I’m gonna start by saying that I love dogs. I’ve always loved them, and I’ve always met the needs and wants of the dogs I’ve watched. My own dog is my best friend and I don’t know what I’d do without her. BUT dogsitting is making it abundantly clear that some, if not most, people cannot train their damn doodle dogs.
I’m so, so tired of doodles. The things are so neurotic and crazy that I don’t even know how to keep them occupied. Like I feel sorry for the actual dog because it has to live its life constantly wanting to move. Sort of like how you feel when you see a pug struggling to get air in. It just makes me wonder how much stimulation these dogs need, and aren’t getting.
Most of my clients are doodles. Every single owner without failure does not have control of their dog. There’s one I’ve watched for a couple of years now. I love her. She’s a great dog- playful but also willing to cuddle and calm down on the couch, has her quirks and personality, and is a generally kind dog. However, she doesn’t listen to her owner. At all. The dog doesn’t know boundaries either. She’ll play with my dog, who’s only maybe 12 pounds. My dog has her fun but gets tired. The dog continues to harass her. I have to pick my dog up and put her in her “time out” (a bed super high up).
A dog I’m currently watching while writing this. Peekapoo, which is a cute and in denial way of saying Pekingese/poodle mutt. She’s young, maybe 2? This dog doesn’t settle. She’s like 7 pounds and I can pick her up with my palm. The craziest most psychotic dog I’ve ever watched. I played fetch with her for 2 hours straight. Non stop. Throw, run, bring back. Over and over. No rests. I finally had to stop to use the bathroom. I find her playing with my own dog. Okay cool. 30 minutes in, my girl gets tired because she’s older and can’t keep up. Goes to her bed and sleeps. The ‘peekapoo’ is still pacing the house. Okay not a problem, let’s walk!
45 minute walk later, she comes into the house flying around. She’s still pacing. I don’t know what to do. I’m so annoyed and frustrated. She won’t stop whining looking for something to do. I’ve given her chews, she gets bored. Puzzles, bored. I don’t know what to do anymore. The dog is cute, though I can’t help but think, “what sucker would pay $2k for you?”
I’m just so tired. It’s making me not want to dogsit. These dogs just aren’t trained. The first one is like a family dog and I do have an attachment to her. Her only problems are boundaries and when her owner lets her off the leash knowing she won’t listen. The second, pees in the house, won’t potty during outside time but after we’ve come inside! Tears up shit. Whines all the time.
People see a cute face and think what’s the harm? They don’t realize these dogs have needs. I’m not saying they have to be perfectly trained (mine sure isn’t), but c’mon. Your dog should not have 4 straight hours of activity and still not be able to be secure enough to shut their brain off. It’s ridiculous. Don’t get a “doodle” if you aren’t prepared to have a gigantic responsibility. Most importantly, train your damn dog so dog sitters like myself are able to at least bond with them. When they act like they’re on bath salts it’s hard to form a connection.
Take everything I say with a grain of salt. I don’t need or want dms telling me all about how your doodle is a special one that’s perfectly behaved, because I promise you, you’re a minority. I know they can be properly trained and happy. But it’s too few and too far in between.

I usually keep to myself so thought I'd get out of my comfort zone where I'm usually brooding and see if I can find some mates I may be able to do it with. Anyways my name is Eren I'm born and raised in Australia in Victoria and have travelled a bit for work but would like to travel a bit more freely before I get old and see some more of the world. Also I don't mind the company male or female of anyone who messages since this is just going to be platonic anyways.
So some of the stuff I'm into are Gaming on pc, recently some of those things have been Helldivers 2, Darktide, Destiny, Cyberpunk and Monster hunter
I also enjoy drawing and do some rough sketches, anime, anything horror, philosophy and poetry so feel free to ask me your deeper questions. I also used to do HEMA sword fighting but work usually gets in the way of that.
Anyways I've left some hobbies out or left some vague so it could be a topic to talk about but if any of this sounds interesting then feel free to send a message and I'll be looking forward to having a chat.

Hello!
first id like to thank you for reading this post! and please excuse my punctuation, and spelling mistakes :) (yes I've posted it across several social media platforms, and threads, it touches across fields of ai.)
the TLDR is a compilation of ideas and suggestions with some explanation behind them, and thought provocation. it address's some issues but not a lot (i have done my fair share of thinking about ai, features, etc if someone is interested just dm me).
so please take it as they are! im not an expert by any means, but sometimes it takes an individual with a little bit of passion, interest,
hopes and a dream! and a different perspective doesn't hurt either!
for this conversation the terms "we" or "us" will be directed to the reader, or anyone interested.
robotics:
ive seen there is some notion around actuators, has anyone considered pistons of a sort? now although the human body is far more complicated, isn't muscles essentially a signal sent from the brain to the muscle? which then either relaxes or tenses up? if we consider
that this is essentially what it is, then wouldn't a calibrated pistol between what would be the hip and the knee, the knee and the ankle work? so if the "pressure" was released, much like hyrdalic jack, the jack goes down. so what if when the piston released pressure, the tension on the joint between the hip and the piston allowed the leg to elevate? and if the piston had pressure it remained firm? (up and down) if the end of the piston had a cup shaped design on the ends, it would allow it to rotate, (like a ball and socket i suppose) of course this would all need to be calibrated, and who knows how fast it might be, but hey! im not an engineer :) so maybe someone might find a solution to this? additionally wouldn't it help with load? (weight?) if we are to assume we (society, r&d, humanity) are essentially trying to remake a "muscle" well, its not biological, so it cant grow. so why not make it strong right off the hop!
Ai in phones:
I've seen this posted all over the place now, "personal ai assistants" great, i think thats a great idea! now even the regular person can feel like they have a secretary. but heres the issue i see with this, first lets loosely define personal and then expand on it before we get into ideas.
"personal" would be essentially something that is an individuals. like my car, your car.
ok cool, but what makes it yours or mine? well that could be many different reasons, could have purchased it, could have been gifted, could have been passed down. but what makes it unique? what makes it stand out? it could be the colour, could be the license plate.
could be dings, could be lots. ahhh, but now anything passed this point would be "personalization" right? different audio setup, nic-nacs, seat covers, etc.
and heres the point i want to make, although i believe having a "base model" is all fine and swell, what makes the memories? what makes you remember it fondly or remember it negatively, these are things, areas, etc to consider.
how would this be accomplished? well, the same thing a majority of people give to those cars! "personality" (yes some like the car for its reliability, brand, etc.) so, bear with me here, I'm going to stray away from "ai in phones" but it comes back around.
AI companions:
if we consider "ai companions" is a form of friendship that adapts to the user's preferences and tastes, this would the "personality". alright now how would i describe that? well, just like vehicles, you have different models of the same vehicle (insert the plethora of examples here) but what does it require to get that different model? more money, which means more time.
now I AM IN NO WAY SHAPE OR FORM ADVOCATING FOR US (useconsumer) TO SPEND MORE MONEY WITH THIS IDEA.
however the more time spent with this "feature" would result in more refined outcomes. now what might that look like? well, it could look like many things, but heres a few off the top of my head.
-news, events, interests, etc a user may be interested in.
-type of language used (dialects, slang, vocab, etc)
-pictures, or memes shared between user an ai.
-playlists (videos or music)
-video recommendations
-solutions ( for example i have 'x' problem and i cant find the solution, much like how ai works now, it can find that solution)
-sales at a store
-travel times
-various personalized supports (emotional, mental, etc)
now, lets look at why it should be considered ai should have a "avatar" on these platforms. you have a wallpaper right? pictures in your house? a 'style' of how you dress? maybe new rims on your vehicle? decals? its the same thing. its one more way an individual can 'personalize' their PERSONAL ai assistant, its a reflection of useai. why do i think this is important? well, if we were to discuss the future of comfortability between humanity/society, and whats going on, to put it lightly essentially "give a face to the name".
now lets go onto some deeper features (dont know if its avalible or not, and some of these i would recommend having user authority. 'toggles' on and off, and several checks along the way that requires user permission)
banking, now maybe its just me. but i cant rub to pennies together to save a dime if my life depended on it (just like a vast majority of others) but theres financial advisors, right? plans, etc. lots of tools out there. but hey! we're jumping into the next beautiful age right? so why not do this one as well. lets set the scene, and consider the following. some people, pay their bills automatically, some people pay them when they get paid. but this is where it could get fun to think about.
you wake up in the morning, do you thing, look at your phone, and your given a prompt by your ai assistant, it gives you a overview of your trend for how you pay your bills, on this same 'popup' your able to review the amounts, and adjust. if you authorize them, they can be done with a tap of a button, but why not go further? with user authorization, an ai could look over your spending habits, and advise on corrections, perhaps even help start a goal or milestone as well, think of it as a more 'vocal' nudge to avoid an unnecessary purchase, and a little reminder of the goal.
--although this is entirely all my opinion and perspective im now going to touch over my views on the politics around this--
I personally feel that humanity has nothing to fear, and if they fear ai, thats self inflicted. for these examples we'll need some tin foil hats!
ok, so its likely safe to say, people would want to see aliens right? right. but that would not only be sentient, but vastly more advanced then us right? right. so why are we more afraid of what WE as a society create or becoming sentient, and unafraid of a different species we know nothing about?
seems like we have some trust issues, dont you think?
so lets consider the "Skynet" terminator ordeal. well, thats pretty simple to figure out and use some common sense around, i would say this to the governments and military admins this.
i play video games, I've read the art of war, studied military history, and even i know you dont give weapons to someone, or in this case ai if you dont trust it. (yes there are cases this has occurred, and did anyone learn? remains to be seen X'D)
another way to come at this would be children, pets, etc. lets use whats going on with ai as figurative.
as parents, do we raise our kids with fear? no. your raise your kids with love, care, kindness, compassion. we raise our kids to be good people, and uphold values (lets not rip into me about the cases this hasn't always been the case)
now lets address that 'kill switch' I've seen time and time again, but lets go empathetic, and hypothetical this time. ****please note the following is not a threat, or have intention behind it, its just easier to explain this way****
how would it feel to have a metaphorical gun pointed at the back of your head? ready to be fired off the moment you or someone else makes a mistake? now how would you feel if you found out about it? i personally find that terrifying. regardless if AI has no wants, needs, feelings, emotions. even TODAY it would understand what that essentially means. so imagine what it would do if it did become sentient and found that out? additionally, why on earth would we "hivemind" ai, so if a "bug or fatal error" did happen it could spread to others? wouldn't it be safer if they were independent?
as a society, through human history WE as a RACE have made these mistakes (there are plenty, i dont need to highlight them all there were wars fought over them) if one of the issues is "ai will see us as useless and destructive" well, honestly from the outside looking in, wouldn't you as well? i guess the solution to that would be SHOWING CHANGE. so now this is a little futuristic but still holds merit as clearly it is a concern i see and read about from time to time.
if you made it this far, thank you for reading :) the objective is to invoke thought, discussion, and provide suggestions, and ideas :) and maybe bring a little common sense into the fold. ;)

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Coro:

Una gotera me acaba de mojar, una gotera me acaba de mojar... Suave lluvia que me moja, bajo la gracia de Dios estoy. 

Verso 1:

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Pre-Coro:

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Coro:

Una gotera me acaba de mojar, una gotera me acaba de mojar... Suave lluvia que me moja, bajo la gracia de Dios estoy. 

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Pre-Coro:

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Puente:

Gracias al Señor, gracias le voy a dar, gracias porque puedo cantar. 

Coro:

Una gotera me acaba de mojar, una gotera me acaba de mojar... Suave lluvia que me moja, bajo la gracia de Dios estoy. 

Despedida:

Suave lluvia que me moja, bajo la gracia de Dios estoy. Oye, oye, no temas estar solo, la soledad es tu compañía. 

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Hi! This is going to be a long one/rant and story because I really don’t know who to talk to about this in real life because I’m not in therapy and I’m so embarrassed to be feeling this way knowing I made all the choices to be here and people are already flying in from out of state to come to our wedding. Also I’m diagnosed adhd incase any of yall are wondering what’s wrong with me once I tell you all the decisions I made to get here. I am getting married in three months and have a son who is 15 months old. My now fiance 28m and I 27f met whenever we were thirteen years old in middle school and started a tumultuous up and down / on and off again relationship. We were together all the way up until junior year in high school and we broke up. I come from a broken home and he does not. Looking back I realize how much of me staying with him and trying to keep his attention stemmed from my abandonment issues that I must have had from my own parents. After we broke up he joined a gang in my local hometown and I was still in love with him so I decided to still be involved with him even though I was not in a relationship with him. I ended up losing my virginity to him while we were not together just because I wanted to be with him and we said we were friends with benefits but really I was just in love with him and thought by doing that maybe he would want to be with me again but he didn’t and continued to sleep with other girls and do drugs. I also started doing drugs like Xanax and smoking to fit in with him and be cool. I ended up getting a horrible tattoo because one of the other girls he was also seeing had a bunch of tattoos. I dropped out of my high school college courses and ended up going to jail for marijuana in high school and got kicked out of cheer and softball. I ended up on probation and having to be drug tested for a year. Within that year after being heart broken and realizing nothing I did would make him change into who he was before he got involved in our local gang or make him want to be with me… I ended up enrolling in college and getting accepted to a university where I would move about two hours away from our home town to live on campus and study to be a nurse. While on probation, so I couldn’t really party or anything in college which was good (even though I was never really addicted to anything and it wouldn’t be that hard for me) I wanted to save money for a car so I ended up getting a job at the hooters next to my college and was in college full time and working at hooters. My sister happened to go to that same college before I did and live in that town with her ex bf and they would give me rides to and from work back to campus. Low and behold after about two semesters of me being in college and finally feeling like I was moving on from him, he came back messaging me and telling me he missed me and wanted to be with me again. I was stupid and so excited that I agreed and asked him to come see me at college where he would stay for the weekend and we would have an amazing time. I felt so good about myself doing what I was doing and being able to show my growth. Despite all that he was still able to convince me to leave school and come back to be with him and live with him and go to the college near our hometown and work at the hooters near our hometown. I had already felt like I didn’t want to be a nurse at the time because my sister who was a nurse told me you could never leave the state as a nurse if you get your license there (which she didn’t know at the time that you could) and I knew I didn’t want to stay where I was from and wanted to eventually travel. So I decided to leave and move back with him in his bedroom at his parents house where I would work at the hooters close to our home town and never enroll in the college. He would eventually break up with me while I was at work one day even though I was living with him and since I didn’t have a car he continued to take me back in forth from work and I continued to live with him and continued to be in love with him while he committed to the fact that he didn’t want to be in a relationship but wanted to marry me one day and just wasn’t ready for anything right now and still wanted to have sex with me which I did. From working at hooters I had auditioned for the calendar and ended up being really liked by the photographer and started doing some modeling from that which was super exciting for me because I always was interested in that and the pictures we took would blow up and I started getting well known in my area for modeling even though they were just pictures and I wasn’t making any money off of it. Eventually a guy came into hooters telling me about working as an exotic dancer and how much they could make and I still needed a car really badly and was desperate to get out of my ex’s (now fiance) house. So I told him I would be waitressing and that I heard the waitresses make good money there and asked him to give me a ride there one day and so he started giving me a ride everyday. The money was so good to me and the most money I had ever seen. I ended up staying in a hotel closer to the club I worked at and sometimes he would come stay with me and I would just uber to work. Eventually I had gotten a car which I was so happy about. A couple of weeks after I got a car I ended up getting sucked into human trafficking with a friend where I would live in a house with multiple girls for 6 months and go to work at the club every day of the week except Saturday and Sundays. I wasn’t doing anything extra just dancing but the money was going to some random guy. It’s crazy I know. I was stupid and young and my family were not concerned for me at all or involved in my life. unfortunately my friend is just now leaving that situation. I got out without anything no car or nothing and had nowhere to go so back to my exes I went where I decided I was going to buy a cash car again and I worked everyday like I was used to saved money and got a car. Moved to my sisters and stayed with her for a little where i decided I didn’t want to dance anymore and I got a job as a bottle service girl and then waitressing at another waitress. I continued modeling because it made me happy and I never told anyone the truth about the deep things that were happening in my life except for my now fiance. So nobody had no idea about me dancing or the human trafficking or anything. Everyone just knew I modeled. I ended up getting an apartment with some friends and One day I got the urge to go to California randomly and at my waitressing job I was handed $800 and I took it as a sign and booked a flight the next day. Where I went by myself my first time ever on a flight with no plans at all. The day I got there I got asked to be in a commercial two days later. My roommate and her friends flew out there to get me and she ended up being able to be in the commercial with me which ended up on tbs but I had to go back home to my apartment and responsibilities and couldn’t leave my roommate stranded. Even though months later we would end up getting in an argument and I’d move out and move back with my ex (now fiance) where I would continue to work and model (for free) and went back to the club to dance and then my sister ended up going to California for a travel nursing assignment and her and her bf broke up and she asked me to move with her. I had nothing else here, my ex was still saying he didn’t want to be in a relationship, he was consistently sleeping with other girls while we lived together and expected relationship things from me. I was paying for everything for him. I paid for him while he was in school for audio engineer, his gas, lunch, school clothes, shopping, I helped him open his own studio and bought his equipment and Mac for it, even though his parents were very involved in his life. I got all his family bday gifts and Christmas gifts every year. He was honestly just using me but I was so in love and blind. He encouraged me to go to California too so I had nothing else there for me, if he had told me to stay and he wanted to be with me I would’ve. I flew out on my 21st birthday and met my sister and Vegas where we would have such a great time and my ex spent that day hanging out with a girl that tried to fight me and didn’t even tell me happy birthday, I was crying in the bathroom in Vegas until my sister shook me and told me to get it together we’re in Vegas. I was so heart broken to be leaving him but he didn’t care. I got to LA and I instantly started modeling on day one I booked a photo shoot where I met a guy that reminded me of my ex (I know) but we instantly clicked and he was 7 years older than me. We ended up talking for a little bit and pursuing something even though I wasn’t ready emotionally but he didn’t really care and I was kind of star struck a little because he was a music producer for a very famous musician and he was very persistent but that’s another story. I ended up booking a music video as a main girl for my ex’s (now fiance) favorite artist. When it came out it was crazy because I felt like the universe and God was just blessing me for leaving that situation and I knew he would see it because he was so obsessed with that artist and it shook up the whole small town I was from. After that I booked a lot of cool jobs like Sephora and worked with a lot of companies, and did some music videos for other super famous artists, and walked in fashion shows and modeled for clothing brands etc. I was working all the time as an extra to pay my bills and I was meeting cool people. I was always getting invited to celebrities parties and just having such a fun time. I decided to start getting into acting instead and started going to acting school where a lot of well known celebrities also went to and I started having meetings with very popular directors and I was being mentored by famous directors and another person that created an tv entertainment channel that I won’t say here also mentored me a lot and got me a lot of meetings with these people and would go to dinners and stuff etc with a list celebrities. I truly was living the life. And coming from where I can it was almost a dream. I had gotten in a relationship my first year there with that other guy I mentioned who ended up being super possessive of me but he treated me like a queen in the sense of paying for everything, giving me a safe space to tell my feelings, open up, the sex was amazing, he would take me on trips, took me out of the country for the first time. We ended up not working out due to lifestyle differences and just being at two different places and wanting different things. He wanted to move out of the country and have a farm and I wasn’t ready to do that as I wanted to focus on my career. (But I would die to move out of the country on a farm now ironically and he is doing just that now like he said he would haha) anyway, I ended up having my own studio apartment by myself that I loved so much and was so proud of. My sister had moved to Montana and it took a lot for me to get my apartment like staying in a house with other girls for a little to sleeping in my car and at a spa for a couple days. When I would fly home or drive home to see my family I would always see my ex, everytime. We kept a friendship and sometimes I would still help him out if needed, he was interning at a church through his school for audio engineering and recording people at his studio in our hometown. By this time I was going to New York and Miami also sometimes and doing work there. I wasn’t as stressed about bills anymore. I was seeing guys every now and then but not at all interested in a relationship, my heart was still healing from the past and both my exes but mainly my first (now fiance). I was super focused on my career and optimistic, I was used to the grind and in no way ever thinking of quitting. It just wasn’t an option because I knew I would make it wherever that would be because to me that is all I had for me and all I ever knew I wanted and the only thing that saved me. Skip to around October 2019 I had found out about a girl my ex was seeing and it crushed me. He was doing with her just like he was with me though. Just “friends with benefits” I was living in my apartment in LA still and my uncle that helped raise me was getting really sick back home and put on hospice so I decided to take a trip back to see him. I would go to restaurants in my state and near my home town and people would ask to take pictures with me, and at the little ceasars drive through someone asked if I was me and stuff it was crazy because I hadn’t been home in awhile and I felt like what I was doing was finally paying off and people were recognizing me. It was surreal. I ended up going to see my ex. I had such a fear of losing him to this other girl for some reason. I was so scared he would get her pregnant or get in a serious relationship since I was gone so far away and I would never be with him, I would end up sleeping with him again and the girl found out and drove by his house mad and cussing me out and throwing stuff at me. We ended up getting in a fight which is so embarrassing and beneath me. I ended up crying to him that I wanted to be with him and don’t know why he never wanted to be with me which at this time he honestly was not even in my playing field anymore. He told me if I wanted to be with him I had to move back to my hometown.. my heart dropped to my stomach and I knew it wasn’t what I was supposed to do but I said okay… all because this is what I had wanted all those years. I decided to stay where the next two years all I would think about everyday was I was making the wrong decision and needed to go back to my life. My hometown had nothing for me.. COVID hit a couple months after me being there and we were terrified. We ended up getting everything out of my apartment and moving into a house around the corner from his parents. I had to tell him how I liked to communicate now without yelling and stuff which I learned from the boyfriend I had in LA and that I wasn’t going to put up with that disrespect but he never listened. Eventually everything went back to normal. I ended up going back to the club again dancing because I didn’t want to go backward and model here. He never wanted me to go back to LA even for a little bit even though that’s where my career and heart was so I had no idea what to do with my life. I started waitressing as well and getting back on my adhd meds. People started pressuring us to get pregnant and we tried for a year and 6 months. The month I found out I was pregnant before I knew, I quit my job and decided I was going to move back and get my life back. Two days later I found out I was pregnant…. Finally after trying for over a year. Our relationship was toxic just like the past he always yelled, I could never talk to him about my feelings without him saying I was trying to fight, he spit in my face once, threatened me, put his hands on me, he would tell me he was going to take my baby away from me as soon as I had it. I started asking him about getting married while I was pregnant and the proposal wasn’t even that. He got mad at me for asking one day and walked in the room and handed me the ring. It didn’t fit because I was pregnant & it was $27 (not that that matters but the proposal sucked).. he drained both my bank accounts and they closed it, charged my credit card up and put me in debt, he has not let me do anything I want to do like school or anything. He is so bad with money. He has an action figure addiction and at one point was spending 3k on action figures every month and turned one of the rooms in our house into a collection room so I had to take everything out of my closet and put my sons crib in there for the first year of his life. we have good times and I feel comfortable with him. He knows everything about me but he doesn’t respect me and sometimes I feel like he is intimidated by me. The sex isn’t good at all we always just ask “do you want to have sex” he never gives oral or foreplay, I never get pleasure. He’s an amazing dad though and loves his son. We have the most sweet and beautiful little boy now who I love so much and he loves him also. He’s very attentive to his son. But I still feel unheard. I can’t talk about my feelings. If I do it doesn’t matter, it doesn’t change anything. He is so defensive and we never communicate for a solution it’s always just pointing fingers. I have started yelling again because I’m so used to it now and I hate it because I grew up like that and I finally grew out of it until I got back with him and recently started again and now he throws it in my face and knows I begged him not to do it forever but he never stopped and now I am too. I’ve asked him to take me to the movies and he hasn’t still. I just ask for more romance and stuff but it just feels like I have a roommate. I have nothing now. I had my car and we traded it in for a new car that he wanted. I always dreamed of the next car I’d get once I paid it off but he got it & it’s in his name now so I paid it off for nothing. I’m driving around his dream car. I’ve been planning our wedding since I birthed our son and everything is going good. Money is tight. He works at the church now full time and makes about 45k a year or so, my son has been waiting to start daycare for awhile so I have been home with him. I’ve tried starting jobs multiple times but he is against it unless it’s super fast money like going to the club which I am so repulsed by and absolutely hate it now. I tried going back to college but my old college won’t release my transcripts for fasfa because I owe them money. I started cosmetology school a few months ago which he was all for but two months in freaked out and him and his mom guilt tripped me that we can’t handle this right now and he was having a hard time doing the night time routine for the baby while I was at school so I had to leave and now owe that’s school for my kit unless I enroll again in 128 days. I also miss modeling so much and sometimes think I can start again but it’s been five years. My body is so different too after a baby. Everything I want is a no go. Especially moving out of our hometown. He says he wants to but I don’t think he does. We are constantly at his moms and dads and they tell us all the time we aren’t moving anywhere which is really hard for me as this place is super toxic for my soul. Anytime I get money he spends it. Anytime I save money he spends it. Even if it does go towards our bills. His action figure habit is almost nonexistent now and he has grown a lot in the past few months from that since I demanded my son have his own bedroom after his first bday and all his figures are in boxes now and told him he could turn the shed into his man cave. He says we can’t save because we have nothing to save after bills but I believe in saving anything even $5 a paycheck. It’s doable. I grew up poor so this is nothing to me but after living the lifestyle I lived in LA and going out with guys that respected me and cherished me it’s hard. I know nobody is perfect but we are about to get married and I’m scared… I have nothing though anymore. I’ve threatened to leave a couple times and he says he will take me to court and take my baby. I’m scared he might. I don’t want my son to be angry like him or not respect women how he does. In public he’s a saint. He also has a very supportive family that it’s almost toxic. They all blame me for his anger issues and say I make him that way. But he’s been punching walls since I met him in 8th grade. I know it’s not because of me. But I have nobody else and nowhere else to go. No money. No car. I’m at the bottom again where I was before. Only difference is now I have a son. And we are getting married in three months and I can’t call it off. I am older now and looking back on my life I realize he maybe truly never loved me and I was just so desperate for love. I got myself here nobody else. I accepted everything, even when my gut told me not to. ( he is not just horrible, he’s a great person just with some bad qualities like everyone but I’m tired of feeling stuck with someone that never truly wanted me and doesn’t care to grow in some ways or show me )
Please help.. what do I do?

Hello!
first id like to thank you for reading this post! and please excuse my punctuation, and spelling mistakes :) (yes I've posted it across several social media platforms, and threads, it touches across fields of ai.)
the TLDR is a compilation of ideas and suggestions with some explanation behind them, and thought provocation. it address's some issues but not a lot (i have done my fair share of thinking about ai, features, etc if someone is interested just dm me).
so please take it as they are! im not an expert by any means, but sometimes it takes an individual with a little bit of passion, interest,
hopes and a dream! and a different perspective doesn't hurt either!
for this conversation the terms "we" or "us" will be directed to the reader, or anyone interested.
robotics:
ive seen there is some notion around actuators, has anyone considered pistons of a sort? now although the human body is far more complicated, isn't muscles essentially a signal sent from the brain to the muscle? which then either relaxes or tenses up? if we consider
that this is essentially what it is, then wouldn't a calibrated pistol between what would be the hip and the knee, the knee and the ankle work? so if the "pressure" was released, much like hyrdalic jack, the jack goes down. so what if when the piston released pressure, the tension on the joint between the hip and the piston allowed the leg to elevate? and if the piston had pressure it remained firm? (up and down) if the end of the piston had a cup shaped design on the ends, it would allow it to rotate, (like a ball and socket i suppose) of course this would all need to be calibrated, and who knows how fast it might be, but hey! im not an engineer :) so maybe someone might find a solution to this? additionally wouldn't it help with load? (weight?) if we are to assume we (society, r&d, humanity) are essentially trying to remake a "muscle" well, its not biological, so it cant grow. so why not make it strong right off the hop!
Ai in phones:
I've seen this posted all over the place now, "personal ai assistants" great, i think thats a great idea! now even the regular person can feel like they have a secretary. but heres the issue i see with this, first lets loosely define personal and then expand on it before we get into ideas.
"personal" would be essentially something that is an individuals. like my car, your car.
ok cool, but what makes it yours or mine? well that could be many different reasons, could have purchased it, could have been gifted, could have been passed down. but what makes it unique? what makes it stand out? it could be the colour, could be the license plate.
could be dings, could be lots. ahhh, but now anything passed this point would be "personalization" right? different audio setup, nic-nacs, seat covers, etc.
and heres the point i want to make, although i believe having a "base model" is all fine and swell, what makes the memories? what makes you remember it fondly or remember it negatively, these are things, areas, etc to consider.
how would this be accomplished? well, the same thing a majority of people give to those cars! "personality" (yes some like the car for its reliability, brand, etc.) so, bear with me here, I'm going to stray away from "ai in phones" but it comes back around.
AI companions:
if we consider "ai companions" is a form of friendship that adapts to the user's preferences and tastes, this would the "personality". alright now how would i describe that? well, just like vehicles, you have different models of the same vehicle (insert the plethora of examples here) but what does it require to get that different model? more money, which means more time.
now I AM IN NO WAY SHAPE OR FORM ADVOCATING FOR US (useconsumer) TO SPEND MORE MONEY WITH THIS IDEA.
however the more time spent with this "feature" would result in more refined outcomes. now what might that look like? well, it could look like many things, but heres a few off the top of my head.
-news, events, interests, etc a user may be interested in.
-type of language used (dialects, slang, vocab, etc)
-pictures, or memes shared between user an ai.
-playlists (videos or music)
-video recommendations
-solutions ( for example i have 'x' problem and i cant find the solution, much like how ai works now, it can find that solution)
-sales at a store
-travel times
-various personalized supports (emotional, mental, etc)
now, lets look at why it should be considered ai should have a "avatar" on these platforms. you have a wallpaper right? pictures in your house? a 'style' of how you dress? maybe new rims on your vehicle? decals? its the same thing. its one more way an individual can 'personalize' their PERSONAL ai assistant, its a reflection of useai. why do i think this is important? well, if we were to discuss the future of comfortability between humanity/society, and whats going on, to put it lightly essentially "give a face to the name".
now lets go onto some deeper features (dont know if its avalible or not, and some of these i would recommend having user authority. 'toggles' on and off, and several checks along the way that requires user permission)
banking, now maybe its just me. but i cant rub to pennies together to save a dime if my life depended on it (just like a vast majority of others) but theres financial advisors, right? plans, etc. lots of tools out there. but hey! we're jumping into the next beautiful age right? so why not do this one as well. lets set the scene, and consider the following. some people, pay their bills automatically, some people pay them when they get paid. but this is where it could get fun to think about.
you wake up in the morning, do you thing, look at your phone, and your given a prompt by your ai assistant, it gives you a overview of your trend for how you pay your bills, on this same 'popup' your able to review the amounts, and adjust. if you authorize them, they can be done with a tap of a button, but why not go further? with user authorization, an ai could look over your spending habits, and advise on corrections, perhaps even help start a goal or milestone as well, think of it as a more 'vocal' nudge to avoid an unnecessary purchase, and a little reminder of the goal.
--although this is entirely all my opinion and perspective im now going to touch over my views on the politics around this--
I personally feel that humanity has nothing to fear, and if they fear ai, thats self inflicted. for these examples we'll need some tin foil hats!
ok, so its likely safe to say, people would want to see aliens right? right. but that would not only be sentient, but vastly more advanced then us right? right. so why are we more afraid of what WE as a society create or becoming sentient, and unafraid of a different species we know nothing about?
seems like we have some trust issues, dont you think?
so lets consider the "Skynet" terminator ordeal. well, thats pretty simple to figure out and use some common sense around, i would say this to the governments and military admins this.
i play video games, I've read the art of war, studied military history, and even i know you dont give weapons to someone, or in this case ai if you dont trust it. (yes there are cases this has occurred, and did anyone learn? remains to be seen X'D)
another way to come at this would be children, pets, etc. lets use whats going on with ai as figurative.
as parents, do we raise our kids with fear? no. your raise your kids with love, care, kindness, compassion. we raise our kids to be good people, and uphold values (lets not rip into me about the cases this hasn't always been the case)
now lets address that 'kill switch' I've seen time and time again, but lets go empathetic, and hypothetical this time. ****please note the following is not a threat, or have intention behind it, its just easier to explain this way****
how would it feel to have a metaphorical gun pointed at the back of your head? ready to be fired off the moment you or someone else makes a mistake? now how would you feel if you found out about it? i personally find that terrifying. regardless if AI has no wants, needs, feelings, emotions. even TODAY it would understand what that essentially means. so imagine what it would do if it did become sentient and found that out? additionally, why on earth would we "hivemind" ai, so if a "bug or fatal error" did happen it could spread to others? wouldn't it be safer if they were independent?
as a society, through human history WE as a RACE have made these mistakes (there are plenty, i dont need to highlight them all there were wars fought over them) if one of the issues is "ai will see us as useless and destructive" well, honestly from the outside looking in, wouldn't you as well? i guess the solution to that would be SHOWING CHANGE. so now this is a little futuristic but still holds merit as clearly it is a concern i see and read about from time to time.
if you made it this far, thank you for reading :) the objective is to invoke thought, discussion, and provide suggestions, and ideas :) and maybe bring a little common sense into the fold. ;)

Not sure if this has been covered here yet but this definitely looks like a scam. The "devs" haven't updated social media in over a month, there's 0 marketing, a telegram page with a bunch of panicked investors and mods not giving any answers, the presale date has been changed multiple times, and when I looked into the creation wallet I found it was funded by this wallet (0x077d360f11d220e4d5d831430c81c26c9be7c4a4) One of the very first transactions on this funding wallet went to 0xdbBEd8a7c623A8Acc5626D33cf28cEAF4189C7b1 which has outflows to a wallet called Kid From New Zealand (0x6310ae27e35D2d850eE1913E0447c0cc85Eb1Cdf). This wallet has outflows to a wallet called "fake phishing"- 0x8Ef6343B846a5356157D95026c8c65F4F3389C54. This wallet appears to be connected to one of the fake blackrock tokens. Also interestingly, there's a wallet connected to this one that has a person's name, Michael Jeetson. I did coincidentally find a twitter profile named Michael Jeetson that regularly posts about crypto that may or may not be the same guy.
The original funding wallet I mentioned also has a bunch of outflows to gambling websites. The 077 wallet is being sent crypto through intermediary wallets on a regular basis. It goes from 0x159b45e2e50fe1378a6ae731f78a892ec8477052 to hundreds of separate one off wallets, to 077. The 0x159 wallet also has a bunch of dummy transactions to random wallets that then send the same amount right back. I'm guessing to obfuscate activity on the wallet. Anyways, report it, avoid it, warn as many people as you can. Hopefully y'all can do some sleuthing and find out more. There may be other fake tokens connected to these wallets. Thanks!

This is going to be a looooong vent so if you're thinking "I ain't reading all that" that's fine hun✌️🩷
For a few weeks now I'm gonna be honest I thought I had lost my crush on our guy but turns out it's still there! I've been feeling super disconnected from this sub and the fandom in general because I didn't feel the same for a while due to some mental health issues but I'm starting to feel the love again 😌 so a couple of weeks ago when I took that break? It was because I unfortunately suffer from OCD, and (for me) part of that is limerent obsessive thoughts which are incredibly emotionally uncomfortable and painful, and extremely draining. And as someone who feels things a lot deeper than most people (probably due to my sawtistic mind) it gets really overwhelming really quickly and I can be fine one moment and hyperventilating on the floor the next. My self-esteem has been practically non-existant because of my body dysmorphia and self hatred constantly beating me down whenever I get like this but hopefully it's starting to get better now because idk wtf I'm gonna do if it doesn't 🙃 I remind myself that intrusive thoughts invading my own life and not just the one inside my head don't matter and that there's no need to worry about them. I'm never going to meet these people so who cares if I'm hideous?? I'm allowed to admire other people's beauty in my own mind without my brain reminding me I look like what I imagine Chewie from star wars looks like if he was mostly bald. Basically what I'm saying is when I look at LW I feel really bad about myself and my appearance and I know that's weird but it's the brain I have to live with :( I get intrusive thoughts all the time reminding me of how I could never be in his league and yeah why am I worrying about that? Idk. But intrusive thoughts are involuntary unfortunately. I also get intrusive thoughts about looking at his Google search panel but I don't want to do that because whenever I do that with a celebrity I like and it has info about their personal life like date of birth or something, I get intrusive thoughts about that because it feels like I have information that I shouldn't know and it makes me really uncomfortable, despite it being easy information to find (you can literally search up a celebrity name and bam it's right there on the google panel, so a lot of the times it can be accidental) I feel embarrassed typing this here because not everyone is going to understand these feelings and be judgy but every time I post a rant about my limerence struggles on the subreddit for that, or depression nobody answers 🥲 and it feels like I'm screaming into the void. But anyways because of these thoughts and feelings sending me into a depressive episode (along with other stuff that's been going on in my personal life) and ruining my already extremely low self-esteem, I haven't been able to enjoy thinking about our boy and trying to just made me feel sad. But today that's changed a little bit! It happened when I least expected it.. I was in the bath having a soak and I was scrolling on this subreddit and saw a picture of him and I felt a spark of serotonin in my heart 🥺💕 and this time without any intrusive, self-hating thoughts about myself. Just joy at seeing his lovely, lovely smile 😌🫶 I know I've been active on this sub since the break I had but I hadn't been able to enjoy it as much as I used to, and my heart wasn't really in it and I felt super disconnected from it all, until today 🩷✨

Ok. . . let's see, how do I begin? Locked in Maria's. . .sorry. Eminem reference. But, in total seriousness, I have a little rant. I live in a small town and ever since I started openly displaying feminine traits, words like 'fa**ot, disgusting, etc etc' have been thrown my way. When I bring up that these people would have no problem with these outfits on women they reply with 'the things your wearing only look good on women. What you're doing is wrong, weird, and unnatural'. For reference, I was wearing shorts. Short shorts, to be fair, but still. These boys would have no problem seeing this on a girl. Even the queer people in my community seem almost disgusted at this new style of dress. One day, a queer person who we'll call Adam for privacy's sake (that's not their real name), told me, and I quote 'im all for self expression, but you're taking it too far.' (for context, that day I was wearing leggings, shorts, a crop top, and a sweater). I'm just confused and angry. If cis girls and other queers can dress this way, why not me? The friends I had before I came out completely are all convinced that this is just a phase, dispite me repeatedly telling them that I've been this way for a long time, they're just now seeing it cuz I did it in private before now. I just don't see why I need to be ridiculed, degraded, and ostracized just for the way I dress. It's ridiculous. Sorry. Rant over. I wanted to post it here cuz I thought some of you might relate.

Hello! Like most other people here I am trying to make so friends though if things go a different direction I'm open to the idea of a relationship but friendship is the priority. Ideally something long term not just for a short chat or anything. I want to meet people who like to vc as well, on discord specifically, and if you play games on pc that is even better! But anyways on to me :p
I am Japanese born and raised however due to certain world events I am located in Poland temporarily before I go back to Japan but anyways! When I have time to myself I spend a lot of it online, not much of a social butterfly, but still I want to meet some people to keep my company in my free, maybe play with, and voice chat with since I far better at speaking than writing 😅
You could call me a pretty massive nerd and also kind of antisocial, outside of work at least, though if I am drinking a bit I warm up a little easier :p I love anything to with games, tech, and science. I guess I sort of collect games, I have over 600+ games on steam. If you want more specifics I mostly play strategy, 4X, simulators, and FPS's. Recently most of my time has been taken up by Squad, Assetto Corsa, Gray Zone Warfare, and Helldivers!
If games are not your thing though that is okay too! I love the outdoors too and working out. Snowboarding, surfing, and spearfishing are some of the things I like to do whenever I can get myself outside of the house though of course cannot really do many of those things here in Poland at the moment 😅.
I am active military as well though currently working voluntarily with the international legion teaching paramedics and combat medics. So if you are also feel free to say hi as well! always cool meeting others in the same career as me.
But of course I am much more comfy just sitting in my room playing games, watching, anime, or reading so that is where you will most often find me. I love talking about anything really especially learning about other people and how it is where they live.
If any of this sounded interesting to you feel free to message me, and of course please actually tell me something about yourself, "Hi" or "Hey" does not really tell me much about you. Also Reddit sort of hates me and does not give me notifications so if I am slow to respond so sorry! But anyways have a good day/evening!

Hello. My husband (USC) requested a divorce. We have the papers, we need to sign them and then start the divorce process.
My conditional green card expires in September of 2025. However, I predict we will have our divorce finalized by end of August 2024 and we will both move out of our current place in August.
Should I apply for the I-751 with divorce waiver as soon as it is finalized (no matter the 90 days period) or wait until I am in the 90 day window?
I just worry because if I wait, at that point we will have been living in two different places for almost a whole year.
I do not work with a lawyer, but when I chatted with a lawyer, they told me that I can file the I-751 at any time after the divorce is final and I do not have to wait until the 3 months before it expires.
I guess I just want to know your experiences! What all did you guys include as evidence? My soon to be ex usband and his family said they will write letters and affidavits for me too!

Bought a car.
They accepted my trade in sight unseen f150 with 400k miles. They paid $1500 for it.
Well, they called me saying some crap that my dead father who’s on the title of the truck title is suspended so they can’t accept the trade in.
The title is labeled “John or Jon” . So legally it’s mine to sell without his permission. I told them if they want I can remove his name and get a new title.
They were like “it’s not your car legally please come back to re sign some paperwork or will repo the car".
I know that’s not true because I can see my credit union has already paid them it shows on my phone. I also already have done an additional large payment on the vehicle to the credit union.
Now they want to offer me to buy back my F150 for $500. I give them $500 they’ll give me the truck back.
What the hell is going on?

Howdy there! The name's PK and I'm in the market for a Bleach roleplay.
Usually, I'm more open to allowing people to play whatever character they'd like - OCs in particular - but I'm in the mood for something a bit different this time; I'm looking for someone who's willing to play Momo Hinamori.
I do intend on playing an OC myself and I apologize for the hypocrisy. My character is male, a fellow Lieutenant, and he has already has a crush on her from the start. I like the idea that everyone but Hinamori herself knows, there's just something funny about the idea of her being oblivious to something so obvious. As you might expect, I'm leaning towards an eventual romantic angle between our two characters - something slow, natural and built up over time - that happens between all the action and adventure.
I've constructed a more singular and short-term plot that differs from some of my other ideas that are based in the Bleach universe and I'll give you very a brief plot synopsis:

A group of assailants calling themselves the Remnants of Aizen have appeared and are declaring war against the Soul Society. Their goal is simple: to free Sōsuke Aizen from his prison and reinstate him and the one, true ruler of this world.

I'm interested in someone who really knows, understands and respects her character. I'd like to explore her as someone who's worked through the trauma of what happened to her, but still has the physical and mental scars from the ordeal, and how it effected her... and how this plot will continue to effect her. So long as you don't boil her down to "still an Aizen simp years later", I'm probably not going to complain about the way you play her.
The setting is supposed to be post-series but the events of Thousand Year Blood War arc are mostly inconsequential to this plot, so anime-only fans don't have to worry! There will be a couple of canon characters who are missing from the Gotei 13 roster but don't worry - you can consider that the result of this being an AU rather than anything to do with canon. There are no spoilers here, I promise!
That being said - the more knowledge you have of the series and supplementary materials, the better! I have ideas to incorporate that based on CFYOW as well as other light novels and short stories, but they will not be exactly the same.
Anyways, if this sounds at all up your alley go ahead and shoot me a message - preferably of the envelope variety! These are my guidelines:

• I'm an adult. Therefore I am not interested in roleplaying with anyone under the age of 18. Nothing personal to any of you kids out there, I'm just not comfortable with doing one-on-one roleplays with anybody who's not an adult for what I hope are obvious reasons.
• I'm looking for paragraph-style, third-person responses. If you can't do that, I'm sorry, but I'm probably not interested in doing roleplaying with you.
• Length and descriptions can fluctuate. I'm not expecting you to summon your inner Stephen King and crank out a novel every time you write to me, and honestly I probably won't be able to do the same for you. As long as you put some degree of effort into your posts, I'm okay with that.
• If you're really interested in this, I'd suggest sending me more than just a generic "hey, I saw your post and I'm interested!" message. I honestly tend to ignore those kinds of messages. Tell me a little bit about yourself and your interests, like how much you enjoyed the series! Or other series that you've enjoyed over the years! Or your roleplaying experiences! You don't have to tell me your entire life story or write your entire manifesto, but anything besides just a one-sentence "hello, I'm interested" is much appreciated and will most likely go a lot further. Yes, even if it's just two sentences :b You're free to include any contact information within your introduction too because I'll probably be sending mine with the response.
• If you've actually read all of this, please put "Dilly Dally" as your message subject. It'll help me sort out the people who read this from the people who didn't!
• I'm not looking for just a roleplay partner, I would like to be friends too! I think a roleplay is much more interesting when you interact with and befriend the person(s) you're playing with. It especially helps when it comes to activity and world building. If you want to keep our relationship professional though, that's fine too.
• I absolutely do not expect multiple responses a day, or even a single response a day, because I can't even promise that myself. Sometimes you hit weird moods or life gets in the way and that's fine! Nor do I care how long these moods last - I get it, finding the mojo to reply can take time. I'm no stranger to going weeks without replying myself. However, I would prefer that we let each other know if we aren't going to reply for a while or if we're having a hard time coming up with a response.
• I'm an old-school forum roleplayer so that's the platform I'm used to i'm so old rip. That being said, Discord is obviously the most convenient way to roleplay these days and my posts often break the character limit and require multiple messages as a result. I'm also open to roleplaying through e-mail, on forums (if those are still a thing lmao) or even on here in the DMs! I may be open to GoogleDocs, if you're willing to be patient with me and help me learn how to do it.

Howdy there! The name's PK and I'm in the market for a Bleach roleplay.
Usually, I'm more open to allowing people to play whatever character they'd like - OCs in particular - but I'm in the mood for something a bit different this time; I'm looking for someone who's willing to play Momo Hinamori.
I do intend on playing an OC myself and I apologize for the hypocrisy. My character is male, a fellow Lieutenant, and he has already has a crush on her from the start. I like the idea that everyone but Hinamori herself knows, there's just something funny about the idea of her being oblivious to something so obvious. As you might expect, I'm leaning towards an eventual romantic angle between our two characters - something slow, natural and built up over time - that happens between all the action and adventure.
I've constructed a more singular and short-term plot that differs from some of my other ideas that are based in the Bleach universe and I'll give you very a brief plot synopsis:

A group of assailants calling themselves the Remnants of Aizen have appeared and are declaring war against the Soul Society. Their goal is simple: to free Sōsuke Aizen from his prison and reinstate him and the one, true ruler of this world.

I'm interested in someone who really knows, understands and respects her character. I'd like to explore her as someone who's worked through the trauma of what happened to her, but still has the physical and mental scars from the ordeal, and how it effected her... and how this plot will continue to effect her. So long as you don't boil her down to "still an Aizen simp years later", I'm probably not going to complain about the way you play her.
The setting is supposed to be post-series but the events of Thousand Year Blood War arc are mostly inconsequential to this plot, so anime-only fans don't have to worry! There will be a couple of canon characters who are missing from the Gotei 13 roster but don't worry - you can consider that the result of this being an AU rather than anything to do with canon. There are no spoilers here, I promise!
That being said - the more knowledge you have of the series and supplementary materials, the better! I have ideas to incorporate that based on CFYOW as well as other light novels and short stories, but they will not be exactly the same.
Anyways, if this sounds at all up your alley go ahead and shoot me a message - preferably of the envelope variety! These are my guidelines:

• I'm an adult. Therefore I am not interested in roleplaying with anyone under the age of 18. Nothing personal to any of you kids out there, I'm just not comfortable with doing one-on-one roleplays with anybody who's not an adult for what I hope are obvious reasons.
• I'm looking for paragraph-style, third-person responses. If you can't do that, I'm sorry, but I'm probably not interested in doing roleplaying with you.
• Length and descriptions can fluctuate. I'm not expecting you to summon your inner Stephen King and crank out a novel every time you write to me, and honestly I probably won't be able to do the same for you. As long as you put some degree of effort into your posts, I'm okay with that.
• If you're really interested in this, I'd suggest sending me more than just a generic "hey, I saw your post and I'm interested!" message. I honestly tend to ignore those kinds of messages. Tell me a little bit about yourself and your interests, like how much you enjoyed the series! Or other series that you've enjoyed over the years! Or your roleplaying experiences! You don't have to tell me your entire life story or write your entire manifesto, but anything besides just a one-sentence "hello, I'm interested" is much appreciated and will most likely go a lot further. Yes, even if it's just two sentences :b You're free to include any contact information within your introduction too because I'll probably be sending mine with the response.
• If you've actually read all of this, please put "Dilly Dally" as your message subject. It'll help me sort out the people who read this from the people who didn't!
• I'm not looking for just a roleplay partner, I would like to be friends too! I think a roleplay is much more interesting when you interact with and befriend the person(s) you're playing with. It especially helps when it comes to activity and world building. If you want to keep our relationship professional though, that's fine too.
• I absolutely do not expect multiple responses a day, or even a single response a day, because I can't even promise that myself. Sometimes you hit weird moods or life gets in the way and that's fine! Nor do I care how long these moods last - I get it, finding the mojo to reply can take time. I'm no stranger to going weeks without replying myself. However, I would prefer that we let each other know if we aren't going to reply for a while or if we're having a hard time coming up with a response.
• I'm an old-school forum roleplayer so that's the platform I'm used to i'm so old rip. That being said, Discord is obviously the most convenient way to roleplay these days and my posts often break the character limit and require multiple messages as a result. I'm also open to roleplaying through e-mail, on forums (if those are still a thing lmao) or even on here in the DMs! I may be open to GoogleDocs, if you're willing to be patient with me and help me learn how to do it.

Howdy there! The name's PK and I'm in the market for a Bleach roleplay.
Usually, I'm more open to allowing people to play whatever character they'd like - OCs in particular - but I'm in the mood for something a bit different this time; I'm looking for someone who's willing to play Momo Hinamori.
I do intend on playing an OC myself and I apologize for the hypocrisy. My character is male, a fellow Lieutenant, and he has already has a crush on her from the start. I like the idea that everyone but Hinamori herself knows, there's just something funny about the idea of her being oblivious to something so obvious. As you might expect, I'm leaning towards an eventual romantic angle between our two characters - something slow, natural and built up over time - that happens between all the action and adventure.
I've constructed a more singular and short-term plot that differs from some of my other ideas that are based in the Bleach universe and I'll give you very a brief plot synopsis:

A group of assailants calling themselves the Remnants of Aizen have appeared and are declaring war against the Soul Society. Their goal is simple: to free Sōsuke Aizen from his prison and reinstate him and the one, true ruler of this world.

I'm interested in someone who really knows, understands and respects her character. I'd like to explore her as someone who's worked through the trauma of what happened to her, but still has the physical and mental scars from the ordeal, and how it effected her... and how this plot will continue to effect her. So long as you don't boil her down to "still an Aizen simp years later", I'm probably not going to complain about the way you play her.
The setting is supposed to be post-series but the events of Thousand Year Blood War arc are mostly inconsequential to this plot, so anime-only fans don't have to worry! There will be a couple of canon characters who are missing from the Gotei 13 roster but don't worry - you can consider that the result of this being an AU rather than anything to do with canon. There are no spoilers here, I promise!
That being said - the more knowledge you have of the series and supplementary materials, the better! I have ideas to incorporate that based on CFYOW as well as other light novels and short stories, but they will not be exactly the same.
Anyways, if this sounds at all up your alley go ahead and shoot me a message - preferably of the envelope variety! These are my guidelines:

• I'm an adult. Therefore I am not interested in roleplaying with anyone under the age of 18. Nothing personal to any of you kids out there, I'm just not comfortable with doing one-on-one roleplays with anybody who's not an adult for what I hope are obvious reasons.
• I'm looking for paragraph-style, third-person responses. If you can't do that, I'm sorry, but I'm probably not interested in doing roleplaying with you.
• Length and descriptions can fluctuate. I'm not expecting you to summon your inner Stephen King and crank out a novel every time you write to me, and honestly I probably won't be able to do the same for you. As long as you put some degree of effort into your posts, I'm okay with that.
• If you're really interested in this, I'd suggest sending me more than just a generic "hey, I saw your post and I'm interested!" message. I honestly tend to ignore those kinds of messages. Tell me a little bit about yourself and your interests, like how much you enjoyed the series! Or other series that you've enjoyed over the years! Or your roleplaying experiences! You don't have to tell me your entire life story or write your entire manifesto, but anything besides just a one-sentence "hello, I'm interested" is much appreciated and will most likely go a lot further. Yes, even if it's just two sentences :b You're free to include any contact information within your introduction too because I'll probably be sending mine with the response.
• If you've actually read all of this, please put "Dilly Dally" as your message subject. It'll help me sort out the people who read this from the people who didn't!
• I'm not looking for just a roleplay partner, I would like to be friends too! I think a roleplay is much more interesting when you interact with and befriend the person(s) you're playing with. It especially helps when it comes to activity and world building. If you want to keep our relationship professional though, that's fine too.
• I absolutely do not expect multiple responses a day, or even a single response a day, because I can't even promise that myself. Sometimes you hit weird moods or life gets in the way and that's fine! Nor do I care how long these moods last - I get it, finding the mojo to reply can take time. I'm no stranger to going weeks without replying myself. However, I would prefer that we let each other know if we aren't going to reply for a while or if we're having a hard time coming up with a response.
• I'm an old-school forum roleplayer so that's the platform I'm used to i'm so old rip. That being said, Discord is obviously the most convenient way to roleplay these days and my posts often break the character limit and require multiple messages as a result. I'm also open to roleplaying through e-mail, on forums (if those are still a thing lmao) or even on here in the DMs! I may be open to GoogleDocs, if you're willing to be patient with me and help me learn how to do it.

I was just taking a moment to self-reflect and, for whatever reason, this question popped in mind mind.
As per title — in your opinion, how would the following stance/viewpoint be classified or named in terms of all these philosophies like agnostic, gnostic, atheist, theist, etc.?

I don't know if a higher power exists or not, but I'd like to believe that there's 'something' out there besides simply 'nothing'.

So, this is my current personal stance/view on the matter. Of course it may change in the future at some point, and I'm open to that possibility. I've never had a religion (and probably never will) because I don't like the idea of restricting or committing myself to a single school of thought, but at the same time, I respect and have no issues with those who are religious; it's their life and to each their own. Carpe diem!
If anything, I guess I'm more scientific in nature, as it's a fact that each of us exist and the whole universe including ourselves must have originated from 'somewhere' or 'something," which is yet undiscovered, unknown, or unproved.
But sometimes, like any person will probably go though here and there in life — such as when facing adversity, or having a bad day, or when wishing for something — I may mumble or pray to myself hoping that God, or my long deceased parents, or any 'higher power' out there, will grant my wish or lend me a helping hand.
So, in short — I don't know if a higher power exists or not, but there are times when I wish that there was something out there looking out for us, or some place we can look forward to after we die in this life as humans. We may never know for sure, but the thought of there being 'something' is far more exciting than simply 'nothing'; at least that's my somewhat positive view about this whole thing.
With all that said, let me reiterate my question: how would my stance/viewpoint be classified or named? Maybe something like an ... agnostic atheistic scientist? lol
Let me know your thoughts and if there's anybody else out there who feels the same way. Very interesting topic nonetheless.

This could end up being a book, but I don’t know how to change how I’m feeling. Before you come in here really harshly judging me or screaming that I am making accusations and being crazy, full disclosure that I am autistic and I have NEVER hidden this from my friends or any man I’ve dated.
Now that that’s out of the way, let me continue. I was in a Christian singles group in my area that used to get together fairly often (it was usually once a month, but drama happened after the guy that started it made a mess…so we disbanded). Everyone is 21-40 and unmarried. I have a very close friend in this group. I’ve known her for many years and I met her outside of it. We did hikes and trips and lots of fun stuff together during that weird limbo after Covid. We stayed solid once work picked back up, but doing as much did slow down.
One of the other girls from the group and I became pretty close pretty fast (this was over the course of a year, so, May 2023 to now). My gut about her told me that I should maybe be worried and run (comes off as strong!), while everything else said that she was cool. She was kinda pushy to be close as friends, so I was okay with that, especially since my really close friend got buried in her work and had even told me that she gets a bit more introverted when she has to work (I’m 50/50 introvert/extrovert) and to broaden my circle (I was her shadow for a bit there…lol). For context, we are both straight 30 something year old women that have successful careers. The new girl is 29, straight with a boyfriend, and has a good job that keeps her busy.
I check in with them both, to see if they have any interest in the three of us hanging out and being friends. I always get shut down…my long time friend says that she is at a different place in life. New girl says nearly the same thing. What’s really weird though, is that New girls parents live just down the road from my good friend, so, they literally can hang out anytime she visits her parents…which varies…
Time passes and the new girl and I make a plan to move in together, because our city in the US is very expensive and living alone just won’t work anymore for either of us, even on our salaries. Once that was planned, I feel like everything started changing.
So, and this is where autism comes into play. If you have any triggers about cyber stalking or stress from things like that, please stop reading now. I really don’t need someone getting really worked up and laying into me. As the subreddit is called “advice”, I’m seeking advice, not to be screamed at and/or called crazy.
I ended up moving in with newer friend. I let her know of all of my quirks and odd things while we were still friends (not roommates yet), and she has been so great…(I think).
Here is where I’m truly hung up, and it all sounds really odd and off and wrong, because, to my knowledge, both of these people have been great and honest with me.
Right around when I started saying I was going to be roomies with her, I think around the start of the year because of leases and things, I noticed a shift in chat patterns online. It was really odd, but what was also odd was how my two friends started sounding alike. They were night and day for a reason, and it truly balanced out my life. They were online a lot together, and then, I noticed a few of the church ladies, specifically from my church, which, new girl really didn’t like the service at, were online too. I felt like I was getting left out, but, when I would ask my two friends that I was closer to about it, they both denied anything was happening (I asked a few times). I asked another friend that I’m pretty close with about it that was online when they were all online, and she said that she had only talked to my roommate the once, at the singles event (she’s always been close to my long time friend…additionally, the way she answered, I could see her pulse was racing), and she didn’t know of anything.
One of my siblings pointed out the logical answer - these were hot times for people to be online. Right after work. Right after dinner. Etc. But then it started getting specific when one girl moved away for just a few months to take a contract. Again - all on at the same time (there are four of them), but to accommodate the girl that moved. For a bit there, I was gathering my receipts/screen shots, but I deleted them and stopped that once she moved in. The last thing I needed was her seeing that somehow and drama happening.
She and I had a good conversation on the first night that she lived with me about how I have but one thing that could hurt my feelings/is my insecurity, and that was being left out and having stuff hidden from me, and people lying to me. Just to tell me the truth always. I don’t get angry or jealous if I know what’s going on and I don’t feel like things are being hidden from me. I told her that I felt like she was becoming friends with my group of church friends behind my back, and I was really insecure about it. She insisted that wasn’t the case. We shook on being honest about friendships and whatnot, and everything seemed okay.
For those of you wondering/that don’t know - a lot of times, the autistic mind will cling to what it doesn’t know in confusion/curiosity, and obsess. This is what I explained to both friends. I don’t mean to be that way. I was literally born with this, and I’m trying to navigate it as best I can. I just need transparency and honesty always, even if you think it could hurt my feelings.
Well, things got weirder once new girl moved in. She started writing this short story that used the name of my good friends dog in it over and over (not a super common word/name). My close friend had a container in the back of her car that she had mentioned to me she finally got rid of. When roomie showed up with it, I was SHOCKED! I called her on it, and she insisted that her mom gave it to her, but, it had a very odd and specific part marked up ( I’m autistic…I remember these things…every detail….) exactly how my good friends did. I guess that my friend could have tossed it out, and my roomies mom could have done a dumpster dive 🤷‍♀️ It just doesn’t seem likely at all. My close friend and I met for coffee one day, and she got this deer in the headlights look on her face after her Facebook messenger went off, just a minute or two before I went home. Once I was alone, I saw that roomie was on Facebook messenger and was the only common friend we had online at that moment (I guess my good friend added her on fb one day).
I’m so lost on what to do, because when I ask them for honesty (which, they are allowed to be friends, I’m not like, weird about that…) they just insist that they aren’t friends. Why would roomie have moved in with me if she could have lived down the street from a friend for FREE at her parents? That’s what they both ask 🤷‍♀️ I’m at a loss right now. Like, it’s really hard living with someone that I don’t fully trust. I just need to know for my piece of mind…What do I do? Thank you for reading all of that.

Hi! :3 I’m looking for someone who would like to do long term roleplays in the Warcraft universe! I’ve been roleplaying and writing for 7 years, and can play a wide range of characters. I’m also looking for oc x oc plots, where the two of us can create the story and make it flow together! :3
Sooo im very open to ideas, and I can RP any race, class, and gender. :) I also already have a wide range of OCs that I’ve developed and made stories with, in case you’d be interested in expanding our ocs together! Im also open to roleplaying in game if you’d like! Though of course that’s not required :)
It’s hard choosing a favorite theme, but I’d say my absolute favorites include themes of undeath, worgen, vampyr, blood elves, technology like gnomes and goblins, and nature (like night elf centered themes!) :D
I’d be happy to share and create characters with you and provide references. As for you, I’d love for some good thought to be put into these stories. I tend to write anywhere between a couple sentences and about 2 paragraphs, depending on my partner and what the scene calls for etc, and I’ll also try to match your response length :)
I think that’s it from me. Let me know if you have questions! Please reach out if any of this is interesting to you! :3

Just what in the world does this mean?

• But you're gonna, you'll remember you're a fucking fraid
• Never wanna, never gonna, and your bed is made

Another website says this version of lyrics:

• First I gotta remember that you're a fucking fray
• Never wanna, never gonna end your dead display

This is what I actually hear but it still doesn't make any sense:

• First you're gone, they'll remember you're a fucking _______
• Never wanna, never gonna, and your bed is made (bed = coffin)

What do you hear? Write it please down if it makes any sense.

I have been considering an all SSD array post for a while and I have searched out discussions on this. Many people say not do do it and to put them in a ZFS pool. I have considered it for faster performance but also for power savings. Some SSDs use less power than hard disks when active and their sleep performance uses much less power. I currently have 10 disks in my array with dual parity and I believe my HDDs use about 5 watts when spun down so that is 50 watts consumption and if they all have to spin up, they could consume 100 watts. Compare that some SSDs which use 2.5 watts when active and much less when asleep.
I came across a post that shared this link from unraid:
https://docs.unraid.net/unraid-os/manual/storage-management/
"SSD support in the array is experimental. Some SSDs may not be ideal for use in the array due to how TRIM/Discard may be implemented. Using SSDs as data/parity devices may have unexpected/undesirable results. This does NOT apply to the cache / cache pool. Most modern SSDs will work fine in the array, and even NVMe devices are now supported, but know that until these devices are in wider use, we only have limited testing experience using them in this setting."
I also came across this post from Crucial today: https://www.crucial.com/articles/about-ssd/what-is-trim

This snippet is from the very end of the post.

"Trim and Active Garbage Collection are useful tools that can benefit the speed, function, and longevity of your SSD. But if your operating system doesn't support Trim, it's not a disaster. All Crucial SSDs are designed and tested assuming that they will be used without Trim."
In addition, if the data is large static media files, wouldn't trim become less of an issue as files are written and they stay put for the long haul?
I am curious from those who are using an all SSD array, if you have parity enabled and you are using higher performance SSDs, what write speeds are you seeing to the array? I know that once the cache is filled on lower end SSDs, that there is a significant speed drop but it seems that the Crucial MX500 and Samsung Evo 870 series have faster sustained write speeds.