Invitation wording for coworker that is leaving the job

I’m 23 and growing up with a traumatized family who were unloving pretty much set the tone for depression among other things.
Basically my biological family are like strangers to me. I’m not going into personal details. If you been through it you probably understand. If not, nobody wants to hear you speak on it.
Anyway I always envisioned as a child leaving as early as I can after getting a job. Life’s not that simple. You get knocked down. A lot. Until you have so much more extra work to do just to try to function at a normal level.
But as God gives grace so should we. Whatever happened in the younger years has passed. I do not hold a grudge. And I do not have any bad feelings toward anyone. And that goes for every single person. I won’t waste my energy being upset at anyone.
I just need my space. A lot more as time goes on. I really like and value being alone/independent. I want to go to a place of shelter where it can be silent and I can be alone.
I don’t want to live somewhere that is uncomfortable and full of negative energy and no changes. So I don’t know what to do about this. I did finish college months ago. And I do work a full time job and have been saving. I just don’t see myself staying at this job long. It really doesn’t fit me. So I’ve been sending out applications and staying so far even though I’m burning out and started this job this year.
I only chose the job because it was my only offer. I use to be concerned about living on my own because I have no support. No family. No guidance. No adult guidance ever. But I’ve since had to just get over and deal with it. I also opened my first credit card this year.
I don’t know what God wants for me. I use to beg him to get away since I was a child. I’m 23 now. A lot of the time it was either I get away or end my own life. That’s how bad things got. I don’t know if God wants me to stay living with my estranged family. Or if I’m going to die soon or something. But this storyline is very tired and not entertaining at all.

Hitters of the Week (8) (5/13-5/19)
1 - Jake Meyers (25 PA, Min 15 PA, 9 Qualified)

• Spoiler alert, 2 Outfielders and one corner infielder made this an extremely easy week. Surprisingly (or unsurprisingly if you’ve been watching games this week), Jake Meyers comes in first. Of 10 non-luck categories (WPA, WPA/LI ,BA, xBA, xSLG, xISO, wOBA, xwOBA, BRV, BRV/100), Meyers was at or above the 90th Percentile in 9 of them (only one he wasn’t was xISO, 83rd Percentile). 8 of those 10 are at least in the 95th Percentile. The highlight of his week by WPA was a 2-Run Homer in the Bottom of the 2nd on Friday, giving the Astros a 1 Run lead as well as a 20% WPA swing.

2 - Kyle Tucker (30 PA, Min 15 PA, 9 Qualified)

• Tucker, our 2nd Outfielder, contributed to this easy week. Tucker, with 6 stats in the 90th Percentile, finishing in the 98th Percentile in WPA/LI, wOBA and Batter Run Value. A highlight for him would be the insurance Homer on Sunday to turn a 2-Run Game to a 5-Run Game. He went 2-4 with 3 Walks in PAs with at least a Leverage Index of 1 (1 = Average LI for a PA). This week continued Tucker’s Monster 1st Half, ending him at 1st in the AL in many batting categories, most notably wRC+ (192) and fWAR (3.0)

3 - Alex Bregman (29 PA, Min 15 PA, 9 Qualified)

• Bregman, that infielder I was referring to. While his stats relative to the rest of the league during last week weren’t as impressive as Meyers’ and Tucker’s, they are still great. 3 Categories >= 90th Percentile; WPA/LI, wOBA, and Batter Run Value. His 3 Homers to begin the week are his 3 plays of greatest impact by WPA. Though there isn’t much to highlight on his season stats, there could be a lot ot highlight if he keeps this up.

Pitchers of the Week (8) (5/13-5/19)
Starters
1 - Framber Valdez

• Continuing the trend of easy choices, my selections for Starters of the Week have also been made easy. First is Framber Valdez, who put up a 79 GameScore on Wednesday the 15th, in 7.0 Innings of Shutout Ball. Framber let only 4 men on while giving the Astros 35.1% in WPA during the team win that day.

2 - Cristian Javier

• My 2nd Starting Pitcher, Cristian Javier started Thursday vs. Oakland, pitching a similar line to Framber; 6.0 IP, 0 R, 3 allowed on base, and a 75 GameScore. His K total of 8 is also the same total Framber put up. The Astros did win behind his 18.3% WPA, 8-1.

Relievers
1 - Josh Hader

• Entering in 2 Games (14th, 17th) with no lead greater than 1, Hader did his job in 3 total innings. Hader struck out 4, while letting only 1 man on via a Walk. Closing out one game, and giving the Astros a chance to walk it off was worth 61.7% in WPA. He has not allowed an ER in his last 4 appearances.

2 - Rafael Montero

• Abreu was in consideration, though letting 3 Inherited Runners Pass the Plate Sunday put him out of consideration. So that leaves Montero, coming in to 3 Games with a 1 Run Lead and exiting all 3 with a 1 Run Lead. All that was worth 25.8% of WPA. Montero finished the week with 0 R, 3 Hits, 0 Walks, and 5 Strikeouts.

We have been together for about More than 10 months Now. He was Not only ny best friend but also the only freind I had Here (Not to mention The environment I am In now Is toxic and he had helped me A lot during this time) . Somehow I decided to take a risk and confessed to him To which Miraculously He Reciprocated. Things Seemed Pretty good at First All Roses I don't know How it all came to this Now. As Friends We really Clicked But since we've been in a relationship Things Have been pretty much rough. We have a Lot of communication issue He doesn't really show much or expresses .
Fast forward, We Just had our results Out In which He Scored Pretty decent But Was Upset As He had Targeted Higher and Has Been working Hard for it.On the day of results I Texted him about it He replied To that at night Then I asked him Abhout His results To which he Asked me to tell first i told him My score(Which is A Pretty decent scored i had expected Even worse so i was satisfied) Then He didn't replied and just said Bye i then asked him again he just said Not so good And that he wouldn't come online much n didn't reply after that (Not to mention He Is Sometimes Overambitious (if it's the correct word),And His parents Are Very fixated on His marks) I tried to comfort him told he's not a failure no matter I'm proud of him he has so many other good qualitues ...gave a pretty long explanation to which he just reacted with a emoji. I Told him that I'm always there flr him If anything and He shouldn't isolate Himself He can always reach out to me. Then after a Day He replied that i was right And we talked normally Then again from the other day onwards He didn't Replied again I waited for His reply For about 3 days no response (I thought maybe He needed Some space So I waited but then I got worried About him and Texted him Again A "hii" and asked If he's okay To which he just Replied with a heyy. After a while Then I asked him "How are You" "are u ok" To which he replied after a Day At Night And Told me About smthng Off topic and Not answering what I asked then Just told sorry for past 3-4 days But didn't Told why he was being like that .I saw His msg at evening and then again asked him " Is everything ok what had happened " To which It's been More than a day and he hasn't replied
Not to forget We Had a Fixed time of us to talk at night everyday. I wait for him everyday to reply but he's Not replying and I Am Moving out to different city this week Which He Knows I had told him About Me moving out pretty soon But since we haven't been talking in a while He doesn't know I'll move out this week I just wanted to meet him for last time idk but he's being like this ,feels like he doesn't care wh. I hav no clue What is Going to happen To Us or what should I do rn If he keeps Ghosting me like this .Should I Texxt him telling I'm moving out or not (cause idk wheter he even cares) but this all thing Is affecting Me. It's going to be about a week That he's ghosting me Idk What's he gonna do after high school whether he is going to move out too r stay In same city I have no clue about him . I miss Him but What should be the right thing for me to do? Should I just give up?(Honestly I can't I needed a Clear Cut End or else I would just stay Hanging at the cliff Never knowing what had happened why he's ghosting me) I have Exams and I am not able to Focus on anything or concentrate This has even taken a toll on my health. And I can't even call Him Cause His family is Strict we only talk On text.
P.S- just about a Month Before We weren't Doing Much Good So my friends Without my knowledge Catfished him With a fake account of another girl And Flirted with Him and Yess He Happily flirted Back all this was Going on And I had No clue Until They came and told me about this I was Really Hurted I Read The chats He even Claimed To be single I Really trusted Him And This really hurted Me I told my friends To stop The chat They clearly told me To leave him. But I Still I wanted to confront Him and Ask him why he even Did This He could have just Broken up with me instead of Going on to cheat on my back Cause This Hurts even more And To which he Told that He didn't Knew About all this and That It was His friend Who Talked Through his account (and yes He had told me about this earlier that his friends do have his account) (The Texting style matched which is Drastically similar to my boyfriends and He even shared a Same Puppy picture which I had sent him once) i couldn't Trust him again wholly Like before But he started crying N Told me this wasn't him and to just Give him another chance and That Everything now Will seem against him but just give him some time and he will never do anything to hurt me like this again .. I had made up my mind on breaking up with him But At that moment I gave in to him and Gave him another chance And Now This has come to this
It's ruining up my mental health Now .it's just one thing There are so many other things.. Sometimes I just think The person I knew before once My best friend I don't recognize him now .. Ok I have written too much maybe I just needed To Let it out somewhere And If you've reached upto here then I really thank you for reading My Rant upto here thank you a lot and I really appreciate Your Patience and please Do share ur opinion although I don't expect anyone reaching upto here but yeah. Thank you❤

Well that was fun! Here’s today’s recap, + What might come
Well that was fun. Here’s a Recap, + What might come
DISCLAIMER ⚠️ I AM NOT A FINANCIAL ADVISOR, THIS IS NOT FINANCIAL ADVISE
To any other FFIE investors with more knowledge on what’s going on right now, as well as more experience in retail investing, please feel free to correct me on, or to add onto any point in this post.
Okay - We made it. It wasn’t easy, definitely a little scary, but the market is closed (after hours are open but we will get to that later), and now we rest. But I know a lot of you crazy apes weren’t paying too much attention to every second of the day, that’s where I help out. Here’s a little recap of how today went:
After ending the day at $1.03 per share Friday, we opened up strong during today’s pre-market hours at $1.73 per share. What does this mean? Well it means a lot of you crazy little apes had orders placed, or the even crazier ones were up during pre-market placing orders in. Now that’s serious dedication 😳
Now, I know what you’re thinking. “All the other apes said today we were going to the moon! We’re still under $2! Where’s our money??” Not so fast silly little ape. Come, let me teach you about volume. 👨‍🏫
Today’s volume was a WHOPPING 677.89M.😱 What’s “today’s volume” ? Volume is the total of buys & sells of a stock in a certain time period. For a stock like FFIE, 677.89M is a BIG number. And because a lot of us HELD like we were supposed to, we finished regular market hours at +65.05% than friday evening. 👏🏼👏🏼 But why wasn’t it more? Why didn’t FFIE boom like other silly little apes promised? It’s simple, keep following me and you’ll understand, I promise. 🙂‍↕️
Because of the short ladder attack against us on Friday, the SEC gave us a hand and sanctioned a new uptick rule (see here - https://www.reddit.com/FFIE/s/nw6Rt12bmm ). This leaves the big bad suits with 2 options (paraphrased from u/Maximum-Purpose-1568 , Thank you sima’am): “ 1. They can cut their losses, and buy up the shares at current market value (this is the beginning of a cascade where the "squeezers" all get rich). Essentially, any share that a hedge fund purchases to mitigate their losses will increase the value of our shares. 2. They can continue to hold their shorted stock "loans" and hope the market drops again next week. If this is the case, you will need to continue to hold your shares until they crack (they pay a lot of money for each day they continue to short)”
So what happened? What does all this crazy talk mean!?!? Well given what happened today (a steady change in stock price throughout market hours, and very little volatility compared to recent days), this only means the Big Bad Suits chose option 2. They don’t think we’re serious and they’re doubling down. So what now? 🤔 We triple down. 😤
You see my fellow banana peelers, this was never a scam. This was never a get rich overnight scheme. This is quite literally, a fight between the rich, and the poor. The wolves in suits collectively believe we will give up, sell, and walk away, ultimately leaving them to walk away Scott free. Oh no, not this time. 👎🏼
So what do we do? Well, I can only tell you what CAN HAPPEN.
I AM NOT A FINANCIAL ADVISOR. THIS IS NOT FINANCIAL ADVISE
Right now at the rate that you crazy apes are going, we can keep FFIE above a dollar for 7 more closing nights. What would this mean? This would mean the Hedge’s have 7 days until FFIE officially can no longer be delisted from NASDAQ.👏🏼 Now because these Hedge’s betted AGAINST FFIE, this is absolutely not good news for them because they’d have to pay back the stocks they shorted, plus the interest (which all depends on how much we can make this stock rise). This is what we’re all waiting for. “The Short Squeeze.” 🍋🍋
“Big Ape! Too many words!!” Okay Okay, i’ll dumb it down for you. The smartest moves for us little guys to collectively make would be to buy, and hold. 💎🤲🏼 “But if we all buy and hold then how come there are still dips?” Because the Hedge’s will sell their shares. This causes the price of the stock to fall. They do this purposefully to make us panic, and sell. “So what do WE do about that?” Simple, we eat those shares right up. Remember, the Hedge’s are hoping we ignore these sold shares, as well as sell our owned shares, they don’t really want to lose the shares they sell. The way to genuinely stick it to them besides holding, is to buy during the dip. “How do I know its the best time to buy??” No one knows when a dip will end. The best thing to do is to go with your gut feeling and to buy when YOU feel comfortable. Remember, a dip is bound to come back up as long as we Hold and Buy, so don’t get too greedy when it comes to the best price per share. PLEASE SPREAD THE WORD
New post - https://www.reddit.com/FFIE/s/5m9YiNySoH

And for the record, I'm 25 and I pay for my own life.
My bf David still lives with his parents but pays FOR HIS EX WIFE'S NINA'S ENTIRE LIFESTYLE.
Basically when they met, Nina was in a relationship with another man and guess what? That man supported Nina and her whole family. Nina fell in love with David but she was afraid of leaving her stable life behind and moving halfway across the world to be with David because she was afraid that she'd be left with nothing if things didn't work out. So David promised her that he'd always take care of her, no matter what happens.
Well guess what? Things didn't work out but David stayed true to his word.
I love that my bf is so reliable and responsible but what I don't love is that 1. she literally doesn't have a job and 2. she WANTED to live in this country in the first place, which is why she's still here now that her and David split up and 3. he's going above and beyond financial support. Like he's paying for her to live a pretty extravagant lifestyle. For example he's paying off her car, which was something like 70k ($). Nobody needs a car that expensive, LET ALONE A PERSON WHO HAS NO INCOME.
This whole fight started when David and I went to pick his grandma up from her place. Nina lives with David's grandma, btw. Nina was getting ready to go out and I was shocked to see all the expensive products she was using. I'm not really into beauty and stuff like that but even I knew that Nina had spent a lot of money on all that.
So later I just brought it up to David, telling him that she's spending his money on really frivolous but expensive stuff. And he told me that he knows, and that he doesn't mind because it makes her happy and he wants her to be happy because he loves her. I told him she's never going to get a job and support herself if she has him getting her everything she wants. A lot of words were exchanged but basically David got mad at me because he thinks I'm jealous about it, and that I have no right to be because there is nothing romantic going on between them. He thinks my jealousy is turning me callous and unempathetic to Nina and he even said he's disgusted to see my lack of kindness. Then he called ME materialistic when I never asked him for anything.
I'm not jealous of her, and I never thought there was anything romantic going on. I understand he wants to honor his promise to her but this is going above and beyond that. I understand Nina has mental health issues but other people have to struggle with that too, and they still have to get a job.
tl;dr - my bf thinks he has to honor his commitments and take care of the people he loves but I think paying for an adult woman's lifestyle goes above and beyond empathy,

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TLDR: Not sure if I should worry about my GF too close to her guy friend.
Me and my GF were really close friends for 7 years before we started dating couple of months back. Initially she was really interested in me, but after some she told me that she sometimes feel less interested and thats because she misses her friends (she shares her apartment with them) once we start living together.
1.5 years back she got close to her coworker who lives next to her apartment. She is bit too physical with him compared to her other guy friends. I have never told her that i hate it even though i do.
Last day while she was leaving for a trip i offered her to drop her at the airport. At the night of the trip this guy also wanted to join me to drop her at the airport. She knows that I am not really comfortable around this guy and i I was looking forward to drop her at the airport alone, but she was defending him for not being supportive of him coming. I had to go with this guy to drop her.
I don't know if im being too insecure or an asshole for being not comfortable around this guy.

Hello! This is the second version of my query, which was posted here around a month ago, I believe. Unfortunately, I’ve deleted the first version a couple of hours after posting it because I wasn’t in a good place mentally to receive critiques. I hope this won’t stop you from being as harsh as you want on this version. I have modified the query according to the comments I received, mostly working on focusing on a singular pov and including a bit of worldbuilding because the first was apparently very confusing. I do have a genre-related question. I posted the first query as Sci-Fi/Dystopian, but people mentioned that it didn’t appear to have Sci-Fi elements, and I agree with that. I’m not sure about simply querying it as dystopian because a lot of agents don’t specifically ask for that, and I was thinking about querying it as speculative. Would that work?
Dear Agent, A GRAVE OF DAFFODILS is an adult Sci-Fi novel, complete at 110,000 words. It combines the themes of queer characters coming to terms with their identities in an unforgiving world present in She who became the Sun by Shelley Parker-Chan and the political themes of The Future by Naomi Alderman.
Sage Rainwater has everything a man could want: enough money to live comfortably, plenty of bounties to kill for, and the respect of the entire town of Lakeport. In the Federation, where women are locked inside their houses and the poor are enslaved, it would be a perfect life, it wasn’t for one single detail: she’s not a man, but a woman disguised as one, the threat of being hanged if she’s ever discovered looming over her.
But when a rich woman employs her to snatch away her twelve-year-old daughter from the grasp of the most powerful man in the state, and then bring her to the hideout of a secret gang of outlaw women known as The Rattlesnakes, Sage takes the job, without knowing that it will change her life.
While her bond with the little girl she saved grows, as well as the feeling of sisterhood with the other women, the men that are hunting them threaten to destroy everything Sage is now learning to care about.

Hi all, I've started a new job this year. I'm in probation period till July.
In my discussion with my manager today he raised that I wasn't performing to his expectations and he'd expect more from my level.
It's a new industry for me and there is a fair bit of learning required to execute some of my tasks that included valuation, business modelling, financial planning reporting for a large multi Billion dollar revenue.
My manager rarely communicates his expectations clearly and drops things on us in the last minute. I've spent nights and days working trying to do my best, including trying to lead my team. Its team of 2 team members, who were told they werent meeting expectations prior to my onboarding.
The manager communicates directly to the team many times with changing priorities and information, sometimes leaving me out of the loop. On many occasions I've looked past it and thought it's just how they work. It impacted how the team and I worked and I many times had to catch up.
My manager constantly raised issues with my team members work and wanted me to convey those issues.
Today he raised my performance and I said I'm doing all can and his expectations are for someone step into a role and drive with no support from him, perform at speed, deliver everything on time and to what he needs that he can't communicate. It's unachievable and frankly not manageable.
He said if I want to continue in the role ie in my next month he needs to see big step up to make it to probation.
I know they have the right to terminate per law. I quit my last job and made fair effort to perform the role inspite of being setup to fail. How can this be legal for a listed business to operate this way? Where is the protection for the employee in this circumstances?

At the time of Dwaynes arrest I was an employee at Arms Acres, a substance abuse treatment facility in NY, and Dwayne was my direct supervisor. I will post a brief description of the case in hand along followed by my personal experiences with Dwayne and why this case really bothers me.
(Excerpt from https://www.lohud.com/story/news/crime/2022/04/24/putnam-county-ny-man-accused-dealing-drugs-killing-woman/7423036001/)
A Patterson man accused of being a drug dealer is facing federal charges including murder.
Dwayne Pulliam, 59, also known as "Doc," is accused of killing Lori Lee Campbell, 59 and of Putnam County, according to the office of the U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York, which said Pulliam believed the woman was stealing drugs from him.
Pulliam was arrested Thursday in New Milford, Connecticut. He was presented before U.S. Magistrate Judge Andrew E. Krause, who ordered him held without bail pending further court action, according to a release from the office of U.S. Attorney Damian Williams.
Pulliam was released from prison in December 2020 after serving approximately 24 years for murder, Williams said.
Williams said Pulliam contacted an unidentified co-conspirator in the drug trade on March 29 and told him he had murdered Campbell. No age or hometown for Campbell was made available.
According to the release:

• Pulliam told his co-conspirator he confronted Campbell, and when she tried to flee, he stopped her. When Campbell started screaming, Pulliam told his co-conspirator he "stopped her from screaming."
• Pulliam told his co-conspirator to help him move Campbell's body, and threatened to kill the co-conspirator's family if he did not cooperate.
• The co-conspirator helped Pulliam move Campbell's body, wrapped in a sheet, to Pulliam's car. They then drove to Pulliam's mother's house in North Carolina, where they got shovels, a bag of lime and plastic wrap from a shed. They then drove to a cul-de-sac, where they covered Campbell's body in lime and buried it in a shallow grave.

Law enforcement officers found Campbell's body on Tuesday of this week.
Pulliam is charged with one count of traveling in interstate commerce and using a facility in interstate commerce with intent to engage in a business enterprise involving narcotics, and committing murder to further that unlawful activity. He also is charged with one count of participating in a conspiracy to distribute and possess with intent to distribute 28 grams or more of crack cocaine.
Pulliam faces a maximum sentence of life in prison if he is convicted of the first count, and a minimum sentence of five years and a maximum sentence of 40 years in prison if he is convicted of the second count.
Now what the media missed.
Dwayne was the direct supervisor at a substance abuse treatment facility from January 2021 until the time of his arrest. That means within a month from being released from prison, for murder and selling crack, he was given a position of authority in a rehab and had direct contact with patients in both the detox and rehab sections of the facility.
I worked directly under Dwayne during that time period as a Milleu and counselor and spoke with him on multiple occasions the week in which the crime occurred (without knowing he had just murdered someone and disposed of their body).
I thought he was an odd individual. It felt as if he was overdressed for the position, he was soft spoken and almost timid. On one occasion after I had worked the overnight shift during a snowstorm he had asked me to cover the day shift as well. I objected and he said he would return in fifteen minutes to let me go home and just disappeared himself, leaving me there for the entirety of the day shift as well. I thought he was somewhat of a snake following that interaction but I was never under the impression that he was capable of murder.
On the day after he disposed of the body and returned to work he joked about being tired after staying up all night driving home from Washington D.C. There was virtually no shift in his demeanor and I never would have suspected a thing had he not been charged shortly after.
Now following his arrest the facility went quiet in regards to him. There was no explanation or briefing with the staff, there was no accountability or internal investigation. Neither the police or anyone from the facility ever spoke to me or any of my coworkers that I'm aware of. I have absolutely no idea how the facility managed to avoid virtually all negative publicity that should have accompanied this.
It really bothers me that he was able to get a position of trust in a rehab so quickly after being released from prison for murder and distribution of narcotics. For some context I have a criminal record that consists of misdemeanors from 8+ years ago when I was active in my addiction and had to undergo multiple interviews (including explaining directly to the CEO) prior to getting the job. It was a process that took me 2 months from application to start date, yet it appears he was streamlined in to a position of trust.
Questions regarding the case

• Did he meet Lori and his other customers at the rehab he was employed?
• how did he get the job as a supervisor so shortly after being released from prison?
• Why isn't it mentioned in any newspapers? I would think there's some meat behind this story yet it just happened and was never mentioned again.

Day one Pixel 8 Pro owner here. Thought I’d share my experience, after over 8 months of ownership.
P8P Bay 256GB has been my daily driver since its release. I use it with 5G on, screen at full resolution, dynamic "smooth display" refresh rate is on, no bluetooth or tethering. Brightness left on auto.
TLDR :
Positives = camera quality, great design, OS (with some caveats), great screen (some caveats too)
Negatives = everything else
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Camera : beautiful imagery has always been the signature of the Pixel line, and this release is no exception. Every shot has this mesmerizing "Pixel touch", and the new ultrawide sensor is finally on par with the main unit. Videos are world class too, not quite on the level of the iPhone but we'll get there eventually.
Beautiful and unique design : It's sitting in a clear case, and in a sea of generic, boring slabs, it really stands out and doesn't go unnoticed. People often ask me what kind of phone it is, most are still not aware that Google is making smartphones and has been doing so for almost a decade now.
Very long software support : Seven years of updates is unrivaled in the Android scene, albeit with the following you’ll understand no one would willingly keep this phone seven years, so it’s not really a positive.
Sleek OS : Android in its purest, cleanest form. Customization galore. However as I'll mention later this pure android is NOT running smoothly, so I don't know if this count as a positive.
Gorgeous OLED panel : A truly beautiful display, high-resolution, good brightness..unfortunately plagued by mutiple lags and frame drops in the UI, I'll get back to that. Now onto the negatives.
First off, we must address the elephant in the room. Battery life. This phone charges PAINFULLY slow and discharges EXTREMELY fast. The opposite of what you want, right ?
The 10 minutes top ups to 50% is a concept Google seemingly never heard of. You want half a charge ? Better sit & wait half an hour. Full charge ? Go watch a movie. Now the discharge, and this is where the real drama clocks in. This phone EATS battery, ON IDLE.
On your average 9 to 5 workday (no camera, no games, just basic apps) you’ll head home with 15% tops. Phone dead by 7pm, then full charge will eat 90 minutes off your schedule, better not be in a hurry.
Now try to make a bit of power usage out of your power user phone : A bit of pictures for work at 10am, a short 4K video at 1pm, a bit of Fallout Shelter on the toilet at 2pm. You’re now looking at a 4pm shutdown.
But let’s go real on the camera, after all this is a camera flagship and it should be your reliable companion on a field day. Starting at 10 am : pictures, videos, a bit of editing, about 40 pictures taken and 3 videos of 10 minutes each. Shutdown at 1PM.
The CPU just eats battery on IDLE doing NOTHING. Throw anything heavy at it and you’ll head home with a dead phone, one that died long before your day was over. Simple as that.
Keep in mind that this is my experience with a 8-months-old device, and it will get worse and worse as the battery cell degrades over time. One can only wonder how many cell replacements this phone will need to get to the end of its famed software support.
Now we need to talk UI and animations because this isn’t good either. Stellar 120hz OLED panel and stock android should be a recipe for smoothness, but not here. Actually, some animations including the cool lock screen clock are barely 60hz. Switching apps isn’t 120hz either, nor is scrolling. A TON of lags and various frame drops, resulting in a framerate like 40-90hz, never stable, with the occasional but very rare peak at 120. This isn't TW3 gameplay on a potato but simply browing menus and scrolling instagram on a 2023, 1159€ flagship phone from Google.
This phone FEELS slow, and yet consume an enormous amount of power to do so. Infuriating.
One day I had to handle a coworker’s A54 to tweak a few things. I was SHOCKED by the smoothness, this was indeed true 120hz, which only happens a few times a day on Pixel 8 Pro. I realized what I was missing on by handling an Exynos mid-ranger. I understand the need for a dynamic framerate, not locked at 120hz all the time to save battery. But only reaching 120hz 5 times a day and still having a mediocre battery life wasn’t what I had in mind.
Finally, the optical, under-display fingerprint scanner. This, my friends, is an antique piece of hardware that belongs to a museum. Remember the Huawei Mate RS from 2018 ? One of the first phones with UDFS. The optical technology was so experimental and unreliable (still is, most OEMs moved on to ultrasonic) that Huawei also included another optical fingerprint sensor on the back of the device, just in case. Well, this ancient tech is what you have on the Pixel 8 Pro, and no optical sensor backup in sight.
Sometimes, it can take up to 2 full seconds of contact to….successfully fail to unlock. After it fails 3 times or so, it will ask you to enter your password, making one-hand unlocks a luck job. Sometimes it will successfully unlock after a couple tries, but a couple tries of 2 seconds each makes unlocking your phone a 4 seconds job which is just painfully slow. The occasional one tap magic is as rare as the occasional 120hz peak in the UI. As for face-unlock, I know it's there but I disabled it because it doesn't work in the dark (no IR sensor) and I simply want to unlock my phone at waist height, without having to raise it to my face.
Pixel 8 Pro remembers me of an exotic sports car that might look incredibly cool from a distance but is actually a pain to live with on a daily basis. And indeed it does look incredibly cool. I remember seeing this phone as a much better pick than the generic Galaxy and the boring iPhone, but I’d rather go boring or generic than having to handle this mess of an hardware Google sold me for 1159€.
TLDR : Positives = Camera quality, great design Negatives = everything else

Mussie Ezaz, who is married and has three children, was arrested in September 2007 for his work as a youth minister with the Kale Hiwot (Word of Life) Church. He had worked as an evangelist for 14 years and served with Youth for Christ for a number of years before establishing a youth ministry at the Kale Hiwot Church.
After his arrest, Mussie was taken to a small village prison staffed by young soldiers. He managed to escape with the help of fellow Christians and, after calling his family to say goodbye, he headed for the border. Upon reaching a border town about 60 miles from the village, he called his family to let them know he had made it. But shortly afterward, Eritrean authorities arrested him before he could cross into a neighboring country.
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For a long time after his arrest, Mussie’s family had no knowledge of his whereabouts and no information about his health. Eritrean believers feared he had been killed or left alone in a remote prison cell in the desert. However, more recent reports indicate that Mussie is in Asmara, Eritrea’s capital, in a maximum-security crime investigation unit where many other church leaders have been imprisoned, some for more than 10 years. As with other Christians imprisoned in Eritrea, Mussie has been held without charge or trial. His family does not know if he will ever be released.
You can pray for Mussie and his family, and write an encouraging letter to him and other imprisoned Christians by visiting prisoneralert.com.
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My qualifications I cleared my 12th at 16 during 2022 with 95%, PCB, i was an average student but I worked my ass off to stay at the top throughout school life I would have to study same thing thrice compared to my other friends, and I would do it. After 12th at 16 i didn't know what to do so I went with neet since everyone told so nd everyone i knew who took biology in 12th went with the same idea. I couldn't clear it. Lost motivation, had to take antidepressants for my first drop year couldn't clear either, took 2nd drop now I was exhausted saturated and mbbs no longer fascinated neither interested me. Still i studied but couldn't clear it either. Now I told my parents i can no longer do this. I am already 18. And I am still not in any college. They don't support but they are not stopping me as well. In my previous post I asked ppl for other courses I can do. I have thought to do BCA with distance and join a good college in my state to do bsc in digital forensics or some biology courses like microbiology or something. Since I have good score in my boards I can get a decent enough government college for bsc.
But now that I am discussing about it with some friends, cousin and few other ppl, all i am listening is "u are ruining your chances" "there's no future, jobs" "u'll get bare min salary" "only those who can't clear competition take these"
I was motivated and was trying to be optimistic of future despite the setbacks in neet and now I feel like what if my decision is wrong and I am left with a degree that has no job guarantee its scary overwhelming and I feel lost. I see my friends and ppl my age moving ahead, a friend is expecting a good neet score after 2nd drop and i feel like I am stuck in this phase and there's no way out. I feel have no future no job no good salary if I leave neet nd mbbs and do bsc. Please help.

Chapter 7 is here, hope you enjoy
huge thanks to Objective-Farm-2560 for helping with spelling and proof reading and wording
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Memory Transcription Subject: Vaill, Venlil Rescue
Date [standardized human time]: November 30, 2136
Annek still refused to leave my side, she cared so much for Andrew and I… I had been going through the internet and found test results from the government, declaring that humans did, in fact, feel empathy… which explained a lot… but.. It.. they… shouldn’t have it at all…
I… Don’t trust it.. But… But it’s so kind… everything I've ever been taught… everything I've ever known tells me I should fear it… But he it's so kind.. It has to be a lie … It has to be…
I had to teach myself to survive after my father died.. I had only the guild.. They picked me up when I had nothing they saved me.. And here stood a predator that spat in the face of everything I’ve been taught.. All those people.. The people that raised me can’t be wrong… but the government test results... They have nothing to gain from faking this…
It has to be some kind of predatory trickery. But Andrew… it comforted me even after I slapped down Its paw of friendship at every turn…
Andrew had left once again, giving me more room to talk to Annek in private, which I intended to take full advantage of.
Even if it could feel empathy, it was still a predator. I need to see what they have done to my planet. I need to talk to another Exterminator.
“A-Annek?”
Her focus turned to me. “Yes Vaill?”
“I-is there any chance I could go outside… I w-wanna feel the sun of my fur again” I asked sheepishly.“Vaill, I’ve told you that we don’t want you going outside, whether you know the truth about ‘Gaians’ or not,” she replied sternly yet sympathetically.
“Could you p-please ask again...?” I knew they would say no, so I would use this as a chance to escape.
I was never good at speeches or running offices, but I was good at thinking on my paws. It wasn’t through mind numbing paperwork that I became a prestige Exterminator.
“I don’t want to leave your side but fine,” She sighed. “Just wait here. I’ll be a few {minutes}”
I flicked my ears in appreciation before she stood up and walked out. This was my chance! I could gauge the predators myself without someone to guide my opinion.
I waited a few moments before getting up and shuffled to the door and peeked out to my left was a long corridor that had other rooms and to my right was… Annek!?
She was leaning on the wall, a look of disappointment on her face.
“Vaill, you haven’t changed one bit, have you? she sighed. “Still as stubborn as ever.”
“W-what? How di-”
“Vaill we have known each other for a very long time, I know how you think. But please just stay inside for a few more paws, you need rest,” she insisted.
She walked over to me and softly guided me back to the bed in my room, rubbing my back with her tail.
Her presence was soothing, so I allowed myself to be guided back, leaning into her and hugging her. I was eternally grateful that she had lived. I felt her arms and tail wrap around me. This was good, calming, even. It allowed me to clear my thoughts.
“Everything will be ok, Vaill.” she quietly whispered into my ear.
“A-Annek? Why are you so sure the humans aren’t p-playing us for fools? I ask because I actually want to know what makes you so sure.” I was sincere when I asked. The actions that the human had done didn’t compute with my training or anything I had been taught.
“Well Vaill, if you aren’t going to brush it off as predatory trickery I’d be happy to tell you,” she replied, with some annoyance in her tone.
“I-I won’t… I-I’m ready to listen.”
I hope I was…
“Well, when we first met on the station, he never forced me to do anything he always waited for me. When the station was attacked the humans did everything they could, sacrificing themselves to protect us,” she spoke somberly as her ear lowered in sadness.
I brushed my tail along her back to comfort her.
“It’s not something you can only hear and believe, I know that… but if you give him a chance Vaill, I know you’ll see the good in him, as I did.”
Maybe I had been too harsh on him… but everything I was taught… I can't just let go of it…
I looked up at Annek and saw that she looked to be on the verge of tears.
She took a deep breath. “After I lost you… I felt.. empty… you were always there for me when I needed you, always there to pick me up when I fell down.” Her arms had moved themselves around me wrapping me in a gentle embrace.
“After you were gone, I had nothing. I was just floating around, stewing in despair. But then Andrew came into my life. He helped me back onto my paws and helped me stabilize my life again.” She sounded so genuine in her appreciation for the human.
Andrew had looked after my best friend while I couldn't… If he was an example of the rest of the humans, maybe they could be trusted… just maybe. But what I knew was that Annek needed both of us… as much as I wanted to… I couldn't push him away without hurting Annek.
“Vaill… I never stopped hoping that you would magically come back… I cried for claws after I was told you were missing,” she practically sobbed.
I had my demons. But in this moment I could comfort her, I moved my tail to gently rub her back while I continued our embrace.
I could see a figure at the door. As Andrew walked in, I felt my instincts start to flare up, but I pushed them down and flicked my ears in greeting.
He was there for Annek… When I wasn’t.. If what she said is true…
…What have I done…?
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I had taken spin classes before in Germany and it was fun but Cyclebar hits different ya’all. I moved to LA in 2023 not knowing a single soul, thought I’d join a fitness class to get in shape and make some friends. And quite serendipitously, found a CB a couple of blocks away from my place. From the first class itself, I was hooked and signed up for the unlimited package right away.
Saying I looked forward to going everyday would be understatement. That has never been the case with any workout I’ve ever done. Most days I would be so excited I’d arrive 30mins early and would have to go walk around the block before entering the studio lol. Everyone was so friendly, I made friends and would dm back and forth with the trainers as well. Also, as a lonely, single het guy, being surrounded by all these health conscious women didn’t hurt too haha. I even invested in workout clothes and planned my outfits for each day. I did 240+ classes in my 10 months in the US and I swear I had FOMO on the days my legs wont let me go.
By the end of November, I was in fantastic shape! I was eating whatever I wanted, my endurance levels were off the charts and my resting heart rate was that of a professional distance runner. CB also gave me hope for my golden years. As a former fat kid, I always assumed I would gain the weight back as I got older because everyone gets a belly in their 50s and 60s right? But with CB being so fun and easy on my joints, I thought I had a real shot at being a hot grandpa someday haha. Not just fitness, CB also helped me broaden my music taste as well and my playlists are now triple the size they were before CB.
Sadly, my life went to shit pretty soon. I got laid off in November and had to leave the US due to an expired work visa. I still remember how I bawled my eyes out on the way home after my last CB ride. Having the life I had built for myself taken away from me has been brutal but I am trying to fight back. I have spent the last 6 months talking to lawyers so I can get a visa so that I can then look for a job in the US. It would make so much sense to just stay in Europe but I am old and my heart is set on LA and this one CB studio. I cant wait to get back. You better believe I would be the happiest lad in all of US the day I get to ride in CB again.

Refreshing your home decor with each season is a delightful way to keep your living space vibrant and aligned with the changing times of the year. Seasonal updates don’t require a complete overhaul; small, thoughtful changes can have a significant impact. Here’s how you can effortlessly transition your home decor through the seasons, incorporating key elements like a black and white carpet and pendant lights for a stylish touch.
Spring: Embrace Fresh and Floral
1. Lighten Up with Fabrics

• Swap out heavy winter fabrics for lighter materials like cotton and linen. Introduce pastel shades and floral patterns through throw pillows, curtains, and bedding to capture the essence of spring.

2. Incorporate Fresh Flowers and Greenery

• Fresh flowers and potted plants bring life and color into your home. Arrange bouquets of tulips, daffodils, or peonies in vases throughout your living space.

3. Brighten Up with Pendant Lights

• Pendant lights can be a focal point in any room. Choose designs with a light, airy feel to complement the spring decor. Consider fixtures with floral motifs or in soft, pastel colors.

Summer: Create a Breezy and Bright Atmosphere
1. Switch to a Black and White Carpet

• A black and white carpet can provide a chic, sophisticated look that remains versatile through all seasons. In summer, it offers a striking contrast to bright summer hues and adds a cool, contemporary touch to your home decor.

2. Use Light and Bright Colors

• Embrace vibrant colors like turquoise, coral, and sunny yellow. Add these through cushions, wall art, and decorative accessories.

3. Maximize Natural Light

• Keep window treatments minimal to let in as much natural light as possible. Sheer curtains or light blinds are perfect for this season.

Autumn: Add Warmth and Coziness
1. Introduce Warm Textiles

• As the weather cools, bring out cozy throws, plush cushions, and heavier curtains in warm, earthy tones like burnt orange, deep red, and mustard yellow.

2. Decorate with Natural Elements

• Incorporate autumnal elements such as pinecones, acorns, and dried leaves into your home decor. These can be displayed in decorative bowls or used in centerpieces.

3. Update Your Lighting

• Swap out light, summery pendant lights for those with a warmer glow. Pendant lights with a bronze or gold finish can add a touch of autumnal warmth to your living space.

Winter: Create a Cozy and Inviting Haven
1. Layer Up with Soft Textures

• Use thick, plush throws and textured cushions to create a cozy atmosphere. Faux fur and wool are excellent choices for adding warmth.

2. Opt for a Black and White Carpet

• The versatility of a black and white carpet continues to shine in winter. It provides a neutral base that complements the rich, deep colors often associated with winter decor.

3. Enhance with Warm Lighting

• Pendant lights with a warm glow can make a significant difference during the darker winter months. Choose fixtures that offer a cozy ambiance, and consider using dimmable bulbs to adjust the light levels as needed.

General Tips for Seasonal Decor Changes
1. Rotate Accessories

• Keep a collection of seasonal accessories that you can rotate throughout the year. This includes things like vases, candles, and decorative bowls.

2. Focus on Entryways

• Your home’s entryway sets the tone for the rest of the space. Update it with seasonal wreaths, doormats, and decorations to welcome each new season.

3. Embrace Seasonal Scents

• Candles, essential oils, and diffusers can fill your home with seasonal scents. Think fresh florals for spring, citrus for summer, spiced apple and cinnamon for autumn, and pine or vanilla for winter.

By making these simple yet effective changes, you can keep your home decor fresh and exciting throughout the year. Incorporating elements like a black and white carpet and pendant lights ensures your home remains stylish and cozy, no matter the season.

Background:

• Only critical thing is to promise to align East so we can get Eastern Aid

General Overview:

1. Accept Marcel Deal (we will troll him later)
2. Pretend to work with the reformists until you meet with Orso. Agree to the emergency
3. Ban only WPB, Embargo only Rumburg, Suspend all Civil Liberties
4. Form the ACP, direct to the oligarchs
5. Accept Eastern Aid when Prompt Appears
6. Tighten Immigration, Keep Conscription to Appease old guard
7. Old Guard gets Angry and demands you Nationalize the oligarchs. No Problem, you are a communist after all!
8. Nationalize both companies, and thanks to emergency powers you can arrest both oligarchs on the spot. Thanks to Emergency Powers, Marcel Deal cannot get out.
9. Meet with the NFP, agree to the young sords alliance + sign language bill (you will undo this later)
10. Supreme Court finds the emergency lawful, arrest Frens Ricter
11. When given the option after the cabinet meeting, redirect ACP to opposition
12. When given the option, call Holstron to kill Orso Hawker. Now the supreme court cannot oppose you.
13. Trade with Comrade Hegel. If you are left wing enough, he will put in a good word with Malenyev for you.
14. Take second Eastern Aid
15. Leave the Emergency after extending it once. Old Guard is no longer in control.
16. Deny Lileas the Gendarme to calm the military + force her to resign later
17. Sign the Minority Rights Bill as Decree when Leke presents this. Undoes the Language Bill and makes all the Bluds love you.
18. Get offer to Join CSP. Yes, the ambassador will be killed, but that doesn't stop you from joining.
19. ACP will allow you to arrest the NFP
20. Lileas will resign and run in primary against you, beat her.
21. Fund Red Youth, they will overpower the young sords and ensure you win the election

Congratulations, through the Emergency you have:

1. Promoted a planned economy
2. Nationalized all oligarchs
3. Joined the CSP
4. Expanded the Red Youth into your own Mass Paramilitary Army.
5. You have trolled the old guard by killing Orso
6. With Lileas resigning there is no more old guards in your cabinet
7. NFP have been arrested and falls apart
8. PFJP is now led by the social democrat (left-wing) Manoly Suheil
9. Only other party left is the Left Wing Peoples Front

Note: The Emergency path is probably the most buggiest path and there were a lot of miscellaneous UI and dialogue bugs toward the end, so this general guide might not work in future versions of the game. None the less, this was a really fun run I had of beating the Old Guards at their own game.

My (33M) bf is running away from life in general. Leaving me (33F) and our relationship in limbo. Do I give it more time?
So me (F33) and my bf (M33) have been a very happy relationship for the past 1.5 years. The last 6 months has been rough because he left his toxic work (which is totally fine) and now he wants to run away by going back home. Little bit of context, he wanted to take some time (5 months off work) to try his hobby and take some time off to work on himself. His hobby has put him in a financial downfall and he is barely making ends meet. Given his situation I’ve been trying to get him to understand how hard it is to get jobs here and he has been trying but also not until the last month or so. Due to his situation it means we don’t go out much (which is totally fine I enjoy doing something or absolutely nothing with him), he is refusing to meet my friends and engage with my family (which has caused some tension and conflict) and now he is suggesting that if his current job prospect doesn’t pan out he will go back home for a bit to clear his mind.
He has done this before where he left and then came back just after covid to start over. He is doing the same now. He has no family here so I totally get why he wants to go back but I also know it’s to run away a little. His financial situation is rough and he doesn’t have savings to fall back on. Any savings he had, he has gone through them and his job hunting isn’t going well. He is depressed but keeps a positive outlook. The job market here is terrible (TO) and people are really hustling to get a job. He really just started looking the last 1-1.5 months. I’ve helped him with applications, interview prep and even offered to have some family help him with a prospective job (but he refused that help).
I feel like I am in limbo and so is the relationship. I’ve felt this way since before he left his job too. I can’t have a discussion about our future because it all comes down to his situation. Talking about anything in the near future something like a nice date night or little trip feels daunting let alone talking about our future. I don’t want to end the relationship at all and I know these things take time but I feel like we are both living separate lives. He feels embarrassed coming around my family and won’t meet my friends until he figure out his situation. So everything seems like it is dependent on him rather than us. When people ask me about our future I can’t seem to answer anything. Not that I care what people say or think but what can I do to support his situation and get some clarity on where we’re are heading?
TLDR; bf’s financial situation is preventing us from moving forward. He wants to go back home to clear his mind without an idea of when he’ll be back. I’ve tried to support him by helping him with his resume and applications but the job market is the worst it’s ever been. The relationship just feels like it’s in limbo purely because of his situation.

TLDR: NK has told me told me MB talks negatively about my significant other. Do I say something?
need some advice from this Reddit to figure out if I’m overreacting. I’m in my mid-20s and have been with my NF for 3 years. In the beginning, I thought NF was my unicorn family. At a certain point I realized I may be being taken advantage of and so I set some mental boundaries (not doing extra things I’m not being paid for, not staying past my time). Things have shifted over the past couple months since then.
Time for the problem! I began dating someone around 1.5 years ago. As often happens with this job, personal and professional overlapped and the SO was brought around to events and things on occasion. One day last year, one of the NKs told me, “MB said things about you and (SO) but we can’t tell you”. It caught me so off guard, I didn’t know what to do. I didn’t acknowledge the comment with NK and just carried on with what we were doing. Then it happened several times a couple weeks later but “MB told us not to tell you”. I have bills to pay - I didn’t want to up and quit when it first started or risk being fired by saying those this was not okay. I was already scheduled to leave this summer for the youngest NK entering school. (Nannies aren’t super common in my area, half the time I’m still referred to as a “babysitter”, but that’s a different topic for another ragey post.)
The comments stopped and so I assumed everything was okay, or maybe the NPs were at least not talking about it in front of the kids anymore. This weekend NPs invited us out to dinner to celebrate a recent accomplishment of mine. Assuming it was just a kind gesture, I agreed. Monday morning rolls around and out of the blue NK asks me who paid for the dinner. I kept my cool, and asked him why he would ask that. He says that MB was talking in the car about who paid for dinner. They spoke to the staff when we all got there to make sure they got the ticket (unbeknownst to my SO). I guess my SO was supposed to get up and start a fight over who would pay the bill?
I’ve only got two months left with NF. Do I just ride it out, keep my mouth shut and not say anything? I don’t even know what I would say while still maintaining a level of professionalism.

Vivian Wakes up the next day and immediately gets dressed to go to Lucius’s house
Vivian: Oh crap I need to get up I promised I wasn’t gonna be late!
A few hours later and Vivian gets to his house
Vivian: I-I’m HERE”
Lucius walks in
Lucius: Hello my young padawan”
Vivian: I’m ready to learn sir!
Lucius: Did you pack your bags?
Vivian: b-bags? No why?”
Lucius: We’re heading to the land of Nazareth darling and I swear I told you to pack!”
Vivian: I’m so sorry sir my apologies
Vivian bows for forgiveness
Lucius: hey hey don’t do that kid it’s a bit embarrassing
Vivian stands up straight
Vivian: YES SIR”
Lucius: well since you haven’t packed I guess we’re gonna have to wait until tomorrow…anyways go pack up and say goodbye to your friends because we’ll probably be gone for 3 years or so”
Vivian: th-THREE YEARS?!”
Lucius: If you wish to get better then it is something we must do”
Vivian: o-ok…”
Vivian leaves the mansion
Vivian: I don’t wanna leave that long…
Suddenly a Giant explosion occurs and Vivian sees Angel and Hercule chasing down Techneo the Cyber Outlaw
Vivian runs over to them
Vivian: H-HEY what’s going on team?
Angel: This Guy is what’s going on. He just stole $500 worth of money”
Vivian: W-well lets chase him down and after the r we capture him I gotta tell you something…”
They all start chasing Techneo
Hercule: You will not escape villain
Hercule grabs the ground and hurls it at him
Techneo: Aren’t you an a strong fellow”
Techneo jumps extremely high onto a building
Angel chases him from the skies
Angel: Your not getting away this time
Angel dives down from the sky and punches him in the face
Techneo: C-crap your strong”
He pulls out a lasso and ties her up
Angel: h-hey! You won’t get away!”
Vivian floats into the building and casts a stun beam at Techneo
Techneo is hit and he ends up dropping the money bag
Techneo: oh crap I feel drunk~
Techneo falls off the building
Angel: great job Vivi! Now what did you wanna tell us?
Vivian: uhhh uhhh ITS NOTHING”
Angel: come on you know you wanna”
Vivian: uhhhhh fine…. I’m going to Nazareth to learn how to control my magic….”
Vivian starts crying
Angel pats her head and hugs her
Angel: it’s ok I mean even if your gonna be gone it won’t be that long…”
Vivian cries
Vivian: th-three years 😭”
Angel: oh crap… Well don’t worry we can write letters to each other it’s not like we will stay apart
Vivian: I-I guess so”
After taking Techneo to jail the 3 head to the station to tell there boss Sheriff Sleuth the news
Sleuth: Your going away?
Vivian: Y-yes
Sleuth: well then you’re gonna have to give me your badge…”
Vivian: I know….”
She holds her badge thinking of all the memories she made
Vivian: I’ll be back someday…”
She gives sleuth the badge
Vivian: Th-thank you all for being with me”
They all hug her except for sleuth
Hercule: it is ok magic girl”
Angel: she has a name you know…and she’s perfect no matter what…”
Vivian: I’ll be back in 3 years and by then I want you all to get stronger too”
Angel: we will don’t worry about us”
The next day Vivian enters The mansion with her bags
Vivian: I’m ready!
Lucius: looks like you prepared?
Vivian: Y-yeah it took a while
Lucius: well then let’s get going
Lucius creates a portal and they both go through it

I try and try and try to talk to my friends whenever they need me, and I always thought I was doing a good job, but recently a lot of my friends have been avoiding me when they were going through a rough time. I wish I could be a better person for them to vent to, because I love to help people in need and I want to do anything it takes.
One of my friends, Asuki, was going through a rough time with her parents, and I was trying my best to talk with her, but it all went downhill when I accidentally reminded her of one of her stress and sadness triggers. She hasn't talked to me the rest of that day. She's back to talking to me, but I still feel like a bag of S for doong that.
Another one of my friends, Okami, was struggling through extreme depression and having "those" thoughts. He felt extremely lonely and useless because all of his friends have been leaving him out, kinda like me, so I tried telling him that I cared about him and everybody had a purpose in the world. This is what I said: "Out of the eight billion people on this world, there's gotta be at least a few who care about you.". But all he said was a simple: "Yeah." Then he never texted me again that week.
What did I do wrong?

Full disclosure, I'm just a customer, I don't own a shipping company and no one paid me for this review. I am in Florida and I purchased a car in Washington a month ago. 2 weeks ago it was finally available for pick up so I contacted Montway as they provided the most reasonable price of all the companies I got estimates from, I was charged $230 upfront and $1270 cash on delivery. A carrier was dispatched 3 days after my order was placed, smooth up to now. My car was picked up 3 days after that by a carrier named "Fifth Wheel"; no heads up call, no tracking provided, and no updates on when exactly pickup would be taking place. I had to ask for an estimate time range because neither Montway nor Fifth Wheel provided this. My car was then delivered a full 7 days after pickup and this is where the major problems arose. I was given a heads up text the night before arrival that my car will be arriving the next day a short time after noon, but that it would be getting dropped off almost an hour away from the agreed upon drop off location at a Pilot Truck Stop. Now, the contract states that the driver WILL drop the car off at the CLOSEST commercially feasible location to your door. I was willing to concede that my residential area wasn't the most commercially feasible for a car drop off so I provided a location of my own, a Love's Truck Stop right on the same exact highway that the carrier suggested initially, just that it was 10 minutes away not 45. The trucker responded by passively aggressively sending me the same address he suggested previously. I called Montway to solve this issue and was told the driver can not come closer because he was claiming there are low trees, a blatant lie of course as the address provided has no trees around and the path to said address is a straight shot down a highway that has no trees. I told the Montway representative all of this and suggested that if I am to pick up an hour away from the agreed location, I will need a discount. His response was that my price was already low so a discount doesn't make sense. That genuinely blew my mind. The next day came and it was delivery day, I had to miss work due to the vague timing provided. I contacted the driver to confirm drop off location and time and I got no response. I called Montway and they once again told me the drop off was an hour away with no concrete time or discount. At this point I was furious at the unprofessional nature of the company and the representatives, at one point I spoke with one that actually agreed that the driver needs to come down to the address I provided and after a brief hold I was told the driver has refused to deliver at the location I requested and that Montway can't do anything about it. Excuse me? You're telling me you contracted this carrier to do a job that you promised me would be done one way and now you're completely powerless with how that job gets done? I was baffled. This all went on for hours upon hours with me citing the terms of service and them being worthless in swaying the driver. At one point the driver called me angrily, barely speaking English, suggesting he will not drop off my car anymore and will be leaving it in Orlando, 2 hours from my location. It was around 4pm by this time so I was exhausted, I hung up on him and called Montway explaining the situation. I was finally patched through to a supervisor and the supervisor told me they will take care of everything and give me a discount of $150. With this discount I accepted the adjusted drop off and waited for the car to come. It arrived at 8pm, much later than the "after noon" that was promised by the carrier. In the end, the job was done and it was an ultimately fair price. But the service is among the absolute worst I've ever had to deal with, if you don't want the headache, spend a couple hundred extra.
TLDR: Montway sucks and was completely powerless in controlling their carriers or forcing them to follow contract.