I had a connection from Atlanta to Florida and I am not really a huge fan of flying.
I put my noise cancelling earphones and some music on to drown out the impending take off noises but over all of that I could still hear this boomer playing clips of fox news full blast on his computer. THE WHOLE FLIGHT!!
I was in shock, I thought he did it by mistake but nope, whole flight long.
They even handed out complimentary ear phones to everyone.
I still don’t get it

Hey I’m m16 and I’m starting to feel like there’s something wrong with me. Obviously girls don’t owe me any romantic attention I’m not weird… I just feel like girls only like me when I’m actively trying to fit in. I like art- I want to be an animator and director, I like school and learning, I like reading, music, fashion. All that junk. I’m pretty awkward around girls, I’m trans ftm but I’ve been socially transitioned for forever. Idk where I’m going with this honestly. I have plenty of female friends and I cherish them deeply, but in the romance department I feel like I’m falling behind.

For me, my favourite two animes are Re:Zero and Sword Art Online (Please don't flame me!). I admit, the only reason I started the two animes were because i saw Subaru and Emilia and Kirito and Asuna on a list of most romantic anime couples (Subaru and Emilia? Really?), and they looked so cute I just had to watch the whole series about the two. I love isekais and having two of the most wholesome relationship dynamics really made these two the best animes. It also helped me enjoy the other parts of the anime as well, such as Re:Zero's dark and horrifying plot, as well as Sword Art Online's completely different spin on isekais, and now I watch both whenever I feel happy or sad. Has anyone else watched an anime for the romance? I hope it's not just me... (Pure romance animes do not count!)
What are your reasons for starting your favourite anime? Friend recommendation, clip, random scrolling, etc? This is a fun topic!

This is more half venting cuz I know in the end it’s just mindful practice but I’m SO FRUSTRATED. If I have a song I need to practice I can break it down on the piano and practice line by line until im able to do it, but the next day I’m back at square one again! And it’s been like this for years. And when I say back at square one I literally mean the next day I probably get 0 percent of my notes right (all off by almost a quarter to half step in any direction.
And I try to hear myself I really do but I can’t tell during singing and the moment I listen back I can identify exactly which note needs to go where. And then I can spend and hour fixing it but the next day it’s gone again.
I’m just so sad and dejected about it right now because music is my favorite thing, and now I have friends who like to sing too and they’re very good. I know it’s not good to compare and they tell me to just have fun but I’m just sad. And I know it’s wrong to be stuck in a fixed mindset and usually I am The person telling myself to take it one step at a time. I’ve been positive most days but today I just wanna break

This is my list of the top 10 non hardcore emo albums post 2000. I did not include any hardcore or true pop punk albums. Obviously this comes down to personal preference, and the emo genre is so diverse this was a difficult list to make. I think I did a decent job of putting together a solid list of diverse emo albums. Let me know your top 10 list! I want to note that I only chose one album from every artist to go on this list. I honestly believe 5 of the 10 bands have more than one album that could potentially make this list, but I wanted to give a nod to a few other lesser known bands and albums. I put the list with no commentary first so people would not be forced to wade through my reviews to see the list.
My Top 10 Emo Albums: 1. Turnover - Peripheral Vision 2. Citizen - Youth 3. Movements - Feel Something 4. Tigers Jaw - Self Titled 5. The Hotelier - Home, Like No Place There Is 6. City and Colour - Bring Me Your Love 7. A Great Big Pile of Leaves - Snack Attack 8. Pinegrove - Marigold 9. Gleemer - Down Through 10. Foxing - The Albatross
Honorable Mention: 1. Secondhand Serenade - Awake 2. For When You Can’t Breathe - A Home That Doesn’t Exist
Quick Album Reviews:

1. Turnover - Peripheral Vision This is and will always be my top album. A true masterpiece to my ears. The music is dreamy, but they still kept some of the heaviness from earlier albums. That Roland JC-120 tone will always be legendary. The lyrics are super emo, but it doesn't sound dark unless you really listen. I have played this album at the cafe, and more than once I have had someone mention, “This music is so happy” lol. Go read the lyrics and get back to me on that. The lyrical content is approachable and relatable. Solid 10/10.
   
2. Citizen - Youth This album simultaneously rocks and jams. The guitars can be heavy at times, but the mix of calm and heavy parts is a genius execution. The Vocals are something of magic. The mix of the clean and yelling vocals not only fits the style but also adds a ton of dynamics. The lyrics are gut wrenching. Songs like “The Night I Drove Alone” are an all too real description of what living with suicidal ideation is like. This is the closest thing to being a hardcore album on this list, except maybe the Hotelier album, but I believe it is much more approachable than your average hardcore album, as the vocals do not really scream. 9.5/10
   
3. Movements - Feel Something This album does not rock as hard as “Youth” but It does jam twice as hard. Now don’t get me wrong: it rocks…hard. The lyrics and melodies on this album may be my favorite on any emo album. The lyrics are clever and witty, and the melodies are smooth and memorable. This is an album I have to sing along to when I listen to it. I believe the first 5 songs on this album may be the best 5 song stretch on any emo album ever produced. These songs together get a 10/10. The only things I didn't really care for at first were the spoken word parts. The words are great, but spoken word just really isn't my thing. It takes me back to my days in the evangelical church, but I have grown to love it. 9.5/10
   
4. Tigers Jaw - Self Titled This is a classic emo album. Personally it is not even my favorite Tiger’s Jaw album. For my personal taste “Spin” takes the cake, but there is no denying that the Self Titled album was more successful and had a larger influence on emo music as a whole. The music is very raw. It could have easily been produced in a bedroom, though it was recorded in a real studio. The guitars and vocals are both pretty raw. It has very little pop influence in the sense that it is not very polished. Let’s be honest, that is one of the major draws to the album. The lyrics, though silly at times, are very real and raw. “What about your friends, do they make you happy?” “Lie to me like you used to” “We are made from chemicals, but what holds us together is much more than that” This album showcases great lyricism and melody building. 9/10
   
5. The Hotelier - Home, Like No Place There Is Many avid emo fans consider this album to be the best emo album ever produced. I agree that it is one of the best. The music ranges from pretty heavy to chiller alt rock. It does have some screamo style vocals, but that is not the majority of the vocals, which is why it's not on the hardcore list. “Life In Drag” is 100% screamo, “Housebroken” is a chill alt song, and songs like “Among The Wildflowers” and “Your Deep Rest” are an excellent combination of both. The lyrics are another example of top tier lyricism in the emo genre. The song “Your Deep Rest” may be the most gut wrenching song I have ever heard in any genre. 9/10
   
6. City and Colour - Bring Me Your Love This is the only acoustic album to make the top 10. I listened to this album from 2008 to 2015 before I even realized that most people even considered it emo. I just saw it as an awesome acoustic album. The music overall has a pretty dark sound especially for an acoustic album. The sound reminds me a bit of The Spill Canvas’ “Sunsets & Car Crashes” album but it is much more refined and has a more pop style production. Dallas’ advanced guitar skills and beautiful and soulful vocals are really a thing of beauty. My first year in college this was my drink and be sad album. It is incredibly dark. “Every man needs a muse and mine could be the bottle” “It's passion, it's not love. Infatuation never ends up right. At least I won't be alone tonight.” “We celebrate the lives of the dead. It's like a man's best party, only happens when he dies.” 8.5/10
   
7. A Great Big Pile of Leaves - Snack Attack A Great Big Pile of Leaves is the least popular band to make this list, but honestly one of the most original emo bands I’ve ever heard. This album has a super fun and happy sound. The music jams and groves very hard, while having a calming effect on the listener. This is a great album to take a nap to. The lyrics can be pretty silly with songs about a wild mouse in the house that they consider a pet, slumber parties, and going back to school. They prove that being happy and joyous are also worthwhile emotions. It is not all fun and games though, it also includes themes of those you trust letting you down, and the struggle of being introverted. I have never related to a song more than “Ambervision” 8.5/10
   
8. Pinegrove - Marigold I'm sure there will be plenty of people who will question why I chose this album over all the other bangers Pinegrove has released. It is one of Pinegrove’s least successful albums. They have obviously had several hits bigger than any of the songs on this album, but the overall album is so cohesive and perfectly executed. Every song’s sound fits perfectly into the style of the whole album. My biggest complaint about Pinegrove, and the reason I disliked them for so long, is because they have such a country (It is fair to say folk) sound. I grew up in East Texas where country music is king, and I always hated it with a passion. This is the album where they leaned the most heavily into the country sound. The melodies have a slight twang and the harmonies are obviously country inspired. The reason I chose this album is because they were able to take elements of music that I hate and make me love it. So Good! 8.5/10
   
9. Gleemer - Down Through This is the most recent album to make the top 10 list. This band is also fairly unknown. I actually did not discover them until maybe a month ago. It may be fair to say that my introduction to this album is too fresh to make it on this list, but It is simply that good. The first time I heard it I knew it would be one of my favorites. It has that dreamy aspect that made Peripheral Vision such a huge hit. I dream of the day that every emo band realizes that a strong chorus effect and intense reverbs are their friend. It is a bit heavier than PV, not by much. The lyrics are very poetic and leave the meaning a bit up to interpretation but they are dark and without a doubt emo. The choruses are catchy, but they do not quite have the sing along factor of PV. Dreamy Emo/Shoegaze for the win! 8/10
   
10. Foxing - The Albatross I actually saw Foxing open up for Tigers Jaw back in 2017, before I had ever heard their recorded music. I really enjoyed it. They slap live. A few months after the concert I was playing random emo music in the cafe and the song “the Medic” came on. I was jamming to it and in the middle of the song I realized, “Holy shit, I saw these guys live”. This is another album that has a crazy 5 song stretch. The first 5 songs are on another level. 9.5/10. “Pent Up In A Blind” is a short interlude instrumental but it perfectly bridges “The Medic” and “Rory” which are undeniably the best two songs on the album. It is dark and depressing, but their musicality is something I have never heard from an emo band. The sound on this album is very unique in the genre. They use a trumpet (which is sick live) and the guitars have a slight midwest emo style, with the sweeping guitar parts on some of the songs, but the tone is unlike what you would hear in midwest emo. The rest of the album is solid, but very instrumental heavy which is the only reason the overall album was dropped down to a 8/10
    

Honorable Mention:

1. Secondhand Serenade - Awake In my mind this is the second best acoustic emo album out there. It is much more polished and poppy than anything else that made the actual top 10. The vocals utilize some fairly significant pitch correction, which becomes obvious when you hear the songs live. He uses pitch correction, but it feels more like an effect than it does about fixing vocal imperfections. The vocals needed to be that perfect to fit the style of the music. Secondhand Serenade used amazingly written harmonies to add depth and dynamics to the music. SS utilizes some unique tunings and chords in his music. I learned so much about playing the acoustic guitar from this album. Just like City and Colour I never considered SS an emo band until around 2015. That’s when I looked past the beautiful music and took a deeper look into the lyrics and realized, “Damn, this guy was going through some shit.” I always considered it a love album, as there are some beautiful love songs, but if you look deeper you will see that they are all about trying to fix messed up relationships. Not exactly as happy as the songs sound.
   
2. For When You Can’t Breathe - A Home That Doesn’t Exist This album was just released this year, by an artist that released their first song in 2022. They are almost completely unknown with less than 36,000 monthly listeners on Spotify (most of those have come in the last few months). The newness of the artist does not detract from the perfection of this album. It has dreamy guitar tones, especially on the verses. The choruses have a strong pop punk feel. The vocals feature both super clean poppy melodies, and yelling and screaming. It kind of feels like a mix of Secondhand Serenade’s clean vocals, Peripheral Vision’s guitar tones, Mayday Parade’s choruses, and the raw vocals of Hotelier. Seriously a cool mix of music and styles. It is everything my 17 year old scene self hoped emo music would be in 15 years.
   

This is my first year of teaching, and it is coming to a quick close so I wanted to share my experience! I am a choir and orchestra teacher at a title one school that I actually vowed to never work at because I am from the town I work in and have heard the stigma surrounding my current district. It is hard and I have had many days, especially in adapting in the beginning of the year, where I wanted to quit and cried due to frustration. But here is how my year went:

• my admin is very supportive of the arts and I have a great relationship with them
  
• I had parents and other teachers tell me my ensembles have never sounded better
  
• I created a concept for a new class and brought it to my admin and they are going to let me teach it next year!!!!
  
• I have had kids in my ensembles tell me they wouldn’t do music if it wasn’t for me
  
• I teach 5 general music courses that are used as “dumping grounds” for kids that have no where else to go, and although there are kids that have cused me out, told me they hated me… etc I have gained kids that want to join my actual ensembles next year!!!!
  

I was 99% sure when I took this job that I would never stay, but I love the challenge and I love trying to make a difference in my school and my heart is just so set on staying in my school and spending my years as a music teacher on making a difference!!!!

22F international uni student, its summer holidays so I'm back in Malaysia with too much free time. Really trying to make new friends and get out of the house more. Lets chat, get to know each other, then see if we can hang out and play? Promise you wont take my organs and I wont take yours :)
I like alt fashion + music (post-punk, shoegaze, etc but i listen to pop too), video and board gaming, nature, and arts n crafts. Down to try anything at least once so maybe you can convert me to your hobbies 🫡
lesbian, so guys looking for love can stay out of my DMs ♡

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Hey everyone,
I'm gonna just spill everything that's going on, and rant and I'd appreciate it if I could hear it from insight or advice from some people!! Thank you! I'm a guy (18) btw and my ex is a girl (18)
So me and my ex broke up about a month and a half ago. She brought it up with me about mid march out of the blue and said that her mental health was real bad and she didn't want it affecting our relationship, which is fair, I told her let's give it a month, let's try and work everything out, told her to maybe try therapy and let's try communicating and work it out because I loved her so much. After that it was thin ice for the rest of march, I tried so hard and she was just being distant. I stayed over the Easter weekend and she told me that she just doesn't see it working and wants the break up, I was like ok that's fine if that's what you need to do. While she was out of her house at work that weekend I was chilling at hers waiting for my own shift to start, I got curious and remembered she'd had a diary. The diary was a set boundary and I knew never to open it or read it, but in my mind at the time I thought what if there was something in there that could maybe help or understand her state of mind better yah know? When I did read the most recent entry I wish I didn't, she wrote some things that I won't disclose but she wrote that she had developed a crush on a guy in her uni class and that she was questioning "what if" Because they had similar interests and she believed that was something that we lacked (which honestly we didn't really, our childhoods are very similar, our humour is similar, the only things we didn't really have in common was a slight difference in music taste and TV shows etc but that never really bothered me) anyway at the end of the entry and she said "I won't act on it though". That whole weekend she was secretive about her phone, which she never was and "went to the toilet alot" we also went to have a shower after work and she left her phone open on the bathroom counter I picked it up and she freaked out, grabbing it and turning it off, when I questioned the reaction she said she had embarrassing photos she'd taken recently of herself and didn't want me to see them. Righttttt..... she left the room for a minute and left her phone and I ended up opening the conversation between her and this guy on her intsa and only saw the most recent message where he asked how everything was going, she replied with "it seems OK, everything seems mutual but I think everything's gonna be ok" something along the lines of that. I ended up telling her that I read her diary because I couldn't keep that to myself, she left the room hurt for about 10 minutes and when she came back I told her I also read her messages with the guy her face dropped like she had to explain something, but when I told her that I only saw the most recent one she seemed relieved. She ended up ignoring me for the rest of the night and going to sleep, I tried going on her phone after she feel asleep but she took my fingerprint and face id off, I didn't know her password unfortunately. The next day I stayed until I had work later in the afternoon but never mention anything because I didn't really think of it. For the first few days of the breakup we were still talking but then she randomly switched on me because I wasn't giving her space, giving me the cold shoulder etc. I ended up adding the dude on insta and messaging him, I found out through him that she was confiding in him and she was telling him our relationship problems, things she's never told me. I asked him to relay a message to her for me at uni and he did, she wasn't happy, she ended up massaging me and sending me a long paragraph where she doesn't really wanna interact with me anymore etc. I begged her to give me a 2nd chance just the usual shit you do and she was unresponsive and didn't seem to care at all, after our conversation she posted a new post on insta and the first picture was her and this dude next to eachother at a party, not sitting next to eachother but close enough. I've talked with some female friends and they've told me she's was emotionally cheating on me and yeah she was, whether she sees it like that or not. I never knew anything about this guy and their relationship tbh, I knew of his existence and that he recently went through a bad break up but other then that, nothing. I thought maybe she didn't tell me because of my insecurities etc and I also thought that she talked him for advice because he knew what she was going through but now that I look back I'm not to sure.
I was at a mates place 2 weeks ago and he told me that he thinks he saw her on tinder, he wasn't sure tho, we ended up making a new account on his phone and sure enough she was. Why was she on tinder if she's getting this attention from another guy? She also posted songs on her insta note which were clearly aimed at me, she also posted a song which was clearly aimed at me to make me jealous, the song is basically about a man and a women and how good they'd be together. Since then she's acted like I don't exist, but something that really got to me is that I saw one of her highschool friends where I work and she was telling me that they were at a catch up that my ex was present at and didn't speak bad about me, she told her friends that she broke up but when they all started a conversation about how hard uni was she mentioned and seemed quite chirpy at the fact that I recently got into uni. (I applied for uni after the break up and posted it on my socials when I got in) why act happy for me that I got into uni after being a cold bitch after the break up?
We ended up talking again recently because I needed a favour from her and she told me that when we broke up it was because her mental health wasn't good for us, but then she said that she didn't like the way she was treated during and after the relationship, she said that I destroyed her self worth because I made comments and my temper was bad. All of these things were at the start of the relationship and when I noticed it was hurting her I took a step back and stopped these actions, I apologised, worked on it and changed. It's like she was nit picking things and people have told me it's because she feels guilty but also because she's avoiding accountability.
She recently had a family member pass away and I messaged her my condolences after about 2 - 3 weeks of no contact and she said thank you, but after that I'm done. I hate the way I was treated and she's made me feel like shit and made me feel like some kind of monster with the things she said. With all of this do you think she'll come around and realise that she was not nice to me at all? I've also had a friend tell me that she'll realise that the grass wasn't greener and try to come back to me but to not let myself be an option. She said when she's ready she might reach out and we can catch up for coffee and be friends but if she doesn't start the conversation with an apology I know she hasn't done anything to reflect or change. But essentially will she come around and realise she wasn't nice at all and apologise or is this whole ordeal a sinking ship? I've been taking therapy and I'm in a better position then I was a month ago and I still get thoughts about her and miss her but I'm getting over it with the way she treated me.
Thanks for listening to my Ted talk and thanks for reading this big ass rant. Oh we were together for a year and 3 months if that helps with anything either. Thanks. Also Jan and February were fine and then in march she became distant. Thanks again.

“I attended middle school with her, although we did not attend high school together (she instead attended a high school that was supposed to help students gain college credits. She earned two liberal arts degrees while there in Social and Behavioral Sciences and Natural Sciences. She now attends an HCBU, and has on her LinkedIn profile that she is presently working toward graduating from her college with a degree in Health Sciences, Pre Med, and a minor in Military Science. She is apart of her school’s Army ROTC.)
I remember that a lot of people in middle school did not like her (although that was also the case for me,) and I understood why. She seemed noticeably introverted, yet also didn’t seem like the kind of person, at least from my perspective, who would try to appease you in the way I imagine a lot of people feel the stereotypical woman might. She had a strong glare (I remember mentioning this to my then best friend’s mom, who agreed with the suggestion) and stood out to me as being weird (it wasn’t necessarily anything she said or did - not her personality, exactly - it’s just the strong glare I mentioned, like she didn’t tend to look sincerely happy nor would she pretend to be unless she was around friends of hers. I remember that she didn’t tend to look happy, in my opinion. It’s possible that she was depressed, or she may have just tended to look irritable, I don’t know. She didn’t strike me as being the kind of person who would make an effort to be polite, struck me as being tomboyish and unladylike, the kind of person who wouldn’t try to change the way she was for you - I wasn’t used to it. Seemed competitive, too. I had truly never interacted with a girl who was like that before. She also struck me as being smart, although she was in the normal math class whereas I was in the advanced one (I was known for being smarter, but thought it should have been her. However, I did notice after looking at her LinkedIn profile that there were more grammatical errors than I expected.)
I remember that she and her friend (who I later on ended up being on good terms with) decided early on that they disliked me, although I hadn’t done anything to them, which bothered me. They also once used me for food in sixth grade, which had also bothered/upset me.
I remember that my former best friend had issues with her ranging back to elementary school, and that in sixth grade in particular they were competing for the attention of an ISFP they’d both been friends with since elementary school. This girl is the one who won the ISFP’s attention/was officially her best friend by the time they were in seventh grade. However, around seventh or eighth grade (it’s been so long that I no longer quite remember,) she “ditched” (in the words of my former best friend) the ISFP and the other friend I’d mentioned in favor of a new crowd. I actually remember my former best friend suggested that the people in her new crowd didn’t like her, either (although she hung out with them throughout eighth grade, and briefly went to high school in person with one of them as a junior whilst presumably taking courses at the other high school online, so I assume that she never knew this/didn’t read them well enough to know or understand this.) I notice that she unfollowed the ISFP at some point as a senior, though the ISFP never unfollowed her (she strikes me as being the kind of person who likely took note of the fact that the ISFP’s life doesn’t seem to be heading in a good direction - the ISFP was abused a few years ago, and has had substance use issues since, in addition to having had to repeat a year of high school. She also unfollowed my former best friend, and my former best friend recently unfollowed her back.)
She figured out that I was the one who owned the middle school gossip account (although most of our peers already suspected, and technically, this girl couldn’t prove it either.) She figured this out because she remembered that I was standing nearby when she told my former best friend who she had a crush on (I was being mean and told our peers who she was crushing on.) However, she never directly confronted me about the matter, even though she told my former best friend that she suspected it to be me. She later on changed her mind when I was kind to her friend who lost the role for graduation speaker to me toward the end of eighth grade (but she was right the first time.)
I noticed around junior year that she has actually turned out to be quite nice looking, even though I had once meanly suggested that she was fat in middle school (she was a tad bit chubby, though as an adult I’m inclined to suggest that this was likely simply baby fat/that with us being so young there wasn’t really anything wrong with this.) She does seem to wear makeup, but also has nice style (she is light skinned, and has a looser hair texture, which are likely factors in me thinking she’s attractive, if I’m being honest - she’s mixed race, with a black mother and white father.) I can’t possibly know, but she gives off the impression to me of being someone who knows that she’s attractive (just something about her energy/facial expressions in photos. She has her Instagram account public now.)”
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Editor here. I’m having an unusual experience working with an audio post house and I’m curious as to other editors’ experiences and opinions. Getting a mix/sound design done for a 30 min interview based doc. Got the v1 mix back and they moved a music cue like :2. They also, using the big handles I provided in the OMF, added little pieces to my interview bites. Essentially creating little narrative bridges that weren’t necessary, things like “and so”. I’ve been doing this about 20 years and I’ve never experienced anything like this. I was pretty annoyed, and still am. But I also wonder if this is actually somewhat normal and I just haven’t experienced it? Ultimately, my notes, and the directors, will get it back the way we locked it. But it’s still pretty odd, for me. So, any similar experiences

Ne Lei, Champion of Gods

Ne Lei is the Champion of Gods, chosen and favored by multiple Gods or an equivalent to Aspects. Ne Lei came from a secluded tribe East of Valoran where they revere Gods as their guidance for every day lives.

Date:

03.02.2024

Image:

I do not own these image. It is served as a reference only.

Gameplay:

Ne Lei is a Fighter who grows stronger if she perform a certain conditions in order to please her Gods. After that Condition, she is granted a Blessings augmenting her.
Her God theme is inspired by some Greek Gods (such as Zeus, Artemis, Ares and etc.). God’s Blessing Theme is inspired by Hades (a Rogue-like Game).

Previous Concept:

• Nicetas, the Warrior of Gods

Note:

All of spell damage/effect, scalings, amount, cost and cooldowns are roughly estimated. Numbers can be adjusted and it is only a representation.

Basic Attack:

MODIFIED ATTACK: Ne Lei’s Basic Attack are modified and has 3 forms: * Sword = Sweep in 100° Cone at 🎯150 Range at Melee targeting. * Spear = Thrust of Spear from 🎯151 - 375 Range, dealing 100% of ⚔️AD in a line. * Bow = Release an Arrow at 🎯376 - 500 Range but deals 85% of ⚔️AD.

Passive: Favored by Gods

INNATE: Ne Lei is granted multiple Blessings from 7 Gods. She gain these blessings by Impressing the Gods for a certain conditions.

Q: Call for Gods

ACTIVE: Ne Lei shouts for Aid of Gods, ⚜️marking all enemy unit around her for ⌛️5 seconds. She would then gain bonus 🏹Attack Speed and 🔼Increase Damage Output for a given duration.
⚜️Marked unit would also share a portion of Damage to other ⚜️Marked unit when they take damage from Ne Lei. Share Damage deal 🗡️True Damage.

🏹Bonus Attack Speed	(30/45/60/75/90%)
🔼Increase Damage Output	(8/12/16/20/24%)
🗡️Share Damage	(30/35/40/45/50%)
⌛️Buff Duration	(2/2.3/2.6/2.9/3.2) seconds
🎯Spell Range	850
🕒Cooldown	(12/11/10/9/8) seconds
💧Cost	60 mana

W: God’s Aegis

ACTIVE: Gods grant Ne Lei an Aura based Aegis. Which all Enemy units inside the Aura have their 🔽Damage Output reduced against Ne Lei only.
Aura also ❄️Slows them.

🔽Damage Reduction	(30/35/40/45/50%) (+5% per 100 AP) (+5% per 100 bonus AD)
❄️Slow	(20/24/28/32/36%)
⌛️Aura Duration	(2/2.25/2.5/2.75/3) seconds
🎯Aura Radius	500
🕒Cooldown	(20/18.5/17/15.5/14) seconds
💧Cost	50 mana

E: Strife

ACTIVE: Ne Lei dashes to target direction then grant her bonus ⚔️Physical Damage on each of her Unique Attacks: Bonus on each weapon (Sword, Spear, Bow).
Every time she perform and damages an enemy unit using the bonus ⚔️Damage she gain bonus 🥾Movement Speed for ⌛️1.5 second.

⚔️Bonus Physical Damage	(25/50/75/100/125) (+15/20/25/30/35% bonus AD)
🥾Bonus Movement Speed	(30/40/50/60/70) flat Movement Speed
🎯Dash Range	550
🕒Cooldown	12 seconds
💧Cost	35 mana

Ultimate: Art of Conviction

ACTIVE: Ne Lei calls down the Aid from her Gods, then a Smite from Heaven Strikes the Enemy dealing 🔥Magic Damage PLUS the TOTAL 🔥⚔️Damage Output does the Enemy dealt in the past ⌛️3 seconds.

🔥Base Magic Damage	(100/200/300) (+70% AP) (+100% bonus AD)
🔥Bonus Damage	(+30/45/60% of Damage dealt by target Enemy)
🎯Cast Range	400
🕒Cooldown	(150/125/100) seconds
💧Cost	100 mana

GOD’S BLESSINGS:

1.) God of Heaven

BLESSINGS: Ultimate’s 🔥Bonus Damage increased into (+100% Total Damage Output dealt by Enemy) then 😵Stun the target for ⌛️1 second.
DEED: Killing 5 Unique Enemy Champion.

2.) God of Travel

BLESSINGS: Casting Strife Dash him grant 200% bonus 🥾Movement Speed for 0.5 second. It also TRIPLE the bonus Flat bonus 🥾Movement Speed.
DEED: Travel 🎯25,000 unit distance while Out-of-Combat.

3.) God of Protection

BLESSINGS: Casting W Spell now grant (50 - 210) (+40% AP) 🛡️Shield that lasts for ⌛️3.5 seconds. Additionally, every time Ne Lei gain 🛡️Shield from any source, God’s Aegis will activate & ends effect until Shield breaks.
DEED: Takes ⚔️🔥15,000 Damage from Enemy Champion.

4.) God of Death

BLESSINGS: When ⚜️Marked unit is Killed, it deal (10 - 85) (+4% - 8% Max Health of Killed Unit) as 🗡️True Damage.
DEED: After killing 200 Enemy Minions.

5.) God of Hunt

BLESSINGS: Bow now deal (110% AD)and has 575 Attack Range.
DEED: Hitting an Enemy Champion using Bow for 100 times while NOT Damaged by Enemy Champion. Resets effect after not taking damage from Champion for ⌛️7 seconds.

6.) God of War

BLESSINGS: Spear has DOUBLE the 🏹Attack Speed.
DEED: After dealing ⚔️10,000 of Damage to Enemy champion using Spear.

7.) God of Wealth

BLESSINGS: Gain +15% 💰Gold from any source. He also gain (+2.5% of Current Gold) as bonus ⚔️AD and (+3.25% of Current Gold) as bonus 🔥AP.
DEED: After he gain 3,500 💰Gold using his Sword in killing an enemy unit.

Are we both looking for a conversation that goes into several days of chit-chat? Let's find out together. Especially so if you're looking for something new or interesting with the intent of finding that unique someone. And that's where I am too.
I'm looking for someone between 25-37, but I'm flexible so send a message anyway if you're interested. Thoughtfulness, emotional maturity, intelligence, and open communication are all really important parts of any relationship. I fully believe that and you should too. I understand we're all on our own journey so as long as you're working on it, then there's no problem, but please understand these things matter a lot.
About Me: I'm 34, INFJ & Libra if it helps to know, I live in California. No kids and quite open to it. I don't smoke, I do drink albeit fairly responsibly (sometimes a little bit not). I love photography, I love cinema, big into all kinds of art, and I love all kinds of music.
Lookswise I'm dark brown hair, brown eyes, wear glasses, facial hair, around 179cm (5'8"), and an average build. I'm currently trying to be more fit, I'm not a fitness freak at all but since I'm not getting any younger, I do care about keeping my health up.
If any of this resonated with you, send a chat. I'll be around no matter the hour or day. Also, just so I know you read this, include your drink (alcoholic or non-alcoholic) of choice in your message!
Hope you're having a good one :)

Looking for info or opinions on this. I’m not well versed in the actual art of recording, I’ve been “recording” music for years but I’ve never had a substantial enough budget or access to anything beyond a few cheap mics or more than a few channels on an audio interface. I’m doing a small live session for a friend of mine (they really have nothing and are recording demos on a phone) and I’m going to mic the guitar amp, DI bass, and I’m left with two channels. I want to put a large diaphragm condenser up high in the room to capture everything which leaves me with one input for drums.
I’ll play with placement but I want to know if I’d be better off using a large or small diaphragm condenser mic. I only own one condenser so I am purchasing a second affordable one to get this done for them.
Thoughts or opinions are appreciated, my default is the large but I’m wondering if I can get a better more focused sound from a small condenser mic.

I know there's a woman out there looking for me. I've been waiting for you. Working on myself the past five years, becoming the best me -- in part, for the best we.
I hope you're out there reading this!
I'm male, 44, INFJ-T, Pisces, white, "woke" (lol) and wisdom-seeking. I am naturally curious and spend a lot of time thinking, wandering, exploring, and observing. I think the world is a beautiful wondrous place. I'm looking for someone to share it with. I just spent nearly a month on Maui, hoping to go somewhere warm this fall/winter.
I have no kids and currently no pets, and I'm monogamous. Hoping to find "the one" -- someone ready for a committed relationship where we both show up every day and explore what it means to be together in that moment. I'll be your biggest cheerleader and supporter.
I have two grad school degrees, the highest my PhD (in an Arts discipline). I'm published and accomplished. I teach college English. I'm working on a few written manuscripts and some art projects. I'm never bored, always working at something. I'm an intellectual who doesn't take things too seriously. I contribute to community radio, that's a huge passion of mine. I enjoy spectator sports, and follow baseball pretty closely, but enjoy live sports in general.
I'm from a short family, so I'm 5'6", also slim, with a hipsterish style. I wear glasses, have short hair, clean-shaven, I still get told I'm handsome and get mistaken for ~10 years younger than I am.
I quit drinking just over a year ago (happy to share about that!) I don't care if you partake, though. I'm a non-smoker (quit 10 years ago), but 420 friendly (use pretty much daily).
I'm on a journey of self-discovery (single for a few years now) and working on my path of spirituality first and foremost lately, but I want to explore how that feels with a partner. I've been working especially hard on unlearning bad habit patterns, mostly caused by being raised a man in the patriarchy. I'm working to be a better man in this world.
I have little material wealth (and those things aren't important to me), but I possess lots of freedom, joy, curiosity, resourcefulness... and time!
Naturally, I'm a fan of: deep conversations; exploration; reading in many genres and subjects; urban, rural, and forested places (there is no "middle of nowhere"); social and environmental justice; baseball; many genres of music; galleries, museums, cultural events; Yahtzee; the beach/lake/pool; finding my place in the geo-cosmos (it's never too late, right?)
I'm keeping it light enough to travel at the moment, so I could always visit you!
I'm not easy to pin down (in some ways) and enjoy it (in other ways hint hint). I'm unconventional and loving it (finally).
I'm kind of into the age gap thing, but it's not incredibly important to me, so I welcome hearing from any woman (18+ of course). I'd prefer you be in Canada, but open to anywhere in the world if we can make it work. I'm attracted to women who are sassy, compassionate, caring, patient, curious, optimistic, joyful, a reader, will reignite my love of crosswords, willing to learn new things together, possibly a cook looking for a sous-chef, opinionated, introverted, flirty and romantic, and flexible. Not a tall order, huh?
I have very few dealbreakers, but left-leaning politically and poetically always get me going, and it would be cool if you're unconventional and loving it (or working on it). Haha!
I'd sincerely love to hear from you if you, too, wear your heart on your sleeve, crave affection and attention, and have room in your life for an adorable and loving guy!

The original thread in manga is a post titled "Tsumiki Ogami & the Strange Everyday Life. - Volume 1 Cover", and it's an image of the cover art for the new series' volume 1 edition (Japanese manga chapters get compiled into physical volumes so you can read 7-8 chapters at a time in one book).
Now, I wrote in the title that the drama involves a power mod, and personally, I don't know how many subs someone can mod for before they're considered a power mod, but the redditors in this conversation mod 150+ subreddits for reference, so I consider that power mod status. One of these power mods in particular will create a new subreddit for every new Weekly Shonen Jump manga series, precisely so they can be the top mod for the subreddit and dictate how the rules go there. It should also be noted that this power mod creates a discord server for these series as well, and advertises it in the series' subreddits.
With that out of the way, the drama spawns shortly after a regular comment about the art for the volume: (regular redditors will be abbrev. as C1, C2, while power mod accounts will be Pmod1, Pmod2)

C1: BIG OL' STOMPERS. Pmod1: OgamiTsumiki gonna have a field trip with this today Pmod2[OP]: go away [links to a comment in another thread which states: "Don't listen to [Pmod1]. It's the same guy who'll shill his new subreddit for any new manga that appears."] Pmod1: Why do you hate me punpun, I thought we were besties :( C2: Spiderman pointing at Spiderman C3: battle of the power mods: who can be mods for more manga subreddits

Even though the spiderman comment was in reply to Pmod2, Pmod1 reads it and decides to respond to C2:

C2: Spiderman pointing at Spiderman Pmod1: Lol why don't u go and mald over some [Weekly Shonen Jump] series sales and [Table of Contents] shit what are you doing here xd. C2: Get help Pmod1: Say the same thing again but infront of a mirror now. C2: You're so god damn weird jfc Pmod1: Yeah sure you come and comment under my thread and I'm the weird one. Get a life bro lol reddit isn't everything. C2: Yes, you're the weird one. Maybe take your own advice to heart Pmod1: Bro lives on reddit and discord and likes to hate everywhere lol. No wonder they always clown on you, you should look deeper into yourself where it all went wrong. C2: Please get help Pmod1: I'm pleading the same for you too! Please go get help, being obsessed with others isn't good for you. C2: Yes, surely it's me being obsessed and not you. Get help, please. Pmod1: Just stop replying to me brother it's looking mad embarrassing for you [at this point]. C2: It's looking embarrassing for me when you're the one who replied to a comment that wasn't even a direct reply to you within a minute? Pmod1: Maybe stop sharing it to ur secret wicket discord server 😉 C2: This just makes you look even worse 😭 What would you have done if I hadn't made that comment here? Don't want your alt to get exposed and that's why you replied here instead of the discord even though the comment was made minutes later? Pmod1: What is bro yapping about 😭 go play with some charts or something don't disturb me now

(The way Pmod1 is talking to C2 makes it seems like C2 is a power mod, but I checked the account and they only mod 3 subreddits, so probably not? Anyways, the conversation, continued:)

C2: You are the one who started this convo man lmaoooo Pmod1: Yeah sure that's why it shows u being the one who said "Spiderman pointing at spiderman" first lol and what does that makes you? Don't say Batman u cringe af 🤧 C2: But that reply wasn't made to you? 😭 Pmod1: Indirectly it was?? 😭 Out of the two spidermans u referenced me as one too. C2: Are you really this dense? I didn't reply to you, you chose to engage in this convo so why are you now telling me to stop bothering you? Just stop replying lmao Pmod1: That's what I have been telling you too, stop being obsessed with me and this weird thing where you want to have the last reply for some reason. Just stop responding back. C2: Why would I? This is entertaining to me. Since you're apparently bothered by it, just stop replying and that's it? Pmod1: Lol bro thinks he's the main character C2: No, I just think you're a loser and clowning on you and other powermods is funny as fuck. Pmod1: Lol says the social loser who has been sitting on reddit all day. C2: You can't be this dense man. Not only have you been more active than me today specifically, you also immediately replied to a comment that wasn't even a reply to you and you are a god damn powermod. Like, the longer you keep replying the more you're embarrassing yourself. Pmod1: I just returned from office so I got more time now buddy. I can do this all day. Keep responding back and you'll keep getting a reply back. So just stop being a clown and stop now. C2: Again, why would I? You started this, not me and you also wanted this to stop and now you're changing your tune again. You keep making an ass out of yourself because you got so fucking triggered by a reply that wasn't even directed at you, that you can't help yourself but to continue this with more and more nonsense arguments digging yourself deeper and deeper into this hole.

I think that last comment by C2 really irritated Pmod1, because their replies get longer and the drama really duplicates:

Pmod1: Brother the only one who keeps falling deeper into this hole is you. It's like you're almost begging to be clowned atp. I can understand you have a lot of free time in your hand like most unemployed people, but that doesn't mean you should waste it all on reddit. If you want I can help you look for job applications. We can help you get through this, together. C2: It's incredible how dumb you are, jfc. Let me repeat: You started this. Not me. You. You immediately replied to a comment that wasn't even a reply to you. Not me. You. You're so insanely triggered by a single comment that you can't simply let it go and keep getting your ass trolled by me who's laughing his ass off at how desperate you're trying to somehow own me. It's so funny how pressed you are by a single comment, but I guess if the shoe fits... Pmod1: You literally came to the thread to start this shit and now trying to turn it on me...is this your new hobby now? From rolling in downvotes for your shit manga takes to arguing with random redditors? I'm honestly getting a kick out of it though so please continue... C2: Omfg, it has been a full weekend and you still can't let go. That's so fucking sad. You really spent the weekend doing fun stuff and then came back here just to be angry again. Please get help. Pmod1: Buddy I just forgot. But it's genuinely sad that you're still going on this after so long. Either get a life or some help. I'm feeling pity for you now. C2: Sure, you "forgot" even though you clearly have notifications on since you replied to a comment that wasn't a reply to you within a minute because it triggered you so much. Look, even if you forgot it's still incredibly sad that you can't just let go and keep coming here just to be wound up by me again. I also don't know why you keep trying to spin this when the whole conversation is publicly readable and it's clear you're incredibly mad while I've already stated that I won't stop because it's fucking funny. It takes me a few minutes at worst to respond and get you to bite while you insist on pretending like you're not actually angry even though everyone knows you are because why else would you even react to my comment like that lmao. Honestly, since you're only replying sporadically with the same "no u" garbage atp, it takes the fun out of it, so I'm just gonna block your ass and hope I'll never come across you again

So C2 in fact does block Pmod1, essentially allowing them to have the last word, right? But in a twist, Pmod1 responds to C2 with another account that is a power mod for 90+ subs:

Pmod-Alt1: Did you really think you can just have the final say and then block me and think this all ends? Well guess not. If it annoys you that much then just stop replying, it's not that deep. But ofcourse it's gonna hurt your male fragile ego because deep inside you're just a scared little boy 🥺 and that's alright. We won't judge you for being so sad, it's not your fault at all buddy. C2: I'm just gonna block that account too, lol. Wonder how many alts you have you pathetic loser Edit: Shit, you can only block once every 24 hours... Well, time to turn off notifs. Stay mad clown Pmod-Alt1: Keep malding. And stop replying back, u just clown on yourself more and make it super embarrassing for yourself. C2: No u

It appears C2 blocks that account, and through Undelete, I can see there were 2 more replies from 2 other accounts, but they were deleted too fast, so this is all you see:

C2: No u Pmod-Alt2: [deleted] Pmod-Alt3: [removed too quickly to be archived]

The content must have been similar to some of the comments in the conversation above, because C2 edits their 'No u' comment twice to call Pmod1 out:

C2: Edit: I'm literally just gonna block all of your accounts you obsessed freak. At least it seems like you've done me a favor by blocking me with your 5th alt since I can't see your reply. No one is buying your "no u" bullshit, which is why I'm making fun of it. I'm just gonna turn off notifs again and block any account of yours I see on sight. Stay mad, loser
Edit 2: What the fuck are you talking about you fucking weirdo?? You chose to engage in this convo. You always could've just stepped away, but you were too mad to do that. It's also crazy how you try to claim that I'm mad when you're the one who replied to a comment that wasn't a reply to you because it got you so triggered and are now scrambling to find your millionth alt just to get another reply in. You're an obsessed freak, basically proving me right just by how you're reacting to all this and all you can come up with is "no u" because you have no rebuttal. Back to blocking and hoping the notif suppression actually works now... Pmod-Alt4: Atleast ur doing both of us a favor and I can finally get rid of your obsession with me. Keep malding while I keep laughing!

Please note that this drama is a few months old, and as far as I can tell, the power mods are still doing their modding thing.

Can y’all give some ground ing techniques thar help me calm my body down🥲🥹? Or coping strategies. Non drug/alc Thx (sorry for rant TW long post)
Im a black women who has serve anxiety. I was put in 72 hold after a burned out and didn’t show up to work. I thought I was going to ER to get checked up for exhaustion,24 hrs later im locked up.
They said that 72 hours but i was held longer than that bcs i was admitted before the weekend.Instead they kept me there for a week. I kept asking when I was getting discharged but no one was listening, nurse were giving allusive answers and I couldn’t self regulate my anxiety with music because they ripped my phone away when the locked me there .
The day of discharge, I kept asking for the time I was being discharge and they again kepts saying soon. Or some bullshit like early morning or late afternoon. I kept asking if the can be more specific. Please govern me details but the nurse in charge me would answer me. Eventually i started breaking down and having a panic attack in the hallways and my nurse threatened to cancel my discharge.
side note: why would that bitch ass nurse be say that to an anxious person having a breakdown about being discharged!? How can you cal yourself a nurse. She didn’t even try de escalate the situation she just made it worse.
black nurses were able to calm me down. And another nurse was able to tell me the discharge process. Thats all I wanted
But that not even half of what happened end there.
But after I got discharged my mind knows im free. But my body cant relax. I cant stay in my room cause I feel trapped but cant be outside either cuz there to many people.i took my anxiety meds but im still feel like someone is gonna lock me up again. I keep telling myself im safe but my body doesn’t believe me.
I wanna call my doctor but i don’t want to be put there again.
If i get stick again im making a run for it. Like mental institutions are inhumane fr.im more anxious than I was going in. The hold made me more anxious than i have been.

Hello, This will be complicated but I wish for respect.
I am currently 24 years old and will be 25 in less than a month. Within the past 5 years I have gone from working a $12-13 an hour fast food job at Sonic to working for a top femtech/healthcare startup in revenue cycle management. (I am a team lead for a financial navigation/clearance department in RCM (revenue cycle management) and currently make $29 an hour in a small town in southern Missouri.
I am very greatful for the opportunities I have been provided/earned/given but am not sure where to go and feel stuck.
There is nowhere local that will pay what I currently make, and I'm in a somewhat newer market when it comes to my title/Duties. I don't even feel like I have a good backup plan, or know what to work out.
I feel like I'm an adult but I've got so much life ahead of me and it honestly scares the f*** out of me.
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To accompany this I am very behind getting my bachelors degree in Health Services Administration when I've told my family I'm almost done and expecting a graduation ceremony within the next year. I have at least 10-12 classes to take before I can graduate if I have met all my GPA requirements. I have an associates degree of arts in business from a local community College. I've been an okay lier but a bad student lol
This I feel I can take on at some point somehow even though it might end up bad. But I've even contemplated moving away since I can work anywhere with a decent internet connection and just ignoring them. I don't have any savings and just paid off all my credit card debt with money from a Roth my grandparents gave me so I could focus on my life at hand, and figure out my next steps.
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My life plan does not include children but does include a partner of some kind. I would say my family is okay off and expect a decent payout some day so not too worried but really want to live my best life and somehow with my problems be as sucessful/profitable as I can still within my means be.
I am doing my best now to stay within my means and not get more debt. I just really don't feel like where I'm currently at is where I want my life to be.
My plans have included moving to Minneapolis because I love cities and cooler weather generally but then it's more expensive than where I live so less drinking, social outings.
I know this probably sounds like boo hoo young people problems but need some guidance and feel that the guidance I'm receiving from people around me is limiting/old fashioned.
Please note I love my job and want to see how I can grow with them, but also the comfortable life is somehow driving me crazy.

Hello, This will be complicated but I wish for respect.
I am currently 24 years old and will be 25 in less than a month. Within the past 5 years I have gone from working a $12-13 an hour fast food job at Sonic to working for a top femtech/healthcare startup in revenue cycle management. (I am a team lead for a financial navigation/clearance department in RCM (revenue cycle management) and currently make $29 an hour in a small town in southern Missouri.
I am very greatful for the opportunities I have been provided/earned/given but am not sure where to go and feel stuck.
There is nowhere local that will pay what I currently make, and I'm in a somewhat newer market when it comes to my title/Duties. I don't even feel like I have a good backup plan, or know what to work out.
I feel like I'm an adult but I've got so much life ahead of me and it honestly scares the f*** out of me.
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To accompany this I am very behind getting my bachelors degree in Health Services Administration when I've told my family I'm almost done and expecting a graduation ceremony within the next year. I have at least 10-12 classes to take before I can graduate if I have met all my GPA requirements. I have an associates degree of arts in business from a local community College. I've been an okay lier but a bad student lol
This I feel I can take on at some point somehow even though it might end up bad. But I've even contemplated moving away since I can work anywhere with a decent internet connection and just ignoring them. I don't have any savings and just paid off all my credit card debt with money from a Roth my grandparents gave me so I could focus on my life at hand, and figure out my next steps.
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My life plan does not include children but does include a partner of some kind. I would say my family is okay off and expect a decent payout some day so not too worried but really want to live my best life and somehow with my problems be as sucessful/profitable as I can still within my means be.
I am doing my best now to stay within my means and not get more debt. I just really don't feel like where I'm currently at is where I want my life to be.
My plans have included moving to Minneapolis because I love cities and cooler weather generally but then it's more expensive than where I live so less drinking, social outings.
I know this probably sounds like boo hoo young people problems but need some guidance and feel that the guidance I'm receiving from people around me is limiting/old fashioned.
Please note I love my job and want to see how I can grow with them, but also the comfortable life is somehow driving me crazy.