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Listed as spoiler and throwaway account as she does know my primary account and occasionally browses reddit.
context My girlfriend and I (M) met while working at a Christian summer camp roughly a year ago. We are both working there again this summer. I had known about some of her mental health issues early on in our relationship, but it seemed like she had mostly moved past it and was able to control it. However, a couple days ago she revealed the full extent of it to me.
Anxiety&Depression She has been dealing with both for over two and a half years. Earlier on its was worse for her a she was at the point wanting to take her own life. Fortunately she has been able to get out of such a place but her anxiety has been worse, not helped by her parent's views that essentially mental health issues are made up. Additionally, this has not been helped by her family rejecting her interests (I.e. Pokémon and her Youtube channel, as well as her choice in pets (geckos/reptiles) and certain books (anything containing magic). Her siblings have also antagonized her about it as well, possibly in attempt to gain favor with parents by "following the rules".
Physical attraction/sexual attraction This was the largest thing that I found out about. She was hesitant to talk about it as she was/is worried about me leaving her (I have not and have no plans to leave her). She told me that she has not felt any physical attraction to guys (or anyone else) for a number of years (guessing since she was 14-15, just turned 19). She mentioned that this happened not too long after she was pushed away by multiple guys she had crushes on. Additionally she told me that she is primarily emotionally attracted to me. She said she does not find me unattractive but feels no physical attraction for the most part. She said that at least and upside is that she does not have to worry about last or going too far physically. However, when I tried asking her if she would want to feel physical attraction, now or in the future, she was rather indecisive about it, kind of settling on maybe. She has said that she definitely sees a long term future with me, which is what I want as well. However, when I told her I have no desire to have sex with her before marriage but still have physical attraction to her, she kind of sidestepped in her response, stating "that's what God tells you to do" rather than "tells us to do" which is typically what she would end such a statement with for other topics (this part may just be me overthinking and drawing incorrect conclusions). I have a feeling that this all might be rooted in a fear of intimacy/vulnerability, as the symptoms as well as possible causes match up with what she has told me about her feelings as well as her family's dynamics and how they have treated(or how she feels she was treated) her.
Final notes In better circumstances I would encourage her to get professional help from a doctor and/or psychologist, but that is not finatially viable for her or with my help. Her parents also would be very opposed to such an idea as well, especially as they pushed her to start pursuing a biology degree instead of her first choice, psychology. She also has mentioned the thoughts of feeling as if she has no real way to 'escape' her parents, as she feels that she would not be able to make it on her own for long, leading to moving back in and a worse situation overall.
If you want any more information or questions on the situation, let me know, I probably forgot something somewhere. Thanks in advance for any advice!

What will you be doing with this PC? Be as specific as possible, and include specific games or programs you will be using.

- Mainly gaming, Cyberpunk 2077, Elite Dangerous, Starfield (when its released)
- Photo editing, I use Lightroom and Capture ONE

What is your maximum budget before rebates/shipping/taxes?

- $2500-3500 NZD

When do you plan on building/buying the PC? Note: beyond a week or two from today means any build you receive will be out of date when you want to buy.

In the next 6 months

What, exactly, do you need included in the budget? (ToweOS/monitokeyboard/mouse/etc)

Everything but Monitor, keyboard, Mouse or Case.

Which country (and state/province) will you be purchasing the parts in? If you're in US, do you have access to a Microcenter location?

New Zealand

If reusing any parts (including monitor(s)/keyboard/mouse/etc), what parts will you be reusing? Brands and models are appreciated.

- Case, Phanteks Evolv ATX
- Monitor, LG 1440p Ultrawide, 100hz

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-Yes, both CPU and GPU

Are there any specific features or items you want/need in the build? (ex: SSD, large amount of storage or a RAID setup, CUDA or OpenCL support, etc)

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Do you have any specific case preferences (Size like ITX/microATX/mid-towefull-tower, styles, colors, window or not, LED lighting, etc), or a particular color theme preference for the components?

- Muted colour scheme, not over the top RGB. A few lights are fine.

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- Windows needed

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Special thanks to u/SpacePaladin15 for allowing fanfiction and giving us Tilfish. The man gave us a canon art of the bugs, and they're rad!
I'm surprised I got this motivation in my to write this part so quickly. I think the fine comments I got motivated me pretty well. Now, I'd appreciate your thoughts and opinions on this. If its flow is smooth and feels right, let me know, I'm not usually good with dialogue.
Also, Feenstra, thank you for your kindness and support. I don't know how to respond to it, honestly, but you're a cool cat.
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Memory Transcription Subject: Marullo, Tilfish agricultural practitioner.
Date: December 2, 2136
.~*~.
I gripped the fabric over the side window and pushed it aside, spotting a Tilfish on the other side of the door instead of a cluster of predators. He appears rather calm, even though he's alone out in the open. My grip tightened on the blind before I tugged the door open.
"Visiting hours are closed." I stated curtly, my antennae twitching outside of my control. Formi I'm still riled up, and I want this man gone so I can dig a hole in peace. I eye the visitor sharply, not seeing any garment or air to him that would tip me off if this was a visiting politician. He's too soft to be a farmer, and I know for a fact there's no appointments he could be attending.
"Oh, uh, is this a business?" I don't even bother with a reply and give the stranger a long look, waiting for him to either acknowledge the massive emblem on the wall right above us or get on with it. He fidgets in awkward silence for a long few seconds. "Uhhh... okay, okay. Off on the wrong feeler here. I'm concerned, is all. I could hear you yelling for the past hour."
My antennae dropped slightly. "What?"
"You uh, your window was open." The stranger explained, mandibles clicking slightly in concern as I shut the door behind me and scuttled down the steps into the yard. I felt my chitin warm around my skull as I looked at the aforementioned window.
Don't tell me I broadcasted that entire conversation to the world.
Stupid sand spitters. Stupid sand spitters!
"I... am sorry for disturbing the peace." I hissed. "I had to wrangle some insubordinates into line. How much did you hear?"
"Not much. Just a lot of yelling. We could hear you from the apartments."
I dipped my head at the mention of the living block. The Regional Agriculture Advisory building was on the edge of the business and government district, and down the road was the start of a residential area. Towering buildings loomed over there, and on occasion they provided a nice view from my old office window with the setting sun reflecting off their many windows.
I was lucky that the masses were too nervous to be out and about in this sector. There was an infestation of predators in and around the capitol building, and even more outposts spread through the surrounding sectors. Being on the streets wasn't popular any more, so the normally lively road we were on was all but abandoned the past several days.
Oddly, I noticed that this stranger was very much alone. There was no swarm to keep him safe, and no vehicle in sight. On the far end of the road leading into the residential sector was a hastily erected barricade that still stood untouched by the predator's roving patrols, comprised mostly of furniture and scrap wood and metal. Looking towards the other end of the road leading towards the capitol building was a more firm barricade that surprisingly still stood, but the filthy tire tracks that cut over the sidewalk and through carefully maintained gardens and lawns told me how the predators got by. There was still nobody else in sight.
"It won't happen again. I had to enforce who's the new boss."
"The predators?"
My mandibles clacked and the stranger flinched at my snap, but stood his ground as I side eyed him intently. "No, me. I'm in charge of this operation."
"Did the predators tell you that yesterday?"
You tar sucking wretch.
The airy accusation made me clench my mandibles and feelers, and my antennae grew still. It must've encouraged the stranger to keep going.
"Because replacing our leaders with more traitorous Tilfish won't work. We're not the Venlil."
So that was what this was really about. Okay.
"You're mistaken," I began smoothly, ready to cut down this wretch with words alone. "My daughter got into trouble while I was working, and was returned to me. I've been terribly busy as you've heard in the old Advisor's place, with everything ongoing. Their visit yesterday did not pertain to my office, and any insinuation to the contrary will not be taken lightly."
"There was a boy as well. He seemed unnaturally comfortable with the beasts."
I will bury you underneath my garden.
"Your vision must be failing, because I assure you I saw no such thing under my roof."
"Good, good. We cannot have the diseased among us, no matter the times. I was wary of calling the exterminators prematurely, so I'm glad I checked in."
"The dead Exterminators?" I asked sharply, cocking my head. "Or the ones leashed to the predators?"
"..." The wretch stared at me for a long moment. "The dead ones, I suppose."
"What a shame about them, really." I drawled. "Anyways, did you have anything else on your mind you felt worth coming over this way to ask?"
"What happened to the old Advisor?"
"Dereliction of duty and cowardice. He's fled to a different system by now. For all the good that'll do him." The wretch's antennae flicked in irritation. "Now, the office is closed and I have work to do yet. Admittance is by appointment only. Good day."
The wretch didn't leave, apparently unsatisfied. We stared at each other a moment more.
"Is something else the matter?" I buzzed firmly.
"The swarm is more than capable of defending itself without the Exterminators. Don't think yourself above it's reach."
Something cold settled in my carapace. My claws itched. "Be very careful; threatening the Agricultural office is a high crime. I'm more than capable of protecting myself without the Exterminators."
A twitch from the wretch. "Is that so?"
"Don't come around my office again. Bounders are not welcome here, same as any predator."
His antennae lowered and he remained quiet, and I felt a faint trill in my chest. "Enjoy your day..."
"Eat sod." I responded sharply. I eyed the wretch as he retreated down the sidewalk, and something clicked in my mind.
Twenty paces. In twenty paces I could retrieve the gun in the lobby. You won't even see it coming.
A flicker of movement, and another Tilfish stepped out from some ornamental carvings in front of the filing office down the way, joining the wretch. I waited until the two were out of sight and long gone, arms crossed and feelers clenching my chitin as I waited even longer, before turning back to my abode and striding around to the garden.
.*~*.
"Marullo?" The voice above me is hesitant, and I bury my tool into the soil and look up. Tugal is above me at the lip of the hole, and I realize that I've dug way too far down. My arms hurt. My legs hurt. I don't feel like stopping, but I might hit a gas line if I keep going. I feel a flash of pity at my brother's distressed state.
"What... what happened while I was asleep? Holywood and Aegan are fighting over burning the last of our food- those Nectar Pods the predator touched. I thought we threw those out, but somehow they're back. Muttart climbed up the wall and left tracks everywhere, and he won't come down because he's still mad about last night. Cleo's locked herself in the bathroom and won't stop crying and vomiting. She searched the net for something and nobody can get through to her now. She mentioned the predator wanted something terrible from you, but that's all I could understand through the door. And you're out here destroying the gardens?"
"I was in my office all day. Food distribution is back on track for now, but who knows how long that'll last. It was stressful, and this is how I'm handling it." I began. I clacked my mandibles and ran my feelers over my antennae.
Formi, I'm filthy.
"Why destroy the gardens? And the hole?"
"The old boss's taste in décor was tacky. I'm sprucing it up. Oh! The Head of Agriculture is still with us. He approved my promotion, so I'm now the new Regional Agricultural Advisor." I rubbed at my face, my antennae twitching aggressively once more now that I'm not putting my entire focus onto tearing asunder this pathetic excuse of a garden.
"I'm making a burrow in case we need to hide the kids outside the building. I've already made two others in case we need to retreat through the back and into the next property."
"What did the predator do? Are you okay?"
I kicked at some loose soil before stretching my legs and scuttling out of the hole. I pulled myself up and fruitlessly wiped at the filth coating my carapace. "I'm not okay. Nobody is okay, or we wouldn't be here Tugal. We wouldn't need to worry about predators, or pests, or starving, or the humans, or each other if we were okay. For once, our predator didn't do anything wrong."
Tugal became alert, his mandibles clicking quietly as he waited for me to continue.
"There was a Tilfish that left the swarm. He went into one of the predator nests to talk. They didn't hurt him- the humans are too patient to eat the first ones that come to them, but after he left some witnesses told the swarm about it." How I really felt about the matter was slipping through with every single errant twitch I couldn't control. We were not supposed to be the monsters in this story. We were not supposed to be so susceptible to our wicked past. We were civilized!
I lowered my voice. "A group took him away from the city and tore him apart while he was still alive. They tried to feed him to Bark Saws, Tugal."
"Are you certain the story wasn't deception?" Tugal whispered back. "It's what they're known for."
I flicked my antennae in confirmation.
"Maybe... maybe they were defending themselves. Don't look at me like that, how they did it was sick. I hope they're screened and dealt with properly; we can't have people doing that in these times. It's no excuse. I'm just trying to understand it." Tugal stated, making my innards twist. "But these predators we're facing hunt through social deception. They're tricky, and the more of us they corrupt the more susceptible the swarm gets. That man, he could've done untellable damage. I just... I'm sorry you had to hear that. We have to stand strong against them, but we can't lose ourselves doing so."
Tugal watched me for a moment more, then gently prodded me: "...now, why the burrows? What else happened?"
I swallowed, my mandibles clicking repeatedly as I tried to reign in my thoughts. It was hard to speak suddenly, and I gripped my feelers until my claws started scraping into my chitin. "Where does that leave Muttart?"
Tugal flinched and his mandibles flexed. "No. Marullo, no."
"He's not afraid of them, Tugal!" I hissed quietly, feelers trembling. "He isn't! How do I help him? How long can I keep him here before he's too curious and sneaks out? What if someone sees him? What if Cleo finds out? He's not a threat: he's still a child!"
"Marullo, he'll be fine." My brother stated firmly, gripping my arms. "Nobody's going to touch him. We just need to talk to him- he doesn't understand what predators are capable of."
"And what about us?" I buzzed back. "What are we capable of? How can normal people do that?"
"It's fear, Marullo. Fear breaks us. You freeze when you're terrified. Others abandon the ones they love. Some... some fight back. Everyone goes crazy when threatened, and those people will pay for what they did."
Too many things flashed through my head at once. It felt like I was boiling.
"It's not just them, Tugal. Someone down in the residential area was watching the predators last night. He asked about him." My brother's feelers tightened on my arms, and he grew still. "They asked about me as well, and I think they believe I'm a threat. They're no different than the people that mutilated that poor man."
"How many? What did you say?"
"Two, at least. They didn't give their names. I didn't tell them anything about us. We can't trust anyone else to keep quiet. One word to the wrong person and we're all dead. Our chance at making this right dies. I told them off, but I don't think it'll be enough."
"They might come back because of that."
"What was I to say? Was I supposed to advertise that we're one of the last resistance networks left?"
My brother's grip loosened and he stepped away, antennae flicking with concern. "I can figure this out. We'll... I'll set up a watch throughout the day with the exterminators. If they're on hand if a mob shows up, one of them in their gear should dissuade any further action. They won't get to you or Muttart. You did good. Can you- please rest. Go clean up, you'll scare Holywood and Muttart."
I twitched my mandibles a few times, looking at the ruins of a once barely acceptable garden. "Let me tidy up back here. I have to order flowers and a few trees, and work on other gardens in the public view. I guess that part can wait." I tacked on quickly, trying not to flinch under Tugal's sharp gaze.
"I'll go out to the market and pick up food afterwards. We shouldn't need to worry about basic necessities."
"If you're up for it. Be watchful out there" Tugal warned softly. I appreciated his concern, and bobbed my head wordlessly. He paused a moment, and asked quietly: "How did the predator come across that crime?"
"I... I don't know."
Tugal sighed quietly. "How did it affect it?"
I paused, wondering why Tugal cared. Absently, I ducked my head in thought. "It's furious. I... I almost want to say bitter. We got into a fight over the Bark Saws, and it escalated. It's angry with me, and I need to figure out how to fix that before we lose it."
"We can try and-""
"No." I interrupt, surprising my brother. His antennae raise, and I continue. "Because I've been handing off the conversation to you and the others, we accidentally crossed it. If I had been the one to talk to it first instead of you, I could've avoided starting the argument with the Bark Saw. Cleo, Aegan, Zoil- they're hostile towards it and it believes I talk like that now. It feels threatened. I need to do this on my own and try and fix it. I can bring it back to us."
Tugal buzzed quietly, thinking. "Okay. Get yourself cleaned up first. Give it some time to calm down and go bring back some groceries. I'll talk with the others and get them back on track. I think our window to do this is closing, Marullo. If we can't get this human the risks we took will be for naught. Every other option will be riskier if this falls apart."
"I know. I won't let you down."

My husband and I moved into our ward almost a year ago. Our relationship with our faith has been complicated as we sort culture and doctrine and wrestle with heavy questions of belonging. We were enveloped into this ward so perfectly that it all felt meant to be to help our faith. Our bishop had us and a few others at his home for what we affectionately called our “safe space” group where we could wrestle and learn together with faith being the goal. (But not shying away from hard things and never claiming to know the exact answer) so we kept on in the church with our faith shelf heavy and wondering if our thoughts and feelings were in line with truth.
This week our stake dissolved a ward and redrew the boundaries. My husband was called to serve in the bishopric in one of the newly created wards. The new bishop being another member of our “safe space” group. Our newly released bishop marveled as he didn’t know he was inadvertently training new leadership with our monthly meetings. He jokingly asked if the stake knew what they were getting themselves into with us. And I just shared…”if they don’t, God does”. I don’t know what the next bit of our life is going to look like. We are young! But I’ve felt very lost for a while…but this just gives me a bit of hope.
Take what you will from this. It’s all very fresh. Called officially and set apart yesterday. Wish us luck! And remember, God knows you, even when you feel like you don’t know yourself..or feel like you know Him very well.

In reincarnated as a slime, there's this one point in volume 17 I think, where the narrator implies something, the character explicitly states what the narrator just implied, and then the narrator literally repeats exactly what the character just said. It's mind boggling.
That's the worst offender, but in many Japanese light novels, Isekai specifically, things great repeated a lot. Implied once, then clarified right after, repeated by character then narrator, etc. What's going on? Is this just bad writing, or does it relate to language and translation?
Kumo Desu, Average Abilities, Overlord, and Reincarnated as a Slime are the most recent ones I've read and seen this in.

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Does this plan have any legs?
Current primary: 588 sq ft 1/1 near the beach in So Cal. Paid 500k for it in 2021. Live with fiancé and 2 cats. Want kids in the future (34M, 29F). Need more room. House needs new foundation (50k). Love the area and don’t want to move.
Investment property: my brother and I own a condo that we rent out. It’s probably worth 140–150k. If sold my take away would be 70-90k including the rents we’ve been stashing.
Family land: own 13 acres up north. Can maybe get between 100-150k for it. Would have to split this 3 ways so 33-50k take away.
My fiancé and I make about 150-170k combined. No other debts. 800+ credit. I have about a 45k emergency fund.
Here’s the plan. Sell the condo (bro wants to sell), sell the land, use money from both sales to replace foundation and add a bedroom and bathroom to the house, then afterwards take out a heloc on the house and tap some of the created value and equity (we have 110k equity right now as is) and launch that into a new investment property as a fat down payment aiming to buy a duplex for under 200k (Midwest).
Making somewhat large Assumptions: 1. we can get what we expect on both sales and it’s enough to cover both the foundation and the addition. 2. We can purchase a duplex that rents $700-800 per side and doesn’t need major work. 3. Fiancé and I can get approved for a heloc followed by a mortgage.
Does this plan have any legs at all or is it a pipe dream? The hope is to upgrade our home and leverage some of that created equity into another investment property.
Thanks!

So I bought a 2014 Kia Soul several years ago and it’s since been paid off. In 2020 it was having issues so I took it into the dealership and they told me the engine failed. I was just outside of warranty so I paid $6800 out of pocket at a local mechanic to get it replaced as getting it done at the dealership was much more expensive, the dealership even advised me to shop around. In January of 2021 I got a recall notice in the mail for the engine. I requested a reimbursement and it was granted. At the beginning of this year it was having troubles again so I took it into a local mechanic and they informed me the second engine has now failed. I ended up just getting a new car (2012 Toyota Camry Hybrid) and the Kia has been sitting in my garage since February of this year. I haven’t been able to deal with this as I’m 8 months pregnant and am on modified bed rest. I get my oil changes at Jiffy Lube and don’t know if I have all receipts for my oil changes, but I think I can request them. I know there is a class action lawsuit going on regarding Kia/Hyundai engines but I’m not really sure what that would even mean for me or how to become a part of it. I’d like to get the car fixed and sold and be out of the least amount of money as possible. What is my next step? If I took it into the dealership and explained my situation what would they even tell me? I’ve had a few people tell me to contact a lemon law lawyer, should this be my first step or should I try other things first? I’d like to get this handled as soon as I’m able.

I am sure this has been asked but I can't find anything up to date and relevant so please excuse my ignorance.
A buddy of mine from Canada is coming down to the USA for a road trip that goes through the following states:
California, Nevada, Utah, Colorado, Wyoming, Idaho and Oregon.
I want to let him feel a little taste of Murrica, and shoot a gun in the freedom of the wild rather than at a gun range that's going to cost an arm and a leg.
My question is, does anyone here have some recommendations on certain national forests or BLM lands that would allow us to shoot a 9mm or 12 ga shotgun. Also, what kind of recommendations/rules apply to shooting in a NF or BLM area? I understand to NEVER shoot at a tree, structure, across roads or waterways, etc... Shoot into a berm, ALWAYS.
But do any of y'all have a good suggestion of areas along that route that me and my buddy can shoot a couple rounds and pop his shooting cherry?
Thanks lads

Hi,
So I started the real estate renewal courses 1 month before. I have done all courses and its more than 30 days. Now I am ready to give the exam. I gave one exam per day for the courses. So in 4 days gave four exams. The online tutor service did issue me certificate and transfered the pdu to TREC and it shows up.
But I am reading now that your start and finish date should be 3 days ( which is in my case). It says Starting and completing more than one qualifying course within 3 days does not comply with TREC and Trec will not award credit. The sentence is confusing.
Any body who knows what this exact rule is about? I mean if you are suppose to spend 180 hours in education, you can do all education and sit and give all the exams within 1 or 2 days correct?

Alright this is my first time posting and I've been going back and forth on making this post. I'm simply curious, and it does not change how I view this incredible group of musicians and it should not be taken as a negative stance whatsoever. I could even be way out of line here. I simply have a theory about Vessel specifically. My background is medical, and I've noticed something interesting about Vessel's build. My mind immediately went to Marfan's, which is a somewhat rare connective tissue phenomenon that causes longer than average arms and fingers, creating a very tall, slender build. Again, this means absolutely nothing, but something that has bounced around in my brain. Feel free to completely tear down this theory because I haven't seen them live yet and could be totally wrong/way off here.

How does one balance the fine line between mysticism and mental health challenges. I often feel like I live two lives. A literal physical life and then a figurative or metaphorical life where things take on a deeper meaning that sometimes makes sense and sometimes doesn't but ultimately it all leads to a sense that at a fundamental level Truth is Oneness and boundaries are not real. At the same time I am very pro boundaries (illusory as they may be) because they give life meaning and beauty and create relationships where otherwise there would be only Oneness. Anyways I just wondered if anyone else struggled with balancing these. I kind of just laugh and say that I am both crazy and experiencing some form of Truth. What else can I do?

I am a landlord and this kid I am renting to (25 yo) stopped paying rent and asked me to evict him.
He seems to think that an eviction means I am just kicking him out of the house, not the effects of having an eviction on his record and what that will mean for him.
I checked his background and he has no eviction records. Granted he has little credit history since he was living with roommates and family before, but no evictions.
If I go through with this, I will be the first to put an eviction on his record.
However, I want to convince him that what he is doing is stupid as hell and he should just leave.
If he isn’t convinced, I will absolutely do an eviction.
How do I tell him how an eviction will affect his future?

This morning me and my boyfriend went to Taco Bell and when we left the restaurant we noticed 1. someone left their airpods by the door 2. There was a luigi doll on our windshield that was placed purposefully. We weren't sure what to do and was worried about it being some sort of marker so we just used the windshield wipers to take it off and left but we were wondering what it could mean and what we should do next. Are we safe? Should we check for tags?

Does anyone else think that the Roys may have actually backed into the better long-term play? As in, they sold when the company's value is high. And indicators from the show seem to show both Waystar and GoJo have major issues with their futures.
Waystar, as it's mentioned several times, is becoming a relic of the past. Print media is all but dead. TV news is becoming less and less watched (just look at CNN's ratings struggles today). Sure ATN is having a good moment now due to the election and subsequent controversy, and may do well for the next 10-20 years or so. But as the decades go by and the older generations pass, TV news ratings will shrink along with revenue. I really don't know anyone my generation (millennial) that watches TV news and I'd assume that trend will continue down the generations. And as Logan put it, getting Waystar to pivot strategy is like trying to turn a tanker. They're galacial.
That leaves the film industry/parks/cruises. Those may be stable enough industries to generate a profit for the foreseeable future, but it wouldn't be the "global media empire" it once was. Kendall also admitted to problems with the film studios, even firing a top produceexecutive. And Matsson may decide to shutter one or all of these departments if it doesn't meet his personal tastes.
As for GoJo, it at least seems to be modern and future-facing, but there are problems beneath the surface. Obviously there's the false subscriber numbers. This is a symptom that this company/their products are not a global phenomenon such as Facebook. The founder has some personal flaws (Ebba, immaturity, a stubbornness to make bad ideas try to work), but the same could have been said about Logan, so this is not as worrisome. Plus he has Tom as the front man to smooth all that over. If I recall correctly, I think Matsson had a line that GoJo would be fine with or without Waystar which I think is true; probably better off even. But now it's too late. What's the return policy?
I foresee GoJo/Waystar leadership running this conglomerate into the ground and selling it off for parts.
As for the Roys, let's assume they sell off most or all of their stock, they'd have billions in cash. They probably won't work together anytime soon giving their falling out. But if power is what they want, a billion is enough for Kendall (for example) to go out and buy a majority stake in a company he likes and if it's private, install himself as the CEO and get to be the boss again. Maybe take on WaystaGoJo as the up and coming competitor who knows all their secrets (if there's not some kind of non-compete contract - depends on the state).

Hello everyone. I'm looking for help with what to do either to help the situation or if it can be taken to court.
My sons mother every week if not every other week makes up a new schedule because she doesn't feel like im spending enough time or somehow it's not fair. Keep in mind that since I'm currently not working at the moment I let her make the schedule so she has priority over what availability she has. With all this she finds a new excuse every week to change it and will blame me for it. I really want to take hee to court to not need to do these back and forth pointless arguments with her, but again I'm not working at the moment and trying to get back on my feet asap.
Does anyone have any good tips to keep the peace and what to use in court later when I'm working? I just want peace not chaos and instability. Also, my little guy is 18 months so I want to just make sure it's easy on him. He gets separation anxiety with her. (OH I forgot to mention that I keep it strictly email communication with her because she cannot be trusted at all to not try and start shit.
(Thank you for reading this btw)

I may have posted this before so I apologize if that’s so
I have two very different painting styles. Ones more traditional and the other is very fantasy supernatural. I planned to try and make a name for myself with the more traditional work and use the fantasy work as more a side gig I don’t take as seriously.
But from what I hear you still need to promote your work, and some argue you need to have your name attached to it for a personal touch. They especially say this for instagram- have a face behind the work. But I don’t like the idea of using my real name if it means I have two extremely different works for sale.
Even if I just had the fantasy work sold on Etsy and I have my more traditional work on my own site, can I keep them separate? Can I get away with using a fake name for the fantasy work? Is that professional to not reveal my real name?

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I'm looking to replace 3 6'x'4' bedroom slider windows on a 2nd story. I've heard Vinyl does not hold up very well especially with windows facing the sun. Is fiberglass a better option? what is the cost difference? and what is the status of Vinyl Am I asking for problems if I go that route?
Any guidence greatly apprecated.
Thanks,
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