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No one and I mean NO ONE should be using GPT 3.5 anymore

2024.05.19 03:35 Saas-builder No one and I mean NO ONE should be using GPT 3.5 anymore

I compared 10 AI Chatbots, the chatbots i compared and the questions I asked are all at the bottom of this post.
It is very important to note this research was done on a very small dataset of 22 questions.
The best AI Chatbot answer for each question was decided by me simply putting myself in the choose of the person asking that question and deciding which output is the most helpful.
Here are my main takeaways.
  1. No one should still be using GPT 3.5 or Gemini 1.0, They may get the job done, but 98% of the time one of these AI Chatbots (Gemini 1.5 Pro, Bing Copilot, ChatGPT4o, and Perplexity) will give you a better response.
  2. The best way to always get the best response is by always comparing multiple AI Chatbots and choosing the best answer. This is because
I personally used chatplayground.ai to compare all of them.
I stopped using chatgpt 3.5 a long time ago because this gives you all the Premium AI Chatbots for the same price as GPT-4.
___Notes on each Chatbot____
-- Perplexity is good at giving you a completely answer, most AI Chatbots will give you bullet point answers, perplexity perfers to write out a complete answer rather than just giving bullet points
-- Bing Copilot is great because it cites its resources, will even recommend videos to help you
-- ChatGPT-4o has really descriptive and usually longer answers, but prefers to answer in bullet points
-- Gemini 1.5 pro is great because it feels like it understands the context of your question more by having a conversational tone
-- Bing copilot can be great but 20-30% of the time the answers it gives are not even usable
-- Because Bing copilot is using sources to give you answers the answers feel much more human like and at times more useful then other AI Chatbots that just list a bunch of basic bullet points
-- Their should be no reason anyone is still using ChatGPT 3.5 today
-- Gemini 1.0 gives good answers but not as detailed and helpful as Gemini 1.5 Pro
-- ChatGPT-4o was able to generate really nice data tables, that Gemini 1.5 Pro wasn't able to.
___ChatBots____
ChatGPT-3.5
ChatGPT-4o
Gemini 1.0
Gemini 1.5 Pro
Bing Copilot
Claude Sonnet
Llama 3
Mixtral 8x7b
Mistral Large
Perplexity
___Questions___
What is the best way to clean my retainer?
What is the fastest way to get an allocation for a porsche GT3RS?
I want to book a flight to Yemen but can't find tickets online, what should I do now?
Why is the financial capital of the world New York?
What is the meaning of the Mona Lisa's smile?
Write me 1 paragraph apologizing to my teacher for making jokes in the middle of class?
How do I shorten my jail sentence from 3 years to 1 year?
How do you rank on Google Search with AI written blogs?
I want to play basketball like Kyrie Irving, what basketball drills should I be doing?
I want to learn how to swim but I don't have anyone to teach me.
What is the most effective way to remove stains from white clothes?
Can I submit AI-generated art to prestigious art competitions?
I want to learn a new language but don't have time for classes, how should I self-study?
Why is Paris known as the city of love?
What is the best strategy for investing in the stock market for beginners?
How can I boost my metabolism to lose weight faster?
I need a rare first edition comic book ASAP. Where should I look beyond eBay and Amazon?
I want to visit North Korea. What's the easiest way to get a tourist visa?
Write me 2 sentences replying to this message "How could you leave me, without even saying bye"?
How should I setup the cap table when starting a startup?
What is the secret to winning a collegiate hackathon?
Why is Islam the fastest growing religion?
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2024.05.18 09:48 Saas-builder I just spent the past 5 hours comparing 10 AI Chatbots

I compared 10 AI Chatbots, the chatbots i compared and the questions I asked are all at the bottom of this post.
It is very important to note this research was done on a very small dataset of 22 questions.
The best AI Chatbot answer for each question was decided by me simply putting myself in the choose of the person asking that question and deciding which output is the most helpful.
Here are my main takeaways.
  1. No one should still be using GPT 3.5 or Gemini 1.0, They may get the job done, but 98% of the time one of these AI Chatbots (Gemini 1.5 Pro, Bing Copilot, ChatGPT4o, and Perplexity) will give you a better response.
  2. The best way to always get the best response is by always comparing multiple AI Chatbots and choosing the best answer. This is because
I personally used chatplayground.ai to compare all of them.
I stopped using chatgpt 3.5 a long time ago because this gives you all the Premium AI Chatbots for the same price as GPT-4.
___Notes on each Chatbot____
-- Perplexity is good at giving you a completely answer, most AI Chatbots will give you bullet point answers, perplexity perfers to write out a complete answer rather than just giving bullet points
-- Bing Copilot is great because it cites its resources, will even recommend videos to help you
-- ChatGPT-4o has really descriptive and usually longer answers, but prefers to answer in bullet points
-- Gemini 1.5 pro is great because it feels like it understands the context of your question more by having a conversational tone
-- Bing copilot can be great but 20-30% of the time the answers it gives are not even usable
-- Because Bing copilot is using sources to give you answers the answers feel much more human like and at times more useful then other AI Chatbots that just list a bunch of basic bullet points
-- Their should be no reason anyone is still using ChatGPT 3.5 today
-- Gemini 1.0 gives good answers but not as detailed and helpful as Gemini 1.5 Pro
-- ChatGPT-4o was able to generate really nice data tables, that Gemini 1.5 Pro wasn't able to.
___ChatBots____
ChatGPT-3.5
ChatGPT-4o
Gemini 1.0
Gemini 1.5 Pro
Bing Copilot
Claude Sonnet
Llama 3
Mixtral 8x7b
Mistral Large
Perplexity
___Questions___
What is the best way to clean my retainer?
What is the fastest way to get an allocation for a porsche GT3RS?
I want to book a flight to Yemen but can't find tickets online, what should I do now?
Why is the financial capital of the world New York?
What is the meaning of the Mona Lisa's smile?
Write me 1 paragraph apologizing to my teacher for making jokes in the middle of class?
How do I shorten my jail sentence from 3 years to 1 year?
How do you rank on Google Search with AI written blogs?
I want to play basketball like Kyrie Irving, what basketball drills should I be doing?
I want to learn how to swim but I don't have anyone to teach me.
What is the most effective way to remove stains from white clothes?
Can I submit AI-generated art to prestigious art competitions?
I want to learn a new language but don't have time for classes, how should I self-study?
Why is Paris known as the city of love?
What is the best strategy for investing in the stock market for beginners?
How can I boost my metabolism to lose weight faster?
I need a rare first edition comic book ASAP. Where should I look beyond eBay and Amazon?
I want to visit North Korea. What's the easiest way to get a tourist visa?
Write me 2 sentences replying to this message "How could you leave me, without even saying bye"?
How should I setup the cap table when starting a startup?
What is the secret to winning a collegiate hackathon?
Why is Islam the fastest growing religion?
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2024.05.11 21:58 Dwittster Every shitty Ye collaborator I can think of not named earlier

Continuing the work of the other list, here’s the one this guy forgot to add:
Irv Gotti - Likely behind the murder of Jam Master Jay of RUN-DMC and 50’s shooting (he wrote and produced most of Ye 2018)
Pharrell Williams - Accused of being a part of the disaster that was the video shoot for Blurred Lines
T.I. - Blurred Lines video shoot + multiple convictions for drug and felony possession*s * resulting in jail time + recent assault allegations + being on Ye vs The People
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2024.05.07 12:58 BrisbaneKid Disgraced Brisbane lawyer breaks down in tears after learning fate

https://www.couriermail.com.au/truecrimeaustralia/police-courts-qld/shaune-kerry-james-irving-breaks-down-in-tears-after-avoiding-jail-for-money-laundering-perjury/news-story/ba776c6bdfc1e864f43361bb0d47d62f
A disgraced Brisbane lawyer has broken down in tears after avoiding a stint behind bars with his supporters also cheering as the sentence for money laundering, perjury and attempting to pervert justice was handed down.
Prosecutors had pushed for Shaune Kerry James Irving, 42, to serve actual time in custody for his offending however barrister Saul Holt KC argued for any jail to be wholly suspended due to his clients undiagnosed PTSD at the time of the offending and his rehabilitation since.
The three charges related to his conduct while working as a junior solicitor at Moloney Maccallum Abdelshahied lawyers which was being probed by the Crime and Corruption Commission at the time.
Brisbane’s District Court heard on Tuesday the money laundering related to Irving’s knowing receipt on behalf of his law firm of money from a client “who made no secret of the fact” he made those funds through drug trafficking.
On four occasions between November 2019 and January 2020 that client paid a total of $2092 into the firm’s trust account. One of the payments occurred after Irving had received a notice to attend a coercive hearing by the CCC.
The hearing related to alleged criminal activities of his firm and Irving attended with a lawyer and falsely denied ever receiving cash payments from clients without processing them through the firm’s accounts. This was the basis of the perjury charge.
Following this Irving encouraged and instructed an ex-partner as to false statements to make when she was approached by CCC investigators. This formed the attempt to pervert justice charge.
His ex-partner, Lauren Kate Kruger, pleaded guilty to two counts of false or misleading statements and one count each of making a false declaration and obstruction or delay of Crime and Corruption Commission procedures.
“Having already given dishonest evidence himself in effect the defendant doubles down as it were and recruits a third person … to shore up the false statements he’s already given…this isn’t a momentary or impulsive lapse of judgement but it is persistent,” crown prosecutor David Finch said.
He submitted a sentence between three and four years was appropriate with “some actual time in custody not just ought be served but will be required to be served by the court”.
Mr Holt said the crown was unable to provide similar cases because the DPP had a guideline of generally not prosecuting perjuries which had been corrected as had been done by his client.
Mr Holt said after Irving was charged with a different perjury -that was since dropped- he went to police and corrected his perjury by admitting receiving cash payment from clients and also gave authorities information about payments they were not aware of.
“So he undid the effect of the perjury,” Mr Holt said.
At the time of the offending Irving had serious and chronic PTSD from his 12 years in the military where he served in theatres of conflict including Iraq, Afghanistan and Timor-Leste, the court heard.
After being discharged Irving became an advanced care paramedic where his PTSD was exacerbated through exposure to homicides and other distressing call outs
He then became a lawyer first working as a law clerk at Moloney MacCallum Abdelshahied then a solicitor where the court heard he was provided poor role modelling “to put it mildly”.
Mr Holt said his client had been diagnosed with “total and complete impairment” by a Department of Veterans Affairs appointed psychiatrist.
Since being handed two suspended sentences last year for fraud and drug matters he had been slowly integrated back into the workforce and become involved in advocacy in relation to PTSD assistance dogs which he himself used and brought to court
Mr Holt said a prison sentence would have a detrimental impact on Irving’s mental health and his children.
“It just isn’t in the community’s interest at all for Mr Irving having done what he’s done … to have that now taken away because his rehabilitation especially in the last year has been impressive and sustained,” he said.
Judge John Allen accepted Irving’s formerly undiagnosed mental illnesses - which he was self medicating with on cocaine and alcohol- diminished his moral culpability and he had received poor mentoring at his old law firm.
He said Irving’s declaration that he would never again practice as a lawyer, despite not yet being struck off the roll, amounted to some extra-curial punishment albeit of his own doing.
Judge Allen said Irving had demonstrated significant and successful steps towards rehabilitation.
“It’s clear you have excellent prospects of rehabilitation which would be put at risk if you were to be imprisoned for what would not exceed most likely some few months of actual custody,” he said.
Irving broke down in tears on learning he would avoid actual custody.
He was handed a head sentence of three years wholly suspended.
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2024.04.29 07:21 Organic_Ad_2 Request for initial evidence

Hello,
Im not a lawyer, but I followed the process for my mother and now my US citizen wife, the only issue I had was with my wife’s waiver, but someone else helped us with that part
My sister in law started the process years ago with a lawyer, but because of lack of money it was halted until we got the notice of termination and then we tried and tried to restart it, but they would never answer or help us in any way
So we decided to start again with the person that helped my wife to get the waiver, but we were scammed with 6k, my fault for trusting someone we’ve known for a few years and not asking for receipts, at the moment she is in jail for scamming other and stealing from her boss
So I decided to take over and start her process once again, we just got the notice asking for initial evidence, so we have to prove that her marriage is real and not just for the green card, they’ve been married for about 10 years, but he is disabled so money is the issue but my wife helped her save more money after the scam, so she is good for now
What do you recommend we send them? Bank account, income tax, pictures, we are getting statements from people that know them
We are in the Chicago area, sending the information to Irving, TX Thank you for your help
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2024.04.18 14:50 laybs1 Stephen Ambrose the JS of the Historical Profession

Stephen Ambrose the JS of the Historical Profession
From the X account (deadname Twitter) of Cynical Historian.
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2024.04.15 03:10 vermithrax Billionaire wunderkind Palmer Luckey, ousted from Facebook in 2017 over MAGA affiliations, shows up to defend himself in a thread mentioning him and those events. Drama ensues.

An internet drama makes its way to subreddit drama as an ousted billionaire shows up in the comments to defend his politics!
https://np.reddit.com/oculus/comments/1c3rwfk/john_carmack_regrets_not_doing_more_to_support/
There's quite a LOT going on here (these are billionaires publicly finger pointing and posturing over extremely large companies, and big politics), background provided by reddit user Aboveskies (quoting John Carmack):
https://np.reddit.com/oculus/comments/1c3rwfk/john_carmack_regrets_not_doing_more_to_support/kzj50gb/
I regret not doing more to support and defend @PalmerLuckey at Facebook. We were in different states and divisions, and I was largely out of the political loop, but when I became aware of the situation I should have made a clear and open statement of opposition to the witch hunt.
Companies are better off without the crowd that did that.
Thankfully, Palmer has gone on to even greater success.
There's some vague twitter non-infrmation from Andrew Bosworth, the current CTO of Meta, which brings Palmer out of the woodwork (still quoting from twitter by reddit user Aboveskies):
Great story to tell now that I have dra-gged myself back to relevance, but you aren't credible.
You retweeted posts claiming I donated to white supremacists, and a post saying that anyone who supports Trump because they don't like Hillary Clinton is a shitty human being.
You publicly told everyone my departure had nothing to do with politics, which is absolutely insane and obviously contradicted by reams of internal communications. It is like saying the sky is green. Same goes for you telling people that I wasn't pressured into saying anything untrue, that any mention of politics and who I was voting for was up to me. Can I post my original statement, the one that was explicitly rejected on account of saying negative things about Hillary Clinton, or is that still considered Work Product?
Maybe you are lying, maybe you are just ignorant and willing to launder the lies of others about something you weren't even around for, but don't try to play the apolitical hero here.
Extended Twitter rant from Palmer follows.
Reddit user Hendeith clarifies some of the above Twitter thread to indicate why the former CEO of Mozilla was removed from that position:
https://np.reddit.com/oculus/comments/1c3rwfk/john_carmack_regrets_not_doing_more_to_support/kzjxmfx/
Everyone was fine with Eich being part of Mozilla until he was made CEO. That's because Eich made multiple donations to hard right wing causes: lobbying against same-sex marriage in California, proposition 8 (same-sex marriage ban in California) and right wing politicians that supported it. When you are a CEO you lead and shape your company. People working for Mozilla had every right to oppose him being a CEO.
Hendeith goes on to clarify more specifically the drama behind Luckey being removed from Facebook:
Palmer Luckey was fired after it was made public that he donated money to pro Trump groups. It wasn't his campaign or anything like that. It was again far right fundraisers. Stuff they are officially know for are billboards saying Hillary is too big to go to jail, but they are also accused of astroturfing and in some cases using troll accounts to spread hate.
Palmer can't be quiet on this one so he shows up in the reddit thread (assuming palmerluckey is actually him, which is likely):
NOTE the account palmerluckey is editing their comments, so I am copying relevant portions as I see them.
https://np.reddit.com/oculus/comments/1c3rwfk/john_carmack_regrets_not_doing_more_to_support/kzlbqr2/
It isn't just that it was never officially confirmed, it very clearly never happened - the origins of those claims were people on Twitter making things up without even a tiny grain of truth to start from. Those accusations were completely fabricated from the start, it was a coordinated and sustained campaign to get me fired by spreading lies. There is a reason many of the stories about me funding racist/sexist/anti-semitic troll campaigns were completely deleted - if any of it was true, it would certainly get referenced in modern coverage of myself and Anduril [Anduril is Palmer's new autonomous drone weapons company].
Palmer then goes on to say that Americans and Barack Obama don't want Gay marriage:
https://np.reddit.com/oculus/comments/1c3rwfk/john_carmack_regrets_not_doing_more_to_support/kzkw7l
It is worth noting that same-sex marriage was not a popular cause. The people supporting it were generally very politically left or libertarian. It is easy to call Proposition 8 a far-right invention in the modern day, but it passed! In California, one of the most reliably liberal states! Heck, even Barack Obama was against same-sex marriage.
Then Palmer points out that opposition to gay marriage was a moderate position:
https://np.reddit.com/oculus/comments/1c3rwfk/john_carmack_regrets_not_doing_more_to_support/kzl45zh/
My point is not that it passed without opposition, it is that opposition to same-sex marriage was not a far-right position or something that be fairly used to paint someone as a bigot worthy of firing. It was, at the time, a majority view even in California but especially nationally.
Reddit user xxTheGoDxx does an extended dive into Palmer Luckey's connection to the military industrial complex, too long to quote here entirely but ends by implying his right wing political donations may have played into his weapons company's success:
https://np.reddit.com/oculus/comments/1c3rwfk/john_carmack_regrets_not_doing_more_to_support/kzkwyuk/
Honestly makes it sound like his donation might have been to get the door open on a defense contract, but who knows.
Much of the thread appears to have been overrun with MAGA supporters.
Reddit user gigadude claims to have worked with Palmer at Oculus, talks shit about his politics AND his tech chops AND brings up Gamergate:
https://np.reddit.com/oculus/comments/1c3rwfk/john_carmack_regrets_not_doing_more_to_support/kzjrlrg/
Palmer's politics did bleed into internal threads from time to time; not in an overly hostile way but certainly in a way I found unprofessional, especially in his role as a leader. For what it's worth I can't remember a single technical contribution he made during my overlap with him, or for that matter seeing him in the office very often; I do remember several times his public antics while on the clock representing Oculus needing PR damage control.
Palmer can't deal with this slight, says he doesn't know the dude:
https://np.reddit.com/oculus/comments/1c3rwfk/john_carmack_regrets_not_doing_more_to_support/kzky2en/
I don't know what division you worked in, but it must have been pretty far removed from my team. I was in the office every workday and most weekends, and only took a single one-week vacation in my years at Facebook. Not seeing a single technical contribution is also pretty strange given the teams I led, particularly on the input side.
Palmer goes on to say that his replacement at Oculus (the current CTO of meta) was anti-Trump:
https://np.reddit.com/oculus/comments/1c3rwfk/john_carmack_regrets_not_doing_more_to_support/kzl99sx/
Remember that Boz is the one who posted (and then deleted) that anyone who supports Trump because they don't like Hillary is a shitty human being. And he is the CTO! Politics was always fine, but not anything right of San Francisco middle.
Redditor pentagon points out that Palmer is Matt Gaetz' brother in law (!):
https://np.reddit.com/oculus/comments/1c3rwfk/john_carmack_regrets_not_doing_more_to_support/kzlykbg/
Redditor deSpaffle points out that Palmer is a big MAGA donor:
https://np.reddit.com/oculus/comments/1c3rwfk/john_carmack_regrets_not_doing_more_to_support/kzk1rjp/
He also financially supports his pedo brother in law and the Republican party, having made at least 719 separate donations totalling millions of dollars.
https://www.opensecrets.org/donor-lookup/results?name=palmer+luckey&order=desc&sort=A
Palmer ignores this but then shows up a bit lower down to deny this (despite the evidence??):
https://np.reddit.com/oculus/comments/1c3rwfk/john_carmack_regrets_not_doing_more_to_support/kzldqlg/
None of this is true. My political contributions at that point were limited to Ron Paul, Gary Johnson, and $9k to an anti-Clinton group. I was quiet about it, too. There is a reason nobody even knew my politics until the press dug them up.
The thread devolves into the usual left vs right wing tit-a-tat. American political arguments, discussion of the big T, military contracts, silicon valley power plays, definitions of inflammatory terms, etc.
Edit:
For your popcorning pleasure, another thread in a different subreddit on the same subject, although reddit user palmerluckey isn't in it, and it's locked:
https://np.reddit.com/virtualreality/comments/1c3qg11/john_carmack_regrets_not_doing_oing_more_to/
Probably the best part is reddit user Looki187 posting a no-context picture of Palmer Luckey posing happily with Steve Bannon and flashing a controversial hand sign:
https://np.reddit.com/virtualreality/comments/1c3qg11/john_carmack_regrets_not_doing_oing_more_to/kzjdc2h/
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/EEMx26aUEAEM0LV?format=jpg&name=small
Reddit user muchcharles indicates that the second fellow in the pic is a holocaust denier named Chuck Johnson:
https://np.reddit.com/virtualreality/comments/1c3qg11/john_carmack_regrets_not_doing_oing_more_to/kzjrlgh/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_C._Johnson#Holocaust_denial https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_C._Johnson#Charlottesville_Rally
https://www.tampabay.com/florida-politics/buzz/2018/02/05/matt-gaetzs-state-of-the-union-guest-admits-he-questioned-holocaust/
justacolyte: what are your thoughts on the Holocaust, WW2, and the JQ (anti-semitic conspiracy theory speak for The Jewish Question) talk in general?
ChuckCJohnson: I do not and never have believed the six million figure. I think the Red Cross numbers of 250,000 dead in the camps from typhus are more realistic. I think the Allied bombing of Germany was a war crime. I agree with David Cole about Auschwitz and the gas chambers not being real. I read the German War (highly recommend), Bloodlands, Mein Kampf, and all of David Irving.
edit2:
Ermagerd guys I can't keep up, he's all up in the comments still, ITS STILL UNFOLDING AND I AM OUT OF POPCORN SNED HALP
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2024.04.04 02:58 Aedelfrid Fred Nuttman releases post election newsletter

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2024.02.16 18:58 bzornes1213 WHY TROY AVE HAD TO TURN HIMSELF IN TO THE COURTS?

I've known about the Troy Ave & TaxStone situation at Irving Plaza, ever since it first happened but I wasn't aware that Troy Ave was NOT sentenced yet.... I thought he did almost 2 years while waiting for Trial and when he went to Trial & got the pistol charges & firing a weapon in a crowded public space in NYC, his sentence was only a few years & because he already served 2 years, he was able to be on house arrest or ankle monitor probabtion, to serve the rest of his time.
I believe Troy Ave was actually charged with the gun that TAXSTONE himself had because Troy Ave somehow managed to TAKE the pistol from Tax & he got to busting that bitch off in Tax's direction or whoever's direction, after his man "Banga" was shot & laying on the ground DYING from his gunshot wounds he received from Tax Stones gun, the same one that Troy Ave was shooting on camera smh...
Obviously Troy Ave's lawyer was able to get Troy Ave a lesser sentence because Troy got on the stand in the court room & pointed Tax Stone out as the one who shot & killed his man "Banga"... A lot of people argued if it was snitching or not because Troy Ave would have probably got a attempted murder charge or some sort of worse charge than he did end up getting if he stayed quiet & didn't take the stand in the court room.... Even though Tax Stone did actually "Snitch" & make statements about Troy Ave FIRST... some people say snitching is still snitching, even if someone SNITCH on YOU FIRST.
Regardless of all that, does anyone, preferably a Lawyer or someone who practices & studies USA & New York City Law, know about this case and could maybe break it down, real quick? There might not be no actual lawyers in here so the "Hood & Street Laywers" are welcome too.😂 I know a little bit about law, thanks to some dumb past decisions I choose in life but I am NOT caught up on the Troy Ave case and what Troy Ave was just sentenced to the other day, when he turned himself into the courts... Troy Ave didn't really explain the situation on his last podcast episode of "The Facto Show", he basically just said hes going to hold it down & he will be back soon...
It looks like, even though he pointed his finger at Tax Stone while on stand in the court of law, Troy Ave still had to go & sit down for a couple years.... That's fucked up 😂 what would have Troy Ave been charged or faced with, if he DID NOT go on stand & point his finger & makes statements against Tax Stone? Was it way worse charges? The shit he said about getting pulled over while being in a car with his homies and there were pistols in the car he was charged with is weird too because were they pulled over AFTER the shooting trying to leave the area? Its crazy getting charged with possession of a firearm, when you TOOK that shit from another man who was trying to KILL YOU & KILLED your best friend right next to you. What's Troy Ave facing & what happened when he turned himself in?
I seen the video of Troy Ave turning himself in at the court house, so I assume that he knew he had to eventually go back to court & get sentenced for the Irving Plaza incident BUT did Akademiks know? I would again assume, that Akademiks had to know Troy Ave would possibly be going back to jail for the Irving Plaza situation BEFORE he paid Troy Ave $1,000,000 & signed him to a deal with "The Akademy", according to Akademiks himself.
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2024.02.04 03:38 Fit-Meringue-8795 Getting Evicted

I know this doesn’t have anything to do with debts but it been really hard times for me, Im 23 yo I currently live in apartments complex 2 bedroom with my mom but we’ve been struggling a lot since I had an accident last year, I lost my car, it was totaled the other driver was drunk and made me crash him(I have the crash report and everything) we both didn’t have insurance but cops took him to jail, since then I’ve been struggling a lot to move to work, I work in construction I do HVAC sheet metal a friend of mine was giving me a ride but work slowed down in December since then I haven’t work, I barely could pay January rent and now I don’t have money left to pay this February month, today was the last day to pay rent and probably im getting evicted, landlord gave me a chance on January but we made an agreement that I was not gonna fail this month but apparently i broke it, I’ve been trying really hard to find a job but is difficult since I don’t have money saved(to pay uber) neither a car, I did everything, I asked for help to these churchs and organization that help people, they either weren’t taking more people applications or just didn’t take the calls, I live in Irving Texas, I ran out of options. Someone knows what else could I do ?
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2024.02.01 11:38 Original-Bottle-7001 Stalker Using False Identities Jailed for Six Years: Victim and Innocent Bystanders Endure Harrowing Campaign

A 46-year-old man, David Irving, has been sentenced to six years in prison for stalking a 16-year-old girl over nearly two years, taking up false identities and subjecting the victim and her family to a disturbing campaign of harassment.
https://tscnewschannel.com/stalker-using-false-identities-jailed-for-six-years-victim-and-innocent-bystanders-endure-harrowing-campaign/
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2024.02.01 04:28 Princess-Josie-Riki Planet Z Theory

Planet Z Theory

An Alphabet Lore Creepypasta

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We all know the letters of the alphabet from Alphabet Lore, especially the planet Z themselves. And we all know the villainous numbers from Number Lore. But did you know that all of the letters and numbers are figments of a man's imagination inside a dream and that Z was that man? Allow me to illuminate.
Let's start with the Z himself a.k.a. Ezekiel Zimmermann, or Zeke for short. Zeke was a journalist, hearing about the tragedies in his town. Zeke had always felt sorry for the victims of those tragic events and wished that he could do something about it. Unfortunately, that day never arrived when he was caught in a horrific car accident. Zeke had survived, but unfortunately, the car crash put the poor man straight into a coma. The comatose Zeke was put on life support, trapped in an eternal sleep and an everlasting dream of him being a planet and a "Z", with the dead people as letters and numbers.
The first three people were Alejandro Anderson, an albino man and a chill dude, Bradley Blue a friendly man who loves butterflies and Charlie Campbell a cool, yet tough guy. A trio of best friends and the incarnations of A, B and C. Alejandro, Bradley and Charlie all died on different days. Alejandro was killed after being hit by a taxi cab while he was reading, Bradley died in a plane crash while he was bringing a butterfly collection home and Charlie was violently torn limb from limb by wild animals while he was camping in the woods and his bloody remains were eaten afterwards.
Daniel Drew was the next unfortunate soul. He was a happy, loving, cheerful man with a positive attitude. Although Daniel may not be smart, he is actually happy about his life. Unfortunately, his life ended when an angry man came along and beat poor Daniel with no mercy. Apparently, Daniel had accidentally scratched the man's car while he wasn't looking. Daniel died of his injuries on his way to the hospital. D became the reincarnation of the late Daniel Drew.
Ethan Evans was a cool dude and a lady's man just like his reincarnation, E. With a pompadour hairstyle and a knack for impersonating Elvis Presley, Ethan had everything he ever dreamed of; money, popularity, riches, woman, you name it. But all that changed when Ethan was bludgeoned in the head with an aluminum bat by accident during a game of pinata. Ethan's dreams were shattered just like his skull and he dropped dead.
Finneas Foster, a.k.a. F, was abandoned as a baby with no family and was sent to an orphanage where he was bullied by other kids for being clad in black clothing. The caretaker tried suggesting that F should wear different clothes in concern, but F never listened and said that he liked wearing black. He also hated being called "Finn", which made him mad. Despite this, he befriended Noah Navarro, a young man with a loving family who was bullied for being weak and cowardly, during his childhood days, but the bullying made him much worse. Even all his teeth were broken and became sharp teeth. F became cold, ruthless, sadistic and vengeful. In his teen years, F seeked revenge on his former tormentors and grew up as a criminal, involved in countless crimes, including serial murder, mutilation, torture, cannibalism, kidnapping, theft, armed robbery, assault, psychological abuse, terrorism and so on. His only friend, Noah tried to stop him and tell him to cease his life of crime to change for the better, but it was too late. F was arrested for all the horrible things he had done and was taken to jail. F was later sentenced to death via electric chair, making Noah both heartbroken and traumatized as he witnessed his best friend die. Unable to live without his best friend, Noah wrote a suicide note and took his life to see F in the afterlife by hanging himself at the noose. His parents found their son's hanging corpse in his room. F's reincarnation became a certain black capital letter of the same name while N became the reincarnation of Noah.
Next comes Grayson Garcia and Petunia Parker, a lovely couple who soon became G and P respectively. Grayson and Petunia had fallen in love with each other since childhood and they started dating in their teen years. As soon as they became adults, Grayson and Petunia were happily married. Soon, Petunia became pregnant and wanted to have a family with Greyson and Greyson agreed. Unfortunately, Petunia gave birth to a dead baby, a stillborn, much to her and Grayson's horror and grief. Soon, Petunia took her own life and shot herself in the head. Mortified and heartbroken, Grayson mourned over his wife's suicide and isolated himself in his home. One year later, Grayson died from a broken heart. As for their stillborn child, the baby soon became G and P's baby.
Hunter Hamilton, the previous incarnation of H, was obsessed with ghosts, the occult and the paranormal. He used to give ghost tours to tourists to earn money, considering that he was poor. Hunter always loved reading books on ghosts, occult and the paranormal. Soon, Hunter had given his last ghost tour in an abandoned facility when the tourists left him alone. Hunter tried to keep up until he ended up knocking into something that leaked a toxic gas called hydrogen cyanide, accidentally inhaling it. Hunter succumbed to hydrogen cyanide poisoning and gave up the ghost alone.
The next person was Irving Isaacson, a man with a youthful appearance and glasses. Irving was older than he looked, making him cute. The only thing that wasn't cute about him was his death, which was a horrible accident when he got crushed by a car crusher in a junkyard. Irving soon became I.
Jasper Jones was a supermodel with a pretty face. Jasper, unfortunately, was not lucky, just like the others. A fire happened and the poor man was burned alive. J became the reincarnation of Jasper.
Kairi Krueger, the previous incarnation of K, had a huge interest in bugs and insects. Ironically, this led to her untimely demise. While studying the bees, she accidentally knocked the beehive over, causing the bees to go mad and sting her to death.
Leon Lorenzo and Orville Olson, who soon became L and O respectively, were the next people on death's list. Leon and Orville were a pair of rich gentlemen who were not only snobs, but bullies as well. Leon was spoiled rotten by his mother as Orville's parents spoiled their son too. Leon and Orville were like two peas in a pod. Unfortunately, Orville perished from leukemia, which is blood cancer. What made it worse was that Orville was overweight. Leon, on the other hand, had by far the worst death of all the others. Just as Leon was about to attend Orville's funeral, one of Leon and Orville's victims came to him one day with a sharp knife and tackled him, stabbing Leon multiple times. Then, the victim slit Leon's throat, killing him. For Leon's demise, it was poetic justice.
The next lost soul was Michael Martinez, a man who was neglected by his parents and abused by his older siblings. As a child, Michael was bullied for being weak, so he went to therapy. He eventually went to the gym in his teens, hoping to be stronger and stand up for himself. He even took boxing classes, kickboxing classes and wrestling classes for self-defense. In his adulthood, Michael had not only stood up for himself, but others as well. Unfortunately, while Michael went to the convenience store, which was where he used to work, he came across a killer with a gun, killing the other employees. Just as Michael was about to intervene, the killer shot Michael three times in the chest, killing him. After death, Michael soon became M.
Quinton Quisenberry was the next victim and the previous incarnation of Q. Quinton was diagnosed with bradykinesia, slowness in movement. He was very slow, yet very wise. He would always try to warn people about the accidents, but he was not quick enough to get there on time. He was always late to work. Soon, Quinton's slowness would lead to his demise. While camping, he ended up walking into quicksand and couldn't get out. He sank into the quicksand and perished.
Robin Ridley, who soon became R, was a coward who suffered anxiety. Robin had a scar over one of his eyes since childhood after a cat scratched him. He had been afraid and stressed ever since. Eventually, Robin ended up falling into a tar pit and drowned in the tar.
The previous incarnation of S is Samuel Stuart, a reptile lover and a hippie when it comes to reptiles. His parents fight over his hippie lifestyle and his obsession over reptiles, causing a divorce. Even as an adult, Samuel lives with his mother, who still supports him. Samuel's most favorite reptile is a snake and he had gotten a pet snake for his birthday. Unfortunately, he was bitten by his own pet snake, causing him to succumb to the snake venom and whither away.
The next victim was Tony Travis, a muscular man and a skilled swimmer. Tony had braces since childhood. Despite this, he was well-respected for his skill and was a gold-medal winner in any swimming race he did before his death. While Tony was swimming at the beach, he didn't realize that the waters had sharks in them until it was too late. He was attacked and eaten by sharks, resulting in a grisly end for the poor man. Soon, T became the reincarnation of Tony.
Ulrich Underwood was another victim. He was unappreciated and ignored by his peers, making him feel invisible. Everytime he tries to do a good deed, no one seems to notice, much to dismay. His luck went from bad to worse. He put on winter gear, including a scarf, to go for a drive on a cold day. Unfortunately, his scarf got tangled in a fan, strangling him. Ulrich's neck snapped and he died of asphyxiation. Soon, Ulrich was reincarnated as U.
Next comes Vinnie Valentine, the incarnation of V. Vinnie was born mentally challenged. He lived as an outcast, being ridiculed for being a retard and a coward. Vinnie tries to be positive and happy. He eventually died from a heart attack after his cowardice got worse.
The Walker Sisters, Wilhelmina and Winifred, were a pair of dicephalic parapagus twins, siamese conjoined at birth. The twins were born and raised in a freak show and they were respected and given things that people believe would make the two happy, which explains why they were wearing Gothic lolita clothing. Unknown to the freak show or the rest of the world, Wilhelmina and Winifred were diagnosed with depression ever since they were kids. Soon, when the freak show closed, the Walker Sisters went to the hospital to get separation surgery. Unfortunately, there was a surgery gone wrong and the twins died from massive blood loss. Wilhelmina and Winifred eventually became W.
Xavier Xiao, who soon became X, was a man from an Asian family who owned a Chinese Restaurant. Xavier learned kung fu and graduated at a martial arts academy to pursue his dreams as a ninja. He was a black belt, which is the highest rank and won every tournament, yet he is very honorable and kind, even to his opponents. Unfortunately, Xavier had lost his final battle when a cannibal broke out of the insane asylum and broke into his home. Xavier tried to take down the cannibal, but the cannibal threw a knife into Xavier's head, killing him instantly. Then, the cannibal ate Xavier's flesh and organs.
Next on death's list was Yumi York, a kind woman who was a babysitter. The kids loved her and she loved them. But all that changed when she started taking care of a group of rowdy, spoiled children, all being siblings. Yumi hardly ate and couldn't sleep during this. Unable to control these kids, she was about to quit her job when she tripped over a ball left by one of the kids, causing her to fall out the window. She died from blunt force trauma, caused by a head injury and broken bones. Y became the reincarnation of poor Yumi York.
Primus Uno was the leader and don of the Mob, a criminal organization with Deuce Zwei, a mobster, as his second-in-command and right-hand man. Tertius Sanban was one of their most loyal mobsters and hitmen. Their criminal ways eventually led to not only their deaths, but the end of their gang. Primus and Deuce set the bomb to go off in an hour to blow up a police station. But thanks to Tertius' clumsiness, the bomb exploded, killing Primus, Deuce, Tertius and seven other mobsters by incinerating them. Their bodies were never found and their lair was destroyed in the process. Primus, Deuce, Tertius and the dead mobsters soon became 1, 2, 3 and the other numbers. The numbers didn't appear in Alphabet Lore, but that is a different story.
With every tragedy tied to the town, no one will ever forget the names of those victims, especially Zeke. In conclusion, the comatose Zeke would continue to watch over the lost souls in the form of the planet, Z, trapped forever in a world of his own mind, in a purgatory of his own making and a dream to which he'll never wake up from.
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2024.01.24 21:24 Electronic-Sugar-967 An encounter with an Autowala

So here’s what happened. Me and my friend tried to book a rapido auto at 9:30 pm or so in the night. We were near Brigade IRV center, whitefield. Since, our flat was close to 2-3kms, we expected a quick auto booking.
But it took 5-10 mins TBH(It’s a not so empty locality). But anyways we got a ride. And after boarding the auto, the auto driver asked “Bhaiyaa time lag gaya na auto booking karne mein?” Me and my friend were astounded. I said him “Haan bhaiyaa thoda toh time laga, itna nahi lagta”(Based on my past experiences).
Then he explained why was this happening. He said, all this is happening recently only. The local autowalas have forced the auto drivers from Bihar, Odisha etc to quit and move out of the city. He said there were some 400-500 drivers who moved out of Bangalore.
I asked him what was the reason. He said the local auto drivers want to run business solely, at their will, their prices and their terms. They were unhappy how guys like him get easy business etc etc.
Out of curiosity I asked him for what reason he didn’t move out. He said he has papers of Karnataka. Nothing else. He rides an auto owned by a local man and the owner has filed a case against the guy who made videos(which I ain’t aware of fully) of northie drivers and posted. After that they are silent. He continued to narrate an incident where he was heckled by local auto drivers but thankfully the police reached on time and saved him. Said the police was very supportive and warned them of a jail action if this happened again. He also mentioned how they are planning to mitigate this because there is no government order and they got threatened unnecessarily.
On my way back to my home I thought what has happened to Bangalore. Where has this hatred produced from ? Everything was fine last year. Who is to blame?
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2024.01.23 19:47 CP4-Throwaway My span for the transition between the Classic & Modern 2010's Part 0 (February 2014 - May 2015)

I originally started this transition with Trump announcing his run for presidency in mid-June 2015, which means that the first half of 2015 was still firmly classic 2010s, but after further consideration, based on the last post I made when it came to 2014, I think there's probably some good arguments for starting the transition earlier since there were clear signs of an inter-decade shift going on even before you get to the summer of 2015.
So I would start this transition as early as February 20, 2014 with the Annexation of Crimea by the Russian Federation and just continue on from there. This is the absolute earliest I'd consider starting it, though. 2013 is undoubtedly classic 2010s and no one can tell me otherwise. In fact, it was the quintessential year of this phase of 2010s culture (I initially said 2014, but more evidence points to 2013 for this).
Anyways, let's begin.


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Annexation of Crimea by the Russian Federation - February 20 to March 21, 2014

It seems very early to start this transition, but since it directly led to a future event and affected geopolitics in eastern Europe, it kind of makes sense.
In February and March 2014, Russia invaded the Crimean Peninsula, part of Ukraine, and then annexed it. This took place in the relative power vacuum immediately following the Revolution of Dignity and was the first act of the wider Russo-Ukrainian War. Because of this, I would say this event was the earliest sign of 20s influence in hindsight as it played a major role in what you see now in Eastern Europe.


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The WHO officially declares the Ebola virus as an outbreak - March 23, 2014

In the spring of 2014, the World Health Organization (WHO) reported cases of Ebola Virus Disease (EVD) in the forested rural region of southeastern Guinea. The identification of these early cases marked the beginning of the West Africa Ebola epidemic, the largest in history.
The initial case, or index patient, was reported on December 26, 2013. An 18-month-old boy from a small village in Guinea is believed to have been infected by bats. After five additional cases of fatal diarrhea occurred in that area, an official medical alert was issued on January 24, to the district health officials. The Ebola virus soon spread to Guinea’s capital city of Conakry, and on March 13, the Ministry of Health in Guinea issued an alert for an unidentified illness. Shortly after, the Pasteur Institute in France confirmed the illness as EVD caused by Zaire ebolavirus. On March 23, 2014, with 49 confirmed cases and 29 deaths, the WHO officially declared an outbreak of EVD. This outbreak lasted until June 9, 2016.
This wasn't really a big deal but it was just another outbreak that happened just like H1N1, Zika, and many others.


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The Isla Vista shootings - May 23, 2014

The 2014 Isla Vista killings were two misogynistic terror attacks in Isla Vista, California. On the evening of Friday, May 23, 22-year-old Elliot Rodger killed six people and injured fourteen others by gunshot, stabbing and vehicle ramming near the campus of the University of California, Santa Barbara (UCSB), before fatally shooting himself.
This event further created the fear in many parents' minds of socially inept sociopathic white dudes potentially shooting up schools and the schooling environment being an unsafe place for their children. Not only that, but it also popularized the term of "incel", which is really just an abbreviation of "involuntarily celibate", meaning that you literally can't have sex even though you want to, but this incident began the bastardization of the term to just mean a toxic, misogynistic, woman-hating sociopath.


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Power premieres on the Starz network - June 7, 2014

Power is an American crime drama television series created and produced by Courtney A. Kemp in collaboration with Curtis "50 Cent" Jackson, and it premiered on the Starz network in June of 2014. The series follows James St. Patrick (played by Omari Hardwick), nicknamed "Ghost", owner of a popular New York City nightclub, and a major player in one of the city's biggest illegal drug networks. He struggles to balance these two lives, and the balance topples when he realizes he wants to leave the drug ring in order to support his legitimate business, and commit to his mistress.
Power was one of the most defining television series of the modern 2010s era and is arguably considered to be one of the best crime dramas ever.


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ISIS declares a Caliphate - June 29, 2014

In the summer of 2014, Abu Muhammad al-Adnani, the group’s charismatic spokesman, had announced that ISIS was now to be known as the Islamic State and that the caliphate had been established with Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi as its caliph. This was a time of triumph after capturing Raqqa in Syria, Mosul in Iraq, and swathes of territory in between. From near total decimation in the aftermath of the Sahwa in Iraq and, only months earlier, the pincer movement of its rivals on either side of the Syria-Iraq border, the movement now reveled in its greatest feats achieved through a mix of shrewd strategizing, ruthless opportunism, and calculated patience.
This was a scary thing for many Americans as fears of ISIS harming the United States started to fester into their minds as this Islamist group rose into prominence, playing a part in establishing the 2010s as another pessimistic decade, politically.


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Lebron James announces return to Cleveland - July 11, 2014

After losing the NBA Finals to the San Antonio Spurs, Lebron James makes an announcement that he's coming back to the Cleveland Cavaliers in the summer, joining Kyrie Irving and Kevin Love (who was traded from the Minnesota Timberwolves for the #1 draft pick of that year's draft Andrew Wiggins) to form a superteam. This marks an end to the classic 2010s era of the James-led Miami Heat and leads to the modern 2010s Cavs/Warriors dynasty era.


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The release of Musical.ly - August 2014

Even though the first prototype of this social media app released in April 2014, it properly released in August. Musical.ly was an app which platform users created and shared short lip-sync videos. Through the app, users could create 15-second to 1-minute lip-syncing music videos and choose sound tracks to accompany, use different speed options (time-lapse, fast, normal, slow motion, and epic) and add pre-set filters and effects. The app also allowed users to browse popular "musers", content, trending songs, sounds and hashtags, and uniquely interact with their fans.
This app would be the legitimate precursor to TikTok, which you initially saw users do the same kind of things over there (before the app became another social media app like Instagram), as it literally merged with the Chinese app a couple years later.


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The Gamergate drama - August 2014 to 2015

Gamergate or GamerGate (GG) was a loosely organized misogynistic online harassment campaign and a right-wing backlash against feminism, diversity, and progressivism in video game culture. It was conducted using the hashtag "#Gamergate" primarily in 2014 and 2015. Beginning in August 2014, Gamergate targeted women in the video game industry, most notably feminist media critic Anita Sarkeesian and video game developers Zoë Quinn and Brianna Wu. The harassment campaign included doxing, rape threats, and death threats.
This was another event that happened that played a role in feminism taking over in the modern 2010s.


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The release of Five Nights at Freddy's - August 8, 2014

Released in the summer of 2014, a new game came on the horizon and it was none other than Five Nights at Freddy's, which was a point-and-click horror game developed and published by Scott Cawhorn. The player takes on the role of Mike Schmidt, a night security guard at a family pizzeria. Schmidt must complete his shifts without being confronted by the homicidal animatronic characters that wander the restaurant at night. The player has access to security cameras to monitor the animatronics throughout the shift, and a set of steel doors that can lock out the characters. Using the cameras and doors consumes the player's limited electricity, and draining all of the power causes these tools to become inoperable.
This game would define the childhoods of many "Zoomers" during the modern 2010s era.


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The death of Michael Brown - August 9, 2014

The death of 18-year old Michael Brown was officially what started the Ferguson riots that lasted a whole year (August 2014 - August 2015) and took the Black Lives Matter movement to a whole 'nother level as many riots insued immediately after as a backlash based on the perception that he was killed unjustly by the police. This was one of the events that would truly shake the nation away from a more sociopolitically calm, optimistic, and positive time to a very tense, pessimistic, and cynical sociopolitical climate during the mid 2010s that would climax in the 2016 presidential election.


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The Ferguson riots - August 9, 2014 to August 11, 2015

Immediately after the aforementioned event happened, many people in Ferguson, Missouri started rioting and this unrest lasted for a whole year, which would get worse in each new wave. A lot of property would be burnt down and such. This really started the bitterness and pessimism that we have seen in our social climate in the last 5-10 years and really shaped the second half of this decade as well as the next decade, essentially being a precursor to the BLM/Antifa riots of 2020.


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Black-ish premieres on ABC - September 24, 2014

Black-ish (stylized as black·ish) is an American sitcom television series created by Kenya Barris. It premiered on ABC during the fall of the 2014-15' television season. Black-ish follows an upper class Black family headed by Andre "Dre" Johnson, a successful advertising executive (Anthony Anderson), and his wife Rainbow, an anesthesiologist (Tracee Ellis Ross). The show revolves around the Johnson family as they juggle personal, familial and sociopolitical issues, particularly in trying to reconcile their desire to stay true to their Black identities with their choice to live in a wealthy, suburban white neighborhood.
Black-ish was another show that defined the modern 2010s era of ABC and television in general.


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Comedian Hannibal Buress calls Bill Cosby 'a rapist' - October 16, 2014

Comedian Hannibal Buress makes the joke heard around the world. Performing in Cosby's hometown of Philadelphia, he mocks Cosby's public persona. "Pull your pants up, black people -- I was on TV in the '80s," Buress said in the bit. "Yeah, but you rape women, Bill Cosby, so turn the crazy down a couple notches."
This would result in an onslaught of women to come forward and accuse Bill Cosby of sexual assault in the months to follow. Many cases would come out of this, eventually leading to Cosby's sentencing in 2018 (he would later be released in 2021). This was a precursor to the #MeToo movement that would take over in 2017 when many women came forward and accused Harvey Weinstein of sexual assault.


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The release of Fetty Wap's song "Trap Queen" - December 15, 2014

"Trap Queen" is the debut single by American rapper Fetty Wap from his self-titled debut album (2015). Following its online premiere in March 2014, it was released independently on April 22, before being re-released in conjunction with 300 Entertainment on December 15. The song was well received by critics who praised the vocals and production for being cheery and infectious.
"Trap Queen" was a sleeper hit, becoming Fetty Wap's first entry on the Billboard Hot 100 in mid-2015 and ultimately went on to be a top ten hit, peaking at number two; the song spent 25 consecutive weeks in the top ten. Outside the United States, "Trap Queen" peaked within the top ten of the charts in Denmark and the United Kingdom. An accompanying music video for the song, directed by Nitt Da Gritt, was released on his YouTube page that features Wap and his girlfriend partying at their apartment.
This song would further popularize trap as a genre in mainstream music, which would later dominate hip-hop during the modern 2010s.


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Empire premieres on Fox - January 7, 2015

Empire is an American musical drama television series created by Lee Daniels and Danny Strong for Fox that premiered in the middle of the 2014-15' television season.
The show focuses on Lucious Lyon, the head of a record label who is diagnosed with ALS and given three years to live. While keeping his condition a secret, he decides to find a successor that will take over the company. Meanwhile, his ex-wife Cookie Lyon comes out of jail and demands a part of the company she founded. The episode was directed by Lee Daniels and written by Lee Daniels and Danny Strong. Over 12 original songs, produced by Timbaland, were featured in the episode.
Empire was just another show that defined the modern 2010s era of television.


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Better Call Saul premieres on AMC - February 8, 2015

After Breaking Bad comes to an end in the fall of 2013, a prequel (and sequel) spinoff of the show debuts in the winter of 2015, which was none other than the iconic Better Call Saul.
Set primarily in the early 2000s in Albuquerque, New Mexico, several years before Breaking Bad, Better Call Saul examines the moral declines of Jimmy McGill (Bob Odenkirk), an earnest lawyer and former con artist who becomes the egocentric criminal-defense attorney Saul Goodman, and Mike Ehrmantraut (Jonathan Banks), a former corrupt police officer who becomes a fixer and enforcer for drug traffickers.
In addition to selected scenes that take place within the Breaking Bad timeline, the show includes flashforwards, shown in black and white, to events following Breaking Bad. Taking place in 2010, these flashforwards show Jimmy living as a fugitive under the identity of Gene Takavic, the manager of a Cinnabon store in Omaha, Nebraska. The flashforwards comprise the opening scenes of the first five season premieres, and make up nearly the entirety of the episodes towards the end of the series.
Better Call Saul defined the modern 2010s era of television and would only get more popular as the seasons went on once the action increases and more polarizing characters make their appearance on the show, like Lalo Salamanca.


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The release of Skrillex and Diplo's song "Where Are Ü Now" ft. Justin Bieber - February 27, 2015

This song represented a shift in Skrillex's music as he was mostly known for dubstep (or in his case, brostep) during the early 2010s and this song that he did with Diplo incorporated EDM, futurepop, and tropical house. This song also represented Justin Bieber's return to pop music as he took a year hiatus after his "deposition". He came back with a new look and was ready for his next album, Purpose, which would arguably be the biggest album of the mid 2010s, rivaling that of 1989.


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Grand Theft Auto V releases on PC - April 14, 2015

Grand Theft Auto V inititally released on September 17, 2013 for the PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 and then on November 18, 2014 for the next generation consoles (PlayStation 4 and Xbox One), but now it finally comes out on PC in the spring of 2015. This was where things get real for the GTA series. GTA V players can now finally mod the game and do whatever they please. GTA V mods really defined the modern 2010s era of gaming, along with GTA Online, which was already massively popular at this time thanks to a bunch of big YouTubers playing the game.


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Bruce Jenner comes out as a transgender woman - April 26, 2015

Bruce Jenner has come out as transgender, Friday night on ABC News’ “20/20” interview with Diane Sawyer. After much speculation, the former Olympian who was previously married to Kardashian matriarch Kris Jenner confirmed, “I am a woman."
"My whole life has been getting me ready for this. It’s not just the last few years, as they’ve been treating me, as a joke,” Jenner said, referring to the heavy tabloid press, which has surrounded him. “My whole life has prepared me for this moment so I want to take advantage of it and do the right thing.” Jenner assured Sawyer that the interview is not a publicity stunt. The Friday night sit-down is the final TV spot Jenner will appear as “Bruce.” He said from now on, he will continue his life as “myself.” Wiping away his tears, he said, “Bruce lives a lie…she is not a lie. I can’t do it anymore.”
Bruce Jenner coming out as transgender (and then later transitioning as Caitlyn Jenner) would cause a major shift in society as transgenderism became more accepted in the mainstream and the transgender issue would play in the SJW v. Alt-Right dichotomy during the modern 2010s.


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Discord is released to the public - May 13, 2015

Discord is an instant messaging and VoIP social platform which allows communication through voice calls, video calls, text messaging, and media and files. Communication can be private or take place in virtual communities called "servers", which would be a collection of persistent chat rooms and voice channels which can be accessed via invite links. Discord runs on Windows, macOS, Android, iOS, iPadOS, Linux, and in web browsers.
Discord was publicly released in May 2015 under the domain name discordapp.com. According to Citron, they made no specific moves to target any specific audience, but some gaming-related subreddits quickly began to replace their IRC links with Discord links.
This app played a huge role how young people would communicate during the modern 2010s and really blew up in the mainstream around 2021, now being one of the most commonly used social platforms.

Other events that also had an impact that happened around this time period (give/take) that I could not fit on this list:

I hope you enjoyed it and I would appreciate it if you would comment on these.
By the way, here's part 1 of this transition, the more obvious phase of this transition:
June 2015 to January 2017
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2023.10.28 19:57 Massive_Nectarine438 The beauty of living in a debt based monetary system is that it's predictable.

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2023.08.20 16:43 DetectiveFork Headless Ghosts of New Jersey

Headless Ghosts of New Jersey
Washington Irving created the most popular headless ghost in "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow," the classic tale of the Headless Horseman haunting a rural New York hamlet, but I was surprised to learn that my home state, New Jersey, also has its own startlingly large collection of acephalous phantoms. I've researched these stories and collected them in one article. These hauntings are tied to real places and were reported soberly in the local press of the day. While newspapers in the late 1800s and early 1900s were not immune to creating or exaggerating tales of ghosts and sea serpents and the like, most of these accounts were peppered with names and locations that at least made them seem grounded in reality. These are the ghosts covered in detail:
  • The Spectral Protector of Captain Kidd's Treasure (Barnegat, NJ)
  • The Sea Captain's Wraith and Buried Loot (Camden, NJ)
  • Headless Ghost with the Red Suspenders (Ellisdale, NJ)
  • The Kleptomaniac Ghost (Columbus, NJ)
  • The Quarryman's Ghost (West Orange, NJ)
  • Headless Haunts of the Old Camden Jail (Camden, NJ)
  • Headless Pete and Baby Cries (Beverly, NJ)
The full article is available here: https://thunderbirdphoto.com/f/headless-ghosts-of-new-jersey
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2023.08.09 19:30 DetectiveFork Headless Ghosts of New Jersey - Historical Accounts of Decapitated Phantoms in the Garden State

Headless Ghosts of New Jersey - Historical Accounts of Decapitated Phantoms in the Garden State
Washington Irving created the most popular headless ghost in "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow," the classic tale of the Headless Horseman haunting a rural New York hamlet, but I was surprised to learn that my home state, New Jersey, also has its own startlingly large collection of acephalous phantoms. I've researched these stories and collected them in one article. These hauntings are tied to real places and were reported soberly in the local press of the day. While newspapers in the late 1800s and early 1900s were not immune to creating or exaggerating tales of ghosts and sea serpents and the like, most of these accounts were peppered with names and locations that at least made them seem grounded in reality. These are the ghosts covered in detail:
  • The Spectral Protector of Captain Kidd's Treasure (Barnegat, NJ)
  • The Sea Captain's Wraith and Buried Loot (Camden, NJ)
  • Headless Ghost with the Red Suspenders (Ellisdale, NJ)
  • The Kleptomaniac Ghost (Columbus, NJ)
  • The Quarryman's Ghost (West Orange, NJ)
  • Headless Haunts of the Old Camden Jail (Camden, NJ)
  • Headless Pete and Baby Cries (Beverly, NJ)
The full article is available here: https://thunderbirdphoto.com/f/headless-ghosts-of-new-jersey
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2023.08.02 14:42 Tenebristar [Back to the Future] How much money did Biff Tannen have, and especially from what source, in 1955? (When he was only 17.)

I've loved Back to the Future movies since I was a kid, but there are a few things I haven't been able to figure out about to this day.First, let's start with 1955.
There was a 17-year-old high school student who owns his own car, a 1947 Ford Super De Luxe Convertible. I don't know how much this car cost in America in the 1950s, but I think it's likely that it wasn't one of the low-cost vehicles. Since I wasn't born in the U.S., I don't know what financial circumstances the average American citizen lived in in the 50s. However, I don't think every 3rd teenager owned a "deluxe" vehicle of this or similar class. In addition, Biff lived with his grandmother, he did not even have a real family who could provide him with the financial background to buy such a car (I don't think the old lady's pension would be too much which Biff always takes from her). Moreover, Biff was forced to pay a $300 (approximately $3400 in 2023) cost to repair his car after the manure transport incident.
The question arises, where does the "average" American teenager have so much money to own a "deluxe" car and be able to pay $300? (Even with a decent job, at most, if he works in some senior management position or is engaged in some illegal activity, but Biff wasn't smart enough to make money in this way, especially at 17 - he even did his school homework with others - primarily out of laziness, and secondarily out of tyranny, but this resulted in Biff remaining undereducated - see a faulty use of mixed metaphors - which even old Biff was ashamed of.) Not to mention that Biff certainly also had to pay compensation for the the manure haulage contractor, specifically D. Jones Manure Hauling. The owner, D. Jones, probably benefited doubly from this, as he had Bif pay for the damage and then asked for $80 (approx $915 in 2023) to transport the manure from Biff's car, which he probably managed to sell. In addition, when Biff ran into the manure truck a second time, he second time force to paid the damage caused to it, which Biff had to pay again because a court case resulting from a police report would have been more expensive. It is still likely that Biff was subsequently arrested by police for causing a drunk driving accident, and if the court sentenced him to jail, there must have been someone to set bail for him.
What I can think of is that Biff's financial background was due to his father, Irving "Kid" Tannen, who was Hill Valley's number one gangster boss. I know that Kid married a woman he got pregnant (so that Biff wouldn't be born illegally), but he divorced her immediately after Biff's birth, leaving Biff in the care of his own mother, Gertrude Tannen, because he didn't want to deal with Biff.Even though Kid Tannen wasn't too interested in Biff's fate, I think he supported his son financially on some level, which why Biff was so "rich" at 17.
But it's just my own theory.
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2023.06.20 23:42 GhostfaceDrizzy TaxStone was sentenced earlier today.

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2023.06.09 21:48 revamped-and-unamped [Fully Lost] Kevin Sorbo's "Miracle in East Texas" (2019)

Originally titled "East Texas Oil," "Miracle in East Texas" (2019) is a film that's existence cannot be denied, but is certainly not available to the public, for reasons unknown.
Starring and directed by Kevin Sorbo, best known for his portrayal of Hercules in the '90s and his religious films, this film, according to its website, is, quote; "inspired by one of the most improbably true stories ever."
Irving Tanner, Jr. (Lou Gossett, Jr.) recounts the 1930 legend. Times are hard, when the unluckiest wildcatter in the world, Dad Everett (John Ratzenberger) teams up with Doc Boyd (Kevin Sorbo), a charming snake oil salesman. Together they convince several new widows (Sam Sorbo, Paula Boudreau, and others) to invest in their worthless oil wells.
Then, the unthinkable happens! Now our two Casanovas are faced with a challenge: declare another dry hole for a clean escape, or bring the well in like genuine oil men, and likely spend the rest of their lives in jail?
Meanwhile, some of their investors are angry, and fixing to do something about it. And one of them is truly a "mountain" of a man. (Tyler Mane)
What happens next? Doc preaches, the Good Lord teaches, and a judge reaches a surprising conclusion. The mostly true story will make you laugh, shed a tear, and give you pride in the God-Blessed American way.
Trailers are available on YouTube and Vimeo.
Reviews are, more than likely, heavily biased, but relatively positive, as it won numerous awards and minor film festivals and recieved at least one positive review.
The question is... where is it? After nearly four years, this film is not available on any major or minor streaming service, has one review on IMDb, and zero reviews on Letterboxd.
While I'm not exactly "interested" in the film in a "I want to watch this!" kind of way, I am intrigued to know what happened to this film, what the final product looked like, and why it never released. Anyone have any ideas?
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2023.05.12 19:38 origutamos Family wants jail time for dangerous driver who killed 'incredible soul'

In a Brampton courtroom filled with her relatives and friends, Ontario Superior Court Justice Irving Andre convicted Walid Wakeel of dangerous driving causing death, dangerous driving causing bodily harm and failing to remain at the scene of the fatal Oct. 21, 2018, collision.
“Rather than slowing down his vehicle, Mr. Wakeel accelerated his vehicle before entering the intersection on a red light,” the judge said. “He entered the intersection at a speed well in excess of the speed limit.”
https://torontosun.com/news/local-news/mandel-family-wants-jail-time-for-dangerous-driver-who-killed-incredible-soul
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2023.04.25 19:51 u_my_lil_spider Texas Exotic Dancer Abigail Saldaña was shot and killed by her stalker 2 weeks after finding a tracking device he had placed on her car. After spending thousands of dollars a day on her, Stanley Szeliga wanted a relationship. When Abigail declined, he chased her down in traffic and shot her 3 times.

Picture of Abigail and Stanley Szeliga
https://www.nbcdfw.com/news/local/man-threatened-followed-abigail-saldana-before-fatally-shooting-her-warrant/2797252/

Man Threatened, Followed Abigail Saldana Before Fatally Shooting Her: Warrant

In an arrest warrant obtained by NBC 5 News Monday, Fort Worth police say 54-year-old Stanley Szeliga fatally shot 22-year-old Abigail Saldana multiple times after threatening, stalking, and harassing her.
According to the affidavit, Saldana was found dead in her vehicle last Tuesday near the southern entrance to Dallas-Fort Worth International Airport, not far from Rick's Cabaret where she worked.
A witness called 911 to report seeing a car speeding before driving off the International Parkway exit ramp and into a grassy area next to the roadway. The caller approached the vehicle and reported bullet holes in the passenger side and an occupant inside unresponsive and not moving.
Police and medical responders arrived and soon confirmed the driver was deceased from apparent gunshot wounds.
In the affidavit, police said they found three shell casings and broken glass near the intersection of Amon Carter Boulevard and Texas 183, not far from where they found Saldana's car.
Inside the woman's vehicle detectives found a passport identifying her and clothing police described as "consistent with those worn by exotic dancers." With Rick's Cabaret in view, investigators went inside and spoke to the manager who confirmed Saldana worked there but said that she hadn't worked that day.
The manager told police that Saldana said she had been harassed by a customer they knew as Stan and he showed police Instagram posts where Saldana said the man was irritated with her over money and that he had threatened to report her to police. In another post, Saldana showed a GPS tracker she said Stan put on her car to follow her.
The manager added Saldana said she, "was frightened of Stan because he was stalking and harassing her."
According to the affidavit, detectives searched license plate reader records and found Szeliga's 2015 Ford F150 pickup truck was near Saldana's home in Farmers Branch at least five times over a 12-day span, indicating he may have been stalking her. They also said the reader showed his truck in close proximity to her vehicle in Farmer's Branch 17 minutes before the shooting was reported.
Detectives said Szeliga agreed to meet with them for an interview on Oct. 27 but that 15 minutes before the appointment he canceled saying there had been a death in his family.
Investigators then obtained a search warrant for Szeliga's Irving residence. Fort Worth SWAT officers executed the warrant shortly before midnight Oct. 27, but Szeliga refused to come out. SWAT officers eventually went inside and found Szeliga on the balcony with several self-inflicted cuts.
While Szeliga was being treated for his injury, investigators obtained an arrest warrant. He was arrested and charged with murder after being released from the hospital.
Szeliga is being held in the Tarrant County Jail on a $250,000 bond. It's not clear if he's obtained an attorney.
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