Hi everyone, I don't speak German and only know English, I'm sorry if this causes any inconvenience. I'm an international student and recently got accepted into the master's program in Artificial Intelligence at JKU Linz. I have a few questions:
About the master's program in AI at JKU:

1. My bachelor's degree is in Business, so I need to complete an additional 40 ECTS during the master's program. In the first semester (winter semester starting in October this year), I will have to take the course "Machine Learning: Supervised Techniques" along with some Python and Maths courses. Since I don't have a technical/mathematical background, what should I study beforehand to prepare for the course "Machine Learning: Supervised Techniques"?
   
2. The program is distance learning with most courses livestreamed. However, can I attend the lectures in person if I want to? I want to meet my classmates and professors in person and I also enjoy learning in the classroom more than studying online. Have you encountered any issues with JKU's distance learning (like system errors, network issues, lack of materials,...)?
   
3. Could you guys share some of the biggest drawbacks of this program? I've read many positive things about this master AI, and I want to know more about drawbacks.
   
4. Regarding the specializations in the master's AI program:
   
5. From what I've researched, the AI and Life Science specialization is the most popular among students. Is it because it's "easier" than the other three specializations?
   
6. Does the Robotics and Autonomous Systems specialization require a background in physics and mechanical engineering? With my Business background, it seems like this specialization would be very challenging for me.
   
7. The Symbolic AI and Mathematical Foundations specialization also interests me because I enjoy math. However, it seems like this specialization has the least practical applications and job opportunities compared to the others, and it's mainly suited for those aiming to pursue a Ph.D. Is this correct?
   
8. What are the job prospects in Austria after graduating from this program, especially for international students who are only fluent in English?
   

About student life in Linz as an international student:

1. What is Linz like for international students? Do you have any recommendations for popular activities or places for international students?
   
2. How much is the monthly living cost as an international student in Linz (excluding tuition fees) in EUR? I’ve seen that 800-1000 EUR per month should be enough, but I’d love to hear more from you guys.
   

Thanks a lot!!!

Hello Reddit!! Ha, sorry if that sounds silly or weird, I’ve just been a lurker for so long that it feels funny that I’m finally gonna be someone who posts on here. Sadly, I am in a bad situation, and that’s why I’ve come here. I hope I chose the right subreddit for this, but here’s what’s going on.
So I, F [19], am constantly struggling with my weight. The thought of my weight constantly consumes my mind. There is no end to the negative thoughts. I have tried medicine and all sorts of things to calm my mind and stop these horrible, horrible thoughts, but no matter what, I still have them.
For the past 5-6 years, I’ve weighed about 115-120lbs. I am 5’4”, and I have been that height for quite a while so I think I’m still that height. When I was lighter, I looked so good in everything, at least I thought so. I was so so confident in myself and proud of who I was! I did my makeup nearly every day, which is something I really love doing and spending my time on. I really felt alive and like that was what living was supposed to feel like. All happy, confident, loving myself, and I took such good care of my skin and teeth. I had a cute little routine I did every morning and every night. I also curled my hair a lot too.
In the span of about a year or less, I gained about 50lbs, and it shows. I lost a lot of my jawline, and my face is so much wider. I have stretchmarks nearly everywhere you’d think, and my stomach, it’s even worse. It literally bulges out over the front of any pants or shorts I wear and hangs down past the waistline of whatever bottoms I’m wearing. It’s so horribly embarrassing and uncomfortable. I used to wear cute little coordinated outfits everywhere with makeup and accessories to match. Now I wear baggy pajamas mostly everywhere, except for work. I have found myself in such a dark place where it is hard to care for myself or really care for anything.
I take medicine for all this, but lately it hasn’t seemed to be helping. I feel like a stranger in my own body. I feel dead and like a shell of the person I once was. I can’t even look at myself in the mirror and I have literally gotten sick while looking at myself in the shower. I hate how I feel and I hate how I look. I have such terrible acne now as well. I miss my past self, especially how confident and pretty she always felt. I miss feeling well and happy enough to curl my hair or do my makeup again. I have come to a point where I am willing to do anything to lose weight and get back my health and confidence.
In case anyone is wondering, I am doing other things as well to feel better and gain confidence in myself. I am doing some hair treatments to restore the damage I’ve done to it. I’m getting my teeth whitened and possibly some lip injections. I finally cleaned up my eyebrows and started doing a face cleansing routine every night. I am consistently brushing my teeth now, I’ve been taking time to myself to enjoy my hobbies, have fun gaming, and do random things like play with my dog. He is honestly the only one who has been able to make me laugh in the past few months. I am working a good job that gives me a schedule and provides at least some moving around and standing time, so that helps a little with me getting my steps in every day. I have also been getting into reading books again, something I used to love to do.
I’m sorry for the long post, I feel like this might be annoyingly long so I apologize for that. Anyways, my main reason for posting here is to ask this: does anyone have any advice or wisdom or silly methods that help you drop a lot of weight fast? I am willing to spend money on things if they will help, I am willing to simply not eat if that will help. I will do anything to lose this weight, so if anyone could share some helpful advice, that would be really great.
TL;DR - I have gained a lot of weight recently and was wondering if anyone had any advice on dropping lot of weight quickly. Thank you!

“Led By The Wolf” In the year of the Storms in the land of Hawkvile a male white wolf was trying to find shelter for his mate and twelve wolf pups. He came upon a cave and put his mate and pups in there then he turns to see if the storm would soon pass then all of a sudden lighting struck a oak tree! It fell on the wolf crushing him the wolf turns his head to see his mate then died. The female morned for her loss but she knew she must be strong for her pups so she began to explore the cave. She notes a strange sent about the cave It was a mixture of wolf and man mixed then the hair on he back and neck stood strait up as she stumbled on the skeleton of a creature it’s body had the head and feet of a wolf but it’s chest legs and arms was a man! She backed up in hotter for she and found the bones of She found the bones of the Old Werewolf Lord Dagar! The body was dead but the spirit was still there. As the female wolf continued to explore the cave, she couldn't shake the feeling that she was being watched. She tried to push the thought aside and focused on finding a way out of the cave with her pups. Suddenly, she heard a deep growling voice behind her, "Who dares to disturb my slumber?" She turned around to see the ghostly figure of the Old Werewolf Lord Dagar standing before her. The female wolf was frightened but stood her ground, "I apologize for disturbing your rest, but I needed shelter for my pups during the storm." The ghostly figure of Dagar studied the female wolf for a moment and then spoke, "You are a brave and loyal mother to protect your young. I can see that you are in need of guidance and I am willing to offer my assistance." The female wolf was hesitant but knew that she needed all the help she could get to protect her pups. She nodded her head in agreement, "Thank you, Lord Dagar. I accept your offer of guidance." And so, the female wolf and her pups were led by the ghostly figure of Lord Dagar through the cave and out into the storm. He taught her how to hunt and protect her young, and she became a great leader of her pack. From that day forward, the female wolf and her pack were known as the Shalom pack, and they always remembered the guidance and wisdom of the Old Werewolf Lord Dagar. As the years passed, the chosen wolf continued to grow in strength and power. His pack looked up to him as their leader and protector, and he led them with wisdom and courage. The chosen wolf had a special connection with the spirit of the Old Werewolf Lord Dagar, who had split his spirit into twelve parts and entered into twelve of the wolf pups. The chosen wolf had the most potent infusion of the Werewolf's power, and he knew that he was destined for greatness. One day, the chosen wolf received a vision from the God Shalom, who revealed to him that he had been chosen to lead the wolves on a great quest. The wolves were to journey to a far-off land and recover a powerful artifact that had been stolen from the God Shalom's temple. The chosen wolf gathered his pack, and they set out on their journey. They traveled through forests and mountains, facing many dangers along the way. They fought off rival packs of wolves, battled fierce predators, and braved treacherous terrain. Finally, after many weeks of travel, the chosen wolf and his pack arrived at their destination. They sneaked into the enemy's stronghold and fought their way through to the inner sanctum, where they found the stolen artifact. The chosen wolf and his pack returned the artifact to the God Shalom's temple, and they were rewarded with great honor and respect. The chosen wolf knew that he had fulfilled his destiny, and he continued to lead his pack with courage and wisdom, always remembering the lessons he had learned from the Old Werewolf Lord Dagar. “Led By The Wolf.” Chapter 1. (The Beginning Of This) In the Year of Shadows. It was a very sorrowful time. There lives a boy fourteen years old name Jacob Cole Bodrick. Jacob was a very smart boy a inventor he created things, and he was a little dare devil he was constantly in trouble he was scolded punished even beat with a whip but that would not stop him he kept making things he was determined to make something to help the king. He invented a boat that looked like a cherieot with two robot horses it could run on lad and sea he couldn't wait to get back home to show his mom and dad. Jacob rode on his Black Mare heading home when he saw the smoke, he raced his horse toward the smoke his house was on fire and the barn and yard was a blazed with the fire his parents was no where to be found so he raced around the barn and he found his father who was dying with a sword in his chest. “Father!!! Father!!!” Jacob shouted “Save the Horses and go save your mother son!” His father said breathing heavily. He said as he died, Jacob freed the horses and fell on his fathers dead body and he cried. Later that night after barring his father he went to his lab he was going to kill the one who killed his father, he made his weapons and created a long sword from fire and ice and alyrim steel he would get his revenge so he thought. He made his way to where he saw the tracks of horses and he began to track down the killers, he passed a house where a tall dark haired man was standing watching him. “Hey have you seen a gang of men with a women ride by here?” Jacob said with anger and determination in his voice. “Yes I did son you gonna take them on your own?” The stranger said as he looked at the young boy. “Why don’t you hop down and we plan together on finding your mother.” The man said. Without another word Jacob rides off. The stranger looks down at a picture painting of a beautiful woman that was in his hands of him and a beautiful woman and his heart jumped. “Oh No... he has her eyes.” The man said with a very serious look on his face. From the distance Jacob saw smoke and he drove his horse towards it and he saw them and what was happening anger hit him as he saw his Mother and the hideous man, Jacobs teeth clinched when the killer spoke. “I am Slaygar now tell me where is the boy!?! I want the boy!” Slaygar with a growl in his voice. Jacob's mother spit in Slaygars face, Slaygars hit her to the ground with his cane long and black with a gold skull handle, Jacob went to attack Slaygar when a hand clutched his mouth and he was pulled back he fought and fought. “Ezy kid Ezy!” The stranger said as he pulled him down and covering his mouth with his hand. Jacob kept fighting then the Stranger hit him hard knocking him out. “Sorry kid but all you would have done was get yourself and your mother killed.” The man said quietly as he watch Slaygar and the boys mother. The stranger watched as Slaygar ties the women to the horse and got on his Black Horse it’s eyes was red the man never seen such a horse. “I will find you boy I will find you!!!” Slaygar shouted angrily. He said that then looked at the boys mother. “Oh he find us over the momma heh heh.” Slaygar said with a evil laugh. The men that was with him laughed then Slaygar felt two presence the young boys anger he sensed it. A wicked smile came to his face. “Your Not Ready To Face me. Come On Save Your Mom don’t let her die!” Slaygar taunted. Suddenly he made a fire ball in his hand and said. “Naw! On second thought I will just kill her now so you can see it.” Slaygar laughed as he threw the ball of fire at the mother and the the horse setting them both on fire, The screams of Jacobs mom and the horse woke Jacob out of his slumber from being knocked out. “Watch her burn!” Slaygar shouted. Jacob heard His mother screaming along with the horse and Slaygar laughing he saw his mother and the horse in one big flame of fire he heard the screams it echoed in his mind that would haunt him in his dreams. “Bloody Hell No!!!” The stranger said as he pulled Jacob with him two his horse. He fire two arrows one hit the mother in the head putting her out her misery and the other hit the horse. He turns and saw the boy watching what happened tears filled his eyes he couldn’t make a sound. The stranger grabbed him he pulled back the boy started screaming at him. “No! NO!!! MY MOTHER!!!” “Come on son she’s gone I’m sorry kid but you can’t avenge her death now come with me you can trust me boy!” The stranger said sadden because the woman who was Jacob’s mother who he just had to kill so she wouldn’t suffer was his true love. The man picked him up got on his horse and took out running for the mountains Jacob screaming at him to put him down as he did. He got him on the horse and ran as fast as he could twards a particular mountain. Slaygar and his men were hot on their heels trying to catch up he wanted that boy. “Come on yall I want that boy. Guys let’s get them kill the man I want that boy alive! Slaygar shouted angrily. The stranger kicked his horse making her run faster. “Come on girl let’s go yah yah!!!” The stranger shouted to his black mare. He saw an elf behind a tree he was raising to, he whistled and mages witch’s warlocks saucers Druids and minotaurs and centaurs Elves and Dwarfs came out to fight against Slaygar and his army. Slaygar yelled. “Retreat they have an army!!! This ain’t over I’ll have that boy!!!” Slaygar shouted. Slaygar and his men left. Jacob from shock was loosing consciousness the last thing he remember was a young Elf with black hair named Jake pulling him off the horse and carrying him to a cave. When Jacob awoke he saw a centaur there. “Ezy now you need to rest you been through a lot.” Kane a big centaur said as he stood over Jacob and handing something to drink. “O shut up Kane let the boy alone and don’t give him any of that mess to drink you kill him and he ain’t even sick.” Aurther who was the stranger that saved Jacob said with a smirk on his face. “Oh and look who’s talking joke all you want you know if it wasn’t for me and that mess as you call it you be under ground by now that is if someone took the time to Barry you and not throw you in the creek for the sharks!” Kane replied. “Yea well if I didn’t pull your big horse tail out the rocks when that mountain caved in you be a big bunch of warm food aye.” Aurther said as he began to chuckle. The Centaur walk out the room cursing. Jacob watched him walk out and his eyes was wide like he seen a ghost. Aurther came and sit by him and said. “He’s a centaur yes I know I was shocked to I thought it was just some child’s story but if it wasn’t for him I be dead there’s also minotaurs and High Elves Dark Elves Wood Elves Dwarfs and I heard there were dragons to but never seen them.” Jacob looked and seen the stranger that took him and killed his mother. “You Killed My Mother!” Jacob said with tears running down his cheeks. He pushed away from him and said “Get away from me!” “Son I’m sorry about your mother but would you rather have her burn alive because I sure couldn’t! So I stopped her pain.” Aurther said tears came down his eyes. “My Fathers Dead. My mother’s dead! she’s…” Jacob said. As Aurther put his hands on his shoulders.” “I know I’m sorry man I really am.” Aurther said as the tears ran down his cheeks as well. Jacob hugged Aurther. Aurther didn’t know what to do he took his hands off his shoulders and wrapped them around Jacob in a fatherly embrace and said. “Um Son. Um ok there now your fine everything is gonna be just fine.” Jacob said trying to comfort him. Aurther let the boy grieve his mother and father. Jacob finally fell asleep in Aurther’s arms. “Um kid kid.... umm come on kid.” Aurther said awkwardly as he was holding him keeping him from falling. Kane walked in and just a running his mouth and saw Aurther and the kid asleep in his arms. “Ooooh Aurther are you getting attached to the boy gonna take him in as your own, Ooooh you gonna let him call you daddy? “ Kane said laughing” He gasped. “Shut up Kane! Help me!” Aurther said aggravated. Kane went over and helped Aurther put him in a bed, then Kane looked at Aurther. Then antagonized him as he watched Aurther cover him with a blanket. “My my Aurther Morris is taking my job over a young blond headed boy.” Kane said shaken his head. Ooooh what would the other boys say and what about Kiara she might feel jealous. Hehe.” Kane said laughing. “Shut up you fool!” Aurther said red faced. looking around trying to make sure no one else noticed. “You keep your mouth shut about this you fool!” Aurther said with a threatening look. He looked around again then walked up to Kane and pointed his finger in his face. “If you say Anything to humiliate me…” Kane interrupted Aurther. “O give it a rest Aurther Morris everyone knows about Mary I’m Sorry you had to take her life and everyone knows how much the children mean to you and how special this one is to you. By the way Aurther here Mary told me to give this letter to you if the boy winded up in our care if something happened to her. I thought I never see that.” Aurther graved the letter. “Read it Aurther don’t burn it like the other one because it hurts too much over the choice you made read that letter!” Kane said sternly to Aurther. Aurther looked at Kane. “I’m Serious Arthur read it!” Kane said. Aurther unrolled the letter and read it. (Letter.) Mary: Dear Aurther. I’m sure you burned that last letter I wrote you so ima tell you again. Arthur I love you and I always will, I want to be with you but you chose a different path and I cannot do that. I heard you went back and took those children in and I want you to know that I’m truly grateful and I know their gonna be safe between you and Kane and Duke and Hosea. Now if your reading this letter then something happened to me and Jacky. I hate that y’all met on bad turns you would have liked him. Like I said if your reading this then I’m dead and my boy is with you like the Wizard said all those years ago we were kids but it’s true heh we made fun of him. Take care of my boy Arthur Jacky wasn’t the father but he tried to raise him like his own. Arthur please take care of my boy. I love you Arthur. PS: He’s your son Arthur. Your his father. Always yours Mary. Arthur swallowed hard tears filled his eyes. Arthur: He’s my Son? Kane looked at him they went into a cave where no one could see or hear them. “He’s my son he’s my son it can’t be!” Aurther scratched his head confused. “It’s true Aurther I can tell y’all share the same blood, you know I can tell by the smell and looks I see and smell what others cannot that’s how most my kind when we go on the full war path we don’t stop till all their kin are dead the minotaurs are the same. And Mary sent me a letter telling me about it when he was born.” “I know I know you ain’t got to give me a history lesson if y’all centaurs. I mean it’s impossible we ain’t been together or done anything in over 14 years. And I never knew Mary wrote you to. “Hey I known her way longer then you! In fact I introduced you two.” Kane said. Hosea walked up and spoke to them interrupting there conversation. “Hey y’all it’s me Hosea. Aurther that boy is Fourteen years old you know and he even looks like you when you was that age.” Hosea said as he walked up. Hosea found Aurther when he was a baby his family were killed by a unknown gang and Hosea had road up after seeing the smoke. All the houses were burnt to the ground only thing standing was a wooden shed. Hosea looked around the place and was about to get on his horse when he heard the sound of a baby crying in the wood shed. He ran in there and picked up the baby and seen a letter on the baby. It said. Letter: If you make it here and my baby is alive. His name is Aurther please take care of my Baby boy. Hosea looked at Aurther and said “Aurther that boy looks like you remember I raised you that boy has got to be your son”
Arthur shook his head and was about to speak when Duke showed up in the cave. “Aerther! Hosea! Good Kane your here look y’all meet me at the entrance we got to talk. Duke shouted. Things are about to change and it’s gonna be life and death. I got to keep y’all safe so y’all come on now!” Duke shouted at them. “What is it now Duke why hear and it better not be more of that prophecy mess.” Hosea said as he rolled his eyes “Hosea! Think man think! Centaurs Minotaurs dwarfs Elves you think because they exist that magic don’t look I have to do this now for all of you if I don’t all of y’all will die a dark dark time is coming and Gabriel Bolton will not be able to fight it. I dreamed about a Vampire again a good man drove to evil defiled the Temple Jirah And and the sacred cup filled with blood from the hands of the Wolf Statue his eyes glowed blood red and his mouth had fangs then the beast part man part wolf came their where twelve came to trap the monster the man became and Gabriel Bolton was dead!” Duke said with excitement. Hosea interrupted Duke. “Duke Holloway! That’s just a bad dream Duke there’s no such things as Vampires or Werewolves that’s just an old story to scare children there’s no such Thomas Dracula ether enough is enough.” Hosea shouted at him. “Its not a story Hosea it’s Prophesy it’s going to happen we’re here Kane please trust me put a little of your blood in this bottle.” Duke wouldn’t hear anything that would change his belief. Kane looked up and huffed “Here you go Duke” Kane said as he let him collect his blood. “Oh my God this is so ridiculous.” Hosea said as he took his hat off and with the other hand slapped his forehead. “Great! Now I need Hogan the minotaur now. Hogan!” Duke shouted Hogan came inside the cave. “Yes Master Duke.” Hogan said as he looked at Duke who had raised him when he was a young little kid Minotaur. Duke saved him from a cave that was collapsing down. “Hey big man look I need a little of your blood in this bottle.” “Sure Master Duke here you go but why do you need it?” Hogan asked. “To protect y’all.” Duke said with a serious tone in his voice. “This is Crazy Duke have you lost your mind do you want some of the children’s blood now?” Aurther said very agitated with Duke. “No Aurther I know you think I’m crazy I’m not and I got what I need and I will show you.” Duke said very serious. “It’s ok it’s ok here Duke if it help take it.” Hogan said as he gave the blood. “Duke we are starting to worry about you man.” Hosea said with much concern. They all loved Duke he saved them from a gang that were trying to burn them alive and he killed them all and he lead them to safety. So they all decided to follow Duke there were all with him 15 years now and he started to act strange the last three years when he got ahold of some scrolls found in a cave. “I’m fine Hosea I’m fine you see.” Duke tried to reassure Hosea. “Ok Duke now what are you gonna do with that.” Kane asked very interested in all that mixed blood. “I’m gonna combined it with this now” Duke said as he pulled out a bottle that had dragons blood in it then a long white feather A small bottle of Angel water that’s What Duke called it but it was water from the crystal river in the Sunny Valley it had the power to protect and heal any wounds or disease most people called it Shalom’s Grace. “Now the gift from my feathered friends.” Duke said smiling. “O what now you seeing Angels and they gave you what fairy dust? Come On Duke you know that’s a load of bull!” Aurther shouted. “Watch Aurther! Please!” Duke asked. Arthur shook his head and said. “Duke? I....” “Please Aurther! All of you I know y’all think I’m crazy but I’m not Trouble is Coming and I got to do as I can to save you all Just Like Noah and the Ark but I don’t plan on my friends dying and we sure got more then eight.” Duke said as he spoke of the Ancient scrolls. “Duke I read the Sacred scrolls to man but you going to the extreme on this man.” Aurther said as he looked at Duke. “Just Watch Aurther! You see something you would never dream of Aurther. Duke started putting all the blood together and when he had it in place he started to pray. “Jirah My God My Savior please provide us protection we are in need of it now we will be lost unless you have mercy on us please my Lord shine down on us the blood of the centaur minotaur the Angels feather the dragons blood and Angel water please except this and save us!” He began to call every name in the Camp and closed it. “John and Angela Morgan and me Duke Calloway.” Duke prayed They watched him pray and saw his tears Aurther covered his eyes and said. “O My God Why Duke.” Aurther said frustrated. Then the earth shook and from the sky what looked like White fire started coming down! Hosea put his arms on Kane and Arthur’s shoulders He almost fell. The Minotaur Hogan kept him up Hosea became a believer at that moment. “That was the fire of Salome!” Hosea said. “What are you Talking about Duke stop!” Aurther shouted. “I tried to tell y’all. Aurther this is Gods Will.” Duke said unwavering. What looked like a wall of stone was about to close the in except for a doorway That was hold on for John Morgan and his wife Angela they showed up and looked at Duke and said. “What is this and what was that bright light coming from the heavens?” John Morgan asked as he ran up.” “That was the fire of Shalom now I’m going in so you can be safe.” Duke replied. “Wow so you was right all this time!” John said shocked.0 “It’s all about faith my boys my brothers now we can be safe! Wait a minute. John who is this?” Duke said and then asked as he noticed the people with John. “This is one of those Foreigner girls her name is Zoe She was on a chain of a slave master I killed him to save her if I didn’t he would have beat her to death and this is Cole Morgan my cousin he’s 13.” John answered him. Duke put his hand over his eyes. “I couldn’t let that just Happen to them Duke I stand by my decision.” John said sternly. “No no you did what was right John you did what was right i’m proud of you son but I don’t know how to save her I called all the names already.” Duke said with concern. “Well we got to do something!” John said with a sense of urgency. “I know I know!” Duke replied. Duke passed back and forth then stopped and looked up at the Heavens again. “Dear Lord Jirah please hear my cry once again you see the situation of this young child and the little boy please replace my name with hers and add the little child so that she and he may be saved and I will fight to keep them safe!” Duke Prayed to the Lord. The door opened for the Zoe and the child went through, The door started to close. “Duke no no way no Duke you take my place!” John Shouted “John you got a family get in there!” Duke shouted back. Duke pushed John and Angela in and the door started to close once they were in they couldn’t get out Arthur John and Hosea was beating on the wall that was invisible they couldn’t get through to Duke but they could see and hear him. “Hosea, Aurther, John, Angela, Hogan, Kane, I Love y’all and always will y’all are safe and when the time is right y’all be free from here I’m sorry for this but it’s the only way y’all can live! Duke turn and walked away the wall turned to stone, Aurther walked back and forth trying to register in his mind what just happened he yelled: “What just happened what just happened!!!! Kane Hogan get it open get it...” Hosea graved him Aurther. “Calm down boy calm down he’s gone and we’re safe that what Duke wanted Aurther!” Hosea said as he tried calming Aurther. “Oh my God Oh my God what have I done!” John said with his hands on his head. “You did what Duke would have done saved someone now you calm down Aurther go check on your son and....” Hosea said as Aurther shouted. “He not my....” Hosea interrupted Aurther. “Hush Arthur go see your son Kane go with him John Hogan lets get her and and the child something to eat in fact it’s time to get supper ready come on.” Outside the wall of protection Duke and a Angel with the name Gabriel talked with each other. “So they gonna die in the mountains.” Duke asked “No they will live til the end of the protection which will probably be about a Thousand year form now there it move fast for them but they will notice they ain’t getting older wile they in there their immortal now the spell breaks they will have a choice rather to be a vampire or a werewolf however the boys Jacob and Cole are special type of Mages they can do what any other that can use a form of magic and then they will be masters of all magical creatures.” The Angel Gabriel Said to Duke “OK good so what now.” Duke asked “Come follow me I’ll lead you where you need to go next.” The Angel Gabriel said. Arther and Kane went back where they left Jacob and saw him holding his mothers letter to Arthur in his hand. Jacob looked at Arthur. “So your my real daddy! Why you didn’t raise me why you ran off?” Jacob said upset. “Son I....” Jacob interrupted Aurther. “NO!!! Stop you can’t call me that you killed my mother and you was never there for me!” Jacob shouted. “I.... Your Mother would have burned alive Jacob!” Aurther told him softly. “I was about to save her and you stopped me!” Jacob said. “You would have gotten yourself killed with your momma I didn’t know you existed until yesterday and I didn’t know you was my son until today!” Aurther explained. “Hey!!! Y’all quit fighting! Kane come over here Arthur look at this you to boy.” They came and looked. “Duke gave me his Journal and look here at the last page he wrote it ten days ago, it says. I got to get my boys and brothers and sisters safe I got to make sure they stay alive no matter what!” Dukes Journal: Arthur will soon bring his son up here and then we got to protect the children and keep them hidden from Slaygar we got to keep Slaygar away from our children. The demon will soon be born his name will terrorize the world forever they will call him Dracula the Angel Gabriel cannot stop Gabriel Bolton one his wife is dead he will give in to evil and he will go too far may Shalom have mercy on Him. Hosea! Hold this dear you need it when the wall breaks I probably be dead when you come out but this journal will lead you to my next Journal and you need that Journal to understand the changes you see. Love Duke “Ten days ago you mean he saw me bring my son home? and why keep them away from Slaygar?” Aurther said confused. “Yes Apparently Slaygar wants to kill these kids for some reason?” Kane said. “We got to keep these boys safe no matter what so until this spell where’s off there’s nothing we can do but survive we have a whole mountain so we can hunt so we got to survive, this is a magical place Aurther so we must be careful.”

Hello, I thank you in advance to those who will read this. Maybe some have been in a similar situation and can give their POV.
I am contemplating if I should keep working & investing my skills (honing, too) towards my company because of what I found out or ~just shut up, and keep working to save up.
So I worked from home last year, and then by this, I knew I could save more. I am currently hired (agency) as a moderator at an e-commerce marketplace in Singapore. I generally wondered why I was not receiving any follow-ups about my contract documents, always made bumps and calls if there were any, but to no avail. The reason for this is because the orientation was so quick, fast, and vague.
I primarily escalated to inquire to my agency, why we had no concrete Service Incentive Leaves usage, just the yearly cash out. It was a confusing thing to be in because of how it affected my work I didn't know if my absences vs my peer's leaves (because they have these privileges) had unfair grounds since technically I can't skip work in their vocabulary. No Redditors could answer my questions on other threads, so I paid and consulted a Labor Law-focused lawyer in Paranaque to gain knowledge and legal advice to stay well informed.
Turns out the SIL setup thing was okay, but he dug deeper and the whole setup of the company was illegal by law. There are only two types of contractors: Labor Only (eg. security and janitorial not directed to money making in the business) and legitimate contractor (eg. BPO who provides resources) setups here in PH which technically we (employees from the agency) should be under the wing of the company already, not the agency. The company's employees had good benefits but we had saddening cheap ones where we get no work, no pay even if we are "regularized" in the agency.
I didn't expect the lawyer would of said that and he already handled a bunch of cases with a similar background to a grand extent. When I opened it up with HR, they said they are not an agency but a partner of the company. That..They said we have a "servicing contractor license". They also said I can be absent and it won't affect my performance which is sketchy after what they have mentioned. The founder of the company mentioned they have already terminated contracts from the agencies of this nature but the agency doesn't even know who the founder is.
Yet, they couldn't answer the questions when I said "So the lawyer who advised me all of this; is wrong?" and she couldn't answer directly + we had an admin hearing where they stated, they really couldn't give my initial contract, which almost all the things the attorney said to me was true "the agency will not give you your contract after your meeting, I guarantee". He said this is a really common complaint amongst agencies to keep employees in the dark and he said, he believes I thought I was under the impression that I was in a BPO setup. Since when I was employed, my last interview, shockingly was with an agency that was not disclosed to me earlier with my initial interviews.
We sought BIR advise, they are an agency as listed of their business nature.
Now because of this, I am confused if I should keep working in this kind of setup or just shut up. I really won't seek legal action because it's too troublesome & I know I will directly affect innocent people, not immediately the people who created the situation. I am scared of these recent POGO setups as well or maybe one day I'll get scrutinized. What are your thoughts, is it risky for me to continue after knowing all of this? This is also a warning for future job -seekers out there who plan to save up during their stay in a company but, found to be in a difficult predicament.

Hi everyone, I need help and would like to ask if anyone has this problem and how it was resolved? In 2017 it was found out that I have hpv infection and CIN-III (high grade precancerous), after that I had leep surgery ,and since then I have been tested for tnt, hpv, biopsy etc till now and the results show that it has always been normal and negative for HPV. I am now planning to get pregnant but I am not sure if it is possible to get pregnant normally? (meaning through normal intercourse) or do I need a special method to get pregnant? (say IUI or IVF for example?). Because I don't want to cause health problems to my husband (because although HPV is negative after leep surgery, the virus doesn't go away completely and can still come back when our immunity is low). My husband is very healthy and doesn't have any infections, so I don't want to put him at risk, but we need to have a baby now. Thank you all so much for your help.

Marry Me Macbeth would be advertised as an unpublished or "lost" film that finally gets to see the light of day, at first glance it'd be about a smooth & jazzy Romantic Comedy from the early 1990s known as Marry Me Macbeth with a simple but enjoyable story. It'd tell 2 different stories at once, a surface level story and a chilling story below the surface that we have to pick apart for ourselves.
Surface Plot: Macbeth is a damsel mourning over her awful minimum wage job so she comes up with the idea to look for the perfect husband because she can't bear to pay her rent anymore so if she marries him, she'll never have to pay anything again so she finds a good man and does her best to speed up the relationship as fast as she can portraying herself as a simple housewife and talking about a wedding even though they've only been acquainted for a couple days, the entire story pans out over a week requiring really good pacing before she somehow convinces this man into marrying her. Setting would be early 1970s
Hidden Plot: At the beginning of the film, we get pre-debut promotional interviews from the 90s with the stars of the film talking about how amazing the film is and just hyping it. In reality the film that we the audience are watching was made on a haunted studio and tragic events occurred during the making of this film, the producers ignored the locations tragic events and tried to complete their movie on it since it was the cheapest option, but chaos ensues as the creation of this film proceeds, midway through the film there'd also be an extended cut of the pre-debut promotional interviews with the film's stars talking about their strange experiences on set during the creation of Mourning Macbeth. As the surface level story progresses minor eerie events and details would occur throughout Mourning Macbeth that have no connection to the story whatsoever such as a visual/auditory malfunctions and apparitions briefly appearing in scenes without the protagonist paying any attention to them at all would begin to appear, almost as if it's not even a part of the movie.
How it blends together: The idea of this film is to make a deceptively horrific film that acts as an unpublished romcom when it's actually a horror movie about a haunted film project made in a cursed studio.
Cinematography: The film would feel liminal in a sense only ever giving us wide shots on interior areas in very specific angles similar to liminal spaces photos, we'd never see any outdoor areas, the only way we'd know the time of day is light behind windows or no light behind windows. The camera would always give scenes wide shots showing fully what is happening in a location, but we'd be made to feel a strange sense of unease as we are made to focus on the background more than the protagonist, for example the camera might be positioned on the wall presenting a wide shot facing Macbeth doing the dishes with the living room connecting to the kitchen behind her being pitch black and some indistinguishable figure is lurking, watching, not at her, but its looking at you, it knows your there, this movie may be fake, but that sinister abnormality isn't, it notices you. However, something important to mention however, is that the eerie details should never take up the entire screen, they should be minor enough that you can never become accustomed to it, but you can always vaguely have an idea of what it looks like or what it could possibly be but nonetheless even if the protagonist is in the room it should always feel like the deity is focusing on us specifically and not the protagonist, like it is looking through the Lense of the screen. Another way to instigate fear is change the angel at which the scene is being capture when nothing unnatural is happening, hide the corridor out of view when there is nothing unknown to be seen or the audience is no longer intended to pay attention to that area.
Prevalent scenes throughout the film:

• Commercial Break: The film would have a simple short commercial break with a pizza kitchen commercial in which an apparition appears in the background of this scene blending in but standing out, some may not even catch it, those who notice will be left uneasy.
• Dishwashing Scene: The camera is against the wall facing the face of Macbeth as she is doing the dishes for her boyfriend before he can get home from work, behind her is a corridor that leads to the living room, the light is off, and we see a face barely peeking out of the corner, or it looks like a face but it's too grainy, too far to fully describe especially in the darkness, moving too slow to tell what its intent is but fast enough to feel it could be a threat in a matter of seconds. But soon before we get too fearful the angle switches hiding the corridor out of view as the man comes in to greet his future wife in surprise.
• Date Night: Macbeth is having a date with her man at the table, the scene draws to the awkwardness of Macbeth waiting for her date having no one to hold conversation with as jazz is playing in the background and extras are talking to each other on their own date, but there is a symmetrical corridor in the background leading down a hallway but its dark for no reason, something would move into the doorframe just outside of the light without physically moving itself at all, it'd seem to have a face, but its indistinguishable between male or female and it's too far away from the camera to say for certain what exactly it was. Then when Macbeths future husband finally arrives the camera angle switches hiding that corridor from view and giving us a different perspective on their date.
• Bathroom Scene: Macbeth is cleaning the bathroom but leaves the shot to get supplies for an extended time period leaving us to feel like a child without a parent, Macbeth was the little comfort we had but now we don't even have that, there is a small compartment door on the wall beyond the corridor facing the bathroom, after 10-15 seconds of Macbeth being gone it slowly opens, so slowly in fact not a single sound can be heard from it but before it can open to the point we can see inside Macbeth returns back for the scene, as she begins cleaning the small door opens up quickly but the shot cuts off only showing it open half way revealing an eerie unhinged face that can barely be made out from the quick frame, and then it cuts to a normal version of the bathroom scene from the corridors perspective.
• Ending: There'd be a wide shot of a set without any actors, it's the fancy quinine restaurant from the date night scene, dimly lit with a corridor symmetrical to the camera in the background, the apparition slowly creeps out of the corridor towards the camera, moving inhumanly, blending the human and the uncanny, we'd here it is whispering something in an indescribable voice but in cohesive English, it is talking to us, how even when we can't see it, it will be watching from the furthest view, how we thought this was all part of the joke but in fact we are a part of it, talking about how it will peel over our eyes with its sneaky fingers, before it can give us a good glimpse of its appearance the film ends with the credits to the romcom "Marry Me Macbeth". The ending would be ambiguous and leave plenty of things up for interpretation, because something that has always kept a film or any media alive is speculation.

Sources of inspiration:

• Inspiration: Inside No. 9 Season 4 Episode Special Live: Dead Line Oct 28 2018 - video Dailymotion
• Inspiration: The Curse of the Scottish Play Macbeth Royal Shakespeare Company (rsc.org.uk)

Coming Out of Denial: An Analysis of AIDS Law and Policy in China; Disturbing Reactions not Limited to Quarantine with Burning All Property When Facing Novelty (overreaction) but also Disturbing Underreaction and Denial of More Robust Centralized Information Averaging Data Across the Country Upon More Large Scale Infection
Crossposting audience: Even less than narcissism research, there is a huge dearth of research on denial, the last and arguably most disturbing and long-lasting arm of genocide. Similarly, denial is employed by serial killers and is a type of extreme psychological violence that decouples the system of language's sensemaking from its actual sensebacking isomorphism to reality, while still parasiting sensemaking's credit until the lie's energy final dies, revealing the true devastating truth and the double violence to what truth means itself in the wake of the crime. Some lies last for disturbingly long amounts of time, however, in a reactive and aggressive insistence on sheer social power. This subreddit aims to study that disturbing psychosis at the heart of denial.
https://lawecommons.luc.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1095&context=lucilr
China had its own “China virus” moment but in the reverse to other countries; when AIDS for came to China, they insisted it was a foreign disease
The early law and policy discussed below reflects this conception by the government, and studies show that most believed, and perhaps still believe, that AIDS is a foreign disease. 5 Laboring under this misconception, the government and medical personnel with little knowledge about AIDS endeavored to contain it and prevent it from penetrating into China.6 Xia Guomei illustrates this phenomenon through the story of the first foreign man infected with AIDS, who became very sick while traveling on the mainland. 7 At first no one knew that the man had AIDS, but when the news reached the hospital that this man was an AIDS patient he was quickly quarantined.8 His room was sealed and two nurses in special suits were the only personnel that the hospital permitted to attend to him.9 When he died, the hospital burned everything associated with the man, the nurses' clothes, and even the medical instruments.
Out of sight, out of mind dehumanization is the type of denial seen on the Chinese response to AIDS
Other studies indicate that many of those with HIV or AIDS are forced to live out their days in seclusion away from their family and are not treated by the medical community. 23 Those who are not shunned by their families may face severe societal discrimination, including loss of their jobs, refusal of medical treatment, denial of access to public accommodations, and rejection of marriage registration. 24
China shows a disturbing cover up at the local level of the AIDS pandemic so that officials can advance their careers by artificially lowering AIDS numbers.
Local protectionism and local corruption are also serious problems in China that have resulted in the distortion of policies and laws. 64 Local officials may pay more attention to advancing their careers than to the development and stability of the local economy and society. As such, local officials may still be unwilling to release harmful, yet necessary information, on outbreaks to the central government. Cover-ups, both at the central and local levels of government, have been major issues with regard to the control of infectious diseases in China. The cover-up surrounding the SARS epidemic and the blood donation disasters in Henan Province are two prime examples of this phenomenon and demonstrate how tensions and poor communication between the central and local bureaucracies can lead to problems in the enforcement of AIDS policy.
Local authorities have proven time and time again dangerously incompetent and vainer than is safe, thinking that nothing is happening when it is. For example, the denial of Henan Province led to people being infected with AIDS through blood banks because they received reports of this infection and did nothing, not wanting to go through the effort of the issue in combination with not really believing the reporter. In the end they just got all these people AIDS and were completely wrong. This shows the horrifying consequences of a local area without the apprehension required in denial of incoming information from an averaged mass of national information.
For example, in the early 1990s the central government discovered that many people were becoming infected with AIDS through the blood banks in Henan Province. 60 The government issued an order to the localities to take action to stop this phenomenon. 61 The provincial authorities refused, however, denying that any problem existed and allowed the blood banks to stay open and carry out their work. 62 The result was more infections. 63

Long story short, I want to understand this game, but everywhere I have looked, it never explains the game in non-gambling lingo and simply not in the know enough to understand what it's telling me. I would really appreciate if someone could explain this game to me without using lingo (or at the very least explain the lingo), additionally if possible, could you provide examples in your explanation, that would help my understanding greatly. Also, I would like to understand how payout works for this game because I want to play this with my friends, and knowing how to do payout is kind of important. Also, for the record, we would just be using non-monetary chips for scoring our craps game.
Thank you in advance

Hey there, my names Greyson and I’m a 17 year old high school grad! First off, as I’m 17 (turning 18 and in a few weeks) please be within the age range of 17-19! I really would rather be friends and write with fellas around my age, no exceptions
Anyways if you made it past that little roadblock here’s an introductory type thing:

• I’m a guy but I DONT care what your identity is as long as you’re cool
• I’m in the CST time zone and I BEG you are also near that, it’s so much harder for me to talk to people in other time zones
• I have a part time job, but other than that I’m about as chronically online as possible
• I love talking about random stuff, but I struggle with texting first anxiety when I’m just getting to know you so bare with me!
• I’m autistic (doesn’t really matter but Yknow whatever)
• I draw as much as I can and would 100% be down for drawing our guys doing silly stuff, that’s like the best part of this
• I ONLY write on discord and in 3rd person when roleplaying
• I only main male characters, though for side characters I can write any gender! I only ask that you are fine with writing side characters as well
• On that note I am fine with any MxF/MxM pairing, whatever! No preference

What type of genres/themes I’m into:

• I’m a huge history geek especially in the time periods of the 1800s-1980s, anything from cowboys to yuppies is my jam
• Supernatural elements are always welcome! I don’t require that at all, but I’m always down for something unique
• I love any sort of action or conflict imaginable, the crazier and scarier the better
• Crime and whatnot always interests me, it’s part of my major
• Romance is cool, but what’s really cool to me is a slow burn enemies to lovers type beat. And I mean REAL enemies cliche, not just mild dislike
• I’m kind of into a lot of stuff that’s hard to put into words so here’s some media that I enjoy: Hannibal, Fear & Hunger (Termina especially), Darkest Dungeons, Dexter, the Mafia trilogy, LA Noire, Pathologic, Disco Elysium, Dishonored, any film bro movie, Fallout New Vegas, Bioshock, are just a couple to name a few
• P.S PLEASE feel free to look at my characters on toyhouse for an example of what I draw/write/create. My user on that site is handheldshotgum (can’t link it here cuz this subreddit nukes my post). TDLR; I mainly create more older adult characters, not young teens/adults.

That’s about all from me, sorry for being so lengthy. If you made it this far PLEASE give me an introduction about yourself (like name and age for starters) and anything we clicked on. Thanks for making my summer and hopefully the future less boring!

Chapter 2. (Dracula)
Nine Hundred years later deep deep far in the the Shadow Forest a place called Castlevania in the black castles the kings chambers a beautiful black haired blue eyed woman named Isabell Bolton was travailing in pain as she was giving birth to her first born child, the queens maid that was there helping deliver the baby held the little child cleaned him up and wrapped him in the blanket.
“Is the Baby ok Sara?” Isabell asked very exhausted.
“Yes it’s a boy!” Sara said very excited as she gave the mother her baby.
“He’s So Handsome. Luther come quick see our boy!” Isabell said with glee.
King Luther Bolton came in and grabbed his son hugged him.
“My boy Oh my baby boy.” King Luther said very happily.
Suddenly a dark and evil witch named Festus appeared in the room with them she was pure evil.
“Oh! what do we have here aww how sweet the Dark One was finally born He will be called Dracula he will be a terror of this world he will be known all over the nation and he shall live till the end of time his power will come on his thirtieth birthday when he drinks from the cup of Shalom that’s full of blood of the wolfs tears no one will stop his destiny he is a warrior of Econdire!” The witch said with a wicked evil laugh.
King Luther drew his blade and pointed it to her as he gave the baby back to the mother.
“You will not take my child and he will not become what you said!!! You will die this night!” King Luther shouted as he charged at the witch. She disappeared as King Luther swung his blade.
“Hahahaha you can’t kill me mortal and you can’t change what is to come I’m just here to warn you if you don’t want that to happen then you must kill the baby you can change prophecy Luther Bolton! Or seek out the skull face man named Slaygar he will gladly take the child and the Prophecy will not come true! Or should I say. “Your Majesty” hahahaha! Oh Luther. Ten years from now on a day before your wife gives birth to Your fourth son you will die and Dracula will be crowned King then time will count down. Hahahahahaha!!!” Festus said laughing as she disappeared out from a window in black smoke. Luther ran to the the window she disappeared from then she went to his wife who was weeping and crying out of fear
“Honey shush it’s ok!” King Luther said as he looked with worry and concern out the window.
“We’er not calling him Dracula we’er not his name is Gabriel Luther Bolton!” Isabell said sternly. “He will be a beacon of Hope.” Isabell said smiling.
“Yes That’s Beautiful, Gabriel. I like that name. Gabriel.” King Luther said in his thoughts he was worried about the prophecy.
Years passed and Gabriel had three more brothers Drakeul, Nathen, and Samuel, Then his father got sick Gabriel was ten years old and he was trying everything he could to heal his father he was a mage a healer and he put all his herbs and couldn’t stop his father infection nor could he keep him from getting sicker. He was only able to take the pain away for a wile. But King Luther got worse and worse. The King grabbed Gabriel by the arm as he coughed and said.
“We got to get you better father I....” Gabriel said his voice shaken as he was interrupted.
“Gabriel listen it’s over there’s nothing more you can do. I feel my body shutting down before I go...” King Luther said as he winced in pain.
“No Father!” Gabriel said weeping.
“Shush! Gabriel be strong for your mother and your brothers she’s in labor now so you got to be Strong your a good man and you be a good king but I got to tell you something and you got to fight for what’s right no matter what! Your hear me son?” King Luther said as he was feeling weaker and weaker.
“Yes sir.” Gabriel said as he straightened his shoulders.
“Ten years ago when you was born a evil witch came and told us that you was the Dark One and you was to be the terror of the world til the end of time and you had a different name but I’m not at all going to speak that name and she said you was to be the warrior of Evondire.” King Luther said as he looked a his handsome boy and he smiled at him.
“Econdire? The evil prince?” Gabriel asked confused.
“Yes son and....” Luther told him all what had happened even to the point where they searched for the good witches mages sorcerers and wizards.
“They said Love is the first thing that change this fate and they said have more children as many as possible before My death and to surround you with Love and train you to be the best of yourself that love and good will overcome evil.” King Luther said as he tried hard to make sure His son knew to not loose his Live for others and those who loves him.
Gabriel looked at his father he didn’t know what to say but he swallowed and said.
Gabriel: I will live to the best of my ability to Love and be good to all.
“Good now go be with your mother and the child they need you...” King Luther didn’t finish his statement when he took his last breath and he left this world.
“Father! Father! No Father come back! Father!!!” Gabriel shouted and wept over his dead father.
King Luther died, Gabriel put his head on his fathers chest and wept the tears fell from his face on to his fathers chest. One of the Priests of Shalom walked up his name was Dagon Gibbs.
“My son he’s gone hey come here hush now.” The Priest Gibbs said with comfort.
“Bring him back Father Gibbs! Bring him Back!” Gabriel shouted still crying.
“Hush now I can’t do that I’m not God my son. I’m sorry for your loss I will prepare his ceremony but you mother gave birth to a son you need to go to her. Your coronation to be Crowned King after the ceremony of your father’s funeral. Life must go on Prince Gabriel you have a lot of priorities and obligations that Have to be done be strong Prince Gabriel.” Priest Gibbs said with a comforting voice.
Gabriel walked to the room his mother was and heard the cry of the baby he opened the doors to see his smiling mom holding her baby boy her blue eyes sparkled. She saw her firstborn and her smile faded. She then said to Gabriel.
“Gabriel come see your baby brother! I named him Logan!” Isabell said as she noticed the look on Gabriel’s face.
Gabriel held his baby brother.
“He’s so handsome and healthy, Luther would be so so happy.” Isabell said as she put her hand on Gabriel’s shoulder.
Gabriel looked at his mother and the tears fell from his eyes as well as his mothers.
“I know he be in here if he wasn’t gone but he is I know it. It was prophesied by that witch.” Isabell said as her voice shook with grief.
Gabriel put his head down.
“Oh I know baby you tried your best but his time was up sweetie. We talked long about this. I can’t grieve now you got to be ready for what’s come Gabriel.” Isabell said with sadness.
She began to weep, as she held Gabriel close to her. Gabriel gave the baby to Drakeul and hugged his mother as they wept for her for their loss. They had the beautiful ceremony for King Luther they buried him in a tomb under the castle.
Seventeen years passed the palace grew and the people where happy everything looked great Gabriel had a beautiful women they got married his it was so beautiful they had two sons identical twins Trevor and Alucard.
The year started off wonderful but then an man named John Bayn a wicked king from the deepest part north he was full of rage and sought nothing but power he attacked Transylvania and declared war against Gabriel, the king caused Gabriel to loose his source for food and he cut his supply of water king Bayn got some men inside Gabriel’s city who turned some of the people against Gabriel.
“Gabriel my brother what is your plan we have to do something we have to fight against these basters or we going to loose the city!” Drakeul said as he looked at his brother who was now king.
“Easy Drakeul getting angry at the King won’t fix this.” Samuel said as he grinned.
“He has a point Samuel we got to do something!” Nathen said to them both.
Gabriel turned around and looked at his brothers.
“Tonight we will gather the most faithful soldiers and we will attack and kill that king. I will not loose my city I will destroy my enemy!” Gabriel said with determination.
The Priest Gibbs walked up to the war table And looked at King Gabriel.
“Your Majesty. Think before you act I pray you. I dreamed of you last night, you was dark cold bitter your eyes were as red as the blood I seen you drink from the cup of Holy water from Shalom’s Temple but it was filled with blood blood that came from the Wolf’s tears you must not give in to this anger it take you far then you want to go.” Priest Gibbs Said with a Urgency and a warning.
Gabriel looked at the Priest as did everyone in the room.
“King Gabriel I beg you sir be patient don’t go wait the Lord will make away and give you Victory! Please Your Majesty stay they will come to you and the witches prophecy won’t come to pass! If you go out there, My King. The curse will happen three years early then what was told!” The Priest Gibbs said again with Urgency.
“Father Gibbs. I will not give into a witches curse I will not let a curse stop me from protecting my people I will do what has to be done and show them I am not to be played with they will know not to come against me! Like they knew not to come against my father.” King Gabriel said as he began to give out his plan.
“My King...” The Priest Gibbs said as he put his hand on King Gabriel’s shoulder.
“No Father Gibbs! They killed your son today! It stops now!” King Gabriel said as he gently put his hands on the Priest Cheek. “I will not give in to the Curse I will hold on to my Love for others and the Love y’all have for me” King Gabriel said as him and his knights went out the war room.
The Priest swallowed hard, tears fell from his eyes he didn’t know he lost his son last he spoke he sent him to the market to get bread.
“How...” He asked his voice shaky.
King Gabriel turned and looked at the Priest “They skinned him alive and put him on a spike right out the gate I’m sorry we took him down and took him to his chambers.”
Tears fell down his cheeks he walked towards Gabriel. One of the knights put their hand on the Priest shoulder to push him back, the king lift his hand stopping the knight, Gabriel walked to the Priest. The Priest put both his hands on Gabriel’s cheeks.
“Gabriel please I beg you my son is dead please heed my warning don’t make me loose another son. Listen to me don’t go out there bad things will take place that will hurt you in a way that you will curse the Lord in His temple! Please Gabriel hear me.”
Gabriel hugged the old priest as he wept over the lost of his son, not knowing that the old man was weeping over him that night was the last night of Gabriel would be a human king but Gabriel didn’t realize that the Lord himself was trying to talk through Gibbs and Gibbs was weeping because he knew Gabriel would not take heed to his warning.
Later that day just before the king and his twelve knights were going to fight for their land he kissed his wife Hope, and his two sons Trevor and Alucard.
“Here Sweet Husband.” Queen Hope Said with a sweetness in her voice.
She put a letter in his hand.
“I will be waiting their.” Hope said with love in her voice.
“Ok I’ll meet you and the kids there.” King Gabriel answered as he smiled at his beautiful wife.
Logan came running up.
“Brother!” The Prince Logan shouted.
“Logan what are you doing?” King Gabriel asked seeing Logan was decked in armor.
“Let me fight I can fight!” Logan asked determined to fight.
“No Logan you must stay here!” Gabriel demanded.
“But Brother I can fight I’m not a child I’m seventeen! I killed a Lion and stopped a thief and kept several prisoners from escaping! Please let me fight for our kingdom!” Logan asked with hope in his eyes.
“I know! What you been doing it has not been unnoticed. That’s why I need you here protect my wife and kids stay with them ok! Please Logan do this for me brother.” Gabriel said as he walked passed Logan. Logan didn’t like it but he nodded and went and stood by Hope.
They walked out the city Drakeul, Nathen, and Samuel walked side by side with their king brother Gabriel tonight was the night for Victory! The 12 Knights walked behind them as well as fifteen thousand of the faithful soldiers.
The war began the fight was harsh side by side the Bolton brother’s fault side by side and backed to back fighting the enemies as well as the twelve knights who was protecting them they fault and killed many, then faced the face King Gabriel and King Bayn began to fight each other it was a hideous battle Gabriel took a lot of wounds but before it was over King Bayn was on his knees.
“You Won but I have brothers and friends they come and avenge me! You will not stand! Your own people don’t even trust your leadership! Hahaha!” King Bayn taunted.
Gabriel swung his sword cutting Bayns head off, he picked up Bayns Crown and handed it to a red haired knight named Andrew Archer, who seemed to loose his helmet during the battle.
“Take this that will be one of my trophies.” King Gabriel said as he handed the crown to the red haired knight.
The Red head Knight Spoke.
“What about the rest any prisoners?” Andrew asked with concern.
Gabriel looked at the village that was still burning and relived walking through and seeing again what they did to those poor people. He looked at Andrew and said very coldly.
“We will show no mercy they all will die but slow I will hang them on a spike and point the towards the village they destroyed and the people they murdered so they see why they are dying so painfully!” Gabriel said with anger in his eyes. Andrew Swallowed hard and they all did as they were told and they left back to the city the screaming and pleads for mercy echoed in their ears.
Back at the castle of Transylvania a war broke out Gabriel’s soldiers was fighting for their lives against some other soldiers who was turned by the King Bayns men. Hope Trevor and Alucard was in the Temple of Shalom and the Logan was fighting to protect them Hope was a Mage she used her magic to destroy the last few guards that turned against her, she looked at Logan.
“Logan You Ben and Cole take my Sons and go!!! Go Now!!! Keep them safe!” Hope said scared for their lives.
“I can’t just Leave you!” Logan shouted.
“You must Logan protect my babies please!” Hope said with urgency.
Logan Ben and Cole took Trevor and Alucard and ran them out of the city they got on their horses and headed south. Gabriel came and saw what was going on they went and fought killing every betrayer and every last one of Bayns men. Then Gabriel remembered the note and ran to the temple and when he Got there he saw the Priest Gibbs knelt down by Hope her stomach was carved into with a knife her hands cut off her throat slit. Gabriel fell beside her.
“NO!!!! MY BABY!!!! HOPE!!!! NOOO!” King Gabriel shouted tears falling downs his cheeks as he wept. He stood up anger and raged filled him he cursed cursed the temple and the wolves he cursed everything that the temple represented and he pointed at the Priest and yelled!
“THIS IS YOUR FAULT!!!!” King Gabriel shouted in anger tears screaming down his cheeks falling to the floor.
He cursed the priest. All the 12 knights stood around him his brothers got between him and the Priest.
“Gabriel! What are you doing! It’s not his fault!” Drakeul said trying to get Gabriel under control.
“Gabriel calm down you.... Oh My God!” Samuel said as his mouth dropped open his eyes widen.
Gabriel turn to see what everyone was looking at and saw the statue of the Wolf of Shalom from its eyes were tears of blood that dropped into the Holy Water cup. Gabriel was then immediately A trance he walked to the cup.
“NO!!! STOP HIM DONT LET HIM DRINK FROM THE CUP!!!” The Priest Gibbs said with urgency.
His brothers ran to him and pulled on him he sent them flying back with a wave of his hand.
“That ain’t no magic I ever seen.” Nathen said his eyes widen and his voice shaken with fear.
Gabriel picked the cup which was full of blood and began to drink it the priest and Drakeul yelled!
Drakeul and Priest Gibbs Shouted as One. “GABRIEL!!! NOOO!!!
Gabriel drunk the cup all of the blood in the cup then the curse happened but three years early. Gabriel yelled as his body changed and his face went pale and fangs grew in his mouth and his eyes went from a beautiful blue to crimson red.
Then the Angel of the Lord appeared and said. “My name is Gabriel I am the Messenger of the Lord you have defiled this temple of the Lord and you cursed the God that created you and came against the church of the most high God you our forever cursed to walk this earth as a monster til the end of time you will bring fear and terror....”
The Angel stopped when Drakeul walked up to him, Drakeul look the Angel in the eye fear filled him he trembling knelt down grabbed the Angel by his feet he felt the Archangels Power he spoke his voice shaky.
“Please I inquire a audience with the Lord!” Drakeul asked shaking.
“You cannot see the Lord you will not survive.” The Angel Gabriel said.
“Then please tell him applaud him to have mercy no he didn’t show mercy and he did the most worse thing but please I beg you don’t let him be damned take me instead give him another chance! Please don’t let him be damned!” Drakeul pleaded with him and his brothers salvation.
Drakeul began to weep at the Angels feet, The Archangel looked at Drakeul was a little fascinated how he a soldier who Stern and cold would be weeping over his brother who did such terrible deed. Then the Lord Spoke to the Angel.
“Gabriel Bolton will still be cursed but there is away that he can redeem himself but he will have to find it but he is forever bound from the temple of the Lord until he redeems himself and only you Brothers can help him find the boy that can change him the boy must become Him and he must become the boy and the certain deeds must be done, only then shall the spirit of your Brother be redeemed however the curse of Your Brother will be on a innocent Christian who will battle to redeem the Spirit of Dracula. Your brother Gabriel’s name will change this day he will be known as Dracula the rest of this worlds time! You will share his curse soon and help him walk the right path.
The brothers looked at each other confused.
The Angel looked at the twelve knights.
“From this day till the end y’all are the wolves of Shalom there shall be many of warrior wolves through y’all and y’all will fight against Dracula and all that becomes as he is that choose evil over good and there will come a time where Vampires and Werewolves will join together to fight an even. Greater foe an evil that has been locked away. There will rise a dark mage who will set the dark lord free and become the dark lord this will be the road that may redeem Dracula. But as of now your fight is to get and keep Dracula out of the temple this day!” The Angel of the demanded.
The twelve Knights became Werewolves the first ever to walk on earth. The Angel looked at Gabriel.
“Take him Out!” The Angel commanded. Then he disappeared!
Gabriel attacked the Werewolves and the fight was extremely hideous the werewolves gave a beating but each place they clawed open healed instantly, Gabriel beat them till the turn back in human form his blood was ragging but the. The power hit them and they arose again as the werewolves and begin to drive him out of the temple.
As Gabriel taught them he saw himself in a mirror the monster he became the crimson red eyes sharp fangs pale face the sharp claw like finger nails and at that moment he saw what he done and he saw what he did to the knights and as he saw them in wolf form walking towards him wounded even but still coming he didn’t want to hurt them they were his men his people and he was hurting them and he defiled the Lords Temple. He ran out the temple his brothers followed him.
“Gabriel! Gabriel! Drakeul Shouted.
He turned around quickly he put his hand around his brothers shoulder and with that same hand lifted him off the ground like he was paper without the help of his other hand.
“My Name Is not Gabriel!!! I am Dracula!” Dracula shouted. Gabriel Bolton was no more.
He threw his brother into his other brothers Nathen and Samuel caught Drakeul and the impact knocked them three feet back they pulled themselves up off the ground and they saw his face pale as the dead his eyes which used to be beautiful blue was now bloody red, he spoke again.
“My name is Dracula every King every army will never dare to attack my country or my family I will crush them and they will know the meaning of fear!!!” Dracula shouted crazily.
Dracula said his blood boiling hot as things were transitioning in his body.
And so the prophecy was fulfilled but three years before the time. And so fear filled the land the terror of Dracula spread through each city of Transylvania and Castlevania where Dracula’s Castle was the place which was beautiful and full of light was now darkened and full of fear.
Three days later at the docks of Dragons Bridge Logan asked Ben and Cole to take his little nephews to a safe place he was going back to his brothers to help fight.
“Logan! Are you crazy man Hope asked you to get Alucard and Trevor to safety man come on with us.” Cole said with concern for Logan.
“Yea man we’re young we got to get to Safety” Ben said.
“I must go back make sure it’s safe and send for y’all. And no y’all can’t come with me y’all thirteen and fourteen” Logan said sharply.
“No I’m fifteen Logan and you need to come with us man” Ben shouted at Logan.
Cole: And I’m two days from Sixteen. And your not seventeen yet your three days from seventeen and Hope asked you to save her nephews!
“I know y’all keep them safe now please go! I will not hear anymore.” Logan said as he turned from them.
And with that Logan turns away from them in the boat and went off towards home with his friends calling for him to come back and to not be stupid, but Logan kept on walking. Ben spoke.
“Come on Cole he’s not gonna listen to us.” Ben shouted angrily.
They set out for the other side which lead to a country called Albion and to a city called Camelot where King Constantine Pendragon III ruled and Uther Pendragon was a young mighty Prince who had a Amethyst who used a spell to keep him young for a thousand years. The children would be safe there the Ben and Cole thought.
As for Logan three days passed it was his birthday he turned seventeen and he was not happy for the things he was seeing and home the enemy that attacked the city was outside the gate dead hanging from a spike he heard on of them groan he drew his sword and thrust it through the dying mans heart to end his suffering he heard more, and saw a whole line of them he went by killing them ending their suffering. Dracula stood in front of his brothers and spoke.
“No one will dare to attack me now unless they want to die which I’m more then happy to oblige, brothers with this power we’re unstoppable I can give you this gift and you can be stronger.”Dracula said to his brothers. Drakeul Samuel and Nathen couldn’t believe what they were hearing from there Brother. “Was Gabriel really gone.” They both thought. Drakeul walk up to his Brother.
“Brother! Listen to yourself this is insane! look at you! this ain’t no gift it’s a curse! The Father Shalom Cursed you made you this monster, I will not become this thing you are!” Drakeul shouted out. Dracula looked at his brother with a elite shock look the laughed mockingly
“O dear Brother you actually think I’m giving you a choice that’s rather cute.” Dracula Taunted.
In a flash he grabbed his brother he moved faster then lighting he but Drakeuls neck and began to suck his blood Drakeul went limp almost dead Dracula bit his wrist and let the blood poured down to Drakeuls lips then Drakeul died. Samuel turn to run as did Nathen out the door, Dracula flicked his hand and the door slammed shut in his face Dracula grabbed him and done the same thing to Samuel as he did Drakeul. And Nathen tried to fight Dracula but failed and suffered the same fate. Dracula took a red towel and wiped his mouth and turned around to see Logan looking straight at him fear hit him hard he watched his brother suck the blood from his other two brothers.
“Gabriel what....” Logan said scared and shaken over what he saw.
“Hush now Logan they be back and my name is no longer Gabriel it’s Dracula I am a Vampire”Dracula said with a soft a soothing voice. He was hoping to calm his baby brother.
“What Happened to you what did you do what did you become? This isn’t right Gabriel it’s not right!” Logan said still scared and shaken he never seen something like this before.
“It’s a gift Logan and I can give it to you and you never be weak again!” Dracula said trying to tempt him.
“No!!! Your a Monster this is a curse you are not my brother I don’t want your gift!” Logan shouted.
Logan turned and walked outside straight into Dracula’s arms. Fear jumped in Logan’s chest his heart started beating very fast. Dracula embraced him with a loving hug put his cheek to his brothers in a gentle hug.
“Easy baby brother I hear your heart beating way too fast trust me you be way stronger.” Dracula said as he pulled Logan back in the door and closed it then he tilted Logan’s head to the side and he bit his neck as Logan screamed.
“NOOO! BROTHER!!!! NOOO! PLEASE!!!! NOOO!” Logan screamed.
Logan died with the blood of Dracula running through his vainest and Dracula’s blood was very powerful. Dracula put his brothers in three tombs and closed them up and said. “In Three days they will be reborn more powerful then before.”
Three knights past and Dracula’s brothers came out of their tombs.
“I refuse to be evil!” Logan Shouted.
His eyes red as blood face pale white he looks like his brothers as they all looked like Dracula.
“We all refuse to be evil!” Drakeul said.
“Lets remove ourselves from this Kingdom of Dracula!” Nathen said.
“I Agree!” Samuel said.
Suddenly The Angel of the Lord appeared it was the Angel Gabriel again.
“No harm can be done to Dracula. Like you he is immortal and will forever be so as for you friends your decisions and Trevor and Alucards decisions will be the results of Dracula’s salvation or his soul forever damned. Now go you are the Guardians of Shalom save the world from your brothers wrath and hunger and save your brother.” The Angel Gabriel said. Then the Angel disappeared Logan up looked and said to his Brothers.
“Y’all go I’m going to Dracula!” Logan said as he walked to the Throne Room of Dracula.
“Little brother you can’t.” Samuel said with concern.
“Yes I have to!” Logan replied.
Logan went out to find his brother. He found his brother in the Castle sitting on his throne with a golden cup full of fresh blood.
“Logan! How’s my baby brother? You looking handsome.” Dracula asked.
“Dracula I will not follow you I will not be evil...” Logan snapped.
“Brother I’m not evil! I did what I had to do!...” Dracula interrupted and said as Logan interrupted him saying.
“Shut up Brother look at yourself look what you become look at the hideous mess you done at front gate half of them was still alive! No brother there’s nothing you can say or do to get me to follow you! You can burn in Harcarsh with the devil! But as long as I can breath you never see your children again.” Logan shouted at Dracula. Logan walked out the door and flew like lightning towards Albion and to the city Camelot he was going to do all he could to make sure those baby boys never be in reach of Dracula.
Ben and Cole made it into Albion and got off at the docks in at a small village of Noplend. No sooner then they showed up Dracula walked the land. Cole was looking at the beautiful land, Ben spoke.
“Cole this is so beautiful!” Ben said
“Yes it is!” Cole replied.
“So glad to see my little brothers friends are keeping my two boys safe.” Dracula said behind them.
They both turned around and saw their King they heard the rumors that spread about the good Great King Gabriel turned to an evil monster known as Dracula, when they saw him fear hit them their kings face was Pale white hair to his shoulders his eyes bloody red his fingernails were like claws and talons.
“My King Gabriel...” Cole said shaken as he tried to bow.
“Stop! My name is Dracula! You two kept my children alive for that I’m grateful but Logan will soon join you and I must show him something when he finds you you be dead and the message will be clear of what I can do, and when you come back as the same as he is he realize I could have kept you both dead!”
In a flash he rushed at Ben but His neck drained his blood and gave him his blood forcing him to swallow it then he broke his neck. Cole seen what happen drew his sword and attacked Dracula yelling at him for killing his best friend. Dracula drew his sword blocking Coles blade and he played with Cole speaking to him as each time the blades met.
“Cole don’t take it personal boy, it has to be this way.” Dracula said to him.
“You killed my Brother.” Cole shouted in anger trying to kill his King that looked like a monster with his red eyes and sharp fangs showing as Dracula started laughing.
“And your next it has to be this way and o yes y’all thank me later.” Dracula said as he grabbed Cole.
“Do you hear your self Dracula or who ever you are now your killing your own!” Cory shouted scared.
Dracula thrust his sword into Coles chest and pulled it out, Cole dropped his sword and feeling the life drain drone him as he felt Dracula bite his neck and drink his blood, Cole pulled away fast Dracula held his weak body closer to him Cole was getting weaker by the second, Dracula bit his wrist and forced Cole to open his mouth and the blood poured in Cole spit it out and Dracula did it again and Cole tried to resist but Dracula covered his mouth with his hand Cole kicked and and tried to get away he died with Dracula’s blood in his mouth the blood went down his throat and spreading through his veins. Dracula heard his sons crying he went and picked them up.
“Hush now it’s ok they both be back watch them and watch Logan. Logan needs to learn you can’t take my sons from me and not get away with it.” Dracula said as he kissed both his sons before he disappeared in blood red smoke.
Logan came and saw what Dracula did to his friends he fell to his knees and wept.
“NOOO!!! NOOO!!!” Logan shouted crying.
He heard Cole gasp air and he rose up quickly as did Ben they both were now vampires their eyes bloody red as Dracula’s and Logan’s was.
“What NO! I’m sorry I’m so sorry this happened to you!” Logan said as he could feel a sharp pain in his heart. The pain was intense more then usual and it stayed it didn’t ease like it used to after awhile.
Dracula laughed.
“Well now sense everyone is up and doing good let’s have a talk about my children!” Dracula said still laughing.
“Brother why did you do this?!?” Logan shouted his tears dropping to the ground like rain.
“Because I can and you learn to love it! Now as for my sons you should know better then to try to keep my children away from me. Y’all will protect my children and y’all find a good family for them and let them be raised by a mother and father and you protect them. Yes I’m not crazy look at me I know I can’t raise my children alone don’t ever try to keep them away from me?” Dracula said stern and angrily.
“Take my kids to King Arther and Queen Guinevere make sure their safe.” Dracula demanded not knowing that Arther and Guinevere didn’t exist yet.
“Um King Gabriel...” Cole said his voice shaken.
Dracula looked at him with a cold glare.
“Dracula Sorry. Um their is no King Arther Or a Queen Guinevere.” Cole corrected himself and then said plainly.
Dracula put his head down confused he started having visions that morning and he was have more he shook his head again.
“Right King Constantine III Arther Pendragon is not born yet. Take my sons to Constantine.
“Dracula are you ok? Brother” Logan said. Despite the situation Logan still Loved Dracula and he could feel the love.
“Shut up and Go!!! Get my kids there!” Dracula shouted he could feel Logan’s love and it was a warmth to his cold heart and it hurt him cause all he could think about was Hope.
When the red smoke he disappeared from them. Logan covered his face and shook his head and looked at the children sleeping and he looked at his friends and said.
“Ben, Cole, I’m sorry I’m sorry he did this to you.” Logan said tears falling from his eyes.
“It’s ok Logan I feel good and strong better then I ever had. But we need to figure out what to do to keep Trevor and Alucard safe.” Ben said hoping to make Logan feel better.
“Your right well let’s go to Camelot.” Logan replied.
“I’m so thirsty. I... I want blood!” Cole said as he held his stomach.
Logan’s thirst hit him to as well as Bens.
“Logan the babies.” Ben said with concern.
A mage appeared he was old his hair and beard was long and white his name was Amorous.
“Logan Bolton Son of Luther Bolton the Vampire that will save Emyrs and Merlin and set them on their paths to their destiny.” Amorous said very happily.
Logan, Ben, and Cole, looked at the mage their mouth was open the smelt his blood and he looked like food to them. Amorous pulled out three big water bags that were full of blood.
“Here drink and get your strength there’s much you have to learn. And let’s get the little ones to a good home.” Amorous said as he gave them the blood to drink. Their long journey began.

Hello, I go by Palm, and I’m opening commissions again after a few years. I’m really desperate for any jobs… I originally posted about this on my tumblr and if anyone is curious about what the situation is, I hope you take some time to read this…
https://www.tumblr.com/inthisvaleoftears/751325660690120704/urgent-im-taking-commissions
My prices range from $15 to $45 depending on the complexity of the piece, and they can be discussed if there’s any doubts. I hope you can help me, I would really appreciate it. For some reason I cannot post any examples of my art here, or any picture whatsoever, but I have posted some of my art on tumblr, please check out my tags. If you’re interested, please send me a message!
I hope you have a good day.

I am resigning on my job i did pass my resignation letter one of the schedulers told me I cant get payed anymore in my holiday pay i work in a nursing home, then i didn’t realize that i didn’t set up my HSA when i look at the email they send me a paper 2months ago that i need to set up. Also it said on the agreement that I cant access it once im gone in the company. What should i do? Thank for helping

I am (25F) about to graduate from university, have no job or internship lined up and have been told or implied in conversations in the last 3 years that I have and am making a grave mistake by wanting to start my career in my home country and that because I lack ambition I have doomed myself to mediocrity.
My supervisor is shit-- doesn't respond, does not help. He even gaslit me into believing that I am a fool and that I should be thankful that I have him as a supervisor.
My degree is in humanities. It's a shit subject to be in, especially in this economy. Too far in to let go at this point. To this day I feel I should have pulled my socks up and stuck with STEM even if I had to die for it.
Friends around me have jobs and stable careers. They are growing and here I am with nothing to show for all the years of education and experience.
Got rejected by all the jobs and internships I applied for. The number is over 20. Botched the one positive call I got.
My parents have expressed their unyielding love but there is still the underlying feeling that I have to do better, have to succeed because I am a woman. A daughter. I don't want to be a parasite or a shame on them. They have worked so much to ensure both their daughters got the best.
My elder sister is not doing well career wise and hers has stagnated to the point that my parents, despite not wanting to do it, unconsciously superimpose my sister's trajectory on to mine. It hurts as much as it scares me because it makes me feel I am doomed to not succeed.
Before you say, go to therapy, try meditation, be thankful, mindfulness, journal, think about all that you're missing, you're being excessive, go on medication-- I have done it all. I have been doing it for two years and it's not working.
I don't want to stick around. It'll be easier on me, on them. No need to worry about a second daughter, another unsuccessful child. At this point, an eternal vacation sounds better than live through the shame of being alive.
What do I do ?

Hello, I go by Palm, and I’m opening commissions again after a few years. I’m really desperate for any jobs… I originally posted about this on my tumblr and if anyone is curious about what the situation is, I hope you take some time to read this…
https://www.tumblr.com/inthisvaleoftears/751325660690120704/urgent-im-taking-commissions
My prices range from $15 to $45 depending on the complexity of the piece, and they can be discussed if there’s any doubts. I hope you can help me, I would really appreciate it. For some reason I cannot post any examples of my art here, or any picture whatsoever, but I have posted some of my art on tumblr, please check out my tags. If you’re interested, please send me a message!
I hope you have a good day.

Hi everyone, I’m looking to join the Malaysian Army and has dreamed of doing so since I was young but was discouraged by many factors. However, I know that I will regret not joining when I get older. I am also worried about my eligibility as I did not do SPM or STPM but I did IGCSE and studied overseas for my university degree and currently also have a full time job ready in place to start in the coming months. I have sufficient command of Malay so that is not a huge concern for me.
I am wondering if anyone knows that I could join the army reserves so that I can still have a full time civilian career while fulfilling my wish to serve the country. If yes, how should I go about it and work around the eligibility criteria with regards to my high school education. Thank you!

This isn’t for me per se - it’s for my roommate. He’s an elderly gentleman that’s almost like my grandpa at this point; he’s known me my whole life and has been supportive when no one else was.
He’s the kinda guy that ever since I could say I’ve known him, every time he brings a car to a shop, like literally every time (definitely over 90% of the time) I’ve seen him bring different cars to different shops in different cities, rural areas, states, etc. - every time he brings a car in I see him get very upset and say the shop is trying to scam him and sabotage his car in some way so he has to pay for more repairs and bring it in later for more work. I feel like I’ve seen him say it ya know 20, 30, 40 times at this point in 29 years. While I do believe this happens more often than not, I don’t believe it’s 90+ out of 100 shops or over 90% (based on his track record of describing shops he brings cars to).
I just want him to have his car fixed. For my sake too - I guess I should just be transparent. I’m sick/disabled and want to get out to swim and get groceries. We need it to live quite a bit, else it’s much more difficult on a daily basis. He of course needs his car too. He’s getting too old to fix it and with some of the help we’re currently getting it wouldn’t be too bad to just pay a shop to fix a problem he can barely comprehend or diagnose himself.
He like completely ignored all the diagnoses from the last shop it was at, and just conjures up his own ideas. Like somehow their pictures they provided for the diagnoses are proof of their misdeeds. That’s what he thinks. I try to use his track record of knowing him to explain that he’s being weary and cynical for almost no reason but he just dismisses me and calls my points abstract, irrelevant to the topic, and some lecture on statistics. I really don’t think it’s any of that. Legit I’m just trying to detail to him that he always comes up with these little conspiracy theories rather than just getting the job done, so much so that we are without a car for weeks and months. I’m trying to show him that he’s not credible to me because 90%+ of shops aren’t out here sabotaging like he says they are. Perhaps it’s a significant figure, but I could never imagine it being close to 100%. I would even say he says it 100% of the time but to give him the benefit of the doubt I just say 90 when providing examples.
It’s almost like he won’t even acknowledge the point im making or my memory and perspective and how I detail things I’ve definitely seen for years. He won’t even comment on the matter when I tell him he says this same stuff basically every time for 10s of times for years. It’s so strange when you bring up an extremely thought out and detailed point to someone and they refuse to acknowledge what you’re saying in any way to the point where they ignore and won’t respond about what’s being said.
TLDR: I don’t have people to really talk to often so here’s my rant but the short of it all is that I’m looking for recommendations for good auto shops around that have a good honest track record. Where I could also see reviews and show him he has nothing to worry about. To get our transportation back so he can stop overworking himself at an old age, when it seems like he’s at a huge loss if he tries to fix it himself.
And it’s not like a ‘getting old’ thing he’s just always been like this.

I'm a Junior applying to colleges rn who is very strong in English and History but I don't necessarily like Math (even though I'm good at it). I was determined to apply to something like Political Science or Economics throughout my Junior Year, but after reading a lot of articles and talking to a lot of college graduates, it seems like the job market is brutal for people who major in those subjects, which has has gotten me thinking about what I should choose as my intended major when I apply to college. I've heard that most of these majors are super theoretical and have nothing to do with the real world, which makes it an useless major when entering the market.
I'm now considering applying in something like Statistics or Data Science, which is much harder for me, but has a much brighter future.
For context, I have taken all of Calculus and will be taking Linear Algebra next year, so I'm perfectly good at advanced math, but I seriously struggle with programming and working with visualization models, which I feel could make my life really difficult when I take those courses in College as part of a CS/Applied Math focused degree.
I have a 4.6 W and a 1570 SAT, along with a lot of other good extracurriculars that I'm sure can get me into a good college, but I have no clue whether I should just go for Political Science because I'm good at it, or chase the bag and major in Finance/Data Science. Most of my extracurriculars tie in well to something that has to do with research/business, but I have close to no experience outside of classes with Math and Science related extracurriculars, which I feel could hurt my chances if I apply to a Math field.
While applying to what I'm good at seems like a good idea, I think its the easy way out, and it will mess up my future career prospects if i don't develop the coding and statistical analysis skills that are in super high demand right now.
I'm just really conflicted about what I ought to do, and its really hindering my college search abilities because I'm not sure if I should be even trying to apply to Top Econ Schools like UPenn, NYU, etc. if in the end of the day, I'm not going to do that major.
I'm hoping that the comments can give me some clarity on what I should do moving forward, or if you have any suggestions for majors or combinations of majors and minors that could play to my strengths and also provide me with the skills that companies are holding in high regard right now.
I'm honestly not sure what other information to include in this post, so please ask me some questions if you think I need to clarify something. Thanks.

I just wanted to make this post to give a huge thanks and shoutout to the ground control staff at EDC LV. This was my third year attending EDC and I decided to take a bit of shrooms but I ended up having a major panic attack once I was inside. I split up from my friend and felt like I was fully losing my mind and was about to leave before I stumbled upon the Oasis, which is kind of like a safe space for people having bad trips. I never knew it existed but luckily I managed to find it right when I needed it.
I went inside and felt so much better. All the beanbags inside were being used to I just laid on the ground and closed my eyes to the cricket sounds and a few minutes later someone came up and tapped my shoulder to let me know a beanbag opened up if I wanted it. She said it in the most genuine and caring voice I’ve ever heard. Just that simple interaction made me so happy and even tear up a bit. It sounds stupid but even though she was just doing her job, it’s a moment I’ll never forget.
I laid in the beanbag for a while then around 11:30 someone came to check up on me and offered some water and after that I got up. I looked at the messages people wrote on the positivity wall, which helped so much, then I left feeling so much better.
Even though I was having an awful time in the beginning I’d still consider it one of the greatest nights of my life just because of the way the ground control staff helped me out and made me feel and after I left the Oasis I was able to fully enjoy the festival and had a blast till dawn, so much so that I already bought my ticket for next year!
Shout out again to all of the incredible ground control staff at the Oasis and Insomniac for putting the thought in and setting up these resources to help those in need. You helped me more than you can imagine. I can’t wait to see y’all at EDC LV 2025!

Hello,
Apologies in advance if this is a reoccurring question here or if this is the wrong subreddit entirely for this sort of stuff, but this is my current situation:
I'm a university student and I wanted to earn some extra cash on the side so I thought it would be a good idea to advertise my tutoring service locally. In school, I performed pretty good, so I thought this would be a great side hustle to start.
I just got my first job offer coming up in a few days and I'm feeling pretty lost to be honest. Throughout school, I would tutor kids on and off for a while online, but this was for people who were my age, so I was studying what they also needed help in school, making me fresh and aware of most of the content. However, with this opportunity, the kid is a few years younger than me (just starting high school) and is also face-to-face so I'm not sure how to prepare for this. Should I brush up on the entire syllabus? What should a first lesson look like? Should I just help him with the work he is given or bring my own more advanced work?
Any other tips and advice are also welcome and will be greatly appreciated.
Thank you!

I am resigning on my job i did pass my resignation letter one of the schedulers told me I cant get payed anymore in my holiday pay i work in a nursing home, then i didn’t realize that i didn’t set up my HSA when i look at the email they send me a paper 2months ago that i need to set up. Also it said on the agreement that I cant access it once im gone in the company. What should i do? Thank for helping

Hi everyone,
So I'm a female (F) and my therapist is a male (M). The other day during our session, we were discussing a personal issue I’m dealing with. To help me understand my feelings and thoughts about the situation, he used a hypothetical scenario.
The example he chose was us being on a double date with another couple. He said something like, "If we were on a date with another couple and you saw the girl acting that way, what would you think about it?"
I found this example kind of weird and it made me feel uncomfortable. There are so many other hypothetical situations he could have used. Is this normal? Is this actually kind of strange? Has anyone else experienced something similar with their therapist?
Thanks for your input!