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httpfrontpagemagcom2012jamieglazovamericanmuslimsstonechristiansindearbornmichiganMy stepdad posted this on his FB and I wont even reply to it until I know more about it Its clear that hes bigoted and its come from hanging out with a guy whose antiObama ire bleeds into racism Its kinda hard for me to hold rational conversations with them when I come over for Christmas My mother was raised by racists and managed to teach me how to avoid becoming one myselfbut bleh thats another storyHow do I counter this
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Herehttpwwwfreepcomarticle20120616NEWS05120616015ChristianmissionarieswithpigsheadtauntArabAmericansatDearbornfestival is a local article about it Essentially some guys go to these festivals with the express goal of invoking hostilities And they succeeded in some small way they at least got some kids riled upI would call this false simply because throwing water bottles and trash clearly doesnt constitute a stoning in the way most people understand that wordEdit another fairly indepth article about this sort of thing in Dearborn in general is herehttpwwwtheatlanticcitiescomneighborhoods201209dearbornwhereamericanscomehatemuslims3360 It mentions this specific incident partway through Man Ive been to a lot of rightwing sites but of the semiprofessionally formatted sites ie they look like they belong to a legit group full of serious realitybased people FrontPage is one of the worst Judging by jeff303s post a good way to approach the topic is drawing a parallel to the Westboro Baptist ChurchThey go to sites with the express intent to provoke a confrontation and they shout the most offensive things they can Sometimes some idiot will throw shit at them Westboro Baptists are within their rights and they shouldnt be physically attacked but in a way you must sympathize with the people throwing stuff even as you disagree with themThe biggest difference for your father is that here its muslim children throwing trash with the Westboro Baptist Church its patriotic people defending the US or the military
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I had read that apparently quiero can mean both want and love so I just asked a coworker whose family is from south america how do you say I like your shirt She responds Me gusto tu camisaI say wait doesnt gusto mean good because muy gusto means very goodvery excitedshe writes backMe da gusto de verte Im happy to see youMe gusto la comida I liked the foodthis seems very confusing that one word can be used in at least 3 different contexts to mean roughly similar but not the exact same thingIm also admittedly still trying to figure out howwhy por is used to modify so many different things that dont seem to be modified in the same contextpor favor pleasepor la ventana through the windowpor que what forporque becausethats pretty confusing
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I dont really understand what your askingWhat youre pointing out here are just a properties of languages English does the same thing in both cases all of the timeFor example The English word to know In Spanish there are 2 different words conocer and saber Both of these mean to know something but they have different implicationsThe problem is that English doesnt make a distinction between the two forms of knowing something So for a Spanish person learning English they would have the same problem you are saying while trying to learn the word know They would askgt how can 1 word have different but similar meaningsAs for your other question about por just know that it is a preposition and prepositions are completely colloquial concepts For exampleI get on the planeYou know what I am saying but I am not getting on the plane I am getting in the plane Getting on the plane would be physically on top of it and I wouldnt last very long during the flight But no one says I get in the plane it is just the choice of prepositionSo in most of the examples you gave you could be sort of correct by replacing por with by means of they just sound strange because they arent what people say in Englishpor favor gt by means of a favor or as a favor ie pleasepor la ventana gt by means of the windowAlso your last one porque so is because be cause The idea is similar but it isnt exact so just ignore the last one
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Why KVM Can I use VirtualBoxI chose KVM because it is a completely FOSS Linux virtualization technology that is included with the default CentOS repository I also chose it because it is what you will most often see other than VMWare ESX as a system administrator and it is something very good to learn Later we will have some videos covering administration of KVM via the command lineNow if your machine cannot do KVM or you are more comfortable with VirtualBox or really any reason whatsoever you can absolutely use VirtualBox The only thing you will miss out on are the KVM lessonsWhy are we using virtualization at allAs a system administrator you will log into remote servers and manage them We will be setting up a few VMs and a network that will basically be a network environment youd work in We will manage the VMs as if they are remote servers We will be writing scripts that do administration of our VMs via ssh a way of logging into remote servers as if these are remote servers Basically this isnt just about learning Linux on your computer we also want to learn it as if we are managing servers in a network environment As well were going to be in a mixed environment multiple platforms BSD Solaris a few distros of Linux thus we need VMs unless you have a bunch of physical systems and want to power themThe Dualboot guide is hard Any easier way to do thisTotally understand this sentiment It sucks before we can start the tutorials and learn this stuff we unfortunately have to get our environment set up and this requires knowledge that we have not yet learned Its a real catch22 So AwkwardDev posted this linkhttpwwwtechotopiacomindexphpInstallingCentOSwithWindowsinDualBootEnvironment in the IRC channel which is a guide that allows you to do the partitioning from within Windows is a lot easier and theres a lot less chance of actually messing anything upHow much space should I use for my Linux partitionHonestly 100GB would be nice but I know that not everyone has that much space If youre short on space go with whatever you can really You may not be able to have a lot of different VMs but we will figure that out later down the road It will be a very small inconvenience if you do not have that much space but not a problem at all reallyCan I just use the CentOS minimal iso to install CentOS on my physical machineNo I am making a video on getting setup if you decide to do that but be warned that the minimal iso is not the same as Minimal Desktop from the dvd installer The minimal ISO will not install a desktop environment ie no GUI and you will be stuck configuring everything from the command lineHow big should I make each partitionLets say you have 100GB and you have 18GB of RAM Make the boot partition 200MB the partition 98GB and the swap partition 2GB Lets say you have 100GB and you have more than 8GB of RAM Make the boot partition 200MB and use the rest of your space can be used for the partitionI will add more things here as I yield more questions
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Hi AvantgardenHappy cake dayI have a question for you about setup Im planning to work off of my Windows laptop for this class and was going to just install CentOS in VirtualBox under Windows Is that going to work for this class Im a bit confused about the KVM part because it seems like youre using various versions of Linux as the basehost system and offering an option to setup Virtualbox in the host Linux OS Do I have that correct I guess my question is if I setup CentOS in a Windows host VirtualBox instance can I create the KVMs inside the virtualized CentOS or will that not work on an already virtualized host OS I may be able to setup a dualboot with Linux on an older HP that I have here but I doubt it supports hardware virtualization either Would there be any advantage to that setup over using the WindowsVirtualBoxMy current Windows laptop is a dualcore processor with 4 GB of RAM I dont have 100 GB to devote to my VM but I can probably get 50 or 60 Or does it make more sense to spend 5 a month to get a basic VPS to work from Thanks
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This past week my daughter has had Gastroenteritis she then passed it on to the whole family and I have had to look after her whilst being extremely sick My mum is looking after her tonight and tomorrow so I was wondering what to do with my resting time What do you normally do when you have time to yourself
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Have a nice long bath shower with nice smelling things Shave if I feel like it moisturise all over lie around in a dressing gown with a pot of loose leaf tea and a book I hope you and your family all feel better soon and that you have a nice relaxing time whatever you do
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Here in the UK DXM is always found as the HBr Salt as a fine white powdersmall crystals sold by RC vendors The only other form I have come across is as pills mixed with PMMA or some equally shitty ecstasy substitute shakes fistIm well aware that cough syrups containing ONLY DXM are very rare over here compared to the US but it does seem somewhat unusual that you never hear of anyone especially amongst experienced psychedelicdissociative users using the powder form when it is as easily accessible as any other research chemicalWhat do you think Do you see DXM as a last resort drug for people who dont have access to anything else Is it just not popular enough outside of the UK for RC vendors to stock Seems unlikely Is there a legal reason that means DXM unlike other RCs cannot be sold without a license even not for human consumption How popular is DXM in other countries and in what form
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I dont know about always Ive seen it a couple of times in the UK and it was more expensive than the one time I saw it on a US site
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Im moving to Manchester at the beginning of January most likely for a year in order to spend some more time with my grandparentsI was wondering how easy it was to find work Im 21f just finished my Bachelor of Science in biologygenetics and have a lot of hospitality experience in cafesrestaurants Are there any job websites anyone recommends For either a science based job or for a more casual hospo oneAlso I have a lot of family in the city but they are all elderly Is there anywhere I can go where Im more likely to meet people who are closer to my age Im quite a sociable person and I think the initial lack of friends may be an issue for meThanks for any advice or tips
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Check out Madlab in the Northern Quarter You might be interested in the DIY BIO projects httpdiybiomadlaborguk good place to meet some interesting people and start building up your social circle areas to consider where younger people live fallowfieldrusholmewithington students chorltondidsbury exstudentsedit also town is quite popular as well if you can handle flats Usually the advice to meet new people is to find a hobby group of some sort Something Ive been meaning to do for a while For me it was join one of the climbing clubs and start learning to snowboard at the Chillfactor Theres plenty to do though whatever it is you might want to get into Might be that there will be a meet up again soon too wouldnt be surprised if one took place just after the new yearAs for work well Ive not had to look for a while so Im not too good on that one I suppose checking the hospitals directly might be a good idea Theres a fair few in the area to look at Im not too sure about science based jobs but if youre looking for something more casual in an admin role then you could try applying to the jobs pool at the MRI Manchester Royal Infirmary I have a friend who did that and worked in the Research office and later the Eye hospital for a few days a week For science jobs the University of Manchesterhttpwwwmanchesteracukaboutusjobs is a big employer and you can probably find something on the uni website But there will be a large number of other job types too if youre looking in other areas Failing that try wwwjobsacukhttpwwwjobsacuk that tends to specialise in academia jobs but also techy roles as well and will let you search available positions at nearby Salford too New Scientisthttpwwwnewscientistcom is also good site for job searchingThere are numerous other small science companies based in and around Manchester I work for one of these little companies So google some of the local companies and check their websites too as they might advertise there Someone else suggested Astra Zeneca but theyve done a lot of job redundancies lately so Id be a bit unsure of applying to work there at the moment though they are meant to be a good company to work for
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I heard my 13 week old stirring a bit this morning But it isnt unusual for him to fall bak asleep So I laid in bed and listened drifting in and out of sleep Until he began oughing I instantly shot up to find him face down in his crib struggling to breathe I am not going back to sleep this morning and I am NEVER swaddling again Does anyone have any advice on quitting cold turkey He cant even sleep in his tight little swing if his hands are free always sticking them in his face He has always been a good crib sleeper but now I havent a clue Fortunately I have sleep sacks to keep him warm but it looks like neither of us are going to sleep well for at least a few days Keep a close eye on your swaddled babies Rolling or not As I mentioned I didnt think he could roll until now
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So I only swaddled for a bit because I got lazy about rewrapping him after the first week and he seemed comfy enough without it Then he started having some issues and was flailing his arms in his sleep so I tried a swaddle me pod or whatever those things with the velcro but he was freaking out so badly that I just gave them up Said all this so youd know where Im coming fromAnyway he still flails his arms sometimes when hes falling asleep I have him next to the bed in a cosleeper bassinet so when hes more active I use my hands on him in varying degrees to soothe him The first level is a hand on his chest next is gently holding one arm onto his chest third is both arms fourth is both arms while trying to get him to take a pacifier usually means Im in for a rough night when I get here Once he starts passing out I slooowly back down in my degrees of restraint increasing them again if he starts waking up letting him go as he relaxes until I can sneak my hand away He usually just needs the hand on the chest if he needs anything now I never assigned them levels before ha Trying this as a transition from swaddling might help in the short term as Im sure you dont want to stand next to the crib constantly Im so sorry this happened I would be so so scared In the hospital he turned on his side the first day while swaddled and I was scared of him turning over too I used to wedge receiving blankets under his sides to keep him still Come to think of it it was more than just laziness that stopped me I was worried about him rolling over too Parenting is awfully frightening sometimes Good luck getting your bean to sleep
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Now of course they could have but we never witnessed it but thats kind of flimsy Just something a friend and I were stuck in an argument about and we couldnt come to an agreement Thanks
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I presume that lightning was a known technique just probably never illustrated by the Avatars in the series For Metalbending given that Toph is supposed to have been the first one to have discovered such they wouldnt have been able to technically learn it The question then would be why did they never discover it because they were supposed to be some of the most powerful bendersMy general answer for that would be that they had to become masters of the elements from others and as such their skills would be somewhat limited within reason of course by how much they could do just by learningFrom the quick research I did the advanced techniques blood bending metal bending and presumably lightning bending are not really learned unless the person is a master of that element It would have to be taught to the Avatar and in such if the person teaching the Avatar that particular element doesnt know how to do it the Avatar themselves cant really just figure it out and do it especially on the element that is a direct opposite to their native element It is likely that previous avatars DO know how to perform different advanced bending just not the recently discovered ones like Blood and and metal Ice Bending seems to of become a pretty common technique between water benders at the time of Aang Same thing for sand bending I am sure several avatars who spent enough time near sand would of developed it It did seem pretty common Plant bending via water bending could of been used But that may be a swamp people thing Lightning is a little bit different based on the description from Iroh it is very difficult to create as you are essentially creating an inbalance The avatar is all about balance so it may be nearly impossible for the avatar to generate lightning without radically changing their mindset The reason the Avatar has such an easy time learning bending is because in their past lives they had already become masters of itFor example none of the past Avatars had become metalbenders Therefore for Aang to learn to Metalbend he must first naturally become as talented at earthbending as toph was gtThis is kind of false as we see in TLOK that lots of people can metalbend But as with lightning that doesnt make sense anyway I operate under the assumption that because the Avatar has the ability to bend all 4 elements then through some onlyabletopossesssomuchpoweratonce thing they cant learn the next level of bending It kinda relies a little on tenpaiyomis comment too You have to be born with the ability to learn it but instead the avatar is born with the ability to learn to bend 3 extra elements My thoughts are that the Avatar has to master 4 elements rather than just one and as with Roku that usually takes quite a large chunk of time They probably wouldnt be able to do much as the Avatar if they spent even more time learning advanced bending techniquesOther possible reasons are to do with who actually KNEW the advanced forms of bending As Tenpaiyomi said previously metal and blood bending were seen to have been invented by the people we saw using them in the show and as such the only avatars who would have the chance would be Aang and Korra Aang may have done but we havent seen it and Korra is probably too young to doing that quite yet if she does eventually do itAs for Lightningbending I was under the impression that it was essentially a technique kept by the Fire Nation royal family so it would be unlikely for the Avatar to have a chance to learn it No idea if that has any truth to it though Well lets take a look at the different forms of advanced bending on a case by case basisLightning We know that Iroh was the one to first bring about this form of bending by looking at water bending and taking elements from its form and incorporating it into fire bending As such the only people with access to it are those he taught it to Now we also know that he established a way to redirect it which was essentially a single form taught to Zuko who in turn taught it to Aang In LoK we see that it has become a lot more common however with that being said you can also not that the individuals using that form of bending do not take as long to focus that lightning from the sky They can essentially just shoot it out on command Personally I think that is because their lightning isnt quite as powerful In TLA lightning was though of to be essentially a kill move If you get hit by it you die Which was why it was so imperative that you redirect it In LoK it doesnt seem to be the case as seen by characters taking shots of lightning and shrugging it offIn the Avatars case we know that only Aang and Korra have been alive during the era of Lightning bending With that being said Aang would probably have not learned this technique as he was against using any form of bending that would kill his enemy Its pretty hard to use the first forms of lightning bending in a nonlethal mannerBlood Bending Well its clear that only a select few can use this technique and that they have to be masters of water bending The original blood bender discovered the technique out of desperation This was also the case with Katara who had to use it to stop her from killing her friends Again I dont think Aang would ever try to learn this techniqueMetal Bending Similar to water bending only a select few have the ability to learn this technique This is shown in the comic that came out after TLA ended where Toph used her metal arm band to find individuals who had the skill Aang may have been able to learn it over time however we are not aware of him doing so Out of all the forms of bending Ive gone over so far I think this would be the most likely form he would consider usingOutside of the above 3 you can look at plant bending from the swamp benders sand bending the blue fire bending from Azula All these forms of bending require some form of specialty and an immense amount of practice As such the Avatar who is to be a master of all 4 elements would have to spend long amounts of time on each one Ultimately I would say that an avatar would be able to learn these techniques if they were absolutely necessary in dealing with potential threats Otherwise I think they would focus on mastering the main components of bending
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Hi everyone I made a new mod called Balanced New Spells which is the result of countless hours of hard work and playtesting This mod adds a little more variety to Skyrim spellcasting while keeping everything balanced I could really use your feedback to make it even better Get it here httpsteamcommunitycomsharedfilesfiledetailsid108754139 or httpskyrimnexusmodscommods27202
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Thank you so much for putting spell descriptions in text as an Xbox player who follows and takes a great interest in mods I hate it when I see awesome looking spell packs but havent the faintest idea what they contain because of an utter lack of description by the author My suggestion would be to improve formating of the description on nexus page Look at the bigger and more successful mods for ideas Sorry I cant review it and play it myself I am currently with a buggy computer hence posting via phone but looking at the description and pics I can say this is one of the few mods I would get if I get my PC running again Good luck Ill give you a upvote here on reddit and a like on steam
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Ive got GA tickets and I want to be in like the front cluster Maybe not necessarily the front row but within the front three or four rows How early should I line up Would 12 be sufficient
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Midday would be sufficient if you want front row Im seated though cause Im a short buggerAlso fuck waiting in line for 7 hours haha Hmm Im wondering about that as well I guess it depends on how many massive Radiohead fans we have in NZ I have to work tomorrow so cant get there much before 6 unfortunately But meh first time since 1998 DMSR
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All through out highschool late 2000s I had heard of DnD but knew very little about it and even less about RPG gaming at large No one I knew played it until I got to college There I met another guy who DMed a group and after I got to know him I asked if I could join them So one week in 2008 I went with him to play DnD for the first time ever I was so excited I felt like I had been waiting years for this chance because I had They played 4e and were at about 4th level I think I didnt know anything about 4e so instead of making my own character I took over a warlock that was following them around named WilliamWilliam was an autogenerated character from the character builder so he wasnt all that great In fact he was terrible but to me he was awesome While everyone was preparing and talking before the game I looked over Williams sheet and grilled the guy next to me about what all these numbers and words meant what the hell is arcana anyway Ive never seen that word All I knew beforehand was that a warlock is a magic user like a wizard or something In a few minutes I learned that I traded my soul to the devil for power I can teleport and I can shoot something Eldritch Blast SweetSorry I dont remember much about the story of our first session but Ill do my best Apparently we had just made port in some city in a series of islands in the southern portion of our world As I recall we were on our way to the mainland and our ship stopped here to resupply We disembarked and headed for the nearest tavern We went inside to have a drink but the bartender apparently had a problem with large wild animals in his bar so the ranger had to leave her bear companion outside Im totally new to this freestyle form of gaming so I just follow everyone elses lead The rest of the party hung out around the bar for a while I guess they scoped out the clientele and talked to the bartender the usual adventuringpartyinatavern procedure A barmaid went around the room offering everyone blueberry muffins The other players turned them down with a chuckle so I declined as well I would find out why in a later session I dont thing we found anything interesting in the bar though so we decided to leave Just then we heard the rangers bear making a commotion outsideWe rush out onto the street in time to see several guys who looked like pirates running down the street towards us and the docks They had frightened looks on there faces and their shirts and pockets were stuffed with as much gold and jewels as they could possibly carry Behind them was a group of guards giving chase The guards saw us decked out with weapons and armor and shouted Stop them Theyre thieves getting awayWe discussed for a while whether we should stop them and get involved or be on our merry way to find another quest The general consensus was that we should go ahead and stop the pirates and probably get rewarded for it Then I had an idea Why dont we stop the guards Then we can head down to the docks and join the pirates As pirates we would probably make more money than some token reward for stopping some thieves and have endless awesome adventures in the process This became the popular optionThe pirates run right by us and we attack the guards This is risky because were already outnumbered and if more guards show up we could be arrested I dont care though because all of this is the coolest thing ever The rangers bear starts biting one of the guards and she jumps up onto a fruit cart to engage another There is a general melee in the street while I run down a side alley to get some distance I previously said that William is terrible I know this because I never once hit a guard with my attacks Once I rolled a 1 and we ruled that my shot went wide and hit a pigeon flying by just so we could say that I hit something Eventually one of the guards took notice of me and chased me down the alley When he caught up he grabbed me and I couldnt overpower him Luckily I figured that if I teleport I could break his hold I was correct and ported to ten feet behind him I directed another Eldritch Blast at his back still missed By this time the rest of the guards had been defeated and the barbarian moved to assist me My opponent tried to run away down another alley I didnt try to blast him because I figured I would miss but I had another idea I asked the DM if I could melee him He asked if I had any melee weapons and he decided to let me use my rod implement as a simple club When the barbarian arrived I had him throw me at the guard Right behind him I teleported the last ten feet to surprise him whipped around and clotheslined him with the rod Knocked him out William might have totally sucked but that fight was so exhilarating and it forced me to think outside the box Something I never experienced in any video gameSoon more guards showed up and we had to run We had to find creative ways to use our skills to get to the docks before getting caught Then we got to the pirates ship and the thieves we saved vouched for us and let us aboard The ship left the docks and that was the end of the session Since then I knew that the complete freedom of creativity in RPGs was the thing for me there was no turning back I still play video games but the good ol tabletop is my real passionTLDR Played a poorly build warlock that couldnt hit anything Saved some pirates from some city guards Became a pirate Still had fun even though my character sucked Sorry that was kind of longwinded
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It was 1983 and I had just joined the DampD club in my Jr High I played a HalfElf Warrior Mage I had read the Lord of the Rings so I knew what elves were and I knew vaguely what a Mage was but I had no clue what a Bugbear was or why it wanted to kill me I used my one spell Magic Missile and injured him but he was very much alive and now very angry with me A quick scan of my character sheet showed that I have a shield a sword and a morning star I leapt into actionMe I ready my Morning starDM Ok The Bugbear slashes at you with his pole arm rolls dice Your shield deflects the blowMe I throw my Morning star at himDM You Throw itMe YesDM OK rolls dice Wow you hit You actually hit And hes deadThe feeling of success was overwhelming My 1st combat and I succeeded And I got to use my Ninja Morning Star Yeah then I was given the homework assignment of learning what my weapons armour and gear actually were No more throwing of spiked maces for me Your pirate adventure for your first ever RPG is awesome and I am very glad it worked out so well for you I wish I could remember my first time it was a lot longer ago than 2008 Ive just turned 50 and I started playing ADampD when it was still just DampD back when I was in middle schooljust starting high school earlymid 70s We were all super eager and couldnt wait to get our hands on these books that were coming out soon ADampD We picked them up as they came outWhat this boils down to here is that I cant remember my first ever RPG session I only remember that awful as we were when we were all just starting to do this new RPG stuff it was awesome enough that even now when I dont have any friends except my children I still eagerly read any and all the new RPG stuff when I can Hey Pathfinder came out approx 30 years after I first started DampD but I still wish I could play it The first session I remember was from when I was around 7 My brother and I played ADampD using our dads old collection of books I made a halfelf cleric my standard for half a decade and set out on my first adventureI lost close combat to a couple of goblins who beat me unconscious and then cooked and ate meMy brother is a very unforgiving DM A dwarven Paladin in a city of elves I didnt know any better I pissed off a bar tender because i wasnt happy with the slop he gave me and the dirty looks I got arrested and thrown into a magical prison by the archmage I apologized profusely and explained the situation The archmage took my weapon but gave it back later along with a 1 bag of holding saying i can have it if i never come to his city again I put my gold and stuff in the bag for the night and when i reached in to get it it started eating me It was in fact a bag of devouring which looks like a bag of holding i died in that bag I died in the first minuteIt was middle school Id made a friend who liked nerdy things too and he invited me to the DampD game that he and his friends played The DM partitioned off the friend to teach me how to make a character I made a mage because I decided that magic was awesome and because the group didnt have one and told me to be itThe group was level 16 The DM told me I had to start from level 1So he lay out the scene We were in a forest clearing and there was a lake nearby Deciding that I should jump feetfirst into this thing I declared I jump into the lakeThe lake is made of acid You take 7 points of damageI only have 4 hit pointsThen youre dead Youll have to make a new characterSo it turns out that my DM was an enormous prick Unfortunately as a socially inept geek who had spent most of his life literally alone I saw somebody that was accepted by the group and figured that was just the way things went Ive always been obnoxious and hard to like so I took what acceptance I could get even if it was just bare toleranceThus began a long string of character deaths that led into my Freshman year of college I think I made it through 2 gaming sessions with my character intact And not for stupid actions I had an Elven archer with a wild psionic talent for Running We were camping in a cave so I decided to scout it out Of course I ran across some giant centipedes I decided to run back to camp Of course the centipedes were faster than my totally mobilitybased character and of course they killed me in one round while nobody in my group lifted a finger to helpA cleric of mine peeked his head into a doorway to see what was around the corner and got it lopped off by a demon and my DM pretended that cover bonuses didnt existOn the bright side I learned the mechanics of character building better than anyone there I was a wizard level one I had no ideaI sought out a familiar a cat named Hand Banana Then my group found their way into an ancient temple A chasm presented itself We made a small makeshift bridge When it was my turn to go I rolled badly three times in a row I fell off caught the ledge and then fell from that I died as did Hand BananaMy group only lamented for Hand Banana and I was forgotten When I was a kid I found the First Quest boxset around my Dads roommates house I was obsessed over it the funny shaped dice all the numbers the maps even that really badly acted CD I couldnt take it home with me so I had to rope my Dad and his two room mates in to play it Dad being DMBare in mind I was like eight and my Dad and his roommates would have been around 30ish at the time So we tried out the first adventure In hindsight it was obvious they werent into it but I was an asocial geek back thenAnyway weve just to say entered the first room of the dungeon On the drawn map theres a stove in the corner I say Ill go over to investigate Upon opening to grate my Dad then said a huge jet of flame shoots out and instantly kills every member of the party He then proceeded to send me to bedI wouldnt have minded but we didnt even get a saving throw the only thing i really remeber about my first sesion was that i utterly suprised my DM and derailed the plot by actually roleplaying really wellbasicly my charcter was the only one able to indentify a guy we meet pretty early as part of a group of evil wizards he had expected that on this knoledge id attack him on sight causing a disturbance and maybe even turn the party slightly against meinstead i acted like i had no idea who he was and tried to find out why the fuck he was where he werei knew they rarely left their own areas much less by them selves It was a modified Unknown Armies game where each of us were taken from different realities for a reason that I forgotMy character was basically a grey alien I also managed to meet a parallel version of myself in one of the universes we went to with a few additions I wore high heels and when I went to sleep I put them in my neck theyd slowly slide down my body until they got to my feet at which point Id wake up again One of my internal organs was a cat which I vomited out at one point cant remember why I did that and one of my abilities was levitation however my ability to successfully do that despite have 50 in the skill was bad and it became a running joke that I always hit a tree trees began to spontaneously exist in universes where they didnt previously just so this would happen The year was 1980 invited by a new friend to play Dungeons and Dragons Spent 45 minutes creating a level 1 fighter first encounter Purple worm 2 rounds and I was in the creatures belly and the game was over 5 minutes of play I was hooked Help You there level one sorcerer You look adventurousAhh Yes maam What seems to be the problem hereTheres this horrible monster trapped in my basement Its this little evil scaly thing Ive got the trapdoor locked so I dont think it can get out I dont have anything to pay you with but I do have this old treasure chest sitting down there Ive never been able to get open If you can open it its yoursConsider it doneA few attack rolls a magic missle a dead kobold a skill check a crude trap and reflex save later the sorcerer emerged victorious with his shiny new potion of cure light wounds and ten thousand copper I was hooked on DMing and he still usually plays sorcerers This was maybe 1999 30 I was in a summer school creative writing class between 6th and 7th grade in 1976 The kid next to me George spent a lot of class time doing something with graph paper I learned that he played this game called Dungeons and Dragons that involved maps on graph paper and fighting monters and something called a gelatinous cube He asked me if I wanted to come and play some time I went to this kids house to play D amp D it was just the two of us I rolled up a firstlevel character Character class choices were Magic User Cleric and Fighting Man I thought I would try being a magic user We spent probably half an hour or more rolling up a character hit points a name spells equipment etc I think I had 3 hit points The game started with me standing at the top of a stairs going down I go down the stairs At the bottom there is a man sitting crosslegged on the ground with his eyes closed I sit there for a minute thinking about what I should do I hear a sound behind me so I turn around to look When I do that the man draws a dagger and stabs me in the back hitting me for 4 points and killing me George explained that they guy was an illusionist and the sound had been an illusion he used to distract me so he could stab me and take my stuff After that I mainly DMd The first game I played in was with a group of guys that had been playing together for years and they put up a Meetup post about needing another player This is in College right after 4e came put and Id been DMing for my roommates but Id never had the chance to play So I responded and they had a straitup interview at a local tavern to see if I could cut it We stayed there for hours some of the guys brought their wives I met the whole gang It went really wellSo Im new to RPGs even though Ive been DMing for a couple months Im very aware of the cliches but they still recommend that I just do a big dumb fighter because its simple to run and EVERYONE should play a big dumb fighter some time in their livesI roll up a big dumb fighter Human raised by dwarves carries a massive pickaxe idiot I loved him Our first adventure had us fighting a pack of gnomes and some kind of teleporting bit cat but they were all camoflaged so nobody could see them Finally I tell the GM I look for something to hit roll high Success Im the only one with any idea whos attacking us skewering gnomes with my pickaxe going through hitpoints like water through a sieveFinally surrounded by dead gnomes and blinkcats chest heaving with excertion and adrenaline my fighter sees a human out of reach who had been peppering me with arrows I point and shout Surrenderthock Arrow to the chest Aaaand that knocks me below 0 hit points She escaped I almost died and I never got a chance to game with that group again because college got crazy and they played too far away for my gasbudget to allow Still i had fun My first DampD session is still continuing though technically were going to end it in one very glorious session of holy fuckery Stay a while and listen while I elaborate on this storyWe started roughly 8 months ago a bunch of internet buddies and I Our campaign started off rather simply there were two mages an aspiring necromancer named Ixth and a wizard seeking to become a god called Daazo as well as a rogue named Cam and a fighter named Oren the only nonhuman in our party at this time the name of the race eludes me but trust me when I say he was a tough fucker and could wield a dualhanded sword in one hand Thats how tough he was Then there was my character Calvin Palmer the Mad later to be Calvin Palmer the Drunkard An urban ranger who uses a crossbow and a lance yes a lance as a closequarters weapon I would say he was chaotic good but considering this was my first time playing the game that would be a miracle if that was even possible to define him as suchSo we go about our ways the party mostly focusing on Daazos rise to godhood and everyone else helping him out Also of note I was the only good character in the party Everyone else was either neutral or evil So we all go about our quest to elevate Daazo to power I was pretty much the nuissance of the party always crashing Daazos speeches and saying stupid shit ingame that the characters told me to shut up about It was absolutely fun and we all enjoyed ourselvesWell long story short I am now at the moment where I have to kill Daazo who is now a god Ixth who somehow instead became Emperor of the Fae and an NPC who essentially wants to wipe out all reality to create perfect order and is really fucking powerful And the only way to achieve this would be to use a ring that Ixth was looking for in the first placeI have recorded mostly everything that has happened in this story along with the stupidly hilarious things our party has said along the way So if you guys are even slightly interested in hearing the whole story Id be more than happy to tell it
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I always get confused when it comes down to the wire So who exactly has to lose for us to lock it up
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If my math is correctAssuming they dont win the AFC South division the Colts will be the 5th seed as long as they finish 124 or 115If they finish 106 theyre still guaranteed to make the playoffs but may end up as the 6th seed In the event of a 97 season the Colts make the playoffs if All the following happensMiami loses a gameSan Diego loses a gameNew York Jets lose a gameTennessee loses a gameAnd one of the following happensPittsburgh loses two gamesCincinnati loses two games Just look at the standings when the 7 seed is behind more games than are left to play thats when we clinch So right now were 1 game ahead so if all the teams 1 lose next week and we win then were up 2 with 4 games to play if that happens AGAIN then were up 3 with 3 games to play and we can clinch the next week if were up 3 with 3 games left we can still lose the berth by losing out and losing tiebreakersWay too early to be thinking about this though
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I started using a straight razor full time about 5 years ago I have a nice Dovo and I now am using a cheap straight razor that uses these small derby blades I want to get a different one of higher quality Also blade recommendations Thanks I just found this subreddit today
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Hello Im working on an assignment that has me make a single linked list with various functions Seems to be going pretty good but I came across something I cant quite figure outBasically I need to sort the linked list in ascending order ThishttppastebincomHbnyZCRx is what my function looks like at the momentI went with a bubble sort yes i know not most efficient but the list is like only about 10 nodes or so Now the i messed around with it a bit and the if statement works ok as far as I can tell but the work under it does notNot sure if Im correct but I believe Im just swapping the pointers aroundIm thinking I need to actually swap the nodes but Im having trouble figuring out on how to go about that any ideasThank youeditfixed link
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Your link is a private google doc we need permission to see it You should upload your code to pastebinhttppastebincom and dont forget to set highlight syntax to C
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Whenever I watch a show on tv I attempt to adhere to the three episode rule where I watch at least three episodes before dropping the show no matter how bad it is I was wondering as Ive found this rule to be relatively widespread if there was an equivalent for books Do I read the first 15 chapters in the hope it gets better The first 300 pages The beginning bit What do you doNB Good shows and books dont require this rule because i never want to drop them Questionable ones and itgetsbetter ones are why i use this rule
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I think life is too short to waste time on things that bore you Ive now dropped most of the shows I used to watch and will be looking for better things to do with that time I employed a 1 episode rule in the past but now only shows that really look promising get that chanceAs for books holy crap my todo list is long I have no time for boring books If Im not thoroughly being entertained Im out That doesnt mean there has to be action and excitement I just have to be enjoying it I usually give a book about an hour of my time to make its impression on me I used to force myself to finish books even if I wasnt enjoying them much Now I think thats stupid there are so many great books its dumb to read ones youre not enjoying So I will give up as soon as they start to bore me Also what I want to read will depend on my mood so Ive often got half a dozen books on the go at any one time Ill try to go 50 pages before passing judgement unless the author uses one of my pet peeves the most common of which is having the character do something mentally mentally kicking herself etc I hate that My high school English teacher said that if a book hadnt grabbed you by 50 pages in forget it Ive gone by that rule ever since I graduated in 79 BTW I read as much as I can in one sitting and then if I dont feel any inclination to pick the book back up after I put it down I dont The good ones are the ones where all I can think about is When will I get to read more So if I have no interest whatsoever in picking it up after 40 pages why would I Most of the bad books Ive read are because of terrible writingcliches And that doesnt usually change once you get 80 pages in Ill read between 50 and 100 before dropping it unless someone whose opinion I trust tells me why I should go further There are exceptions but thats my general rule I think Im more tolerant of a slow start in a book since Im a writer as well usually even if its slow my knowledge of fiction mechanics shows me how the author is setting things up Still if Im still wondering why Im still here a hundred pages in I take it back to the library or give it back to whomever gave it to me Or give the book I bought to someone and say no really youll love it Ive been 25 pages in and dropped a book Ive also been 400 pages into something before giving up It just depends Likewise with TV shows Ive barely gotten through an episode Revolution but Ive also dropped a show in the middle of its third season Fringe Once I lose interest its hard to get it back
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Wouldnt that be fucking awesome Riding in and out of craters LowG jumps and turns 100 foot jumps that feel like 10 footers Oh yea then theres the view of the earth
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The low gravity would be cool but Id be a little worried about puncturing my pressure suit How about a massive rotating space station with a motocross track Then you could vary the gravity by changing the rate of rotationEDIT Also then you wouldnt be limited to electric bikes
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A Clash of Kings Chapter 13httpawoiafwesterosorgindexphpAClashofKingsChapter13 Starting on page 154 203 150 185 19290 972 US hardcover US paperback UK hardcover UK paperback Kindle Bundle ePUB Previous and Upcoming Discussions Navigation Jon Ihttpwwwredditcomrasoiafrereadcomments11khutspoilersrereadersdiscussionjoni Daenerys Ihttpwwwredditcomrasoiafrereadcomments12c4yjspoilersrereadersdiscussiondaenerysi Jon II Arya IVhttpwwwredditcomrasoiafrereadcomments12k52xspoilersrereadersdiscussionaryaiv Jon IIIhttpwwwredditcomrasoiafrereadcomments13pt2hspoilersrereadersdiscussionjoniii
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Some priceless Dolorous Edd quotes in this chapter My favourite has to be The dead are likely dull fellows with tedious complaintsthe grounds too cold my gravestone should be larger why does he get more worms than I do When Jon sees the big wierwood tree gt And powerful Jon could feel the powerFeeling the power of the wiernet Theres more to the Stark kids than just warg abilities I wonder why the ashes and bones are in the mouth of the weirwood The weirwood is still alive so I dont think dead bodies are burned in the tree I noticed Mormonts raven cawed gone over and over Sometimes he just repeats what others say and I think that might just be the bird being a bird but in this case he said something that no one had said Perhaps this is Bran or Bloodraven again Also the birds in Sams cages appeared to be talking as well
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hmmm I dont think Im the only one whos not going to watch the Season 3 premiere today Its not that Im not excited about season 3 but I started watching season 1 this summer and Im watching all episodes in order so Ill get there when I get therespflutterwink I hope Ill still be able to hang out here and in the mane sub without feeling completely left out and overwhelmed by spoilers Enjoy the premiere today everypony
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ajbaffle Wow youre going to watch where you step after the premiere Spoilers everywhere ajsupStill I think its noble of you to go through all the episodes in order before reaching the third season Good on you ajhappy
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Not enough grammarpunctuation taught in school How do I use it I know it separates independent clauses that cannot be held together by a comma but I still use it wrong HALP
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I always use it when there are two parts that are closely related could stand as independent sentences but work best in a linked format Ex The boy wanted a drink of water he was always thirsty The key I think is that each part needs to have the ability to stand as a complete sentence so you cant use it like this The boy was thirsty so the water was appreciated There a comma would be proper Again this is what I think is correct
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I have the Samsung Series 5 and have had it running ubuntu for a while but eclipse can run slow and ubuntu just seems sloppily put together I would like to program somehow on the chromeos partition Is there a hack to get java working in terminal on the chromeos side Also can you access shell commands like being able to SSH without being in developer mode
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Have you tried cloud9 httpc9ioThats what I use works great and natively runs like 27 languages or something close to that SSH runs with CtrlAltT as someone already said when not in Developer mode but its basic you cant access vim with it for exampleI use Neutron Drive for editing my LaTeX files when I have a web connection as that automatically edits them in the Google Drive folder which is awesome
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We have been together for two years and things have been really hard between him lying about drugs a few months ago and me having severe panic disorder to the point where I can barely trust him On Wednesday night I freaked out because I didnt want him going to this concert and by Thursday I knew he had went and when I asked he go very defensive blamed me and said it was the most fun he had in two years Which of course hurt Him going to this concert with his friends would not have been a big deal if I hadnt accidentally stumbled up on a message to his friends saying I said fuck 102112 and went to the concert anyway and of course had a bitch to accompany me as alwaysHe has no idea I know about seeing this message and when I asked him about going with this girl he said they were just friends and he has never cheated on me Around 2 am after the concert he even texted me he loved me I also messaged the girl and she told my boyfriend and she sent a question mark he apologized and she replied back okshould I just not respond and leave it at that I dont exactly want to get involved with anything and he replied dont reply she is going crazy i cant believe she did that you should not even remotely be close to dealing with this thank you for not hating me and I didnt see the messages after that but he told me she just said dont worry I dont hate you its ok its not a big deal At this point he is threatening to break up with me calling me obsessive and crazy I realize I am at fault too But how can I believe anything he says after he lied about the concert lied about that message lied about the girls being there I have no idea what to do I know I fucked up but I am so heartbroken I am seeing him today and I am so nervous should I ask to see his facebook message where I found that horrible comment and to see his texts or should I let it go Is my relationship even worth savingTLDR Boyfriend lied and possibly cheated I am at fault too do we break up or try and fix it Some Edits When I told him to just show me more he only wants me he said he would and when I said I will always love you and I hope you feel the same way He replied I do feel the same way baby so much and when I said I love you so much I just want to move on and fix this Im sorry he replied Its ok baby I love you With his friends he is a completely different person than when talking to meBefore this I really thought things were getting better Ive been trying so hard to be calm and relaxed and do things to make him happy I cant even tell if he loves me anymore And we had been talking about me moving closer to be with him next year too we had so much planned for our futureUPDATE We are giving it one more chance Im extremely scared he still doesnt know that I know about that message and is very adamant that he has never cheated and the girl is just his friendUPDATE 2 So when we talked I just promised I wouldnt freak out anymore and said I was wrong to freak out about a concert I want him to have fun with his friend I just dont want him to have fun that includes cheating on me Im giving him the benefit of the doubt on this message because there is no way I could confront him about it or accidentally stumble upon the message I want to believe the message wasnt serious and he was just trying to boast for this kid to seem cool We talked a lot about the concert and he tells me the only two girls he went with were girl who were just his friends and I saw messages between him and this girl and she seemed genuinely confused on why I asked if my boyfriend and her had a thing I think if they had hooked up or had a thing together shed be much more worried He said he went to the concert because of this friend he never gets to see not for these girls He is completely open to the idea of me meeting this girl I am worried about I told him Id promise never to freak out about something as silly as a concert if he could just help me out a little by reassuring me or next time taking me and just by being faithful and dedicated to me As for your third point it was completely true he lied about the concert because he didnt want me to freak out and the second point too I mentioned something along the lines of if I was chill about you going to the concert youd probably be even way way less likely to do something with another girl and of course he agreed He was lying because I was freaking out and I was freaking out because he was lying Over the next few weeks I want to see how things go if I simply just stop freaking out and am cool about the things he does Obviously if I find more messages that confirm he cheated I will have to end it even if it kills me This one message I think I can let go its going to hurt but I really love him and value our relationship and Id do anything for us to be happy togetherThe only part that kills me is when he says as always I just want to let it go I am such a shitty person for snooping in the first place I honestly wish I never had seen that message Because we talked a lot about the concert and he says he went for his best friend who he barely sees those girls ran off to see their other friends they were sober went back to his friends house alone and even danced by themselves and not with girls Its so hard to believe with the message lingering in the back of my head when I really just want to believe his word and move on Theres no way I could confront him about the message without it getting turned against me and I know that I dont want to break up Ill do whatever I can to change and show him why he fell in love with me in the first place All I want in return is for him not to cheat on me and to be faithful and honest to meIn a perfect world I simply want to say I saw the message from can you please explain it to me and have a normal conversation about it but that would never happenAlso the same night of the concert around 2 am he even texted me saying I love you I dont know what kind of person dances flirts and cheats on his girlfriend of 2 years then still will text her the same night telling her he loves her It doesnt make sense to me Maybe Im being naiveAlso yesterday he was still very much sexually attracted to me and still seemed very much into to me We went to a party at his friends house the one he went to the concert with and he was kissing me and holding my hand and putting his arm around me though I did feel like his friend was giving us weird looks but I asked my boyfriend about that and he said he wasnt at all and not to worry People knew we were together and knew to call me his girlfriend He was attentive and making sure I was ok and the entire day he was very loving and caring like he always has been Im so confused If he had cheated and had been with another girl why would he do that
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Breaking up with him would be the best solution Im sure you love him and dont want to lose him but from the outside looking inplease dont stay 1 Hes disrespectful towards women in general 2 Hes disrespectful towards you and the relationship 3 He lies 4 He is cheating at the very least portraying you as the crazy girlfriend to his new interest when he should be apologizing to you and setting boundaries with the other girl 5 Drugs If he was abusing or addicted another red flag Seeing his facebook messages would just create more hurtful feelings for you There are a number of red flags that indicate you shouldnt save this relationship Everyones saying hes a dick Maybe he is ButIn a relationship resentment turns to secret hate And when you hate someone you are probably going to treat them badlyWhy couldnt he go to the concert Hes his own person and can make his own decisios Why would you try and prevent that If you frequently forbid him from doing things OF FUCKING COURSE he is going to resent you And things will turn bad And your relationship will not lastFurthermore you conveniently gloss over how you happened to see his messages You spied on him which is a betrayal of trust That is not acceptable in a healthy relationshipDid you ever stop to think that if he wants to go to concerts and you dont like a boyfriend that goes to concerts MAYBE youre not a good matchI think you need to reexamine your behaviour It sounds like you are the wrong one in this dispute gt Is my relationship even worth savingI think the fact that you even raised that question means that you already know the answer to that yourself Try to think about what advice you would give to a friend who has a boyfriend like yoursYou may remember all the things that made you fall in love with him in the first place But are those enough to outweigh the fact that he constantly lies to you talks shit about you to his friends blames you for his mistakes and is generally a dick Your boyfriend is a complete dick Him breaking up with you would be the best thing for you This is a relationship which is not worth saving
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I was going over some rules for airsoft earlier and I came across the surrender rule which statesAirsoft guns can injure so if you get close enough to someone pointblank range and have a bead on them and a direct shot yell SURRENDER If they surrender they are dead as this gives the person a chance to avoid being shot at close range If they do not surrender and no one HAS to surrender then you may shoot them but remember center of massSo what would happen if you went point blank to someone and said Surrender but instead of saying surrender they just shot you
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The way we do it at the fields where I live is the bang bang rule being that if youre within 10 feet of the person you point your gun or sidearm at them and scream bang bang to get them out They dont have a choice theyre just out and you can get up to two people out with it I find it works better than giving them the choice to surrender or not since I usually just get shot in the balls when that happens This is only applicable when the confrontation is front to back If you come around a corner and youre face to face with someone dont expect a surrender shoot them If you have the drop on someone who isnt facing you mercy is a politeness not a necessity I shot someone in the top of the head last night who tried to run away when I said mercy The Surrender rule is not a rule for Airsoft Its a rule that some Airsoft fields use There are plenty that dont especially sites outside of the USIf you want to use the Surrender rule make sure the site allows for it or stipulates that its mandatory If you were to go to a FirstAndOnly site in the UK for example and used Surrender someone would just look at you funny and shoot you
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I bought a SVS 12NSD subwoofer all the reviews I read said it was a great deal and sounded great When I got it home I felt that there was a gap between where my speakers left off and when my subwoofer started sounding good I tried different crossover frequencies but nothing really helped Any tips
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Do the crawl test Put your subwoofer in your listening position and crawl around the room until you find the point where it sounds best and in a reasonable position
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1 How have you found yourself evolving over the years due to your career2 What did you find oddest after starting porn3 Where do you think your career will take you what do you want out of the future4 Is there anyone you havent worked with that you would be interested in
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Her aka would probably go Im actually pretty normal and not your average dumb porn star the porn world isnt all bad im saving my money Im not going to be in this business forever I have a long term boyfriend I wont do xyz I love James deen I have a business ideaIm going back to school On the whole the porn amas seem a bit bland Really peopleis this really something youre interested in Arent there people sliiiiightly more interesting to request AMAs fromHere are some made up answers which are likely more interesting than the real ones1 I take dicks in various holes Ive evolved into getting paid more for it now than in the past2 Cucumbers3 Bitch Im a porn star I get fucked for a living After porn I will do tons of drugs and burn out or I will create a multimillion dollar porn business4 What dont you get I take dicks in and out the wazoo Id rather work with clean people but frankly Its a paycheck she has been on 2 podcasts on the deathsquad networkhttpdeathsquadtvxxxsquad4httpdeathsquadtvnaughtyshow202 Yeah because all the other porn star amas have been so stimulatingHave you read the current oneFucking terrible
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Long story short My creationist grandmother had come down for the week to watch the little kids I mention creationist because she is constantly always talking about god and religion in between every sentence Basically she sat my sister down and tried brainwashing religion into her head but thankfully my sister has come to me before and asked me about religion and leans towards atheism I myself am an atheist but Im looking for some dumb downed information she can read without being too technical and advanced for an 8 year old She asked me for information that I just couldnt produce Thank you
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The God Delusion by Richard Dawkins and God Is Not Great by Christopher Hitchens are absolute musts and could even be considered atheists holy books The Skeptics Annotated Bible is also a good tool when dealing with Christianity in particular Both are pretty complicated but with help could be understandable for her Also you could suggest the Golden Compass It doesnt teach atheism but has an anti god feel Carl Sagans Demon Haunted World is a good starting point also Richard Dawkins Magic of Reality
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So today I was at the gym we were 4 people there all with headphones the bro who works there had some horrible rap music playing insanely loud I could not even hear my own music through my headphones is it acceptable to ask him to turn down the volume or change the stationEDIT Thanks for the comforting advice Like many people music for me is an ESSENTIAL part of my workout so having Rick Ross or Drake blasting through the music in my headphones is a major piss off I went up to the guy and at the last second made a Uturn because I thought It might be seen as kinda douchey to ask him to turn it down or change it You guys definitely proved me wrong thanksAlso Its just THIS guy that does this all the rest have the normal station going at a normal volume that I cant hear through my earphones
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you can ask him to lower the volume but its not his responsibility to ensure that everyone enjoys whats being played all the time I say its fine to ask him to turn it down Just say youre finding it hard to concentrate and if he wouldnt mind turning it down a bit
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I dont know much about Etobicoke Im a downtowner but I constantly hear the narrative that Ford iswas helping underprivileged kids play footballIs Don Bosco specifically or that area in general less welloff than many in the city Why choose that specific schoolIm curious to hear from anybody that might have more insight into this than I do
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Not kids Ford does nothing for girls and nonfootball playersHe does seem to have a knack for coaching football though Maybe we should let him do it full time Its consistently got one of the lowest Fraser Institute school rankings which should tell you somethinghttpontariocompareschoolrankingsorgsecondaryDonBoscoCatholicSecondarySchoolTorontoReportCardaspx I dont know to prove it entirely but I live close to that area and it is by no means a privileged area It is a catholic school so it takes kids from further stretched areas compared to a public high school Meaning a lot of the students come from rexdale I would say definite yes I think if it wasnt he would have been called out on this a long time ago Bosco is pretty underprivileged Id say I know a few people who have taught there Students come from a lot of different but mostly all shitty situations where even attending school is on the absolute bottom of their list Many work are involved in violence etc outside of school are hungry ALL THE TIME yes this is a bit of a generalization but these are some of the issues the students here face Even the good kids have a hard time overcoming the challenges of living in the area gangs etc Yeah the area isnt the best in the cityBoscos football program however from what I hear is great Tonnes of support and decent money i think HELLOgt mayor of toronto helps them If youre on the football team youre a big deal It does help out the school morale and atmosphere but some say too much to the point where every single kid thinks they are going to the NFL because they play high school football haha Additionally this does nothing tangible for the girls or nonfootball players as another poster said Overall it seems like Ford was doing good things over there Its something close to him so why not help out I guess the problem was he was abusing his position as mayor to achieve personal goals I didnt know this until recently but his football program is largely the reason why my Highschool Newtonbrook had a football team because they gave us the seed money to start up a program and weve been big on football ever since putting together a very competitive and successful team year after year during the years Ive been there We had a principal who was very involved with the underpriviledged kids I have no idea what their financial situation was but you could tell these kids werent going anywhere becuase of their grades we all knew who were the ones passing class and who werent and with his mentorship they were able to get scholarships and it probably made an impact on their life course So did Ford do all that No My Principal was like a father to these kids and so was the football coach But his program set the wheels in motion and so I guess you could say that Yes his program does help kids and not just Don Boscoe kids He may be the shittiest mayor weve ever had or not but his program HAS helped kids and ive seen it first hand
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Im not quite sure what to do whenever i see one I usually go up to it prone and it works but they start to come back If i have a silenced weapon ill try to take them out Is there a better way
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Let the Zombies get about half way out before they turn around Be sure to not prone but crouch run up to it Take what ever is needed and get out the same way you went in Also try not to sit there too long either This is what the snipers are waiting for If you have to sit there for a little bit this is when you go prone to do so The less time you spend at the site the better So crouch run up to it go prone only if you have to take something and crouch run out the same way you ran in I am assuming that you are taking the shortest route to and from the tree lineI once found a crash site looked through my binoculars and found two players crawling to the heli crash I then booked it as fast as I could to try and ambush them when they got back to the tree line I didnt get there in time but was able to follow them to their camp and kill both of them there A third person must have just logged in because I was killed shortly after looting the tentsThe moral of the story is If they would have crouched ran I wouldnt have caught up to them and found out where their camp was Smoke grenades man just throw to opposite side of crash site and then stay hidden behind it Same for if youre looting anywhere with Zeds
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Looks like the 3xecutioner thread was deleted Edit I dont want to be a dick and blame anybody for it but it seems sketchy that EVERYTHING related to this case gets removedignoredEdit2 lol its back up gg
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Inb4 mods remove this thread for witch hunting for answers about why the first thread was removed for witch hunting for answeres So the community of a game making a thread asking the company who made it why something happened and then discussing various reasons as to why is considered witchhunting sounds like Reddit needs to reevaluate the way they handle things as much as Riot doesGJ though reddit by removing that thread you just dropped 9001 gallons of gasoline on the fire and made yourself look to be in collusion of coverup with Riot Welcome to Reddit where its a user moderated forum yet the appointed mods who arent users will remove any thread they want if its negative even if it pertains to LoLThe thread wasnt witch hunting or hate speech Neither was the Pendragon ones Please anyone here good with website making and marketing We need a new website Now where did I leave my pitchfork Edit Heres the original thread httpreddit13fcyq I talked with the OP and he told me the mods removed his post I didnt see the post when it got removed but just looking over it now all the top posts look like one of the most civil discussions on reddit you can have not quite sure how that is a witch hunt lmao
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So I got BF3 a couple of days ago and well I suck big time I cant even fly the goddamn plane how to make a turn with that thing as I always go kamikaze
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RivalXFactor has a shit load of great videos on how to fly and what not Lots of great tips for vehicles and how to playhttpwwwyoutubecomuserrivaLxfactor If youre talking about gunfights in general theres always one thing to keep in mind do not get too involved If you play on large maps any map really dont run in like a maniac expecting to win every gunfight you come into Instead stay out of hotspots use cover and make sure you see the other person first this applies to pretty much all FPS games Protip if youre playing conquest on Operation Mtro and youre getting spawntrapped hard the best thing to do is try and get behind the enemy and capture the flag the furthest away from the spawntrap this completely changes the game around in your teams favour as many of their players split to retake their flag while your team can respawn far away from the enemy and take other flags while leaving the enemy in a kerfuffle Im using Mtro as an example because its packed relatively small and easy to do itll probably apply to other maps as well Pick up controller play game learnThis might seem like unhelpful advice but i dont know what else you were expecting really
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Ladies and gentleman its time to open this kettle of fish again Perhaps the most controversial mainstream film of the past century its time once more to discuss a Clockwork Orange I have just got round to watching this film for my third time and I hate to say that I dislike this movie beyond belief I find it offensive random unnecessarily artsy and a movie that above all of its carefully worded dialogue struggles to find its feet Id like to know what rmovies finds so deviously entertaining about this movie Please do not feel obliged to up vote this for Karmas sakes Id just like to see many opinions and thoughts on this controversial masterpieceKind Regards and have a great dayAFCHarry
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I really enjoyed the aesthetics of it The main hooligans in the movie though mostly Alex do what they do because they see a sort of beauty in being so violent Their main ideals seem to be aesthetics as Alex shows with his appreciation for Ludwig Van Its also an interesting examination of morality Alex sort of represents a kind of Nietzschean ideal a selfbecoming of a monster Hes good at the old ultraviolence and thats what he doesThe reform he goes through doesnt actually turn him into a moral person though because its fundamentally targeted at destroying his free will He does not stop being a monster because its right but because he feels physical revulsion over itBy the end he realizes what has been done to him and he rejects the faux morality that has been imposed on him Its strongly suggested at the end of the film that he has started to become his old self again reclaiming the selfbecoming that characterized his old dedication to ultraviolence All the reasons you listed as to why you dont like it is pretty much why most everyone else did A movie like this isnt made to kill at the boxoffice and please audiences The movie had a story to tell and it told it everyone else be damned It was true to the novel visually stunning and pushed the bounds of what was appropriate It is different and edgy and thats what draws people to it firstly the fact that you are offended by this movie is beyond irrelevant secondly what do you mean unnecessarily artsy kubrick was known to be extremely detailoriented so i would go so far as to say he was certainly artful but i dont see what you mean thirdly it looks cool malcolm mcdowell is a fucked up weirdo the music is awesome and its disturbing The first time I watched this movie I was 13 My dad offered to watch it with me saying it was a classic It being New Years Morning I happily obliged I was not dissapointed and never have been by this film It Wholly embodies what most teenagers or at least myself wish they could do and get away with as a teen A good thrashing here a good threesome thereThen we get to the part of the movie where Alex is reformed by the government The obvious underlying message was whether or not taking mans right to freedom of choice in an effort to make him good really made him good and even so at what cost to the person This point is better illustrated in the book also a really good readNow as for the ending of the movie it really doesnt end again in the book with Alex going back to his old ways and frame of mind at least not permanentlyIt ends with Alex back to his old ways but realizing that he is starting to take less and less pleasure in the old ultraviolence Eventually he relizes that his will to destroy ended when his teen years did and instead was replaced with a will to build due to his newfound maturityAnyhow hope this helps I have not seen the movie but I am a big fan of the book I have heard very mixed opinions about the movie version Ive said it before in this subreddit but there is a major hardon for Kubrick Anything he does is gold This type of Kubrick fanboyism comes out especially when AI is discussed People will say Spielberg ruined the vision They wont know why they wont be able to point to really anything specific it will just be a general I just didnt like it Im convinced its the mob mentality Everyone likes him so I also like him and if anyone disagrees I will call them an idiot who does not appreciate geniusThat being said there are a couple movies by Kubrick that I do enjoy The Shining and Full Metal Jacket are my favorites and really I can stomach anything else he has but by no means should he on this pedestal that rmovies thinks he is I really like this movie so i guess i could try to explain some thoughts Firstly not everything that makes me like a movie is the story Just look at the camera work cinematography at all the scenes and scenery maybe this is what you called artsy i guess i just like them use of coloring much of the acting and much more Ive always thought the cinematography is the best part about Kubricks moviesBut i do like the plot and characters as well I can try to explain but it might end up personal and not wellexplained Firstly i dont believe its simply an entertaining movie After all i dont think the main purpose of the movie is to just entertain This isnt a free pass to make any kind of offensive or stupid shit but the movie does make me think and feel even on multiple viewings and thats what makes me entertained Its not just made to be offensive but uses it I dont believe i can convince anyone by dropping deep points that would be completely pointless because theyre in the book as well but much of the violence might be needed for those points I dont understand the random part but i understand why you found it offensive Seriously it is an offensive movie It has onscreen rape thats nothing but offensive But still I honestly find the offensiveness interesting the main character isnt some good hero he isnt even an antihero Hes a straight up psychopath that would make a perfect antagonist and in the end he doesnt get whats coming for him Its weird but thats one of the reasons the movie is so effective Its not entertaining i want him to lose in the end But i enjoy it because of how it makes me feel because everything doesnt end predictably and i almost get mad because of it Its like teasing myself and how i want movies to be It does sound strange like any kind of shockflick like Hostel and Human Centipede should be able provoke the same feelings but its just not true Most movies fall into predictable patterns and old images that i subconsciously feel safe in i guess This movie doesnt it feels different and while that isnt entertaining per se it just provides interesting insights on things like good and evil and justice within movies for me and how i feel and am affected by characters in moviesThis is as i said probably very personal Maybe all these points are too obvious or just not existent for others For me it just feels like the characters are just so far removed from normality that I cant connect with any of them maybe thats the point but when I cant connect with any of their motivations for their actions it just loses all its meaning There are spoilers in this bewareThere are a ton of reasons the movie is great I understand you dont like the characters or the theme but that doesnt take away from the fact that it is amazing The acting is all amazing There are few people that can play a sociopath like McDowell completely believableThe visuals of the movie were amazing Kubrick is a master at creating an amazing visceral experience Despite the themes Kubrick still manages to insert some of his black humor into the film Like when the protagonist kills a lady with a giant phallus and at the end when he is being fed the smug face he has is hilarious The score was brilliant It all helped immerse you into the filmThe theme of the film provoked thought Is it more humane to imprison a man for 14 years or reform him by changing his behavior If you dont see why this is important especially today with record prison overpopulation you need to get thinking Kubrick also manages to make the protagonist almost pitiable despite the fact that he is a monster and really deserves the treatment he is getting Such as when he gives money to the homeless man then proceeds to get beaten for it You could try to justify it but after the torture he went through to be reformed I wouldnt say he deserved itIts especially amazing how disturbing the thought is of being forced to become ill when listening to what was once you favorite piece of music Kubrick did extremely well making it disturbing for the audience especially with the protagonist screaming and begging for the music to be turned offAll in all its your right to not like the movie I dont like romantic films because the theme is boring to me and it is ok for you not to like disturbing films because it bothers you in some way But just because you dont like it doesnt mean it is bad It is a dystopian film based on a sociopath Its supposed to be a disturbing bleak world and Kubrick succeeded masterfully at what he set out to do It is objectively a masterpieceI would even say that it affecting you so negatively just proves Kubrick succeeded in what he wanted to doEdit for the people that say Kubrick is overrated please watch Spartacus Dr Strangelove and 2001 These are among the top 10 films Ive ever seen and are not in any way disturbingEdit2 Another theme I just thought of was torture When the protagonist is in the top floor of the authors house do you think its right of him to play a song he knows causes him pain and basically drive him to commit suicide i loved a clockwork orange before i knew what reddit was i dont know i love how evil the main character is but i cant stop loving him OOO and read the book the original ending intended by the author but left out was that he creates a new gang but is getting bored of it he then runs into one of his old friends and his wife and talks to them he realizes that all hes done is destroy while his heroes like mozart had created master pieces he decides he wants to settle down and create a family it really changes the entire message of the bookmovie
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Ive been playing a few hours a week for the past month or so Ive reached level 18 and am used to basic gameplay but could use a little direction on where to focus my attention Ive never played an rpg before so getting used to skill improvements duty officer missions etc is a little overwhelmingIm spend most of my time following what seems toBe the main campaign and pop in for the odd patrol mission while traveling Is there anything else I relative beginner should be looking atI could also use some tips on building up my bridge officersOh and you guys have a rsto fleet too right What fo fleets do and how do I join
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pick a type of weapon well two actually one energy and one projectile and if a romulan ship has a name then youre going to have a bad time more or less regardless of what you do To quickly level up your character or toon as they are called by players run the mirror invasion event and Starbase 24 PVE The mirror event is accessible through the hail Starfleet button at the bottom left corner of your minimap At the bottom of that screen is three blocks telling you what event just passed which one is active and whats coming up next The Starbase 24 is accessible through the PVE menu The button for that looks like three arrows with tails This mission is played like patrols where you are given the task of defeating waves of Klingons If all of this is confusing Im sure someone in Redditchat can do a ridealong and help you out Find me ingame Black Jackignusxiii if need help Welcome to STOYou will find numerous resources in the sidebar which will be useful to you as a new player Dont worry about reading all of it right away but do check out our completely unique FAQ pagehttpcoderedditcomwikihelpfaqssto and these topics from other new players1 httpwwwredditcomrstocomments11zi4mnewtosto1 httpwwwredditcomrstocomments11u78jnewheretosto2 httpwwwredditcomrstocomments113y55imdownloadingstorightnowisthereanythingi3 httpwwwredditcomrstocomments11p01qnoobJoin the RedditChat channel ingame where you can ask as many newbie questions as youd like
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So recently Ive been really interested in pipe smoking I smoke stoges so I guess Im kinda of used to inhaling smoke but after reading the faq and seeing some youtube vids I was constantly instructed not to My question would be does it matter when it comes to pipes Does inhaling smoke dimish the taste
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The general thoughts on it are to not inhale Since cigarettes and somewhat cigars have a filter they remove a lot more than having smoke just shoved into lungs with no filterI dont like to but it does happen If I might be honest here I save my sharper blends for it and only rarely do I inhale I like the flavor and strength Cigarettes are disgusting whereas pipe tobacco smells amazingYou do what you want We cannot tell you otherwise I tried I inhaling Nightcap once Wont do it again Ugh Felt like I got punched in the lung However on some aromatics Ill sometimes inhale a puff or two at the beginning of the bowl for a quick nicotine hit but after that inhaling kills the flavor for and flavor is the best part of pipes Ive never smoked cigars but isnt flavor also a big component to cigars also
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Hey guy I just wanna say thanks for all your advice Yes it might have seemed silly to post to reddit before we went to seek medical care but it was a new situation and I dont like unnecessarily going to the doctor I also wanted an outsider opinionI do live in the states and have insurance so it wouldnt have been ridiculously expensive out of pocket for health care but my hospital does not have a walkin option and an appointment would have taken a few daysWe went to Urgent Care My apologies for saying ER in my head I thought emergency and that was where to go I was still light headed and dizzy but realized that was from lack of eating that dayI have a UTI you guys were right but this was the first day I had experienced any symptoms I hadnt noticed needing to pee more often or experienced any burning whilst urinating so it didnt occur to me that it was a separate problem Im not sure what I thought The doctor said it was full blown and gave me some antibioticsShe also said that anal sex wouldnt cause any internal damage which I found funny Especially after reading some of the horror stories on here Ive experienced pain from light anal play so anything more intense would cause more damage in a logical sense AnywayMy boyfriend oh i think you guys were wondering Im female was there the whole time and even went late to work to stay with me He was incredibly sweet and was relieved when nothing was seriously wrongI think well lay off the anal play for a while but thank you so much for your advice and stories I never expected such a response I thought it would only be a few replies Thanks reddit
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Glad to hear youre feeling better and that it was something pretty easily treatableAlso IDK if you use hormonal birth control but before someone potentially mentions it apparently the antibiotics decrease birth control pill effectiveness thing is bogus unless youre taking rifampin Sourcehttpshsosuedublogthetruthaboutantibioticsandbirthcontrol1 Sourcehttpwwwmayocliniccomhealthbirthcontrolpillwo00098nsectiongroup2 But all the sources I found on that issue say that if you feel nervous go ahead and use a backup method while on the medicine
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Every year my friends and I go to GWAR for some good oldfashioned stupid fun Everything was going great they opened the show with a couple heads getting chopped off and spraying blood everywhere we all cheered when they brought out Hitler and ripped the front of his body off leaving his brain dangling and then they brought out Jesus They crucified Jesus then chopped him in half and ripped off his flesh I was enjoying it but at that point my friends decided it was time to go They felt a line had been crossed and didnt want to be there any more so I had to drive them home I can see how they thought it was offensive but cmon its GWAR
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You missed the best part of the show I saw them in portland earlier this month Near the end of the show the voice of god threatens to come down and kick gwars ass but then he says he cant Oderus asks why and god replys because i dont exist crowd went apeshit Would you be fine if some priest took a doll of either Christopher Hitchens and Richard Dawkins put him on a table disembowled him and said To hell with the nonbelievers Id walk out on that too Not much fun when somebody is killing your idols in a way you were never expecting nor were wanting to see
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Im getting high for the first time tonight baked into cookies Ive heard that sex is supposed to be really good while highCan anyone confirm this What are everyones experiencesIm super keen to try just not sure if its worth it
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Sex is already awesome but sex with weed can be different than normal I can only focus on one thing at a time while stoned I cant think about how my thighs look like hams or worry about what i have to get done I just get to relax and fully enjoy the experience Every kiss seems to last longer each stroke down my side or up my leg is a rush It feels like were rocking in slow motion and each thrust is a wave of the ocean The most incredible thing I have ever experienced Ate pot brownies last night My boyfriend made me cum at least fifteen times and he didnt even put his penis in me He was getting me off from licking my fingers It was amazing The best feelings and orgasms Ive ever had have been during high sex Get ready get set and go Its totally worth it Be very careful using weed in that way Its going to take a while to kick in so dont get antsy and take more than you can handle You might actually want to smoke it your first time because the dosage will be easier to control and it wont last as long Ive only done weed twice in my life and I had sex on it one time For me personally it made the sex better but thats mainly because sex with the guy I was with was never mind blowing in the first place so the weed just sort of made me more easier to be turned on But it was good in the fact that it made dull sex feel less dull I dont think its incredibly different but try it I love both sex and weed see what it does for you When I eat thc I have a very different effect than when i smoke it I smoke weed very often usually daily very good weed This said every time I eat weed in any form I trip balls I trip harder than I have on very strong shrooms It is absolutely terrifying I have read up on it and other people have had this happen to them Just warning you that sometimes the feeling of eating weed is different from the high of smoking it Also the last time I ate weed a very very small amount I was so tingly that I masturbated 5 times in a row I am a female and this is odd for me because the most I ever do it is twice a day It Is Awesome At least for meI become so focused on the experience As others said I forget all about my stupid body issues and feel all the sensations instead I also become very focused on my partner how beautiful he is how amazing it is that he loves being intimate with me how his body feels against mine I am such an anxious person normally weed helps me fully relax and enjoy myself I am so psyched for when hes able to smoke with me he never really has before and hell be able to in 7 months when he leaves his current job They do random drug tests he cant risk itGod I love it Wish I lived in a state where it was legal Pro tip keep some water on hand I always get cottonmouth when Im high which makes for difficult blow jobs
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Ive only been with this hobby for a short while and in that time Ive gone through 2 citadel detail brushes and almost 3 of their standard brushes Whats happening is the hairs of the brushes seem to fall out very quickly reducing the size and strength of the brush to a point where its very difficult to paint I naturally figured Im just being too rough with them but these brushes are just whittling away into nothing by the time Ive painted only 5 or 6 modelsMy question is how do some of you go about caring using and handling your brushes
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Use cold water only as warmhot can melt the glue holding the hairs in especially in cheap brushes This goes for painting and cleaning Paint very wet constantly wash the paint off your brush even if you are using the same color Acrylic dries VERY quickly and this will damage the brush hair Dont ever leave brushes in the water especially not hair side down this is called hockeysticking Dont let them soak for whatever reason because they shouldnt need to soak this can dissolve the glue damage the wood handle etcDont get paint in the ferrule the metal clasp attaching the hair to the wood Be very careful not to dip too deep If you get paint in the ferrule consider washing it off immediatelyAlways use natural hair as synthetic hair bristles will warp over timeDont mix paint with your good brushes the motion twists them and damages the hair fibersAlways bring the brushes to a point after washing and when storing them Many people use their mouths to do this as saliva is kind of sticky Also save those little plastic tubes that protect the brushes and put them back on Have separate brushes for different tasks Drybrushing and basecoating can be very rough on a brush and will destroy even the best of tipsLastly dont buy cheap brushes Just because the citadel brushes are kind of expensive it doesnt mean they are good Try to get something like Windsor Newton Series 7 Watercolor brushes NOT the miniature series those are for miniature details in watercolorSource Im a painter who has used a lot of brushes in my time Well Citadel brushes are good and rubbish at the same time Youre much better off buying something from an art store I forget the brand names but Im sure some other people here will know them gtOtherwise Im not sure how youre losing so many bristles Citadel brushes arent really good I use Rosemary and Co Series 33 but Raphal Kolinsky S and Winsor Newton Series 7 are also good too though the WampN have been pretty hit and miss lately These brushes are made of kolinsky sable hair and they keep their point very well unlike synthetic brushes so that might be your problemAlso if youre doing something thats hard on the brushes like drybrushing or stippling then dont use your best brushes get a set of cheaper ones like Army PainterMake sure to water your paint always wash your brush when changing colours and never let the paint get up to the ferrule the metal collar Finally it might be a good idea to get some brush wax This improves the longevity of your brushes but if youre on a budget hair conditioner works almost as well Just apply a bit at the end of a painting session
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Does anyone know of a product that combines the use of multicolored LED strip lights using it for overunder counter lighting which is controlled via wireless by a smart phonetabletI was impressed with this Kickstarter httpwwwkickstartercomprojectslimemouselifxthelightbulbreinventedreflive and want to use something like that but with strip led lighting
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I have these httpwwwbrightlightzcoukproducts12vledtapelightrgb5050colourchangingstrips5m300ledscontroller12vadapter in my room underneath my desk to give a nice underglow effect I too have been looking for ones that can be controlled via smartphone but the closest ive found to that is this httpwwwledlightszonecoukrgbledtapecontroller134ledstriplighttouchremotecontrollerhtml Just a fancier remote really EDIT I knew id seen something like it before but i found it again EXACTLY what youre looking for httpwwwbrightlightzcoukproductsiphoneandroidwifiledrgbwirelessstriplightcontrollercolourscrollingoption If youre willing to do some programming you can control LED strips with an Arduino Get a wifi module write a simple server and go to town Thanks everyone you too Zoidberg 0I think I may go the arduino route The kit doctorzoidberg listed is definately what we are looking for but i think an arduino Duemilanove with a wifi module and shield would be more economical and smallerThanks guys great help
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T5s for Veg Im not impressed with my lack of root production on a 247 lighting schedule so I want to move it to a 18 hour light schedule Im pretty sure Im not going to run into any problems Ive got 4 very healthy girls I want to keep rocking and I wanted to check with you guys before I did anything You guys are awesome Thanks
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Ive tested various like schedules the plants have shown no sign of distress after switching light cycles Giver hell
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Hey guys Im looking for a really good RPG andor Strategy Game to get intoAs far as RPGs go Im a massive fan of the Fallout series Especially the originals Planescape Torment Arcanum etcAs far as Strategy goes I enjoy the Civilization series Alpha Centauri love the Total War games Might try to get into EmpireWhat might you suggest Triple AAA or Indie Modern or classic Its all good to me Just not sure what to play next in those categories
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How about both Get MountampBlade Warband Its a bit like a third person Total War mixed with RPG things An open world sandbox game where you build and lead an army to eventually become king There are also stacks of mods for it that can radically alter the gameplay Check out the subreddithttpwwwredditcomrmountandblade to get some more info Hearts of Iron II or III are less than 20 and are great strategy games Theyre both grand strategy games meaning you have to take care of your economy troop production logistics moral and even your countrys culture Theyre set during WWII and you can play as multiple nations including Germany and Japan something normally not permitted You can also seriously mess with history its possible to join the Axis as America or prevent Japan from joining them pretty much whatever you want you can accomplish From what I understand HoI III takes it further by letting play as pretty much any country on Earth during that time period Word of warning though these games are complicated as shit The following games all very similar combine the two genres really well if youre looking for a bit of both Heroes of Might amp Magic 3httpwwwgogcomgamecardheroesofmightandmagic3completeedition arguably the best of the series Kings Bounty The Legendhttpwwwgogcomgamecardkingsbountythelegend Currently on offer for 4 Age of Wonders Shadow Magichttpwwwgogcomgamecardageofwondersshadowmagic
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Hi everyoneSo Ive been thinking of getting my boyfriend and I tickets to Lights All Night and electronic music festival in Dallas for my boyfriends Xmas giftMy boyfriends favorite music genre is DnB and most of the subgenresHis favorite artists are Pendulum Feint High Contrast Netsky Hybrid Minds Rameses B Fred V amp GrafixFrom what I have observed he likes electronic music in general but DnB is his favoriteInfo here httpwwwlightsallnightcomindexphpHeres where I need helpIs the type of music at this festival DnB or if my bf likes DnB would he like the music at this festivalThe tickets are expensive and Id like to keep this a surpriseso Id like someones opinion as to whether this would be a good giftThanksThrowaway account bc my bf is also on Reddit and Im trying to keep this a surprise
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First of all youre an awesome girlfriend to treat your boyfriend to an event like this This is a great gift and I think hope hell appreciate it Having said that the music at this event seems less on the dnb side and more dubstep oriented I can see him gravitating towards the Hanger lineup but Id get his take on his feelings for dubstep before you commit to these ticketsThis may be a bit of a stretch for you but I did manage to find out that Klute will be playing Houston on Dec 21sthttpwwwtexasdnbcomforumsshowthreadphpt28469 If you can get there conveniently from Dallas maybe youd consider getting him tickets to this show insteadHope this is helpful There isnt a whole of DnB on that lineup to be honest There are a bunch of really huge names though If your boyfriend is a fan of electronic music hell definitely be stoked that youre surprising him with a gift like that In all reality its going to be hard to find a big drum and bass lineup in the states with those kinda artists and Im sure he knows that I say go for it and have a great time yourself Some of my most memorable experiences with my long term gal include going to shows like that and Im similarly a DnB heavy listener who like electronic music in general Rave safe and have a great time if you guys go Nero and Feed Me would be the highlights for me I say get the tickets Say your getting into electronic music and ask him what he thinks of Nero and Feed Me If he sighs maybe avoid the tickets Id find a better show if he is a Drum amp Bass fan those djs spin mostly electro house and brostep
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Just thought Id ask couple of responses in another thread got me thinking about this Im one of those chaps that seem to subvert the stereotypical image of what a gay man is supposed to listen to I like all music that is good I will listen to anything from Rachmaninoff to Bjork and I have a deep passion for it I also make my own music a lot as well I thought considering this is a subreddit about guys who tend to subvert the stereotypes that there might be a bunch of us EDIT Oh yes and I meant to say Im a huge raging metalhead I love most subgenres although like some more than others Really into good extreme metal black metal in particular and anything unusual or dissonant
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In terms of metal Between the Buried and MehttpwwwyoutubecomwatchvCuEzHvBqZ0 is one of my favorite bands in the world AgallochhttpwwwyoutubecomwatchvwTzPihhzmQY AlcesthttpwwwyoutubecomwatchvuTM9xfEMwo Dimmu BorgirhttpwwwyoutubecomwatchvShsa1a7kyM Bathoryhttpwwwyoutubecomwatchv0ZYa5LWAYQ and GojirahttpwwwyoutubecomwatchvBGHlZwMYO9g are also really good in addition to ones people have already said Mastodon and Opeth in particularHard rock has never particularly been my thing but I do really like Avenged SevenfoldhttpwwwyoutubecomwatchvVurhzANQB0 Mindless Self IndulgencehttpwwwyoutubecomwatchvdM6elRs7F5k Foo FightershttpwwwyoutubecomwatchvSBjQ9tuuTJQ and McluskyhttpwwwyoutubecomwatchvOgkzRE89Gyw some of those obviously cross genresPunk is the shit Bomb the Music IndustryhttpwwwyoutubecomwatchvIpM9zW1d7wY and pretty much anything Jeff Rosenstock ever doeshttpwwwyoutubecomwatchvS8ui70rM6SQ JapandroidshttpwwwyoutubecomwatchvTRVCtbfuDqw Los CampesinoshttpwwwyoutubecomwatchvNj6SOyKMe8 Fucked UphttpwwwyoutubecomwatchvmW0jrDeSgQ Andrew Jackson Jihadhttpwwwyoutubecomwatchvc0cxrA3dTv4 Blink182httpwwwyoutubecomwatchvvVy9Lgpg1m8 Rx Banditshttpwwwyoutubecomwatchv8blFQb9Pb8k etcElectronic music is such a broad category Aphex TwinhttpwwwyoutubecomwatchvYCSrMEsaNAM is essential and you probably already know Daft PunkhttpwwwyoutubecomwatchvK2cYWfqNws entire catalog Aside from that youve got LCD SoundsystemhttpwwwyoutubecomwatchvCj8JrQ9w5jY Neon IndianhttpwwwyoutubecomwatchvyUzKnqrUPdU The Postal ServicehttpwwwyoutubecomwatchvyryZvd6aqME AnamanaguchihttpwwwyoutubecomwatchvTCiiso9Oac Twin ShadowhttpwwwyoutubecomwatchvhyO7P6LE7nA Crystal Castleshttpwwwyoutubecomwatchvh6UVK6FTDA Onrahttpwwwyoutubecomwatchvc0lzzfRYSI M83httpwwwyoutubecomwatchv9aZFcosBTaQ RatatathttpwwwyoutubecomwatchvBkgOzxKPJXQ The FieldhttpwwwyoutubecomwatchvhnHNwQY3KIampfeaturerelated Purity RinghttpwwwyoutubecomwatchvYdPml5QhMIA Starfuckerhttpwwwyoutubecomwatchv5Z8oYHbhnA CaribouhttpwwwyoutubecomwatchvYqtDOFU5tY Boards of CanadahttpwwwyoutubecomwatchvdQEmaj9C6ko Four TethttpwwwyoutubecomwatchvdQEmaj9C6ko Hot Chiphttpwwwyoutubecomwatchv4folfZTbMo Fuck ButtonshttpwwwyoutubecomwatchvR6WJnHfvfGk TV on the RadiohttpwwwyoutubecomwatchvSBhQ22CfJJ0 and so many othersNoise wasnt mentioned but I think it definitely qualifies as heavy or alternative music so Im gonna recommend some to you Lightning BolthttpwwwyoutubecomwatchveQRt5EJJfg Black PushttpwwwyoutubecomwatchvOV8m8LqlwI BoredomshttpwwwyoutubecomwatchvGcue8HY6a30 Death from Above 1979httpwwwyoutubecomwatchvahe9BPmMJAc and Deerhoofhttpwwwyoutubecomwatchvg6PKUOp8Sg all come to mindPostrock math rock and industrial also might qualify Think Explosions in the SkyhttpwwwyoutubecomwatchvXDqDieI3mD0 Battleshttpwwwyoutubecomwatchvuv38m36nsU and Nine Inch Nailshttpwwwyoutubecomwatchvuv38m36nsU respectivelyIll add some links in laterEDIT Added all the links deleted all of my edits Enjoy I grew up in the 90s so Ill always have a fondness for Tool Deftones earlyPumpkins nin and Manson They are almost always what I listen to at the gym But I could never get into any of the I guess really hardcore stuffBut am always happy to give any recommendations at least one listen you have any Oh fuck yeah OP Here are a few of my favorites Alice in Chains Megadeth Soundgarden Slayer Anthrax Stone Temple Pilots Metallica Opeth Machine Head All Shall Perish The Black Dahlia Murder Iron Maidenthe list goes on and on I love Iron Maiden Judas Priest Anthrax and so many more that I dont want to make into some huge list just this second Metal is just one of those things I really enjoy that tends to surprise people When I was living in Montreal my birthday gift was a ticket to a twoday heavy metal concert featuring over 20 groups ranging in style from much more death metal type stuff all the way to even glammish metal It was pretty awesome I have a ridiculously diverse taste in music I can generally find something I like in every genre except trite religious shit In particular anything that Trent Reznor or Maynard have ever touched moment of silence for the Tapeworm Project Punkalternativeskametal for sure AntiFlag Chase Long Beach Dead to me Streetlight Manifesto are just a few random bands I love Oh boy This is my thread I am a huge fan of a ton of the punkmetalindustrial spectrum I dont really know where to begin but heres my lastfmwwwlastfmuserGusbreslauer Ill make some attempt to cover an umbrella hereMetalOld school heavy metal Judas Priest Black Sabbath Sir Lord Balitmore Iron Maiden ya know the classic stuffThrash metal Slayer Metallica first 3 albums Venom Razor Sodom Kreator Destruction Exodus Coroner DRI kind of fits I tend to dislike the later and more modern attempts at reviving this stuff Some is not bad like Ramming SpeedDoomStoner metal Candlemass Cathedral St Vitus Sleep Om Yob Shrinebuilder Neurosis kinda fits here Also sludge like Dystopia and whatnot but thats from a crustpunk perspectiveDeath Metal Old school Earache records stuff is my favorite Death Bolt Thrower Autopsy Morbid Angel Nocturnus Obituary Carcass LOVE me some Swedish stuff like Entombed Carnage Dismember Nihilist At the Gates I like a very small amount of brutal death and tech death like Disgorge Gorgasm and Gorguts Ulcerate I cant hang with anything resembling deathcoreBlack Metal I love the first wave ala Hellhammer Celtic Frost Bathory Venom The second wave is okay honestly negligible but I like a few albums from Burzum Darkthrone Immortal and Mayhem From there third wave I like a ton of shit from really progressive projects like Absu Deathspell Omega Blut Aus Nord to retro stuff like Midnight and Aura Noir I have a sweet spot for bestialwar metal ala Blasphemy Bestial Warlust Diocletion Proclamation Black Witchery Blasphemophager etcThat is a shitty attempt to really cover what Im into and neglects so much Ill move onto punk now I too like a lot of genres In terms of metal and its various subgenres I am a fan of Mastodon Isis Porcupine Tree Opeth I like bands any combination of stoner metal progressive rock and math rock I loves me some math rock Mainly electronica and the like for me most of it symphonicclassicalbased but some electroswing tooSomething a la modehttpyoutubesu4WO5TVxQ HybridhttpyoutubeNJrmm5P5WSw ZirconhttpwwwyoutubecomwatchvVe3KHazMIT0ampfeatureshareamplistPL56C756AC19B31A41 Yoshida BrothershttpyoutubeJM9v8bSANSY JusticehttpyoutubeThKNtGY1ww Lemon Jellyhttpyoutubech4vpSVhZBU Infected MushroomhttpyoutubeghWppiNkLg Caravan PalacehttpyoutubeLvgy60wHoAg Swing RepublichttpwwwyoutubecomwatchvUDHKPAc2GwsampfeatureshareamplistPL7CA45AC1BF078B73 SkeewiffhttpyoutubeOund17lV6Ts and GramatikhttpyoutubemQbWJ7i66Nc just to list a fewI honestly dont know what would be the stereotypically gay kind of music thoughpop I guess I havent turned on a radio in yearsEdit Also a friend of mine has been trying to get me into metal for a while now I think some of Infected Mushrooms stuff was about as close as I ever got know of any good transitions given the above I like to believe that I have very culturally diverse music tastes I think it was Rammstein that showed me that other cultures have pretty bomb rock scenes too And myself being Asian and all that stuff decided to find Asian alternative rockHeres a Japanese alternative rock band with excellent English pronunciation Their lead singer speaks no English The lyricist was a person who had worked in California though and made sure the lyrics were phonetically and grammatically sound Pity theyre on indefinite hiatusELLEGARDEN SalamanderhttpyoutubeeqHyj9CWsAnd actually Japan has had a pretty good history of rock in the form of visual kei I just randomly Youtubed a compilation for you all to samplehttpyoutubefuF2tNlnRQ My own experience with visual kei extends only to old stuff like XJapanhttpyoutubesk0mCg36M1YHeres something in Cantonese from Hong Kong Apparently they had something of an alternative rock renaissance in the past 5 years Color me surprised Pun intendedMr httpyoutubew9G78Bxa5Ag The band name is Mr as in Mister And the title roughly translates to Dark ObsessionI do like variety in my music Im a fan of Porcupine TreehttpwwwyoutubecomwatchvGytDHQtVTXw and Steven Wilson in general I also quite like some of the older NightwishhttpwwwyoutubecomwatchvM7Cz0HHxaY songs but the newer stuff even Tarjas last few albums with them havent seemed as good to meI find postrock music really great while working and do not regret the day I discovered MaybeshewillhttpwwwyoutubecomwatchvWDGfCZRRJA0 If there were one band I would really recommend someone check out it would be MaybeshewillOn the electronic side Ive been a fan of VNV NationhttpwwwyoutubecomwatchvNzxpvRni74 for a few years now although I find myself going for lighter music these days Yup right here Currently on a major Obscura other technical death metal kick I think Im slowly coming down off itIve also been listening to a lot of The Black Keys and Mumford amp Sons lately so its a weird mix of stuff depending on my moodLastfm herehttpwwwlastfmuserwhytewynd Oh boy yes Heres a good chunk of favoritesMetal Municipal WastehttpwwwyoutubecomwatchvvdAAF1JcmXIthrash crossover Electric WizardhttpwwwyoutubecomwatchvsO7VP34n2PsDoom MayhemhttpwwwyoutubecomwatchvocvEMoadhukBlack Dark Disciplehttpwwwyoutubecomwatchv2SuvvZkJeUDeath 3 Inches of Bloodhttpwwwyoutubecomwatchv4dvIjjzO2aUPower Ghoulhttpwwwyoutubecomwatchv6vVUZyioADeath ThrashGrindMagrudergrindhttpwwwyoutubecomwatchvq4wxeBjxqBw Voetsekhttpwwwyoutubecomwatchv3GiFvsPJgK8 Insect WarfarehttpwwwyoutubecomwatchvPqOHNS2cZCQ MassgravehttpwwwyoutubecomwatchvDtangH0tR4 Napalm Deathhttpwwwyoutubecomwatchvw5ISyuFo5I Population ReductionhttpwwwyoutubecomwatchvE02c4XPg33kPowerviolence Uzi Suicidehttpwwwyoutubecomwatchv14oQMyV4Sg Waste Managementhttpwwwyoutubecomwatchvx5UuAsv8SmQ Lack of InteresthttpwwwyoutubecomwatchvCNjakh3ZNfo Chest PainhttpwwwyoutubecomwatchvrULhPha2IrEPunkChoking VictimhttpwwwyoutubecomwatchvWIOsw2wK4os CrasshttpwwwyoutubecomwatchvYIdcDL64KCE Rudimentary PenihttpwwwyoutubecomwatchvR9bkbavTE Minor ThreathttpwwwyoutubecomwatchvpAEzAjFZPys MDChttpwwwyoutubecomwatchvNctzNLw5E Leftover CrackhttpwwwyoutubecomwatchvedBRYTPgYkw NoCashhttpwwwyoutubecomwatchvjlENvfTfELwCrustAntischismhttpwwwyoutubecomwatchvL07pP8H0AUampplaynext1amplistPL619BADA2F749FC31ampfeatureresultsvideo Capitalist CasualtieshttpwwwyoutubecomwatchvGDMVa94abA NauseahttpwwwyoutubecomwatchvJrGzypUk5vQ Aus Rottenhttpwwwyoutubecomwatchv6j0s4t0PvM InfesthttpwwwyoutubecomwatchvPd9HKiUcioM I suppose I could make a giant link list of bands I enjoy but no Instead heres a list and I would be happy to discuss any of themAyreonAgallochAmorphisBlind GuardianBorealisDiablo Swing OrchestraElvenkingFinntrollFreterniaGamma RayGuilt MachineIron SaviorKatatoniaMercenary DenmarkNightwishPersuaderPriestRed CircuitSabatonSavage CircusSeven KingdomsSinbreedSolution 45TarotTuatha De DanannTurisasVoyagerXandria
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Im sure many of you were wondering how BurNIng can be so good at last hitting But fret not I have found the answerTurns out his secret identity which will no longer be a secret as of today is a real life samurai named Isao MachiihttpenwikipediaorgwikiIsaoMachiiJust look at the uncanny resemblance httpimgurcomSZSA8 Source google imagesStill not convinced I HAVE VIDEO PROOFhttpwwwyoutubecomwatchfeatureplayerdetailpageampvQzhs1Z8Rwnkt81sAccording to the expert in the video he possesses extraordinary anticipatory processing Being able to cut a BB pellet flying at 200mph in half Meh last hitting must be like taking candy from a baby for him This is a talent he was born withLast but not least is it a coincidence that BurNIngs best hero is AntiMage I THINK NOTEDIT This is just a joke no racism intended geezspoiler
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they dont even look alikeDont give me the asiansalllookalike thingEDIT But nice Vid anyway
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I am leaving in 2 days on a cruise I am fine with open boats I fish alot but the concept of a cruiseliner with x amount of people somehow floating on the ocean has me quite freaked out I know I am being silly and I will have a great time However I am more than a tad freaked out about this So tell mewhat irrational fears do you have and how do you talk yourself out of them and learn to just enjoy the ride
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I let the fear do its thing as I count to 5 Then I do whatever it is that I have to do Jack ShepardIm kinda paraphrasing
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Im not sure about you but I always investigated when I could and got the full story This entire thread is spoilers just a warningPersonally I had trouble dealing with Mordins death on Tuchanka At first when hes going up the elevator I wasnt really feeling anything I knew he was gonna die but I knew he was doing it for a good cause Then he startedI studied species Turian Asari and BatarianMy xenoscience studies range from urban to agrarianThe music was all intenseI am the very model of a scientist salarianThats when I started feeling the sadness Mordin was one of my least favorite characters in ME3 because of his reasoning for the Genophage before Maelons missionThis was just my experience what was yours
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Talis suicide on my first play through I was totally depressed losing Mordin then Legion and then Tali committing suicideit didnt help that I thought I was too slow to hit the paragon interrupt and I thought I couldve caught her had I been faster realised later that wasnt the caseI turned off the game for the night and moped about it
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I am a college student who recently decided to join the Army National GuardToday I was browsing and saw a picture of a fallen marine overseas that was being honored by two other marines and the dog that he handled The comments were nothing but antimilitary that was not just I dont agree with what they do The comments were along the lines of They are dogs who are signing their lives away or They are the stupidest of the Americans the ones who think their country cares about themI may only be 18 I may have not experienced life I know I dont deserve any respect because I have yet to prove myself as a person But why do you hate the soldier Do you hate the concept of what they do But are they not just like me A college student a blue or white collar worker I do not regret my enlistment I think it was the best choice of my life My family does not approve but I am calling the shots I come from a very wealthy area where joining the military means you are a waste of life and now I cant even go home without people just calling me stupidEDIT College student guess where and I am studying arabic I am joining the military not because I think the military is Call of Duty Simulator 2013 but to get the benefits for school and to get a headstart on my life I wish to use and expand my skills with languages to better help everyone Thank youEDIT Maybe not approval but I am rather asking what is your opinion and why
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The best advice I can give you is to never take anonymous internet opinions every seriously Except for this one Many people including me just dont understand why someone would join the army in your situation You might be forced to go to a war you dont agree with You have to completely comply to some authority you might not always agree with A terrible boss in working life is bad in military its hell you cant even quit Youre giving up basic human rights and freedoms Youre not calling the shots your senior will call the shotsThat said I dont hate soldiers but I do agree with your family and friends that youre stupid you had better options I can only speak for myself but heres my takegtBut why do you hate the soldier Do you hate the concept of what they do But are they not just like me A college student a blue or white collar workerNo Once you become a soldier you become a hired killer Your job is not to protect your homeland as a lot of young enlisted men assume but to kill and be killed for the selfserving elite who run the countryYou become a pawn of the elite and your job is to kill the pawns of other elites or get killed by themIt is a sad waste of a young life sacrificed on the alter of greed and hubris gtI know I dont deserve any respect because I have yet to prove myself as a personThis kind of thinking does not only makes you perfect for the army but also explains a lot of the over reactions in comments you mentioned It is the mindset of the modern soldier i am affraid It reminds me how redundant Douglas MacArthurs quote is in what relates to the modern soldier generalization of the modern soldier ofc The soldier above all others prays for peace for it is the soldier who must suffer and bear the deepest wounds and scars of warThose comments are despicable i agree but they can be seen as a reaction to the trivialization of something that used to be considered a noble sacrifice but now is nothing more the quest for a honor badge and a reach for statusAlso do remember that the nature of the war sought and fought by the US in the modern day is not a war fought on the defense of the human principle but on the defense of the economical one You do not need anyones approval You do not do it for anyones approval Or else you are just another one enlisting for all the wrong reasonsPeace be with you if you chose to enlist you are apart of the problem while i dont hate you as a person i hate your choice and i feel bad for you when the reality sets in Because I dont understand why the US well and the rest of the world is spending so many lives and resources on weapons and killing other human beings 683 billion dollars went to the military and yet the US could barely scrape up 8 billion for one of the most advanced and sophisticated pieces of scientific technology ever conceived the James Web Space Telescope I want our world to be at peace not war I want every human being to be able to live their lives without the fear of bombs falling from the sky or invaders from a far land coming to rape their children Why is the world still squabbling over little bits of land that are barely distinguishable from other bits of land What we need to realise is that we are all human beings and we are all stuck together on this rock thats floating through space Those lines on the map that say THIS is my land THAT is your land Those lines are imaginary they dont exist I want to see a world where we recognize that we are one race We are one species and one organism An organism at war with itself is doomed We can do so much more and so much better with what we have then training young men to kill other young men I just find the very concept of military in this day and age to be ridiculous Godwinspeed summed it up better than I could gtYou become a pawn of the elite and your job is to kill the pawns of other elites or get killed by them You could post a pic of how stoked your dog is to see you when you come back from deploymentThen karmawhores will steal it
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I recently picked up the Ultimate Edition on Black Friday Bought the Laser Pistol Combat Sight but it wont mod to my laser pistol for some reason Any ideas
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Is the mod GRA Is the laser pistol GRA If the pistol is GRA it should be named Laser Pistol GRA GRA mods are only compatible with GRA guns
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Right everyone the server is up and running okay The whitelist is loaded so everyone should be able to get on If you cant please post in the relevant whitelist threadNow as this is a new modpack and isnt running on bukkit we are running without any plugins This means we are trusting you not to act irresponsibly as it will be a lot more hassle for everyoneEven though we have a lot more fancy mods were taking it back to basics teamwork and exploration Just enjoy yourselves and get used to how feed the beast works well be doing that too Please dont create hundreds of mystcraft worlds for no reason its a quick way to kill the server and we dont want thatThere is a lot more that can be said but Ill leave it up to you guys to ask questions Well be here to answer themAdminsDanjo Danjohadley MeZelden Ollie666KliqResisttheurgeAs a side note I would like to stress this is very new things will probably go wrong its likely there will be lots of random server restarts I apologise for this and can only say that it will lead to a more stable server
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Regarding the question of whether this will be our permanent mapPlay as if we arent changing build explore and learn If somehow the extra worldgen stuff can be added in without changing the map the mod developers are working on it well keep itIf we have to change map please dont worry too much about it Weve done it before and it always proves to be a fun experience
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possibly relocated to bitters and nacogdoches when i was in school around 20042007 some games were free most took nickels the kind of place youd have a 12yearolds birthday i know someone knowsi have already searched county tax records with no results
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Larzland Oh man thats classic Wasnt there one by MacArthur I forget I went to Diversions maybe a few months ago on San Pedro and it was where happy thoughts and feelings go to DIE lol Seriously though
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I wanted to build a circuit that would be powered off a dimmer switchHow exactly do they work What kind of load can they handle Best practices
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Triacs They work by cutting off a variable portion of the ac wave When they are set low clipping a large portion of the mains signal off you can often hear a humming sound due to the harmonics from this clipping Id suggest starting at the Wikipedia page for triacs and going from there And hopefully someone with a little more mains experience can come and be a little more clear Edit harmonicS not harmonicA Damn phone App notehttpwwwlittelfusecomproductsmediaFilesLittelfuseTechnical20ResourcesDocumentsApplication20Notesan1003pdf They are SCRshttpenwikipediaorgwikiSiliconcontrolledrectifierhttpenwikipediaorgwikiDimmer Dimmers are based off of triacs AC triodes While they can handle some inductive loads it definitely stresses both the dimmer and the load Best to stick to resistive loads with these circuits For a digital dimmer 5VAD converter to read in voltage with a potentiometerfiltered PWM to generate output voltageFor a dimmer on the mains Before you can consider building dimmers on AC you need to understand what a SCR and a triac is There is enough material to be found on wikipedia on that matter Most important thing to remember you turn it on by applying a gate current which will allow the component to conduct and the only way to turn it off is to take away the cathode to anode currentWhen making a dimmer circuit there are 2 possible topologies for you to useSynchronous control or Assynchronous control Phase control In asynchronous control the thyristor or triac may betriggered at a point in the mains voltage other than the zerovoltage crossover point Asynchronous control circuits areusually relatively cheap but liable to produce RFI This is used for lightIn synchronous control the trigger points are synchronized with the zero crossover points of the mains This is used for temperature controlFor light the assynchronous control is better because the synchronous control would give you a massive headache light flickering This however means that if you wish to use the actual dimmer in your house you might need to look into what a snubber is Since the assynchronous control creates massive noise you need to filter this to keep your mains somewhat clean This is what a snubber does Its pretty much a fancy word for an LC filter Notice there is no R in the filter gt theoretically no dissipation in an LC filter You can also use a varistor which removes fast changing voltagesWhen dealing with inductive loads some other problems might arise Since the load current will lag behind it is possible that you trigger too soon and you miss your next cycle Therefore it is good practise to make your gate current a short series of bursts This will also reduce the amount of power dissipated in the component There exist scrs and triac that can withstand a constant gate current these are however more expensiveWhen choosing between a triac and thyristor its purely up to you With a triac you can achieve greater brightness since you can go up to the full input sine wave With a thyristor you can only have a half rectified sine wave Personaly i would think triacs are more expensive but dont quote me on this Lastly when dealing with a high input voltage you might want to add a diac which is basicly a triac with no gate to go to the gate of the triac This gives you a lower sensitivity and a bigger swing which is more desireable for example swing of 0 to 1 V with 001 V steps or swing of 0V to 100V of 1V stepsTo summarize you should research these thingsSCRTRIACDIACPhase ControlSnubberVaristorIf youve never heared of any of this you might have bit off more than you can chew no offense I say this because its not very safe to work on this voltage as a hobbyist
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Also can sharpness be so sharp that the weight of the blade is enough to cut ie A knife cutting through a table because its weight is enough force applied to cut
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I see people giving you great theoretical answers with great science behind them so I wont belabor the technical point theyve already brought up and Ill move straight into the practical meat of the answerShort answer no This is because we dont have a material to make knives out of that would stand up to the rock When making a knife one considers its use when selecting not just shape and material but what type of edge to put on it The sharpest edges are usually obtained by using a triangular blade profile with concave sides sort of like a capitol letter V where the sides bulge inward Think of a straight razor for shaving In this sort of edge there is no profile change from spine to edge just a smooth curve all the way down This produces an extremely fine edge which cuts through things like hair paper skin fabric etc As though theyre not thereHowever every time it makes a cut a little material is worn away and the edge is damaged a little This is why extremely sharp blades have to be sharpened often to retain their keeness The finer the edge the more suseptable to damage it becomes Think of two steel rods one an inch thick and the other 332nd of an inch thick Which is easier to bend Edges are the same waySource Im a blacksmith who makes knivesTLDR No because the edge would become too fragile to cut before it obtained the desired sharpness I cant answer your main question but I can answer your second question Yes a blade can be sharp enough that the weight of the blade alone is enough to cut thingsCutting is applying force over area If you have a barrel sitting on the ground the weight of the barrel times the acceleration gravity determines how much force is distributed over the area of the barrel Now take 3 nails and put them on the bottom of the barrel Now the entire force of the barrel is split over those 3 nails If this hypothetical barrel was sitting on something soft like swiss cheese it is fairly likely that the prenail barrel would rest on the surface and that the nail barrel would sink inNow imagine instead of the nails you had a knife The knife cuts through materials by applying force over area The two ways to increase the cutting power are to apply more force or have the force applied across less area As such you can imagine that with a sufficiently small surface area particularly sharp blade the force of the weight of the knife times gravity should be able to cut No it could not because the body of the knife is widerthicker than the cutting edge So at best the cutting edge of your impossibly sharp knife would sink into the rock a tiny bit and then no farther because the thicker part would not be able to enter the thin cutThis is why meat and soft things are easier to cut the thicker part of the blade can pushcompress the soft material out of the way as the cutting edge does the slicingThe entire blade of your knife would have to be the thickness of the cutting edge in order to cut through something solid be it rock wood whatever This is why saws work the way they do the teeth are as wide or wider than than the body of the saw so they scrape out a gap wide enough for the body to pass though behind the cutting edge
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Been dating a girl for about 5 months now Things have been good but she has been a little distant these past few weeks Hanging out a few nights ago and see that she gets a text from an ex who she has talked down about a lot The text is a little fishy so i open up the thread and see that she has told him that she dreams about them hooking up This has really been bothering me but I am not sure if I am overreacting I understand that you cant control your dreams but admitting it to an ex who wants you back I am hesitant to talk to her about it because of the whole I went through your texts conversation and also I am not sure if this is as big of a deal as I am making it out to be in my headSo am i blowing this out of proportion Should I talk to her about it Any and all advice would be appreciatedTLDR girlfriend texted ex who wants her back saying she dreams about him in a sexual way what do i do
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gtI went through your textsBut you could say that youve noticed something different about her and you had a hunch I feel snooping is legit The other needs to take responsibility for her own actions What you could do is ask if she has ever texted her ex back While youve been dating If she says yes then you could leave her based on her honesty Or if she says no then tell her you are more mad about her lying to you because you already know the truth Maybe turn her into a liar rather than telling her about the snooping
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HiyaSo I play with an assassin on TOFN I Play with a darkness build but I would like to think that with a bit of tweaking I can do much more damage than I currently do I peak at around 150kI am valour 62 so I am half geared with war hero gear currently aiming for the entire survivor setCurrently my endurance outweighs my willpower not sure if this is right though as I always assumed that willpower was an inquisitors number 1 statI like the bonuses of the survivor set targets controlled by my spike take additional dmg etcIs it possible for me to exchange mods etc from another set into the survivor set so that I keep my bonus but add willpower will willpower help me output much more damage especially when I trigger harnessed darkness gt force lightningWhat I want to do is to be able to balance dmg and guarding where should I focusAlso can anyone give me an idea for a 1 on 1 rotation in pvpThanks in advance
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Long time Shadow here Youre on the right track it is about your gearing Unfortunately youve gone ahead and invested so heavily into survivor gear that it will take a lot of work to bring your DPS up so let me say thisDont underestimate having full survivor gear in PvP Even if your damage is low your utility can be ltigtveryltigt strong A defensively geared AssassinShadow can be one of the most annoying things to deal with as an opposing team Of course on the other hand many SinsShadows gear for DPS for a reason because you can have good defensive utility though nothing like that of a full survivor geared player while doing pretty decent DPS I typically go 300 400k depending on how long the warzone is and how good my team isHere is the general rule for how to do the DPSDarkness thing1 Stack Power and Surge2 Accuracy to 95 melee at most3 Overkill augments in everything Resolve augments can substitute if youre too broke for the overkill onesSet wise I strongly recommend going 2 pieces of survivor gear for the cooldown decrease on spike Yes the 4 piece stalker bonus is pretty decent but I think having spike available 50 more often outweighs this considerably Lucky you This means that your investment into survivor is not a waste altogetherApart from that youll want to take out mods and enhancements from other things to put them into your gear The ones that come in the 2 pieces of survivor gear are defensive stats which you dont want for the DPS Darkness Sin and the ones that come default in the Stalker gear arent perfect either The way to go about min maxing is as follows typically you will have one particular mod and enhancement you want to stack Sometimes there will be a variety for certain classes think Sniper but for Shadow its generally the Powersurge ones Therefore you go through the PvP vendors and find the cheapest item you can which has the mods you want and just keep buying that over and over For example as I recall one of the sets of sage gloves had the best mod for powersurge so I just bought a ton of them and had a ton of those mods Because enhancements do not have your primary stat willpowermightcunningaim on them you can actually take those from anywhere For example I got a ton of enhancements from the Battlemaster Trooper gunNow this brings up two more points First when minmaxing it can be better to do it with the middle tier gear not the 3rd tier This is because 3rd tier is extremely expensive in that it requires having a piece of 2nd tier to buy meaning each piece you buy for one enhancement requires getting two In other words get the top tier currently WH pieces for the armoringhiltbarrel and then after that get the second tier currently BM pieces to pull out mods and enhancements The difference between the equivalent BM and WH mods are typically very small one or two points at most and so you are sacrificing very little After you min max through the 2nd tier which goes fast you can turn towards getting the top tier mods and enhancements if you likeThe second point is this make sure you look at the top tier gear piece you want before buying 2nd tier because sometimes the stats change between the two Notable is the Consulars focus The one with your ideal stats on it for BM is the Stalkers focus However the WH one you want is one of the Sage pieces Force Masters I believe In this case it is usually most efficient to take the less ideal 2nd tier piece in this case the BM Stalkers focus so that you can then jump immediately into the good to tier WH Force Masters Focus pieceNow what I would suggest to you is this dont start swapping your stats around yet Patch 16 is coming within a month or so with NEW gear eliminating BM and making the two tiers WH and EWH If you wait you can be minmaxing with WH pieces instead of BM ones
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Many of you know that you can grab whatever a mimic is holding by throwing a Lloyds talisman at it However what you may not know is tyat every time it falls asleep there is a chance it will drop a Symbol of Avarice Simply use a Lloyds search the mimic and if it did not drop the SoA punch it Throw another Lloyds at it Eventually it will drop it no bonfire neededIf you really wanted to you could get an SoA from the first Mimic in Sens
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Isnt the SoA a guaranteed drop from the last mimic killed I dont think I have ever killed them all without it dropping
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I live in a red state so voting for president is pointless But i cant decide if I should go and write in Bart Simpson or if I shouldnt go at all Help me out Should I go and only vote on single issues
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Voting for local propositions gives you a better chance of actually affecting some change There doesnt seem to be a downside to trying that in my mind I agree that voting for president in most states is pointless and even if it werent who would want either of the main maniacs in office That being said Gary Johnson or Jill Stein both seem pretty sane for being presidential candidates They might not win but I think as many people as possible should attempt to express our discontent with the two party system in any way we can Anyway here is a fairly outdated but pretty awesome article about not voting should you decide to abstainhttpwwwhartfordhwpcomarchives45a298html Heres my argument against votinghttpamericancynicnetlog20121101whyidontvotehtmlOf course if you want to vote Id suggest looking at Vermin Supreme or even Johnson or Stein or nobodyhttpwwwantipoliticsws You should focus on doing something productive ie direct action or community organizing or really anything
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Hi I will be picking up a 2 month old male budgie tommorow from a good pet store that Ive been using for years now Ive read alot about budgies in the past few days but I have a few questions When should I let it out the cage My friend who has budgies was telling me not to let him out for a week and just sit by his cage and talk to him so it gets used to me then once its comfortable in its new enviorment I should start letting him out Is this a good idea wouldnt the bird get depressed for staying in the cage that long I dont want to feel sadHow to do I deal with agression Will it land on my nose and try to pech at my eyes I know this sound dumb but I just want to know how to deal with a sitiuation like this I have a young brother who has mild assbergers that comes and stays with me once in a while just want to be on the safe side because I dont want him to feel unconfortable so he doesnt stop visiting
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When should you let it out of the cage When you think youll be able to get it back in If heshe gets out before theyre ready then they might run away from you instead of wanting to go back inside and having to chase it down grab it and put it back in isnt a very good trust building exercise A week or so might be all it takes or it might be over a month It depends on the bird And no they wont get depressed as long as they have company Noise and other flock members like yourself are required for several hours a dayAggression Maybe there are some angry budgies out there but I have yet to see one My budgies have only bitten me when Ive withheld treats and they only bite the fingers that are holding the treats and they dont bite hard just enough to let me know that theyre upset And my birds are nothing specialall three came from the same Petsmart If anything your birds will get scared of thingspeople and try to run away instead of attacking it They know how small they are and they usually dont like the odds of going up against something much larger Let me know if you have any more questions and keep on reading Budgies are prey not predators You have nothing to fear regarding aggressionI agree that you should keep it in its cage for several days Assuming your cage is the right size it will feel very comfortable and safe there Let it get used to its surroundings and to your voiceps Aspergers
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I feel like a supreme moron but for the life of me it doesnt seem to matter which direction Ive tried to approach the green swirly indicator of quest starts here derpina I cannot figure out how to get to it Ive been about to successfully complete all the rest of my quest chain without newbing it up so the fact that I cannot figure out how to get to it annoys me a lot Ive tried getting there from the Penitent Waypoint Shelters Gate Waypoint Jofast Waypoint etc I was over at the Cathedral of Verdance once when it wasnt in Contested You Gonna Die All By Yourself mode and there seemed like there was a walkway but i couldnt figure out how to get to itMy level of frustration is rising Someone please help Even if its a im bad with directions but yes its that pathway over at the cathedral thats a direction for me to attempt to exploreThanks in Advance Im aware it was bugged for a while but this isnt the bug as far as I know
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I think this is the one that you get to via the watertheres like a river and it has an underwater cavetunnel thing
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I try to keep the stuff I haul around on a daily basis to a minimum I do my makeup in the morning and my foundation and eye makeup lasts me the whole day I try to focus on the things that wear off and I need to reapplyHeres everything in my purse currentlyhttpiimgurcomS6PgZjpgFrom top to bottom Two little hair clips and a teasing comb I have shortish hair so I cant really pull it back in a ponytail but I carry some clips to pull back a couple sections to keep my hair out of my face The comb is good for teasing to add a little volume and regular brushing Takes up almost no room awesome ELF lip stain in Birthday Suit Its poorly named its not so much of a stain as it is a long wear lipstick It dries nice and matte but it has some clear gloss on the other end if you need some shininess Revlon Super Lustrous gloss in Pink Pop Maybelline Baby Lips balm This is what I use most of the time No color just like your standard chapstick TheBalm Stainiac in Beauty Queen I use this primarily as a lip stain but you can also use it on your cheeks as blush Double duty Coach Poppy and Poppy Flower perfume pencils I just got these and I LOVE THEM I have the actual liquid Poppy Flower perfume but it tends to fade away towards the end of the day These are great for refreshing it and they take up very little space And they seem to last longer than the actual perfume Cheap Blotting tissues My nose is oily as fuck Urban Decay Deslick powder After I blot I use a little bit of this on my nose It does a great job at controlling the oil for the rest of the day Nivea hand creme My hands have a tendency to be incredibly dry because I wash them all the time This stuff is nice because its small and CHEAP I think that tin was 99 cents at UltaSo show me what you carry What are your holy grail togo products
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Usually just blotting papers and whatever lip product Im wearing that day Lipsticks and glosses inevitable end up accumulating in my purse pockets though so I try to do a weekly clean out BABY LIPSlt3 ohmygosh im obsessed They keep my lips full and moisturized and I just love them so much They come in tons of different colors I definatly suggest everyone to try them Some variety of lip products a gloss a lipstick and a balm in varying colors blotting papers a mirror and hand cream I always carry a little makeup bag with me I have a small container of foundation a powder compact a travelsize brush a concealer stick blotting paper and a makeup spongeI literally carry it everywhere its very rare Ill leave the house without my minimakeup bag I started carrying it around because when I spend the night away from home I want to be able to even out my skin tone in the morning I rarely wear lip color and I can do without eye makeup but Im obsessive about keeping my skin looking niceIll usually also have some lip balm hand cream and a little bottle of defrizzing hair stuff Normally Rosebud Salve Revlon Just Bitten Stain in Honey Loccitane Hand Cream MAC Cosmo Hair clipsbands Whatever blush Im wearing that day just in caseOther things that always end up in my purseBasically every other lipstick I own
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