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2024.05.19 00:59 GoAheadMMDay UPDATE 3: Torment Techniques Used by Canadian and US Militaries

UPDATE 3: Torment Techniques Used by Canadian and US Militaries
Update #3 appears at the bottom.
Due to numerous disparaging comments by multiple individuals, I have reposted my article.
Heckling does not change what occurred. People need to know these truths, especially those who have experienced the same. They need to know they are sane, that such things are indeed being perpetrated, and the perpetrators use shame to silence them and protect their activities.
I write to encourage them not to listen to disparaging people who speak without knowledge.
February 10, 2024
I am Joseph Cafariello, a Canadian citizen and ex-member of the Canadian military. Of sound mind, not on medication, not a drug user, not a marijuana smoker, not an alcohol drinker, with no mental disorders.
I recently posted to this Liberty subreddit experiences of harassment by the Vancouver police and fire departments (Vancouver, BC, Canada). I’m the fellow who was repeatedly ordered by police to stay out of Vancouver’s Stanley Park, and was continually harassed whenever I visited the park (which I do every second day on my early morning walks).
I'm happy to say their following me reduced to almost nothing immediately upon posting those experiences here, and people no longer exit their cars to stand on the path as I walk by (which I described in that post). They were either informed of my post or found it themselves, seeing as my internet activity, and phone activity for that matter, are under continuous surveillance (plenty of proof which I will not include here to avoid running off-topic).
In this post, I would like to shed some light on other harassment which is still ongoing, since it occurs in private, away from potential observers. It involves the Canadian and US militaries.
Havana Syndrome
In 2016, numerous employees of the Canadian and US embassies in Havana, Cuba, started experiencing head injuries ranging from mild headaches to concussions. It happened in their sleep, and came to be called Havana Syndrome.
Wikipedia explains (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Havana\_syndrome):
“Havana syndrome is a cluster of idiopathic symptoms experienced mostly abroad by U.S. government officials and military personnel. The symptoms range in severity from pain and ringing in the ears to cognitive dysfunction and were first reported in 2016 by U.S. and Canadian embassy staff in Havana, Cuba. Beginning in 2017, more people, including U.S. intelligence and military personnel and their families, reported having these symptoms in other places, such as China, India, Europe, and Washington, D.C. The U.S. Department of State, Department of Defense, and other federal entities have called the events "Anomalous Health Incidents" (AHI). Of over a thousand purported cases, the majority of US investigative bodies found only a few dozen cases to be suspicious.”
Ladies and gentlemen, I can tell you exactly what happens, because I have been experiencing this since I first joined the Canadian military back in 2002, and am still experiencing these “torments” (as I call them) to this day, already 3 years after leaving the military.
I go to bed. In about 15 minutes, just as I am on the cusp of falling asleep, a hear and feel a heavy thud reverberate and ultimately strike my skull. My body releases a sharp burst of adrenalin, my heart starts racing, and my blood’s circulation speeds up significantly. Depending on the severity of the blow, it can take me anywhere from 30 minutes to an hour to fall asleep again. Though there have been times I could not return to sleep for more than 2 hours.
A strong headache is felt immediately, and lasts for hours. There have been times when my heart felt like it was going to burst, having been startled as such.
The pulse to the head sometimes reverberates through the wall and my bed’s headboard. I distinctly feel as though I have been hit on the top of my skull. At other times, it feels as though the pulse has come through the air, striking the side of my skull.
This is not a sleep disorder, for it does not occur regularly. At times, my sleep is disturbed in this manner 3 or 4 days in a row. At other times, there is no disturbance for up to a week. But they never let me go more than a week without such interruptions to my sleep.
Neither is it sleep apnea, as I do not awaken gasping for breath. The pounding headaches, sudden release of adrenaline, and heart palpitations I experience are caused by external impacts of sound waves or air bursts.
Sonic Weapons
How these pulses are produced is not easy to identify. As Wikipedia explains:
“Once the story became public, various U.S. government representatives attributed the incidents to attacks by unidentified foreign actors, and various U.S. officials blamed the reported symptoms on a variety of unidentified and unknown technologies, including ultrasound and microwave weapons.”
Sonic weapons have been in use for many years by militaries, and by police in crowd control. As Wikipedia explains (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sonic\_weapon):
“Some sonic weapons make a focused beam of sound or of ultrasound; others produce an area field of sound. As of 2023 military and police forces make some limited use of sonic weapons.”
(Do not believe the 2023 timeline. The Canadian military has been using these weapons since the early 2000’s at the latest.)
Wikipedia continues:
“Extremely high-power sound waves can disrupt or destroy the eardrums of a target and cause severe pain or disorientation. This is usually sufficient to incapacitate a person. Less powerful sound waves can cause humans to experience nausea or discomfort.”
The users of these technologies must also be using thermal detection equipment to monitor the target’s sleep. As I mentioned, I most often feel these blows the moment I am falling asleep. Body temperature drops when we sleep, and brain activity slows. Heat-detection equipment is likely being used to identify the point at which the target is falling asleep.
Why they prefer to strike at the start of someone’s sleep as opposed to the middle of their sleep, I do not know. Perhaps their intent is to deprive the body of early sleep, limiting the amount of deep sleep available to the person before their alarm rings in the morning.
Ordinary Hammers
Not all such “torments” (as I call them) are caused by high-tech equipment. I have heard and felt distinct hammer strikes running along the 2x4 beams inside my walls. These strikes can be a single hard strike, or several strikes in a row. It is definitely caused by a person with a hammer because the intervals between strikes are equidistant in time; that is, the time spacing between strikes is not random and does not change from strike to strike, but is constant between strikes, exactly as when someone is hammering. And no, it is not someone hanging pictures at 1:30 am, multiple times a week, for years.
On one occasion, when I was standing at my kitchen sink, I felt the floor-board directly under my feet pulse so sharply it felt like a brick had struck the soles of my feet. In this case, my military neighbour likely used a hammer to strike the floorboard on his side of the wall. It is the only plausible explanation.
Surveillance
This leads to surveillance of one’s activities at home. I have plenty of proofs of that. They seem insignificant on an individual basis. But when you put them all together, they present a clear picture of home surveillance.
My laptop computer’s lid cracked one night, at the bottom left corner of the screen. The next day at work, I heard my military supervisor relate to another co-worker that the night before, his laptop computer’s lid cracked at the bottom left corner. I swear to the Lord in Heaven, I am being truthful.
I tested my suspicion of being surveilled. At home one night, I blurted out-loud, “VW Passat. What an ugly sounding word, ‘Passat’”, I said. A few days later, my military colleagues at work started playing a card game at lunch, invented by one of them. The name he gave his game was “Passat”, and when he spoke it, he looked at me for a reaction. If you ever contact the Halifax military base, ask for the Claims Department and ask them if they are still playing Passat.
On another occasion, at a time when I frequented the gym every second day for a few years, I suspected my van had been fitted with a listening device. I suspected so because a number of things I had spoken with people about on my phone while in my van (nothing illegal) were repeated by people at the gym in conversations among themselves. Too many times, parts of other people's conversations matched parts of conversations I had had with others while I was in my van.
I already knew my phone was being tapped, but I also suspected my van was bugged. So one evening while driving in my van, I blurted out-loud a number of things I said I hated. "I hate (this or that)"; "I hate it when...". One of them was, "I hate when people chew gum with their mouths open." I then vocalized an exaggerated gnawing sound, "Gnaw. Gnaw. Gnaw."
The very next time I went to the gym, 2 days later, while I was at an exercise, a fellow sat at an exercise directly behind me. And sure enough, he started chewing with his mouth open, vocalizing that gnawing sound, "Gnaw. Gnaw. Gnaw." I didn't look behind at him, because I knew what was going on, and I wanted to avoid playing into his hand. So he repeated himself again and again until I was done and moved to a different station. Now, honestly, who chews gum at the gym? You can't. Or you run the risk of choking for the heavy breathing, not to mention when laying down on benches. And with precisely the same exaggerated vocalized gnawing sound I had made in my van just 2 days prior.
Their whole intent is to let you know you are being surveilled. They want you to know, as both a warning and a provocation. They want you to say something, to launch accusations, which they would readily deny, making you look paranoid. If you react too strongly, they could even have you diagnosed with some kind of disorder, and put you on medication, which further plays into their hand. (More regarding medications in the last section of this post.)
This is why, as I mentioned in my previous post, they would park their cars shining their high beams on me as I walked past them during my morning walk. And why on some occasions, a group of 3 or 4 would exit their cars and stand on my path just as I approached, forcing me to go around them. They would then remain standing on the path until my return trip through, and after I had passed by the second time, then would then return to their cars - making it absolutely clear I was their interest.
Their intent is not only to make me aware, but also to present themselves in close proximity to me, within easy reach, in the hope I would confront them, resulting in an altercation that could land me in a lot of hot water - 4 witnesses against me, all pleading innocence.
Again, it is all designed to make you look bad, and to warrant some kind of legal measure against you - preferably a medical diagnosis, discrediting you in everything you say about them. If they can't refute your claims, their only remaining option is to discredit you. That's what all of these tricks are designed to accomplish. Who would believe anything you say, once you have been diagnosed with a disorder?
There are plenty more examples. But who would really believe them? I’ll save them for the future.
Home Invasion
Both during and after my military service, I have had my apartments entered without any signs of break-ins. How? Lock-picking and duplicate keys. Indications? Missing objects; ie: money, phone adaptor, etc. Nothing major. Just something to make us understand we are being watched, and to make us understand what they can do.
But it is always something small, something for which you would be ridiculed for divulging.
Two more examples: I found my razor, which I always lay-down razor-end to the wall, turned around, razor-end toward me. Also, in one of my house slippers I found a small shoe sticker on the up-side of the heel. I had those slipper for years, and never had any shoe stickers on them. Yet there it was, clearly visible on the top surface of my slipper, not the bottom. Could I have stepped on a shoe sticker when barefoot in my apartment, only to have the sticker transfer itself to my slipper when I wore it? How many shoe stickers do you have laying around your apartment that you can accidentally step onto?
If I had stepped onto a sticker in my apartment and had it stick to my heel, that means the sticky side was up against my skin. This means the sticker would have had to flip upside down such that the sticky side would then be down, allowing the sticker to stick to the slipper. Do you really think that happened? That sticker was not there when I left my apartment, but it was there when I returned. And it was the wrong sticker, wrong brand, wrong size.
Again, what is their intent? To make someone look ridiculous so no one will believe them should they speak of other more sensitive things.
Staged Incidents
The above incidents clearly point to coordinated and staged events (at my work, my home, on my walks, etc). This is so frequently met with incredulity. "But that would require coordination on the part of so many people," the public dismisses. "They wouldn't do that."
Oh yes they would, and they have, as explained in https://fightgangstalking.com/. Note the documented cases involving the Canadian Security Intelligence Service (CSIS, Canada's equivalent to the US' CIA) and the Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP, Canada's national police force) in the second quote, which were reported in national newspapers.
From https://fightgangstalking.com/:
“Disruption operations often involve tactics which are illegal, but difficult to prove. These tactics include – but are not limited to – overt surveillance (stalking), slander, blacklisting, “mobbing” (intense, organized harassment in the workplace), “black bag jobs” [home invasions], abusive phone calls, computer hacking, framing, threats, blackmail, vandalism, “street theater” (staged physical and verbal interactions with minions of the people who orchestrate the stalking), harassment by noises, and other forms of bullying. Many of these tactics were used by the FBI during its illegal COINTELPRO operations, as documented by stolen official documents and subsequent Congressional investigations.
"Although the general public is mostly unfamiliar with the practice, references to “disruption” operations – described as such – do occasionally appear in the news media, even though that fact would apparently be news to the editors of The New York Times. In May 2006, for example, an article in The Globe and Mail, a Canadian national newspaper, reported that the Canadian Security Intelligence Service (CSIS) and the Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) used “Diffuse and Disrupt” tactics against suspects for whom they lacked sufficient evidence to prosecute. A criminal defense attorney stated that many of her clients complained of harassment by authorities, although they were never arrested."
She can add me to that list too.
For the Benefit of Others
The experiences I have recounted here seem so trivial, so insignificant, they make you look ridiculous if you talk about them. But if we don’t talk about such things, no one will ever know about them. Other people have experienced the same, and are forced to endure such torments in silence. They need encouragement to talk about their own experiences, and so I write about mine in the hope they will talk about theirs, even if I do look ridiculous. The perpetrators are more ridiculous for doing them.
I remember a military colleague being hauled away by military police one morning, as she was struggling and having a violent fit. A fellow on her floor told me she was throwing chairs at her walls screaming, “Stop it! Stop it! Stop it!”. When he mentioned that, I knew exactly what they had done to her. She was considered unruly, and was being watched intently. They wanted her out, and that is how they accomplished it. Through wall tapping and sleep deprivation, they push you to the breaking point. And when you finally lose control and do something rash, they pounce on you, and you’re out. Now she has a criminal record, considered a criminal when in reality she was a victim. Welcome to the Canadian military, and other militaries besides, I am sure.
There are dozens upon dozens of experiences I could present. But who will really read them? Worse still, who will really believe them? I overheard my military supervisor in Halifax whisper to another, “Do you think he knows?”, after I had mentioned one of the many “coincidences” I experienced, but with a tone of my being aware it was not a mere coincidence. As I turned my face to my computer screen, I whispered under my breath, but still loud enough for him to hear, “Yes, (rank) (name), I know.” A few minutes later, as he walked past my desk, he leaned in by my ear and whispered, “We’re just trying to help you.” I should have pressed him for answers right then and there, but you just don’t know how much trouble you can get into when making such accusations in the military. So I let it go. But I will never forget.
Should anyone reading this ever decide to launch some kind of inquiry, I can mention names of over 100 people to contact, including military personnel, family members, neighbours, building managers, and others who have been contacted by military personnel with false narratives about me. They flash their ID’s and other credentials, and people believe anything they say. They turn family, friends, co-workers and neighbours against you, even recruiting their participation. Your acquaintances not only participate, but actually feel justified and emboldened playing tricks on you. It isn't their fault, though; they have been misled. I would reference them solely for corroboration.
As a final thought, here are explanations of two military programs in which certain persons (sometimes military, sometimes civilian) are kept under constant surveillance, and are in some cases subjected to conditioning in an attempt to turn them into what is called a “sleeper agent”. Almost all of the tactics presented below have been experience by me, including constant surveillance (ie: my previous post here regarding being harassed on my morning walks) and sleep deprivation (as per the top portion of this post, which other military members in Cuba and elsewhere around the world have also experienced).
Pentagon’s Signature Reduction Program
See Newsweek’s article: https://www.newsweek.com/exclusive-inside-militarys-secret-undercover-army-1591881
Some excerpts from that Newsweek article, plus more background information on the Pentagon’s Signature Reduction Program, can be found here: https://fightgangstalking.com/
“The largest undercover force the world has ever known is the one created by the Pentagon over the past decade. Some 60,000 people now belong to this secret army, many working under masked identities and in low profile, all part of a broad program called “signature reduction.” The force, more than ten times the size of the clandestine elements of the CIA, carries out domestic and foreign assignments, both in military uniforms and under civilian cover, in real life and online, sometimes hiding in private businesses and consultancies, some of them household name companies.
“…a little-known sector of the American military, but also a completely unregulated practice. No one knows the program’s total size, and the explosion of signature reduction has never been examined for its impact on military policies and culture. Congress has never held a hearing on the subject. And yet the military developing this gigantic clandestine force challenges U.S. laws, the Geneva Conventions, the code of military conduct and basic accountability.
“…The signature reduction effort engages some 130 private companies to administer the new clandestine world. Dozens of little known and secret government organizations support the program, doling out classified contracts and overseeing publicly unacknowledged operations.
"Federal spy agencies are using Americans to spy on their fellow citizens – the same approach to governance famously employed by communist East Germany."
How to Develop a Hypnotic Sleeper Agent
By Dantalion Jones / Masters of Mind Control
The following “was” on the web, but has been removed. Surprise, surprise. But I saved its web files to my computer years ago, knowing that sooner or later it would be removed. I made a jpeg image of the web page as it once appeared, attached here.
Note that I have experienced almost all of the tactics described below, including the stalking I mentioned in my previous post here (regular walks in the park), the sleep deprivation noted at the top of this post, and the surveillance and intrusions described here as well.
Quoting the now-removed webpage: “How to Develop a Hypnotic Sleeper Agent” (from here to end of post):
Amid all the conspiracy theories one of the most feared is that there exist "sleeper agents" in our society who are programmed to come into service when they are triggered by a phone call or key word.
These alleged sleeper agents don't even know they are programmed to become saboteurs, soldiers, suicide bomber, etc because of the thoroughness of their programming. They are the feared "Manchurian Candidate" that the movies portray.
The question is "Are they real?"
If they are true sleeper agents there is no way of telling until they are activated. One can however theorize exactly how they are made.
Indoctrination
Using indoctrination a person can be made to embrace a religious or philosophical belief that would make becoming a sleeper agent possible.
This would be a person so committed to an ideal they would be willing to wait patiently as a member of society until they are called into action. These people would know their mission and consciously hold it secret while interacting with the rest of society.
Conditioning
Conditioning is a repetitive process where the desired responses are enforced and rewarded and unwanted responses are punished. This can be done consciously as part of training drill and it can be done subconsciously using hypnosis or drugs to create amnesia.
Hypnosis
It has been demonstrated that hypnosis can create "amnesia walls" in which the subject has no conscious memory of what happened in the hypnosis session. It has further been demonstrated that hypnosis can give post hypnotic instruction to be carried out automatically in the waking state without the subject knowing it or questioning the behavior.
What follows is conjecture and theory based on testimonials of people who were alleged to be sleeper agents and soldiers.
Continuous Supervisions
Continuous supervision doesn't mean that the subject is cut off completely from society. It means that they are constantly overseen and every aspect of their lives are managed (without their knowledge or consent) to support their hypnotic programming.
This would include:
• Repeated reinforcement of all hypnotic conditioning.
• Handlers. Handlers are people who help maintain the subjects environment to maintain all the programming. They can play the role of family, friends, lovers, psychologists, coaches or any roll the subject perceives as supportive. The truth is the handlers are their to support the successful fulfillment of the programming and not the subject as a person.
• Minimal sleep so that the mind/brain does not process all the sleeper conditioning during sleep.
• Creating constant environmental challenges like unemployment or poverty. This gives the subject something other than their programming to focus on.
• Frequent hospitalization. This gives overt opportunity to sedate the subject for conditioning. If the subject has a history of hospitalizations for mental disturbances all the better. No one will take them seriously.
Joseph Cafariello
PS... Today is the second day after this post (February 12, 2024). A garbage truck just slammed into my parked car.
PPS... I finish writing this post because I am satisfied with its shape and content; not because of what happened to my car.
It is similar to when you are reaching for your coat, and someone tells you, "Take your coat." Since you have to take your coat, your brain tells you it's ok to obey them, and you comply. They just created an instance where they led you, and you followed them. And your brain accepted it.
It's a technique the military uses all the time. It trains you to accept instructions from that person or group. Done enough times, you become comfortable obeying them.
I just say, "I take my coat because I choose to, not because you tell me to." It's important to make that clear, to block the conditioning and affirm our self-governance; not just to them, but to ourselves as well. Now our brain realizes we took our coat by our own choice; we are still in command.
So too, I say regarding today's event. "Thanks for the warning, but I had already finished writing my post. I finished by my own choosing."
UPDATES: February 26 & March 07, 2024:
My apartment was once again entered while I was out. Either a key was used or the lock was picked. This may or may not have included assistance from building staff. Home invasions are included in the list of their techniques noted above, referred to as "black bag jobs".
All tenants on my floor received new fridges a couple of weeks ago. I removed the tape securing the bins inside my new fridge, and also removed all styrofoam pads from the corners of the glass shelves when I repositioned them.
The person(s) who have been invading my living space on a regular basis have struck again. As you can see in the photo below, the styrofoam pads on the corners of my fridge's shelves were restored when I was out of my apartment. I had removed all pads when I repositioned the shelves. Yet now they are back.
It is a tactic used to undermine our observational awareness in an attempt to make us second-guess and doubt ourselves. The aim is to cause people to feel less sure not only of the things we have done, but also feel less sure of the things others have done. They want us to question the accuracy of our observations and memory.
The idea is to train you to dismiss any anomalies you may observe as being your own misperception of things. Once they convince you not to trust your own judgement, they are free to do whatever they want to you, and you will simply accept it without questioning.
UPDATE: May 18, 2024:
Confrontations keep occurring with individuals, at times potentially violent. Following are just 3 such encounters as of late.
1 - Kick-boxer in the park:
As I parked my car in one of the parking lots in Vancouver's Stanley Park one night, another vehicle drove up behind me and parks several spots away. A tall man exited that vehicle, and walked hastily along the path I always walk, down some steps to the water's sea wall path. I took my time and followed my usual walk, also down the steps down to the sea wall. The man knew my routine, and was in a hurry to get ahead of me.
As I walk along the sea wall, I see the same man sitting on a bench, playing a loud Persian-sounding religious sermon on some device I did not clearly see. As I walked past him, he called out to me to stop and chat. I ignored him and continued walking past him. He rose and started walking behind me.
I opened my umbrella, turned, and walked past him the other way, returning to the stairs back to the parking lot. He also turned and continued following me. I started running. He also started running. I ran up the steps, as did he.
Being taller than I am, his legs are longer than mine, and he quickly caught up to me on a grassy patch at the top of the steps. I turned to him and asked, "Why are you following me?" He did not reply, but stood profile to me, the same stance a kick-boxer uses when ready to kick someone. He was tall, thin, and in excellent physical shape as you would see in a kick-boxer.
He did not speak at all, but was just waiting for me to make a move. I turned, entered my vehicle and left. The encounter continued with a chase through the park in our cars. Yes, that is correct. He chased me out of the park in his car.
2 - Told to keep quiet:
The perpetrators need to operate with as little detection as possible, and they repeatedly warn their subjects to keep their mouths shut about their experiences.
On another of my recent nightly walks through Stanley Park, a man stood on the sidewalk ahead of me about 50 meters away, looked at me, and shouted into the sky at nobody, giving the appearance of being a homeless person shouting for no reason. He then started walking in my direction. I continued walking straight. As he passed me, he leans into my face and shouts into my ear, "Shut the f_ck up!" I continued walking in my direction, and he resumed walking in his.
The idea is to make it seem as though he is just a deranged man wandering the streets at night, shouting at nothing, so that when he shouts at me, any observer would simply dismiss his actions. But in reality, he was sent to send me a message to stop publishing posts like this, which I had done many times on many sites, and continue to. The truth must be known.
3 - You'll be sorry:
On another occassion, while returning from grocery shopping one afternoon, I walked past a man sitting by a storefront. He was clean-cut, wearing clean clothes, without any carts or wagons or any belongings of any kind. As I past him, he asked me for some spare change. I replied, "I'm sorry," and continued walking past. He replied, "You will be."
There are multiple other experience, like two seemingly unassociated men standing on the sea wall about 100 meters away from each other, each of them spitting just as I walked past each of them.
There are too many experiences to mention. Looking at each experience individually, one would easily dismiss them as being unrelated and simply coincidental. But put them all together and a picture starts to form, like putting together the pieces of a puzzle.
As I hand you each piece of the puzzle one by one, you dismiss each piece, saying, "This could be anything." And you discard it. You keep discarding each piece as I hand it to you. By the end of it, you look down at the table and say, "You have nothing." That's because you looked at each piece as a separate item and threw it away. But if you leave the pieces on the table as I hand them to you and do not hastily discard them, you will see they form a clear picture when put all together.
We must look at all these events as a whole. Individually, each one could be anything. But when all of these experiences are put together and considered as a whole, they form an undeniable picture. Do not be quick to dismiss each piece. Leave the pieces on the table and look at the whole. The picture I present is sound. Remember, I have all the pieces; you do not. I see the picture more clearly than you do.
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2024.05.19 00:48 FriendlyFriend333 25 [M4F] #Fontana, California- Let's be friends and see where it goes?

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My interests:
~ As stated in my title I would consider myself the typical nerdy type (gaming, anime, comic books, super hero movies, etc.) If you like share any of those interests then I think we'll get along great lol
~ I'm Black and Cherokee, I'm bilingual (English and Japanese), around 5'11" but 6 feet tall on a good day.
~ On top of being your typical nerd I am also a huge horror movie fan to the point of considering making my own horror movie. I have a couple ideas and I would love to share them with someone who's interested in hearing them.
~ I listen to any kind of music except country cuz it all sounds the same to me lol. So if that's a deal breaker then I apologize but I just can't get into it. I also used to rap and sing and have been thinking of doing it again. I have made about 9 or 10 songs in total. Let me know if you'd like to hear something I've made.
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What I expect from you:
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2024.05.19 00:48 sharcophagus First steps

Hey guys, looking for some advice.
Got back from a work trip last Thursday, I didn't see any bedbugs at the hotel, but I'm a little paranoid so when I got home I dumped all my clothes straight into the laundry. Not paranoid enough, as I didn't wash any of my bags, just unpacked and put them away. I think that's where I went wrong.
Fast forward to this morning, I wake up with really itchy legs- bites everywhere. I notice a spot of blood and 2 bedbug poo spots on my sheets. Oh boy.
I've had bedbugs before, about a decade ago, in my first apartment. I didn't know what the signs were, so it got pretty out of hand before I took action. I only got rid of them by pretty much nuking the whole place and throwing out half of the furniture. But now I have cats, and my place is bigger than my old 1br1ba, so treatment will be more complicated.
How do I keep this contained while I deal with it?
My mattress and pillows are already in encasements. I already ordered some Crossfire and diatomaceous earth, washed the sheets and double dried them. Waiting for my quilt to finish drying so I can throw my pillows in there. I have an ozone machine, but it's not a very good one, so I imagine that would just make them leave this room which I DO NOT want to happen. It's getting quite hot out, and my car is black with no tinting, so I was thinking of throwing some of the un-washable things (ie leather handbag) in there to cook, but now that I type it out it seems a little stupid 😅
Sorry for the rambling; TL;DR- have very new infestation, would like to nip it in the bud as much as possible
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2024.05.19 00:45 AdDecent5237 The problems of the subreddit, and why some of us didn’t post our usual stuff today.

So I wanted to make a post talking about what has been going on in the fandom for a few months now, why people are leaving and why several of us that usually post a lot especially games for you all and just feel good posts are not doing that as of right now. Several of us popular users here are boycotting the subreddit for a few and here’s why, some of y’all don’t know how to behave or act like civilized humans. We have seen some of the most ignorant racist, transphobic, antisemitic, body shaming, sexist and victim blaming posts/comments here as of recently along with people using the comment section and even DM to harass others. It honestly disgusted me and multiple other users especially us that use this fandom as a safe way to escape from the real world and the issues surrounding us. Y’all need to do better especially the mods not listening to us, when we bring this stuff up to you.
When I first joined the fandom I thought it was quite fun until I realized a few things. One if you disagree with somebody or have a real unpopular opinion you automatically downvoted. I’m sorry but the only reason somebody should be downvoted is they say something that is offensive and wrong, abusing the downvote button isn’t gonna make somebody like your character more. Just have a real conversation with them, maybe you’ll realize you have something in common not everybody has to like the same thing that’s what a subreddit is. Two the amount of hidden micro aggressions especially towards black characters and actors, question why are only certain type of characters allowed to be upset but not Mercedes after being put on the back burner for 2 years, why do some of you see Miss Amber Riley as only a one trick pony who can do only R&B or soul even though she has proven she can do more genres than any girl in the show, why do some of you think that Brittany thinking that Unique is Mercedes is funny even though Amber Riley said it made her uncomfortable and upset. Three, I have dealt with some ignorant and bigoted people in this subreddit, if something is done, it’s only a semi ban. Mods what happened to helping minorities, and saying you would do better after the one user who got the N-word in her comment section. How is stuff like the T slur, telling trans individuals how to feel about trans face, biphobic comments, sexism, antisemitism, comments like I can’t be racist I’m blind and downright victim blaming comment’s allowed, after all of that. Please do better.
Onto my next part, the victim blaming in this subreddit, here’s the fact Samantha Ware had nothing to gain when it came to calling out Lea Michelles behavior. She is for one quite successful in her own right, she literally was in Hamilton and starred in a Netflix original. Also, why would she make something like that up this isn’t a Jussie Smollett situation she had multiple people confirm this. Cast members of Glee literally said, Lea said micro aggressive comments on the set and was just a nightmare to work with during 2020. You don’t forget that, I don’t forget the people that made racist, indigenous I don’t forget the people that made racist indigenous remarks about me throughout high school, definitely don’t forget the micro aggressions From the theatre department which I have talked about here or the people making comments about my sexuality it’s ingrained into you after a certain point. How do you think Samantha and the other black cast members of Glee felt when Lea made those derogatory comments. The fact that you’re following rhetoric that is used against SA victims for victims of racism is bull. They didn’t deserve this, did Yvette Nicole Brown deserve to deal with Lea Michelle Stan’s coming after her sending her racism after defending these people? No! Oh, and remember Lea Michelle was not the only person called out during the BLM movement, Chevy Chase who was YNBs cast member was also called out and he is not coming back for the community movie, so was Alli Larter and the cast of Vanderpump rules.
Mods I am asking you please do something about this problem, me and other members don’t deserve to deal with these types of things and so many of us have become uncomfortable with this subreddit because of it. A few months ago someone sent you ideas of what to do to prevent this under the post of the user getting the N Word thrown at them. Why don’t you look at those and try to figure something out so people don’t get hurt. There are users hiding in plain sight with their bigotry and again it’s not ok, I also ask users to please report if you see something that is offensive I know it’s scary, but we have to do this so others don’t get hurt.
And once again to anyone, that’s been affected by any of this stuff you are love and supported by all of us apart of this, don’t let awful people/commenters get you down. If you ever need someone to talk to and feel like you are alone with whatever you are going through especially about this stuff I will listen. Please don’t hesitate to message me, I will try helping in any type of way I’ve dealt with and seen the bad of the world. No one should feel alone.
Thank You, Defender of Annoying Females.
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2024.05.19 00:44 FriendlyFriend333 25 [M4F] #Fontana/SoCal/CA - Nerdy guy looking to form a connection and spend time with someone special

Hi there! My name is Daniel and I'm from Southern California (the Inland Empire, specifically). I'm just looking for someone to have a genuinely great time with. I'm not a very picky person and I don't really care much for looks. I more so value your personality and how well we vibe, so pretty much anyone is welcome to get to know me! (I mean that in the most non-conceited way possible lol). I would just ask that you be 21 and older.
My interests:
~ As stated in my title I would consider myself the typical nerdy type (gaming, anime, comic books, super hero movies, etc.) If you like share any of those interests then I think we'll get along great lol
~ I'm Black and Cherokee, I'm bilingual (English and Japanese), around 5'11" but 6 feet tall on a good day.
~ On top of being your typical nerd I am also a huge horror movie fan to the point of considering making my own horror movie. I have a couple ideas and I would love to share them with someone who's interested in hearing them.
~ I listen to any kind of music except country cuz it all sounds the same to me lol. So if that's a deal breaker then I apologize but I just can't get into it. I also used to rap and sing and have been thinking of doing it again. I have made about 9 or 10 songs in total. Let me know if you'd like to hear something I've made.
~ I love coffee and boba so random coffee and boba runs will be a thing. One of my favorite things to is visit a coffee place I've never been to and try out their coffee and see if I'm adding it to my list or favorite spots or if I'm just never going there again. I know, it sounds weird but I promise it can be kinda fun.
What I expect from you:
~ Good communication and someone who likes to go one random coffee or boba runs. Anime lovers and gamers are a plus as well. Would love a gamer friend/girlfriend.
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2024.05.19 00:40 privytown Just some DM's opinion on the adventure - A list of pros and cons

Just finished doing my page-by-page read-thru of the adventure. I give it a 7/10 that could be easily pushed to about a 9 with some DM tweaks and changes.
Here's my quick take on it (SPOILERS SPOILERS SPOILERS):
PROS: * The art is beautiful throughout. As always, I wish there was more, but I know I'm being greedy. * The power of secrets mechanic is a neat twist, especially if they're saved up until the end. Of course, I wouldn't let my players know that. DM advice - Add more interesting secrets, clarify mechanics of spending secrets to players * We get to visit a part of the Shadowfell that isn't a Domain of Dread. * Kas as Mordenkainen will make for a great twist if the secret can stay hidden. Seems like ANY mild google search by players will give it away. DM advice - Make Mordenkainen super close to players. If players are the type to question everything, perhaps drop hints that maybe something is going on with one of the other Wizards Three. \* Sanctum in Sigil, connection to Planescape. DM advice - Roam around Sigil a bit. Do shopping in between chapters with all that loot players are getting. * Wish spell summoning characters is a neat idea. DM advice - Perhaps make it an "upgraded" wish spell since three mega-magic users are casting it. * Vecna cultists siphoning secrets is a neat idea. DM advice - Have the cultists appear somewhere later on in the adventure, not just chapter 1. \* The clues that Mordenkainen is Kas that are found in the sanctum are pretty neat, and appropriately challenging to find. DM advice - Don't let your characters find out that secret. It is your duty. \* Rod of Seven parts is a cool magic item. * Spiderdragon is cool. Excited for the miniature. * Hertilod is cool. Excited for the miniature. * The Ruined Colossus chapter sounds fun over all. Eberron is the setting I am least familiar with but I was impressed with this chapter, particularly moving up and around Landro. * Blazebear is cool. Excited for the miniature. * I know I'm in the minority with this one... Death house seems fun to me! The Strahd fight seems nerve-wracking for players and the haunted zones will be fun to roleplay. * Deathwolf is cool. Excited for the miniature. * Black Rose Bearer is cool. Excited for the miniature. * Tomb of Wayward Souls (Chapter 7) looks fun - I'm pretty into dungeon diving. Some of the puzzles are clunky but overall I think it will be a good time. * Rerak. His art is great and spooky. For some reason Rerak's resentment toward Acererak comes off as silly and charming to me... in a good way. I think it will be fun to roleplay. * The Red Belvedere (in Chapter 8) sounds fun to run. Interesting layout. Convincing the Pit Masters to let you in to the Dragon's Pride is an interesting challenge. * Windfall is cool. Excited for the miniature. * Kas is a fun villain. Love his artwork (especially in the Character Dossier). DM advice - Make sure the legendary Sword of Kas shows up somehow. * Camlash is cool. Excited for the miniature. * Miska is cool. Excited for the miniature. * Mirror Shade is cool. Excited for the miniature. * Nice that we get a taste of a lot of different settings. Seems a little gimicky (I mean, it IS gimicky, 50 year anniversary and all...) but still fun.
CONS: * While the "link to Vecna" is an interesting and at-times necessary mechanic for players, the way in which they receive it, as written, is weak. DM change origin or cause of this link. \* No connection to obelisks mentioned in other adventures at all. Wasted opportunity. * The gridded map of the sanctum that is included with the book isn't scaled correctly for miniatures. Weird. * Chime of Exile seems lame. * Lambent Zenith map seems a bit tricky to navigate. * Dragonlance is my favorite D&D setting so this one is the biggest bummer for me... Night of Blue Fire (Chapter 6) does not sound fun. Does not seem like Dragonlance. * Bone Roc is kinda lame to me and doesn't seem necessary. * Borthok is cool mechanically but the design is boring. Big wolf? * Moonlight Guardian design is so so lame. * Lunar dragon doesn't target players upon its arrival. DM advice - That dragon is going to target those players. We will fight a dragon. \* Having players be THAT close to Tiamat's lair and not have an encounter with Arkhan the Cruel - who has the HAND OF VECNA - seems like a missed opportunity. * Chapter 10 and 11 have a messy structure. Hard to grasp exactly what's going on and the timing for everything seems off. How is Kas moving around so fast and doing so much in Pandesmos when you were hot on his tail? * The battle between the forces of Kas/Miska and Vecna/Lolth aren't represented well on Pandesmos. DM advice - Bring in some "battlefield mechanics" (like "the Fray" in SotDQ) when moving from place to place. \* Miska is written as being stuck in the portal and has his strength/powers severely subdued. After all the trouble of getting the rod of seven parts, this seems like a waste. DM advice - Miska is coming out of that portal at full power. The players are fighting Miska. \* One design for the different types of Spyder-Fiends? I hope we see more with miniatures. \* Vecna's unrealities at the end are too few... and lame. * Vecna fight seems rushed... and lame. DM advice - Buff Vecna. Adjust the teleport crystals in the Cave of Shattered Reflection to make it harder for players (but not Vecna) to navigate. Make it so some players will be "trapped" behind a crystal wall with Vecna, separated from their friends. \* Vecna is merely banished/shifted to Oerth? Anticlimactic. I've heard that it is because of future plans with Greyhawk but... still. \* This campaign's marketing. So much hype on Vecna but you see him for an underwhelming final battle only. So much hype on these D&D heavy hitters (Strahd, Lord Soth, Lolth, Tiamat, etc.) but they're barely involved, if at all. Stat blocks given and everything. I'm totally fine with them not coming in to play (with the structure of this adventure I actually think they should NOT be) but don't sell us on the idea that they will be. MY advice - They should have marketed this adventure around Kas (I know that in that case they couldn't do the Mordenkainen twist, would have to change things) and have Vecna just make his appearance at the end as it is. Could maybe even have Vecna's involvement in the adventure be a surprise twist somehow?
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2024.05.19 00:39 Voltality [US-NJ] [H] Bubble75, MonsGeek M1 CNY 2022, Gerald65, GMK Polybius, NicePBT Noel, CannonCaps 407, NicePBT Beach Day, Lots of Switches, Freebies [W] PayPal

Timestamp
Timestamp is dated for yesterday, I was hoping to have this post made then but time got the better of me.
Good evening rMM! Did some spring cleaning a while back and found way too many things I'm not using, so here's a cleaning out sale!
CONUS Only. PM's only, please comment before doing so! Discounts provided for bundles, as always.
Keyboards Pricing Extras Description/Condition
Bubble75 (Black, Alu Weight) $170 Shipped OBO POM plate, all included foams, extra daughterboard cable. This board is in fair condition. There's a scuff and a bit of anodization chipping on the top of the board from a fall off a broken shelf. See timestamp album for picture of scuff. Ships unbuilt with a PC Plate and includes lubed Durock V2 stabilizers, with an epsi-modded spacebar.
MonsGeek M1 (Red, Lunar New Year) $65 Shipped OBO PC plate, all included foams and tape, stock silicone gaskets. This board is in very good condition, and has been modified to be stack mounted (similarly to how it's done on mode boards). Keyboard is built with stock strawberry bubble gum linear switches on an aluminum plate, with lubed/epsi-modded Durock V2 stabilizers. No keycaps are included.
Gerald65 (Frosted) $65 Shipped OBO Unbuilt wrist rest, acrylic plate, foams and extra gaskets. This board is in very good condition, and is currently gasket mounted with a POM plate. This board is currently built with stock YUNZII/Outemu crystal white linear switches, with lubed/epsi-modded Durock V2 stabilizers. No keycaps are included.
Keycap Sets Pricing Description/Condition
GMK Polybius (Base Kit) $70 Shipped OBO Shined, moderately used. Scuff on F8 key, scratches on backspace key. Discounted accordingly, see timestamp album for pictures of issues. Ships in bag. Set is complete.
NicePBT Noel (R1) $20 Shipped OBO Shined, heavily used. Ships in bag. Set is complete.
CannonCaps 407 $20 Shipped OBO Shined, heavily used. 6.25u spacebar has loose tolerances and noico installed. Ships in bag. Set is complete.
NicePBT Beach Day $35 Shipped OBO BNIB, only opened for pictures, although the caps are out of order from shipping and storage. Can ship in bag for discount.
Bundle for NicePBT/CannonCaps sets $55 Shipped OBO This is a bundle offer for NicePBT Noel, CannonCaps 407, and NicePBT Beach Day.
Switches Pricing Quantity Description/Condition
Gateron Yellows $15 Shipped OBO 62 58 Black Tops, 4 Clear Tops. 205g0 Stem/Bottom Housing, 105 on Stock Springs, Unfilmed
Akko CS Lavender Purple $15 Shipped OBO 88 205g0 Stem/Bottom Housing (stem legs lightly lubed), 105 on Stock Springs, Unfilmed
KTT HaluHalo $18 Shipped OBO 65 205g0 on Stem/Bottom Housing, 105 on Stock Springs, Unfilmed
FFFF Tactiles $20 Shipped OBO 71 Stock
KTT Kang White V3 $20 Shipped OBO PENDING 89 205g0 Stem/Bottom Housing, 51004 on Stock Springs
JWICK Semi-Silent $25 Shipped OBO PENDING 64 205g0 on Stem/Bottom Housing, 51004 on Stock Springs, Unfilmed
Tecsee Purple Pandas (w/Gazzew LT Stems) $30 Shipped OBO 73 I spring swapped this switch to Gazzew LT stems, making these linear switches. Lubed with 205g0 on stem only, 51004 on aftermarket (unbranded) 67g short springs. Unfilmed. Total travel distance is 3.5mm.
Owlab Neon $30 Shipped OBO 64 205g0 on Stem/Bottom Housing, 105 on Stock Springs
NovelKeys Cream Clickies $40 Shipped OBO 70 Stock
C3 Kiwi (w/Tecsee Purple Panda Stems) $40 Shipped OBO 79 These are a tactile frankenswitch I made a long time ago. 205g0 Stem/Bottom Housing (stem legs lightly lubed) on 63.5g double stage springs lubed with 105, filmed with Deskeys. Total travel distance is 2.8mm.
Holy T1s $45 Shipped OBO 84 3204 Stem Only (legs untouched), 51004 on aftermarket (unbranded) 60g Short Springs, filmed with Kelowna. Total travel distance is 4.0mm.
Gateron CJs (w/P3 Stems) $45 Shipped OBO PENDING 83 205g0 Stem/Bottom Housing, 105 on Stock Springs, filmed with Deskeys. Total travel distance is 3.9mm.
Freebies (any of the following items are free if bundled, just ask!) Quantity Description
Drop Skylight Series Keycaps (Black) TKL Kit This set is mostly unused, but I replaced the spacebar for a closely matching dye-sub one I had lying around as the original was damaged.
Cherry MX Retooled Blacks 38 I've had these since 2020, and have never used them. They're completely stock.
Gateron CJ Stems 84 PENDING These stems are factory polished and high quality.
Invyr UHMWPE Stems (Batch 2, Version 1) 100+ I tried giving these out a long time ago and they went unclaimed. These stems aren't good and are part of a defective batch.
MX Switch Opener 1 Just a random MX switch opener I got years ago that was painted white. It works okay.
Outemu Blues 120+ Two different kinds of outemu blues in this batch, ones with dustproof stems, ones with traditional stems. These are stock and I salvaged them a long time ago.
Miscellaneous Switch Parts 100+ PENDING This contains a bunch of random switch housings and lineatactile stems I've had over time, and I can't really make anything out of these leftover parts.
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2024.05.19 00:38 Madamadragonfly I'm sorry to autistic woc for what they have had to endure

So I'm not good at this stuff, so if I cross any boundaries please let me know if I said anything wrong or crossed any boundaries. I will apologize if I do.
So I'm hispanic, but I'm light skinned or I guess white-passing; it really depends on who you ask because apparently some people would say I look white but some won't. My identity regarding my apparence has always been kind of confusing to me, but this really isn't about me rn.
I've been seeing things online where I see a lot of woc who are on the spectrum be treated terribly. I'm not ignorant to the existence of racism, I know it's still a problem that needs to be addressed globally, but what's somewhat surprising is that I also see them get hate from neurotypical/allistic pocs.
Something else is that after researching autism for awhile as a late diagnosed woman, I started to pick up better who might be on spectrum or at least neurodivergent. A lot times I tend to notice that many alternative black girls are or could be on the spectrum, not all, but I've seen it. The way I've seen people talk about alternative black girls breaks my heart because I've seen them get called "oreo" or get judged if they date outside their race. It's even worse because so many black women on the spectrum go undiagnosed at higher rate for many years.
I'm apologize if I am crossing boundaries, it's not my intention; but please let me know if I did, I just want people to know I don't mean to hurt anyone.
I grew up in a place that had a huge latin population, and even then I still felt like I was alone due to the bullying I received growing up. I can't help but think how many other girls are going through the same or worse.
Community is so important, and every time I think about how darker-skinned women and girls on the spectrum could be going through that or worse, it makes me very nervous and sad, especially if they still don't know they're on the spectrum because on top of the racism and colorism, to be an outsider in your own group of outsiders really hurts. I get really concerned the little poc girls that may be going through this right now, and how this might impact them growing up.
Please let me know your thoughts and experiences. Please let me know if I said anything wrong, I will apologize and learn from it.
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2024.05.19 00:36 numthots Oyster Oyster, *, Washington, DC

Recently went to Oyster Oyster, a 1-star restaurant in Washington, DC. The restaurant is relatively small — they only serve parties 4 or smaller, and there were maybe a dozen tables, mostly two-tops.
The restaurant is "oyster-tarian", which is to say, a fully vegetarian restaurant with an optional oyster course. My wife and I don't eat non-fish seafood, so we skipped the oyster, but found the meal delightful.
Personal ranking: 4/5. Food/service exceeded expectations. I'd recommend, go back, but not rush. Examples: El Cielo and Rasika tasting menus in Washington, DC. Because the menu is pretty seasonal, I'd probably choose a late summer or early fall reservation for my next visit.
Service: Service was really wonderful. This is definitely a fast-paced restaurant. Because of the size, there's basically no space between the door and the host stand, we were basically seated immediately. They don't give you the food menu until you're on your way out, and it's a set tasting menu, so food starts pretty immediately after seating and selecting (or not) wines/non-alcoholic beverages. Servers are fairly casual, but kind, knowledgable, and fun. I wouldn't say we felt doted on, but it's also a small enough place that a server is almost always in view. The meal was also quick: we were in and out of there in 90 minutes, despite it being a five course meal. That said, it wasn't rushed — and I don't think their reservations are explicitly stated for 90/120 minutes.
Wine: I'm not a huge wino, but we split the pairing and I honestly really enjoyed the wines! One bubbly, one white, two dinner reds, and a dessert red. The two reds were both unusually light, and we quite liked them. We didn't see the pairing list, but they emailed it to us after our reservation, which was nice. Pairing was $85 pre-tax/pre-tip, with a $15 surcharge for us to split it. Every pour came with an in-depth description of varietal, terroir, winemaker, distillation process, and a "why" Oyster Oyster chose to offer that particular wine.
Food: The food was delicious, and the overall meal was filling but not overwhelmingly so. The meal is light on the protein, which I often look for in a meal, but that honestly wasn't much of an issue night-of.
Would recommend! I think it's gotten significantly easier to get a reservation than in years past, and it was a fun time!
Edit: I apparently don't know how to do a gallery and text.
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2024.05.19 00:34 MemoryOne1291 Shinjuku arc is well written, Gege is ccooking

Shinjuku arc is well written, Gege is ccooking
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It seems like a lot of people are hating on Gege for his writing this arc , but the takes i see on why it’s bad are usually just terrible reading comprehension or extremely impatient. Imo this arc and shibuya are the Yorknew and Chimera and arc of jjk and y’all need to let Gege cook. Even culling games was well written but im not gonna get into that (we don’t talk about the military arc) .
Most of y’all hating on the “writing” this arc are just extremely impatient and don’t realize how quick the events taking place since chapter 223 are in jjk time. If we consider s4 starting off with Gojo vs sukuna, chapter 222-260 won’t be more than a couple of episodes. People saying this fight is “taking too long” fr gotta grow up , Gege giving chapters weekly is already goated. Other manga’s like berserk have months between chapters, but yall are just impatient and have to let Gege cook. I dont know if this is yalls first manga or something, but mangas take time to make.
All chapters since the generational jumping where yuji got his first black flash on sukuna have just been peak. Another point which gives Gege hate is sukuna being too strong and whatever. Narratively it’s just been shown since the first couple chapters that Sukuna was an absolute monster in his era. it’s been narratively shown again and again that Gojo and Sukuna are on another tier of their own when it comes to strength and theyve both been relative to one another. the jump betweeen grade 1 and special grade (people like Yuta and yuki) is minuscule compared to the jump from people like Yuta and yuki to Gojo and Sukuna , who are in their own tier. So no, yall impatient mfs can’t expect Sukuna who has been shown from the start to be the final villain to die this easily , and no the strongest character in the series being strong isn’t an "asspull", people assume this and assume that Sukuna is just a "fraud". And the “cycle being repetitive” literally just comes down to people being impatient. I don’t think yall realize how quick the events from higuramas fight - Miguel coming in was (which was the end of the cycle).
Another thing is that people literally just don’t give Gege time. I don’t think yall realize Gege has a vision for the story , yall just critique anything that hasn’t been fully developed on and calls it bad writing. Two examples is when apparently Gege “forgot” about the enchain binding vow so people call Gege a bad writer , but when the whole meguna thing happened, you never saw people complain about it again. Another one is yuji being too weak or not being the mc in his story. But when it was time for yujis awakening and it was revealed yuji was related to Sukuna , people forgot about that and go on to the next thing to hate Gege for. Seriously where did all those people calling Gege an ass writer for yuji not being the mc go since 256? Dont even get me started on the "gojo did nothing" where people were convinced gojos death was meaningless and called gege a shit writer until yuta confirmed they all wouldve been dead without gojo nerfing tf out of sukuna. Or the fact that gojo didnt dodge the world cutting slash was also "bad writing" until a binding vow was revealed, then yall hating on both just forgot ab it. So no, every plot line in the story can’t be concluded in one chapter, yall have to give Gege time to cook. Again, the culling games was getting shit on but it was an amazing setup arc for what’s happening rn and what’ll happen next arc. The whole sukuna verses fight have been one of the best written fights ive seen especially in terms of powerscaling.
another point is "pointless character deaths". I dont know if yall prefer your stories to be predictable where you know none of the good guys are gonna die but personally thats not good to me. and every character has at least contributed something to the fight.lets see all the deaths
gojo - well ofc hes possibly back with 260, but nonetheless gojos death was never pointless. if you genuinely think gege is a bad writer for killing gojo in the first place you never understood his character . but hes back nonetheless so whatevr, and i never got the problem with gojos death in the first place. gojo is also the reason why any of them arent dead yet from fighting sukuna
kashimo - this is purely from the point where kashimo fans had kashimo stocks at 500% when literally the first time we see kashimo we understand all he wants is to fight sukuna. i dont know if yall seriously thought that kashimo was gonna be on gojos or sukunas level but despite still being very strong, he was never gonna win and was destined to die against sukuna. his fight with sukuna also helped us learn more about sukuna, and who else better to talk with sukuna than kashimo? kashimo also helped force heian era form sukuna out which the gang mightve not been able to do and i never hear anyone talk ab this. kashimo did enough for the fight
higurama - he started off fighting against a traumatized yuji who was still fucked from the events of shibuya, and dies fighting alongside yuji against sukuna , trying to get justice. he was introduced to show the corrpution of the law system in japan. did yall seriously expect higurama out of all people to be the one to kill sukuna? and taking away sukunas tool was extremely important, the gang wouldve been cooked if sukuna still had it. it wouldve been game over.
choso - while nobody has really said its meaningless people are just upset that it happened and ive genuinely heard people say its unnecessary/did nothing for his character. i think yall are forgetting what choso did in shibuya, and he obviously felt bad for what he did now. and he lived up to yukis words and lived as a human alongside yuji for a while and died as a human sacrificing himself for yuji
in short most of the hating for geges writing is
  1. impatient mfs who dont realize chapters cant come out on a daily basis, we're already lucky to have gege be a weekly author and not release something like 6 chapters a year. in real time this fight is quicker than the events of shibuya, easily.
  2. agenda listeners, fraudkuna this so sukuna being strong must be asspull! some people cant accept sukuna and gojo have always been relative and leagues above anyone else
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2024.05.19 00:33 FellTheAdequate Those who wear lighter colors, how do you avoid them getting dirty/stained/etc.?

Hello all! I (20NB) am working towards a ~1750s wool suit. I had originally intended it to be black, but since so much time and money is going into this, I want it to be a color I love more. A salmon or pinkish color is my absolute dream, but I don't know how to avoid it getting ruined quickly since the world can be rather dirty in public areas. I would love pink, but some sort of grease on a railing or soot or something getting it dirty is making me really hesitate.
So how is this avoided other than just being careful and hoping for the best? More of my money than I've ever spent on hobbies is going to be going towards this, and anything to help is appreciated.
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2024.05.19 00:32 Short-Interaction-34 Getting off Pristiq - post to hopefully help others.

I’ve been on Pristiq for two years. The first year I was on 25 mg(I know that seems low, but I’m really sensitive to medication so that’s where my doctor wanted to start me).
When I first started the medication, it instantly helped me with my depression and anxiety, which was something I really needed at the time. After about a year I felt like the 25 mg wasn’t working as much so we decided to up to 50mg. I’ve been on 50mg for the past year.
Fast-forward to today, last week, I decided that I wanted to start my journey of going off. The real reason I wanna go off is because I’ve started to feel really numb and really out of touch with my emotions. If something bad happens I don’t really react and the same if something good happens.. I’ve felt so meh..
I’ve also gained 20 pounds on Pristiq with no real lifestyle or diet changes. It hurt when my Psych told me that the weight gain was probably just due to aging… btw I’m only 27. I don’t think it’s normal to gain 20 pounds in two years between the ages of 25 and 27 if you’ve made no lifestyle changes..
When I talked to my Psych about going off she wasn’t very supportive. She told me it would probably be better to transition to another medication as going off of SNRIS has been known to be challenging. This is something I wish I would’ve known when I first started the medication. I guess I never really thought that going off could ever be more challenging than what it felt like before I was on.
The original plan was to reduce from 50 to 25 for 3 weeks and then 25 to 0.
The main symptoms from going off, I’ve had really bad stomach issues rushing to the bathroom basically accidentally almost pooping my pants on multiple occasions.
My head has hurt and it honestly just felt like a really bad hangover, Psych wanted to stay on the 25 mg for 3 weeks before trying to reduce down to zero but after reading through hundreds of Reddit threads, I decided to just go to 0 mg three days into taper. I know this i gonna get a lot of backlash but from what i read it seems the tapper from 25 to 0 is horrible so i wanted to just push through. I also know im strong enough to handle it and id rather not extend how shit the 25 to 0 is gonna be.
I’m on day seven now and I’m feeling a lot better. Here are a few things that have really been helping me. I hope posting this helps other people because none of this information was accessible to me.
  1. Prioritize sleep I’ve been trying to sleep at least 10 hours a night and that really seems to help.
  2. Exercise as much as you can that’s been really helping with the headaches the nausea and just overall feeling better mentally.
  3. I’ve been tracking all my calories and not eating any processed foods or carbohydrates other than fruits and honey. I’ve been prioritizing protein, focused meals, and trying to drink tons of water. Also drinking electrolytes.
  4. I’ve been taking a bath every day with Epsom salts and baking soda. Baking soda helps naturally remove any toxins in your body. Make sure to keep water with you because sitting in there for a while sometimes I get nauseous.
  5. Because your brain will probably feel really out of whack I make a list every day of just five things I need to get done. I’ve definitely found that my brain is constantly rushing with new ideas and a lot of the time. I’m just on the brink of crying for no reason. Whenever I feel overwhelmed, I refer back to the list of the five things I need to do and just focus on those that’s really been helping me get through it.
  6. Having some type of bubbly water has also really helped me with the nausea. I have been drinking the energy drink Celsius and just sipping on it throughout the day it seems that the caffeine and the bubbles have really just helped me be able to have some type of energy and focus. I don’t drink the whole thing at once, but instead just sip on it throughout the day keeping it cold in the fridge.
Anyways, those are the main things that have been helping me. I know that it’s really hard when you feel like you have to get off of antidepressants and you remember how challenging it was before them but I’m praying for all of us and I know that will get through it. 🤍
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2024.05.19 00:32 Toronto-1975 Advice for selling a Xperia 5 IV in Canada

I just ordered a 5 V and once i get it i'm going to likely sell my existing 5 IV.
Black - unlocked HK model, literally perfect condition - not a scratch on it, never been dropped, with official case and spigen clear case, original box and cable. So here's where i need some advice as i've never sold a smartphone before:
  1. How much should i sell it for? I dont really care about making some HUGE profit, just want to absorb some of the cost of the 5 V.
  2. Anyone have suggestions for where to sell? Kijiji was my first thought but if theres a better option I'd love to hear it.
Thanks muchly in advance for advice or suggestions anyone can give!
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2024.05.19 00:29 LeThomasBouric Millennia of the Storm [F]

So, I wrote up a little intro to an RP I was taking part in with a friend, and it kinda... Spiralled.
I quite like what I ended up writing, so I'm sharing it here. I think I did a good enough job offering up an interesting angle on Stormcast.
For a bit of context; Améline is a Knight-Questor, and Gorgo is a mortal she's taken on as almost like an apprentice. Gorgo heard about this 'storm-goddess' that was immortal and couldn't be beaten, and glory-hungry tried to first defeat Améline in a fighting competition. Long story short, Gorgo got knocked out so early she didn't even get to fight Améline, but she ended up getting to train under her instead. Gorgo's grown quite a bit over the training, which includes getting traumatised by fighting Chaos alongside Améline.
Gorgo also has six snakes on her head instead of hair.
The reference Améline makes to being worshipped is that, well, she's pretty much a goddamn superhero. She inspires others, and because she's a demigod born from Sigmar some of that becomes outright worship, which she doesn't know how to deal with.
Out in the field, Améline could put on her sigmarite war-plate in just a bare few minutes, a skill refined by repeated necessity. Here, in the safe confines of the fortress, she could afford to take her time, slowly easing on each piece of her gear onto her body and tightening the leather straps until her armour was securely placed. As she did so, Améline quietly whispered prayers of warding to her armour in one of the secret tongues of Azyr, taught to her by her Lord-Relictor, Herakes Who-Carries-The-Firmament-And-Laughs.
Améline smiles to herself as she remembers when Herakes had let her in on a secret; the prayers by themselves, unless charged with arcane or divine power, did nothing for her armour. They were simply tools to focus the mind before battle and calm it with rote.
"And a Retributor-Prime needs all the focus they can get." the venerable Lord-Relictor had laughed. Scant moments later, she would watch him be eviscerated by a Bloodthirster while bellowing oaths of . But Améline liked the memory of that day regardless, and was thankful that it hadn't been one of the ones taken from her by the Anvil of Apotheosis. Try as she might to put the pain of loss from her mind, Améline missed the uncomplicated camaraderie of the Blackhammers.
It had been simpler in the early days of the Realmgate Wars, she muses to herself, not for the first time. Not easier, not by any measure. But Améline's world had been the Stormcast she stood shoulder-to-shoulder with, the enemies at her front, and the survivors she had rescued. Lord-Celestant Phionas gave the Retributor-Prime her orders, and she would enact them as best she could or die trying. She was surrounded by siblings who implicitly understood her in ways others struggled.
She hadn't stood out; she'd just been another warrior in Sigmar's army.
She hadn't been been a hero that people looked up to; just another Stormcast fighting to free the Realms.
Améline hadn't been worshipped back then.
And now...
Améline hears a knock on her door, and releases a quiet breath she hadn't realised she'd been holding.
This was nostalgia talking, she reminds herself. Cherry-picked memories of a hellish period of war, further pared down by numerous Reforgings. It had likely been just as messy back then too; she'd just managed to overcome the problems that had plagued her back then. She would do so again with the present, and whatever might come in the future.
She just wished she had the Blackhammers again, she thought mournfully to herself, before slowly easing herself upright, going over to the door and opening it.
When the door is opened, Améline finds herself looking down at Gorgo. The quiet gloom of the Stormcast's thoughts pervade further; though now she knew Gorgo was on the road to recovery, she couldn't help but see the young woman's trials marked all over her body. Not just in scars, but in the way she carries herself.
When Améline had first met Gorgo, she'd been a strutting peacock of a warrior, staring proudly right into Améline's eyes as if challenging the Stormcast to refuse training her. Améline hadn't begrudged the youth's pride; instead, she took it upon herself to let Gorgo remake it into something more productive, and healthy for the warrior. Améline remembered how her snakes had flared outwards, looking like the crest of a multi-coloured tropical bird.
The product of that training now stands before her; wan, tired, her shoulders slumped by weights that couldn't be seen by eye, but pulled her down terribly nonetheless. Even her snakes lounged down over her scalp and shoulders. Gorgo still looked up at Améline's eyes with a strange kind of confidence, born of experience rather than arrogance. Whatever her agony, Gorgo wasn't broken yet.
It still sent a pang of pain through Améline's soul to see her student seem so diminished. Perhaps the life Gorgo had chosen would have inevitably led to this moment, and thanks to Améline she would survive it; but that didn't stop Améline's mind from furiously rebelling against Gorgo's misery.
Would that the battle against Chaos had ended with the Realmgate Wars.
The words 'I'm sorry' had almost left Améline's lips when Gorgo pushed a spear into Améline's hand. The Stormcast immediately recognised it; it was Gorgo's choice weapon, the one she brought to training pit and battlefield alike. It was sturdy, a product of good craftsmanship and materials, and the tip was meticulously sharpened until it could pierce flesh and armour with but a thrust. Below the tip hung a stone carved with a rune that Améline didn't understand, but had seen Gorgo hold onto tightly when she thought no one was looking.
Améline had never seen Gorgo give that spear to another person.
"To fight the Khornates." Gorgo blurted out, pre-empting Améline's question. "You're going to need every bit of help you can get."
Gorgo shifted her feet, starting to turn as if to beat a hasty retreat, but Améline stopped her with a hand on her shoulder.
There was so much that she wanted to tell Gorgo. The countless words welled up inside the Stormcast; how proud she was of Gorgo, how much she regretted failing the young warrior, how Améline wasn't worthy of training her, and just how dearly the Stormcast wished she could shelter Gorgo.
Instead of all the thoughts that swirled around her said, Améline said, almost surprising herself;
"After the Gorestorm is beaten, we're not going to train."
Gorgo flinched, and looked up at Améline with a hurt, betrayed look. Améline didn't know where her tongue was leading her, but it continued speaking for her;
"For a few weeks. Until then, I want to spend some time with you."
"You already do when we train." Gorgo mumbles, but the hurt in her eyes abates, and she starts looking curiously up at Améline.
"We're going to spend some time together at rest." Améline clarified, her voice becoming firmer as her thoughts slowly coalesced into coherency. "Theatre, dances, taverns. Whatever you want. My treat."
"Is Allassía going to be there?" Gorgo groans, and Améline's heart lightens as the young warrior's mood lifted. She might be grumbling, but by this point Améline knew when to recognise pantomime.
"If she wants to." Améline lightly replied, and was rewarded with Gorgo theatrically rolling her eyes, as if her lips hadn't just ticked upwards in a smile at the thought of spending time with her Hurakan rival.
And then, Gorgo seemed to throw away any last pretence of annoyance as she surged forwards and wrapped her arms around Améline's waist. For a moment the Stormcast wondered if Gorgo was trying to wrestle with her, before the warrior's sudden stillness revealed that she was instead hugging Améline.
"Thank you." Gorgo grunted, with a sincerity that broke Améline's heart a little. "For everything."
The words bubbled up once more from the dark recesses of Améline's mind, but this time she quieted them as she wrapped an arm around Gorgo's shoulders and hugged her back. There would be time for them.
But later.
Gorgo held on to Améline for a while longer, before just as abruply as she initiated the embrace, she broke from it. She took a step back with a laugh, put her hands on her hips, and looked up into Améline's eyes with some of her old, cocksure fire.
"Say hello to the Chained Butcher for me." Gorgo commanded, and Améline couldn't stifle her laughter before it bubbled up from her throat, hale and hearty and utterly taking her by storm. Gorgo joined in with Améline, before turning on her heel and strutting down the corridor, leaving Améline alone with the spear.
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2024.05.19 00:29 Vegetable-Cod327 Food advice?

Food advice?
Okay this is my second post ever on Reddit so please let me know if I have done anything wrong and I will do my best to fix it!
This is odie, a full blooded black lab. He turned 1 on may 6, 2024 he is exactly 80 pounds and he is the best boy ever!
This is where my questions lay, I have never owned a large breed dog and I didn’t expect to anytime soon but I am not mad! I love this guy! I just do not know what to do diet wise. I already did tons of research on supplements and I have got that handled but when it comes to the dog food I am just so frazzled. Everything’s no this, yes that, yes this, no that! He came to us eating pedigree and I already knew off the bat that that was not a good choice, so I consulted with my local dog dietician and he suggested fromms large breed puppy until he was 2, so I bought that and have slowly weaned him off of the pedigree and onto that! Now I’m getting posts on my timelines that fromms is bad! I saw that a lot of people feed PURINA pro plan but I just don’t know so I am just asking for some sort of direction or advice. Should I feed raw? How do I even begin with that? Is there a specific YouTuber I could learn from or could I maybe learn from you? Thank you!
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2024.05.19 00:27 Themanmanny Does my family neglect me ?

Does my family neglect me ?
Hey I just wanted to go on here to see if anyone has shared a similar experience. My family recently has just seemed like they don’t really care about my well-being. They love me but our house is so dysfunctional. Everything is a mess and I was never taught to do chores etc so it’s hard for me to keep things clean as well. Food is left out. Nothing is swept, constant dust and I get pet allergies and they don’t clean after the shedding so I’m constantly sneezing etc. also I recently found out there is black mold in each air conditioner in my house. This can cause fatigue and health problems. I’ve noticed every time I’m here I feel extremely tired and my sister does as well. My mom also sleeps all day because she is depressed. And my dad works all day and is depressed. Idk what to do. I’m so stressed about the ac but we don’t have enough for a repair. So I may have to fix it on my own. I guess I can I’m not sure how though it’s just stressful I feel like it’s so dysfunctional. When I go to my partners house everything is clean and they know how to upkeep the house and there is never problems except little things like bickering like all families do. So if anyone is an ac expert lmk what I should do. Also lmk if any one else has a dysfunctional family like this because it’s so embarrassing and it makes me want to run away sometimes. It’s not that my family is abusive or anything it’s just that I feel they don’t care enough and that our house is a mess which makes me feel like a mess. Just looking for advice, thanks
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2024.05.19 00:23 Themanmanny Does my family neglect me ?

Hey I just wanted to go on here to see if anyone has shared a similar experience. My family recently has just seemed like they don’t really care about my well-being. They love me but our house is so dysfunctional. Everything is a mess and I was never taught to do chores etc so it’s hard for me to keep things clean as well. Food is left out. Nothing is swept, constant dust and I get pet allergies and they don’t clean after the shedding so I’m constantly sneezing etc. also I recently found out there is black mold in each air conditioner in my house. This can cause fatigue and health problems. I’ve noticed every time I’m here I feel extremely tired and my sister does as well. My mom also sleeps all day because she is depressed. And my dad works all day and is depressed. Idk what to do. I’m so stressed about the ac but we don’t have enough for a repair. So I may have to fix it on my own. I guess I can I’m not sure how though it’s just stressful I feel like it’s so dysfunctional. When I go to my partners house everything is clean and they know how to upkeep the house and there is never problems except little things like bickering like all families do. So if anyone is an ac expert lmk what I should do. Also lmk if any one else has a dysfunctional family like this because it’s so embarrassing and it makes me want to run away sometimes. It’s not that my family is abusive or anything it’s just that I feel they don’t care enough and that our house is a mess which makes me feel like a mess. Just looking for advice, thanks
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2024.05.19 00:20 HotelExciting6452 There's this girl (25) I (26) want. She has shown interest but has since been ignoring me after I did this... Help!

TL;DR; This has been bugging me out. I understand I shouldn't let this get to me and I should keep myself busy, which I have. However, the thought of her remains. Here goes. There's this girl at my workplace that has really got me hooked. So much so that I am on here trying to figure out her psyche. I'm sure most of you are thinking "Goodluck to ya, pal! No one is EVER gonna figure out how a woman's mind works! So do yourself a favor and give up now and move the fuck on!"
Normally I would agree and at this point it's probably for the best that I do. However, there's something so special about this girl and that's why I'm posting this. In attempts to pick your brains. So here goes.
For the past few months, this girl and I would stare into each other's eyes. As a matter of fact, she initiated it first and I later realized, hmm, wonder what that's about? I didn't think anything of it until the eye contacts became so regular that I started to feel something. Like we were staring into each other's souls or something. Anytime one of us walked past each other we would look for three seconds or more at a time with a smile intact and kept going on with our day.
We would have small talk here and there but nothing substantial, you know? I wanted to get to know her, I still do. Recently, I decided I wanted to get her number. I wanted to get to know who she is. I wanted to uncover her story. I wanted to be her friend first and foremost. However, I may have jeopardized all of that.
You see, four days ago I put myself up to the task that I was going to talk to her and see if we can exchange our numbers, unfortunately, that went unsuccessful due to people getting in the way. I admit that I may have put a bit of pressure on myself because I'm thinking this girl is such a catch. As the progressed, I made the decision that I was going to give her my number.
I waited around for her and nothing, I did see her friend come by and that's when I put her up to the task to deliver my note for me. I know childish, right? I asked her friend to do me the favor, she responded so bubbly and excited to do it for me, that I was convinced that she knew something. Her friend asked me, "Do you mind telling me what it is?" I responded, "That I won't but when she sees it and she wants to tell her then you'll know. I trust you with it." She giggled and went on her way.
This was four days ago, never received a call nor text. Yesterday, when I returned to work, I noticed how she was actively going out of her way to avoid me at all costs. It hurt me. Not gonna lie. However, as the day progressed, I ran into that same friend I entrusted to deliver the note. She starts off by saying, "Hey! I gave your note to my girlfriend!" I replied, "Oh yeah? Is it going to be returned to sender?" She laughed and I went on and said, "So?" Immediately, she said, "Nope! You didn't wanna tell me what it was so I'm not saying anything!" and left. This left me so damn confused.
Fast forward to earlier today and I'm getting straight up ignored! Literally to my face! I'm here thinking damn, because I gave her a piece of paper with my number on it? I understand, I should have man'd up and asked for her number but I don't know, I thought maybe I should give her the power to reach out. Now, she's just ignoring the living daylights out of me. So what am I doing in response? The same.
I really don't wish to but what am I suppose to do? If she wants nothing to do with me, why should I even try? I don't want to come across annoying, creepy or worst of all, desperate.
I'm at a loss for words. I didn't expect this at all because like I said, I legitimately felt a connection. Or was I wrong?
Now I feel like I took the biggest dump where I eat. Feeling uncomfortable and ashamed. Could any of you kind people assist me in figuring out what the hell went wrong?
Thank you.
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2024.05.19 00:19 TheLittle_Devil_ Thoughts on Diet?

Thoughts on Diet?
My husband and I have a 9 month old Green Cheek Conure named Mosambi (Moss for short) and wanted to get some thoughts on his current diet. Any advice on how often we should feed fruit would be great since he loves blueberries but we don't know how much he can have everyday. He also takes nibbles of my almond milk strawberry yoghurt every couple of days when I have it for breakfast.
Overall Diet: 2-3 tbsp of Chop in the Morning w/ a sprinkle of sprouted seeds on top 2 tbsp of Roudybush Daily Maintenance Pellets 1 or 2 Nutriberries distributed amongst his two foraging trays [+ Sometimes a piece of avicake crushed in a foraging tray if only doing 1 nutriberry] For daily training (done 1-3 times a day depending on my spoons for the day) he gets bites of pecan or walnut throughout the session. He has millet in foraging toys around the room + in his cage too.
Chop Ingredients: -Kale -Turnip Greens -Cauliflower -Quinoa -Brown Rice -Oats -Black Eyed Peas -Carrots -Brussel Sprouts -Broccoli -Sweet Mini Peppers -Bell Pepper
We plan to add a second type of pellet to his diet to add more variety, just trying to find something he likes equally to his current pellet. (Originally he was also eating TOPs but now he hates it)
I've seen discussion about anti-nutrients so with the Kale & Turnip greens we plan to start switching out every month with Collard & Mustard Greens to try to avoid that issue
We plan to start bringing him outside soon too once the temperature is right so he can get fresh air and extra vitamin D. (Yes will be in a travel carrier, hoping to work on harness training eventually)
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2024.05.19 00:19 Kayla_3828 Insecure about my dark skin

(14f) I'm exhausted from being brown skin and “unambiguous “.' My skin tone and phenotype rarely receive praise, except from other unambiguously black women and girls.( which isn’t a problem but I would rather receive a genuine compliment and not one that is basically out of pity knowing my phenotype and skin tone is not desired) Meanwhile, my younger sister, who is mixed passing, often receives compliments. Boys tend to overlook me and stereotype me as 'ghetto' solely based on my appearance. I’m tired of being labeled as a “strong black woman” no matter how feminine I am this label will always be forced on me because of my skin tone and Afrocentric features. Just needed to get this off my chest
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2024.05.19 00:17 Western_Peanut_9330 Trying to report a monster, and it feels like no one cares.

I have recently lost all faith in the justice system, and it feels like law and order is just a farce. My step father is a monster, and a sociopath, and no matter how hard I try I cannot get anything done. My mother married my step father when I was ten years old, and he began grooming me when I was eleven. Walking around naked and saying it was natural. Making me watch adult movies with him, then escalating to making me watch child p*rn. And then he started to sexually assault, and r*ape me when I was fourteen. And It kept going all the way up to when I was thirty-two. I know that sounds hard to believe, but he controlled our whole lives. I couldn’t get a job so I had no money. We didn’t have any friends. Our family wasn’t allowed to visit. He would tell me that the problem with calling the police is a lot can happen between when you pick up the phone, and they arrive. That it only takes a second to pull a trigger, or to push in a knife. That the sounds people would make when they were stabbed in the chest, would get his heart racing. He would clean his guns when he was angry, often mock pointing at me and pulling the trigger. I sometimes wished that the gun was loaded so I wouldn’t be trapped with him anymore. But worried for my mother. He started to physically abuse my mother too, so we were trapped. When I was younger he would toy with me making me do things like drink anti-freeze, but said it was game. I guess at eleven years old you don‘t know any better. Over the past few years he has begun to get more violent, and started down the anti-government route. Saying stuff that he will be the spark of the revolution. That he will bring this whole thing down. He bought a plate carrier vest (bullet proof vest), for ”when it all goes down”. He has been amassing an arsenal of guns, and recent started to acquire stolen firearms. What he would do is get close when an elderly person who has firearms registered to them, take them, and then tell the police that he “disposed of them” or a “buy back program” so they wouldn’t have to worry about them, and then keep them for himself. He has over 300 firearms, which I have a complete inventory of, as well as the stolen firearms. I know that sounds like a made up amount but there was safes in every corner of the house full of guns. Which he was only one that had keys too. He has been stockpiling ammunition as well, green tips/black tips, hollow point, tracer rounds which all together would be close to 1 million rounds, which I have pictures of. He has has a few hundreds pounds of gun powder, and knowledge of the anarchist cookbook. He claims to be a navy seal, often wearing navy seal shirts, and other clothing, bragging about it to people. But we got in contact with NCIS and the national archives which said he was only a marine for fourteen months. So that was all a lie. I recently was able to leave for the sole reason that I lost my mother. I do not even know if foul play was involved, I just had to leave before I was next. So I was able to escape with the help of family. But now scared that no one is there, what could he be doing? He kept saying how he has the means, that he will be remembered. That he will lead the charge, ignitting the fires of rebellion. I have reported and filed out police reports for a total of four different states police, as well as the FBI and ATF. I have even reached out to my local congressman, because they say they can intervene on your behalf for federal agencies. But all his office said that they submitted a tip as well. I have evidence, other people have submitted reports against him too, but nothing is happening. I keep checking the news, scared that one day I will see his face and that he blew up a government building or took down a plane which he has access too since he works at an airport. I am begging people that he is a danger to the community, that not only is he a pedophile but he will make Timothy McVeigh look like a choir boy. He is a monster, he likes to hurt people, he most definitely will hurt people, and I cannot get anyone to help. Everyone Is more interested in agendas then safety. It’s not a matter of if, but a matter of when. He will kill hundreds of people and no one will stop it. God help us all.
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2024.05.19 00:15 Jumpy-Reflection-263 As a Sinhala person, WTF are we celebrating?

Long Rant here and i dont really care if i get downvoted or banned.
But what the fuck are we celebrating?
Oh yeah, we fucked our country to the point where our own Tamil brothers and sisters (with whom weve lived side by side with for good portions of the last 2000 years), felt like they had no choice but to pick up a g*n and start a war. And then have that war destory the entire island for 30 years. And then only have the war end in the death of tens of thousands of innocent civilians.
Yeah go us! /s
WTF is wrong with everyone? The fact that people celebrate this as "Victory" Day is not only so unbelievably insensitive but just proves that our people havent learnt SHIT.
Im not saying you have to be spineless and lick the ass of LTTE either. They did fucked up shit to Sinhala people and Muslim people (including ethnic cleansing, bombings and all the other fucked up stuff), and even Tamil people too. There is a time and place for that criticism too.
But my god, look at things in context. There were at least 4 seperate pogroms against Tamils prior to the war. When Tamils protested peacefully, they were violently assaulted or ignored.
Ill tell you a story of one of my uncles. He is one of dads oldest friends. This is a man who has known me since birth and i have photos of me sitting on his lap when I was a kid.
A few years ago my dad told me of what happened to this uncle during Black July '83. He was hiding in a drain on the side of the road desperately trying to avoid being found by the racist murderous mobs of Sinhala rioters.
Can you imagine that? A human being hiding in a drain because he was that scared?
Its very easy to say LTTE this, Tamil Diaspora this etc etc. But all of this is a symptom of what the country has created. The cruelty we have inflicted upon them.
For a country apparently based on "Buddhism" and protecting the "values of the Dhamma", we sure do a great job of showing absolutely zero compassion for people when it becomes slightly inconvenient.
I dont know how well I expressed myself but here are a few quotes from Lasantha Wickramatunge, a Sinhala journalist who was allegedly assassinated by the Government in 2009. These quotes are still relevant today.
"we have consistently espoused the view that while separatist terrorism must be eradicated, it is more important to address the root causes of terrorism, and urged government to view Sri Lanka’s ethnic strife in the context of history and not through the telescope of terrorism. We have also agitated against state terrorism in the so-called war against terror, and made no secret of our horror that Sri Lanka is the only country in the world routinely to bomb its own citizens. For these views we have been labelled traitors, and if this be treachery, we wear that label proudly."
"What is more, a military occupation of the country’s north and east will require the Tamil people of those regions to live eternally as second-class citizens, deprived of all self respect. Do not imagine that you can placate them by showering “development” and “reconstruction” on them in the post-war era. The wounds of war will scar them forever, and you will also have an even more bitter and hateful Diaspora to contend with. A problem amenable to a political solution will thus become a festering wound that will yield strife for all eternity. If I seem angry and frustrated, it is only because most of my countrymen - and all of the government - cannot see this writing so plainly on the wall."
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