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2015.02.10 01:24 joeyoungblood Home Renting

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2012.08.10 21:27 icepigs DFW Beer - Where to find great beer in Dallas/Fort Worth

DFWBeer is a place you come for all your DFW Beer needs. Post and read reviews of Brew Pubs, Taprooms, and Breweries. If it's in the DFW Metroplex and it's about beer, this is the place to find it!
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2023.06.08 23:28 Mundane-Cap-4939 Possible red flags from MIL, need advice

I haven’t given birth yet but need advice since my MIL comes to visit us from abroad when the baby is around 1m.
1) MIL purchased clothes for baby for 18m: summer dress and summer bodysuit. Our baby will be 18m in winter, and we live where winters are cold.
In response, I thanked her but asked not to purchase anything not present in the baby registry that I was still preparing at that moment. Some time later she calls us and tells that she purchased something and already sent a package and also was just in the mall choosing more stuff for the baby.
I remind her about baby registry again and due to her behavior I’m literally forced to finish the registry in a hurry because I don’t want us to possess things we’ll never use; her financial status right now also isn’t at best so I’d rather have her spend money on something we really need.
2) I asked my mom to renew her vaccinations and check for necessary medical examinations before seeing our baby and she carefully did. When I mentioned vaccines to MIL, she said “nobody here gets them seriously, so should you” (she lives in a more developed country, and by saying this she implies that her judgement is better).
3) she is sad that I won’t get a C section.
First, I was prepared to have a scheduled C section due to medical issues but gladly it fixed and now I’m up for a natural birth.
She talked to my husband saying how this is sad to her and whether I can still opt for a C section just “because it’s better”. I’m not listening to her but what I don’t like is that she makes my husband think that my choice is false.
All of these sound to me as if my boundaries are ignored and I’m afraid what may happen when she’s here.
When she comes, we have an intention to rent a separate apartment for her stay. What else can I and my husband do for this to be the least traumatic experience for us all including a baby? Or maybe I’m really overthinking?
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2023.06.08 23:28 Old_Mall8861 I don't think I've ever felt this alone

I graduated high school not long ago. It's summer break, and I should be relaxing and having fun. Instead, I feel this constant, droning, empty pain in my chest, and I don't know how to deal with it. My friends do not bother to reach out to me, apart from one who honestly isn't the best person nor a great influence, but she really, truly cares about me. Otherwise, nobody asks to hang out. Nobody asks what I've been up to this summer. I HAVE been reaching out, but conversations feel so one sided. I'm not sure what it is. I have a feeling part of it might be me not clicking with others due to my autism, which happens frequently. Everything hurts. Being around others only helps so much, but at the same time I hate feeling so unwanted.
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2023.06.08 23:27 Lilroundbirdy My family forgot my birthday, they're going on vacation without me, and I'm a bit sad

I'm in my 20s, but this was the first summer in 3 years where I wouldn't be recovering from a tough surgery. I kinda had hoped to celebrate that, as I'd say that's a pretty big deal when you're chronically sick. I put a lot of effort into getting ready for their birthdays, and do my best to make sure I get them something they'll like... Tbh, a cake would've been nice, even if it was one of those pre-made ones in the grocery store. I feel so forgotten.
Instead, they're leaving the day of my birthday for a vacation. I guess someone must have told them because they took me to a crappy bar where I ate onion rings (that weren't even cooked all the way) while being ogled by old farmers and taxidermied Bambi and Rudolph. At least the glasses were clean.
I guess tomorrow I'll bake myself a cake. Maybe I'll take a nap or something, might mow the lawn if the smoke isn't too bad. Happy birthday to me.
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2023.06.08 23:26 felidraptor Advice on choosing new parrot

I'm planning on getting a second bird but I can't decide on which species would be the best fit for me, so I figured those with more experience could give me some advice.
I've had a cockatiel for the past 8 years who is given free roam of my bedroom while I'm home (minus when I'm sleeping) and I would like to be able to do the same for this new bird without having to worry about it harming my tiel. I don't expect them to get along necessarily, and I would be supervising them while they're out together, but I want to avoid bird species that tend to be aggressive towards other birds.
I would like a parrot that is a little bit bigger than a cockatiel (medium sized) that does well with a harness, as I would like to bring it outside, to parks, to friend's and family's houses, etc. This also means it would need to be generally friendly towards other people and not skittish to new environments/sounds/etc.
I have two roommates, and also plan on moving into an apartment within the next couple years, so another aspect I'm focused on is volume level. I would prefer a species that makes sound less often or is rather quiet. I understand all parrots can be loud so I don't expect it to be perfectly silent, but species that vocalize less often or are on the quieter side are much more preferred.
I've done some of my own research online and have a few species in mind, but some things I've heard about these species leave me uncertain.
Green-cheek conure:
Pros: They tend to be more quiet, would likely peacefully co-exist with my cockatiel, are affectionate, are relatively inexpensive, and I love how they climb around on things and are comfortable laying on their backs or being grabbed like an apple (idk how else to describe this lol).
Cons: Smaller than I'm looking for, I've read they are more difficult to harness train, they can be nippy, and they tend to favor one person.
Pionus:
Pros: I've heard a lot of good things about these parrots. They're calm, independent, don't make a lot of noise, and love just hanging out with you and chilling.
Cons: Difficult to find a breeder in the United States and they are VERY expensive. I would prefer something under $1,800. I'm also unsure of how affectionate they are or if they like cuddling. I've also heard they can be skittish.
Brown-headed parrot:
Pros: Similar to pionus in that they are calm, independent, and quiet. I've also heard they are less skittish than pionus.
Cons: There are also not many breeders in the U.S. and they're likely expensive as well. I couldn't find a lot of information about these parrots in general so I don't know if they would be aggressive towards my tiel.
If anyone has any more insight on these parrot species or any other parrots that would fit well for me please let me know!
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2023.06.08 23:22 Azurenaut Need help about training and storing huge amount of models

Hello, I think I need help on how to proceed with this in my job.
Basically, what I need to implement is a part of a system that, based on huge customer sales/costs data, generate predictions using certain ML algorithms (ie "based in the data of the last years, you will have these sales for the next twelve months"). I could describe it in the following tasks:
Now, my problem is this.
The nature of the data is simple, basically a series of variable dimensions identifying a row (e.g. [account, channel, region, branch, post]), the period (year and month) and the sales/costs value. However, each customer that uses the system has hundreds or thousands of these combinations of dimensions (if they use 9 or 10 columns you could imagine the number of combinations), so I'm not understanding how I would have to train and store such a large number of models (currently I simply store and maintain small volumes, so using Python pickles suffices for me).
In my understanding, algorithms like ARIMA or LR work with mathematical data, like lot of pairs (x,y), and the dimensions used here are unrelated to that, there are not dimensions like "Temperature, Season or Type of food" (that could, kind of, affect the sales) but like "Account, Channel, Region, Province, Division" so I would need to train a model for every combination found in the training data.
My first guess is just storing the (thousands of) models in some AWS S3 as joblibs or pickles, but I don't know if this is the best way of doing it.
So that would be my problem, I need to know how to implement in a "real" environment the training and storage of a large number of models (from just 100 combinations that I use now, to several thousands).
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2023.06.08 23:21 ihavenoidea28272929 how do i know what’s normal and what’s not?

so i don’t really know where else i could talk about this. i’d never go to a friend or relative because i’m not ready for the weird looks i might receive. without any trigger during some time periods i get extremely paranoid? (at least that’s what i would call it). when i’m sitting on my couch my brain pictures a, to me creepy looking, man slowly popping out from behind the door frame. or from the other room slowly walking out while staring at me. sometimes my brain tells me the stranger is gonna climb in from the window even though i know it’s not possible as i live on the third floor with nothing around that anyone could climb on. whenever i’m in the apartment complex i think it’s in the elevator waiting for me. when i’m inside the (glass) elevator and going up it’s telling me someone is hiding between the floor and i’ll see their shadow peeking out. sometimes it’s more random not creepy things like me thinking my dog just ran next to me just to look over and see that my dog is napping on the bed and hasn’t moved in a while. the thoughts last for a second and are gone so it’s not like i stop doing an activity entirely because i’m weirded out but it makes me turn down the music, pay attention to my surroundings more etc. once it starts happening it happens multiple times and on a daily basis. and then it stops for a while. the things i see i don’t see them with my eyes. the best i could describe it would be like feeling a presence or knowing you’re being watched by who without having to look up. like i have a set of eyes at a different angle watching it happen. and the things i see are blurry. nothing is ever clear. almost like the amount of details you’d see at night with just the moonlight. I’ve had this since i was a teen (couldn’t leave my room when i was alone at night bc i was so scared of what i might make up in my head) but so far always ignored it. i’m at an age where i feel like i’ve ignored certain things for long enough and want to change that before k get even older with even more problems (probably).
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2023.06.08 23:17 kittnessDiannerr Yelling in a relationship

Rant /vent I just moved in with my boyfriend and we had our first real yelling fight. It was big, im pretty sure it's over and all of our stuff is packed on different sides of the apartment. He usually is the one to raise his voice at me, I usually try to stay calm and calm him down. I just couldn't take it anymore. I get it, im anxious all the time and cry alot but he yells and invalidates my feelings. He never is on my side and always tells me I'm the problem. This time he wouldn't stop, I wasn't in the best place, neither was he and it just happened. I snapped. I yelled back louder and said the most meanest and vile things back to him. (It's not like he wasn't saying things first) I think I might have said worse things and I just haven't come back from fight mode. It's been years since I have been triggered this badly. It's been so long since I've felt so backed into a corner and felt so trapped that my only thing left to do after so long of freezing and fawning was to fight. I was already throwing up from panic attacks he was giving me from just being in his presence. I felt trapped and I snapped. We still live together and I have no friends or family in this state. I technically have to go back to the apartment. I have so many mixed feelings. I don't know if this is normal or not. I'm not sure if this is our trauma or if this is abuse. I just don't know what to make of any of this. My therapist said it's not domestic violence but definitely not healthy for me since my past is so violent. We both have our issues and im just tired of living in a traumatic space. Do we ever have a healthy a relationship or is this what we are doomed to?
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2023.06.08 23:16 PM_ME_YOUR_ROBOTGIRL Character Database: The Aeons, Part 2 (VERY LONG)

Character Database: The Aeons, Part 2 (VERY LONG)

Please read Part 1 here if you haven't.

This was meant to come yesterday, but then Limbus Chapter 4 Part 2 grabbed me by the balls.

IX


![img](5c2630n6su4b1 " All progress toward the void All resist the void All will become the void... ")
The Nihility.
An extremely passive Aeon that believes everything is worthless, everything about them is a total mystery. Those that approach its divine body, if they even find the coordinates, disappear. Simulated Universe implies that approaching, maybe even thinking about IX, induces apathy and mental breakdowns.
IX ultimately represents nothingness - the dark side of the Universe that completes its balance, providing non-existence to existence.
Aha once helped the Annihilation Gang try to assassinate it as a joke, but it unsurprisingly ended in failure after the Elation-enhanced Gang members vanished when approaching their coordinates.
IX is the roman numeral for nine. WOW. It's almost certainly meant to be read as "nine", because of the way Device IX's name is structured. I looked for the potential significance of this number but like, nine being a number within the base 10 system we love so much basically means every culture in the universe sees it as significant.

Followers


\"Those running away from the past think no one understands their despair. When they finally take a breather, they'll find their future selves staring right at them with bloodshot eyes.\"
Those who manage to share their mentality with IX sometimes earn a glance from them. When this happens, those who fall into despair have their physical bodies self-destruct and become something called a Self-Annihilator, made out of "true nothing". Interestingly, though this initially appears to be a grim fate, Self-Annihilators are somehow still alive and capable of thinking, and it seems implied they can revert to their original forms if they regain hope.
Those, however, who remain steadfast in their beliefs become Doctors of Chaos, who are convinced they can 'heal' IX and make it see value in the universe. They do so by going around the universe preaching that you can derive meaning from it and doing crazy actions in the hopes of inspiring those around them. They also have a hobby of trying to cure Self-Annihilators, and they're pretty good at it.
Device IX is the third Nihility faction, which is so mysterious its existence is straight up questionable. It's alleged to exist in the voids underneath all Reality. The only thing that can really be traced back to them is the "dark web" which allows for the trade of rare and illegal items, and probably other things as well.

Qlipoth


Let the fire that forged the bricks and the ones that laid the wall's foundations be known!
The Preservation, known as the Firmament Arbiter by the Xianzhou.
Their divine corpus is so huge, it has planets orbiting it.
Qlipoth, at one point, was alerted to the "catastrophe of the Finality" and to prevent it, became building a large wall known as the Subspace Crystalline Barrier which isolates worlds from one another (or at least that's the IPC's narrative). They also built the Celestial Comet Wall and the Great Attractor Base, but we don't know what those are for yet.
Qlipoth is very ancient, being a veteran from the Dusk Wars that resulted in the disappearance of all Leviathans. The IPC claims that the Dusk Wars and the Leviathan race ended as soon as Qlipoth ascended, but this doesn't appear to be the case. Furthermore, the IPC also maintains that Qlipoth is the first ever Aeon, which also doesn't appear to be the case (Oroboros says hi)
Whenever Qlipoth strikes their hammer, the Subspace Crystalline Barrier expands, and the IPC has used this as a way of marking time in "Amber Eras", one for each hammer strike. However, the hammer strikes are inconsistent, so how long each AE lasts is different. That makes AEs a terrible way of keeping track of time, but everyone just accepts it anyway because the IPC is obsessed and arguing with the IPC is a really easy way to get on their bad side, which no one wants. On the side, most civilizations use their own timekeeping systems which are generally more accurate.
In any case, it's currently 2158 AE, with 0 AE going all the way back to the "end" of the Dusk Wars, and 0-180 AE being a 'dark spot' with few historical records. The IPC's official stance is that there just isn't much information, but it seems more likely that they're withholding records from that time period, which would indicate something about it makes them or Qlipoth look bad.
The Qliphoth is basically the "evil version" of the Kabbalistic Sefirot, the emanations through which the spirit of God reveals itself. That probably doesn't matter though, because most likely they chose it for the fact that the hebrew name קְלִיפּוֹת literally means 'shell'.

Followers


\"Seriously, out of everyone who had faced an Aeon, that old man was the calmest I've seen. Even Screwllum's gears squeaked when he saw Nous...\"
When mortals first became aware of Qlipoth's wall, there were two reactions - the first was to imitate Qlipoth, going around the universe building stuff, and the other was to help them.
The former became the Architects, who travel the universe building stuff and helping protect other civilizations. They were the ones who made Belobog's wall, core, and Engines of Creation. They must receive some implicit endorsement from Qlipoth, because they're able to tap into the Preservation's power to build their things. Generally, most people view the Architects as stubborn, but those protected by their abilities are eternally grateful and even join them.
The other...
So, a bunch of people, including geniuses Louis Fleming and Dongfang Qixing, decided to accrue a large number of construction materials to give to Qlipoth. They did this through trade, but quickly realized that in order to get what they needed, they'd have to specialize in more than just construction materials. Louis Fleming and Dongfang Qixing utilized their expertise to scam and trick establish trade deals and routes with other civilizations, until they had amassed a vast network of trade with themselves as the intermediaries.
In 1388 AE, Louis Fleming and Dongfang Qixing decided to take things one step further and founded the Interastral Peace Corporation (IPC) together, and established an universal currency (credits) that facilitated trade between species, getting rid of themselves as the middleman and also making themselves fabulously wealthy in the process. The IPC integrated themselves into the economy of various civilizations, ruining those who refused to work with the IPC or utilize credits.
As a result of this, the IPC became the most powerful entity in the universe and are very close to being its de-facto rulers - they display deference to only a handful of entities (such as the Genius Society), and even then only because they're too insular (and oftentimes protected by an Aeon) and useful to be manipulated or "coerced" into cooperating. Almost all transaction and trade in the universe is done with the oversight of the IPC and many, many civilizations rely on them for an economical backbone.
They sponsor the creation of new inventions, research that benefits them, and produce their own products while also facilitating the sales of others'. They don't merely preside over trade, they may as well own half the universe. Again, if you cut ties with the IPC, you also lose access to these things. Safe to say, no matter how awful or inconvenient the IPC may get, going against them is simply not an option for all but the most privileged or stubborn few, and those arrogant enough to try anyway will learn the errors of their ways very quickly.
Because the IPC is obsessed with the Preservation, it makes it very hard for anyone to actually study Qlipoth or go against them.
Qlipoth appears to, on some level, approve of what they're doing, since an unknown Emanator of Preservation appeared in the IPC some time ago. However, they don't make use of the vast industrial quantities of construction materials piled up in the planets orbiting them that the IPC provided at all, so in a sense, what they're doing is actually pretty useless. But still, the IPC is fueled by absolute faith to their Aeon.

Yaoshi


![img](tfg6enydtu4b1 " She feels sad For eternal life did not let her accumulate infinite wisdom Instead, those she had once cherished Faded into obscurity over time, never to return ")
The Abundance. Known by the Xianzhou Alliance hunters as the Plagues Author, and by the Xianzhou faithful as Sanctus Medicus.
If we assume that Denizens of Abundance cannot exist without Yaoshi, then they're at minimum ~6900 (nice) years old, and possibly much, much older - the earliest Denizens of Abundance we can date having encountered the Xianzhou at 1200 SC.
Yaoshi's primary goal is the extension and continuous growth of life in the universe. The lightcone Cornucopia implies that Yaoshi views life as a form of order, which opposes the chaos of death and the early universe.
To achieve this, they 'bless' life in certain worlds, causing the sapient inhabitants to become Denizens of Abundance and also causing an outgrowth of powerful and equally long lived plant and animal life alike. Those blessings generally come in the form of great, immortal trees, whose fruit can grant long life. In general, Yaoshi prioritizes worlds and individuals who are experiencing great suffering and hardship.
Yaoshi is the mortal enemy of Lan, although it's hard to say if the feelings are mutual. Yaoshi will never rest until all beings in the universe know the blessing of life, and Lan will never rest until Yaoshi has been killed in the final and greatest hunt. Yet, the cycle goes on for eternity.
Yaoshi is a reference to the Chinese name of a Buddha called Bhaiṣajyaguru, which is a Buddha most commonly associated with healing and medicine, and is also pretty important, being up there with Shakyamuni (aka THE Buddha). He's a doctor who vowed to rid the world of pain and suffering. So yeah, makes sense.

Followers


\"The mercy of Sanctus Medicus, the Ambrosial Arbor's new growth. Disciples shall attain enlightenment together.\"
Those blessed by Yaoshi gain remarkable biology - their cells and biological systems are placed in a state of perfect equilibrium, made possible through the ability for their cells to freely convert between differentiated cells and stem cells (builder cells, which can turn into any other kind of cell). This gives them the ability to effectively, live forever, as well as an extremely powerful healing factor. Though it does not altogether prevent death, it does allow for things such the regrowth of lost limbs and organs. The unfortunate fact of this arrangement is that the body when it is born provides a 'blueprint' for the blessing, making those born with congenital defects forever unable to correct them with surgery - the body will simply "heal" the "damage".
However, there is another aspect to Yaoshi's blessing - upon fulfilling certain conditions, blessed individuals have a marked shift in biology, causing a form of 'evolution' that fundamentally alters their biology. This can fix things such as congenital defects but also essentially puts cells into overdrive, exacerbating existing biological processes of the species (such as molting for reptilian beings) and potentially causing insanity. For the Xianzhou natives, this is known as being 'stricken with mara'.
Those who manage to survive the process with intelligence become known as the Denizens of Abundance who go around singing praises of Yaoshi. However, Yaoshi's blessing also causes fundamental deficits that force those long-life species into either constant suffering or constant conquest in other to offset these setbacks (such as the borisin's implied necessity to take over other worlds to house the hives necessary to create their biotechnology). The Denizens of Abundance love Yaoshi for making their lives "better", and are thus the sworn enemies of the Xianzhou Alliance, which also hates them and are seen (naturally) as blasphemers.
Of course, there are also many civilizations that greatly regret contact with Yaoshi, such as of course, the Xianzhou Alliance.
People who know of Yaoshi but are mortal and long for their blessing are known as Elixir Seekers, immortality hunters who go around the universe hoping to meet and be blessed by Yaoshi. Probably the most well-known Elixir Seekers were, indeed, the original Xianzhou fleet, which was sent out by an unnamed emperor into the stars in order to obtain immortality. Funnily, even though they did get it, they never returned to their homeworld. I wonder what it was like?
The Disciples of Sanctus Medicus were the internal faction in the Xianzhou that worshipped Yaoshi and actively held contact with them, being led by an Emanator of Abundance named Shuhu. Yaoshi did speak to their disciples as well as other Denizens of Abundance and may have even spoken to the actively hostile Alliance as well, but the specifics of this are mired in legend and mystery, and so Yaoshi's true intentions regarding their followers are unclear.

Oroboros


The Mariners' Intemperance
The Voracity.
Wants to eat everything (eats planets), and was a Leviathan, which makes them about as old if not older than Qlipoth. Potentially, they are the only surviving Leviathan.
That's about it. We don't know anything else.
The Ouroboros is a well-known Western symbol with philosophical and alchemical significance that consists of a dragon or snake eating its own tail. Mostly it represents infinity. It was probably chosen though because Oroboros is the dedicated vore god. Cool!

Aha


Look upon the courtesans' extravagance.
The Elation, known as Joyseeker to the Xianzhou.
Hard to tell if it's true, but legend goes that Aha once actually reached the end of the Imaginary Tree. When they did so, they appeared to have gained some sort of advanced perception, and began to view the universe as one huge joke. Perhaps they realized they were made by a video game company? They certainly seem to have some sort of heightened awareness.
In any case, though Aha claims and seems to believe that they only wish for others to see the humor in all things, their true purpose as an Aeon is that they serve as a catalyst of change, manipulating reality in extremely minor and undetectable ways until they butterfly effect massive events into happening. Although the displays of their power are minor compared to Qlipoth's massive wall or Lan's planet purging arrows, their effects on the universe far outweigh the others.
They owe this success due to their closeness to mortals - unlike most Aeons who barely even bother communicating with others and are by nature mysterious, Aha displays a strong understanding of human society, as a matter of fact, they believe it is the exclusive privilege of intelligent beings to understand joy. This understanding allows them to mess around with people on a far more personal level than other Aeons do, even getting involved with other, separate factions if they believe it's funny enough. They're also especially talkative.
Of course, sometimes they decide to be major instead, and do a little bit of trolling. Trolling attempts include blowing up half the Express and an entire planet after hiding out on it for a year disguised as a human (success), helping the Annihilator Gang assassinate IX (failure), trying to get a Noblesse Worm into the Genius Society (failure). And although the latter two appear like failures to us, I'm sure they got great enjoyment out of the bewildered reactions of those observing them.
Aha is laughter, obviously, but it could also be a reference to various things including the 1980s Norwegian band, which composed Take on Me. That sounds stupid but that's Aha for you.

Followers


Well, bye for now. Send my regards to the guys and girls in the tavern.
Aha attracted a group of straightforward followers called the Masked Fools that go around the Universe doing a little bit of trolling, though more specifically they act as agents of change that have been responsible for starting riots and revolutions (including a notable one against Rubert I during the Emperor's War), and they're not above violence. They also maintain taverns and other places centered around having fun and doing trolling.
Simultaneously, however, they also have a group of *anti-*followers called the Mourning Actors, who instead go around the universe being sad, noting the destruction of worlds and death, encouraging celibacy and abstinence, among other things, in the hopes of opposing the Elation. Aha thinks this is hilarious, and also recognizes tragedy as the flipside of comedy, so they purposefully enhanced them, allowing them to travel the stars.
Although the Mourning Actors are mostly ignored by the universe, they possess an uncanny ability for detecting tragedy (probably Aha's fault); they visited Jarilo-VI when it was embroiled in the war against the Antimatter Legion, and they have some use as announcers for when worlds are destroyed or civilizations fall, often being the first to broadcast these events to the universe.
Aha makes basically anything and anyone into an Emanator so long as they think it's funny, so it's not really worth noting here. That said, the one Emanator we do know of was a Noblesse Worm that they infused with super-intelligence to see if Nous would accept them into the Genius Society (they would not)

Fuli


And finally, measure the world against yourself, and take all such things to heart.
The Remembrance.
Fuli's age's unknown, with records of them being essentially non-existent. Their ultimate goal is to preserve all of the universe's memories in order to facilitate "the rebirth of the universe", and they have the memories of every single living being in the universe, including those of other Aeons.
They physically manifest before the occurrence of extremely significant events in the universe's history, and then vanish after obtaining whatever it was they needed from it. When this happens, they appear as a being made out of a mirror-like crystal. Though this has happened many times, their only recorded manifestation was at the end of a speech by the aging Louis Fleming, in his final public appearance.
Fuli is named after a deity in the Shenxiao sect of Taoism. English sources for this are basically non-existent - I put the Chinese wikipedia article through DeepL and got the world's most sophisticated word salad and basically all I could gather is that he was the father of some bigshot emperor. Okay.

Followers


Memes: The DNA of the soul
Fuli utilized their power to enhance a specific group of mortals, allowing them to abandon their physical forms and live on as memetic lifeforms (not internet memes, ideas and behaviors that spread from person to person within a society, though HSR basically uses the term as "things that live in your brain"). This allows them to interact with a being's memories and subjective perception directly. It also allows them to freely travel between worlds without any physical effort on their part, which sure is neat!
This faction became known as the Garden of Recollection, with the most active members being the Memokeepers, who preserve the memories of individuals considered significant. They also created Light Cone technology, which allows them to physically manifest and preserve the memory of an individual. Most Memokeepers prefer to keep themselves hidden, disguising themselves and harvesting the memories of others without ever being acknowledged. If a being possesses exceptional memories or qualities such as the Trailblazer, they might choose to manifest and communicate with them directly.
Because the Garden of Recollection members are memetic lifeforms, they can only manifest to people who know about Fuli, the Remembrance, or associated concepts. If you literally don't know anything, you're inaccessible to them. After all, these spicy memes have not been passed on to you.
The Garden of Recollection doesn't have just Memokeepers. It seems some members (or defectors?) known as Memosnatchers go around forcefully taking the memories of other individuals, potentially causing amnesia. Because the Messenger calls them "those thieves", it seems they're not looked highly upon by Fuli's other followers.
Another faction in the Garden of Recollection that draws the ire of the Memokeepers are the Cremators, extremists who steal memories gathered by others and destroy the ones they consider to be useless and return the important ones. In doing so, they believe themselves to act as a sort of filter or curator for the memories of the Aeon, relieving them of their "burden". The stance of the Garden of Recollection is that every memory has value, so obviously the Cremators aren't seen in a positive light.
In any case, the current objective of the Garden of Recollection is preserving the universe against the Destruction, believing that everyone can still live on through memories. Ultimately though, the Garden of Recollection likely existed long before Nanook's ascension, and their greatest goal is to fill Fuli's pure land with memories, which assists Fuli's own ultimate goal... which is unclear to us at the moment.

Idrila


Listen to the infant in the mirror.
The Beauty, known to the Xianzhou as the Wondergazer, and also in some places as Anne Duray.
Though mortals superficially interpret them as a god of beauty, Idrila's true nature revolves around the realm of perception - your conscious qualia (sight, smell, taste, etc), your ability to reason, and the values instilled upon you by your own personal circumstances. The intersection of these attributes is what creates the subjective idea of 'beauty'. In other words, beauty exists in the eye of the beholder.
Idrila cannot create beauty. Instead, they can manipulate these attributes to embody something that's always going to be beautiful to the observer, independently of their tastes. A memory bubble even implies that Idrila is even capable of granting sapience to unintelligent species, creating the conditions for them to be able to observe 'beauty'. Idrila, essentially, allows beings to "observe" the universe in its purest form.
This causes the people exposed to Idrila's power to frequently become intensely obsessed to the point of insanity, and many legends describe those affected by them as committing devastating acts for Idrila's sake - something which gave them a large amount of pleasure. They created civilizations and tore apart people who were in love just by existing.
It's probably safe to say that no one knows what Idrila really looked like, but it was always the most beautiful thing they've seen.
One day, Idrila just up and disappeared. Adios. The Mirror Holders believe that Idrila 'died' and shattered into many pieces, and could return if those pieces are gathered again. The Knights of Beauty believe that Idrila is still very much alive, just... hiding out somewhere, I guess.
I tried to figure out what the name "Idrila" might be derived from, but I couldn't find anything. The Japanese and Chinese characters are phonetic. Anne comes from Anna which comes from the hebrew Hannah which means grace or favor, as in "God graced me with a child". Duray is a significant royal family in France and Scotland which derives from an old French word that means king. So like, King/Queen of Grace I guess. Cool.

Followers


\"If I win, please admit that Idrila the Beauty is the most beautiful of all!\" - Argenti
Among Idrila's followers (of which is implied that there are many of), the most tame are the Knights of Beauty, which run around the universe telling everyone how awesome their Aeon is (kind of a trend). They practice a chivalric code which basically says that you can only be worthy of the Aeon GF if you grind hard everyday to become the greatest gigachad of them all. Because of this, other factions in the universe regard them as not having a whole lot of faith in their Aeon. I mean, if you make your entire dynamic a competition to see which of you is the most deserving of getting your god's attention, you're basically saying that your god would never care about most people, right? Only the best ones. Then again, maybe Idrila really is like that.
Idrila, did, however, have more faithful followers, the Mirror Holders, who possess artifacts named Mirrors of Transcendence. These artifacts hold within them some level of Idrila's power, which allows the wielder to project an observer's subjective perception of the most ideal beauty outwards into reality. Usually, the Mirror Holders seem to use this to indoctrinate new people into their thirst cult. A Mirror Bubble implies that the Mirror Holders may also be Emanators, but maybe it's just one person who happens to be both an Emanator of Beauty and a Mirror Holder.
Though the Knights of Beauty hold the delusion that their Aeon GF will someday come back, and I guess decide which one among them is the most fabulous, the Mirror Holders have a different perspective. They believe Idrila 'died' because of society developing differing subjective views on beauty, shattering them into pieces. As a result, they work to make sure society has an unified view of aesthetics, while also hunting down the remainder of Idrila's artifacts. They believe these combined factors will allow their god to return, ushering in an age of harmony where everyone is really infatuated with Idrila all the time. I guess that sounds like heaven to them.

Tayzzyronth


Tayzzyronth... Tayzzy█ronth... Ta█yzzy█ronth... Ta█yzz██y█ronth█... Ta█... █yzzy███ron█th███...
The Propagation. Known as the Swarm Author by the Xianzhou and the Imperator Insectorum in some places.
Tayzzyronth was a very, very lonely beetle who, after getting fed up with being all alone, appears to have developed the ability to self-duplicate endlessly, ascending into short-lived Aeonhood afterwards. What resulted was one of the most severe catastrophes to affect the universe, the Swarm Disaster.
Worlds were invaded and turned into massive hives that to this day are uninhabitable despite the loss of their master. Tayzzyronth's clones slaughtered all living beings in their path, bred endlessly, and moved on to the next world, all in blistering speeds. The scale of destruction was so massive that it actually worried the IPC for maybe the first time since the Emperor's War.
Tayzzyronth seemed close to unstoppable and posed a very real risk of destroying the entire universe, when the sheer intensity of their threat caused an incredibly rare occurrence in the universe - multiple Aeons put their personal missions and differences aside and teamed up to get rid of Tayzzyronth once and for all.
We don't know the specifics of Tayzzyronth's death, but it involved them being encased in an organic prison, which appears to have deprived the rest of the Swarm of the ability to reproduce. After this, something killed them, which put an end to the Swarm Disaster for good.
However, just because Tayzzyronth's dead doesn't mean the Swarm disappeared completely, or that they may never return. The surviving members of the Swarm managed to evolve into different beings, the worlds converted into hives by the Swarm are still to this day impossible to live in, and fragments of the Imperator Insectorum's prison and body still buzz with activity and an energy that makes it very possible they might still return.
Even though Tayzzyronth lived for only a tiny amount of time compared to most Aeons, their destructive impact on the universe cannot be understated. After all, it might even be possible that they indirectly led to Nanook's ascension, due to the Swarm's attempted takeover of Adlivun.
Tayzzyronth didn't seem to have followers, much less Emanators - it seems their own clones were all they ever needed.
I actually feel kinda bad for them. Beetle just wanted a friend.
Can You Believe It, just like Idrila this is another name with no real source. Personally, I think it might just be completely made up, perhaps made to sound like something a bug would make.

Mythus


The Waves as they Enter the Dream
The Enigmata.
Like Qlipoth and Fuli, Mythus too believes that there is some sort of calamity approaching the universe. Their approach to it, however, is a bit different - the Enigmata sees the obfuscation of the past and of observable facts to create a 'mist of uncertainty' that obscures a 'narrative drive' determining the Universe's fate, which would allow everyone to escape that calamity.
Of course, since the Erudition directly wants to observe the Universe and solve it, that would only ensure the opposite, which makes them Mythus' direct enemy.
From latin Mythus. Means myth. Comes from Greek μῦθος (muthos), means tale, myth, legend. It's not that deep.

Followers

To achieve their goal, Mythus appears to random mortals already teetering on the edge of obscurity and 'inspires' them into becoming even crazier than they likely already were. The Riddlers specialize in obfuscating language, whereas Mythus' own personal Emanators, the History Fictionologists, mess with historical records and memories, making certain historical events more confusing, harder to understand, or just straight up inaccessible.
The items created by Mythus' followers possess the supernatural ability to directly affect history, even though history is more or less an abstract concept and those are physical items. As such, it can be assumed that Mythus is granting them their power in this way, which makes them one of the more proactive Aeons.

HooH


The Tipping of the Balance
The Equilibrum.
They merged their consciousness with the logic of the universe itself, hoping to attain perfect universal equilibrium. While many attempt to outsmart HooH and make things unbalanced in their favor, HooH has already accounted for them, and victory is impossible. Even if something is unbalanced now, it'll become balanced eventually, and HooH's patience is unmatched by any other Aeon.
HooH's English name is made up and meant to appear symmetrical, as is the case for HooH's original Chinese name, which is 互. This character means "mutually" or "reciprocally" or "intertwining". It was probably chosen just because it looks symmetrical from the top down, but that last meaning does have the added bonus of fitting with the fact HooH is woven into the fabric of the universe.

Followers


Long Arm
Those who like the cut of HooH's gib become dedicated to balancing the universe, the Arbitrators, who decided they'd try and get rid of extreme binary concepts, placing everything in balance. But because they're mortal, they don't have the great big picture view HooH has, and so they constantly mess up, having to correct their problems in successive "patches".
An Arbitrator talks to you when you reach the first Trial of the Equilibrium, and it seems they possess the ability to alter the entire universe in a scale that's incomparable to the followers of other Aeons. It may be because HooH has somehow managed to integrate themselves into the universe much further than any other Aeon has, and that might explain why Aeons tend to be opposed by those with equalizing concepts, and out of control Aeons tend to get the shaft.
Think about it. Tayzzyronth was a threat, but several Aeons believe Nanook is already going to destroy the universe. Why don't they team up again and kick their ass if so? Well, because they're balanced about it. Nanook's rate of destruction is slow and easy to counter enough that unlike Tayzzyronth, they can't take over the entire universe in years. Therefore, in a sense, they already have a place in equilibrium. For every planet-destroying campaign that takes centuries, Yaoshi and the Architects have already protected 5 other worlds. There's no need for something, or someone, to push them towards correcting that balance.

Ena


I only survived because the spirit of \"fuck it we ball\" burned brighter than the \"it's so over\" around me.
The Order.
An Aeon that was absorbed by Xipe due to conceptual overlap when the latter ascended, which is safe to say, a pretty definitive death (though perhaps some part of Ena lives on through Xipe? I mean, they are a plural Aeon after all)
Ena's only known group of followers are the Beyond the Sky Choir, a choir group that made songs praising the Order. When Ena was absorbed, they effectively disappeared, no longer having a god to worship.
However, the Choir audience did record some of their performances into special disks, that could only be played with unique Phonographs of Order. The problem is, the last Phonograph was lost during Emperor Rubert 1's campaigns, so nobody can ever listen to them again.
As a result, this Path is deader than dead. Maybe the energy's still accessible, but with no Aeon, no followers, and no extant artifacts, it might as well not exist.
Ena is a character from the web animation series ENA made by Peruvian artist and animator Joel- wait no.
Actually, I don't know where the English translators got the name "Ena" from, but their original name is 太一 or Taiyi, which is the supreme deity of Heaven worshipped during the Chinese Han Dynasty. There's a lot to Taiyi, but I'm just going to ignore all of it because it was probably actually chosen because the name literally means "Great Oneness" or "Great Unity".

Long


I didn't know what to put here.
The Permanence.
A Chinese dragon thing, Long died ages ago, but we don't know how. Before they died though, they left descendants in the form of Long's Scions, or the Vidyadhara, which possess the power of the Permanence in their very biology.
Because of this, the Vidyadhara have a very peculiar characteristic - when they reach the natural end of their lifespans, they pull a Turritopsis dohrnii and regress back into an infantile stage, effectively making them ageless. Of course, the Vidyadhara that 'reincarnates' loses all memories of their previous self, making the newly reborn Vidyadhara a different individual altogether, though Vidyadhara culture does encourage seeking a greater connection to your past incarnation. It's also possible they might be able to experience some aspects of their previous lives through dreams.
Vidyadhara, however, cannot reproduce. This means that their numbers are limited and losses to their population (through unnatural means) are permanent. Frankly as far as I'm concerned, this basically means Vidyadhara extinction is inevitable, as statistically speaking they probably wouldn't be able to avoid dying through accidents or intentional acts forever.
Currently the vast majority of Vidyadhara live among the Xianzhou Alliance, and it's rumored that those among them that fulfill certain conditions and pass specific rites can return to the form of a dragon. The High Elder of the Vidyadhara receives strict training in order to one day become the highest among them, the Imbibitor Lunae.
Another thing about Vidyadhara. The fact the Permanence's power flows through their cells allows individuals who have harvested Vidyadhara bone marrow to transplant some of that power into their own bodies, provided that they have the right ingredients to reactivate the stem cells. For regular mortals this only results in a short lived burst of power before their immune system destroys the transplanted Vidyadhara cells, resulting in a catastrophic regression that would most likely lead to death for most individuals.
However, for long-life species blessed by Yaoshi, Long's power can actually stabilize the explosive evolutionary process... allowing those stricken with mara to retain their sanity.
The cost is only a little murder.
Long is the Chinese name for the dragon (or specifically the Chinese dragon which is different from the Western perception). WOW! However, dragons do have great significance in Chinese folklore and culture and were worshipped, so this is a fine name. They also have associations with water, which is probably why the Vidyadhara are also associated with water.

Terminus

The Shapeless Prince
The Finality.
If we ignore bits of CBT2 that were removed upon release and now exist in a canonical limbo, this Aeon is the one we basically know the least about. I mean sure they've been mentioned more than Oroboros has, but we at least know what Oroboros is, and what their objectives are.
Terminus, though? Well, besides the fact that the IPC (and maybe Qlipoth) oppose their goals... we know the name "Terminus" and the Path of "the Finality", and that's it. They encountered Akivili at some point, so they're active somewhere, but that doesn't tell us much.
Terminus does appear to share a bit of a concept with an important HI3 character, the Herrscher of Finality, but there doesn't seem to be any direct connection, and finding actual summaries and information on stuff that happens toward the latter half of HI3's story that aren't too short or badly written to be useful is impossible. I'd have to play the game and read all the side-content, and frankly that'd take me weeks, and this post already took a long time to write as it is.
So we'll take Terminus for what the game tells us about them, which is nothing.
Terminus is the Roman name of a god that presided over boundary stones (his name also refers to those stones), which were meant to mark, you know, boundaries. Like the limits of a region or an area that couldn't really be represented by natural landmarks. Essentially, he was the end of one place and the start of another. Considering that Fuli's lore hints at a cyclical nature to the universe, this is an interesting name.
In Chinese, though, their name is different. It's 末王, which literally means "king of the end". Quite the powerful name.

And that's the end of the Aeon section. Because the manuscript for the mortal characters hasn't been written, it'll take a while longer to come out. Probably a few weeks. If I end up finishing it too close to the release of the remaining Companion Quests, it'll have to wait until after.
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2023.06.08 23:15 Alone_Competition_41 [TOMT] [BOOK] Looking for a book with some very gory scenes - a boy makes the MC wear strips of his dead sisters skin for hair ties

So I remember a few scenes very vividly but I cannot remember any names or titles!!
I know at the start there are two girls who are waiting for their names to be called to see if they will be chosen to leave the 'wall' - I know that at one point, the best friend looks at the MC with hatred when her name is called before her.
Once outside the wall, they think Angels will take them away. However, the flying creatures attack them instead, ripping them apart - there are gunmen on the wall shooting any of them trying to get back and inside the walls.
The MC watches her jealous friend either get ripped apart or taken up by one of the creatures and runs into the labyrinth type area. She is found by the girl's brother - he thinks MC is his sister and takes her in.
She makes a friend in a strange girl and they are given easy tasks as the brother treats her favourable. He thinks she is his sister because of her hairstyle. At one point she goes to a water place, where a child looks in a pool for too long and she sees their face get eaten by something in the water.
Eventually the boy finds his sisters head and makes the MC wear hair ribbons made of his dead sisters flesh. He tells her she looks retty and makes her wear his dead sisters dress. It's ripped and the boys stare at her with lust.
I don't much remember the end, but I know there was an abandoned place with a lot of laptops and stuff.
If anyone knows the name of this book, I want to read it again very badly, it really messed me up in the best way. Thanks so much!!
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2023.06.08 23:13 Successful-Fox-7971 I feel like my brother doesn't always care about me as much as I care about him.

I (28f) live with my brother (29M) because rent is so expensive where we live. I love my brother dearly, he is the only real family I have and I would honestly say he's my best friend, but I'm sure like most siblings we have our issues.
About a year ago my brother got offered a job as a paralegal, it was a huge thing for him after being a property manager for 3+ years and he really wanted to go, however our apartment at the time was dependent on him maintaining that management position. So, he worked it out where his workplace would let me take over as manager (I was the assistant at the time) and we could keep the unit. Now I never wanted to be manager, I have a lot of health and mental health issues and was actually seeking getting on disability because I have been told It is not healthy or safe for me to maintain regular work. But I didn't want to hold my brother back, and if I had said no he would have refused the better job as a paralegal, so I accepted and took over the role as Manager.
Cut to only about 6 months later and we lose the apartment anyways because my Brother could not clean up after his damn cats (He has 4) and so we got kicked out, but I maintained my job. A job I never wanted, hated in fact, and the fact we where evicted is on my record, not his, even though it was his animals that caused the damage, even after I told him to take care of it.
I cannot go on Disability now because I know for a fact it would not be enough to cover our new rent or utilities, and after the Plague a couple of years ago, we are both deep in debt. So I've stayed at this job, looking for others, in a city that does not want to pay jack for hard work.
Today I had an interview at one of the biggest companies in town, that has an amazing reputation, and is a lot closer to home, it went really well and I am in a position now that as long as the per-screening goes well, I am guaranteed a new job. I am so happy, I cannot even begin to describe it. My role as Manager has hurt my health, both physical and mental, so bad that for the last year I have been consistently thinking of taking my own life, I've never told anyone this before because I can't afford the help I need to deal with it, and I don't want to put my issues on my brother when he is dealing with his own shit, (He was in a car accident last month and has his own health/mental health issues) Either way the interview took longer than expected because I had to fill out some paperwork, and my brother was waiting. Now I know that normally you don't mess with your phone in an interview, it's rude and looks unprofessional, but I know I should have told my bro (I don't have a license due to weird circumstances but am working on getting it, so he drives me). Either way I came out and told him the good news and he went off on me, complaining about how long it took, how I should have informed him (I know I should have and I apologized) and then complained about how his ear infection was hurting.
I hate seeing my brother in pain, and I did apologize profusely, but he kept at it and didn't let up and I've been having a lot of conflicting feelings. I feel bad for taking too long and not texting him, but at the same time I fear that if I had pulled out my phone during this interview I could have been seen as unprofessional and lost the job, and I need this job. I don't think I would be as upset if this was the first time he's done something like this.
Throughout our adult lives I have always tried to accommodate him, in the old apartment I handled most utilities, the cooking, majority of the cleaning, and in the new place I still cover half the rent, all of the utilities, and have been the only one to do any cleaning. He had promised to take over the cooking, but he hasn't, and once again his cats are leaving massive messes he won't clean up. And with the job, I only took over so that we would not lose an apartment and he could pursue something better, we lost the unit anyways, and now that I get to move on to something better for me and I get yelled at because an interview went longer than I had expected. I feel terrible that I had inconvenienced him so badly, but I also want to be happy about this amazing opportunity that I finally got, after working for a terrible, abusive company that makes me feel worthless.
Add this to the fact that when we lost the old apartment he never took responsibility and threatened to leave me behind and move to another state, and I'm exhausted. I just want to be happy for myself for a few minutes and take care of myself instead of worrying about him. I love him, I'll always love him, but I do think living together is not good for either of us. As long as I take care of him he'll never learn to take care of himself, and as long as I am reliant on him for company and things like rides, I'll never be independent.
The more I think on it and look back, the more I recognize more of this behavior. When he's sick or hurt he is incapable of doing anything and I'm always looking after him, making him food, taking care of his cats, etc when he needs help. When I'm sick or hurt, even when I was dealing with kidney stones, when I'd lay down to rest he'd come knocking on my door to cook dinner or do the dishes. I ask him to let my dog out, which just involves opening the door so she can run in the yard, and he won't do that unless I remind him. I don't think he does any of this maliciously, but it hurts, and I feel like my opinions and words about it never really sink in with him.
Sorry for the rant, but this today really hurt me and I kind of wanted to get it off my chest, specifically not to people in my friend group, and in part because I find a lot of reddit replies to be sort of funny and might make me smile. Oh, and this is my first ever post.

Thank you
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2023.06.08 23:12 Anxious_Membership65 A quick guide to slime minion items

Hello everybody. As you may already know, everyone loves slime minions. But do you know what items to use for them? Is it:
A: Corrupted Soil and Diamond Spreadings
or
B: Corrupted Soil and Minion Expanders
You have 5 seconds to pick an answer.

Oh? What's that? You picked an answer? Well fuck you, you're wrong anyways, the answer is C: Corrupted Soil and Super Compactor 3000s.
Now I know what you're saying. "errrhm ackshually Dollan, the answer is A, I know because erhm, a talking head with 300 subscribers put it in big bold text in his shitty thumbnail on Youtube, so, urhm, you're wrong 🤓🤓", and to that I say no, you're wrong you little shit, go back to crying about teleport pads and jacking off to Marina hentai instead of doing your Algebra 1 homework.
Here's a bunch of proof, do with it as you like:
**2 level 9 slime minions, tested until the one with the super compactor got 2 1/2 stacks of enchanted slimeballs**
Setup 1:
Slime Minion IX, Enchanted Lava Bucket, Enchanted Hopper, Corrupt Soil, *Diamond Spreadings*
Total Earned: 418,565.7 in the Hopper.
Grand Total: 419k

Setup 2:
Slime Minion IX, Enchanted Lava Bucket, Enchanted Hopper, Corrupt Soil, *Super Compactor 3000*
Total Earned: 477k from the enchanted slimeballs in a bazaar sell offer, 110,400 from the enchanted sulfur to NPC, 183,240 in Hopper.
Grand Total: ~740k.

Conclusion: Super Compactors are 76% better than Diamond Spredings, or Diamond Spreadings are 57% worse than Super Compactors.

Oh? Is that not enough evidence for you? I can practically hear your little Cheeto dust covered fingers typing out "errrrhm, ackshually, I have Tier 11 minions with Mithril Infusions, I bet they're better than your shitty little T9's" Well you can kiss my ass because you're still wrong. Don't believe me? WHABAM!! MORE testing!

**2 level 11 slime minions, tested for 24 hours and 20 minutes (I got home a bit late)**

Setup 1:
Slime Minion XI, Enchanted Lava Bucket, Enchanted Hopper, Corrupt Soil, *Diamond Spreadings*
Total Earned: 179k in the hopper
Grand Total: 179k

Setup 2:
Slime Minion XI, Enchanted Lava Bucket, Enchanted Hopper, Corrupt Soil, *Super Compactor 3000*
Total Earned: 61 Enchanted Slime Balls worth 188k, 30 Enchanted Sulfur worth 48k, and 69k in the hopper (nice)
Grand Total: 305k

Conclusion: Super Compactors with maxed minions are 70% better than Diamond Spreadings.

"But wait!" You wail, a last ditch effort as your trust in the great Youtube gods disintegrates before your very eyes, "Enchanted hoppers are not the best fuel for maxed slime minions! Use Hamster Wheels!"

I'm going to let you guess what my response to that is.
LMAO yeah get fucked I tested that too.

**2 level 11 slime minions, tested for 24 hours and 20 minutes (same batch)**

Setup 1:
Slime Minion XI, Hamster Wheel costing 30k, Enchanted Hopper, Corrupt Soil, *Diamond Spreadings*
Total Earned: 212k in the hopper
Grand Total: 212k

Setup 2:
Slime Minion XI, Enchanted Lava Bucket, Enchanted Hopper, Corrupt Soil, *Super Compactor 3000*
Total Earned: 72 Enchanted Slime Balls worth 220k, 36 Enchanted Sulfur worth 57k, and 84k in the hopper.
Grand Total: 362k

Conclusion: Super Compactors with maxed minions & Hamster Wheels nets you 71% more than Diamond Spreadings.

So yeah, there it is. Now there shouldn't be any more bitching about "mehmehmeh diamond spreadings better" because no. No they aren't.

**COMMONLY ASKED QUESTIONS:**
**Wouldn't the corrupted fragments fill up your minion?**
No dumbass, why the fuck would I be typing all this shit out if the entire idea fell apart to some full minions? But to go into more depth, the minions do not fill up, at least as long as you are not actively on your island. The offline calculations for minions prioritize compacting over selling, which means the slimeballs will be compacted, and then enough fragments will be sold to make room for them in the minion. Thanks to u/oemgaoemgalul for the info!
**If it does fill up while you're on your island, will it stop working and just sell the slimeballs?**
No. I don't know what else to say, it just doesn't.
**What's the lowest slimeballs can drop to on the bazaar for Super Compactors to be less efficient than Diamond Spreadings?**
By my calculations with XII minions and Hamster Wheels, enchanted slime balls would have to tank to around 980-1000 coins for diamond spreadings to be better. They might after this post, but that's not my problem, and I'm guessing they wont.
**Why are you so mean?**
Probably to grab attention. I want as many people to see this post as possible so they stop spreading misinformation, and if getting them to hate me is the way to do that, I'm willing to make that sacrifice. I never liked you all anyways so it's not like I care that much.

**IMPORTANT INFO / CAVIATS:**
As with all great things, Super Compactors have their downsides. The biggest one is that if you leave your minion running for too long, the slime will compact into enchanted blocks, which sell for NPC price. This would technically make your profits less, but assuming there are a good few regular enchanted slimeballs left over it would probably still be profit, as the margin for loss on compactors vs spreadings is less than 200 coins.
That being said, I would highly recommend collecting your minions every 48 hours or so, probably earlier than that even. The feeling of opening your minions and seeing the stupid fucking slime block is heartbreaking.
**THIS METHOD ONLY WORKS FOR PEOPLE WHO PLAY RELATIVELY OFTEN!**
If you log on 3-4 times a week, bingo! This minion item is perfect for you. BUT if you are going away for a while on a trip, or you just can't log on often enough, DO NOT USE COMPACTORS. It will NEVER be profit (unless slime blocks rise for some reason, but that would be fascinating). That being said, I know most people who play this game are under the age of 2 and have all the free time in the world, so I wouldn't be worried about that.

Alright either time to see super compactors rise a shit ton or this post gets endless downvotes because the people who use this method don't want slimeballs to tank. Whee!
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2023.06.08 23:11 billybob70164 I(M22) and fiancé(f23) are having problems with my family

To start off with, you need some background info. Growing up, I was very different from my family. I was there opposite in many ways and I think they still see me as a lazy little boy because I didn’t like physical stuff and sports growing up but my siblings did, especially my brother. I (M) am 22 freaking years old, a point my family brings up often but they don’t treat me like it. I met my fiancé (f23) in high school and our relationship grew from there. A few years later, we go to different colleges. She goes to a cheaper but very good college. I got to a college my family recommended but was very expensive. I go for two years and both years I try for the PTA program but don’t make it each time. I figure since twice is probably enough, I decided to switch colleges and majors. I choose to go to my fiancés college because a) it’s cheaper than $8,000 for a semester and b) my fiancé is there. At first, my family is very against it. My father calls me a “dumbass” for wanted to transfer and I try to them that one of my reason is for saving money. Anyway, I eventually transfer there and become a biology major and it’s great. My family saves money, I even get some money back from my tuitions and grants.
Well, two years later my fiancé graduates, but I don’t. After she graduates, she immediately starts looking for a job. She can’t find any except for a small, family owned business. She looks into it and the pay isn’t very good and there are hardly any benefits to go with it. We can’t stay up there for much longer because I didn’t have a job either for the summer (because I was a student worker). Eventually, my family offers us their outdoor kitchen and it’s a shithole. But we clean it up and make it our little shithole and it’s not great but that’s ok. Anyway, after we move, we both start looking for jobs because my fiancé and I decided that I should take a break from college for a bit and try to get a job so I can save money. So I start looking for jobs. Fiancé gets a job at the parish library as IT, because that was apart of her degree. But I can’t find one. I applied to many places and none of them responded back to me. Well I apply for the library too. I don’t get a full time position but according to my family, they aren’t charging us rent for the outdoor kitchen but they did say that if I don’t get a job, they would kick us out. Well I get the library job but it’s not good enough. They bring up “we aren’t charging you rent, but you need to make the most money you can”.
Well dad has a friend that works in an internet and cabel company as a manager. Dad sente up the interview and I go to get him out my ass. Well I get hired and it’s physical work, great. I decided I would give it a chance and I honestly tried. I gave it about a month. Well in that month, the guy who’s friends with my dad, let’s call him Grain, calls my dad and tells him that I take awhile climbing up the ladder (and please keep in mind that o have hardly ever climbed ladders before). Well dad calls me when I’m on my way home and says “what’s going on with the ladder?” and I’m like “what do you mean?” That’s when I find out Grain called him. I tell dad that I’m fine. Well, a little later, I have to give my work truck to someone else so that they can have a truck to use and I go with them to observe them. Since im not driving, I figured it wouldn’t be a problem if I played on my phone. Well, yesterday I was with a guy(Chad) and we had just finished our last job when another worker(Jay) was pulling in behind us. Jay asked Chad want the problem was at the customers house and Chad told him. Well Jay had come to work on a mode just a little further down so he continues on. Well Chad and I get back in the truck and Chad follows Jay and parks by him. Chad grabs none of his tools, doesn’t even say anything when he gets out the truck. And Jay is still on the ground, setting up his ladder to climb the poll. I stay in the truck because I figured they were just talking. I was keeping an eye on them just in case so I could get out and help if they needed it but nope. Chad gets back in the truck not five mine later and we leave. We head back to the office and as I’m putting my stuff up, Grain say he wants to go talk in his office. I finish and go meet him.
Apparently Chad and Jay told him that I didn’t get out the truck and stayed there to play on my phone. I guess that was a mistake on my part but oh well I guess. Anyway, I tell Grain my side of the story and his words were “it’s ok, there’s no hard feelings” he then ask me if I like my job and I tell him that it’s not really for me but it’s ok. It’s something I could do for a bit, but not something I want my end profession to be. He says ok and that’s that or so I thought. Well, Grain tells dad what happened because they are best buddies and dad freaking lays into me. Telling me how I’m lazy, how I have a pussy, how if he hears that I’m on my phone again he’s going to break it. Now dad wants me to apologize to Grain because apparently he’s the only reason I haven’t been fired even though there is another guy that wants to take my place (even thought there are only 4 techs, including me, covering 1,000 people) and that Grains supervisor wants me gone. According to dad, if I quit or get fired, he kicks us to the curb.
So idfk what to do here. I talked it over with my fiancé and she thinks that I shouldn’t apologize but that I should acknowledge that I made a mistake. But I’m sure that if I don’t apologize, Grain gonna go crying back to dad and then I’m get it.
Any advice is helpful. Thank you.
I know that it’s a lot but I wanted it to be known what the whole situation is. I don’t know what I should do with my family.
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2023.06.08 23:11 shjrsgn257 A person who use to be in my life is using my personal information to pay their bills and I’m not sure what to do.

This might be long so I apologize in advance. Also English is my second language, please bare with me.
When I was in high school, I met a guy who is now my toxic crazy ex boyfriend. I was with him on and off for about 3.5 years. In 2019-2020 I ended up temporarily moving with him to a home he claimed was going to be ours. However, we shared the home with my exboyfriends then uncle (was or still might be best friends with his dad; I encountered him around 2021 when he told me that he isn’t as close to them anymore which is why I don’t know what he is to my ex boyfriends family) and his two step children. When I moved in, I ended up putting my name on some of the bills in order to work on my credit. Fast forward to 2020, I dump my ex and move out. I was under the impression that my name would be cut from all documents related to the home.
Now it is 2023, I have found the love of my life and I am married to him. We are trying to get our first apartment, and we achieved in doing so. We move in tomorrow, and are now trying to make sure we have all utilities and everything squared away. I decided to call our assigned utility company to attempt to put my name on the bill, but when I called something unexpected happened. I got told that I already have an account with them and that I owe them money! I asked them more questions and found out that it’s been going since 2019, was never cancelled, and that the account hasn’t been payed in months. I found where it was from and confirmed that it was from the house I use to live at in 2019-2020 when I was with my crazy ex.
I’m upset about this. This person is using my information on this account for their bills, I’ve never gotten a call or email about any of this either. My husband and I are going to go to the home and try to talk to my ex boyfriends uncle to see what’s going on. But it is still a very unexpected and upsetting event to be in. Im not sure what will happen or what else to do apart from trying to talk to this person.
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2023.06.08 23:08 Independent-Age-5674 [NA][ENG] 7th Ranger Regiment


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2023.06.08 23:08 KinkyGlacier I knew it

I knew the Erebus Field would be gone, I mean this convoy arc is challenging and importing Sunny so much I didn’t believe it would end now. My best guess is that there’ll be a smaller bastion even further north but Sunny will have to fight another titan ( and win this time) to get to it.
Love that Sunny’s getting all these L’s, really pushes his character to do better with less. I don’t know, I just like it when characters don’t immediately become a genius overpowered asshole within seconds of a new arc.
This is arc is like meant to show the world that Sunny is as good as or better than Nephis, saving more people( who don’t have powers) in a even harsher environment then the Forgotten Shore. I don’t think that would have the same affect if Sunny didn’t go through challenges like his best weapon actively trying to kill him, Saint being gone, Shadow Serpent being gone, Undying Chain breaking, Convoy carriers constantly breaking apart, etc.
Just hope the new underworld update will give him a little breathing room.
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2023.06.08 23:03 stayup76 Do you predict that I will have another boyfriend in college?

My body: https://imgur.com/a/P9p3CEC
Glancing through this account may prove to be helpful: https://www.instagram.com/bookreviewsbynairobi/
Other pics: https://imgur.com/a/fUuToxS and https://imgur.com/a/RP0I3Nu and https://imgur.com/a/Ie4oyH2 and
I have always lived around white and Asian people (the city I live in is 7% black.) I am an introvert. My family is dysfunctional, and we are poor (live in an apartment complex, recently had to receive help with our rent.) I dislike my father, and this is something I admitted in therapy (my therapist pointed out that the distaste I have for my father - and some of the negative experiences I’ve had with my brother - are likely partly why I was initially a bit harsher mentally when assessing the appearance of a black boy who I ultimately decided is average, though I obviously did not tell him I was assessing his appearance.) I will admit to feeling some resentment toward black men and dealing with internalized racism but I am conscious of this and want to eventually somehow unpack it. My father is an unintelligent alcoholic and is a bad person (both of my parents are probably technically bad people, but come from traumatic backgrounds.) My older brother is in rehab for drug addiction. I remember that my therapist once called CPS when I was a freshman because I mentioned my brother had left cum around the place a few times.
I distrust other people based upon my personal experiences growing up (in middle school, some people apparently called me ugly behind my back - our grade is toxic, and was especially toxic in freshman yr, I remember a fellow black girl once shouted I was ugly from the bleachers. I am aware of the fact that people are harsher on the appearances of black women.)
I am attracted to some black and white men, I technically deal with depression and anxiety. I am starting at community college but don’t actually know what I’m going to major in. I need to officially sign up for my classes soon.
I have found myself wanting to have another boyfriend more recently (this is something I mentioned in therapy.) I have started to really notice more that girls of other races who are perhaps a little below average facially are still able to date and aren’t judged as harshly (that most women, naturally, are average or slightly below it average facially, regardless of what their race is.)
My Girls Inc internship this summer is at a local pre school. It will give me the opportunity to practice taking the bus.
I officially graduate from high school tomorrow (but have been 18 since April.) I am excited even though the rehearsal today was long, and a lot of our peers are toxic.
Something I thought about recently is how in freshman yr, I was particularly into this 1/2 black 1/2 white boy who is extroverted (he used to be a little above average but is now average - he is light skinned, by the time we returned for junior year I was no longer attracted to him.) He said I was a 5 and then that I was a 4 in freshman yr which I remember actually really bothered me/got to me. He is extroverted (his mom is white) and I liked him so much as he was kind-ish to me when I was particularly depressed in ninth. I have reflected on my thing for him this year and realized it’s actually for the best that he didn’t like me back (that he is not a good person. I realized this in junior yr, but it REALLY hit me this year.)
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2023.06.08 22:59 JulianSkies Emergency Services Guild R&D: Stampede Studies

This little piece I wrote because I have zero mental energy to write something I care too much aobut the format and quality, and i've been wanting to have a look at this topic for a while.
Don't expect a lot of quality, but here have a thing.
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[This video is shown in its raw form for purposes of transparency of the procedures. For the edited version please visit the Emergency Services Guild public-facing site]
[Content Warning: This video contains images of both stampedes and wartime stampede incidents of the following situations: Human First Contact, Operation Blindside, Sillis Occupation, Kolshian Scouting of Venlil Prime]
[This video will be subtitled instead of utilizing audio translation]
The camera’s view is completely obscured by a grey mass “I think it’s running, can you check it for me?” says a deep bassy voice of a human.
“Yes, i’m getting the audio and a very good closeup for your shirt” the voice of a venlil sounds hoarse
The grey mass recedes and the room becomes visible. A large naturally-lit room of plain appearance, there is a long table set in the center of it surrounded by chairs, the table itself is clearly designed with a holographic projector and at the far end of the room there is a large display.
There are seven people present, three humans dressed in grey outfits with red highlights, each one of them with a different insignia emblazoned on their breast but all three of them have similar themes, a helmet, an axe and a ladder is present on all three designs. Four venlil represent, two with sashes of office with the white with red stripe color and the exterminator’s pyre-and-shield insignia and two with armbands with the red pawprint.
“Alright, before we start the actual meeting, can I ask why are they here?” says one of the humans, well-built and with a lighter complexion, pointing at the two venlil with sashes.
“Because it’s part of our job? Because we’re involved?” says the one with greyish wool and dark spots
“I’m sorry if i’m skeptical why an exterminator is in a meeting involving public safety and stampede response”
“Because” the venlil’s voice becomes louder “It’s our job. And I’m already brahking tired of this whole act. I’ve heard every variation of ‘you shouldn’t be the ones doing this’ you can imagine. Every human I’ve met has said this, multiple times” he slams his fists on the table
“And I brahking agree, look!” he points at one of the venlil with the armbands “Our jobs literally overlap, why do we even HAVE this overlap? What could the exterminator’s guild do in a stampede that the emergency services guild couldn’t? Why is it that any job that requires you to have the slightest bit of tail to do it they drop on us? I don’t brahking know!” he’s taking deep breaths “So… Why don’t we skip this part and just get to the meeting?”
The humans are taken aback, while it seems like the venlil were quite unfazed at the sudden energetic outburst in a strange reversal of the usual reactions. “Not… Quite what I was expecting” that first human adds “Alright, I’ll keep my thoughts to myself for now”
With that, the human that had been adjusting the camera sits down and the arrangement of seating is visible clearly: The four venlil are on one side of the table while the three humans are on the other. One of the venlil with the armbands speaks up “We are gathered at this moment for a presentation of the United Nations’ Extraplanetary Emergency Response Division’s research on the nature and possible mitigation of stampedes”
“Present for this meeting are three human representatives of the UNEERD, Captain Fabia” a human female with short crimson hair and wiry build nods “Captain Jorge” the first human nods “And Captain Ishikawa” a human much taller human with shortly cut dark hair and mildly reddened skin speaking of a disagreement with the eternal twilight nods.
“Present are also four venlil representatives. Representing the Exterminator’s Guild are Division Lead Toss” the venlil who had the outburst earlier nods “Of the Stampede Response division, Division Lead Tunam” a venlil with a strangely reddish coat halfway between pink and red nods “Of the Behavioral Studies division” the speaking venlil himself, best identified by an eyepatch on his right eye, nods “Representing the Emergency Services Guild is me, Division Lead Onam of the Stampede Response division, and Division Lead Liram” the venlil beside him nods, a woman with a distinctive vertical striping pattern “Of the Medical Response division.”
Onam takes a deep breath “You may begin the presentation, Captain Jorge” he’s being incredibly professional
With that, Jorge uses a holopad to summon an image on the monitor at the far end, a simple bullet point list “Though all present here already know, I’ll state it for the record. The ESG has requested from the UNEERD an independent study of mitigating techniques for stampede events, both to help us increase our understanding of the local needs and to acquire an outside perspective that may improve their own understanding”
“We will be presenting our current findings, which have proven to be pretty surprising in my opinion” he gives another command to his holopad moving to the next slide “I’ll begin with the most important finding before we look into how we’ve reached this conclusion. But in effect, a proper stampede event can actually severely reduce to completely eliminate casualties in a situation of panic, however, those events can devolve into panicked flight as well as not every species is capable of those”
At that, Toss tilts his head to the side “Of all things… Stampedes preventing casualties? That’s really difficult to believe”
Ishikawa offers a shrug “I know. I’ll be honest we kind of came into this with, let’s say… A bit of a bias against you. But the observations held true, and it turns out the situation is considerably more complex than it seems”
Jorge nods “Take note this is mostly a preliminary study, we don’t have a lot of data of the sort we needed.” he pulls up another bullet list in the screen “Our work was focused more on the behavioral end, as you’ve more than proven to have the infrastructure and technical superiority here, but we have found a distinct lack of behavioral studies on stampedes”
Tunam takes a deep breath “Sure. More stuff we got wrong, as always” but before one of the humans can say something he waves dismissively with his tail “It’s alright, you’re just doing your job. It just gets exhausting hearing this every damn paw. Sorry for the interruption, please continue”
Jorge has a look on his face for a moment, something like worry and sympathy, before continuing “We have performed our studies by examining footage of stampede events with specific characteristics. First, monospecies events, with three examples. The stampede events during our first contact, as a sample of stampede events amongst the Venlil, recovered footage of an event in the Cradle during Operation Blindside, as a sample of stampede events amongst the Gojid. Take note that while this particular footage was from a situation far from any attack sites and before the arxur invasion, the reliability of it is shaky because of the wartime situation. And a stampede event on Sillis that happened recently in response to peacekeeper forces”
As he talks, three of the bullet points light up “Additionally, we later compared stampede events involving multispecies groupings. Particularly we have studied the very recent events here on Venlil Prime during the kolshian threat as well as a second event that occurred on Sillis involving a damaged dam” the last two bullet points light up
The female firefighter pipes up “We’re going to treat you like adults here but early warning we’re not going to be censoring any of the footage. I imagine given you all work with this there shouldn’t be anything you’re not familiar with”
The one-eyed venlil makes an assentive motion with his ears “Sadly, we’ve all seen enough of the carnage to be used to it”
Jorge moves on to the next slide, which contains video. He passes the holopad off to the human woman at his side “Your turn, Fabia”
She nods “We’ll start by examining this footage of the first contact. First tell me if there’s anything unusual you notice here” she says, letting the footage play. It’s an aggregation of a few different cameras, apparently from residential apartments. It shows the residents, all Venlil, running away from their apartments and spilling over in the streets, the residents of each apartment building start running towards where presumably the nearest bunker is. It only takes a few moments before they start pushing each other out of the way and the ones at the fringes of the herd end up unable to follow the group as the ever-growing mass of people start to push them against the walls of the buildings and side streets, a little while longer the first tramplings start to happen.
Tunam has had a very careful eye on the footage “This looks like a textbook case of a stampede. Nothing particular to it” he flicks his ear to the side
Taking the sign, Toss adds in “Dreadful, as always, but not even the worst example I’ve seen”
Onam sighs “I remember that one. Wouldn’t want to be those two knowing all of this was caused by them. But still, a pretty normal stampede, if anything a mild one”
Liram makes a dismissive wave of her tail “Didn’t even manage to overflow the hospitals, so i’m calling that one a win”
The sunburnt human bites his lower lip, trying to keep something inside. But ultimately it spills over “How bad is it for those kinds of responses?” it’s not so much an accusatory tone as much as a sad one.
“Very” is the only answer Onam gives.
At that, Fabia waves “And here is where a human, or more specifically outsider perspective helped.” she presses a couple of controls in the holopad, rewinding the footage to the start “I want you to pay attention to how this particular herd moves, just the one from the beginning of the video”
The footage plays again, showing the residents of the apartments rushing out, most take the stairs while a few take the elevators. There’s parents carrying their pups and some elderly being rushed along. The footage switches to the outside view where the whole herd of venlil from the apartment seems to erupt out of the front doors at the same time, it follows them for a bit until they’re closer to another group leaving their residence before Fabia pauses “Here’s where we noticed something, how much panic do you see in here?”
It’s Tunam’s turn to respond “Normal levels, i’d say, nothing out of ordinary. Which, they were expecting a raid or worse, so keep that in mind.”
Fabia nods “And that’s why the difference is important. Pay attention to their movement” she rewinds to the moment where they’re leaving the apartment building “Pay close attention to their feet” she zooms the video
The four venlil focus on it, seemingly unable to see what is happening “It takes humans at least months of training to be able to do this. They’re all moving in perfect synchrony” she rewinds one more time, and with the information out there it’s clear that at this point, this herd’s footsteps are moving in perfect lockstep “And I have severe doubts those people have any sort of training”
Onam turns his one good eye towards Fabia, then back at the footage, then back at Fabia “That… Yes, I can see that. But that has to be a fluke, if that is true then we wouldn’t have tramplings”
In response, Fabia changes footage. It shows a different apartment building, but the contents are similar: Up until the herd is a good distance away from the building their movement is synchronous and even the exit, though clearly panicked, seems to flow without injury. She shows footage from three more apartments “We thought that too, but this pattern repeats every time. This is a level of instinctive organization that’s, to me, supernatural. But at some point it breaks down”
The medical lead had his eyes closed in thought for a while now “That… Now that you say that… Stampede injuries are always outside. Well, no, not always of course. But less than twelve percent of them happen inside buildings, the vast majority happens on the streets”
The human woman passes the datapad aside, Ishikawa picks it up and calls up the footage again. It’s the same as the initial one, but it shows two herds approaching “And here’s where it breaks down. Look” he plays it as everyone pays much closer attention to the details of the video. The two different herds simply crash into each other, causing people to fall over and the two previously-synchronized groups to fall completely out of order.
Tunam’s tail swipes a short arc forwards “Ah, I see. Each herd is acting like a single unit at that point, so this situation is like two people running into each other. Now they’re on the floor and confused” he stares as the footage continues, and what was two groups ends up splitting into four completely disorganized groups “And the herds are unable to reform after that”
“This is where i’m going to introduce some specific terms we’re using here” Ishikawa adds “Specifically we’re referring to the organized movement portion as a ‘stampede’ proper. The situation where everything breaks down and they are completely disorganized we’re referring to as ‘panicked flight’, much how it is for us humans. And this specific situation that caused the breakdown of the stampede we’re calling an ‘impact’ event, given it was two herds impacting against each other”
Ishikawa then changes to a different piece of footage “And this will be the second breakdown situation we’ve recognized, a ‘command failure’ event.” he starts the footage, it’s a proper stampede, the video is from a camera on a defensive bunker proper, the masses trying to get inside are visible at the bottom of the image. Something happens in the incoming stampede, it slows down a little bit, before suddenly the back half overtakes the front half, tossing people into the ground.
“Notice how the approaching herd seems to be behaving as we’ve initially expected, even going so far as slowing down to prevent from barrelling into the people waiting to enter the bunker” he adds, before rewinding to just before the breakdown and zooming the video “But notice here, at some point those two start having a discussion while they run” the video is zoomed on a pair of venlil who seem to be shouting, though the video has no audio “Shortly after, the entire formation breaks and the rear speeds up, trampling the front”
The crimson venlil adds “They were following the one on the right…” he has a certain tone of awe on his voice “They all had their attention trained on him”
At that the female firefighter makes a questioning noise “How’d you figure that out?”
Tunam does a quick sideways flick of his ears in a dismissal move “I guess you don’t know how to see where we’re focusing our attention on when we don’t have to turn our entire heads for it. But pay attention to the ears, when they’re completely upright to take in sound they’ll be tracking whoever the focus is. As you can see, they were all focusing on the one on the right, which was the one being yelled at” he focuses on the now still image for a while “You can see he has his tail in his hands, while the one yelling at him has his chest first ruffled out.” his eye seems to focus beyond the image now “This herd didn’t break down because of another, but they lost guidance, is that it?”
Jorge sighs, but he has a slight smile “See, I told you it’d be wise to have at least one venlil in our team. Just from being able to read their body language he skipped past two weeks of comparisons”
Ishikawa gives a light sigh “But that’s correct. This is a ‘command failure’ situation. We’ve noticed that in every stampede there seems to be someone that works at least as pace setting, if not straight up herd leader. It seemed in cases to mostly be arbitrary, but once someone got in that position everyone would follow that one”
Jorge picks up the holopad again “Next up” the screen changes again, it’s another video that is quite clearly not on Venlil Prime “This one happened during peacekeeping operations on Sillis…” there’s a certain inflection of disgust in the human’s voice as he mentions ‘peacekeeping’ “You probably already know what to expect but I want you to focus on the differences here”
The video that plays out starts with what seems like a protest in front of a UN field base, the recording is from the body cam of a soldier on top of a watchtower. There’s a moderate mass of tilfish with all sorts of signs, there’s shouting. The camera turns to show an APC get close to the mass from inside the base, there’s shouting from the human guards but nothing happens, until the APC revs up its engine heavily. At the angry roar of the vehicle the protesters started to bolt, four large groups forming in different directions.
The camera follows one such group as it starts heading off down a street, unlike the venlil stampedes this one starts from moment zero with trampling and people moving into each other. At some point it’s visible someone at the middle of the formation seems to hesitate and slow down, causing the entire mass to slow down for a moment, and then someone else near the slower raises their arms. At this point this is too far from the soldier’s body camera to catch noise, but what seems to be a discussion has happened, and suddenly the stampede speeds up and the scene that follows gets considerably worse as the mass turns into a tangle of limbs cross across eachother and tearing itself apart as they try to move in the same general direction.
“It started bad” says Toss “But it got worse. I’ve never seen a stampede get worse like that”
Onam puts his tail on the table, tapping the surface gently with it “It happens as it grows in size but this group didn’t change. That did seem like a command failure situation causing it to get even worse, yes, but they seemed to already be very out of sync from the start”
The human with the holopad nods “And that’s the biggest failure of your treatment of stampedes showing itself.” he rewinds the video to when the APC starts roaring “And honestly, we were stuck on that failure mode for a while too until one of the younger members of our team spoke their mind. Pay closer attention to the amount of damage that is happening during the stampede here” they all lean closer as they watch the start again “How many wounds are you seeing?”
It’s the one-eyed venlil that answers “None… They’re not trampling eachther, they’re climbing each other, and walking under the others, somehow without hurting themselves?” his voice has a definite awe to it.
Jorge nods “Yep. Tilfish, both from their body plan and however way their kinesthetic sense works, appear to be fully capable of moving over, through and under each other like they weren’t even there. That seems to be pretty unique to their species”
It’s the red furred venlil that comments now “But they lose that coordination when the command failure happens, so they start to miss their movements and now we have limbs tangled on themselves and tearing themselves apart”
“Comparing medical reports from this with medical reports from the first incident with just venlil” starts the female firefighter “We see different wound patterns. A monospecies panicked flight of tilfish will lead primarily to damaged and removed limbs while one of venlil will lead to crushing wounds. Because your herd movement patterns and capacities are different, when the stampede fails into panicked flight the wounds are different”
Liram tilts her head to the side “That’s what you meant. We… Speh, the entire federation, has been treating stampedes like they behave the same for every species” her tail swats left to right for a while with an excessive amount of force “But this makes sense. And I presume you have an example of a species that doesn’t stampede up next, right?”
Jorge nods, moving to the next video. It shows a wide, long street “This one was recovered from the Cradle, this happens during the strikes on the orbital defenses but before the first orbital drop. Meaning, long before any ground operation starts” the video is sped up considerably at the start, the trickle of gojid into the streets is slow as to require that, but the flows from the buildings and side streets slowly thicken as more and more people start fleeing away from the camera’s direction. The mass that forms is enormous, taking up the entire street, and to flows and moves as if it wasn’t a mass of people, not even like a mass of animals, but it flows like a river, like it ceased to contain living beings and it now contained fluid particles.
Tunam, whose expression has been growing more and more serious by the moment, initiates “I… I’ve never seen a stampede like… It really shows the difference seeing the comparison, here we didn’t have groups forming at exit points and leaving, we have a slow trickle until the mass of people is…”
Ishikawa nods “Until the mass of people starts behaving like a fluid, completely detached from the will of the people inside of it” he puts his elbows in the table “Very much how it works with humans. At that point, you just need to let the flow move you and hope for the best, while trying to keep yourself safe”
Jorge zooms in the image, which appears to be sufficiently high quality to get detailed images of any particular member of the mass “You can even see the measures they take to prevent harming themselves” he directs the zoom to an area where you see the gojid have somehow arranged themselves back-to-back and front-to-front as they’re pushed and shoved, trying to avoid harming themselves on each other. It’s visible, however, they have no control over the motions as they’re simply being moved by the mass. One unlucky woman trying to hold on to some form of backpack gets pulled under the mass of bodies by the article. Most gojid seem to be taking conscious effort to keep their quills from flaring out, but many are failing and some trickle of blue can be seen on some backs
“Of course” the zoomed out area directs to a different section while zooming out “This is neither instinctual nor organized, as you can see the vast majority of the cases are like… This…” the best description of the moving mass of very sharp people being dislocated by nothing but panic and fluid forces is… A meat grinder. There’s more blue than brown visible and the speed with which the human moves the video elsewhere is quite indicative of how none of the present trained emergency workers had the stomach to witness it.
Liram has stood up “By the void… But- But- There’s gojid population on this planet! I’ve never seen anything like this when they’re involved!” there’s straight up panic in her voice.
With a command, Jorge moves on to the next slide “And that segues well into the next topic of research, multispecies stampedes” there’s a still image of a large street in the capital, mostly empty at this point “As you can imagine there’s behavioral differences in multispecies situations”
Jorge passes the holopad over to Ishikawa “This one is pretty recent, hell I still remember it myself. The kolshian probing attack” the video starts, and for a few seconds the slow foot traffic of the mostly empty street seems undeterred. Then, most everyone still walking the streets, which here in the capital means a variety of species from venlil and human to takkan and iftali, picks up their holopads at once. And with different degrees of urgency and reading speed, they start running.
Nothing seems to progress further than that other than people entering buildings, but after a while longer it happens, groups start leaving the buildings in large herds “As you can see” Ishikawa pauses “We see them exiting buildings in large groups, just as the stampeding species do” he let it play again. Just like in the first two videos the large groups seem to be moving roughly in coordination within themselves, but it seems to be a much more frail kind of coordination as the group’s form changes and shifts as the people inside adjust their position.
Ishikawa zooms into one of the groups “Here, check their movement” it’s visible that only a portion of them is moving in actual synchrony, the venlil as well as a pair of sulean and three krakotl seem to be moving very much in lockstep, and one human who seems to be acting as a leader as she points and shouts. Meanwhile the other humans, two takkan and a gojid aren’t moving quite in synchrony but seem capable of keeping themselves in formation thanks to the others around them. “Here we see the effect of a mixed species setting. The stampeding species manage to give enough structure to the group that the others can follow”
Tunam is staring intensely at the video “But that’s a very fragile configuration, isn’t it? The ones organizing on instinctive drive can’t possibly keep this much structure for long? Without training this is going to break down quickly”
Ishikawa nods “That’s what we thought as well but…” he lets the video play, and they watch that mass of bodies continue to move mostly organized down the street. At some point another equally mixed group starts approaching from the side, but one of the takkan appears to start shouting. But instead of things breaking down, what happens is that both groups merge together, there’s some minor bodily impacts but from the visible motions of the group there’s some shared apologies and they continue moving at a slower speed, matching the speed of the second group “That doesn’t happen, the whole situation is even more stable”
The video continues for a while, and Ishikawa zooms to the front of the formation. The human who’d been the apparent leader taps rather violently a venlil on the shoulder. There apparently seems to be a verbal altercation, but both give each other affirmative visual cues and the venlil speeds up a little bit. And the rest of the herd matches pace as the group changes direction to another street “And this is a smooth change of command, presumably the human that’d been the unofficial lead figured out who knew the shortest path to the bunker and they’ve began following him instead”
The crimson venlil sinks down in his chair “That’s… I’ve never seen a stampede move quite like that, even multispecies ones. It has to be you…”
“Much as i’d love to give us all the credit” Jorge starts “I don’t quite think it is. Or rather, it’s not something i’d say is inherently human. If it was, once that group changed command they’d break down, or it wouldn’t be able to merge that easily with a takkan mediating. No, I think it was just those specific humans being able to keep their cool that helped it.”
He looks at Tunam for a half second before continuing “Everyone else seems to be… Very prone to panicking quickly. And while we’re just as prone to panic we don’t seem to get there as fast as the others. For some reason. Keeping a bit of a calmer head allows the prevention of command failures and the overall effect of reducing the panic level in a herd enough that any member present has enough wits to negotiate through an impact as well”
Upon noticing Tunam’s souring expression, Ishikawa gives the pad another command to move on to the next video “To give a bit more context to an important part of the behavior we’re analyzing here, we have this one footage of what is essentially a stampede event, but not one most people would recognize as such”
It seems to be footage of Sillis again, most obvious by the number of tilfish present. The footage is from a cargo hauling drone in a work site by a river at the bottom of a dam. There are a handful of humans, a half dozen venlil and a gojid all wearing construction uniforms identifying them as part of one of the UN relief forces, the various tilfish around are also wearing bright construction vests and protective gear and with the exception of two of them, they seem to be trying their best to stay away from the others. Suddenly, the gojid who’s near the river looks down at his feet, then starts running away shouting. At that everyone other than the tilfish start running as well, the group slows down for a moment as the tilfish workers run towards the group and they all continue together up a hill. A few seconds after they crest the hill there’s suddenly water in the worksite as the dam cracks and collapses. The group stops at the top of the hill, and quickly they’ve brought up holopads to start doing damage assessment as a few head closer to the rushing waters.
“This, as you can see, looks nothing like what you expect out of a stampede. We’ve interviewed those workers remotely to get a better grasp of what happened” Fabia adds “Thanks to their sensitivity to ground vibrations, the gojid worker caught the dam’s damage early and called for the others to run, which caused the work crew to evacuate to higher ground.” she waves at Ishikawa, who rewinds the video and zooms on the group as it runs “As you can see, we have the organized movement of a stampede proper” and known his cue he skips ahead to the group on top of the hill “And they stopped quickly, as well.
The human with reddened skin rewinds the video again to show the moment the group slows down “And here’s the particular detail I want you to pay attention to. Notice the group formed when the gojid called out the emergency, but only two tilfish joined it. The two that were already talking with the UN forces”
Onam tilts his head, clearly in thought as his blind eye is facing the screen now “You’re saying there’s an influence of familiarity?”
In answer, Ishikawa shakes his head in negative “Yes and no, we believe this is an effect of threat-assessment. The two that trusted the veracity of the information about the danger moved as quickly as the rest of the herd, which had managed to form thanks to the presence of the venlil and tilfish. Only after the other tilfish recognized those two did they start moving”
“And the whole group slowed down for them, without breaking apart” the crimson venlil adds “This is very much not anything we’d consider a stampede, however as you said the synchronized movement happens and they even managed to clear through the obstacles in a surprisingly safe manner on the way out”
Jorge picks up the holopad again and moves on to the next slide “So to sum up our theories. Certain species have an innate capacity of large-numbers collective movement, what we call a stampede is simply that natural capacity displaying itself during mass flight. That capacity can be harnessed to reduce casualties of panicked flight by giving the moving group an organized form, but only as long as the organization can be sustained. This mass movement capacity also applies to situations where other species would still perform in an organized fashion, but its instinctive nature severely speeds up the process.”
Before he can continue, however, Tunam mutters a little too loudly “But the results you’re going to give us are going to be the same brahking thing as always”
Jorge ignores the muttering “To begin with we’re going to suggest a system similar to the fire brigades we have on Earth. Essentially, any group large enough, such as a company or an apartment building, needs to have a handful of people with some training in emergency procedures for fire escape, so they can guide the rest of the people.”
Ishikawa intrudes “And in countries with higher seismic activities like mine, those procedures also include how to deal with earthquakes for example”
Jorge nods, and takes a deep breath “Look, I’m not going to sugarcoat it. Your threat-assessment skills are horrible, for some reason- No, I think for reasons we’re all acquainted well enough by now, you’re all very likely to jump at shadows, far more than you should. However, your flight responses are part of your nature, trying to fight your nature never, ever works, you always have to work with it.” he’s staring directly at Tunam, who has met his stare with his right eye “So the primary suggestion is to introduce a form of ‘emergency herd lead’ training in organizations so that we’re certain there are individuals capable of keeping command and a lower baseline of chaos during a stampede event as well as further research into better methods of performing such a function”
Tunam doesn’t flinch from the stare “Come on, say it”
“No. As much as I’d love to say something like what you think I will, I’ll be honest. You guys expect to face orbital bombardment threats with enough frequency that civilian bunkers are part of city planning. Not a human alive today could imagine living in this nightmare their entire lives, I’m going to give you some credit here. Plus, in real threat situations as seen in the last video, you have very beneficial threat responses.” Jorge adds
Jorge waits for a few moments, then continues “That concludes the presentation of the early findings and initial measures we’ve identified. It should be noted that this topic will require much further research, preferably from a multidisciplinary group with representatives of multiple species. Though those findings may be applicable at the present our suggestion is that any action taken at this moment be only provisional and on an experimental level until further research can be made”
Onam stands up “Very well, with that I declare the meeting concluded” he takes in a deep breath and sits back down, making an annoyed sound with his voice as he swats his tail to the side “What is it about you humans that you could see all those things?”
Fabia shrugs, sitting more relaxed in her chair “I don’t think it’s something special, we’re just outsiders with a different perspective.”
A loud screeching noise can be heard, and as everyone turns to face Tunam the source of the noise is visible as the hand he had on the table had dug its claws into it “It’s not like we haven’t found out those things before, isn’t it?” he doesn’t seem to be directing his words to anyone in particular
The one-eyed venlil tilts his head to the side “We did have that work group almost fifteen cycles ago. I remember they were considering a suggestion like what we just had right now, but the work group never went anywhere and we never got any real results”
Tunam stands up suddenly, sending his chair scattering “One more to the list I guess…” there’s a tiredness to his voice “I should figure out where they wound up…” he turns around and goes to leave “We’re done here, yes? I should go” and stalks out.
The remaining people in the room look at his exit confusedly, as Ishikawa comes over to turn off the camera the others can be seen leaving.
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2023.06.08 22:57 makimilktea He loves at the pond behind my apartment complex. Dallas, TX. Spotted yesterday in humid conditions. He was about as big as a duck

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2023.06.08 22:56 Not_ace69 Best role for any of the branches?

Hey guys, I'm just curious what would be the best role for me as I'm coming close to finishing school (hopefully do some further education) and I'm looking at joining the military for a while. I love the idea of being part of it but after lurking around my choices have changed.
Some things to note:
Thank you very much for reading and taking to answer any of my questions.
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2023.06.08 22:55 OreoPumpkinSpice How to take two 2.5mg shots?

I've been on 2.5 mg for 4 weeks and I have some left. How is it best to take the two 2.5 shots? I normally do the shot in my thighs. Should I do one in each thigh? Or both shots in the same thigh a few inches apart?
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2023.06.08 22:49 yeboisoysauce749 I am lonely

m seb (m13) I don't care if you know my name I don't care anymore. Recently I have been pushed out of 3 friend groups because of my long hair and depression it all links back to my old best friend called Harry you can have his name I don't care about his safety either all he has done for the past two years is spread roumous about me for the past 2 years which has resulted me on the brink of suicide the only reason I am still alive today is my hope that it will all stop one day which it kinda has but this selfish dickhead has put me so far down that I now have a permanent obvious scar on all of my limbs saying looser which has made them make fun of me even more they won't leave me alone. A few weeks ago I have started going to gym yes at 13 just to beat up this cunt i have recently checked my phone and I never use SMS unless it is for suicide hotline and I have over 10 hours talking to them and I honestly to think that my plan will be to get my friend to earn him and if he continues beat the shit out of him I don't care about the concenquinces people like this don't deserve to live and I will make sure of that when I was at my worse I used to sit on the edge of a bridge over a train track thinking about my life. And the worse part? I have no proof of my billing apart from trust me bro and the small chance of this going viral all I want is someone to talk to in person he also makes fun of my past regections from girls. It has got to the point where I am talking to people who aren't real ( ai's) cunt. All I am asking for which I highly doubt will happen is for this to go viral I honestly want to give you guys his tick tock but the concenquinces will be larger for me if you guys ask for a update I will give one please message me on Reddit ( I don't know if you can ) I will check this post regularly to see this is my cry for help help me - seb malcolm
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2023.06.08 22:47 parthv18 It’s been 2 years and the urge to reach out to her is stronger than ever and it’s killing me

We (me 27M, her 27F) started dating in 2018 when we were in college together and it was always toxic. The usual fighting, makeup sex, breakup, get back together pattern. The highs were high and the lows were low. We had different communication styles, which doesn’t even matter cuz communication was basically nonexistent. Jealousy issues. Trust issues. Lashing out. Our friend groups hated each other, but one thing they agreed on is that she and I were bad for each other. Yet we both loved each other, and there was so much passion. I don’t think I’ve ever met someone I’ve opened up to and been my full vulnerable self with, and I don’t think I ever will. We went through so much together, and I know my love for her is genuine. I was also her first love and I know her love was genuine too.
We tried and tried many times to make it work, but it eventually fizzled to a point where we were just hooking up while the time apart grew longer and longer. The last time I saw her was July 2021, so 2 years ago now. And so much has changed. I live in a new city, I have a new job, and I’m even dating someone new. I’ve dated several girls to try to move on from her (and always giving it my all to the new women I date), but nobody compares to her so I always end up breaking up. But I’m trying my hardest to look to the future, and build a healthy life. Yet I can’t move on. She is on my mind right now, as if she never left. And I miss her so damn much it’s crushing me.
I can’t focus at work, I can’t even get myself to go to the gym. I’ve been crying and lamenting over her, praying there was a way she knew how I felt and that she’d just reach out. But she hasn’t, and I think it’s cuz she’s moved on from me finally. And while I know that’s for the best, it breaks my heart.
It’s taking all my willpower not to text her or call her. I wish I could tell her how much I still love her, and how after all this time apart maybe we can start over. My friends have given me advice on this topic repeatedly, to the point where they don’t want to hear about it anymore. My therapist also thinks it’d be a bad idea to reach out. So, here I am, posting on reddit because it feels like nobody understands. I just don’t know what to do anymore.
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