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hii! its tots fine if no but could you maybe do some fluff with basketball player luke and like him tryinh to teach you how to play?🙈
i read basketball & fluff and my one tree hill obsessed heart started singing. YES, ABSOLUTELY I CAN DO THIS <3333 have to preface this by saying that i know like nothing about basketball, though. i am a strictly baseball-hockey girl myself sdjfhskdjfh. my knowledge is limited but i will do my best, hehe. she's short and sweet. enjoy, my lovely! 𓆩♡𓆪
"you might be the worst player i have ever seen, and i once watched grover try to play." your boyfriend, luke castellan, chuckled unhelpfully from behind you.
you and luke had been going out for a couple of months now and honestly? you'd never been happier. he'd made you feel so welcome your first week of camp and every day since, he'd made you feel safe and cared for.
you were basically luke's dream girl. you were funny, caring, charming, and you had very quickly become his safe space. your one big flaw, however, was that you couldn't play basketball for shit.
the two of you had been playing horse on the camp court and you were failing... miserably. luke already had H-O-R-S and you... had no letters. yeah, you were that bad.
"in the words of annabeth: statistically speaking, you should have at least gotten one by now." he grinned, his smile only growing wider when you turned around to glare at him.
"oh, fuck off! not all of us are basketball superstars!" you huffed, but you couldn't help but laugh along with him. this was part of why you cared about him so much, he could always make you laugh despite yourself.
"if this is the best you can do, i don't think we can see each other anymore. makes me look bad." he laughed, quickly getting up from the bench he was on to avoid getting hit with the ball you tossed at him.
"i'm kidding, i'm kidding! c'mere." he laughed, beckoning you toward him with that easy smile you loved. "i can't do it, basketball is not one of my many skills! quit on me, castellan, i'll only slow you down." you sighed dramatically.
"alright, drama queen. you can, just trust me." luke stated, rolling his eyes at your dramatics. "square your shoulders, to the basket." he instructed, watching as you begrudgingly did as told, lips formed in a little pout.
"now, you gotta bring the ball up right past your nose like this, okay?" he instructed, demonstrating exactly what to do with his own arms, ball in hand as you went through the motion with him.
"bend your knees a little." he corrected, holding the ball out for you to grab before stepping behind you. "relax your hips..." he murmured, gently placing his hands on you and leaning down to your ear to make sure you could still hear him... and also to be a romantic sap.
"and... just shoot." he stated, eyes watching you while you eyed the hoop suspiciously. "that's it? just shoot?" you asked, voice a little breathy as you turned your head a bit to look at him. "just shoot." he repeated with a nod.
"well, here goes nothing." you sighed, bending your knees a little more before bending a little and letting the ball fly out of your hands and... right into the net.
"holy shit" you breathed, grin breaking out onto your face as you turned to look at your smiling, slightly cocky boyfriend. "told you so." he smirked, grunting a bit on impact as you flung your arms around him with a laugh.
"okay, maybe you can be right sometimes." you relented, sighing dramatically like it was the hardest thing you'd ever have to admit. "that's very big of you, babe." he chuckled, eyes shining with adoration as he looked at you.
"now, do it a few more times and maybe you'll catch up to me." luke hummed, jogging leisurely to go pick up the ball from it's spot by the bench.
"nuh uh, castellan. i'm going out on the high of making that one shot, i'm retired, 'm too good to keep going." you stated, shaking your head and turning on your heel to leave.
"quitter!" he called after you, grinning as you simply flipped him off and kept walking. "see you before dinner?"
"duh, you owe me a victory kiss."
ᵈⁱᵛⁱᵈᵉʳ ᵐᵃᵈᵉ ᵇʸ @ᵐᵘʳᵘᶠᶠⁱⁿ
#☆lola's lovely convos#☆lola writes !#luke castellan#pjo#pjo series#luke castellan oneshot#luke castellan x reader#luke castellan imagine#luke castellan fluff#fluff#pjo fluff#☆ lola's requests !
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MCYT on Ao3 - March '24
The state of MCYT on Ao3, just for fun. Yes I do this every month, I like numbers.
There were some very significant changes in the MCYT space with certain people being outed as abusive or predatory, with some people describing the wave of people coming forward as "mcyt's #metoo moment", so I would expect to see that reflected in the statistics. Let's go for it!
Incidentally, I reached the limit for bullet points on Tumblr, so it's time to switch this over to a spreadsheet! Which means I get to do colour coding, fun.
Some Notes:
I didn't see any new fandoms this month, but ocassionally I've missed something. Feel free to let me know if I've missed a fandom!
Fics are still primarily in english, but we have three exceptions with significant spanish fics. Karmaland (751 of 860 are in spanish, from 750 last month), Tortillaland (109 of 115 are in spanish, the same as last month), and QSMP (845 of 8,475 are in spanish, from 827 last month.)
QSMP also shows 47 fics in French, up from 43 last month, and 454 in Brasilian Portugese, up from 452 last month. While I did not check every language this month, I checked on the languages I knew had a fic in QSMP and we see 1 fic in Bahasa Malaysia, 1 fic in Dansk (Danish), 2 fic in Deutsch (German) up from 1 last month, 1 fic in Esperanto, 1 fic in Filipino, 5 works in European Portugese, 2 fics in Polski (Polish), 7 fics in Русский (Russian), 1 fic in Suomi (Finnish), 1 fic in Svenska (Swedish), 1 fic in Tiếng Việt (Vietnamese), and 4 fics in 中文-普通话 國語 (Mandarin Chinese, I believe) up from 3 last month. While several 한국어 (Korean) speakers were recently added to the QSMP, there are currently no fics in 한글 (written Korean). The one fic in ASL has been either re-filed or deleted.
In the small and micro-sized fandoms, HBG's atypical increase of 16 fics last month was followed by a decrease of 7 this month. So not sure what happened there but something happened there. The fandom with the greatest increase is New Life, with an increase of 11, followed by My Inner Demons, with an increase of 9.
In the middle sized fandoms, another Aphmau fandom took the flag, with MyStreet showing an increase of 42 fics. That is followed by Minecraft Diaries and Evolution SMP, at 26 and 25 respectively.
In the post-canon big fandoms, 3rd Life was our standout, with an increase of 398 fics (less than last month's 558 or the previous month's record 831. Origins was noteworthy for posting an actual decrease of 30 fics, in contrast to the previous month's increase of 19. Dream SMP was probably the fandom hardest hit by the outing of abusers mentioned at the start, and far from last month's increase of 591, they showed an actual decrease of 801 fics. So a difference in expected fics posted of approximately 1,400 fics.
Dream SMP was actually not the fandom that posted the greatest decrease, as that belongs to Minecraft (Video Game), which saw a decrease of 1,555 fics, a difference in expected fics posted of approximately 1,800 fics. So many fics were deleted that Video Blogging RPF, which showed an increase of 3,513 last month and this time last year had 3,343 fics posted, only showed an increase of 51 fics.
In the currently airing big fandoms, Hermitcraft's increase of 628 did not reach the previous month's 716 or the month before that's 784, but does beat December's 574. QSMP was also, presumably, hit by the deletion wave, as this month's 391 did not reach the previous month's 729. This marks the fifth month of decline for QSMP.
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Could you combine prompt 6 and 7 of the hurt/comfort prompts with Jake and reader?
Pairing: Jake “Hangman” Seresin x fem!reader
Hurt/Comfort Prompts:
6. “Tell me where you are and I’ll come get you.”
7. “What happened? Are you okay?”
Warnings: Domestic Violence, Abuse, Alcohol Abuse, General Violence, Angst
Word Count: 1.5k
THIS BLOG AND ITS FICS ARE 18+! MINORS DNI!
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A/N: So sorry this took me so long to get out! Also I just kind of started writing and ran with it.
It wasn’t the first time he’d hit you. Hell it wasn’t even the tenth time he’d hit you. It was the hardest he’d hit you so far. So hard you saw stars and then when you had started to stumble he’d pushed you, causing you to hit your head on the kitchen counter. How you hadn’t been knocked unconscious you weren’t sure. Then again, maybe you had and you were finally coming to.
Blake was charming to the outside world. That was how he’d gotten you. He approached you in the bar one night with a charming smile and sweet words. It wasn’t until a little over a month of you dating that he’d started to change. At first it was little things. Like he’d be upset if you weren’t home when you said you would, if you fell asleep before you could switch the laundry into the dryer, or if you were too loud when he was trying to watch tv. Then it started to escalate. He started cutting you off from the outside world. Convincing you to leave your job so he could take care of you. Making your friends out to be bad people so you would cut them off. You already didn’t have any family left so when you took the scissors the strings of your other relationships Blake was all you had left. The man knew what he was doing. He’d done this before.
Never had you thought you’d let yourself get into a situation like this. You always thought you were smarter than that. Only evil didn’t come at you straightforwardly. By the time you realized exactly what was happening you were stuck. Or at least you felt stuck. You had no money, no friends, no one to run to for help. All you had was Blake and the never ending pain he caused.
Slowly you sat up, trying to stave off the nauseating dizziness that crept up with every movement. Yeah, you definitely had a concussion. It was dark in the house, no sound and you weren’t sure if Blake was still here or not. It wasn’t until you heard the loud apneic snoring coming from the couch that you knew he was still here. All you knew was that you had to get out. You couldn’t let this happen again because then you’d never get out. Not unless he killed you and with the way the beatings were going you were sure that might not be too far away.
Reaching up on the counter top you felt around to try and find your phone. Your heart was beating fast because you had to work quickly. There was no telling how long he would be out for this time. When your hand landed on your phone you fought the urge to let out a sigh of relief. The only reason you still were allowed a phone was so Blake could track you. And he went through it all the time. You were so scared he’d find something you hadn’t hidden well enough that you never tried anything for fear of being beaten. What was so different about this time you weren’t sure. All you knew was that you had to get out. You knew the statistics, every woman did. It was like part of being a woman. Knowing the odds of your survival in different situations with men.
You sunk back down, tucking your phone into your bra and wincing as you did so. Your arm must have taken some damage, whether it happened when you fell or when he was beating you, you didn’t know. And right now it didn’t really matter. Crawling to the bathroom in your bedroom would take longer than walking, but you had to stay low. Your heart was beating so hard you could hear it in your ears.
By some grace of the universe the floors didn’t creak as you moved towards the room at the end of the hall. You were getting ahead of yourself and moving too quickly. Your foot bumped into the nightstand by the bed. Empty beer bottles clashed into one another, one of them falling off and landing on your heel. It took everything in you not to yelp in pain. The snoring from the living cut out and you quickly rushed the rest of the way into the bathroom. Silently closing and locking the door behind you.
It wasn’t the first time you’d locked yourself in this bathroom. Blake had broken the door down before and you’d been left to put it back up. The evidence of his rage is clear as day against the white wood and trim.
You were unsure if he’d woken up. The snoring hadn’t returned, but you also didn’t hear footsteps or his voice. Maybe just maybe luck was still in your side.
Why your shaky fingers had pressed on his name you weren’t sure, but they had. Maybe it was because you knew Jake Seresin would answer. The ex that got away. You’d never believed in “right person, wrong time” until you’d met him. And you knew he was still in town. You’d seen his truck with that gaudy orange Longhorns sticker on the back of it driving around.
“Y/N?” He sounded sleepy, but god was his voice comforting. “What happened? Are you okay?”
It wasn’t until you started speaking that you realized you were crying. “J-Jake please come g-get-“
The sound of Blake banging against the store made you scream out. He started spewing threats and you started crying harder. On the other end of the phone Jake could hear everything. By now he’d jumped out of bed, the exhaustion from his most recent deployment replaced with anger and adrenaline.
“Babydoll, tell me your address. I’m on my way.” Through scared sobs you rattled off your address. You knew he would come, but would he make it in time?
Jake was reluctant to hang up, but he knew he needed backup. Bradley and Javy didn’t hesitate, and neither did Phoenix. They all knew how hung up Jake still was over you. They’d been part of the friends you cut off. Phoenix had been worried, she knew the signs but the others just assumed it was you trying to sever ties with Jake. A woman knew better, but she didn’t have the proof.
He had barely parked his truck before he was jumping out of it. The yelling and banging could be heard from outside and it only angered him more. How many times has it been this loud and your neighbors didn’t do a damn thing?
The front door was locked. It only took two kicks for him to open it. He wasn’t even thinking anymore. He was just feeling. The second he stepped foot in the room was the same second that Blake busted the bathroom door down. The sound of his friends calling out his name was drowned out by the image of you. His babydoll cowering in the space between the toilet and the tub, all battered and bruised. Your eyes wide with fear. He never should have left you. He never should have let the fear of dying on a mission keep him from you. Or the fear of not being able to make you happy. All those stupid fears that made him think he was doing you a favor by leaving you. When all it had really done was push you into the arms of this piece of shit.
Blake wasn’t even paying attention to the other people in the room. He was still drunk and focused on getting to you. It wasn’t until Jake knocked him into the wall that Blake even really registered their presence. It gave Phoenix the space to get to you.
“Who the hell ar-” his words were cut off when Jake’s fist made contact with his jaw. After that he couldn’t stop. By the time Javy and Rooster were able to pull Jake off him his knuckles were bloody.
Jake fisted his shirt in his hands, bringing their faces inches apart. “You even look in her direction again and I will. kill. you.” The only reason Jake hadn’t killed him now was because he’d been stopped. He tossed Blake back down, the sound of police sirens pulling up came from outside.
A malicious grin still managed to pull at the corners of Blake’s mouth as he watched Jake turn and walk away. “Enjoy those bruises. She screamed real pretty when I made ‘em.” If it weren’t for Javy pushing Jake forward he would have turned around and gone back for more. Cops or no cops.
“Hey, don’t worry about him. Right now she needs you.”
And Javy was right. The second Jake stepped outside you left Phoenix and went to him. Sobs wracking through your body as you clutched onto him like your life depended on it.
“He’s never going to touch you again, I promise.” Jake whispered, he wrapped his arms around you and kissed the top of your head. And for the first time in a long time you knew you were safe.
#jake seresin x y/n#jake seresin x reader#jake seresin fic#jake seresin angst#top gun maverick#hangman x reader#hangman x you#hangman top gun#hangman angs
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From Coach Rachel Smith on Instagram
What's the only treatment for Fibromyalgia that experts agree works? Exercise 💪 But do you know where this statistic comes from?
In 2016, experts from 12 countries gathered to debate the evidence for all pharmacological (meds) and non-pharmacological treatments for managing Fibromyalgia. These experts published their findings in the official European Alliance of Associations for Rheumatology "Recommendations for the Management of Fibromyalgia". And the only one that every expert agreed actually works? Exercise.
"Undoubtedly, it may be counterintuitive and scary for patients to start physical training, but they should become aware of the literature data confirming that a combination of aerobic and strengthening exercises can improve their pain and physical function".
But what now? Experts and doctors agree that people with Fibromyalgia should exercise. But then they give absolutely no direction or help on HOW to exercise 🤦🏻♀️ Which is why I created Fibro Fit Warriors [...] the only science-based fitness and nutrition program for people with Fibromyalgia BACKED BY RESEARCH 🔬
From Coach Rachel Smith on Instagram
Studies show that exercise can improve Fibromyalgia symptoms. However, exercise has many other benefits for those with Fibromyalgia that aren't discussed enough.
😴 Did you know that exercise improves sleep quality? This is true for people with and without Fibromyalgia. But it's essential for those with Fibro because poor-quality sleep is the leading cause of brain fog. Fixing sleep also fixes brain fog.
😫 It's also pretty well known that exercise reduces stress. But why is this important for those with Fibromyalgia? Because stress is the number one trigger for Fibromyalgia flares.
💪 And finally, exercising consistently boosts confidence. I see this in my clients every single day! The longer they exercise consistently, the more confidence they have in their bodies and their ability to feel in control again.
From Coach Rachel Smith on Instagram
I shared a new Fibromyalgia study with my email subscribers. This study analyzed all of the research on exercise and Fibromyalgia to pinpoint what would be most effective.
The study, "Optimal dose and type of exercise to reduce pain, anxiety and increase quality of life in patients with fibromyalgia. A systematic review with meta-analysis" concluded that the best workout program would include: 💜 3 workouts per week 💜 30 - 60 minutes per workout 💜 Include strength training 💜 Include Yoga, Pilates, Meditation, or Thai Chi — And that if this routine is followed, patients will start to see results after 21 to 40 sessions, which would be about 2 to 4 months.
Even though this study was published recently, these suggestions are almost exactly what my clients have [already] been doing in Fibro Fit Warriors.
From Coach Rachel Smith on Instagram
I get comments all the time saying "Rachel, I've tried exercise, and it doesn't work for me". 😫 After working with over 100 Fibromyalgia clients, I can tell you that it almost always comes down to these three mistakes:
💜 You're exercising too much. I hear stories from people saying they try to "exercise for 30 minutes every day" or purchased other fitness programs that have them at the gym 5x a week. According to research, 2 times per week is best for Fibromyalgia.
💜 You're focusing on the wrong goals. Most traditional programs are marketed to lose weight or grow a booty. But according to research, you need to focus on core strength, stability, and balance first.
💜 You're walking as exercise. Contrary to what your doctor might have told you, walking is one of the hardest exercises for people with Fibromyalgia. If you've been trying to hit a step goal but wind up in pain afterward, that's why.
From Coach Rachel Smith on Instagram
What's the number one mistake I see EVERYONE make when it comes to exercising with Fibromyalgia? Having an all-or-nothing mentality.
You hear me talk about exercise for Fibromyalgia, so you decide to try. 💪 You work out and things aren't too bad! 🎉 Sure, it's hard, but you knew it would be. You leave the gym feeling hopeful. Motivated. Like maybe this time it's going to be different. When you get home, you're still riding the high of feeling motivated. So you finally clean your kitchen, prep healthy meals for the week, and put away the giant pile of laundry that's been staring at you for days 🧹 🧺
But the next day you're in SO MUCH PAIN 😭 So what do you do? You quit exercising 🤦🏻♀️ You kick yourself thinking "How do people work out with Fibromyalgia?!" 😫 What if I told you it wasn't the workout. It's what you did AFTER the workout.
When you have Fibromyalgia, you can "do it all," just not all at once ✋ Learning how to pace yourself is crucial to living with Fibromyalgia. And it's something that I teach in Fibro Fit Warriors 🙏
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vro0m’s rewatch - 164.1/310
2015 US GP
Okay so... if you’ve followed the story, I have like 75 gifs for this one GP. Hence it’s gonna be in 3 parts. Deal with it.
This one is prerace + the race + the cooldown room.
Good thing f1fullraces reuploaded the 2015 season because I couldn't find this GP anywhere at the time I downloaded the races. Uhhh… there's a weirdly high number of views for this race on the website? Did something happen? (Well I’m laughing very hard at past me being a dumbass retrospectively.)
Oh. It was a wet delayed quali. Nico is on pole again. Ohhhh right Lewis can win the title here if he beats Seb by 9 points and Nico by 2 points. It's not raining anymore but it looks wet and cold.
Quali report. Actually the session was so delayed it took place on Sunday morning! Sainz spun and hit the wall. Seb almost lost it but just brushed the barrier. Ericsson also almost lost it but managed to keep it on track. Raikkonen as well. Jenson, Verstappen, Kvyat and Lewis all also went sideways at the same place. Q3 simply didn't take place. Too much rain. That's how Nico ended up on pole, with his Q2 time.
Lewis is second on the grid though, followed by Daniel, Kvyat, Perez, Hulkenberg, Massa, Verstappen, Alonso and Grosjean. Where the fuck are the Ferraris?! Did they struggle that bad? Oh, they're 14th and 18th. That's bad.
Lewis says the fans have been amazing staying out in the rain. He hopes the weather stays OK so they can put on a good show for them. He doesn't love but doesn't mind the tricky conditions.
It'll be a hard race, probably the hardest this year. He's excited about it. About winning in America, he dodges the question about the title and says he's had the privilege of winning there a couple of times and the support has always been great. He says this weekend is definitely the most support he's ever had there so he hopes he can make everyone proud and he'll do his best out there.
At the time, no British driver has won back to back titles which is hilarious retrospectively. Brundle agrees with Simon that in his opinion it would make him a legend of the sport. Then Simon points out that Lewis revels in the light and Hill admits that he had his doubts about it at the start of the season but Lewis definitely proved him wrong and he can do whatever he wants and still win. (Yeah. Shut up next time Hill.) They also agree that being a legend doesn't necessarily has to do with winning championships as some legends haven't won any. (But that's not something you need to worry about there you idiots.)
One interesting statistic I wanna relay here because it's particularly relevant to our rewatch is : at that point he's won 42 times. Exactly half of these wins happened in a McLaren, over the course of 6 years. The other half, obviously, happened in a Mercedes, and that's his 3rd year with them. It tells you all there is to know about how bad McLaren was doing, and how bad he was doing at McLaren, and how actually genuinely dominant Mercedes is at this point. It could have gone very differently, had he not moved there and then.
Also I think more generally (and I'm sorry I'm not trying to bring anyone down with this) it's noteworthy that McLaren was actually doing good and then they fucked up in 2009 with their terribly shit car and it took them actual years to climb back through the field. So. Yeah. Realistically. We might wanna keep that in mind in 2023. Unfortunately.
Let's carry on. For a reason I cannot fathom they allowed Brundle to drive the W06. He himself says "believe it or not". Lewis asks if he's gonna ride Nico's or his. I don't understand the answer, but I think it's his, because that's the face he makes when he hears it.
Brundle asks how it is to drive it. Lewis thinks. "You're gonna be at Silverstone, it's gonna be probably cold, it's probably gonna be wet… if it's in the wet oh you're gonna have some fun" he says with a smile. Brundle chuckles. Cut to Silverstone. "Is that rain?" he asks. It is indeed. I don't care about him driving. I just paid attention because Lewis was there at first. But he's exclaiming, he can't believe the performance of this car, even in such conditions. He's baffled.
Now the sun is coming out.
Ohhhh actually I went to read the Wikipedia article and the Ferrari drivers got 10 place grid penalties because they changed their PUs, which makes a lot more sense than them doing this bad. Overall there were a lot of updates during this GP but the Mercs only added "ears" at the top of the airbox to improve the ERS cooling.
The cars are on their way to the grid. We hear that Nico complained that there was something wrong with the front tyres. "They're not working at all". Someone answered him that it sounds like they're just cold. But they agree on front wing changes anyway. Lewis also says he feels like "the fronts are gonna take a beating." Nico is seen in deep conversation with the engineers. Lewis is also talking with one and Bono as well. We see Lewis an unusual lot on the grid. He walks around, checking out Nico's car from afar, it seems.
They're all on inters. It's time.
Formation lap.
Lewis says it's drying out "real quickly."
And they're racing !
THE MERCS ARE WHEEL TO WHEEL RIGHT AWAY AND LEWIS FORCES NICO OFF THE TRACK AGAIN AND IT'S YELLOW FLAGS AT THE BACK WHILE NICO LOSES PLACES BUT THE REDBULL ARE COMING FOR LEWIS THEY HAVE BETTER GRIP! There's a lot of spray but Nico gained a place and is now attacking Daniel for P3 but he can't make it! The yellow flag keeps flashing on and off! Kvyat couldn't attack Lewis and the Mercs tyres must be warming up at the end of the first lap because they seem to have better control now. The top 10 reads Lewis, Kvyat, Ricciardo, Nico, Perez, Hulkenberg, Seb, Verstappen, Jenson, Raikkonen. It means the Ferraris gained 7 and 8 places respectively in one lap. That's more like it. Grosjean says he got hit and has a puncture. Alonso says he has a puncture. Valtteri is getting a new nose. I guess there were good reasons for that flashing yellow flag. Nasr is going around missing half of his front wing as well. Alright so the 2 Saubers collided, that explains Nasr's damage. A Marussia is retiring. There's debris on the track. It's slightly chaotic right now. We need replays. DRS gets enabled and Kvyat is in Lewis' range or rather Lewis is in Kvyat's range? Idk. Anyway, he also set the fastest lap so it might not be over yet.
On the start replay we see the contact between Alonso and Massa (?) in the first corner. We see Lewis and Nico also touched wheels. Honestly it's the second time Lewis gets ahead that way and it's not pretty.
Kvyat is closing in on Lewis. There's a third way battle between Raikkonen, Hulkenberg and Sainz for P8. AND A VIRTUAL SAFETY CAR? What for? Oh the debris, maybe? Everything slows down. Kvyat overtook Lewis when Lewis slowed down for the VSC then let him back ahead. Similarly, it's unclear whether Sainz overtook Hulkenberg before the VSC or not. It's confusing. The VSC is indeed for the debris. It was getting dangerous, it was on the racing line. Lewis says it's slippery and asks if Nico's also complaining. Bono says the tyre temps are at the very top of their operating window. Valtteri retires. Crofty says Kvyat's overtake earlier was actually genuine and nothing to do with the safety car. Kvyat wonders why Lewis is so slow. Brundle thinks it's precisely because his tyres are overheating. The VSC is ending. Nico jumps Ricciardo. Brundle says he thinks Lewis is backing them up to bring "his team-mate into play a little bit" which. No probably not. So that's Kvyat 0.4 away, then Nico 0.4 further, and Daniel 0.8 down. Nico attacks, and overtakes Kvyat. Lewis needs to get away. Daniel : "how the fuck did Nico pass us?" Brundle thinks it's because Lewis was backing them up. I still don't believe so. Why would he. They won the constructor title already.
Lap 10 : Lewis, Nico, Kvyat, Daniel. All less than one second away from each other. Perez, Seb, Verstappen, Raikkonen, Sainz, Hulkenberg. The inters are starting to fall off. Grosjean pits for the softs. Kvyat is closing in on Nico but can't attack. Grosjean just went wide ahead of Lewis on his dry tyres. Lewis is starting to pull away slightly, getting Nico out of his DRS zone. Grosjean retires. Kvyat attacks but goes wide and Daniel seizes the occasion and gets ahead of his team-mate! And right away, he slips past Nico as well! He's frantic on the radio. "That was not a safe coming back onto the track!" he claims. We see a replay. Nico swerved away when Kvyat joined back but uh. I don't know. I don't think there was an imminent collision there. Raikkonen is pissed as well : "why don't I get the DRS if I'm up so close?!" Sainz got ahead of him. Daniel sets the fastest lap. He's only 0.2 behind Lewis! Ffffuck. But Lewis widens the gap again. Raikkonen got back ahead of Sainz but they damn near collided. Sainz isn't giving up. Now Nico sets the fastest lap and Daniel attacks Lewis! But he doesn't get ahead. Phew. There's a lot happening. Raikkonen is swooping on Verstappen, they're wheel to wheel and they almost touch but Max stays ahead for now. DANIEL OVERTAKES LEWIS NO! FUCK OFF! NICO OVERTAKES LEWIS AS WELL NNNNNO! OH HE COULDN'T DO IT thank god. Raikkonen : "That guy keeps pushing me off the circuit every time when I’m next to him. So if that’s legal then I will do the same next time." He's talking about Verstappen, unsurprisingly. He's told they're checking with Charlie. Verstappen attacks Seb for P6, and he wins this one, but Seb comes back, but Max keeps the place, and Raikkonen is just behind, that's some close racing for sure. BUT HE GOES WIDE! SEB IS BACK AHEAD AND RAIKKONEN ATTACKS. SEB ALSO GOES WIDE BUT KEEPS THE PLACE AND RAIKKONEN CAN'T FIND A PATH. AND NICO ATTACKS LEWIS AGAIN, THEY'RE WHEEL TO WHEEL AND LEWIS HAS TO FALL BACK AND KVYAT IS BASICALLY ON THEM AS WELL, LEWIS DEFENDS AND HE'S CALLED IN TO PIT come on it's time! Get the tyres! Get back in the lead! Daniel sets another fastest lap. Let's see how the slicks are doing. Seb pitted as well. A few backmarkers already did.
On lap 20, Daniel pits. Nico pits. Kvyat pits. Ohhh no. Kvyat is shaky out of the exit and Lewis is coming at full speed but goes wide. He's down in P4, the undercut didn't work. Meanwhile Jenson, who got on the slicks earlier, now sets the fastest lap. This is going to be good. Lewis is already on Kvyat's heels. OH AND RAIKKONEN IS IN THE GRAVEL AND INTO THE WALL! No big shunt, thankfully, but he's out of the race, no? He gets away after furiously turning his steering wheel back and forth to get his wheel unstuck from the barrier. Crazy. He needs a new nose.
Now Seb sets the fastest lap? Lewis is struggling and making mistakes, now. Focus! AND NICO IS BACK IN THE LEAD!
AND LEWIS IS BACK ON THE PODIUM! GET THEM REDBULLS, BOYS! Come on! They overtook them basically at the same time. Incredible. Nico sets the fastest lap. No! It's Hulkenberg! You know it's a crazy race when the fastest lap jumps from car to car. Now Seb is closing on Kvyat, go go go ! YES ! He's ahead! Massa is called to retire the car. And Hulkenberg overtook Sainz for P7. Lewis is gaining on Daniel. But he's definitely losing on Nico, who just set another fastest lap. Here we go! Come on… Come on… Come on… HERE WE GO, LEWIS IS BACK IN P2. Raikkonen is called to retire. That's the 5th DNF so far. Oh and here's the sixth car, Ericsson has stopped on the track. Is that going to be a safety car? Yellow flags. Safety car. Ouuuh boy. That's gonna mix it up again. Nico is told to stay out. Seb pits for mediums to go to the end? Jenson, Perez, Hulkenberg pit. "Is there a big temperature difference between our tyres, because I have no grip out here?" Lewis asks. Bono tries to quiet him down : "Not a big difference, Lewis, just keep doing what you’re doing, working those tyres. We have fuel to burn."
We hit lap 30 under the safety car. The order goes Nico, Lewis, Daniel, Kvyat, Seb, Verstappen, Hulkenberg, Perez, Jenson, and Sainz. Lewis : "Is there a different line into T1 because I don’t know, braking is quite slippery, it’s easy to lock up, are drivers going deep?" Bono : "I’m afraid I can’t comment on lines, Lewis." It's the new radio guidelines, I mentioned them previously. Nico is seriously backing them up to the point they have to take action to not collide with each other. Here we go again. They're all neatly lined up in the pit straight, then Kvyat locks up and goes wide into the first corner. He's now P5, behind Seb. That might have been a good gamble, putting him on mediums during the safety car… Seb attacks Daniel and can't quite make it but then he does and he's up on the podium, easily. But Daniel overtakes him back! Not so easy then. AGAIN! Seb is ahead of Daniel! And behind them, Verstappen overtakes Kvyat for P5. Kvyat moves out of line to come back at him but instead Max moves on the outside to attack Daniel in the next corner! Kvyat goes off! Hulkenberg takes P6. It's now Verstappen under pressure. Lewis sets the fastest lap. He's now closing on Nico, he's just half a second away. Hulkenberg attacks Ricciardo and THEY TOUCHED! Hulkenberg's car is damaged and he's falling down the pack, and stops on the grass. Lewis sets another fastest lap. Daniel has damage as well. Kvyat is catching him. Sainz gets a 5 second penalty for speeding in the pitlane. VSC? Okay… Annoying. Pit stops then. Nico, Daniel, Kvyat. Lewis is informed Seb who’s behind him is probably going to the end. Now what. They should have pitted him as well. "How much of a disadvantage am I in, with the tyre situation?" he asks. "We’re going to have a look at the tyres now mate. Make an assessment," Bono says. The VSC is ending already. Now if he pits he'll lose badly. It's lap 40.
Alonso and Sainz overtake Perez for P6 and P7. "How big a gap do I need to the people behind?" Lewis now asks. Bono answers "So we need to find another ten seconds to Vettel. Not sure if we’re going to be able to do it on this tyre set." There's no fucking way man! Of course not! Oh this is so frustratiiiiinnnng. There's 15 laps to go. He can't hold them off. He just locked up as well. Nico is closing on Seb, now. He overtakes him. OH KVYAT CRASHED! WTF. Well that's another safety car they better pit Lewis immediately. Kvyat is okay. He just lost it on his own. That's an 8th DNF. Honestly wtf is this race. Lewis does pit indeed. Interestingly, Seb pits as well! So Nico is in the lead, Lewis is P2, weirdly enough Verstappen is P3, and Seb is P4. Then, amazingly, it's the two McLarens of Jenson and Alonso, I guess the updates work? Perez, Ricciardo in P8, Maldonado P9, and Sainz P10. Let me actually go to the end of the standings because you know what? It's just two more cars! Rossi, P11, Nasr P12. All the others DNFd.
10 laps to go. That's gonna be an intense ending. Nico backs them up again. The safety car comes in. "Okay Lewis you'll have 10 laps remaining, just keep it nice and clean," chimes Bono. Here we go. Seb attacks Verstappen but can't make it yet. The two Mercs are flying ahead. Seb overtakes Verstappen. There's now a 3 way fight for P5 between Alonso, Perez and Daniel. I don't know where Jenson went. Lewis is 1.3 seconds away from Nico. LEWIS IS AHEAD! WHAT?! Oh Nico made a mistake! He went wide! Fastest lap for Lewis. Seb asks "what happened there?" He's told Nico went off line and to try and catch him. Sainz overtakes Ricciardo for P7. JENSON OVERTAKES THEM BOTH FOR P7?! Unbelievable. Nico sets the fastest lap. Listen. Listen.
Give me a second.
Hear me out.
P6 : Alonso.
P7 : Jenson +0.176
P8 : Sainz +0.375
P9 : Ricciardo +0.392
P10 : Maldonado +0.287
P11 : Nasr +0.721
Can you imagine? The chaos.
JENSON OVERTAKES ALONSO FOR P6 he's flying, there's already a one second gap between them and it's just been a few corners! Sainz overtakes Alonso for P7, and Maldonado overtakes Daniel for P9. Now Maldonado overtakes Alonso as well. And Nasr overtook Ricciardo. Alonso complains he has no power. He asks what they can do and then says he's coming in. "Fernando stay out, stay out, we're still in the points." He says okay, once I'm not in the points anymore, I come in.
5 laps to go. As things stand, Lewis wins his 4th title here. Bernie and Elton John are watching?
4 laps to go.
3 laps to go… Sainz overtakes Jenson for P6.
2 laps to go! Seb is closing on Nico! He might still prevent Lewis from winning his title today?
Final lap!!! Seb is 0.6 seconds away, he has the DRS!
Oh my god oh my god oh my god
IT'S THE END OF THE RACE! LEWIS WINS HIS 3RD CHAMPIONSHIP!
Oh and I'm so happy Seb will be up on that podium with him.
"Okay Lewis, I think you've done it mate!" we hear Bono's message as he went through the line. "Just need to see what Nico does… That is it! World champion, pal! World champion!"
Paddy Lowe echoes Bono : "Three times world champion, Lewis !"
We hear some heavy breathing. "I'm feeling it pal," Bono speaks again, "I'm feeling it." Then Paddy again : "How does that sound Lewis? Three times world champion."
Finally we hear Lewis, his voice is breaking. "It’s the greatest moment of my life. Thank you guys so much. That was… I’m just so grateful, thank you. To my family, I love you all. Thank you."
Then Bono reins him in. "We got to look after the race car, mate, we’re going to need it next week." But Lewis goes ahead and does some donuts anyway.
"So let’s just look after the car, mate, and have some fun tonight."
(We had a Bottass appreciation post at some point, it’s only fair)
In the cool down room, Nico congratulates him then Seb does as well.
After his weigh in he sinks down and rests his head on the table.
He's out of breath, sniffling, emotional as always, he steps away from the camera, tries to find some space but they're being very annoying with him. Then he hugs Paddy Lowe.
His reaction is weirdly calm compared to last year's. Nico throws his cap at him in an ugly gesture that you’ve probably already seen a hundred times.
Paddy Lowe stares him down.
Lewis smiles like a child at some guy, asking if he can go. The guy says they're waiting for instructions.
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What are the tf2 character’s Pokémon types/partner Pokémon?
How do you think they’d run their respective gyms?
I’m gonna work throughout all regions and ignoring type statistics because it’s more fun. Also, I’m choosing pokémon for them based within on their types rather than out of every pokemon.
Medic
He's a professor but also runs a flying-type gym. It’s an easy badge.
His whole team is generally flying or flying/something except for his Audino.
Tranquill is his partner, nicknamed Archimedes, who is always lurking around him, and his second in commands are Audino and Drifblim.
His Audino is an evil little bastard, which he finds adorable and hilarious. It could stab you and he’d go “aw, nice to see you guys bonding.”
He runs his Gym with a very playful and gleeful attitude. He’s far more interested in a compelling match than he is in winning. He actually gets REALLY exited when someone beats him and demands a chance to go over each of their pokémon to observe and gather data.
His research is revolutionary in both healing and strengthening pokémon. He’s created several potions.
Heavy
Steel type master gym leader. He’s a pokémon master. His gym is one of the hardest to beat and he does not go easy on anyone.
He’s made a lot of kids cry just from doing his job without any sugar coating, but he is genuinely helpful when it comes to advice on how to improve.
He is overjoyed to see people come back stronger and makes sure people who beat him understand how much they deserve this win.
His partner pokémon is a stoic but amiable Bastiodon who’s only friendly to him and Medic. It’s nicknamed Sasha.
His seconds are a Lucario and a Metagross.
Engineer
Electric gym leader. He’s not technically a professor, but he goes far beyond regular gym leader duties.
His gym is probably the second hardest after Heavy’s.
He doesn’t really have a partner so much as he has three: An Alolan Raichu, a Rotom, and a Jolteon. (Based on a dispenser, teleporter, and sentry respectively.)
They have personalities that match this with the Jolteon being very protective/agressive, the Raichu having a caretaker personality, and the Rotom always alert and on the go.
Despite being one of the most difficult leaders to beat along with an intense and stunning reputation, he’s really friendly. His gym has an extremely hospitable and casual air to it.
Pyro
Fire/Fairy. Their gym is purely Fire based but they have a lot of fairy types around, even if they don’t use them in battle.
Their partner is a Sylveon who was actually a twin Eeevee of Engie’s Jolteon. They rarely fight with it, however.
In the battles: their main three are a Rapidash, Pyroar, and a Litten, who is very powerful despite not being evolved (and not wanting to). (Shut up statistic nerds I’m using anime logic for this one and yes it’s because I hate Incineroar’s design) /lh
Their pokémon are all ones that love to be pet and hugged but don’t know their own strength, so end up causing a lot of accidental injuries.
Their gym is really intimidating but of lower-average difficulty.
Scout
He’s a new bug-type leader. He’s just barely been appointed a gym leader.
His parter is a Ninjask with his seconds being a Syther and a Ledian. His Ledian is really playful and loves to play ball with him, though isn’t as strong or skilled as the other two.
Most of his pokémon are actually bug/flying and speed is top notch priority in his gym. They may not pack a very big punch to pretty much half of all types, but they are incredibly hard to hit. Most attacks made without slowing them will miss.
That being said, his gym is still very much in beginner territory. In a game, his probably the second or first badge you’d get, next to Medic’s which could serve as something of a tutorial.
He talks smack and does not lose graciously. If you interact with him afterwards he’ll treat you like a homie, though.
Spy
100% runs a dark-type gym.
His partner is a Liepard that’s basically just the pokémon version of him.
Suave, arrogant, skillful, and generally tired of every stupid thing constantly going on around it.
His second is a Thievul who’s also just like him but more interested in playing tricks/humiliating others, and a Greninja.
His gym is fancy and haughty, but you will be insulted like you’re in a school yard fight. Probably the first gym in the ‘oh shit this is really hard’ section.
Sniper
I’m surprised at how easily I came to the conclusion Snipes would run a psychic-type gym; I thought I’d be going back and forth as to what type he’d have.
His partner is a Meowstick. Not just because Espurr is my favorite, but also because the restraint pokémon with keen eyes ability is is fitting for obvious reasons.
Gallade (also fitting for its courtesy) and a Wobbuffet (i cant resist giving Sniper one of these guys, I’m sorry. Plus, Wobbuffet is the “patient pokemon” so i’m calling it as justified.)
He also has a Meditite he just barley hatched from a an egg.
His gym is physically difficult to navigate. It’s not one building so much as it is several hidden nooks and krannies of floating rocks. Surprise battles are customary.
When in an actual battle, it’s of medium difficulty.
Demoman
Dragons.
His partner, though not his strongest, his a Shelgon. He is absolute best friends with it. His seconds are a chaotic/destructive Rayquaza and Hydreigon
Not part of his gym, but he runs a nursey for voltorbs/electrodes on the side. He gets blown up a lot but heartily laughs it off.
If this were a pokémon game, I feel like you’d fight him in a friendly match very early on. He’d fight only with his Shelgon and some voltorbs.
His gym would come later, as a surprise, and is on the upper-middle difficulty level. Like the last gym before you get into the difficult difficult stuff.
Soldier
Fighting gym.
His partner is a dogma Blaziken. His seconds are a Hitmonchan who’s as reactive as he is and a Bewear who’s just as crazy.
His Blaziken acts like a commander to the other two and is nicknamed Sergeant.
His gym is set up like a boot camp and the pokémon are trained as such. His gym is after Pyro’s in difficulty.
So, in order, a game/anime would go something like this:
1. Medic or Scout (you’d have the option of choosing which to go to first)
2. Medic or Scout (whichever you didn’t go to first)
3. Pyro
4. Soldier
5. Sniper
6. Demoman
7. Spy
8. Engineer
9. Heavy
#tf2#pokemon#team fortress 2#pokémon#tf2 au#engineer#medic#sniper#scout#heavy#pyro#demoman#soldier#spy#tf2 headcanons#request#Demo gets a legendary becaus eFUCK YOU#folklore or whatever#but mostly because fuck you i like him
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Aperçu of the Week:
"Food comes first and then morality."
(From Bertolt Brecht's Threepenny Opera)
Bad News of the Week:
It's bad what's happening on the Canary Islands right now. What has already happened on Rhodes. And on Hawaii. From the endless expanses of Russia's Siberian tundra, we can only guess what's going on - because the information policy here is simply: there is no information. I mean wildfires. Which used to be an exception and now rarely make it into the headlines. Because they have become too commonplace. I'm particularly concerned about Canada, of course. Which is the hardest hit. And is closest to me.
This year, Canada is experiencing the most devastating wildfire season since records began. Nationwide, according to figures from the Canadian Interagency Forest Fire Centre, 5,700 fires are currently burning across more than 137,000 square kilometers. That's roughly equivalent to the entire land area of Greece - and that includes all the islands. In addition, of course, there are countless square kilometers that have already burned, where the flames can no longer find forage. As a reminder: that even in New York City yellow fire clouds from Canada made breathing difficult was already more than two months ago.
On U.S. television, only 5% of news stories about wildfires - which eventually rage in Washington, Oregon and California too - mention the relevance of climate change. Why? Official reason: because the audience doesn't want to hear it. Instead of acknowledging reality and taking active action, they'd rather bury their heads in the sand. Like the ostrich. Yes, that's that big ratite whose brain is smaller than one of its eyes. You got the point.
Good News of the Week:
It's been five years since an autistic student sat down in front of the Swedish Parliament on Friday with a sign reading "School Strike for Climate." Fridays for Future was born, and young Greta Thunberg even became Time's Person of the Year. Her goal was to create policies based on scientific knowledge to save the world from the consequences of climate change for her and future generations. In retrospect, she cannot be satisfied with the success of her efforts. For, in fact, precisely nothing worth mentioning has been done. The old white men in power still don't get it, business as usual.
So what can be done? On the one hand, there are the young (and old) radicals of Last Generation, Extinction Rebellion, etc., who - in the tradition of Greenpeace and Robin Wood - are trying to stir up the masses with civil disobedience. Obviously, this is not working either. "Free ride for free citizens" is still more important than saving the planet. Because the ignorant establishment doesn't want to move any more than the thoughtless people.
And then there are those who try to beat the system with its own weapons - in court. The German Supreme Court has already ruled that the political executive must do more for nature conservation and against climate change, because the future of the young depends on it. On this basis, a lawsuit is currently being filed against the Ministry of Transport, for example, because it is not even meeting its minimum statutory targets. Willfully not.
Last week, there were two other news items that take up precisely this principle of "beating with one's own weapons." First, Germany's second largest energy producer, RWE, is being sued by a Peruvian because the corporation is statistically responsible for 0.5% of global man-made climate change that harms him and his homeland. Let's see how this turns out. But in any case, it's a precedent that shows the fossil fuel lobby that it can't shirk responsibility like the nuclear lobby does.
And secondly, there was a highlight in the US state of Montana. 16 young people between the ages of 5 and 22 had sued for their right to a clean environment - as it says in their state's constitution. And were proven right. Observers believe the ruling could have a signal effect and maybe even stop future oil and gas projects. And Michael Gerrard, a Columbia University climate expert, sees a turning point as a matter of fact: "It's one of the most important decisions on climate change ever handed down by a court." Let's hope he's right.
Personal happy moment of the week:
We just spent three days in Dresden, the capital of Saxony, also known as "Elbe Florence". Actually, we were there for a concert of the Berlin dancehall musician Peter Fox, whose concert in Munich was already sold out. And not only did we have a great open air concert evening on the banks of the Elbe river, but we also discovered an architecturally highly interesting city (Zwinger, Semper Opera, Our Lady's Church, etc.), drank lots of Aperol Sprizz, visited an exhibition of up-and-coming artists, ate well and enjoyed the Canaletto city festival with local music greats. As I write this, I'm listening to Freddy Fischer & His Cosmic Rocktime Band playing some delightfully sultry German disco music. Nice.
I couldn't care less...
...about the US criminal justice system. Last week we learned that the indictment of Donald J. Trump in Georgia for attempting to influence the outcome of the 2020 presidential election is special (remember: he just lost). That's because, unlike the federal lawsuits elsewhere, here, as president, he could neither order the Justice Department to halt proceedings nor pardon himself. Since when, in a constitutional state, can the executive dictate the actions of the judiciary? Ever heard of separation of powers? And then pardon itself? This reminds me very much of the "Get out of jail" card from Monopoly. That such a thing is even discussed in the self-proclaimed "world's leading democracy" fills me with shudders....
As I write this...
...I am sitting in a train. Which came on time. And even goes where I want it to go. This is obviously not (anymore) a matter of course. Of the last five times I used long-distance trains, five times it went wrong. Because the connection I booked didn't exist. Because there were people in the track bed and the police closed the section of track. Because an overhead line was torn due to a thunderstorm. Because the connecting train unfortunately could not wait for the delayed predecessor train. Because there was a signal malfunction. I am a big train fan. For environmental reasons and because I find it the most comfortable of all transportation options. But sometimes it's hard to stay true to your principles and keep your good mood.
Post Scriptum
"La furia roja" has done it: the Spanish women's soccer team has won the FIFA World Cup. Seldom has it been so worthwhile to sit in front of the TV at noon, it was a great match. Felicidades chicas!
#thoughts#aperçu#good news#bad news#news of the week#happy moments#politics#bertolt brecht#threepenny opera#wildfires#canada#audience#greta thunberg#fridays for future#montana#germany#dresden#peter fox#donald trump#monopoly#trains#fifa world cup#Spain#la furia roja#united states#climate change#supreme court#last generation#civil disobedience#suing
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like truly i find this americans generation insistance on this stupid idea that sex trafficking and talking about trafficking is conspiratorial propaganda so fucking gross and offensive and uncaring. bc its all satanist worshipping baby eating illuminati cults far right propaganda blah blah blah
neverminddd how this shit is offensive to hear as someone whose been through it, nevermind being from the balkans because the western europeans hold the exact same brainrot when it comes to us and our issues. american has a huge trafficking issue. absolutely huge. hell even our romanian women get trafficked to this place. california, south in particular, is one of the top states for trafficking if not the top, so idk what the fuck all these california ppl are running their mouth abt all these years (privilege)
and you know whose most impacted by sex trafficking in america, predictebly? women of colour. indigenous women and girls (high poverty rates in reservations, high rate of depression, alcholism, suicidality etc, racism, skrinking reservations etc. included in this issue the high rates of girls and women going missing and/or being killed on/near reservations), south america women and their children who may be trafficked at any point before they reach america, but also at the american border while they try to cross as some cayotes are sex traffickers (and bc of the poverty many immigrants and undocumented immigrants experience, as well as the lack of cultural knowledge making them even more vulnerable). Black women and girls from what i know are statistically hardest hit by the sex trafficking thing, some studies say at the same level as Indigenous women (40% of total both) because god knows this country hasn't dealt them enough hardship already; here all the same sort of factors are at play as in previous cases. The economically and racially disadvantaged, which live in a system which seeks to keep them down in a million ways and to exploit them continously, are hit hardest. Racial fetishization and degradion from johns and pimps also plays into this. All this is combined with the fact that bc its women and girls of colour, often police and media and society dont want to give a single shit - these cases and issues and this suffering goes unnoticed, unacknowledged, uncarwd for
Here's the thing. if this generation cared, theyd KNOW just how many trafficking cases come to light in california, in america. they would Know that every time they come out, many times many of the girls or women or both are of colour. They would Know that indigenous women are going missing at terrifying rates. they would know that most sex trafficking victims & (child) prostitutes are of colour. theyd know that most times when i see cases of american ex-prostitutes being assaulted or killed, theyre of colour. Many are white american girls as well, who also, big surprise, tend to come from the lower classes, the foster system, homelessness, abusive families, or other disadvantaged and vulnerable positions.
Except despite how damn woke this generation is and how everyone loves to pay lip service to "listen to marginalized women blah blah" "intersectionality blah blah blah" no one wants to give a shit about the whole damn sexual slavery issue this country has. and in fact they want to pretend it barely exists at all, the fabrication of republicans with their pizza gate. or they want to pretend it doesnt exist at all bc you see some well off onlyfans model said sex work is empowering and like most sex workers choose it so like you see like, its all good like, stop shaming sex workers like, stop, like, being so putitanical. jfccc
this. isnt feminism, its not intersectional feminism, its not any sort of feminism. its not any sort of woke or progressive or caring. this. its having the privilege of denying the uncomfortable reality which just so happens to hit societies most marginalized and vulnerable women and girls in one of the most horrifying ways. pretending like its conspirational propaganda is such a gross way to talk about this because outside of the general ignorance, it adds a layer of outright denying the severity of the pain and suffering at hand, on top of the sex work bullshit being pulled. wtf
#the thought of america legalizing sex work like western europe did literally keeps me up at night. it makes me feel insane i find it so#horrifying#everything is going to get so much fucking worse if this braindead generations manages to do it.#thats idk part of the reason why i talk abt this shit in uni and with americans. like i dont care if you want to get pissy with me. i#im terrified of whats gonna happen if we keep rolling down this same fucking hill. ill tell u what - the exact same thing thats been#happening to us since western european states legalized it. aka. severe book in sex slavery. of disadvantaged women#our women are already example enough for fucks sake it would be so horrid to see this shit which frankly can be considered humanitarian#crimes on behalf of the government. replicated here
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why did you write florida man dub
Very long info dump on a fic I'll never flesh out below the cut!
I wrote the majority of this fic coming off the heels of I've Never Fallen from Quite this High when the post-long fic slunk hit me (this is a very real thing and it surprises me every time. After Shine Here To Us was the hardest in recent memory)
For context in this world:
Omegas make up .1% of the population (which is VERY low) but the birth rate of omegas is 10% (though you can't know which you'll be until later in childhood, maybe right before puberty -- basically so they can't take them when they're babies). So, where do those other omegas go? Two places: one, they go into hiding as betas, which is hard to do but since only omegas can smell alphas and other omegas, they're safe as long as they use suppressants. And two, they get taken. This AU would have been pretty dark, with groups of people with authority selling out omegas to underground rings-- police officers, school principals, doctors, people who find out that an unbonded omega is around can make A SHIT TON of money. Bonded omegas only go into heat for their alpha, but unbonded omegas can be induced into heat. Like I said, very dark!! This is not very well known by the way, most people live their lives not knowing about these things. Governments really work hard to cover it up or at least not admit that their own personnel are sometimes complicit in these underground omega rings.
In online spaces, you absolutely don't say you're an omega. There are conspiracy theories (that might be true) of governments reading chat logs of discord, etc, and taking unbonded omegas. However, conversely, calling someone an omega is a very common insult much like other slurs and especially used on men, where it's considered worse to be an omega.
Alphas in this world make up about 10% of the population. The lore here is that alphas are considered meat heads and too aggressive and while it's not *dangerous in society* to be an alpha, they're considered slaves to their instincts and no one really takes them as seriously as they should. Unless they're in government, and then it's a good thing. You can't tell me republicans wouldn't eat that shit up. But regular people are wary of other regular people being alphas. In online spaces, several creators have come out as alphas and then people *only* want to see them doing alpha things and being aggressive, etc. They aren't associated with empathy or kindness or gentleness (which is ALL Dream). So most alphas that actually are in online spaces just pretend to be betas.
For these reasons, both omega and alpha, Dream and George and Sapnap don't know each other's designations, they assume beta, much like most of the people in the world. This is also why Sapnap, even though he lives with Dream, doesn't know Dream is an alpha. He can't smell him and Dream works hard to not be overt about his alphaness.
Anyway back to the fic:
This fic had two major scenes that I was excited about -- one was this part that I wrote (in fact, the doc name was "part i'm excited to write" and I fully thought I would go back and write some build up and world building before George lands in Florida) and the other scene was a TrainwreckTV style podcast (based on the 2021 podcasts where dteam would join, what, like 3 times?) and the conversations would be SOOOO heteronormative dudebro stuff. And I fully wanted them to be discussing omega rights with a horrible slant (you know how straight white men like to discuss things that have no bearing on them and think they're truly *saying* something) with no omega or even someone who knows what they're talking about to correct the misinformation or set them straight. And Dream, as a closeted alpha AND George's bonded alpha, starts bristling. Except George gets there first and since he's bonded to Dream there's no point in those rings grabbing him, he's "used goods" -- he starts going off about the statistics and what actually happens. I think I would give him a childhood friend who presented as omega, disappeared, and then reemerged as being saved from a ring and is absolutely not the same as something to show George personally what happens and give him stakes to not be caught out.
Anyway George schools them on omega rights and ends up coming out as an omega and bonded which, of course, leads Dream to claim to be his alpha because he can't stand for anyone else to be connected to George. This leads to strong forward movement on omega rights and people learning about the seedy underbelly and demands action from governments, etc. Also there might have been some mpreg.
SO that was going to be the fic but I had no idea where it would have ended
I ended up writing Curse and Cure instead because it was much more lighthearted and fun. Sometimes we plot a whole fic out and we end up not writing it, but it's still a good exercise and fun to think about!!
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Genuinely wondering why you would advocate for eugenics and aborting autistics. Because they're hard to raise? They are hell on the parent? So they're not allowed to live then? Breeding out "undesirables" from society is not going to fix anything. It is horrific. Everyone is one accident away from becoming disabled. You're all for aborting disableds. so what, you're also for killing those who become disabled later in life? is that it? So no one has to suffer and live in pain and be a burden to their parent? How about, instead of falling for nazi eugenic propaganda, you focus on making society more liveable for the "undesirables." We deserve to live
Hello Anon, I waited a bit so we could both calm down, and maybe see the gray parts of this situation, not only the blacks and the whites. I also read into the controversy around Autism Speaks and although I already knew they were shady but oh boy. I fully understand why you'd never willingly collaborate with this given organisation in their "research". The quotation marks were intentional. No, we shouldn't bio-engineer a perfect society. Yes, it is horrific.
At the same time, as someone who lives somewhere women's rights are being cut away gradually, it was astonishing to read how some people on tumblr.com essentially say that in some circumstances a person shouldn’t be allowed to have an abortion even though they want one.
I'd love to live in a diverse, accepting society but I can't change mine singlehandedly. I keep speaking up (sometimes it's more like shouting) even in a hostile environment every single time someone blames the mother for their child's situation. It may sound unbeliavable, but I've been told several times by male relatives in my twenties to not to do this or that because I'd end up giving birth to an autistic baby. I've done cutting away some of ties there but this is just the state of our society, I'd love to seal myself away hermetically, if I could. I've seen divorces leaving mothers alone supporting children who require constant care. Right now our social system doesn't support people who stay at home to take care of their disabled relatives adequately. There are undiagnosed, untreated children everywhere because their family straight out refuses the possibility of autism because it's still such a heavy stigma and also because our school system is not equipped to deal with children with special needs.
For me, this was the hardest sentence to read in your reply.
"So no one has to suffer and live in pain and be a burden to their parent?"
Please look up some pro-life propaganda on the internet, you'll find it very similar to what you've just said, even though I'm sure it wasn't your original intention.
So overall, yes, I do my part in making society more liveable (why did you straight out insinuate that I don't?) for everyone, but I'll be always on the mother's side. I believe that we should have the right to terminate a pregnancy when we feel unsafe about it because of our direct environment/society and supporting research to develop prenatal tests will save already existing lives (especially here, where statistically a woman dies in domestic violence every_single_week). I'd prefer mothers having the right of making this decision instead of just straight out not doing research because it's unethical. Their bodily autonomy supersedes that of a clump of cells.
I hope next time we communicate you'll hit a less passive-agressive tone and to encourage this I'm disabling anon but feel free to reply with your username.
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The phrase “cost of living crisis” conjures an image of families struggling to feed their children and keep them warm this winter. However, there is another demographic currently absent from discussion of this emergency, despite half of them already being forced to cut back on food spending: university students.
Most had an unprecedented end to their school years, studying remotely through a pandemic that defined not only A-levels and other final exams but their transition to university – the so-called best years of their lives. On top of all this, they now have to grapple with a financial crisis.
The situation is harder still for working-class students, who are already grossly under-represented at top universities. Analysis by the Institute for Fiscal Studies and the Sutton Trust found that the access rate for disadvantaged students was the lowest at the country’s most elite institutions.
This statistic is one that I am painfully aware of – I often joked to my friends that I was the token working-class student at our university. However, while I was offered a bursary for low-income students, my younger sister was not. In her three years of studying, she has been forced to access her university’s hardship fund three times. The fund required her to submit bank statements to prove she genuinely needed the money – and justify her every transaction.
Students have worked alongside their studies since long before this cost of living crisis. But, while having a part-time job can teach you valuable skills, it is important to maintain work-study balance – working too many hours can negatively impact one’s studies, and lead to burnout. Many universities recommend working a maximum of 15 hours a week. Despite this, one study revealed that 9% of students work 21-30 hours a week and 11% work more than 31 hours.
Clearly, this is unsustainable – but for some it is unavoidable. Working part-time jobs is the only way to keep afloat. One Birmingham student, who has worked throughout their degree and graduated this summer, told me that, with no financial support from their parents, they have had to cut back on everyday non-essentials, social events and even replacing fallen-apart shoes to ensure they can keep a roof over their head. For my sister, who also graduated this year, a job wasn’t a want, but a need – working alongside her studies was the only way she could afford her rent. As prices rise, even these hours may not be enough: as of June, 11% of students were already using food banks.
And although working-class students will be more affected, those from the middle class are facing financial struggles too. Many rely on their parents for contributions towards living costs to get by, which also presents a crisis for students’ families. In a survey by an accommodation provider carried out in March, 73% of parents and 66% of students said that they were “extremely worried” about the cost of living at university. The same study found that 36% of parents are struggling to financially support themselves as well as their children at university, and have had to turn to other income streams: 10% of parents have taken out bank loans, and 3% have re-mortgaged their house in order to make ends meet and support their children.
There comes the point where one has to question whether achieving a good degree grade is even realistic for those forced to work long hours to make ends meet. It’s sure to put some students off applying for university entirely. For many working-class students, maximum student finance loans are the only way they can afford to go to university. Yet with loans not seeing an increase to match the rapidly rising cost of living, the dream of going to university will become unattainable for many, purely because of their financial background.
I would like to think the government will not continue to sit back and watch this disaster happen. But the disastrous mini-budget doesn’t bode well. Let’s not forget that this is the same party that has signed off ruthless increases in tuition fees – or that the schools minister, Jonathan Gullis, recently declared his “biggest fear” to be private schools losing their charitable status. I would say mine is that other working-class students won’t have the same access to higher education that I did.
Students should not be expected to jeopardise their education to, paradoxically, fund their education, and neither should it be necessary for parents to sacrifice their own financial security to support them. It’s time for student finance loans to be increased in line with inflation, or else the government must provide a tailored cost of living support package for students (as petitioned for by the NUS), similar to the one that 8 million families have already received.
On a human level, the government cannot sit back and force students to choose between studying and eating. On a social level, the government must urgently put more money behind education. After all, these students will be one day running the country – investing in their education is investing in our future.
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Athlete welfare and the mental challenge
We all know that professional athletes are in the top tier of sportspeople in the world. They possess natural talent that has been nurtured and coached over time, which is now on show at the highest level. Athletes are some of the hardest working people, striving to achieve to be the best. However, from this questions arise: how do athletes compare the physical challenge to the mental challenge, and how does abuse and harassment impact on this?
Example
There are a number of different issues to explore. The first of these relates to a woman called Mary Cain.
Photo credit: https://gen.medium.com/it-will-take-female-coaches-to-protect-the-next-mary-cain-a0edf5ad9538
To understand some of the contest, watch the video below.
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In short, Mary Cain was one of the best up-and-coming track and field athletes in the world. She got an offer to join the Nike Oregon project from Alberto Salazar who at the time was the number one track and field coach. She had future aspirations to be the world’s best female athlete, but was instead abused by Alberto Salazar with endorsement from Nike. Some of the things she experienced included:
Dangerous levels of weight loss
Her period had stopped
Publicly humiliated
Got weighed in front of her teammates to hit a target of 114 lbs
Alongside these, Cain had to deal with severe mental health challenges as well as the physical demands of the sport and training.
To add to this illustrative example. there are a number of other news articles which have interviews from other athletes talking about their mental health and the challenges they have faced. To see a short list, which includes some other examples see here: 12 athletes who have spoken up about their mental health
Facts and statistics
Thinking more broadly about mental wellbeing, here are some non-sport related statistics:
The World Health Organisation stated in 2015 that an estimated 350 million people worldwide are experiencing depression or have had depression in their life
1 In 4 people are affected by mental health in any year
It is recognised as a significant public health issue
Linked to levels of functioning and work/performance
What the above illustrates is that mental health is a challenge which can affect anyone, as well as how commonplace it is. It is widely acknowledged that if someone is stressed or struggling with their mental health, a good stimulant to stop this is by taking part in physical activity or exercise. This can include both team or individual sports as well. In my case, anything I worry or stress about I love to take it out on the rugby pitch, whether it be tackling or running. It’s fun and you feel amazing at the end.
Below includes some more information on the potential mental health benefits of participating in sport and the WHO website to learn more about mental wellbeing.
World Health Organization (WHO)
10 mental benefits of sport
However, for professional athletes this might not be the same.
Research has suggested that “athletes may be more predisposed than the general population to depression, because of the physical and psychological demands placed on them by the sporting environment. Stress is associated with depression and is inherent In the life of an athlete.”
Taking this into consideration, this perspective provides a counterpoint, referring to the physical and psychological challenges athletes experience and so participating in sport may also create different challenges to add to the stress already there. It also mentions that athletes could have higher levels of mental ill-health in comparison to the general population.
Some potential reasons for this have been explored by Parham (1993). These are:
Academic challenges
Social and leisure challenges
Challenge to succeed
Health and injury challenges
When fans stop cheering
Contextual parameters
These factors are especially particular for young athletes just like Mary Cain. They may struggle to have time to learn, struggle to meet people and have relatively little time to themselves to relax. They are always being pushed to succeed to the top level while trying to stay in peak physical shape and without injury. They are also trying to impress fans or family who support them and may respond negatively if they under-performed. Finally, it is important to recognise the background to every performer and their upbringing or other challenges they have to face alongside the stress of being an athlete.
So that begs the question, what can be done to help athletes both novice and experienced? There are many different coping methods that can be used instead of sport to provide the same effects.
The first is meditation. Many well-known athletes including Michael Jordon use meditation. It is used to relax participants, improve mental clarity and self control.
Another coping strategy is imagery. This can be used to increase mental stimulation and can also be used to improve performance as athletes can imagine themselves in a situation in their sport completing a task to maybe win a game or score crucial points.
More methods of coping can be found at Oregonsportnews.com.
Additionally, another way to help is to donate or read about the Mental Health Foundation. They have a page linked here which is specifically related to athletes.
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Tumblr's been doing their annual Year in Review and this reminded me that I've always wanted to do a review of my fics for 2022. Other years this has been something I've wanted to do but I've either forgotten or remembered too late.
So, here we are, my little review for my fics from 2022. All the data comes from A03's statistics. Rest is under the cut because it's going to be long.
Statistic Stuff
My "Top Five" fics by hits:
Wooden Shrine (SDR2)
Comfortable Bed(s) (Twisted Wonderland)
The Small Things that Don't Align (Twisted Wonderland)
Lingering Taste (SDR2)
"I can't swim," he said when he could, in fact, swim. (SDR2)
My most kudos in a fic: The Small Things that Don't Align (Twisted Wonderland)
My most bookmarked fic: Comfortable Bed(s) (Twisted Wonderland)
How many words I wrote in 2022: 149,496
Question Stuff
What was the hardest fic to write?
The hardest fic to write by far was Wooden Shrine. Which, was ironic because I purposefully tried to make it less of a work load on me. If you noticed, I made the chapters shorter. This is due to me having an Actual Job that takes a lot of time and mental energy out of my day. Yet, this fic ended up being a challenge. I think the hardest part wasn't the writing of the fic, but finding the mental energy to get through certain sections.
Yet, despite this, Wooden Shrine is one of my favourite fics this year. I think it's because a lot of elements to the fic are an accidental combination of my Kitsune! Komaeda fic and 1000 Kisses. Both fics are ones I hold near and dear to my heart.
2. What was the easiest fic to write?
Without a doubt Comfortable Bed(s) came so easily and so naturally to me. I wrote that in a single afternoon and I'm astonished that I managed to do it quickly. That being said, it was also a challenge for me because it was my second Twisted Wonderland fic and I decided to write Basically Everyone.
3. Which fic is the most underrated?
I think I have two underrated fics. Is this cheating? I made this entire thing up, so I can do what I want.
My first underrated fic is the first fic I wrote in 2022, The Way to Convince a Dragon to Not Murder is Through his Stomach (FE Fates). Listen. Dragon Anankos gaining just a little bit of humanity to barely curb his dragon madness? Dragon Anankos acting like a rabid attack dog with a leash that's about to snap? Dragon Anankos attracted to the Trio because I will shove my Anankos/Trio agenda onto people? It's a great fic and most importantly it was a gift to @shreedle "Thanks for being my friend that I can rant about FEH to".
My second underrated fic is You're Welcome, Byakuran (KHR). First, it's one of my rare 100/51 fics in a Good Timeline. Next, it's a fic purely based on joke conversations between me and @someobscurereference.
4. Which fic(s) had something "cut" or had an idea that never happened?
Originally, I wanted to write more Souda/Sonia/Gundham into Wooden Shrine. I also considered writing a short one shot to show how Souda and Gundham came into contact with Sonia and formed contracts with her. Sadly, this was a time and energy issue, so the idea was dropped.
For my fic Honeycomb Bakery (Modern AU FE Fates) I was going to write it as "Niles is pining after a customer and that's Owain" and thus he keeps giving free baking to Owain. However, I wrote in the silly signs that were clearly written by Owain. I couldn't have Owain as a customer and worker, so I made it an established relationship and moved on.
In Red Handkerchief (FE Fates) I considered giving Odin more angst and drawing out Leo/Niles getting together with him. I scraped it because it felt too close to another Leo Trio fic I wrote years ago, with the "they don't like me back" angst from Odin's end.
Finally, for Burner Phone (KHR) I wrote about 700-800 words in Shouichi's POV. I ended up not liking how it sounded/the tone so I swapped with Byakuran.
5. Which fic did you want to write but didn't get around to it?
-ObscureReference and I have an Elaborate Joke/HC of an OC Demon Parrot named Sprinkles that was summoned by Henry to protect Olivia but mostly Inigo. (We ship Henry/Olivia.) Sprinkles is absolutely Hilarious and our ideas for him have spanned mostly in a Modern AU, but jokes about him in canon verse have come up. I desperately want to write a fic with Sprinkles and might get around to it soon.
-For SDR2/Komahina, I have a fic titled "Another Post SDR2 healing fic" with extensive notes of what I want to happen. I've not touched it in a while since I'm worried it will sound like I'm trying to rehash one of my oldest fics, Waking Up in Pieces.
-With Bleach, a fandom I've been a part of since I was around 12, back I sort of want to write a Bleach fic. In fact, I started a Bleach fic way back in 2016 when I was living in Japan and had a big Bleach re-watch bug in my system. Obviously that never panned out but maybe this year is trying to tell me something...
6. Any WIPs that never got published?
-I have 351 words of a FE Awakening/Fates fic focused on the Trio having some weird ability due to Living Through the Apocalypse and Time Traveling. I wrote the base of it in June at work. I don't remember what I was going to do with this.
-I have a fic titled "Marzipan" and it has exactly 65 words describing Towa City. I do not remember what I was going to do with this fic.
-I started a fic titled "Love at First Stab Attempt" as a prequel to my Serial Killer Komahina fic, Working Relationship. I like the idea but didn't like some of the direction it was going. I might tweak it and post it later.
7. Share a snippet of WIP fic?
Here's the opening snippet from that FE Awakening/Fates fic I mentioned above. You can see that I'm using some ideas from prior fics such as blue flames and devouring something that most people aren't eating. I just really like eating as a metaphor.
"The fire was blue.
Not a light blue as one might expect from a fire. Most fires Inigo knew burned lighter at the source— almost stark white before fanning out into colour. Like a flower opening this fire burned large and tall despite the fuel only a small broken branch of bleached wood. The flame in question burned dark; a thousand midnights compressed into one, or perhaps like the depth of the ocean where under millions of metric tons light struggled to travel.
Pressing his hand against the flame, Inigo supressed the deep bone chilling shudder that ripple under his skin. An instinctual self-preservation method ingrained into his genetic code. It was accompanied by a voice that sounded like his mother’s. The voice rang hollowly before fading into an echo. Swallowing, Inigo reached out. The blue flame lapped at his hand and did not burn. Exhaling slowly, Inigo curled his hand and squeezed the flame between his fingers.
At once the flame jumped into the center of his hand, nestling in the crevice between his fingers and palm. Light danced in his palm, adding a red-pink tinge to the blue flame, creating a muted, dirty purple.
Pulling his hand away, Inigo pressed the flame to his lips and devoured it. Light pulsed in his throat for a moment before settling in his stomach. Warmth blossomed along with a surge of giddiness that border lined tipsy. A hiccupping laugh escaped Inigo’s throat before expanding into petals of soft laughter.
Widely grinning, Inigo picked up more flames until the fire was entirely consumed."
7. Which fic was the one you were most "excited" to write?
The fic I was most excited to write was my Katekyo Hitman Reborn (KHR) fic, Delivery. It's an idea that I always wanted to write: Shouichi going to Byakuran on his own accord. The main reason why I only got around to writing it this year was because I kept changing the tone I wanted. Did I want a more humourous tone? Did I want a more cynical tone? I never knew, but I think I hit the right balance.
8. What's something you're looking forward to writing in the future?
I am looking forward to writing more Twisted Wonderland fics. Yes, I guess I'm deep enough into the fandom that it might become a regular fic occurrence. I have a few ideas, but no idea where they'll lead.
I'm excited to write more SDR2 fics. Yeah, that's predictable, but sometimes a comfort fandom is what one needs.
I'm also super excited to write Sprinkles properly some day. It will happen.
#personal#my fic review 2022#just for fun#and like i dunno anyone can do this? it's fun to be self indulgent on your own blog
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WingsOfRedemption WANTS TO START A WAR With Breaking Banquet
Disclaimer: this is a rant on some flojo who for some reason in the first 3min decided to share with Wings that he’s trying to sleep with some church-going lady. Little to do with wings
he's not going to church to try to sleep with her, but he's going to church to impress her because he eventually wants to sleep with her because he literally just said he's been trying to sleep with her.
*Translation: you're going to church because you want to sleep with her.*
you care because the incentive to care is you have an agenda, which is an itchy rocket that found a target
Bro is trying his absolute hardest NOT to be honest . It's when you try to bullshit and make it sound romantic or some intimate fuckery is when people get on my nerves with pursuit of women. And that's why some women can smell that shit from a mile away and make mfs wait.
*You can't con a con-artist, women are not stupid. If you're going to church just to impress her, that's NOT impressing her. Trust me.
Simply walking into a building & sitting in attendance because you want her cheeks isn't impressive.* Shit's corny as fuck, to me a dude, so imagine what her take is.
You give a shit because you want to fuck, that's why 90% men pay attention to women they don't know & hand out attention that's not earned, that's why you acknowledged her existence vs literally everyone else (male & female) with a level of EFFORT you wouldn't show your own mother.
This stranger didn't earn your attention, you gave it to her because you were that easy: Typical but 100% natural. Just say that & stop tryna make it something it's not.
The issue is People get caught up in how cold that sounds, regardless that it is 100% fucking true reality and then start mentally contorting their own intentions tryna to make it sound noble or some shit.
And then after the marriage, that perfectly painted rationale you fabricated suddenly crumbles under it's own weight.
Because NOW she's not a mystery anymore and neither are you. Hence the divorce statistics. (women of God give off a different energy, or vibe), ie. Church women are different....pffft OH fuuuuck off. Clearly you've never been part of more than one church family, you'd know that shit was a damn lie.
ESPECIALLY with the older women. The only thing most church women of the modern era do, is give it away to men/women they actually want, get older & past their prime and then make suckers like him wait for it because they now they're women of god all of a sudden, and ONLY when it's convenient and AFTER they're not getting action like they used to.
Bro want to sell his own bullshit to himself. Sees a fine mama on the street, he then does cardio. Absolute fucking NPC. Zero agency or fortitude, way too easy of a male. Complete drone.
Very young on the brain, eager to create some regrets he can easily avoid, fuck ya life up with a smile on some bullshit. but at least you can say you got to hit, for whatever that's worth
This kind of dude is what Divorces were made for, he'd get burnt and go MGTOW or some stupid crap.
He'll be 3 divorces in life, and still chasing that Disney template.
Wish the video was about that tool instead of wings. 3min in, and literally i mean 3:00 on the dot, and he's getting on my last nerves. And why vent about this shit to wings of all people, like he has ANY wisdom to bestow.
Because what i'm saying right now? Is what Wings should be saying so he can help this mook wake the fuck up.
Because this is how you waste women's time, for real. Young bucks jumping through hoops for a short term release, when an older mama likely wants something real, authentic in the longterm.
Wings neglects his wife in almost every way, it's public record. So WHO in their right fucking mind shares that kind of TMI with WingsofRedemption of all people??! Lmfao Truly a moron
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In order to make up for the "deficiencies" of its own ecology, the value of "filling in" the mini program ecology is highlighted
As mentioned before, two factors, memory HE Tuber anxiety and inconvenience of mobile phone operation, have caused the number of commonly used apps per mobile phone user to hover around 20 or 30. Moreover, since mobile phones need to clear storage space from time to time, and user preferences are constantly changing, it is normal to uninstall apps regularly regardless of iOS or Android systems.
Image source: "2023 Mobile App Uninstallation Status Report"
AppsFlyer released the "2023 Mobile App Uninstallation Status Report" which shows that 49% of apps on Android phones in 2022 will be uninstalled within 30 days after downloading, a decrease of 8% compared to 2021. Gaming apps were hit the hardest, with an uninstall rate of 66%. Followed by social and educational applications. Travel apps have the lowest uninstall rate, only 31%, indicating that users in this category are more loyal to the brand.
The richer the app service ecology, the more stable its "position" on the mobile phone, and the smaller the probability of users uninstalling it. However, whether it is the old Internet platform BAT or the newly emerged Douyin and Kuaishou, it is impossible for one company to invest in all service fields. How to connect users of your own APP to a richer service ecosystem? The “mini programs” born in 2017 have become an important “filler” for the ecosystem.
For all apps, there is no absolute "irreplaceability". Various potential "black swan" events may make an app go from popular to marginalized. In order to resist this crisis, each App continues to enhance its "entry" attribute. Only by becoming the most important "entry" for users to connect to the mobile Internet can their status be more stable and avoid the fate of being left out or even "uninstalled".
The surfing habits of mobile Internet users have led to the birth of super apps and islanding phenomena.
Taobao App proactively blocks WeChat in the hope that users will open Taobao App more and not just "shopping" within WeChat. WeChat proactively blocks Douyin because it does not want its own traffic to "nourish" external platforms. When establishing a video account, we also hope that this part of the traffic will accumulate on WeChat, rather than "making a wedding dress for others."
Therefore, compared with the major PC Internet giants who focus on vertical and professional services, the mobile Internet is based on the concept of super App. Even if they are not good at a certain field, the giants will take the initiative to attack out of a "defensive" mentality.
WeChat and Toutiao launched search, Taobao and JD.com launched short videos, Douyin and Kuaishou entered e-commerce, and Pinduoduo disrupted local life. They all seemed to be offensive postures, but more of a passive defense to strengthen their own "use value" .
2. Change: Starting from “mini programs” to tear down walls
In order to increase the "chips" in their hands, Internet giants in the past have adopted the idea that they would rather not do well themselves than "cheap" competitors' apps.
In the past two years, due to antitrust pressure and considerations of improving user experience, the mobile Internet's past isolated status has shown signs of loosening. As a small program that once "filled the gap" in the ecosystem, it is becoming an excellent channel for connecting with each other.
1. For entrants, the traffic ceiling has arrived, and mini programs can activate "new increments"
According to statistics, Meituan’s two core offline businesses, in-store ordering and power bank, have been used by the Alipay mini program since its launch, with usage exceeding 7 million. The search also revealed that Meituan’s food delivery service has not yet been launched on Alipay.
In the context of mobile Internet traffic growth hitting the ceiling, small programs of one of its own service lines launched on Super App can gain new traffic.
The characteristic of seeking new increments means that entrants will tend to launch segmented businesses or services that are in a state of development on the rival super App ecosystem through mature mini programs. In the past two years, two major enemies, Meituan and Alipay (Alibaba sold Meituan shares at a discount in 2016, and Meituan delisted Alipay many times in the following years) have reconciled through mini programs. Alibaba and Tencent are also easing their relationship through mini programs. .
In September 2021, affected by the anti-monopoly background, Alibaba's Ele.me, Youku, Damai, Kaola Haigou, Shuqi, etc. began to access WeChat payment. During this period, Alibaba’s mini programs also began to be launched on WeChat, which heralded the breaking of some aspects of the relationship between the two parties. In May 2021, Alibaba internally tested the "Money-saving shopping for relatives and friends" mini program on WeChat. In October last year, it launched the "Tmall Supermarket Xiaodangjia" mini program. In May this year, Tmall launched the "Tmall Supermarket" mini program on WeChat. "Excellent Products" mini program mall.
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However, the mini program could no longer be opened before the deadline. Searching for "Tmall Premium" on WeChat showed only official accounts and no such mini program in the relevant search results. Currently, the editor-in-chief can only find the mini program in the "Recently Used Mini Programs" list in the WeChat drop-down menu. Click to enter the system prompt page.
The page prompts that "Tmall Premium has suspended services due to violations." The detailed introduction further explains that "services have been suspended due to the existence of induced sharing behavior."
According to the "White Paper on Mini Program Internet Development in the First Half of 2022" released by Aladdin Research Institute, the number of mini programs on WeChat, Alipay, Douyin, Kuaishou and other platforms exceeds 7.5 million, and the number of daily active users exceeds 780 million.
For entrants, the traffic of any super App outside the ecosystem is a new increase, and active entry must be based on the purpose of seeking growth. However, judging from the experience of "Tmall Premium", when the service rules of each mini program are not "transparent" enough, if you want to obtain traffic on the opponent's App, you still need to be familiar with the other party's relevant rules.
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Interest rates tipped to be held as jobs market weakens
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By Michael Race & Dharshini David
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Signs that the UK’s job market is slowing down have reaffirmed predictions that interest rates will be left unchanged again in November.
The unemployment rate was 4.2% between June and August, up from 4% in the March-to-May quarter, but unchanged from last month’s data.
Businesses appear to be hiring less as the impact of rising prices and higher interest rates starts to bite.
UK economic growth has also proved sluggish in recent months.
The Office for National Statistics (ONS) said August’s jobs figures had been calculated slightly differently than usual, in an attempt to make the data as reflective of the world of work as possible.
Balancing act
The Bank of England, which sets UK rates, will decide next week whether they should be increased, decreased, or kept on hold again at 5.25%.
The benchmark rate was left unchanged at its last meeting in September, ending a cycle of 14 consecutive rises. At the time the Bank’s governor, Andrew Bailey, said there were “increasing signs” that higher rates were starting to hurt the economy.
The Bank first started to raise rates in December 2021 in an attempt to control soaring consumer price rises.
But it is a balancing act – if rates go up too quickly, consumers and businesses may spend and invest less which tends to drag on the economy.
The impact of changes to interest rates, via higher debt repayments, also takes about a year to filter through to employers’ plans.
This month, one member of the Bank of England’s interest rate panel told the BBC that the bulk of the impact of the increase in interest rates was yet to hit the economy, adding younger and lower paid workers could be hit the hardest.
Official figures showed the UK returned to growth in August, following a sharp fall in July, however, economists have warned the economy was “only just grinding forward” and predicted that the Bank of England would opt to leave rates on hold again in November.
Ashley Webb, UK economist at forecaster Capital Economics, said Tuesday’s weak jobs numbers made that outcome even more likely.
“The Bank will probably continue to believe that interest rates are gradually doing their job and, in our view, it is unlikely to raise interest rates again,” he said.
Gabriella Dickens, senior UK economist at Pantheon Macroeconomics, said the figures “added to the evidence” that rates would be held, while Thomas Pugh, at consultancy RSM UK, said the Bank would probably wait “to see wage growth and inflation return to more normal levels, rather than resuming rate hikes”.
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Wages overtake prices for first time in two years
The UK is not currently in a recession but there have been concerns over weak growth, with the economy set to be a key battleground in the General Election, which is widely expected to be next year.
On Tuesday, a closely-watched economic survey indicated that output from private sector companies had fallen for a third consecutive month.
That prompted forecasters at Capital Economics to suggest “a mild recession is under way and that the Bank of England has finished hiking interest rates”.
Sarah Coles, head of personal finance at investment firm Hargreaves Lansdown, said there was “no clear overall shift in job losses just yet” but the UK needed to prepare “for more difficult times ahead”.
“This isn’t the agony of a collapsing jobs market: it’s the chronic malaise of an economy growing gradually weaker,” she said.
“With employment falling slightly, unemployment rising, economic inactivity up and vacancies dropping again, optimism is ebbing slowly away.”
The ONS estimated employment in the UK – which is the proportion of people in paid work – slightly decreased to 75.7% between June and August. It added that the economic activity rate, which measures people not actively looking for work, or available to start a job, had also edged up to 20.9%.
Neil Carberry, chief executive of the Recruitment & Employment Confederation, said unemployment remained low by historic standards and that the jobs market had been “normalising after the post-pandemic boom”.
“While vacancies are dropping, they remain above their levels of 2019,” he added. “But sector demand is varying widely and workers are facing having to make more transitions to new areas to find new roles. This transition is a primary driver of rising unemployment.”
Mel Stride, the Work and Pensions Secretary, said growing the economy was a “priority” and that the government was “bringing in the next generation of welfare reforms to drive down inactivity and help more people into work”.
He said there were now “more than one million more people on company payrolls compared to 2019, a near record high, and today’s statistics also show inactivity has fallen by over a quarter of a million since the pandemic peak”.
But Liz Kendall, Labour’s shadow work and pensions secretary, said the statistics confirmed “once again that the Tories’ dismal mismanagement of our economy is failing Britain”.
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