Disclaimer: this is very speculative and only one of the many interpretations of DFV's tweets so far.
Over the past few days we have witnessed the overture, the beginning, distraction, made you look phase of the plan. Everything panned out like our heroes wanted. MSM was baited in, all the bots got activated, shillery for different tickers etc. Hopefully the DOJ and SEC paid close attention.

This morning I ran into this post from 5 months ago:

https://twitter.com/DominosJack/status/1731032291244146806
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In January of 2021 #GME ruffled a lot of feathers, triggering an event that posed a systemic risk to the global financial system, a risk equal to the corruption that facilitated its emergence.They haven’t forgotten, nor has Ryan Cohen, neither has the discerning retail investor, the SEC, the DOJ, Congress, Carl Icahn, Mark Cuban, Larry Cheng, Elon Musk and many more.You don’t expose a criminal’s greatest weakness to the world and expect them to fall for the same gambit again. The sequel has to be exponentially more calculated than the original.And there was Bed Bath and Beyond, another sitting duck retailer with a bought and paid for CEO, enormous short interest, pandemic fatigue and a prime candidate for cellar boxed tax free gains.GameStop 2.0 was never the play here. They were caught off guard the first time, this would have to be a ground breaking market maneuver and it would require a retail presence far more risk tolerant than anything seen before. The only way to collectively synthesize that level of risk tolerance is by building, brick by brick, an information devouring juggernaut capable of jumping from one social media platform to the next without skipping a beat.The brilliance of this play can be summed up in fairly simple terms.Every single corporate action from the moment Ryan Cohen sold his shares resulted in two diametrically opposed results:

1. Signal the algos to short
2. Speak to the retail investor in language AI is yet to comprehend. Speak not in white lines but in the spaces between. Distract AI with the Woman in the Red Dress, keep Retail focused on every move Mr. Smith makes.

There it is in black and white. If you think the Matrix reference is hyperbolic, you’re not paying attention. To say the gamification of the markets is an issue is the understatement of the century.They turned the markets into a real time videogame by handing the keys over to the algos with no way of getting them back. Ryan Cohen and company, along with the select group of retail investors wise enough to read between the lines, are in the process of returning the markets to the collective unconscious which, when challenged, has embedded within it a wealth of resources far superior to any binary code system built to transfer wealth from the masses to the corrupt, unworthy few.They built a global financial video game and somehow missed the fact that a generation of gamers would be their opponent. That is why they are the Dumb Stormtroopers.And so what you have here is a necessary hack into a system that not only imbues almost no inherent value to society but will continue to metastasize until it creates a true dystopian reality. That shit is not gonna happen on Ryan Cohen’s watch or on ours. This is a team effort against a singular minded machine.The importance of the #BBBYQ play cannot be overstated. They must be stopped, they will be stopped and the power will be returned to the players 🏴‍☠️
The 'no fighting' meme stood out to me. Warning the communities against internal strife perhaps? Should we expect there to be a reason for strife?
There was also braveheart dying, shouting GameStop. A meme where we were told not to fear the reaper (song). Lots of references to mirroring and reversal everywhere. There's two of them talking to each other (there's two stocks in play?). With the hindsight of these memes it does seem plausible that the real plan will involve Bobby as the main gambit. I do think Jimmy will run, but I also think the main offense might originate from Bobby.
The Jason Bourne tweet mentions 'i can't run with you, they know who I am' (Jimmy is controlled, all eyes are on it). He says this to the actress who also plays the lead in the Run Lola Run movie. The color on the mini was edited to red with the steering wheel saying "I'm In". But they park the red car and get out. The car is now black as Ryan gosling exits and blends in with the crowd.
It feels right to me; these past days short term profiteers with capital have jumped on Jimmy. These are not the kind of people RC wants to reward. Bobby is inaccessible, only available to our crazy lot who dug into the paperwork and went through the bankruptcy deathspiral. There's no possibility for FOMO.
TLDR; memes warming us up to the idea that bobby is the main play? Jimmy will become a forever hold, being very valuable and worthwhile but not nessecarily giant moass numbers?

I have a old caravan, which was having some issues with the suspension, it was still usable, but I thought I'd get the manufacturer to fix it incase it got worse. The axel + suspension is a single unit, so I took it all in and they did some refurbish work on it.
Initially all was looking good, but then about a week afterwards I noticed the suspension sagging much worse than previously, so I send through some pictures to the manufacturer and they confirmed that the axel and suspension are both broken past repair.
They apologized and said they had not seen a failure like that after a refurbish before. They offered back the cost of the parts ($400) they used and after a bit more communication I got a quote of ~$3000 in parts for a completely new axel and suspension, so then maybe another $1000 labor
Should I go on the offensive and say that they need to return it to a working condition? My thinking here is that before the refurbish work it wasn't in a pristine condition in the first place, so not sure if I have any recourse.

SHORT VERSION: On June 1, my fiancée (44F) and I (47M) were supposed to get married. This is roughly 2 weeks away, right? Well, last Saturday, she suddenly left the house and ghosted me. No contact, scattered texts, no explanation. She doesn't tell me she's not coming back, either. Doesn't apologize for anything. I've had to discover this for myself, as well as start moving out because she couldn't pay 1/2 rent (which she hasn't done ever...)
I really need some advice, context, insight, comfort and whatever else this sub might be able to provide. She didn't This doesn't hurt so much as blow my mind. Details are below.
My question: How do I process this?
LONG VERSION:

• I'm almost 47M and she's 44F. We're both white and boring (I thought in a good way).
• We've both been married before. I have 3 kids; she has 3 kids.
• She and I have lived together for roughly 18 months. We've been together for about 3 years. We've known one another for over 10 years.
• I'm an author and screenwriter; she's a mental health therapist.
• I ask frequently how things are going between us and she's always quick to tell me things are great. We've never discussed an issue between us, ever.
• We've never fought. Not really. We're a good team. A heated argument here or there over a world topic, but nothing big.
• In the last year, I've had a lot of money screwed up by identity theft.
• I'm admittedly high-strung at times due to stress. But I routinely apologize and check in a lot. Still, my memory isn't great because I'm always wheeling from 1 gig to another. Right now, I have 11 active things I'm working on.
• In recent months, I've had to patchwork-quilt my finances here and there, and I constantly forget to send $ back because of our living situation (more on that in a second). Hell, I even fell for an elaborate scam and accepted a fake job, if that tells you anything about my brain.

So...
Basically, there's too much going on and our wedding day is coming fast. I'm the one in charge of the invitations, save the dates, etc., securing the venue, honeymoon, etc. I'm told I should delegate, but I cannot because no one else has the graphic design knowledge and I'm strapped for cash.
We're two months out and almost no one knows the wedding is still on, but a few things...

• We haven't really spoken about the wedding, not in detail, for a good half-year.
• Last Friday afternoon/Saturday morning, she still didn't have a dress (due to her finances), but she said she was still excited and happy.
• We almost always talk about money stresses, but we never talk about specifics or strategies, etc. That's because she wants to keep our finances separate. I respect this 100%, but I also find this ironic because she's frustrated by having no line of sight into my money...

And then, two things happen: there's a potential problem with the venue and we're a month behind on paying rent (not our fault).
But I suddenly find myself becoming angrier and angrier at her. This is new.
We now had to come up with $2440 suddenly, which is literally another month's rent we never planned on. I warn her that our landlord, if we don't pay this by the 10th, will not renew our lease. She repeatedly shrugs and says, "Well, what can we do?" and goes to bed. This is fine for the first night she says it, but not the next day when she doesn't have clients. We don't have money for a wedding in the first place, but she's adamant that we should find a last-minute replacement venue...
I'm worried about the house. I'll get my $ access shortly (and did, two days later) but for days and nights, I'm calling around and texting to see how to pay this because my money is locked due to fraud for a few days. I'm also up all hours of the night (literally) working on marketing for her new practice, which feels like I'm doing a hell of a lot more than she's doing.
Two final details:

• I've paid the rent in full for nearly a year, plus family-sized internet, renters' insurance, a few new appliances, etc. on top of life's other charming charges. Also, I've come through even when I was unemployed.
• She rents an office space that has held nothing more than a few plants since 1st of the year. Seriously. It's never been used and there's no end in sight for this. She pays utilities and groceries.

I find out that we're losing our place and then she starts paying attention. But I'm angry and tell her so via text. There's a great deal of misunderstanding going on here, too. She thinks I'm saying she needs to get out and move; I'm saying she's going to have to start looking for a place for us to live. The long and short of it is this: I paid for half of this month's rent; she needs to come up with the other half.
Next thing I know, she's up and gone. All of her stuff is still here. Cats and fish, too. Zero explanation. Seriously. She goes to her mom's and says she'll be back on Monday. Doesn't even say she needs space because she's not replying at all. This goes on for days. In fact, IT STILL IS.
When I finally do get ahold of her at midnight, after days of not knowing why she'd bolted, she says she left because "it's not okay how I was talking to her." So we compare iMessage screens and guess what? She didn't receive 4 messages. Problem solved right? Nope. I say that she could help with rent if she wasn't paying for a potted plant to have an office; I also say that I know she has savings, which she admits is true.
She goes on to say that I'm mad at her because she's not behaving the way I expect her to behave.
At first, I say that's not true -- but it is true: I expect my fiancée to talk to me and communicate issues, not suddenly up and run to her parents'. It's a huge leap from earlier that morning going, "I love you" and looking for wedding venues to later that afternoon to not. I send dozens of texts into the void -- some panicked, some sad, some furious, some indignant. But I don't know anything and she knows this. During this time, I surmise that she's not coming back home, which she casually confirms like an afterthought.
I then literally have to break up with her via text.
I get a thumbs-up reaction to that text.
She later goes on to say that it wasn't her plan to leave and that it was because of "everything that ensued" that she's not. I seriously don't know what this even means. Well, turns out -- thanks to phone calls -- that she was calling around to fact-check the status of an injury settlement of mine and other things with friends and my mom (of all people). She calls her twice, in fact. She spends the next 12 hours asking my mom and others things she's never asked me, ever. This is a verboten subject with her, so it's ironic. And why would my mom ever know the status of a malpractice settlement? But she's calling people and sobbing on the phone but tellingly, never once revealing to them why she's actually leaving. It's only questions about my financial situation. She also swears them all to secrecy about calling them...
So.
She leaves after a misunderstanding that could've been cleared up with a quick call. She doesn't like my opinion about her leisurely paced startup/rent. She refuses to pick up the phone, but she's calling all around to people about my money. She owes rent but doesn't pay it, and lets us get booted. She refuses to text, chiding me for my walls of words because I'm talking to myself...
It's almost one full week and she hasn't returned home. I've had to explain to my kids that, no, I don't know why she left. Honestly, I still don't. I'm packing up my belongings and selling things on Facebook Marketplace, etc. and finding a new place in days.
I can't believe someone has a toggle switch like that, let alone an inability to talk to me. Seriously, there was NOTHING said anywhere that warranted her "you can't speak to me like this" and sobbing with my friends and family.
Thank you, Reddit. Sorry for the novel. If you're the one person who made it this far, I am deeply grateful.

I'm insanely bad at keeping in touch with people, Like I've moved a LOT, and haven't kept in touch with any old friends. I mentioned this in therapy just the other day, and my therapist encouraged me to text them (I do still have some of my old bestie's numbers), but it seems weird to just text someone randomly like that.
For a bit more context, I haven't talked to one friend since a brief meeting last fall, and before that, we hadn't talked in about a year. And the other friend texted me Happy New Year, I returned it, and we haven't texted since. So I don't really know if there's a point when it gets too late, but I feel like it's too late to reach out, even though my therapist says otherwise.
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Hi, I’ve never really done things like this before but I’ve been brooding on this for awhile and would like some advice/ feedback from people who might’ve been where i am.
I 23F am currently in a situationship kinda with a good friend of mine 25M from my highschool days. We have a lot of history (both good and bad) that’s we’ve covered and moved on from and since we’ve reconnected over the ast 2-3 years, we’ve been in a benefits situationship for the last year consistently.
He’s poly and I’m typically a mono person, but after my last relationship I’ve been able to get past my trauma from family and my ex on being bisexual and have been open to seeing and learning about polyamory and other relationship styles / types.
There are times where we’ve spoken about no mater what without conversations that we are understanding that we aren’t dating, but are just friends who had feelings in hs and still have feelings for the most part presently who mess around and kiss here and there.
The problem comes with at times we become a little too affectionate and open and honest with each other and say things or cuddle in ways that couples do when we aren’t a couple, or one gets jealous of people touching or flirting around then sometimes, so things get confusing.
But then we’ll talk, and he mentions that for him he’s poly, but I’m not (as far as he knows, he’s never really asked me, and just believes that because I can be insecure, and that I get possessive, that I could’ve never understand or be open to being poly it with someone poly) and that he feels guilty when we have those moments because he can’t give me what I want. I’ve never really asked him for anything except to be in my life and have shape that takes.
I don’t really know how to find people I find sexually or emotionally attractive lately, or I haven’t found anyone and that’s okay, but he finds people like that very easily and he doesn’t tty, they kinda just always surface for him with no issues and I wish I could have that luck and advantage.
Not without a lack of trying, but he’s been the o my person I’ve have sex or done anything with for the past year and he brought that up the last time we had a newer to heart about life.
He went to a con recently, FWA, and because we each have the others twitters and alt accounts, I saw that has sex with if not one person a couple different friends he met up with.
He’s not my partner, and we’re all grown and hasn’t agreed to anything, but seeing him post his negative std results and brag about how the ass and head he got at the con was at least the top 5 made me feel like I was lacking and I started wanting to find other outlets so I’m just just always seeming like I’m desperate and waiting on him when I’m craving. Or he’s open to it.
I don’t like everyone or a lot of people, but I envy that he’s that popular let alone that he has options whereas I feel like I’m stuck and if he picks someone else then idk what else I’m gonna do.
Someone please help me, I’m starting to go numb in the situation and idk how to see him next week at my con and even interact with him, bc I know he’s gonna wanna hook up since I have my own room, but I also know that deep down if I started flirting and trying to shook my shot with someone new or random at the con and he’s nearby or sees he’ll get territorial and probably block me from talking to them and then hook up with me instead.
If he sees guys look at me he stares them down until they leave from around me,
I’m just at a loss.
TL;DR
I 23F and In an emotionally complicated situation with a good friend 25M. We occasionally do and say things that couples do and have made it clear we have no direct claim to the other. He is poly and I am not but am currently exploring my sexuality and options. We’ve only being hooking up with each other for the past year but he just went to a con FWA and hooked up with someone or a few people, but if I try to do the same at the con we’re boring with a group next week, I just have a feeling he’d stop me from trying my luck with someone else while he got to.
Help.

I’ve had my KJ Classic I for 10 years and have done many successful cooks with it, including brisket, pork butt, pizza, etc. But I’m always looking to improve my game. In the last few years I’ve added a charcoal basket and a slo roller, and replaced an old CyberQ controller with a FireBoard (still using the Pit Viper fan.) What’s on my mind now is optimizing my techniques for building a fire with lump charcoal and using wood to add smoke.
Building the Fire
For years I would start with a rough square of large lumps of charcoal on the grate and build a “volcano” on top and around them, leaving the a hole in the center. This allowed me to aim the nozzle of my butane fire starter at the lumps on the bottom so that the fire would burn from the bottom up. There were two minor problems with this technique: 1) as I added charcoal around the base of the volcano, it was hard to keep the vent holes in the firebox clear, and 2) for really long cooks, piling on a lot of charcoal could make the center of the volcano fall in on itself. Nevertheless, this technique worked pretty well.
The basket solved the vent hole problems and made building the fire really easy. It works quite well to dump a bunch of lump into it and light it from the top. That said, my first basket was the Smokeware basket that’s made of sheet steel with holes punched into it. I haven’t been happy with airflow, and quite a bit of ash builds up in the bottom, I think because there aren’t enough holes to let it drop down to the ash tray. I’ve since replaced it with a Kick Ash basket. Haven‘t used it yet. The instructions say you can light the coals from the top, but also recommend an alternate method of putting some coals in the bottom with a couple of fire starters, and once the starters get going adding more charcoal. The fire burns from the bottom up, which they say keeps the ash from dropping down through the bed of coals. I like this idea, but would prefer to use my butane fire starter to light the coals in the bottom before adding more charcoal. Is there a reason why Kick Ash recommends fire starters? Any reason I can’t use the torch?
Adding Wood
Over the years, I’ve experimented with adding wood chunks while building the volcano, so they’d be roughly in the middle, or piling chunks on top of the volcano, or both. The concern I’ve had is that much of the smoke from the wood is released while the KJ is heating up and stabilizing (I like to give it at least an hour to get to temp and settle down.) I understand that the meat absorbs the most smoke early in the cook, so I don’t want to burn up the wood too early. I’d love to be able to add wood an hour or so after the meat has been on the KJ, but that’s hard to do. I have to remove meat from one of the half-grills, lift out the half-grill, pull out the drip pan, take off the slo-roller deflection plate, put chunks of wood on the fire, then put it all back together. I can’t tell you how many times I’ve had tears flooding out of my eyes from the smoke when I do this! The difficulty of adding charcoal or wood to the KJ is the only downside to what I think is a fantastic smoker.
I saw that Smoking Dad BBQ adds wood a couple of ways: 1) when using a basket, he arranges the leftover charcoal and puts a small split or a couple of chunks in the middle, then covers all that with fresh charcoal, lighting from the top, or 2) he puts a small split in the ash tray behind the bottom vent door. I tried the first method recently but when the fire got down to the wood the pit temp rose 25-50 degrees for more than an hour. And by that time it might have been too late to add smoke to the meat. If I light from the bottom, the wood will catch right away, but too much of it might burn off before the KJ gets up to temp and stabilizes. I haven’t tried the second method. I‘m a little concerned that wood in the ash tray will block air flow. Also, it seems to me that unless I build the fire from the bottom, it’ll take a long time to get to the wood in the tray, perhaps too late to add smoke to the meat (and possibly spiking the temp as described above.) But if I build the fire from the bottom, the wood may catch too soon and may be gone by the time I get the meat on.
Maybe these questions are more important: Is the thick white smoke given off when the wood catches fire what we want, or is that smoke too dirty? Or, do we want to burn the wood for a while until it becomes more charcoal-like and puts off cleaner smoke? If the latter is true, then maybe it’s best to burn the wood right away, while the KJ is heating up and stabilizing, so that it’ll put off clean smoke when the meat goes on and the pit temp won’t spike later on.
One more question: I’ve been looking at a source of wood that sells 3”x3” chunks and 3”x6” splits. I’ve always used chunks. Would larger pieces like the 3”x6” splits produce smoke longer?
I realize many will think I’m hopelessly OCD about this, but that’s me in practically all things — especially brisket! I’d appreciate any advice from those of you who have successfully dealt with these issues.

This might upset alot of people because this particular trope is a shonen staple, but the constant backstories are really pointless.
I used to follow the manga weekly, but dropped it around the time Hi Shin Army came up on the little makeshift fortress riboku built for himself and only picked it back up last week and caught up to it. In the Dozen or so chapters that I read since then I can honestly say all the backstories (JiAga, Shiryou) and the flashbacks (Riboku's big dumb speech in seika) were such snoozefests. This manga has been going on for nearly 800 chapters now, I don't care about every little side character and their, frankly, repetitive backstories.
There are 6 kingdoms Qin needs to beat before the story ends. SIX! Zhao wasn't even the toughest foe they fought, that would be Chu. We've been dealing with Zhao for god knows how long and it's still not over because Hara insists on pulling 30 random generals and their lieutenants and god knows what else and dedicating entire chapters (sometimes multiple) to them. At this point does anyone genuinely believe we have a lack of interesting characters or character dynamics that needs to be padded with more and more randos every arc ? We've seen every stereotype a dozen times over enough already
At this pace we won't be done for another 20 years, how is it taking longer to tell the story of the Qin unification wars than the wars themselves took.

I'll start by saying we've been married for approximately 13 years, and most of that time has been great!
When I met my wife, she was already working as a flight attendant, and we always knew kids were in our future. A couple of years into our marriage, we decided to start trying and now have two amazing kids.
Fast forward, and she’s been back to flying for about three years now.
She works 50% of the time, flying anywhere from 4-7 days per month, mainly back to the US. She also has another part-time home office job where she works 20 hours a week. The hours are flexible, and she can split them up however she wants, working more some weeks and less when she's flying.
Our kids are 6 and 8 and are very active, including participating in competitive sports at a national level. We recently built a house and have a lot of friends with various activities planned each day/week.
Now, enough background and on to the point of the post.
We live in Germany, where there are robust employee protection rights, allowing one to call in sick up to 20 days for personal illness and 10 days per child. Recently, I’ve noticed she’s overwhelmed and stressed, often calling in sick to her flight attendant job mainly to avoid missing the kids' activities (especially the competitive sports).
My salary is OK but not great, considering the total hours worked (flight attendants only get paid when the plane is moving, not for the briefings conducted 4 hours before takeoff). However, her additional income helps with future retirement planning and other expenses.
I recently suggested she evaluate if she still enjoys flying. If not, I proposed she consider quitting and increasing her hours at her other job to about 30 hours a week. This way, she could handle more of our personal lives and the kids' needs (one of our kids has severe ADHD and requires regular attention). This change could provide a more stable environment for our kids and be financially beneficial since the salary is better at her side job. I also pointed out how often the kids say they miss her and ask why she has to fly. To be clear, I always support her by explaining to the kids that this is her job and some moms have jobs that require travel.
This is where she lost it.
She accused me of "trying to take away her happiness" and said that I "married her as a flight attendant." She said, "this is her dream job, and she's not quitting for anyone," basically accusing me of trying to take away her happiness. She also mentioned that "not everyone has to hate their job like you do." To clarify, I don’t hate my job; it fulfills me, but it’s definitely not my dream job.
I tried to explain that people evolve, situations change, and what was practical 10 years ago may not be practical now.
I reminded her that I was a bartender when she met me, living a completely different lifestyle. I decided to get an office job with better pay and more stable hours in anticipation of our family life.
I explained that I really loved bartending, tending to guests, and building social relationships with people.
She then suggested I "go back to doing what I love." I tried explaining how it’s not financially feasible (since the salary is approximately 70% lower) and that we wouldn’t be able to afford our house and current lifestyle.
This is where happiness became conditional. She listed all the things we wouldn’t be able to do if I took a pay cut and ended by saying, "but you can if you want to."
She knows my decision to take a happier role would cause financial discomfort for the entire family, leading to everyone’s unhappiness.
My question is, AITA for asking her to consider trading in her dream job for one that's more compatible with our high-demand lifestyle (where she could potentially earn more)?

Hi everyone, I just recently found out that there is a website and they copy most of the content from creators on patreon, it's called K***** (I don't want to say the name but I think y'all know), I'm sure it's not the users leak it but the website some how clone most of the content, and I'm shocked because the amount of people like my clone account on that web, it's like more than 20 times my patrons.
Is there any way to contact them and tell them to remove my content, anyone tried before? We are trying to making a live and they did this :(

(Not sure if this is the right place or not)
Ok, so let me give a bit of background...
In 2017 I moved to my current hometown. I met this friend (we'll call her Grace) and almost immediately developed a crush on her.
About a year or two later we started hanging out more and actually became best friends. Not too long after that I found out she liked me too and it kinda went from there.
Well unfortunately, it didn't last long and due to me being too young and frankly just stupid I screwed it up and that was the end of that.
I did my best to move on; I met another girl whom I liked, at least I thought I did, but after a while I realized I still had feelings for Grace.
Fast forward 3 years and we're talking again, but just off and on, mostly around holidays/each other's birthday.
Now to the presend day, we've been talking as friends relatively consistently for almost a year (maybe 6-8 months) and it's been really nice. We get along well and have a lot in common. I just find her really easy to talk to.
Well now I'm leaving for college in a couple months (just for two years, then I move back) and I suggested we hang out before I leave.
Before I get to far I should add, I've suggested hanging out before and she's always said stuff like "sure that'd be fun" or yeah I'd like that." Having known her 8 years she's usually more enthusiastic, so I can tell it's not a huge priority. She would also always mention inviting one of our other friends (her best friend and one of my closest) which is totally fine, we're just friends and I'd love hanging out with them both.
Back to the present, I suggested doing something a couple weeks ago and she said something to the effect of "I would love to! I was just thinking we should." Who knows if she was actually just thinking that, but I'm going ok, bit different change of tone. She also never suggested inviting anyone else.
I ask what she wants to do and she lists some of the usual ideas (being open to anything) like ice cream, movie, bowling, etc. but there was one thing that caught my eye.
She suggested going for a drive.
Again, I'd say we're pretty good friends so I didn't think too much of it. Being the spring with how beautiful it is right now (but still a bit chilly, at least here) I say that a drive would sound nice, where should we go?
She lists some ideas including, getting some food to take, driving somewhere and just sitting.
Now I'm a little shocked and this is where I'm getting kinda confused. She's a very laid back person so I wouldn't be surprised if she literally just wanted to hang out and go watch the sunset or something. But she never asked to invite anyone else and now she's saying we should go for a drive and just sit???
Can you guys give me your thoughts on this? I know it's hard being as you don't actually know her and this is kinda interpreting her train of thought, but I have no idea where she's going with this so I'm not sure what to do other than go thru with it and see what happens.
Sorry this was so long, but I felt like I needed to add context
Thanks to anyone who read all that😅

Stoked to have a new map, let's start with that. Sorry, ATS I'm speaking. Just had some musing about it and ETS. I know damn well this is the place to come....Let's go!

1: When did the damage model on your GPS(whatever it's called in game) change to a front view? It's atrocious. I utterly hate it. Stop it. Can I fix it somehow? Side view was superior in every way.....just don't anymore for the love of god....Whoever not only thought of this(AND the dipshit who approved this idea), but also thought it was a GOOD idea....you my friends are demoted. You clean bathrooms for 6 months from now on. No back talk....GO! I still love you, but GO! GO NOW!

2: I'm an American. I know I know....I suck. I promise I'm a decent one who aspires to be a decent human being daily. I would give you the shirt off my back if needed. Except that fucking damage model on GPS guy. Back to the JOHN! SIDE VIEW SUPERIOR!

In seriousness, I bought ETS first, barely played it(no fault of that game just a ton on plate at time), bought ATS and made the ruling to focus on it first. I'm from there, seemed obvious. I've started ETS again in full and one of the most glaring details was stop lights. In Merica you stop a bit behind the light line(ideally) and the line is typically slightly before the light. It seems in ETS the line is equal to the light. So when you pull near line or to, you lose visibility of the light(typically blocked by side mirror). Some locations have a third light(England I believe?) across the intersection which eliminates any issue, but several areas don't.
Just curious this is real? I know the game has been so far amazingly detailed in so many ways I naturally assume this is fact. How do you deal with it over there? Is it even an issue or am I just being dumb? I'm cool with either answer just honestly inquiring.

3: Lane Assist. I haven't kept up as I quit playing for a couple of months as I'd done all DLC maps in USA, and wasn't ready to fully commit to ETS just yet. I don't honestly know if it just came out or has been there for awhile as an option. I'm all for realism and most newer vehicles seem like they have some version now. Of course I turned it fully on. Next thing I know my truck is weaving left to right so extremely that it eventually will put your arse in a ditch if not out right jack knife you. I assumed like most things new....I had no idea what I was doing. Experimented as much as I could yet the outcome was the same. A giant worm that wrecked itself eventually simply from over steering left on the initial correction then right to compensate then left....etc...Rinse repeat till wreck.

Am I doing it wrong? I mean I literally do nothing but turn on and watch. I noticed manual inputs help but it becomes more involved input than if I just steer the truck myself. I thought perhaps new feature with refinement live? I dunno..

4: I had more but that bit of joke for the damage guy made me lose train of thought more than I meant honestly. It's 2am where I am and I can't sleep. I love your game devs(assuming you see this), it's worth my money. Thank you. They always say "the best community" and I agree, thanks for that players as well.

Thanks for humoring me, G'night!
I swear to god if you don't go clean that potty you SOB.......Fix it!Fix it NOW! :P
EDIT: I don't really post here much. Just don't have much to say normally, went to hit post and was told I didn't include flair. O...M..F...G... I remember that movie. You sneaky shits! <3<3<3 I chose speculation for the record.

Are there other women who’ve gone through this? Were you able to remain amicable? How are the kids? How are you? Did you date or just assume that every male is secretly gay (as I do now)? Any tips or suggestions?
Looking for stories of hope.
Background: I found out husband of 20 years was cheating on me with men. He was hooking up via Sniffies. We have 2 kids.
We got married too young. Before we got married he told me he was abused as a child. I don’t think either of us knew what this meant.
Sex life died early on, I caught him watching gay porn, once texting a male masseur for favors and now this. Each time he would have excuses, told me he wasn’t gay, this was because of what happened to him as a child.
We went to numerous couples therapists, all the same message. That He’s predominantly hetero and we just need to work on things. I would ask In front of therapist if he had feelings for men, if he’s cheated on me. Each time he’d roll his eyes.
I’d suspected for a long time and directly asked him numerous times. He’d laugh or get angry.
I finally caught him actually cheating. I don’t even know with how many men.
I remember feeling relieved. I finally had an answer after years of suspecting and gas lighting. He still says he loves me, it’s all because of his childhood trauma. Maybe it is, maybe it isn’t.
Whatever the reason is- the answer is the same:

• he wasn’t faithful
• he wasn’t committed
• he cheated
• he lied
• I kept trying and he was living a double life

I’ve filed for divorce and waiting on the final decree.
I want to remain amicable and set a great example for our kids. I’m actually not bitter, but incredibly sad. For him, for us, for our kids. Grieving the dreams I had of our life together.
I tell my kids we’re still a family but will live in separate homes. And we are. I spent half my life with him. And I want him to be okay. But he needs to work on himself, I can’t drag him to therapists anymore.
I’m focussed on myself and my kids. I firmly believe I need to comfortable and happy with myself.
If you’ve read this far. Thank you.

I’ve personally always believed that we are all god’s children, not in the sense that we will all go to heaven but he is our creator, so in mind that would mean he is the father of all, not just those who are saved.
I feel like there is a lot of contradicting beliefs about the concept of being god’s children. For instance, Christian’s will say they are against abortion bc that baby is god’s child and he has a plan for their life, but yet a lot of Christian’s also say that no one is a child of god until and unless they are born again and give their lives to Christ, and that point completely contradicts the pro life argument imo, bc both can’t be true. It also doesn’t make sense to say only those who follow Christ are his children, bc one of the biggest and most important teachings of the Bible, is that god creates us in his image, he sees us as his children and he has a plan for our lives before we are even born. Yes, we have free will and we can get on the wrong path but that shouldn’t mean we would no longer be god’s children. If we are his children, then there is nothing we can do to change that. No matter how we turn out, god still created us and loves us.
It’s just very disheartening that some Christian’s don’t believe this, I can honestly say this with all of my being, there is no title or name that does or could ever mean more to me than god’s daughter, bc my entire identity is in Christ, I am nothing without him and knowing I am his, is what gives me a sense of purpose, especially when people disappoint me and damage my self esteem.
Just to clarify, I have been baptized and I do feel like I have given my life to him. But the thing is, I felt his presence and his love long before that, so I do truly believe we are all god’s children, it’s just our choice rather we accept him as our father.

Hi!
As the title says, if I buy a eSIM now and plan to use it June 1 - June 14, could I activate it now in the USA and have it automatically activate when I get to Spain? Would it work in the USA? Do I have to wait to get to Spain before connecting?
Thanks!

I don't get how other women manage to find boyfriends that they love, and who love them. That propose to them, buy them gifts, have them meet their families, organize romantic dates for them, all while said women genuinely like the guy and are happy. Heck, some females even break up with guys even if there are mutual feelings and the relationship is decent, due to stupid reasons. Maybe the article that I read a few years ago saying that women with narrow pelvises struggle to find commitment more than femininely-shaped girls is true. Maybe I am just the safe option, since I cook, I clean, I'm always available, but don't spam anyone or stir up drama, and because of that, I am too boring.
Anyway, I am a 24F. And I never had a relationship where the guy loved me, and I loved him. I wasted 5 years of my life on a loser that was getting a kick out of a young woman being in love with him, who later tried to use me to get to Europe, and when that failed, he dumped me while I was pregnant. I found comfort with another guy, who gave me hope and showed me that I can still love men.
At first, I was cautious, since he told me not to catch feelings or get attached and I was freshly out of a relationship, but after 3 months of seeing him, he started acting in a more loving way, so I finally allowed myself to love him. That immediately caused him to ghost me for two weeks. Then, it turned out that he still has strong feelings for his ex-wife of 8 years. That I was literally the first woman that he managed to see more than once since she left him a few years ago, that he wanted to try moving on and opening himself up to someone else, hence the "girlfriend treatment", but couldn't bring himself to love me.
I thanked him for his honesty, told him that I was in a similar boat and also tried to force myself to love other guys when my first ex clearly wasn't into me, but to no avail. I wasn't even mad at him. I advised him to try and fix things with his former spouse, since it's clearly what he wants, and we both agreed that would be the best course of action for him. At least he didn't waste half of my youth or give me body image issues.
And here I am. 24F, single, and unable to trust any men. Unable to open up to them. People are telling me that I will find my person, but judging by my experiences and rejections, that is extremely unlikely. Add being divorced and suffering a miscarriage to the mixture, and my chances of finding mutual love and getting married are even smaller. I'm done with dating.

im bronze 3 peak. and a returning player
anyways i like iso i think he's fun (ive been playing all sorts of agents just to get back into the game) but there are guides and youtube videos about saying he sucks
so im starting to re-think my mindstate, because i thought i will just play agents i find fun, and i do find iso fun for example
but i would rather climb elo than play what i find fun (i like valorant in general, and i also like playing the strong meta picks)
i suppose i should main 2-3 agents tho right? for the past week or 2 that ive returned to the game, i've just been playing 1 agent for like 10 games and then switch to another, just to figure out what i want to do. i ended up saying i will one trick iso
but that was before i realized everyone says he sucks
any tips from someone who is not low-low elo?

I wanted to share this story here because I’ve never experienced something like this really. To set the scene, before May I flew back to my home state in the Midwest (I live in CA now) to visit the last of my buddies who were graduating from college.
And for some quick (not) deep lore about this girl I’m about to mention. We met freshman year of college, we sat by eachother in a class and quickly became friends. Though this friendship only lasted that first semester for unspoken reasons. One for me being - we smoked together on Halloween night towards the end of that semester, I got wayyy too high, and thought they could tell, was so embarrassed. (She had no idea, come to find out). I went on and got a girlfriend (until 2022) and we didn’t speak for the next almost 6 years. She would occasionally and subtly like and interact with things I would share online here and there throughout those years. We hadn’t spoken in forever. I was about to be moving in with 3 friends, 2 men, 1 woman. Key details here: this 1 girl went on to become my gf. One night after we moved in, we all decided to download tinder for the fun of it. Within 5 minutes I got the first match, and it was this girl from freshman year, I ecstatically announced it. Flash forward to my relationship with this girl I lived with - it was never forgotten. She would use it against me when she was feeling insecure and ask if I loved her or was thinking about her. When in all honesty, I wasn’t, and didn’t speak to her, but she kept always planting this thought back in my head and questioning my commitment. I had a major crush on this girl when we had that class together, but that was years prior, and don’t think I even expressed it to anybody, but I got over it and moved on, never thought it was a possibility.
Flash forward.
Before going home to visit the boys I posted a photo of myself on my story, not particularly serious but was just feeling good in my skin that day. Me, being single for 2 years now, found that freshman year gal liked it. And cmon, instagram is basically a dating app and we all know it. I said fuck it, and DM’d her that I wanted to see her again. Because in all sincerity, I did. She always peeked my interest, we had good laughs and time together through those short couple months. Whenever I would see her around or from afar during school I would just be curious about what she was up to and like. This in no way ever lead unloyalty in my relationship, I was happy in it. But I pretty much “wasn’t allowed” to speak to her again or interact. Out of respect for my (at the time) girlfriend’s feelings, and knowing that even though I wasn’t feeling anything for this girl, my interacting with her would make my gf think otherwise.
After the Dm was sent
I left my phone in the car and anxiously went into the gym. When I came back I found a message of her saying how she would “love that” etc. To spare your time, if you’ve read this far - we had some good online chatting and came to find out that we were both very deeply crushing on eachother that freshman year, and thought we were both out of reach for eachother. This information would’ve gone unspoken and unknown forever had she not liked my story, and I not dmd. I asked her if at the end of my friends visit I could leave them early and come down to her and take her on a date. She lived about 4 hours south of where I was at. She happily agreed and this implied that I would stay with her.
The date went beautifully. It was out of a movie. Museam/butterfly house, food, sitting and talking for 4 hours straight, etc etc. the part that really surprised me as well was the level of open communication we had. She expressed that she was anxious before bed and I told her that she should tell me next moment she gets a wave, and she did. She said nobody has ever done that for her. I decided that I didn’t want to try and sleep with her because of all of these factors of the date, and this bit of anxiety. We slept together, but didn’t sleep together. The morning, all of it, was so lovely and romantic, and I think that by not having sex we established our quickly discovered joy for eachothers presence.
I had to leave after that morning and head home, to catch my flight back to CA. Again more movie shit. A wonderful date then leaving state right after, brutal.
Flash forward one more time, bear with me.
Current day. Last week she bought a plane ticket to come visit me here for 4 nights at the end of this month. I’ve never been with someone where I would be comfy with them visiting for that amount of time having only gone on one date. I am eagerly waiting for her visit, and she is the same. This is crazy right?! Maybe a good crazy. We are just both happy to be this enthusiastic about something. I think we are on the same page. Can’t really worry about other factors just yet. Need to enjoy it as and how it comes.
In short: the girl I met and lost touch with that my ex always worried about (for no valid reason. I had zero contact or feeling for this gal during relationship) is flying out to stay with me for 4 nights on the other side of the country after going on one date. We connected very deeply, very fast. My ex and I had a healthy split. She is definitely going to hate me and all of my past truthful statements will now become lies in her head right?

DM'd one of my favorite band members that started off going pretty okay.
I would show him stuff i've made inspired by him and his band and would get hearts on my messages.
I've only ever got 3 actual words out of him, any other time he would just leave me on read after asking simple questions (like asking to draw him or if he was okay after an incident that happened to him, being as polite as can be, really).
Now he doesn't even leave me on read. The last time he did was when i apologized for possibly bothering him.
No further words or explanation.
The last i heard from him regarding me was when he and the leader got drunk and they asked if i was autistic ("special" they put it).
Never diagnosed but pretty sure i am lol, but that's kinda maybe beside the point.
They were accepting (at least leader was) and that was it after that.
Later on i stupidly asked him if there was a possibility i could actually speak to him for my birthday. Like a phone call if he wasn't too busy by then.
No answer. No read. This was over a month ago now.
I'm somewhat friends with leader and asked him the same thing. I got left on read by him on that so i'll see i guess.
I'm just debating if i should say something to or about the other member i actually want to talk to. I have trouble even talking to leader because i don't wanna bother him too.
Yes i'm aware i'm not owed anything and that he's more than likely just busy.
But after past interactions and the fact he used to at least look at my messages every time before, a simple response isn't too much to ask, is it?
Or am i actually just annoying?
What can i do?
(I'm about to go to bed so i'll check back later on and clarify anything if i need to)

UWorld - 61% average with 78% complete CBSE - 43 (40ish days out) Form 28 - 62 (offline, 20ish days out) Form 29 - 67 (offline, 15ish days out) Form 31 - 72 (online, 9ish days out) Form 30 - 78 (offline, 5ish days out) New Free 120 - 74 (2 days out)
I know how daunting this exam is and happy to share my experience as I know I benefited from these write ups when I was going through it. Passed a few weeks ago with a mid April date, but just getting around to this now.
Prior to dedicated had barely reviewed any material. I only really recalled hematology and repro as they were our last two blocks, and half of sketchy micro as I had done that over winter break.
If I had to give advice, I would say that if you have prestudied just micro and pharm (I do sketchy but in any modality) you will have a comparatively relaxed dedicated as these took a significant time for me.
I had around a 5 week dedicated since I had a trip planned and wanted to stick to it.
First week - downloaded pepper deck for sketchy micro pharm, started working through remaining micro and then a majority of pharm (tried for folder a day but sometimes too much), would read a chapter of first aid each evening (not sure if this helped really)
Second week - wrapped up a majority of pharm late this week and stopped introing regularly. Was beginning uworld blocks and starting in the 50-60s with only content I had read through in first aid + micro/pharm. Finished the first aid read and started doing full random, timed, tutor uworld blocks. Made cards out of incorrects on Anki + related topics/mnemonics I would find online, in first aid, or in dirty medicine. Printed out a 200 box sheet for offline nbmes. Also started listening to goljan on drives and walks here - didn’t get through all but probably around half the lectures over the following weeks in some weak areas.
Third week - kept doing uworld blocks (3 a day was the goal), scores could get into 70s rarely if I got a good block. Watched occasional pathoma or dirty medicine video on topics I felt bad in. Reviewed pathoma 1-3 after missing much of immuno questions in a nbme. I felt very confident on pharm and micro now, physio was ok after first aid and seeing it repeatedly, but weak on pathology still. Was reassured that my scores were ok but I really just felt dumb.
Fourth week - I decided I needed to learn pathology. Set out a 8 day schedule to work through all of pathoma + intro duke pathoma cards + 1 block of uworld daily. This was very ambitious and did not succeed (especially in keeping up with Anki cards) but at least covered cardio, renal, pulm, endo, GI in full and did cards at least twice. I do think this helped. Also started looking through mehlman risk factor, neuroanatomy, msk, and Endo pdfs. Dirty med was great for a biochem review. Kept memorizing a ton of random mnemonics from dirty or first aid using Anki. Uworld blocks could hit 70s pretty frequently.
Fifth week - was really considering pushing. Scores were ok but confidence was in the gutter. I was hitting the equilibrium block of info coming in as fast as I was forgetting it, and realized I just had to go for it. I knew I was weak in some concepts (ex. Msk) but I felt like it wasn’t worth it to me to go through it all and forget something else. Just kept doing uworld to try to get my percentage up and cuz I didn’t know what else to do. Did some sketchy pharm I was missing (lipid drugs, migraines, etc.) since was missing questions on them. Was really only keeping up with mnemonic, anking incorrect cards, and sketchy pharm at this point.
Test - around 3 hours of sleep cuz schedule was shit sleeping at 2am everyday. Though I’m used to low sleep before tests so was fine. Exam felt like uworld blocks. I felt really bad in the 1st, 3rd, 4th blocks since I had flag streaks of 6-7 questions in a row, but I was also not remembering the gimme questions most likely that I was getting right. About 10ish questions that I knew I missed or was like “oh I should study this” and never did like a few days ago. Overall didn’t feel terrible but didn’t feel good and was not confident I passed.
I will say trusting scores is harder than it seems, especially when we see people with good scores fail online. Just understand that there are a lot of uncontrolled factors with anything you see online, but if you are taking your tests in as controlled circumstances as possible then you should try and trust them as much as possible. For people cramming this exam in a few weeks, we are not going to know everything - just be as confident as you can in what you are good in and that will go a long way. And remember that 85%+ people pass this thing, and (if possible in your circumstance) it is not hard to give yourself a fighting chance with a few weeks of full-time committed effort.
Good luck everyone now or in the future. We can get through this. Let me know if I can help in any way.

This is probably a bit more tame? Than some of the things on here? But I really need help with it and don't know what to do.
I'll refer to my sister as K and her friend as J. They're currently in the younger years of high school (in Australia, not sure how different it is).
In primary school K had a good group of friends while I, because of my social anxiety crap, had a less great group, but our roles have kind of switched now. There's quite a few girls in her year that she knows decently and could probably be friends with, but after a few inevitable friendship dramas that always happen around her age, she ended up alone for a while.
My mother (wonderful person by the way) wanted to help her make friends again and suggested she talk to J, who like me when I was K's age, was pretty quiet in class and didn't seem to have any friends. K actually ended up talking to her and becoming her friend, but it hasn't gone very well. While I still manage to joke around and have fun with my friends despite my lack of social skills J is, as she's been described to me, significantly more boring and hardly talks. While this isn't a problem on its own, it's made K extremely bored in school, and she hasn't gotten to actually talk to anyone properly in a while. On top of this, all the other girls in her year, who she could probably try to be friends with, don't interact with her at all now since she's become friends with J, who they all seemed to avoid previously.
She doesn't want to just leave J for the other girls, though, as J is very clingy and doesn't have anyone else.
K hasn't been doing well. Whenever we ask about her day, she just says it was boring. She's seemed a lot more depressed and bored than she ever was before, and very lonely. We are worried for her mental health, and struggle to get much out of her about any of this beyond what I've already mentioned. She's also asked to homeschool a lot.
Our mother is concerned but more than willing to let her homeschool, but she thinks that this will just make it harder for her to talk to people and make friends. In the brief period of time I personally homeschooled I was part of a group of other homeschooled kids for science classes, and made a good friend with a shared interest of writing. I suggested K join a club or some other social thing while homeschooling to socialize, but she doesn't have any obvious interests or hobbies which makes finding something a lot harder, and has dropped all extracurricular activities for various different reasons, like her dance and music. I'm not sure if she was really that into either of them from a start, but it gave her some way to get to know people, which is gone now.
I'm planning on properly trying to talk to her about this later, but I'm not sure if it'll be that productive.
What do I do? How can we help her? What advice can we give?

So my wife, 5 kids (ages12-23 from 3 different mothers) and I just moved into a 4 bedroom house + Den. We have 3 cats... An orange one (I call him dumbass), a Maine coon (I call him fat ass) and a black and white one (I call her whoreo). We've only lived here for a few weeks and currently I'm not working so I'm using my handyman skills to do some repairs. Now my 2 oldest daughters room is in the attic (or den as they called it) that they share. Now I may be over reacting but dumbass, fatass and whoreo all absolutely refuse to go up to the attic and when forced they hiss, growl and swat at things that we can't see. Along with little things like Stephanie's dolls being found where she knows she didn't put them (always in their room but not on the walls shelves) or Laura's pictures constantly falling off the wall or being found at a weird angle. The cats always run out of the room and look to the roof, hissing and growling and even chittering (my best description of dumbasses noise/action).
I wa always told cats/dogs can feel the presence of spirits even though we can never see them. I recently lost a brother and my wife recently lost an uncle, so I'm just curious it's this just me and my families paranoid mind over-reacting or is this something we should take seriously??
Those pictures that are found at weird angles include our kids and either her uncle or my brother so my mind is racing trying to find a sensical reasoning behind all this stuff.... The only thing is ALL this happens when we are IN this house.
This house was built in 1932 and has a colored history to say the least.... Burnt down once by arson in 1965 in which 1 person died, rebuilt in 1969 and in 1977 the new owner killed himself in the attic in what she (real estate agent) claimed was a "firearm accident".
Don't know if we believe the real estate agent (Re/Max) about these incidents but why would she lie??
So what should I do??.... Already smudged the place with a Nakota Sioux elder and that didn't seem to help. We not moving as buying this house kinda put me and the wife in debt bad but it was the PERFECT house for our family.
Honestly if it was just me seeing these things I would say it was time to quit smoking weed but my wife plus all 5 kids are witnessing these things so I know it just ain't in my head.... My 2 youngest (both boys) (12 and 15) refuse to go up to the attic. My middle daughter (age 16) will only spend a few minutes up there before coming down and telling us she feels like someone is watching her. And no she said it ain't the eldest 2. That really freaks me and the wife out.The cats won't even go near the steps to the attic. My wife won't even go up there, she'll either yell at the 2 girls or come get me to go get the girls if we leaving, having supper etc.....
Please any advice would be greatly appreciated

So I just came from 'Lockwood and Co' and people are saying that they have a similar vibe, so I'm giving DBD a go. But someone also mentioned that it's a part of the Sandman universe, do I need to watch anything before i start watching DBD?