If you're aware of the ball inside a box analogy, you should give it a quick read, especially if you've experienced loss.
I'm a 27M, currently studying in uni here in Canada. Average looking guy, unironically have too much money to spend for my own, I have my own house and a good job. I'm living an introvert's paradise. But it's starting to take a toll on me.
I have bestfriends and family, but I'm always alone. I'd like to think that it's not too hard to get a date for me since I've tried, managed to hook up once in a while but it's always unsettling for me. Not just for me but my partners. I feel like I could be so much more and is still capable to be in a good relationship, there's just one problem. My ex wife ruined me and it scares me to no end that people are just out to take advantage of me.
Let's jump back about 12 years ago when we first became boyfriend and girlfriend. She is a mega stacy, malakas mang okray, and just the worst and also the best person I ever met that time. Half of our college life, I spent courting her friend who never reciprocated my feelings. It was okay, I was young, I went after the cutest girl in our room, it was a love based on looks i guess. So when her friend got a boyfriend, I gave up and just focus on my career. She was always my wingman so nung na busted ako, she just laughed at me. She's the worst person afterall. On our 3rd-4th year, we became close friends, best friends in fact. It was hard to say that I love her romantically because I see her as a tropa or maybe kapatid, or maybe I just distanced myself from her enough to avoid it, but I can tell it's there. She's not a very romantic person either, she loves kpop, very girly, but not the type of girl who has crushes on guys. She's also an introvert like me so we had the mutual boundary respect going on.
A month before we graduated, my papers to move to Canada as a permanent resident was accepted and we had to move on the next month right away. That's when I first realized I'm going to have to leave her and the thought nearly broke me. This is the first time I realized I actually love her. If her friend was 9/10, she was an 8 in appearance but is an 11/10 on everything else. So I confessed, I told her I love her and her reply was basically "I think I love you too but we're about to enter an LDR so I'm really not sure. Let's just stay the way we are and see where it goes."
6 years later we're still going strong. Everything I did for the past years was all for her. I got my first house, I saved tons that it's enough to let us travel to different countries after she accepts to marry me. So I went back home in PH, asked her to marry me and she did. I saved for a church wedding too but first we agreed to get a civil wedding first just so I could process her papers and bring her to Canada with me. It was the best time of our life and we're both happy. Until the we're not.
Maybe the trauma clouded my memories, even as I type this, I'm trying to remember the events that concluded before the day I lost her. June 2019, 3rd month after our wedding, we're still happy, but I'm back to Canada and grinding for more savings. We were so contented and just waiting for her papers to be processed. November 2019, something happened to her relating to her sister's husband trying to make a move on her. Pina demanda nmin and I remember being so mad. December was hazy, we were both so stressed, winter weather is adding on to me, I'm always tired and cold. January 2020, 2 months before the start of pandemic. I remember I had a few arguments with her that wasn't really anything major. I got upset and decided it's my turn na babyhin, because I would always apologize to her when we argue sometimes. Initially I planned to see how long it'll take for her to text me. Little did I know that, it was the last time I would hear of her every again.
During this time, I tooky time in planning trips and surprising her. I booked us a flight to France by february, we'll spend a month there and go to Japan by March and tumura sa relative namin. By April we would go back home to PH and spend more time there together. But covid had other plans for me, by other plans I mean, it literally just kept me from seeing her.
February is fast approaching, and she's still not messaging me. At this point I've already been spamming our messenger for weeks. I've contacted her friends, sisters and mother and they won't tell me anything aside from just "give her time". Our trip to France was set and I went there myself, spend 2 days alone in a hotel before I decided to cut it short and go home. (I got lucky because the next day, they closed down the whole country). So I'm back here in Canada, waiting and just working. Worried sick and full of anxiety. And just like that, I lost my wife and never heard of her again. Of course I went through the stages of grief. I was in a loophole. Maybe she just needs more time.. Maybe she cheated? Maybe i fucked up for not apologizing to her on our last argument 6 months ago. By the end of 2020 I was in deep depression and I never really attempted suicide but the thought to this day lingers. It's just that, everytime the thought of killing myself becomes ripe, my bestfriends would always be there to distract me and give me a good time. Seeing my mother helped a lot too. I can't break her heart so I mostly fought for her. I haven't given her a proper gift since I was born because I didn't had a job back then and when I did get one, I was already so focus to my wife. The last thing I could do to her is give her a dead child. It was a harrowing 2 years of knowing nothing and just moving in autopilot. The box was so small that the ball just keeps bumping that button and it always fucks me up when it does. In those 2 years I've also burned through my savings building my expensive ass PCs, games, alchohol, weeds and traveling across Canada to hook up.
It was only last year when I finally got tired of my loophole that I finally started dragging myself to move on inch by inch. I started working again and got a good job. I'm making new friends and pursuing my career. I made peace with my unresolved past and each day, the box for me grows bigger for me giving me more time and space to breathe on.
Today my ball hit the button and my world was falling apart until I got this off my chest by writing this. Thanks for reading.

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This subreddit will be joining in on the June 12th-14th protest of Reddit's API changes that will essentially kill all 3rd party Reddit apps.

What's going on?

A recent Reddit policy change threatens to kill many beloved third-party mobile apps, making a great many quality-of-life features not seen in the official mobile app permanently inaccessible to users.
On May 31, 2023, Reddit announced they were raising the price to make calls to their API from being free to a level that will kill every third party app on Reddit, from Apollo to Reddit is Fun to Narwhal to BaconReader.
Even if you're not a mobile user and don't use any of those apps, this is a step toward killing other ways of customizing Reddit, such as Reddit Enhancement Suite or the use of the old.reddit.com desktop interface .
This isn't only a problem on the user level: many subreddit moderators depend on tools only available outside the official app to keep their communities on-topic and spam-free.

What's the plan?

On June 12th, many subreddits will be going dark to protest this policy. Some will return after 48 hours: others will go away permanently unless the issue is adequately addressed, since many moderators aren't able to put in the work they do with the poor tools available through the official app. This isn't something any of us do lightly: we do what we do because we love Reddit, and we truly believe this change will make it impossible to keep doing what we love.
The two-day blackout isn't the goal, and it isn't the end. Should things reach the 14th with no sign of Reddit choosing to fix what they've broken, we'll use the community and buzz we've built between then and now as a tool for further action.

What can you do as a user?

• Complain. Message the mods of /reddit.com, who are the admins of the site: message reddit: submit a support request: comment in relevant threads on /reddit, such as this one, leave a negative review on their official iOS or Android app- and sign your username in support to this post.
  
• Spread the word. Rabble-rouse on related subreddits. Meme it up, make it spicy. Bitch about it to your cat. Suggest anyone you know who moderates a subreddit join the coordinated mod effort at /ModCoord.
  
• Boycott and spread the word...to Reddit's competition! Stay off Reddit entirely on June 12th through the 13th- instead, take to your favorite non-Reddit platform of choice and make some noise in support!
  
• Don't be a jerk. As upsetting this may be, threats, profanity and vandalism will be worse than useless in getting people on our side. Please make every effort to be as restrained, polite, reasonable and law-abiding as possible.
  

Further reading

Further reading
https://www.reddit.com/Save3rdPartyApps/comments/13yh0jf/dont_let_reddit_kill_3rd_party_apps/
https://www.reddit.com/apolloapp/comments/13ws4w3/had_a_call_with_reddit_to_discuss_pricing_bad/
https://old.reddit.com/ModCoord/comments/1401qw5/incomplete_and_growing_list_of_participating/
https://www.reddit.com/SubredditDrama/comments/1404hwj/mods_of_rblind_reveal_that_removing_3rd_party/
https://www.reddit.com/redditdev/comments/13wsiks/api_update_enterprise_level_tier_for_large_scale/jmolrhn/?context=3
Thank you for your patience in the matter,
/Groningen and /StudentsofGroningen Mod Team

DAYTON, Ohio — A former United States Air Force intelligence officer recounted in a new book an incident he claims resulted in the killing of an alien being in 1978.
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Retired Air Force Major George Filer III told author John L. Guerra that on a day in January 1978, a 4-foot creature, gray and brown in color with a large head, long arms and a thin body, was shot and killed at Fort Dix in New Jersey, The Asbury Park Press reported.
The book, titled "Strange Craft: The True Story of an Air Force Intelligence Officer's Life with UFOs," claims a military police officer shot and killed the alien with a .45-caliber military issued handgun.
The military first spotted the alien after observing an oval-shaped blue-green craft hovering over a vehicle, the Asbury Park Press reports. The alleged alien died of gunshot wounds on the Air Force side of what is now Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst, Filer told the author.
After the alien was shot and killed, a cleanup crew from Wright-Patterson Air Force Base was flown in to retrieve the body, the Press reported.
When it comes to aliens and unidentified flying objects, Wright-Patt often comes up because of its involvement in an operation called "Project Blue Book," said base spokesman Daryl Mayer.
From 1947 to 1969, the Air Force investigated UFOs as part of the project, which was headquartered at Wright-Patt, according to the Air Force Declassification Office. The project was terminated in December 1969.
At the time the project ended, around 701 of 12,618 sightings remained "unidentified," according to the Air Force. The project concluded that no UFOs showed technology outside the scope of what was within the range of "scientific knowledge" at that time.

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This subreddit will be joining in on the June 12th-14th protest of Reddit's API changes that will essentially kill all 3rd party Reddit apps.

What's going on?

A recent Reddit policy change threatens to kill many beloved third-party mobile apps, making a great many quality-of-life features not seen in the official mobile app permanently inaccessible to users.
On May 31, 2023, Reddit announced they were raising the price to make calls to their API from being free to a level that will kill every third party app on Reddit, from Apollo to Reddit is Fun to Narwhal to BaconReader.
Even if you're not a mobile user and don't use any of those apps, this is a step toward killing other ways of customizing Reddit, such as Reddit Enhancement Suite or the use of the old.reddit.com desktop interface .
This isn't only a problem on the user level: many subreddit moderators depend on tools only available outside the official app to keep their communities on-topic and spam-free.

What's the plan?

On June 12th, many subreddits will be going dark to protest this policy. Some will return after 48 hours: others will go away permanently unless the issue is adequately addressed, since many moderators aren't able to put in the work they do with the poor tools available through the official app. This isn't something any of us do lightly: we do what we do because we love Reddit, and we truly believe this change will make it impossible to keep doing what we love.
The two-day blackout isn't the goal, and it isn't the end. Should things reach the 14th with no sign of Reddit choosing to fix what they've broken, we'll use the community and buzz we've built between then and now as a tool for further action.

What can you do as a user?

• Complain. Message the mods of /reddit.com, who are the admins of the site: message reddit: submit a support request: comment in relevant threads on /reddit, such as this one, leave a negative review on their official iOS or Android app- and sign your username in support to this post.
  
• Spread the word. Rabble-rouse on related subreddits. Meme it up, make it spicy. Bitch about it to your cat. Suggest anyone you know who moderates a subreddit join the coordinated mod effort at /ModCoord.
  
• Boycott and spread the word...to Reddit's competition! Stay off Reddit entirely on June 12th through the 13th- instead, take to your favorite non-Reddit platform of choice and make some noise in support!
  
• Don't be a jerk. As upsetting this may be, threats, profanity and vandalism will be worse than useless in getting people on our side. Please make every effort to be as restrained, polite, reasonable and law-abiding as possible.
  

Further reading

Further reading
https://www.reddit.com/Save3rdPartyApps/comments/13yh0jf/dont_let_reddit_kill_3rd_party_apps/
https://www.reddit.com/apolloapp/comments/13ws4w3/had_a_call_with_reddit_to_discuss_pricing_bad/
https://old.reddit.com/ModCoord/comments/1401qw5/incomplete_and_growing_list_of_participating/
https://www.reddit.com/SubredditDrama/comments/1404hwj/mods_of_rblind_reveal_that_removing_3rd_party/
https://www.reddit.com/redditdev/comments/13wsiks/api_update_enterprise_level_tier_for_large_scale/jmolrhn/?context=3
Thank you for your patience in the matter,
/Groningen and /StudentsofGroningen Mod Team

Hi :) first time glasto and festival goer here! I am going with my boyfriend just the two of us and we are really stuck where to camp.
Bit of background info- we like a late night, most interested in the following stages/areas late at night (glade, icon, San remo, no where, Arcadia areas and a lot of SE corner).
We are really stuck on where we’d like to camp and if anyone could help me weigh up some positives and negatives of each camp from personal experience that would be great (yes I’ve read all of the articles!!! I’m still undecided haha)
I want to aim for Gate D and will be driving through the night on Wednesday to get there early before gates open (around 5-6am?)
We have our eyes on the following… Pennards, oxylers, dairy ground, paines ground, park home ground). If you can all give me some positives and past experience or what you’d recommend for me that would be great. I thought this would be a nice thread for people to reflect on past experience too!
Please be nice 🤪

The movie probably takes place in France or Italy. Boy's name was sth like Carlos or etc. He is like 9. He had a bad situation at home with his father but not like poverty, it was his dad, was acting bad to his child. There were scenes at school (sth bad situation happening), scenes at park (boy ran away from home from his dad) and there was a girl that the boy was looking for her, was in love. I'm not that good at English sorry guys. Film's name was the boy's name but ofc not carlos...
Thanks in advance pals.

This may already have been mentioned. I didn't see it, but this sub gets a surprising amount of posts for a show that ended so long ago!
Anyhow, in Season 3 Episode 10 of Star Trek: Picard (Available streaming on Paramount Plus in the US), Walter Koenig, Bester on Babylon 5, has a brief voice-only cameo as Federation President Anton Chekov, the son or grandson of Koenig's character on the original Star Trek television show, Pavel Chekov.
The first name of the Federation President was likely chosen as a homage to another actor, Anton Yelchin, who portrayed Pavel Chekov in recent Star Trek movies set in an alternate timeline (Sometimes popularly referred to as the Kelvinverse) from all the rest of the shows and movies, and passed away in real life.
It's definitely Walter Koenig's voice, though.
It's near the beginning of the episode, so if you want to hear it, it won't take up much of you time.
With that said, it's literally the last episode of the Picard series, which is only 30 episodes long, so if you want to watch the series someday, you might want to hold off and start at the beginning.
I would say that the last ten minutes or so of S3 E9 was the best 10 minutes of Star Trek I've seen since Deep Space Nine went off the air, but only if you like TNG nostalgia. :)
The first two seasons of the show are light on the TNG elements and heavy on the "What's going on with Jean-Luc Picard these days?", but the third season is much more TNG (and Star Trek in general) nostalgia heavy. Consequentially, the third season gets the best reviews. The first two seasons are not a complete waste of time, though.

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Hiya, I'm looking for someone that can grow to be a cool, consistent friend; someone that'll want to randomly hang out, try new food spots with me, be active with me at times like go on a casual hike, have deep conversations in person or on the phone, and flirt with one another.
I'm not looking for a relationship - I don't think I'm ready for that; but, it's been a bit lonely and monotonous so it'd be fun to meet someone new that's looking for the same thing. I guess I'm essentially looking for a friend-with-benefits but with a true emphasis on the 'friend' part. I'm relatively inexperienced, sexually, and that's not my primary focus. If I can't vibe with someone or have a conversation about how their day was, then I definitely won't be interested in talking to them let alone pursuing anything sexual.
I try to put in effort when talking to people and expect the same in return. If you're someone who doesn't necessarily want a relationship but perhaps wants many of the fun things that come with it, particularly the vibes and having someone to talk to and do activities with, then you should reach out!
A bit about me: I'm from North Austin, am relatively tall with short black hair and hazel eyes, and have lots of random little hobbies like basketball, fashion, cooking, gaming, hiking, and I have a tendency to deep-dive into extremely obscure things. For example, somehow I had determined that I want to buy a flashlight, and spent all of my free time the next three days researching the best possible flashlight for the money, joining flashlight forums, watching flashlight reviews, and so on. I did get a damn good flashlight, though, one which I've used like twice in the last year.
Anyhow, thanks for taking the time to read through this post. I hope to hear from some cool people. For everyone else, all the best. :)

Link to original post: https://www.reddit.com/germany/comments/132zolz/had_a_brain_tumor_lost_my_job_might_be_kicked_out/
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So the situation has (surprisingly) gotten a bit worse now.
I'll continue the points from where I left off:
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1. Since March this year, I've been sending in at least 5 applications per day for trainee, junior and experience requiring positions. They've all involved tailored CVs and personalized cover letters after taking the time to research the companies. The vast majority of them get replies like "We chose candidates whose profiles were a more perfect match for the position" without any explanation or feedback. I wouldn't be surprised if they're making "culture fit" assumptions at this point. The 1% of them I do get interviews for end up ghosting me after any mention of having to deal with the Ausländerbehörde for getting permission to work. There was this one time I made it to a 2nd round interview, but it didn't work out because they wanted someone with more "cold calling experience".
   
2. I got my Fiktionsbescheinigung extended till late June, although it still says "Erwerbstätigkeit nicht erlaubt" - something that seems to cause employers to ghost me as soon as they see it. Even the Arbeitsagentur said they can't help me unless my situation with the Ausländerbehörde is solved.
   
3. I met a couple of lawyers for Arbeitsrecht and Sozialrecht, who basically didn't get to the point where they look at proofs, and told me it's too late to get any compensation regarding my health condition. I brought about a dozen pages of info to show them, and they barely even discussed two.
   
4. On my lawyer's recommendation, I got a new doctor's certificate stating the maximum possible recovery period (until late July). I still have a pending checkup with the hospital's neurologist later this month to see if the tumor has a chance of coming back, and appointments with the ENT to discuss my hearing loss are available directly in September. External ENTs say only the hospital has knowledge about the nature of my operation, and that only their specific ENT can take care of it.
   
5. A migration counselling center discussed my case with their own lawyer, where the conclusion was that the Ausländerbehörde had wrongfully stated "Erwerbstätigkeit nicht erlaubt" on the Fiktionsbescheinigung. I discussed this with my lawyer and asked them to talk to the Ausländerbehörde about it.
   
6. Now I get a letter from my lawyer that the Ausländerbehörde can't extend my stay further, their argument being that the operation was "after my work search permit expired". They're completely ignoring the doctor's certificate which clearly says my symptoms were making it impossible to look for a job during this period, and their argument for not changing the words on the Fiktionsbescheinigung is something along the lines of "I'm unable to work till late July anyway, so there's no point". They've asked my lawyer to decide by June 15th whether I want to withdraw my residence permit application in exchange for a border crossing certificate lasting until July end (with the possibility of them examining a work contract in case I manage to get one by then), or whether they can go ahead with the rejection. Here's what they wrote in their email to my lawyer:
   

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im vorliegenden Fall sehen wir derzeit weiterhin keine Möglichkeit den Aufenthalt von -XXX- zu
verlängern.
Zum einen ist die Frist zur Arbeitsplatzsuche bereits abgelaufen. Diese war auch bereits zum Zeitpunkt der OP im Januar d. J. abgelaufen.
Auch in absehbarer Zukunft (bis min. Ende Juli 2023) wird es nicht zur Aufnahme einer Tätigkeit kommen, wie aus den ärztlichen Schreiben hervorgeht.
Wir können hier gegen Antragsrücknahme nur insoweit entgegenkommen, dass wir bis Ende Juli 2023 eine Grenzübertrittsbescheinigung ausstellen.
Sollte innerhalb dieses Zeitraums ein Arbeitsvertrag vorgelegt werden können, werden wir diesen Antrag prüfen.
Andernfalls können wir lediglich das Ablehnungsverfahren vorantreiben.
lch bitte um Mitteilung bezüglich des weiteren Vorgehens bis zum 15.06.2023.
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I'm looking for opinions on why they're being so aggressive and unhelpful here.
Is it because they know they screwed up and want me to drop the case myself so they don't get found out eventually? Are they hoping that I'll crumble under time pressure and won't get to prove anything if further treatment is required?
Is it because they actually believe I'm lazy and not even trying, since they lack the perspective of a non-EU person (from somewhere that isn't a first world country)?
Is it just a result of the case handler's personal need to power trip by making the "Ausländer" feel small and powerless?
Or is the Ausländerbehörde actually bound by "rules" they supposedly can't make exceptions for in such cases? This being despite the fact that I'm not taking unemployment benefits at all and the only problem they would have with me is the fact that I'm breathing their air :/
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Honestly this is all just way too stressful, and it certainly doesn't help with the recovery.
Any thoughts on how to proceed with this?
And would a "rejection" be a major hurdle in the future in terms of immigration?

Hey everyone,
I'm a student living in Europe and studying at a university residence. I've been facing difficulties in building relationships and improving my social skills. I'm reaching out for your help and advice.
I've noticed that whenever I start getting to know someone, I encounter the same issues. It seems that I struggle with being too nice, prioritizing others over myself, and not setting boundaries. I also find it hard to express my emotions and find common ground with people. Despite trying different approaches to change, I haven't made much progress.
There are times when I feel the need to be alone and think that people can be dangerous. However, as I'm starting to change, I realize the importance of finding supportive individuals who understand me.
Interestingly, I've discovered that wearing sunglasses helps me start good conversations. It conceals my fearful eyes and attracts people's curiosity. What do you think about this approach?
Moreover, my relationships tend to stay superficial. Conversations revolve around trivial topics like travel, exams, and university life. I want to break free from this pattern and connect on a deeper level (but also i cant since my cultural or knowledge is not so big i dont know why)
I'm reaching out to you, Reddit, for advice. How can I become more assertive, express my true feelings, and foster meaningful relationships? Any tips or personal experiences would be greatly appreciated. and please do not tell me try to create new relationship hahah thats the essential point
Thank you for your time and support.

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So looking forward to our visit to San Diego in a few weeks! We are staying on Coronado, but plan on doing the USS Midway Tour and possibly a sunset cruise one day. We'd also love to get out and explore the Gaslamp District for dinner, drinks, etc. and will probably go at least once a day.
Would it make sense to just buy a two-day Trolley Tour pass for each of us instead of paying Uber per trip? We were going to get the trolley pass for a day anyway to do the actual tour, but given prices of Ubers/Lyfts, does it just make sense to purchase the two-day pass and use it as our transport to/from the island?