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Taking the journey to parenthood together.

2011.05.25 04:04 Avalon81204 Taking the journey to parenthood together.

This group is for anyone trying for a baby! Come discuss fertility, sex, conception, and learn all about how your body works!
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2014.07.15 23:21 ottersaur If you've been trying for a while and you need some extra support

A middle place for people TTC. When TTC isn't fun any more this place is for you. Maybe you are thinking about/pursuing treatment or maybe you are just STILL trying.
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2012.11.17 16:31 dnaclock Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières

DO NOT ASK FOR MEDICAL ADVICE. Discussion about the international humanitarian health organisation Médecins Sans Frontières (Doctors without Borders). Note: This is a fan page and is not run by MSF. Contact your countries branch for specific questions. ** No Hate speech, bullying or racism will be tolerated **
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2024.05.19 19:15 meghannmecrazy Chances of Pregnancy Failing after IUI?

Hello! I am 32 and using a sperm donor, I had an IUI on March 6. I have been testing every day to test out the trigger shot, and it's been definitively negative since around day 5 after the IUI. Around day 11 I started seeing a veeery faint line, and now on day 13 I would say it's definitely positive. I go in for my blood work tomorrow to confirm and I'm... pretty optimistic? I will ask the doctor tomorrow, but my question is what are the chances of this pregnancy not sticking? My SIL got pregnant 3 times and had losses, but we obviously are not biologically related and I know our situations are very different. But I guess I'm just curious if this early into a pregnancy the chances of it failing are high, or do they usually progress?
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2024.05.19 19:10 motherthrowee How to get into a mindset of career advancement after years of dead-end jobs

So, some background: For my entire working life of ~15 years, I've been either an entry-level worker, a temp, a gig worker, or a freelancer, usually several of those at the same time. I have generally had little to no autonomy over my career. I was assigned work, or claimed work from a pool, I did that work, and I received more work. Promotion was either explicitly impossible or didn't happen for me, and as the field deteriorated it shited more toward the former. The best career advancement was to not get fired and to keep getting more work.
After way too long, I finally decided to try to change careers, but it wasn't a deliberate process but an impulse decision, full of false starts and pivots from Plans B to C to D. Finally last month, after many wasted years, I got a job as a software engineer, at an intermediate level. The company as a whole has some issues but my team is great and the pay is more than I ever expected to make in my life. Our manager in particular seems great and I am really grateful that he was willing to give me a chance despite my fucked up background and lack of real experience, let alone at a non-entry level. But the tradeoff is that this is my first job in my entire life where I have been treated as someone with room for career growth, I don't know how that works, and I was kind of hired under the assumption that I do.
I got my first performance review last week (they do them monthly), and it was a very positive "exceeds expectations" review; the only negative on it was that I lacked confidence, which I can't argue with at all. But then I was offered the opportunity to add to or change it, and I just totally blanked, like - why are you asking me to do this? The other part of it was asking about my career goals and I just had no answer there. I've had career goals but I always worked under the assumption (and reality) that they were primarily based on luck: being liked, being offered the right opportunity at the right time, which usually involved drinking with the right people.
The truth is, I have no idea what my career goals are, beyond the obvious like "don't get laid off" and the fact that I do want them. I also don't want to pigeonhole myself and I don't want my being critical of myself to come off as me saying I don't deserve a promotion or raise or whatever. (Lying about weaknesses I do have and demonstrably am worse for feels kind of gross to me, but I can't change the system. Actually one of my career goals might be "get to a place where I have the power and authority to change the system.") Specifically with software engineering a lot of it is like "IC engineer, management, or product," and I just have no idea what the right answer to that is, and I don't want to choose something now and close the other doors.
I've read other posts on this topic and they're mostly "I have zero desire to advance in my career" which isn't me at all. I also have a lot of baggage from my past career because, in my heart of hearts, my career goals are still to achieve X in my old field, and I never really stopped wanting that. But that definitely feels like not the right thing to say.
Any help would be great.
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2024.05.19 19:09 Senishenta I created a Crystal Creations inspired legacy challange

As soon as I saw the pack I was inspired to write a generations challenge around it. I have recently finished writing and wanted to share it with you! Hope you enjoy playing it. Sorry for the long post though lol.
Here is the rules of the Crystal Generations Challange:
The first gen is responsible for all the crafting of the jewelry and each heir must wear their respective crystals as jewelry that the founder has crafted. Plumbite has to be carved into a gemstone and every generation can use it. Each heir's color palette is the colors of their crystals.
The First Gen
You, a gifted spellcaster with an ancient bloodline, rebel against the expectations of your ancestors. Despite achieving Virtuoso rank in spellcasting, your perfectionist nature and creative spirit drive you to pursue crystal crafting, defying tradition. Your journey symbolizes a quest for individuality despite familial pressure, as you craft jewelry imbued with your unique magic. Through your defiance, you find liberation and leave a long-lasting legacy, inspiring future generations to embrace their own paths and cherish the bonds of family.
Crystals: Moonstone, Alabaster, Shinolite
Traits: Perfectionist, Family Oriented, Creative
Aspiration: Crystal Crafter
Rules;
The Second Gen
You, a talented actress driven by jealousy, ambition, and snobbery, navigate the ruthless world of Hollywood. Determined to achieve wealth and fame, your competitive nature leads you to pursue success, regardless of the cost. As your star rises, you find yourself entangled in scandals and rivalries, questioning the sacrifices demanded by your ambition. Will your jealous nature consume you, or will you emerge victorious, shining brightly among the stars you envy?
Crystals: Jade, Jonquilyst, Crandestine
Traits: Jealous, Ambitious, Snob
Aspiration: Fabulously Wealthy
Career: ActoActress
Rules;
The Third Gen
You are a unique sim that yearns to achieve inner peace. As a paranormal investigator, you navigate through supernatural mysteries, guided by your genius intellect. Despite your occasional mishaps, your determination to find harmony remains steady. Along your journey, you encounter challenges that test your resolve, yet you approach them with compassion and a calm demeanor. Through meditation, spiritual teachings, and the support of a close-knit family, you discover that true peace lies not in the absence of chaos, but in the serenity of one's own heart.
Crystals: Amethyst, Citrine, Alexandrite
Traits: Genius, Clumsy, Vegetarian
Aspiration: Inner Peace
Career: Paranormal Investigator
Rules;
The Fourth Gen
You are a style influencer that navigates the complexities of love and fashion. Despite your glamorous look, you have a deep sense of melancholy, and you struggle to connect with others on a deeper level. Your love life is packed with challenges due to your unflirty nature, leading to a series of failed romances. Yet, amidst the chaos, you learn to embrace your flaws and vulnerabilities. Through your journey, you discover that true beauty lies in authenticity and resilience, emerging as a beacon of hope for your love life.
Crystals: Rose, Diamond
Traits: Unflirty, Gloomy, Outgoing
Aspiration: Painter
Career: Style Influencer
Rules;
The Fifth Gen
You harbor a deep passion for history and want to become an archaeology scholar. You embark on a journey to become a scholar in the field. Through your expeditions, you learn to reconcile your desires with your morals, understanding that true wisdom comes from sharing knowledge rather than hoarding treasures. You become a guardian of history, using your unique traits to uncover hidden truths and preserve the past for future generations, realizing that your journey has only just begun amidst the ruins of civilizations long forgotten.
Crystals: Sapphire, Amazonite, Emerald
Traits: Neat, Loves Outdoors, Materialistic
Aspiration: Archaeology Scholar
Career: Education
Rules;
The Sixth Gen
You have a passion for creating immersive stories and a desire to become a bestselling author. You find inspiration from uncovering the hidden truths of your fellow sim's lives. You discover that every story you uncover with your creativity and deception skills is driven by your longing for truth. As you climb the ladder of success, you face moral dilemmas about whether to expose the secrets you discover or protect those you love. Through your adventures, you learn that the greatest stories lie not in books but in the lives of those around you, and that the most powerful truth is the one you find within yourself.
Crystals: Orange Topaz, Turquoise
Traits: Nosy, Cheerful, Bookworm
Aspiration: Best Selling Author
Career: Writer
Rules;
The Seventh Gen
You are a hopeless romantic who struggles to afford rent until you cross paths with a total stranger, who becomes both your roommate and closest friend. Despite your best efforts, you can’t find your place in a series of random part-time jobs. Your whimsical nature is often at odds with the demands of the working world. However, your romantic fantasies come crashing into reality when you embark on a passionate affair with a charismatic celebrity. Despite the famous person’s initial hesitance to commit and their preoccupation with their career, you find yourself swept up in a whirlwind romance that leads to a surprise pregnancy. Though doubts linger about the child's paternity, our celebrity steps up, proposes to you and whisks your life to luxury. Yet, as you settle into your opulent lifestyle, tensions brew between you and your best friend, who had always been wary of the intentions of your partner. Your friendship ultimately fractures under the weight of your new life, leaving you torn between loyalty to your friend and the uncertain but alluring promises of your newfound family, illustrating the complex interplay of fate, love, and friendship in your journey.
Crystals: Ruby, Fire Opal
Traits: Romantic, Childish, Noncommittal
Aspiration: Serial Romantic
Career: Part - Time Jobs
Rules;
The Eight Gen
You are a unique individual that dreams of becoming a professional athlete. Your love for nightlife and karaoke clashes with your quiet apartment complex's atmosphere, leading to frequent complaints from neighbors. Despite the challenges of balancing your party animal lifestyle with rigorous training, you remain determined to pursue your passion for both athleticism and socializing. Through your journey, you learn valuable lessons about responsibility and compromise, ultimately proving that with perseverance and the right attitude, you can achieve your dreams while respecting others' needs.
Crystals: Nitelite, Quartz
Traits: Squeamish, Dance Machine, Active
Aspiration: Party Animal
Career: Athlete
Rules;
The Ninth Gen
You are a hot-headed foodie, on their journey to becoming an expert nectar maker. Leaving city life behind, you move to a rural ranch to grow ingredients and craft unique nectars. Despite challenges and occasional outbursts, your determination never wavers. Through experimentation and perseverance, you refine your skills, eventually opening a successful nectar retail shop. Along the way, you find fulfillment in sharing your passion for food and drink. Through your journey, you discover not only mastery in your craft but also a sense of belonging and purpose, showcasing the transformative power of following one's passion.
Crystals: Amber, Rainborz, Peach
Traits: Socially Awkard, Hot Headed, Foodie
Aspiration: Expert Nectar Maker
Career: Run a retail shop
Rules;
The Tenth Gen
You stand out as a sim with an unwavering love for music and curiosity over flowers. Your life takes an unexpected turn when you unintentionally hasten your grandmother's passing with a bouquet infused with the scent of a death flower. Miraculously, you plead successfully with the Grim Reaper for your grandmother's life, discovering a newfound ability to summon death's harbinger and negotiate the fate of others. Despite the Grim Reaper's ominous presence, you form an unlikely friendship, eventually blossoming into an ill-fated romance. However, you learn the hard way that your love is forbidden, as spending time with the Grim Reaper accelerates your own aging. Despite this heartbreak, you channel your emotions into composing haunting melodies dedicated to your impossible love and tend to your garden with a fervent devotion. You await the passage of time, yearning for a reunion with your beloved Grim Reaper, even if only in spirit.
Crystals: Hematite, Jet, Simanite
Traits: Geek, Slob, Music Lover
Aspiration: Soulmate
Rules;
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2024.05.19 19:08 Diarrhea_of_Yahweh Quitting the overnight shift is really messing with my head.

In January of 2022, I left my job of ten years due to changes in the retail business, and the labor shortage. Being a manager of a small business, I had a grand total of nine days off from the start of the pandemic, until I left in 1/22. I wish I were exaggerating, I'm not. Seven days a week, my day began at 3:15am, I opened at 5.
I made a pretty radical change to the flawlessly executed routine that only an aspie could pull off for years on end without fail. I took a job on the overnight shift. I shocked myself with how quickly and easily I took to it. I tried it in my early 20's and absolutely hated it. I saw this opportunity as a way to test myself, to see if I really am as slavish to my routines as I thought I was. I learned from that experience that I may be more adaptable than I give myself credit for.
In April, I saw a job posting matched damn near perfectly my skills and knowledge, and I applied for it. Interview the next day, firm offer the day after. Last Monday, I once again flipped the switch, and resumed my classic 8-3:15 sleep schedule.
This time... It's not so easy. My anxiety has been way up, along with a side of derealization, I even puked for the first time in 21 years. There's no reason for this, among other positives, in 90 days I will have health insurance for the first time in my adult life at 38. The job suits me, the pay is better, and there's a union. This job is a very positive thing for me, I don't get why I can't shake this feeling that I've made a huge mistake.
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2024.05.19 19:07 LadyElephant22 So fatigued if I don’t nap I feel intoxicated

So fatigued if I don’t nap I feel intoxicated
Little background. I went to an urgent care because I have been getting sick as heck, fatigued, nauseous, the whole 9 yards. They tested my ANA and it was positive. My doctor for some reason didn’t test again and instead did a regular blood test and some other. NO ANA THOUGH. Got a vitamin d deficiency. Cool whatever. She wants to get me a sleep apnea test. Ok fine. However, I am having such a hard time staying awake. I get absolutely exhausted if I don’t nap. So bad that I get nauseous and have to sit on the floor to get my head straight. What do I do? Give into the naps? Or is there a way to combat it until my vitamin d supplements (50,000 IU) kick in? (Also have 600 mg calcium supplements)
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2024.05.19 18:54 L0rem-Ipsum-Docet Charlie carries a part of Charlotte’s Soul

Charlie carries a part of Charlotte’s Soul
Because people don't make enough theories about novels, here's a short theory about them.
As we learn at the end of TFC, Charlie does not have a soul of human origin since she is an agony creature/an object infected by agony (I know it’s debatable, but it doesn’t really matter for this theory). Her memories therefore come from after the creation of her main bodies (after 1983) as well as from fictitious scenes staged by Henry to make his daughter believe that she had a life during the period of the creation of her body. As clarified by Elizabeth, before Charlie had a body, her memories were either those of Henry or memories made by Henry.
Basically, she has three types of memories:
  1. Charliebot's direct memories (for example, the events of TSE or her memories of childhood spent with her friends), the equivalent of our human memories. We know that Henry has access to these memories and can suppress or modify any memories he wants.
  2. Memories made by Henry, who used camera recordings that he filmed himself (for example, some of her memories spent in her father's workshop).
  3. Memories from Henry himself that Charlie absorbed as any agony entity would (for example, Henry crying with his daughter on the hill or Henry discussing with Jen about Charlotte’s ghost).
So far so good, it's logical, and all of the memories from this time could have been created by Henry without too many problems (since they are mainly memories of Henry working in his workshop alongside his daughter).
These fabricated memories therefore certainly date from the year 1983, or even 1982. We know that Charlotte was reported missing in October 1982 (or it was retconned in 1983, whatever) and that she was buried in 1983, which leads us to believe that Henry began his experiments around this period. In addition, Charlie mentions knowing her friends quite well when she was a child and was around them for at least two years (she mentions in TSE a passage of time of two years between the first and the last time she invited John to her house), meaning that they spent a few years together. So the period where Henry must have falsely manifested the presence of his daughter must not have lasted many years either, therefore easily explaining how he was able to stage everything without much difficulty for Charlie's memories after 1982 and before she got a body (it was only a matter of a few months).
This is all well and good, but what about memories from before Charlotte’s death?
At first, we can say that they should not be very complicated to reproduce either and that they are staged by Henry. They are mostly childhood memories, after all—basic memories from early childhood. But it raises some inconsistencies. Certainly, Henry could have recreated memories where he and his daughter talk at the Fredbear despite the place having fallen into ruin, but recreate a memory where his entire family is present? It gets harder... This is definitely not the second category. So these are probably memories belonging directly to Henry, right? And yes, it already works better. Charlie could just remember family moments and father-daughter moments via Henry's own memory by having his own feelings superimposed on hers. Except... what about the scenes where Henry is not present? The scenes that only take place between Sammy and Charlie or between Charlie and her mother (well, I have to admit, it’s not like there were a lot of scenes between Charlie and “her” mom—there’s only one for them in the entire trilogy), and where Henry is undeniably absent? What do we do with them?
And then, it must be said that the fact that Charlie so easily differentiates her feelings and those of her father, even when they are quite distinct, is a little strange. Since when do agony entities feel the emotions of a person attached to their victim and not of the person themselves? When Henry puts his rage into the fourth Charliebot, he didn’t put the rage he imagined the robot was feeling; he put his own rage. It's kinda weird. So yes, Charlie was able to reinterpret the memories, but to this extent? I’m not that shocked because… it’s Charlie. She’s already a bit of an exception, and she also seems to already interpret things in her own way, as seen in the memory on the hill and in the memory where Henry is talking to Jen about Ella, but still.
And above all… Charlie remembers her kidnapping. Or rather, the kidnapping of her brother who is in fact her sister (it quickly becomes complicated). It can't be a memory of Henry; he wasn't there. That's clear. We are therefore left with the second solution: Henry recreated this memory by filming the scene. At first, it seemed coherent. Henry just changed the fact that it was Sammy who was kidnapped and not Charlie, which explains this change without creating any inconsistency.
Except, first, that means Henry got up one morning and decided to shoot a film of his daughter's death (aaaand... surprisingly, now that I think about it, it's completely something that Henry could do. Well, I'm still putting it here because it's really twisted). Next, how to shoot this scene without Sammy? Well, fortunately, there is a fairly simple solution for that. Henry has conditioned his daughter to consider that the person she misses and who was kidnapped is her brother. We know that Henry can manipulate his daughter's point of view to a certain extent, and that could quite clearly be what happened in this case. As an adult, Charlie immediately thinks that her instincts to go into her closet and commit suicide are a manifestation of her brother (which is false). Likewise, Henry had no problem making her forget the fact that Sammy moved into the new house with them. So yes, if the scene is actually filmed, a young child would be needed to play the role of Sammy, but Sammy himself is not necessarily required. Which leads us to the question of which kid did Henry take to play in his macabre roleplay where he would have played the role of his daughter's murderer?
Another major problem: Charlie remembers being face-to-face with Spring Bonnie. How could Henry have known that his child was kidnapped by William when the case was never solved (I mean, Sammy could have talked about it, but if that were the case, why is Henry still friends with William if William is the number one suspect?)? And can we talk about the precision of the scene? Charlie's false memories are moments where she does not interact with her surroundings (for relatively obvious reasons such as a camera can’t talk and doesn’t have arms), unlike this memory where Charlie interacts with Sammy.
And then seriously. Why did Henry create such an atrocious scene?
For realism?
No one remembers the conditions of “Sammy’s” death in any case. People don’t even know he’s not dead at Hurricane. Why not pretend that his daughter was not present during the kidnapping or make her believe that she has forgotten this horrible memory?
Because he believes Charlie has the right to witness a realistic version?
First, this is not Henry's mentality at all (he’s the guy who lived in total denial for two years) and then Elizabeth directly says that the false memories serve to maintain the illusion that Charlie is a happy child and absolutely not a paranormal entity traumatized by her father's negligence and the incomprehension of her condition.
“He made memories for you; creating a life for her little rag doll, making her a real little girl. I am sure that many of these memories were carefully crafted and embellished (...)”
—Elizabeth, TFC
I also want to point out that Henry altered Charlie's memories in 1985 (before his suicide) to force her to forget every trace of Afton. We know that’s the case because William had already met Charlie before and probably studied her with Henry, but Charlie doesn’t even remember seeing him before in TSE. Henry is the only character who can manipulate Charlie's memories, so he’s the one who did it, even if his motives aren’t very clear.
Maybe Charlie just imagined the scene herself then?
Yes, but no. Firstly, because she would need to have cosmic gifts to guess that William was disguised as Spring Bonnie, and then because it's not really Charlie's habit to invent memories, even for events of which she is aware and which she could more easily recreate (for example, the separation with her mother, which Charlie finds strange not to remember, but she never reinvented a memory herself).
Just inconsistency and negligence on the part of the authors?
Yes, there is probably that. But now that it's in the final book, we can't just ignore the problem.
And this is where I propose my theory: Charlie's memories from before 1982 do not come from scenes created by Henry, nor even from Henry's memories; they come from Charlotte. I'm not talking about Charlotte's soul itself, I'm talking about agony or rather feelings in our context.
As explained by our friend Phineas in the FF, in the Fnaf universe, objects in our environment can absorb the emotional energies that we, beings of flesh and blood, produce. Phineas mainly focuses on negative emotions and feelings since he considers them to be the most powerful emotions in the world of Fnaf, which I absolutely disagree with, but it has little importance here. The important thing is that we introduce energy into receptacles unintentionally.
“[Human emotions] emanate from us or are excreted from us, if you will, like sweat or tears, and it wafts outward like a noxious cloud, soaking into the surroundings.” —Phineas, Epilogue 1:35AM
However, these feelings are not necessarily negative. They can be positive as it's suggested in the novels when Charlie says she believes in ghosts and Marla adds by talking about her own experiences in certain places which seemed to give off a positive energy. It is even quite logical with the fact that Henry's denial is an emotion powerful enough to feed the entity that is Charlie (even if denial isn't really suffering), and the fact that David seems to be able to put happiness into the Mimic even when he wasn’t aware yet.
So.
Wouldn't it be normal for the very strong feelings that emanate from a young child to be stored in an object that they rarely part with? More precisely, an object that contains very strong feelings to the point that they can be considered a source of energy would have every chance of being a transitional object, an object that toddlers use to develop emotionally and have a first control of their emotions—a cuddly toy.
Do you have any memories from your childhood? Probably. Do you have an object that reminds you of it? It could be anything, a book, a toy, a stuffed animal. You know, that object that appears in old photographs. Personally, I had a rabbit plush that I never let go of. It is an object that accompanied me in my childhood wherever I went, offering me comfort when I needed it, and I spent hours playing with it. Now, let's take a look back at Charlie's memories of her early childhood. These are pleasant moments that can mark a young child, almost exclusively moments of play and rest. Moments spent at Fredbear's, moments in the car... The kind of moments where it would be normal for a young child to have a toy, a plushie... maybe a doll? You understand where I'm going with this.
I mean, it's not like it’s an unknown concept in Fnaf. We can think of Simon, who talks to Jake and is not haunted by a soul, or even Tyler's Tag Along Freddy. And I will pass on the theories which propose a solution based on agony concerning Fredbear Plush in Fnaf 4.
When Elizabeth talks about her life (and death) to Charlie, she talks about her Charlizabeth phase in a very specific way: Charlizabeth's body received emotions but wasn’t able to interpret them before gaining consciousness.
“Of course, I could not comprehend those memories until I had received a soul of my own (...). Once I had endowed myself with a soul, I experienced those memories anew: not as an uncomprehending toy, twitching and seizing with an all-consuming rage I could not fathom, but as a person.” —Elizabeth, TFC
This is where it gets interesting. This is exactly what happens to Charlie regarding her old memories. They are memories that she has reinterpreted. Charlie is not a robot; she is originally a rag doll. And… well, in the end, we don’t know much about this rag doll. Her name is Ella, or Henry renamed her Ella, it's not very clear (not to be confused with the Ella doll, I know it's very confusing, but the doll we're talking about was not built by Henry). It was an object purchased in a shop rather than being made by Henry, and above all, it was a toy that belonged to Charlotte (biological Henry’s daughter, I mean).
Now what's interesting is that Henry cried into this object for days and nights, no doubt because it reminded him of his daughter. Even once the shock stage had passed and the denial stage approached, Henry did not part with the doll and kept it in his workshop on a chair. I would like to point out that this happened when Henry did not believe that his daughter's soul was in the doll but believed that Charlotte's soul was in another doll (the other doll also called Ella but which was created by Henry, the one we see in the novels). So if he keeps the doll displayed like this at home, it is probably because it has a very strong personal connection to Henry, and it was an important toy in the eyes of his daughter.
Let's imagine that this doll was Charlotte's cuddly toy, an object that she regularly kept with her and for which she reserved particular importance. The doll was able to integrate the emotions, feelings, and memories of its owner like any object in the world of Fnaf, without being animated by a conscience—a conscience that would only develop when Henry put all his negative feelings and his love for his deceased daughter into it (feelings obviously much more raw and powerful than the simple emotions of a toddler).
Now, let's go back to the memories in question. Charlie remembers the times spent with family, since she was with her family but in the form of a toy. She remembers the moments between Henry and Charlotte since she was with Charlotte and Charlotte's interpretation of the world was transmitted into her doll. Charlie remembers the play scenes between Charlotte and Sammy since Charlotte was playing with her. Which leads us to the kidnapping scene that Charlie remembers.
As for Elizabeth, the memory is a reinterpretation that Charlie carries out on Charlotte's feelings during her kidnapping. Not everything is real since Charlie was then influenced by her father (just as all of her other memories are biased. Charlie thinks she IS Charlotte the little girl when she was just her doll, a bit like how she identifies herself as Charlie in the memories she inherited from Henry, instead of interpreting them as being Henry himself).
Charlie is traumatized by this event, truly traumatized. Because Henry himself was traumatized by the event or for another reason? What traumatized Charlie the most was the figurative mutilation she suffered when her “brother” was taken from her, but her brother was never taken from her. Could the trauma not come from the brutal separation from her owner? It is also interesting to note that once Charlotte was kidnapped by William, Charlie only remembers the events very very vaguely and only vividly remembers the moment when her father got her back (the moment when Henry intervened and Henry was able to transmit his own memories to the doll). Before the kidnapping, Charlotte and Sammy were going to sleep (a situation where kids often have a plush or a doll with them), and we know that Sammy had a toy during the kidnapping. Moreover, if Charlotte was indeed separated from her doll during her kidnapping, this explains Henry's obsessive behavior towards his daughter's toy: it was the last object she had before disappearing, totally the type of object on which a father incapable of mourning would become obsessed.
To sum up my idea:
  • Charlie is also influenced by Charlotte’s feelings.
  • Henry (and William and Elizabeth, who based their work on Henry’s) doesn’t know this (he stopped caring about Charlie after he understood that she wasn’t Charlotte after all).
  • All of Charlie’s memories from before Charlotte’s death mainly came from Charlotte’s own memories.
Or in a form of a timeline :
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Two things to quickly add about this.
Firstly, in a more general sense about the series, this reinforces a certain link between the three main agony entities (whether they are creatures created solely from emotions or those possessing objects) in the series: Charlie, Eleanor, and the Mimic. If we consider that the backstory about the pendant mentioned by Talbert has any connection with Eleanor (which is rather implied) and that she (or at least her physical body) was created/re-used by Talbert (already more debatable, but I believe it's a fairly widespread theory about Eleanor? I’ll leave it to those who know better to discuss this in the comments), it seems relatively interesting that the three most conscious entities purely constituted of agony that we know of are all objects that were linked to a child before being infected by more violent emotions from an adult. It might be a silly remark; I haven't delved deeply into Eleanor's character for this lol.
Secondly, regarding the novels: the memory of Charlotte’s kidnapping could be the element that made Henry realize that William was indeed the person who kidnapped his daughter. TFC suggests that Henry understood before the MCI that William was his daughter’s murderer (notably because he seems to recover Charlizabeth before the children's disappearances). I generally assumed that Henry realized the truth about William when the latter stole the fourth Charlie model, but it would indeed make more sense for Henry to understand via an external event.
The trigger event between William and Henry is not William’s theft. After all, William has no valid reason to suddenly betray Henry and jeopardize his cover and his restaurant project with the Twisteds, just to steal an unfinished model (if he could, he would probably have stolen the third model, which was likely much more advanced and even maybe finished). Henry would have understood by visualizing Charlie’s memories or she might have mentioned the memory to her father. Henry would have turned against William, and in the panic, the latter would have returned to steal the only model easily available. This also explains why Henry didn’t tell the police that he knew William was responsible for the MCI and his daughter’s death even though he was convinced of it: revealing his undeniable proof would mean exposing the true nature of his daughter.
Well, that’s all from me!
(Btw, I wanted to add pictures from the graphic novels but couldn't because they actually didn't understand the twist and represented the ragdoll as classic Ella. Seriously I hate these books).
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2024.05.19 18:50 LeatherAd3715 Puppy with parvo won’t eat on his own

My 10wk old bloodhound mix puppy got his first round of vaccinations Thursday afternoon but was rushed to the emergency vet early a.m. Saturday and tested positive for parvo. We got him on a medication schedule that includes an appetite stimulant, nausea suppressant and diarrhea meds among others. He won’t eat on his own but I’m currently trying to force feed him puréed boiled chicken and rice I made at home. He doesn’t like it and I’m worried he’s not getting enough food with what I’m able to feed him, which is at most 8 tsp every hour or so, will this method give him enough food or is there another method I should try?
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2024.05.19 18:41 AyzKeys Senior FE dev interview questions

Its been 3 months, around 20 failed interviews, 2 offers and alot of time spent catching up with the FE game, just thought its time to share my experience and help some out.
Screening round: Be clear of what you did before, your past employers/projects/teams size, team structure. Show your value (system design, tech stack decision, best features you implemented, planning, coaching, etc...) Prepare the Challenge/Most difficult problem kind of questions. HR might not understand how good you are at Typescript juggling but they want to at least understand you can communicate well with the people waiting for you on your next round. They dont want to introduce someone who cant speak clearly or apprehensive. It annoys their manager and is bad for their year end review.
Technical questions: Ok I will try to go into most FE related stuff now
JS: events loop, async, DOM manipulation are must learn!
React: Some old timer did come up so at least read about them: pure component, HOC. Then the usual stuff: hooks, memo, best practices (props passing instead of local state, components over props, explicit state over variants). Know your side effect, DOM tree, when does React rerender, why state shouldnt be overused. State management: Redux, zustand, react query, contextAPI. What to choose, when to choose.
Vue, NextJS: Similar to React questions, but expect to give comparision between these and React. Especially if you are asked about Next, then be prepared to talk about folder structure, file based routing, and of course SSR and server actions, why data fetching with server is faster than client side fetch. Hydration, invalidation, error boundary.
Testing/Reporting/Web Vitals: Unit test with Jest is NOT enough. You are expected to explain through the entire testing stack: Catching bugs, unit test, integration test, CSS test. Some toolings like Sentry/GCP/Sonarqube are expected too. Know your Chrome dev tool well too especially the network tab (!) waterfall, fetch, response, header etc... Have an opinion about when to unit test vs e2e
Webpack/Optimization Not usual to hear about Webpack anymore but still you should know what it does with your JS files, bundling, treeshaking, dependencies map, code splitting, polyfill...
Deploy Even if its the job of the dev ops guy in your team, you should still at least understand the build/deploy process, dockerizing an app, the content inside .yml files. They will ask questions like when do you perform test in your pipeline, release process, dev/prod environments, how API keys are stored on cloud... Dont get caught off guard!
Micro-frontend/Cloud: These started slowly leaking into the job of a FE dev about 3-4 years ago but now they are asked almost everytime. If you never worked with micro-front end before, use shadcn/ui for example or at least know that its very common for company to have multiple React projects (UI kit v1, UI kit v2, Form kit, client app, legacy app, etc...) and they want you to be comfortable with develop them in parallel. Also learn the basic of deploying on Vercel or AWS to not raise any red flag of a knowledge void.
If you sign up for senior position, prepare to talk about coaching, short term long term planning, change request management, stake holder expectation.
NOT once I was tested about Tyepscript eventho this is one of the toughest shit to deal with in real projects.
Live coding: Leetcode is inevitable. If your lucky, they will ask one or two questions such: how to filter duplicates in an array. You need to practice this and if you dont know where to start, udemy, youtube has some pretty good courses. At the end you should learn by heart to solve the most common problems: Anagram, String Frequency, Two Sum, Remove Duplicate... And at the very least you can tell the interviewer the approach into problem solving (2 pointers, sliding window, divide conquer..) and explain big O. Most of the time, interviewer dont require you to solve problems with good efficiency. So nested for loops or built in JS functions are totally ok.
Take home assigment: One thing that isnt asked or mention in the earlier rounds but always come up in take homes is working with API API API API!!! I have to really stretch this because it might or might not burn you. The commons tasks will be: Connect to the company or some third party API, fetch data, do some data transformation, build some decent UI for the data. If you get the generic stuff like MockJSON, TMDB then you are lucky. There could be trickier stuff like Notion, Stripe, Spotify that requires auth and quite some data transform then it might take you alot of time. Depending how familiar you are with it. My advice: Have your own node server boilerplate ready. Better yet just use NextJS for both server and client. Use at least one state management package (zustand or react-query is fine) Practice setting these up by building smaller Next app (auth, fetch, folder[slug], routing) so when the time comes you can execute it fast. Never ever overlook UI and responsive design. I fucked one up when I built all features perfectly but didnt make the UI to spec like their requirement. One more tip: Once you submit your assignment to github and time is up, as long as you dont hear any feedback from the company, keep improving the app and merge the changes. Make it perfect if you can!
For the rest: Know your taxes and rate. Prompt ChatGPT to prepare you for anything you are unsure about. Its especially good at solving, giving direction in leetcode questions once you already understand the basic. Good luck!
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2024.05.19 18:32 nthn2chere What should a rich Christian do?

I’m looking for encouragement, support, advice & prayer.
I’ve been wildly blessed in life. I look around and recognize God’s hand. It’s supernatural the way my life has happened. I came to Christ at a time where my income pretty much halted, and a lot of very large expenses popped up. For the last couple years, I’ve been nothing but bleeding money.
Still, I’m what most people would consider to be rich, especially in small town.
I have a lot of faith that my businesses and income can explode again at any minute. I know that God is able to bless me abundantly so that I can succeed in any good work. (2 Corinthians 9:8)
Because I haven’t seen anything but red in so long, it makes me want to hold onto my investments and be really wise with my spending. I’ve always lived well below my means, so I have a good bit put away. But, I’ve been feeling convicted for a long time now to basically give it all away. I own my house outright, I own my car, I have no debt… outside of regular bills, I don’t really have any worries. My biggest bills right now are still legal fees, business management fees, etc etc.
God keeps putting it in my heart to trust him and to test that generosity by giving, and watching him pour his blessings (Malachi 3:10). I keep telling mySELF that once money starts coming in that I’ll start really tithing, but I know the point is to put your trust in God, and to give from your lack.
The thing is, I do want that. I want my faith to be that strong and trust him that much. I want to, as he tells us in John, to hate my life here so I don’t lose it. I don’t want to be the rich fool who dies with grain in his giant barns. I don’t want to be the rich young ruler who goes away sad because he doesn’t want to sell his things.
I want to give cheerfully and generously, but it’s overwhelming. I don’t know what’s generous and what’s foolish. I don’t know when I’ll start making money again, if it’s God’s will for me to make money again. I’m a single woman and have always relied on myself to take care of me, even as a kid. Because of my work as an artist, I’ve been out of the work force for 10 years and I don’t even know what I would do if I got a “real job.” Also because of my work as an artist, I know just one project needs to take off the way it has in the past for all those worries to be gone.
If I was still making money currently, I know this wouldn’t be an issue. But that’s the point right? To trust God, and to give knowing that he will provide for me? I know that he’s using me for his will, and his will isn’t for me to hold onto what I’ve earned.
I just feel scared and sad and anxious. I’ve been wrestling with this for over a year. I want to do what’s right and good, and then I get a random bill for $3000, I owe someone retroactively $7000, I have no idea how much certain things will cost moving forward, and I just don’t ever want to be in a position where I’m worrying about money again. I grew up really poor and really had to fight hard to achieve what I have, so it scares me still to put myself in a place where I can’t take care of myself. I’m 33 and essentially retired at this point. I at least have a pretty long runway until I have to worry- unless I give a large sum of money away.
I also wonder what that looks like in terms of my own ministry. To create art and music and events that will perpetually make money to funnel into the kingdom (that is genuinely my goal) I need a lot of money. That hit me when I gave my friend $1000 for his ministry which builds up Christian artists. As a Christian artist, I want to bring faith and Christ’s glory to a mainstream, secular audience. It’s my goal to be the image of a Christian who had secular success and gave it to Jesus. Music costs a LOT to produce.
It really comes down a lot to logistics… what exactly am I supposed to give? How do I mathematically figure that out? 10% doesn’t work on account of I’m losing money every month.
There’s a whole other element of my family who could really use a financial blessing. That’s been a struggle in the past because of my relationship with them and their irresponsibility with money. I’m past that phase, I’m ready to help them. My church just said today they need $700,000 to fix the septic, bathrooms, parking lot etc. I feel called to contribute largely but it’s really hard to imagine giving them money that my family could use so much more.
I know it’s not as complicated as I’m making it out to be. I’m just overwhelmed. It feels like a math problem I don’t have the formula to. I wish God would just tell me where to put it and how much. I know I’ll always be okay, even if I don’t ever see that amount again. I’m still scared about the uncertainty of my future.
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2024.05.19 18:28 a-f-b- How can I love my baby but hate being a mom?

Im just looking for other people that went through the same thing as I am going through now, to not feel as alone as I do now...
To recap: it was not an unwanted pregnancy, I was happy when I saw the positive test. We were not using protection anymore. But to be honest, I would have wanted to wait one more year. But to be double honest, I dont know if I would have ever wanted to have kids.
I am a very independent person that is very pragmatic. I know for a fact that being pregnant and becoming a mum is very strenuous on the woman. Your career takes a step back, your personal life and individuality takes a step back, your health and body now belongs to someone else.
I love my baby and love being needed but hate being needed at the same time. I would like to be by myself from time to time.
I feel like I cant really tell this to anyone I know, because all the other mums really wanted to be mums, unlike me. I kinda did it because of my husband and our marriage (he really wanted it). I want to have a kid and enjoy our future life in like 20 years from now (talking about family life, having everyone over for dinner, etc.), but right right now... not so sure.
I think I'm struggling the most with the lose of my person as an individual, and feeling like I cant accomplish anything I used to. For example, we just moved and everything takes 4-6 times longer than it used to, and its driving me crazy. I know this is normal but I just wish someone else had him so I can just power through and finally be done with the mess. We had help from MIL and it was great, but today was the first day alone and I am not doing so well emotionally.
Has anyone gone through something similar? Can anyone relate to not wanting to be a parent but loving their child?
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2024.05.19 18:24 TryingMyBest1002 Blighted ovum?

I had a positive pregnancy test 9 DPO (I was tracking ovulation with ovulation strips and BBT) based on my ovulation I was supposed to be 7+ weeks. Went to a ultrasound and my OB said I’m measuring only 4W5D which can’t be truth. Even if I implanted later, I still got a positive 9 days post ovulation. I’ll go back in 2 weeks for another ultrasound but I’m really wondering if something is wrong with this pregnancy, maybe a blighted ovum? Very upset tbh.
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2024.05.19 18:15 snoweric Do Vestigial Organs Prove the Theory of Evolution? Does the Human Body Have Useless Organs and Anatomical Structures in It?

Let’s use vestigial structures as a specific example of the non-falsifiability of evolution. When it became clear, based on advancing medical science, that the roughly 180 anatomical structures that evolutionists had originally claimed were useless actually were useful, they resorted to a fall-back position, which is a classic post-hoc explanatory device. They now claim that these structures supposedly served some OTHER function in the past, but now they have another function. Crapo in 1985, for example, wrote: “This is precisely how a vestige should be defined: Not as a ‘functionless’ part of an organism, but as a part which does not function in the way that its structure would lead us to expected, given how that structure function in most other organisms.” Notice now Crapo’s analysis here also confirms how important attacking the belief in God as a wise, efficient, benevolent Creator is to evolutionists: “It is the existence of such vestiges in such organisms which evolutionary theory would very naturally predict, but which the belief in an efficient Designer would not lead us to expect a priori.” (Italics removed, Richly Crapo, “Are the vanishing teeth of fetal baleen whales useless?” 1985). This kind of fall-back position for “explaining” vestigial structures illustrates the non-falsifiable nature of evolution. When medical science confirms the a priori viewpoint of the creationist model, that all of these anatomical structures really are useful and God didn’t insert useless organs and structures into the human body, the evolutionists don’t admit that their paradigm is falsified. Instead, they simply retreat into other rationalizations to keep attacking God as a shoddy, careless, unwise engineer. Here once again the viewpoint of Cornelius Hunter’s book “Darwin’s God: Evolution and the Problem of Evil” is confirmed: Evolutionists are engaged in negative natural theology when they argue against a supernatural explanation of the natural world based upon its perceived structural flaws and moral evils. Indeed, they find it crucial and very important to supporting their paradigm to do this. Needless to say, this kind of reasoning is every bit as metaphysical as the theologian who argues that the wonders and complexity of the natural world proves God’s existence. Any claim that evolution, when it enters the world of change above the genus or family taxonomic levels, is more “empirical” than creationism, is simply false.
The example of supposedly “vestigial” organs is also a great example of how the theory of evolution slows down scientific development and research. If an anatomical structure is a priori judged to be “vestigial,” then scientists who are evolutionists aren’t likely to study it carefully for what it really does. For example, tonsils were often removed for decades from children since they were judged to be simply “useless vestiges.” Later on, oops!, it was found out that they actually do fight disease. They weren’t so useless after all. Basically all 180 organs and anatomical structures that were once listed as “useless vestiges” (in one way or another) have been found to have real functions. For instance, the “yolk sac” is used by a developing human embryo to make its first blood cells; death would result without it. The coccyx was claimed to be a remnant of our purported evolutionary ancestors having a tail, but it’s actually a crucial point for muscle attachment needed for our upright posture (and, well, for defecation). So to say this is about “prior functions” as opposed to current functions is a great example of how evolutionists attempt to escape falsification of their paradigm. They assume these “prior functions” really existed a priori, when that remains to be proven. There’s no way to test, predict, observe, reproduce the selective advantage of supposed intermediate structures for the survival of the species in question, which supposedly occurred long ago in the prehistorical past. This is yet another example of circular reasoning by evolutionists, in which they assume what still needs to be proven.
A great, focused book from a creationist viewpoint on this general subject of "vestigial" organs is Jerry Bergman, Ph.D., and George Howe, Ph.d., "'Vestigial Organs' Are Fully Functional," Creation Research Society, St. Joseph, MO, 1990.
Super erudite, extra scholarly addendum, for those interested in grinding the details:
In response to one evolutionist critic in the past, I decided to do some research on this subject in order to be able to reproduce evidence for my reference about when evolutionists said that there were around 180 vestigial organs. The key evolutionist book that originated this specific number on this subject is Robert Wiedersheim, "The Structure of man: an index to his past history," which was published in English in 1895 and translated by H. and M. Bernard (Macmillan, London), which is available online through Google books since it has an expired copyright. According to Jerry Bergman and George Howe, "'Vestigial Organs' Are Fully Functional," p. 5, he developed a detailed list of 86 vestigial organs and "about 100 so-called retrogressive organs." Here I've reproduced the list of the 86 vestigial organs. I suppose someone would have to do more research to get the list of 100 "retrogressive organs," which apparently come from the same book.
If a medical doctor is available to survey this list, would he or she say that these organs are useless? Wasn't Wiedersheim simply wrong? Do evolutionists ever admit to error in the arguments that they make for their theory? Or do they simply keep pushing the same nonsense, regardless of how many times it has been proven false?
Here is Wiedersheim's list of the human body's supposedly useless vestigial organs/anatomical structures: Os coccygis. Cauda humana.Superfluous embryonic notochord and associated somites.Embryonic cervical, lumbar, and sacral ribs.The thirteenth rib of the adult.The seventh cervical rib in the adult.The interarticular cartilage of the sterno-clavicular joint (probable vestige of the episternal apparatus).Ossa supra-sternalia.Certain centres of ossification in the manubrium sterni.The branchial clefts (for the most part) and branchial ridges.Processus styloideus ossis temporis, and the ligamentum stylo-hyoideum.Anterior cornua of the hyoid, for the greater part.Foramen caecum of the tongue.Processus gracilis of the malleus.Post-frontal bone (?)Ossa interparietalia (and ? prseinterparietalia).Processus paramastoideus of exoccipital.Torus occipitalis.Processus frontalis of the temporal.Processus coracoideus .Os centrale carpi.Processus supracondyloideus humeri.Trochanter tertius femoris.The phalanges of the fifth toe, and less conspicuously of the third and fourth toes.Muscles of the pinna and the Musculus occipitalis. LM. transversus nuchae. L. --Facial muscles transformed into tendinous expansions.Mm. plantaris and palmaris longus, when completely tendinous.M. ischio femoralis.The caudal muscles.M. epitrochleo-anconseus.M. latissimo-condyloideus.M. transversus thoracis (triangularis sterni).M. palmaris brevis.The transition bundles between the trapezius and the sterno- cleido-mastoideus.M. levator claviculae.M. rectus thoracis.M. ere master.The primitive hairy covering or lanugo.Vestiges of vibrissaeThe vertex coccygeus, the foveola and glabella coccygea.Certain vortices of hair on the breast.Nipples in men.Supernumerary mammary glands in women.Alleged vestiges of mammary pouchesSupernumerary olfactory ridges.Jacobson's organ, and ductus naso-palatinus.Papilla palatina and foliata.Plica semilunaris of the eye.Vasa hyaloidse (Cloquet's canal) of the embryo the choroidal fissure.Lachrymal glands, in part.The epicanthus.M. orbitalis.Certain varieties of the pinna of the ear, i.e. Darwin's tubercle.The filum terminale of the spinal cord.Glandula pinealis and parietal organ.The parieto-occipital fissure of the brain .The obex, ponticulus, ligula, taeniae medullares, and velum medullare anterius and posterius, of the brain.The hypophysis cerebri (pituitary body).The dorsal roots and ganglia of the hypoglossus nerve.The rami recurrentes of certain cranial nerves.Certain elements of the brachial and lumbo-sacral plexuses.The coccygeal nerve.The glandula coccygea.Palatal ridges.The sublingua.The formation of rudimentary dental papillae before the sinking of the dental ridge.The Wisdom teethThe occurrence of a third premolar (reversionary).The occurrence of a fourth molar (reversionary).The vestiges of a third dentition.The ciliated epithelium of the embryonic oesophagus.Bursa sub- and prehyoidea (ductus thyroglossus).Musculi broncho-oesophagei.The appendix vermiformis.Ventricle of the larynx (Morgagni's pouch).Lobus subpericardiacus of the lung (reversionary).Certain Valves of the veins.Certain structures of a vestigial nature in the heart.Arteria sacralis media.Arteria ischiadica.Superficial plantar arterial arch of the foot.The vena cava superior sinistra.Venae cardinales posteriores, and ductus Cuvieri.Vestiges (in the female) of the mesonephric system, and (in the male) of the Müllerian ducts.Conus inguinalis, and ligamentum inguinale.The area scroti.
See also pages 200-209 of Robert Weidman’s book, which he labels “Conspectus of Organs Mentioned in the Text” and “List of Organs According to Systems.”
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2024.05.19 18:12 snoweric Are There Useless "Vestigial Organs" in the Human Body? Do They Prove Evolution To Be True?

Let’s use vestigial structures as a specific example of the non-falsifiability of evolution. When it became clear, based on advancing medical science, that the roughly 180 anatomical structures that evolutionists had originally claimed were useless actually were useful, they resorted to a fall-back position, which is a classic post-hoc explanatory device. They now claim that these structures supposedly served some OTHER function in the past, but now they have another function. Crapo in 1985, for example, wrote: “This is precisely how a vestige should be defined: Not as a ‘functionless’ part of an organism, but as a part which does not function in the way that its structure would lead us to expected, given how that structure function in most other organisms.” Notice now Crapo’s analysis here also confirms how important attacking the belief in God as a wise, efficient, benevolent Creator is to evolutionists: “It is the existence of such vestiges in such organisms which evolutionary theory would very naturally predict, but which the belief in an efficient Designer would not lead us to expect a priori.” (Italics removed, Richly Crapo, “Are the vanishing teeth of fetal baleen whales useless?” 1985). This kind of fall-back position for “explaining” vestigial structures illustrates the non-falsifiable nature of evolution. When medical science confirms the a priori viewpoint of the creationist model, that all of these anatomical structures really are useful and God didn’t insert useless organs and structures into the human body, the evolutionists don’t admit that their paradigm is falsified. Instead, they simply retreat into other rationalizations to keep attacking God as a shoddy, careless, unwise engineer. Here once again the viewpoint of Cornelius Hunter’s book “Darwin’s God: Evolution and the Problem of Evil” is confirmed: Evolutionists are engaged in negative natural theology when they argue against a supernatural explanation of the natural world based upon its perceived structural flaws and moral evils. Indeed, they find it crucial and very important to supporting their paradigm to do this. Needless to say, this kind of reasoning is every bit as metaphysical as the theologian who argues that the wonders and complexity of the natural world proves God’s existence. Any claim that evolution, when it enters the world of change above the genus or family taxonomic levels, is more “empirical” than creationism, is simply false.
The example of supposedly “vestigial” organs is also a great example of how the theory of evolution slows down scientific development and research. If an anatomical structure is a priori judged to be “vestigial,” then scientists who are evolutionists aren’t likely to study it carefully for what it really does. For example, tonsils were often removed for decades from children since they were judged to be simply “useless vestiges.” Later on, oops!, it was found out that they actually do fight disease. They weren’t so useless after all. Basically all 180 organs and anatomical structures that were once listed as “useless vestiges” (in one way or another) have been found to have real functions. For instance, the “yolk sac” is used by a developing human embryo to make its first blood cells; death would result without it. The coccyx was claimed to be a remnant of our purported evolutionary ancestors having a tail, but it’s actually a crucial point for muscle attachment needed for our upright posture (and, well, for defecation). So to say this is about “prior functions” as opposed to current functions is a great example of how evolutionists attempt to escape falsification of their paradigm. They assume these “prior functions” really existed a priori, when that remains to be proven. There’s no way to test, predict, observe, reproduce the selective advantage of supposed intermediate structures for the survival of the species in question, which supposedly occurred long ago in the prehistorical past. This is yet another example of circular reasoning by evolutionists, in which they assume what still needs to be proven.
A great, focused book from a creationist viewpoint on this general subject of "vestigial" organs is Jerry Bergman, Ph.D., and George Howe, Ph.d., "'Vestigial Organs' Are Fully Functional," Creation Research Society, St. Joseph, MO, 1990.
Super erudite, extra scholarly addendum, for those interested in grinding the details:
In response to one evolutionist critic in the past, I decided to do some research on this subject in order to be able to reproduce evidence for my reference about when evolutionists said that there were around 180 vestigial organs. The key evolutionist book that originated this specific number on this subject is Robert Wiedersheim, "The Structure of man: an index to his past history," which was published in English in 1895 and translated by H. and M. Bernard (Macmillan, London), which is available online through Google books since it has an expired copyright. According to Jerry Bergman and George Howe, "'Vestigial Organs' Are Fully Functional," p. 5, he developed a detailed list of 86 vestigial organs and "about 100 so-called retrogressive organs." Here's the list of the 86 vestigial organs. I suppose someone would have to do more research to get the list of 100 "retrogressive organs," which apparently come from the same book.If a medical doctor is available to survey this list, would he or she say that these organs are useless? Wasn't Wiedersheim simply wrong? Do evolutionists ever admit to error in the arguments that they make for their theory? Or do they simply keep pushing the same nonsense, regardless of how many times it has been proven false?
Here is Wiedersheim's list of the human body's supposedly useless vestigial organs/anatomical structures: Os coccygis. Cauda humana.Superfluous embryonic notochord and associated somites.Embryonic cervical, lumbar, and sacral ribs.The thirteenth rib of the adult.The seventh cervical rib in the adult.The interarticular cartilage of the sterno-clavicular joint (probable vestige of the episternal apparatus).Ossa supra-sternalia.Certain centres of ossification in the manubrium sterni.The branchial clefts (for the most part) and branchial ridges.Processus styloideus ossis temporis, and the ligamentum stylo-hyoideum.Anterior cornua of the hyoid, for the greater part.Foramen caecum of the tongue.Processus gracilis of the malleus.Post-frontal bone (?)Ossa interparietalia (and ? prseinterparietalia).Processus paramastoideus of exoccipital.Torus occipitalis.Processus frontalis of the temporal.Processus coracoideus .Os centrale carpi.Processus supracondyloideus humeri.Trochanter tertius femoris.The phalanges of the fifth toe, and less conspicuously of the third and fourth toes.Muscles of the pinna and the Musculus occipitalis. LM. transversus nuchae. L. --Facial muscles transformed into tendinous expansions.Mm. plantaris and palmaris longus, when completely tendinous.M. ischio femoralis.The caudal muscles.M. epitrochleo-anconseus.M. latissimo-condyloideus.M. transversus thoracis (triangularis sterni).M. palmaris brevis.The transition bundles between the trapezius and the sterno- cleido-mastoideus.M. levator claviculae.M. rectus thoracis.M. ere master.The primitive hairy covering or lanugo.Vestiges of vibrissaeThe vertex coccygeus, the foveola and glabella coccygea.Certain vortices of hair on the breast.Nipples in men.Supernumerary mammary glands in women.Alleged vestiges of mammary pouchesSupernumerary olfactory ridges.Jacobson's organ, and ductus naso-palatinus.Papilla palatina and foliata.Plica semilunaris of the eye.Vasa hyaloidse (Cloquet's canal) of the embryo the choroidal fissure.Lachrymal glands, in part.The epicanthus.M. orbitalis.Certain varieties of the pinna of the ear, i.e. Darwin's tubercle.The filum terminale of the spinal cord.Glandula pinealis and parietal organ.The parieto-occipital fissure of the brain .The obex, ponticulus, ligula, taeniae medullares, and velum medullare anterius and posterius, of the brain.The hypophysis cerebri (pituitary body).The dorsal roots and ganglia of the hypoglossus nerve.The rami recurrentes of certain cranial nerves.Certain elements of the brachial and lumbo-sacral plexuses.The coccygeal nerve.The glandula coccygea.Palatal ridges.The sublingua.The formation of rudimentary dental papillae before the sinking of the dental ridge.The Wisdom teethThe occurrence of a third premolar (reversionary).The occurrence of a fourth molar (reversionary).The vestiges of a third dentition.The ciliated epithelium of the embryonic oesophagus.Bursa sub- and prehyoidea (ductus thyroglossus).Musculi broncho-oesophagei.The appendix vermiformis.Ventricle of the larynx (Morgagni's pouch).Lobus subpericardiacus of the lung (reversionary).Certain Valves of the veins.Certain structures of a vestigial nature in the heart.Arteria sacralis media.Arteria ischiadica.Superficial plantar arterial arch of the foot.The vena cava superior sinistra.Venae cardinales posteriores, and ductus Cuvieri.Vestiges (in the female) of the mesonephric system, and (in the male) of the Müllerian ducts.Conus inguinalis, and ligamentum inguinale.The area scroti.
See also pages 200-209 of Robert Weidman’s book, which he labels “Conspectus of Organs Mentioned in the Text” and “List of Organs According to Systems.”
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2024.05.19 18:00 Silver_Degore Follow-up to my interview tomorrow

So I have a follow-up to my interview tomorrow, the process I went through that is. This is, by no means me doing a follow-up, nor waiting for a certain period of time and then asking where I am in the process. The manager and director of a department, the company I work as a temp (while employed under the temp agency - in a different department) had scheduled a time for me to meet tomorrow on Monday, I chose 1:30 PM as the time.
So no final decision was made, from my understanding of what the recruiter for the job position told me. They are going to discuss the process of the interview with me, feedback on the stages I went through. This really feels more unusual to me, because I've never heard of a company and/or department asking to do a "follow-up" with you - that's just my personal experience, (I tried to look for similar occurrences on Reddit or on the web on a company doing a follow-up with the interviewee - in person, but couldn't find anything, then again maybe it was there and I just didn't find it) when I'm more used to a decision being made; either you receive an offer or not.
I've already went through three rounds of an interview, first was with the recruiter, second was with the manager and director - about myself and my skills, experience, third was dealing with a questionnaire to test my critical thinking (with the manager and director present) - which tbh I felt like I did shit at, because it was all new stuff I've never dealt with before. It pretty much was the equivalent to getting a test and not having any way to study for it, it wasn't expected of me to get a right or wrong answer, just to see how I do, which I've felt I could've done better.
Should I take this as a good or bad sign? I honestly feel scared that I didn't get the job and was already thinking "why not just give me an answer and tell me I didn't get it?" Maybe this follow-up is to give me an offer, but I really don't want my expectations to be high - because I don't want to have gone through these hoops to miss the slam dunk at the end - which would anger anyone to go through all of this for it to lead to nothing. But I'd rather be ready in case this does crash and burn, so I can mitigate my frustrations as much as possible if I don't get the offer.
tl;dr I have a follow-up with the manager and director, they are doing it with me and I'm uncertain of how it will go.
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2024.05.19 17:48 widegulf Practical Psychological Advice - Aim for 3 days PMO only, forget about tough targets of 30 or 90 days.......hear me out......

So I've tried to make 90 days, tried to make 30, etc, etc, constantly failing abysmally. I know I'm not alone in this. In the beginning we are all highly motivated, the longer the streak tho, the more stressful it can be, as we are striving to hit our targets, and failing only leads to all kinds of negative emotions. Even if you make 10 20 30 days, it's a long way back, sometimes it can God knows how long to recover to get back on the wagon and achieve those numbers again. 90 days for those of us who are highly habitually addicted is a tough game, staying motivated is tough.
But so is our egos as well, going on long streaks can also generate a false sense of accomplishment, complacency sets in, and before you know it, bam, off the wagon again. I have been so many times. I've also tried not counting the days, maybe we place too much emphasis on them, so I stopped counting, and sure I have other motivations on why to stop, but that intangible goal of numbers is also a psychological motivator to hold onto, especially when you are in the middle of high urges to give in.
So what I'm looking to do is find a middle ground.....To defeat this habit, we need motivation, and we need targets, to replace the negative feedback we receive from falling, we need a target that sure can be difficult, but is also highly achievable too.
Which is why I propose this 3 day method. 3 days is attainable even in your toughest days. 3 days is incredibly short space of time, so achieving this will reinforce your positive feed back loop, counteracting the negativity of a relapse in a short space of time, and realistically it's highly achievable at any period you are in, you can make 3 days even if urges are at their max, and when you achieve that 3 days you will be self rewarded consistently for making that target.
3 days is such a small, BUT worthwhile amount, that it will also counter any effects of ego, of complacency, and will keep our mindsets humble, yet we will still get the frequent positive loop needed to stop.
So how will it work? Simple. You only target 3 days ahead of time. When you achieve it, simply reset back to 0. Rinse and repeat. Keep hitting those 3 day targets. Don't worry about tracking the consecutive amount of 3 days, Today is the 19th, so aim for the 22nd. Hit the 22nd reset to 0 new target is the 25th.
Before you know it, those days will accrue and finally this habit will be defeated.
Just 3 days.....You got this.
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2024.05.19 17:45 ElectricalEbb8134 What was she trying to do?💀

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2024.05.19 17:44 hrmmvcollege Best Colleges for Graduation in Punjab

Best Colleges for Graduation in Punjab
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Top colleges for you to consider for graduation in Punjab
Colleges are the most important places to obtain a higher education. To obtain great instruction, you must locate the finest graduation institutions in Punjab. Furthermore, the greatest institution will assist you in preparing for a highly competitive career in the sector of your choice. So, apply to one of the top women’s schools and make use of the advantages it may provide. Here is a list of all the top Punjab colleges you may apply to.
Hans Raj Mahila MahaVidyalaya (HMV)
The HMV College provides a great learning experience in their wonderful campus. They offer a wide range of courses starting from Science to arts and humanities. Furthermore, they offer their students with great faculty members who strive to teach the students with compassion. Hence, you can expect nothing but the best from this college.
You can consider this as one of the top women’s schools for pursuing higher education. Moreover, the college also supplies great placement opportunities. You can expect nothing but the best companies that employ students as fresher in their company. Hence, you can decide to enroll in this college and make a decent mark on your future life.
Lovely Professional University (LPU)
Lovely Professional Institution is a private institution in the Punjabi district of Jalandhar. This university is the best among the country’s private universities. LPU offers a wide range of courses. This university accepts students for undergraduate, postgraduate, and doctorate degree programs. Students can take certificate and diploma courses in addition to these courses.
LPU’s campus is the size of a city, covering 600 acres. On the one hand, there are contemporary labs on campus and the country’s largest auditorium and library; on the other, there are retail complexes, clinics, and post offices, and the institution even has its own hotel. The hospital facility is open 24 hours a day to take care of the students’ health, and there is even a pharmacy in the premises. Although this is a co-ed institution, it is no less than one of the top women’s colleges.
Chandigarh University
Chandigarh University is a private institution that has received an A+ rating from the NAAC. The institution has a total of 13,221 students, including over 5,500 female students across all disciplines. There are 16 departments offering a variety of specializations in postgraduate, undergraduate, and doctoral programs. Admission to these courses is determined by a student’s performance on CUCET exams taken at the university level.
The institution has emerged as one of the top academic institutions of placement, and its outstanding placement record has been acknowledged and authorized by a number of organizations. While organizations across the globe are concerned about their financial situation as a result of the coronavirus epidemic, Chandigarh University has defied the odds and secured many top global recruits during record-breaking campus recruitment in 2020. Candidates in MBA, engineering, pharmacy, hotel management, biotechnology, and other schools have received over 6,617 offers. This college offers the best education for women as well as men. Hence, you can consider this one of the better women’s colleges.
Thapar Institute of Engineering and Technology
Thapar Institute of Engineering and Technology was founded in Patiala, Punjab, in 1956. The institute has been officially certified with an ‘A’ grade by the National Assessment and Accreditation Council, making it one of the country’s greatest private universities and technical schools (NAAC). The TIET is placed in 210th position in the Asia area of the QS World University Rankings. TIET offers undergraduate, postgraduate, and doctorate programs through six schools, eight departments, and eight centers.
Entrance to the programs is based on credit earned in previous qualifying examinations. The university also accepts applicants based on their performance on national-level tests such as the CAT, GMAT, CMAT, XAT, and others.
These are the various colleges you can apply to for graduation in Punjab. These colleges will help you to receive access to the best teachers and educational experience.
Top colleges for you to consider for graduation in Punjab
Colleges are the most important places to obtain a higher education. To obtain great instruction, you must locate the finest graduation institutions in Punjab. Furthermore, the greatest institution will assist you in preparing for a highly competitive career in the sector of your choice. So, apply to one of the top women’s schools and make use of the advantages it may provide. Here is a list of all the top Punjab colleges you may apply to.
Hans Raj Mahila MahaVidyalaya (HMV)
The HMV College provides a great learning experience in their wonderful campus. They offer a wide range of courses starting from Science to arts and humanities. Furthermore, they offer their students with great faculty members who strive to teach the students with compassion. Hence, you can expect nothing but the best from this college.
You can consider this as one of the top women’s schools for pursuing higher education. Moreover, the college also supplies great placement opportunities. You can expect nothing but the best companies that employ students as fresher in their company. Hence, you can decide to enroll in this college and make a decent mark on your future life.
Lovely Professional University (LPU)
Lovely Professional Institution is a private institution in the Punjabi district of Jalandhar. This university is the best among the country’s private universities. LPU offers a wide range of courses. This university accepts students for undergraduate, postgraduate, and doctorate degree programs. Students can take certificate and diploma courses in addition to these courses.
LPU’s campus is the size of a city, covering 600 acres. On the one hand, there are contemporary labs on campus and the country’s largest auditorium and library; on the other, there are retail complexes, clinics, and post offices, and the institution even has its own hotel. The hospital facility is open 24 hours a day to take care of the students’ health, and there is even a pharmacy in the premises. Although this is a co-ed institution, it is no less than one of the top women’s colleges.
Chandigarh University
Chandigarh University is a private institution that has received an A+ rating from the NAAC. The institution has a total of 13,221 students, including over 5,500 female students across all disciplines. There are 16 departments offering a variety of specializations in postgraduate, undergraduate, and doctoral programs. Admission to these courses is determined by a student’s performance on CUCET exams taken at the university level.
The institution has emerged as one of the top academic institutions of placement, and its outstanding placement record has been acknowledged and authorized by a number of organizations. While organizations across the globe are concerned about their financial situation as a result of the coronavirus epidemic, Chandigarh University has defied the odds and secured many top global recruits during record-breaking campus recruitment in 2020. Candidates in MBA, engineering, pharmacy, hotel management, biotechnology, and other schools have received over 6,617 offers. This college offers the best education for women as well as men. Hence, you can consider this one of the better women’s colleges.
Thapar Institute of Engineering and Technology
Thapar Institute of Engineering and Technology was founded in Patiala, Punjab, in 1956. The institute has been officially certified with an ‘A’ grade by the National Assessment and Accreditation Council, making it one of the country’s greatest private universities and technical schools (NAAC). The TIET is placed in 210th position in the Asia area of the QS World University Rankings. TIET offers undergraduate, postgraduate, and doctorate programs through six schools, eight departments, and eight centers.
Entrance to the programs is based on credit earned in previous qualifying examinations. The university also accepts applicants based on their performance on national-level tests such as the CAT, GMAT, CMAT, XAT, and others.
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2024.05.19 17:34 Tequila_xoxo I don’t know if my MA was successful?

I took a pregnancy test Thursday morning at 6am. It was positive. I called planned parenthood and scheduled an appointment same day for noon. Had an ultrasound and found out I was barely 5 weeks. No fetus just an egg sac. Took the first pill at about 1:30pm in office Thursday.. No cramps, no bleeding or anything from the in office pill. I inserted the 4 other pills vaginally on Saturday at noon. About 20 minutes in a started having very mild cramps. About 2 hours in I started bleeding quite a bit. It’s now almost noon the next day and my bleeding is lighter than a regular period. I’ve passed no clots at all and have had barely any cramping. I feel like this was way too easy?? I’m worried my MA was not successful :(
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2024.05.19 17:32 Ok-Statistician5738 Describe your own features and which type you are or are considering.

(I am not relating this to the online test btw just your own analysis!)
I'll go first. 😝
I am a moderate height, have a long torso compared to slightly short legs and arms. I have really small but slightly wide hands and feet. My waist is defined at any weight but not in a soft way. My shoulders are not rounded but I am not sure if they are sharp or blunt. They are not really wide or narrow - something in between. The back of my torso does look a bit on the wider side. My (small) bust and hips are quite straight but my hips get fuller when gaining weight giving a more pear shape effect. My skin is not soft but more taut, clearly showcasing my bone structure which I find hard to describe but other people irl often comment I look delicate.
My head is small, I have a slightly pointy chin, straight small but prominent nose, big and round eyes and a slightly small mouth with prominent cupid's bow - lower lip is fuller and upper lip is thin. My cheeks become soft when gaining weight but overall my face looks angular.
Edit: my natural hair is wavy and course (2c) and my eyebrows in relaxed position are pretty straight and a bit heavy - not thick tho.
I am considering FN or FG.
💃
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2024.05.19 17:26 SmoothBarnacle4891 "THE FALCON AND THE WINTER SOLDIER" (2022) Commentary

During the height of my high regard for the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU), among the movies of which I had been a major fan were the Captain America releases. At least two of them. The third film in this mini franchise - 2016's "CAPTAIN AMERICA: CIVIL WAR" proved to be a major disappointment for me. However, when I heard that Disney and Marvel Films had plans to air a miniseries about the characters Sam Wilson aka the Falcon and James "Bucky" Barnes aka the Winter Soldier, I must admit that I felt a renewed interest in the franchise again.
When I said a renewal of the MCU franchise, I meant it. Aside from a few movies like "ANT-MAN", "BLACK PANTHER", "CAPTAIN MARVEL" and "ETERNALS"; the MCU had become a major disappointment for me ever since the release of 2015's "THE AVENGERS: AGE OF ULTRON". One might ask . . . what about the MCU television productions that aired on the Disney Plus streaming channel? Aside from one production that I somewhat liked and one that I loved, most of them have been disappointing to me. Unfortunately, I have to include this follow-up to the Captain America movies, "THE FALCON AND THE WINTER SOLDIER".
Set six months after 2019's "THE AVENGERS: ENDGAME", "THE FALCON AND THE WINTER SOLDIER" followed former war veteran/Avenger Sam Wilson, who has resumed working the for the U.S. government, while using his role as the Falcon. When the government recruits Sam to track down and deal with a group of enhanced anarchists known as "the Flag Smashers", former World War II veteran/HYDRA tool/Avenger James "Bucky" Buchannan aka the Winter Soldier decides to join Sam in his mission, due to his lingering guilt as a former HYDRA assassin and their shared experiences as Steve Rogers' close friends and battling Thanos and his army.
Since "THE FALCON AND THE WINTER SOLDIER" had aired on the DisneyPlus channel in six episodes, I had seriously considered ranking the episodes. But like Season three of the Marvel Netflix series, "DAREDEVIL", the more I watched "THE FALCON AND THE WINTER SOLIDER", the more it disappointed me. Aside from complaints about its pacing, the limited series had received a great deal of praise from critics and fans alike. Because of this, I believe it was one of the most overrated productions in the MCU history. People had seemed so focused on little moments and scenes that very few had noticed how the series' narrative seemed to be all over the map. For example:
~\Sam Wilson~* - This limited series is supposed to be a follow up to the events of "ENDGAME" in which Sam had received the Captain America shield from an aging Steve Rogers, a sign for him to take up the latter's costumed role. Was this an attempt by Marvel Films/Disney to make Sam a more relevant character? If so, why? Why did a MCU character have to replace Steve as the new Captain America to be more relevant? Why not allow Sam to continue as the Falcon, only push his role to the forefront as one of the franchise's new leading characters? Some might accuse me of not wanting a black man as Captain America, a topic that was brought up in the series. Frankly, I never wanted another character - regardless of race, gender or ethnicity - to become the new Captain America. That includes Bucky Barnes. Allow Steve Rogers to fade into the background and let Sam (as the Falcon) shine as one of the franchise's new leads. However, the die has been cast. One can only sit back and see if moviegoers are willing to accept Sam as the new Captain America.
Perhaps the MCU had to make Sam the new Captain America in order to make him more relevant. Why would I say that? The showrunner for "THE FALCON AND THE WINTER SOLDIER", Malcolm Spellman, came dangerously close to shoving Sam into the role of the second lead or worst, a role he has been since his debut in 2014's "CAPTAIN AMERICA: THE WINTER SOLDIER" - a supporting character. During the series' first three or four episodes, someone other than Sam (either Bucky Barnes or Helmut Zemo - two white men) made decisions that allowed the plot to move forward, not Sam. He was simply regulated to being an observer or reactor. The series even managed to undermine Sam's decision not to support the Sokovia Accords in "CIVIL WAR". In thee 2016, Sam became the first Avenger to speak out against the Accords and declare his intentions not to sign it. Yet, according to Bucky in this series, Sam had merely followed Steve's example in rejecting the Accords. And Spellman did nothing to allow Sam to correct this misconception.
~\James "Bucky" Barnes~* - One of the few aspects of "CAPTAIN AMERICA: CIVIL WAR" I found enjoyable proved to be the interactions between Sam Wilson and Bucky Buchannan. Despite their lingering jealousy and competition over the role as "Steve Rogers' best friend", the pair's interactions proved to be very entertaining, thanks to the screen chemistry between Anthony Mackie and Sebastian Stan. Unfortunately, Mackie and Stan could not save "CIVIL WAR" for me. Nor could they save "THE FALCON AND THE WINTER SOLDIER", due to its problematic writing. A good deal of that writing surrounded Bucky's character. I have so many questions about his role in this series. For example:
-Why would any official of the Joint Counter Terrorist Center allow Bucky to visit and question Helmut Zemo, the man responsible for the U.N. conference bombing in Vienna, in "CIVIL WAR"? That made very little sense to me. Surely the JCTC authorities remembered how Zemo managed to brainwash Bucky into making his own prison break in "CIVIL WAR"? Also, Bucky was on parole for his activities as a brainwashed HYDRA assassin. Yet, the JCTC had allowed him to visit Zemo? Surely, the showrunner could have allowed Sam, who was serving the U.S. government again, to be the one to visit and question Zemo?
-How on earth did Bucky managed to evade being arrested and charged for helping Zemo escape from the JCTC? The U.S. and other governments should have been suspicious of Bucky after learning about his visit to Zemo.
-Bucky came off as an arrogant school jock, who thought he was entitled to get his way - especially in his interactions with Sam. I found it hilarious that many fans had criticized John Walker aka Captain America aka U.S. Agent for such toxic behavior. Yet, they had turned a blind eye to Bucky's own behavior. And so did the series - up until the last two episodes. Why did the showrunner allow Bucky to get away with this behavior toward Sam for so long without any complaints from the latter?
-I did not care how Bucky had bullied his way into Sam's mission without the latter's consent. What I found even more annoying was the U.S. government's decision to allow Bucky to join Sam's mission after that ludicrous "therapy session" they were forced to attend together.
~\Racism -~* A good number of MCU fans had complained about the inclusion of racism in "THE FALCON AND THE WINTER SOLDIER". I had no problems with this direction, considering the story was about Sam, an African-American man, becoming the new Captain America. However, I had a good deal of problems with how the production explored the topic of racism.
The story of Isaiah Bradley, Marvel's second Captain America, had originated in the comics. In the MCU, he was a Korea War veteran whom the United States Army used as one of several unwilling African-American test subjects for their version of the Super Soldier serum. I realize that both Marvel Comics and the MCU had attempted to use Bradley's experience as a metaphor for the Tuskegee Syphilis Study. The problem is that I cannot see the U.S. government and the Army - both racist organizations in the early 1950s - be willing to risk the possibility of creating a non-white super soldier. Despite the recent desegregation of the Armed Forces in the late 1940s. And both the government and the Army had been more than willing to use white soldiers in other experiments.
After saving a group of black American super soldiers from a prison camp, Bradly was imprisoned by the U.S. government for thirty years. I saw nothing wrong with this twist in the character's narrative, until I remembered two things - Bradley had been able to free his fellow soldiers without anyone's help; and nearly sixty years later, Steve Rogers managed to break into the Raft and free those Avengers who had refused to sign the Sokovia Accord. Why was Bradley unable to free himself from prison? This is the man who had defeated the Winter Soldier by breaking the latter's metal arm. And he was not powerful enough to make a prison break, let alone evade capture?
I had assumed Sam's difficulty in becoming the new Captain America would stem from the government's reluctance to recruit a black man for the position. That would explain their decision to recruit the blond-haired John Walker instead. But the series never really made it clear whether political racism had played a role in Walker's recruitment. The series also had James "Rhodey" Rhodes had paid Sam a visit, emphasizing the importance of the new Captain America being black. As it turned out, Sam's own insecurities about becoming Captain America had more to do with him not initially assuming the role. There was also that interesting scene outside Bradley's Baltimore home where the police arrested Sam during verbal argument with Bucky. Although the cops backed away when they recognized Sam as an Avenger, they ended up arresting the parolee Bucky for missing his required therapy appointment. This scene was supposed to be a case of racial profiling. But . . . we might as well be honest. In the real world, the police would not have backed down from hassling Sam. What I found more disturbing was the production's handling of Bucky's arrest. Once the police discovers that Sam was an Avenger; they turned to arrest Bucky for failing to show up for his missing his therapy session. Not only did the police arrest Bucky with a more gentle behavior, they did so, accompanied by Henry Jackman's mournful score, something that did not accompany the moment of Sam being arrested. Were the audiences expected to notice the hypocrisy and racism in the police's handling of the two men? Expected to feel sympathy for Bucky? Or both?
The last episode featured a scene of two black kids playing with toy Captain America shields. Someone had commented that the shields (especially in the hands of non-white children) represented hope to the future of race relations in the United States. Why? How? This country had a biracial president for EIGHT YEARS. Yet, U.S. racial policies have remained problematic even to this day. I can say the same for other countries. The so-called symbolism of this scene only reminded me of how human beings put so much faith in imagery and symbolism. And this strikes me as a FALSE FAITH. Why was taking up the mantle of a costumed hero that had been previously occupied by a white man, the only way for Sam Wilson to become relevant within the MCU franchise? What was wrong with him being "the Falcon"? Sam becoming the next Captain America was not going to save the U.S. in regard to race relations - not in real life and not in the fictional world of the MCU. Looking back on the series, the series' only scenario that seemed to expose racism in a realistic manner, proved to be Sam's failure to acquire a bank loan for his family's fishing boat in Louisiana.
~\Sharon Carter~* - I am certain many MCU fans are aware of this. One of Marvel Comics' most iconic couples happened to be Steve Rogers aka Captain America and Sharon Carter aka Agent 13. She also happened to be the great-niece of Peggy Carter, Steve's love interest during World War II. Portrayed by Emily VanCamp, Sharon was first introduced as a S.H.I.E.L.D. agent in "CAPTAIN AMERICA: THE WINTER SOLDIER" as a potential love interest for Steve. Despite Sharon's appearance in the following Captain America movie, "CIVIL WAR", their romance never really developed. Many blamed the lack of chemistry between VanCamp and Chris Evans. I never had a problem with their screen chemistry. I had a problem with the lack of relationship development between Sharon and Steve. And I blame Kevin Feige's decision to transform the third Captain America film into a third (and badly written) pseudo Avengers movie. The change in the film's narrative, along with Sharon's failure to appear in "THE AVENGERS: INFINITY WAR" and "ENDGAME", left no opportunity for Sharon and Steve to become the romantic pair they had been in the comics. Instead, Sharon became a fugitive from the U.S. government after helping Steve and Sam hunt down Bucky, moved to Madripoor, a city-state with no U.S. extradition and became an embittered criminal known as "the Power Broker".
After "CIVIL WAR", nearly five years had passed before Sharon appeared in another MCU production - namely this series. And what happened? The franchise, with Spellman, ended up completely destroying her character by transforming her into the villain known as Power Broker, the criminal leader of an Indonesian city-state called Madripoor. After helping Steve and Sam acquire their suits and equipment in order to go after Bucky in "CIVIL WAR", Sharon lost her job with the C.I.A. and became a fugitive. She eventually moved to Madripoor, a city-state with no U.S. extradition, to evade capture, survived Thanos' Snap and became an embittered criminal nicknamed "the Power Broker" in order to survive the new world.
What really pissed me off about Sharon's arc between "CIVIL WAR" and "THE FALCON AND THE WINTER SOLDIER" is that her development into a major villain all happened OFF SCREEN. Off screen. Apparently, screenwriters for "INFINITY WAR" had written a draft that included Sharon in the movie. But according to Christopher Markus, he and Stephen McFeeley could not imagine scenes featuring Steve and Sharon trying to make it work in an apartment, because the 2018 movie did not have time to focus on their personal life. Why did Marvel simply fail to allow Sharon to be part of Steve's vigilante team - like Sam and Natasha Romanoff? I mean . . . good fucking grief! And why did Malcolm Spellman believe the only way Sharon could be interesting was to become a villain in "THE FALCON AND THE WINTER SOLDIER"? This was his idea of improving Sharon's character?
~\Helmut Zemo aka Baron Zemo~* - Why did Malcolm Spellman, Kevin Feige and the MCU thought it necessary to bring back Helmut Zemo, the Sokovian-born villain from "CIVIL WAR"? What role did he play in "THE FALCON AND THE WINTER SOLDIER"? I realize that Bucky, of all people, visited the incarcerated Zemo to acquire information on who had created the super-soldier serum that empowered the Flag Smashers. But why did he believe Zemo could provide the answer? Because he thought HYDRA was involved? Bucky or Sam could have searched for information from sources other than Zemo, who had been incarcerated for . . . what? Eight years? Eight years. Zemo managed to become something of a crowd-pleaser, thanks to Daniel Brühl's performance. Otherwise, I found his presence in this series unnecessary.
~\The Big Bad~* - Why on earth did it take this series so long to finally reveal the main villain's identity? At first, the series hinted the Flag Smashers, led by Karli Morgenthau. However, the series tossed other potential candidates for the Big Bad before viewers - John Walker, Helmut Zemo and yes, Sharon Carter. But in the end, Morgenthau and her group proved to be the main villains.
The Flag Smashers were a group of empowered people who believed the world was a better place between Thanos' Snap and the Blip (resurrection of those who had died during the Snap), when Humans around the world managed to unite and form a borderless society, one in which people helped others without any thought to nationalism and bias. Thanks to the Avengers, the world resumed its conflicts between nationalities and other groups. In other words, the borders returned.
Frankly, I have nothing against this ideal. Only Ms. Morgenthau and her followers resorted to violence and terrorism to achieve their goals. Does this sound familiar? It should. The Flag Smashers proved to be another example of characters with a progressive goal, resorting to extremism and becoming villains. This seemed to be a growing trend within the franchise, which I believe began with Erik "Killmonger" Stevens aka Prince N'Jadaka in 2018's "BLACK PANTHER". Since then, the MCU has not looked back at its growing roster of progressive villains. Perhaps I should not have been surprised. The franchise's ambiguous portrayal of an unconstitutional document like the Sokovia Accords, should have been the wake-up call. It seemed as if Kevin Feige, Marvel Films and Disney Studios had finally exposed themselves for the faux progressives they pretend to be. Frankly, this form of villainy has become tiresome to me.
After writing this article, I had considered ranking the six episodes featured in "THE FALCON AND THE WINTER SOLDIER" anyway. But I decided against it. My dislike of the series made it impossible for me to even bother. Being a fan of the first two Captain America movies, I had truly hoped this series would redeem the franchise. Unfortunately, it proved to be just as disappointing as "CAPTAIN AMERICA: CIVIL WAR". Pity. Perhaps the fourth film, "CAPTAIN AMERICA: BRAVE NEW WORLD" will do the trick. I hope so.
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2024.05.19 17:17 zoeyyzeohh Feeling grateful and reflective, loving our poly fam superpowers

Just wanted to share some positive musings! I've (32F) been with my partners (41m/39f) for over 7 years now and the journey we've had makes me so happy to call them my life partners and co parents.
They were already trying to conceive with their first child when we started dating, and I actually ghosted them on our first date! But I gave it another shot and I was happy I did-- within two years we were living together and I was preparing to learn how to be a good partner to these new parents.
As our relationship grew, I also grew into the role of a co-parent. But I also realized how much more growing I had to do myself.
It wasn't until we moved for one of my partners careers that I felt ready to become a mommy myself. Starting a new chapter in a new city just made me feel like we all grew closer as a family. So when I fell pregnant, we were all thrilled.
I was so lucky to have my best friend and partner also be my pregnancy coach and co-parent. I feel like it gives us super powers. Kind of like the saying that it takes a village to make it work; and we've basically created our own little village.
I recently took over as a school chaperone for our oldest, and brought our youngest along as a tag along so that my partners could leave town on a surprise vacation for the two of them. We just got back from the trip, exhausted, but the two of them are still on their little mini honeymoon for 3 more days! It's definitely hectic without them, and I cannot wait for them to be back, but it also makes me love our life and our ability to surprise each other, give each other time off, and share the weight of parenting.
I also think I love giving surprises, so really I'm mostly proud that I pulled off chaperoning a kids trip and also pulled off an awesome trip for my two life loves.
Next time though, we are going to get a nanny and the three of us will get some much needed time off together!
Thanks for stopping by and reading!
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2024.05.19 17:17 widegulf Practical Psychological Advice - Aim for 3 days PMO only, forget about tough targets of 30 or 90 days.......hear me out......

So I've tried to make 90 days, tried to make 30, etc, etc, constantly failing abysmally. I know I'm not alone in this. In the beginning we are all highly motivated, the longer the streak tho, the more stressful it can be, as we are striving to hit our targets, and failing only leads to all kinds of negative emotions. Even if you make 10 20 30 days, it's a long way back, sometimes it can God knows how long to recover to get back on the wagon and achieve those numbers again. 90 days for those of us who are highly habitually addicted is a tough game, staying motivated is tough.
But so is our egos as well, going on long streaks can also generate a false sense of accomplishment, complacency sets in, and before you know it, bam, off the wagon again. I have been so many times. I've also tried not counting the days, maybe we place too much emphasis on them, so I stopped counting, and sure I have other motivations on why to stop, but that intangible goal of numbers is also a psychological motivator to hold onto, especially when you are in the middle of high urges to give in.
So what I'm looking to do is find a middle ground.....To defeat this habit, we need motivation, and we need targets, to replace the negative feedback we receive from falling, we need a target that sure can be difficult, but is also highly achievable too.
Which is why I propose this 3 day method. 3 days is attainable even in your toughest days. 3 days is incredibly short space of time, so achieving this will reinforce your positive feed back loop, counteracting the negativity of a relapse in a short space of time, and realistically it's highly achievable at any period you are in, you can make 3 days even if urges are at their max, and when you achieve that 3 days you will be self rewarded consistently for making that target.
3 days is such a small, BUT worthwhile amount, that it will also counter any effects of ego, of complacency, and will keep our mindsets humble, yet we will still get the frequent positive loop needed to stop.
So how will it work? Simple. You only target 3 days ahead of time. When you achieve it, simply reset back to 0. Rinse and repeat. Keep hitting those 3 day targets. Don't worry about tracking the consecutive amount of 3 days, Today is the 19th, so aim for the 22nd. Hit the 22nd reset to 0 new target is the 25th.
Before you know it, those days will accrue and finally this habit will be defeated.
Just 3 days.....with God all things are possible. You got this.
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