He just signed a 174 month deal (roughly 17 years). We have been talking for about a year (long story as to how we started talking and found each other) we have never met in person, but plan to once he’s moved out of county and into prison but I’m having some flags go off in my head about this. He’s really nice, but he’s so much younger. Given that he has been in and out of different jails for a few years has made him seem a little more, “mature” just because you kind of have to grow up quick in there to watch yourself. Example; when we first started talking I didn’t know how old he was right off the bat but would’ve guessed he was closer to my age because he didn’t sound very immature about certain things we talked about. He said he was supposed to get released last September and, “guessed” it was going to be on his bday and what would you know, he called me and said he had court that day and tried to release him but he said NO. He allegedly told the judge he wasn’t leaving because he felt going back out in the world that he would relapse. Ive never heard of this ever happening. I was always under the understanding that they literally kick you out once your released and if you refuse you get a trespassing charge. Then, a month later I find out from him that the jail was, “pressing new charges against him” and said because he decided to stay in jail that they are just basically picking on him but one of them was an assault on an elderly woman (plug of his) that he bear maced in the face and half blinded her trying to “defend” his gf who was in an argument with her one night. I find this unsettling. After this, it was auto theft charges. He had called me really excited one day before this was brought up saying that his, “victim” (the one he bear maced) had died of a fentanyl overdose so that aggravated assault charge would be dropped. I got really upset with him because I thought it was awful he would sound so excited about someone dying. It just bothered me. He later apologized for being insensitive. He’s also love bombing I feel. His letters I receive are all about how “amazing and hot” I am and how I’m his “queen” and he does it so much that I don’t really believe any of it. He claims he’s has 12 relationships and I find that hard to believe but all of them failed because he was always “treated like shit”. There’s more, like him always asking for money on his phone that I don’t have cause I’m a single mom and I want to be there for him but it just sounds to me like he’s full of bullshit and he got caught “cheeking” his meds but of course he “didn’t do it”. He also recently got sent to the hole for moving bunks so he could be with his friend from the streets and guy got caught trying to get drugs into the facility but he was just, “guilty by association” and he would never do that. I wanted other people’s opinions because I just feel like he’s full of shit.
Edit: he also swears he’s gonna be released in 2 years for work release, but I highly doubt it. I feel like he’s telling me this so I’ll wait around

Hi Jaguar,
I'm looking to get a 2010 or later Jaguar XK with the 385hp 5.0L V8, sometime later this year or early next year. I wanted to do some research on the car before spending any considerable amount of money on what would become either my next daily or my 2nd car for weekends and trips away. I currently drive an amazing BMW E46 330i Touring with a 5 speed manual, and that's my daily.
In my research, I've come across two issues that could potentially be expensive or car-ending for the 5L engines, especially the earlier prefacelift ones. The water pump can go bad and grenade the engine; the timing chain can fail or cause other chaos in the engine. Chassis wise, I've only ever seen that the suspension can potentially wear out, but I don't have more details. Does anyone know of any other potential issues that these cars could have?
I've also come across a particularly cheap example (20500€), which until recently didn't have any issues at all. However, last week, the price was dropped from 24000€ to the current 20500€, reason being that cylinder 8 has low compression at 7.5bar. This apparently happened after the car was driven to the point where it ran out of fuel. This on its own doesn't indicate to me that there could be something wrong with the engine block or if the piston is knackered; naturally aspirated engines don't just lose compression for no reason. Could this just be a simple case of bad injectors (causing the oil to be washed away on the cylinder walls) or just fuel starvation? Could it even be a bad head gasket/valve cover gasket? At least on the E46, these are known to cause low compression. What are the typical cylinder compression values like for a Jag XK, because the only thing I've heard is that the lowest value has to be within 10% of the highest value/average of the rest, or something like that.
Any help or insights would be amazing! Thanks a bunch and have a great day!

I am not the OOP. The OOP is u/Happy-Personality528 posting in AITAH and DivorceMen
Ongoing as per OOP
2 updates - Medium
Original - 8th May 2024
Update 1 - 9th May 2024
Update 2 - 10th May 2024
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AITAH for resenting my wife for not believing my side of story
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I (M, 46) have been married to my wife, Heather (F, 45), for 18 years. We have two kids (16F and 14M). We work for the same company but in different departments. She works on a different floor of our building. We recently hired a new employee, Sarah (F, 30). I helped her a lot with her training and even prepared a guide for her so she could catch up on the new role quickly. I told her she could drop by anytime if she had a question. She kept coming to my desk to chitchat.
Even my coworker, Chris, who shares an office with me, noticed. I thought she was new and lonely, so not a big deal. She asked me to go out for lunch with her. I laughed and joked, asking if Chris wanted to join us for lunch. Then Sarah looked at me and said no, she meant just us to talk, plus she wanted to buy me lunch because I had been so nice to her. Chris gave me a look. I told her she didn’t have to and that I was just doing my job. She insisted, and I agreed.
During lunch, she started rubbing my hand. I moved my hand and changed the topic to my wife, bringing her up repeatedly. She eventually said she found me attractive and wanted to be more than friends, suggesting we start with friends with benefits and see where it goes.
She said she thought I wasn't happy in my marriage because I was having lunch with her and laughing, while she never saw me having lunch with my wife. I told her I was married and wanted to keep our friendship professional. She didn’t like my reply and became quiet. I apologized, but she said it was all good. I paid the bill for both of us since it was so awkward, and we went back to work.
I received a letter from HR telling me they needed to talk to me because Sarah filed a complaint. She said I had asked her out for lunch, been inappropriate and handsy, and even pressured her to have sex with me, but she left. I was floored. Luckily, my coworker Chris can confirm my side of the story. I immediately told my wife the whole thing, and she got furious at me.
She said she believed Sarah's side because she stands by the victim. I told her Sarah was lying! Chris can confirm she invited me! Also, I wasn’t inappropriate; I didn’t touch her and turned her down. My wife rolled her eyes and said Sarah is a gorgeous woman much younger than me, implying I took advantage of her. I was so annoyed! I have always been faithful to her. How could she possibly think of me like this?
Luckily, the HR issue was resolved, and I just have to do some training. I asked to move to another team so I won’t be working with Sarah anymore. Am I the asshole for resenting my wife for not believing my side? For taking her side without any proof? I basically barely talked to my wife since the incident.
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MatataKakiba
This will get lost in the sea of comments, but I'm wondering if the restaurant has a video recording of the dining area. You could prove you're telling the truth really quickly with a recording of she getting handsy and you pulling away.

OOP: I’m gonna check with the restaurant. It’s a small cafe/restaurant within walking distance of our office

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KatersHaters
Speaking of intel, I wonder what her behavioperformance was like at her previous job(s). The fact she perused you and then reported false accusations to HR this quickly into a new job suggests a level of “diabolical confidence” imo. Or reckless immaturity I guess. Regardless, something ain’t right and I wouldn’t be surprised if this was some kind of MO for her. I don’t know how you could (safely) investigate her past but something to think about.
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Certain-Thought531
NTA she was attracted to you, made her move and failed.
Then she retaliated and made the 1st move to cover herself before you can do anything.
Also i'd question my marriage if I were you, if your own spouse cant trust you then she's not a partner.
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narfle_the_garthak
This.
You weren't exactly smart about accepting lunch.
Yes there is a double standard and it sucks.
It also sucks that now your reputation will suffer at work because there are people who won't believe the truth just because.
It sucks that your wife sees you as a possible predator
You should definitely question your marriage and maybe do some counseling to see if this can be fixed or if the marriage needs to end.
You should also file a complaint with HR and see about getting this woman moved to a different depth or let go. You might not be the only person she tries this with.
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**Judgement - NTA*\*
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Update - 1 day later
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Quick update : I talked to my wife last night and she said “ I really don’t buy it that a younger good looking employee come on to you “. I asked her have I ever been inappropriate with any woman ? Have I ever been handsy ?
She said “no but you jokes around a lot so you probably made some dumb jokes or something and offended her . I swear you are autistic ! You can’t even get basic social cues. As for being handsy? Who knows ? “. I lost it ! I said WHO KNOWS ? you should know! I expected more from you .
She rolled her eyes and went to sleep. As for HR: it was my request to change team . I can’t work with Sarah or see her everyday . I’m so tempted to yell at her and say WTF is wrong with you ! Neither of us got fired since there was no evidence so HR just gave me the talk ( I have no idea if Sarah has to do the training or what happened to her ).
I went to the restaurant to see if there is a footage but owner wasn’t there . I’ll try again today . My mental health is a mess. My coworker, Chris , suggested to take time off to talk to a therapist and a lawyer . I might do that
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mak_zaddy
Wow. Your wife sucks. I really hope the restaurant has video footage they can share with you.

OOP: My life does suck ! I went from happily married with a good job to office creep and who Is this person I’m married to ? If she thinks I’m too stupid , too ugly and don’t respect women why are we still married

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Firecracker048
I'd bring the hammer to HR. They were willing to take action against you for words but when you have witnesses they sre trying to sweep it under the rug. Threaten to sue and demand a written, public apology from sarah. Honestly with you wife, that's different. Good luck with that.
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PhilosopherRoyal4882
Take Chris’s advice : talk to a lawyer to sue Sarah and file for divorce . Your wife has zero respect for you
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ManufacturerNo6126
Yep i Seconds that. only one who is on your Side is Chris and you neither sleep or live with him ;) Cheers Up Mate and listen to the only one on your Side

OOP: He is a middle aged ( like me ) divorced guy and was joking that we should move in together and make a male version of golden girls ( divorced dads ) and raise the kids together

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KatersHaters
The Golden Guys Boys… I like it. Pool, old school arcade room, entertainment room. Sounds streets ahead of living with your disrespectful and cruel wife. Find your inner “Blanche” and live it up.
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Need support - How did you know it’s time to end the marriage - 1 day later
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Hello friends , I posted in another thread but I’m going through horrible times . I can’t live with a woman who constantly belittles me . Part of me feels guilty for leaving because I have two kids. How do you it’s time to end it? I’m just wondering if my marriage is salvageable? Thanks
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tragicaddiction
it's time to leave when you have exhausted all other possibilities.
That means you have read some good relationship books together
you have tried to use a marriage councilor to fix the issues you have (not a vent session, cut that shit off if all it becomes is her venting)
you have tried approaching things in different ways and nothing changes.
then you can leave without having that nagging doubt in the back of your head that you should have done more and when your kids ask you why you can actually tell them you tried everything to make it work.
you could even do a lie detector if she agrees that you pass she apologizes and moves on from this.

OOP: My wife thinks marriage counselling is for “p***” men. So hard no on that . I have tried being more understanding but she never even acknowledged. I don’t even know what to do anymore . I gave up on sex because she every single time turned me down .
I planned date nights , or even date nights at home ( I’m a pretty decent cook and do all the cooking anyways so not a big deal ), and still didn’t even get a thank you. I gave up lol I stopped trying and now she yells that I’m so stupid and never do anything for her .

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tragicaddiction
then it's sitting down and talking about what you both want out of a relationship and what isn't being met right now, in a calm, non blaming way.
if she doesn't want marriage counselling, what does she want? if she doesn't trust you, what will make her do that?
ask what she needs in specific ways and if she doesn't want to work on it, ask if she wants to divorce then because you are both obviously miserable.

OOP: She thinks things are fine the way it is . She thinks I need to work on myself to be more professional and less Of “ autistic goofball “ I am

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I am not the OOP. Please do not harass the OOP.
Please remember the No Brigading Rule and to be civil in the comments

The story isn't so much about questioning to see if I am the asshole but more to see if the other person that I dealt with was the asshole..totally was in my opinion. My wife and I were selling our old house and we needed to have a CO occupancy certificate. For the first one we failed miserably because we had ADT that was hooked up to the fire smoke detectors and my wife canceled it since no one was living at the house( I'm an idiot for that) without me knowing. The firefighter doing the inspection was a complete jerkoff and even though we PAID him $99 for a 5-minute check, he was throwing a temper tantrum about how we wasted his time and whatnot.
Fast forward to a week later. The 2nd inspector came who was a different person. I was getting the vibe this guy was also a jerkoff. He kept looking at the stuff we had in the dumpster and I told him by all means if he wants something, take it that's in there. Well, that started a lot more frustrations. He passed us but decided to look throughout the entire home trying to "claim" things he wanted. He explained times were tough so I felt bad and since our house isn't gas, we gave him our 6 month old dyer. Wouldn't you know, they put it on the Facebook marketplace?
Then he had the nerve to contact me with a list of things he wanted for free. We're talking about 1000s of dollars worth of furniture, appliances, and even my dead mother-in-law's stuff that was very dear to my wife. This person even showed up unannounced when a construction estimate was taking place and dropped my name saying I said it was OK. That construction guy gave him the garage code and he was trying to take our stuff! Good thing we still had our cameras there. I started getting texts saying oh hey I made a pile of things I wanted....
Started getting calls from other people saying "Oh so and so said I could come by..." It got to the point where I showed up while the new buyers were there with that construction guy who gave the inspector the garage code. I explained what happened, wasn't happy about the code being given out, and kicked everyone out since the trust was lost. Told the buyer it was us being polite to let him get measurements before the actual closing but now that trust was broken thanks to his construction guy. Changed the codes to everything and placed more cameras up. Wouldn't you know, once a day someone showed up trying to get into the garage? It makes me sick how this first responder kept taking and taking and taking and lying just to make a few extra bucks.
The worst part is, that he adds me on social media, and I'm clicking on his pics. This guy has pictures of him fighting fires in domestic homes all smiles and basically having a BBQ. Cmon! Someone's house and belongings just got completely lost! You're treating it like it's a party drinking beers and bringing your lawn chair? It made me sick...
I'd say 98% of first responders are good people but man, that 2% that use their authority to try to weasel their way for their benefit? Scumbags. Total scumbags.

Hello! I am Flora who is in confusion and would really like some help as i am unsure if i am in the wrong here.
I am 13 Female and i have been going through a ton this past year and i want to know if i did in fact fail myself and my parents. (I did search a ton of posts and communities to try and find somewhere i can tell my story.)
I am a 'victim' of public school. My parents can say. Kindergarten: first day, i was pushed on wood chips for wanting to make friends. First grade: i was considered weird and was outcasted. Second grade: I was forced to try and fit in. Third grade: this was the grade i had learned i had acne and wasn't really trusted. Fourth grade: People started to like me and i had gotten more friends. 5th grade: I had learned i was insecure and was outcasted even more. 6th grade: I struggled but passed. 7th grade was the grade i gave up.
Ever since like 2nd-3rd grade, i have been asking for help by school administration. Time and time again, i was told they would work on it. Which i did in fact believe at the time. But i never saw an improvement until 4th grade. But that instantly changed in 5th grade. Everyone was rude, i was struggling to even manage at home as my father is a strict man. (Different discussion). However 6th grade was a bit interesting. We had plenty of transfer students then. One i will be called D.H as i want their privacy hidden.
D.H was a cool person. Sporty, fast, and overall he seemed nice! When i tried to befriend him, he called me ugly and ran off with other kids. Somedays, he treated me with respect, others he didn't. So i was unsure what our relationship was during that year (Relationship i mean as in if we were friends or not because i would rather be his friend then date him.) But i had learned by that end of the year, i was unwanted at that school. By students and some of the school administration.
In 7th grade, i was mostly insecure and tried my best. However no one seemed to like me. I was often 'paired' (as in shipped) with kids i don't like and was called a lesbian. (Which is not true). When i have repeatedly asked for help, they asked for proof and what they have said to me. But i have a poor memory and i have more things to focus on then words i can easily forget. I can only muster up names they have heard me say before. Then they blamed me for not remembering.
As of like october of 2023, i had been through bed rot. The thing where oneself cannot find the motivation to get up out of bed and seem to be productive. My parents were worried and had been asking what is going on. Only of january, i told them the truth. They blamed the school for not helping me when i needed it. So my parents got me into homeschooling. (At this point, around 2-4 social workers had came to our house to seem if this was my parents fault). I am thankfully in homeschooling, but in march, 5 days after i was accepted and out of the school roster. The school had wanted a court order. Which was soon declined and taken down.
There are details i won't be speaking of on this post as they would be target the school and their actions. But am i in the wrong for giving up?

I had my egg retrieval about a month ago and my monitoring clinic has finally gotten all of my full lab results back.
I had 7 eggs retrieved, 2 fertilized, 1 blastocyst that came back PGT Normal.
Of the 7 retrieved, only 3 were mature.
My doctor recommended mini stim if I decide to do another retrieval. I had a large variation in sizes of follicles, but despite that she said that I had a promising number of follicles within the size range for retrieval. She said that based on my results, the trigger shot failed.
I went for my ER early because my estrogen was too high so stim medication was actually stopped prior to the trigger.
After my ER, my monitoring clinic reached out to me to ask what my results were because they had not yet received them and I did that I was unhappy and I wished that my ER was cancelled instead of travelling 1000 km and taking time off of work for such poor results.
I just felt like my stim cycle had been so poor (intense pain, water weight gain, chest pains, leg pains, hormones too high but inconsistent follicle growth) that poor results could have been predicted BUT I know I’m not a doctor or expert so whatever I guess.
Anyway. After getting the full results back I felt a bit less salty about not having my ER cancelled but I asked if there is a possibility of a more personalized FET that will give me better chances and my Dr just said no. I didn’t get the nerve up to say that I suspect I have endometriosis and I’m scared that this FET is going to fail.
If this FET fails I have next year to have a “free” cycle covered by the provincial government but I just don’t trust that my clinic will get it right and I went through a lot of pain during my stim cycle.
I called my monitoring clinic when I was experiencing severe pain (I couldn’t stand up or sit down, basically the only way I wasn’t in pain was to be laying down flat but I was still uncomfortable, I was struggling to pee, chest pain, leg pain) and I was told to relax and that it was “too early” to be experiencing those symptoms and that discomfort was normal.
I went for bloodwork the next day and my estrogen was “too high,” then my appointment for my first ultrasound was moved up. At that appointment, I was given my trigger shot to bring home and had my ER 2 days later.
Idk is this normal? Am I being a whiner? I just have no other options for other clinics unless I move. I don’t have enough money to just stay in another city and take my entire stim cycle off of work. Moving isn’t an option. I feel like this is the end of my fertility journey.

I’ve been thinking back about that one page from the silver Eyes on pg 265-266 the it is implied that Afton had a bad childhood, seeing himself as an outsider to the neighborhood and had parents that don’t appreciate him and I believe throughout his childhood he tried to make them proud of him but as years went by nothing worked, however, as he grew up, he met a women of his dreams (that will lead on becoming the first mrs Afton) and met Henry to start a business. And he had it all a loving family a running business and a dream job (I believe William grew up liking the carnival in the circus, because by the time of his childhood, that was his only sort of happiness that he had) he had everything until one day he loss his wife. Because of that he started to get loss into his work and he knew that threw him over the edge. that his entire life he felt like a puppet being controlled threw his life, and after losing his wife, and seeing Henry’s work, William became jealous, and wanting to become more than Henry he wasn’t good at building robots, so he spent the next two or three years building himself an underground bunker so that way he can have control. But as he finished he started to make a ballerina animatronic(that would later on to become ballora) he thought that he was going to fail doing it because he doesn’t know how to build animatronics yet, but as he did, he was proud of it,and because of it often found a way of how he can stay in control but he notice that having a full family should show a good sadist image. So that’s why he got remarried, and had Elizabeth. He already had Mike ,the older brother(yes, I am still MikeVictim) and Cassidy ( and Cassidysis) but now he has Elizabeth. and because of this, he became an abusive strict father figure everything was working as Afton hope until he left his Job and his 2nd wife got a divorce. Afton was paranoid because it would make him feel that he wouldn’t have controll anymore so in court he manipulated to Elizabeth two same messed up things and lies about her mom court, it ended up working, and because of this the current Mrs. Afton ended up killing herself,and because of this Afton was devastated because he didn’t had a full family to remain in controlled of others. Edit (before William got remarried somewhere in 1979 after Edwin build an abandoned the mimic in the mimic starts going to killing spree Afton took it to his underground bunker(yes I believe to that be the case) ) he got jealous of Henry success, so he built his other own animatronic which later on, became the sun and moon. and after that Henry told Afton to fixed the carousel it is a promotion after working as a doctor,and he agreed, but as he is fixing the carousel He noticed the sun and moon animatronic, and noticed that something was wrong along with the mimic, by the time he finished the carousel, it chatch itself on fire and he went there aging to fix it but the fire got worst. So he tried to take his mind off of it by playing fazerblast lasers. However after shooting 3 rockets and getting a high score. It’s set itself on fire,this made William depressed, because he lost the one dream job that he could had. So he went to JR’s for a few drinks he started to thinking back of those awful memories.(having parents that don’t appreciate him, him, seeing himself as an outsider to the neighborhood, loosing, both of his wife’s,(although for the second one he did that to himself) and finally to top it all off he lost the one source of happiness throughout his childhood) because of these things,William asked for one last drink at JR’s but the bartender said he had too many so he was kicked out. William thought about his life, and he believed that throughout his whole life through childhood, he felt like he was being controlled, like some sort of puppet,and he thought back of having his old family and a dream chop at the carnival. He thought that he had his life put together until he lost his first wife, and became jealous of Henry success, and perfect family. And he tried to have better control perfect family. But because of that, pure spite and jealousy,he went to FredBear’s and saw Charlie outside of the diner. He got out of his car and killed her he wanted Henry to remain vulnerable so he can remain in control of him and not the other way around.
Note: the reason I said that Afton has two wives is because of the FF stories the cliff’s,bunny calls and the 9th stitchwarth Epilogue. (in the cliffs we have two characters name Robert and Tyler. Robret’s wife is nowhere to be found so Robert became a single parent Tyler, and bought him a TagAlongFreddy plush. (the same could apply to William that he gave the BiteVictim a FredBear plush.) in bunny call Bob does have a wife and it just so happens that he has an older son name Tyler. (I think this is paralleling when William Afton became a controlled freak towards his family).lastly in the ninth epilogue Renelle has a father named Dr. Talbert(he is a scientist that used to have a partner and studies with Remnant) he lost his wife, and because of that he became disconnected from the public and got lost into his work. (pretty sure this represent on how Afton lost his wife and he got lost into his work by building the underground bunker and probably ballora (and possibly stole the mimic.)
TLDR: William throughout his life, believe that he has been controlled and that was the thing that he doesn’t like and because of that he wanted to feel like he is in control to make him more superior and others vulnerable.
Extra: I am not saying that William is a sympathetic Villian. I’m just saying. That he is a wholly debased villain. And he probably fit these five categories. (from nobody to nightmare, good creation turns bad, evil former friend, subverted all of his redeeming qualities and lastly tragic turning into fake tragic)
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Passing on everything I have from 6 months of studying. Thank you so much to the community for all of your tips. Here are mine.
Studying
My first 2 months studying was spent reading the book all the way through and writing down notes, which many had warned me do not do that. I didn't listen and of course I did not retain anything, but since I did not have a background in fitness I kept failing my daily Pocket Prep tests so it really killed my confidence whenever I failed a test and I felt like I had to keep reading.
However, I should have realized reviewing failed test questions is the primary study tool in itself. Pocket Prep was very helpful since it gave me an explanation of the answer and the page numbers in the book (I bought the physical book) so I could go back and read about it. Once I completely switched my studying method to only taking practice tests my knowledge retention skyrocketed. Within a month I was depressed about getting 40%-50% scores to getting up to 85%-100% scores.
Sorry, I'm going to sound like a Pocket Prep shill, but it truly changed the game for me. I was taking 10-question quizzes whenever I was waiting in line at a store, in my car, brushing my teeth, before I go to bed, and even when I was out drinking with friends (we made it into a game). It's so much more convenient compared to sitting down and taking a full 100 question practice exam.
With that being said, Pocket Prep questions were way harder than the actual exam itself. Some may find that pointless, but for me it really helped me master a lot of these concepts and on test day I was very confident at figuring out the multiple choice trick answers.
My last month before the exam
The 3 non-proctored open book exams were so valuable. You absolutely should be using all 3 attempts as a study tool. I ran through the entire exam closed-book and only relying on my knowledge. After answering every question I screenshot the question and put it on a word doc.
I submitted the first exam, got an 84%, and spent an entire day studying every single question from that word doc. I did that for the other two exams and subsequently got a 100% and a 93% and I took both of those 2-3 days before the test.
Exam Day
Do NOT cram or take any practice tests on exam day. Save your brain for the actual test because you do not want to fatigue your brain before the test. It is what it is now and no amount of cramming will help you at this point so make sure every action you do is dedicated to self-care. I got a work out in, ate a light breakfast (one that I eat every day), and kept myself busy to channel my anxiety to other tasks.
The Exam
Everyone has said it and it is true: The actual exam is slightly more difficult because they change up the wording compared to the practice exams, non-proctored exams, and Pocket Prep. This is why you need to master the concepts through practice tests.
Here is what I got for you:

• You better understand concentric/eccentric muscle actions especially with a hip hinge and/or squatting motion.
  
• They will not outright ask you about the OPT Model. They ask you more like "if you want power adaptations then what phase should you consider?". I honestly thought all of the OPT model questions were very easy and straightforward.
  
• Know the 4 P's of marketing. I'm surprised I got like 5 of these questions. For the most part just know the names of all 4 Ps and generally their definitions.
  
• Remember maintain financial, contract, appointment, and tax records for up to 4 years (I got this question all the time on practice exams too)
  
• Special Populations: I got a few questions about training for clients with chronic lung disease, hypertension, and diabetes. Definitely study the charts for special populations like how clients with hypertension should avoid prone/supine positions or using valsava stuff like that. I didn't get any questions on 1 RM intensity so focus more on how do we safely train these clients.
  
• Know your BCTs. Got around 4-5 questions about BCTs like motivational interviewing, identifying coping responses, and improving self-efficacy.
  
• Of course the Transtheoretical model (Stages of Changes) is huge on this test. I always had a tough time trying to answer a question deciding between Contemplation and Preparation cause they can sound pretty close to each other.
  
• I was so mad about the 1 heart question I got. It asked about which heart chamber receives deoxygenated blood and of course I studied it was the right atrium, but the answers they provided were "aorta, left atrium, left ventricle, pulmonary artery" so I got f'ed there.
  
• You need to memorize the Overhead Squat Assessment movement impairments and all of their overactive/underactive muscle imbalances. I got a question on every single movement impairment. Seriously, every other day you should be writing down every overactive/underactive muscle for each movement impairment. This will also help you understand muscles for the next part of what I say.
  
• Also got questions about overactive/underactive for pushing/pulling assessments.
  
• Definitely review static stretching. Questions will definitely revolve around stretching overactive muscles especially when it comes to upper crossed and lower crossed syndrome.
  
• Cardiorespiratory assessments: Know all of the characteristics about the YMCA 3-minute step test (12 inch step, 96 steps/minute, measure RHR over 60 seconds). Definitely understand which cardiorespiratory assessments work best for which type of population.
  
• So so so many questions on resistance training. Of course! That's the whole point of this entire course. They phrase a lot of these questions as "What verbal cue would you give to a client for a ball squat?" Just remember knees stay in line with 2nd and 3rd toes and you'll be good for a decent amount of them.
  
• Definitely review and honestly practice a lot of these resistance training exercises in the gym. Prior to test I was like they'll never ask me about dumbbell scaption...and yet it stared me in the face and I had no idea cause I brushed it off all the time during my studying. They pull questions directly from the green Technique boxes.
  
• Definitely know the muscles for frontside and backside mechanics cause you will get questions about triple flexion and extension
  

That is all I got. Take practice tests. Practice all of the moves in the book in the gym. You all will do amazing.

Okay, so previously i had a reddit account Current one is the 3rd one.. Lemme explain what happened..
1st Account- I had some doubts about mbbs in russia and other countries too so i just wanted to know the scenario there and stuff.. i had made a post in indianmedschool and even after the warning everyone was posting and someone wrote - doubts related to- how to master bio or physics or chemistry are not allowed anything related to neet ug is not allowed… rest about college you can ask.. so i only asked about college and nthg else and i even got reply from someone and he was very helpful.. then I forgot to dlt the post and slept as it was already 3am.. so decided to sleep the next mrng i was permanently banned from indianmedschool subreddit..
2nd account- so the second one, after the launch of so called “megathread” everyone was commenting under the thread so i also did comment about my query and it was about good private colleges within budget… Literally there’s nothing wrong asking about colleges i mean common you all are fucking seniors tum logo ko na puchun toh kisko puchun? After an hour they banned my account… I wasn’t banned from the subreddit rather my whole account was banned..
This is my 3rd account.. bhai mast khus tha ma when I posted about that happy memories thing.. felt so positive and happy fir ye indianmedschool walo ka ban agaya… Be the seniors you want ka gyan pel ke khud immature jaisa behave krte ha..
Note- I respect all the seniors a lot of them helped me and were very friendly, idk abt the moderators there.. and kya ganja phunk ke reddit use krte ha..if it was mistake then m sorry for being aggressive but 2 baar same mistake toh nahi hogi..

Update: I am already getting good response from this post. I didn't expected this. If mods think this post is helpful then kindly add it in our wiki or pin it whatever is useful.

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I write essays on such topics. I have started with feminism but india mods removed it for some reason maybe some sigma male's sentiments got hurt lol.
This will be debated heavily by RW and capitalist bootlickers. They'll crosspost this and use "🤡" emojis to falsify and further bootlick the capitalists more. In fact this post will be used to manipulate people with arguments like "this is to manipulate you to stay poor, they don't want to see you become rich"

This post is not just for India but entire world. So read and if you like it, crosspost or copy paste in your country's sub. If you're NRI or foreigner. Socialism movement is focused on entire world not just selected countries.

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PS: This is not just about books. This is about books, courses basically whole "get rich" "improve your life" movement.
This is particularly about the books of self improvements which are teaching people to become rich. Best and only example I'm going to use here is *Rich dad poor dad by Robert Kiyosaki** because it's famous and had become one of the core books in "get rich" "self improvement" category.*
This is not about the books like "You can't break me" (by David Goggins) which are based on improving physical health and discipline. This is real self improvement. I'm only talking about books which are based on "helping people to get rich".
The book of Robert Kiyosaki has become core book and it in one way manipulates the people by making points like "capitalism isn't bad" and the way he defends it is by saying "Your mindset makes you poor" and so the person starts thinking about capitalism and economy/GDP more.
Whenever you see poor people after reading this book your mind says "They are poor because of their mindset. They don't support or take part in govt scemes which are based on capitalism and grow economy. The more economy grows the more they can become rich but they don't want to."
You start supporting capitalist ideologies and schemes by govt only made for people who are already richest. In hope that you will become like them too. Supporters of Elon Musk are exactly like that. And this virus got spread in India too. Because such books hit hard in countries where gap between rich and middle class is big. If you earn more than Rs.25,000 in India you become top 10% this is why.
Robert argues that poor mindset makes you poor and keeps you in middle class. He himself failed in his business and his business partner looted him and ran away. He himself confessed that. Idk if he told the name of his business partner. I think he himself was responsible and is blaming on someone else.
Let's believe if he had a partner who cheated on him. If he has the so called "rich mindset" why didn't he invested in other assets to save himself from fraud? Why didn't he started more businesses or so called "passive income streams" like dividend stocks.
He further goes ahead and even invited Donald Duck Trump on his show which made audience support capitalism more and idiolise rich people. No one "likes" likes rich people. They like rich people because they want to have the same lifestyle like them. So they start supporting such ideologies in hope that they'll be like this too.
Donald Duck said in one speech that the last thing america needs is socialism. And few of other capitalists coined the term "commies" for such socialist ideologies. Most people don't know the difference between socialism and communism. Communism is far from impossible in today's society. Socialism is the only way to save the whole world from becoming a capitalist society. Because of it's improved arguments and justice for everyone. Indians like always follow everything american and the right wing guys use same terms from US for arguing with me. One of my old classmate said to me "Stop arguing such bs from your parents basement" 😭😭 bruh Indian homes don't have a basement. Other Indian rw clown on internet said that leftist also indulges on pseudoscience when I asked him what is it he said "Witchcraft" 😭😭 which was in Europe. How atmanirbhar bharat is so atmanirbhar that they can't come up with own arguments? Atleast use the arguments based in India.
Leftists at that time didn't supported pseudoscience of witchcraft but they stood for human rights as persecution of witchcraft practitioners was on rise in 18th 19th century. Read it yourself.
Coming to point. Same bootlicking is seen by Indians of Ambani Adani. The common arguments are "These policies are also supporting commin citizens but since they don't know how to use it and only Ambani and Adani are brilliant enough to use it they became more rich stop crying and improve your mindset 🤡"
The massive population turns to capitalists and now they support layoffs, increasing work hours (Narayan babu bhaiya Murthy), lower pay.
The capitalists have more power than socialists because every billionaire is capitalist and few of themost crooked own the media houses. This article by business insider cited Sundar Pichai (saar our Indian google ceo saar don't say anything to him saar) saying that why is google doing layoffs more. The article is so beautifully crafted that if Marx read this he would have turned a capitalist and write a book "Rich dictator poor democracy" and called in Putin for a podcast.
https://www.businessinsider.in/tech/news/google-ceo-sundar-pichai-explains-why-hes-not-doing-layoffs-in-one-fell-swoop-but-in-stages/amp_articleshow/109988979.cms
Narayan Murthy wants people to work for 70 hours while the salaries of his employees haven't grown parallel with inflation rate. Whereas our ministers salaries have increased with parallel or even 1%-3% to the interest rate.
My uncle (mama, mother's brother) worships the book "Rich dad poor dad" and he blames grandfather (nanaji, mother's father) for being poor and teaching him poor mindset. Today my mama because of this rich mindset is a successful Platinum level seller of Herbalife products (for those who don't know it's a MLM company). He is so invested in that because all the herbalife does is show the conferences of rich people in their meetings. And later dance on "Kar har maidan fateh" song from Sanju [translation, conquer the battle fields]. He reads other books too which made him more invested. He owned 2 shops in city which were bringing him the actual passive income of 1-2 lakhs every month but since he had to frequently travel and manage it daily he sold them to earn "passive income" according to Herbalife. He is now making loss and his argument is that "all startups make losses in first few years".
The media houses in US play special programs targetting socialists terming them as capitalists again as they don't know the difference. The programs are like "How commies are destroying economy" "How commies policies don't let you become rich".
See my argument with Socialist and Capitalist schemes/policies is that:
"Capitalist policies will definitely help you beocme rich but your winning chances are 0.001% and if you lose you're screwed forever, you'll be paying loans emi entire life by working as employee in some company with lower wage since you supported such schemes."
"Socialist policies don't discuss about if you will becomes rich or not. But if you fail they'll definitely help you live a peaceful life with minimum wage so that even if you fail you'll be able to survive by working as employee in other companies."
Best example is recent video on Instagram from New Zealand influencer who said that MacDonald employee in New Zealand can afford a big mac meal at same if they work for 1 hour (idk the exact number so someone please cite the resource) but for Indian McDonald's employee you'll have work 8 hours at McDonald's to afford one big mac (also maharaja mac).
The arguments in comments were frustrating and hilarious. Someone said it's necessary and someone argued with inflation and PPP ratio and currency rate. Most common argument comments were "In India MacDonalds is considered as luxury while in other countries it's not. If you want to make conparison in India then conpare it with vada pav or udupi restaurant rates." First of all for such people the my main point is that IT SHOULDN'T BE A LUXURY IN INDIA. That's the point, McDonald's is considered cheap food in other countries and here it should be cheap too. Second argument was for big mac meal not for vada paav and Udupi. We can't conpare western food with Indian food. It's totally bs.
Robert's book gave rise to many influencers who started their own courses on how to become rhch but they never disclosed their business. There is new guy on youtube in India only. Ishan Gupta or Sharma something. He literally picks up the twitter threads and makes videos on it no orginal content. I observed it myself. When chatgpt 4 was released the guy on twitter asked gpt to be ceo of business and asked it to start a business, which he did and made money from it. This ishan guy picked it up made a video and didn't mention guy with original idea and said that he himself tried this to make money by asking gpt to start business. About 1-3 years ago he was invited to my cousin's college. There are many more examples but this guys annoy me as my relatives put these guys status on whastapp. My mama puts Robert Kiyosaki status and my cousin puts that fake rich youtuber guy's status.
Robert Kiyosaki mentions his so called "rich dad" but never revealed his name or he did idk. But he had a rich dad to support him to start a business. Or maybe he never had anyone in his life and he's also such capitalist manipulated american whi write book on how to become rich to make money with that book. Our Robert Kiyosaki is Ankur Warikoo. He sells the courses but his startup "Nearbuy" app has 2.5 or 3 star ratings on play store and is basically non working now or has decreased in customer base. The only people who can become richer are already rich people (or upper middle class who make 3L+ per month) or super gifted people who later become rich crooks.
All the "mindset" debate manipulates the people to become staunch supporters of capitalism which literally controls RW. "Your mindset is making you poor". I was an intern in a manufacturing company in summer in my college. I was paid 5000 stipend which was fair for an intern. I was working in engineering dept. my main work was with the engg team who sit in office above the factory production area. I used to visit production lines for analysing and making reports. In that time I became friends with many people there. I used to travel with them in same bus to my home. I found out that most of them are from bpl. The rent of their room which is 300sq ft is 700 per month per person. 5 people in 1 room. Most of them were living away from their homes but few ones had families and used to live with them and some were sole earners of family.
These workers' salaries were in range of 10,000 to 20,000 per month. No increment. One guy told me that they were given only 1 holiday on diwali. The alternate shifts were made. One team came on first day and other team came on 2nd day during diwali. Me and my team had holidays on Saturdays and Sundays. Flexible timings 3 to 5 in evening, you can leave at anytime. The salary of CEO was 2crore pa. He used 2 different cars for traveling provided by company itself not his own car. One is toyota camry (60L+) and other is mercedes suv (75L+). His increment in salary (as account dept told me) in last 10 years is 110% along with bonuses if company gets another project and owners are happy with progress. Meanwhile workers have same salaries since many years. The company is MNC and they shifted their focus on maximising production in India since China is also becoming too much "woke" for them. Yeah "woke" is another term from US capitalism society which our low life Indian bootlickers also use to define the movements of social justice for them.
Rakesh Jhunjhunwala is known as legendary investor but he made his most money during bear money shorting the market. And he already got money from his some relative or acquaintance about 25L at that time to trade stocks. He was working with other market guys making money on cycles with insider tips. Everyone knows this. Later he made smart investments of course. I am not saying his entire wealth is fraud but I'm saying that he had tons of money to start with. 1% return every month on trade is achievable in market, 1% of 25L is still 25k and in that time 25k was more than enough to survive.
Socialism isn't going to make you rich. But you'll definitely have the luxury of leaving a peaceful life and chances of this is 100%.
Capitalism "allows" you to become rich but chances are 0.001% and if you fail you become another prey for it.
If you think this is a "woke" post I'll use same argument as bhakts. "Go to paxtan and see how capitalism and dictatorship ruined their country."
While there are few good thing about these get rich movements. They say that education system is flawed and makes us work for other people. Yes it's true. My entire engg syllabus was designed on how I can become a good workeemployee for a company. How I can maximise the profits and make rich share holders more rich.
If this post gets traction and rw reads this. I can already sense the comments like "This guy already failed in business. Or failed to start a business. People like them will keep you poor this mindset has to go."

Hello po! question makaka enroll po parin po ba ako next sem kahit may 4 failing subject out of 6? if hindi po paano po ako makaka pag enroll? (btw po na compute ko grades ko this sem is around 4.2 something and my grade both on 1st and 2nd sem is around 3.1 will i be kick out of the program? if so po any tips po paano ko po ito i-handle. ToT

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Hello Knife Swap! I finally landed a Rosie, so I'm letting go of some of the collection to help fund my purchase. Here is my usual sale info blurb before I get into the listings:
- Please read descriptions and see pictures/video for condition details, ownership, disassembly, etc.
- Yolo trumps all, chat preferred over PM for questions/offers. Prices are OBRO. Please comment prior to chat/PM.
- I accept Paypal F&F (preferred), Venmo, or Zelle. No trades please at this time.
- Shipping within the USA via USPS Ground Advantage, USPS Priority, or UPS Ground at my discretion (PO boxes will receive USPS service as is required).
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Got some good ones this time, so let's get started:
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Null Knives Raikou - "Staticwash" #13 - Stonewashed Ti / Dark stonewashed S90V/satin flats SV - $300
Catch and release. Really wanted to check one of these out, and it is an amazing knife, just haven't really bonded with it for reasons I can't put my finger on, so off it goes. I'm the 3rd owner, previous owner claimed they pocketed it a couple times and tested the edge on cardboard once. I have pocketed it a couple times myself but never cut with. I don't believe it's been disassembled, but I did put a couple drops of KPL in the pivot. Looks brand new except for some small snails near the pivot on the show side scale. Centering is good, blade has no marks, solid lockup, and it's super sharp (cut the top of my thumb in the video when the blade dropped). Includes box, CoA, stickers, etc.
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Medford Slim Midi - modded - Zirblasted Ti / Tumbled S35VN SV - $300 **SOLD*\*
Another catch and release and one I had always wanted to try out. I'm the 3rd owner, sold to 2nd owner as a light user. Originally a bronze ano model, the 2nd owner performed the zirblast on the scales and added skiff bearings (I don't have the originals). Scales look awesome with the zirblast finish. There are a couple very light scuffs on the clip, but not that noticeable. There are 2 small stain marks on the clip side blade, one in the corner of the fuller and another just below that, otherwise the blade looks good. Doubtful that it's a factory edge, but it is very sharp. Solid lockup, centering might favor the clip ever so slightly. Extremely smooth on the skiff bearings. Not drop shut, but the weight of the blade makes this really fun to fidget with. Includes original hardcase, stickers, patch, CoA, dogtags, etc...
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Pena Raptor XL - Ti/black micarta inlays / Satin M390 SV - $230
Numerous owners on this one, I think I'm the 4th. Never disassembled to my knowledge, but has been carried a couple times by myself and at least one of the prior owners. There is a small snail at the corner of the inlay on the clip side scale, otherwise this knife is flawless everywhere else. Solid lockup, top flipper works great and has excellent jimping. Perfect centering and sharp factory edge. Blade drops easily on disengagement, but needs a little wiggle to close. Includes original packaging and a cleaning cloth.
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Kansept Shikari SBL - Black micarta & black aluminum bolsters - Blackwash 154CM SV - $40
Catch and release, I'm the 2nd owner. Prior owner disassembled to adjust spring tension but did not use or carry. Personally I think the spring tension is too soft now, and the flipper can be easily failed. But, it also deploys reliably as long as you're deliberate. There are a couple little chips in the G10 backspacer, and maybe a hairline scratch in the blade in the show side, or it could just be an anomoly from the blackwash. One tiny mark on the clip too. Scales and bolsters look clean, centering and lockup are good. Factory edge is ok, edge bevel wanders a little bit but it's a perfectly useable edge. Super smooth action and falls easily when the button is pressed. I think this would be better with thumbstuds like its big brother non-button lock version. Includes all original packaging.
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Kizer Begleiter 2 Tanto - Black micarta / Blackwash 154CM SV - $40
I'm the 3rd owner on this one. Have carried it a couple time and maybe cut with it once or twice. I have not disassembled it, but unsure if previous owners did. It did come to me with an aftermarket clip but I also received the original factory clip, which is what is has right now. Ridiculous action, the Begleiter 2 has some of the most incredible thumbstud action for a budget knife. Solid lockup, perfect centering, drop shut guillotine action. I can't detect any marks on the scales, blade, or clip. Knife only on this one, no box or packaging.

I am a 16yr old guy from a rather poor family and I just gave 12th board. I have always wanted to become a scientist(quantum computing really intrigues me). Now i am left with two choices, either do sat to study abroad(US) for bachelors or study in nepal. All my friends are taking ioe entrance preparation classes. I am not least bit interested in engineering but really want to get on research field. As i come from a poor family i am not sure if I should really burden my family by taking loan to go abroad. I believe i can get good scholarship if i put my mind to it. My mom said "china ma dekhauda kheri 1st year safal hudaina re 2nd year hunxa re" I dont care for such foretelling but it worries me if i really fail, my whole year would be wasted. Should i also start my bachelors while simultaneously preparing for my sat? If i do so i doubt i can give my 100% in it. My mom advises to do what i want but I know what she wants. She does not want me to go abroad. I also strains me to put my family through such trouble. What should i do? Any advise is appreciated.

My wife and I were selling our old house and we needed to have a CO occupancy certificate. For the first one we failed miserably because we had ADT that was hooked up to the fire smoke detectors and my wife canceled it since no one was living at the house( I'm an idiot for that) without me knowing. The firefighter doing the inspection was a complete jerkoff and even though we PAID him $99 for a 5-minute check, he was throwing a temper tantrum about how we wasted his time and whatnot. Fast forward to a week later. The 2nd inspector came who was a different person. I was getting the vibe this guy was also a jerkoff. He kept looking at the stuff we had in the dumpster and I told him by all means if he wants something, take it that's in there. Well, that started a lot more frustrations. He passed us but decided to look throughout the entire home trying to "claim" things he wanted. He explained times were tough so I felt bad and since our house isn't gas, we gave him our 6 month old dyer. Wouldn't you know, they put it on the Facebook marketplace? Then he had the nerve to contact me with a list of things he wanted for free. We're talking about 1000s of dollars worth of furniture, appliances, and even my dead mother-in-law's stuff that was very dear to my wife. This person even showed up unannounced when a construction estimate was taking place and dropped my name saying I said it was OK. That construction guy gave him the garage code and he was trying to take our stuff! Good thing we still had our cameras there. I started getting texts saying oh hey I made a pile of things I wanted.... Started getting calls from other people saying "Oh so and so said I could come by..." It got to the point where I showed up while the new buyers were there with that construction guy who gave the inspector the garage code. I explained what happened, wasn't happy about the code being given out, and kicked everyone out since the trust was lost. Told the buyer it was us being polite to let him get measurements before the actual closing but now that trust was broken thanks to his construction guy. Changed the codes to everything and placed more cameras up. Wouldn't you know, once a day someone showed up trying to get into the garage? It makes me sick how this first responder kept taking and taking and taking and lying just to make a few extra bucks. The worst part is, that he adds me on social media, and I'm clicking on his pics. This guy has pictures of him fighting fires in domestic homes all smiles and basically having a BBQ and drinking beers afterwards. Cmon! Someone's house and belongings just got completely lost! You're treating it like it's a party? It made me sick... I'd say 98% of first responders are good people but man, that 2% that use their authority to try to weasel their way for their benefit? Scumbags. Total scumbags.

My 2nd playthrough, an honor mode run, with an Oath of vengeance Paladin Tav. I had some close calls early on (I'd underestimated both the Harpies and the Owlbear) but I survived both encounters and never cheated even when results weren't ideal (i.e. tiefling kid got killed by Harpies).
Until Shadowfell in late act 2.
I had an exceptional (though non-romantic) relationship with Shadowheart and I thought with an exceptional relationship the persuasion check should surely be low enough that I could pass it, no? I imagined t'd be a 10 or something?
Got a cold sweat when I saw it was a 21 check -- my Tav didn't have Persuasion proficiency. a +3 on her Charisma yes, a +1d4 from Guidance, but still even with 4 rerolls from inspiration points I failed to pass that 21 check.
Spear goes into Nightsong's belly. I said "fuck this noise", and I task-managered and shut down the process.
Going back into the game, I made my Tav just stay completely silent, no rolls, just silence, and Shadowheart threw away the spear by herself. Because somehow with an exceptional relationship she's annoyed if you try to persuade her but if you don't try to persuade her, she does the good thing by herself? Whatever.
I do plan on having an evil playthrough later, with a vicious Durge, a slaughtered grove, an dark justiciar Shadowheart, etc -- but I think it'd have spoiled my enjoyment of this run if I'd just let her go dark.
Perhaps I should have gone through with a dark Shadowheart anyway. Or just had made Tav just kill Shadowheart afterwards or something (I assume you can just kill companions if you target them in camp).
Anyway, have any of you done the same or similar, and cheated on your honor runs when something happened you really really didn't like?

I've been struggling for this for a while, not the first time asking for help and probably won't be satisfied this time either but as anyone I carry biases about myself which prevent me from accurately typing myself, as such I'd appreciate some takes on it. I feel like this questionaire doesn't really let me emphacize things I want to emphacize but maybe that's better.
Anyway I'm 22 years old, male. I'm an university student and all that. I don't really think this matters too much maybe it does.
Anyway it's long and probably incoherent because I like to ramble, if anyone is willing to take their time with it I'd appreciate it. Idk if you can figure out anything from my descriptions but yeah. I can't say it would be super enjoyable to put myself out there and describe myself in such a serious manner but yeah I'm really interested in some input.
Thanks to anyone who takes the time to do this. I'll appreciate any answers, though the more specific the better, if that's even possible.
Section 1
1. How do you work? Why do people go to work? Are there any parameters that determine whether you can do work or not? What are they?
There really is nothing deep about it, there is a dual nature to this though. On individual level people work to sustain themselves, in the „bigger picture“ they work to keep society afloat. History keeps showing one truth, people don’t care about lofty ideas, they care about being able to maintain a decent standard of living and „feed themselves“ as well as about being left alone.
Regarding the second point it’s really clear, work is needed to keep society afloat. You may not want to work but you want to consume. But what if others didn‘ want to work either? There would be nobody left to produce the consumer goods you want. Therefore it’s in everyone’s best interest to work.
On personal level my views on work are somewhat pessimistic. I feel like we keep going from point A to point B and back and it alienates us from our surroudings. Work makes me feel like environment around me isn’t real. There’s so much natural beauty in the fields but you will always miss it because you have to go back and forth and follow the given road.
Sometimes work can be fulfilling too, I enjoy taking on a lot of responsibilites occasionaly and keeping myself busy, and naturally recieving credit for it.
2. How do you determine the quality of work? How do you determine the quality of a purchase? Do you pay any attention to it?
You just feel it, I guess its mostly because I’m interested in art forms but it goes for anything in general, you don’t really ‚know’, you just feel. Of course there are bunch of reasons why something is quality good and I could probably describe them if I held it in hand but it depends case by case, I think in the end when you connect the dots inside you it just becomes a feeling though.
Quality of purchase is simple. I very often used to impulsively buy stuff but nowadays, I just stop myself and tell myself „do I really need this?“. It was difficult at first because I’m excited by new things and would purchase anything that makes me happy but I try to practice restraint. In the end it comes down to buying something nice once in a while. Idk if that’s a good answer though.
3. There is a professional next to you. How do you know they are a professional? How do you evaluate their skill?
Partly on intuition honestly, I can just tell when someone is „full of it“, when someone is exaggerating or pretending to be more capable than they are. Then it’s really synthesis of many smaller things. Their mannerism, the way they talk, what they say. I might not always know about the topic at hand but I can tell if they know based on how they talk about it. There really are patterns to human behavior you can analyze easily. That said I would also probably verify what I’m saying because I realise that I’m not infallible and knowing consensus of other professionals would help. I don’t like making assumptions unless it’s just very obvious, which it often is.
4. If you struggle to do something, how do you fix that? Do you know if your performance is better or worse than others?
It really depends, there’s stuff like driving where I know I will never be good but in lot of things when I struggle the frustration just keeps me going, I’m not the one to give up easily. I would probably seek help from outside sources like videos, guides, texts, anything really. That said I can evaluate well if I’m skilled at something or not, I’d consider myself a self aware person.
5. How do you measure the success of a job? What standard do you use? Do you pay attention to it? When should you deviate from this standard?
I don’t think you can measure success universally or internally. It depends fully on outside factors. I can for example write an essay to my professor and I can write it for long or short time and it can be horrible quality but if the professor accepts it, I’ve succeeded. They will have their own criteria for it but I can only guess. To me personally success is completely based on the outcome and whatever you had to pay to achieve it.
What I mean by pay is, imagine you’re a commander and you lead your battalion to capture a point. You manage to do it but loose over half your men. Have you really succeeded? You expended a lot of resources which is both sad and inefficient and could mean that in spite of your success you fail in a long run to a counterattack. I don’t really know.
-This section was strange to me because I feel like there's at least semi-objective ways to answer these questions so I'm not sure if it touches on my psyche much.
Section 2
1. What is a whole? Can you identify its parts? Are the parts equivalent to the whole?
It’s very abstract but I’d say whole is something either like a nerve system of parts connected together to form something larger or sort of a substance/material in the way Spinoza imagined it. Whole is obviously combination of parts but I don’t think they matter, if you look at a painting you know that it was done by brush strokes but when you look from a distance you see them merge into something a larger. Alone tbe stroke would be insignificant but as a whole it begins to make sense. Same with the more physical things, when you look at a computer, you don’t think of wires and cards, or at least I don’t, I think of a concept. I guess I went from Spinoza to Plato somehow but yeah the point is, I don’t really think parts of anything matter, it’s the idea, it’s not things, it’s what they represent. I probably did not answer the question, I don’t know.
2. What does "logical" mean? What is your understanding? Do you think that it correlates with the common view? How do you know you are being logical?
I’ll admit that this is not something I actively think about, I *know* logic when I see it but I can’t explain it (I may just be stupid idk). I’ll admit I’m more about using things than defining them but. I’d say logic is based mostly of what is observable and of many separate factors. When I want to make decision, my reasoning always includes what’s most convenient for me, what saves me time, what ends up making me the most happy, there is many factors, I’d always list multiple things. That said I do also understand logic a bit on more abstract level, I can notice faulty reasoning.
Regarding common view, it depends, I never really bought the entire “common sense” idea, everything needs to justify itself if it is to be deemed logical, no excuses. Though I do agree with common logic if it means reading things experts wrote to save me time. I’m not the one to experiment, I just want to read what I need to know.
3. What is hierarchy? Give examples of hierarchies. Do you need to follow it? Why or why not? Explain how hierarchy is used in a system you are familiar with.
It is a form of social organization. Someone is on top, someone is on bottom. Do I need to follow it? Well it depends on what you can gain by not following it and the consequences. I would generally consider myself bit of rebellious element, teachers saw me that way but it also depends on the cost. Like I would’ve never done anything that would get me expelled or screw me over too much. It’s always a balancing act so to speak.
4. What is classification? How does classification work? Why is it needed and where is it applied? Give examples.
I guess it is when you find common elements in multiple things and group them together because it’s somehow useful. As for why and when it is needed, it really depends but it’s always good to keep things organized in some way. I don’t think you need classifications of everything but it surely helps to create categories so that you can sort things out when you are working on something.
5. Are your ideas consistent? How do you know they are consistent? How do you spot inconsistency in others' ideas?
Uh this has always given me trouble. I feel like there’s an internal conflict regarding this in me. I do not care to live by a strict code because I am skeptical of my ability to uphold it. That said if someone asked me to do something that I feel is wrong I wouldn’t do it. I like to use consistency to establish an identity. I always desire to do one thing, to find something to define myself with (literaly can be anything such as using a specific plastyle in a video game lol) but the problem is my interests and who I am constantly changes every couple months so it's hard to apply it.
I do notice inconsistency in others, I don’t always care unless it’s something important to me but it can really bother me, I can be way harsher about that than about my own internal consistency. I’d actually say I’m often bothered most by mistakes that others do that remind me of my own, but such is the human condition eh?
-This section was significant to me insofar as it made me realise I do not really define things, I just understand them on some level but explaining them is much harder.
Section 3
1. Can you press people? What methods do you use? How does it happen?
I dislike applying pressure to others or having pressure applied to me. When something needs to be done I can enter a “commander mode” of a sorts and organize people but I don’t like pressuring people it’s generally uncomfortable.
What I can do though is, *not pressure* people. I have found out that best way to get people to do what I want is to make them feel like I’m not demanding it of them, it makes them way more willing to do what I want. Maybe a bit manipulative but better than forcing people into things, no?
2. How do you get what you want? What do you do if you have to work to get what you want?
As I have alluded, I make people feel like I’m not being forceful. If people feel comfortable around me and not pressured they will value me more and they will be likely to agree to whatever I’m asking. It’s sort of like reverse psychology I guess?
When I have to work to get something I will do it, I consider that a good thing, people appreciate things like that so it puts you in a good light. I admittedly do like to take shortcuts but sometimes there’s no easy way.
3. How do you deal with opposition? What methods do you use to defend your interests?
Well when it’s my friends or whatever I can directly challenge them too, while I dislike being forceful, I will still make my case if they explicitly push back against me, I can quite easily list reasons. I generally don’t like hostility because it makes everything more dangerous and unpredictable though. If it doesn’t work I may be like “whatever” or I can seek to arrange it with someone or find an ally.
4. When do you think it's ok to occupy someone's space? Do you recognize it?
I don’t think it’s okay, I think you should always respect people’s boundaries. If I ever do something like that I better have a good explanation.
5. Do others think you are a strong-willed person? Do you think you have a strong will?
I’ve found myself recently lacking willpower, I feel like I’m a lazy person, not particularly useful one either. I have also known to be very stubborn though and I don’t like giving up. Usually it’s not a problem with me to persist though it can stress me sometimes because I’ve grown in a household where there’s never any alternatives seen which makes me feel unnecessary pressure which hinders my persistence a bit.
-I think this section was easiest to me because this is something that I'm concerned with a lot, I do notice interpresonal relationships a great deal.
Section 4
1. How do you satisfy your physical senses? What examples can you give? What physical experiences are you drawn to?
I love coffee, I love cigars, I like some food, though most often find eating mundane. I also really like warm baths and I do have some mini-routines, though they’re subject to change often (for example I’ve started drinking a tea a lot more recently, had times where I drunk a lot of non-alco beer which is long gone period, etc). I just mostly satisfy my desires for physical experiences by comfort and by consumption, I do not like adrenaline. I’m also attracted to beauty, while I may generally dislike details (a lot) I do enjoy details a lot when it comes to someone being beautiful, there is many separate things I’m attracted to.
2. How do you find harmony with your environment? How do you build a harmonious environment? What happens if this harmony is disturbed?
Immersing myself into something, such as video game while maybe enjoying that evening is falling. I’d generally say that’s it though I’m mostly conceptual person so I’m not very synced with environment most times.
3. What does comfort mean to you? How do you create it?
It’s all about being in a pleasant environment, likely home, it’s also kinda about warmth and not feeling any ailments of the body. Honestly biggest gateway to heaven though is 1 Euro cigar, its cheap and horrible but it can do wonders.

4. How do you express yourself in your hobbies? How do you engage yourself with those things?
I wouldn’t say hobbies are largely about self-expression for me, I like to create things, write, come up with stuff and it’s most of the time not about expressing how I feel, rather about showing what I can do, what I can come up with, my own creativity and my own ability to come up with stuff and come up with good stuff.
I guess exception is when I write poetry when I’m really sad or in love but that’s more like a thing I turn on when I need to. Overall if anything I wish I was able to study human condition more because all I write is usually more escapist.
One place where I do directly express my individuality is my choices in video games, I really like RPGs, choosing particular playstyle and making “morally good” decisions that I’d do. I enjoy identifying with characters, etc.
5. Tell us how you'd design any room, house or an office. Do you do it yourself, or trust someone else to do it? Why?
I’d actually enjoy designing a space. I’d find an external inspiration like a piece of furniture, a color or a general style and go from there. I’d preferably be minimalistic but effective.
-I feel this section touches a lot on sensing, I can describe it very well but considering it didn't allow for many coutnerexamples I feel like my sensing may be overemphacized here, idk.
Section 5
1. Is it acceptable to express emotions in public? Give examples of inappropriate expression of emotions.
I genuinely couldn’t care less what is “acceptable”, most people get their morals from irrational places and can easily turn into a hate mob, so I don’t think acceptability alone is enough to shame anyone. Though there is a healthy limit to this rule. That said also I generally feel awkward when people cry in public or whatever, I can understand people well and even console them… but it feels awkward… and I do not really like people who express themselves over the top though I guess because that’s what I do and what I have to suppress in myself (yes I’m hypocritical in this sense).
2. How do you express your emotions? Can you tell how your expressions affect others in a positive or negative way?
I like to complain sometimes but that makes me mad at myself because it’s annoying. Generally I mostly have my emotions on a leash, they happen internally and don’t spill out. Though I’m never gonna pretend I’m ok when I’m not, I’m a honest person emotionally, maybe except when I’m angry because expressing my anger to others just leads to arguments. I also like to make fool of myself on purpose if that counts, I like being center of attention and making people laugh. I can be flirtatious too if it counts as well.
3. Are you able to change your demeanor in order to interact with your environment in a more or less suitable way? How do you determine what is suitable?
Not for the life of me. I always crack jokes during presentations or whatever else because I just cannot be formal, I’m incapable of being formal, I cannot take it seriously and people who take it seriously I find very ridiculous. I don’t like playing pretend and acting all serious.
4. In what situations do you feel others' feelings? Can you give examples of when you wanted to improve the mood of others?
Well I did feel since my childhood when there was negative atmosphere at home, it influenced me a lot and it’s really weird but I could just feel it. I can feel other people’s feelings when I relate to them but I’m mostly an observer, I also work as the “therapist” friend, I can be very philosophical and abstract, explaining mechanisms of things, using analogies and I generally like to both give practical advice and encourage my friend, show them their potential, I always see potential easily and I’m an optimist.
5. How do others' emotions affect you? How does your internal emotional state correlate or contrast with what you express?
I dislike emotional dependency. Both ways. I don’t like to depend on others in any way shape or form and I dislike when people expect things from me. I do feel at least partially responsible to help my friends no matter what though.
-Very interesting questions to ponder, though I'd say these were considerably simple to answer becaues they just feel clear.
Section 6
1. How can you tell how much emotional space there is between yourself and others? How can you affect this space?
I usually don’t really get emotionally close. It’s difficult to me because I’m changing every few months so building lasting emotional connections with people is difficult, I have a few close friends but most of my interactions with people outside that circle are based on interests and my interests change all that time so the bonds aren’t permanent.
I can be really emotionally honest and genuine with my closest friends though but I’m bit wary.
2. How do you determine how much you like or dislike someone else? How does this affect your relationships?
It’s mostly contractual. If you don’t harm me or others, I have no problem with you, if you start I start to dislike you, if you stop I may not trust you but I won’t hold it against you. I like people a lot when they’re nice to me, kind and funny or project power I can respect that a lot as well. I don’t usually dislike people even those who dislike me (I think being nice to them is kinda funny) but I do dislike certain kind of person, someone pretentious who pretends they’re smarter than they are and only use others to validate their intelligence.
3. How do you move from a distant relationship to a close one? What are the distinguishing characteristics of a close relationship?
“You’ll know when it happens”, it’s just like that I just click with some people, either we have common traits or opposite traits which make us dynamic, it’s also about standing, there are some people who are bit weird and I’m a bit weird so I know that I’ll get along with them. It’s also about availability also, if I have means and opportunities to talk to them often then that makes it easier doesn’t it?
4. How do you know that you are a moral person? Where do you draw your morality from? Do you believe others should share your beliefs on what's moral? Why?
I will do “What’s right” (ridiculous concept, I know) even when it’s not convenient. I will take morality over my own greed, over societal morals, over anything else, I want to do the right thing no matter what and help people no matter what. I guess I draw my morality from inside, it’s always bothered me because it’s both vague and irrational but it’s what it is. It feels great to do “good” (whatever that means). As for others sharing my morals? No, not really. If we share them they become collective and collective anything is bad because it gets watered down and it becomes faith rather than genuine reasonable belief. I dislike groupthink.
5. Someone you care about is acting distant to you. How do you know when this attitude is a reflection of your relationship?
That would be my first assumption honestly, it would be my first consideration before anything.
-I think this really just makes me think of how contradictory I am, maybe I'm not doing these post-sections as the author intended but who knows.
Section 7
1. How can you tell someone has the potential to be a successful person? What qualities make a successful person and why?
It’s not hard to tell, it’s about the energy, the vision and the ability to put it in practice even in small steps, it’s fairly easy to see someone’s potential based on words, actions and mindset.
2. Where would you start when looking for a new hobby? How do you find new opportunities and how do you choose which would be best?
Honestly? I’d probably have to go with social media for one, I like new things and it’s the best way of getting to see new things. Also from drawing comparisons to thinks I already like and finding similar stuff.
3. How do you interpret the following statement: "Ideas don't need to be feasible in order to be worthwhile." Do you agree or disagree, and why?
Ehhhh, I like ideas, I like generating ideas but I prefer ideas that are applicable to reality and distrust overt speculativeness. That said generating ideas that aren’t immediately feasible is a good start because from there we can kind of work ourselves to making them feasible. I’m a natural barnstormer so I approve of that. That said ideas that aren’t useful are waste of my time.
4. Describe your thought process when relating the following ideas: swimming, chicken, sciences. Do you think that others would draw the same or different connections?
I just imagine a dude in a pool with a swimming cap, he’s kinda muscular and his mouth is open, he is probably breathing because it’s kinda difficult. Personally I would consider myself an okay swimmer, surprisingly one of my few physical qualities. I imagine a vague silhouette of a yellow chicken, also got kinda reminded of the chicken that wears boots image I saw online. I got reminded of that song about chicken running around the yard and eggs now and everything idk. Also got a vague, impressionistic image of a scientist in my head, there’s a lot about science that is really interesting but it’s not really my field, I do have huge appreciation of the scientific method though. I do mostly trust scientists too.
Idk I answered this one very poorly but it’s kinda vague and not that inspiring.
5. How would you summarize the qualities that are essential to who you are? What kind of potential in you has yet to be actualized and why?
I’m really good at seeing abstract patterns in things, in the way world works, seeing systems, I’m good at helping my friends, making them feel good, discerning their potential. I’m good at being creative, I’m kinda good at making people laugh, I’d say I’m pretty easygoing and helpful and not too forceful. I think I do have a little wit though I don’t want to overestimate it, I’m very philosophical and conceptual as well and good at coming up with analogies and creating stuff.
As for what needs to be actualized. I have done much but never really finished everything. I’m also good at stepping into leadership, I have ambitions as a kid, now I’m mostly just stressed by it but I can do it for a short while and actually enjoy it. I’d like to become more physically able as well but I can’t really and I will probably never be disciplined.
-Here I think I would just honestly say I was confused by question 4, did I answer it right? Is there a right answer? I'm really curious what it all says about me.
Section 8
1. How do people change? Can you describe how various events change people? Can others see those changes?
I personally change a lot based on my interests. People change by personal growth, not everyone does but life has a way of putting trials before you that humble people, I’ve noticed lot of people are honestly just immature and it’s gonna catch up with them, I think it’s possible to learn to control yourself better if you want to and yeah I think it should be apparent to others.
2. How do you feel and experience time? Can time be wasted? How?
Sure time can be wasted when I’m try to plan something and people waste my time with details or ask about specifications of the plan instead of just following along. Time can be wasted by stuff like depression as well but that’s very literal. In general I think things happen because they’re supposed to happen so if you’re doing something in your free time, you’re not wasting it, you’re just doing what you were supposed to be doing with it.
3. Is there anything that cannot be described with words? What is it? If so, how can we understand what it is if language does not work?
A great many things, language has much limitations, it’s just a tool to simplify processes into more comprehensible form but ultimately it cannot be counted on to be able to describe everything.
4. How do you anticipate events unfolding? How can you observe such unfoldments in your environment?
If you analyze people’s mannerisms and their words and generally their essence, you can kinda tell where they’re going even if it may not be soon, you can know easily where they’re headed. With larger events and other stuff I don’t really like guessing future because there’s always many possibilities I can imagine and I’m usually not confident enough, usually though sometimes you can kinda just tell and I can’t explain why I guess. Maybe it’s the past? Maybe it’s just intuition, I wouldn’t know.
5. In what situations is timing important? How do you know the time is right to act? How do you feel about waiting for the right moment?
For me call to action is mostly a spark from within myself, I can just become more productive out of nowhere, as for waiting for the right moment, sometimes it’s just like that, like I said, things flow the way they’re supposed to flow, some things only happen when they’re meant to, when “stars align” (or rather many invisible factors leading to them align). But I also do prefer making future myself but sometimes you cannot fight the flow of time.

-Idk what to add
Anywy thanks if anyone took their time, much appreciated, it's kinda difficult to put myself out there with all these flaws but yeah. I tried.

As the title suggests, I failed part 2 again:
My individual stats for my 2nd attempt are: 72 71 75 75 70 74
I’m honestly at a loss for words at this point. I studied like a maniac for my 2nd attempt, did practice questions every day, and took practice exams every week with scores of 80%+ on every section exam (I used Optoprep and the NBEO Part II study guide). After taking the exam this time around, I felt pretty confident that I passed, only to discover that I didn’t. Again.
At this point, I’m just really discouraged and depressed about my scores not reflecting my knowledge base and clinical experience. I enjoy seeing patients and learning from all the doctors I’ve worked with during externships, but my inability to conquer a single NBEO exam is killing my confidence and making me second guess if I’ll ever be able to practice. I don’t know what to do anymore. I’ve spent all my free time studying and trying to learn as much as possible during my 4th year rotations in preparation for boards, and still falling short of passing is genuinely terrifying and really damaging my mental health and confidence.
TL;DR I failed part 2 for the 2nd time and don’t know how to win against the NBEO. If anyone else has been in the same boat, how did you pick yourself back up after receiving discouraging news? Any helpful advice/study suggestions are welcome.

I failed for the second time in TN. First time I had a 260, second time I went down to 251.
My MBE sucks. I can’t afford anything else, I only have adaptibar.
I NEED help making a schedule for July. Please someone help!!!

help, not sure kung ito yung tamang subreddit para itanong 'to pero naka experience ako ng failed transaction sa gcash pero nabawas siya sa money ko. nag submit na ko ng ticket and everything kaso napaka unresponsive ng gcash support jusko, student din ako kaya very important talaga yung money na nawala. 24+ hours na nakalipas pero wala pa ring refund or update man lang 🥲 tried calling their hotline too pero wala rin me napapala. wtd
update: nag reply na sila, my transaction was successfully processed daw pero sure ako may lumabas na failed transaction kaya nga inulit ko. also, chineck ko dun sa pinagbayaran ko if nadoble nga ba sakanila pero isang payment lang nag appear (which is yung 2nd try ko) gahdd

I already have an interview next week, pero kinakabahan ako na if may bagsak ako this 2nd sem, they would nullify my application TT
I already passed my 1st sem grades without fail though, do they still ask for your 2nd sem grades before they accept you?

• first, for me, it was a big mistake to let Donald win against Gray during the final fight. I know that Seopass did it to show that Donald was the strongest and that he gained so much power that even Big Ben and Gray weren’t able to stop him. Yet it’s a mistake because he let the antagonist win, and in the end Gray never was the main character. That’s the point : Gray HAD to win because he’s a coward as he says, he never begin a fight if he’s not sure to win. The antagonist just CANT win because he’s the antagonist, and Gray is the protagonist, the hero, he is Weak Hero. He cant be a hero if he doesn’t defeat the antagonist. Since the beginning, we knew that it would be the final fight and the author let us believe that Gray would win. In fact the end is in total contradiction with all the story. And the result of the fight is not the only disappointing and contradictory thing.
  
• the fight itself was in my opinion, a complete failure. Remember when, in episode 111, Jake Ji told Gray “I see your real face” and Donald also told it to him in the beginning of their fight. I think I’m not the only one that believed Gray would go completely mad with his white mamba’s eyes, like during his previous fights. Even though Donald is stronger than him, Gray had to win because his weakness is his strength. Seopass failed about that and I am really sad about it honestly.
  
• another point is that Gray made 2 big mistakes during their fight that he wouldn’t have done in any other fight. After he beat Donald, he turned his back on him instead of finishing him off. He never made a such mistake before. Yes I know, he was very stressed, there was also a lot at stake, and even if he knew he would win he was still surprised to see that he actually beat Donald. But his mental strength is stronger than that so he shouldn’t have reacted like this. After Donald got to his feet, Gray miscalculated the distance between them, believing that Donald's ankle injury would prevent him from reaching him. We know that Gray is very cautious and never underestimates his enemies, even more when it comes to Donald. So this is another contradictory thing in their fight. Gray would never have been so reckless, especially after analysing the fight between Donald and big ben.
  
• the death of Donald by a truck is nonsense. I think there was no other way to end it but it was too early. Here’s why : after winning against Gray, Jake told Kingsley that Donald wants to be stopped but no one can do it. Then he thought about Gray and Big Ben and said that he was sure that they will be able to do it. It let us believe that de story would actually continue. In my opinion, it would have been interesting to see how the Union would have evolved after that, as well as the theories in the Shuttle Patch and the new order between high schools.
  
• Also remember that Changhui, the leader of the second generation of Cheongang said he’ll wait for a moment of weakness of the union to take his revenge. Also, there was the leader of the first generation of Cheongang (we never saw his face). This implied that he would have a role to play later in the story but he never did. In fact the story had to continue because there are too much unanswered questions, and it would have been reaaally interesting to see how this battle would have changed everything, with Gray evolving after his defeat, ready to fight Donald one more time and to win this time.
  
• The last point is about the unanswered questions and other things I’ve noticed. First the question we all ask ourselves is why Stephen didn’t contact Gray. Also, in episode 111, Jake also thought he would fight Gray later but it never happened and I think it would have been so good to see him fight Gray after the final fight with Donald by loyalty to him (as Gray lost the fight he may think that he has chances to beat him). Moreover I think that the girls could have played a greater role in the story. Some wanted a love story between Gray and the girl with glasses. I don’t think it is a good idea, yet I think they could have become friends, and why not in the same group. We also never know the back story of Wolf Keum and what happened to Gerard’s friends after the accident. And also the blue haired guy in Grays academy never learnt that he was Eunjang’s white mamba and honestly it would have been sooo satisfying to see his reaction 😂 I think that after another season after the fight between Gray and Donald, they would fight again and Gray would win this time. I think it would have been the “correct” ending.
  

Yet I’m not saying that the actual end is bad, that I wasted my time reading it or something, no ! Despite this disappointing and contradictory ending, this series is a true masterpiece, I enjoyed each fights and seeing how the characters evolved was really interesting. In fact I almost grew up with it, during my teenage to my adulthood. I’ll be honest with you, even though the end disappointed me, I actually cried because it was too hard to see a such good antagonist like Donald dying this early. The author hadn't yet exploited the full potential of his series when he had already killed off his antagonist! In my opinion, Donald became too powerful, even to Seopass and I think he didn’t know how to end it. I think he needed a pause but he could have done it during the series to correctly continue it after. Yet I understand that after 5 years of stress he needed to definitely stop it, and after a such masterpiece that I’ll read again and again, he is taking some sleep ahah (even though I’m secretly wishing he would rewrite the end, leave me in my denial 😭)
Waiting for the 2nd sequel that Seopass talked about in the afterword chapter :)
Oof it was long I’m sorry ahah and also please be kind because English is not my native language and I’m not really good at it so I’m sure that I look extreme in what I said 😅 Hope that it’s still clear.