Cedar point accident history

Chris recaps the last episode as the campers dug up their team members pictures to determine the teams, and says that these teams seem "oddly specific" in who is on what team (he rigged the team picking). Hockey Bros on different teams, Chase and Emma on the same team, although some got lucky that they were put together such as Julia and MK, and Ripper and Axel, but it will only be a matter of time until things start going in a different direction. Today is the day they figure out who is going home first in this third season.
The intro plays like usual
On the Far Apart Foxes: Priya is seen staring deep into thought in her bunk about pretty much everything Millie, Caleb, The game, and what her parents are thinking right now. Zee comes in and asks if she's ok, and she claims she is, and that she's not going to let any of this stop her, and Zee could tell something was wrong, but didn't want to say anything as it's only caused him problems in the past. Julia and MK are outside talking about what they could try doing as they believe their team is full of people who are gross, emotional wrecks, not all there, or just hate their guts, Julia knows that she could be booted easily if they lose, she says not if they cheat, MK brings up her cheating idea again, but Julia reminds her that she got caught last time and almost went home, MK believes that if she doesn't mess with anything of Chris', like the hairdryer, they should be fine, plus instead of cheating through challenges, they could cheat through messing with people, Julia likes the sound of that. Meanwhile Raj is seen crying in his bunk claiming he's been crying all night, and then he sees Wayne and Bowie coming in, with Bowie saying Wayne did the same thing in his bunk and he sits the hockey bros and gives them a pep talk, trying to lift up their spirits, but it doesn't work, Bowie tries to think of something. Axel and Ripper are then found talking about their history in the game from going from hating each other to loving each other, Axel then tells him that she and him need to cool down on the making out, as she's been noticing that it's been dragging her and him down, Ripper claims being gross is something he does best, Axel tries to tell him that she may believe that he's not super gross, but if they want to dominate the game, Ripper needs to clean up his act, both literally and figuratively.
On the Separated Serpents sides: Caleb and Millie are seen talking to themselves about Priya and then all of sudden they say the same thing out loud and gasp. Caleb then tells her that he owes her an apology, Millie says what for, and Caleb tells her for taking her best friend away from her, and saying that he was glad she was gone when she was eliminated, Millie tells him that she's said bad things more times than him, and they laugh it off, and decide to form an alliance, and Caleb promises that he will honest and truthful, and won't go behind her back, and all of sudden they hear a scream. We see Damien being chased by Scary Girl, whom somehow brought a jackhammer and said that she wants to have time to catch up, Chase is then seen hiding in a bush filming Damien saying he never knew Damien was so hilarious and would be great footage for his channel. Emma watches Chase from the cabin saying that he only cares about his own fame and the benefits, not the people he films, and still can't believe he's still the same Emma then stops and sits back and remembers season 1, and eventual flashbacks show her blowing up at Bowie, and claims that she was such a jerk to Bowie and that it was all her fault that their friendship ended, not Chase, she wants to talk to him, but she's not sure of when the best time to do so is.
Chris then announces it's challenge time!
Chris announces that he hopes the contestants have had their time to get used to their new teams and that it's time for the first challenge, will be a getting to know you game. Bowie says that isn't a little late since they've all known each other for a few years, but Chris says that he has eyes everywhere and has been watching, and Priya then starts twitching in her seat after hearing the challenge explained, and Millie asked her if she's ok, and claims she's fine she just didn't sleep well last night, Millie doesn't buy it. Julia tells her that even though she hates, she needs to pull herself together, if they don't want to win, Priya snaps at Julia to not tell her what to do, which surprises everyone, even Julia. Caleb said that was even worse than all the times Priya snapped at him combined. Chris says he'd love to keep this going, but he's on a tight schedule and that the challenge is that each person gets a point for every time they press their button admitting to the fact described to the other campers, if they refuse after 10 seconds, the other team gets the point, and that after one team gets 8 points will be the team that wins immunity and the losing team must send someone home.
First: Who was the first one is which camper accidentally peed themselves on their first date?
Emma presses her button, and Chase claims that he had no idea she peed herself, and thought he caused her to get a period, and she just growls at him. (Point for Serpents)
Next Question is: Which camper got suspended from school for going in the opposite gender's restroom?
Ripper presses his button (Point for Foxes), and says he's proud of it, and has no regrets, except for realizing he was wiping himself with pads instead of toilet paper. (Point for Foxes)
Next question is: Claiming they all should have done this at this point, Which camper has never gotten their driver's license?
Scary Girl presses her button, and She says who needs to drive, as she has her own ways of getting around, (Point for the Serpents)
Next question is: Which camper has sleepwalked while naked?
Zee presses his button, and claims that it was the soda, and had no idea what happened, and was not sure why he saw his door unlocked, and police at the door. Raj asks if he went to jail, and Zee said he luckily didn't since he had money from his soda sponsor, although they confiscated that soda from him. (Point for the Foxes)
Next question is: Which camper has never learned to tie their shoes?
Damien starts sweating but presses his button anyway, Millie is kind of surprised despite his intelligence, and Damien claims he just has never been able to figure it out, and sees quite a few of the other campers (Chase, Ripper, Julia, MK start laughing, causing Damien to hide himself in his jacket, with Scary Girl finding this interesting (Point for the Serpents)
Next question is: Which camper once got attacked while stuck in a zoo exhibit? MK sees Julia avoiding eye contact and presses her button for her, and presses her button for her, but Chris tells her that they don't get the point in doing so, but he asks Julia what happened in the exhibit anyway, she says that one of the monkeys came out of the exhibit grabbing her phone and started filming itself, and she got stuck by climbing into the exhibit because it deleted all of her content, Nichelle said that monkey was real for that.
Score is 3 for the Serpents and 2 for the Foxes.
Next question is: Which camper has a playlist on their phone dedicated to lullabies?
Caleb then pushes his button, claiming that his grandmas' love for lullabies is contagious.
Next question: Which camper has never gone a day without crying at least once?
Wayne and Bowie eyed up Raj, knowing it's him, and they give Raj a nod of encouragement from the other team, and he presses his button, MK asks why it's only him and not him and Wayne, and Raj claims that there was one night he didn't cry, the one in which he won the million dollars.
Then we get a montage of the remaining campers getting asked questions:
(Who once died their hair pink)? No one presses
(Who's afraid of rollercoasters)? Axel presses hers
(Who sneezed and got covered in snot during a school picture)? Millie presses hers
(Who broke their leg due to slipping on a banana peel?) Nichelle presses hers
(Who's pants have fallen down in a public mall?) Chase presses his
It was down to one more question, the question from Chris is who despises their parents so much that they want to move away? Priya having been relieved a bit for not having to say anything, all of sudden starts looking very distressed she tries to say it, and just stutters, Julia warns her that if no one admits it then they lose, and says that she's not a total drama expert if she causes the team to lose like that, angered at Julia she proceeds to tackle her, and as Chris watches feeling quite entertained as no one presses their button, that means that the Separated Serpents win the challenge. The team celebrates, but Millie and Caleb eye Priya in concern. Chris tells the Far Apart Foxes that they will see them at elimination.
At the elimination ceremony Chef calls out certain campers:
MK: She pressed Julia's button even though the rules were they could only press their own. MK tells her that she was doing what a "friend" would do.
Julia: She's made a lot of enemies throughout both of her seasons, and refusing to answer to gain a point, and provoking Priya to attack her, Julia tells him that she was just doing what she does best, and it's not good enough for them, then it's their problem.
Priya: Chef's been noticing Priya's not been herself today, and didn't seem to do much to help her team despite being a Total Drama expert, plus attacking Julia instead of securing the point for her team, Priya has no comments.
Chris then says those who get marshmallows are safe like usual, but then explains that since they are on boney island, the one who doesn't get a marshmallow must be carried away in the Casket of Cruelty. He then tosses marshmallows to the following:
Raj
Nichelle
Zee
Ripper
Axel
MK...
and the final marshmallow goes to...
Julia! Which means Priya is eliminated. Julia's jaw dropped when she got her marshmallow.
Chris is intially shocked by this, explains how Priya went from winner, to final 4, to first boot, and says that it's time for her to go. Priya has no comment towards anyone, which surprises even Julia as she thought she'd go ballistic. Priya then takes a breath and starts cursing out at her parents, completely censored and we cut to them watching with flabbergasted expressions, Priya says that Millie was right about them, and she can't believe it only took her till now to realize. She leaves in the casket, hoping that her parents got the message and hopes that her best friend and boyfriend will manage without her. and knows this is for her own mental being.
Priya takes a breath and admits in a confessional, that she told her team to vote her off, so that way she wouldn't have to quit, because she says she's getting the million she rightfully won, and she's not waiting until she's forty. "
Nichelle then appears in a confessional saying that even though Priya's out and she did vote for her, she says Julia better start counting her days, and says MK's not off the hook either.
Chris then closes own by asking how Millie and Caleb will react when the find out Priya's out first, what will Julia and MK do to keep themselves in the game, can Wayne and Raj make it work being on different teams, will any of the information revealed during the challenge impact the future of the game find out on the next episode coming soon.

When I (21M) got into a relationship with my partner (20F), it was awesome. Then she involved her friends in the relationship. She came off as very codependent to her friends, even saying her friends (20F) are never wrong (you’re gonna see some red flags here that I was stupid to ignore). Met one of her friends - wonderful guy not a bad bone in his body, hope all of them could be Ike that. She expressed (I don’t even know jokingly) that her girl friends were jealous that she got a boyfriend - yet she wanted us to be friends.
I have never met such hypocritical people in my life on first meet. They would criticize my career (I earn decent money in school), my race (they continually called me a brown boy), the fact I didn’t drink underage, they would question my validity as a partner in earshot much to my partner’s silence. They would criticize my colloquialism - I would say “shut the fuck up” when a funny story came up while laughing. They would tell my partner (not me) that they didn’t like it (happy to not say it if it makes them feel uncomfortable) but then they proceeded to tell me to shut the fuck up with impunity. The double standards sucked. The dishing out but not being able to take it sucked. I was always made to be the villain. When I brought these up to my partner - “Oh you feel that way because they have siblings, and you’re an only child”. They showed up to my apartment unannounced when I was on a date with my partner (I live on the 3rd story). After the date was over, they would make plans to go out and say “This is a friends only thing”.
I held my tongue for a lot of disrespect. The people were openly known in their friend group to be third wheels in the relationship. They used to call me a bitch and a groomer (because I had friends who were 2 years younger than me). I used to call the main instigator a horseface after she made fun of my forehead and looks. But then it was too far. They could say whatever to me but the moment I come back I’m in the wrong.
They would openly ask my partner “Did he even get girls before you” to which my partner felt she had to defend her “choice” in me. They would cause fights to the point where I’m crying and hoping I’m no more. I would dream they would make fun of me so much - I would get up and walk out (I actually did this once but chalked it up to having to take a phone call).
They would criticize my race but then ask me to set them up with someone from my race. They would make fun of my career, yet ask me to get them a job. I tried to play nice with these people. On my own birthday, one of these girls was stressing out over organizing a career fair, I walked 40 minutes to help her out. These people would cause fights between us and I would apologize to them about stuff they do to me all the time saying “I just want to be accepted by the group”.
Worst part came when her friends pulled switchblades out on a moving bus as a joke and were brandishing it. I was the only voice of reason telling these people to stop, protecting my partner, motioning others to sit down and telling them that the group can get in so much trouble because of their idiotic behavior. Yet all her friends laughed at the fact I was getting serious. One of her friends had come up to me afterwards and showed me her palm, laughing. It was blood- she had cut her hands on the blades trying to play with the knives. Laughing.
Whether it was them blacking out drunk, headbutting each other, and touching each other inappropriately- I need to make sure no one falls behind or gets in trouble. Her friends would smack me for sitting on their bed by accident just to charge my phone near the wall. Everyone would laugh.
Her friends dressed up during Halloween as red flags (can’t make this up) and they kept making racial remarks to my friend. “Dance white boy”, “bathroom’s over there white boy”, etc. He took it as a joke the first few times but then started to feel uncomfortable. He told me wayyyy too late that this is what he experienced.
One day I had enough of their immaturity, their laughter at my pain, their double standards, and their unresolved hatred. I asked them to treat me with some respect. My partner stood silent as they continue to make insulting and demeaning faces at me and avoid the issue. I had a freeze response. Then my hypervigilance took a toll on me one day in the form of an extreme panic attack (first one ever) where I cried and clutched my chest on a train. They started indifferently. I sat crying with the doctor hugging me, while they called an Uber to go to a bar. They called the paramedics- they were heroes. I had enough, went up and yelled some disgusting things at the main instigator, who was making disgusting invalidating faces at me while I was approaching her for accountability. Called her a horsefaced-bitch. Told her “Why should I die on the train? You go kill yourself!”
My partner threatened to break up with me if her friends had told her to and told me I wasn’t fit to meet her dad. The next day, her friends guilt tripped her “You made a choice to go home with him instead of come with us to the bar”. They talked about how it was “bizarre” why I was so kind to the doctors and the paramedics yet yelled at them. A few days later, the pain in my chest was tough. I went to the doctor, got some tests and was diagnosed with a cardiac arrhythmia as a result of the panic attack. When she told her friends, they said “we don’t care he had a heart attack, we care more about what he yelled at us afterwards”.
Then blame was shifted. I was the scapegoat. They were the ultimate victim. The whole group - people who didn’t even have anything to do with the situation brought up 9 month old issues that I had apologized for. Ganged up. They said I brought too many bad memories to the group.
When I asked my partner why she lets such people run from accountability for their actions. She said how her father told her to never give up on her friends. How her father lets his friends insult him and his wife till she cries. And that was his takeaway.
I broke up with her. I can’t be a doormat like how her mother is to her father and his friends. I told her she was truly spineless for letting this happen to me. Went to a therapist and got my diagnosis for CPTSD. I wasn’t perfect but I tried. I really did. Lesson learned.

After being in this chat for a while. I sort of lost that definition. When some say more then $50 cleanser is expensive, made me feel I am definitely over spending but then I wonder. What is luxury skincare.
ChatGPT gave me a long answer
Luxury skincare refers to high-end, premium skincare products that often feature exclusive, rare, or scientifically advanced ingredients. These products are typically developed with significant research and cutting-edge technology and are presented in sophisticated packaging, often accompanied by a prestigious brand name. Here are some key aspects that define luxury skincare:

Key Characteristics of Luxury Skincare

1. High-Quality Ingredients:
   
   • Rare and Exotic Extracts: Ingredients like caviar, gold, platinum, or diamond dust are commonly used in luxury skincare for their perceived anti-aging and revitalizing properties.
   • Advanced Peptides and Growth Factors: These scientifically formulated ingredients help stimulate collagen production, improve skin elasticity, and reduce the appearance of fine lines and wrinkles.
2. Scientific and Technological Innovation:
   
   • Exclusive Complexes: Brands often develop proprietary blends and complexes that are designed to deliver superior skincare benefits. For instance, La Prairie’s Cellular Complex and La Mer’s Miracle Broth are key to their product effectiveness.
   • Cutting-Edge Delivery Systems: Technologies such as encapsulation and liposome delivery systems are used to enhance the absorption and efficacy of active ingredients.
3. Prestigious Branding and Packaging:
   
   • Luxurious Packaging: High-end packaging materials and elegant designs reflect the premium nature of the products.
   • Brand Heritage: Many luxury skincare brands have a long history and are associated with a sense of heritage and tradition, which adds to their allure.
4. Exceptional Sensory Experience:
   
   • Textures and Scents: Luxurious textures and sophisticated fragrances enhance the user experience, making skincare routines feel more indulgent and spa-like.

Comparison to Standard Skincare

• Price Point: Luxury skincare products are significantly more expensive due to the cost of high-quality ingredients, research, development, and marketing.
• Efficacy: While both luxury and standard skincare products can be effective, luxury products often promise enhanced results due to their advanced formulations and higher concentrations of active ingredients.

Examples of Luxury Skincare Brands

• La Prairie: Known for its Skin Caviar collection, which uses caviar extracts to firm and lift the skin.
• La Mer: Famous for its Miracle Broth, a fermentation of sea kelp and other nutrients designed to heal and rejuvenate the skin.
• Sisley Paris: Utilizes botanical extracts in its Supremya line to target skin regeneration and anti-aging.

Comparison of High-End Products

La Prairie Skin Caviar Harmony L’Extrait

• Key Ingredients: Caviar extract, peptides, and La Prairie's Exclusive Cellular Complex.
• Benefits: Targets firmness, elasticity, and overall skin rejuvenation.

La Mer Lifting Contour Serum

• Key Ingredients: Miracle Broth, Lifting Ferment, Lime Tea Concentrate.
• Benefits: Focuses on lifting, firming, and enhancing skin contours.

Sisley Paris Supremya at Night The Supreme Anti-Aging Serum

• Key Ingredients: Phyto-complex LC12, botanical extracts.
• Benefits: Supports skin repair and regeneration overnight.

Similar Products from Other Brands

• Estée Lauder Re-Nutriv Ultimate Lift Regenerating Youth Serum:
  
  • Ingredients: Floralixir Dew, lifting and firming technologies.
  • Benefits: Provides intense hydration, lifts and firms the skin.
• Clé de Peau Beauté The Serum:
  
  • Ingredients: Illuminating Complex EX, rich in antioxidants and hydration-boosting ingredients.
  • Benefits: Enhances skin's radiance, firmness, and moisture retention.

Effectiveness and Suitability

• Effectiveness: All these luxury products are formulated to provide noticeable anti-aging benefits, such as improved skin texture, firmness, and hydration. The choice often depends on personal preference and specific skin concerns.
• Suitability: Luxury skincare products are generally suitable for all skin types, but individuals with sensitive skin should always check ingredient lists for potential irritants.

Conclusion

Luxury skincare offers an elevated experience with the promise of superior ingredients and advanced technology. While they come with a higher price tag, the investment is often justified by the enhanced results and indulgent experience they provide. Whether choosing La Prairie, La Mer, or another luxury brand, these products are designed to cater to those seeking the best in skincare science and pampering.
How do you all classified LUXURY that is worth your bucks? I am definitely confused by this thread after being here for a while.

When I (21M) got into a relationship with my partner (20F), it was awesome. Then she involved her friends in the relationship. She came off as very codependent to her friends, even saying her friends (20F) are never wrong (you’re gonna see some red flags here that I was stupid to ignore). Met one of her friends - wonderful guy not a bad bone in his body, hope all of them could be Ike that. She expressed (I don’t even know jokingly) that her girl friends were jealous that she got a boyfriend - yet she wanted us to be friends.
I have never met such hypocritical people in my life on first meet. They would criticize my career (I earn decent money in school), my race (they continually called me a brown boy), the fact I didn’t drink underage, they would question my validity as a partner in earshot much to my partner’s silence. They would criticize my colloquialism - I would say “shut the fuck up” when a funny story came up while laughing. They would tell my partner (not me) that they didn’t like it (happy to not say it if it makes them feel uncomfortable) but then they proceeded to tell me to shut the fuck up with impunity. The double standards sucked. The dishing out but not being able to take it sucked. I was always made to be the villain. When I brought these up to my partner - “Oh you feel that way because they have siblings, and you’re an only child”. They showed up to my apartment unannounced when I was on a date with my partner (I live on the 3rd story). After the date was over, they would make plans to go out and say “This is a friends only thing”.
I held my tongue for a lot of disrespect. The people were openly known in their friend group to be third wheels in the relationship. They used to call me a bitch and a groomer (because I had friends who were 2 years younger than me). I used to call the main instigator a horseface after she made fun of my forehead and looks. But then it was too far. They could say whatever to me but the moment I come back I’m in the wrong.
They would openly ask my partner “Did he even get girls before you” to which my partner felt she had to defend her “choice” in me. They would cause fights to the point where I’m crying and hoping I’m no more. I would dream they would make fun of me so much - I would get up and walk out (I actually did this once but chalked it up to having to take a phone call).
They would criticize my race but then ask me to set them up with someone from my race. They would make fun of my career, yet ask me to get them a job. I tried to play nice with these people. On my own birthday, one of these girls was stressing out over organizing a career fair, I walked 40 minutes to help her out. These people would cause fights between us and I would apologize to them about stuff they do to me all the time saying “I just want to be accepted by the group”.
Worst part came when her friends pulled switchblades out on a moving bus as a joke and were brandishing it. I was the only voice of reason telling these people to stop, protecting my partner, motioning others to sit down and telling them that the group can get in so much trouble because of their idiotic behavior. Yet all her friends laughed at the fact I was getting serious. One of her friends had come up to me afterwards and showed me her palm, laughing. It was blood- she had cut her hands on the blades trying to play with the knives. Laughing.
Whether it was them blacking out drunk, headbutting each other, and touching each other inappropriately- I need to make sure no one falls behind or gets in trouble. Her friends would smack me for sitting on their bed by accident just to charge my phone near the wall. Everyone would laugh.
Her friends dressed up during Halloween as red flags (can’t make this up) and they kept making racial remarks to my friend. “Dance white boy”, “bathroom’s over there white boy”, etc. He took it as a joke the first few times but then started to feel uncomfortable. He told me wayyyy too late that this is what he experienced.
One day I had enough of their immaturity, their laughter at my pain, their double standards, and their unresolved hatred. I asked them to treat me with some respect. My partner stood silent as they continue to make insulting and demeaning faces at me and avoid the issue. I had a freeze response. Then my hypervigilance took a toll on me one day in the form of an extreme panic attack (first one ever) where I cried and clutched my chest on a train. They started indifferently. I sat crying with the doctor hugging me, while they called an Uber to go to a bar. They called the paramedics- they were heroes. I had enough, went up and yelled some disgusting things at the main instigator, who was making disgusting invalidating faces at me while I was approaching her for accountability. Called her a horsefaced-bitch. Told her “Why should I die on the train? You go kill yourself!”
My partner threatened to break up with me if her friends had told her to and told me I wasn’t fit to meet her dad. The next day, her friends guilt tripped her “You made a choice to go home with him instead of come with us to the bar”. They talked about how it was “bizarre” why I was so kind to the doctors and the paramedics yet yelled at them. A few days later, the pain in my chest was tough. I went to the doctor, got some tests and was diagnosed with a cardiac arrhythmia as a result of the panic attack. When she told her friends, they said “we don’t care he had a heart attack, we care more about what he yelled at us afterwards”.
Then blame was shifted. I was the scapegoat. They were the ultimate victim. The whole group - people who didn’t even have anything to do with the situation brought up 9 month old issues that I had apologized for. Ganged up. They said I brought too many bad memories to the group.
When I asked my partner why she lets such people run from accountability for their actions. She said how her father told her to never give up on her friends. How her father lets his friends insult him and his wife till she cries. And that was his takeaway.
I broke up with her. I can’t be a doormat like how her mother is to her father and his friends. I told her she was truly spineless for letting this happen to me. Went to a therapist and got my diagnosis for CPTSD. I wasn’t perfect but I tried. I really did. Lesson learned.

When I (21M) got into a relationship with my partner (20F), it was awesome. Then she involved her friends in the relationship. She came off as very codependent to her friends, even saying her friends (20F) are never wrong (you’re gonna see some red flags here that I was stupid to ignore). Met one of her friends - wonderful guy not a bad bone in his body, hope all of them could be Ike that. She expressed (I don’t even know jokingly) that her girl friends were jealous that she got a boyfriend - yet she wanted us to be friends.
I have never met such hypocritical people in my life on first meet. They would criticize my career (I earn decent money in school), my race (they continually called me a brown boy), the fact I didn’t drink underage, they would question my validity as a partner in earshot much to my partner’s silence. They would criticize my colloquialism - I would say “shut the fuck up” when a funny story came up while laughing. They would tell my partner (not me) that they didn’t like it (happy to not say it if it makes them feel uncomfortable) but then they proceeded to tell me to shut the fuck up with impunity. The double standards sucked. The dishing out but not being able to take it sucked. I was always made to be the villain. When I brought these up to my partner - “Oh you feel that way because they have siblings, and you’re an only child”. They showed up to my apartment unannounced when I was on a date with my partner (I live on the 3rd story). After the date was over, they would make plans to go out and say “This is a friends only thing”.
I held my tongue for a lot of disrespect. The people were openly known in their friend group to be third wheels in the relationship. They used to call me a bitch and a groomer (because I had friends who were 2 years younger than me). I used to call the main instigator a horseface after she made fun of my forehead and looks. But then it was too far. They could say whatever to me but the moment I come back I’m in the wrong.
They would openly ask my partner “Did he even get girls before you” to which my partner felt she had to defend her “choice” in me. They would cause fights to the point where I’m crying and hoping I’m no more. I would dream they would make fun of me so much - I would get up and walk out (I actually did this once but chalked it up to having to take a phone call).
They would criticize my race but then ask me to set them up with someone from my race. They would make fun of my career, yet ask me to get them a job. I tried to play nice with these people. On my own birthday, one of these girls was stressing out over organizing a career fair, I walked 40 minutes to help her out. These people would cause fights between us and I would apologize to them about stuff they do to me all the time saying “I just want to be accepted by the group”.
Worst part came when her friends pulled switchblades out on a moving bus as a joke and were brandishing it. I was the only voice of reason telling these people to stop, protecting my partner, motioning others to sit down and telling them that the group can get in so much trouble because of their idiotic behavior. Yet all her friends laughed at the fact I was getting serious. One of her friends had come up to me afterwards and showed me her palm, laughing. It was blood- she had cut her hands on the blades trying to play with the knives. Laughing.
Whether it was them blacking out drunk, headbutting each other, and touching each other inappropriately- I need to make sure no one falls behind or gets in trouble. Her friends would smack me for sitting on their bed by accident just to charge my phone near the wall. Everyone would laugh.
Her friends dressed up during Halloween as red flags (can’t make this up) and they kept making racial remarks to my friend. “Dance white boy”, “bathroom’s over there white boy”, etc. He took it as a joke the first few times but then started to feel uncomfortable. He told me wayyyy too late that this is what he experienced.
One day I had enough of their immaturity, their laughter at my pain, their double standards, and their unresolved hatred. I asked them to treat me with some respect. My partner stood silent as they continue to make insulting and demeaning faces at me and avoid the issue. I had a freeze response. Then my hypervigilance took a toll on me one day in the form of an extreme panic attack (first one ever) where I cried and clutched my chest on a train. They started indifferently. I sat crying with the doctor hugging me, while they called an Uber to go to a bar. They called the paramedics- they were heroes. I had enough, went up and yelled some disgusting things at the main instigator, who was making disgusting invalidating faces at me while I was approaching her for accountability. Called her a horsefaced-bitch. Told her “Why should I die on the train? You go kill yourself!”
My partner threatened to break up with me if her friends had told her to and told me I wasn’t fit to meet her dad. The next day, her friends guilt tripped her “You made a choice to go home with him instead of come with us to the bar”. They talked about how it was “bizarre” why I was so kind to the doctors and the paramedics yet yelled at them. A few days later, the pain in my chest was tough. I went to the doctor, got some tests and was diagnosed with a cardiac arrhythmia as a result of the panic attack. When she told her friends, they said “we don’t care he had a heart attack, we care more about what he yelled at us afterwards”.
Then blame was shifted. I was the scapegoat. They were the ultimate victim. The whole group - people who didn’t even have anything to do with the situation brought up 9 month old issues that I had apologized for. Ganged up. They said I brought too many bad memories to the group.
When I asked my partner why she lets such people run from accountability for their actions. She said how her father told her to never give up on her friends. How her father lets his friends insult him and his wife till she cries. And that was his takeaway.
I broke up with her. I can’t be a doormat like how her mother is to her father and his friends. I told her she was truly spineless for letting this happen to me. Went to a therapist and got my diagnosis for CPTSD. I wasn’t perfect but I tried. I really did. Lesson learned.
Was it fair for me to blame her friends for the panic attack? I feel like an idiot trying to explain all the stuff they did to cause it but then they can blame me for the way I reacted/ deflect with past issues.

Without getting too into the weeds on this Ticker ($RILY), figured l'd give you guys the cliffnotes. If you're interested in a deep dive, I recommend you join us on the Rily Stock Sub.
The just of it is, since last summer, the company was involved in a "fraudulent scandal" involving a questionable loan made to a long time client. Shorts came into the name, and claimed that the company and said client, colluded and B. Riley knowingly participated in the alleged fraud.
Shorts drove the price from $88 all the way down to $15 in February 24. The short interest reached $80% and has recently dropped to 55%, although that may be questionable since there are things that point to A TON of naked short interest.
Long story short, the company recently completed two independent audits regarding the alleged collusion and were cleared of any wrongdoing doing. Since that announcement, the price has doubled and now sits at around $30/share.
They also posted solid Q1 earnings and somehow the stock tanked about 20% obviously because of the high short interest.
If you're patient and have capital to deploy, you can make about 30% ROl just holding the thing. The 50 cent dividend along with loaning out shares to short is a good way to hedge your bet and also create some income while you wait for this thing to explode.
All in all, I think this thing is a winner but do your own DD.
A few positive highlights from Q1 earnings call: -Two clean audits -"Advisory Services delivered its strongest Q1 results in our firm's history" -Management "aware of value of buying debt at these levels" - 172m in debt paid -$0.50 divy -Monster cash pile $191m -Investments 1.6B -High Short interest with a low float
Twitter: @TradingwithACE

Without getting too into the weeds on this Ticker ($RILY), figured l'd give you guys the cliffnotes. If you're interested in a deep dive, I recommend you join us on the Rily Stock Sub.
The just of it is, since last summer, the company was involved in a "fraudulent scandal" involving a questionable loan made to a long time client. Shorts came into the name, and claimed that the company and said client, colluded and B. Riley knowingly participated in the alleged fraud.
Shorts drove the price from $88 all the way down to $15 in February 24. The short interest reached $80% and has recently dropped to 55%, although that may be questionable since there are things that point to A TON of naked short interest.
Long story short, the company recently completed two independent audits regarding the alleged collusion and were cleared of any wrongdoing doing. Since that announcement, the price has doubled and now sits at around $30/share.
They also posted solid Q1 earnings and somehow the stock tanked about 20% obviously because of the high short interest.
If you're patient and have capital to deploy, you can make about 30% ROl just holding the thing. The 50 cent dividend along with loaning out shares to short is a good way to hedge your bet and also create some income while you wait for this thing to explode.
All in all, I think this thing is a winner but do your own DD.
A few positive highlights from Q1 earnings call: -Two clean audits -"Advisory Services delivered its strongest Q1 results in our firm's history" -Management "aware of value of buying debt at these levels" - 172m in debt paid -$0.50 divy -Monster cash pile $191m -Investments 1.6B -High Short interest with a low float
Twitter: @TradingwithACE

I’ve never written on here before so please bear with me and I’ll try to answer any questions asked. TW: car accident, abuse, neglect I (18 M) have basically been a medical mystery for a few years. It’s not that tests were ran and we just couldn’t find the answer it’s that I never had the opportunity to get tests run until very recently and have always had to deal with my medical problems alone. I’ve had problems with my neck since I got into a car accident when I was 12 which resulted in me having really bad whiplash and being forced to wear a neck brace until the swelling of my muscles went down. I ended up being stuck with that brace 24/7 for a few months other than showers. I developed problems with my back and spine when I was 13 and it’s caused me a lot of pain since when I was seen by a doctor his theory was that my spine grew too fast for my body and it might have caused my spine to curve inwards or compress my vertebrae he wanted to run tests to be sure but my guardian at the time (56M) said it wasn’t necessary and that I was over reacting. When I was 15 I became bulimic due to emotional and verbal abuse by my mother (36F) after a few months I wanted to stop but my body refused to keep the food down and I would have my good days where I could eat and not like but most of the time I would puke everything out of my stomach no matter how much I tried to keep it down. It’s caused me to constantly have cramps that will randomly and periodically get worse even to this day. I tried to take medication and manage the pain on my own with weed but I developed CHS and can no longer use weed in any form. Due to the fact that I work a very physical job it’s caused the pain to worsen. Over the years I’ve learned how to manage it and kind of get used to it I guess but now it hurts to the point I will break out into tears even if I’m sitting down. Now that I’m 18 I decided to set my own appointments and get the proper tests run. When I told my now family about them they didn’t react like I thought they would. I want to clarify that I live with a new family and don’t want to get into specifics to try and keep myself anonymous. I didn’t expect a big reaction or anything I was just hoping in some support. I feel like my coworkers and my older sister are the only ones who are supportive and actually care about the results of my tests whereas my parents make me feel like I’m overreacting and that it’s just nothing and it’ll pass. I don’t know if I am over reacting or if I have a justified right to be concerned and want the answers I’ve been asking for for years now. But at the same time I don’t know if I’m overreacting by feeling hurt by my parents reactions to me getting tests run. They seem dismissive over the while thing like it’s nothing and yet the tests they’re running seem to be for things that could impact me for the rest of my life depending on the results and that scares me. Should I feel hurt by my parents reactions? I’m an adult now I shouldn’t need them to be there for me anymore. I honestly don’t know anymore I just feel so lost right now. Kinda who I came to you guys. So what do you think Reddit am I overreacting? It’s is stupid to feel hurt by my parents reactions? What do you guys think?

Without getting too into the weeds on this Ticker ($RILY), figured l'd give you guys the cliffnotes. If you're interested in a deep dive, I recommend you join us on the Rily Stock Sub.
The just of it is, since last summer, the company was involved in a "fraudulent scandal" involving a questionable loan made to a long time client. Shorts came into the name, and claimed that the company and said client, colluded and B. Riley knowingly participated in the alleged fraud.
Shorts drove the price from $88 all the way down to $15 in February 24. The short interest reached $80% and has recently dropped to 55%, although that may be questionable since there are things that point to A TON of naked short interest.
Long story short, the company recently completed two independent audits regarding the alleged collusion and were cleared of any wrongdoing doing. Since that announcement, the price has doubled and now sits at around $30/share.
They also posted solid Q1 earnings and somehow the stock tanked about 20% obviously because of the high short interest.
If you're patient and have capital to deploy, you can make about 30% ROl just holding the thing. The 50 cent dividend along with loaning out shares to short is a good way to hedge your bet and also create some income while you wait for this thing to explode.
All in all, I think this thing is a winner but do your own DD.
A few positive highlights from Q1 earnings call: -Two clean audits -"Advisory Services delivered its strongest Q1 results in our firm's history" -Management "aware of value of buying debt at these levels" - 172m in debt paid -$0.50 divy -Monster cash pile $191m -Investments 1.6B -High Short interest with a low float
Twitter: @TradingwithACE

Without getting too into the weeds on this Ticker ($RILY), figured l'd give you guys the cliffnotes. If you're interested in a deep dive, I recommend you join us on the Rily Stock Sub.
The just of it is, since last summer, the company was involved in a "fraudulent scandal" involving a questionable loan made to a long time client. Shorts came into the name, and claimed that the company and said client, colluded and B. Riley knowingly participated in the alleged fraud.
Shorts drove the price from $88 all the way down to $15 in February 24. The short interest reached $80% and has recently dropped to 55%, although that may be questionable since there are things that point to A TON of naked short interest.
Long story short, the company recently completed two independent audits regarding the alleged collusion and were cleared of any wrongdoing doing. Since that announcement, the price has doubled and now sits at around $30/share.
They also posted solid Q1 earnings and somehow the stock tanked about 20% obviously because of the high short interest.
If you're patient and have capital to deploy, you can make about 30% ROl just holding the thing. The 50 cent dividend along with loaning out shares to short is a good way to hedge your bet and also create some income while you wait for this thing to explode.
All in all, I think this thing is a winner but do your own DD.
A few positive highlights from Q1 earnings call: -Two clean audits -"Advisory Services delivered its strongest Q1 results in our firm's history" -Management "aware of value of buying debt at these levels" - 172m in debt paid -$0.50 divy -Monster cash pile $191m -Investments 1.6B -High Short interest with a low float
Twitter: @TradingwithACE

Without getting too into the weeds on this Ticker ($RILY), figured l'd give you guys the cliffnotes. If you're interested in a deep dive, I recommend you join us on the Rily Stock Sub.
The just of it is, since last summer, the company was involved in a "fraudulent scandal" involving a questionable loan made to a long time client. Shorts came into the name, and claimed that the company and said client, colluded and B. Riley knowingly participated in the alleged fraud.
Shorts drove the price from $88 all the way down to $15 in February 24. The short interest reached $80% and has recently dropped to 55%, although that may be questionable since there are things that point to A TON of naked short interest.
Long story short, the company recently completed two independent audits regarding the alleged collusion and were cleared of any wrongdoing doing. Since that announcement, the price has doubled and now sits at around $30/share.
They also posted solid Q1 earnings and somehow the stock tanked about 20% obviously because of the high short interest.
If you're patient and have capital to deploy, you can make about 30% ROl just holding the thing. The 50 cent dividend along with loaning out shares to short is a good way to hedge your bet and also create some income while you wait for this thing to explode.
All in all, I think this thing is a winner but do your own DD.
A few positive highlights from Q1 earnings call: -Two clean audits -"Advisory Services delivered its strongest Q1 results in our firm's history" -Management "aware of value of buying debt at these levels" - 172m in debt paid -$0.50 divy -Monster cash pile $191m -Investments 1.6B -High Short interest with a low float
Twitter: @TradingwithACE

Without getting too into the weeds on this Ticker ($RILY), figured l'd give you guys the cliffnotes. If you're interested in a deep dive, I recommend you join us on the Rily Stock Sub.
The just of it is, since last summer, the company was involved in a "fraudulent scandal" involving a questionable loan made to a long time client. Shorts came into the name, and claimed that the company and said client, colluded and B. Riley knowingly participated in the alleged fraud.
Shorts drove the price from $88 all the way down to $15 in February 24. The short interest reached $80% and has recently dropped to 55%, although that may be questionable since there are things that point to A TON of naked short interest.
Long story short, the company recently completed two independent audits regarding the alleged collusion and were cleared of any wrongdoing doing. Since that announcement, the price has doubled and now sits at around $30/share.
They also posted solid Q1 earnings and somehow the stock tanked about 20% obviously because of the high short interest.
If you're patient and have capital to deploy, you can make about 30% ROl just holding the thing. The 50 cent dividend along with loaning out shares to short is a good way to hedge your bet and also create some income while you wait for this thing to explode.
All in all, I think this thing is a winner but do your own DD.
A few positive highlights from Q1 earnings call: -Two clean audits -"Advisory Services delivered its strongest Q1 results in our firm's history" -Management "aware of value of buying debt at these levels" - 172m in debt paid -$0.50 divy -Monster cash pile $191m -Investments 1.6B -High Short interest with a low float
Twitter: @TradingwithACE

Without getting too into the weeds on this Ticker ($RILY), figured l'd give you guys the cliffnotes. If you're interested in a deep dive, I recommend you join us on the Rily Stock Sub.
The just of it is, since last summer, the company was involved in a "fraudulent scandal" involving a questionable loan made to a long time client. Shorts came into the name, and claimed that the company and said client, colluded and B. Riley knowingly participated in the alleged fraud.
Shorts drove the price from $88 all the way down to $15 in February 24. The short interest reached $80% and has recently dropped to 55%, although that may be questionable since there are things that point to A TON of naked short interest.
Long story short, the company recently completed two independent audits regarding the alleged collusion and were cleared of any wrongdoing doing. Since that announcement, the price has doubled and now sits at around $30/share.
They also posted solid Q1 earnings and somehow the stock tanked about 20% obviously because of the high short interest.
If you're patient and have capital to deploy, you can make about 30% ROl just holding the thing. The 50 cent dividend along with loaning out shares to short is a good way to hedge your bet and also create some income while you wait for this thing to explode.
All in all, I think this thing is a winner but do your own DD.
A few positive highlights from Q1 earnings call: -Two clean audits -"Advisory Services delivered its strongest Q1 results in our firm's history" -Management "aware of value of buying debt at these levels" - 172m in debt paid -$0.50 divy -Monster cash pile $191m -Investments 1.6B -High Short interest with a low float
Twitter: @TradingwithACE

# Today In Phishstory - May 26th Brought to you by tiph-bot. Beep.
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Phish, Thursday 05/26/2011 (13 years ago) Bethel Woods, Bethel, NY, USA
Gap Chart, Tour: Not Part of a Tour
Set 1 : Waves
Show Notes:
This performance was from the tech rehearsal for Phish's 2011 Bethel Woods run. This stunning version of Waves (with A Love Supreme themes) was first revealed on Kevin Shapiro's "From the Archives" #15 in the early morning of 7/1/11 on The Bunny @ SBIX .
Listen now at Phish.in!
Phish, Thursday 05/26/1994 (30 years ago) Warfield Theatre, San Francisco, CA, USA
Gap Chart, Tour: 1994 Spring Tour
Set 1 : Buried Alive > Poor Heart > Cavern , Demand , Split Open and Melt , Sparkle > It's Ice > Catapult > Divided Sky , Sample in a Jar
Set 2 : Also Sprach Zarathustra > Run Like an Antelope ¹ , Fluffhead , Down with Disease > Mound , Ginseng Sullivan ² , Dog Faced Boy ³ , You Enjoy Myself , Amazing Grace ⁴
Encore : Good Times Bad Times
1 Simpsons signal. 2 Acoustic and without microphones. Fish on washboard. 3 Acoustic and without microphones. 4 Without microphones.
Jamchart Notes:
Split Open and Melt - Lots of screaming at various points is a good indicator that this somewhat wacky, blistering version packs some heat.
Fluffhead - Although no perfect live performance may exist in this Universe, this superlative version is one of a very small handful that comes close. All the treacherous sections - The Chase, Who Do? We Do!, Bundle of Joy - these sections are nearly flawless. Like most '94 versions, this one is intense and hard rocking, yet performed with remarkable precision. Page's solo in Clod is super, while Mike's and Fish's dynamic play throughout is on full display in a high energy Arrival.
Show Notes:
Antelope contained a Simpsons signal. Ginseng Sullivan and Dog Faced Boy were performed acoustic and, along with Amazing Grace, without microphones. Ginseng also featured Fish on washboard.
Listen now at Phish.in!
Phish, 1990-05-26 The Old Post Office, Hilton Head, SC, USA
Setlist: https://phish.net/setlists/phish-may-26-1990-the-old-post-office-hilton-head-sc-usa.html
Tour: 1990 Tour
Show Notes: It is believed that Phish headlined this night with The Mundahs opening, but the setlist is unknown. This information is from Phish.com.
Phish, Friday 05/26/1989 (35 years ago) Valley Club Cafe, Rutland, VT, USA
Gap Chart, Tour: 1989 Tour
Set 1 : Bold As Love , AC/DC Bag , Mike's Song > I Am Hydrogen > Weekapaug Groove , Sanity ¹ , Halley's Comet ² > The Sloth , You Enjoy Myself
Set 2 : David Bowie ³ , The Mango Song , Split Open and Melt , Bathtub Gin ⁴ , Run Like an Antelope , Golgi Apparatus
Set 3 : Slave to the Traffic Light , Funky Bitch , The Ballad of Curtis Loew > Possum
Encore : The Practical Song
1 Fast version. 2 Richard Wright on vocals. 3 Alternate "Lazy Lester" lyrics. 4 First known version.
Jamchart Notes:
You Enjoy Myself - No bass & drums ("B&D;") section. TREY IS ON FIRE!!!
David Bowie - Very long intro with hilarious banter from Trey, this is the infamous LAZY LESTER BOWIE, with incredible playing by all. Hear it for yourself!
Bathtub Gin - Debut. No real jam at all. Instead, the "Bathtub Gin" vocal refrain is extended slightly, and then the song abruptly ends.
Show Notes:
Sanity was the fast version. Richard Wright provided guest vocals on Halley's Comet. Sweet Georgia Brown was teased before and in the Bowie intro. Linus and Lucy was also teased in the intro. Bowie was subsequently announced as, dedicated to, and sung as "Lazy Lester." This show contained the first known version of Bathtub Gin. Trey compared Antelope to his life-long dream of playing hockey and dedicated the song to "all you pro hockey players out there." Curtis Loew contained teases of Sailor's Hornpipe and Fishin' Hole from Trey. Possum contained Johnny B. Goode teases.
Listen now at Phish.in!

Trey Anastasio

Trey Anastasio Band, 2020-05-26 None, Providence, RI, USA
Setlist: https://phish.net/setlists/trey-anastasio-band-may-26-2020-the-strand-providence-ri-usa.html
Tour: Not Part of a Tour
Show Notes: This performance was cancelled as a result of the coronavirus COVID-19 outbreak.
Trey Anastasio Band, 2017-05-26 Allegany County Fairgrounds, Cumberland, MD, USA
Setlist: https://phish.net/setlists/trey-anastasio-may-26-2017-allegany-county-fairgrounds-cumberland-md-usa.html
Tour: Not Part of a Tour
Show Notes: This performance took place at DelFest and was on the Grandstand Stage. I'm Blue, I'm Lonesome and Beauty of My Dreams featured Del McCoury on guitar, Rob McCoury on banjo, and Ronnie McCoury on mandolin.
Trey Anastasio Band, 2013-05-26 Three Sisters Park, Chillicothe, IL, USA
Setlist: https://phish.net/setlists/trey-anastasio-may-26-2013-three-sisters-park-chillicothe-il-usa.html
Tour: TAB - Spring 2013 Tour
Show Notes: This show was part of the Summer Camp Music Festival and took place on the Sunshine Stage. The show was cut short due to inclement weather.
Trey Anastasio Band, 2003-05-26 Hammerstein Ballroom, New York, NY, USA
Setlist: https://phish.net/setlists/trey-anastasio-may-26-2003-hammerstein-ballroom-new-york-ny-usa.html
Tour: TAB - The Dectet Summer 2003 Tour
Show Notes: The Anastasio/Marshall originals "Cincinnati," "Secret Smile," and "Spices" were all debuts; Led Zeppelin's "Black Dog" was a TAB debut. Trey performed "Secret Smile" and "Spices" solo, acoustic. Mike appeared on stage with his Segway during "Push On 'Til the Day" and performed in place of Tony on bass for "Black Dog."
Trey Anastasio Band, 2002-05-26 Calaveras County Fairgrounds, Angel's Camp, CA, USA
Setlist: https://phish.net/setlists/trey-anastasio-may-26-2002-calaveras-county-fairgrounds-angels-camp-ca-usa.html
Tour: TAB - The Dectet Summer 2002 Tour
Show Notes: This gig was part of the Mountain Aire Music Festival that also included Les Claypool's Flying Frog Brigade, Elvis Costello and the Imposters, Galactic, Particle, John Prine, Robert Randolph, and The Derek Trucks Band. Will Bernard from Motherbug sat in on "Last Tube."

Mike Gordon

Mike Gordon, 2017-05-26 Three Sisters Park, Chillicothe, IL, USA
Setlist: https://phish.net/setlists/mike-gordon-may-26-2017-three-sisters-park-chillicothe-il-usa.html
Tour: Not Part of a Tour
Show Notes: This performance was part of Summer Camp Music Festival and took place on the Moonshine Stage.

John Fishman

Pork Tornado, 1997-05-26 Club Toast, Burlington, VT, USA
Setlist: https://phish.net/setlists/jon-fishman-may-26-1997-club-toast-burlington-vt-usa.html
Tour: Fish - Pork Tornado Summer 1997
Show Notes: One Step Beyond opened.

Without getting too into the weeds on this Ticker ($RILY), figured l'd give you guys the cliffnotes. If you're interested in a deep dive, I recommend you join us on the Rily Stock Sub.
The just of it is, since last summer, the company was involved in a "fraudulent scandal" involving a questionable loan made to a long time client. Shorts came into the name, and claimed that the company and said client, colluded and B. Riley knowingly participated in the alleged fraud.
Shorts drove the price from $88 all the way down to $15 in February 24. The short interest reached $80% and has recently dropped to 55%, although that may be questionable since there are things that point to A TON of naked short interest.
Long story short, the company recently completed two independent audits regarding the alleged collusion and were cleared of any wrongdoing doing. Since that announcement, the price has doubled and now sits at around $30/share.
They also posted solid Q1 earnings and somehow the stock tanked about 20% obviously because of the high short interest.
If you're patient and have capital to deploy, you can make about 30% ROl just holding the thing. The 50 cent dividend along with loaning out shares to short is a good way to hedge your bet and also create some income while you wait for this thing to explode.
All in all, I think this thing is a winner but do your own DU.
A few positive highlights from Q1 earnings call: -Two clean audits -"Advisory Services delivered its strongest Q1 results in our firm's history" -Management "aware of value of buying debt at these levels" - 172m in debt paid -$0.50 divy -Monster cash pile $191m -Investments 1.6B -High Short interest with a low float
Twitter: @TradingwithACE

(This is a nonviolent text.)
Around a month ago, I felt a sudden urge to read a breezy novel, and without thinking about it, went to the library and borrowed Airframe by Michael Crichton, which is about the commercial aircraft industry. I couple hundred pages dribbled down my chin before I had to stop – the plot point about labor unions being filled with thugs and psychopathic killers was too much for me, especially when the payoff felt like it was lifted straight from so-called right-to-work laws that are a pox on the soul of humanity. I didn’t care how the book ended, assuming the shareholders and corporate climbers that populated the story felt satisfied with their bonuses. To the novel’s credit, the opening scenes were really well done – a commercial flight encounters such horrible turbulence that passengers die, get hospitalized, and the interior of the plane is entirely trashed.
Earlier this week, Singapore Airlines Flight 321 from London engaged in an emergency landing in Bangkok after encountering catastrophic turbulence over Myanmar. One passenger died of a heart attack, and more than a hundred were injured, including twenty victims in intensive care. One of the passengers described the scene: the fasten-seatbelt light came on, and moments later, without warning, the plane dropped so sharply that unbuckled passengers hit the ceiling, then fewer than ten seconds later, they hit the floor, as the airplane’s operational condition returned to normal. The witness said those who were sleeping at the time were hurt the worst – he saw twisted necks and concussions and gashes. Some of the oxygen masks dropped from the ceiling, and panels of the plane’s interior were busted. Clear-air turbulence – a preliminary explanation.
An hour and a half passed between the instance of catastrophic turbulence and touchdown in Bangkok, and I can’t imagine how horrifying the inside of that plane must have been – people with broken necks, broken backs, busted hips, missing teeth, bloody scalps, broken fingers, split lips, black eyes – this is what the passenger list looked like after those fewer-than-ten-seconds passed, when the plane fell out of the sky. Flecks of blood were probably everywhere. People were moaning, crying, pulling loose teeth out of their mouths, possibly hunched over, bracing themselves in case another case of clear-air turbulence was encountered. And of course, there was one dead body – he died of a heart attack, and his wife was with him, injured herself. Those in nearby seats would have known he was dead. Word would have filtered through the plane.
In the Crichton book, the cause of the problem is not clear-air turbulence but a faulty something or other that causes the slats on the wings to deploy, after which the pilot overcompensates and sends the airplane into a dive. Is that it? I don’t much care – I was just wondering if something like that caused the accident and not the turbulence. Or is it an incident? Accident or incident – one category or another – I know from the novel that investigations like this will seek to place the liability somewhere other than operator error, which would place it with the airline, engine failure, which would place it with General Electric, or a problem with the airframe, which was made by Boeing, one of their 777s. Instead, the source of the error will seem to evaporate, even as many of those injured passengers, some of them permanently so, will try to seek legal relief.
The horror of the incident slash accident for a moment notwithstanding, this is not the first time complaints about insufficient precognition have led to circumstances like this – I can’t really explain it, except to say the present and future seem to avidly interact, and sometimes the past seems to propel us forward, and other times the future seems to draw us to its breast. However these interactions occur, I always imagine alerting all relevant parties to catastrophic harm that might conceivably be avoided. Hello, Singapore Airlines? I’ve just experienced prophecy! In the form of a gripping read by a popular novelist with an irrational axe to grind against organized labor. The irrational axes tend to be the worst kind – we can agree on that – and when they get to felling trees, and there’s no more trees, none to be seen – there’s no telling what falls next.
Can you see how prophecy, even if one could plausibly make the case, has virtually zero social efficacy when it comes to the lives and deaths of human beings? The making and breaking of fortunes? The cinematic rendering of prophecy makes visions seem relevant from the start, both specific enough to act on and convince others of, but also with a sufficient engendering of faith that one would find any interest in sharing it. I mean, I have premonitions all the time, I bet you do too, but hardly any of our visions stand out so vividly that we would contemplate alerting corporate capitalism about them, even if we could. Oh, General Electric! A bright light filled my vision at midnight, and I thought of you. Oh, Boeing! Poor Boeing! I saw your airframes dance in the eyes of category 5 hurricanes – wider than ever thanks to anthropogenic climate change.
Did you hear about the new book produced by the Crichton estate? A work left unfinished and subsequently completed by another immensely popular author, which work will be released early next month – about a massive volcanic eruption, plus related crisis regarding a possible planetary toxification event by means of a military secret. This comes from a newspaper review that seemed equally like promotion. The mind in a mood for prophecy thinks – if I receive one Crichton-oriented message from the future, maybe it was really in service to this even stranger thing – of an unfinished novel seeing the light of day 16 years after the original author’s death. I considered looking for reports about unaccountable tremors, but really, volcanology is not an inexact science anymore – if a mountain is about to blow, everyone knows well ahead of time.
Then I realized the significance of those plot points together, along with a phrase that came to mind yesterday for no reason at all – how an explosive lightning strike blew a back window out of the sky. Crichton was not describing a volcano and global toxic waste – he was describing a nuclear strike and its fallout. Eruption, the book is called, though one imagines its success in the marketplace will be overshadowed if some glowing fireball should rise in the sky, especially if the eruption is more like the international war that would follow. As a peace activist, should I phone the government, tell it to be on the lookout for a nuclear weapons attack? A survey of the popular discourse indicates that threats to use nuclear weapons have been made recently by the U.S., Russia, N. Korea and Israel – if the investigation should start anywhere, let it start there.

Without getting too into the weeds on this Ticker ($RILY), figured l'd give you guys the cliffnotes. If you're interested in a deep dive, I recommend you join us on the Rily Stock Sub.
The just of it is, since last summer, the company was involved in a "fraudulent scandal" involving a questionable loan made to a long time client. Shorts came into the name, and claimed that the company and said client, colluded and B. Riley knowingly participated in the alleged fraud.
Shorts drove the price from $88 all the way down to $15 in February 24. The short interest reached $80% and has recently dropped to 55%, although that may be questionable since there are things that point to A TON of naked short interest.
Long story short, the company recently completed two independent audits regarding the alleged collusion and were cleared of any wrongdoing doing. Since that announcement, the price has doubled and now sits at around $30/share. They also posted solid Q1 earnings and somehow the stock tanked about 20% obviously because of the high short interest.
If you're patient and have capital to deploy, you can make about 30% ROl just holding the thing. The 50 cent dividend along with loaning out shares to short is a good way to hedge your bet and also create some income while you wait for this thing to explode.
All in all, I think this thing is a winner but do your own DD.
A few positive highlights from Q1 earnings call: -Two clean audits -"Advisory Services delivered its strongest Q1 results in our firm's history" -Management "aware of value of buying debt at these levels" - 172m in debt paid -$0.50 divy -Monster cash pile $191m -Investments 1.6B -High Short interest with a low float

Hi everyone,
Most programs seem to require a breadth of courses (English, Math, Science w/ lab component, history), etc.
A few don't have any prerequisites, but suggest that you'll have extra points on your application.
I don't have any math credits, so I'm looking mainly at the programs that don't require it. Does anyone have a handy dandy list of the P/J programs that don't have admission prerequisites? (In the meantime, I'm going through the websites and compiling a list, but redditors are usually good for quick answers).
Thank you all.

Thank you for reading this, whoever you are. I’d like to end my life. I’ve thought about this since 2022. Why such a specific date? That was the day our adopted son falsely accused us of abuse and had us arrested. We adopted him out of foster care at 10 years old. He’d been in care since he was 6, and was legally free for adoption. He’d cycled through 12 foster homes before we met him at an adoption fair. He was fun, charismatic, charming, and wild. Before we left the fair, he said, “You better come to the next fair!” We thought he was perfect. I should mention that I was obsessed with the original “Annie” movie as a child. And given my childhood history of abuse (mother has bpd and narcissistic personality disorder, according to former therapist), I identified with those who feel rejected and isolated. I wanted to help a child in need, to love a child who felt abandoned, as I had. I convinced my husband to come along. What an idiot I was. The boy had a history of sabotaging placements. His biological parents have a history of drug use, alcohol abuse, domestic violence, etc… The social workers told us that he sabotaged at their insistence. They told him if he acted “like a bad ass” he could come back home. So he lied about foster parents leaving him out in the cold, threatened to kill them, acted out, got into fights, so the foster parents would turn him away, and he was successful. But he’d been in his last placenent for 1.5 years. The social workers said that he’d figured out that his biological parents had been lying to him, and he’d given up on sabatoging. I swear, he really seemed so open to adoption, so open to love. He moved from a rural area in a different state to NYC. What a mistake! The problems began instantly. He was destructive and violent. Yet so sweet and kind. He could turn on a dime. He’d hit me. He touched one of his friends on the genitals. His teachers said he inspired the other students to behave badly. He got into constant fights, but was one of the most popular kids in school. He came out as gay and we supported him. He has ADHD, so we got a psychiatrist for medication management, and a therapist he saw 2x a week. We were really trying! Something shifted when we moved to a different borough and he had to switch schools. The pandemic hit us hard — the first year and some change he lived with us was under lockdown, so you can imagine how hard that was. We wanted more space and we thought he would thrive in a neighborhood school. But 6 weeks after moving he attacked us. He was 5’9 at 12 years old. I’m a small person and he outweighed me. My husband tried to subdue him to settle him down. The boy fell and got a few scratches. He tried to leave the house, which he often did when he was in a heightened state of arousal, and our social workers encouraged us to just let it happen because at that point the medulla has taken over and he needs to calm down. We lived in relatively safe neighborhood, so we thought what harm could come to him. He tried to take his bike, but I stopped him. I didn’t want him to get into an accident— he’d never been out alone on his bike. He grabbed a hold of me and was hurting me so I bit him to get him off. He ran off crying. That was the last I saw of him in person. We went looking for him after he hadn’t come home in an hour. We found him, but he was still angry. I was angry too. I’d had enough. Not just of him, but my husband, who from the start had made me feel like a bad mother. Especially when I’d get upset after our son would hit me. I found it so overwhelming that I wouldn’t speak to him. I’d retreat into myself. Eventually, I’d come back, and explain why I was angry and why I was silent. Consequences for inappropriate behavior included writing essays, doing housework, going to an art museum (social workers described this as “time in” instead of out. Doing something a child doesn’t like or would find boring, but stays close to you). The night he attacked us and ran away, he met his new friends from his new school, and he lied and told them we’d kicked him out. He said that I was his biological mom and my husband was his stepfather and that we beat him regularly. They all went to the police precinct together and he told the officers the lie that got us arrested. Eventually, the criminal charges were dropped. But our family court lawyers advised us to plead guilty without admitting fault, as they informed us that self defense doesn’t exist in family court. Plus, he was holding on to the lie. We couldn’t risk taking him back and he didn’t want to come back. His life has taken a drastic turn since leaving. He was arrested several times, joined the Bloods, and stabbed an older man on the subway when he asked him to stop smoking cannabis in the train car and to keep his voice down. The man was rushed to the hospital. I have made a mess of my life. My husband told me I was the reason all this happened. I was a control freak. He doesn’t love me anymore. I can’t do this anymore. The question is how to do it. I want it done quickly and painlessly. I’ve always felt like there was something wrong with me. I’m just too thin skinned, too sensitive, too weak for this world. Thank you again for reading this. It’s long, I know. I appreciate you. I know you’re here because you’re in pain too. I wish I could help you. I still love my son.

My boyfriend and I have been together for 9 months. He has cheating history before he met me, emotional and physical.
Before I met him, I was a very secured person, not needing anyone’s validation for my appearance. I just don’t care. I’m happy. I’m also aware that I dress well, not slutty at all. His guy friends even told him that he has a good one, internally and externally. Some are intimidated. All in all, I seemed to gain their respect.
Since I started dating him, i feel like I’m not good enough for him physically because sometimes he would make a comment about what I’m wearing like “you’re not wearing those pants, aren’t you?” Or when I wear the sexy dress I like, he’d say “that’s simple” and gives me an impression that he likes when I’m wearing something that catches people’s attention, like something a little with gems.
He also looks at attractive girls both in person and his phone. I know this is all instincts. Sometimes he doesn’t remember what they look like. But I know that when he’s drunk, he has a tendency to stare for a while. In my head, when he’s drunk, it takes one woman to entertain him for them to start flirting.
He does want to marry me, want to start a family with me, and we’re both in love. He’s changed so many things for himself just for me and us. Cut porn, doing chores in the house, stopped adderall, lessen weed, and more. Proven and tested. I truly appreciate him for accomplishing these things within a few months.
Would it be reasonable to break up with him because of his gawking tendencies when he’s drunk? I’m scared of getting cheated on and I feel like at one point this is going to happen. I want to run away… He happens to be my dream guy and I happen to be the one he’s been looking for. Like we’re each other’s “The one” and planning to get married. But i don’t know how to shut my fears off.
Would love to hear married women’s and men’s advice.