So, I'm sort of stepping out of my comfort zone for this one but I really need some advice.
I'm a young autistic adult and I've found I've found the thing that stresses me out more than anything else is change. Even slight changes or things I don't expect can be really stressful. This is a huge problem because I want to attend college and get a job, but the idea of being away from home and changing my schedule so drastically stresses me out a lot. I've gotten jobs but always ended up turning them down because I'd completely begin to spiral into a meltdown because just the idea of it stressed me out so much. Even just going to town for an hour one day every few weeks tends to make me anxious.
I also have a cat who's been extremely helpful in bringing comfort to me (basically an emotional support animal lol), and I know she gets upset when I leave for too long, since I've been at home almost 24/7 since she was just a kitten (she's now about 5 years old). She's been a constant for me for the past 5 years through a lot of stressful times and as such, I get anxious over the idea of something happening to her while I'm gone (partly due to the fact I've had to put down three animals in the past 3-4 years and it's made me very anxious over something happening to her).
But I also really don't want to miss out on life and I do want to go to college or be able to travel somewhat while I'm young to meet people my own age and stuff. How can I go about attending classes or even just being away from home for longer periods while still managing to keep my anxiety over these changes under control? Has anyone else experienced this? Any advice is seriously appreciated.

Past few days( 4-5 days ago) for me and some of my friends noticed it seems the scavs are become more aggressive / stronger than before. Target locking w/ shotgun from 100m f.e ; aggro not dropping. Have you noticed this too, or anyone heard smth about did BSG changed something in the AI behaviour?
Edit: even in full gear deels like we get tge cursed and tagged.

I’m wondering if anyone adds the idea that learning magic causes changes in mental state and social skills to their magic systems. I’ve tried to incorporate this concept to my post apocalyptic science-fantasy where sorcery is rediscovered and recodified after our species lost it in prehistory. To make a needlessly long explanation short, becoming one of these sorcerers affects someone’s mentality and social skills in two ways primarily. Any feedback would be welcome.
First is what becoming a sorcerer requires. Someone intending to learn sorcery builds upon their sense of self and strength of will. Proper, successful sorcerers are strongly selfish (rationally self-interested specifically), prideful people with minds that shrug off manipulation or intimidation like nothing. Many often have strong moral principles, but even the most seemingly modest sorcerers is simply good at hiding their pridefulness. It’s said that the only thing that so far truly terrifies a sorcerer is either a stronger sorcerer, or an unknown supernatural being.
Second is what becoming a sorcerer bestows. Upon becoming a sorcerer someone has the smallest look into the source of the psychoresponsive protomatters and planes that their sorcery is primary powered by. This single iota of insight, along with the physics bending powers of their sorcery, may do a number on someone. The imbalance of power both mental and magical often strains relationships of family, friends, or lovers. Even the most social may feel isolated by their knowledge, powers, or the tripled lifespan of particular powerful sorcerers induced by long practice.

A recurring theme of surrogate father-son relationships is all over The Wire, but season 4 in particular. Much of it comes to a head at the end of the season. (Here, it's most prominent in the school/drug gangs/cops plotlines, and less in the politics and police bureaucracy/commanders plotlines.)
You have:
Bubbles with Sherrod
Colvin with Namond
Carver with Randy
Prez with Dukie
Chris (and Marlo) with Michael (and, to a less successful extent, Cutty/Michael)
McNulty with Bodie
Cutty with the gym kids in general
(And, if you squint your eyes a little, Bunk with Omar, specifically when he chews him out in the park)
Am I forgetting anyone?
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To expand the theme out a bit, in the earlier seasons you have Avon and Stringer acting as father figures to their gang underlings, and you have both Lester and Daniels serving as father figures to the younger cops in their details. Also, Frank Sobotka acted as a "work dad" for the union guys, and especially his nephew Nick, in season 2.
Furthermore, in general a lot of the "chain of command" stuff that is cited over and over again in the police, politics, jail life, gang life, education, and journalism plotlines is often presented in a very patriarchal way. Not to mention all of the broader power relationship stuff (backroom deals, favors, negotiations, backroom deals and bribes) -- I'm pretty sure the phrase "who's your daddy" or some variation pops up more than a few times.
And frankly, the same thing could be said about surrogate brotherhood in the show -- the word "brother" is used repeatedly throughout the series to portray all sorts of symbolic close relationships or parallel/peer status (specifically, I'm thinking of McNulty and Fitzhugh, who ALWAYS calls Jimmy "brother").
Anyway, I'm sure someone has written a pretty good college paper on this topic!

*Follow up post to "[Genuine Rant] holy shit the complacency of the GI community is just...depressing"
The time I was off from Reddit went pretty nicely! I also got frozen yogurt with one of my sisters and my mother, really fun experience. PLEASE try froyo someday! If you're wondering what I got, it was chocolate with brownie topping, oreos and some designer chocolate and hot chocolate sauce, pretty delicious and chocolatey all around
After sorting through my thoughts, personal and genuine...I'm not sure what to believe anymore. On one hand, Hoyo is pretty alright at managing their games, on the other hand, something needs to be done with Dehya AND only Dehya, not the leveling system that I complained about on one occassion. But what I do know is that joining this subreddit in it's current state fucked up my emotional state, and likely mental state. So what I'm about to say next, the fact that I have to clarify this...the FACT THAT I HAVE TO CLARIFY... I just want to make it clear first and foremost that while I don't condone Dehya's current state, what I'm about to say doesn't equate to defending Hoyo's decisions regarding her.
Honestly, I felt just as betrayed as some of you, and I didn't want to feel alone. Waiting for a character after so long, especially one that you liked alot after recently getting back into the game in December is just a slap to the face. It felt like people were listening, that giving Dehya the strength she deserves is what WE needed, but over time? It felt like devolving. Not only did some of us start acting like assholes for the sake of a "cause", others may have gone a little too far with our demands, and then it may have escalated into only wanting Hoyo to do everything we wanted. And the worst part? I started going into thoughts that I never thought I would: That it's my way or the highway when it comes to my grievances with Hoyoverse, so much that for a brief time, I outright blocked someone just for disagreeing with me.
They rightfully called me out, can't really blame them since at the time I wasn't going listen and I was only focused on feeling like a "oh-so poor victim", but the moment it happened? I decided that I done something wrong, and was willing to hear them out. And the root of the problem? Everything that I felt was likely because of my feelings regarding Dehya's kit. I got THAT affected over a character's kit to the point that I started thinking that the game was going to fall apart, only wanting validation because of how angry and betrayed I felt and going into this subreddit in it's current state only reinforced it
Now before people start to get worried about what this post may imply? While I think Dehya should get a buff to at least perform her role better, I only request one thing: Please do not make the same mistake I did. Please don't start acting like an asshole regarding the Buff Dehya sentiment, and feeling entitled to the things you want just because of Dehya's kit. Just focus on the aforementioned sentiment and THAT only. And PLEASE, FOR THE LOVE OF THE ARCHONS, do not engage with a community, or at least a part of it to the point it dampers everything about your life.
Maybe it's just me who's only feeling this way and may have "outed" myself as a traitor in some of the more...zealous DehyaMains users, maybe there's at least a few people here that feel the same way I did, but in any case? Unless it's for a Dehya-related build like this sub, and many other subs was meant for and sadly in this case it devolved into constant negativity, I'm not going to be posting here for a long, long time. I got myself dragged into a potentially bad rabbit hole that could've gotten worse, and I also shouldn't have let my emotions influence me.
I'm sorry that I even felt the need to say this since there's actually other users are civil, but I needed to let this out of my mind. I won't be reading any comments on this post any time soon since I've already been letting negative atmosphere influence me too long. I just hope that you at least took the time to read this, and to remember one last thing: Please be civil regarding Dehya.
Even then, I hope your future days are nothing but best ones.

In my previous post, I talked about how you can program yourself - change your ingrained perspective and beliefs - through journaling.
I'm glad many people liked it, but now I want to share some examples of what I personally do to help you do it how I do it.
(Last Post in this subreddit: https://www.reddit.com/productivity/comments/123ll6e/how_6_years_of_journaling_affected_my_life/)
(I wrote new comments if you're interested.)
It's important to note that these are just things that work for me. It's like dancing, but the dance is tailored to my body and taste. Everyone's body is different, and they may have different preferences, although there may be similarities.
I want to encourage you to experiment and find what works for you.
I've tried to explain in this post as clear as possible with examples and metaphores how the subconscious mind works and what are perspectives, and how can you use it not only in productivity, but in every way in your life.
This is an extremely useful tool for self-improvement. It is real.

I pay attention to the negative and unpleasant feeling within me, and make myself conscious of it.

I'm very aware when I don't feel good. I never ignore this feeling. Our emotions won't disappear if we don't deal with them, they'll just fade into the background.
As people age, they can become increasingly negative if they're not emotionally strong enough. Hobbies, sports, art, and books can help overcome negative perspectives.
But with journaling, you can directly and consciously rewrite negative beliefs effectively.

Understanding the subconscious is important before "programming".

Imagine your subconscious as an echo. Have you ever been to a concert all day, and when you got home it was quiet, but the music continued to play in your head? Or, like me, when working in a call center and having to repeat a sentence, it kept repeating in my head by the end of the day.
(This is why it's dangerous for young people to watch low-quality hating content, because it repeats in the subconscious and they pick up that behavior pattern.)
The subconscious is an echo, a machine that repeats your thoughts.
If you are nervous for a long time, you need to consciously think calming thoughts for a long time so that the calm echo is stronger than the nervousness' echo.

An example of deprogramming: how to stop swearing.

Have you ever had to stop swearing, for example?
You automatically say a swear word every time, then you can change it by realizing before you say it: "Oh, I would swear! I'll say something else now!" At first, you may not have had the energy to do this because it happened so quickly - you were on autopilot - so you could only say afterwards to make yourself conscious - "Oops, I swore!"
When you are able to stop the impulse and say a new word instead of swearing, you are actually rewriting your behaviour. Very simple. This is what programming means - you are rewriting the way you talk, think, behave.
You need to do this with all of your negative perspectives and habits.
1. Get conscious of the bad behaviour / negative thought
2. Stop the before the impulse (or remind you after the impulse happened, what you should have done instead)
3. Act differently / think something neutral or positive, or continue the negative into positive (ex: I am not productive... But I am doing my best, and I'm getting better.)
4. Repeat until it becomes unconscious! Then the reprograming is done, and the new program is "running!"
To be effective, it's good to understand the source of your feelings and explore your entire inner world.

By writing a journal, you can become conscious of your negative perspective more easily. But if you don't paint a positive/neutral image, your programming will be less effective.

Imagine that your mother scolds you, telling you not to do this or that. She tells you what NOT to do, what's bad about it.
Do you know what to do from that? If a person wants to go on a date and only lists what they DON'T want, do you know what they want? What would make them happiest, what they are attracted to? Because we only know what they don't want.
This is very important in understanding your subconscious.

Your subconscious mind has the opportunity to orient itself towards that positive goal if you write a neutral/positive perspective.

Imagine waking up and being reminded about the things you hate but you must do. If you only think about those, you'll sure hate you life and just repeat, because the same path is presented to you to live your life.
Writing neutrally is good for people who are really low on life. It's easer to decrease negativity and suffering, instead of changing your life to positive. But if you are able, thinking about what you CAN do to see things in positive perspective, do it.
Journaling is a practice that allows you to concentrate on creating this picture for yourself.
When a child is learning, they don't get motivated by listing their mistakes and what they got wrong on their test.
But if you tell them what can be better, what could be done differently, what's more accurate, then you give them a positive direction.

Lets get to the technical stuff: It's best to write in your journal in the morning and then in the evening.

I write spontaneously throughout the day because many information needs to be organized. But I always write in the morning, it helps me a lot.
At this time, you're either half-asleep or still in a malleable state of mind, and journaling can have an impact on your whole day. Your mind is easier to program this time.
I check in with myself. What am I feeling? What am I afraid of? What is causing discomfort? What are my tasks for the day?
With practice, you can identify these feelings more accurately. The task after is to write about the opposite - how will you handle this situation? What will you do to overcome this fear?

Example! Laziness/afraid of work due to perfectionism - which was a big problem for me.

I'm going to give a real example of a problem in my life that sometimes resurfaces - when it does, I repeat this process. Nowadays it's never that bad anymore, but I have still things to work on.
It's like going to the gym, once you stop, slowly you get weaker, so you need to repeat.
I'm in the morning, I take out my journal and write what I feel. It's mostly automatic for me now, as I've done it so much, but I'll describe it in more detail like I used to do with many questions.
I'm afraid to start the day. There's so much to do, and it's so hard. I don't feel like it.
Why don't I feel like it? What's so hard?

I have to write. And I need to tidy up... Maybe what I write won't be good enough. And I can't achieve a perfectly organized room, it would take too long. I'm just clumsy at what I'm doing and I feel incapable, producing only bad work. My body is tired and I feel like I don't get any reward from doing anything.

After I write this, I switch to another state of mind. It's as if I were someone else, comforting myself. And I analyze my text.

What is the strange statement in it? What is distorted, what feels wrong? What is the perspective that is opposite to this twisted perspective?

Then I write a text with a very correct way of thinking for myself. I describe why writing is beautiful, why it's good to tidy up, why what I do is good.
This is the moment of transformation.

I don't have to write. I don't have to tidy up. I can live without them. I don't have to do anything, but there will be consequences if I just lie down. Do I want to lie down forever? What kind of life would that be? Empty, meaningless. It's good for me because at least I can occupy myself with something. And it doesn't have to be perfectly tidy, or perfectly written. It's enough if I just write what's in me, and it succeeds as it does. At least I wrote something, and at least I tidied up roughly. Tomorrow I'll tidy up a little more and write again, and over time it will improve every day. The reward is that I write more refined over time, and later I can even make money from it. And the good thing about being organized is that it makes me feel organized, and I learn self-discipline from it. This strengthens what will always be with me: my character. So, my task for today is: tidying up for 1 hour and writing 3 articles. Then I can rest: walk, talk with my friends. So I am improving today too!

Roman Emperor Marcus Aurelius also wrote a book where he similarly "comforted" and motivated himself. It can be called a form of meditation.
It could be my problem every day for long days - I just don't feel like doing anything.
At times like these, I don't just write a paragraph in my journal about it, but a proper article for myself. I call them Texts To Self. In these, I fully analyze my mind, my way of thinking, and reality.

A tip for beginners: go deeper on what you feel, why, where does it come from, and why do you think its true?

I analyzed myself this way for years when I was in my teens. This made me be aware of everything in myself.
What am I afraid of?
Going to work because my colleagues are negative and blame me when things go wrong.
Why am I afraid of this?
Because it makes me feel bad.
Why do I feel bad when someone says something negative to me? (I will write it again to see it from outside perspective)
Because I feel what they say is true.
Why, what is the evidence for this?
Because I messed up something last time.
And haven't others messed up anything? (expanding perspective, comparing to others)
Haven't you done good things as well? (thinking about the good instead of only the bad)
Don't you deserve praise for that, not just blame for the bad? (questioning the environment's logic)
Why would you deserve to feel bad if you make a mistake? (questioning fundamental beliefs)
Don't you deserve guidance that helps and motivates you? Wouldn't you work more carefully then? (questioning the envrionment, if they truly wanted me to do better why aren't they helping?)
Others have messed up a lot of things around me, even more than me. And I have fixed many things for them, but I never blamed them. When I do something good, they don't even mention it or say anything, they just scold me like a child. But I want to work well, and they don't help, so they can't expect this from me, and I don't deserve to feel shameful or guilty, because my intentions are good. They are just worsening the situation.
Then why do you feel bad?
I don't know.
When you reach the point of realizing that you don't even understand why you feel an irrational emotion, you are on the right track.
If you do it well, your negative emotions will surprisingly fade away.
(But this could also mean, you need to think more, ask other type of questions and go deeper)

Yes, I mean it seriously - if you do it enough and well enough, you will REALLY realize that it is unreasonable for you to feel bad. I've done this for years, everyday literally analyzing all of my thoughts when I could.

When I didn't have a journal with me, I just did this in my head.
I've gone through big personality changes these times when I was a teen, because I realized that everything I thought is just an assumption, yet my subconscious mind accepted it as true. So I felt wrong, even when I didn't need to at all!
Imagine how many people feel bad even when it's completely irrational!
And how many people is angry at others, and hurting them instead of giving a helping hand to cooperativly reach the common goal.

Example to reorder to neutrality a negative distorted perspective:

It's not always easy to see things from a positive perspective, especially in challenging situations. In these cases, try to make your negative perspective neutral instead.
For example, let's say you didn't do well on a school assignment. You may feel like it's a catastrophe, but instead of focusing on the negative, you can say to yourself:

It's just words on paper, nothing is actually happening to me. I can't predict how bad my future will be, and it's just my imagination. In the past, I've worried about terrible things that never happened, so maybe this situation isn't as bad as I think it is.

Or if you're thinking about past mistakes, remind yourself that everyone makes mistakes. Think about how common it is and provide many examples from real life.
Cognitive distortions tend to magnify small, everyday issues and make them negative. By balancing them out with a positive or neutral perspective, you can see things more healthily.

Negative mental images can be challenging obstacles, but by transforming them, it becomes easier to get up, complete tasks, and achieve your goals.

If someone has humiliated you, try to think objectively about the situation and write down your thoughts. For example:

Someone said negative things to me. This is their perspective, and others may not agree with it. If more people knew me well, they would likely understand me better. Just because someone has an opinion doesn't mean it's an objective reality.

Apply this approach to many aspects of your life.
Stoic books can especially be helpful to look things from another perspective.
I read Seneca's and Epictetus' writing many times.

A positive perspective is one in which you focus on the benefits of what you're doing and what happened to you, how can you take advantage.

For example, if you're a designer working every day and afraid if you won't land a job and it might be a waste of time, think:

Eventually someone will like your work and hire you for a good position. This is statistically likely. If it doesn't happen, then you can try something else, such as updating your portfolio, watching videos, talking with others about what works. You are always improving your chances with these.

This way you don't remain in your negative static state. You think about the new things you are doing to go forward.

If you feel hurt, you have a chance to learn to emotionally balance yourself. If you got beaten, life is reminding you: you should learn kung-fu to protect yourself. If something is going negatively in your life, it means, you need to bring awareness there and more positive change.

These projects a pattern that suggests that negative situations can be improved, and even turned into positives.
You're capable of doing this, and as you practice, your positive perspective will grow in your daily life.
We don't want the false empty positivity. We don't want to lie to ourselves how good everything is and ignoring the bad. It's about understand that the bad actually shows us something good we can use. Always stay realistical and practical.

Another example for journaling-reprogramming-meditation from me: about perfectionism.

There have been times when I have delved into what perfectionism means to me. What I feel, how I see it. Here is a text I wrote to myself, just to show you my practice.

Perfectionism is actually hindering. Those who take action will go much further than those who plan endlessly without doing anything, trying to be perfect. What are the consequences if something is not perfect? Nothing. Some people will like it, some won't. But this will always be the case, no matter how perfectly you do it. But at least you are doing something. You make progress day by day and you are learning. It's better to go and work out for ten minutes every day and get used to it, rather than just planning to work out and not doing anything. If I think about it, I won't do it, and nothing will happen. If I do it, I am learning and it can be enjoyable. If I do it, there is progress, no matter how flawed it may be. If I want to be truly perfect, I have to accept that what I am doing is imperfect. Do it without thinking, do it before you're ready.

I write articles for myself while thinking about quotes, example:
- There are no mistakes, only progress and learning.
- Atleast I am producing something, instead of zero.
- Action takers get results, the one who overthinks don't.
I wrote texts like this to myself every day to finally let go of unproductive perspective and start doing what I want to do. Of course, there are many others, on different topics, but I chose this one for now.

Better than motivational videos. This is active change in your thinking, not a passive momentary motivation.

Motivational videos provide a positive perspective, but it doesn't stick and you don't internalize it. However, with journaling and repetition, you do. It's personalized to you, and you can rewrite your negative perspectives with it.
Motivational videos only give you a good mood, strength, and a positive outlook on life. They can help, but it's like reading a general psychology text instead of having a personal session with a psychologist who focuses on you.

Feedback, Questions

Thank you all for writing comments, sharing my post and asking questions. This is the first time I started posting my thoughts on these topics and what I do in my personal life.
It was great to see that so many people like it and that it helped! :)
I'm thinking about writing a template you can download with organized and concentrated questions.
Ask freely, I try to answer in the comments or with a new post, with some delay.

I am the only one who's uncomfortable with Hubert because he's played, especially in the fandom, as this hyper-rational male character compared to the more sensitive and emotional Edelgard ?
I'm genuinely asking this to other people who will treat this a minimum seriously and hold similar belief when it comes to feminism as me, because I know it's a topic I'm biased about due to personal experience and so might be missing some important nuance and elements. While I'm trying to best convey my point in this post because I want to be treated seriously, I'm genuinely open to real critism outside of the bad "it's not that deep" or related point.
Many people wrongly believe Hubert is a yes-man when he actually don't hesitate to do what he thinks his best. We see him express this view in his Ferdinand support and even hold critism, though gentle in their approach, of Edelgard course of action like in SB. While this makes sense thematically and mechanically, Hubert also tend to be more the one speaking strategy and information in CF while Edelgard express a more emotionally charged opinion on the matter. This particulary come to light with how the strategic comparison between the Empire side and the Alliance side is focused on Hubert and Claude rather than with Edelgard wich focus on moral. It show through the difference between chapter 19 and chapter 20 battles or comments like that:
Hubert: Claude von Riegan. What an interesting character.
Hubert: Underneath that compassionate exterior, he was always cold and calculating.
Hubert: Ordinary fools run headlong into combat, without even considering the possibility of defeat.
Hubert: But to consider one's chances, and to prepare for plans to go awry—that takes real intelligence.
Hubert: I have to say, I am impressed beyond words.
There's also the whole context that plays into it with Rhea having Seteth is in a similar spot and on the other hand, the male lord having retainers who are not as involved in decision-making and "less critical" of the choice of their leader, with Hilda not caring that much and Dedue being blindly loyal.
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For me, while it seems to hold some truth in the game, it's mainly a problem in the fandom. I've seen AM fan say Edelgard is dumb and only managing to do well because of Hubert intelligence, but I've also very much seen CF fan making Hubert/Edelgard relationship dynamic as rational man telling sensitive woman decision made on the spot/due to love is risky and not well though enough. It's even something I've seen with fanfiction writer I respect a lot...
There's also this added dimensions in some fanfiction where Hubert is played enteriely as the man silently enduring deep man pain to protect Edelgard from the brutality of the world, all while somewhat putting aside or somewhat dismissing her trauma. For example they use a very dramatic and dark lexical field when talking of Hubert's while on the other hand they don't really directly mention Edelgard's, which to be fair is also a whole problem of how dismissed/down-played Edelgard trauma is in general in this fandom but that's another matter. There's this common trope in fiction of the man who suffers and want to protect the woman from similar suffering, and what's interesting with Edelgard/Hubert in the game is that it's simply not the case. While what Hubert had to go through is unarguably awful because bystander trauma is not something to dismiss, it remain that it mainly consist of being a bystander to the horror Edelgard continually had to go through ( not just the experiment). There's the very potential child abuse he endured and the whole aspect of having your whole life being dedicated to another that's not to dismiss too definitely, but the point remain... If anything, canon Edelgard/Hubert is a partial reversal of that trope, yet a non-negligigble part of the fandom don't exactly handle it like that.
I don't know if I conveyed my points well enough since I had a hard time directly explaining exactly what I'm speaking off, I hope it's not too messy.

I remember she did a interview on Zawe Ashton and he brought up her gay following and she seemed so put off by it, like he was trying to shame her. I was taken aback.
I remember when Clay Cane talked to Patti LaBelle about her gay fans and she loved it. Totallyu different vibe from Barbra who's always implying she's disappointed by her gay son or when Larry Kramer said she was grossed out by gay sex and that's why she didn't do The Normal Heart.

So our house has four old toilets in the garden on the deed 1 is owned by us, and then one each to the three houses further down the street. None of them are plumbed in and all of the rooms are empty. None of them have a door.
The building they sit in is structurally unsound (according to a survey) and is most likely going to fall down relatively soon.
Where do I stand on ownership of the land considering the other properties do not use them? Also as the building either needs to be knocked down or restored safely, who's responsibility is this to get it done?

First i want to say that i was just entertaining myself, i know it probabilly is not the best concept.
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"Not all battles are won with great weapons, not all screams go unnoticed by sinking them into more noise."
Some problems are solved with precision and silence.
A wind that takes away all those who repudiate us. An instrument, whose music silences dissent.
He is the "who" when they shout "Who's there?"
SIMO."
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Passive, Hunter's Tenacity: When landing a headshot Simo's movement speed, reload speed, fire rate, and critical chance are increased.
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Trench: Holding the key, Simo throws a harpoon (similar to Valkyr's) to move agilely. By pressing it, Simo will move to the point and stay there until he moves again, while he is on that point his armor, shield and health increase. If used on a wall, Simo will remain anchored to the wall until he moves again.
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Tactical Retreat: Simo drops a gas bomb that stuns enemies dealing gas damage, turning you and allies in affinity range invisible and silencing your sounds. During the first 3 seconds of invisibility "Trench" does not cost energy.
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Arsenal: Simo can alternate between 4 types of ammunition that will add status to the weapons: "Corrosive, viral, explosive and radioactive" Once the ability is activated, enemies will have to be killed to increase its duration (like 3 gyre) and in case the duration expires, the ability will take 40 seconds to be able to be used again. This ability does not apply to breath weapons or meeles.
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Hayha Rifle: The armor on Simo's shoulders detaches and rearms to form a powerful Exalted Sniper Rifle. "Arsenal" applies to this ability.
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"Tactical Retreat" Augment: Disruption: While the ability lasts nearby enemies will take magnetic damage and be briefly stunned when in range.
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Helminth: "Tactical Retreat"

I'm a big fan of racing games. I play a lot of Need for Speed, Horizon, The Crew and simulations like Project CARS 2. I like to sometimes just cruise around when I'm outside of races, but most of the racing games I've recently started playing seem too reluctant to cast the player as a nobody. You're always either a hotshot who's already the best, or you have a history with the racing scene or you're a superstar who's just having fun. I'm looking for something different. It doesn't matter if it's street racing or legal racong in a series. I'd like to be in the shoes of that newcomer who has everything to prove and has to rise to the top. If it has an open world, even better. Any suggestions?

I've been having fun binging through these games again and posting thoughts here, thanks to everyone who's been engaging with me on them! I'm a fan who loved TWDG S1 when it came out, was content with TWAU, and hated TWDG S2 at launch. I was looking forward to the engine upgrade and when Batman turned out to have horrible technical issues at launch, I tuned out. Haven't played a Telltale game since, so this playthrough of Definitive I'm doing with my wife has been my first time replaying TWDG since that initial S2 playthrough and my first time playing new content now that we've made it to Season 3 (ANF).
I've gathered that ANF is the least popular season among the community, and although I'm happy to say I don't agree, I can definitely see why. It's a marked departure from past seasons in a few ways, not just by relegating Clem's story to the B plot. Since I already made a post about my initial reaction and thoughts on S2, I figured it would be fun to continue.
I'll get the negatives out of the way first: - Lots of unclear dialogue choices. It was way too common that we would pick something to say only to have Javier deliver it in a completely unexpected way, and this came up as an issue way more than last seasons.
I've if the most egregious examples was explaining my wound to Kate; I remember the options being something like ["Gabe messed up" / "It's nothing" / "I got myself stabbed"]. I had a caring relationship with Gabe and wanted to be a father figure to him, and he apologized the first chance he got. He knew he fucked up, there was no point in antagonizing him. I picked the third option.
"Got myself stabbed... Gabe got in the way. Anyway-", sorry, what?? Why explicitly present an option to throw Gabe under the bus when the other option I picked was basically the same thing?
I also didn't want to be an ass in the flashback with David, turning around to sign autographs the moment my brother opened up a bit. For whatever reason "not now" wasn't a "sorry, I can't right now" but a "hey fuck odd kid". There's no winning, lmao.

• Inconsistent art style. Don't know how to elaborate on this one much, just felt like the visuals looked great at some points and had in others. Couldn't decide if it felt like a full-on improvement or not.
  
• Wasted potential with Joan. This type of antagonist is boring. There's no good drama here and she feels more like a Bond villain than a troubled person trying to do what's best for their people. I played things very diplomatically and was bummed that the rebellion plan didn't have room to breathe.
  
• Kate, I get it, but this is awkward and I need you to take the hint.
  
• Usual Telltale issues. Characters just vanish and reappear based off of plot convenience. I also felt like there were a few times I didn't really get what our plan was at the moment but just rolled with it.
  
• Other usual Telltale issue: my god, is it just impossible to have a plotline last between seasons? I practically went through hell and back to get to Wellington and only got to spend 5 seconds there. At least this season actually had a consistent narrative throughline unlike Season 2.
  

Positives: - Best opening in the series. Easy.

• Unlike Season 2, I actually like this cast. I like the family drama and I think most of these characters feel compelling and realistically flawed. I was invested in trying to "save" David for the sake of the family and loyalty as a brother. Ultimately, he dug his own grave. The tragedy here worked for me.
  
• Have felt like what Ben and Sarah were supposed to be. Of the "liabilities" I liked that we actually had room to form a good relationship with him, and ultimately he seemed to show a lot of growth and maturity in my playthrough.
  
• The tonal shift was interesting. Going into inter-settlement politics and larger scale conflict was a nice change of pace. While I prefer the smaller scale stories of the other seasons I think this felt novel.
  
• Choices clearly mattered a lot more. I also really liked the Tripp / Ava fake-out. The choices felt a lot more consequential than they did in Season 2 and the twists had me more invested overall. It was nice to see characters have arcs and dynamic relationships based off of my decisions, instead of nonsense like Nick and Sarah.
  

I followed the advice to "go along with the plan" and yeah I think I'm glad I did. Conrad seemed like an ok guy in the end even though he was being a jackass in the moment.
Ultimately I got on well with pretty much everyone besides, tragically, David. I kept my promise to Papi but David was too far gone and didn't want to be saved. He ran off with Gabe who killed him himself when I stayed behind to save the city with Kate. I believed the folks who said most of Richmond was good people, and I wanted to do the right thing especially after my dipshit brother started a shootout.
I didn't get to shoot Joan which was a bummer, but I guess my Javi ended up being something of a pacifist anyway so I guess it worked out. Banishment is the ultimate punishment in this group and I like to imagine Javier earned a leadership role by being honest and respecting the New Frontier's ideals.
Overall I think I liked it, maybe a 6-7/10. In hindsight I think I'll put Season 2 as a 5-6 at best and S1 is still 9/10. I definitely prefer this one to Season 2 with its carnival of impressively unlikable people, railroaded decisions, and stupid decisions.
Maybe the biggest sticking point for me is that in this game about choices and consequences, I felt like despite everything I did get to have agency again this season. Season 2 is a whole 5 episodes of "if I really had any choice I wouldn't be with you hostile, frustrating, borderline useless people in the first place". Season 3 threw me into a family drama - importantly, a family I was actually a member of and had a reason to stick by.
We also played S4E1, but I'll talk about that more later. I'm sitting in bed after waking up early for Suhoor (happy Ramadan!) and my fingers are starting to hurt from gripping my phone, lol. I think it's the best first episode so far and I can't wait to see what happens next.

Warning:this is a long read. Hi, my name is Angelo and I thought why not try again ya know. I have anxiety and I'm an introvert. Mst timezone.I like the small things in a relationship like paragraphs,talking on the phone(I call them phone dates lol). I'd be happy just being in their presence tbh. I am kinda corny like how I mention how happy or lucky I am and what not. I like dark humor, videogames, writing, photography, animals, and space. I'm one who'd rather work things out and be straightforward then just ghost or leave. I try to respond asap when I get a text and will let them know what I'm doing and why I wasn't able to respond. I've been ghosted before and it hurts. I currently don't work as my anxiety kinda hinders me but I'm trying. I am 5' 7ish and a bit chubby. I wear glasses, would like to dye my hair again but for now it's black with some parts bleached and no tattoos(yet). I play on pc,ps4,xbox1 and 360,and switch. I'm mostly a text/dm person but willing to call or discord later on. I'm fine with smoking as long as it's not 24/7.(ps. I can't drive as it scares me, almost crashed a couple times XD and I'm not the type who is out there, like I said I'm an introvert) also a bit dense so I don't really know "hints" so be straightforward if you want to end things or something.
I'm looking for someone who's loyal and honest,(plays games is a bonus) and someone who wants long term. Someone around my age 19-25 , I don't care about height or race, slightly care about weight(if your average in weight,less,or a bit chubby then perfect). If there's anything you want to know then ask away and I'll answer pretty quick. Tell me about yourself, your interests, and what you want in a relationship if you're interested. Have a good day/night!

I live in England.
My wife and I bought our first house last year for £321,000. My salary is £47,000, although overtime is plentiful and this year I was able to gross £63,000. My wife's is £31,500 and she also earns a 5% bonus.
Our monthly bills are around £2500 including our mortgage which is £920. Recently I've had a car accident in which my car was written off giving me £8000. That, together with what savings I've already had, has got me £15,000.
My questions are:
Should I save up another £15,000 or so and put a deposit on another house as an investment and have tenants living there who's rent will cover the mortgage?
Would we be able to manage it given our salaries?
From any landlords here, how does it work?
What do I need to watch for with would-be tenants?
Any other answers to questions I'm not asking?
I have bought my mum's old car which is a useful run-around that I will be running into the ground so transport is not an issue. Any advice from the landlords of Reddit or even not, would be greatly appreciated.

Okay, this is gonna be long so brace yourselves. I have this online friend from Stan Twitter and eventually became friends on Ig too. We're chatting with each other regularly before from twitter and Ig, depending on our mood. Anyway, I just wanted to show my appreciation to her. I'm a girl, by the way, I don't know if that's important to mention but I started buying gifts for her last month, I think. Well, it was a surprise dm from the seller on Twitter but I was the one who paid for the items and everything. The items were just bubbleheads of the members we both Stan, not that expensive naman. She was appreciative of it and was shy of having to receive the gift which was cute but she mentioned she wasn't used to receiving gifts and didn't know what to say 'cause she was shocked I guess. Several days after, I again bought another gift for her through surprise dm and shouldered everything. This gift was just a photocard holder, nothing really fancy. She was shocked at first and knew already it was me behind it even though the seller noted it was from anon. She mentioned a few times not to give gifts anymore but I told her why not? I just wanted to give it her 'cause I appreciate her though I didn't really tell this to her. My intentions were totally pure, I didn't mean anything by it like suiting her or something else.
Then yesterday, I again bought her something and she just received a surprise dm in the morning. She messaged me that she knew it was me and told me to stop giving gifts. I replied na to her in the evening and kept denying it was me even though I really was the one who bought it. Then she messaged me like "basta hindi kita kausapin'", I don't know if this was a joke. I didn't want that to happen so I eventually admitted it and apologized to her. In my mind, I was like, I'll do everything for her so I admitted it right away so that she'll talk to me.
I even asked her if she was mad but she wasn't mad naman daw. She just said "balakajan hindi kita kakausapin pag ginawa mo pa yan". I asked her why. She said she already mentioned it before and I think it's because she's not used to receiving gifts. The thing is, I want her to feel special, you know, that's why I give her these gifts. :')
She hasn't replied to me yet. Another friend told me that maybe she just feels overwhelmed by these things. Now, I'm just thinking, does she really feel overwhelmed? Or she doesn't like it because it's me who's the one giving these gifts? Am I the problem? Is there something wrong with me? Or what am I doing? I don't want to stop chatting with each other just because of me giving her gifts. I don't want to be awkward and then eventually lose this friendship. I feel hurt for some reason, I don't know why.
Please tell me, feel free to be frank. I need answers.

(I believe these things about people in general, not every individual.)
I believe that it's thought that sexism towards women is so much more common than sexism towards men, across the world (especially in Muslim countries) and throughout history, even fairly recent history. (However my parents and sister told me it is more common but not SO much more and that sexism is not about hating women nor seeing them as lesser inferior beings, that it's about men having had the roles of power and control, because they were stronger so exerted strength to get them, etc. But that women were also thought to have a just as important role, raising a family in the home.) And they said violence against women is not about hating them, it's just that they are easier targets.
I believe it's thought that women like men as a gender more than men like women as a gender due to this. Because people think sexism means mistreating, hating, etc. And that it's thought women treat men better and with more respect.
I believe it's thought that women like men in a more well rounded way than men like women, because of sexism and because because people think men objectify women and "only want one thing" from women, and also that if you took sex away... men would prefer men in all other ways (they think women are unfunny, they think that men are superior, etc.) And I believe it's thought that men joke about hating their wives, but women don't about their husbands.
I believe it's thought that sexism towards men is only a thing as backlash against sexism towards women. So women who hate men hate them for how men treat women.
I believe traditional roles are not seen as equal but different and are instead seen as representing a belief that women are incapable and to serve men. I believe also that it's thought that women are defined by their relationships to men.
I believe that when men do typically female hobbies and jobs women propel them to success and praise them for the bare minimum (which they wouldn't do for a woman with the same skills), like drag queens and gay male makeup artists. But women doing typically male jobs or hobbies are held to higher standards, have to prove themselves more, are not given the same support and are even verbally abused or threatened online. (Female gamers, female Mps, in sport, female celebs, etc.) And that there are boy's clubs that are hostile towards women in male dominated workplaces, but not girl's clubs that are hostile towards men in female dominated workplaces. I believe that having female main characters, idols, etc is not something many men want nor can relate to, while male main characters, idols are fine for women.
I believe it's thought that women (especially teen girls) hate each other, get jealous, compete and have internalised misogny, but that men have stronger bonds, friendships and camaraderie. (Even though my psychologist told me that it's instead believed that women mostly support each other.)
My parents, sister and psychologist told me I was wrong about all of these things and that most people don't think these things, my sister identifies as a feminist herself. But online and on Reddit everybody has the same views as me.

Hello boys,
I friend of mine who's currently in Tokyo, is kind enough to bring a whiskey back with him for me. I have looked at Nikka G&G Samurai. I have heard that it's not the best whiskey, but it's a very cool sovenir. I find some mixed information about where to buy it. Some duty free shops at the airport might have it in stock, but is there somewhere else in Tokyo you can get it, or is it an airport exclusive?
Apart from the Nikka is there some other japanese whiksey you would recommend? Preferably something that can be found in local stores and below 100 USD.
Cheers!

(I believe these things about people in general, not every individual.)
I believe that it's thought that sexism towards women is so much more common than sexism towards men, across the world (especially in Muslim countries) and throughout history, even fairly recent history. (However my parents and sister told me it is more common but not SO much more and that sexism is not about hating women nor seeing them as lesser inferior beings, that it's about men having had the roles of power and control, because they were stronger so exerted strength to get them, etc. But that women were also thought to have a just as important role, raising a family in the home.) And they said violence against women is not about hating them, it's just that they are easier targets.
I believe it's thought that women like men as a gender more than men like women as a gender due to this. Because people think sexism means mistreating, hating, etc. And that it's thought women treat men better and with more respect.
I believe it's thought that women like men in a more well rounded way than men like women, because of sexism and because because people think men objectify women and "only want one thing" from women, and also that if you took sex away... men would prefer men in all other ways (they think women are unfunny, they think that men are superior, etc.) And I believe it's thought that men joke about hating their wives, but women don't about their husbands.
I believe it's thought that sexism towards men is only a thing as backlash against sexism towards women. So women who hate men hate them for how men treat women.
I believe traditional roles are not seen as equal but different and are instead seen as representing a belief that women are incapable and to serve men. I believe also that it's thought that women are defined by their relationships to men.
I believe that when men do typically female hobbies and jobs women propel them to success and praise them for the bare minimum (which they wouldn't do for a woman with the same skills), like drag queens and gay male makeup artists. But women doing typically male jobs or hobbies are held to higher standards, have to prove themselves more, are not given the same support and are even verbally abused or threatened online. (Female gamers, female Mps, in sport, female celebs, etc.) And that there are boy's clubs that are hostile towards women in male dominated workplaces, but not girl's clubs that are hostile towards men in female dominated workplaces. I believe that having female main characters, idols, etc is not something many men want nor can relate to, while male main characters, idols are fine for women.
I believe it's thought that women (especially teen girls) hate each other, get jealous, compete and have internalised misogny, but that men have stronger bonds, friendships and camaraderie. (Even though my psychologist told me that it's instead believed that women mostly support each other.)
My parents, sister and psychologist told me I was wrong about all of these things and that most people don't think these things, my sister identifies as a feminist herself. But online and on Reddit everybody has the same views as me.

Soo Me and my gf are currently trying to get off of m30s the fake pressed pills that are blue and from the knowledge I have come across in the past few days is crazy like it’s not fentanyl anymore for the most part it’s xylazine and I just need to know anything anybody knows about stopping I use to do 5+ a day and I’m down to 2 1/2 a day now but the withdrawal s are real.. I have no choice but to stop by any means necessary but I could really use any advice of any kind… And I kno I’m a dummy for even starting to do them iv always been the type to do anything but hard hard stuff iv done mostly everything but ice crack pcp or heroine I don’t shoot or smoke them we snort them but iv never had any problems w any “drug” iv always chose when and how much I do or what I do now I’m what I never thought I could be … I’m stronger then this and I know it my kids don’t deserve this👌

esterday I was sitting on the couch scrolling facebook on the phone with my back turned to the bedroom door while my girlfriend was putting out 15 month year old to sleep. She snuck out of the room and watched me scroll and I stopped at a picture of a random female pt (not even wearing anything revealing) for 3 seconds before I cop a slap to the back of the head followed by and argument and then she shows me a story of some shirtless dude saying How would you like it and I just shrugged it off saying I wouldn't really care. She then followed with saying "I've been there" and pretty much took off with our kid to one of her friends houses for an hour and then ignored me the rest of the day.
Tonight was a bit different I left my phone unlocked while I was putting our daughter to sleep, my girlfriend leaves for the shops. I get a text saying 'Who's all the little skanks you're looking up on messenger? And your fb shortcuts (pages you go on)?
I reply with wtf and try to explain the 5 shortcuts, 3 are blokes, 1 is her, 1 is chick that I used to live with their family. She comes home I try show her the messenger search history there was 2 girls in there 1 I deleted because the had a bikini picture that I know my girlfriend would get triggered by that had messages from 2018 and the other an old friend that I don't even have messages with. My girlfriend knew I deleted the bikini girl one and questioned me immediately I told the truth saying I did it because I knew you would make a big deal and it looks bad. This was followed by huge argument and pretty much us adamant that we don't want to be together.
Little petty things like this has been going on for years, like if theres a girl walking past in public or in the direction I get blasted the whole day for it even though I didn't even look, Women pops up on a show, scrolling something on my phone, trying to sell something on facebook marketplace and its a girl buyer, messages from very old friends that are girls, you name it.
I have never cheated and have never had the intention, even strictly don't look at other women in the gym ect, but she pretty much acts like I do when something like this happens, it's like walking on egg shells..
We have been together for nearly 3 years and have come close to ending a few times, usually most fights are from her insecurities.
What advice would you give on my situation? Would love to hear someone else's perspective or similar experience.

I want to see a Black Lagoon crossover with a quirked Lagoon company.
Revy could have gun quirk or a hand quirk which allows her to use multiple firearms at once with amazing accuracy.
Benny has a technology quirk that allows to him hack and extort money.
Dutch could have
Rock has a small scale magnetism quirk which helps him not be struck by bullets.
Imagine Izuku or anyone with a heroic incentive dealing with the situation in Roanapur Thailand. The city is infamous as a den of crime and corruption and is home to a wide variety of criminals including pickpockets, thugs, mercenaries, thieves, prostitutes, assassins, and gunmen, all of whom operate without hassle from authorities.
The complete opposite of Japan and its heroes.
PS: I think using Roanapur would be a stronger example on why the world doesn't care about those who aren't in the spotlight than continuously using the corrupt Japanese hero society as an argument. Plus it can show Izuku and basically anyone that their views on the world are small, many people in this city suffered in unimaginable ways, but they don't want to change since it's the only life that can give them a sense of control and freedom.
You can read the wiki page to discover how much of a shithole Roanapur is compared to Musutafu
https://lagooncompany.fandom.com/wiki/Roanapur