My husband had the idea of us each picking 50 movies we want to watch that either neither of us or only one of us has seen and putting their names in a bowl so we can randomly draw one to watch for our movie nights.
We're generally into movies with complex characters or plots that make you think or movies that are emotionally engaging or that are technical achievements in film, but would also say that we'll watch anything that's genuinely entertaining.
My 2023 favorites include Past Lives, Anatomy of a Fall, All of us Strangers, Godzilla Minus One. One of my all-time favorite movies is Arrival (2016).
Which movies do you love that you feel are generally under-appreciated and would make for a great movie night?

Hi, so, I've been trying to figure out my MBTI for a while now and initially I thought INFP before realizing that was painfully wrong. I've since figured I'm an xNTP. Now I just need to figure out which I am between the two.
Points foagainst Inferior Fe (or Tertiary)
• Enjoy bringing up certain topics to mess with people and make entertaining conversations (A burrito is a sandwich, salsa could in theory be a spaghetti sauce, a questionable game me and my friends played the others weren't there for, etc.) • Bad at empathizing with people (This is mostly because I get uncomfortable dealing with other people's emotions and tend to just joke around) • Bad at "reading" people (This may because I'm neurodivergent but I struggle to understand people's secret motives and whatnot) • I am socially illiterate while at the same time not being socially illiterate (I have to observe my surroundings first if I want to fit in and blend in but I am generally good at navigating social situations once I have a minute to adjust and examine the environment.) • When it comes to the few things I find personal (like my music tastes) I am very against sharing them, I don't want to be judged for it, but once I feel comfortable enough with the people I am more open to sharing things I consider more sensitive information about myself. • My sense of humor can be all sorts of things but I tend to follow what other people are going with or describe it as "twelve year old boy" humor. I am historically very quotable. There are two separate discord friend groups I am in where things I have said make up a decent 75-90% of the whores chat. • I can tend to see people more as amusement and temporary ways to ease my boredom than friends, when I was (again,) in school I would befriend a person for classes I wouldn't be able to use my phone in because otherwise I'd be really bored. Took until senior year and a D&D party to have actual friends I liked and actually did spend time with outside of school.
Points foagainst Inferior Si (or Tertiary)
• Ignoring my body functions until I literally can't (As a kid I would hold in my pee and ignore it because I had other things I wanted to do more until I was crouching on the floor holding it in. Also have ignored my hunger and thirst for similar reasons or because it would "take too long") • Enjoy specific comfort foods/shows (However I might plan to have/watch them and will just not do them. No clue why, I just never get to it) • Bad with routines (I try to set up routines and plans and they just fall apart, the only way to get myself to do anything is if it's NOT planned and I don't on a whim.) • I use past information I've learned and collect it all to use for my arguments when I'm debating with someone to make a logical explanation for why I'm right (using analogies or similar situations to the point I'm trying to support or random pieces of information that, again, support my point.) • I don't really get sentimental about things usually but randomly if big changes occur I get super upset and pissy about it (Ripping up the floors in my childhood home might make me upset or annoyed. I get over it pretty quickly, though.) • I am not very organized. During schooling I shoved all of my school items I received into my backpack and just called it a day, at best I usually put the things connected to each other (such as AP Gov packets) together but that was about the extent of it. • Hated when I was forced to organize things and organize my files because I figured I would literally never use it and I didn't • Sometimes will randomly get a spark of inspiration like once a year and will organize my dresser and actually not shove everything in there for once • I am really terrible organizing things on my own, even these bullet points. Only reason I'm doing it like this is someone said, "Hey, put this into ChatGPT to make it easier to read" and I went, "Good Idea" so I did and it got put into bullet points and it was way easier to read.
Thanks for the help, everyone. Much appreciated.

Hey everyone,
I’ve been thinking about this topic for a while and wanted to get your thoughts on it. Suppose you meet a woman who you really connect with. She's smart, funny, kind, and you get along great. However, you find out that, long before she met you, she used to send intimate pictures and have explicit conversations with other men for fun.
How would this information affect your view of her? Would it impact your willingness to date her or pursue a serious relationship? If you're religious, would this affect you?
I'm curious to know: Would her past make a difference to you? If so, why? Do you think people can change and that past behavior doesn't necessarily define their current character?
Looking forward to hearing your perspectives!

It’s been almost two years since my husband (45m) discovered my (38f) three month long affair. During the R process, I learned he had been unfaithful as well, throughout the whole marriage, by sexting and propositioning women online. He maintains nothing physical ever happened. We are currently separated but still pursuing R. We do couples counseling 1x/month right now.
I have come very far through individual trauma therapy and learning about attachment theory (for context, I was disorganized attachment, now approaching secure, and he self-describes as severely avoidant), to the point where I am a very different person and not only my relationship with my husband but my relationships everywhere (family and work) have improved. My husband has made many strides in a positive direction as well, but still has much trouble recognizing and managing his feelings, especially his anger.
Last week, I accidentally pushed hard on the betrayal trigger for him. I was showing the kids on TV some of those videos that Google photos compiles from the pictures on your phone. I thought I had deleted all content about AP but apparently I missed one video, where AP was at a playground playing with my kid. It displayed and my husband became explosively angry. He called me an imbecile and made many other hurtful remarks. He believed I stored this video on purpose (it was a true mistake). We have not spoken for a week.
I accepted his outbursts and insults at the beginning of the process due to guilt and regret. At this point though, it is harder for me to accept because 1) my self worth is in a better place and 2) ultimately, I need to see a little more growth from him if there is hope that our “new” marriage would be different. I am having a hard time discerning if the relationship is stuck in a pattern of one step forward one step back or if we are experiencing a setback but still trending in a positive direction.
Has anybody experienced this? Do you have any advice? I am trying to gain clarity. I am willing to leave the relationship if it is time… I am just not sure if I should remain patient with the process.

You can make your own one on this link.
The tier names are a reference to Top Gear when Jeremy Clarkson places car pics in The Cool Wall.
For the missing cars in my tier list:

Subzero tier

• Pagani Zonda Cinque
• Lamborghini Reventon
• Mia's Madza RX-8
• Nikki's Ford GT
• Rose Largo's Porsche 997 GT2
• 2010 Shelby Mustang GT500 Super Snake
• All icon cars from NFS 2015
• Cross's Black & Orange Corvette C6
• Melissa's Mitsubishi Eclipse
• Melissa's Nissan 350Z

Super Cool tier

• All Crew Member cars from NFS Carbon
• Aki Kimura's Mazda RX-7 FD
• BMW M3 E92 GT2
• Chevrolet Corvette C6-R
• JP Laurent's Pagani Zonda F
• Nate Denver's 1965 Pontiac GTO
• Karol Monroe's Ford Mustang GT
• Koenigsegg Agera R Police Interceptor
• Kurt's Mazda RX-7
• Paul Trask's Nissan Skyline R34 GT-R
• Ray Krieger's BMW M3 E92
• Rudy Chen's Porsche 997
• Takeshi Sato's Nissan Silvia S15

More iconic cars are listed here
As always, do note it's only my opinion.
No need to start a battle in the comments.
Just Be respectful and constructive.
On that note. Have fun.

A time ago, a poster asked about ALL THE PRETTY HORSES thus:
". . .JGC seems to have this supernatural knowledge of his father. At one point in the prison (during the fight I believe) he realizes that he knows everything about his father that he ever will. Then out in the desert while escaping Mexico, he realizes his father is dead. I know this doesn't need an explanation, but what do you all make of that?"
Just finished ATPH and I have questions... : cormacmccarthy (reddit.com)
My answer then was that the novel is a holograph, with different levels, that it fit different interpretations according to what level you looked at it. Yet if you collapse the hologram and just look at the surface level, there is still an explanation for John Grady Cole to suddenly know that his father was dead.
And it goes back to THE VARIETIES OF RELIGIOUS EXPERIENCE.
In Garry Wallace's memoir involving professional poker play, Betty Carey, he recalls Cormac McCarthy meeting with them in El Paso back in March, 1989, to talk with them about a memoir of her gambling adventures. Wallace had been helping her write it, but they'd thus far been unable to obtain a publisher. Their conversation reveals much about McCarthy's reading and writing and character. You should read Wallace's entire essay.
The scene shifted across town where Betty, McCarthy, and Wallace joined up with their mutual friend, professional gambler and evangelist Frank Morton. Garry Wallace says that it was then that the topic of conversation turned to spiritual matters:
"Frank related a number of personal religious experiences that he had had over the years, pointing out the flaws in other people's lack of faith. I challenged him, saying that one day science would understand these unexplained phenomena for what they really were.'
"McCarthy commented that some cultures used drugs to enhance the spiritual experience, and he said that he had tried LSD before that drug was made illegal. He said that it had helped to open his eyes to these kinds of experiences.'
"Betty recounted having seen the image of Christ on a bus while in Costa Rica. This had been at a time following the casino scam when Betty had been on the run. She said that her experience was as real as our sitting together in the motel room. It had not been a dream or a hallucination.'
"Always the skeptic, I said 'But how does that prove Christianity? Why not Buddha or Allah? You saw Jesus because you were raised in Jesus-land.' I looked to Frank and McCarthy. Their expressions were sympathetic."
McCarthy then spoke about spiritual experiences and asked Wallace if he'd ever read William James' The Varieties of Religious Experience. "His attitude seemed to indicate that in this book were the answers to many of the questions posed in our evening discussion. I was nonplussed."
Months later, Garry Wallace wrote McCarthy, "completing a few thoughts I'd been unable to that night we discussed spiritual experiences. Sometime later, I received a reply."
"He said that the religious experience is always described through the symbols of a particular culture and thus is somewhat misrepresented by them. . .He went on to say that he thinks the mystical experience is a direct apprehension of reality, unmediated by symbol, and he ended with the thought that the inability to see spiritual truth is the greater mystery."
So that scene in ALL THE PRETTY HORSES was meant to be the straight experience of John Grady Cole, just like Mark Twain's experience with his brother, and like all who testified to William James about their own experiences, included in THE VARIETIES OF RELIGIOUS EXPERIENCE.

I'm working on an airlock, and figured I could use the computer to do the logic for it.
I cant figure out how to make it work though.
In the attached pictures it shows how its currently set up. This does switch between states "going inside 1/2" when I open/close the outer door, but it wont do the actions in the second state unless I have *both* the "next state" and "false state" reference itself. I cant make any sort of sequential logic this way. What am I doing wrong?
Also is there a different way to interact with the computers screen than having the point my screen at the things I want to click?

So I'm looking for plugin recommendations because everything I can currently find provides too much functionality. I'm trying to build an 'view availability' page that just lets site visitors see a calendar that is colour-coded for "free days" and "not free days." Ideally, the calendar plug in would look at an Outlook calendar, and if there are any events in Outlook for a given day, the website calendar would grey out that day.
So, kind of like how a booking page calendar works, only I very specifically do not want anyone to be able to make a booking or in any way add to/amend the calendar. I just want them to be able to see whether a day is free or not, and for it to automatically live update as I add to my outlook calendar. It's also important that the website calendar just blocks out entire days and doesn't show the literal calendar events that are in Outlook.
Has anyone come accross something like this? The closest I could find was the simple booking tool for wordpress, but I don't think that auto-syncs with Outlook and has to be managed separately. Also it's built for wordpress not Squarespace so kind of a moot point.

Need to recoup after paying some bills at the start of the month, so only looking to sell right now. Let me know if formatting is off or you want any more pictures.
Timestamp: https://imgur.com/a/4ywdOE9
Protech PDW Invictus $200 Protech PDW invictus. Pretty sure I’m the second owner and I never carried it much beyond around the house a bit. Some small snail trails on the side with the button, and maybe some small scratches along the tip from opening a box or 2. Asking $200 but will come down a bit if needed.
Reate Exo Full Size - No Lock $225
I think I paid $285 here when these were hard to find and sold super fast. Really fun knife that only really got carried around for fun at home and opening the occasional snack in the office. Some scratches on the pivot and trails from the handle, but the blade is clean except some smudges. Comes with everything except the kydex clip which I couldn’t find.
Wingman EDC Mach1 $130
Paid $165 on here. Previous owner found a defect in the G10 scales and they sent them some carbon fiber ones, but no back spacer. Tried a bit of black dye the defect to mask it but still a bit visible. Carried a little bit and added some snail trails to the clip and some scratches to the blade. Only thing missing is the lanyard pin.

Don't get me wrong, it has been bad... But it's also been fun at times. Whilst it's mostly been obvious that Joel was involved, there was enough uncertainty surrounding it to make it fun to consider the options. Yes, I know some will struggle to accept that it was fun and I know that the various options were mostly stupid... But it was secretly a little bit fun. And sometimes it's ok that the mystery villain is obvious because in real life there's almost always signs that someone is a wrong'un. So I'm not saying it was well written or without infuriatingly crap elements, just that it has also been alright. And I'm looking forward to what is to come. Partly so I can rip it to shreds, admittedly.

Hi everyone,
I recently found myself in a bit of an emotional whirlwind and could really use some advice. Here's the backstory:
I've been working with this amazing colleague, Dariga, for a while now. We've always had a good rapport, but over time, I've started developing feelings for her. It got to a point where I just couldn't keep it to myself anymore, so I decided to be upfront and honest about how I feel.
Late one night, I sent her a series of messages where I laid it all out. I told her that I wanted things to be genuine and open between us, and that I'm not the type to play games or act indifferent just to spark interest. I mentioned that if we were to explore something together, I wanted it to be sincere.
Dariga seemed to understand where I was coming from, but she also mentioned that it's difficult to be open in our current work environment. She acknowledged that she has a lot going on and that it might not be the right time to discuss these things. Despite that, she appreciated my honesty and said it was a risky but sweet gesture.
I told her that I'm willing to be there for her no matter how long it takes and that my intentions were genuine. However, I also expressed my frustration with how complicated things can get in a work setting.
The conversation ended without a clear resolution, and now I'm left wondering what to do next. I really like her, but I don't want to make things awkward at work or pressure her in any way. At the same time, I don't want to leave things hanging indefinitely.
Has anyone else been in a similar situation? How did you handle it? Any advice on how to navigate this would be greatly appreciated.
And yeah I know telling about this to girls leads to them pulling away.
Thanks in advance!

Feel free to chat if this looks familiar.
For as long as I can remember, I have never felt like I belong. Never really appreciated or enjoyed anything. You know that feeling when you are watching a show / genre that’s just simply offputting to you? That’s life for me. The world is fundamentally dull.
But that’s just depression. Here’s the curse:
Ever since I could talk, I would always ask ”why” after ”why”. No explanation was enough if there was more behind it to see. I absolutely have to get to the base of everything. And when I eventually do reach a stopping point, I am left with an empty feeling. I need something that so perfectly meets and goes beyond my grander-than utopian standards, and even then, it will not be enough. Be it a ”soulmate” or meaning of life, I don’t know anymore. I am ”grass is greener on the other side”, personified. Nothing amazes me, as everything is after all, very rational, as that’s what I must make it. In gutting any and all concepts and people alike into ”whys”, they inevitably lose their charm.
In this endless longing, I need something supernatural, something out of this world. And it’s excruciatingly contradictory, as I am very rational and will never accept religion nor dogma. I also absolutely won’t allow myself to find a subjective meaning, as that’s like settling for me. It’s irrational, I know. I need an objective meaning in a truly subjective world. The stongest childhood memories I have is me wishing that I found Narnia, or that a Venator class -Star destroyer landed and swooped me into the clone wars. Finding the Isekai genre later didn’t help much.
In my mind, I have gaslighted myself this far. ”Maybe you will find something truly magical next time”. Endlessly peeking around the next corner, knowing what’s there, but expecting more. Self imposed dissapointment. The only thing that’s kept me going this far is the fear of missing out in case something actually were to show up. Chasing ghosts.
It’s not like my life is bad, on the contrary: In my endless search, I deemed the best option to keep most doors open, and managed to do excellently. My life is even a priviledged, ”prestigeous” one. That’s why I wanted to remove possibilities of shelteredness, and looked to war and the military to feel. Nothing there either, be it how good or bad, no experience fazes or is enough for me.
Despite all this, I feel like I am in a movie, but the main plot is going on somewhere far away, and I am cursed to never cross paths with it. A longing, a persistent melancholy. I belong somewhere, but not here. Every day I search, even ritualize things to the point of OCD, you name it, just to get there. It’s like a masochistic engine, running on psychological torture and the carrot on the stick is just a mirage. The driving feelings are tragicomic grit and spite. Looking for that place over the rainbow. And deep somewhere I know, that it only ever existed in my mind.
And I know that the day I fully accept this will be my last. That’s something I will make sure of. That day just seems to come ever closer, as I’m running out of energy.
Tl;Dr: A combination of insufficient pleasure hormones, and a paradoxical worldview. I don’t really think there are words that will help here. Just wanted to write this down somewhere. I’m still very young, so I’ll hang around for about a year or two at least. That’s as far as these winds can blow.

We both have each other blocked off everything. Yet we both are still in the same mutual group i showed her to.
Aswell she been replying to my messages now and reading them even though i'm still blocked. we did have one small convo but it was more like an agrument.
I have been ignoring her and everything. But deep down i do still care for her and wish to talk to her still. Yes i dont hate her but ever since she been doing strange stuff i been feeling like she truly never did love me even tho she did promise she did.
I got curious a couple times and did read her messages to her seeming like she liked one of my friends. Doing everything she did when she liked me.
I also noticed she was talking/typing like me still sometimes.
I try to act like i don't care but this all makes me question, did she really love me? was it really the long distance that made us break up? we promised not to block each other or hate on each other names but it feels like ur found that.
aswell i did accuse her of cheating at one point after i break up. I was talking to a mutual friend of ours who showed her the message and she told him to tell me i'm getting over my head and not to accuse her.
This whole situation is making me question a lot about our relationship and how it was and how it is now. i did contact her a lot after the breakup and after i got blocked but recently stopped doing that.

I'll try and explain as much as I can because I don't know where to turn at this point.
I've always struggled to get to sleep, I got diagnosed with ADHD a few years back so I assume it's down to that (or in part anyway)..
So I struggle with the "if you don't fall asleep within 15 minutes, get up" as I've never fallen asleep within that time, no where near(!)
For the last 2 years (maybe a bit more) I've had an even harder time. It was usually down to my cycle so the week before my period I'd barely sleep (couldn't get to sleep, nor stay asleep, but was at least getting 5 broken hrs), then that crept up to 2 weeks of misery, then 3.. Now in the last 2 months it's been constant & I've also gone from 3-4hrs down to 1, sometimes 45 minutes.
I've had 7hrs in as many days. Everything is hard. My ADHD feels unbearable cognitively and I'm struggling to do anything, I don't feel healthy or well and I feel like I'm never coming back, all I do is cry, drag myself through the days while the nights hang over me. I don't drive anymore, I've had to have a break from work.. I'm miserable.
Im perimenopausal so presumably it's down to hormones, but I get a strong feeling there's something else going on as well. I wake up feeling like I'm choking.. I've done it multiple times in the past, just sat bolt upright, gasping & swallowing.. I always assumed acid reflux although I didn't get sore throats or heartburn.. Now I'm beginning to wonder if it's something else.
I think I was running on adrenaline as I felt wide away at the start of the last 2 months, but in the last week I do feel sleepy, so I can't understand how I'm not sleeping for more than an hour as I know my body must be exhausted by now. That said, I feel drained in the daytime but wouldn't be able to sleep (so that doesn't seem to fit with sleep apnea as it appears ppl with that could fall asleep at any moment from what I've read?)
My GP refuses sleeping tablets. He gave me Mirtazepine but that only gave me restless legs, a dry mouth, a frequent need to urinate and left me agitated & unable to lay still.. hrs later, sometime after 6am I got my (now) usual 1 hour sleep. I haven't tried again.
My GP insists I need to exercise. I was walking but granted it was only half an hour. He insisted it needs to be an hour and I "have to push myself to the point of exhaustion" ( the fact I'm already there didn't seem to matter), however I do as Im told but I feel like I'm going to pass out and after a while my leg muscles tense up to where its painful to walk at all... I'm assuming my body is just exhausted and not repairing itself??
I've done all the supplements, all the sleep hygiene, I don't drink, I take hrt but it's not touching the sleep.. I took 30mg Amitriptyline last night and that did make me feel sleepy, but even when I woke up (still sleepy) I couldn't didn't get back to sleep... Every single time I did drop off I had to swallow (or my hand/foot twitched), like I'm refusing to let myself sleep! It's beyond frustrating.
I did recently come off Amitriptyline after a decade on it (only 10mg).. It crossed my mind the insomnia had something to do with that, but it was getting worse while I was on it daily anyway.
I've considered doing a sleep study but fear it will be a waste of money as I'm only sleeping an hour in my own room where I've got all-sorts (fan, nice mattress, pure silence.... Etc etc). I worry I wouldnt get any sleep somewhere else and I certainly wouldn't be able to sleep on a schedule as it takes an age as it is.
I don't know what to do, if anyone can spare a suggestion I'd greatly appreciate it.
I feel for anyone who's going through this, especially ppl who've been tormented with it for years, I honestly don't know how you cope

So I post about birch is better than acasia because am in mobile with autocorrect so it's said B*tch wood but it's so post to be birch you yeah am sorry about that.
Please don't make fun of me.

In the Name of God, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful.
Peace be to you all.
Let's proceed to refute the second part of his "rebuttal," providing a brief yet precise rebuttal that will further expose his ignorance in the Hebrew language, and his knowledge of the Bible as well.
He writes:

The prophecy so closely matches those events that even scecular scholars agree which is the primary reason secular scholars date Daniel to just after these events. Their idea is the book is actually recording history but pretending to present prophecy.

But it doesn’t. Not even close. The chapter is about a prophet/messenger of God who brought a Holy Covenant. His successors fell into dispute over who was the rightful heir to his kingdom. The rightful successors were supposed to be his descendants (his followers), but that turned out not to be the case according to what verse 4 states. This is strikingly similar to how Islamic history played out.
He writes:

I'm not sure where Exion found this translation.

I found it here: biblehub - Pulpit's commentary. Literally a direct copy and paste. Not sure how he missed it.
Regarding the "The prophecy describes a sequence of events" thing he pointed out, I had already revised each verse from part 1 in part 2, and it now makes perfect sense. He should read part 2.
He writes:

A few things here. The verb is עמדים. The same verb is used in verse 3 and again in verse 4. Both cases it's referring to a king rising to power rather than rising against someone/somthing else. That context suggests the same meaning for the kings in verse 2. We also see verse 2 describing a king being against a nation when it says "he shall stir up all against the kingdom of Greece." This is a different verb and preposition.

Yes, I agree. 'Umar was the first king to rise in Persia when he fought the Persians and won. 'Uthman and 'Ali were the second and third kings, and Mu'awiyah was the fourth, the wealthy king. I'm not sure what he thinks he is refuting here because I literally wrote:
"This 'rising' could either be in support of Persia or in opposition to it. Remarkably, this aligns perfectly with the historical narrative of Islam, and here's why:..."
In other words, both interpretations align perfectly with the historical narrative of Islam. I believe he misunderstood that part; regardless, let's move on.

The Hebrew word is גִּבּוֹר which means strong/mighty not righteous

You also missed the part where I said that this would be made clear later in the chapter, specifically here:
Daniel 11:30:

• "...and he will be crushed, and he will return and be wroth with the holy covenant, and he will succeed, and he will return and contemplate those who abandoned the holy covenant."

The Holy Covenant was brought by the mighty king, of course. However, he completely missed this point and is portraying the Bible as if it prophesies random historical secular events and secular kings, like a history book, rather than a Holy Book foretelling the era of a prophet and a king, much like King David. He claims that secular scholars date Daniel to just after these events and believe the book is recording history while pretending to present prophecy. What a silly assertion. Don’t you think people would generally reject such false "prophecy" and declare them deviant liars, especially if they depicted events that had recently happened and everyone knew about? Both you and these secular scholars need to rethink your position because it is very unlikely (almost impossible to be true) and rather ridiculous, if I'm being very frank.
The chapter is about a prophet who brought a Holy Covenant from God, which is why it is literally called "Holy."
Definition of "Holy":

holy / ˈhəʊli / adjective
1.dedicated or consecrated to God or a religious purpose; sacred."the Holy Bible" Similar: sacred, consecrated, hallowed, sanctified, venerated, revered. (Source: Google)

The Bible is considered to be the Words of God (or inspired Words of God), and these Words literally call this Covenant "Holy." Meanwhile, you are deviating from this description by portraying an erroneous picture of a bunch of atheist ancient kings fighting each other over various kingdoms.
He writes:

The specific word is וּכְעָמְדוֹ. The וּ is the conjunctive. It's not a vav relative in this case since the verb tense isn't the perfect or imperfect The כְ is a Hebrew proposition added to the verb. The verb is עָמְד and the וֹ is a possesive suffix. The verb form is the infinitive construct. When that verb form is combined with the preposition כְ it indicates a temporal clause which is where the "as soon as" comes from. The possesive suffix indicates the subject of the verb which is where the "he" comes from. Combined with the verb we get as soon as he has risen. Exion's translation ignores the preposition and possesive suffix on the verb.

I will respond to each claim by giving it a short name and my rebuttal next to it:
Regarding: Conjunctive וּ: It is agreed that the וּ functions as a conjunctive "and" or "but," connecting phrases. This conjunction alone does not necessarily indicate a temporal clause.
Not a Vav Relative: Correct, this is not a vav relative case.
Preposition כְ: The preposition כְ does mean "like" or "as." While it can form a temporal clause in combination with an infinitive construct, this temporal interpretation must be contextually supported rather than assumed.
Verb עָמַד and Possessive Suffix וֹ: Correct, the verb עָמַד means "to stand" or "to arise," and the suffix וֹ indicates possession, translating to "his."
Infinitive Construct: Agreed, the form is an infinitive construct.
Temporal Clause Interpretation: While כְ combined with an infinitive construct can imply a temporal clause, translating it as "as soon as" is an interpretative choice. A more literal translation is "when he stood" or "as he stood," and any temporal implication would be derived from what you believe is the context.
Possessive Suffix: Agreed, the suffix וֹ indicates "he" or "his."
Your interpretation that it is saying "as soon as he has risen" adds a temporal nuance that is contextually based rather than explicitly stated in the preposition and verb form. My translation aims for a more direct rendering of "when he stood" or "as he stood," which also respects the grammatical structure without adding interpretative elements not present in the original text.
Let's move on.
He writes:

It can also refer to the 4 generals after Alexander the Great. He came after the Persian kings, conqured all of Greece, had a mighty dominion, shortly after he conqured Greece he died, and his kingdom was divided among his 4 generals none of which were his decendents.

No, it can't, because this is about a Holy Covenant. I genuinely hope you can understand this because I know you tend to repeat the same misunderstandings and rarely admit when you are wrong. However, this is explicitly clear:
The phrase is: "על־ברית־קודש"
Breakdown:

• Word: על־ (ʿal)
  
• Preposition
  
• Meaning: "upon," "on," "over," "concerning"
  
• Word: ברית־ (b'rith)
  
• Noun - feminine singular construct
  
• Meaning: "covenant," "treaty," "alliance"
  
• Word: קודש (qodesh)
  
• Noun - masculine singular
  
• Meaning: "holiness," "sanctity," "sacredness"
  

Literal Translation:

• "Upon the covenant of holiness"

Neither Alexander the Great nor anyone else you mention (or anyone related to Alexander) anything to do with a Holy Covenant. This is beyond ridiculous, and I couldn't believe your scholars were claiming this. I thought it was so absurd that it didn't even need refutation. Yet here I am, refuting you because you actually hold this view.
He writes:

That fits better than Exion's interpretation for a few reasons. First this king came after the 4 mentioned in verse 2. If those in verse 2 are the Caliphs this king can't be Mohammed who was before the Caliphs.

What makes you think that the mighty king came after the 4 kings? The 3rd verse only said:

"And a mighty king will arise and will rule a great dominion and do according to his will."

Are you claiming that this must be in chronological order just because the four kings were mentioned before the mighty king? If so, this is the first time I've heard such a claim. Please provide your proof for this supposed Biblical rule; I'd like to read it :). You won't provide any because none exist. But claiming that it does gives you something to "expose," so I understand your motive. However, in the real world, you're just making statements that aren't true.
The 4th verse says:
"...but not to his posterity, and not like the dominion that he ruled, for his kingdom will be uprooted and to others besides those."
The posterity refers to the Rashidun Caliphs, while "to others besides those" refers to Mu'awiyah and those who followed him. Do you know what "posterity" even means? Posterity literally means future followers or descendants. Lol. The mighty king is the one with the followers, which is why he is the one who brought the Holy Covenant from God, not the four other kings. Had you known what posterity means, you would never have written this in the first place, but we will look past this mistake. Now you know a new word and won't repeat this mistake again. Let's move on.
Regarding "The king of the south is prophet Muhammad" I had revisited this verse in part 2.
He writes:

This is false. The source Exion links doesn't give any English meaning. The BDB does give the English meaning. For the former it means sprout/branch, the latter means root.

Noun נֵצֶר (nétser) m (plural indefinite נְצָרִים, singular construct נֵצֶר־, plural construct נִצְרֵי־) [pattern: קֵטֶל]

1. stem, shoot
2. (literary, collectively) scion(s)

References:

• H5342 in Strong, James (1979)
• “נצר” in the Hebrew Terms Database of the Academy of Hebrew Language

The other word (i.e. שרש):

Root: שֹֽׁרֶשׁ (m.n.)

1. root.

2. source, origin.

1. bottom, lowest part.
   
2. root, stem (Heb. grammar).
   

Source: מקור: Klein Dictionary
I don't know if you know this, but stem and branch are synonymous words, they essentially mean the same thing. And lowest part, bottom could also mean stem. Dictionaries define both words similarly:

Word: שֹׁרֶשׁ, שׁוֹרֶשׁ (m.) (b. h.; apocope of שרשר
, v. שָׁרָר) [chain, knot,] root. — Pl. שֳׁרָשִׁים, שֳׁרָשִׁין; constr. שָׁרְשֵׁי, שׁוֹרְשֵׁי. B. Bath. V, 4 העולה … ומן הש׳ וכ׳ that which shoots forth out of the trunk, or out of the roots, belongs to the landowner (v. גֶּזַע), expl. ib. 82ᵃ כל שאינו … זהו מן הש׳ that which does not see the light of day (when it shoots forth) is out of the roots’. Y. Ab. Zar. III, 43ᵃ top; Y. Taan. I, 64ᵇ ש׳ חטה the roots of wheat; ש׳ תאנה of fig-trees. Tosef. Shebi. VII, 17; ‘Uktsin I, 4, v. קוֹלָס. Ab. III, 17 וְשֳׁרָשָׁיו מרובין whose roots are many; a. fr.

Source: מקור: Jastrow Dictionary
Either way, let's pretend you're right (even though you're not) it still doesn't matter because a branch out of her roots did sprout, which came to be a sect called Khawarij. This was explained in part two. The ones that assassinated 'Ali were initially Shiites that later turned against 'Ali and assassinated him. It's interesting how Pulpit commentary writes:

"The version of the LXX. is very different here also, "And a plant shall arise out of his root against himself,"

He writes:

Edit: I just noticed another problem with Exion’s interpretation. They take Ali as both the commander mentioned in verse 5 who is one of commanders of the king of the south, and also as the king of the north mentioned in verse 6. That can’t be since the commander isn’t also the king of the north.

Revised in part 2 already.
He writes:

They show rather than trying to first establish the historical facts and show it lines up with the prophecy they are willing to misrepresent the historical facts to fit their interpretation of the prophecy and as their interpretation of the prophecy changes their claims about the historical facts change to match their new interpretation.

This is just your faulty conclusion and presumption. I speculated that they might have lied about 'Aishah being his wife. However, I'm not satisfied with speculations, so I revised the entire post of part 1, and it turned out to be even more accurate.
This marks the end of his part 2 post.
Thanks for reading, /Your bro, Exion

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I am so fucking tired of suffering housing insecurity. I made 70k+ the past 3 years and now clear 6 figures in a new role. I shouldn't be suffering housing insecurity.
I'm not even talking buying; obviously I should be able to afford to buy but low 6 figures gives you no real buying power in this market. Or period in New England.
I'm talking rentals. I've been forced farther and farther from Boston, which okay I guess fair enough but rents went up 50% in less than 2 years. Now you can't even find a place for less than 2k/m without housemates. And even when you FIND an amazing place where you're finally approaching feeling safe with good people, the landlords in MA are such cunts they'll rip the carpet right out from under you (Kelly Ryan Real estate; refused to renew the lease after I asked for a heads up if someone is entering the home after they sent two teenagers over unannounced and I found them rummaging through our stuff. They sure showed me how meaningless I was and how powerful they were. Housemate warned me the family had extreme anger issues. I was too scared of home invaders to remember that.)
If you're not dual income you're fucked. Even if your single income clears most dual income households. I make too much to qualify for any programs to help with housing security, but to little to keep a stable home.
I'm in bed nerves completely raw because the current landlord sold the house with a month and a half notice to fuck off. My current best bet is renting from a guy who is larger than me, a combat veteran with guns. I'm a 130lb woman. I'm scared shitless. I want to believe people are good and that I won't get raped or murdered. But christ I just want a safe home.
My literal logic is it's safer to take this risk than the risk of living in my car where I will be very exposed and explicitly targeted.
I just hate that this housing crisis has been at minimum in development for 10 years, I was frustrated a decade ago by my lack of buying power. I remember using the term housing crisis as early as 6 years ago. Nothing has been done! Even with it being a big political buzzword right now and we'll past boiling over, I do not trust the american government to do anything.
I'm just bone tired exhausted of moving multiple times a year to avoid being evicted or to escape violent situations. I'm just trying to keep rent under a paycheck like grandpa always taught me. That's $1,555, and that's not enough to live safely alone. I also haven't been able to hit that goal for 3 years, WITH housemates (prior to this job 25% was 1k).
I get that so many people have it worse and that I am "fortunate" but it pisses me off so much that the quality of life in America has plummeted to the point my situation is fortunate.
I've worked so hard and I'm still laying in bed right now, chest feeling raw, electric and shot from nerves, because once again I'm being forced to move in a hurry against my will and I'm scared for my safety.
I haven't felt "home" in 4 years, since moving to MA. It has taken a massive toll on my mental health and emotional wellbeing. I don't trust anything to last anymore. I'm exhausted. I can't imagine a world where everything is okay and I'm safe.

What if Sage, Flugel, is the antagonist all along?
We have theory about Flugel = Subaru, Flugel helping Subaru. What if Flugel simply just love Satella but she went crazy for Subaru hence he had to “seal” her away and been trying to bring her back secretly?
We have Flugel with Satella, Echidna, Reid Astrea, Farsale Lugunica, and Alec Hoshin travel together to stop the world disaster (ish). We know Satella absorbs Envy’s authority to end the disaster. We know couple years later she goes on rampage seeking for love and Flugel seals her away because she can’t be kill.
I think in order to kill Envy authority’s holder, that must be the person they love. E.g. Emilia able to kill Subaru in Pride. Satella states that only Subaru can kill her and she loves him a lot.
Flugel in love with Satella, but Satella doesn’t love him hence he couldn’t fulfil her desire which causes Great Calamity. Flugel was not the person she loves hence could not kill her and same to Reid and Divine Dragon. So he sealed her.
Sage was the person known for all-knowing but couldn’t figured out how to kill Satella was strange even with Echidna witch of Greed with her Authority. This just concluded that they knew how to kill her but they were unable to because Subaru was not there. Now, Subaru existence had been around to world long enough that everyone in the gang knew about him. E.g. Echidna knew he will arrive through Tome of Wisdom, Flugel have the Tower named after him and the trial was for him as well, and last but not least the yandere tell him that she loves him every single time they’re together.
It is easy to understand that they were all aware that Satella loved Subaru.
Back to Flugel, he was broken after sealing his lover and also learnt that she did not love him back. This explains his self-destruction action like according to Shaula, he hit his head in the toilet a lot and also lost his memories a lot. He constantly deleted his memories perhaps to forget about everything and Satella’s situation but somehow it kept coming back perhaps because she was never truly sealed therefore memories kept coming back and he had erased his memories to the point he no longer stable. Instead of continuing erased his memories, he decided to do something different. Leave the Pleiades Watchtower. With his knowledge, he stopped every obstacles that stop his way to either bring Satella back to his side or kill Subaru because he entered anger stage of breakup. He just wanted to hurt Envy by destroying the very thing she loved and cared about, Subaru.
First, he kill Echidna by making Volcanica destroyed her body and sealed her away because of her Authority and she is the only Witch left that is alive. Wait for Emilia to be born, order Pandora to make her open the seal. Which Pandora sorta screwed up by sent Regulus back to his mansion. Kill OniGod reincarnation, Ram but also failed. The plans failed. Due to Echidna, she knew it all with her authority hence had Beatrice waiting for Subaru, Puck to be with Emilia, Roswaal to save Ram and to bring Emilia ‘back to humanity.’
So eventhough he had her killed, Echidna still able to stop most of his action.
The “Sage” position is opened because he was no longer “wise and all-knowing” since love and hatred blinded his judgment. He was corrupted. We will see that Flugel controlling Pandora, Pandora controlling Sin Archbishop, Sin Archbishop controlling the Witch Cult.
My “Naruto Puppet antagonist” ended here. Thanks for reading. Please leaving a feedback and positive reviews for this article.

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Hey all!
Fairly Seasoned GM (across a wide range of systems both light and crunchy) with fairly seasoned players (mainly various DnD3.5/4/5).
Our main group is currently transitioning to 2e after running a couple of the Free one shots and currently working through the beginners box.
Being fairly seasoned players they’re already exploring the edges of the system. We’ve run a few Avoid Notice scenarios now and found the RAW no stealth roll til an encounter and then stealth initiative vs. passive perception. And we’ve found it a little clumsy compared to how nicely the other exploration activities have been going. Some reading on the topic suggests this isn’t a unique experience.
It’s worth noting here that both I and the players enjoy the mechanical density and structure of the game, and are also very narratively and character driven and enjoy failure, we’re not war gamers and we’re not rules-light RPers.
What we’re really loving at the moment is how well 2e’s rules enable interesting role play and bring structure to it in an interesting way.
In particular the table is really avoiding hidden rolls, I even quickly modelled and 3d printed a small dice tower so players can roll their own but only I can see the result. Using it for Recall Knowledge and Grappling Hooks in the beginners box dungeon has been a hit.
Also in both DnD and other systems I’ve always a big proponent of smoother transitions into (and out of) encounters and exploration. I don’t like a clean break from roll play/narrative land into combat encounter land, and try to keep narrative and dramatic tension through encounters. I feel like 2e has really enabled and elevated that one almost every from but this one. My least favourite thing is encounter as a failure state with combat assumed from the outset.
We’re trying to stick to RAW as much as we can before breaking things or reinventing the wheel so I’m here to ask for opinions on potential pitfalls. But this mechanic is cropping up fairly frequently and I trust from reading other people’s qualms that this isn’t just a new-to-the-system issue.
As such I’m considering the following approach to Avoid Notice, trying to keep as true to possible with RAW/RAI but trying to bring the dramatic tension and “rules cinematicness” as I’ve been calling it to the table, and looking for opinions/advice/pitfalls we may not see because of our inexperience with the system.
Worth mentioning this isn’t a recommendation for every table. It’s a little dense but should be intuitive after running it a couple times. I trust it’s within the capacity of our group. Certainly won’t be everyone’s cup of tea.

• Characters Avoid Notice
• Everyone Rolls a Hidden Stealth Check
• I note the results
• I begin narrating the sneaking and the characters are free to continue reacting/taking other actions while avoiding notice
• Should a potential encounter arise I compare their rolls to the passive perception of the potential adversaries/noticers
• If they succeed I make the executive decision whether it is more interesting to enter encounter mode or narrate the close encounter.
• If we enter encounter mode, I make it clear to the players that they still have not been noticed but we are entering initiative order using their stealth rolls (they still do not know the order) at this point I roll perception initiative for the other NPCs/creatures per usual. These are also hidden.
• The encounter begins. Each participant (player or GM pawns) has their turns announced immediately after the turn prior ends. Each player remains Unnoticed to any npc/creature they beat the passive of, and remain so so long as they don’t deliberately reveal themselves, they do not have to roll for sneak/hide these unless they become noticed.
• GM pawns who have not noticed any players continue acting as they otherwise would, doing nothing to break a character’s concealment (but able to do other things like recall knowledge, ready, seek, aid, etc.). GM pawns who have noticed players are free to act however makes sense, intelligent creatures who are unequipped may attempt to subtlety equip themselves before revealing to the players that they have been noticed using stealth/thievery or subtly seek to try to spot any characters they may have missed, an unintelligent creature might just attack as soon as its turn is reached (or even as soon as a reaction might be triggered).

Optional additions: - any player who critically failed Vs a gm-pawn Perception DC might spectacularly fail revealing themselves on their first action, losing their first action. - players using Follow the Expert may only take stealth and hide actions otherwise they must begin rolling sneak/hide with their own modifiers per usual. - the first turn after a GM pawn whose Notice was Avoided detects any player they lose an action.
Perks: - fully stealth turn based encounters getting some mileage out of non-combat encounter mechanics mechanics and avoiding the “everything ends in combat” encounter mode. - tasty dramatic tension with the turn reveals and starting an encounter uncertain if you’ve been spotted and creatures taking turns while players are concealed plus the potential for counter-sneaking NPCs - reward players who role high stealth (they remain undetected even while other players may become detected, even if they use their whole first turn before they know someone has been spotted they start their next turn still undetected. - giving the “surprise round” style mechanic a lot of players appreciate and expect form systems as enemies remain off-guard to undetected players - makes the transition into encounter more dramatically/narratively satisfying - Mostly preserves the design ethos (I think) with all checks vs. DCs and hidden stealth roles. - No awkward everyone rolling their initiative but maybe not needing it vs perception DCs then rolling perception for initiative for creature. All of it is hidden from the player and they get a more or less seemless narrative transition staying in the land of uncertainty and tension until the moment combat breaks (if it does)
Cons: - Complicated. I reckon the current group will get it after a single encounter but it’s going to need onboarding if we bring in other players, especially ones with less experience - Will really weigh favour to PCs based on their (very buffable) Avoid Notice rolls. And if they adapt to the system and game it by playing over-cautious and readying actions vs off-guard enemies it could unbalance things. Could be offset with some kind of extra complication like each turn subtracting 1 or 2 from their stealth roll so they’re pressured to get out of the encounter quickly and not be over-cautious. but that’s another layer of complexity.
That’s only 2 cons, and only one of them is a potential dealbreaker for us, but I don’t know what else I might be missing. I’m not too averse to even heavily skewing a combat in the party’s favour (especially as bypassing encounters entirely grants the experience anyway). And if it starts to get gamed I can adapt.
I like that it eases the transition from exploration to stealth encounters without breaking flow to roll initiative and that choices and narrative moments about trying to steal something or gain an advantage can happen in encounter, making the encounter a progressive narrative device rather than a failure state.
I also know that a huge part of the reason the rules as written has been unsatisfying is because the rest of the rules (for which other systems don’t codify) have been so refreshingly satisfying and it feels like an awkward fad for a common (for our group) mechanic. And that 5e stealth rules are just as bad if not worse and have also never been satisfying, but it’s the least of our worries over there.
We’re going to test it next session regardless. But just wanted to field it here for thoughts.