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2024.05.19 10:30 DavidatScaleFit Marketing 101: No One Cares If You Look Like Everyone Else
Hey all,
Hope you're doing well!
I'll be quick. I keep seeing the same mistakes over and over and over again and it's driving me mad.
If I see one more "Five Guys" "Online Transformation Coach" for "Busy professionals", I'm gonna bloody lose it.
I think what started out as a good idea, perhaps inspired by Alex Hormozi's GymLaunch, has now turned to a Madras of sameness and mediocrity.
If everyone is a transformation coach specialising in Busy Mom's/Dad's, frankly no one is. Your message is lost, your engagement will suck - whether it's paid ads, DMs or organic content. And I'm sure you've noticed this and think the above channels for acquisition don't work.
Boulder Dust!
Let's go back to Marketing 101. And actually identify and research a genuine niche. By the way, one thing most people don't realise when they clone GymLaunch marketing is that their niche was also 3 miles from the physical gym location. Not very helpful online!
The best way to shortcut a proper niche relevant for online marketing is to use a method called "Dream 100". It's actually not new, but nothing's golden but oldies.
The idea is to specify and research your Dream 100 clients. NOT CUSTOMER PROFILE. But your exact Dream100 clients in your niche.
Let's think of targeting High Performing Realestate Agents (there's lots of them and they earn good money). Whom are the dream 100 real-estate agents we'd like to sign up?
Identify them and research them. Great - Grant Cardone.... Who else? Make a list of 100.
What do they talk about? How do they talk? What do they care about? What problems do they have? How can we help? Where are they found (platforms etc)? What's similar?
With our dream 100 researched and identified, now you can create a genuinely compelling and unique marketing campaign that goes a bit deeper than "Busy 5 Guys."
Now we can promote our service in the right messaging, speaking about specific problems (on the road much Mr. Realestate Tycoon?), and in specific online locations.
Now we can create an ad that is engaging and relevant.
Now we can target Grant Cardone's followers with our ad.
Now we'll actually have a chance at gathering engaged leads that are more interested in buying from you than the next guy.
Food for thought. I hope this helps!
David from ScaleFit.
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Hope you're doing well!
I'll be quick. I keep seeing the same mistakes over and over and over again and it's driving me mad.
If I see one more "Five Guys" "Online Transformation Coach" for "Busy professionals", I'm gonna bloody lose it.
I think what started out as a good idea, perhaps inspired by Alex Hormozi's GymLaunch, has now turned to a Madras of sameness and mediocrity.
If everyone is a transformation coach specialising in Busy Mom's/Dad's, frankly no one is. Your message is lost, your engagement will suck - whether it's paid ads, DMs or organic content. And I'm sure you've noticed this and think the above channels for acquisition don't work.
Boulder Dust!
Let's go back to Marketing 101. And actually identify and research a genuine niche. By the way, one thing most people don't realise when they clone GymLaunch marketing is that their niche was also 3 miles from the physical gym location. Not very helpful online!
The best way to shortcut a proper niche relevant for online marketing is to use a method called "Dream 100". It's actually not new, but nothing's golden but oldies.
The idea is to specify and research your Dream 100 clients. NOT CUSTOMER PROFILE. But your exact Dream100 clients in your niche.
Let's think of targeting High Performing Realestate Agents (there's lots of them and they earn good money). Whom are the dream 100 real-estate agents we'd like to sign up?
Identify them and research them. Great - Grant Cardone.... Who else? Make a list of 100.
What do they talk about? How do they talk? What do they care about? What problems do they have? How can we help? Where are they found (platforms etc)? What's similar?
With our dream 100 researched and identified, now you can create a genuinely compelling and unique marketing campaign that goes a bit deeper than "Busy 5 Guys."
Now we can promote our service in the right messaging, speaking about specific problems (on the road much Mr. Realestate Tycoon?), and in specific online locations.
Now we can create an ad that is engaging and relevant.
Now we can target Grant Cardone's followers with our ad.
Now we'll actually have a chance at gathering engaged leads that are more interested in buying from you than the next guy.
Food for thought. I hope this helps!
David from ScaleFit.
2024.05.19 10:27 Legitimate_Impact782 Creating a personal financial database which handles 3 different banks
So I'm new to SQL in general and as a way to learn more about it, I'm planning on making a personal finance database to track where my money goes. The way its gonna go is that I have a starting value corresponding to the current money I have in a bank, and then I have different transaction types (purchased, deposited, withdrew, etc.) that will either add or subtract to that value depending on the type of transaction.
The first problem I've encountered is with regards to setting the starting value of my financial records. Do I just make a column where I set the first row as that starting value, then apply all my calculations on that column (e.g. subtract XXXX to the previous value)? Or is there another way to do this?
Another problem I have is that I have more than 3 banks from which I will do my transactions. How am I going to set it so the transactions will only apply to the bank I transacted with? Should I have 3 different columns that represent the current amount I have in each bank?
Thank you for your help.
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The first problem I've encountered is with regards to setting the starting value of my financial records. Do I just make a column where I set the first row as that starting value, then apply all my calculations on that column (e.g. subtract XXXX to the previous value)? Or is there another way to do this?
Another problem I have is that I have more than 3 banks from which I will do my transactions. How am I going to set it so the transactions will only apply to the bank I transacted with? Should I have 3 different columns that represent the current amount I have in each bank?
Thank you for your help.
2024.05.19 10:24 Various-Fennel5419 I do not know if anybody else feels betrayed, but I feel betrayed. I say we boycott VALVe by review bombing deadlock and bringing attention to #SAVETF2 by doing so. We can all feel the salt and pain in the air, and I think it is high time for #SAVETF2-2 cuz like tf2, the second one is so much better
As you all have already had your ears rung full of noise about how Deadlock is the next TF2 killer being cooked up, and it is being made by Valve no less, which makes it personally the most perfect passive-aggressive option to do our campaign of #SAVETF2.
I cannot begin to explain how HYPED I were for the TF2 update, and how infuriated I were when this update turned up being a fucking Engineer grill with a fucking giant ad campaign that literally attracted the attention of only the existing TF2 players, and of nobody else.
We genuinely did such an amazing job of getting people to actually talk about what has been going on with TF2 and with how little support we have been getting. And yet, despite all of our efforts, the media ran its high, until the waves cooled down, we got our fucking grill picture, and that were the end of it.
Our options of protesting are limited, as we as a community have a lot to lose and very little to threaten VALVe with. To them, the revenue from TF2 is not justified enough to even pump out proper fixed for the game. To them, TF2 is an asset that is pumping money to the best of its ability, and boycotting paying valve at large would lead to the game getting shut down for good.
Boycotting through Deadlock, is going to be a perfect way to send out a message, just the same Overwatch 2 did when it first came out on steam.
We have ALL seen the power of review bombing a game that has been abusing its players
This way, by review bombing Deadlock, we will be able to make a stand, all same the OW2 players did, and make an impact and bring attention to SAVETF2 once more
Review bombing this game, a game that hasn't even come out, and a game that hasn't even established itself as something even being worth to be hyped about beyond its name connection with VALVe as its parent company, makes it the most perfect peaceful way of gaining attention about the issues happening in tf2.
I genuinely would love to hear some input on what people think of this idea, I really love tf2 and just the other day I donated a War Dog to this random F2P kid, just like somebody donated me the Battle Booney when I were a F2P.
This game is amazing, and the coming future generations likewise deserve to have the right to have the same experience we did when this game first came out, instead of with braindead games like OW or Valorant.
Much love boys, and I would love to hear your guyses input
My name is mbars, and I approve of this message
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I cannot begin to explain how HYPED I were for the TF2 update, and how infuriated I were when this update turned up being a fucking Engineer grill with a fucking giant ad campaign that literally attracted the attention of only the existing TF2 players, and of nobody else.
We genuinely did such an amazing job of getting people to actually talk about what has been going on with TF2 and with how little support we have been getting. And yet, despite all of our efforts, the media ran its high, until the waves cooled down, we got our fucking grill picture, and that were the end of it.
Our options of protesting are limited, as we as a community have a lot to lose and very little to threaten VALVe with. To them, the revenue from TF2 is not justified enough to even pump out proper fixed for the game. To them, TF2 is an asset that is pumping money to the best of its ability, and boycotting paying valve at large would lead to the game getting shut down for good.
Boycotting through Deadlock, is going to be a perfect way to send out a message, just the same Overwatch 2 did when it first came out on steam.
We have ALL seen the power of review bombing a game that has been abusing its players
This way, by review bombing Deadlock, we will be able to make a stand, all same the OW2 players did, and make an impact and bring attention to SAVETF2 once more
Review bombing this game, a game that hasn't even come out, and a game that hasn't even established itself as something even being worth to be hyped about beyond its name connection with VALVe as its parent company, makes it the most perfect peaceful way of gaining attention about the issues happening in tf2.
I genuinely would love to hear some input on what people think of this idea, I really love tf2 and just the other day I donated a War Dog to this random F2P kid, just like somebody donated me the Battle Booney when I were a F2P.
This game is amazing, and the coming future generations likewise deserve to have the right to have the same experience we did when this game first came out, instead of with braindead games like OW or Valorant.
Much love boys, and I would love to hear your guyses input
My name is mbars, and I approve of this message
2024.05.19 10:21 Coffee_stained_poems AITA for telling my parents I need my own privacy and independence?
My mom (51F) has recently been snooping around in my stuff and I told her that she needs to respect my privacy. I (18F) live with her alongside my brother (20M). We both have been living with our parents up till now, aside from our father (64M) who has been absent for the most of it. The reason I’m writing out this rant is due to the fact that my mom and dad have been preaching about how me and my brother have to be more responsible of our actions around the house (such as cleaning, taking out the trash, etc.) but they literally stop us from cleaning our own mess. To give a clear example of this, my brother had once accidentally lost his grip on a glass of water and it flew onto the floor and shattered; as my brother was trying to pick up the shards and clean his mess, my mom immediately stopped him from doing so and told him that he won’t be able to do it properly, lo and behold my brother brought up that our mother can’t keep preaching responsibility if she doesn’t let us do even the simplest task around the house. This angered my mother and led to her victimizing herself, ranting about how much she has done for us and this is how we repay her kindness.
On the other hand, I have recently turned 18 and have been searching for part time jobs to fill up my summer schedule and start learning how to control and spend my money, with this being said, I have asked my dad to ask his friends to let me into the job market because where I live it’s not easy finding a job as a teen, and if it was easy I would’ve been hired and working right now. My dad has been doing everything in his power to make sure that I DON’T find a job instead. He is not asking his friends about it and keeps covering it with the excuse of “oh my friends wouldn’t know” when I know that’s a lie because he has so many connections that it’s quite impossible for one of his friends to not know about the job market in where I live.
These are just 2 examples but to give even further context, after I finished my exams a few days ago I was welcomed to a surprise in my room; my mother had went through all my stuff and had emptied it out onto my desk. I felt as if my privacy had been completely invaded and later on she kept on asking me about the stuff that she had found in my bag and why they were there. Side note: I had nothing to hide because I don’t vape, smoke, or engage with any of those activities for her to act like she’s caught me red handed. This made me even more mad but I couldn’t communicate my feelings with her, she always finds a way to make herself the victim and manipulate me into feeling bad for her.
With this being said, I haven’t really held a conversation with her in these past two days and today when I went to make myself lunch because I was hungry, she told me that she won’t tell me where she’s storing the ingredients I needed because she doesn’t want me to have lunch at that time. I genuinely feel so pressured and restricted in this household and don’t know what to do next. I have considered talking to a counselor, but to do that it would mean that I need to ask my parents for the money (which they likely wouldn’t give to me for counseling). I really don’t know who else to tell this to so I’m putting my perspective on here in order to see if I’m being right at least.
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On the other hand, I have recently turned 18 and have been searching for part time jobs to fill up my summer schedule and start learning how to control and spend my money, with this being said, I have asked my dad to ask his friends to let me into the job market because where I live it’s not easy finding a job as a teen, and if it was easy I would’ve been hired and working right now. My dad has been doing everything in his power to make sure that I DON’T find a job instead. He is not asking his friends about it and keeps covering it with the excuse of “oh my friends wouldn’t know” when I know that’s a lie because he has so many connections that it’s quite impossible for one of his friends to not know about the job market in where I live.
These are just 2 examples but to give even further context, after I finished my exams a few days ago I was welcomed to a surprise in my room; my mother had went through all my stuff and had emptied it out onto my desk. I felt as if my privacy had been completely invaded and later on she kept on asking me about the stuff that she had found in my bag and why they were there. Side note: I had nothing to hide because I don’t vape, smoke, or engage with any of those activities for her to act like she’s caught me red handed. This made me even more mad but I couldn’t communicate my feelings with her, she always finds a way to make herself the victim and manipulate me into feeling bad for her.
With this being said, I haven’t really held a conversation with her in these past two days and today when I went to make myself lunch because I was hungry, she told me that she won’t tell me where she’s storing the ingredients I needed because she doesn’t want me to have lunch at that time. I genuinely feel so pressured and restricted in this household and don’t know what to do next. I have considered talking to a counselor, but to do that it would mean that I need to ask my parents for the money (which they likely wouldn’t give to me for counseling). I really don’t know who else to tell this to so I’m putting my perspective on here in order to see if I’m being right at least.
2024.05.19 10:21 Joe_A__ How do I (M25) ask my girlfriend (F25)if she’d be comfortable with me taking weed edibles occasionally?
Tldr at bottom.
I (25m) have been with my gf (25F) for almost 1 year, and it’s just been a year since we met a couple weeks back. I absolutely adore her and love our relationship - I never thought I’d be this happy with someone. She’s everything I want in a partner and I can’t imagine ever being with someone else.
Now, before I got with her, I enjoyed weed edibles fairly often. Not all the time, but at least 3-5 times a month. I know a dealer (I’m in the UK, weed is still very much illegal) who makes these amazing brownies (even without weed in them they’d be amazing) that are strong as hell. She sells them in boxes of two and they last me forever because my tolerance is low and they’re very generously strong. I have no interest in smoking, just edibles. I liked to take them and just listen to an album, or play some games, or watch a movie. Nothing crazy.
I stopped taking it about a year ago though. No real reason, I think more than anything I just didn’t have enough spare money to throw at weed. I like it, but it’s not a priority like that. Plus I wanted to focus on this new girl I’d met, so I kinda forgot about it for a bit.
Fast forward almost a year of being with my gf and I’m starting to get a bit of an itch about weed again. The thing is though, my gf is from a different background to me. She comes from a very white middle class family, very family oriented, very “traditional”, and anything even close to illegal bothers her. I think breaking the law bothers her more than the thing in question. As well as this she’s not much of a drinker, which I only mention because it’s the only frame of reference I have in regards to how she feels about substance. Since I’ve known her we’ve never really gotten drunk, but one time we went out to a gig, she had 3 ciders across the whole evening between 6 and 11pm, and considered that like.. a heavy night for her. Which is fine, everyone has their own pace and I’m in no way trying to shame her, but it illustrates how interested she is in that kind of thing.
I think what scares me most is that early in our relationship, I mentioned an interest (not an intent, an interest) in growing a very small batch of psychedelic mushrooms for microdosing purposes, and it majorly freaked her out, to the point that she said it might be a deal breaker for her. . I really don’t want to risk losing her and obviously I’d choose her over weed, but she’s not an unreasonable person and I really think she could come to realise there’s no need to be afraid of things like weed, and that it wouldn’t effect us or me or anything - it’s just like having a drink but a different feeling. If anything it’s less harmful than having a drink, and a much nicer feeling.
So yeah, TLDR, I’m interested in purchasing some edibles just to have once every now and again just to relax and forget about my anxieties on a Friday night but my gf of almost one year is very much a rule follower and anything illegal freaks her out - how can I put this to her?
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I (25m) have been with my gf (25F) for almost 1 year, and it’s just been a year since we met a couple weeks back. I absolutely adore her and love our relationship - I never thought I’d be this happy with someone. She’s everything I want in a partner and I can’t imagine ever being with someone else.
Now, before I got with her, I enjoyed weed edibles fairly often. Not all the time, but at least 3-5 times a month. I know a dealer (I’m in the UK, weed is still very much illegal) who makes these amazing brownies (even without weed in them they’d be amazing) that are strong as hell. She sells them in boxes of two and they last me forever because my tolerance is low and they’re very generously strong. I have no interest in smoking, just edibles. I liked to take them and just listen to an album, or play some games, or watch a movie. Nothing crazy.
I stopped taking it about a year ago though. No real reason, I think more than anything I just didn’t have enough spare money to throw at weed. I like it, but it’s not a priority like that. Plus I wanted to focus on this new girl I’d met, so I kinda forgot about it for a bit.
Fast forward almost a year of being with my gf and I’m starting to get a bit of an itch about weed again. The thing is though, my gf is from a different background to me. She comes from a very white middle class family, very family oriented, very “traditional”, and anything even close to illegal bothers her. I think breaking the law bothers her more than the thing in question. As well as this she’s not much of a drinker, which I only mention because it’s the only frame of reference I have in regards to how she feels about substance. Since I’ve known her we’ve never really gotten drunk, but one time we went out to a gig, she had 3 ciders across the whole evening between 6 and 11pm, and considered that like.. a heavy night for her. Which is fine, everyone has their own pace and I’m in no way trying to shame her, but it illustrates how interested she is in that kind of thing.
I think what scares me most is that early in our relationship, I mentioned an interest (not an intent, an interest) in growing a very small batch of psychedelic mushrooms for microdosing purposes, and it majorly freaked her out, to the point that she said it might be a deal breaker for her. . I really don’t want to risk losing her and obviously I’d choose her over weed, but she’s not an unreasonable person and I really think she could come to realise there’s no need to be afraid of things like weed, and that it wouldn’t effect us or me or anything - it’s just like having a drink but a different feeling. If anything it’s less harmful than having a drink, and a much nicer feeling.
So yeah, TLDR, I’m interested in purchasing some edibles just to have once every now and again just to relax and forget about my anxieties on a Friday night but my gf of almost one year is very much a rule follower and anything illegal freaks her out - how can I put this to her?
2024.05.19 10:15 Davess_World2019 Hagwon Life: How to spot a lazy manager/owner
Re: PODCAST: How to Spot a Lazy Manager
I'm telling ya, other than trying to rip off as many people as possible and get as much work out of them, and do the least amount of effort themselves, I don't know why Hagwonites bother. And I don't know why foreigners care more than the people who own the place and/or will be working there 10 years from now.
It reminds me of George Costanza's frustration with his lazy boss Mr. Kruger. You can see the YouTube clip here. Bust your rear-end for what? So it can backslide back to square 1 as soon as you leave and the new person replaces you? You're not helping the place advance, you are helping it idle in neutral.
See if this sounds like your experience at a Hagwon.
1. One: they blame low performance and turnover on employees.
**--**And every other mistake as well. The students are total brats? That's your fault. You don't teach the lesson absolutely perfectly without training? That's your fault. Kids are bored? That's your fault. A child pokes another child and mom calls about it, again --your fault.
None of these managers actually manage. They give irrelevant or no training. They institute no discipline plan all the staff, students, parents will agree on. They often give not enough material to teach the class, ALL OF THAT falls on the hands of the foreigners. Imagine that, a place that's been open for 5-10 years still hasn't taking point on all these issues, just push them off on the foreigner and go back to gossiping about how terrible the foreigners are.
2: They look for quick fixes to complex retention problems.
--That's more than true. I declined to accept a 2nd contract by being offered slightly more money, about double the vacation time, and move up to head teacher. Why didn't I accept this promotion? Because everything I said the entire year was totally ignored, the pay wasn't enough to put up with their stupidity. The vacation was totally bogus because we had to threaten a mutiny just to get 2 extra days due to break between semesters. Why would I trust them to give me more when they didn't honor the ones in the 1st contract. Search Bar: Mutiny. Also, they harassed the head teacher out of a job, why would I then stick my head in the guillotine after they dragged the body away by the ankles?
3. Physically / Intellectually a bad example for everyone.
I don't know about you, but I don't respect slough-offs and idiots. The person that SHOULD Be working the hardest is the person who owns the place. Did you ever see the video of Elan Musk sleeping on his sofa in his office at the production plant? Yeah, really. The billionaire owner is there to field problems as they come up instead of being called at home and have to drive in at 2am. He suffers more and works harder than anyone there.
Some dumb-butt that owns a hagwon said on here one time,
I don't respect boneheads who should have their educational chops figured out by this point. They should have taken notes and improved themselves as each semester rolls on by. Why are the same problems recurring every semester or every year such as the Halloween or Christmas event, you did the same thing a year ago!
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I'm telling ya, other than trying to rip off as many people as possible and get as much work out of them, and do the least amount of effort themselves, I don't know why Hagwonites bother. And I don't know why foreigners care more than the people who own the place and/or will be working there 10 years from now.
It reminds me of George Costanza's frustration with his lazy boss Mr. Kruger. You can see the YouTube clip here. Bust your rear-end for what? So it can backslide back to square 1 as soon as you leave and the new person replaces you? You're not helping the place advance, you are helping it idle in neutral.
See if this sounds like your experience at a Hagwon.
1. One: they blame low performance and turnover on employees.
**--**And every other mistake as well. The students are total brats? That's your fault. You don't teach the lesson absolutely perfectly without training? That's your fault. Kids are bored? That's your fault. A child pokes another child and mom calls about it, again --your fault.
None of these managers actually manage. They give irrelevant or no training. They institute no discipline plan all the staff, students, parents will agree on. They often give not enough material to teach the class, ALL OF THAT falls on the hands of the foreigners. Imagine that, a place that's been open for 5-10 years still hasn't taking point on all these issues, just push them off on the foreigner and go back to gossiping about how terrible the foreigners are.
- Great minds discuss ideas.
- Average minds discuss events.
- Small minds discuss people.
2: They look for quick fixes to complex retention problems.
--That's more than true. I declined to accept a 2nd contract by being offered slightly more money, about double the vacation time, and move up to head teacher. Why didn't I accept this promotion? Because everything I said the entire year was totally ignored, the pay wasn't enough to put up with their stupidity. The vacation was totally bogus because we had to threaten a mutiny just to get 2 extra days due to break between semesters. Why would I trust them to give me more when they didn't honor the ones in the 1st contract. Search Bar: Mutiny. Also, they harassed the head teacher out of a job, why would I then stick my head in the guillotine after they dragged the body away by the ankles?
But wait there's more!
That's the end of that link, but you and I can identify so many more issues.3. Physically / Intellectually a bad example for everyone.
I don't know about you, but I don't respect slough-offs and idiots. The person that SHOULD Be working the hardest is the person who owns the place. Did you ever see the video of Elan Musk sleeping on his sofa in his office at the production plant? Yeah, really. The billionaire owner is there to field problems as they come up instead of being called at home and have to drive in at 2am. He suffers more and works harder than anyone there.
Some dumb-butt that owns a hagwon said on here one time,
I don't do make employees do anything I wouldn't doYou are supposed to do what your employees do and 10x more than that! You're the owner. This is your livelihood, it will destroy your life if it faulters. You have to pay off employees with severance, pay back loans you probably can't pay off, reduce your living space, sell off assets to survive. You put all your eggs in this basket, it HAS to work, why are you putting the outcome in the hands of people who have no skin in the game?
I don't respect boneheads who should have their educational chops figured out by this point. They should have taken notes and improved themselves as each semester rolls on by. Why are the same problems recurring every semester or every year such as the Halloween or Christmas event, you did the same thing a year ago!
2024.05.19 10:13 gaycat21 my elder cousin sister is naive and I hate her
I have an elder cousin sister (S) - 28 and a younger cousin sister (A) - 18. I'm 24F. We all don't have any siblings and have relied on each other for emotional support. All of our fathers are either abusive, alcoholic or absent and that's what bonded us all together.
Now, A is smart & intelligent and I know she's gonna make it big in this world. She's so young but so articulate and talented. S is....naive and a little stupid. Sometimes it's hard to believe she's the eldest of us. She's constantly complaining about her friends and colleagues. Rightfully so because from the stories she has told us, they sound absolutely horrible.They owe her money as well but this woman doesn't want to ask for her own money back because it's awkward and she doesn't want to ruin her friendships with them. She also has a lot of male friends who constantly make sexist jokes and she lets it slide. She dumps all of this on us on the groupchat every other day and starts crying about how they make her feel. She's a woman in STEM and evidently more successful than the rest of them but these friends of hers always try to make her feel small.
We have been begging her to cut contact with them and start anew for the past few months. We have tried talking to her calmly, gave her tough love, suggested therapy and starting new hobbies and everything under the sun. Whenever we call out her friends, she defends them like nobody's business which feels like such a betrayal. The way she accomodates their bullshit and their requests and excuses is so infuriating. We have tried telling her she deserves friends who are kind and respectful to her. Nothing we say sticks to her brain.
We were delighted when she had to move to a new city for a job! We thought she'll finally be away from these people but due to her fear of loneliness, she keeps visiting them every weekend to hang out. She has no personality outside her work and refuses to do anything for herself. She goes to work, comes home and doomscrolls and the cycle repeats everyday until the weekend arrives. I wish she focused on her finances more and taking her career to the next level.
We've been so encouraging for so long that we have started despising her. Her lack of self worth and her inability to stand on business is killing our bond. I know she was sheltered and had helicopter parents but we feel that it's time to grow up. Thankfully, she's single!
I don't want to be around her anymore, it's exhausting. I'm tired everytime I talk to her. My younger cousin feels the same way.
We both were just wondering - should we cut her off or should we keep trying to get her to see her worth?
Any advice or suggestions?
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Now, A is smart & intelligent and I know she's gonna make it big in this world. She's so young but so articulate and talented. S is....naive and a little stupid. Sometimes it's hard to believe she's the eldest of us. She's constantly complaining about her friends and colleagues. Rightfully so because from the stories she has told us, they sound absolutely horrible.They owe her money as well but this woman doesn't want to ask for her own money back because it's awkward and she doesn't want to ruin her friendships with them. She also has a lot of male friends who constantly make sexist jokes and she lets it slide. She dumps all of this on us on the groupchat every other day and starts crying about how they make her feel. She's a woman in STEM and evidently more successful than the rest of them but these friends of hers always try to make her feel small.
We have been begging her to cut contact with them and start anew for the past few months. We have tried talking to her calmly, gave her tough love, suggested therapy and starting new hobbies and everything under the sun. Whenever we call out her friends, she defends them like nobody's business which feels like such a betrayal. The way she accomodates their bullshit and their requests and excuses is so infuriating. We have tried telling her she deserves friends who are kind and respectful to her. Nothing we say sticks to her brain.
We were delighted when she had to move to a new city for a job! We thought she'll finally be away from these people but due to her fear of loneliness, she keeps visiting them every weekend to hang out. She has no personality outside her work and refuses to do anything for herself. She goes to work, comes home and doomscrolls and the cycle repeats everyday until the weekend arrives. I wish she focused on her finances more and taking her career to the next level.
We've been so encouraging for so long that we have started despising her. Her lack of self worth and her inability to stand on business is killing our bond. I know she was sheltered and had helicopter parents but we feel that it's time to grow up. Thankfully, she's single!
I don't want to be around her anymore, it's exhausting. I'm tired everytime I talk to her. My younger cousin feels the same way.
We both were just wondering - should we cut her off or should we keep trying to get her to see her worth?
Any advice or suggestions?
2024.05.19 10:12 Nyzan Just found out game I've been working on for half a year is almost an exact copy of a popular franchise... all motivation gone, do I just abandon the project?
So I've been working on an "Alien: Dark Descent"-inspired game for about six months now. I really enjoyed the gameplay in A: DD but I wanted 1) more enemies on the screen 2) a more "bunker-down" feeling, build a small improvised base with sentries and stuff 3) multiplayer experience, so I set out to build a small top-down shooter where up to four people could defend against hordes of creatures. Gameplay elements include:
Since then I've lost all motivation to work on my game, seeing how successful Helldivers 2 is. I know a common thing people say is "players don't see cake and say 'yuck the same cake', they say 'oh cool more cake'", i.e. if players play a game they like they probably want to play more games that are similar to it. But in my case it's so similar I feel like people would think it's just a cheap knock-off copy or cash-grab :/
I can't see a way to change my game to be different enough to not be considered "just a knock-off", the only mechanics that make my game different are:
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- Lots of bug-like aliens, most have low health and are fast. Some special bugs have hardened shells that need to be shot from behind or from heavy weaponry to take damage.
- Open map (Mars surface) with objectives randomly scattered around the map, with three primary objectives and up to 10 secondary objectives that unlock a random thing in the "orbital store" when completed. Objectives include stuff like destroying an abandoned research facility, closing alien nests, and destroying alien eggs.
- Waves of enemies will spawn, when a wave has been defeated your mothership will enter orbit and it will stay overhead until the next wave of enemies, during this time the players can buy support from the mothership (that they unlocked by completing objectives), such as new weapons or "tickets" for orbital bombardment. I even added a, what I thought at that time, cool and unique mechanic where you would use the arrow keys on the keyboard to select which thing to buy and activate (mostly so I could avoid developing a proper shop UI :P).
Since then I've lost all motivation to work on my game, seeing how successful Helldivers 2 is. I know a common thing people say is "players don't see cake and say 'yuck the same cake', they say 'oh cool more cake'", i.e. if players play a game they like they probably want to play more games that are similar to it. But in my case it's so similar I feel like people would think it's just a cheap knock-off copy or cash-grab :/
I can't see a way to change my game to be different enough to not be considered "just a knock-off", the only mechanics that make my game different are:
- Roguelike experience, everything is unlocked during each session, so each session have different available equipment.
- The gameplay is more "infinite-wave" based than objective based. There are still objectives but you don't win when completing them, they are just there to limit what things you have access to.
2024.05.19 10:09 _DemonHide_ I’ve accidentally made an AFK build and it doesn’t feel fun anymore
So I’ve focused so much on minions and powering them that I literally can leave my game, go downstairs, make a sandwich, come back, grab the loot, walk a little bit and repeat. Half of the time it’s fun, but then I’m playing with friends and we notice it’s taking the fun out it.
My question is, since this season is focusing so much on minions that even ‘overpowered’ is an understatement. What are some other very good and viable builds? Or do you have a way to make it fun again? Doesn’t matter what class since you level up so fast.
Also, if someone knows, I’m feeling homesick to the twisting blade rogue, how’s that build? Is it really not good anymore?
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My question is, since this season is focusing so much on minions that even ‘overpowered’ is an understatement. What are some other very good and viable builds? Or do you have a way to make it fun again? Doesn’t matter what class since you level up so fast.
Also, if someone knows, I’m feeling homesick to the twisting blade rogue, how’s that build? Is it really not good anymore?
2024.05.19 10:09 MixEnvironmental3139 Help, Need to start making Money ASAP
I know easy money is non existent, I have my own circumstances, I want to start making money no matter how small of an amount it is
This is a new account since I do not want to be identified.
Situation context: Father passed away a couple of years ago, Mother is homemaker, Paternal Grandfather pays for living (me, mother, younger brother) but not sure for how long, he is doing it as an obligation for taking care of him. All my cousins are treated differently and live a life of luxury without ever the worry about the future (I don't give a shit).
Education: Although I have been told countless times that I'm worthless, despite all the discouragement, I'm an NTSE scholar and an undergraduate at IIT (currently finished 2nd Year). My education was seen as burden whereas all my cousins are paid lakhs of rupees in college fee. Yes my cousins fees and many of my uncles and aunts (paternal) finances are assured by my grandfather, because they feel it is unfair that I am living off of his money.
People I'm sorry if this sub is not meant for this type of shit.
Please, I don't want any handouts or financial help. (Beats the point of everything this post was meant for)
I would love to make any sort of money. I could use some of my scholarship money, but I would most prefer to start from scratch as if I have nothing on my hands.
Edit1: post flair added, typo
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This is a new account since I do not want to be identified.
Situation context: Father passed away a couple of years ago, Mother is homemaker, Paternal Grandfather pays for living (me, mother, younger brother) but not sure for how long, he is doing it as an obligation for taking care of him. All my cousins are treated differently and live a life of luxury without ever the worry about the future (I don't give a shit).
Education: Although I have been told countless times that I'm worthless, despite all the discouragement, I'm an NTSE scholar and an undergraduate at IIT (currently finished 2nd Year). My education was seen as burden whereas all my cousins are paid lakhs of rupees in college fee. Yes my cousins fees and many of my uncles and aunts (paternal) finances are assured by my grandfather, because they feel it is unfair that I am living off of his money.
People I'm sorry if this sub is not meant for this type of shit.
Please, I don't want any handouts or financial help. (Beats the point of everything this post was meant for)
I would love to make any sort of money. I could use some of my scholarship money, but I would most prefer to start from scratch as if I have nothing on my hands.
Edit1: post flair added, typo
2024.05.19 10:08 acoldwave AITAH for travelling business class while my cousin flew economy?
I’m 26M and I make good money. I also prioritize having a comfortable long flight (9hr+) whereas my cousin 28M likes to save as much money as possible when travelling.
I’m all for people travelling how they want. And I understand we have different budgets too..
My cousin wanted to fly together on the same flight. It doesn’t matter to me to be on the same flight but I can understand some people want to stick together (we were flying to the same place for a wedding).
I tried to compromise by saying let’s do economy on a direct flight together. They said no— they want to take a flight with 2 stops because it’s cheaper. I said if that’s the case they can take the flight they want but I hate layovers. I’ll fly direct and purchase a business class seat since I’ll be flying alone.
Did that— and now I’m hearing my cousin is upset with me.
Am I the asshole?
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I’m all for people travelling how they want. And I understand we have different budgets too..
My cousin wanted to fly together on the same flight. It doesn’t matter to me to be on the same flight but I can understand some people want to stick together (we were flying to the same place for a wedding).
I tried to compromise by saying let’s do economy on a direct flight together. They said no— they want to take a flight with 2 stops because it’s cheaper. I said if that’s the case they can take the flight they want but I hate layovers. I’ll fly direct and purchase a business class seat since I’ll be flying alone.
Did that— and now I’m hearing my cousin is upset with me.
Am I the asshole?
2024.05.19 10:06 Moist_Policy_71 DAE actually kinda like having an overactive fight-or-flight response
I've got some intense hyperarousal and hypervigilance symptoms. If I hear the sudden chirp of somebody locking their car with a keyfob while I'm walking by on the street, I'll practically jump 5ft in the air and shout.
I really don't enjoy certain aspects of it, like how it prevents me from being able to relax enough to fall asleep or how it makes me an incredibly light sleeper who jolts awake at the slightest sound.
However, I am kind of appreciative of my hypersensitive fight-or-flight response, especially how it always veers towards "fight" over the other options.
If somebody tries to jump out at me or sneak up behind me as a joke, I'm always shocked to learn my body involuntarily responds with lightning fast, ninja-tier reflexes; jabbing someone in the eyes with my fingers, elbowing them in the diaphragm so hard they can't breathe, kneeing them in the groin, smashing them over the head with whatever I'm holding, etc.,
Like, I'm not happy to hurt anyone, but 1. If your idea of a good time is deliberately scaring someone, you deserve whatever happens next and 2. It's nice to know that if a genuine threat occurs, my sympathetic nervous system can handle it.
I'm also grateful for the fact that it allows me to shut down creeps with ease. I'll watch a lot of my friends humor the creepiest freaks imaginable for months on end because they're afraid of confrontation or hurting someone's feelings.
Meanwhile, if someone makes me feel on edge and uncomfortable, all fear flies out the window and is immediately replaced with anger. I end up shutting them down and chasing them off with overt hostility very early on. It's like my unconscious mind is thinking "I'm willing to do whatever it takes to get this person to NEVER interact with me again, time to make a stranger cry".
It's honestly been very useful!
Can anybody else relate?
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I really don't enjoy certain aspects of it, like how it prevents me from being able to relax enough to fall asleep or how it makes me an incredibly light sleeper who jolts awake at the slightest sound.
However, I am kind of appreciative of my hypersensitive fight-or-flight response, especially how it always veers towards "fight" over the other options.
If somebody tries to jump out at me or sneak up behind me as a joke, I'm always shocked to learn my body involuntarily responds with lightning fast, ninja-tier reflexes; jabbing someone in the eyes with my fingers, elbowing them in the diaphragm so hard they can't breathe, kneeing them in the groin, smashing them over the head with whatever I'm holding, etc.,
Like, I'm not happy to hurt anyone, but 1. If your idea of a good time is deliberately scaring someone, you deserve whatever happens next and 2. It's nice to know that if a genuine threat occurs, my sympathetic nervous system can handle it.
I'm also grateful for the fact that it allows me to shut down creeps with ease. I'll watch a lot of my friends humor the creepiest freaks imaginable for months on end because they're afraid of confrontation or hurting someone's feelings.
Meanwhile, if someone makes me feel on edge and uncomfortable, all fear flies out the window and is immediately replaced with anger. I end up shutting them down and chasing them off with overt hostility very early on. It's like my unconscious mind is thinking "I'm willing to do whatever it takes to get this person to NEVER interact with me again, time to make a stranger cry".
It's honestly been very useful!
Can anybody else relate?
2024.05.19 10:05 ggwplucky [Abandoned Pools] Sony Connect Track by Track Interview
![[Abandoned Pools] Sony Connect Track by Track Interview](https://b.thumbs.redditmedia.com/Wh_F6hlvj3-qiM2-gJFE7A7mKUd6-BFPlteTdOzhJWY.jpg "[Abandoned Pools] Sony Connect Track by Track Interview") | A while back I was messing around with the Wayback Machine & came across this diamond in the rough on AP's MySpace page. Also found some photos, but most importantly, a track-by-track [Armed To The Teeth] interview from Sony Connect that they did back in '05 (presumably around the same time they did the Sony Connect set with the acoustic songs). submitted by ggwplucky to AbandonedPools [link] [comments] In the interview, Tommy tells the story behind each track on Armed To The Teeth (except Lucky). You'll also find tidbits about the process, lyrically & sonically of these songs, and much more! If you want to read it/see it from the "raw" source and discover more, here's a link with the Wayback's capture I found on the interview blog: https://web.archive.org/web/20071005015435/http://www.myspace.com/abandonedpools Now without further ado, the Sonic Connect Interview: A track by track discussion of Armed to the Teeth from the Sony Connect Store interview: LETHAL KILLERS TW: As far as how that [demo of the] song was constructed ... I did this trick where I would take a half-time drum loop and sort of nudge it one way and then put in another track and nudge it the other, and we got this sort of double time, rolling drum feel. So that - plus the sort of round-robin type of guitar parts that we have going - was sort of a very easy construction for a song. And then you start moving the bass part around, and, boom, you've got a song. But I think that lyrically - I want to make it clear that that song isn't necessarily [about] "church is bad, government's bad." I think it's a little bit more complicated than that, though sometimes if you mix the two of religious power and government power, that can be bad for both of them. And I kinda like the idea of not living a life saying, "Well, you better live life in a certain way because then, you know, everything's gonna be great later in heaven." You know, the idea of, like, if this is all we have now, if that idea was just a little bit more embraced, our world could be a little bit better. I just find that a little bit more satisfying, too, if you think like, this is all you have and then you're gonna die. [Laughs] It seems a little bit more like, "Oh, okay, well!" instead of, like, thinking that there's some other life at some other time and you can put things off. RABBLE TW: Well, a lot of the songs on this record - about two-thirds of it - have to do with a relationship I had that went south, and you know when you go through relationships you always have such a good 20/20 hindsight about things. And I think "Rabble" is just trying to basically say to somebody, "I just wanted to know you better" . . . It's just one of those things where, with this relationship in particular, I wish it would have turned out better. And there's a lot of things that happened that shouldn't have happened, and it's just sort of one of those "oh, what could have been?" scenarios. THE CATALYST TW: "The Catalyst" is definitely along the same lines. I think the main line in that one is "I wish I could say something beautiful to make you fall in love again." There's a Coachella reference in there, too: "Love has slowly faded away like spotlights shining into space." Have you ever been to Coachella? Of course you have. You know, there's all those spotlights that shoot up in the air. I just thought that was kinda cool, like, how far do those lights really go? "The Catalyst" was also the last song written for the record. It was demoed while we were in the studio. And it's one of those songs that I said two-thirds of the record was written for somebody. That's one of them. TIGHTER NOOSE TW: "Tighter Noose" is the oldest song on the record by far. It was probably written back in '99, 2000, or somewhere in there. I was thinking about it for the first record [2001's Humanistic], but it didn't really fit in with those kind of songs, so I kept it around and we'd even play it live occasionally. I think it fits in with these songs way better. [As for what "Tighter Noose" is about,] that song is one of those breaking-off-on-your-own- what-have-you-got-to-lose kind of things, because that was written sort of in the wake of when I was in The Eels. It wasn't a terribly happy situation, so I was like, well screw it, I'm just gonna go off and do my own thing. And then it's sort of like, well, you know: "I'm gonna go start my own thing. Uh, I have to learn to sing and write songs now." [Laughs] It's kinda funny: "Screw you guys! I'm gonna go get a deal!" And then like, "Uh oh." But really, I'm a firm believer in that [idea that] you just gotta go for it. And so it was like, well, this is gonna be difficult, but it's gonna be better than what I had before. And actually, with some distance on that situation, I realized I made the right decision and made a lot more money and was a lot more happy as a result. So that was sort of a leap of faith, you know. I didn't want to be someone's stupid bass player. Now I'm my own stupid bass player. WAITING TO PANIC TW: There was a lull between record companies. The first record [Humanistic] was on Extasy - I don't know if you know about that company, but we were basically the poster-child for the implosion of an indie label. I came off the road in 2002, the label's folding, and I'm like, well, I'm just gonna go back and give this my best shot and we'll get another deal. It seemed highly unlikely, but we ended up doing it. And there was just a lull in there where nobody was interested. I had attorneys not returning my phone calls - that kinda stuff. It felt like, I'm just waiting around and I'm really anxious. So that was a song of frustration that was written and demoed all in one day - it was a song that just came out of me in like eight hours. We also put an EP out [The Reverb EP] and on the EP is the version of that demo that I did in one day. It doesn't happen [like that] very often. Usually I build bed tracks and come back to it a few weeks later and add something, and then come back a couple of days later. This one was all in one shot. HUNTING TW: My friend Ross Golan, who has his own band Ross Golan and Molehead, had been following the wake of the relationship. He's like, "You just gotta write her a song and use her name." And I'm like, nah, nah, it's not covered enough. And he's like, "No, just do it. Go for it." So I did. I wrote this song and I wrote it for her for her birthday and I used her name, which is in the first lyric of the song, which is "Ginny." So I just went for it and wrote it. It was basically a birthday gift, and it was basically saying, like, you know, "Oops!" [Laughs] It didn't get me very far, but I like the song. We're friends, she's a good girl, absolutely, but back at that time, it was kinda like, "Erraaghhh! Here's a song!" But I like the song and I just think it was one of those times where I was really putting myself out there, and I know she liked it, too. But then, I think that's a myth where you just write a song and all of a sudden the girl just says, "Oh! Okay!" But, you know, hey. There it is. It's on the record. That's the romantic notion of how they'll react to the song, at least. TW: Exactly. And I'm really glad we're past that whole ironic phase, which I was part of with The Eels, where everything was super ironic and we'd play "The Macarena" on stage - [sarcastically] and that was funny! I'm glad we're through all that stuff, even though I was still a Beck fan when he was doing all that stuff, too. But I like being sincere and sappy and romantic. I kinda think that's a great thing. ARMED TO THE TEETH TW: This is one of the first songs written when we came off the road and I had a lot of momentum. If you look at the state of the industry you can see a lot of corporations that seem to have to buy everything in sight. They just have to own everything, and to what purpose? Does it really make the industry much better? No. There's fewer outlets, there's a lot more gatekeepers. They want to buy stuff and it just kinda makes things bad for everybody. All the radio stations play the same shit - except for Indie 103.1 and KCRW in L.A. In spite of it all, I'm just gonna try to do my best and have a career anyway. When we came off the road I felt like I had a lot of momentum. Performing live is inspiring to writing, so it was just the whole idea of, "Alright, now that I have one record under my belt, I'm gonna really go for it in spite of all the forces that be." Even though they're pretty much indifferent to us, [laughs] their actions do affect us. It's sort of a song of bravado. Why did you also choose "Armed To The Teeth" as the name of the album, too, which, in turn, implies it as the overall theme? TW: Yeah, which is funny, since I kinda decided on that theme early on, thinking I was gonna go in a certain way, but then, like I said, two-thirds of the record is love songs. So "Armed To The Teeth" doesn't really fit in a certain way, but I also liked it just because [of] that idea of, like, now I'm really ready to make a record, and also I think it reflects the state of the country a little bit. Everything's a little bit aggressive, we're at war, and I thought it was sort of timely in that way SOONER OR LATER TW: "Sooner Or Later" is another one of those tracks that was written after we got signed, so it's a newer song. I mentioned that sort of double time drum loop thing with "Lethal Killers" - this is the same thing. It's a half time drum loop that I nudged in one direction and then put in another track and nudge it in the other, then "boom," it's double time. And I like that, it's a good effect. It really sets up this kind of overlapping, rolling sound that a real drummer can't do. And things flam a little bit, and I really like that feel, so this song was constructed in the same manner where you have a rolling drum loop and then you put over a couple of guitar parts here and there and all of a sudden you got a song - I think this song is over six minutes. This is, um, I guess it's a couple things. Lyrically, it's sort of saying, like, whatever you do or whatever you say, there's no point in hiding anything because it all comes out in the end - which is the tagline in the chorus. There's no hiding. And in the verse it says, "Sooner or later / It's all coming down." In some way or another, whether you acknowledge it or if it just eats at your self, you can't really get away with anything. It's sort of fatalistic that way, but also in terms of, like, seeing how I also look at as a bigger picture of, like, politically, and since we're at war right now, it seems like things are getting a little scary. And that's kind of like one of those doomsday scenarios. If you look around a little you can really freak yourself out if you're reading about, like, bio-warfare and things like that. So a lot of this talk about "smoking gun in the shape of a mushroom cloud" and all that, it sort of brought up for me a lot of doomsday scenarios. So it's two-fold: it's that doomsday scenario, in terms of as far as the world is concerned, and then, personally, if you do stupid shit then you're eventually gonna pay for it somehow. SAILING SEAS TW: Like "Hunting," this is probably the most direct, out-there storytelling song. Instead of using her [real] name, it's switched to "Holly," which is in the chorus. So it's another one of those songs talking straight to somebody. And there's a lot of details in there that I wouldn't talk about in normal conversation. That's the funny thing about songwriting where I wouldn't talk about this, but then I can put it in this song and you can still hear it and you still understand, but it's sort of masked a little bit. It's presented in a certain way where it's somehow okay to say that when you're in a major key or something. Because like, the second verse is about pretending you're outside a room listening to somebody [you love] have sex [with someone else], and that's a situation to put yourself into to really torture yourself. I created this scenario in my head and I put it in a song, and it's kinda brutal, but the [beat of the] song is upbeat and happy. RENEGADE TW: This is a sample-based type song [with] drum loops. The cello was originally a Bjork sample and we replaced it. This one is sort of hard to explain. To me it’s just sort of like just a creation, because some of the record is social commentary, and I think there's a lot of that in this song, and it's like little snippets and ideas, and not necessarily one unifying idea. I think it's just kind of a song based on looking around and taking stock of things. This song in particular isn't really even about anything. It's just, like, observations, pretty much. And, oh, by the way, Billy Howerdel, the guitarist from A Perfect Circle, is playing guitar on that song. He jumped on that track and he's the one that makes it sound scary. MAYBE THEN SOMEDAY TW: That was one of the first songs written in the wake of the breakup. It was one of those kind of "well-it-just-didn't-work-out-but-maybe-one-day-we'll-see-what-happens" kind of things. Because the circumstances are such that it wasn't gonna happen immediately so I was kinda like, well, we'll see. I don't have much to say about that; it's just grouped in with "songs about her." GOODBYE SONG TW: That was also written when there was not a lot going on for me and we hadn't really nailed down the record deal. She [Tommy's ex-girlfriend] always thought she was bad luck - she'd show up and bad things would start happening - so she thought it was her fault that I hadn't got a deal. She actually moved away and soon as she did, we got a deal. [Laughs] I think it's funny to sort of say, like the first line of the song is "I'm not washed up / And you're not bad luck for anyone," so, you know, get off the ledge, really. And it's just one of those things; it's one of those yearning songs. I think with a lot of those songs there's a certain amount of effort spent on presenting evidence, like, "Look, I know this is how you feel, but look at all the other stuff." It's almost like making a case for your self [in a song]. And like I said, it didn't get me far, but it's still a good venting process. And I sort of realize when I say things like, "I wrote this for her" or whatever, it's not really for her. It's more self-indulgent to get this stuff out. And in a way you're saying, "Yeah, I wrote this song for you," but no, you wrote it for yourself so you could say things that you felt like saying. So I realize that and I think I realized that while I was writing them, but my job is to write songs so you take from what's around you to make it happen. |
2024.05.19 10:00 HeadBoy9 Prison day #361 (Saturday, May 18, 2024)
The dust from the search early in the week has found no place to settle on. Some aggrieved prisoners (likely the ones whose stuff were found and seized) made a very revealing and damning video about the prison and Authority. They told all in the video – how we're not fed, are extorted, have to pay to buy and fuel generators before we can use light, etc, concluding that they've made a merchandise out of us and we're the ones feeding them.
It went so viral that a national daily picked and published it and it has got the ranks of the correctional service running excited. The state comptroller has been to the yard three times this week alone after. He had a meeting with the key inmates here today and has informed us to get ready for another search. This time, they'd take our generators and cart away and burn our clothes, and would revert and enforce only the use of an official uniform for inmates. He said.
Imagine their hypocrisy! No denial of or addressing the issues raised in the video, but rather resorting to sublime threats. Not like they care to solve these problems, they're only concerned about people outside the four walls knowing what happens inside. That's why their only response would be to up and come seize all phones to rid us of cameras that can bring the searchlight on their crimes against us. Sinners! They deserve prison more than most in it.
On the parts of the inmates who recorded the video, I say it was stupid of them. Nothing good will come of it considering the country where we are. Rather they'd most certainly bring more hardships on us and make things more difficult. This is exactly the reason I'm always as careful as careful can be. One stupid post and I can cause problems for two thousand others. We don't want that.
Prison never settles is one of our sayings here. It's dramas upon dramas. One episode ends and another picks up from the very point where it dropped. The solution is to leave prison and its dramas. And this requires a good lawyer with the will to see you leave. Sadly, my attorney isn't such a lawyer. He seems to want me to remain or just doesn't care whether I leave or remain but just a swindler that goes about taking money from powerless inmates and doing nothing because he can…or thinks he can.
He did the same to an 84 year old man in my cell, also conspired with a complainant against his client, Ben, and got him a rip off of a settlement deal. And there will be others in this yard I don't know yet. God knows I'll make him pay when this is all over.
Tomorrow is Sunday. Church in prison seems like an alien concept now to me.
Goodnight Diary!
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It went so viral that a national daily picked and published it and it has got the ranks of the correctional service running excited. The state comptroller has been to the yard three times this week alone after. He had a meeting with the key inmates here today and has informed us to get ready for another search. This time, they'd take our generators and cart away and burn our clothes, and would revert and enforce only the use of an official uniform for inmates. He said.
Imagine their hypocrisy! No denial of or addressing the issues raised in the video, but rather resorting to sublime threats. Not like they care to solve these problems, they're only concerned about people outside the four walls knowing what happens inside. That's why their only response would be to up and come seize all phones to rid us of cameras that can bring the searchlight on their crimes against us. Sinners! They deserve prison more than most in it.
On the parts of the inmates who recorded the video, I say it was stupid of them. Nothing good will come of it considering the country where we are. Rather they'd most certainly bring more hardships on us and make things more difficult. This is exactly the reason I'm always as careful as careful can be. One stupid post and I can cause problems for two thousand others. We don't want that.
Prison never settles is one of our sayings here. It's dramas upon dramas. One episode ends and another picks up from the very point where it dropped. The solution is to leave prison and its dramas. And this requires a good lawyer with the will to see you leave. Sadly, my attorney isn't such a lawyer. He seems to want me to remain or just doesn't care whether I leave or remain but just a swindler that goes about taking money from powerless inmates and doing nothing because he can…or thinks he can.
He did the same to an 84 year old man in my cell, also conspired with a complainant against his client, Ben, and got him a rip off of a settlement deal. And there will be others in this yard I don't know yet. God knows I'll make him pay when this is all over.
Tomorrow is Sunday. Church in prison seems like an alien concept now to me.
Goodnight Diary!
2024.05.19 10:00 Longjumping_Chain338 AITAH for moving on quickly after the break-up
I am a 20-year-old guy. I was in a long-distance relationship that got very toxic, and we broke up in April. My girlfriend (19) was preparing for her exams, and I was also looking for jobs. I got a good internship at a good company, but she was still struggling with her preparation. I always helped her with her math. We were having so many fights; she always brought up breaking up and blamed me for everything in our relationship.
Just as I was about to start my new internship and move to a new city, we got into another fight because I wanted to talk to her, but she didn't and just went to sleep, ignoring me. After that fight, I tried to fix things, but she kept saying we couldn't stay together and that we were not compatible. Similar things had happened in the past, where we had a break just before I started my previous internship, and I cried for 10 days straight, telling her I was sorry. In the end, she said, "I love you, let's give us another chance." Due to that experience, I didn't want to repeat the same for this opportunity too. I said, "Fine, let's break up," because I was so devastated and had tried everything to fix our relationship. At that moment, I felt like I couldn't do anything alone. She was also worried about her exams, and I didn't want her preparation to be affected by me, so I said let's take a break.
As days passed, I avoided contacting her. Then a situation arose on my end: my university was having problems with me switching my internship, and they said they were going to detain me for the semester. It got very serious, so I had to work from home and travel quickly to my university. I told her about this, but she was very cold and showed no reaction. I thought she would say something different, but she didn't. I booked a flight immediately and traveled that night. On my way after the flight, my phone got stolen in the metro. At my university, the situation was also not good. Despite all this, I thought she would call me and speak with me, but she didn't. I didn't want to disturb her because her exam was in two days. I waited, thinking I would talk to her after her exam.
My university was pressuring me so much that I couldn't do my work. I didn't have a phone, and my university was not listening to me. There was no solution at that time, and I was feeling very down. The day of her exam came, and I texted her to ask how it went. She said, "Not so good." I told her it was okay and not to worry, that she tried her best, and I motivated her. She thanked me, and then I asked if we could talk. She said no because she wasn't in a good mood, and I wasn't either. I insisted that we should talk to avoid things getting worse between us, but she refused. We had a call where she wasn't paying attention to me. When I told her I wasn't fine and needed to talk, she said nothing. My phone's battery drained very fast, so I texted her how much I wanted to talk to her and how much I needed her, but she didn't reciprocate.
I eventually gave up and texted her some harsh things to get a reaction out of her, and she finally started replying, which was kind of funny. I apologized immediately and continued to apologize the next day and the day after that. I suggested taking a break and then getting back together, but she said no to every possibility. I concluded that it was over.
I felt like, what's the point of this relationship if she can't help me in such a situation? I was there for her, but she was not there for me.
I waited a week, hoping she would message me, but she didn't. Then I thought I should visit her next month after getting my salary. I was very anxious at that time. I tried to speak to her, but she again said no. After that, I was very confused. A friend of mine told me, "Bro, do whatever gives you peace." At that moment, I realized that even if I visited her, things wouldn't change because I was ready, but she was not. I realized I had been dumped, and I had anxiety attacks and other issues. I also had to perform at my job, and everything was very messy. She blocked me during all this time.
After two weeks, I realized I should move on. I started talking to a girl I met on a dating app. We had night-long calls, and she seemed cool. She was into art, and I felt like I wanted to learn art to express myself. I thought of dating her to see where things would go. For our first date, she invited me to her place, which was weird, but I didn't think much of it because if something bad happened to me, I would be fine with that (I was suicidal). We watched a movie, and before I left, she moved close to me, and we kissed. After that, I asked more about her past relationships, which were not that great.
I suddenly realized what a mistake I made because I knew I wasn't going to stay with her long. On our second date, I conveyed this to her, and she said it was fine. She also didn't want any attachments and just wanted to go with the flow. We made out again (no intercourse). After the second date, my guilt got to me, and I told her I couldn't be physical with her if we weren't going to be together because I didn't want that. She said, "Chill, it's okay, we're both having fun," but I stopped talking to her. However, the guilt of moving on too quickly and the realization that I wasn't going to be with my ex ever hit me hard.
I felt like I had lost all my chances. My ex was the love of my life, and now I realize she just needed time to work on herself. If I had been patient, everything might have been fine. After a few days, I had a call with my ex, breaking the no-contact rule, and it turned into an argument. The next day, she called me, apologizing for her mistakes. After that call, I started having feelings for her again. I got desperate and forgot all the bad things that had happened in the past. But I didn't have the courage to tell her what I had done in the meantime. I told her I was very confused and wanted her back, even though I hated her a few days ago.
I was getting very messy. She told me we couldn't be together, that she didn't want to give me hope, and that we should work on ourselves and see what happens. I agreed. We both had an unspoken plan to meet after 3-4 months once she got into college. But the guilt of making out with another girl got to me, along with the hope of getting back with my ex and the thought that she might not change.
I wanted to kill that hope. At first, I thought I would confess to her when we met, but I didn't want to be stuck on that thought for months. One day, she messaged me, and I told her everything. She hung up the call and blocked me. The next day, I called her from my friend's phone and apologized. I said I was very confused about what I wanted and that I didn't know what I was doing. I asked her not to think of me as a bad person and to forgive me. She said I should have waited and that I am the kind of person who moves on easily. She hung up the call again. And here I am.
TLDR: Am I the asshole for moving on from my girlfriend who wanted me to move on from her? She said lots of heartbreaking things to me at the end, and I gave up and moved on too quickly, which I regret now.
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Just as I was about to start my new internship and move to a new city, we got into another fight because I wanted to talk to her, but she didn't and just went to sleep, ignoring me. After that fight, I tried to fix things, but she kept saying we couldn't stay together and that we were not compatible. Similar things had happened in the past, where we had a break just before I started my previous internship, and I cried for 10 days straight, telling her I was sorry. In the end, she said, "I love you, let's give us another chance." Due to that experience, I didn't want to repeat the same for this opportunity too. I said, "Fine, let's break up," because I was so devastated and had tried everything to fix our relationship. At that moment, I felt like I couldn't do anything alone. She was also worried about her exams, and I didn't want her preparation to be affected by me, so I said let's take a break.
As days passed, I avoided contacting her. Then a situation arose on my end: my university was having problems with me switching my internship, and they said they were going to detain me for the semester. It got very serious, so I had to work from home and travel quickly to my university. I told her about this, but she was very cold and showed no reaction. I thought she would say something different, but she didn't. I booked a flight immediately and traveled that night. On my way after the flight, my phone got stolen in the metro. At my university, the situation was also not good. Despite all this, I thought she would call me and speak with me, but she didn't. I didn't want to disturb her because her exam was in two days. I waited, thinking I would talk to her after her exam.
My university was pressuring me so much that I couldn't do my work. I didn't have a phone, and my university was not listening to me. There was no solution at that time, and I was feeling very down. The day of her exam came, and I texted her to ask how it went. She said, "Not so good." I told her it was okay and not to worry, that she tried her best, and I motivated her. She thanked me, and then I asked if we could talk. She said no because she wasn't in a good mood, and I wasn't either. I insisted that we should talk to avoid things getting worse between us, but she refused. We had a call where she wasn't paying attention to me. When I told her I wasn't fine and needed to talk, she said nothing. My phone's battery drained very fast, so I texted her how much I wanted to talk to her and how much I needed her, but she didn't reciprocate.
I eventually gave up and texted her some harsh things to get a reaction out of her, and she finally started replying, which was kind of funny. I apologized immediately and continued to apologize the next day and the day after that. I suggested taking a break and then getting back together, but she said no to every possibility. I concluded that it was over.
I felt like, what's the point of this relationship if she can't help me in such a situation? I was there for her, but she was not there for me.
I waited a week, hoping she would message me, but she didn't. Then I thought I should visit her next month after getting my salary. I was very anxious at that time. I tried to speak to her, but she again said no. After that, I was very confused. A friend of mine told me, "Bro, do whatever gives you peace." At that moment, I realized that even if I visited her, things wouldn't change because I was ready, but she was not. I realized I had been dumped, and I had anxiety attacks and other issues. I also had to perform at my job, and everything was very messy. She blocked me during all this time.
After two weeks, I realized I should move on. I started talking to a girl I met on a dating app. We had night-long calls, and she seemed cool. She was into art, and I felt like I wanted to learn art to express myself. I thought of dating her to see where things would go. For our first date, she invited me to her place, which was weird, but I didn't think much of it because if something bad happened to me, I would be fine with that (I was suicidal). We watched a movie, and before I left, she moved close to me, and we kissed. After that, I asked more about her past relationships, which were not that great.
I suddenly realized what a mistake I made because I knew I wasn't going to stay with her long. On our second date, I conveyed this to her, and she said it was fine. She also didn't want any attachments and just wanted to go with the flow. We made out again (no intercourse). After the second date, my guilt got to me, and I told her I couldn't be physical with her if we weren't going to be together because I didn't want that. She said, "Chill, it's okay, we're both having fun," but I stopped talking to her. However, the guilt of moving on too quickly and the realization that I wasn't going to be with my ex ever hit me hard.
I felt like I had lost all my chances. My ex was the love of my life, and now I realize she just needed time to work on herself. If I had been patient, everything might have been fine. After a few days, I had a call with my ex, breaking the no-contact rule, and it turned into an argument. The next day, she called me, apologizing for her mistakes. After that call, I started having feelings for her again. I got desperate and forgot all the bad things that had happened in the past. But I didn't have the courage to tell her what I had done in the meantime. I told her I was very confused and wanted her back, even though I hated her a few days ago.
I was getting very messy. She told me we couldn't be together, that she didn't want to give me hope, and that we should work on ourselves and see what happens. I agreed. We both had an unspoken plan to meet after 3-4 months once she got into college. But the guilt of making out with another girl got to me, along with the hope of getting back with my ex and the thought that she might not change.
I wanted to kill that hope. At first, I thought I would confess to her when we met, but I didn't want to be stuck on that thought for months. One day, she messaged me, and I told her everything. She hung up the call and blocked me. The next day, I called her from my friend's phone and apologized. I said I was very confused about what I wanted and that I didn't know what I was doing. I asked her not to think of me as a bad person and to forgive me. She said I should have waited and that I am the kind of person who moves on easily. She hung up the call again. And here I am.
TLDR: Am I the asshole for moving on from my girlfriend who wanted me to move on from her? She said lots of heartbreaking things to me at the end, and I gave up and moved on too quickly, which I regret now.
2024.05.19 09:57 jblaies95 Placenta abruption and PTSD.
I want to start off with saying baby is out of the nicu and has been for months but I think now it’s me struggling.
At 31 weeks I had severe placenta abruption. I will never know why it happened. I woke up at 4am thinking I had peed myself, went and sat on the toilet and felt a huge gush. I stood up and realized it was blood and it was everywhere. I mean everywhere. It was coming fast and I didn’t know what to do. I stood in the bathtub screaming for my husband. He got me a towel and pants and we drove to the delivery hospital which thankfully was only 5 minutes away. I was passing huge clots which I thought were me giving birth. It was horrifying. I started having contracts which made me realize I am now in full blown labor. I got a steroid shot and a few other things to try to stop the bleeding but nothing was working. Babies heart rate started dropping and I was rushed into the OR immediately. This was all in a 1 hour span. I don’t remember I lot past that. I have pictures thankfully, but I was just so blank minded at that moment that it’s been erased from my mind.
My son spent 50 days in the NICU which we all know is draining, tiring, and stressful. But it was also rewarding. Seeing my son get bigger and healthier kept me going.
For a long time I just put it into the back of my mind. I had conversations about placenta abruption and I never had flash backs or anything. I felt I was more raising awareness and felt good doing it because before it happened to me, I had no idea it was even a thing.
I am now almost 7 month pp. my son is doing great, finally getting over his reflux and is turning into a really happy boy, but now it’s me that’s having issues. Recently I have been thinking about what happened more and more. It has me sad, angry, and want to cry immediately. Me and my husband have agreed no more kids (Samwise was our first baby) but it’s making me so freaking sad. We’ve always wanted more than one kid and placenta abruption has ruined that chance for us. I now also almost puke when I start my period. I cannot stand it. It honestly makes me sick and instantly makes me feel like I did that night. It wasn’t always like this. Just recently have I started hating my period and bleeding. I can’t even look at it without gagging or wanting to cry. I’m thinking I need therapy now. I don’t know how to go about it being an expat. (I live in the UK but I’m American so I have no one but my husband here) I’ll start looking to that very soon.
Has this happened to anyone that had placenta abruption or very heavy bleeding? Sorry for the long post I just really needed to get this out. I am worried for my mental health. I need to be fully present for my son.
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At 31 weeks I had severe placenta abruption. I will never know why it happened. I woke up at 4am thinking I had peed myself, went and sat on the toilet and felt a huge gush. I stood up and realized it was blood and it was everywhere. I mean everywhere. It was coming fast and I didn’t know what to do. I stood in the bathtub screaming for my husband. He got me a towel and pants and we drove to the delivery hospital which thankfully was only 5 minutes away. I was passing huge clots which I thought were me giving birth. It was horrifying. I started having contracts which made me realize I am now in full blown labor. I got a steroid shot and a few other things to try to stop the bleeding but nothing was working. Babies heart rate started dropping and I was rushed into the OR immediately. This was all in a 1 hour span. I don’t remember I lot past that. I have pictures thankfully, but I was just so blank minded at that moment that it’s been erased from my mind.
My son spent 50 days in the NICU which we all know is draining, tiring, and stressful. But it was also rewarding. Seeing my son get bigger and healthier kept me going.
For a long time I just put it into the back of my mind. I had conversations about placenta abruption and I never had flash backs or anything. I felt I was more raising awareness and felt good doing it because before it happened to me, I had no idea it was even a thing.
I am now almost 7 month pp. my son is doing great, finally getting over his reflux and is turning into a really happy boy, but now it’s me that’s having issues. Recently I have been thinking about what happened more and more. It has me sad, angry, and want to cry immediately. Me and my husband have agreed no more kids (Samwise was our first baby) but it’s making me so freaking sad. We’ve always wanted more than one kid and placenta abruption has ruined that chance for us. I now also almost puke when I start my period. I cannot stand it. It honestly makes me sick and instantly makes me feel like I did that night. It wasn’t always like this. Just recently have I started hating my period and bleeding. I can’t even look at it without gagging or wanting to cry. I’m thinking I need therapy now. I don’t know how to go about it being an expat. (I live in the UK but I’m American so I have no one but my husband here) I’ll start looking to that very soon.
Has this happened to anyone that had placenta abruption or very heavy bleeding? Sorry for the long post I just really needed to get this out. I am worried for my mental health. I need to be fully present for my son.
2024.05.19 09:57 Agreeable_Sweet6535 Next major stream
My wife watches this channel all the time lately, and I’m always down for a good charity stream. I have an idea for a loose stream format that should be an interesting community event and raise a lot of money for either the creators themselves to continue making content or a charity of their choice like Charity Gaming. I can’t seem to find a link to send this idea directly, so I’m hoping this can reach them in some way.
The stream starts with some hype about splitting the community up into two teams, I recommend Evens and Odds because it works well for tracking who is donating what, but anything you can do that allows you to split the crowd will work fine such as perhaps hashtags. In this example, team Evens adds up all of the even numbered donations ($10, $20) and team Odds adds up all the odd donations.
Arrange 5 maps, from easiest to hardest. When the stream begins you are officially planning to play the middle map. If more money is donated to Odds than Evens, you move further to the right on the selector. So if donations are roughly even, you’re still playing the middle difficulty map. If Odds gets (for example, $200) more than Evens, you play the next harder map. At (for example, $500 more donated to Odds than to Evens) you instead play the hardest map on your list. The same numbers apply if Evens is winning in donations, but the chosen map becomes easier instead.
Now we begin playing with the two of you working together to beat a Hard mode run of this crowd selected map, and already we’ve made some money. Now you have absolutely no in game cash to work with, income is turned off and you start with nothing but normal starting cash, no double cash. You gain nothing from pops, no farms, none of it.
At the end of round 1, if Evens donated more than Odds, you get a certain amount of in game cash added to your bank based on how much Evens won by. If Odds won, you LOSE cash, and may have to sell towers to make it up back to zero. You may want to make it so towers sell back for full value to keep it fair. The more one team donates, the more money is added or subtracted each round.
Good luck, go pop some bloons!
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The stream starts with some hype about splitting the community up into two teams, I recommend Evens and Odds because it works well for tracking who is donating what, but anything you can do that allows you to split the crowd will work fine such as perhaps hashtags. In this example, team Evens adds up all of the even numbered donations ($10, $20) and team Odds adds up all the odd donations.
Arrange 5 maps, from easiest to hardest. When the stream begins you are officially planning to play the middle map. If more money is donated to Odds than Evens, you move further to the right on the selector. So if donations are roughly even, you’re still playing the middle difficulty map. If Odds gets (for example, $200) more than Evens, you play the next harder map. At (for example, $500 more donated to Odds than to Evens) you instead play the hardest map on your list. The same numbers apply if Evens is winning in donations, but the chosen map becomes easier instead.
Now we begin playing with the two of you working together to beat a Hard mode run of this crowd selected map, and already we’ve made some money. Now you have absolutely no in game cash to work with, income is turned off and you start with nothing but normal starting cash, no double cash. You gain nothing from pops, no farms, none of it.
At the end of round 1, if Evens donated more than Odds, you get a certain amount of in game cash added to your bank based on how much Evens won by. If Odds won, you LOSE cash, and may have to sell towers to make it up back to zero. You may want to make it so towers sell back for full value to keep it fair. The more one team donates, the more money is added or subtracted each round.
Good luck, go pop some bloons!
2024.05.19 09:56 bigballz32 How important is sauna for detox
I haven’t had access to much infrared sauna because moneys a bit off an issue but have been having epsom baths every night and making it pretty hot to sweat it out. How much did saunas help you and do I need to get on to it asap thanks
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2024.05.19 09:56 ImaginationTale Possible Island
i have this Pretty cool idea how about we Pitch into a go fund me people can donate for the island that had the most votes. After the voting is over ill be doing 3 sweeps of the comments and to make sure i dont miss any ill be putting a reply saying counted.
ISLAND 1 theres this one in florida but i bet it has some aligators and only has 4.00 https://www.privateislandsonline.com/united-states/florida/4-acre-buildable-island
heres the next one ISLAND 2 in Carolina which is a bit better with 256.00 Acres so its a lot bigger tho Caronlina has also of bugs somtimes https://www.privateislandsonline.com/united-states/northcarolina/the-carolina-cays
and the last one
ISLAND 3 this one is in the Hudson River in new york and it has 45.00 Acres a ton bigger then the 2 other options but the laws in newyork are kinda confusing but thats just what i think https://www.privateislandsonline.com/united-states/newyork/thompson-island-newyork
anyways place your votes if you want to i wont force you too or anything but also before you place your votes im going to be setting up a gofund me so we can affoard the island i wont be setting it up till all votes have been cast so we will be starting vote casting in the comments from 5/18/2024 from the start of this post till 7/22/2024 after that point any votes after wont count and how you vote is you put in your comment that
you vote for Island 1 , Island 2 , island 3 just copy past it if you want and put it in your comment if your voting for that island By the way i wont be the one purchasing the island in my name im gonna be finding somone else to buy the island with the money we gather also after its all bought i might be giving the island to a redditor living on the island so i dont have to take care of it all the time but i might not also if you want you can suggest a island you want to vote up for just ask for me to put it up here with the link in the comments ill be checking the links before i click them incase they have malware or somthing, anyway i hope you all have a cool day! cya
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ISLAND 1 theres this one in florida but i bet it has some aligators and only has 4.00 https://www.privateislandsonline.com/united-states/florida/4-acre-buildable-island
heres the next one ISLAND 2 in Carolina which is a bit better with 256.00 Acres so its a lot bigger tho Caronlina has also of bugs somtimes https://www.privateislandsonline.com/united-states/northcarolina/the-carolina-cays
and the last one
ISLAND 3 this one is in the Hudson River in new york and it has 45.00 Acres a ton bigger then the 2 other options but the laws in newyork are kinda confusing but thats just what i think https://www.privateislandsonline.com/united-states/newyork/thompson-island-newyork
anyways place your votes if you want to i wont force you too or anything but also before you place your votes im going to be setting up a gofund me so we can affoard the island i wont be setting it up till all votes have been cast so we will be starting vote casting in the comments from 5/18/2024 from the start of this post till 7/22/2024 after that point any votes after wont count and how you vote is you put in your comment that
you vote for Island 1 , Island 2 , island 3 just copy past it if you want and put it in your comment if your voting for that island By the way i wont be the one purchasing the island in my name im gonna be finding somone else to buy the island with the money we gather also after its all bought i might be giving the island to a redditor living on the island so i dont have to take care of it all the time but i might not also if you want you can suggest a island you want to vote up for just ask for me to put it up here with the link in the comments ill be checking the links before i click them incase they have malware or somthing, anyway i hope you all have a cool day! cya
2024.05.19 09:54 Specialist_Touch960 Well paid and still broke. What am I doing wrong?
Hi, I am in really bad need of some advice on how I can get out of my current situation.
I am currently working around 70 hours a week on average between my main job (40hrs) and then doing doordashing every spare second I get.
My main job pays fairly well and from doordashing I always end up making slightly more than minimum wage hourly.
I do not have kids, I live alone and im never there so bills arent much, I drive a very cheap car that is pretty easy on fuel, I eat one meal a day, I have not bought any new clothes in the last 2 years, my apartment is unfurnished apart from a bed, TV and fridge so i spent no money on furniture and I have zero social life or hobbies to pay for.
I have a small amount of debt which I'm paying off at 200 every month.
And yet I am barely, and I mean barely making it from pay day to pay day and I really do not understand it at all. I have zero in savings and I am scared that if an unexpected expense comes up I will be totally screwed. I don't know where to start
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I am currently working around 70 hours a week on average between my main job (40hrs) and then doing doordashing every spare second I get.
My main job pays fairly well and from doordashing I always end up making slightly more than minimum wage hourly.
I do not have kids, I live alone and im never there so bills arent much, I drive a very cheap car that is pretty easy on fuel, I eat one meal a day, I have not bought any new clothes in the last 2 years, my apartment is unfurnished apart from a bed, TV and fridge so i spent no money on furniture and I have zero social life or hobbies to pay for.
I have a small amount of debt which I'm paying off at 200 every month.
And yet I am barely, and I mean barely making it from pay day to pay day and I really do not understand it at all. I have zero in savings and I am scared that if an unexpected expense comes up I will be totally screwed. I don't know where to start
2024.05.19 09:51 moose_35_3500 FFIE Company INFO - Real Value --HELP???
Hello FFIE People!!!!
I am all in on this stock...Did not sell on Friday. Actually bought more.
Own 35k shares...So I have real Interest on where we go from here. Monday is going to be nuts!
Below are my questions. Would like help from people who are doing homework on the company?
This is a High End EV Company started in 2014 and the Cars look amazing but, where are they going. It will be so much easier to evaluate the stock price knowing more info?
- There is no real financial info available in the past year. Scarry. They finally announced an earnings release/call for 2023. on May 28th at 5PM. Up until this its been super secret/dark on where they are going.
- They have only sold 10 cars to date (these are for the top executives or big investors). Pre-sales numbers are not shown anywhere...Any Idea of what they are? or how many cars are in production this year? And how much does a car cost? 200k? its gotta be big?
- How much money have they raised? I see 1-3 billion in articles posted....no clue how accurate?
- So whats their actual debt? 2022 balance sheet lists 68 million.
- How much cash do they have? 2022 cash flow lists -506 million
I could go on and on with these questions but, I am going to end here. The point is they just announced earnings release on 5/28. They are finally making cars and will be releasing projected revenue. So for 10 years they have made nothing......and now they are producing cars...possibly selling to Dubai/China super wealthy....the stock went from 4k a share years ago to .04 cents and now we have the potential squeeze going...Might be really easy after the release to show they are finally generating revenue and could easily justify $5 per share.... maybe 10, 20, 50 ------100...who knows...but its not $1.00 a share ....timing is everything!!! 1000 cars at 200k a car = 200 million in revenue
TELL me your thoughts
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I am all in on this stock...Did not sell on Friday. Actually bought more.
Own 35k shares...So I have real Interest on where we go from here. Monday is going to be nuts!
Below are my questions. Would like help from people who are doing homework on the company?
This is a High End EV Company started in 2014 and the Cars look amazing but, where are they going. It will be so much easier to evaluate the stock price knowing more info?
- There is no real financial info available in the past year. Scarry. They finally announced an earnings release/call for 2023. on May 28th at 5PM. Up until this its been super secret/dark on where they are going.
- They have only sold 10 cars to date (these are for the top executives or big investors). Pre-sales numbers are not shown anywhere...Any Idea of what they are? or how many cars are in production this year? And how much does a car cost? 200k? its gotta be big?
- How much money have they raised? I see 1-3 billion in articles posted....no clue how accurate?
- So whats their actual debt? 2022 balance sheet lists 68 million.
- How much cash do they have? 2022 cash flow lists -506 million
I could go on and on with these questions but, I am going to end here. The point is they just announced earnings release on 5/28. They are finally making cars and will be releasing projected revenue. So for 10 years they have made nothing......and now they are producing cars...possibly selling to Dubai/China super wealthy....the stock went from 4k a share years ago to .04 cents and now we have the potential squeeze going...Might be really easy after the release to show they are finally generating revenue and could easily justify $5 per share.... maybe 10, 20, 50 ------100...who knows...but its not $1.00 a share ....timing is everything!!! 1000 cars at 200k a car = 200 million in revenue
TELL me your thoughts
2024.05.19 09:47 Ufratys First Time ACOMAF Reader (ch. 21-25) Thoughts & Impressions
Not much to say here since I wanted to see what happened with the Weaver. Enjoy!
Ch. 21
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Ch. 21
- Oh how creepy is this…door shutting, handle gone, and the Weaver softly saying “who's in my house?”
- Holy shit why does she look like that?! Don't tease me with the young body but then have The Ring girl’s face attached to it. She's definitely a double bagger, absolutely terrifying.
- Omg Feyre, you go scorched earth and set fire to the entire cottage with a candle instead of using your flamethrower ability with your hands and torch the Weaver. SMH
- Escape through the chimney though, that's smart. This girl has some bright moments
- Wait, is the Weaver cooking faeries?! And is she weaving their entrails or flesh or something??? I mean, on the one hand that's just plain gross, but on the other, why don't you just weave you a new face???
- Isn't Feyre like super strong now? Why doesn't she just punch through the chimney?
- Weaver is gaining, please feel free to use your mind bullets at any time now Feyre. Also, feel free to step in at any time Rhys and help out lol
- Oh wow, the Weaver made her house of out of the bodies of her victims, this is the stuff of nightmares
- “What the hell did you do?” LOL Rhys just chilling on a tree, winnow the fuck out plz and ty
- Dude Amren can just vanish vomit? I think my question about fae plumbing has now been answered!
- So the ring was just a memento from his mom? Makes sense
- Thank you Feyre for finally coming to your senses and wanting to learn how to fight and how to use your abilities. It only took almost dying again to realize it
- Oooh diving into Rhysand's pensive! Let's see what he shows Feyre
- Damn, Ianthe wants some High Lord D!
- Oh interesting, so Ianthe does have ulterior motives…this is like some bene gesserit scheming going on. At least Rhys knows not to stick his dick in crazy. Much respect, he's channeling that Lucien energy again!
- Very cool developments!
- Oooh some Mor backstory, thank you mommy
- Damn so faeries are just as petty as humans when it comes to selling off their daughters…BRUTAL
- Good guy Cassian always coming to the rescue, this guy chads
- Oooh Feyre chose Azriel to carry her, Cassian and Rhysand are like wtf
- Oh nice they're in the mortal lands now.
- Quick side bar: what's Tammy been doing all this time? Is there any palace left? I'm assuming it's rubble from all of his tantrums of losing Feyre. Or maybe he's going through all the bureaucratic faerie red tape to demand an audience with the night court. I'm surprised Lucien hasn't tried to make contact, but I'm guessing he thinks this is for Feyre’s benefit.
- Oh shit it's Elain and Nesta! This must feel surreal for Feyre
- Damn Nesta is cold-blooded. No sympathy for Feyre at all
- Why doesn't Feyre just explain that they'll glamour everyone and ward their house so no one knows that the faeries will be in their town?
- I'm wondering if Nesta is jealous at all with Feyre. I bet she's waiting for some high fae to sweep her off her feet the way she talks to Feyre about bouncing from court to court
- Nice! No time to waste, let's get the meeting started
- Oh interesting Feyre's last name is Archeron? Hmmm….Cursebreaker sounds better
- Also, is this meeting turning into a triple date???
- Lol Azriel doesn't want to be here at all
- Dinner too??? They just need to pair off now
- I'm sure there's meaning behind where everyone sits at a feast, but I'm ignorant to all that decorum.
- Cassian sitting next to Elain though, the first move has been made!
- Interesting, so human food doesn't taste good at all to fae? How is it different?
- “I can eat, drink, fuck, and fight just as well as I did before. Better, even.” THE SHADE. Cassian choking on his water in response is hilarious
- Hahaha Cassian found his lover, he's sizing Nesta up and she's having none of it.
- Lol she's not even acknowledging him, this bro is in love.
- OH SHIT Elain mentioning Clare Beddor and both her murderers are in the house! And Rhys is just keeping his head down eating shit food lol. Peak awkwardness.
- Bro…Cassian is straight up imprinting on Nesta right now. He wants that mating bond BAD.
- Just two rooms? I bet Rhys and Feyre get the room with just one bed.
- LOL Rhys just side steps the awkwardness with his multi-dimensional closet, that's super handy
- “Nesta is a delight, by the way.” Bahaha I think deep down in his heart of hearts he knows Nesta has a hold on Cassian and he’ll be seeing a lot more of her
- Lol they're talking wages now? And they have banks??? Lines of credit? What's the APR on that Velaris Platinum card?
- Awww Rhys is butt hurt that he missed Feyre's birthday…I'm sure he'll make up for it somehow. Maybe his mother's ring???
- “My money's on Nesta…So’s mine.” LOL put me down for a dime on Nesta as well
- FINALLY some element bending training.
- Feyre wants to train in private because Rhys is a distraction? Lol if that doesn't scream I'm into you I don't know what is
- “You could try rubbing it on certain body parts and I might come faster.” Hahahaha bro why don't Rhys and Lucien get along? These guys have the same snarkiness
- Oh cool, some inter-dimensional pen writing, NBD
- “I'm watching Cassian and Nesta get into it again over their tea.” lol can we get a chapter on this interaction? That sounds better than reading about Feyre staring at a candle for an hour and not asking for help
- “Life is better when you're around.” I mean, how long is this little Do-Si-Do between them gonna last? Just kith already
- OH SHIT it's the Attor!