This happened a few days ago and I’ve been wondering if I’m truly the asshole. Also doing this on mobile so sorry for formatting issues
I recently visited my family for Memorial Day weekend. The flight there is about 3-4 hours. On the way back I was sitting in the middle seat between a man and a woman. I recently got the new Legend of Zelda game TOTK and have been playing a lot, so when I got on the plane I took out my switch and started playing. After about 5-10 minutes, the guy next to me asked if I was playing TOTK. I told him I was and he asked if I could play something else as he didn’t have it yet and didn’t want any spoilers. I said I was sorry but I just got this game and wanted to play it. I played for the rest of the flight and he kept giving me dirty looks. I told some of my friends and they said it wouldn’t have killed to play a different game for a few hours and it got me wondering if I was the asshole

I started back riding after 10 years off, right when Covid hit. I had put on about 40 lbs, just started blood pressure medication and had rising cholesterol. Not good for a guy with a family history of heart disease, both parents suffering strokes. Dropped from 210 lbs to 157 lbs, off bp meds and cholesterol meds. I ride so that at nearly 50, I can one day walk my daughter, who is now 10, down the aisle at her wedding. Just maybe see her have her own kids ( if she wants them). I ride for my dad who passed away 4 years ago from dementia. I ride for my mom who had a 4x bypass 20 years ago. I ride to burn off stress from working 45 hours a week. I ride uphill so I get the same excitement rolling downhill at 35 mph I used get as a kid on my BMX bike rolling down roads in campgrounds. I started road riding when I was about 13, I was pretty small for my age. To little to play organized basketball of football. But I had pretty beefy quads and lungs for hours. Never raced a bike, but always enjoyed where it and my legs took me. Why do you ride?

I have a Omen 16.1 with Ryzen 7 5800H and RTX 3050ti. For the past couple of days, my games have been stuttering and lagging like crazy and my frametime graph using the MSI Afterburner software shows constant stuttering bars as well. This did happen in the past in fact, and I remember what solved it was setting my power plan, which im using the high performance one, processor power management setting to 99%. However the problem arise again and im not sure how to fix it. I have already DDU my drivers and reinstall the latest ones. It also is not temperature throttling as my temps reach max 80C on my CPU and my GPU rarely reaches 75C. I also reinstalled windows 10 selecting the option to keep my files and did some general windows 10 optimizations. The stuttering was fixed for the first 1-2 days and now it is back. I have an idea that it has something to do with gpu and not getting enough power but im not sure. Im rly rly frustrated about this and any help I can get would be greatly appreciated. Thank you so much.

I'm losing my mind. 20 times or more a day over the past 2 weeks my internet completely disconnects for all of 5 seconds and then quickly reconnects again. Can anyone decipher what these logs mean?
Router Logs
config.utapi Utopia_UpdateDynPortMapping_WithoutFirewallRestart: enabled,none,
onfig.utapi s_add_portmapdyn: add entry (index 1): add/overwrite entry param portmap_dyn_1 value:enabled,none
config.utapi s_find_portmapdyn: found dynamic port map: entry 1
igd.info ENTER IGD_add_PortMapping...
igd.info EXIT IGD_add_PortMapping...
igd.info IGD_pii_add_portmapping_entry: Lock acquired
gd.info IGD_pii_add_portmapping_entry: Lock released
igd.info IGD_pii_add_portmapping_entry: desc
igd.info _get_external_ip_address: state variables ExternalIPAddress
Add Port mapping

I am going to be as vague as possible. Let me start by saying I go to a quarter-based school, so we are in the last few days. I am a master's student in a semi-rural area. I enrolled in a class in X department with Prof A. (Relevant info: Prof A only works part-time as a (tenured) prof and then full-time pretty high up in the administration.) So we are all gathering our stuff for the first day, and this young-looking (admittedly conventionally attractive) girl comes in and sits in the front row. We are doing introductions, and Prof A legitimately interrupts this girl and says, "Bailey is an absolutely brilliant undergraduate, and we are so blessed to have her here." The whole class sort of... looks at this girl. This A: is not an easy class, and B: is not listed for undergraduates, as in (I also was an undergrad at this same institution); the only way she could have gotten in is with a specific invite from Prof A and getting it approved by admin (which I suppose Prof A has the ability to do) Then Prof A starts sort of... giving her special treatment. It's always, "Bailey, can you get this." "Bailey, can you help me set this up." "Bailey..." I do not think he asked ONE other student for help setting up materials throughout the class. He even *cited one of her papers* in a slideshow for class. I have personally watched the prof scan the room for her as soon as he walks in more than once, and they have *looks* they give each other throughout the class. Once, a student said something, and both of them looked at each other, and he almost full-out laughed. After class, Bailey is always the first to slip out and just sort of... disappeared until I followed her out of curiosity and found out she was walking about two blocks away and then meeting prof A every day after class and getting coffee. About halfway through the class, it turns out that they both got accepted to the same international conference (keep in mind, this girl is an UNDERGRADUATE) ... I am sure with his help. And they will be traveling together... (probably alone.) The campus is small, so you see... everything. I brought this up to a friend that took Prof A (almost a year ago now), and apparently, she was in that class as well (? what is an undergraduate doing in masters classes?) My friend said she saw her getting a late lunch with Prof A and another Prof? Anyways, I let all of this go until two things happened. The first, I saw her outside a separate department building, sort of later at night (I am not stalking her, haha, the other building is direct across from my department... again, small campus). A man comes out, and she throws her arms around him and kisses him. I was taken aback because this man looked at least 5-10 years older than her. I pull up the department's faculty, and... there he is. Second, she sits down the day before the final and starts talking about conferences for next year. (Asking what everyone applied for etc. etc.) It turns out we are applying for the same conference at said university. I suppose all of this is apropos to nothing but wondering what, if anything, I can do to make sure we have equal footing in the race. Tl; DR: A peer of mine seems to get favoritism from the prof in extreme amounts (him introducing her as "brilliant" them (allegedly) going to a foreign country together, etc.), and she seems to be dating a different professor from a separate department. None of this would be a *personal* issue if she and I were not head to head for a conference spot. Is there anyone I can report this to? Is this *technically* breaking any guidelines?

Welcome to June, and also the latest Project: Gorgon update! This update contains a new much-requested skill, Angling, as well as new UI features, quests, balancing, and a ton of bug fixes.
Bugs!
Update: the following are known bugs in this update -- no need to report them. If you see OTHER bugs, please report them!

• Animal forms are able to angle - kind of - and that is unintentional. Angling is intended to require hands.
• The Angling ability 'Catch and Release' gives 25% XP, not 25% bonus XP.
• You can target certain angling fish before they exist. You shouldn't be able to target them at all.
• Some of the angling abilities have old test descriptions.
• The new AoE indicator doesn't display in some outdoor areas.

Main Story

We've expanded the main story quest-line by a few steps. If you've already reached the point in the storyline where you were asked to have dinner with Jessina (via a hang out), the hang out is now available, and you should log in to see that your character has a "reminder quest" to hang out with Jessina.

New Camera Types

Players come to us from different games with different control schemes and camera views, and they often ask us if we can imitate the camera styles they're used to. So we gave it a try! We know that getting movement behavior just right can be tricky, so please give us feedback on how these work for you.
There are now 3 camera types to choose from, located in Settings > Controls:

• Traditional Camera: How the camera has always worked. Right-click rotates your character, left-click rotates only the camera. Mouse is always available.
• Free Camera: Camera control is completely separate from character control. Mouse is always available.
• Action Camera: Mouse movement always controls character. Mouse cursor is only available when a UI window is open, or when the Toggle Cursor key is pressed (configurable). NOTE: only available in the new selection system!

AoE Visibility

Area-of-Effect abilities that are centered on the caster now have a visualization for their range.

• When an ability is used, the AOE range briefly displays on the ground as a circle.
• When an AOE ability icon is hovered over, its AOE range displays on the ground for as long as it's hovered over.
• Visibility is configurable via Settings > GUI > Windows & HUD > Abilities & Items > "Show Beneficial AOE Areas" & "Show Detrimental AOE Areas". By default they are "Party Members Only" & "Self Only" respectively. Detrimental enemy AOEs will always display.
• Many "aura"-type pets display their aura ranges in a similar fashion, such as a druid's Healing Sanctuary or a fairy's Fae Conduit. These should also follow the visibility settings described above.
• Note: as of this update, all AoE abilities are centered on the caster, except for two Weather Witching abilities that are explicitly centered on the target. Previously, all AoEs were centered on the target, but the game didn't say that anywhere, and most players assumed it was centered on the caster! So this seems much more intuitive. But if there are specific AoE abilities that you feel should be centered on the target instead of the caster, please let us know and we'll consider it.

Angling

Traditionally, fishing in Project: Gorgon has involved scooping fish up out of the water with your bare hands -- what we might call 'tickling' the fish. And that's fine, as far as it goes. It takes real skill! But not all fish can be caught this way. (And more importantly, players have told us that an MMO "needs" to have traditional fishing in order to feel like a complete MMO.)
So we've expanded Fishing with a new sub-skill: Angling. All you need is a fishing pole, some bait, and a body of water with catchable fish. (Also Fishing 15. And hands!) In order to get started, talk to Roshun the Traitor in Serbule.
The precise mechanics of Angling aren't spelled out in the game at the moment. Since this game focuses on exploration, we expect players to be able to figure out how Angling works. Please let us know what parts of the system were hard to figure out, and we'll work to make those bits more obvious.

Skills & Abilities

From here out (and probably through the rest of beta), we'll be making small balance changes. We don't want to overnerf/overbuff things, so most changes will be relatively modest, and then we'll re-evaluate and adjust further after more observation.
Warden:
We've revised the formulae used for damage reflection, which resulted in nerfs to Privacy Field. On the other hand, multiple bug fixes actually increase the Warden's power significantly in other ways.

• Privacy Field abilities: reduced base ability damage (Privacy Field 5 changed from 196 -> 138)
• Treasure: "Privacy Field deals +60 damage to all melee attackers, and the first melee attacker is knocked away": 60 => 42
• Treasure: "Privacy Field also deals its damage when you are hit by burst attacks, and damage is +86": 86 => 47
• Treasure: "Privacy Field also deals its damage when you are hit by ranged attacks, and damage is +57": 57 => 48
• Treasure: "When Privacy Field deals damage, it also ignites the suspect, dealing 156 damage over 12 seconds": => 156 => 80. Note: previously this effect did not work at all, so this is technically a huge buff, not a nerf!
• Treasure: "While Privacy Field is active, melee attacks that hit you have a 100% chance to restore 20 Power to you" : 100% chance => 75% chance. Note: previously this effect did not work at all, so this is technically a huge buff, not a nerf!
• Treasure: "Apprehend deals +48 damage and hastens the current reuse timer of Controlled Burn by 2 seconds (so it can be used again more quickly)" : 2 seconds -> 1.5 seconds. Note: previously this effect did hasten Control Burn at at all, so this is technically a huge buff, not a nerf!
• Controlled Burn: area-of-effect reduced from 15 meters to 10 meters.
• Aggression Deterrent: area-of-effect reduced from 10 meters to 6 meters.

Weather Witch:

• New ability Summon Sandstorm: This is a variant of Summon Tornado intended to be more convenient in groups. It does not knock back foes, instead dealing bonus Armor damage. All tiers of this ability can be learned from the Sand Seer in Ilmari.
• New rare ability Summon Doomstorm: This is a variant of Summon Tornado. It does not knock back foes. Instead it deals Darkness damage. Damage is improved over base version. This pet is marked as undead for purposes of ability targeting. In other words, heals that don't work on undead don't work on this pet either. Buffs that work on undead DO work on this pet. For now, all tiers of this ability can be found as loot scrolls.
• Fixed bug that caused high-level summoned tornados to move incredibly fast. Normalized tornado speeds.
• Summoned tornadoes accidentally had vulnerability stats for Cold Spheres. They now correctly have vulnerability stats for Tornadoes.

Giant Bat:

• "Your Confusing Double deals +67% damage with each attack": 67% => 45%
• "Confusing Double summons an additional figment. Each figment deals +77 damage with each attack": 77 => 50
• "Confusing Double Reuse Timer -15": -15 => -10

Fire Magic:

• "Fire Breath hits all targets within 8 meters and deals +30.5% damage, but reuse timer is +3 seconds and Power cost is +33%" => "Fire Breath hits all targets within 8 meters and deals +60 damage, but reuse timer is +3 seconds and Power cost is +40"

Settings

• The "Reset" button in Settings now resets the currently-selected tab to its default settings. The old functionality, undoing all current changes, is still doable by simply closing the window.
• Added new experimental settings for Tab Targeting. You can find them in settings under GUI > Targeting > Tab Targeting (Experimental).
  • Combat Range: Control the max range of tab targeting when you are in combat.
  • Combat Lock: If your current target is in combat, only other in-combat enemies will be targeted via tab, unless none are in view.
  • Prioritize Unlooted Corpses: When tabbing through corpses, should all un-looted corpses be targeted before looted corpses?
  • You can now tab through targets as quickly as you can press the button.
• Overwriting a keybind that's already bound now shows a confirmation prompt, including the name of the keybind being overwritten.
• Reorganized and renamed several Settings, to make them more intuitively grouped and easier to find.

UI Changes

• "Controls" settings have been organized into Camera & Character controls, with sub-menus.- Allow clicking through entities in the new UI, similar to how it works in the old UI. If you click on something that's already selected, it selects the entity behind it (if there is one).
• Reduced precision of click-selecting entities, so they can be selected without hovering directly over them.
• All stat bars (and globes) now smoothly animate when they change, instead of statically changing to the new value.
• Item stack size font now resizes properly for vaults (including saddlebag).
• Fixed nameplate placement for mounted humanoids.
• Fixed bug causing mouse cursor to disappear completely if mouse-dragging while zoning.
• Fixed bug that caused very large tooltips not to display sometimes.
• Removed hover-text about avatar portraits coming soon -- because they're here now! We live in the future!
• Ability tooltips now display Special Values before Special Info, as those make more sense grouped together with the other numerical data.
• Polished the lootable-corpse particles a bit.
• Nameplates now fully fade out with distance instead of just the names.
• Better handling of left-clicking nothing to deselect your current target.
• Improved display of Crafting button when no hotkey is assigned.
• Fixed quest window display bug when objective count number was very large.
• Removed the "1" from the item slot in the bug report window.
• Fixed bug causing stack sizes of items in the sidebar to get out of sync.

Graphics & Animation

• Wolves & cows now animate at proper speed when going up and down hills.
• Replaced wolf's Hunting Speed animation with a howl animation.
• Polished bard animations, so they flow together better now. The play-lute animation now always plays when you are playing a bard song, even if you use other abilities while playing the song.
• Improved instrument-playing animations.
• New VFX (animations, particles, & shader effects) for all Battle Chemistry abilities.
• You can no longer auto-move while jumping. Doing so previously resulted in some very strange-looking animations.
• Fixed weird animation bug when trying to do certain things while sitting or kneeling.
• Failure to interact with something now returns the player to idle stance.
• Fixed bug with Thentree armor causing weird shadows on male characters.
• Mage Armor is now more polished, a bit darker, and has glowier gems
• Fixed bug that would cause a dancing pig's mud to stick around forever.
• Fixed bug where mounting while dancing would continue some dancing effects.
• Improved texture for Spring Fairy armor.
• Fixed face cam for Pigeons.

Other Bug Fixes & Tweaks

• Some legacy equipment that should have been Mastercrafted wasn't. Those items should be fixed now.
• When you un-legacy equipment by pulling an invalid power off of it at the transmutation table, the legacy and broken state of that equipment is now properly updated.
• Fixed bug allowing recipe items to be summoned from anywhere.
• Updated Shadow Feint tooltip to display the correct AOE distance for blinking back to position.
• Phrenology-based Mentalism & Psychology bonuses to critical chance now properly affect heals.
• Improved logic related to channeling abilities; this should hopefully fix stuck-in-channel bugs.
• Modified Mutation Injection ability descriptions to make it a bit clearer how they work.
• Lycanthropy ability "Become Wolf": the skill check to disable wolf mode is no longer downleveled when your combat skills are downleveled.
• Newly learned abilities, Wild Endurance, & First Aid should now correctly auto-rerank.
• Dying by falling through the world now shows a special button in the death window, "Teleport to Last-Touched Ground", which teleports your dead body to the last ground you were standing on. While this isn't an ideal solution, it should allow you to be revived in party situations
• Fixed bug causing skeleton warrior pets to repeatedly retreat a short distance when fighting something.
• Astounding Cloth Shirt (Max-Enchanted) and Camouflaged Astounding Shirt (Max-Enchanted) recipes now require the correct ingredients.
• Pressing spacebar while in an animal-mount form will no longer play the horse neighing sound.
• Fixed typo in Evasion Boots (Enchanted) recipes.
• Changed icon color for Acid Bomb to more of an acid-y color (and match the new VFX).
• Acid Boost Potion recipe now correctly states that it lasts 30 minutes.
• Fixed typo in quest "Holistic Wellness: Yarn" (twelve -> twenty-four balls of yarn).
• The tsys mod, "Psi Health Wave grants all targets +X Mitigation vs. Electricity, Acid, and Nature attacks for 20 seconds" now displays in the effects list when it's active.
• Fixed Dwarven Fixer causing screen brightness (instead of hiding it).
• "Toxic Flesh" tooltip now takes poison damage buffs into account.
• Using Objective Orienteering on "The Borghild Lead" quest now leads to the correct area.
• Fixed typo in quest "The Borghild Lead" (south -> north).
• Harry now hints more strongly that his Minor Panacea will not cure ALL curses, just a specific one.
• The quest "Goblin Avenger: Ratkin!!!" now correct gives 10 Xedrite.
• JSON users: Note that in skills.json's level-up rewards, "Ability" can now refer to a single ability or an array of abilities.

News: Aston Martin signs Lando Norris on a 3-year contract worth $28,000,000 replacing Sebastian Vettel. Sebastian Vettel takes Lando Norris’ spot at McLaren.
Qualifying: Max Verstappen takes pole by 0.156s over the Ferrari of Carlos Sainz Jr. Grid lineup going as follows, Max Verstappen (RB), Carlos Sainz (FER), Charles Leclerc (FER), Sergio Perez (RB), Valtteri Bottas (AR), Lewis Hamilton (MER), Pierre Gasly (AT), George Russell (MER), Kevin Magnussen (HAA), Fernando Alonso (ALP), Zhou Guanyu (AR), Daniel Ricciardo (MCL), Esteban Ocon (ALP), Lando Norris (AM), Yuki Tsunoda (AT), Sebastian Vettel (MCL), Mick Schumacher (HAA), Alexander Albon (WIL), Lance Stroll (AM), Nicholas Latifi (WIL)
Race: As lights out went under way, Max got off the line beautifully while the two Ferraris scrapped for second place and Leclerc came out on top. Lap 13, a Virtual Safety Car was called out aiming for safety from the contact between Lance Stroll and Alex Albon. Lance Stroll locking up and knocking off part of the Williams’ front wing receiving a 5s time penalty. Due to the VSC, the pit lane was full of all 20 drivers boxing for the Hard compound tyre. Then on lap 16 we saw Zhou Guanyu lock up in turn 13 losing 4 positions. 7 laps later we saw Daniel Ricciardo locking up mid battle with Pierre Gasly fighting for 9th which caused Daniel Ricciardo to lose 2 positions. On lap 32, while Alex Albon had a spin in turn 8, Lance Stroll was busy with a lock up in turn 10. Luckily no damage for either cars. On lap 38, there was extreme controversy between Ferrari and Red Bull as Leclerc locked up and hit the Red Bull causing a full course Safety Car. Everyone P12 or lower had a free pit stop right as they exited the final corner. After Aston Martin were having a fantastic day in P5 with Lando Norris, Mick Schumacher behind locked up causing a retirement for the Aston Martin leaving Lance Stroll to deliver and he did getting a point for Aston Martin. Fantastic day for Alpine as Fernando Alonso battled with Lewis Hamilton for 2nd in the dying laps.
Race Result: 1. Charles Leclerc (FER) 2. Lewis Hamilton (MER) 3. Fernando Alonso (ALP) 4. Valtteri Bottas (AR) 5. George Russell (MER) 6. Sergio Perez (RB) 7. Esteban Ocon (ALP) 8. Carlos Sainz (FER) 9. Sebastian Vettel (MCL) 10. Lance Stroll (AM) 11. Alexander Albon (WIL) 12. Pierre Gasly (AT) 13. Zhou Guanyu (AR) 14. Daniel Ricciardo (MCL) 15. Yuki Tsunoda (AT) 16. Kevin Magnussen (HAA) 17. Mick Schumacher (HAA) 18. Nicholas Latifi (WIL) 19. Lando Norris (AM) (RET) 20. Max Verstappen (RB) (RET)

38 year old male Non drinker, former smoker, vegetarian, moderately active, heterosexual monogamous for over 10 years Hx- appendectomy at 15, vasectomy 2 years ago Back in January I was seen at the ER for epididymitis. I was treated and symptoms resolved. Now I'm having symptoms again but they are kind of different. Some testicular pain but it is more bladder pain. Bladder feels full like it's going to pop even when I don't have to pee. Leaning forward makes it worse. Lower abdominal feels sore off and on like I have been exercising. I generally feel like I'm sick. This has been going on for a week. I went and got over some over the counter Azo cranberry concentration, phenazopyridine, sodium salicylate, and methenamine. Plus tylenol and motrin. I've also been taking some old augmenting we had at the house for the past 2 days. I have and appointment with urology in 11 days.

I'm trying to figure out why occasionally my 8 week old will vomit what looks like her entire stomach's worth of breastmilk. She gains a lot of weight (90s percentile in weight) and she seems to want to eat often. She averages 10 feedings a day over the course of a week. I don't feed her on a schedule, just whenever she seems hungry. She sleeps long stretches in the night (feeds 1 or 2 timesat night), so she eats pretty often.
Is it reflux? Overeating? Am I feeding her too often? Her stomach won't empty fast enough/slow digestion? I'm at a loss. I didn't have ANY spitting up issues with my first kid. While she does spit up small amounts some times, at least once a week she will throw up a LOT. Is it just her digestive system developing? Am I overreacting??
She is typically not a fussy baby, but she doesn't like laying down a lot when she is awake. For that reason, I'm usually holding her upright or she is in a bouncer or swing. She is not fond of laying down on an activity mat except first thing in the morning, before a feeding. In the last couple of weeks she has developed eczema in her face and ears. I'm wondering if it's dairy but I've been drinking lactose free milk this whole time. But i only have it with my coffee. Is this something that can develop later??
Anyway, my daughter is very upset right now and she has been screaming for the last couple of hours after she just vomited a lot of milk. Weve tried so many things to calm her down. She sounds hungry but I'm not sure if feeding her again will make it worse. Right now she keeps making this sound like she's swallowing something over and over (gulping), she drools a lot typically so I'm not sure if thats related. We are making an appointment with the doctor ASAP but wanted to see if anyone had advice or things to look for in the meantime.

Table of Contents

1. Russo-China rejects Biden
2. ZNPP as potential Chernobyl
3. Biden's Ukraine is desperate enough for scorched-earth tactics
   1. Battle of the Bulge at Bakhmut
   2. Fresh meat
   3. Teixeira leaks
   4. BRICS vs NATO
4. ZNPP's weak point is diesel fuel
5. Ukrainian saboteurs caught by ZNPP
6. BB / Red Skull / Inb4source / Q
   1. BB sent Q
   2. BB warns Zaporizhia is pivotal
   3. RS gives ZNPP sabotage warning
   4. Ukraine HVT: Nuclear tit for tat
   5. Inb4source / Red Skull 4chan posting history

Note: links redacted. See bottom for link to original.

Summary

Ukraine has allegedly sabotaged Zaporizhia to melt down like Chernobyl, to stop the Russian invasion and justify NATO peacekeepers.
Here's Biden's plan to avoid another Kabul:

• NATO operators sabotaged the ZNPP backup diesel generator fuel storage, causing it to leak.
• NATO is targeting diesel fuel shipments. See captured Ukro saboteurs with NLAWs.
• When diesel reaches zero, Ukros will shell the lone power line, breaking it for the 8th time.
• Up to 6x Chernobyl meltdown ensues. Territory Russia captured is ruined.
• NATO establishes "no-fly zone" and sends "peacekeepers".

Russo-China rejects Biden

"Don’t underestimate Joe’s ability to fuck things up." – Barack Obama
Clearly we underestimated him. Americans can hardly believe that Biden blew up Nord Stream 2, essentially attacking our colony "ally" Germany. Perhaps they're still reeling from Kabul falling faster than Hanoi.
Normally Russia endeavors to cooperate with the sitting US president. However, Russian state media has begun airing the Hunter Biden laptop images, of Hunter engaged in drugs and pedophilia with preteen girls. This is retaliation for Biden crossing Russia's red line by repeatedly trying to sabotage Zaporizhia Nuclear Power Plant (ZNPP). That's why Russia is willing to assist in the impeachment of a sitting US president, which is obviously an extreme step to take between two countries with enough nukes to blot out the Sun.
Rumor has it that China has also turned on Biden, which would make sense: China's economic backing allows Russia to survive US sanctions. China wants Taiwan, and Russia wants East Ukraine. They would be stupid not to cooperate.

• SHOWTIME FORMOSA; SMART MONEY IS SELLING TAIWAN EDITION pol BB May 17
• China Calls Biden a Fake President and Lloyd Austin a Fake Defense Secretary Michael Baxter May 30
• China declines US request for a meeting between defense chiefs Reuters May 30
• Xi Jinping tells China’s national security chiefs to prepare for ‘worst case’ scenarios CNN June 1

ZNPP as potential Chernobyl

A Redditor explains:

Kawaii-Gopnik Russia really needs that powerplant without any leak, to provide industry of surrounding regions with energy, but very few people understand contexts of the current situation: Soviets built complicated and very well ballanced energy system, including not only NPP, but also cascade of hydro power plants. Donetsk, Dnepr, Zaporozhe and Kharkov regions are just one big power hungry plant. NPP itself is reliant on hydropower and quality of water in Dnepr river. In case of really bad "accident" Russia will forget about development of the newly accuired regions, lack of energy produced by NPP is significant, nearly 30-40%. Accident will affect south of Ukraine with russian majority. It will also be also disaster for ecology of the WHOLE Black Sea. Rose of winds will spread nuclear dust to the West - Poland, Romania, Czechia and further. Nuclear zone will stop russian army from further territorial expansion. This will be border formed by Dnepr and nuclear zones.

The basic facts are documented by the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA). Even while shut down, ZNPP needs external power grid or diesel to prevent its reactors from overheating.
Russia controls ZNPP. A nuclear "accident" would give NATO pretext to intervene, so Ukraine keeps trying to cause one.
How bad is this? Well, Chernobyl is in Ukraine. That was a 1k MW reactor. ZNPP has six. It is the 9th largest NPP in the world.
Hopefully the containment response would be much better than Chernobyl's, but that's hardly something to count on during WW3. Russia's nuclear doctrine includes pre-emptive strikes; who knows what they'd do. The USSR nearly launched twice during the Cold War.
Imagine if China assisted Texas in seceding from the USA to rejoin Mexico, and then caused a reactor meltdown at Comanche Peak Nuclear Power Plant when the USA retook it. A lot of Southerners would want to lob a few nukes back at China. They might demand it.
It is foolish to assume WW3 will not happen because it hasn't happened yet. One should look instead at the historical record of continual warfare, and the difficulties in preventing WW3 so far:

• List of nuclear close calls Wikipedia
• WW3: Historical close calls Wikipedia

Thus one cannot rule out a radiation release 6x as bad as Chernobyl. Not that Ukraine needs anything so dramatic. It merely seeks a pretext to justify direct NATO intervention to "protect" ZNPP. A small leak will suffice.
Even if there is a major radiation leak, it will occur in Russian-annexed separatist territory, and help Ukraine defend her new border. Scorched earth is a valid tactic, whether the fire is conventional or nuclear. Ukraine survived Chernobyl and knows it can survive ZNPP too.

Biden's Ukraine is desperate enough for scorched-earth tactics

Battle of the Bulge at Bakhmut

"We have been working on the counter-offensive with Ukraine for 4-5 months." – Victoria Nuland
Why is Ukraine so desperate?
Ukraine depends on NATO aid to fight Russia. NATO aid depends on Democrat willingness. Democrat willingness depends on US public support. Therefore the illusion must be maintained to the American public that Ukraine is winning. For this reason, Ukraine has committed its reserves to a costly failed counter-offensive. Bakhmut fell regardless.
James A. Donald summarizes the strategic picture:

So, bright new plan. "The Greatest Ukrainian Offensive". The Ukraine would build up a big reserve of fresh troops, then suddenly hurl large chunks of them at particular points on the front. They would, the Americans planned, cut through a point in the front lines, penetrate to Russian rear areas, wreak havoc on those areas, and force Russian troops in danger of being encircled to hastily retreat from territory that had been slowly gained at enormous cost in grinding attritive warfare. I do not know how big the Ukrainian strategic reserve was, but if it was two hundred fifty thousand, they have now committed most of them to grinding attritive warfare, and cupboard is looking as bare of men as it is of artillery and rockets.

The USA expected to break Russia economically; China's economic support prevented that. Despite PMC Wagner's heartfelt complaints, Russia is unlikely to run out of convicts anytime soon. Russia is rotating divisions through Ukraine, seasoning reservists for a looming WW3. Russia's historical appetite for losses is much higher than its current losses. This is essentially a civil war, and the Russia bear considers being carved up an existential threat. By underestimating Russia's resolve, NATO is repeating the error of Napoleon and Hitler.
Despite having plenty of weapons, Ukraine's military manpower is exhausted and demoralized. Raw conscripts are thrown at the front lines with minimal training. Medvedev predicts that the Ukraine will cease to exist; half its people have already fled.

Anonymous Sat 27 May 2023 04:59:49 No.428438077 Report 428437208 Yeah, the killing has been excessive since they pretty much destroyed 95% of Azov fags and assorted true believers in the first 200k dead, now they overshot it by 100%. About 12% of the non-Russian speaking population's prime military aged men in Ukraine are dead or crippled. 12-20% of the same demographic has fled the country. It's over, desu. They are seeing much more of the polish and romanian mercs now, since they literally lack the manpower.

Western mass media wrongly assumes that Russia is losing because it does not take the entirety of Ukraine in a blitz, as the USA did to Iraq. However, Russia does not want West Ukraine; the people there do not like Russians. Russia has captured the territory it wants, and is now using the rest of Ukraine as a kettle or cauldron, in which to conveniently destroy whatever NATO wishes to send. This is a good way for Russia to gradually learn how to fight NATO armies in a low-risk environment.
The Spartans had a rule never to war too often against the same enemy, lest they train up a nemesis. It was foolish of NATO to believe that Russia had forgotten the lessons of attrition warfare that it learned so recently in Afghanistan.

Nehming Names 9h Russia's prudent caution in directly engaging the West is bringing dividends in perhaps unexpected ways. Russia is gaining strategic knowledge of the actual capabilities and weaknesses of our weapon systems and military tactics, with our supply of munitions draining to militarily unsustainable levels, as it engages allied forces in Ukraine. Russia is aware of the continuing progress of the Great Awakening in the West, that is, the knowledge that Western governments, military, and institutions are run by an elite hostile to their heritage populations, and therefore expects to see declining support of Western governments by their citizens. Russia can also see the precipitous decrease in every societal metric in the West: social cohesiveness, general morality, public health, financial stability, military readiness, etc.With these three degradative processes in play, the most strategic thing Russia and China can do is to bide their time, as time itself will act to sap the strength of the West to militarily engage their foes.

Fresh meat

Russian conquest of Kiev would air Biden's dirty laundry to the world, from Burisma kickbacks to pedophilic field trips and worse. This would result in US "regime change". A distant Chernobyl is a small price to pay, for top Democrats to avoid the hangman's noose.
Poland is itching to invade. Victoria Nuland is scheduling NATO air exercises. USAF propaganda asserts that Russia's air force is a joke. The question is, do Americans still believe Biden's false prophets of victory?
If not, they just need a little "encouragement": 9/11, Gulf of Tonkin, Pearl Harbor, Lusitania, Remember the Maine… Keep those rural Whites busy lest they make trouble at home!
Most Americans cannot find Ukraine on a map. (To be fair, it hasn't been on the map very long.) However, the architects of Biden's Ukraine policy, such as Victoria Nuland, Jake Sullivan, Antony Blinken and George Soros, tend to have grandparents of Eastern European origin. I am sure for them it feels important. There's no place like home.
A Redditor explains:

tinglevibestoo I listened to a former CIA agent talk about Ukraine the other day. He said that Ukraine is running out of time. It's not that they don't have the weapons. We've sent them a ton of weapons. It's that they don't have enough troops and they're running low on troops. That's how Russia will win. Ukraine can't sustain the manpower. It totally makes sense to use a nuclear false flag as a reason to bring in the extra manpower. Everyone would deem it justified too because it's a threat to the neighboring nations and it'd be an environmental (climate change) catastrophe.

Teixeira leaks

Some will bring up the US intelligence leaks by Jack Teixeira to support the idea that Russia rather than Ukraine is desperate. Unlike Snowden, Teixeiera was obviously a major security risk for patriotically-motivated leaking, with numerous red flags in his previous and ongoing behavior. Therefore Teixeira was probably a deliberate leak by US intelligence, using a patsy to generate the initial leak and then add whatever extra info they wanted released in the resulting confusion.

• Jack Teixeira Wikipedia
• Discord member details how documents leaked from closed chat group Washington Post

Teixeira's leaks served several purposes for the Biden administration:

• Allowed the mainstream media to walk back their false forecasts of Ukrainian victory.
• Provided a right-wing scapegoat for Ukraine's defeat.
• Justified increased social media monitoring and censorship.

Most importantly, it mitigated the potential political fallout from another catastrophe like Kabul, should Kiev fall.
The 4chan leaker BB/Inb4source asserts Teixeira was a patsy.

BRICS vs NATO

The foundation of the US empire is the petrodollar, which allows the USA to tax the world via digital debt seignorage. This is why the creation of BRICS as an independent financial and trading system rendered war between NATO and BRICS inevitable, as Kim Dotcom predicted. The US republic is a thalassocratic empire as arrogant as democratic Athens, and it is addicted to financial plunder. The Empire cannot afford to lose the USD's reserve currency status.
Reserve currencies and empires both have lifespans, and the USA has reached the end of both. It is at the stage where hubristic foreign misadventures prove fatal, and Ukraine and Taiwan will prove too much for the American eagle to handle. This is no longer WW2; the USA cannot win a two-front war against BRICS.

• Gold Reserve Fiat Currencies Monetary Gold
• World Reserve Currencies last on average 100 years. The US dollar has been the reserve currency for 76 years. Satoshi Chris

That is why Biden's NATO is desperate; the Empire is unravelling as the European Union and other allies such as Turkey and India lose their faith in NATO.
The fact that none of this is common knowledge speaks volumes about who controls public schools and owns mass media corporations.

ZNPP's weak point is diesel fuel

The situation at ZNPP is tenuous and grim, workers report:
Europe’s largest nuclear power station is on the frontline of the Ukraine war. SkyNews Twitter
The fact that the backup diesel reactors have not been maintained is particularly concerning, considering they have already been used 7 times.
UN nuclear chief raises alarm over Ukraine’s Zaporizhzhia plant Al Jazeera
Ukraine keeps trying to force a crisis at ZNPP to justify NATO intervention. In other words, Ukraine keeps shelling ZNPP to cut the one power line that still connects it to the grid.

Atlas

This is extremely dangerous, external power is required for reliable cooling of the reactors and pools containing spent nuclear waste. Western media spent months last year pretending Kiev wasn’t shelling ZNPP.
Notice that the Russian side keeps ZNPP connected to the power grid, while the Ukrainian side pretends it cannot until the Russian invasion ends:

• Update 153 – IAEA Director General Statement on Situation in Ukraine 2023 April 13
• Update 159 – IAEA Director General Statement on Situation in Ukraine 2023 May 22
• Russian nuclear terrorism in action: ZNPP switches to emergency generators for the 7th time Ukrainian World Congress
• Kiev blocked all IAEA’s initiatives on ZNPP security — Russian Foreign Ministry
• Grossi says Zaporizhzhia principles 'step in right direction' IAEA

As you can see, Ukraine is not interested in being reasonable. Russia is happy to leave the NPP free of heavy military equipment, but Ukraine demands the removal of all troops and landmines from ZNPP as well. That would leave the plant undefended, which is obviously unacceptable.
(This is how perverse incentives work. A little ally with nothing to lose can start a world war. It's almost like dividing the world into two hostile nuclear alliances is a bad idea.)
When ZNPP loses external power, huge diesel generators automatically switch on to keep the reactors cool. How much diesel does this consume? Truckloads per day:

Anonymous Sat 27 May 2023 05:18:50 No.428439721 Report Quoted By: >>428463646 428436425 Still easy to transport diesel enough to keep them going In what? If NATO ops and Mercs are sabotaging trucks coming in, what do you think they are gonna carry diesel in to the plant? Is Russia gonna pack in rotopack Jerry cans on their back. Fill a truck up with 5 gallon cans and hope they make it past the snipers and sabotage? Do you have any clue how much fuel those big generators suck down in a day? Those generators to run the plants during shut down or failures are huge 500kw or bigger they are the size of whole 18 wheeler trailers. Those things will drink 50 gallons an hour. You gonna haul in 2.5 gallon rotopacks one at a time to keep it going?

Nuclear power plants have tough shielding. Allegedly the diesel generators are hidden underground. However, the diesel fuel supply is still vulnerable.
Normally the diesel generators have enough fuel for 10 days. However, ZNPP's diesel stockpile recently dipped to 4 days, according to 4chan leaker Inb4source.

Ukrainian saboteurs caught by ZNPP

On May 27, Ukraine accused Russian of planning to cause a leak at ZNPP:

OSINTdefender The Main Directorate of Intelligence for Ukraine has announced that the Russian Military is preparing for Large-Scale Provocation in the coming hours at the Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant in Southern Ukraine that will reportedly Simulate an “Accident” at the Plant causing the Emergency Leak of Radioactive Substances which will be Blamed on Ukrainian Forces.

Then Russia announced it had caught saboteurs (presumably Ukrainian) in ZNPP's city:

Saboteurs who were preparing terrorist attacks on the NPP were detained in Energodar. They had with them maps and schematics of the nuclear power plant with marks for strikes that could lead to a nuclear catastrophe. The suspects are involved in collecting and transmitting information about the facilities of the Zaporozhye NPP on the instructions of the Ukrainian authorities. To communicate with the curators, they used foreign satellite systems, as well as foreign weapons for strikes and equipment for conducting reconnaissance and sabotage activities.

• Translated source message is from Telegram group Slavyangrad Chat.
• Original source message is in Russian from Telegram group WarDonbass, sent May 28 at 23:12.

Enerhodar is the city that contains the ZNPP: See Enerhodar Wikipedia
Some object that the footage is "staged". Of course it is staged. The primary consumer of the helmet-cam footage is Russian military intelligence. The evidence shot was staged for their benefit. The short edited video that was released to the public has distorted voices, and avoids showing any faces. Thus even if the footage is authentic, it is still "staged".
The ZNPP maps displayed in the video don't appear to match the announcement text. The maps could simply show where diesel fuel trucks need to go. Russia does not wish to advertise the specific nature of ZNPP's vulnerability.
The saboteurs appear to be 3-man team, equipped with 3 rifles and 3 NLAW missile launchers.
The saboteurs had 5 frag grenades. Normally soldiers carry 2 or 3 grenades, but heavy weapons soldiers don't have to. The three smooth grenades are RGD-5s, a cheap outdated Russian model. The Russian troops removed the fuses from the grenades on the evidence table to avoid unpleasant surprises.
Some object that Ukrainian saboteurs wouldn't be so careless as to have printouts of the reactor map. However, the saboteurs' presence in Enerhodar already makes their target obvious. Presumably multiple teams were sent to intercept Russian diesel shipments.
The Enerhodar saboteurs would've been notified when satellites spotted their target. Until then, they should hide in the safehouse behind blackout curtains to avoid detection. The fact that these saboteurs were caught napping suggests a degree of incompetence, compared to other teams who presumably either avoided detection or fought back. One can assume that Ukrainian specops have suffered extreme casualties.

BB / Red Skull / Inb4source / Q

BB sent Q

Qanon has lost a tremendous amount of popularity, as patriots grew disillusioned with the slow pace of the promised Great Awakening. They did not understand that Q is subordinate to a higher power with an agenda that does not necessarily include their survival.
Q aimed to help Trump save the USA. Q was sent by "Burning Bush", whose agenda is judging humanity, on the eve of WW3 and runaway de-terraforming. BB's personas started posting to 4chan's pol by 2016, whereas Q started in October 2017. (4chan is like the wild west of the Web: The world's spooks congregate there to exchange intelligence.)
BB goes by several nicknames; he began posting anonymously as "Inb4source" in 2016. A recent message implies the USA/Israel is Babylon the Great, and God (meaning him) has returned to judge her:

The world has turned it's back on *od now *od Is turning His back on the world. He Who Lets has been REMOVED. THE ANGEL OF DEATH HAS COME THE HARVEST OF THE TARES HAS BEGUN. And after these things I saw another angel come down from heaven, having great power; and the earth was lightened with his glory. (Earthquake Lights) And he cried mightily with a strong voice, saying, Babylon the great is fallen, is fallen, and is become the habitation of devils, and the hold of every foul spirit, and a cage of every unclean and hateful bird. For all nations have drunk of the wine of the wrath of her fornication, and the kings of the earth have committed fornication with her, and the merchants of the earth are waxed rich through the abundance of her delicacies. And I heard another voice from heaven, saying, Come out of her, my people, that ye be not partakers of her sins, and that ye receive not of her plagues. For her sins have reached unto heaven, and God hath remembered her iniquities. Reward her even as she rewarded you, and double unto her double according to her works: in the cup which she hath filled fill to her double. How much she hath glorified herself, and lived deliciously, so much torment and sorrow give her: for she saith in her heart, I sit a queen, and am no widow, and shall see no sorrow. (nothing ever happens) Therefore shall her plagues come in one day, death, and mourning, and famine; and she shall be utterly burned with fire: for strong is the Lord God who judgeth her. And the kings of the earth, who have committed fornication and lived deliciously with her, shall bewail her, and lament for her, when they shall see the smoke of her burning, inb4source

BB claims responsibility for the historical pendulum swinging rightward, via figures such as Elon Musk. His method of influence is the butterfly effect.
"Burning Bush" claims to be God. One can think of him as the God of the Old Testament, or as a pagan god like Zeus, or as merely a transcendent extraterrestrial. However, he also claims to inhabit a human-looking body, lives on a ranch in the USA, has children, caught COVID19, etc.
Whatever one's theology, the relevant portion of BB's message is that the USA did not sufficiently embrace the opportunity offered by Q. Anyone who has read the Old Testament knows what happens next: Ignore the prophet, reap the consequences. Thus Q's slogan "Nothing Can Stop What Is Coming" should be understood in the Biblical sense, like Noah's flood: The Ark is optional.
(As far as I know, Q is still posting to Truth Social. I don't follow that site.)
Paul Furber is the chief priest of BB. Before that, he was a major early proponent of Q. See Furber's book for many verifiable examples of fulfilled predictions and proven scoops.
BB normally identifies himself by the unique image hash of his burning bush picture. (Nobody can generate that hash unless they possess the original image.) However, BB also posts as an anon users nickname "Red Skull", for his signature images of red skulls. As Red Skull, BB avoids the extravagant Biblical claims of BB, but the style and modus operandi and interests are obviously the same – as are his implied godlike powers.
I recommend focusing on facts and trying to prevent nuclear WW3, rather than getting hung up on theology. BB is not asking anyone to worship him or sacrifice chickens. He does prescribe prayer and a life of action governed by virtue.
I certainly do not recommend taking everything anonymous spooks say at face value. If you are, like most people, unable to think in shades of gray between binary true and false, this essay is above your reading level.

BB warns Zaporizhia is pivotal

BB has repeatedly warned that keeping Zaporizhia intact is critical to the survival of NATO citizenry:

the Ukrainians attacking the Nuclear Power station in the hands of the Russians spewing radiation over enough territory that the Russians will turn Kiev into a furnace.

– BB 2022-9-24
Find other warnings by searching for keyword "nuclear".
Those who find it difficult to believe that nuclear weapons would be used in WW3 as in WW2 should note that COVID19 is already a bioweapon WMD deployed for WW3.

RS gives ZNPP sabotage warning

On the morning of May 27, BB's persona Red Skull leaked that NATO specops had sabotaged external power to ZNPP.
His scenario is plausible and severe enough to warrant investigation.
Here are relevant posts, datestamped 2023 May 27 0300-0500:

it's a little less than ten days… Until Nato SpecOps melt down the Uke Nuke plant and blames it on you.

He continues:

Nato SpecOps have sabotaged power to the nuke plant. As of this posting, 6 days of diesel fuel remain to provide power to pumps to cool the plant and spent fuel pool. Diesel shipments are being targeted and terminated.

He adds:

So now I need to tell you Russia intends a pre emptive strike if nuclear capable F16's are delivered.

On the evening of May 27, Red Skull updated:

Doesn't look good at Nuke Plant. Russia has 4 days to get more fuel to the generators. They are working on clearing a flight path. Ukraine will try to stop them on orders of U.S. Uniparty.

Sounds like a severe leak, to lose 2 days of fuel in under 24 hours.

Ukraine HVT: Nuclear tit for tat

On 28 May Red Skull asserted that:

• Ukraine just did an underground nuclear bomb test in a borehole, to contain the radiation.
• Russia may retaliate with a pre-emptive strike at any time, against 1-2 high-value targets.
• West Ukraine may be reduced to the stone-age.

Red Skull approved of this anon's summary:

Nuclear warheads that USA/UK sent. Specifically for the purpose of being exploded in Ukraine. The false flags will never stop until all out WW3 is declared, or until you root out the pedophile demon cult that is running the show and sending you monkeys to war. War for really no good reason at this point. The cities are destroyed, just withdraw. Ukraine is a kettle right now, a kill box. Do you understand what that means? And it was created on purpose.

On May 30, Putin announced that Russia had destroyed the Ukrainian military intelligence headquarters. Photos confirm the damage.

• Putin confirms strike on Ukrainian military intelligence HQ RT
• Putin Strikes Back - Destroys GUR Bunker? Simplicius

Intelligence chief Kyrylo Oleksiyovych Budanov may have died in the strike.

Inb4source / Red Skull 4chan posting history

Inb4source has posted on 4chan since 2016, but he doesn't always use an image hash identifier, making it impossible to verify the identity of all of his early posts. As his popularity grew, others began adopting his catchphrase ">inb4source".
18016 posts on pol contain ">inb4source".
The first page of results suggests Inb4source is a pro-Trump military intelligence officer. He began posting in Aug 2016, before Trump's inauguration.
Another early Inb4source catchphrase is "I AM The Source." This has a double meaning, both theological and journalistic.
The catchphrase doesn't appear in every Inb4source post. Searching for it yields 437 results, too many of which are irrelevant results.
Searching for both phrases together yields 50 results that look to be mostly legitimate. One could then search for additional posts by each unique ID from a session.
Searching for image hashes is a reliable method of ID verification, assuming no one else has the image. I know of two such images that Inb4source/BB uses: both are red skulls, giving him the nickname RS.

• 325 results
• 314 results

RS just announced that his devices (phone, computers) have been compromised, casting doubt on the legitimacy of future RS posts. This may be a response to my publication of his warnings regarding Zaporizhia onto Reddit and Gab; the timing is suspicious. I first mentioned Inb4source on Reddit 7 days ago, and Red Skull on Gab yesterday (as of morning June 3). I do not know of any other analysts writing about him or connecting him to his BB persona.
When evaluating his warnings and predictions, remember that publishing info about ongoing events can affect the outcome, and is often intended to do so. Unlike the concept of Biblical prophecy, the future is mostly probabilistic. However, he is certainly good at scooping the news.
Someone else can do an in-depth Q-proof style analysis of his accuracy; my focus here is Zaporizhia.
Read original with links here.

A gym was heavily recommended to me by my teammate who now fights here professionally. I also did some research about the owner, facilities, what they offer, and there was a promotion happening at the time. They’re very active on social media so I was able to follow them for months to see the vibes and if there are women.
Some good reviews from women and many videos featuring women. So I signed up for a month and got my accommodations without even trying it first (my coach warned me about this) just so I could pay the promotional price.
Now, I’m here and had a bit of a shock. I trained in different gyms in Thailand as I travelled around and I was always able to adapt, have a great experience and make my money’s worth.
I entered the gym and I was the only woman, a pad holder got me to skip and then held pads for me for 4 rounds. I was on my own after that. The rest of the men were being trained and so I tried to join in by doing the skip knees with them but I wasn’t included in the rest of the training. I actually felt like I was in their way because I forced myself into it. I quickly understood what’s going on so I just continued my rounds, did my own physical conditioning and trained by myself.
So I spent a total of 12 minutes pad work with a trainer, 10 rounds of bag work x 3min and the rest I did my own conditioning and cool down.
Is this normal? I get the part where you must do your own bag work but there was absolutely no direction so I had a hard time adapting and knowing where to put myself. I could’ve just paid to have access to the gym which is half the price, but that’s not what I was looking for.
I understand this might’ve been an off day and so I’ll continue with an open mind and keep trying anyways. I mean, I have no choice since I already paid for it. I just feel like the environment could be better, organized and welcoming. Anyways, I’ve been in this situation before, I always just continue until I make a path for myself.
This is the first farang owned gym I’ve tried with mostly Caucasian men along with 6 thais and me. But it was really giving me frat vibes 😂

TL;DR: Just some tired dude trying to find a half decent connection at best. If you have a disdain for games, movies, banter, cars, or humor as a whole just pass me up. Also, if you're keen on one sided conversations too
I'm attempting to find an actual relationship, if it happens. The people I have spoke to over the last several years of my life are either too busy or are different people now. I miss having someone to talk and complain to everyday about whatever + that seemingly care, y'know? The idea of having a partner that fills that role sounds ideal
I will say it would probably be ideal if you could relate to like the older online era. I mean, we're talking like peak CoD lobbies, Habbo, and similar shit. Idk, it seemed like back then people were more fun. Lol I've found they're usually less sensitive too
Honestly, I could care less if it's SFW, NSFW, or a mix when it comes to conversations. I'm relatively open minded in general and don't take to getting offended easily for the most part. The only things I ask are for you to be somewhat close to my age, honest, and relatively blunt. I mean, bonus if you can relate to the tired feeling. Well, that or if you can tolerate it at the very least. I don't want to list an absurd amount about myself, because I feel that ruins actual back and forth to a degree, personally
About You: • Non-sensitive and can handle banter, jokes, and memes while also returning
• Somewhat available and able to reply in a decent amount of time
• Has an ability to express interest or converse about hobbies that aren't your own (on average used to people just passing by half of what I say)
• You can be equally boring as myself or worse tbh, as long as there's back and forth. If you're some mass extrovert then I can live vicariously through you in contrast lmao
• It would be cool if you enjoyed sharing music. I'm always looking for new stuff for my playlist
• You enjoy movies
I will say none of these are requirements. They're extremely preferred though tbh
About Me: • I turned twenty-six early this year, and feel awful. Regardless, quarter life crisis is still persisting lol
• I have relatively awful internet. So, games take forever to update, think a day or two depending. Also, at some point I want a sim rig (not at over the top one lmao)
• Tends to enjoy most forms of comedy, wether dark / offensive / dry etc + I agree with the stance of jokes being jokes
• Meme Archivarius and Aficionado
• I've been learning Norwegian for a few months now
• Cold weather / temps wins over hot weather / temps every time
• I have an absurd amount of hobbies; but, obviously frequent some more than others. So, the likelihood we at least share one in common is very high
• May as wells be a bottle of mental health issues, namely severe depression and general anxiety. So, if you struggle with mental health it's no issue. Honestly, would probably be nice if you can either relate or understand
• Sleeping is a struggle + my general sleep schedule is subpar
• Believes Elon Musk will end up creating catgirls, sooner or later
• Replies as quick as I nut
So, aside from all of that, feel free to ask me anything you'd like to know about me. I'm a relatively open book. If you're out to try and steal my identity you'll probably just end up disappointed lmao. Hopefully this finds you well, my dudes. Feel free to send me a chat (´• `")ゝ

My boyfriend (M25) and I (F20) are both high school teachers. We work at the same school and share some of the same co workers. Since he’s been there longer than me, he knows most of the staff very well while I’m still getting myself established. Since we teach different subjects, we have different people we work closely with. I am a gym teacher and up until I started working with the special education department, there hasn’t been an issue. My issue isn’t with the kids at all, it’s one of their teachers. I have class with them for an hour every other day while their main teacher stays in her classroom for her planning period. Her co teacher is the one who brings them down to the gym and sits in the gym with me to help manage and assist them if need be. He’s an older guy, probably in his early 50’s. At the beginning of the year everything was fine. We’d have casual conversations, play with the kids, etc.
One day later on in the year, he saw my boyfriend and I getting into the car together at the end of the school day. He saw us give each other a hug and a kiss on the cheek as we did every day when we got into the car after work. I saw him look at us from his car parked in front of us but I didn’t think anything of it. The next day he wouldn’t talk to me much, he barely even helped out with the kids. He’d sit there on his phone scrolling through tiktok, while I was desperately trying to get one of the kids up off the bathroom floor that the kid decided would be the perfect place to catch a quick nap. I shrugged it off but as it continued throughout the year I started to get a bit winded from managing 15 kids with severe mental disabilities by myself. I initiated a conversation with him about a month ago to check in on him to see if everything was alright. Apparently him and his wife were going through a divorce which was slowly eating away at him and his mental health. I talked to him for a bit that day while the kids ran around and played. It seemed to help him get back into the groove of helping me with the kids. Everything was fine up until today.
He came into the gym first period when I was talking to my kids about their final exams and pulled me aside. I thought he was going to say something about their field trip they had going on today but what he said threw me off guard. He asked me if I’d be willing to do some work for him over the summer. I asked for the details and he told me that since his ex wife has been having men over at their house he’d like me to come over and lightly clean but mostly just talk with him and have a few drinks. He offered me $50 an hour for my time along with free alcohol. He knows I’m underage and thought including alcohol into the deal would make me accept the offer because I can’t legally get it myself. Since he asked me this in front of my class I didn’t know what to say. I ended up telling him that my boyfriend wouldn’t be comfortable with that and tried to end the conversation. He wouldn’t back down though, and after 5 minutes of him pressuring me and my kids getting antsy waiting to play their final game of dodge ball, I told him I’d talk to my boyfriend about it. Of course he wasn’t satisfied with that answer and came back at me with the classic “he doesn’t have to know” line. I told him I’d talk to him more about it next week when I have his students in class. Even though he still wasn’t satisfied with my answer that got him out of the gym so I could get my class started. Once I got them set up, I texted my boyfriend immediately to tell him what happened. To spare you the details, we came to the conclusion that if he said anything else about it, I’d contact admin.
After lunch I saw an email that they’d gotten back from their field trip. Not even 10 minutes after they got back, he was at the gym door knocking. One of my students let him in and he came up to me with a sticky note and handed it to me. It had his personal phone number on it. He told me to give him a call or send him a text over the weekend. Since I was busy directing my students and putting in final grades for the year I had nothing to say to him other than okay. He left and the students I had sitting to the side next to me completing late work were concerned. They saw the look on my face and immediately knew that he was bothering me. I didn’t tell them anything, but they knew. As soon as I got in the car this afternoon I immediately gave the sticky note to my boyfriend and completely broke down. He picked up his phone and almost called our boss but I stopped him. I don’t want to cause any problems, especially with one week of school left. I want to put the kids first and ensure I have an extra set of hands to help out with the disabled kids to make sure everyone is safe. I’m caught in a very tough situation and I don’t know what to do. If anyone has any advice on what to do that would be amazing.

- I saw a scene on tv that had a mother tickling/playing with her son in the morning, in his bedroom, to wake him up. The boy is laughing and gets out of bed. I remember seeing this roughly 10 years ago, maybe less.
- It was on the Lifetime Channel or possibly Hallmark.
- It looked like a recent movie, from the late 2000s or early-mid 2010s. Not from very late-2010s and definitely not from 2020s.
- Appears to take place in modern day, not in 1800s or anything like that. The woman and boy are both White.

I realize there may be some ridiculousness in asking such a question but I just really could NOT ignore this one. Honestly it has me a bit teary eyed when I think about it a little more but I'll explain the context a bit here.
So, I hope I'm not alone in saying that we all do a "junk smell test" here and there just to gauge how things are going along (for the sake of our partners and even ourselves). A side note here that things have been going along GREAT with my partner in that department so zero complaints. Our sexual compatibility is probably 10/10 and she's even admitted (after several others), I am and still her #1, despite some falling outs with us over the years.
Well, what I said above happened a really long time ago and I've been practically alone since (happily or at least content). I never really forgotten about this person and there's a very high probability I've thought of this person at least once for each day that's passed since. I guess my body also kind of fell "out of sync" with myself as I notice lately within the last few years that I pretty much fail the "junk smell test" regularly and very quickly even after showers. I'm very self-conscious about it and I often think that I could never really be compatible with anyone over it as silly as it sounds (I'd probably force myself to shower before doing anything with anyone). The sad reality is that these days I can smell that "offness" almost immediately after a shower even after soaping and drying after really good.
There are some days I don't feel like showering and I'll skip a day which has generally been fine in the past, but these days I feel like it's really bad down there even after 24 hours. I almost don't want to meet or talk to anyone as I feel dirty in the back of my mind (even if I'm not running around with my pants off or anything as silly as it sounds). I really need to stress here that my sense of smell is absolutely not off. It is very real as if to not misjudge the temperature of water to the touch (for lack of a better example).
An interesting thing happened to me just yesterday where I have a real opportunity to meet with this person again at a get together that's happening tomorrow. Since this post is getting a bit longer than it should I'll spare some details here and there but there is a very real possibility that she'll end up at my place by the end of tomorrow night and I can't stop thinking about it.
The moment I got in the shower yesterday my mind has been going through the motions of all the things I missed doing with her (and much of it I repressed over many years). I think I'm starting to fall for her all over again. I've been cleaning my room and bathroom earlier as I don't want her to think I'm a slob lol. More importantly, after doing this work for a couple of hours, I STILL PASS THE JUNK SMELL TEST! This is an absolute miracle and it's been almost 30 hours since I've last showered. There's not even a HINT off that off smell that's been plaguing me almost every day for years. I really don't know what else could explain it other than maybe seeing a doctor which I knew a few comments might suggest exactly that. I'll look into it. That's all I have to add to this post.
SITE NOTE: Apologies if this post shows up twice. It's been a real hassle posting this anonymously which reddit or this sub probably doesn't like and I had to go through about 20 captchas.