Does anyone know why Lulu have reduced their student and blue light discounts from 15% to 10%?

I have a 2012 Buick Regal with a 2.4l Ecotec engine. Last year, the check engine light came on and after driving it for some time, I finally took it in to get it checked. Turns out, it was a bad oxygen sensor so I got it replaced. No issues for awhile. Then, a couple months ago, I took it in to get the oil changed. They reported that there was no oil on the dipstick when I brought it in, and they couldn't see a leak. I researched this engine and now see that bad piston rings causing oil to get where it's not supposed to be is a common issue with this engine. Called some local mechanics to see if they would look at it, but they said they don't do that and suggested I take it to a GM dealer, and said they would probably just replace the whole engine. I don't live near a dealer and don't really think it's worth it for how much it would cost. Yesterday the check engine light came on and is now throwing a p0420 code (I guess it's a catalytic converter issue?) I'm thinking the oil burning and getting sent through the cat is messing it up. Is this car screwed? Should I take it in to get looked at or just drive it till it dies? Not really interested in spending much more money on this thing, and it drives fine. Just not sure how serious the issue could be.

Link:“My Dad is my hero.”
Harry Connick, Jr.
The Daughter that Follows
Chapter 27
Reunited
Part 3
Anna’s barriers flared to life and she felt Hong Long try to push through.
“No, we don't want to scare them any worse than they are.” Anna said telepathically as she felt the creature’s jaws begin to squeeze down on her barriers.
She felt Hong Long strain against her will then finally push through and form in front of her. The dragon roared and slammed into the beast, coiling and restraining the struggling creature. Then it looked in the direction of Alan. Anna followed her tulpa’s gaze.
Alan Quain was casually holding the moth of the Indominous Rex shut, the creature was now forcefully crouched and clearly in a submissive stance. He was patting its side and soothing it with comforting words and a telepathic reassurance. He looked over at Anna briefly and nodded to the other one which was currently trying to bite into Hong Long, which was proving fruitless as the tulpa’s skin was near impenetrable to a mundane creature. Anna, however, was getting the feeling of bites all over her body.
She sighed and walked over to the dinosaur, near enough to its snapping jaws, but more than just out of range. She focused and soon she was in it’s mind. He was a furious and aggressive creature, made even more aggressive by a lifetime of shocks from batons and drugs from guns. She saw his only solace was his sister who was now being casually restrained by something it saw as food. Anna reached out mentally and hugged the creature in its mind. To the dinosaur’s perspective though it was now very tiny compared to Anna’s mental form. She tried her best to comfort it, but it was continually lashing out. Soon though, her father joined her and pulled her away. The dinosaur soon fell into a deep sleep.
“They’ll have to be quarantined in the old Bio-Syn sanctuary, but we don’t have to end them.” Alan said. “This one is going to be a problem unless he’s asleep though.”
“People suck.” Anna sniffled.
Alan nodded. “We can, but we can also...”
“Be better.” Anna nodded. “Kratos wasn’t a subtle teacher.”
Alan laughed, “You’d be surprised.”
“So what now?” Anna asked.
“I contacted Billy, they’ll be here for pickup in the morning. Then they go to the sanctuary and we go back to the camp for a bit. Until then I’ll keep him in a deep sleep, his sister won’t be too much of an issue, she’s calmer, but she’s gonna need to eat.” Alan said as he looked to Hong Long, “Think you can help out there?”
Hong Long snorted and nodded, then looked at Anna.
Anna smiled and nodded. “Thank you.”
Hong Long made a series of mumbles and nudged Anna’s head.
“Go get her something good to eat. Like a big crocodile or something.” Anna smiled and patted him on the head.
The tulpa dragon flew off.
Alan made camp and Anna helped. By the time they had finished Hong Long had returned and put an overly large snake by the Rex’s mouth.
“Well that’s a fucking huge anaconda.” Alan sighed as purple flashed around the area of their camp.
“Something we should worry about?” Anna asked.
Alan shrugged. “Potentially, there are realities where anacondas just get absurdly large and eat people.”
Anna’s eyes went wide.
“I doubt this is one of those worlds, but for all I know someone de-extincted the Titanboa.” Alan huffed and added, “Again.”
“Again?!” Anna almost shrieked.
“I thought you loved all animals.” Alan laughed.
“I do, but who keeps making these clones and why?” Anna stomped her foot on the ground as Hong Long shrunk down and coiled over her shoulder.
“Rich assholes wanting to make more money by selling a ‘perfect weapon’.” Alan sighed. “Story doesn’t change much honestly. Psionic soldier. Cloned dinosaur. Engineered Dinosaur. Ancient Snake. They always want to exploit something, there’s always a Looten Plunder.”
“Okay, was that a name?” Anna asked.
“Ah, you didn’t get to meet The Planeteers, that’s right.” Alan sighed and shook his head. “We’ll go find a world of theirs, you’d get along with all of them. But yeah it's the name of an asshole whose only goal is to exploit nature for money. Also hires a very lethal mercenary I tend to have to kill.”
“Yikes.” Anna said as she sat down and began to stroke Hong Long like a very long and reptilian cat.
“The Planteers were 5 kids recruited by a very literal spirit of the Earth, Gaia. They’re not soldiers and were never meant to be, their entire purpose is education and enlightenment. But they weren’t left defenseless. They each got a magic ring, four with the classic elements and the fifth is heart, which is kinda like telepathy but more here...” He tapped his chest. “If they really get pressed, which happens to them a lot because they're teens and they’re fighting psychotic, sometimes super villain adults, they can combine the powers to make...” He gestured in the air and the illusion of a blue skinned man with teal hair and red suit-like parts on his body appeared, “Captain Planet.”
“Nice mullet.” Anna snickered.
“He likes it.” Alan laughed. “He loves those kids, I try to remember that when I’m in their worlds.”
Anna nodded as she watched the image. “He has the heart of a hero.”
Alan laughed, “Filling those shoes already?”
“I think it’s because the other part of my base is already there.” Anna said. “I’m just waiting on you.”
“Well now we’re just waiting on each other.” Alan smirked. “Get some sleep. I got the watch. Need to keep the big boy asleep anyway.”
Anna nodded and walked into her tent, “Hong Long keep him some company for a bit please?”
Hong Long nodded coiled around Alan’s waist, waiting to be patted.
“Oh no, you don’t fool me.” Alan smiled as he pulled out some cards. “Come on, a game or two.”
Hong Long wrinkled his nose and snorted but coiled his lower body in such a way that it made a flat enough surface to play a game of cards.
Anna woke up to the sound of metal clanging against metal. Slowly she walked out of her tent and saw that her father was loading the male Indominous Rex into a holding sling. The female was actually sitting calmly in a holding crate, two large goat carcasses at her maw for her to eat whenever.
“Your dragon cheats.” Alan laughed as he locked the final column into place. “But he cheats poorly.”
“Why are you teaching my dragon card games?” Anna asked as she patted the dragon that once again coiled around her like a sash.
“He knows them, I just wanted a game or two.” Alan snorted.
Hong Long made some murmuring noises and grumbles that Anna understood as him being upset at being caught.
“Of course he caught you, he’s endlessly old.” Anna said with a minor jab to her father.
Alan smiled then realized what she had said as several work men laughed at the joke.
“My daughter, guys.” Alan sighed. “All right, let’s pack and get back to the camp and a warm shower!”
“Oh, warm showers.” Anna nodded. “And you can tell me about some other places we should visit.”
Alan smiled as he hugged his daughter. “I got a great one!” He laughed.
(T)(D)(T)(F)---(T)(F)(T)(W)
Another helicopter ride and a few time zones later the father and daughter were once again at the Montana based Camp Cretaceous. Alan had gotten the honor of the first shower in no small part due to a pachy skidding and covering him in mud and excrement through the fencing it had. Anna was glad that she had it last though, she got to enjoy the fresh hot water that she knew her dad had helped kick up.
It was well into the evening when they were sitting on his porch, looking out at the heads of the brachiosauruses swaying in the setting sun. Rio was even taking her time to watch them as well.
Alan was actually enjoying himself to a degree he hadn’t let himself in a very long time.
Anna was ecstatic, and enraptured by the gentle giants.
Rio’s recent turmoil and confusion seemed to have faded.
Then Alan sighed loudly and put his beer down on a table.
Anna focused and Rio did as well.
Hong Long coiled around Anna.
Rio stood and took a defensive stance.
From the high above the green aura of Psy-Ko descended, her enhanced powers made her glow like a beacon in the night. Besides her a suit of black metallic armor was descending as well.
“Hello Alan.” Psy-Ko smiled. “Anna.”
“Go die in a fire.” Anna growled.
“Is that anyway to greet--” Psy-Ko was cut off.
“Yes!” Alan shouted, “Yes it is how you great lunatics who hound and harass your family!”
An invisible force sent the armor that contained Sindri sailing into the sky.
“Well, I guess we’re fighting then!” Sindri roared as he rebounded back faster than anyone could react. His armor’s fist impacted a barrier that seemed to pop out of thin air. It was gleaming white and had odd symbols filling it.
“I’m sorry, I’m keeping them safe for a bit.” Ragnis grinned as he appeared. “Allow me to assert your place in the hierarchy of power.”
“Above him.” Psy-Ko grinned as green strands of hair stretched out and began to weave themselves into the various dinosaurs.
“Oh no you don’t!” Anna snarled as she formed a blade of her aura around her wrist and levitated herself up to the stands, cutting through all of them.
Alan just stared as his temper started to flare. “FLEISCH!” He roared.
The psionic woman smiled at the man she hated. “You remembered my name.”
“You’re boring.” Ragnis said as he looked down at the straining form of Sindri in his mech suit. “Now her..” Ragnis made a kicking motion and Sindri’s mech was swallowed by a beam of light and vanished.
Ragnis was then immediately at Psy-Ko’s side swinging a huge claymore down on her. Psy-Ko smiled as she dodged effortlessly. Soon she felt all the strands of her hair were cut free from their targets. Shr grinned again as she turned to Anna.
“My dear, why such worry? They’d be under better care with me.” Psy-Ko tried her best to give a sweet smile.
Anna stopped and turned to her.
“Anna!” Alan shouted. “She’s up to something.” He brought himself into the air and watched as Rio awas now engaging the returning form of Sindri. “This is some sort of trap!”
“Oh do be quiet Alan!” Psy-Ko sneered as tendrils of her hair raced and encased Alan Quain.
Anna roared as she surged forward. Ragnis joined her in the shout of rage. Psy-Ko moved effortlessly as she used her hair to snake into Anna’s aura and steal control of her arm from her. She directed it to the sword arm of the Scion of Life.
Ragnis shrieked in pain as his right arm was lopped off half way up his forearm. The limb fell as Anna watched in shock at what Psy-Ko had done. Psy-Ko laughed in joy as Sindri caught the limb and vanished. Then the hair that had encased Alan Quain detonated as if a bomb of pure power had gone off. It left Psy-Ko with only half of her hair left as she too shrieked in pain.
Psy-Ko floundered as she tried to focus once more. She was able to get just enough focus to see the rising form of Alan Quain, the purple mark of his psionic power that marked his eyes was now expanded out like with the edges splashed in black and white, like volcanoes of rage highlighting just how dangerous a force of nature he was becoming.
“Retreat Ragnis.” Alan said with an angry hiss.
Anna was still in shock. “Ragnis...”
“It’s alright kid.” Ragnis winced, “We both fell for it.” He vanished and left her to her confusion.
“I’m done pulling my punches with you.” Alan focused on Psy-Ko and the woman felt an intense pressure on her throat.
“No!” The high pitched and gleeful voice of Atropos said as she appeared and encased Psy-Ko in a wave of dark pulsing energy. “I think that will have to wait...” Then they vanished.
It took both Anna and Alan a few moments to establish that no major damage had been done, but there were now reports of UFOs fighting over dinosaurs. Which was going to definitely boost their tourism funding at the camp.
When they came down and went back inside Anna was crying into her pillow.
“Stupid question, but can I do anything?” Alan asked.
“I’m sorry, I should have listened.” Anna sniffled.
“She actually surprised me with that.” Alan said. “Hair powers. That’s quite a change.”
“Psychic hair powers.” Anna corrected him with a small laugh.
“That’s...” Alan blinked. “That’s just dumb and I know a woman who uses her normal hair in a similar way.”
“Will he be okay?” Anna asked.
Alan shrugged. “I mean according to them you took off half of the Wicked Bitch’s hand and she couldn’t fix that.”
Anna nodded. “I’m a danger to them.”
A flash outside their door and a knock later and Ragnis was opening the door and walking in. He was wearing a heavily metallic prosthetic.
“You could have waited for me to answer.” Alan said.
“You were going to let me in anyway.” Ragnis shrugged and showed off his hand. “No hard feelings, I got a new one.”
“Why does that look...” Anna stared at it. “Is that Vik’s work?”
“No, but it is from V’s reality.” Ragnis smiled. “Going to need some variants, but now that I have one that’s a part of me I can work with it.”
“But she has your hand.” Anna pointed out.
“Yeah, that’s concerning.” Ragnis nodded. “But don’t blame yourself, they clearly planned this. And we both had to fall for it.”
“I mean, I did say it was a trap.” Alan shrugged.
“Yeah but how did you know?” Anna asked.
“He is endlessly old.” Ragnis nodded.
Alan stared at the Scion.
“I already used that earlier.” Anna said.
“Daughters get a ‘being cute’ pass.” Alan growled.
“Look, I already told the others, I got this so don’t blame yourself.” Ragnis sighed. “She’s been a step ahead for so long.” Ragnis shook his head. “But I’m still keeping an eye on you. Let her meet the kids, get some rest, leave when you’re ready.”
Alan nodded. “Thanks.”
Rio stared at the Scion. “Will she target others?”
“Oh my god she’s trying to become Sarumon of Many Colors!” Anna gasped.
“Wonderful reference, but no it doesn’t work like that. At most that hand has a very small amount of what my concept of life is.” Ragnis shook his head. “Although now I have to have Perfection paint the image of her in a rainbow outfit just to annoy her.”
“Why would it annoy her?” Anna asked.
Ragnis sighed, “She’s Evil, not terribly original and quite frankly she should be easy to predict, but we keep missing something.”
“Her actual goal.” Alan sighed. “It’s been something so insane you can’t grasp.”
“Do you have any insight oh, old one?” Ragnis asked
Alan glared once again. “No, because again I’m not that desperately insane. Once this thing with Darkseid is over you got me for the seconds it takes to flatten her.”
“Or flatline her.” Anna added.
Alan and Ragnis both cast a concerned glance at Anna.
“She’s getting to me.” Anna sighed.
Rio stood up and sat next to Anna. “Would you like to pet my head again?”
Anna smiled and slowly patted Rio’s head.
“When in doubt, pet a friend.” Ragnis said, “You two relax, you’re safe. Even if the res of us aren’t.”
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S: (looks around) Well...
Perfection: What?
S: I know one of you wants to say it.
Perfection: Say what?
S: Spaceballs, Lord Helmet.
Perfection: But there wasn’t a jamming scene.
S: I keep forgetting your sense of humor.
Wraith: (Walks in wearing an oversized helmet) “So, Lone Starr, now you see that evil will always triumph because good is dumb.”
DM: (Walks in wearing the same helmet)
Perfection: Also I’m a fan of Yogurt.
S: I worry about my mind sometimes.

Non-Title Champion vs Champion: FBE Television Champion Cactus Mike vs FBE Junior Heavyweight Champion Paddy Murphy
Cactus Mike: Forfeit
Paddy Murphy: Part One
Prompt: Rebook The British Bulldog’s WWF Intercontinental Championship Reign (Max 1000 Words)
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Petite Jupiter Invitational: Arslan Malik vs Ferdinand Maxim vs Guy Fawkes vs Mr. Calcote Miller vs Vix
Arslan Malik: Part One
Ferdinand Maxim: Part One
Guy Fawkes: Part One
Mr. Calcote Miller: Part One
Vix: Part One
Prompt: Book the next year of any championship of your choosing (Max 1000 Words)
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Mark Steel vs Michael Menzies II
Mark Steel: Part One
Michael Menzies: Part One
Prompt: Book Clash at the Castle II (Max 1000 Words)
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Simon Brown vs Kentaro Sakamoto vs Travis Broski
Simon Brown: Part One
Kentaro Sakamoto: Part One
Travis Broski: Part One
Prompt: Book GUNTHER until WrestleMania 40 (Max 1000 Words)
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James Scott vs Jason Beggs
James Scott: Part One
Jason Beggs: Part One
Prompt: Book the revival of Pete Dunne (Max 1000 Words)
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Battle of the Best II: DTJ (Misery, Hunter Maguire, Joshua Epps) vs PROVINCE (Sebastian King, Erick Koeman, Karma) vs The RISE (Ripley, John LaGuardia, Victor Williams)
DTJ: Part One Part Two Part Three
PROVINCE: Part One Part Two Part Three
The RISE: Part One Part Two Part Three
Prompt: Book Ilja Dragunov on the Main Roster (Max 1 Part Per Person; 1000 Words each)
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EED vs JOHN
EED: Part One
JOHN: Part One
Prompt: Book Drew McIntyre’s Return (Max 1000 Words)
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Nate Matthews vs T.M Imran
Nate Matthews: Part One
T.M Imran: Part One
Prompt: Book Money in the Bank 2023 (Max 1000 Words)
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Bong vs Bengt Holm
Bong: Part One
Bengt Holm: Part One
Prompt: Book the push of Maximum Male Models (Max 1000 Words)
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British Rounds: Jay Castle vs Code Blue III
[POSTPONED]
Prompt: Book a Nigel McGuinness Return Run (Max 3 Parts; 1000 Words each)
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Atlas Rogue vs Ethan Fadely VII
Atlas Rogue: Part One
Ethan Fadely: Part One
Prompt: Book Forbidden Door II (Max 1000 Words)
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British Rounds: Desmond Caid vs Capital STEEZ VIII
[12 HOUR EXTENSION - DUE MONDAY 11AM EST]
Desmond Caid: Part One Part Two Part Three
Capital STEEZ: Part One Part Two Part Three
Prompt: Book Hideo Itami if he skipped NXT and went directly to the Main Roster (Max 3 Parts; 1000 Words each)
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Non-Title: FBE World Heavyweight Champion Inferno vs Petite Jupiter III
Inferno: Part One
Petite Jupiter: Part One
Prompt: Book a main event push for PAC (Max 1000 Words)
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FBE Pure Championship: Shining Light League Winner FBE World Tag Team Champion Dr. Logan Wright (c) vs Apeirogone 3rd Defence
Dr. Logan Wright: Part One
Apeirogone: Part One
Prompt: Book Kenny Omega until Double or Nothing 2024 (Max 1000 Words)
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All votes go to u/InfernoAA, except Inferno vs Petite Jupiter, which goes to u/KirkHammettJigsaw, by Sunday 11PM EST.

So Ive been fighting to get myself to use blue iris mainly because of the price and how robust it is. But im having some issues getting it to run smoothly. First let me start by describing the kind of hardware im using. (just looked around for what I have and tried to make that my test server) Dell - i5-8500 CPU Optiplex 3060 with 8 gigs of Ram Running Windows Server 2019. Also I only had a 240 SSID but I only assigned 100 gig for recording on the same drive (no spinning hard drive for storage) This was just for testing of the interface. I did purchase the $70 license.
I pretty follow the video from The hook up in setting it up ( love that guy) Let me go through how I have the server set up. (keeps crashing while im using it by the way, I can see reach the cameras but the software closes, guess that means the service stays running) Also using my wireguard VPn that I use to connect It never ever worked on LAN only. Had to untick LAN ONLY for my user and edit the app to show the WAN ip as my local IP and constantly would and wouldnt connect. (weird) My VPN does work like this though.. in the cloud I have a Pfsense virtual instance that my office connects to and then all my devices connect to that cloud instance. so there is a bit of a relay going on. But on my Synology it works great and all cameras on the Synology always load up incredibly clear and connect. (even some cameras are remote over the VPN and record great on Synology - (look like trash on Blueiris)
Some other issues below.

• at times when id connect the "custom models" for AI would just not be there.. would have to tick "Enabled" for recognizer and then refresh to get it to populate after a reboot.
• Cameras almost always dont look as clear when viewing on blue iris regardless of whatever method I use to connect. Web Browser, on server, or on mobile app. Doing side by side with Synology cameras appear much clearer on Synology (playback and live)
• for an unknown reason I notice the Ai Server would just shut down or crash. (this is a fresh install btw and is only running blue iris. nothing else.

Trying to get away from THC. It’s been over 4 years of vaping pretty much 24/7, to point where I easily go through a gram cart in less than a day. One year had medical card and was smoking very large amounts of flower in addition to that, also dabs, edibles, eventually making my own - always very potent. Point I’m trying to make is I have a HIGH tolerance. I could stop everything else easily but I cannot get away from the damn vape. I swear the nausea, shakiness, appetite issues, mood, insomnia, etc, is horrible when I’ve tried. & The cravings just would not go away it’s all I would think about when I didn’t have it. The anxiety I get when I run low or anything is crazy. I don’t even know what it is I crave because the carts have little effect on me especially now that I switched to delta8 from gas stations or vape shops cause it’s so much cheaper than med dispensary’s in PA. On another note, for 4 years I was also consistently smoking electronic cigs, elf bars, etc.. BUT was able to quit nicotine relatively easily about two months ago.
Anyways recently I figured I would try to substitute CBD in, as an effort to stop thc.. I’ve never tried CBD before, I did a fair amount of research and ended up buying Blue Raspberry CBD Vape Juice from cbdFX. The reviews were really good, and I got the highest potency available 2000mg. I had high hopes but was shocked at how unpleasant and unsatisfying it was. This is going to be hard to describe - Yes you can definitely tell it’s blue raspberry, but to me it is still like a dry, dull, faint taste/flavor.. & also a super weak hit. Not a lot of vapor produced, felt like nothing was in my mouth cause cloud so light and when it hits the back of your throat there’s no need to cough or anything. Turn the temp up it tastes like real crud. Hits did not leave me wanting more. As far as effect the only thing is it honestly made me feel physically nauseas. Still left craving one of my thc carts tho.
I think part of what I like or could I guess be addicted to with thc vape is the sharp feeling in throat when you inhale it then usually having to cough afterward. I have always taken long hits deep inhales, held it in, etc. of course causing a lot of coughing/crying spells. When I smoked e-cig I used the njoy and I loved the very sharp feeling it had when it hit back of throat but still it was much easier to stop.
Anyways That was my first impression of vaping cbd, I mean is that what it’s like?
What does CBD normally taste like?
What’s the hit/vapor like?
Are there any hard hitting ones or what’s the closest you can get to resemble thc?
Also should mention the reason I had chosen CBD is because although I read numerous conflicting reports I guess maybe it’s the only confirmed cannabinoid that can’t cause a false positive on marijuana screening? If you know of any others please by all means let me know.
Wanting to quit thc because mental health is finally getting better, stable on medication, Tired of having to stress about getting piss for screenings since I let medical card expire. Any advice or suggestions would be much appreciated.

Hello everyone I am looking for long term gaming friends! I often play by myself and am hoping to change that.
Some games I play are ESO, Borderlands, Deep Rock Galactic, Starting Elden Ring, Fallout 76, Stardew, Dying Light 1 & 2, Tiny Tina's, I also have some of the Halo games as well. Always down for free games like Warframe also.
I play on PC.
I am looking for any respectful, chill players 18-40 located anywhere. I am a night owl so often awake late for my time. I am LGBTQ and 420 friendly.
Please let me know your age, location and a bit about yourself in the dm!

Working on a fan fic; Record of Ragnarok: Redirected. Rather than Zeus building the roster, Set requests permission and gets approved. Using his connections, he builds a different roster and sets up Ragnarok to be 13 Fights themed around games, with special rules for each round save for Round 13.
The Games;
Red light-Green light
Bulls-eye
Snowdrift
Quickdraw
Make-believe- Heroes
Protect the Flag
Make Believe - Setting
Build
Ring-out
King of the Mountain
Wrestling
Make Believe - Villains
Bonus Round - The Fighters are not revealed until they enter the arena.
Fighters for Humanity Fighters for the Gods
Romulus Futsunushi
Saint Germain Hephaestus
Vlad Dracul Tepes Marduk
Paracelsus Lugh
Li Shuwen Dionysius
Leonardo Da Vinci Nuada
Tadakatsu Honda Takemikazuchi
Ghulam Butt Indra
Arash Batara Kala
Samson Tyr
Georgios Baldr
Johannes Lichtenaur Michael
????? ?????

Trying to get away from THC. It’s been over 4 years of vaping pretty much 24/7, to point where I easily go through a gram cart in less than a day. One year had medical card and was smoking very large amounts of flower in addition to that, also dabs, edibles, eventually making my own - always very potent. Point I’m trying to make is I have a HIGH tolerance. I could stop everything else easily but I cannot get away from the damn vape. I swear the nausea, shakiness, appetite issues, mood, insomnia, etc, is horrible when I’ve tried. & The cravings just would not go away it’s all I would think about when I didn’t have it. The anxiety I get when I run low or anything is crazy. I don’t even know what it is I crave because the carts have little effect on me especially now that I switched to delta8 from gas stations or vape shops cause it’s so much cheaper than med dispensary’s in PA. On another note, for 4 years I was also consistently smoking electronic cigs, elf bars, etc.. BUT was able to quit nicotine relatively easily about two months ago.
Anyways recently I figured I would try to substitute CBD in, as an effort to stop thc.. I’ve never tried CBD before, I did a fair amount of research and ended up buying Blue Raspberry CBD Vape Juice from cbdFX. The reviews were really good, and I got the highest potency available 2000mg. I had high hopes but was shocked at how unpleasant and unsatisfying it was. This is going to be hard to describe - Yes you can definitely tell it’s blue raspberry, but to me it is still like a dry, dull, faint taste/flavor.. & also a super weak hit. Not a lot of vapor produced, felt like nothing was in my mouth cause cloud so light and when it hits the back of your throat there’s no need to cough or anything. Turn the temp up it tastes like real shit. Hits did not leave me wanting more. As far as effect the only thing is it honestly made me feel physically nauseas. Still left craving one of my thc carts tho.
I think part of what I like or could I guess be addicted to with thc vape is the sharp feeling in throat when you inhale it then usually having to cough afterward. I have always taken long hits deep inhales, held it in, etc. of course causing a lot of coughing/crying spells. When I smoked e-cig I used the njoy and I loved the very sharp feeling it had when it hit back of throat but still it was much easier to stop.
Anyways That was my first impression of vaping cbd, I mean is that what it’s like?
What does CBD normally taste like?
What’s the hit/vapor like?
Are there any hard hitting ones or what’s the closest you can get to resemble thc?
Also should mention the reason I had chosen CBD is because although I read numerous conflicting reports I guess maybe it’s the only confirmed cannabinoid that can’t cause a false positive on marijuana screening? If you know of any others please by all means let me know.
Wanting to quit thc because mental health is finally getting better, stable on medication, Tired of having to stress about getting piss for screenings since I let medical card expire. Any advice or suggestions would be much appreciated.

Hello everyone I am a gal looking for long term gaming friends! I often play by myself and am hoping to change that.
Some games I play are ESO, Borderlands, Deep Rock Galactic, Starting Elden Ring, Fallout 76, Stardew, Dying Light 1 & 2, Tiny Tina's, I also have most of the Halo games as well. Always down for free games like Warframe also.
I play on PC.
I am looking for any respectful, chill players 18-40 located anywhere. I am a night owl so often awake late for my time. I am LGBTQ and 420 friendly.
Please let me know your age, location and a bit about yourself in the dm!

I’m looking for a camera, debating between these two, with the xc 15-45, I will be upgrading lenses later on tho, was wondering if xs20 was worth a extra 400$? I do mainly photography, video is more a side thing, I will be shooting in low light, and pretty much all weather and lighting, was wondering what your thought were! Thanks!

Does this guy actually want to ask me out or am I just reading too much into it?
Me [21F] and I think he’s maybe 24 or 25. I recently started working at this job a few months ago and my first two months there I’ve seen him around but never actually needed to be around him since we work in two different ends of the company. He comes over to my area A-LOT recently since we’ve started “talking”. Writing that in quotes to put emphasis on the fact out conversations are very short 5-10min no more. I’ve had two other female co-workers who are in their 40s maybe older who have suggested he IS IN FACT flirting with me. But the convos between us are mainly banter and friendly work talk.
One interaction which stand out to me from the start until now is when my friend mentioned to him that I used to be engaged. For context, I’m a AVID ring wearer. Like, one of two rings per finger but never on my ring finger for obvious reasons. When he heard her say this he quickly reached for my hand and looked at my ring finger to see for himself if I was wearing one now. I wasn’t. I don’t know how to describe how he did this in words. But it was more like when someone shows you something on their phone that peaks your interest so you quickly grab the phone and read it harder than you did the first time. I hope that makes sense. But that sense of urgency was his body language at the time. He’s normally chill and low-key about his actions but that was abrupt. Why was he that invested on something like that?
Fast forward. Last night, we were working a late shift together and he was closing so he came over to my department to “help where he can”. Of course the convos were all laughs and giggles. Only this time, it was just us. He came over to me when I was standing in the back working on something and I don’t remember what I said but we were laughing and he really liked whatever I said and was laughing pretty hard about it and said “you’re so cute.” While he’s laughing????? What does that actually mean? Do I take that how he said it or is there underlying meaning?
Few minutes later, he comes around to where I’m standing and says, “I’m gonna ask you something but afterwards, I never asked this”
I say okay and wait for him to ask. He’s hesitating so I gently press on and say “go ahead ask me anything.” And he just said “never mind I’ll ask you later”
Ask he was walking away I said tried to get him to ask me anyways. But he wasn’t making any eye contact and was kinda smoothly walking away to go “take care of something real quick”
Now, I’m the kinda woman who does what I do and if I sense something I’ll play it cool until he says something directly. I’ve been this way for a while because I used to take friendly banter as someone being interested but I always end up finding out that I was just reading too deeply into things.
Omg!!! And then today. Bro. TODAY. I didn’t know he was at work and he came over around 12pm randomly and he was helping someone at the desk next to me but I was leaning in the vicinity and he looks over at me and says “your hair looks nice today” and I look at him and say Thanks.
We talk a few minutes later and I asked him about the question he had yesterday. And again tried to leave so I pressed on and asked him to tell me. He said it was out of work so it’s not important. I encouraged him to say it anyways and he said he just thought I was at the same festival and didn’t know if it was me but didn’t want to ask me about actually being there or not at work because it was potentially “awkward” I made a joke that it was fine nothing is awkward for me. He called me “cute, very cute” (I died).
Anyways, later on I text him on our messaging app for work for help with something in a different department. Side note - he is a manager so he’s our entire staffs first contact always by policy. So I didn’t text him out of the blue. Anyways he doesn’t answer in time for me to figure it out on my own. So I text him back saying it was fixed.
He texted back hours later “my bad, are you still here?” And I said I was. And lo and behold he’s back walking towards my section.
What am I to think of this? What’s he really doing? Is it worth me investing myself or does he seem unsure? Just feedback if any kind at this point please. thanks!
Sorry about the length of this. I want to just get accurate advice/explanations.

Across platforms, I've seen some fans express dissatisfaction with the ending of TotK. I've formulated an alternate timeline in which the curse may end and no incarnations of Zelda, Link, nor Ganondorf can be born beyond TotK. This is a fanfic by me; it includes TotK spoilers. Feel free to comment any ideas you'd like to add or corrections—especially lore-based corrections—you'd like to make (as well as other alternate endings you'd like to see). Thanks.

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STORY BELOW

From the head of the Light Dragon, a blue and gold aura radiates. Link intercepts the Dragon, finding the master sword embedded at the source of the glow. The sword is drawn and the blue light returns to the blade, Fi's call answered. Brandishing the blade, a golden glow envelops the Hero. The triforce of wisdom is freed from the Dragon; it is now Link's to hold. His will strengthens in unification with Zelda's.
The Hero, now whole with his sword, is bestowed the Spirit Sage's secret tear. Link has the spirit, courage, and wisdom to face Ganondorf and claim the Demon King's power.
Within all incarnations of the Demon's body, the sword was sealed. Each time, the Demon King found freedom again. Now, as in many times past, the Hero brings Ganondorf to bended knee. Relinquishing his mind and body, the Demon King swallows his tear, a final act to free Hyrule from light.
Sword in hand and a tear in its pommel, the Hero runs his blade through the Dark Dragon's head. From the Dragon's maw erupts golden light; the body and magic of the Dragon is sealed within the Hero's sword. Descending from his final battle, the Hero is engulfed in the golden glow. The triforce of power is freed from the Dragon of Demise; it is Link's claim.
With the full triforce, Link wishes the sword destoyed. The Demon, trapped within the banished blade, may never appear in Hyrule again. High above the Hero, the Dragon of Light circles. The royal bloodline and all incarnations of Hylia are immortalized within its body, never to be reborn. Hylia's Dragon watches forever over Hyrule.
The war is over and the spirit of the Founding King, Rauru, appears before Link. As told to Link, the King's duty is done and his time has come to pass. Along with the body of the King, the King's right arm—bestowed to Link—vanishes. The Goddess and the Demon are unbound by the curse. The Hero lives without a sword nor an arm to bear it. The curse is broken, yielding eternal peace.
Epilogue:
Link is returned to Lookout Landing with company of the four Sages. Though he cannot yet wield a blade, the Hero has not long to wallow. With help of Purrah and Robbie, a new arm is built for Link. He is able again to protect the realm from whatever monsters linger. His only limit are his days given by Hylia.

STORY END

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Post-script (spoilers continued):
I wrote this to create closure in my mind regarding the end of TotK. BotW and TotK are supposedly the end of the LoZ timelines. I cannot imagine a world in which the Goddess is incarnated without the Demon. Thus, an end where Zelda is recalled to her Hylian form created an error in my head. This may be a dark ending; Ganondorf is banished from the realm and Zelda is imprisoned in the dragon forever. However, I find this end resolute and hopeful.
I also liked how easy it was to lead into a post-game in which Link can still slay monsters. It was a very easy story to write; the game's plot and imagery gave a lot of room for this alternate end. I wanted to imagine an alternate end in which Zelda, Link, and Ganondorf all live and are freed from the curse. A Ganondorf redemption arc is one of my dreams. However, imagining that scenario is harder for me.
Thank you for reading.

I still have an acute aversion to hearing or speaking my own name. I dread it when, say, I have to ring the doctor's surgery for an appointment and the receptionist asks who's calling. I can barely get out the words and sometimes feel my face flush. I have a similar response to my own reflection and will avoid looking in a mirror at all costs. I was intrigued, therefore, when I read some research casting light upon this, it seems, not altogether unheard of phenomenon.
The study I refer to was carried out by Winter et al. (2015) and involved setting up a situation in which people with BPD could freely choose to sit facing a mirror or not. The same choice was also presented to people without BPD (you can read about the experimental design here, but suffice to say here that no participants knew the study's purpose).
It was found that those with BPD were:
significantly less likely to sit facing the mirror than non-BPD individuals. significantly more likely to have consciously made the choice not to have sat facing the mirror than non-BPD individuals.
From these findings, it was inferred that those with BPD had a tendency to avoid self awareness (as seeing oneself in a mirror makes one more self aware) to a significantly greater degree than non-BPD individuals.
Why should this be?
The researchers, based on this and similar research, suggest this avoidance of becoming self aware is a mechanism to cope with anxious anticipation of social rejection. Indeed, other research has shown that shifting one's attention from self to others can be a helpful way to calm this anxiety.
To explain further, the authors of the study note that diverting focus of attention away from the self can help reduce self deprecating feelings, including feelings of shame which are all too common amongst those with BPD. They further draw attention to the fact that other research has concluded that 'people who feel socially excluded are averse to attention to the self' because 'self awareness initiates self evaluation' And, again, feelings of social alienation and negative self evaluation are very frequent amongst BPD sufferers.
In sum then, it seems reasonable to hypothesise that BPD sufferers are more likely to avoid being confronted by a reflection of themselves in a mirror as being so confronted would increase self awareness which in turn would aggravate feelings of shame and general negative self evaluation which would, in its turn, increase anxiety about being socially rejected.
I assume that my aversion to hearing my own name may be similarly accounted for.

Whats going in everybody! I’m almost there! Up first I have a Kizer Cormorant TI scales with m390 blade steel. Perfect fidget knife! Did not carry this one. Perfect sharp factory edge. Opened a few times and realized it’s not for me and right back into the box it went. Letting go for SV$120
Up next are some Pm2 scales. First I have a pair of shredded carbon fiber with what looks like green shiny intertwined. Probably butchering the description of these but they look really good in the light. See attached video of them. They are from a maker by the name of “Aramis Akhmedov Design”. SV$50
Next is a Pair of lightish blue aluminum scales I initially bought from here thinking I was use them, however I decided to to go a different route. SV$25
And last but definitely not least are 2 pairs of textured black Pm2 scales. Original scales off of Pm2s I’ve just customized and no longer in need of them. SV$15 each
Add on only: a 3d printed black Pm2 backspacer. Received on a Pm2 i recently bought but I already had a different material backspacer waiting for this custom. SV$10
Will ship Monday morning CONUS lower 48. If you have any questions please feel free to send a chat on over.
Knife and carbon scales will ship priority with tracking, everything else will ship normally without tracking unless discussed otherwise.
Thank you for you time! Nudes and Timestamp

I recently cleaned and wired up my pc but then it started acting up by randomly shutting off, so i redid the wiring making sure everything was properly connected but it was still acting up by randomly shutting down whenever it was idle (yes i checked the power plan) today i decided to look back over it and see if there was anything wrong but now it wont even post instead just turning on showing rgb and fans spinning but eventually shutting off. Weird thing i noticed if it helps is the power button does a light blinking blue :/ AMD Ryzen 5 5600G Be Quiet! Pure Rock slim Cpu cooler Gigabyte X570 Aorus Elite ATX AM4 Motherboard G.Skill Ripjaws V 32 GB DDR4-3200 Memory Seagate BarraCuda 1 TB HDD Samsung 860 Evo 500 GB (Has OS on it) Zotac Mini Geforce GTX 1070 Ti 8GB GPU Thermaltake Versa H22 ATX Mid Tower Case Evga SuperNOVA 650 G3 W 80+ Gold Fully Modular PSU Any help would be appreciative really dont know what else to do was thinking it could be the case because thats the oldest thing in the build,being almost 7 years old, or the PSU but thats only a year and a half old, any help :/

What are some of your favourite ways to pass the time at safety and deco stops? How do you stave off boredom when you're floating in the empty blue with nothing but your buddies, and maybe a line or DSMB?
For me, it's practicing shooting/flicking air rings with my hands. One hand is much more difficult, but I'm getting better!
Tic-tac-toe / naughts & crosses I find too quick, and leads to a lot of erasing.
I was taught "The Finger Game" a few years ago, which can be good. Basically you start off with one finger extended on each hand, and by pointing at your buddy's hand, they extend a number of fingers equal to how many you have. Back and forth. If a hand is showing all fingers, it is 'out'. There's more to it, but that's the concept. I'll try and post the full rules in the comments.