Name: Mary Anteke (Allegedly)
Gender: Female
Age: Somewhere between 2 and 3 centuries
Species: Looks like a human, but that is debatable
Character Level: 1
Role: Utility
Appearance: Mary has long black hair, red eyes, a pointy face, and an immaculate sense of style. She's very tall, standing at a few inches over 6 feet, and though she isn't skinny she's certainly on the lanky side. She dresses a loose brown suit with a dark blue tie, sometimes accompanied by a thick wool coat should the weather call for it.
Personality: Mary is rather old fashioned, and places immense importance to routine and punctuality. She's also quite fanciful, and obsessive over her hobby, leading to long winded explanations full of words that may or may not still be in use. She almost always prefers to do things "the old way", though she does not despite that which is modern. She's very polite, and isn't known to lose her temper. She also has a sense of humor. Not necessarily a comprehensible one, but it's there. Mary doesn't take anything too seriously; especially not her enemies.
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STATS (12/12 points used)
Strength: +0
Constitution: +0
Dexterity: +4
Wisdom: +0
Intelligence: +4
Spirit: +0
Charisma: +4
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SKILL SLOTS (14/14 USED)
[Racial]
Collector: Mary has a liking for bits and baubles of a certain variety. She can detect magical items within a 100 foot radius around her, and can know their general direction, but not their exact location. Additionally, she can haggle with merchants more easily when trying to purchase a magic item.
Conservative: Don't let it go to waste! When Mary uses a magical consumable, she only consumes half of it, giving her only half of the effect. She wouldn't dare to ever take the rest, rendering the item, essentially, useless.
[Core Actives]
Mend: A useful spell for aspiring collectors like herself. Mary touches an object that isn't significantly larger than herself (6'4) and reverses any damage or wear and tear it may have ever received. Of course, should this object be incredibly powerful in its prime state, then this spell is too weak and will not repair it. (3 slots)
Plunder Weapon: Mary teleports up to 30 feet, and may then teleport back to her original position. If she teleports towards an enemy, she can choose to steal their held weapon before going back. If the enemy succeeds a DC10+DEX (Mary's) Dexterity saving throw, they're not disarmed. If the enemy has no weapon, Mary scolds them. This isn't guaranteed to accomplish anything, but may hurt an enemy's pride. 4 turn CD. (4 slots)
Witch Hand: Mary conjures a green, magical hand at a location she can see. This can be used to grab and manipulate objects in the world in various ways. Additionally, if the hand claws an enemy, they take 4+INT necrotic damage. Alice receives 100% lifesteal from this attack. Ends after 4 turns, or if Mary loses line of sight. 4 turn CD. CD starts when the effect ends. (4 slots)
[Passives]
Fragile Goods: Surely, it's safer with her than whatever she took it from. Mary gains (non-stacking) 50% lifesteal and a +2 to defensive rolls when wearing magic armor or wielding a magic weapon. (3 slots)
[Weaknesses]
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EQUIPMENT
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[Weapons]
Fancy Quarterstaff: A long silver pole, decorated with various fancy chains and chimes and trinkets, engraved magnificently, a beautiful weapon. Good for leaning against. Comes with an extendable umbrella. Deals 1d6+DEX bludgeoning damage.
[Armor]
Snazzy Clothes: Clothes that are snazzy, dapper, and in-style back in the 1800s. Offer no protection.
[Inventory]
1k Gold: money makes the world go around.
[Backstory]
One day, Mary was born. Another day, she became a collector. She took an intense interest in all items of magic, and collects them for some inscrutable purpose. Perhaps she holds nefarious plans for them; perhaps, benevolent ideals draw her towards treasure of this kind. Most likely, however, is that her collection is the result of a hobby.

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I’m incredibly lost and I don’t know what to do.
My (27F) parents (Early 50s) have been married for about 25 years, have (what I believed to be) a very devoted relationship and are generally very affectionate, loving people.
They have had some ups and downs (fights here and there and mental health issues, but nothing so serious it couldn’t be overcome within a day or two.)
About a week ago we were playing games together when my dad’s phone kept going off. At one point I noticed he was speaking to someone on Snapchat who’s name I didn’t recognize.
I was surprised as both my mom and I mainly use Snapchat to talk exclusively in our family groupchat.
Because I was curious, I used my phone camera to zoom in on his phone and discovered he was sexting this other person while myself and my mother were in the room. Immediately a pit formed in my stomach. I suppose you can say curiosity killed the cat, but I can’t undo what I did. I have been in a bit of a spiral ever since and am not sure what to do. I have photographic proof of the person he was talking to and a photo of one of the graphic messages.
My dad is notoriously sketchy about handing off his phone, to the point that it’s a joke in our family. But now, I guess I know why.
My gut instinct is to approach him first. I have proof of his behavior and am looking for an answer. My mom is going through a personal difficult time with work and health and I am not interested in escalating her stress levels… even though I think that will come eventually. I’d like to spare her, if only for a little while longer.
Looking for any and all advice on what to do. I am shaken to my core and feel like I am on the verge of having a panic attack every day. Has anyone else been in a similar situation and approached the parent they suspected of cheating first?
All advice and insight welcome, thank you 🙏

hello, coming back from a break and got my warlock up to level 60. which is max for me because I do not own dragonflight. sorry for the stupid question but i was wondering what to do now? I have just been doing quests and dungeons to get to lvl 60. i am not sure if there's something else to do or should i just make a new character? or should i continue to do what I've been doing for better items?
thank you

Part II: The Foundation

Before laying out the first setups, it is important to understand some of the philosophy behind the setups. In no particular order:

1. I believe that PRICE is the best representation of ALL public and non-public information at that moment in time. Understanding this allows you to discard much of the "noise" in the market and the talking heads.
2. Exotic trade structures are for the pros. You will never be able to consistently profit using them. Think about it - the pros have teams of staff to do their research, their analysis etc. You do not. Remember this the next time you are considering an option trade that wants to profit off gamma contraction relative to theta.
3. Be in a trade as short of an amount of time as you can, to make the most money you can, with the least amount of risk, and this is very important: WITH THE HIGHEST MATHEMATICAL PROBABLITY YOU CAN.
4. No matter what you do, you WILL inject your own, or others, bias into your thinking. Math and probability reduce the affect.
5. The most important thing to successful trading and investing is: YOU ARE GOING TO LOSE MONEY SOMETIMES. IF YOU CAN MAKE THOSE LOSSES SMALL, YOU WILL MAKE MONEY. PERIOD.
6. The second most important thing is this: TAKE THOSE TRADES THAT YOU ARE "FORCED TO TAKE" - that are so good that you cannot pass them up. Do not trade because you want to, trade because you are forced too.
7. The third most important thing: THE ENTRY OF THE TRADE IS MORE IMPORTANT THAN THE EXIT. If you are able to get a good entry (I am talking about risk here) then your probability of success goes up.
8. The fourth most important thing: ANYTHING THAT WILL INCREASE THE PROBABILITY OF A TRADE'S SUCCESS IS GOOD. ANYTHING THAT WILL DECREASE THE PROBABLITY OF A TRADE SHOULD BE COMPLETELY AVOIDED.
9. The fifth most important thing: TAKING AN ACTUAL TRADE SHOULD BE EASY, LIKE TURNING ON YOUR COMPUTER. If it is not, then you are not doing it right.
10. The sixth most important thing: FOLLOW THE FREAKING PLAN. DO NOT DEVIATE FROM THE HARD AND FAST RULES. There are areas where you can flex and there are areas where you cannot. I will teach you the difference between the two. Suffice to say that if you consistently break important rules, then you will never be successful.
11. The sixth most important thing: IF YOU HAVE A NEED TO BE RIGHT, KILL IT. The market doesn't care, nor do I. But the market charges you when you are wrong.
12. The seventh most important thing: DO NOT TRADE BECAUSE YOU ARE ADDICTED TO THE DOPAMINE RUSH. Trading can be exciting and its important to celebrate victories. But you will celebrate with less excitement because you will have more winning trades. It will become "business as usual."
13. The eight most important thing: DO NOT REVENGE TRADE OR TRADE WHEN YOU ARE ANGRY. If you take a loss, its part of the process. Don't jump in because you are mad you lost. Losing is part of investing.
14. The ninth most important thing: IF YOU BREAK A RULE, STOP. NO EXCUSES AND NO VARIATION.
15. The tenth most important thing: JUST BECAUSE YOU SIT IN FRONT OF COMPUTER FOR HOURS DOES NOT MAKE YOU A TRADER OR INVESTOR. A successful trader is one who TAKES more money from the market than they give back to the market.
16. The eleventh most important thing: DON'T BLAME YOUR LOSSES ON MARKET MAKERS, OR SHORTS, OR BULLS, OR BEARS, OR THE FED, OR ANYTHING - all of that is ridiculous. There is no blame if you are following the rules. Pros don't blame, they reevaluate and learn. But they stick to their plan. Losing is part of the plan.
17. The twelth most important thing is: I AM GENERALLY AGNOSTIC AS TO INDUSTRY AND COMPANY. I simply do not care. I will take a trade because it is high probability and the setup forces me to.

This list are not the only important things obviously, and some may not make sense right now, but they will. BUT, I encourage you to remember them because breaking any of them consistently only means you are not ready to give up of your own ego yet - and that will lead to absolute failure.

Ok, now that those are out of the way, I end this section with this:

The market is rigged against you. The pros have better machines, more staff, more money, more of everything. You cannot compete directly with them, nor can I. BUT, you can beat them and 99% of the investors if you FOLLOW THE PLAN. I cannot stress this enough. The plan takes advantage of all of the pros hard work, knows what price levels they have been at and want to go to. We will profit from that.
The minute you deviate from the plan is when the probability of success falls off a cliff. Many people tell me they want to be successful traders, but few have enough intellectual integrity to admit when they broke the rules. Even less have the ability to develop the discipline to follow the rules. FOLLOW THE PLAN.

Finally, at the most basic level, my trading is based on:

• Probability and math. Because they remove emotion. More importantly, they also are exactly what the pros are using. I just simplify it.
• Support and resistance levels. These are the only places I want to do business. Anything in between is low probability and where retail plays.
• Take the low hanging fruit. You do not need to get ALL of the profit from a trade.
• Being in a trade for the shortest amount of time as you can.
• I am willing to take small losses because I know it is a high probability that my wins will be much larger and more often.

Coming up:

• Section III will list specific rules you need to follow for every trade.
• Section IV will discuss the advantages and disadvantages of using options, futures and stocks. It will also discuss timing and timeframes.
• Section V will introduce you to my first two trade setups which I use 90% of the time. If all you used were those two setups, you would be consistently profitable and not need to do anything different.
• Section VI will introduce you to other setups that can be used if the situation is perfect for them.
• Section VII will discuss scalping.
• Section VIII will discuss position sizing.
• Section IX will discuss the spreadsheets I use; you will get copies.
• Section X will explore platforms and brokers.
• Section XI will be where you start trading, on paper first.

Section III will drop tomorrow. Section IV and V will drop Monday. Section VI and VII will drop Tuesday. Section VIII and IX will drop Wednesday. Section X will drop Thursday. Section XI will start next Monday.
This Friday I will do an open chat - time to be announced. You may type in questions or join in by voice. I intend to do an early afternoon session, around 12pm MST. Please let me know in the comments of this post if you want to and are able to attend.
Some of you have asked for a one on one. I am happy to do so for now but at some point in the future, I will not be able to. And you won't need to. I will always answer questions by chat or DM.
I hope you are excited because I am. Nothing will make me happier than having a team of like minded people who make money. Making money is fun.
LET"S GO!

I’m incredibly lost and I don’t know what to do.
My (27F) parents (Early 50s) have been married for about 25 years, have (what I believed to be) a very devoted relationship and are generally very affectionate, loving people.
They have had some ups and downs (fights here and there and mental health issues, but nothing so serious it couldn’t be overcome within a day or two.)
About a week ago we were playing games together when my dad’s phone kept going off. At one point I noticed he was speaking to someone on Snapchat who’s name I didn’t recognize.
I was surprised as both my mom and I mainly use Snapchat to talk exclusively in our family groupchat.
Because I was curious, I used my phone camera to zoom in on his phone and discovered he was sexting this other person while myself and my mother were in the room. Immediately a pit formed in my stomach. I suppose you can say curiosity killed the cat, but I can’t undo what I did. I have been in a bit of a spiral ever since and am not sure what to do. I have photographic proof of the person he was talking to and a photo of one of the graphic messages.
My dad is notoriously sketchy about handing off his phone, to the point that it’s a joke in our family. But now, I guess I know why.
My gut instinct is to approach him first. I have proof of his behavior and am looking for an answer. My mom is going through a personal difficult time with work and health and I am not interested in escalating her stress levels… even though I think that will come eventually. I’d like to spare her, if only for a little while longer.
Looking for any and all advice on what to do. I am shaken to my core and feel like I am on the verge of having a panic attack every day. Has anyone else been in a similar situation and approached the parent they suspected of cheating first?
All advice and insight welcome, thank you 🙏

Hoping there are some folks here who have been in a similar situation. I’m in my mid 40s and had an l4/l5 discectomy 10 years ago. Back was great for all 10 years except for the past couple of months. Got an MRI and have herniation again at L4/L5 and also L5/S1. Quite a bit of degenerative disc height loss on both too. Back and leg pain, at times 8 out of 10 pain level. Have met with 3 spine surgeons and all 3 suggested the same first step - steroid injection - which I did about 3 weeks ago. Got some relief in the back from the injection but leg pain is the same. All 3 also said if surgery was to ever happen it would be a 2 level fusion b/c of my previous operation. So far, so great - 3 independent docs with the same thoughts.
Post shot, now the 3 are suggesting different paths. Doc 1 says we should do an EMG next. Doc 2 says do another shot and PT next. Doc 3 says to do the fusion surgery next.
Would appreciate any and all thoughts on this and hopefully there are others who have experienced something similar. Feeling all kinds of lost.

Hello addicted gamers i wanted to share a build i thought of based on pulverize and a storm synergy since giving the tag earth to a spell will also give the tag "nature" to it.
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First of all you can see the skill tree right there:
https://d4builds.link/xZjaHr
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First of all i will explain active skills then passive one:
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Active skills:
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Wind shear 1/5 : A storm range attack that can apply vulnerable to enemies and give our druid some move speed.
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Pulverize: Our damage dealer, we will upgrade it to earth using an aspect and another aspect will allow us to add a big conical aoe that deal +260% damage
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Earthen bullwark: Give us a barrier = to 45% max Hp, make us unstoppable and fortify for 18%. A nice defensive cd.
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Debilitating roar: reduce ennemy damage by 50% for 4 sec, fortifies our self for 22% life and heals for 4% max HP/ sec for 4 sec
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Hurricane: An aoe that deal 17 damage and slow ennemies and have a 15% chance to make enemies vulnerable for 3 seconds.
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Cataclysm: A big storm will follow us for 10 sec knocking back enemies and making them vulnerable
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Passive skills:
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Heart of the wild/ Wild impulses: +3 max spirit (:copium:) and our core skill will cost +15% spirit to deal 30% more damage: We have one spell used to clear the mobs and deal big damage, we need to max is damage output using this passive.
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Predatory instinct: +9% critical chance to close enemy. I'm not sure about this one since the big damage dealer from pulverize will came from the shockwave, probably not the best point i can put into my skill tree but i'm not hyped by other one.
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Elemental exposure/ Endless tempest: I just wanted +15% of duration on hurricane and cataclysm
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Crushing earth: earth skills deal +15% damage to slowed, stunned, immobilized or knock back target.
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Safe guard: Crit strike with an earth skill will fortify for 7% life
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Stone guard: While you have fortify over 50% HP, earth skill deal 12% increased damage.
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Defiance: +12% damage for nature skills to elite
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Circle of life: Each pulverize will heal for 3% of our max HP
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Natural Disaster: Earth skills deal +12% damage to vulnerable enemies
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Resonance: Nature skills deal 6% increased damage. Triple this bonus if an earth skill is the next skill cast after a storm skill or if an storm skill is the next skill cast after a earth skill.
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Quickshift: When i transform into a bear using pulverize it will deal +15% damage.
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Defensive posture: +15% to all fortify
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Earthen might: On lucky hit Restore all spirit and cause attacks to be critical for 5 secs
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For the boons spec:
Deer: Wariness +10% reduced damage from elites
Eagle: +10% Max HP
Snake: lucky hit: nature skills have 15% chance to reduce the cooldown of cataclysm by 2 sec
Wolf (our spec): Lucky hit: Dealing damage have 15% chance to restore 10 spirit/ +25% duration on cataclysm
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Then we have the aspect:
Helmet: Stormshifter: +2 werebear skills when hurricane is active
Chest: Ballistic aspect: +2 earth skills when fortified
Gloves: mighty Storm: storm skills trigger earthen might
Pants: Mending stone: +6 sec of earthen bulwark duration, killing an enemy will replenishes the barrier
Boots: Ghostwalker: Gaining move speed when unstoppable
2H Weapon +100%: Shockwave: Pulverize will make a shockwave dealing +260% damage
Amulet +50%: Natural Balance: Casting a storm skill will increase by 67% our earth crit damage for 4 sec, casting a earth one will increase our crit chance on storm skill by 18% for 4 sec
Ring: Ursine Horror: Transform our pulverize to a earth AND nature skill
Ring: Retaliation: +40% damage when fortified
Some paragon legendary have been datamined and we can get +85% chance to overpower with those under condition (that's why i don't use overpower in my build).
Do you have any idea about a change whitout loosing the storm side of the build? I will appreciate 60 days until realease. Good luck everyone.

I'm 30, male, and on the spectrum. ASD "level one" as some would say.
I've noticed almost a "k-t boundary" of sorts with younger and older people, mainly between those who grew up on social media, and those of us who didn't, or did in their later teen years.
I spent the literally the entirety of school never been invited anywhere, except once to a homecoming party, and literally everyone turned to look at me as I walked in, as if some kind of "record scratch" moment.
A lot of "being left out" and major depression resulted from that.
There is too much politeness with folks 30-35 and younger. Often, if I have even slightly offended or upset someone, they won't say why, and this lack of feedback doesn't help me at all. 99.9% of the time, I have literally no idea what I did or said.
I also notice even if 10 people tell a dirty joke, I'm the "bad one" for saying one. I often feel like I'm always judged for my behavior, and can't deviate from Data from star trek. "An autistic person, able to understand and recall dirty jokes?! How dare they!" I'm not bad enough that I have issues "reading the room", and I'll even wait for someone else to say something provocative, yet I'm always the one judged.
The other issue with younger folks is ghosting. I first started experiencing this when selling stuff on Craigslist. Rather than say why they can't be there, they just..fall off the face of the earth. You'd have someone saying "I'll be there at 6", and 2 hours later, you look and they have vanished. Older people would usually have the courtesy to offer an explanation.
I found the same issue when dating. I met a girl online and talked on the phone to this girl for 3 months, then one day...gone. No indication from the conversation that she lost interest, met someone else, etc. People just seem...too afraid anymore to offend, so they instead make it even worse with false hope and leading on.
Older people just seem more intellectually deep and just nicer to talk to. I've talked to tons of people over 50, from my family members, to my dad's own friends, etc. Unlike younger people, they all take interest in what I have to say, and not a fake interest, the kind of "please stop talking to me" vibe.
Even when I was a young teen, I had more fun talking to older adults at family reunions.
Younger folks seem more insular. Unless it's sports, fashion trends, music, etc I often find them literally unable to talk. Many of them will not talk about themselves either, it's like their brain is filled with the thoughts of others.
I've literally struck up random conversations that have lasted 30 minutes with someone 50+, rarely does that occur with younger people.
While I don't like to generalize, and don't get me wrong, I get along well with younger people also on the spectrum, I find that many younger people are just "nice-ableist", meaning they will sometimes be nice to you, or talk, but always have an excuse as to why they can't hang out. I've been bullied, actively avoided, not invited to group functions, etc from younger people DUE to being on the spectrum. I can't recall a single older adult who has acted like that towards me. Sure, maybe some are stuck in their ways and may not "believe" in Autism, but they do their damnedest to make me feel included.
I've pondered on this for months and can't find a concrete reason, just theories.
I think the popularity of social media has eroded social skills, similar to how spell check has eroded people's ability to spell without it.
In that same vein, those who grew up on social media seem to lack "real life" social skills, which can be a burden to those on the spectrum. It's also ironic that everyone is told to "be yourself" yet I have to mask around NT's.

I'm 30, male, and on the spectrum. ASD "level one" as some would say.
I've noticed almost a "k-t boundary" of sorts with younger and older people, mainly between those who grew up on social media, and those of us who didn't, or did in their later teen years.
I spent the literally the entirety of school never been invited anywhere, except once to a homecoming party, and literally everyone turned to look at me as I walked in, as if some kind of "record scratch" moment.
A lot of "being left out" and major depression resulted from that.
There is too much politeness with folks 30-35 and younger. Often, if I have even slightly offended or upset someone, they won't say why, and this lack of feedback doesn't help me at all. 99.9% of the time, I have literally no idea what I did or said.
I also notice even if 10 people tell a dirty joke, I'm the "bad one" for saying one. I often feel like I'm always judged for my behavior, and can't deviate from Data from star trek. "An autistic person, able to understand and recall dirty jokes?! How dare they!" I'm not bad enough that I have issues "reading the room", and I'll even wait for someone else to say something provocative, yet I'm always the one judged.
The other issue with younger folks is ghosting. I first started experiencing this when selling stuff on Craigslist. Rather than say why they can't be there, they just..fall off the face of the earth. You'd have someone saying "I'll be there at 6", and 2 hours later, you look and they have vanished. Older people would usually have the courtesy to offer an explanation.
I found the same issue when dating. I met a girl online and talked on the phone to this girl for 3 months, then one day...gone. No indication from the conversation that she lost interest, met someone else, etc. People just seem...too afraid anymore to offend, so they instead make it even worse with false hope and leading on.
Older people just seem more intellectually deep and just nicer to talk to. I've talked to tons of people over 50, from my family members, to my dad's own friends, etc. Unlike younger people, they all take interest in what I have to say, and not a fake interest, the kind of "please stop talking to me" vibe.
Even when I was a young teen, I had more fun talking to older adults at family reunions.
Younger folks seem more insular. Unless it's sports, fashion trends, music, etc I often find them literally unable to talk. Many of them will not talk about themselves either, it's like their brain is filled with the thoughts of others.
I've literally struck up random conversations that have lasted 30 minutes with someone 50+, rarely does that occur with younger people.
While I don't like to generalize, and don't get me wrong, I get along well with younger people also on the spectrum, I find that many younger people are just "nice-ableist", meaning they will sometimes be nice to you, or talk, but always have an excuse as to why they can't hang out. I've been bullied, actively avoided, not invited to group functions, etc from younger people DUE to being on the spectrum. I can't recall a single older adult who has acted like that towards me. Sure, maybe some are stuck in their ways and may not "believe" in Autism, but they do their damnedest to make me feel included.
I've pondered on this for months and can't find a concrete reason, just theories.
I think the popularity of social media has eroded social skills, similar to how spell check has eroded people's ability to spell without it.
In that same vein, those who grew up on social media seem to lack "real life" social skills, which can be a burden to those on the spectrum. It's also ironic that everyone is told to "be yourself" yet I have to mask around NT's.

So, I’m nearing the end of my cyber security degree as I have only 3 short months left. Throughout the course, we have been given reading assignments from EC Council, uCertify etc. I try to read the material, but I feel like no matter how much I read I cannot remember much in the book. I try to take away key concepts, but it all seems important. I kinda feel like not doing any reading because of this but I want to read it and I want to know what I am reading. I’m wondering if anyone here has the same issue, and should I just read it for the sake of reading it even though I can’t really remember everything? And just try to remember what I can? I tried taking notes but I makes things take too long as I have to write every so often and I only have limited time In my super busy life (I also work 50-60 hours a week in a steel mill). Any advice on this? Thanks!

I might not open daily but will send gifts just about every day.

I just finished the first month of my Wegovy journey. I was on 0.25 mg. Truthfully, I didn’t experience any major side effects besides some mild stomach cramps an hour or two after injecting. That being said, I also didn’t experience appetite suppression much, but I understand that’s normal due to this being the introductory dose. I was still craving “bad” foods, but I was able to eat clean and stay within my calorie limit for the most part. I did overeat and indulge the week I was on my period, and I was expecting some weight gain, but surprisingly I didn’t gain any.
I lost 5 pounds total. 2 were after the first week and the following weeks were 1 lb each. Again, I was surprised I actually lost a pound the week of my period. I have stayed pretty consistent with eating clean and keeping my daily calories under 1300. I’ve also been working on upping my protein intake with 0 sugar protein shakes and protein bars throughout the day.
So far, I’m incredibly happy. The consistent weight loss has really lifted my spirits. I would be so anxious stepping on the scale, but I was always relieved seeing the number go down although I had mentally prepared myself for plateaus and potential weight gain. I have a long way to go still, but I am quite excited. I’m starting the 0.50 mg tomorrow and I’m so ready for the appetite suppression to kick in.

I (f21) have a friend (m27) who I recently have gotten very close to due to us being very similar to each other. Recently he has been going to a very though time in his life due to his father being hospitalized. We hang out quite often so, when we planned to go hang out with some of our other friends yesterday. After we got drunk we decided that we would hang out after wards at one of our usual hang out spots. In our drunken moments it got very emotional and one thing led to another and we slept together. Now the after I don’t know how to feel. I feel very off and I know this is gonna change the whole dynamic. I know for myself I do not harbor any feelings for him, cause I don’t see him in that light. But I do care very deeply for him. But not in a romantic light. I don’t feel okay, I partially know why but partially don’t. I don’t feel okay cause in my drunken state I slept with someone I didn’t want to but at the same time is it my fault for letting that happen, did my actions lead to this. The comfort and caring for someone just because I wanted to lead to this. Part of me is hurting cause I feel like now he is trying to be more but I know that I cannot. Just because the basic thing of I’m not attracted to him in that way and that I never saw him as a romantic interest. Usually when I would sleep with someone I would harbor some level of attraction or crush for them and I don’t with him. And now that whole situation is making we really uncomfortable with myself. I want to say this. In no way is this his fault. If I didn’t want to I should’ve turned him down and told him no. I let this happen and at the end of the day this is a battle with myself. And I’m really lost now. Because he knows I harbor feelings for other men, and even though I’m not perusing a relationship with them I am seeing them in a way. So I guess it’s a conflict of my feelings and I just feel lost. So very lost. I don’t wanna hurt him, but I also wanna say that we cannot do that anymore just because it’s not right for you or me. I don’t wanna sleep with someone I harbor no feelings with. It is not for me and for him. But yet I still care deeply for him and I don’t wanna lose him. I know this post is all over the place. But I’m just so very lost and confused

Probably the most book by its cover thing that could be, but i'm just morbidly curious what people come up with. Can be general classes of shaders (i.e. colors) or specific shaders
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here are mine;
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Mostly black or grey shader - more or less the default shader, you either really couldnt get your armor to match with a better shader or adored edge orbit and their old life exotic cloak
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mostly white or completly white shaders - either they're a huge fan of the hollows from bleach and always have some sort of skull/bone looking helmet for their perfect hollow/uryu/whatever else cosplay, or they are huge d1 buffs who obsessed over chatterwhite and refuse to move on from the glory days of pushing Atheon off a cliff while probably also breathing heavily incessantly whenever anyone mentions the word "fatebringer" in a general gambit/pvp context.
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Black/gold or gold with grey - you just really appreciate vodka uncle's salt factory (and literally nothing else despite there being hundreds of hours of content besides vodka uncle's salt factory)
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Green/brown shaders - are absolutely convinced that it makes them "better" at pvp because they're "harder to see" against the background.... completely forget that the game puts a big red "shoot me" bar over them when moused over; OR they were completly obessed with the savathuun mommy joke from lost/WQ and try to emulate their dommy mommy in every way possible. OR you're an Iron Lord Fanboy and cant cum till Young Wolf's Howl returns to the game.
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Blue/bright yellows - either is really fond of the titan crayon joke, or they really wanted to get up Lakshmi-2's exhaust pipe before splicer.
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Red/bright red - either really loved new monarchy and their whole edgelord king of the hill mentality or got a crush fetish after being stepped on repeatedly while being stuck on Rhulk for 12^1/2 hours during contest mode..
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Any shader with a wood pattern - Really liked the 50% Luke joke from Runescape's Rum deal quest and after reading this must now forever talk like a pirate when wearing any shader with this pattern on any weapon. That's the rules and you entered a "leagally" binding contract while reading this.
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Motion shaders - goes on and on about how bad d1 shaders were due to the 360/ps3 holding the game back graphically.... somehow picks the ugliest shaders with a motion effect possible that makes them look like a neon lightbulb with homicidal tendencies

I am very interested in learning Western Assyrian as a native Sureth speaker. I have found that I can understand some Surayt conversations perfectly, while I barely understand other times. Overall I would say I understand 50-60% of Surayt, but I struggle to speak it. I really want to be able to understand and speak it like I do with Sureth (Madenkhaya), especially as I want to eventually learn kthobonoyo..
Any speakers of both dialects here? Anyone who tried learning both? How you learned, how long it took, etc would help tremendously!

Due to questions and comments regarding:

• the Battle Pass
• D4's Monetization
• Crossplay (PC, XBox, PS - including "do I need separate / individual copies for each system?")
• System Requirements
• Open Beta (e.g. regarding the Launch Date and other questions)

...being asked very frequently on the subreddit, please post them in this thread so they can be compiled in one spot, which makes it easier for the community to oversee and to respond to them.
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Short Questions that may not require a whole thread to be answered or Less Frequently Asked Questions that are more niche / very specific (like "What is the Tick Rate of Bleeding Effects?") also belong in this thread to not over-saturate the front page of the subreddit with such threads.
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Basic Information on D4 and some of the most frequently asked questions are quickly answered there!
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Quick FAQ and Basic Information on D4

• Launch Date: June 6th, 2023
• Collectors Edition: does NOT INCLUDE the Game (neither a physical copy, nor a code), only physical collectible items! The game has to be bought separately.

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• Open Beta Date: --March 24th - March 26th-- (--has concluded--)
• Open Beta Early Access: March 17th to March 19th -- (--has concluded --)
• Beta Progress: will NOT transfer over to the Game once it is launched.

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• System Requirements: See image here <-- for official information on D4's System Requirement.
• Ultrawide Screen Support? Yes
• Offline Mode: No Offline Mode. Online-only, including for Consoles (so unlike D3 on consoles, no offline mode for consoles with D4).
• Local Co-op / Couch Co-op / Console Co-op: No couch co-op on PC. Yes on consoles, but only for up to 2 Players (same for all Home Consoles).
• Crossplay: is available across all platforms.
• Is progress, cosmetics, etc shared between PC, Xbox, PS5, etc? Your Progress, Cosmetics, etc are saved on your Battle.net account, so yes, they are shared between your PC, Xbox, PS, etc copies of the game you may have, provided you are logged in on the same Battle.net account.
• Do I need to buy a copy for each platform separately to play it? Yes. In order to play the game on PC, you need a PC copy. To play it on console, you need a copy for the particular console.
• Controller Support for PC? Yes
• WASD Movement Support for PC Keyboards? No, but maybe later down the road in the future.

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• Start of the 1st Season: A few weeks after launch, but the exact time is unknown at the moment.
• How Dark is Diablo 4? Yes.
• Cow Level: there is no Cow Level.

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• Infos on the Battle Pass: There is a Free Battle Pass and a Premium Battle Pass. Premium BP cost 10$, gives access to unlock cosmetics only. Both Free & Premium BP last for a season (~3 months)
• Is D4's Premium Battle Pass pay2win? Short Answer: NO!
• Is D4's Premium Battle Pass pay2win? Long Answer: The Premium Battle Pass does NOT give an XP Boost. There is an XP Boost in the FREE Battle Pass. Buying the Premium Battle Pass does NOT unlock or accelerate the pace at which you get the XP Boost of the Free Battle Pass. XP Boosts only apply to your OTHER seasonal Characters, AFTER one of them has fulfilled certain requirements, like reaching a certain Character Level (evtl. Max Character Level ?), so it will only make it faster to level seasonal Alts, not your seasonal Main Char. (based on currently publicly available information).
• D4's ingame Shop: only sells cosmetic via Premium Currency, but not power (based on currently publicly available information). Premium Currency can also be gained by playing the game.

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[Gameplay] - Does D4 have...

• ... a Skill Tree? Yes.
• ... Skill Points? Yes, D4 has Skill Points (these are shared by Active and Passive Skills)
• ... Skill Runes like in D3? No, but there are ways to modify Active Skills further (both via Items and via the Skill Tree)
• ...a Paragon System? Yes, but it is very different than Paragon from D3. Unlike D3's Paragon, D4's Paragon is NOT account-wide and you do NOT have unlimited Points for it (gained from Level 50 to 100 + via some other objectives). It is "Paragon in Name-only" so to speak.
• ... Respecs? Yes, but they cost Gold. You can respec individual Skill Points. Due to the Gold Costs for respecs increasing with Character Level, you can't respec High Level Characters too much each day.
• ... Trading? Yes, but only Normal, Magic and Rare Items (+ Gems, Gold & Elixirs) can be traded, but not Legendaries or Uniques. Rare Items can be enchanted further, but then can no longer be traded.
• ... an Auction House like D3? No Auction House in D4.
• ... Bald Occultist from the Trailer? Check!
• ... Succubi? Check!

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Some context:
I am car free and have been since August 2018. I live in Austin, TX, which has a fair amount of hills. I got a RadRunner in October 2020 and used it for EVERYTHING. Put a milk crate on the back so I could run errands with it. Other than getting a flat tire every 3-6 months, no issues. Biked on it all the time, everywhere. Easily average 60 miles a week -- for 2.5 years.
Unfortunately, it was recently stolen. So, it's time for a new eBike.
I'll be using this new eBike to get around. About 90% on roads, the other 10% on urban trails. I ride in everything except heavy rain.
I like the Aventure.2 because of its power and range. (The latter being important since I regularly bike 30 miles in between charges, with lots of hills on most routes.) I like the beefy tires because the roads here are terrible and the RadRunner could be pretty uncomfortable.
My hesitations are:
Weight. The Aventure.2 is 10+ lbs heavier than the RadRunner. Will this be noticeable while I ride? (I won't be taking it up/down stairs.)
Milk crate. I still need to use it for minor errands (2x bags of groceries, for instance.) Is attaching a milk crate to the rear rack feasible?
Braking. It's a heavy ass bike and I ride all the time. Reviews seem to say braking is OK (and it was only ever OK on the RadRunner) but I want to make sure that I can stop when needed since drivers here don't notice bicyclists on the road.
Tires. As mentioned, the only issues I had with the RadRunner were flats...all the time. I like the Aventure.2's fat tires for ride comfort, but should I be concerned that they are more likely to puncture than something like the RadCity 5 Plus or the Level.2?
Speaking of which, I was looking at the Level.2 commuter, but I don't know that I can downgrade from the 750w max RadRunner to the 500w Level.2.
Would LOVE your thoughts since I have crested the information wave and am now tumbling down into analysis paralysis valley. Thanks so much!

Greetings! I hope someone can answer this question: A few months ago, I started using testosterone propionate, 350 mg per week, 50 mg daily. I always inject it at the same time every morning religiously. I have experienced weight loss because I can now work harder in the gym, modest muscle gains, and significant strength gains. Today, I decided to measure my total testosterone levels and it turns out they are 5.27 ng/mL, or 527 ng/dL. When I was natural, my levels were almost 7 ng/dL. Shouldn't they be higher now? This has me very confused...

I used to think it was cringy to admit it. I used to think it was childish to like it. But night 1 took me all the way back. I loved it. So I am here to say;
I’m fully a pro wrestling fan. I accept it. It’s art. It kicks ass. I love the WWE. For the most part, all the matches (except Pat Macafee???) we’re great night one. standouts from night one to me are;
1) WWE gotta give more of these gals a push. The three girls facing Lita, Trish, and Becky of course we’re gonna get buried. They should’ve given that more heat, cause the match was good. Great spots. Lita and Trish still got it, so does Becky. Bailey also can give a great emotional heel performance, she just needs a better story.
2) No single person may be as over as Seth Rollins is. He is a pop machine. Great seller. Gets guys over even if he wins. he did that for Logan tonight. (Logan also put on a show, shoutout to him for the performance.) Seth must be in line for the top spot.
3) Rhea and Charlotte both performed well. Not really any bad parts of this batch. The minor miscalculation that gave Charlotte that nasty mark only played into the story and development of the match. Great title fight deserving of Charlottes performance and Rhea’s clear training and prep for this big spot. This was the 1-on-1 best in ring performance of the night to me. Maybe I’m wrong but I thought this was a great match.
4) stop doing 8 man tags. That’s all.
5) Brock’s really wrestling Omos tomorrow??
6) John Cena was great. He sold a pretty good move set from Theory well. He’s a lot less bulky, so he really leaned into that, I feel. Made him more mortal. He and Theory went well, but I’m really more excited to see what’s next for one of the Goats. This match clearly sets him up for another run in some way.
7) Dominick and Rey kicked ass. They went, man. A few missteps, but Rey took over as the in ring threat-leaves-dragon level performer he is. The family playing into this was good. Gave some added heat. Homage to Eddie was cool. Would’ve been cool to see Dom try to claim that music and get some nuclear heat. But the way they had Rey honor his friend was great. Win-win, I think they got it right, though.
8 ) how the hell does Snoop Dogg get involved in everything in LA? Is he the Mayor and we never found out? Is he a wizard? Where was Martha Stewart?
9) this big takeaway;
If you didn’t know anything about wresting and wanted to know what it could be at it’s best. Like “What is so cool about wrestling? What could ever be that great about it if it’s scripted?”
Have that duncecap watch Sami Zayn & Kevin Owens vs The USOS.
By far, the least physically spectacular of the matches on the Night 1 card, but by far the best.
No doubt, the storyline coming into this was second to none. Never. I don’t thing ever has a story going into a match ever felt as important as this. Sami Zayn’s win is important.
I’m not gonna bore the details of you haven’t seen it, but go watch the most important moments of this story because Sami’s story is so important. And so it Kevin’s. Belonging. After being lost and feeling live you’ve lost. Forgiveness. Loyalty. Healthy man love. That’s a deep story to pull off. That was a love story for Kevin Owens. He gave all he had to stick up for Sami.
The brutality of the USOs was great. They did their jobs so well. That’s going to play to a further story I know.
New champs. great message. Great performance. That’s a 5 star for sure.
That all. Happy Wrestlemania

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