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2011.08.27 08:20 Ingish Can you take a deep breath and forgive yourself?

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2024.05.22 01:14 RubyWarden289 Thoughts on Mortality.

I had a strange revelation in my play session today. I did Jackie's ofrenda mission and gave a heartfelt goodbye to NC's greatest choom. I chose the book "For whom the Bell Tolls" by Hemingway because I hadn't used it on previous play throughs.
I drank with everyone in the bar and accepted the bike key from Mama Wells to get the bike thinking my V really was best buds with the departed.
I said my goodbyes, sat for an extra bit before the offerings, made a mental note to come back for the pistols cause otherwise they'd just sit there. Walked outside and hopped on the bike to go meet Takemura for the next story beat while I waited for Reed to call me back to Dogtown.
I made it ONE block, if that, before the lizard part of my brain saw three mooks just standing on the side of the road with yellow hostile markers above their heads. I immediately pulled the bike over and toss a grenade at them and finish them off with Lizzy's tech pistol.
It was just surreal to me to realize that I just role played attending a funeral where I would have actually grieved for someone and then just go out on the streets and spread more violence and death. Where else but Night City?
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2024.05.22 01:14 Ready_Car1911 Should I overcome my fear of dating apps?

I feel like an idiot for posting this on Reddit but I don't really feel comfortable venting about this with friends, so here we are!
(21F) It's been two years since I broke up with my ex boyfriend. It was a really healthy relationship and we remain really close friends, it just didn't make sense to me to keep up with it anymore.
Well, I'm a 21 year old girl, and since that breakup my social life hasn't been all that interesting really. I'm a 4th year law student and college ended up being not all that exciting, and even tough I've got to meet my amazing group of friends, I didn't really relate to anyone else. Therefore, this time when you're supposed to meet lots of people and broaden your horizons ended up stagnating a bit for me.
I consider myself an easy going person, I've never in my life find it hard to make friends or getting to know people. It's just that I haven't got many chances to. I spend most my time with my friends I already know or end up meeting people at parties who I don't talk to ever again, and being still in college doesn't give me much time for new activities. Romantic-wise, I've never been the type that cares too much (or even at all) to be in a relationship, and I never really liked the idea of having to chase anything. I thrive on my own most of the time, and whatever happens, happens. But like anyone else, I sometimes miss the occasional flirt and whatever comes with it haha. Intimacy in geral, or just having fun. More than the horny!!!! aspect of it, I really do miss getting to make friends and talk to somebody new.
Well, as I've stated before, I think I'm really easy to talk to, overall funny and outgoing. Charming in a good day, perhaps haha. About my looks, well I wouldn't say I'm stunning but I'm not very insecure, or at least I don't let it get to my head very often. Maybe not the type you'd give a second look or flirt on the subway - unless I'm reading some cool book or something haha - but maybe buy me a drink in the night if we're having a good time lol. I'm usually very friendly with anyone I meet so I don't even know how people make the jump to flirtation these days...
Back to the dating apps: as we've seen here, I'm stagnant. Not even my social media does wonders for me anymore since I've had the stupid idea of soft blocking almost everyone when I've gotten out of high school (so real to be fair), so most of my followers are people I actually know or work with today. There's always a random guy out of nowhere but you know, no one interesting enough !!
That being said, should I overcome my fear of dating apps? I'm NOT gonna lie to you, to this very day I've always been a bit prejudiced about it. Not judgemental of people who use them at all, I just never thought I'd be into it because I don't think that's the coolest way to say I've met a significant other haha. I mean, my future boyfriend can be using a dating app right now, but he surely won't find me in one. At least that's how I like to put it.
Still, I'm reluctant. My brain tells me not to do it, but at the same time my heart is telling me to do so for the plot. I really hate the idea of having to create a profile that appeals to anyone, plus the dynamic of maybe not finding matches???? I don't have many self esteem issues but idk how that would affect me in the long run. Plus, maybe this might sound wrong, but given the fact that I study law people on my field of study expect some odd seriousness of their employees, and as common as they are there's still many preconceptions about dating apps within these firms. I mean, I already hold the weight of my digital footprint being goofy on twitter haha
WELL I don't know what to expect of this! But it's my first post on Reddit so there's that! I ended up writing a lot more than I intended so feel free to engage and talk to me. Or even to call me an idiot. It's late in the night in here and I feel like oversharing SO there's that freedom of opinating about strangers lives on the internet lol
Anyway thanks in advance, and I apologize for any mistake since english ain't my first language! Idk what this subreddit is but shoutout to all my girlies ou there<3
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2024.05.22 01:13 help1987 Sore throat for 14 months also had a allergic reaction 14 months ago.

I’m 37. 22st male statins. Basildon hospital. I was working out in a garage for 6 months boxing lost 4 stone from24. I went to the garage to hit the punch bag felt drained 2 o’clock in the morning felt like I was having a heart attack. So went to the hospital for them to say it’s not which is great news but gave me naproxen but I was already taking statins for high cholesterol. 2nd day of taking them I had a really bad reaction. Hives all over face swollen lips. Felt very strange for months afterwards very weak. Throat would go tight and swell after eaten foods and drinks. I thought I was allergic to these. So would get test always come negative then I asked for a full allergies test 10 months ago I’ve been waiting for ten months I had it booked for next month on the 3rd only for the clinic to cancel my appointment that I’ve been desperately waiting for. I’m gutted they have just randomly cancelled. this is Basildon, and honestly I felt like it was keeping me going. 14 months of hell the doctors have been pretty poor to me I never ever go to the doctors until 14 months ago. I’ve had the ambulance out on a number of occasions I’ve been up the hospital during the nights because I’ve woken up with tight throat. It’s not strep negative it’s not cobble stone negative the believe it could be allergies they also believe it to be silent reflux had taken medication lanzopro can’t spell very well either lol but was making me unwell, I get blurry vision and was asked to get my eyes tested my eyes haven’t changed and are ok. Burning throat white mucus. Probably unrelated but also started 14months ago right shoulder pain right back of neck pain. Because I’ve been going through this for a long time you can imagine mental stress off my throat closing up and not being able to breathe properly. I’ve taken Antihistamine every day for 14 months I feel like they don’t help. I have had test for pots copd and asthma was all under long Covid testing but the only thing they found was a restriction on my left lung but don’t know what it is. I got referred to respiratory clinic FINALY after 14 months of begging then I got a letter to say it will be October. I’m very depressed on how things are going I’m not getting the correct help the doctors I’ve had to change because the lady wasn’t helping me so I made a complaint and refused to see her and the see the head nurse if that’s a thing she wasn’t much better I said I need test to see what these lumps are it could be a tumour or cancer she laughed at me. I put the phone down check my nhs app online for her to write. patient thinks he has cancer and he would benefit from counselling therapy and now I’m doing therapy second session honestly hand on my heart these gps have really made me feel like I’m going insane at times. Can’t find nothing wrong with me but I’m really unwell with all this. Blury eyes sore tight throat flare up. Itchy skin sometimes swollen tongue itchy skin after shower, hard to swallow at times back of tongue lumps swell red spots on tongue keep having white film over tongue white mucus over throat fatigued every day. Wake up during the night with tingling arms and shoulders. Was out in the sun the other day few hours my hands burned but felt tingling for days. Very dry hands almost like I was having a reaction from the sun. Im not a praying man but I’ve done a lot of praying this year. Any help suggestions would great be appreciated. I’m at the end with it all.
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2024.05.22 01:13 adamAlexanderGreen Young Avengers will be a Entanglement Movie

Young Avengers film formed by Kamala Khan & Lead by Kate Bishop, will bring together the Young Avengers via Quantum Entanglement.
First seen in The Marvels, where they are Entangled by thier light based powers. connection to Kree based teleportation devices such as the Bangles and the Infinity Stones themselves. Quantum entanglement key element is transportation. Transportation will be the key to the Film, as it is a theme of the Multiverse Saga in general.
The Movie will see Kamala once again being in an entanglement scenario, where a Time traveling Nathinel Richards arrives in Kate’s Pad and warns the teens about Kang’s invasion onto the multiverse. As he was searching for the Avengers in other timelines, but his Armors Temporal pad malfunction after a Kang Fight and lead him to Kamala & Kate’s timeline.
Ironlad is also a teenager, but feels like Kamala isn’t ready for the responsibilities to help save his world. Ironlad attempts to time jump to another universe but actually transports Kamala and Kate to San Francisco in the same timeline. In need to fix his temp pad, he asks where is Tony Stark. Kamala informs him that he died in Endgame. Kate tells him that her parents own a Security company and both of thier partners are Avengers. The girls reach for thier phones, but they left them back in New York. Kamala goes asking people to borrow thier iPhones so she can call Carol Danvers. But Hawkeye and Carol don’t answer. Kate tells them they can try to go find Scott Lang. IronLad is arrogant and doesn’t need the kids help to find a hero, Kamala grabs him before he can fly off. To test thier power he begins a fight with them in the middle of the city.
Kate quickly hits him with a emp arrow, but IronLad advanced armor reboots itself. Kamala uses her newly improved Embiggen powers to protect civilians and stall IronLad. Kate uses several trick arrows in coordination with Kamala and they manage to remove his helmet. (The actor that played Harley Keener Ironman 3) reveals his face, and stops fighting once Antman intervenes. Kate, Kamala, & Cassie meet for the first time at Scott Lang’s lab as they interrogate Ironlad about the validity to his warnings about Kang.
Scott is traumatized that he didn’t actually defeat Kang, and tells the kids that he will buy them a flight back home and to let the adults handle this situation. Kamala ask Cassie what’s it like to have a superhero dad. Even tho her’s is human, Kamala thinks her family is as much of heroes as the Avengers. Cassie & Kate realize their favorite color is purple. Ironlad gets bored of the bonding, and doesn’t think Antman is up to the challenge of helping him. He begins to start his temp pad, but realizes that high quantum frequencies are being detected by his armor. Ironlad demands Scott use his science to help rebuild his pad. For Quantum is the basis to his tech as well. Antman tries to reason with him, but ironlad describes the eradication on his world. Antman and Ironlad begin to fight for access to the basement of his home. Cassie and Scott shrink, while Kamala & Kate try to fight and reason with him. The team crashes into the basement, where ironlad races to the focal point of quantum in the room. Picking up the device that sent the Pym family into the Quantum realm in Quantumania. Ironlad’s nanotech absorbs the device and the temp pad starts to activate. Scott gets serious and starts to enlarge, but Ironlad blasts him back upstairs. The kids all shift and are transported to Westview New Jersey.
They all start having a screaming match, as Cassie is furious that he shot her dad. Kamala tries to calm the team down, but it’s Kate Bishop who makes everyone shut up with a puzzle arrow. This arrow expand an entire acre of land with Purple lasers. She explains it’s a game, that you have to work together or you’ll burn. Cassie laughs and shrinks, ironlad armor is tough enough to not be phased, Kamala has to actually maneuver around to escape the maze of lasers. Kate shows her reflexes and experience by doing flips and evading the laser beams.They all laugh realizing Cassie and Ironlad cheat. As tension dwindles, ironlad explains why he is so serious. That in his future he is a genius prodigy, and learn about the existence of the multiverse in a dream as a kid. Then a week ago Kang invaded his world and eradicated a majority of human life, and took away knowledge and education rights to the slaves of his world. The teens tell thier experience during the blip and how it took away thier own youth, and that’s why the Avengers are an important symbol of hope for them. Kamala starts to fangirl about Carol, Hawkeye, and Ironman… but is stop by Agatha.
Agatha says she saw the kids in her crystal ball, and is aware of the Kang Situation. Using magic to transport them into her suburban home. IronLad is confused why a witch is helping them. Cassie & Kate both keep thier guards up, but hear her out. Agatha tells them that they are on a children’s Crusade, but she can help them all get back home. Ironlad interjects, he needs heros that are competent and ready for war. Agatha uses magic to upgrade thier outfit, then tells them her step son should be home from school soon. Ironlad is tired of waiting as the girls continue to bond and learn more about their abilities. He doubts Billy/Wiccan is as powerful as Agatha claims, and ask why won’t she just use her magic to fight Kang. Agatha says that’s not her role. Billy enters awkwardly, wondering why all these teens are in his house. Kamala ask just how powerful is he, and he simply says he can do whatever he wants.
IronLad test him, and fires a rocket. Wiccan makes it turn into a headband. Picking it up and wearing it, he repeats he can do whatever he wants. Agatha, ask what exactly is Ironlads plan to stop Kang since his Quantum enhanced temp pad can teleport but still can’t take him home. Ironlad says he just needs more power, and rushes Wiccan. Sending his armor to liquidity and consume the sorcerer. Wiccan force pushes back and as they struggle for control, the temp pad activates and sends the group to a new Location; Kahmer Tajh.
Agatha makes fun of the monastery architecture and compares it to her home. Only Kamala & Agatha know this is the home of the sorcerer supreme. Wiccan and Ironlad argue over the consent of letting him suck his energy. And the girls grow more wary of how much they can trust ironlad. Agatha tells them they can find power in teamwork, and disappears into the castle. Kate & Kamala breaks the team into groups. To find Wong or other sorcerers that can help thier fight against the Kang invasion. Wiccan follow where Agatha went. Kate & Cassie search the for more weapons and gear. Kamala and ironlad find Wong & America Chavez.
The 2nd half of the movie has the group coming to face thier teenage fears, as the castle has a horror hex. Ironlad is too afraid to time jump, as memories from his home being overran by Kang haunts him. Wiccan and Agatha are immune to castles spells, as they are magical in tune, however they can’t use thier magic to its fullest extent due to the runes places around the Thaj that prohibits forbidden spells. Wong meets Kamala and tells the young avengers that he didn’t put the horror hex on. There is a Skrull sorcerer in the castle doing this. Kate finds an Asgardian bow and arrows, and takes it for “emergency”. Cassie tells her she is a criminal too, and jokes she spent a day in Jail. Ironlad finds the skrull sorcerer, under stress from the truama spell he is getting beat in the fight. But Wiccan arrives and they team up to defeat him. With a massive display of science meets magic, the young avengers put thier animosity behind them and regroup with Kamala and Wong. Wong is then impaled by a spear by Agatha. Wong’s skin turns Green and it’s revealed he is a skrull too.
America Chavez is distraught, and prepares to fight all the young avengers as she don’t know who to trust. Kamala relates to her humanity, and proves she is just a kid too. She tells her to help them fight off the other skrulls that may be in the castle. Agatha and Wiccan use thier magic sight to determine who is a skrull and who is a real sorcerer. The young Avengers fight off the skrulls, and learn America Chavez can travel the multiverse freely. IronLad sends his armor around her, but she punches and the star impact sends them to Baltimore, USA. The result sends all the hero’s and the Skrulls they were fighting as well.
Inside the Bradley home, Eli is playing video games when the hero’s instantly appear in his house. This sequence is shot from his perspective, as if it’s a home invasion. He runs for his granfathers room, to get his gun. But the safe is only full of a vials of Serum. A skrull breaks into the room and swings an axe at him. He ducks, and drinks the serum. Assuming it was hulk serum he read online; it was actually his grandfather’s other super soldier serum. He punches the Skrull so hard that his guts explode. Eli runs into the living room ready to box, but see’s the young avengers beating up the Skrulls. Shrugging his shoulders he jumps in and helps.
The team see’s how Brutal he fights and Ironlad likes him. Kamala says they can’t just recruit every teen they see, but looks closer and realizes she seen him on tv. He is the grandson of the first black super soldier, revealed in Captain America Brave new world where they were wrongfully accused of a terrorist attack at the White House. He explains that he has actually been taking his grandfather’s serum and synthesizing it for a hormone steroid supplement. But today he drank the original source out of fear for his life. Making him 10x stronger than he has ever been on the drug. Agatha has a funny don’t don’t drugs PSA, as the kids formulate a way on how to repay Eli for his housing damages. We learn his grandfather is still on trail, and he lives alone. Kate gets everyon back on focus and tells them maybe they can’t help ironlad. They have destroyed homes & Castles today and she needs to get back home to feed her dog Lucky. Kate makes a PowerPoint presentation on how to get ironlad out of their lives, and get Captain Marvel. Ironlad becomes more interested in Carol after Kamala keeps hyping her up to be the strongest avenger of all. Wiccan & Agatha use magic to fix the house as the hero’s finally contact Fury and the whereabouts of Captain Marvel. Fury asks why the hell didn’t she just call him to begin with. Kamala didn’t want to get in trouble for stealing the intel about all these characters
The final act has Kamala & Kate using each hero’s best quality to get Ironlad back to his world, and deflate the Kang dictator in his timeline. Kamala nicknames them Team Red & Team Blue after Captain America & Ironman and Team Purple after Hawkeye since he Don’t get much love.
Team Red; Ms. Marvel, America Team Blue; Wiccan, Eli, Team Purple; Kate Bishop, Cassie, Agatha
America Chavez punches 2 Star portals, one to ironlads homeworld and another to the location fury tells them Carol is. They all wear a harness rope that Kate gives them so they don’t get lost in the multiverse jump. America isn’t sure she can send so may people at once into a diffrent timeline, but Cassie uses her quantum shrinking disk and ironlad’s tech to help keep them from all turning fall off and turning into spaghetti. While they are preparing, Kamala meets Carol in a New York park and catches up. Ironlad watches them from behind the portal and says this must be what it’s like to have a true friend. Kamala tells Carol that if she keeps asking her for support then she wouldn’t be a hero. Carol gives her the 2nd Bangel and tells her just let her know if she needs backup. Ironlad is still hesitant that going into the fight against Kang with a bangel isn’t gonna do much. Kamala tells them she isn’t a normal human, she is inhuman.
And the team all suit up as the prepare to hum into the Star. IronLad suddenly laughs and fires her rockets around the building. Knocking out America and collapsing the roof, and shoves Kamala into the future with him.
It’s assume all the young avengers and Agatha are crushed under debris. The perspective changes to Eli who has to save all the hero’s bleeding out or stuck. Eli saves them By bear crawling and dragging them out of the fires. America uses her last strength to send the heros into the future
Kamala fights IronLad alone in a future hala. Ironlad reveals that he is the Kang variant, and his master plan was to go to a past timeline where both bangles existed. These weapons of mass destruction are his way of fighting off other Kang’s tryin to conquer his conquered timeline, following the events of Loki. Due the branching timelines, not even the tva knew he was a variant of Kang since his biological DNA is that of a Reed Richards. Kamala is losing the fight, as Ironlad has one of the bangles and can temporarily stop time. He continues to toy with Kamala and steals her other bangle. Mocking her for playing hero, he kicks her off a platform and into a pit of terrain crystals. Kamala uses the last of her will to let out a furry of punches, cracking the crystals around her and filling the battlefield with mist. Kamala goes through terrgenises, turning into stone. Ironlad fires a missle at her, but ironlad blocks it with a shield formed by Wiccan
Kate Bishop arrives saying Young Avengers Assemble, all the Young Avngers exit America portal. Kate then says that ones for Kamala, and Cassie grows and begins the final fight. The team hold off the firepower of ironlad while Kamalas scales break off. Ironlad can combat Wiccan’s magic with the bangles, and uses time stop techniques to stay ahead of the gang. Kate shoots Cassie’s shrinking disk onto one of the bangles, crushing ironlads left arm. Wiccan uses kamala’s satchel scarf to drag ironlad like a whip. Eli uses his magic shield to block the repulsor blast, and Kate uses the Asgardian bow to pierce his Armor. Cassie uppercuts and shrinks rapidly as the team closes in to fight close quarters. Ironlad makes an energy shield then blows back them all, Kamala is awake and grabs his wrist from far away. Realizing she don’t have light energy anymore, but can stretch her body like Reed Richards. She slams him like hulk did in the original Avengers. Nathinel monoluges about how there will be more conquerors just like history. Tva agents appears, Mobius enters telling the heros thanks for fixing this slight anomaly they better return home or they will all be prune in seconds. IronLad vaporizes and the timeline is erased as the heros return home
The movie ends with Kamala having a to explain to the khan family the events of the film and who all her new friends are. They all are ready to return to thier respected homes, when fury enters and says he heard there was a secret invasion. A running joke about how fury is now last to know anything
Post credit 1: Jessica jones is taking on a private investigator case when she spots a teen couple in an alleyway. She comments that they must be runaways, she zooms in and it’s Cloak and Dagger. They teleport away
Post credit 2: on another planet the Skrull Queen is talking about the failed relations of Kree following Captain Marvel restarting the Hala Sun. The humans are no longer allies after the declaration of war against all allies the President made. She says maybe it’s time we fight back son; and the camera pans to Hulkling
The Young Avengers will return in Avenger’s Secrt Wars
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2024.05.22 01:07 OwnGrapefruit5960 Engine Anatomy

Engine Anatomy
Boaters, unite! Here is one of my engines. It’s a gm 305 and I know nothing else because I need to unscrew my way to the engine block to get a serial number. Can you tell me what the stuff I labeled (ABCD) in this picture is, and is the thing I circled in yellow the oil filter? Bless you all
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2024.05.22 01:05 Huge_Cartographer_42 All about Sugar 💗

Hi there! my names Sugar, and I'm a plus-size soft-dom!
I'm 22, full of life and fully prepared to take on any clingy subs who needs a sweet dom to soothe their hearts and wallets. Especially those who love a princess on the chubbier side. 👑
I love video games, anime and actually making a connection with my subs. Given enough time I can see us being friends and talking about life. I'm not here just to drain you, I'm here to build a connection and understand you but that doesn't mean I'm a push over.
I'm into
Breeding Cnc Edging Ass worship Praise Begging
I'm fine with low senders even I understand a subs struggles. Tributes are welcomed but not enforced. If we hit things off and you pay, we'll keep talking, if not I'll just block you.
Please, don't be shy when messaging me unlike most I don't bite, unless you want me to. 💞
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2024.05.22 01:02 Ur_Anemone Why was my face stolen for a dating profile?

Why was my face stolen for a dating profile?
When Mandy Appleyard discovered that her photograph was being used by a stranger online, she began a personal quest to find out how it had happened
…I was annoyed — but first things first. I would need to contact Match, explain the mess and have it investigate then report back: simple. Except that contacting Match as a non-subscriber was a challenge beyond my capabilities. I pored over the website. “Match does not have a customer support phone number … Please be aware that there are fake customer support numbers posted on various websites, none of which are affiliated with Match.” My blood was boiling by the time I read: “Profile checking: all ads and photos are checked individually before they are published.” What? My photos certainly hadn’t been checked or they wouldn’t have been published on a false profile for millions of people to see.
I asked my friend if he could message Clare5432 to tell her we were on to her. He kindly did so, but came back to me within minutes to say she had blocked him. “Would you contact Match then, and complain on my behalf?” I asked him. “Get them to take it down?” He did that, and Match took the profile down within hours. I assumed, naively, that was the end of the story…
Knowing my face had been used to create a bogus dating profile, I was irritated that someone had stolen my picture and at least part of my bio to sell themselves under false pretences. Terrible things happen on the internet, which from some angles looks like a cesspit of fraud, depravity and deception. What had happened to me wasn’t the crime of the century but it felt decidedly icky.
Things were about to get worse. In January another male friend phoned me to say he was on Match and had seen my profile on there. He knew I wasn’t online dating so he was immediately suspicious. I realised we were on familiar territory when he sent me a screenshot of “Wendy, 63, in Wakefield”. It was the image of me that had been used last time, with a profile that described an outdoorsy free spirit. My pal immediately contacted Match on my behalf and straight away it took the profile down.
When this happened for the third time, earlier this month, I was livid. A male friend of a friend said he’d been reading my profile on Match the night before and really liked it. “Great picture of you too,” he messaged. I told him I wasn’t on Match and asked him to send me a screenshot. He hasn’t — and now seems to have disappeared off the face of the earth. I can only assume “my” image and profile are still up there for the world to see and exploit.
So I now know that my identity has been stolen by online dating scammers at least three times, although it could be 1,003 times for all I know. I’m made aware of the theft only when someone I know happens to stumble across it and takes the trouble to alert me.
“Don’t you feel just a bit flattered that someone has used your picture? They must think you’re attractive to have bothered!” a friend suggested. The answer is that I don’t. No part of me is flattered, instead I find it deeply creepy. It feels like a trespass on my life, a theft over which I have no control, an invasion of my privacy that makes me feel queasy but which I can’t stop happening again. And again.
I posted on Facebook that I was looking for advice on how to close this fraud down once and for all, hoping someone in my online social media community would have an answer. They did — but not the one I was hoping for. A journalist friend said this probably wasn’t a lone woman using a false profile as romantic bait. Instead, she suggested, it was more likely to be the work of an industrial-scale scam where gangs of people in “fraud factories” (often in north Africa and southeast Asia) create false profiles on dating sites using stolen photos and false information. They then contact potential victims. Over time the conversations become more intimate and personal as the scammer builds trust with their target.
The targets are often vulnerable people in their fifties, sixties and seventies, perhaps new to dating after long marriages that have ended in divorce or bereavement, sometimes lonely, invariably trusting. Low-hanging fruit, in other words, for the wily thieves who groom them, telling them how beautiful and desirable they are, forge a speedy romantic connection then ask for money — a little to begin with, a lot later on…
These scammers commit a fraud, the false profile is reported and shut down, but the con artists immediately set up a new false profile using the same pictures — and on and on it goes.
Sadly there are a thousand iterations of this scenario: coercive controllers who manipulate vulnerable people into believing they have found love. They send photographs, gifs, songs and poems during their “courtship”, telling their victims they are surgeons or spies, Nasa physicists or retired army colonels. They send (stolen) pictures of their children, their luxury home, their fast car, then one day start asking for gift cards, crypto, or money to buy heart surgery or a flight home.
The people perpetuating these cybercrimes are often doing so because they have been trafficked and trapped. Sixty Kenyans were rescued from “fraud factories” after the customer service jobs they applied for in Thailand turned out to be a cover for cybercrime. One woman had been promised a monthly salary of £675 but ended up targeting Americans by creating enticing profiles on Tinder, Instagram and Facebook. “They fall in love with you and you can tell them about cryptocurrency. You start stealing from them,” the 31-year-old woman said, describing in Swahili how she was forced to work in a vast call centre-like hall with hundreds of people of many nationalities…
All of which brings us back to my predicament and how I’m being made to feel complicit in these grubby scams. My face is being used to deceive trusting people who could be fleeced of everything. The victims of a serious and organised crime repeated over and over again but which remains outside the victims’ control. I’m the frontwoman for online activity that may be illegal or dishonest. If it’s neither of those things it’s still plain embarrassing, because I have no idea what the person using my image is saying or doing.
Someone who knows exactly how this feels is Christian Gerhard Boving, a Danish doctor who says scammers have been using photos of him for years to target victims online. “Suddenly all these pictures were stolen by scammers using them to hit on innocent people around the world. They are cruel, sophisticated and evil people doing this.”
Boving has called on companies such as Meta, which owns Facebook and Instagram, to do more. “There should be verification of every new profile being created, like you have to verify yourself with a passport or driving licence, so you know it’s a real person behind the profile,” he says. Perhaps social media companies could use AI to trawl for photographs they know have been stolen and used before on fraudulent accounts — mine and Boving’s, for starters. Certainly the companies running dating apps should make it easy for non-subscribers such as me to contact them with a complaint.
The problem is getting worse, the latest figures showing that reports of romance fraud have risen by almost 60 per cent over four years. Action Fraud, the UK’s centre for fraud and cybercrime, says dating apps are a common place for scammers to find their victims. The top five platforms they use are Facebook, Plenty of Fish, Instagram, Tinder and Match.
As a journalist I like to think that I’m pretty savvy in the ways of the world, but stealing my credit card is one thing; stealing my face is something else. I’m tempted, next time this happens (and I have no doubt there will be a next time), to join whichever dating app is responsible and strike up a conversation with my alter ego. Let’s see where that takes me. Watch this space — and this face.
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2024.05.22 01:01 Last_Channel_8657 I think I was followed home last night

I was almost followed into my apartment building last night but I'm not clear what this person's intentions were. I'm a woman in my 20s living in Brooklyn, I'm from NY, and have heard and been warned about walking home alone, but still have never experienced something like being followed, until last night. I was coming home from work and I got off at my regular train stop and started to walk to my apartment which is about 2 avenues from the train. I had both my earbuds in, but I wasn't listening to anything. I start to pass the park that is about a block away from me and I can feel and hear someone behind me, shuffling their feet as they walk. Not a problem, there was plenty of people around, both in the park and on the streets and sidewalks around it. It was about 7:30pm and still light out but the sun was going down. I get to the traffic light at the corner of the park when I notice this person is still behind me. I turned my head to the left slightly so I can see this person in my peripheral vision and I could see they were wearing a brown hoodie and had long brown hair, but still couldn't tell if it was a man or woman. I turned back to the street, crossed when the light changed and made a left, the next block was my street. I wanted to test if this person would pass me or walk in the same direction, so as I made it to my block I abruptly turned right and this person did the same. I'm now on the right side of my street but would have to cross to the left side where my apartment is, so as I was walking straight up my block I really quickly turned left and squeezed through a tiny space between two parked cars to cross the street, and I notice this person speeds up and does the exact same thing in the exact same spot!! This is when my heart started pounding. I started speeding up a little bit and I'm about 4 apartment buildings away from mine, and I hear this person's shuffling feet keeping pace with mine and speed up as I do, and I hear a single manly deep breath behind me. This is where I feel a little dumb, instead of continuing to walk up the street to a cafe or stop and tell someone (there was a few people walking on the sidewalk) I thought, "ok, our front lobby door locks whenever it's closed all the way, and if you don't have a key you can't get in, I'll just get inside there, close the door, and see what happens." So I get to my front 2 steps, jump inside the open lobby door, and immediately turn around and slam it shut. As I do this, this MAN WALKED RIGHT INTO THE DOOR and I come face to face with this man behind the glass. He was maybe in his late 20s to early 30s, light-skinned black man, with long brown almost waist length braids. He looked feminine and was actually quite pretty, but the look on his face was strange, like he was not fully there. His eyes were wide but the rest of his face blank, and he never looked away from me. Now get this, he never opens his mouth to say anything, but instead keeps those wide eyes on mine, holds up both of his hands, in one he's holding his iphone, which has a dead battery symbol on it and in the other hand is an ID, but it doesn't look like him on it. I totally should have read it, maybe it had the address to the same apartment on it, but I didn't even care, I just yelled "NO!" The thing is he readily had the ID in his hand, he didn't go into a pocket or a bag, he just had his hands up and ready to show me. I watched him never change his face, turn to his right and leave. I called my roommate to let her know, and she had a friend walk her home about two hours after I got in, so I wasn't alone for the rest of the night. I wish I took a picture of him with the ID and phone, but I was just weirded out that he tried to step inside right behind me but didn't try to come back in again or say a single word. I thought maybe I dropped my ID and he was returning it, but I checked and mine was in my wallet. Maybe he was asking for me to lend him a phone charger, but why would he follow me inside for that?! Was I overreacting?
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2024.05.22 01:01 RenewalRust [US] Renewal Rust 5x No BPS Loot+ Kits Shops TP Home

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2024.05.22 01:00 AffectionatePass575 [FS][USA]🔥ERD, Gallery Dept., Rick Owens, Hellstar, Birkenstock, Chrome Hearts, Moncler, Rhude, Saint M, Vetements, Stussy, Marc Jacobs, Palm Angels, Gucci, Burberry, Places Faces, Amiri, AskYurself, Golf Le Fleur, Alexander Wang, Saint Michael, FTP, Kaws, Kith, Girls Dont Cry, Essentials

Pictures pics photos tagged with timestamp, (timestamped), comment before pm.
IF SOMETHING IS SOLD DO NOT ASK TO PURCHASE IT FOR MORE MONEY. YOU WILL GET BLOCKED.
Payment by PAYPAL INVOICE ONLY! I ship the next day from east coast .Prices include shipping.
Referrals available on reddit.
ALL DEADSTOCK - unless otherwise stated by item.
https://imgur.com/a/link-L6oH2za
Gallery Dept Thermal Long Sleeve - Size M - (24" pit to pit, 29" long) - $50
Moncler Windbreaker - Size M - (22" pit to pit, 27" long) - $45
ERD (Enfants) Long Sleeve - Size Oversized S, fits like Large - (25" pit to pit, 26" long) - $55
Essentials Tan Hoodie - Size XL - (28" pit to pit, 29" long) - $40
Essentials Black Hoodie - Size M - (25" pit to pit, 27" long) - $40
Vetements TFD Hoodie - Size xS VERY OVERSIZED - (28" pit to pit, 30" long) - $105
CH Matty Boy Long Sleeve - Size XL - (26" pit to pit, 29" long)- $40
Saint Michael x ReadyMade Jesus T - Size L - (24" pit to pit, 30" long) - $40
Stussy Rick Owens T - Size M - (22" pit to pit, 28" long)- $40
Hellstar Grey T - Size M - (23" pit to pit, 29" long)- $40
Stussy Marc Jacobs T - Size L - (22" pit to pit, 28" long)- $40
Stussy Cactus T Size XL - (24" pit to pit, 31" long) - $25
Moncler Tracksuit Pants - Size XL - (32-36" waist, 30.5" inseam) - $45
Rick Owens Prisoner Pants - Size S - (28-36" waist, 40" full length) - $50
Gucci North Face T - Size S - (19" pit to pit, 25" long) - $20
Nike Double Swoosh T - Size L - (23" pit to pit, 30" long) - $20
Palm Angels Black T - Size L - (25" pit to pit, 30" long) - $30
Palm Angels Tracksuit Jacket Size L - (23" pit to pit, 27" long) - $30
AskYurself Hoodie -Size M - (27" pit to pit, 27" long) - $30
Burberry T stretchy cotton -Size L - (21" pit to pit, 27" long) - $20
Alexander Wang Crewneck -Size M - (22" pit to pit, 28" long) - $25
GOLF Le Fleur T Size M - (20" pit to pit, 28" long) - $25
Places Faces T Size L - (21" pit to pit, 29" long) - $25
Gucci T piggy (womens) - Size L (Stretchy)- (19" pit to pit, 23" long) - $20
Stussy Knowledge is King Hoodie - Size XL - (25" pit to pit, 29" long) - $30
Kith T - Size XL - (22" pit to pit, 31" long) - $25
Girls Don't Cry T (womens) - Size L - (21" pit to pit, 27" long) - $20
St Michael Crew (Jesus) - Size L - (25" pit to pit, 29" long) - $35
Kaws Cookie Monster 14" in box - $45
Amiri Hat - $35
Anita Wynn Hat - $20
Yeezy Sunglasses - $20
Palm Angels Sunglasses - new, no scratches - $25
Chrome Hearts Silicone necklace - white or light blue - $25
Birkenstock dark brown London with Box Size 45 - fits 11-11.5 - $65
Vetements knit Scarf - $30
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2024.05.22 00:48 Ante_1997 [STORE] KNIVES, GLOVES, PLAYSKINS, 12.000€+ INVENTORY! M9 Bayonet, Stiletto, Talon, Karambit, Survival, Skeleton, Falchion, Bowie, Ursus, Shadow Daggers, Butterfly, Nomad, Classic, Paracord, Broken fang, Driver gloves, Specialist gloves, Hydra wraps, Broken Fang Gloves, AWP, AK-47, M4A1, M4A4, USP

My tradelink: https://steamcommunity.com/tradeoffenew/?partner=102474654&token=BH1q6eSo
My steam profile: https://steamcommunity.com/id/darknezz_/
Everything up for a trade, some skins might not be tradable or visible yet
Buyouts are in cash (EURO), send trade offers, only trading, i'm taking cases
★ Butterfly Knife Case Hardened FN - B/O 1316.91
★ Falchion Knife Doppler (Ruby) FN - B/O 942.16
★ Talon Knife Tiger Tooth FN - B/O 607.15
★ Karambit Ultraviolet FT - B/O 581.21
AWP Lightning Strike FN - B/O 500.60
★ Driver Gloves Imperial Plaid FT - B/O 285.21
★ Sport Gloves Slingshot BS- B/O 261.85
★ StatTrak Flip Knife Case Hardened FT- B/O 239.18
★ Bayonet Ultraviolet FT - B/O 212.18
★ Skeleton Knife Scorched BS- B/O 210.51
★ Shadow Daggers Doppler (Phase 1) FN - B/O 196.39
★ Paracord Knife Crimson Web FT- B/O 171.36
★ StatTrak Bowie Knife Rust Coat WW - B/O 138.56
★ Falchion Knife Autotronic BS- B/O 136.26
★ Paracord Knife Blue Steel BS- B/O 134.78
★ Shadow Daggers Slaughter FT- B/O 127.72
★ Navaja Knife Tiger Tooth MW- B/O 123.22
★ Driver Gloves Lunar Weave FT- B/O 121.75
★ Bowie Knife Damascus Steel WW - B/O 121.62
★ Bowie Knife Freehand FT- B/O 116.17
★ StatTrak Paracord Knife Boreal Forest MW- B/O 115.01
★ StatTrak Gut Knife Crimson Web FT- B/O 114.24
★ Falchion Knife Bright Water FT- B/O 106.29
★ Hydra Gloves Case Hardened FT- B/O 101.15
★ Gut Knife Damascus Steel MW- B/O 100.76
★ StatTrak Bowie Knife Urban Masked FT- B/O 96.21
★ Shadow Daggers Lore BS- B/O 89.85
P90 Emerald Dragon MW- B/O 89.28
★ Driver Gloves Rezan the Red FT- B/O 87.16
★ Bowie Knife Urban Masked FT- B/O 85.87
StatTrak AWP Electric Hive FN - B/O 84.07
★ Paracord Knife Safari Mesh MW- B/O 80.80
StatTrak M4A4 Temukau MW- B/O 76.75
StatTrak AWP Wildfire FT- B/O 76.62
★ Survival Knife Forest DDPAT BS- B/O 76.25
★ Gut Knife Safari Mesh FT- B/O 72.39
StatTrak Desert Eagle Kumicho Dragon FN - B/O 70.59
★ Driver Gloves Queen Jaguar FT- B/O 70.08
★ Broken Fang Gloves Yellow-banded FT- B/O 69.95
★ Navaja Knife Night Stripe FT- B/O 68.98
★ Driver Gloves Diamondback BS - B/O 67.70
★ Hand Wraps Duct Tape FT- B/O 67.32
★ Specialist Gloves Buckshot FT- B/O 67.14
StatTrak Galil AR Eco MW - B/O 63.85
★ Hydra Gloves Emerald FT- B/O 60.33
★ Driver Gloves Racing Green FT- B/O 57.31
AK-47 Asiimov MW - B/O 57.06
★ Driver Gloves Queen Jaguar BS - B/O 56.37
★ Broken Fang Gloves Yellow-banded BS - B/O 55.97
AWP Wildfire FT - B/O 55.51
Stickers, pins, capsule, agents, souvenirs
And more…
Some prices might be outdated
My tradelink: https://steamcommunity.com/tradeoffenew/?partner=102474654&token=BH1q6eSo

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2024.05.22 00:48 Ante_1997 [STORE] KNIVES, GLOVES, PLAYSKINS, 12.000€+ INVENTORY! M9 Bayonet, Stiletto, Talon, Karambit, Survival, Skeleton, Falchion, Bowie, Ursus, Shadow Daggers, Butterfly, Nomad, Classic, Paracord, Broken fang, Driver gloves, Specialist gloves, Hydra wraps, Broken Fang Gloves, AWP, AK-47, M4A1, M4A4, USP

My tradelink: https://steamcommunity.com/tradeoffenew/?partner=102474654&token=BH1q6eSo
My steam profile: https://steamcommunity.com/id/darknezz_/
Everything up for a trade, some skins might not be tradable or visible yet
Buyouts are in cash (EURO), send trade offers, only trading, i'm taking cases
★ Butterfly Knife Case Hardened FN - B/O 1316.91
★ Falchion Knife Doppler (Ruby) FN - B/O 942.16
★ Talon Knife Tiger Tooth FN - B/O 607.15
★ Karambit Ultraviolet FT - B/O 581.21
AWP Lightning Strike FN - B/O 500.60
★ Driver Gloves Imperial Plaid FT - B/O 285.21
★ Sport Gloves Slingshot BS- B/O 261.85
★ StatTrak Flip Knife Case Hardened FT- B/O 239.18
★ Bayonet Ultraviolet FT - B/O 212.18
★ Skeleton Knife Scorched BS- B/O 210.51
★ Shadow Daggers Doppler (Phase 1) FN - B/O 196.39
★ Paracord Knife Crimson Web FT- B/O 171.36
★ StatTrak Bowie Knife Rust Coat WW - B/O 138.56
★ Falchion Knife Autotronic BS- B/O 136.26
★ Paracord Knife Blue Steel BS- B/O 134.78
★ Shadow Daggers Slaughter FT- B/O 127.72
★ Navaja Knife Tiger Tooth MW- B/O 123.22
★ Driver Gloves Lunar Weave FT- B/O 121.75
★ Bowie Knife Damascus Steel WW - B/O 121.62
★ Bowie Knife Freehand FT- B/O 116.17
★ StatTrak Paracord Knife Boreal Forest MW- B/O 115.01
★ StatTrak Gut Knife Crimson Web FT- B/O 114.24
★ Falchion Knife Bright Water FT- B/O 106.29
★ Hydra Gloves Case Hardened FT- B/O 101.15
★ Gut Knife Damascus Steel MW- B/O 100.76
★ StatTrak Bowie Knife Urban Masked FT- B/O 96.21
★ Shadow Daggers Lore BS- B/O 89.85
P90 Emerald Dragon MW- B/O 89.28
★ Driver Gloves Rezan the Red FT- B/O 87.16
★ Bowie Knife Urban Masked FT- B/O 85.87
StatTrak AWP Electric Hive FN - B/O 84.07
★ Paracord Knife Safari Mesh MW- B/O 80.80
StatTrak M4A4 Temukau MW- B/O 76.75
StatTrak AWP Wildfire FT- B/O 76.62
★ Survival Knife Forest DDPAT BS- B/O 76.25
★ Gut Knife Safari Mesh FT- B/O 72.39
StatTrak Desert Eagle Kumicho Dragon FN - B/O 70.59
★ Driver Gloves Queen Jaguar FT- B/O 70.08
★ Broken Fang Gloves Yellow-banded FT- B/O 69.95
★ Navaja Knife Night Stripe FT- B/O 68.98
★ Driver Gloves Diamondback BS - B/O 67.70
★ Hand Wraps Duct Tape FT- B/O 67.32
★ Specialist Gloves Buckshot FT- B/O 67.14
StatTrak Galil AR Eco MW - B/O 63.85
★ Hydra Gloves Emerald FT- B/O 60.33
★ Driver Gloves Racing Green FT- B/O 57.31
AK-47 Asiimov MW - B/O 57.06
★ Driver Gloves Queen Jaguar BS - B/O 56.37
★ Broken Fang Gloves Yellow-banded BS - B/O 55.97
AWP Wildfire FT - B/O 55.51
Stickers, pins, capsule, agents, souvenirs
And more…
Some prices might be outdated
My tradelink: https://steamcommunity.com/tradeoffenew/?partner=102474654&token=BH1q6eSo

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2024.05.22 00:41 Sensitive-Umpire-454 is physical pain normal

I don't know if I'm just getting ahead of myself and I don't really know how asking random people will help, I guess I'm just ranting.
my boyfriend broke up with me over 2 months ago and it's just been getting worse. I don't enjoy things anymore, and whenever I start thinking about it when I'm not distracted I get bad chest pains and I start sweating really bad. I get really hot and light headed and I can hear my heart and it just makes everything worse and it feels weird breathing. my chest hurts so bad at times it's unbearable. my skin is really itchy and I keep getting dry patches? maybe I'm overthinking and it's just a coincidence. tbh I'm rarely distracted from it in the first place. I've never felt such a horrible pain ever, even when close loved ones have passed away and that feels horrible to say but it's the truth.
it all happens when i sit still for about a minute. its so exhausting constantly distracting myself and i feel like im just in an endless cycle, but i cant not distract myself because i cant handle the physical pain, let alone the emotional pain. is this just a universal experience that no one told me about??
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2024.05.22 00:41 banana21834445 Sudden new side effects

So a month ago, around the 20th of April, I bought a pack of Accutane with 30 pills of 10mg each, and would take two to three pills a day until I'd run out, but my usual dose was two pills per day, which is 20mg. Obviously, my skin got a little swollen, and my lips were excruciatingly dry, to the point where I had a difficult time eating and drinking unless I was applying a chapstick every single day. Anyway, I ran out of the pills and waited about a week and half before purchasing another pack. This time around, I'm upping my dose to 40mg per day, but I've noticed significant changes in side effects and bodily response. It's been three days of taking 40mg per day, and my lips are still not cracked. I've no idea how they haven't gone dry yet, as it took less than 2 days of taking one to two pills a day before they cracked after my first pill, and they remained more or less the same the whole month, with some improvement from the chapstick. Instead of my skin and lips drying out as they normally would, even in spite of a very low dosage, I've begun experiencing insomnia and migraines instead. My head hurts mildly to moderately all day long, and I wasn't able to fall asleep all night due to my brain not wanting to shut off, as if its undergoing a rapid increase in pressure. I'm also experiencing other symptoms like a blocked or runny nose, and occassional sneezing, but these symptoms are rare and mild at best, and they could just be anything. I don't wanna get off Accutane as I understand it is by far the most effective solution to my severe hormonal acne, which hasn't responded to any other medication and cream over the last 2 years. Could this just be a temporary thing, as I haven't taken any accutane in nearly two weeks until three days ago, and my body just needs some time to get accustomed to it again? And yes, I do take it with meals to increase absorption.
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2024.05.22 00:40 Plantymirrt Constant Fullness in Sinuses

20M 5’11 160lbs No medications or health conditions
Hello everyone! I’ve come on here to ask for my help for my situation. Doctors ents headache specialists neurologists and even just people who want to comment, I would really appreciate it if you shared your thoughts on what is going on and what course of action I should take. Basically the question is should I get surgery for the anatomical variants?( large right concha bullosa of middle turbinate and significant leftward deviated septum with a prominent bone spur on it). The concha bullosa is pretty big and hits both the septum and other side it’s not like a regular one. The deviated septum also hits the wall and blocks off the drainage pathways just like the concha bullosa.
Here is my symptoms: For about a year and half now I have had a constant fullness and pressure within my sinuses. It’s normally felt in my nose forehead and sometimes cheeks. It’s constant 24/7 from the moment I wake up to the moment I go to bed. It’s sometimes painful and usually gets worse as the day goes on. When I bend down it definitely gets worse. It’s always there in my head to some degree and it never feels like my head is fully clear. I do have a bit of trouble when breathing through my nose but it’s nothing crazy but I can’t get a full, clear, and refreshing breath. What’s weird is that when I cry or something and my mucus starts draining the pressure goes away. Even when an ent did an endoscopy and started moving around the camera in my nasal cavity, the mucus started draining and my symptoms went away for a split second. Sometimes I notice that my ear feels full and that the pressure sensation even goes to my throat. The pain is dull constant doesn’t throb and isn’t sharp. I don’t have any auras, visual or sound disturbances etc. It doesn’t come in waves either. If there is any other symptoms you would like to know if I am having please ask.
Testing: MRI, ct scan, endoscopy, and blood tests normal except for the anatomical variants I listed above. No signs of infection or inflammation. Nothing indicating headaches and nothing wrong with brain. No lesions, bone destruction, etc. My ent did notice a build up of mucus though when doing the endoscopy. Did flounase 2x a day, Claritin 1x and nasal rinse 2x a day but no significant improvement. I was referred to neurology by my ent because he said nothing I had indicated the symptoms I am saying. At neurology, we ran a course of amitriptyline and did a magnesium + riboflavin supplement but those did not help or maybe helped VERY minimally. Hot showers feel nice sometimes and advil sometimes helps ease the pain(only to a limited extent) when it hurts a lot. I also talked to an allergist and he said it’s probably not allergies, and I got a skin prick test that came back negative for everything a while ago.
My thoughts: I personally believe that the anatomical variants are responsible for my symptoms. I think what’s happening is that they are trapping the mucus and air flow and obstructing the sinus drainage pathways which can cause that pressure/ fullness sensation and why my head doesn’t feel fully clear. There is nuance here though and this is why the ent and other people are hesitant to recommend surgery. Concha bullosa is a normal anatomical variant found in a significant portion of the population (maybe even up to 54%) and is mostly asymptomatic. Deviated septum is also fairly common and is not normally responsible for pressure feelings within sinuses. Furthermore, up to 90% of cases where people think they have sinus problems, are actually migraines according to some studies. But my case is different because I am well educated in the symptoms of migraines and what I am experiencing does not add up to that. Also my anatomical variants are not like the normal population, especially my concha bullosa because it is really large and the mucus drainage thing like with endoscopy points to the anatomical variants.
Plan: I really only have two courses of action left that I can think of. I either go back to neurology and run through more cycles of medications to see if it’s migraines and if that doesn’t work go back to ent and discuss surgery. Or I don’t waste time and go straight back to my ent and talk about surgery and stuff. If there is other options or something else I should look into, please let me know.
I would really appreciate it if you guys shared your thoughts and what you think is going on and what I should do going forward I am getting pretty desperate and I know surgery is a big step. If there is any other information or questions you have, I would be more than happy to tell you!
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2024.05.22 00:38 TheChessWar Micheal Moveset

Micheal Afton MOVESET
Lightweight with 2 jumps
Gimmick
Not really a gimmick just wanted to mention this. Micheal will not be referencing enard at any point During the attacks. As michaels moveset is less about micheal specificity and is more meant to be a security guard composet moveset. Which is the same reason that he will use Ucn items. I know that's williams torment and stuff but it works better on michael.
Basic Attacks
Jab: Flash Light (Mike presses on a flashlight which causes it to flash)
Doesn’t do damage but can flinch
(Flashlights in the fnaf series)
Dash: Foxy Scare (Mike dawns a foxy mask and jumps forward)
Pretty strong Knockback but meh damage
(Michael Scaring his brother and Withered Foxy Jump Scare)
Side Tilt: Decomposing (Slowly Punches at an upward angle)
Does mid damage
(Final walking sprites when micheal fully decomposed)
Up tilt: Walking (Micheal does a basic uppercut)
Does Great Knockback but no damage
(Micheal Walkin down the street)
Down Tilt: Scary Slide (Micheal Wears a foxy mask and slides)
Basic Sliding down tilt. Does minor damage but can cause a stun
(Micheals bed scare)
Side Smash: Faz Coin (Faz Coins start to appear around michael as the move charges)
If you charge for the shortest amount of time you will get a random plushie where he throws the plushie where it acts as a basic gravity affected projectile. Does a lot of knockback and has a 20% chance to freeze but barely any damage. if you charge for a medium amount of time rockstar freddy will punch forward. Does medium knockback and damage. And if you charge the Longest amount of time you get a death coin which Michael will throw forwards. From there it flies into a straight line until it hits a wall or a foe where it will disappear. It does no knockback but tons of damage And if the foes damage was over 80% damage when hit by the death coin, it’s an instant kill.
(Ucn coin purchases)
Up Smash: Wiring Malfunction (Micheal holds a wire that emits flame)
Does decent knockback and has a chance to stun or burn
(fnaf 3 fire)
Down Smash: Music Box (Micheal Spins the handle of a music box)
Does Great Knockback but no damage
(Music Box general use)
Aerials
Neutral Air: Music Box (Micheal Spins the handle of a music box)
Does Great Knockback but no damage
(Music Box general use)
F Air: Death Coin (Micheal Throws a death coin)
It flies into a straight line until it hits a wall or a foe where it will disappear. It does no knockback but tons of damage And if the foes damage was over 80% damage when hit by the death coin, it’s an instant kill.
(Death Coin)
B Air: Plushies (Throws Random plushie behind hims)
A basic gravity affected projectile. Does a lot of knockback and has a 20% chance to freeze but barely any damage.
(Plushies in ucn)
Up Air: Wiring Malfunction (Micheal holds a wire that emits flame)
Does decent knockback and has a chance to stun or burn
(fnaf 3 fire)
Down Air: Panic (Micheal shakes the feet below him)
Hits great damage and knockback
(the panic animation shared between afton and CC)
Grabs
Grab: Flashes opponent with camera stunning them.
(Camera security breach)
Pummel: Uses a fazer blaster
F Throw: A hoard of people crowd surf the opponent
(the events before the bite of 83)
B Throw: A hoard of people crowd surf the opponent
(the events before the bite of 83)
Up Throw: A pedestal with a button appears under the foe that micheal presses shocking the opponent
(sister location controlled shock)
Down Throw: A Fredbear suit appears which micheal puts the opponent into the suits mouth before it crushes them
(Bite of 83)
Specials
Neutral Special: Doors
A Door appears in front of michael. Acts like Steve's blocks with bigger hitboxes and major restrictions. First only can be placed on the ground. Second, only 2 doors can be on screen at a time. But in exchange for those hindrances there are some benefits. First the doors will not disappear unless you make them by pressing the b button near a door or if you lose a stocks your doors still disappear. And second micheal is unaffected by the doors hitbox. Meaning he can walk through them or even attack between them. Speaking of which if you use the jab next to a door the flashlight will now instead freeze opponents. And all projectiles including michaels will disappear after touching a door. So overall its a great way to control the outcome of a match in the right hands but if used incorrectly could give your opponents a major leg up.
Side Special: Audio Lure
Micheal will pull up his computer and use an audio lure. From an icon appears that you can move. Press B at your desired location and a sound will play. From there there’s a 50% chance the opponent will move to the location. Note they will stop at ledges and avoid on stage hazards like lava so you can’t move the foe to their death. But it is still a powerful ability. And you can use side b while charging a smash attack or while doing another special.
Up Special: Dee Dee
Dee Dee picks micheal up and flies with their propeller hat before dropping him. Acts exactly like king k rools up b with a key difference. If michael lands on the stage after using up special one out of six random animatronics will appear each lasting 25 seconds. Shadow Bonnie who will fly around the stage trying to get to someone and teleport the person touches to a random part off the stage before disappearing. Micheal can be that person but it cannot go through Michael's doors. plushtrap acts like a slower moving, bigger claptrap who can’t jump and freezes with light attacks also can’t go through doors. Lolbit and the minireenas who serve the same function of blocking the screen. Nightmare chica who acts like a slower Roden who instead of summoning hands just punches you straight up. And bonnet who acts like plushtrap who can jump. The move can only be used twice within 25 seconds as only 2 animatronics can appear at a time. The second time you use the move xor will appear instead fulfilling the same role. Also no minireenas and lolbit can’t appear at the same time
Down Special: Cameras
Mike will pull up his monitor and check his cameras. The screen will then freeze. As little text boxes appear above the screen basically explaining important info like the matchup of the foe compared to michael, Their weight, counters to there specials, recommended strategies, etc. you can exit it by pressing the b button again where you can’t use the move for 20 seconds. Which is the wise move since just like in fnaf the text will only be on screen for 3 seconds before static appears and disappears with michael being stunned and unable to use the move for 40 seconds. So just like in fnaf you need to scan the scene and focus on what's important and plan your next action accordingly.
Final Smash: Connection Terminated
The move starts with micheal charging up a punch. But before he can punch the opponent the screen cuts to black as an altered version of henry's speech plays before cutting back to the match where michael is mysteriously gone as the screen slowly shrinks with fire on the border. Additionally the entire stage is on fire making the ground no longer safe. The torment ends after 15 seconds where it cuts to an animatic of the fnaf 6 pizzaplex in ruin. When it cuts back to the stage michael has mysteriously come back
Cosmetics
Costumes
Security guard outfit
Purple skin (Ennard and purple guy reference)
Gray skin and shirt (Souls reference)
Blue Shirt (Phone Guy)
Striped shirt (Crying Child)
Pink (Pink Slip)
Orange Hair and pink shirt (Elezabith
Orange Skin with a top hat and blue shirt (Glamrock Freddy)
Stage Entrance: Walks out of his house the same way he does in the fnaf 5 cutscenes
Taunts
Puts On Foxy Mask
Eats pizza
Puts on freddy mask (invincible while in the taunt)
Victory Animations
A Pink slip appears on screen
Fire appears on screen (always happens when winning with final smash)
A Black screen appears Before 6 Am appears on screen (always happens when winning timed match)
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2024.05.22 00:35 Julie_002 The Circus

Hello, dear friends,I am currently 24 years old, female and I came here to tell you about a bizarre situation that happened to me on my 6th birthday. I was turning 6 years old, I was very excited because my mother said she would take me to the circus that was in town for just a few days and my luck was that my birthday was the day before the circus left our town, so when it was time for us to go, I got ready with a beautiful yellow dress with daisies drawn on it and went with my mother to this new "adventure" as I said. When we arrived everything seemed perfectly normal, lots of balloons, bright colors, sales of cotton candy and other snacks, everything was perfect, so we went inside the circus in the middle of the stage A clown started making several jokes and pranks until his show ended and my favorite part had arrived: going to the countless attractions available. I entered the house of mirrors, several trampolines and so on, then in the maze, for the first time without my mother, I ran everywhere there were several children with me until I separated from them when I saw a small red light on a wall and I went towards it, it was a "trail" I think I can say it in such a way, I followed the supposed trail to a door that I thought was the exit, so I went in, there were LED lights there apparently of bright red and blue colors, but even with such lights the place was still very dark, even so with curiosity, I continued walking along the corridor of lights that led to a tall figure with red skin that whispered something, I innocently asked: - Hey! Who are you? What is happening? Where am I?- The "creature" raised its head to turn to me and He bent down to face me and gave a shrill scream, I got scared, I ran to the exit, I went back to the maze and in my rush I managed to get out of there quickly, When leaving the maze, I cried on my mother's lap in total despair, if you can't understand why I was so desperate, I'll explain it more clearly, in the scream that the "creature" gave me, I could feel death itself running after me or something, it's not like I can really explain it now, but that was the situation, If you found the situation stupid, idiotic or something similar, I'm sorry, but that was the situation, I wouldn't change anything to make it more interesting, because I don't want it to be interesting, I just want share my story, if you got here, thank you for reading this far, and bye bye
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2024.05.22 00:33 aspenreid I've scanned and photoshopped and optimized two free dust jackets for you to get printed out and used. I recommend 80lb card stock. Please enjoy, and send me any other scans!

I've scanned and photoshopped and optimized two free dust jackets for you to get printed out and used. I recommend 80lb card stock. Please enjoy, and send me any other scans! submitted by aspenreid to stephenking [link] [comments]


2024.05.22 00:32 fiffilongstocking Mom wanted to visit for longer and I blocked her

I'm pregnant now with my first child and my mother wanted to come when I give birth. We live in different countries, so she needed to plan this trip early on + she requires a visa. Couple months ago she asked me for how long she should come and I said 7 days is ok. She then went on to change this to 10 days and in the end my sister bought her tickets for 12 days. This made me mad because I told both of them that she can stay 7-10 days max and starting from the date we agreed, as I didn't want her here before I give birth or out of hospital. When I confronted her, she just told me everything is going to be ok and that she just wanted to stay with me longer. I still told her that she should've consulted with me before buying tickets for different dates than we initially agreed and she responded in her classic way that I am upsetting her and if I continue like this she won't even come and that I should not make her angry. I blocked her after this saying that she is the one making me upset. After that my sister also texted me telling me that I should be more caring to our mom (she likes to tell me this often). When I told her that my relationship with my mom is not her business, she told me I have no idea how it is to care about other people's feelings. I blocked her as well.
Now month and a half later I get an email from my mom. Honestly, a naive part of me was hoping that she would reach out and be nice to me. I've been really in need of some support during this pregnancy and it hurts me that I can't get it from my own mother. In her email, she asked how I was doing and asked what's up with the invitation that she would use for visa application (before she bought tickets she asked me to do it for her and I agreed). She wrote that I should let her know asap if I can send her the invitation because, according to her, I should keep in mind that the visa application process is time-consuming and costly for her.
Honestly, I have no words that after not talking to me for a month and threatening me not to come at all (although I never asked her to), she is now casually sending me an email about this invitation. I guess I'm looking for some support here. I understand that I don't want her to come but deep inside my heart really aches for some love and support from my mother. I understand it's impossible to get from my mom the way I want it, but oh man it's hard.
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2024.05.22 00:31 natural-death For you.

I love your big cheeks when you smile. You always wanted to get braces, but I love your teeth the way they are.
I love your soft heart. I’d always admire how you cry. I’m sorry I made you cry so much sometimes. I’m too much like my parents.
I love that you always want to grow and how you can look forward. I’m so proud of you. I’m so grateful I was there to see you get your degree, to see you move out, to be part of your life.
I love that you love yellow and sunflowers and the sky. You were always so bright. I also don’t like it now too, because whenever I see something happy, I think of you, and it makes me really sad. Being happy makes me sad.
If art was for me, music was for you. I miss hearing you hum and sing. You’re a great singer. I can’t listen to soft songs anymore.
I loved giving you my last bite every time. Sitting across from you made me happy. It was always enough for me to just be with you. I didn’t need any gifts or flowers or letters, but I got those too anyway.
Sometimes you’d slap your big belly, and I’d slap it too. I liked that. Do you remember when I’d cuff your sleeves before work? Or run to get your hairbrush one more time? How you’d scare me through the window while I washed the dishes? How I’d hug you at the door when you came home? Scrubbing your back in the shower? Waking you up just so I could remind you that I love you? I miss calling you over so you could just lay on top of me. When we rolled on the floor after moving into your new apartment.
My friends and family say I idealize you too much. But I don’t think so. I did the cliche thing, the important healing step, where I made a list of all the pet peeves and transgressions. But it didn’t feel right, hating you or villainizing you. You had your flaws, your quirks and those were fine with me. It just reminded me you were human. The weird way you sleep, how’d you get a little too angry at video games, how you’d be too anxious to go out sometimes. I love the human you.
Sometimes I wish you were horrible to me, to make this easier. Everyone else I talk to had horrible exes, mean ones. When I listen to their stories, it’s not you I think about. It’s me, maybe. Maybe that’s what I am to you.
I went to Chickfila and Cheesecake Factory on my own to try and replace our memories. I took myself to brunch and looked at the colors of the floor, the ceilings and the letters hanging on the wall to stay grounded. I browsed the shelves of the Korean Mart where I’d buy you snacks and looked at the chocolate bar selection at Aldi’s. I went to an arcade with new strangers I met and tried to win myself my own prize.
My therapist asked me to recall a happy memory, a content one. I told her about how I drove your car over the Golden Gate Bridge. We stopped at the viewing vista over the San Francisco Bay, and I kissed you on the cheek as I took a picture. It was my favorite picture of us, I had it printed so many times and pinned to my wall. In that memory, I felt safe, I felt warm, I felt content, I felt loved.
I hate how you said I never loved you, how I am unable to love. What is this feeling then? And where does this pain come from, if not my shattered heart?
Because I love you, I’m supposed to let you go. Be happy for you and send you off with love. But you’re not here anyway, so I hope it’s okay if I hold on for a little while longer. Write you a letter, or two, and look for you in every song lyric and in every flower by the street. Think of you as the clouds pass by and feel you in my chest when I find a laugh.
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2024.05.22 00:11 Beautiful_Volume_627 Advice

So basically, I had a really nice conversation with myself today and thought I'd share somethings that I realized. I figured there are other people who could benefit from this as well.
I'm single, and I've had a lot of experiences. Good, bad, quick, long... But all in all, I've learned something from each of them, and as I learn from these experiences, my preferences change and so do my priorities because I'm learning and adapting to this new information. But, it got me thinking about my exes and last situations. And here's what I came to.
It's OKAY to still think about an ex. Even if they were from years ago. Even if it was a short relationship. It's OKAY to still get emotional thinking about the breakup. it's OKAY to reminisce and laugh and smile remembering the good times. In fact, honestly I think it's healthier to remember those times and not block them out of your memory.
You, no matter how hard it seems to believe, will be okay and you will heal. And each time, it does get a little easier. You CAN be healed and still look back and shed a few tears in memories. You at one point let them have your heart. It is okay to let the emotions from that part of your heart out every now and then.
It's NOT okay for it to run your life.
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2024.05.22 00:10 Sticks79_ I really need help with my ideas for some skins.

I have artists/writers block and I really need some ideas and help. I’m currently running low of ideas for Minecraft skins and their lore. I have so far made a few sets of skins and some lore to go with them, including a set based on stick bugs, which is also my latest set of skins. I’m currently working on a set based on plague doctors and crows and one on wendigos/skinwalkers and dear or moose, but I’m having some artists and writers block, so I can get anything done with the set of skins or their lore. I’ve so far scraped all my ideas for it and want so help. I have taken commissions in the past, (not on Reddit,) but I’m currently not taking any, nor am I asking for commission. All I want is some ideas for the skins and their lore. Please either comment or dm me with ideas if you have any.
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