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Hi there,
For years I have been dealing with a nagging "pinch" in my low back at or near the lumbosacral joint. It's never been severe enough to limit my activity, always more of a slight annoyance that is until this morning.
In the past I noticed it would make itself known after working hunched over for long periods of manual labor (ie weeding, shoveling, etc) at one point a couple years ago a friend taught me about pelvic tilt and weak glutes, and strengthening my glutes did really seem to help it.
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Fast forward to this morning, I woke up and felt the slight but pinpointed pinch (for the first time in a while) after shoveling lots of dirt yesterday. So I decide to do what I've done for years which is to lay down with my back on the floor and my foam roller beneath my shoulder blades. with legs bent and heels almost touching my butt, I push down into my feet to lift my pelvis so that my entire back is parallel with the floor. I then begin to use my arms to push down against the tops of my thighs, stretching the length of my spine especially the lumbar region. Like I said I've done this countless times over the years and I often navigate through a couple slight tweaks or twinges, breathing deep and relaxing my back and core muscles to ultimately end with a satisfying pop at what I believe to be the lumbosacral joint. This time something goes awry, pinches worse (or something slipped maybe?) and my back immediately spasms creating sharp and far more intense pains in my low back. I couldn't even get up off the ground that point. I was kind of in disbelief, so once I can muster myself back into the traction position I do so, I find relief while applying the pressure but once I let go again the intense pain returns at the same level, and once again I need to lie and do nothing to let my muscles relax for a while.
It's taken a good hour for it to calm down enough that I can walk around, albeit like a frail old man. I can't bend over without bracing myself against my knees/thighs.
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Im curious now to know what exactly I did or what is hurting. Im wondering if I injured myself by stretching my back apart too far? or perhaps I just forced my. body into some spasms which are alone causing the pain. it seems centered around the sacroiliac joints and lubosacral joint. I can't tell for certain but it seems like it might be muscular or fascial pain, that's what Im hoping at least. I fear it could be a bulging or herniated disc as well.
If anyone has any advice they can provide I would appreciate it greatly. Places to read/research, anecdotal etc.
Thanks so much.
TLDR; I put myself in traction and couldn't walk for a while, now I'm still in lots of pain. what did I do?

i litterally stare at the teacher when the teacher is talking, The girl sits right by teacher but my eyes aren’t even pointed at her. The girl is only in my peripheral vision. The teacher once said to someone to stop drawing, The creep turns around and acts as if she catched me staring at her .
She just smiled and turned back around then she turned back and stared at me again with a confused face like bro you realize there’s a fucking teacher next to you right? The next day she did class work with a friend and i had no idea she was behind my desk. I was walking to desk and saw her death staring at me with her head down. After that she was in my peripheral vision again and i just ignored and continued staring at the teacher She just stood still and stopped talking when speaking to her friend. Idk what her face was doing she’s werid. She would stay still and stare back at me multiple times when i stared anywhere near her direction I can’t fucking look anywhere without her thinking that i’m staring at her. I can’t look to the left to the class or she’ll think i’m staring at her I legit had to look at the board once when she was there and she assumed i was staring at her so she switched seats The day after that during lunch she decided to get infront of me with her boyfriend and i just tried my best not to stare at her direction. She told her boyfriend and the whole class that i have a “crush” on her . And once she told me to cry multiple times and said “aww he is sad “ but i’m not sure she was talking to me since i didn’t look at her
I didn’t even bother to reply plus i got socialanixty which makes things harder for me. Anywhere i look she thinks i’m staring at her and now i think her friends think this too I can’t even do a small glance and i can’t even look around cuz if i stare at them for a second on accident they automatically think i’m checking them out like how tf am i suppose to know that you’re there without me seeing you like i legit looked behind me once and saw that girl and she thought i was checking her out like bro how was i suppose to know you’re there. I just try to keep distance but she legit doesn’t keep distance away from me She even once sat behind me again and i remember she would glance at me sometimes but it was likely cuz she was checking if i was staring at her. I remember her face got red once just bc i stared at her direction too

Let me start this off by saying , I’m not arguing a woman’s education isn’t important . Couples need similar education levels to be able to communicate and connect.
However , I am arguing that women tend to over value their education and career in attractiveness to men. This means if a woman is normally a 6/10 in looks and personality , she might believe being a doctor or having a PhD makes her an 8/10 . It doesn’t.
This is why we see the problem of more educated women having trouble finding men. There’s countless articles on this. But the reason isn’t so much a gap in college attendance , it’s that more educated women are going after more attractive men.
In my own experience in China , nearly all of the women with PhD’s who are called “left over women” want to date foreigners. They didn’t care if I only had a bachelors degree. They weren’t looking for just men with phds

Hear me out, the Lakers have a better franchise. This was our year to take the upper hand and catch title #18. Being tied at 17, makes it a discussion and I think the Lakers have the upper hand. We haven’t won nearly as many titles since the 80s. Lakers have largely dominated the modern era. Not to shrug off our history, but the Lakers still got us imo.

Hello, I'm a computer science undergraduate, and so I decided to make a LinkedIn account. I did so and linked it to my twitter. Now, I was just setting up my profile an hour or so ago and suddenly, while writing my summary, I get signed out of all my devices.
I tried signing back in, LinkedIn asked me to 'Verify' my Identity and that my account is restricted. I picked my country from the options, Lebanon, and the only option is a passport.
But I do not have a passport. I never needed one nor is it required to have one to live in the country. Anyways, I select the only option, despite my sadness, and provide a clear picture of my only GOVERNMENT-ISSUED identification paper, called (Translated to english) Individual Registration Record.
It is my ONLY ID and it has been the only legal paper I ever required and needed. From school, to high school, to now university and to everwhere else.
Back to the point, I receive an emal near-instantly from LinkedIn stating the papers I provided are 'Not accepted'.
These are the only LEGAL papers that verify my existence and me being a citizen of my country. What do you even mean by 'not accepted'
I really got angry, feeling like I was shot down before I even got a chance to even start or try to start an account to help increase my job-landing chances after graduation next year by even a little. It felt... really ugly.
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Please, can someone even tell me what should I do? How am I supposed to react... I really want my account back, I haven't even finished setting up my profile... I didn't even get the chance to post about my first web project...
What should be done? I am locked out of my account with no way to get it back. Note: I have a phone number added and enabled 2FA, why not use that to 'verify' me? Ugh...

I’m 32f and graduated HS nearly 15 years ago. Most of the time my dreams are wild and either about friends, family, exs, or some sci-fi situation.
Last night I had a dream about a male classmate I graduated with. We met up and we’re having drinks and exploring the city together. Definitely a romantic situation. I was enjoying his company. We were the best of friends. I then woke up and was like…huh??? For starters, I don’t think this classmate and I ever spoke K-12. I have no memories with him nor did I ever feel any kind of crush for him. I had tons of crushes, no interest there. We went through school in different circles and never interacted. It’s not like I’ve sat around and wondered “hmmm what’s Bill up to these days?”
So of course I Google and Facebook him. And then it hits me…we’ve been here before. I’ve woken up before, after a romantic dream about him, and searched through his Facebook just out of curiosity around who this person even is.
What is the significance of dreaming about a classmate you graduated with but never had any friendship or interest in?

So I went to a club tonight and I walked up to a woman that I had seen another night there. I was like “hey last time I tried to dance with you the music turned off.” She was like “yeah that happens sometimes” we kinda laughed or whatever. I was like “maybe we can dance this time.” She was like “for sure after this song.” So I kinda waited near her while I was dancing. After like two songs I tried to go over to her and one of her friends starts being rude and trying to get me to go away. I was like what? So I just walked away.
This other girl literally walks up to me and turned around and backs into me. I’m just standing there like ok maybe she wants to dance on me. She then after like three seconds pushes me back and says something I couldn’t really hear but she wasn’t smiling so it probably wasn’t nice.
I just kept getting rejecting and stuff all night. I would go up to a girl and try to talk to her or dance with her and get rejected then a minute later another dude would do the same thing and he’d be successful. Maybe I just come across as really weird or I’m really ugly? One of the women that rejected me gave this really ugly dude her phone number and let him get behind her when she was twerking. What the fuck? Not trying to be rude but he was short and ugly.
Tl;dr I kept getting rejected and I don’t know what to do

Hi all!
My son is nearly 3 weeks old. My husband and I have had him named since his 20 week scan. We both came to a compromise on his name because we had wildly different opinions on naming! I wanted to go traditional; he wanted to go with names from fantasy novels/movies.
Now my son is here, I'm having second thoughts. My husband still loves the name we chose, but I can't help but feel like I capitulated a little.
To me, my son is Baby, or My love, or My little boy. Him having an actual person name is something I absolutely cannot connect to.
But I dunno if this is a genuine feeling, or a feeling brought on by my new found self doubt as a mother. Did anyone else have this feeling? Were you eventually able to think of your children in terms of their names?

Looking to move by the end of June or August at the latest and in need of 420 friendly (I have a medical card). Not a big fan of smoking indoors but winters get cold and I’d like to stay inside for that lol I’m early 30s and a Navy veteran. Currently in school so schoolwork tends to keep me busy. I love socializing but consider myself an introvert and usually keep to myself most of the time. Hoping to keep things in the 600-1025 range for my portion of the rent. Pet friendly but don’t have my own pets. Would like a place near the L in the Roger Park, Edgewater area but open to location as long as it’s easily accessible to Loyola by train. I’m not a neat freak, but a clean kitchen and bathroom is definitely a must. Let me know if you have any questions for me! I’m pretty flexible, really just looking for a comfortable place to stay for the next year or so.

So I went to a club tonight and I walked up to a woman that I had seen another night there. I was like “hey last time I tried to dance with you the music turned off.” She was like “yeah that happens sometimes” we kinda laughed or whatever. I was like “maybe we can dance this time.” She was like “for sure after this song.” So I kinda waited near her while I was dancing. After like two songs I tried to go over to her and one of her friends starts being rude and trying to get me to go away. I was like what? So I just walked away.
This other girl literally walks up to me and turned around and backs into me. I’m just standing there like ok maybe she wants to dance on me. She then after like three seconds pushes me back and says something I couldn’t really hear but she wasn’t smiling so it probably wasn’t nice.
I just kept getting rejecting and stuff all night. I would go up to a girl and try to talk to her or dance with her and get rejected then a minute later another dude would do the same thing and he’d be successful. Maybe I just come across as really weird or I’m really ugly? One of the women that rejected me gave this really ugly dude her phone number and let him get behind her when she was twerking. What the fuck? Not trying to be rude but he was short and ugly.

I am on day 3 of lexapro and got to say so far i’m doing really well. the side effects are pretty mild, i do get nauseous a little but comes n goes, mild headaches as well.
It was day 2 when i felt like i started to feel really good actually. i take my meds with adderall in the morning-ish and it just really helped me to control my anxiousness throughout the day. driving in the city on weekends is something that makes me very anxious but i did that yesterday very freely and calmly. is it possible for me tn begin to feel the benefits of the medication this early?
I am noticing that i look visibly rounder. I am a pretty lean guy, abs and chest are visible usually and i’ve worked really hard over the last year and half to get to where i am at—i got to the gym 3-4 a week and eat pretty healthy, mainly fruits/veggies and lean meats.
it’s almost like i can feel the medication slowing my metabolism down because i can feel the body packing on weight near my abdomen—is this possible so quickly in the treatment? I can gain weight/body fat really quickly so i am nervous this medication is going to take me somewhere i do not want to be.
I think the best way to describe the weight gain look is being bloated.
are these experiences normal for the first few weeks?

I had posted requesting ideas from the community for my first date.
Link to post -> https://www.reddit.com/IndianBoysOnTindecomments/13y5671/ideas_for_the_first_date/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=ios_app&utm_name=ioscss&utm_content=2&utm_term=1
Making an update post as some had requested and to light someone’s day and spread some positivity.
The Preparation: I followed the recommendations received in the earlier post. A huge shoutout and thanks to u/Dikkatbadhihai for your recommendations. I was wearing an ironed white shirt, no blazer haha, sleeves folded, sky blue jeans and white sneakers. I used a nice perfume I had. I carried the custom bouquet (consisting sunflower, lily, orchids, rose and tuberose), a Kit Kat and Pune’s special delicacy i.e., ‘Bakarwadi’. I also had two wine glasses with me and a bedsheet so that we could sit and watch sunset while sipping some wine if possible.
The meet: I reached early and was waiting for her at a food court in the mall. Plan was to pick her up from there and then go to ‘Seawoods’ mall to have a lunch together at restaurant recommended by a friend. She arrived, we greeted but didn’t do a side hug or something, we were figuring out whether to stay in same mall or go to the next. We decided to proceed as planned. We had trouble locating my car in parking and had to ask around a little bit. By now I was bit worried that the start wasn’t smooth and the hot weather was adding to our woes of getting comfortable with each other. Once we located my car, I swiftly moved ahead, took out the bouquet and presented it to her. She went from a surprise reaction to shying a little and eventually blushed. I got to capture all her reactions in my mobile. Then we headed to the next mall. While on the way, I played the 2000’s hit songs from Spotify as recommended. She started humming along with songs and it did set a romantic tone.
Lunch part of the date: We reached Seawoods and headed to food court. By now we became very comfortable like we were on our video calls. We were walking very close to each other and almost touching. My wrist watch was hitting her hand all along when we were walking in the mall but she didn’t allow me to remove the watch. She located a toy store on the way to food court and bought a cute small captain America bobble head for me to put on my car’s dashboard. By now we were getting touchy with each other. We zeroed on a place to eat and I paid and ordered as she is usually not much decisive. She really liked the chicken seekh kebabs. I was cutting the kebabs into small bites for her to eat and she was trying to stop me from doing it. I took some of her photos before the food arrived, with food and while eating. She was resisting in a cute way but was being a sport and enjoying it. After lunch, we decided to head towards the car. Near the lift, I saw the gaming zone. I asked her to just to go and check it out. We went in and inquired about the bowling alley but there was half an hour wait, so we cancelled. Here I felt I should hold her hand and I went for it and we did. And then onwards we were holding hands all along. Before going to the car, she bought Cinnabon for me to take home as she had told me about it and wanted me to try.
The evening – purely majestic: We headed to the jetty ride in Belapur for the sunset boat ride. The weather was hot and she was yearning for some cool breeze all through the day but it was eluding us all along. We boarded the jetty, sat down and had some water and after a while went on to check out the boat. We found a small place near the engine with two chairs. We could see everything from there so instead of sitting at the regular place with others we decided to call that place ours. We had privacy there but people were coming once in while there as part of the boat tour. Now we were holding hands and leaning our heads onto each other and enjoying the view. The boat started after a while and we started experiencing the breeze. We were now holding each other by the arm. We took some photos of the surrounding in our own mobile. Afterwards I asked her for her phone and went on to capture our photo and she obliged and we took some nice photos alongside each other. After sometime the boat slowed down and we got to see the flamingos near the shore and we tried capturing those adorable birds from distance. Then we went to the front part of the jetty to watch sunset. An extremely romantic vibe was just waiting for us. The sunset was about to happen. A nice cold breeze was flowing, the sky was clear, the red-hot sun was fully visible, a plane was flying in one corner of the sky, flamingos were there on both sides of the sea, in the distance Mumbai’s skyscraper and the under-construction trans harbour link road was visible, some birds were flying over the sea, a few fishing boats were visible too. I was holding her by the shoulder, we were looking at each other once in a while and taking in all the beauty around. For the first time in my life, my heart was satisfied. We stood there till sunset and took some really nice photos together. Once the boat turned, she took me to the back of the boat where we were from start. The night was setting in and we were holding each other close now. After a while once the people moved to the main area and we had privacy, she looked back, came very close and approached for the kiss. We kissed and it was long, intense and passionate. Just purely magical. I had never felt this kind of euphoria all my life. Everything was just surreal. We kissed again before the jetty reached the shore. We got down, walked towards the car holding hands and I jokingly gave her the credit for deciding to go for the jetty ride.
The goodbye – We just had a perfect evening and now we wanted to get some nice chai. We decided to just drive around the palm beach rode and see if we can find a chai tapri. We found a chai place after a while and asked him to make two kadak adrak chai. We sat down nearby and enjoyed the tea. We were exhausted now. We both being introverts, our social battery was now down. We enquired about a park nearby and went there and sat silently on the bench for some time. The park was getting closed, so we moved out. We found a pani puri stall and shared one plate. It was already late and I had to travel back too. So, I decided to drop her to a nearby station so she could head to her home. When we reached the station, I gave her the flower bouquet. The cab was booked and waiting. She was holding the bouquet in one hand and my hand in the other and we walked till the cab. I opened the door and helped her get in the cab and asked her to call me once she reached home. We hugged and she gave me a kiss and got into the cab and we waved each other goodbye. For next one hour, we didn’t communicate much and were just contemplating the entire day. She called me after reaching home. I was still driving back home. We laughed and talked about the day for next one hour till I reached home. Our conversation went on even after reaching home until we realised it’s too late and we should call it a day.
I feel I am really lucky to have lived this wonderful day. Just wanted to share my experience of the date as some had requested and thank people for helping me out.

okay this might be a long post but I would like to know if I could do something about this girl I know. To be frank this girl is obsessive and a pathological liar. I outted her back in high school only to her, her brother and my close friend at the time knew because they were the ones who helped me figure out that she lied about her dad having cancer for at that point 2 years. I would like to make it clear, it was about once a week give or take that she was crying over her "dying father". I tell her that shes lying and all she did was not talk to me and that was that. A few years go by and we are all in college and her best friend (we spoke semi often after high school) spoke to me how she was upset because it was like she became a different person and how they had not have been talking as much. I said "well you know she is a bad person right?" and explained to her how she lied about her father. The girl calls the liar about this and at first she doesnt admit it but eventually caves in and says that she lied and chalked it up to other issues she had. They stop talking and now my friend gets prank calls, text messages and other petty garbage. I get a few prank calls but my friend is getting most of the problems (i would like to mention the girl who lied denies that she never prank called us, which is a lie). We bring parents involved and shes lying the whole way through and is shaking and red in the face, kept cutting me and my friend off while explaining our points. Reguardless, its over, nothing changes and no one besides the old best friend and her boyfriend knows about her dad not ever having cancer. Come a few months later prank calls AGAIN. stupid and dumb yes but at this point i have not spoken to this girl neither has my friend or any one for that matter and she decides to start with the prank calls again and for a few weeks this goes on for. she made the mistake of calling me in which i record the whole thing and call my boyfriend. so i text her best friend that she lied about her dad having cancer and that she is crazy. she then texts me saying how she never prank called me and yada yada, and is super angry i told her friend. she then keeps texting me saying how this is over and we should be grown ups blah blah. she sends me 19 text messages where i respond to zero and says how she is going to get a harassment charge against me and my friend, she said that my friend should watch her back (WTF? THIS GIRL DIDNT DO ANYTHING????) regardless the prank calls stopped and I am back at square one. why is this all important? this nut job wants to become a child therapist. this obsessive nut job should not be near anyone. she manipluated everyone around her, does childish stuff like prank call, and makes you feel like ur the crazy one when shes the manipluator. she goes to therapy herself and obviously hasnt gotten far but i need to know is therre somehting i could do to make sure she doesnt become a therapist??
TL;DR: manipulative, pathological liar, obsessive-nutcase wants to become a child therapist when she should not

Planning to work on my fitness real soon pero I can't find a good gym na sa tingin ko pasok standards ko! Hopefully affordable pero willing to pay more than the usual amount if the place itself it worth it naman.
Requirements that I'm looking for:

• Mismo sa Clark or near SM Clark since I live there
• Mentorship
• Clean!!!!!! Always sanitized yong equipments sana
• Clean and functional CR, I'm thinking na I'll shower right after kaya they have accomodation sa CR
• Safe and comfortable for ladies

Also, I haven't been inside a gym since the pandemic. Any tips/suggestions for someone like me na gusto magkeep to herself and ayaw maka-encounter ng too friendly people? lol

Please do not repost. I don’t want my sister to see it.
Relevant background: my parents divorced when I was an infant. My Dad remarried his affair partner, had a couple kids and moved to another state all before I was five.
He died last year and my sister asked me write a eulogy. I didn’t give this to her because I have no desire to hurt her. But I feel like I need to say it.
Its been a year since my Dad died and in many ways I feel as numb as I did that day. The last year I have found that I neither miss him more or less than I did while he was alive.
I think of him often and sometimes pick up the phone to call or text. Usually its about food or music. How to cook this cut of meat or ask him the name of that mix he used for shrimp boils. Or I hear pink floyd, rush or nine inch nails. There are songs forever tied to my father that will bring back memories of my childhood.
Every year I came down my Dad made sure to spend one weekend with just me. We often went to a little oceanfront town. We would see the gator farm, ripley’s museum, and just spend time together.
One year we went to the beach and stayed in this two level motel across the street from the ocean. It was pouring rain.
Dad had this little propane cooker. I don’t know what to call it and he filled it with water, spices and shrimp and we drove across to the beach. He planted it in the sand and turned it on. He came back in the truck laughing and soaked. He turned on Rush. Tom Sawyer blasting as we watched the storm over the ocean.
One of my favorite memories.
We weren’t close after I became an adult. In many ways he was a stranger to me. When I was asked about things we remembered about Dad a few things came to mind instantly.
I remembered a bunch of things going to Sams Club, Publix, how ridiculously early he got up, how strong his coffee smelled and was. Nights in the yard as he fried, grilled and shucked. Shucking along with him and eating fresh oysters.
He had an oyster guy that we bought them straight from his trunk. There was a shrimp place where they were bought in large quantities. Poured out on a stainless steel counter covered in ice. Hooters and chicken wings.
He used to fry wings all the time. I remember once when i was probably nine where I decided i was grown and didn’t need to eat the kid wings and could do the spicy ones. They were so hot! I remember my mouth on fire and my stepmom scolding him. Not really sure what he did to them to make them that hot.
I remember boiled peanuts that took him days. Oysters Rockefeller and these other ones that were dry and I am not sure what he did to them.
I’m certain my love of food and cooking came from him.
My sense of pride and stupidity in the name of pride came from him too.
I remember when i was a teen and we were in this mall or flea market at a hot sauce stand. Dad was trying stuff but this guy kept acting like I couldn’t handle heat. Dad said I could and I tried several. This little dot of sauce on a toothpick. Until i came to one that was too much. I didn’t react and said that one was good and what was next.
Dad said that’s enough his mouth was hot and he wanted to get lunch. We walked away and were just out of sight of the guy. He told me “you can react now” and i started panting and swearing and he was laughing. We went to this bar, that had gator nuggets, i forget the name, for lunch.
I also remember now how much crown and beer he drank. How he smelled of them both often. That day was no different.
I remember how tall he seemed. How his laughter could fill a space and make you laugh too.
I saw him eight weeks out of the year. We talked weekly when we still paid for long distance. I’m not sure that he would have been more present in my life if he lived closer. Maybe.
He was never at doctors appointments even though i had a childhood illness that had me see them often. I’m not sure he fully understood that stuff.
He was never at any of my major life events. Except high school graduation. I remember that.
He was at neither of my weddings. To be fair I eloped the first and he was hospitalized the second. He walked my sister down the aisle and had the dance with her. I wish that didn’t make me jealous or sad to remember.
He barely knew my daughter and knew none of those quirks that make her amazing.
He knew his other grandchildren. Except the youngest whom he actually met for the first time a week or so before he died. She was three or four then. That makes me happy for them both. Still a little sad.
He didn’t know my second husband at all but I wish he had gotten know him. That makes me sad too because really my husband wouldn’t have known the man I remember.
But what occurred to me most as I write this was thst none of these memories are recent. I didn’t really know him.
My stepmom left him due to his addiction issues when I was in my late teens.
I didn’t really fully grasp those issues. My siblings and she dealt with them because they were there and I was not.
My sister picked him up off the floor and tried to get him sober. I didn’t.
I knew only what we talked about and back then when he was spiraling we talked a lot about things that I didn’t want to know. He was in a really dark place.
A place that landed him in hospitals and half way houses and homeless. He nearly died due to medical issues not drugs multiple times. I’m sure more times with the drugs.
There were large gaps of silence on both sides for years.
In my early twenties before it got very bad for him he decided not to talk to me because I was no longer Christian. That lasted a little over a year. After I had spent a year talking him through his divorce.
When I turned 40 he sent me a six page long hand written letter asking why we had no relationship and how he wouldn’t be around forever. He took no responsibility in it.
After that i tried to reach out monthly at least. He almost never reached out to me. I still have his texts. He never said anything about the wedding photos I sent him. Not even you look beautiful or congratulations.
When we talked it was all surface level. Long ago did we stop talking about deep things. I would tell him about work or my kid or the dumb dog.
I miss him but the him I miss has been gone for over twenty years if he ever existed at all. I’ve been mourning that man for a long time. His body has finally been put to rest for a year now.
For the last year I have struggled with my lack of grief but today i think I finally understand . My Dad had been dead to me for a long time. My father died a year ago.

Finally doing a rebellion after years of playing warband. Can lords from factions other than the one you're rebelling against join the rebel faction? And will disgruntled lords who want to defect appear in your court like with a regular independent kingdom?
I'm in VC trying to become king of Danmark, but all the lords have nearly 100 relation with konungr Horik (and the same with me). I was hoping that they might agree to defect if I recruit some of the landless pagan lords from Laithland.

My flights coming in around 2 on Sat, I’d greatly appreciate it. Literally coming from Ontario to the game and going right back to the airport and home.
I’ve invested $1400 to make this happen lol 😂 ticket and plane fair.

Does anyone think that the old shield from dune made more sense then the new shield?
The new shield looks like its doing some crap with gravity distortion. It looks very power hungry and complicated. I imagine this is what it looks like near a event horizon of a black hole. And white light = high energy, it would give you a sun burn at least. The energy levels required for this type of shield seem ludicrous for even a large device in the future, even if it is doing something with gravity, that much gravity to cause warping based on e=mc2 are IMO insane, like astrophysical levels.
The old shield looked like it generated some kinda meta stable non newtonian low energy plasma barrier. IMO this makes sense, its like a projector that generates arranges some form of plasma or plasma like matter (there is alot of different things here, like rydberg particles , to explore) into a front that is non newtonian and solid or maybe liquid crystalline. Then objects that move fast make it hard (the particles arrange into a sheet crystal) but objects that move slow can push through it because it has viscosity like semi molten glass. For the analog world of dune, it made sense because they would likely have simple analog circuits control a projectogenerator to generate a flat field, and it reminds me of a plasma window (real object). The color of the shield was also similar to low energy plasma (orange brown). It had simple faces because each face required a separate emitter (I imagined it worked like a gyroscopic laser level). The energy levels involved with doing this are conceivable for a futuristic portable device. The physics with sliding IMO made sense, since the impact of jumping on the ground would make the non newtonian plasma-ish stuff solid and it could be very slippery.
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So to me it looks like the new dune shield was not thought out, and it was just someone going crazy with making something look interesting on a 3d graphics program, but the old shield made me think that it was a extremely high tech and expensive extrapolation of realistic technology, which was also iconic. I also believe for a generator to make a 'well conforming' shield would require basically AI technology to figure out all the distances and stuff on a moving object, this is very hard in analog, it would be a very very advanced computer program calculating how to generate a locus of line diagram. You need like 3d field mapping and calculations.
The goa'uld shields also made me think of this technology, in SG1.