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Omnipod 5
2023.03.26 20:55 Euphoric-Suit3549 Omnipod 5
Got a few questions about the Omnipod 5
Thanks!
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- When is it coming to the UK. And by when is it coming like when will the general public be able to access it?
- When is it going to be compatible with IOS rather than having a separate device for it?
- When is it going to be comparable with the G7?
Thanks!
2023.03.26 20:53 Ok-Philosophy-906 Pro-cut KMV 25 Vacuum Tumbler- DON'T PURCHASE
 | I wanted to share our experience with the Pro-Cut KMV 25 Vacuum Tumbler. DO NOT PURCHASE it! submitted by Ok-Philosophy-906 to Butchery [link] [comments] In late 2018 we purchased the tumbler from Waltons. Inc. On May 22, 2020, while operating the tumbler it imploded sending lid shards flying throughout our shop. We have a video capturing (:45) this explosion which narrowly missed two team members and caused ceiling tile damage when a piece of the lid became lodged in it. We reached out to Pro Kraft and a replacement tumbler was sent out. We did notice the replacement lid was thicker and the air valve was now made of metal. We have constantly maintained our machine, even replacing the O-ring in April 2021 just after 1 year of use (purchased through Davison Butcher Supply) to ensure we had a proper seal/fit. On November 7, 2022, we experienced A SECOND implosion where the lid shattered and the pot warped sending shards across our storage area. Yes, our storage area because we made the wise decision to relocate the tumbler to a space not as heavily occupied by our team with the slight chance this happened again. The fact that this tumbler is $2,500 and marketed as commercial grade is worrisome. We are not a large shop and actually don't use the machine anywhere near what would be considered even medium commercial usage. We have not only incurred property damage but put members of our team in harm's way not once, but TWICE. This is completely unacceptable and not the type of product that we would expect from a reputable company such as Pro Kraft, Inc. We've reached out to them and emailed an employee named Carlos who says he will share our videos with the engineering team, otherwise, it's crickets from them.0:30 / 1:02📷📷 📷📷All reactions:22 Cracked lid |
2023.03.26 20:53 DrawingCharacter2316 Haunted DS game
Ok, the very thing I’m about to tell you may sound fake, dear reader. Despite that, I can assure you that this is very real.
For context, I’m 23, I live alone and this might not sound very surprising but I’m a bit of a nerd.
I dropped out of college due to personal reasons and since then I’ve been steadily building up a collection of DS games. From Diddy Kong Racing to the much harder to find Shepherd's Crossing. I’ve sunk a lot of time and money into this. Back to the main point, recently I’ve started using Ebay, as the local thrift stores inventories have been lacking to say the very least. Most of what I’ve purchased from there have all been in great condition, it’s something I’d recommend if you’re a collector like myself.
However, things took a turn for the bizarre. As per usual, around a few times a week I get a knock on the door, thank the mailman and retreat back into my cozy little sanctuary.
(Edit: *Mailcarrier. Because god forbid the mailman ISN’T a male man.)
I ordered “M&M’s Break ‘Em” , a forgettable yet guilty pleasure of mine.
When I finally opened up the box there was a note “Thanks for Purchasing from so and so” (I have no interest in giving them any recognition after what happened.) Underneath was the case, clearly resealed with tape and a bonus “Grab Bag” of other games I’m assuming they needed to get rid of.
I peeled the tape off of the case carefully and there wasn’t anything inside. Great. $22 (Plus a hefty and unforgiving shipping fee) for nothing. I tossed it aside and impatiently sifted through the bag. Many of the games were broken. Some of them I already had. One cartridge caught my eye. It was white with no label except for residue from the sticker that was once on it before. I swallowed my pride and loaded it into my DS.
I was greeted with a bubble “Please Enter Password.” I didn’t know that you could password protect games but it isn’t completely unheard of. I tried the easy stuff first: 123, 246, 369 etc. etc. Then, other combinations: 111, 222 and so on.
666 seemed to work. I don’t know what edgelord figured that it absolutely needed a password but whatever. There was a loading screen that seemed to go on for what felt like ages when the menu finally loaded. “The Adventures of Rap Boy and..” the rest of the title didn’t fit on-screen. That’s.. Weird. I’ve never heard of this. In the background a rapid beat started to play. Its so familiar. I decided to check the save files, nothing.
I started a new game, put a fake name because I don’t feel comfortable letting tech companies know about me, its almost technophobic in a way.
(Edit: Before you get pissy with my choice of words AGAIN, its a real condition that I’ve talked about with my therapist before. I’m working through it one step at a time.)
I chose something a little stupid that I always go with “Fartbu-” It would be bubble but there was a text limit. Another loading screen but this time it was in the style of the Batman transitions. A womanly sounding voice spoke urgently “Fartbu, I need your help! Someone took my purse!” Lol. Sweet. Anyways, instructions scrolled by too quick for me to read them and I was immediately thrown into game. I got it. I’m playing some weird Batman ripoff.
The controls didn’t work very well and I’d clip through the ground a lot. I was running through a city with a yellowy tint overlay. The type of yellow you’d see on a chain-smoking single middle aged womans living room walls. It almost looked like a GTA clone. There was one objective thus far: Return the womans stolen purse.
Cars sped by, items being thrown at my character. I took varying levels of damage but no purse to be seen. It seemed really unfinished. Eventually I clipped into an alleyway where lo and behold, there was an item I could obtain. It didn’t look like the rest of the game in the way that it was lower in quality, pixelated, while the rest of the game looked more akin to the iCarly game that I was much more accustomed to over the years. This. This was uncanny valley if I’ve ever seen it. As soon as I clicked on it, I was shown “Mission Completed” along with my score. It flickered between 20-40 points. I continued on.
There was a cutscene where my character was rewarded with a shiny golden medallion for his good samaritinship. Suddenly my screen went completely black. It restarted but this time I got the Health and Safety warning. I decided to take a break because I had spent nearly all day tinkering with the faulty controls. When I looked out my window it was already dark outside. I tossed my DS aside and went to bed.
When I woke up I decided to use my laptop, checking my emails and such when I realized an unknown senders messages flooded my inbox. Annoyed, I deleted the spam. I remembered, the game. I went onto Ebay to leave a review but the seller’s page was gone. So were my confirmation emails so I couldn’t go back and check to see if maybe they had any contact information. They screwed me out of my game but its fine.
There’s the daily knock on the door. I put on my slippers and dragged myself to the door where I looked through the peephole, nothing. I opened the door enough so that the door chain would keep the space between me and the outdoors small. No package either. I must’ve been hearing things. I checked back on the game but when I once again started it up, there was another password. It had changed. I tried my previous attempts and got it eventually. Everything that happened yesterday happened again. Loading screen and Menu. The music this time did not play and there was no title. It must’ve gone through some kind of error to completely reset it. My previous and uneventful playthrough did not save. But there was something waiting for me in my save files. An untitled game that seemed to have more progress than I had made. I decided to load it up. “Are you sure you want to load this save?” Yes. I’m sure, DS.
This time the mission was a little more complicated. Even a little different from your typical Nintendo game. I had to resolve some sort of conflict that had resulted in a shootout. The screen loaded more slowly this time. The music suddenly startled me. It was distorted and quite frankly made me a little nervous. The woman called out for help once again but she sounded strange..
I ignored it and went through with my mission. The same city, same cars and same shitty mechanics. I arrived to the spot the game had been not so subtly guiding me towards. These pixel people were throwing banana peels and other fruit. It was fucking stupid but I clipped through the ground and started a cutscene. The screen flashed red and white to simulate taking damage but by the end of it they were all defeated.
Another award ceremony but this time, I could make out my characters face. Is that… Eminem?? I pieced it together. An Eminem DS game. That’s.. Really fucking stupid. I didn’t ask for this nor had I ever seen anyone talk about it.
I popped the game out mid scene and tossed it, and the rest of the games out. I messaged my friend about this because it was stupid and I needed someone to share this with. He answered immediately.
Me: Hey lol. You know how I collect games and shit right?
“L”: Yea
Me: Well this fucker scammed me and I ended up getting a weird foreign ripoff about.. You’ll never guess. Emi-Fucking-nem
“L”: Like… The rapper??
Me: Yeah and it’s super buggy. Like, it doesn’t play well and it came password protected
“L”: That’s retarded. Why would you even play it
Me: I didn’t even know what it was. It didn’t have any kind of markings or anything.
“L”: You’re lucky it isn’t haunted. Do you know how many of those Creepypasta assholes would hound you for it? Lmao
Me: Maybe I’d at least get my money back. Its too late. I got rid of it
END OF CONVERSATION
Or did I…? I didn’t realize that I left my DS on. The game was… still playing? How is this even possible. I got rid of it and there was NOTHING in the slot either. Maybe my friend was right and it was haunted. No, its probably some weird ass virus it gave my DS. I did a full reset and it was back to normal. That’s a relief. I’d be pretty pissed if some fucking game broke my DS that I payed good money for. They’re harder to come across for a reasonable price these days. I’m rambling but what happened next was disturbing.
My DS started the game again. I didn’t touch anything… Why is it doing this.
Suddenly the title screen was indescribable.. A bloody mess of limbs and organs scattered in the background to make a fucked up pattern and the glitchy music was so loud that it violated every one of my orifaces that could be accessed. I couldn’t stop from playing it once more. I went to the saves. This is what got me. My full legal name was on the screen. My hands shook violently and I wiped the sweat from my forehead. This was no joke. How did it know who I was? The screen went black and the usual mission screen played through. There was no text but the music cut in and out with the occasional blood curdling screech. It loaded but this wasn’t just any city. I realize it now. It was MY hometown. What the fuck is going on?? Is this a joke?? If it is, it isn’t fucking funny. The streets were covered in realistic blood and innards. There were women and children screaming for help and now cars slowly cruised by yelling obscenities at me. About how I was a monster and how could I have done something so horrible but I didn’t do anything. This was the games doing. I quickly shut it and went to call the police but what for? What are they gonna do about a video game? My phone had no service anyways which added to my unease.
I had no choice but to continue. I recognized all the places. The park that was by my home, the schools and the restaurants. I know where the game is taking me.. Or.. him (my character) it’s taking us to my home. I looked outside the window, nothing. I’m not sure what I thought I’d find but that took a little bit of the tension off of me. I let the game do what it does. Realization sat in with me. This is the smoothest its run since I got the damned thing.
We were nearing my street, I chewed my lip in anticipation as I kept glancing outside when suddenly there it was. My house. I wasn’t in control anymore, it was coming up the steps. This wasn’t just my town either, this was in current time, my curtain was pulled back at the corner where I had been looking and I moved into my bedroom.
The screen went black yet again. Damnit. It died.
There was banging at my door. This has to be a coincidence. I checked through the peephole, nothing. I once again cracked open the door when a bloody hand forced its way through the space and reached for me. I kicked the door shut firmly and went to grab a knife. There was a sticky note waiting for me on the counter. “Its no use, I’ve already been inside your house. Love, Slim.” This isn’t funn- My thought was interrupted by the front door swinging open, bringing and inevitable darkness with it. I dashed towards my room and locked the door.
Music was playing, the music from the menu. Shit. My DS had turned back on and was now giving away my more than obvious position. There was more banging and then.. Nothing. It was over. Or so I thought. I glimpsed down at my DS. There was plain white text.
“I’m in the closet.”
Slowly staring up I saw the face of true horror.
Eminem with sunken in black eyes, blood stained yellow teeth and fingernails and tattered clothes. This can’t be Eminem. He hasn’t looked like this in years.
He pointed to me and beckoned me over with a long scary contorted finger.
He smiled at me with his sharp crooked teeth. “Its been a long time, ______”
“I don’t understand! Why me? Why now? What did I do..?” I dropped to my knees, pleading with him between labored sobs.
He chuckled “You really don’t remember, do you? You were always so forgetful.” He grabbed my arm and stared into my eyes
Oh my god. That’s right. My parents took me to see him in concert when I was just a toddler. That day has haunted me ever since. While performing one of his hit songs he stared right into what felt like my soul “I’ll see you soon, ____” He muttered under his breath
Memories were flooding back. I remember. He was the mysterious man in the background of all of our family photos. I met his gaze “You. I know you. You’ve been following me”
“I have, and now it’s time for my revenge. I want you to feel as alone as I felt all those years.” His jaw unhinged and then everything went black.
Its been a year since then and I’m still getting adjusted to my human flesh.
Love, Slim.
The End
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For context, I’m 23, I live alone and this might not sound very surprising but I’m a bit of a nerd.
I dropped out of college due to personal reasons and since then I’ve been steadily building up a collection of DS games. From Diddy Kong Racing to the much harder to find Shepherd's Crossing. I’ve sunk a lot of time and money into this. Back to the main point, recently I’ve started using Ebay, as the local thrift stores inventories have been lacking to say the very least. Most of what I’ve purchased from there have all been in great condition, it’s something I’d recommend if you’re a collector like myself.
However, things took a turn for the bizarre. As per usual, around a few times a week I get a knock on the door, thank the mailman and retreat back into my cozy little sanctuary.
(Edit: *Mailcarrier. Because god forbid the mailman ISN’T a male man.)
I ordered “M&M’s Break ‘Em” , a forgettable yet guilty pleasure of mine.
When I finally opened up the box there was a note “Thanks for Purchasing from so and so” (I have no interest in giving them any recognition after what happened.) Underneath was the case, clearly resealed with tape and a bonus “Grab Bag” of other games I’m assuming they needed to get rid of.
I peeled the tape off of the case carefully and there wasn’t anything inside. Great. $22 (Plus a hefty and unforgiving shipping fee) for nothing. I tossed it aside and impatiently sifted through the bag. Many of the games were broken. Some of them I already had. One cartridge caught my eye. It was white with no label except for residue from the sticker that was once on it before. I swallowed my pride and loaded it into my DS.
I was greeted with a bubble “Please Enter Password.” I didn’t know that you could password protect games but it isn’t completely unheard of. I tried the easy stuff first: 123, 246, 369 etc. etc. Then, other combinations: 111, 222 and so on.
666 seemed to work. I don’t know what edgelord figured that it absolutely needed a password but whatever. There was a loading screen that seemed to go on for what felt like ages when the menu finally loaded. “The Adventures of Rap Boy and..” the rest of the title didn’t fit on-screen. That’s.. Weird. I’ve never heard of this. In the background a rapid beat started to play. Its so familiar. I decided to check the save files, nothing.
I started a new game, put a fake name because I don’t feel comfortable letting tech companies know about me, its almost technophobic in a way.
(Edit: Before you get pissy with my choice of words AGAIN, its a real condition that I’ve talked about with my therapist before. I’m working through it one step at a time.)
I chose something a little stupid that I always go with “Fartbu-” It would be bubble but there was a text limit. Another loading screen but this time it was in the style of the Batman transitions. A womanly sounding voice spoke urgently “Fartbu, I need your help! Someone took my purse!” Lol. Sweet. Anyways, instructions scrolled by too quick for me to read them and I was immediately thrown into game. I got it. I’m playing some weird Batman ripoff.
The controls didn’t work very well and I’d clip through the ground a lot. I was running through a city with a yellowy tint overlay. The type of yellow you’d see on a chain-smoking single middle aged womans living room walls. It almost looked like a GTA clone. There was one objective thus far: Return the womans stolen purse.
Cars sped by, items being thrown at my character. I took varying levels of damage but no purse to be seen. It seemed really unfinished. Eventually I clipped into an alleyway where lo and behold, there was an item I could obtain. It didn’t look like the rest of the game in the way that it was lower in quality, pixelated, while the rest of the game looked more akin to the iCarly game that I was much more accustomed to over the years. This. This was uncanny valley if I’ve ever seen it. As soon as I clicked on it, I was shown “Mission Completed” along with my score. It flickered between 20-40 points. I continued on.
There was a cutscene where my character was rewarded with a shiny golden medallion for his good samaritinship. Suddenly my screen went completely black. It restarted but this time I got the Health and Safety warning. I decided to take a break because I had spent nearly all day tinkering with the faulty controls. When I looked out my window it was already dark outside. I tossed my DS aside and went to bed.
When I woke up I decided to use my laptop, checking my emails and such when I realized an unknown senders messages flooded my inbox. Annoyed, I deleted the spam. I remembered, the game. I went onto Ebay to leave a review but the seller’s page was gone. So were my confirmation emails so I couldn’t go back and check to see if maybe they had any contact information. They screwed me out of my game but its fine.
There’s the daily knock on the door. I put on my slippers and dragged myself to the door where I looked through the peephole, nothing. I opened the door enough so that the door chain would keep the space between me and the outdoors small. No package either. I must’ve been hearing things. I checked back on the game but when I once again started it up, there was another password. It had changed. I tried my previous attempts and got it eventually. Everything that happened yesterday happened again. Loading screen and Menu. The music this time did not play and there was no title. It must’ve gone through some kind of error to completely reset it. My previous and uneventful playthrough did not save. But there was something waiting for me in my save files. An untitled game that seemed to have more progress than I had made. I decided to load it up. “Are you sure you want to load this save?” Yes. I’m sure, DS.
This time the mission was a little more complicated. Even a little different from your typical Nintendo game. I had to resolve some sort of conflict that had resulted in a shootout. The screen loaded more slowly this time. The music suddenly startled me. It was distorted and quite frankly made me a little nervous. The woman called out for help once again but she sounded strange..
I ignored it and went through with my mission. The same city, same cars and same shitty mechanics. I arrived to the spot the game had been not so subtly guiding me towards. These pixel people were throwing banana peels and other fruit. It was fucking stupid but I clipped through the ground and started a cutscene. The screen flashed red and white to simulate taking damage but by the end of it they were all defeated.
Another award ceremony but this time, I could make out my characters face. Is that… Eminem?? I pieced it together. An Eminem DS game. That’s.. Really fucking stupid. I didn’t ask for this nor had I ever seen anyone talk about it.
I popped the game out mid scene and tossed it, and the rest of the games out. I messaged my friend about this because it was stupid and I needed someone to share this with. He answered immediately.
Me: Hey lol. You know how I collect games and shit right?
“L”: Yea
Me: Well this fucker scammed me and I ended up getting a weird foreign ripoff about.. You’ll never guess. Emi-Fucking-nem
“L”: Like… The rapper??
Me: Yeah and it’s super buggy. Like, it doesn’t play well and it came password protected
“L”: That’s retarded. Why would you even play it
Me: I didn’t even know what it was. It didn’t have any kind of markings or anything.
“L”: You’re lucky it isn’t haunted. Do you know how many of those Creepypasta assholes would hound you for it? Lmao
Me: Maybe I’d at least get my money back. Its too late. I got rid of it
END OF CONVERSATION
Or did I…? I didn’t realize that I left my DS on. The game was… still playing? How is this even possible. I got rid of it and there was NOTHING in the slot either. Maybe my friend was right and it was haunted. No, its probably some weird ass virus it gave my DS. I did a full reset and it was back to normal. That’s a relief. I’d be pretty pissed if some fucking game broke my DS that I payed good money for. They’re harder to come across for a reasonable price these days. I’m rambling but what happened next was disturbing.
My DS started the game again. I didn’t touch anything… Why is it doing this.
Suddenly the title screen was indescribable.. A bloody mess of limbs and organs scattered in the background to make a fucked up pattern and the glitchy music was so loud that it violated every one of my orifaces that could be accessed. I couldn’t stop from playing it once more. I went to the saves. This is what got me. My full legal name was on the screen. My hands shook violently and I wiped the sweat from my forehead. This was no joke. How did it know who I was? The screen went black and the usual mission screen played through. There was no text but the music cut in and out with the occasional blood curdling screech. It loaded but this wasn’t just any city. I realize it now. It was MY hometown. What the fuck is going on?? Is this a joke?? If it is, it isn’t fucking funny. The streets were covered in realistic blood and innards. There were women and children screaming for help and now cars slowly cruised by yelling obscenities at me. About how I was a monster and how could I have done something so horrible but I didn’t do anything. This was the games doing. I quickly shut it and went to call the police but what for? What are they gonna do about a video game? My phone had no service anyways which added to my unease.
I had no choice but to continue. I recognized all the places. The park that was by my home, the schools and the restaurants. I know where the game is taking me.. Or.. him (my character) it’s taking us to my home. I looked outside the window, nothing. I’m not sure what I thought I’d find but that took a little bit of the tension off of me. I let the game do what it does. Realization sat in with me. This is the smoothest its run since I got the damned thing.
We were nearing my street, I chewed my lip in anticipation as I kept glancing outside when suddenly there it was. My house. I wasn’t in control anymore, it was coming up the steps. This wasn’t just my town either, this was in current time, my curtain was pulled back at the corner where I had been looking and I moved into my bedroom.
The screen went black yet again. Damnit. It died.
There was banging at my door. This has to be a coincidence. I checked through the peephole, nothing. I once again cracked open the door when a bloody hand forced its way through the space and reached for me. I kicked the door shut firmly and went to grab a knife. There was a sticky note waiting for me on the counter. “Its no use, I’ve already been inside your house. Love, Slim.” This isn’t funn- My thought was interrupted by the front door swinging open, bringing and inevitable darkness with it. I dashed towards my room and locked the door.
Music was playing, the music from the menu. Shit. My DS had turned back on and was now giving away my more than obvious position. There was more banging and then.. Nothing. It was over. Or so I thought. I glimpsed down at my DS. There was plain white text.
“I’m in the closet.”
Slowly staring up I saw the face of true horror.
Eminem with sunken in black eyes, blood stained yellow teeth and fingernails and tattered clothes. This can’t be Eminem. He hasn’t looked like this in years.
He pointed to me and beckoned me over with a long scary contorted finger.
He smiled at me with his sharp crooked teeth. “Its been a long time, ______”
“I don’t understand! Why me? Why now? What did I do..?” I dropped to my knees, pleading with him between labored sobs.
He chuckled “You really don’t remember, do you? You were always so forgetful.” He grabbed my arm and stared into my eyes
Oh my god. That’s right. My parents took me to see him in concert when I was just a toddler. That day has haunted me ever since. While performing one of his hit songs he stared right into what felt like my soul “I’ll see you soon, ____” He muttered under his breath
Memories were flooding back. I remember. He was the mysterious man in the background of all of our family photos. I met his gaze “You. I know you. You’ve been following me”
“I have, and now it’s time for my revenge. I want you to feel as alone as I felt all those years.” His jaw unhinged and then everything went black.
Its been a year since then and I’m still getting adjusted to my human flesh.
Love, Slim.
The End
2023.03.26 20:52 CH_Xperia-683 Xperia 1 IV 4K video quality is impressive + wireless mic audio recording is perfect match
 | Recently I have used my Xperia 1 IV setup (vlog monitor, Bluetooth grip VPT2BT+ Sony wireless audio mic ECM-W2BT). It's perfect combo and did delivered great output as overall.. submitted by CH_Xperia-683 to SonyXperia [link] [comments] I'll put up some other footages in near future from iPhone 13 Pro max and iPhone 12 which taken by other colleagues. I would say Xperia footage are much much way better than iPhone. provided you manage to handle manual control in video pro app Above url is refer to my highlight video for reference purpose in term of video and audio quality. It including 4K120FPS footage as well. Many people asking me what I'm using and they thought it's digital camera and they didn't aware Sony still produce phone.. they're quite shocked when I told them Xperia 1 IV is expensive than iPhone. They praise a lot on footage quality |
2023.03.26 20:51 clementine_valley How long after a breakup did you start dating or seeing other people?
I, (30f), am 5 weeks out of my 4.5 year relationship. We are still living together until he finds a place. I was the official dumper, but it was pretty much forced and very mutual. He had frequently gone back and forth between complete commitment, and avoidant uncertainty/doubt. It triggered my anxiety and fears of abandonment (codependency) so severely. I've been a devasted, panicking mess since learning his feelings for us changed, again.. it turned my world upset down, and I realized I needed to end it because I couldn't risk going through it again. The trust was gone.
We've lived together for ~4 years, traveled the world together, were integrated in one anothers families, were planning to conceive and were working with a realtor to buy a home in the area we moved to. Surreal!
We grieved. It's been difficult, still confusing, and there's sometimes conflict or tense emotions. But, for the most part, he's as cool as a cucumber. I know he won't wait long after leaving to start "seeing" other people. I know he's already chatting with women online, as he has a porn/camgirl addiction and I've seen evidence of it, as he doesn't make much effort to hide when he's doing it on his phone around the house. I think it was the porn and virtual sex/chatting that killed our relationship, a death by one thousand cuts.
Anyways, I'm nowhere near ready to date. I've only ever had two serious partners before. But, I entertain the idea that I will someday find love again. I've even felt so lonely and needing to be held/cuddled/loved on, I think about finding a friend with benefits (something I've never really had). I don't want to replace him or rebound. But I do want company (especially knowing he didn't want me and found company all along).
So, my question is... How long did it take you to date? To talk to other people? To hookup?
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We've lived together for ~4 years, traveled the world together, were integrated in one anothers families, were planning to conceive and were working with a realtor to buy a home in the area we moved to. Surreal!
We grieved. It's been difficult, still confusing, and there's sometimes conflict or tense emotions. But, for the most part, he's as cool as a cucumber. I know he won't wait long after leaving to start "seeing" other people. I know he's already chatting with women online, as he has a porn/camgirl addiction and I've seen evidence of it, as he doesn't make much effort to hide when he's doing it on his phone around the house. I think it was the porn and virtual sex/chatting that killed our relationship, a death by one thousand cuts.
Anyways, I'm nowhere near ready to date. I've only ever had two serious partners before. But, I entertain the idea that I will someday find love again. I've even felt so lonely and needing to be held/cuddled/loved on, I think about finding a friend with benefits (something I've never really had). I don't want to replace him or rebound. But I do want company (especially knowing he didn't want me and found company all along).
So, my question is... How long did it take you to date? To talk to other people? To hookup?
2023.03.26 20:50 Objective_Victory11 Equal payment at work
Hi everyone, I am working in a company that is owned by a bigger international company. I am currently 1 year at this company but officially employed by secondary contractor company. On this contract I was offered salary on the lower limit for my position but at the time I didn’t know that since my previous salary in another company was also lower that what I got offered. After a few months working and when they hired new people(all male) in my department for the same role and with same experience(5-6y) and age(we are all 28-29y) with me they were offered a lot more than me. When I realised that I asked for adjustment of my salary and even thought everyone seem to agree that that is only fair they found some excuses that they need to continue with this contract but promised to adjust it with the new contract when I am supposed to start working for the company directly. This is my last month from the 1 y contract with the secondary contractor company and I was indeed offered contract to join the company directly but they raised my salary only 120e bruto monthly and that is not nearly the adjustment they promised. I replied on their proposal and asked for higher salary and mentioned the previous discussion about my salary when they promised to make it fair on the new contract. I got reply that this is adjusted to my other colleagues salary and that they can’t offer more. I know for a fact that this is not true since I already received the offer they sent to one of my colleagues where they state the yearly salary they are planning to give to him and that was higher than what they are offering me + this is his first contract with the secondary company so that means after a few months when they offer him a new contract as well, they must offer a little more that that at least. I am thinking of replying again to mention that I feel discriminated and that I know that the salary is not adjusted to my male colleagues salary’s but I am afraid that this will be a big turn of for them that they might totally cancel the job proposal. I don’t really want to be unemployed , if this was happening a bit earlier I would have the time to search for another job in between. I guess things can also escalate a bit if I decide to legally fight this type of discrimination but not sure if it’s a dead end, it’s big corporation in the background and pretty sure they have a really good defensive strategy. Does someone has similar experience? Any advice?
Thanks!
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2023.03.26 20:50 InternetTraumatized Today's sermon, from a Catholic church
Every Sunday I give a recap of the sermon I heard at church today. I often alternate between Catholic, Protestant and Orthodox churches.
Today's readings:
Ezekiel 37:12-14
Today we cannot study every mystery contained therein, but we can investigate some of them. To begin with, Jesus says "This sickness is not unto death." Was He mistaken? Obviously it was unto death, in fact Lazarus was already dead for four days by the time Jesus reached Bethany. And He says this sickness is "for the glory of God." Again, is He mistaken, is He fooling us? Where is the glory to be found here, in a corpse that has been decaying for four days? One's representation of glory may rather be Rihanna at the Superbowl, or politicians bickering over nonsense in live debates, or soccer players being drowned by fans and journalists as they come back from their game... One's idea of glory is power, wealth, beauty, renown. It is to step out of one's private airplane and be immediately welcomed with cheers and a red carpet, something you and I are unlikely to ever know.
But if there is something we will know for sure, it is death. So again, where is the glory to be found here, in Jesus weeping over a corpse while the latter's sisters complain to Him? Well, truly, this is the precursor to true glory, the beginning, the foretaste of it. Soon, the tears of Jesus will blossom into joy. The prayers of those gathered to mourn will blossom into faith. The complaining of Martha and Mary will blossom into hope. Soon, the true glory will reveal itself, which is undefeatable love that seeks nothing but the well-being of the beloved, unwavering faith after seeing the accomplishment of God, and unabated hope that cannot be disturbed.
Death is the mean by which glory bursts into the world, suddenly and unexpectedly. Jesus says: "If you would believe you would see the glory of God." Then, because of the faith of Martha, the bursting of glory happen; Lazarus comes out of the tomb alive! This is true glory: man unbound, alive, liberated from the shackles of death.
But is this a lie? We can easily look around ourselves and see that death is very much alive and well. How then does the resurrection of Lazarus concern us? And besides, do we really have time to bother thinking about our own death? After all the clock is ticking and we've got a life to live in the meanwhile...
The fact is, God knows we have a life to live, and wants us to live it to the fullest. God is the Lord of life. He demonstrated this when He breathed life into Adam, when He said through Ezekiel that "I will put My Spirit in you, and you shall live," when He said through Paul that "He who raised Christ from the dead will also give life to you"... Death surrounds us because of the culture of death that the world embraces. We must battle against this culture so that the life of God may flow within us. What is this culture of death? It is that which we erroneously think of as life: laying on the couch with a beer, having many belongings with insurance to boot, scrolling through social media endlessly, fighting for one's freedom according to whatever definition one has of it...
Unfortunately, if you were told that this is life, that this is what it looks like to be alive, you have been lied to, you have been deceived. For indeed, even when we have achieved this alleged freedom, this alleged fullness of life, we cannot truly feel completely liberated while sin remains, this obnoxious death within ourselves that kills us slowly but surely. At best, we do not live, rather we survive; our life progresses in decrescendo, from our birth onward our living decreases until nothing is left. But Jesus tells us that this isn't life. True life in Christ is a crescendo of living ascending toward eternal life.
Let us listen to Christ: His weeping for us, His calling us out of the tomb... He tells us, "Let Me liberate you." Let us let Him raise us up from the sin that makes us rot from the inside. Let us seek the glory of God, namely: ourselves, standing once again, to follow Him.
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Ezekiel 37:12-14
Thus says the Lord God: “Behold, O My people, I will open your graves and cause you to come up from your graves, and bring you into the land of Israel. Then you shall know that I am the Lord, when I have opened your graves, O My people, and brought you up from your graves. I will put My Spirit in you, and you shall live, and I will place you in your own land. Then you shall know that I, the Lord, have spoken it and performed it,” says the Lord.Romans 8:8-11
Those who are in the flesh cannot please God. But you are not in the flesh but in the Spirit, if indeed the Spirit of God dwells in you. Now if anyone does not have the Spirit of Christ, he is not His. And if Christ is in you, the body is dead because of sin, but the Spirit is life because of righteousness. But if the Spirit of Him who raised Jesus from the dead dwells in you, He who raised Christ from the dead will also give life to your mortal bodies through His Spirit who dwells in you.John 11:1-45
Now a certain man was sick, Lazarus of Bethany, the town of Mary and her sister Martha. It was that Mary who anointed the Lord with fragrant oil and wiped His feet with her hair, whose brother Lazarus was sick. Therefore the sisters sent to Him, saying, “Lord, behold, he whom You love is sick.” When Jesus heard that, He said, “This sickness is not unto death, but for the glory of God, that the Son of God may be glorified through it.” Now Jesus loved Martha and her sister and Lazarus. So, when He heard that he was sick, He stayed two more days in the place where He was. Then after this He said to the disciples, “Let us go to Judea again.” The disciples said to Him, “Rabbi, lately the Jews sought to stone You, and are You going there again?” Jesus answered, “Are there not twelve hours in the day? If anyone walks in the day, he does not stumble, because he sees the light of this world. But if one walks in the night, he stumbles, because the light is not in him.” These things He said, and after that He said to them, “Our friend Lazarus sleeps, but I go that I may wake him up.” Then His disciples said, “Lord, if he sleeps he will get well.” However, Jesus spoke of his death, but they thought that He was speaking about taking rest in sleep. Then Jesus said to them plainly, “Lazarus is dead. And I am glad for your sakes that I was not there, that you may believe. Nevertheless let us go to him.” Then Thomas, who is called the Twin, said to his fellow disciples, “Let us also go, that we may die with Him.” So when Jesus came, He found that he had already been in the tomb four days. Now Bethany was near Jerusalem, about two miles away. And many of the Jews had joined the women around Martha and Mary, to comfort them concerning their brother. Then Martha, as soon as she heard that Jesus was coming, went and met Him, but Mary was sitting in the house. Now Martha said to Jesus, “Lord, if You had been here, my brother would not have died. But even now I know that whatever You ask of God, God will give You.” Jesus said to her, “Your brother will rise again.” Martha said to Him, “I know that he will rise again in the resurrection at the last day.” Jesus said to her, “I am the resurrection and the life. He who believes in Me, though he may die, he shall live. And whoever lives and believes in Me shall never die. Do you believe this?” She said to Him, “Yes, Lord, I believe that You are the Christ, the Son of God, who is to come into the world.” And when she had said these things, she went her way and secretly called Mary her sister, saying, “The Teacher has come and is calling for you.” As soon as she heard that, she arose quickly and came to Him. Now Jesus had not yet come into the town, but was in the place where Martha met Him. Then the Jews who were with her in the house, and comforting her, when they saw that Mary rose up quickly and went out, followed her, saying, “She is going to the tomb to weep there.” Then, when Mary came where Jesus was, and saw Him, she fell down at His feet, saying to Him, “Lord, if You had been here, my brother would not have died.” Therefore, when Jesus saw her weeping, and the Jews who came with her weeping, He groaned in the spirit and was troubled. And He said, “Where have you laid him?” They said to Him, “Lord, come and see.” Jesus wept. Then the Jews said, “See how He loved him!” And some of them said, “Could not this Man, who opened the eyes of the blind, also have kept this man from dying?” Then Jesus, again groaning in Himself, came to the tomb. It was a cave, and a stone lay against it. Jesus said, “Take away the stone.” Martha, the sister of him who was dead, said to Him, “Lord, by this time there is a stench, for he has been dead four days.” Jesus said to her, “Did I not say to you that if you would believe you would see the glory of God?” Then they took away the stone from the place where the dead man was lying. And Jesus lifted up His eyes and said, “Father, I thank You that You have heard Me. And I know that You always hear Me, but because of the people who are standing by I said this, that they may believe that You sent Me.” Now when He had said these things, He cried with a loud voice, “Lazarus, come forth!” And he who had died came out bound hand and foot with graveclothes, and his face was wrapped with a cloth. Jesus said to them, “Loose him, and let him go.” Then many of the Jews who had come to Mary, and had seen the things Jesus did, believed in Him.Today's reading was long; a shorter version was available, but since it is a Sunday morning, we may as well take our time. But, because of the length, it may be difficult to pay attention to the whole passage, and many of us probably already tuned out halfway through. So, here is a recapitulation of the reading of today: Lazarus dies, Martha and Mary complain, Jesus cries, Lazarus lives. But, this very obviously does not suffice to describe what happens there, especially not with such a passage that is so profund!
Today we cannot study every mystery contained therein, but we can investigate some of them. To begin with, Jesus says "This sickness is not unto death." Was He mistaken? Obviously it was unto death, in fact Lazarus was already dead for four days by the time Jesus reached Bethany. And He says this sickness is "for the glory of God." Again, is He mistaken, is He fooling us? Where is the glory to be found here, in a corpse that has been decaying for four days? One's representation of glory may rather be Rihanna at the Superbowl, or politicians bickering over nonsense in live debates, or soccer players being drowned by fans and journalists as they come back from their game... One's idea of glory is power, wealth, beauty, renown. It is to step out of one's private airplane and be immediately welcomed with cheers and a red carpet, something you and I are unlikely to ever know.
But if there is something we will know for sure, it is death. So again, where is the glory to be found here, in Jesus weeping over a corpse while the latter's sisters complain to Him? Well, truly, this is the precursor to true glory, the beginning, the foretaste of it. Soon, the tears of Jesus will blossom into joy. The prayers of those gathered to mourn will blossom into faith. The complaining of Martha and Mary will blossom into hope. Soon, the true glory will reveal itself, which is undefeatable love that seeks nothing but the well-being of the beloved, unwavering faith after seeing the accomplishment of God, and unabated hope that cannot be disturbed.
Death is the mean by which glory bursts into the world, suddenly and unexpectedly. Jesus says: "If you would believe you would see the glory of God." Then, because of the faith of Martha, the bursting of glory happen; Lazarus comes out of the tomb alive! This is true glory: man unbound, alive, liberated from the shackles of death.
But is this a lie? We can easily look around ourselves and see that death is very much alive and well. How then does the resurrection of Lazarus concern us? And besides, do we really have time to bother thinking about our own death? After all the clock is ticking and we've got a life to live in the meanwhile...
The fact is, God knows we have a life to live, and wants us to live it to the fullest. God is the Lord of life. He demonstrated this when He breathed life into Adam, when He said through Ezekiel that "I will put My Spirit in you, and you shall live," when He said through Paul that "He who raised Christ from the dead will also give life to you"... Death surrounds us because of the culture of death that the world embraces. We must battle against this culture so that the life of God may flow within us. What is this culture of death? It is that which we erroneously think of as life: laying on the couch with a beer, having many belongings with insurance to boot, scrolling through social media endlessly, fighting for one's freedom according to whatever definition one has of it...
Unfortunately, if you were told that this is life, that this is what it looks like to be alive, you have been lied to, you have been deceived. For indeed, even when we have achieved this alleged freedom, this alleged fullness of life, we cannot truly feel completely liberated while sin remains, this obnoxious death within ourselves that kills us slowly but surely. At best, we do not live, rather we survive; our life progresses in decrescendo, from our birth onward our living decreases until nothing is left. But Jesus tells us that this isn't life. True life in Christ is a crescendo of living ascending toward eternal life.
Let us listen to Christ: His weeping for us, His calling us out of the tomb... He tells us, "Let Me liberate you." Let us let Him raise us up from the sin that makes us rot from the inside. Let us seek the glory of God, namely: ourselves, standing once again, to follow Him.
2023.03.26 20:49 InternetTraumatized Today's sermon, from a Catholic church
Every Sunday I give a recap of the sermon I heard at church today. I often alternate between Catholic, Protestant and Orthodox churches.
Today's readings:
Ezekiel 37:12-14
Today we cannot study every mystery contained therein, but we can investigate some of them. To begin with, Jesus says "This sickness is not unto death." Was He mistaken? Obviously it was unto death, in fact Lazarus was already dead for four days by the time Jesus reached Bethany. And He says this sickness is "for the glory of God." Again, is He mistaken, is He fooling us? Where is the glory to be found here, in a corpse that has been decaying for four days? One's representation of glory may rather be Rihanna at the Superbowl, or politicians bickering over nonsense in live debates, or soccer players being drowned by fans and journalists as they come back from their game... One's idea of glory is power, wealth, beauty, renown. It is to step out of one's private airplane and be immediately welcomed with cheers and a red carpet, something you and I are unlikely to ever know.
But if there is something we will know for sure, it is death. So again, where is the glory to be found here, in Jesus weeping over a corpse while the latter's sisters complain to Him? Well, truly, this is the precursor to true glory, the beginning, the foretaste of it. Soon, the tears of Jesus will blossom into joy. The prayers of those gathered to mourn will blossom into faith. The complaining of Martha and Mary will blossom into hope. Soon, the true glory will reveal itself, which is undefeatable love that seeks nothing but the well-being of the beloved, unwavering faith after seeing the accomplishment of God, and unabated hope that cannot be disturbed.
Death is the mean by which glory bursts into the world, suddenly and unexpectedly. Jesus says: "If you would believe you would see the glory of God." Then, because of the faith of Martha, the bursting of glory happen; Lazarus comes out of the tomb alive! This is true glory: man unbound, alive, liberated from the shackles of death.
But is this a lie? We can easily look around ourselves and see that death is very much alive and well. How then does the resurrection of Lazarus concern us? And besides, do we really have time to bother thinking about our own death? After all the clock is ticking and we've got a life to live in the meanwhile...
The fact is, God knows we have a life to live, and wants us to live it to the fullest. God is the Lord of life. He demonstrated this when He breathed life into Adam, when He said through Ezekiel that "I will put My Spirit in you, and you shall live," when He said through Paul that "He who raised Christ from the dead will also give life to you"... Death surrounds us because of the culture of death that the world embraces. We must battle against this culture so that the life of God may flow within us. What is this culture of death? It is that which we erroneously think of as life: laying on the couch with a beer, having many belongings with insurance to boot, scrolling through social media endlessly, fighting for one's freedom according to whatever definition one has of it...
Unfortunately, if you were told that this is life, that this is what it looks like to be alive, you have been lied to, you have been deceived. For indeed, even when we have achieved this alleged freedom, this alleged fullness of life, we cannot truly feel completely liberated while sin remains, this obnoxious death within ourselves that kills us slowly but surely. At best, we do not live, rather we survive; our life progresses in decrescendo, from our birth onward our living decreases until nothing is left. But Jesus tells us that this isn't life. True life in Christ is a crescendo of living ascending toward eternal life.
Let us listen to Christ: His weeping for us, His calling us out of the tomb... He tells us, "Let Me liberate you." Let us let Him raise us up from the sin that makes us rot from the inside. Let us seek the glory of God, namely: ourselves, standing once again, to follow Him.
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Ezekiel 37:12-14
Thus says the Lord God: “Behold, O My people, I will open your graves and cause you to come up from your graves, and bring you into the land of Israel. Then you shall know that I am the Lord, when I have opened your graves, O My people, and brought you up from your graves. I will put My Spirit in you, and you shall live, and I will place you in your own land. Then you shall know that I, the Lord, have spoken it and performed it,” says the Lord.Romans 8:8-11
Those who are in the flesh cannot please God. But you are not in the flesh but in the Spirit, if indeed the Spirit of God dwells in you. Now if anyone does not have the Spirit of Christ, he is not His. And if Christ is in you, the body is dead because of sin, but the Spirit is life because of righteousness. But if the Spirit of Him who raised Jesus from the dead dwells in you, He who raised Christ from the dead will also give life to your mortal bodies through His Spirit who dwells in you.John 11:1-45
Now a certain man was sick, Lazarus of Bethany, the town of Mary and her sister Martha. It was that Mary who anointed the Lord with fragrant oil and wiped His feet with her hair, whose brother Lazarus was sick. Therefore the sisters sent to Him, saying, “Lord, behold, he whom You love is sick.” When Jesus heard that, He said, “This sickness is not unto death, but for the glory of God, that the Son of God may be glorified through it.” Now Jesus loved Martha and her sister and Lazarus. So, when He heard that he was sick, He stayed two more days in the place where He was. Then after this He said to the disciples, “Let us go to Judea again.” The disciples said to Him, “Rabbi, lately the Jews sought to stone You, and are You going there again?” Jesus answered, “Are there not twelve hours in the day? If anyone walks in the day, he does not stumble, because he sees the light of this world. But if one walks in the night, he stumbles, because the light is not in him.” These things He said, and after that He said to them, “Our friend Lazarus sleeps, but I go that I may wake him up.” Then His disciples said, “Lord, if he sleeps he will get well.” However, Jesus spoke of his death, but they thought that He was speaking about taking rest in sleep. Then Jesus said to them plainly, “Lazarus is dead. And I am glad for your sakes that I was not there, that you may believe. Nevertheless let us go to him.” Then Thomas, who is called the Twin, said to his fellow disciples, “Let us also go, that we may die with Him.” So when Jesus came, He found that he had already been in the tomb four days. Now Bethany was near Jerusalem, about two miles away. And many of the Jews had joined the women around Martha and Mary, to comfort them concerning their brother. Then Martha, as soon as she heard that Jesus was coming, went and met Him, but Mary was sitting in the house. Now Martha said to Jesus, “Lord, if You had been here, my brother would not have died. But even now I know that whatever You ask of God, God will give You.” Jesus said to her, “Your brother will rise again.” Martha said to Him, “I know that he will rise again in the resurrection at the last day.” Jesus said to her, “I am the resurrection and the life. He who believes in Me, though he may die, he shall live. And whoever lives and believes in Me shall never die. Do you believe this?” She said to Him, “Yes, Lord, I believe that You are the Christ, the Son of God, who is to come into the world.” And when she had said these things, she went her way and secretly called Mary her sister, saying, “The Teacher has come and is calling for you.” As soon as she heard that, she arose quickly and came to Him. Now Jesus had not yet come into the town, but was in the place where Martha met Him. Then the Jews who were with her in the house, and comforting her, when they saw that Mary rose up quickly and went out, followed her, saying, “She is going to the tomb to weep there.” Then, when Mary came where Jesus was, and saw Him, she fell down at His feet, saying to Him, “Lord, if You had been here, my brother would not have died.” Therefore, when Jesus saw her weeping, and the Jews who came with her weeping, He groaned in the spirit and was troubled. And He said, “Where have you laid him?” They said to Him, “Lord, come and see.” Jesus wept. Then the Jews said, “See how He loved him!” And some of them said, “Could not this Man, who opened the eyes of the blind, also have kept this man from dying?” Then Jesus, again groaning in Himself, came to the tomb. It was a cave, and a stone lay against it. Jesus said, “Take away the stone.” Martha, the sister of him who was dead, said to Him, “Lord, by this time there is a stench, for he has been dead four days.” Jesus said to her, “Did I not say to you that if you would believe you would see the glory of God?” Then they took away the stone from the place where the dead man was lying. And Jesus lifted up His eyes and said, “Father, I thank You that You have heard Me. And I know that You always hear Me, but because of the people who are standing by I said this, that they may believe that You sent Me.” Now when He had said these things, He cried with a loud voice, “Lazarus, come forth!” And he who had died came out bound hand and foot with graveclothes, and his face was wrapped with a cloth. Jesus said to them, “Loose him, and let him go.” Then many of the Jews who had come to Mary, and had seen the things Jesus did, believed in Him.Today's reading was long; a shorter version was available, but since it is a Sunday morning, we may as well take our time. But, because of the length, it may be difficult to pay attention to the whole passage, and many of us probably already tuned out halfway through. So, here is a recapitulation of the reading of today: Lazarus dies, Martha and Mary complain, Jesus cries, Lazarus lives. But, this very obviously does not suffice to describe what happens there, especially not with such a passage that is so profund!
Today we cannot study every mystery contained therein, but we can investigate some of them. To begin with, Jesus says "This sickness is not unto death." Was He mistaken? Obviously it was unto death, in fact Lazarus was already dead for four days by the time Jesus reached Bethany. And He says this sickness is "for the glory of God." Again, is He mistaken, is He fooling us? Where is the glory to be found here, in a corpse that has been decaying for four days? One's representation of glory may rather be Rihanna at the Superbowl, or politicians bickering over nonsense in live debates, or soccer players being drowned by fans and journalists as they come back from their game... One's idea of glory is power, wealth, beauty, renown. It is to step out of one's private airplane and be immediately welcomed with cheers and a red carpet, something you and I are unlikely to ever know.
But if there is something we will know for sure, it is death. So again, where is the glory to be found here, in Jesus weeping over a corpse while the latter's sisters complain to Him? Well, truly, this is the precursor to true glory, the beginning, the foretaste of it. Soon, the tears of Jesus will blossom into joy. The prayers of those gathered to mourn will blossom into faith. The complaining of Martha and Mary will blossom into hope. Soon, the true glory will reveal itself, which is undefeatable love that seeks nothing but the well-being of the beloved, unwavering faith after seeing the accomplishment of God, and unabated hope that cannot be disturbed.
Death is the mean by which glory bursts into the world, suddenly and unexpectedly. Jesus says: "If you would believe you would see the glory of God." Then, because of the faith of Martha, the bursting of glory happen; Lazarus comes out of the tomb alive! This is true glory: man unbound, alive, liberated from the shackles of death.
But is this a lie? We can easily look around ourselves and see that death is very much alive and well. How then does the resurrection of Lazarus concern us? And besides, do we really have time to bother thinking about our own death? After all the clock is ticking and we've got a life to live in the meanwhile...
The fact is, God knows we have a life to live, and wants us to live it to the fullest. God is the Lord of life. He demonstrated this when He breathed life into Adam, when He said through Ezekiel that "I will put My Spirit in you, and you shall live," when He said through Paul that "He who raised Christ from the dead will also give life to you"... Death surrounds us because of the culture of death that the world embraces. We must battle against this culture so that the life of God may flow within us. What is this culture of death? It is that which we erroneously think of as life: laying on the couch with a beer, having many belongings with insurance to boot, scrolling through social media endlessly, fighting for one's freedom according to whatever definition one has of it...
Unfortunately, if you were told that this is life, that this is what it looks like to be alive, you have been lied to, you have been deceived. For indeed, even when we have achieved this alleged freedom, this alleged fullness of life, we cannot truly feel completely liberated while sin remains, this obnoxious death within ourselves that kills us slowly but surely. At best, we do not live, rather we survive; our life progresses in decrescendo, from our birth onward our living decreases until nothing is left. But Jesus tells us that this isn't life. True life in Christ is a crescendo of living ascending toward eternal life.
Let us listen to Christ: His weeping for us, His calling us out of the tomb... He tells us, "Let Me liberate you." Let us let Him raise us up from the sin that makes us rot from the inside. Let us seek the glory of God, namely: ourselves, standing once again, to follow Him.
2023.03.26 20:49 Top-Attorney2 HOW TO ACCESS MY BOYFRIEND’S/GIRLFRIEND'S WHATSAPP MESSAGES REMOTELY ON iPHONE
How to Hack WhatsApp messages and read without Access To someone’s Phone
WhatsApp hack can be easy and technical depending on your approach. If you need an easy way to hack WhatsApp without access, click here messenger easily without access to the phone click here WhatsApp is one of the most popular instant messaging applications we have now. Boasting of over 1 billion users globally, the Facebook-owned messaging platform is every smartphone user’s favorite way of communicating with people in their lives.
What makes the IM app peculiar is the exclusivity that it affords. Enabling users to operate a business account as well as a personal one, WhatsApp allows you to chat with only those you have on your phone contact list. This means you only speak to people you have a personal connection with.
This takes away the social media trend of suggesting friends and colleagues to you and keeps the power of social connection in your hands.
If you are using WhatsApp and looking for a way to read someone’s messages without their phone, then this is the right article for you. Here, we will dive deep into all you need to know to get the information that you need easily and stress-free.
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HOW TO HACK SOMEONE’S WHATSAPP USING CHROME
As we mentioned earlier, WhatsApp is one of the most popular social messaging app we have now in the world. Users can easily exchange messages, images, videos, and voice note in seconds. However, WhatsApp like all the other social media platforms have been used for not so good things.
If you want to spy on a friend, spouse, child, or even employee, there is a simple trick you can use to get this done.
How to access WhatsApp messages without access to the phone online
We all know that WhatsApp has made it possible for you to answer your messages on a web platform so you can use popular web browsers like Google Chrome to do that. However, have you imagined that this innovation can be used to get access to your friend, partner, or even child’s messages without them knowing?
Well, we will expose you to doing this. Meanwhile, before we should you how to do this you need to be aware of two things. First is that this method is not the safest means of having secured access to your target’s WhatsApp messages and another is that you will need to have physical access to the target device before anything substantial can be done.
However, if you choose to go this route, then follow these quick-fire steps religiously to get the answers to the questions you have in your mind religiously:
To begin go to web.whatsapp.com using your Chrome browser on your pc.
After that you’ll be taken to a QR code page where you will be given some instructions in order to monitor the target device.
The next step is for you to follow all instructions as provided to you and don’t forget to click the “keep me logged in” at the bottom to ensure you have access every time target comes online.
After doing this, and the target logs in, you will be able to see all their WhatsApp messages, videos, gifs, photos and any media they share with those they chat with.
This method is easy and quick to achieve but it is not entirely effective in the long-term. The first hurdle to overcome is the means of procuring the target device in the first place. If your wife or husband is super-protective of their phone, then you will need to come up with an ingenious means of getting their phone from them.
Another so pleasant truth is that the target may know that someone is going through their messages remotely (that is when you follow the instructions listed above) as messages will be marked read even when they haven’t gone through them. This can give you away.
Another is that fact that proximity is very crucial to this working out which begs the question on its effectiveness. If the user is not within a few meters to you, this may not work for the intended reasons.
Most crucial is the target may easily log you out and you end up in the dark once again. These reasons are why we want to show you a simple but effective means of spying on your partner or child’s social media messages easily without them ever finding out.
HOW TO READ SOMEONE’S WHATSAPP WITH QR CODE REMOTELY
Since we are exploring every available option of reading someone’s WhatsApp messages, another means of doing this is through a QR code. It is very similar to the Google Chrome method given that you will need to physically handle the device.
To get this done, you will have to visit the WhatsApp web platform. Then you will need to pick up the target device and open the WhatsApp app. From there, click on the three dotted lines on the top right-hand corner of the app and select ‘WhatsApp Web’ on the drop-down menu.
From there, you will be taken to a page where you will be asked to link a device. Select it and scan the QR code generated on your PC’s browser with the target phone. This will be automatically linking your PC to the target phone in a matter of seconds. Also important is that you will have to select the ‘keep me logged in’ box to always have access to the target’s WhatsApp account whenever they are near you and online.
However, as we said earlier this process is not too effective as the target can easily log you out from their device if they discover your activities. In the sections below, we will show you the best method of spying on anyone’s WhatsApp activities without them knowing.
HOW TO HACK MY HUSBANDS WHATSAPP MESSAGES
Men are tech-savvy, and it can be difficult to gain access to their phones even if they decide to keep them with you. This is because of third-party security apps or app lockers that they use to secure their phones. In fact, some of them will not show any notification unless they open the app.
This can be a huge problem for you if you suspect that he is cheating on you with someone else. But you cannot out rightly confront him without having the necessary evidence to back your claims.
To beat him at his game, you will need to turn to a superior software application called technically cell phone monitoring solutions or more generally spy apps to get you the answers that you need. Spy apps are able to monitor their messages, calls, browsing history, passwords and many other things remotely without you needing to physically handle their device.
HOW TO HACK MY WIFE’S WHATSAPP MESSAGES
To get started, you need to know some of the best spy apps to hack your wife’s WhatsApp without her knowing. One of the best which allows you to monitor her WhatsApp messages undetected. and other spy apps we will be recommending to you are easy-to-use meaning as long as you can operate a smartphone, you should be able to use them. They are also powerful gathering all the information you are searching for.
Part of spy apps capability is that you can monitor the movement of your wife right from your office. With geo-fencing capability, you will be able to know if she went somewhere that is not part of her normal working or shopping route. Once she enters an area you did not add to her location history, you will be immediately notified.
HOW TO CHECK MY HUSBAND’S WHATSAPP MESSAGES
If you want to know if your husband is promiscuous, you will need to be pretty smart to get this through the finish line. This is because some men do freeze some apps so it won’t appear on their application tray. But there is a way to be always ready for him when he decides to unfreeze them.
With Elitehackdesk, you just need to complete a three-step approach to get started.
WRITE ; [email protected] .com To do this, you have to visit their official website at to get started.
Connect with target phone. Here, it will take you through the set-up process for Elitehackdesk, on the target phone be it Android or iPhone device.
Hence, monitoring commences. Cheers!!!
CAN WE HACK WHATSAPP WITHOUT VICTIM MOBILE?
Hacking has been around for some time with some stone-age techniques like jail-breaking or rooting the device. This will get you the information you need but exposes the target device to two issues; one is that the phone’s battery and performance will be affected rendering the device useless in the long run, another is that it exposes the target device to malicious hacks or viruses.
You are just trying to get information not to destroy the phone. The best means of hacking WhatsApp without victim mobile is to use spy apps. Spy apps will get you the information without you ever needing to jail-break or root the target device.
In fact, this can be done without you even physically handling the device.
HOW TO USE SOMEONES WHATSAPP ON YOUR MOBILE
Is it possible to use someone else’s WhatsApp in your phone?
First thing of note is that WhatsApp is a private social media app unlike Facebook where you can log in any account into any device provided you know the username and password. To go this route with WhatsApp will prove futile as the person using the WhatsApp will be notified. Another problem is that WhatsApp does not use a login screen like other social media applications like Facebook and Twitter. When trying to login WhatsApp for the first time, a verification code is sent to the registered number, and without using this code, it will be impossible for you to have access to their WhatsApp on your mobile.
However, there is a way around this. Using a spy app will help you do this without stress.
HOW TO READ SOMEONE’S WHATSAPP MESSAGES WITHOUT ACCESS TO PHONE
Do you want to read someone’s WhatsApp messages without their phone? Then you are in luck. The best way to do this is through spy apps. This will keep your access to the target device 100% invisible as the target users will never know that you are being fed data from their device.
However, this only applies to certain operating systems. This works primarily if the target device is an iOS device like iPhone or iPad. Android devices will require you to complete a one-time installation of the spy software before you can spy on their WhatsApp activities.
CAN SOMEONE SEE MY WHATSAPP FROM ANOTHER PHONE?
Yes, it is possible. Someone can see your WhatsApp messages from another phone by either using a spy app or by using Chrome.
HOW TO READ OTHER PEOPLES WHATSAPP MESSAGES ON IPHONE
iPhones are known for their top-notch security as even federal agents always find it hard to gain access to a criminal’s iPhone account. However, you can still read another’s WhatsApp messages without having their phone.
To do this, you will need to only know their Apple ID and password. Once this information is in your hands, you can head to Flexispy and complete the following steps:
Create a free account on their official website.
Choose a subscription that meets your needs (they are super-affordable)
Fill in your device details (remember to select ‘iOS’ when asked for device to be monitored)
Fill in the user’s Apple ID credentials and click on ‘verify’ to gain access.
After five minutes (it may be lesser in some cases), you will be able to read their WhatsApp messages remotely.
HOW TO SPY ON WHATSAPP MESSAGES ON ANDROID FOR FREE
There are a multitude of spy apps that promise to let you spy on a target device for free. We recommend that you do not use their service. This is because majority of them are malicious malwares that want to steal your information.
However, paid spy apps may offer you a free trial to check out how the app works. You can use this window to spy on the target you want to by just downloading the software into their device. Once this is done, it will be running in the background and gathering the needed data.
To continue using the service, you will need to pay for it. We recommend you stick to a paid spy app as these companies have a reputation to preserve.
HOW CAN I MONITOR SOMEONE’S WHATSAPP MESSAGES?
Do you want to monitor someone’s WhatsApp? You can do this with easily. You can also monitor other social media apps like Facebook, Twitter, Viber, Telegram, and others through this.
HOW TO KNOW IF SOMEONE IS READING MY WHATSAPP MESSAGES REMOTELY
The best way to know if someone has read your messages behind your back is to keep your read receipt on. This will automatically notify you if someone has gone through your WhatsApp messages by ticking the blue icon.
Once, you do not remember reading that message, contact WhatsApp support to report the issue.
HOW TO HACK MY GIRLFRIEND’S WHATSAPP ACCOUNT
Do you want to hack your girlfriend’s WhatsApp? You can easily do this by using instant hacker. This will let you know who she is talking to and what they discuss about.
HOW TO HACK MY FIANCEE’S WHATSAPP WITHOUT TOUCHING IT
Are you having second thoughts about the person you want to settle down with? To know what their social media life is all about, you can just hack their WhatsApp and other social media platforms with. This will give you a bird’s eye view of what kind of friends they keep and the conversations they have.
HOW TO HACK MY BOYFRIEND’S WHATSAPP MESSAGES
Do you feel that your boyfriend is seeing someone else behind your back? use [email protected] .com
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WhatsApp hack can be easy and technical depending on your approach. If you need an easy way to hack WhatsApp without access, click here messenger easily without access to the phone click here WhatsApp is one of the most popular instant messaging applications we have now. Boasting of over 1 billion users globally, the Facebook-owned messaging platform is every smartphone user’s favorite way of communicating with people in their lives.
What makes the IM app peculiar is the exclusivity that it affords. Enabling users to operate a business account as well as a personal one, WhatsApp allows you to chat with only those you have on your phone contact list. This means you only speak to people you have a personal connection with.
This takes away the social media trend of suggesting friends and colleagues to you and keeps the power of social connection in your hands.
If you are using WhatsApp and looking for a way to read someone’s messages without their phone, then this is the right article for you. Here, we will dive deep into all you need to know to get the information that you need easily and stress-free.
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HOW TO HACK SOMEONE’S WHATSAPP USING CHROME
As we mentioned earlier, WhatsApp is one of the most popular social messaging app we have now in the world. Users can easily exchange messages, images, videos, and voice note in seconds. However, WhatsApp like all the other social media platforms have been used for not so good things.
If you want to spy on a friend, spouse, child, or even employee, there is a simple trick you can use to get this done.
How to access WhatsApp messages without access to the phone online
We all know that WhatsApp has made it possible for you to answer your messages on a web platform so you can use popular web browsers like Google Chrome to do that. However, have you imagined that this innovation can be used to get access to your friend, partner, or even child’s messages without them knowing?
Well, we will expose you to doing this. Meanwhile, before we should you how to do this you need to be aware of two things. First is that this method is not the safest means of having secured access to your target’s WhatsApp messages and another is that you will need to have physical access to the target device before anything substantial can be done.
However, if you choose to go this route, then follow these quick-fire steps religiously to get the answers to the questions you have in your mind religiously:
To begin go to web.whatsapp.com using your Chrome browser on your pc.
After that you’ll be taken to a QR code page where you will be given some instructions in order to monitor the target device.
The next step is for you to follow all instructions as provided to you and don’t forget to click the “keep me logged in” at the bottom to ensure you have access every time target comes online.
After doing this, and the target logs in, you will be able to see all their WhatsApp messages, videos, gifs, photos and any media they share with those they chat with.
This method is easy and quick to achieve but it is not entirely effective in the long-term. The first hurdle to overcome is the means of procuring the target device in the first place. If your wife or husband is super-protective of their phone, then you will need to come up with an ingenious means of getting their phone from them.
Another so pleasant truth is that the target may know that someone is going through their messages remotely (that is when you follow the instructions listed above) as messages will be marked read even when they haven’t gone through them. This can give you away.
Another is that fact that proximity is very crucial to this working out which begs the question on its effectiveness. If the user is not within a few meters to you, this may not work for the intended reasons.
Most crucial is the target may easily log you out and you end up in the dark once again. These reasons are why we want to show you a simple but effective means of spying on your partner or child’s social media messages easily without them ever finding out.
HOW TO READ SOMEONE’S WHATSAPP WITH QR CODE REMOTELY
Since we are exploring every available option of reading someone’s WhatsApp messages, another means of doing this is through a QR code. It is very similar to the Google Chrome method given that you will need to physically handle the device.
To get this done, you will have to visit the WhatsApp web platform. Then you will need to pick up the target device and open the WhatsApp app. From there, click on the three dotted lines on the top right-hand corner of the app and select ‘WhatsApp Web’ on the drop-down menu.
From there, you will be taken to a page where you will be asked to link a device. Select it and scan the QR code generated on your PC’s browser with the target phone. This will be automatically linking your PC to the target phone in a matter of seconds. Also important is that you will have to select the ‘keep me logged in’ box to always have access to the target’s WhatsApp account whenever they are near you and online.
However, as we said earlier this process is not too effective as the target can easily log you out from their device if they discover your activities. In the sections below, we will show you the best method of spying on anyone’s WhatsApp activities without them knowing.
HOW TO HACK MY HUSBANDS WHATSAPP MESSAGES
Men are tech-savvy, and it can be difficult to gain access to their phones even if they decide to keep them with you. This is because of third-party security apps or app lockers that they use to secure their phones. In fact, some of them will not show any notification unless they open the app.
This can be a huge problem for you if you suspect that he is cheating on you with someone else. But you cannot out rightly confront him without having the necessary evidence to back your claims.
To beat him at his game, you will need to turn to a superior software application called technically cell phone monitoring solutions or more generally spy apps to get you the answers that you need. Spy apps are able to monitor their messages, calls, browsing history, passwords and many other things remotely without you needing to physically handle their device.
HOW TO HACK MY WIFE’S WHATSAPP MESSAGES
To get started, you need to know some of the best spy apps to hack your wife’s WhatsApp without her knowing. One of the best which allows you to monitor her WhatsApp messages undetected. and other spy apps we will be recommending to you are easy-to-use meaning as long as you can operate a smartphone, you should be able to use them. They are also powerful gathering all the information you are searching for.
Part of spy apps capability is that you can monitor the movement of your wife right from your office. With geo-fencing capability, you will be able to know if she went somewhere that is not part of her normal working or shopping route. Once she enters an area you did not add to her location history, you will be immediately notified.
HOW TO CHECK MY HUSBAND’S WHATSAPP MESSAGES
If you want to know if your husband is promiscuous, you will need to be pretty smart to get this through the finish line. This is because some men do freeze some apps so it won’t appear on their application tray. But there is a way to be always ready for him when he decides to unfreeze them.
With Elitehackdesk, you just need to complete a three-step approach to get started.
WRITE ; [email protected] .com To do this, you have to visit their official website at to get started.
Connect with target phone. Here, it will take you through the set-up process for Elitehackdesk, on the target phone be it Android or iPhone device.
Hence, monitoring commences. Cheers!!!
CAN WE HACK WHATSAPP WITHOUT VICTIM MOBILE?
Hacking has been around for some time with some stone-age techniques like jail-breaking or rooting the device. This will get you the information you need but exposes the target device to two issues; one is that the phone’s battery and performance will be affected rendering the device useless in the long run, another is that it exposes the target device to malicious hacks or viruses.
You are just trying to get information not to destroy the phone. The best means of hacking WhatsApp without victim mobile is to use spy apps. Spy apps will get you the information without you ever needing to jail-break or root the target device.
In fact, this can be done without you even physically handling the device.
HOW TO USE SOMEONES WHATSAPP ON YOUR MOBILE
Is it possible to use someone else’s WhatsApp in your phone?
First thing of note is that WhatsApp is a private social media app unlike Facebook where you can log in any account into any device provided you know the username and password. To go this route with WhatsApp will prove futile as the person using the WhatsApp will be notified. Another problem is that WhatsApp does not use a login screen like other social media applications like Facebook and Twitter. When trying to login WhatsApp for the first time, a verification code is sent to the registered number, and without using this code, it will be impossible for you to have access to their WhatsApp on your mobile.
However, there is a way around this. Using a spy app will help you do this without stress.
HOW TO READ SOMEONE’S WHATSAPP MESSAGES WITHOUT ACCESS TO PHONE
Do you want to read someone’s WhatsApp messages without their phone? Then you are in luck. The best way to do this is through spy apps. This will keep your access to the target device 100% invisible as the target users will never know that you are being fed data from their device.
However, this only applies to certain operating systems. This works primarily if the target device is an iOS device like iPhone or iPad. Android devices will require you to complete a one-time installation of the spy software before you can spy on their WhatsApp activities.
CAN SOMEONE SEE MY WHATSAPP FROM ANOTHER PHONE?
Yes, it is possible. Someone can see your WhatsApp messages from another phone by either using a spy app or by using Chrome.
HOW TO READ OTHER PEOPLES WHATSAPP MESSAGES ON IPHONE
iPhones are known for their top-notch security as even federal agents always find it hard to gain access to a criminal’s iPhone account. However, you can still read another’s WhatsApp messages without having their phone.
To do this, you will need to only know their Apple ID and password. Once this information is in your hands, you can head to Flexispy and complete the following steps:
Create a free account on their official website.
Choose a subscription that meets your needs (they are super-affordable)
Fill in your device details (remember to select ‘iOS’ when asked for device to be monitored)
Fill in the user’s Apple ID credentials and click on ‘verify’ to gain access.
After five minutes (it may be lesser in some cases), you will be able to read their WhatsApp messages remotely.
HOW TO SPY ON WHATSAPP MESSAGES ON ANDROID FOR FREE
There are a multitude of spy apps that promise to let you spy on a target device for free. We recommend that you do not use their service. This is because majority of them are malicious malwares that want to steal your information.
However, paid spy apps may offer you a free trial to check out how the app works. You can use this window to spy on the target you want to by just downloading the software into their device. Once this is done, it will be running in the background and gathering the needed data.
To continue using the service, you will need to pay for it. We recommend you stick to a paid spy app as these companies have a reputation to preserve.
HOW CAN I MONITOR SOMEONE’S WHATSAPP MESSAGES?
Do you want to monitor someone’s WhatsApp? You can do this with easily. You can also monitor other social media apps like Facebook, Twitter, Viber, Telegram, and others through this.
HOW TO KNOW IF SOMEONE IS READING MY WHATSAPP MESSAGES REMOTELY
The best way to know if someone has read your messages behind your back is to keep your read receipt on. This will automatically notify you if someone has gone through your WhatsApp messages by ticking the blue icon.
Once, you do not remember reading that message, contact WhatsApp support to report the issue.
HOW TO HACK MY GIRLFRIEND’S WHATSAPP ACCOUNT
Do you want to hack your girlfriend’s WhatsApp? You can easily do this by using instant hacker. This will let you know who she is talking to and what they discuss about.
HOW TO HACK MY FIANCEE’S WHATSAPP WITHOUT TOUCHING IT
Are you having second thoughts about the person you want to settle down with? To know what their social media life is all about, you can just hack their WhatsApp and other social media platforms with. This will give you a bird’s eye view of what kind of friends they keep and the conversations they have.
HOW TO HACK MY BOYFRIEND’S WHATSAPP MESSAGES
Do you feel that your boyfriend is seeing someone else behind your back? use [email protected] .com
2023.03.26 20:48 xdooper-doo Im so tired and angry
So I’m coming up on 2 years at Starbucks in November and I’m frankly just amazed at how the store I work at still runs with how it’s managed. I don’t even fully want to blame my SM cause she’s kept from doing stuff because of our DM but it’s gotten to the point where it’s just ridiculous. I have now gone in to my last two shifts with crying coworkers and SSs for not being able to pay bills due to lack of hours. We have to SMs in training/ assistant managers at our store that get 40 hours each and they just cut our hours. So none of the regular staff is getting enough hours and are told the solution id to pick up shifts at other stores or ones offered at ours last minute which doesn’t work for most people as people shouldn’t and most times can’t pick up shifts like that due to having other life obligations. These last two shifts of mine we’ve also been severely understaffed to the point of last night having an hour and a half close vs. a normal 30 min close. We had 4 people from 6:30-8 and 3 from 8-9:30 till we close. My shift got barely any of their tills done or other SS stuff because of needing to be on the floor since it was so steady and two people couldn’t handle it and we still had last 15s to run as well as my SS not getting her last 15. The store was an absolute mess by the time we actually closed and most of cold bar wasn’t done one of the ovens wasn’t cleaned, none of cafe, bathrooms half done, machines no where’s near done, mountain of dishes, donations and more. We couldn’t even take garbages out as we’re supposed to (which is 2 people in store and 2 go together to take them out) and had to take them out after we clocked out. My SS cried multiple times and the only reason I didn’t was because I was more angry then sad/anxious. We did nearly as much sales as the morning shift with 5000 to their 7000 for over 12000 in total. This would’ve been the outcome last Saturday too if we were as busy. I’m just angry that an ai is deciding when we’re over staffed and understaffed and how much labour we get and what shifts we get. We’re the busiest location in my city, in my province and in the whole Atlantic Canada region and yet we have 3 people for and hour and half before close on Saturday, our busiest day. I hate being told by someone that we’re not ‘actually’ understaffed in the system and that we’re actually over on labour when I see my night shifts and staff being worked to the point of them constantly being sick and tired. They are so burnout yet get no help or support from morning shifts or our SM. We often get complaints from morning staff when we didn’t do enough at night when we’re understaffed and busy. An ai can’t account for how busy we actually get and how much labour we actually need. We’re an outlier! Shouldn’t we be afforded some extra labour? An ai also can’t account for the staff that’s struggling to pay bills and by their daughter a bday cake (real btw, had a SS not be able to buy a cake due to not enough hours). Starbucks is a multi-billion dollar profiting company yet can’t afford to pay us a living wage or enough labour hours to actually run our stores. I feel so taken advantage of and in general just can’t get over how slimy Starbucks is for thinking that it’s ok to care about profit this much over staff happiness and health. Not to mention the weekly customer that goes nuclear on us, seeing my SM talking about other staff behind their back, after complaining about how Night Shift staff gets treated and how shitty out nights go due to staffing and resources only to be told we’re creating a negative work environment and forcing us to stop talking about it, this led to some staff going full compliance mode and not doing anything beyond what was technically required which I’m fine with but then it creates a situation where we’re closing later or not getting enough done and other people are working harder to compensate since we need to go beyond what’s normal to actually get out on time or not have an hour long close anyways. We’ve had our headsets reprogrammed to be hold to talk to staff so we don’t use them to talk to much anymore, like what’s the point of that, now we have to stop and talk instead of being able to talk and do tasks. I had an time not long ago where we almost had to close the store because our SS (she was sick also) wasn’t scheduled to close and the other SS that was went home sick, so another SS had to come in to close and she was so sick I was worried she was going to pass out. Those three were some of our only night SSs. I’m sorry this is a novel at this point but I just need to get this out there and if anyone has any suggestions on things I can do or ways I can maybe put this on blast then I’m all ears. I’m tired of seeing fixable solutions that have the power to be fixed but then being stopped by corporate greed and a stupid ai that doesn’t even work.
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2023.03.26 20:47 ch4oswe4ver Infinite multiplayer damage model question
So, the current event is "Lone Wolves" FFA. I usually didn't play a lot of FFA before this, so it's re-inforced some things that I think I've noticed in the damage model.
To me it appears that players take less damage the lower their shields/health are. This is anecdotal, but for example it seems that regardless of weapon, is that when you drop another player's shields it takes a LOT of ammo to kill them, EXCEPT for a headshot with capable weapons. For example, you can drop a player's shields with a Sidekick in roughly half a magazine, but then it takes at least a whole magazine to kill them as an unshielded "soft target".
The Mangler is even more apparent, as you can drop their shields with 2 shots, but then it takes at least another 3 shots to them unshielded to kill them (or of course one headshot). I'm trying not to be salty of course, but I'm beginning to get a little frustrated by this as a console/controller player, because it is exponentially more difficult to get headshots with a controller, especially the closer you get to another player as is usually what happens in an engagement in Halo Infinite, as they straffe from side to side, going from one end of my field of view (95 degrees on my settings) to the other in less than a second. It's what's leading to the lion's share of my lost engagements and assist medal spam, especially in FFA. It's also confusing to me as a legacy Halo player that every weapon behaves this way. Previously, plasma weapons were quick to break shields, but weaker against unshielded targets, where kinetic weapons were weaker against shields but were much better at taking out unshielded targets. I know the water has been muddied now by the addition of whole new classes of weapons, but I would think the 'shock' weapons would take on the properties of the plasma weapons. The disrupter does actually behave that way to some extent, save for its damage-over-time feature.
Does anyone else notice this or have insight into how everyone else I face is able to overcome this nearly every engagement? There is of course the option to try to close the gap and melee them, but melee lunge is very inconsistent, much of the time leaving me swinging in the air while rendering me unarmed for a fatal 2 seconds.
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To me it appears that players take less damage the lower their shields/health are. This is anecdotal, but for example it seems that regardless of weapon, is that when you drop another player's shields it takes a LOT of ammo to kill them, EXCEPT for a headshot with capable weapons. For example, you can drop a player's shields with a Sidekick in roughly half a magazine, but then it takes at least a whole magazine to kill them as an unshielded "soft target".
The Mangler is even more apparent, as you can drop their shields with 2 shots, but then it takes at least another 3 shots to them unshielded to kill them (or of course one headshot). I'm trying not to be salty of course, but I'm beginning to get a little frustrated by this as a console/controller player, because it is exponentially more difficult to get headshots with a controller, especially the closer you get to another player as is usually what happens in an engagement in Halo Infinite, as they straffe from side to side, going from one end of my field of view (95 degrees on my settings) to the other in less than a second. It's what's leading to the lion's share of my lost engagements and assist medal spam, especially in FFA. It's also confusing to me as a legacy Halo player that every weapon behaves this way. Previously, plasma weapons were quick to break shields, but weaker against unshielded targets, where kinetic weapons were weaker against shields but were much better at taking out unshielded targets. I know the water has been muddied now by the addition of whole new classes of weapons, but I would think the 'shock' weapons would take on the properties of the plasma weapons. The disrupter does actually behave that way to some extent, save for its damage-over-time feature.
Does anyone else notice this or have insight into how everyone else I face is able to overcome this nearly every engagement? There is of course the option to try to close the gap and melee them, but melee lunge is very inconsistent, much of the time leaving me swinging in the air while rendering me unarmed for a fatal 2 seconds.
2023.03.26 20:47 ExoticaTikiRoom Rodeo Austin: Recap and Payouts
BY BRETT NIERENGARTEN @PRORODEOBRETT
Rodeo Austin paid nearly $600,000 and that included a guaranteed payday of at least $9,870 for all eight of the champions.
In the Finals, fans at the Travis County Expo Center were treated to an arena-record tying steer wrestling run, a 90-pointer to win the bronc riding by a World Champion, and a Top 3 tie-down roper closing the gap on No. 1 with the fastest run of the rodeo. Stan Branco saved the fastest run of the steer wrestling for the Finals when he was 3.2 seconds to win the rodeo.
The Top 4 cowboys in the Finals were all 4 seconds flat or faster. The steer wrestling as a whole was fast in Austin, there were 17 times of 4 seconds flat or faster.
“It’s amazing (to win this rodeo),” Branco said. “I didn’t think I was going to make it back with a 4.2 in the last round. I figured I’d try to put as much pressure (on the rest of the competition) as I could and it worked out.”
In saddle bronc riding, Stetson Wright was the star of the show and it was not just because he went 90 in the Short Round. He was 88 on his first two rides, which won him first in the Qualifying Round and second in the Semifinals. Wright left Austin with almost $18,000.
“It was for sure a dog fight, he was trying to rip my head off the moment I nodded,” Wright said of Brutus, the Andrews Rodeo horse he matched up with in the Finals.
Tie-down roper Hunter Herrin was 7.1 seconds in the Finals to cap off a stellar week in Austin in which he was also 7.7 to split first in the Semifinals with Cory Solomon. Herrin will move back to No. 2 in the PRCA World Standings following a victory that paid him nearly $14,000 in total.
“I was able to get a great start and my calf was really good too,” Herrin said after the Finals. “I just was fortunate not beat myself.”
The other Rodeo Austin champions were Keenan Hayes in the bareback riding (86.5 points), Jeff Flenniken/Tyler Worley in team roping (5.2 seconds), Amanda Welsh in barrel racing (14.88 seconds), Jace Trosclair in bull riding (87.5 points) and Sawyer Gilbert in the breakaway roping (2.2 seconds).
BAREBACK RIDING
Semifinal Playoffs: 1. Leighton Berry, 89 points on Beutler & Son Rodeo’s Bar Talk, $4,594; 2. Keenan Hayes, 88, $3,995; 3. (tie) Garrett Shadbolt, Cooper Cooke and Rocker Steiner, 86.5, $2,797 each; 6. Kody Lamb, 86, $1,598; 7. Chad Rutherford, 84.5, $999; 8. Sam Petersen, 84, $400.
Finals: 1. Keenan Hayes, 86.5 points on Beutler & Son Rodeo’s Black Kat, $9,870; 2. (tie) Leighton Berry and Sam Petersen, 84, $6,385 each; 4. Kody Lamb, 83.5, $2,350.
STEER WRESTLING
Semifinal Playoffs: 1. Kyle Irwin, 3.5 seconds, $4,594; 2. Joshua Hefner, 3.6, $3,995; 3. (tie) Stephen Culling and Mike McGinn, 3.7, $3,096 each; 5. Levi Rudd, 3.8, $2,197; 6. Dalton Massey, 3.9, $1,598; 7. Landris White, 4.1, $999; 8. Stan Branco, 4.2, $400.
Finals: 1. Stan Branco, 3.2 seconds, $9,870; 2. Stephen Culling, 3.6, $7,520; 3. Landris White, 3.7, $5,250; 4. Dalton Massey, 4.0, $2,350.
TEAM ROPING
Semifinal Playoffs: 1. Luke Brown/Hunter Koch, 4.7 seconds, $4,594 each; 2. Cash Duty/Sid Sporer, 4.8, $3,995; 3. Payden Emmett/Lucas Falconer, 4.9, $3,396; 4. Aaron Tsinigine/Kyle Lockett, 5.0, $2,797; 5. Jeff Flenniken/Tyler Worley, 5.6, $2,197; 6. J.C. Yeahquo/L.J. Yeahquo, 5.9, $1,598; 7. Tanner Tomlinson/Patrick Smith, 6.6, $999; 8. Clay Smith/Jake Long, 9.0, $400.
Finals: 1. Jeff Flenniken/Tyler Worley, 5.2 seconds, $9,870 each; 2. Luke Brown/Hunter Koch, 5.3, $7,520; 3. Payden Emmett/Lucas Falconer, 5.4, $5,250; 4. Tanner Tomlinson/Patrick Smith, 9.4, $2,350.
SADDLE BRONC RIDING
Semifinal Playoffs: 1. Zeke Thurston, 91.5 points on Andrews Rodeo’s All Or Nothing, $4,594; 2. Stetson Dell Wright, 88, $3,995; 3. Dawson Hay, 87.5, $3,396; 4. (tie) Quinten Taylor and Ryder Wright, 87, $2,497 each; 6. Tanner Butner, 86.5, $1,598; 7. (tie) Wyatt Casper and Damian Brennan, 85.5, $699 each.
Finals: 1. Stetson Dell Wright, 90 points on Andrews Rodeo’s Brutus, $9,870; 2. (tie) Zeke Thurston, Tanner Butner, Quinten Taylor and Wyatt Casper, 88, $3,780 each.
TIE-DOWN ROPING
Semifinal Playoffs: 1. (tie) Cory Solomon and Hunter Herrin, 7.7 seconds, $4,295 each; 3. Riley Mason Webb, 8.0, $3,396; 4. Dylan Hancock, 8.2, $2,797; 5. (tie) Tuf Case Cooper and Clint Singleton, 8.6, $1,898 each; 7. Beau Cooper, 8.7, $999; 8. Bo Pickett, 8.8, $400.
Finals: 1. Hunter Herrin, 7.1 seconds, $9,870; 2. Riley Mason Webb, 7.3, $7,520; 3. Beau Cooper, 7.8, $5,250; 4. Tuf Case Cooper, 7.9, $2,350.
BARREL RACING
Semifinal Playoffs: 1. Jordon Briggs, 14.78 seconds, $4,594; 2. Jessica Routier, 14.93, $3,995; 3. Presley Smith, 14.95, $3,396; 4. Amanda Welsh, 14.97, $2,797; 5. Rachelle Riggers, 15.00, $2,197; 6. Brittany Pozzi Tonozzi, 15.01, $1,598; 7. Stephanie Fryar, 15.02, $999; 8. (tie) BryAnna Haluptzok and Tiany Schuster, 15.07, $200 each.
Finals: 1. Amanda Welsh, 14.88 seconds, $9,870; 2. Brittany Pozzi Tonozzi, 14.96, $7,520; 3. Presley Smith, 14.97, $5,250; 4. Jessica Routier, 14.98, $2,350.
BULL RIDING
Semifinal Playoffs: 1. Josh Frost, 86.5 points on Andrews Rodeo’s Crazy Heart, $5,194; 2. Tyler Bingham, 85.5, $4,594; 3. Zach Miles, 84, $3,995; 4. (tie) Kase Hitt and Trey Holston, 82, $3,096 each; no other qualified rides.
Finals: 1. Jace Trosclair, 87.5 points on Andrews Rodeo’s Wild Onion, $9,870; 2. Mazinho Jeremias, 86.5, $7,520; 3. Tyler Bingham, 86, $5,250; 4. Josh Frost, 83, $2,350. *(all totals include ground money).
BREAKAWAY ROPING
Semifinal Playoffs: 1. Joey Williams, 2.0 seconds, $4,594; 2. Brooke Rogers, 2.1, $3,995; 3. Martha Angelone, 2.2, $3,396; 4. Sarah Angelone, 2.7, $2,797; 5. Heather McLaughlin, 3.1, $2,197; 6. Hali Williams, 3.2, $1,598; 7. (tie) Sawyer Gilbert and Lynn Smith, 3.4, $699 each.
Finals: 1. Sawyer Gilbert, 2.2 seconds, $9,870; 2. Martha Angelone, 2.5, $7,520; 3. Joey Williams, 2.8, $5,250; 4. Lynn Smith, 12.4, $2,350.
https://www.thecowboychannel.com/rodeo-austin-recap-and-payouts
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Rodeo Austin paid nearly $600,000 and that included a guaranteed payday of at least $9,870 for all eight of the champions.
In the Finals, fans at the Travis County Expo Center were treated to an arena-record tying steer wrestling run, a 90-pointer to win the bronc riding by a World Champion, and a Top 3 tie-down roper closing the gap on No. 1 with the fastest run of the rodeo. Stan Branco saved the fastest run of the steer wrestling for the Finals when he was 3.2 seconds to win the rodeo.
The Top 4 cowboys in the Finals were all 4 seconds flat or faster. The steer wrestling as a whole was fast in Austin, there were 17 times of 4 seconds flat or faster.
“It’s amazing (to win this rodeo),” Branco said. “I didn’t think I was going to make it back with a 4.2 in the last round. I figured I’d try to put as much pressure (on the rest of the competition) as I could and it worked out.”
In saddle bronc riding, Stetson Wright was the star of the show and it was not just because he went 90 in the Short Round. He was 88 on his first two rides, which won him first in the Qualifying Round and second in the Semifinals. Wright left Austin with almost $18,000.
“It was for sure a dog fight, he was trying to rip my head off the moment I nodded,” Wright said of Brutus, the Andrews Rodeo horse he matched up with in the Finals.
Tie-down roper Hunter Herrin was 7.1 seconds in the Finals to cap off a stellar week in Austin in which he was also 7.7 to split first in the Semifinals with Cory Solomon. Herrin will move back to No. 2 in the PRCA World Standings following a victory that paid him nearly $14,000 in total.
“I was able to get a great start and my calf was really good too,” Herrin said after the Finals. “I just was fortunate not beat myself.”
The other Rodeo Austin champions were Keenan Hayes in the bareback riding (86.5 points), Jeff Flenniken/Tyler Worley in team roping (5.2 seconds), Amanda Welsh in barrel racing (14.88 seconds), Jace Trosclair in bull riding (87.5 points) and Sawyer Gilbert in the breakaway roping (2.2 seconds).
BAREBACK RIDING
Semifinal Playoffs: 1. Leighton Berry, 89 points on Beutler & Son Rodeo’s Bar Talk, $4,594; 2. Keenan Hayes, 88, $3,995; 3. (tie) Garrett Shadbolt, Cooper Cooke and Rocker Steiner, 86.5, $2,797 each; 6. Kody Lamb, 86, $1,598; 7. Chad Rutherford, 84.5, $999; 8. Sam Petersen, 84, $400.
Finals: 1. Keenan Hayes, 86.5 points on Beutler & Son Rodeo’s Black Kat, $9,870; 2. (tie) Leighton Berry and Sam Petersen, 84, $6,385 each; 4. Kody Lamb, 83.5, $2,350.
STEER WRESTLING
Semifinal Playoffs: 1. Kyle Irwin, 3.5 seconds, $4,594; 2. Joshua Hefner, 3.6, $3,995; 3. (tie) Stephen Culling and Mike McGinn, 3.7, $3,096 each; 5. Levi Rudd, 3.8, $2,197; 6. Dalton Massey, 3.9, $1,598; 7. Landris White, 4.1, $999; 8. Stan Branco, 4.2, $400.
Finals: 1. Stan Branco, 3.2 seconds, $9,870; 2. Stephen Culling, 3.6, $7,520; 3. Landris White, 3.7, $5,250; 4. Dalton Massey, 4.0, $2,350.
TEAM ROPING
Semifinal Playoffs: 1. Luke Brown/Hunter Koch, 4.7 seconds, $4,594 each; 2. Cash Duty/Sid Sporer, 4.8, $3,995; 3. Payden Emmett/Lucas Falconer, 4.9, $3,396; 4. Aaron Tsinigine/Kyle Lockett, 5.0, $2,797; 5. Jeff Flenniken/Tyler Worley, 5.6, $2,197; 6. J.C. Yeahquo/L.J. Yeahquo, 5.9, $1,598; 7. Tanner Tomlinson/Patrick Smith, 6.6, $999; 8. Clay Smith/Jake Long, 9.0, $400.
Finals: 1. Jeff Flenniken/Tyler Worley, 5.2 seconds, $9,870 each; 2. Luke Brown/Hunter Koch, 5.3, $7,520; 3. Payden Emmett/Lucas Falconer, 5.4, $5,250; 4. Tanner Tomlinson/Patrick Smith, 9.4, $2,350.
SADDLE BRONC RIDING
Semifinal Playoffs: 1. Zeke Thurston, 91.5 points on Andrews Rodeo’s All Or Nothing, $4,594; 2. Stetson Dell Wright, 88, $3,995; 3. Dawson Hay, 87.5, $3,396; 4. (tie) Quinten Taylor and Ryder Wright, 87, $2,497 each; 6. Tanner Butner, 86.5, $1,598; 7. (tie) Wyatt Casper and Damian Brennan, 85.5, $699 each.
Finals: 1. Stetson Dell Wright, 90 points on Andrews Rodeo’s Brutus, $9,870; 2. (tie) Zeke Thurston, Tanner Butner, Quinten Taylor and Wyatt Casper, 88, $3,780 each.
TIE-DOWN ROPING
Semifinal Playoffs: 1. (tie) Cory Solomon and Hunter Herrin, 7.7 seconds, $4,295 each; 3. Riley Mason Webb, 8.0, $3,396; 4. Dylan Hancock, 8.2, $2,797; 5. (tie) Tuf Case Cooper and Clint Singleton, 8.6, $1,898 each; 7. Beau Cooper, 8.7, $999; 8. Bo Pickett, 8.8, $400.
Finals: 1. Hunter Herrin, 7.1 seconds, $9,870; 2. Riley Mason Webb, 7.3, $7,520; 3. Beau Cooper, 7.8, $5,250; 4. Tuf Case Cooper, 7.9, $2,350.
BARREL RACING
Semifinal Playoffs: 1. Jordon Briggs, 14.78 seconds, $4,594; 2. Jessica Routier, 14.93, $3,995; 3. Presley Smith, 14.95, $3,396; 4. Amanda Welsh, 14.97, $2,797; 5. Rachelle Riggers, 15.00, $2,197; 6. Brittany Pozzi Tonozzi, 15.01, $1,598; 7. Stephanie Fryar, 15.02, $999; 8. (tie) BryAnna Haluptzok and Tiany Schuster, 15.07, $200 each.
Finals: 1. Amanda Welsh, 14.88 seconds, $9,870; 2. Brittany Pozzi Tonozzi, 14.96, $7,520; 3. Presley Smith, 14.97, $5,250; 4. Jessica Routier, 14.98, $2,350.
BULL RIDING
Semifinal Playoffs: 1. Josh Frost, 86.5 points on Andrews Rodeo’s Crazy Heart, $5,194; 2. Tyler Bingham, 85.5, $4,594; 3. Zach Miles, 84, $3,995; 4. (tie) Kase Hitt and Trey Holston, 82, $3,096 each; no other qualified rides.
Finals: 1. Jace Trosclair, 87.5 points on Andrews Rodeo’s Wild Onion, $9,870; 2. Mazinho Jeremias, 86.5, $7,520; 3. Tyler Bingham, 86, $5,250; 4. Josh Frost, 83, $2,350. *(all totals include ground money).
BREAKAWAY ROPING
Semifinal Playoffs: 1. Joey Williams, 2.0 seconds, $4,594; 2. Brooke Rogers, 2.1, $3,995; 3. Martha Angelone, 2.2, $3,396; 4. Sarah Angelone, 2.7, $2,797; 5. Heather McLaughlin, 3.1, $2,197; 6. Hali Williams, 3.2, $1,598; 7. (tie) Sawyer Gilbert and Lynn Smith, 3.4, $699 each.
Finals: 1. Sawyer Gilbert, 2.2 seconds, $9,870; 2. Martha Angelone, 2.5, $7,520; 3. Joey Williams, 2.8, $5,250; 4. Lynn Smith, 12.4, $2,350.
https://www.thecowboychannel.com/rodeo-austin-recap-and-payouts
2023.03.26 20:47 Minimum_Fudge2734 Kind of in love with my trainer—need advice and to get this off my chest
Using a throwaway account because I’m active on this sub on my main account.
TL;DR I’ve fallen hard for my trainer. What started as a fun crush has become sometimes distressing. I need advice on how to get over it, if I should move barns, or what on earth I should do. There are things I don’t love at my current barn but I have limited options to move. My husband is amused and says to wait it out but it’s been almost a year.
I’m a (non-monogamously married) queer woman in my late 20s and started riding at my current barn about a year ago. Six months before that, I moved across the country from a major liberal city to a more rural state that’s notoriously socially insular. I struggled to find the right barn when I moved and getting settled into my current one was a godsend. There aren’t many options for my discipline within reasonable driving distance of my house and I took lessons at three places before finding my current barn. My riding has improved greatly, I’m paired with a horse I love, and I’ve finally made some real friends including getting adopted by some self-proclaimed townies. I’ve been half-leasing a horse for the last year who I am purchasing this month.
I noticed I was drawn to my trainer right away and chalked that up to finding a good fit. We really click in a lot of ways. About three months in I realized I was actually extremely attracted to her. (Our arena was being graded and she asked me if I wanted to spend a morning building a derby course with her in the field, and it felt like the hottest thing I’d ever been asked.) I spent the summer amused with myself for the attraction and wondering if she herself was straight—harmless curiosity but a few signs pointed to no and the sleuthing became a light ongoing joke with my best horse friend from back home. The attraction wasn’t getting in the way of my lessons and while it slowly turned into more of a crush, it didn’t feel like it negatively affected my barn time. We hung out a few times outside of the barn and had a lot of fun and I always came home glowing.
In a lesson this fall, we wound up discussing mental health and shared that we both have the same uncommon but not rare mental health disorder. While we were talking about personal things, I decided to just ask outright if she was straight because I was curious. She laughed and told me she’s bi, and that she was actually looking for a relationship with a woman before winding up with her new boyfriend, stationed nearby in the military. Since then, we’ve been able to tickle each other’s humor with very specific queer and mental health related jokes. We make each other laugh very hard and the jokes and conversations feel especially connecting.
We’ve developed a sweet friendship. We’ve bonded over flowers and art too—she went to art school and is a gardener, and I’ve been making collages out of pressed flowers. We discuss techniques and she’s offered me flowers from her garden several times. I gave her an herbal tarot deck for her birthday, and for mine she gave me flower seeds that she thought would be good for drying. She’s brought up a couple times that she wants to take me for “a dessert date” at a dessert bar near me. She likes fine alcohols and I travel to far flung locations for work so I bring her back a bottle of something nice from my travels. And we often hang out in the barn aisle shooting the shit after my lessons.
I really wish with all my heart that I could accept this as a wonderful friendship and maintain an otherwise equestrian relationship. It’s been almost a year though and my feelings keep growing. It hasn’t gotten in the way of my lessons and showing, but the crush has started to feel painful and it’s giving me anxiety. I’m also feeling anxious about the idea of her picking up on the crush. I don’t want to make her uncomfortable in her place of work/home, and there’s a lot to be said about the trainestudent dynamic and professional/client dynamic and how inappropriate it would be for me to come onto her. There have been zero signs I’ve made her uncomfortable so far but it’s a concern.
It feels mutual, but I’m also aware of my wishful thinking. My husband thinks she is into me based on observing us interact at the barn. If this were a more straight forward situation, I’d probably have a direct conversation about it. Without the trainer dynamic and existing relationships, it feels like two queer women dancing around a budding situation.
On to the horse aspect:
There are a few things about the barn that I don’t love, including her coaching sometimes. A few examples: I disagree with some of her methods and don’t feel like she provides enough feedback and support at shows. It’s a full-care barn and they barely use any bedding in the stalls, and the horses have less access to hay when stalled (4/5pm-8am) than I’d prefer. Moving my horse outside full time isn’t an option. We’re stuck in a small indoor arena for about half the year and the footing isn’t great.
However my options to move are limited. There aren’t many other huntejumper barns in the area and I don’t like the trainers of the few within an hour drive. There is one facility an hour away that provides top notch care but is out of budget and would be about 40% more than I currently pay. It’s also been really hard to make friends in my new state and I value my current barn community so deeply—the idea of starting over sounds awful.
My husband and I are buying a house in the next 2-3 years (crossed fingers) but in a different part of the state. I will almost certainly have to switch facilities then.
So, what do I do? Are the factors of less-than-ideal care and my feelings for my trainer enough that I should look into switching barns in earnest? Do I just need to keep sucking it up and hope my feelings change? How do I get over this crush??
Thank you for reading.
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TL;DR I’ve fallen hard for my trainer. What started as a fun crush has become sometimes distressing. I need advice on how to get over it, if I should move barns, or what on earth I should do. There are things I don’t love at my current barn but I have limited options to move. My husband is amused and says to wait it out but it’s been almost a year.
I’m a (non-monogamously married) queer woman in my late 20s and started riding at my current barn about a year ago. Six months before that, I moved across the country from a major liberal city to a more rural state that’s notoriously socially insular. I struggled to find the right barn when I moved and getting settled into my current one was a godsend. There aren’t many options for my discipline within reasonable driving distance of my house and I took lessons at three places before finding my current barn. My riding has improved greatly, I’m paired with a horse I love, and I’ve finally made some real friends including getting adopted by some self-proclaimed townies. I’ve been half-leasing a horse for the last year who I am purchasing this month.
I noticed I was drawn to my trainer right away and chalked that up to finding a good fit. We really click in a lot of ways. About three months in I realized I was actually extremely attracted to her. (Our arena was being graded and she asked me if I wanted to spend a morning building a derby course with her in the field, and it felt like the hottest thing I’d ever been asked.) I spent the summer amused with myself for the attraction and wondering if she herself was straight—harmless curiosity but a few signs pointed to no and the sleuthing became a light ongoing joke with my best horse friend from back home. The attraction wasn’t getting in the way of my lessons and while it slowly turned into more of a crush, it didn’t feel like it negatively affected my barn time. We hung out a few times outside of the barn and had a lot of fun and I always came home glowing.
In a lesson this fall, we wound up discussing mental health and shared that we both have the same uncommon but not rare mental health disorder. While we were talking about personal things, I decided to just ask outright if she was straight because I was curious. She laughed and told me she’s bi, and that she was actually looking for a relationship with a woman before winding up with her new boyfriend, stationed nearby in the military. Since then, we’ve been able to tickle each other’s humor with very specific queer and mental health related jokes. We make each other laugh very hard and the jokes and conversations feel especially connecting.
We’ve developed a sweet friendship. We’ve bonded over flowers and art too—she went to art school and is a gardener, and I’ve been making collages out of pressed flowers. We discuss techniques and she’s offered me flowers from her garden several times. I gave her an herbal tarot deck for her birthday, and for mine she gave me flower seeds that she thought would be good for drying. She’s brought up a couple times that she wants to take me for “a dessert date” at a dessert bar near me. She likes fine alcohols and I travel to far flung locations for work so I bring her back a bottle of something nice from my travels. And we often hang out in the barn aisle shooting the shit after my lessons.
I really wish with all my heart that I could accept this as a wonderful friendship and maintain an otherwise equestrian relationship. It’s been almost a year though and my feelings keep growing. It hasn’t gotten in the way of my lessons and showing, but the crush has started to feel painful and it’s giving me anxiety. I’m also feeling anxious about the idea of her picking up on the crush. I don’t want to make her uncomfortable in her place of work/home, and there’s a lot to be said about the trainestudent dynamic and professional/client dynamic and how inappropriate it would be for me to come onto her. There have been zero signs I’ve made her uncomfortable so far but it’s a concern.
It feels mutual, but I’m also aware of my wishful thinking. My husband thinks she is into me based on observing us interact at the barn. If this were a more straight forward situation, I’d probably have a direct conversation about it. Without the trainer dynamic and existing relationships, it feels like two queer women dancing around a budding situation.
On to the horse aspect:
There are a few things about the barn that I don’t love, including her coaching sometimes. A few examples: I disagree with some of her methods and don’t feel like she provides enough feedback and support at shows. It’s a full-care barn and they barely use any bedding in the stalls, and the horses have less access to hay when stalled (4/5pm-8am) than I’d prefer. Moving my horse outside full time isn’t an option. We’re stuck in a small indoor arena for about half the year and the footing isn’t great.
However my options to move are limited. There aren’t many other huntejumper barns in the area and I don’t like the trainers of the few within an hour drive. There is one facility an hour away that provides top notch care but is out of budget and would be about 40% more than I currently pay. It’s also been really hard to make friends in my new state and I value my current barn community so deeply—the idea of starting over sounds awful.
My husband and I are buying a house in the next 2-3 years (crossed fingers) but in a different part of the state. I will almost certainly have to switch facilities then.
So, what do I do? Are the factors of less-than-ideal care and my feelings for my trainer enough that I should look into switching barns in earnest? Do I just need to keep sucking it up and hope my feelings change? How do I get over this crush??
Thank you for reading.
2023.03.26 20:46 congenitallymissing Nikola Jokic is now leading the league in PER
http://www.espn.com/nba/hollingestatistics
Jokic has led the league nearly all year but Embiid, as pointed out by u/Common-Wedding7264 in this post 7 days ago, officially took the top spot for a short period of time
Edit: just to clear this is mostly an /s comment. I am not an advanced stat lerson. This is just to point out how ridiculous the toxicity of the sub has become. It'll probably flip again by weeks end
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Jokic has led the league nearly all year but Embiid, as pointed out by u/Common-Wedding7264 in this post 7 days ago, officially took the top spot for a short period of time
Edit: just to clear this is mostly an /s comment. I am not an advanced stat lerson. This is just to point out how ridiculous the toxicity of the sub has become. It'll probably flip again by weeks end
2023.03.26 20:45 D1rk_side 2070 realm / {New} / {Bedrock}
🕹️ 2070 realm 🕹️
2070 realm : is a peaceful realm to join and discover his beyond, get your pickaxe and join right now
The admin : D1rk_side ⚙️
Players : 5/10 👥
Difficulty : Hard 🎛️
We are looking for : 📝
Experience players + active 🎯📊
Age : +18 🔞
2- 4000 Blocks space between you and the another player to keep the privacy and let you expand your area more 🚫🧱
3- Don't enter The End without permission from the Admin 🚷 ( The End is for everyone so don't enter alone )
4- Don't bother yourself by cheating or so... because you will get bored and ban, Earn your stuff by your hard work ⚠️👁️🗨️
5- There's no PVP ( We want to enjoy the game and help each other, not trying to harm or be the toughest.) ⚔️🚫
6- Don't build next/neaclose to the spawn point (it's prohibited area to build in.) 🧱🚫
7- Save the humanity by saving the Villagers...🦤 ( Just don't ruin the village and killing them cuz they can't defend themselves.. so save them for a sake of mending.? Or good Enchantments.? ).💰
8- Please pay attention to this one... We are looking for an experience players... Know how to build fight and explore... Not wandering around we want to communicate and help each others in buildings..such as Mob trap... etc... If you know how to play the game in eight way you're welcome if not please find another realm...
/msg the Admin to announce in the scoreboard )) 💰
2- spawners (Not yet) 🧟♂️
3- 32x Resolution for better experience for all the players ( Pc/Consle/Phone) 🪟
And more to add...🧱
There's 5 Players now and we need 5 players.👥
We open our welcome hands to anyone who accept our rules to keep the peace and the 2070 as it's look 😄🕹️
There's a copy of the world so don't worry about losing your stuff.💾
We have a discord server.
Any Q just msg me...
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2070 realm : is a peaceful realm to join and discover his beyond, get your pickaxe and join right now
Details 📠The realm's age : Tomorrow we will open... 🗓️
The admin : D1rk_side ⚙️
Players : 5/10 👥
Difficulty : Hard 🎛️
We are looking for : 📝
Experience players + active 🎯📊
Age : +18 🔞
2070 Rules 📜1- Dont steal / enter any player's property without let them knowing 🚯🚷
2- 4000 Blocks space between you and the another player to keep the privacy and let you expand your area more 🚫🧱
3- Don't enter The End without permission from the Admin 🚷 ( The End is for everyone so don't enter alone )
4- Don't bother yourself by cheating or so... because you will get bored and ban, Earn your stuff by your hard work ⚠️👁️🗨️
5- There's no PVP ( We want to enjoy the game and help each other, not trying to harm or be the toughest.) ⚔️🚫
6- Don't build next/neaclose to the spawn point (it's prohibited area to build in.) 🧱🚫
7- Save the humanity by saving the Villagers...🦤 ( Just don't ruin the village and killing them cuz they can't defend themselves.. so save them for a sake of mending.? Or good Enchantments.? ).💰
8- Please pay attention to this one... We are looking for an experience players... Know how to build fight and explore... Not wandering around we want to communicate and help each others in buildings..such as Mob trap... etc... If you know how to play the game in eight way you're welcome if not please find another realm...
Specialist ✨1- Announced sales : ( you can sell a valuable stuff that you want ( Enchanted book/Ores...etc) without even build a store ((if you can't efford the store's materials you can just :
/msg the Admin to announce in the scoreboard )) 💰
2- spawners (Not yet) 🧟♂️
3- 32x Resolution for better experience for all the players ( Pc/Consle/Phone) 🪟
And more to add...🧱
We open our welcome hands to anyone who accept our rules to keep the peace and the 2070 as it's look 😄🕹️
There's a copy of the world so don't worry about losing your stuff.💾
We have a discord server.
Any Q just msg me...
2023.03.26 20:45 Mother-Wonder2584 updates
hey guys do we think all the characters will be released before the game goes free? it seems to be that there won’t be many more coming by the roadmap but i’ve unlocked nearly all of them so far
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2023.03.26 20:44 Nvenom8 How to shut down instant-speed infinite combos?
Lately I notice that I've been losing a lot to infinite or near-infinite combos where all of the pieces function at instant speed, meaning that even if I can remove a piece, the player can usually respond to my removal by just putting more iterations of the combo on top of it on the stack. Additionally, since it's at instant speed, even if something like [[Angel's Grace]] prevents them from winning that turn, they can just pass turn and go off in the next player's upkeep. So, it doesn't buy you a turn cycle or even a whole turn.
So, what are some reasonable includes that can buy you at least a turn cycle under these circumstances, or ideally shut it down? I'm particularly interested in nonblue answers, as not every deck is blue.
One thing I already do is run some graveyard hate since a lot of infinite combos rely on recurring cards from the graveyard, and most of my decks don't care about it, but that tends to be more of a pre-emptive measure than a reactive answer. Though, even some pre-emptive measures would be better than nothing. Bonus points if they're not dead in non-combo matchups.
I've looked at split-second cards, and some of them might work under specific circumstances, but most of the ones that would potentially buy a turn cycle are blue, and most are overcosted.
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So, what are some reasonable includes that can buy you at least a turn cycle under these circumstances, or ideally shut it down? I'm particularly interested in nonblue answers, as not every deck is blue.
One thing I already do is run some graveyard hate since a lot of infinite combos rely on recurring cards from the graveyard, and most of my decks don't care about it, but that tends to be more of a pre-emptive measure than a reactive answer. Though, even some pre-emptive measures would be better than nothing. Bonus points if they're not dead in non-combo matchups.
I've looked at split-second cards, and some of them might work under specific circumstances, but most of the ones that would potentially buy a turn cycle are blue, and most are overcosted.
2023.03.26 20:42 MysteriousAbies8588 Need advice…acrimonious divorce with an infant
Feel free to scroll down to the tldr…but here’s some background.
I(39M) am unhappy in my marriage of 3 years. My wife(40F) and I just had a baby. Why would I have a child with somebody I’m not happy with, you may ask? Long story short I was abused as a child and then sought out abusive partners for my entire adult life…apparently this isn’t uncommon. The end result is I’m a terrible people pleaser…I’ve been going to therapy for it while married and have gotten better. Also have a great support network in friends and family I didn’t have before.
Tldr:
Anyway…I’ve tried leaving my wife twice before we had a child, but every time I nearly did it she brings me back from the brink, treating me well for maybe a month before it’s back to death by 1000 papercuts.
This time, I’m planning well in advance and the day before she gets served I’ll be in an apartment she doesn’t know the location of.
Suffice to say she’s going to be furious. My attorney believes I’m assured joint custody.
Has anybody been in a similar situation where your ex-partner is really vengeful and you share a very young child? What do I need to prepare for emotionally and materially?
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I(39M) am unhappy in my marriage of 3 years. My wife(40F) and I just had a baby. Why would I have a child with somebody I’m not happy with, you may ask? Long story short I was abused as a child and then sought out abusive partners for my entire adult life…apparently this isn’t uncommon. The end result is I’m a terrible people pleaser…I’ve been going to therapy for it while married and have gotten better. Also have a great support network in friends and family I didn’t have before.
Tldr:
Anyway…I’ve tried leaving my wife twice before we had a child, but every time I nearly did it she brings me back from the brink, treating me well for maybe a month before it’s back to death by 1000 papercuts.
This time, I’m planning well in advance and the day before she gets served I’ll be in an apartment she doesn’t know the location of.
Suffice to say she’s going to be furious. My attorney believes I’m assured joint custody.
Has anybody been in a similar situation where your ex-partner is really vengeful and you share a very young child? What do I need to prepare for emotionally and materially?
2023.03.26 20:41 Numerous_Roof_9408 Aqara G4 Video Doorbell - my thoughts after 2 days of testing
I got the Aqara G4 video doorbell Friday early afternoon. I previously had a battery powered Ring Doorbell 2 so this will be my comparison to that in terms of alerts and video capture.
Since I don't have a wired connection I was waiting for the G4 to be available since I knew I wanted to integrate a battery powered video doorbell with HomeKit.
Setup in HomeKit
Installation was a breeze. I configured it directly with HomeKit first without installing the Aqara app. Literally takes 1 minute. Open homekit, add accessory, then take a picture of the QR code. As easy as that.
Motion Alerts Compared to Ring
I installed the G4 and then sat the Ring doorbell on top of it. I then did 3 tests.
Saved video in HomeKit compared to Ring
In my 3 tests above, the video in HomeKit is slightly worse than Ring. In tests 1 and 2 the video started to capture about 1-2 seconds after the Ring video would begin the capture. In test 3 I got the alert but the video never captured for some reason. This was actually the same with Ring. I played around with all the settings in the Home app. I turned off face detection since I thought the additional processing would delay the video capture, but that didn't seem to improve things. I also played with the record "any motion is detected" and "specific motion is detected" to "people" setting, but again that didn't seem to have any effect on when video capture started.
Aqara app
I installed the Aqara app to see if it had settings that would improve video capture speed. After installing the app and linking it to homekit, it auto detected the doorball and "binded" it right away. Again, very easy. The aqara app has a signal notification on how strong the signal is to the chime repeater. I noticed I had a "weaker" signal so I moved the chime repeater closer. I got a "strong" signal and was hoping that would improve the video capture speed, but didn't notice any improvement. In fact I didn't notice any change in speed or quality by moving the chime repeater closer and getting a stronger signal. I changed the face detection speed to high and always played with turning off face detection in the Aqara app. Again, that didn't really seem to have any effect on when video capture started. Maybe there will be firmware updates in the future that will increase performance, and that is the reason why I will keep the Aqara app installed.
Final Thoughts
So far it seems to be on par with the Ring doorbell. Alerts are on par, the only issue is that video capture is 1-2 seconds behind. I've played around with all the settings in the Home app and the Aqara app and can't seem to get it to start recording as soon as motion is detected. I like having all the integration within the Home app and like the fact that I don't need to pay $40/year for the Ring subscription. Will test it for another week or so but so far I think it's a keeper.
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Since I don't have a wired connection I was waiting for the G4 to be available since I knew I wanted to integrate a battery powered video doorbell with HomeKit.
Setup in HomeKit
Installation was a breeze. I configured it directly with HomeKit first without installing the Aqara app. Literally takes 1 minute. Open homekit, add accessory, then take a picture of the QR code. As easy as that.
Motion Alerts Compared to Ring
I installed the G4 and then sat the Ring doorbell on top of it. I then did 3 tests.
- walking out my door and down my walkway
- walking home and going through the front door
- walking to my door, pretending to leave a package, and walking away
Saved video in HomeKit compared to Ring
In my 3 tests above, the video in HomeKit is slightly worse than Ring. In tests 1 and 2 the video started to capture about 1-2 seconds after the Ring video would begin the capture. In test 3 I got the alert but the video never captured for some reason. This was actually the same with Ring. I played around with all the settings in the Home app. I turned off face detection since I thought the additional processing would delay the video capture, but that didn't seem to improve things. I also played with the record "any motion is detected" and "specific motion is detected" to "people" setting, but again that didn't seem to have any effect on when video capture started.
Aqara app
I installed the Aqara app to see if it had settings that would improve video capture speed. After installing the app and linking it to homekit, it auto detected the doorball and "binded" it right away. Again, very easy. The aqara app has a signal notification on how strong the signal is to the chime repeater. I noticed I had a "weaker" signal so I moved the chime repeater closer. I got a "strong" signal and was hoping that would improve the video capture speed, but didn't notice any improvement. In fact I didn't notice any change in speed or quality by moving the chime repeater closer and getting a stronger signal. I changed the face detection speed to high and always played with turning off face detection in the Aqara app. Again, that didn't really seem to have any effect on when video capture started. Maybe there will be firmware updates in the future that will increase performance, and that is the reason why I will keep the Aqara app installed.
Final Thoughts
So far it seems to be on par with the Ring doorbell. Alerts are on par, the only issue is that video capture is 1-2 seconds behind. I've played around with all the settings in the Home app and the Aqara app and can't seem to get it to start recording as soon as motion is detected. I like having all the integration within the Home app and like the fact that I don't need to pay $40/year for the Ring subscription. Will test it for another week or so but so far I think it's a keeper.
2023.03.26 20:41 atnhuiopwvvdgj I decided to be straightforward and it's been straight radio silence
So I matched with a guy on insert dating app here and we had a decent conversation going, we had a few things in common and he had some interesting travel experiences. He asked if I wanted to continue talking through text or instagram.
I chose ig cause I really don't like giving out my number like that. I kinda wish I would have just used my google voice number but I didn't want to go through the awkwardness of explaining I gave essentially a fake number if things went well.
We followed each other, he liked some of my pics and I liked some of his. We continue talking.
During this time I really start to question everything. I've been going through a rough mental health period for a while now and I started to really think about what a potential relationship would look like right now. I realized that my issues would probably mess everything up. I've seen most of my friends enter relationships with issues of their own and things have worked out in a lot of situations but have also gotten messed up in others.
I guess I feel like since I've already gone this long without a relationship, what's some more time? Every person and every source online that talks about people in my situation say to let go of the idea of a relationship and just solely focus on bettering yourself in the meantime. It's heartbreaking, but it seems like that's what I'm ought to do.
I reached out to him right away explaining that I don't believe I'm in a good place to date right now and that I'm very sorry and wanted to let him know straight up cause I want to respect his time. I wished him the best for the future.
As of now it's been "seen" for nearly 24h. I kinda want to unfollow and remove him from my followers cause the silence is really uncomfortable and, correct me if I'm wrong, but I feel like I did things "right," like I honestly communicated and cut right to the chase which is what everyone is always telling people to do when it comes to communication with men. Should I unfollow? Or just leave things as they are? I want to move on but I'm kinda off put by the silence and I want to make sure he's not like super pissed at me or anything cause some guys can be unpredictable. This is why I feel like I should have just given my google voice cause he's seen my ig and my pics now, I don't have any super personal or revealing info on there but it's just uncomfortable
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I chose ig cause I really don't like giving out my number like that. I kinda wish I would have just used my google voice number but I didn't want to go through the awkwardness of explaining I gave essentially a fake number if things went well.
We followed each other, he liked some of my pics and I liked some of his. We continue talking.
During this time I really start to question everything. I've been going through a rough mental health period for a while now and I started to really think about what a potential relationship would look like right now. I realized that my issues would probably mess everything up. I've seen most of my friends enter relationships with issues of their own and things have worked out in a lot of situations but have also gotten messed up in others.
I guess I feel like since I've already gone this long without a relationship, what's some more time? Every person and every source online that talks about people in my situation say to let go of the idea of a relationship and just solely focus on bettering yourself in the meantime. It's heartbreaking, but it seems like that's what I'm ought to do.
I reached out to him right away explaining that I don't believe I'm in a good place to date right now and that I'm very sorry and wanted to let him know straight up cause I want to respect his time. I wished him the best for the future.
As of now it's been "seen" for nearly 24h. I kinda want to unfollow and remove him from my followers cause the silence is really uncomfortable and, correct me if I'm wrong, but I feel like I did things "right," like I honestly communicated and cut right to the chase which is what everyone is always telling people to do when it comes to communication with men. Should I unfollow? Or just leave things as they are? I want to move on but I'm kinda off put by the silence and I want to make sure he's not like super pissed at me or anything cause some guys can be unpredictable. This is why I feel like I should have just given my google voice cause he's seen my ig and my pics now, I don't have any super personal or revealing info on there but it's just uncomfortable
2023.03.26 20:39 OceansCarraway The Foundation of the Order of the Shimmering Sword (7 CE)
The G.U.S.S has almost calmed down from it's unfortunate encounter with the Soft Downs. Almost. One should never waste a crisis, and in this case, the crisis is that there are lot of dead Daahks. Normally, the crisis would be that they were angry and independent and not listening to anyone; maybe even attacking clones. However, a great deal of them responded to fight the abominations on the Origin Moon, and now a great deal of them were dead. You go to war with the army that you have, and if it's taken a lot of casualties, even organ transplants from the dead aren't worth much. As such, their majesties put their foot down. Daahks, even if they disliked their masters, were simply too valuable to lose in these numbers. A conference was called, and a dramatic declaration issued: all military orders were to be merged into a single group. The elimination of centuries of military tradition in such a reorganization was a drastic step, but it seemed to be the only way to get a handle on the intense casualties that the remnants of the warrior caste had experienced.
Right now, the problem lay in the nature of the Daahks themselves. They can't be made, they can only be born; the biological legacy gifted by the Shining Lords of their genomes is the innermost source of their power. The production of progeny is how these great warriors grow mighty hosts; right now, they are critically endangered. It was only a formality that their majesties ordered the production of children, but it was not a formality to change their entire lives to give the Daahks the support that they needed. From the merging of the great military orders, a unified genealogical authority was to be produced. This would guide the birth of powerful warriors and great hosts. Households were to receive groups of clone servants to meet their needs, and cities were to be founded on both the planets and the skies to support them. The tottering cults that assisted with conception and birth were to be professionalized and rationalized into services--servants, apparently--and given large influxes of cash. A permanent budget was to be prepared by the Crown, with spending audited every quarter. Military courts were formalized and instituted, the governing codes for these potent soldiers totally overhauled. The duties of the Daahks to attend the Kweens personally would be vastly reduced for the time being; only a permanent military advisory council would be maintained. And in an end to these powerful soldiers' independence, they would be placed under the High Kommand.
But it was this or die. The Daahks had done a lot of dying recently. A warrior caste focused on shock attacks and mounting a tradition of honor and discipline had a tendency to take casualties...especially when facing down their foes using magic swords. However, telling them to become space marines wasn't going to go over well. Their majesties started by amalgamating the military traditions of the old orders into a coherent whole, focusing on small unit tactics, deep strike operations, and infiltration assault. Age-based titles became competency ratings or ranks, units rotated through combat to support each other and minimize battle fatigue; support functions were integrated to division-sized forces and down, and made organic to units. There were now planning sections, reconnaissance groups, counter-offensive fire brigades--all of those fancy, function-specific groups with intimidating names that you'd find in a small, highly flexible army.
And a small, highly flexible army needed equipment to match. Mobility was key. Hovering magic vehicles, riding rockets or wings of light, were the core of this; a magitech-based remotorization of significant proportions. Nearly everyone got nasty guns. Those that didn't got nastier weaponry or were in charge of light artillery that walked and had a hindbrain. Every single weapon, person, and their supplies could be packed up and put in a standardized fast landing craft, and each landing craft could by rapidly attached to a fast attack cruiser. Centered around small strike groups, carrying warriors clad in magitech armor that seamlessly blends the best craftsmanship of the past and the secret research of the present, these groups are as small as they are elite.
Which decides their purpose. The Daahks are now an extraordinary cleanup crew, first responders to esoteric events and fear-inducing strikes. They are no longer warriors, but defenders, meant to stop a foe in it's tracks. They are off the battlefield, and on the desk--suborned to the Crown's power and backed up by the Royal Army. It will not take ground, hold areas, or face down the foe. But the Order of the Shimmering Sword will ride down from space on a horse made of aether and lighting, and it will face down enemies that none can conceive of. The old Daahks have died, and the new ones born.
But wouldn't you kids want to know how I met your mother? Tune in next time to for the full story!
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Right now, the problem lay in the nature of the Daahks themselves. They can't be made, they can only be born; the biological legacy gifted by the Shining Lords of their genomes is the innermost source of their power. The production of progeny is how these great warriors grow mighty hosts; right now, they are critically endangered. It was only a formality that their majesties ordered the production of children, but it was not a formality to change their entire lives to give the Daahks the support that they needed. From the merging of the great military orders, a unified genealogical authority was to be produced. This would guide the birth of powerful warriors and great hosts. Households were to receive groups of clone servants to meet their needs, and cities were to be founded on both the planets and the skies to support them. The tottering cults that assisted with conception and birth were to be professionalized and rationalized into services--servants, apparently--and given large influxes of cash. A permanent budget was to be prepared by the Crown, with spending audited every quarter. Military courts were formalized and instituted, the governing codes for these potent soldiers totally overhauled. The duties of the Daahks to attend the Kweens personally would be vastly reduced for the time being; only a permanent military advisory council would be maintained. And in an end to these powerful soldiers' independence, they would be placed under the High Kommand.
But it was this or die. The Daahks had done a lot of dying recently. A warrior caste focused on shock attacks and mounting a tradition of honor and discipline had a tendency to take casualties...especially when facing down their foes using magic swords. However, telling them to become space marines wasn't going to go over well. Their majesties started by amalgamating the military traditions of the old orders into a coherent whole, focusing on small unit tactics, deep strike operations, and infiltration assault. Age-based titles became competency ratings or ranks, units rotated through combat to support each other and minimize battle fatigue; support functions were integrated to division-sized forces and down, and made organic to units. There were now planning sections, reconnaissance groups, counter-offensive fire brigades--all of those fancy, function-specific groups with intimidating names that you'd find in a small, highly flexible army.
And a small, highly flexible army needed equipment to match. Mobility was key. Hovering magic vehicles, riding rockets or wings of light, were the core of this; a magitech-based remotorization of significant proportions. Nearly everyone got nasty guns. Those that didn't got nastier weaponry or were in charge of light artillery that walked and had a hindbrain. Every single weapon, person, and their supplies could be packed up and put in a standardized fast landing craft, and each landing craft could by rapidly attached to a fast attack cruiser. Centered around small strike groups, carrying warriors clad in magitech armor that seamlessly blends the best craftsmanship of the past and the secret research of the present, these groups are as small as they are elite.
Which decides their purpose. The Daahks are now an extraordinary cleanup crew, first responders to esoteric events and fear-inducing strikes. They are no longer warriors, but defenders, meant to stop a foe in it's tracks. They are off the battlefield, and on the desk--suborned to the Crown's power and backed up by the Royal Army. It will not take ground, hold areas, or face down the foe. But the Order of the Shimmering Sword will ride down from space on a horse made of aether and lighting, and it will face down enemies that none can conceive of. The old Daahks have died, and the new ones born.
But wouldn't you kids want to know how I met your mother? Tune in next time to for the full story!
2023.03.26 20:38 ribeiro_vanessa_ Motorama European Tour / War
 | Do you know where Motorama stand with the war created by Russia? I truly feel like they've been avoiding Europe since 2019 - they had concerts scheduled in Europe which were obviously canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic, but since then they haven't tried to come back and will only play near home. They disable comments on social media and have never expressed their opinion about their concerts getting cancelled. (Truly just curious, I love them and I've been waiting to see them for 4 years.) submitted by ribeiro_vanessa_ to postpunk [link] [comments] https://preview.redd.it/m1mjanwno4qa1.jpg?width=1448&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=e7722c404b7ec26600caa3f9aa9c30ee02ac4115 |