I would like to propose that we, the good people of poker, organize a home game. poker is fun, but rake takes a huge amount off the table. there exist services, like https://pokernow.club/ that allow you to play poker for free.
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what do poker sites really do? sure, they provide players. poker has 200,000 members. pretty sure we can find 6 guys for a poker game here. and they handle the payments. but is them handling the payments worth the massive amount of rake, that leads to 90% of poker players losing? in a rakeless system, half the players would win and half would lose. marginal losers would become winners. poker players of the world unite, you have nothing to lose but your chains!
ok, but what about scammers? I believe I have found a system that should prevent most scamming.
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First, we start at pretty low stakes. .05/.10.
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So the first buyin is on trust. Anyone can scam for the first $10, but then they are banned and out of the club. Risk you have to take, and a few scams of $10 no big deal compared to paying rake for the rest of your life. After that, simply have players buy chips off each other via crypto if they want to rebuy. Unfortunately, this would prevent the games from getting deep, but it would also stop scamming. Players with "good credit" say they have been there since the start, might be allowed to go 2 or 3 buyins on credit in order to get more chips on the table.
Anyone interested?

Fist of all i love the latest chapters seeing more of the 3 other yonko crews. all of them have something really cool about them (especially BB&crew)! :) But in this post i want to talk about the Cross guild which is a kinda funny constellation but has potential if they keep going.
i like that they're some kind of catch basin for all kinds of pirates, ex shichibukais etc. and i love that one of my favorites the badass Sir Crocodile is back and part of it! :)
they're already a cool crew with many known members but not rly heavyhitters except for mihawk and sir crocodile. do you think they will grow and collect some of the above mentioned people storywise? let's say all or most of these lonely pirates decide to become a crew member or ally of the bigger parties. who has a chance of joining the cross guild?:)
BOA HANCOCK (most likely SH grand fleet?!), DOFLAMINGO, WEEVIL, EUSTASS KID (really dead?), TRAFALGAR LAW/BEPO (one of my favorites too, probably SH grandfleet too although the cross guild could need a heavyhitter and doctor in the crew?!)
one of my dreams for the cross guild that i hoped has a little chance of becoming true most likely hasn't any chance anymore after recent chapters :( i was hoping for PERONA to rescue GECKO MORIA on Hachinosu. Then they escape with the thriller bark and join the cross guild because of the relationship/"friendship" to MIHAWK and as a result the thriller bark becomes the main ship of the cross guild. it could have been perfect imo. it's like a swimming island and moving HQ and huge enough that all corners of the crew can have their own space (mihawk can live in a castle again and buggy is safe from being beaten all the time by mihawk and sir crocodile :D ). they could give it the classy buggy clown/circus theme while the old mouthgate gets replaced with a HUGE RED BUGGY NOSE and the chains can look like rope like in a circus tent!!^^
but now they already built a buggy themed ship for them :'( (they could still leave that at the coast of thriller bark but now chances are zero if there were any to begin with)
SRY for that really long text. wasn't expecting to write that much but i was thinking about that a lot and this time i decided to post it?! Sincerely a cross guild fan^^

I’m in peri menopause and have zero interest in sex. I actually don’t even think about very often. This morning my husband tried to initiate with me and because my immediate reaction wasn’t excited, less than 30 seconds after he approached me, he had shut down and walked away. He hasn’t talked to me all day and this is not the first time we’ve been in this situation. I tried expressing that it’s not my fault, that my body isn’t working right now, and that it’s equally frustrating for me, as well as depressing and sad. We can’t afford counseling right now and my doctor took me off HRT due to the potential health risks(it didn’t help anyway).
What can I do or say to my husband to help him through this? He has a tendency to take things so personally. Thank you!

What's the best way to figure it out? For instance my major is information systems but as far as career I want to pursue after obtaining my degree I have zero clue. Right now I need to figure out a concentration for my degree which the only options are cybersecurity or business analytics. I've done research on both and both seem really great but I can't choose between the two. Anyone in a similar situation (or was) and figured it out? What helped you decide which path to choose?

Am I crazy here for thinking this is very manipulative, predatory, and what this coach who tried to help me with mental health and PTSD I have been having (later realized he is not a therapist and his PhD is unaccredited and from a spiritual school) is messed up?
I feel scammed by this guy (not doxxing his name here). Please let me know if I'm over reacting and if not, where I can get help for this?
Selling what appears to be some quasi MLM - Realized all of his clients are coaches who also coach other coaches and a friend of his whom I checked with claimed that he was in fact coaching this guy for his mindset because his methods did not work and he needed help...)
My context: I was (and am) a in a very rough mental health place, I was the victim of a cyberhack that led to the theft of ~80K and messed me up beyond just the immense financial stress due to the computer intrusion. PTSD symptoms, flashbacks, etc.
Now unemployed currently, lost both of my jobs in Feb (had to get 2 jobs after the hack, worked like crazy to build some savings back up) and job market is rough right now, having tough time, panic attacks due to the pressure, while trying to apply to grad school.
Anyway that's beside the point -
I suffered a serious mental health episode during his program (not blaming him for that), and I sought professional emergency help and medication.
This guy sold me 1:1 coaching - 12 sessions for $6800 (!) but I cancelled halfway through after 6 sessions because I became suspicious I had been scammed and clear terms of the contract were not delivered.
For example call recordings and some other resources were not given. Refund clause in his contract is void due to this as well. Contract says Slack access, many other things. He did do the 1 hour calls but that's it. And the quality was subpar.
I just don't think this was worth over $560 per call...
He was on vacation on some calls, I could not hear him. He talked about himself and other clients and talked down upon respected clinical therapies and said he has some method that works better but we never really got to it.. it was all generic stuff he kept hashing.
He was not selling therapy or saying he was a psychologist in his contract (his contract makes clear it's not therapy and only coaching)
BUT he did charge me the money before I signed the contract and that was not mentioned on the "sales call" -
He had me pay over messenger by just sending my card details and I also paid a deposit via the phone call (it was a sales call and he mentioned he needed to hire someone for sales calls instead of him doing it, ugh).
This has been extra shameful and hurtful given the hack now that I'm out several thousands on top of that hack....
My mental health is extremely bad some days and I'm having panic attacks. Job searching is very rough in this market especially in this state.
I let him know all of this via email and he ignored it all.
What’s important here is he didn’t deliver a lot of what was stated and used deceptive marketing to sell something egregiously priced to someone clearly vulnerable and then pretends like this is normal.
The issue here is: I partially thought he was also a licensed therapist... he has a PhD listed prominently on his LinkedIn and he has logos of all the brands he has worked with (I now think he made them up - he lists JNJ, NYU Stern, Nestle...).
I dug deeper and found out that his PhD is from an unaccredited spiritual 5013c university so it's NOT licensed/accredited and he is NOT a psychologist or therapist but only a life coach...
but the PhD is titled to sound scientific (Psychoneurology) and I believe he's doing it to seem more legit than he is.
I have since found a proper therapist who has a legitimate PhD and charges much less, with proper regulation and is MUCH better. I just feel so ashamed I fell for this and got scammed and don't know what to do. Been having serious mental health struggles and I trusted this guy and now really feel scammed.
Even services like Talkspace or Betterhelp are like $100 a session for actual legitimate psychologist and even psychiatrists...
He refunded me half when I cancelled (gave me $3300 back) but I still don't think that's fair - it still comes out ton over $560 per session...
I emailed him several times very politely to ask for an additional $1700-2000 back so that the 6 sessions we did he still gets paid out over $300 per session or $1800 total which IMO is MORE than fair, no?
Entire thing is icky and gross to take advantage of someone struggling with mental health.
Am I being crazy here?
He ignored my emails and proceeded to instead ridicule me on his social media - didn't mention my name but made it very clear it was about me - he told me to "man up", gaslit me into thinking it should be normal to pay 'high ticket' for this sort of experience.
Looking back it's clear he preys on people suffering mentally and who don't have the means to pay $6800
He told me several stories bragging almost about how he got someone scraping by to open a credit card to do his program.
I did a chargeback, he then shared my confidential mental health struggles with Amex in the dispute evidence - a creditor - which I find to be insane, if a regulated therapist did that they would lose their license.
I believe this sort of service he is selling and his behavior could cause harm to vulnerable individuals.
MY OPTIONS
Not sure what to do outside of reviewing him online.
Write to BBB? and FTC? (did both)
Write to the State AG (he is New Jersey)?
Write to Consumer Affairs of his state and Psych board tipping them off that he might be attempting to practice regulated therapy?
His contract has an arbitration clause (more predatory) but I am not going to travel from FL to NJ over $3300 nor is that worth suing over... also I don't think that's fair.
I believe he is doing coaching so he can do it unregulated unlike therapy (since his PhD is fake/unaccredited and he legally cannot call himself a therapist or psychologist but is basically doing that and charging far more than any would).
I don't know if coaches can attempt to treat PTSD and emotional distress, nothing wrong with life coaching, charge whatever the market is willing to pay for you, but don't do predatory marketing or lie about credentials/experience and then not deliver what's in the contract on top of that.
It's fine if some executive mindset coach with an actual client roster of CEOs charges 10k or even more for coaching, but for context I found this guy used to be a fitness trainer just a year back.
He never went to a real college. Not to toot my own horn but I went to a top university.
It's just a different league than the exec coach example. My therapist I have now has a PsyD. And still charges less and is super professional and great at what she does.
His only testimonials are all other coaches that coach other coaches to coach coaches, and I also believe the logos he lists are fake... found a few other of his clients and uncovered that some feel the same way and regret it. Taken advantage of and brainwashed.
Only after digging did I realize it was a fake unaccredited school. The entire thing is just so disgusting, feel taken advantage of, gaslit, gross.
Am I overreacting here or is my thinking correct that this is gone too far?

I scooped my 2023 civic si out of state in Houston for 34k OTD. all five mark-ups were waived and the addendum fee was zero $$. The only problem with the deal was that having 879 credit the finance percentage was 6.79% for 48 months.. I had no choice but to buy the si up right then and there

Hey all,
So I am on my glow up journey and have been since 2016. I have had several surgeries and I’d say I’m now about 60% of the way to where I want to be and it’s a great feeling.
Just wanted to share some of my tips and also see what surgery has made the most impact on someone’s self esteem?
For me - by far the biggest impact was double jaw surgery. I only discovered this surgery in 2018 or so and realized I had a very glad face with no support for my cheeks and under eye area and a recessed chin. It was by far the most intense surgery and healing process but I can say now, 1.5 years later, my entire face structure has changed and since I addressed the underlying structural issues, the changes are permanent.
The doctors tried to convince me that I could achieve the same results using filler. And by having a sliding genioplasty however, this would not have provided the same structural support for my mid face.
Secondly, I wanted to offer my own experience in point of you, as someone who has been on this journey for quite some time.
Number one - space out your surgeries. Only combine surgeries that will complement each other and don’t do too many things at once. If you do not only will this be a huge shock to your psyche it will also potentially distort your face causing permanent damage, and you will not get the results you are intending.
Number two - start out with the structural/biggest surgeries first by biggest. I mean the ones that are going to have the biggest impact. After each surgery, allow your face plenty of time to heal because residual swelling can last several months or in some cases like with Jaw surgery or a rhinoplasty an entire year. I know that this seems like a long time, but you will be able to look and observe the changes in your face overtime and reassess what other procedures you want to do.
Number three - always take advantage of any zero interest opportunities when paying for your plastic surgery. In my case there is usually either a six or 12 month zero interest payment plan that allowed me to get the surgery right away and separated into equal incremental payments to completely pay off the surgery before incurring any interest
Number for - thoroughly do your research and understand that a lot of what you see on Instagram or TikTok is not a good source of information. There are plenty of doctors in virtually every city that can perform most plastic surgery as satisfactorily. I relied on Instagram and went to a very prominent doctor in Los Angeles for upper eyelid surgery and while it looks good for the first year or two, it has actually made my eyes appear smaller. This is added the need to have a revision surgery in the future and one out at the top of my priority list. It is something that I could have avoided if I would’ve done more thorough research on the type of surgery that I needed to achieve my intended result, and not relied on websites Instagram and purely online. It’s a journey, so don’t beat yourself up too bad if you make a mistake.
Number five - take lots of photos of yourself both from the front and side profile and really analyze what it is that you want to change. I used items such as the golden ratio and the golden ratio mask, gonial angle, and principles of symmetry to really analyze what was going to make my face the most best version of itself that it could be. Don’t go into surgery thinking that you want a specific celebrities face or feature. You are not going to look like that celebrity and it is going to look bad. However, you can look like the best version of yourself the way that God intended you to be with a little bit of help from science. Remember, beauty is in nature in the form of symmetry.

I was able to get some more information about the exact details about what's going on with the packet loss problems with certain ISPs connecting to FF14 (namely, AT&T). Got some steps on how you can request support from the parties involved, and a temporary workaround that has improved my experience dramatically.
After contacting AT&T directly, they explained that the issue happens after AT&T's networks hand data off to the provider for FF14, which is called NTT, Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corporation.
Fortunately, NTT America has a handy support email address [[email protected]](mailto:[email protected])
After I reached out, they asked for a traceroute and my IP to diagnose the problem. Already more than AT&T was willing to do. Got the following response:
Reviewing the information provided the source of the packet loss is likely due to an AT&T and NTT congested peering point. While there were no issues present in the traceroute provided, I can see that the return path for your traffic would likely be traversing a known congestion point in LA where throughout most of the day you would be experiencing packet loss for this source/destination combination. Unfortunately the issue you are experiencing is not technical in nature but instead more political. Both AT&T and NTT are aware of the situation however due to NDA's we are unable to discuss specifics as to when an increase in peering capacity would be initiated. This issue has already been escalated to the highest technical levels within NTT to help alleviate the congestion as much as possible however we're unable overcome the root of the issue which is a lack of capacity. Due to NDA, we can't disclose any specifics. However, we have been taking and will continue to take technical steps to remedy the situation to the extent possible at our side.
They stated anyone is welcome to contact them with questions, but if you choose to do so, please remember to be kind. The person answering your email isn't responsible for our problems, and won't be able to connect you to an instant answer.
As far as a fix, I've found that 1.1.1.1 by Cloudflare seems to have helped immensely. I turn it on before launching ff14, and usually turn it off afterwards. Zero gameplay problems so far, and it's free.
Hope this info will be at least a little helpful to fellow WoL out there!
tl;dr: Culprit of the packet loss problems is network congestion in Los Angeles, near the physical location of NA servers. 1.1.1.1 is a free app that has eliminated any gameplay problems I've been having due to this packet loss.

RANT!
I have been using Bigin for one of my clients for more than 2 years now. After my last renewal, I had to reduce the number of subscribers. Like all SaaS services, I went ahead and downsized assuming that I would be refunded the unused part of the subscription but guess what as soon as I decreased the users... nothing! No email or anything regarding the unused part of the subscription!
The same day, I emailed them....no response. The next day I called them, and they said they will come back to me after 2 hours. After 2 hours, they responded saying that my unused part of the subscription will be refunded as a subscription credit. Why credit!? Why not a refund back to the card like all other SaaS-based offerings? How come is this truly a SaaS model if I have to eventually pay for it?
I responded to that email the same day but guess what? no response!!
Never going to suggest anyone use Bigin!
P.S.: Please take this post down from your website as this is what exactly you DONT do!
https://www.zoho.com/ca/subscriptions/prorated-billing/

3yr ago (about 4mo after I paid it off, of course) my 11yo car needed some massive brake/steering repairs that were going to be significantly more than the car was with as a sale or trade. Unfortunately, my credit wasn't great at the time and the cheapest ($ per month) option that I was comfortable with was a lease on a basic Honda Civic.
My parents always told me leasing was basically for people who were more concerned about having a "cool" car than making smart financial choices, so there is a bit of a stigma surrounding leasing in my head
This is the first car I've ever leased. My lease term is almost up, I need to make a decision and I'm looking for insight or advice. Of note, I have been promoted in the interim and so make a bit more and eliminated some debt so my credit is quite a bit better.
The options are:
1) Purchase the car I've been leasing. - Pros: There is one significant scratch to the body and noticeable scuffing on 3 of the 4 hubcaps (please don't judge 🫣) that i might be able to avoid getting dinged for if i just keep it. Will eventually own it and be payment free (God willing). - Cons: I don't really love this car. There's nothing wrong with it exactly, but it's not what I would've chosen.
2) Lease another car (probably a Honda HRV). - Pros: I would be happier with the car I'm driving while paying about the same $/mo as I am now. There are some Honda loyalty incentives that might be applicable. Maintenance and repairs are partially covered under lease. (Technically I pay for it, but it's rolled into monthly payment.) - Cons: Probably take a bit of a hit transferring to a new lease because of the damage to the Civic. Still not moving towards a car payment-free future.
3) Turn it in and purchase something else. -Pros: Happier with the car I'm in. Working towards payment free situation. No worries about minor damage in the future like a lease. - Cons: Not guaranteed to get favorable terms. Could end up costing more per month for a less "nice" vehicle. Not guaranteed something I like will be available in my price range. Will take the longer to pay off than buying the Civic.
I'm currently wavering between options 1 and 2. Any and all input is welcome.
Thanks!

As of now my The Thing's power is at 127,819. He is currently level 75, gear 13 with 3 gear, 7/7/7/5 in abilities, level 5 green iso, and 7 red stars.
I have the resources to keep powering him up, im just about to level 91 and my strongest unit is at 273k. But now the reason why im wasting any resources at all on a garbage tier character.
I recently sought out to beat all the mainline pokemon gens, in order to catch up since i dropped them in my early, but also so at the end i can make a competitive team with help from a friend whos been doing it for years. As i posted the pic of the first badge in my group chat one friend said "the first of many things", and the other a picture of "The Thing". I then posted a picture of me then giving 1 level up to a less then 10k The Thing to add to the joke. We all got laughs so the next time i got a badge i levelled him again. And the next time. And so on.
Fast forward, im now on gen 8 of pokemon and ALOT of "things" have gone by. Beating a gym, beating the elite four and champion, finishing a gen after beating the superbosses. I needed to define what a suitable upgrade for The Thing would be considered, or else i would run out upgrades before i finished the run and i would fail the joke. I ended up with this.
1 level up 1 ability level Tier up and/or 3 gear pieces Star promotion Red stat promotion And Iso tier up (all 5 at once plus upgrade)
I realized as my higher guys struggle to tier up, get t4 ability materials, and farm isos. I decided to begin devoted all my time and resources to pre-prepping upgrades and doing everything with a level requirement as soon as i meet it.
And it donned on me. By the time this is done, i may have the single strongest The Thing of any player. He really just is so bad that i cant imagine anyone being as dumb as i am to spend 250 gold promotion credits on him. Does anyone know if there is a way to check this? Im assuming not.
So i pose the question, in terms of power level, is my thing bigger then your thing?

Hey all, I'm here for a sanity check and to vent about a family situation that's been pretty wack. I'm a 37F and my sister is 50F, and we've been dealing with a difficult family dynamic. So, I finally called out our father on his enabling behavior after years of abuse from our narcissistic mother, who's truly a monster. But his response was underwhelming, with a half-hearted apology and zero effort to repair our relationship. Honestly, it was pretty disappointing. The thing is, my sister has always been a daddy's girl and doesn't seem to mind the enabling. She has this strange sense of parental deference. Moreover, she's extremely bothered by the fact that I've chosen to go low/no contact with both of our parents, while I couldn't care less about their opinions or wishes. Recently, our father came to visit, and he messaged me asking for my address to send a gift. I didn't respond because I simply didn't want a gift from him. But then, my sister contacts me on his behalf, requesting my address. I politely decline, and that's when things take a turn. She proceeds to ask if I'm homeless or a lesbian (obv nothing wrong with being a lesbian, but this was completely out of left field). Mind you, we've both come to a consensus about the dysfunction and abuse of our family as well as my decision to remain low/no contact. But it seems like she has no respect for my desire to cut off contact with our parents. I'm upset that she's allowing our father to use her as a way to manipulate and provoke me. Am I in the wrong here? I feel like I'm being gaslit and disrespected for setting boundaries. Any insights or advice would be greatly appreciated. TL;DR: Declined giving address to father for a gift, sister asked if I'm homeless or a lesbian. Feeling disrespected and wondering if I'm wrong in setting boundaries. Needing a sanity check.

I recently re watched the Louis Theroux documentary with Chris Eubank and had forgotten how he came across in this episode, I thought he came across as quite an asshole in this episode by constantly pushing the narrative of Chris not pulling his weight at home and constantly trying to portray him as a lacking husband and inattentive father. I was also put off by Eubanks wife in this situation too. She took every opportunity she could to make Chris look like he doesn’t pull his weight or give him any credit for the clearly extravagant lifestyle they lead, with their huge house and fleet of cars etc, not to mention him being a boxer with lots of influence and the ability to keep her safe both physically and financially. Regular families require both parents to work and still need to do all of the things she does to keep a household running. All of this specially after how vulnerable Chris came across and how he openly showed that side of him to Louis. Any thoughts on this topic??

When you signed up for Genesis5g cell phone service or Genesis5g Hotspot Service did you get a Dish online account to sign in and see and manage your account and service?
I am happy (I think) to report that my order for a DISH Genesis5g Hotspot purchase and Genesis5g Hotspot Service went through tonight. I say I think because:
1, After attempting to place my order about 25 times (and every time receiving an error message from the Genesis5g ordering website) trying 1 debit card, 3 different credit cards and 4 different email addresses - after all that I received a message from my bank asking if a transaction by Genesis5g was a valid purchase. Yes, I rushed to notify my bank that it was a valid purchase!!!!!

1. I have not yet received and coorespondace from Dish saying the order went through.

Any feedback or tips from you are appreciated.

With tomorrow's ban announcement and the new 3 year rotation cadence for Standard, I thought this would be a good time to revisit the current contents of Standard and remember some cards that you may have forgotten about.
I went over every single uncommon, rare, and mythic currently legal in Standard from before MOM and picked out a bunch that are not being played widely in any of the major competitive 1v1 formats despite seeming pretty strong.
Entire archetypes that used to exist in Standard recently but fell out of the meta, leaving cards that are now barely played in any 1v1 competitive format:

• Mono-green stompy: Ascendant Packleader; Augur of Autumn; Avabruck Caretaker; Briarbridge Tracker; Glorious Sunrise; Silverback Elder; Tovolar's Huntmaster; Ulvenwald Oddity; Unnatural Growth; Wrenn and Seven
• Jund reanimator: Old Rutstein; Riveteers Charm; Skyfisher Spider; Soul of Windgrace; Tear Asunder; Titan of Industry; Workshop Warchief; Unleash the Inferno
• Rakdos artifact sacrifice: Braids, Arisen Nightmare; Dragonspark Reactor; Florian, Voldaren Scion; Mishra's Research Desk; Reinforced Ronin; Weatherlight Compleated
• 5-color enchantments: The Kami War; Spirit-Sister's Call
• Boros/Naya reanimator: Invoke Justice; Fleetfoot Dancer; One With the Multiverse; Repair and Recharge
• Boros aggro: Rem Karolus, Stalwart Slayer; Sunrise Cavalier; Angelfire Ignition
• Mono-red powerstones: Horned Stoneseeker; The Mightstone and Weakstone; Skitterbeam Battalion; Thran Spider; Visions of Phyrexia

How about these decks that were on the edge of breaking into the Standard meta, but never quite made it?

• Bant graveyard control: The Celestus; Colossal Skyturtle; Devious Cover-Up; Joint Exploration; Kairi, the Swirling Sky; Rootcoil Creeper; Shigeki, Jukai Visionary; Sphinx of Clear Skies; Tamiyo, Compleated Sage; Witness the Future
• Azorius Mindsplice control: Mindsplice Apparatus; Silver Scrutiny; White Sun's Twilight
• Esper control: Obscura Interceptor; Siphon Insight; Tainted Indulgence; Void Rend
• Mono-green artifacts: Teething Wurmlet; Rootwire Amalgam; Simian Simulacrum
• Werewolves
• Zombies
• Ninjas
• Modified
• That one Zur, Eternal Schemer deck that made 6/6 deathtouch lifelink hexproof Leyline Bindings for about two weeks after the CGB video

There are a lot of cards that used to be played in archetypes still in Standard, but have been edged out by newer printings or meta shifts:

• Grixis midrange: Concealing Curtains; Evelyn, the Covetous; Maesteos Charm; Sol'Kanar, the Tainted
• Orzhov midrange: By Invitation Only; Edgar, Charmed Groom; Fell Stinger; Henrika Domnathi; Liesa, Forgotten Archangel; Morbid Opportunist; Phyrexian Missionary; Rite of Oblivion; Tocasia's Welcome; Welcoming Vampire
• Mono-white aggro: Intrepid Adversary; Sungold Sentinel
• Mono-red aggro: Cemetery Gatekeeper; Radha's Firebrand
• Jeskai control: Galvanic Iteration; Hinata, Dawn-Crowned; Invoke Calamity; Lier, Disciple of the Drowned; Smoldering Egg; Temporal Firestorm; Wandering Mind
• Naya tokens: Jinnie Fay, Jetmir's Second; King Darian XLVIII; Queen Allenal of Ruadach; Stimulus Package

Some cards in this rotation were part of some combo deck that briefly popped up in one competitive 1v1 format or another and then fizzled out of that format's meta:

• Awaken the Woods; Brilliant Restoration; Chaotic Transformation; Cultivator Colossus; Devilish Valet; Dollhouse of Horrors; Fight Rigging; Gwenna, Eyes of Gaea; Lizard Blades; Mindlink Mech; Mirran Safehouse; Shadow of Mortality; Splendid Reclamation; Urabrask, Heretic Praetor; Vivien on the Hunt

Do you remember these entire cycles of pretty strong cards that have mostly been forgotten about?

• The VOW Cemetery cycle
• The NEO Invoke cycle, except Invoke Despair
• The SNC charms cycle
• The SNC color hoser cycle
• The DMU Defiler cycle
• The BRO Command cycle, except Gix's Command
• Both halves of the BRO meld cycle
• The ONE Dominus cycle, except Mondrak

How about these cards that got a ton of hype during preview season, then fizzled in the 1v1 competitive metas in practice?

• Academy Loremaster; A Little Chat; Arcane Bombardment; Arcane Proxy; Bootlegger's Stash; Brokers Ascendancy; Capricious Hellraiser; Evangel of Synthesis; Hamlet Vanguard; Ichormoon Gauntlet; In the Trenches; Faithbound Judge; Jaya, Firey Negotiator; Jin-Gitaxias, Progress Tyrant; Keldon Flamesage; Kotose, the Silent Spider; Manaform Hellkite; Mercurial Spelldancer; Mirror Box; Moonveil Regent; Overcharged Amalgam; Platoon Dispenser; Poppet Stitcher; Queen Kayla bin-Kroog; Sigarda's Splendor; Surgehacker Mech; Teferi, Temporal Pilgrim; Torrens, Fist of the Angels; Vindictive Flamestoker

There are plenty more I have left off from here too, so don't take these lists as exhaustive.

Idk what to do anymore honestly, I've tried absolutely everything you can think of, in person local attempts at finding a relationship, online attempts, occult rituals, everything to zero effect.
Knowing nobody wants me in person is one thing, but knowing not a single soul on earth wants me either is a whole different level of lonliness and isolation. I've offered myself to physical abusers before and even THEY don't want me. I mean I'm literally offering myself as basically a free slave who will love anybody who wants me, but nothing 🌙
So I do the same routine, wake up, use all my likes, waste the day away while nothing hapoend then I do it all again the next.
I fucking hate being apparently 150% unlovable while I watch as the most vile monsters find relationships easy peasy.
After being hated and abandoned by everyone you've ever met, at a certain point you have nothing else to do but hate yourself too.
Slightly venty post, my apologies to anyone who read this, I just want to be loved for once in my life, I don't have much fight left in me so any advice or suggestions that may help is appreciated. Thanks humans 🌙

Zecharia Sitchin did an amazing job, but it is surprising that he left the New Testament texts without much attention. The information contained in them, after some amendments, significantly complements the hypothesis of the planet Nibiru and makes it more reasonable. The New Zavaet contains some astronomical details and sheds a lot of light on past and future events. The considerations that will be discussed contradict some of Sitchin's statements, but this does not pose much of a problem. I managed to find the contacts of Zecharia Sitchin's brother, who helped him with astronomical calculations and will share his ideas. He briefly thanked me for the information and said that such changes could well be made. This is not surprising because even modern astronomers, using advanced computer models, are faced with a lack of data for accurate long-term forecasts. The very first New Testament evidence of Nibiru, from which the New Testament actually begins, is the Star of Bethlehem. To date, there are several hypotheses about the appearance of the Star of Bethlehem. It is assumed that it was an unknown comet or a supernova explosion, but these versions do not have sufficient confirmation. Nevertheless, Vallaam's "star prophecy" from the Old Testament book of numbers foreshadows the event: "I see Him, but not yet; I see Him, but not close. A star rises from Jacob." What is known about the Star of Bethlehem from the New Testament? When Jesus was born in Bethlehem of Judea in the days of King Herod, magicians from the east came to Jerusalem and said: Where is the King of the Jews who has been born? for we have seen his star in the east and have come to worship him—Matt. 2:1-2 They, having listened to the king, went. And behold, the star that they saw in the east went before them, until at last it came and stood over the place where the Child was. — Mf. 2:9-11 It is also known that having fulfilled its purpose, the star disappeared from the sky when the Magi came to Jerusalem so that Herod could not see it, and then returned again. Some apocryphal texts contain astronomical details not found in the canonical gospel. Usually, the Star of Bethlehem is spoken of briefly, but the First Gospel of James describes it this way: “His star rose bright, and it so surpassed all other stars in heaven in its brightness that they were no longer visible.” In addition, the star also had other unusual features, because of which St. John Chrysostom and Blessed Theophylact of Bulgaria considered it to be a divine power: When you hear about a star, do not think that it was one of the ones we see: no, it was a divine and angelic power that appeared in the form of a star. Since the Magi were engaged in the science of the stars, the Lord led them with this, for them a familiar sign, just like Peter the fisherman, amazing with many fish, attracted to Christ. And that the star was the power of an angel is evident from the fact that it shone brightly during the day, walked when the Magi walked, shone when they did not walk: especially from the fact that it walked from the north, where Persia, to the south, where Jerusalem: but the stars never travel from north to south. - Theophylact of Bulgaria To summarize: the star appeared in the east, was unusually bright so that it was visible during daylight hours and moved from north to south. For a while she disappeared from the sky but then reappeared. Now let's put aside this information for a while and consider another astronomical phenomenon from the New Testament - a solar eclipse during the crucifixion of Christ, which occurred according to the scripture in 33 AD. Most of the texts only briefly say that darkness has come. The Gospel of Nicodemus reports the following details: “It was the sixth hour and darkness descended on the earth, even until the ninth hour. The sun darkened, and now the veil in the temple was torn into two parts from top to bottom. In the Gospel of Peter it is written as follows: "It was noon, and darkness found over all Judea, Many went out with lamps, thinking that night had come... And at that moment the veil of the temple of Jerusalem was torn in two. And they took the nails out of the hands of the Lord and laid Him on the ground, and the earth shook, and there was great fear. And the sun shone again, and it turned out that it was already the ninth hour." And Pilate, interrogating the Jews, said to them: “Did you see what happened?” And they answered the ruler: "The sun is eclipsed as it usually happens." Thanks to the astronomical calculations carried out by scientists, it is reliably known that at that time a solar eclipse by the Moon could not have occurred. But at the same time, the New Testament claims that it happened and at the same time was unusually long. Now we already have two evidence of unusual astronomical events, which have not yet been confirmed explanation. How do these events relate to Zecharia Sitchin's speculation about Nibiru's orbit? According to Sitchin, Nibiru has a retrograde (counterclockwise) elongated orbit at an angle to the plane of the eclipticti. At the same time, Nibiru appears in the northern hemisphere, and, crossing the plane of the orbits of the solar system, moves away in the southern. Considering that, according to the New Offset, the Star of Bethlehem was visible in the light time of day, then we can conclude that Nibiru appeared in the solar system from the direction of the sun relative to the Earth and, having a retrograde orbit, moved towards the Earth. Then given the Earth's rotation, it should have become visible from about the wee hours of rising in the east! With sufficient brightness, it could be seen after dawn, then became invisible due to sunlight and went beyond the western horizon. After that, at dawn, it again rose in the east. And moving from the northern hemisphere to the southern one, each time it gradually shifted from north to south. Now about the eclipse - could it happen due to the fact that Nibiru passed between the Sun and the Earth? According to the hypothesis of Zecharia Sitchin, Nibiru crosses the solar system in the asteroid belt beyond the orbit of Mars. This makes it impossible for the eclipse of the Sun by the planet Nibiru. Based on the previously proposed model, Nibiru, having appeared from the direction of the Sun, should, after its appearance, go around the earth and become visible at night throughout its stay in the solar system, which, according to Sitchin, lasts about 30 years. But there is another possible option. In order for it to be possible, it is necessary to slightly correct the hypothesis of the collision of Nibiru with Tiamat and the formation of the Earth. The initial conditions remain the same. In place of the asteroid belt beyond the orbit of Mars was the large water planet Tiamat, in the current orbit of the Earth was the Moon. Nibiru burst into the solar system along an elongated retrograde orbit at an angle to the plane of the ecliptic and passed next to Tiamat, driving its satellites into it - 4 vortices from the Sumara poem about the creation of the world. Because of this, one part of Tiamat broke off and became an asteroid belt, and the other received a huge depression in the place of the Pacific Ocean and was thrown into the orbit of the Moon, where it is now becoming the Earth.
The correction that should be made to this theory concerns the orbit of Nibiru. The Earth's orbit is quite natural - having received a counter blow, it lost speed and began to fall into a lower orbit around the Sun. On the way, she was picked up by the Moon and she remained in the same orbit with her. As for Nibiru, as a result of the collision, she also received an impulse and her orbit also had to change and no longer pass through the asteroid belt. Instead, it may have, like the Earth, lost speed and switched to a lower orbit, approaching in its perihelion closer to the Sun than the Earth picked up by the Moon. Thus, there is a possibility that Nibiru can pass between the Earth and the Sun and cause an eclipse. Prophet Amos: "And it shall come to pass in that day, says the Lord God, that I will make the sun go down at noon, and darken the earth in the midst of the bright day." Prophet Zechariah: "And it will be in that day: there will be no light, the luminaries will be removed. This day will be the only one known only to the Lord: neither day or night; only in the evening will light come." Now the question arises - how close can a giant planet come to Earth for a long solar eclipse to occur and not cause a catastrophe? The Bible does not speak of any catastrophic events other than the torn veil of the temple. They are also not mentioned in history, although it is known about earthquakes in Israel before and after these events with an interval of several centuries, but not during them. Only favorable and non-catastrophic floods in the Nile are known from 30 BC. e. and until 155 At the same time, the distance at which Nibiru should approach the Earth so that its apparent size is equal to the size of the Sun and closes it is about 7,000,000 km. This is much more than the distance to the Moon of 384,400 km, but still such a proximity to the giant planet raises serious concerns. Doubting my assumptions, I asked this question to various people somehow connected with astronomy and their opinions were very divided. Most, of course, supported the opinion that the appearance of Nibiru in the solar system is catastrophic in itself. In fact, this question is not unambiguous. According to some estimates, in order for a planet the size of Nibiru to pass between the sun and the Earth without consequences, it could be between Venus and Mercury (this is about 50,000,000 km). Most likely, this would only cause the acceleration and deceleration of the Earth, the same as when it approached with the giant planets Jupiter and Saturn, which is almost imperceptible to us. The only problem is that at this distance, Nibiru will cover only a very small part of the Sun and this eclipse will be almost invisible. This does not at all coincide with the biblical text, which says that darkness enveloped the earth from noon to the ninth hour. This is much longer than the two hour duration of a normal eclipse and means that Nibiru must have passed very close.
Another opinion is that passing from the Earth at a distance of 7,000,000 km, Nibiru will not cause any catastrophic consequences. The fact that Nibiru moves in a retrograde orbit opposite to the Earth significantly reduces the time spent by the planets close to each other. This reduces the interaction time of gravitational forces. If the planets were moving towards a meeting fast enough , they could simply slip through each other by inertia. If you take a magnet and move it quickly past another magnet, the attraction you feel will be short-lived and not at all the same as if you do it slowly. Of course, this will cause some deviations in the speed and orbit of the planets. The orbit of the Earth will become a little closer to the Sun, this will only affect as a warming of the climate with consequences like floods in the Nile and no more. It looks like this assumption will be the subject of endless criticism, but it gives something else. First, it removes the controversy from Sitchin's flood hypothesis. He wrote that the Flood was caused by the approach of the Earth to Nibiru, which caused the glaciers to split. Such an approach would not be possible if Nibiru crossed the solar system in the asteroid belt, much further than the safe distance. It is quite another matter when Nibiru almost crosses the orbit of the Earth. Secondly, it gives a different chronology for the appearance of Nibiru in the solar system, which roughly coincides with some significant events. Moreover, this version differs from Stchin's chronology by only about 500 years. This may well be explained by Nibiru's high-altitude years, which average 3600 years, or by a gradual change in its orbit. Such a disparity could well have developed over a long period of time. If we take the year 0 of the birth of Christ as the starting point and count back two periods of 3600 years, we get an interesting coincidence. Around 7500 B.C. (a difference of 200 years) climate changes have occurred on Earth, which are associated with a global cataclysm. In 7220 BC. e. there was an eruption of Mount Edgecumb volcano in Alaska and a large outflow of fresh water from the Black Sea into the Aegean Sea, which could be the result of the approach of Nibiru. And the greatest cataclysm occurred in 7640 BC. e. There is a theory that Tolman's hypothetical comet hit the Earth, but little is known about this. 3879 years after that, in 3761 BC. e., according to the Bible, the creation of the world took place. After 3761 years, year 0 has come - a new starting point has been assigned. These intervals differ from the period of 3600 years by a couple of centuries, which may have different explanations. One way or another, the next appearance of Nibiru should occur around the year 3600. This is not the only information from the New Testament texts. They contain other interesting records that can shed light not only on the past of human civilization, but also on the future. Indeed, in this case, the New Testament is the message of the Anunnaki specifically to us, people living today. This is exactly what its name implies.

I’ve been dashing for 6 months recording a little over 2,100 deliveries. I have been contract violated twice before by scammers claiming they never got their food. My first time, the resident said they didn’t receive their order; then 20 minutes later I got another delivery to the exact same address! First delivery was DQ, the second was KFC. But what’s crazy, she was munching on a slice of dominos pizza when I dropped off. So potentially, she did her scam 3+ times against multiple drivers in a single lunch shift! Appetizer, main course and dessert. I have a small video clip of the incident, not sure if it’s OK to post on here; so lmk if I should post it. Only issue is, her kid is in the video so its probably not appropriate. It’s quite awkward having to deal with a person face to face like that, blatantly pulling a fraud, especially when their 9 year old is in the picture. I’m not proud of the way I sounded and for sure could have handled it better.
In todays incident, as I pulled up to the house I noticed a car trailing me by about 10 car lengths. I parked on the shoulder of the neighborhood two way street, putting me directly across from the house. I sat in my parked car and waited for the car to pass. Only it slowed to a creep, until eventually making it to the back bumper of my car, and then stopped. I left plenty of room to pass. However she stayed in her car, stopped in the middle of her lane, off centered behind me for about 30 seconds. I went to wave her on, she then slowly pulled into the drive way. Red flag #1.
Instructions said: Leave at door: “Don’t leave by door, leave in the office”… only this was a house in the hood. There are no offices. Red flag #2.
I tried calling but the phone went straight to voicemail. I leave the order at the door, took a pic and complete the delivery. Zero tip. Red flag #3
I get back to my car and notice the person is still sitting in their car. Before leaving, I decide to wait her out to see if the she gets out to walk up, grab the food and go inside. At this point there’s so many red flags I get my camera ready cause I know something isn’t right. I wait and wait, 2-3 minutes go by and she is still in her car. Red flag #4
I decide to bait her. I act like I’m driving away, and as soon as I hit the end of the block out of sight, I bust a quick U turn. As I’m U - turning, I receive a text in the app (right underneath the picture of the house I took) saying “That’s not my house.“ At this point I’m now rapidly pulling up to the house and the girl is just getting out of her car. I hop out, beat her to the door and grab the food. I call her out, she plays dumb and says she “don’t even do DoorDash”.
I text the guy and say “ok, I got your food still. Wya?” He responds 20 mins later giving me another address that’s a couple miles away which is also in a rough neighborhood. I told him sorry but he would have to call DoorDash since it’s a completely different address. As of now, I think he knows he’s busted because he didn’t even dispute the delivery. I don’t have a violation yet I still have the food. DoorDash says they’re onto the account and have forwarded it to the “consumer team”. I have a small clip of this incident as well. But it’s nothing much since the person denied all knowledge of what was going on.
Basically they are just stealing their own orders. In the first incident, as I pulled up I noticed a car rapidly leaving the residence. This time however, the person was trying to time it so that after I completed the order and left, she would have pulled in after me. So the scammers understand that the app tracks them as well. Using the gps as an alibi, they drive around the block or go the store real quick, so when the food is “stolen” and DoorDash checks their location it shows they weren’t home, distancing them from the package.
If they are home while the food is being dropped, with all the notifications given it’s mostly their responsibility to get the order off their doorstep in a timely manner. When home, the chance that some random person picks it off are slim to none. But if the gps shows you’re a mile away from the drop, then it couldn’t have been you who stole it if you were no where near it. At least that’s what the scammers think.