I've come to notice on social media people's feeling toward black men in 2024 and these past years as of lately, like its actually been having a huge affect on my mental seeing it, not nearly as much as last year because I was genuinely depressed about it , and yes I have block or choose the "not interested " button to not see it and it stops for awhile and come back, even on videos that arent like that u can see the microaggression in them from the comments , I also blame myself for looking at them tbh,I only use Instagram and youtube and Pinterest, but mainly Instagram as of lately , for my time being there u see how comfortable people are being racist , non black people throwing the N word so casually, painting black men in bad light, enforcing negative stereotypes, seeing your OWN people saying some crap a non-black person be saying about us and saying its true or spitting such venomus shots towards the other, uplifting other races while bashing black men, showing internet stats to justify their hatred for us and more stuff making seem like were a joke ,its hurts me i see what there doing and the propaganda/adgenda their pushing , especially in the real world too ,like it makes me think when i see these things on social media do people actually think like this of me , is there something wrong with me, like is this true , why are they think were all evil and waste of space , crazy thing is my life has been decent lately I'm back in school and pump to be in class ,looking for a lil job, bday was 5 days ago, made some new friends ,going out, been going real slow but at a good pace with beautiful women who genuinely cares for me, i plan on asking for her to be my girlfriend in a couple weeks or when the heart says its time, i have a beautiful relationship with my beautiful mother and beautiful and very smart little sister, and have great people around me , but its just once i get on social media then BAM i remember and instantly forget how people feel towards us and how they are , why cant we just get along or at least dont say such hateful things , anyone has any advice what i should do with these feelings/ what to do? , i have come up with so far just get off social media and ignore people who talk like this , feel like this, think like this towards black men and black people period , i know the internet isn't real and shows just the minority , but why are they so loud and feel like everyone thinks this.

so for context me and my ex started dating in january 2023. it was a really good and healthy long distance relationship (NY to FL) and i took many trips to see her and i even went on vacation with her family. we ended in october 2023 in a pretty bad way, but we’ve decided to stay friends. i’ll be honest i never really lost feelings for her, just kind of forgot about them. we started to get close as of recently like facetiming and snapping and stuff but two days ago she got back together w this guy that had ghosted her in april. she still texts me all the time and still wants to facetime me all the time, like for example, she told me that she wants to call today but her bf is coming over so she will call me once he leaves. i have a feeling she still finds me attractive because i catch her staring at me on facetime and also when i send her a snap i look good in she responds with a “🫢” face (not the emoji). anyways we talked yesterday and i asked her if the guy knows about our friendship, she said no. for context he’s a co worker of hers and he knew that we were together for 8 months so if he sees my name in her phone he will know who i am. i told her that if he finds out we’re talking even if it’s completely platonic he will probably break up with her as it is always a red flag if you are still friends with exes if your in a relationship. she said and i quote “im not gonna tell him and if he finds out im just gonna say it’s a different (my name).” i told her that it makes me feel weird and she said “listen it’s not a big deal stop worrying about it.” more context, before i knew about her and this kid, while they were still talking she texted me stuff saying “if you lived here in FL things would be different” (aka if i lived there we’d still be tg) and she also wrote a poem on her spam insta that she stated i was the good path for her yet she always takes the bad paths etc etc (she sent me a screenshot of it and said “you are the good path that i wrote about”) this was all while they were first talking. i know she actually likes this kid because of the way she talks about him but i also don’t know if she still likes me, what do you guys think?
TL:DR long distance ex that i never lost feelings for has been showing signs of liking me and wants to hide our friendship from her new bf even tho she rlly likes him, does she still like me?

So I have these black horizontal lines (see picture) that run at the bottom of my laptop screen that I just recently noticed. I saw a lot of posts already that say it's either a dying GPU or hardware problem already. For context, I've been using and had this laptop since November 2020 and am just now experiencing this problem. Should I be worried that my laptop screen would die on me soon? The weird thing about it is that sometimes the lines would go away but they'd come back. I really don't want to spend on screen replacement yet since it's not much of a bother yet

They literally just deleted the game from my account. I went along with all of their bullshit over the years. EVERY single time i want to play this game, i have to deal with some absolute insane bullshit from them. but this really takes the cake. They just straight up deleted the game from my microsoft account and want me to buy the game again.... I played last oktober, nothing changed.
And i cant even find a way to contact the support because every link redirects me to another site where i have to log in AGAIN to search for a link that says "support" which AGAIN redirects me to another site....
Holy shit microsoft. They have literally unlimited resources to do whatever the fuck they want. And they cant manage to get the most basic shit done...
Google tells me that this is also a very common thing for alot of people...

My name is Raven and there's nothing happening today so I've just kinda been drinking by myself, maybe it'll be more interesting if there are some people to talk to.
I enjoy music a lot and have played guitar for 4 years, usually rock or metal stuff, I also enjoy horror movies and art pretty much. I also keep fit but other than that I'm not sure what else I like, you don't need to have similar hobbies or anything because we can talk about whatever I don't care. I also don't have a gender preference and if this post has an age flair on it then disregard that too since I don't have a worry about age anyways, we're just chatting afterall.
I should say though I'm not the easiest person to get along with though and do have my issues, I have a post about it that you can read and if you still decide to message me then go ahead, make my night more eventful.
I guess another interesting thing could be that I have 5 huskies.

Hey all, FTM mom here with my husband, also his first child. We are supposed to have our baby shower in about three-ish weeks, a little less, but over the past few weeks, my FIL’s health has steadily declined with a quick decline over the weekend. Doctors are telling the family it doesn’t look good, but haven’t given any kind of prognosis.
I honestly forgot about our baby shower until one of sister in law’s mentioned it briefly at the hospital. Nothing like “are y’all still having it” but just her telling me she had some decor stuff for it. I told her thank you but don’t worry about that right now, it was the last thing on my mind.
I guess I’m seeking advice on what you would do in this scenario? I am in no way trying to be selfish and say we need the shower; I’ve told my husband his family comes first and I just want to be sure they’re okay, but he’s adamant about having it still, as were his sisters. I just feel so selfish still having one with all of this going on but I didn’t say anything because I didn’t want to go back and forth about it right now when there’s more important things going on.
However, we both do have very large families and already have a large number of RSVP’s and paid for the venue (my mom doesn’t care abut taking the loss for the venue), but with a large number of people from out of town already planning to come in, when would be enough time to give notice if we cancel? I really don’t know what to do because it just doesn’t feel right to me to have it in the midst of everything, but my husband and some of his family are still saying it’ll be okay. I don’t know if it’s denial, or they really will be okay. I just feel so selfish still having one at this time.
If this were you, would you just cancel? Or wait until a certain point to see if there’s any progress?

i graduated last year, and here is my advice to incoming freshman
freshman: take photos of everything. save the funny memories. you’re inevitably going to do something that you regret. move on, enjoy the time you have while you have it. it truly will be over before you know it. don’t drink too much. you will, but try to limit the amount you black out. you’ll end up feeling like shit and doing and saying things that you don’t want to. be yourself. people will love you if you are authentic. don’t be pressured to fit in to the stereotypical new england lifestyle, our differences are what make us human and beautiful. don’t overstay your welcome. don’t always be the last person at the party or the person constantly trying to push people into spending time with them (especially in relationships) try to eat well. the freshman 15 is real and takes a toll on your mental health. yes, holy cross is on a hill and you’ll probably lose 5 pounds from walking during the first month. but that will not last. this has nothing to do with how you look, but how you feel. make sure to incorporate movement in any way you can to keep yourself healthy. try a variety of classes so you KNOW what you want. don’t just stick to the major you think you want. don’t take anything too seriously, other than school. the things that you will regret not trying harder at will be your classes. social obligations are fun, but they’re even more fun when you’re not stressed about slipping behind during your classes. you can say no to things. there will always be another party. you have 4 years, you will not remember if you stayed in one night to study instead of going to white eagle. your GPA will remember the A you got on the test though. be kind. people get caught up in appearances and the highschool definition of what is “cool and popular”. people will ALWAYS remember you kindly if you are kind to others. don’t get a reputation for being a bitch. have fun, make memories, and go cross go.

Baby Shower + FIL’s declining health
Hey all, FTM mom here with my husband, also his first child. We are supposed to have our baby shower in about three-ish weeks, a little less, but over the past few weeks, my FIL’s health has steadily declined with a quick decline over the weekend. Doctors are telling the family it doesn’t look good, but haven’t given any kind of prognosis.
I honestly forgot about our baby shower until one of sister in law’s mentioned it briefly at the hospital. Nothing like “are y’all still having it” but just her telling me she had some decor stuff for it. I told her thank you but don’t worry about that right now, it was the last thing on my mind.
I guess I’m seeking advice on what you would do in this scenario? I am in no way trying to be selfish and say we need the shower; I’ve told my husband his family comes first and I just want to be sure they’re okay, but he’s adamant about having it still, as were his sisters. I just feel so selfish still having one with all of this going on but I didn’t say anything because I didn’t want to go back and forth about it right now when there’s more important things going on.
However, we both do have very large families and already have a large number of RSVP’s and paid for the venue (my mom doesn’t care abut taking the loss for the venue), but with a large number of people from out of town already planning to come in, when would be enough time to give notice if we cancel? I really don’t know what to do because it just doesn’t feel right to me to have it in the midst of everything, but my husband and some of his family are still saying it’ll be okay. I don’t know if it’s denial, or they really will be okay. I just feel so selfish still having one at this time.
If this were you, would you just cancel? Or wait until a certain point to see if there’s any progress?

Hi, I’ve never posted on reddit before but I’d be grateful for any advice anyone could give me. I don’t know how to cope with the fact that I’ll never have a mom that really knows me or likes me. As a kid, I was never shown affection or pride. I was never able to show any emotion, positive or negative. Id be belittled for being happy and shamed for being sad. Needless to say I turned out to have severe depression and anxiety as I got older, got meds and blah blah. (And my mom would NEVER go to therapy, doesn’t believe in meds, she’s never going to change) I’m SO envious of people who have close relationships with their parents and once every few months I get into a stupid argument with my mom about nothing where I’m called hurtful things and told that I’m nothing and remember that I’ll never have familial support. I fear that I rely too much on my friends for emotional stability. I rarely talk to them about it in depth, I feel bad about doing that, but since my friends are my only human source of comfort and happiness I always worry that it’s going to come crashing down. And it’s not the same as motherly love anyway, and I crave that so deeply. How do I process getting over this?

So me and my husband live in the building for past 4 years and did not have a single complaint for any reason. On Friday a new neighbor moved in to the apartment next door. We met in the lobby briefly (did not talk - keep in mind we live on the 7th floor). From Saturday night to Sunday Morning at 4 AM in the morning we suddenly heard yelling and accusation next door. We did not do anything. Then From Sunday night to Monday morning, we heard another yelling and screaming around the same time 3-4 AM from the same apartment. Then around 5:20 AM police showed up at out door mentioning that they receive noise complaint notice anonymously on our apartment.
Next day maintenance guy for the building showed up informing us that that the same neighbor reported us to the management and management contacted this maintenance guy to talk to us first and then if this will not work out, management will send us a email.
Things to notice, something what i was considering could affect this situation. My husband's nationality is Trinidad and I am from Russia and neighbor is white (but we are all from USA). It get this concern because when maintenance guy was informing us, he did say the guy from other apartment felt threatened and called police guys because he did not what we might do or if we were dangerous. And last things to consider, we have a slight unpaid rent balance, we currently negotiated with management to pay it in full. Also we do not have any proof that guy was making noise and not us, we were sleeping at that time, because my husband has 2 jobs and has to wake up at 7 am in the morning.
What should we do in this situation, how to prove that we were falsely accused? I do not want to leave this situation as it is, because I am concern that if we did not defend ourself people will think that it was us.

(Only Europe, Please) - short note - If you're not into reading or receiving long messages,don't read any further + Please If you don't want to read everything because of my post being too long for you & instead of reading It all - ..skip some parts - find another person to talk to.Let's respect each other and our free time. All people criticizing/making fun of me & other people - will be blocked.Pretty much as people questioning my post and giving me unsolicited advice.I'm not here for any conflicts and I know I can't please everyone - I know I never will.. However It's me who should feel comfortable in my new potential friendship & obviously someone who wants to be my friend - not the whole world.. which is why I don't need any advice from people who don't even want to be a part of my life. The amount of rude people on Reddit always criticizing others and making fun of them is unbelievably high but let me tell you something - NEVER let anyone make choices for you and criticize you only because you're different! Always fight for your dreams and never let anyone make you think you're worthless! It's your life and you're the one deciding what's best for you - If you want to judge me despite not even wanting to talk to me or give me advice better block me! I'm an adult woman and I make all decisions on my own.I'm not trying to "fit in" and be like everyone else - just to get more attention.Accept me for who I am or let go - is my motto.
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Hello guys! 🙂 (read everything before you decide to send me a message) Please send me a message ONLY If you're in the same situation and If your expectations are the same as mine.I want to find like minded people from Europe (Why Europe? Read my post to find out) I'm looking for something permanent (remember - you can feel lonely even If you're surrounded by others - If there's no emotional bond) I'm fed up of meeting people who never make time for me & only text me once or twice a week to ask me "what are you up to?" Out of boredom.I don't want to meet people asking others a million of questions like "what's your favorite movie?" Just to give them one word answer and ask them another question "and music? Your favorite song?" I'm looking for something "deeper" & different 🙂
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What kind of friend would I like to find? Someone to talk to on a daily basis - Someone who needs It & wants It just as much as me
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What are my expectations? I would like to meet someone in a similar situation – why? Because I honestly feel like only a person with the same expectations and a similar outlook on life would get along with me & because I feel more comfortable talking to people like me..Friendless people who need a strong bond - people without friends and partners.. Don't get me wrong…Most people deserve to be happy and It's good to have friends but people who have friends or families in real life are usually more focused on them (which is completely understandable) & have less time for others + I simply don't want to be replaced by anyone..I kind of envy people who can call others , true friends given I don't have an emotional bond with any of my acquaintances. Please send me a message only If you're not In a relationship and don't have friends for the same reasons I've already mentioned before
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Whenever I hear that others have friends I simply get sad because (believe it or not) If I had to choose between 20 people to talk to (acquaintances) and one special person - I'd choose that one special person without any hesitation .
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I'm by no means criticizing people who don't want to talk to others often / People who really are super busy & People who want to find someone to have unimportant conversations with - I'm aware that not everyone has the same expectations which is why everything you're reading now - is here for a reason :) All I'm suggesting is - I don't want anything temporary and I don't want to be the one always giving more than receiving.Listen people - I used to ignore being..ignored by others..always being just an option to talk to during tough times or moments of boredom.I was too young to realize that I was never important enough for most people that were a part of my life. I don't know who needs to hear this but..No one is too busy to make time for you! People make excuses to avoid others because they prioritize everything and (maybe) everyone..over them. It's true that most people are busy - but It takes only a few seconds to start a conversation (If you're into short messages) and a few minutes (1-10/15) to type a long message . Don't let anyone lie to you.
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Truth is that most people either don't like you enough to make time for you or just simply - feel no need to talk to others often but are they too busy? No..You don't need to send me a message just to ask me and tell me "Do you really want to talk every day? I like long messages but I can't promise to contact you often" If you really are unsure please don't send me a message.I don't need more acquaintances aka people to talk to - occasionally.
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I'm not trying to sound rude but conversations once or twice a week wouldn't be enough for me and I don't need them... Let me tell you one thing – A true friend would never just give up on you for no reason :) It’s always possible to find someone to have a random conversation with – someone willing to send you one message once or twice a week..but..It’s almost impossible to find people willing to make more time for you.
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I’m not asking a busy person to make time for me by changing some plans! Absolutely not! I’m here to find someone who wants to talk daily (throughout the day or maybe even night) of one’s own will.Someone looking for the same kind of connection.Strong friendships are based on mutual support. One of the best things you can do for a friend in need, is just to be there for them when they want to talk.I often see posts from people who always say how friendless they are because they don't feel loved or appreciated by their "friends" remember! A true friend - someone who truly likes you or someone who wants to get to know you - will always find time for you.
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I'm not interested in small talk/short messages - I love long and meaningful conversations. It's so easy to find someone who loves abbreviations and questions like "How are you?" How was your day? Or what are you interested in? But so hard/almost impossible to find a person who knows how to keep a conversation going & show others some effort.Building and maintaining friendships takes time and effort.Never allow pursuits or possessions to become bigger priorities than your relations with other people.Close friendships are so important to us because they are so difficult to form + Having friends can help you feel as if you belong to something that brings purpose and connection to your life
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• No NSFW profiles (checking mental health subreddits NOT included as I'm a huge empath and always try to understand others) - Please! I'm not looking for anyone to flirt with and I'm not looking for a partner either. I always check people's profiles (even comment history) - To avoid guys, trying to get inappropriate pictures from adult women or? flirt with them + I don't want to see you with no clothes on so If you're on Reddit only because you want others to see what's underneath your clothes - I'm not for you! I just simply don't want to see any s e x related activity on your profile If you want to talk to me.
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• If both of us (you and I) are from the same country (I live in a non-English speaking country) - I want to communicate with you in our first language! No - Not because I don't understand English - because as you see - I do. Why then? English is simply overrated and people don't appreciate other languages as much as they should. So.. If we're from the same country and you want to talk only in English (which is quite common on reddit) - Talk to someone else. I just don't want to talk to a person from the same country as mine - in a foreign language as It's just something I don't understand even If all you want is to improve your language skills
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• Please only adult people 18-36 (age range) It doesn't matter to me If you're younger or older than me (as long as you're not underage) So.. don't worry! I just want to have discussions with emotionally mature people :)
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• I don’t respond to messages I don’t find interesting even If they're long - If after receiving and reading your message I don't feel comfortable or think "I wouldn't get along with him/her" I simply do not respond (what I’m suggesting is that I don’t always respond to someone’s first or second message because..sometimes you just know If you’d get along with someone or not- I’d never ignore anyone after days or weeks of daily conversations though) just because I don’t want to do anything forcefully & because I don’t want to lead anyone on. I read all messages but I definitely don't respond to all of them! I want to make it clear because I don't want to be accused of not responding and not reading people's messages! - Some people don't message me back as well and even If It's a bit disappointing I'm ok with that! - as long as there's no emotional bond - Not responding to someone's first or second message Is completely OK! If people think they wouldn't get along with a stranger - is there a reason to start a conversation? I don't think so. I can't stand being ignored after days or weeks of daily conversations and seeing people changing priorities over time.. but that's something different - something I don't want to go through ever again for real. If I'm really interested in someone's message it's impossible to hear from me "I'm too busy" because I know myself and If I had no time for others - I wouldn't be here. I don't want to pretend someone I'm not and always try to find some cheap excuses to avoid others. (unlike most people who don't want to talk to others)
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• I want to talk on reddit first (just to make sure If I'd get along with you) before moving to Discord or some other app
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• I would rather talk to a homebody - not another person who always has something to do as people who are very busy don't even have time for daily conversations
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• If you're another person interested only in "childish conversations" such as "HEYOOO! I'M BORED! Ya like Pizza or cheese? xDDDD 🤣" I'm begging you! Don't send me a message.I'm not a child anymore and such messages don't make me smile or laugh.I'm looking for someone interested In serious discussions - not another person just seeking some entertainment out of boredom . Conversations with sarcastic undertones (even when It comes to some emojis such as 🤣😂) are not for me. Your typing style matters to me! Why? when It comes to online conversations with someone new - It's not always possible to know If someone Is laughing at you.. or with you. Let me tell you something else! Jokes about cancer, disabilities and death are UNACCEPTABLE to me. If you find joy In someone else's misfortune you are not a person I want to know.
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• I'm strongly AGAINST picking on people you don't even want to chat with - and making fun of them! I can't stand people who criticize others publicly or make fun of them! (only because they disagree with someone they don't even know) There's no place In my life for someone using Reddit, to hurt other people
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Why can’t you see any of my hobbies listed down below? Because what really matters to me is..who you are (If you’re honest, talkative ,understanding, caring and trustworthy – for example) just simply – It matters to me what you’re like! not what you like.Don’t get me wrong – you can tell me what your hobbies are but from my point of view - people's hobbies are important - If you want to find a gaming buddy or If you want to meet someone to hang out with in real life and..go bowling for example.What most people seem to care about are other people's passions – I don’t. I get along with other people despite having completely different hobbies but I absolutely don’t get along with people way different than me (different expectations and outlook on life – way different sense of humor or personality traits – It’s just an example) It doesn't make ANY DIFFERENCE to me If you're a gamer or? Someone interested in photography! It doesn't make any difference - > as long as you're talkative and kind and If you also want to find someone willing to stay in your life..for good - But If you're into small talk and all you want is to...type and receive super short messages or If you're here only because you're bored and don't know what to do + If you're a very sarcastic person - I'm definitely not for you! I don't get along with overly sarcastic people turning everything into a joke. Friendships should be natural – not forced. I wouldn't get along with people who laugh at everything.. In my opinion most people are way too sarcastic.. It's quite sad... Sarcasm can also be another form of passive-aggressive behavior.
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People who want to be to friends should feel comfortable and have something in common. No - not necessarily a similar taste in music or movies but something else..Most friendships don't fizzle out because of people not having the same hobbies but..because they just simply have different expectations when It comes to something important.I'm not here out of boredom and trust me - I'm not here to meet as many people as possible.I choose quality over quantity.I highly value myself and my time & Sometimes one person but a person who makes you feel comfortable and understood - is more than enough :) We ALL can choose what kind of people we’d like to talk to and maybe even become really good friends with and I? I don’t want anyone to be disappointed.We all have some expectations after all.I know that people don't have to talk as often as possible in order to become friends but I'm interested only in daily conversations. If you really need someone to talk to due to loneliness and If you have time to talk to me daily (throughout the day and maybe even night) I always make time for others.I'm literally always available.I could even stay up all night long only to talk to someone important to me. I’m ready to commit but only If there’s some chemistry between me and someone else.I don’t do anything forcefully.
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If you want to talk to me tell me your story - tell me why you're here, what kind of friend would you like to meet :) Et cetera.Such messages are way more interesting to me than...someone's long list of hobbies. I know! It's unusual on reddit but I don't make friends based on hobbies..I want to meet someone with the same mindset as mine to finally feel understood and get close to someone new. You can share your problems with me - I absolutely don't mind "complaining" as I've been through a lot in my life.What do people usually tell you when you tell them that something's wrong? "Don't complain" or "Life's not over yet - one day you'll be happy" or "There are worse situations than yours" and..obviously "Find a therapist" Life's not a fairytale and sometimes things don't go as planned.Emotions shouldn't be bottled up.I'm sick of people always telling others "everything's gonna be ok" move on " & more..Trust me people - not everyone wants to hear "Just believe in yourself and everything's gonna be ok" Some people take it as reassurance - but others? They would rather hear something different 🙁Imagine being told that things will be okay, only for them to get worse..Do you guys know why telling someone "everything's gonna be ok" Is wrong? Because you can't see the future.
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You can't guarantee others that one day they'll finally be happy + when It comes to social interactions - We're responsible only for ourselves - not others & as you guys know people let us down quite often (sometimes even when there's no reason) so instead of telling people how they should move on, forget everything and be happy or asking them to find a therapist - be there for them! Always be willing to listen to them If you really like them or want to get to know them & don't suggest everyone in a tough situation to find a therapist because even the best therapist won't ever replace a true friend + It's quite normal to be disappointed If people always do something to hurt you. Sharing your hardships with other people in a very similar situation or exactly the same one - is VERY helpful If the other person understands you & wants to start all over by just letting it all out! Feeling emotional support instead of always hearing some "positive quotes" or someone saying "Stop complaining let's talk about something else - Is very important! "Everyone needs a shoulder to cry on. I appreciate sensitive people who always try to understand others. If after hearing a sad story all you want to say is "forget the past and move on" you're not for me. It's important to be a good listener and provide emotional support to others
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Please - If you're a completely different person than the described type of person I'm looking for (If you love abbreviations,If you don't need a stable friendship, If you're sarcastic and quiet) or If you simply disagree with my post - don't force yourself to send me a message.I want my new potential friendship to be natural which is why I want you to contact me only If your needs are the same - I don't want you to pretend someone you're not - only to please me - Pretending to be someone you're not - is the worst.I want to finally be happy again & find someone "always" wanting to talk - sending me random pictures throughout the day - food pictures or pictures of some animals. What is the most important to me? I want to find people who value online friendships as much as they would value real life ones as there's another human being on the other side
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I know It's possible to meet people with exactly the same expectations as mine but It's just not easy because most people are Interested In temporary and entertaining conversations. People like me are just "different" I really want to finally find someone who loves emojis as much as I do.. someone who loves sweet, warm and serious discussions at the same time. Emojis really do - change conversations 😊

Did you all just collectively decide to forget that the guy can eat through bosses HP bars and 0 cycle the moment you all saw the relic changes? Yes, it is EXTREMELY annoying that they decided to change it to buff firefly even more, but that doesn’t mean boothill is bad.
I see so many people saying firefly can dish out 1mil+ dmg at e0s1 with two targets and that’s just not true, the max I’ve seen her do is around 700k to two targets.
I completely understand how demoralizing this is, but I can assure you that son of a nice lady will do just fine without that 8% damage increase. Favoritism towards female characters is annoying but you can’t really do anything about it besides complaining to hyv and hoping they change a few things.
I feel like I’m one of the few people that didn’t really get worked up over this change. Woke up, saw the relic changes, and just went on with my day because I KNOW boothill won’t have a problem dealing extremely high amounts of damage. You’re talking about the guy that can eat bosses for lunch WITHOUT eidolons and WITHOUT a LC. You muddle fudgers just need to calm down a bit.
Anyways, how much have you all saved up for the best single target DPS? I’m at 200 sr passes 🙏 hoping to get him and maybe his LC, if not then I’ll have to spend some money

Hi, my name is Juan, I'm from Colombia and I been having a very huge problem with my xbox series s since a couple of days. There was a storm with lightnings in the place where I live and for a few seconds there was a black out, so I disconnected my TV and the console and after the storm ended I turned on the console again but it took a very long time to start and when the homepage finally appeared it said that it was not connected to the xbox network and It seemed pretty weird to me, beacause the console was already wired connected so I thought it was a problem with my wi-fi router so I disconnected the router for about 5 minutes and also I restarted the console, but the problem remained the same, and I just realized that it couldn't be a wi-fi problem beacuse my laptop was working perfectly with the same LAN cable that I was using in the xbox, the funny thing is that I also tried a wireless connection but it kept saying that the console was NAT connected and that I had to disconnect the wire, even when it was ALREADY DISCONNECTED, so basically I was not having any internet connection at all, so I decided to reset the console to factory settings (and went just worse) first I tried to reset and keep my games and apps, then mid process the screen displayed a message saying checking for updates but after that a message saying error code 0x8B050084 0x00000000 0x00000201, and I really tried it all to solve this but none of my efforts worked, at that point I only had three options to try, "try again", "check network" and "turn off console", if I press on "try again" the same error code displays again, if I press on "check network" it ask me to check wired or wireless connection and when I press wired it says it's all good and the console it's wired connected even when the LAN Cable it's unplugged, which is a big problem, so I tried to check the wireless connection and it didn't show me my wireless network not even wireless networks nearby, the only thing displaying it's "Add wireless network" so when I press it, it says Specify SSID and at this point it's not even a surprise that when I put my SSID it didn't work at all, saying that my security protocol won't work, I even tried typing the SSID's from my neighbors and also none of them worked, so I'm stuck in the factory settings mode and the only possible solution that I found in the internet was doing an offline update through a flash drive, so I reset my pendrive to NTFS format and I downloaded the OSU1 file from the xbox webpage and I just copied the "$Systemupdate" file to the USB, then I get to the xbox troubleshooting menu and I inserted the pendrive to perform an "offline system update". I really thought that this method was going to be effective but when the update process was at about 80% the console just stopped the update and started to display "checking for updates" again just to end up showing the same error code 0x8B050084 0x00000000 0x00000201 AGAIN. I was so confused beacuse what is the point of doing an offline system update if it is going to check out the network connectivity anyway, I've tried to perform the offline system update three times but the result was same, so at this point my series s won't start at all and I really don't know what to do.

I reside in Japan, so it's normal to ask about blood type upon hooking up. (It's even featured on some anime, as it's s trope found in romance types, if you know the right scenes for it.) But I was surprised that it's also a thing in South Korea, as one of my friends from there mentioned it. I even heard this type of question asked on K-drama's. (Mainly romance ones.)
Let's say a Japanese / Korean Man / Woman decides to date and start an interracial relationship with a American / British Man / Woman (or any other foreigner), but the Japanese or Korean individual asked them this question: "What's your blood type?" As it is a rough equivalent of asking for their zodiac sign. (It's even a question asked in anime, when you come across scenes involving dating or relationships.)
From both within Japanese or Korean culture, blood type is seen as an indicator for personality to marriage compatibility. (Okay, from a medical standpoint it kind of makes sense since you want the future child to be healthy, as if you have a kid with blood type that differs from you and your partner, it can cause problems if you need a blood transfusion, as you need a blood type that is compatible.)
Basically its explained like this, just to list a few attributes. (Personality) -

Type A	Type B	Type AB	Type O
Kind	Optimistic	They are bookworms	Realistic
Hardworking	Gets lonely easily	Calm and rational	Very cautious
Big on cleaniness	Love festivals and parties	Chasing their ideals and dreams	Dream of getting rich quick
Good at hospitality	Quick to adapt	Have various hobbies	Romanticists
Safe drivers	Likes to play	Have strong spirituality	Heading straight toward their goal
Strong on taking responsibility	Afraid of being alone	Sensitive and easily hurt	Vigorous at earning a living
Can be calm even when accidents happen	Have unique ideas and are creative	Doesn't like interference from other people	Good at developing economic concepts

The affinity of type A

If a partner has blood type A: that means they have many points in common, both of them are highly strung, so that means they can become irritated with each other.
If a partner has blood type B: an individual with type A envies type B happy to go personality, but on the flip side type A worries about type B's personality.
If a partner has blood type AB: the individual with type AB is reliable for a person with type A, they can turn to and rely on them for advice and assistance. They can have a stable relationship.
If a partner has blood type O: that individual is protective of type A, but if type A discusses about every small thing, the relationship will end on a bad note.

The affinity of type B

If a partner has blood type A: that individual will be willing to help a person who is type B, but in return they easily get fatigued. Type A complains and nags about type B.
If a partner has blood type B: both parties are not careful. That leads the both of them on doing stuff that is considered off the rails and may regret later.
If a partner has blood type AB: they quickly start having a liking for each other, hence their relationship starts. They love each other a lot.
If a partner has blood type O: they can understand each other easily, the type O covers for type B's bad points, hence they are a still a great match.

The affininty of type AB

If a partner has blood type A: an type AB individual respects type A, they have a passionate love for each other, but they end up fighting and quarreling.
If a partner has blood type B: They are a good match connecting with each other easily, hence the chemistry between them is compatible.
If a partner has blood type AB: the relationship proceeds along parallel lines, but they cannot open their minds to each other. It's best to be not be too close, but also not too far.
If a partner has blood type O: they can both succeed in both business along various activities together, as they can produce new things easily.

The affinity of type O

If a partner has blood type A: that individual will always want to take the lead for type A, they are a good match for each other.
If a partner has blood type B: they can talk and freely express while having a comfortable relationship, but type O gets confused about type B's moody persona at times.
If a partner has blood type AB: their thoughts are a match, but if both parties are in the same 'arena' they compete with each other.
If a partner has blood type O: both parties don't understand each other easily, so they feel alienated. It's suggested that they should not be close together.

I mean, what would be the reaction of a Westerner or any other foreigner, like Europeans, Hispanics or Arabs, etc. if a Japanese or Korean individual asked them this question: "What blood type are you?" are they going to literally think they have ill intentions on harvesting their organs selling it to traffickers or something like that? (When it is not connotated like that at all!) My guess is that, it's just a cultural difference that may need some explaining, as they may not fully grasp what they had just asked them.

So recently, on Saturday, my 16 year old boyfriend lost his great aunt, who was like a grandparent to him. Now, his grandfather is also in the hospital, and to add on to that, my boyfriend is also on his period. He's going through a lot and he's in a lot of pain, and I wanna try and help him. I'm just wondering what are things I could do? I've never lost someone, so I don't have my own techniques to help with grief. Thank you, any advice is greatly appreciated.

My wife and I ordered our Model Y in April, but we’re in Taiwan so they are shipped from Berlin. Berlin HW4s are rolling out now and we know ours will be HW3 unless we delay our order. If we do, we won’t get the car until September but it will surely be HW4.
My question is, is it worth it to wait? Full Self Driving is not legal or supported here so the improvement to that will not affect us. But I’m considering things like resale value and if they reduce other things like number of speakers. I would like some other opinions.
Needless to say we are excited to get our car but I wouldn’t want to act rashly from impatience. Thanks in advance for your opinions.

Hey ya'll, it's Devil, your friendly neighborhood mod man again... though I won't be called that for much longer here.
Thank you
First of all, from the bottom of my heart, I want to thank each and every one of you. The past few months have been incredibly troubling for us all, but you guys have made it easier to find my way through it. The community and the podcast will always hold a special place in my heart. For three and a half years I have worked as a mod of FUCKFACEPOD to build a thriving community of comment leavers. In that time we have done incredible things together.
We left our mark on Place in 2022, we held meetups at RTX, the mod team even tried streaming for Extra Life one year. And when the company was closing down around us, and we moved to a new subreddit, we quickly built a brand new space full of the same joy and humor that defined the old subreddit. However... this will unfortunately be my last stop.
It is with deep sorrow that I tell you all that I have been removed from the moderation team of this subreddit. After three and a half years, I will no longer be a moderator here for subreddit. I am so incredibly proud of this community and how far we have come. I will be forever grateful to the podcast, and to all of you for the memories and the laughter you guys gave to me.
But this isn't goodbye forever. I'll still be hanging around the subreddit as a regular ol comment leaver. I also will continue to moderate for SoAlrightPod so go check out that place. I will also continue modding for roosterteeth at least for now, though I do plan on leaving that one soon.
Goodbye
To ANEGGG I say thank you. I cannot overstate the impact Rooster Teeth has had in my life. From my very first Achievement Hunter video in 8th grade, to the final episode of the Rooster Teeth Podcast. You guys are what ignited my passion for creating things, and you're what pushed me to pursue a degree in Film. Seeing you guys pop up in the subreddit has always been a joy (Eric's comments are always fucking hilarious) and I was overjoyed when I got to meet some of you at RTX 22/23. Thank you.
To the OG mods of FUCKFACEPOD I say thank you. Some of you have only been mods for a months before we had to switch subreddits and you all adapted to the change wonderfully. The rest of you have been in the game almost as long as I have. I couldn't have asked for a better group of people to have worked with, nor better friends to accompany me. Thank you.
And finally, to the community I say thank you. I've had some pretty dark moments over the past few years, but being able to come to this subreddit and laugh at whatever random bullshit was happening has always managed to pull back into the light. I say this of not just the F**k Face/Regulation Pod community but for the wider Rooster Teeth community as well. Thank you.
I leave you now with this Spotify playlist I made.
Reminiscing
Now if you'll forgive me, I'd like to do some reminiscing about my time here:

• January 2021: u/Johnathan_Wickerino, creator of FUCKFACEPOD invites myself and three other mods to help him run the expanding subreddit.
• November 12th 2021: Myself, another mod, and a couple community members host F**kers & Flagons, a DND Extra Life stream. We raise $500.
• April 1st 2022: Place opens it's doors once more. While the Discord server is playing an April Fools prank by rebranding to a Face Jam server, the subreddit is working to build the F**k Face logo on the canvas.
• April 2022: A few weeks after Place, we celebrate the 100th episode of F**k Face.
• June 2022: FUCKFACEPOD Crosses 10,000 members. We celebrate by inviting people to play Halo Infinite. This was originally supposed to be a tournament, but due to lack of participation we just screwed around in custom games for a few hours. Thank you to Andrew Panton for joining us for the occasion.
• July 1st 2022: RTX opens it's doors in Austin for the first time since COVID. Through masks and face shields, we come together as a community once again. One of the other mods Trix hosts a community meetup outside the convention center which Geoff shows up to.
• January 2023: The first draft of many is released. We all gather round to listen to the Falls Draft.
• April 2023: The very first live Sloppy Joes Bingo takes place late at night on RTTV
• July 7th 2023: Nobody knows it yet, but this will be the final RTX. This year is my first and only year as a Guardian. While walking on the convention floor, Eric calls me over and asks me for a pen. As I hand him the pen I tell him who I am. When he's done signing autographs and taking pictures, he hands me a huge stack of baseball cards with his face on them and tells me to do as I will with them. I spend the whole weekend passing them out to people. When I get home I mail the leftovers out to 43 people.
• July 9th 2023: As Trix hosted the meetup last year, I host it this year. This year was thankfully indoors and out of the Texas sun. Two community members come to the meetup with bootleg golden gurplers and start passing them out to people. Another member brings a F**k Face Summer of 98 Yearbook which all of us happily sign.
• December 25th 2023: It is Christmas morning. Christmas has never really meant anything to me since I'm Jewish, but as I look at my phone and see a notification announcing we have hit 20,000 members, I definitely start feeling the Christmas Spirit.
• January 24th 2024: Myself and a few other members of the community play a game of Quiplash 3 using a custom F**k Face themed prompt pack. The video features a special introduction by Andrew Panton, as well as a recorded message by Eric.
• March 6th 2024: If this were to happen one week later I'd be able to make a "Beware The Ides Of March" joke. It is on this day that we learn that Rooster Teeth is being shut down.
• May 11th 2024: After two months of housekeeping and negotiations, Rooster Teeth is finally dead. Many of it's podcasts are now going independent, while others are forced to rebrand.
• Today: Who the fuck knows...

Goodbye

ack story, my bff and I have been friends for 15 years and she has always been the "leader" and I tend to follow, think Regina George and Gretchen wieners. She has always encouraged me to stand up to others but I feel like I am not able to her or she gets angry. Fast forward to this past weekend, we went on a girls trip with a few other girls. She was continuously yelling at me and degrading me the whole weekend. At one point I walked back to the airbnb alone for the rest of the night while they went shopping because she flipped out on me because I was giving her parking advice (that she asked for). On the way home we kept getting stuck in traffic then halfway home we had some car trouble. I was having a panic attack (I have anxiety) and one of the other girls flipped on me because well "they all want to get home too" I got out of the car to call my husband to calm down. I decided I needed an out. I have been trying to get home since I left because I did not feel like I was wanted there and kept getting yelled at as if I was a child. I was essentially being bullied the entire time (not sure why I was even invited) I then decided to get an uber to the airport nearby and get a flight home. I went back to the car to gather my things and got into a screaming match saying I was "selfish" leaving them. At this time it was just the breaking point of the entire weekend. I had to get out. I wanted to get home to my husband and 6 month old baby. I have not spoken to any of them since. So am I the asshole?

Please excuse me in advance this is going to be very jumbled but I just needed to get it out of my system after all this time.
I’m a 28 year old transgender man. You need that context for the rest of this story which takes place in the span of freshman year and half of sophomore year. I was somewhat out of the closet but had not yet transitioned at all physically and was barely using a gender neutral name instead of my deadname. I struggled with very horrible dysphoria and general anxiety. I was in the women’s dorms throughout college because I had not yet transitioned and legally was still a woman. My plan was to just get through college and then do whatever I needed to do for my transition. What I didn’t anticipate was meeting someone I will call B.
B was in a room near mine in our dorm and we were in the same social justice organization on campus. We had a similar group of friends and would be around one another frequently. I’m not quite sure how things happened but I know that at some point, I just wanted to be around her all the time. I felt understood and seen and cared about when we spoke. I had sometimes gotten the feeling that she felt the same but she was hard to read and I would never imagine that she would potentially feel the same because while she was accepting, she had mentioned that her family was not particularly LGBT-friendly. I tried to put my crush out of my mind and for the most part it worked. That is until a few friends started doing movie nights and we all started going to bars by campus. During movie nights the lights would be off and she would sometimes place her hand right next to mine until we were just about holding hands but had deniability. When we went out to bars with friends she would drink and flirt with me and hug me but then would, I assume, not remember it or totally ignore it the next day so I did the same. We would leave each other notes and bring each other snacks and drinks when we knew the other had a tough assignment. We even stargazed one night after it had just snowed on campus. I had never felt such excitement or disdain for a situation. Truth be told there were a lot of small incidents that made me aware that she might return my feelings but I don’t want to be too specific because it would immediately give away my identity. But there are songs and movies and even mundane tasks like changing my sheets that are now seemingly forever tied to B.
I eventually grew tired of this and started pushing her away despite us being what most people might call best friends. I didn’t have the nerve to ask her how she felt and I also didn’t want to hear what she would say because I felt she would either deny what was happening or not deny it but say it didn’t mean anything and either way I don’t think I could have heard that and been okay.
Our friendship started to splinter, in large part because of me. I was angry at the situation and at myself and I stopped being a good friend. For a while after freshman year ended we didn’t speak to one another at all because things had gotten rocky. During sophomore year we seemed to have been becoming friends again. I thought surely we were going to be okay even if we did remain just friends. I’m not sure what happened but after returning to school for the second semester we just never were able to keep the friendship alive. I went through the rest of college wishing things had gone differently. There was a lot of history in such a short time and by the end I think both of us couldn’t handle it.
I graduated and transitioned and while I am so much happier, part of me wishes I could speak to B as I am now. Older and wiser and more aware of the situation she was in. She came out after college which I never thought would happen. I am happy for her, but I am sad that things played out how they did. I don’t think about B as much as I used to but here and there I find myself wondering if she liked an album or tv show or movie. I find myself wishing for her opinion on something. And I know I will never have it again. And while I have dated a few people here and there, I have not ever felt with any of them how I did for B and I find myself afraid that I may never have that feeling again. I don’t know if I believe in soulmates but I know that in the short time B was in my life, I had never felt such a want to just be around someone and see them smile and hear them laugh and be there when things aren’t okay, and I have not felt that way since she’s been out of my life. I feel like part of me has been missing all these years and it terrifies me that I just may never get it back.
I’m not sure she even thinks about me after all this time, and if she does, chances are she doesn’t look back fondly. Once I became aware that she came out I was able to see with fresh eyes that no matter how she may have felt about me, knowing her family would not be accepting probably made her feel alone and afraid and I do believe there are times when I probably made that more difficult. I have so many regrets about who I was back then and while I have spent time in therapy and grown up, I just can’t help but feel like I’d rather be alone than settle for someone who doesn’t deserve to be second best for me.

Being in healthcare, I knew that my life was going to change forever after being diagnosed with rheumatoid arthritis (which I suspected I had before I was even diagnosed). I also knew that I could take steps to limit the disease progression and its side effects. I already ate healthy and exercised regularly before my official diagnosis but afterwards I focused even more on cutting out excessive simple sugars/high-starch/fatty foods, moving more often even when I wasn’t ‘officially’ exercising during my regimen (which I upped in intensity and duration), eating a more plant-based and low-carb diet, and drinking water regularly. I also made sure to take my medications and have regular checkups. All of this to say? I managed to get my disease down to clinical remission. My CRP and symptoms are essentially non-existent.
So I should be ‘free’, right?
But when I was binge-watching silly, YouTube videos (think mom-like homemaking content just because I wanted to broaden my horizons for cooking and housekeeping and it's one of my entertainment, guilty-pleasures), one of the creators mentioned something.
“I can’t get access to a lot of new or specific things because I live in the middle of nowhere and so I have to special order it.”
And that hit me like a TON of bricks.
While I may be able to financially move anywhere I want to in the future with my career in healthcare? Realistically speaking for my overall health? With this disease? Where I am able to go is limited and will likely be confined to areas with 1) large populations as those are where dedicated specialists tend to be most readily available and 2) at least 45 min. within range of a major metropolis with the most essential of services.
Because how will I get my meds quickly if I somehow run out/lose them unexpectedly? What if I need emergency services from a complication? How do I keep my diet as regimented as I can without spending an arm and a leg and hoping that I can find what I need and move about safely without having to wait for months for it to potentially be in stock? For exercise, what if I need special gym equipment and a trainer and need safe, paved roads to move around? Where can I be so that I’m not waiting up to a year for the single specialist in a rural area to see me? What if I need a home-aid or house cleaning ASAP if I have a flareup even in remission? Specialized delivery also is limited in distant areas too.
I used to dream of living semi-off-the-grid rural area (not completely but just isolated) but now? Realistically that’s likely not going to be the case. Not if I want to maintain a safe, accessible, and decent quality of life as the disease inevitably progresses while I get older.
All of this to say? I’m happy with my life, truly. I’m so glad I’m technically in remission and doing well overall. But knowing that these complications are always lurking in the background and are something I have to think about is frustrating. Obviously we adjust and adapt but it just makes me realize
To be honest, I’m not sure why I wrote this all out. I guess it’s just because… even if you’re doing well, there’s always reminders of how this disease will be a constant and impact your life in so many different ways. So probably just an emotional vent and also a commiseration amongst those that get it.
And if you stayed and read this entire essay, thank you. I appreciate being able to vent to a community that gets it. RA can be so invisible and overlooked since it’s so ‘common’ in women and often brushed off as ‘just arthritis’ when it’s so much more.

These are obviously all people ik, but the blue is my best friend and brother. What the fuck??? And for the record I am in fact out to both of them and they both are supportive (or so i thought). Idk this just hurts a lot. I only recently came out as bisexual and obviously ik its just a tiktok but its more than JUST that, yk? They are saying they hate something that I am, that is a part of me. And yeah, i probably shouldnt let this get to me but i hate how both of them are acting like im an “exception” to their hate (which both have said before, so idk why i didnt see this coming).
On top of all this, the amount of biphobia i see in wlw “safe” spaces is so gross. This is the exact reason it took me so long to accept I like both, and i love that i do but i hate how everyone characterizes me.
if i date/prefer women = lesbian if i date/prefer men = Straight
I cant just like both and it makes me feel so shitty, like let me live. And furthermore a lot of this biphobia is coming from lesbians; like what, you want some badge of honor for liking women more than me (which isnt even how it works bud)? So many lesbians ive seen act like jusy because a bi girl dates/only has dated men means they arent reallyyy bi. Ive dated mroe women than men, am i suddenly a lesbian?
I dont know, im just so tired of all this. I am not a lesbian and I am not straight. I love being bisexual and i really hate all the things that people assume about it and me, and the things my own family thinks.
sorry this rant is long
also unaware if this tag is the right one 🫠