Free research paper generator

Hey all! I recently made a library for sending text files over Discord DMs
https://pypi.org/project/ext-message/
https://github.com/jwjeffext-message/
## What my project does
This code is a command-line interface for sending text files to Discord DMs from a bot.
## Target audience
My personal use-case is for my research, where I run long simulations (~72 hours) on a computing cluster. These simulations generate log files, so I can send myself the log file after the simulation, letting me:
- Know that the simulation is done
- Check that the simulation ran as intended
without having to SSH into the cluster. As of now, those running similarly heavy code looking to be notified when it finishes is my target audience, but I would love to hear other creative use cases to expand that audience!
## Comparison
Not sure what's out there in terms of other libraries for doing similar things. This was partially for production and partially a toy project forcing me to become more familiar with discord.py

Hey!
My name is David Osteen. I am a qualified EFL academic writer with over 10 years of experience in helping students handle their academic work {including Masters & Ph.D. Level}.

1. I specialize in various academic disciplines including Strategic Management, Psychology, Nursing, Medicine, Finance, Sociology, Literature, Philosophy, and many others.
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Hey Reno
I just wanted to share my sincere thanks to all those who commented on my earlier thread about visiting Reno and wanting to see it like a local. So far I've checked out:

• Reno Public Market
• Junkee
• Coffeebar
• Magpie Coffee
• Hub Coffee
• 40 Mile Saloon
• Chapel Tavern
• Reno Public House
• Great Full Gardens
• Royce Burger
• Anne's Taqueria
• Midtown
• Downtown
• Riverwalk
• Idlewild Park and West Reno
• In'n'Out
• Reno Generator
• The Bookshop and Cat Adoption place

And many more...
Best of all, I even got to to meet u/FrienDandHelpeR in person, by chance, with him overhearing me speaking and asking - are you the British guy from Reddit! I have a selfie to remember the moment.
Anyway, thanks again everyone, and, a shameless plug. My purpose for being here was to learn about Renoites and the Battleborn culture, to support a project I'm working on. With that in mind, I will be hosting a Focus Group this Thursday near Rancharrah. Lots of free parking and I'll be supplying beers, snacks, and a $50 voucher to all those who participate. If you're interested in joining (a couple of slots in the afternoon and evening), please register here - https://join.worldmobile.io/focus-reno - it would be great to meet some of you in person.
All the best, British Mike!

Hello,
I am a Texas resident applying this cycle and wanted to ask for any school suggestions.
Quick background: rly low income family (<20k a year), received free braces and wisdom teeth removal, family moved to a different country during college, etc
Stats are: 23AA/ 22TS/ 24 PAT 3.2 bcpm/3.36 science gpa/ 3.47cgpa
Cs in both Ochem 1 and 2, but 24 on dat Ochem. I understand it very strongly now.
ECs: 900 hours working as an oral surgery assistant
1800 hours working as a restaurant server
150 hours homeless food distribution where I cook and serve food with others
250 hours of online tutoring for underserved children
100 hours psychiatry lab research assistant
100 hours camp counselor
100 hours Leadership at church
50 hours predental org
Shadowing: 110 hours general 8 hours general 12 hours perio 30 hours general
Rec letters: 1 biochem/ microbio prof, 2 nutrition professors (non science), oral surgeon rec letter
School list: Columbia Asdoh All 4 texas dental schools

There's a program I want to make and there's already a version as a chrome extension that has a lot of the features I want to use. I found a site called crxviewer to view its code but I couldn't tell what I'm looking at. I believe it's JavaScript but I can't find the features when I search the code, so I don't know if it's all code specifically for chrome and the actual program is executed somewhere else or however it works.
I vaguely know about open-source but I imagined most programs would be ran locally unless it was something that could generate an income and this is an art project as far as I can tell and the community creates for free.
Could the program be ran locally and just unviewable to me?

Hey!
My name is David Osteen. I am a qualified EFL academic writer with over 10 years of experience in helping students handle their academic work {including Masters & Ph.D. Level}.

1. I specialize in various academic disciplines including Strategic Management, Psychology, Nursing, Medicine, Finance, Sociology, Literature, Philosophy, and many others.
2. For more information on some of my subject areas, please visit this link.
3. I charge affordable rates for all formats [MLA, APA, CHICAGO, HARVARD, TURABIAN, OSCOLA, etc].
4. My promise to you is to provide original, plagiarism-free, and high-quality work. I also take over full classes and do timed exams and quizzes.

Kindly PM or send instructions and deadline information directly to my email [globalacademicwriters2014@gmail.com](mailto:globalacademicwriters2014@gmail.com) to begin the process.

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1. Feel free to request progress reports.
2. Pay after assessing my work to your satisfaction.
3. I have a diverse portfolio of returning clients who are a testament to my work ethic.
4. Writing Samples will be shared on request.

All the best in your future endeavors!
I promise you an affordable rate without compromising on quality. I use software such as Grammarly and Turnitin to check for grammar and plagiarism errors.
I DO NOT use AI in my work!

hi all!!
i am looking for some tips / exercises to get better at 3d modeling air dry clay! i am normally a 2d artist with both traditional and digital, so this is a new area for me. i do have some fundamentals in building(idk if that’s the right word lol) though since i have done paper mache before.
i have been doing a wet type of method. 50 / 50 water and rubbing alcohol. that’s what i looked up and found to do. feel free to suggest anything better if that sounds wrong! i also have used aluminum foil as like an inner base. i smooth (or try to smooth) with silicone brushes and the metal ball shaper things as well.
this is my first and recent piece.
https://imgur.com/a/L28VXrt
a bit bumpy and clunky looking…. phallic shaped…. lmao!! just unfortunate but not TOO incredibly bad i don’t think…. body is a little bigger than the size of my palm.

Hey!
My name is David Osteen. I am a qualified EFL academic writer with over 10 years of experience in helping students handle their academic work {including Masters & Ph.D. Level}.

1. I specialize in various academic disciplines including Strategic Management, Psychology, Nursing, Medicine, Finance, Sociology, Literature, Philosophy, and many others.
2. For more information on some of my subject areas, please visit this link.
3. I charge affordable rates for all formats [MLA, APA, CHICAGO, HARVARD, TURABIAN, OSCOLA, etc].
4. My promise to you is to provide original, plagiarism-free, and high-quality work. I also take over full classes and do timed exams and quizzes.

Kindly PM or send instructions and deadline information directly to my email [globalacademicwriters2014@gmail.com](mailto:globalacademicwriters2014@gmail.com) to begin the process.

• Also DISCORD: bluewriters2014

1. Feel free to request progress reports.
2. Pay after assessing my work to your satisfaction.
3. I have a diverse portfolio of returning clients who are a testament to my work ethic.
4. Writing Samples will be shared on request.

All the best in your future endeavors!
I promise you an affordable rate without compromising on quality. I use software such as Grammarly and Turnitin to check for grammar and plagiarism errors.
I DO NOT use AI in my work!

1) The cork granules / substrates smells like mold and vinegar just like highly processed papers or kind of like wet coco fiber. The bags are very small
2) The pressed paper pallets is very dusty and powdery (powder is visible in the second image) ) and again very small package.
3) I also ordered some snacks; freeze dried tofu and mealworms. The containers are supper small they both expire in October and they don't smell fresh. For those of you who always wanted to try these products from Niteangel but you didn't, you are not missing out anything. They are just low quality stuff repackaged in new bags. I am surprised. I had purchased their other products before, like the large wheels and water bottles and hide outs, they were not bad but these substrate products are the worst.

Did/does anyone else feel extreme anxiety when deciding what to focus on in grad school? I’d basically like to keep as many doors open as possible and worry pursuing my true research interests will do the opposite.
Ideally, the program I join and the experience I gain during grad school will not bar me from either route. However, I imagine the more exposed you are to the biotech world the better. I also imagine the skill set you develop doing a thesis on cancer therapeutics vs the evolution of X in methanogens will generate different appeal on an industry job application vs a postdoc application. I realize I’m probably overthinking and generalizing here so please correct me if I’m wrong. I'd also like to highlight that I would be perfectly happy pursuing either topic but definitely favor the evo/basic science route.
A little background on myself because it might help: I'm a postbac and will apply in the upcoming cycle. I’m not new to either topic/the research world but at the same time, I’m a first gen student from a very low socioeconomic background. It’s therefore hard to find people in my immediate circle who considered many of the same things I will during a decision like this. Any advice or comments would be much appreciated!

Ever since Shredder passed away, I've felt compelled to share my own experience. Around the same time Ethan announced Shredder was diagnosed with kidney issues, I discovered that my 2yr old dog suffers from chronic kidney failure (renal dysplasia) due to being born with abnormal kidneys. There's no cure, and the average lifespan for a dog with this condition is around two years. Despite this, I've consulted multiple vets and internists, and even a holistic vet who I swear to god suggested a chiropractic adjustment, which of course I tried out of desperation.
Hearing about Shredder resonates deeply with me as I anticipate facing a similar journey with my own dog. It's heart-wrenching to watch him decline, seeing his personality change and enduring countless vet visits in hopes of gaining a few more months together. Initially, he was at kidney failure stage 3, but through relentless effort his condition improved to stage 1. His first internist gave him 2 months to live and said “nothing can be done” but I didn’t listen.
In the midst of this, I learned my dad has colon cancer and is currently undergoing chemotherapy. Additionally, my relationship with my best friend ended, and after years of unexplained symptoms and dismissive doctors, I was diagnosed with narcolepsy. My OCD has shifted towards health-related anxieties, not just for myself but for my dog as well. Starting on Celexa two months ago has been transformative.
I don't want to come off the wrong way; I'm sharing this because connecting with others who understand these struggles has been incredibly supportive. Even with everything that’s going on, I’m in a much better place and for some reason, I felt inclined to share this. Maybe I’ve just been inspired by how open Ethan has been about Shredder and his health journey and Sam about her OCD. it helped me so much at the time knowing people I watch every day are going through similar things. If you’ve read this far, thank you—it means a lot to me. 🖤
Lastly, the main reason I made this post is to offer support. Anyone else dealing with renal dysplasia or related kidney issues in their pets, feel free to reach out. I’ve done a lot of research and spoken with many vets. I'd love to listen to your story or offer any advice I can. I want to share what I’ve learned and provide support to others in similar situations and I'm here to help anyone who needs it.

So I am a rising junior and I am think about doing a research paper over the summer for my EC. But I don't really know where to start and I want to ask if it's even worth it because it seems like it will cost a bit and I am getting mixed feedback about research helping with application. Thanks.

I bought a Land Rover to go full-time overlanding in back in July last year and have been going through it to get it ready, including local shake down runs in the desert living out of it for 1.5 months. I'm in Nevada finally making the move to full-time SUV dwelling after resigning from my job and going North through California all the way to Seattle and hopefully earn money on my own out in the country. Is it still snowy in places like Mammoth and further north in CA like Tahoe and Shasta? I'm curious what the snow elevations levels are, any recent experiences?
This is my 2012 Land Rover LR4 in the desert. I bought it for $15k and put $16k of expected of repairs in it. Yeah, it isn't worth more than $15k on paper but I don't care because it has everything I was looking for. Body on frame, V8, AWD, 4X4, air suspension, plush Windsor leather, nice paint, center diff lock and rear diff locks and a killer rear cargo space. Its gets up and goes for its size and weight with 375 HP and 375 ft-lbs. The bonus was a tailgate, its pretty nifty to set things on and work off of.
When the weather is bad I do my work inside. I found a chair that basically has 1" legs and lets me sit behind a 27" 4k display and a laptop on a Dometic table.
The rear cargo area is converted to sleep inside it on a 4" air mattress by Thermarest. Its the Mongo 3D that rolls up tight and self inflates most of the way to enable converting the space from sleeping to working and when I travel all my gear goes back there.
The rear area has retracted seats that is all flat and the rear cargo cover fits in-between the 2nd and 3rd row seats. This is a view of sunrise. I'm at the edge of my seat ready to take it thousands of miles through the country to explore. There is enough space among all my gear (generator, fuel, tent, 12V 304AH DIY LIFEPO4, etc) to have a partybox 310 that sounds pretty good since it was a raffle prize. Its runs on a battery and you can stream to it over bluetooth. I was actually trying to sell it on Craigslist but nobody bought it. That turned out to be a blessing because I did have the room for it and its fun to blast music out in BFE and get down on it.

Hey!
My name is David Osteen. I am a qualified EFL academic writer with over 10 years of experience in helping students handle their academic work {including Masters & Ph.D. Level}.

1. I specialize in various academic disciplines including Strategic Management, Psychology, Nursing, Medicine, Finance, Sociology, Literature, Philosophy, and many others.
2. For more information on some of my subject areas, please visit this link.
3. I charge affordable rates for all formats [MLA, APA, CHICAGO, HARVARD, TURABIAN, OSCOLA, etc].
4. My promise to you is to provide original, plagiarism-free, and high-quality work. I also take over full classes and do timed exams and quizzes.

Kindly PM or send instructions and deadline information directly to my email [globalacademicwriters2014@gmail.com](mailto:globalacademicwriters2014@gmail.com) to begin the process.

• Also DISCORD: bluewriters2014

1. Feel free to request progress reports.
2. Pay after assessing my work to your satisfaction.
3. I have a diverse portfolio of returning clients who are a testament to my work ethic.
4. Writing Samples will be shared on request.

All the best in your future endeavors!
I promise you an affordable rate without compromising on quality. I use software such as Grammarly and Turnitin to check for grammar and plagiarism errors.
I DO NOT use AI in my work!

Hey!
My name is David Osteen. I am a qualified EFL academic writer with over 10 years of experience in helping students handle their academic work {including Masters & Ph.D. Level}.

1. I specialize in various academic disciplines including Strategic Management, Psychology, Nursing, Medicine, Finance, Sociology, Literature, Philosophy, and many others.
2. For more information on some of my subject areas, please visit this link.
3. I charge affordable rates for all formats [MLA, APA, CHICAGO, HARVARD, TURABIAN, OSCOLA, etc].
4. My promise to you is to provide original, plagiarism-free, and high-quality work. I also take over full classes and do timed exams and quizzes.

Kindly PM or send instructions and deadline information directly to my email [globalacademicwriters2014@gmail.com](mailto:globalacademicwriters2014@gmail.com) to begin the process.

• Also DISCORD: bluewriters2014

1. Feel free to request progress reports.
2. Pay after assessing my work to your satisfaction.
3. I have a diverse portfolio of returning clients who are a testament to my work ethic.
4. Writing Samples will be shared on request.

All the best in your future endeavors!
I promise you an affordable rate without compromising on quality. I use software such as Grammarly and Turnitin to check for grammar and plagiarism errors.
I DO NOT use AI in my work!

Original prompt: https://www.reddit.com/WritingPrompts/comments/k42lei/wp_you_have_one_super_power_the_ability_to_know/
Sequel to yesterday's Speak No Evil
Most kids find out their superpower when they get into their teenage years. I was a late bloomer at sixteen, but it was less ‘bloom’ and more ‘boom’. I know the answer to any question asked of me, which includes any question I ask myself aloud. The two minutes sitting in the lunchroom with my friends and thinking of the good I could do, before I called the Guild, were the most wonderful and most delusional minutes of my life. It took six hours for the government to declare me the deadliest super villain alive.
Had I done anything supervillain-y? No. It seemed they just weren’t going to take any chances. On the contrary, my life was currently treading along a path that would check boxes of taking down bad guys.
Day one was sad, stressful, and still somehow boring. Once my brothers had been picked up from school (Steven is eleven and Nathan is seven), and my parents had left work early, they met me at home. Or what used to be home, considering I’d be staying on the seventh floor of the Guild’s headquarters from then on.
After a long talk in the living room, with superheroes Fusion and Trailblazer there as security, my parents decided to take up the Guild’s offer of bodyguards and tracking devices rather than moving. It wasn’t that surprising. If I’d had the option, I would’ve gone with that alternative. Living at Guild HQ was a prison when you got right down to it.
Nathan seemed to take the news the hardest, which wasn’t surprising, considering he was seven. “Who’s gonna help me with my math?” he asked, close to tears. His red face and puffy eyes weren’t helping me feel better, but I’d cried my eyes out already once that day and wasn’t keen on a repeat performance.
Steven, answered the aggravating voice in my head. I’d told Nathan not to ask me questions, but there wasn’t anything to be done about it. He was seven. He didn’t get it.
“I’m not a genius,” Steven said, indignant, “but I think I can manage helping you with adding and subtracting numbers.”
“But you don’t explain it like Joan does,” Nathan whined.
“Hey, it’ll be fine,” I told him with a small smile, crouching down so I was looking up at him. “Worst comes to worst, we’ll set up a playdate. You can come over once a week and hang out at my new apartment, and I’ll help you with math.”
When it came down to it, it felt like I was leaving for college a year and a half early. Packing up boxes and being told what kind of furniture was already there and what I might want to bring. Trailblazer was handy to have around, I’ll say that much. Superstrength is incredibly useful when it’s moving day.
My parents fussed over me as we packed the U-Haul, and I let them. I’d never wanted to be fussed over more in my life.
They all drove with me, which left the house empty for the Guild’s security people to put in the alarm system and cameras. Mom had said as long as they didn’t put cameras in the bathrooms, she was fine with them. Also, it wasn’t as if someone was watching them 24/7; the cameras were for emergencies, if there was a break-in, to let the police and heroes know what was going on inside.
The apartment I got was pretty awesome, actually. The tub/shower was big, the mattress was comfy, and I had a flatscreen on the wall both in the living room and one in the bedroom. There were two bedrooms, and one functioned as an office, with a desktop computer. I had my laptop, but I suppose the desktop might come in handy if I needed one for a job when I was older.
That was the thing that hung over me. The impending possibility of being there forever. There were some moments of weakness I had where I asked questions out loud, even though I knew I probably shouldn’t. The thing was, I had to be really specific in some situations, and it was nearly impossible. I asked, “Will I stay here forever?” And “Am I stuck living here until I die?” The answer was, of course, no, and that was comforting in a small way. But those answers didn’t really give me what I wanted, because obviously I’d leave the premises at some point.
One I did ask was, “Is the Guild the safest place for me?” That answer was yes.
I used my power as little as possible, though. Its presence had already started to feel like a cinder block on my chest, having anxiety that was both pressuring me into asking questions out of desperation and wanting to stay blissfully unaware of anything. However, it wasn’t long until I figured out that I’d be using my abilities often.
The day after I moved in, I started work with a group run by Valerie, a group that had already generated a list of questions to ask me. Valerie was assigned as my ‘handler’, which wasn’t horrible since I ended up quite liking her. But it was surreal, sitting in an office with her and other powerful heroes, a PowerPoint presentation educating me, or at least reminding me of, some of the news articles that I’d seen when the incidents had occurred. Then when I had that background knowledge, they’d ask a question.
The biggest one, and the first one, was whether Goliath was dead or still alive. He was a supervillain who was responsible for the destruction of a building downtown and the deaths of dozens of people when he’d set explosives and demanded a ransom he did not receive. They’d been incredibly relieved when it turned out that, as they’d thought, he’d perished in the explosion, which had been set off prematurely.
Then there was a question of whether Nocturne was still in the United States. There was a warrant out for her arrest for frequent kidnappings for ransom, and we were able to pin down her location precisely. I literally rattled off an address for them and they sent two heroes off to arrest her and bring her into custody.
This went on for an hour or so before I started getting a headache and feeling short of breath. “I think this is starting to affect me,” I said, putting a hand to my head.
“That’s fine, this is plenty,” Valerie said emphatically. “You’ve done incredible work today, Joan. You should be very proud of yourself.”
I didn’t feel proud. Mostly I felt tired. Of course this ability was amazing, but it was just something that had happened to me, not anything I’d accomplished.
Returning to my room and kicking off my shoes so I could fall onto my comfy bed was a relief. The headache was still there, though, so I kept the lights off.
A few hours later, without having meant to take a nap, I woke up. My head wasn’t pounding anymore, just sore, and I was breathing easier. Going into my little kitchen, I turned on the oven to preheat it for a frozen pizza. There was a food court on the third floor, but I liked my alone time too. Then I went into the living room and pulled up Netflix, starting an old standup routine from Jim Gaffigan.
Aside from that, things were pretty boring. My education continued, once my boss had found tutors who were willing to commute every day to Guild headquarters. That was actually pretty cool, having a team of teachers just for me. We worked one-on-one, so they knew how much of the material I was grasping, and I probably did only half as much homework as I used to. That took up a majority of my time.
But keeping in touch with friends was harder than I’d thought it would be. The four girls I’d been sitting with when I’d discovered my powers were my best friends. They had been told to keep it a secret, and their parents had actually signed NDAs on their behalf, since minors couldn’t sign NDAs. I had no idea how that worked, but I was a junior high student, not a lawyer. The fact was that they swore up and down that they wouldn’t tell anyone, and the Guild had to take their word on it. They were protecting me, though, so just keeping it amongst themselves was what good friends did anyway.
Not that they had the temptation to tell anyone. From their end of things, it was completely anticlimactic. I made the discovery, went to the nurse, and was never seen again, not even to clean out my locker. Someone else did that for me. After I’d moved into the Guild’s headquarters, I’d asked if they could visit like my family did, and Valerie pointed out that it would be safer if we stuck to social media and texting. We didn’t want them to get too close to me, in case they could be used as leverage.
Either my mom or my dad came to visit me every weekend for the first couple of months, staying overnight, and also an afternoon or two during the week. I think they wanted to make sure I was settling in well and wasn’t struggling. It had, after all, been a huge change in my life, literally overnight. Also, I saw a psychologist once a week, so I had someone to vent to. At least, someone to vent to who knew how to help me, since my family and friends were always willing to lend an ear. They just didn’t have control over my circumstances or any helpful advice.
The days passed by quickly, and I got into a routine, feeling like I was in a boarding school. Five days a week, I had my tutoring sessions, which included history and language arts in the morning and then math, science, and Spanish in the afternoon. Then, once I did my homework, I was free to spend my time however I wished. Sometimes I went to the gym, and I ended up scheduling self-defense classes twice a week with Hurricane, and I ended up really enjoying those. Then every evening, I’d spend an hour answering questions.
One thing did change. Valerie went to bat for me with the higher-ups, and they took the supervillain label off my file. I was unspecified now. Not a hero, but it was progress.
We spent a little time getting used to what kind of results we could get. Using my ability as a prophetic one worked best. Philosophical questions in general would get so complex that they turned into Möbius strips and we wouldn’t even get any responses to them. Just silence. But more than that, there were some questions that we never wanted answers to, which sounds strange, until you think about it for hours and hours like I’ve been doing.
Do any gods exist? Is there an afterlife? Is there sapient life in our galaxy? Or in the universe? Will the human race die out in the future? If so, when? Those were staggering concepts to get a yes or no answer on. And on top of not wanting the answers, so many people would reject them out of hand if they contradicted what they believed. Who was to say I really was all-knowing? Maybe there was some god that gave humans powers and wouldn’t let us find out about it?
Then we also had the possibility that answers to big questions could change if we knew the answers. Questions like, when will the next pandemic occur? How will it start? Obviously we’d take precautions, but then the butterfly effect would kick in. If we stop that pandemic, how does that change things, and when is the next one? Then we prevent that one. What about the one after that?
Also, how much of my energy did we want to focus on things like that? Natural disasters happened every day and we needed to decide how many questions a day we wanted to ask. For something like daily tornado watches in America, we didn’t want to ‘waste’ questions on something that would only save two people. And was it really worth it to know those things? If there was an earthquake coming that was going to completely demolish Los Angeles in, say, three years, what would we do? Evacuate everyone? How many people would even go along with that?
Some things didn’t qualify as questions, gratefully. That would have driven me crazy. Like, “How about this weather?” What even is that? It’s not a question, that’s for sure. Or if I said “What the hell?” if something surprised me, there was no response to what the hell it was. There was, “Are you busy?” or “Can I come in?” if someone was at my door, neither of which gave me answers. Presumably that was because they were subjective and just on the edge of rhetorical. I was always busy with something, but was I too busy? And yes, they literally could come in, but was that what they were asking?
It was three months in that my headaches started building up faster, and we couldn’t make it to an hour. I started to worry, as did Valerie. One day, about half an hour into our session when I apologized and said I couldn’t continue, my eyes closed and my head in my hands, we scheduled an MRI.
That’s when we found the tumor.
Sitting in a little room, on the exam table on paper that crinkled every time I moved, I got hit with that like a brick to the face. “We found a tumor.” How was I supposed to react to that? Well, the first thing I did was ask if it was cancerous. The oncologist, Dr. Corbett, said he didn’t know. My brain said yes. All that had to happen was my face crumpled and I averted my gaze and then he knew as well.
In the moment, I both wanted to ask all sorts of questions about it, but also I didn’t want to know the answers. If I got answers and they were horrible, I’d ask how to change the outcome. But what if it said I was going to die no matter what we did? Did I want to know that? If we were going to operate on it, could I ask if the operation would go wrong?
It turned out that when it came to my own life, the questions my brain wanted to ask my all-knowing ability were infinite. How ironic that they would make my condition worse.
In the end, Dr. Corbett told me that he wanted to have my parents come in to discuss it. I wasn’t even seventeen yet, so as a minor, my mom and dad had the decision-making power when it came to medical issues. They had a Guild car go fetch them at work, calling ahead, and by the time they got there, I saw visible evidence that my mother had already been crying.
My mom started asking what kind of treatment was available and my dad asked when we could do it, how long it took, what the risks were, which echoed answers in my ear. Answer after answer. They were so distracted that they didn’t even notice. By this point we had a system, like they’d say, ‘I want to know possible treatments,’ but it had gone out the window.
“Would you shut up?” I cried, propelling myself off of the chair and down to the floor. “At least let me leave the room.”
They fumbled apologies, but I didn’t care for them. They were just panicking, I know, but I had no patience for it with the weight of what had just been dropped on me. I stormed down the hall to the elevator, hitting the button hard repeatedly.
It wasn’t fair. As if this ability hadn’t already grabbed control and taken away almost everything I had, now it wanted to take my life too. I wanted to go back to before that day at lunch, before that first question had been answered. Before I’d given months of my life to an organization that ended up giving me a tumor. Sure, they hadn’t known, but shouldn’t they have guessed? We always stopped when I started to get a headache, but were the so stupid that they didn’t wonder when I was getting headaches? Hindsight is 20/20, but I was just a teenager. They were the ones in charge, the ones with knowledge, the ones with expertise.
I needed someone to blame. But when it came down to it, my anger fizzled out and left me soaked in cold despair. Going back to my apartment, I locked the door behind me and went into the freezer for ice cream, settling with the pint of Ben & Jerry’s on the couch. After eating about half of it, I sighed and stuck the spoon in, putting it on the table.
Pausing for a long moment, the tension in me pulling like a guitar string about to snap, I asked, “Is this tumor definitely going to kill me?”
No.
Relief flooded me. That was all I’d needed. A possibility. After all, we could take the path my ability showed us to get to the best conclusion. And if it meant medical treatments or surgery, the Guild would spare no expense on letting their golden goose die, I was sure. If anything, it would mean I could only use my powers sparingly, or not at all. I’d be an elite superhero, taken out of the china cabinet for special occasions.
Leaning back into the couch cushions, I took in and let out a deep breath. My only worry was that the Guild would be irritated with the fact that said golden goose was producing fewer eggs. I didn’t want them cutting me open in their haste to get them.
After fifteen minutes or so, I felt myself drawn back to the fifth floor, where Dr. Corbett had been talking to my parents. He stopped mid-sentence as I walked back in.
“There’s a chance I’ll be okay. I asked,” I told them softly.
My mother’s shoulders dropped as tension left me and my dad walked over, taking me tightly in his arms. “We’ll figure this out,” he muttered in my ear. “We will. We’ll kick this thing’s ass.”
“I know,” I answered. I didn’t, not for sure, but I knew we’d fight as hard as we could.
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I've received a message and I was extremely suspicious of it, and I'm glad I was and didn't press or reply to anything. I bought two plushies today from Makeship. I noticed I received a message informing me that this 2 deal transaction was flagged as suspicious and I had to reply 1 in order for the transaction to be approved. Links were provided for me to 'check' information. I did not trust it one bit, instead went to my credit card's official app (As the message was was sent by 'them') and saw nothing. Decided to check the number on an app I have that recognizes unknown numbers, and saw it was reported 77 times as spam. So glad I didn't do anything stupid. Googled the number as I was curious, it seems to be an old thing, as in I found years old Facebook posts regarding this number and the scams conducted by it.
Thing is, while I know my card is safe and everything as I didn't click on any link nor responded, I am confused and concerned on how they were able to achieve this? Back then the older posts seemed to be more general scam like, but how were they able to gain the information I literally just today ordered from the site? Should I worry about something on my computer? The website itself? The card being at risk? Should I take any actions?
Not sure if it's super important, but a few months back my Microsoft account was breached (Password guessed), fairly sure due to Minecraft as it seemed to be a common thing with other people owning an account whom I spoke to, the account was breached after several attempts and they continued afterwards. I managed to notice it fairly quickly (Within half an hour) and it seems like nothing happened luckily, but I took it as a lesson that I need to up my security, as yeah it's been bad. Used same password for a lot of stuff. Since then I use complicated master passwords & password manager with complicated generated passwords (BitWarden, research showed they're trustworthy) and I obviously changed passwords for everything and enabled two steps authentication where it was possible. I really doubt these two things are related/tied to one another, but maybe? It's the only way I can think of at least. Or was it just a coincidence from them? I'm not sure. Confused and concerned, will probably discuss this with my dad tomorrow as it's late, but I hope by the time I wake up maybe someone will be able to provide some input/enlighten me with some knowledge.
No photos added as the message isn't in English, and therefore what I described of the message is also paraphrased.

I'm 31 years old, live in NJ. 5'9", 165 lbs (fit/athletic build) 3rd generation Chinese American (my family immigrated here in the 1900s). My family identifies as American as we tend to eat more pasta than rice and my generation has not learned the language. College educated with a Bachelor's in Biomedical Science (switched from an Engineering major...turns out I don't like theoretical math); currently working in the pharmaceutical industry and pretty much love the industry as there isn't any work drama and it's relatively straightforward yet challenging.
I've tried a few long distance relationships and they're quite difficult to manage...they were great when we able to meet in person and I didn't mind putting in the extra work. I'd be willing to try one if the distance is reasonable and the there is a definite spark between us. I am pretty sure I fit the definition of a demisexual so I'll be strictly trying to form a connection first. I REALLY need the emotional connection before there is a sexual attraction, mentally I can't do hook ups (they're just really hard for me to handle and I have turned people down).
Personality wise I've been told that I tend to bring people together and keep things fun. I have a few different groups of friends and communities I am often with...and they can vary from the youngsters (21 to 30) to the old guys (60+) to the group that's around my age. I would say I'm pretty good at conversing and I try to stay on top of most current events. Mentally I'm an old man and feel more more comfortable in that setting, so much that I literally hang out with 60+ years olds at the gym after a workout in the hot tub. I call them the hot tub gang and it's always a set of regulars where we might talk about the same thing every single day until someone newer to the group says that we talked about it yesterday.
I would say fitness is a major player in my life. I started out hating swimming as a kid, but here I am almost 27 years later...I made it through the lessons at the YMCA, joined a club team, swam in high school, swam in college and now I'm a swim coach and instructor as a hobby/side job in my free time. There's something about being a part of coaching people and watching them grow up and succeed that makes me smile.
My free time in the cold months usually consists of planning DIY projects or working on them. I tend to work on all the cars in the family and am the one that fixes them up or finds replacements for them. Or planning my next road trip to somewhere nicer. Whereas in the warm months I love going down to the beach to go for a swim and have a nice relaxing breakfast outdoors. I do have a few kayaks that i'll bring out to go with friends or if I feel its safe a nice solo paddle to clear my mind. When I think about it, too many of my hobbies involve water. But I do enjoy things on dry land I promise!
I'm really looking for someone I can grow together with, a long term or forever relationship. I want a relationship where both of us put 100% in all the time and if we don't, we can talk to each other about our concerns and work it out. Honestly what I've realized is that maybe I am altruistic...I miss making someone feel happy and loved, miss the good morning texts, the waiting around all day just to see their texts, I miss spoiling someone and the feeling of that feeling of seeing that look that you get when someone truly loves you. I would love to slowly get to know you by having some conversations where the time just flies, then to a point where we talk non stop, maybe some in person dates and then maybe eventually settle down together and enjoy life together. Although I enjoy interacting with kids and it's a major part of my life...I don't want any of my own so...sorry if this is a dealbreaker for anyone.
I'm really searching for that genuine connection, voice calls are definitely a plus and would love to get to know you. It's alright if we end up just as friends that talk here and there.
If it sounds like you could be the one send me a chat or DM and tell me a bit about yourself. My name is Kevin and I'd love to know about you.

I'm 31 years old, live in NJ. 5'9", 165 lbs (fit/athletic build) 3rd generation Chinese American (my family immigrated here in the 1900s). My family identifies as American as we tend to eat more pasta than rice and my generation has not learned the language. College educated with a Bachelor's in Biomedical Science (switched from an Engineering major...turns out I don't like theoretical math); currently working in the pharmaceutical industry and pretty much love the industry as there isn't any work drama and it's relatively straightforward yet challenging.
I've tried a few long distance relationships and they're quite difficult to manage...they were great when we able to meet in person and I didn't mind putting in the extra work. I'd be willing to try one if the distance is reasonable and the there is a definite spark between us. I am pretty sure I fit the definition of a demisexual so I'll be strictly trying to form a connection first. I REALLY need the emotional connection before there is a sexual attraction, mentally I can't do hook ups (they're just really hard for me to handle and I have turned people down).
Personality wise I've been told that I tend to bring people together and keep things fun. I have a few different groups of friends and communities I am often with...and they can vary from the youngsters (21 to 30) to the old guys (60+) to the group that's around my age. I would say I'm pretty good at conversing and I try to stay on top of most current events. Mentally I'm an old man and feel more more comfortable in that setting, so much that I literally hang out with 60+ years olds at the gym after a workout in the hot tub. I call them the hot tub gang and it's always a set of regulars where we might talk about the same thing every single day until someone newer to the group says that we talked about it yesterday.
I would say fitness is a major player in my life. I started out hating swimming as a kid, but here I am almost 27 years later...I made it through the lessons at the YMCA, joined a club team, swam in high school, swam in college and now I'm a swim coach and instrutor as a hobby/side job in my free time. There's something about being a part of coaching people and watching them grow up and succeed that makes me smile.
My free time in the cold months usually consists of planning DIY projects or working on them. I tend to work on all the cars in the family and am the one that fixes them up or finds replacements for them. Or planning my next road trip to somewhere nicer. Whereas in the warm months I love going down to the beach to go for a swim and have a nice relaxing breakfast outdoors. I do have a few kayaks that i'll bring out to go with friends or if I feel its safe a nice solo paddle to clear my mind. When I think about it, too many of my hobbies involve water. But I do enjoy things on dry land I promise!
I'm really looking for someone I can grow together with, a long term or forever relationship. I want a relationship where both of us put 100% in all the time and if we don't, we can talk to each other about our concerns and work it out. Honestly what I've realized is that maybe I am altruistic...I miss making someone feel happy and loved, miss the good morning texts, the waiting around all day just to see their texts, I miss spoiling someone and the feeling of that feeling of seeing that look that you get when someone truly loves you. I would love to slowly get to know you by having some conversations where the time just flies, then to a point where we talk non stop, maybe some in person dates and then maybe eventually settle down together and enjoy life together. Although I enjoy interacting with kids and it's a major part of my life...I don't want any of my own so...sorry if this is a dealbreaker for anyone.
I'm really searching for that genuine connection, voice calls are definitely a plus and would love to get to know you. It's alright if we end up just as friends that talk here and there.
If it sounds like you could be the one send me a chat or DM and tell me a bit about yourself. My name is Kevin and I'd love to know about you.