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I've the opportunity to pick up a second hand YDP-140 for about £200. Does this seem reasonable? I've seen others for sale at more than double.
The instrument looks in good nick and I've been assumed everything works as it should. I'm getting this for my wife to learn on as a total beginner. Is there anything I should maybe be checking for when I view it?
It seems good value from what I can see. I've been a guitar player for most of my life and know some instrument sales aren't what they're cracked up to be yet I'm clueless for any flags to look out for regarding digital pianos. Thanks!

For about 2 months I was hooking up with this guy. This was 6 months ago.
He's not really an ex - we were hooking up and dating. We were trying for a relationship, but then one day he sat me down and told me that he didn't see a future with us, that the age difference made him feel like a perv and reminded him that he was getting older, but that ultimately he didn't feel an emotional connection with me. He wanted to end things and not string me along.
I was hoping for a relationship with him initially, but I acknowledged that he was right about a lot of what he was saying. One reason he gave me for ending things is that our sexual chemistry was creating a false sense of intimacy. He was right. I like him, but it was easily the best sex I've had and it clouded my judgement.
After taking a couple weeks to get over it, I contacted him and let him know that I was up for being FWB if he was. We agreed, but he never followed through. We'd chat semi regularly as friends, and acknowledged that we were casually dating other people (we met on a dating app and only agreed to sexual exclusively) but every time I messaged him to try to hook up he had an excuse not to. I think his sex drive is not as high as mine and he also has a few health problems. It's possible that he was too polite to say no outright, but he has had several surgeries recently. We did have plans that he cancelled. Anyways.
A couple days ago I messaged him for work reasons. I was going to apply to his workplace (in a totally separate division, a separate office location on the other side of town) because there was a job I was a really good fit for. I asked for his input on my resume. I thought that since he knew the company he might have some valuable insights. I also wanted to be transparent with him, just in case he saw me on the company directory one day if I got hired.
He gave me some tips and I submitted my application. The next day, he messaged me and said that the person working under him unexpectedly quit. Because of the short notice, his boss will likely be bypassing the usual hiring process. Am I interested in the job, he asks.
He knows I've been searching for a job because my contract is ending soon at my current job. I'd be working under him - we'd have the same job but he'd have the "senior" position and would be responsible for my training and supervising and assigning my work. It sounds like pretty easy work - I'm capable of it and can probably hit the ground running.
He doesn't know how much I need the job - I'm trying to be appreciative but also no overly excited. This will relieve a lot of stress for me.
We've agreed to not disclose our involvement and say that we're just friends. I have a zoom meeting with his boss tomorrow, and my "ex" had prepped me in a few small ways.
So here are some (problematic) facts:

• my interest in him sexually is a 10/10
  
• my interest in him is 6.5/10 for a relationship. Would be higher if I thought he were interested in me.
  
• I'm capable of doing this job and doing it well. He's putting his neck out there for me, so I intend to do my best to get that decision to reflect well on him.
  
• I'm not going to be stupid and initiate any funny business. I don't know what he wants from me, but I won't put pressure on him or initiate changes any longer.
  
• But I wouldn't reject him. But if he wanted basically anything from me sexually/relationship-wise he'd probably get it. I'm very smitten with him. I'm not in love... More in lust.
  
• I don't have a better job to go to right now. I've been applying LOADS. But he said since he's sticking his neck out for me he expects me to stay for the duration of the contract (1-1.5 years), otherwise he wouldn't recommend me. It would reflect badly on him if I bailed before then. So I agreed... That was hard, because my earning potential is higher, but I also do need a job in just a few weeks.
  

I trust us to remain professional at work no matter what. He's not going to risk his career and I'm not going to risk a decent job or risk disappointing him. If he ends up interested, or if he ends up dating someone else, either way I'll do my job without drama etc.
But I'm still into him. What do you think the chances are that he's into me? Can he really just be this much of a nice guy that he's just giving me a job with no ulterior motive, just because we knew each other for a hot minute? I honestly want him to be doing this for more access to me, but it doesn't seem to be the case - he's had the opportunity to have sex with me for months and hasn't taken advantage of it. And honestly I'm as cute as a button!
TLDR: A guy I used to hook up with and who I've been trying to sleep with for once offered me a job. For financial reasons, I need to take it, but I'm wondering if it's any indication of his interest in me (even though I trust us both to be mature adults).

Felt underwhelmed about the ending of a show I loved so much. I feel like the ending was rushed HARD and I honestly think the writes made the wrong choice here for who Devi ends up with. Don’t get me wrong benvi is a realistic and cute couple, but it didn’t feel very genuine, like if you look at Daxton you can see both were people who changed bc the other inspired them to, with Benvi it just feels like the enemies to lovers thing wasn’t executed correctly, like Ben is allowed to constantly treat Devi like a piece of human feces, meanwhile Devi just acts like it never happened just bc he says sorry, it just feels a bit crappy. And Paxton’s whole Character Arc feels thrown away, because it’s totally plausible that Paxton would drop out of ASU which he worked his ass off for, on top of that his new “love interest” was shoved in there just so Benvi could happen. Also It’s weird how it’s just never addressed how Ben purposefully mispronounces Devi’s name bc he finds it funny. It may not seem like much to most of the people here, but being a black person, (with desi ancestry) I know what’s it’s like for someone to constantly mispronounce your name, and for people to do it purposefully as a “joke” but in reality it’s just racism. Also also, Can we talk about Aneesa? She just gets shoved to the sidelines the whole season, I thought she was in the main group of girls? And let’s not forget the fact they barley address the fact Ben dates Aneesa simply because she looks like Devi. This season felt lazy in terms of writing the Sherman Oaks gang, also I can put my view of the love triangle based on how both boys turn away Devi. Paxton: tells her she has to learn how to love herself, before they can be a thing, gives her space, and is kind to her in basically every interaction going forward. Ben: Ghost her, gets a new gf, and gives Devi the silent treatment.

Hello! We're looking to fix up our ~500sq ft garage and are trying to figure out what to do with the floor. Our primary use case is a workshop/art studio and storage of things like bicycles -- typical garage stuff. We'll never put a car in there even once, so we're not worried about the ground holding the weight of a big vehicle. Here are some photos showing the state of the floor, where you can see there's one giant hole in particular. Most contractors that have come by have seen that and immediately said "you should replace this entire floor." And the quotes are higher than we'd like to spend right now (especially since we live in the bay area and things are pretty crazy for labor around here!) FYI we've had multiple people come check out our foundation, crawlspace, etc. as these cracks look scary and we were wondering what lurks in other parts of the house, but things seem well otherwise. This is just an old garage floor it seems. Any suggestions on what we could do to fix up the floor a bit, but not go as far as entirely ripping and replacing it? We don't mind what it looks like aesthetically, so we're totally okay with patchy looks, different colors, etc. But we'd love to at least fill in that big hole.
Open to DIY efforts or to hiring someone -- just wondering if there are any options we're not aware of besides replacing the entire thing!
Thanks for your advice :)

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Prefer to be paid with zelle.
Trades I'm looking for: Holosun 509tx2, Aimpoint T2, Sionics/Centurion/Criterion uppers/barrels
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SOLGW M4-89 300BLK 9" Upper

• factory built upper
• no CH or BCG
• about 200 rounds total through it
• FCD 1210KM muzzle device
• $550 shipped (TV: $550)

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10.5" 300 BLK Upper

• Built at SOLGW's armorers course
• Barrel: SOLGW 300 BLK 10.5" barrel (SOLGW gas block and gas tube)
• Upper Receiver: VLTOR MUR FDE
• Handguard: FCD RHF4 Andonized FDE 9.5"
• Muzzle device: FCD 6310KM (5/8x24)
• Comes with the BCM picatinny grip and the DD QD socket as shown
• Was lightly rattlecanned, could be stripped off. Just a bit busy right now and don't have the time to do it myself.
• $450 shipped (TV: 450)

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BOBRO Standard Precision 30mm QD mount

• Standard Precision Optic Mount
• MOA: 0 MOA
• Lever: Left Side
• Ring Size: 30mm
• High Top Upper Ring w/Optic Plate: Trijicon RMHolosun
• No salt.
• $260 shipped (mount as described goes for 342 on bobro's site)

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Railscales G10 XOS-H MLOK

• $50 shipped

I was given a list of vehicles to comp my totaled car, and all the list prices are "adjusted" by about 10%.
Does this seem reasonable? Are people actually getting cars for 10% below list?
The list prices are all around 20k, give or take. It's a 2019 Subaru Impreza.

Totally new to this but got some labs done because I feel like crap and have been thinking it might be low T for a while now.
I know nothing other than green good, red bad. I have a doctor appointment coming up, but am not a terribly patient individual. Thanks for the input.

Buzzfeed/whoever else lurks here, please don’t share this. Also throwaway because I have 12 years of identifying info on my main lol.
I have never felt as understood as when I read through the stories in this subreddit and now I feel like venting about my experience.
To paint a picture, my JNMIL had 4 sons very young, and has always tried to be the cool, young, “hot” mom. I honestly don’t know if she has any of her own friends, I haven’t heard of a single one, and I am not joking when I say all of her Instagram followers/following are her son’s friends. She is the type of mom who wants to be the most important woman in her sons lives and she makes it clear that no girl will be accepted in her “clique.” It really sucks for me because I don't have a great relationship with my mom and always dreamed of an having amazing MIL. FML!
Ever since I met her, she has made me feel so unwelcome and disrespected. She’s more like a bitchy high school mean girl than anything. She is super catty and rude, and tries to play it off like she’s totally aloof about it.
Here are some examples:

• My first ever experience with her: JNMIL lives in another state; my boyfriend was already there visiting and I was flying in to meet their family for the first time. The NIGHT before I arrived she decided to throw a huge surprise party at her house with all of her son’s friends. It would’ve been nice to meet them, right? When I eventually met her, she refused to look up from her phone to greet me. She was cold the entire time I was there, and also didn’t let us stay in the same room (more info on this later).
• She makes zero effort to talk to me or get to know me at all. When I’m around her, she’ll take candid photos of me without my knowledge/permission which is something that I HATE. She also asks my SO to send her photos of me. Also I know Instagram drama is petty but ever since I started dating my SO, she wouldn’t like any of my pictures, but was constantly liking/commenting on all of my SO’s exes posts.
• She is very materialistic and vain, and constantly makes comments about how I look or what I’m eating. Once she asked what I had for dinner and when I told her she said “wow… and you think that’s healthy?” with a smirk. Like bitch I never said it was? Also it was meat and veggies. (She’s not vegan or anything so I don’t get the issue)
• She always makes really weird remarks after anything I say and it totally shuts down the conversation. If I comment on something she’ll say in this really fake voice “really?? you think that?” yup that’s why I said it…
• In an attempt to be friendly, I texted her a photo of me, my SO and my BILs, and her response was “can you send one of just the boys?”

MANY such examples.
Anyway, the best part is that she has made her whole identity about being a perfect Christian. In addition to her very Christ-like kindness, she has had multiple affairs on FIL. She always gets caught, and for some reason he always forgives her. I just saw a meme that said “always date religious girls, you can cheat on them, then pray together and blame the devil” - I wanted to tag her LOL. My SO and I sleeping in the same room before marriage is not Christian but adultery is? Okay. Also, she is always all over FIL when we’re around, like an over exaggerated and uncomfortable amount…
More things that bother me:

• She got a tattoo matching my SO's first tattoo
• She always leaves her trash at my house
• She acts like a party girl around her sons, always wants to go out drinking or to the dispensary with them. Is that Christian? idk

I could literally go on forever and even venting this has been so helpful because I’m sure all my friends are sick of hearing about how much I hate this woman.

I have low testosterone for a while. Several test showed 270-300. But my free T has always been super High because my SHBG has always been 7-9. So my original dr was originally against trt since my free T was always upper high limit despite have a total t of 300. Long story short he finally agreed and prescribed trt. I have been on trt for over a year now. No complaints.
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He suddenly left the clinic and in comes super crazy new dr. First she tells me to do a retest of the testosterone with test cypionate 100 mg per week. Which I do. Then she was suppose to call me to discuss the results but never did. So I called the clinic and no one called me back. FYI the results were fine.
Finally when I ran out of Testosterone, I chased her for over a week to get a refill. I would call multiple times a day. Finally she returned my call and said, she would need me to stay off test and retest without trt because she believes being 35 is too young and I dont need trt. She never sent me a blood lab script to restest. And never gave me a refill and dropped me cold turkey. Is this malpractice? Should I do a complaint? If I got to a new doc, do I need to retest without trt? Please help.

Interstellar is a movie that was released in 2014 and directed by Christopher Nolan.
I usually do not watch television because I don’t like it but I found myself watching Interstellar in 2017. I was cleaning my house and it was on for background noise. I was getting distracted by it and somewhere towards the middle I was totally invested and spent the last 45 minutes standing in my living room in awe. It was incredible and I had never even heard of it before. I went in blind.
Since then, I have watched it very regularly and probably watch it on average once per day.
I have discovered details that it seems like no one has noticed before and I still regularly cry at the end.
I am autistic and I sometimes watch Interstellar twice a day. AMA.

I posted this in the homeowners sub as well
I was just informed by my landlords that their insurance company is coming over to conduct a home inspection tomorrow morning at 10am PST. I live in BC, so hopefully my fellow Canadians can help me out here.
I live in a 2 bedroom(one is technically a sun room that my roommate is using as their bedroom) basement suite(even though it's on ground level) and my roommate and I have been living here for 5 years. We've always known that my landlords want to sell the property, but this is the first time we've had an inspection since my roommate and I moved in.
My landlords own multiple lots(we live on a small farm), but the only thing my landlords asked us to do is clean up our suite and make it look presentable. We were told just to focus on the suite. A few things to note is that I own a cat and my roommate has a small dog. I also have a brick fireplace in my bedroom.
I'm here to ask what I need to do to get the suite ready as possible. I've been fighting Major depressive disorder, so I've neglected to clean my bedroom as often as I should. So my room looks like a total mess. Fortunately the rest of the suite isn't in too bad of a shape, so my roommate and I agreed that I focus on my bedroom and they'll tidy up the rest of the house. I have 17h and 43 minutes to make this place to okay and I am trying not to panic. Usually my landlords give us several days notice when things are happening. What do need to focus on? What do the inspectors check?

I (19 F Druid) have become a local hero in our town along with my party. There are 4 of us total, Fighter (24 F), Wizard (19 M), Monk (30 M). For simplicity I will refer to them as their class.
We helped out the nobles of our moderately sized town, and managed to drive away a large group of goblins which have been terrorizing our town for decades. This made our town go into an economic boom, as trade routes are now safer. Not to mention the relatively unexplored forest that surrounds the town had a secret copper deposit. The nobles were overjoyed and offered to give us anything our hearts desired. My party received money and status. The rest of my party members also requested items, but I only asked that the nearby forest be respected and be allowed to heal. The goblins were mercilessly and drove many animals away, which unbalanced the ecosystem.
The nobles agreed and made sure the rest of my party received their items. But it became clear that they had no intentions to honor my request. Now, I have no problem with them clearing out some of the forest, as people came to settle into our town. But that wasn't the case. One month after I made my request, they cut down 20 acres of land to build a dog park. Complete with water fountains, paved trails, and a large fence with a toll booth. The fee to enter was 10 gold pieces, which meant only around 5% of the people living in town would be able to afford to enter. And of that 5%, only a small group of people would be able to do it consistently.
I would have been able to look over them ignoring my wishes, but after seeing the lengths they went through so that no one would be able to enjoy the park, I just couldn't. It was then, as I looked into their park, that I realized it. They all have small dogs. The biggest one I could see was about 5 lbs heavy (or about 2.2 kg for you fae out there). It was then that I began to make my plan. I was easily able to buy a falconry glove, and with the help of the birds that have slowly begun to return to the forest; I would run out from the nearby forest and with a panicked look, I would frantically look towards the sky and run around aimlessly. The looks of horror on the noble's faces was priceless! they would scoop up their dogs, and run away, Shielding their dogs with their bodies as they did.
After doing this a couple of times, I enlisted the help of the wizard (who had taken an interest in illusion magic) and together, we would make more elaborate parks. He would make a large, ominous shadow hover above dogs, complete with a hawks screech. Pretty soon, not a single noble was in the park. I had won! But not long after, The fighter (who is the leader of our party) approached me, and she scolded me. She said that my antics have begun to anger the nobles, and if I don't stop, the party will have to deal with the reproductions, not just me. After hearing me out, she understood why I did it, but said there were other more effective, and less destructive ways of going about this. Which I get, so I took her advice and later that day I went to talk to the nobles. I was planning on apologizing, and asking if we could make the park accessible to everyone. When I entered the meeting room, to my surprise, they had various blueprints spilled out on the table. Blueprints for water slides, for an extravagant inn, for an event coliseum, and for one giant "Hawk proof dome". I looked up at them, and their eyes were filled with fire. They meant war.
The conversation didn't go well, I will admit I didn't handle it well. We reached no compromise, and in front of me, all 5 nobles agreed to continue with their plans, and invite all of their friends and family to come and enjoy the attractions. They looked me in the eyes and said "We'll need friends and family, as the townspeople won't be able to afford our cheapest condiment." A started yelling, and I was escorted out. I am currently playing with the idea to sabotage their plans. But Fighter's words keep ringing in my head. I'm pretty sure I just blew any chance I had to come to a peaceful compromise, but I don't want to get my friends involved in this. This is important to me for various reasons. The forest is my home, as weird as this may sound, it took care of me after I lost my parents. I feel as if it's alive and in a lot of pain. The townspeople are my friends, and I've had conversations with them about how they can wait for this town to take off so they can begin a better life. Only for the town to slowly get turned into a playground for the rich, it's not right!
I have been avoiding Fighter, I can't face her after what happened. She will probably be angrier at me, because this affects her situation too (it's complicated, and I don't want to get into it here) and we're in this mess because my prank went too far. But now, more than ever I feel as if I'm in the right. So AITA?

Tw suicidality
Hey, new to the group. My best friend has all the signs of autism but is VERY resistant to talking about it. Totally his choice. But recently he's been really suicidal and I don't know what to do for his special brain. When it was me he just kept showing up for me and holding me (even when he was visibly uncomfortable) and feeding me and checking in every day. Several times a day. He doesn't want me invading his space. And he's sticking to the routine that gets him his safe foods. And I check on him every day but communication regarding feelings isn't his strength and I don't want to make him feel like he's failing to communicate with me.
Anyone on here have any tips to help my beloved depressed ND friend?

The next day came and went in a blur, both Igor and Kartha throwing themselves into their final preparations. She needed to pack, decide what she wanted to keep with her and what she could afford to leave behind. Maybe write a short note that she would be leaving and not coming back. It was.... a big step into the unknown, but she just had to take that risk. Everything would be better than staying here and slowly dying inside..... right?
Igor was just as busy, although with other things: He was removing all digital traces of their presence at the academy. Submitted essays, report cards, all videos or photos in which they could be identified. He pulled a copy of a few last relevant datasets and then started the timer that would shut down the entire computer system for a few minutes. Dinner would end at 7:30, Kartha would appear around 8:00 perhaps - the others would be long gone by then, their movie was going to start at 7:00 - and then they would have another hour until it would be time to go.He didn't bother with packing, the only important things he had here were his little gravity engine project and the companion he had built.
Neither of them went to class that day either. Igor cited a desire to tinker with his current project instead of sitting in 'interplanetary politics' and that was enough to calm down his totally-not-girlfriends. Kartha simply stayed away; it wasn't that uncommon for her to do so, she had to admit.
Before long, the time had come. Humming quietly, Igor strolled back to his room one last time. In his mind, he went over everything one last time. The ship was prepared - as in, he had chosen which one to use and looked up how to fly it. Power and cameras were wired to turn themselves off on a generous schedule. His luggage stood ready next to the door. So now all he had to do was wait and think everything through again and again.
A while later than he had planned - but still well within the timeframe - Kartha showed up at his door with a large backpack. As he had promised, he was the only one in the room, apart from a small flying robot that was moving clothes from several open cupboards and drawers onto a pile in front of the bed. There, Igor was sorting, folding and packing whatever was brought to him.
"Hey Kartha," he called over without looking up, "we still have some time until everything's ready. Take a seat, maybe grab a drink or something. It's gonna get hectic soon, so you better get everything out of the way now."
"A-Alright then..." She closed the door, set down her backpack and sat down on the bed. Certainly not the welcome she had been expecting. "So.... who's the little one?"
"Hm? Oh, yes. That is Sasha. I made it to get things for me. Program into memory banks what is where, teach it basic concepts and tell it to get something. Observe:" He proceeded to say something in his native language, something he had tried to teach them the basics of, but failed. The only word she really recognised in the short sentence was 'Sasha', the name of the little construct.
After Igor was done giving Sasha its new order, it dropped off the small stack of clothing next to him and flew towards the kitchen. Shortly after, it returned with a bottle of water and set it down with the stack of clothing.
"See? Simple as that. Might have to refine the concept of where to put everything later, but for now it does its job well."
"No surprise you wanna leave, if you made that yourself..." Kartha mumbled.
The room descended into a mostly comfortable, if slightly tense silence. Igor was humming quietly, as he did so often as he finished his packing.
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After a few minutes, three short beeps cut through the silence, startling Kartha out of her thoughts. Igor was already on his feet and reaching for his backpack.
"Come on, we need to move quickly. I'll explain everything that's happening once we're gone." The robot was ... sitting? on his shoulder and he was checking the time every few seconds. "Okay, on my mark, we go out and you follow me. Keep up. We're on a tight schedule if we want to do this properly. Okay?"
He didn't wait for any kind of acknowledgment or even look back to see if she was ready to go. Without any warning, the floor trembled briefly and the lights went out. Faint red emergency lights turned on shortly afterwards, only to fizzle out as well.
"Now!" Igor called out, pulled open the door and headed onto the hallway at a brisk speed. Sasha whistled on his shoulder, a brief melody that indicated everything was in order. Very good.
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Where was he taking them? Kartha was pretty sure that this wasn't the direct way to anywhere, but it at least looked like Igor knew what he was doing. To his credit, they were pretty much alone for the entire journey and the few people they did come across barely noticed them over their own attempts to find out what was happening.
At last, they ended up at the hangars. They were a lot busier than the hallways they had taken so far, but again, nobody seemed to pay attention to the two students marching straight towards one of the shuttles. 'As long as it looks like you know what you're doing, you're basically invisible.' One of their instructors had claimed at one point. Apparently, that was right (the relative darkness helped as well). Igor simply connected his 'pad with the shuttle, pressed a few buttons and the hatch opened up.
"Come on, inside first, answers a bit later." He stepped in, threw his backpack to the side and headed straight for the cockpit. "And close the door once you're in!"
Suddenly the hangar got a lot more hectic. They must have noticed the flight preparations or something. Someone came running at her, telling her to stop whatever she was doing and get out of the shuttle. She couldn't really see who it was, but it didn't matter. With a bit more force than neccessary, she hit the control panel to seal the doors, turned away and headed for the cockpit too. Kartha set her bag down with a bit more care than Igor had shown his own.
If there was a way to describe what was going on in the cockpit, it was 'organized chaos'. As soon as she had closed to door, Igor had been shouting at his robot and now she could see why. He was a blur of motion; his head snapping to the various displays seemingly at random, he flicked switches, pushed buttons and pulled levers (partially without even looking) and throughout all that he was all but yelling at Sasha who zipped around to all the places Igor couldn't physically reach. "Sit down and strap in!" He snapped at her at some point during all of it - she wouldn't admit to losing track of time just watching him work.
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As soon as his companion was even close to properly seated, Igor engaged the engines with a quiet "I hope this works" on his lips. Sure enough, their shuttle shot forwards, out towards freedom. Noone stopped them, and how would they? The blackout effectively cut all communication outwards, and they were moving too fast to be effectively stopped by any kind of handheld anti air weapons.
"Alright..... course is already set.... off we go." Were the first words Igor said since takeoff. Kartha had been quiet as well, but where he had been focused on flying them away from the planet, she had needed time to process everything that had happened including the fact that she had actually done it. She had left the academy. It wasn't until they actually made the jump that she regained her wits.
"So... where are we going?" She asked at last, once Igor had relaxed a bit. It was a good question, he had never said anything about that after all.
"Oh, right, answers... We're headed towards Earth, but after that we can go wherever we want." Wherever they wanted, huh...? "Oh, and about what exactly went down at the academy: I'm sure you know that we have a backup power generator in case anything happens, yes? It gets tested every month to make sure the system works without any problems. For that, the central computer turns on the generator and then switches the entire power grid over to it. Usually, that happens in the middle of the night so nobody even notices if something goes wrong. I managed to get into the computer and trigger that cycle manually. Usually, something like that wouldn't do anything since the generator obviously works, however....." He paused to catch his breath, it was a lengthy explanation after all. "However this time there was nobody to oversee the whole process so if someone were to take out the generator shortly after the power grid switches over to it.... everything would stop working. That was the explosion you heard. I set up a little device to detect when the central computer no longer draws outside power as the fuse. It was only a small explosive, enough to destroy the generator, but not much else. That's why the power went out. ....I also deleted our files, so we're truly free to go wherever we like."
"Okay.... I.... think I'll just go and lie down in the back...." It was a lot to take in at once .... also it was getting rather late, so Kartha unstrapped herself and turned to leave the cramped cockpit.
"Got it, I'll keep an eye on everything over here." Igor got up as well and quickly kissed her on the lips before she could leave. "Good night, Kartha."
"Good Night Igor." Kartha quickly left the room, a bright blush burning on her face. It would take a long time before she could finally fall asleep.
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So, here I am again. Sorry it took so long, but I tend to have the problem that while I know what I want to happen, I simply don't like the words I find for it. Anyway, I will be back soon^tm with Chapter 14: Answers.

I've actually used portrait mode, and shockingly, I've gotten some decent footage when used sparingly; but it's so limited in options, it's unusable for any actual projects. This sucks because in some ways the results are better than the iPhone.
All I want is a 24p option, the ability to separate focus and exposure points, and maybe a higher bitrate option. Basically everything the iPhone cinema mode has. Hardware-wise it's totally doable. I just wonder why samsung just kind of dumped it on the phone and left it be. It could be a selling point to people who like to shoot cinematic style casually. Is there maybe limited appeal for this mode? Maybe they did polls and found most people don't use it. Idk. I might be on an island with this one.

I'd like to find somebody thoughtful, someone who isn't superficial. Somebody who appreciates the rich vastness of our shared multicultural past, and freely follows her curiosity in exploring it. Somebody who is trying her best to adhere to the guidance of her inner moral compass, and isn't so easily fooled by the distractions and illusions of the world.
One such illusion, that must immediately be mentioned (this is important, because it's led to a break for me, in the past): religion. Religion is man-made, and not of any higher authority. The Bible and the Quran all permit slavery—in addition to countless other horrid and divisive ideas—while claiming to be eternal wisdom, and that is indefensible. I still like to believe in the idea of some permeating higher morality, that imbues us with our general sense for justice, fairness, and empathy...but, I know that without outright proof, even my holding of such a notion can be deemed a flight of fancy, a residual remnant of a system so entrenched. However, it seems to me that life is often more than just what's on the surface. Um, but now, then—back to the person I wish to know...
I'd also love it if she were artistic. Singing, sketching, painting, writing, composing, creating. Someone who is trying to nurture their talents and passions. I know it can be difficult...
As for me, well... I adore music. Mostly voices from the past (the 1960s would have to be my favorite), because I find them to be humbler and more from the heart, at least in popular music. I’ll just give an example of something I’ve looked into, and this is nowhere near representative of my wider taste, but if you go back to early 1920s country music... (Here's an aside: a lot of what people think of as "country" today is a long cry from what the genre is actually like, historically. If you are into folk music—Woody Guthrie, Pete Seeger, Bob Dylan—it is indelibly linked to "country", and if you'd like a popular example of a song that originated within the genre, look no further than the universally recognized "You Are My Sunshine", from 1939!)
Anyway. If you go back to that early period, where undiscovered niches of music were still sought out and first put to tape... a lot of those artists had no idea about anything to do with recording—no ego, no attempt to sound "cool". What came through instead was a bare expression of the life that had been lived—the inner beauty of their own personhood, and I love hearing that. It's so honest. A vulnerable and piercing expression.
So if you're into history or the beautiful music of decades (and centuries) past, if you have any aspirations for creating as a method of changing the world for the better, if you'd like to play games and watch movies together, if you'd like an accountability partner—or all of the above...please message me. I don't mind the chat function, either—in fact, it's probably easier. Also, to get this out of the way: this is what I look like.
I love beautiful things. Nature, music that tugs at your heartstrings or is so honest you're enraptured, experiences that heal. More specifically, here are some of my current interests:

• music (singing/playing an instrument/the Beach Boys are my favorite group—I also love Maybelle Carter, Cass Elliot, Pink Floyd, Lana Del Rey, The Cranberries, Sixpence None The Richer, loads of video game music, The Smiths, The Beatles, The Who, Frankie Valli and the Four Seasons, Harry Nilsson, Joni Mitchell, The Righteous Brothers, Judy Garland, Sam Cooke, Frank Churchill, Marty O'Donnell and Michael Salvatori... Here’s a brief go at the Beatles’ “Julia”.) And, if you liked that—a more recent one…
• drawing—here are a few I've done.
• video games (any era from Atari—I like exploring the history and evolution—to the Switch and PS4) [Currently playing, or starting: The Binding of Isaac, Catherine]
• Disney, especially the Golden Age and Renaissance—Pinocchio (my favorite movie ever), Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs, Aladdin, The Lion King, Tarzan. I love how handmade the early films look. And yet, how no expense was spared in creating these most precious and moving works of art.
• films/series/books I've enjoyed lately: The Sound of Magic, The Little Prince, Matilda, Love Hard, The Fundamentals of Caring, This Beautiful Fantastic, Donnie Darko, Alamut by Vladimir Bartol (this book was a key inspiration for the first Assassin's Creed), The Trial of the Chicago 7, Medici: The Magnificent, Pollyanna by Eleanor Porter, Judy

To close... I suppose I should say I've been afflicted with long-COVID for over two years. It'd be very nice to keep each other company, especially if we share any of the interests up above—we could watch favorite films, have shared listening sessions on Spotify, and it'd be a godsend to find somebody up to play on PS4 and Switch! Donkey Kong Country 2 and 3 on the secret hard modes, maybe? Or sculpting our own world from scratch in Minecraft? Or maybe we could act out Ocarina of Time's storyline using all the options available on Smash Ultimate!
I'd really like to know an intelligent person with a unique identity...who puts forth effort—though at the same time, no pressure on reaching out. If you are this type of person, but can currently only muster up a few words because, hey! Life is tough, and grueling, and we don't always have a ready-made letter in us to flip out of our pockets—don't be scared away by my tower of words. I absolutely know, firsthand, what it's like to want to communicate, yet not currently have the energy or the mindpower for it. Life can really sink you... I promise I will not judge. Please send me a chat message, if you're at all interested in chatting.

Just putting major interests down, in hopes of connecting with somebody similar. I love to sing and play music, primarily from the sixties, but anything lovely and meaningful will do. The era best exemplifies the open-heartedness I wish more people would embrace. Though, I know how tough it can be. To trust, and have it trodden on and torn apart. But, I know it doesn’t mean there aren’t better people in the world. Here’s a song recorded just for anyone reading my post.
My favorite show I’ve seen this year is The Sound of Magic. Its soundtrack is incredibly beautiful in that lush, dreamlike vein that all the original Disney films were made in—Pinocchio, Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs. I love the medium of games, from its primitive origins in titles like Breakout and Defender, to Yoshi’s Island and Ocarina of Time, all the way up to the present-day. It’d be nice to come across somebody who shares any of these things in common. It’d be especially nice to play games with somebody, whether on Switch or PS4! And, of course, anything you would like to share with me, that hopefully has the same spirit, would be more than welcome! Anyway, thanks for reading… Hope it reaches somebody, out there.

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I was just informed by my landlords that their insurance company is coming over to conduct a home inspection tomorrow morning at 10am PST. I live in BC, so hopefully my fellow Canadians can help me out here.
I live in a 2 bedroom(one is technically a sun room that my roommate is using as their bedroom) basement suite(even though it's on ground level) and my roommate and I have been living here for 5 years. We've always known that my landlords want to sell the property, but this is the first time we've had an inspection since my roommate and I moved in.
My landlords own multiple lots(we live on a small farm), but the only thing my landlords asked us to do is clean up our suite and make it look presentable. We were told just to focus on the suite.
A few things to note is that I own a cat and my roommate has a small dog. I also have a brick fireplace in my bedroom.
I'm here to ask what I need to do to get the suite ready as possible. I've been fighting Major depressive disorder, so I've neglected to clean my bedroom as often as I should. So my room looks like a total mess. Fortunately the rest of the suite isn't in too bad of a shape, so my roommate and I agreed that I focus on my bedroom and they'll tidy up the rest of the house. I have 17h and 46 minutes to make this place to okay and I am trying not to panic. Usually my landlords give us several days notice when things are happening. What do need to focus on?

Is anyone also in need of company through the rough waters of life? Four favorites of mine are the Beach Boys, The Sound of Magic, The Little Prince, and the *Banjo-Kazooie series. Just putting major interests down, in hopes of connecting with somebody similar. I love to sing and play music, primarily from the sixties, but anything lovely and meaningful will do. The era best exemplifies the open-heartedness I wish more people would embrace. Though, I know how tough it can be. To trust, and have it trodden on and torn apart. But, I know it doesn’t mean there aren’t better people in the world. Here’s a song recorded just for anyone reading my post.
My favorite show I’ve seen this year is The Sound of Magic. Its soundtrack is incredibly beautiful in that lush, dreamlike vein that all the original Disney films were made in—Pinocchio, Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs. I love the medium of games, from its primitive origins in titles like Breakout and Defender, to Yoshi’s Island and Ocarina of Time, all the way up to the present-day. It’d be nice to come across somebody who shares any of these things in common. It’d be especially nice to play games with somebody, whether on Switch or PS4! And, of course, anything you would like to share with me, that hopefully has the same spirit, would be more than welcome! Anyway, thanks for reading… Hope it reaches somebody, out there.

Im 23 and have been “gay” since I was 19. By that I mean I lost my virginity to a man then, dated one seriously for a while but haven’t really tried dating over the past year while I focused on finishing school. Anyway, I don’t actually consider myself gay but actually bi or pan, I was really awkward and not that attractive in high school so no girls were really that into me. When I came to terms with my same sex attractions I found that dating men required less… confidence and putting myself out there I guess. It’s a little easier for men to approach you and all. I’ve built up confidence and self assuredness over the past few years tho. Lately I have a stronger desire to be with a woman, or at least try that out. But for all intents and purposes I’m “gay” in so far as my romantic and sexual history is concerned. I’ve done a little fooling around with girls before but no sex. Is this possible for me, how should I approach trying to date women? Should I tell them all of this and how? I am overall pretty “straight-passing” so I know women are attracted to me and usually assume I’m totally straight. Sex, of course, is something that stresses me quite a bit.
TLDR; how could a “gay” guy try to start dating women? This is all mainly directed at women btw.