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2024.05.21 15:53 venusshadowZDC-3 Astronaut Edgar Mitchell, the sixth man on the moon confirms non-human intelligence, crash retrievals, reverse engineering and disinformation operations in a rare interview with James Fox from the late ‘90s.
Interview: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LOHv1twCOqQ Partial transcript:
EM: There’s a lot that does go on with these high security classifications under military rules. I think it’s a fairly muddy area when we’re talking about this level of activity.
My interest is basically what’s the nature of the universe we live in, what is our relationship to the larger reality? If that’s part of the larger reality and we are denying it, that to me is unconscionable. I don’t live that way. I went into space to learn about the Universe we live in, to gain new insights, to go beyond the boundaries of our known existence…and if these phenomenon are really indicators of new information about the cosmos at all and intelligent life in the cosmos and their ability to travel, as circumstantial evidence would suggest, then we ought to get to the bottom of it.
There seems to have been over the last 50 years or more a great deal of secrecy surrounding the so called UFO event. It’s a very complex subject, we’re not dealing with some things very simple here. We have sightings of all sorts, we’ve been reported thousands of sightings for 50 years or so. Large number of these sightings are indeed misperceiving natural phenomena in some way, but a large number of them are not misperceiving, but seem to be well documented events that represent flying craft that do not match anything we have in our earthbound arsenal. Which is very short of saying we have validated in the public domain that they are ET craft. We have to rely upon that to get better answers, upon people who have been there and interacted, have first hand data. The only people I know of that claim to have been in that position are former intelligence, military and government people and some contractor people whose official duties in the early days were to investigate this and know about it. Those people were under, at that time, great restrictions and high security clearance that prevented them from telling the general public about it. It would appear that that period is long past but they’re still under security restrictions or at least believe they are.
There have been ET visitation, there have been crashed craft, there have been material and bodies recovered and there is some group of people somewhere that may or may not be associated with the government at this point but certainly were at one time that have this knowledge and have been attempting to conceal this knowledge or not permit it to be widely disseminated.
Q: Who do you think is in control of this knowledge at this point?
EM: I cannot answer that [smiling]. I cannot answer “who are these people?”, but there is a lot of evidence that points to what I call a clandestine group, people who have some quasi-affiliation with the government and use certain government facilities but operate in a rather very stealth and secret way that is not generally under a high level of government control, as far as we can tell.
Yes, there has been ET visitation and may continue to be. There has been craft that have been recovered. There has been a certain amount of reverse engineering that has allowed some of these craft or some components to be duplicated. And that there are humanoids from our planet, earthlings [people] who are utilizing some of this equipment in certain ways and that perhaps a large part of the activity that’s classified as UFO activity, abductions and a whole host of this type of activity may very well not be due to ET activity at all. I would suspect if any is due to ET activity, it’s a rather small part and a larger portion is due to humanoid type activity, earthling type activity in a very clandestine fashion. I will stop short of attaching motivation to this, I don’t know the motivation. But if it’s normal human motivation, it has to do with power and control and greed and money and so forth.
Those type of craft, humongous, very very large craft, reportedly the size of many football fields, that would be very hard to manufacture, conceal and operate from an earth base. It would seem if that account is true at all, it probably would have to be something beyond this realm. I think its long past time to open this up to the public because they don’t know what to do anyhow.
I do not see anything that suggests really malevolent intent on the part of, if there are ETs at all and I have to place the caveat, I don’t see anything that represents hostile intent. We see things like abductions for example that many would claim are hostile and to the extent that may be true, I would more likely attribute it to some other cause.
There is a mountain of evidence that essentially amounts to smoking good evidence that has not been and seemingly cannot be brought forward at this point, at least not by the powers of the government or not by anything I know about, but it seems to exist.
There is this information, the question of “has it been kept secret” or “how could it be kept secret”. It hasn’t been kept secret, it’s been there all along, but it has been the subject of disinformation in order to deflect attention and to create confusion, so that the truth doesn’t come out. Disinformation is simply another method of stonewalling and it has been used consistently for the last 50 years or so. Weather balloons over Roswell I suppose, to a crashed craft of some sort…that’s disinformation. We’ve seen that for 50 years and it’s the best way to hide something.
It shouldn’t be any more of a fact that ETs have come here than that we have gone to the moon, ok? It’s just a part of the way things are and we have to understand it and put it in context of the story of ourselves, our knowledge base of cosmology, the nature of our existence, who are we, how does the world work. And of course, that knowledge does change our understanding of how the world or the Universe at large works, because until the current period it was conventional wisdom both in science and theology that we’re alone in the Universe; the whole, single repository of life anywhere in the known Universe. Well, no one believes that anymore. That changes our concept of who we are and how we fit. And it’s becoming very clear that the way we have conducted ourselves as stewards of life on planet Earth is wanting, we haven’t been good stewards. We have environmental and global problems right now that are bringing civilization to a crisis and people do not want to hear that but it’s slowly becoming obvious that that is true. So this knowledge of who we are, how we manage the Planet, how we fit into the larger scheme of things is a very important question.
Dr. Greer did indeed mount an initiative [CSETI Project Starlight] and did go to Washington, did speak with high level government people, did present some of the witnesses we’ve talked about there to give briefings and has asked for congressional hearings on these matters. I attended and helped him with that and I believe that’s a very important effort, that we get congressional oversight of all of this, but so far that hasn’t happened. We briefed certain members of Congress, some of their staff, some of the people from the White House, we talked with people in the Pentagon and in general it was well received and some were quite amazed at what they heard but so far it hasn’t resulted in any great activity.
Q: Was this news to a lot of their ears?
EM: To some people, yes. Others not really so much, but I will say it lead me to the belief that people in high level government have very little if any information, valid information, about this. Most have no more knowledge than a man on the street. Representatives from the intelligence section, they were out of the loop of the things we were talking about.
Q: Did that come to a concern to you?
EM: Oh yes, it’s a very great concern. I have expressed this concern over and over, that’s exactly what I’m saying. It’s that whatever activity is going on to the extent that it is a clandestine group, a quasi-government group, a quasi-private group, it is without any type, as far as I can tell, of high level government oversight, and that is a great concern.
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EM: There’s a lot that does go on with these high security classifications under military rules. I think it’s a fairly muddy area when we’re talking about this level of activity.
My interest is basically what’s the nature of the universe we live in, what is our relationship to the larger reality? If that’s part of the larger reality and we are denying it, that to me is unconscionable. I don’t live that way. I went into space to learn about the Universe we live in, to gain new insights, to go beyond the boundaries of our known existence…and if these phenomenon are really indicators of new information about the cosmos at all and intelligent life in the cosmos and their ability to travel, as circumstantial evidence would suggest, then we ought to get to the bottom of it.
There seems to have been over the last 50 years or more a great deal of secrecy surrounding the so called UFO event. It’s a very complex subject, we’re not dealing with some things very simple here. We have sightings of all sorts, we’ve been reported thousands of sightings for 50 years or so. Large number of these sightings are indeed misperceiving natural phenomena in some way, but a large number of them are not misperceiving, but seem to be well documented events that represent flying craft that do not match anything we have in our earthbound arsenal. Which is very short of saying we have validated in the public domain that they are ET craft. We have to rely upon that to get better answers, upon people who have been there and interacted, have first hand data. The only people I know of that claim to have been in that position are former intelligence, military and government people and some contractor people whose official duties in the early days were to investigate this and know about it. Those people were under, at that time, great restrictions and high security clearance that prevented them from telling the general public about it. It would appear that that period is long past but they’re still under security restrictions or at least believe they are.
There have been ET visitation, there have been crashed craft, there have been material and bodies recovered and there is some group of people somewhere that may or may not be associated with the government at this point but certainly were at one time that have this knowledge and have been attempting to conceal this knowledge or not permit it to be widely disseminated.
Q: Who do you think is in control of this knowledge at this point?
EM: I cannot answer that [smiling]. I cannot answer “who are these people?”, but there is a lot of evidence that points to what I call a clandestine group, people who have some quasi-affiliation with the government and use certain government facilities but operate in a rather very stealth and secret way that is not generally under a high level of government control, as far as we can tell.
Yes, there has been ET visitation and may continue to be. There has been craft that have been recovered. There has been a certain amount of reverse engineering that has allowed some of these craft or some components to be duplicated. And that there are humanoids from our planet, earthlings [people] who are utilizing some of this equipment in certain ways and that perhaps a large part of the activity that’s classified as UFO activity, abductions and a whole host of this type of activity may very well not be due to ET activity at all. I would suspect if any is due to ET activity, it’s a rather small part and a larger portion is due to humanoid type activity, earthling type activity in a very clandestine fashion. I will stop short of attaching motivation to this, I don’t know the motivation. But if it’s normal human motivation, it has to do with power and control and greed and money and so forth.
Those type of craft, humongous, very very large craft, reportedly the size of many football fields, that would be very hard to manufacture, conceal and operate from an earth base. It would seem if that account is true at all, it probably would have to be something beyond this realm. I think its long past time to open this up to the public because they don’t know what to do anyhow.
I do not see anything that suggests really malevolent intent on the part of, if there are ETs at all and I have to place the caveat, I don’t see anything that represents hostile intent. We see things like abductions for example that many would claim are hostile and to the extent that may be true, I would more likely attribute it to some other cause.
There is a mountain of evidence that essentially amounts to smoking good evidence that has not been and seemingly cannot be brought forward at this point, at least not by the powers of the government or not by anything I know about, but it seems to exist.
There is this information, the question of “has it been kept secret” or “how could it be kept secret”. It hasn’t been kept secret, it’s been there all along, but it has been the subject of disinformation in order to deflect attention and to create confusion, so that the truth doesn’t come out. Disinformation is simply another method of stonewalling and it has been used consistently for the last 50 years or so. Weather balloons over Roswell I suppose, to a crashed craft of some sort…that’s disinformation. We’ve seen that for 50 years and it’s the best way to hide something.
It shouldn’t be any more of a fact that ETs have come here than that we have gone to the moon, ok? It’s just a part of the way things are and we have to understand it and put it in context of the story of ourselves, our knowledge base of cosmology, the nature of our existence, who are we, how does the world work. And of course, that knowledge does change our understanding of how the world or the Universe at large works, because until the current period it was conventional wisdom both in science and theology that we’re alone in the Universe; the whole, single repository of life anywhere in the known Universe. Well, no one believes that anymore. That changes our concept of who we are and how we fit. And it’s becoming very clear that the way we have conducted ourselves as stewards of life on planet Earth is wanting, we haven’t been good stewards. We have environmental and global problems right now that are bringing civilization to a crisis and people do not want to hear that but it’s slowly becoming obvious that that is true. So this knowledge of who we are, how we manage the Planet, how we fit into the larger scheme of things is a very important question.
Dr. Greer did indeed mount an initiative [CSETI Project Starlight] and did go to Washington, did speak with high level government people, did present some of the witnesses we’ve talked about there to give briefings and has asked for congressional hearings on these matters. I attended and helped him with that and I believe that’s a very important effort, that we get congressional oversight of all of this, but so far that hasn’t happened. We briefed certain members of Congress, some of their staff, some of the people from the White House, we talked with people in the Pentagon and in general it was well received and some were quite amazed at what they heard but so far it hasn’t resulted in any great activity.
Q: Was this news to a lot of their ears?
EM: To some people, yes. Others not really so much, but I will say it lead me to the belief that people in high level government have very little if any information, valid information, about this. Most have no more knowledge than a man on the street. Representatives from the intelligence section, they were out of the loop of the things we were talking about.
Q: Did that come to a concern to you?
EM: Oh yes, it’s a very great concern. I have expressed this concern over and over, that’s exactly what I’m saying. It’s that whatever activity is going on to the extent that it is a clandestine group, a quasi-government group, a quasi-private group, it is without any type, as far as I can tell, of high level government oversight, and that is a great concern.
2024.05.21 15:52 asmallbanan Help with remembering to do timekeeping for work
Hi everyone!
I have a pretty specific question and am hoping some of you may be able to help.
I work a client-based job that requires me to track my billable hours, and I have always struggled with remembering to do so. My boss and I have found tons of ways to help me manage and keep track of my workload, but haven't found a solution for the time tracking part, so I figured I'd head here :)
Before I explain further, I want to be clear that billables don't necessarily affect my pay. I'm not missing out on pay by forgetting to track them (I'm on salary), we just do it so my boss knows for invoicing purposes.
We use a time tracking program that makes it fairly easy to input the hours (I enter the client name, task, and time started/stopped). It can be used as a live timeclock, where I hit start when beginning a task and stop when I finish, or I can input everything at once after it's finished.
Obviously the best way to do this would be to use the live-tracking function, and I'll be good about using it that way for a few days to a couple of weeks, but one busier-than-usual day can throw me right off and it becomes hard to get back into the routine. It ends up feeling like just another task to have to remember to do, when I could just be getting on with my work.
For the most part, my boss only cares that they're up to date by the end of each month so invoicing can be done. But, if I let things pile up and I have a ton to input, since it's such a tedious task, I absolutely dread doing it and put it off as long as I can - which frustrates my boss, of course, as they would prefer it be done more regularly (and not at the last minute). Plus that increases the chances that I'll forget I did something or how long it took me to do it, not input it, and end up accidentally under-reporting my hours (which is good for clients bc free work but bad for us bc, well... free work lol).
Just wondering if any of you work in jobs that require tracking billable hours, and what you have used to help remember to keep on top of it. I have tried setting reminders on a daily or weekly basis to update them, but reminders can be (or become) easy to ignore, of course.
Any suggestions are appreciated!!!
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I have a pretty specific question and am hoping some of you may be able to help.
I work a client-based job that requires me to track my billable hours, and I have always struggled with remembering to do so. My boss and I have found tons of ways to help me manage and keep track of my workload, but haven't found a solution for the time tracking part, so I figured I'd head here :)
Before I explain further, I want to be clear that billables don't necessarily affect my pay. I'm not missing out on pay by forgetting to track them (I'm on salary), we just do it so my boss knows for invoicing purposes.
We use a time tracking program that makes it fairly easy to input the hours (I enter the client name, task, and time started/stopped). It can be used as a live timeclock, where I hit start when beginning a task and stop when I finish, or I can input everything at once after it's finished.
Obviously the best way to do this would be to use the live-tracking function, and I'll be good about using it that way for a few days to a couple of weeks, but one busier-than-usual day can throw me right off and it becomes hard to get back into the routine. It ends up feeling like just another task to have to remember to do, when I could just be getting on with my work.
For the most part, my boss only cares that they're up to date by the end of each month so invoicing can be done. But, if I let things pile up and I have a ton to input, since it's such a tedious task, I absolutely dread doing it and put it off as long as I can - which frustrates my boss, of course, as they would prefer it be done more regularly (and not at the last minute). Plus that increases the chances that I'll forget I did something or how long it took me to do it, not input it, and end up accidentally under-reporting my hours (which is good for clients bc free work but bad for us bc, well... free work lol).
Just wondering if any of you work in jobs that require tracking billable hours, and what you have used to help remember to keep on top of it. I have tried setting reminders on a daily or weekly basis to update them, but reminders can be (or become) easy to ignore, of course.
Any suggestions are appreciated!!!
2024.05.21 15:52 Random_local_man Firecracker isn't midladder.
Like I see this opinion a lot as a response to the many complaints about the card that people post here on a weekly basis.
Top 200 players right now and the contestants in this month's crl ran firecracker, a supposedly midladder low skill card. And this was after the hp nerf, something people claimed would kill the card.
Let's face it, firecracker surviving arrows messed up the balance of the game and made it not fun to go against. The all round evolution nerfs and reworks are one of the best balance changes this game ever had.
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Top 200 players right now and the contestants in this month's crl ran firecracker, a supposedly midladder low skill card. And this was after the hp nerf, something people claimed would kill the card.
Let's face it, firecracker surviving arrows messed up the balance of the game and made it not fun to go against. The all round evolution nerfs and reworks are one of the best balance changes this game ever had.
2024.05.21 15:51 Experto1201 Random black screen/signal loss while gaming.
Hello! Sorry for any grammar mistakes in advance, I'm Hungarian. So I've been dealing with this problem since last October. I bought an Asus TUF RX 6900 XT near the end of 2022 and it worked flawlessly for nearly a year then these random black screens started to appear. I shouldn't even say black screen because the monitor just doesn't get any signal. My MSI motherboard does the 1 long 2 short beeps that indicates graphics card issue according to their site. After this I have to power down the PC. The reset button doesn't work. I tried so many things already:
- Changing the cable, trying both HDMI and displayport in different ports on both the monitor and the card - Did a DDU session, even resinstalled Windows and upgraded to 11 from 10 - Updated the drivers many times since the issue started to appear.
-I updated the motherboard chipset drivers as well and even the BIOS in my desperation - I took out the card, cleaned it, plugged in different power cables after re inserting it - Checked the temps while gaming and they are completely fine. Edge temp is barely above 60 and hotspot is around 75. - I did a VRAM test and everything was fine - Undervolted and underclocked the card
- Run different stress tests: Built in Adrenalin, Furmark and Furmark 2, Superposition but these never produced a crash even after half an hour. If you think the PSU might be at fault, well not very likely. Even after I used MPT and let my card pull 410 watts while I also stress tested my overclocked Ryzen 5 5600 that also pulled nearly 90 watts, my Thermaltake Toughpower 850W platinum was doing just fine. Meanhwile crashes still happen when my card only uses about 200w in certain games. Funny thing is I managed to overlock my card to get 12414 points in Superposition 1080p extreme which is among the best air cooled RX 6900 XTs LOL.
- I changed my 4x8 Gb Corsair ram kits to 2x16 G.skill - The warranty is still active but guess what? All they did was running a 3D Mark stress test for 10 minutes and of course that didn't crashed so they said the card is fine...
So about the games. Some games are straight up unplayable like the new Indika or Horizon Zero Dawn and crashes happen after a few minutes or even seconds, meanwhile Death Stranding (that uses the same engine) has never crashed. There is also a middle ground with other games like Cyberpunk, Baldur's Gate 3 or Fallout 76 that can run for hours but still produce a crash sometimes. Some of these games use different launchers and they are on different SSD's. One SSD is NVME the other one is SATA. So quite a lot of things are already ruled out.
Next I'm planning to change the CPU to a Ryzen 7 5700X but I highly doubt that would solve the problem.
Any ideas what else could be done?
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- Changing the cable, trying both HDMI and displayport in different ports on both the monitor and the card - Did a DDU session, even resinstalled Windows and upgraded to 11 from 10 - Updated the drivers many times since the issue started to appear.
-I updated the motherboard chipset drivers as well and even the BIOS in my desperation - I took out the card, cleaned it, plugged in different power cables after re inserting it - Checked the temps while gaming and they are completely fine. Edge temp is barely above 60 and hotspot is around 75. - I did a VRAM test and everything was fine - Undervolted and underclocked the card
- Run different stress tests: Built in Adrenalin, Furmark and Furmark 2, Superposition but these never produced a crash even after half an hour. If you think the PSU might be at fault, well not very likely. Even after I used MPT and let my card pull 410 watts while I also stress tested my overclocked Ryzen 5 5600 that also pulled nearly 90 watts, my Thermaltake Toughpower 850W platinum was doing just fine. Meanhwile crashes still happen when my card only uses about 200w in certain games. Funny thing is I managed to overlock my card to get 12414 points in Superposition 1080p extreme which is among the best air cooled RX 6900 XTs LOL.
- I changed my 4x8 Gb Corsair ram kits to 2x16 G.skill - The warranty is still active but guess what? All they did was running a 3D Mark stress test for 10 minutes and of course that didn't crashed so they said the card is fine...
So about the games. Some games are straight up unplayable like the new Indika or Horizon Zero Dawn and crashes happen after a few minutes or even seconds, meanwhile Death Stranding (that uses the same engine) has never crashed. There is also a middle ground with other games like Cyberpunk, Baldur's Gate 3 or Fallout 76 that can run for hours but still produce a crash sometimes. Some of these games use different launchers and they are on different SSD's. One SSD is NVME the other one is SATA. So quite a lot of things are already ruled out.
Next I'm planning to change the CPU to a Ryzen 7 5700X but I highly doubt that would solve the problem.
Any ideas what else could be done?
2024.05.21 15:51 Usernameistaken0724 Opinions/thoughts on my situation
So this is going to be a lot so if you want to read be prepared for a long story lol.
So my dad and I had a big falling out recently. It started a couple months ago in November when my parents were separating. My mom had moved out a month or two prior and still had some of her stuff at the house. My dad (unprompted) had texted her telling her to get all of her shit out of the house or else he was going to burn it and he had thrown some of her stuff in the front yard. (He just had surgery and was on medication that could have affected his judgment but this was still not out of character for him) So my mom, myself, and my husband went to the house to help her get her stuff. We were getting some of her things from the yard and he had come outside and he and I began arguing. He thought that my mom was trying to turn me against him but truthfully, she has always treated me better than him and he wasn’t the best to me growing up so I was always closer to my mom. I told him he was being a childish asshole and he was a shitty father. He told us we all need to leave and went inside to get a rifle probably to “defend his property” or whatever around the time we were arguing my sister (who has a different dad) and her husband pulled into the driveway to help pack. They had their month old infant in the car with them because he was too young to be separated from his mother and they didn’t expect things to blow up so much. My dad ended up pointing the gun at pretty much everyone. He pointed the gun at the car with my sister and her family and right at my husband’s head. I don’t think realistically he could have pulled the trigger easily because he just had surgery on his dominant shoulder and he was using his other hand to hold the gun up. But the fact remains that he pointed a gun directly at my husbands face and at the car where my sister and her family were. If anyone knows anything about guns one of the most important rules is you don’t ever point a gun at anyone unless you intend to shoot (like in self defense situations). He taught me how to shoot so he definitely knows this and should know better. I figured the situation may blow up so I had my pepper spray in my pocket and ended up having to use it on my dad when he first pointed the gun at my sisters car. After that we left and my mom was in the u-haul the whole time on the phone with the police. We went to a nearby gas station and the police met us there and got our stories and my dad ended up getting arrested. He texted me the next day saying he’ll have nothing to do with me or my family from that point forward.
Flash forward a couple months later, my dad and I have been no contact. A family friend had called my sister and I because she was concerned about the well-being of my mother. She said that my parents admitted to doing meth the night before my sisters wedding and it started as an occasional thing then became an everyday thing for them. She was doing what she could to help but they live 4 hours away so there’s only so much they could do. The reason she called to tell us was she was concerned now that they were separated she would fall back into it and the last time she saw my mom a few weeks prior she seemed to be tweaking. We didn’t confront my mom immediately because we wanted to think about what to say and we didn’t want to put the family friend for telling on my mom because that would ruin their 20+ year long friendship. A few days later my dad happened to text and say he was concerned about her and wouldn’t say why. My mom, probably doing damage control, texted saying he’s texting everyone bc he thinks she’s on meth. I used my dad texting about it as an excuse to try to get more information. He ended up telling me a lot about their past drug use and my sister and I confronted my mom about it a few days later. She basically denied everything and was hurt we believed my dad. Which we would have never believed him if it wasn’t for the family friend telling us but we couldn’t tell her about that so we just let it be basically. We don’t think she’s on it currently because she doesn’t seem tweaky and has gained some weight since the separation.
Apparently then my dad and I had thought we had made up since we’ve been talking recently. My husband was going to the town my dad lives to fish and he saw my dad coming to our town so he immediately turned around and sped back to our house and called me to let me know. My husband had me text my dad and tell him not to come to our house and he said he was going to the meat market in our town and sent the picture of the sign to show me where he was. He was offended that I told him not to come by so he drove past our house. We were expecting him because we knew us telling him was in innovation in his mind to come by and when he drove past my husband flipped him off and my dad slammed on the breaks and got out of the car. My husband pulled his gun out since he saw him as a threat and told him to leave immediately and they got into an argument. Nothing happened other than my husband punched his truck and he agreed not to press charges as long as he pays for the damages so we ended up doing that so my husband doesn’t have anything on his record.
So for a bit of background, my dad had a kid, who ended up not being his kid, with someone before my mom and him got together who is 5 years older than me. I think he in his heart knew the child wasn’t his, and he treated the child horribly. I was so young while he lived with us so I didn’t realize how bad it was but just for perspective, some of his “punishments” were to run laps for god knows how long and whenever he was grounded he would have to just sit in his room on his bed and do nothing. He was kept in his room basically his whole childhood. He had issues with lying as I was told and “nothing worked” so they resorted to extremely harsh punishments. If you could even call it punishments. One of them was he was only allowed to eat break and milk for however long. I was just a kid so I would just think “oh he’s in trouble again bc he’s bad it’s fine” but as an adult I would NEVER treat any child like that no matter how “bad” the kid is. It disgusts me to think about. For a bit during the drama in between the two incidents my dad was alluding to the fact that he may commit suicide. I know this is terrible to say but honestly now I hope he goes through with it. The fact he’s my dad and I still have love for him makes me feel terrible for hating him but I know if he was anyone else and I knew how he was I would hate the fact he exists on the same earth as everyone else. I’ve always seen my mom as a victim but I’m coming to terms I guess with the fact that she was an adult who allowed her children and the child she was caring for to be abused and/or mistreated over a man. And participated in some instances. She tried to defend sometimes but not nearly enough. She’s pretty old fashioned so she believes in putting her husband first and while that’s not the worst thing in the world, you can’t put a terrible man over your innocent children. my husband and I told have children but we have nieces and nephews and if I saw him treating them the way my mom allowed my dad to treat us, I’d be a widow bc there’s no way I’d allow that type of behavior.
I know this was a lot but I guess what I’m asking for is any advice? There’s a lot more nuances that I could add but it’d make for an even longer post lol. What are y’all’s thoughts?
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So my dad and I had a big falling out recently. It started a couple months ago in November when my parents were separating. My mom had moved out a month or two prior and still had some of her stuff at the house. My dad (unprompted) had texted her telling her to get all of her shit out of the house or else he was going to burn it and he had thrown some of her stuff in the front yard. (He just had surgery and was on medication that could have affected his judgment but this was still not out of character for him) So my mom, myself, and my husband went to the house to help her get her stuff. We were getting some of her things from the yard and he had come outside and he and I began arguing. He thought that my mom was trying to turn me against him but truthfully, she has always treated me better than him and he wasn’t the best to me growing up so I was always closer to my mom. I told him he was being a childish asshole and he was a shitty father. He told us we all need to leave and went inside to get a rifle probably to “defend his property” or whatever around the time we were arguing my sister (who has a different dad) and her husband pulled into the driveway to help pack. They had their month old infant in the car with them because he was too young to be separated from his mother and they didn’t expect things to blow up so much. My dad ended up pointing the gun at pretty much everyone. He pointed the gun at the car with my sister and her family and right at my husband’s head. I don’t think realistically he could have pulled the trigger easily because he just had surgery on his dominant shoulder and he was using his other hand to hold the gun up. But the fact remains that he pointed a gun directly at my husbands face and at the car where my sister and her family were. If anyone knows anything about guns one of the most important rules is you don’t ever point a gun at anyone unless you intend to shoot (like in self defense situations). He taught me how to shoot so he definitely knows this and should know better. I figured the situation may blow up so I had my pepper spray in my pocket and ended up having to use it on my dad when he first pointed the gun at my sisters car. After that we left and my mom was in the u-haul the whole time on the phone with the police. We went to a nearby gas station and the police met us there and got our stories and my dad ended up getting arrested. He texted me the next day saying he’ll have nothing to do with me or my family from that point forward.
Flash forward a couple months later, my dad and I have been no contact. A family friend had called my sister and I because she was concerned about the well-being of my mother. She said that my parents admitted to doing meth the night before my sisters wedding and it started as an occasional thing then became an everyday thing for them. She was doing what she could to help but they live 4 hours away so there’s only so much they could do. The reason she called to tell us was she was concerned now that they were separated she would fall back into it and the last time she saw my mom a few weeks prior she seemed to be tweaking. We didn’t confront my mom immediately because we wanted to think about what to say and we didn’t want to put the family friend for telling on my mom because that would ruin their 20+ year long friendship. A few days later my dad happened to text and say he was concerned about her and wouldn’t say why. My mom, probably doing damage control, texted saying he’s texting everyone bc he thinks she’s on meth. I used my dad texting about it as an excuse to try to get more information. He ended up telling me a lot about their past drug use and my sister and I confronted my mom about it a few days later. She basically denied everything and was hurt we believed my dad. Which we would have never believed him if it wasn’t for the family friend telling us but we couldn’t tell her about that so we just let it be basically. We don’t think she’s on it currently because she doesn’t seem tweaky and has gained some weight since the separation.
Apparently then my dad and I had thought we had made up since we’ve been talking recently. My husband was going to the town my dad lives to fish and he saw my dad coming to our town so he immediately turned around and sped back to our house and called me to let me know. My husband had me text my dad and tell him not to come to our house and he said he was going to the meat market in our town and sent the picture of the sign to show me where he was. He was offended that I told him not to come by so he drove past our house. We were expecting him because we knew us telling him was in innovation in his mind to come by and when he drove past my husband flipped him off and my dad slammed on the breaks and got out of the car. My husband pulled his gun out since he saw him as a threat and told him to leave immediately and they got into an argument. Nothing happened other than my husband punched his truck and he agreed not to press charges as long as he pays for the damages so we ended up doing that so my husband doesn’t have anything on his record.
So for a bit of background, my dad had a kid, who ended up not being his kid, with someone before my mom and him got together who is 5 years older than me. I think he in his heart knew the child wasn’t his, and he treated the child horribly. I was so young while he lived with us so I didn’t realize how bad it was but just for perspective, some of his “punishments” were to run laps for god knows how long and whenever he was grounded he would have to just sit in his room on his bed and do nothing. He was kept in his room basically his whole childhood. He had issues with lying as I was told and “nothing worked” so they resorted to extremely harsh punishments. If you could even call it punishments. One of them was he was only allowed to eat break and milk for however long. I was just a kid so I would just think “oh he’s in trouble again bc he’s bad it’s fine” but as an adult I would NEVER treat any child like that no matter how “bad” the kid is. It disgusts me to think about. For a bit during the drama in between the two incidents my dad was alluding to the fact that he may commit suicide. I know this is terrible to say but honestly now I hope he goes through with it. The fact he’s my dad and I still have love for him makes me feel terrible for hating him but I know if he was anyone else and I knew how he was I would hate the fact he exists on the same earth as everyone else. I’ve always seen my mom as a victim but I’m coming to terms I guess with the fact that she was an adult who allowed her children and the child she was caring for to be abused and/or mistreated over a man. And participated in some instances. She tried to defend sometimes but not nearly enough. She’s pretty old fashioned so she believes in putting her husband first and while that’s not the worst thing in the world, you can’t put a terrible man over your innocent children. my husband and I told have children but we have nieces and nephews and if I saw him treating them the way my mom allowed my dad to treat us, I’d be a widow bc there’s no way I’d allow that type of behavior.
I know this was a lot but I guess what I’m asking for is any advice? There’s a lot more nuances that I could add but it’d make for an even longer post lol. What are y’all’s thoughts?
2024.05.21 15:51 commie_cows How do I know if my feelings are genuine?
I met someone I really like. Like a lot. We're extremely compatible and we have good chemistry. I could see a relationship with them. But I said the same thing a week ago about someone else. My emotions are either extremely intense or not there at all. I lose interest in people really fast. Not everyone, but most casual dating situations. The last long term relationship I was in, I wasn't in love with my partner at all but I was too scared to leave. I'm not having an episode right now, just came off a depressive one. So I don't think it's like a manic obsession or anything. But the feelings are intense. I do not want to hurt someone by coming on strong and then backing way off. Especially this person.
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2024.05.21 15:51 RawJah83 Max Caster and the Future of the Acclaimed
So, since the day they first appeared on AEW Dark together back in the day, I've been a fan of the Acclaimed. I stood by them through the first controversy when Caster mocked that olympic athlete (I'm sorry, I don't remember her name), for which he got punished (rightfully so).
I remember that when he was suspended (or taken off TV), Bowens was kept on Dark or TV and had Singles Matches that he always lost.
At some point Caster returned, the Acclaimed did their thing, still figuring that Tag Team out until they team with the Gunns, Daddy Ass gets born and they take off winning a World Tag Team Championship and a Trios Championship.
As most of you are probably aware Caster started acting strange (even for himself) on Social Media for at some point earlier this year. This was picked up in some way during the feud with the Bang Bang Gang, when we couldnt get his rap out or would go "unscripted" on PPV before their Title Unification Match against them. Last week before Dynamite he posted on X that the Acclaimed would be on Dynamite with an Announcement, even Billy Gunn replied to it and confirmed it but then it never happened. I expected it to be moved to Rampage or Collision because of time issues (Show was packed), but on Rampage Bowens only had a Singles Match, where he lost to Bryan Cage with Billy & Max at ringside.
Now, I'm somewhat worried for Max and the Acclaimed as a Team. Am I being worked? Is Max just promoting his indys heel run he's apparently on atm? I dont know. There is probably plenty of stuff that I have missed. But I wanted to cover as much ground as possible for the post. I hope Max is alright and between him and Anthony is everything good, although I feel like there are problems, then again, could just me being worked. What do you think? Any opinions on whats going on with Max and the Acclaimed in general.
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I remember that when he was suspended (or taken off TV), Bowens was kept on Dark or TV and had Singles Matches that he always lost.
At some point Caster returned, the Acclaimed did their thing, still figuring that Tag Team out until they team with the Gunns, Daddy Ass gets born and they take off winning a World Tag Team Championship and a Trios Championship.
As most of you are probably aware Caster started acting strange (even for himself) on Social Media for at some point earlier this year. This was picked up in some way during the feud with the Bang Bang Gang, when we couldnt get his rap out or would go "unscripted" on PPV before their Title Unification Match against them. Last week before Dynamite he posted on X that the Acclaimed would be on Dynamite with an Announcement, even Billy Gunn replied to it and confirmed it but then it never happened. I expected it to be moved to Rampage or Collision because of time issues (Show was packed), but on Rampage Bowens only had a Singles Match, where he lost to Bryan Cage with Billy & Max at ringside.
Now, I'm somewhat worried for Max and the Acclaimed as a Team. Am I being worked? Is Max just promoting his indys heel run he's apparently on atm? I dont know. There is probably plenty of stuff that I have missed. But I wanted to cover as much ground as possible for the post. I hope Max is alright and between him and Anthony is everything good, although I feel like there are problems, then again, could just me being worked. What do you think? Any opinions on whats going on with Max and the Acclaimed in general.
2024.05.21 15:51 Intelligent_Space694 AITA for feeling bad that I can't remember anything after my accident?
A few months ago, my life changed completely. I (M15) years old, and before the accident, I was just a normal kid. At least, that’s what everyone tells me.
I don’t remember any of it.
I was walking home from school, not paying attention to anything around me. I didn’t see the car coming. One moment, I was crossing the street, and the next thing I knew, I was lying on the cold pavement, everything around me in chaos.
When I woke up in the hospital, I was in so much pain and totally confused. My head felt like it was going to explode, and I had no idea where I was or what had happened.
The doctors said I had a severe concussion and amnesia. They explained that I couldn’t remember anything from before the accident—no childhood memories, no friends, no family. My mind was completely blank, wiped clean by the trauma.
My parents were the first faces I saw when I woke up. They looked relieved but also terrified. My mom tried to be strong, but I could see the tears in her eyes. My dad, usually so tough, couldn’t hide how scared he was. They kept asking me questions, hoping something would spark a memory, but it was useless. I didn’t recognize them, didn’t remember anything about our life together. I didn’t even know my own name.
The doctors said my memory might come back with time, but there were no guarantees. In the meantime, I had to rely on what my family told me about my past. They showed me pictures, told me stories, but it all felt like it belonged to someone else.
The hardest part has been trying to reconnect with my family. My parents are doing their best to help me, but it’s clear they’re struggling too. My mom tries to fill in the gaps, telling me about the things I used to love, the friends I had, the dreams I chased. My dad is more reserved, like he doesn’t know how to handle the stranger that his son has become.
My little sister, Emma, is only 10. She looks at me with a mix of hope and sadness, asking when I’ll remember her, when things will go back to normal. I wish I had an answer for her. I wish I could remember the bond we supposedly shared.
I feel terrible that I can't remember anything. My parents have been amazing, but I can see the hurt in their eyes. My mom is constantly on the verge of tears, and my dad looks like he’s carrying the weight of the world. Emma is trying so hard to help, but every time she asks me if I remember something, it just breaks my heart to say no.
I started seeing a therapist, trying to piece together my life before the accident. It’s frustrating and terrifying, like chasing shadows that always slip away. The therapist says it’s important to create new memories, to focus on the present and not get lost in what I can’t remember. But how can I do that when I feel like half a person, a ghost haunting my own life?
School is a nightmare. Everyone looks at me differently now, whispering behind my back. I’m the kid who lost his memory, the one who can’t even remember his best friends. They try to be nice, but it just makes me feel worse. I don’t know who to trust, who to turn to.
Every day is a struggle. The pain, the fear, the isolation—they’re eating me alive. And watching my family suffer because of it is almost worse than the physical pain. I see the strain in my parents' eyes, the tension in their voices. I know they’re scared of losing me, even though I’m right here.
So, Reddit, AITA for feeling bad that I can’t remember anything? Am I wrong for feeling guilty that my family is hurting because of me? I just needed to get this out and see if someone else understands.
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I don’t remember any of it.
I was walking home from school, not paying attention to anything around me. I didn’t see the car coming. One moment, I was crossing the street, and the next thing I knew, I was lying on the cold pavement, everything around me in chaos.
When I woke up in the hospital, I was in so much pain and totally confused. My head felt like it was going to explode, and I had no idea where I was or what had happened.
The doctors said I had a severe concussion and amnesia. They explained that I couldn’t remember anything from before the accident—no childhood memories, no friends, no family. My mind was completely blank, wiped clean by the trauma.
My parents were the first faces I saw when I woke up. They looked relieved but also terrified. My mom tried to be strong, but I could see the tears in her eyes. My dad, usually so tough, couldn’t hide how scared he was. They kept asking me questions, hoping something would spark a memory, but it was useless. I didn’t recognize them, didn’t remember anything about our life together. I didn’t even know my own name.
The doctors said my memory might come back with time, but there were no guarantees. In the meantime, I had to rely on what my family told me about my past. They showed me pictures, told me stories, but it all felt like it belonged to someone else.
The hardest part has been trying to reconnect with my family. My parents are doing their best to help me, but it’s clear they’re struggling too. My mom tries to fill in the gaps, telling me about the things I used to love, the friends I had, the dreams I chased. My dad is more reserved, like he doesn’t know how to handle the stranger that his son has become.
My little sister, Emma, is only 10. She looks at me with a mix of hope and sadness, asking when I’ll remember her, when things will go back to normal. I wish I had an answer for her. I wish I could remember the bond we supposedly shared.
I feel terrible that I can't remember anything. My parents have been amazing, but I can see the hurt in their eyes. My mom is constantly on the verge of tears, and my dad looks like he’s carrying the weight of the world. Emma is trying so hard to help, but every time she asks me if I remember something, it just breaks my heart to say no.
I started seeing a therapist, trying to piece together my life before the accident. It’s frustrating and terrifying, like chasing shadows that always slip away. The therapist says it’s important to create new memories, to focus on the present and not get lost in what I can’t remember. But how can I do that when I feel like half a person, a ghost haunting my own life?
School is a nightmare. Everyone looks at me differently now, whispering behind my back. I’m the kid who lost his memory, the one who can’t even remember his best friends. They try to be nice, but it just makes me feel worse. I don’t know who to trust, who to turn to.
Every day is a struggle. The pain, the fear, the isolation—they’re eating me alive. And watching my family suffer because of it is almost worse than the physical pain. I see the strain in my parents' eyes, the tension in their voices. I know they’re scared of losing me, even though I’m right here.
So, Reddit, AITA for feeling bad that I can’t remember anything? Am I wrong for feeling guilty that my family is hurting because of me? I just needed to get this out and see if someone else understands.
2024.05.21 15:50 Sitanoni Yu-Gi-Oh! Master Duel player new to MTG - What types of decks/colors do you think I would enjoy playing most?
Hi!
As the title says, I've just started getting into playing MTG TCG.
A friend who is into Magic has gifted my a bunch (maybe 200+ or so?) common and some rares to start with, so I'm trying to figure out what to start building with all these cards. I guess an important thing to mention is that my friend and his buddies like to mostly play Commander, but not exclusively.
I recently started playing Magic Arena to learn the game quicker, and so far I have enjoyed playing with the "Legions of Phyrexia" starter deck the most. I like the feeling of being able to continually summon and beef up creatures with extra abilities and increase their stats. And I also think I like the "vibe" of the deck and the art.
I've been playing Yu-Gi-Oh! Master Duel for a few years now and I know what I enjoy playing there, but as far as I understand Magic doesn't have archetypes in the same way Yu-Gi-Oh! does, so it's more freeing but also not quite as straightforward to get a deck built. The Yu-Gi-Oh! decks I like playing are:
I know I won't be constructing crazy decks right away, and I will mostly play around with the cards that I already have. I also don't want to spend too much money on it (famous first words), so I would like to try find out what I like best and then focus on getting cards and building that one deck before branching out all over the place.
I'd love to know what you think, and I'm excited to join the community!
Thanks!
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As the title says, I've just started getting into playing MTG TCG.
A friend who is into Magic has gifted my a bunch (maybe 200+ or so?) common and some rares to start with, so I'm trying to figure out what to start building with all these cards. I guess an important thing to mention is that my friend and his buddies like to mostly play Commander, but not exclusively.
I recently started playing Magic Arena to learn the game quicker, and so far I have enjoyed playing with the "Legions of Phyrexia" starter deck the most. I like the feeling of being able to continually summon and beef up creatures with extra abilities and increase their stats. And I also think I like the "vibe" of the deck and the art.
I've been playing Yu-Gi-Oh! Master Duel for a few years now and I know what I enjoy playing there, but as far as I understand Magic doesn't have archetypes in the same way Yu-Gi-Oh! does, so it's more freeing but also not quite as straightforward to get a deck built. The Yu-Gi-Oh! decks I like playing are:
- Relinquished - Dark themed based around creatures that can take control of your opponent's monsters and add their attack to them, as well as disrupt their game.
- Toons - based around creatures that basically have "Flying" and can attack your opponent directly ignoring their creatures (which is quite rare in Yu-Gi-Oh!), as well as having protection and being able to steal your opponents creatures.
- Winged Dragon of Ra - a deck that can first-turn kill based around one of the iconic Yu-Gi-Oh! boss monsters. You can sacrifice your life to boost up the Winged Dragon of Ra enough to one shot your opponent. It also has a very cool card called The Winged Dragon of Ra - Sphere Mode that basically lets you use your opponents creatures as sacrifice to summon it, and there is hardly any cards in the game that have any protection against it.
I know I won't be constructing crazy decks right away, and I will mostly play around with the cards that I already have. I also don't want to spend too much money on it (famous first words), so I would like to try find out what I like best and then focus on getting cards and building that one deck before branching out all over the place.
I'd love to know what you think, and I'm excited to join the community!
Thanks!
2024.05.21 15:50 freddiemercurial 45 [M4F] UK/Anywhere - I cling, therefore I am
Not necessarily emotionally, but physically. I love hugging and cuddling, and I'll want to attach to you like a limpet attaches itself to a rock. If it's physical shows of affection that you're after, I'm your man.
I’m after the relationship that goes the distance, the one that results in love and, when the time is right, the ‘m word’. I can’t think of anything I look forward to more than spending my life with the woman I love.
I love physical displays of affection, both public and otherwise. Gestures like holding, hugging, etc, are something I adore and would always welcome, especially because I love the excitement and warm feeling that come with being close to the one you love.
The person I am after is someone who is kind and caring, somebody that I can relaxed around. I don’t want the stress of being around someone who gets set off my the smallest thing. My sense of humour is varied, although it can best be described as something of a mix of Chandler Bing (RIP) and Edmund Blackadder.
When we’re together, my ideal night would involve spending our time at home, curled up on the sofa together and watching a film, or playing a game, although I’m not against the occasional day/night out if it’s just the two of us.I watch little in the way of current TV or films, and almost no sport. My main solo hobbies can be found on my friends post.
If we’re apart, as I presume we would be in the early days of our relationship, then, because I game a fair bit, I’d be open to you watching me play something, or vice versa if you game as well. We could also chat while we play our own individual games. We can also watch films, TV, etc, or whatever may bring us closer together.
I’m in the UK, so I would prefer to talk to someone who is also in the UK, as it would make things convenient for the both of us, and it would also make meeting up easier, and I would want to meet up if things progress well. However, I am open to talking to people who are overseas, as long as you’re moving to the UK in the near future, and that the move is, if not set in stone, then is at least guaranteed to happen or to be able to happen. Be aware that I am unable to travel overseas, although not for any nefarious reason.
I’m a vegetarian, though I don’t mind being around meat eaters as long as they’re respectful of how I feel. I don’t drink and, while I’m okay being with someone who does, it won’t work if you’re a person who drinks frequently. I’m non-religious and non-spiritual, and this will never change, and my views are generally what you’d call progressive and liberal. Disparate views are one thing, but if you use terms like ‘PC/PC culture’, ‘liberal’ or ‘woke’ as pejoratives, we will not get along. In addition, I do not smoke and will not be with a smoker.
I’m okay with either private messaging or Reddit chat, though I’d like to move off Reddit once we both feel comfortable doing so. Once we’ve moved to a different platform, exchanging pictures is then also something that would be done once we’re both comfortable, as would voice and video chat, especially because the best way to really get to know someone is through real-time communication.
Your opening message doesn’t have to be that long, just give me something to work with, something that can spark conversation. If you have any questions, queries, posers, then feel free to ask.
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I’m after the relationship that goes the distance, the one that results in love and, when the time is right, the ‘m word’. I can’t think of anything I look forward to more than spending my life with the woman I love.
I love physical displays of affection, both public and otherwise. Gestures like holding, hugging, etc, are something I adore and would always welcome, especially because I love the excitement and warm feeling that come with being close to the one you love.
The person I am after is someone who is kind and caring, somebody that I can relaxed around. I don’t want the stress of being around someone who gets set off my the smallest thing. My sense of humour is varied, although it can best be described as something of a mix of Chandler Bing (RIP) and Edmund Blackadder.
When we’re together, my ideal night would involve spending our time at home, curled up on the sofa together and watching a film, or playing a game, although I’m not against the occasional day/night out if it’s just the two of us.I watch little in the way of current TV or films, and almost no sport. My main solo hobbies can be found on my friends post.
If we’re apart, as I presume we would be in the early days of our relationship, then, because I game a fair bit, I’d be open to you watching me play something, or vice versa if you game as well. We could also chat while we play our own individual games. We can also watch films, TV, etc, or whatever may bring us closer together.
I’m in the UK, so I would prefer to talk to someone who is also in the UK, as it would make things convenient for the both of us, and it would also make meeting up easier, and I would want to meet up if things progress well. However, I am open to talking to people who are overseas, as long as you’re moving to the UK in the near future, and that the move is, if not set in stone, then is at least guaranteed to happen or to be able to happen. Be aware that I am unable to travel overseas, although not for any nefarious reason.
I’m a vegetarian, though I don’t mind being around meat eaters as long as they’re respectful of how I feel. I don’t drink and, while I’m okay being with someone who does, it won’t work if you’re a person who drinks frequently. I’m non-religious and non-spiritual, and this will never change, and my views are generally what you’d call progressive and liberal. Disparate views are one thing, but if you use terms like ‘PC/PC culture’, ‘liberal’ or ‘woke’ as pejoratives, we will not get along. In addition, I do not smoke and will not be with a smoker.
I’m okay with either private messaging or Reddit chat, though I’d like to move off Reddit once we both feel comfortable doing so. Once we’ve moved to a different platform, exchanging pictures is then also something that would be done once we’re both comfortable, as would voice and video chat, especially because the best way to really get to know someone is through real-time communication.
Your opening message doesn’t have to be that long, just give me something to work with, something that can spark conversation. If you have any questions, queries, posers, then feel free to ask.
2024.05.21 15:49 lykwydchykyn WTS: Handmade pedals and practice amps, experimental designs.
Hi guys. Making another shot at this. Cut prices on a few things because I'm just running out of room for storing my new builds. Order multiples and I may cut you a deal.
This post is mostly for people interested in buying, but I love a trade! If you're interested in trading see my latest post in /letstradepedals. I post there every other week, usually on Tuesday. I got non-DIY stuff in the trade post, too.
What I got for sale is hand-built stuff that I made, mostly relatively unique or heavily tweaked designs built on vero or point to point. Many are housed in upcycled tins, a few in hammond boxes. I've also got small practice amps built inside whatevers that you can crank up and enjoy at low volumes. They all run on standard 9v pedal power.
PRICES DON'T INCLUDE SHIPPING -- I ship USPS priority using pirateship.com, so expect shipping to be between $5 and $15 depending on how close you are to Tennessee. Would prefer to not deal with international shipping, but if you want it bad enough to pay for it, I'm game.
I accept Paypal or Venmo.
MOBILE USERS: There are 4 columns in the table below: Name, Price, Links, and Notes. If you don't see all 4, scroll over or ask for more info.
Fuzzes
Drives, Distortions, and Boosts
Non-Dirt
Little Amps
That's all for now. I just keep building and building, though, so there'll be more.
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This post is mostly for people interested in buying, but I love a trade! If you're interested in trading see my latest post in /letstradepedals. I post there every other week, usually on Tuesday. I got non-DIY stuff in the trade post, too.
What I got for sale is hand-built stuff that I made, mostly relatively unique or heavily tweaked designs built on vero or point to point. Many are housed in upcycled tins, a few in hammond boxes. I've also got small practice amps built inside whatevers that you can crank up and enjoy at low volumes. They all run on standard 9v pedal power.
PRICES DON'T INCLUDE SHIPPING -- I ship USPS priority using pirateship.com, so expect shipping to be between $5 and $15 depending on how close you are to Tennessee. Would prefer to not deal with international shipping, but if you want it bad enough to pay for it, I'm game.
I accept Paypal or Venmo.
MOBILE USERS: There are 4 columns in the table below: Name, Price, Links, and Notes. If you don't see all 4, scroll over or ask for more info.
Fuzzes
| Name | Price | Links | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bazz Me Fuss You #1 | $90 | PIC DEMO | A bazz-fussified perversion of the Escobedo push-me-pull-you, featuring controls for octave and volume. This is the first unit I've built using my own custom PCB. Housed in a painted 125B with top jacks. |
| Space Fuzz | $80 | PIC DEMO | This is a Hollis crash sync fuzz that I souped up with an LFO to modulate the filtesync frequency. Really wild flangery/phasey type gated fuzz sound. At the right settings you can get some octave-down effects as well. Housed in a ~3.5 inch square game tin reinforced with recycled plastic. Pretty pleased with this build. |
| SwirlFuzz | $75 | PIC DEMO | Modulated octave fuzz prototype. It's an octave fuzz, but you can switch on an LFO to modulate the octave amount. Controls for Rate, Depth, Gain, and Volume, plus switches for waveshape and mode (Normal/Octave/Modulated). In a circular tin reinforced with recycled plastic. |
| Big Green Fuzz for Attractive Bass Players | $75 | PIC Demo | Like my bazz-me-fuss-you circuit, but with a big muff tone stack, a clean blend, and optional clippers for more compression. Housed in a big round tin reinforced with recycled plastic and designed specifically for attractive bass players. Unattractive ones may not really gel with this. |
| Creature from the planet Chyowngg | $65 | PIC Demo | Prototype of a unique fuzz I've been developing that I call the Chyowngg fuzz. It's a 2-stage octaver that gives a bright synthy tone with a distinctive envelope (hence the name). You can toggle each stage from octave to non-octave mode for a variety of interesting timbres. Also has a tone control, but the tone control is before the octave stages so it results in interesting behaviors depending on the switch settings. It's in a tin meant to be painted like an alien, though some say it looks more like a triceratops. |
| Baller Fuzz | $60 | PIC DEMO | Another Bazz-Me-Fuss-You build with an added BMP-style tone control. In a slightly beaten-up heart-shaped basketball tin. Y'all ready for this? |
| Wiff Spwinkles on Top | $45 | PIC Demo | This point-to-point fuzz lives in the same neighborhood as the Harmonic Percolator, but has a few differences. I altered the way the gain knob works, and added a switch to toggle bass cut. It's housed in an ice-creamity welly tin. |
| Dumbo's Bazzrite Fussrite | $40 | PIC Demo | A bazz-fussified mosrite fuzzrite circuit I cobbled together in point-to-point wiring style. Housed in a little Dumbo puzzle tin with GLITTER! Controls are for balance (kind of tone-cum-gain) and volume. |
| Name | Price | Links | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bronze Drive | $85 | PIC Demo | This is a point-to-point, transistor based overdrive I designed based loosely on the Davisson Easy Drive. Good for low-gain crunchy tones and plenty of output volume on tap if you want it for a boost. Tone circuit is like a BMP stack but with a mid hump instead of a mid cut. Housed in a painted 125B with top jacks. |
| Copper ZenerMorph Drive | $65 | PIC Demo | This is an experiment in zener diode clipping. Nice crispy drive that gets beefier as you turn up the gain, lots of good edge-of-breakup tones to be had. Housed in a decorated tin reinforced with some plastic. |
| GOOST | $65 | PIC | A simple JFET boost vaguely based on the Runoffgroove Fetzer valve. Switch toggles bass cut for a treble-boosting sound. Point-to-point build housed in a small tin reinforced with recycled plastic. |
| B is for Beast | $55 | PIC DEMO | This fun little drive/boost consists of two cascading MOSFET gain stages with optional clipping in between. It goes from clean and loud to massive wall-of-gain distortion nicely. Controls for gain, clipping, and volume. In a small heart-shaped tin about 4in by 4in. |
| Shining Hope Drive | $40 | PIC Demo | Differential mirroring drive, gives a kind of overdriven-mixer-channel distortion. Controls for gain, tone, and volume. Housed in a star-shaped Christmas tin. |
| Green Sparkler Boost | $35 | PIC | Just an Escobedo Duende JFET boost built point-to-point in a sparkly little round tin. Gives a little gain and a bit of warmth to the tone. |
| Name | Tier | Links | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gift of Chykka Wakka | $65 | PIC DEMO | First build of an all-transistor envelope filter I designed. Built point-to-point style and housed in a little giftbox tin reinforced with recycled plastic. Controls for Q and Sweep, switch toggles envelope smoothing. |
| Vortex of Funk | $65 | PIC DEMO | Second build of the Chykka-Wakka circuit, this one features attack, Q, and range controls. Built point-to-point and housed in a painted tin. |
| BZZZ BOOP BEEP | $50 | PIC DEMO | A basic square wave oscillator on a momentary switch. Can go from bzzz to boop to beep with a sweep of the big knob. Also has tone and volume controls, and a 3-way switch for different decay amounts. Use it to simulate a spring door stopper or dying cow. Or bleep your foul-mouthed frontman. Or mess with the sound guy. Or send Morse code to the bar. I dunno. Housed in a painted tin reinforced with recycled plastic. |
| Name | Price | Links | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ample iMank | $65 | PICS DEMO | This is a Runoffgroove Ruby Amplifier built into this old multimedia speaker enclosure designed to look like an old iMac. Glows blue when you turn it on. It runs from a standard 9v pedal power. It's not terribly loud, nor terribly clean, but if you dig the classic mac vibe it might be fun. Controls for gain and volume, and a power switch on the back. |
| Nosy Amp | $75 | PICS DEMO | Another solid-state amp based on the Ruby amplifier, housed in a repurposed bookshelf speaker. This one actually has pretty decent volume, even on 9V (can run on 12V as well for more), and can stay clean while getting loud enough for a quiet jam with friends. |
| Fleur-de-Lis Amp | $90 | PICS DEMO | A tiny bookshelf speaker turned into a practice amp. This one features a class D power amp for lovely cleans, and a custom designed discrete preamp that gets punchy & crunchy when cranked. Runs on 9V but pretty loud nonetheless. |
2024.05.21 15:49 Square-Yogurt-5768 Fold or stuff?
My husband has completed his thru-hike, he swears that the best way to pack his pack is to shove and stuff everything down into his pack, instead of folding everything or put it in the “stuff sacks” that the items originally came in. For example, his sleeping bag, he will open his pack and take one end of his sleeping bag and shove it into the bottom of his pack and keep shoving and stuffing until the whole thing fits in there. He basically uses his backpack as one big “stuff sack”’ He claims and swears that this utilizes the most space in the pack. Same with his clothes and all items. He doesn’t use dry bags for clothes. He does use a food bag, and a pack line trash bag on the inside of his pack.
I can see his point, but I feel like I would want to be a big more organized and have a smaller stuff sack for my clothes or other personal items. Not him, he just shoves it all in! Not saying one way is right or wrong.
How do you pack your pack?
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I can see his point, but I feel like I would want to be a big more organized and have a smaller stuff sack for my clothes or other personal items. Not him, he just shoves it all in! Not saying one way is right or wrong.
How do you pack your pack?
2024.05.21 15:49 Pitiful-Version4216 [NC] [CONDO] Annual Budget Responsibilities
I am a new board member as of December 2023 and in the position of the treasurer. I was not involved in any of the 2024 planning. When the annual budget is being prepared, do board members typically just accept what the property manager is telling them or is it their fiduciary responsibility to review the numbers (especially the treasurer) to make sure they make sense? I guess I’m trying to understand the actual responsibilities of the board. I’ve been reading online articles and scrolling through the posts on this forum and I don’t get the sense the board just accepts what is presented. There will be a significant shortage in 2024 as there was a large outstanding A/P balance on 12/31/23, which was not factored into the 2024 budget This was further compounded by a large one-time payment received in January 2024 being applied as 2024 income, but actually used to reduced the outstanding 2023 balance (didn’t cover all) The one, remaining 2023 board member (the only one who has been on the board since the building was completed in 2009 as the developer representative and knows just about everything about this building) is shocked that they “weren’t told” about this and want to know why the management company did not tell them. This board member wants the March meeting minutes edited to include his question/statement that they were not informed. Personally, I see this as a bit of a CYA statement, but just trying to do the right thing. So, 1) how involved do boards get in the numbers when preparing the annual budget and 2) would you edit minutes to include his comment that they weren’t informed by the PM? Thank you!
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2024.05.21 15:49 Tough-Supermarket283 Thoughts On Howard Storm
I been listening to Howard Storm interviews for at least 10 years now. He does have a powerful testimony and seems sincere, but also a lot of what he says seems contradictory to Catholic Dogma and theology.
A little background on him is that he was a devout Atheist who was an art professor at a major U.S. University. While he was on vacation in France I believe, he had a major health failure and died in the hospital and had a intense encounter with Jesus himself through a Near Death Experience. Right after the encounter he became a devout Christian, and a protestant pastor sharing his testimony as an intense preacher of Christ.
Some of the things he says that I see contradictory is during his encounter with Christ, he asked Jesus a lot of questions. Storm claims he was in hell, not purgatory during his NDA and that when he prayed to Jesus to come save him, Jesus did just that, he got Storm out of hell. This seems contradictory to what all the Catholic mystics, saints, and doctors of the church have encountered with their private revelations.
Storm also said that Jesus showed him a possible future where America collapses and that after a great tribulation humans will become telepathic and telekinetic making the world close to a utopia. However even with these abilities, Humans are still able to die and move onto the next life. The way Storm explains this also seems contradictory to what the resurrection of the dead and glorified body will be like on the last day that Jesus returns. Storm says nothing of the second coming of Christ in his experience.
He also says a lot of other things that are too complex to outline in this Reddit post, but again what he says seems to contradict Catholic doctrine.
If anyone knows who he is, I was wondering what peoples thought of him are from a Catholic perspective? I even heard Catholic exorcist such as Father Daniel Reehil, and Jesuit priests on YouTube talk about Howard Storms near death experience testimony in a positive light, giving credibility to his story.
What are all your thoughts on Howard Storm from a Catholic perspective?
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A little background on him is that he was a devout Atheist who was an art professor at a major U.S. University. While he was on vacation in France I believe, he had a major health failure and died in the hospital and had a intense encounter with Jesus himself through a Near Death Experience. Right after the encounter he became a devout Christian, and a protestant pastor sharing his testimony as an intense preacher of Christ.
Some of the things he says that I see contradictory is during his encounter with Christ, he asked Jesus a lot of questions. Storm claims he was in hell, not purgatory during his NDA and that when he prayed to Jesus to come save him, Jesus did just that, he got Storm out of hell. This seems contradictory to what all the Catholic mystics, saints, and doctors of the church have encountered with their private revelations.
Storm also said that Jesus showed him a possible future where America collapses and that after a great tribulation humans will become telepathic and telekinetic making the world close to a utopia. However even with these abilities, Humans are still able to die and move onto the next life. The way Storm explains this also seems contradictory to what the resurrection of the dead and glorified body will be like on the last day that Jesus returns. Storm says nothing of the second coming of Christ in his experience.
He also says a lot of other things that are too complex to outline in this Reddit post, but again what he says seems to contradict Catholic doctrine.
If anyone knows who he is, I was wondering what peoples thought of him are from a Catholic perspective? I even heard Catholic exorcist such as Father Daniel Reehil, and Jesuit priests on YouTube talk about Howard Storms near death experience testimony in a positive light, giving credibility to his story.
What are all your thoughts on Howard Storm from a Catholic perspective?
2024.05.21 15:49 Brian23hammond MYP Black Review 800 Miles
 | Hey Y’all! Just wanted to share some thoughts on my experience after 800 miles of driving. For starters, I BURN through the battery 😂. This car has been by far the most fun and enjoyable experience. If I’m in a mood, I can turn on Auto Pilot and relax, if I have a lead foot (pretty much every day) then I stomp on it and I get all the adrenaline I need at over 33 years old lol. If you want the white interior, do it! I have a 5 and 7 year old and baby wipes pretty much take anything and everything off of them. It just hits different when you open the door. The simplicity has been a big one for me. I drove a friend’s 2023 BMW X5 and it had SOOOOO many buttons everywhere. It just felt like too much after having practically no buttons in my MYP. Usually when I buy a new car I start looking at all the things I would go ahead and swap out (wheels, intake, exhaust, and so on) which ends up running very high in costs. Here I did tint, smoked film for headlights, taillights, and all signals, tissue holder, trash can for back seat, center console trays, black badge colors. In the end, it was well under a grand to do all of that. I got used to the regen braking with in 24 hours and now have used the brakes maybe 5-10 times over those 800 miles! The brakes will not need to be replaced for along time. Stereo is by far the best I’ve experienced personally. Not to say there isn’t something better out there but from what I’ve seen in person, nothing compares. Makes for great morning drives dropping the girls off for school, it’s like a concert in my car and everyone is singing! lol. Having your own driver profile is also quite awesome. My finance just gets in the car and EVERYTHING changes to her settings, mirrors, Spotify account, seat/wheel and even driving preferences (chill acceleration) lol. I choose the MYP simply because it’s just my daily driver and daily is never more than 20-30 miles in a day and I work from home so some days it doesn’t even get driven. I also have a two car garage and had the 240 outlet but in by a friend. If I didn’t have that I could see how charging could get annoying. I used a Tesla supercharger two days ago while I was in the mall and it was pretty neat. It’s funny because I found it to be expensive at $13 for 28 minutes of charging and then I remembered what I pay at gas stations….it’s still much cheaper lol. I’m just getting spoiled with charging at night when I’m home. I don’t know what else to say other than, if you’re indecisive about pulling the trigger and you already know you can afford it, then go for it! Are there a few catches with that, of course! I still feel we’ll always need a gas car and could never do two EV’s as a family. I do think you need at home charging for charging to not become annoying. I don’t have spare time to just go sit at a Tesla charger. But those are about it for me. I will give you the one hiccup I had since owning it. This was my fault btw, lol. So, on pick up day, I got it around 10am and came straight home to work. About 2:00pm I leave for the gym and as I’m leaving the drive way, the car asked if I wanted to schedule an update for 2:00 am that night, so I selected yes! I get to gym and my Tesla app tells me that the update will take 25 minutes and I will easily be in the gym for 45 minutes plus. So my dumb**s selects update because I’m obviously impatient. I get out to the car after working out and my screen says the update is at 10%. I call service and they couldn’t do anything over the air and the conclusion is that I need to get it towed to a service center and it’s a Friday!! I get picked up and head home extremely upset of course. I get back on the phone with service to schedule a tow truck and as we’re on the phone the agent tells me to check my app and see if it shows it in update still and to my surprise it wasn’t! Long story short, don’t try and update your car unless it’s at home and connected to your WiFi. The update was to add my free 3 month FSD, so it was a massive update. I haven’t used FSD too much because I love driving the car so much but it’s pretty damn impressive! Everyone who rides with me is blown away by its capabilities. Anyways, I got my review out and I figured it was the perfect place. Also, I leased because I want to buy the refresh in 3 years when I turn this in. submitted by Brian23hammond to TeslaModelY [link] [comments] https://preview.redd.it/es0lu6zwas1d1.png?width=1205&format=png&auto=webp&s=a501d5b08837377a5a1c63c8d7f4eb9f5f9a5990 https://preview.redd.it/ebnvf4qxas1d1.jpg?width=1160&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=d9cc77055edd4a90b44ad5181a8977b6376f6524 |
2024.05.21 15:49 OnceYourDoofling To the one I’ve hurt— and miss so deeply.
(Originally meant for UnsentLetters but they wouldn’t let me post for some reason.)
Dear F,
Hey. I’ve written a few letters to you before. Under other aliases— even sent some dumb shit out into other places for venting ‘n some meant for advice ‘n junk.
I think with this one, I’m gonna try really hard to force myself to write one of these letters whenever I get the urge to message you— I know you don’t want me to, and that’s alright. It makes sense. I know you don’t care about working through or unpacking things anymore, and that you just want to move on with your life.
I fucked up. If I was better to you, everything in my life would be better— not just because you’d still be with me, but I’d be… better. I don’t think I would’ve gotten into acting as much as I have, but I would’ve kept up with my art more. I would’ve had all of our friends, creative and talented people I loved building things with. That’s a selfish point of view, though.
At the end of the day, there’s no reality where I could want you in my life for unselfish reasons. I was bad to you. You deserve better and always have, and begging to be a part of your life again would be… well, yeah. I already said it. Selfish.
I see you in every person I meet. Every time I feel even the slightest bit of fondness for someone I always unpack it to being because part of them reminds me of you. I think about how you saw art and life and— Augh. You make me want to cry— Wait, no. That’s not fair.
I’m the one who put myself in this position. You aren’t the one doing that to me. I love you. I’ve always loved you. I’ll never stop loving you. I’m sorry I ever thought that I did.
Part of me likes to imagine you’ll see this and realize I really am still worth talking to. I know there’s basically no shot you check out a place like this, though. I’m also doing a piss poor job of writing a letter that conveys any reason for you to think that, but still.
That reminds me. A while back, when everything was fully falling apart, you asked me— “Why did it take hurting me for you to become a good person?” That reverberates in my head all the time. I’m not sure I was a good person then, and I’m even less sure if I am one now. There’s definitely some truth to that’s though, even if it’s not so cut and dry. I’m not sure why I’m… better now, more mature? I get the feeling it was a bit of a coincidence in timing— hitting my mid 20’s and losing most of my immediate family probably just sent a shock to my system. I think that’s also part of why I didn’t fully grasp the gravity of how badly I was ruining our relationship.
Some choice phrases, specific moments where I could’ve guaranteed everything would work out and we’d all be happy— the pop into my brain like a knife. It always hurts.
My only comfort is imagining that even if I had done everything right— You’d still be happier with whatever your life is like now than you would have been with me. I can only hope as much. You deserve that.
—The Boy Who Was Once Your Doofling
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Dear F,
Hey. I’ve written a few letters to you before. Under other aliases— even sent some dumb shit out into other places for venting ‘n some meant for advice ‘n junk.
I think with this one, I’m gonna try really hard to force myself to write one of these letters whenever I get the urge to message you— I know you don’t want me to, and that’s alright. It makes sense. I know you don’t care about working through or unpacking things anymore, and that you just want to move on with your life.
I fucked up. If I was better to you, everything in my life would be better— not just because you’d still be with me, but I’d be… better. I don’t think I would’ve gotten into acting as much as I have, but I would’ve kept up with my art more. I would’ve had all of our friends, creative and talented people I loved building things with. That’s a selfish point of view, though.
At the end of the day, there’s no reality where I could want you in my life for unselfish reasons. I was bad to you. You deserve better and always have, and begging to be a part of your life again would be… well, yeah. I already said it. Selfish.
I see you in every person I meet. Every time I feel even the slightest bit of fondness for someone I always unpack it to being because part of them reminds me of you. I think about how you saw art and life and— Augh. You make me want to cry— Wait, no. That’s not fair.
I’m the one who put myself in this position. You aren’t the one doing that to me. I love you. I’ve always loved you. I’ll never stop loving you. I’m sorry I ever thought that I did.
Part of me likes to imagine you’ll see this and realize I really am still worth talking to. I know there’s basically no shot you check out a place like this, though. I’m also doing a piss poor job of writing a letter that conveys any reason for you to think that, but still.
That reminds me. A while back, when everything was fully falling apart, you asked me— “Why did it take hurting me for you to become a good person?” That reverberates in my head all the time. I’m not sure I was a good person then, and I’m even less sure if I am one now. There’s definitely some truth to that’s though, even if it’s not so cut and dry. I’m not sure why I’m… better now, more mature? I get the feeling it was a bit of a coincidence in timing— hitting my mid 20’s and losing most of my immediate family probably just sent a shock to my system. I think that’s also part of why I didn’t fully grasp the gravity of how badly I was ruining our relationship.
Some choice phrases, specific moments where I could’ve guaranteed everything would work out and we’d all be happy— the pop into my brain like a knife. It always hurts.
My only comfort is imagining that even if I had done everything right— You’d still be happier with whatever your life is like now than you would have been with me. I can only hope as much. You deserve that.
—The Boy Who Was Once Your Doofling
2024.05.21 15:48 MediumAd9523 I have fallen for my best friend, now what do I do?
So I met this girl back in 12th grade, she was in my school though we were in different classes, and she also attended the same tuition. Initially we didn't talk much but I offered her some snacks once and from that point on we engaged more and more. Now I am in my sophomore year of college and she is one of the closest friends that I have.
Sometime during this year's February during one of our calls, she mentioned a boy that she used to like and I felt this ache in my chest. This was when I realised what I have gotten myself into and how much I love her. The next day was completely hazy, I could not really focus on anything and I kept thinking about her. To get better, I called one of my other close friend and ranted to him about all this, this did help me feel a bit better. This went on for a solid month and a half, up until March I couldn't really focus on anything else, my academics suffered as I would regularly zone out during class and my own sturdy sessions.
Now I am a little better than before, I also talked to my father, it made me feel better. But I still love her so much. I am a little frightened that me telling her about these feelings will lead to the wreckage of our relationship and ruin what we have, and on top of that she has made a point of how she does not want to confide in relationships any longer and would probably just go for an arranged marriage. The atmosphere at her home is also similar, her parents are opposed to her dating right now and advice her to engage in these sorts of things only after getting a job.
I am thinking of simply letting go, if I continue to have these feelings after our graduation ends maybe I will ask her out, though I am certain that she does not see me more than a friend. After finding myself a job maybe I would be able to convince her parents also, though it's highly improbable.
I just want to know have people experienced similar situations in their life and if yes, how did they get over these feelings of unrequited type of loves.
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Sometime during this year's February during one of our calls, she mentioned a boy that she used to like and I felt this ache in my chest. This was when I realised what I have gotten myself into and how much I love her. The next day was completely hazy, I could not really focus on anything and I kept thinking about her. To get better, I called one of my other close friend and ranted to him about all this, this did help me feel a bit better. This went on for a solid month and a half, up until March I couldn't really focus on anything else, my academics suffered as I would regularly zone out during class and my own sturdy sessions.
Now I am a little better than before, I also talked to my father, it made me feel better. But I still love her so much. I am a little frightened that me telling her about these feelings will lead to the wreckage of our relationship and ruin what we have, and on top of that she has made a point of how she does not want to confide in relationships any longer and would probably just go for an arranged marriage. The atmosphere at her home is also similar, her parents are opposed to her dating right now and advice her to engage in these sorts of things only after getting a job.
I am thinking of simply letting go, if I continue to have these feelings after our graduation ends maybe I will ask her out, though I am certain that she does not see me more than a friend. After finding myself a job maybe I would be able to convince her parents also, though it's highly improbable.
I just want to know have people experienced similar situations in their life and if yes, how did they get over these feelings of unrequited type of loves.
2024.05.21 15:48 Far-War-3804 B021 A WHITE HAT OFFICER'S WIFE was FOUND DEAD, in the COUPLE'S IDLING VEHICLE in the GARAGE attached to their Fayetteville, North Carolina, HOME, a SOURCE in GENERAL ERIC M. SMITH'S OFFICE Said. March 25, 2024.
 | https://preview.redd.it/t4c5d0kwas1d1.jpg?width=1500&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=016e343476bc03041fa835e29cb4bf01a72e6ada submitted by Far-War-3804 to CourtofAges [link] [comments] B021 A WHITE HAT OFFICER'S WIFE was FOUND DEAD, in the COUPLE'S IDLING VEHICLE in the GARAGE attached to their Fayetteville, North Carolina, HOME, a SOURCE in GENERAL ERIC M. SMITH'S OFFICE Said. March 25, 2024. A White Hat officer’s wife was found dead last Thursday in the couple’s idling vehicle in the garage attached to their Fayetteville, North Carolina, home, a source in General Eric M. Smith’s office told Real Raw News. At approximately 6:00 p.m., the husband—sources are not presently sharing names—returned home from nearby Fort Liberty, formerly Fort Bragg, where he had been at work since 7:30 a.m.—and found his wife’s limp body slumped over the steering wheel in her older model Camaro. The doors and windows were closed but unlocked, and the engine was hot, as though it had been running for a significant amount of time. According to an incident report, the officer pulled his wife’s body from the vehicle and began administering CPR, pausing only long enough to dial emergency services at Fort Liberty, a few miles from their residence. The answering party informed him that since he lived off-post, protocol mandated he call Fayetteville EMS, which had speedier response times. The officer gave an authorization code that made the answering party change her tune. She instructed the officer to continue CPR until Fort Liberty EMS arrived on the scene, which they did with miraculous speed—a response time of only seven minutes. EMS checked the wife’s vitals—she had none—and rushed to Womack Army Medical Center with the grieving officer riding in the back of the ambulance and clasping his wife’s pallid palm. She was pronounced dead on arrival, speculatively of carbon monoxide poisoning, with a toxicologic panel still pending. Our source said that White Hats in the Army Criminal Investigation Division (CID) are, for several reasons, treating the wife’s death as suspicious, though they almost immediately cleared the husband as a potential person of interest. “She was a fit 33-year-old woman with no history of mental illness. Accidental carbon monoxide poisoning is extremely rare. They had no history or marital issues outside the ordinary. And he was on base at her time of death,” our source said. The investigators who performed forensics on the car uncovered what they called evidence of foul play. For example, the driver’s side door handle had only one set of prints—the husband’s, for he had opened the handle to pull her from the driver’s seat. They had expected to also find her prints on the handle, the center console, and other surfaces, but the only prints belonging to the wife were lifted from the steering wheel. They found no anomalous hairs or fibers other than hers and her husband’s. The decedent’s body, our source said, had no indicators of a struggle having taken place—no bruises or lacerations. And neither the couple’s home nor garage showed signs of forced entry. Besides those factors, investigators had a more compelling reason to suspect dirty deeds had taken place: the husband had been involved in undercover White Hat operations and may have become known to the Deep State. Our source would not elaborate on what the husband’s duties entailed. “These nefarious types aren’t above assassinating family members, so that’s obviously a concern. The guy says there’s no way in hell his wife would’ve offed herself. We’re still waiting for the tox screen and other tests.” Asked whether the couple’s home had surveillance such as a Ring doorbell or interior cameras, he said, “Some things we can’t share right now, but CID is thorough and will get to the bottom of what happened.” Note: I should receive word from GITMO on Garland’s tribunal this afternoon, and I will cobble together an article immediately after. |
2024.05.21 15:48 JayTheClown19 They perma banned my main account
They banned my main account ive been using for years off fucking child porn and it wasnt even child porn in the first place and now im just like sitting here trying to cope with the loss of that account its hitting me over and over and the funny thing is that I made an acc just for shit like that but i was logged into the main and when this happened while i was playing a game with my friends. I don't even know what to do now i might just quit
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2024.05.21 15:48 NotWoke2024 SCAM WARNING: The Main 7-Eleven Near Pub Street in Siem Reap
Cambodia to me is just full of scams. From the Chinese-run crypto scam centers near the Thailand border, to the Cambodians not accepting worn USD, trying to swap your USD with fake bills, or just over charging foreigners.
Then there is the main 7-Eleven near Pub Street in downtown Siem Reap. Check the Google Maps Reviews for this place. The only 7-Eleven in the world that does not take credit cards. Cash only. They want cash only and will short-change you every chance they get and likely split the "stolen money" each day amongst themselves. Often if you pay with large USD notes, they will give you back some USD and some Cambodian Reil but it won't be the right amount. I realized later I was short changed and also over charged for my purchases. Something told me the price and change was off but silly me for thinking 7-Eleven is trustworthy and would not cheat me and damage their reputation. They never give you the receipt and even the little security guy is in on the scam if you think he will help you.
I won't be spending much money the rest of my trip. I don't trust anyone. I rented a scooter to transport myself around, will only pay in Reil, and won't be buying anything from the desperate shops and dirty kids. I will just eat and drive myself to free sites. This poor country can rot in hell.
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Then there is the main 7-Eleven near Pub Street in downtown Siem Reap. Check the Google Maps Reviews for this place. The only 7-Eleven in the world that does not take credit cards. Cash only. They want cash only and will short-change you every chance they get and likely split the "stolen money" each day amongst themselves. Often if you pay with large USD notes, they will give you back some USD and some Cambodian Reil but it won't be the right amount. I realized later I was short changed and also over charged for my purchases. Something told me the price and change was off but silly me for thinking 7-Eleven is trustworthy and would not cheat me and damage their reputation. They never give you the receipt and even the little security guy is in on the scam if you think he will help you.
I won't be spending much money the rest of my trip. I don't trust anyone. I rented a scooter to transport myself around, will only pay in Reil, and won't be buying anything from the desperate shops and dirty kids. I will just eat and drive myself to free sites. This poor country can rot in hell.
2024.05.21 15:48 CellistPopular3797 Why do I feel like I’m stuck on autopilot right now
For context, I am 19F and recently started fluoxetine. For a while, I was so anxious to the point where I couldn’t really go on about my day. I constantly felt so physically nervous no matter what I was doing. That’s a long a story, but I ended up getting prescribed fluoxetine (prozac) and hydroxyzine, however I don’t take the hydroxyzine much anymore unless I struggle to sleep. Not sure if any of that is important, I just figured I’d add that just in case maybe it’s the meds doing something to me.
Fast forward to now, I can tell the fluoxetine is working. I’m basically no longer anxious beyond what would be normal in a situation. Well, now I’m just beyond lazy. But lazy isn’t the right word because I KNOW I need to get up, I KNOW I have things to do, but I can’t even really get up to take a shower. I work, and it takes all of me to get up for that, I just know I need the money. But other than that, I am not taking care of myself at all and my surroundings are extremely messy and just not put together. I know I need to get it together, but I cannot get myself to do the things I need to do. I just lay in bed and look at the ceiling. I deleted social medias, except for Reddit, a while back because I thought maybe I just was addicted to scrolling and it made me lazy, but even with nothing to look at I’m still just laying here. I feel stuck. It sounds ridiculous as I type this but I truly don’t know why I’m not getting up to take care of myself or anything or anyone else around me. I don’t know I’m just trying to understand why I’m doing this to myself.
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Fast forward to now, I can tell the fluoxetine is working. I’m basically no longer anxious beyond what would be normal in a situation. Well, now I’m just beyond lazy. But lazy isn’t the right word because I KNOW I need to get up, I KNOW I have things to do, but I can’t even really get up to take a shower. I work, and it takes all of me to get up for that, I just know I need the money. But other than that, I am not taking care of myself at all and my surroundings are extremely messy and just not put together. I know I need to get it together, but I cannot get myself to do the things I need to do. I just lay in bed and look at the ceiling. I deleted social medias, except for Reddit, a while back because I thought maybe I just was addicted to scrolling and it made me lazy, but even with nothing to look at I’m still just laying here. I feel stuck. It sounds ridiculous as I type this but I truly don’t know why I’m not getting up to take care of myself or anything or anyone else around me. I don’t know I’m just trying to understand why I’m doing this to myself.
2024.05.21 15:48 Material-Classic-308 Haha I know it looks boring now but holding right around 7 cents is a good sign the market likes to push and see how easy things move in either direction. We are holding thus showing buyers there is a “floor”. Limiting their potential risk.
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