Trying to think of a new car and I’m wanting a compact to midsize truck like a Tacoma or ranger. But I haven’t looked at the maverick a whole lot because it just slipped my mind.
I do a lot of outdoor activities, hunting, fishing, biking, and kayaking to make a few, and would like both a commuting car and truck, but I don’t have the budget for both. I also have a dog and a wife and will probably be my main car for the next 5-10 years. So I’m looking for a good compromise. I would have the budget to get the lariat option with the tow package and all the not needed, but wanted accessories. I couldn’t do all that with a ranger or Tacoma, but I’d get most of it. And I am leaning towards the Tacoma more.

Here is the recap of the 11 monetized posts from Kylea G Weight loss Journey on 05/18/24.
"Greed is a never-ending hunger, that drives people to sacrifice morals and values for personal gain." -Unknown
⚠️ Compulsive Buying Disorder (CBD), aka shopping addiction, Disordered Eating, Gaslighting, Grief, Illness, Infertility, TTC (trying to conceive) Community, and Religion will be discussed.
Disclaimers: I am not a physician, influencer, or paid content creator. I am not affiliated with WW. I am semi-retired from the healthcare field with multiple college degrees. These opinions are my own based on social media content. I wish no harm to Kylea or Joseph "Joe" Gomez.
☎️ If you or someone you know is struggling or in crisis, please call or text 988 for assistance.
Behind the Scenes Family Update: Kylea Gomez has been exploiting a life-changing medical diagnosis of a close relative (without their permission and against their wishes) to internet strangers in social media messages. She has claimed that she is supporting this relative (which is a lie) to justify her work ethic, productivity, and even basic hygiene issues. Let that sink in for a moment...
To this relative: You, your family, and your medical team are in my prayers. ✝️
To Kylea's Biological Parents: Your daughter disparages your name and relationship for personal and financial gain frequently. No concert, trip, or gift provided to you with money obtained under (allegedly) false and deceptive pretenses justifies Kylea's disturbing behaviors. Stop enabling her.
California Clarification: Kylea was rejected by a Cavapoo breeder from adopting the Original Birdie (OB) during her California trip. I am thankful to the breeders of OB for making a tough decision in the best interest of the puppy. For me, this seals the deal that Kylea falsified details of this California trip and rushed home to find Backup Birdie (BB), who is the focus of today's content.
The tagline of Kylea G Weight loss Journey is, "I changed my entire life with prayer and a playlist of songs. No surgery, no meds. Just Jesus."
DAILY STATS: 05/18/24
0/11 posts discussed prayer
0/11 posts discussed music
0/11 posts discussed exercise
3/11 posts discussed a recipe
1/11 posts was about takeout "coffee" at 5 am
7/11 posts were about Birdie Mae 🐶
📢 For our friends at Meta, that means 63% of Kylea's monetized content had nothing to do with weight loss, which is the tagline and purpose of her page. Her weight loss journey ended July 2023 per her content. Why do you continue to pay her for non-weight loss content?
⚠️ Disordered Eating- Daily WW Points Used (Data compiled from monetized content):
1 WW Point: Crazy Llama "coffee" with almond milk, sugar-free vanilla, sugar-free peppermint, and sugar-free white chocolate
3 WW Points: Taco Soup with 12 Trader Joe's Rolled Corn Chili & Lime flavored Tortilla Chips
📢 For our friends at Meta, Kylea consumed 4 WW points out of (up to) 30 daily WW points= SEVERE disordered eating. This messaging is deadly for those on a weight loss journey. Follow your policies and take action.
Recipes Shared: 1. Taco Soup: 🚨 This recipe has dangerous sodium levels. Please know your daily sodium recommendations before making this recipe. 🚨

1. Taco Rice Bowls: The soup is drained and added to 1 minute jalapeño rice with cheese. 🚨 The sodium alert is the same as above. 🚨

☎️ Please speak with a medical professional about any questions or concerns you have about your health.
Comments: To the animal lovers, I am sending you good vibes to get through this nonsense. Here we go...

1. Coffee at 5am: Kylea and Joe are pictured in their vehicle outside Crazy Llama Coffee with the sun shining bright. Kylea claims she was home at 5 am, and Joe took her right away to get her "favorite coffee."

⏸️ The sun rises in Joplin after 6 am. Why lie? ⏸️ Her facial sunburn that disappeared yesterday is back today. How did that happen? ⏸️ Kylea claims she does not have cravings or temptations. However, she is addicted to sweet. Her "coffee" is beige colored at best, and she needed it right away...

1. Backup Birdie Part 1: Her airline approved pet travel accessory backpack is shown in the vehicle. "All my dog mom dreams are coming true today 💖 🐶"
   
2. Backup Birdie Part 2: "My heart is so full!!! 💖 🐶 I got the cuddliest, cutest, sweetest girl. 😭 I cried when I met my puppy for the first time because I love her so much already!!"
   

⏸️ Kylea's followers immediately started asking to see pictures and were told they needed to wait until after Kylea's family met her first. HoWeVeR, some influencers (bestie Drue Basham, Drue's SIL Sierra, Brittany Bryant, etc.) got to see her first and comment from their influencer accounts about Birdie. I'm sorry, loyal top fans and followers, possible cross-engagement from "trusted" influencers is more important than respecting your loyalty. Welcome inside the mind of a 🐈 🐟 er. Always trying to boost engagement, the algorithm, and gain new followers...

1. Taco Soup Recipe: 🚨 This sodium monstrosity has canned beans, jarred salsa, enchilada sauce, rotel, roasted corn, a ranch seasoning packet, a taco seasoning packet, fresh chicken, and water. 😲
   
2. Backup Birdie Part 3: "Welcome home 🏠 to our forever girl 🎀 Birdie Mae 🐶 She's already following Joseph and I around and has brought us so much joy. 🌈 🎀"
   

⏸️ The puppy shown does not appear to be a Cavapoo, and Kylea refuses to answer follower questions about her breed. Remember, Birdie was not supposed to come home until May 20th, then May 19th.
To all individuals in the TTC Community, I know the 🌈 is a powerful symbol for you. I have experienced pregnancy loss and fertility care. My heart hurts for anyone triggered by the language Kylea uses and humanizing pets in reference to pregnancy loss. 🙏

1. Backup Birdie Part 4: "The moment I held her, I just knew she was meant for me.🎀 🐶 She loves all of the cuddles which is good because I do too. 💖"

⏸️ Not one reference of her "sweet boy" Oliver or Alice. Where are the cats? BB is asleep on Kylea.

1. Taco Soup Part 2: 🚨 Since it wasn't salty enough, why not put some chili & lime tortilla chips on top? Chef's 💋. Kylea held the bowl, showing her barefoot on the floor. I did NOT miss her feet content. 🤢
   
2. Backup Birdie Part 5: "We already love her so much 🎀 💖" BB is asleep in a fuzzy blanket on her puppy bed.
   
3. Backup Birdie Part 6: Within 30 minutes of this writer posting info in Reddit chat of how to file an animal complaint in Joplin, MO as a PSA (not a threat) encouraging Kylea & Joe to be crystal clear about Alice's whereabouts, a picture of Joe cuddling BB with Alice behind him on the couch is posted. "Joseph loves Birdie Mae too 💖 🐶 So far she loves to sleep 😴"
   

⏸️ 3 animals are now housed in a small apartment. Two cats with behavioral issues and a young puppy. Kylea can claim she will have no issues because "it will be fine," but she is ignorant, immature, and selfish. Wise followers will remove their rose-colored glasses and see the truth. There is a theory Alice was edited into the photo again...

1. Taco Soup Part 3: 🚨 No more takeout for Joe! He gets to eat Taco Soup Rice Bowls for work lunches this week.

⏸️ On the recent McDonalds post, a smart follower asked what Joe eating McDonalds had to do with WW. Kylea replied it was a "balanced lifestyle." Remember, Kylea & Joe want you to believe Joe has not gained weight no matter what he eats, with photo evidence (even modified) proving differently. Kylea's chains were broken 07/05/21. No cravings, temptations, plateaus, weight gain...a perfect journey to this day (and forever). 😇 Please disregard her obvious eating disorder and mental illnesses. Seek medical care, Kylea Gomez. ☮️

1. Backup Birdie Part 7: A 12-second video is shared of BB playing with a squeaky toy on the carpet.

⏸️ No Oliver, Grams, or Gibson content today. Kylea told her followers (in a comment) that Oliver had not met the puppy. It's good to see your "sweet boy" and subject of a ridiculous amount of monetized content is already booted engagement wise.
Final thoughts: Money reveals people's true colors. 👀 Buckle in for a nauseating amount of BB nontent.
Takeout: Crazy Llama takeout for 2: $16 est + tip;
All info from Reddit. ✌️

🪞
Welcome back to the Asylum write-up, where we explore the decade-long slow-motion car crash that is the Emilie Autumn fandom.
Sorry this installment took so long to upload! Just a heads-up, I may take some time to deliver the last one too – these posts take forever to format on Reddit's finicky-ass editor, and my dumb real life is currently keeping me from precious Internet time. Thank you for your patience! You have my word that everyone who pre-ordered the final installment will receive a PERSONAL, HANDWRITTEN letter autographed and illustrated by me, a list of the snacks I consumed while composing this write-up, some exclusive behind-the-scenes secrets, and a pony.
Part 1 Part 2 Part 3 Part 4.1 – Part 4.2 Part 5

Places, everyone This is a test Throw your stones Do your damage Your worst, and your best (...) And if I had a dollar For every time I repented the sin And commit the same crime I'd be sitting on top of the world today (“God Help Me”, 2006🎵)

Quick recap of where we left off. First, there were five to ten halcyon years of pleasant and meaningful interactions between EA and her blossoming fanbase, prominently by way of her official forum. Then, circa 2009-2010, EA's online presence shifted towards sudden anger outbursts, ban-hammering, and an increasingly top-down communication style.
This created a sort of primordial rift within the fanbase, between those who supported EA's right to speak her mind and regulate her own fan spaces however she pleased – and those who thought that her reactions were rude and inappropriate (at best), and that even fan spaces should allow for reasonable, non-abusive criticism of the artist.
Between a poorly-handled book release (see Part 3), the controversial (Part 2) or dubiously true (Part 4) contents of said book, and serious shade from various former collaborators (Part 5), more and more fans had pressing thoughts about EA's work ethic and choices. EA attempted damage control through drastic forum rules that made it virtually impossible to voice any “serious” critical opinion. It didn't work, of course: instead of squashing the mutiny, she created a schism.
Critical fans and active haters started congregating on unofficial platforms.

“WITH MUFFINS LIKE THIS, WHO NEEDS ENEMIES?”: TROLL LIKE A GIRL

So here we were, the early 2010s. The official forum (which had about 700 members in 2006, if you recall) was now thousands-strong, reaching just over 12,000 registered users in 2012 – not all of them active, but still. In terms of sheer numbers and content creation, the party was POPPIN'... but increasingly in parts of the Asylum that escaped EA's jurisdiction, such as Tumblr, where they could speak their mind freely.

You play the victim very well You've built your self-indulgent hell You wanted someone to understand you Well, be careful what you wish for, because I do (“I Know Where You Sleep”, 2006🎵)

In one wing of Asylum Tumblr, a smattering of call-out blogs emerged, which laid out EA's various lies, faux pas, shitty takes, and general deep-seated terribleness in detailed timelines and screenshots (or, short of that, long-winded bullet points). While many such blogs framed it as “serious” whistleblowing and did their best to remain as fact-based and neutral as they could, there was some genuine disgust, animosity and creepiness towards EA on that side of Tumblr; for some ex-fans, “exposing the truth” was mostly justify obsessive hatred, prying and verbal abuse. Some, for instance, felt the bizarre need to side with EA's mother in their estrangement. (One user, with the URL “emilyautumnfischkopf”, argued in a serious and down-to-earth tone - but with zero sources - that EA's upbringing had been nothing but peaceful and supportive until she ungratefully kicked her loving family to the curb for no reason at all. They were later revealed 🔍 to have an alternate handle as “eaisalyingcunt”.)
Either way, through these blogs, a number of potential drama bombs that had mostly flown under the radar were dredged up from over the years – some of which were hard to ignore, even for supportive fans. Where to begin?
There was that nonsense in-joke song, captured twice on camera during the 2009 tour (to very little outrage, at the time), crassly called “Manatee Retard”📺. Or EA's scathing response, in print, to a wheelchair user who found it insensitive that she used a bedazzled wheelchair as a prop to do sexy acrobatics on stage. (“Your offence taken at my hard-won self-acceptance proves that I indeed have something to fight against”, she wrote). Spoken word tracks where she made trivializing knock-knock jokes about serious mental illnesses she didn't have, like schizophrenia and OCD. Multiple instances of calling Britney Spears a “bimbo” and a “Hollywood fucked-up”, resentfully claiming that she only shaved her head because she was “hopped up on drugs” and certainly not because she was “bipolar”, a word the press liked to wield as an insult anyway. (“That's almost like calling someone a retard!” Yeah, heaven forbid.) The meanest, most distasteful paragraphs in the book. Basically everything problematic EA had ever said or written.📝 In retrospect, it had been a long time coming, but it was a lot to take in – and certainly more off-putting, even to less emotionally invested fans, than silly lies about her age and last name.
In another wing of Asylum Tumblr, some fans had had it up to here and just wanted to have fun. 🎵 If Plague Rats had learned one valuable lesson from EA, it was how to crack a joke in the face of absurd tragedy – and the general state of the EA fandom certainly warranted a few.
In 2012, Fight Like a Girl was released. After six long years, three of which had been peaceful, the Opheliac era was officially over. The new album and ensuing tour confirmed that the Asylum had entered a process of glamorous Broadway-style militarization. 🎵📺
The mood board was “Roman general meets Vegas showgirl meets Victorian street urchin”.🪞 The color palette was, to naysayers, “musty pink and rotten, stale piss yellow”. 🐀 The keyword was “REVENGE” (through the power of... self-expression! sorority! brutal assault with rusty medical implements!). The chorus of the title song had an intriguing run-on line about getting “revenge on the world, or at least 49% of the people in it” 🎵 – which seemed like an awful lot, and was widely interpreted (to cheers, boos, or uncomfortable sighs) as a misandrist jab at literally all men on Earth.
The show was essentially a demo version of the musical, in that the setlist vaguely reflected the order of events in the story – but prior reading was essential in order to get what the hell was going on on stage. This one Broadway reviewer had not perused the literature before seeing the show 🔍, and hated: the set, the choreography, the skits, the plot, the lyrics, the music, the concept. (Seriously, you should read the review. It's not even my show and I feel like quitting show business.)
Pre-show VIP encounters, now violin-free, were lorded over by EA's new manager🐀, whose official title was “Asylum Headmistress”. (Interesting choice – she sounds fun!) The swag bags were less substantial than before, and the “greet” part of the meet-and-greet was rarely more than a quick hug and photo op.
On Twitter, EA continued to embrace her “I am very badass” fronting attitude...

Often wonder if cyberbullies r aware they’re fucking w/ a girl who’s BFs w/ maker of the SAW films & is marrying a knife-throwing scorpion. (🐀📝)

...and her taste for needlessly inflammatory statements. About an aisle sign in a supermarket:

If this does not infuriate you, then you're a fucking potato.

(Again with the confounding crypto-ableism, EA! 🔍) She also went through a phase of raging against Lady Gaga 📝, who had stolen her idea of using a wheelchair on stage as an able-bodied woman. 🔍 That failed to convince anyone that she wasn't the histrionic diva that haters made her out to be.
Spurred on by EA's rallying cries and “us vs them” mentality, loyalists turned the white-knighting up to 11. On Twitter, some Plague Rats got into cat fights with Lady Gaga's Little Monsters (what a time to be alive). Others tried to balance out the Tumblr negativity with initiatives like “Spreading a Plague of Love” – a “positive-only” confession blog, whose extreme fangirling, comically drastic rules and hyper-defensive tone📝 did not debunk the increasingly popular notion that “true Plague Rats” were a bunch of authoritarian and hopelessly brainwashed fanatics.
EA truthers and other anti-fans started lashing out at anyone who dared express any positive opinion of EA, solidifying claims that the backlash against EA was just a conspiracy of bitter, hysterical bullies.
All this to say: every passing day brought new reasons for fans to get mad at EA and each other, and everyone in the Asylum was in need of a laugh. It's not easy having a good time.🦠
Leading up to Fight Like a Girl and in the years that followed, user-submission-based meme blogs took off, most notably “Spreading a Plague of Lulz / Troll Like a Girl”. A lot of the early submissions were absurdist humor and toothless, cheezburger-Impact memes (a style that was, oddly, already dated at the time). Those often originated in good fun, and from loyal fans, on the official forum. But there was also true snark, satirizing EA's questionable ethics, outrageous claims, and easily spoofed artistic gimmicks. A new slang of Asylumspeak emerged: Glittertits (slight NSFW), GAGA!!, EA Gusta and all its memeface variants, Get outta mah house!, Are You Suffering?, Fight Like A Goat, [Random celebrity] copied EA (a subgenre in its own right), ...
Most of the “trolling” was directed at unrepentant bootlickers and, to a lesser extent, red-in-the-face haters and creeps. Meme blogs would post joke comments under “serious” or gushing submissions on Wayward Victorian Confessions, and taunt loyalist accounts by tagging them in their posts. When a few people complained on WVC that almost all of the Bloody Crumpets to date had been thin white able-bodied women, and a few fans responded by sharing their dream-casts for a more diverse line-up, the blog was flooded for days with confessions that “X should be a Crumpet” (candidates included RuPaul, Mitt Romney, Nicki Minaj, EA's therapist, and the WVC admins). Farcical shenanigans like that.
Ah, but some people will always cross the line, won't they. EA threads popped up on merciless, bully-friendly snark platforms like Lolcow, Pretty Ugly Little Liar, and Encyclopedia Dramatica. Snarkers with a mean streak and obsessive haters mingled in some of the more aggressive, 4-chan-spirited retaliation against EA – which would be called “brigading” in modern parlance. This included flooding EA's Goodreads page with one-star reviews (see part 4), repeatedly editing her Wikipedia page to include her legal name and birth year, and ensuring that Googling said name would bring up current pictures of her.
All of this compounded agitation fragmented the once-united fandom beyond recognition.🦠 Through substantial disagreements among fans, personal bickerings, layers upon layers of inscrutable in-jokes, and cross-platform telephone games, the Asylum morphed into a booby-trapped Escher room.
Satire blogs were taken in earnest. Earnest fan blogs scanned as satire. Memes would get called out as abuse. Appreciation without attached criticism would get mocked as bootlicking. Obvious jokes made by EA would be taken at face value. One divisive confession could trigger days and days of debate, to the point that WVC eventually banned confessions in response to other confessions. New waves of infighting created a confusing web of rival sub-factions🐀, each accusing the others of being toxic, cliquish, and delusional.
The shared fantasy was broken, the collective vision had crumbled, no onez was speaking the same language anymore. Fans would jump down the throat of other fans who held almost identical views about EA, except for that one thing she said or did that one time. Everyone had differing thoughts on what should or shouldn't acceptable to discuss, question, excuse, make fun of.
War is hell.

SCORCHED EARTH SHENANIGANS: HONEY, I SHRUNK THE ASYLUM

Would you tear my castle down Stone by stone And let the wind run through my windows Till there was nothing left But a battered rose? (“Castle Down”, 2003🎵)

Haters vs sycophants is not really the kind of conflict where one side can come out on top (if you're participating, you've already lost). But in the long tug-of-war between “grassroots” and “EA-sponsored” fan spaces, the ultimate winner is obvious – in that the former is gasping in agony, a shriveled husk of its former glory, while the latter... is non-existent. This is due in no small part to EA's tendency, like the Czars of old, to settle conflicts by setting Moscow on fire.🔍)
That's not entirely fair: unlike EA, the czar only did it that once.
By early 2013, as EA was gearing up for her third Fight Like a Girl tour at the end of the year, the official forum was... not as lively as it once had been. Not just because of the stifling rules and disgruntlement towards EA, or because EA herself hadn't really posted anything on there in years; the Internet was also changing, and forums in general were fast becoming passé.
This made it difficult for EA to create a safe space where she could talk to fans, and fans could talk to and about her, in a way she deemed suitable (ie, a space she could gate-keep and regulate enough to keep it completely free from negative criticism). Social media was a minefield; she still posted regularly, but didn't interact very much. So EA and the Headmistress came up with a way to filter out the unbelievers: an official fan club📝, aptly called the “Asylum Army”, with a $100 entry price.
Joining the AA came with a dog tag, a sew-on patch, and a lifetime membership certificate signed by EA and – for some reason – the Headmistress. (Unlike EA's best friend and sound engineer back in the forum's heyday, I don't think fans ever really embraced the FLAG-era manager as part of the Asylum in-group. She came across more as a coordinator / businessperson / adult chaperone, at best.🐀) So, slightly better goodies than you'd get by joining the other AA 🔍 ... but not by much. The main appeal was that members would have access to exclusive content, special merch, giveaways, early bird tickets for future shows, and regular video chats with EA.
The concept itself drew a fair amount of criticism, as you can imagine. Between the name🐀, the price, and the inherent gatekeeping of a pay-to-join fanclub, many balked at the monetizing of a concept that had once (like, three years back) been significantly more DIY, grassroots, and inclusive. 📝🐀
Then again, many also longed for a positive, drama-free space where fans could just be fans. And while the creation of the AA was generally recognized as a quick cashgrab, a lot of people were surprisingly cool with it. EA was trying to finance her dream musical, after all – although a number of fans wished she had gone about raising funds in a less sketchy way.
So around 400 fans shelled out (which, according to the Headmistress📝, “basically cover[ed] the cost of running the fanclub itself – keeping the database up, website, etc.”). Enough for a close-knit, but sizable community. But already, there was a conflict of interest: a high fanclub entry fee essentially demands that you pledge loyalty to the artist over loyalty to your fellow fans, who wish to join but can't afford to. Sharing, caring, and ensuring no one felt left out were some of the more positive values cultivated in the fandom... but leaking exclusive content would surely piss off other paying members🐀, and make EA feel betrayed all over again. (And she had barely just started to mellow out on social media!)
...But then again, this is the internet. After the first month of secret AA drops (lyric sheets, some photoshoot outtakes – nothing too juicy, really), there were, yes, some leaks. EA was predictably miffed, and retaliated by... ghosting the fanclub for weeks at a time in its first few months of existence (great look!). She eventually found the “solution” to her problem, by providing something you couldn't right-click-save (and which had been part of the promised perks to begin with): live interaction.
Over webcam, she was her usual in-person bubbly, charming, funny self. Everyone seemingly had a good time during the fanclub video chat, and this gave people faith and hope.
There were a few more events, giveaways, etc. As promised, ahead of the fall 2013 tour (the last one to date, it would turn out), AA members got priority access to show tickets and VIP bundles. The latter were much pricier than before, and only included soundcheck, a photo-op, and three goodies: a tin of loose-leaf tea, a signed printer-paper setlist, and a small flag that said “F.L.A.G.”.🔍 Some stuff continued to leak – but, as some of the outlaws pointed out (scroll down to the Disqus comments), they were mostly relaying information that was relevant to the entire fanbase, such as updates about ongoing projects (the dragged-out recording of the audiobook, for one).
In early 2014, lifetime memberships were closed, and replaced with monthly, quarterly and yearly subscription tiers. Bizarrely, you ended up paying $3 more per month if you bought a $99 yearly subscription📝 – but it did include the patch, dog tag, and piece of paper!

Sometimes I kind of want to be part of the cool kids and register to the Asylum Army. Then I remember how it came about, what you could get for the same price a couple years ago, how the whole thing was and is handled, and that I won’t support any of this bullshit. (And then I roll around naked in all the money I’m saving.) (🐀)

Still, a number of fans rejoiced at the affordable monthly option, and joined – if not for the exclusive content and merch (which were... okay, but not much to write home about), then for the friendly, drama-free exchanges with an artist they actually did love, in spite of all the frustration.
For the still-too-poor or still-undecided, there was always the forum! It wasn't as active as it used to be, but a few die-hards still managed to keep the lights on... until, inevitably, Someone Did Something and Ruined Everything. (Once again: EA's wrath is spectacular, but rarely completely unprovoked.) The incident features one notable figure in the Asylum community. Let's call him the Collector.
OK, so maybe you remember the meme I linked to in Part 4, with Christian Grey and the ginormous EA hoard. Well, that's the Collector's collection. The “Violin” promo that I called the "Holy Grail of the fandom" in the same paragraph? Also his. The handwritten lyrics that went for $940? Guess who won that auction. Over the years, the Collector had probably spent five figures on EA merch and shows, and although that fact was a little unsettling, he was a very active, easy-going, and generally well-liked fixture of the fandom.
One day in 2012, shortly after the Headmistress had replaced EA's old Chicago BFF as main forum admin, the Collector's account got banned or restricted over something dumb. When the ban wasn't lifted as quickly as he hoped, he took it... the way one takes things when one is unhealthily invested: he started spamming Headmistress and the mod team with increasingly rambling and abusive emails (lost to time, probably for the best). When that didn't work quickly enough, he tried a different route.
One of the many auctions that the Collector had won, some years prior, was EA's old iPod Touch📝 – which contained all of her favorite tunes and, buried somewhere in the data cache... a phone number. Which the Collector tried calling. And wouldn't you know it: EA picked up. She congratulated him on his sleuthing skills, listened patiently as he made his case, apologized for any distress caused by the unfair account restriction, and then they got married.
Kidding! She freaked the fuck out, hung up, and banned him for life from the forum and all EA shows and events.
After his ban, the Collector allegedly still tried to attend at least one VIP pre-show (one source in the comments says he was allowed to buy some merch, refunded for his ticket, and escorted out). He joined the Reform forum to bitch about EA and try to rally people to his cause, possibly made revenge posts about her on darker snark forums, and continued to hound the Asylum mod team. So in June 2014, EA came up with a radical and unexpected fix to the Collector problem.

The official Asylum Fan Forum has been shut down permanently. I have personally paid thousands of dollars each year to keep the forum safe and secure for you ... Unfortunately, the forum has not been kept safe and secure for me, a truth which disappoints me greatly, instead becoming a place where people who have physically threatened myself and my staff prey upon forum members, pressuring them to contact me and my staff on their behalf. If the gullible wish to humor my stalkers (who live in their parent’s basement at age 30 something) and thus put me in danger, they may do it on their own dime. They may also fuck off, because stupidity can kill, and I won’t be your victim. To those who enjoyed the forum, you know who to thank for its closure. (“On the closing of the Asylum Forum”)

Voilà! This is how a decade-long archive of shared history ends: not with a bang, but with a dirty delete and a sod-off communiqué.
The obliteration of the forum took everyone by surprise...

I was actually on the forum when it was taken down. I was navigating between posts and when I went to click on a different board, an error message came up. I honestly cried a little, I'm not ashamed to say. (WVC admin on Reddit, 2024)

...and I do mean everyone:

Chicago BFF / ex-admin, the next morning: Whoa, EA forum shut down? Ex-mod: It turns out that if someone spends enough years actively “waging war” to destroy what they can’t have, eventually they’ll be successful. * eye roll * Not even mods got prior warning. Just all the sudden, poof, gone. BFF: Really? She did not let the moderators know?! This is sounding worse and worse. Uggh. I’m so sorry. Such a loss. (...) Ok, threats are serious, but why not just put it in archive mode so no one can post? (...) Sad. I shall light a candle in the forum's honor. (Facebook posts; scroll down for screenshots)

It was a gut punch, especially for people who had poured countless hours into the community, or could have used some prior warning to save years of their own writing from the role-playing threads. One last chance to take a look around the place that had meant so much to so many.

From the wording of the announcement of closing the forum and a number of other things, it sometimes seems like EA doesn't like her fans much. :/ (🐀)

Three months after the forum was nuked, Battered Rose (a venerable EA fansite, which had been around since the Enchant era and had one of the most complete EA galleries online) announced that it was shutting down too.📝 The admin, who had also been a long-time forum mod, cited a lack of “time, energy, passion, or money” to keep the website going... and being upset at the sudden disappearance of the forum. It was, truly, the end of an era for the Asylum.
...Well, no point in living in the past. For those who could afford it, and still wanted to talk to/about EA after that (not everyone did 🐀), there was always the Asylum Army fanclub!
Over the summer of 2014, EA held regular live chats and Q&A's, and... many attendees really enjoyed them, and thought the AA was well worth the money after all. She also quietly parted ways with the much poo-pooed Headmistress around that time.

Just spent over 4 hours giggling, drinking tea and playing guessing games in chat with EA and other Asylum Army members ... No griping, no downers, just lots of fun. I think I like the way the ‘new fandom’ is going and now I’m really glad I finally decided to join the Army. (September 4, 2014🐀; Battered Rose had closed the day before)

The forum was lost forever, but perhaps that was a chance for a fresh start. Could this fanclub thing really be the Asylum Renaissance that fans had been longing for?

...I have come today to a very difficult but necessary decision, and that is to discontinue the Emilie Autumn Official Fanclub. The site itself, and the community chatroom, will remain open to you indefinitely, but I will no longer be making updates to the site. (Newsletter, September 8, 2014📝)

...Never mind, then.
Turns out the fanclub had been the Headmistress' idea all along. EA had been reluctant from the start, and although she really enjoyed the live chats with a safe community of people “who are there for the right reasons”, she couldn't overcome her fundamental discomfort with the concept. Lifetime and regular members would receive a bunch of digital downloads and a -35% coupon on the Asylum Emporium for their troubles. EA said she would definitely pop back once in a while for live chats, for free, just for fun, but to my knowledge, she never did.
And so the most devoted fans were left standing in the rain...

She is happy, she made it. She is fulfilling her dreams, found love and happiness after all the pain. I understand that she now doesn’t need “us” anymore ... That doesn’t change the fact she broke my heart with taking the Asylum Army and the forum from me. Yet, I am happy for her. (🐀)

...while naysayers pointed and laughed, Nelson-style.🦠

I don’t feel sorry at all for the people that paid for the Asylum Army fan club. Most of them knew that EA is an atrocious business woman and has broken many promises before. In fact, I laugh at them. They seriously thought that EA would actually stay consistent with this? (🐀)

EVERYTHING MUST GO: THE ASYLUM WHOLESALE

EA fans were left without an “official” home for about three years. This gave them plenty of time to be annoyed at EA for: not releasing the audiobook on time, not materializing any new project for a while... and the new sin of peddling random, ridiculously marked-up AliBaba jewelry as “merch” on her official store. Think faux-antique cameo pendants and $30 Big Ben rings (...because the Asylum story is set in London, get it?).

The whole accessories section looks like a tacky overpriced English souvenir shop. (🐀)

The fanbase lost a lost of steam in those in-between years, because there wasn't much to stick around for. As evidenced by the positive reception of the AA live chats, even in the midst of unresolved drama, out-loud interactions in a friendly environment have always been EA's saving grace. Considering the amount of online hate, there are shockingly few accounts of bad IRL encounters with EA: most people say that in live conversation, she comes across as a fun, warm, and genuinely sweet person. Some report that their negative opinion shifted after meeting her.
But there were no chats or live shows anymore. There was only social media, where she ignored questions and vague-posted about overdue projects – and the newsletter📝, which was all saccharine love-bombing to promote bland dropshipped trinkets. For fans who remembered the handcrafted merch (and two-way communication) of the early years, it was a bitter pill to swallow.

CONTINUED IN COMMENTS

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Clone Correct URGI 10.3 Upper

Here i've got a clone correct URGI 10.3 in a smooth shade of DDC. All parts are unfired except for the BCG/CH and Upper receiver. Had this assembled and sitting in my closet for close to a year now, i love looking at it but it's time i sell some extras.
Parts List:
Surplus Colt 13629 Keyhole upper
Daniel Defense 10.3 Barrel NSN Marked w/ DD GB and Tube
Colt C stamped BCG
Geissele 9.3" MK16 DDC
Geissele DDC ACH, NSN Marked (shade matches MK16)
Surefire 4 Prong, NSN Marked
Cosmetic Condition: Like New, minimal salt.
Asking $1199 shipped

Sig 516 Full Auto 14.5 P/W Upper

SIG 516 OEM Upper, 14.5 P/W to 16" with SF3P Warcomp.
Catch and Release, 200 rounds total.
Not fired by me but swapped in Full Auto Cut BCG from a different 516. Comes with OEM CH too.
Cosmetic Condition: Like New, minimal salt.
$869 shipped

BCM BFH 14.5 P/W Upper

BCM OEM Upper with BFH ELW profile barrel
P/W 14.5 to 16 with SF3P Warcomp
Comes with Radian Raptor CH, BCM BCG, FCD EPC.
400-500 rounds
Cosmetic Condition: low salt
$799 $769 shipped

Geissele MK16 9.3" Black

Blemula but re-nitrided so the blemula logo is barely visible.
No salt like new. Barrel nut has some marks.
$199 shipped

Larue MBT2S

BNIB 2x flat (not skeleton).
$105 each

FCD Crap 🦆

• 2x BNIB CNF Black, $20 each
  
• 4x ABC/R serrated bolt catches, $55 each. 2x center, 2x forward biased
  

AR15 Spare Parts

• H&R A1 Upper Stripped (Grey): Mild salt from being thrown around in parts bin, $129 shipped
  
• Sig 3 Prong: $29
  
• Odin Works Carbine length Tube + Adjustable Gas Block: $49 shipped (100ish rounds)
  
• Daniel Defense Mid length tube + MK12 style Pinnable gas block: $69 shipped (500ish rounds)
  
• Mini King Comp from Strike Industries: $49 shipped
  
• 1x K2 Grip BNIB ODG: $20 shipped
  
• BCM BCG: $149 shipped, 300 rounds
  

BRN4 Parts from Forsaken Build

2x BNIB Operating Rods, $59 shipped each
1x Mounted unfired operating rod, $55 shipped

Mounts

Weaver Extra High 34mm Rings: $79 $49 New
Aimpoint PRO Riser spacer:, $10 addon
Nightforce 30mm 20MOA ultramount 1.54": $249 $199
Aimpoint Micro OEM Mount: same as this one https://aimpoint.us/micro-standard-mount-for-h-1-h-2-kit/ very light salt, $69 $49 shipped
ADM 30mm Mounts, one is 1316, one is 1324 and has 3 in cant. Comes with quality McMaster high carbon content screws.
$169 $159 each
Aimpoint Pro low Mount: $49 shipped
Looks like this but with a picatinny mount https://aimpoint.us/aimpoint-30mm-top-ring-fits-qrp2-tnp-lrp-not-required-for-compm4-series/

Sig MSR 1-6x

Sig MSR 1-6 with Mount
Light salt on mount and one of the turrets due to crowded safe. Glass is clean everything else looks great.
$239 shipped

Glock Stuff

Glock Sights: all takeoffs, $15 each. Tritium rear one is $30. $59 for all.
CAA MCK Microroni for G19/23/32: Mild salt, comes with flashlight. $169 shipped
Safariland 6360 ALS/SLS FOR g17/G22, Right Handed: $99 $79 shipped

AK Stuff

JMAC: Non-Folding Stock/Brace Mount for MRKT Trunnion: lnib $29 shipped
1913 Adapter for MRKT Trunnion: lnib $29 shipped

NVG Stuff

Norotos Mount + Head Mount + J arm + Infrared tag for dog leash: $99 $89 $79 shipped

Random Shit

Magpul Sling Mount RSA: $24 shipped
Bushmaster Commercial Spec Stock: $29 shipped
Tenebraex M68-ARD, works with Aimpoint PRO: $30 light salted but no structural damage to honeycomb
Aimpoint P2 Cap OEM: free addon
Benelli M4 Mesa Tactical Stock with comfortgrip, cheek riser and newest lock washer: $119 shipped
Geissele buffer tubes: 1x ddc, 1x odg, $59 each. Light salt
A2 Stock: $39 shipped
Hera Arms CQR Gen 2 ODG kit: $99 shipped
VLTOR IMOD Stock, Standard Butt SOPMOD looking thing: one of the plugs is missing, slightly salty, $69 shipped
Badger J-arm plate for RMR: $19 shipped (anodize is a bit light, looks dark greyish)
KAC Rear Sight (missing bolt screw and bolt clamp): $79 shipped

Patches

Also patches if you would like some: https://www.reddit.com/GunAccessoriesForSale/s/NzKFRKbgjL

Well perhaps unpopular opinion.
But is anyone else tired of stepping into a mall and being greeted by a chorus of yapping dogs? I get it, you love your precious pooch, but the rest of us came to shop and eat, not to navigate through a canine convention or a pet parade. Malls are not the place for your fur babies to showcase their barking skills and sniffing habits. Seriously, leave them at home or take them to an open park where they can actually enjoy themselves instead of being dragged through crowded, noisy stores.
I know — especially in Manila and other major cities in PH there aren’t enough parks, so naturally, the solution is to bring your entitled pets to a shop or restaurant where they can slobber over everything. Insert sarcastic cough.
Malls being greedy enterprises too will never have regulations on this, but perhaps there should be some etiquette around this? (LOL asa pa on etiquette sa Pinas).
Also MOST of the dog owners who bring their pets to malls seem more interested in validation and showing off their fluffy accessories than considering how annoying it is for everyone else. The world doesn’t revolve around your dog, people. Iwan mo sa bahay mga yan --- but then again how can you get all the attention and Validation?
EDIT: To be clear, I love dogs and love pets in general. But they need to be kept in their proper places, especially if they're yappy, noisy, and unhygienic and if you're not conscientious enough about other humans. It's not my problem na random Reddit people have low reading comprehension skills and critical thinking skills and don't distinguish nuance.
EDIT 2: Madami talagang Pinoy Redditors na kulang sa reading comprehension and critical thinking, and yayabang pa displaying their idiocy. Which is not surprising kasi mababa naman quality ng education sa Pilipinas at mediocre talaga ang culture at quality of life ng 99% of people. Walang sense of space, responsibility, and social contracts. Which is fine. This post just proves the point na kadiri talaga ang viewpoints at kawawa ang Pilipinas.

Just got a brand new(used 2015) ford fusion & I want to decorate it sooo bad. Some fun car seat covers, steering wheel cover, maybe stickers, some accessories for my dogs, etc.
Problem: all of the car seat covers cover the side seat airbags(I’m not sure if my car even has those but you can never be too safe!!!) and the backseat cupholders are always covered up.
Anyone know where I can buy good quality seat covers with these features?

Hi y’all!
I seek some opinions and support.
Just to give a bit of context, I (32M) just celebrated our 10-year anniversary with my partner (38M). I have recently realized he has many narcissistic personality traits, and more importantly, I finally noticed I have been gaslighted for so many years. About midway through our relationship, I found out about his infidelity, but I naïvely gave him many chances since then.
For our 10-year anniversary, he gave me a card with the following message:
“THANK YOU FOR: - TRAVELING THE WORLD WITH ME - RELOCATING AND MOVING FOUR TIMES - COMING TO EUROPE - HAVING OUR DOG WITH ME - SHOWING ME LOVE - HELPING ME ACHIEVE MY GOALS - SUPPORTING ME - BEING THERE WHEN I DON'T FEEL WELL - YOUR PRESENCE AND SUPPORT MEAN EVERYTHING TO ME.”
Reading this made me so uncomfortable. I can actually envision that he sees me as his accessory to make him feel better and to help him achieve his goals. It is good that he can acknowledge my support, but after 10 years, he could have at least mentioned some shared goals or anything else that doesn't revolve around him.
Am I exaggerating? Thanks!
—
BTW, I have been doing therapy for the past 3 or more years, and recently started working on finding the strength to break up. But it is a long work in progress.

So I’ve been caring for this pup that I got off wag for quite a long time actually. Bonds have been built, with myself and the owner who the pup has become significantly attached to because she was adopted after being a stray and was found in Arizona and brought to nyc. She’s largely excelled in leash training and others but then she also got moved to a new house and isn’t really being given time to acclimate. Been there just a few days and already considering rehoming.
Now to the advice. The owner who I suspected was one of those has a dog for an accessory to be fair may be true. I was informed that the pup is being considered for rehome because the parent has run into the typical puppy stuff. Random excitement; occasional barking, nipping at the hands and stuff. Because I’m lost I’ve trained her solidly for weeks and none of these things happen when I have her. She doesn’t bark at night, she rarely bites and if it is it’s a playful one but she was in training to prevent that kind of playing and was progressing well.
I’m not sure how to proceed with the parent because she hasn’t indicated that she’s going to cancel services or anything or a 100% rehome but I am kind of disappointed in her and would not be able to service her again if she were to get another pet but I’m not sure what to do or how to tell her that if she does indeed rehome because this is cruel. The dog has never bit anything seriously, was brought halfway around the country, among other things.
I fear that if she cannot rehome it she will attempt to do it herself out of fear of losing her apartment thereby endangering the dog with anyone who would willingly take her.
Any advice is helpful. I want to make sure this pup goes down the right path.

my mod list has remained mostly the same throughout my playthrough but suddenly after loading the save, drafting any of my colonists causes all of that colonist's gizmos to irreversibly vanish, making them impossible to undraft or make do much of anything. the last thing i remember doing before closing the save was leveling a really high level psycaster with a lot of psycasts. if anyone knows what might be causing this, help is much appreciated. my modlist, copypasted from Rimpy, is as follows
[Mod list length: 123]
Prepatcher [https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2934420800\]
Harmony [https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2009463077\]
Fishery - Modding Library [https:// no link (local mod)]
Core [https:// no link (local mod)]
Performance Fish [https:// no link (local mod)]
Royalty [Official DLC] [https:// no link (local mod)]
Ideology [Official DLC] [https:// no link (local mod)]
Biotech [Official DLC] [https:// no link (local mod)]
Anomaly [Official DLC] [https:// no link (local mod)]
HugsLib [https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=818773962\]
JecsTools [https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=932008009\]
Tabula Rasa [https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=1660622094\]
Achtung! [https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=730936602\]
Allow Tool [https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=761421485\]
Vanilla Expanded Framework [https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2023507013\]
Vanilla Psycasts Expanded [https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2842502659\]
Alpha Animals [https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=1541721856\]
Alpha Biomes [https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=1841354677\]
Vanilla Races Expanded - Android [https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2975771801\]
Alpha Genes [https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2891845502\]
Vanilla Factions Expanded - Classical [https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2787850474\]
Vanilla Factions Expanded - Mechanoids [https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2329011599\]
Alpha Mechs [https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2973169158\]
Common Sense [https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=1561769193\]
Tweaks Galore [https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2695164414\]
Vanilla Ideology Expanded - Memes and Structures [https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2636329500\]
Alpha Memes [https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2661356814\]
Backup Power (Updated) [https:// no link (local mod)]
Better Void Touched [https:// no link (local mod)]
Geological Landforms [https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2773943594\]
Biome Transitions [https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2814391846\]
Vanilla Factions Expanded - Empire [https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2938820380\]
Vanilla Textures Expanded [https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2016436324\]
Biotech Mechanoid Retexture [https:// no link (local mod)]
CM Color Coded Mood Bar [1.1+] [https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2006605356\]
Camera+ [https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=867467808\]
Cuter Biotech Cat/Dog Ear Replacer [https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2878864038\]
Destroy Item [https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2423311270\]
DragSelect [https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2599942235\]
Dubs Mint Menus [https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=1446523594\]
Dubs Performance Analyzer [https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2038874626\]
Endling (Last Of Their Kind) [https:// no link (local mod)]
EBSG Framework [https:// no link (local mod)]
Vanilla Races Expanded - Genie [https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2901424072\]
Expanded Biotech Style Genes - All in One [https:// no link (local mod)]
FrameRateControl [https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=1591142767\]
Go Explore! [https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=1814100216\]
Integrated Creep Joiners [https:// no link (local mod)]
Integrated Implants [https:// no link (local mod)]
Just Put It Over There [https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2856471776\]
Map Preview [https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2800857642\]
Mashed's Ashlands [https:// no link (local mod)]
Metals Trader [https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=1855069167\]
MinifyEverything [https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=872762753\]
More Max Memes [https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2552870228\]
Need Bar Overflow [https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2566316158\]
Nephilim Xenotype [https:// no link (local mod)]
No Forced Slowdown [https:// no link (local mod)]
NoReddishBodies [https:// no link (local mod)]
Numbers [https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=1414302321\]
Patricia's Moveable Monoliths [https:// no link (local mod)]
Pawn Editor [https:// no link (local mod)]
Performance Optimizer [https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2664723367\]
Persistent Precepts [https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2944765939\]
Prison Commons (Continued) [https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2898000489\]
PrisonerRansom [https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=794038005\]
Process Neutroamine from Chemfuel [https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2292061018\]
Psychic Harmonizer Lag Fix [https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2458294153\]
RPG Style Inventory Revamped [https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2478833213\]
Raids For Me [https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=1633517937\]
RandomPlus [https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=1434137894\]
ReSplice: Charmweavers [https:// no link (local mod)]
ReSplice: Core [https:// no link (local mod)]
Replace Stuff [https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=1372003680\]
Research Tab Colors [https:// no link (local mod)]
RimCities [https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=1775170117\]
RimHUD [https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=1508850027\]
RimSaves [https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=1713367505\]
Rimefeller [https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=1321849735\]
Rimefeller Compat Patch [https:// no link (local mod)]
RunAndGun (1.5 Updated by Nillas) [https:// no link (local mod)]
Vanilla Events Expanded [https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=1938420742\]
Vehicle Framework [https:// no link (local mod)]
Vanilla Vehicles Expanded [https:// no link (local mod)]
Vanilla Vehicles Expanded - Tier 3 [https:// no link (local mod)]
Save Our Ship 2 [https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=1909914131\]
Self Dyeing [https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2562859859\]
Simple sidearms [https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=927155256\]
Smart Speed [https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=1504723424\]
Sparkling Worlds - Full Mod [https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=1123043922\]
Stack XXL [https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=826366050\]
Stored Research [https:// no link (local mod)]
Ugly Together [https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2884233923\]
XML Extensions [https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2574315206\]
Un-Limited (Unofficial) [https:// no link (local mod)]
Underground Vault [https:// no link (local mod)]
VVE - Deconstructable Vehicles Junk [https:// no link (local mod)]
Vanilla Apparel Expanded — Accessories [https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2521176396\]
Vanilla Base Generation Expanded [https:// no link (local mod)]
Vanilla Factions Expanded - Ancients [https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2654846754\]
Vanilla Factions Expanded - Deserters [https:// no link (local mod)]
Vanilla Factions Expanded - Pirates [https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2723801948\]
Vanilla Factions Expanded - Settlers [https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2052918119\]
Vanilla Factions Expanded - Tribals [https:// no link (local mod)]
Vanilla Nutrient Paste Expanded [https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2920385763\]
Vanilla Psycasts Expanded - Hemosage [https:// no link (local mod)]
Vanilla Psycasts Expanded - Puppeteer [https:// no link (local mod)]
Vanilla Races Expanded - Archon [https:// no link (local mod)]
Vanilla Races Expanded - Fungoid [https:// no link (local mod)]
Vanilla Races Expanded - Highmate [https:// no link (local mod)]
Vanilla Races Expanded - Hussar [https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2893586390\]
Vanilla Races Expanded - Lycanthrope [https:// no link (local mod)]
Vanilla Races Expanded - Phytokin [https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2927323805\]
Vanilla Races Expanded - Pigskin [https:// no link (local mod)]
Vanilla Races Expanded - Sanguophage [https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2963116383\]
Vanilla Races Expanded - Waster [https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2983471725\]
Vehicles - Skyranger [https:// no link (local mod)]
WVC - Work Modes [https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2888380373\]
WVC - Xenotypes and Genes [https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2886992038\]
War Crimes Expanded 2 Core (Updated) [https:// no link (local mod)]
Pick Up And Haul [https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=1279012058\]
While You're Up (with add-on for PUAH) [https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2034960453\]
RocketMan - Performance Mod [https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2479389928\]

Breaking news my fellow redditors!
I did a stupid
I come to present my load order and crash log for help figuring out where i went wrong on my modlist. Unfortunately for myself, I am a dumbass and somewhere along the line after adding a plethora more mods after working off the Begin Again list, suddenly i can no longer fast travel outside of D.C interior zones as I instead get fast traveled over to my desktop screen. Maybe if I'm lucky, I'll be presented with a big black.....texture before TTW crashes.
Here's my load order, go ahead point and laugh and tell me how I completely messed up my load order so I can go cry in the corner about it for 5 minutes then fix the problem. Unlike my irl preferences, please point out any red flags in the list so they can be avoided.

Mod_Priority,#Mod_Status,#Mod_Name,#Mod_Version

"0000","+","DLC: TribalPack",""
"0001","+","DLC: OldWorldBlues",""
"0002","+","DLC: MercenaryPack",""
"0003","+","DLC: LonesomeRoad",""
"0004","+","DLC: HonestHearts",""
"0005","+","DLC: GunRunnersArsenal",""
"0006","+","DLC: DeadMoney",""
"0007","+","DLC: ClassicPack",""
"0008","+","DLC: CaravanPack",""
"0009","+","Tale of Two Wastelands",""
"0010","+","JIP LN NVSE Plugin","57.21.0.0"
"0011","+","JohnnyGuitar NVSE","f5.04d"
"0012","+","lStewieAl's Engine Optimizations","1.0.0.0"
"0013","+","lStewieAl's Tweaks and Engine Fixes","9.15.0.0"
"0014","+","lStewieAl's Tweaks and Engine Fixes INI","2.1.0.0"
"0015","+","ROOGNVSE Plugin","3.3.2.0"
"0016","+","NVTF - New Vegas Tick Fix","10.2.2.3b"
"0017","+","New Vegas Mesh Improvement Mod - NVMIM","1.10.0.0"
"0018","+","UIO - User Interface Organizer","2.30.0.0"
"0019","+","The Mod Configuration Menu","1.5.0.0"
"0020","+","kNVSE Animation Plugin","20.0.0.0"
"0021","+","ShowOff xNVSE Plugin","1.75.0.0"
"0022","+","ShowOff xNVSE Plugin INI","--"
"0023","+","FOV Slider","2.9.0.0"
"0024","+","ISControl Enabler and Ironsights adjuster (now ESPless)","2.3.0.0"
"0025","+","JAM - Just Assorted Mods","4.4.0.0"
"0026","+","JAM or Just Sprint animation replacers","1.1.0.0"
"0027","+","Hit's Anims - Season 1","1.4.0.0"
"0028","+","Hit's Anims - Season 1 cowboy","1.0.0.0"
"0029","+","Hit's Anims - Season 2","1.3.0.0"
"0030","+","Hit's Anims - Season 3","1.0.0.0b"
"0031","+","Hit's Anims - Animation Fixes","14.0.0.0"
"0032","+","B42 Weapon Inertia","1.2.0.0"
"0033","+","B42 Quickthrow - an alternative grenade hotkey mod","3.1.0.0b"
"0034","+","B42 Melee Bash","0.6.0.0b"
"0035","+","B42 Inspect - aka Animated Ammo and Weapon Condition Checking","f1.02"
"0036","+","B42 Descriptions aka Pip-Info","0.3.0.0"
"0037","+","Pip-Boy 2000 Mk VI","0.9.0.0"
"0038","+","Different PipBoy Animations","2.0.0.0"
"0039","+","Consistent Spread - Firearms Accuracy and Wobble Fix","1.3.0.0"
"0040","+","Butcher Pete Complete - A Melee Animation Overhaul","1.0.0.0"
"0041","+","SIGMA - Katana animations - kNVSE","1.1.0.0"
"0042","+","SIGMA - Baseball bat and Golf club animations - kNVSE","1.0.0.0"
"0043","+","SIGMA - Melee animation overhaul - Chapter 1 - kNVSE","1.2.0.0"
"0044","+","SIGMA - Spear animations - kNVSE","1.0.0.0"
"0045","+","SIGMA - Greatsword anim set - kNVSE","1.0.0.0"
"0046","+","SIGMA - Shishkebab anim set - kNVSE","1.0.0.0"
"0047","+","SIGMA - Sledgehammer anim set - kNVSE","1.1.0.0"
"0048","+","Different Ballistic Fist Animations","1.0.0.0"
"0049","+","Different PowerFist Animations Xolerys kNVSE","1.0.0.0"
"0050","+","Blended Locomotion","1.2.0.0"
"0051","+","WAP Year One and Bonus","2.3.0.0"
"0052","+","WAP AR Series Replacer","1.3.0.0"
"0053","+","WAP AR Series Replacer 1","1.5.0.0"
"0054","+","ETJ Animations All Cowboy Repeaters","1.0.0.0"
"0055","+","ETJ Animations Anti Materiel Rifle","1.0.0.0"
"0056","+","ETJ Animation's Riot Shotgun","1.0.0.0"
"0057","+","ETJ Animation's 45 PISTOL","1.3.0.0"
"0058","+","ETJ Animation's That Gun 5.56","1.3.0.0"
"0059","+","ETJ Miniguns","1.0.0.0"
"0060","+","ETJ Animation's Hunting Shotgun (2 Versions)","1.0.0.0"
"0061","+","ETJ Animations Caravan Shotguns","1.0.0.0"
"0062","+","ETJ Animation's BAR Automatic Rifle","1.0.0.0"
"0063","+","ETJ Animation's 45 SMG","1.0.0.0"
"0064","+","ETJ USAS - 12","1.1.0.0"
"0065","+","Different Fatman Animations Xolerys kNVSE","1.0.0.0"
"0066","+","FNV Clean Animations - Missile Launcher","1.0.0.0"
"0067","+","FNV Clean Animations - Rock-It Launcher","1.0.0.0"
"0068","+","FNV Clean Animations - Incinerator","1.0.0.0"
"0069","+","FNV Clean Animations - Recharging Weapons Pack","1.0.0.0"
"0070","+","Ani_MP5 kNVSE Set","1.1.0.0"
"0071","+","Supplementary Weapons Pack","1.3.0.0"
"0072","+","Supplementary Weapons Pack1","1.0.0.0"
"0073","+","NVRA - AutoMag","1.5.0.0"
"0074","+","Classic Fallout Weapons Remastered","1.9.2.0"
"0075","+","NMCs_Texture_Pack_For_New_Vegas","1.0.0.0"
"0076","+","NMCs_Texture_Pack_For_New_Vegas2","1.0.0.0"
"0077","+","NMCs_Texture_Pack_For_New_Vegaschair","1.0.0.0"
"0078","+","water tower","1.1.0.0"
"0079","+","patch","1.1.0.0"
"0080","+","Nut Vegas - Landscapes","1.0.1.0"
"0081","+","Climate Control NVSE","1.0.0.0"
"0082","+","Desert Natural Weathers - NV - TTW","7.7.0.0"
"0083","+","Presets for DDOPP","1.1.0.0"
"0084","+","Simple Interior Lighting Overhaul","1.2.0.0"
"0085","+","Simple Interior Lighting Overhaul - TTW Patch","1.2.0.0"
"0086","+","111777's Silent Player Voice","0.1.0.0"
"0087","+","Project Reality Footsteps","2.1.0.0"
"0088","+","High Resolution Screens","1.1.0.0"
"0089","+","Frozen 3rd Person Masculine Movement","f1.02"
"0090","+","Frozen 3rd Person Feminine Movement","f1.02"
"0091","+","360 Movement","1.2.0.0"
"0092","+","Diagonal movement","0.6.0.0b"
"0093","+","NV Compatibility Skeleton","13.0.0.0"
"0094","+","Rebuild the Capital","2.35.0.0"
"0095","+","Helmet Overlay","1.10.0.0"
"0096","+","Big Town Extensions","f5.04"
"0097","+","Another Millenia1","TTW1.4"
"0098","+","TTW 3.3 Lone Courier's Dialogue","2.0.0.0"
"0099","+","IMPACT","2.0.0.0"
"0100","+","IMPACT - Compatibility Edition (JIP LN) (DLC - TTW - All Mods)","f2.03"
"0101","+","Fallout NV Cheat Terminal Redux","1.87.0.0"
"0102","+","Canvas Backpacks - FNV - TTW","2.0.0.0"
"0103","+","B42 Dropmag and One in the chamber","1.2.0.0b"
"0104","+","Classic weapons","1.0.0.0"
"0105","+","AM dropmag patch","1.1.0.0"
"0106","+","TTW - Mothership Zeta Rehaul","3.5.0.0"
"0107","+","TTW - Complete Player Home Upgrades","2.0.0.0"
"0108","+","TTW The Regulators","1.6.0.0"
"0109","+","Smooth True Iron Sights Camera","2.0.0.0"
"0110","+","EVE - Essential Visual Enhancements","1.19.0.0"
"0111","+","aMidianBorn NV Book Of Water","omni2"
"0112","+","BLEED TTW","1.8.7.0"
"0113","+","Player Dialogue Improvements","6.0.0.0"
"0114","+","(TTW) D.E.R.P. - Dialogue Expansion for Role-Players","1.1.0.0"
"0115","+","Weapon Mods Expanded - WMX","1.1.4.0"
"0116","+","Weapon Mods Expanded - WMX1","1.1.4.0"
"0117","+","WMX (Weapon Mods Expanded) - TTW Patch (Unofficial)","1.1.0.0"
"0118","+","WMX - Moddable FO3 Uniques for TTW","1.1.0.0"
"0119","+","Another Millenia","2.4.7.0"
"0120","+","TTW - Mothership Zeta Rewards","1.0.0.0"
"0121","+","The Pittsburgh Expansion Project - TTW Port","1.0.0.0"
"0122","+","TTW Collectibles - The Pitt","4.0.0.0"
"0123","+","WMVM - Weapon Mod Vending Machine","3.3.1.0"
"0124","+","I Need Glove (Fist Me Baby One More Time)","2.0.0.0"
"0125","+","Armed to the Teeth - Redux","2.3.0.0"
"0126","+","Armed to the Teeth - Redux1","1.0.0.0"
"0127","+","JIP Localized Damage Fix","1.0.0.0"
"0128","+","Simple Power Armor HUD","2.1.3.0"
"0129","+","Wasteland Soldier - NV Edition","1.0.0.0"
"0130","+","Wasteland Soldier Redux NV","1.1.0.0"
"0131","+","Tammer","d2024.5.17.0"
"0132","+","Roberts Male Body FNV","3.4.0.0"
"0133","+","Roberts Male Body FNV1","3.3.0.0"
"0134","+","Roberts Male Body FNV2","3.3.0.0"
"0135","+","Roberts Male Body FNV3","3.4.0.0"
"0136","+","Roberts Male Body FNV4","3.3.0.0"
"0137","+","Roberts Male Body FNV5","3.3.0.0"
"0138","+","Type3 Body and Armor replacer","2.1.0.0"
"0139","+","Spice of Life - Variety Armor and Clothing Robert Breeze Type3","1.2.0.0"
"0140","+","Deus Specs",".1"
"0141","+","The BLACKJACK pack - Tons of armors for VANILLA bodys","d2024.5.17.0"
"0142","+","DogTooth Enclave Officer","1.0.0.0"
"0143","+","Unique Troublemaker Outfit-Nightstalker Set","1.2.0.0"
"0144","+","Classic Fallout Metal Armor","1.0.5.0"
"0145","+","Classic Fallout 2 Metal armor Mk II","1.3.0.0"
"0146","+","Classic Fallout 2 combat armor Mark 2 (remastered)","1.0.0.3"
"0147","+","Veronica Outfit Replacer","1.0.0.0"
"0148","+","Classic Combat Armor Replacer Redux","1.1.0.0"
"0149","+","Classic Replacers for TTW","1.1.0.0"
"0150","+","Classic Combat Armor Replacer Combined (TTW)","1.2.1.0"
"0151","+","Tribal Power Helmet - Definitive Edition","1.0.0.0"
"0152","+","Ballistic Skull Mask","2.0.0.0"
"0153","+","Courier Duster Replacer","f2.00"
"0154","+","GP-5 Gasmask","1.0.0.0"
"0155","+","NCR Commando","1.0.0.0"
"0156","+","The Lone Wanderer - TTW and NV","1.2.0.0"
"0157","+","Waster Gear - TTW - FNV","1.0.0.0"
"0158","+","Petal Gasmask","1.4.0.0"
"0159","+","DVA - Distributed Variety Armors - Hats Headgears Accessories","1.1.1.0"
"0160","+","Classic Fallout Tesla armor","1.0.17.0"
"0161","+","Arsthetiu's Armoire - A Nif-Bashed Armour Collection","2.34.0.0"
"0162","+","Fallout The Odyssey Mega Armor Pack","1.0.0.0"
"0163","+","Fallout Revelation Blues Mega Armor Pack","1.0.0.0"
"0164","+","Searchlight Firefighter Outfit","1.0.0.0"
"0165","+","Mercenary Wanderer",".1.01"
"0166","+","Classic Tesla Armor","1.2.0.0"
"0167","+","Fallout Tactics Brotherhood Metal Armor Integration","1.1.0.0"
"0168","+","KORs Pistol Harness","1.1.0.0"
"0169","+","Geonox Riot Armor","1.1.0.0"
"0170","+","Geonox Riot Armor - Female Version -","1.1.0.0"
"0171","+","Wasteland Seeker Armor","1.1.0.0"
"0172","+","Altyn Helmet - Retro Tactical Headgear","1.0.2.0"
"0173","+","AKIRAMORI Tactical Gloves","1.1.0.0"
"0174","+","WW2 M1 Helmets","209.0.0.0"
"0175","+","WW2 M1 Helmets1","2.0.0.0dot1"
"0176","+","WW2 M1 Helmets2","d2024.5.17.0"
"0177","+","Metal Armor MkI","1.4.0.0"
"0178","+","Psycho Armor and Mask","2.0.0.0"
"0179","+","The Road Warrior Armor","1.0.0.0"
"0180","+","Wasteland Stealth Armor NV","1.0.0.0"
"0181","+","Bone Harvester - Tribal Cannibal","1.3.0.0"
"0182","+","Modern Gunslinger Armor","1.2.0.0"
"0183","+","Salvaged Armor","1.1.0.0"
"0184","+","yUI - User Ynterface","1.4.0.0d"
"0185","+","ySI - Sorting Ycons","1.4.0.0b"
"0186","+","Classic Leather Armor Replacer for Leather Armor1","1.0.0.0"
"0187","+","Classic Leather Armor Replacer for Leather Armor","1.2.0.0"
"0188","+","Power Armor Visual Enhancement (PAVE)","2.1.0.0"
"0189","+","STARS TTW - Sweet's Total Armor Rework System","2.22.0.0"
"0190","+","STARS TTW and ySI Patch","2.2.0.0"
"0191","+","AVCCA - Animated Visor for Classic Combat Armor","1.1.0.0b"
"0192","+","Book of Steel - Compatibility Edition","2.1.0.0"
"0193","+","PipBoyOn Node Fixes","1.2.0.0"
"0194","+","Titans of The New West","2.1.35.0a"
"0195","+","(TTW) Benny Humbles You","f1.05"
"0196","+","(Benny Humbles You) and Steals Your Stuff","12.43.0.0"
"0197","+","STARS TTW - Sweet's Total Armor Rework System1","1.0.0.0"
"0198","+","Uncut Wasteland","1.0.0.0"
"0199","+","Uncut Wasteland1","1.0.0.0"
"0200","+","very's patch hell","1.0.0.0"
"0201","+","Cyberware 2281","d2024.5.17.0"
"0202","+","Cyberware 2281 TTW 3.3 Patch","d2024.5.17.0"
"0203","+","Cyberware 2281 - B42 Quickthrow 3.1b Patch","d2024.5.17.0"
"0204","+","Yvile's Crash Logger","4.5.4.0"
And here's the crash log
Exception C0000005 caught!
Thread: [FNV] Main
Calltrace:
Cannot load DbgHelp.dll, error: 0x00000000
Error initializing symbol store
0x0019F314 ==> -\(°_o)/- (0x10E8C00D) : (Corrupt stack or heap?)
0x0019F34C ==> -\(°_o)/- (0x10E768DA) : (Corrupt stack or heap?)
0x0019F370 ==> -\(°_o)/- (0x10E8EFD8) : (Corrupt stack or heap?)
0x00000000 ==> -\(°_o)/- (0x10E722C6) : (Corrupt stack or heap?)
Registry:
REG VALUE DEREFERENCE INFO
eax 0x00000000
ebp 0x34001AB8 0x010EE70C ==> Class: NiDX9ShaderDeclaration
ebx 0x00000000
ecx 0x44002600 0x010EFE94 ==> Class: NiDX9VertexBufferManager
edi 0x000BC250
edx 0x00000000
eip 0x00E8C00D
esi 0x44002600 0x010EFE94 ==> Class: NiDX9VertexBufferManager
esp 0x0019F2FC
Stack:
# VALUE DEREFERENCE INFO
0 0x000BC250
1 0x0019F314
2 0x00000000
3 0x00000000
4 0x00000000
5 0x144E9E20
6 0x44002600 0x010EFE94 ==> Class: NiDX9VertexBufferManager
7 0x00E768DA
8 0x00000000
C 0x3AEF7600 0x010F017C ==> Class: NiGeometryBufferData
D 0x3A9F7720 0x0109FC54 ==> Class: NiTriStripsDynamicData
1F 0x3A9F7720 0x0109FC54 ==> Class: NiTriStripsDynamicData
28 0x3A9F7720 0x0109FC54 ==> Class: NiTriStripsDynamicData
29 0x49003960 0x010B8980 ==> Class: , failed to get string for label
2A 0x3AEF7600 0x010F017C ==> Class: NiGeometryBufferData
2D 0x1840FAC0 0x010EE4BC ==> Class: NiDX9Renderer
39 0x34001AB8 0x010EE70C ==> Class: NiDX9ShaderDeclaration
3C 0x49003960 0x010B8980 ==> Class: , failed to get string for label
3E 0x25821FA4 0x010BCC90 ==> Class: , failed to get string for label
40 0x25821FA4 0x010BCC90 ==> Class: , failed to get string for label
49 0x3AEF7600 0x010F017C ==> Class: NiGeometryBufferData
4A 0x1840FAC0 0x010EE4BC ==> Class: NiDX9Renderer
51 0x3F184AA0 0x010B7DC8 ==> Class: , failed to get string for label
69 0x3F184AA0 0x010B7DC8 ==> Class: , failed to get string for label
72 0x4602C480 0x0109CB9C ==> Class: NiCamera: failed to format
7B 0x4602C480 0x0109CB9C ==> Class: NiCamera: failed to format
83 0x1840FAC0 0x010EE4BC ==> Class: NiDX9Renderer
84 0x1840FAC0 0x010EE4BC ==> Class: NiDX9Renderer
8A 0x430F8000 0x010A8F90 ==> Class: BSFadeNode: Name: "RockCanyon06", 0A05C115 (), Baseform 0A0464C3 (RockCanyon06rad70)
8C 0x4004D000 0x010C1D14 ==> Class: BSMultiBoundNode: failed to format
8F 0x4604EB40 0x0109CB9C ==> Class: NiCamera: failed to format
90 0x4604EB40 0x0109CB9C ==> Class: NiCamera: failed to format
94 0x1E7A7AF0 0x0102F55C ==> Class: TESObjectREFR: 0A05C115 (), Baseform 0A0464C3 (RockCanyon06rad70)
98 0x4004D000 0x010C1D14 ==> Class: BSMultiBoundNode: failed to format
BD 0x1A49CA34 0x010870AC ==> Class: Creature: 0A0C5D3F (), Baseform 0A01CFA2 (CrBrahminDC)
C5 0x45020CC0 0x010BD44C ==> Class: NiParticleSystem: Name: "pSparks"
F0 0x381802D0 0x01024F4C ==> Class: BGSPlaceableWater: FF0039E4 (PlaceableLODWater)
F3 0x381802D0 0x01024F4C ==> Class: BGSPlaceableWater: FF0039E4 (PlaceableLODWater)
F7 0x381802D0 0x01024F4C ==> Class: BGSPlaceableWater: FF0039E4 (PlaceableLODWater)
FA 0x4302F2D0 0x010A8F90 ==> Class: BSFadeNode: failed to format
FB 0x381802D0 0x01024F4C ==> Class: BGSPlaceableWater: FF0039E4 (PlaceableLODWater)
FE 0x381802D0 0x01024F4C ==> Class: BGSPlaceableWater: FF0039E4 (PlaceableLODWater)
Memory:
MinimumWorkingSetSize: 200.00 KB
MaximumWorkingSetSize: 1.35 MB
PeakWorkingSetSize: 2.93 GB
WorkingSetSize: 2.93 GB
QuotaPeakPagedPoolUsage: 1.15 MB
QuotaPagedPoolUsage: 989.79 KB
QuotaPeakNonPagedPoolUsage: 944.85 KB
QuotaNonPagedPoolUsage: 164.85 KB
PageFaultCount: 1.34 MB
PagefileUsage: 3.03 GB
PeakPagefileUsage: 3.03 GB
Module bases:
UNABLE TO IDENTIFY MODULE CONTAINING THE CRASH ADDRESS.
This can occur if the crashing instruction is located in the vanilla address space, but it can also occur if there are too many
DLLs for us to list, and if the crash occurred in one of their address spaces. Please note that even if the crash occurred
in vanilla code, that does not necessarily mean that it is a vanilla problem. The vanilla code may have been supplied bad data
or program state as the result of an issue in a loaded DLL.
If you've read this far ahead because you're actually taking time out of your day to help out this idiot who barely knows anything about compatibility and mod conflicts, t h a n k s m a n !

~ The mods removed this post several times - lets see if this one sticks! ~

From the mountain of political flyers and mailers on my dining room table, to the campaign signs lining local streets, to the steady stream of letters to the editor in the local publication, a few things are crystal clear:

1. Local politicians are out for blood
2. It’s true what they say: the more localized the political campaign, the more vicious the grabs for power and influence become

What follows here is not a dispassionate, clinical account to add to the stack of opinions about local politicians; I unabashedly dislike and distrust this guy. Frankly, I think that he is a *redacted*, nothing but double talk, delusions of grandeur, and old-school conservative dog whistles veiled by carefully crafted language to appeal to the would-be progressives of this here Eugene, OR.
For the sake of efficiency, I’m going to limit my rancorous review as a direct response to quotes from Ted himself, copied verbatim from the most recent publication put out by the Eugene Weekly online.
Most importantly, Coopman’s approach to the housing crisis: 1. “If [the city] has a better solution at this point to deal with the problem we have now,” Coopman says, “now would be the time to drop it.”
The solution is housing, Ted. You know, that thing you boasted about interfering with in the case of the ADU(Accessory Dwelling Unit) regulations? There are mountains of books and literature about this, so I’ll refrain from being redundant and site a piece here:
“Using accessible statistical analysis, they test a range of conventional beliefs about what drives the prevalence of homelessness in a given city — including mental illness, drug use, poverty, weather, generosity of public assistance, and low-income mobility — and find that none explain the regional variation observed across the country. Instead, housing market conditions, such as the cost and availability of rental housing, offer a far more convincing account.” Homelessness is a Housing Problem: How Structural Factors Explain U.S. Patterns, by Colburn and Aldern.
It is documented, analyzed, proven, discussed and otherwise thoroughly disseminated and understood that homelessness is a HOUSING ISSUE. Not a mental health issue, not a drug use issue, and not an issue of “laziness” or any other moral failure.

1. Coopman says that Medary “needs to exercise a little bit tighter control of her management team” This was in response to Medary and the Eugene Planning & Development Department’s work to allow for Accessory Dwelling Units within the Jefferson Westside Neighborhood. While projecting blame at the city for not solving homelessness, Ted actively works against one of the most accessible and pragmatic solutions to affordable housing: smaller units willingly added by people on their own properties.
   
2. “Any street camping, we just cannot have it,” Coopman says. “It is unsafe, it is unsanitary, it’s terrible for homeless people, it’s bad for businesses.”
   

Come on, Ted, don’t bury the lead: It’s bad for businesses. A genuine expression of care for people in unsanitary conditions would be an attempt to improve those conditions. Waste disposal, public bathrooms and showers, A PLACE TO LIVE. We are collectively unsatisfied with the lack of pragmatism or humanity in the strategy of insisting unhoused people become invisible.
Next: Coopman has been endorsed by current Ward 1 Councilor Emily Semple To this I have only a question: Why is a person(Emily) who expressed disdain for Ted Coopman and his supporter Paul Conte just a year ago now an enthusiastic supporter of Ted’s political campaign? I’d love an answer.
Finally, Ted speaks to an OpEd published in the EW on May 9th about his financial ties to Alan Benevides and the Ems. In a noble effort to discredit the authors, Ted first criticizes them for referring to Stephanie Coopman as “his wife”. “As women, the authors should know better,” Coopman writes. Honestly, reaching for hollow feminism is really not a bad strategy! Props, Ted. Though for anyone who has met one of the authors of said viewpoint, (Heather, Anya, or Christine) its a little laughable.
Coopman further referred to the viewpoint as “hyperbolic lies and character assassination.” I read it, and encourage anyone to do the same. Unlike this here viewpoint, and almost anything that Ted has produced, that publication displays an ironclad adherence to facts that are easily verified, as it includes 25 citations.
To conclude: Ted isn’t a good choice, don’t vote for him.

Me (F 25) and my husband (M 27) have bought en everything you need to detail your car. In our case, our Wrangler. We are huge Wrangler people. Involved in the Jeep community and everything.
Anyway, we bought everything you needed to detail your car. Such as, power sprayer and accessories , shop vac plus it’s accessories, handheld carpet cleaner (for stains), interior, exterior spray, shampoo, conditioner, rims and tire cleaner, detail brushes, rags and towels, and some additional cleaning supplies/brushes for a drill, to help break down grease and stains. Way over $400 worth of supplies.
A few members of my family have been making comments how their cars are dirty. They all have kids but us. One couple has a husky and a child. Now I’m unsure if the dog goes into their car often but incase it does, it’ll be even more messy than an average car that doesn’t have dog hair in it. If you’ve done car detailing, you know how much of a pain dog/pet hair is to remove.
Anyway, no one asked me to clean their vehicle which is fine. But I did message in our family chat just giving them a price incase they would like to have their car detailed inside and out.
I told them that I would do $30 for inside and outside IF they came to me. Since I have all the supplies. $90 IF I came to them. They through a fit. “No family discount?” one said. I responded with, “That is the family discount”. Now I am no professional, as I am just starting. I would never charge what other people in the area are charging. Due to me not having the actual experience of doing it for a long time.
With that being said, the market around here is a lot! Roughly $99 to start just for interior cleaning. And it depends on how bad your car is and what size vehicle it is. Same thing for the price for both inside and outside which starts at $140 and up. Me personally, if I was charging people outside of the family, here would be my prices, $60 for exterior if you come to me, $75 if I came to you. For both inside and out, $115 to come to me or $125 to come to you.
I explained this to them. They laughed and said “I can’t believe you’re going to charge family”. There’s a lot of time, energy and products going into a detail… I think they’re getting a steal!
Am I wrong for wanting to charge family?

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Clone Correct URGI 10.3 Upper

Here i've got a clone correct URGI 10.3 in a smooth shade of DDC. All parts are unfired except for the BCG/CH and Upper receiver. Had this assembled and sitting in my closet for close to a year now, i love looking at it but it's time i sell some extras.
Parts List:
Surplus Colt 13629 Keyhole upper
Daniel Defense 10.3 Barrel NSN Marked w/ DD GB and Tube
Colt C stamped BCG
Geissele 9.3" MK16 DDC
Geissele DDC ACH, NSN Marked (shade matches MK16)
Surefire 4 Prong, NSN Marked
Cosmetic Condition: Like New, minimal salt.
Asking $1199 shipped

Sig 516 Full Auto 14.5 P/W Upper

SIG 516 OEM Upper, 14.5 P/W to 16" with SF3P Warcomp.
Catch and Release, 200 rounds total.
Not fired by me but swapped in Full Auto Cut BCG from a different 516. Comes with OEM CH too.
Cosmetic Condition: Like New, minimal salt.
$869 shipped

BCM BFH 14.5 P/W Upper

BCM OEM Upper with BFH ELW profile barrel
P/W 14.5 to 16 with SF3P Warcomp
Comes with Radian Raptor CH, BCM BCG, FCD EPC.
400-500 rounds
Cosmetic Condition: low salt
$799 shipped

Geissele MK16 9.3" Black

Blemula but re-nitrided so the blemula logo is barely visible.
No salt like new. Barrel nut has some marks.
$199 shipped

Larue MBT2S

BNIB 2x flat (not skeleton).
$105 each

FCD Crap 🦆

• 2x BNIB Single Dimple EPC Black, $45 each
  
• 2x BNIB CNF Black, $20 each
  
• 3x ABC/R serrated bolt catches, $55 each. 2x center, 1x forward biased
  

AR15 Spare Parts

• H&R A1 Upper Stripped (Grey): Mild salt from being thrown around in parts bin, $129 shipped
  
• Sig 3 Prong: $29
  
• Odin Works Carbine length Tube + Adjustable Gas Block: $49 shipped (100ish rounds)
  
• Daniel Defense Mid length tube + MK12 style Pinnable gas block: $69 shipped (500ish rounds)
  
• Mini King Comp from Strike Industries: $49 shipped
  
• 1x K2 Grip BNIB ODG: $20 shipped
  
• BCM BCG: $149 shipped, 300 rounds
  

BRN4 Parts from Forsaken Build

2x BNIB Operating Rods, $59 shipped each
1x Mounted unfired operating rod, $55 shipped

Mounts

Weaver Extra High 34mm Rings: $79 $49 New
Aimpoint PRO Riser spacer:, $10 addon
Nightforce 30mm 20MOA ultramount 1.54": $249 $199
Aimpoint Micro OEM Mount: same as this one https://aimpoint.us/micro-standard-mount-for-h-1-h-2-kit/ very light salt, $69 $49 shipped
ADM 30mm Mounts, one is 1316, one is 1324 and has 3 in cant. Comes with quality McMaster high carbon content screws.
$169 $159 each
Aimpoint Pro low Mount: $49 shipped
Looks like this but with a picatinny mount https://aimpoint.us/aimpoint-30mm-top-ring-fits-qrp2-tnp-lrp-not-required-for-compm4-series/

Sig MSR 1-6x

Sig MSR 1-6 with Mount
Light salt on mount and one of the turrets due to crowded safe. Glass is clean everything else looks great.
$239 shipped

Glock Stuff

Glock Sights: all takeoffs, $15 each. Tritium rear one is $30. $59 for all.
CAA MCK Microroni for G19/23/32: Mild salt, comes with flashlight. $169 shipped
Safariland 6360 ALS/SLS FOR g17/G22, Right Handed: $99 $79 shipped

AK Stuff

JMAC: Non-Folding Stock/Brace Mount for MRKT Trunnion: lnib $29 shipped
1913 Adapter for MRKT Trunnion: lnib $29 shipped

NVG Stuff

Norotos Mount + Head Mount + J arm + Infrared tag for dog leash: $99 $89 $79 shipped

Random Shit

Magpul Sling Mount RSA: $24 shipped
Bushmaster Commercial Spec Stock: $29 shipped
Tenebraex M68-ARD, works with Aimpoint PRO: $30 light salted but no structural damage to honeycomb
Aimpoint P2 Cap OEM: free addon
Benelli M4 Mesa Tactical Stock with comfortgrip, cheek riser and newest lock washer: $119 shipped
Geissele buffer tubes: 1x ddc, 1x odg, $59 each
A1 Stock: $39 shipped
Hera Arms CQR Gen 2 ODG kit: $99 shipped
VLTOR IMOD Stock, Standard Butt SOPMOD looking thing: one of the plugs is missing, slightly salty, $69 shipped

Patches

Also patches if you would like some: https://www.reddit.com/GunAccessoriesForSale/s/NzKFRKbgjL

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