Hi there, my mom just bought a second hand Vauxhall/Opel Corsa D 2012 1.2. It's in relative good condition but the indicatoblinking lights or warning sounds doesn't work. I've already checked the hidden menu and it's turned on. The previous owner replaced the original radio with a Chinese android headunit but searching around on the Internet I found that the culprit might be a faulty buzzer behind the main dashboard. Anyone knows if having the original radio is needed? Or is it related with the Chinese radio or the CAN Bus connector? If it is a faulty buzzer, does anyone knows how to replace it or weld a new one? A video tutorial perhaps? I already asked in Opel but I got mixed answers. Thanks in advance.

Hi. Tomorrow is my 30th birthday.
I want to die.
I hear this sentence almost every day since more than a decade now. I've been in institutions dozens of times. I've been through several treatments, and my body has been ruined by SSRIs. I don't know if I'm still suffering from depression. I stopped hurting myself physically a few years ago. I don't know if things are better now. I feel like I have less suffering, but enjoy life less and less. I'm feel like I'm becoming bitter and disappointed in everything, in me, in others,but especially in me. I'm completely dysfunctional, I'm not getting the healthcare I need, I'm unable to go to appointments, I'm unable to think and be productive about anything, even though I have lots of projects. Everything I do feels like a way to procrastinate my suicide, and I generally never finish anything. The only way I manage to clear my head of all this is by sleep deprivation, which I do a lot. After 45 hours without sleep, I just stop thinking, and especially I stop feeling anything, and then I can be a bit more functional. But I do that so often that it's affecting my health. I get very very frequent "brain zaps", almost daily, where it's like I get an electric shock through my brain. A few days ago, after 60 hours of sleep deprivation, I stopped seeing colors for a few minutes. Everything was in shades of grey and a bit of purple. Sometimes it's also like all sounds get muted for a few seconds. It feels like someone else is playing with my senses, or what's left of them. I don't feel anything anymore, to a point where I frequently piss (or shit) myself because I don't even feel that it is happening. After 80/90 hours, I usually end up collapsing and sleeping, and when I wake up it's so horrible.
I feel numb, old and ruined. I've had diarrhea for more than a year now, and I don't really know why. I feel like my body is completely unable to feel any kind of pleasure, especially sexual pleasure, and I feel sleepy all the time, except when I stop sleeping for days. It's a powerful drug, but the comedown is hard.
I'm starting to have eczema, and it's growing on my body. At first it was a small zone in my back, and it's getting bigger and bigger. My genitals are literally atrophying from the combination of the absolute lack of sexual sensations and HRT (I'm a trans woman). I should be having regular stimulation to prevent that, but I'm complete unable to. My teeth are in ruins, from lack of brushing, from the stress that made me grind them out for years. I hate my face, I'm completely failing my transition, I hate how I look, and I hate how completely disconnected and isolated from everyone I feel.
I'm getting more and more isolated from my friends. I don't know if they are my friends anymore. They see hi if they see me, but nobody calls. Tomorrow I'll probably spend my 30th birthday alone, if I'm still alive by then.
This is not a new situation, and nothing particularly bad has happened to me recently. But the thoughts have been intense lately. I see myself dead, every bus, every car I see makes me see my dead and cold corpse lying on the pavement, every tree, every hook, every plastic bag, every knife makes me think of how I could use it to die. I'm scared of pain, and I suppose it protects me a bit, but I also love pain, I dream of it, I would want so bad for someone to punch me, to break me, to cut me, to kick me until I die. Usually when I get assaulted it's not even that bad, they grope me, slap me, it hurts for a few days, and the moment is stressful, but it's not intense enough to make me forget about how much I want to die. I was able to reach that kind of intensity years ago, when I was hitting myself and cutting me with the shards of glass embedded in my fists, but unfortunately, or fortunately, I stopped doing that.
I also don't want to hurt anyone. There are already 5 people in my family that committed suicide, I've lost my cousins, my aunts, my uncle, and as a trans girl I hear about sisters dying regularly. My boyfriend is already a widower, his previous girlfriend died a year before we met, losing me would be devastating for him. It scares me.
I said I want to die but I'm not sure it's true. Deep inside me I think I do want to live. There are things I want to do, things I want to feel, moments I want to live. But they all seem so far inaccessible, so far away, I feel tired, and I'm becoming really scared that an impulse is going to end it all.
I don't really know that to do. I don't trust doctors. I'm more scared of my life continuing as it is right now than of accidentally dying because of a suicidal impulse. SSRIs hurt me a lot, I stopped taking them since three years, and now it's becoming clear to me that I suffer from PSSD. Or it's the depression that is continuing ? I don't even know. I just know that I don't trust them, and that I don't want to see more months/years of my life wasted in a psychiatric institution, and more of my body ruined by their medications and everchanging treatments and diagnosis.
I'm scared because all of this has been going on for a while now. I don't know how to fix, or if I know, well I'm unable to. I know my peers won't be that surprised if I end up killing myself. They'll be sad for sure, but not really surprised.
I hope this won't be my last post. I don't know what to do. I wish I could say I was terrified, but not so much.

Thank you for this universe!
And many thanks to for being a full co-writer on this project!
Kaeden and Vichee belongs to and I thank them so much for working with us! It was an honor!
Sven belongs to Bjorn the Copper Paladin from Discord. I hope to do more with them in the future, and have tons of fun!
And don’t you worry about that final in the title! We have some news at the end!
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{Is the reason that everything happened to Tarlim in the first place?}

{Only up to the ramps, mostly. Trying to impress upon people the importance of accessibility for those with extenuating circumstances. At least according to the records I have access to.}

{The average person knows as much about his friends as they do about Mike Collins.}
<...Who?>
{Exactly. 20th century human spaceman, was there for their first lunar landing. Didn’t get to put boots on the ground, and nobody remembers his name now.}

{Hell, I didn’t even know about him until I put in a search query of niche historical figures just to give you an example. Yeesh…}

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Archived Closed Circuit Security Video - Establishment: Exterminator’s Office - Dawn Creek Division - Subbasement - Date Recorded (ST): OCT 31, 2136 - Timeframe (ST): 11:42 - 11:45
The parking bay is silent. Vans are parked neatly in their spots which frame the hallway to the armory and fuel storage for the camera. A ding is heard and something moves in the hallway. Five fully suited Venlil and a Zurulian step out of an elevator and run towards a van. The sound of a door slamming open comes from the hall roughly 6 seconds later. A stream of Exterminators pour out into the hall from the stairwell.
Their voices are indecipherable as they speak over each other. A Sulian runs into the armory and reappears with a huge flamer tank on their back. Another Zurulian can be seen with an extinguisher tank, but a Venlil bleats at them and tosses it aside. They drag the quadrupedal alien quickly into the parking garage before physically throwing them into the back of a van.
From the back of the hallway, a fluid can be seen spreading across the ground. A trio of Venlil back out of a room while holding their flamers up. They are unlit, instead spewing fuel out of their nozzles. The trio twirl around in an overly animated manner as they walk down the hall to the parking garage. A van pulls out of its spot with windows down so the passengers could let out a cheer.
A black-suited Venlil runs up to the spraying trio while waving their arms to get them out into the garage. The microphone just barely manages to catch him saying, “We need to save some for the predators!” One of the other Venlil replies, “Yes sir, Mafchi!” A short flurry of curses is heard as the gathered exterminators pile into the three other visible vans. Two of the vans speed out of the garage, forcing some other Venlil exterminators to dive out of the way in the process.
The black-suited Mafchi picks up a fuel canister that had been dropped and twists off its cap. He slings it under his shoulder and pours a line of fuel. He marches straight to the final van and hops up into the open rear. The van backs itself up to turn out of the garage. The fuel canister clatters to the ground as it pulls away. Before it clears the view of the camera, the Black-suited Venlil is seen standing in its open back. He is holding what appears to be a flare gun.
The flare sails through the air shortly after the van leaves the frame and impacts the ground. It bounces and rolls until it touches the fuel and ignites it in an instant. A small wall of fire proceeds down the provided trail into the hallway, igniting more fuel as time passes. The hallway is quickly engulfed in vividly red fire. Thick black smoke begins to pour out into the garage as the fire inches closer to the primary fuel tank.
Movement can be seen in the hallway between the flickering flames. The silver form of a Venlil Exterminator is seen rushing out of the stairwell and fighting to head towards the fuel storage room. Before they reach, a white flash fills the screen. The feed goes dead, the error code consistent with electrical interruption.
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{Who was what? Mafchi?}

{Hmmm, there aren’t any tags embedded for them. The suits do a rather good job at making the officers anonymous. Let me see…oh.}

{The, uh… the employment records for that Office were…terminated.}

{It looks like…yes, here. Record wipe in 2497. Media with less than 1 bistandannual visit were removed to save space on the university’s central server. It’s…they’re gone, gone gone.}

{Maybe, but that’ll do us no good if we don’t know their name. And because of the chaos of that incident, nobody has been able to accurately reconstruct where every individual was in that office. We’d have to already know who they were to find them.}
<...I guess that’s another person I’ll have to remember then, huh?>
{...Guess so. Speaking of remembering, perhaps you should check out Tarlim’s view again? Seeing how we were just talking about him.}
<...Sure. At least people remember his name, right?>
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Memory Transcription Subject: Tarlim, the Venbig. Date [Standardized Human Time] October 31st, 2136
No matter how much Sven and Anso griped about it, having them leave and return with the trailer was a great idea. The humans who had gone with them the first time were, to my dismay, excited to try and ride in the back. I had at least been able to impress on those four that I couldn’t let anyone else ride like that, and that they were to help with rigging a trailer with some seats.
I had to admit; they did a good job!
Several couches sat bolted to the floor of the covered trailer and even had some ropes that could be hooked across the armrests as impromptu belts. It wasn’t perfect by any means, but it would work as well as any bus or short train ride! Certainly superior to jumping in the bed of a truck.
I strode out into the parking road and swayed my ears to greet Anso. Sven had stayed behind here to meet with the humans and entertain the kids, a job which he was slightly less unenthusiastic about compared to last time. “Greetings, Anso! Have you made the necessary preparations for the humans to leave with you?”
The Yotul hopped out of the truck bed and bounced to me. “We have! I have to say those humans were great workers to have helped get this whipped up so quickly! I hope Sven has been behaving himself?”
I let my tail wag behind me remembering my last glimpse of him. He should really secure his sheath straps! “He has! Been entertaining the refugees while I made sure they all had their belongings ready to go. Come on inside, let’s go gather them.”
I guided him with a wave of my arm as we turned back to the door. To be truthful, I hadn’t expected Sven to win the humans over as quickly as he did. Needless to say, his primitive attire seemed to spark joy within them, a joy sorely needed amidst the sadness of recency.
As we entered the building I noticed something, or rather, the lack of something. When I had exited only a few [minutes] prior, the building had been full of life and noise. Now, it was almost dead quiet, save for the sounds of a holovision coming from the lobby. Rather heated sounds, at that.
“I didn’t think it was already main rest claw,” Anso mused as he, too, recognized the aggravated voices coming from the lobby. “And what are they watching in there? Sounds…angry.”
“Yeah…” I trailed off as I followed the noises. As I approached the lobby, the sound of what I assumed was a Gojid yelling. “You know nothing about my family. TALK, JUST FUCKING TALK, NOW!” My ears pinned back at the foul language at play, hoping that Sven and the children were somewhere else.
As I entered the room, I saw that I was only half right. The children were thankfully nowhere to be found, but Sven was obviously present, as was most of the facility staff. I was about to ask what was going on before another voice drew my attention to the holovision, the same as everyone else. The voice of none other than Chief Nikonus.
“There were three of us who laid out the groundwork for the Federation. When Kolshian explorers came in contact with the Farsul, more than a thousand years ago, the galaxy was young. We were the first in this sector to escape our gravity well. You know about the founding of this institution, but I reiterate it just in case.”
“The Krakotl were the third,” another voice piped up from behind the camera. I thought it might’ve been another Gojid, but the voice was far too breathy. Harchen, maybe? I wasn’t given a chance to consider it further as Nikonus continued. “Yes, they were a problem from the start; aggressive, disagreeable. We tried to identify the problem, and why they were so ill-equipped for spacefaring.”
“We learned they were scavengers, who would occasionally go for fish as well.”
His next line was rendered inaudible by the shocked gasps of both the refugees and residents in the room. I was no different, drawing in a sharp breath at the abrupt admission. I remembered that Arvi had said some aliens were revealed to have eaten meat in the past, but was this the way it was decided to be revealed? With such abject callousness?
Nikonus continued to speak, looking not just proud, but smug with his words. He went on about how the Federation had saved these aliens with their manipulations, but the entirety of his body language seemed to indicate he reveled in how devastating this information would be to the people he was speaking to. How they manipulated an entire culture, a RELIGION!
What if they did the same to ours?
That horrifying thought struck through my mind like a derailing train. I had relied upon the Tenets in some of my darkest moments. Found comfort in them when there was none elsewhere to be found. To have such a comfort revealed as a lie in its entirety, used only for some other group to control you…
The voice of Nikonus hit my ears again. “Oh Sovlin, I already told you. For the small minority of species who don’t find herbivory alone, we teach them the right way. Doesn’t the religion against predators sound familiar?”
The Kolshian was insufferably proud of those words. There was no doubt in my mind now; this was mocking. Mocking a Gojid for following The Protector. For being a predator. For being different, but expecting to still be treated as a person. The Gojid were predators, they couldn’t help it, and they were already being mocked for it.
What might happen to all the other species?
I shifted my focus away from the screen to the crowd, searching for one in particular. Vichee, a Krakotl already so different from everyone else, and now my concerns for them were multiplied with every word that fell from Nikonus’ mouth. Were they okay? They had come in here to see Sven, I had seen them. Where are-
I spotted Kaeden in the corner of the room. Next to him, slumped against the wall, was Vichee. The dual colored Krakotl’s eyes were glazed over as they stared at nothing. I strode over quickly, my instincts wanting to comfort them. Kaeden was simply standing there, it was confusing that he didn’t seem to be comforting Vichee at all. As I got closer, their head tilted up to me, regarding me with an unfocused eye.
“He was right.” They said quietly. My implant almost didn’t pick it up over the sounds of the lobby. “Kaeden had asked me soon after our first meeting if Krakotl had once been meat eaters. Said it was the shape of our beaks. ‘More suited to capturing small wriggling prey than filtering algae’. He told me. I nearly flew away right then… If I had, I would have been alone with this news.”I listened, kneeling down to be closer to their level. “You’re not alone, your herd is here. Right Kaeden?”
He looked over at me and nodded. “Vichee was there with me when Earth was attacked. I’m here for them now. Kaabra and Venik are… together, elsewhere at the moment. But they will be here too.”
I flicked my ears in understanding. “Then I hope they may help in hugging Vichee until their tears are dry.” I turned an eye to Vichee. “Please, I just want you to know that you are still you. What your body does has no effect on your personhood.”
Vichee still sat, their mind still likely whirling with the new information. They lifted their differently colored wings. “I’m well aware. This lesson I already learned. But thank you, I understand what you mean.” Kaeden nodded slowly and Vichee returned to their thoughts.
“There’s going to be trouble soon, Tarlim,” Kaeden stated gravely. “News like this? Nothing good will come of it. I can already tell this won’t go over well. Keep your eyes open.”
As if in response to his words, the sound of clanking metal hits my ears. They shoot up, pivoting to locate its source. There, dashing towards the door, was the armored figure of Sven. I didn’t know him enough to know how this broadcast would affect him, but running was never the best sign. I flicked my ears goodbye to my friends and rose, following after the metal man. In my periphery, I saw the television screen had shifted to show Rolem moving onto the stage. I would have to miss whatever it was he had to say, so ducked through the doors and continued to follow the sound of metal.
As I exited, I saw that I wasn’t the only one to see Sven’s actions. Anso was bounding behind him, shouting something I couldn’t hear. Sven didn’t seem to either as he kept running, but his gait wasn’t one of fear. He looked purposeful, sprinting in a straight line. A line pointed right towards-
Towards the observing Exterminator Van.
The metal Venlil didn’t even hesitate at the presence of the fence. He leapt up in a display of strength and agility, vaulting over the barrier and continuing his beeline into the van. It was like phased through the doors with how fast he moved. There were sounds of commotion that followed his entry, and soon two Exterminators fell out of the van. One Venlil…and one Krakotl. I wonder how Kalek is taking things.
I, too, cleared the fence with only a high step and reached the van, peering in to see Sven at the controls. “Sven! What are you doing?” I asked, the Krakotl officer shivering on the ground in my periphery.
“They got my girl!” He huffed, “She’s a Gojid, they got her, I can’t let them do anything worse to her!” He tried to activate the vehicle to no avail, but his words brought up something that I hadn’t thought much over. I remember hearing about temporary emplacements that were being set up. Paly had texted me about exterminators bringing people there. Her too. And that would mean-
-THOOOOOOOMMMMM-
The wind hit me like a truck and rocked the van I was standing next to. Sven even stopped trying to fiddle with the controls to see what had just happened. In the distance, near the center of town, an enormous black cloud rose into the air, the vestiges of fire still burning in the suspended embers. I couldn’t look away from it as my mind raced with horrible possibilities as my mind tripped over itself trying to concoct a plan of action.
I wasn’t given long to think before the radio in the van crackled to life, startling both Sven and myself. “Attention all True Exterminators! The truth has come out about the taint in our midst! For too long we have lived with its danger in our presence! If any of you still hold the safety of The Herd in your hearts, come join us so we may burn ALL the predator taint from this District! Rendezvous at Vulen’s apartment complex, we shall start our cleansing there!”
The name of one of my landlords sparked familiarity in my mind. They had been working to build a series of new apartments to add to his old, and if I remembered, had agreed to house the Gojid refugees. The Gojid! Paly was housed with them!!
In an instant, I reached into the van and grabbed Sven by the arm. He tried to pull away, but my grip was too strong. “Sven! They’re gonna kill the Gojid! They’re gonna burn Paly!”
He finally managed to shake himself free as my paws became jittery from stress. “I gotta save my girlfriend! She’s in a facility! I gotta save her!”
“But they’re gonna burn people here!” I protested, “we have to do something! We need- We need People who can fight them! Kaeden! I need to get Kaeden! We can save them!”
I pulled myself away from the van and spotted Anso nearby. He must have had to go through the gate, but this was good timing. I pointed a claw at him. “Do Not Let Him drive off before I get back!”
I didn’t give him, nor the Exterminators who had recovered from their shock, time to ask questions. Paly was in danger, as were who knew how many others. I faintly heard my data pad chime from within my shoulder bag, the signal my heart was beating too fast, but I couldn’t deal with it right now. I could get the heart rate under control during the drive. Right now I needed Kaeden, he knew how to fight! How to save people when others were trying to kill them!
My paws guided me and I was back in the cafeteria before I knew it. Some of the crowd had dissipated, but Kaeden and Vichee were still in the same corner I had left them in, but with their Venlil friends now joined. Without leaving time for protest, I grabbed Kaeden’s arm and pulled him away. I heard Vichee squawk behind me, but I was in too much of a hurry. I can’t let her get hurt. I Won’t.
Kaeden started to slap my arm as I dragged the soldier across the lobby. “Tarlim! What the fuck are you doing?? What’s going on?”
“No time, they’re going to burn everyone,” I breathlessly said as I burst the facility doors open to get him to the van.
“What? Who?” Kaeden questioned, still resisting my pull. I could hear a tinge of worry in his voice, and I knew he would understand. Anso looked back from his position as he heard my approach, and upon seeing me dragging Kaeden along, he grew visibly concerned.
“On the radio, something about True Exterminators,” I attempted to explain to him as we neared the gate doors. This time, I simply spread them apart with my free paw, metal screeching against itself as the gate was forced open. “They’re going to burn every cured species they can find, and That Means Paly. I Won’t Let Them.”
Kaeden had stopped struggling as I explained the bare essentials to him, and once we approached the van, he finally had enough sense to ask the right questions. “So what exactly is the plan to stop them? We’re strong, sure, I could probably take most of them. But just two of us against a wall of those flamers?”
“Not two,” I corrected, letting go of his arm and throwing open the back doors of the van. Still seated in the drivers side was Sven, who looked back once he heard me permit entrance into the back. “We have him too.”
“Wh- the LARPer??” Kaeden asked incredulously. I wasn’t familiar with the term he used, but his tone told us all we needed to know. Sven’s eyes narrowed at the perceived insult, but Kaeden continued. “Do either of you have any formal military training?? Rushing down there is only going to get you both killed along with the others! For fucks sake, slow down! We need a plan!”
“T-There won’t be t-time f-for one,” a voice peeped in from behind us. We all turned to face the source, and we found it was the Venlil Exterminator. They recoiled under the sudden gaze of our entire party, but they managed to continue. “I-I recognized the v-voice. It w-was one of the n-new recruits. They m-might as well be Y-Yulpa. If you w-want to stop them, it’s now or n-never.”
We all stared at them for a moment in disbelief that they’d willingly hand over that information to us. They were Exterminators, weren’t they? They should be allied with the voice on the radio! Kaeden, after considering the information, gave voice to my confusion. “And why are you telling us this? You’re an exterminator, shouldn’t you be trying to help them?”
“M-My husband is the Krakotl that was in the van with me!” They yelled back, stamping their footpaw on the ground in agitation. “I-I don’t care what his ancestors did a t-thousand years ago, I will not stand for those zealots burning who knows how many people! We’re not all the same, h-human!”
I was taken aback by their words. I had given up hope that there were any redeemable souls amongst the ranks of those silver-suited brahkasses, but living proof of the contrary stood before us. Their breathing was only matched by mine as my pad continued to chime in my pack. Maybe there’s hope after all.
Kaeden started frantically looking all around, his focused gaze falling on the facility, the exterminator in front of us, and the rising smoke in the distance. After a moment's hesitation, he growled to himself and shook his head. “Fine! Fucking- if you want to prove you’re different, you and your partner stand guard at the gate! They’ll probably try to send a division here, so keep on guard! And for the love of God, go ask for help if that happens!”
My tail wagged behind me as I interpreted what that meant. “So you’ll help us, Kaeden?”
He paused for a second, an agonizing second as he fully took in the situation in his mind. But ultimately, he nodded. “Let’s go, we can figure things out along the way.”
Seizing the moment, Anso quickly jumped into the van and pushed Sven out of the driver's seat, much to their visible frustration. Kaeden quickly hopped into the passenger seat, leaving me with the problem of finding a space that would fit me. I stepped over to the back of the van and threw the doors open.
The flamers and their fuel tanks were useless to us, easy to toss all three sets out onto the ground behind me. I made sure that the flamers were disabled first, of course. Just had to snap the pilot lighters and slice a hose with my claw. Even if these two said they weren’t like these “True Exterminators” I didn’t trust them one bit. I crawled inside the cramped vehicle and wiggled myself to close the doors behind me.
As I got myself settled, I watched as the Venlil Exterminator started to inspect the destroyed remains of their weapons. I squinted a glare at them and positioned myself so they couldn’t enter with me. “You two aren’t coming,” I hissed. “You know why you’re not. Try anything with the humans, and they will stop you.”
I slammed the doors shut as their expressions fell, just in time for Anso to get the van into gear. I curled myself up against the wall of the van, watching out the back window as we sped down the road. We were on our way now. On our way to save Paly and all the people gathered because their ancestors ate meat. My heart hammered in my chest, but I would need to control it for what we were about to do. I needed to focus. I needed to breathe. I needed to be calm.
Focus. Breathe. Calm
Focus.
Breathe.
Calm…
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Memory Transcription Subject: Sol-Vah, Fleeing Predator. Date [Standardized Human Time] October 31st, 2136
My legs couldn’t carry me anymore. I had to keep going, but I didn’t have the strength. My pants became wheezes as my body struggled to keep up with the physical exertion of running almost halfway through town. I hadn’t even looked up before now, at least with eyes not blinded by tears. The pain of Mute’s rejection still stung in my soul, a pain so visceral it threatened to rip me apart worse than any Arxur. Protector, what did I do to deserve this? Is there even a Protector, or did the Federation just- just make that up?
I didn’t have time to think about that now, I needed to get to the office. From what little I caught of the broadcast, Nikonus had said they saved us before. I knew what it likely was, but…I was desperate. I just wanted to go back home and have him embrace me like he did before. The safety and love I had felt from him was still fresh in my mind, and if there was any chance I had to get it back?
I’ll happily take it.
As I approached the office, however, something seemed off. I could smell soot in the air, but not the kind of soot that came from our flamers. This was- was…dirtier smelling, as if the fuel had been impure. Upon looking up, however, I saw something that made my stomach drop. A huge plume of smoke, billowing up into the sky. It shadowed the sun itself with its immensity and hate. Did the Exterminators burn more drugs? Or…or…
I felt a renewed vigor as I started to run towards the plume, hoping against hope that I was wrong. As soon as I turned the corner, though, my worst fears were realized. Where the office once stood now sat a burning stack of glorified rubble, every single window in sight shattered and multiple holes in the outer walls. The building was split, it was as if a giant knife had come down and sloppily sliced off its front half to spill flaming debris everywhere.
I stood in front of the building I had once called my home, surrounded by screams and the awful sound of flames roaring. I knew now there was no hope of salvation, no way this could ever be undone. I would never be able to go back to the way things were, never feel the happiness I had for that brief time. I was doomed to this life, abandoned by my love, and forced to live as an abomination devoid of a home.
I suppose that’s all a predator like me deserves.
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You read it right: This is going to be the final chapter of "Of Giants and Journalists." With the conclusion of Sharnet and Vekna's adventure, we will now take the time to show how this announcement has affected our characters and the galaxy at large. We're excited to announce our new series, Nature of a Giant: Aftermath! This series will not be quite as in-depth temporally as Of Giants and Journalists was, mainly because not as much will be happening in as short of a time. Rest assured, though, there will still be plenty of action across the board! You just won't have to deal with over half the story only covering a week of time!
In that vein, we are also excited to announce we are working on another bonus series, one that was teased a long time ago, Venric Lawven: Legal Legend! It will be filling the gap for content while we work on the first few chapters of Aftermath to make sure the scenes are as quality as they deserve, but will have a reduced upload schedule to once a week to accommodate for writing two series at once. On behalf of both of myself and , we'd like to thank all of our readers for sticking with us on this journey. It's hard to believe this series has been going on for over a year in one form or another, but I wouldn't have it any other way! Thank you all again for your continued support, and we look forward to seeing you again with Legal Legends! And then...
The Aftermath!!

Nearly a week ago I released a master template for live recording in Ableton 12, featuring 110 tracks ready to take to your session and kick start your recording.
Since then, I've had a few people ask if this was available in Ableton 10 or 11, so I went back and created them in previous versions too!
I put together a quick video showing off the both the Easy mode and Power Mode template where you can find the link to grab the templates too!

Ableton Band Mix & Recording Templates

Each Instrument or Vocal group has been colour coded and where appropriate, channels have been linked so you can just hit the arm button and start recording multiple tracks at once. The projects contains around 110 tracks, with 10 pre-configured stock return tracks.
So, what's included?
Instrument Bus contains:

• Drum Bus with accompanying linked drum channels
• Bass Bus with accompanying linked bass channels
• Guitar Bus with 4 sets of linked guitar channels (1 DI / 2 Microphones)
• Lead Bus with 4 sets of linked guitar channels (1 DI / 2 Microphones)
• Acoustic Bus with 4 sets of linked guitar channels (1 DI / 2 Microphones)
• Keys / Synth Bus with 4 sets of linked key channels (2 Microphones)
• Percussion Bus with 4 channels of Percussion

Vocal Bus contains:

• Lead Vocal Bus with accompanying Lead Vocal and Double channels
• Harmony Vocal Bus with accompanying Harmony Vocal channels
• Backing Vocal Bus with accompanying Harmony Vocal channels
• Gang Vocal Bus with accompanying Harmony Vocal channels

Return Channels: These channels all contain Ableton stock plugins to kickstart your session, but feel free to replace with your favourite tools.

• Parallel Compression
• Saturation
• Drum Verb
• Snare Verb
• Guitar Verb
• Acoustic Verb
• Keys Verb
• Vocal Verb
• ¼ Delay
• ⅛ Delay

We dated for 9.9 years, he broke up with me 2 weeks shy of our 10th anniversary last fall. It went from crying every time I saw him (3 times), to me going no contact for 3 months, and taking some time to grieve and work through my feelings. I reached out and it went from a phone call to us hanging out 3 times (just talking at my place, a movie and then to dog park to spend time with our dog he now solely owns). He watches and responds to my stories a lot of the time. We are friendly, and it feels more natural than it did before. Peaceful even, without the pressure of the relationship and the past looming over. I will say no, I don’t want to go back, and nothing romantic happened when we hung out.
I was okay until yesterday. It was a crappy day; it was raining bad and my bus/walking commute to work was horrible.
Then I see on social media his best friend posted a video of my ex and old “friends” (his friends and coworkers, who haven’t reached out once since we broke up) going on a trip together for the wedding they were all in. The best friend was making a comment about a situation that only those who them would find funny. I sent a 😂 and wished her a good flight and trip.
My next thought about the dog. I have no clue who’s watching him, if it’s kenneled or with strangers, before I moved out I was with the dog 24/7. It felt surreal that the world I was a part of and helped create, I’m no longer in the narrative. I’m now a living piece of history in their story. At the same time I’m walking into work with these thoughts in my mind, a sad song comes up on Spotify and I lose it. I go out my stuff down at my desk then run to an empty meeting room and sob.
Idk why that triggered me. I think it was just that I had to start over, lose 98% of friends (who I now know weren’t really friends), the house, the dog, move into an apartment unexpectedly and rearrange my whole life. And he just gets to frolic with friends and nothing has changed for him. I felt a little …jealous (?) that I was literally crying in the rain, he’s on an island somewhere enjoying the sunshine. I was grieving the life I thought I was going to be a part of. And he was just living it.
The grief and tears, and jealousy left as quickly as they came. But it did throw me off. 8 months in and I haven’t cried over this since month 4. The random moments of grief is what gets me the most.

Hey Everyone,
So i was able to get to Elite(this season+last season) and Easily 11-14 wins weekend league and I haven't played anyone using this playstyle yet (I don't watch YouTube Custom Tactic so I could be entirely wrong).
Basically this playstyle relies heavily on parking the bus and hit your opponent with a counter attack and YEET the ball from your GK to your Striker. I'm not sure if this is a RAT tactic but it works well for me.
The Key to YEET ball is: Note: I play with custom tactics a lot to counter ball huggers and sometimes use constant pressure(Ultra Attack)when I'm really down. So, I've set the 4-5-1 formation to "attack".

1. Have a Target Man/a tall madafaka who is STRONG and have Aerial Playstyle+(Drogba).
2. Your 2nd CAM(Optional) to have Aerial PlayStyle Plus (for more yeet ball) while the other CAM and other CMs to be strong b2b or fast players.
3. MAX POWER R1+Square from YOUR GK(Inside your goal box) to your striker
4. When you are defending, do not overcommit in tackling, like playing in real football, keep your defensive shape in line, and use right stick switch or Double Tap R1 to drag your midfield back on defense. Most important thing is to only use ur CB or Full back to defense as a last resort. You should DRAG your CMS back on defense
5. Try to take advantage of Your Target Mens and Cross or YEET to them to make a 1-2 pass back to your midfielders.

Furthermore, the great thing about this formation is the flexibility, you can easily play thru the middle or wing.
Defense: Press After Losing Possession/Balance.
Width: 45
Depth: 65
Offense: Fast Built Up Or Balance
Chance Creation: Direct Passing
Width: 50
Players in box: 6-7
ST: Stay Central+ Get in Behind
LAM: Default
RAM: Default
LM: Get In Behind+ Come back on Defense
RM: Get In Behind+ Come back on Defense
CM: Default
CBs: All default.
LB: Default
RB: Default
My team:
Default Formation - can be whatever you want
The one I usually start with
I don't have any videos(not sure how to download it on PS5) but I can show it to you guys if I'm able to set it up. But yea do let me know what you think. I find this formation extremely fun to play as I essentially bully any time of CBS and fullbacks with a simple header pass to my CMS

(Long post please read everything) Around like 5 years ago I started working at this fast food place and when I went to the job interview, I had to wait at the front for like 5 minutes and I remember there was this guy that worked there that I thought was hot, while I was waiting at the front I noticed he kept looking/staring at me and making eye contact the whole time. He would look at me, then maybe look away to do something else but then kept looking back at me with eye contact. I noticed him even looking at me during my interview. I remember thinking wow, ok that he definitely had some interest because of him doing that.
When I first started working there and we had the same shifts, he wasn’t staring or looking at me anymore. I didn’t really think anything of it.
At the time I was going to community college and took the bus there every day. I was taking the bus one morning and a few stops later I see him get on and sit down and I remember thinking wow this is weird I had no idea he also goes to the same community college and also takes the same bus? And just thinking how weird it was. Just initially he didn’t notice me or sit by me. Then something really weird happened, halfway through the ride the bus got into an accident and hit a car on the side while switching lanes and it had to pull over and everyone had to get off and walk to the next bus stop and wait for the next bus to come. Something like that’s never happened before, super weird. So everyone was walking to the next stop and I remember I wasn’t expecting him to say anything to me at all and I kind of forgot about it and wasn’t paying attention to him just walking.
Then someone behind me taps me on the shoulder and I look and it’s him and he just says hi and is smiling and asked like “hey do you work at (the job)” or something then he just starts talking to me I think we just talked about work or something but everything seemed fine. He was talking to me like he was interested in me, like friendly he would just make conversation and ask me about work I don’t even remember what else he would talk about. I would get kind of nervous/ my mind would go blank around him because I liked him and I was just happy he was always talking to me. I remember I would sometimes see him when taking the bus to school. But the thing is literally every time we would both be on the bus he would always go out of his way to come and sit by me and talk to me. So I also thought obviously that must have meant he was interested in me because why else would he have done that? To me if he wasn’t interested (not even a little) he would’ve just ignored me on the bus and never sat by me or talked to me. When he would talk to me, his body would just be facing straight forward but he would be looking at me the whole time talking to me. Sometimes he would sit with a very open body, while sitting next to me or talking to me. I also remember him telling me one day how him and a couple of the other shift leaders/ managers would hang out outside of work at one of their houses and play video games. I also remember him telling me that he went to a concert with one of the managers at work, like they went there together and hung out there.
Also around this time I found his Instagram and just followed him and didn’t say anything. He followed me back right after and never mentioned it or acted like it was weird I did that.
He would always talk to me on the bus, but whenever we were at work together I would never see him looking at me and he usually would never talk to me like during the time we were working. He would act different at work I don’t know why. I think a few times I saw him at work before clocking in and I would say hi and he would seem relaxed and talk to me/ be the same as on the bus but that’s it.
I would do this thing during our shift where if it got slow/ empty for a moment I would go over to his area (the grill which was right next to the drive through window) and I would say hi to him or just start talking to him. Also I noticed almost everyone else that worked there would do the same thing with each other all the time so I wasn’t the only one doing this. Sometimes I would get kind of giddy and start laughing a lot (not on purpose it would just happen) he would respond to me, he wouldn’t act rude but not be super talkative. Then one day when I went over and talked to him, this one shift leade manager who was in her 40s and always really rude/ nasty saw me doing that and very loudly was like “uh uh, I don’t think so! that’s fraternizing at work! He has a girlfriend you know that right?” And I got embarrassed as soon as she said that and she was like “yeah that’s right!” I went back in my area and they said something to each other I didn’t hear what but it was a few words back and forth, and ended in the manager kind of making this face and laughing and he just sort of shrugged and was kind of smiling. I have no idea what they said I couldn’t hear. Then they just went back to working and acted normal for the rest of my shift then I left.
Then after that day when I came in to work, he started to completely ignore me and act very cold and completely different. I went up to him at work and tried saying hi to him and he literally just completely ignored me. At first I wasn’t sure if he heard me or not, but he had to have because everyone else around him heard me and was looking at me. I think later in the shift I tried saying something to him again and he still completely ignored me. Also whenever he did this the other guys working in the same area as him were watching and would start laughing but more like lowkey not like super loud and obnoxious. I had no idea why he was doing this I remember being very upset and humiliated.
After that day he started doing this every day and ignoring me, every day I saw him at work he was super cold about it. This continued for the rest of the time I worked there and he never spoke to me again. Total 180 and it was just super out of the blue too. I’ve thought maybe it was because of that one manager that said “he has a girlfriend” but they said something to each other then just kind of laughed and didn’t say anything else after that so I don’t know if that was the reason for this.
About a month after this started, I went in the employee handbook and found his phone number and texted him… I know now this is weird and I shouldn’t have done this but at the time I was really upset and desperate and didn’t think it would be a big deal. I just kind of did it. I just said hi or something but I also said it was me in the text. I did not say anything inappropriate or crazy.
He never responded but the next time I came into work, one of the shift leaders/ managers (the same one that he was friends with and said he hung out with) said he needed to have a talk with me. He pulled me aside and we went into the break room, he said he told everyone to not come down there. He told me that the guy “told a manager” that I texted him and that’s why we were having this talk. He said that most of the managers/ other coworkers know about this situation now and he told me that this guy said he doesn’t know what’s going on between us but he doesn’t like it and wants it to stop. He said that the main manager doesn’t know about this yet and that hes stopping this now so she doesn’t find out, and if she finds out me and the guy would probably get fired. He also told me that if I try talking that guy again, that the guy was going to tell me to stop and he was NOT going to be nice about it. So I better just back off to save myself. Which I remember thinking was so odd because when I talked to him he did not seem like this asshole jerky guy at all so it was bizarre that the manager was saying this and that all of a sudden he literally hated me? And this behavior from him happened just out of the blue with seemingly no trigger so the whole situation was just so weird. During this talk the manager also told me that it was NOT OK that I was going up to him during shifts and talking to him and that it was fraternizing at work and we could both get fired. Then I told him that I saw literally most of the people that worked there talking to each other during shifts, other guys and girls doing it too so why was it not a problem when they did it but a huge problem only when I did it…. I don’t remember exactly what he said but I think he told me that doesn’t happen and that I was remembering wrong. He also said that you are not supposed to talk to coworkers at all outside of work. Which I told him how that guy told me about how they hung out outside of work at one of their houses to play video games and also went together to a concert. He told me that they didn’t hang out together at the concert that they just both happened to be there with their own friends, they unknowingly ran into each other, said hi then went their separate ways. I didn’t remember exactly what that guy told me but I’m pretty sure he said they went to that show together. He also told me to never speak to that guy again, he said don’t look at him, don’t talk to him, don’t talk about him, just act like he doesn’t even exist and just come in, do your job and leave. He told me he was going to bring him in right after me and tell him the same thing.
After that talk I felt totally horrible. I felt like I was a total creep or something like I made someone so uncomfortable like he/ everyone thought I was a creep. I obviously never texted him or tried talking to him again at all after this. The next time I came into work everyone got really quiet when I walked in and everyone was staring at me… I specifically noticed this one girl who was a shift leader. She never stared at me or acted like she even noticed me before but this day as soon as I came in she just was really quiet and stood there and stared at me for like a good 5-10 minutes just looking me up and down. She would look away and do something but kept coming back to look at me. It was very uncomfortable and I felt ashamed and embarrassed after that and started to feel bitter about not having him in my life anymore and not having friends or possible love interest.
Then I noticed they kept scheduling me and him to work at the same time in the morning, and this same girl shift leader was the shift lead that worked every morning when we would come in. He obviously was still ignoring me but I noticed that during his breaks, he would go over to her and talk to her for the whole time but both of their body language was like heavy flirting. He would be standing very close to her and he would always be leaning on the counter but also leaning towards her at the same time. And he would have his hand/arm on the counter resting almost around her. She would mirror his body language minus the arm. While they were doing this she would also do this thing where every couple minutes or so she would turn around, look at me and hold eye contact for a few seconds while smiling, then look back at him and continue talking. He never looked at me again, and wouldn’t even come near me again. After they were done talking she would come over to my drive through area, make a drink then walk back and give it to him.
They would do this literally every day I worked with them which was only once a week then because I started going to a new school. I even remember after that talk with the manager he would talk with this other girl (and that one shift lead) he was friends with there, the same way the manager told ME was NOT ok to do, in front of everyone even managers literally no one ever said a word to them about it. Literally no one cared when they did it, but it was a huge issue when I did it. A couple of other kids even started dating a little bit after this and I would even see them kissing in the back and no one ever said a word to them about anything. I ended up quitting a couple months later because I was so upset about the whole situation.

Additions:

• January 2023
  • Back 4 Blood (PS4/PS5)
  • Devil May Cry 5: Special Edition (PS5)
  • Dragon Ball FighterZ (PS4)
  • Erica (PS4)
  • Hot Shots Golf 2 (PS1)
  • Jett: The Far Shore (PS4/PS5)
  • Just Cause 4: Reloaded (PS4)
  • Life is Strange (PS4)
  • Life is Strange: Before the Storm (PS4)
  • Omno (PS4)
  • Star Wars Demotion (PS1)
  • Syphon Filter 3 (PS1)
• February 2023
  • Ace Combat 7: Skies Unknown (PS4)
  • Borderlands 3 (PS4/PS5)
  • Destroy All Humans! (PS4)
  • Earth Defense Force 5 (PS4)
  • Harvest Moon: Back to Nature (PS1)
  • Horizon Forbidden West (PS4/PS5)
  • I Am Setsuna (PS4)
  • Lost Sphear (PS4)
  • Oninaki (PS4)
  • Outriders (PS4/PS5)
  • Resident Evil 7 Biohazard (PS4)
  • Scarlet Nexus (PS4/PS5)
  • Tekken 7 (PS4)
  • The Forgotten City (PS4/PS5)
  • The Legend of Dragoon (PS1)
  • The Quarry (PS4/PS5)
  • Wild Arms 2 (PS1)
• March 2023
  • Ape Academy 2 (PSP)
  • Dragon Ball Z: Kakarot
  • Final Fantasy Type-0 HD
  • Ghostwire Tokyo
  • Haven
  • Immortals Fenyx Rising
  • Life is Strange: True Colors
  • Life is Strange 2
  • Neo: The World Ends with You
  • Rage 2
  • Ridge Racer Type 4 (PS1)
  • Street Fighter V Champion Edition
  • Syphon Filter: Dark Mirror (PSP)
  • Tchia
  • Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six Extraction
  • Uncharted Legacy of Thieves Collection
  • Untitled Goose Game
• April 2023
  • Bassmaster Fishing (PS4/PS5)
  • Dishonored: Definitive Edition (PS4)
  • Doom (PS4)
  • Doom II (PS4)
  • Doom 64 (PS4)
  • Doom 3 (PS4)
  • Doom Eternal (PS4/PS5)
  • Kena: Bridge of Spirits (PS4/PS5)
  • Monster Boy and the Cursed Kingdom (PS4/PS5)
  • Paradise Killer (PS4/PS5)
  • Riders Republic (PS4/PS5)
  • Sackboy: A Big Adventure (PS4/PS5)
  • Slay the Spire (PS4)
  • The Evil Within (PS4)
  • Wolfenstein: The Old Blood (PS4)
  • Wolfenstein II: The New Colossus (PS4)
• May 2023
  • Blade Dancer: Lineage of Light (PS4/PS5)
  • Bus Simulator 21: Next Stop (PS4/PS5)
  • Conan Exiles (PS4)
  • Dishonored: Death of the Outside (PS4)
  • Dishonored 2 (PS4)
  • Ghostbusters: The Video Game Remastered (PS4)
  • Humanity (PS4/PS5)
  • Lake (PS4/PS5)
  • Pursuit Force (PS4/PS5)
  • Rain World (PS4)
  • Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart (PS5)
  • Rise of the Tomb Raider: 20 Year Celebration (PS4)
  • Rune Factory 4 Specials (PS4)
  • Sakuna: Of Rice and Ruin (PS4)
  • Shadow of the Tomb Raider (PS4)
  • Story of Seasons: Friends of Mineral Town (PS4)
  • Story of Seasons: Pioneers of Olives Town (PS4)
  • Syphon Filter: Logan's Shadow (PS4/PS5)
  • The Evil Within 2 (PS4)
  • Thymesia (PS5)
  • Tomb Raider: Definitive Edition (PS4)
  • Watch Dogs: Legion (PS4/PS5)
  • Wolfenstein: Youngblood (PS4)
• June 2023
  • A Hat in Time (PS4)
  • Carto (PS4)
  • Conan Exiles (PS4/PS5)
  • DC League of Super-Pets: The Adventures of Krypto and Ace (PS4/PS5)
  • Deus Ex: Mankind Divided (PS4)
  • Dodgeball Academia (PS4)
  • ELEX 2 (PS4/PS5)
  • Far Cry 6 (PS4/PS5)
  • Forager (PS4)
  • Herc's Adventures (PS4/PS5)
  • Hundred Days: Winemaking Simulator (PS4/PS5)
  • Insryption (PS4/PS5)
  • Killing Floor 2 (PS4)
  • Killzone: Liberation (PS4/PS5)
  • Lonely Mountain: Downhill (PS4)
  • MX vs ATV Legends (PS4/PS5)
  • My Friend Peppa Pig (PS4/PS5)
  • PAW Patrol Mighty Pups: Save Adventure Bay! (PS4/PS5)
  • Redout 2 (PS4/PS5)
  • Rogue Legacy 2 (PS4/PS5)
  • Soulstice (PS5)
  • Tacoa (PS4)
  • Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Shredder's Revenge (PS4/PS5)
  • The Talos Principle: Deluxe Edition (PS4/PS5)
  • The Wild at Heart (PS4)
  • Thief (PS4)
  • Vampire: The Masquerade - Coteries of New York (PS4)
  • Worms (PS4/PS5)
• July 2023
  • Circus Electrique (PS4)
  • Dynasty Warriors 9 (PS4)
  • Dysmantle (PS4/PS5)
  • Fast & Furious: Spy Racers Rise of SH1FT3R (PS4/PS5)
  • Gravity Crash Portable (PS4/PS5)
  • It Takes Two (PS4/PS5)
  • Melty Blood: Type Lumina (PS4)
  • Monster Jam Steel Titans (PS4)
  • My Little Pony: A Maretime Bay Adventure (PS4/PS5)
  • Samurai Warriors 5 (PS4)
  • Sniper Elite 5 (PS4/PS5)
  • SpongeBob SquarePants: Battle for Bikini Bottom - Rehydrated (PS4)
  • Snowrunner (PS4/PS5)
  • The Ascent (PS4/PS5)
  • Twisted Metal (PS4/PS5)
  • Twisted Metal 2 (PS4/PS5)
  • Undertale (PS4)
  • World War Z (PS4/PS5)
• August 2023
  • Ape Escape: On the Loose (PS4/PS5)
  • Cursed to Golf (PS4/PS5)
  • Destroy All Humans 2 Reprobed (PS4/PS5)
  • Dreams (PS4)
  • Hotel Transylvania: Scary-Tale Adventures (PS4/PS5)
  • Lawn Mowing Simulator: Landmark Edition (PS4/PS5)
  • Lost Judgment (PS4/PS5)
  • MediEvil: Resurrection (PS4/PS5)
  • Midnight Fight Express (PS4)
  • Moving Out 2 (PS4/PS5)
  • PJ Masks: Heroes of the Night (PS4/PS5)
  • Pursuit Force: Extreme Justice (PS4/PS5)
  • Sea of Stars (PS4/PS5)
  • Source of Madness (PS4/PS5)
  • Spellforce III Reforced (PS4)
  • Two Point Hospital: Jumbo Edition (PS4)
• September 2023
  • 13 Sentinels: Aegis Rim (PS4)
  • Call of the Sea (PS4/PS5)
  • Cloudpunk (PS4)
  • Contra: Rogue Corps (PS4)
  • Dragon's Crown Pro (PS4)
  • NieR Replicant ver.1.22474487139... (PS4)
  • Odin Sphere Lefthrasir (PS4)
  • PAW Patrol The Movie: Adventure City Calls (PS4/PS5)
  • Planet Coaster: Console Edition (PS4/PS5)
  • Sid Meier's Civilization VI (PS4)
  • Sniper Ghost Warrior Contracts 2 (PS4/PS5)
  • Star Ocean First Depature R (PS4)
  • Star Ocean Integrity and Faithlessness (PS4)
  • Star Ocean The Divine Force (PS4/PS5)
  • Star Ocean: The Last Hope - 4K & FHD Remaster (PS4)
  • Star Ocean: Till the End of Time (PS4)
  • Tails Noir (PS4/PS5)
  • This War of Mine: Final Cut (PS5)
  • Unpacking (PS4/PS5)
  • West of Dead (PS4)
• October 2023
  • Alien Isolation (PS4)
  • Ape Escape Academy (PS4/PS5)
  • Dead Island Definitive Edition (PS4)
  • Disco Elysium - The Final Cut (PS4/PS5)
  • Eldest Souls (PS4/PS5)
  • Elite Dangerous (PS4)
  • FAR: Changing Tides (PS4/PS5)
  • Gotham Knights (PS5)
  • Gungrave G.O.R.E.
  • IQ Final (PS4/PS5)
  • Outlast 2 (PS4)
  • Roki (PS4/PS5)
  • Soulcaliber: Broken Destiny (PS4/PS5)
  • Tekken 6 (PS4/PS5)
  • The Dark Pictures Anthology: House of Ashes (PS4/PS5)
• November 2023
  • Dead Island: Riptide Definitive Edition (PS4)
  • Dragon's Dogma: Dark Arisen (PS4)
  • Eiyuden Chronicle: Rising (PS4/PS5)
  • Grandia (PS4/PS5)
  • Jet Moto (PS4/PS5)
  • Klonoa Phantasy Reverie Series (PS4/PS5)
  • Mobile Suit Gundam: Extreme vs Maxi Boost On (PS4)
  • Nobunaga's Abition: Taishi (PS4)
  • PaRappa the Rapper 2 (PS4)
  • Superliminal (PS4/PS5)
  • Teardown (PS5)
  • Up (PS4/PS5)
• December 2023
  • Buzz Lightyear of Star Command (PS4/PS5)
  • Gigabash (PS4/PS5)
  • Grand Theft Auto V (PS4/PS5)
  • Grime (PS4/PS5)
  • Mega Man 11 (PS4)
  • Mega Man Legacy Collection (PS4)
  • Mega Man Legacy Collection 2 (PS4)
  • Metal: Hellsinger (PS4/PS5)
  • Moonscars (PS4/PS5)
  • Moto GP23 (PS4/PS5)
  • Prodeus (PS4/PS5)
  • Salt and Sacrifice (PS4/PS5)
  • Shadowrun Dragonfall - Director's Cut (PS4/PS5)
  • Shadowrun Hong Kong - Extended Edition (PS4/PS5)
  • Shadowrun Returns (PS4/PS5)
  • Stranger of Paradise: Final Fantasy Origin (PS4/PS5)
  • Thrillville (PS4/PS5)
  • Thrillville: Off the Rails (PS4/PS5)
  • Tinykin (PS4/PS5)

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• May 2023
• June 2023
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• December 2023

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Hi all and hope the summer is going well for everyone! I am taking 596 and two weeks in I am very much on the struggle bus. I feel as if intermediary steps are not explained in the lecture videos and there is a lot of assumptions on what the student knows (I have almost no math background so it's very little lol). It's feel I understand the most basic concepts but as soon as any mathematically notation is introduced I get completely lost...I enjoy programming but this class is making me rethink my place in this program tbh.
I took 592 which was challenging but very much doable imo but this is a whole different level. Does anyone have any external resources beyond the textbook and lecture slides that can help me wrap my head around this material and way of thinking?

recovering mom reunited full time after 5yrs needs advice
Hi, I’m Ash F 34.. About a year ago now I was given full physical custody of my 9yo son. From his birth until he was 2 1/2yrs old, he had never spent one night away from me. his father left me for a girl 10yrs, my junior unexpectedly. At the time I was 25yrs old. He was 23yrs old…. You do the math. He probably kicked me out that very night and his mother standing beside him convinced me that I was the “crazy one“ I checked myself into the mental hospital for 10 days. While there he was able to gain emergency custody based on the fact that I was in a mental facility. When my husband left me and I was in the hospital, I had been about 4yrs clean. Unfortunately, after learning, I had no place to live no husband no son I relapsed and I relapsed hard. now let’s fast-forward 6yrs. My estranged husband and his girlfriend had kept me from seeing my son spread. Nasty Rumors(some true) about my drug use and the terrible decisions I was making. They had moved four hours away in that time and cut off all contact. As soon as they move back, I was able to get in contact and went through his lengthy process of bending over backwards and jumping through every set on fire, they put in front of me and I was able to see my son I was able to have a relationship with my son again. The now wife did not like me being back in my son‘s life. I was always very respectful. My son called her mom and I didn’t discourage it. In fact, I encouraged it. I would call her mom when speaking to him about her. the wife would drug test me twice a week whenever she wanted, and I allowed it. I drew the line when she showed up to my house randomly one day with a hair follicle test. I only said no because I did not trust my ex-husband‘s vengeful wife to cut my hair. I offered to go take a legal follicle test. They cut off contact between me and my son. I paid $6000 to a lawyer just to be able to speak to my son on the phone. I took hair follicle tests committed to their every demand. I was only a lot of a certain amount of time to speak to my son on the phone. I was only allowed to see my son with supervision for certain amount of hours. Knowing I was doing nothing wrong and they knew it too. but I did. Come to almost a year ago my ex-husband and his wife separated. All of a sudden, my ex-husband is not the perfect father that he portrayed online and portrayed to everybody around him. I was given the opportunity by my ex mother-in-law to take my son away from a terrible situation between, my ex-husband and his wife of course I couldn’t say yes fast enough. No, none of this has been much of an issue. We have gotten used to it being me my son getting by. I have figured out how to switch his insurance (he didn’t have any because they let it lapse for 6 months) His school address, his bus everything to where it was basically only me. And it was only me doing the hard work to make sure everything was done. It is now that my son is here with me. The stepmom has verbally and mentally abused my son. She created a very unhealthy relationship between my son and Food. He is overweight, but he is very active. And we have worked this entire last year on building up his relationship with Food so that way he doesn’t binge. He is only 10 years old she would lie to, his dad and say that he was doing something wrong and then threatened to not let him see his mom (me) She said she said. She would send me videos of my son freaking out and crying, and then tell him that he wasn’t gonna see me laughing and slam his door in his face…. This past December, my son started having seizures… they are very real and very scary. It is very possible that he was having them before, and no one noticed because he was always shut in his very dark bedroom and told not to come bug daddy and step mom. We have navigated through a lot of medical issues and a lot of mental issues. We are in the waiting list for therapy u we have navigated through a lot of medical issues and a lot of mental issues. We are in the waiting list for therapy unfortunately with therapy. Unfortunately with therapy stepmom has given him some PTSD. She would stand outside of his bedroom door while he was on FaceTime with his therapist, and then ground him because of anything he disclosed his therapist. He thought his therapist was telling her everything. Not to mention the therapist is my ex-husband Aunt….. needless to say he is a little afraid to go to therapy. We have missed a lot of school. I’ve had to get a 501 plan in place so that he would not be held accountable and would not face truancy charges. At this time, we are doing OK. Our heads are above water and we are in the path to success. But now as a At this time, we are doing OK. Our heads are above water and we are in the path to success. But now as a mother. “New”mother I am facing issues. He does not want to go to school. He will text me every other week two days in a row.(Wednesday and Thursday.) to please come get him. For a tummyache or a headache or an earache or throwing up, etc. he has been mean and defiant at home. He has used his seizures as an excuse as to not do what is asked of him like a normal 10-year-old. His seizures are not often and only happen if he gets up and plays on his phone in the middle of the night and then falls back asleep… he is ok and his neurologist feels the same way. I need help as to how to navigate what to do for structure. We have our nighttime routine. We have our morning routine. We are set in that routine. I am a creature of habit so we have to be in the routine, but he is pushing the boundaries, he is pushing my boundaries and I don’t know how to tell him. He will push and push and push until I am at my breaking point and then he gets mad at me for being upset and he tells me I’m just like his stepmom because I’m upset because he didn’t listen. I’ve tried to tell him how much it hurts me and how much it’s not fair that he compares me to her because what I’m telling him to do is not what she made him do. I’m very very lenient and he gets $10 a week and allowance he always pushes for more. There was one week I allowed him to spend $85 Because he manipulated me into giving him that money because I didn’t want him to be upset. He’s not physically violent but he is upset and he knows I don’t want to see him hurt I just don’t know what to do. This is a very, very long post and I doubt anybody will ever read it and that’s OK. Maybe it’ll just make me feel better getting it off my chest.

I 26F have been dating my boyfriend 24M for almost 6 months now. We live two hours away, he in Canada and I in the US.
He has visited me twice in the past 6 months, but I have done most of the visiting. This is for a few reasons: He does not have a car or a license (whereas I do), and takes the bus here which is fine to me as long as he makes the effort to come. His financial situation is a bit tighter than mine, but he has a job that recently promoted him and gave him more hours. However, instead of saving up to buy a bus ticket, he spends his money on things I see as harmful, like vaping. He’s trying to make an esports career happen, which I do support and have no intention of asking him to stop pursuing, but that eats up money as well. I’ve offered to pay for him to come here when he says he’s broke.
My issue really is that I ask to plan visits, alternating who visits who once a month, and that doesn’t happen. I ask to play video games together, but he doesn’t like the games I play and doesn’t offer alternative solutions—I’m open to anything as long as it’s together. I just don’t feel like a priority and can’t understand why there isn’t urgency or a desire to plan to see me, although he says I’m the love of his life (which maybe is too soon for some but it’s hard to believe anyway when the behavior doesn’t match up).
What do I do? Are there solutions to make this work? I love him and we have zero issues when we’re together—it’s fun, simple, loving, and peaceful—but the time we spend apart is making me an anxious mess. Am I expecting too much? Thanks in advance.

Looking for someone to fill a bedroom at a 2 bed/1bath apartment located in Roxbury. Approximately $1,400 monthly (including utilities), dishwasher in unit, and coin-operated laundry located in the basement. Reside on the third floor and apartment is fully furnished. 20-minute walk to Roxbury T-stop and bus stop right outside.
Must be okay with animals (2 cats/ 1 small dog) and 420 friendly. Please DM if interested, happy to share more details as well as videos/photos of the apartment.
I am a working professional, hoping to find someone who is willing to be communicative about their living preferences and share a nice cohabitation space.

Hey everyone,
I've had to do this whole post again (absolutely gutted) as the draft function let me down so sorry if I skip through a bit quicker...
Another day, another set of memes to look through. As always, you can catch my previous day round ups below:
13th May
14th May
15th May
To reiterate, the description of each tweet is to the best of my knowledge the references made to allow you to make your own view in context and the speculation is pure speculation on my part. If you just want to look at the descriptions and not the speculation then just ignore the speculation part.
This is just for fun and shouldn't be taken as any financial advice, make your own decisions, I just like the stock.
If you have anything to add feel free to in the comments.
Let's begin:
10am - https://x.com/TheRoaringKitty/status/1791106334517010680
Description: First we have Jigsaw from Saw, "Hello, Do you want to play a game?", it then cuts to The Prestige with the quote "are you watching closely?" and then it cuts to Lucky Number Slevin talking about the Kansas city shuffle and finally it's Nas with Made you look.
Speculation: Jigsaw used to capture people who were not looking to live their life and play games with them to show them that they actually do care about their lives in the end. Maybe DFV is referring to shorts desperately trying to get out of their position and showing they will do whatever it takes to do it. The Prestige quote comes from the scene here and shows a magic trick of money appearing. The Kansas City Shuffle is "In order for a confidence game to be a "Kansas City Shuffle", the mark must be aware, or at least suspect that he is involved in a con, but also be wrong about how the con artist is planning to deceive him. The con artist will attempt to misdirect the mark in a way that leaves him with the impression that he has figured out the game and has the knowledge necessary to outsmart the con artist, but by attempting to retaliate, the mark unwittingly performs an action that helps the con artist to further the scheme" and the Made you Look songs full line is "They shootin', Aw made you look" maybe referring to what is happening to the stock right now.
10.15am - https://x.com/TheRoaringKitty/status/1791110102797172804
Description: Here we have a scene from Kill Bill where the bride is about to take on the crazy 88 gang and the music Nobody but Me by The Human Beinz.
Speculation: On the theme of ultimate revenge, The Bride in Kill Bill was on a mission to well.. kill bill. Lots of to go through in order to get to the final boss and the song is maybe making a point that Nobody but DFV could have seen this coming or maybe he is saying RCEO can do it
10.30am - https://x.com/TheRoaringKitty/status/1791113879684325383
Description: This is taken from Inside Man, i think it's the opening scene and has the music Chaiyya Chaiyya, also taken from the original clip. DFV has imposed a cat looking over and listening to the monologue which reads "Pay strict attention to what I say because I choose my words carefully and I never repeat myself".
Speculation: Inside man is about an elaborate heist turned hostage movie on Wall Street. Don't think there is much more to say about that other than GME is most likely the hostage in this situation.
10.45am - https://x.com/TheRoaringKitty/status/1791117652276195516
Description: The first part of this meme is taken from The Office and Michael pulls up in a car with Lady Gaga - Let's Dance playing and states "it's Britney Bitch". We then cut to Britney Spears in her music video Hit Me Baby One More Time and the part "give me a sign" has the movie logo for Signs on it (much more of that to come)
Speculation: First part is a joke from DFV keeping the just dance theme going but then we go to hit me baby one more time and most importantly a reference to a "Just give me a sign". There are signs coming that something big is going to happen.
11am - https://x.com/TheRoaringKitty/status/1791121430836584789
Description: This is the intro to Goosebumps and follows a lot of the original clips theme, you can watch that here. Some key changes that have been made though, R.K Gill is on the briefcase, something has definitely been edited with the man's head holding the briefcase, the billboard shows a morph to Ryan Cohen, Ryan's dog is brought in and then it's "Bear Beware" and "Goosebumps, based on the memes by R.K Gill"
Speculation: This is a really fun meme, we see some more of RC and Roaring Kitty Gill all over this. Is there a partnership or does DFV just know that RCEO is about to do something big that will send goosebumps down the bears necks.
11.15am - https://x.com/TheRoaringKitty/status/1791125203147428066
Description: Next we have Broad City and the song Best Friend by Sofi Tukker. The meme basically just has lots of scenes around new york with friends just doing a lot of dancing. Just a fun meme of dancing really and a lot of it centers around the two best friends the sitcom is about.
Speculation: DFV and RCEO are best pals and with everything that is going on with the stock they are just dancing and having a great time. Essentially owning New York which of course is where the finance bros hang out.
11.30am - https://x.com/TheRoaringKitty/status/1791128976632459643
Description: The first scene is taken from Devil Wears Prada with the models hanging out in New York for a shoot and the song Crazy by Seal plays with the lyrics "we're never gonna survive, unless we get a little crazy" it cuts to the official music video then back to Devil wears Prada where they say "oh i get it, the piece is called urban jungle right?", "yes the modern investor unleashes the animal within to take on the big city" Roarrr
Speculation: Another meme from New York with predominantly girls hanging out. DFV maybe noting that we all unleash a little roaring kitty by taking on his thesis with Gamestop, dunno about you but I just like the stock. Things might get a little crazy, at least to people on the outside when they are asking you why you aren't selling.
11.45am - https://x.com/TheRoaringKitty/status/1791132751976120778
Description: This scene is taken from the movie Signs and the Rev Graham here is woken and staring at something on the roof that spooks him.
Speculation: There will be many more references to this movie, in this case the Rev Graham (who weirdly looks like Ken G) is getting spooked at something he thought he saw. Scary stuff if you are short on GME.
12.00pm - https://x.com/TheRoaringKitty/status/1791136527801807077
Description: This is also taken from the movie Signs and it's a quote, "See what you have to ask yourself is what kind of person are you? Are you the kind that sees signs, that sees miracles? Or do you believe that people just get lucky? Or, look at the question this way: Is it possible that there are no coincidences?"
Speculation: Something big is coming, what kind of person are you? Is it possible there are no Cohencidences?
12.15pm - https://x.com/TheRoaringKitty/status/1791140301895352325
Description: Again from Signs, this shows the scene where the kid takes out his baby monitor and claims he can hear the aliens talking to each other. There's two of them talking he states and again we see the sign logo flash up. We then see an overlay of alien writing that isn't in the original clip so that's been dubbed on purposely.
Speculation: Things starting to get real interesting now. This looks to be a sign that something is happening behind the scenes. A baby monitor, what's RCEO got stored up? Maybe he is pregnant? Maybe GME is pregnant? Is there a merger happening? A split of some sort?
12.30pm - https://x.com/TheRoaringKitty/status/1791144075963298165
Description: This is the scene in Signs where they go to the crop fields and there are alien crop circles everywhere, only in this meme DFV has replaced those circles with GME logos. Many GME logos some with long running lines.
Speculation: Really looking like something big is on the horizon and DFV thinks he has seen the signs. This meme would suggest maybe its a merger with multiple gamestop logos but that's just my opinion. One thing for sure is that Gamestop has something on the horizon.
12.45pm - https://x.com/TheRoaringKitty/status/1791147851466047673
Description: This is the scene in Signs where the news start reporting sightings of aliens and they show a load of kids in a different country looking down an alley way only for an alien bearing Roaring Kitty as a face to walk by, scary stuff!
Speculation: This was actually the first scene from this film that made me realize i had seen the film before and a younger me was pretty freaked out by that scene. It could imply that they have landed, they are here and or DFV is at least. Certainly a they are coming sort of message.
1.00pm - https://x.com/TheRoaringKitty/status/1791151631259574559
Description: This is taken from the animated film Luca, where one kid says "what does it mean, the thing you just said?" and the other kid goes "Come on Ill show you more stuff"
Speculation: I think this is aimed at me writing this right now and whoever is reading this right now. Ultimately i have no idea what DFV is saying i can only speculate and DFV knows that, he can't outright say what he thinks but he can show us more and more cool memes.
1.15pm - https://x.com/TheRoaringKitty/status/1791155401091596494
Description: This is taken from 500 days of summer and DFV has changed a lot of the words here but essentially he is asked what he does and he says he makes Gamestop memes, the woman says he could be a really great investor if he wanted to be, he is asked why he went from being a great investor to making gamestop memes and he says "why make something disposable, like an investment thesis, when you can make something that lasts forever like a Gamestop meme"
Speculation: DFV having more meme lols here but really why would he need to do anymore investing, he already has his favourite company shares and the thesis is done, he knows what's going on and he is happy to stick with what he has. That doens't mean his thesis on Gamestop doesn't evolve, I just think he is done looking for other deep value plays.
1.30pm - https://x.com/TheRoaringKitty/status/1791159177785770273
Description: This is taken from The Shining and the song dubbed on is Matter of Time by Vandelux. The main protagonist and author in the movie, Jack is sat writing and it seems it is DFV and he is writing memes.
Speculation: Anyone that has seen The Shining knows that Jack goes to a secluded house with no distractions to write his book. Turns out it actually just makes him go completely mental and he ends up killing his family. I think DFV is just having some fun showcasing the time he has spent focusing on making Gamestop memes.
1.45pm - https://x.com/TheRoaringKitty/status/1791162950373527857
Description: We have Put Your Hands Where My Eyes Could See by Busta Rhymes and his music video. The lyrics he has chosen for this clip are emphasized and they are:
Flipmode Busta Bus (Uh, what?) Nine-seven (Come on, what?) Hot shit (Ha-hah) Check it out
Hit you with no delayin' so what you sayin', yo? (Uhh) Silly with my nine milli, what the deally, yo? (What?)
Do you really wanna party with me? Let me see (Uh) just what you got for me (Come on) Put all your hands where my eyes can see (Put 'em up, yo) Straight buckwildin' in the place to be (Wildin', nice, ha)
It then ends with If you really wanna party with Roaring Kitty
Speculation: More fun and dancing. Some interesting lyrics, Flipmode (reverse uno card anyone), Silly with my nine milli (could relate to shares, does RCEO have that much?) Could just be a fun meme without much else to it.
2:00pm - https://x.com/TheRoaringKitty/status/1791166726891061749
Description: This is taken from Sicario and it starts with the quote "so you wanna be a Sicario" and then shows the blonde reddit icon from the other sub tied up and then a guy looking pretty pissed off.
Speculation: The Sicarios were hitmen, that's basically what it means when it asks if you want to be a Sicario, do you want to be a hitman or assassin. The blonde icon from other sub tied up is in the place of a kid who was tied up in the film and certainly WAS NOT a friend of the Sicarios. Take from that what you will but I can't comment to much as it's about another sub.
2.15pm - https://x.com/TheRoaringKitty/status/1791170783277949042
Description: First we have a scene from No Country for Old Men with the quote "you can't stop what's comin" then we cut to a train tearing it up in Chicago and also taking out a double deck chair with a Chicago Bears logo on it then finally we go to a WWE smackdown with Stone Cold Steve Austin.
Speculation: No Country for Old Men has cropped up a few times before but it's about a killer who is pretty much unstoppable mowing these people down. The train wrecking Chicago and the Chicago Bears (as a Packers fan i liked that), well option contract writers are in Chicago I believe but also it's the original home of Citadel. The chair maybe is an answer to a Cramer tweet and the smackdown i'm not sure other than it being just a fun thing to watch.
2.30pm - https://x.com/TheRoaringKitty/status/1791174276604699013
Description: This is the music video for Punkrocker by Teddybears. It basically follows a man who is being chased by the police, the cops are coming but the guy seems pretty chill about it. He listens to the music with no fear and you can too. The words are in Gamestop white and red.
Speculation: I think that this could indicate that Gamestop isn't doing anything wrong with what's going to happen, they have warned again and again in their financial postings that the stock is being manipulated and is subject to squeezes. It could also indicate a GME investor has nothing to worry about legally either, just like the stock.
2.45pm - https://x.com/TheRoaringKitty/status/1791178049939182048
Description: This is taken from The School of Rock where Jack Black is trying to ask what it takes to rock out. If you wanna rock its not about scoring chicks, it's not about getting wasted, its about sticking it to the man, and you can't just say it man you gotta FEEL it it in your blood and guts.
Speculation: Only you can decide what sticking it to man means yourself in relation to having GME stock during a big squeeze event but for me personally it's been a long 3 and a half years of having crap tossed at me just for owning this stock and i certainly pissed with the amount of corruption and cheating that has and continues to go on. If shorts never closed and still have that position, that's their mess not mine.
3.00pm - https://x.com/TheRoaringKitty/status/1791181824754106742
Description: The main scene in this meme is taken from the film Stand By Me. You have two cars on both sides of the road. The good guy in this is driving on the wrong side of the road and the other gang are on the right side, it's a game of chicken with a truck coming towards the good guy as they both drive side by side. It then cuts to Bojack Horseman trying to do some comedy and being asked to get off stage, he states "I'm not done hold on" - it cuts back to the scene and the truck bails last second. The good guy just keeps on driving and goes in front of the other car having a victory sip.
Speculation: If you take DFV to be the good guy in this car scene then he just carries on with what he believes which is in GME regardless of trying to be chickened out of it in the face of adversity. You could also say he is Bojack and wanting to continue with his memes, he ain't done telling his memeroirs yet.
3.15pm - https://x.com/TheRoaringKitty/status/1791185600453783688
Description: This is taken from Everything Everywhere All At Once and shows a woman showcasing her awards, DFV has imposed some cat photos on her desk and also 3 awards that read

• DeepFuckingValue, Degen of the Month
• Roaring Kitty, 1st Cat in Congress
• Keith Gill, Best Ethics from the CFA institute (lol)

"The quote is Do you see these? You don't get one of these unless you've seen a lot of bullshit. Excuse my French. Now you may only see a pile of boring forms and numbers, but I see a story."
Speculation: DFV is a fucking dude, the guy has a meme trophy cabinet. To us or others we just don't quite see it like he does. If DFV thinks something big is going to happen you have the choice to believe it too or not, that's completely up to you. The awards are lol.
3.30pm - https://x.com/TheRoaringKitty/status/1791189376195854606
Description: The first scene is taken from Garden State, he asks her "what are you listening to", she goes "you gotta hear this one song" and you then hear Dont Fear the Reaper by Blue Oyster Cult and the opening lyric "all our times have come"
Speculation: Don't fear the reaper, if you hold GME you don't have to as it's not going bust. The company is not going to die. There are certainly some shorts that should be fearing the reaper though.
3.45pm - https://x.com/TheRoaringKitty/status/1791193149408223306
Description: This is a hilarious meme and i'm not sure where this is taken from but i'll try my best to describe it (really you should just watch it though). Two men are in a rich guys house, the host writes a note and then has to leave tearing the note off and taking it with him, the other sneaks up to the notepad, labelled Cohen, and tries to sketch the next page to work out what he wrote. What is revealed is a cartoon man with a huge dick.
Speculation: RCEO has a big slong, what else is there to say? Ok I think that he is going to do something big and it's an exciting thing to think about. Does make you think of the tweet of Steve Smith he posted with the erect penis too.
4.00pm - https://x.com/TheRoaringKitty/status/1791196925619789864
Description: A more recently made meme shows Jay Clayton talking about Roaring Kitty showing his first meme and saying "is this something that we should be tolerating in our markets, whether it's legal lalallull" then it goes to a clip of a guy saying "i mean what did he say fuck me for"
Speculation: DFV basically saying as we would say in the UK, "whatever mate". The guy is talking a load of bullshit and to bring up legality after all the stuff he has let slide as former SEC chairman, i mean bitch please!
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8.00pm - https://x.com/TheRoaringKitty/status/1791257325451493396
Description: First scene is taken from the car chase in The Bourne Identity, DFV has imposed a load of pictures of himself on the sheet of paper and then the car chase from the police proceeds (original clip here) There is a part in the middle of this car chase where the footage has been mirror flipped which means the steering wheel that would read Mini reads INIM then it finishes the chase and moves on to the opening scene of the movie Drive (original clip here).
Speculation: I think that the mirror flip of the video shows the steering wheel just at that point to sort of read "IM IN", surely not a coincidence given that is the only part of the whole clip that is flipped. The movie drive as someone suggested in the comments is about, "Ryan Gosling plays the unnamed Driver, a near-silent, methodical, mysterious, professional, highly competent getaway driver." - DFV has also tweeted about this movie before here.
Hope you enjoyed, still pissed i had to write this twice, my original had a lot more links to original clips and each Superstonk post as well! I'm off to bed, i'll update with the 8pm tweet tomorrow.
Love ya DFV x

In this video, I explain Groups (Bus), Sends, and Returns in FL Studio. I go over the benefits and examples of when I use them. I go over the setup of a group (bus). I show how to set up sends and returns and what they do.

This is just a trip report for anyone who wonders what spending a couple of days on Inis Mor is like. To be clear, I'm an able-bodied man who travels solo and would rather hike than ride bikes.
I book a 4PM flight with Aer Arann to the island from Galway, also booking a bus that picks you up from in front of Victoria Hotel, a 5 minute walk from Galway Coach Station. The day was rainy but mostly misty, so when the driver picked us up, he said it wasn't looking good for the flight. In case of cancellation, we would be taken from the Connemara Airport to the ferry port and put on a later ferry for no extra charge. Luckily, 20 minutes after arriving at the tiny airport, the flight was good to go. Me and 5 other passengers were shown a safety video, weighed to determine our spot on the tiny plane and we were off for a 7 minute flight to Inis Mor.
There, a van takes you directly to where you're staying for 7.50 euros. I stayed at Seacrest B&B, with a delightful hostess and an even better breakfast. Lots of travel that day, so I just trudged up to Joe Wally's Pub that was filled with good cheer, good food and good pints.
That night, I emailed Failte Bus Tours for a spot on Gerald's tour the next day. Started that day with a great fry-up breakfast then a trip to Spar to stock up on water and snacks. I have no problem drinking tap water, but I've read online to avoid drinking water from the bathroom, which was my only option in the B&B.
The tour started out badly. Since I was the only one there for the moment, Gerald wanted to wait until the mid-day ferries unloaded so he could recruit more passengers which is how most of these tours start. I waited over an hour so a few more could get in the van, but eventually we were on our way.
The tour ended up being great, Gerald gave his spiel, gave us 2 hours at Dun Aonghasa to hike up to the fort with excellent views of the cliffs and half the island. Nearby, there's a trail to a hidden ruined church with centuries-old carvings. There was even a card commemorating a recent death, so locals still consider this ruin as sacred. The tour also pointed other ruins and stopped at The Seven Churches. The last long stop was at the Wormhole for about 90 minutes, where Gerald pointed us to the trail that eventually led to it. It's pretty meandering but as long as you keep the water to your left, and watch out for the giant deep tidal pools, you'll get there, and it's worth it. Gerald was the perfect combo of informative but unobtrusive, letting us go in our own pace.
Upon return, it was an early dinner at The Bar with excellent seafood chowder and a pint of Guinness. After resting in the B&B, I hiked to the Black Fort, which started south along the main road in front of the B&B. Eventually you turn along paths lined with stone walls until you reach endless fields of flat stones. There are signs that point to the Fort, not to any path, eventually you'll start to hear the thunder of the crashing waves. The Black Fort is dramatically facing the ocean and since this was the evening, there wasn't soul around. If you're solo and that freaks you out, you might want to tell someone your plans.
The next day, after another fine breakfast, it was time to check out. This is my only gripe about this trip: I should've planned better which ferry to take to return to Galway or booked another flight. Instead, I had to spend a few hours before my 3:30 ferry, I ferry I chose because it did a detour along the Cliffs of Moher. I could leave my big bag at the B&B, which meant just leaving it in the common area. It's Inis Mor, nothing will happen to it.
I hiked up to St. Ciaran's Church which afforded excellent views along the way. The way back included walking by a little park by Joe Watty's, a stop at Aran Islands Cafe (excellent scone), walking past the Glamping site...a lot of waiting. The B&B let me hang out in the common area, but they were cleaning the place at the time and I felt intrusive so I only sat around between walks. Eventually, I got my bag and walked to the ferry port. Thirty minutes before departure, you'll see the ferry sitting there with a line already waiting to board. The ferry ride itself was great, some locals were putting the fear of seasickness in me, and while there were a few bumps, most of it was smooth as glass. The view of the Cliffs from the ferry were great and included a nice audio recording explaining what we were seeing.
So a nice couple of days on an amazing island. The weather was as advertised, at times misty, drizzly, some wind and some sun. But it was never miserable, thankfully. Hope this helps anyone thinking of visiting.

An emo girl in band(no, I’m not just calling her emo because she cuts herself. She actually adopts an emo style and attitude), started cutting herself in 2022 During the marching band season at age 15. She kind of does it on and off as She was stop for months and then she would come back with a dozen or so new cuts. She doesn’t hide them, Even when they’re obviously extremely fresh. This is kind of a commonly known fact in our section as When she first started, she bandaged them and we had a game or competition and people were asking about them and eventually people found out about it The director told her to Take it off because she didn't know it was a bandage and it was white compared to the black uniform. I have reported it before. She is in my section and class.
Anyways, One day we were on a band trip which was out of state. We had just came back from A school which was in the middle of nowhere that we were practicing at at 7 AM and we were actually driving to our competition location at this point so it was during the daytime.
We were on the charter bus to NC and suddenly out of nowhere. She decides to stand up revealing both of her wrists, which had at least a few dozen cuts on them and asked me to count them. Her friend shakes his head. I’m confused, but I genuinely make a guess. The next day at 3 AM when we come back from the competition, she randomly runs into my arms To hug me out of nowhere.
I know that she’s obviously a troubled person She does some strange things sometimes. She also says like literally anything that comes to her head So it’s actually kind of funny sometimes she just randomly insult Someone for no reason in class or something.
But anyways, I’m autistic and I don’t understand a lot of things that Neurotypicals do so is this Some sort of emo code or something? Is this a common occurrence that happens in the emo Or mentally ill community? I also saw someone on Instagram comments a number on A video that showed a person with self harm on their wrist, getting it tattooed obviously counting them.
I don’t know if counting scars is some sort of code for something else and I know this happened two years ago, but I’m still confused and still wondering what it means. I would ask her, but it would be kind of weird to bring up something she did two years ago out of nowhere.

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

UPDATE: They moved it to Monday, June 3rd. I can't change post title.
UPDATE 2: Lol, it just occurred to me that their first date for this was D.C. primary election night. Someone scheduled this without checking with all of the political appointees who would prefer to watch/commiserate as results come in.
This is rushed by their standards of meeting announcements. I guess this is to head off D.C. Council's CT Ave budget language at the pass while the Council moves toward final votes on the FY25 budget. Expect DDOT senior staff and the consultant team to fear-monger that Council's budget language will prevent even a dollar spent on this 3-mile corridor for even a fresh coat of paint on the crosswalks. Believe none of that.
From what the Director described during budget testimony, they intend to present a "road diet" in only nominal terms: making the curbside, 3rd lane in each direction permanent parking, with little consolation prizes for people walking and riding the bus (curb extensions, probably floating bus stops, some "stick and paint" turn hardening and daylighting) and a LARGE increase in on-street parking numbers. That means D.C. would plan to spend millions of dollars on a project that advances none of their own plans for transit and bike improvements. They would deny that claim, but a curb extension does not a bike corridor make (see: 14th St NW, from Thomas Circle up to U St NW).
Show up loud and proud on June 4 and remember to contact your Councilmembers (Ward-based and the five At-Large members) to support the Frumin/Allen Budget Support Act language for Connecticut Avenue NW.
Announcement in full: https://content.govdelivery.com/accounts/DCWASH/bulletins/39cf655

Public Meeting Notice: Connecticut Avenue Multimodal Safety Improvement Project

(WASHINGTON, DC) —The District Department of Transportation (DDOT) will host a virtual public meeting for the Connecticut Avenue Multimodal Safety Improvement Project. The purpose of the meeting is for DDOT to update the public on the current concept for the project. DDOT staff will be available to answer questions and gather comments.
For more information about the public meeting, contact us at [connave.multimodal@dc.gov](mailto:connave.multimodal@dc.gov) or (202) 716-5302.
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TIME: 6:30 - 8 p.m.
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My fellow gamers, for too long has our community suffered the indignation of an intolerable culture that has denigrated, besmirched, exploited, and has outright demonized our culture of unique individuals with a genuine love of a hobby that they see as profitable and progressive. They have taken beloved IP’s (Intellectual Properties) and twisted them into their own personal ideological crusade of undermining and humiliating the core aspects of characters they deemed as “Toxic” or “White Supremacy”. Through the guise and protection of DEI (Diversity, Equity, and Inclusivity) & ESG (Environmental, Social, and Governance) they have used our influence in the entertainment industry to push their narratives and agendas that have stigmatized our culture with numerous anti-consumer practices that they call “being progressive”. But the truth of the matter is they were never really looking to be a part of our community, they simply wanted to use our community as a tool of activism and propaganda in the entertainment industry as it was extremely profitable, and they wanted inclusion in that division. Ever since GamerGate & Female Frequency, we have had to endure the incursion of forced ideologies, xenophobic behaviors and inferior overpriced products that have never been in our best interest and have been flat out disgraceful towards foreign media.
Before Gaming had become a major source of entertainment, we were often categorized as anti-social or societies rejects where because we found more enjoyment in playing fictional characters and not spending as much time out and about, we never fully assimilated in society (which is a good thing if you ask me). From 1998 to 2007, at the height of innovation, creativity and production, Gaming had reached a golden age in which it had revolutionized society. Hollywood Execs who had ruined the movie industry turned their attention to video games as a source of income since video games had outperformed movies in terms of profit. No one was concerned about gaming, much less diversity or inclusivity until it became profitable. This makes people like SBI look extremely disingenuous as they were not interested in gamers as a community with its own culture. They simply wanted to use it as another weapon in identity politics.
Microtransactions; the hidden enemy to gamer progress and inducer to mental laziness of our community. Microtransactions have been around for a long time; however, it has never been more potent and apparent than in recent years. It has aided in the dismantling and segregation of players on the ideology of FOMO (Fear of Missing Out) and has created another sub-culture of gamers who have no real drive to be better outside of how much money they put into the game. This has degraded our culture as well as we have become “fat” off transactional gaming but at the same time we have been “starved” of purposeful gaming where our achievements were our sustenance. I am not saying that microtransactions are bad, but when they are exploitative and predatorial like they have been and don’t give gamers room to grow, we become lethargic and unwilling to improve ourselves as gamers. Oversaturated microtransactional games are one of the many reasons why we have become complacent and unwilling to fight against the exploitative tactics used by big brand game companies such EA, Ubisoft, ActivisionBlizzard, NaughtyDog and so many other western business model companies. Western style games were not like this in the past, they had much more depth and actual effort put into them with the gamer in mind. This has not been the case for over a decade and our connection to western developers has been whittled down to just being transactional. That is one of the reasons why you see so many remasters and remakes in today’s gamer community. They have lost their willingness to improve as developers of games and simply accept corporate/share holder rules.
Game journalists also do not have any real integrity or purpose outside of being funded for their involvement in promoting IPG (Identity Political Games) in a positive light to the public whether it’s positively received or not. They are not interested in what we have to say, they all support the same agenda and that is why they are a dying breed. Within the next couple of years, they will be out of the job and more than likely they will not be able to stay in the industry giving how they have responded to past articles that have clearly been scripted on the premise of diversity and racism. Not only that, but most of them are also extremely hostile to the community as they stereotype and defame the individuals that are a part of the community they are supposed to serve. We have been mentally liberated from their lies and coercive tactics as we tend to laugh at their obvious attempt at virtue signaling while hiding their misdoings so that they can play the victim.
My gamer brothers & sisters, I would not suggest the following action that we must take now without good cause. I have weighed our options and the best option for us now is this…...CULTURAL SECESSION. Naturally this is a form of segregation where they would more than likely claim they are being segregated by the dominant culture of the gaming community but that is incorrect. For years now we have been the ones who are often marginalized and ostracized for the smaller portion of our community. And when we aren’t, we’re exploited for more funds so that these companies can stay in business only to subject us to low quality products that coincide with the “WOKE Agenda” that are often huge expenses to these big brands i.e. AAA/AAAA games that will eventually flop for its obvious forced diversity and bug infested product which will undoubtedly piss off the consumer to the point of wanting a refund. Losing copious amounts of capital and stock in the process, not to mention their reputation is permanently marred.
We must separate on every cultural level in terms of entertainment and ideology. We must reject everything from the west that promotes toxic western beliefs, practices, and exclusion from other cultures (i.e. Southeastern Countries such as Japan and Korea). Japan & Korea have been the targets of unjust discrimination from Western Developers, Western Journalists, Western Localizers (The Wokelizers) and Western Society Prejudice regarding their sense of aesthetics as Westerners hate the aesthetic sense of these countries. The reason why they resort to such base tactics isn’t just because it weaponizes the ideal female form but it’s also because they have deep-seated insecurities about their own looks so when they see attractive female characters, they use terms such as “unrealistic” or “hypersexualized” to establish the moral high ground. But the truth is, they want to feel superior to that which is ideal, so they insult and dehumanize this figure that portrays natural female beauty because they see it as an insult to their own social superiority in what they believe is a hierarchy of them being at the top of all other women. Because of this and so many contributing factors, their movies flop harder than the Fat Chocobo landing on a group of enemies and their games seismically fail just as much if not more. We must sever our connection to Western Developers, Publishers, and ALL Western-Centric Entertainment for they seek to mentally enslave us to their Xenophobic ideology.
Let’s define Western Culture and its traits. Western Culture/Society is composed of more than several different ideologies that work in unison with one another to facilitate dominance over multiple aspects of society. Business, Social, Political, Technological, and sometimes even Global Affairs are affected by these ideologies that portray a specific mindset of Western beliefs. What are those ideologies you ask?

• Perpetual Victimhood: By weaponizing the fact that they are marginalized and of a small portion of western society, they can push their agenda to absurd standards that ultimately ostracize the main demographic. And when companies don’t capitulate, they are labeled as anti-progressive/misogynist’s or cohorts of White Supremacy. They use this to cancel their targets and silence them through societal defamation to keep the public on their side. They also use this mindset to justify their own lack of self-agency as they tend to throw companies who do adhere to their demands but miserably fail to turn a profit under the bus so that they can maintain face in front of the public while denying their actual involvement. They will never accept “Sense of Agency” when it’s negative but will gladly accept it when a positive outcome shines on them as if they are entitled to it.

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• Societal Terrorism: This is another form of ideology weaponization that they use in order to make companies “toe-the-line” with their agenda. By weaponizing cancel culture, they exert dominance over these companies but in exchange they also reimburse those companies with DEI & ESG funds that raise their credit score as well as having social status with the marginalized demographic. However; cancel culture has not succeeded in years and developers and publishers probably only want the money and the DEI ESG rating. But they have to maintain the image of having social economic power so that they can continue to strong-arm other developers into compliance and promoting financial benefits of DEI & ESG. In other words, if you are not for sale, they discredit and stigmatize you in the industry.

Asmongold Clips.
https://youtu.be/Iq86DnmX2xY
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• “Its not us, its you who’s wrong” Mentality: This mentality is especially annoying as they tend to use it to hide their incompetence. They often look down upon gamers who are not in the industry to hide their obvious lack of knowledge on game development thinking that their job title grants them special status that they believe gives them the right to be condescending. But the truth they never wanted revealed has already strangled their careers of all credibility. They were never GAMERS, they were INVADERS. Community Colonists that seek to indoctrinate next generational gamers into their hive-mind and brand previous generations of gamers as villains.

@GeeksandGamers
https://youtu.be/1HbrTkqQFuM
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• Double-standard Enforcement: By labeling something as “unrealistic” or “hypersexualized”, they can claim this is morally wrong if it promotes traditional dynamics between men and women. Heterosexual relationships are condemned while at the same time Same-sex relationships are praised. Additionally, heterosexual relationships with main white male characters turn antagonistic and spotlight stealing. This is deliberate as to promote the “Girl Boss” ideology to indoctrinate women into the Feminazi state of mind. While at the same time, should a male character also adopt the “I don’t need male/female” ideology its seen as Toxic Masculinity which isn’t even a real thing. The idea of a strong male character is taboo while enforcing strong female characters is the ideal.

@MugenLord
https://youtu.be/to5Uciy_yeg
@EndymionTv
https://youtu.be/7TPTR8-qmbk
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• Dehumanization/Demonization: This is something that most military branches use in order to remove conscious inhibitions such as mass slaughter is wrong or categorization. By enforcing ideologies to denounce humanity in certain targets, it deactivates your conscience by saying this is not human therefore its ethically okay to treat this target without compassion and deny the fact it has sentience. We gamers fall under this category for journalists, developers, companies and society at large. This is a tactic we are familiar with to an extent as it implies that we are not normal when we do not do what everybody else is doing. “Geeks are the worse” or “Nerds need to fall into a pit of lava” are verbal dehumanization forms that most people in society say and we as Gamers tend to be relegated to those categories. This is their way of imposing the social hierarchy on us by establishing superiority. We know this as Gamers as we see it very often in the games that we play and some times experience it in real life.

https://rationalwiki.org/wiki/Gamergate#The_end_of_their_relevance
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• Deflection/Projection: This is basic psychology 101. By redirecting the conversation away from their mistakes and back on to the opposing view to avert blame and justify their innocence they can avoid criticism. However; deflection is a CONSCIOUS decision, meaning they have no real argument to justify their incompetence. If you can consciously process the situation, you have self-agency which means you don’t have a legitimate excuse. Projection is something else entirely. Most times, Projection doesn’t work on conscious decisions rather it is automatically deployed when feeling threatened, anxious or both. Instead of accepting accountability for feelings or actions that are deemed socially unacceptable they accuse others of committing that unacceptable behavior thereby exonerating themselves and proving that those feelings and/or actions are not their own.

@TheTrentReport
https://youtu.be/bPIPSKruYRo
These traits are so nefarious and unconscionable that I have a hard time believing that anyone could harbor them. However, given the social, political, and economic climate that we are in, those in power who use their influence on controlling society most definitely possess these insidious traits. Everything that they do is all about control and since video games are the biggest market in the world, they want control over it and the communities built around it to accrue more wealth and to use that wealth to subjugate other cultures. Mainstream media is a tool as well as mainstream organizations and sites to help accomplish this goal.
The government recently announced its intentions towards what they believe is “GamerGate 2.0” and now even the ADL has made an official appearance, referring to gamers as “extremist’s”. We know EXACTLY what they are doing, and they aren’t even trying to hide it anymore because they don’t think we are aware of their motives. This is just a pretext for them to exert even more control and we know why, it’s because they want the influence we as a community have to must serve them. So here is what we do my fellow gamers-
“In light of recent events and years of mainstream stigma, we the members of the Global Gaming Community [GGC] must officially renounce ALL TIES to the corporate western video game market. We have been financially exploited through predatorial monetization schemes, pelted with numerous articles of disdain and intentional misrepresentation from game journalists, news outlets regarding us as dangerous individuals and, even subjected to inferior products not only riddled with bugs but also products meant to push political agendas. For the preservation of our community and its unique culture, apart from a few select game development studios we officially sever all connections to western owned video game companies & their mainstream affiliates. From this point onward, we will no longer support western corporate developers, journalists and publishers that do not coincide with the goals of our community.”
Naturally this is completely optional. If you are okay with the state of the gaming community as it is, feel free to ignore this. But if you wish for real change and a break away from oversaturated monetization in the games you play and the push for radical ideological reform, then you are in the right place. Lets sever these rotted miasmic ties once and for all so that our community can be preserved and made better for future gamers. If you agree with this, share it with whoever you think might be interested. The more gamers who get involved, the easier it will be for us to finally break free from mainstream game companies and their associates.