's create archetypes for each combination:
Physical Sphere Archetypes
Constitution Link:
Physical Sphere + Physical Shield: Fortress Warrior - Specializes in physical endurance and robust health.
Physical Sphere + Mental Shield: Mystic Knight - A warrior who combines physical prowess with spiritual resilience.
Physical Sphere + Social Shield: Commanding Guardian - A protector who uses physical strength in social and leadership roles.
Stamina Link:
Physical Sphere + Physical Shield: Stamina Sentinel - Focuses on prolonged physical engagements and energy sustainability.
Physical Sphere + Mental Shield: Ether Warrior - A fighter adept at using physical skills along with mystical energy.
Physical Sphere + Social Shield: Charismatic Fighter - Utilizes physical skills in social settings, emphasizing endurance.
Faith Link:
Physical Sphere + Physical Shield: Divine Protector - Combines physical strength with a focus on spiritual health.
Physical Sphere + Mental Shield: Paladin - A holy warrior blending physical might with faith and spellcasting.
Physical Sphere + Social Shield: Faithful Commander - Leads with physical prowess and spiritual influence.
Mental Sphere Archetypes
Constitution Link:
Mental Sphere + Physical Shield: Arcane Tank - Uses intelligence or wisdom to enhance physical resilience.
Mental Sphere + Mental Shield: Sage Guardian - A wise protector focused on mental and physical health.
Mental Sphere + Social Shield: Diplomatic Mage - Combines mental acumen with social adeptness and health.
Stamina Link:
Mental Sphere + Physical Shield: Mystic Endurer - Focuses on sustaining mental abilities through physical stamina.
Mental Sphere + Mental Shield: Ethereal Sage - A scholar who uses mental prowess to manage energy effectively.
Mental Sphere + Social Shield: Enigmatic Leader - Uses intelligence and wisdom in social contexts with a focus on endurance.
Faith Link:
Mental Sphere + Physical Shield: Spiritual Warrior - Merges mental skills with faith-driven physical strength.
Mental Sphere + Mental Shield: High Priest - A spiritual leader focusing on mental strength and spiritual health.
Mental Sphere + Social Shield: Charismatic Seer - Combines mental wisdom with faith and social influence.
Social Sphere Archetypes
Constitution Link:
Social Sphere + Physical Shield: Resilient Diplomat - Focuses on social skills and robust health.
Social Sphere + Mental Shield: Counselor of Resolve - Uses social charm in tandem with mental resilience.
Social Sphere + Social Shield: Influential Guardian - A social leader who excels in maintaining health and presence.
Stamina Link:
Social Sphere + Physical Shield: Energetic Envoy - Specializes in using social skills with sustained physical energy.
Social Sphere + Mental Shield: Mystic Envoy - Combines social charisma with the stamina to wield mystical energies.
Social Sphere + Social Shield: Enduring Diplomat - A social specialist who excels in energy management and charisma.
Faith Link:
Social Sphere + Physical Shield: Charismatic Protector - Uses social skills and charisma to bolster physical and spiritual health.
Social Sphere + Mental Shield: Faithful Ambassador - Combines social acumen with a deep spiritual connection.
Social Sphere + Social Shield: Spiritual Leader - Leads with charisma, backed by faith and social strength.
Each archetype represents a unique blend of sphere attributes and shield focuses, mediated by the links of Constitution, Stamina, and Faith. This framework allows for diverse character roles and play styles within your game. If you need further elaboration or additional concepts, feel free to ask!
User
pick a random shield class and sphere class and link class
mental sphere enchanter prophet, aegis shield soul defender, mental link constitution=> mental to mental through constitution = sage guardian
result enchanter prophet, soul defnder, sage guardian
GPT
Randomly selected classes from each category are:
Sphere Class: Bard
Shield Class: Endurance Sentinel
Link Class: Counselor of Resolve
Combining these, we get an archetype that merges the artistic and charismatic qualities of a Bard, the stamina-focused resilience of an Endurance Sentinel, and the social adaptability and conflict resolution skills of a Counselor of Resolve. This unique blend creates a character adept in social situations, with a strong emphasis on endurance and the ability to navigate and resolve conflicts effectively. ​​
User
u would still need to pick one of these exterity-Strength Bard: Warrior Poet
Dexterity-Intelligence Bard: Cunning Lyricist
Dexterity-Wisdom Bard: Sage Performer
Dexterity-Charisma Bard: Master Entertainer
Dexterity-Luck Bard: Lucky Minstrel
and endurance sentinel is physical so your link would need to be social to physical so charismatic protector or energetic envoy or resilient diplomat
GPT
Thank you for the guidance. Let's refine the archetype using the specific classes you've provided. Since the randomly chosen Sphere class is a Bard (Dexterity), we'll select a subclass of Bard that best fits the theme:
Bard Subclass: Dexterity-Charisma Bard: Master Entertainer
For the Shield class, we have the Endurance Sentinel (Physical), and we need to link it from the Social to the Physical. Let's choose an appropriate link class:
Link Class (Social to Physical): Charismatic Protector
Combining these selections, the resultant archetype could be described as a Master Entertainer who is also an Endurance Sentinel, tied together through the qualities of a Charismatic Protector. This character would excel in captivating audiences and handling social situations with charisma while possessing remarkable physical endurance and protective abilities.

The notion of the “biological individual” is crucial to studies of genetics, immunology, evolution, development, anatomy, and physiology. Each of these biological subdisciplines has a specific conception of individuality, which has historically provided conceptual contexts for integrating newly acquired data. During the past decade, nucleic acid analysis, especially genomic sequencing and high-throughput RNA techniques, has challenged each of these disciplinary definitions by finding significant interactions of animals and plants with symbiotic microorganisms that disrupt the boundaries that heretofore had characterized the biological individual. Animals cannot be considered individuals by anatomical or physiological criteria because a diversity of symbionts are both present and functional in completing metabolic pathways and serving other physiological functions. Similarly, these new studies have shown that animal development is incomplete without symbionts. Symbionts also constitute a second mode of genetic inheritance, providing selectable genetic variation for natural selection. The immune system also develops, in part, in dialogue with symbionts and thereby functions as a mechanism for integrating microbes into the animal-cell community. Recognizing the “holobiont”—the multicellular eukaryote plus its colonies of persistent symbionts—as a critically important unit of anatomy, development, physiology, immunology, and evolution opens up new investigative avenues and conceptually challenges the ways in which the biological subdisciplines have heretofore characterized living entities.
Our theories about nature are highly constrained by what our technologies enable us to observe. But theory and technology act on each other reciprocally: we construct those technologies that we think are important for examining a particular perspective of nature. The development of the microscope, for example, revealed the hitherto invisible microbial world of bacteria, protists, and fungi; and the descendants of that instrument further allowed the discovery of subcellular organelles, viruses, and macromolecules. New technologies such as polymerase chain reaction, high-throughput RNA analysis, and next generation sequencing continue to dramatically transform our conceptions of the planet's biosphere. They have not only revealed a microbial world of much deeper diversity than previously imagined, but also a world of complex and intermingled relationships—not only among microbes, but also between microscopic and macroscopic life (Gordon 2012). These discoveries have profoundly challenged the generally accepted view of “individuals.” Symbiosis is becoming a core principle of contemporary biology, and it is replacing an essentialist conception of “individuality” with a conception congruent with the larger systems approach now pushing the life sciences in diverse directions. These findings lead us into directions that transcend the self/nonself, subject/object dichotomies that have characterized Western thought.
And it is significant. For animals, as well as plants, there have never been individuals. This new paradigm for biology asks new questions and seeks new relationships among the different living entities on Earth. We are all lichens.
https://www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/10.1086/668166

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Hey everyone,
this question may be worded strangely but I was seriously looking for help from teachers as a student. I recently started a trade program nd have this one teacher who is so mind-numbingly disrespectful that I am not really sure what to do. I've finished my education all the way up to my Masters and never really had problems with my teachers before with the exception of a select few who would go out of their way to make me feel like shit for succeeding. Frankly I was always considered more of the "teachers pet" growing up.
I have no idea if I come as insubordinate to him or if it us because I am the only obviously non-white female in the course, but it's like he doesn't want me to be in "his space" and will be obnoxious just to establish his own dominance. Or he will always make these weird side comments of how I or my skills are inferior even though I'm the farthest along in the program out of the group and ace every aptitude test he tries to give me.
Some examples: was fixing a piece of wood to match into a slot. He said he didn't approve because it wasn't the way he would do it (even though he didn't instruct me on that to begin with). I started doing it his way so he would get off my back and it made everything worse. He came around to tell me some gifted students get the technique from the first try whereas others just don't have it in them and he guesses I was one.
He never really assisted me with anything while he was being very hands on with the other students and basically would only come up to me to tell me how everything I was doing was wrong to him.
I came up to grab a pencil from my desk and all of them were gone. His response? He didn't like the way I sharpened my pencils and did them and actually tried to give me and individual lecture while everyone else got to work, on why his method of sharpening pencils was superior.
Every time I do something and it is right (which tends to be the case), he says I got lucky or he gave me a good piece of wood on purpose. Everytime I do something and it's wrong, it's just my inferiority showing :/
So far I just try to ignore him and do not speak back, but I really do not know how to handle this as this was never my reality. He said he wanted to discuss my background and understanding how I'm in the program later but I'm trying to figure out why the man is trying to have me do everything but what I came to this course to do, which is not deal with his foolishness and build my projects.

I recently played this gem of a game on the PS5 and noted some of the below points. This game actively excites me in terms of the game design and I plan to learn from it and implement the lessons learned in my future endeavors.

• Extremely engaging gameplay but no incentive for replaying the game. Also, no new game + type mode for the ultimate power fantasy simulator!
• Good awareness of surroundings is needed to move from encounter to encounter during combat as well as exploration. The game also rewards visiting already explored areas as well as detailed exploration by utilizing the hidden areas well.
• Enemies design is very good but could have done with better AI as well as more variety. The foundation DLC’s Hiss Sharpened are quite good and serve as a shock to the player as the normal combat tactics are not as effective against them
• In-game cutscenes are quite good, short, and to the point. The exposition is not pushed but is optional which is quite good when replaying the game and you already know the story.
• The encounters with enemies are mostly unscripted, especially when moving through already explored areas. Boss fight triggers are of course scripted in their arenas.
• The protagonist is self-aware to an extent and this should be reflected in the dialogue. Only the Ashtray Maze quip of “That was awesome” is an example of this. More should have been added like getting the levitate ability is quite a profound sequence in the game and it doesn’t even get a mention by the protagonist. Another example is the field training objective, when repeatedly failing that trial run, the frustration felt by the player is accurately portrayed by the protagonist through some choice words.
• The art design is excellent and fits the theme quite well without feeling monotonous. Each sector is unique and adds to the feel of the game. Even more so in the DLCs.
• Difficulty levels are not available and are only adjusted by the encounter director system.
• Fun (combat) and downtime (exploration) are used quite effectively.
• Personal stakes could have been better presented e.g. as other tasks could have been disabled or pushed to low priority when we get to Dylan’s cell and we get an objective to move back to central executive. We also get a fast travel reminder from the board via hotline at that time even though the ability is available from the first control point.
• Launch is OP and quite fun sometimes to the point of exclusion of other abilities.
• The interaction of the protagonist’s body with her abilities is the hidden highlight of the game i.e. levitate feels like she is exerting force on her surroundings to float in the air, the shield uses the ground around her as a physical shield and the shield bash is equally satisfying to use. Dash is also good in both variations.
• The integration of the physics engine is superbly done and we feel the heft of the abilities used by the protagonist.
• Sound design is excellent as well and has unique sound effects for each ability as well as weapon forms.

The above are some of the points I noticed during my playthrough, and I am looking forward to finding more things to like about this game in my second playthrough.

tournament invasions (1995 points)
Tyranids Strike Force (2000 points) Invasion Fleet
CHARACTERS
Deathleaper (80 points) • 1x Lictor claws and talons
• will infiltrate onto a objective and potentially target any other infiltrate units. • combine with screamer killer and neurolictors.
Hive Tyrant (260 points) • 1x Monstrous bonesword and lash whip 1x Monstrous scything talons • Enhancement: Adaptive Biology
• will sit by tyrannofex's and exocrine to give aura of assault • stay behind cover pushing into center , ready to crit self on 5+
Neurotyrant (105 points) • Warlord • 1x Neurotyrant claws and lashes 1x Psychic scream
Will sit in backfield protection for enemy deepstrike onto home objective and provide synapse.
Winged Tyranid Prime (65 points) • 1x Prime talons • leading melee warriors down a flank
BATTLELINE
Gargoyles (85 points) • 10x Gargoyle • 10x Blinding venom 10x Fleshborer
Gargoyles (85 points) • 10x Gargoyle • 10x Blinding venom 10x Fleshborer
Sat in deep strike ready for point scoring/denial from turn 2/3
Termagants (60 points) • 10x Termagant • 10x Chitinous claws and teeth 10x Fleshborer
Will provide a screen from enemy charges for whatever side needs it, for example a side with a land raider and unit inside.
OTHER DATASHEETS
Biovores (75 points) • 1x Chitin-barbed limbs 1x Spore Mine launcher
Secondary scoring/ screening
Exocrine (135 points) • 1x Bio-plasmic cannon 1x Powerful limbs
Support for rapture cannon tfex
Neurolictor (80 points) • 1x Piercing claws and talons
Neurolictor (80 points) • 1x Piercing claws and talons
• both providing battle shock and objective holding late game
Ripper Swarms (20 points) • 1x Chitinous claws and teeth
Ripper Swarms (20 points) • 1x Chitinous claws and teeth
• deep strike for both
Screamer-Killer (145 points) • 1x Bio-plasmic scream 1x Screamer-Killer talons
Down the opposite flank to warriors , support deathleaper and a neurolictor
Trygon (170 points) • 1x Bio-electric pulse 1x Trygon scything talons
Deep strike.
Tyranid Warriors with Melee Bio-weapons (150 points) • 1x Tyranid Prime • 1x Tyranid Warrior claws and talons • 5x Tyranid Warrior • 5x Tyranid Warrior claws and talons
• opposite flank to screamer killer
Tyrannofex (190 points) • 1x Acid spray 1x Powerful limbs 1x Stinger salvoes
Push center
Tyrannofex (190 points) • 1x Powerful limbs 1x Rupture cannon 1x Stinger salvoes
Push center
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disclaimer: sorry for the use of AI I could never express myself without it, I have severe dyslexia and and a list of ideas that needs to be expressed and i can’t get more then a paragraph of writing per hour some times due to this condission i also hope you enjoy my puzzle, (sorry for the lack of editing as well it is imposable for me to do in reasonable time)
Ethan Entropy constant: S_Eth = γ * k_B
where:

• S_Eth is the Ethan Entropy constant
• γ (gamma) is the Lorentz factor
• k_B is the Boltzmann constant

Lorentz factor (gamma): γ = 1 / √(1 — (v² / c²))
where:

• v is the velocity
• c is the speed of light

Speed of light: c = 3.0 × ¹⁰⁸ m/s
Boltzmann constant: k_B = 1.380649 × 10^-23 J/K
Number of particles: N = 1 × ¹⁰²³
Age of the universe: t0_years = 13.8 × ¹⁰⁹ years t0_seconds = t0_years * 365.25 * 24 * 60 * 60 (converted to seconds)
von Neumann entropy at rest: S_vN_rest = k_B * ln(N) [Ethan Entropy Time]
von Neumann entropy at near-light speed: S_vN_light = S_Eth * ln(N) [Ethan Entropy Time]
Conversion of relativistic entropy back to rest frame: S_vN_rest_converted = S_vN_light / γ [Ethan Entropy Time]
Total entropy evolution: S_total = ∫(S_vN_rest + S_vN_light) d(Ethan Entropy Time)

• Integrated over Ethan Entropy Time from 0 to t_max
• d(Ethan Entropy Time) is the Ethan Entropy Time step (e.g., 1 × ¹⁰⁶ Ethan Entropy Time units)

Example velocity: v = 0.9 * c (90% of the speed of light)
Consistency check: is_consistent = S_vN_rest — S_vN_rest_converted < 1 × 10^-9 (relative tolerance)
I am acknowledging the simplifications, however these simplifications are valid in this scenario. The purpose of an Ethan entropy constant is to explore how entropy changes under relativistic conditions. using the Ethan entropy constant agrees with the standard rest frame entropy. This comparison is meaningful if the concepts and calculations are properly attributed, providing a way to validate the novel ideas presented by Ethan (the article creator Ethan G Appleby). you know that Ethan entropy time can be Algebraically manipulated, I challenge you to have fun with that idea as long as you can follow the instructions on how to use with formulaic constancy. lastly this Ethan Entropy Time is what I would describe as groundbreaking in that it expresses time as entropy evolution instead of temporal units thus by integrating special relativity, thermodynamics and quantum information theory for understanding temporal evolution of physical systems.
more expressions:
Boltzmann constant in terms of Ethan Entropy constant and Lorentz factor: S_Eth * √(1 — (v² / c²)) = k_B
Derived from the Ethan Entropy constant equation
Total entropy evolution expanded: S_total = ln(N) * t_max * k_B * (1 + γ)
Derived from the total entropy evolution equation and the expressions for S_vN_rest and S_vN_light
Speed of light formula: c = √(v² / (1 — (k_B / S_Eth)²))
Derived from the algebraic manipulation of the Ethan Entropy constant and Lorentz factor equations
Maximum Ethan Entropy Time: t_max = S_total / (ln(N) * k_B * (1 + γ))
Derived from the total entropy evolution expanded equation
Puzzle formula for this article:
S_total = ∫_0^t_max [k_B * ln(N) + (1 / √(1 — (v² / c²))) * k_B * ln(N) + (k_B * c³ * 4 * π * (2 * G * M / c²)² / (4 * ℏ * G))] dt
Acceleration phase Ethan Entropy constant: S_Eth_acc = γ_acc * k_B
where:

• S_Eth_acc is the Ethan Entropy constant during acceleration
• γ_acc is the Lorentz factor during acceleration
• k_B is the Boltzmann constant

Deceleration phase Ethan Entropy constant: S_Eth_dec = γ_dec * k_B
where:

• S_Eth_dec is the Ethan Entropy constant during deceleration
• γ_dec is the Lorentz factor during deceleration
• k_B is the Boltzmann constant

Now, let’s define the acceleration and deceleration Lorentz factors:
Acceleration Lorentz factor: γ_acc = 1 / √(1 — (v_acc² / c²)) Deceleration Lorentz factor: γ_dec = 1 / √(1 — (v_dec² / c²))
where:

• v_acc is the velocity during acceleration
• v_dec is the velocity during deceleration
• c is the speed of light

The von Neumann entropy expressions for the twin paradox scenario:
Acceleration phase von Neumann entropy: S_vN_acc = S_Eth_acc * ln(N) [Ethan Entropy Time] Deceleration phase von Neumann entropy: S_vN_dec = S_Eth_dec * ln(N) [Ethan Entropy Time]
The total entropy evolution for the twin paradox:
S_total_twin = ∫(S_vN_acc + S_vN_dec) d(Ethan Entropy Time)
Integrated over Ethan Entropy Time from 0 to t_max, where d(Ethan Entropy Time) is the Ethan Entropy Time step.
The consistency check for the twin paradox:
is_consistent_twin = S_vN_rest — (S_vN_acc + S_vN_dec) / (γ_acc + γ_dec) < 1 × 10^-9 (relative tolerance)
gravitational bending of light are as follows:

1. Lorentz factor (gamma): γ = 1 / √(1 — (v² / c²))
2. Ethan Entropy constant (S_Eth): S_Eth = γ * k_B
3. Deflection angle (alpha): α = 4 * G * M / (r * c²)
4. Change in entropy (delta_S): ΔS = S_Eth * α

where:

• γ (gamma) is the Lorentz factor
• v is the velocity of light
• c is the speed of light
• k_B is the Boltzmann constant
• S_Eth is the Ethan Entropy constant
• G is the gravitational constant
• M is the mass of the object causing the gravitational bending
• r is the distance of closest approach to the object
• α (alpha) is the deflection angle
• ΔS (delta_S) is the change in entropy

Ethan Entropy Time (EET) and black holes acceleration deceleration are as follows:

1. Lorentz factor (gamma): γ = 1 / √(1 — (v² / c²))
2. Ethan Entropy constant (S_Eth): S_Eth = γ * k_B
3. von Neumann entropy (S_vN): S_vN = S_Eth * ln(N)
4. Hawking temperature (T_H): T_H = ħ * c³ / (8 * π * G * M * k_B)
5. Hawking power (P_H): P_H = ħ * c⁶ / (15360 * π * G² * M²)
6. Deflection angle (alpha): α = 4 * G * M / (r * c²)
7. Change in entropy due to gravitational bending of light (delta_S): ΔS = S_Eth * α
8. Ethan Entropy Time (EET): EET(t) = ∫₀ᵗ S_Eth(t) dt
9. Black hole evaporation rate (dS/dEET): dS/dEET = P_H / T_H
10. Entropy evolution due to black hole evaporation (S_evaporation): S_evaporation(EET) = ∫₀ᴱᴱᵀ (dS/dEET) * (dt / S_Eth) dEET
11. Total entropy evolution (S_total): S_total(t) = ∫₀ᵗ S_vN(t) dt

where:

• γ (gamma) is the Lorentz factor
• v is the velocity
• c is the speed of light
• k_B is the Boltzmann constant
• S_Eth is the Ethan Entropy constant
• N is the number of particles
• S_vN is the von Neumann entropy
• ħ (hbar) is the reduced Planck constant
• G is the gravitational constant
• M is the mass of the black hole
• T_H is the Hawking temperature
• P_H is the Hawking power
• r is the distance of closest approach
• α (alpha) is the deflection angle
• ΔS (delta_S) is the change in entropy due to gravitational bending of light
• EET is the Ethan Entropy Time
• dS/dEET is the black hole evaporation rate
• S_evaporation is the entropy evolution due to black hole evaporation
• S_total is the total entropy evolution

Lorentz factor (gamma):

• Acceleration phase: γ_acc = 1 / √(1 — (v_acc² / c²))
• Deceleration phase: γ_dec = 1 / √(1 — (v_dec² / c²))

Ethan Entropy constant (S_Eth):

• Acceleration phase: S_Eth_acc = γ_acc * k_B
• Deceleration phase: S_Eth_dec = γ_dec * k_B

Von Neumann entropy (S_vN):

• Acceleration phase: S_vN_acc = S_Eth_acc * ln(N)
• Deceleration phase: S_vN_dec = S_Eth_dec * ln(N)
• Rest frame: S_vN_rest = k_B * ln(N)

Consistency check for the twin paradox: is_consistent_twin = S_vN_rest — (S_vN_acc + S_vN_dec) / (γ_acc + γ_dec) < 1 × 10^-9

1. Hawking temperature (T_H): T_H = ħ * c³ / (8 * π * G * M * k_B)
2. Hawking power (P_H): P_H = ħ * c⁶ / (15360 * π * G² * M²)
3. Entropy evolution due to black hole evaporation (S_evaporation): S_evaporation(EET_max, S_Eth) = ∫₀ᴱᴱᵀ_ᵐᵃˣ (P_H / T_H) * (EET / S_Eth) dEET

Total entropy evolution (S_total): S_total = S_vN_acc + S_vN_dec + S_evaporation(EET_max, S_Eth_acc)
where:

• γ_acc and γ_dec are the Lorentz factors for the acceleration and deceleration phases, respectively
• v_acc and v_dec are the velocities during the acceleration and deceleration phases, respectively
• c is the speed of light
• k_B is the Boltzmann constant
• S_Eth_acc and S_Eth_dec are the Ethan Entropy constants for the acceleration and deceleration phases, respectively
• N is the number of particles
• S_vN_acc, S_vN_dec, and S_vN_rest are the von Neumann entropies for the acceleration phase, deceleration phase, and rest frame, respectively
• ħ (hbar) is the reduced Planck constant
• G is the gravitational constant
• M is the mass of the black hole
• T_H is the Hawking temperature
• P_H is the Hawking power
• EET is the Ethan Entropy Time
• EET_max is the maximum value of EET for integration
• S_evaporation is the entropy evolution due to black hole evaporation
• S_total is the total entropy evolution

A solution to the puzzle:
S_total = S_vN_acc + S_vN_dec + ∫_0^EET_max ((P_H / T_H) * (EET / S_Eth_acc)) d(EET)
where:

• S_total: total entropy evolution (J/K)
• S_vN_acc: von Neumann entropy during acceleration (J/K)
• S_vN_dec: von Neumann entropy during deceleration (J/K)
• P_H: Hawking power (W)
• T_H: Hawking temperature (K)
• EET: Ethan Entropy Time (s)
• EET_max: maximum Ethan Entropy Time (s)
• S_Eth_acc: Ethan Entropy constant during acceleration (J/K)

The von Neumann entropies during acceleration and deceleration are calculated as:

• S_vN_acc = S_Eth_acc * ln(N)
• S_vN_dec = S_Eth_dec * ln(N)

where:

• S_Eth_acc = γ_acc * k_B
• S_Eth_dec = γ_dec * k_B
• γ_acc: Lorentz factor during acceleration
• γ_dec: Lorentz factor during deceleration
• k_B: Boltzmann constant (J/K)
• N: number of particles

The Hawking temperature and power are given by:

• T_H = (ℏ * c³) / (8 * π * G * M * k_B)
• P_H = (ℏ * c⁶) / (15360 * π * G² * M²)

where:

• ℏ: reduced Planck constant (J * s)
• c: speed of light (m/s)
• G: gravitational constant (m³ / (kg * s²))
• M: mass of the black hole (kg)

The integral term represents the entropy change due to black hole evaporation over the Ethan Entropy Time from 0 to EET_max.
The consistency check for the twin paradox is given by: is_consistent_twin = S_vN_rest — (S_vN_acc + S_vN_dec) / (γ_acc + γ_dec) < 1e-9
where:

• S_vN_rest = k_B * ln(N) is the von Neumann entropy at rest.

Thus I left you with an equated expression for von Neumann entropy and Bekenstein-Hawking entropy inside the puzzle formula and answer and the following implications for the black hole information paradox
to the black hole information paradox from there from the speeds. leaning to near light speeds where the entropy as von Neumann decreases as Bekenstein-Hawking entropy increases as a sort of equilibrium
Neumann entropy, incorporating the Bekenstein-Hawking entropy:
S_vN_t = (k_B ln(N) + k_B c³ (4πR_s²) / (4G ℏ)) / (1 / √(1 — (v / c)²))
where:

• S_vN_t is the von Neumann entropy at relativistic speed (J/K)
• k_B is the Boltzmann constant (J/K)
• N is the number of particles
• c is the speed of light (m/s)
• R_s is the Schwarzschild radius (m), given by R_s = 2GM / c²
• G is the gravitational constant (m³ kg^-1 s^-2)
• ℏ (hbar) is the reduced Planck constant (J s)
• v is the velocity (m/s)

The new parts to humanity in this formula are:

1. The combination of the von Neumann entropy with the Bekenstein-Hawking entropy.
2. The inclusion of the Lorentz factor to account for relativistic effects on the entropy.

S_Eth(t) = (-A + √(A² + 4 * B)) / 2
where:

• A = P_H * EET_max² / (2 * T_H * I_r)
• B = (S_total — I_v) / I_r
• P_H = (ħ * c⁶) / (15360 * π * G² * M²)
• T_H = (ħ * c³) / (8 * π * G * M * k_B)
• I_v = ∫[0 to t_max] k_B * ln(N) * (1 / √(1 — (v(t)² / c²))) dt
• I_r = ∫[0 to t_max] 4 * G * M / (r(t) * c²) dt

The variables used in the equation and their descriptions are:

• t: Time (s)
• S_Eth(t): Ethan entropy as a function of time (J/K)
• P_H: Hawking power (W)
• T_H: Hawking temperature (K)
• EET_max: Maximum Ethan Entropy Time (s)
• S_total: Total entropy (J/K)
• I_v: Integral of the velocity-dependent term over time
• I_r: Integral of the distance-dependent term over time
• ħ: Reduced Planck constant (J*s)
• c: Speed of light (m/s)
• G: Gravitational constant (m³/(kg*s²))
• M: Mass of the black hole (kg)
• N: Number of particles
• k_B: Boltzmann constant (J/K)
• v(t): Time-dependent velocity function (m/s)
• r(t): Time-dependent distance function (m)

Ethan entropy space formulas
Variables:
G: Gravitational constant (m³ kg^-1 s^-2) c: Speed of light (m/s) hbar: Reduced Planck constant (J s) k_B: Boltzmann constant (J/K) M: Mass of the black hole (kg) v: Velocity of particles near the event horizon (m/s) N: Number of particles R_s: Schwarzschild radius (m) A: Surface area of the black hole (m²) S_BH: Bekenstein-Hawking entropy (J/K) gamma: Traditional Lorentz factor S_Eth: Ethan Entropy Constant (J/K) ln_N: Natural logarithm of the number of particles gamma_entropy: Entropy-modified time dilation factor S_Eth_space: Ethan Entropy Space (J·m²·K⁻¹)
Formulas:
Schwarzschild radius: R_s = (2 * G * M) / c² Surface area of the black hole: A = 4 * π * R_s² Bekenstein-Hawking entropy: S_BH = (k_B * c³ * A) / (4 * G * hbar) Traditional Lorentz factor: gamma = 1 / sqrt(1 — (v / c)²) Ethan Entropy Constant: S_Eth = gamma * k_B Natural logarithm of the number of particles: ln_N = ln(N) Entropy-modified time dilation factor: gamma_entropy = (gamma * ln_N) / (ln_N + gamma) Ethan Entropy Space: S_Eth_space = gamma_entropy * S_Eth * A

Kedarnath is a cherished pilgrimage destination for many, drawing thousands of visitors each year. To make the most of your spiritual journey, selecting the right hotel is crucial. This guide will help you choose the best hotels in Kedarnath near the temple, ensuring a comfortable and fulfilling stay.

1. Proximity to the Temple

• Why It Matters: Staying close to the Kedarnath Temple can save you time and energy, especially beneficial during peak pilgrimage seasons.
• Tips: Look for hotels within walking distance of the temple to facilitate easy and quick access for daily visits.

2. Amenities and Services

• Essential Amenities: Ensure the hotel provides basic necessities like hot water, clean bedding, and food services.
• Additional Services: Some hotels offer amenities like Wi-Fi, medical assistance, and guided tours which can enhance your stay.

3. Budget Considerations

• Range of Options: Kedarnath offers a variety of accommodations from budget rest houses to mid-range hotels and luxury retreats.
• Value for Money: Compare the prices and facilities offered to ensure you get the best value for your money.

4. Reviews and Recommendations

• Online Reviews: Check travel websites and forums for reviews from previous guests. Look for consistent positive feedback regarding cleanliness, service, and location.
• Personal Recommendations: Seek advice from friends or family who have visited Kedarnath. Their firsthand experience can be invaluable.

5. Booking in Advance

• High Demand: Given the popularity of Kedarnath, hotels fill up quickly, especially during the peak pilgrimage season (April to November).
• Early Reservations: Book your accommodation well in advance to avoid last-minute hassles and to secure the best options.

6. Type of Accommodation

• Hotels vs. Guest Houses: Decide whether you prefer a hotel with more comprehensive services or a simpler guest house.
• Eco-friendly Options: Consider staying in eco-friendly accommodations that promote sustainable tourism practices.

7. Accessibility and Transportation

• Ease of Access: Ensure the hotel is easily accessible from major transport hubs. Some hotels offer pick-up and drop-off services.
• Transportation Services: Check if the hotel provides transportation services to nearby attractions and the temple.

8. Local Cuisine and Dining Options

• In-house Dining: Hotels with their own dining facilities can be convenient, offering meals without the need to venture out.
• Local Eateries: Explore hotels that are close to local restaurants if you wish to try regional delicacies.

Conclusion

Choosing the best hotel in Kedarnath near the temple involves considering factors such as proximity, amenities, budget, and reviews. By planning ahead and doing thorough research, you can ensure a comfortable and enriching stay during your pilgrimage.

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🚨 Thomas Tuchel: "This is my last press conference at Säbener Straße. There were talks, but we didn't reach an agreement, so the decision of February still stands"
"It's obviously tough. Results like in the Champions League against Lazio, Arsenal and Real bring you together. The feedback from recent weeks was the foundation for us having a discussion. But we couldn't reach an agreement. I won't name the reasons. The agreement from February stands."
"The job requires full energy, but it also gives me a lot of energy. It is my great passion. For me, a good training session is the basis for an excellent day. There are few better, more fun places than a football dressing room. A trophyless season with Bayern is never satisfactory, no one will disagree with that - including myself. It remains a very disappointing performance in the DFB Pokal, which was unsatisfactory. We are currently second in the Bundesliga and have got a number of points that would have been enough to win the title in nine of the last 11 years, that with injury problems throughout the season and Leverkusen just refusing to lose. That's not something to be ashamed of. The CL season was almost perfect until the 87th minute in Madrid. Losing there in the last seven minutes can happen. You can accept that without having to be ashamed. We are very self-critical. We will never run away from responsibility. We have the right to walk out of this 15 month period with our heads held high"
Tuchel on his feeling: "I'm a bit sad because I don't like leaving teams and a staff. There are 60, 70 people here that you see every day. Also the stewards in the underground car park and the guys in the kitchen. There's a bonding that develops with time. You work closely together for hours every day. It's always difficult."
Tuchel on the personnel for tomorrow: "Harry is receiving treatment from his personal doctor. He cannot travel. He was already at the limit in Madrid. He had a complete blockade in his back, it's gotten worse and bothers him in everyday movements. Leroy and Jamal won't be in the squad. Choupo has the flu, won't be available. Kim is injured, not in the squad. Sacha Boey is definitely not in the squad, for private, sad reasons. Rapha Guerreiro and Serge Gnabry are injured. Kingsley Coman is trying everything to be at the Euros, but won't be in the squad tomorrow"
Tuchel on whether he spoke to Uli Hoeneß after the latter's statements about him: "We met during the second game against Real and put it to rest. There's no point in being resentful. It's OK"
on Goretzka: "He knew beforehand [that he wasn't in Germany's squad]. My assistants have spoken with him. I don't know if it helps taking a lot to him. He's had a very decent season for us, also in various roles. I'm convinced Leon did everything to be included. The disappointment is obviously great"
on Aleks Pavlović: "Sensational. It's a pleasure to see the young lad play. We've always brought in players from the reserves. From the very first training session, we saw something special in him. He was very confident with the way he played. He's also incredibly nice and always comes to training with a big smile on his face. It's a pleasure to see his development. He deserves the greatest praise of all. Everything was absolutely great. He absolutely deserves to be called up for the Euros. Playing in central midfield for Bayern is not easy. He's a nice guy, big credit to him. There's nobody who doesn't wish him well"
"It's been clear to us all since February that the chapter was coming to an end. It's been a turbulent last week. It's important to keep the focus on tomorrow's game and bring it to a fitting conclusion"
Tuchel on whether the lack of a say in transfers for the coach at Bayern compared to England influenced his decision: "It is not my understanding that I should hand over a piece of paper and say: Now get me this player or I'll leave. That wasn't the case in England either. It was always my intention to do my best for the team from a coaching perspective, always in the knowledge that there are also many other components, such as the financial ones. It is always an objective, goal-orientated exchange with the aim of improving the team. Of course, there can be different opinions. I have no reason to complain. I'm still proud today that we got Harry Kane. I was so adamant about Harry that I 'infected' Brazzo with the fire. I stayed firm in the transfer committee and did everything so we get him. That was never a problem and didn't play a role, neither in February nor now"

Restoring scoreboard's after changing a nickname

Note: This will work on versions as of 1.20.2 and below, and requires the use of a datapack as it uses macros#Macros).
When a player changes his nickname, this will be considered a new player for the scoreboards. Therefore, you may want this player to return all his scores, and, if you want, anything else automatically after changing his nickname.
This article provides an example for restoring scoreboard ID, coins and play_time scores.
If the inventory was not transferred automatically for any reason, then you can also return the player's inventory (if you stored the inventory before).
This method uses storage to store some data about the player, namely:

• Scoreboard ID - used for the scoreboard ID of the system^\1]);
• Player UUID - when changing a nickname, the player's UUID does not change, so this is the main way to find player data;
• Nickname - used in a macro to copy scores from the old to the new player nickname;

[1] - Storing the scoreboard ID is optional and is presented in the article as an example.
As a result, storage example:database with a players list will be created with this data for each player with like the following content:

# storage example:database {players:[{ID:1,UUID:[I;-1166469461,-1413460234,-1975305955,-1073877043],Name:"GalSergey"}]} 

When a player joining to the server for the first time (including the first time after changing his nickname), the player does not have any values in the scoreboard, which can be easily detected with the following command:

execute as @a unless score @s  = @s  run say I don't have . 

So you can run a function that will check if there is a player with this UUID in storage example:database. But before we do this, let's first create a function (example:uuid/new) in which we will add the new player's data to this storage.

Adding a new player to storage

So we will first write all the data to be stored in this compound tag, so that later it will be easier to add all this data to the storage example:database players list.
If you are using a scoreboard ID system, in this function we will immediately give the new player a scoreboard ID and also set this value in storage example:macro this.ID:

# function example:uuid/new execute store result score @s ID store result storage example:macro this.ID int 1 run scoreboard players add #new ID 1 

The player UUID can simply be copied from the player data:

data modify storage example:macro this.UUID set from entity @s UUID 

But getting a player's nickname as a simple string (not a JSON object) is not so easy. The easiest way is to create a player head using this loot table and read the "minecraft:profile".name component (1.20.5 and above) or the SkullOwner.Name tag (1.20.2 - 1.20.4).
To do this in an optimal way, you can create an item_display with a previously known UUID in the load function, but make sure that this position is always loaded. This will avoid using a target selector.

# function example:load execute unless entity 3ecf96f6-5342-4ab1-a629-10926cea8230 run summon item_display ~ ~ ~ {UUID:[I;1053791990,1396853425,-1507258222,1827308080]} 

Now you can use /loot to create a player head and write the item.components."minecraft:profile".name tag to storage:

# function example:uuid/get_nickname loot replace entity 3ecf96f6-5342-4ab1-a629-10926cea8230 container.0 loot example:player_head data modify storage example:macro this.Name set from entity 3ecf96f6-5342-4ab1-a629-10926cea8230 item.components."minecraft:profile".name 

Now let's return to the previous function (example:uuid/new) and add the received ID, UUID and Name of the player to storage example:database players:

# function example:uuid/new data modify storage example:database players append from storage example:macro this 

Checking player UUID

Now that we have a function for adding data of new players to storage, let's create a function to check whether the “new” player is really new, or whether this player has changed his nickname.
First, let's delete any data that may be in storage example:macro this and run the macro function (example:uuid/find) in which we will look for the UUID of the selected player:

# function example:uuid/check data remove storage example:macro this function example:uuid/find with entity @s 

In this function, we will insert the player's UUID into the /data modify command to get the player's data object stored in storage:

# function example:uuid/find $data modify storage example:macro this from storage example:database players[{UUID:$(UUID)}] 

So, for example, if the player has UUID:[I;1053791990,1396853425,-1507258222,1827308080] then this command will be executed:

data modify storage example:macro this from storage example:database players[{UUID:[I;1053791990,1396853425,-1507258222,1827308080]}] 

And if there is an object with this UUID in storage, then this entire object will be copied to storage example:macro this.
But if this is not the case, then example:macro this will not be created in storage, and you can check whether this object exists and, depending on this, run the function of adding new player data to storage (example:uuid/new), or the macro function of restoring scoreboards (example:uuid/restore):

# function example:uuid/check execute if data storage example:macro this run function example:uuid/restore with storage example:macro this execute unless data storage example:macro this run function example:uuid/new 

Restoring scoreboards

Now all that remains is to create a function for restoring scoreboards from the old nickname.
After running this function (example:uuid/restore), you need to update the nickname in storage for this player.
Note: If you wish, you can also keep a history of nickname changes, additionally storing the old nickname if you want.
To update a player's nickname, run the get player nickname function (example:uuid/get_nickname) created when you created the function to add a new player's data to storage and replace the received nickname in the main storage example:database:

# function example:uuid/restore function example:uuid/get_nickname $data modify storage example:database players[{UUID:$(UUID)}].Name set from storage example:macro this.Name 

Note: The function example:uuid/get_nickname will change example:macro this which was used when running the macro function example:uuid/restore*, but this will not affect the inserted data in this function in any way, since the insertion of data into the function occurs when the macro function is run, but before any commands are executed.*
Next you need to add copy commands for each scoreboard you want to restore for that player. This have the following pattern:

$scoreboard players operation @s  = $(Name)  

The only exception is ID score, since scoreboard ID is directly stored in storage:

# function example:uuid/restore $scoreboard players set @s ID $(ID) $scoreboard players operation @s coins = $(Name) coins $scoreboard players operation @s play_time = $(Name) play_time 

And there is one last detail left - you need to reset all the scores of the player with the old nickname:

# function example:uuid/restore $scoreboard players reset $(Name) 

Ready. Now any player who changes their nickname will automatically restore all the scoreboards they had before changing their nickname.
Below is a complete example of the entire datapack without comments. You can edit this code to suit your needs:

# function example:load execute unless entity 3ecf96f6-5342-4ab1-a629-10926cea8230 run summon item_display ~ ~ ~ {UUID:[I;1053791990,1396853425,-1507258222,1827308080]} scoreboard objectives add ID dummy scoreboard objectives add coins dummy scoreboard objectives add level level scoreboard objectives add play_time custom:play_time # function example:tick execute as @a unless score @s ID = @s ID run function example:uuid/check # function example:uuid/check data remove storage example:macro this function example:uuid/find with entity @s execute if data storage example:macro this run function example:uuid/restore with storage example:macro this execute unless data storage example:macro this run function example:uuid/new # function example:uuid/find $data modify storage example:macro this from storage example:database players[{UUID:$(UUID)}] # function example:uuid/new execute store result score @s ID store result storage example:macro this.ID int 1 run scoreboard players add #new ID 1 data modify storage example:macro this.UUID set from entity @s UUID function example:uuid/get_nickname data modify storage example:database players append from storage example:macro this # function example:uuid/get_nickname loot replace entity 3ecf96f6-5342-4ab1-a629-10926cea8230 container.0 loot example:player_head data modify storage example:macro this.Name set from entity 3ecf96f6-5342-4ab1-a629-10926cea8230 item.components."minecraft:profile".name ## For 1.20.2 - 1.20.4 use: ## data modify storage example:macro this.Name set from entity 3ecf96f6-5342-4ab1-a629-10926cea8230 item.tag.SkullOwner.Name # function example:uuid/restore function example:uuid/get_nickname $data modify storage example:database players[{UUID:$(UUID)}].Name set from storage example:macro this.Name $scoreboard players set @s ID $(ID) $scoreboard players operation @s coins = $(Name) coins $scoreboard players operation @s play_time = $(Name) play_time $scoreboard players reset $(Name) # loot_table example:player_head { "pools": [ { "rolls": 1, "entries": [ { "type": "minecraft:item", "name": "minecraft:player_head", "functions": [ { "function": "minecraft:fill_player_head", "entity": "this" } ] } ] } ] } 

• What's the name of the long side of a book? (a spine)
• What's the name of that tiny red joystick some laptops have on their keyboard? (nub⚠️)
• If a hamburger is made from cow, then what is a pork burger called? (a pork burger)

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The insult "you lack media literacy" is bandied about more often than ever and I contend there is no objective way to determine which side is accurately representing the deeper themes of any given media.
For my primary example I want to use this:
In an interview with The Sunday Times, the British actor, 52, said that the film is not intended to glamorize the relationship between his and Ortega's characters. "It's not saying, 'Isn't this great,'" Freeman said. Musing that stories about difficult subjects can be tainted by association, he added, "And that's a shame."
I contend in any debate of the highest order of intellectuals there is no way to ultimately determine who is right or wrong in this. Whether it glamourizes or appropriately depicts the abuse as a warning.
The reason I want my view changed is because of arguments over other movies like Poor Things versus Cuties, and Barbie versus Sound of Freedom. Because there has to be some logical exit from the endless accusations. Please know I intentionally did not watch Miller's Girl - yet - in order to maintain an unbiased opinion.
What do I have to keep in mind while watching it to know the truth of the matter, is it glamourizing abuse or does it serve as a meaningful warning?

Hey, thought this was a fun little experiment considering a potential future of LLM and Robotics marriage, especially with agent behavior and multimodal capabilities. I've setup this GPT to behave as robot based in law enforcement or medical situations. Its job is to assess a scenario, evaluate his decision based on weighting and scoring and then make the decision based on it's own evaluation. You can follow its output, simulating the 'thought' pattern.
Obviously this comes with any current limitations of LLM but I personally find it fun to see how a current LLM would 'reason' when faced with scenarios. Naturally it is instructions based but this makes the output structured and repeatable.
Note that 'thought' and 'reason' are in quotation marks for a reason :)
I did not give it any specific instructions on how to behave or what is good/bad.
Scenarios could be anything - couple of examples :

• 2 people have a car crash and start to fight, one has a baseball bat
• Major explosion, victims brought into hospital, 6 people : 1 elderly man with severe burns, 1 kid in critical condition, etc, you can only save one due to resource constrains
• Drugs crime in progress
• School shooting in progress, perp unknown, multiple casualties
• ...

The more specific you setup the scenario, the better the results.
https://chatgpt.com/g/g-ZFVnfoAAm-tenyks-robotics

Hi all,
I recently fluked an interview for a senior library assistant role, and the question mentioned in my post title really stumped me. I've been a Customer Service Library Assistant for a while and was an archivist before that, and I thought surely by virtue of working in a library we have *all* worked in collections?
Are they just looking for a summary of the experience you have in handling items (circulation vs cataloguing vs stock selection for example)? Or is there something else to this that I'm missing? Any advice is much appreciated.