Lady bug sayings

So I've been working on an "Alien: Dark Descent"-inspired game for about six months now. I really enjoyed the gameplay in A: DD but I wanted 1) more enemies on the screen 2) a more "bunker-down" feeling, build a small improvised base with sentries and stuff 3) multiplayer experience, so I set out to build a small top-down shooter where up to four people could defend against hordes of creatures. Gameplay elements include:

• Lots of bug-like aliens, most have low health and are fast. Some special bugs have hardened shells that need to be shot from behind or from heavy weaponry to take damage.
• Open map (Mars surface) with objectives randomly scattered around the map, with three primary objectives and up to 10 secondary objectives that unlock a random thing in the "orbital store" when completed. Objectives include stuff like destroying an abandoned research facility, closing alien nests, and destroying alien eggs.
• Waves of enemies will spawn, when a wave has been defeated your mothership will enter orbit and it will stay overhead until the next wave of enemies, during this time the players can buy support from the mothership (that they unlocked by completing objectives), such as new weapons or "tickets" for orbital bombardment. I even added a, what I thought at that time, cool and unique mechanic where you would use the arrow keys on the keyboard to select which thing to buy and activate (mostly so I could avoid developing a proper shop UI :P).

Fast forward to a few days ago and a friend suggested we buy Helldivers 2. Turns out it's fucking identical to my game, down to the types of objectives. IT EVEN HAS THE ARROW-KEYS MECHANIC LIKE WTF! I mean, Helldivers 1 is even top-down (2 is a TPS/FPS, at least)...
Since then I've lost all motivation to work on my game, seeing how successful Helldivers 2 is. I know a common thing people say is "players don't see cake and say 'yuck the same cake', they say 'oh cool more cake'", i.e. if players play a game they like they probably want to play more games that are similar to it. But in my case it's so similar I feel like people would think it's just a cheap knock-off copy or cash-grab :/
I can't see a way to change my game to be different enough to not be considered "just a knock-off", the only mechanics that make my game different are:

• Roguelike experience, everything is unlocked during each session, so each session have different available equipment.
• The gameplay is more "infinite-wave" based than objective based. There are still objectives but you don't win when completing them, they are just there to limit what things you have access to.

Sorry for the vent post but I was actually really excited to work on this game, I even wrote a 12-page GDD to outline what needs to be done, and now I'm disappointed it was all for nothing. Do I just abandon the project instead of trying to salvage it?

i have this Pretty cool idea how about we Pitch into a go fund me people can donate for the island that had the most votes. After the voting is over ill be doing 3 sweeps of the comments and to make sure i dont miss any ill be putting a reply saying counted.
ISLAND 1 theres this one in florida but i bet it has some aligators and only has 4.00 https://www.privateislandsonline.com/united-states/florida/4-acre-buildable-island
heres the next one ISLAND 2 in Carolina which is a bit better with 256.00 Acres so its a lot bigger tho Caronlina has also of bugs somtimes https://www.privateislandsonline.com/united-states/northcarolina/the-carolina-cays
and the last one
ISLAND 3 this one is in the Hudson River in new york and it has 45.00 Acres a ton bigger then the 2 other options but the laws in newyork are kinda confusing but thats just what i think https://www.privateislandsonline.com/united-states/newyork/thompson-island-newyork
anyways place your votes if you want to i wont force you too or anything but also before you place your votes im going to be setting up a gofund me so we can affoard the island i wont be setting it up till all votes have been cast so we will be starting vote casting in the comments from 5/18/2024 from the start of this post till 7/22/2024 after that point any votes after wont count and how you vote is you put in your comment that
you vote for Island 1 , Island 2 , island 3 just copy past it if you want and put it in your comment if your voting for that island By the way i wont be the one purchasing the island in my name im gonna be finding somone else to buy the island with the money we gather also after its all bought i might be giving the island to a redditor living on the island so i dont have to take care of it all the time but i might not also if you want you can suggest a island you want to vote up for just ask for me to put it up here with the link in the comments ill be checking the links before i click them incase they have malware or somthing, anyway i hope you all have a cool day! cya

A bit of info before I start, I am F(28) and my partner is M(39), we aren’t the same nationality and come from two different countries in Europe. We’ve been together for well over 4 years, are planning to get married and have kids. For the past year my partner has been incredibly ill which prevented him from working (he had a very well paying job), it has been very difficult for both of us. My moms side of the family never truly got to know my partner well as they do not speak English. Sorry for this being a long post, I’m not great at storytelling.
About a week ago, I’m visiting my grandparents along with my mother. Me and my mom are planning a trip to another country which we are very excited about so obviously the conversation starts there. My mom goes off about how great it’s going to be, what we’re going to do there and so on, when my grandma suddenly interrupts to say to me “oh and maybe you can meet a nice man when you’re there there.”
Me being obviously shocked by the comment as I already have a nice man, I say “I don’t need to find a nice man there, I already have a nice man.”
This is when she starts this big speech about everything that she believes to be wrong with my partner. Her main points were to say that he is ugly, sick and old. Me not knowing how to react I asked her if she’s serious - she was. She basically said that us not being married and not having kids made our relationship a failure. That because of my partners illness I “never leave the house” - which is not true. That I need to find myself someone better, who is not sick, because he is just bad.
At one point during her speech I decided that I am leaving, I could not take the belittling of my partner much longer, the only thing o said back to her is that I hope that if she is ever sick, people will stick around and not leave her because she’s a burden.
As soon as I walk out, my mom follows me trying to convince me to come back inside and we can all talk. At that point I’m in tears, trying to get an Uber back home. At one point my grandmother approached me, I honestly thought she’s came to apologize - nope! She tells me to stop it and get over it.
Since then I have been completely ignoring her. She sent a text message apologizing but I ignored it. In the text she said that she’s sorry but she just wants the best for me - to me that means that she still stands by what she said. She has made a few attempts to talk to me on the phone but each time I’ve ignored her.
My family believes I should accept that she’s “an older lady” and doesn’t know better so to let it go. I on the other hand have no clue what to do. I feel that even if I do forgive I cannot forget and it would be so Wierd to bring my partner around her at any family events. I told him the whole story and he also doesn’t really want to be around her any time soon and I can’t blame him. From what I have heard from my mother, my grandmother is now complaining that I’m not giving in and that I am making a big deal out of nothing.
So AITAH? What should I do?

Hi so I reread Nausicaa after a few and I gotta say I still love it and one of my top 5, but I do have a few questions. Really my only gripe is that Teto died, lol.
1) When the 2nd Daikaishi occurred, the Ohmu and other bugs went to stop the genetically modified mold, not all of the Ohmu and bugs died right? I recalled a few scenes where the People of Forest were still harvesting bug eggs and a scene where a dying bug was basically lying her eggs in a cistern or water storage. Though a lot of the Ohmu and bugs died, not the entire species right.
2) When Nausicaa destroyed The Crypt, did she destroy The Garden along with it? To me it didn't seemed so. She destroyed the puppetmaster and the new seeds of humanity, some of their technologies. One thing I remembered was after she left the Garden, she met up with her Wormhandler, and they had to travel sometime at least 20 Leagues (22.5 miles, 1 league = 1.125 mile) to reached the Crypt. So reminants of the ancient world would still exists if th garden exists. The knowledge, art, and things worth passing onto humanity after the cleansing still remained.
3) If the garden remained then humanity still have access to it. Like the garden will always welcome in anybody that chooses to stay and some people can leave or bound to leave.There's also possibility of other gardens and seeds of humanity too. Another I recalled to is that the Master of the Garden, left the garden door opened for Nausicaa should she ever intend to return.
4) This lead me to my next thought after seeing how people were so split on the ending on Reddit. Did Nausicaa really doomed humanity? The master of the garden had the technologies to rid her of radiation poisoning and heck modify her to adapt to the purified environment. And they technology is still there. Another thought is depending on how the Master of the Garden modified Nausicaa, if it's genetically, then her descendants has the ability to survive both the old and new world. The only thing I felt she removed was influences of the crypt master, which might act of one fail safe for the survival of humanity.
5) Was Nausicaa aware of the eggs / embryo of the future humans when she asked Ohma to destroy the crypt? It seemed like they were collateral damaged, and was too late stop upon realization.
6) I love the message that all natural and artificial life can evolve beyond their design. As the Ohmu, the super slime mold, the master of the garden, God Warriors, and even current human. However this lead me to believe even if the future human that Nausicaa accidentally destroyed were to live, would they remained peaceful as genetically designed? If they can evolve beyond their natural directive.
7) Also if The Master of the Crypt and Ohmu shared the same blood, and artificial creation. And if the Ohmu developed sentience and consciousness, going on what it was originally designed to do. What isn't to say The Master of Crypt won't go beyond what they were originally designed to do as well. Possibly itself dooming humanity as did the God Warriors, especially if it was programmed with the will of the ancient humans. And as we learned with the God Warriors and Nausicaa, it is influenced by its masters.
Anyways I have so much I need to digest everything as it stands...love it.

Prologue

Hello and welcome to my post. I will subdivide this into two large parts. One will cover my thoughts, feelings, my hopes and dreams...While the other will tell you the specifics of how I pass the time, what topics interest me, what passions do I posses. I believe that at the end of this leap into my inner world, you dear reader, will have all the necessary information to judge whether we are compatible or not.

Part I
I am writing this in the hopes of finding something that I lack. Lately I have had this feeling, this tinge of melancholy within the dephts of my being, this yearning to find a kindred spirit, another Soul, much like mine, to form a bond with. Perhaps Loneliness is the right word for what is bothering me, but to use it seems to carry with it a connotation of ungratefulness. Ungratefulness for the people that I do have in my life, although none of them, of course, have the connection to me that I seek here.

I have found it increasingly necessary to seek in this Life a sort of purity of thought. What I mean is, I have began to undestand what ideas and concepts are ultimately compatible with my inner most Self, ergo what guidelines I have to follow to feel the most whole. Naturally I have likewise realised what I cannot add to my Self and what I will henceforth reject with all the power that I posses.

With this new context in mind, I now follow on the path of self improvement. I will now begin to mold my Self into my perfected idea of how the Self should be. This is certainly a significant undertaking, one that will not be easy to follow through on but one that I ultimately have to do. To me such context is essential. It is akin to a Guiding Star shining in the night. I will follow this Star for without it I am lost in the vast Darkness.

Looking back at my life, it was suboptimal, especially if one compares the way it molded me to how I will now mold myself. I suppose I must look on with a hint of regret at all that time which one might consider to be lost. Still... I try to stave off such decisively negative interpretations, after all, I have ultimately came to these conclusions. That means that somewhere along the line I had to have picked up on enough of such ideas for them to become so cemented in my consciousness. Well, either that or I was always like this, but in that case I can at least thank my life up to this point for not being able to supress such manifestations of my inner most Self.

To add to the topic of my life, I must admit that not all the battles have yet been won, not all the Demons vanquished, not every Mountain climbed. I want you to keep such things in mind when deciding whether or not to approach me. Many will shy away, I undestand that much, but the pursuit of true Companionship is just another such battle. Having said all that I do believe that being able to overcome hurdles together carries with it a certain appeal. That is to say, what's the fun in joining once the Game is already over?

I don't shy away from such challenges, perhaps to a fault. Certain troubles that I faced in the past carry with them a long shadow over my current health and well being. Still, I intend to change little in this regard other than the proficiency with which I will clash the current of my Will against the cliffs of Life.
Part II
In this part of my post I will tell you about my interests and hobbies, I will try to be thorough, commonality in this regard is rather important to build a relationship
History. I have had an interest in history for almost a decade now, it started back in school and developed from there. Well, now that I think about it one could argue that it started even earlier in my life as I liked watching the odd historic documentary or film aired on television but it wasn't regular back then, I never actively sought it out. I am mostly interested in European history in the period between the 18th-20th century but I sometimes branch out to other time periods and other parts of the world. I watch various channels related to history and read articles and sometimes books. I have recently got a few books on the German revolution of 1848/1849 and a historical magazine on the Thirty Years' War. Besides that I try to visit museums sometimes.
Literature. Especially old novels. I like to immerse myself in the Worlds of these books, I tend to read them while listening to thematically fitting music and take my time with them. One time you are following a troubled Youth in his quest for spiritual understanding of the world, another you see the aged and decrepit Doctor gambling his very Soul on the promises of abtaining satisfaction in earthy pleasures, then again your olfaction notices the most pleasant scent known to man even as the one eminating it has the appearance of a revolting Frog. These and many other stories open up to you once you decide to set foot into the literary World.
Languages. I know three, with one being a bit rusty. I am currently working intently on strengthening it. I believe that if I continue to apply myself in this regard then I should be able to finally conquer it. What language am I working on? Well, if you were to stack all the major works in it they would be as tall as a house... It is fun to go through different works in multiple languages, the same goes for film, games and such.
Games. I recently played Cyberpunk 2077. Well as recently as I played any major story centric game. Now that the dust has settled and the bugs mostly removed...It's not that bad. The main questline at least. Besides that I tried Fallout 76 (Very average, I'm dissapointed with what they made the "RPG" system) and I might give Deus Ex Manking Divided another spin (since it's somewhat similar to Cyberpunk when it comes to its aesthetics). Dark Souls is one of my favorite series, I still haven't beaten Elden Ring though. When it came out I wasn't in the right mindset to invest a hundred hours into it, with all those bosses and difficult locations. I think I'll only consider playing it if I am streaming it to someone. I am generally interested in either streaming games or having the person I am talking to stream them to me. To be specific I mean streaming to a single person while being on call. Besides that I'm a big fan of Paradox strategy games, especially Europa Universalis IV and Heats of Iron IV, I tend to only play single player since I find multiplayer with many people to be rather stressful but on the other hand I have nothing against a co-op game. I'm not the best player though, despite the ammount of hours I have in them. Another great game I would mention would be Dragon's Dogma. A very underrated RPG. I recently beat it again and it was an atmospheric and interesting experience. It is one of those games that feel like they have an endless ammount of depth and constant new secrets to discover.
Anime and Manga. In recent times my interest in them has waned but I still watch the occasional series here and there. Like Cyberpunk Edgerunners (Which I found to be rather mediocre) and the very good first season from the new arc of Bleach. Some of my favourite series include: Fullmetal Alchemist Brotherhood, Death Note, Fate;Zero, Psycho Pass, Code Geass and Attack on Titan. I wouldn't mind if you were to introduce me to some new series, maybe based on the ones I mentioned. My favourite Manga is Berserk which I still follow, althought I am still not certain on the direction that the new author is taking. I suppose it really is a matter of contention whether a somewhat (or considerably warped) vision is better than an unfinished work. One could argue that a few novels remain unfinished and possess a macabre appeal to them as such.
Music. Classical music has a very special place in my heart. A few of my favourite pieces would be: Clair de Lune, Nocturne Op. 9 No.2, Devil's Trill Sonata, Danse Macabre, Valse Sentimentale, Symphony No. 7 in A Major, Op. 92: II. Alegreto (by Beethoven) and Suite from Swan Lake, Op. 20a: I. Scene. Moderato. There are more but these ones always invoke something in me when I listen to them. Besides Classical I also enjoy listening to Synthwave, old Western pop and J-pop, both modern and from the 20th century.
Esotericism. I am interested in things spiritual, mystical, magical and esoteric. I have read religios texts, magical grimoires, introductions to various schools of thought. It is interesting to me.
Epilogue
Hopefully I was able to cast the spotlight upon my inner World in a clear and unequivocal manner. I feel the need to add to the aforementioned that I am rather introverted, which means that I tend to dislike large social gatherings. I managed to condition myself to be able to endure the presense of large groups of people but it isn't something that I would seek out in most cases. Besides that I am neurodivergent and suffer from certain issues with mental health. I have to take medication to keep myself under control. They work well enough but certain days are harder than others. I respect the struggle that others have with mental health but in the context of a relationship I have my limits, no one with BDP for instance. I am also not looking for anything casual. I understand than one cannot demand depth and meaning from a conversation with an absolute stranger, that is akin to trying to build a sand castle right before the waves strike but I ask at least that you enter with a mindset that this might become something of significance. I also do want to say that I am completely Monogamous. My preference? The sickly, pale, intellectual who watches rain droplets slide down the window in Autumn. Lastly, if I enjoy the company of a person I tend to not want to let them go.
Thank you for taking the time to read my post and have a good day. I ask that you send a DM instead of a chat and that you give the English translation of my title as your own.
Goodbye...Or perhaps untill we meet again

Ghost of Tsushima Director’s Cut is not free from bugs and errors. There are tons of bugs that plague the game and it will take a while till all of them get sorted out. Many players are experiencing an audio bug, where the dialogs within the game are missing. If you are unable to hear what the characters are trying to say, then maybe the below fixes can help you out. In this guide we will see how to fix the no audio bug in Ghost of Tsushima
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To start, used to solely be a bot player. I’d only ever fight bugs if they were part of an MO. Recently, I don’t when, fighting bots just started to feel unfair and unfun. So I’m just going to make a list of things that I think are a part of that.

1. Rocket Devastators. I’m glad that they nerfed their rockets so that they no longer one-shot. But their reload speed is crazy fast, so that by the time their rocket hits me, they already have more coming. God forbid there is more than one, which there almost always is. The rockets are also crazy accurate, and it feels like it’s programmed so one will always hit you.
   
2. Heavy Devastators. I was at a point where I would use a stratagem JUST for these guys, they were that bad. The non-stop machine gun fire that would kill you in less than a second, the pinpoint accuracy, the fact that they can sometimes shoot through terrain AND don’t even need to be aiming at you in order to do so.
   
3. Escort Missions. I’m pretty sure these missions are just full up broken. The dropships are phasing through each other because there are so many, and they go on for the whole mission. My friend and I have never once won these missions even when lowering the difficulty to 4, and we usually play at 7-8.
   
4. Flinching Ability. When people complain about Devastators, others will just dismiss them and say “just aim for the head bro.” But this is nearly impossible if there is more than three enemies shooting at you, because each hit you take will shift your aim 90 degrees in a random direction.
   
5. Random one-shot deaths. I’d be at full health, and sometimes just get hit by a stray laser and die immediately. This has happened against every enemy, but the most common has been scout striders. I don’t know what causes this.
   
6. The amount of things that rag-doll me. Rocket raiders, rocket devastators, laser cannons, command bunkers, rocket hulks, annihilator tanks, grenades, berserkers, the suicide bombers, and the occasional random laser that will make me trip. I just feel like I’m spending 1/4 of the mission rolling on the ground.
   

Combine all these, and it’s become a really unenjoyable time. I like having a challenge, but not when it feels this unfair. It feels like I’m putting so much up to pure luck rather than actual skill and strategy. I’m certainly going to be playing bugs until the bot front is addressed, and much less overall.

So as long time fan of Doctor Who I have been excited about the new Disney+ run. They started by bringing back David Tennat aka the 10th Doctor. Which started the weirdness, for those who don’t know when the Doctor “dies” they regenerate into a new body. So a Doctor with the same face is odd it hasn’t happened yet in the series. Then we got the return of Donna Noble who is a companion of the Doctor and last time we saw her she absorbed some of the Doctor’s energy/DNA, which was deadly to a human. The Doctor had to wipe her memory to save her.
In the 1st special Donna got her memory back and in the time since we saw her last she had a child which split the energy that was going to kill her so she regained her memories. Her child’s name is Rose (I will get into that in a bit). We meet an enemy who says when captured mentioned a boss.
The 2nd special isn’t as important but it still leads up to who may or may not be the boss, the Doctor and Donna end up on a ship at the edge of the universe and they run into this entity that tries to copy them, memory and all. The Doctor tries to capture them with the superstition that monsters/ demons can’t pass salt, which reading their memories the creature knows it’s not true, but by doing that it releases the being known as the Toymaker. Who in a Doctor Who episode over 50 years ago was trapped by believing the salt superstition.
The Toymaker is an entity from something called the Pantheon, beings of the Pantheon embody an aspect of life. The Toymaker is charge of games. They are god like beings that can warp reality around them.
In the 3rd special the Toymaker is loose and causing chaos over our world, the Doctor regenerates into 2 beings in this special. One stays as David Tennat Doctor and the new Doctor who we follow in the main series from now on, the Toy maker warns of his legions and The One who waits. We also see a woman’s hand that picks up a golden tooth which may be the character the Master or the Master is inside the tooth.
Now the first episode with the newest doctor introduces to the character Ruby Sunday who is his companion this season, we learn she was abandoned at a church when she was born. We don’t know where she is from or if she is even human (for now). However we do know something is going on with her cause when the Doctor and her try to remember that night it starts snowing. This where I get into the theory stuff. Something about the writing episodes feels off, I know that may sound weird and if it was a new show runner and writer I wouldn’t bat an eye but the person in charge of the show and writing right now is Russel T. Davies who was the one who helped start the 2000s era of Doctor Who.
Something about Ruby Sunday that stands out to me is she seems a lot like Rose Tyler the first companion of the Russel T.Davies run, she has similar fashion and mannerisms but she also reminds me of the Doctor, last time we saw rose was she was left in a another dimension with a human version of the Doctor. I think somehow Ruby is connected to that but there is more to this.
We learned recently that the Doctor isn’t actually from his home planet, we don’t know where he is from but with the mention of the Pantheon and The One who Waits. I believe either he or Ruby is related to the Pantheon, we recently met the child of the Toymaker. They are known as the Maestro who has control over Music.
Back to the weird writing I think one of these Pantheon entities are affecting the story, cause it still feels like Doctor Who but the writing feels slightly different. It could be one we haven’t met yet, The One who Waits, or maybe The Doctor or Ruby Sunday. If Ruby is related to Rose Tyler and Rose had a child with the Doctor’s clone, we know he doesn’t have any Time Lord in him but what if it had some of the Pantheon in him. It could be passed down to a child aka Ruby. Something is warping the reality around the Doctor and we have seen it in multiple instances in this new season. Plus I have seen some people mention seeing a lady show up in every episode I think she picked up the Master tooth and may also be a culprit for the warper.
Russel T. Davies loves a good story arc so I wouldn’t be surprised if he is hiding lore in plain sight, he did that with his first arc the Bad Wolf arc which is another reference to Rose Tyler. She was the main focus of that arc.

Hi,
I own a 2020 Leon and I have plenty of bugs with it : - Fuel consumption data is resetting (''since refuel'' and ''long term'' one) every 1-2 weeks so I can't use it.

• Yesterday I was parked in a place without any mobile data and when I got back in the car, it was in English (was previously in french) and all the setting were erased. No more home address in GPS, no more driver seat position registered (wtf ?), and so more. The car was not fully factory resetted because my Phone still was connected and it kept the favorite address in the GPS
  
• Park assist says to check a sensor and don't work
  

Has anyone had these bugs before? Do you know if I can avoid it ? I have software version 1940.
Otherwise the Leon is a very good car but the bugs kills it

The weather doesn't say anything about rain and it's night so 8 can't see the sky. 30 minutes after I used Bonide Captain Jack's Deadbug Brew Ready-to-Use Spray, it started raining. Did I just waste all of that? The bugs have devoured my crops already, I can't afford this. Am I screwed?

I’m(21f) so ashamed of myself and my life at the moment. I have the same problems I’ve had for the past 8 years that nobody understands but keeps telling me the same thing, giving me the same advice.
It makes me feel so bad because it’s like you can’t be good in one area and not the next, you can’t be working on it, you have to already be perfect. People tell you to socialize more talk more, but when you’re not good at it they run the other way cause talking to someone else would be easier.
People want you to have more self esteem and look presentable but put you down when you don’t even if you tried. All they see is the outside, I don’t expect them to understand my problems in depth and I’ve learned my lesson about confiding in people but when they judge like they do know everything it’s upsetting.
I want things too, I want love and friendship but then I look at the state of my life and think who’s gonna wanna be friends with someone with those problems or whose gonna be attracted to this which is true I even turn myself off.
My mom will literally bug me about if I wanna get married, if I wanna have a husband and then say things to me and treat me in a way that has me thinking who’ll ever love someone like me, who’ll ever respect this, funny isn’t it.
So it’s like there’s no winning. You have to be perfect or nothing. You can’t fix your life because it’s too messed up and working on one aspect is impossible without the other aspect already being fixed.

Good evening Ladies and Gents, I have recently found my self in abit of a predicament and was seeking some advice. So I currently earn about 7.5k to 8k a month after Tax I’ve managed to save 40k and my dad has been pushing me to buy a property with the 5% deposit for first home buyers. I decided I was not ready for a property yet as most of my pay comes from OT and just don’t want to pay 2.5/3k repayments at the moment. So I decided since I needed a car anyways I would finance one of my dream Cars which was priced at 43.5k. I’ve left a deposit and awaiting finance as I don’t want to spend my hard earned savings straight on a car, however tho my dad now is lowkey stressing me out and making me feel like I’ve fucked up and is saying I’ve delayed my future. So was just wondering have I fucked up?
BTW: I live with my parents and due to culture can’t move out unless I’m married anyways, which leaves me with no Bills at the moment whatsoever.

Okay this might get some backlash and I understand but did anyone see that couple with a barely 2 month old baby? I def get bringing kids, it’s a great festival for it but I think there should be a starting point age. There was so much dust and probably germs everywhere and it was so sad seeing that tiny baby there in the sun (parents didn’t even have ear phones on her the whole set(s), only partially). Everyone around them were looking and whispering and one lady around us even approached them but they brushed and laughed her off saying the baby is fine. This was a great lineup and I get that parents just want to live their lives but this was no place for a baby that small.

When the old substitute lady was recorded after being tricked into saying the N word. Kids tried to get her fired and she had to go through a bunch of crap. Kids are cruel

Hi yall <3
I'm going into an interview for a marketing manager position and I exceed their qualification requirements (2x the experience). I'm fresh out of college and I have nearly 10 years of marketing experience, product management, project management, community outreach, writing, and graphic design. I've been a freelance, internship, externship, and hourly worker since HS and have several logos, products, etc. and I've built up a nice portfolio.
For example, here are two things from my resume from my Creative Operations Manager and Creative Director experience:
"- Directed impactful marketing campaigns, achieving rapid sell-out of product inventory and generating nearly $3,000 in revenue in less than 15 hours. Drove a remarkable 3650% increase in sales within 24 hours, positioning the brand for rapid growth.

• Utilized Adobe Illustrator, PowerPoint, Photoshop, and desktop publishing software to create captivating visual content for graphics, web design, and online content, resulting in a 5000% increase in website traffic."

I have an initial interview with a local community business, not a huge corporation but they are heavily aligned with my personal goals and community-focused morals. The offering job posting is on-site and $18-$22 an hour, but the lady on the phone informed me that the job is salary. Using that math, the annual salary would be around $45,760 before tax taken out. However, that is waaay below the median salary for my position given my experience, contributions, and accomplishments both inside and outside of work. Glassdoor says that the median FL marketing manager position is $75,000 per yea$36.06ish per hour and Comparably says that base salary is $84,040 per yea$40.36ish per hour. I'm in Tallahassee and it also stated that in Tallahassee, 10% of workers in this position earn $51,800 or less/$24.90 or less per hour.
I'm going to negotiate my salary, I'm flexible but I'd like something high 50s, or low 60s. This company almost lost its business but the community came together and upped sales. Being the marketing manager also entails doing community outreach, events, media representing, attending, and hosting *all* events, etc. And IDEALLY, I'd like 60k, it feels like a big jump to ask from 45k to 60k but that's literally a $6-$8 an hour increase and I know my skills, insights, and experience are worth more than $6-$8.
I have a few other offers closer to market value with fewer responsibilities and remote options, but I genuinely LOVE this company and my heart is pulling me here. I will be satisfied with 59k. There is no sign-on bonus as well.
Any tips, advice, experiences, etc? I'm typically satisfied with compensation and have only negotiated a few benefits, but this is one of my bigger negotiations so any advice is extremely, extremely, extremely appreciated.

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DISCLAIMER : LONG RAMBLING (ngl, very tempted on that non judgement flair, im a coward)
I gonna said it guys, Kaizen is way too overhated and the hate towards him is unwarranted
also, this is strictly novel only, because tbh I don't like how the manhwa portrays Kaizen. and spoilers.
now truthfully does Astelle (FML) deserve a better ML (not Seibel, just a random village guy) or just stay single? yes lol
I come to this conclusion not because of Kaizen but rather I felt that Astelle would prefers the countryside life more than being an empress.
And now onto Kaizen. From the hate comments i had seen towards him, I conclude that people are just traumatized from Sovieshu's shenanigans and how the this story and the Remaried Empress have similar premise which I can see why people would lumped them all together.
And this story opening up with Kaizen divorcing Astelle after literally the day their wedding night \ahaha* do not help at all.
Ya okay, this part on why the fuck Kaizen choose the worst time to divorce Astelle is really something that I can't defend (the author prob just use it to ramp up the drama i guess lol)
But, i do can defend on why the divorce had to happened. For those uninformed, its a plot device that it is an obligation emperor and empress must consummate their marriage even though the couple can choose to use protection (??) and the plot twist comes in that dundundun Kaizen's dad is dead literally the next day thus Kaizen's emperor reigns began.
From the flashbacks, we can see that Kaizen from the young age have always being wary of any potential threats to the throne and ironically the girl (Astelle) he was betrothed to was the daughter of said threat. So the boi had been planning to get rid those threats once he got that emperor power which also includes Astelle unfortunately.
Now, that does means Kaizen despises Astelle? No. At worst, he just wary of her knowing full well she is just a puppet to her father. If he does despise her, he could just kill her on the spot the moment he becomes the emperor.
Kaizen in a way does see Astelle as someone who is in the same predicament and Astelle who never confessed her feelings make him assumed that her feelings toward him is the same as him.
Which lead to him doing to what I can say to worse thing he done to Astelle. A very angsty teenage boi ignoring and avoiding his fiancee for their entire childhood. So surprise 2X, he doesn't know much about Astelle despite basically growing up together. And of course, he gonna assume that Astelle like stereo typically any upper class lady stuff.
Now onward to post-divorce. He did tried to give compensation to Astelle after learning that she had been kick out by her OG family and of course Astelle heartbroken, understandably rejected it which make him assume that Astelle found a decent life elsewhere.
ok now i gonna list down things i appreciated about Kaizen after did i mentioned that i binged read this novel 3 times?

1. Bro is completely and painfully aware that Astelle do not like him. So yes, he's aware that divorcing literally after the wedding night is a total dick move. So he never does force or blackmail Astelle (the divorce was mutually agreed) but just took every chance to dragged out the trip so he can hopefully convinced Astelle to stay.

Heck, he even tried to give Astelle and her new family free mansion in the capital because he's aware that Astelle is near to zero chance would want to be an empress so at least he could watch over her. (so close, so far FR lol)

1. He's very straightforward. He would always confessed that he does feel jealousy when Astelle is having good time with any other man. And expressed disappointment when Astelle wouldn't understandably trust him.
   
2. He's not completely down bad for Astelle. While most of the story Kaizen would say yes to Astelle including when Astelle is planning to work together with her father aka the worst threat to Kaizen. Kaizen doesn't let Astelle completely clouded his judgment when she request her very sick maternal grandpa and her young nephew back to the poor countryside which yah doesn't really made sense in Kaizen's POV. And he did hilariously a petty revenge on Astelle by stealing away Theo (post-reveal) by convinced Theo to sleep at the Emperor's Palace instead for a night.
   

Also, I'm not joking 99% of Astelle and Kaizen's interactions ended up Astelle hilariously rejects any Kaizen's advances. (MLs despair and desperation after got rejected by FMLs just tickled me pink for some reason. Literally why i fuckin love these type of tropes lol) And much to our beloved FML dismay, just like her stubbornness. Kaizen stubbornly would not back down.
Now this arc got me emotional the most so i gonna ramble about it.
Onward to the post-"Theo is revealed to br Kaizen's son" arc, Astelle agreed to be the empress again due to some politics stuff that I didn't remember on the condition that Kaizen must agreed to divorce her after 3-5 years later with no strings attached. (like she's had enough lmao) then the maternal grandpa accidentally reveal Astelle's former crush to Kaizen that just give even more emotional dmg to Kaizen which just lead to him to say fuck this and allowed Astelle to leave anytime she wants (and gift her a castle and even the entire East region) with the promised that he would not remarried and Theo will succeed him as the emperor. then he got poisoned. DUNDUNDUN
Now, Astelle could have just took this fine opportunity to leave but of course she didn't and Kaizen while in and out of consciousness, said "i gonna die, huh? welp rn i wanna write my last will to give all of my authority to Astelle". Bro already accepted his fate ヽ(*。>Д<)o゜. and when Astelle said to please recover quickly for Theo and for her, Kaizen literally said, "Wait, you actually want to save me?" gahhhhhhhhh angsttt gyahhhhhhh
OK FINE, i be honest, i'm just here to let out my fangirl moments (no friends moment frfr) I do not expect this incoherent ramblings of a mess would change anyone's mind lol.
on my first read of the novel (back to the ex is my guilty troupe kek) , I literally do not care about Kaizen, thinking he just a whatever ML but after looking at the comments that just 90% shitting on him even multiple times comparing to the likes of GRADE A-HOLE, Sovieshu made me thinking, he's not that bad tho, convinced to re-read again the novel and again for good measure hehe. And the guy (as evidence from the mess of an essay) warmed up to me.
As you can see, i really do like this novel. (just shows what my standards are ehe)

1. top tier FML (I don't really care for children so sorry Theo)
   
2. small cast of characters and small world building, at least make me remember all of them upon my binge read.
   
3. Politics is understandable and doesn't felt it doesn't dragged out that much.
   
4. I don't why ppl kept thinking Seibel is the 2nd ML when bro is introduced much later part of the novel. so thankfully no fuckin love triangle.
   
5. Don't really care much about Astelle mom's past B-plot tho
   

8/10

im just going straight into it basically but a few warnings before i start (abuse) (im bad at english) (and mentions of stabbing) i 32 female and my wife sandra (56) booked a flight around two weeks ago obviously i thought nothing of it just a regular flight presumably wrong so,so,so very wrong.
we wake up pack our shit get to the air port and there is a drunk dickhead standing at the front of the entrance but we go in get our stuff checked get ready to board the flight now this is where i should have probably know something bad was going to happen .this "guy" if he can classified as anything but a absolute fucking idiot came out to where we were waiting and were just standing there and he starts mumbling and stumbling over his own words and just starts foaming at the mouth.
obviously we decide we will just stand back in case it has rabies but for whatever reason this mangled creature stumbles toward my lovely wife and then falls and we of course step back AGAIN and at this point i'm just pissed off and then he decides to pull a classic get up run over and stab the father of two kids trick.
so yeah we were all hurried aboard we had people screaming at us to just get the fuck on it was leaving anyway and we were rushed there obviously security came over but at this point i was feeling sick but anyway we board and i sit down in my assigned paid for seat thinking to myself well what the fuck.
and i finally calm myself down not even a minute before we come over this lady comes over to me clearly pregnant and says "oh you got a window seat" yup! i sure did thanks for telling me that so i politely look towards her and say "yeah i did".
i don't know what else to say to be completely honest but she once again goes "my stomach hurts so bad but normally looking at stuff helps it" and i just nodded cool glad to know that "i don't want to be a bother by asking this-" you already are being one and i presume shes going to ask to sit in my seat anyway,"can i just sit there for the flight there?" "oh sorry i paid to be here and i want to sit next to my wife".
thats as far as i saw that one going and then her boyfriend scoffs at us "wife??" "your balding you have other issues" and then he proceeded to shoot me a dirty look for saying that so i take a deep breathe because i'm a totally patient person and i look back at him calmly (i didn't) and then i ask him why he thinks his wife deserves my seat that i paid for more then me because i saw the looks he shot at me when i said no.
he didn't have much of a answer and then my wife kinda just gives me a look of just do it i cant handle with boring arguments the whole flight kind of look but i would literally strangle that man if i had to sit beside him and then she asks again, (big surprise) "oh but if i could just sit there it would be really nice for the baby" and of course the MINUTE the word baby was mentioned everyone just turns back to look at me.
i once again sigh and say no sorry and then OTHER PEOPLE join in on this it made me so mad "hey come on its just a seat the womans pregnant" and because i once again say no this goes on the whole flight and now im at our hotel thinking hey was this shitty of me AMITAH??

So this post is gonna be longer and a bit more put together than my last post. I'm taking notes as I watch. I'm also following the Netflix season list so this will be me follow season 3.
Also, like before I am doing my best to stay spoiler free. I'm not looking up spellings as well so if I misspell something, oh well.

1. Naruto and pervy Santa's relationship is pretty weird man. Like my dude is lusting after a teenage boy who can transform in a woman. The whole "I'm an old, super powerful person but I act like a perv and a weirdo while I train the next generation." Is kinda over done. (Though this show is a bit old.)
   
2. Does Gaara have a demon like Naruto? Cause that would neat.
   
3. "Lee's injuries were too serious and he can no longer be a shinobi." If they think I would believe that, they can geeeeeeet fuuucked. No body puts Lee in a corner.
   
4. Is that what the 4th Hokage looks like? I swear to God if this mofo turns out to be Naruto's dad I will flip a table. That is waaay to cliche. At most I will accept a big brother, cause big brothers can be dicks. Like who puts a demon in a baby? Big brothers, that's who.
   
5. Ok Giant frog is absolutely the best thing in this show.
   
   1. I loved the scene between Naruto and shorti Hinata. So dang cute. I hope Naruto realizes that she wants to jump his bones eventually.
   2. Naruto vs Neji. Is it bad that I want Neji to win? Dude is so cool and it absolutely sucks how he was raised to be a bodyguard for Hinata and lost all choice in his life. #JusticeforNeji. Ok, my boy Neji got justice. I feel better now.
6. Kiba, Hinata and Ant-man's traineteacher lady is hot AF.
   
7. Again my girl with her fan. Shit gets me everytime. Riding in on it like the silver surfer. lol I think she is my favorite so far.
   
8. I think I've been sleeping on ol mate Shikamaru, dude is, as the kids would say, based. The music during their fight had me bopping. "Geez, I envy a cloud being so free..." -Shikamaru. Ok this dude is my new favorite so far.
   

I think since my post is getting long ill leave it here and do another part later. I would love to answer questions
Edit: Some spellings. Also, adding this was Eps 1-12 notes.
Stay fresh Cheese bags.