I'm sure some do, but the majority don't seem to. I've listened to a lot of hot take reviews, and among them is that it's a 1) boring walking simulator, 2) has low enemy variety, and is 3) missing gameplay elements. The latter seems ridiculous if you know what type of game Hellblade is supposed to be, but as I said, I don't think they do.
Hellblade is in the third person, but it was never meant to be a mechanically deep, third person action game. Hellblade isn't a button-masher. In fact, setting it to 'Easy' might be preferable since it's about the story. It's about understanding Senua's life as a mentally ill person.
There are so many YouTubers who know she's mentally ill, but doesn't seem to understand how it's supposed to play out in the game. For example, most of the events in the first game aren't happening. Most of the Vikings she encounters aren't real (they're long gone as the damage has already been done). She's not fighting actual mythological creatures. No way did she actual meet Hela, fight Garm or visit the Sea of Corpses. What she's seeing are optical illusions and hallucinations. If we were to walk by Senua on her journey (from afar most preferably), we'd see her wildly swinging her sword at the air, or trees, or effigies thinking that she's actually fighting monsters. We'd see her walk around the perimeter trying to repair a perfectly functional bridge with her mind, or look at trees and stones for runes. Sad reality, but that was the point of the game. In game, we're seeing how she, as a mentally ill person, perceives the world. It's magical to her, but we're supposed to know that none of this is real. But I think YouTube gamers did.
Youtubers seem to acknowledge that, yes, she is mentally ill. But they don't seem to understand how her mental illness impacts what she's doing, or that most of her battles are fictitious. They're so used to thinking that enemies on screen are there, that they don't seem to understand that it isn't the case in this game.
I also think there's cognitive dissonance going on in a ludo-narrative sense. YouTube gamers only care about the "ludo" (i.e. game) part and not the narrative. But the game itself is narrative heavy, with the combat as the hook. But gamers want every game to be constant action. They want the story of every game to be secondary, rather than have the gameplay inform the auience of the story. Because of this, YouTubers are complaining that this game lacks enemy variety, lacks skill trees, lacks weapon upgrades, lacks combos, etc., when none of that is the point of what Hellblade is trying to accomplish.
Speaking of the first game, the second game is largely more of the same. If you liked the first game, you'll probably like the second game. So it's kinda weird that people praise the first game to the High Heavens, and slam this game to Hel. Maybe they were just riding the hype without knowing what they were praising? You might not like XBOX or game pass, but Hellblade's evolution is the cinematic way it presents itself, not gameplay mechanics. She's not a JRPG heroine, she's more or less a normal person with gifted fighting abilities in what is essentially our world...who also has schizophrenia.
One thing I wish YouTubers would say more often is: "this game just isn't for me". This game isn't for someone like Dreamcast Guy, for example (who expected Senua's Saga to have a skill trees and weapon upgrades lol). His type of games seem to primarily be Japanese waifu-bait anime fan-fiction (ala the new Final Fantasy VII games). He isn't here for an introspective story about mental illness. Why empathize with a dirty mentally ill woman when you can stare at plastic doll Tifa's huge chest as she demurely bows? Now he's slamming Hellblade for being a flop, but I think he's still pretty sore about Final Fantasy VII Rebirth not selling high enough.
This isn't to say that there aren't problems with Hellblade II (short, rushed story), but YouTubers are hyper focusing on the wrong thing, showing that they really never "got" the first game. They also show where CEOs get the idea to push button-mashers onto us.

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Marcus stood beside Deekius on the battlements of Spearclaw, watching the dwarven militia’s mass exodus back to their homestead.
They had gone, surprisingly, without incident. Perhaps it was due to Marcus’s allowing them to watch their Commander’s execution. Perhaps it was because he had given them the dignity of looking their leader in the eye as he died. He had even allowed them to take his body home with them to ‘Give it back to the Stone’. Marcus assumed this meant they would bury him and erect a stout grave for the stout man.
The execution had been a simple one – death by hanging – and Marcus had commissioned the construction of a simple gallows for the occasion. Skeever had scoffed, saying that enemy commanders were often given up to the Queen of the Clan that conquered them, but Marcus had managed to dissuade the grizzled Talon-Commander. After all, he told him, did Skeever really want his beloved Queen to taste of the rock-solid flesh of a dwarfling? Her teeth would chip and shatter on impact.
Begrudgingly, the ratman had agreed.
He was not the only rat with reservations. Marcus had known that the ratmen would have jumped with pure joy to see the Dwarf commander’s end, but he had kept the death of Commander Corvaughn of House Darragut as a quiet, somber affair – attended by only his Dwarves and a detachment of ratguards to ensure no man attempted to play at being a hero or a martyr. The Commander had obviously trained his men well. As he was slain, his eyes popping out of his thickset skull, fists clenched and feet barely kicking, his men had bowed their heads and intoned a slow, solemn prayer. They spoke of the watchful nature of the Stone. They spoke of how Corvaughn’s body would soon sit within the hallowed walls of the Underkingdom, where the Stone does not forget. Where it does not forgive.
Marcus had looked him in his grey, dull eyes as he died, flailing like a fish on a line. It had given him no pleasure to see the Dwarf expire. Of all the beings he’d met in this desolate realm where only might made right, the Dwarves were too much like human beings. They were too much like him…
“They shall be remembering this day,” Deekius told him as they both watched the unarmed Dwarves leave the fort in shame. “Those that are surviving the journey back home shall be telling their people of us.”
“Good,” Marcus replied stiffly. “Let them tell of the hospitality they received here. Let them tell of how they were soundly defeated and then offered a fair deal by their enemies who they once thought nothing more than mindless rodents skittering in the dark. Let them tell of the Battle of Razor Ridge and let all listeners know that the ratman Kingdom is now a force to be reckoned with. But not one that can be accused of barbarism.”
“You are caring too much about these things, Sire,” Deekius murmured. “Our kind are not having historians as yours do. Rats of legend are being known for slaughter only. Great destruction, we are remembering. That, or the spreading of disease to the surface. I have many stories of great, wise Greyfax of Clan Red-Eye. He was being a rat who knew how to please the Unclean.”
“I’m sure he was,” Marcus said, leaning on the hard, chipped stone of the fort battlements like he held the weight of the world on his shoulders. “But I’m not looking to go down in history as a butcher, Deekius. If you do want to change this world and have a real place on its stage, you’ll have to change how people perceive your kind. That takes more than just winning a few battles or spreading a few poxes.”
The rat-priest considered this with a twitch of his snout. “So, this is how humans are thinking,” he said. “It is being intriguing. I have not thought much on what the future shall bring for our people. It is being odd that, only now, I am considering what our next steps shall be bringing us.”
Marcus was suddenly taken by the hollowness of the rat-priest’s voice. It felt like the little beast had aged considerably in the last few hours. Even his shoulders looked like they were slumping a little more than usual.
“Deekius…”
A gruff cough from behind both rat and man caused them to turn and see Skeever at the top of the North battlement steps.
“The last of the Stunties are being evacuated,” he said, clearly unimpressed by the line of Dwarven soldiers carrying their fallen hero below. “Though I am still thinking we could have been making use of their armor.”
“Their guns will be enough,” Marcus replied. “I’m not about to add insult to injury by having these proud warriors march home naked.”
“It would be a sight to see though,” Skeever sneered, nudging Deekius as he came to stand beside him. “What are you thinking, Gloomraava? Are Dwarven balls being as pudgy as their faces?”
“I am trying not to think upon this,” Deekius replied with a tight smile. “But no doubt their genitalia will be…in proportion.”
Marcus shook his head at them both, feeling like a disappointed father about to reprimand his children. Yet he also saw the steady camaraderie that seemed to have formed between the two of them.
“We’ve come a long way since we first met,” Marcus said, looking out across the blighted battlefield where the Spinerippers of Clan Marrow were still feasting on the dead and the dying. “And with any luck,” he whispered to himself. “We have only a short time left…”
“The Gloomraava of Glumrot are reporting success,” Skeever said. “A Spineripper rider is coming through two hours ago. Head-Priest Koresh is saying they have at least 900 Kobolds under their watch, now. He is conducting sermons and holding them at Fort Greenwall. He wishes to know when you will be joining them.”
So the little bastards pulled it off, Marcus thought, surprised that the priests of Glumrot had come through on their promise to produce a miracle for him. It had meant their clearance of Fort Spearclaw had been worthwhile after all.
Then again, recalling the feat that Deekius had just performed upon the Razor-Ridge, he had no right to be surprised at all by the priests’ success.
Though he did have to admit that the rat-priest was looking a shade paler than usual…
“Send a rider immediately,” he said. “We shall return to Fleapit to resupply and rendezvous with King Shrykul before linking up with Koresh and our new Kobold reserves. On the way, our newest regiment can fine-tune their aim.”
Skeever rubbed his forehead as all of them heard a flurry of gun-shots go off and watched as a ratman holding a smoking arquebus smashed into the wall beneath them.
“E-Eek!” he screamed. “I - I am being sorry, Sires!”
“They will be needing much practice,” Skeever groaned. “These Dwarven boom-sticks are being as dangerous as they are loud.”
“I wouldn’t worry, Talon-Commander,” Marcus said as he placed a reassuring hand on Skeever’s shoulder. “After all, they have quite the teacher.”
He watched with no small degree of pride as Ix instructed both his Kobold team and the rats in the proper operation of the Dwarven rifles. The little Kobold had taken to the weapon like the trained marksman he was. He already seemed well-versed in its operation. It helped that Ix was himself passionate about learning new things generally, and looked upon his new students as a minor deity would bask in the glow of his first worshippers.
They would become an entirely new regiment. They would give the rats the technological advantage they had always lacked in the Underkingdom. And Ix would be at the head of their sharpshooters – a Kobold hero that would inspire the new recruits. He would give them the impression they could rise through the ranks as he had.
Of all the decisions I made, Marcus thought. Saving him was undoubtedly one of the best.
But as it often did these days when he thought of his successes, his mind suddenly turned to darker thoughts. Bloody Skegga and the Kobolds in Grindlefecht that would be waiting for them…the Yokun prisoner in the dungeon of Fleapit…
“I am going to retire for a while,” Marcus told his men. “Ready the army to move through the Southern Tunnels towards Fleapit. We should make good time if we leave in around two hours. Let the soldiers rest, let the hungry eat. But we will not sit here and rest on our laurels. Besides,” he added. “We have some new toys to show good King Shrykul.”
He cast his eyes over the wrought-iron giants of the abandoned cannons. A legion of Spinerippers were being shackled to them as Marcus spoke.
“If anyone needs me,” Marcus said. “I will be in my quarters.”
Both Skeever and Deekius bowed as they watched him go.
“Sire?” Skeever asked. “Once we are linking up with our Brothers at the Gulch…what comes next?”
Marcus smiled thinly as he limped down the battlement steps toward his quarters in the fort.
“What do you think?” he shouted back. “The end.”
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Apologizing in advance for the long read. I just want to get every detail possible.
I need some advice. My (28F) and my boyfriend(28M, we will call him D) have been through a lot in our relationship. We've known eachother for 11 years, dated for 5 before we broke up for a year and then got back together.
We broke up due to myself having a lying problem. Lies included things like, buying things like snacks or food we didn't need when trying to save money, buying weed when we're trying to quit, little things that I didn't think need to be told. I ended up breaking his trust and he couldn't believe me anymore about anything.(rightfully so). Through therapy I learned that it was a trauma response due to myself having a very anxiety filled childhood. Over the past year, I worked and worked on myself and corrected that behavior so we could have a functioning and healthy relationship. He also worked on the things he needed to as well. He used to be a very negative person who did not like leaving the house.
We just recently got back together about a month ago. Things were amazing, going great. About two weeks ago, I meet some friends of his from Oregon, that he started hanging out with after we split up. They seemed nice enough, they're all a bunch of nerds like us, they play dnd and just a bunch if video games.
These friends that came down have been together for 8 years and are married. My boyfriend met these people through his brother and his fiancee. D has gotten a lot closer to the wife of the couple, we will call her L.
Before I get into this, it's important to note that I have severe trust issues. I have these sever trust issues due to traumas and being cheated on in the past. I try not to allow these issues to cause tension in my relationships, but they usually will.
So L and D are pretty close. He even mentioned they're closer than he and E are. Which again, fine, whatever. When I met L, a few things she did made me a bit uncomfortable. For starters, she called D adorable right to my face while watching them all play Larp. Okay, whatever. Brushed it off. This friend group is very close and all seem to trust eachother a lot.
I have heard rumors of this friend groups "cuddle puddles" and have thought nothing of it. I like the idea of having a close knit friend group. All of these people have known eachother for years and are very close.
We were sitting on his brothers couch when this particular thing happened. Which again, didn't exactly bother me in the moment, but then started to after thinking about it more. But L sat down on the other side of the L shaped couch, D went and laid his head on the outside part of her thigh, and then motioned for me to come lie down with him. I did. Then L asked me if she could pat my head. Which I happily obliged. Something rubbed me wrong about that moment after a while.
Then, L had left her phone outside. Her husband and D offered to help her go look for it. I offered as well but they ended up outside before I got down there. When I reached the bottom of the stairs, I saw Ls husband walking farther ahead, and D and L walking very closely with their shoulders up against eachother giggling. Again, could be harmless. It annoyed me in the moment but again, I brushed it off.
The next day there was a barbecue at Ds house. The day went fine, only a few things that annoyed me, primarily her looking up at him from the couch while they were talking, but I think that one was me just being jealous.
The thing that happened that made me the most ucomfortable, was the basement trip. D gave them all the tour to through the house. Got to the basement, not a lot of people were interested but L was. He finished the tour, and then a little while later, I see D and L making their way down to the basement. I have a hard time seeing my boyfriend alone with another woman. But I didn't follow them down right away. I'm trying to exercise trust.i cam hear them chatting for a moment, then things got silent, and then back to chatting. At this point, his best friend and Ls husband start down the stairs. I was honestly curious about the basement itself since I hadn't seen it, and Ds best friend was talking about the cool wiring they have down there. So I followed down after them.
We get downstairs and D and L look so awkward. They're both silent, standing in the middle of the room, L slightly behind D both looking at us coming down the stairs. I could not shake the weird feeling I got seeing them both just standing there. They didn't speak another word to eachother while we were down there, and it seemed Ls husband got a little uncomfortable too.
I left it alone after asking him about it. He simply said "it was part of the tour and she wanted to see the basement, so I showed her" the night went on, they said their goodbyes, L gave me a hug, told me it was nice meeting me, and that was that.
I have spent the last week and a half extremely anxious about this woman.
A few things to note: D is a very loyal person. Or so I have seen. In the 6 years we have been romantically involved with eachother, I haven't once came upon him trying to cheat, actively cheating, or even showing interest in another woman. To be fair though, we haven't really been around many other women. Most of his friends are men, and their girlfriends didn't come around a whole lot.
D is what he himself would call unconventional in terms of looks. I think he is extremely handsome. I always have. He doesn't think so. He is a little shorter, about 5'3-5'4. Skinny, and slouches pretty much consistently due to him playing computer games. He gets mistaken for a teenager quite frequently, and in turn doesn't get hit on a lot by women our age.
I also have to be very upfront with him when I'm flirting. If another woman flirts with him, he doesn't track sometimes unless you tell him for sure what you're doing.
Anyways. I went through their texts. Silly. I know. I didn't find anything incriminating on Ds end. But L... well L looked like she was trying to flirt with D. One of the texts said "don't know why but I really loved it when you called me goofball" Ds response was a simple "😂🤣" and that's it. She then tells him she was showing a picture of her cat to her grandma, which is basically a picture of him but with her cat in the frame, and tells him her grandma thinks he's hot, whatever, okay. She then also sends him a picture of her in his hat cause he left it in Oregon. He replies back with "nice fit!" She tells him it was good keeping the sun out of her eyes.
She sends him multiple links(memes, shorts, tiktoks) every day at least two to three times. He's been very forthcoming with their communication. The memes she sent him have had the background sound of Taylor swift you belong with me, and one I recently saw was super sexual about a group of three friends accidentally seeing eachothers private parts hanging out. Most of the things she sends don't seem to be super weird, but do some off as flirtatious.
D even went as far as to ask Ls husband E if he has done anything in the past that has made him uncomfortable in regards to L and Ds relationship. To which E responds "No. If you were someone I didn't know as well, yes. But I feel that I have a pretty good understanding of who you are as a person(a bit like me" and trust L even more so. Yall are friends my guy"
Guys I'm trying here. I'm trying to cope with D having a close female friend and being okay with it. We had a conversation just last night a out the possibility that she might be into him. I feel confident that he isn't messing around with her, except for one part last night where when I was explaining my train of thought, he called me crazy. I told him not to speak to me that way, ans he didn't do it again, and was very understanding about my point of view.
The advice I need is this: does it feel like a good decision for me to trust him? Does it feel like from an outside perspective, that he is being loyal? He agreed that he will be cautious around her. But also complained that I don't want them alone together. "Is it so bad that I offer to be her battle buddy when she asks the group who wants to go to the store?"
So please, help ease my mind, or tell me I'm being silly for trusting. I just need this. I've been burned so many times trusting an opposite sex friendship. D is my whole world and I want this relationship to work. But I cannot give up my own comfort for it.
TL;DR boyfriend has been hanging out with a couple for months and getting closer to the wife of the couple. She seems to get flirty with him. Do I trust them as friends?

Hey all.
I have a Verbatim 1TB SSD (model: Vi550 S3) that I had been using to hold my pictures, music, downloads, important docs, etc. Suffice to say, many of the hosted files are quite important (e.g. wedding pictures).
About two days ago the SSD in question suddenly got stuck on 100% active time in Task Manager and got really hot. I tried many, many different fixes but have yet to find one that works.
Symptoms:

• Rest of OS acts wonky: anything connected to explorer.exe won't function, can't kill processes and more. Symptoms disappears when disconnecting the drive.
• Resource Monitor doesn't show anything and acts really laggy, CrystalDiskInfo locks up when trying to analyze the drive.
• Drive physically heats up, Task Manager shows normal load overall, but the drive shows 100% active time.
• Inability to interact with the contents of the drive, even when booting a preboot program like Macrium reflect.

Attempted fixes:

• Changing power options to high as well as the "hidden" Hard disk settings in Power Options
• CHKDSK, sfc, DISM
• Changing SATA ports and swapping cords
• Killing Wsearch and Sysmain
• Changing the MSIsupported register
• Ran full Windows Defender scan

I'm wondering if anyone has any recommendations apart from my attempted fixes, and if there's any hope of a data transfer short of a DR expert popping the can open and physically getting at the SSD's guts?
To preempt such responses, I don't have a backup, unfortunately, so I specifically need *this* drive fixed (given how important the contents are). Once I have access to the data I can think about subscriptions to cloud storage.
TIA!

Hey all.
I have a Verbatim 1TB SSD (model: Vi550 S3) that I had been using to hold my pictures, music, downloads, important docs, etc. Suffice to say, many of the hosted files are quite important (e.g. wedding pictures).
About two days ago the SSD in question suddenly got stuck on 100% active time in Task Manager and got really hot. I tried many, many different fixes but have yet to find one that works.
Symptoms:

• Rest of OS acts wonky: anything connected to explorer.exe won't function, can't kill processes and more. Symptoms disappears when disconnecting the drive.
• Resource Monitor doesn't show anything and acts really laggy, CrystalDiskInfo locks up when trying to analyze the drive.
• Drive physically heats up, Task Manager shows normal load overall, but the drive shows 100% active time.
• Inability to interact with the contents of the drive, even when booting a preboot program like Macrium reflect.

Attempted fixes:

• Changing power options to high as well as the "hidden" Hard disk settings in Power Options
• CHKDSK, sfc, DISM
• Changing SATA ports and swapping cords
• Killing Wsearch and Sysmain
• Changing the MSIsupported register
• Ran full Windows Defender scan

I'm wondering if anyone has any recommendations apart from my attempted fixes, and if there's any hope of a data transfer short of a DR expert popping the can open and physically getting at the SSD's guts?
To preempt such responses, I don't have a backup, unfortunately, so I specifically need *this* drive fixed (given how important the contents are). Once I have access to the data I can think about subscriptions to cloud storage.
TIA!

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Vibhajjavada and Sarvāstivāda: Analysing the Heart Sutra from Theravadin Perspective—Part 15

5.1.21. Non-duality is Illogical

Biological structure and biological processes are not imaginary. Natural phenomena and natural systems are not imaginary, either. They are certainly not imaginations and mental projections. Living things or lifeforms are metaphysical. Citta-mātratā is a result of illogical reasoning.
Form is emptiness, emptiness is form cannot mean physical pain does not exist. Citta-mātrat (mind only) cannot prove the mind is not local (or individual).

[Lanka Chapter 2:] Even Nirvana and Samsara's world of life and death are aspects of the same thing,

• If samsara is only imaginary (māyā), it does not exist, as it is not reality. Relief from imaginations (māyā) is unnecessary. The struggle for relief from pain exists because māyāvāda is false, imaginary and illogical reasoning. If pain were imaginary or non-being, the need for nirvana does not exist. Relief from pain is nirvana. We all desire for never to suffer again—the end of suffering.

Nirvana (Sanskrit) and Nibbana (Pali, the language of the earliest Buddhist texts) literally mean “to go out”-like a fire-and “to cool.” Applied to the mind, it refers to extinguishing the fevers of greed, hate, and delusion, the three roots of suffering. The Buddha’s choice of this term was intimately tied to the imagery of his famous Fire Sermon. Here he said: “Everything is on fire; the eyes are on fire; sights are on fire; visual perception is on fire. . . ; the ears are on fire. . . ; the nose is on fire. . . ; the tongue is on fire. . . ; the body is on fire. . . ; the mind is on fire…. They are on fire with greed, hate, and delusion” (from the Mahavagga of the Theravada Vinaya). [Nibbana (Gil Fronsdal, from Tricycle, Fall 2006, “Nirvana: Three Takes”)]

• To portray non-duality, Lankavatara rejects the difference between Nirvana and Samsara. If everything but the mind is mere māyā (imaginations), then liberation from imagination is unanecessary.
• No one exists by his/her imagination. No one can imagine things up to fulfill his/her needs. Things do not exist the way the māyāvādis want them to.
• Right and wrong, true and false, head and tail, start and end, entrance to exit, delusion and enlightenment ...
• The original Tathagata cannot stop imagining because he is craving and clinging to māyā. The māyāvādis do not notice that.

Taṇhāya sati uppadāna hoti (When there is craving there is clinging.) [Danuse Murty] Tanha paccaya upadana [Paticcasamuppada]

• One clings to what one craves for. Clinging and craving are mutually supportive.

Thāna Sutta: No Non-Duality:

1. Ṭhāna Sutta.–The five unattainable states - ageing which brings no decay, sickening no disease, dying no death, wasting no destruction, ending no end. A.iii.54f. [4. Thāna Sutta (palikanon)]

• These five are no non-duality.

1. Ṭhāna Sutta.– Four occasions that exist — when action is unpleasant and unprofitable to the doer, when it is unpleasant but profitable, when it is pleasant but unprofitable, when it is both pleasant and profitable. A.ii.118 f. [Dictionary of Pāli Proper Names (palikanon)]

• These four are also no non-duality.

5.1.22. For every aspiring bodhisattva

[Hatthaka of Alavi:] When I know that, 'This person is to be won over by giving,' then I win him/her over by giving. When I know that, 'This person is to be won over by kind words,' then I win him/her over by kind words. When I know that, 'This person is to be won over by beneficial help,' then I win him/her over by beneficial help.[1] When I know that, 'This person is to be won over by consistency,' then I win him/her over by consistency.[2]
Translator's note: The four grounds for the bonds of fellowship (see AN 4.32) appear in the early Mahayana sutras as guidelines for every aspiring bodhisattva — one of the few teachings that even the more radical Mahayana sutras adopt from the early canons. [Hatthaka Sutta: About Hatthaka (2) (Thanissaro Bhikkhu)]

Sarvāstivādis' perspective

[Heart (Red page 6):] Thus, the conceptual truths on which early Buddhists relied for their practice are held up to the light and found to be empty of anything that would separate them from the indivisible fabric of what is truly real.

Sarvāstivādis cling to māyāvāda becuase most of them do not know or cannot understand the Ariya Sacca and the Noble Eightfold Path (samātha-vipassanā).

Desire for enjoyment and desire for liberation; [Two Types of Desire (ASHIN NYANISSARA)]

Sarvāstivādis are concerned with stilling the mind.

[The Venerable Mahasi Sayadaw:] the states of Ordinary Absorption (lokiya jhana) such as four Form Absorptions (rupa-jhanas) and four Formlessness Absorptions (arupa-jhanas), by virtue of which one would be reborn in the plane of Brahma.

Nibbana is not the emptiness or suchness of the sutras:

Preached to Ananda at the Migaramatupasada. True solitude is not to be found in forest dwelling nor in the concentration of heart away from all ideas, but in attaining to deliverance from the asavas. M.iii.104ff [Cula Sunnata Sutta: Sunnatavakkanti]

Sarvāstivādis are not concerned with escaping cittasaṅkhāra (the auto-mental activities due to uppadāna):

taṅhā, desire or craving, is not just something added to our experience: It is literally built into our cognitive process. We are, if you will, born with the pathology of desire. Craving, or taṅhā in Pali, is the central problem identified by the Buddha. Discourses on craving are scattered throughout the Pali Canon [Mindfulness & the Cognitive Process (John Peacock)]

Sabbe Saṅkhāra Anatta,ti

Verse 277: "All conditioned phenomena are impermanent"; when one sees this with Insight-wisdom, one becomes weary of dukkha (i.e., the khandhas). This is the Path to Purity.

Sarvāstivādis did not know the definitions of Vibhajjavada, Anatta-vada, arahant and Nibbana. Sarvāstivādis, being the outsider, completely missed the Patipatti Sasana.

[Heart (Red page 6):] In their place, Avalokiteshvara introduces us to emptiness, the common denominator of the mundane, the metaphysical, and the transcendent.

• Avalokiteshvara (Avalokiteśvara) introduces us to emptiness with no new definition unknown to the early Buddhists.
• Oh! Wait! The early Buddhists did not know the Sarvāstivādi māyāvāda.
• But don't forget the name of the Buddha's mother Maya.

Atta-Suññatā

The Venerable Sariputta, an expert in atta-Suññatā, who knew the path to Nibbāna, instructed Anattanupassana (Comtemplation on Anatta) to Anathapindika:

"Then, householder, you should train yourself in this way: 'I won't cling to what is seen, heard, sensed, cognized, attained, sought after, pondered by the intellect; my consciousness will not be dependent on that.' That's how you should train yourself." [Anattavada Dhamma: Anathapindikovada Sutta: Instructions to Anathapindika]

• Free Will: One may act freely, but one action is a mear reaction to the external sources, which come through the six sense organs namely:

1. Cakkhu-vinnana = 2 eye-consciousness;
2. Sota-vinnana= 2 ear consciousness
3. Ghana-vinnana= 2 nose consciousness
4. Jivha-vinnana = 2 tongue consciousness
5. Kaya-vinnana = 2 body consciousness
6. Mano-vinnana = 79 mind-consciousness

[Vithi - Process of Consciousness - Part 2: Six Types of Vinnana and Vithi / The mango simile (Evelin C. Halls and Pennie White; Chan Academy)]
Anatta-vadi is not concerned about what Mahayana teaches.

The title of Anatta-vadi conferred upon the Buddha by Theravada Buddhists, the elevated status accorded to the huge collection of prajnaparamita or ‘perfection of wisdom’ texts, which focusses emphatically on the idea of sunyata or ‘emptiness’, and the testimonies of meditation teachers across the various Buddhist traditions, all bear witness to the centrality of the doctrine of anatta. In particular, Buddhist meditators have often described anatta as the single most profound discovery of the Buddha, and that an insight into anatta is crucial for attaining that utter liberation of the mind which is the summum bonum of Buddhist praxis. [Anatta and Meditation (Chris Kang BOccThy (Hons) The University of Queensland)]

Anatta dhamma

To the ordinary level of knowledge and thinking the Anatta dhamma may appear as a metaphysical concept, but it is the only practical realistic truth in life. This can be correctly realised by means of satipatthana practice on the existing phenomena. We all experience such as emotion, cognition, feeling, thinking, etc. They are all sankhara dhammas, that is, the processes of rise and fall, in short, by looking through the nama and rupa we discern, in a deeper insight dimensions, the voidness of soul in us. With the progress of Vipassana insight the three characteristics of existence are fully known: impermanence, suffering, and absence of individuality or ego. At first we may learn these profound spiritual truths by means of hearing and thinking. At perceptual level, these truths may seem dreary or pessimistic. But at insight level the highest truths are revealed to deliver us from the clutches of pride, lust and delusion. [The Doctrine of Anatta U Han Htay Research Officer]

Right View and Morality Go To Understanding Reality; Wrong View To Speculative Theories;

If Buddhism transcends the mutual conflict between sassatavada and ucchedavada, it is through its doctrine of Dependent Origination (paticcasamuppada) [...] The sole purpose of this doctrine is to establish the causal structure of individual existence [...] of inter-dependent mental and material phenomena, all in a state of constant change. Within the empiric individuality there is no independent self-entity, mental or material, which is impervious to change. Nor is there a soul, in the form of a spiritual essence, which relates it to a transcendental reality [...] It is through the doctrine of Dependent Origination that Buddhism seeks to explain the uninterrupted continuity of the life-series in samsara (cycle of births and deaths). In common with other religions, Buddhism, too, recognizes both survival (punabbhava) and moral responsibility (kammavada). But in Buddhism both are explained strictly according to the principles of Dependent Origination. [The Early Buddhist Teaching On the Practice of the Moral Life (Y. Karunadasa; page 3)]

5.1.23. DHAMMA IS NOT FOR EVERYONE

Dhamma is easily and readily available for everyone. However, not everyone is ready to understand the Dhamma and follow the Noble Path. Therefore, the Dhamma is not for everyone. [Even In The DARKEST MOMENT Ven. K. Rathanasara (Selected Dhamma Talks)]

• Dhamma is for the ones who want to get rid of asava-s (corruptions): kāmāsava (sensuality), bhavāsava (becoming), ditthāsava (belief), avijjāsava (ignorance).

DHAMMA: A Gradual Training

[The Buddha:] Just as the ocean has a gradual shelf, a gradual slope, a gradual inclination, with a sudden drop-off only after a long stretch, in the same way this Doctrine and Discipline (dhamma-vinaya) has a gradual training, a gradual performance, a gradual progression, with a penetration to gnosis only after a long stretch. — Ud 5.5 [A Gradual Training (Thanissaro Bhikkhu)]

Jhana:

[The Venerable Mahasi Sayadaw:] the states of Ordinary Absorption (lokiya jhana) such as four Form Absorptions (rupa-jhanas) and four Formlessness Absorptions (arupa-jhanas), by virtue of which one would be reborn in the plane of Brahma.

Jhana Sutta: Mental Absorption

In the same way, there is the case where a monk... enters & remains in the first jhana: rapture & pleasure born of seclusion, accompanied by directed thought & evaluation. He regards whatever phenomena there that are connected with form, feeling, perception, fabrications, & consciousness, as inconstant, stressful, a disease, a cancer, an arrow, painful, an affliction, alien, a disintegration, an emptiness, not-self. He turns his mind away from those phenomena, and having done so, inclines his mind to the property of deathlessness: 'This is peace, this is exquisite — the resolution of all fabrications; the relinquishment of all acquisitions; the ending of craving; dispassion; cessation; Unbinding.'

2 The progressive abodes (anupubba vihāra):

Jhāna Sutta structures itself on the model of the nine progressive abodes (anupubba vihāra), that is,  the 4 form dhyanas (rūpa jhāna),  the 4 formless attainments (arūpa samāpatti),  the cessation of perception and feeling (saññā,vedayita,nirodha).

Vipassanā-Paññā

Vipassanā:—Insight into the character of impermanence and the actual nature of the universe. [Wisdom Library: Buddhism]

1. discernment of the corporeal (rūpa),
2. of the mental (nāma),
3. contemplation of both (nāmarūpa; i.e. of their pair wise occurrence in actual events, and their interdependence),
4. both viewed as conditioned (application of the dependent origination, paticcasamuppāda),
5. application of the 3 characteristics (impermanency, etc.) to mind-and-body-cum-conditions.

[End quote]

• Nama and rupa are Dukkha Sacca and Samudaya Sacca.
• Nirodha Sacca is Nibbana, relief from the burden of the Nama-Rupa complex (saṅkhāra)

MAHASARANAGAMANA The Great Refuge

Mahathera Ledi Sayadaw, Agga Maha Pandita, D. Litt. Translated by Daw Mya Tin, M.A.

[The nature of Dukkha:] (a) Pancakkhandha Dukkha, (b) Ayatana Dukkha, (c) Dhatu Dukkha, (d) Paticcasamuppada Dukkha; Paticcasamuppada [...] is dukkha. when the origin of cause of dukkha ceases, dukkha also ceases the chain of causal sequences consists of twelve links

• (a) Abandonment of three kinds of Craving (tanha),
• (b) Abandonment of the ten difilements (kilesas) through attainment of Maggas,
  • Abandonment of defilements through Sotapatti Magga
  • Abandonment of defilements through Sakadagami Magga
  • Abandonment of defilements through Anagami Magga
  • Abandonment of defilements through Arahatta Magga
• (c) Abandonment of asavas, oghas, yogas, ganthas, etc.

1. Asavas, oghas, yoga; ganthas: These four are defilements based on Kama, bhava, ditthi and Avijja -- craving for pleasures of the senses, craving for better existences, clinging to false Views and ignorance. Asavas convey the idea of some thing flowing out. They intoxicate or befuddle the mind. Oghas are likened to whirlpools that keep one submerged in the round of existences , samsara.
2. Upadana (Clinging): The four kinds of Clinging are clinging to sense desire, clinging to wrong view, clinging to wrong view of the practice if morality and clinging to belief in (mind and matter as) atta, Self.
3. Nivaranas (hindrance): They are sensual desire, ill-will, sloth and torpor, restlessness and worry, doubt and ignorance of the Ariya Truths.
4. Anusayas. These are defilements that have not yet been eradicated by Magga Insight. They have the tendency to arise again when conditions are favourable. The seven anusayas are craving for sensual pleasures, craving for existence in rupa and arupa realms, hatred, doubt, conceit, ignorance of the Ariya Truths, and the illusion of Self.
5. Samyojanas (fetters). The ten fetters comprise the above seven plus the belief m the efficacy of rites and rituals that are outside the Ariya Path of Eight Constituents; jealously (issa) and stinginess (macchariya)

• Dukkha Nirodha Gamini Patipada Ariya Sacca
  • (a) The seven kinds of Purity (visuddhi)
  • (b) The Ten Vipassana Nanas (Insight Knowledge)
  • (c) Contemplation of Sunnata, Animitta and Apanihita
  • (d) Bodhipakkhiya Dhamma
  • (e) Lokuttara Nana
• Nibbana
  • (a) The Four Phalas
  • (b) Nibbana Dhatu: (The Element of Nibbana) aka. asankata dhatu

I'll use vaccine additives (such as aluminum in the Tdap vaccine and mercury containing thimerosal in multidose flu vaccines) as one of the main example of this, but this also applies to a lot of other places as well. This is not an anti-vax post though, nor am I an anti-vax person (though I do consider myself a vaccine skeptic).
Dose is definitely very important and makes a very huge difference. For example, too much water or too much oxygen can kill you. However, it does not mean that anything is harmless just because the dose is sufficiently low. A low enough dose could seem safe for multiple reasons:

1. because it is actually harmless at the dose
2. it also provides a benefit and is essential at that lower dose
3. it still does damage, but your body can easily repair it or prevent it from happening
4. it still does damage, but that damage is small enough to be unnoticeable

Water perfectly fits categories 1 and 2. Getting a healthy amount of water is never going to cause you any harm, and getting that amount of water is also beneficial for your health. Too much water causes problems like hyponatremia, which can kill you.
Oxygen, on the other hand, fits categories 2 and 3. Oxygen does damage to your body in the form of oxidation, and it happens no matter what the dose is. However, your body deals with this problem using antioxidants like Vitamin C and Vitamin E, so you do not have to worry about Oxygen damaging your body, as long as you get enough antioxidants in your diet.
Compare this to aluminum and mercury in vaccines which fits category 4. A dose that is too small to cause any noticeable damage is still going to cause damage, just that this damage is not going to be noticeable. There is also absolutely zero benefit to having any of these two things in your body.
Having too much water only causes damage because the sheer quantity of it causes issues, so water isn't inherently poisonous by itself, only the quantity of it. The aluminum and mercury in vaccines are inherently poisonous by themselves and will always cause some amount of damage, but if the dose is small enough then you cannot notice that damage.
Water and oxygen are also both necessary for survival. You cannot live without them. On the other hand, mercury and aluminum in vaccines is very much replaceable. Aluminum is not the only vaccine adjuvant that could be used for the Tdap vaccine; there are many alternatives such as calcium phosphate, for example, that have been effectively used in these vaccines in the past. Thimerosal is also only used in flu vaccines that come in multi-dose vials, so as long as you make sure that your flu vaccine comes from a single dose vial, then you'll avoid putting that mercury in your system.
This is also an important distinction to make between mercury in vaccines and mercury in fish. It is very easy to not put mercury in vaccines. However, it is much harder to remove mercury from fish or raise it to not have any mercury in it. You can reduce it as much as possible by getting low mercury fish such as salmon, but that's still not eliminating the mercury. Fish, especially fatty fish, has a lot of healthy omega-3 fatty acids, so it is still a good idea to eat low mercury fish like salmon despite the mercury content. The mercury found in fish is practically unavoidable and the health benefits of omega 3 fatty acids far outweigh the downsides. On the other hand, the mercury in a flu vaccine is very much avoidable (by using a single dose vial) and the benefit of maybe avoiding the flu is not very high.
Just because damage is not noticeable doesn't mean it doesn't matter. In fact, all of that damage over time likely makes a very significant difference. Aging is one example of it. The process of aging begins even before you are born. The slow deterioration that comes with it is barely noticeable over the short term, but it is what ends up killing everyone (who dies of old age) over the long term. In fact, I would say that the fact that it is not even noticeable makes it even worse, because then it will never get addressed until it becomes a much bigger problem (as you don't even know that it is happening).
All the small amounts of damage that happens to our bodies that is too small to notice does add up over time, and if people want to live forever (or for as long as they possibly can), then they need to prevent that kind of damage from happening. Especially if you are young, the damage you do to your body isn't going to affect you now, but it is going to affect you decades down the line when all of it adds up and does become noticeable. By then, it will be likely too late to fix, as the damage has already been done.
Just because the dose is extremely small doesn't mean you should be okay with it. "The dose makes the poison" has a lot of truth to it. However, some substances are just inherently bad for you.

Vibhajjavada and Sarvāstivāda: Analysing the Heart Sutra from Theravadin Perspective—Part 14

5.1.15. Amata

The Vedas were readily available to Prince Siddhatta. The sages of Kapilavattu were the Vedic experts. They did not find amata (deathlessness) in the Vedas. However, they believed the prince would find it, so they left the palace and waited the prince for several years in the jungle. When he joined them, they supported him as he sought amata.
Pali and Sanskrit see amata differently:

[Pali] amata : (nt.) ambrosia; the deathless state.
[Sanskrit] Amata (अमत). 1. Sickness, disease. 2. Death. 3. Time.

The Buddha explains His finding to Tapussa in Tapussa Sutta AN 9.41:

With the complete transcending of the dimension of neither perception nor non-perception, I entered & remained in the cessation of perception & feeling. And as I saw with discernment, the mental fermentations went to their total end. [Alaya-vijnana: The Storehouse Consciousness: The Subconscious Source of All Experience (Barbara O'Brien)]

Mahayanists call the Buddha's achieve as Hinayana. But they do not get a say. Only the Buddha get a say what His sasana is or is not.
Amata Sutta (SN 47:41)

Monks, remain with your minds well-established in the four [satipatthana]. Don’t let the deathless be lost for you.

The Path to Amata

The path is old. It has existed since the first Buddha rose out of the muddy water at the dawn of time. Sakyamuni Buddha gave us the formular to reach amata as follow:

right view, right resolve, right speech, right action, right livelihood, right effort, right mindfulness, right concentration [Access to Insight]

Samudaya Sacca

Avijja-paccaya sankhara: general activities are based on ignorance:

All beings are covered or spread over by and caught in the net of ditthi, the wrong belief. They are drifting in the current of ditthi. As such, seeing, for having perceived, in the hearts of Buddhas, towards beings, Great Compassion with pity has arisen.
The current of tanha, as has been stated, is generally flowing into the realm of four Apayas. Therefore, all those beings who are not yet liberated from the bonds of tanha and ditthi are immensely suffering after descending to the four nether worlds. Having clearly perceived this miserable condition of life, Buddha was moved to have pity towards all living beings. Emulating the example as shown by the Buddha, our male and female benefactors and all those who desire to follow His exemplary conduct can also try to develop karuna. [Caught in the net of Dittha, and drifting in the current of Ditthi (Mahasi Sayadaw)]

Like glue, tanha (craving) sticks us to the round of pain (dukkha samsara). Natural worldview is designed with the three cravings: sense-pleasure, existence and nonexistence (kama, bhava, vibhava). One wants nonexistence only when realises deep suffering without knowing whether it exists or not. Thus, natural worldview is ignorance (avijja).

5.1.16. Sammuti and Paramattha 1

Conventional Truth (Samutti Sacca) and Ultimate Truth (Paramattha Sacca)—Various traditions employ two concepts of truth without agreeing what is true.
Paramattha are citta, cetasika, rūpa (khandhas) and Nibbana. Generally, they are unknown or misunderstood if not explained by an ariya-puggala.
Sammuti Sacca is paññatti or concepts (names: nouns and pronouns) and conventions, which we employ for convenience. Samuti and our collective ego/need force us to conform and understand things according to them. Our mental and physical existences evolve in samuti.

Vasubandhu

Before converting to Mahayana and became a cofounder of Yogacara school (also Vijnanavada), Vasubandhu wrote Abhidharmakośa (Sarvāstivādi abhidharma), in which he presents Sarvāstivādi conventional truth (māyā) and ultimate truth (vijñāna, nirvana, space). The Mahayanists regard him as a second Buddha. Vasubandhu:

An entity, the cognition of which does not arise when it is destroyed and, mentally divided, is conventionally existent like a pot and water. Ultimate existence is otherwise.” [...] A pot and water are designated as conventionally existent therefore conventionally real for the concept “pot” ceases to exist when it is destroyed physically, and the concept “water” no longer arises when we conceptually exclude from it its shape, colour etc. [...]
(i) ultimate reality is both physically and logically irreducible, as it does not disintegrate when it is subjected to physical destruction and that its identity does not disappear when its parts are separated from it under logical analysis; [The Theory of Two Truths in India (Sonam Thakchoe)]

• Tittha Sutta: the Vabhajjavadi Buddha talked about the parable of blind men speculating about an elephant.

Some recluses and brahmans, so called, Are deeply attached to their own views; People who only see one side of things Engage in quarrels and disputes.—Sakyamuni Buddha

• Analysing the pot and water:
  • Pot the object is a construct (saṅkhāra).
  • Pot the word is sammuti.
  • Pot the rūpa (khandha) and water the rūpa (khandha) are a paramattha.
• What can be a good example of mentally divided?
• the concept “water”: Vasubandhu did not know the four mahabhuta. Regarding to the shape of water, Bruce Lee developed a martial-art philosophy:

If you put water into a cup, it becomes the cup. You put water into a bottle and it becomes the bottle. You put it in a teapot, it becomes the teapot. Now, water can flow or it can crash. Be water, my friend—Bruce Lee.

• [ultimate reality] does not disintegrate: Contrary to that, conditioned paramatthas are subject to change and impermanent; sassatavada (eternalism).

5.1.17. Rūpa Svabhāva

[Vasbandhu (Thakchoe):] (ii) ultimate reality does not borrow its nature from other things including its parts. Rather it exists independently in virtue of its intrinsic reality (svabhāva)

That is Sarvāstivādi Vasbandhu's position, which might violate Sarvāstivādi māyāvāda. Vijñaptimātra means the imaginations of the mind do not have svabhāva.
Is svabhāva (sabhāva) conventional or ultimate reality?
The sabhāva of the ultimate realities is ultimate reality.

• For example, water is rūpa, so it has rūpa sabhāva (physical nature). Water is wet, etc. These properties of water would never change, or water would become something different. Water is an ultimate reality as its characters would not change.

The sabhāva of saṅkhāra is saṅkhāra.

• For example, a cat, cat-ness or cat nature which might be evolving. cat is made of many parts, so we can identify them with their natures. Leg has leg nature; head has head nature, etc. Cat leg is somewhat unique, but a leg is a leg. Cat is different from other species, so we could identify the cat's unique characters.
• Human and human nature, animal and animal nature, brahma and brahma nature... All of these are saṅkhāra. These differences will exist; however, each of them could develop/evolve differently gradually. The development of human and animal are fast. The evolution of brahma might be very slow. The point is we should acknowledge the nature of saṅkhāra is change (anicca). The Vibhannavadi Buddha was concerned about change, not how they change.

Sabhāva and Asabhāva Rūpa
[A Survey of Paramattha Dhammas: Chapter 4 - Exposition Of Paramattha Dhammas II: Rupa (Sujin Boriharnwanaket):]

[4]: Sabhāva rupa is a rupa with its own distinct nature. Sa in Pali means with, and bhāva means nature. There are also asabhāva rupas which, though classified among the 28 kinds of rupa, are not separate rupas with their own nature, but special qualities connected with other rupas. They will be explained later on.

• sabhāva: natural; asabhāva: unnatural;
• sabhāva rupa: natural elements: solid, liquid, gas, heat, space (pariccheda rupa);

The rupa which is space, ākāsa rupa, has the function of limiting or separating all the different groups or kalāpas of rupas. Space in this context is not outer space, but the infinitesimal space surrounding each kalāpa. After its function it is also called pariccheda rupa (pariccheda meaning limit or boundary) [...] Because of pariccheda rupa which surrounds each kalāpa, even large matter can be broken up into infinitely tiny particles; it can be broken up only at those points where there is space^\9])

Satipatthana is to understand the paramatthas:

[Pubbabhaga Magga:] Nama and rupa sabhava can be known only when you note at the moment of arising. [On the Path to Freedom: CHAPTER 6 TRAINING (Sayadaw U Pandita)]

• That is to get rid of cittasaṅkhāra (wrong view):

It only has the sabhāva dhamma of rūpa lakkhaṇa, and seeing its nature. I am not seeing the cittasaṅkhāra such as woman, dog, etc. The visual form, sound, smell etc. are only sabhāva nature. Fragrance, smelly, sweet, sour, etc. (taste and smell cittasaṅkhāra are ceasing.) [...] If from the eye seeing woman, man, etc. sīla not stable. Sotāpanna sees the one Dhamma (eka-dhamma) of rūpa sabhāva, nāma sabhāva or seeing one sabhāva dhamma. The noblest knowing is this one sabhāva of knowing.
There are 40 samatha practices, practice with one of them as one’s preference. Knowledge comes from the doors of the six senses and their corresponding objects as the noblest knowing. Seeing, hearing, smelling, tasting, touching and knowing are dhammas. Seeing is visual paramatā, hearing is sound paramatā … knowing is dhamma paramatā. Some thought that seeing was a concept. NO, seeing is paramatā. [The Way of a Stream Enterer (Dhamma Talks by Sayadaw U Ukkaṭṭha)]

• rūpa sabhāva: dukkha sacca is the nature of the four mahabhuta and sense nature (vedanā: sight-seeing, sound-hearing, odor-smelling, touching, tasting, as per satipatthana)
• nāma sabhāva: sabhāva of knowing or awareness, knowing; dukkha sacca as well;
• paramatā: paramattha (vs. paññatti); knowing the paramattha (reality); yathā-bhūta-ñāṇa-dassana; vipassana-insight (penetrating cittasaṅkhāra); mind fixed on reality, as per the satipatthana; (paramatā: this definition is not related to the Pali literature);
• Sayadaw U Ukkaṭṭha talks in Burmese about paramattha vs. paññatti and Dhammapada Verse 282 Potthilatthera Vatthu.

As instructed by the samanera, Thera Potthila kept his mind firmly fixed on the true nature of the body; he was very ardent and vigilant in his meditation.

• the true nature of the body: rūpa sabhāva (rūpa dhamma); i.e. constantly changing (as a process); e.g. put a grain of salt on the tongue, and one can observe the change (not the taste, not saltiness);

What the young Arahat suggested was for Potthila not to allow //javana// merely to hang on to the five sense-doors of eye, ear, nose, tongue, and touch, but to shut them up and note only the mind-door so that impulsion could lead him on to insight-meditation. This gave the learned monk a clue to the method of vipassana-practice. When one sees, one must stop at the thought-moment of //votthapana// and note all phenomena with mindfulness. It is the same as saying: When you see, you just see it. Having practised meditation as suggested, Potthila attained Arahatship. [POTTHILA THERA (A Discourse on MALUKYAPUTTA SUTTA Venerable Mahasi Sayadaw)]

• When you see, you just see it: to observe the nāma-rūpa sabhāva; paramattha, without paññatti or cittasaṅkhāra; yathā-bhūta-ñāṇa-dassana;
• Sotāpanna sees the one Dhamma: the change is flowing; the mind is stilling, not following the flow; the cessation of cittasaṅkhāra as citta-visuddhi:

[visuddhi:] "Whosoever has cultivated, developed, and frequently practised 'equanimity regarding all formations' in him arises very strong faith known as determination (adhimokkha-saddhā) and his energy is better exerted, his mindfulness better established, his mind better concentrated, and a still stronger 'equanimity regarding the formations' arises. 'Now the path will reveal itself', thus thinking, the meditator contemplates with his equanimity-knowledge all formations as impermanent, etc., and thereafter that knowledge sinks into the subconscious stream of existence (s. bhavanga-sotā). Immediately afterwards there arises advertence at the mind-door (s. viññāna-kicca). And just like equanimity-knowledge, the adaptation-knowledge, too, takes as its object the formations, regarding them as something impermanent, miserable and impersonal. Thereupon, while continuing the uninterrupted continuity of consciousness (citta-santati), there arises the 1st impulsive moment (javana, q.v.), called 'preparation' (parikamma), taking the same formations as object. Immediately thereafter, with the same formations as object, there arises the 2nd impulsive moment, known as 'access' (upacāra). And again immediately after that, there arises the impulsive moment called 'adaptation' (anuloma)."
(VII) Purification of knowledge and vision (ñānadassana-visuddhi) is the knowledge associated with any of the 4 kinds of supermundane path-consciousness (s. ariyapuggala). [See Path of Purification, by Buddhaghosa, tr. by Ñyanamoli (BPS); Path of Freedom, by Upatissa (BPS)]

• formations: saṅkhāra—means 'changing' in this context; Whosoever has cultivated, developed, and frequently practised 'equanimity regarding all changing (rūpa sabhāva/saṅkhāra) in him...
• One should observe the rūpa sabhāva;

5.1.18. Sarvastivādi Māyāvāda and Citta-mātratā

Bhāvavevika:

Bhāvavevika is the originator of Sarvastivādi māyāvāda. He founded the two Svātantrika Madhyamaka schools (Sautrāntika and Yogācāra). They follow his Sarvastivādi māyāvādi two truths: the ultimate emptiness reality (bhagwan brahma) and the ultimate emptiness of reality (māyā).

[Bhāvavevika:] nonself or emptiness alone is the ultimate reality, and the rest—the entire range of dharmas—are ultimately empty of any intrinsic reality. [...] says Bhāvavevika because “The Lord (bhāgvan / bcom ldan ldas) has taught the two truths. [Thakchoe]

• Bhagavan (bcom ldan ldas)

Sanskrit: {MSA} buddha ... bhagavat Comment: The term bcom ldan 'das is translated in accordance with the etymology favored in Tibet, where it is recognized that bhagavan also can be etymologized as one who possesses the six goodnesses (legs pa drug dang ldan pa), which seems to fit the more widely used translation as Blessed One.

• Now how do you like to namo the Amitabha?

The Trisvabhavanirdesha Verses

[Kaz Tanahashi:]

Scholars believe that this short treatise, it’s only 38 verses long, is Vasubandhu’s last and most mature writing.

Vasubandhu's addenda to the Sarvastivādi māyāvāda are his final verses, which deal with three natures (svābhāva), including the Imagined Nature (māyā), the Other–Dependent Nature, and the Consummate Nature.

• Vasubandhu's three-nature concept comprises the output of māyā (imaginatons) and māyā's reunion with the imagionator.
• Why must the imaginations reunite with the imaginator?

1) The first nature is the Imagined Nature, which is the everyday world as we understand it.

• The Imagined Nature is māyā.

[imagining nature] 2) The second nature is the Other–Dependent Nature, which Vasubandhu defines as the “causal” process of the thing’s fabrication, the causal story that brings about the imagined thing’s apparent nature—its middle way arising. This is the “how to; it couples natures one and two and emphasizes that both are simply imagined.

• The Other–Dependent Nature is the manufacturing process of imagintions (māyā).

3) The third nature, the Consummate Nature, is the lack of duality. It is a singularity—the fact that the Imagined Nature and the Other-Dependent Natures do not exist as they appear, but rather exist in “as things are,” with no subject/object distinction.

• The Consummate Nature (the lack of duality) means māyā has completely returned to brahmā.

Citta-mātratā (Only mind is reality)

[Kaz Tanahashi continues:]

Vasubandhu’s magician uses a mantra to make everyone see “the elephant.” So, (1) the mantra is compared to the store-consciousness; (2) Suchness–emptiness, or the consummate–or underlying non-dual is analogous to the wood; discriminating (3) is compared to discrete entities of the elephant’s appearance; and (4) duality is compared to the elephant itself.
[verse 27:] Like an elephant [māyā] that appears Through the power of a magician’s mantra [Ālayavijñāna/memory]—Only the percept appears, The elephant is completely nonexistent.

• Explanation:

Mantra = storehouse consciousness [Ālayavijñāna]; Wood = consummate nature [the unification]; Elephant = duality [māyā]; Magician = our mind [brahmā];

• Ālayavijñāna/memory:

The alaya-vijnana is the foundation or basis of all consciousness, and it contains impressions of all of our past actions*. These impressions, sankhara, form bija, or "seeds," and from these seeds, our thoughts, opinions, desires, and attachments grow. The alaya-vijnana forms the basis of our personalities as well.* [Alaya-vijnana: The Storehouse Consciousness (Barbara O'Brien)]

• Ālayavijñāna is the foundation or basis of all consciousness: compare that with the industructible buddha-nature, which is awareness/consciousness (Bodhidharma).
• The Heart Sutra is a mantra.

That is Sarvastivādi māyāvāda and the notion of citta-mātratā.

5.1.19. Reunion with the Super Self

[Sarvastivadi] authors almost unanimously accept vijñapti-mātratā or prajñapti-mātratā or citta-mātratā as the Yogācārin’s description of the absolute, undefiled, undifferentiated, non-dual, transcendent, pure, ultimate, permanent, unchanging, eternal, supra-mundane, unthinkable, Reality, which, according to them, is the same as Parniṣpanna-svabhāva, or Nirvāṇa, or Pure Consciousness, or Dharma-dhātu, or Dharma-kāya, or the Absolute Idea of Hegel, or the Brahman of Vedānta. [Vasubandhu: 5. Controversy over Vasubandhu as “Idealist” (Jonathan C. Gold)]

• citta-mātratā: citta is Nirvana:
  • Nirvana: Māyā (false imagination) is removed from the mind (awareness).
  • Bodhisattva: Māyā is the physical body (only imagination), and the mind leaves the body by means of astral travel and will not return to the physical body but remain in buddha land. That is the tenth-stage nirvana of the bodhisattvas. They become Buddhas there. They have reunion with the super self (the original Tathagata), emptiness, space, oneness.
  • Lotus sutra presents this nirvana (annihilationism/ucchedavada), which returns to emptiness (reunion with reality).
  • Lankavatara presents this nirvana (eternalism/sassatavada) with buddha lands: Mahesvara, citta-gocara (thought realm).
  • Other sutras seem to have different concepts, too, suggesting their authors did not understand or accept the original concept.
• Ālayavijñāna is storehouse consciousness, the Universal Mind. Just like all storehouses, this storehouse must keep everything that is stored in it. If a storehouse is destroyed, all the stored items would be lost. Ālayavijñāna could not be impermanent, as it is consciousness. When someone reunites with the reality (brahman), his or her contents inside the storehouse might be destroyed.
• citta is Nirvana:

[Lanka Chapter 2:] Even Nirvana and Samsara's world of life and death are aspects of the same thing, for there is no Nirvana except where is Samsara, and Samsara except where is Nirvana.

• The same is said in the Vedanta:

[Advaita Vedanta:] The world has no separate existence apart from Brahman.

• That is a major point that says Sarvastivādi māyāvāda (Mahayana) and Vedantin māyāvāda are the same.
• Brāhman is the main part of the ancient Vedic creationism, as the origin of cause and the original creator.

[Britannica:] Brahma, one of the major gods of Hinduism from about 500 BCE to 500 CE, who was gradually eclipsed by Vishnu, Shiva, and the great Goddess (in her multiple aspects).

• Mayavāda does not need to move on likely because it is not centerd around the brāhman priests as the sole guardians of the religious rituals.

Bhakti, in Hinduism, a movement emphasizing the mutual intense emotional attachment and love of a devotee toward a personal god and of the god for the devotee. According to the Bhagavadgita, a Hindu religious text, the path of bhakti, or bhakti-marga, is superior to the two other religious approaches, the path of knowledge (jnana) and the path of ritual and good works (karma). [...] Many, but not all, bhakti movements were open to people of both genders and all castes. Devotional practices included reciting the name of the god or goddess, singing hymns in praise of the deity, wearing or carrying identifying emblems, and undertaking pilgrimages to sacred places associated with the deity. [Bhakti Hinduism, Devotion & Rituals - Britannica]

• That is to surrender to the Lord.

if Arjuna fights remembering Kṛṣṇa, then he will be able to remember Kṛṣṇa at the time of death. But one must be completely surrendered in the transcendental loving service of the Lord. [Transcendental loving service and surrender]

• Abrahamic religions prefer submission.

After Completed Surrender

[Heart (Thich)] Avalokiteshvara [...] suddenly discovered that all of the five Skandhas are equally empty, and with this realisation he overcame all Ill-being.

• How that happened:

[Lanka Chapter 6:] When [...] the twofold egolessness is fully understood, and the inconceivable transformation death of the Bodhisattva is attained - that which remains is the self-nature of the Tathagatas [...] which is realized in their deepest consciousness is their own Buddha-nature revealed as Tathagata.

• the inconceivable transformation death of the Bodhisattva is attained : complete surrender
• their own Buddha-nature : each mortal has own buddha-nature, but not own nature.
• revealed as Tathagata : reaching the level of the super self: Noble Wisdom [āryajñāna] or anuttarasamyaksambodhi. The Heart Sutra prefers the latter in favour of prajña over jñāna.

Prajña (ध्यान, “wisdom”): the Dharma-saṃgraha (section 110) states that the Pali literature also informs us with these prajñā (panna (Pali): śruta-mayī (suta-maya panna), cintā-mayī (cinta-maya panna), bhāvanā-mayī (bhavana-maya panna). Prajña (Sanskrit) is paññā (Pali): Vipassanā-paññā, for example. But these are unrelated to Noble Wisdom [āryajñāna] or anuttarasamyaksambodhi.

• Māyāvādi bhakti has the purpose of seeking self, according to Śaṅkara:

Bhakti is the seeking of men’s own true self. Nārada defines Bhakti as the extreme one to God. Śāṇḍilya defines it as extreme ‘attachment to God’. Śaṅkara’s definition of Bhakti is on Advaitic point of view. He blends Bhakti and Jñāna. He does this in ‘Brahmasūtrabhaṣya and in Gītabhaṣya’. [Śaṅkara’s Definition of Bhakti (Lathika M. P.)]

• Māyāvāda is more of philosophical in nature, according to Krishna:

Lord Caitanya Mahāprabhu [Krishna] said, “I am a Māyāvādī in the renounced order of life, and I do not even know what transcendental loving service to the Lord is. I simply float in the ocean of Māyāvāda philosophy. [CC Madhya 8.124]

• Brāhma fell from favour in Hindu religious movements. The same could be true to Sarvastivādi māyāvāda (Mahayana), too, but its sutras present the original Tathagata, who can be either Brāhma, Krishna or Siva.

[Dhammapada] Verse 396 - What is a Brāhman? He is no brahmin by mere lineage. Dispossessed, unattached, he is indeed the true brahmin.

• The Sakyamuni Buddha, who was born in a major Vedic society, had a great impact on the concept of brāhman.

Prajña an Amitabha God:

• Prajña (प्रज्ञ) is one of the twenty Amitābha gods in the Purana and Itihasa.
• Avalokiteśvara is Siva. Amitabha gods could be Amitabha Buddha. Prajña could be Prajña-paramita.
• Avalokiteśvara teaching about Prajña and maya (svabhāva-śūnya) as a Buddhist tradition is significant.

Ratvata (in) — the fifth Manu, during his epoch were Devabahu and six other sages, Gods named “Abhutarajasas. Vibhu was Indra, Amitabha and other three ganas of gods each 14 in number, Hiranyaroma and other SIX formed the saptarsis, Balabandhu and others were his sons, of the Priyavrata line. [THE PURANA INDEX VOLUME 3, page 100]

• Amitabha and other three ganas of gods: Amitabha and Avalokiteśvara (Śiva) are the names of gods not unique to Mahayana. Having these names together as the most important individuals makes Mahayana completely different from Theravada.
• Amitabha Ganas: Amitabha community (a Buddha-land probably qualifies as a ganas)
  • Ganas: a class of demigods who attend Śiva; community; troop; attendants;
  • 'Amitabha ganas' is only found in The Purana Index by V. R. Rallachandra Dikshitar, who was a professor of history and archaeology in the University of Madras and the author of standard text books on Indian history.

Sadhguru: In the yogic lore, the ganas are all Shiva’s friends. They were the ones who were always around him. Though he had disciples, a wife and many other admirers, his private company was always ganas.

5.1.20. Was māyā a discovery?

[Heart (Thich)] Avalokiteshvara [...] suddenly discovered that all of the five Skandhas are equally empty, and with this realisation he overcame all Ill-being [...] Whoever can see this no longer needs anything to attain.

• Thich Nhat Hanh's translation might be at odd with Lankavatara, Lotus and Prajñaparamita because in māyāvāda, prajñā, Amitabha and Avalokiteśvara are lumped together as the original Tathagata (mind/Brāhma). That is why there is nothing to attain, there is nothing to discover.
• The longer version of the Heart Sutra does not have the concept of discovery:

[Heart (Wiki):] 1.­11 “There is no suffering, no origin of suffering, no cessation of suffering, no path, no wisdom, no attainment, and no nonattainment.

• Avalokiteśvara did not discover the wisdom, but he just knew it the way we can discuss aboust māyā and brahma.

[Heart (Red, page 132-133):] Here, the bodhisattva's refuge is in wisdom alone [...] Thus, bodhisattvas know that all dharmas are marked with emptiness and that there is nothing to attain or not to attain. And realizing there is nothing to attain or not to attain, they take refuge in this realization.

The historical fact is the Mahayanist māyāvāda was originated by Vasubandhu and the Sarvastivādis. That is why he is considered as a second Buddha. Māyāvāda was considered special because it was a revolutionary Buddhist philosophy, although it contains no Buddhism (the Dhamma-Vinaya). Avalokiteśvara could only discover māyā (svabhāva-śūnya) and brāhma (gotra-svabhāva). There is nothing else to find.

[Ethan Mills:] some contemporary interpreters fail to understand how thoroughly revisionary and revolutionary Vasubandhu’s philosophy is

Vasubandhu rediscovered māyā (svabhāva-śūnya) in the Vedas and wrote about it until it became Sarvastivādi Māyāvāda. His final work the Trisvabhavanirdesha comprises three natures: māyā, imagination and reunion. He did however make them very complicated and indecipherable.

Self-Nature vs Sakkayaditthi

atta-vādupādāna: 'attachment to the ego-belief', is one of the 4 kinds of clinging (upādāna, q.v.).

• Avalokiteśvara only discovered the svakāya. In his mind was mind only (citta-matrata).

The Five Khandhas being ungovernable, are not Atta. Finding it ungovernable and unresponsive to one's own wish while contemplating and noting, and realising it as 'Non-Self', is Anattanupassana-nana. [Mahasi Sayadaw - Part 4]
[For Vasubandhu,] the “self” is made up of constantly-changing sensory organs, sensory impressions, ideas, and mental events. These separate, momentary elements are real, but their imagined unity—as an enduring “I”—is a false projection [...] Close philosophical and introspective attention reveals that what seemed like a solid, coherent whole is in fact a false mental construction based upon a failure to notice its countless, fluctuating parts. [2.1 Disproof of the Self (Jonathan C. Gold)]

• Each separate, momentary element is real as self. Self or awareness (the mind) appears inconstantly inside māyā (form) due to the false imagination, which Lankavatara discusses in detail: from māyā to nirvana via 10 stages of the nirvana of the boddhisattvas.
• Whose false imagination is it? Māyā cannot imagine, as it has no self (svābhāva); and thus, māyā's I”—is a false projection.
• However, māyā must reunite with the mind (the original Tathagata/brahma).

Yogacara (Yogachara / Vijnanavada / Vajrayana)

The Yogachara (or Vijnanavada) school was founded, according to tradition, by the brothers Asanga and Vasubandhu (4th/5th century CE) and by Sthiramati (6th century), who systematized doctrines found in the Lankavatara-sutra and the Mahayana-shraddhotpada-shastra (attributed to Ashvaghosha but probably written in Central Asia or in China). Later Mahayana and Vajrayana Buddhism include doctrines that were to be influenced by Yogachara teaching.

• The brothers had written too much. They must get their sutras read by millions.

Self is imagined, a construct (saṅkhāra) and a mistake.

To think with loving attachment, considering oneself as a living being, or an atta, individual or 'Self', in spite of the fact that in the personalities of themselves there exists only a continual phenomenal process of rupa and nama, is mere attaditthi. It is also called sakkayaditthi. "Sakkaya" means an aggregate of rupas and namas which obviously exists in the so-called body. To think of these aggregates of rupas and namas as a living being, or an atta - being, or "I" or "Self', is nothing but ditthi. It is known as sakkayaditthi, because of an erroneous conception or false belief in this aggregate of rupa-nama. [Mahasi Sayadaw - Part 6 of Brahmavihara Dhamma]

• Mahāyanist literatures do not have a term similar to sakkāyaditthi. However, they offer svakāya (sva-kāya / own body), which refers to inner body parts (or guts). Svakāya is related to svābhāvakāya (svābhāva-kāya / self-nature body).
• In terms of svakāya, Mahayana presents self (self-nature / svābhāva) inside the five aggregates and rejects self being outside them. That demonstrates self being awareness/consciousness. All the technical terms related to consciousness and nature (svābhāva) support the notion of self or the self system (citta-matrata).

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The Mahayanist Attavada:

[Lanka Chapter 6:] this Buddha-nature immanent in everyone is eternal, unchanging, auspicious.

• The meaning of Buddha-nature in everyone is provided in the Upanishads.

[Upanishads:] Atman is non-duality, all-pervading, the same in all creatures, pure, attributeless, beyond prakriti, and free from the changes of birth and growth.

• The notion of human being māyā without own svabhāva is designed for dehumanisation with significant impact on human psychology and general society.
• Māyā without own svabhāva is false.
• Nature being self is a false theory.
• Consciousness being self is another false theory.
• Sabhāva (nature): everything has its own sabhāva or dhamma (properties); for example, The nature of love, the nature of family, the nature of art, etc.
• Nature is not a theory but law and properties:
  • Human nature (sabhāva) is what makes human to be human;
  • Animal nature is animal instinct, shape, structure, etc.;
  • Nature (sabhāva) in that sense is not related to self.

[ Satyajit—A:] there is no difference between Dhamma and intrinsic nature (Sabhāva) [...] Visuddhimagga mentions that ‘Dhamma means but intrinsic nature.’ [...] Therefore, intrinsic nature is not supposed to exist independently. [...] (attano sabhâvaṃ dhâretiti dhammo’ DhsA.121-122)” [:] Dhamma is the bearer and sabhāva is that which is born by the Dhamma. [Then] Dhamma becomes the agent (atta) of sabhāva and that is against [Vibhajjavadi] Buddhism. Duality between Dhamma and Sabhâva is only an attribution made for the convenience of definition. For in actual sense Dhamma and Sabhāva denote the same actuality [...] the terms Dhamma and Sabhāva [are] interchangeably.

• Dhamma means nature, natural law, phenomena, instinct, way, properties, etc.
• Dhammata means natural, naturally, or as (its, his, her) nature goes.
• Sabhāva means nature.
• Sabhāva dhamma means natural law, natural phenomena, etc.
• Dhamma sabhāva means the nature of phenomenon, the nature of nature (law, phenomena, instinct, way, properties, etc. ).
• Dhamma is sabhāva: the natural law is natural.
• Sabhāva is a dhamma: nature is a law, a thing, a phenomena, a reality, etc.
• Dhamma and Sabhāva are not two things. Dhamma one thing and Sabhāva another thing—no, they are not.
• Dhamma is not self: nature is anatta.
• Sabhāva is anatta: nature is not self (not me, not mine, not I am).
• Buddha Dhamma: the laws of nature taught by the Vibhajjavadi Buddha.
• Buddha Sasana: the Vibhannavadi Buddha's teaching of the natural laws.

Sabar mantras are created by (believed to be nath sampradaya) siddhas to be used by their followers or general public. Its ritualistically simple unlike its tantrik and baidhik counterparts . It could be in any language, It might not have any meaning and word by word might not even make sense. Its sadhana are very fast acting with minimal time and are believed to be only for 1 lifetime unlike other tantrik mantras and needs to be recharged time and again usually on lunar eclipse. It has been advised to do some gorakshnath sadhana before doing sabar sadhana for full benefit. Whatever fantasy people have about sabar mantra by watching YouTube. one has to be very careful about what they are about to unfold. These are 5 general types of sabar mantra.
1- सरल साबर मंत्र - every चालीसा, बिशा, साठिका & पंचक where we do simple स्तुति or याचना of pitru, gods and deities, everyone can do it.
2- बर्बर साबर मंत्र - its a guru mukhi mantra, on these type of mantra we state the work we wanted to be done and promise specific Bali/offering for the deity and its designed in such a way like blackmailing (for lack of better word) for eg, if u are doing hanuman barbar mantra u will be saying if u don’t do this work “may ur leg touch the head of mata anjani”. After these mantras sewa puja of the deity is recommended to avoid the anger of the deity. Its used for mild satkarmas as well.
3- बराटी sabar mantra- it's a guru mukhi mantra, if one use it by picking from the random book result is not guaranteed but it is guaranteed that the one will be suffering the extreme कोप of the deity. These mantra are not suitable for grihashas. There is no याचना or स्तुति but direct आदेश with lots of immoral cursing and सौगंध. The sadhakas use enchanted footwear or stick (दंड सिद्धि) to beat and enrage whatever they have done siddhi of, usually preta or pisachas and get their work done very fast. Mostly कनीफनाथ & कापालिक संप्रदाय uses these mantras.
4- अढैया साबर - these types of sabar mantras are very short mantras which is combined with some specific क्रिया । it is extremely potent and very fast acting . 99% mantras on डाकीनि / बोक्सी विद्या uses these sabar mantras. These mantras are also guru mukhi.
5- ढार sabar - it is secretive and also guru mukhi mantra mostly used to do प्रत्यछ्य siddhi of a group of lok devi devata or group of bhoot, pret & pisachas at once i.e mari masaan and their bhairavs or group of fetkarani.
Out of these 5 types, only the first one is recommended for a grihasth adikshit sadhakas.
Please feel free to correct any mistakes and misunderstanding.
Har har mahadev.

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What kind of friend would I like to find? Someone to talk to on a daily basis - Someone who needs It & wants It just as much as me
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What are my expectations? I would like to meet someone in a similar situation – why? Because I honestly feel like only a person with the same expectations and a similar outlook on life would get along with me & because I feel more comfortable talking to people like me..Friendless people who need a strong bond - people without friends and partners.. Don't get me wrong…Most people deserve to be happy and It's good to have friends but people who have friends or families in real life are usually more focused on them (which is completely understandable) & have less time for others + I simply don't want to be replaced by anyone..I kind of envy people who can call others , true friends given I don't have an emotional bond with any of my acquaintances. Please send me a message only If you're not In a relationship and don't have friends for the same reasons I've already mentioned before
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Whenever I hear that others have friends I simply get sad because (believe it or not) If I had to choose between 20 people to talk to (acquaintances) and one special person - I'd choose that one special person without any hesitation .
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I also want to talk to others every day because..I want to see someone’s effort & be someone's first choice - not another person to have random conversations with..some people ask me "Why do you want to talk to people from Europe?" Well..Because I would like to see someone I'd get along with - In the far future - face to face :) + I don't want to wait any longer than 6 hours to receive a message - waiting 6 hours to receive a message is more than enough
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I'm by no means criticizing people who don't want to talk to others often / People who really are super busy & People who want to find someone to have unimportant conversations with - I'm aware that not everyone has the same expectations which is why everything you're reading now - is here for a reason :) All I'm suggesting is - I don't want anything temporary and I don't want to be the one always giving more than receiving.Listen people - I used to ignore being..ignored by others..always being just an option to talk to during tough times or moments of boredom.I was too young to realize that I was never important enough for most people that were a part of my life. I don't know who needs to hear this but..No one is too busy to make time for you! People make excuses to avoid others because they prioritize everything and (maybe) everyone..over them. It's true that most people are busy - but It takes only a few seconds to start a conversation (If you're into short messages) and a few minutes (1-10/15) to type a long message . Don't let anyone lie to you.
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Truth is that most people either don't like you enough to make time for you or just simply - feel no need to talk to others often but are they too busy? No..You don't need to send me a message just to ask me and tell me "Do you really want to talk every day? I like long messages but I can't promise to contact you often" If you really are unsure please don't send me a message.I don't need more acquaintances aka people to talk to - occasionally.
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I'm not trying to sound rude but conversations once or twice a week wouldn't be enough for me and I don't need them... Let me tell you one thing – A true friend would never just give up on you for no reason :) It’s always possible to find someone to have a random conversation with – someone willing to send you one message once or twice a week..but..It’s almost impossible to find people willing to make more time for you.
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I’m not asking a busy person to make time for me by changing some plans! Absolutely not! I’m here to find someone who wants to talk daily (throughout the day or maybe even night) of one’s own will.Someone looking for the same kind of connection.Strong friendships are based on mutual support. One of the best things you can do for a friend in need, is just to be there for them when they want to talk.I often see posts from people who always say how friendless they are because they don't feel loved or appreciated by their "friends" remember! A true friend - someone who truly likes you or someone who wants to get to know you - will always find time for you.
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I'm not interested in small talk/short messages - I love long and meaningful conversations. It's so easy to find someone who loves abbreviations and questions like "How are you?" How was your day? Or what are you interested in? But so hard/almost impossible to find a person who knows how to keep a conversation going & show others some effort.Building and maintaining friendships takes time and effort.Never allow pursuits or possessions to become bigger priorities than your relations with other people.Close friendships are so important to us because they are so difficult to form + Having friends can help you feel as if you belong to something that brings purpose and connection to your life
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• I do NOT respond to any „Hey,hmu” or „u want to talk?” type of messages (super short messages or messages full of abbreviations – I literally can’t stand abbreviations and acronyms in text messages) ALL messages full of abbreviations will immediately be ignored.I also don't like it when people ignore everything I say in private messages just to focus on a random question or? When they start talking only about themselves and don't ever ask me anything. I love conversations with people referring to everything I say...I want everything I say and do - to be reciprocated
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• No NSFW profiles (checking mental health subreddits NOT included as I'm a huge empath and always try to understand others) - Please! I'm not looking for anyone to flirt with and I'm not looking for a partner either. I always check people's profiles (even comment history) - To avoid guys, trying to get inappropriate pictures from adult women or? flirt with them + I don't want to see you with no clothes on so If you're on Reddit only because you want others to see what's underneath your clothes - I'm not for you! I just simply don't want to see any s e x related activity on your profile If you want to talk to me.
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• If both of us (you and I) are from the same country (I live in a non-English speaking country) - I want to communicate with you in our first language! No - Not because I don't understand English - because as you see - I do. Why then? English is simply overrated and people don't appreciate other languages as much as they should. So.. If we're from the same country and you want to talk only in English (which is quite common on reddit) - Talk to someone else. I just don't want to talk to a person from the same country as mine - in a foreign language as It's just something I don't understand even If all you want is to improve your language skills
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• Please only adult people 18-36 (age range) It doesn't matter to me If you're younger or older than me (as long as you're not underage) So.. don't worry! I just want to have discussions with emotionally mature people :)
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• I don’t respond to messages I don’t find interesting even If they're long - If after receiving and reading your message I don't feel comfortable or think "I wouldn't get along with him/her" I simply do not respond (what I’m suggesting is that I don’t always respond to someone’s first or second message because..sometimes you just know If you’d get along with someone or not- I’d never ignore anyone after days or weeks of daily conversations though) just because I don’t want to do anything forcefully & because I don’t want to lead anyone on. I read all messages but I definitely don't respond to all of them! I want to make it clear because I don't want to be accused of not responding and not reading people's messages! - Some people don't message me back as well and even If It's a bit disappointing I'm ok with that! - as long as there's no emotional bond - Not responding to someone's first or second message Is completely OK! If people think they wouldn't get along with a stranger - is there a reason to start a conversation? I don't think so. I can't stand being ignored after days or weeks of daily conversations and seeing people changing priorities over time.. but that's something different - something I don't want to go through ever again for real. If I'm really interested in someone's message it's impossible to hear from me "I'm too busy" because I know myself and If I had no time for others - I wouldn't be here. I don't want to pretend someone I'm not and always try to find some cheap excuses to avoid others. (unlike most people who don't want to talk to others)
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• Don’t ask me “Can you tell me something about yourself?” If you really want to get to know me - you can ask me questions :) I'm an open book.
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• It would be better If you guys were into emojis - like me - to describe your emotions In text messages. Two emojis - 🙂 and 🙁 are completely enough! I just don't like emotionless conversations.I also don't like it when people say "yeah" or yea"as it sounds dismissively. First impression Is everything to me! I want to see your kindness even in a text message - Emojis are very helpful to express your emotions.I don't want to meet people who say "crying Is a weakness" - It's OK to cry even If you're a guy!
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• I want to talk on reddit first (just to make sure If I'd get along with you) before moving to Discord or some other app
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• I would rather talk to a homebody - not another person who always has something to do as people who are very busy don't even have time for daily conversations
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• If you're another person interested only in "childish conversations" such as "HEYOOO! I'M BORED! Ya like Pizza or cheese? xDDDD 🤣" I'm begging you! Don't send me a message.I'm not a child anymore and such messages don't make me smile or laugh.I'm looking for someone interested In serious discussions - not another person just seeking some entertainment out of boredom . Conversations with sarcastic undertones (even when It comes to some emojis such as 🤣😂) are not for me. Your typing style matters to me! Why? when It comes to online conversations with someone new - It's not always possible to know If someone Is laughing at you.. or with you. Let me tell you something else! Jokes about cancer, disabilities and death are UNACCEPTABLE to me. If you find joy In someone else's misfortune you are not a person I want to know.
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• Time response matters to me a lot! I would never ask anyone to be online all day long and I'm NOT asking any of you for any instant messaging as I'm someone who would rather wait an hour or two to receive a proper response instead of some short and pointless messages but I'm interested only in daily conversations and I don't want to wait any longer than 6 hours to get a message from you.I don't need unbelievably long messages either! Messages as long as the second paragraph of my post - are completely enough. If you like longer messages? you can send me a longer message, but If you want to send me one word or one sentence as a response to my post - don't expect a reaction from me. I don't want to come across as rude - I just don't want to waste your time
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• I'm strongly AGAINST picking on people you don't even want to chat with - and making fun of them! I can't stand people who criticize others publicly or make fun of them! (only because they disagree with someone they don't even know) There's no place In my life for someone using Reddit, to hurt other people
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• I'm not into foul language and I definitely don't want to talk to people who swear a lot...
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• I want to meet assertive people who know what they want and always stand up for their friends
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• I want to meet someone willing to call me In the future, someone spontaneously sending me pictures of animals or food, et cetera. I want more than just text conversations.. 🌻
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Why can’t you see any of my hobbies listed down below? Because what really matters to me is..who you are (If you’re honest, talkative ,understanding, caring and trustworthy – for example) just simply – It matters to me what you’re like! not what you like.Don’t get me wrong – you can tell me what your hobbies are but from my point of view - people's hobbies are important - If you want to find a gaming buddy or If you want to meet someone to hang out with in real life and..go bowling for example.What most people seem to care about are other people's passions – I don’t. I get along with other people despite having completely different hobbies but I absolutely don’t get along with people way different than me (different expectations and outlook on life – way different sense of humor or personality traits – It’s just an example) It doesn't make ANY DIFFERENCE to me If you're a gamer or? Someone interested in photography! It doesn't make any difference - > as long as you're talkative and kind and If you also want to find someone willing to stay in your life..for good - But If you're into small talk and all you want is to...type and receive super short messages or If you're here only because you're bored and don't know what to do + If you're a very sarcastic person - I'm definitely not for you! I don't get along with overly sarcastic people turning everything into a joke. Friendships should be natural – not forced. I wouldn't get along with people who laugh at everything.. In my opinion most people are way too sarcastic.. It's quite sad... Sarcasm can also be another form of passive-aggressive behavior.
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People who want to be to friends should feel comfortable and have something in common. No - not necessarily a similar taste in music or movies but something else..Most friendships don't fizzle out because of people not having the same hobbies but..because they just simply have different expectations when It comes to something important.I'm not here out of boredom and trust me - I'm not here to meet as many people as possible.I choose quality over quantity.I highly value myself and my time & Sometimes one person but a person who makes you feel comfortable and understood - is more than enough :) We ALL can choose what kind of people we’d like to talk to and maybe even become really good friends with and I? I don’t want anyone to be disappointed.We all have some expectations after all.I know that people don't have to talk as often as possible in order to become friends but I'm interested only in daily conversations. If you really need someone to talk to due to loneliness and If you have time to talk to me daily (throughout the day and maybe even night) I always make time for others.I'm literally always available.I could even stay up all night long only to talk to someone important to me. I’m ready to commit but only If there’s some chemistry between me and someone else.I don’t do anything forcefully.
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If you want to talk to me tell me your story - tell me why you're here, what kind of friend would you like to meet :) Et cetera.Such messages are way more interesting to me than...someone's long list of hobbies. I know! It's unusual on reddit but I don't make friends based on hobbies..I want to meet someone with the same mindset as mine to finally feel understood and get close to someone new. You can share your problems with me - I absolutely don't mind "complaining" as I've been through a lot in my life.What do people usually tell you when you tell them that something's wrong? "Don't complain" or "Life's not over yet - one day you'll be happy" or "There are worse situations than yours" and..obviously "Find a therapist" Life's not a fairytale and sometimes things don't go as planned.Emotions shouldn't be bottled up.I'm sick of people always telling others "everything's gonna be ok" move on " & more..Trust me people - not everyone wants to hear "Just believe in yourself and everything's gonna be ok" Some people take it as reassurance - but others? They would rather hear something different 🙁Imagine being told that things will be okay, only for them to get worse..Do you guys know why telling someone "everything's gonna be ok" Is wrong? Because you can't see the future.
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You can't guarantee others that one day they'll finally be happy + when It comes to social interactions - We're responsible only for ourselves - not others & as you guys know people let us down quite often (sometimes even when there's no reason) so instead of telling people how they should move on, forget everything and be happy or asking them to find a therapist - be there for them! Always be willing to listen to them If you really like them or want to get to know them & don't suggest everyone in a tough situation to find a therapist because even the best therapist won't ever replace a true friend + It's quite normal to be disappointed If people always do something to hurt you. Sharing your hardships with other people in a very similar situation or exactly the same one - is VERY helpful If the other person understands you & wants to start all over by just letting it all out! Feeling emotional support instead of always hearing some "positive quotes" or someone saying "Stop complaining let's talk about something else - Is very important! "Everyone needs a shoulder to cry on. I appreciate sensitive people who always try to understand others. If after hearing a sad story all you want to say is "forget the past and move on" you're not for me. It's important to be a good listener and provide emotional support to others
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Please - If you're a completely different person than the described type of person I'm looking for (If you love abbreviations,If you don't need a stable friendship, If you're sarcastic and quiet) or If you simply disagree with my post - don't force yourself to send me a message.I want my new potential friendship to be natural which is why I want you to contact me only If your needs are the same - I don't want you to pretend someone you're not - only to please me - Pretending to be someone you're not - is the worst.I want to finally be happy again & find someone "always" wanting to talk - sending me random pictures throughout the day - food pictures or pictures of some animals. What is the most important to me? I want to find people who value online friendships as much as they would value real life ones as there's another human being on the other side
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I know It's possible to meet people with exactly the same expectations as mine but It's just not easy because most people are Interested In temporary and entertaining conversations. People like me are just "different" I really want to finally find someone who loves emojis as much as I do.. someone who loves sweet, warm and serious discussions at the same time. Emojis really do - change conversations 😊

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(Only Europe, Please) - short note - If you're not into reading or receiving long messages,don't read any further + Please If you don't want to read everything because of my post being too long for you & instead of reading It all - ..skip some parts - find another person to talk to.Let's respect each other and our free time. All people criticizing/making fun of me & other people - will be blocked.Pretty much as people questioning my post and giving me unsolicited advice.I'm not here for any conflicts and I know I can't please everyone - I know I never will.. However It's me who should feel comfortable in my new potential friendship & obviously someone who wants to be my friend - not the whole world.. which is why I don't need any advice from people who don't even want to be a part of my life. The amount of rude people on Reddit always criticizing others and making fun of them is unbelievably high but let me tell you something - NEVER let anyone make choices for you and criticize you only because you're different! Always fight for your dreams and never let anyone make you think you're worthless! It's your life and you're the one deciding what's best for you - If you want to judge me despite not even wanting to talk to me or give me advice better block me! I'm an adult woman and I make all decisions on my own.I'm not trying to "fit in" and be like everyone else - just to get more attention.Accept me for who I am or let go - is my motto.
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Hello guys! 🙂 (read everything before you decide to send me a message) Please send me a message ONLY If you're in the same situation and If your expectations are the same as mine.I want to find like minded people from Europe (Why Europe? Read my post to find out) I'm looking for something permanent (remember - you can feel lonely even If you're surrounded by others - If there's no emotional bond) I'm fed up of meeting people who never make time for me & only text me once or twice a week to ask me "what are you up to?" Out of boredom.I don't want to meet people asking others a million of questions like "what's your favorite movie?" Just to give them one word answer and ask them another question "and music? Your favorite song?" I'm looking for something "deeper" & different 🙂
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What kind of friend would I like to find? Someone to talk to on a daily basis - Someone who needs It & wants It just as much as me
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What are my expectations? I would like to meet someone in a similar situation – why? Because I honestly feel like only a person with the same expectations and a similar outlook on life would get along with me & because I feel more comfortable talking to people like me..Friendless people who need a strong bond - people without friends and partners.. Don't get me wrong…Most people deserve to be happy and It's good to have friends but people who have friends or families in real life are usually more focused on them (which is completely understandable) & have less time for others + I simply don't want to be replaced by anyone..I kind of envy people who can call others , true friends given I don't have an emotional bond with any of my acquaintances. Please send me a message only If you're not In a relationship and don't have friends for the same reasons I've already mentioned before
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Whenever I hear that others have friends I simply get sad because (believe it or not) If I had to choose between 20 people to talk to (acquaintances) and one special person - I'd choose that one special person without any hesitation .
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I also want to talk to others every day because..I want to see someone’s effort & be someone's first choice - not another person to have random conversations with..some people ask me "Why do you want to talk to people from Europe?" Well..Because I would like to see someone I'd get along with - In the far future - face to face :) + I don't want to wait any longer than 6 hours to receive a message - waiting 6 hours to receive a message is more than enough
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I'm by no means criticizing people who don't want to talk to others often / People who really are super busy & People who want to find someone to have unimportant conversations with - I'm aware that not everyone has the same expectations which is why everything you're reading now - is here for a reason :) All I'm suggesting is - I don't want anything temporary and I don't want to be the one always giving more than receiving.Listen people - I used to ignore being..ignored by others..always being just an option to talk to during tough times or moments of boredom.I was too young to realize that I was never important enough for most people that were a part of my life. I don't know who needs to hear this but..No one is too busy to make time for you! People make excuses to avoid others because they prioritize everything and (maybe) everyone..over them. It's true that most people are busy - but It takes only a few seconds to start a conversation (If you're into short messages) and a few minutes (1-10/15) to type a long message . Don't let anyone lie to you.
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Truth is that most people either don't like you enough to make time for you or just simply - feel no need to talk to others often but are they too busy? No..You don't need to send me a message just to ask me and tell me "Do you really want to talk every day? I like long messages but I can't promise to contact you often" If you really are unsure please don't send me a message.I don't need more acquaintances aka people to talk to - occasionally.
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I'm not trying to sound rude but conversations once or twice a week wouldn't be enough for me and I don't need them... Let me tell you one thing – A true friend would never just give up on you for no reason :) It’s always possible to find someone to have a random conversation with – someone willing to send you one message once or twice a week..but..It’s almost impossible to find people willing to make more time for you.
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I’m not asking a busy person to make time for me by changing some plans! Absolutely not! I’m here to find someone who wants to talk daily (throughout the day or maybe even night) of one’s own will.Someone looking for the same kind of connection.Strong friendships are based on mutual support. One of the best things you can do for a friend in need, is just to be there for them when they want to talk.I often see posts from people who always say how friendless they are because they don't feel loved or appreciated by their "friends" remember! A true friend - someone who truly likes you or someone who wants to get to know you - will always find time for you.
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I'm not interested in small talk/short messages - I love long and meaningful conversations. It's so easy to find someone who loves abbreviations and questions like "How are you?" How was your day? Or what are you interested in? But so hard/almost impossible to find a person who knows how to keep a conversation going & show others some effort.Building and maintaining friendships takes time and effort.Never allow pursuits or possessions to become bigger priorities than your relations with other people.Close friendships are so important to us because they are so difficult to form + Having friends can help you feel as if you belong to something that brings purpose and connection to your life
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• I do NOT respond to any „Hey,hmu” or „u want to talk?” type of messages (super short messages or messages full of abbreviations – I literally can’t stand abbreviations and acronyms in text messages) ALL messages full of abbreviations will immediately be ignored.I also don't like it when people ignore everything I say in private messages just to focus on a random question or? When they start talking only about themselves and don't ever ask me anything. I love conversations with people referring to everything I say...I want everything I say and do - to be reciprocated
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• No NSFW profiles (checking mental health subreddits NOT included as I'm a huge empath and always try to understand others) - Please! I'm not looking for anyone to flirt with and I'm not looking for a partner either. I always check people's profiles (even comment history) - To avoid guys, trying to get inappropriate pictures from adult women or? flirt with them + I don't want to see you with no clothes on so If you're on Reddit only because you want others to see what's underneath your clothes - I'm not for you! I just simply don't want to see any s e x related activity on your profile If you want to talk to me.
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• If both of us (you and I) are from the same country (I live in a non-English speaking country) - I want to communicate with you in our first language! No - Not because I don't understand English - because as you see - I do. Why then? English is simply overrated and people don't appreciate other languages as much as they should. So.. If we're from the same country and you want to talk only in English (which is quite common on reddit) - Talk to someone else. I just don't want to talk to a person from the same country as mine - in a foreign language as It's just something I don't understand even If all you want is to improve your language skills
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• Please only adult people 18-36 (age range) It doesn't matter to me If you're younger or older than me (as long as you're not underage) So.. don't worry! I just want to have discussions with emotionally mature people :)
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• I don’t respond to messages I don’t find interesting even If they're long - If after receiving and reading your message I don't feel comfortable or think "I wouldn't get along with him/her" I simply do not respond (what I’m suggesting is that I don’t always respond to someone’s first or second message because..sometimes you just know If you’d get along with someone or not- I’d never ignore anyone after days or weeks of daily conversations though) just because I don’t want to do anything forcefully & because I don’t want to lead anyone on. I read all messages but I definitely don't respond to all of them! I want to make it clear because I don't want to be accused of not responding and not reading people's messages! - Some people don't message me back as well and even If It's a bit disappointing I'm ok with that! - as long as there's no emotional bond - Not responding to someone's first or second message Is completely OK! If people think they wouldn't get along with a stranger - is there a reason to start a conversation? I don't think so. I can't stand being ignored after days or weeks of daily conversations and seeing people changing priorities over time.. but that's something different - something I don't want to go through ever again for real. If I'm really interested in someone's message it's impossible to hear from me "I'm too busy" because I know myself and If I had no time for others - I wouldn't be here. I don't want to pretend someone I'm not and always try to find some cheap excuses to avoid others. (unlike most people who don't want to talk to others)
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• Don’t ask me “Can you tell me something about yourself?” If you really want to get to know me - you can ask me questions :) I'm an open book.
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• It would be better If you guys were into emojis - like me - to describe your emotions In text messages. Two emojis - 🙂 and 🙁 are completely enough! I just don't like emotionless conversations.I also don't like it when people say "yeah" or yea"as it sounds dismissively. First impression Is everything to me! I want to see your kindness even in a text message - Emojis are very helpful to express your emotions.I don't want to meet people who say "crying Is a weakness" - It's OK to cry even If you're a guy!
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• I want to talk on reddit first (just to make sure If I'd get along with you) before moving to Discord or some other app
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• I would rather talk to a homebody - not another person who always has something to do as people who are very busy don't even have time for daily conversations
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• If you're another person interested only in "childish conversations" such as "HEYOOO! I'M BORED! Ya like Pizza or cheese? xDDDD 🤣" I'm begging you! Don't send me a message.I'm not a child anymore and such messages don't make me smile or laugh.I'm looking for someone interested In serious discussions - not another person just seeking some entertainment out of boredom . Conversations with sarcastic undertones (even when It comes to some emojis such as 🤣😂) are not for me. Your typing style matters to me! Why? when It comes to online conversations with someone new - It's not always possible to know If someone Is laughing at you.. or with you. Let me tell you something else! Jokes about cancer, disabilities and death are UNACCEPTABLE to me. If you find joy In someone else's misfortune you are not a person I want to know.
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• Time response matters to me a lot! I would never ask anyone to be online all day long and I'm NOT asking any of you for any instant messaging as I'm someone who would rather wait an hour or two to receive a proper response instead of some short and pointless messages but I'm interested only in daily conversations and I don't want to wait any longer than 6 hours to get a message from you.I don't need unbelievably long messages either! Messages as long as the second paragraph of my post - are completely enough. If you like longer messages? you can send me a longer message, but If you want to send me one word or one sentence as a response to my post - don't expect a reaction from me. I don't want to come across as rude - I just don't want to waste your time
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• I'm strongly AGAINST picking on people you don't even want to chat with - and making fun of them! I can't stand people who criticize others publicly or make fun of them! (only because they disagree with someone they don't even know) There's no place In my life for someone using Reddit, to hurt other people
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• I'm not into foul language and I definitely don't want to talk to people who swear a lot...
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• I want to meet assertive people who know what they want and always stand up for their friends
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• I want to meet someone willing to call me In the future, someone spontaneously sending me pictures of animals or food, et cetera. I want more than just text conversations.. 🌻
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Why can’t you see any of my hobbies listed down below? Because what really matters to me is..who you are (If you’re honest, talkative ,understanding, caring and trustworthy – for example) just simply – It matters to me what you’re like! not what you like.Don’t get me wrong – you can tell me what your hobbies are but from my point of view - people's hobbies are important - If you want to find a gaming buddy or If you want to meet someone to hang out with in real life and..go bowling for example.What most people seem to care about are other people's passions – I don’t. I get along with other people despite having completely different hobbies but I absolutely don’t get along with people way different than me (different expectations and outlook on life – way different sense of humor or personality traits – It’s just an example) It doesn't make ANY DIFFERENCE to me If you're a gamer or? Someone interested in photography! It doesn't make any difference - > as long as you're talkative and kind and If you also want to find someone willing to stay in your life..for good - But If you're into small talk and all you want is to...type and receive super short messages or If you're here only because you're bored and don't know what to do + If you're a very sarcastic person - I'm definitely not for you! I don't get along with overly sarcastic people turning everything into a joke. Friendships should be natural – not forced. I wouldn't get along with people who laugh at everything.. In my opinion most people are way too sarcastic.. It's quite sad... Sarcasm can also be another form of passive-aggressive behavior.
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People who want to be to friends should feel comfortable and have something in common. No - not necessarily a similar taste in music or movies but something else..Most friendships don't fizzle out because of people not having the same hobbies but..because they just simply have different expectations when It comes to something important.I'm not here out of boredom and trust me - I'm not here to meet as many people as possible.I choose quality over quantity.I highly value myself and my time & Sometimes one person but a person who makes you feel comfortable and understood - is more than enough :) We ALL can choose what kind of people we’d like to talk to and maybe even become really good friends with and I? I don’t want anyone to be disappointed.We all have some expectations after all.I know that people don't have to talk as often as possible in order to become friends but I'm interested only in daily conversations. If you really need someone to talk to due to loneliness and If you have time to talk to me daily (throughout the day and maybe even night) I always make time for others.I'm literally always available.I could even stay up all night long only to talk to someone important to me. I’m ready to commit but only If there’s some chemistry between me and someone else.I don’t do anything forcefully.
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If you want to talk to me tell me your story - tell me why you're here, what kind of friend would you like to meet :) Et cetera.Such messages are way more interesting to me than...someone's long list of hobbies. I know! It's unusual on reddit but I don't make friends based on hobbies..I want to meet someone with the same mindset as mine to finally feel understood and get close to someone new. You can share your problems with me - I absolutely don't mind "complaining" as I've been through a lot in my life.What do people usually tell you when you tell them that something's wrong? "Don't complain" or "Life's not over yet - one day you'll be happy" or "There are worse situations than yours" and..obviously "Find a therapist" Life's not a fairytale and sometimes things don't go as planned.Emotions shouldn't be bottled up.I'm sick of people always telling others "everything's gonna be ok" move on " & more..Trust me people - not everyone wants to hear "Just believe in yourself and everything's gonna be ok" Some people take it as reassurance - but others? They would rather hear something different 🙁Imagine being told that things will be okay, only for them to get worse..Do you guys know why telling someone "everything's gonna be ok" Is wrong? Because you can't see the future.
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You can't guarantee others that one day they'll finally be happy + when It comes to social interactions - We're responsible only for ourselves - not others & as you guys know people let us down quite often (sometimes even when there's no reason) so instead of telling people how they should move on, forget everything and be happy or asking them to find a therapist - be there for them! Always be willing to listen to them If you really like them or want to get to know them & don't suggest everyone in a tough situation to find a therapist because even the best therapist won't ever replace a true friend + It's quite normal to be disappointed If people always do something to hurt you. Sharing your hardships with other people in a very similar situation or exactly the same one - is VERY helpful If the other person understands you & wants to start all over by just letting it all out! Feeling emotional support instead of always hearing some "positive quotes" or someone saying "Stop complaining let's talk about something else - Is very important! "Everyone needs a shoulder to cry on. I appreciate sensitive people who always try to understand others. If after hearing a sad story all you want to say is "forget the past and move on" you're not for me. It's important to be a good listener and provide emotional support to others
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Please - If you're a completely different person than the described type of person I'm looking for (If you love abbreviations,If you don't need a stable friendship, If you're sarcastic and quiet) or If you simply disagree with my post - don't force yourself to send me a message.I want my new potential friendship to be natural which is why I want you to contact me only If your needs are the same - I don't want you to pretend someone you're not - only to please me - Pretending to be someone you're not - is the worst.I want to finally be happy again & find someone "always" wanting to talk - sending me random pictures throughout the day - food pictures or pictures of some animals. What is the most important to me? I want to find people who value online friendships as much as they would value real life ones as there's another human being on the other side
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I know It's possible to meet people with exactly the same expectations as mine but It's just not easy because most people are Interested In temporary and entertaining conversations. People like me are just "different" I really want to finally find someone who loves emojis as much as I do.. someone who loves sweet, warm and serious discussions at the same time. Emojis really do - change conversations 😊

(Only Europe, Please) - short note - If you're not into reading or receiving long messages,don't read any further + Please If you don't want to read everything because of my post being too long for you & instead of reading It all - ..skip some parts - find another person to talk to.Let's respect each other and our free time. All people criticizing/making fun of me & other people - will be blocked.Pretty much as people questioning my post and giving me unsolicited advice.I'm not here for any conflicts and I know I can't please everyone - I know I never will.. However It's me who should feel comfortable in my new potential friendship & obviously someone who wants to be my friend - not the whole world.. which is why I don't need any advice from people who don't even want to be a part of my life. The amount of rude people on Reddit always criticizing others and making fun of them is unbelievably high but let me tell you something - NEVER let anyone make choices for you and criticize you only because you're different! Always fight for your dreams and never let anyone make you think you're worthless! It's your life and you're the one deciding what's best for you - If you want to judge me despite not even wanting to talk to me or give me advice better block me! I'm an adult woman and I make all decisions on my own.I'm not trying to "fit in" and be like everyone else - just to get more attention.Accept me for who I am or let go - is my motto.
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Hello guys! 🙂 (read everything before you decide to send me a message) Please send me a message ONLY If you're in the same situation and If your expectations are the same as mine.I want to find like minded people from Europe (Why Europe? Read my post to find out) I'm looking for something permanent (remember - you can feel lonely even If you're surrounded by others - If there's no emotional bond) I'm fed up of meeting people who never make time for me & only text me once or twice a week to ask me "what are you up to?" Out of boredom.I don't want to meet people asking others a million of questions like "what's your favorite movie?" Just to give them one word answer and ask them another question "and music? Your favorite song?" I'm looking for something "deeper" & different 🙂
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I'm by no means criticizing people who don't want to talk to others often / People who really are super busy & People who want to find someone to have unimportant conversations with - I'm aware that not everyone has the same expectations which is why everything you're reading now - is here for a reason :) All I'm suggesting is - I don't want anything temporary and I don't want to be the one always giving more than receiving.Listen people - I used to ignore being..ignored by others..always being just an option to talk to during tough times or moments of boredom.I was too young to realize that I was never important enough for most people that were a part of my life. I don't know who needs to hear this but..No one is too busy to make time for you! People make excuses to avoid others because they prioritize everything and (maybe) everyone..over them. It's true that most people are busy - but It takes only a few seconds to start a conversation (If you're into short messages) and a few minutes (1-10/15) to type a long message . Don't let anyone lie to you.
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Truth is that most people either don't like you enough to make time for you or just simply - feel no need to talk to others often but are they too busy? No..You don't need to send me a message just to ask me and tell me "Do you really want to talk every day? I like long messages but I can't promise to contact you often" If you really are unsure please don't send me a message.I don't need more acquaintances aka people to talk to - occasionally.
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I’m not asking a busy person to make time for me by changing some plans! Absolutely not! I’m here to find someone who wants to talk daily (throughout the day or maybe even night) of one’s own will.Someone looking for the same kind of connection.Strong friendships are based on mutual support. One of the best things you can do for a friend in need, is just to be there for them when they want to talk.I often see posts from people who always say how friendless they are because they don't feel loved or appreciated by their "friends" remember! A true friend - someone who truly likes you or someone who wants to get to know you - will always find time for you.
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I'm not interested in small talk/short messages - I love long and meaningful conversations. It's so easy to find someone who loves abbreviations and questions like "How are you?" How was your day? Or what are you interested in? But so hard/almost impossible to find a person who knows how to keep a conversation going & show others some effort.Building and maintaining friendships takes time and effort.Never allow pursuits or possessions to become bigger priorities than your relations with other people.Close friendships are so important to us because they are so difficult to form + Having friends can help you feel as if you belong to something that brings purpose and connection to your life
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• I do NOT respond to any „Hey,hmu” or „u want to talk?” type of messages (super short messages or messages full of abbreviations – I literally can’t stand abbreviations and acronyms in text messages) ALL messages full of abbreviations will immediately be ignored.I also don't like it when people ignore everything I say in private messages just to focus on a random question or? When they start talking only about themselves and don't ever ask me anything. I love conversations with people referring to everything I say...I want everything I say and do - to be reciprocated
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• No NSFW profiles (checking mental health subreddits NOT included as I'm a huge empath and always try to understand others) - Please! I'm not looking for anyone to flirt with and I'm not looking for a partner either. I always check people's profiles (even comment history) - To avoid guys, trying to get inappropriate pictures from adult women or? flirt with them + I don't want to see you with no clothes on so If you're on Reddit only because you want others to see what's underneath your clothes - I'm not for you! I just simply don't want to see any s e x related activity on your profile If you want to talk to me.
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• If both of us (you and I) are from the same country (I live in a non-English speaking country) - I want to communicate with you in our first language! No - Not because I don't understand English - because as you see - I do. Why then? English is simply overrated and people don't appreciate other languages as much as they should. So.. If we're from the same country and you want to talk only in English (which is quite common on reddit) - Talk to someone else. I just don't want to talk to a person from the same country as mine - in a foreign language as It's just something I don't understand even If all you want is to improve your language skills
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• Please only adult people 18-36 (age range) It doesn't matter to me If you're younger or older than me (as long as you're not underage) So.. don't worry! I just want to have discussions with emotionally mature people :)
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• I don’t respond to messages I don’t find interesting even If they're long - If after receiving and reading your message I don't feel comfortable or think "I wouldn't get along with him/her" I simply do not respond (what I’m suggesting is that I don’t always respond to someone’s first or second message because..sometimes you just know If you’d get along with someone or not- I’d never ignore anyone after days or weeks of daily conversations though) just because I don’t want to do anything forcefully & because I don’t want to lead anyone on. I read all messages but I definitely don't respond to all of them! I want to make it clear because I don't want to be accused of not responding and not reading people's messages! - Some people don't message me back as well and even If It's a bit disappointing I'm ok with that! - as long as there's no emotional bond - Not responding to someone's first or second message Is completely OK! If people think they wouldn't get along with a stranger - is there a reason to start a conversation? I don't think so. I can't stand being ignored after days or weeks of daily conversations and seeing people changing priorities over time.. but that's something different - something I don't want to go through ever again for real. If I'm really interested in someone's message it's impossible to hear from me "I'm too busy" because I know myself and If I had no time for others - I wouldn't be here. I don't want to pretend someone I'm not and always try to find some cheap excuses to avoid others. (unlike most people who don't want to talk to others)
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• It would be better If you guys were into emojis - like me - to describe your emotions In text messages. Two emojis - 🙂 and 🙁 are completely enough! I just don't like emotionless conversations.I also don't like it when people say "yeah" or yea"as it sounds dismissively. First impression Is everything to me! I want to see your kindness even in a text message - Emojis are very helpful to express your emotions.I don't want to meet people who say "crying Is a weakness" - It's OK to cry even If you're a guy!
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• I want to talk on reddit first (just to make sure If I'd get along with you) before moving to Discord or some other app
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• I would rather talk to a homebody - not another person who always has something to do as people who are very busy don't even have time for daily conversations
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• If you're another person interested only in "childish conversations" such as "HEYOOO! I'M BORED! Ya like Pizza or cheese? xDDDD 🤣" I'm begging you! Don't send me a message.I'm not a child anymore and such messages don't make me smile or laugh.I'm looking for someone interested In serious discussions - not another person just seeking some entertainment out of boredom . Conversations with sarcastic undertones (even when It comes to some emojis such as 🤣😂) are not for me. Your typing style matters to me! Why? when It comes to online conversations with someone new - It's not always possible to know If someone Is laughing at you.. or with you. Let me tell you something else! Jokes about cancer, disabilities and death are UNACCEPTABLE to me. If you find joy In someone else's misfortune you are not a person I want to know.
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• Time response matters to me a lot! I would never ask anyone to be online all day long and I'm NOT asking any of you for any instant messaging as I'm someone who would rather wait an hour or two to receive a proper response instead of some short and pointless messages but I'm interested only in daily conversations and I don't want to wait any longer than 6 hours to get a message from you.I don't need unbelievably long messages either! Messages as long as the second paragraph of my post - are completely enough. If you like longer messages? you can send me a longer message, but If you want to send me one word or one sentence as a response to my post - don't expect a reaction from me. I don't want to come across as rude - I just don't want to waste your time
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• I'm strongly AGAINST picking on people you don't even want to chat with - and making fun of them! I can't stand people who criticize others publicly or make fun of them! (only because they disagree with someone they don't even know) There's no place In my life for someone using Reddit, to hurt other people
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• I'm not into foul language and I definitely don't want to talk to people who swear a lot...
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• I want to meet assertive people who know what they want and always stand up for their friends
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• I want to meet someone willing to call me In the future, someone spontaneously sending me pictures of animals or food, et cetera. I want more than just text conversations.. 🌻
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Why can’t you see any of my hobbies listed down below? Because what really matters to me is..who you are (If you’re honest, talkative ,understanding, caring and trustworthy – for example) just simply – It matters to me what you’re like! not what you like.Don’t get me wrong – you can tell me what your hobbies are but from my point of view - people's hobbies are important - If you want to find a gaming buddy or If you want to meet someone to hang out with in real life and..go bowling for example.What most people seem to care about are other people's passions – I don’t. I get along with other people despite having completely different hobbies but I absolutely don’t get along with people way different than me (different expectations and outlook on life – way different sense of humor or personality traits – It’s just an example) It doesn't make ANY DIFFERENCE to me If you're a gamer or? Someone interested in photography! It doesn't make any difference - > as long as you're talkative and kind and If you also want to find someone willing to stay in your life..for good - But If you're into small talk and all you want is to...type and receive super short messages or If you're here only because you're bored and don't know what to do + If you're a very sarcastic person - I'm definitely not for you! I don't get along with overly sarcastic people turning everything into a joke. Friendships should be natural – not forced. I wouldn't get along with people who laugh at everything.. In my opinion most people are way too sarcastic.. It's quite sad... Sarcasm can also be another form of passive-aggressive behavior.
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People who want to be to friends should feel comfortable and have something in common. No - not necessarily a similar taste in music or movies but something else..Most friendships don't fizzle out because of people not having the same hobbies but..because they just simply have different expectations when It comes to something important.I'm not here out of boredom and trust me - I'm not here to meet as many people as possible.I choose quality over quantity.I highly value myself and my time & Sometimes one person but a person who makes you feel comfortable and understood - is more than enough :) We ALL can choose what kind of people we’d like to talk to and maybe even become really good friends with and I? I don’t want anyone to be disappointed.We all have some expectations after all.I know that people don't have to talk as often as possible in order to become friends but I'm interested only in daily conversations. If you really need someone to talk to due to loneliness and If you have time to talk to me daily (throughout the day and maybe even night) I always make time for others.I'm literally always available.I could even stay up all night long only to talk to someone important to me. I’m ready to commit but only If there’s some chemistry between me and someone else.I don’t do anything forcefully.
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If you want to talk to me tell me your story - tell me why you're here, what kind of friend would you like to meet :) Et cetera.Such messages are way more interesting to me than...someone's long list of hobbies. I know! It's unusual on reddit but I don't make friends based on hobbies..I want to meet someone with the same mindset as mine to finally feel understood and get close to someone new. You can share your problems with me - I absolutely don't mind "complaining" as I've been through a lot in my life.What do people usually tell you when you tell them that something's wrong? "Don't complain" or "Life's not over yet - one day you'll be happy" or "There are worse situations than yours" and..obviously "Find a therapist" Life's not a fairytale and sometimes things don't go as planned.Emotions shouldn't be bottled up.I'm sick of people always telling others "everything's gonna be ok" move on " & more..Trust me people - not everyone wants to hear "Just believe in yourself and everything's gonna be ok" Some people take it as reassurance - but others? They would rather hear something different 🙁Imagine being told that things will be okay, only for them to get worse..Do you guys know why telling someone "everything's gonna be ok" Is wrong? Because you can't see the future.
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You can't guarantee others that one day they'll finally be happy + when It comes to social interactions - We're responsible only for ourselves - not others & as you guys know people let us down quite often (sometimes even when there's no reason) so instead of telling people how they should move on, forget everything and be happy or asking them to find a therapist - be there for them! Always be willing to listen to them If you really like them or want to get to know them & don't suggest everyone in a tough situation to find a therapist because even the best therapist won't ever replace a true friend + It's quite normal to be disappointed If people always do something to hurt you. Sharing your hardships with other people in a very similar situation or exactly the same one - is VERY helpful If the other person understands you & wants to start all over by just letting it all out! Feeling emotional support instead of always hearing some "positive quotes" or someone saying "Stop complaining let's talk about something else - Is very important! "Everyone needs a shoulder to cry on. I appreciate sensitive people who always try to understand others. If after hearing a sad story all you want to say is "forget the past and move on" you're not for me. It's important to be a good listener and provide emotional support to others
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Please - If you're a completely different person than the described type of person I'm looking for (If you love abbreviations,If you don't need a stable friendship, If you're sarcastic and quiet) or If you simply disagree with my post - don't force yourself to send me a message.I want my new potential friendship to be natural which is why I want you to contact me only If your needs are the same - I don't want you to pretend someone you're not - only to please me - Pretending to be someone you're not - is the worst.I want to finally be happy again & find someone "always" wanting to talk - sending me random pictures throughout the day - food pictures or pictures of some animals. What is the most important to me? I want to find people who value online friendships as much as they would value real life ones as there's another human being on the other side
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I know It's possible to meet people with exactly the same expectations as mine but It's just not easy because most people are Interested In temporary and entertaining conversations. People like me are just "different" I really want to finally find someone who loves emojis as much as I do.. someone who loves sweet, warm and serious discussions at the same time. Emojis really do - change conversations 😊

Dollar Tree announced Wednesday it is considering a sale of its more grocery-focused Family Dollar brand.
The company had recently shared plans to close almost 1,000 Family Dollar stores in an attempt to revamp the struggling business. The discounter closed more than 500 locations during its fiscal first quarter, it said Wednesday.
“We are already beginning to see progress in this targeted strategy in the streamlined Family Dollar banner,” the company said in a press release. “The unique needs of each banner at this time – transformation at Family Dollar and growth acceleration at Dollar Tree – lead us to the decision to conduct a thorough review of strategic alternatives for the Family Dollar business.”
Dollar Tree bought Family Dollar in 2015 for almost $9 billion. The business has been struggling ever since to compete against its major rival, Dollar General.
The company has not set a deadline or definitive timetable for the sale review process, and is working with JPMorgan and Davis Polk & Wardwell advisors in its review.
Shares of Dollar Tree fell about 2% in premarket trading Wednesday.
The update came alongside Dollar Tree’s fiscal first-quarter earnings report, in which Family Dollar lagged.
Same-store sales for the company’s Dollar Tree brand rose 1.7% while Family Dollar sales climbed only 0.1%. Enterprise sales rose 1%.
Revenue rose to $7.63 billion, up about 4% from $7.32 billion a year earlier.
The company said it expects sales for the second quarter will range from $7.3 billion to $7.6 billion, with sales growth for the Dollar Tree banner of between 2% and 4% and sales for the Family Dollar segment approximately flat.
Here’s how the discounter did in its first fiscal quarter compared with what Wall Street was anticipating, based on a survey of analysts by LSEG:
Earnings per share: $1.43 cents vs. $1.42 expected
Revenue: $7.63 billion vs. $7.63 billion expected
The company’s reported net income for the three-month period that ended May 4 was $300.1 million, or $1.38 cents per share, compared with $299 million, or $1.35 per share, a year earlier. Adjusting for one-time items, including the cost of store closures, the company reported earnings of $1.43 per share.
The company also mentioned that it incurred losses totaling $117 million as of early May, after a tornado destroyed the company’s distribution center in Marietta, Oklahoma on April 28. The facility sustained significant damage, and the inventory in the facility as well as the facility itself are not salvageable, Dollar Tree said in the report.
The company said it expects the incurred losses to be offset by insurance recoveries.
The dollar store segment is going through tough times as lower-end consumers pull back in the face of higher costs. Although a shift to cost-cutting efforts sounds like it would have benefitted dollar stores, the discounters are increasingly losing market share to value retailers like Walmart and e-commerce retailers like Temu.
Dollar Tree fell short of expectations for holiday-quarter sales in its fourth quarter earnings report, meanwhile its main competitor Dollar General surpassed estimates.
Dollar Tree has been in the midst of a broader turnaround effort since current CEO and former Dollar General CEO Richard Dreiling took the helm in early 2023.
Shares of the company have pulled back roughly 15% in 2024.
Source: https://www.cnbc.com/2024/06/05/dollar-tree-earnings-family-dollar-sale-process.html

Here's what I think we'll see with SPWR this morning. If it spikes to 10%, we'll quickly see a lot of large volume sell orders placed around the $3.50 mark. It'll run into even more resistance if it moves towards $4.
The short shares have been available most of this week and the cost to borrow shares is fairly low. I suspect short sellers will just borrow more shares to short in an attempt to keep the prices where they are or keep downwards pressure on the stock like we saw yesterday.
Obviously with all the news about Keith Gill and E*trade this week, there's a lot of focus on manipulation and people are pointing fingers at retail investors. But I hope they're also focusing on certain types of quiet manipulation like a wealthier person or fund being able borrow or buy large volumes of shares to sell and push prices down and buy back at a lower price.
The unfortunate fact about SPWR is that it does not have the level of interest that other stocks have and the market cap sits at $540M, so it's easier for short sellers to use leverage of volume to keep the price flat or drive it down.
This type of behavior affects regular investors who see potential value in a stock. It also affects the company itself, which in this case is an American clean energy company. There are also people that work for this company, and they're probably stressed out enough as it is. Cut them some slack.
I've done my research. I see long term value in SPWR, so the short term volatility is not too concerning to me. I am hopeful that this company can execute on their stated strategy to become cash flow positive in the second half of 2024. If I'm wrong, I'm wrong, but I feel okay about putting my money into a clean energy company with climate change knocking on our doors.
I have detailed my thoughts on why the stock is undervalued here based on latest earnings and factoring in some of the risks, such as the re-stating of their earnings and the need to raise cash and issue shares:
https://www.reddit.com/Shortsqueeze/comments/1d7z8mf/why_spwr_sunpower_continues_to_be_one_of_the_best/
Do your own due diligence, make smart bets and calculated risks based on data available, and try not to follow the rocketship emojis. This is not financial advice.
I'm not posting about SPWR anymore, I've said my peace. At the end of the day, it's just money. If anyone hits it big with any of these bets, whether it be GME, AMC, whatever, don't buy a lambo, buy a long and memorable vacation with your loved ones.
Good luck everybody!

Hi everyone! My name is Helena, I am a queer PhD student and researcher at King's College London. I am posting here to let you know about a study being run by myself and the LGBTQ+ Mental Health Research Group at King's College London.
For more information and to register please see this link: https://qualtrics.kcl.ac.uk/jfe/form/SV_5sSMoDFHcAkiPJ4
Who are we looking for?
We are looking for UK based lesbian, gay, bisexual, pansexual and queer people (16+) who feel that unhelpful beliefs about others negatively impact their lives.
What is the study about?
Psychologists have proposed that holding negative, generalised beliefs about other people (e.g. ‘Other people cannot be trusted’) can lead to the development of common mental health issues like depression and anxiety or make it harder for us to recover. Initial research indicates that as LGBTQ+ people, we may be more likely to hold negative beliefs about others than heterosexual, cisgender people. Our more negative beliefs about others may relate to our LGBTQ+ experiences such as discrimination, stigma and prejudice, or having to conceal our identities. Our team have developed a six-week intervention we hope will help lesbian, gay, bisexual and queer people to address their negative beliefs about other people and strengthen and develop more helpful beliefs about others. We hope that this will in turn have a positive impact on wellbeing (e.g. self-esteem) and daily life (e.g. relationships with other people).
What will happen if I choose to take part?
If you are interested, we will ask you to complete a short online questionnaire to check the study is suitable for you and to register your interest. The researcher will then arrange a time to talk to you on the phone. If you choose to take part in the project, you will be offered six weekly one hour sessions of 1:1 therapy either face-to-face at King’s College London or remotely online. Therapy will be done with a queer third-year PhD student in Psychology who has experience working with LGBTQ+ people with mental health difficulties. The intervention uses techniques from cognitive behavioural therapy and compassionate focused therapy. During the six weeks we will ask you to complete questionnaires about your beliefs about others and your mental wellbeing. Two months after your last session, we will ask you to complete those questionnaires again and invite you to share feedback about your experience of the intervention. Participation will be kept confidential and anonymous, and it will not be possible to identify you from any write-up. This study has been ethically approved by the Health Faculties Research Ethics Subcommittee at KCL (HDP-23/24-39684) and is funded by the Economic and Social Research Council.
Please see the Qualtrics link here to register your interest: https://qualtrics.kcl.ac.uk/jfe/form/SV_5sSMoDFHcAkiPJ4

Hi everyone! My name is Helena, I am a queer PhD student and researcher at King's College London. I am posting here to let you know about a study being run by myself and the LGBTQ+ Mental Health Research Group at King's College London.
For more information and to register please see this link: https://qualtrics.kcl.ac.uk/jfe/form/SV_5sSMoDFHcAkiPJ4
Who are we looking for?
We are looking for UK based lesbian, gay, bisexual, pansexual and queer people (16+) who feel that unhelpful beliefs about others negatively impact their lives.
What is the study about?
Psychologists have proposed that holding negative, generalised beliefs about other people (e.g. ‘Other people cannot be trusted’) can lead to the development of common mental health issues like depression and anxiety or make it harder for us to recover. Initial research indicates that as LGBTQ+ people, we may be more likely to hold negative beliefs about others than heterosexual, cisgender people. Our more negative beliefs about others may relate to our LGBTQ+ experiences such as discrimination, stigma and prejudice, or having to conceal our identities. Our team have developed a six-week intervention we hope will help lesbian, gay, bisexual and queer people to address their negative beliefs about other people and strengthen and develop more helpful beliefs about others. We hope that this will in turn have a positive impact on wellbeing (e.g. self-esteem) and daily life (e.g. relationships with other people).
What will happen if I choose to take part?
If you are interested, we will ask you to complete a short online questionnaire to check the study is suitable for you and to register your interest. The researcher will then arrange a time to talk to you on the phone. If you choose to take part in the project, you will be offered six weekly one hour sessions of 1:1 therapy either face-to-face at King’s College London or remotely online. Therapy will be done with a queer third-year PhD student in Psychology who has experience working with LGBTQ+ people with mental health difficulties. The intervention uses techniques from cognitive behavioural therapy and compassionate focused therapy. During the six weeks we will ask you to complete questionnaires about your beliefs about others and your mental wellbeing. Two months after your last session, we will ask you to complete those questionnaires again and invite you to share feedback about your experience of the intervention. Participation will be kept confidential and anonymous, and it will not be possible to identify you from any write-up. This study has been ethically approved by the Health Faculties Research Ethics Subcommittee at KCL (HDP-23/24-39684) and is funded by the Economic and Social Research Council.
Please see the Qualtrics link here to register your interest: https://qualtrics.kcl.ac.uk/jfe/form/SV_5sSMoDFHcAkiPJ4

Some of us know the 1909 short story The Machine Stops and how it resonates even today with its depiction of people reliant on technology to a fault. However, I think there is one aspect of the story that is sometimes overlooked: The relationship between Vasti and her rebellious son Kuno.
E. M. Foster, the author of the story, was not a science fiction writer. You can kind of tell by how vague he mentions the technology. However, another sign of this is his use of characters. Most early Science Fiction stories were focused more on concept than on characters. However, one of The Machine Stops' main focuses is the strained relationship between a mother and her son. We can relate to Kuno trying to tell Vasti the truth but the latter just not believing him because of her own set beliefs, the whole Plato's Cave Allegory and all that. Yet she never outright disowns him, just realizing that they have nothing in common, another relatable thing. This makes it all the more bittersweet when The Machine Stops (title drop) and they are able to spend time together as civilization falls all around them. I think this is another reason it still resonates with today's audience.

This is a fun experiment, not a serious attempt at creating a blogpost, but the differences in what the models created were interesting to see.
A little bit of background:
I've been working on Lighthouse for about 9 months now, and it took me a long time to find the final name. I worked on it on and off, and took notes in the process. I passed in these notes to the models, combined with this prompt.

The above are my notes for finding a product name. Create a blogpost based on that. It should be story-like. The target audience is software engineers.

The models I tried are

• GPT-4 128k
• GPT-4o 128k
• Gemini 1.5 Pro 128k
• Clause 3 Opus 200k
• Mistral Large
• Mixtral 8x22B

GPT-4 128k (link)

• Got the final name wrong (not WorldView but Lighthouse)
• Got it right what the product is
• Structured the story well

GPT-4o 128k (link)

• Good intro
• Misunderstood the point, focused on theoretical background instead of creating a story
• Even included the API to check domain availability, which serves no point in the blogpost

Gemini 1.5 Pro 128k (link)

• Focused strongly on the "software engineer" point (e.g. mentioned off by one errors in the intro)
• Expressed nicely what I wanted to achieve with the name
• The rest of the story is ok, but not good

Claude 3 Opus 200k (link)

• Perfectly captured how I attempted naming in the beginning, and told a nice story around it
• Afterwards it became weak, talked more in general terms instead of using the notes
• All in all told a nice story though

Mistral Large (link)

• Terrible, kind of made a fictional story out of it, invented a beast called InfoKraken
• Short in comparison to the others

Mixtral 8x22B (link)

• Good intro, captured well what I wanted to achieve with the name
• Matter of fact style, very little emotion
• Good story-like blogpost in general

It was interesting that no model got the final name right. But I guess with so many possible names mentioned it's hard to find out which one the right one is.
When trying to evaluate which is best, GPT-4o and Mistral Large completely missed the mark. From the others imo it comes down to personal preference.
My favorite is GPT-4. Which is yours?