i know it’s not really a big deal for now since we’re still young but it makes me scared for in the future when i’ll have to sleep over or move out with him. we’ve been dating for almost 3 years and he’s never seen me without makeup. I don’t always wear heavy makeup looks but i’m still very good at making my features look different. I have pretty long eyelashes but they don’t show at all without mascara which makes my eyes look small. I overline my lips a lot and I have red acne scars that i cover well.
today we were hanging out at my place and he saw me without foundation. he told me i looked beautiful without makeup, but the thing is that i still had 1 hour of makeup on. I don’t think i look ugly without makeup but i’m scared he’s gonna be disappointed since he thinks he already saw me bare faced.
I don’t know how to feel more comfortable without makeup. even if I know he’s the sweetest guy ever and won’t judge me, he’s not blind and he’ll see how much different i look without it.

About a week ago, one of my crabs (Red) dug herself down to molt. For a day I could see her legs scraping the sand off of the glass, but then she closed her makeshift window and disappeared.
This morning, I found another one of my crabs (Big Claw) in the same spot Red had been, having made his own window in the sand. Now that I’m home this evening, the window is covered up and he’s made another one a little further away. He’s still digging around as I’m typing this.
My question is if they will use each others’ tunnels. In one way, I could see it as Big Claw’s lazy way out of digging down, allowing him to be able to set himself up elsewhere. In another way, I’m wondering if he is hunting Red down and using her tunnel as his access point to find her. I glanced in BC’s new window and I did not see Red, but my view is limited.
They have plenty of substrate and they’re in a 20 gallon long tank with food and water to go around, but I’m still concerned for Red’s well-being. I’d hate for BC to hurt her while she’s vulnerable and I don’t want to disturb her myself, but I’m not sure if maybe he’s just been lazy and is finding a place to molt elsewhere and just using her original tunnel. If they’re both just planning to molt, I rather not disturb either one of them.
What are y’all’s thoughts on this?

The Shimmer, I. The Shimmer, II. The Shimmer, III.
Ian moved like a lynx through the dark corridors and damp lawns of the university campus, with Sara close at his heels.
"Shhh," Ian hissed, stopping abruptly, holding his arm out to stop Sara from gaining too much ground. Sara slowly inched closer to Ian as to make themselves harder to spot. Campus security had been patrolling more vigorously for the past week since the body was discovered. And now, the entire campus was on high alert, with a strict curfew in effect.
Daisy, was an extremely outgoing sophomore whose body was found on the outskirts of campus, floating in the lake, just paces away from where Sara and Ian were now brazenly headed.
Rumor had circulated quickly throughout the college that it was her boyfriend at the time who did it; a hot-headed captain of the undergraduate rowing team, who was known to have a hair-trigger temper and an ego to match, Jake. Jake had gone on bereavement the very same day of the discovery of Daisy's body and was rushed back to his parent's estate in a jet-black Suburban - parents who had been generous donors of the university. The deep pockets that Jake came from only fueled more rumors that Jake was somehow protected during the police investigation of Daisy's death, which had been ruled fouled play, but so far remained unsolved.
The university was in total chaos with families, police, journalists, and news outlets pouring onto the campus grounds. Now almost a week later, things were just starting to quiet down, but despite things slowly returning to normal, campus security had doubled, and patrols were almost impossible to get around. Due to the nature of the crime, it being unsolved, and the influx of press and police, Ian and Sara hadn't been to the apiary since the news broke.
Ian clutched Sara's hand to let her know that he was about to continue forward in a new direction away from the sweeping flashlight of the patrol officer, and off they went into the cover of darkness to witness it again - not at all worried a killer might be on the loose somewhere near campus, or even at the very same university.
TWO WEEKS EARLIER
"I'll take a medium dark roast, black," said Ian drearily. Sara waited close by at the condiment counter trying to seem not as nervous as she was, after all she was the one who had asked him out.
"Oh boy, what have I gotten myself into," Sara thought to herself spinning her iced coffee that was resting on the condiment bar, to swirl in in the two pumps of vanilla and packet of honey to make sure it was all perfectly mixed.
"How about a window booth?" Sara said to Ian as he carefully walked towards her with his piping hot coffee and set it down at the condiment bar next to her iced coffee and waved his hands to cool off them from the heat.
"Whoa, that *is* freshly brewed," Ian said now blowing on his hands. "Who knew regular college students could brew scalding, world-class coffee, such as this." He said sarcastically. He continued placing a lid on top and looking at Sara, said, "Sounds good," pausing to allow her to guide him to the window booth she had in mind.
Sara let out a deep sigh as she sank into her seat, "Whew, that lab was so much easier with you here." She took a sip of her iced coffee and looked out the window at the passing students and the quad that was in full majestic bloom. "It's so pretty, right?" she said, gesturing to the cherry blossom trees in the courtyard and then looking at Ian.
Ian nodded his head while blowing on his steaming cup, and gave a short "Mhm," and then took a careful sip of his piping hot coffee. As he set it down he let out a small groan, "Oh, I definitely needed this. Thanks for the invite Sara, and sorry about being late. It won't happen again. Scouts honor." Ian gave a salute to Sara, which made her chuckle.
"So, are you going to tell me what is up with you - not to sound like your mother," Sara quickly added. "You just seem to be under some kind of stress and obviously I care about what my lab partner is up too because, you know, your bags are big enough to put groceries in." Sara jabbed pointing to Ian's sunken and tired eyes, which now seem to have a bit more life entering back into them. "Coffee's working though," she teased.
"Do I look that bad?" Ian said, and then continued, "Well, thanks for the coffee and I guess…noticing." He said sheepishly. "Yeah, I haven't been sleeping well lately…" Ian's voice trailed off as he spotted a bumblebee buzzing in the top corner of the window they were sat next too. Sara and Ian stared at the bee for a moment together.
"Bees are just so cool. Did you know if all bees were to die, humans would go extinct too?" Sara questioned curiously to Ian. "Yeah, totally. We need them." Ian said. "Of course you knew that, Ian, you're brilliant." Ian blushed, "I'm okay, but thanks, my parents were always really strict about school."
Sara could sense some sadness in Ian but didn't want to pry - it was still too early to delve into someone's past. Sara decided to wait for Ian to continue if he wanted, but silence quickly fell between them, as they sipped their coffees. "Okay a bit, awkward," Sara thought to herself. "But he really is handsome though."
"So, what can I do to help my lab partner make it to class on time?" She piped, looking intently at Ian. Ian who was now more alert, glanced at Sara, out into the quad, and then back at Sara again as if debating something.
"You don’t have to tell me, I'm not trying to pry into your life…" Sara started, but was interrupted by Ian, who now was staring into his coffee cup. "No, it's not that." Ian said, shaking his head and then paused. He looked up at Sara and that is when Sara saw Ian's demeanor change and stiffen. He looked like he was about to unveil a huge secret that he was carrying with him his entire life. Sara felt a pang of sadness swell in her own chest, thinking about her own difficult relationship with her parents, who were now divorced.
"Can you promise not to tell anyone else what I am about to tell you?" Ian said, looking around the café to see if anyone was eavesdropping. Sara leaned in, "What, are you like a spy or something?" she said jokingly, leaning back again in her seat with a smirk. But Ian's tense demeanor hadn't changed. "Oh, shit you are?" Sara said eyes widening and holding up her arms as if she was surrendering.
"No," Ian said shaking his head looking down again at this coffee.
"Well spit it out partner because I need you, the whole you, in class for next lab - it's supposed to be the hardest one so far." Sara said, crossing her arms.
Ian took a deep breath and said directly to Sara, "Promise me." As Ian was staring directly into her eyes, Sara briefly had the thought that maybe she was totally wrong about Ian, and that maybe he was some kind of nut case… Sara quickly shook off the feeling, and said, "I promise. Scouts honor," and saluted Ian.
Ian took another deep breath, closed his eyes, bowed his head, and slowly exhaled into his lap. He then opened his eyes and looked directly into Sara's and said the words.
"So, do you remember those bees?"
Sara, motioned her head in the direction of the window and towards the cherry blossom trees, which had numerous bees buzzing around them,"…Those?"
"No," Ian said breathlessly.
"The ones that shimmer."
— Stay tuned for The Shimmer, V.

Check the list below, and see what you like.
Shipping is $5, and $1 per record after.
Any offers, please DM and we can negoitate.

Price	Artist	Album	Condition (Sleeve/Record)	Notes
3	Blackalicous	Make you feel that way/Paragraph President	VG/VG+	Single
3	The Challenges	Wipe Out	VG/VG
3	The Ventures	Underground Fire	VG/VG	Pop Psych Covers
3	The Venutres	Flight of Fantasy	VG/VG
3	Wu Tang Clan	Pinky Ring-Single	VG/VG+	Loud Records single
3	Wu-Tang Clan	Cream Single	VG/VG
5	Freddie Gibbs & Madlib	Half Manne/Half Cocaine	NM/NM	Still in shrink
5	La Sera	Music For Listening to Music To	NM/NM	In Shrink
5	The Chambers Brothers	The Time Has Come	VG+/VG+	69 Pressing
10	Gene Clark	Two Sides to Every Story	VG+/VG+
10	JJ DOOM	Rhymin' Slang	Generic/NM	Viagra Blue, LEX Xmas gift
10	Khruangbin	Con Todo El Mundo	NM/NM	Still in shrink
10	MF DOOM	My Favorite Ladies	VG+/VG-	Orange wax, 2013
10	Richard Swift	The Hex	NM/NM	In Shrink,
10	Santana	S/T	VG+/VG+	Still in shrink, Early pressing
10	Santana	Caravanserai	VG/VG+
10	Santana And Buddy Miles	Live!	VG+/VG+	Still in shrink with Hype sticker
10	Shaolin Sounds	Vol. 1: Breakbeats, Sound Effects, Loops, & Grooves	VG+/VG+	2004 Wu-Tang Sample compilation
10	The Allman Brothers Band	At Fillmore East	VG+/VG+	74 Pressing
10	The Beach Boys	Surfin' USA	VG/VG+	1965 Pressing
10	The Flamin' Groovies	Jumpin' in the night	VG+/VG+
10	Various	Dennis Hopper: The American Dreamer Soundtrack	VG+/VG+	No Poster
15	Blue Cheer	Vincebus Eruptus`	VG+/VG+	OG Island Records/Tuff Gong 1974 Press
15	Butthole Surfers	Brown Reason To Live	NM/NM	In Shrink, 2003 repressing
15	Chic	C'est Chic	VG+/VG+
15	Clark Hutchinson	Retribution	VG+/VG+	Canadian
15	Ice T	Power	VG+/VG+	Original Sire Records
15	New York Dolls	S/T	VG+/VG+	Stillin shrink, 80s pressing
15	Otis Redding	Otis Blue/Otis Redding Sings Soul	VG+/VG+	Candian Pressing
15	Prince and the Revolution	Purple Rain Soundtrack	VG+/VG+	Comes with inserts and original poster
15	Taj Mahal	Natch'l Blues	VG+/VG+	2nd Press
15	The Grateful Dead	Blues for Allah	VG+/VG+	1976 Pressing
15	The Killers	Hot Fuss	VG+/VG+	Euro Press 2016, in shrink
15	The Rolling Stones	Beggars Banquet	VG/VG+	68, London Records Pressing
15	The Rolling Stones	The Rolling Stones, Now!	VG+/VG+	In Shrink, 1965 London Records W/ Hype Sticker
15	Various	Jackie Brown Original Soundtrack	NM/NM	Stillin shrink and recently opened
20	Cheech & Chong	Big Bambu	VG+/VG+	With Rolling Paper
20	Jonathan Richman	I, Jonathan	NM/VG+	Played a few times
20	King Krule	6 Feet Beneath The Moon	VG+/VG+	Original 2013 True Panther Sounds Pressing
20	Madlib	Pill Jar	NM/NM	Madlib Invasion Comp
20	Procol Harum	Procol Harum	VG+/VG+	1967 stereo "electronically re-processed"
20	Quasimoto	The Further Adventure of Lord Quas	NM/NM	VMP Pressing
20	The Flamin' Groovies	S/T	VG+/VG+
20	Tops	I Feel Alive	NM/NM	In Shrink, coke bottle clear wax
20	Fleetwood Mac	Future Games	VG+/VG+	2nd pressing, green/teal cover
20	Gene Clark	No Other	VG+/VG+
25	Gorillaz	S/T	VG+/VG+	2001 Pressing
25	Hawkwind	Hall of the Mountain Grillq	VG+/VG+
25	Joy Division	Unknown Pleasures	VG+/VG+	Quest US Pressing
25	King Crimson	In the court of the...	VG+/VG+	69/70 pressing
25	Lou Reed	S/T	VG+/VG+	1972 Pressing
25	Orang-Utan	S/T	NM/NM	In shrink
25	Small Faces	Ogdens' Nut Gone Flake	VG+/VG+
25	Stars	Set Yourself on Fire	NM/NM	2012 \Pressing
25	Bo Diddley	Big Bad Bo	NM/NM
30	Gil Scot Heron	I'm New Here	NM/NM	OG
30	Sleep	Dopesmoker	NM/NM	Southern Lord 2012, Purple Translucent Pressing
30	The Clash	Combat Rock	VG+/VG+	82 Original
30	The Clash	S/T	VG+/VG+	Still in Shrink and with 7 inch
30	Bob Marley & The Wailers	Natty Dread	VG/VG+	OG Island Records/Tuff Gong 1974 Press
35	Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band	Safe As Milk	VG+/VG+	1973 Pressing
40	Guns N Roses	GN'R Lies	VG+/VG+	"Wife beating" headline on cover, BMG Pressing
40	The Slits	Cut	VG+/VG+	UK 79 pressing
40	X	Los Angeles	VG+/VG+	Close to NM

Ever since I started flying better in the game I noticed my lack of Situational awareness. I started flying the F-16, where a good understanding of the systems totally makes it up via the TID and HMCS. Then I moved to the F-14, and I noticed I started having problems when there were fur balls.
Now with the phantom I basically can’t play at all. I might be able to spot the occasional enemy from afar and intercept it, spot a furball or something, but while getting closer I tend to lose sight. There is a small point in distance where the VR “blob” disappears and the enemy plane is barely visible if I do the max zoom, during this time it’s almost guaranteed that I lose completely the sight and while looking for my target I get jumped by other planes.
I just got the occasional sparrow kills at mid-altitudes but this is not where the game’s at the n this era and I seriously don’t understand how I can improve

I'm working on a homebrew campaign and I've been tasked with creating a level 5 Bardbarian for a player. I've come up with his backstory and the lead in to the campaign, but I'm not certain how to set him up given his backstory. Most of what I've seen for builds has players starting out as Barbarians and then taking on Bard abilities, but this character starts out as a Bard and then begins exhibiting Barbarian behaviors. Help? Note: We're going to do a house rule where rage does *not* prevent spellcasting or concentration as this seems to be the primary complaint about this combo according to Google; he can still cast spells while in a rage, but there is a chance of something going awry.
Backstory/Lead in:
Personality traits: I find myself enjoying being strong and like breaking things, but my upbringing has taught me that indulging this is wrong.
Ideals: I must prove that I can handle myself without the coddling and protection of my adoptive village.
Bonds: I have a family, but I have no idea where they are. One day, I hope to see them again.
Flaws: I am immature and boisterous. I speak without really thinking through my words, invariably insulting others.
When you were 2 years old, you were found by a milkmaid while wandering alone in the King's Forest (known as the Shadowood by residents of Eveningstar). She took you back to the small farming village and brought you to the House of the Morning, a large temple to the city's god, Lathander, where you were happily taken in and raised with love by the whole village. Nobody knew your name or who you were, but you were deemed "Oliver Twistrument" due to your apparently orphaned nature and fondness for music. As Lathander exalted potential, you were trained as a bard, and began entertaining at the Lonesome Tankard Tavern and Inn when you were only 12.
As you entered puberty, you found your physique developing rapidly, almost preternaturally. With this came an unintentional jovial violence when you were particularly absorbed in a set you were performing. At first it was small things, like having the urge to smash your guitar or break your flute and laugh maniacally, ideas in the back of your mind that you were able to suppress, but this soon escalated to minor destructive incidents and the people of Eveningstar began to whisper disapprovingly. After one night that left the tavern in shambles and several patrons injured, you were required to meet with Charisbonde Trueservant, the High Priest of the temple. Together, it was decided that for the safety of Eveningstar you had to leave, either until your got your impulses under control or forever.
You pack your belongings and head for the woods where you were found. While saddened by the exile and determined try to calm whatever caused the violence or to learn how to control it, you are also paradoxically excited for new adventures. Somehow the violence feels good, feels natural, but you are conflicted and uncertain how you can fit this rage into your life.
A few days after departing, you come across a curious circle of stones in the deep woods. This spot appears to be a cozy place to set up camp for the night, so you do so. When you wake up to the early morning light you are startled to find that your surroundings are nothing like what you remember. You are in a clearing and can see smoke and some buildings in the distance – that definitely wasn’t there before!

Idk what kinda creepypasta lookin nightmare i had but it had the same vibe as the smile dog photo,, the darkness, the red, the black, the saturation. My vision was fixed staring at a room that looked like it was as small as a janitor's closet. There were furniture I could make out as cabinets or something and nothing else at the moment. But everything started shaking and felt louder for a reason.
When it became worse, the body physically woke up and i knew I was having a nightmare. I shook and shook my mind awake but i just couldnt open my eyes and i could see a white hand reaching out and a girl tilting her head up at me from the darkness.
I could feel myself desperately getting up and getting on my hands and knees trying to open my eyes until i eventually did. It was horrifying.
And its just out-right weird as hell. Idk what stuff i would see in real life that would inspire that nightmare. I stayed home all day besides school and watched shows from a Christian kid's channel called Smile of A Child. I never dreamed anything like it ever again either.

I'm back with another month of events! Things are really popping off now that Summer is on its way.

Special Events this month:

🕵🏽 June 14th + 28th @ 7:00PM - A Dance With Death Murder Mystery Dinner Theater at Exchange Street Bistro. Tickets are $59, purchased on eventbrite, which gets you into the experience and dinner at the restaurant. Exchange Street Bistro has hired Murder Mystery Co to put on events through August, with the featured mystery changing each month, so if you like one, come back next month to try another.
🚧 June 15th @8:00PM - Multiplayer Museum at Idle Hands Brewery. This event's theme is "Construction Site", featuring some fun custom levels in Mario Maker and Mod Nation Racers. I always say this is my favorite event in the district, AND it's free, AND there's booze nearby!
🍻 June 23rd @ 1:00PM - Flagons and Dragons at Hugh O Neils. Tickets are $25 on eventbrite, and this is a one-shot DND roleplaying event hosted by DangerWizard. I'm really excited for this one, since Hugh O Neils has a really cool Tavern vibe! It's also a great event to try if you're just getting into the hobby.
🎴 June 29th @ 11:30 AM - Learn To Play Magic at New England Comics. This is an amazing FREE event put on by our dedicated local magic community! They have all pitched in to both teach how to play the game for newcomers, and distribute small decks that you can take home. See below for the signup link to this.
🕵️‍♀️ June 29th @ 5:00PM - Murder at the Malden Bank Mystery Pub Crawl. Tickets are $35 on eventbrite. You will visit four different barestaurant locations talk to live actors, and solve pen-and-paper puzzles. Apparently a very popular event the past years it has been put on, and it tends to sell out fast!

Recurring Events:

🧗‍♀️ Every Tuesday @ 6:30- Beta Besties meetup at Rock Spot. A simple climbing meetup for climbers of all experience levels. This event is free for members and is available to non members with purchase of a discounted day pass (about 15 bucks). Ask for the beta besties rate at the front desk.
🎲 June 12th @ 6:30- Tabletop Games at the Library! This is a free event; bring your own games to share, or pick from the malden public library's small collection. It's recommended that you bring/play shorter games, as the library closes at 8:30
🤹 Every Wednesday @ 6:00- Pokemon Go Raid Hour. FREE! If you are a Pokemon Go player, the weekly raids see great attendance, so you should definitely try to hop in on one! Meetup starts at Philadelphie Adventist church and follows the "Malden Pokemon Go Raid Hour" Route on the app. The night usually winds down at Honey Honey Dessert cafe for trades and such. This is a moving event, so if you miss the start time, be prepared to do a lot of running around the city! I had to learn that lesson the hard way, haha...
🎨 Every Saturday @ 11:30 AM- ArtBlock Artists + Writers Jam at Evviva Trattoria. This event is free! Every meetup, you receive a prompt and, for about an hour, either draw or write something using that prompt as inspiration. You can also bring WIPs to work on them or for group critique!
🧙 Every Saturday @ 1:30 - Magic the Gathering Drafts at New England Comics. (except this may 4th, because of free comic book day!) Entry is ~$21. Draft three packs of MTG cards, build a deck, and play three rounds. You get one pack for every round you win. Everyone leaves with a minimum of one prize pack!
🐉 Every Sunday @ 12:00 - Let It Roll One-Off Roleplaying Campaigns at New England Comics. New games and rulesets are tried every week, so this is a great place to be exposed to something different! This event is free, but you MUST RSVP via their discord for this event to get matched with a DM.
🧙‍♀️ Every Sunday @ 1: 00 - Magic the Gathering Commander at New England Comics. This is a free event, just bring your commander decks and play some rounds! And due to its popularity, it now happens every week instead of every other week. Yaaay!
I will Update this post with new events as they arrive, and please feel free to post your own gaming events that you know of local to the area below!

There is a common sentiment from people on this subreddit regarding “doomerism / safetyism / decels”. Namely, that doomers have already lost and that their win condition would simply result in the United States losing to China. The assumption is that AI can be seen as any other team sport, with one side pulling for one outcome and the other side in direct opposition. Eventually, according to this model, one side will “win” over the other and ultimately be the victors.
However, this disregards the actual concerns that people concerned with safety actually have. It’s easy to lump everyone you don’t like into the camp of “dumb stupid idiots who want us to lose to China”, but that isn’t intellectually honest. If your response to an opposing viewpoint is to mock and misrepresent the people who hold it, your own position begins to look unstable and perhaps entirely without appropriate counter arguments. For example, u/ComparisonMelodic967 made a post recently where he said:

The future of AI will belong to China/Russia. No one is going to start a nuclear war to preempt a theoretical threat outside of LessWrong land.

But this entirely misses the point and deliberately misrepresents the concerns held by the opposing side. You will not find a single safety-focused individual who wants to only curtail US progress in AI, nor will you find anyone who wants to start a preemptive nuclear war. [The nuclear war comment is a (perhaps intentional) misrepresentation of a comment made by Eliezer where he said the negative outcome of misaligned AGI would perhaps be more devastating that a global nuclear war, since the latter would at least have some survivors.]
Safetyists have a demand that can be summed up rather simply: “AI development needs to be slowed down until our ability to control the models is equal to the capabilities of the models themselves.” They don’t demand that the west pause all technology and permanently remain in 2024, the ask is simply for researchers to be allotted more time to ensure potential negative outcomes are not realized. Regardless of whether or not you think this is smart or admirable is not the point, it simply is what they want.
If you are an accelerationist, that’s fine. The people who oppose you simply would like not to die as a result of carelessness. When you celebrate “doomers losing”, you are saying that people who would implement policies designed to keep us alive have lost. Complaining about Chinese progress in AI isn’t a point in your favor, since the safetyist would say that Chinese progress is just as bad as progress made anywhere else – since it will all inevitably result in AI too powerful to control.
You might react to that by saying, “Sure, but nothing we do is going to stop China anyway! We might as well build it ourselves and beat them to the punch!” This argument only makes sense if you find yourself 100% assured that no large-scale negative outcomes are possible from AGI, let alone ASI. If what we’re building is a big red button that kills everyone when you press it the first time, it doesn’t especially matter who builds it first – the outcome is the same.
Perhaps you don’t believe that the big red button that kills everyone is possible, and that’s fine. You need to be ready to explain why you think that and how you are certain of your opinion, but it’s not an inherently invalid opinion to have. However, I suspect that most people who think the button is impossible have never put any thought into the issue beyond “lol doomer decels lost already haha china sux”, which is unfortunate.
You have one group of people who would like everyone to not die and another group who views this as a sports game that their team needs to win, regardless of the consequences. It’s not surprising that honest discussion between the two sides is nearly impossible, but it is surprising that so many people fall into the latter camp. Perhaps this is from looking at past technological progress and underestimating the future potential of AI, but ultimately the cause doesn’t matter. Poisoning the well (I would argue even the terms “doomer” and “decel” are ultimately harmful, as they are intended to frame the opposition as losers and idiots who align with luddites, killing all potential discussion in the crib) is a good debate tactic, but it is not conducive to ensuring a positive outcome.
tl;dr - saying "China will not listen so we need to push as hard as possible" is not a counter argument to "unchecked AI progress might result in negative outcomes".

Just as the title says, I'm looking for 32mm heroic scale foot knights. Preferably in plastic if at all possible. I don't mind fantasy-themed miniature; historic accuracy doesn't matter too for this project, just so long as they look heavily armoured and human and have the "knightly" aesthetic (I'm aware of how vague this sounds, don't worry, i'll check out all recommendations!)
So far I've looked at conquest's Hundred Kingdoms, but they're a tad big for what I'm doing and I think GW Brettonians will be too small. Most of the 28mm kits I've seen are just on the small side for this project so I'm trying not to compromise, but I'm having difficulty with Google because, frankly, I'm not sure what to search.
In case anybody is wondering, I'm trying to get some good knight bodies to create some homebrew Crusader Orders for Trench Crusade :)

Everything in my inventory is up for trade. The most valuable items are listed here, the rest you can find in My Inventory

Feel free to Add Me or even better send a Trade Offer. Open for any suggestions: upgrades, downgrades / knives, gloves, skins / stickers, patterns, floats.

All Buyouts are listed in cash value.

KNIVES

★ Butterfly Knife Lore (Factory New), B/O: $7194.77

★ Butterfly Knife Autotronic (Minimal Wear), B/O: $2025.74

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★ M9 Bayonet Ultraviolet (Field-Tested), B/O: $557.87

★ M9 Bayonet Stained (Well-Worn), B/O: $529.41

★ M9 Bayonet Boreal Forest (Field-Tested), B/O: $465.39

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★ Talon Knife Doppler (Factory New), B/O: $1295.27

★ Bayonet Tiger Tooth (Minimal Wear), B/O: $746.28

★ Karambit Bright Water (Field-Tested), B/O: $688.15

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★ Flip Knife Doppler (Factory New), B/O: $547.93

★ Flip Knife Autotronic (Minimal Wear), B/O: $476.69

★ Flip Knife Case Hardened (Battle-Scarred), B/O: $278.18

★ Flip Knife Black Laminate (Well-Worn), B/O: $258.83

★ Flip Knife Urban Masked (Field-Tested), B/O: $181.64

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★ Stiletto Knife Marble Fade (Factory New), B/O: $686.04

★ Stiletto Knife Doppler (Factory New), B/O: $665.41

★ Stiletto Knife, B/O: $601.39

★ Stiletto Knife Crimson Web (Field-Tested), B/O: $418.25

★ Stiletto Knife Night Stripe (Field-Tested), B/O: $227.80

★ Stiletto Knife Boreal Forest (Field-Tested), B/O: $194.96

★ Stiletto Knife Safari Mesh (Field-Tested), B/O: $192.79

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★ Nomad Knife Crimson Web (Field-Tested), B/O: $518.11

★ Nomad Knife Scorched (Field-Tested), B/O: $169.78

★ Nomad Knife Forest DDPAT (Battle-Scarred), B/O: $166.88

★ StatTrak™ Nomad Knife Blue Steel (Field-Tested), B/O: $335.79

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★ Skeleton Knife Stained (Well-Worn), B/O: $442.05

★ Skeleton Knife Urban Masked (Minimal Wear), B/O: $426.24

★ Skeleton Knife Boreal Forest (Field-Tested), B/O: $314.03

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★ Ursus Knife Doppler (Factory New), B/O: $557.12

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★ Ursus Knife Case Hardened (Battle-Scarred), B/O: $187.66

★ Ursus Knife Damascus Steel (Field-Tested), B/O: $178.18

★ Ursus Knife Ultraviolet (Battle-Scarred), B/O: $155.13

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So, context for this story, I am 15 years old, and I go to a martial arts place (Not going to specify what martial art) and there's this kid named Charlie (I'm using his real name because screw him) and I've had a "rivalry" with him for the past 2 months. I've been not engaging in it too much, and he's 17! Last week, I had my mom with my dog outside, my dog was barking a little, and he smacked the dog in the face! After a scare with this dog and my other dog dying, I was really attached to my little wiener dog Dio, so I saw red. Where I live, Washington, it is illegal to abuse animals, so I berated this entitled guy about how he just broke the law, pulled out my phone, and called the police on my spot, or at least I would have if he didn't smack it out of my hand, crush it, and laugh in my face, at this point I knew it would be classified as self defense, and as a moderately fit person who knows Judo, Karate, and Taikwondo, I beat the ice cream sandwich out of him. He started coughing on the floor, and long story short, I am now in court arguing self defense. So, am I the jerk for beating up this guy because he hurt my dog and broke my phone?

(29F) I own a 2016 Nissan Versa Note. It's paid in full. I live in Florida and my car insurance is getting out of hand. My now ex bf drove my car and had an at fault accident in Nov 2023, caused over $10K in property damage but my max coverage was $10K, Geico paid that out to the property owner. My policy renewal starting July is now $2,819. Up $1,742.50 from my last 6mo policy of $1,076.60. I have had small dings against me such as a red light violation, unpaid traffic violation (because the mail did not come to the right address). My violations did not change my policy drastically. I WFH so I hardly drive anymore. But I do not know what to do now about my now ex driving my car and having this accident. Do I just have to face a $407.89 bill each month for this?

The progress on redesigning stuff is very small, there's not a lot that has been redesigned from the art for U.B.G I made years ago, some art is from 2023, but early 2023 and is just a year ago, but some of my art spans 5+ years in time as in how long ago it was, I honestly haven't redesigned anything from my older U.B.G videos on YouTube just yet, not even in 2023, so some stuff is just sitting there and may not ever be finished.
I need to get it done though, but I also need to code stuff, I would choose either or, but I honestly don't want to do either, I will do them both eventually though, because code is what'll make my game work and have functionality whilst the designs breath life into the world and give it a style to be.
I have yet to redesign a bunch of stuff, I know you may not've seen most of the art I made that I'm redesigning, but I have some of it out there to be seen, I would like to know if there's anything I could base some of my art off of, inspiration is unlimited for me since I could be inspired by most anything I see, which I'd say is quite a unique trait of mine or whatever.
But this isn't about me, although I can get inspiration from something ruining paper due to the patterns that form, I should probably redesign more stuff than I ever have before, this may start half way through the next month, so expect to probably see quite a bit of posts on here, as I am now working on the game in some capacity.
I would like to say that because of the support I've gotten for my game and the fact that people are just there to chat for a little bit, that encourages me to keep moving forward with my game, I'm just saying that without the support for the game and the reassurance when I'm in a bad mood, is all that I need to keep being motivated on this.
U.B.G will not be releasing shortly, that's for sure! I'm not quite sure as to when this game may release its first demo, prototype or whatever, but judging by how long it's taking me to redesign and think of how I'd like to do the designs, that slows the progress down quite a bit, to be honest though, the main reason this game isn't out yet is because of my not-so-good attention span, it's there but I can't sit through tutorials sometimes and I would need to be focused on the game, but I keep getting caught between my mixed feelings and whatnot and I end up doing something random, such as singing, drawing etc. I would like to focus on my game, although the problem lies in that I feel a little stuck with what I can think of or process at the moment, so right now, I am not in the right moment to work on my game yet, I think I'll come back to U.B.G again and again and see what I end up doing if anything at all.
I do work on the game solo, getting the code in and whatnot, but I don't do the art completely solo anymore, I did find someone to help make art for the game! for the most part though, I am working alone on a game, usually this is fine for solo-developers, but I tend to overwork myself despite knowing that I will, I have a problem with overdoing it and now I have to stop making so much art at the moment since I am now working on multiple arts for different purposes, and that's not good at all, I am not the best at developing games since I always go overboard and I made so much art for the game that I could be redesigning stuff for a good while, there's so much I need to redesign, so much I need to add, but I can't do it alone, I would like you to comment on this post, and I would like to see what you come up with for a Fire Elemental, the color scheme is Red, Yellow & Orange for the body / base & Bright Orange for the face, you can add colors or just make a new color scheme entirely.
If you make an elemental, make sure to name it and you will have a high chance of it being added to the game! Multiple designs may be added to the game, it will not have lore until it's agreed upon by me and you (the person who created the elemental) and then it will be added to the game!
I may still be redesigning stuff but I have time to add a couple of extra things to the game.
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Anyways, I hope you stay creative and have a wonderful day!

Rogal Dorn Review:
Article : Link
Pros:

• High HP at 2,800
• Good VR of 400m.
• 2 Gun options for more fun.
• Access to one of the strongest secondary weapons in WW2.
• Good base accuracy for both gun options for their size.
• 15cm gun has great premium APCR.
• Double barrel’s have great depression at 10 degrees.
• Both guns have amazing ammo capacity.

Neutral:

• Very Tall
• 90 tons.
• Very strong all around armor, but with noticeable weak spots.

Cons:

• Very large size overall. Horrid Camo.
• Very slow, with bad Ptw and traverse speeds.
• Both guns have poor standard pen and the double barrel poor premium.
• Poor overall gun handling.

Armor:

• Strong overall, but with easy to hit weak spots
• Turret:
  • Generally strong. The front of the turret is mostly covered by a large gun mantlet that has effective armor enough for Era 3 tanks to take notice.
  • Forward sides are 270, so not much to worry there. The main sides are 180 which is quite good, however the middle bit is curved thus can allow some shots to pen when the turret is turned a bit.
  • The main concern is the 2 larger cupolas of 150mm. Pretty easy to hit, so you'll have to try to gain the height advantage and hope the extreme height of the tank to block the sight line. Otherwise attempt to will with the slow turret traverse so absorb the shot into the gun mantlet.
• Hull:
  • A bit harder to review due to the sponsons jutting out of the tank.
  • First off is the upper front plate which is a somewhat angled 300mm so you'll be safe against pretty much everything.
  • The main concern is the rather large low angled 180mm lower plate. This is where you’ll be losing most of your health. You can angle the sides enough for it to block standard ammo for a good chuck of gun, but it better off hiding it somehow.
  • The sponson armor can be shot, but its a somewhat hard to aim at. It still is not that weak with it being 175mm somewhat angled with 40mm tracks eating HEAT ammo.
  • The sides are 160mm, but the inner sides are protected by the 40mm tracks and looks like 50mm of spaced armor. So its only the outer parts that you have to worry about, but even then they are hard to hit.
  • Last bit is the side sponson boxes. Flat 250mm is a easy hit when you try to side scrap, just they are somewhat small i suppose, just something to keep in mind.
• Like I said, outside the 2 main weak spots of the cupola and lower plate it's a bit difficult to aim and hit the weaker parts are they are surrounded by thick plates when you angle the tank like 30 degrees.

Gameplay:

• Based on the armor review section, hide your lower plate and you'll generally be fine. Otherwise try to angle a good deal more than other tanks. This is similar to how you would play the IS-4 or Maus.
• You'll have to carry a good deal of premium ammo on both gun options as this has bad pen and long aim time so you'll often wont have time to aim for weak spots. Also you'll be a longer ranges often since you're so slow.
• Speaking of slow, you are very slow, so plan ahead like all other super heavies and make sure you're not alone and you pick one flank for the rest of the game. The all around armor does allow you some leeway against lights and poor tier 8’s, just they will track ya for stuff that's a threat.
• While I would only recommend this being done with platoon mates due to how rude it is, you can easily shoot over the top of many tanks. Just make sure not to block your allies when they are retreating.
• Big and small:
  • Keep in mind the longer reload for both guns. This isn't too bad per say due to how strong both guns can be.
  • The secondary is good for keeping things tracked with how quick the reload is, just that the main gun has such a long reload, you'll need teammates to really take advantage unless you catch an enemy when they poke out.
  • While its a bit harder to exploit due to the reload, the secondary’s high pen HE clip can deal a lot of damage. Combined with a shot of the main gun, it could a tier 10 TD or medium.
• Double barrel:
  • With the high gun depression you can get away with more positions compared to the first gun package.
  • Don't be afraid to use the double shot as due to how slow and cumbersome the tank is. Best to take advantage of easy damage.

Cosmetics:

• Like most licensed content, it has no cosmetics at all. You can equip transparent camo, but this has no camo value at all so why bother.
• Its certainly looks cool if your into that style. The main green color I think is a good shade for a tank.
• The tank does have a good amount of grit on it. The grit, along with the small amount of tanker gear does make this look reasonably realistic. Just gotta ignore the absurd amount of smaller guns on the hull.
• Overall this is a highly detailed model with lots of small details i like. As I type this I'm inspecting the 4 lifting eyes on each side of the tank.

General Thoughts:

• With how much armor there is I thought this would weigh more than 90 tons. I would have put it around 120, but eh.
• Have 2 gun options is really good. The fact they are both very different makes this pretty unique among premiums. I can only think of the Equalizer that has such a different gun set up.
• For its size i thought it would have had a 6 man crew if not a 7.

Worth Buying?

• First off, wait for the community OP to unlock the discount to get it cheaper. Which would be at 11,460 which is about what you expect from a more expensive tier 8 or Era 2 tank.
• Having 2 unique gun options certainly make this a more interesting tank to buy. Decent chance you will enjoy at least one of the guns.
• Being a Tier 10 premium, it doesn't have much of a premium tank bonus, thus you'll be buying this exclusively for the tank itself.
• With it being a licensed tank its very dubious if / when this will return. So keep that in mind. And with that in mind, its certainly one of the better tanks to get if due to how unique it is. You do have to make due with the low pen and hurp a durr playstyle it can have.
• I still haven't decided if im going to get it at the time of my writing as i still have a couple weeks. I may lean against it as i prefer my tanks to have good standard pen and this does have that issue for me.

Context- I've hit a wall. Chronic Illness has taken my life. Frankly if I had all my illnesses but just no hormone issues, constant UTIs, constant and severe pain from endo, endo migraines... I wouldnt give a damn about POTS, EDS, MCAS, MAY-THURNER! I say "Endo" but i cant even get a diagnosis. The constant trauma from doctors, and i mean trauma. Full PTSD flashbacks to IUD procedure, and getting yelled, gaslit, painful vaginal ultrasounds... i cant do this anymore. Losing my memories! I am in so much pain i lose my memory on the week of my period and time is meaningless the two weeks leading up.
I take 10 200mg ibuprofens for my periods (at once every 6 hours, decreasing by 2 or more each time). I am not on my period, just having pre-cramps and suicidal, I just took 10 on an empty stomach. I know the risks, danger, etc. i just dont want to be here anymore. What long-term effects could this have? Be straight foward, what happens after an ibuprofen OD, what "life-alterimg" issues will it cause if/when i survive? I figure this might help disuade me, or at least try harder at seeking another therapist and alternatives to Ibuprofen for periods too? idk.
RELATIONSHIP issues I have a partner and he is kinder than anyone. He gives when there is nothing to be gained, he doesnt base morals on religion, he views me as a human being (which i dont feel like i am most of the time). He is everything to me. Which is why it breaks my heart to dissapoint him. I tell him i cant do this anymore and im going to kill myself every month. This past month its been a UTI+Yeast infection combo that took my entire time off my period the one week out of extreme pain I have and it burned it. On top of being told i was "wasting my time" and hung up on by my gynecologist when I told him I was allergic to the antibiotic he perscribed only for the UTI. He said the itching was "stress". And he didnt even do a swab, he just pushed on my "endo" spot on the back left of my cervix and when I screamed he rolled his eyes at me.
Q- So much fucking trauma. Seriously when does it end? What therapist WORKS!? Recommendations for specific qualities to look for in a therapist, certifications, websites, etc? It keeps happening, but im also not processing any of it and it just keeps building up.
Anyways... my partner, who is my world. I did not sleep last night as my hormones are fucked up (I have 1st trimester pregnancy levels of prolactin even though i'm not pregnant, never have been, cant be) but he was sad because he fell asleep hugging me and after i napped for an hour i got up at 11pm and left until 2am. He was supportive asking to talk (i was deeply dissasociated) i spoke with him just saying "its useless" "there's no point" he does not believe that my pain will never go away (it has only gotten worse over time and 8 doctors have told me there's nothing else they can do for the past 2 years now) but he has this hope and it feels like he uses it against me almost? Like thats not what I need. I want to end it all, dont tell me "it's not going to be bad forever." because IT IS for this, and I feel im the only realistic one about it because im living through it. It feels dismissive and upsetting. I say "forget it" "you'll never understand". We spoke in circles more and more, he just doesnt think its "over" and I have physically, mentally, emotionally, spiritually (not religious) reached my fucking breaking point. In fact I think I reached it a year ago and it has only gotten worse. Well, he was upset i kept him up until 5am, i felt horrible because i just want to force myself to not do this shit. The more i fight PMDD the tighter the barbed wire coils around me. I said im sorry, we went to bed. Amd he said "we can talk, its just we're not getting anywhere." oh my bad, let me just 🥳 , like?? what. Well he got his braces off thus morning and I wanted to be there!! So badly!!! I know its stupid and small, but it meant a lot to me! But I was in so much yeast infection pain that i couldnt move... i wanted to die thus morning. Its afternoon that he woke up, came into the other room where i was after i ignored his hellos and goodmornings and talked. It was all the same bs.
He says "why dont you go home" "at least rot at your house if you arent going to do anything to help yourself." i get it. But i cant snap out of it like that.
I finally said,
"i'm disgusted with you."
and left the room and took 10 ibuprofens.
How do i tell him how to make me feel better? like i cant figure out why his words feel dismissive and hurtful. They spiral me worse and he expects "doing things" like watching One-Piece to make me feel better. I LOVE one piece... when im in pain i forget what we watch because im so far gone. Any advice? Any ways to tell him how he can just support me? Any ways I can change my mindset? i dont know. Reddit do your thing (*tumble-weed sounds because this post is too long lol) sometimes i dont even have humor left tbh... i feel like nothing but i want my partner so badly to be happy and not burdened.

This fall I plan to do a proper overseeding along with all of the associated steps there, one of which is I believe is geared towards leveling.
Leveling is a big issue in my lawn with lots of random “low” spots due to improper previous attempts at filling in patches killed off mostly by dog pee over the years.
Anyways, I am wondering if between now and the fall would it be an okay idea to gradually add small amount of lawn soil into the “lower” areas of the lawn as a means of slowly leveling? Thinking that over time the added soil will raise the level of the turf a bit, but doing it slowly won’t drown out or kill the existing turf? Feel free to roast me as this may be a really stupid question. This is the first year I’ve really focused on my lawn and I still have a lot to learn.
Thanks!

Age: 33
Sex: M
Height: 5'10"
Weight: 237lbs
Race: White
Duration of complaint: Unsure tbh
Location (Geographic and on body): UK, arms/torso/back
Any existing relevant medical issues (if any): Not sure. I had a super severe panic attack where I had to go to the hospital 2 weeks ago, BP was high due to that and likely my weight but monitored that for 2 weeks and it was just slightly above normal. I also have seborrheic dermatitis on my face if that helps. Also had a blood test but nothing abnormal aside from some low electrolytes from poor diet. Family history of psoriasis and melanoma. Currently on diet too (cutting out sugars, extra salt, junk food, soda, etc). I've been vaping for a few months too (ex smoker from over a decade ago, went through stressful period and almost started again so vaping 1mg nicotine to get ahead of it). I don't drink either if it's relevant and don't consume caffeine.
Current medications (if any): None
Photos:
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I tried getting good photos, but basically on the bottoms of my arms/biceps there have been these small off-colour dots. Doctor has never seemed concerned by them, but I've noticed lately they've been spreading all over the sides of my torso and just noticed they're spreading quite largely to my back. They're slightly scaly, not itchy or sore or anything. I bathe every day. In the photos they look purple or red but they're really just slightly darker than the pigment of my skin and in some cases just brown.
I live in the UK and it's impossible to get an appointment with my GP on a good day so I'm just hoping to get an idea of what this could be.