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Survival 100 Rework

2024.04.14 08:10 PushoverMediaCritic Survival 100 Rework

It bothers me that Survival 100 only goes up to the end of Pre-Timeskip, and doesn't even include half the roster of characters.
Similar to Solo and 60-Second Battle, Survival 100 should have a Hard mode, which is called something like Survival Ultimate and constantly gets updated to include new characters. Here's how it should go, the characters divided up into groups of four or less:
  1. Higuma, Shanks, Yasopp
  2. Luffy, Koby, Alvida
  3. Zoro, Helmeppo, Morgan
  4. Nami, Cabaji, Buggy
  5. Gaimon, Usopp, Kaya
  6. Butchie, Jango, Kuro
  7. Johnny, Yosaku, Sanji, Zeff
  8. Mihawk, Gin, Krieg
  9. Hatchi, Choo, Kuroobi, Arlong
  10. 30M Luffy, DF Alvida, Tashigi, Smoker
  11. Ms Wednesday, Ms Goldenweek, Mr 3
  12. Chopper, Arm Point Chopper, Wapol
  13. Vivi, Ace, Alabasta Luffy, Kung-Fu Dugong
  14. Alabasta Usopp, Alabasta Nami, Alabasta Sanji, Alabasta Zoro
  15. Pell, Vivi on Karoo, Mr 2 Bon Clay
  16. Ms All Sunday, Crocodile, Hina, Princess Vivi
  17. Bellamy, Burgess, Navy Ace
  18. Robin, Skypiea Zoro, Wyper, Ganfor
  19. Enel, Noland, Kalgara, Amaru Enel
  20. Franky, Sniper King, Enies Lobby Robin, Kaku
  21. Lucci, Garp, Banaro Island Ace, Blackbeard
  22. Brook, Perona, Ryuma, Bride Nami
  23. Moria, Nightmare Luffy, Kuma, Shiki
  24. Law, Kid, Bonney, Urouge
  25. Sentomaru, Rayleigh, Hancock
  26. Prison Mr 2, Inazuma, Ivankov, Prison Crocodile
  27. Jimbei, Magellan, Shiryu
  28. Whitebeard, Marco, Jozu, Vista
  29. Marineford Crocodile, Marineford Mihawk, Marineford Hancock, Marineford Moria
  30. Aokiji, Akainu, Kizaru, Sengoku
  31. Marineford Luffy, Ace and Marco, Sake Whitebeard, Sake Roger
  32. Marineford Koby, Marineford Shanks, Swimsuit Nami, Swimsuit Hancock
  33. TS Luffy, TS Zoro, TS Nami, TS Usopp
  34. TS Sanji, TS Chopper, TS Robin, TS Franky
  35. TS Brook, Demaro Black, TS Rayleigh, Caribou
  36. Neptune, Monster Point Chopper, Vander Deckan, Hody
  37. TS Sakazuki, Zephyr
  38. TS Smoker, TS Tashigi, Smoker as Tashigi, Kin'emon
  39. Monet, Vergo, Caesar
  40. General Franky, Baby 5, TS Kid, Killer
  41. Kuzan, Holiday Chopper, Holiday Franky, Holiday Robin
  42. Rebecca, Bartolomeo, Elizabello, Ideo
  43. Chinjao, Prime Garp, Cavendish, Hakuba
  44. Sabo, Hack, Koala, Flame-Flame Sabo
  45. Dressrosa Usopp, Sugar, Senor Pink, Dressrosa Bellamy
  46. Diamante, Dressrosa Zoro, Trebol, Dressrosa Law
  47. Dressrosa Luffy, Doflamingo, Corazon, Flashback Doflamingo
  48. G4 Boundman Luffy, Fujitora, TS Buggy, Gild
  49. Carrot, Dogstorm, Catviper
  50. Pedro, Jack, Raizo
  51. WCI Carrot, WCI Sanji, WCI Brook, Bege
  52. Brulee, Cracker, Reiju, Judge
  53. Groom Sanji, Pudding, WCI Jimbei, Big Mom
  54. WCI Nami, Oven, Perospero, Katakuri
  55. Chef Pudding, Hungry Big Mom, G4 Snakeman Luffy, Unmasked Katakuri
  56. Stampede Luffy, Stampede Smoker, Stampede Sabo, Stampede Hancock
  57. Bullet, Adio, EX Luffy
  58. Karasu, Belo Betty, CP0 Lucci
  59. Zorojuro, Usohatchi, O'robi, Franosuke
  60. Luffytaro, Wano Nami, Wano Chopper, Bonekichi
  61. Wano Law, Kiku, Shinobu, Ashura Doji
  62. Kaido, Kyoshiro, O'Soba Mask, Drake
  63. Queen, King, Kawamatsu, Oden
  64. Prime Whitebeard, Pirate Oden, Prime Rayleigh, Roger
  65. Raid Luffy, Raid Kid, Raid Law, Kanjuro
  66. Apoo, Izo, Raid Marco, Yamato
  67. Yamato/Ace, Dragon Kaido, O'Lin, Asura Zoro
  68. Hyogoro, Hybrid Drake, Raid Chopper, Tama
  69. Page One, Ulti, Raid Usopp, Raid Nami
  70. Who's Who, Raid Jimbei, Sasaki, Raid Franky
  71. Raid Robin, Raid Brook, Black Maria
  72. Hybrid Kaido, Hybrid Yamato, Raid Killer, Hawkins
  73. Raid Sanji, Hybrid Queen, Alber
  74. Awakened Law/Kid, Gear 5 Luffy, Momonosuke, Ryokugyu
  75. Film Red Luffy, Film Red Nami, Film Red Chopper
  76. Film Red Usopp, Film Red Yasopp, Film Red Benn Beckman
  77. Uta, Film Red Shanks, Tot Musica Uta
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2024.04.07 21:11 Think-Rush-9085 Using only Swordmasters to beat the game

Using only Swordmasters to beat the game
Yup, another one of these runs.
The Swordmaster is, in my opinion, a very underrated class that people tend to put aside due to limited use despite them having two of the most important stats in the game: evasion and initiative.
In this run I'll try to prove that despite the LIES OF THE LIBERAL MEDIA the Swordmaster is not only a very good unit, but one of the best only second to the Sellsword.

The Swormaster, the unit with the strenght of 3 babies

https://preview.redd.it/mp1km42lj3tc1.png?width=506&format=png&auto=webp&s=2d8940fce341fe0e94ebe9ac809385b5403c0034
Aigth let's get it out of the way, that strenght is ass.
An assault unit with C ATK is terrible no matter how you see it. However, with S in CRIT, EVASION and INI makes them the perfect unit to sue after fixing their damage with gear.
Let's talk about skills.
They are terrible.
Keen Edge is a TRUE 100 potency attack that is mid at best. Impale it's just a downgrade and Meteor Slash it's a flurry of tickles.
Parry it's pretty good. They take 0 damage on a hit (status effects still apply) and get a free AP point. Hastened Strike it's aigth but irrelevant while Charged Impetus it's just asking to get bodied. It doesn't even increase atk ffs.
Another downgrade it's their promotion that gives them another sword slot in a game with limited swords and will be an empty space or a recruit sword until Bastorias.
Despite this, their evasion and ability to do at least decent damage will carry them early game, but how will it be in late game?

The challenge

  • Use ONLY swordmasters. Alain it's an exception cuz I need his ass to give Baltro a heart attack.
  • No grinding: Not only it's the worst type of cheese but it won't be necessary at all.
That's it. Everything else it's fair game cuz for the life of me this challenge was a pain to do and almost ruined my marriage.
This time I won't divide the run in regions since I felt very little change between them.

The run

I start the game with NOT having Swordmasters available at all in the first forts. So I grab my overleveled Josef, go and recruit Rolf and Berenice and set my path into Melissandre's castle. This 2 quests are very easy so I choose them to level up enough to take down Melissandre and get access to her fort that will give me my first team.
The Melissandre figth it's kinda hard for lvl 8 unit to do, but with superior movement and ligth feather you can just rush into Melissandre and take her down. After that I recruit her and hire my 2 first mercenaries swordmasters. The team is ready. With the mine unlocked in Berenice's quest I get infinite gold to buy Sanguine Blade, Runic Sword and get the Hallowed Blade from treasure.
After this it's the same old story: Do easy quests. Level up. Do the rest of the quests. Finish Cornia. With evasion and good weapons the enemies can barely do anything with most counters (like archers) dying fast. Runic Sword helps beat armor units so it was an easy lick.
Using Garrisons to teleport all over the map and to defend my base. I clean most of the map with just one team, yeeting Monica to get those sweet 30 crystal shards to get the Angel Sword that boosts evasion. After hitting level 18 I go to kill Galerius.
The reason why I need this level it's to one-shot most units since stamina it's the biggest limit factor in these types of runs. With my superior 100 movement I can avoid most pain in the ass units so I easily get to Galerius. The first figth it's hard if you don't have a way to deal with poison. This can be solved with amulets so I easily make work of Galerius due to the fact that he literally can't hit me.
After this I jump directly into Drakenhold to get an easy Leah and Aramis. The wyverns barely can do anything againts TRUE HIT so after rescuing Berengaria I go straigth into Magellan, beating his ass and getting other 4 mercenary Swordmasters. There's very little to talk about Drakenhold. Even the Colesseum was easy until evel 14. I'll come back later tho.
With high INI I can actually use the Dragonbone weapons, giving basically a free PP for most units. After helping Gilbert retake his homeland I take his sword, give him a reach around and leave for Elheim.
Again, very little change here. My superior INI to the elves and high ACC can make easy work of them so I expected an easy lick. However, after getting into the Baltro figth I noticed something that will BITE MY BIG JUICY ASS in the future: man their damage is LACKING. Why? Just check this out!
what the fuck it's that damage my guy
This surprised me because all Baltro figths are supossed to be easy. and I was struggling here. After this I had to take a trip into Bastorias to get better weapons and had to overlevel a lot to actually finish this figth. This made me rethink my strategy due to the fact that I was already patching their attack and using coins to buff their damage.
Anyways, to forget my worries I married my sweetheart Melissandre, swearing loyalty to her knowing perfectly I was going to cheat on her with my cousin. After buying Melissandre her cuck chair I left for Bastorias, land of the furries with an unexplicable amount of money to spend on vore comissions.
she kinda looks like sneako ngl
BTW remember that damage problem? Well that problem only increased in Bastorias as even against regular units I'd struggle to one-shot, a deadly mistake when I only have 3 squads and maps start to get really big. Also I couldn't overlevel that much because I was using more than one team. I had to rush into Albion and drag my body until the Umerus figth to get access to the Blacksmith to upgrade some of my swords to actually beat these figths. After defeating the opressed ratkin Elgore and watch Morard give a speeh about trust knowing perfectly he owned at least 5 slaves, I grabbed the blue al left for Albion, ready to get my cheecks clapped.
Albion should be called the land of no damage because fucking featherstaffs exist. This event made me open my eyes and finally accept that Swordmasters damage it's trash, even with selfbuffs. In a vaccuum where it's a duel, Swormaster usually comes on top but if you don't get the faith of a 1v1 then they get fucked.
nah homie what is this
Anyways, avoiding this figths or using RNG to do at least 2 or 10 damage to push them I managed to beat Albion, getting the final upgrades necessary to turn Galerius into a Mr Beast burger.
Check the squad
got dayum they nice
Gran Corrine it's the definition of final stage: they are not challenging, just a pain to beat.
I decided to begin the raid on the capitol from the South becasue I knew I'd struggle defending my main base. After this I just walked into the enemy bosses and they'd magically dissapear. I struggled more keeping my stamina up becasue of the massive amount of reinforcements. After beating the last boss and getting mind controlled, I was finally in front of Galerius for the final battle.
Despite how much I treat Galerius as the average wife on the 80s or the actual wife of a cop (AKA a punch bag) this one actually surprised me. After using the usual Fire Swords + Epee Blade to avoid getting decimated after his HP dropped to 50% I notcied something: I was doing SHIT damage LMAO.
nah homie i'm gonna run out of stam
This only got worse after one of my blunders made one of the units die, decreasing the damage done even more.
lord why have you forsaken me
After beating my head against a wall until my elderly 70 year old neighbor came to my door with an AR-16 and 15kg of gruel in her system, I remembered that I could just drag their tired body and constantly slam it into Galerius.
So after doing what could only be described as tickling him to death, I defeated Galerius and beat the game.
this time he didn't die to fire tho
What about Baltro? He died of ligma.

TLDR / Closing thoughts

The problem with love is that it makes you blind. I love Swordmasters but I could only see their strenghs and ignore their flaws. This is probably why people's opinion on units differ so much from each other: they are just unable to accept the flaws in their favourite units.
Swordmaster has really good stats, but terrible skills and gear availability really hurts the class and makes them a "one in a team is fine" kind of unit.
At least they aren't as trash as thieves tho amirite fellas?
Anyways then run was fun (as always) and really comes to show how strong evasion is in general as you don't need to do a lot of planning outside of stacking evasion with gear.
For the ones expecting my promised elf-only run. Well they come too late to consider it a only-run and hacking them in at the start gives me a huge adavantage with twice the AP/PP. Maybe in the future.
Now witness as I beat the game using only gryphons! Should I add wyverns to make it more interesting? Maybe...maybe.
Remember to brush your teeth and check your prostate regularly, #1ThiefHater out.
picture of me and sneako
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2024.02.22 01:12 joeyoungblood SEO for Dropshipping - A Mini-Guide

Since I happen to be an SEO consultant with 30-years of experience (pre-Google, yes) and this is a frequent question in our sub, this mini-guide is to help all of you get started and is focused on helping beginner dropshippers using Shopify or another ecommerce website solution vs. platforms like Amazon, eBay, or Etsy.
As a quick note: My agency is not currently working with small or upstart dropshippers only those with over $10k in sales per month average. However, some of the content and tools below that I recommend are owned by myself or my agency which is why this post is flaired "Marketplace".

Tools and Resources for your Dropshipping SEO

1. Figure out your target keyword(s) for each product

Use tools like the Google Ads Keyword Planner Tool, Moz Keyword tool, Ahrefs, SEMrush, Spyfu, or KeywordTool.io to find keywords about your products. Typically though most products will have straight forward main keywords. For example the most common keyword for a new pair of sneakers is the full name of the shoe + the colorway. Still, doing keyword research can reveal things that are not as easy to detect which will help your SEO out as you go.
Of note, here we are only looking at product keywords not keywords for the overall site, collections, or content we might create later on. If you know what you are doing or it's a small product selection store, you can do all of that keyword research at once.

2. Write Title Tags and Meta Descriptions using your chosen keyword

SEO 101 is to make sure the title tag and meta description include your chosen keyword(s) or at least a close variation of one.
If you buy one of the WriteAI packages mentioned above it comes with awesome SEO tools like generating various Title Tags and Meta Descriptions for you to choose from.

3. Give your products keyword-rich names

The trick here is to create a keyword-rich name without being spammy. For example "Yellow Widget w/ Silver Subwidget for Hobbyists" to target the keyword "yellow and silver hobbyist widget" OR incorporate the exact keyword for example "Yellow and Silver Hobbyist Widget w/ Subwidget" to target the same keyword.
You can come up with your own pattern for consistency if you like, but trying to get the main keyword in will help.

4. Write compelling product descriptions that include your target keyword

A compelling product description can help you increase sales while simultaneously improving your SEO which will increase organic traffic and in turn further increase sales. It's a big win if you can land it correctly. A few notes here:
If writing descriptions or rewriting them sounds time consuming there are some ways to hack this. For example you could use the "Rewrite" feature of WriteAI.net and tell it to make the copy 'sizzle' to create a compelling new product description that drives sales and SEO. Likewise, other AI tools you may have such as ChatGPT, Gemini, Perplexity, You, and Bing Chat may also be up to this task.

5. Give all images SEO friendly file names and alt attributes

Make sure all images have good, human language based, file names. For example instead of "image_0003_final.png" use "yellow-silver-widget.png" for our above fictious image. If that image is based on a background or has something unqiue about it add that in like this "yellow-silver-widget-onbeach.png" or "yellow-silver-widget-cowboyhat.png"
Also make sure to give each image an appropriate and if possible, unique alt attribute. Not only will this help your customers with vision disabilities but search engines use it to improve rankings. For our image above instead of "widget" as the alt attribute you might use "yellow and silver widget" or you can get a little more expansive like this "yellow and silver widget used by hobbyists" or for a unique image "yellow and silver widget with a beach background".

6. Figure out your target keyword(s) for your collection(s) / category(ies)

Here you are going to use the same tools and process as in No. 1 above. Except for instead of a product name or variations of it, we are looking at broader terms. For example instead of figuring out which of these 2 product titles to use: "Yellow Widget w/ Silver Subwidget for Hobbyists" and "Yellow and Silver Hobbyist Widget w/ Subwidget", you will be trying to figure out what the "fat head" keywords are that include this product and others. For example that might be "Widgets for Hobbyists" or "Hobbyist Widgets" or "Yellow Widgets" or "Yellow and Silver Widgets" or just plain "Widgets" - you might even realize you want to build more than one collection based on this research.

7. Craft title tags and meta descriptions for your collection(s) / category(ies)

Like in No. 2 we are going to use our keyword data to inform the meta data we provide search engines. Following similar logic with one or two possible changes:

8. Move your collection description below the product listings

Edit your theme / template to move your collection description BELOW the product listings. The goal here is to be able to add USEFUL CONTENT for SEO and UX purposes without interrupting the user's ability to quickly see the list of products in a collection / category. This is sometimes easy and sometimes very difficult or impossible depending on your CMS and theme/template. For example on Ligthseep Ecommerce this is impossible to do, but on Shopify you should be able to do it by editing the theme's liquid code. Here is one example of doing that (it may be different for your theme): https://www.joeyoungblood.com/shopify-tips/how-to-add-a-description-to-your-shopify-collection-pages/

9. Write a guide to your product collection / category

This part baffles many would be retailers. They assume that someone looking for the product category/collection knows what they are going to buy, but that is not always the case. For example an aunt, uncle, or grandparent trying to buy fidget spinners during that craze had no clue what to consider a good product for their young family member.
Creating a guide helps your users find the right product if they aren't sure what they should be looking for - AND it helps your SEO when done right.

10. Perform keyword research again, this time you are looking for content ideas to add to the blog

This time you can use the same tools as in No. 1, look at competitor blogs / YouTube channels for ideas, or use tools like Also Asked and Answer the Public to find questions potential buyers might be asking. Consider making things like "Ultimate Guide to Widgets" and "Best Widgets for 2024" and "How to Use Widgets to Cure Male Loneliness" etc...
This content can be AI-informed but it should not be AI-written. That is, use AI to help you craft it but make sure humans are editing and researching too. This is important for multiple reasons including AI can produce duplicate content easily AND can frequently miss important things or say things totally wrong.

11. Link to your products from your blog posts

Make sure to internally link to your most relevant and highest margin and/or popular products from each blog post. This helps build internal link values that improve SEO AND it helps drive consumers who read your content to purhcase your products.
You can use tools like the Jump Links app to help automate this process so you can focus on creating content and filling orders intead.

12. Patience young Padawan

The thing about SEO is that it takes time, even though some of my colleagues like Mike King will say that's a misnomer today, you should be prepared to wait a little while after you do SEO work to see those SEO results. This is not only because Google's algorithm likes to move slowly (especially with new sites) but also because the fierce competition in today's ecommerce SEO segment. You're not just battling Amazon and eBay and Etsy but also every other dropshipper and retailer in your space. Where as big box retail used to be just Walmart, Kmart, Target, and Costco - those same products can now be sold by a larger variety of retailers via dropshipping or centralized warehouse ecommerce like Fanatics, Home Depot, and of course Amazon out of the countless thousands of other of online competitors. Not to mention affiliate networks.
Retail still holds a lot of promise and value and small sellers and dropshippers can do quite well, but it means probably waiting a little longer to get SEO success that brings in the sales you want.
While you are being patient for the preliminary SEO work to kick in, it's time to move up a level in your SEO efforts. Again, these won't be in-depth but will be helpful.

13. Indexing work is a requirement now

Welcome to 2024 where Google hates your site and your SEO doesn't matter (if it's not indexed). Seriously, Google's indexing sucks today and has gotten worse from the perspective of website owners over the past 2 years. Google's default setting is to not trust your content if you are a new website. That means a very low percentage of products, collections/categories, blog posts, and other pages being indexed by Google.
To improve this you'll need a Google Search Console account to do something that went obsolete over a decade ago - ask Google to index your content. Once you have your GSC account you do this by placing a URL into the box at the top of the account page that says "Inspect any URL". If it comes back as not indexed click the "request indexing" button on the right hand side. It can take multiple requests to get a page indexed but the results can be amazing. Recently we increased a client's organic search traffic 277% with just this technique alone. None of their blog content, which was created by an expert, and about 80% of their main money pages were not indexed by Google.

14. Build some links

Hyperlinks have long been the great differentiator to search engine algorithms and they or something similar will also likely be required for AI chat systems as the web floods with low quality content again. That means you need to get links to show you can be trusted to search engines and that the internet "votes" for your website. There are hundreds of ways to get links and various classes of links. Let's first look at the classes:
You can spend some time getting low value links first without it causing any problems, especially since they can be easy. For example Making social media accounts to claim your brand's handle might already be on your list, go a step further and place a link on each one too. Likely little to no value, but also quick and easy to do. Also consider if a press release is a good idea. Sites like the Voyage network, Magellan Commerce, and others are simple websites dedicated to helping you tell your story, they also frequently give you a link. They are not high quality but easy to get.
You can use low cost services like AB News Wire to send one without breaking the bank.
There are plenty of other tactics as you start to try and gain Good Links and High Value Links. One of my favorites is to create a link magnet - a piece of content so compelling it gains links naturally from the web with no effort on your end.
Here's a big list of link building tactics you can review to go get links for your site / products: https://www.joeyoungblood.com/education/seo/link-building/list-link-building-tactics/
It is important to remember link building is an ongoing effort AND the links you build only count if the document that contains them is considered to be of good enough quality AND that document is indexed by the search engine.

15. (Brick and Mortar Only) Gain citation listings

Since this doesn't apply to most of you I'll be brief. If you have a brick and mortar location, get a Google Business Profile and then go find business listing directories to get listed in. This will help your rankings in Google Maps but can also be a nice source of inbound links. Be aware though that it comes with a downside of spam phone calls by scammers who scrape this data.

16. Add sitemaps to Google Search Console

This is pretty easy to do and any seasoned SEO has already done this back when they set up GSC. Shopify will actually give you separate sitemap files based on content type like products, pages, blogs, and collections.
You can find them at www.examplestore.com/sitemap.xml
Find the ones you want Google to crawl and add those to your GSC.

17. [Advanced] Google Shopping

During the early days of the pandemic Google gave ecommerce retailers something new to help market their products in a bid to compete with Amazon -> free shopping search listings. To get listed and compete in these you still have to create a Google Merchant Account and upload a feed of products, which can be an agonizing process. Shopify has this integrated and their 2023 guide is quite comprehensive, highly recommend reading it as you get this set up: https://www.shopify.com/blog/google-shopping-product-data-feed
The reseach study mentioned above is based on how ecommerce SEOs assume Google's Shopping engine rankings things.

18. [Advanced] Remove junk content

Junk content is content that has no useful purpose to a human user and is determined to be "unhelpful" by Google's engine. The more of it you have, the worse your site will perform ever since the Helpful Content Update of late 2022 started running: https://www.joeyoungblood.com/seo/everything-we-know-about-googles-helpful-content-update/
One of the problems of running an ecommerce store of any kind is inventory turn over. Eventually the product you have in stock is obsolete, that's a given in nearly all cases. When this happens you have to decide what to do with that URL. In MOST cases the right answer here is to 'noindex' it and remove it from the site so customers and search engines cannot find it.
Apps added to your Shopify or even your theme can also create junk content. For example one Shopify site I recently worked on had thousands of testimonials but they were all entered as "blog posts" as a sort of hacky way to get them on the site and were all 1 or 2 sentences long. The solution here was to noindex these asap.
You should ensure your site:
If you don't have Shopify or WooCommerce you need to make sure your CMS allows you to:

19. [Advanced] Gain reviews for your products

This is probably the single toughest thing for dropshipping merchants to do - especially those running multi-product stores. Search engines love to see signs that humans found your page useful and one of the best is the classic review stars.
There's a reason Amazon allows non-verified customers to leave a review on a product - it helps them sell the product.
Amazon got in early on this but now the FTC has cracked down so there are not a lot of ways you can legaly entice reviews (if you're in the USA) including giving the product away. However, you can allow your friends to borrow or use the product and ask them for a review on your Shopify.
Shopify (stupidly) does not have a native reviews app (any more). They didn't have one, then made one, and have now deprecated it. That means you have no choice but to rely on the app marketplace here and pay a recurring fee if you want to display product reviews. The best appears to be Judge.me and for good reason, but there are a lot of them now. Ecommerce Gold did a great job IMHO comparing them here: https://www.ecommerce-gold.com/best-shopify-review-apps/
Shopify help document on their deprecated reviews app: https://help.shopify.com/en/manual/products/product-reviews

20. [Advanced] Be cautious about what SEO apps you install

Shopify's store is flooded with apps that have features you do not need. For example Shopify already compresses images so image compression apps could make your images look worse as they get double-tripled compressed. There's also unecessary features like Google Analytics or Google Search Console charts - just use those websites instead. Finally, there are also apps that add third-party content and slow your website pages down which is a big no no.
Instead you're looking for SEO apps that do any or one of the following: - Add Schema markup to your products and pages - Automatically or semi-automatically build internal links - Create an HTML sitemap - Use AI to generate possibly better versions of content - Generate reviews - Automatically fills in image alt attributes - Offers pagespeed assistance such as dns-prefetch tags, lazy loading, derfering javascript code, ejecting unused code
Here's a help document from Shopify explaining their automatic compression for images: https://help.shopify.com/en/manual/online-store/images/theme-images

21. [Advanced] Measuring success

SEO is like all other forms of marketing - worthless if it doesn't make you money and frustrating if you can't determine roughly how much money it is making you. Thankfully Shopify does a pretty decent job here of tracking sales in your Analytics report under "Sales by Traffic Source".
Since SEO can take time though you may want to track other sources that might be leading up to the future sales from organic search traffic or "search". For example if you do rank tracking on the keywords you think might bring in sales such as "buy yellow widgets" or "yellow hobbyist widgets" then you could see daily / weekly how your rankings are improving over time leading ultimately to those coveted sales. You can also track Shopify revenue inside of Google Analytics GA4 though the new system is still far inferior to Google's Universal Analytics and is more likely to be a headache for you right now than a boon. You should still install the code (or use a Tag Manager instead with your GA4 code in it) for future use and reference.

22. [Advanced] Continuing SEO forever

SEO is a never ending battle of you against the machines and against all of the competition. Take a moment to create a plan and find time in your day to execute small amounts of it. One way I've seen small businesses do this successfully is to do 1 SEO task each week. For example Week 1 might be researching keywords for a product, Week 2 might be doing some link building, Week 3 might be checking up on the technical health of the site, and so on and so on.
The most important part is to never stop doing good, solid, high-quality SEO work or you stand to lose all of the gains you've made.
Note: I wrote this in about 30 mins then tacked a bit more on, so if you're a seasoned SEO and see something I missed that should be included let me know (probably a lot). Also note some of this might be oversimplified for brevity purposes.
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2024.02.10 04:55 Virtual_Meowth SD Card Boot or Installation Files

I have a magellan roadmate 2200T and im formatted it and im trying to find the files for it but i can't find it anywhere, if anyone has the files for it can you link it here
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2023.12.16 11:28 Animemann90 How many sailors today still retain the knowledge or practice of ancient or traditional methods of navigation? (Before GPS or satellites existed)

Around 1,500+ years ago, the early Polynesians managed to discover Hawaii or the rest of the islands within the Pacific (back then they did not have GPS, satellites, or anything of that kind) instead, they did it through the following means:
The Norsemen (Vikings) used sunstones which helped them to determine the position of the sun even on cloudy days ("Vinland" - around 985 AD). The same applies to figures like Colombus (The Americas - 1492) (he did not have any satellites or GPS) who still managed to locate the Americas, with Magellan (Philippines - 1521) , Cook (Hawaii - 1778 / Australia - 1788) eventually made their way through the rough seas with the only tools and methods for navigation:
The thing is today, people rely so much on GPS or satellite, even with backup power (batteries will run out of juice eventually) or lightning can damage the antenna, the downside to relying solely on digital navigation is that it can be prone to hacking (which in a military sense can be a national security threat) another thing, there can be times when the system can be down, and may not be as reliable at certain instances.
I mean today, do they even teach celestial (including other pre-digital methods of navigation) to sailors in Annapolis today? Is it essential for them to know dead reckoning or know how to read paper charts along with a compass in case there is a situation where electronic methods are down? How many young sailors know these skill sets?
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2023.10.20 14:19 mikesmenz1833 🔥 Dive into a Rhythmic Odyssey: Drum & Bass Unleashed! 🎧 Discover handpicked DnB tracks on Spotify for true enthusiasts! 🚀

🔥 Dive into a Rhythmic Odyssey: Drum & Bass Unleashed! 🎧
Hey fellow DnB enthusiasts!
I've spent countless hours curating a unique Spotify playlist filled with some of the most energetic, pulsating, and soul-stirring Drum & Bass tracks. From hidden gems to iconic anthems, I believe this playlist captures the essence of the genre.
Why should you give it a listen?
Whether you're looking for background music while working, tracks to fuel your workouts, or just want to discover some new bangers, this playlist has got you covered.
🔗 Rhythmic Odyssey: Drum & Bass Unleashed on Spotify
Hit the follow button, crank up the volume, and let the rhythms take you on a journey. And if you enjoy it, don't forget to share with fellow DnB heads! Feedback and track suggestions are always welcome.
Stay groovy and keep the bass rolling! 🚀
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2023.10.20 14:09 mikesmenz1833 🔥 Dive into a Rhythmic Odyssey: Drum & Bass Unleashed! 🎧 Discover handpicked DnB tracks on Spotify for true enthusiasts! 🚀

🔥 Dive into a Rhythmic Odyssey: Drum & Bass Unleashed! 🎧
Hey fellow DnB enthusiasts!
I've spent countless hours curating a unique Spotify playlist filled with some of the most energetic, pulsating, and soul-stirring Drum & Bass tracks. From hidden gems to iconic anthems, I believe this playlist captures the essence of the genre.
Why should you give it a listen?
Whether you're looking for background music while working, tracks to fuel your workouts, or just want to discover some new bangers, this playlist has got you covered.
🔗 Rhythmic Odyssey: Drum & Bass Unleashed on Spotify
Hit the follow button, crank up the volume, and let the rhythms take you on a journey. And if you enjoy it, don't forget to share with fellow DnB heads! Feedback and track suggestions are always welcome.
Track List:
Stay groovy and keep the bass rolling! 🚀
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2023.10.16 17:39 PushoverMediaCritic Reposting my Ultimate Tier List with updates

Characters in the same tier are not ordered by strength, just by when they were last relevant, Straw Hats bolded, predictions italicized, then regular characters.
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2023.06.27 17:59 S_h_u_n Change my top 145 list

I got a too 145 list not perfect yet because the lower end of the list feels a bit wrong soo I wanted too see other people opinion on placement. The way I rank is more narrative, inside oda mind type of ranking. So it's like if oda hade this people fight who whould he write the W for. Then portrayal and feats. Gonna come back later when I'm done with work too see what you all have said.
P.s pls give me actual numbers not just say a character should move up 🙏
The List
~rules: no confirmed dead characters so ace,wb and co.
  1. imu
  2. Dragon
  3. Garp
  4. Nasujuro
  5. Ju Peter
  6. Saturn
  7. Valkyrie
  8. Mars
  9. Mihawk
  10. Shanks
  11. Akainu
  12. Kuzan
  13. Garling
  14. Bb
  15. Luffy
  16. Kaido
  17. kizaru
  18. Big mom
  19. Fujitora
  20. Greenbull
  21. Blackhorse
  22. Bogard
  23. benn beckman
  24. Sengoku
  25. marco
  26. Reyleigh
  27. Sabo
  28. Law
  29. Kidd
  30. Yasopp
  31. Lucky roo
  32. chaton
  33. momogai
  34. S-hawk
  35. S-flamingo
  36. S-bear
  37. S-snake
  38. S-croc
  39. S-shark
  40. S-bat
  41. Invankou
  42. Crocodile
  43. Rob Lucci
  44. Zoro
  45. Sanji
  46. King
  47. Boa Hancock
  48. Wevill
  49. Yamato
  50. Morley
  51. Karasu
  52. Katekuri
  53. Shiryuu
  54. Coby
  55. Vista
  56. Jimbei
  57. Kaku
  58. Jabura
  59. Queen
  60. Smoothie
  61. Cracker
  62. Doffy
  63. Tsuru
  64. Magellan
  65. Avalo Pizarrow
  66. Sanjuan wolf
  67. Burgess
  68. Van augur
  69. Laffitte
  70. Vasco shot
  71. Catarina
  72. Doc q
  73. Apoo
  74. Urouge
  75. jozu
  76. Lindbergh
  77. Denjiro
  78. Jack
  79. Inu/neko
  80. Ashura dojo
  81. Kawatsu
  82. Killer
  83. Perospero
  84. Ulti
  85. Onigumo
  86. Momonga
  87. Vergo
  88. Doberman
  89. Strawberry
  90. Yamakaji
  91. Bastille
  92. Elizabello II
  93. Kuma
  94. Smoker
  95. Bege
  96. Ichiji
  97. Niji
  98. Sentomaru
  99. Moriah
  100. Kimemon
  101. Izo
  102. Page one
  103. Enel
  104. Who's who
  105. Franky
  106. Snack
  107. Oven
  108. Sasaki
  109. Strussen
  110. Pica
  111. Yonji
  112. Barto
  113. Cavendish
  114. Brook
  115. Sai
  116. Mr.1
  117. Robin
  118. Hina
  119. Harjrudin
  120. Dorry/brogy
  121. Usopp
  122. Nami
  123. Chopper
  124. Xdrake
  125. Hawking
  126. Raizo
  127. Fukurokuju
  128. Black Maria
  129. Okiku
  130. Shishilian
  131. Hody Jones
  132. Carrot
  133. Wanda
  134. Chinjao
  135. Trebol
  136. Diamante
  137. Judge
  138. Daifuku
  139. Mont-d'or
  140. Amande
  141. Reiju
  142. Bonney
  143. Helmeppo
  144. Marigold/sandersonia
  145. Kyros
  146. Gladius
  147. Lao g
  148. Senor pink
  149. Dillinger
  150. Blueno
  151. Ideo/gilly
  152. Hack
  153. Orlumbus
  154. Caesar
  155. Caribou
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2023.06.19 05:16 rahmanm855 powerscale tier list


crazy huh?
pirate king level: basically emperors, but stronger than emperors. sugar is there because of her hacked fruit (which is so called debunked by the whole "haki can be used to overpower it" rule that law discovered, but then others argue that haki isn't always on, so what you gonna do if sugar slap you ???). zou can crush anything to death. akainu two shotted whitebeard and kizaru offered to 2v1 big meme and laido. dragon is the top of revo army. rest self explanatory.
emperor level: toughest people in the series, rock members automatically are at the level given their past. king elizabello's punch can apparently take down an emperor, i believe it. aokiji solo'd blackbeard's joke of a crew, so i honestly think he might be pirate king level so i might change his rank. ryokugyu beat prime beard which is weevil so he should also be pirate king level along with weevil. fujitora should be, if not the strongest swordsman in the world given he's blind and midhawk is not. sabo is "flame emperor", automatic status there along with wrestling the gorosei and imu, which is a feat similar to pre time skip luffy going against all three admirals. i'm pretty sure bonney is big mom's prime clone. rest self explanatory.
admiral level: probably hardest one for me to scale, but rayleigh mentioned he's past his prime so i wasn't sure if putting him in emperor status was appropriate. vista clashed with mihawk so that's impressive. while beckham pointed a gun at kizaru, i don't think kizaru was actually scared. tensei has an admiral naming style so i assume he's admiral level. magellan did the same feat as aokiji, if not better with poisoning blackbeard's joke of a crew, so maybe he should be emperor level too? revo commanders clashed with ryokugy and fujitora, i'm sure belo and lindbergh can do the same and assume their ranks imply that. while doll is vice admiral, i had to scale her above her insubordinates kujaku and prine grus.
commander level: franky did not sweat in wano, the guy is up there for sure. lafitte, van auger and shiryu could be admiral level but they seem to easily get wrecked. rest self explanatory (i hope).
frauds: anyone in the above category could strategically defeat them, including big meme who is apparently so easy to drown that king, marco, kid and law could pull it off and the latter two defeated her fresh while kaido at least did a gauntlet at the roof.
not included: wang zhi and silver axe, but they would be emperor level. guernica, maha, and joseph are also frauds (basically all of cp0)
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2023.06.12 22:16 Nomad_phox Made this weird thing to charge my Magellan RoadMate

Made this weird thing to charge my Magellan RoadMate
So I made this this to charge my gps thingy from a wall outlet and usb instead of that weird round thingy that goes in the charging holes in a car. Components: USBmini to USBAfemale, USBAmale/male thingy, USBAfemale to male, charging block 5v 1a. I had all of this lying around in my cable drawer mess of noodles.
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2023.05.26 21:54 Betito209 latias going for a ride in my car

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2023.04.19 01:51 mbake2 Wifi on MioPocket

I’m wondering if installing a wifi card on a MioPocket GPS is possible. I currently have a Magellan Roadmate 1470 with MioPocket unlock installed.
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2023.03.12 14:53 Afoolfortheeons This is how we do enlightenment from where I'm from, and that happens to be in a cardboard condo down past the Rite-Aid

It's weird. As a self-proclaimed enlightened guru (ie: giant megalomaniac with messianic delusions), I have virtually transcended suffering. I still curse when I stub my toe or get my dick caught in the faucet again, but compared to my tumultuous past, you might as well call me Captain Enlightened. I haven't escaped suffering, but I can observe my pain and adversity in a mindful, detached perspective, and it's such an automatic process now that I don't even have to think about doing it. Gives me more time to plot my world domination campaign, ftw.
However, I'm still flesh, blood, and drugs, so I am still beholden to the limits of my biology. For instance, I was told by the CIA through my phone's keyboard's autocomplete feature that I should stop taking my meds so that they could program me better, and what do you know? Those spooks were right! I barely slept a wink last night because my handlers worked with the aliens in the hollow moon to make me paranoid about what's going to happen when I graduate from messiah candidate to the real thing, but boy howdy look at this fackin' content I'm shitting out here! Kinda freaked out by this interdimensional entity that the wall just birthed into existence, but it's whatever.
Yet, that leads us to our next point, because that's how logical progression goes. At least it does in my brain; I can't speak about one of those crazy "sane" people out there. See what I did there? I did a whole humor! Don't worry folks, I know I'm as batshit as Dracula's bootyhole. I can't help it, but at the same time, what's the deal with that? If enlightenment is supposed to be this great thing that's worth giving up binging Debbie Cakes and feet porn for, then why can't I overcome my stupid brain chemistry?
Now, I posed a rhetorical question to set up this paragraph because I'm competent at creating metadiscourse, but the truth is actually real simple. See, we might live in a mechanical, deterministic universe, but we still have free will. How's that possible? Brain hacks, or as I call them for branding purposes, magick, allows us and our squishy meat hardware to believe in things incongruous with reality. What I'm saying is that you should believe that pigs can fly and that the frogs are gay to achieve everything you ever wanted in life, basically.
A lot of the time, that leads to problems. For instance, I once knew this flat-earther when I was in a cult who wound up in the hospital from fasting too much as he believed his faith was enough to sustain him. Silly, but contrasting this, take the example of how the belief in free will has been proven to make you act more ethically. Or how believing that you're competing against a rival and everything depends on you will help you find the motivation to try your hardest, even harder than you could if you didn't play with your framework. There's a lot of examples of falsehoods coming to help us from a survival perspective as well as make us happier across our lives, but for now just accept that, "All truths are lies."
Those four words are the philosopher's stone, meaning it is an axiom that can allow you to dissolve and rebuild your belief system, thus turning you into water; able to fit in any bong you come across. Accept that there is no such thing as knowledge and the pile of beliefs that is your framework becomes more fluid. It becomes defined more by faith, and faith is easy to manipulate. At this point in time, ten years after beginning my philosophical spirit quest a decade ago, I can go from militant atheist to believing God is terminally ground pounding my boipussy in less than five seconds flat.
I've used this trick to navigate psychosis like the Magellan of crackheads for years, and it's helped me through many hard times. Like, when I got robbed at knifepoint while homeless in Miami, having it feel like the Illuminati was gang stalking me helped me survive because that changed my perspective about a random conversation about God, which let me see how comfortable I could be eating out of trash cans. I miss those days sometimes. But, even so, magick has natural limits, and those limits are determined by one's faith.
When I'm off my meds, I gain a lot of more ability to play with my thoughts in what I call my mental centrifuge. Essentially, this is how I can shoot straight from the hip and the words are all good, baby. However, I lose some prowess to control my thoughts and emotions in a skillful, mindful manner, and that prevents me from magicking myself out of distress and into being motivated to bust ass like a meth addict who owes the mob a few grand. That's ok, as I can still avoid majorly suffering because I believe that simply having gratitude for living is a paramount step to the enlightenment process, and because of that I perceive reality in the most optimum fashion.
That's the key of all I'm trying to type like an asshole right now. When you are truly free, that means you are always adapting to be the most optimal version of your highest self you can be. Belief is a tool to the magick practitioner, so try to make your mind as fluid as possible. Start by taking shit tons of LSD. That's what I did, kids, and don't you wanna grow up to be just like me? No? Well, fuck you then! You won't get invited to our cult's Thong Day celebration. More crab legs for me!
Now, I know what that one porkrind in the audience is heckling about through my screen right now. Let me just say, just because you believe it to be true that doesn't mean you can use your farts to escape Earth's atmosphere, or any other impossibility. Unless you still haven't attained object permanence, you don't need me to tell you that we are inherently limited by the physical universe, as we are an extension of our mechanical garden. But, that don't mean thinking your holy "facts" are best either. I'll explain.
There's this big cock-eyed bastard that lives in your head called your ego. That pig fucker mucks up so much shit. Literally prevents you from updating your framework with new information. What an asshole! With the exception of me, we all need to perpetually update our software. Fortunately, fingering the ego out of its power is easy. Just let go. I have, and I haven't showered in three months. Ego ain't got shit on me now. Stopping the ego's need to be this perfect being and accepting your imperfect nature is important; it will allow you to let go of your attachments to wanting things a certain way and accept that you're just a leaf in the wind.
Be your best self; accept the nature of what is and work hard to bring about the greatest future we can collectively muster. That includes a duty to mastering oneself so you can build your potential agency; free will is a skill. This requires letting go to what you think you know and perhaps believing in something you might be certain is untrue. When you can update your software at the drop of a hat, then you will suffer the least that you need to suffer.
And to get to the point where you can do just that, you need to take seriously your spiritual work. No, don't sit there and pray to Cthulhu eight hours a day; instead, get out there, way out of your comfort zone, and make yourself do something to literally overwrite your programming, all while striving to be kind, compassionate, and dedicated to selfless service. What should you do? Well, I did a bunch of psychedelics, joined a cult, then escaped to become homeless for three years while trying to create a cult of my own. That did it for me; I highly recommend this path if you are truly broken. I'm serious. Stop laughing at me.
But, you get what I'm saying? Major changes to the self happen with major effort and novel experiences. So, stop reading my garbage, bottom-of-the-barrel thoughts and work on yourself. Do a push up, walk down a new road, or transcend time and space with some DMT. Or something. I'm not your mother. I'm just the hairiest woman in the world who knows a thing or two because while I joke about aliens and the Illuminati, the CIA really did train me to write awakening propaganda on Reddit to help prevent the end times. You just read state-sponsored propaganda. Or did you? I could be delusional. Who knows? I just know that I've done enough to discredit myself in this post that I can hide in plain sight, just in case I'm perfectly sane. Razzle dazzle!
Anyways, ignore my manic mumbo jumbo. I just want you to have a good day folks! Be whatever you need to be in order to liberate yourself from much unneeded suffering. I'm a doofus today, because it's what my mission required of me. And just like that, I'm a different version of Victoria. Abra kadabra! Alakazam! I get this way when I smoke marijuana by the gram!
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2023.01.22 23:31 mihai626 Help I made friendly nps try to kill me on the spot

I am in Magellan Station-Military post and I hack the wrong terminal and everyone on this floor has the ditection icon above them and they try to kill me. Like an idiot I didn't reallys at the time, left and played on and they are still hostyle at this point I lose 10 hours of game play if I try to go back to the save before this. I don't no what to do, and this is happening only on this floor, i have 80 respect with black wing and 42 with Committee. Is there something I can do, i haven't kill them because I don't want my reputation to go into the ground.
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2023.01.21 20:07 OhioKing_Z Album of the Year #28: Ransom - No Rest For The Wicked

Artist: Ransom
Album: No Rest For The Wicked
Release Date: April 29th, 2022
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Artist Background
A product of Jersey City via Brooklyn, Ransom has become one of the most highly respected lyricists in the game. However, as consistent as his pen is, his career hasn’t always followed that same path of consistency. What fans of the current landscape of Hip-Hop might not know is that he was originally part of the supergroup, the A-Team, in the early 2000’s. When Joe Budden left the group shortly after its formation, Ransom and Hitchcock had to hold it down on their own. After releasing several successful mixtapes in collaboration with DJ Clue, the duo was highly sought after. Unfortunately, they were unable to come to terms with Def Jam and broke up soon after. The start of Ransom’s solo career began in largely tumultuous fashion, with a Joe Budden beef, Nicki Minaj ghostwriter scandal, and a two year prison sentence interrupting what should have been the initial upswing to a promising career, despite releasing some popular underground mixtapes during that time. Once he was released from prison, Ransom rebooted his career with projects such as Pain and Glory: The Album, History of Violence, and Soul Killa, among others. He would amass an even larger underground following due to the success of these projects, becoming heralded as one of the most underrated rappers in all of Hip-Hop. Then came a sudden, but brief, retirement in 2018. He instead focused on executive work for two years before his passion and hunger ultimately led him back to the mic. What has transpired since then is akin to an athlete reaching his prime in what would typically be the later stages of his career. After receiving encouragement from 38 Spesh, an invigorated Ransom came back to the game with a vengeance. As the world came to an abrupt halt in 2020, Ransom decided to go harder than ever. Linking up with producer Nicholas Craven, he released the Director’s Cut series which saw him viciously rapping over cinematic production, with each song named after various cult classic films. If there was a comeback rapper of the year award, Ransom ran away with it in 2020. He continued to build on the momentum in 2021, releasing one nearly flawless record after another, such as Se7en (with each track named after a respective deadly sin), the Big Ghost Ltd produced Heavy is the Head, as well as a collaboration project with fellow underground street savant Rome Streetz titled Coup De Grâce. Then came arguably the most well rounded project of his career in April of 2022: the full length LP, No Rest For the Wicked. In what seemed like a moment of coronation, Ransom let all of Hip-Hop know that the previous two years weren’t just a flash in the pan; the crown was his and it wasn’t for the taking.
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As mentioned in the introduction, though No Rest For the Wicked was indeed an emphatic statement of dominance, it was a moment that was years in the making. After decades of ups and downs, the Jersey City product still felt as if he had a chip on his shoulder. The pressure was on to prove that his recent success wasn’t just him catching lightning in a bottle. Each time that it looked as if he would finally sustain a momentous run in his career, something always got in the way. No Rest For the Wicked was a message to everyone: the new and improved Ransom wasn't going anywhere and the turbulent trajectory of his career was a thing of the past. In what might be his most personal project to date, Ransom gives his fans incredible insight on his personal growth, his family, his current perspective on street life, all topped off with his usual bravado. Aided by some of the most beautiful and soulful instrumentation that you’ll hear on a modern Hip-Hop record, Ran simply just had to show up and deliver the goods… and deliver the goods he did.
Starting off the album with a bang is the triumphant intro, “The Hawk”. This is my favorite song on the entire project. The track began with a clip of Nicki Minaj publicly denying the ghostwriting allegations that Ransom had exposed all those years prior. Nicki told the paparazzi that Ran was wack, desperate, and lying on her name just to never become successful in this industry anyway. She couldn’t have been more wrong. It’s hilariously fitting that the theme of the track centers around the sport of boxing, because that jab at her wasn’t subtle at all. It’s also fitting because his career mirrors that of a boxing match, as Ransom has metaphorically had his back against the ropes; even having to stand up and beat the count after getting knocked down on the canvas time after time. He’s a Rocky-esque champion of Rap and takes pride in showcasing it. “The Hawk” actually refers to the nickname of the former junior welterweight champion out of Cincinnati, Aaron Pryor. As a Cincinnati native and great-grandson of a professional boxer, I greatly appreciate Ransom acknowledging Pryor in this fashion (Ransom also considers him to be the pound for pound GOAT). Like Ransom, Aaron Pryor’s career was filled with bumps in the road, inhibiting his own potential while fighting drug addiction, criminal charges, and health issues before ultimately turning his life around and becoming the best version of himself. Ransom brilliantly parallels his own journey with Aaron’s in a lyrical onslaught over ambitiously inspirational instrumentation, filled with punch after punch (pun intended). The soundscape belongs in a Rocky 4 training montage. I feel like I could take down Drago myself after listening to it.
The second track is titled “Rituals”, with a fire feature from one of Ransom’s closest collaborators, 38 Spesh. The production sounds like a unique mix between 80’s progressive rock and modern Griselda-esque trap. Ransom begins the track reminiscing about the horrific nature of his former life. He describes the PTSD that he experienced in his nightmares, before comparing it to the dream job that ironically prevents him from ever sleeping. He then goes on to clarify that he’s not trying to start a conflict when he speaks his mind, he’s just getting his thoughts off his chest before moving on. Each artist provides their own chorus, with Ransom melodically rapping, “Maneuver with the sharks but you don’t feel the bites yet/ On that deep end tryna swim with no life vest”. This vivid imagery symbolizes the uncertain perils of street life where you never know exactly what to expect. 38 Spesh, as consistent of a rapper as you’ll find, does his thing, as per usual. He begins the verse explaining his experiences with street etiquette. He recalls times where the Feds were out to get him, even bugging his home. Yet they never had enough on him to catch him. He gives the Feds a proverbial wink with the bar, “Another n***a that ain’t fit the glove/ That means the evidence presented is not enough to convince the judge”. Bringing his signature wordplay to the table, he raps, “N***a, this is what ambition does/ I put a brick in the door and the dash, but I don't deliver grub”. Neither of these men mince words when it comes to the brutality and grim nature of life in the streets. For better or worse, they recognize how integral it was to becoming who they are today. Both lyricists end their respective choruses repeating the title of the track, saying that even if you’ve partaken in low level street activity, you still don’t know the rituals.
Backed with a strong feature verse by The Game, “Circumstances” sees Ransom reflecting on his life and embracing the role as the protector of his family. He says that he was built for that responsibility because he’s stronger than most. He clearly takes this obligation seriously, saying that the fate of his family is in his hands and that they’re depending on him. These themes coincide with the name of the song that this track samples, “That’s the way Love is” by 70’s Soul artist Luther Ingram. The Game exudes a vulnerable, somber tone in his verse. He fondly remembers his dead homies, saying that he’s covered the funeral expenses for people that weren’t even his actual family and constantly feels empathetic towards them. He seemingly snaps out of his introspective daze and finishes his verse with a sense of paranoia, threatening anyone who wants the smoke with him. Ran adds a second verse where he continues to share the wisdom that he’s accumulated through out his life, graciously speaking about surviving into his 40’s (something that is far from guaranteed as a black man in America), as well as admitting that his previous life experience has helped him live more fearlessly than he had in the past.
Next up is “Overnight success”, a title that is intentionally ironic. “It took me years to get success overnight” he raps on the hook. Often times in the music industry, artists dream of immediate validation. Building a career over time doesn’t appeal to our instant gratification society. The A&R process has been expedited. This lack of a foundation eventually becomes a pitfall for so many. The introduction of social media has only exacerbated this new reality, as it's a rapidly evolving landscape that has become increasingly onerous to navigate. The dream of becoming a “lottery ticket winning” artist is an easy sell. You can go viral and land a record deal, no matter how predatory, just from one TikTok video. You can amass thousands of listeners in one day. Becoming a one hit wonder is easier than ever due to trend-based publicity. And while the term “industry plant” is still semi-commonly used as an accusation, the dynamics of the industry have shifted to where networking is no longer a necessity to be heard. “Who you know” isn’t the only way to get played on the radio. Hell, the radio is no longer even the primary platform to have your music heard. On the other hand, the evolution of an artist’s reach is independent of consumer behavior. Audiences still dictate both the ceiling and the staying power of certain genres and sub-genres. Both Street rap and Conscious rap have historically struggled to meet the required radio friendliness or pop appeal that cater towards the mainstream. Due to this, lyricism-heavy rappers generally have had an uphill battle to climb in regards to achieving a certain level of success within the music industry, with the exceptions usually being accompanied by a distinct niche that separates them from the pack i.e. Eminem or Lil Wayne. Ransom is an example of this uphill battle. He could have become yet another underground casualty and succumbed to the obstacles that an artist of his mold often fails to overcome. “I'm the real thing and that's no slight to them bros hyped” he confidently states, showing that he believes his skill and resilience will outlast many of the substance-less trendy artists that get more buzz. He continues by saying “You gotta work if you believe in planning, cause you'll never find your greatness on the beaches tanning”, further expressing the sentiment that persistently working and executing a blueprint is the only chance of finding and sustaining success rather than just reaping the fruits of your labor after achieving only mild success.
Ransom continues to reflect on where he is now compared to where he came from on “Compromised”. He starts the first verse off with a warning to those that plot on his demise, saying that he doesn’t compromise due to his prideful nature and beefing with him will only lead to you and your brother’s demise. His pride remains boisterously evident for the rest of the verse. He’s proud of the fact that he no longer has to trap or chase women being that he has a wife and a stable career. He raps, “What’s a plug to an outlet?”, a clever double entendre essentially saying that being a drug dealer (a plug) pales in comparison to a real outlet (allows the electrical current to flow) that provides generational wealth and comfort for him and his family.
He continues to drop gems on “Makin’ it”. He’s adamant that life is what you make it. That life will do you no favors and if you want something, you have to go and take it yourself. We all have our doubts, as well as doubters, and we have no choice but to overcome them and prove that we belong. He’s unwavering in his belief that you just have to keep going, that you could go from being a nobody and having nothing to having the world in the palm of your hand. Simply wanting something isn’t enough, in order for your greatest aspirations to come to fruition you have to have a focused approach and take disciplined action. This hustler mindset is best exemplified by the bar: “Grind hard, gotta make sure that the team glitte Cause the only thing that comes to a deep sleeper is dreams, n***a”. He takes on a tone of reassurance over the course of the track, but it’s almost as if it’s just as important for him to reassure himself as it is to enlighten the listeners.
“Redemption” rolls out the red carpet for him to display his ridiculously well-crafted penmanship. He gives us a nearly three minute long verse without a single hook. All of the previous themes that we hear throughout the album seemingly come together on this track. The title of the song further signifies his redemptive arc, both as a man and as an artist. He agains shows his pride by saying that he gave others hope and advice without expecting anything in return and that he’s proven his detractors wrong by accomplishing everything that they said he couldn’t. He also shows his growth as a person, showing a level of maturity that his younger self perhaps did not have, by becoming hesitant to use his weapon, potentially to rob someone or to start a shootout, being that the reward isn’t worth the time that he’d lose by going to prison again, or even worse, dying. Later in the verse he says that he used to think that if one suffered in life, it was because they were poor. His perspective on human suffering then changed when he saw a rich man commit suicide. The psychology of the human mind intrigues him, but also scares him. Though he also admits that regardless of this shift in perspective, he still doesn’t find it coincidental that those with nothing to offer financially still tend to suffer the most mentally. “I’ve studied the human mind and it's never fun to explore but it's funny what you will find when the cup has nothing to pour”.
“Captions” is, in my opinion, the most creative effort on the album. Ransom attempts to tackle and dissect the current social environment that is the internet. He begins the song by rapping, “When your fantasies hit reality/ When fans become critics, analytics predict your salaries/ Sick of all the analogies, the fallacies/ N***as online that's grieving their casualties/ Happily tweet foul shit and say that they hacking me/ The savagery, everyone here's living so lavishly”. Those lines alone give us so much to un-pack. First, he starts off by unmasking the internet as if it were a Scooby-Doo villain. The internet is a muddied place, where you never know what is real and what isn’t. Reality becomes blurred, intertwined with fanaticism. He then brings up how data and analytics determine one’s worth now that everyone can voice their opinions in a public space about an artist’s work. Public opinion and behavior drive the topics of conversation, which drives the level of engagement, which then determines relevancy. Public discourse is full of inaccurate comparisons, whataboutisms, analogies, and other fallacious reasoning; all of which Ran is disgusted with. Some people also carry over their dissatisfaction with their lives and create toxic personalities online. They vent by posting disrespectful content and spamming others, often passing it off as trolling or claiming that somebody hacked them. The last line examines a larger scale/macro dynamic, and that’s that people use social media to portray a better life than they actually have. We all know people on Instagram who post as if they’re always on vacation, or the seemingly perfect couple that actually has relationship issues behind the scenes. It’s easy to lie or fabricate the truth when you control your own narrative. He also shares an observation that everyone has turned into “experts” regarding every single topic. Whether it be politics, medicine, social dynamics, environmental issues, music, sports, what to do in fight or flight situations, etc. You name it. He ends his verse criticizing the phenomenon of groupthink, as well as the lack of independent thought that the internet has enabled; declaring that hardly anyone is innocent. The second verse is a guest verse by Tyrant, and frankly, it’s one of the best guest verses I’ve ever heard. I would quote the entire verse in this review if I could. The subject matter is exactly in line with the themes of the song and the lyricism is top notch. In the first part of the verse, Tyrant raps, “Oh, I get it, it's all about likes, it's all about follows/ Through all of our plights and all of our sorrow/ As long as you clean with the metal and bottle/ It's really no need for a better tomorrow/ It's really no meaning to death and survival”. He can't help but hide the fact that he's ashamed of humanity. Tyrant encapsulates the direness of the reality of the current situation and contrasts it with the apathy and misguided nature of man, particularly in the black community. People have prioritized artificial constructs such as internet validation, as well as substance abuse and the facade of security, over meaningful progress and sustainability. He further expands on this thought by rapping, “Use memes to escape from the mind/ Dancing on TikTok, bruh, we in the race against time/ Flee from this racist facade, jeans from an ancient design/ They seen it engraved in the mind, the schemers that make us divide /You n***as jaded, our independent thought was did away with”. Tyrant is practically pleading for the unaware to stop mindlessly wasting their time on the internet by partaking in meaningless trends when they’re still actively being oppressed and programmed. He wants people to realize that it’s all part of the grand plan by those in power so that their quality of life continues to worsen. Towards the end of his verse, he boldly claims that he cannot and will not accept his current destiny as it currently stands. “I can't live if Hell is in the game plan and Heaven's full of slaves, man/ Tryna find my way, I'm Magellan in a vague land/ Compared to what these lames said/ Cut from a different cloth but they just read it (Reddit) on the same thread/ Shit, artificial intelligence is made man/ Can't go live on smartphones then literally go brain dead”. This track is as honestly good as it gets. The writing, social commentary, self-awareness, consistency with the content matter, and sense of urgency evoked through tone and delivery make this a perfectly written song.
With the help of Willie the Kid, Ransom continues to provide us with jewels, or glaciers as he calls them in this song. These two artists trade bars over a piano-heavy sample from “Off the Clouds” by The Hues Corporation. Carrying over from the previous track, the primary theme of this song revolves around the imperialistic nature of the system that has seemingly swallowed them and the black community whole. But unlike the people that Tyrant was pleading to, Ransom is aware of these circumstances and embraces this reality through bars such as “Pardon my shine, I see these visions in parts of my mind/ All by design, we livin' life in the darkest of times” and “We well-dressed murderers/ Belligerent n***as and loud skirmishes/ Scream at a system that malnourished us”. He says that despite the system’s efforts, he could never be discouraged. He’ll proudly rock the imperial chains, as they still help enhance his image and have become an integral part of his identity. Willie the Kid provides a strong guest verse, ambitiously rapping about what he wants to do in the future as well as what he’s already done, such as buying watches for his entire gang. He ends with a braggadocios flair, citing how he lives in luxury. He acknowledges the irony of luxury rap itself, as Ransom similarly does in the chorus, being that the methods of accumulating wealth for many rappers are unconventional and more so just a coping mechanism due to cultural imperialism stripping away the richness of their spirits.
“The Gambler” is a pretty straight forward track. It samples the majestically sung “Life is a Gamble” by Marvin Gaye. Ransom begins his first verse by taking the chance to again remind us to give it our all regardless of how big the risk is. Playing into the gambling theme, he raps about betting on yourself and praying that you hit. He continues with the gambling wordplay with just about every line, telling us to wager the chips we have because saving them could prove even more costly. He calls out the hypocrisy of those that talk like high rollers yet have never ventured outside of their comfort zone and taken real risks in their lives. He vents that he was dealt a bad hand but would never fold regardless. He then urges us to always appear confident in times of uncertainty, no matter the stakes. He emphasizes that you must wear a Poker Face, that you simply cannot let the competition know that you’re nervous about the moves and decisions that you make. He ends his verse by projecting the inevitable future of those that roll the dice on life and still come up short, ending up in the same position as the generation that came before them while being filled with anger and regret (even though they knew the price of gambling).
The outro, titled “Beautiful Gravesites”, has contributions from J. Arr (who happens to be one of my favorite young artists in the game right now. This was actually my introduction to him) as well as a spoken word verse from Black Chakra. I was unable to find the sample, but the Kanye-influenced chipmunk soul style melody immediately sets the tone for the track in such a soothing manner. It's called Soul for a reason! J.Arr puts on a youthful, witty display of lyricism before passing the baton to the more seasoned Ransom, who effortlessly keeps up the momentum. Black Chakra then comes in and gives us a powerful spoken word poem that feels even more impactful to hear just days after MLK day. The chipmunk soul vocals in the background boosting every word that he spoke reminded me of J. Ivy’s slam poetry on The College Dropout. I just envision Black Chakra with his eyes closed, not just merely reciting lyrics that he wrote, but letting the spirits of his ancestors speak through him. “Where they killed for power until ghosts would form, homies I'm supposed to mourn but pardon this postpartum of this martyrdom where they're birthed into a revolution that they never chose”. So powerful. It’s a fitting swan song to this uniquely spiritual album.
This album was one of my favorite listening experiences of 2022. There are no skips on this project. The replay value is immense. The thematic elements of introspection, maturation, personal responsibility, social strife, the evolution of the music industry, the impact that the internet has had on society, self-reflection, persistence, and being ambitious despite the odds are all easy to resonate with. The complexity of the writing blends flawlessly with the soulful and luscious production, often in dulcet fashion. The feature artists all delivered high quality performances. Ransom knew what he wanted to do with this album and executed on that vision. I’m honored to be able to review this specific album for the annual Album of the Year write-ups for HipHopHeads. As much as I absolutely love albums such as Mr. Morale & the Big Steppers and The Forever Story, I thought it was more important to highlight one of Ransom’s projects. He recently released another album last month titled Chaos is My Ladder and it’s also worthy of being in the 2022 AOTY discussion so check it out if you haven’t already. I’m happy that he’s finally getting some of the love and recognition that he deserves, but frankly, it’s still not enough. Like I mentioned in the review, there are reasons why a rapper of his caliber and style aren’t quite as popular as they should be but for people like us in this community who truly appreciate great art within the genre, it’s important to spread the word (and the music of course) to as many ears as possible because these artists deserve it. Thanks to rappers like Griselda, Ransom, Boldy James, 38 Spesh, Mach Hommy, Che Noir and Rome Streetz, this sub-genre of Hip-Hop is finally starting to garner more mainstream recognition. Athletes like LeBron James and Kevin Durant post about Ransom and 38 Spesh on their social media, which helps them out tremendously. If you’ve read this far, I truly appreciate it and I hope you enjoy this album as much as I do! Here’s to hoping that 2023 is filled with just as much quality music as 2022 was, if not more so!
Favorite lyrics
Young Aaron Pryor with felonies on the wire,
Fair desire, man, I'm really too old to be airin' priors
True story, you got no drive for the lane I'm swerving in
I been a star but they labellin' me a journeyman
Don't leave it to the judges, I raise my hand when the word is in - “The Hawk”

Seein' this life got my vision a daze
No more livin' afraid, got rid of my frivolous ways
Speak with the soul of indigenous slaves
Your religion is vague
Would you plant a tree if you knew you couldn't sit in its shade? - “Circumstances”

Why us? The question we all ask, the Lord has
Rain, sleet, and snow on us, forecast of a hard past
Life's real, stay on your grind, try to create your wealth
And try to stay with amazin' health
When they try to manipulate you, just remember
Never be so loyal that you betray yourself - “Makin’ it”

Talking Points

  1. Where does this album stack up in terms of the AOTY discussion to you? Did you prefer this album or Chaos is My Ladder by him?
  2. Which instrumental was your favorite?
  3. What would you like to see from Ransom in 2023? Could be a certain collab, type of beat to rap on, artistic direction etc
  4. Where does Ransom rank right now compared to other active rappers?
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2023.01.11 03:19 Afoolfortheeons You wanna fuckin' become enlightened? How about something better?! This is a lesson in learning to be a transcendental post-zen alchemist.

It's weird. As a self-proclaimed enlightened guru (ie: giant megalomaniac with messianic delusions), I have virtually transcended suffering. I still curse when I stub my toe or get my dick caught in the faucet again, but compared to my tumultuous past, you might as well call me Captain Enlightenment. I haven't escaped suffering, but I can observe my pain and adversity in a mindful, detached perspective, and it's such an automatic process now that I don't even have to think about doing it. Gives me more time to plot my world domination campaign, ftw.
However, I'm still flesh, blood, and drugs, so I am still beholden to the limits of my biology. For instance, I forgot to go get my Invega shot to stop the CIA from beaming negative thoughts in my head recently, and I haven't written shit in like two weeks. Did a lot of planning for my book, but I just couldn't bring myself to start tippy-tappying my idiotic thoughts on my phone, let alone on my laptop which is currently too busy holding my beer to be used as a tool for interdimensional wordsmithing. What's the deal with that? If enlightenment is supposed to be this great thing that's worth giving up binging Debbie Cakes and feet porn for, then why can't I overcome my stupid brain chemistry?
Now, I posed a rhetorical question to set up this paragraph because I'm competent at creating metadiscourse, but the truth is actually real simple. See, we might live in a mechanical, deterministic universe, but we still have free will. How's that possible? Brain hacks, or as I call them for branding purposes, magick, allows us and our squishy meat hardware to believe in things incongruous with reality. Believe that pigs can fly and that the frogs are gay to achieve everything you ever wanted in life, basically.
A lot of the time, that leads to problems. For instance, I once knew this flat-earther when I was in a cult who wound up in the hospital from fasting too much as he believed his faith was enough to sustain him. Silly, but contrasting this, take the example of how the belief in free will has been proven to make you act more ethically. Or how believing that the stakes are high and everything depends on you will help you find the motivation to try your hardest, even harder than you could if you didn't play with your framework. There's a lot of examples of falsehoods coming to help us from a survival perspective as well as make us happier across our lives, but for now just accept that, "All truths are lies."
Those four words are the philosopher's stone, meaning it is an axiom that can allow you to dissolve and rebuild your belief system, thus turning you into water; able to fit in any bong you come across. I've used this trick to navigate psychosis like the Magellan of crackheads for years, and it's helped me through many hard times. Like, when I got robbed at knifepoint while homeless in Miami, having it feel like aliens were communicating with me helped me survive because a random conversation about God let me see how comfortable I could be eating out of trash cans. I miss those days sometimes. But, even so, magick has natural limits, and those limits are determined by one's faith.
When I'm off my meds, I lose a lot of my ability to play with my thoughts in a skillful, mindful manner, and that prevents me from magicking myself out of distress and into being motivated to bust ass like a meth addict who owes the mob a few grand. That's ok, as I can still avoid majorly suffering because I believe that simply having gratitude for living is a paramount step to the enlightenment process, and because of that I perceive reality in the most optimum fashion.
That's the key of all I'm trying to type like an asshole right now. When you are truly free, that means you are always adapting to be the most optimal version of your highest self you can be. That doesn't mean you can use your farts to escape Earth's atmosphere though, or any other impossibility, as we are inherently limited by the physical universe, being an extension of our mechanical garden. Stopping the ego's need to be this perfect being and accepting your imperfect nature is important too; it will allow you to let go of your attachments to wanting things a certain way and accept that you're just a leaf in the wind.
Be your best self; accept the nature of what is and work hard to bring about the greatest future we can collectively muster. That includes a duty to mastering oneself so you can build your potential agency; free will is a skill. This requires letting go to what you think you know and perhaps believing in something you might be certain is untrue. When you can update your software at the drop of a hat, then you will suffer the least that you need to suffer.
And to get to the point where you can do just that, you need to take seriously your spiritual work. No, don't sit there and pray to Cthulhu eight hours a day; instead, get out there, way out of your comfort zone, and make yourself do something to literally overwrite your programming, all while striving to be kind, compassionate, and dedicated to selfless service. What should you do? Well, I did a bunch of psychedelics, joined a cult, then escaped to become homeless for three years while trying to create a cult of my own. That did it for me; I highly recommend this path if you are truly broken. I'm serious. Stop laughing at me.
But, you get what I'm saying? Major changes to the self happen with major effort and novel experiences. So, stop reading my garbage, bottom-of-the-barrel thoughts and work on yourself. Do a push up, walk down a new road, or transcend time and space with some DMT. Or something. I'm not your mother. I'm just the hairiest woman in the world who knows a thing or two because while I joke about aliens and the Illuminati, the CIA really did train me to write awakening propaganda on Reddit to help prevent the end times. You just read state-sponsored propaganda. Or did you? I could be delusional. Who knows? I just know that I've done enough to discredit myself in this post that I can hide in plain sight, just in case I'm perfectly sane. Razzle dazzle!
Anyways, ignore my manic mumbo jumbo. I just want you to have a good day folks! Be whatever you need to be in order to liberate yourself from much unneeded suffering. I'm a doofus today, because it's what my mission required of me. And just like that, I'm a different version of Victoria. Abra kadabra! Alakazam! I get this way when I smoke marijuana by the gram!
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2022.12.12 17:27 Head-Measurement1200 Does dusting work if I already own the coin/token they dusted?

Say, I have a token named Magellan and have 10,224 of it. Then, someone sent me 101 Magellan tokens. There is a chance that I won't notice it since in my mind I know that I already have that coin. I read here that we should never interact with dusted coins. If in case one day I sold some of my Magellan coin, will I be hacked? In other words, will the dust attack work?
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2022.11.28 21:56 Afoolfortheeons I write educational content with a heaping dollop of absurdist humor, as written in my autobiographical character. I got a bunch of awards for this post last week and was told by several people that it was their favorite post ever. Curious how the humor holds up to objective critique

The truly awakened know that proper titles are for babies
It's weird. As a self-proclaimed enlightened guru (ie: giant megalomaniac with messianic delusions), I have virtually transcended suffering. I still curse when I stub my toe or get my dick caught in the faucet again, but compared to my tumultuous past, you might as well call me Captain Awakened. I haven't escaped suffering, but I can observe my pain and adversity in a mindful, detached perspective, and it's such an automatic process now that I don't even have to think about doing it. Gives me more time to plot my world domination campaign, ftw.
However, I'm still flesh, blood, and drugs, so I am still beholden to the limits of my biology. For instance, I forgot to go get my Invega shot to stop the CIA from beaming negative thoughts in my head recently, and I haven't written shit in like two weeks. Did a lot of planning for my book, but I just couldn't bring myself to start tippy-tappying my idiotic thoughts on my phone, let alone on my laptop which is currently too busy holding my beer to be used as a tool for interdimensional wordsmithing. What's the deal with that? If awakening is supposed to be this great thing that's worth giving up binging Debbie Cakes and feet porn for, then why can't I overcome my stupid brain chemistry?
Now, I posed a rhetorical question to set up this paragraph because I'm competent at creating metadiscourse, but the truth is actually real simple. See, we might live in a mechanical, deterministic universe, but we still have free will. How's that possible? Brain hacks, or as I call them for branding purposes, magick, allows us and our squishy meat hardware to believe in things incongruous with reality. Believe that pigs can fly and that the frogs are gay to achieve everything you ever wanted in life, basically.
A lot of the time, that leads to problems. For instance, I once knew this flat-earther when I was in a cult who wound up in the hospital from fasting too much as he believed his faith was enough to sustain him. Silly, but contrasting this, take the example of how the belief in free will has been proven to make you act more ethically. Or how believing that the stakes are high and everything depends on you will help you find the motivation to try your hardest, even harder than you could if you didn't play with your framework. There's a lot of examples of falsehoods coming to help us from a survival perspective as well as make us happier across our lives, but for now just accept that, "All truths are lies."
Those four words are the philosopher's stone, meaning it is an axiom that can allow you to dissolve and rebuild your belief system, thus turning you into water; able to fit in any bong you come across. I've used this trick to navigate psychosis like the Magellan of crackheads for years, and it's helped me through many hard times. Like, when I got robbed at knifepoint while homeless in Miami, having it feel like aliens were communicating with me helped me survive because a random conversation about God let me see how comfortable I could be eating out of trash cans. I miss those days sometimes. But, even so, magick has natural limits, and those limits are determined by one's faith.
When I'm off my meds, I lose a lot of my ability to play with my thoughts in a skillful, mindful manner, and that prevents me from magicking myself out of distress and into being motivated to bust ass like a meth addict who owes the mob a few grand. That's ok, as I can still avoid majorly suffering because I believe that simply having gratitude for living is a paramount step to the awakening process, and because of that I perceive reality in the most optimum fashion.
That's the key of all I'm trying to type like an asshole right now. When you are truly free, that means you are always adapting to be the most optimal version of your highest self you can be. That doesn't mean you can use your farts to escape Earth's atmosphere though, or any other impossibility, as we are inherently limited by the physical universe, being an extension of our mechanical garden. Stopping the ego's need to be this perfect being and accepting your imperfect nature is important too; it will allow you to let go of your attachments to wanting things a certain way and accept that you're just a leaf in the wind.
Be your best self; accept the nature of what is and work hard to bring about the greatest future we can collectively muster. That includes a duty to mastering oneself so you can build your potential agency; free will is a skill. This requires letting go to what you think you know and perhaps believing in something you might be certain is untrue. When you can update your software at the drop of a hat, then you will suffer the least that you need to suffer.
And to get to the point where you can do just that, you need to take seriously your spiritual work. No, don't sit there and pray to Cthulhu eight hours a day; instead, get out there, way out of your comfort zone, and make yourself do something to literally overwrite your programming, all while striving to be kind, compassionate, and dedicated to selfless service. What should you do? Well, I did a bunch of psychedelics, joined a cult, then escaped to become homeless for three years while trying to create a cult of my own. That did it for me; I highly recommend this path if you are truly broken. I'm serious. Stop laughing at me.
But, you get what I'm saying? Major changes to the self happen with major effort and novel experiences. So, stop reading my garbage, bottom-of-the-barrel thoughts and work on yourself. Do a push up, walk down a new road, or transcend time and space with some DMT. Or something. I'm not your mother. I'm just the hairiest woman in the world who knows a thing or two because while I joke about aliens and the Illuminati, the CIA really did train me to write awakening propaganda on Reddit to help prevent the end times. You just read state-sponsored propaganda. Or did you? I could be delusional. Who knows? I just know that I've done enough to discredit myself in this post that I can hide in plain sight, just in case I'm perfectly sane. Razzle dazzle!
Anyways, ignore my manic mumbo jumbo. I just want you to have a good day folks! Be whatever you need to be in order to liberate yourself from much unneeded suffering. I'm a doofus today, because it's what my mission required of me. And just like that, I'm a different version of Victoria. Abra kadabra! Alakazam! I get this way when I smoke marijuana by the gram!
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2022.11.28 06:17 Afoolfortheeons The truly awakened know that proper post titles are for babies

It's weird. As a self-proclaimed enlightened guru (ie: giant megalomaniac with messianic delusions), I have virtually transcended suffering. I still curse when I stub my toe or get my dick caught in the faucet again, but compared to my tumultuous past, you might as well call me Captain Awakened. I haven't escaped suffering, but I can observe my pain and adversity in a mindful, detached perspective, and it's such an automatic process now that I don't even have to think about doing it. Gives me more time to plot my world domination campaign, ftw.
However, I'm still flesh, blood, and drugs, so I am still beholden to the limits of my biology. For instance, I forgot to go get my Invega shot to stop the CIA from beaming negative thoughts in my head recently, and I haven't written shit in like two weeks. Did a lot of planning for my book, but I just couldn't bring myself to start tippy-tappying my idiotic thoughts on my phone, let alone on my laptop which is currently too busy holding my beer to be used as a tool for interdimensional wordsmithing. What's the deal with that? If awakening is supposed to be this great thing that's worth giving up binging Debbie Cakes and feet porn for, then why can't I overcome my stupid brain chemistry?
Now, I posed a rhetorical question to set up this paragraph because I'm competent at creating metadiscourse, but the truth is actually real simple. See, we might live in a mechanical, deterministic universe, but we still have free will. How's that possible? Brain hacks, or as I call them for branding purposes, magick, allows us and our squishy meat hardware to believe in things incongruous with reality. Believe that pigs can fly and that the frogs are gay to achieve everything you ever wanted in life, basically.
A lot of the time, that leads to problems. For instance, I once knew this flat-earther when I was in a cult who wound up in the hospital from fasting too much as he believed his faith was enough to sustain him. Silly, but contrasting this, take the example of how the belief in free will has been proven to make you act more ethically. Or how believing that the stakes are high and everything depends on you will help you find the motivation to try your hardest, even harder than you could if you didn't play with your framework. There's a lot of examples of falsehoods coming to help us from a survival perspective as well as make us happier across our lives, but for now just accept that, "All truths are lies."
Those four words are the philosopher's stone, meaning it is an axiom that can allow you to dissolve and rebuild your belief system, thus turning you into water; able to fit in any bong you come across. I've used this trick to navigate psychosis like the Magellan of crackheads for years, and it's helped me through many hard times. Like, when I got robbed at knifepoint while homeless in Miami, having it feel like aliens were communicating with me helped me survive because a random conversation about God let me see how comfortable I could be eating out of trash cans. I miss those days sometimes. But, even so, magick has natural limits, and those limits are determined by one's faith.
When I'm off my meds, I lose a lot of my ability to play with my thoughts in a skillful, mindful manner, and that prevents me from magicking myself out of distress and into being motivated to bust ass like a meth addict who owes the mob a few grand. That's ok, as I can still avoid majorly suffering because I believe that simply having gratitude for living is a paramount step to the awakening process, and because of that I perceive reality in the most optimum fashion.
That's the key of all I'm trying to type like an asshole right now. When you are truly free, that means you are always adapting to be the most optimal version of your highest self you can be. That doesn't mean you can use your farts to escape Earth's atmosphere though, or any other impossibility, as we are inherently limited by the physical universe, being an extension of our mechanical garden. Stopping the ego's need to be this perfect being and accepting your imperfect nature is important too; it will allow you to let go of your attachments to wanting things a certain way and accept that you're just a leaf in the wind.
Be your best self; accept the nature of what is and work hard to bring about the greatest future we can collectively muster. That includes a duty to mastering oneself so you can build your potential agency; free will is a skill. This requires letting go to what you think you know and perhaps believing in something you might be certain is untrue. When you can update your software at the drop of a hat, then you will suffer the least that you need to suffer.
And to get to the point where you can do just that, you need to take seriously your spiritual work. No, don't sit there and pray to Cthulhu eight hours a day; instead, get out there, way out of your comfort zone, and make yourself do something to literally overwrite your programming, all while striving to be kind, compassionate, and dedicated to selfless service. What should you do? Well, I did a bunch of psychedelics, joined a cult, then escaped to become homeless for three years while trying to create a cult of my own. That did it for me; I highly recommend this path if you are truly broken. I'm serious. Stop laughing at me.
But, you get what I'm saying? Major changes to the self happen with major effort and novel experiences. So, stop reading my garbage, bottom-of-the-barrel thoughts and work on yourself. Do a push up, walk down a new road, or transcend time and space with some DMT. Or something. I'm not your mother. I'm just the hairiest woman in the world who knows a thing or two because while I joke about aliens and the Illuminati, the CIA really did train me to write awakening propaganda on Reddit to help prevent the end times. You just read state-sponsored propaganda. Or did you? I could be delusional. Who knows? I just know that I've done enough to discredit myself in this post that I can hide in plain sight, just in case I'm perfectly sane. Razzle dazzle!
Anyways, ignore my manic mumbo jumbo. I just want you to have a good day folks! Be whatever you need to be in order to liberate yourself from much unneeded suffering. I'm a doofus today, because it's what my mission required of me. And just like that, I'm a different version of Victoria. Abra kadabra! Alakazam! I get this way when I smoke marijuana by the gram!
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2022.11.19 12:25 Afoolfortheeons The truly awakened know that proper titles are for babies

It's weird. As a self-proclaimed enlightened guru (ie: giant megalomaniac with messianic delusions), I have virtually transcended suffering. I still curse when I stub my toe or get my dick caught in the faucet again, but compared to my tumultuous past, you might as well call me Captain Enlightened. I haven't escaped suffering, but I can observe my pain and adversity in a mindful, detached perspective, and it's such an automatic process now that I don't even have to think about doing it. Gives me more time to plot my world domination campaign, ftw.
However, I'm still flesh, blood, and drugs, so I am still beholden to the limits of my biology. For instance, I was told by the CIA through my phone's keyboard's autocomplete feature that I should stop taking my meds so that they could program me better, and what do you know? Those spooks were right! I barely slept a wink last night because my handlers worked with the aliens in the hollow moon to make me paranoid about what's going to happen when I graduate from messiah candidate to the real thing, but boy howdy look at this fackin' content I'm shitting out here! Kinda freaked out by this interdimensional entity that the wall just birthed into existence, but it's whatever.
Yet, that leads us to our next point, because that's how logical progression goes. At least it does in my brain; I can't speak about one of those crazy "sane" people out there. See what I did there? I did a whole humor! Don't worry folks, I know I'm as batshit as Dracula's bootyhole. I can't help it, but at the same time, what's the deal with that? If enlightenment is supposed to be this great thing that's worth giving up binging Debbie Cakes and feet porn for, then why can't I overcome my stupid brain chemistry?
Now, I posed a rhetorical question to set up this paragraph because I'm competent at creating metadiscourse, but the truth is actually real simple. See, we might live in a mechanical, deterministic universe, but we still have free will. How's that possible? Brain hacks, or as I call them for branding purposes, magick, allows us and our squishy meat hardware to believe in things incongruous with reality. What I'm saying is that you should believe that pigs can fly and that the frogs are gay to achieve everything you ever wanted in life, basically.
A lot of the time, that leads to problems. For instance, I once knew this flat-earther when I was in a cult who wound up in the hospital from fasting too much as he believed his faith was enough to sustain him. Silly, but contrasting this, take the example of how the belief in free will has been proven to make you act more ethically. Or how believing that you're competing against a rival and everything depends on you will help you find the motivation to try your hardest, even harder than you could if you didn't play with your framework. There's a lot of examples of falsehoods coming to help us from a survival perspective as well as make us happier across our lives, but for now just accept that, "All truths are lies."
Those four words are the philosopher's stone, meaning it is an axiom that can allow you to dissolve and rebuild your belief system, thus turning you into water; able to fit in any bong you come across. Accept that there is no such thing as knowledge and the pile of beliefs that is your framework becomes more fluid. It becomes defined more by faith, and faith is easy to manipulate. At this point in time, ten years after beginning my philosophical spirit quest a decade ago, I can go from militant atheist to believing God is terminally ground pounding my boipussy in less than five seconds flat.
I've used this trick to navigate psychosis like the Magellan of crackheads for years, and it's helped me through many hard times. Like, when I got robbed at knifepoint while homeless in Miami, having it feel like the Illuminati was gang stalking me helped me survive because that changed my perspective about a random conversation about God, which let me see how comfortable I could be eating out of trash cans. I miss those days sometimes. But, even so, magick has natural limits, and those limits are determined by one's faith.
When I'm off my meds, I gain a lot of more ability to play with my thoughts in what I call my mental centrifuge. Essentially, this is how I can shoot straight from the hip and the words are all good, baby. However, I lose some prowess to control my thoughts and emotions in a skillful, mindful manner, and that prevents me from magicking myself out of distress and into being motivated to bust ass like a meth addict who owes the mob a few grand. That's ok, as I can still avoid majorly suffering because I believe that simply having gratitude for living is a paramount step to the enlightenment process, and because of that I perceive reality in the most optimum fashion.
That's the key of all I'm trying to type like an asshole right now. When you are truly free, that means you are always adapting to be the most optimal version of your highest self you can be. Belief is a tool to the magick practitioner, so try to make your mind as fluid as possible. Start by taking shit tons of LSD. That's what I did, kids, and don't you wanna grow up to be just like me? No? Well, fuck you then! You won't get invited to our cult's Thong Day celebration. More crab legs for me!
Now, I know what that one porkrind in the audience is heckling about through my screen right now. Let me just say, just because you believe it to be true that doesn't mean you can use your farts to escape Earth's atmosphere, or any other impossibility. Unless you still haven't attained object permanence, you don't need me to tell you that we are inherently limited by the physical universe, as we are an extension of our mechanical garden. But, that don't mean thinking your holy "facts" are best either. I'll explain.
There's this big cock-eyed bastard that lives in your head called your ego. That pig fucker mucks up so much shit. Literally prevents you from updating your framework with new information. What an asshole! With the exception of me, we all need to perpetually update our software. Fortunately, fingering the ego out of its power is easy. Just let go. I have, and I haven't showered in three months. Ego ain't got shit on me now. Stopping the ego's need to be this perfect being and accepting your imperfect nature is important; it will allow you to let go of your attachments to wanting things a certain way and accept that you're just a leaf in the wind.
Be your best self; accept the nature of what is and work hard to bring about the greatest future we can collectively muster. That includes a duty to mastering oneself so you can build your potential agency; free will is a skill. This requires letting go to what you think you know and perhaps believing in something you might be certain is untrue. When you can update your software at the drop of a hat, then you will suffer the least that you need to suffer.
And to get to the point where you can do just that, you need to take seriously your spiritual work. No, don't sit there and pray to Cthulhu eight hours a day; instead, get out there, way out of your comfort zone, and make yourself do something to literally overwrite your programming, all while striving to be kind, compassionate, and dedicated to selfless service. What should you do? Well, I did a bunch of psychedelics, joined a cult, then escaped to become homeless for three years while trying to create a cult of my own. That did it for me; I highly recommend this path if you are truly broken. I'm serious. Stop laughing at me.
But, you get what I'm saying? Major changes to the self happen with major effort and novel experiences. So, stop reading my garbage, bottom-of-the-barrel thoughts and work on yourself. Do a push up, walk down a new road, or transcend time and space with some DMT. Or something. I'm not your mother. I'm just the hairiest woman in the world who knows a thing or two because while I joke about aliens and the Illuminati, the CIA really did train me to write awakening propaganda on Reddit to help prevent the end times. You just read state-sponsored propaganda. Or did you? I could be delusional. Who knows? I just know that I've done enough to discredit myself in this post that I can hide in plain sight, just in case I'm perfectly sane. Razzle dazzle!
Anyways, ignore my manic mumbo jumbo. I just want you to have a good day folks! Be whatever you need to be in order to liberate yourself from much unneeded suffering. I'm a doofus today, because it's what my mission required of me. And just like that, I'm a different version of Victoria. Abra kadabra! Alakazam! I get this way when I smoke marijuana by the gram!
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