Well folks. 4 years past dday. Lots of tears shed, lots of anger and sadness shown. Lots of doubts. Lots of ups and downs. It has taken a lot of effort on both of our parts, lots of healing and vulnerability on both sides. Lots of brutal honesty and empathy from both sides. But I heard the words last night I never thought I would hear from my husband again.
We had no kids at home last night. For the first time in over 2 years. So we cooked dinner together, watched some movies, and then were relaxing in our hammock, just being near one another, holding each other. Then he told me that he has noticed a huge change in me over the last few years, especially in the last year or so. I remember telling my husband about a year into R that I was afraid he would never be proud to be with me again. I didnt think he remembered me saying that, but then again maybe he does... but last night as we were laying there together, he held me close and told me that he is proud of me for all the changes and growing I have done to be a better safer partner. He told me that he is proud of the woman I have become , that he feels lucky to have me in his life, and that our new relationship is everything he could have asked for. Cue my tears... I never thought my husband would be able to feel this way about me again, I hoped but never really thought he would consider himself proud to have me again. Not after breaking his heart, shattering his world, and making him go through hell all because I was such a selfish person.
It's been a long road. It's been scary at times, amazing at times, and incredibly Rocky at times. But hearing those words last night... seeing the healing from the hurt I caused, seeing him be able to feel so positively about the life we have together, seeing him happy again, seeing him be able to find safety in our relationship, in the life he has chosen to continue building with me...That means the world to me.
All I have focused on for the last 4 years is becoming a better person, wife and mother. Making sure I was doing every thing within my power to make him happy again. To help him heal from the damage I caused. And in return we have gotten an incredible relationship, where we both feel respected, loved, wanted, desired, and safe.
To anyone out there wondering if this path Is worth the pain...it can be! It takes both partners being willing to be vulnerable, compassionate, transparent, and radically honest. The work we have done in response to my infidelity has helped us create a relationship with a strong foundation. I know that so many here are in the early stages and hurting. It seems like there is no possible way through this, like there is no end in sight. I just wanted to give all of you a little hope, that it can get better, you can survive this (up to now your track record for surviving the horrible, shitty days is 100%). There is life after infidelity and it can be a beautiful, happy, fulfilling life.
Wishing you all peace, happiness, and all the love this world has to offer. And if this finds you when there seems to be no hope, I hope it offers you even the slightest bit of hope that it can and does get better.

TL;DR: I thought my relationship long distance was going to work out, but unfortunately my girlfriend decided to end things, so I’ve come to vent.
I go into depth on other posts about the events that have happened leading up to this, it won’t let me make a summary here for some reason.
Last week, my mom was overseas for a family issue, and I had to watch my brother. I watch him quite frequently if my mom needs to do something, or wants to go out. I say yes every time, even though I don’t always want to, because he can be a handful, but I say yes because my mom does a lot, even though I’m already an adult, she has a roof over my head, she feeds me everyday, she washes my clothes, she makes sure I’m comfortable. My mom was on her own for a long time, so I know she’s trying. Is she asking me to watch him too many times? Maybe, maybe not, it depends on every persons opinion. My girlfriend thinks that she makes me watch him too often, when I really don’t want to, so I’ll make the occasional complaint of being tasked to watch him. She tells me to stand up to myself, and not watch him as frequently as I do. I’ve tried explaining to her that even though sometimes I really don’t want to do it, I don’t want to be ungrateful of what she does, and make her life harder. However, she basically demands that I stand up to my mom about this situation and gets mad that I don’t, even though when I’ve tried to stand up to basically anyone in my life I’ve been shot down so the people pleaser in me just accepts it. We had this argument after I had posted the note post. This was a very poor choice of words on my part, but I told her that it was “none of her business”. I take 100% accountability it was extremely messed up of me to say that, because I know she had no ill intent, but she would get mad about something I chose not to do. I told her I’d stop complaining to her, because “none of your business” was the wrong words, I was trying to express that instead of being “damned if I do damned if I don’t”, to just listen and understand my frustrations without having to actively change anything. Reflecting on it now, I should’ve never complained in the first place, since it must be exhausting to hear about my complaints.
This leads us to around afternoon time yesterday, out of the blue, before I’m went to run errands now that my mom has returned, she texts me all of a sudden that she no longer wishes to continue our relationship. After that wonderful note she left me, I was thinking that we were ok, but I’m wondering if she had planned this all along. She said she remembered when we were friends and how we used to have fun. She said we are toxic now but that she still wants to be my friend. I responded by saying “Are you joking with me?” because sometimes she would say stuff like that as a prank, but she told me she was serious. She said it wasn’t a joke and I asked where this all came from, and that before she left she said she would try very hard with our long distance, and not break up with me. I know that there was the possibility it wouldn’t work, but I’m surprised at how soon it was, and I’m afraid it only fed my darkest fear, if this being her plan since she decided to leave, and I’m worried I’m most likely correct. She said she appreciated everything I did for her, and that she doesn’t want to continue if she lost interest. She then said that the “not my business” comment hurt a lot, and I’m wondering if my poor choice of words was the final straw in her decision making. She told me that she regrets living with me, because it was wrong timing, and we took our stress out on each other for a year straight. I understand if the pressure of long distance is too much, I just feel like she gave up too quickly and easily, or if this was pre-meditated from weeks ago. After this conversation, she tried to make conversation like everything was normal, I didn’t respond enthusiastically like I normally would, because I was busy and I was trying to drown my thoughts out with music and shopping and errands. Even when I got home, I cleaned, and kept my mind entertained with TikTok, just to not be alone with my thoughts, just so my mom didn’t think something was wrong.
Reading those messages in-front of my mother, and trying not to bawl my eyes out, was probably the hardest thing I’ve ever done. I couldn’t breathe, I had to pretend like I didn’t just read the most heartbreaking messages ever. She has taken breaks or wanted to break up with me in the past, over insecurities or uncertainties about our relationship and other things that are more personal, but ultimately after a few days or a week or two, she would regret her decision and ask to go out again. I always accepted, because I love her more than anything, and I still do. The big questions, living almost 100 miles away, is will I ever see her again? What am I going to tell my family? Was I such a horrible gf, that she chose to move back in with her parents out of all people? I’ll never live those memories again, all the wonderful things, I cherish these memories so deeply, but now they’re going to be forever tainted with sorrow, I wish I could live all those moments one more time. I cried to her before she left, I said that I would be all alone, she promised me I wouldn’t. I’m fighting the urge to text her, beg her to reconsider and not to leave me alone. I don’t know if that’s selfish or if that’s what she wants, but I know I can’t do that. I don’t know if her feelings would be genuine if we continued. What if she says yes out of pity, so I can still live in a mirage where everything is ok? I really don’t want to think about these things, stay up all night doing something until I can’t keep conscious anymore, just so I don’t have to be stuck with my thoughts. She was the only friend and person I have. Everyone else has stopped talking to me because of us going separate ways in life, and I haven’t made any friends in college. Thats why I’m still calling her my gf, because I don’t think ex is the appropriate term yet, or maybe I’m being too hopeful and delusional. The future is uncertain, I’m just trying to make those around me happy, all while trying to stay afloat, and drown out my feelings. Everyone in my life either no longer talks to me, or would judge me, or judge her, and just not take my feelings for how they are, or would talk to other people about what I’m going through. No one to be just a true listener and supporter, I don’t want judgement. I’m so sorry to everyone rooting for us in my note post, this came as a shock to me and out of nowhere, but I guess I should’ve seen the signs, and I should’ve been better.

I am/was mutlilingual, a polyglot in point of fact and multidialectal owing to being brought up around so many different languages and accents. A few years ago I moved to Montreal after some injuries that shifted my career path away from athletics and over toward linguistics. After about 3 months I was conversant in French, but I noticed that I was starting to lose my ability to fluently speak English, which by all rights shouldn't happen to a first language so suddenly. I could still fully understand English if it was spoken to me, and while I was slower and needed to reference a dictionary, I could still write in English at an academic level. The problem was limited to speech. Shortly after that I returned to an English speaking area, and after 3 months, I began losing my French speaking ability. I haven't lived in a French speaking area for some time now and while my speech is all but gone, I can still understand a great deal of French when I hear it.
While I have transitioned away from linguistics as a career, I continue to learn and improve my knowledge of languages. I understand English, Chinese, Japanese, French, and Spanish relatively fluently. I understand Russian, Tlichoo Yatii, Ukrainian, Romanian, Cape Verdian Creole, Bambara, Somali, and Korean on a linguistic level. I'm learning Afrikaans, German, Xhosa and Portuguese knows what she did and why I won't write to her anymore... I'm still only able to speak 1 language at a time, but I've found I still code switch and naturally my accent will shift if the accent surrounding me changes.
After many an fMRI post sporting injury and then ASD diagnosis [unironically in that order], neurologists have found I have an unusual pattern of hypoconnectivity between Broca's area and Wernicke's area in my brain, along with some hyperconnected white mattern irregularities in the prefrontal cortex (yet to be comprehensively mapped). Does anyone have any experience with a case like this??? If you do, I'd appreciate if you could elaborate on your experience, not so I can somehow fix my brain, but it would greatly help my doctors and colleagues with their research into this.
Many thanks 🙏 💚

Navori buff now people like to go navori into nashor or hurrcaine. Biggest problem right now is kaisa is too weak to go against any meta adc. Nashor is not like before, and it's very expensive. When rageblade and muramana is the meta Kaisa is always one of the weakest.
In 2020 we got ER dirk, in 2021 we also had ER Dirk, but this is where I founded kraken collector over any muramana builds.
If you still enjoy kaisa and really want to have fun while still available to fight other meta adc I suggest going
Mana recovery is also a issue so hoping this build can have the early advantage + available to snowball.
Doran blade + Dirk + Pickaxe + Dirk (Q Evolve) into Collector and sell your dirk for Warhammer and go for ER. After buy back the dirk and go into ghostblade. Rest is all situational.
This build does not have w and e evolution with 3 items core and boots. And it requires tons of knowledge for it to work.
If you go any meta build you'll lose badly to any meta adc. The best way is to snowball and since you're picking kaisa in this meta I hope you're mechanically good at the champion and are available to play this build.
Hopefully Riot buff Kaisa and bring it back to meta

I'm a 20 year old male that's been having stomach issues since January. I was finally diagnosed with mild chronic gastritis in early April after getting an endoscopy. I’ve been put on famotidine for it, which I take once at night, but I told my gastroenterologist it wasn't working so now I take pantoprazole in the morning as well. I’m used to having stomach pain, obviously, but this other thing occasionally happens where it hurts my chest to swallow? To be more specific, I will swallow, and I can feel it going into my chest and the pain also sort of feels like it moves into my back. It’s hard to explain, but it feels like a solid is making its way into my chest. The pain is not in my throat, just in my chest and back. This does not happen after I eat, and I've had acid reflux before and it definitely does not feel like this. It doesn't happen that frequently, but the more it happens, the longer the sensation lasts for. I woke up at around 3AM this morning and felt it, and I tried going back to sleep. 3 hours later, the sensation was still there but a lot more dull. I've tried taking Tylenol for it before and that did not seem to help. If it helps, when my gastroenterologist diagnosed me with chronic gastritis, he said my esophagus was also slightly inflamed but said nothing about esophagitis. My question is, is this a normal symptom of gastritis? Does anyone else deal with this type of pain and how do you treat it? It's deeply uncomfortable and I'd like some relief.

My GF (39F) of 3 years whom I (45M) love and get on well with has always overshared. She's 6 years younger than me and although l'm no prude and have had plenty of relationships in the past, I find that she always brings into conversation either a friend or ex's she's dated and it just sends me cold. At the beginning of the relationship she said she had slept with over 100 men. Ok, that's fine. Each to their own etc. Bit of a passion killer for me but hey that's in her past. But I find that in casual conversations, for example talking about going to a certain pub for a meal, she would drop in 'oh last time I was there it was with so and so.. an ex of mine’ or it will be that she recalls a great night out and it would be with another ex. It's an unconscious oversharing, possibly because she has mild autism and ADHD. She keeps several of them on Facebook, says they are her friends, which is fair. But the reality being that she hasn't seen them for years and I can't help but think they are hanging around to try and get a another look in with her. The simple fact is that when she does do this, it triggers me. We've spoken about it and I've said I don't really want to hear about your many ex's but still she does it! I've never been triggered like this in past relationships and don't really know what to do. Does anyone else feel the ick when partners constantly bring up ex’s in casual conversations?

Paranormal adventure abounds when an ancient curse at long last lifts from the River Kingdom of Sevenarches. The heroes trek into the ancient forest realm in search of answers, but first they find violent druids, wicked fey hunters, and paranoid townsfolk. Behind it all is an enigmatic bogeyman who pulls the strings from a coterminous plane of spindly shadows. Can the characters unravel the schemes of Kaneepo the Slim? How does the fatal obnubilate curse relate to their missing memories? And what awaits them on the other side of the Seventh Arch? There's just one way to find out!
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• 🕗 Time: Sundays, starting from June 11, 2023 at 4 PM CEST/UTC+2. Played weekly for 4 hours.
• 🧙‍♂️ Players: 5/6
• 💻 Platform: Discord.
• 💵 Costs: 20 EUUSD per person per session. I also offer a 4+1 payment package where if a player wishes to pay for a full month in advance, they receive a free session.
• 🎚 Starting Level: 1
• ⚔️ Optional Rules - To Be Determined (Usually Free Archetype)
• 🌟 Custom Content! - I create side-stories for player characters if whenever they wish to obtain something with the [Uncommon] or [Rare] tag.

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Hello, I've been primarily running Pathfinder 2E games as a professional GM for 4 years now. I've completed most of the Adventure Path's and excel at running them as written (with maybe small adjustments for ease of play).

If you are interested, please message u/Peenicks, or Peenicks#4175 on Discord.

My Dad taught me this chess when I was younger, and I'd play once every few months or so. I was decent at the game. I feel like most people know the rules of the game, and for people who played as much as I did, I tended to win. I was comfortably better than most people. I rarely 'stomped' people, but I won more than I lost. When I joined chesscom in graduate school, my rating was about 600 rapid. Think about that. "better than most people" equates to 600 rapid. I have been consistently playing for a bit over a year now, and I just broke 1400 yesterday. I am a good player. I'm not a great player, but I am a good player. According to the percentile I am better than 95.6% of the players on chesscom. This isn't being better than 95.6% of all people, this is being better than the 95.6% of people who were serious enough about the game to make an account (granted, that's not a high bar, but it's still a bar). I'm good. I stomp people now. If I played my 600 rated self I would decimated them (me?). I have a 700 rapid friend who I'll play without a rook and pawn, and I'll still beat her more often than not.
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I am not *HALF* as good as the top players. There are people in this world who are consistently breaking 2800. That is ludicrous. I am more likely to lose to a 200 rated opponent in a fair game than I am to draw Fabiano Caruana if you gave me queen odds (worth 1100 according to chesscom). People like to make fun of Giri and Radjabov for being draw prone, but they are draw prone at the highest possible levels. Giri's peak rating is 2798, and Radjabov's peak is 2793. And those are FIDE ratings, which is way more competitive, not chesscom so it's not even a fair comparison. Hikaru memes around online and is still so good at this game that he literally does "Botez gambit speed runs" to the **grandmaster** level *for content.* In-freaking-sane. It blows my mind how good people are at this game. If I plug myself into an Elo odds calculator (https://wismuth.com/elo/calculator.html#name1=Caruana%2C+Fabiano&rating2=1400) vs Fabiano Caruana The computer gives me 0.999999665 odds that Fabi wins, and 0.000000602 odds of a draw. If you put that into a calculator and add them together it comes out to a rounding error. Count the 9's on that bad boy, there are 6 of them. That is literally less than 1 in a million chance. Llyod from Dumb and Dumber is twice as likely to end up getting together with Mary. Here's a fun website showing other things that have a 1 in a million chance of happening https://www.stat.berkeley.edu/~aldous/Real-World/million.html. I can name 7 famous people, go to wikipedia, hit "random article" and have a greater chance of immediately landing on one of those people than I do at having a chance of beating Fabi.
A 600 elo difference equates to about 1 in 100 odds, which we will call "stomping territory." So if we start with my original 600 rating which is *already better than most casual players.* Then a 1200 stomps a 600, an 1800 stomps a 1200, Gothamchess stomps an 1800, and Levy gets beaten by Magnus 93% of the time. Magnus playing my 600 rated self is like my boss's boss's boss's boss coming in and telling me I'm doing a bad job. The CEO of Walmart circumventing the regional, district and general mangers to fire the greeter at the local store.
Blows my mind. Hello to any super GM's reading this.

Paranormal adventure abounds when an ancient curse at long last lifts from the River Kingdom of Sevenarches. The heroes trek into the ancient forest realm in search of answers, but first they find violent druids, wicked fey hunters, and paranoid townsfolk. Behind it all is an enigmatic bogeyman who pulls the strings from a coterminous plane of spindly shadows. Can the characters unravel the schemes of Kaneepo the Slim? How does the fatal obnubilate curse relate to their missing memories? And what awaits them on the other side of the Seventh Arch? There's just one way to find out!
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• 🕗 Time: Sundays, starting from June 11, 2023 at 4 PM CEST/UTC+2. Played weekly for 4 hours.
• 🧙‍♂️ Players: 5/6
• 💻 Platform: FoundryVTT with Discord.
• 💵 Costs: 20 EUUSD per person per session. I also offer a 4+1 payment package where if a player wishes to pay for a full month in advance, they receive a free session.
• 🎚 Starting Level: 1
• ⚔️ Optional Rules - To Be Determined (Usually Free Archetype)
• 🌟 Custom Content! - I create side-stories for player characters if whenever they wish to obtain something with the [Uncommon] or [Rare] tag.

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Hello, I've been primarily running Pathfinder 2E games as a professional GM for 4 years now. I've completed most of the Adventure Path's and excel at running them as written (with maybe small adjustments for ease of play).

If you are interested, please message u/Peenicks, or Peenicks#4175 on Discord.

I always run into this issue when running early-game Create where I would like to split items moving along a belt without having access to things like brass funnels yet. I was wondering if there was a well known method for doing this, even if it is somewhat inconvenient?
I have tried funneling items into a chest and then attaching two funnels to that chest to serve as a splitter, but one of the funnels just takes priority over the other, so that does not work.
Any ideas?

The most important piece of my life is still missing: you. You're out there somewhere, and I'm ready to get lost in your eyes, to hold you when life is hard or even when everything's good. I want to melt with you in an outpouring of passion and intimacy. Cheesy as it may sound, I miss you, even though we've never met.
I'm searching long and hard (it might be a double entendre 😏) for my soul mate, who shares most of my interests below, and who's also goofy, likes to playfully insult each other, and also believes in open and honest communication. Naturally, if we can trust each other fully and not hold back what we really think, I believe we can work out any problems when they arise. 💛
• I'm a gamer, car guy, and maybe one day, a musician too. I enjoy anime, nature, going on little adventures, traveling... I wanna see the world with my significant other before all the beautiful sights are gone.
• I want to dance with you. In the living room, bedroom, back yard, in the park, almost anywhere. I enjoy doing romantic things and expressing my love. I love deep conversations that distract us from the passing of time.
• I'm a dog person because my allergies chose to target cats for whatever reason, so there's that. 😅
• I don't have children currently, but they're in my plans for the future. Oh, and I'm monogamous, so you're the only one getting my romance, intimacy, passion, and love.
• I'm really hoping to find someone who's also into dirty humor and has mutual...interests 😏 so we have better compatibility in the bedroom (and sometimes in public too). 👉👈
• Specs for those who would like them: - 6 feet tall (about 183 cm). - 240 lbs and dropping (about 109 kg). ~ My figure is very dad-bod, but apparently it comes with a nice ass (so I'm told). ~ This is the most I've ever weighed, and I'm not happy with it. I'm targeting somewhere around 170 lbs (about 77 kg). - Brunette, kept short so I don't have to use any kind of gel/pomade/cream. - Blue eyes. - Caucasian.
• I have learned the hard way that I do have a type. I have dated outside that type before, and it only led to hurt feelings, so I don't want to repeat that. That being said, my type is Caucasian or Asian ranging from petite to average body type. You don't have to love going to the gym, don't worry. 😅 I apologize if my preferences differ from who you are. That does not mean I dislike you. You're probably an amazing person! I have simply learned that I'm more attracted to certain people. You're all beautiful people, regardless! Please love yourself! 💛
Chat with ya soon! 😁

Paranormal adventure abounds when an ancient curse at long last lifts from the River Kingdom of Sevenarches. The heroes trek into the ancient forest realm in search of answers, but first they find violent druids, wicked fey hunters, and paranoid townsfolk. Behind it all is an enigmatic bogeyman who pulls the strings from a coterminous plane of spindly shadows. Can the characters unravel the schemes of Kaneepo the Slim? How does the fatal obnubilate curse relate to their missing memories? And what awaits them on the other side of the Seventh Arch? There's just one way to find out!
​

• 🕗 Time: Sundays, starting from June 11, 2023 at 4 PM CEST/UTC+2. Played weekly for 4 hours.
• 🧙‍♂️ Players: 5/6
• 💻 Platform: FoundryVTT with Discord.
• 💵 Costs: 20 EUUSD per person per session. I also offer a 4+1 payment package where if a player wishes to pay for a full month in advance, they receive a free session.
• 🎚 Starting Level: 1
• ⚔️ Optional Rules - To Be Determined (Usually Free Archetype)
• 🌟 Custom Content! - I create side-stories for player characters if whenever they wish to obtain something with the [Uncommon] or [Rare] tag.

​
Hello, I've been primarily running Pathfinder 2E games as a professional GM for 4 years now. I've completed most of the Adventure Path's and excel at running them as written (with maybe small adjustments for ease of play).

If you are interested, please message u/Peenicks, or Peenicks#4175 on Discord.

Hey there!
I'm Reed, I'm a 27-year-old guy from Orlando, Florida. I'm looking for a real, meaningful connection with someone seeking someone to enjoy life with. I'm happy to make a new friend but ideally it would lead to something more, obviously this isn't something we would just jump into and I'm happy to just let things progress naturally and see where things go. :)
About me
I work a full-time job but also have a side hustle writing, I promise this is not nearly as exciting as it sounds but it is an increasingly lucrative thing that I'm looking to make my full-time focus sooner than later, still figuring out when sooner is though. I'm 5'7, about 140 lbs, Here's a recent picture of me for reference. And as I recognize this is important to some people, I do not drive, my eyesight is very poor and as a result, I cannot legally drive, this, however, does not stop me from living an entirely independent life, most people don't actually know/can't tell until I tell them that I cannot drive.
My Interests
I'm a big nerd and learning is my ultimate passion, I'm always reading about something or watching a YouTube video about a topic that interests me, I am a wealth of all kinds of knowledge, some useful and some not. I love all things artistic though I am not an artist, Art to me is passion + self-expression but my personal favorite art forms are film and music. Horrocomedy are my two favorite genres of film, the Shrek series has a very special place in my heart. Music wise I listen to a little bit of everything, and I mean everything, there is yet to be a genre where I haven't found something I like but some of my personal favorite artists right now are Lana Del Rey, A$AP Ferg, and Lil Peep. I enjoy PC gaming from time to time though I have less and less time for it but I'm always down to play something with you if you're a gamer yourself, I'm naturally competitive but not overly so, I enjoy winning but I don't mind losing. I also LOVE hanging out with friends and the best moments of my life have been spent in the presence of others, while I am certainly an introvert/homebody I love to get out and explore new things with people that I know, be that checking out random oddities at a thrift store (I've found some real goodies, ask and I'll show you) eating some great food or just sitting around somewhere nice when it isn't too hot, I'm typically down to get out of the house. I do not drink or smoke, totally cool if you do as long as it's in a responsible manner. I stay physically active in more fun ways but have also recently started back at the gym. Also a massive NBA Fan, would love to talk to other people who love basketball.
The Person I'm looking for:
I'm looking for a life partner or possibly just a really close friend, I'm looking for a woman who knows what she brings to the table and isn't afraid to be herself. Age is unimportant to me as long as you're 21+. Ideally, you would also be in Orlando but this is far from a dealbreaker. I don't have a type and I think all women are beautiful in their own ways but what is important to me is that you take care of yourself. At the end of the day I'm looking for a meaningful connection, I'm looking for someone to enjoy life with, to handle hardship with, to cherish and enjoy every moment just a little bit more with. This obviously will not be an overnight thing we will have to build our connection over time but I value clear communication and making my intentions known is important to me, and hopefully, you're the same in how important communication is to you. Emotional intelligence is the most attractive thing in a partner to me. I want someone who has my best interest at heart, and I there's.
Thank you for taking the time to check this out, reach out if you'd like to talk and see where things go. Have a great week!
Reed

Hey there!
I'm Reed, I'm a 27-year-old guy from Orlando, Florida. I'm looking for a real, meaningful connection with someone seeking someone to enjoy life with. I'm happy to make a new friend but ideally it would lead to something more, obviously this isn't something we would just jump into and I'm happy to just let things progress naturally and see where things go. :)
About me
I work a full-time job but also have a side hustle writing, I promise this is not nearly as exciting as it sounds but it is an increasingly lucrative thing that I'm looking to make my full-time focus sooner than later, still figuring out when sooner is though. I'm 5'7, about 140 lbs, Here's a recent picture of me for reference. And as I recognize this is important to some people, I do not drive, my eyesight is very poor and as a result, I cannot legally drive, this, however, does not stop me from living an entirely independent life, most people don't actually know/can't tell until I tell them that I cannot drive.
My Interests
I'm a big nerd and learning is my ultimate passion, I'm always reading about something or watching a YouTube video about a topic that interests me, I am a wealth of all kinds of knowledge, some useful and some not. I love all things artistic though I am not an artist, Art to me is passion + self-expression but my personal favorite art forms are film and music. Horrocomedy are my two favorite genres of film, the Shrek series has a very special place in my heart. Music wise I listen to a little bit of everything, and I mean everything, there is yet to be a genre where I haven't found something I like but some of my personal favorite artists right now are Lana Del Rey, A$AP Ferg, and Lil Peep. I enjoy PC gaming from time to time though I have less and less time for it but I'm always down to play something with you if you're a gamer yourself, I'm naturally competitive but not overly so, I enjoy winning but I don't mind losing. I also LOVE hanging out with friends and the best moments of my life have been spent in the presence of others, while I am certainly an introvert/homebody I love to get out and explore new things with people that I know, be that checking out random oddities at a thrift store (I've found some real goodies, ask and I'll show you) eating some great food or just sitting around somewhere nice when it isn't too hot, I'm typically down to get out of the house. I do not drink or smoke, totally cool if you do as long as it's in a responsible manner. I stay physically active in more fun ways but have also recently started back at the gym. Also a massive NBA Fan, would love to talk to other people who love basketball.
The Person I'm looking for:
I'm looking for a life partner or possibly just a really close friend, I'm looking for a woman who knows what she brings to the table and isn't afraid to be herself. Age is unimportant to me as long as you're 21+. Ideally, you would also be in Orlando but this is far from a dealbreaker. I don't have a type and I think all women are beautiful in their own ways but what is important to me is that you take care of yourself. At the end of the day I'm looking for a meaningful connection, I'm looking for someone to enjoy life with, to handle hardship with, to cherish and enjoy every moment just a little bit more with. This obviously will not be an overnight thing we will have to build our connection over time but I value clear communication and making my intentions known is important to me, and hopefully, you're the same in how important communication is to you. Emotional intelligence is the most attractive thing in a partner to me. I want someone who has my best interest at heart, and I there's.
Thank you for taking the time to check this out, reach out if you'd like to talk and see where things go. Have a great week!
Reed

Paranormal adventure abounds when an ancient curse at long last lifts from the River Kingdom of Sevenarches. The heroes trek into the ancient forest realm in search of answers, but first they find violent druids, wicked fey hunters, and paranoid townsfolk. Behind it all is an enigmatic bogeyman who pulls the strings from a coterminous plane of spindly shadows. Can the characters unravel the schemes of Kaneepo the Slim? How does the fatal obnubilate curse relate to their missing memories? And what awaits them on the other side of the Seventh Arch? There's just one way to find out!
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• 🕗 Time: Sundays, starting from June 11, 2023 at 4 PM CEST/UTC+2. Played weekly for 4 hours.
• 🧙‍♂️ Players: 5/6
• 💻 Platform: FoundryVTT with Discord.
• 💵 Costs: 20 EUUSD per person per session. I also offer a 4+1 payment package where if a player wishes to pay for a full month in advance, they receive a free session.
• 🎚 Starting Level: 1
• ⚔️ Optional Rules - To Be Determined (Usually Free Archetype)
• 🌟 Custom Content! - I create side-stories for player characters if whenever they wish to obtain something with the [Uncommon] or [Rare] tag.

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Hello, I've been primarily running Pathfinder 2E games as a professional GM for 4 years now. I've completed most of the Adventure Path's and excel at running them as written (with maybe small adjustments for ease of play).

If you are interested, please message u/Peenicks, or Peenicks#4175 on Discord.

This build relies heavily on using finishers to make EVERYTHING explode, turn you invisible, give you grenade recharge rate, and then let you continue chaining nuke explosions until nothing is left. I've been fine tuning this and the gameplay loop and I can't wait to try it out in GMs. It does decently in master nightfalls, master lost sectors, and dungeons with a lot of ad density. I think a few of the artifact mods in the last column will really put it over the top, but I still have to unlock those at this point.
I (jokingly) argue that this invisibility build is better than hunters because it actually involves killing enemies. Hunters just dodge to go invisible, and that's cowardly. ^fightme
So here's the build.
Key Stats: 1. 100 Resilience 2. 100 Discipline 3. High Recovery is Good Too
Key Exotics: 1. Severance Enclosure (Chest) (Makes an explosion when you finish an enemy) 2. Rat King (Sidearm). Getting kills makes you invisible and starts health regen (if you have the catalyst). The biggest problem this season is you can't deal with champions with sidearms anymore :/ 3. Vexcalibur (Glaive). Blocking gives you overshields which kickstarts your grenade regeneration. Can use against unstoppable champions this season
Key Aspects: 1. Controlled Demolition (When volatile targets explode near you, you and allies get health) 2. Offensive Bulwark (when you have an overshield you get increased grenade recharge)
Key Fragments: 1. Echo of Cessation: Finishers create a void explosion that makes nearby combatants to become volatile. Also, defeating volatile targets creates a void breach 2. Echo of Starvation: Picking up a void breach or an orb of power grants devour 3. Echo of Persistence: Void buffs applied to you (invisibility, overshield, and devour) have increased duration. You will be using all of these buffs. 4. Echo of Obscurity: Finisher final blows grant invisibility (This allows you to dip in for a finisher and then dip out or go find another target to finish without getting shot at.
Key Mods: Firepower: Creates orbs of power with grenade kills. Grenade Kickstart: Gives you grenade energy back if you have armor charges Charged Up x2: Gives you 2 extra armor charges (5 total) so you get even more grenade energy back when you throw a grenade Proximity Ward: Gives you an overshield when you do a finisher.
Artifact Mods: Unto the breach: creates a void breach when you defeat a void debuffed target Protective Breach: Picking up a void breach gives you an overshield Supernova: Picking up a void breach causes your next source of void damage to create a large weakening pulse Squad Goals: Finishers when you have devour grant your allies devour
Gameplay Loop: 1. Throw a vortex grenade (this sucks enemies into a group and slowly starts ticking their health down). I ran scatter grenade but it would just kill everything outright. I find the vortex grenade is more consistent at ticking everything down into finishing range. 2. Run into the group and perform a finisher (this makes everything explode, you're now invisible, you’ve likely created a void breach which will give you overshield and grenade recharge, and now all the enemies that survived are volatile) 3. Run to the next enemy that can be finished and perform a finisher (if nothing can be finished, find a wounded enemy and shoot it until it can be finished). 4. Repeat until nothing is left.
DIM Link: https://dim.gg/x4gxe2q/Severance-Enclosure-Build-(62023)

hello!! i began my atelier dive with escha & logy then ayesha, and i liked both of them a lot! i'm now interested in diving into the rest of the entire series eventually, but i had a bit of questions about the arland trilogy before i consider playing it in the future--
in ayesha, the only thing i felt a bit uncomfortable with was a few conversations about weight and things along the themes of "it's because i'm/you're a girl" stereotypes (this would happen in side character events). iirc e&l had very little of these topics brought up as often, so my question is going off purely on the order that the games had released-- since ayesha is the game right before the arland trilogy, does it's writing similarly brings stuff like this in the game often too? and to add another question, i'm aware arland has more sexual themes/jokes, but how actually frequent is this when going through the main story and character events?
the art style and worlds of all the games appeal to me, so i'd love to consider giving a shot to them all if i can! sorry if this is a specific question to answer, but thank you so much for your personal insight in advance!

< Ep 4- Part 2
Based on the fourth round of the elimination contest and the results
Spoiler tag only for basic character spoilers.
[Cut to the stage with Chris and Chef sitting at a judges table]
Chris: Alright first up is the Narwhals with Ella, Dakota, and Staci.
Tsumugi: And assistance from Beth!
Chris: Yeah, yeah whatever. Begin ladies.
Sayaka: [to herself] Here goes nothing. Please don't let me die of embarrassment.
[Sayaka begins to sing one of most popular songs]
Makoto: Oh, I love this one.
Kaede: Makoto, focus on the piano keys please. We're still not ready yet.
[Sayaka starts to dance around the stage]
Chris: Yes, pretty good, though I have no idea what those words mean.
Chef: Seems to be a one woman show so far.
Miu: Don't you worry because this shows about to heat up thanks to me! [she aims her invention]
Chris: Dakota...what exactly is that going to do?
Miu: Don't blink! [She fires at Sayaka as her body erupts into light and smoke. She can still be heard singing. Her old clothes are blown away against the backdrop]
Chris: Flashy and impressive.
Chef: Um please tell me that isn't the girl's clothes over there.
Miu: Wait for it…
[The smoke clears. Sayaka can still be heard singing]
Himiko: Behold, the Ultimate Magician is here now!
Chef: Okay then where is the- Gaagh!
[Sayaka suddenly appears over Chef's shoulder singing to to both of them in a completely different outfit]
Miu: Yeah, sing it girl! [Miu aims again and fires]
Chris: Agh! Dakota, not in my eyes please! Ugh, Chef, give me something to clear my eyes.
Himiko: Here you go. [She's now in Sayaka's place next to them holding a handkerchief]
Chef: Are these the girl's other clothes now?! [Referring to the clothes blown into his face]
Miu: Look, I can't control where they go to alright. Just enjoy the show you two!
[Another burst of smoke and Sayaka's back on stage. This process repeats a few more times with Sayaka disappearing and reappearing all over the stage every time in a new outfit and Himiko in her place until Sayaka finally finishes her song]
Sayaka: *pant* *pant* So what did you think?
Miu: Yeah, pretty impressive right?
Chris: Well, while I couldn't understand any of the words being sung, I will say I did appreciate the theatrics of it all.
Chef: Though, I could've done without all the girl's clothes strewn everywhere.
Chris: We give it a 4 each so an 8/10 for the Narwhals. Not a bad start. Rhinos are up next with Sugar, Katie, and Geoff.
Gundham: Are you sure you can handle knives?
Peko: Of course, like he said they're just tiny swords right…
Hiyoko: You just better not hit me! *Deep breath* Let's do this.
[The music begins and Hiyoko begins dancing her traditional Japanese dance]
Chris: Again with the Japanese songs. You don't see us going around playing songs that scream we're Canadian.
Hiyoko: Just shut up and pay attention!
Chef: I'm a little curious what the hamster boy is doing over there.
Kazuichi: Okay Peko, you're up. Just aim for the spots Mukuro already hit in the backdrop.
Peko: Very well. [She throws the first knife. It flies past Hiyoko but not without her having to dodge a bit]
Hiyoko: I said watch it, you klutz!
Peko: I got this, okay…[throws three more all just barely hitting their mark and missing Hiyoko]
Chris: Okay extreme traditional dancing huh? Not bad…
Gundham: Go now my Dark Devas! [Maga-Z and San-D make it onto two of the knives and start posing. Cham-P slumps onto the lower knife as Jum-P springs off of him onto the higher one.]
Chef: Interesting use of the little rodents.
Kazuichi: Okay Peko, bring it home with a few more.
Peko: Wait, where do I throw them?
Kazuichi: Um…I don't know Mukuro was just going to throw them to give more platforms for Gundham's hamsters to dance around on but we didn't get that far in practice. Just anywhere I guess.
Peko: Alright….[to herself] just don't hit Hiyoko or the hamsters. Hgghh!! [She throws the next knife and it flies to much to the right, slicing the sleeve of Hiyoko's kimono]
Hiyoko: Ahh! My sleeve! [The knife sails passed and straight towards Cham-P. He tries to jump out of the way and ends up falling off the knife and sending it clattering to the ground. This sends the rest of the Devas in a panic as they leap off the backdrop and onto Hiyoko] AGGHHH! No, get off me you filthy rats!
Sonia: Hiyoko, be careful don't hurt them!
Hiyoko: No stop! Get out of there!!! [She tries to keep dancing but is convulsing around, continuing until the music finally stops] *pant* *pant* [Her kimono tattered and loose from flailing so much, the Devas climb their way out and run back to Gundham]
Gundham: Be still my Devas, everything is alright now.
Hiyoko: Uggghhhh!!! Your stupid hamsters ruined my performance!!
Chris: *ahem* Well it definitely wasn't good. What do you think, Chef?
Chef: I liked the part with the knife throwing around the little brat. But other than that it's a two for me.
Chris: A two for me as well. So that leaves the Rhinos with a final score of 4/10. Octopi you're up next.
Peko: I'm sorry, I guess I'm not the best at knife throwing.
Aoi: Don't worry, Peko, we don't blame you. When we lose we know exactly who to blame.
Byakuya: I wonder who you could be referring to.
Hiyoko: Can I vote Gundham's stupid hamsters off the island instead!?
Gundham: Over my mortal body.
[Cut to the Octopi backstage still trying to work out their instruments]
Chris: [off camera] Come on, Octopi. Hurry up, we don't have all day.
Kaede: No, we can't do this, they're not ready.
Akane: Look on the bright side we probably can't fail worse than the Rhinos.
Kaede: I know but it's still going to be pretty embarrassing. Byakuya's right it's impossible to expect anyone to match our talent this quickly.
Taka: Wait, Kaede, that's it. We just need to reverse that thinking. Instead of them matching you two, how about you two match them?
Ibuki: Um, Izzy's a little confused at what you mean about that, Topher.
Taka: Listen up you two [whispers to Kaede and Ibuki]
Kaede: Huh, oh…oh my that might actually work.
Ibuki: Absolutely, we can make this rock hard!
Makoto: Wait, you didn't tell us what you're even doing.
Taka: There's no need. You two just go up on stage and play like you normally do.
Nagito: So poorly?
Taka: The girls will handle the rest and let your luck carry us to victory. Now go, Chris is waiting!
[Cut back to Chris and Chef at the judge table]
Chris: Finally, it seems like the Octopi are ready. Looks like we have a musical performance by Sky, Cody, Harold, and Izzy. Should be interesting at least.
[Stage opens with Makoto on the piano and Nagito on the bass guitar. Both begin playing simple melodies still rather amateurly]
Chef: This is the best they can come up with when it comes to talent?
Chris: I know, I feel like I'm back at my middle school talent show.
[Suddenly Ibuki bursts onto the stage shredding her guitar to Nagito's melody but in a way where it blends in with hers.]
Chef: Huh, that doesn't sound half bad. Could do without the piano though.
[Then Kaede slides in next to Makoto and does a musical scale matching the simple keys Makoto's playing]
Chris: Woah, what the?
[The stage immediately erupts into a complete harmony of guitar and piano. It turns into a rock ballad as Ibuki's guitar takes center stage only giving a moment to breathe as Nagito plays his simple melody as a solo and Ibuki takes back over]
Akane: This is actually working!
[Next Kaede takes center stage as her fingers dance gracefully over the keys purposely missing the notes that Makoto's melody is satisfying and taking the moment final moments to play one of her favorite classical pieces]
Chef: *sniff* It's beautiful.
[The grand finale has Ibuki and Kaede do a musical showdown, each playfully hitting back at each other with their own song. At one point stopping their playing to let Nagito and Makoto play their tunes against each other before finally jumping back in and finishing the set off with a big loud cacophony of noise. Ending on a complete silence after Kaede does one final slam on the keys and Ibuki one final power chord.]
Ibuki: Oh yeah, how was that for you!
[Octopi burst into applause and cheers. The four performers take a bow.]
Chris: I've got to admit that was mighty impressive. To not only blend guitar and piano but also those two's terrible playing is, dare I say it, extremely talented. It's a five for me.
Chef: *sniff* Huh, what?! Oh yeah a five from me as well. Man, that piano song reminded me of my childhood with Mama. What was that again…Debut…no Daberry?
Kaede: That was Debussy. It's one of my favorites.
Chef: Yeah, that was it! Man, that brings back memories.
Chris: Well I have to say it looks like we have a clear winner with a perfect 10/10 the Octopi win this competition. Of course we still have the Lions left. While I doubt they can match that we'll see if they at least don't come in dead last. It can't be any worse than the Rhinos, am I right?
[Cut to Lions backstage]
Mahiru: Well, Chihiro, are you able to fix it?
Chihiro: Sorry, film cameras aren't really my specialty. I'm going to need more time and maybe some help from Miu.
Kaito: Great, then who's going to perform with Angie and Nekomaru now?
Mondo: We still have Kirumi, right? She said she’d be of assistance.
Angie: Never fear Tyler and Brick. For Atua has answered my calls for help and has determined that Mike shall be our new performer, Nyahahahah!
Hajime: What, me?!
Angie: But of course, Atua senses great power inside you, and so you'll be perfect. Plus you must have great trust in Atua. More So than Tyler.
Hajime: But I…what am I supposed to do?
Mondo: Don't look at me man, Angie's in charge here.
Angie: Just follow my lead and let the beauty of making art and Atua guide you.
Nekomaru: Also make sure to catch everything I throw at you.
Angie: Let's begin. Places everyone!
[Cut back to Chris]
Chris: Alright, last up we have the Lions with Angie, Lightning and Courtney.
Celeste: Actually a change in plans Chris, as Mike will be taking Courtney's spot.
Chef: Mike? Does that guy even have a talent?
Chris: Well, we'll see. It's showtime!
[The stage opens and Angie and Hajime are in front of a pile of mud. Hajime's staring awkwardly at the audience]
Chiaki: Go, Hajime.
[He waves at Chiaki, but is immediately cut off by Nekomaru jumping on stage]
Nekomaru: All right team, ready and….. create! [He immediately starts throwing artists' tools at the pair in a rhythm. Hajime attempts to catch each one and passes it to Angie who is busy forming the mud.]
Angie: Hi, hi, hi, keep it up Mike and Lightning. This mud dries quickly!
Hajime: Agh, I'm going as fast as I can! Woah, there.
Nekomaru: Time to speed things up then. OVERDRIVE!!!
Hajime: [to himself] Dear Atua, please no.
[The strange dance continues of tools being thrown and just as quickly discarded, as Angie works faster building up her mud creation until finally it looked to be completed]
Chris: Hold on a sec…….
Angie: Aaaaannnnd…Wah Lah! How do you like it, Chris? [Angie turns to reveal a life size sculpture of Chris smiling down at his human counterpart]
Chris: It's beautiful! That's an immediate five from me! This is going to make a fabulous camp centerpiece.
Hajime: *pant* *pant* Are-are we done?
Kaito: I think we actually won this.
Kokichi: Of course, haven't you seen any underdog story? You always come from behind and claim victory.
Angie: Hmmm….ah not quite yet. Atua has shown me one more improvement. Lightning, I need a pretty rock over there by the seashore. Hurry, before the sculpture hardens.
Nekomaru: You got it!!!
Hajime: *pant* W-wait, Angie. I think we've done enough, we really shouldn't push it.
Angie: Nonsense Mike, Atua has spoken that this masterpiece will not be complete without it.
Hajime: B-but-
Nekomaru: I GOT IT! HAJIME, HEADS UP!!! [He launches the rock straight at the stage]
Hajime: Oh no-HGGGHHH!! [He catches in straight in his gut]
Mondo: Wow, he actually caught it. Pretty good for a-
Mahiru: Hajime, look out behind you!
[Hajime stumbles backwards from the impact and bumps into the sculpture, ultimately knocking it over and smashing on the ground]
Kokichi: Ooooh, that's not how those stories go. Maybe they really are fictional lies.
Kaito: Go Kirumi. [He pushes her on stage as she calmly walks over and begins cleaning up the rumble]
Hajime: Ugghhh. I've *cough* got it.
Angie: Oh my! On second thought it probably wouldn't have helped anyway. Chris seems different now.
Chris:................
Kaito: So uh Chef. You heard Chris. He already gave us a five so how about you?
Chef: Well it is impressive but ultimately you didn't have coordination to work as a team but I'd still give a three. Mostly for the maid girl's diligence.
Mondo: So, that still gives us an eight tied with the Narwhals then?
Chris: Nope! Uh uh, I retract my rating! For building up my hopes and dreams, and firmly crushing it. You get a Zero! Lions I'll be seeing you at the campfire ceremony immediately! Actually…let me mourn my losses first.
Angie: Well, this is not how Atua saw this going at all, but a very impressive display, Mike.
Hajime: Uh, yeah sure.
[Cut to the campfire ceremony]
Chris: Lions, you know why you're here. So let's just get this over with! In fact you probably already know who the bottom three are so in order is Cameron, Tyler, Brick, Blaineley and Courtney. You're all safe. [The donuts are chucked at them]
Mondo: Woah, watch the hair, man!
Chris: Celeste, Max, and Trent are also safe with one vote each.
Ryoma: Wait, someone actually voted for me? [He looks over at Celeste]
Celeste: What? I told you I would. No need to stare at me like that.
Chris: And looky here, surprise surprise it's the final three dream smashing performing losers. The first one safe is…….Mike.
Hajime: Well, that's a relief.
Chris: And the last one to receive a jelly donut is…………..
………….. Lightning.
Nekomaru: Thank you, I promise not to let you down again, team!
Angie: Oh my…what is this?
Chris: This is you not getting a donut, Angie, which means you're out of the competition. Serves you right for getting my hopes up!
Angie: Atua definitely did not see this coming-woah!
Chef: Yeah, yeah, blame whatever God you want girly. Time to go.
Angie: Bye-yonara my friends. I hope we stay in touch. Visit my island someday!
[Confessional]
Mahiru: Look it wasn't because of Angie's reliance on Atua that we voted her off…..okay maybe it was. I mean seriously we could've won if her God didn't demand that final addition. Maybe it was for the best.
[End]
[Confessional]
Kaito: Finally! That's one incompetent leader off our team. Maybe these guys will start relying on others for a change. Like me!
[End]
Chris: Quite the shake up as we lose our first team leader. Will the Lions be able to work as a team without her. I mean who else are they going to listen to....Tyler?
Kaito: Hey, I heard that!
Chris: Find out next time on Total Drama Triple D of Danganronpa Despair Disaster.

End of Episode

Question.. looking into buying a frame for my upstairs living room that I’m probably not going to use much over my basement living room.. I still want the frame tv to have Apple TV 4K and my two home pods used as stereo set up for the times I’m in this space right off the kitchen .. I’d like to have all my home tvs have Apple TV to avoid having multiple remotes..
My question is, when I connect the Apple TV to the ARC/eARC hdmi port to allow my Apple TV remote to control the TV on, off, sound and so on, does this affect the auto art display offered on the frame TV?
Hope I’m wording this question correctly..