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The weight of being a virgin: anxiety, insecurity and dating. Advice?
2024.06.10 03:28 projectilelaunched The weight of being a virgin: anxiety, insecurity and dating. Advice?
As I approach 30 years old (M), I'm increasingly faced with the insecurity of being a kissless virgin. Unfortunately, for whatever reason it just never materialised for me.
I'm now stuck in this vicious feedback cycle, whereby my lack of experience is a limiting factor in my ability to build connections. Dates pick up on this, whether through conversation or my body language in certain contexts and it becomes a problem. Hence, resulting in further inexperience and an entrenched angst towards intimacy.
There is also the sense of insecurity. Obviously, people have had experiences. Some of them alot. So it is difficult to see where I'm able to fit in amongst this. How will I meet their expectations? Will I get rejected for lack of experience? How will I be able to gain experience and know what to do? What happens if/when I perform poorly?
Ideally, it would have been preferable to meet someone in a similar position. Make mistakes together, learn together. But I'd say that is basically an impossibility at my age. I just feel like any relationship will be such a mismatch for me. Any advice would be massively appreciated?
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I'm now stuck in this vicious feedback cycle, whereby my lack of experience is a limiting factor in my ability to build connections. Dates pick up on this, whether through conversation or my body language in certain contexts and it becomes a problem. Hence, resulting in further inexperience and an entrenched angst towards intimacy.
There is also the sense of insecurity. Obviously, people have had experiences. Some of them alot. So it is difficult to see where I'm able to fit in amongst this. How will I meet their expectations? Will I get rejected for lack of experience? How will I be able to gain experience and know what to do? What happens if/when I perform poorly?
Ideally, it would have been preferable to meet someone in a similar position. Make mistakes together, learn together. But I'd say that is basically an impossibility at my age. I just feel like any relationship will be such a mismatch for me. Any advice would be massively appreciated?
2024.06.10 03:27 HyenaDandy Becoming the Butterfly - Pt. 1: Health and Safety [OC]
[First ever post on here so I hope I did the whole tagging/etc thing right. Not NSFW now but future chapters may be, not likely explicit but it will deal with adult topics. If that requires an NSFW tag here as well I will be happy to add it. If I did something wrong, I apologize, as I said, first time.]
I looked over the datapad, eyes glancing up at the human as he bent over my shoulder, leaning on the desk as he examined the datapad with me.
“Well,” I informed [Him? I believed it to be him], “for the Pilshan, you’re going to need the elevator buttons to have thermal-carved labels on the sides. NOT on the buttons themselves, you’ll risk a temperature cascade.”
“Got it,”
“The M’lekki need a room with 1.5e barometric pressure to avoid expansion beneath the membrane, one on every floor, and they have to spend two hours in for every one out.”
“Does it have to go at exactly an hour, or can we divide that up? Say, half an hour from fifteen, then three from one and a half?”
"Two from one is recommended, but it's intentionally under the limit. You can go as far as four from two, but after the first hour and a half you’re safest adding an additional fifteen for every ten. It’s not in the regulations, four from two should be safe in the short term, but-”
“On top?”
“Yes.”
“So 4:45 from two, got it... Let’s round that up to 5, makes scheduling easier.”
“Er.... Alright. And then the Proxx...”
“Yes?”
“Well,” I stood up straighter to align my vocal resonators, “Mobile Priiin-4 water tanks, it has to be imported, the necessary micro-organisms don't breed off-planet. Nitrogen air masks in every room, regular rubdowns with Priiin-4 mud, imported again, thermovision contacts with real-color markings, warnings on the door to any room with a temperature over CM 21-70, one ice tank per employee, blood meters to check nutrients once every half hour, and subdermal temperature implants in the head and torso, as well as one on each extremity.”
“Phew,” the human shook his head, “Not exactly cheap to have around, are they?”
“I’m afraid not.”
“Well, that one’ll take a while to set up, I’ll have to look at my work schedule to make sure they’re not here before we’re ready.”
“You... Could just have them wear exosuits...?” I suggested timidly.
“‘Not a chance,” he answered, “They’re just gonna have to hold off on their first day. Bit tricky since I have to figure out how to pay them for work not done.”
“Yes... Exosuits are cheaper, though.”
“Nah, it’s not the money thing,” he answered, fingers scratching at his jaw, “Just need to figure out how I’ll calculate profit split on stuff they don’t work on. I guess I could figure out the median and give them that...”
“I’m...” I ran my pincers along the datapad, “I’m not sure profit splits are necessary, you should be able to give them base pay if they have profit splits in the contract.”
“Nah, nah,” the human answered, “Not their fault they’re not at work, not gonna give them any less than they woulda made anyway. That’d be unfair.”
I clacked my mandibles in agreement, even if it was a ridiculous comment. Given how little we actually needed to use money FOR between the free housing, food, and both legal and medical attention from the Interstellar Union Central Committees, I doubted anyone would even notice the money being short for a few months, much less object. Still, I knew better than to argue with a human about employment contracts. There had been a few centuries in their past collectively known as ‘The Labor Wars,’ and it had left a mark on the terran psyche. The upside was that everyone knew if you were lucky enough to work for a human, you’d be taken care of. The downside was this sort of obstinacy, dedication to regulations hardly used outside of human office buildings. Or, sometimes, human archaeological projects with a business run off the top floor.
“Look, human, I understand concerns about comfort, but this is really excessive. I know your species are long lived, but there have been incredible advances in exosuit comfort and maneuverability just in the last three years. I can assure you, nobody will object to you simply providing them with suits. This is very generous of you, but it’s getting excessive, and we’re only halfway through the list. You have five Amkra on payroll, and each one of them is going to cost you 8,000 Credits for just the barebones requirements.”
“And if I want to get them something good?”
“You could be looking at 20,000 each, and an additional 50,000 to give them a retreat room.”
“Well, no shortage of rooms in this old girl are there?” The human laughed, knocking on the wall with a thud. It was true, whatever this ship was originally, it had needed a lot of rooms. Several hundred were already usable, and there was still excavation going on under our feet. Wall carvings which seemed to be ship schematics implied we might only be seeing the top 25% of the ship. It was hard to know how deep it went.
“Yes, ah, a girl, human?”
“Nah, I’m a boy. Er, a male, if the translator’s wonky. A boy with a name, by the way.”
“Acknowledged, unfortunately our translators tend not to differentiate between words and names...”
“That’s fine. Name’s Pete, but I’m just as good with Rocky if that’s what’s going to come out.”
“Ahhh, yes, thank you... Rocky. And I wasn’t asking for you. Why did you assign a gender to the ship?”
The human gave one of their characteristic mirthful barks, “Now, are you asking me for about two thousand years of linguistic history on that one? Or do you just want the short answer.”
“Short answer is acceptable.”
“Just a thing humans do.”
Right. That tended to be the answer to a lot of questions where humans were concerned. It was just a thing they did. They tended to just do a lot of things, and most of the time if you asked five humans to explain it you got seven answers. Their religions were the same. There were some where it was said the only way to truly learn about the stories was by overhearing believers arguing about the details.
“Well, anyway, we’re just getting started on this and my workday ends in ten minutes, so if you don't mind, I need to take a moment to delay my house's welcome s-"
“Absolutely not. I won’t hear of it.”
“It really isn’t a bother, I normally wouldn’t have mentioned, but with this many species on your list, it could easily take the rest of tomorrow and into the next day.”
“Hey, I ain’t going anywhere, long lived like you said. I should have another 45 years on me minimum.”
“Right. If you are certa-”
“Absolutely,” He gave a conspiratorial smile, “But... If you want, I can shuttle you back to your place. We won’t be able to cover the changes needed off-ship, but I won't mind if you put in for overtime anyway.”
“Ahhh, that would be kind, but I wouldn’t want to interrupt your work.”
“Nah, I’m still setting stuff up, I can take the time off. Where you live?” He asked, grabbing an overcoat and rebreather from a nearby hook.
“It’s quite a ride away, I don’t know how long it will take, so...”
Rocky turned slowly, and sat down on across the desk, “Now Miss Kalzi - Lovely name by the way, sounds Italian, beautiful part of my planet - I’m glad you’re not wanting to bother me. But this is my business and Rocky ain’t short for Rockefeller. If I stop seeing myself as part of the society and start seeing myself as, well, the sort of person who can’t be bothered to make life easier for someone... Well, there should be plenty of human history explaining what could happen. On the other hand, I know us humans are some of the more physically gifted species out here, and though I’m not in the best shape, I’m big even for one of us. And I don’t want to make you uncomfortable. So, let me just ask you this directly. Are you saying you don’t want to bother me because you are worried about me? Or do you not want a ride home and you’re trying to be polite? Because if that’s the case, I’m not offended if you would rather go home on your own.”
I considered the question for a moment, vestigial wings fluttering softly under the chitin on my back. It wasn’t... Entirely either one of those. The first seemed a little excessive, and the second...
“Do humans do that?”
“What?”
“The polite thing?”
“All the time,” he smiled, “But I’m guessing it wasn’t that?”
“I just...” I struggled with how to express the idea, our labor history was so different from theirs. There had never been the competition that characterized the Labor Wars on earth, that idea, like so much of their species, seemed nearly impossible to associate with a race that had ascended to the stars, “I don’t feel like it is... My place to... Impose?” I suggested.
“Nonsense!” The human barked again, and motioned with his hands, a snap followed by pointing at me with three fingers curled, one extended, and one raised, “Lady, I contracted you for the inspection, getting you here and home is on me anyway. You did factor transport into the contract cost, right?”
“Ahhh... Well, I only charge a flat rate, public transit is cheap...”
“Cheap ain’t free,” he answered, “Lemme know how much ya paid when ya get here tomorrow. In the meantime, I’m happy to get out of this old rustbucket anyway. Everyone needs to stretch their legs sometimes. Well, I suppose not the M’lekki, but you get my drift. It’s not an imposition, just gimme a spot near your house and I’ll take you right over.”
“...Should I not simply tell you where my home is?”
“Well, sure,” he smiled, “If you’re comfortable with that. But I can drop you off a while away if it makes you feel safer.”
“...I could tell you to drop me off at the transit station, you know,” I suggested, antenna raising slightly. I was satisfied to hear another mirthful sound, lower than the barks, a bit like a pair of near chokes in succession. It somehow felt more... Meaningful. My wings fluttered even more at the success of my joke.
“Well, you could do that, sure,” he acknowledged, “But then we’d be back where we started with me feeling like I pressured you into something.”
“Oh, I don’t want that!” I quickly corrected, “It was a humorous suggestion, really.”
“It sure was,” he bared his teeth pleasantly, and gave me another snap-and-point, “Tell you what, just send me whatever address you want, I’m happy to take you wherever you’re going.”
I clicked my mandibles and sent a message over to his datapad.
“Woo, all the way on the second moon, huh?”
“Yes...” I acknowledged, and then added quickly as my wings rapidly fluttered under the chitin, “You... You don’t need to take me. If that’s farther than you thought.”
“Nahhhh, just gonna need to pull out a bit extra for that overtime.”
“Oh!” I put the datapad away quickly, “Oh, please don’t. That’s far too much, really. I’m off the clock, you’re just... Driving me as a friend?” I suggested, my wings fluttering enough I was having to actually focus on the back plates to keep them covered.
“Alright, just no work talk on the way over. You start giving me safety advice and you’re gonna have to bill me.”
“No safety advice, got it.”
“That includes complaining about my driving.”
“Oh!” My antenna pushed forward curiously, “Um, is that something I’m likely to do?”
“Ever flown with a human before, Kalzi?”
“No.”
“Your species prone to motion sickness?”
“No... Were those questions related?”
He snap-pointed again, “No safety talk, remember?”
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I looked over the datapad, eyes glancing up at the human as he bent over my shoulder, leaning on the desk as he examined the datapad with me.
“Well,” I informed [Him? I believed it to be him], “for the Pilshan, you’re going to need the elevator buttons to have thermal-carved labels on the sides. NOT on the buttons themselves, you’ll risk a temperature cascade.”
“Got it,”
“The M’lekki need a room with 1.5e barometric pressure to avoid expansion beneath the membrane, one on every floor, and they have to spend two hours in for every one out.”
“Does it have to go at exactly an hour, or can we divide that up? Say, half an hour from fifteen, then three from one and a half?”
"Two from one is recommended, but it's intentionally under the limit. You can go as far as four from two, but after the first hour and a half you’re safest adding an additional fifteen for every ten. It’s not in the regulations, four from two should be safe in the short term, but-”
“On top?”
“Yes.”
“So 4:45 from two, got it... Let’s round that up to 5, makes scheduling easier.”
“Er.... Alright. And then the Proxx...”
“Yes?”
“Well,” I stood up straighter to align my vocal resonators, “Mobile Priiin-4 water tanks, it has to be imported, the necessary micro-organisms don't breed off-planet. Nitrogen air masks in every room, regular rubdowns with Priiin-4 mud, imported again, thermovision contacts with real-color markings, warnings on the door to any room with a temperature over CM 21-70, one ice tank per employee, blood meters to check nutrients once every half hour, and subdermal temperature implants in the head and torso, as well as one on each extremity.”
“Phew,” the human shook his head, “Not exactly cheap to have around, are they?”
“I’m afraid not.”
“Well, that one’ll take a while to set up, I’ll have to look at my work schedule to make sure they’re not here before we’re ready.”
“You... Could just have them wear exosuits...?” I suggested timidly.
“‘Not a chance,” he answered, “They’re just gonna have to hold off on their first day. Bit tricky since I have to figure out how to pay them for work not done.”
“Yes... Exosuits are cheaper, though.”
“Nah, it’s not the money thing,” he answered, fingers scratching at his jaw, “Just need to figure out how I’ll calculate profit split on stuff they don’t work on. I guess I could figure out the median and give them that...”
“I’m...” I ran my pincers along the datapad, “I’m not sure profit splits are necessary, you should be able to give them base pay if they have profit splits in the contract.”
“Nah, nah,” the human answered, “Not their fault they’re not at work, not gonna give them any less than they woulda made anyway. That’d be unfair.”
I clacked my mandibles in agreement, even if it was a ridiculous comment. Given how little we actually needed to use money FOR between the free housing, food, and both legal and medical attention from the Interstellar Union Central Committees, I doubted anyone would even notice the money being short for a few months, much less object. Still, I knew better than to argue with a human about employment contracts. There had been a few centuries in their past collectively known as ‘The Labor Wars,’ and it had left a mark on the terran psyche. The upside was that everyone knew if you were lucky enough to work for a human, you’d be taken care of. The downside was this sort of obstinacy, dedication to regulations hardly used outside of human office buildings. Or, sometimes, human archaeological projects with a business run off the top floor.
“Look, human, I understand concerns about comfort, but this is really excessive. I know your species are long lived, but there have been incredible advances in exosuit comfort and maneuverability just in the last three years. I can assure you, nobody will object to you simply providing them with suits. This is very generous of you, but it’s getting excessive, and we’re only halfway through the list. You have five Amkra on payroll, and each one of them is going to cost you 8,000 Credits for just the barebones requirements.”
“And if I want to get them something good?”
“You could be looking at 20,000 each, and an additional 50,000 to give them a retreat room.”
“Well, no shortage of rooms in this old girl are there?” The human laughed, knocking on the wall with a thud. It was true, whatever this ship was originally, it had needed a lot of rooms. Several hundred were already usable, and there was still excavation going on under our feet. Wall carvings which seemed to be ship schematics implied we might only be seeing the top 25% of the ship. It was hard to know how deep it went.
“Yes, ah, a girl, human?”
“Nah, I’m a boy. Er, a male, if the translator’s wonky. A boy with a name, by the way.”
“Acknowledged, unfortunately our translators tend not to differentiate between words and names...”
“That’s fine. Name’s Pete, but I’m just as good with Rocky if that’s what’s going to come out.”
“Ahhh, yes, thank you... Rocky. And I wasn’t asking for you. Why did you assign a gender to the ship?”
The human gave one of their characteristic mirthful barks, “Now, are you asking me for about two thousand years of linguistic history on that one? Or do you just want the short answer.”
“Short answer is acceptable.”
“Just a thing humans do.”
Right. That tended to be the answer to a lot of questions where humans were concerned. It was just a thing they did. They tended to just do a lot of things, and most of the time if you asked five humans to explain it you got seven answers. Their religions were the same. There were some where it was said the only way to truly learn about the stories was by overhearing believers arguing about the details.
“Well, anyway, we’re just getting started on this and my workday ends in ten minutes, so if you don't mind, I need to take a moment to delay my house's welcome s-"
“Absolutely not. I won’t hear of it.”
“It really isn’t a bother, I normally wouldn’t have mentioned, but with this many species on your list, it could easily take the rest of tomorrow and into the next day.”
“Hey, I ain’t going anywhere, long lived like you said. I should have another 45 years on me minimum.”
“Right. If you are certa-”
“Absolutely,” He gave a conspiratorial smile, “But... If you want, I can shuttle you back to your place. We won’t be able to cover the changes needed off-ship, but I won't mind if you put in for overtime anyway.”
“Ahhh, that would be kind, but I wouldn’t want to interrupt your work.”
“Nah, I’m still setting stuff up, I can take the time off. Where you live?” He asked, grabbing an overcoat and rebreather from a nearby hook.
“It’s quite a ride away, I don’t know how long it will take, so...”
Rocky turned slowly, and sat down on across the desk, “Now Miss Kalzi - Lovely name by the way, sounds Italian, beautiful part of my planet - I’m glad you’re not wanting to bother me. But this is my business and Rocky ain’t short for Rockefeller. If I stop seeing myself as part of the society and start seeing myself as, well, the sort of person who can’t be bothered to make life easier for someone... Well, there should be plenty of human history explaining what could happen. On the other hand, I know us humans are some of the more physically gifted species out here, and though I’m not in the best shape, I’m big even for one of us. And I don’t want to make you uncomfortable. So, let me just ask you this directly. Are you saying you don’t want to bother me because you are worried about me? Or do you not want a ride home and you’re trying to be polite? Because if that’s the case, I’m not offended if you would rather go home on your own.”
I considered the question for a moment, vestigial wings fluttering softly under the chitin on my back. It wasn’t... Entirely either one of those. The first seemed a little excessive, and the second...
“Do humans do that?”
“What?”
“The polite thing?”
“All the time,” he smiled, “But I’m guessing it wasn’t that?”
“I just...” I struggled with how to express the idea, our labor history was so different from theirs. There had never been the competition that characterized the Labor Wars on earth, that idea, like so much of their species, seemed nearly impossible to associate with a race that had ascended to the stars, “I don’t feel like it is... My place to... Impose?” I suggested.
“Nonsense!” The human barked again, and motioned with his hands, a snap followed by pointing at me with three fingers curled, one extended, and one raised, “Lady, I contracted you for the inspection, getting you here and home is on me anyway. You did factor transport into the contract cost, right?”
“Ahhh... Well, I only charge a flat rate, public transit is cheap...”
“Cheap ain’t free,” he answered, “Lemme know how much ya paid when ya get here tomorrow. In the meantime, I’m happy to get out of this old rustbucket anyway. Everyone needs to stretch their legs sometimes. Well, I suppose not the M’lekki, but you get my drift. It’s not an imposition, just gimme a spot near your house and I’ll take you right over.”
“...Should I not simply tell you where my home is?”
“Well, sure,” he smiled, “If you’re comfortable with that. But I can drop you off a while away if it makes you feel safer.”
“...I could tell you to drop me off at the transit station, you know,” I suggested, antenna raising slightly. I was satisfied to hear another mirthful sound, lower than the barks, a bit like a pair of near chokes in succession. It somehow felt more... Meaningful. My wings fluttered even more at the success of my joke.
“Well, you could do that, sure,” he acknowledged, “But then we’d be back where we started with me feeling like I pressured you into something.”
“Oh, I don’t want that!” I quickly corrected, “It was a humorous suggestion, really.”
“It sure was,” he bared his teeth pleasantly, and gave me another snap-and-point, “Tell you what, just send me whatever address you want, I’m happy to take you wherever you’re going.”
I clicked my mandibles and sent a message over to his datapad.
“Woo, all the way on the second moon, huh?”
“Yes...” I acknowledged, and then added quickly as my wings rapidly fluttered under the chitin, “You... You don’t need to take me. If that’s farther than you thought.”
“Nahhhh, just gonna need to pull out a bit extra for that overtime.”
“Oh!” I put the datapad away quickly, “Oh, please don’t. That’s far too much, really. I’m off the clock, you’re just... Driving me as a friend?” I suggested, my wings fluttering enough I was having to actually focus on the back plates to keep them covered.
“Alright, just no work talk on the way over. You start giving me safety advice and you’re gonna have to bill me.”
“No safety advice, got it.”
“That includes complaining about my driving.”
“Oh!” My antenna pushed forward curiously, “Um, is that something I’m likely to do?”
“Ever flown with a human before, Kalzi?”
“No.”
“Your species prone to motion sickness?”
“No... Were those questions related?”
He snap-pointed again, “No safety talk, remember?”
2024.06.10 03:27 projectilelaunched The weight of being a virgin: anxiety, insecurity and dating. Advice?
As I approach 30 years old (M), I'm increasingly faced with the insecurity of being a kissless virgin. Unfortunately, for whatever reason it just never materialised for me.
I'm now stuck in this vicious feedback cycle, whereby my lack of experience is a limiting factor in my ability to build connections. Dates pick up on this, whether through conversation or my body language in certain contexts and it becomes a problem. Hence, resulting in further inexperience and an entrenched angst towards intimacy.
There is also the sense of insecurity. Obviously, people have had experiences. Some of them alot. So it is difficult to see where I'm able to fit in amongst this. How will I meet their expectations? Will I get rejected for lack of experience? How will I be able to gain experience and know what to do? What happens if/when I perform poorly?
Ideally, it would have been preferable to meet someone in a similar position. Make mistakes together, learn together. But I'd say that is basically an impossibility at my age. I just feel like any relationship will be such a mismatch for me. Any advice would be massively appreciated?
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I'm now stuck in this vicious feedback cycle, whereby my lack of experience is a limiting factor in my ability to build connections. Dates pick up on this, whether through conversation or my body language in certain contexts and it becomes a problem. Hence, resulting in further inexperience and an entrenched angst towards intimacy.
There is also the sense of insecurity. Obviously, people have had experiences. Some of them alot. So it is difficult to see where I'm able to fit in amongst this. How will I meet their expectations? Will I get rejected for lack of experience? How will I be able to gain experience and know what to do? What happens if/when I perform poorly?
Ideally, it would have been preferable to meet someone in a similar position. Make mistakes together, learn together. But I'd say that is basically an impossibility at my age. I just feel like any relationship will be such a mismatch for me. Any advice would be massively appreciated?
2024.06.10 03:26 LakeActual9936 Large unilocular appearing cystic mass while 13 weeks pregnant
Hi, i’m a 22f and i’m 13 weeks pregnant. On my first ultrasound they found a cystic mass measuring up to 17.6 cm. I was sent in for a mri and these are the results.
Impression Large unilocular appearing cystic mass in the anterior abdomen/pelvis centered just to left of the midline, abuts the cephalad aspect of gravid uterus, and appears to be contiguous with the left adnexa although origin is not definitive.
FINDINGS: There is large T2 hyperintense and T1 hypointense lesion which measures 15.1 x 7.1 cm on axial imaging, and measures up to 20.2 cm longitudinally, is centered just to left of the midline, and questionably contiguous with the left adnexa as seen on coronal imaging. This abuts the cephalad aspect of the uterus and the superficial to bowel in the anterior abdomen just deep to the abdominal wall. No definite internal septation, loculation or gross soft tissue component, given limitation of noncontrast exam.
There is gravid uterus with placenta anterior. Amniotic fluid is grossly normal. Fetal pole not well assessed due to technical factors. Neither ovary could be definitively identified. No pelvic free fluid identified. Visualized bowel loops are grossly unremarkable. No gross marrow replacing lesions.
I was told after the mri I would have to wait to see my ob. I got the above results from my chart. Should I be concerned about my results? I don’t see my ob for another month and after googling I have a bad feeling.
For more context ( I don’t know if this is relevant or not) three years ago I stopped taking birth control, I started having severe heavy periods that I never had prior to starting birth control. I went to a gynecologist about 2 years ago but was told I was being over dramatic and there was no way I was bleeding as much as I said because I only weighed 100 pounds. Then a year ago I went to a new gynecologist as I gained about 10 pounds, my stomach had a weird bump to it and my periods got worse. This time the gynecologist also said birth control would be my solution and my stomach looked that way because she said I had to pee.
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Impression Large unilocular appearing cystic mass in the anterior abdomen/pelvis centered just to left of the midline, abuts the cephalad aspect of gravid uterus, and appears to be contiguous with the left adnexa although origin is not definitive.
FINDINGS: There is large T2 hyperintense and T1 hypointense lesion which measures 15.1 x 7.1 cm on axial imaging, and measures up to 20.2 cm longitudinally, is centered just to left of the midline, and questionably contiguous with the left adnexa as seen on coronal imaging. This abuts the cephalad aspect of the uterus and the superficial to bowel in the anterior abdomen just deep to the abdominal wall. No definite internal septation, loculation or gross soft tissue component, given limitation of noncontrast exam.
There is gravid uterus with placenta anterior. Amniotic fluid is grossly normal. Fetal pole not well assessed due to technical factors. Neither ovary could be definitively identified. No pelvic free fluid identified. Visualized bowel loops are grossly unremarkable. No gross marrow replacing lesions.
I was told after the mri I would have to wait to see my ob. I got the above results from my chart. Should I be concerned about my results? I don’t see my ob for another month and after googling I have a bad feeling.
For more context ( I don’t know if this is relevant or not) three years ago I stopped taking birth control, I started having severe heavy periods that I never had prior to starting birth control. I went to a gynecologist about 2 years ago but was told I was being over dramatic and there was no way I was bleeding as much as I said because I only weighed 100 pounds. Then a year ago I went to a new gynecologist as I gained about 10 pounds, my stomach had a weird bump to it and my periods got worse. This time the gynecologist also said birth control would be my solution and my stomach looked that way because she said I had to pee.
2024.06.10 03:26 VaughnDaVision Azoto Azoto No Mi
Devil Fruit: Nitro Nitro Fruit
Type: ParameciaDescription: The Nitro Nitro Fruit is a Paramecia-type Devil Fruit that grants its user the ability to manipulate and control nitrogen, effectively turning them into a Nitrogen Human.
Abilities and Powers:
- Nitrogen Manipulation: The user can control nitrogen molecules, allowing them to manipulate its physical state, concentration, and movement. They can create, shape, and solidify nitrogen for various purposes.
- Nitrogen Generation: The user can generate nitrogen gas from their body or from the surrounding environment. This ability enables them to produce nitrogen gas for offensive, defensive, or utility purposes.
- Nitrogen Solidification: The user can solidify nitrogen into various forms, such as ice or solid nitrogen structures. These solidified nitrogen constructs can be used for creating barriers, weapons, or traps.
- Nitrogen Compression: The user can compress nitrogen gas into highly pressurized forms, creating explosive blasts or powerful shockwaves upon release.
- Nitrogen Depletion: By removing nitrogen from the surrounding environment, the user can create areas with low nitrogen concentration, suffocating opponents or disrupting chemical reactions.
- Nitrogen Immunity: The user is immune to the harmful effects of nitrogen gas, such as suffocation or nitrogen narcosis, allowing them to operate in environments with high nitrogen levels.
Usage Examples:
- Nitrogen Blast: The user releases a concentrated burst of nitrogen gas, creating a powerful explosion that can disorient or incapacitate opponents.
- Nitrogen Shield: The user solidifies nitrogen into a protective barrier, shielding themselves or allies from attacks.
- Nitrogen Weaponry: The user forms weapons, such as blades or projectiles, from solidified nitrogen, which can be used for cutting, piercing, or blunt force attacks.
- Nitrogen Suffocation: The user removes nitrogen from the air in a localized area, creating a vacuum or low-oxygen environment that suffocates opponents.
- Nitrogen Freeze: The user solidifies nitrogen into ice or freezes objects by extracting heat, effectively immobilizing targets or creating obstacles.
Weaknesses:
- Oxygen Dependence: While the user is immune to the effects of nitrogen gas, they still require oxygen for respiration. Manipulating nitrogen in the atmosphere may inadvertently affect oxygen levels, posing a risk to both the user and others.
- Environmental Limitations: The effectiveness of the user's abilities may be influenced by environmental factors such as temperature, pressure, and humidity, which can affect the behavior and properties of nitrogen.
- Energy Consumption: Continuous use of nitrogen manipulation abilities can drain the user's energy and stamina, leading to fatigue in prolonged battles.
- Standard Devil Fruit Weaknesses: Like all Devil Fruit users, the user is vulnerable to the inability to swim and the nullifying effects of Seastone.
- Precision Control: Manipulating nitrogen with precision requires concentration and skill, and mistakes in control or timing could have unintended consequences or collateral damage.
2024.06.10 03:07 daddydevito1321 UPDATE: Land of Egypt, House of Bondage (out on steam and github now)
George W. Christians' Second Southern Revolution for Constitutional States, restore the vision of Souther Sociologist trio of George Fitzhugh-Henry Hughes-J.D.B. De Bow, Universal Slavery and destruction of 'indfidel doctrines' of natural libery and the Constitution, expand the Golden Circle to all of America and parts of Africa, possible split of USA into unique Klan puppets, carry out a very peculiar Confederate revival, and much more [including the updated Constitutional States military tree]
Egyptian Election Tree from socdem to pataut, possibility to declare a republic after winning the Desert War, expanded how much you can expand as Egypt, and much more
Various Improvements for Texas, new military tree, unique American Oil States releasable puppets for Texaco, new dem election candidates, and much more
fixed Austria being able to give up Galician states it does not own in the treaty with Russia
added Prince Edward Island and Cape Breton Island as states in Canada
anyone that restores Soviet Russia and is not Russia proper gets access to integration options for former Empire lands etc
fix for bugged bypass for socdem CSA trees for first presidents
improvements to state annexation releases around Siberia
added event for Canada to get Francis 'Peggy' Pegahmagabow and J.R. Stacey as possible generals for Canada
fixed Russia civil war game rule not working
added Paul Carbone as custom French puppet for any Mafia path
fixed socdem Haiti not being able to do the decisions for liberating and uniting Carib if they joined 3I
Ukraine's King's Coalition tree does not disappear if you elect Doroshenko in 2nd term
MAF loses the colonial nation natspirit if it becomes Germany in Exile
peaceout over East Indies now also removes Netherlands from being at war with you if they weren't in any faction yet
fix for Argentina decisions to forcefully join other nations into their alliance after defeating Brazil not firing events
added William J. 'Wild Bill' Donovan as possible Pershing successor and also starting general for New England
fix for a check in Nationalists dissolving Kingdom of Canada event
puppet released Crimea no longer has wrong pathing for portraits
Harlem Totalists cannot do FDR Jr. focus anymore, Bumpy Johnson cannot do 4 normal Mafia focuses
integrated puppets no longer change their status if at war, resulting in removal of troops and occupation from their land
Selling guns to Reichspakt as MAF no longer locks you out of all decisions in that category
hopefully fixed undeletable militias in russian civil war
fix for missing Lebanon coring/war goal in specific cases for Afghanistan
creating Scandinavia/Nordic Federation no longer makes Iceland puppet it if it's a puppet of Denmark
added Ian Fleming as spy for Canada
replaced Raymond Aron in Madagascar with Abraham Schrameck, also added event for him to become puppet of NFA which ai Madagascar if player is NFA will always do
N.S. Derzhavin is now the leader of the Bulgarist path
Kamenev choosing Left SRs to lead the united gov grants you an eco minister properly again
updated game rules for AUS to account for existence of Pendergast, Marland and Pappy
fix for Somalia keeping Siad Barre natspirits after him being removed
added Donald Wandrei as eco minister for Derleth, Roy Disney as eco minister for pataut Disney, and Byambyn Rinchen as hog for marlib Mongolia
getting Soviet Russia as Left Eurasia now skips the civil war military focuses just like peaceful revolutions do
fixed Black Nat NYC not getting cores on Jabal territories in their expansion event
Socialist Russia army ideas do not carry over to other Russias if Soviets did them before being defeated
fix for Wales being able to switch ideologies as puppet under some weird circumstances
releasing Italy as puppet owning all of the peninsula no longer leads to it releasing starting italian tags
Normandy gets properly annexed into Paneuropa in the event for Germany if it exists
Bukovina in its release event is given to Moldova instead of Romania-Wallachia if the former exists as your puppet
fixed dynamic pm portraits [such as starting O'Duffy or Halloween ones] not showing up in diplo view unless you clicked the gui button
fix for Poland not getting Galicia if Austria agreed to sell it after it already federalized
fix for ITA or SRI releasing some places they should keep to core if you gave them to them
Malta doesn't get knights tree unlocked somehow in niche cases if they didn't go for knights
shared BrowdeFoster People's Commissars focus now improves the CIA natspirit you get before
buffed Commune of France, gave new election options like Missak Manouchian, Marcel Cachin, Joseph Paul-Boncouror May Picqueray, allowed socdems to be electable, made Louis Niel starting leader, added later game elections with more unique candidates, added option for Gamelin to restore elections
added Hans Albert von Lettow-Vorbeck as starting general for MAF
Hollywood syndie investigation flavour no longer fires for NE if you are socialist
fix for Ukraine's Czernin agreement having game rules switched in terms of ai behaviour for pro-austria/germany
changed Schleicher to be fm instead of gen, added new trait and bio for Wilhelm II, updated some general bios, added traits for generals being part of Bavarian Army or Schleicher Clique
if Song Zheyuan backed your pro-Manchu coup now Puyi switches to neo-confucianism subideo after it happens
added event for non-radsoc/non-Thorez or Cachin ruled COF to annex puppeted Algeria and core it. You can also create a custom puppet under Albert Camus, Marcel Edmond Naegelen or Belkacem Radjef
added subideos to Estonia and Switzerland
added Lothrop Stoddard to NE game rules
fix for Zimbabwe/South Rhodesia possibly not being releasable in annexation event
Canada also leaves the shared entente research thing after going its own way post-liberation
Lithuanian authdems get natcon subideo now
fix for MAF centralization of particular constituents decisions not being able to be finished
made it so picking Amanullah to use the title king in the flavour event changes the leader gui switcher title
Russian ai should be better at actually passing laws in Duma/Senate
integrated the kr4 unit limit system, taking into consideration population size and factories
possible fix for West Ukraine revolt effects not going away if it fails/is prevented [as in return of Galician cores or dmz removal]
fix for wrong focus specified in Ecuadro's Gran Colombia decisions
decisions to demand Karelia/attack Finland go away after you already won and signed Treaty of Petrograd
buffed Congo Free State's economic tree
Dehousse as post-Degrelle successor now gets soclibs in coalition
added some missing states to Georgia's Transcaucasia coring decisions
fixes for MAF collapsing when it should
fix for independent Galicia joining Poland not giving it cores on all of its states
fix for Karelia demanding Finnish Karelia from Finland
nations that happen to be in Russia's faction that switched to SocRus peacefully do not merge into 3I if Russia picked that option
Black Repatriation for COR dealing with Liberia no longer removes population from Romanian and Hungarian states
fixed requirements for the last Karaite Crimea focus
fix for Japan losing all cores when winning the war against Transamur together with Buryatia
American Nicaragua no longer loses cores on two Nicaragua states, meaning unified CA does not lack them if it conquered AmNic
Capone CSA doesn't lack cores in conquest events on Newfoundland if it exists
buffs for Venice tree
clarified the focus about Revolutionar Isle for Sorelians, since Sorel was for decentralization not cent
banished Royalist Romania tag into the void
switched the leader of Right Reformgruppe until you get the Kaiser from Paul von Lettow-Vorbeck to his nephew Hans Albert, since Paul will be more needed in German service
slightly expanded the 'Our Finest Hour' flavour news event
fix for Rudolf Waden coup not working correctly in Finland
Rehabilitating Bashkimi as Llzar Fundo adds socdems to coalition, getting Fan Noli as leader changes party name for radsocs to Bashkimi
fix for Poland faction invites being sent to non-socialist countries when Poland is socialist
releasing independent Kokand as socialist Russia no longer does stuff with Abkhazia
added more coring options for Yucatan and also game rules for its paths
fix for Garibaldi elections not repeating after end of term
Added coalitions to Alvarado Yucatan
made it so later Irish elections are not mutually exclusive, so you can get other trees unlocked if you elect someone else in 1947
added Mbeya as vp in German East Africa
fixed positions of MAF divisions
when you devolve Britain as radsocs you get Fenner Brockway as leader in England, no longer having double Y Glais in Wales and England
uniting America as Led Sedov's Alaska now gets you the Soviet World cosmetic tag
fix for Finland 1940 election natpops getting Kosola but keeping kingdom cosmetic with no king
Georgia cannot get a monarch in charge after getting puppeted by someone else than Germany, for example Russia
fixed Povstanarmia natspirit for Ukraine in terms of max org factor
electing Solidarists after Denikin restoring democracy no longer locks you out of doing their 2nd term tree
VNS gets proper coalitions now between its soccon/authdem wings
fixes to Duma working in Russia, esp for Kadets
Malawi annextion event properly releases the tag
added vp pics to remaining ones lacking them in France, Britain, Switzerland, Netherlands and Belgium
fix for Anarchist Belarus not being able to get rid of illiteracy or weak national identity
switching to marlib as Remnant New England now gives patauts into a coalition
the Bulgarist dude no longer comes to power in a dem party slot before taking over as natpop
updated party roster and puppeting as republic leader roster for Egypt
devolving Wales and Scotland no longer gives them 100% radsoc support
replaced Harry Pollitt with Jeffrey Hamm as totalist leader of Wales
extended the cores Dan Seavey CSA gets on Barbary Coast in the expansion event
added Grand Rapids and Traverse City as vps
non-natpop Brazil's event to form united South America now fires from Argentina annexation event options, so you can do it and get cores on them by also occupying Argies nwo
some minor fixes for Bolivia and subideology filling in
slight buffs to Portugal
slight buffs to Belgium/Flanders-Wallonia
added peaceout event for anyone that occupied NYC that's in a faction
fix for non-monarchist Russia releasing governorate Pribaltika
marlibs are added to coalition when switching to authdem/pataut as AOG
changed Vacłaŭ Łastoŭski from savinkovism to natpop agrarianism
fix for not being able to deny sending guns to Patagonia when they ask for them
fixed Liberia's leader gui being visible after puppeting by ideologies it shouldn't display for
added an event to release a custom Indochina puppet for NFA under Jean Decoux
fixed early Weltkrieg over Wallonian independence and 3I
finally fixed democratic Central American puppets unifying into independent CA and leaving your overlordship
made it so if Afghanistan is British dominion it also gets annexed in the peaceout for Delhi
added portrait picker for Bucard
made Sikkim elections repeatable
KDP dissolving into 3 when not in power doesn't rename soclib PSR under Kerensky
buffed non-Socialist non-Ungern trees in Mongolia to be comparable in strength to Socialists, also buffed the shared non-Ungern military tree
added burkhanism/ak jang flavour events for Ja Lama
fix for NSP going down with NEP not unlocking 5 year plan properly
fixes to Russian later elections
Ukraine no longer joins 3I before the German intervention against socialists is resolved, meaning early wk2 no longer happens from it
army spirit affecting normal cavalry now also affects camels and irregular cav
added Robert M. Danford as field marshal for New York
slight fixes to balkanized America puppeting
added an event for Germany that has Hawaii and GEA as puppets to possibly transfer every island west of Honolulu to GEA
fixed New Moon's Alaska joining 3I
LKMT can do Imperialism Crushed Forevermore if the nations they liberated are also socdem instead of just socialist gov
soclib Belarus can do the army tree now
Austrian focuses about inviting Greece, Albania and Bulgaria to faction are now locked to after Fourth Balkan War
added more vps to Southwest Africa
fixed Iroqouis and Wabanaki not being released when playing Towner Alaska
added the USA fp tree as an unlockable shared tree to non-major American tags that unified the States
fixed BBR elections not happening after the first one
fixed Transamur elections not repeating
fixes for subideology setting on president/pm changes in Russia
Transamur that joined anti-Bolshevik forces during 2nd RCW will leave them if they go NRA
marlib Germany is not locked out of doing the christian trade unions
fixed Britain being able to do the focus to get rid of post-WK2 natspirit without having it
added Franz von Roques as general for Germany
added ability for Canada to just directly annex Iceland after winning Cod War
decisions for PLC Beck to annex Bohemia and Slovakia puppet/faction member like for Hungary and Finland
added a check for Dutch East Indies being in the same faction as Germany to the GEA peace out, so if you do it you also get Indies
expanded the cores soccon Ottomans can get from their Pan-Islam event
added subideo picker to Makhno path and made him gui leader to Black Guard council
added extra ideas for CathAus focuses about reconstruction
fix for Ukraine's Kyiv Conference crashing the game
Semyonov no longer fights himself in Buryatia and Transamur at the same time
Transamur no longer has bugged out lack of access to coring occupation type
Middle Sea Fleet now goes to Germany in case that Crete is sold to Greece/Ottomans
fix for Canada not being able to switch conscription law if Bill C-7 failed
added Al Smith, William O'Dwyer and Frank Costello as possible Tammany Hall puppet mayor leaders, changed De Valera mayor to be a unique event that fires if you picked Olvany, O'Dwyer or Walker
added an event for Remi to switch to soccon and POB to switch to soclib under Georges Truffaut in post-Rexist elections, Remi can also restore the monarchy if Degrelle abolished it and gets unique ones depending of how much of Netherlands/France he owns
added a flavour event about Benny Benson to Alaska
fixed Napoleonic France flag picker decision not firing an event if you did it once already
added Bernarr Macfadden as an alternative successor to Bodin, with 2 unique flavour events with one of them possible to also get in FDR Jr. path
improved the cores you get for Darnand's anti-Pope Italy conquest stuff
fix for MAF tree building naval factory in one focus in-land
allowed syndies, radsoc and dem Mexico to do the Rightful Place focus in fp tree
made Rocque Garza natpop militant atheist in Mexico, updated subideos for Trump, La Guardia and Welles in NYC, made Nock start out as authlib in NE Remnants path
added unique subideology British Maximism for Mosley and Panchayat System for Prince Mahendra of Nepal
Hoahao Vietnam can crown Cuong De as Emperor if they didn't allow Ba Cut to take over
added George E. Deatherage as leader switcher hog for Moseley COR
Johnston Murray, Bill's son, added to list of possible successors of Alfalfa Bill Murray
H.G. Wells got a flavour event for Clem Imperial/Global Fed Britain path, where he can become foreign minsiter or head of state with Clem as hog, both of them in case of forming global fed event get socdem liberal interventionism
fixed for German response against NatDems taking over Poland
tweaked state-holder elections in MAF so the player can never get overruled by ai Germany appointing Asmis
added ability for Moseley COR to release Juan Almazan, his friend, in charge of Mexico in annexation event
buffed the Encourage Integration focus in USA/PSA tree
Jean Mermoz stays as leader gui pm after choosing Rocque's successor
made the late game about Futurians and possible David Lasser as leader also fire for Welles NYC now
new flavour event about Dudley Field Malone for Welles, Steinbeck and FDR Jr. NYC, with the first two also being able to make him leader with Rose Schneiderman as hog
added successors event to La Guardia, with Robert Moses with authoritarian liberalism, Julius Henry 'Groucho' Marx with humanistic capitalism and his brothers as ministers, Vincent Impellitteri with longism, Thomas Dewey with centrism, Kermit Roosevelt with jeffersonianism and Wendell Willkie with liberal internationalism. Also fixed Little Flower event for La Guardia not firing
fix for non-natpop dem paths in France being able to do Great Peace of Montreal if AF got elected
added two flavour events for Constitutional States about Coca-Cola, either keep it to yourself or allow other Americans to have it
fixed Congo not being able to get rid of their collapse debuff if they didn't finish the collapse army tree before cw finished
made UMHK marlib and soclib wings coalition when elected
added Haida Gwaii as a state
added a flavour event about the creation of 'Dixiewood'
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Egyptian Election Tree from socdem to pataut, possibility to declare a republic after winning the Desert War, expanded how much you can expand as Egypt, and much more
Various Improvements for Texas, new military tree, unique American Oil States releasable puppets for Texaco, new dem election candidates, and much more
fixed Austria being able to give up Galician states it does not own in the treaty with Russia
added Prince Edward Island and Cape Breton Island as states in Canada
anyone that restores Soviet Russia and is not Russia proper gets access to integration options for former Empire lands etc
fix for bugged bypass for socdem CSA trees for first presidents
improvements to state annexation releases around Siberia
added event for Canada to get Francis 'Peggy' Pegahmagabow and J.R. Stacey as possible generals for Canada
fixed Russia civil war game rule not working
added Paul Carbone as custom French puppet for any Mafia path
fixed socdem Haiti not being able to do the decisions for liberating and uniting Carib if they joined 3I
Ukraine's King's Coalition tree does not disappear if you elect Doroshenko in 2nd term
MAF loses the colonial nation natspirit if it becomes Germany in Exile
peaceout over East Indies now also removes Netherlands from being at war with you if they weren't in any faction yet
fix for Argentina decisions to forcefully join other nations into their alliance after defeating Brazil not firing events
added William J. 'Wild Bill' Donovan as possible Pershing successor and also starting general for New England
fix for a check in Nationalists dissolving Kingdom of Canada event
puppet released Crimea no longer has wrong pathing for portraits
Harlem Totalists cannot do FDR Jr. focus anymore, Bumpy Johnson cannot do 4 normal Mafia focuses
integrated puppets no longer change their status if at war, resulting in removal of troops and occupation from their land
Selling guns to Reichspakt as MAF no longer locks you out of all decisions in that category
hopefully fixed undeletable militias in russian civil war
fix for missing Lebanon coring/war goal in specific cases for Afghanistan
creating Scandinavia/Nordic Federation no longer makes Iceland puppet it if it's a puppet of Denmark
added Ian Fleming as spy for Canada
replaced Raymond Aron in Madagascar with Abraham Schrameck, also added event for him to become puppet of NFA which ai Madagascar if player is NFA will always do
N.S. Derzhavin is now the leader of the Bulgarist path
Kamenev choosing Left SRs to lead the united gov grants you an eco minister properly again
updated game rules for AUS to account for existence of Pendergast, Marland and Pappy
fix for Somalia keeping Siad Barre natspirits after him being removed
added Donald Wandrei as eco minister for Derleth, Roy Disney as eco minister for pataut Disney, and Byambyn Rinchen as hog for marlib Mongolia
getting Soviet Russia as Left Eurasia now skips the civil war military focuses just like peaceful revolutions do
fixed Black Nat NYC not getting cores on Jabal territories in their expansion event
Socialist Russia army ideas do not carry over to other Russias if Soviets did them before being defeated
fix for Wales being able to switch ideologies as puppet under some weird circumstances
releasing Italy as puppet owning all of the peninsula no longer leads to it releasing starting italian tags
Normandy gets properly annexed into Paneuropa in the event for Germany if it exists
Bukovina in its release event is given to Moldova instead of Romania-Wallachia if the former exists as your puppet
fixed dynamic pm portraits [such as starting O'Duffy or Halloween ones] not showing up in diplo view unless you clicked the gui button
fix for Poland not getting Galicia if Austria agreed to sell it after it already federalized
fix for ITA or SRI releasing some places they should keep to core if you gave them to them
Malta doesn't get knights tree unlocked somehow in niche cases if they didn't go for knights
shared BrowdeFoster People's Commissars focus now improves the CIA natspirit you get before
buffed Commune of France, gave new election options like Missak Manouchian, Marcel Cachin, Joseph Paul-Boncouror May Picqueray, allowed socdems to be electable, made Louis Niel starting leader, added later game elections with more unique candidates, added option for Gamelin to restore elections
added Hans Albert von Lettow-Vorbeck as starting general for MAF
Hollywood syndie investigation flavour no longer fires for NE if you are socialist
fix for Ukraine's Czernin agreement having game rules switched in terms of ai behaviour for pro-austria/germany
changed Schleicher to be fm instead of gen, added new trait and bio for Wilhelm II, updated some general bios, added traits for generals being part of Bavarian Army or Schleicher Clique
if Song Zheyuan backed your pro-Manchu coup now Puyi switches to neo-confucianism subideo after it happens
added event for non-radsoc/non-Thorez or Cachin ruled COF to annex puppeted Algeria and core it. You can also create a custom puppet under Albert Camus, Marcel Edmond Naegelen or Belkacem Radjef
added subideos to Estonia and Switzerland
added Lothrop Stoddard to NE game rules
fix for Zimbabwe/South Rhodesia possibly not being releasable in annexation event
Canada also leaves the shared entente research thing after going its own way post-liberation
Lithuanian authdems get natcon subideo now
fix for MAF centralization of particular constituents decisions not being able to be finished
made it so picking Amanullah to use the title king in the flavour event changes the leader gui switcher title
Russian ai should be better at actually passing laws in Duma/Senate
integrated the kr4 unit limit system, taking into consideration population size and factories
possible fix for West Ukraine revolt effects not going away if it fails/is prevented [as in return of Galician cores or dmz removal]
fix for wrong focus specified in Ecuadro's Gran Colombia decisions
decisions to demand Karelia/attack Finland go away after you already won and signed Treaty of Petrograd
buffed Congo Free State's economic tree
Dehousse as post-Degrelle successor now gets soclibs in coalition
added some missing states to Georgia's Transcaucasia coring decisions
fixes for MAF collapsing when it should
fix for independent Galicia joining Poland not giving it cores on all of its states
fix for Karelia demanding Finnish Karelia from Finland
nations that happen to be in Russia's faction that switched to SocRus peacefully do not merge into 3I if Russia picked that option
Black Repatriation for COR dealing with Liberia no longer removes population from Romanian and Hungarian states
fixed requirements for the last Karaite Crimea focus
fix for Japan losing all cores when winning the war against Transamur together with Buryatia
American Nicaragua no longer loses cores on two Nicaragua states, meaning unified CA does not lack them if it conquered AmNic
Capone CSA doesn't lack cores in conquest events on Newfoundland if it exists
buffs for Venice tree
clarified the focus about Revolutionar Isle for Sorelians, since Sorel was for decentralization not cent
banished Royalist Romania tag into the void
switched the leader of Right Reformgruppe until you get the Kaiser from Paul von Lettow-Vorbeck to his nephew Hans Albert, since Paul will be more needed in German service
slightly expanded the 'Our Finest Hour' flavour news event
fix for Rudolf Waden coup not working correctly in Finland
Rehabilitating Bashkimi as Llzar Fundo adds socdems to coalition, getting Fan Noli as leader changes party name for radsocs to Bashkimi
fix for Poland faction invites being sent to non-socialist countries when Poland is socialist
releasing independent Kokand as socialist Russia no longer does stuff with Abkhazia
added more coring options for Yucatan and also game rules for its paths
fix for Garibaldi elections not repeating after end of term
Added coalitions to Alvarado Yucatan
made it so later Irish elections are not mutually exclusive, so you can get other trees unlocked if you elect someone else in 1947
added Mbeya as vp in German East Africa
fixed positions of MAF divisions
when you devolve Britain as radsocs you get Fenner Brockway as leader in England, no longer having double Y Glais in Wales and England
uniting America as Led Sedov's Alaska now gets you the Soviet World cosmetic tag
fix for Finland 1940 election natpops getting Kosola but keeping kingdom cosmetic with no king
Georgia cannot get a monarch in charge after getting puppeted by someone else than Germany, for example Russia
fixed Povstanarmia natspirit for Ukraine in terms of max org factor
electing Solidarists after Denikin restoring democracy no longer locks you out of doing their 2nd term tree
VNS gets proper coalitions now between its soccon/authdem wings
fixes to Duma working in Russia, esp for Kadets
Malawi annextion event properly releases the tag
added vp pics to remaining ones lacking them in France, Britain, Switzerland, Netherlands and Belgium
fix for Anarchist Belarus not being able to get rid of illiteracy or weak national identity
switching to marlib as Remnant New England now gives patauts into a coalition
the Bulgarist dude no longer comes to power in a dem party slot before taking over as natpop
updated party roster and puppeting as republic leader roster for Egypt
devolving Wales and Scotland no longer gives them 100% radsoc support
replaced Harry Pollitt with Jeffrey Hamm as totalist leader of Wales
extended the cores Dan Seavey CSA gets on Barbary Coast in the expansion event
added Grand Rapids and Traverse City as vps
non-natpop Brazil's event to form united South America now fires from Argentina annexation event options, so you can do it and get cores on them by also occupying Argies nwo
some minor fixes for Bolivia and subideology filling in
slight buffs to Portugal
slight buffs to Belgium/Flanders-Wallonia
added peaceout event for anyone that occupied NYC that's in a faction
fix for non-monarchist Russia releasing governorate Pribaltika
marlibs are added to coalition when switching to authdem/pataut as AOG
changed Vacłaŭ Łastoŭski from savinkovism to natpop agrarianism
fix for not being able to deny sending guns to Patagonia when they ask for them
fixed Liberia's leader gui being visible after puppeting by ideologies it shouldn't display for
added an event to release a custom Indochina puppet for NFA under Jean Decoux
fixed early Weltkrieg over Wallonian independence and 3I
finally fixed democratic Central American puppets unifying into independent CA and leaving your overlordship
made it so if Afghanistan is British dominion it also gets annexed in the peaceout for Delhi
added portrait picker for Bucard
made Sikkim elections repeatable
KDP dissolving into 3 when not in power doesn't rename soclib PSR under Kerensky
buffed non-Socialist non-Ungern trees in Mongolia to be comparable in strength to Socialists, also buffed the shared non-Ungern military tree
added burkhanism/ak jang flavour events for Ja Lama
fix for NSP going down with NEP not unlocking 5 year plan properly
fixes to Russian later elections
Ukraine no longer joins 3I before the German intervention against socialists is resolved, meaning early wk2 no longer happens from it
army spirit affecting normal cavalry now also affects camels and irregular cav
added Robert M. Danford as field marshal for New York
slight fixes to balkanized America puppeting
added an event for Germany that has Hawaii and GEA as puppets to possibly transfer every island west of Honolulu to GEA
fixed New Moon's Alaska joining 3I
LKMT can do Imperialism Crushed Forevermore if the nations they liberated are also socdem instead of just socialist gov
soclib Belarus can do the army tree now
Austrian focuses about inviting Greece, Albania and Bulgaria to faction are now locked to after Fourth Balkan War
added more vps to Southwest Africa
fixed Iroqouis and Wabanaki not being released when playing Towner Alaska
added the USA fp tree as an unlockable shared tree to non-major American tags that unified the States
fixed BBR elections not happening after the first one
fixed Transamur elections not repeating
fixes for subideology setting on president/pm changes in Russia
Transamur that joined anti-Bolshevik forces during 2nd RCW will leave them if they go NRA
marlib Germany is not locked out of doing the christian trade unions
fixed Britain being able to do the focus to get rid of post-WK2 natspirit without having it
added Franz von Roques as general for Germany
added ability for Canada to just directly annex Iceland after winning Cod War
decisions for PLC Beck to annex Bohemia and Slovakia puppet/faction member like for Hungary and Finland
added a check for Dutch East Indies being in the same faction as Germany to the GEA peace out, so if you do it you also get Indies
expanded the cores soccon Ottomans can get from their Pan-Islam event
added subideo picker to Makhno path and made him gui leader to Black Guard council
added extra ideas for CathAus focuses about reconstruction
fix for Ukraine's Kyiv Conference crashing the game
Semyonov no longer fights himself in Buryatia and Transamur at the same time
Transamur no longer has bugged out lack of access to coring occupation type
Middle Sea Fleet now goes to Germany in case that Crete is sold to Greece/Ottomans
fix for Canada not being able to switch conscription law if Bill C-7 failed
added Al Smith, William O'Dwyer and Frank Costello as possible Tammany Hall puppet mayor leaders, changed De Valera mayor to be a unique event that fires if you picked Olvany, O'Dwyer or Walker
added an event for Remi to switch to soccon and POB to switch to soclib under Georges Truffaut in post-Rexist elections, Remi can also restore the monarchy if Degrelle abolished it and gets unique ones depending of how much of Netherlands/France he owns
added a flavour event about Benny Benson to Alaska
fixed Napoleonic France flag picker decision not firing an event if you did it once already
added Bernarr Macfadden as an alternative successor to Bodin, with 2 unique flavour events with one of them possible to also get in FDR Jr. path
improved the cores you get for Darnand's anti-Pope Italy conquest stuff
fix for MAF tree building naval factory in one focus in-land
allowed syndies, radsoc and dem Mexico to do the Rightful Place focus in fp tree
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2024.06.10 03:02 maxdefolsch [Monogatari Short Stories] Hitagi Throwing
Hi ! This is one more post of a series whose aim is to share the Monogatari short stories that hadn't been translated into English yet. Except that one already was. Whatever.
Short stories masterpost here, updated regularly to show our progress with the translations.
Today is a re-translation of Hitagi Throwing (by Tigoris), a rather long short story, published in the Heroine Book #5: Senjougahara Hitagi. This one is among the most interesting short stories : it is about Suruga remembering her first meeting with Hitagi at the age of 12.
Once again, the previous translation was very old, and I wanted to make sure we had a better version for the short stories book.
As someone who has been devoted to Senjougahara Hitagi for some years now, it feels like a betrayal of some kind to say something like this, but when I first met her as a first-year in middle school, the impression that I had of her was not exactly a positive one.
To be more specific, one might say that it was a negative impression.
I thought, “Just who is this girl?”
If it’s okay to be a bit more informal, then my more exact thought was, “This girl’s bad news.” Now, I’d like you to cut me some slack here, because at the time I had only just graduated from elementary school, and I was, in appearance, personality, ability, and intellect, a brat of a meager 12 years of age.
However, I will also firmly say that Senjougahara-senpai was not entirely without fault of her own; in fact, let me emphasize that she was not without fault. After all, when she—the track-and-field club’s very own ace—came storming into the gym during basketball practice, it seemed like the start of a raid, and all of the basketball club members flinched. And she didn’t come alone. She brought along a large group of her followers, which was not limited to other track-and-field members and included students from not only the second- and third-year students, but there were even some first-year students mixed in. To an observer, it looked as if a feudal lord had descended upon the gymnasium along with his full retinue of retainers.
To put it another way, it’s like when Mitchi showed up in Slam Dunk.
She was smiling softly and had a gentle manner, but that only made her all the more intimidating, in part because her cronies had an unusual air about them.
“You’re Kanbaru-san, then? I’ve heard rumors that you’re quick on your feet—if it’s no bother, may I observe you?”
What is she, a noble lady?
That was what I wanted to say, but back then Senjougahara-senpai was like that—she was like a character taken straight from a shoujo novel.
It put a shiver down my spine to discover that this person really existed. And allow me to clarify that when I say “a shiver down my spine,” I don’t mean it in the good way—looking back on it now, it might be more accurate to say that I recoiled with shock.
I had an instinctive feeling that her request was strange.
And so was she.
To put it simply, that just about sums up my first impression of her—of course, Senjougahara-senpai was famous, so after I had enrolled in the school and even before I joined the basketball club, I had already heard her name a number of times.
She and Hanekawa-senpai were the two poster children for my school—to the point that we were told (by a teacher during the entrance ceremony) not to cross “those two” if we wanted to make it in the school (at the time I didn’t know which two the teacher was talking about, but, in retrospect, the warning was largely accurate).
However, as you know, I was a twelve-year-old who had, for various reasons, a rather extraordinary obsession with running fast—but because of those same reasons, I was unable to join the track and field club. Nevertheless, I took an interest in the ace of the track and field club, Senjougahara-senpai, and went to observe her running during that April, even though I had not become a trial member of the team.
I didn’t realize that it was possible for a person to run so beautifully.
It took my breath away.
My running form was not something that I had received coaching for—even now, I have not received any education in sprinting, so my running form is self-taught. Being self-taught is not a bad thing; it’s a perfectly acceptable running style, and I never had a complex about how I ran, but when I saw Senjougahara-senpai run on that day, the beauty of her form stood in stark contrast to the frantic flailing of my own form.
She displayed the final form of human running.
She was the idealized runner.
But I could not attempt to copy her—she was not like me, and I was not like her.
I was painfully aware of our differences.
I also remember thinking that the track uniforms were erotic, but that’s neither here nor there. I’d had no intention of joining the track club, as I said before, but after seeing her run, whatever lingering regrets I had were gone.
It blew me away.
To look at it another way, it was seeing Senjougahara-senpai run that day that made me into the basketball player that I am today—it was easy to forget what had caused me to become so passionately devoted to basketball, but I’ll save that discussion of “you never know what event will become a turning point in your life” for another time.
You could say that I’m not really a shy person, but when it came to Senjougahara-senpai, I made it my policy to actively avoid coming in contact with her, so for her to seek me out on her own was so surprising as to strike me dumb. Add in her whole “storybook princess” demeanor, and I turned into a stuttering, stumbling idiot—so, suffice to say, on the day that Senjougahara-senpai (and her retinue) observed my basketball practice, I was not exactly doing my best.
“May we speak, Kanbaru-san?”
After practice, Senjougahara-senpai approached me—and while I didn’t exactly feel enticed by her invitation, my heart skipped a beat regardless.
Looking at her up close, it was hard to believe that a girl with such mature features was only a year older than myself.
“You’re as fast as the rumors say—so how about it? Do you have any interest in transferring to the track club? Why not spend your youth in friendly competition with me?”
… She was an impressively bold headhunter. By the way, the basketball team captain (a third-year) was also there at the time as Senjougahara-senpai (a second-year) tried to steal me from the team, but the captain acted as if it were none of her business and didn’t interrupt.
Just what were you hoping to find by examining the ball that closely, captain?
You can turn it over as many times as you want; you’re not going to find a hole.
I was disappointed in the team captain, but setting that aside, I was happy to receive the invitation—no matter the situation or the way that it was said, I would always be happy to receive praise for the legs that I was so proud of. It made my heart dance to be acknowledged.
That simplicity still has not changed.
I’ve always been an idiot when it came to this.
That said, it still didn’t mean that I was so stupid as to blindly be scouted just because someone praised me. I’m an idiot who can think. So I politely, but firmly, declined her invitation while trying to hint that she had been a bit rude, but without being so blatant as to damage her reputation or be rude myself.
“Better luck next time.”
Huh?
What is this memory?
Who is this cheeky little brat? Oh, it’s me.
Was I at the age where I reacted to authority with petulance? Or was I afraid that if I didn’t reject her firmly, she would wear away my resolve and convince me to join the track club? Either way, maybe that wasn’t the exact phrasing that I used (I would like to think so), but, even if so, I still rejected Senjougahara-senpai in a rude way.
“Oh my. You’re quite spirited, aren’t you? I’m becoming even more interested in you.”
Senjougahara-senpai replied in a cool and composed tone (looking back on it now, I can’t help but think, “Who the hell are you?”), but the retinue of club members assembled behind her looked to be trying to use their eyes to stab me through.
Oh man, I’m so dead.
The crowd of cronies looked ready to get physical with me, but Senjougahara-senpai smiled and held a hand out to stop them without looking, then said, “It’s okay. I like nothing more than to tame cute girls like this.”
Seriously, who the hell are you?
Perhaps my imagination is adding to the memory a bit, so maybe my memory of middle school second-year Senjougahara-senpai isn’t perfectly accurate, but the big picture of us having a stressful, if brief, interview as our first contact is certainly true.
“Have a pleasant day.”
And with those parting words, Senjougahara-senpai left.
Even in the face of my unfavorable and downright rude response, she remained elegant. She carried on that noble air from start to finish, and while those events did hurt me, I thought that it was for the best.
Even if I had to be rude to do it, it would be better to firmly reject her than to reply so mildly that she continued to hold out hopes for me—of course, having rejected one of the famous girls of the school, I suspected that I may have set myself up to have a difficult life as a middle school girl, but, well, even if I had tried to stay in her good favor, I would likely have bungled that too.
Come if you’re going to come; I’ll take you on.
That was the stance that I mentally took, and I was not disappointed.
But the one who came to find me in the gym the next day was not one or more of Senjougahara-senpai’s retinue come to put me in my place, but instead it was Senjougahara-senpai herself—without anyone else, just herself.
“Hello everyone. We are blessed with lovely weather today, aren’t we? May I observe your practice once again?”
The older girls in the basketball club began to murmur to each other—it sounded different from the reaction from the previous day, and I later learned that it was because Senjougahara-senpai very rarely went anywhere unaccompanied.
She didn’t choose to have people follow her around, but instead, it was more that she was the kind of person that people naturally gravitated to and followed—which meant that the only way she could arrive in the gym without at least a small group of followers was for her to have told them to leave her alone.
Why?
I told her “better luck next time,” so did she actually think that she should try again and hopefully have better luck on the second attempt? And she decided that coming on her own might be the factor that would convince me?
Several of the basketball team members volunteered to make Senjougahara-senpai more comfortable, and so she sat off to the side in a comfortable chair, partaking in the snacks she had been provided while watching us practice with a smile. Or rather, she watched me practice. I couldn’t read anything from her body language.
I had been welcomed into the basketball club with a good bit of fanfare because of my speed, so it wasn’t as if I had never been observed while playing before, but there was something about being watched so intensely that made it difficult to play. On that day, I missed an unusually high percentage of shots and even made a lot of simple mistakes with dribbling—the only thing that kept me from outright failing was the speed of my legs. But seeing as Senjougahara-senpai was there to see how fast I could be, she must have been happy with the display.
“Kanbaru-san. Have you reconsidered your response to my invitation?”
“No, I’m not having second thoughts…”
I didn’t go so far as to say I hadn’t thought about it at all.
It was difficult to be rude to someone who showed up two days in a row to express interest in you.
“Hm. Then how about this? You and I shall have a 100-meter race, and if I win, then you will transfer into the track club. Don’t you think it’s a wonderful idea?”
“… So if you lose, then you’ll join the basketball team?”
“Eh?”
She tilted her head in confusion.
No, don’t you “Eh?” me.
There’s no way that you don’t understand.
“No, I will not be doing that.”
She firmly rejected the idea.
“But it would mean that I will no longer come to the gym every day without fail.”
“You intend to come every day…”
I told her no.
I’m pretty sure that I tried to be less rude than the day before.
“Oh.”
Senjougahara-senpai seemed genuinely surprised by the response.
“How strange. Was I wrong about you?”
“About what?”
“Someone like you would be unable to back down when presented with a challenge.”
“…”
That assumption of hers—was correct.
But, even if that were the case, I couldn’t allow myself to race against anyone. Of course, if I accepted the challenge and won, then the whole issue would be settled. But if I were to lose… I didn’t want to think about what would happen.
Also, there was the question of whether Senjougahara-senpai would actually back down if I won against her in the race—so it would be all risk with no reward.
“No thanks.”
She simply said that she understood.
I fell silent, and Senjougahara-senpai left—but before she departed the gym, she cleaned up the snack wrappers and put away the chair that she had used while observing our practice. She did seem to have had a good upbringing.
I was happy if she understood that she wouldn’t be able to convince me to join her club, but, thinking about it more, Senjougahara-senpai hadn’t said what it was that she understood. The true meaning of her words was a mystery.
And the next day, that mystery was solved.
For the third time, Senjougahara Hitagi arrived in the gymnasium during the basketball team’s practice. But unlike the first and second visits, she was not wearing her school uniform, nor was she wearing the erotic—that is to say, stylish—uniform of the track club, but she instead wore one of our own basketball uniforms.
Her back bore the number 4.
Well, actually, the number was also on the front of her jersey, so I don’t suppose I needed to specify that it was on her back. Anyway, the point is that the #4 jersey belonged to the captain.
I looked back to confirm and found that, sure enough, our team captain was in the back of the gym wearing her P.E. uniform and polishing a basketball. I just polished that one. Why are you polishing it again? Just how shiny do you want that ball to be? It’ll slip out of our hands if you give it any more polish than that.
Apparently our team captain rented out her uniform, what you might call the symbol that our team followed, to Senjougahara-senpai when she asked for it. You could say that this was the instant when all of our captain’s authority vanished.
Once this whole thing was settled, there would be a coup d'état.
“If you will not compete with me on the track, then I will come to your field and compete with this basketball. Does this work for you?”
“Uh… huh…?”
To be entirely honest, I was mostly just feeling uneasy at that point in time, and I definitely didn’t want to accept her challenge. I didn’t want to, but what choice did I have when she had shown up a third time to try and convince me to join the track club?
She did, technically, ask for the “captain’s” permission before doing this (it pains me that I had to put quotation marks around captain, but that reflects the sad state of affairs at the time), and so half of the gym’s court was reserved for myself and Senjougahara-senpai to have our competition.
Our showdown.
Bout. Duel.
What actually followed was not as dramatic as the words used to describe it might suggest. It wasn’t instantly resolved, and there was definitely some tension during the competition, but it’s a bit difficult to have much drama when the competition is just a free throw contest. Our “captain,” or, I guess I should say, our captain, insisted that we have a competition where there was no risk of us coming into physical contact with each other. I was a new member on the team, and while Senjougahara-senpai was a veteran athlete, she was not a basketball player. So, to be on the safe side, it was decided that we could not have a true 1-on-1 match on the off chance that either of us should get injured.
Whoever made ten baskets first would win.
There were no handicaps, and the competition proceeded in a simple and straightforward manner—we took turns taking our shots, and after thirty minutes, it was all over.
The final score was ten to nine.
It was a close match—which Senjougahara-senpai won.
We both missed a number of shots, but we remained neck-and-neck throughout, until, in the end, Senjougahara-senpai managed to get the final basket.
“It was a good competition.” Senjougahara spoke, brushing aside her long, elegant hair. “Kanbaru-san, it seems that you are more suited for the basketball court than the track—I hope that you will continue to give it your best.”
She turned on her heel and left the gym.
I had already been thinking of some way to avoid taking part in races (such as by focusing on long jump or high jump) and had resigned myself to having to join the track club, so when Senjougahara-senpai simply departed, I was left dumbfounded for a moment.
But it was only a moment.
I hurriedly chased after Senjougahara-senpai—and I full-out sprinted, so I quickly caught up to her elegant walk, and I grabbed her wrist.
Grabbing someone by the wrist is a forceful way to stop them. One might say that it’s wild and violent, which is to say, it’s very me. Senjougahara-senpai turned to look at me with obvious suspicion, and perhaps she was letting her real self show through because her gaze was sharp.
Under that sharp gaze, I asked, “Was this your goal from the start?”
It was almost more like an interrogation than a simple question, which was also very like me.
“You wanted to compete with me, beat me, and then drop me?”
“… What do you mean? For what reason would I do such a thing?”
Senjougahara-senpai asked back seriously without any hint of evasion.
“To protect me,” I replied.
The outline was simple enough—there was no mistake that the original reason that she had come to the gym was to scout me for the track team after hearing rumors about me.
And she would surely have anticipated that there was a chance that I would say no to her invitation.
But what she did not anticipate was the super strength of my refusal—that is, my more-than-necessary, full-on rejection. And I had rejected her so rudely in front of all of her followers.
Senjougahara-senpai managed to keep things peaceful at that time, but, as they say, bad news travels fast. A newly enrolled first-year who dared to bare her teeth at the elegant and skilled Senjougahara Hitagi would be a rumor that reached every ear in record time, and when it did… my school life would have a very bleak outlook.
I had planned—which is to say, foolishly assumed—to deal with that problem when the time came, but Senjougahara-senpai had a way to prevent it from happening in the first place.
She was able to rein in the people who followed her directly, but she had no way of anticipating what others might do upon hearing the rumor—people are good on their own, but there’s plenty of bad to be found in a group. That was why Senjougahara-senpai needed to get ahead of the rumors and put an end to the story—and in a way that would let her be in the winning position. But it wasn’t just about her winning—she needed to win in such a way that it would be a close battle so as not to tarnish the reputation of the first-year rising star of the basketball team.
And so we had a free-throw contest.
… Thinking about it more, it had been strange for the team captain to just go along with whatever Senjougahara-senpai said, but then also be the one to decide on the rules for the contest in the way that she did… In other words, by having us take turns to do our free throws, they would be able to control the scores, and the two of them must have arranged the entire circumstance of our contest from the start, back whenever Senjougahara-senpai had gone to ask to borrow the uniform (which means I was completely wrong about the captain).
If I had accepted her challenge on the second day—which would have been the best for Senjougahara-senpai—she could have controlled her speed so as to put on a show of it being a close race between the two of us.
She must have a lot of confidence to have been so sure that she could “barely win in a neck-and-neck competition” in not only running on the track but also a free throw competition. That she was able to pull it off so cleanly, however, meant that I could not fault her for that confidence.
By clearly and definitively beating me and then, just as clearly and definitively, acknowledging my ability in a public space—which is to say, giving me permission to continue playing basketball—she would knock down the perceived conflict and defuse the situation with her fans who might have wished me harm.
“… Supposing that I had been thinking along those lines…”
Senjougahara-senpai spoke now in a flat, sober voice that was entirely unlike how she had been talking up until that point.
“Wouldn’t you be throwing away my consideration by confronting me and voicing your thoughts to me? Are you not undoing what I’ve just done?”
She was trying to tell me that I should follow her lead and subtly accept what she did for me. I let go of her wrist.
And then I took hold of her hand instead.
I did so gently.
I copied Senjougahara-senpai’s mannerisms of softness and kindness—she no doubt thought that I was trying to have a friendly parting handshake to show that there were no hard feelings, but instead I did something that was completely unexpected and kissed the back of her hand.
“W… What?!”
She practically screamed the word with surprise, and I straightened.
“No, I don’t think so.” I declared. “Because I have decided to accept your kindness and go far beyond what is necessary to repay it—Senjougahara-senpai.”
From now on, I am your dog.
That’s what I told her.
Senjougahara Hitagi and Kanbaru Suruga. The pair that would go on to be called the Valhalla Duo began here.
“Are you an idiot?”
I still think that those words and the cold smile that came with them were probably Senjougahara-senpai’s genuine, impartial reaction to what I had said.
As usual, thank you spr-o-ckt for contributing to this commission.
A cute little story. I wish we could see more of those that actually feels important rather than yet another pun-filled discussion about a random topic.
See you next time for another story !
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Short stories masterpost here, updated regularly to show our progress with the translations.
Today is a re-translation of Hitagi Throwing (by Tigoris), a rather long short story, published in the Heroine Book #5: Senjougahara Hitagi. This one is among the most interesting short stories : it is about Suruga remembering her first meeting with Hitagi at the age of 12.
Once again, the previous translation was very old, and I wanted to make sure we had a better version for the short stories book.
As someone who has been devoted to Senjougahara Hitagi for some years now, it feels like a betrayal of some kind to say something like this, but when I first met her as a first-year in middle school, the impression that I had of her was not exactly a positive one.
To be more specific, one might say that it was a negative impression.
I thought, “Just who is this girl?”
If it’s okay to be a bit more informal, then my more exact thought was, “This girl’s bad news.” Now, I’d like you to cut me some slack here, because at the time I had only just graduated from elementary school, and I was, in appearance, personality, ability, and intellect, a brat of a meager 12 years of age.
However, I will also firmly say that Senjougahara-senpai was not entirely without fault of her own; in fact, let me emphasize that she was not without fault. After all, when she—the track-and-field club’s very own ace—came storming into the gym during basketball practice, it seemed like the start of a raid, and all of the basketball club members flinched. And she didn’t come alone. She brought along a large group of her followers, which was not limited to other track-and-field members and included students from not only the second- and third-year students, but there were even some first-year students mixed in. To an observer, it looked as if a feudal lord had descended upon the gymnasium along with his full retinue of retainers.
To put it another way, it’s like when Mitchi showed up in Slam Dunk.
She was smiling softly and had a gentle manner, but that only made her all the more intimidating, in part because her cronies had an unusual air about them.
“You’re Kanbaru-san, then? I’ve heard rumors that you’re quick on your feet—if it’s no bother, may I observe you?”
What is she, a noble lady?
That was what I wanted to say, but back then Senjougahara-senpai was like that—she was like a character taken straight from a shoujo novel.
It put a shiver down my spine to discover that this person really existed. And allow me to clarify that when I say “a shiver down my spine,” I don’t mean it in the good way—looking back on it now, it might be more accurate to say that I recoiled with shock.
I had an instinctive feeling that her request was strange.
And so was she.
To put it simply, that just about sums up my first impression of her—of course, Senjougahara-senpai was famous, so after I had enrolled in the school and even before I joined the basketball club, I had already heard her name a number of times.
She and Hanekawa-senpai were the two poster children for my school—to the point that we were told (by a teacher during the entrance ceremony) not to cross “those two” if we wanted to make it in the school (at the time I didn’t know which two the teacher was talking about, but, in retrospect, the warning was largely accurate).
However, as you know, I was a twelve-year-old who had, for various reasons, a rather extraordinary obsession with running fast—but because of those same reasons, I was unable to join the track and field club. Nevertheless, I took an interest in the ace of the track and field club, Senjougahara-senpai, and went to observe her running during that April, even though I had not become a trial member of the team.
I didn’t realize that it was possible for a person to run so beautifully.
It took my breath away.
My running form was not something that I had received coaching for—even now, I have not received any education in sprinting, so my running form is self-taught. Being self-taught is not a bad thing; it’s a perfectly acceptable running style, and I never had a complex about how I ran, but when I saw Senjougahara-senpai run on that day, the beauty of her form stood in stark contrast to the frantic flailing of my own form.
She displayed the final form of human running.
She was the idealized runner.
But I could not attempt to copy her—she was not like me, and I was not like her.
I was painfully aware of our differences.
I also remember thinking that the track uniforms were erotic, but that’s neither here nor there. I’d had no intention of joining the track club, as I said before, but after seeing her run, whatever lingering regrets I had were gone.
It blew me away.
To look at it another way, it was seeing Senjougahara-senpai run that day that made me into the basketball player that I am today—it was easy to forget what had caused me to become so passionately devoted to basketball, but I’ll save that discussion of “you never know what event will become a turning point in your life” for another time.
You could say that I’m not really a shy person, but when it came to Senjougahara-senpai, I made it my policy to actively avoid coming in contact with her, so for her to seek me out on her own was so surprising as to strike me dumb. Add in her whole “storybook princess” demeanor, and I turned into a stuttering, stumbling idiot—so, suffice to say, on the day that Senjougahara-senpai (and her retinue) observed my basketball practice, I was not exactly doing my best.
“May we speak, Kanbaru-san?”
After practice, Senjougahara-senpai approached me—and while I didn’t exactly feel enticed by her invitation, my heart skipped a beat regardless.
Looking at her up close, it was hard to believe that a girl with such mature features was only a year older than myself.
“You’re as fast as the rumors say—so how about it? Do you have any interest in transferring to the track club? Why not spend your youth in friendly competition with me?”
… She was an impressively bold headhunter. By the way, the basketball team captain (a third-year) was also there at the time as Senjougahara-senpai (a second-year) tried to steal me from the team, but the captain acted as if it were none of her business and didn’t interrupt.
Just what were you hoping to find by examining the ball that closely, captain?
You can turn it over as many times as you want; you’re not going to find a hole.
I was disappointed in the team captain, but setting that aside, I was happy to receive the invitation—no matter the situation or the way that it was said, I would always be happy to receive praise for the legs that I was so proud of. It made my heart dance to be acknowledged.
That simplicity still has not changed.
I’ve always been an idiot when it came to this.
That said, it still didn’t mean that I was so stupid as to blindly be scouted just because someone praised me. I’m an idiot who can think. So I politely, but firmly, declined her invitation while trying to hint that she had been a bit rude, but without being so blatant as to damage her reputation or be rude myself.
“Better luck next time.”
Huh?
What is this memory?
Who is this cheeky little brat? Oh, it’s me.
Was I at the age where I reacted to authority with petulance? Or was I afraid that if I didn’t reject her firmly, she would wear away my resolve and convince me to join the track club? Either way, maybe that wasn’t the exact phrasing that I used (I would like to think so), but, even if so, I still rejected Senjougahara-senpai in a rude way.
“Oh my. You’re quite spirited, aren’t you? I’m becoming even more interested in you.”
Senjougahara-senpai replied in a cool and composed tone (looking back on it now, I can’t help but think, “Who the hell are you?”), but the retinue of club members assembled behind her looked to be trying to use their eyes to stab me through.
Oh man, I’m so dead.
The crowd of cronies looked ready to get physical with me, but Senjougahara-senpai smiled and held a hand out to stop them without looking, then said, “It’s okay. I like nothing more than to tame cute girls like this.”
Seriously, who the hell are you?
Perhaps my imagination is adding to the memory a bit, so maybe my memory of middle school second-year Senjougahara-senpai isn’t perfectly accurate, but the big picture of us having a stressful, if brief, interview as our first contact is certainly true.
“Have a pleasant day.”
And with those parting words, Senjougahara-senpai left.
Even in the face of my unfavorable and downright rude response, she remained elegant. She carried on that noble air from start to finish, and while those events did hurt me, I thought that it was for the best.
Even if I had to be rude to do it, it would be better to firmly reject her than to reply so mildly that she continued to hold out hopes for me—of course, having rejected one of the famous girls of the school, I suspected that I may have set myself up to have a difficult life as a middle school girl, but, well, even if I had tried to stay in her good favor, I would likely have bungled that too.
Come if you’re going to come; I’ll take you on.
That was the stance that I mentally took, and I was not disappointed.
But the one who came to find me in the gym the next day was not one or more of Senjougahara-senpai’s retinue come to put me in my place, but instead it was Senjougahara-senpai herself—without anyone else, just herself.
“Hello everyone. We are blessed with lovely weather today, aren’t we? May I observe your practice once again?”
The older girls in the basketball club began to murmur to each other—it sounded different from the reaction from the previous day, and I later learned that it was because Senjougahara-senpai very rarely went anywhere unaccompanied.
She didn’t choose to have people follow her around, but instead, it was more that she was the kind of person that people naturally gravitated to and followed—which meant that the only way she could arrive in the gym without at least a small group of followers was for her to have told them to leave her alone.
Why?
I told her “better luck next time,” so did she actually think that she should try again and hopefully have better luck on the second attempt? And she decided that coming on her own might be the factor that would convince me?
Several of the basketball team members volunteered to make Senjougahara-senpai more comfortable, and so she sat off to the side in a comfortable chair, partaking in the snacks she had been provided while watching us practice with a smile. Or rather, she watched me practice. I couldn’t read anything from her body language.
I had been welcomed into the basketball club with a good bit of fanfare because of my speed, so it wasn’t as if I had never been observed while playing before, but there was something about being watched so intensely that made it difficult to play. On that day, I missed an unusually high percentage of shots and even made a lot of simple mistakes with dribbling—the only thing that kept me from outright failing was the speed of my legs. But seeing as Senjougahara-senpai was there to see how fast I could be, she must have been happy with the display.
“Kanbaru-san. Have you reconsidered your response to my invitation?”
“No, I’m not having second thoughts…”
I didn’t go so far as to say I hadn’t thought about it at all.
It was difficult to be rude to someone who showed up two days in a row to express interest in you.
“Hm. Then how about this? You and I shall have a 100-meter race, and if I win, then you will transfer into the track club. Don’t you think it’s a wonderful idea?”
“… So if you lose, then you’ll join the basketball team?”
“Eh?”
She tilted her head in confusion.
No, don’t you “Eh?” me.
There’s no way that you don’t understand.
“No, I will not be doing that.”
She firmly rejected the idea.
“But it would mean that I will no longer come to the gym every day without fail.”
“You intend to come every day…”
I told her no.
I’m pretty sure that I tried to be less rude than the day before.
“Oh.”
Senjougahara-senpai seemed genuinely surprised by the response.
“How strange. Was I wrong about you?”
“About what?”
“Someone like you would be unable to back down when presented with a challenge.”
“…”
That assumption of hers—was correct.
But, even if that were the case, I couldn’t allow myself to race against anyone. Of course, if I accepted the challenge and won, then the whole issue would be settled. But if I were to lose… I didn’t want to think about what would happen.
Also, there was the question of whether Senjougahara-senpai would actually back down if I won against her in the race—so it would be all risk with no reward.
“No thanks.”
She simply said that she understood.
I fell silent, and Senjougahara-senpai left—but before she departed the gym, she cleaned up the snack wrappers and put away the chair that she had used while observing our practice. She did seem to have had a good upbringing.
I was happy if she understood that she wouldn’t be able to convince me to join her club, but, thinking about it more, Senjougahara-senpai hadn’t said what it was that she understood. The true meaning of her words was a mystery.
And the next day, that mystery was solved.
For the third time, Senjougahara Hitagi arrived in the gymnasium during the basketball team’s practice. But unlike the first and second visits, she was not wearing her school uniform, nor was she wearing the erotic—that is to say, stylish—uniform of the track club, but she instead wore one of our own basketball uniforms.
Her back bore the number 4.
Well, actually, the number was also on the front of her jersey, so I don’t suppose I needed to specify that it was on her back. Anyway, the point is that the #4 jersey belonged to the captain.
I looked back to confirm and found that, sure enough, our team captain was in the back of the gym wearing her P.E. uniform and polishing a basketball. I just polished that one. Why are you polishing it again? Just how shiny do you want that ball to be? It’ll slip out of our hands if you give it any more polish than that.
Apparently our team captain rented out her uniform, what you might call the symbol that our team followed, to Senjougahara-senpai when she asked for it. You could say that this was the instant when all of our captain’s authority vanished.
Once this whole thing was settled, there would be a coup d'état.
“If you will not compete with me on the track, then I will come to your field and compete with this basketball. Does this work for you?”
“Uh… huh…?”
To be entirely honest, I was mostly just feeling uneasy at that point in time, and I definitely didn’t want to accept her challenge. I didn’t want to, but what choice did I have when she had shown up a third time to try and convince me to join the track club?
She did, technically, ask for the “captain’s” permission before doing this (it pains me that I had to put quotation marks around captain, but that reflects the sad state of affairs at the time), and so half of the gym’s court was reserved for myself and Senjougahara-senpai to have our competition.
Our showdown.
Bout. Duel.
What actually followed was not as dramatic as the words used to describe it might suggest. It wasn’t instantly resolved, and there was definitely some tension during the competition, but it’s a bit difficult to have much drama when the competition is just a free throw contest. Our “captain,” or, I guess I should say, our captain, insisted that we have a competition where there was no risk of us coming into physical contact with each other. I was a new member on the team, and while Senjougahara-senpai was a veteran athlete, she was not a basketball player. So, to be on the safe side, it was decided that we could not have a true 1-on-1 match on the off chance that either of us should get injured.
Whoever made ten baskets first would win.
There were no handicaps, and the competition proceeded in a simple and straightforward manner—we took turns taking our shots, and after thirty minutes, it was all over.
The final score was ten to nine.
It was a close match—which Senjougahara-senpai won.
We both missed a number of shots, but we remained neck-and-neck throughout, until, in the end, Senjougahara-senpai managed to get the final basket.
“It was a good competition.” Senjougahara spoke, brushing aside her long, elegant hair. “Kanbaru-san, it seems that you are more suited for the basketball court than the track—I hope that you will continue to give it your best.”
She turned on her heel and left the gym.
I had already been thinking of some way to avoid taking part in races (such as by focusing on long jump or high jump) and had resigned myself to having to join the track club, so when Senjougahara-senpai simply departed, I was left dumbfounded for a moment.
But it was only a moment.
I hurriedly chased after Senjougahara-senpai—and I full-out sprinted, so I quickly caught up to her elegant walk, and I grabbed her wrist.
Grabbing someone by the wrist is a forceful way to stop them. One might say that it’s wild and violent, which is to say, it’s very me. Senjougahara-senpai turned to look at me with obvious suspicion, and perhaps she was letting her real self show through because her gaze was sharp.
Under that sharp gaze, I asked, “Was this your goal from the start?”
It was almost more like an interrogation than a simple question, which was also very like me.
“You wanted to compete with me, beat me, and then drop me?”
“… What do you mean? For what reason would I do such a thing?”
Senjougahara-senpai asked back seriously without any hint of evasion.
“To protect me,” I replied.
The outline was simple enough—there was no mistake that the original reason that she had come to the gym was to scout me for the track team after hearing rumors about me.
And she would surely have anticipated that there was a chance that I would say no to her invitation.
But what she did not anticipate was the super strength of my refusal—that is, my more-than-necessary, full-on rejection. And I had rejected her so rudely in front of all of her followers.
Senjougahara-senpai managed to keep things peaceful at that time, but, as they say, bad news travels fast. A newly enrolled first-year who dared to bare her teeth at the elegant and skilled Senjougahara Hitagi would be a rumor that reached every ear in record time, and when it did… my school life would have a very bleak outlook.
I had planned—which is to say, foolishly assumed—to deal with that problem when the time came, but Senjougahara-senpai had a way to prevent it from happening in the first place.
She was able to rein in the people who followed her directly, but she had no way of anticipating what others might do upon hearing the rumor—people are good on their own, but there’s plenty of bad to be found in a group. That was why Senjougahara-senpai needed to get ahead of the rumors and put an end to the story—and in a way that would let her be in the winning position. But it wasn’t just about her winning—she needed to win in such a way that it would be a close battle so as not to tarnish the reputation of the first-year rising star of the basketball team.
And so we had a free-throw contest.
… Thinking about it more, it had been strange for the team captain to just go along with whatever Senjougahara-senpai said, but then also be the one to decide on the rules for the contest in the way that she did… In other words, by having us take turns to do our free throws, they would be able to control the scores, and the two of them must have arranged the entire circumstance of our contest from the start, back whenever Senjougahara-senpai had gone to ask to borrow the uniform (which means I was completely wrong about the captain).
If I had accepted her challenge on the second day—which would have been the best for Senjougahara-senpai—she could have controlled her speed so as to put on a show of it being a close race between the two of us.
She must have a lot of confidence to have been so sure that she could “barely win in a neck-and-neck competition” in not only running on the track but also a free throw competition. That she was able to pull it off so cleanly, however, meant that I could not fault her for that confidence.
By clearly and definitively beating me and then, just as clearly and definitively, acknowledging my ability in a public space—which is to say, giving me permission to continue playing basketball—she would knock down the perceived conflict and defuse the situation with her fans who might have wished me harm.
“… Supposing that I had been thinking along those lines…”
Senjougahara-senpai spoke now in a flat, sober voice that was entirely unlike how she had been talking up until that point.
“Wouldn’t you be throwing away my consideration by confronting me and voicing your thoughts to me? Are you not undoing what I’ve just done?”
She was trying to tell me that I should follow her lead and subtly accept what she did for me. I let go of her wrist.
And then I took hold of her hand instead.
I did so gently.
I copied Senjougahara-senpai’s mannerisms of softness and kindness—she no doubt thought that I was trying to have a friendly parting handshake to show that there were no hard feelings, but instead I did something that was completely unexpected and kissed the back of her hand.
“W… What?!”
She practically screamed the word with surprise, and I straightened.
“No, I don’t think so.” I declared. “Because I have decided to accept your kindness and go far beyond what is necessary to repay it—Senjougahara-senpai.”
From now on, I am your dog.
That’s what I told her.
Senjougahara Hitagi and Kanbaru Suruga. The pair that would go on to be called the Valhalla Duo began here.
“Are you an idiot?”
I still think that those words and the cold smile that came with them were probably Senjougahara-senpai’s genuine, impartial reaction to what I had said.
As usual, thank you spr-o-ckt for contributing to this commission.
A cute little story. I wish we could see more of those that actually feels important rather than yet another pun-filled discussion about a random topic.
See you next time for another story !
2024.06.10 02:58 guyssocialweb OKC DYKES and FREE PALESTINE?
 | Lesbian women and choosing to support Palestine. Kinda seems backwards. For example... submitted by guyssocialweb to okc [link] [comments] Women in Palestine face multiple layers of discrimination and vulnerability, including gender, class, and nationality oppression. These factors impact their ability to exercise their rights and reach their potential. Some of the challenges women in Palestine face include: During the conflict in Gaza, women and girls have been particularly vulnerable. They have limited access to food, water, and healthcare and are often displaced, widowed, or starving. Overcrowded shelters also lack privacy, which can be especially difficult for women and girls. As for Labor force participation Palestinian women have one of the lowest rates of labor force participation in the world, at 17.2%. Even women who are highly educated and skilled face barriers to accessing decent employment opportunities. Traditional norms and patriarchal beliefs can prevent women and girls from fully exercising their rights. For example, Palestinian laws assume that women are under the protection of men. Curious to know the reasoning behind why OKC DYKE MARCH is supporting Palestine when they have a negative outlook on women, especially LGBT people? https://www.instagram.com/p/C8AyJVah7nA/ |
2024.06.10 02:39 AnySeason6100 [USA-IL][H] Lenovo Legion 5-15ACH6H Gaming Laptop [W] PayPal Goods & Services, Local Cash
Timestamps: https://imgur.com/gallery/u-anyseason6100-06-09-2024-post-to-r-hardwareswap-qlPv9B8
[$500 Local, $550 Shipped]
Description
Bought from Micro Center on April 26th, 2022. Used the laptop extensively for a time, but eventually switched back to my desktop so I no longer need it.
Upgraded the included 60Wh battery to 80Wh and the RAM from 16GB to 32GB. Also switched out the Realtek WiFi network card to the Intel AX200.
Physically, the laptop is in good condition. Some light scratches and general wear from use. Speakers sound ok and the keyboard lights up (limited customization though).
Experienced intermittent mouse pad issues before resetting the laptop and updating the BIOS from GKCN53WW to GKCN64WW in April 2024. Not sure how often this comes up or when it started since I used a wired mouse for the majority of my ownership. Something to keep in mind.
Mechanically, the laptop runs ok although it sounds like a jet engine when under heavy load. Max temperatures reached 79°C to 80°C on the GPU and about 84°C on the CPU after running FurMark 2.1.0 for 30 minutes. The CPU hit 100°C and thermal throttled running all Cinebench 2024 benchmarks.
Cyberpunk 2077 ver. 2.12 benchmarked on the 1080p High preset (FSR 2.1 Quality on by default) ran at about 100 FPS average with a low of 83 and max of 122. 1080p High running native (i.e. High preset with FSR turned off) gave 77 FPS average with a low of 65 and max of 94. All these tests were done with Hybrid mode turned off, Performance mode on in Lenovo Vantage, battery conservation mode on, and plugged in to the charger.
A simple battery life test running a YouTube video (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JTEQQrtXrYM) at 1080p, 50% screen brightness, and at half volume had the laptop last roughly 7 hours. The video ran on a single tab in Edge after a fresh reset; future runtime may vary based on factors like background tasks, installed programs, etc. Other settings used include Hybrid mode on and Quiet mode on in Lenovo Vantage.
Registered the laptop with Lenovo for warranty purposes, but I will remove it from my account once sold. Not sure if Lenovo allows re-registration of a previously registered product, but the warranty expired around April or May 2023 so you may not care or want to register.
PM me with any questions or concerns.
Laptop Specs
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[$500 Local, $550 Shipped]
Description
Bought from Micro Center on April 26th, 2022. Used the laptop extensively for a time, but eventually switched back to my desktop so I no longer need it.
Upgraded the included 60Wh battery to 80Wh and the RAM from 16GB to 32GB. Also switched out the Realtek WiFi network card to the Intel AX200.
Physically, the laptop is in good condition. Some light scratches and general wear from use. Speakers sound ok and the keyboard lights up (limited customization though).
Experienced intermittent mouse pad issues before resetting the laptop and updating the BIOS from GKCN53WW to GKCN64WW in April 2024. Not sure how often this comes up or when it started since I used a wired mouse for the majority of my ownership. Something to keep in mind.
Mechanically, the laptop runs ok although it sounds like a jet engine when under heavy load. Max temperatures reached 79°C to 80°C on the GPU and about 84°C on the CPU after running FurMark 2.1.0 for 30 minutes. The CPU hit 100°C and thermal throttled running all Cinebench 2024 benchmarks.
Cyberpunk 2077 ver. 2.12 benchmarked on the 1080p High preset (FSR 2.1 Quality on by default) ran at about 100 FPS average with a low of 83 and max of 122. 1080p High running native (i.e. High preset with FSR turned off) gave 77 FPS average with a low of 65 and max of 94. All these tests were done with Hybrid mode turned off, Performance mode on in Lenovo Vantage, battery conservation mode on, and plugged in to the charger.
A simple battery life test running a YouTube video (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JTEQQrtXrYM) at 1080p, 50% screen brightness, and at half volume had the laptop last roughly 7 hours. The video ran on a single tab in Edge after a fresh reset; future runtime may vary based on factors like background tasks, installed programs, etc. Other settings used include Hybrid mode on and Quiet mode on in Lenovo Vantage.
Registered the laptop with Lenovo for warranty purposes, but I will remove it from my account once sold. Not sure if Lenovo allows re-registration of a previously registered product, but the warranty expired around April or May 2023 so you may not care or want to register.
PM me with any questions or concerns.
Laptop Specs
- CPU: AMD Ryzen 7 5800H
- GPU: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 (6GB GDDR6 VRAM)
- RAM: 32GB (16GB x 2) DDR4 3200MHz CL22
- Storage: 1TB PCIe 3.0 x4 NVMe M.2 SSD
- Display: 15.6" 1080p 165Hz IPS
- WLAN: Intel WiFi 6 AX200 Gig M2.2230 NIC
- Keyboard: Backlit w/ Number pad
- OS: Microsoft Windows 11 Home
- Front Camera Resolution: 720p
- Battery: 80Wh
- Dimensions (W x D x H): 14.29 in. (362.97 mm) x 10.22 in. (259.58 mm) x 1.03 in. (26.16 mm)
- Weight: 5.28 lbs. (2.39 kg)
- 1 x Laptop
- 1 x Charger
- 1 x Box (and whatever pamphlets come inside)
2024.06.10 01:57 Sweet-Count2557 Caribbean Resort Water Park
 | Caribbean Resort Water Park Are you ready for a thrilling adventure in the Caribbean?We know what you might be thinking - water parks are just for kids. But let us assure you, these Caribbean resort water parks are not your average playgrounds.Get ready to experience heart-pounding slides, lazy rivers, and wave pools that will make you feel like a kid again.Join us as we explore the top water parks in the Caribbean, where fun and freedom meet.Let the tropical paradise be your playground.Key TakeawaysAtlantis Paradise Island in the Bahamas offers one of the largest water parks in the world, with high-speed thrills like the Leap of Faith waterslide and a lazy river with waves for an action-packed experience.Coconut Bay Beach Resort and Spa in Saint Lucia is home to the largest water park on the island, featuring thrilling waterslides, a quarter-mile-long lazy river, and additional amenities like a paintball course.Nickelodeon Hotels and Resorts Punta Cana in the Dominican Republic offers a water park done up in Nickelodeon's classic colors and themes, with water slides, splash pads, and a lazy river, as well as interactive games and character interactions with favorite Nickelodeon characters.Hilton Rose Hall Resort and Spa in Jamaica features the second-largest water complex in the Caribbean, with a 280-foot waterslide, a lazy river, three terraced pools for relaxation, and additional amenities like waterfalls and a jungle garden area for young guests.Atlantis Paradise Island, BahamasWe absolutely love the high-speed thrills of the Leap of Faith waterslide at Atlantis Paradise Island in the Bahamas. This unique water park experience is a must for anyone seeking an adrenaline rush. As we plunge down the nearly vertical slide, we can feel the wind rushing through our hair and the excitement building in our chests. The heart-pounding drop takes us through a clear tunnel submerged in a shark-filled lagoon, giving us a close encounter with these majestic creatures. It's a thrilling and unforgettable experience that truly sets Atlantis Paradise Island apart from other water parks.When it comes to lodging options, Atlantis Paradise Island offers something for everyone. From luxurious suites to comfortable rooms, there's a perfect accommodation for every traveler. The Royal Towers offer stunning views of the ocean and easy access to the water park, while The Cove provides a more exclusive and sophisticated experience. 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Whether you're seeking high-speed thrills or a relaxing float down the lazy river, this water park has it all.To give you a better idea of the attractions at Coconut Bay Beach Resort and Spa, let's take a look at the following table:Water Park AttractionsAdditional Amenities OfferedThrilling waterslidesPaintball courseQuarter-mile-long lazy riverSpa and wellness centerWater playground for little onesMultiple restaurants and barsAs you can see, the water park offers a range of attractions to suit every age and preference. From the heart-pounding excitement of the waterslides to the serene relaxation of the lazy river, there is something for everyone to enjoy.In addition to the water park, Coconut Bay Beach Resort and Spa offers a variety of other amenities to enhance your stay. Whether you want to indulge in a spa treatment, try your hand at paintball, or enjoy a delicious meal at one of the resort's restaurants, there are plenty of options to choose from.Nickelodeon Hotels and Resorts Punta Cana, Dominican RepublicAt Nickelodeon Hotels and Resorts Punta Cana, Dominican Republic, get ready for a slimy and interactive experience like no other.The resort offers signature Nickelodeon sliming, where you can get covered in green goo just like your favorite characters on TV.Engage in interactive games and meet your beloved Nickelodeon characters while enjoying the swim-up pools and private plunge pools in select suites.Signature Nickelodeon SlimingAt Nickelodeon Hotels and Resorts Punta Cana in the Dominican Republic, there are a variety of interactive games and experiences offered along with the signature Nickelodeon sliming. These experiences are designed to make your stay unforgettable.One of the main attractions is the Aqua Nick Water Park, where you can dive into a world of excitement. The water park features unique waterslide experiences like the Slime Time Tower, where you'll slide through a tower of green slime. Additionally, you can engage in water balloon battles at the Splash Pad or float lazily along the winding Lazy River.Another highlight is the opportunity to interact with your favorite Nickelodeon characters up close and personal. From SpongeBob SquarePants to Dora the Explorer, you'll have the chance to take photos, get autographs, and even participate in interactive shows and activities with them.For those who enjoy poolside fun, there are a variety of games and activities to enjoy. From water volleyball to poolside dance parties, there's something for everyone to enjoy while soaking up the sun.Overall, at Nickelodeon Hotels and Resorts Punta Cana, the signature Nickelodeon sliming is just the beginning of the fun-filled experiences that await you. Get ready for a vacation filled with unique waterslide experiences and endless fun.Interactive Games and CharactersWe can enjoy interactive games and meet our favorite Nickelodeon characters at Nickelodeon Hotels and Resorts Punta Cana in the Dominican Republic. This resort offers a water park done up in Nickelodeon's classic colors and themes, complete with water slides, splash pads, and a lazy river.But the fun doesn't stop there! We can also participate in exciting water park activities and have character meet and greets with our beloved Nickelodeon friends. The resort provides a signature Nickelodeon sliming experience, adding an extra element of fun and excitement.With swim-up pools and private plunge pools in some suites, we can truly enjoy a freedom-filled vacation. Nickelodeon Hotels and Resorts Punta Cana is the perfect destination for families and fans of all ages.Swim-Up and Plunge PoolsWith swim-up pools and private plunge pools in some suites, we can enjoy the luxury of our own personal water oasis at Nickelodeon Hotels and Resorts Punta Cana in the Dominican Republic.The benefits of having a plunge pool include the following:Privacy: Plunge pools offer a secluded and intimate space where we can relax and unwind in complete privacy.Refreshment: Plunge pools provide a refreshing escape from the Caribbean heat, allowing us to cool off and rejuvenate.Convenience: With a plunge pool right outside our suite, we've easy access to a quick dip whenever we desire.The advantages of swim-up pools are equally enticing:Convenience: We can effortlessly step out of our suite and directly into the pool, without the need for stairs or elevators.Socialization: Swim-up pools create a lively and social atmosphere, perfect for connecting with other guests and making new friends.Relaxation: We can lounge in the water, sip on a drink from the swim-up bar, and soak up the sun all in one place.Now, let's dive into the next section about Hilton Rose Hall Resort and Spa in Jamaica.Hilton Rose Hall Resort and Spa, JamaicaThe Hilton Rose Hall Resort and Spa in Jamaica features a 280-foot waterslide and a lazy river for guests to enjoy. Nestled in the heart of the Caribbean, this resort offers a tropical paradise where you can indulge in a world of water fun and relaxation.As you slide down the towering waterslide, feel the rush of adrenaline as you plunge into the crystal-clear pool below. Or, take a leisurely float along the lazy river, soaking up the warm Caribbean sun and enjoying the gentle current.But the water attractions at the Hilton Rose Hall Resort and Spa are just the beginning. Immerse yourself in the natural beauty of the resort's waterfall attractions, where cascading water creates a soothing and picturesque backdrop. Explore the jungle garden activities, where you can wander through lush greenery and discover hidden treasures.Engage in outdoor adventures like zip-lining or take a stroll through the botanical gardens, immersing yourself in the vibrant colors and scents of the Caribbean flora.At the Hilton Rose Hall Resort and Spa, freedom is the key. Whether you're seeking an action-packed water adventure or a tranquil moment in nature, this resort has it all. So, dive into the excitement, embrace the freedom, and create unforgettable memories at this Caribbean oasis.Royalton Splash Punta Cana, An Autograph Collection Resort and Casino, Dominican RepublicAt Royalton Splash Punta Cana, An Autograph Collection Resort and Casino in the Dominican Republic, guests can experience unique waterslide experiences that are sure to thrill and excite. From a rollercoaster-style slide to a multilane water slide with high speeds, there's something for everyone in the family to enjoy.Along with these exhilarating water attractions, the resort also offers a range of family-friendly amenities, making it the perfect destination for a fun-filled vacation.Unique Waterslide ExperiencesWe absolutely loved the rollercoaster-style slide at Royalton Splash Punta Cana, it was a unique waterslide experience! Here are some reasons why we found it so amazing:Thrilling twists and turns: The rollercoaster-style slide at Royalton Splash Punta Cana took us on a wild ride with unexpected twists and turns. It was an adrenaline-pumping adventure that had us screaming with delight.Speedy excitement: This waterslide offered high speeds that added an extra level of excitement to the experience. We felt the rush of wind as we zoomed down the slide, creating a truly exhilarating sensation.Safety first: Despite its thrilling nature, the water slide at Royalton Splash Punta Cana prioritized water slide safety. We felt secure throughout the ride, thanks to the well-maintained equipment and safety measures in place.Now, let's delve into the family-friendly amenities available at Royalton Splash Punta Cana.Family-Friendly Amenities AvailableOur family thoroughly enjoyed the variety of family-friendly amenities available at Royalton Splash Punta Cana. 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Are There Any Height or Weight Restrictions for Certain Slides or Attractions?Age restrictions and height/weight restrictions vary for the water parks at these resorts.While some attractions may have minimum age requirements for safety reasons, others are suitable for all ages.Certain slides and attractions may have height or weight restrictions to ensure the safety of guests.It's important to check with each resort for specific details regarding age, height, and weight restrictions to ensure an enjoyable and safe experience for everyone.Are Lifeguards on Duty at the Water Parks? if So, What Are Their Hours of Operation?Lifeguard availability and water park operating hours vary at the different resorts. It's important to check with each specific resort to get accurate information.The safety of guests is a top priority, so lifeguards are typically on duty during the water park's operating hours. These hours may vary depending on the resort and the time of year.It's always a good idea to familiarize yourself with the safety measures and rules of each water park before enjoying the attractions.Are There Any Restrictions on Bringing Outside Food or Drinks Into the Water Parks?There are no restrictions on bringing outside food or drinks into the water parks. At our resort, we believe in giving our guests the freedom to enjoy their favorite snacks and beverages while they've fun in the sun.Whether you want to pack a picnic lunch or bring your own refreshing drinks, you're welcome to do so. Just remember to clean up after yourself and dispose of any trash properly.Are There Any Specific Dress Code Requirements for the Water Parks? Can Guests Wear Regular Swimwear, or Are There Any Restrictions on Clothing or Accessories?Water park rules vary from resort to resort, but in general, guests are allowed to wear regular swimwear without any restrictions on clothing or accessories. However, it's always a good idea to check the specific dress code requirements of the water park you plan to visit.Some resorts may have guidelines about appropriate swimwear, such as no thong bikinis or swimwear with offensive language or images. Overall, the goal is to ensure everyone feels comfortable and can enjoy their time at the water park.ConclusionIn the magical world of Caribbean water parks, where adventure and relaxation blend seamlessly, unforgettable memories are made. Whether zooming down high-speed waterslides or floating along lazy rivers, the exhilaration and tranquility of these tropical paradises are unmatched.So grab your swimsuit and dive into the crystal-clear waters of Atlantis Paradise Island, Coconut Bay Beach Resort and Spa, Nickelodeon Hotels and Resorts Punta Cana, Hilton Rose Hall Resort and Spa, Royalton Splash Punta Cana, Beaches Turks and Caicos, and Moon Palace Jamaica.Get ready for the ultimate tropical getaway like no other. submitted by Sweet-Count2557 to worldkidstravel [link] [comments] |
2024.06.10 01:01 AutoModerator Weekly Copyright Reminder
This is a weekly reminder post of this sub's stance on potential copyright infringement. This is a serious issue that needs to be kept in mind when creating and listing NFTs.
Original post by u/HurleyBird1
Quick disclaimer: I AM NOT A LAWYER. THIS IS NOT LEGAL ADVICE - THIS IS SIMPLY INFORMATION WITH WHICH TO EDUCATE YOURSELVES AND PREPARE YOURSELF FOR LEGAL ADVICE FROM A LICENSED SOURCE.
Now that that's out of the way. My credentials are: MBA, with a bit of business law classes under my belt.
I want to give a quick explanation of how copyright works - and I'll do so through quick blurbs n some myth/reality bullets.
Source: copyright.gov (US)
- Reality: No. Not true at all.
- Myth: Well they never said it's copyrighted.
- Reality: Upon publication (and even while a work in progress) a work is automatically protected via copyright under US Law.
- Myth: Well they never sold it.
- Reality: It doesn't have to be commercialized to be protected.
- Myth: Well it was a long time ago
- Reality: Possibly true...as long as the creator is deceased (or if multiple creators, the last living one is deceased) and the required time has passed...although this gets tricky with "estates."
(d) Duration of Rights.—(1) With respect to works of visual art created on or after the effective date set forth in section 610(a) of the Visual Artists Rights Act of 1990, the rights conferred by subsection (a) shall endure for a term consisting of the life of the author.
So what's this thing I hear called "Fair Use?"
Straight from the source:
- Myth: Well this is paid for in Algos, not USD so it's not "commercial"
- Reality: IT IS commercial. You could even barter for bacon and it'd be commercial. It's an exchange of one good/service for another good/service.
- Myth: My piece with Batman inside a card is "transformative"
- Reality: No, unfortunately, more-than-likely the courts would say it's not. A good litmus test is..."If Warner Bros Entertainment (owner of Batman) wanted to make an NFT/ASA "Batman card" would yours compete with it or be possibly mistaken (by a reasonable person - so in America think 8th grade education) for real merchandise? Probably...thus it's not transformative enough.
"nature" gets a little tougher. This looks at protecting the "creative process." Thus, using other works of art is less-likely to be protected than using factual sources - like historical photographs since it's easier to "create art" and thus "transform" factual pieces than other art pieces. This is also talking to things like "parody." Satire is NOT protected. "Parody" is. What's the difference? LegalZoomputs it well: While a parody targets and mimics the original work to make a point, a satire uses the original work to criticize something else entirely. Another way to look at it is that satire uses another work as a way to comment on something happening in the world that has nothing to do with the original work.
- Myth: I added a different border, extra planets, and some blur effect to MTZ's World of Light - it's a new piece of art.
- Reality: Not likely the courts will see it that way.
- Myth: This guy added a filter, some burn effects, and collaged a bunch of newspaper headlines together - isn't that a violation!
- Reality: Probably not...the courts would probably see this as a creation of art out of factual sources.
amount/substantiality in relation to the whole...this is where using clips of songs that are only like 5 seconds long works! But using more than that...runs into problems. This is tough to decipher too...as some songs are EASILY identifiable from just 5 seconds (Ice, ice, baby) - and thus NOT fair use. But some aren't. Usually you're safe using a very small clip of a song or video - especially if you're adding more to it. But this is a dangerous game to play - and there's places to get free audio (some sources below)
effect of the use - this is probably the biggest one. Courts will look at simply...does YOUR work affect the sales or potential for sales of the copyright owner. Of note...this is looked at at the time of the issue being brought to the court, not at the time of sale. For example, let's say my batman card sells for 10 Algos today, but Algorand BLOWS UP and soon every NFT is on Algorand. And now my OG Batman NFT is seen as one of the first Batman ones and official. Warner Bros gonna sue the shit outta whoever owns it at the time they sue to get the rights to all sales of that NFT. So that person is left holding an empty bag when Warner Bros wins in court.
- Myth: Well they're not commercializing it NOW so I'm safe.
- Reality: Technically, yea Warner Bros probably won't spend the money to go after the OG artist and the hands the asset passed through...HOWEVER, they may. That's their right. Who knows - the Napster days showed us the lengths companies will go to. EVEN BIGGER HOWEVER, the last person holding it when Warner Bros DOES decide to go after that Batman NFT...uh oh for them - they just lost their asset.
- Myth: Well it's been like a year, and no one has brought up copyright. So I'm good.
- Reality: If this was in a normal market...maybe this argument would work. If McDonald's let you sell a Ronald McDonald poster for like a year on Amazon with no issues, some court may say "bro, you took too long to bring this to us." HOWEVER, with cryptocurrency being so new (and Algorand being so little known/discussed), most courts would see it as "reasonable" that a copyright owner failed to exercise their rights within a year - possibly even a decade. (Updated because I realized last example dealt with trademark not copyright :o)
So what am I safe to use?
US Government works (mostly)...any deemed free to use by creator...and any a copyright lawyer says they have your backs on (cuz now they're liable).
Here's some great sources for free use items (please add to this list below if you know of some!!!):
Pictures: https://buffer.com/library/free-images/ (Unsplash is one of my faves)
Music: https://www.wix.com/blog/photography/2019/11/27/free-music-for-videos/
Video: https://blog.hootsuite.com/free-stock-videos-sites/
You'll notice there's a lot of "shoulds" "coulds" "probably" etc. This is because copyright cases are all unique and go to the courts. The best bet is to go with stuff you KNOW is free and fair-use. If not, I'd look up copyright law, consult supreme court cases concerning copyright, and ultimately, talk to a lawyer.
AGAIN: I AM NOT A LAWYER. I AM NOT PROVIDING LEGAL ADVICE. I AM SIMPLY PROVIDING INFORMATION. THERE MAY BE ERRORS ABOVE THAT COULD CAUSE SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGES - CONSULT A COPYRIGHT ATTORNEY IF YOU WISH TO RECEIVE LEGAL ADVICE.
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Original post by u/HurleyBird1
Quick disclaimer: I AM NOT A LAWYER. THIS IS NOT LEGAL ADVICE - THIS IS SIMPLY INFORMATION WITH WHICH TO EDUCATE YOURSELVES AND PREPARE YOURSELF FOR LEGAL ADVICE FROM A LICENSED SOURCE.
Now that that's out of the way. My credentials are: MBA, with a bit of business law classes under my belt.
I want to give a quick explanation of how copyright works - and I'll do so through quick blurbs n some myth/reality bullets.
Source: copyright.gov (US)
- Subject matter of copyright: In general28(a) Copyright protection subsists, in accordance with this title, in original works of authorship fixed in any tangible medium of expression, now known or later developed, from which they can be perceived, reproduced, or otherwise communicated, either directly or with the aid of a machine or device. Works of authorship include the following categories:(1) literary works;(2) musical works, including any accompanying words;(3) dramatic works, including any accompanying music;(4) pantomimes and choreographic works;(5) pictorial, graphic, and sculptural works;(6) motion pictures and other audiovisual works;(7) sound recordings; and(8) architectural works.(b) In no case does copyright protection for an original work of authorship extend to any idea, procedure, process, system, method of operation, concept, principle, or discovery, regardless of the form in which it is described, explained, illustrated, or embodied in such work.
- Reality: No. Not true at all.
- Myth: Well they never said it's copyrighted.
- Reality: Upon publication (and even while a work in progress) a work is automatically protected via copyright under US Law.
- Myth: Well they never sold it.
- Reality: It doesn't have to be commercialized to be protected.
- Myth: Well it was a long time ago
- Reality: Possibly true...as long as the creator is deceased (or if multiple creators, the last living one is deceased) and the required time has passed...although this gets tricky with "estates."
(d) Duration of Rights.—(1) With respect to works of visual art created on or after the effective date set forth in section 610(a) of the Visual Artists Rights Act of 1990, the rights conferred by subsection (a) shall endure for a term consisting of the life of the author.
So what's this thing I hear called "Fair Use?"
Straight from the source:
- Limitations on exclusive rights: Fair use41Notwithstanding the provisions of sections 106 and 106A, the fair use of a copyrighted work, including such use by reproduction in copies or phonorecords or by any other means specified by that section, for purposes such as criticism, comment, news reporting, teaching (including multiple copies for classroom use), scholarship, or research, is not an infringement of copyright. In determining whether the use made of a work in any particular case is a fair use the factors to be considered shall include—(1) the purpose and character of the use, including whether such use is of a commercial nature or is for nonprofit educational purposes;(2) the nature of the copyrighted work;(3) the amount and substantiality of the portion used in relation to the copyrighted work as a whole; and(4) the effect of the use upon the potential market for or value of the copyrighted work.The fact that a work is unpublished shall not itself bar a finding of fair use if such finding is made upon consideration of all the above factors.
- above...if it's non-profit educational use, you're usually good to go...if it's for money or trade (commercial nature) then you're usually NOT...unless YOUR piece is "transformative"
- Myth: Well this is paid for in Algos, not USD so it's not "commercial"
- Reality: IT IS commercial. You could even barter for bacon and it'd be commercial. It's an exchange of one good/service for another good/service.
- Myth: My piece with Batman inside a card is "transformative"
- Reality: No, unfortunately, more-than-likely the courts would say it's not. A good litmus test is..."If Warner Bros Entertainment (owner of Batman) wanted to make an NFT/ASA "Batman card" would yours compete with it or be possibly mistaken (by a reasonable person - so in America think 8th grade education) for real merchandise? Probably...thus it's not transformative enough.
"nature" gets a little tougher. This looks at protecting the "creative process." Thus, using other works of art is less-likely to be protected than using factual sources - like historical photographs since it's easier to "create art" and thus "transform" factual pieces than other art pieces. This is also talking to things like "parody." Satire is NOT protected. "Parody" is. What's the difference? LegalZoomputs it well: While a parody targets and mimics the original work to make a point, a satire uses the original work to criticize something else entirely. Another way to look at it is that satire uses another work as a way to comment on something happening in the world that has nothing to do with the original work.
- Myth: I added a different border, extra planets, and some blur effect to MTZ's World of Light - it's a new piece of art.
- Reality: Not likely the courts will see it that way.
- Myth: This guy added a filter, some burn effects, and collaged a bunch of newspaper headlines together - isn't that a violation!
- Reality: Probably not...the courts would probably see this as a creation of art out of factual sources.
amount/substantiality in relation to the whole...this is where using clips of songs that are only like 5 seconds long works! But using more than that...runs into problems. This is tough to decipher too...as some songs are EASILY identifiable from just 5 seconds (Ice, ice, baby) - and thus NOT fair use. But some aren't. Usually you're safe using a very small clip of a song or video - especially if you're adding more to it. But this is a dangerous game to play - and there's places to get free audio (some sources below)
effect of the use - this is probably the biggest one. Courts will look at simply...does YOUR work affect the sales or potential for sales of the copyright owner. Of note...this is looked at at the time of the issue being brought to the court, not at the time of sale. For example, let's say my batman card sells for 10 Algos today, but Algorand BLOWS UP and soon every NFT is on Algorand. And now my OG Batman NFT is seen as one of the first Batman ones and official. Warner Bros gonna sue the shit outta whoever owns it at the time they sue to get the rights to all sales of that NFT. So that person is left holding an empty bag when Warner Bros wins in court.
- Myth: Well they're not commercializing it NOW so I'm safe.
- Reality: Technically, yea Warner Bros probably won't spend the money to go after the OG artist and the hands the asset passed through...HOWEVER, they may. That's their right. Who knows - the Napster days showed us the lengths companies will go to. EVEN BIGGER HOWEVER, the last person holding it when Warner Bros DOES decide to go after that Batman NFT...uh oh for them - they just lost their asset.
- Myth: Well it's been like a year, and no one has brought up copyright. So I'm good.
- Reality: If this was in a normal market...maybe this argument would work. If McDonald's let you sell a Ronald McDonald poster for like a year on Amazon with no issues, some court may say "bro, you took too long to bring this to us." HOWEVER, with cryptocurrency being so new (and Algorand being so little known/discussed), most courts would see it as "reasonable" that a copyright owner failed to exercise their rights within a year - possibly even a decade. (Updated because I realized last example dealt with trademark not copyright :o)
So what am I safe to use?
US Government works (mostly)...any deemed free to use by creator...and any a copyright lawyer says they have your backs on (cuz now they're liable).
Here's some great sources for free use items (please add to this list below if you know of some!!!):
Pictures: https://buffer.com/library/free-images/ (Unsplash is one of my faves)
Music: https://www.wix.com/blog/photography/2019/11/27/free-music-for-videos/
Video: https://blog.hootsuite.com/free-stock-videos-sites/
You'll notice there's a lot of "shoulds" "coulds" "probably" etc. This is because copyright cases are all unique and go to the courts. The best bet is to go with stuff you KNOW is free and fair-use. If not, I'd look up copyright law, consult supreme court cases concerning copyright, and ultimately, talk to a lawyer.
AGAIN: I AM NOT A LAWYER. I AM NOT PROVIDING LEGAL ADVICE. I AM SIMPLY PROVIDING INFORMATION. THERE MAY BE ERRORS ABOVE THAT COULD CAUSE SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGES - CONSULT A COPYRIGHT ATTORNEY IF YOU WISH TO RECEIVE LEGAL ADVICE.
2024.06.10 00:52 clichestraythrowaway Diagnosed with a TBI years after my abuse ex strangled me. Do I have a case?
(Throwaway because I don’t want this on my main)
I was in an abusive relationship with a man for over two years. It did not become physically abusive until I tried to leave.
One night when we were arguing over finances, he got physical with me and attacked me— pinning me against the refrigerator, hitting my head in the process, and began strangling me, I’m unsure for how long, but I blacked out.
The next thing I knew, I was being shaken awake by a police officer, lying on the floor by the fridge. My ex had called the police, and I had no idea how long I’d been unconscious but I felt sore and confused. I did not remember what had happened in the moments following. My head was pounding and my throat was sore.
We were both interviewed by two officers (I was interviewed within earshot of my ex). He had marks on him that appeared to be scratches and bite marks— the officer asked if I did that to him and I told them “no.” I truly still have no idea how those occurred— if he did it to himself, or it if I did it in self defense.
In the police report, it says an ambulance was called for me but “was determined not to be needed” and so was cancelled without further explanation. So, without being given any medical attention, I was arrested and spent the weekend in jail and eventually wound up with a disorderly conduct charge. In my mugshot, you can see clear bruising on my neck from the strangulation.
About two weeks later, I had two seizures in one day. I have never had a seizure before or since this. This past year, I was encouraged by my wonderful therapist to see a neurologist due to symptoms I have been experiencing for the last few years— fatigue, migraines, tinnitus, blurry vision, difficulty with cognition and memory, and even mixing up/reversing words in sentences with some difficulty reading. I used to be a very strong reader so it’s very frustrating for me.
The neurologist told me at my appointment a few days ago that while there is no way to definitively know for sure if those were post traumatic seizures, and since I also had a relatively bad head injury as a child, there could be several factors at play. I was also on medication at the time that likely was lowering my seizure threshold. However, he also said that unless I had a large dose change of my medications shortly before those seizures (which I did not), the timeline is indicative of a post traumatic seizure and my symptoms align with a post concussive/traumatic brain injury. I have been referred to occupational therapy as well as physical therapy to help with my symptoms.
I do wonder if it would be worth doing a consultation with a lawyer, though? I feel that both my abusive ex, and the police department who neglected to get me medical care at a crucial time, bare some liability for what I’ve been through and will now be going through with rehabilitation.
I never got justice in any sense for all the things my ex did to me— instead I took a charge for something I did not do out of fear after being told they would “throw the book at me” if I did not. And now learning I have a life changing brain injury that has left me unable to work for nearly five years now and will take years of rehabilitation… it makes me feel such a mix of emotions.
I guess I would just like to know my options, legally, if I have any. Is there a statute of limitations on matters like this, even if it’s civil damages sought? What would need to be proven in order to have a case (just that harm was done and the injury was caused by him or police negligence beyond a reasonable doubt, or would I need to definitively prove that their actions were the cause of my symptoms and injury?) Who would it make sense to pursue a case against if at all— the police department, my abusive ex, both?
Any advice or guidance would be so very appreciated.
This happened in the USA, MN about 7 years ago.
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I was in an abusive relationship with a man for over two years. It did not become physically abusive until I tried to leave.
One night when we were arguing over finances, he got physical with me and attacked me— pinning me against the refrigerator, hitting my head in the process, and began strangling me, I’m unsure for how long, but I blacked out.
The next thing I knew, I was being shaken awake by a police officer, lying on the floor by the fridge. My ex had called the police, and I had no idea how long I’d been unconscious but I felt sore and confused. I did not remember what had happened in the moments following. My head was pounding and my throat was sore.
We were both interviewed by two officers (I was interviewed within earshot of my ex). He had marks on him that appeared to be scratches and bite marks— the officer asked if I did that to him and I told them “no.” I truly still have no idea how those occurred— if he did it to himself, or it if I did it in self defense.
In the police report, it says an ambulance was called for me but “was determined not to be needed” and so was cancelled without further explanation. So, without being given any medical attention, I was arrested and spent the weekend in jail and eventually wound up with a disorderly conduct charge. In my mugshot, you can see clear bruising on my neck from the strangulation.
About two weeks later, I had two seizures in one day. I have never had a seizure before or since this. This past year, I was encouraged by my wonderful therapist to see a neurologist due to symptoms I have been experiencing for the last few years— fatigue, migraines, tinnitus, blurry vision, difficulty with cognition and memory, and even mixing up/reversing words in sentences with some difficulty reading. I used to be a very strong reader so it’s very frustrating for me.
The neurologist told me at my appointment a few days ago that while there is no way to definitively know for sure if those were post traumatic seizures, and since I also had a relatively bad head injury as a child, there could be several factors at play. I was also on medication at the time that likely was lowering my seizure threshold. However, he also said that unless I had a large dose change of my medications shortly before those seizures (which I did not), the timeline is indicative of a post traumatic seizure and my symptoms align with a post concussive/traumatic brain injury. I have been referred to occupational therapy as well as physical therapy to help with my symptoms.
I do wonder if it would be worth doing a consultation with a lawyer, though? I feel that both my abusive ex, and the police department who neglected to get me medical care at a crucial time, bare some liability for what I’ve been through and will now be going through with rehabilitation.
I never got justice in any sense for all the things my ex did to me— instead I took a charge for something I did not do out of fear after being told they would “throw the book at me” if I did not. And now learning I have a life changing brain injury that has left me unable to work for nearly five years now and will take years of rehabilitation… it makes me feel such a mix of emotions.
I guess I would just like to know my options, legally, if I have any. Is there a statute of limitations on matters like this, even if it’s civil damages sought? What would need to be proven in order to have a case (just that harm was done and the injury was caused by him or police negligence beyond a reasonable doubt, or would I need to definitively prove that their actions were the cause of my symptoms and injury?) Who would it make sense to pursue a case against if at all— the police department, my abusive ex, both?
Any advice or guidance would be so very appreciated.
This happened in the USA, MN about 7 years ago.
2024.06.10 00:50 eltacticaltacopnw Where do we draw the line?!
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2024.06.10 00:36 lvci_frr One week dry —> concerns
I’ve done my fair share of googling pretty much everything about alcohol abuse and it’s recovery. However, I would like to get some actual insight from individuals who have gone or are going through the exact same thing. Tomorrow will be one week sober after almost a decade of alcohol abuse. I’ve had a few instances where I tried to quit when I was younger and less “deep” into it so I never really experienced side effects. It’s definitely different this time.
I feel so much better already in all aspects, but one thing that concerns me is my food intake this past week has been absurdly high. Google searches have led me to believe that this is a normal response to quitting alcohol and that it should subside, but is that a reasonable expectation? Or do some people permanently replace their alcohol calories with food calories? I’m kind of letting myself just enjoy the pleasure of food for right now since I don’t want to bombard myself with the struggle of quitting drinking and of limiting calories and eating “healthy” simultaneously. Another concern is the pain I’ve experienced in my chest and flanks. One of the driving factors that pushed me to quit was that when I drank excessively, I would wake up with severe chest and flank pain. However, the days when I didn’t drink as much I wouldn’t have the pain. Now that I quit, I’m experiencing it EVERY time I wake up. I’d like to know if others had similar pains and if they needed medical attention or were just part of the process. I dont have a primary care doc and won’t be able to see one for months. And last time I went to the ER, it was $1000 just to be there (not including the work they did).
I appreciate any insights and welcome any additional information on what to expect the weeks to come 😄
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I feel so much better already in all aspects, but one thing that concerns me is my food intake this past week has been absurdly high. Google searches have led me to believe that this is a normal response to quitting alcohol and that it should subside, but is that a reasonable expectation? Or do some people permanently replace their alcohol calories with food calories? I’m kind of letting myself just enjoy the pleasure of food for right now since I don’t want to bombard myself with the struggle of quitting drinking and of limiting calories and eating “healthy” simultaneously. Another concern is the pain I’ve experienced in my chest and flanks. One of the driving factors that pushed me to quit was that when I drank excessively, I would wake up with severe chest and flank pain. However, the days when I didn’t drink as much I wouldn’t have the pain. Now that I quit, I’m experiencing it EVERY time I wake up. I’d like to know if others had similar pains and if they needed medical attention or were just part of the process. I dont have a primary care doc and won’t be able to see one for months. And last time I went to the ER, it was $1000 just to be there (not including the work they did).
I appreciate any insights and welcome any additional information on what to expect the weeks to come 😄
2024.06.10 00:35 DragtheDutchie My APS cannon is shooting extremely, extremely slow.
I have an APS cannon with belted autoloaders, each with a clip and single input. There’s a displayed rate of fire of 286 RPM (0.21s/shot) and an autoloader and ammo intake limit of 469.9 RPM, the limiting factor here is my cooling limit. My recoil is showing as 106 (507/s) and my absorption is 4177 (661/s). Barrel cooldown is listed at 0.19s. And yet, when I time the fire rate manually, I got 70rpm on the dot. Why in the world is my fire rate so insanely low compared to what it’s supposed to be??
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2024.06.10 00:31 ExpertsReviewz What Debts To Pay off First To Improve Credit Score in 24 Hours
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2024.06.10 00:26 kaboomglc [US-OR][H] Nintendo Switch games. PS5 Games. Xbox controllers [W] Paypal
First time selling here. Family life causing me to sell my collection. I'll take pictures of specific games as requested, which I'll have my reddit name and date attached to on a sticky note. Shipping is negotiable depending on how large a purchase is, but will be $5 for single game purchases, with the exception of Ring Fit and Tetris Connected Collectors edition as they are larger. My intention is to use USPS Ground Advantage for shipments unless another service is requested and paid for. PayPal Goods and Services is fine. I don't use Venmo or Cashapp so it pretty much has to be PayPal or maybe Zelle. I've read the rules, so hopefully I am doing this correctly!
Nintendo Switch:
Dragon Quest Monsters: The Dark Prince - New $53
Disgaea 6: Defiance of Destiny [Unrelenting Edition] - CIB $22
Dragon Quest Treasures - CIB $26 - SOLD
Final Fantasy VII & VIII Remastered Twin Pack - New $31
Persona 3 Portable - New $70
Kingdom Hearts: Melody of Memory - CIB $20
Mario Party Superstars - CIB $40
Octopath Traveler II - CIB $39 - SOLD
Star Ocean: The Second Story R - New $41 - SOLD
Theatrhythm Final Bar Line - CIB $31
Ni no Kuni: Wrath of the White Witch - CIB $19 - SOLD
Sonic Colors Ultimate [Launch Edition] - CIB $20
New Pokemon Snap - CIB $32
Shin Megami Tensei V [Steelbook Edition] - CIB $24
Tetris 99 - Game and case. Membership used already. $25
Ys IX: Monstrum NOX [Pact Edition] - CIB $40
NEO: The World Ends With You - CIB $20 - SOLD
Final Fantasy XII: The Zodiac Age - CIB $23
Super Mario 3D World + Bowser's Fury - CIB $37
Story of Seasons: Friends of Mineral Town - CIB $20
Pokemon Brilliant Diamond - CIB $33
Bravely Default II - CIB $21
Knockout Home Fitness - CIB $25
Mario Golf: Super Rush - CIB $34
Blue Reflection: Second Light - CIB $43
Luigi's Mansion 3 - CIB $35
Hasbro Game Night - CIB $15 - SOLD
Cruis'n Blast - CIB $20
Puyo Puyo Tetris 2 - CIB $18
Pokemon Legends: Arceus - CIB $40
Mary Skelter 2 - CIB $45
Fire Emblem Engage - CIB $33
Big Brain Academy: Brain vs. Brain - CIB $20
Monster Hunter Stories 2: Wings of Ruin - CIB $25 - SOLD
Monster Hunter Rise - CIB $15
New Super Mario Bros U Deluxe - CIB $32
Hot Wheels Unleashed [Challenge Accepted] - New $42
Mario Kart 8 Deluxe - CIB $37
Zelda Link's Awakening - CIB $35
Nintendo Switch Sports - CIB $32
Pokemon Sword - CIB $31
Disgaea 5 Complete - CIB $25
Final Fantasy X X-2 HD Remaster - X2 code used. CIB $23
Persona 4 Golden - New $70 - SOLD
The Dungeon of Naheulbeuk: The Amulet of Chaos [Chicken Edition] - CIB $18
Final Fantasy IX - New $40
Live A Live - CIB $28
Burnout Paradise Remastered - CIB $15
Triangle Strategy - CIB $31
Unicorn Overlord - New $50 - SOLD
Atari 50: The Anniversary Celebration - CIB $30
Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney Trilogy (JP) - CIB $35
Digimon Story: Cyber Sleuth Complete Edition - CIB $25 - SOLD
Crystal Crisis [Launch Edition] - CIB $23
Family Feud - CIB $15
Octopath Traveler - CIB $38 - SOLD
Prinny Presents NIS Classics Volume 1 ‑ CIB $35
Prinny Presents NIS Classics Volume 3 - CIB $35
Dragon Quest Builders 2 - CIB $38
Cris Tales - CIB $12
The Great Ace Attorney Chronicles - CIB $29 - SOLD
Super Mario 3D All-Stars - CIB $80
Donkey Kong Country Tropical Freeze - CIB $34
Super Mario Odyssey [Starter Pack] - CIB $55
Super Mario Bros. Wonder - New $41
Arkanoid Eternal Battle - CIB $20
Pac-Man Museum Plus - CIB $17
Persona 5 Tactica - New $25
Xenoblade Chronicles: Definitive Edition - CIB $40
Front Mission 1st [Limited Edition] - New $50
Final Fantasy I-VI Collection Pixel Remaster - CIB $80
Tokyo Mirage Sessions #FE Encore - CIB $47
Ring Fit Adventure - New $50
Tetris Effect Connected [Collector's Edition] - New $150
Doki Doki Literature Club Plus - CIB $30
Shin Megami Tensei III: Nocturne HD Remaster - CIB $20
Battle Chasers Nightwar - Generic Gamestop box - $15
Collection of Mana - CIB $23
Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games - CIB $12
Mary Skelter Finale - CIB $42
Super Smash Bros. Ultimate - CIB $36
Moero Crystal H - CIB $42
Mario Tennis Aces - CIB $30
Legend of Mana Remastered - CIB $41
Rune Factory 4 Special - CIB $42
Pokemon Mystery Dungeon: Rescue Team DX - CIB $41
PS5:
Marvel Spiderman: Miles Morales [Ultimate Edition] - New $25
Yakuza: Like a Dragon -CIB $20
NBA 2K21 [Mamba Forever Edition] - New $37
Sackboy: A Big Adventure - New $28
Hades - New $25
Returnal - CIB $24
Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War - New $25
Xbox Controllers:
Microsoft 20th Anniversary Xbox Controller - New $80
Xbox Forza Horizon 5 Controller - New $110
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Nintendo Switch:
Dragon Quest Monsters: The Dark Prince - New $53
Disgaea 6: Defiance of Destiny [Unrelenting Edition] - CIB $22
Dragon Quest Treasures - CIB $26 - SOLD
Final Fantasy VII & VIII Remastered Twin Pack - New $31
Persona 3 Portable - New $70
Kingdom Hearts: Melody of Memory - CIB $20
Mario Party Superstars - CIB $40
Octopath Traveler II - CIB $39 - SOLD
Star Ocean: The Second Story R - New $41 - SOLD
Theatrhythm Final Bar Line - CIB $31
Ni no Kuni: Wrath of the White Witch - CIB $19 - SOLD
Sonic Colors Ultimate [Launch Edition] - CIB $20
New Pokemon Snap - CIB $32
Shin Megami Tensei V [Steelbook Edition] - CIB $24
Tetris 99 - Game and case. Membership used already. $25
Ys IX: Monstrum NOX [Pact Edition] - CIB $40
NEO: The World Ends With You - CIB $20 - SOLD
Final Fantasy XII: The Zodiac Age - CIB $23
Super Mario 3D World + Bowser's Fury - CIB $37
Story of Seasons: Friends of Mineral Town - CIB $20
Pokemon Brilliant Diamond - CIB $33
Bravely Default II - CIB $21
Knockout Home Fitness - CIB $25
Mario Golf: Super Rush - CIB $34
Blue Reflection: Second Light - CIB $43
Luigi's Mansion 3 - CIB $35
Hasbro Game Night - CIB $15 - SOLD
Cruis'n Blast - CIB $20
Puyo Puyo Tetris 2 - CIB $18
Pokemon Legends: Arceus - CIB $40
Mary Skelter 2 - CIB $45
Fire Emblem Engage - CIB $33
Big Brain Academy: Brain vs. Brain - CIB $20
Monster Hunter Stories 2: Wings of Ruin - CIB $25 - SOLD
Monster Hunter Rise - CIB $15
New Super Mario Bros U Deluxe - CIB $32
Hot Wheels Unleashed [Challenge Accepted] - New $42
Mario Kart 8 Deluxe - CIB $37
Zelda Link's Awakening - CIB $35
Nintendo Switch Sports - CIB $32
Pokemon Sword - CIB $31
Disgaea 5 Complete - CIB $25
Final Fantasy X X-2 HD Remaster - X2 code used. CIB $23
Persona 4 Golden - New $70 - SOLD
The Dungeon of Naheulbeuk: The Amulet of Chaos [Chicken Edition] - CIB $18
Final Fantasy IX - New $40
Live A Live - CIB $28
Burnout Paradise Remastered - CIB $15
Triangle Strategy - CIB $31
Unicorn Overlord - New $50 - SOLD
Atari 50: The Anniversary Celebration - CIB $30
Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney Trilogy (JP) - CIB $35
Digimon Story: Cyber Sleuth Complete Edition - CIB $25 - SOLD
Crystal Crisis [Launch Edition] - CIB $23
Family Feud - CIB $15
Octopath Traveler - CIB $38 - SOLD
Prinny Presents NIS Classics Volume 1 ‑ CIB $35
Prinny Presents NIS Classics Volume 3 - CIB $35
Dragon Quest Builders 2 - CIB $38
Cris Tales - CIB $12
The Great Ace Attorney Chronicles - CIB $29 - SOLD
Super Mario 3D All-Stars - CIB $80
Donkey Kong Country Tropical Freeze - CIB $34
Super Mario Odyssey [Starter Pack] - CIB $55
Super Mario Bros. Wonder - New $41
Arkanoid Eternal Battle - CIB $20
Pac-Man Museum Plus - CIB $17
Persona 5 Tactica - New $25
Xenoblade Chronicles: Definitive Edition - CIB $40
Front Mission 1st [Limited Edition] - New $50
Final Fantasy I-VI Collection Pixel Remaster - CIB $80
Tokyo Mirage Sessions #FE Encore - CIB $47
Ring Fit Adventure - New $50
Tetris Effect Connected [Collector's Edition] - New $150
Doki Doki Literature Club Plus - CIB $30
Shin Megami Tensei III: Nocturne HD Remaster - CIB $20
Battle Chasers Nightwar - Generic Gamestop box - $15
Collection of Mana - CIB $23
Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games - CIB $12
Mary Skelter Finale - CIB $42
Super Smash Bros. Ultimate - CIB $36
Moero Crystal H - CIB $42
Mario Tennis Aces - CIB $30
Legend of Mana Remastered - CIB $41
Rune Factory 4 Special - CIB $42
Pokemon Mystery Dungeon: Rescue Team DX - CIB $41
PS5:
Marvel Spiderman: Miles Morales [Ultimate Edition] - New $25
Yakuza: Like a Dragon -CIB $20
NBA 2K21 [Mamba Forever Edition] - New $37
Sackboy: A Big Adventure - New $28
Hades - New $25
Returnal - CIB $24
Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War - New $25
Xbox Controllers:
Microsoft 20th Anniversary Xbox Controller - New $80
Xbox Forza Horizon 5 Controller - New $110
2024.06.10 00:22 ditty2 Stay on 2.5 or move to 5
I've read several posts where people are debating whether to move up to 5 but I'm not sure what to do in my situation, so grateful for advice. With the shortage, it took two months to get my first box of 5. On the 2.5 mg, I have averaged a little under 1 lb loss each week. It's been almost 10 weeks and I waited 8-10 days between shots due to the shortage. I know 1 lb/wk or even a little under is plenty of healthy weight loss a week, but in the same time, I have also completely changed my diet, not just significantly reducing calories and fat intake, but also cutting out almost all processed food, all meat, and most eggs and dairy, and also exercising more. I don't feel the cravings I felt before, but I don't know how much of that is Z and how much is the healthier lifestyle. I'm sure Z is helping me stick to the healthier diet.
My insurance does not cover, so that's not a factor. I'm using the coupon for $550, so that does limit how often I can refill. I'm both anxious to try to the 5 to see what difference that makes but also worried that I won't be able to refill it so maybe I should save it and stick with the 2.5 until I finish those pens.
Would you start the 5 mg or stick with the 2.5?
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My insurance does not cover, so that's not a factor. I'm using the coupon for $550, so that does limit how often I can refill. I'm both anxious to try to the 5 to see what difference that makes but also worried that I won't be able to refill it so maybe I should save it and stick with the 2.5 until I finish those pens.
Would you start the 5 mg or stick with the 2.5?
2024.06.10 00:17 thinksinc Can an RTX 4000-series cards run multiple monitors at higher refresh rates than a 3090?
I just upgraded my triple monitor display setup to use three ASUS ROG 32" 4K PG32UCDM monitors.
I'm running an RTX 3090 and have the displays connected with 8K-rated DisplayPort 1.4 cables. In my previous setup, I had triple Eve Spectrum 4K monitors all running at 144Hz.
Right now I'm barely able to get all three monitors running at 120Hz (technically 119.88Hz) with HDR. If I jump even one display up to 120Hz (or 240Hz when I see it available), one of the monitors will invariably lose signal and Windows will only recognize 2 displays.
The monitors themselves are capable of running at 240Hz in 4K. I've tried all kinds of combinations of turning Variable Refresh Rate on/off, toggling DisplayPort Support from 1.4 to 1.2, enabling and disabling Display Stream Compression, running HDR on and off, and trying all available refresh rates above 60Hz.
My current settings on all displays are:
Resolution: 4K
VRR: Off
DisplayPort Stream: 1.4
DSC Support: On
HDR: On
This is one of the only collection of settings that will actually activate all three monitors under Windows 11, but with a maximum refresh rate of 119.88Hz in HDR.
My question is: would upgrading my 3090 to a 4000-series card allow me to run the display at higher resolutions (ideally at 4K / HDR / 240Hz) or is the limiting factor the bandwidth of the cables? I'm using 8K DP 1.4 cables, so I don't think there's anything better on the market. Or would a 4000-series card also max out at the settings I'm using, but just run games at a higher FPS using those settings?
I also have not yet experimented with using HDMI 2.1 8K-rated cables, since I don't have any of adequate length to reach all three monitors. If switching to HDMI 8K cables is a sure-fire way to improve my refresh rates, I'd be more than happy to switch from DisplayPort to HDMI--I've just had better luck overall with DP cables in the past. HDMI also seems very fickle.
Thanks for any advice.
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I'm running an RTX 3090 and have the displays connected with 8K-rated DisplayPort 1.4 cables. In my previous setup, I had triple Eve Spectrum 4K monitors all running at 144Hz.
Right now I'm barely able to get all three monitors running at 120Hz (technically 119.88Hz) with HDR. If I jump even one display up to 120Hz (or 240Hz when I see it available), one of the monitors will invariably lose signal and Windows will only recognize 2 displays.
The monitors themselves are capable of running at 240Hz in 4K. I've tried all kinds of combinations of turning Variable Refresh Rate on/off, toggling DisplayPort Support from 1.4 to 1.2, enabling and disabling Display Stream Compression, running HDR on and off, and trying all available refresh rates above 60Hz.
My current settings on all displays are:
Resolution: 4K
VRR: Off
DisplayPort Stream: 1.4
DSC Support: On
HDR: On
This is one of the only collection of settings that will actually activate all three monitors under Windows 11, but with a maximum refresh rate of 119.88Hz in HDR.
My question is: would upgrading my 3090 to a 4000-series card allow me to run the display at higher resolutions (ideally at 4K / HDR / 240Hz) or is the limiting factor the bandwidth of the cables? I'm using 8K DP 1.4 cables, so I don't think there's anything better on the market. Or would a 4000-series card also max out at the settings I'm using, but just run games at a higher FPS using those settings?
I also have not yet experimented with using HDMI 2.1 8K-rated cables, since I don't have any of adequate length to reach all three monitors. If switching to HDMI 8K cables is a sure-fire way to improve my refresh rates, I'd be more than happy to switch from DisplayPort to HDMI--I've just had better luck overall with DP cables in the past. HDMI also seems very fickle.
Thanks for any advice.
2024.06.09 23:56 audi-1983 The Best Low-Fat Diet for Weight Loss
The Ultimate Guide to the Best Low-Fat Diet for Weight Loss
Introduction
Several diets offer quick and effective results in the pursuit of weight loss. Among these, the low-fat diet has garnered significant attention for its potential to help individuals shed pounds while promoting overall health. This ultimate guide will explore what a low-fat diet entails, identify the best low-fat foods for weight loss, discuss who might benefit the most from such a diet, and consider potential risks. The main objective of this guide is to help you understand how to include a low-fat diet in your lifestyle to achieve your weight loss goals.
What is a Low-Fat Diet?
A low-fat diet emphasizes reducing fat intake, particularly unhealthy fats such as saturated and trans fats, while encouraging the consumption of healthier carbohydrates and proteins. Nutritionists strongly recommend consuming less than 30% of total daily calories. Health and fitness experts have demonstrated that fats containing too many calories lead to obesity; it is, therefore, crucial to reduce fat intake in order to achieve your weight loss goals.
Clinical Studies have shown that incorporating low-fat diets into your meal plan is the most effective weight loss strategy. For example, a comprehensive review published in the Journal of the American Medical Association found that individuals following low-fat diets experienced significant weight loss over a year compared to those on higher-fat diets. Furthermore, the Dietary Guidelines for Americans recommend that individuals focus on healthy eating patterns, including low-fat options, to maintain a healthy weight and reduce the risk of chronic diseases.
Low-Fat Foods: A Detailed Look
Incorporating the right low-fat foods into your diet is crucial for weight loss and overall health. Here's a closer look at some of the best low-fat foods you should consider:
Leafy Greens
Leafy greens such as spinach, kale, and lettuce are low in calories and fat but rich in vitamins, minerals, and fiber. For instance, a cup of raw spinach contains only about seven calories and virtually no fat, making it an excellent addition to salads, smoothies, and meals. Leafy greens also contain fiber, which helps reduce overall calorie intake.
Fruits
Fruits like apples, oranges, and berries are naturally low in fat and rich in essential nutrients and antioxidants. For example, a medium contains approximately 95 calories and below 0.5 grams of fat. These fruits not only satisfy sweet cravings but also provide a substantial amount of fiber, which aids in digestion and weight management.
Beans and Legumes
Beans and legumes, such as lentils, chickpeas, and black beans, are fantastic sources of plant-based protein and fiber with very low-fat content. A cup of cooked lentils provides around 230 calories and less than 1 gram of fat. Beans and legumes can be served in many dishes, from soups and stews to salads and side dishes.
Sweet Potatoes
Sweet potatoes are a nutritious, low-fat carbohydrate source that provides dietary fiber, vitamins, and minerals. One medium sweet potato contains about 103 calories and below 0.2 grams of fat. They are an excellent alternative to regular potatoes and can be baked, mashed, or roasted.
Tart Cherry Juice
Tart cherry juice has potential health benefits, including improved sleep and reduced muscle soreness. It is low in fat and can be a refreshing addition to your diet. An 8-ounce serving of tart cherry juice has about 140 calories and negligible fat content.
Cruciferous Vegetables
Cruciferous vegetables such as broccoli, cauliflower, and Brussels sprouts contain low calories and fat but are rich in high fiber, vitamins, and phytochemicals with cancer-fighting properties. A cup of cooked broccoli has approximately 55 calories and below 0.5 grams of fat.
Mushrooms
Mushrooms are another excellent low-fat food that can enhance the flavor and texture of various dishes. A cup of sliced raw mushrooms has around 15 calories and almost no fat. When exposed to sunlight, mushrooms are rich in antioxidants and vitamins, particularly vitamin D.
Garlic
Garlic adds a burst of flavor to meals and offers numerous health benefits. It is deficient in calories and fat, with one clove containing just four calories and negligible fat. Garlic is essential since it promotes heart health and immune function.
Ancient Grains
Ancient grains like quinoa, farro, and barley are nutritious and low in fat. Quinoa, for instance, provides about 220 calories per cooked cup with only 3.5 grams of fat. These grains are high in protein and fiber, making them an excellent base for salads, bowls, and side dishes.
White Lean Fish
White lean fish such as cod, haddock, and tilapia are excellent protein sources with deficient fat. A 3-ounce serving of cooked cod contains approximately 90 calories and less than 1 gram of fat. These fish are versatile and can be baked, grilled, or steamed.
Chicken Breast
Chicken breast is among the proteins that are rich in low fat. A 3-ounce serving of skinless, cooked chicken breast contains approximately 140 calories and 3 grams of fat. It is versatile in various dishes, from salads and wraps to main courses.
Low-Fat Dairy
Low-fat dairy products such as skim milk, low-fat yogurt, and reduced-fat cheese are rich in essential nutrients like calcium and vitamin D with reduced fat content. A cup of skim milk has about 90 calories and virtually no fat. These products can be enjoyed as snacks or part of balanced meals.
Egg Whites
Egg whites are a low-fat, high-protein food. One large egg white contains approximately 17 calories and below 0.1 grams of fat. They can be used in various dishes, from omelets to baked goods, to boost protein intake without adding fat.
Who Might Benefit from a Low-Fat Diet?
A low-fat diet can benefit individuals, particularly those aiming to lose weight or manage specific health conditions. People with heart disease, high cholesterol, or high blood pressure may find a low-fat diet helpful in reducing their risk factors. Additionally, individuals looking to improve their overall diet quality by focusing on nutrient-dense, low-fat foods can benefit from this eating plan.
Studies have demonstrated the benefits of low-fat diets for weight loss and health. Numerous studies have demonstrated the significance of low-fat diets in weight loss. For example, research conducted by the "American Journal of Clinical Nutrition" found that low-fat diets are really effective in reducing weight and LDL cholesterol levels compared to those on higher-fat diets.
Potential Risks
While a low-fat diet can be effective for weight loss and health improvement, it's essential to consider potential risks. Too little fat can lead to deficiencies in essential fatty acids and fat-soluble vitamins (A, D, E, and K). Additionally, some low-fat diet plans may lead to over-reliance on processed low-fat foods, which can be high in sugar and refined carbohydrates.
Balancing fat intake by including healthy fats from sources like avocados, nuts, and olive oil can help mitigate these risks. Focusing on whole, minimally processed foods is crucial to ensure adequate nutrient intake.
Frequently Asked Questions
Is a low-fat diet suitable for everyone?
While many people can benefit from a low-fat diet, it may only suit some. However, individuals with underlying medical conditions or under medication should seek advice from a medical practitioner before including a low-fat diet in their meal plan.
How much fat should I consume on a low-fat diet?
A low-fat diet typically limits fat intake to less than 30% of total daily calories. A 2,000-calorie diet equals approximately 67 grams of fat daily, but the actual amount depends on individual needs and goals.
Can I lose weight on a low-fat diet?
Yes, a low-fat, balanced, calorie-controlled diet and regular physical activity are essential for weight loss. Low-fat foods can help create the calorie deficit necessary for weight loss.
Are all low-fat foods healthy?
Not all low-fat foods are created equal. While whole, natural foods like fruits, vegetables, and lean proteins are healthy low-fat options, many processed low-fat foods can be high in sugar and refined carbohydrates. Choosing whole, minimally processed foods for the best health benefits is essential.
What are some healthy sources of fat to include in a low-fat diet?
Avocados, mackerel, nuts, seeds, olive oil, and fatty fish like salmon are healthy sources of fat that should be included in a low-fat diet. They provide essential fatty acids and promote overall health.
Conclusion
A low-fat diet can be powerful for weight loss and overall health improvement. By focusing on nutrient-dense, low-fat foods and maintaining a balanced approach to fat intake, you can achieve weight loss goals while supporting your body's nutritional needs. Remember, the key to success with any diet is consistency and making informed, healthy choices that align with your lifestyle and goals. As always, consult with a healthcare professional before making significant changes to your diet, especially if you have underlying health conditions.
submitted by audi-1983 to WeightLossAdvice [link] [comments]
Introduction
Several diets offer quick and effective results in the pursuit of weight loss. Among these, the low-fat diet has garnered significant attention for its potential to help individuals shed pounds while promoting overall health. This ultimate guide will explore what a low-fat diet entails, identify the best low-fat foods for weight loss, discuss who might benefit the most from such a diet, and consider potential risks. The main objective of this guide is to help you understand how to include a low-fat diet in your lifestyle to achieve your weight loss goals.
What is a Low-Fat Diet?
A low-fat diet emphasizes reducing fat intake, particularly unhealthy fats such as saturated and trans fats, while encouraging the consumption of healthier carbohydrates and proteins. Nutritionists strongly recommend consuming less than 30% of total daily calories. Health and fitness experts have demonstrated that fats containing too many calories lead to obesity; it is, therefore, crucial to reduce fat intake in order to achieve your weight loss goals.
Clinical Studies have shown that incorporating low-fat diets into your meal plan is the most effective weight loss strategy. For example, a comprehensive review published in the Journal of the American Medical Association found that individuals following low-fat diets experienced significant weight loss over a year compared to those on higher-fat diets. Furthermore, the Dietary Guidelines for Americans recommend that individuals focus on healthy eating patterns, including low-fat options, to maintain a healthy weight and reduce the risk of chronic diseases.
Low-Fat Foods: A Detailed Look
Incorporating the right low-fat foods into your diet is crucial for weight loss and overall health. Here's a closer look at some of the best low-fat foods you should consider:
Leafy Greens
Leafy greens such as spinach, kale, and lettuce are low in calories and fat but rich in vitamins, minerals, and fiber. For instance, a cup of raw spinach contains only about seven calories and virtually no fat, making it an excellent addition to salads, smoothies, and meals. Leafy greens also contain fiber, which helps reduce overall calorie intake.
Fruits
Fruits like apples, oranges, and berries are naturally low in fat and rich in essential nutrients and antioxidants. For example, a medium contains approximately 95 calories and below 0.5 grams of fat. These fruits not only satisfy sweet cravings but also provide a substantial amount of fiber, which aids in digestion and weight management.
Beans and Legumes
Beans and legumes, such as lentils, chickpeas, and black beans, are fantastic sources of plant-based protein and fiber with very low-fat content. A cup of cooked lentils provides around 230 calories and less than 1 gram of fat. Beans and legumes can be served in many dishes, from soups and stews to salads and side dishes.
Sweet Potatoes
Sweet potatoes are a nutritious, low-fat carbohydrate source that provides dietary fiber, vitamins, and minerals. One medium sweet potato contains about 103 calories and below 0.2 grams of fat. They are an excellent alternative to regular potatoes and can be baked, mashed, or roasted.
Tart Cherry Juice
Tart cherry juice has potential health benefits, including improved sleep and reduced muscle soreness. It is low in fat and can be a refreshing addition to your diet. An 8-ounce serving of tart cherry juice has about 140 calories and negligible fat content.
Cruciferous Vegetables
Cruciferous vegetables such as broccoli, cauliflower, and Brussels sprouts contain low calories and fat but are rich in high fiber, vitamins, and phytochemicals with cancer-fighting properties. A cup of cooked broccoli has approximately 55 calories and below 0.5 grams of fat.
Mushrooms
Mushrooms are another excellent low-fat food that can enhance the flavor and texture of various dishes. A cup of sliced raw mushrooms has around 15 calories and almost no fat. When exposed to sunlight, mushrooms are rich in antioxidants and vitamins, particularly vitamin D.
Garlic
Garlic adds a burst of flavor to meals and offers numerous health benefits. It is deficient in calories and fat, with one clove containing just four calories and negligible fat. Garlic is essential since it promotes heart health and immune function.
Ancient Grains
Ancient grains like quinoa, farro, and barley are nutritious and low in fat. Quinoa, for instance, provides about 220 calories per cooked cup with only 3.5 grams of fat. These grains are high in protein and fiber, making them an excellent base for salads, bowls, and side dishes.
White Lean Fish
White lean fish such as cod, haddock, and tilapia are excellent protein sources with deficient fat. A 3-ounce serving of cooked cod contains approximately 90 calories and less than 1 gram of fat. These fish are versatile and can be baked, grilled, or steamed.
Chicken Breast
Chicken breast is among the proteins that are rich in low fat. A 3-ounce serving of skinless, cooked chicken breast contains approximately 140 calories and 3 grams of fat. It is versatile in various dishes, from salads and wraps to main courses.
Low-Fat Dairy
Low-fat dairy products such as skim milk, low-fat yogurt, and reduced-fat cheese are rich in essential nutrients like calcium and vitamin D with reduced fat content. A cup of skim milk has about 90 calories and virtually no fat. These products can be enjoyed as snacks or part of balanced meals.
Egg Whites
Egg whites are a low-fat, high-protein food. One large egg white contains approximately 17 calories and below 0.1 grams of fat. They can be used in various dishes, from omelets to baked goods, to boost protein intake without adding fat.
Who Might Benefit from a Low-Fat Diet?
A low-fat diet can benefit individuals, particularly those aiming to lose weight or manage specific health conditions. People with heart disease, high cholesterol, or high blood pressure may find a low-fat diet helpful in reducing their risk factors. Additionally, individuals looking to improve their overall diet quality by focusing on nutrient-dense, low-fat foods can benefit from this eating plan.
Studies have demonstrated the benefits of low-fat diets for weight loss and health. Numerous studies have demonstrated the significance of low-fat diets in weight loss. For example, research conducted by the "American Journal of Clinical Nutrition" found that low-fat diets are really effective in reducing weight and LDL cholesterol levels compared to those on higher-fat diets.
Potential Risks
While a low-fat diet can be effective for weight loss and health improvement, it's essential to consider potential risks. Too little fat can lead to deficiencies in essential fatty acids and fat-soluble vitamins (A, D, E, and K). Additionally, some low-fat diet plans may lead to over-reliance on processed low-fat foods, which can be high in sugar and refined carbohydrates.
Balancing fat intake by including healthy fats from sources like avocados, nuts, and olive oil can help mitigate these risks. Focusing on whole, minimally processed foods is crucial to ensure adequate nutrient intake.
Frequently Asked Questions
Is a low-fat diet suitable for everyone?
While many people can benefit from a low-fat diet, it may only suit some. However, individuals with underlying medical conditions or under medication should seek advice from a medical practitioner before including a low-fat diet in their meal plan.
How much fat should I consume on a low-fat diet?
A low-fat diet typically limits fat intake to less than 30% of total daily calories. A 2,000-calorie diet equals approximately 67 grams of fat daily, but the actual amount depends on individual needs and goals.
Can I lose weight on a low-fat diet?
Yes, a low-fat, balanced, calorie-controlled diet and regular physical activity are essential for weight loss. Low-fat foods can help create the calorie deficit necessary for weight loss.
Are all low-fat foods healthy?
Not all low-fat foods are created equal. While whole, natural foods like fruits, vegetables, and lean proteins are healthy low-fat options, many processed low-fat foods can be high in sugar and refined carbohydrates. Choosing whole, minimally processed foods for the best health benefits is essential.
What are some healthy sources of fat to include in a low-fat diet?
Avocados, mackerel, nuts, seeds, olive oil, and fatty fish like salmon are healthy sources of fat that should be included in a low-fat diet. They provide essential fatty acids and promote overall health.
Conclusion
A low-fat diet can be powerful for weight loss and overall health improvement. By focusing on nutrient-dense, low-fat foods and maintaining a balanced approach to fat intake, you can achieve weight loss goals while supporting your body's nutritional needs. Remember, the key to success with any diet is consistency and making informed, healthy choices that align with your lifestyle and goals. As always, consult with a healthcare professional before making significant changes to your diet, especially if you have underlying health conditions.
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