I am a 26F who has been dating my 25M boyfriend for a little over a year now. He is my first actual boyfriend and I have always been very picky with the men I talk to. I only say this to highlight how great his qualities are. He treats me very well, our conversations are great, we are always laughing, and he communicates well with me for the most part.
My problem is that he talks a loooooot. And I mean a lot. When he and I first started talking, I thought things may not work out between us because he talks a lot/rambled most of the time which made me feel like I had no room to speak. As time went on and we continued to talk, I came to realize that he does this mainly when he is in newer settings that may not be the most comfortable for him. He has even admitted that he can sometimes ramble when he is nervous. As our relationship progressed, I feel like the talking is pretty much 50/50 between us, except for when we're fighting and he doesn't let me get a word in (but he's been better about that as of late).
My big issue is how he acts with my friends or acquaintances. Any time he is around my friends, I swear he barely lets them get a word in. Also, any time they do get a word in if he asks them a question, he tends to then flip it back to himself and talk about himself. It gets to a point where I feel uncomfortable in the situation and I can see the discomfort on my friends faces too. I've now had a few friends make jokes about just how talkative he is and it's upsetting me. It's upsetting because I know it is the truth. Any time I have tried to intervene, it really doesn't help and he just continues to ramble. He has been around my friends a good number of times at this point, so I don't know if I can chalk it up to nervousness. He has also done this around my family and my family has also taken notice and I think they are bothered by it as well.
I don't want to bring this up to my boyfriend because I think he would initially be a little defensive about it and ultimately be very hurt. I guess my question is, where do I go from here? Is there a gentle way I can bring this topic up? Should I not bring it up at all and accept him for the way that he is? I'm really torn because I love him a lot and I appreciate all his good traits, but this is one that seems to bother me and I can't tell if I'm the problem in this scenario. Any and all feedback/advice is more than welcome, thank you!

For privacy reasons the girl will be called Emily and my ex-boyfriend will be Sam. Last year I was asked to smoke after work with my at the time coworker, Emily, I said yes because it had been a while since I smoked and thought I could use it as a relief since I was stressed out. While we were smoking I felt really weird and noticed she was pressuring me to take more hits since, for context i'm a lightweight 2-3 hits and i'm good, but she had pressured me to take 8-9. I felt really weird about 10 minutes in and originally thought I was greening out, I was sweating like crazy, shaking, hallucinating, and completely dissociated and out of it. I asked if she could take me home and she obliged but first went to get gas (I lived abt 5 minutes away from where we were smoking), when we got there I started throwing up and shaking even more, the hallucinations were getting worse the more time passed. When I got home I checked my heart rate and it was around 185, I genuinely thought I was going to die I was completely dissociated and out of it. After this I developed a heart condition, now I frequently struggle with fainting spells and high heart rate along with other symptoms. Fast forward to the end of november, I met Sam 20M. We started talking and met up for the first time in the beginning of January. Everything was good, he met my parents, we went on dates often, and while we were drunk one day he asked me to be his girlfriend to which I obviously said yes! I was so happy with him, he was my first boyfriend and I was falling in love with everything about him. I tell him about what happened with Emily, as I was often going to doctors trying to get a diagnosis for what was happening with me. I missed a lot of school and was struggling with extreme anxiety at this time. Around the middle of march I noticed he started following Emily, not only her main account but her spam as well... so of course I follow it lol. I notice she's posting kinda flirty stuff and thirst traps which makes him following her even worse 😭. I'm a very non-confrontational person so I wait until the end of march to bring it up which is where he says he was hanging out with friends and "she was just there".. Red flag. First of all he should have told me, and if she was just there why would he follow both her accounts? I didn't ask more I just was very hurt and confused. Things go on as normal and we don't see eachother for two weeks, still texting constantly. We finally get to see eachother and I come home and get a text from Emily, asking "DO YOU KNOW SAM" "DONT SAY ANYTHING!!" so I respond saying he is my boyfriend, the situation was weird and I wonder if I had only said yes if I would've found out more information sooner.. 🥲. But time goes on, I notice she's posting with hickies and memes like "i dont know if you got a gf you're my man" which makes me sus, and my gut is telling me somethings up. My boyfriend never gave me his location and hid that stuff from me, but wanted me to share mine. He would get dry when I was out with friends, (I only hung out with friends 2 times during our relationship.) We go on a date in the beginning of april and drink, while we were drunk I ask him about Emily and he completely ignores it :/ so i let it go. As the next two weeks go on he gets dryer and dryer and only texts me when he's horny , so I make the decision to end things- asking if we could take a break or just break it off completely, also bringing up Emily and how it made me uncomfortable he was associated with her, He agrees, calls me crazy about insinuating he got with Emily, and we text as friends for the next two weeks. That saturday i'm at prom, and my friend comes up to me telling me that my old coworker, let's call her Sarah, told my friend that "Emily is talking to (My) Boyfriend" my heart drops completely, I instantly ask if she's sure and she feels bad but says it's true. I freak out and go home and think about what i'm going to say to Sam. I text him angrily asking what is going on, he responds basically saying Me and you didn't have a label. Are you fucking kidding me. I went off on him and he avoided everything I said, but confirmed he was talking to Emily. I text my old coworkers and they all reiterate that Emily did tell them she was talking to my boyfriend and often came in with "Hella hickies". I removed him off of everything after that and it's been 2 weeks since then , i dont know what to do I feel hopeless and like I'll never get over this. Am I overreacting?

psst — yes, you! are you also looking for someone to spend the rest of your life with? well, it seems you’re in the right place. my name is nicole and i’m a twenty-two year old college student. i’m currently located in NJ but, i definitely wouldn’t mind a long distance relationship as long as you don’t mind either! if we’re talking specifics here, i am ONLY open to a serious relationship. if you’re not, then do not message me and waste my time or yours.
⟳ specifics about me: i’m single (of course), i’m around 5’2, i am a BBW, i’m a latina (i also speak spanish fluently), i wear glasses, and for the most part i tend to have short/medium-length black hair.
⟳ don’t be dry or boring. i will always make the effort to keep a conversation going but i will make the quick decision to un-add/un-friend if you are adding nothing to the conversation. you’ll ONLY be blocked if you say something weird to me.
⟳ i will not respond to people that sent low effort messages such as: “hi, hey, hru and so on.”
⟳ i enjoy horror everything so if that’s your thing, definitely let me know!
⟳ i’m also obsessed with playing Fall Guys, so if that’s your thing as well then you’ve definitely piqued my interest.
⟳ vc (‘voice chat’) or getting on a call is absolutely necessary. i just feel as though i connect more with people that way. so, if you’re down to talk on the phone, im always happy to do so as well!
⟳ mainly active on discord.
⟳ video of myself posted on my page.
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⟳ verify that you’re an actual person (PIC OF YOURSELF) <- must be done or i will NOT respond ‼️‼️‼️‼️
⟳ id prefer someone that’s at least somewhat around my age: 18-28.
⟳ i would definitely enjoy meeting someone that’s a gamer as well! <3
⟳ that’s all. just be YOU and you’re solid (:
if you’ve checked all those boxes, feel free to send me a message! the scariest part of talking to someone new is taking that first step but, if its worth it to you, then it’ll be worth it in the long run! c:

I’m literally about to crash out because I’ve had to see my ex gf multiple times this week due to graduation. We’re seated next to each other and my closest friend is her coworker and they’re also seated closely and have been having friendly banter with eachotber. I’m just losing my marbles trying to restrain myself from texting her. Like I’m not sure if it’s me staring or if we keep on stealing glances at each other 😭. We had this senior prank where all the seniors pretended to sleep over in the common area of my school with sleeping bags and whatnot. As I stood up to go to rehearsal after it was over she was right in front of me…and we made eye contact for what felt like at least 5 seconds. She was talking to this girl at our school who also did the prank mind you, but I’ve noticed that her inner circle has shrunk. She used to be friends with this other hijabi at our school, but they don’t seem very close anymore. It seems as though she is grasping at straws for companionship or just doesn’t want it at all right now. My former gov teacher, who I’m friends with and was closer friends with her, told me that she had been depressed and was no longer talking to him anymore either (for separate reasons). But it just makes me want to reach out…or at least feels like an excuse to, especially with us graduating so soon. First and foremost, I want an explanation for why she ghosted me after being the first one post-breakup to reach out after she told me she wished we never dated.
Realistically, I know reaching out would probably be bad for the both of us and I’m leaving to go to Atlanta pretty soon while she’s going to be in Baltimore for school. I just feel like we left off in such a hurtful and muddled state that I want at least one more conversation. I guess I want closure, but any semblance of closure has never satisfied me in the past. Additionally, I think I have looked at our relationship with rose colored glasses. Though it want bad, and was often enjoyable, I think a large part of our relationship was riddled with my intimacy/attachment problems/people-pleasing, her stubbornness, both of our occasionally rude tendencies, and this general sense of impending doom as graduation grew nearer.
But, our intellectual intimacy was amazing; and I miss her yet also wish I didn’t. I often think of the great things she will achieve without me and the laughs she will share with some other woman…I just need to remember that I will meet new people. There are more people in the world with my interests that have a more even temperament and a more understanding nature than she did (not to say she’s a bad person, just sometimes too abrasive for my taste). I also need time to continue to fix and mend my own issues.
As much as I want to talk to her again, it’s time to let go I suppose.

i know, i know, you can block or ghost or end a relationship with anyone for any reason and generally not be the AH. here’s where i feel like i might be—ive been talking to this guy maybe a month or so? literally just texting. i’m seeing other people at the moment and he knows that, i really only wanted to be friends with him because we got along pretty well and shared common interests but then he started saying things like “omg marry me rn you’re the first person to make observations about me that i didn’t notice before” or “i’m so attracted to you rn” and i just kinda laughed it off as a joke because i didn’t know what to say…i feel like i les him on. now i have genuinely run out of energy to deal with him after he made a joke about sending me a dick pic because No. Just no for so many reasons. and i stopped replying to him and he’s snapped me and texted me several times, asking if im okay/why im ignoring him. i kind of just want to block him and be done with it. but i feel bad 😭 am i in the wrong here? for reference we are both high school seniors, i’m female he’s male

I (16y) found out my boyfriend (18y) was cheating on me with my younger sister (14y).
It all goes back to when I was in high school. My family is very strict around the subject we call “love”. My parents didn’t allow me to date, not until I graduated from high school.
However, being a teen, I was a bit of a rebel. After I met my now ex, I instantly fell in love with his charm and stupid grin.
I didn’t want my parents to know so I dated him in secret from my family of five, her older brother (who, surprisingly, got to date BEFORE graduation), herself, and her younger sister.
One day, when I went out with my boyfriend, he would start to act very weird. He would guilt trip me, saying I was hiding the truth from my parents and making up lies about where I was.
I was confused…
I told him that if my parents knew, we couldn’t date so why was he pressing me telling them? He gaslighted me, saying he cared more for his family than I did. It appeared he wanted to break up with me. Perhaps he did, being a cheap cheater.
Around mid April 4 years ago, my phone buzzed at around 5 pm, a text message from my boyfriend. He said he was going to be on a “long vacation” with his family in some far away place.
I asked him if I could see him before he left, but he immediately said I was always nagging him and how I was too desperate.
A week later, after we had barely spoken, I saw his location at my house. I was coming back from a summer slumber party, which I had told both my family and my boyfriend about. I thought it was super strange and I texted him.
A minute later, his location was turned off and he didn’t respond back.

As soon as I got home, I went straight to my sister's room because my parents were out of town and my brother was running errands with his now fiancée.
My sister quickly opened the door and asked what was wrong. I asked if so and so had been here at the house.
My sister, looking very guilty, said she had not seen him.
My sister didn’t know it was my boyfriend, only that we were good friends. He had visited their house before and talked with my younger sister. I tried calling back, but he didn’t answer.
I texted one of his best friends, but NO RESPONSE.
Past forward a couple weeks later when my ex made a ENORMOUS mistake.
I was looking for popcorn for our movie night as a family, when my sister's phone rang. Being nosy, I looked to find it was a familiar number. I answered it to find out it was my boyfriend's voice. I immediately hung up.
I opened her phone ( it was too easy), and saw ALL their messages. He had been sending her selfies of himself and, he was also sending photos of himself at OUR DATES! The typical cheater type, saying he misses her and he wants to see her while he was on his “family vacation”.
I was heartbroken… he was my first boyfriend and I really did love him. But, I have no time for cheaters and, especially, no time for someone who cheats on my sister.
I don’t blame her, because she didn’t know he was my boyfriend. We can all be naive so, after watching the beautiful movie Pride and Prejudice, I took my sister aside and told her everything. We were both upset, but we both agreed to get our revenge.
I am grateful we both share petty minds.
My boyfriend had a very expensive Nintendo Switch in his bedroom that he basically lived on. ( which I gave him for his birthday)
He would cancel plans just to play on that thing (no offense to the gaming community). As my sister had him at our house while I said I was hanging out with my friends, but really I was his house.
The funniest part of it all was he left his room's window open and his Nintendo Switch right out for my grubby hands to take back. Probably going to give it to a more mature child.
Then, I took all the keyboard keys from his computer and hid them in random places, lost like his love for me.
Then I unplugged all of his appliances, even his air conditioner because he could be hot without me.
Then lastly I messed up his diet plan on the refrigerator door, listing all the calories he was supposed to have every day. If he can cheat on me and my sister, he can cheat on his diet.
I have to say, I love being petty. He tried calling me, but I blocked him.
Simple as that.
My sister said she was very sorry, saying they didn’t do anything. Our relationship is stronger and we now understand each other better.
Thanks to my ex, I have had a better life and I have graduated and found a perfect college, with an added boyfriend. Joke is on you.
I noticed on his social media that he hasn’t left home and he is still searching for a victim, which all girls have noticed because some reliable source warns them. My sister is finishing high school and hoping to become a therapist. Cheaters are never successful.

As the title says, I’ve reached out to several schools who said they are still accepting applications (some the deadlines have passed, some they have no) but from what I’m reading on here even February and March applications are considered late. Will I be seriously considered? Do I need to blow the median out of the water to be considered at these schools? Or is there usually space since most of the schools I’m applying to aren’t ranked very high.
Right now I’m applying to CUA’s part time day program and it’s the one I’m most interested in. My grad work was all on CUA campus, I like it there, love the library, I live nearby, and the fact that I can do part time during the day is what sold me. I’m also planning to apply for online programs at Dayton, case western, southwestern, northern Ohio, maybe CSU. I’ll probably apply for GULC’s evening program but i can’t imagine I’d be considered this late without anything amazing. I was going to send my application over before LSATs because evening program is test optional. The evening schedule would honestly be difficult since I have young kids but if I did get in might be worth trying to workout a new child care schedule with my ex to make things work.
I was planning on starting fall 2025, and the VA is footing the entire bill. I was just accepted into this program in (applied once in the fall, denied, then re-applied and accepted) and now that I’m in, I have to start within a year. If I don’t, I have to re-apply and risk not being accepted for the program / funding.
So I’m going to try and go to law school. If not they’ll pay for another degree- but law is really what I’m interested in.
3.7gpa undergrad majored in history and psych (this was over a decade ago) president of psychology honor society and ROTC scholarship. (This far out from graduation seems silly to also list things like fraternity, mission trips, volunteer work, etc when I have so much more recent life experience - but should those things be include?
3.8 gpa MTS degree (theology) 1.5 years PhD work in theology. Never started dissertation. Reading comprehension in Latin, Attic Greek, Spanish, Italian.
7 years total teaching experience (social studies, Latin, and theology), 5.5 years high school.
Certified strength coach, also ran my own training business on the side during Covid and after for a bit. Not sure if that helps on the resume but won’t look bad.
Should have one strong academic letter from PhD program which was over 5 years ago - he is going to write one this weekend - and already have a strong letter form my principal (which I wrote for him and he edited a bit). Waiting to hear back from a second professor but last class I took with him was fall 2018 and they just started their summer vacation I might not hear back from him in time).
Signed up for LSAT in June. I had to convince LSAC just to let me register late (successful in that at least). My verbal GRE after undergrad was 164 (score no longer valid), and that was before learning Greek and Latin. My reading comprehension has always been very strong. I’m good at looking for flaws in logic in arguments since had to do that enough in grad school (besides theology I studied both the ancient and modern philosophers). The logic games I just started learning today - I can do them slowly but think I’ll be able to get them down quick by using the strategies from 7sage.
I’m gonna write my personal statement this weekend, ordered transcripts yesterday so I should have everything besides LSAT scores ready when transcripts come in which is hopefully by June 1.
I see a lot of people talk about “softs.” I think mine are good. How I do on the lsat I’m sure will be a big determining factor. Going to do a diagnostic tomorrow.
I’m only looking at part time programs right now because I have a full minivan’s amount of young kids who need their dad in their life as much as possible because of some unfortunate life circumstances.

I just wanna start by saying this may be triggering for anyone who has had a parter who has/had a porn addiction. I dont want to upset anyone so im just lyk!!
I’m not familiar with reddit so forgive me if this post is too wordy or whatever. My boyfriend used to be a raging porn addict. Started when he was 12 (hes now 20) and continued into our relationship. He has been clean since December of 2023 with no slip ups of any kind (thank god) but i still feel so betrayed even now. I know that the content he viewed was of women that looked nothing like me (watching blonde, blue eyes, slim tummies, huge boobs, etc. you get the point) and I am not any of that in any way. Its not just watching porn its the fact he liked/regularly viewed semi-naked pictures of women and has called other women very beautiful to me even after i told him it made me feel down. I was bullied a lot growing up for my looks so this didnt help at all, I never thought i could hate my appearance more than i already did but damn here we are. My boyfriend knows how I feel, I have communicated it with him plenty but theres nothing he can do other than comfort me and reassure me which he has been doing. He says I am the most beautiful girl and he shows me how much he loves me all the time but I cant forget all the times he tried hiding the fact he watched porn while we were together. He made passive comments about my body when he was addicted that I cant shake out of my damn head. He regrets saying those things to me know and claims he loves my body and its perfect but he still said those things so they must hold some truth. I love him to pieces and we are like replicas of each other. I need to know how to move on. Every time we’re in public together my heart drops when a pretty girl or a girl wearing revealing clothing walks by. Its not his fault that I feel this way i know its my own fault. With this being said I still have moments where I can NOT stand him I get so absolutely angry and cant even look straight him. How do I heal? I rarely eat anymore due to fear of gaining weight even though I have become nearly underweight as my doctor had told me but I am too scared he will be repulsed by my body. I just want to be ok and feel normal again. I need advice please, I want to heal and forgive.

Say what you want about beacons, solar being expensive and UPS gains or losses via this or that. The fact that trying to play the game at full speed too hard results in it running at half speed even on quantum computers is terrible.
Either this game offers unlimited build potential or it offers a size limited box. And right now, the player is extremely size limited.
Spend 40 hours completing the came and THEN another 40 cranking up science and research? Guess what. Half speed.
Fix this. Allow players natively to force areas of the map not being viewed to “hibernate” but still produce, if that is the best fix. But do not tout this game as one where you can build big and grow your factory! When the reality is you can do all that if you’re cool with the programming forcing your game to run half as fast.
That is what’s called an enforced grind. Build as big as you want. But the bigger you build, the longer it takes… seemingly exponentially. Like any other stupid grind.

They may or may not be effective, I'm not sure as I ended up not using their services, but to me it felt like their sales/business practices were dishonest/ethically in the gray area, so I've decided to share my experience with my fellow Kansas Citians.
I had one of their sales reps turn up on my doorstep the other night. He claimed to be in the neighborhood giving an estimate to a neighbor's house, and since he was planning on coming back in a few days to treat the neighbor's, he would also gladly treat mine at a discount. He pointed out a small wasp nest on my front porch (honestly a smart sales tactic, although I'm sure they train their reps to look for nests when going door to door), so that put me in the mindset that I could use some pest control help.
He went through a quick spiel about a quarterly treatment plan, had me sign some things on his iPad, and went on his way. I went inside and started doing some research on the company. The more I thought about it and the more research I did, some red flags jumped out at me:

1. There are a bunch of reviews online of people saying they had a rep tell them the exact same thing my rep told me: That I was getting a discount because he was already nearby working on a neighbor's house. In hindsight, that was probably bullshit, but if it were true, it doesn't make sense from a business standpoint. Why would they give me a discount instead of my neighbor? If that were actually the case, then they would be shafting the customers that brought them to the neighborhood in the first place. My neighbor was the first guy to call them, so he doesn't get the $200 discount (if it were true that they actually were treating my neighbor).
   
2. It should have been a huge red flag when the rep had me sign a contract, but I didn't really think anything of it at the time. The contract locks you in for 2 years, and you have to pay a $200 cancellation fee if you want to stop service at any time outside of the 2 year period. Luckily, there is a law in most states requiring door to door sales contracts to have a 3 day cancellation period, during which I could cancel services without being charged anything. I actually found an article saying that they were required to add the 3 day cancellation section into their contract by the Michigan Attorney General (not sure if MO/KS has the same law, but that section was still in my contract). Also, this 3 day cancellation period was never mentioned to me, I had to find it myself when I went through the contract later.
   
3. I quickly decided that I didn't want to be locked into a 2 year pest control contract because I made a snap decision based on a small wasp nest that I could easily remove myself, so I went about attempting to take advantage of the 3 day cancellation period. But you can't cancel any services using their website. I ended up calling their customer service line the first thing the next morning to cancel, and the customer service rep says that it's company policy to transfer me to the sales rep before I cancel. So I have to talk to the sales rep again, and he offers me an even more discounted rate (confirming that he wasn't trying to get me the best value in the first place. Not surprised though), but he eventually cancelled the service. Just to be safe, I removed all info from my online account prior to cancelling.
   

So, it seems like EcoShield's sales strategy is to go door to door in a neighborhood, claim to already be there for a neighbor, which is meant to build trust. They then offer you a discount that I guess your poor neighbor isn't getting, and push you through until you've signed a contract locking you into 2 years of pest control service, which requires you to pay $200 to cancel if you don't cancel within 3 days. Then in order to cancel, you have to call customer service during business hours and haggle with the sales rep once again.
To me this seems rather dishonest and a little slimy. I did not enjoy dealing with this company, so my hope is that if any of you guys run into EcoShield in the wild, you'll know more about them as a company than I did, and that you won't have to deal with the same headaches that I had to.
(Also kind of ironic that a company claiming to eradicate pests is sending out door to door salesmen)

Hey all,
I'm 36m with a 43f ex and we share a daughter. We've been on and off for years. When dd was 2 weeks old she made me pick up our daughter after work saying she no longer wanted her, shortly after I bought a house. After this she started having money problems so she came to live with me on and off for around 6 years. During this time I supported her financially, helped her with her various medical issues, we celebrated everything together, everything was pretty normal.
For a few months maybe 3 or 4 years ago she did move away and stopped contact between me and dd, so I took her to court and got custody due to being more stable, after that she had more issues and came to live with us again, and again for years things were normal.
A few months ago she transferred flats to my area and things start to change. One week shes play fighting and grinding on me, the next she wont even look at me, I figure maybe its due to her medication, but today she seemed different somehow. I asked her why and she texted me back saying that things change, I asked what changed, she said she'd found someone new (a 28y/o guy).
After years of trying my best this just sent me on a downward spiral, I cut contact temporarily I got curious, I checked social media and found they worked together before and been "facebok official" for months. This sent me crazy and I said some pretty hurtful stuff, then dd came home from her day out I asked if she knew, she knew tons but mummy said to keep it secret.
Her mother claims to be in a single occupant house and gets benefits for this and disability, and again my gut told me to check where he lives, same street, possibly the same house, no wonder her benefit mail was coming to my house!. My daughters been staying in a house with (or belonging to) her moms bf of 3 months. She also often says shes ill so she cant have our daughter a lot, even having her other daughter bring ours back last week due to pain.
I have no idea where to go from here, I've now I've told her I cant deal with her, heart-broken, feel betrayed and honestly dont know how to continue, I need help but in the mean-time I know my kid needs her mom, even if she doesnt see her much as it is, I just can't face the situation anymore, cant handle the lies, seeing her face, the thought of my kid being told to keep secrets from me, the idea of her staying in some randomers house (2 of her exes have been in trouble for SA), I dont know what to do, honestly I said some really nasty stuff calling out her lies and calling her names, then I blocked her number, sent her new fling a message showing her talking about us being "touchy feely" a few weeks ago, said good luck, then blocked him too.
I dont have anyone to talk to about it all so advice would be awesome, but Am I a bad parent? Also if you made it this far, tysm for reading.

I’m 23F and I started working on a farm about a week ago. Most of my job experience in the past has been on farms/ranches. I have four coworkers here, two guys and two other girls, and we all are undergrads at the local university. I have always had a difficult time fitting in. I know that I’m a little socially awkward, and have been described as “uncanny valley”. However, I am also pretty and go for the “Barbie” look. I feel that this combo catches people off guard and makes them uncomfortable. So I put a lot of conscious effort into being very polite and friendly and not weird, and I am pretty good at small talk. One of my coworkers is my good friend and started at about the same time as me. He does not experience the same issues at our job that I do. No one at work seems to like me, while they took to him very quickly. On my first day, I got put with the two other girls. After we did a couple of chores, they drove the work vehicle around and parked behind different barns and scrolled on their phones for the rest of the day. I do not like getting in trouble, so this made me a little anxious because it felt like we should be doing something, but I just went with the flow. The next day was when things took a turn. I was leaving to get breakfast and asked the guys if they wanted anything (the girls had already left). I brought them back the food they requested and they never ate it. I don’t have a lot of money so it kind of stung but I let it slide without mentioning it. We were having a work lunch, and I was put in charge of a side dish. I started prepping it and the girls walked in and made a snarky comment telling me that I was doing it wrong (I was literally just cutting vegetables) and then snickered amongst themselves. I had never seen it made a different way but I thought maybe I was wrong so I googled recipes and they all looked like how I did it. Once they started putting things together, they told me we wouldn’t have enough of an ingredient because I made the side dish wrong. I immediately went into people-pleasing mode and said I’d go back to the store and get more. When I got back, they were sitting in the office and just stared at me when I set it on the counter, and they didn’t even end up using the extra. At this point I’d spent ~50 bucks on food. I tried to just act normal and friendly but everyone was kind of ignoring me and I felt awkward so I just went off by myself and didn’t eat. I tried not to make a big deal about it or act like I was in a bad mood, I just said “I’m fine, thank you though!” when my manager poked his head out to ask if I was eating. I kind of realized at that point that these girls probably didn’t like me, but I wasn’t sure of everyone else. Since then, I feel like the two girls I work with hate my guts, and the other guy just doesn’t care. These are a few things that have happened so far -we were moving some cattle. One of the girls and I were standing at one end of the alley where our boss told us to go. I guess she wanted to go help everyone else or something, but she told me to give her my flag. I didn’t really want to so I kind of just stood there and didn’t say anything. She grabbed it out of my hand. They were wild cattle to begin with but one calf was giving us some trouble and kept getting past us and running into the pen. At one point it ran past one of the guys and he just grabbed it and started trying to walk it out of the pen, which was pretty hilarious. Him and the other guy had a good hold of him, so I walked over to take a little video. When the girl saw me coming, she ran over to the calf and grabbed it and snapped at me “Can you help us instead of taking a video!?” I genuinely didn’t feel like it would take four people to hold a calf and by that point they were basically out of the pen and closing the gate anyways. Regardless, her condescending comment in front of everyone made me feel really embarrassed and I apologized. -After that, we went to do some chores. Everyone except her got out of the vehicle to work and she stayed sitting in there and played on her phone. -all of my coworkers speak Spanish but I don’t speak it very well. I feel left out when we’re all in a group but they only speak Spanish so I can’t join in the conversation -my boss has been showing me how to run the tractors and such. Every time he’s teaching me, the girls drive up and watch from their vehicle and I can see them laughing. They’ve been here several months now though and neither of them have learned to operate equipment so idk -I am not working with the girls so much now because my boss has been having the more experienced guy show me stuff. He is very monotone with me but I think that’s just his personality. Except I do see him talking and laughing with the other girls but I guess he knows them better. I tried to be friendly with him but he didn’t bite. -When I do work with the girls, if I ask for clarification on something, they just go “Um…giggle.” Or roll their eyes and sigh -Today, all five of us were in the shop. We needed to go tend to something. I was trying to get into the vehicle (they could see me, it was an open side by side) and they backed up and drove away. It was too far to walk so I just sat there, waiting. -They never came back. It turned out that they were all hanging out elsewhere until work was done. When that time rolled around, I wanted to check that everything was in order and I was good to go. No one ever came back to where I was and everyone had gone home without saying anything. -Every time I walk up to join the conversation, they all show negative body language: turning their backs to me, not making eye contact, etc. -I generally just feel like I’m not in the loop. They never really tell me what we’re doing or they just start walking off without me. Everyone else seems to know what’s going on, including the other new person.
I don’t know what’s wrong with me. My boss seems to like me fine and I often ride around with him and help him do stuff. The owner of the cattle we’re feeding came up to introduce himself to me and we had a nice chat. My professors are fond of me. My landlord, who I work for also, says she appreciates my help and she’s glad she has someone responsible around. I don’t understand why people in my age group don’t like me. I used to work at Hooter’s and it was a very similar vibe, I quit because my coworkers just couldn’t stand me. Am I doing something wrong? I know I shouldn’t worry about what other people thing, but deep down I am still a lonely little girl who just wants to be liked and have friends. I grew up in a very rural area without a lot of other kids around, and I’ve always felt like an outsider in friend groups. Sorry everyone for the rant. I just feel very alone in the world at the moment. I’m older than the average college freshman and don’t really relate to most people at school, I don’t see my parents much, and I live alone. I love my job but it’s mentally exhausting trying to get my coworkers to not hate me. They don’t have to like me, but people acting like I’m stupid and actively excluding me hurts my feelings. It’s like everyone can tell that there’s something off or weird about me but I don’t know what. I can do my job perfectly fine but the social interactions are incredibly difficult.
I am not a pick me or a kiss ass or anything like that. I just want to get along with everybody and I genuinely like working hard and helping.

Violence, Domestic or foreign It’s driving down a road with 2 lanes But you get bullied into one And the relationship turns sour that you thought was fun
Now you’re emotional in the corner of a room Feeling like this is your fate, doom And when you feel the anger inside rising That’s when you can finally see the horizon Keep fighting and clawing, tooth and nail Fight until you’re weak and your body grows frail Then you can say that you’re a survivor Is that victim shaming in your mind or Did you see her when she’s broken and belittled Cracked at the seams, already bursted in the middle Her head was broken and now you blame her Say she should have left when he first laid a hand on her But it’s easy to say when you haven’t been there Broken, abused, feeling like nothing where Were the good doers, the true friends? All sleeping soundly in their marital beds They were dreaming of angels on high While she almost met them in the middle of the night
So tell me again that you’d have done different Have you been in her shoes, I’m sure you haven’t And if you feel like you know where she’s been Go to hell, come back, multiply that by ten Even then, you won’t truly know until you’ve been in her skin The skin she broke trying to escape from within 2 pack of razors for 50 cents The best investment, she thought it made sense This was her last hope, and you didn’t listen Now she is lying in a box and he isn’t
A Young boy lying in his bed at night Wondering when the next hand might Find the back of his head the next time This has become his reality and he thinks that’s fine No one told him different, about the love of another The feeling of warmth and safety like a loving mother Hugging you tightly on a stormy twilight As he drifts to sleep, a firm punch ruins his night And we tell ourselves that everything is fine When the abuser grabs him and claims “He’s Mine” This makes me sick when he puts his arms around me His touch is icy cold like swimming in the Atlantic Sea There is no one to help this young boy When his ‘lover’ uses his body like a toy
The ‘man’ whispers to the boy that he’s worthless And we tell ourselves he said their love was priceless Only to make ourselves feel better when we find the outcome The boy couldn’t find someone to believe him When he cried for help, he was naught but a mime And when he had enough, he took his last hope And carried the burden that matched the weight of that rope When they found him, there was a single note “You wouldn’t help me,” these words I quote “So I took the only option I could see. Fuck him, at least he won’t end up where I’ll be.”
We can only imagine what this pair could’ve done What they could’ve accomplished if they were alive But now the only hope we have is written in The books we keep, and the hands of Angels in Heaven

I've read people's opinion on it and why it makes sense vs the one's who don't like it. Watched gameplay from different people. played multiple games with this rework trying out different strategys. No matter what is going on it's just awful to play. I genuinely don't see why they did this and most of the people who like it can't even explain why. Most just like it because it's a (new) support because it's a support without caring about the character. Others want it to happen whether because they hate going against Moji or the low pickrate excuse even though kinnesa and strix exist. So like the other actual Moji mains or people who know how she operates and her history. I'm going to explain everything wrong with this rework and why it shouldn't happen.
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Spit & Sparkle

\ \ \ I have multiple problems with this change. Let's start with the fact that sparkle now self slows you for 20% when used. It used to be 10% which was one of the main issues that we wanted to be removed but kept it now it's at 20%. So now Moji has a ball and chain on her and anyone with extra speed will outrun Moji's heals and damage. Thought supports was supposed to stay with the team. Not have a hard time keeping up with them. No wonder Moji she tells Po-Li to go faster. In order to do it you have to stop healing, then heal, and do it again which means you have less healing. Unless of course they're glued to the point which won't happen in most cases since people have to constantly move in different areas because of what's happening.
Also when it comes to attacking and running away you might as well stay still. Where are you going while being self slowed for 20% while having a big hurtbox? Everyone in this sub just forgot about her big hurtbox which makes Fighting even more of a issue. Even if you use morning breath which takes off 4% of self slow. You still have the big hurtbox issue and less options for better cards which most of them suck that I'll slightly explain later as well. Self slow should be gone in general. It should have never stayed especially when they decided to remove it for everyone else.
Second issue is her damage. There was a reason why she did 1,000 damage and not 450. Not only that but they removed her ability to mark enemies by default. You can with a talent but I'll get to that later. Spit does the main damage and now sparkle does limited tickle damage which also means you're wasting your heals. Who thought this made sense in the slightest. You have to use that in order to kill your enemies faster. When your done you have to wait for it to refill to attack the next enemy coming when no one else comes to help making you helpless. Or you somehow kill the enemy because it's hard to do unless low health. You have to use the rest of it to heal your team which you won't have enough of. This is painful to use.
Third issue is it has heal ammo like IO that runs out quick. Yes you can mark your team but it still isn't enough and doesn't fix the main problems. Her main healing is short range. Name one healer in the game that has a short range in healing. They also have to manually heal with sparkle which other manual healers especially auto or assisted aim healers can do way better. God forbid if they have to come back into battle and try to heal a low health teammate with spit which you will miss multiple times. So what's the point of healing with this character. Moving on to Magic Shield

Magic Shield

This ability doesn't do much for her team or herself and she should have kept magic barrier. This ability feels like a worse version of Torvalds removed talent alternating current. Instead of delaying your death by 1.5 seconds you delay it by one attack and take the next few shots before being able to run away. The only possible use of it is a niche build and team where you run with a flank while having the card harmonious. With the card you are basically a walking dispenser that shoots with the flank you will hug through most of the game. We already have enough niche things that can be pretty boring and are hardly used. Torvalds had multiple of those. Moji doesn't need it too.

Scamper

You can now run indefinitely with it. They removed bunny hopping but then they brought it back when they realized that she was a literal bunny. When they brought it back though they nerfed the speed and the bunny hops. It's so noticeable that it's not any different from the scamper ability when it comes to speed. The only good thing about it is when you do the advanced tech when trying to spray. That is until that 20% self slow puts a ball and chain on you. This doesn't fix her main issues and they made it worse beilieve it or not. Here's there reason on doing it.
Due to changes to how Scamper functions, Bunny Hopping will be weaker at base than it was prior. In order to feel similar to how it did on Moji prior, you'll want high levels of both Boop and Morning Breath to allow those same flings across spaces.
This is completely wrong because when did we ever had a card that decreases self slow. Your really trying to tell me that Moji players, grandmaster Moji players, and bot Moji didn't know anything about it??? Guess it was hidden in the game the whole time. Plus it doesn't even change the speed of bunny hopping because you nerfed it and nothing in her cards effects it. So in order to maintain any kind of speed I have to put points into morning breath which is pretty a forced have too in game. Also who uses boop to increase the speed after using scamper. No one used it because bunny hopping was way better than that because you're able to move while attacking and defending yourself. Anyone running it was basically throwing without knowing. Not even maxing out scoot will save you. Your just delaying your death with that maxed out 20% damage reduction and giving them more ult. Seriously if using regular scamper made you die when trying to escape. What's making it indefinitely going to do?

Bon Appetite

This one really amazes me because they actually put part of yummy into base kit that we asked for halve what. Except there is no ult percentage and gives 50% of maximum health instead of 1000hp and ignores anti-healing. Problem is. This ult is now basically worse than pips ult and atlas setback. They changed everything else but the ultimate in order to keep the old Moji play style that is pretty much dead. They clearly want her to be glued to her team and with this ultimate you make them have to run to the opponent to eat it. The main use now for it is to use it for defence which is horrible because it's so easy to predict it. Most characters can either block, CC immune, dodge, and other things to ignore being ulted. Even with the cancels it won't work. You had a better chance of using it because you can attack regularly, use the magic barrier combo, and other methods to make people take the ultimate. Without magic barrier she less uses for her ultimate. It's now a long charging ability and is terrible. Now for the talents.

Spit Shine

Spit now heals them for 350 and increases their Movement Speed by 20% for 2s. Why is this reworked Moji's only true support talent. This talents fine until you realize that it's also goes against Moji and the team. Let me explain. Remember how Moji has 20% self slow when she fires. Well now that the team is moving at 120% now you're basically moving at 60% and they're outrunning you. Some characters can move even faster and you will basically be at a speed of 40%-60%. So if you felt forced using morning breath you will using this talent and have to make it 5 points. Even with morning breath maxed out. You will be moving at 60%-80% and will be forced to use scamper and may get attacked by a enemy and can't run or hurt them enough. You're just a bad assist healer with some use that is not enough.

Jubilation

Reworked to "Magic Marks are now instead applied to enemies. Detonating at least 7 stacks of Magic Mark deals bonus damage, up to a total of 800". I'm aware that she is a support but they still don't know why she did 1,000 damage in the first place. With this talent you no longer have the ability to use the secondary to heal people. This talent will bring these types of players.
The ones who like old Moji and then realizing that they changed so much that flank Moji is not possible. Instead they may go damage and heal from time to time. Another one is that someone uses it for defence while mainly healing the team and forcing two supports to play in the match. The last one is someone you will see more often is someone not able to play Moji or the talent well. Youthought grohk going damage and seris flanking on the same team was bad. Get ready for her to join the team. Your going to ask them so who is going main support and who will play tank and it's television static. The seris will stand around too much and do a bunch of questionable things. Grohk only has some heals because they were there when they played damage. The Moji is struggling to do anything with it. The seris will plug and the bad grohk player will say something crazy before leaving a millisecond later.
No matter what you do with the talent based on your skill. Nothing just works for reworked Moji including the cards. The damaged worked because she had magic barrier and damage combos with it. Without it she can't do anything when she's is in danger including running away with the giant hurtbox.

Realm Runner

When entering Scamper, leave a magical dust cloud behind that applies a lingering heal for 600 over 3s. Dust cloud lasts 4s.
Moji mains have been wanting toot I mean realm runner in base kit for awhile because it's not a real talent. It's a better version of scurry and when it's in base kit then she would actually be able to use the other two talents and do better without ruining gameplay for anyone. Instead they kept it as a talent to play the old Moji. What old Moji...you got rid of almost everything Moji who is basically just a echo champion at this rate. You turned a forced talent into a throw talent.
The dust cloud we wanted back is just a sparkly circle on the ground that people won't be able to see. Plus is like back then where the team can see it and no one else. Otherwise people will know where she is and take her down. Why.

Cards

None of the cards have any synergy with each other at all. You're basically forced to use morning especially with the healing talent at 3-5. Since default ammunition for sparkle is terrible you will definitely need 3-5 points for symbiotic. Dense woods never needed any points above 1 and was a decent filler card for old Moji. However since this is reworked Moji. Don't think it's worth using since you will try to be around the team constantly and should already be enough. Now we have 5-9 points for ourselves so what can we do. Uhhhh. Well damn.
Oh I didn't mention this earlier but remember how spit shine and Moji's 20% self slow makes the team run away from her. Well the card natures blessing gives allies 5% extra speed when they get hit by spray for 3 seconds. So you can max this out at 25%. Instead of being 40-60% slower than faster teammates being healed with there speed cards and abilitys. 60% slower when trying to healer teammates without anything making them move faster besides you. This is how fast you will be moving compared to them.
You will be moving at 15% at worst to 55% when trying to heal teammates while trying to heal them as they really outrun your heals. With morning breath maxed out you will mainly be moving at 35%-75% while healing. No one has tested this character at all.
Anyway you can look at the cards and get some ideas as we move on to the long time Moji bugs. So for the people who been playing Moji or about to with support Moji. Get ready to deal with these long time annoying bugs.

Weapons/Armor

Fluffy Increase your maximum Health by {5050}.
Peppy Generate {0.40.4}% Ultimate Charge when triggering a max stack Magic Mark.
Symbiotic Increase your Sparkle capacity by {66}%.
Will-o-the-Wisp Increase your Movement Speed by {55}% for 4s after getting an Elimination.

Sparkle

Dense Woods Increase the duration of your Magic Marks by {0.80.8}s.
Greater Good When an ally receives max Magic Marks, they gain a {2020} Health Shield while marked.
Morning Breath Reworked to "Decrease self-slow of Sparkle by 2020%"
Nature’s Blessing Allies gain {55}% Movement Speed for 3s after being hit by Familiar Spray.

Magic Shield

Cozy Magic Shield Heals allies for {66} every 0.25s while its being channeled.
Glimmer Reduce Magic Shield’s Cooldown by {0.10.1}s when detonating a max stack Magic Mark.
Harmonious Regenerate {31}% Sparkle and Ammo for affected allies every 0.25s while channeling Magic Barrier.
Shimmering Allies affected by Magic Barrier gain {33}% Crowd Control resistance for 4s.

Scamper

Boop Increase your Movement Speed by {88}% for 2s after using Scamper.
Scoot Reduce the damage you take during Scamper by {44}%.
Scurry Heal for {2020} every 0.3s during Scamper.
Wobbles Gain {1010}% Slow resistance while using Scamper.

The Bugs

It isn't a paladins games without mentioning the bugs. Here's what to expect when playing her so you don't get confused.
If a seris or Kasumi is on the team and attack the same enemy as you. Your marks will reset back to zero everytime they attack. Now can this somehow happen when trying to heal the same teammates. No idea but anything goes with paladins.
If you mark a enemy, shoot spit at them and die. Despite the mark being there the game will for some reason make you do zero mark damage.
A enemys hurtbox when turned into a cookie is really weird. You can touch them multiple times and still won't be eaten until they finally do. Sometimes they may turn back to normal even though you clearly deserved it. Last part hasn't happened to me and I hope it doesn't. What's even weirder is that even though you can't eat them from the front from time to time. Even when they're literally on your head and jumping around. You can definitely eat them from behind with no misses. Why has this not been fixed.
When being ulted by furia that's supposed to give 30% extra damage. You will instead receive 9% extra damage. I don't think this happens to no one else besides maybe jenos too.
These bugs are still relevant for reworked Moji. The other ones are not there like snack attack so I won't mention them. I even have videos for these bugs too. Don't think because these videos are old it means that it no longer happens. The horse bug is old and that has been going on for years including other things.
https://www.reddit.com/Paladins/comments/tvfhlg/a_video_of_multiple_moji_bugs_happening_ill/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=mweb3x&utm_name=mweb3xcss&utm_term=1&utm_content=share_button
https://www.reddit.com/Paladins/comments/z33w1x/yeah_that_makes_sense/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=mweb3x&utm_name=mweb3xcss&utm_term=1&utm_content=share_button

Conclusin

I know they want to do something with her but I don't buy it that they did this because they cared about Moji. Moji hardly got any changes for years and I mean rarely a update to anything about her even though we're telling them what to do and then they rework them. They did thid because they didn't have funds for a echo champion since that was mentioned in the exact same post when talking about changing moji. Paladins has a history of someone who works on the game saying they will do this or mention a thing. Whether or not people like it or not which most of them we didn't like. They will still do it like echo champions.
This is the wrong way to go about it and no warning was ever given. To people who think well people ask for support/tank in the past. Those people now see that Moji is actually better than how people depicted her in late season 2. Plus those people no longer play the game and had a whole different idea when paladins was different back then. It's one thing to say I want a support. It's another when it comes to a type of support and what they have but everyone can't explain it because they simply hate Moji based on the comments. There are some characters I hate going against and when there character gets gutted I don't cheer in excitement. I would hate that to happen to my favorite characters. I simply want a certain thing nerf if it's clearly too much but without ruining them. I only suggest a rework or change to a certain thing if nothing else can work and is something people can agree on that benefits everyone.
These changes don't benefit anyone including the ideas since no one asked for these specific things. I would just revert it and actually listen to Moji mains needs to make her a better character. Not just Moji but every character. Especially the non human characters because they stay ignore them including people wanting ruckus Aerial Assault in base kit. Rather you guys fix the actual issues than do stuff like this. Including finishing unfinished maps instead of a unnecessary map rework making them worse to play on and never fixed.
That's all I have to say. Please let me know your thoughts on this. Actually have a real opinion and thoughts and not repeat the same thing over and over without making a actual point or I'm ignoring it.

While many people hated the Chainsaw Man Church Arc build up, I enjoyed it a lot. But what ill agree with is that lots of the tension was changed with Quanxi appearing and 1 shotting. Even now during the facility arc where she doesn't have trouble fighting Yoru.
Shoutout to u/SherewZino. Read their post and really agreed with most of their points.
Chainsaw Man Arc Rewritten
Quanxi Arrives

1. Quanxi still kills everyone and the events continue until the Chainsaw man guys wake up

Yoshida ambushes Yoru

1. It's a POV switch to the Yoru and Yoshida and continuous how it's supposed to with Yoru preparing to go on a rampage cause she's overjoyed by her new power.

Denji vs Barem Part 1

1. Following Yoshida and Yoru, the narrative circles back to Barem, Denji, Fumiko, and Nayuta. Barem begins his psycho speech again, engaging all three of them into a brutal fight. Aided by Fumoko, Denji fights Barem. Denji is surprised he is fighting in his base form. Barem in his internal thought sees that the Chainsaw Man plan is working and is powering Denji up. However, the situation escalates with Barem transforming into his flamethrower form, becoming a threat to both Fumiko and Denji. As the battle intensifies, Barem relentlessly taunts Denji to transform so he could witness the full power of Chainsaw Man.
   
2. Kishibe, alongside Quanxi, arrives at the scene. During the Quanxi ambush against the 3 fiends, Kishibe was actually there at the food court eating. Kishibe orders Quanxi to evacuate the 3, then shares a brief yet impactful message with Denji about balancing his human and Chainsaw Man side. Flamethrower form Barem vs Kishibe begins with Kishibe having the upper hand most of the fight. Knowing Kishibe is about to destroy him, Barem resorts to a big fire blast to escape, leaving Kishibe heavily injured. From the distance Yoru notices this fire blast and begins heading this way. Yoshida who happens to arrive here cause has been running this whole time sees Kishibe and takes him to safety.
   

Yoru vs Quanxi (Rip Quanxi)

1. Continuing the narrative, Fumiko, Denji, Quanxi, and Nayuta talks among themselves for a bit before suddenly encountering Yoru. Yoru tells them "What a surprise here" while Denji gives a puzzled look thinking why Asa is there and looks different. Yoru says, "Someone among you smells like Chainsaw Man" then suddenly launches herself at them but her attack is blocked by Quanxi. The other 3 runs away leaving Quanxi behind to fight Yoru
   
2. As Quanxi's life flashes before her eyes, memories of Kishibe floods her thoughts, thinking how Makima stopped those two from being a thing. The scene reaches its climax as Yoru ends Quanxi's life by putting her hand on her head and transforming her into a overpowered bow.
   

Alley Way

1. Now we're with Denji, Nayuta, and Fumiko. We get the exact same alley scene where Fumiko ends up running from Denji because of Nayuta.

Burning House

1. This part goes like how it did in the main story where Denji and Nayuta arrives to their home burning. Fumikos team arrives and starts shooting barem. However, they get interrupted by Miri and the two other fiends.

Denji vs Miri and two other fiends

1. Denji mentally breaks down like the main story and he begins tearing up the 3 fiends. The first two gets low diffed while Barem cheers on the side lines how he finally saw Denji transformed. Fumiko ends up shooting him making him shut up. Miri clashes with Denji in a stand off shocked by how aggressive and broken Denji is and says "Denji...", where Denji ends up slicing him in half.

Denji vs Fumiko

1. In the moment of rage, Denji seeks for another target. He sees Fumiko and her team and begins attacking them. Denji kills nearly all of Fumikos team but before the last one, Fumiko protected her last team member and tells him to run away. While running away, that person takes a photo of Denji and gets away. This fight continous on but Fumiko is no matched for Denji. Finally, instead of resisting Chainsaw Man any further, Fumiko lets herself get stabbed through the stomach. Using the last moment of her life, she pats Denjis head and says, "Thank you for saving me... Denji". Miri who is on the floor witnessing all of this screams Fumikos name.
   
2. Fumiko wakes up in the after life and sees her parents again.
   

Nayuta saves Denji (The Power saving Denji of Part 2)

1. Denji begins hyperventilating realizing he killed Fumiko cause he let Chainsaw Man takeover. Using this opportunity, Barem makes the Chainsaw soldiers attack him. The story continous like the main part with how it was supposed too and it ends up with Nayuta saving Denji then getting shot by Barem.
   
2. Instead of ending up at the hospital, Denji is at a garbage can then is saved by Nail and Katana.
   
3. Denji finally wakes up but out of nowhere Katana Man kicks his balls! Denji realizes he's in a room with the two students, Katana Man, and Nail. He ends up breaking down and saying where's Nayuta and that he has to go but Nail stops him and shows him the news. The news broadcasts the last devil hunter, protected by Fumiko, who captured the image of Denji's battle, labeling Chainsaw Man as a societal menace warranting eradication. Just as tension mounts, a knock echoes through the door, revealing the ominous presence of none other than Yoru. She says, "I know Chainsaw Man is here." (Due to the smell)
   

Denji vs Yoru (The Aki vs Denji of Part 2)

1. Approaching the door, Denji is hit by sudden trauma, haunted by visions of Aki waiting for him on the other side. Then suddenly a Yoru blast the door, desotring the building and sending Denji flying. Nail and Katana Man protects Kobeni and the Chainsaw Man fan from most of the damage.
   
2. The Chainsaw Man fanboy student tries to think why Yoru would even smell Chainsaw Man there then finally drawing to the conclusion tnat Denji is Chainsaw Man. We get a panel of where it's zoomed into the broken rubble and out of nowhere... a transformed Denji jumped out
   
3. Yoru and Chainsaw Man clashes. Yoru mid diffs the fight but the way she ends it is by taking out the transformed Quanxi bow leaving Denji stunned for a second cause he realizes Yoru killed Quanxi where finally he is shot by a big blast through his body, leaving him fatally injured.
   
4. Before Yoru lands the final blow on Chainsaw Man, Denji goes back to human form because he's out of blood causing Yoru to hesitate. We are left with a cliffhanger of Yoru transforming back to Asa and her saying, "Denji?"
   
5. Fami arrives completely stopping the fight
   

Trying to make Denji Happy

1. From here we get a continuation of the last 3 chapters up to the current of where they're just talking and making jokes where we are transitioning into public safety, Chainsaw Man zombies, and society vs Denji and the gang arc.
   
2. Eventually Denji and the gang is spotted by a public safety hunter and it gets reported back to the base where Yoshida, strong public safety members, Miri and the two other fiends join him. (Miri joins because he didn't like how Fumiko died)
   

Public Safety vs Team Denji

1. Finally we transition into Public Safety vs Denji Team Arc where during this arc a Miri vs Denji clash happens and many more. The climax of this arc is Public Safety + team Denji team up defeats a boosted Barum who finds a way to take Nayutas powers and the Chainsaw Man zombies. The arc ends with Nayuta killing Barem once her powers comeback.

Transition to Chainsaw Man Part 3: Death Devil
Death Devil vs Team Part 1

1. Suddenly not having a break, Death Devil desceneds from the sky. Death Devil summons dead people Denji loved traumitizing Denji (Dead power, Makima, Aki, etc...). Death Devil kills off some Public Safety Members, Nail, Katana, Whip and Spear,

Hell

1. Fami sends Denji, the crew, Miri, and some public safety members to hell to hide from death devil. Denji who is traumitized by seeing all the dead people remembers Powers wish and begins finding the blood devil.
   
2. The crew now needs to escape hell but before escaping hell Fami wants to try to get the Primal Devils to help them. They go through fighting many Devils and finally arrived but out of nowhere it becomes dark again. Denji, Kobeni, and Power is traumitized because they remember Darkness Devil but Fami makes him come out and reveals all the Primal Devils seated around them.
   

(Kobeni returned during the Public Safety vs Team Denji arc to save her brother from Public Safety)

1. Fami talks to the Primal devils, it takes time to convince them because of what Fami did to Falling Devil.

Back to normal World

1. The crew heads back to the normal world to find it very different with Death Devil taken completely over. Seeing people jump off roofs, hurt their friends, etc... A lot of dead corpses from the past walk around the normal world.

Final Fight with Death Devil

1. Death Devil dies

List of deaths during the final arc against Death Devil
--4 Primals die leaving 2 left (Darkness was an impactful one)
--Kobeni makes a sacrifice for her little brother, giving him courage and transforming into a better version of Kobeni (Fujimoto wanted to kill her off before anyways)
--Miri: Miri and Denji ended up becoming best friends during the Public Safety vs Team Denji Arc. His death is a sacrifice for Denji where it complete impacts Denji
--Yoru: Sacrifices her soul to become a OP weapon for Asa
--New characters introduced during Part 3 and the Public Safety vs Denji arc
--Makima and Aki: Death Devil revived them to fight Denji but they gain their conciousness again. They help kill Death Devil but Death Devils death they had to disappear

1. Story ends

While I sit listening to a meeting at work my mind began to wonder about common issues faced with common MMO systems and balancing. Things like PvP and equipment balancing, I don't promise a eloquently written post, but I will try my best to explain the ideas I want to get across.
PVP: I don't intend to address social issues directly like zerg/mob mentality as you can't fully resolve such a thing and probably shouldn't as those instances also are part of that emergent gameplay moments PvP players love to tell tales of when group pvp turned to massive guild v guild wars. My issue and one I see a lot is when you try to mix pvp and pve as those players are fundamentally looking for two very different things within the same game.
Ofcourse the option for Toggle pvp has been presented and tried with MMOs like New World , but of course for the most part most players didnt toggle. Now I wish to propose a open pvp system with actual consequences for excessive pvp. NPC guards should petrol and auto aggro a player that gets flagged for aggressive pvp(Initiated the conflict) these guards should be strong to the point where it should require a decently geared max level player is required to potentially beat them.
Of course this will add to a karma system having thresholds depending on how many instances of guard killing or player killing have occurred. Players part of a Neutral or good standing guild will have their karma reported to a officer of said guild, this would hold weight as with this system Guilds will also have a karma system of their own. Guilds with overall negative karma due to aggressive PK will be marked as a Red guild or outlaw guild. This will bar the Guild from receiving full rewards for guild quest but also unlock alternative guild quest that involve pvp or stealing from other guilds in the event of transport missions and such.
These changes would make pvpers be more mindful of setting up duels instead of excessive ganking, now of course that option will be available to them but it will change their gameplay to the point where towns aren't useable for them and would have to complete side quest in the open world to restore karma(repeatable brain numbing kill 50 boars for tusk with a 30% drop rate quest)
Equipment Balancing: Now with this I aim to mostly avoid big number bloat, I'm not too experienced with it but games like Guild Wars 2 avoid this problem I believe with horizontal progression? Now if this is how it's done and I'm just echoing an idea already put into practice then excuse me. So with this I would set a max damage like lets say for argument sake its 200.
Now this 200 can be achieved by a mixture or pure type of damage. Physical could be separated to slashing, pierce, and blunt like usual. Magic can just be magic(pure) or a mix of a element of any type that fits the setting. and of course Monsters, Enemies and player armors will have defense that block certain amounts of each damage. So this avoids weapons becoming obsolete and make it more bringing the right weapon for the right quest/adventure kinda in line to the Monster Hunter mindset?
I'm sorry this isn't as fleshed out as it could be, but I'd like to hear others thoughts on these issues and proposed solutions?

I'm from the US and we have a very strong bond with warming to each other very quickly...we have so many things in common with looks even of hairstyle and personality, my last relationship was from a manipulative person and that toxicity still flows through me with outbursts and getting petty at the smallest things, hes a very sensitive person and q quiet but we were always positive and fixed many mistakes. But he believes hes not reaching expectations which he has without even knowing such as respect, sending giftss, boundries...all the ones from google I saw. When I get angry or passive agressive he goes on hiatus for a week, at first I was worried to death, but it happened again a few months after and the 4th seemed to be his tipping point because hes tired of trying to reach my expectations with disappointment which was over a game stream I missed and he watched it. After that he went on hiatus for a week and when he got back I was asleep and he just says
"I have told you several times in the past that I'm not ready for a relationship. I am tired of feeling guilty of not meeting your expectations. I know who I am and now I have the courage to say it's over. I wish you nothing but the best"
It broke me up so much I couldnt just stare blanky and didn't have the ability to cry, he blocked my friend and me on every platform and disappeared and I still wait for him to come back to make a sencere apology and tell him we both overreacted and wanted to fix the problem so it doesn't happen again...but I just stare at his profile on Discord hoping to see if he comes back online... he's trying to get a job and take care of his parents too which I supported...but I don't know why he did that without explaining anything...as of now I still wait for him I tried to call him, email him...I also sent a card that was meant for a anniverserary which then I wrote a apology on it, I know he is a sweet and kind person but I just can't do this anymore I feel compeltely empty without this person this time were like two peas in a pod.

I’m using an Alt. My main would make this completely obvious.
My wife and I have completely switched gender roles, which I’m completely fine with. I’m fortunate to be self employed and do a majority of my work one day a week. I work in the wedding industry. My wife on the other hand, works in a corporate world as a project biller.
We have 2 daughters. The older daughter is a teenager from a previous relationship, and we share a toddler. I’m responsible for most of the housework and childcare. I do my best to clean, grocery shop, schedule appts, cook, and do bigger projects when asked (I’m generally running non stop). Our toddler was a never nap child and she has rarely ever fallen asleep before 10pm. I’m usually in charge of making sure she’s tidy and ready for bed, and if she needs any medicine.
During the week, I’m also doing paperwork and following up leads for my business. Phone calls, etc etc. anyone who is self employed, especially if it’s just them or a couple of people that they contract, know that it’s always a hustle to get more work.
My wife wakes up, and works from home, so she heads to her home office at about 8am, and then we see her for maybe lunch, and then dinner, and then maybe 10pm if we’re lucky. But by then, she’s irritable, frustrated, and drinking/smoking/420 until she goes to bed. She spends most of her free time on social media, typically TikTok, or looking at Zillow for a dream house, though we’re not exactly in the market.
Her career involves sending invoices and correcting hours etc for multiple companies, and it follows q30 close, quarterly close, and end of year close. It seems there is ALWAYS something that keeps her working 60-70 hours a week. Always.
I’m tired. I know she’s tired. But I’m tired of this entire existence with her. I’ve done everything in my power during/after Covid to make as much money as I could while working as few days/hours, so I could be there for our family. Our kids. She seems to be unwilling to change anything or figure out a solution to this issue that I have brought up with her a few times.
There’s a lot more to this, but to keep it concise: I can’t tell if this is the root cause or just a symptom. We don’t have a relationship. I honestly am indifferent to her existence, and it feels like that is completely reciprocated. There’s no effort on her end, with anything. I’ve suggested counseling, either together or separate. She refuses to even go to a regular doctor for some medical issues. I was told to stop buying flowers, even if it’s our toddler that wanted to buy them for her. I try to do a family trip to see my family who lives in another state, once or twice a year. She has been absent for every single one of them. It’s always close week, or something with work has come up, they’re implementing a new system, there’s a new trainee. There’s always something. She’s started to do the same thing with concerts, etc.
She’s not cheating because she doesn’t leave the house. Honestly, it’s like she’s both lazy and agoraphobic at the same time. Just work, self medicating, sleeping. And I’d say extreme emotional fragility. She’s crying once or twice a day, guaranteed. Doesn’t matter what I do, or what I’ve done, or if I’ve specifically done things to make everything easier for her. She’s crying because any number of things. If I sit and listen as a silent shoulder, crying. If I suggest plans to help with issues, crying. Try to be positive and take over another thing she needs help with? Yep. Crying.
She never wants to come up with ideas for activities for either us as a couple, or together as a family. Ideas lay with me.
I get frustrated because I see these videos about weaponized incompetence and how guys in general are just useless, and I agree. Generally speaking, a large percentage of men are just taking up space in a relationship and don’t contribute. But what happens when the gender roles are primarily swapped?
I can’t leave. She makes more than I do, and in this economy, I don’t make enough to support two on my own just yet. Divorce would destroy the toddler, and the teenager would be a wreck as well (even though she’s experienced insecurity before I won full custody).
How do I really reach my wife, for a real wake up call? We can’t do this anymore. I can’t. Or rather, what can I do to get into a better situation?

Summary: Just as you thought you managed to escape, your soon-to-be husband caught you and brought you back to your castle. Even though they keep telling you how much they care for you, you know they’re only after your position as queen. They’ve been willing to do anything to have you… even if it meant using dark magic. You won’t let them get into your head again… right?
Author’s notes:
Hiya! As you might be able to tell this is the first script I’ve ever written. I gave my best and I sincerely hope that you guys enjoy it (; (You may use the script, but don’t forget to give credit). Have fun <3
Notes:
“* … *”: emphasis.
“(…)”: suggested emotions / actions
"[...]": Listener speaking
Script:
(annoyed sigh) Have you calmed down yet?
(Footsteps as Speaker enters the Listener’s room)
Wow… you threw a hell of a tantrum in here. Doesn’t really fit a (princess’s / prince’s / royal’s) behavior now, does it?
[…]
My fault? Oh please. You can’t even acknowledge your own mistakes.
[…]
Yes, I did lock you up in here. However, I don’t recall telling you to smash and or destroy everything in this room. (sarcastic) But what do I know? You know everything so so much better than me, don’t you?
[…]
(amused) Of course, you sound like that. You refuse to see that even you need help from time to time… (mumbling to himself, a bit too loud) probably more than most of us do…
[…]
(quickly hiding amusement; acting more caring) Stupid? No, no… don’t put words in my mouth like that, honeybun. I never called you stupid. I would rather say you’re… misguided… and in need of help. That’s what I am here for. It’s what I was always meant to do. To help and protect you. To stand by your side. And, therefore, it is your fate to stand by mine.
[…]
(sigh) Oh, honeybun… my sweet sweet honeybun. I know that all of this must be quite hard on you. I mean, as a (princess / prince / royal) you must have a lot on your plate. Trust me, I get it. I’d be the last person to judge you for it.
And I also get that your top priority is your kingdom… and your people. That’s the reason why you need me to help you out. All this stress is making you… short-sighted. You try anything and everything to make your people happy. You’re completely disregarding your own personal needs.
Look at you! I can see those heavy bags under your eyes. (softly spoken) God… you’re practically working yourself to death at this point.
[…]
(a bit more agitated) Just… just think about it for a moment. You and I could be king and queen of this kingdom. I could remove all of your stress. All you need to do is let me in. Let me in just like you did when we first got to know each other.
[…]
Look at me, honeybun.
[…]
(angry, yet trying to be subtle) Look. At. Me.
[…]
(content sigh) There you go. That wasn’t so hard, was it? Now, just relax. Take some deep breaths for me. You remember this, don’t you?
[…]
Yes. Yes, you do. Of course you do. How could you forget how good this makes you feel? How could you forget how good I make you feel? How good it feels to just let yourself fall into that state of pure relaxation.
How easy it is to listen to my voice and stare into my eyes as you slowly let go of your mind. How good it feels to hand over all the complicated thinking to me… leaving you all blank and empty.
That feeling… that bliss… that pure bliss and carefreeness is all you want… it’s all you’ll ever need. And you know who can make you feel all those lovely feelings, don’t you?
[…]
Say it. Say it for me.
[…]
Good. Very good.
(evil chuckle)
All you want is me. All you need is me. I make you happy. And if you are happy then so are your people. Once we get wed, I’ll…
(Small pause, as if Speaker is weighing their next words)
we’ll make everyone feel like you do right now. And all you’ll have to do is stand by my side, smile and doddle your head for me. Doesn’t that sound perfect?
[…]
Good.
For now, my darling, I think it is time for you to rest. It’s been a long day for us both. Let me just bring you over to your bed.
(brief pause as Speaker carries Listener and places them on their bed)
Here we are… all nice and comfortable. And don’t worry, honeybun. When you wake up, I’ll be right here by your side. And while you get your well-deserved rest I’ll be seeing to get some of the wedding preparations done.
(The Speaker gives the Listener a soft kiss on their forehead)
Good night, my darling. My most precious treasure…
(evil chuckle and footsteps, slowly fading out as Speaker leaves)

Comcast's purchased NBCUniversal for about $30 billion from GE. Murdoch sold all of the entertainment assets within Fox Corp. in 2019, including 21st Century Fox, for $71 billion. Paramount Global market cap about $8 billion. Umm, can you say a no brainer!! The best of the best sitting at $8 billion? The market is currently a Scarecrow without a brain trying to scare you to sell. Every thing will become clear when we reach $OZ$. Just follow the yellow brick road!!

The email was basically insulting them, saying they’re the most difficult client we have, they refuse to use the ticketing system and never respond and that they are too pushy and demanding.
I don’t fully disagree with all of it but it was so unprofessional.
What frustrates me is we have no defined SLAs and that is part of the problem. They genuinely have no idea what to expect when putting in requests. So in many ways, my supervisor created this environment and I’ve only just stepped in and have to clean up the mess. On top of that he really doesn’t even have their assets managed properly. My admin credentials don’t even give me the privileges I need to do my work and I’m literally the global admin in addition to multiple other administrator roles. The machine I was attempting to work on had some random local administrator tied to it for which he did not have the credentials so I couldn’t even net user to add a new profile. It’s messy and makes me look bad. Repairing a software application on a users computer should not take over an hour simply because I don’t have the proper access
The email was prompted by a slew of frantic requests that came in the day before and them being very pushy towards me about resolving them immediately. They were mostly medium priority issues that were not urgent. I told my supervisor and I personally think he made the issue much worse and put me in an awkward position.
I know sometimes in this business you have to push back against clients but I felt it was really unprofessional. There had to be a better way to word things than that. Is this normal in the MSP world? I was working in government before this.