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2024.05.21 16:21 KaNy2006 Agents of Shield an underrated masterpiece
After the unfortunate downfall of marvel as a consequence of total disregard of the quality of the content that is being put out, i have come to appreciate Agents of SHIELD more than i ever did before. The reason why I say this is because that show did what modern marvel has been doing horribly wrong and that is writing good female characters. The thing is in recent years marvel has subjected none of their female superheroes to actual character development (i am sure this has been covered by many content creators before). Lack of character development makes their superpowers feel undeserved and the audience stops caring about the character. This is what happened with characters like Captain Marvel, Monica Rambeau, She Hulk and many more. And this is exactly where characters like Quake, May and Simmons come in. These characters are faced with multiple moral dilemmas, they make bad decisions at time and then face consequences of those mistakes and as a result become stronger emotionally and physically. Needless to say this significantly better than making female characters simply brute their way out of sticky or painful situations which is basically the whole character sketch of Captain Marvel. (I will write about this someday else) When talking about character development in terms of agents of shield two characters just cannot be left out of the conversation- Leopold Fitz and Jemma Simmons. These two characters compliment each other in ways never seen before. They start off as nerdy goofballs who appear to be purely for comic relief and come out as warriors and leaders capable of accomplishing feats that are comparable to the achievements of Tony Stark. The psychological trauma of being Evil Doctor Fitz makes him colder in ways that come in handy during the fifth season when he has to survive over seventy years to save the love of his life. of course he does not actually survive for seventy years but he does break out of prison, and fight aliens and also rescues Simmons. Same in case of Simmons where she sacrifices everything by implanting a chip that removes her memory of Fitz's location. May is another example of legendary writing and probably the direction they should have gone with when writing Captain Marvel. Incase of May they go in the opposite direction by introducing a brute who will take down anyone and everything in order to accomplish her mission but then as the series goes on a softer side of her accents her personality. This is what humanizes her. And this is what Captain Marvel does not have, she is a robot who will set out to kill everyone and everything that comes in her way without much thought and consideration for consequences of her actions. Phil Coulson. I do agree with the fact that bringing people back from the dead is not a very good way of writing stories but he is an exception. This man is probably one of my favorite characters in all of marvel. His super power is his leadership especially towards Daisy. By the end of the series he is sort of a father figure for her. But he single handedly builds back what is left of shield and is the moral compass of the crew. He goes out of his way to protect the crew even if it might cost him his life which it does. Daisy Johnson, its a shame she couldnt be in the MCU but she is one of the greatest female superheroes marvel has ever seen. From being a naive hacker living in a van to leading a team exploring deep space. That is exactly the kind of character development marvel needs. Her power seems earned and the audience can actually connect to her. Special mentions: Ghost Rider, where do i even start with that guy. Probably one of the coolest characters in the series and i really hope he is written well in the mcu. Enoch: One of the most wholesome addition to their crew. I wish we could see more of him. Mac: Another great example of incredible character development. I could not think of a better character to be the director of shield after the end of the series (well Fitz could be one but he's a family man now) I am pretty sure ive missed a lot of characters but i dont think i dislike any of them. On the story aspect: They gave up on the idea of being in the mcu by the end of the second season and while i wish they showed up in the main timeline, it certainly was a good decision. Third season onwards they went completely crazy with the show. From being a Spy thriller it becomes a fullon sci fi superhero. but it is not to say that the first two seasons were bad by any means. I mean Grant Ward was an interesting character and I think his backstory makes us love him even more. Third season(and a little bit of the second season) takes things to another level with the whole Hive arch and the whole story of HYDRA which was probably one of the biggest turn of events in Marvel history. The fourth season is probably my favorite season and it introduces characters such as Ghost Rider and AIDA. This season explores a unique problem and they executed the whole "what if" scenario in the best way they ever could have. I mean the framework was probably my favorite part of that show. The Fifth season Takes the crew into space somewhere around 75-80 years into the future and introduces us to Deke Shaw who is a hillarious character. I mean his destiny is the greatest plot twist/ Joke in the show; i mean he is the last person you would expect to be a director of shield. Season 6 dwells with an alien invasion and a fake Colson and season 7 is basically time travel. ( I am gonna stop elaborating now because this whole section has become a summary of the show which i did not initially intend to write because most people who have stuck around this long probably already know the story) I wish they do some multiverse magic and make agents of shield cannon or simple bring characters over to the MCU.
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2024.05.21 16:20 Heavy-Ad-6462 I recovered from NEVER getting a period to getting my first one AGED 29!
Hi all,
I just wanted to share my story of primary hypothalamic amenorrhea recovery with you all in the hope that it will inspire any of those who find themselves in a similar situation, as I haven't seen many stories like mine on this sub and I was always searching for them myself when I was going through it.
So, my story goes that I was a normal child and was quite developed for my age around 11/12 and looked as though I would probably start my period within the next year or so, like my mum and sister had done. However, at this age, I developed an eating disorder and also began to run competitive cross country. The development that I had (boobs, hair etc) remained, but as I lost weight, I didn't develop any further and I didn't start my period.
By age 15 I still had no sign of a period and I was still running a lot, even though my relationship with food was a bit better and I had a healthy BMI (19.5). My mum took me to see a gynaecologist who did bloods and an ultrasound which came back saying my oestrogen was very low and that my uterus was not fully developed. The doctor strongly recommended putting me on oestrogen to develop my body and uterus before I reached adulthood and also hoped that the oestrogen might kickstart my period. He wasn't sure of the cause of my primary amenorrhea (this is called primary not secondary because I had never had a period before and so I didn't have one to lose) and whilst he said it could be running, he also said I was a healthy weight and that I should just carry on as normal.
So I did, I took the oestrogen, grew boobs, my uterus developed and I carried on running competitively, like 50 miles a week, aged 15!! (Crazy to look back on and think that I thought this was normal!!) Anyway, surprise surprise, I didn't get a period. By age 17, the doctor decided to put me on the combined pill to induce a withdrawal bleed and make sure I didn't have any issues with bone strength, so I did that, had my first bleed but still did not stop running. The doctor said I was fine, that I should just stay on the pill until I wanted to have kids at which point he would give me drugs to help me ovulate as my ovaries looked fine and my AMH levels were good. Anyway, I just carried on with my life and assumed that I could never get a period on my own.
Throughout my early 20s, I began reading up a bit more about hypothalamic amenorrhea and wondered if it was what I might have, but I couldn't be sure because I could only ever find stories about women who had gotten their periods and then lost it, not people like me who had never even had one. The people who hadn't had one seemed to have issues with their pituitary gland, which I didn't have, so I just couldn't work out what was the matter with me and I felt like a freak!
Aged 22, I was still running but my relationship with food was a lot better, and so I decided to come off the pill again to have a check-up. This time, the ultrasound showed that my ovaries looked polycystic, and so that was the diagnosis I was given for STILL not having a period. But it didn't seem to add up. I had no other symptoms of PCOS (excess body hair etc), my weight was normal, my oestrogen was on the lower side and my LH to FSH ratio was low not elevated like in PCOS, but that's what the doctor said it was, so...you guessed it, I went back on the pill and carried on with my life, which included lots of exercise.
Anyway, in the last couple of years I went through a trauma that meant I quit running completely, and just lived my life. I did lots of walking, ate what I wanted and gained about 10-15lbs taking me from a BMI of 19-20 to 21-22. At this time, I also began to read more about amenorrhea recovery and books like "No Period Now What," and how often people like me can be misdiagnosed with "lean PCOS," especially as I was nowhere near clinically underweight. So, given that I had stopped running and had gained weight, and because my husband and I would like kids in the next few years, I decided to do my own experiment, I came off the pill, and after a couple of months, would you believe it, I got my FIRST NATURAL PERIOD AGED 29 YEARS OLD!!!
I couldn't believe it, I had always had withdrawal bleeds on the pill, but because of what I had been told all my life that the switch in my brain that made me have a period was just somehow broken, I honestly believed I could never have a period on my own. I thought all these secondary amenorrhea recovery stories could never apply to me because I had never had one in the first place, and I just assumed my body no longer knew how to do it, but it DID!! I wish to god someone had just told me when I was a teenager that if I stopped running and gained weight, I would have gotten my period, that even though my body was a healthy weight, it wasn't a healthy weight FOR ME! I feel let down by doctors and sports coaches who encouraged me to keep running and told me I was so healthy, when it could have saved me so much stress, anxiety, and possibly future health issues if I'd just let my body get to be where it had needed to be all those years ago. But I also wanted to share this story to let you know how truly and incredibly resilient our bodies are!! If I can recover after never having a period for 29 YEARS! You can do it too! Hope is not lost and you must have faith in your body's ability to heal. My periods are still quite irregular now, (long cycles between 40-60 days) but I hope they will get more regular over the next year or so and that my husband and I can start a family!
Anyway, I'm sorry for the very long post - but I wanted to share this story with you in the hope that it inspires you to keep going with recovery - you got this!! xxx
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I just wanted to share my story of primary hypothalamic amenorrhea recovery with you all in the hope that it will inspire any of those who find themselves in a similar situation, as I haven't seen many stories like mine on this sub and I was always searching for them myself when I was going through it.
So, my story goes that I was a normal child and was quite developed for my age around 11/12 and looked as though I would probably start my period within the next year or so, like my mum and sister had done. However, at this age, I developed an eating disorder and also began to run competitive cross country. The development that I had (boobs, hair etc) remained, but as I lost weight, I didn't develop any further and I didn't start my period.
By age 15 I still had no sign of a period and I was still running a lot, even though my relationship with food was a bit better and I had a healthy BMI (19.5). My mum took me to see a gynaecologist who did bloods and an ultrasound which came back saying my oestrogen was very low and that my uterus was not fully developed. The doctor strongly recommended putting me on oestrogen to develop my body and uterus before I reached adulthood and also hoped that the oestrogen might kickstart my period. He wasn't sure of the cause of my primary amenorrhea (this is called primary not secondary because I had never had a period before and so I didn't have one to lose) and whilst he said it could be running, he also said I was a healthy weight and that I should just carry on as normal.
So I did, I took the oestrogen, grew boobs, my uterus developed and I carried on running competitively, like 50 miles a week, aged 15!! (Crazy to look back on and think that I thought this was normal!!) Anyway, surprise surprise, I didn't get a period. By age 17, the doctor decided to put me on the combined pill to induce a withdrawal bleed and make sure I didn't have any issues with bone strength, so I did that, had my first bleed but still did not stop running. The doctor said I was fine, that I should just stay on the pill until I wanted to have kids at which point he would give me drugs to help me ovulate as my ovaries looked fine and my AMH levels were good. Anyway, I just carried on with my life and assumed that I could never get a period on my own.
Throughout my early 20s, I began reading up a bit more about hypothalamic amenorrhea and wondered if it was what I might have, but I couldn't be sure because I could only ever find stories about women who had gotten their periods and then lost it, not people like me who had never even had one. The people who hadn't had one seemed to have issues with their pituitary gland, which I didn't have, so I just couldn't work out what was the matter with me and I felt like a freak!
Aged 22, I was still running but my relationship with food was a lot better, and so I decided to come off the pill again to have a check-up. This time, the ultrasound showed that my ovaries looked polycystic, and so that was the diagnosis I was given for STILL not having a period. But it didn't seem to add up. I had no other symptoms of PCOS (excess body hair etc), my weight was normal, my oestrogen was on the lower side and my LH to FSH ratio was low not elevated like in PCOS, but that's what the doctor said it was, so...you guessed it, I went back on the pill and carried on with my life, which included lots of exercise.
Anyway, in the last couple of years I went through a trauma that meant I quit running completely, and just lived my life. I did lots of walking, ate what I wanted and gained about 10-15lbs taking me from a BMI of 19-20 to 21-22. At this time, I also began to read more about amenorrhea recovery and books like "No Period Now What," and how often people like me can be misdiagnosed with "lean PCOS," especially as I was nowhere near clinically underweight. So, given that I had stopped running and had gained weight, and because my husband and I would like kids in the next few years, I decided to do my own experiment, I came off the pill, and after a couple of months, would you believe it, I got my FIRST NATURAL PERIOD AGED 29 YEARS OLD!!!
I couldn't believe it, I had always had withdrawal bleeds on the pill, but because of what I had been told all my life that the switch in my brain that made me have a period was just somehow broken, I honestly believed I could never have a period on my own. I thought all these secondary amenorrhea recovery stories could never apply to me because I had never had one in the first place, and I just assumed my body no longer knew how to do it, but it DID!! I wish to god someone had just told me when I was a teenager that if I stopped running and gained weight, I would have gotten my period, that even though my body was a healthy weight, it wasn't a healthy weight FOR ME! I feel let down by doctors and sports coaches who encouraged me to keep running and told me I was so healthy, when it could have saved me so much stress, anxiety, and possibly future health issues if I'd just let my body get to be where it had needed to be all those years ago. But I also wanted to share this story to let you know how truly and incredibly resilient our bodies are!! If I can recover after never having a period for 29 YEARS! You can do it too! Hope is not lost and you must have faith in your body's ability to heal. My periods are still quite irregular now, (long cycles between 40-60 days) but I hope they will get more regular over the next year or so and that my husband and I can start a family!
Anyway, I'm sorry for the very long post - but I wanted to share this story with you in the hope that it inspires you to keep going with recovery - you got this!! xxx
2024.05.21 16:19 beeby8 How do I save my family from falling apart and we get our lives back?
So I am 26 years old. I am from Melbourne Australia. I am single and I live with my mother, my step-dad, my brother and my sister in law who have just moved back in recently after having moved out of home 3 years ago, but have moved back in to save money to eventually move out into the country somewhere. They are not really city/suburb people. The prefer regional/rural areas.
Anyway, the problem in our family is my step dad. I would say for the last 5-6 years, he has withdrawn alot from us. He spends the majority of his time (when he is not at work) sitting outside smoking, drinking and watching YouTube videos on his phone. We barely see him except for weekends because he works the afternoon/evening shifts.
When we do see him on weekends, he barely ever wants to do anything with us. We are always inviting him out to do things with us, but the majority of the time, he says no and uses the excuse of staying home to look after the dogs to get out of it. The only thing that we really do anymore is watch our show together on Saturday nights (if we haven't got something on, which we often do), but even that he is starting to lose interest in.
He also get sick quite often. He has a really bad cough due to his heavy smoking. I have never smoked in my life. My mum, brother and sister in law have, but they have all given up regular cigarettes now and either vape or use marijuana. I would honestly prefer if they just ditched the vapes and just smoked the marijuana to be honest and I have never had a problem with people who smoke pot as long as you do it safely and don't drive on it. It smells way better than cigarettes or the horrible artificial smell of vapes. Anyway, that's not the point.
He (my step dad) has also claimed to be on a meat and dairy only diet for the past couple of years now, basically the complete opposite of a vegan, yet we constantly see him eating bread, chips and other regular foods that are not part of his carnivore diet. He also makes a massive mess in the kitchen every time he cooks his food and never cleans it up because he cooks and attempts to clean in the dark without the light on.
We all think (myself, mum, my brother and sister in law) all think he had some severe health problems like potentially lung cancer and maybe even early onset dementia, but her just will not go to the doctor.
My brother and sister in law even said that one of the main reasons they moved out in the first place 3 years ago was because of how uncomfortable they felt around him and now they are saying the exact same thing again. They said it again literally tonight.
He also does not have a very good relationship with either of his biological children (my step brother and step sister). He says that he wishes that he talked to and saw them more, yet he makes little to no effort to see them or spend time with them outside of special occasions like birthdays, despite the fact that his son lives 10 minutes around the corner. His daughter lives a few hours away, but you would think he would make the time to see her more often, especially since his daughter now has a daughter, making him a grandfather.
He also sleeps in a completely separate room to my mum too which I believe severely impacts their relationship. Couples who do not sleep in the same bed together (for the most part) I believe do not wore every well in general. Now to be fair, this is mainly due to the fact that he snores very loudly and has too wear a massive CPAP machine at night which would keep mum awake, so he eventually just moved into the spare room. That part of it I get, but it's still not ideal.
And the worst part is, all that is just scratching the surface. My mum is constantly ranting and complaining to me about how much she has had enough and is fed up with him just doing nothing and not wanting to be a part of the family any more and just retreating into himself and I completely agree with her as well.
My mum and step dad have been together for 20 years this year, but I know for a fact that she does not love him anymore and wants to break up with him and end the relationship. Not only has she flat out told me this in private, but she wouldn't even have to tell me for me to know.
The biggest problem however and the primary reason why she won't separate from his is money. They have a mortgage for the house in both their names, many contracts are in both their names as well for things that we have done to the house like adding the solar panels, the battery backup for the solar panels, the renovations etc. A few joint accounts too.
Mum has told me so many times that if she were to win the lottery, she would leave him in a heartbeat. The money side of things and so many things being in both their names makes the situation so much harder. Mum has also said that she could not afford to live in our house if they split up as just a one person salary would not cover everything. I currently do not have a job and am actively;y looking for a new one after leaving a toxic work environment recently, but I do my part by paying for the houses monthly internet bill which lowers the cost of my board and my brother and sister in law also chip in in their way, but I still don't know if that would be enough.
Now of course, I love my step dad. I really do. He has been my main father figure in my life for the past 20 years since my mum divorced my real dad in 1999 when I was 2 years old. I still see my real dad on a regular basis and we have a good relationship, but I obviously have not lived with him 24/7 like I have with my step dad for 20 years. It's just that unfortunately, he is just not working in our family anymore and something has to change.
I guess what I am asking for is some advice and some help. Is there a way that we can move on from him? Is there a way where we can get him out of our lives without our lives being shaken up in the process. We have lived in this house for 18 years and it is our home. The thought of moving somewhere else just because we wouldn't be able to afford it anymore is heartbreaking to me. I know I may eventually move out one day if I get a girlfriend or whatever, but more heartbreaking for my mum than anything else.
So my question to you all is, has anyone out there reading this experienced the same sort of thing I have just described to you and if so, how did you manage to get out of it (if you did) and get your family back again? Any sort of advice or information or whatever else you can give me would be so much appreciated.
Thank you for reading and listening.
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Anyway, the problem in our family is my step dad. I would say for the last 5-6 years, he has withdrawn alot from us. He spends the majority of his time (when he is not at work) sitting outside smoking, drinking and watching YouTube videos on his phone. We barely see him except for weekends because he works the afternoon/evening shifts.
When we do see him on weekends, he barely ever wants to do anything with us. We are always inviting him out to do things with us, but the majority of the time, he says no and uses the excuse of staying home to look after the dogs to get out of it. The only thing that we really do anymore is watch our show together on Saturday nights (if we haven't got something on, which we often do), but even that he is starting to lose interest in.
He also get sick quite often. He has a really bad cough due to his heavy smoking. I have never smoked in my life. My mum, brother and sister in law have, but they have all given up regular cigarettes now and either vape or use marijuana. I would honestly prefer if they just ditched the vapes and just smoked the marijuana to be honest and I have never had a problem with people who smoke pot as long as you do it safely and don't drive on it. It smells way better than cigarettes or the horrible artificial smell of vapes. Anyway, that's not the point.
He (my step dad) has also claimed to be on a meat and dairy only diet for the past couple of years now, basically the complete opposite of a vegan, yet we constantly see him eating bread, chips and other regular foods that are not part of his carnivore diet. He also makes a massive mess in the kitchen every time he cooks his food and never cleans it up because he cooks and attempts to clean in the dark without the light on.
We all think (myself, mum, my brother and sister in law) all think he had some severe health problems like potentially lung cancer and maybe even early onset dementia, but her just will not go to the doctor.
My brother and sister in law even said that one of the main reasons they moved out in the first place 3 years ago was because of how uncomfortable they felt around him and now they are saying the exact same thing again. They said it again literally tonight.
He also does not have a very good relationship with either of his biological children (my step brother and step sister). He says that he wishes that he talked to and saw them more, yet he makes little to no effort to see them or spend time with them outside of special occasions like birthdays, despite the fact that his son lives 10 minutes around the corner. His daughter lives a few hours away, but you would think he would make the time to see her more often, especially since his daughter now has a daughter, making him a grandfather.
He also sleeps in a completely separate room to my mum too which I believe severely impacts their relationship. Couples who do not sleep in the same bed together (for the most part) I believe do not wore every well in general. Now to be fair, this is mainly due to the fact that he snores very loudly and has too wear a massive CPAP machine at night which would keep mum awake, so he eventually just moved into the spare room. That part of it I get, but it's still not ideal.
And the worst part is, all that is just scratching the surface. My mum is constantly ranting and complaining to me about how much she has had enough and is fed up with him just doing nothing and not wanting to be a part of the family any more and just retreating into himself and I completely agree with her as well.
My mum and step dad have been together for 20 years this year, but I know for a fact that she does not love him anymore and wants to break up with him and end the relationship. Not only has she flat out told me this in private, but she wouldn't even have to tell me for me to know.
The biggest problem however and the primary reason why she won't separate from his is money. They have a mortgage for the house in both their names, many contracts are in both their names as well for things that we have done to the house like adding the solar panels, the battery backup for the solar panels, the renovations etc. A few joint accounts too.
Mum has told me so many times that if she were to win the lottery, she would leave him in a heartbeat. The money side of things and so many things being in both their names makes the situation so much harder. Mum has also said that she could not afford to live in our house if they split up as just a one person salary would not cover everything. I currently do not have a job and am actively;y looking for a new one after leaving a toxic work environment recently, but I do my part by paying for the houses monthly internet bill which lowers the cost of my board and my brother and sister in law also chip in in their way, but I still don't know if that would be enough.
Now of course, I love my step dad. I really do. He has been my main father figure in my life for the past 20 years since my mum divorced my real dad in 1999 when I was 2 years old. I still see my real dad on a regular basis and we have a good relationship, but I obviously have not lived with him 24/7 like I have with my step dad for 20 years. It's just that unfortunately, he is just not working in our family anymore and something has to change.
I guess what I am asking for is some advice and some help. Is there a way that we can move on from him? Is there a way where we can get him out of our lives without our lives being shaken up in the process. We have lived in this house for 18 years and it is our home. The thought of moving somewhere else just because we wouldn't be able to afford it anymore is heartbreaking to me. I know I may eventually move out one day if I get a girlfriend or whatever, but more heartbreaking for my mum than anything else.
So my question to you all is, has anyone out there reading this experienced the same sort of thing I have just described to you and if so, how did you manage to get out of it (if you did) and get your family back again? Any sort of advice or information or whatever else you can give me would be so much appreciated.
Thank you for reading and listening.
2024.05.21 16:18 PseudoRandom101 Should I have negotiated my offer?
Last month a person contacted me for tutoring his two children.I took the demo class of maths and science. The kids were vey weak in their foundations. I asked few questions which a 5th or 6th grader could easily answer but both these kids in 9th grade were blanking out. Like the kids who have heard of molecules but not of atoms. Considering how weak the kids were and how far their home was from mine, I quoted them 1000/ bucks for an hour for a single child. It means that if they hire me, it will cost them upto 48k per month.
As I expected, The parents refused to hire me. They were looking for someone who can teach both their kids under 20k per month and they have most likely found a tutor. One of my friends told me that I should have negotiated the price and could have quoted them 30k. By not doing that, I have missed a financial opportunity. Now this friend of mine has always called me impractical and it made me rethink the situation.
I have been tutoring for more than a decade now. When I take lectures, I speak continuously most of the time giving myself a sore throat and exhaustion. I spend a lot of extra time on students for which I don't charge a single penny. I have worked in IITs and has fair exposure in research. I am a dedicated tutor and I expect to be paid accordingly. The person who asked for a demo is a senior government official. His wife is also working and most likely run a small business. They live in a very posh area of delhi. The kids study in the top most chain of schools. These are the kind of people who go to the expensive holiday destinations, hang out in the ridiculously expensive cafes but when it comes to investing in knowledge and education, they wanna cut corners. I realized this and that's why I never called them back. I have taught kids for free but those who really needed my help.
Am I seriously impractical in this scenario? If similar situation were to come in future, should I consider negotiating my price? What would you have done?
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As I expected, The parents refused to hire me. They were looking for someone who can teach both their kids under 20k per month and they have most likely found a tutor. One of my friends told me that I should have negotiated the price and could have quoted them 30k. By not doing that, I have missed a financial opportunity. Now this friend of mine has always called me impractical and it made me rethink the situation.
I have been tutoring for more than a decade now. When I take lectures, I speak continuously most of the time giving myself a sore throat and exhaustion. I spend a lot of extra time on students for which I don't charge a single penny. I have worked in IITs and has fair exposure in research. I am a dedicated tutor and I expect to be paid accordingly. The person who asked for a demo is a senior government official. His wife is also working and most likely run a small business. They live in a very posh area of delhi. The kids study in the top most chain of schools. These are the kind of people who go to the expensive holiday destinations, hang out in the ridiculously expensive cafes but when it comes to investing in knowledge and education, they wanna cut corners. I realized this and that's why I never called them back. I have taught kids for free but those who really needed my help.
Am I seriously impractical in this scenario? If similar situation were to come in future, should I consider negotiating my price? What would you have done?
2024.05.21 16:17 grow-down This song is amazing!
I remember trying to find this song (Baby Me - Wink) for years (on and off) after hearing it sampled on Night Tempoās Night Side mix. Recently I was in Japan visiting a friend and while on the Shinkansen back I was listening to this mix and figured Iād check Youtube in the off chance someone comments the name of the sampled song and well I found it after so long lol! I canāt stop listening to it, definitely one of my favorite city pop songs.
https://youtu.be/ByYSr8ZhiWU?si=zGrrx7F70T6jSBEi
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2024.05.21 16:17 Responsible-Carrot32 I donāt want to be strictly a top
My (enby) girlfriend has been on Estrogen, Progesterone and Spiro for nearly a year now. Iām bisexual and have dated trans men and nonbinary folks in the past. I feel Iāve always had the issue of stating that I am a bottom and my partners stating they are switch or top, and then when weāve been together long enough they say they are actually a bottom and want to have sex that way. When my girlfriend came out I didnāt mind topping her, and I wanted to be close and gender affirming for her. But she has had no interest in reciprocation or topping since coming out. It feels very one sided and I donāt want to not enjoy my sex life for the rest of my life. It feels very discouraging and it hurts that it seems to be a common pattern amongst people Iāve been with. Im not sure how to do about the conversation or if there even needs to be one. I love her and think she is the sexiest woman and human alive but I know in my heart of hearts that I do not like to be the sole top. It just feels like I will never find someone who I am sexually compatible with, and I donāt know what about me says that or seems like I want to top or be dominant.
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2024.05.21 16:17 lemonjuiceeyedrop Started dating at 13 still together at 28.
My girlfriend (27 F) and I (28 M) have been together for 15 years. I get 2 reactions when I tell people this āaw thatās cute/awesome!ā Usually from people over 40 or āhow the hell did you do that?ā Usually from people under 40. I understand where both types people are coming from and accept whatever personal judgements they have. Personally I feel like I hit the lottery in terms of relationships. She is my best friend, we have the same hobbies/interests, families get along, still have good/regular sex and share the same moral values. I will give a quick story for how we met/where we are today.
We met at middle school track practice. I can was made to join track by my dad I was never an involved student kinda the float by stoner type in school(so glad my dad made me join). Luckily my grandpa owned a garage and my uncle a small construction company that taught me some skills and kept me busy. I loved making money so I had that going at least. She was always very involved in clubs, sports and academics. She graduated with 4.0 GPA in both highschool and college (also won most attractive high school) To be honest I donāt remember many details worth sharing from highschool/middle school normal dumb arguments fun parties ect. I did start doing my own side jobs in high school with access to my families tools. By the time we graduated I had saved a decent amount, had a pretty good income and had my own tools/shitty work truck. Luckily it had always been her dream to go to college at a university 20 min from our small town she ended up getting a full ride with some money for housing. We moved in together she worked part time/seasonal at slower points in the school yeasummer. I began working full time while continuing my side gigs. With both our incomes and housing money we were able to have a lot of fun. We took a trip abroad each year, would go on a ski trip or road trip to different national parks each year (traditions we still have), went to concerts/college games, experimented with drugs and just did as much of the whole college thing as possible. Also during this time I began moving my side gigs into my full income. Without her help with organization/people/networking skills it would have been way harder or not possible at all. After she graduated college we decided we wanted to move some where she could work with more interesting wildlife/environment for a few years (she has bachelors in animal behavior and is a certified vet tech) we both knew she would be making next to nothing (we both understand she will never be the main income in her field) and Iād be risking my small business but wanted to get out of our town for a few years. Plus I didnāt want to hold her back or her wonder āwhat ifā. After she landed a job we moved to a smaller mountain town in Colorado. I got a job doing maintenance at a resort/condos and started side jobs. After a few months I was offered a manager role. (thanks to those organization and people skills lol) We enjoyed life there skiing all season and saved all our change/ramen days to have money for a vacation. (Eat for one dollar or around that each meal for a day or donāt eat at all put whatever money you would have spent in a jar it really sucks but youāll be way closer to Puerto Rico this winter) After a few years we decided to come back to our home town as we wanted to own a home and have more financial freedom. (Very low cost of living) We found and bought an old fixer upper house for basically nothing. We renovated it and live there now. I was able to contact and continue working for quite a few of my old clients. After almost 2 years back my business is now doing better than ever and sheās still helping our furry/scaled/feathered friends. We are now seriously discussing starting a family/getting eloped. (Neither of us are big on marriage but as time goes on we want the same last name and title married) Iāve had friends tell me not to I just laugh even if we had kids and she decided she wasnāt happy I would gladly give half my shit for the memories/times weāve had not to mention I know my kids would have a great mother and I wouldnāt have the business without her.
I really feel like I hit the lottery in terms of relationships. This is the first time I have laid it all out and I feel even more lucky. How do you all feel about it? If anyone has any questions Iāll try to answer. Hope this made sense told you I wasnāt a great student!
-peace and love
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We met at middle school track practice. I can was made to join track by my dad I was never an involved student kinda the float by stoner type in school(so glad my dad made me join). Luckily my grandpa owned a garage and my uncle a small construction company that taught me some skills and kept me busy. I loved making money so I had that going at least. She was always very involved in clubs, sports and academics. She graduated with 4.0 GPA in both highschool and college (also won most attractive high school) To be honest I donāt remember many details worth sharing from highschool/middle school normal dumb arguments fun parties ect. I did start doing my own side jobs in high school with access to my families tools. By the time we graduated I had saved a decent amount, had a pretty good income and had my own tools/shitty work truck. Luckily it had always been her dream to go to college at a university 20 min from our small town she ended up getting a full ride with some money for housing. We moved in together she worked part time/seasonal at slower points in the school yeasummer. I began working full time while continuing my side gigs. With both our incomes and housing money we were able to have a lot of fun. We took a trip abroad each year, would go on a ski trip or road trip to different national parks each year (traditions we still have), went to concerts/college games, experimented with drugs and just did as much of the whole college thing as possible. Also during this time I began moving my side gigs into my full income. Without her help with organization/people/networking skills it would have been way harder or not possible at all. After she graduated college we decided we wanted to move some where she could work with more interesting wildlife/environment for a few years (she has bachelors in animal behavior and is a certified vet tech) we both knew she would be making next to nothing (we both understand she will never be the main income in her field) and Iād be risking my small business but wanted to get out of our town for a few years. Plus I didnāt want to hold her back or her wonder āwhat ifā. After she landed a job we moved to a smaller mountain town in Colorado. I got a job doing maintenance at a resort/condos and started side jobs. After a few months I was offered a manager role. (thanks to those organization and people skills lol) We enjoyed life there skiing all season and saved all our change/ramen days to have money for a vacation. (Eat for one dollar or around that each meal for a day or donāt eat at all put whatever money you would have spent in a jar it really sucks but youāll be way closer to Puerto Rico this winter) After a few years we decided to come back to our home town as we wanted to own a home and have more financial freedom. (Very low cost of living) We found and bought an old fixer upper house for basically nothing. We renovated it and live there now. I was able to contact and continue working for quite a few of my old clients. After almost 2 years back my business is now doing better than ever and sheās still helping our furry/scaled/feathered friends. We are now seriously discussing starting a family/getting eloped. (Neither of us are big on marriage but as time goes on we want the same last name and title married) Iāve had friends tell me not to I just laugh even if we had kids and she decided she wasnāt happy I would gladly give half my shit for the memories/times weāve had not to mention I know my kids would have a great mother and I wouldnāt have the business without her.
I really feel like I hit the lottery in terms of relationships. This is the first time I have laid it all out and I feel even more lucky. How do you all feel about it? If anyone has any questions Iāll try to answer. Hope this made sense told you I wasnāt a great student!
-peace and love
2024.05.21 16:15 Fit-Network-589 What the hell is wrong with therapists?
I had been in therapy for three years as a teenager, and recently started again as an adult. Here are some of the experiences that Iāve had with my ātherapistsā:
Is there anyone here who has actually found a therapist that knows how to stick to the most basic of ethics? How do I find a good therapist? Where the fuck are all those good therapists that so many of you keep gushing about?
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- Psychiatrist told me that physical abuse in childhood doesnāt cause issues, and that I will grow up to do worse to my kids. I was twelve.
- At least two psychiatrists who gave me meds for the sake of profit
- Asking me leading questions, one psychiatrist tried to get me to admit to having hallucinations when I didnāt have any
- Psychiatrist dismissed my complaints about side effects from a medicine that wasnāt helping me
- A psychiatrist who snuck up on me and flicked my ear as a ājokeā, keep in mind that I live in a conservative culture where this might be considered sexual harassment. I was well into puberty too, and I had a traumatic history with sexual harassment
- A psychiatrist told me āyouāre the problemā without hearing the full context, but even if I was the problem, thatās no way to speak to a client
- I was placed in a room of about five or six different doctors surrounding me, and expected to talk about myself openly. The tone of the psychiatrist was cold, and it almost felt like he was trying to rush through getting to know me. He didnāt seem to understand or acknowledge that talking about child abuse and neglect in front of this many strangers was very difficult
- I got myself admitted into a facility because I felt like I was gonna kill my āparentsā for being too controlling. After I got out, my psychiatrist encouraged my parents to be even more controlling by limiting my screen time (Iām TWENTY ONE)
- A DBT specialist who would keep looking at the time during our sessions
- Not a single therapist spotted signs that I was being neglected at home, and I, being a child, didnāt realize it
- More recently, a psychotherapist ājokinglyā threatened me with a cane. It seemed like a joke, but one that made me very uncomfortable. Judging by the childrenās drawings on his walls, itās likely that he did this to children as well. Why does he even have a cane in his office at all?
- That same psychotherapist from before took a puff of his vape at the start of the session
- Not my therapist exactly, but a counselor who volunteered as a ālistenerā during his free time. My very first post was about him, that one was by far my worst experience
Is there anyone here who has actually found a therapist that knows how to stick to the most basic of ethics? How do I find a good therapist? Where the fuck are all those good therapists that so many of you keep gushing about?
2024.05.21 16:15 sydity AITA for screaming at my sister to stop?
I f18 has been struggling my whole life as the black sheep of the family. Nothing I ever do is acceptable for my parents except when I "bring glory" to the family image/name. I have a older sister, the golden child. To sum up my family dynamic, I'm always blamed for everything from things going wrong to arguments and fights that happen no matter who started it. Even if I was defending myself I get blamed and hit for it. I have even tried not doing anything and just told my parents what my sister did to me but, I'll still get the punishment. There are moments where I will have an outburst where I confront my family about the unfair treatment towards me like siding each other in an argument no matter how wrong they are or interrupting/cutting me mid sentence even for the most trivial things. The reason why I'm here today is to ask aita for yelling at my sister. This happened because my mum wanted to go out (at night) and said it was going to be a night drive around so being in pyjamas didn't matter. I said OK and just went to my parents room to wait for everyone else to get ready. Me and my sister had a small play fight on their bed and my dad yelled at me saying I was "joking too hard". At that point I was fed up of them keep claiming I always "play/joke too hard" even tho sometimes I was the 1 getting hurt and I was just defending myself from their blows/pinches/kicks, so I asked him, what does he mean by me playing too hard. I wanted to understand what do I always do that deemed as joke too hard. He couldnt answer and asked me to ask my mum and sister if I always "joke too hard". So I pressed on and when he started getting angry I switch and asked my mum and sister. They both too couldn't answer me and whilst arguing my mum said something like next time just ignore the provocations. At that point I got fed up and said fine if I always joked too hard, I am not going to go out tonight and went to my bedroom. Then not long, in comes my sister (we share a room, I'm on the top bunk). At that point I was in bed ready to sleep as I was already tired, and she started disturbing me by using my dolls and pillows to hit me, telling me to get up. I ignored her provocations like my mum said but she was relentless. So I started screaming at her to stop as she was hitting more and more harder each time. Then my parents came stroking in with canes and hit me hard multiple times. Saying I was screaming to let the whole neighbourhood know how disgraceful and barbaric we are. My dad even got a baseball bat I think (I couldn't see with tears) but my mum and sister stopped him. No one let me explain that I didn't do anything and was just trying to make it stop. So aitah here? Please offer some advice as I'm hiding in the toilet crying while typing this
Also a small edit "abuse" is a light term used as in Asian families, this is considered teaching the kids
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Also a small edit "abuse" is a light term used as in Asian families, this is considered teaching the kids
2024.05.21 16:15 dakodeh MADiSON VR Review
I recently played through MADiSON VR and felt compelled to share my review for anyone on the fence about this title. Bloodious Games has finally given me something in this VR version of Madison that I've been craving in my 7+ years in VR; a game that is almost irresponsibly frightening. A game that probably ought to carry a health warning due to the sheer relentlessness of its frights. Bloodious proves here that they simply do not give a shit how badly Madison VR scares you, they will not hold back, and they do not. For a horror fan (particularly VR horror!) I cannot convey how refreshing this approach is. I came into Madison VR thankfully blind and finished the game in under 6 deliciously terrifying hours (or so the achievement I triggered told me) and I thoroughly dreaded each of them. I'll share my thoughts on The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly with this one.
The Good:
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The Good:
- As stated above, the game is relentless with its scares and does not hold back. The pacing of the scares is just right, but expect to be kept in a state of constant dread and "on edge" for the game's entire runtime (for me, under six hours).
- Audio design is top notch; a constant swell of atmospheric sound creates a palpable tension every moment you spend in that house, even the quiet moments where seemingly nothing is going on. Jumpscares and other spooky moments are expertly punctuated with Hollywood-quality orchestral string swells that sent my stomach into my throat even when I expected them!
- Graphically this is a beautiful game (if you can consider rotting wood and blood-stains "beautiful"). I experienced this visual feast on a Bigscreen Beyond on PCVR, and the deep dark blacks were inky and gorgeous on the micro-OLED display. I have to imagine the PSVR2's OLED screen here shines as well, and I even heard on a Without Parole podcast that this game seems to eliminate mura somehow--if true, that's awesome!
- Puzzles felt like they had the right level of challenge; I was rarely left stumped for long, and when I did figure out the solution the puzzles felt satisfying. I'm sad to admit I did look up a few minor hints online to point me in the right direction in a couple of cases where I felt what I was supposed to do; honestly if this game felt "safer" to play I'm sure I would've puzzled these sections out on my own, but the atmosphere is so unsettling in this one it can be difficult to think straight and you really don't want to be spending longer in some of those situations than you have to.
- The story is actually engrossing. As with most horror, you've generally seen all of this game's themes before, but rarely are they presented in such a compelling manner. I genuinely wanted to follow the story to its conclusion to find out what happens, even though that meant forging ahead into the terror.
- The game originated as a flat game and is being ported into VR, and unfortunately you're reminded of this fact when you invariably can't interact with every object that you want to, or when inventory interactions rarely amount to more than "pull this thing from your inventory and place it on this silhouette in the game world while standing in a stationary spot." The worst offenders were ladders and stairways that I wanted to physically climb but were relegated to a trigger pull and a scene fade out.
- Somewhat related to above, scene transitions were of the "fade to black" sort which I found terribly immersion breaking. Fortunately there's not much of this, and it never interrupts action, but it's a shame to squander opportunities like having someone lower themselves trepidatiously down a ladder into a well by dissolving the tension with a fade-out.
- Speaking of dissolving tension, a couple of Madison's most famous frightening moments I found spoiled by an over-reliance on some "video-gamey" mechanic like pointing an object at jussssst the right spot to trigger an event. I'd have really appreciated some grace in this part. I started one of these sections utterly terrified, but my terror quickly desolved into frustration as I tried desperately to end the "pixel hunt" and move on--come on guys, we get the mechanic here, let's just get to the scary stuff!
- Another way the game got in its own way was its tendency to pop Steam achievement notifications in the middle of moments that otherwise would have been HORRIFYING. Pro-Tip: silence your Steam achievement notifications before diving into this one! Learn from my mistakes, don't rob yourself of scares! And Bloodious, if you guys are listening, can't you have these achievements trigger a bit later (i.e. on a respawn or something?) so we aren't taken out of intense moments?
- The save system is really poor by modern standards; the game arbitrarily saves with an easily missable visual indicator only when you trigger certain events, or solve puzzles--it doesn't even save when you pick up all items. This means that when life invariably gets in the way and you have to quit your game session, you'll almost certainly be doing some backtracking when you load the game back up.
- I don't understand the choice to make some... let's call them "character models" blink in and out of existence; they look great, they're well animated, why display them like computer glitches? That took me out of the experience somewhat.
- Some of the game's more frightening ideas tend to get overused. The first time I flick the lighter back on JUST in time to see the evil presence recess menacingly into the darkness, I shriek. By the 7th time the game requires me to do this, it's just gotten old.
- Having rewatched on YouTube, there are elements I missed in the game's climatic finale because I physically turned the wrong way. I recognize this is tough to get right in VR, where we can look in directions that weren't intended during a "cut scene," but I feel it wasn't handled particularly gracefully here.
2024.05.21 16:15 pdwyer92 Outer Dark - The Trio
So I've just finished Outwr Dark, absolutely loved it. The landscape, the nihilism, the sense of nothingness - some of it even highlighted in conversationa Culla has with the folks he meets.
But who are The Trio? Finding the child and slitting its throat to let one of the trio to feast on it left me perplexed. Are they demons? Are they just people? What're all of your thoughts?
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But who are The Trio? Finding the child and slitting its throat to let one of the trio to feast on it left me perplexed. Are they demons? Are they just people? What're all of your thoughts?
2024.05.21 16:14 Historical_Nerve_412 Not Fun.
There's been a pretty big burning/hot stiff in my neck along with waking up drenched in sweat, nausea, feeling weak in the arms and legs, chills and headaches. No cough or sore throat. I've been experiencing these symptoms for about 4-5 days. Are these just normal flu symptoms that'll just go away on its own?
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2024.05.21 16:14 AtlantiumAI SUPERLIGHT Episode 9
 | SUPERLIGHT Episode 9 submitted by AtlantiumAI to u/AtlantiumAI [link] [comments] By Roc Hatfield https://preview.redd.it/mxfkcdznfs1d1.png?width=2912&format=png&auto=webp&s=968b039867f9d923a3af1d8764b4cef6e39d0f97 Aetherians of the New Empire are banned from ever returning to Aetheria or from joining into the One. The border net is a solid wall to non-authorized Aetherians, impenetrable. The Elo Eloahim passes through the net without a hitch. The Blade has now come to a full stop. The shuttle carrying Excelsior Andriel is docking with the Blade. Once the shuttle is cleared of occupants, it will return to the Elo Eloahim autonomously. Excelsior Andriel has made his way back to the bridge of the Blade and is admiring the border net through the giant viewer screens. I haven't been out here for many strands. Beautiful to look at. Send some technicals out to one of those nodes to have a look at it. I am sure it is manifest, but there must be a way to defeat it. I want to tear a hole in it, big enough to push the Blade through it, Andriel says. There is only one express elevator that drops down to the 17th floor. The operator must enter a series of codes as the elevator descends. The codes are changed frequently like a password. There are government secrets on 17 that can never be accessed by unauthorized personnel, says Steven as the elevator nears the bottom floor of the Pine Bluff underground base. The door opens and Nancy, Walter, Brad and the two techies spill out of the elevator to a large hall with long corridors running down each side. The footprint of the bottom floor covers about 120,000 square feet, about the size of a car factory or supersized retail store. We have all your gear in a lab down this hallway, says Steven. We are anxious to see your device at work, Oscar says. Hey, do you guys want to see something really cool? Steven asks. All three nod in unison. Great. Follow me, Steven says. The group walks down a hall and enters a lab, lots of tables, computers, not much to see really. Up on one table is a group of long plastic tubes, 12 inches in diameter, maybe 4 or 5 feet long. You can see mirrors at the end. Wow, this looks interesting, Walter says. You are looking at the real reason we went into Iraq. Saddam had this built from instructions found on ancient Sumerian clay tablets found near where Babylon once stood. They called it the Looking Glass. Our CIA guys heard about it and had photos and diagrams of it smuggled out of Iraq. We recreated it out at Area 51, Groom Lake actually. When they saw that it worked, the powers that be, Steven makes air quotes with his hands, decided to go in and get it. This is the real deal. The whole 9-11 scam was part of an elaborate plan to get this thing out of Iraq. Thatās my opinion. Plus other sundry items. Walter, Nancy, and Brad are just stunned. Steven turns on a light source that bounces around from mirror to mirror and ends up at a large concave mirror, 15 inches in diameter. You can see faint moving images on the mirror's surface that look like old 8mm grainy film. It looks like rioting in the streets, store shelves empty, a stark apocalyptic scene. Large crowds gather around the U.S. Capitol building and the Vatican. Steven, where are these images coming from? Brad asks. From the future? Steven responds. No? Brad says. Yes, from the future. Steven says. Somehow, light being moved over all these mirrored surfaces breaks out a light that is streaming in from the future. Walter moves in closer. So are these images just random snippets? Or are they organized in some manner? Walter questions. The best we can tell is that they are like listening to an old AM radio at night. Stations from far away can drown out stations that are close by. Just sort of a jumble of music coming in and fading out. It seems that the images are from different points in the future. One may be 5 years out and the next 50 years away, Steven says. So, what is so important about it, Nancy asks? Think about it, Nancy, having advanced warning of coming events. Plus, many times we can see advanced technology. It's priceless, Oscar says as he reaches over and turns off the device. The one big drawback, however, is that, just us witnessing of these events will change them. It's a very tight loop. We have been shooting video from the big mirror. When we compare previously shot video from images from the look in glass, they are different. Some in subtle ways and others in major ways. Simply observing the future changes it. So we only keep it on for brief periods until we understand this phenomenon better, Steven concludes. Okay, let's get you guys settled into your lab. I am really looking forward to learning more about this superlight. Our world is amazing, isn't it? Steven says, Washington DC is spectacular at sundown. The lights from the monuments and government buildings make for dramatic and exciting backdrop for the world leaders and dignitaries that visit, as well as the everyday politicians that haunt the city. A group of high-powered cabinet secretaries and military bosses have sit down for an emergency meeting with the president. Gentlemen, greetings and thank you for coming up here to the White House on such short notice. I have been receiving phone calls and veiled threats from world leaders all day. Number one, what is all this fuss really all about? And secondly, what is going to be our stance in regards to this crazy technology, which I have heard very little about? Are we just going to take it from a private company and turn it over to all the governments of the world? The president asks out of breath, Mr. President, if I may, says Senator Abramson, who is seated on one of the two sofas just in front of the president's big resolute desk. I believe I was the first one to hear of this device. I heard from a doctor that works at the company, one of my constituents. He came to me frantic and told me many details about this device. He had the presence of mind to film an experiment he participated in, shot on his cell phone. I was so concerned about this horror show being in my district, I contacted the FBI director to look into it, for I thought it was a national security risk at the highest degree. The FBI director sent in a team with a warrant to seize any and all evidence related to the Superlight project. Brad Hillier, the company CEO, was one step ahead of us and had already moved all key components of the device and associated files and plans. We have no leads at the moment as too where he and members of his staff are hiding out. I would like to offer whatever assistance I can, being that this thing was created in my district. I would like to help if I can. Thank you, Senator. We can use all the help we can get. I want to thank you all again for coming up, and I would like to suggest that each of you consult with your respective departments and get me a letter that lays out your thoughts on how to proceed with this situation. Please give me something by the end of tomorrow. I will then be better informed on my decisions on how to deal with this issue. Thank you all for coming. All the attendants stand and stream out of the Oval Office. Ed Bramson hangs back. Mr. President, I had a deep black officer from the Space Force speak to my oversight committee, and she let it be known that she knew about Hilliard before any of this became public. I have no way of getting to her. But I thought you should know, she may have information regarding Hilliard. Very interesting, Senator. I will try looking under some rugs. But as you know, I have little authorization over deep black project sites or the people that run them. Please stay in contact, Senator. Atlan, the home world of the Aetherians, is the seat of the Old Dominion. The large planet sits just outside the massive black hole at the center of the Milky Way galaxy, in a large cluster of stars orbiting the event horizon. The light from all the nearby stars eliminate all darkness. Every planet in this cluster is lit every hour, all over the globe by multiple stars. Massive bright stars can be seen in every direction. Humans could not exist here, the heat and radiation would evaporate the water in a human body in seconds. But it's paradise to the Aetherians that dwell here. An indescribable garden, hundreds of millions of vast mansion homes with complex landscaping. There are over 100 planets inhabited by the Aetherians in this sector. One more beautiful and amazing as the next, Atlan is home to the One. The One walks these gardens from time to time, and abides in a mountain compound known as Shiloe Ahim. Ambassador Lucentel the hand of the One, is an Ark ancestor. He was with the One long before the Matterverse was spoken into existence. There are a small number of Ark ancestors, as many as 100 are known to live. The Akashe, the Ancient Hall of Records, holds records telling the story of the One and the Ark ancestors alone on Atlan. The Ark ancestors wanted a family and asked the One to enrich them with sons. The One said he would extract a small spark of himself and release it as a son for each Ark ancestor. Many years later, the Ark ancestors developed the ability to petition the One for new sons and daughters. The sons and daughters of the Ark ancestors are slightly less powerful than the Ark ancestors. Over billions of years, the eternal Aetherians have multiplied into trillions of beings and lower beings. The lower beings take the form of many exotic creatures that inhabit thousands of planets scattered across the Aetherians' Old Dominion. Atlan is standing by to receive us, Ambassador, announces the Commander on duty. Please dock and secure the Elo-Eloahim. I would like to travel down to Atlan as soon as possible. Brad, Nancy, and Walter have finished setting up the superlight in the big lab that Steven and Oscar gave them. Brad, you need to see the footage I shot of you while you were sleeping in the van. The interview I did with your driver, Zia, Nancy says. What? You interviewed my driver? Brad says surprised. Yes, when you were asleep in the van, Nancy says, as she is cutting up the video footage. Okay, here we go. Brad is watching the video, riveted by it. He turns it off. Well? Nancy asks. It's nice, I always wanted a daughter, Brad giggles. I am sorry this shit is so crazy that if I don't laugh, I would cry. We haven't peeled back even one layer of this onion yet, and it's already difficult to keep up with. When I came out here with Archer on his private plane, Captain Carpenter introduced me to her little grey alien friends. We flew aboard a small silver disc-shaped craft to their home base, that sits out around the rings of Saturn. Nancy looks right at Brad. Stop Brad, are you high right now?. Brad pauses, don't you remember at lunch, Captain Carpenter said I would bring you up to speed. Well, I am bringing you up to speed right now. Drivers, waterbots, now grey aliens and UFO discs, what's next? Nancy asks with indigence. Brad says, who knew a high-frequency light designed to see cracks in critical aircraft components and machinery would cause intergalactic turmoil. So as I was saying, my understanding is that the Superlight is a threat to a huge data collecting operation that these high freaks have been doing for eons. High freaks? Walter asks puzzled. Oh, that's just a name I gave them. They are the beings that inhabit the realm that we see with the Superlight. They function at a super high frequency of light. Their world is as real as ours, just operating at a higher frequency. Without the advent of the Superlight, we would never know that they are all around us and strewn all across the universe, Brad continues. The high freaks drive avatars or waterbots as Zia calls us, without our knowledge, so they can collect millions of terabytes from hundreds of telemetry points during the lifetime of the avatar. It seems that the traveler or waterbot is just a spacesuit, be it an advanced one for the high freaks, Brad concludes. So the superlight reveals this relationship to the travelers, and that is what they are concerned about. Follow the money. |
2024.05.21 16:14 Ely-3000 How Miles might appear in the MCU?
I know it would be difficult to introduce Miles since Peter is still on the way through college years and possibly trying to help MJ and Ned to remember him, but just because Miles is going to appear doesn't mean I want him to become Spider-Man already and Peter to "Die" (which I hope it won't happen). I can already imagine in the MCU that Miles is a kid from Brooklyn and a huge fan of Spider-Man but he doesn't know who is in the mask. Now the other question here is how do you think Miles and Pete might cross paths and meet up in the MCU but NOT as Spider-Man or in their costumes yet?
I can already imagine that Miles is going to end up as a friend of Pete and later will find out that he is Spider-Man and he will also help him through Spider-Man-related activities similar to Insomniac. Now let's talk about their age gap, I can already imagine that Pete is originally 8 years older but got reduced to 5 years older (or 3-4 yrs older because of the Snap) than Miles because I still prefer their mentor-student dynamic duo relationship. Now let's talk about how he will be involved in the MCU as a side character and later an ally on Peter's crusade.
Here's my take on how Miles will appear. There will be a scene where a young Miles is taking a picture/video of Spider-Man fighting armed men and then Spider-Man saves him. The kid is shocked when he was saved/met by Spider-Man in person. Peter might end up working at FEAST in a short time to help some of its people there in the memory of his late aunt, but imagine if he ends up meeting one of the workers there named Rio Morales and Peter might end up meeting her son, Miles Morales. The two became close like brothers and somehow share the same struggle in school life and both are science nerds. Sometimes Peter even ends up helping him with his school projects and Miles tells Peter a story on how he was saved by Spider-Man and how it changed his life. Peter also ends up meeting a cop who is Miles' father and Aaron's estranged brother, Jefferson Davis, and sadly he's not a fan of Spider-Man. Miles might appear in either the 4th film's post-credit scene where he saw Spider-Man web-swinging in the sky for the first time. 5th film as a kid who loves Spider-Man and takes a video/picture of him in one of the scenes and Miles meets up with Peter for the first time from FEAST, while in the 6th film he ends up as one of Peter's social friends along with MJ and Ned or just in case Gwen, Harry, Flash or any other friends that Peter had. Then maybe in the 6th film's post-credit scene, one of the radioactive spiders from the laboratory found its way to escape (whether from Oscorp, Roxxon, or even Alchemax or any other evil companies) and might make it into Miles' backpack/jacket to bite him later on.
Now, this is my take on how Miles might become Spider-Man of his own. Miles might have a movie/series of his own after Tom Holland's college trilogy arc, with Prowler as the possible main villain or Roxxon Corporation similar to comics and game. Miles might also need help in his powers with Peter as a mentor similar of how Peter was like the Tony Stark to Miles MCU Peter. They might even team up through universal threats like Kang, Galactus, or any other heavy hitters when the universe is at stake. All of this is just my speculation so I hope you guys like it and feel free to express your opinions on how Miles might make it into the MCU.
Now the only remaining question here is, who would be the perfect actor that would play young Miles? The actor should be way more younger than Tom Holland. Let me know your comments below.
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I can already imagine that Miles is going to end up as a friend of Pete and later will find out that he is Spider-Man and he will also help him through Spider-Man-related activities similar to Insomniac. Now let's talk about their age gap, I can already imagine that Pete is originally 8 years older but got reduced to 5 years older (or 3-4 yrs older because of the Snap) than Miles because I still prefer their mentor-student dynamic duo relationship. Now let's talk about how he will be involved in the MCU as a side character and later an ally on Peter's crusade.
Here's my take on how Miles will appear. There will be a scene where a young Miles is taking a picture/video of Spider-Man fighting armed men and then Spider-Man saves him. The kid is shocked when he was saved/met by Spider-Man in person. Peter might end up working at FEAST in a short time to help some of its people there in the memory of his late aunt, but imagine if he ends up meeting one of the workers there named Rio Morales and Peter might end up meeting her son, Miles Morales. The two became close like brothers and somehow share the same struggle in school life and both are science nerds. Sometimes Peter even ends up helping him with his school projects and Miles tells Peter a story on how he was saved by Spider-Man and how it changed his life. Peter also ends up meeting a cop who is Miles' father and Aaron's estranged brother, Jefferson Davis, and sadly he's not a fan of Spider-Man. Miles might appear in either the 4th film's post-credit scene where he saw Spider-Man web-swinging in the sky for the first time. 5th film as a kid who loves Spider-Man and takes a video/picture of him in one of the scenes and Miles meets up with Peter for the first time from FEAST, while in the 6th film he ends up as one of Peter's social friends along with MJ and Ned or just in case Gwen, Harry, Flash or any other friends that Peter had. Then maybe in the 6th film's post-credit scene, one of the radioactive spiders from the laboratory found its way to escape (whether from Oscorp, Roxxon, or even Alchemax or any other evil companies) and might make it into Miles' backpack/jacket to bite him later on.
Now, this is my take on how Miles might become Spider-Man of his own. Miles might have a movie/series of his own after Tom Holland's college trilogy arc, with Prowler as the possible main villain or Roxxon Corporation similar to comics and game. Miles might also need help in his powers with Peter as a mentor similar of how Peter was like the Tony Stark to Miles MCU Peter. They might even team up through universal threats like Kang, Galactus, or any other heavy hitters when the universe is at stake. All of this is just my speculation so I hope you guys like it and feel free to express your opinions on how Miles might make it into the MCU.
Now the only remaining question here is, who would be the perfect actor that would play young Miles? The actor should be way more younger than Tom Holland. Let me know your comments below.
2024.05.21 16:14 Blackgirlmagic23 I just got diagnosed with cancer, I'm overwhelmed and can't really show it IRL
Basically title. Went from recurrent UTIs to preliminary bladder cancer diagnosis this weekend and waiting for pathology to tell how bad it is (the spread is already not great but not the worst).
I feel... numb. And overwhelmed. And scared.
My mom died before I started college. My dad was in prison until I was twelve and I haven't heard from in at least six years. My grandmother has dementia. She remembers who I am (which is a blessing) but recent conversations are hard because she only tracks for a couple minutes at a time. I raised my two youngest siblings by myself after our mom died but they're not even 20. My middle sister isn't talking to me after I couldn't bail her out of jail last March. This is pretty much the extent of my known relatives. So I didn't really have any comfort coming in from family. Not in a "I need a caregiver" way but just kind of basic "I'm sorry this if happening to you and I love you," kind of way.
It's hard to tell my friends. I will, eventually. But it's hard and annoying to always be the one with "something going on". I worry a lot about it.
I think I'm angry? Generally, bladder cancer is more common in old men, predominantly white men (they're two times more likely than men of color to get bladder cancer). There aren't even a lot of studies on bladder cancer in people under age 40 that are easily discoverable via PubMed but there are a few.
I'm almost 30, Black and a woman. I know statistics aren't predictive. I know there's really no good point to a "why me" sulk/tantrum but I feel one bubbling underneath. I admit it is funny in an ironic kind of way. I'm trying to feel my feelings about this now.
I don't want to lose my hair. Which is vain, I know. I deeply hate needles and already feel like a pincushion. I'm scared that I'll never have biological kids due to side effects from chemo or radiation. I've been kind of ambivalent on having kids prior to this if I'm being honest. I''m trying to lean into those feelings. I don't understand how to navigate my health insurance.
I'm grateful to have health insurance. I'm grateful that I never expected to be able to buy a house. I'm grateful it got caught early. Typically women don't get diagnosed until it's progressed much further. I texted my PCP to tell her how much I appreciated her dedication to finding out what was wrong with me when I presented with prolonged and atypical symptoms.
Sorry this is so long. Writing into the void felt easier than writing in a journal today. I'm trying not to fester.
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I feel... numb. And overwhelmed. And scared.
My mom died before I started college. My dad was in prison until I was twelve and I haven't heard from in at least six years. My grandmother has dementia. She remembers who I am (which is a blessing) but recent conversations are hard because she only tracks for a couple minutes at a time. I raised my two youngest siblings by myself after our mom died but they're not even 20. My middle sister isn't talking to me after I couldn't bail her out of jail last March. This is pretty much the extent of my known relatives. So I didn't really have any comfort coming in from family. Not in a "I need a caregiver" way but just kind of basic "I'm sorry this if happening to you and I love you," kind of way.
It's hard to tell my friends. I will, eventually. But it's hard and annoying to always be the one with "something going on". I worry a lot about it.
I think I'm angry? Generally, bladder cancer is more common in old men, predominantly white men (they're two times more likely than men of color to get bladder cancer). There aren't even a lot of studies on bladder cancer in people under age 40 that are easily discoverable via PubMed but there are a few.
I'm almost 30, Black and a woman. I know statistics aren't predictive. I know there's really no good point to a "why me" sulk/tantrum but I feel one bubbling underneath. I admit it is funny in an ironic kind of way. I'm trying to feel my feelings about this now.
I don't want to lose my hair. Which is vain, I know. I deeply hate needles and already feel like a pincushion. I'm scared that I'll never have biological kids due to side effects from chemo or radiation. I've been kind of ambivalent on having kids prior to this if I'm being honest. I''m trying to lean into those feelings. I don't understand how to navigate my health insurance.
I'm grateful to have health insurance. I'm grateful that I never expected to be able to buy a house. I'm grateful it got caught early. Typically women don't get diagnosed until it's progressed much further. I texted my PCP to tell her how much I appreciated her dedication to finding out what was wrong with me when I presented with prolonged and atypical symptoms.
Sorry this is so long. Writing into the void felt easier than writing in a journal today. I'm trying not to fester.
2024.05.21 16:13 redditscrat Introducing MindTree: A Mindmap Plugin for ChatGPT and a New Development Pattern
I create a free chrome plugin named MindTree which create visual mindmaps for brainstorming, outlining, planning, and learning without leaving ChatGPT. As a visual thinker and learner, I have a preference for grasping the big picture before delving into specific details. I liken this process to zooming in and out.
While ChatGPT is incredibly useful in providing both an overview and detailed information on various subjects promptly, I've noticed that the conversations with ChatGPT can be somewhat disjointed and lack structure. Responses related to the same topic are often scattered throughout the chat, requiring users to scroll up and down to locate them. This can become increasingly challenging as the chat accumulates more messages, leading to repeated questions or the initiation of new chats which are not necessary.
MindTree addresses these issues by transforming the conversational flow into a visually organized mind map. With MindTree, users can view the big picture while having every detailed conversation with ChatGPT linked to specific nodes on the mind map, conveniently accessible on the right side of the interface.
However, the primary focus of this post is not about MindTree. During the development of MindTree, I unearthed and validated a pattern that could assist you in creating your next exceptional AI tool. Although ChatGPT is a chat-oriented application, chatting might not always be the optimal method to address problems due to its lack of an efficient UI for specific tasksāespecially those requiring complex interactions and visual representations, like mind mapping. Furthermore, it lacks the capacity to integrate external services. While GPTs can call actions outside of ChatGPT, they are confined by the linear chat interaction style. This limitation has led to the proliferation of AI tools utilizing LLM APIs, such as OpenAI and Anthropic, which offer user-friendly UIs tailored to specific tasks. While these tools are fantastic (I utilize many myself), why not achieve similar outcomes by seamlessly integrating with ChatGPT through a browser plugin at no cost, like the free MindTree?
So what's the pattern? By adding hooks into the chat messages, you can transform the linear, unstructured chat messages into a structured database, like a time series or log database, then you can develop a user-friendly UI to access or manipulate this database. This approach grants you a powerful AI backendāthe ChatGPTāat zero cost, coupled with a sleek UI designed for specialized tasks directly within ChatGPT, eliminating the need for switching to other paid tools. Additionally, you can integrate various services to enhance your plugin; for instance, seamlessly connecting with Google Drive to provide ChatGPT with documents without the hassle of downloading and uploading.
While this pattern may not be universally applicableāfor instance, for tasks necessitating complex or concurrent workflows like AI agents, where ChatGPT can only process one message at a timeāit remains well-suited for numerous tasks. I hope this will help you create your next awesome AI tool.š
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While ChatGPT is incredibly useful in providing both an overview and detailed information on various subjects promptly, I've noticed that the conversations with ChatGPT can be somewhat disjointed and lack structure. Responses related to the same topic are often scattered throughout the chat, requiring users to scroll up and down to locate them. This can become increasingly challenging as the chat accumulates more messages, leading to repeated questions or the initiation of new chats which are not necessary.
MindTree addresses these issues by transforming the conversational flow into a visually organized mind map. With MindTree, users can view the big picture while having every detailed conversation with ChatGPT linked to specific nodes on the mind map, conveniently accessible on the right side of the interface.
However, the primary focus of this post is not about MindTree. During the development of MindTree, I unearthed and validated a pattern that could assist you in creating your next exceptional AI tool. Although ChatGPT is a chat-oriented application, chatting might not always be the optimal method to address problems due to its lack of an efficient UI for specific tasksāespecially those requiring complex interactions and visual representations, like mind mapping. Furthermore, it lacks the capacity to integrate external services. While GPTs can call actions outside of ChatGPT, they are confined by the linear chat interaction style. This limitation has led to the proliferation of AI tools utilizing LLM APIs, such as OpenAI and Anthropic, which offer user-friendly UIs tailored to specific tasks. While these tools are fantastic (I utilize many myself), why not achieve similar outcomes by seamlessly integrating with ChatGPT through a browser plugin at no cost, like the free MindTree?
So what's the pattern? By adding hooks into the chat messages, you can transform the linear, unstructured chat messages into a structured database, like a time series or log database, then you can develop a user-friendly UI to access or manipulate this database. This approach grants you a powerful AI backendāthe ChatGPTāat zero cost, coupled with a sleek UI designed for specialized tasks directly within ChatGPT, eliminating the need for switching to other paid tools. Additionally, you can integrate various services to enhance your plugin; for instance, seamlessly connecting with Google Drive to provide ChatGPT with documents without the hassle of downloading and uploading.
While this pattern may not be universally applicableāfor instance, for tasks necessitating complex or concurrent workflows like AI agents, where ChatGPT can only process one message at a timeāit remains well-suited for numerous tasks. I hope this will help you create your next awesome AI tool.š
2024.05.21 16:13 chellodude2010 Withdrawals
This is what it feels like when youāre forced to go cold turkey off of one of your favorite and most reliable dopamine hits. Some people react with anger, some with just sadness, and others by deep-throating Tim Connelly so hard that their brain start to lose oxygen. I get some reactions more than others but I understand where all of them are coming from. It sucks but this is what sports is all about. You have to suffer, you have to fight, you have to make I through countless heartbreaks but we do it all because this is our team. We suffered through 50 years of mediocrity to get to this point. This is the greatest Nuggets era ever. It might hurt now but when we look back next year on our way to the chip, weāll see that this was just another step along our sports fandum journey.
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2024.05.21 16:13 Loser_Baby_19 The Unfortunate and Devastating Consequences of Private Monkey Ownership
 | Hello all. submitted by Loser_Baby_19 to u/Loser_Baby_19 [link] [comments] As a lover of all animals including non-human primates, I feel that it is my duty to continue to bring awareness to the devastating consequences of private monkey ownership. In particular, I have been focusing on one individual who has made his financial profit off of what I feel is his continued exploitation of his capuchin monkeys. Despite this owner's persistent belief that I have some "hidden agendas" against him in particular, the reason why I have fixated on him is simple (and I have made that clear repeatedly in the past). Out of all the primate pet vloggers on YouTube and social media, this owner's capuchin monkeys especially Monkey Boo appear to exhibit the most troubling displays of behavior and appearance. I have not witnessed any other capuchin monkey vloggers whose monkeys exhibited these same abnormal behavioral patterns. In fact, I have previously stated that I used to be a huge fan of this owner's YouTube channel, and donated money and gifts to his monkeys years ago in support. Thus, my only 'agenda' is my genuine concern for a capuchin monkey I had grown to become very fond of, and my desire to get Monkey Boo the help he truly needs despite his owner continuing to cover up his true condition. His YouTube channel has the most subscribers out of all capuchin monkey vloggers, and he and his capuchin monkeys have been the focus of several somewhat flattering articles on media outlets such as Vice. And despite this owner's awareness of this subreddit and my posts, he stubbornly continues to gaslight, lie, and deny that any of his monkeys, especially his most popular monkey, Boo, are sick in any way shape or form. He is quick to antagonize and block anyone on his social media channels that questions the appearance and behavior of Monkey Boo, despite many of these concerned viewers being long time dedicated fans of Boo and only having genuine concerns for Boo's well being. And despite Monkey Boo first showing signs of mental/emotional distress and disorders back in 2022, this owner has continued to gaslight, lie, and cover up the true status of Boo. Instead of addressing viewer concerns, being transparent, and getting professional help for Boo, this owner has engaged in and continues to engage in covering up Boo's true condition. Going on two years now, this owner posts old video clips of Monkey Boo in happier and healthier days on a daily basis to his YouTube channel (to cover that he can no longer film Boo like before). The following are some media evidence to back up myself and others claims that Monkey Boo is not in a good state of mind these days. These media clips clearly show Monkey Boo exhibiting classic signs of non-human primate stereotypy behavior, repetitive type behaviors that indicate mental/emotional illness and distress. Self hugging and excessive scratching (2022) Self hugging and persistent high pitched screams of distress (2022) Self hugging, persistent high pitched screams of distress, and head whipping (2022) (despite his owner's misrepresentation of head whipping as a 'happy' state, head whipping/twirls indicated a disturbed mental state https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3635140/). Scratching, head twirls, unpredictable fidgety behavior, and a sense that this monkey may have been somehow sedated (2024) Self hugging and displays of feabeing intimidated (2024) Video showing repetitive circular movement patterns, a classic sign of abnormal behavior in captive wild animals including non-human primates. On the left is a 2017 video clip from the Tregembo Wild Animal Park in Wilmington, North Carolina (which continues its business to this day despite PETA's formal complaints). On the right is a clip from a relatively recent live video feed of Monkey Boo in his cage (it appears Boo's owner can no longer film Boo outside of his cage unless seemingly restrained or sedated). Classic circular movement pattern of disturbed captive non-human primates The most disturbing visual cue about the unhealthy mental state of Monkey Boo was brought to my attention by fellow subreddit poster FAH-Q-All (a great and wonderful resource and individual with nothing but the most genuine of concerns for Monkey Boo). Alopecia, or hair loss, is a very noticeable symptom of mental/emotional stress, distress, and illness, typically trigged by stress. FAH-Q-All mentioned that the condition and appearance of a monkey's tail can be indicative of an unhealthy mental/emotional state. And sure enough, when I compared old photos of Monkey Boo to Boo in 2024, the patchy condition of his tail is clearly evident. Comparison pictures of Monkey Boo's tail. Patchy hair loss in top row pictures from 2024, full and healthy tail in bottom row pictures from 2020. Comparison pictures of Monkey Boo's tail. Patchy hair loss in top row pictures from 2024, full and healthy tail in bottom row pictures from 2020. This patchy tail is highlighted towards end of this video clip (that also features head whipping and scratching): Monkey Boo video clip complete with head whipping, scratching, and noticeably patchy tail (2024). It appears this monkey is also restrained (similar to another 2024 vide of Boo eating a banana). And the patchy hair loss is not isolated to Monkey Boo's tail. Boo's hair loss is also quite noticeable on his scalp. Notice how exceedingly thin Boo's scalp looks in the top row pictures from 2024 (as well as his glazed/dead eyes look). By comparison, notice how full Boo's scalp was full and vibrant four years ago on bottom row pictures (I deliberately put both a dry and wet scalp pictures so that no one can claim that the thinning appearance in the above pictures was due to being wet): Balding Boo pictures above row, healthy scalp Boo from four years ago below. And just a few comparison pictures of Monkey Boo from four years ago to what he looks like nowadays" Monkey Boo in happier days four years ago top row, what Boo looks like now in 2024 Monkey Boo in happier days in center from over four years ago, ghoulish looking and acting Monkey Boo from 2024 in surrounding pictures. Another comparison video, notice the huge difference in general appearance, behavior, and demeanor from Monkey Boo from four years ago to how Monkey Boo is now. Monkey Boo in happier days four years ago. On a side note, thanks to this subreddit this owner no longer feeds his capuchin monkeys bananas. Bananas, despite its popular stereotype as being an 'ideal' food for non-human primates, is actually terrible for them. Monkey Boo in 2024, can apparently no longer be filmed outside of his cage due to his unpredictable behavior. A huge difference compared to younger Monkey Boo. As a side comparison, this picture shows what two relatively healthy capuchin monkeys should look like. Note the vibrant, full hair growth and general calm appearance. The white capuchin monkey on the right was actually 30 years of age at that time (2014) and was rescued from a life of research at a major university. It is not a good look when a 30-year old capuchin monkey looks far healthier than a 14-year old capuchin monkey. Despite Monkey Boo's owner and his fan base trying to infer that Boo is 'slowing down,' a captive capuchin monkey that is slowing down at only 14 years of age is indicative of terrible living conditions. Two healthy looking capuchin monkeys by comparison. In closing, I want to once again reiterate that the only 'agenda' I have with this and past posts in regards to this particular monkey and owner is because of my genuine concern for Monkey Boo's overall health. I have no affiliations with any other primate owner or vlogger, nor am I an official member of any animal rights groups. I used to be a huge fan of monkey vloggers like the owner of Monkey Boo. I was captivated by Boo's human like antics and felt it was all in adorable good fun. However, once Monkey Boo started showing signs of mental/physical/emotional distress, and his owner stopped regular updates on Boo's YouTube channel, I started to become concerned. I found other individuals had also been raising concerns two years ago (and they continue to raise concerns to this day). I also noticed that Boo's owner denied anything was wrong with his monkey and bullied and blocked anyone from Boo's social media pages that raised genuine concerns for Boo's welfare. It was this inexplicable and detestable behavior by Monkey Boo's owner that completely changed my opinions of him, and spurred my own research into capuchin monkeys. I educated myself about these magnificent wild animals, the smartest of the New World Monkeys, and had my eyes opened to the devastation of wild monkeys being kept as private pets. If Monkey Boo's owner had been transparent from the start and acknowledged his fan's concerns for Boo's welfare, and graciously accepted these concerns and advice and sought professional help for Boo, I would never have thought to contribute to this subreddit. There is absolutely no question in my mind that had Monkey Boo's owner done this, Boo's fan base would have completely understood and embraced both Boo and owner. Boo's fan base would have gladly donated money and resources to get Boo the help he needed, and would have offered unconditional support regardless of what happened. Instead, Monkey Boo's owner decides to take the cowardly route, and to this day continues to engage in deceitful behavior to the detriment of Monkey Boo. This owner's other monkeys also appear to be in sub-par condition, particularly Monkey Meela who looks very obese. Again, no other capuchin monkey on YouTube/social media shows the extreme level of physical/mental/emotional abnormality as Monkey Boo does, thus my continued highlighting of this particular capuchin monkey and his owner. Capuchin monkeys in the wild can walk on average up to two miles daily foraging, patroling, protecting, mating, etc. These pet capuchin monkeys by comparison are stuck in their cages for many hours a day and night, feed species-inappropriate foods and in excessive portions, and are denied the companionship of their collective troops necessary for their mental/physical/emtional well being. All for financial gain on YouTube and social media with no true regard of the well being of their animals. Thank you all for your time. |
2024.05.21 16:12 diniscorreia Any picky shibas on a raw diet?
 | https://preview.redd.it/1swtavj6fs1d1.jpg?width=4032&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=d4a90b1fccc70692af2ec6d9df7bcb9125b295e9 submitted by diniscorreia to shiba [link] [comments] Our 7 month old puppy has been eating a (commercially prepared) BARF diet for two and a half months now and he seems to love it. He's always been an extremely picky eater, never finishing his daily dose of kibble. We tried several brands, toppers, hand feeding... everything. He would eat for a day or two, then lose interest. Some days we were basically coercing him to eat. Anyways, both our vet and trainer recommended trying a raw diet. He wasn't necessarily losing weight, but was a bit on the lean side for his age. A couple of days into the BARF diet he stopped eating his full portion again - would nibble a bit and leave the rest. This went on for 3 to 4 days. We were rotating the recipes, so he didn't seem he dislike a particular one and eventually went back to eating normally. But now, for the last 3 days, he's back at his picky self. He'll go straight to the bowl, eat half of it and walk away. I've read around here some shibas will naturally eat less (like, a lot less) for a couple of days and then go back to normal. Is this something people feeding raw diets also see? I'm just worrying he might be not be interested in the food anymore. Puppy tax: Enoki being annoyed he has to figure out a puzzle to get a treat. |
2024.05.21 16:11 Savings_Advantage_46 How to remove the whitewash
Hi there,
Any one any idea how we can remove the whitewash from these floor?
On the right side you see a place where a cabinet was placed.
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Any one any idea how we can remove the whitewash from these floor?
On the right side you see a place where a cabinet was placed.
2024.05.21 16:11 KitsuneKamiSama A guess on how we'll defeat The Witness.
So it's clear that The Witness is stronger than anything we've faced before, just a gesture from them can disect guardians and ghosts alike, so how will we defeat them?
Deepsight.
I feel we will do something similar to what we did with Savathun, but on a much deeper level; The Witness is a congregation of an entire race, but i highly doubt the entire race came to a consensus to become one (In the TFS collectors we have lore about the different beliefs, or factions within the race).
We will take advantage of this, we will connect with the existences inside of the witness that are supressed by the rest, awaken their memories and split them from its form in turn learning more about 'The Witness' themselves, the raid will likely be phases of us steadily stripping away their power, until it's just the original believers, the ones that instigated the merge, and then defeat them.
Why do i say Deepsight? Because Deepsight is the power to draw out memories, and i have a single fact to back this up, in Savathun's two truths and a lie she says -
Yes.
And no.
The blade itself is not the key, but rather the ability of Deepsight we learned to harness because of it.
I shall put my spoinfoil hat to the side, and see myself out.
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Deepsight.
I feel we will do something similar to what we did with Savathun, but on a much deeper level; The Witness is a congregation of an entire race, but i highly doubt the entire race came to a consensus to become one (In the TFS collectors we have lore about the different beliefs, or factions within the race).
We will take advantage of this, we will connect with the existences inside of the witness that are supressed by the rest, awaken their memories and split them from its form in turn learning more about 'The Witness' themselves, the raid will likely be phases of us steadily stripping away their power, until it's just the original believers, the ones that instigated the merge, and then defeat them.
Why do i say Deepsight? Because Deepsight is the power to draw out memories, and i have a single fact to back this up, in Savathun's two truths and a lie she says -
"The Pyramid blade is one key to defeating the Witness"
Now, why would this single glaive be a key to defeating the witness? It has to be a lie, right?Yes.
And no.
The blade itself is not the key, but rather the ability of Deepsight we learned to harness because of it.
I shall put my spoinfoil hat to the side, and see myself out.
2024.05.21 16:11 yono_pesco How do i switch the way the sprocket spins
 | I swapped the engines on my cateye mini bike. On the old engine, the chain and sprocket were on the right side but with the predator engine i put on, the crank sprocket is on the left. So, I had to flip the tire but now the sprocket on the wheel spins in the opposite direction. It is mounted onto the bearing so it will spin one way but lock up the other way. So now I just need to figure out how I can swap the direction it turns. submitted by yono_pesco to minibikes [link] [comments] |