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I'm using Retroarch to play SMW romhacks on my Wii U and it used to work perfectly fine, and today I removed the SD card in order to add some new romhacks.
But when trying to load Retroarch after inserting the SD card again, I don't get any further than the main menu. I click on the Retroarch icon, I select the load button, it says that it's loading Retroarch for a split second, the screen turns black for about 3 seconds, and I'm brought back to the main menu.
I've tried removing the additions I did to the SD card today; returning it to the exact state it was before, but it still doesn't work. What am I doing wrong?
Something to note is that I haven't used Retroarch in a few months, and I'm using the version that boots up through the Mii Channel icon.

Hi there,
I want to apply for a 2 year tourist visa but I have some concerns (i.e., will it give an officer an impression that my situation is unstable and I might consider illegal immigration):

1. I moved to the Netherlands from Germany 2 months ago.
2. I was jobless for quite some time due to slow bureaucracy in Germany which ate a good chunk of my savings compared to my last application.

However, I had a 6 months UK visa last year which I used to come to London twice, no issues. Is it better to wait for a couple more months till my situation is more stable or they generally don't care about this kind of stuff? I really want to travel to the UK but don't wanna ruin my chances as well.
Other info:
Ukrainian citizenship,
for the past 3-4 years lived in the EU,
software engineering job.
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Thanks!

It's been about three months since the breakup, it ended on really bad terms. I definitely don't want him back but I often feel a bothersome feeling of annoyment and anger about the whole situation that's in the back of my head. Otherwise I've moved on, I'm spending time with friends and family, working out, eating well, taking care of my appearance and focusing on school. How do you handle feelings of anger when the breakup was on bad terms?

i’m 19f dating 21m and i feel bad. my boyfriends been pretty depressed for the past couple of weeks and as his primary source of comfort I've been helping him through it but it has re-illuminated some qualms ive had about our relationship. he always holds the fact that he stayed with me when I was on birth control (and tbh was pretty hysterical) over my head. yet tells me that if i left him he would have absolutely nothing. i don't particularly like being a teen mum.
he had no friends before he met me and now is good friends with some of mine but it does get a bit exhausting to hear him complain about how he can't make friends but doesn't really go out of his way to socialise. when we go out with my friends i feel like I'm holding him on a leash, he insists on coming with me to the concerts of artists he doesn't even like but once we're there he wants us to leave early and we do. when i don't invite him because ill know he wouldn't want to stand in a rowdy mosh for nothing, he gets upset at me. I can sympathise with this and I understand that he just wants to share my interests with me but I'm just so fucking exhausted. I feel like I'm losing myself.
intimacy wise for the first 10 months of our relationship I had a mild case of vaginismus which is kind of cured now. But now that aspect of our relationship is somehow worse. I just lie there and wait for it to be over.
I don't know what the point of this was, I just want someone to see this because I don't feel like I have a friend to tell this to. and it would be a pain to break up considering I have 11,000 photos of him which would be awful to delete. sorry sob story blegh
tl;dr complaining ab my bf bc new lana album dropped and I can't stop crying

I have a lot of friends that are still struggling to get passing scores and I have seen a common theme among all of them: they study too much. They study 10+ hours per day and their scores are not improving each week. They have stopped going out and having fun because they feel they need to study. I have told a few of them my study strategies and their scores improved 10%+ in just a week so I figured I'd share it here in case it can help others.
Just for reference, I go to a school where lecture is not mandatory, but exams are very lecture heavy. Regardless, I completely ignored lecture content and used Boards and Beyond, Sketchy (micro only), and AnKing (~550 day streak of 300/day average) as my sole learning tools throughout preclinicals.
My dedicated started on Feb 21 and I took Step on Mar 23 (moved up from original date of Mar 31). Going into dedicated I had about 10% of UWorld done and my goal was to finish it in 3 weeks, spend a week reviewing incorrects, then use other sources for last minute cramming.
So here's where "my strategy" comes in. Each day I would do 1 subject (cardio, biostats, etc) and do 120-160 UWorld questions (untimed, tutor) with the goal of having 2 or 3 days to see that subject before test day. I would do all of the questions first thing and then go watch Boards videos on the areas I felt weakest that day and also read the corresponding Pathoma chapter for the subject (if it existed). The next day, I did a completely different topic. I studied typically from 8am until 4pm, went to the gym, and then went home and spent time with family. Very strict on having a cutoff time for studying. I feel like you can only challenge your brain so much in a day without diminishing returns on both your knowledge and your well-being. I would take 5 or 10 minute breaks periodically to play a game of chess or some other activity to separate myself, then get right back to it. I did not study at all on Sundays and took it easy on Saturdays.
I ended up finishing UWorld on March 9th (about 3 weeks in) with a 67% overall. Keep in mind this is inflated because every question I'm doing in a day, I already know the topic and I am reviewing them as I go, so that helps with future questions in the same block or later in the day. My goal with UWorld wasn't to get a high percentage, it was to be my main learning tool. So it didn't matter if I got a question wrong, because I learned either way. If I got a question correct, I didn't review it, I just moved on. Too many questions to do to worry about getting every detail in that one moment. I knew there would be another question on the same topic later that covered that extra bit I was missing.
I spent the next week doing mixed UWorld sets with all topics on my incorrects. I ended up only redoing about half of them.
The last week (test week), I didn't do any questions (besides the free 120). I spent my time rewatching videos on what I thought were my weak areas. And the day before the test, I went through a document that had all of the pharmacology.
I have an excel calendar with what I planned each day, and what I actually did. I held myself to it and I feel it really helped. I'd be happy to share it if anyone is interested.
Practice tests: - NBME 31 on March 3rd: 74% - UWorld 1 on March 10th: 73% - UWorld 2 on March 14th: 75% - CBSA through school on March 17th: 78% - Free 120 on March 21st: 78%
Resources: - Boards and Beyond videos - Sketchy micro videos - Pathoma book - UWorld - Randy Neil biostats video on YouTube - Random pharm document
Notes: - I understand that 120-160 UWorld questions a day may seem like a lot; after doing so many problems, it becomes pattern recognition and you don't need to read the whole stem. - I got a 507 on the MCAT with a 123 CARS so I don't think I'm just a good test taker and I'm a slow reader - NBME questions are a lot of pattern recognition and buzzwords. UWorld is generally harder. - I did roughly 5000 practice questions in preparation (combing UWorld and exams) - A block of 40 usually takes me about 45 minutes on exams because I don't flag or review any questions at the end. - A block of 40 in UWorld usually takes me about 60 minutes because I review them as I go.
Just felt like sharing. Hope this helps someone.

“Reanimator in Gruul? It's More Likely Than You Think”
Welcome to another edition of a random card being turned into an EDH Deck! Every Friday I create a budget (<$100) EDH Deck based entirely around a random card that I pull from scryfall.com (or that is suggested by someone else, either way it’s still random to me). I would love it if anyone has any suggestions for future random cards/decks or just wants to share their own experiences with any cards or decks discussed, I think this is a ton of fun.
Random Card of the Week (Image Download Link)
Random Card of the Week (Scryfall Link)
Deck List
Deck Tech/Gameplay Video:
Game 1 - (Neyith of the Dire Hunt vs Niv-Mizzet, Reborn & Jegantha, the Wellspring vs Gallia of the Endless Dance vs Aurelia, the Warleader)
Game 2 - (Kardur, Doom Scourge vs Gisa and Geralf vs Dina, Soul Steeper vs Gallia of the Endless Dance)
This week’s deck uses [[Aether Rift]] as our random card (suggested by Doodle on Patreon/Discord) and [[Gallia of the Endless Dace]] as the commander. Normally when you think of a reanimtor deck you think about Orzhov or Mono-Black or maybe even Rakdos but today I'm here to change that perception and make you think of another color identity: Gruul. Is it possible to build a reanimator deck in Green/Red? Yes. Is it easy? No. Luckily, in our colors we have access to some of the best discard effects in the game with things like [[Bitter Reunion]], [[Cavalier of Flame]], and [[Greater Good]]. By focusing on discard over mill we can ensure that we stock our graveyard full of cards that either want to be there or that we can get back at some point. For the cards that want to be in the graveyard we have a ton of powerful creatures like [[Ox of Agonas]], [[Genesis]], and [[Vengevine]] to make the most of our reanimation strategy (plus we also get [[Flayer of the Hatebound]] who is an automatic all star in this deck). Once we have our graveyard stocked the question becomes: how do we reanimate the cards that can't reanimate themselves? That's where [[Reincarnation]], [[Search for Survivors]], and [[God-Pharaoh's Gift]] come into play.
Now, obviously, Gruul isn't great at returning creatures directly from the graveyard to the battlefield. That's why we're also running a bunch of ways to just put cards from our graveyard back into our hand. Considering we're able to ramp like crazy and probably have significantly more mana than the rest of the table, putting a card into our hand isn't too far off from putting it directly into play. [[Skullwinder]], [[Timeless Witness]], and [[Verdant Confluence]] are great examples of this strategy. Finally, we have one creature type that became invaluable during the building of this deck for how well they synergized with the reanimation strategies. Considering our commander is Gallia, you might expect that creature type to be Satyrs but, in reality, it's Phoenixes. We're playing a ton of Phoenix cards like [[Sunstreak Phoenix]], [[Rekindling Phoenix]], and [[Flamewake Phoenix]] to maximize the number of creatures cycling in and out of our graveyard at any given time. Ideally, all of these synergies put us in a situation where we're able to close out the game and, although this deck may not be as powerful as an Orzhov reanimator deck, it can still show unique strategies, be fun to play, and put up a stronger fight than most people may expect.
In the end, this deck came in at $77.69 with [[Portal to Phyrexia]] being the most expensive card at $20.01. I think it's a testament to how cheap this deck is when we can squeeze in a $20 card and still keep the total price of the deck under $80. Portal to Phyrexia is a phenomenal card for this deck because it functions as both a board wipe (kind of) and repeatable reanimation, which is hard to come by in our colors. It's definitely worth its $20 price tag but if you're looking to trim down the price of the deck then it's an easy card to cut as it will drop the total price of the deck to ~$57 which is pretty cheap for a relatively competitive deck.
Now, normally, this would be the section of the post where I hype up some cards that go great in the deck but that I couldn't use due to the budget restriction. For the first time, though, I don't actually have any. Sure, I could recommend you play the expensive staples of the colors or play more expensive beefy creatures to reanimate but, honestly, that feels like it's going against the "suggestions" part of this deck showcase. [[Dockside Extortionist]] will probably make any deck better but it doesn't feel like it's an integral part to our strategy so I don't want to recommend it. Since I was able to squeeze in a $20 card and still have $23 to spare in our budget, I don't have any out-of-budget recommendations this time. If you can think of anything, I'd love to hear about it so please let me know!
Thanks for checking out the deck and reading about it/watching the video! I hope you all like it and if you think there are improvements to be made, if you have suggestions, or just want to chat about it, then let me know. Also, a quick plug: if you want to guarantee that your suggestions get turned into decks or a variety of other benefits (including access to a discord channel to play in the games, help build the decks, getting the decklists a week early, and one of the random cards shipped to you every month) then check me out on www.patreon.com/dungeonlearnersguide.

I (F) have a friend who's a few months older than me who we'll call "Y"(F). We are a part of a friend group that used to be a trio. I'm not gonna lie I just joined them, my friend was in that trio. I get along with all of them but I get along especially with "M". Now she is bestfriends with the other two, we aren't focusing on that topic. Anyways we were all talking to eachother, hanging out after school. Suddenly Y brought up that she has a friendly crush on "V" (M). my friend. it was all ok when it was just a happy crush, I still hung out with them and V. A few weeks later she tells me that it doesn't feel like a happy crush anymore. She likes him like: LIKE like him. But my stupid self, instead of stopping my self from hanging out with V, I still hung out with him. And then we had to switch to online school for a small period of time and then I heard that Y got sick. She was gone for a week. When she came back she was still the same but she lost a little weight. I was happy that she had recovered. But something changed. Her attitude towards me was not like friends. She always looks like she's glaring at me this past week. But when I look at Y and V, I see them get along (Y sits near V.). Anyways V and I would always fight jokingly, and we sit together at the lab but it's just that. Sometimes he would pat my back and sometimes I shake him. That's all. So it was our test this week. Y began to act differently around me. The first day of our examinations, it was ok, she'd still notice me. It's just that V would always make filthy jokes around me and of course, Y would notice it. But I can't keep myself from laughing at most of his jokes, but when I see Y. I immediately try to stop myself from paying attention to V. My friends matter to me, I love my friends, but it's hard to be in a situation where your friend likes your other friend and doesn't like it when you hang out with that friend. Earlier today I was walking around the school. When I got down from the second floor, I saw V, he looked like he was hiding or running away from someone so I joined him. We were just walking to the cafeteria but it almost seemed like the type of walk and then I'd hold his hand but, I couldn't do that. Not to my friend. Then he started to run so I ran too, and then I saw Y and M who just went out of our classroom. I ran towards them because I got scared when V ran out of nowhere so I hugged M. And I saw Y beside M. I looked back and I saw that V was actually getting chased by his friend from another class. Back to our topic, M went back inside and Y and I were left in the cafeteria. I was calling out to her ( mind you I was just beside her) and then our classmate "E" jokingly tapped Y's shoulder. She looked at me with a blank expression but when she figured out it was E, she put on a smiling face and a joking attitude around him. I'm not gonna lie, it hurt me a little inside. Anyway I finished early with my test but, I was too shy to pass my test first so I planned on waiting for M. But she went out for a while and V and I were already finished, so we passed our tests together. I don't know if that made Y angrier. Oh damn. I messed up. I have a crush on a guy for 6 years (on and off) and I nicknamed him after Mathematics because out of all the things I could've nicknamed him, yes, I chose the subject V was good at. So last time, the girls in our classroom were talking about their crushes to our teacher and then M said my crush's name was "Mathematics". Math for short. I don't know if Y heard that but, I am so sorry. (Just to clarify, V was one of my first friends there. Y just became my friend later on, so I have more of a connection with V that's why I can't consider "not talking to him" if you were to suggest that, but, any opinion is ok, that one too. )

Hi Reddit. I had a best friend since childhood, lets call her Kay. Kay and I grew up next door neighbors and went to school together. She came from a really rough family and we supported each other through a lot of ups and downs. Honestly, we were inseparable in how close we were and how much we did for each other. When I got a bf in highschool though, she got really jealous I spent more time with him, and lashed out a few ways. One of these was getting a group of girls in our sport team to bully me. Kay knew I was bullied as a kid and having her do that really broke my trust. She also wrote a bunch of blog posts about our friendship that were personal and shared them around. It felt like she took her family anger out on me. I was a very anxious teen but I tried to confront her to solve our issues, but Kay would ghost me each time I brought it up. We talked less and less after graduating.
Then a year into college she reached out again. I tried to be friends with her the second time but she still lived around toxic family and didn't acknowledge the bullying incident. We had a lot of triggers from our bad families and it made it stressful too. I eventually couldn't stop thinking about it and said it would be better to have distance, unadding her on social media. She was very sad about this but obviously let me do it. It's been 6 years and I still think about her almost daily. It was like losing a sister.
Yesterday, Kay popped up in my recommends on Instagram, and it shows she's moved to a different city and is working in a good field. We have really similar interests still and she looks genuinely happy. I can't help but wonder if our friendship would work now that we both live in healthier situations, and whether it would be possible to get closure from what happened as teens. But I also don't want to bring up bad memories for her, or find out she hasn't actually changed and get hurt all over again. What do you think reddit, should I reach out, or should I let it go?

“Reanimator in Gruul? It's More Likely Than You Think”
Welcome to another edition of a random card being turned into an EDH Deck! Every Friday I create a budget (<$100) EDH Deck based entirely around a random card that I pull from scryfall.com (or that is suggested by someone else, either way it’s still random to me). I would love it if anyone has any suggestions for future random cards/decks or just wants to share their own experiences with any cards or decks discussed, I think this is a ton of fun.
Random Card of the Week (Image Download Link)
Random Card of the Week (Scryfall Link)
Deck List
Deck Tech/Gameplay Video:
Game 1 - (Neyith of the Dire Hunt vs Niv-Mizzet, Reborn & Jegantha, the Wellspring vs Gallia of the Endless Dance vs Aurelia, the Warleader)
Game 2 - (Kardur, Doom Scourge vs Gisa and Geralf vs Dina, Soul Steeper vs Gallia of the Endless Dance)
This week’s deck uses [[Aether Rift]] as our random card (suggested by Doodle on Patreon/Discord) and [[Gallia of the Endless Dace]] as the commander. Normally when you think of a reanimtor deck you think about Orzhov or Mono-Black or maybe even Rakdos but today I'm here to change that perception and make you think of another color identity: Gruul. Is it possible to build a reanimator deck in Green/Red? Yes. Is it easy? No. Luckily, in our colors we have access to some of the best discard effects in the game with things like [[Bitter Reunion]], [[Cavalier of Flame]], and [[Greater Good]]. By focusing on discard over mill we can ensure that we stock our graveyard full of cards that either want to be there or that we can get back at some point. For the cards that want to be in the graveyard we have a ton of powerful creatures like [[Ox of Agonas]], [[Genesis]], and [[Vengevine]] to make the most of our reanimation strategy (plus we also get [[Flayer of the Hatebound]] who is an automatic all star in this deck). Once we have our graveyard stocked the question becomes: how do we reanimate the cards that can't reanimate themselves? That's where [[Reincarnation]], [[Search for Survivors]], and [[God-Pharaoh's Gift]] come into play.
Now, obviously, Gruul isn't great at returning creatures directly from the graveyard to the battlefield. That's why we're also running a bunch of ways to just put cards from our graveyard back into our hand. Considering we're able to ramp like crazy and probably have significantly more mana than the rest of the table, putting a card into our hand isn't too far off from putting it directly into play. [[Skullwinder]], [[Timeless Witness]], and [[Verdant Confluence]] are great examples of this strategy. Finally, we have one creature type that became invaluable during the building of this deck for how well they synergized with the reanimation strategies. Considering our commander is Gallia, you might expect that creature type to be Satyrs but, in reality, it's Phoenixes. We're playing a ton of Phoenix cards like [[Sunstreak Phoenix]], [[Rekindling Phoenix]], and [[Flamewake Phoenix]] to maximize the number of creatures cycling in and out of our graveyard at any given time. Ideally, all of these synergies put us in a situation where we're able to close out the game and, although this deck may not be as powerful as an Orzhov reanimator deck, it can still show unique strategies, be fun to play, and put up a stronger fight than most people may expect.
In the end, this deck came in at $77.69 with [[Portal to Phyrexia]] being the most expensive card at $20.01. I think it's a testament to how cheap this deck is when we can squeeze in a $20 card and still keep the total price of the deck under $80. Portal to Phyrexia is a phenomenal card for this deck because it functions as both a board wipe (kind of) and repeatable reanimation, which is hard to come by in our colors. It's definitely worth its $20 price tag but if you're looking to trim down the price of the deck then it's an easy card to cut as it will drop the total price of the deck to ~$57 which is pretty cheap for a relatively competitive deck.
Now, normally, this would be the section of the post where I hype up some cards that go great in the deck but that I couldn't use due to the budget restriction. For the first time, though, I don't actually have any. Sure, I could recommend you play the expensive staples of the colors or play more expensive beefy creatures to reanimate but, honestly, that feels like it's going against the "suggestions" part of this deck showcase. [[Dockside Extortionist]] will probably make any deck better but it doesn't feel like it's an integral part to our strategy so I don't want to recommend it. Since I was able to squeeze in a $20 card and still have $23 to spare in our budget, I don't have any out-of-budget recommendations this time. If you can think of anything, I'd love to hear about it so please let me know!
Thanks for checking out the deck and reading about it/watching the video! I hope you all like it and if you think there are improvements to be made, if you have suggestions, or just want to chat about it, then let me know. Also, a quick plug: if you want to guarantee that your suggestions get turned into decks or a variety of other benefits (including access to a discord channel to play in the games, help build the decks, getting the decklists a week early, and one of the random cards shipped to you every month) then check me out on www.patreon.com/dungeonlearnersguide.

At least that's how I'm feeling right now with spring on my doorstep. It's been an eventful winter with lots of things happening, a new hobby and more which kept me so busy I wasn't really feeling like letting anyone into my life.
But things have calmed down a bit, I found my new routine, and the days are getting longer and sunnier, and I'm feeling like reaching out and getting to know some new people!
To shed a little light on myself as well, I'm Patrick, a 30 year old guy from the Netherlands. I've always been an active guy, and I picked up climbing/bouldering a couple of months ago and having an absolute blast with it every week! Besides that, I'm into gaming, hiking, photography, play bass guitar (love me some rock and metal especially), reading and more. Some special interests are history and science. I used to study History, and Forest & Nature Management, and now work as sort of a QA specialist in the geodata field.
It's a lot to take in maybe, but I hope someone will read through all of this and reach out to me. What kinda stuff are you into yourself? Anything special or odd that I might love hearing about? Please tell me! I don't mind sticking to reddit, but I do have other apps as well if you prefer that. All you gotta do is ask. Looking forward to getting to know some of you!

So I started playing about 2 weeks ago because one of my friends got me into the game but ill try and split each section of discussion for everyones opinions on these things also really hope everybody is enjoying their day !
1) Are parries frowned apon in the community ?
my first ever character i decided to main was Leroy. i spent a ton of time getting used to landing his strings etc perfectly each time to the point where i managed to get into fighter rank incl his parries and counter hits. The friend of mine is extremely good at Jin and whenever i parry a low or a mid he says i shouldnt do it. I just find it tough because its in his moveset and apart of his playstyle ?
2) i really want to learn how to play steve
i love his playstyle and i think his boxing style is really cool, my question is if i dont have a fighting stick will i struggle ?
3) how can i stop switching characters i learn so often
i learnt all of eddies strings and dropped him after 2 days (I’ve only been able to remember 2 as of now)
most recently i tried learning Ling and also learnt her moves but inevitably stopped playing her
My big worry is tekken 8 comes out and Leroy is not in the game so I’ve been trying new main roster characters
Thank you for reading have a fantastic day!

I [19m] started a routine to treat my insomnia. It involves taking certain medications (SSRIs) that my doctor thinks will help treat the main underlying issue, depression. I don't think I'm depressed, but the pills have helped me fall asleep on a pretty regular schedule.
The only issue is, ever since I've started them I've been having vivid, hyper-realistic dreams about a specific male actor in a show I'm currently watching. They're extremely sexual in nature, and often involve him and I doing the deed.
I wake up the next day like a 13 year old having those types of dreams. I feel embarrassed. It happens no more than 3 or 4 times a night. I want to reach out to my doctor but how do I tell them my concerns?
When I'm awake, I don't have the same feelings. I don't feel attracted to the actor when I'm conscious and before I take my medication. I've tried jerking off to him while awake and sober, but can't.

So we share the same friends and this will be the first time seeing him in person!
Do I keep myself to myself, do I wear my extrovert or introvert hat? I don’t want to perform/ be fake making it look like “look at me I’m thriving without you, look how loud, bold and confident I am”.
The first moment we meet eyes do I just act like we’re all good and make the first move as in walking up to him and saying “ hey ____ how’ve you been?!” Or do I come across standoffish or make it clear any contact that takes place will come from him approaching me first?
I hate that my mind is racing with all the different scenarios that could play out!
I want to be civil but I’m also nervous because I’m attracted to him, worried at what feelings (good/bad) might bubble up but also he is the source of my pain and tears that I’m working hard to resolve and I know I have the potential to make a dig about the past in some way.
What to do!?

I'm in the UK if this matters.
I have an idea for a side hustle that I think could have legs. I have a background in editing CVs and covering letters, as well as helping people with job hunting and interview prep. I these things as a part of a broader role many years ago, and have written several published pieces on transferable skills as a part of a different role. I am doing an accredited online course on "information, advice and guidance" (it's a level 2 course for anyone in the UK), and plan on using this as a stepping stone for a level 3 course on career support. I have also supported several friends by editing their CVs, helping them research and prep for interviews, and work out what they might like their next career step to look like. None have paid me yet, though a few have offered, and through word of mouth, I have a couple more people who have asked for my help.
I would like to do this as a side hustle, focussing on a couple of industries that I have good knowledge of, and a couple audiences (such as career-changers and people returning to the workforce after some time away).
The question is - what now? I'm a bit stuck on what concrete steps I need to take to get this off the ground, and in what order? It may be a silly question, but I have trouble getting started in these kinds of things. I'll go down a million rabbit-holes researching every little thing and eventually just get really overwhelmed and anxiety takes over and I have a million tabs open and still no idea what to do next.
I'm less worried about the setting myself up as a sole-trader with the government side of things as I don't think I'm quite there yet. What I want to know is - how can I get myself there?
Thanks so much in advance!

I met a woman, we hit it off. Exchange phone numbers, throughout the week we text back and forth, not much, only a couple messages per day but she seemed to always reply within a few hours at most and 'likes' my messages. I seed the idea the we should go out together and she is enthusiastic about it.
About a week elapses and a few days since we last texted and I ask her out. She refuses me saying she's too busy right now, which I know is true, so I say no worries.
A week goes by and I try to rekindle the conversation, text her, asking what she's up to and telling her what I'm up to, she doesn't reply, but only 'reacts' with emojis on Whatsapp.
Another 5 days elapse and she posts an Instagram story telling how she's a bit overwhelmed about some stuff at work. I text her to show my support and encouragement, but she doesn't reply at all not even an emoji 'reaction'.
I realise it's over, she just isn't interested, I'll just stop texting and move on, but this does leave a sour taste. What happened? What caused her to lose interest so fast, or was she never interested in the first place? She is a pretty busy girl so I get it but that didn't seemed to prevent her from at least reply to my texts early on.

I thought about it a few weeks ago, and as long as I know, nobody has tried to do something similar.
The usual way is trying to scan the brain and to compare with a cis male/female brain. The problem with this approach is that the areas related to sex identity are extremely small and can not be detected by MRI (that's why they keep doing useless measures of white/gray matter and such).
A more modern approach is trying to find connectivity patterns in male/female brains throught software. It's a good idea, but it's unlikely it will give results anytime soon.
My idea: test the neuroinmune response.
Male/female brains don't respond equally to sex hormones. Indeed, this is the likely suspect behind the so-called biochemical dysphoria and that's probably why gender dysphoria correlates with symptoms similar to autoinmune problems in the nervous system (the brain fog, the depression that don't respond to antidepressants, the high prevalence of myopia, etcetera). The wrong hormones could mess with the neuroinmune system.
If you feel curious, search about microglia and sex hormones. A couple of examples I just googled:
https://jneuroinflammation.biomedcentral.com/countepdf/10.1186/s12974-021-02124-z.pdf
https://biomedres.us/fulltexts/BJSTR.MS.ID.004160.php
https://www.cell.com/cell-reports/pdf/S2211-1247(18)30794-0.pdf30794-0.pdf)

The fact that neonatal treatment of female brain with estrogens (using a protocol known to induce brain defemination) altered the expression of selected genes may suggest that similar to what was reported for neurons, the sex of microglia is determined at birth.

Instead of trying to determine the sex of the neural system, perhaps it would be easier to determine the sex of the neuroinmune system, and perhaps that could correlate with transsexualism. Testing the neuroinmune system perhaps could be easier since it's designed to respond to stimuli (it's an inmune system, after all).

Thanks to a hole in the sun's atmosphere, there is an aurora watch in effect for March 24.
This weekend will be packed with celestial events and space fans should just brace themselves.
In addition to the upcoming visible alignment between the moon, Venus, and Mars, the Earth's higher latitudes will likely witness moderate auroras on Friday, March 24, the US National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) reports. According to the NOAA's three-day forecast, on March 24 a level 2 geomagnetic storm, which is considered "moderate" according to the NOAA scale, will affect our planet, and moderate auroras are expected because of it.
The reason behind this geomagnetic storm seems to be an actual "hole" in the sun's atmosphere. There is nothing to worry about, though. Coronal holes are a pretty standard occurrence in the sun's atmosphere, and when they happen, they allow the solar wind to escape faster into space, resulting in stronger winds.
When solar winds are strong enough, they can affect the Earth and influence geomagnetic storms, which then result in moderate-to-strong auroras. Last month, an aurora watch was in place due to a strong geomagnetic storm, and some states in North America were able to witness the phenomenon.
Solar activity and subsequent geomagnetic storms can also bring some interference, including radio blackouts. According to the NOAA, there is currently an isolated R1 (minor) radio blackout risk.
How to see the northern lights. The stronger the geomagnetic wind, the higher the chances that you'll be able to see the northern lights. Friday night is currently expected to be the peak of the storm in terms of intensity, and according to the NOAA forecast, the storm will have a G2 intensity from 6 pm–12 am UT with particular focus in the latter three hours. As Space.com notes, these forecast circumstances in the past led to aurora viewings as far south as Idaho and New York.
But a forecast is just a forecast and you still need to be in luck with the weather, though. As an SWPC spokesperson previously said. You need clear skies and no structural hindrances like buildings, trees, or hills in order to catch a glimpse of the aurora. Plus it really needs to be dark, so dark sites and low-light-pollution areas are what you're looking for.
You also want to stay as far north as you can, as that will definitely improve your chances. Luckily, you can always plan ahead. To track the aurora's next move and its conditions in real time, you can take a look at the NOAA's 30-minute forecast website.
Ready to go stargazing?
Dark Site Finder: https://darksitefinder.com/maps/world.html#4/39.00/-98.00
Light Pollution Map: https://www.lightpollutionmap.info/#zoom=4.00&lat=45.8720&lon=14.5470&layers=B0FFFFFFFTFFFFFFFFFFF
NOAA Aurora 30 Minute Forecast: https://www.swpc.noaa.gov/products/aurora-30-minute-forecast
https://www.thrillist.com/news/nation/northern-lights-forecast-march-2023-aurora-borealis

I noticed that sometimes when i notice something in a moments of lucidity my ocd would try to do something with that, so for exaple if i notice that im about to click a buttons my ocd interjects and says dont do that or something bad will happen,
A while ago i saw a greentext where a guy says he peed in the shower all the time so now whenever he heart shower noises he pees himself. Basically he related shower noise to peeing. So my brain notices this, and my ocd now says lets relate this good thing you like to a bad thing so whenever you think of the good thing you remember the bad thing, that way the good thing is irreversably ruined and i can't think about it anymore and i have to avoid lt forever.
I remember one time i was watching a car video, i really liked lambos, my brain noticed that so my ocd says lets relate lambos to p*d0 , and the way i deal with this is by catching my ocd while its saying it, picture the sentence, and then imagine it turning to dust and collapsing into a pile, and that way the sentence was never said.
This also happens whenever im doing anything and an intrusive thought shows up, it tells like that thing gets automatically related to the intrusive thought so i have to imagine this thing coming out to the intrusive thought and sticking back into my head
I know that these cant be permanent solutions, i dont really know what a good solution would be because i dont want to just ignore this voice and let it ruin stuff. What is this type of ocd called and whats the solution ?