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Open cervix at 22weeks
2024.05.19 11:58 Hot-Age4220 Open cervix at 22weeks
Good morning everyone. I am in a terrible and scary situation at the moment and I need your advice or experiences. A week ago I was experiencing very thick and intense discharge. I came to the midwives of the hospital , they took a sample to see if amniotic fluid was leaking or if I had the cerix open and also took a sample to check for any infections. All were negative but discharge was getting intense. Two days ago I had my 22 week morphology scan with a different doc than my OB. The doc saw that my service was funnelling quite a lot. He immediately admitted me to the high risk ward and called my doc who came. In the beginning the doc was positive he said ok we will keep u just tonight then you go home and bedrest and I am sure we will reach 34 weeks. Upon my admission they also did about all the tests possible for infection etc. During the night I was feeling a bit weird and that the discharge was getting more watery that the initial mucus so I begged the midwife to check if amnuitic fluid was present and it was. The next day the doc came and told me that my chances of my baby surving are low as he did another ultrasound and saw that the cervix opened further than yesterday and given that fluid is leaking there is no way we can stitch the cervix or put a pessary. I have a long cervix but i am 3cm dilated. Then yesterday he came and said that we have maybe identified the bacteria causing this its ureaplasma and i am being treated for it. I am also on progesterone and magnesium and antibiotics. My doc said that my hope to reach 30 weeks and close to impossible but we will try the best. He told me there is hope but not much. If by Tuesday nothing changes it will be a great sign and we can think of other treatments Anyone had a similar situation? I am so so worried what were your outcomes? Thank you š
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2024.05.19 11:30 Ipraythisworks0315 How to gradually introduce bottle feeding
I still want to nurse, and I plan on it. I have a 5-week-old and besides 1-2 days in the hospital when we gave her a syringe she was exclusively nursing. I go back to work in a week, but Iāll be remote for 5 more weeks. My plan is to nurse her every 2-3 hours in between meetings. When I fully return Iāll be in the office 2-3 days. I want to start having longer stretches at night as well. What should my progression look like? Can I start with a bottle during the day for a day or so, then a bottle at night, and once during the day? Eventually, when I return to work, Iāll nurse before I go to work, and she'll be bottle-fed until I return. If anyone has a sample schedule that would be a great suggestion. If it helps June 20 will be the first day Iāll be in the office for a half day and the 21 for a full day. Afterward I won't return to my full hybrid model until July 1. My baby has a you'd latch and I don't want to mess anything up. I also can't commit to exclusively pumping.
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2024.05.19 11:22 anny_t_ka Lingua Ludicrous: How Games and Apps Are Rewriting the Polyglot Playbook
 | https://preview.redd.it/ppmj2l0spc1d1.png?width=1920&format=png&auto=webp&s=e2f5d3c433265616b6282a5860b09da7f61ee14f submitted by anny_t_ka to voccent [link] [comments] etās be real ā the traditional academic approach to picking up new languages is about as engaging as a Glaswegian reciting the phone book. Aimless vocabulary drills, impenetrable grammar tomes, and zero incentive beyond some future hypothetical of sounding moderately less linguistically inept. We have already said more than once that Voccent is an innovative language learning platform that will help you improve your language skills with interest. Itās no wonder so many once-ambitious polyglot journeys sputter out in pooling apathy before even departing the atmosphere of ignorance. The human mind simply wasnāt bioengineered to grind away at arbitrary code unlocks with no discernible reward pathways. But fortunately, an unlikely alliance of gamers, educators, and coding savants have been quietly revolutionizing language acquisition by hacky-sacking it directly into the behavioral dopamine loops evolution hard-wired us to obsess over. Weāre talking immersive, addictively gamified linguistic apps and platforms expressly designed to trip your cognitive biases for relentless self-optimization. At their core, the best of these ludic polyglot programs leverage the same neurological feedback systems that suckered us into crushing candy for decades on end. Theyāve simply re-skinned the variable reward treadmills with linguistic skill trees, jaunty progress visualizations, and intermittent knowledge āpower-upsā to reinforce your frantic chase toward that elusive mental level cap. Take charmingly aggressive offers from various language companies. Featuring fun mascots playing a vocabulary test, peppered with acoustic obstacles, or fun celebrations of achievement, the viral set calcifies new vocabulary while stimulating your increased hyperfocus between problem sets. Itās like your cerebral cortex is too busy collecting endorphins to realize itās grinding reps behind the scenes. The secret lies in how such apps go beyond traditional rigid curriculums, instead offering strategic glimpses of advanced linguistic powers via deliciously randomized loot tables youāll compulsively chase by any means necessary. Imagine joining a grand linguistic raid but instead of elves and ogres, your character skills revolve around marketplace higglering and mastering that demonic rolled R. Before you know it, youāre recruiting real-life guild mates for competitive language sprints, habitually topping their scorecards in exchange for petty one-upmanship and bragging rights. And just like that, youāve become the hardened completionist junkie destined to transcend native fluency. https://preview.redd.it/3wya5rctpc1d1.png?width=1920&format=png&auto=webp&s=f1d45e1deeebf26604bc53c68d9f792504e0c78b Naturally, many of these lexical lootboxes do incorporate classic holdovers from the pre-console eras ā repetition-focused flashcard challenges, basic adventure-style storytelling for contextual vocab absorption, even speech recognition for pronunciation training. But through the gamified UI varnishes, they now double as energy refills and damage buffs along your quest toward polyglotnexia. Others apps take their XP grind down a more meta-linguistic route ā using rich mnemonic devices, regional accents, and immersive memory palaces as level-gated unlocks. Imagine getting anime-style waifuād verbal inflections as plump narrative scenery rewards. Or another one app refract language learning through angled prisms of literaturie and music. You ascend polyglot temples by savvily decoding bespoke texts and lyrical phrasings, with every comprehension checkpoint unlocking perks from verbified armor upgrades to elocutionary superweapons. Naturally progress is auto-tracked in swanky in-app guildhalls alongside spectral analysis breakdowns fit for a NASA symposium. Because what fun is acquiring fluencies if you canāt inspect the granular interactive heatmaps and scatter plots memorializing your heroic self-actualizaiton efforts? At their core, these gameful language ecosystems recognize our primate cerebellums are essentially purpose-built to metabolize skill trees en route to glory rather than more cold pragmatism. Why frustrate ourselves with dull pedagogical minimalism when weāre all intrinsically motivated by whimsical journey maps charting toward fluency paragon-hood? So whether your linguistic fantasies revolve around slanging sci-fi woards as an argot-accruing ronin or ascending through empaladored halls reciting polysyntheic soliloquys, have no fear ā the interactive #LangRenaissance institutions have you covered. Because developing cognitive superpowers is meaningless unless thereās a 12-step arc of lore, derring-do, and glottal anthropomorphic drama fueling your self-transcendence. So how about it, you aspiring polyglot plutes and pruners of parlance? Does any one of these gameful acquisition angles supremely resonate with your motivational resonance receptors? Have any groundbreaking platforms or prismatic ludological prisms for accelerating language aquisition been tragically under-represented here? Are there any high-concept gamified curricula youād love to see ecosystem developers spin up from your own synaptic fever dreams? By all means, shower us with your most fantastical output proposals so we can manifest the optimal massively multiplayer linguistic metaverse! And to those polyglots whoāve already maxed out their immersive RPG disciplines, feel free to regale us with tales of your most glorious grinding epics and the meta-cognitative integrations that augmented your neuromuscular fluency beyond mortal limits! Read in out blog about The Evolution of Digital Language Learning |
2024.05.19 10:33 here4geld Why is it impossible to find a woman who wants DINK ?
AM search is now all over the place. It's not working anymore. People are having crazy expectations. 1. Spoke to some one who with 34/F. She wants to 2 kids. One by age 36, two by age 40. She wants her own apartment & car but she does not earn enough. (Income less than 7lpa). The math just does not work out. She is single at 34. If she gets married asap then also it takes 1 yr to deliver a baby. Who wants to plan 2nd kid at age 40 ? Who has the physical n mental capacity to play, run, feed a new born baby at age 40 ? How she plans to buy an apartment costing 50 lakhs & a car costing 6-7 lakhs ? People just forgot maths.
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- Instagram life : 1st question to me: where do u live ? Do u have your own house ? How much is your salary ? Can u drive ? Why knowing driving is such an important factor to be checked on the first call ? Are we living in Canada or India ?
- Cannot relocate out of town but expect guy to make 40 lpa. 40lpa jobs are not that much abundant in kolkata. But women here just love to complaint and ask for high salary. Even not working women are not interested to move outside because they are comfortable with the city/family.
- Career oriented jobless people: Age 33/34. But not working. Having master's or PhD. Planning to work. Or trying for govt job. Which govt jobs have vacancy for ages 34 candidates? Why did you do phd and then sit idle ? Why can't to do food delivery at big basket or swiggy ? Bcz looks like you don't have any skills. When, asked to relocate, then they say, she can only relocate if she gets a post doctoral position. Otherwise she will stay in silchar, Assam and continue to "search" for job while sitting at home.
- Can't live in Dubai, because it's a Muslim country. Why ? Is dubai government converting every hindu ? Are they doing hate speech against Hindu or other religions? (Oh wait, it happens in india!!). No. Dubai has no freedom of speech. Ok, so u gonna post a tweet and tell that the supreme leader is stupid & coward and a dictator ?? (Yesz try that in india and let's see which constitution right saves you from RSS)
- Brother of potential candidate, with a state government clerical job, who can't type a English sentence properly asks for salary slip to verify earnings of the guy while her sister sitting at her Village home all day after BA in English and "searching for job" since 2016. While, asking why do you need salary slip, he says, I don't think this much salary is possible here in IT role. Because his friend working in TCS earns 60k/month only.
- Women who are fat, don't do any basic workout or don't even walk 5000 steps a day at the age of 33 rejecting guys who are losing hair at the office 35. Also, they call themselves "healthy". Healthy is not fat apparently. Wtf, is wrong with society and peoples expectations.
2024.05.19 10:29 faizaninjabunny Best friend is pregnant
My best friend told me she is pregnant today. What is the etiquette? Do I buy her a cute baby gift? Obviously I'll throw her a shower eventually. I want to be involved but not over bearing. How can I assist without it being too much or overwhelming her in anyway?
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2024.05.19 10:24 Hot-Age4220 Cervix open fluid leaking very scared
I am in a terrible and scary situation at the moment and I need your advice or experiences. A week ago I was experiencing very thick and intense discharge. I came to the midwives of the hospital , they took a sample to see if amniotic fluid was leaking or if I had the cervix open and also took a sample to check for any infections. All were negative but discharge was getting intense. Two days ago I had my 22 week morphology scan with a different doc than my OB. The doc saw that my cervix was funnelling quite a lot. He immediately admitted me to the high risk ward and called my doc who came. In the beginning the doc was positive he said ok we will keep u just tonight then you go home and bedrest and I am sure we will reach 34 weeks. Upon my admission they also did about all the tests possible for infection etc. During the night I was feeling a bit weird and that the discharge was getting more watery than the initial mucus so I begged the midwife to check if amnuitic fluid was present and it was. The next day the doc came and told me that my chances of my baby surving are low as he did another ultrasound and saw that the cervix opened from the outside further than yesterday and given that fluid is leaking there is no way we can stitch the cervix or put a pessary. To note that my cervix is not short however just funnelling and now open. Then yesterday he came and said that we have maybe identified the bacteria causing this its ureaplasma and i am being treated for it. I am also on progesterone and magnesium and antibiotics. My doc said that my hope to reach 30 weeks is close to impossible but we will try the best. He told me there is hope but not much. He cannot do surgery either. If by Tuesday nothing changes it will be a great sign and we can think of other treatments. So far I am stable. Anyone had a similar situation? I am so so worried what were your outcomes? Thank you š
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2024.05.19 10:21 RealAd1811 I think I offended my boyfriendās family, how do I recover?
I am 31F and dating a 34M. I live in a city and he lives with family in a small rural town one hour away. He has 3 siblings, 2 sisters. The eldest sister lives a 17 hour drive away.
We have been dating 2 years. I was invited to his older sisters baby shower in January, which was 17 hours away. I was offered a ride with his younger sister and aunt but declined and sent a gift, as I was so wiped from the holidays and would have to take off work. I was also not confident about my ability to socialize for so long and I didnāt know them very well, I know my social battery is low and I would be probably mute because I just am not very social and it would be a long time together. My boyfriend wasnāt going. Iām not sure if his older sister holds that against me or not.
Yesterday I was invited to his nieces birthday, I went early Saturday, it was an hours drive away. It was nice except his mom who has mental illness and recently divorced their dad came and no one expected that, and my boyfriend and her donāt get along. I had only met his mom one other time almost 2 years ago. My mom also has mental illness so I understand. I have nothing against her!!! I would love to get along with a future in law. But when my boyfriend and I walked in I said hi, and she looked at us and said to my boyfriend, āI am not a stalkerā and walked away, and it was pretty awkward.
His older sister and her husband and their new baby flew in to come to the party!
So anyways the party was fun and lovely. I found out there was a wedding reception of his cousins that night. I had no idea about it, I thought my boyfriend and I would go back to my place Saturday night and spend Sunday together like always. But I said Iād go and I went and bought an outfit in his town and went to the reception! It was nice, it was for someone on his momās side of the family which Iād never met!
His sister told us at the reception that their mom said I gave her a dirty look, which I didnāt or didnāt mean to! She didnāt say it like she believed I did, but like their mom was starting drama. But their mom is ill and has a lot of negative thoughts about everyone. But it made me feel bad :(
I was feeling shy at the reception, and didnāt dance until the very end to one song awkwardly. His older sister was trying to get my boyfriend to dance, but he wouldnāt, and she said he always does, and it seemed like she was thinking that he wouldnāt dance because I was there, because I didnāt want to. I felt bad.
I was quiet a lot, I think I came off as not wanting to be there? I donāt know! I hope not. But I find socializing hard and I feel I put my foot in my mouth several times.
SO his older sister who flew in found out about a graduation party the next day, Sunday, and invited us all. And also they decided they are going out for their dadās birthday Sunday evening. His sister invited us and it was sooo loud in the reception I wasnāt hearing everything of what people were saying. My boyfriend said we might be able to make it to the grad party, and I was like yeah I think so I think, but it might have seemed I didnāt want to, but I hope not. They were like, how far is it to your house? How long of a drive tonight and tomorrow? And were like thatās not that far.
So when we left the reception, his older sister was like, you guys should come, I hope to see you there. I thought I saw her roll her eyes at me for being noncommittal. I talked about it with my boyfriend after and said Iād like to go. I really have no idea who the grad party is for and donāt know if my boyfriend wants to go to that, but I definitely want to go to his dadās bday dinner.
I just felt like his sister was not liking that she felt I didnāt want to do these things tomorrow. I kind of donāt want to but totally will. I hate that I seemed like I didnāt want to. I just had a really rough week at work working overtime and my work is abusive and Iāve been looking for another job, and Saturday day is my chore day but I was at the birthday party, I havenāt gone grocery shopping or done laundry. Which whatever.
His sister also encouraged me to do the single ladies bouquet toss, it was me and like 7 10 and under girls. It got tossed really far away from me and I didnāt run for it as o had all these little girls in front.
TLDR: Why am I like this? I believe I have offended his family and made them not like me. I donāt feel like a very likable person. I typically like to know plans ahead of time but donāt want to turn down these invites, I will go and want to make a good impression. Please help me get my head straight. I fear my boyfriendās family doesnāt really like me, and thinks I donāt like them or that my boyfriend needs someone more social who fits in.
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We have been dating 2 years. I was invited to his older sisters baby shower in January, which was 17 hours away. I was offered a ride with his younger sister and aunt but declined and sent a gift, as I was so wiped from the holidays and would have to take off work. I was also not confident about my ability to socialize for so long and I didnāt know them very well, I know my social battery is low and I would be probably mute because I just am not very social and it would be a long time together. My boyfriend wasnāt going. Iām not sure if his older sister holds that against me or not.
Yesterday I was invited to his nieces birthday, I went early Saturday, it was an hours drive away. It was nice except his mom who has mental illness and recently divorced their dad came and no one expected that, and my boyfriend and her donāt get along. I had only met his mom one other time almost 2 years ago. My mom also has mental illness so I understand. I have nothing against her!!! I would love to get along with a future in law. But when my boyfriend and I walked in I said hi, and she looked at us and said to my boyfriend, āI am not a stalkerā and walked away, and it was pretty awkward.
His older sister and her husband and their new baby flew in to come to the party!
So anyways the party was fun and lovely. I found out there was a wedding reception of his cousins that night. I had no idea about it, I thought my boyfriend and I would go back to my place Saturday night and spend Sunday together like always. But I said Iād go and I went and bought an outfit in his town and went to the reception! It was nice, it was for someone on his momās side of the family which Iād never met!
His sister told us at the reception that their mom said I gave her a dirty look, which I didnāt or didnāt mean to! She didnāt say it like she believed I did, but like their mom was starting drama. But their mom is ill and has a lot of negative thoughts about everyone. But it made me feel bad :(
I was feeling shy at the reception, and didnāt dance until the very end to one song awkwardly. His older sister was trying to get my boyfriend to dance, but he wouldnāt, and she said he always does, and it seemed like she was thinking that he wouldnāt dance because I was there, because I didnāt want to. I felt bad.
I was quiet a lot, I think I came off as not wanting to be there? I donāt know! I hope not. But I find socializing hard and I feel I put my foot in my mouth several times.
SO his older sister who flew in found out about a graduation party the next day, Sunday, and invited us all. And also they decided they are going out for their dadās birthday Sunday evening. His sister invited us and it was sooo loud in the reception I wasnāt hearing everything of what people were saying. My boyfriend said we might be able to make it to the grad party, and I was like yeah I think so I think, but it might have seemed I didnāt want to, but I hope not. They were like, how far is it to your house? How long of a drive tonight and tomorrow? And were like thatās not that far.
So when we left the reception, his older sister was like, you guys should come, I hope to see you there. I thought I saw her roll her eyes at me for being noncommittal. I talked about it with my boyfriend after and said Iād like to go. I really have no idea who the grad party is for and donāt know if my boyfriend wants to go to that, but I definitely want to go to his dadās bday dinner.
I just felt like his sister was not liking that she felt I didnāt want to do these things tomorrow. I kind of donāt want to but totally will. I hate that I seemed like I didnāt want to. I just had a really rough week at work working overtime and my work is abusive and Iāve been looking for another job, and Saturday day is my chore day but I was at the birthday party, I havenāt gone grocery shopping or done laundry. Which whatever.
His sister also encouraged me to do the single ladies bouquet toss, it was me and like 7 10 and under girls. It got tossed really far away from me and I didnāt run for it as o had all these little girls in front.
TLDR: Why am I like this? I believe I have offended his family and made them not like me. I donāt feel like a very likable person. I typically like to know plans ahead of time but donāt want to turn down these invites, I will go and want to make a good impression. Please help me get my head straight. I fear my boyfriendās family doesnāt really like me, and thinks I donāt like them or that my boyfriend needs someone more social who fits in.
2024.05.19 09:59 createdjustforthis23 19/05/2024
I slept fine, I didnāt fall asleep so nicely. I donāt know why, I felt perfectly adequate all evening and then bam I cry myself to sleep. I donāt know how or why, and I didnāt even cry over anything in particular it was just any and everything. And I just kept crying and crying, like a baby. I had to switch pillows twice because I drenched it, but I got to sleep on my favourite pillow by the time I was almost asleep thankfully. I can be so picky with pillows, another thing mum tends to call me, even to this day - the princess and the pea. Or rather she likens me to herā¦ I canāt entirely say I disagree tbh. I just like things a particular way, not all things, I can be relaxed about plenty, but there are some things I just to be just so. My pillows when I sleep for example, how the dishwasher top rack is stacked etc. Entirely inconsequential things really. But anyway. I didnāt fall asleep so nicely. I woke up feeling better, still a bit sad but nothing I couldnāt ignore.
Itās now 12:58pm and Iāve done next to nothing. Iāve been watching BT, Iām not writing the name of the show because I feel like that might be search heavy at the moment? So Iāve been watching that, Iām midway through the third episode now and there are four out so far. Iāve also painted some of my lil clay things with primer. And thatās about it. I really need to clean and tidy my room but the idea of itā¦ ugh. I donāt want to :(
Iām loving BT so much. I like the stories and characters and stuff, but I mostly love the sets and costumes. Theyāre just so luxuriously opulent and uggghhhhhhh I want to just stare it all. Sometimes I wish they would clear out the cast and just give us a tour of the rooms and show all the details of the gowns. But like I learned in therapy, beauty is something I value highly, not in a vain way but in the way I utterly adore beautiful things whether it be a stunningly ornate wallpaper, a sparkly bead encrusted gown or even a leaf that is the perfect shade of green. I just love it all and it brings me so much joy, more than I realised now that Iām conscious of this value of mine. But the BT house itself, particularly the drawing room ommmmgggg. The blue? I think itās called wedgewood blue from memory, with the creamy/white detailing. And all the light streaming through. Itās so dreamy. And it makes me love my blue and white bedroom more. And the gowns!!!!!!! I wish I could roll around in them, theyāre so sparkly and detailed and beyond beautiful. Particularly the ones crusted in beading and with the luxurious silks and satins and velvets and taffetas and organza and all of it. And the colours! Itās all so dreamy. I donāt overly love the style of a lot of the gowns, that sort of empire line, mainly because it only looks good on women with fewer curves and a flatter chest, they can look gorrrrrrrgeous in them. But otherwise if you have any kind of cleavage it looks so weird and bleh. I love Penelope so much, sheās always been a favourite character and she honestly deserves the very best. And Colin definitely got a glow up prior to this season. His brown coat is so delicious. Iām beginning to wonder if I should read the seriesā¦? I do love a lil historical romance. Anyway I donāt even Penelope and Colin to end up together, I mean Lord Debling is so lovely and Colin is off sleeping with hookersā¦ like? Then again I know I am wrong in how I think and feel about all of this. I know I have expectations ghat are unfair, I mean maybe not for everyone but if Iām nothing special and therefore not enough then can I criticise. This doesnāt make sense. Anyway. Actually nevermind I just watched the fourth episode and I am very much Team Colin. EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEH!!!!!!!! But now I have to wait for part two in mid June :(
Iām going to the office tomorrow. I donāt want to. But oh well. Iām going to make a concerted effort to get back in twice a week - Iāve been slack with it and it doesnāt help me become better. Leaving the house more is important, so this shall be one of the ways. Iām also going to get some new sneakers and a walking jacket so I can go for walks more regularly. Iād like to go several times a week, but Iāll work up to that. I love my walks, I love them a lot but I just get filled with every negative emotion when I go for them around my house, to the point Iāll start having tears running down my cheeks or shaky trembly hands - itās pathetic. I think environment is everything, and purpose. When I walk pups at my parents I donāt feel these things, Iāll be a little anxy but nothing I canāt manage. But here? Itās so hard. Itās so stupid I know. But I love walking, I feel better when I do it regularly, so I shall keep forcing myself to do it until I feel okay about it. I know this is what I have to do, but the way it makes me feel insideā¦ it never feels worth it. To be 20 minutes walk from home and feel on the verge of a panic attack is NOT a good feeling and it only makes my panic worsen. So baby steps. Iāve been considering on and off moving to a different area, I think I would feel more comfortable in other areas, I donāt know why I donāt here but I donāt. But moving elsewhere is no different to running from problems so I will sort it out here.
I broke his little bowl. I didnāt mean to :( I feel kind of upset about it, itās been two weeks in the making with time to shape, dry, prime and I was doing a final layer of primer pre paint and my stupid finger went through the base. So I guess it would never have been a good present anyway because it broke so easily. But I bought a really pretty coloured paint because I thought he might like it and I just feel upset. I showed him it, idk why, I just messaged him a picture of it now and I already wish I hadnāt. I shouldnāt have even made anything for him in the first place, heās made it abundantly clear he doesnāt care for homemade things - cards, presents, whatever. If he did like them he would comment on them, and he never does, so maybe itās a good thing this broke. I just like sharing things with him, like when I draw and I like a tree Iāve drawn I want to show him, except I donāt because Iām utterly rubbish at drawing and it makes me look like a five year old. I at least appreciate his honesty, or transparency rather. It means I can understand what he does and doesnāt like. I just think his likes donāt mesh with my like of making homemade cards and presents. Itās not like I only give him that though. Anyway it doesnāt matter, plus itās probably better for me to not share things like this given I donāt have any skill or natural talent with it. Just because you enjoy something doesnāt make you good at it.
I donāt feel so great this afternoon, mood wise.
Iāve done the absolute bare minimum with my room, and the bar was set very, very low today. I tidied the floor up a bit, I made my bed, did a lazy tidy of my vanity desk thing.. thatās about it. Iāll do more across the week.
I feel.. detached today. This afternoon, rather. I know I love my family, Andy, puppyā¦ etc. I just canāt feel it. I know itās all in there, but I feel detached and I canāt reach it. This isnāt unusual, I just always try to describe the feeling and always fail. I think knowing I care but not being able to feel myself care sums it up as well as Iāll ever be able to.
I found a little notebook of my early days of therapy, well with this current one, maybe not that early actually but idk. It was just me writing down who I am. The first is āI am a humanā because I had to start with the basics. The last line is āI try my best to be friendlyā - I think I will continue with this. No one really comments much on me so I will just write it as things feel write. From memory it was also a way to force myself to speak more kindly to myself, ie I am a woman vs I am a monster. And things like Iām generous, I love animals, I am quiet, I try to be patient, I love romance, I appreciate attention to detail, I like to care for others, I am a homebody, I love reading etc. And then scattered amongst it was some honesty, like I can be a control freak, I am quite particular about some things, I am indecisive, I am sensitive etc. And then next to I am a friend I have a question mark. But I want to continue writing these things, I think itās helpful when I feel lost in myself to be able to read through a list of things Iāve written and be reminded. That sounds so silly to not know who you are sometimes, but sometimes I just feel so unbelievably lost and unmoored from everything, even myself. So Iāll write all the good things, and the bad. Iāll write things that I like, things that I donāt. Iāll write things I want in my life, things I feel like I should want but donāt, things I shouldnāt want but do etc etc etc. Itāll be a little tiny notebook of everything me. I wonder if sometimes itās possible for me to get any lamer? Unlikely.
Iāve been thinking about stopping journaling here more and more. I get more out of posting it here, it feels like a release, like Iām letting all the thoughts go which is especially helpful with my negative ones, I donāt know.
Itās 5:23pm. I need to wash and blowdry my hair, as itās still damp in the morning lately. I need to have something for dinner, I guess. Iāve been struggling with eating lately, I feel so ugly and it makes me not want to eat and then that sets off a bad string of things. Iāll have something little, vegemite toast maybe. I need to pack my bag for tomorrow. And thatās it.
I feel better after a shower and chat with Andy, I still feel not good but he perked me up on the outside. He makes me laugh so much :) Itās kind of weird to think Iāll be living long term in Australia, like Iāve always intended on living there - until my mental health and covid messed things up a little for me timeline wise. But to think Iāll maybe say Australian thingsā¦? That Iāll say thongs? And I definitely will because I cave quickly, like I was only in the UK two years and I said crisps and trainers and I still do to this day, which Iām actively trying to stop. I wonder what my accent would sound like after like ten yearsā¦ I really doubt Iād ever lose my accent. Itās funny how I do probably sound a bit different when talking to him versus my mum. I just talk more softly with him, I naturally do anyway to the point I have people comment semi regularly on how soft spoken I am, but idk, I donāt even mean to speak to him a certain way, I just do? And then he hears me talking to mum and I probably sound like Iām wearing Jandals and stubbies while loading up the ute as I prepare for a tramp in the bush. Christ. I do love being from here though, in theory I would rather we live here than Australia, and never say neverā¦ but it makes more sense to be there. I donāt really have anyone here other than my parents whereas he has family and friends and his payments and all of it. I donāt really have any ties here. Anyway.
I get to spend time with him tonight :) Night night
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Itās now 12:58pm and Iāve done next to nothing. Iāve been watching BT, Iām not writing the name of the show because I feel like that might be search heavy at the moment? So Iāve been watching that, Iām midway through the third episode now and there are four out so far. Iāve also painted some of my lil clay things with primer. And thatās about it. I really need to clean and tidy my room but the idea of itā¦ ugh. I donāt want to :(
Iām loving BT so much. I like the stories and characters and stuff, but I mostly love the sets and costumes. Theyāre just so luxuriously opulent and uggghhhhhhh I want to just stare it all. Sometimes I wish they would clear out the cast and just give us a tour of the rooms and show all the details of the gowns. But like I learned in therapy, beauty is something I value highly, not in a vain way but in the way I utterly adore beautiful things whether it be a stunningly ornate wallpaper, a sparkly bead encrusted gown or even a leaf that is the perfect shade of green. I just love it all and it brings me so much joy, more than I realised now that Iām conscious of this value of mine. But the BT house itself, particularly the drawing room ommmmgggg. The blue? I think itās called wedgewood blue from memory, with the creamy/white detailing. And all the light streaming through. Itās so dreamy. And it makes me love my blue and white bedroom more. And the gowns!!!!!!! I wish I could roll around in them, theyāre so sparkly and detailed and beyond beautiful. Particularly the ones crusted in beading and with the luxurious silks and satins and velvets and taffetas and organza and all of it. And the colours! Itās all so dreamy. I donāt overly love the style of a lot of the gowns, that sort of empire line, mainly because it only looks good on women with fewer curves and a flatter chest, they can look gorrrrrrrgeous in them. But otherwise if you have any kind of cleavage it looks so weird and bleh. I love Penelope so much, sheās always been a favourite character and she honestly deserves the very best. And Colin definitely got a glow up prior to this season. His brown coat is so delicious. Iām beginning to wonder if I should read the seriesā¦? I do love a lil historical romance. Anyway I donāt even Penelope and Colin to end up together, I mean Lord Debling is so lovely and Colin is off sleeping with hookersā¦ like? Then again I know I am wrong in how I think and feel about all of this. I know I have expectations ghat are unfair, I mean maybe not for everyone but if Iām nothing special and therefore not enough then can I criticise. This doesnāt make sense. Anyway. Actually nevermind I just watched the fourth episode and I am very much Team Colin. EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEH!!!!!!!! But now I have to wait for part two in mid June :(
Iām going to the office tomorrow. I donāt want to. But oh well. Iām going to make a concerted effort to get back in twice a week - Iāve been slack with it and it doesnāt help me become better. Leaving the house more is important, so this shall be one of the ways. Iām also going to get some new sneakers and a walking jacket so I can go for walks more regularly. Iād like to go several times a week, but Iāll work up to that. I love my walks, I love them a lot but I just get filled with every negative emotion when I go for them around my house, to the point Iāll start having tears running down my cheeks or shaky trembly hands - itās pathetic. I think environment is everything, and purpose. When I walk pups at my parents I donāt feel these things, Iāll be a little anxy but nothing I canāt manage. But here? Itās so hard. Itās so stupid I know. But I love walking, I feel better when I do it regularly, so I shall keep forcing myself to do it until I feel okay about it. I know this is what I have to do, but the way it makes me feel insideā¦ it never feels worth it. To be 20 minutes walk from home and feel on the verge of a panic attack is NOT a good feeling and it only makes my panic worsen. So baby steps. Iāve been considering on and off moving to a different area, I think I would feel more comfortable in other areas, I donāt know why I donāt here but I donāt. But moving elsewhere is no different to running from problems so I will sort it out here.
I broke his little bowl. I didnāt mean to :( I feel kind of upset about it, itās been two weeks in the making with time to shape, dry, prime and I was doing a final layer of primer pre paint and my stupid finger went through the base. So I guess it would never have been a good present anyway because it broke so easily. But I bought a really pretty coloured paint because I thought he might like it and I just feel upset. I showed him it, idk why, I just messaged him a picture of it now and I already wish I hadnāt. I shouldnāt have even made anything for him in the first place, heās made it abundantly clear he doesnāt care for homemade things - cards, presents, whatever. If he did like them he would comment on them, and he never does, so maybe itās a good thing this broke. I just like sharing things with him, like when I draw and I like a tree Iāve drawn I want to show him, except I donāt because Iām utterly rubbish at drawing and it makes me look like a five year old. I at least appreciate his honesty, or transparency rather. It means I can understand what he does and doesnāt like. I just think his likes donāt mesh with my like of making homemade cards and presents. Itās not like I only give him that though. Anyway it doesnāt matter, plus itās probably better for me to not share things like this given I donāt have any skill or natural talent with it. Just because you enjoy something doesnāt make you good at it.
I donāt feel so great this afternoon, mood wise.
Iāve done the absolute bare minimum with my room, and the bar was set very, very low today. I tidied the floor up a bit, I made my bed, did a lazy tidy of my vanity desk thing.. thatās about it. Iāll do more across the week.
I feel.. detached today. This afternoon, rather. I know I love my family, Andy, puppyā¦ etc. I just canāt feel it. I know itās all in there, but I feel detached and I canāt reach it. This isnāt unusual, I just always try to describe the feeling and always fail. I think knowing I care but not being able to feel myself care sums it up as well as Iāll ever be able to.
I found a little notebook of my early days of therapy, well with this current one, maybe not that early actually but idk. It was just me writing down who I am. The first is āI am a humanā because I had to start with the basics. The last line is āI try my best to be friendlyā - I think I will continue with this. No one really comments much on me so I will just write it as things feel write. From memory it was also a way to force myself to speak more kindly to myself, ie I am a woman vs I am a monster. And things like Iām generous, I love animals, I am quiet, I try to be patient, I love romance, I appreciate attention to detail, I like to care for others, I am a homebody, I love reading etc. And then scattered amongst it was some honesty, like I can be a control freak, I am quite particular about some things, I am indecisive, I am sensitive etc. And then next to I am a friend I have a question mark. But I want to continue writing these things, I think itās helpful when I feel lost in myself to be able to read through a list of things Iāve written and be reminded. That sounds so silly to not know who you are sometimes, but sometimes I just feel so unbelievably lost and unmoored from everything, even myself. So Iāll write all the good things, and the bad. Iāll write things that I like, things that I donāt. Iāll write things I want in my life, things I feel like I should want but donāt, things I shouldnāt want but do etc etc etc. Itāll be a little tiny notebook of everything me. I wonder if sometimes itās possible for me to get any lamer? Unlikely.
Iāve been thinking about stopping journaling here more and more. I get more out of posting it here, it feels like a release, like Iām letting all the thoughts go which is especially helpful with my negative ones, I donāt know.
Itās 5:23pm. I need to wash and blowdry my hair, as itās still damp in the morning lately. I need to have something for dinner, I guess. Iāve been struggling with eating lately, I feel so ugly and it makes me not want to eat and then that sets off a bad string of things. Iāll have something little, vegemite toast maybe. I need to pack my bag for tomorrow. And thatās it.
I feel better after a shower and chat with Andy, I still feel not good but he perked me up on the outside. He makes me laugh so much :) Itās kind of weird to think Iāll be living long term in Australia, like Iāve always intended on living there - until my mental health and covid messed things up a little for me timeline wise. But to think Iāll maybe say Australian thingsā¦? That Iāll say thongs? And I definitely will because I cave quickly, like I was only in the UK two years and I said crisps and trainers and I still do to this day, which Iām actively trying to stop. I wonder what my accent would sound like after like ten yearsā¦ I really doubt Iād ever lose my accent. Itās funny how I do probably sound a bit different when talking to him versus my mum. I just talk more softly with him, I naturally do anyway to the point I have people comment semi regularly on how soft spoken I am, but idk, I donāt even mean to speak to him a certain way, I just do? And then he hears me talking to mum and I probably sound like Iām wearing Jandals and stubbies while loading up the ute as I prepare for a tramp in the bush. Christ. I do love being from here though, in theory I would rather we live here than Australia, and never say neverā¦ but it makes more sense to be there. I donāt really have anyone here other than my parents whereas he has family and friends and his payments and all of it. I donāt really have any ties here. Anyway.
I get to spend time with him tonight :) Night night
2024.05.19 09:54 PhoebeFan420 My Eco-Mix vinyl turned out looking amazing! How do yours look
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2024.05.19 09:43 PerpetualEternal Iconic one-off character appearances
Occasionally on the show there are some god-tier single performances that mostly just serve to enhance the total shittiness of the primary four characters. Timmy āDouble Dipā at the funeral, Jerryās scorned lover Mary at Elaineās baby shower, and Seth, Jerryās college acquaintance who blows off an important meeting to go to lunch with someone he only knew through Moochie. Who else brought an unnecessary level of actorly craftspersonship to their one-and-done appearances?
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2024.05.19 09:23 kiwasabi LGBTQ+ The Plus Stands For Pedophile: The Illuminati is coming for your kids with Drag Queen/ Groomer Clown Story Hour, books in elementary school libraries which depict and normalize sex between children and adults. Transgenderism is pushed because Baphomet possesses both breasts and a male phallus
 | INTRODUCTION: submitted by kiwasabi to conservatives [link] [comments] To anyone with eyes that are able to see, it's very obvious that LGBTQ+ is a social engineering and mind control propaganda weapon being waged against all of humanity by the Illuminati. There are many reasons for this endless onslaught of pushing and overnormalizing everything that is gay, trans, and pedophilic. The Illuminati itself is comprised of around 13 bloodlines which are all hereditary incestuous and pedophilic families. So when you hear their puppets telling the joke "The Aristocrats" (LINK) which consists of so called comedians telling the most disgusting tale of an Aristocratic bloodline family having sex with each other and ending with "And they're called The Aristocrats", you'll know they're utilizing Revelation of the Method and putting it right out in the open as a "joke". The Illuminati utilizes Satanic Ritual Abuse and pedophilic incest in order to deliberately cause trauma to their progeny so that they can split their personalities and then program and control the new personality. This is called Project Monarch Trauma Based Mind Control. It was under Josef Mengele and the Nazis where this hereditary incest form of mind control was scientifically studied using the child prisoners of Auschwitz, most commonly with twin girls. After World War 2 and the fall of the Nazis, via Operation Paperclip, 1400 Nazi scientists and engineers were saved from the Nuremberg Trials via the Vatican Rat Line and were smuggled out of Germany into the United States, where they would go on to form the backbone of the Central Intelligence Agency and continue their Monarch Mind Control research. What's left out from the history books is that Josef Mengele "The Angel of Death" was also smuggled out of Nazi Germany and continued his horrific mind control research on twin girls for decades in the United States. What does this all have to do with LGBTQ+? Well, basically that joke "The Aristocrats" is the endgoal and endgame for all of Earth humanity. It's my theory that The Illuminati wants to normalize pedophilia to the point where a parent is required to encourage their children to engage in sexual relationships with grown adults. And if the parent pushes back on this abomination, The Illuminati wants to be able to take possession of the children via CPS Child Protective Services, "for their own safety" of course. BAPHOMET IS TRANSGENDER: One of the reasons in which the Illuminati is so obsessed with the unnatural concept of transgenderism is because their demon god Baphomet is generally depicted as possessing both female breasts and a male phallus. On public statues of Baphomet such as at Satanic Temples, he (or is that he/she?) is depicted without breasts due to public decency laws. Once you understand that The Illuminati worships a transgender demon god, then you'll understand why they want your children to be gay and trans. Oh yeah, and did you notice the American Medical Association symbol coming out of Baphomet's crotch? How did that get there? Now does it make sense why it has wings as well? https://preview.redd.it/jo74m4ybkp0d1.jpg?width=1200&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=d9d23860fada0f893545ec59cd2f9861811bbff9 https://preview.redd.it/oatdlf64ar0d1.png?width=332&format=png&auto=webp&s=8be61945a59d912098cb3452b64d315c8102cec1 Now does it make sense why Target was selling a LGBTQ Transgender children's sweater with the Baphomet symbol on it? (LINK) SATAN'S RAINBOW: https://preview.redd.it/g4btql1t9r0d1.jpg?width=552&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=6226bea836ac5ae09694acecf1217c57acb9b927 SEX IN LGBTQ SCHOOL LIBRARY BOOKS: When I was growing up, I do recall reading some books such as Catcher in the Rye which did contain some sexual themes and profanity. However, in recent years the sexualization of children has been thoroughly ramped up via LGBTQ propaganda in the form of sexually explicit school library books. Children are still trying to figure out who they really are as a person, and by indoctrinating them with gender confusion propaganda at such a young age we are ensuring they will be steered in the wrong direction. Which is of course exactly what The Powers That Be really want. By the way, when I was searching for examples of LGBTQ books with sexual content, I had to scroll through 3 pages of LGBTQ apologist articles decrying about all these "banned LGBTQ books". What's interesting is that all of these CIA Mockingbird Media propaganda articles always say the books are being banned for their LGBTQ content, not for their explicit sexual content (which doesn't necessarily have to be gay or trans in any way). For instance, ABC News"Report: LGBTQ content drove book banning efforts in 2023" (LINK) and NBC News "More than half of 2023's most challenged books have LGBTQ themes" (LINK). Note how they're obfuscating the sexually inappropriate content by calling it "LGBTQ themes" instead. Perhaps this is The Illuminati actually revealing the truth out in the open, that "LGBTQ content" actually means sexually inappropriate content which is directed at children? Let's call LGBTQ elementary school library books what they really are: the sexualization and grooming of children by predators and pedophiles. Sexualizing Schoolchildren: Classroom and Library Books (LINK) "Parent and Child Loudoun reviewed and listed hundreds of age-inappropriate, sexually confusing, explicit, objectionable, and profane books that were placed in schools in classrooms and libraries in their district. Here are just a few examples:
"The books in question are largely teen and young adult stories involving romance or sexual abuse, often with LGBTQ themes. Several were critically acclaimed. They include:
Target Sells Trans Clothing to Children Designed by Satanic Transgender (LINK) A clothing line as part of Target's LGBTQ children's products was designed by a Satanist female to male transgender named Erik Kallen, under the brand name Abprallen. There were only three products being marketed by the Abprallen brand, and none of them depicted the blatant Satanic imagery that was shared around the internet as part of a hoax with AI generated images (LINK). However, as I pointed out above, one of the sweatshirts in the collection does contain the Baphomet symbol. And it doesn't take much exploring of Abprallen's Instagram profile to find some unsettling content (LINK). Erik Kallen made a statement saying, "My work was likely pulled following false accusations of being a Satanist and marketing my work to children, both claims have been debunked numerous times but members of the religious right refuse to back down". https://preview.redd.it/7pdsq8r54q0d1.jpg?width=912&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=d46c8d192bc50043e378c7be2d18fd162d67746c Claims that you were a Satanist were thoroughly debunked, you say? Which "Guardian Angel" (Demon) is a transgender again? Oh yeah, Baphomet. And what were you doing at the Satanic Flea Market in London? Also, I thought you said "Satan Respects Pronouns"? https://preview.redd.it/ferg6lr75q0d1.jpg?width=912&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=5beef8365b280f2a9c251a2c396f1fcb0ad9df54 https://preview.redd.it/zpoyqsc96q0d1.jpg?width=728&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=67c22356d03ab50bea569d083afec37d10af5805 "I'm gay, trans, and a secret third thing..." Does anyone care to guess what is meant by that? "I support gay wrongs", "Gay supervillain", "Make More Gay Horror Movies". https://preview.redd.it/w9lkj8et6q0d1.jpg?width=912&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=749874db6545c8fc670af031a46259f0912e7703 Take "Poppers" to open your "Third Eye" (Hint: He doesn't mean your pineal gland....he means your butthole"). Illuminati confirmed. https://preview.redd.it/u3q7z0028q0d1.jpg?width=892&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=80dfd6b11268122d8c367867aa67782c8effeeea https://preview.redd.it/s047iqvm8q0d1.jpg?width=892&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=bbb51efe6a51b224d87aa937e5aac520dda684ee https://preview.redd.it/bx4ewlx49q0d1.jpg?width=716&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=6fcc28213453c8c6a88db6caec3663c1ef4fe003 https://preview.redd.it/r72gurpi9q0d1.jpg?width=892&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=611d83691ff3850796f873f2480f98f65ed50ed5 https://preview.redd.it/tmtv1dp0aq0d1.jpg?width=892&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=26615b9946de7722d59dca3be75a0145b9771956 As far as I'm concerned, all the claims about Erik Callen being a Satanist and marketing products to children have been thoroughly UNDEBUNKED just based on his products and post history on Instagram. This to me is clearly a case of classic bait and switch. Market some seemingly innocent "trans inclusive" clothing to children, get them hooked on the Abprallen brand while they're young, then "transition" them to the more seedy and shady product offerings. Based on the products and images shown above, can this really be considered a gender identity? Or is this more appropriately categorized as a mental illness and a cult? The embracing of confusion. The final culmination of the "Nothing is real" mind control psy op social engineering. Now literally GENDER ISN'T REAL. And "Men can get pregnant". "MEN CAN GET PREGNANT" As I previously posted, Arnold Schwarzenegger was replaced by an imposter in a mask wearing heavy facial prosthetics in 1990 (LINK). As part of the Illuminati's ongoing Ritual Mocking of the Victim / Humiliation Ritual against the name and image of Arnold Schwarzenegger, in 1994 the fake Arnold Schwarzenegger was placed into a travesty of a film called Junior (1994). As you can see from the film's poster, "Nothing is inconceivable". What a funny pun, right? They mean "conceive" as in conceiving and giving birth to a baby.... Except by a man. Ten years before that in 1984, Bob Saget was already joking about how, "men can breast feed", but at least he admitted he made it up (LINK). Once you understand that a core tenet of Satanism is to reverse the natural order, you'll understand why they want to normalize the completely unnatural idea that, "Men can get pregnant". This is a direct attack on women, men, children, and humanity as a whole. This is an attack on motherhood and gender roles. This is an attack on the family. This is a direct attack on your sanity. And as I've shown here, this has been planned for at least 40 years. The movie Junior from 1994 is a prime example of the Illuminati Revelation of the Method, where they put out their plans right in the open and as long as we laugh and don't consciously object to them, then it means we have subconsciously accepted them. Junior is also a prime example of why the Illuminati would be motivated to replace an actor with an imposter. Here we have a movie that the real Arnold Schwarzenegger absolutely never would have signed on to star in. But since the real Arnold was killed and replaced, he was unable to object to his name and likeness being used in this atrocity of a film. Thus, Arnold Schwarzenegger was used against his will to push an evil agenda of the Illuminati while simultaneously being ritually humiliated by giving birth to a child and essentially being turned into a woman on screen. Notice the screenshots where he has let his hair grow out and he's wearing a pink outfit (dress?) with glasses and pearl necklaces. Does anyone really believe that Arnold Schwarzenegger would have ever stooped this low at the peak of his career? https://preview.redd.it/dchs07c2eq0d1.jpg?width=1425&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=ab849bbd8ad73659cbf353d4788914e1527edfe5 https://preview.redd.it/ex6c2k1geq0d1.jpg?width=1050&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=84731bec091800df7b9ab70ddc7d313d808bc70e https://preview.redd.it/opfk3j3ziq0d1.jpg?width=1280&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=1b3266508272a8c7ce0e099902b6cc8715346017 MINOR ATTRACTED PERSON / PEDOPHILE FLAG: On June 13th 2018, a user on Tumblr created a flag for the NOMAP (Non Offending Minor Attracted Person) community. (LINK) Around June 12th 2018, an artist named Daniel Quasar updated the LGBTQ to add the colors light blue, light pink, and white to represent the Transgender Pride Flag colors. (LINK) These added stripes to the LGBTQ flag do not represent transgenderism. They represent pedophilia. Light blue represents attraction to young boys. Light pink represents attraction to young girls. The white stripe represents attraction to virginity. Coincidence theorists will have a field day on this one. https://preview.redd.it/3vih368tmq0d1.jpg?width=1019&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=e09e7fc60a833a24de638d527b061a4ce7e64570 https://preview.redd.it/zvbv2pkvmq0d1.png?width=399&format=png&auto=webp&s=43f924c9dbe068ad232f45b1b0a861ce01872a36 "WE'RE COMING FOR YOUR CHILDREN": I've really liked this idea of no longer referring to them as "Drag Queens", but instead as "Groomer Clowns", since that's what they really are. Also, these people do not reproduce, which is why they are forced to recruit instead. Drag Queens at a march in New York were recorded as chanting "We're here, we're queer, we're coming for your children". In Florida, a Gay Pride parade was cancelled after it was made illegal to perform adult lewd performances in front of children. If they aren't coming for the children, then why the need to cancel the Gay Pride parade when the Groomer Clowns couldn't perform in front of children? Finally, the third link is about a homosexual couple who raped, filmed, and sex trafficked their two young adopted sons to other pedophiles. https://preview.redd.it/fcn48gosqq0d1.jpg?width=597&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=29e1a9f8d97d52a858e7e3ed8f95db3368f4d72d https://preview.redd.it/vr4rav30rq0d1.jpg?width=700&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=e80d4063e16b7ae24c537b238630364b48ab0741 Video of Drag Marchers Chanting 'We're Coming For Your Children' Goes Viral (LINK) ***"***A video showing people chanting "we're coming for your children" has gone viral, sparking outrage on social media. New York City kicked off the last weekend of Pride Month with its annual Drag March on Friday". (LINK) Hundreds of drag performers marched through Manhattan's East Village in elaborate costumes on their way to the iconic Stonewall Inn. Video showing some of the march's participants chanting, "we're here, we're queer, we're coming for your children" Gay pride parade canceled in southeast Florida after anti-drag show law passes (LINK) "Officials in a southeast Florida city have canceled a gay pride parade and restricted other pride events to people 21 years and older in anticipation of Gov. Ron D. signing a bill meant to keep children out of drag shows. The Florida House sent Ron D. a bill Wednesday that bans children from adult performances, a proposal aimed at the governorās opposition to drag shows. The legislation, which awaits the governor's signature, would allow the state to revoke the food and beverage licenses of businesses that admit children to adult performances. The Ron D. administration has moved to pull the liquor license of a Miami hotel that hosted a Christmas drag show, alleging children were present during "lewd" displays." Gay couple charged with molesting their adopted sons also pimped them out to pedophile ring, report claims (LINK) "A gay couple from Georgia charged with molesting their two adopted sons and using them to record child porn also allegedly pimped them out to members of a local pedophile ring, according to a disturbing new report. A months-long investigation by Townhall revealed that William Dale Zulock, 33, and Zachary Jacoby Zulock, 35, allegedly used social media to prostitute their two elementary-aged sons. William Zulock, a government worker, and Zachary Zulock, a banker, were indicted in August 2022 on charges of incest, aggravated sodomy, aggravated child molestation, felony sexual exploitation of children and felony prostitution of a minor. But the shocking investigation reveals in more detail the sickening abuse the boys suffered. For the first time, it was revealed that the men allegedly pimped out their older sons, now 11 and 9 years old, to two other men in a pedophile ring. One of the men, Hunter Clay Lawless, 27, told investigators that Zachary ā whose Instagram bio describes him as āPapa to our two wonderful boysā and an āactivistā ā invited him āmultiple timesā to take part in sexually abusing the boys, Townhall reported." HOMOSEXUALITY AND PEDOPHILIA: Homosexuality and Child Sexual Abuse (LINK) ***"***Homosexuals are overrepresented in child sex offenses: Individuals from the 1 to 3 percent of the population that is sexually attracted to the same sex are committing up to one-third of the sex crimes against children. Homosexual Pedophiles are Vastly Overrepresented in Child Sex Abuse Cases Homosexual pedophiles sexually molest children at a far greater rate compared to the percentage of homosexuals in the general population. A study in the Journal of Sex Research found, as we have noted above, that āapproximately one-third of [child sex offenders] had victimized boys and two-thirds had victimized girls.ā The authors then make a prescient observation: āInterestingly, this ratio differs substantially from the ratio of gynephiles (men who erotically prefer physically mature females) to androphiles (men who erotically prefer physically mature males), which is at least 20 to 1.ā[17] In other words, although heterosexuals outnumber homosexuals by a ratio of at least 20 to 1, homosexual pedophiles commit about one-third of the total number of child sex offenses. Similarly, the Archives of Sexual Behavior also noted that homosexual pedophiles are significantly overrepresented in child sex offence cases: The best epidemiological evidence indicates that only 2 to 4 percent of men attracted to adults prefer men (ACSF Investigators, 1992; Billy et al.,1993; Fay et al.,1989; Johnson et al.,1992); in contrast, around 25 to 40 percent of men attracted to children prefer boys (Blanchard et al.,1999; Gebhard et al.,1965; Mohr et al.,1964). Thus, the rate of homosexual attraction is 6 to 20 times higher among pedophiles.ā PEDOPHILIA AND PARASITES: Parasite Pill 2.0 https://archive.org/details/parasite-pill-2.0 For those who really want to do some serious research, there's an 181 page document titled Parasite Pill (version) 2.0 which goes in depth about a theory that pedophilia may be linked to a mind controlled parasite such as toxoplasmosis. And that the parasite basically has a better chance of survival when infected into a younger victim with a still developing immune system. Plus the parasite breeds within the intestines. So it's theorized that this is why sodomy with children may be preferred by the parasite for reproduction. Also it's speculated that essentially the parasitic elites are LITERALLY PARASITES, as they are being mind controlled by brain parasites and this is why they all engage in sodomy with one another. The initiation ritual of being sodomized by all the upper ranking Illuminati members may also serve the purpose of ensuring that the cult's respective parasites are all passed on effectively to new recruits. Oh yeah, and the real reason they don't want anyone taking Ivermectin is because it destroys the parasites which are our secret masters. https://preview.redd.it/3g7a1jrbwq0d1.png?width=653&format=png&auto=webp&s=ce403537c123741bbd259b0a4be215695e7966cb CISGENDER? SIS, YOU'RE SIC(K) AND A SISSY: Elon Muskās X now treats the term ācisgenderā as a slur on the platform (LINK) On June 20 2023, Elon Musk tweeted out that the term "cisgender" would now be treated as a slur on Twitter / X. On May 15th 2024, this promise was made into a reality. Attempting to post with the word "cis" or "cisgender" results in the user being given a warning and the option to delete the tweet. This event today was what got me to finally sit down and pump out this post which has been sitting in my brain simmering for years. This also made me think about the real meaning of the term "Cis" which basically means "Normal" or "Same Gender As Assigned At Birth". "Cis" is pronounced the same as "Sis" (Sister), and can be expanded to "Cissy" / "Sissy" (Wimp). Also, "Cis" backwards is "Sic" or "Sick". So basically when you're called "Cis" gender, you're being called a woman, a wimp, and sick, all because you chose to remain a heterosexual during this assault on what it means to be a human. "Cis" is a CIA Tavistock style social engineering term which is meant to discourage you from being straight, and it's trying to bully you into the LGBTQ lifestyle (or is that "death style" since they don't reproduce?). "Cis" is an abnormal and weaponized term which was created to make what's natural seem unnatural, and to make what's normal sound abnormal. I would argue terms "gender normative" and "breeders" are also similar weaponized social engineering terms meant to covertly psychologically wage warfare against heterosexuality. GET THEM WHILE THEY'RE YOUNG: A recent study of 139 dysphoric male children who were monitored from age 7 up until age 20 showed that 87.8 percent of the boys grew out of this phase and reverted back to identifying as their birth gender by the time they were adults. And in other related news, a couple in Montana have claimed that the Montana CFS (Child and Family Services) have taken custody of their 14 year old daughter for refusing her gender affirming care. So now does it make sense why The Illuminati has to "get them while they're young"? Does it make sense why The Illuminati is pumping out so much gender confusion and LGBTQ propaganda into the brains of young and impressionable minds? It's because they are DELIBERATELY confusing children about their gender, and while they're still young and impressionable, they seek to prey on their confusion by pushing them to "change their gender" AKA mutilate their genitals, which is an irreversible procedure. Also, the powers that be are setting the precedent that parents who are not being "inclusive" and "open minded" by letting their children mutilate their genitals, that the state can then physically repossess your child from you, by saying it's CHILD ABUSE that you won't let them MUTILATE THEIR GENITALS. The Luciferians seek to reverse all that is natural, and they want us all to be like their demon god Baphomet. They are coming for your kids, and you'd better push back. Vast Majority of Gender Dysphoric Boys Desist, Long-Term Study Finds (LINK) *"*A long-term follow-up of male children with gender dysphoria has found that most study participants desisted over time and accepted themselves as boys. The groundbreaking study used the largest sample to date of boys referred to clinics for gender dysphoria. āA Follow-Up Study of Boys With Gender Identity Disorderā was published in the peer-viewed journal Frontiers in Psychology, and the research protocol was reviewed and approved by Clarke Institute of Psychiatry (now the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health) and the University of Toronto. Study participants were 139 male children assessed in the Gender Identity Service, Child, Youth, and Family Program at the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health (CAMH) in Toronto between 1975 and 2009. 63.3% of the boys met DSM-III, III-R, or IV criteria for gender identity disorder (GID), while the rest of the 36.7% were subthreshold for a DSM diagnosis. Researchers first assessed the children at approximately age 7, following up with participants when they reached adolescence and again in early adulthood. At follow-up, researchers classified participants as persisters (which the study defines as āboys who continued to have gender dysphoriaā) or desisters (boys who did not continue to have gender dysphoria), and deduced their sexual orientation based on fantasy and behavior. Researchers found that 17 (12.2%) of the participants persisted in their gender dysphoria, and the remaining 122 (87.8%) desisted." Montana parents say they lost custody of daughter after opposing 14-year-oldās gender transition: report (LINK) "Montana family claims they lost custody of their 14-year-old child after opposing her interest in changing genders ā and while the governorās office defended the move, it stressed to The Post that the state does not remove minors to provide gender transition services. The stateās Child and Family Services (CFS) reportedly took custody of the teen from her father, Todd Kolstad, and stepmother, Krista, this month, leading the parents to speak out about how the action has ādestroyedā their family and ātrampledā their rights. They showed up at our home to serve us with papers to take Jennifer out of our care,ā Kolstad alleged. āThey told me the reason was that we were āunable or refusing to provide medical care.ā Thatās just not true.ā Jennifer returned in September to a Montana youth facility, where she remains. Earlier this month, a court put the teen in the custody of CFS, Reduxx reported. āWe were told that letting Jennifer transition and live as a boy was in her ātherapeutic best interestā and because we arenāt willing to follow that recommendation, the court gave CFS custody of Jennifer for six months,ā Kolstad told the outlet." AUTISM, TRANSGENDERISM AND TRANSHUMANISM: Transgender and nonbinary people are up to six times more likely to have autism (LINK) This article title really says it all. There's a clear link between autism and transgenderism. So now does it make sense why autism is deliberately created via aluminum in the vaccines and in deodorant, chemtrails, etc? Autism also makes a person more compatible with Artificial Intelligence according to a book called The Autism Epidemic: Transhumanism's Dirty Little Secret (LINK). Supposedly the type of brainwaves produced by an autistic brain are more similar to how Artificial Intelligence processes data than a normal brain. Basically the endgoal of the entire Illuminati LGBTQ and transgender agenda is transhumanism, which is the merging of humans with technology. Part of that agenda ties into transgenderism since if they can get you to mutilate your genitals and get you to change your whole gender identity, then getting you to put a neural chip implant in your head isn't much further to go. The endgoal of the New World Order is to turn you into a gay genderless cyborg who is completely mind controlled by brain microchips. This is why when you choose to support the woke agendas and official narratives, that you're literally choosing The Matrix, because merging us with machines, mind controlling us and creating a completely false reality in our heads is exactly where the woke rabbit hole leads. CONCLUSION: "We're here, we're queer, get used to it". We did get used to it. And then we let you legalize Gay Marriage, but still you wouldn't stop pushing us. So how far does the Satanic LGBTQ agenda have to push us before they will leave us alone? Well, they aren't planning on leaving us alone. LGBTQ is a major component of the New World Order. The end goal of LGBTQ is to openly normalize pedophilia, incest, bestiality, and all other sexual perversions since this is what "The Aristocrats" (The Illuminati families) actually take part in themselves. And they bully us into compliance by using terms like "Inclusive" and "Tolerance", which are weaponized social engineering terms that are used to beat us into submission of their depraved agendas. You're no longer straight or heterosexual, you're now "Cis" (Sis/Sick/Sissy), "Gender Normative" and a "Breeder". The Illuminati has made it a thoughtcrime for any person to remain straight and normal in this times of great deceit. Is it any wonder then that nearly 30 percent of all Generation Z adults now identify as LGBTQ? (LINK) This post is the culmination of my years of research on multiple topics which all tie into pedophilia, LGBTQ, transgenderism, autism, transhumanism, and the New World Order. I hereby pass onto you all the knowledge I currently possess about this agenda, and I hope that you will consider it from a logical perspective and utilize it appropriately. By the way, I do not have a problem with gay or transgender people whatsoever so long as they would just please leave the children alone. They're just children and they're young and easily impressionable by LGBTQ gender confusion propaganda. Let them be kids, and if they still want gender affirming care when they're 18, then they are legally adults and are able to make that decision themselves. Stop encouraging children to make irreversible permanent alterations to their body just to serve an agenda of "inclusiveness" and "tolerance". Also, this goes without saying, and it goes to all people not just LGBTQ: stop sexually abusing children. This is the most unnatural sexual depravity you can possibly take part in. You're destroying innocence and you're destroying lives. And you're just continuing the cycle of abuse, since it does appear that many pedophiles were also sexually abused when they were children (Jeffrey Epstein got really uncomfortable and refused to answer when he was asked about his own sexual abuse as a child). Finally, I will again reiterate that there's no problem with being gay, lesbian, bisexual, non binary, transgender, etc. However, the specific group called LGBTQ is an extremist organization of The Illuminati which is pushing Satanic agendas as part of the New World Order. I recommend that no matter how you identify yourself, that you are able to identify a predatory social engineering mind control agenda for what it is. |
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2024.05.19 08:35 _mamcia Baby shower entertainment ideas?
Hi all!
I never actually had a baby shower and only been to one myself that didnt really have much entertainment but I am hosting one for my best friend.
It will be around 12-15 girls and weāll be having it at the main area of the restaurant. I saw quite a few game ideas for baby showers in Pinterest but would like something that wonāt be embarrassing or would require doing anything weird - future mum wouldnāt be into that especially in a public place.
Could you share some ideas of what you did at your baby shower or maybe something you did at someone elses that you enjoyed?
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I never actually had a baby shower and only been to one myself that didnt really have much entertainment but I am hosting one for my best friend.
It will be around 12-15 girls and weāll be having it at the main area of the restaurant. I saw quite a few game ideas for baby showers in Pinterest but would like something that wonāt be embarrassing or would require doing anything weird - future mum wouldnāt be into that especially in a public place.
Could you share some ideas of what you did at your baby shower or maybe something you did at someone elses that you enjoyed?
2024.05.19 08:19 OkBoysenberry92 First sickness 12 monthsā¦ yet another new thing to learn how to deal with!
Hi all, my baby is on one nap and usually an absolute JOY in her wake windows. She caught a cold from the day care stay and plays we attended (note to anyoneā¦ teething āsnifflesā arenāt a thing š) and has been sneezing out snot for 2.5 days. Sheās loving the steam showers though šš Today her sleep has been odd - the first 2 days of sickness she just did normally other than calling out in her sleep a bit. I fully embrace the idea of leaving her to sleep and threw any sort of schedule out the window (I go off time/cues usually) and sheās done this; 7:20 wake (12 hrs overnight) 10-10:30 fell asleep nursing. Woke herself 1:20-4 cot nap - and yes I checked on her 4 times š
Bed is usually 7 on a normal dayā¦Iām guessing I just go off her cues again? How do sickness related long naps affect bedtime for others out there? Sheās clocked 15 hrs of sleep since yesterday now and Iām like š¤Ø
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Bed is usually 7 on a normal dayā¦Iām guessing I just go off her cues again? How do sickness related long naps affect bedtime for others out there? Sheās clocked 15 hrs of sleep since yesterday now and Iām like š¤Ø
2024.05.19 07:41 Emykit Travel Alone?
Hi - I'm not sure if I'm undeover reacting but I would like other's opinions.
For context: June 2023 I had my first seizure right after having a baby. Mid October I had nocturnal TC's and ended up in the ER twice because they couldn't get them to stop. End of Nov I had more nocturnal TC's and again ended up in the ER twice because they couldn't get them to stop. 2 weeks ago I had a TC in the shower. Again they just kept happening and woke up in a Neuro ICU 2 days later.
I have a pretty good job but I have to travel now and then. I'm starting to get a little nervous about losing my job after others here have shared their stories. All my seizures (minus the birth one) have been happening a week or two before I have to travel. I have another trip scheduled in almost 2.5 weeks. I'm a little unsure on going. On one hand I think I will be fine - the show must go on right? My Neuro thinks if I make it a month, I should be fine. On the other hand my seizures have been known to not stop and I'll be in a hotel alone. Is it the right move?
What would you do?
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For context: June 2023 I had my first seizure right after having a baby. Mid October I had nocturnal TC's and ended up in the ER twice because they couldn't get them to stop. End of Nov I had more nocturnal TC's and again ended up in the ER twice because they couldn't get them to stop. 2 weeks ago I had a TC in the shower. Again they just kept happening and woke up in a Neuro ICU 2 days later.
I have a pretty good job but I have to travel now and then. I'm starting to get a little nervous about losing my job after others here have shared their stories. All my seizures (minus the birth one) have been happening a week or two before I have to travel. I have another trip scheduled in almost 2.5 weeks. I'm a little unsure on going. On one hand I think I will be fine - the show must go on right? My Neuro thinks if I make it a month, I should be fine. On the other hand my seizures have been known to not stop and I'll be in a hotel alone. Is it the right move?
What would you do?
2024.05.19 07:16 ManBearPigNipples Bond No. 9 Bleecker Street
I stumbled across a sample of Polo Red last week in my house and tried it out. Itās fantastic. So, I went down the rabbit hole of Polo Red and discovered Polo Red Extreme. Discontinued but still available on eBay amongst a few places. Iām still angry that Armani Mania was discontinued though I still have a full bottle.
Anyway, before going all in on the Red Extreme, I fired up YouTube to gaze at some reviews. Overall, they were good reviews but I figured Iād think about it for a couple days.
As is tradition, Facebook blasted me with fragrance ads. One of them caught meāCreed Aventus and Bond No. 9 Bleecker Street samples. Screw it, Iāve been curious about both of them for a year or so.
Iām not as impressed with the Creed as I thought Iād be. Maybe my expectations were too high. Donāt get me wrong, I do like it. But I donāt love it. Iāve had it on for about ten hours today and itās still going. It almost has a generic well-groomed aroma to it that smells like a familiar place. I feel like should be wearing a suit in a dimly lit lounge in the 1950ās after losing $2785 at a blackjack table on the strip in Vegas and this whiskey is making it just a little easier to seethe without showing it. I should be at home watching the grandkids open Christmas presents but my wife died nine months ago and I just canāt stomach seeing the boys with their wives right now. Itās just not the same without their mother. When the waitress lit my cigar, she gave me a smile, but her eyes told me she sees my pain. She took my hand and gave it a gentle squeeze. After she walked away, I sat back. The place is crowded and the sound of voices blend together. I canāt make out any actual conversation. A light haze of cigar smoke is in the air. Maybe Iāll buy that lady over there a drink. The boys would understand, wouldnāt they? Theyād say, āIt isnāt your fault, Dad. We all tried to warn her about the sharks around the boat but she insisted that they were dolphins. You gotta move on Pops.ā
I stood, straightened my tie, and picked up my glass of whiskey.
I might still grab a bottle of Aventus.
Yesterday, I tried out the Bleecker Street. Iād seen a video or two about it a long time ago but donāt remember much about it. All I can say is HOLY HELL IT IS DELICIOUS. It smells like something fresh out of the shower. A sweet, cool warmth if that makes any sense at all. Itās a smell good, feel good scent. Refreshing and unique. It comes across as an any time scent. Like itāll fit no matter the occasion. Except for the lounge scenario above. Armani Mania has been my favorite for over 20 years, but Bleecker Street might bump it from first place. Itās that bloody good.
After I had it on for about an hour, I was sold and ordered a bottle. This morning when I woke up, I could still smell it.
If I like this flavor as much as I do, Iām wondering if there are other Bond No. 9 fragrances Iād be into.
Any Bond No. 9 people want to chime in? Iām very curious.
If youāve read this far, I apologize for my long-winded post. But I wanted to add that I hadnāt forgotten about the Polo Red. I ordered that as well. Something about its sweet, syrupy warmth is just enveloping.
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Anyway, before going all in on the Red Extreme, I fired up YouTube to gaze at some reviews. Overall, they were good reviews but I figured Iād think about it for a couple days.
As is tradition, Facebook blasted me with fragrance ads. One of them caught meāCreed Aventus and Bond No. 9 Bleecker Street samples. Screw it, Iāve been curious about both of them for a year or so.
Iām not as impressed with the Creed as I thought Iād be. Maybe my expectations were too high. Donāt get me wrong, I do like it. But I donāt love it. Iāve had it on for about ten hours today and itās still going. It almost has a generic well-groomed aroma to it that smells like a familiar place. I feel like should be wearing a suit in a dimly lit lounge in the 1950ās after losing $2785 at a blackjack table on the strip in Vegas and this whiskey is making it just a little easier to seethe without showing it. I should be at home watching the grandkids open Christmas presents but my wife died nine months ago and I just canāt stomach seeing the boys with their wives right now. Itās just not the same without their mother. When the waitress lit my cigar, she gave me a smile, but her eyes told me she sees my pain. She took my hand and gave it a gentle squeeze. After she walked away, I sat back. The place is crowded and the sound of voices blend together. I canāt make out any actual conversation. A light haze of cigar smoke is in the air. Maybe Iāll buy that lady over there a drink. The boys would understand, wouldnāt they? Theyād say, āIt isnāt your fault, Dad. We all tried to warn her about the sharks around the boat but she insisted that they were dolphins. You gotta move on Pops.ā
I stood, straightened my tie, and picked up my glass of whiskey.
I might still grab a bottle of Aventus.
Yesterday, I tried out the Bleecker Street. Iād seen a video or two about it a long time ago but donāt remember much about it. All I can say is HOLY HELL IT IS DELICIOUS. It smells like something fresh out of the shower. A sweet, cool warmth if that makes any sense at all. Itās a smell good, feel good scent. Refreshing and unique. It comes across as an any time scent. Like itāll fit no matter the occasion. Except for the lounge scenario above. Armani Mania has been my favorite for over 20 years, but Bleecker Street might bump it from first place. Itās that bloody good.
After I had it on for about an hour, I was sold and ordered a bottle. This morning when I woke up, I could still smell it.
If I like this flavor as much as I do, Iām wondering if there are other Bond No. 9 fragrances Iād be into.
Any Bond No. 9 people want to chime in? Iām very curious.
If youāve read this far, I apologize for my long-winded post. But I wanted to add that I hadnāt forgotten about the Polo Red. I ordered that as well. Something about its sweet, syrupy warmth is just enveloping.
2024.05.19 07:12 Global_Push4521 5 months married, he cheats, Iām trying to figure out what to do
So I basically married a man who I thought would be the love of my life. We fell pregnant pretty instantly after starting to date. I wanted a life with him all the kids and the family. It progressively has gotten worse. He got into sissy porn, buying masturbation devices behind my back, he even went as far to download a gay app and planned to meetup with a trans woman to have sex. They even planned on inviting a girl to have a threesome. After that event I lost pretty much all respect for him. I forgave him for it. He blamed me said it was because all we had been doing was arguing. Mind you, I had my baby shower 4 days before he left to go on this trip, and he didnāt even show up to his own sonās baby shower. Itās been a nightmare of a time but he apologized and said he wants to make things right and that he messed up really bad. Whatever. Gave him another chance. We moved into a house together. Iām 5 days overdue, baby can be here at any moment. Weāve reached a point in our relationship now where he doesnāt go places with me, wonāt ride in a car with me, if Iām driving the car heās constantly complaining saying how Iām a terrible driver, he never takes me out on dates or asks me to go anywhere with him, he doesnāt want to go to the park with me, doesnāt want to take our dog on walks with me, doesnāt even want to sit and chill on the couch with me cause once I start talking he tells me to be quiet and to leave him alone. Iām pretty sure heās just giving absolutely no effort at this point, and I keep enabling it and staying out of my love for him. A lot of it has to deal with us about to have our first baby also. Speaking of, I paid for us to attend birthing classes and he only went to 2 of them. Argued with me the entire way there too made it seem like it was unnecessary for him to be there. Anyways. I canāt help but want to seek out other male attention at this point because I am So neglected by my husband during such a vulnerable part of my life. My question is though, what MEN out there would date a woman who just had a child? Is there anyone who would even consider? Iām not even necessarily looking for something super serious. Itās mainly just some sort of flirting, sexting, affection, hugs, company, going out and doing fun things etc. (Iām speaking in terms of whenever I have my baby, after I separate from my husband and give it some time)
I just donāt know anything about the dating world with children. I feel very deprived of love and affection. My husband has acted out many times and Iāve stayed. I can only think at this point of doing the same back to him. I know FWB is a thing, how do men feel about that with a woman who has a child? I guess this post would be seeking advice/support. Cause Iām just a mess at what to do right now.
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I just donāt know anything about the dating world with children. I feel very deprived of love and affection. My husband has acted out many times and Iāve stayed. I can only think at this point of doing the same back to him. I know FWB is a thing, how do men feel about that with a woman who has a child? I guess this post would be seeking advice/support. Cause Iām just a mess at what to do right now.
2024.05.19 07:11 Before_the_Gemini AITA- I don't think my dad wants to be my dad
AITA- My family and I have always had issues, particularly with my dad. I'm turning 20 soon, and in February, I asked my dad about having a birthday dinner. He's always struggled with dates, so I confirmed the date with him multiple times through various means. He assured me it was okay each time. To accommodate him, I didn't invite my maternal grandpa and step-grandma because he doesn't get along with them, nor my mum or maternal grandma to avoid him feeling 'outnumbered.'
I live with my maternal grandpa and step-grandma while at college, which my dad isn't happy about, even though it saves money. Since my brothers likely couldnāt make it due to work, I invited my maternal grandpa and step-grandma after clearing it with my dad. He disliked it. During this conversation, he mentioned he was working on my birthday and couldnāt attend, despite his previous confirmations. Upset, I went to my mum's house to cool off.
A few days later, I visited my dadās house to see my younger brothers. My dad was rude to us, so I left and texted him to cancel our camping trip. We've always gone camping, but this year was special because we planned to go in May and do a hike we've wanted for years. Given his rudeness and lack of apology, I felt it wouldnāt be fun anymore.
In response, my dad blew up about me missing the last seven Christmases. When I was younger, Christmas was split between my parents, but from age 14, I could choose where to spend it. Often, my dad had work and didnāt make plans, so I went with my mum to visit family. I always spent time with him during the holidays, just not always on Christmas Day. Despite this, he still holds it against me.
Now, we're arguing over text. It's not about him missing my birthday but his lack of remorse for messing up again. I've given him several months' notice and even considered not inviting my grandparents for his sake. This pattern has happened multiple times: he almost missed my high school graduation, dinners, dance recitals, concerts, and even needed coaxing to attend his niece's baby shower. I'm frustrated because Iāve tried everything, but he only seems to be mad about me not spending Christmas with him when I was younger. AITA?
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I live with my maternal grandpa and step-grandma while at college, which my dad isn't happy about, even though it saves money. Since my brothers likely couldnāt make it due to work, I invited my maternal grandpa and step-grandma after clearing it with my dad. He disliked it. During this conversation, he mentioned he was working on my birthday and couldnāt attend, despite his previous confirmations. Upset, I went to my mum's house to cool off.
A few days later, I visited my dadās house to see my younger brothers. My dad was rude to us, so I left and texted him to cancel our camping trip. We've always gone camping, but this year was special because we planned to go in May and do a hike we've wanted for years. Given his rudeness and lack of apology, I felt it wouldnāt be fun anymore.
In response, my dad blew up about me missing the last seven Christmases. When I was younger, Christmas was split between my parents, but from age 14, I could choose where to spend it. Often, my dad had work and didnāt make plans, so I went with my mum to visit family. I always spent time with him during the holidays, just not always on Christmas Day. Despite this, he still holds it against me.
Now, we're arguing over text. It's not about him missing my birthday but his lack of remorse for messing up again. I've given him several months' notice and even considered not inviting my grandparents for his sake. This pattern has happened multiple times: he almost missed my high school graduation, dinners, dance recitals, concerts, and even needed coaxing to attend his niece's baby shower. I'm frustrated because Iāve tried everything, but he only seems to be mad about me not spending Christmas with him when I was younger. AITA?
2024.05.19 07:11 Tall_Orchid_5609 I hate religion and all their ceremonies (my personal stories)
Iāll never understand why women are religious. I understand why men are, after all, they are the gods. They are the superiors and we are just the r*apebait, baby making slaves right?
Religions women disgust me. No self-respecting man would ever follow a religion that only/ mainly has female gods, that worships females, that calls females the creators, that has a āfatherā but can never acc mention that father, that constantly says that they are inferior to women, that men were the cause of the original sin/ that they are rhe root of evil cuz 1 (made up) āpersonā messed up and now everyone born their gender will have a painful and fucked up life, and so on and so forth. So why do women do it?
This is one of womensā many flaws imo. Too forgiving. And because of that, i think that religions are right in saying that women are āobedientā. More men are atheists than women. It should be the other way around but women just wont leave this toxic relationship.
Im south asian. Almost all my family is hindu, and i sort of practised it too until i was about 10, then became an atheist. I am 19 now and have everlasting trauma and self-hate from those 10 years and just learning more about the different religions makes them hate them and my self more and more and more and more.
There is a ceremony that some people preform when a girl gets her first period. Absolutely barbaric and this was my breaking point to making me become an atheist. Itās basically am advertisement and itās lowkey pedophilic cuz the whole idea of it is that they invite everyone and basically say āi have a daughter who can now have kids. So men, come up, and take a gander at herā. Basically saying that this 7-12 yr old is old enough for marriage and to have kids. And it just gives off āif sheās old enough to bleed, sheās old enough to breedā vibes.
And ofc men dont have anything this humiliating cuz why would they? Men actually have DIGNITY in this world that tries to shame, belittle and degrade women from the time we are born!
Oh and also right after i got it. Like the second after i got my first one. My stupid mom called all of her family and told them even when i told her not to. NO RESPECT FOR ME
I never did this stupid thing. I had to fight my parents to not do it and i dont regret what i did. BUT after not doing it, people (random ass family members mainly) would COME UP TO ME AND ASK ME IF I āWAS NORMALā ā¦ NORMAL. THAT IS THE EXACT WORDING THEY USED. ASKED ME IF ANYTHING WAS āWRONGā with me! The answer is no. BUT WHY IS THAT ANYONES BUSINESS. WHY SHOULD MY BUSINESS BE SHARED TO ALL THESE PEOPLE WHO I DONT EVEN KNOW LIKE THIS? Like even if i did have endo or didnt get a period for whatever reason or whatever, THAT WOULD NOT MAKE ME ānot NORMALā. Do we treat anyone else with other diseases/ illnesses like this?! Do we tell people with cancer that they are ānot normalā. NO BECAUSE THEY DONT CONTROL THAT (not in every case). They for the most part have condolences and best wishes. but the SECOND it is something that affects cis women, SOCIETY SHAMES THEM INSTEAD OF RESPECTING THEIR PRIVACY OR SHOWING THEM PITY OR CONCERN OR GIVING THEM USEFUL/ WANTED ADVICE
When you are on you period, you are āuncleanā and apparently spread cooties or something idk. Just such childish thinking. Cuz ive had family members Litterally SNEEZE AND COUGH IN FOOD or cough without covering their mouths and my mom turns a blind eye to it. Defends them. Says theres nothing wrong and that they are not āactually sickā. But BUT ā¦. If i am on my period and want to touch my own clothes in my own closet. Or if i had just finished my period and havenāt showered yet and go to touch my clothes, TELL ME WHY MY MOM THROWS A HISSY FIT TANTRUM GOING OFF ABOUT HOW IM āCONTAMINATINGā all mu clothes and that everything ive touched now had to be washed ?!?!!?!!!?!!???? GAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH
YELLS AT ME FOR GOING TO THE KITCHEN IN MY OWN HOUSE. YELLS AT ME FOR PASSING THE PRAYER ROOM TO GET TO MY OWN BED ROOM. Like she knew she was raised like this and that she would do that to me. Should have just had an abortion (im from canada) the second she found out that i wasnāt a precious, clean baby boy , but instead am a dirty, impure female.
UK WHAT, just search up what āperiod hutsā are on google š and all the LITTERAL DEATHS THEY CAUSE CUZ PEOPLE WANNA BANISH GIRLS FROM THEIR HOMES FOR SOMETHING WE CAN NOT CONTROL NOT EVEN ALLOWED IN YOUR OWN HOME AND YOU ARE REDUCED TO A STRAY ANIMAL FOR YOUR PERIOD. In fact, despite the fact that these people throw those huge parties to announce a first period, periods are VERY taboo in south asia. To the point where women cant even have/ use pads or carry pads around so they have to resort to using cloth and leaves WHICH CAUSES INFECTIONS
WE HATE OUR GIRLS SO MUCH AND EVERYTHING THAT HAS TO DO WITH THEM THAT WE WOULD RATHER KILL THEM OR MAKE THEM TERRIBLY SICK THAN HELP THEM! Im crying writing this cuz im honestly at a loss for words.
That said, i dont think that hinduism is the worst one out there. There are definitely worse ones but this was just my experience and i needed to vent and maybe teach others some things and give reasons as to why we shouldnāt be following these MAN MADE LIES!
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Religions women disgust me. No self-respecting man would ever follow a religion that only/ mainly has female gods, that worships females, that calls females the creators, that has a āfatherā but can never acc mention that father, that constantly says that they are inferior to women, that men were the cause of the original sin/ that they are rhe root of evil cuz 1 (made up) āpersonā messed up and now everyone born their gender will have a painful and fucked up life, and so on and so forth. So why do women do it?
This is one of womensā many flaws imo. Too forgiving. And because of that, i think that religions are right in saying that women are āobedientā. More men are atheists than women. It should be the other way around but women just wont leave this toxic relationship.
Im south asian. Almost all my family is hindu, and i sort of practised it too until i was about 10, then became an atheist. I am 19 now and have everlasting trauma and self-hate from those 10 years and just learning more about the different religions makes them hate them and my self more and more and more and more.
There is a ceremony that some people preform when a girl gets her first period. Absolutely barbaric and this was my breaking point to making me become an atheist. Itās basically am advertisement and itās lowkey pedophilic cuz the whole idea of it is that they invite everyone and basically say āi have a daughter who can now have kids. So men, come up, and take a gander at herā. Basically saying that this 7-12 yr old is old enough for marriage and to have kids. And it just gives off āif sheās old enough to bleed, sheās old enough to breedā vibes.
And ofc men dont have anything this humiliating cuz why would they? Men actually have DIGNITY in this world that tries to shame, belittle and degrade women from the time we are born!
Oh and also right after i got it. Like the second after i got my first one. My stupid mom called all of her family and told them even when i told her not to. NO RESPECT FOR ME
I never did this stupid thing. I had to fight my parents to not do it and i dont regret what i did. BUT after not doing it, people (random ass family members mainly) would COME UP TO ME AND ASK ME IF I āWAS NORMALā ā¦ NORMAL. THAT IS THE EXACT WORDING THEY USED. ASKED ME IF ANYTHING WAS āWRONGā with me! The answer is no. BUT WHY IS THAT ANYONES BUSINESS. WHY SHOULD MY BUSINESS BE SHARED TO ALL THESE PEOPLE WHO I DONT EVEN KNOW LIKE THIS? Like even if i did have endo or didnt get a period for whatever reason or whatever, THAT WOULD NOT MAKE ME ānot NORMALā. Do we treat anyone else with other diseases/ illnesses like this?! Do we tell people with cancer that they are ānot normalā. NO BECAUSE THEY DONT CONTROL THAT (not in every case). They for the most part have condolences and best wishes. but the SECOND it is something that affects cis women, SOCIETY SHAMES THEM INSTEAD OF RESPECTING THEIR PRIVACY OR SHOWING THEM PITY OR CONCERN OR GIVING THEM USEFUL/ WANTED ADVICE
When you are on you period, you are āuncleanā and apparently spread cooties or something idk. Just such childish thinking. Cuz ive had family members Litterally SNEEZE AND COUGH IN FOOD or cough without covering their mouths and my mom turns a blind eye to it. Defends them. Says theres nothing wrong and that they are not āactually sickā. But BUT ā¦. If i am on my period and want to touch my own clothes in my own closet. Or if i had just finished my period and havenāt showered yet and go to touch my clothes, TELL ME WHY MY MOM THROWS A HISSY FIT TANTRUM GOING OFF ABOUT HOW IM āCONTAMINATINGā all mu clothes and that everything ive touched now had to be washed ?!?!!?!!!?!!???? GAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH
YELLS AT ME FOR GOING TO THE KITCHEN IN MY OWN HOUSE. YELLS AT ME FOR PASSING THE PRAYER ROOM TO GET TO MY OWN BED ROOM. Like she knew she was raised like this and that she would do that to me. Should have just had an abortion (im from canada) the second she found out that i wasnāt a precious, clean baby boy , but instead am a dirty, impure female.
UK WHAT, just search up what āperiod hutsā are on google š and all the LITTERAL DEATHS THEY CAUSE CUZ PEOPLE WANNA BANISH GIRLS FROM THEIR HOMES FOR SOMETHING WE CAN NOT CONTROL NOT EVEN ALLOWED IN YOUR OWN HOME AND YOU ARE REDUCED TO A STRAY ANIMAL FOR YOUR PERIOD. In fact, despite the fact that these people throw those huge parties to announce a first period, periods are VERY taboo in south asia. To the point where women cant even have/ use pads or carry pads around so they have to resort to using cloth and leaves WHICH CAUSES INFECTIONS
WE HATE OUR GIRLS SO MUCH AND EVERYTHING THAT HAS TO DO WITH THEM THAT WE WOULD RATHER KILL THEM OR MAKE THEM TERRIBLY SICK THAN HELP THEM! Im crying writing this cuz im honestly at a loss for words.
That said, i dont think that hinduism is the worst one out there. There are definitely worse ones but this was just my experience and i needed to vent and maybe teach others some things and give reasons as to why we shouldnāt be following these MAN MADE LIES!
2024.05.19 06:46 ByMyDecree Reviewing and Ranking Every Battle: Donald Trump vs. Hillary Clinton
Tier List: https://imgur.com/a/SPm0Fjl
This one hits different. Right from the start, with those ominous vocals giving the whole thing a feeling of foreboding and momentousness. Donald Trump lurking around the stage for his titlecard, even staying onscreen as his titlecard goes away is hilarious and a great visual touch. Then we get Hillary sitting in her debate chair; this battle committing so hard to a location both rappers are present in is pretty unique.
"I've been in this game too long; I'm a public servant! Have been since I met MLK in person!" Serviceable opening on paper, but the guest actor, Kimmy Gatewood, makes it stick out with her performance. Love the intensity of her voice and facial expressions. "I'm a woman of the people; that's for certain. You're a man of the people who don't like turbans!" This is a great line, very accurate, and I love the look on Hillary's face. "I was living in the West Wing while you were professional wrestling. Got skin like Russian dressing from too much Russian investing!" Good lines, in particular I really dig the Russian dressing/Russian investing parallel. Also, while I don't think Kimmy bears a super strong resemblance to Hillary Clinton(the guest actress from Clinton v. Henry VIII was much more on-point) she does look a lot like her as she does the Russian dance in the background. Something about her wide-open smile. "You been going bankrupt since the 90s; if I was in Iran you couldn't find me." Very true on both counts, very solid line. I don't know what more there is to say. Is it gonna be controversial to acknowledge the reality that Trump's gone bankrupt lots of times and probably couldn't point to Iran on a map, even now that he's been president? "You don't care about the job, Trump, you just think the desk is shiny." I think it's accurate that Trump really only cares about the prestige, but this still seems like a pretty weak attack. Hell, you could argue the vast majority of presidential candidates care more about the prestige than actually doing anything. "I said that I respect your children but that wasn't quite right, yo! Looking like some extras on American Psycho!" This line is pretty fucking great. I didn't get it when this battle first released, but I've seen American Psycho more recently, and comparing the Trump kids to the useless trust fund posers surrounding Patrick Bateman is hilarious. The hyper-aggressive hip thrusting Hillary's doing is also a great visual. For the most part this portrayal doesn't resemble Hillary much, but I think there's some truth in how she's portrayed as being very try-hard here. "First name is Hillary, middle name Rodham, last name is Clinton, and lyrics I got 'em! You fire celebrities on The Apprentice, motha fucka I fire Bin Laden! (Crack!) cough" Being tryhard again. The lines are pretty good, the flow is pretty good. The reference to her coughing is a fun touch. "How do I say this? You're racist! Ooh, you must get so pissed that your hands are too small to stop and frisk!" The asking/answering of that question at the beginning is really funny, and I like the way they worked Trump's small hands into this attack on him for being racist. "So you use your fingers to touch chicks. (She's only 12 years old.) That's enough, shit! (But she's married, sir.) Just gotta get pushy. (That's your daughter.) Well, grab her by the pussy!" One of the highlights of the battle, love the way they worked in the secret service agent here. Pointing out Trump being a creep at child beauty pageants and towards Ivanka are great lines of attack. "That's assault, brotha! Don't tell me the victim's at fault, sucka! You don't know shit about steaks! Yucka! But the ones on the 8th are great! Motha fucka!" Really fun delivery, good attacks, I like that they threw the Trump Steaks jab in between the more serious sentiments. I don't know what the fuck is going on with the background in this section, though they're really going hard on the tryhardness of Hillary. "Better save the date; I'm gonna rock the vote! Bad bitch on the scene like Murder, She Wrote!" Hillary trying to compare herself to that character is pretty cringe, as is highlighted by her attempting to dab with the biggest "look, aren't I cool, kids?!" look on her face. Real "Pokemon Go to the polls" moment. "So go ahead, Donald, let me see you flow. I brought Michelle's speech; borrow some quotes!" It's a pretty great line, though this line is moreso an attack at Melania than Trump himself; she should have ended with a more Trump-focused attack.
"Let me just say I respect all females. But your rhymes are trash; put 'em next to your emails." The first line is funny in how flagrantly untrue it is, the second line is just plain funny. Good opener. "Our country's in crisis. Who wants to vote for the mother of ISIS? That might not be exactly true, but I don't do politeness." Trump talks out of his ass and lies a lot, yes. "(Believe me!) You wanna talk about misogyny? Your Bill's worse than Cosby! He left a mess on that dress like you left in Benghazi!" The comparison of the rapist Bills is a great line, and I'm not sure whether the whole Benghazi thing was actually something that was Hillary's fault or just a Fox News talking head talking point, but it's a good line regardless. Also by this point it's clear that Lloid's Trump impression is on-point, much better than Peter's. "(Terrible!) You wanna break the glass ceiling, Hillary, I sense it. But the only crack you'll find is my ass pressed against it." The gesturing Lloid is doing during the "I sense it" line is fucking hilarious. The second line is also pretty funny, and did turn out to be true. "The numbers are in and I'm right on your tail. You don't have the stamina, baby, you're frail! This will be just like '08 when you fail! But Trump will appoint you to jail!" Fun parallel to Hillary's "First name is Hillary" segment from before going on here. The lines themselves are fine, nothing amazing. The second-to-last one turned out to be true, the last one did not. "How do I say this? You're a 2. And you almost lost the primary to a socialist Jew!" It's pretty funny how Trump mimics Hillary's "How do I say this?" bit, and "you're a 2" is such a simple but funny jab. He's got a point that Hillary was so weak a candidate that Bernie Sanders came outta nowhere and was able to put up a serious competition in a race that was supposed to have no real competition for her. "What do the American people gotta yankee doodle doo, to get it through your fat face, that they're just not that into you?!" The use of 'yankee doodle doo' is funny and he's got a real point that Hillary needs to accept she's very unpopular, though that 'fat face' line is such a pot calling the kettle black moment. No doubt intended as such. "They want a strong male leader who can stand up to China! Not a crooked, little, wishy-washy bleeding heart vagina!" These lines, of course, exist purely to point out that Trump is a giant sexist. The "China, China, China... bloody vagina!" in the background is a very funny touch. Little bits like that just add so much to this battle. "I'm gonna run these streets like I run my casinos; more police and less Latinos!" These lines, of course, exist purely to point out that Trump is a giant racist. "While you bury us in debt buying poor people socks, I'll create jobs, tearing down mosques!" Trump is against programs that help the impoverished and hates Muslims. "Then I'll use all the best rocks from the site to build a wall, dip it in gold and make Mexico pay for it all!" The thing Lloid does with his eyes as he smiles when he says "build a wall" is just... SO Trumpian. This really is one of the greatest Trump impressions I've ever seen, Lloid did an amazing job. As for the line... Trump says he's gonna build a wall. He built a partial wall. A partial, really unimpressive wall. "I'll make this country great again! We'll all be living large! And I'll tell Congress you're fired, and put Charles in charge!" Trump's slogan is MAGA and Charles in Charge was a TV show whose main actor is a Trump supporter. Also apparently there was a Supreme Court judge named Charles Trump once wanted nominated. Alright. "'Cause this whole system's rigged! And we all know the riggers! For the last eight years this country's been run by- (CAW!)" The point of this line is that Trump is a giant racist. I like the touch that the crowd is cheering wildly for Trump while Hillary looks disturbed in the background.
Then Lincoln comes soaring in on an eagle, as he did in Obama v. Romney. "Are you fucking kidding me with this blah blah blah? I've half a mind to feed you both to my oversized - (CAW!)" The use of 'CAW!' as a censor is amusing. "I've heard more thoughtful discussion up in TMZ! You two got brother blocking brother on their Facebook feed!" This isn't fun anymore, it's just real. "I'm so sick and tired of this ridiculous shit! If this is the best my party gets, then my party should quit!" The Republican Party is a nightmare and Lincoln would be ashamed of it today, is what is being said. "I'm sorry, did I say something that you found funny? Wipe that creepy-ass smile off your face and beat this dummy!" Clinton is a shitty politician who didn't take Trump seriously enough, and she comes across as cold and inhuman. And in case you somehow failed to pick up on it before, ERB makes clear here their endorsement for which candidate to vote for. "And if she does win the White House, be a man and hold the door. Don't get your fans stirred up in some sorta Twitter civil war!" Too real, especially after January 6th. "Here's an equal opportunity smack down in the sequel! That's of the people, by the people, for the people, eagle!" Some people have debated whether Lincoln slapped Trump twice in place of slapping Clinton at all because he's a gentleman and wouldn't hit a woman, or because ERB favors Clinton over Trump. The latter is definitely true, but the former is also probably true. So... both! Then Lincoln yells "Eagle!" and fucks off.
Let's talk about bias. There's two camps of people I've seen in discussions about certain ERB battles, especially this one, and they both irk me. So let's address both of them.
First off: YES, ERB is biased against Trump. And are biased against Republicans generally, and much more sympathetic to the Democrats. They've made that completely obvious from the beginning. And you know what? That's totally fine! They're right to be biased against them! But for some reason, some people in the fanbase can't just admit that. For some reason, there's a lot of people in the fanbase who will bend over backwards trying to explain how it's actually totally unbiased(false) and they attack both sides equally(false) and people complaining are being salty(true). But if you think ERB is unbiased, then society has failed you, because you are a woeful media illiterate. They're screaming Vote for Hillary, Don't Let Trump Win! at you and somehow you haven't managed to decipher what they're saying. I hope for your sake you're, like, twelve years old if you actually think they're unbiased. Here's an important lesson for you to learn as you grow up: 'biased' does not equate to 'bad'! For example, you SHOULD be 'biased' against Hitler! If you look at someone like Hitler and compare him to someone like MLK and treat them as equally valid figures whose ideas are both worthy of consideration, then you're at best a useful idiot and at worst a Nazi apologist! Stop feeling like you have to defend ERB's honor by feverishly denying any claims of bias!
But even worse than those jokers are the fuckers who love to bitch about how ERB has gotten "too political" or "too woke" nowadays. NEWSFLASH, DUMBASS: the very FIRST battle was John Lennon vs Bill O'Reilly, and Bill O'Reilly literally says "Because I'm evil! Heart blacker than Don Cheadle!" Their very foundation as a series is shitting on Republicans! They didn't suddenly 'go woke' just because they stopped doing gay jokes and shat on Trump even more explicitly than they already did to Romney.
Anyway, I've got mixed feelings about this battle. The 'mixed' part of those feelings come from how heavy it is; I have to be in a certain mood to want to listen to this, and most times I see this pop up in my playlist I just skip on to the next one. It's uncomfortable. It's real. Maybe a little too real. But then again, maybe they were right to take it so seriously. It's still a great battle, even if it can be a little hard to come back to. The only big issue I have with it is that Lincoln coming in at the end is kind of a drag. It was funny the first time; this doesn't recapture the magic. He doesn't really have any great lines either. I tend to stop listening by the time he comes in. But besides that, this battle has an amazing instrumental track, great visuals, peak performances from both Lloid and Kimmy, and good, sometimes great, writing.
I used to think Trump won this battle despite always having been anti-Trump. Revisiting it now, I'm not sure why I thought that. Maybe it was because his part was just so entertaining, even moreso than Hillary's. Maybe it's because I, like many others, harbor a strong resentment and bitterness towards Hillary Clinton(muh Bernie) that would lead me to not be entirely honest about her performance here. Maybe it's just because that hardly anybody said Clinton won back in the day; Trump had either a majority or a clear plural majority of votes in polls, then Lincoln with a fair amount, then Clinton with a small fraction. Now I see that that is utter bullshit. The only reason anybody votes for Lincoln is either because of the Last Word Effect or because they want to be centrists about it and not side with either candidate; even if you could argue he was the best part of Obama v. Romney, here his verse falls well short of both Clinton and Trump's. On the question of Clinton v. Trump... I can kind of see how someone might think Trump won on account of how hilarious he was, but a ton of his stuff just makes himself look bad, and if we're being honest I think Clinton had better burns and more substantive lines of attack. I say Clinton>Trump>Lincoln.
inb4 someone says I got "too political" in my presidential election battle analysis
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This one hits different. Right from the start, with those ominous vocals giving the whole thing a feeling of foreboding and momentousness. Donald Trump lurking around the stage for his titlecard, even staying onscreen as his titlecard goes away is hilarious and a great visual touch. Then we get Hillary sitting in her debate chair; this battle committing so hard to a location both rappers are present in is pretty unique.
"I've been in this game too long; I'm a public servant! Have been since I met MLK in person!" Serviceable opening on paper, but the guest actor, Kimmy Gatewood, makes it stick out with her performance. Love the intensity of her voice and facial expressions. "I'm a woman of the people; that's for certain. You're a man of the people who don't like turbans!" This is a great line, very accurate, and I love the look on Hillary's face. "I was living in the West Wing while you were professional wrestling. Got skin like Russian dressing from too much Russian investing!" Good lines, in particular I really dig the Russian dressing/Russian investing parallel. Also, while I don't think Kimmy bears a super strong resemblance to Hillary Clinton(the guest actress from Clinton v. Henry VIII was much more on-point) she does look a lot like her as she does the Russian dance in the background. Something about her wide-open smile. "You been going bankrupt since the 90s; if I was in Iran you couldn't find me." Very true on both counts, very solid line. I don't know what more there is to say. Is it gonna be controversial to acknowledge the reality that Trump's gone bankrupt lots of times and probably couldn't point to Iran on a map, even now that he's been president? "You don't care about the job, Trump, you just think the desk is shiny." I think it's accurate that Trump really only cares about the prestige, but this still seems like a pretty weak attack. Hell, you could argue the vast majority of presidential candidates care more about the prestige than actually doing anything. "I said that I respect your children but that wasn't quite right, yo! Looking like some extras on American Psycho!" This line is pretty fucking great. I didn't get it when this battle first released, but I've seen American Psycho more recently, and comparing the Trump kids to the useless trust fund posers surrounding Patrick Bateman is hilarious. The hyper-aggressive hip thrusting Hillary's doing is also a great visual. For the most part this portrayal doesn't resemble Hillary much, but I think there's some truth in how she's portrayed as being very try-hard here. "First name is Hillary, middle name Rodham, last name is Clinton, and lyrics I got 'em! You fire celebrities on The Apprentice, motha fucka I fire Bin Laden! (Crack!) cough" Being tryhard again. The lines are pretty good, the flow is pretty good. The reference to her coughing is a fun touch. "How do I say this? You're racist! Ooh, you must get so pissed that your hands are too small to stop and frisk!" The asking/answering of that question at the beginning is really funny, and I like the way they worked Trump's small hands into this attack on him for being racist. "So you use your fingers to touch chicks. (She's only 12 years old.) That's enough, shit! (But she's married, sir.) Just gotta get pushy. (That's your daughter.) Well, grab her by the pussy!" One of the highlights of the battle, love the way they worked in the secret service agent here. Pointing out Trump being a creep at child beauty pageants and towards Ivanka are great lines of attack. "That's assault, brotha! Don't tell me the victim's at fault, sucka! You don't know shit about steaks! Yucka! But the ones on the 8th are great! Motha fucka!" Really fun delivery, good attacks, I like that they threw the Trump Steaks jab in between the more serious sentiments. I don't know what the fuck is going on with the background in this section, though they're really going hard on the tryhardness of Hillary. "Better save the date; I'm gonna rock the vote! Bad bitch on the scene like Murder, She Wrote!" Hillary trying to compare herself to that character is pretty cringe, as is highlighted by her attempting to dab with the biggest "look, aren't I cool, kids?!" look on her face. Real "Pokemon Go to the polls" moment. "So go ahead, Donald, let me see you flow. I brought Michelle's speech; borrow some quotes!" It's a pretty great line, though this line is moreso an attack at Melania than Trump himself; she should have ended with a more Trump-focused attack.
"Let me just say I respect all females. But your rhymes are trash; put 'em next to your emails." The first line is funny in how flagrantly untrue it is, the second line is just plain funny. Good opener. "Our country's in crisis. Who wants to vote for the mother of ISIS? That might not be exactly true, but I don't do politeness." Trump talks out of his ass and lies a lot, yes. "(Believe me!) You wanna talk about misogyny? Your Bill's worse than Cosby! He left a mess on that dress like you left in Benghazi!" The comparison of the rapist Bills is a great line, and I'm not sure whether the whole Benghazi thing was actually something that was Hillary's fault or just a Fox News talking head talking point, but it's a good line regardless. Also by this point it's clear that Lloid's Trump impression is on-point, much better than Peter's. "(Terrible!) You wanna break the glass ceiling, Hillary, I sense it. But the only crack you'll find is my ass pressed against it." The gesturing Lloid is doing during the "I sense it" line is fucking hilarious. The second line is also pretty funny, and did turn out to be true. "The numbers are in and I'm right on your tail. You don't have the stamina, baby, you're frail! This will be just like '08 when you fail! But Trump will appoint you to jail!" Fun parallel to Hillary's "First name is Hillary" segment from before going on here. The lines themselves are fine, nothing amazing. The second-to-last one turned out to be true, the last one did not. "How do I say this? You're a 2. And you almost lost the primary to a socialist Jew!" It's pretty funny how Trump mimics Hillary's "How do I say this?" bit, and "you're a 2" is such a simple but funny jab. He's got a point that Hillary was so weak a candidate that Bernie Sanders came outta nowhere and was able to put up a serious competition in a race that was supposed to have no real competition for her. "What do the American people gotta yankee doodle doo, to get it through your fat face, that they're just not that into you?!" The use of 'yankee doodle doo' is funny and he's got a real point that Hillary needs to accept she's very unpopular, though that 'fat face' line is such a pot calling the kettle black moment. No doubt intended as such. "They want a strong male leader who can stand up to China! Not a crooked, little, wishy-washy bleeding heart vagina!" These lines, of course, exist purely to point out that Trump is a giant sexist. The "China, China, China... bloody vagina!" in the background is a very funny touch. Little bits like that just add so much to this battle. "I'm gonna run these streets like I run my casinos; more police and less Latinos!" These lines, of course, exist purely to point out that Trump is a giant racist. "While you bury us in debt buying poor people socks, I'll create jobs, tearing down mosques!" Trump is against programs that help the impoverished and hates Muslims. "Then I'll use all the best rocks from the site to build a wall, dip it in gold and make Mexico pay for it all!" The thing Lloid does with his eyes as he smiles when he says "build a wall" is just... SO Trumpian. This really is one of the greatest Trump impressions I've ever seen, Lloid did an amazing job. As for the line... Trump says he's gonna build a wall. He built a partial wall. A partial, really unimpressive wall. "I'll make this country great again! We'll all be living large! And I'll tell Congress you're fired, and put Charles in charge!" Trump's slogan is MAGA and Charles in Charge was a TV show whose main actor is a Trump supporter. Also apparently there was a Supreme Court judge named Charles Trump once wanted nominated. Alright. "'Cause this whole system's rigged! And we all know the riggers! For the last eight years this country's been run by- (CAW!)" The point of this line is that Trump is a giant racist. I like the touch that the crowd is cheering wildly for Trump while Hillary looks disturbed in the background.
Then Lincoln comes soaring in on an eagle, as he did in Obama v. Romney. "Are you fucking kidding me with this blah blah blah? I've half a mind to feed you both to my oversized - (CAW!)" The use of 'CAW!' as a censor is amusing. "I've heard more thoughtful discussion up in TMZ! You two got brother blocking brother on their Facebook feed!" This isn't fun anymore, it's just real. "I'm so sick and tired of this ridiculous shit! If this is the best my party gets, then my party should quit!" The Republican Party is a nightmare and Lincoln would be ashamed of it today, is what is being said. "I'm sorry, did I say something that you found funny? Wipe that creepy-ass smile off your face and beat this dummy!" Clinton is a shitty politician who didn't take Trump seriously enough, and she comes across as cold and inhuman. And in case you somehow failed to pick up on it before, ERB makes clear here their endorsement for which candidate to vote for. "And if she does win the White House, be a man and hold the door. Don't get your fans stirred up in some sorta Twitter civil war!" Too real, especially after January 6th. "Here's an equal opportunity smack down in the sequel! That's of the people, by the people, for the people, eagle!" Some people have debated whether Lincoln slapped Trump twice in place of slapping Clinton at all because he's a gentleman and wouldn't hit a woman, or because ERB favors Clinton over Trump. The latter is definitely true, but the former is also probably true. So... both! Then Lincoln yells "Eagle!" and fucks off.
Let's talk about bias. There's two camps of people I've seen in discussions about certain ERB battles, especially this one, and they both irk me. So let's address both of them.
First off: YES, ERB is biased against Trump. And are biased against Republicans generally, and much more sympathetic to the Democrats. They've made that completely obvious from the beginning. And you know what? That's totally fine! They're right to be biased against them! But for some reason, some people in the fanbase can't just admit that. For some reason, there's a lot of people in the fanbase who will bend over backwards trying to explain how it's actually totally unbiased(false) and they attack both sides equally(false) and people complaining are being salty(true). But if you think ERB is unbiased, then society has failed you, because you are a woeful media illiterate. They're screaming Vote for Hillary, Don't Let Trump Win! at you and somehow you haven't managed to decipher what they're saying. I hope for your sake you're, like, twelve years old if you actually think they're unbiased. Here's an important lesson for you to learn as you grow up: 'biased' does not equate to 'bad'! For example, you SHOULD be 'biased' against Hitler! If you look at someone like Hitler and compare him to someone like MLK and treat them as equally valid figures whose ideas are both worthy of consideration, then you're at best a useful idiot and at worst a Nazi apologist! Stop feeling like you have to defend ERB's honor by feverishly denying any claims of bias!
But even worse than those jokers are the fuckers who love to bitch about how ERB has gotten "too political" or "too woke" nowadays. NEWSFLASH, DUMBASS: the very FIRST battle was John Lennon vs Bill O'Reilly, and Bill O'Reilly literally says "Because I'm evil! Heart blacker than Don Cheadle!" Their very foundation as a series is shitting on Republicans! They didn't suddenly 'go woke' just because they stopped doing gay jokes and shat on Trump even more explicitly than they already did to Romney.
Anyway, I've got mixed feelings about this battle. The 'mixed' part of those feelings come from how heavy it is; I have to be in a certain mood to want to listen to this, and most times I see this pop up in my playlist I just skip on to the next one. It's uncomfortable. It's real. Maybe a little too real. But then again, maybe they were right to take it so seriously. It's still a great battle, even if it can be a little hard to come back to. The only big issue I have with it is that Lincoln coming in at the end is kind of a drag. It was funny the first time; this doesn't recapture the magic. He doesn't really have any great lines either. I tend to stop listening by the time he comes in. But besides that, this battle has an amazing instrumental track, great visuals, peak performances from both Lloid and Kimmy, and good, sometimes great, writing.
I used to think Trump won this battle despite always having been anti-Trump. Revisiting it now, I'm not sure why I thought that. Maybe it was because his part was just so entertaining, even moreso than Hillary's. Maybe it's because I, like many others, harbor a strong resentment and bitterness towards Hillary Clinton(muh Bernie) that would lead me to not be entirely honest about her performance here. Maybe it's just because that hardly anybody said Clinton won back in the day; Trump had either a majority or a clear plural majority of votes in polls, then Lincoln with a fair amount, then Clinton with a small fraction. Now I see that that is utter bullshit. The only reason anybody votes for Lincoln is either because of the Last Word Effect or because they want to be centrists about it and not side with either candidate; even if you could argue he was the best part of Obama v. Romney, here his verse falls well short of both Clinton and Trump's. On the question of Clinton v. Trump... I can kind of see how someone might think Trump won on account of how hilarious he was, but a ton of his stuff just makes himself look bad, and if we're being honest I think Clinton had better burns and more substantive lines of attack. I say Clinton>Trump>Lincoln.
inb4 someone says I got "too political" in my presidential election battle analysis
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