Religious christmas parade float ideas

His Majesty King Ageel bin Mohammed al Badr, presided over a military parade held at Al Badr Square in the Capital City of Sana'a on the occasion of the 1,396th lunar year anniversary of the Martyrdom of Imam al Hasan ibn Ali ibn Abi Talib.
The event saw the participation of units representing the Royal Army of Yemen, the Royal Air Force of Yemen, the Royal Navy of Yemen, the Royal Guard of Yemen, the Special Security Forces, the National Security Services, the Holy Order of the Guardians of the Mystical Realm, the Holy Order of the Vanguards of the Marty's path, ground & mounted military music bands, as well as delegation of warriors from each tribal confederation in the country.
Upon His Majesty the King's arrival at the parade ground, he was received by HE Sayyid Yahya Badreddin al Houthi, the Minister of Royal Office, HE Sharaf Ali Kulaisi, the Minister of Religious Endowments & Guidance, HE Major General Mohamemed al Atifi, the Minister of Defence, and HRH the Crown Prince Sayyid Mohammed bin Ageel, who has recently been appointed the position of Deputy Prime Minister for Defence Affairs since his return from France.
When His Majesty the King ascended the Royal dais, columns of the parade performed the military salute. The joint corps of military bands played the Royal Anthem, while the Kingdom of Yemen's Artillery fired a 21-gun salute to His Majesty the King. Then, the parade commander stepped forward, requesting His Majesty the King to signal the start of the military show.
The Joint corps of military bands representing the Armed Forces and Holy Orders played their tunes as they marched before the Royal dais. Units of tribal warriors joined the parade and performed ceremonial gestures. Later, in a display of power, the columns of the parade proclaimed “Victory belongs to Allah alone!", whilst marching over and stomping on the U.S.A, the Petty Kingdom of Britannia, and Zionist Regime flags.

Brothers and sisters,
I grew up in the Indian diaspora as an NRI who didn't know too much about Indian politics or India's internal issues to begin with. I was never religious, I always thought of myself as a cultural Hindu. I thought that Hindus were mostly safe in India being a Hindu majority country with Hindu cultural values.
I thought that the Congress Party was a "normal" party. But when I read about the 2011 draft of the Communal Violence Bill and learned about the 2009 Right to Education Act's inapplicability to Christian minority schools (Pramati judgement), I quickly came to the conclusion that the Congress Party and Sonia/Rahul Gandhi are part of a Vatican/Catholic Church/Christian/Western conspiracy against Hindus and Hinduism. When Sonia Gandhi married Rajiv Gandhi, the Catholic Church saw this moment as its "Constantine" moment in India, when it could try to achieve its nefarious goals by controlling the Indian National Congress. Ever wonder why INC is aligned by Christian missionaries?
See the following article:
https://swarajyamag.com/politics/is-congress-anti-hindu
In particular, I have a deep hatred of Sonia Gandhi and Rahul Gandhi who are Catholic Christians. They are evil, completely anti-Hindu, and the brainchild of laws like Right to Education Act and the 2011 draft of the Communal Violence Bill. It is painfully obvious that they are Vatican agents who have a deep hatred of Hindus and of Indians. That is why I pray for Sonia and Rahul's downfall each and every day.
Communal Violence Bill - Do all Hindus know that the Congress Party tried to pass a Communal Violence Bill in 2011 that assumed that all Hindus were guilty as default, just by being born as Hindus, while Christians & Muslims could freely attack Hindus without any consequences? Did you know that this plan involved creating a so-called "National Communal Commission" with a "minority" (read Muslim/Christian) majority that could somehow control the Indian armed forces and the police forces to bully and terrorize Hindus? Luckily the BJP under Sushma Swaraj and Arun Jaitley, along with Narendra Modi, blocked Congress from passing this anti-Hindu law. BJP and RSS successfully killed this law and then won 2014 in a landslide. Luckily since 2013, the genocidal anti-Hindu Congress Party has been destroyed in the Rajya Sabha and so can never do something like this Communal Violence Bill (CVB) again. Also, India has massive internet penetration now in 2023 compared to back then in 2013 when Congress tried to pass CVB, so if the Italian scum who rule the Congress Party try to pass CVB again they will be exposed and there will be bloody retaliation against them. Variants of the Communal Violence Bill appear in different Congress manifestos under cleverly disguised names and descriptions, but the anti-Hindu intent of the Italian scum is the same. Harsh Mander, who wrote this evil anti-Hindu law with genocidal intent, is still running free instead of being hunted down and punished.
Right to Education Act - We all know how this law discriminates against Hindus running schools while leaving Christian "minority" institutions completely exempt from its horrible requirements like 25% quota, teacher salaries (that are extremely high for no reason), infra requirements like playgrounds etc. Hindus need linguistic minority status or Jain minority status just to escape RTE on their school. This law is so evil and no other country in the world has laws that discriminate against their majority community in education. How dare a RAPIST Catholic padre who is a filthy pedophile has more rights than a Hindu to run a school without government interference? This was the brainchild of Vatican agent and Catholic terrorist Sonia. People like @ realitycheckind on Twitter have been screaming about RTE since 2014.
Nowadays, wealthy Hindus get around RTE by running linguistic minority or Jain minority schools. In Maharashtra, for instance, the vast majority of Hindu schools owned by politicians or big businessmen switched to linguistic minority status (Hindi/Gujarati/Kannada/Sindhi/Marwadi/Punjabi/Malayalam) or to Jain/Buddhist minority status. For instance, you'll notice that Ambani school in Mumbai is a Gujarati linguistic minority institution, or that Lodha school school in Mumbai is Jain minority, or that Birla school is Marwadi linguistic minority, or that Walsingham school owned by the Mittal family is Hindi linguistic minority. If the top 1% can kill RTE in their schools, why should a mom-pop Hindu family running a school be forced to take in RTE quota freeloaders?
Given how hard it is to politically undo reservation-type laws, the solution to kill the Right to Education Act across the whole of India is to make all Hindu schools across India into Jain minority institutions on paper, throwing out the 25% RTE quota freeloaders who should be kicked out of non-minority private schools. Simply put, nobody has the right to "free" private school education, just because you are part of a particular caste (SC/ST) or community. RTE is also a tool to infiltrate Muslim kids into Hindu owned private schools to achieve the so-called "secularism" that leftists want. If you run a Jain minority institute for instance, you can avoid such "secularism" and "diversity" in your student body and can screen out certain types of students.
This law was so evil and was the reason why so many communities like the Lingayats etc want minority status. Because no other country in the world has laws that make it easier for "minorities" to run schools compared to the majority community. The Jains wanted minority status and got it from the Congress Party in 2014, solely to protect their private schools and colleges from the evil reservation laws that we have and the 93rd constitutional amendment. Nowadays, all wealthy Hindus/corporate India are running Jain minority schools and colleges in the private sector free from any type of caste based reservation. In the future, you will see a movement run by UC Hindus against reservation in private educational institutions. Pratap Bhanu Mehta (who is really a Jain) knew of the 93rd amendment back in 2005 and successfully got the Jain minority status from the Congress Party. I've seen really top-notch private schools that have linguistic/Jain minority status and are safe from RTE.
Despite this law there, RSS appointees like Priyank Kanoongoo (head of NCPCR - national child rights commission) continue to try to "enforce" RTE on hapless Hindu owned non-minority schools. I have no idea why RSS doesn't have a problem with RTE. If Mr. Modi himself wanted to end RTE, I could guarantee you that this whole "program" would have been shut down on Day 1.
Why should a Hindu school owner be forced to admit 25% "free" education, while a similar school run by a Christian does not have to do so? Is this secularism? If it isn't secular, why aren't Hindus coming on the roads, demanding RTE to be imposed on the schools that those Catholic rapists run?
The True Religion of All Top Congress Leaders (news-flash, Congress is Hindu hating group of individuals plotting against Hindu civilization). While Owaisi is a radical Islamist, people like Rahul Gandhi and Sonia Gandhi are the biggest threat to Hindus on our planet today.
Rahul Gandhi - Catholic Christian
Catholic Christian like his mother. Pretends to be a Hindu but hates Hindu culture and Hindu traditions. Is more of an Italian Catholic Christian who is more comfortable talking to Catholic padres in a Church. Is most at home in Kerala with a large Catholic population. Uses Muslims as a vote bank but is really aligned with radical Christian forces that are enemies of Hindu civilization. Ran away from a Hindu majority parliamentary constituency to go to a "secular" Wayanad where Abrahamics (Muslims + Christians) are over 60% of the population, knowing that Hindus would punish him electorally.
Sonia Gandhi - Italian Catholic Christian, whose real name is ANTONIO MAINO. How on Earth did the largest opposition party (Indian National Congress) get taken by an Italian Christian woman and a Vatican stooge?
Malikharjun Kharge - Buddhist Ambedkarite Dalit. Also has a hatred for Hindu Dharma, even when Hinduism and Buddhism are both Indian/Indic faiths in our civilization that are mutually compatible with each other. Hindus don't have any problem with Buddhism or Buddhists and even see Buddhism as an "improved" or "enlightened" version of Hinduism, yet the radical Ambedkarite ideology tries to instigate Scheduled Castes/Scheduled Tribes from other Hindu castes when all Hindus across our country are equal and together. Hindus don't have a problem with anybody embracing Buddhism.
Manmohan Singh - Sikh who was the first non-Hindu Prime Minister of India. Under Mr. Manmohan Singh's tenure, the Congress Party tried to pass the Communal Violence Bill (2011 draft) which distinguished between "minorities" and Hindus in criminal law but was luckily blocked by the BJP who killed it. Now Sonia Gandhi could have chosen a Hindu in her Congress Party as the Prime Minister when Congress won in 2004 and 2009. But she deliberately chose a non-Hindu to implement her radical Hindu-hating agenda. A titular figurehead whose daughter was found working for George Soros and who has a Hindu hating agenda as well.
Others - Ambika Soni who is a Christian, Kapil Sibal who also seems to be a Christian and so forth.
It is painfully clear that Congress Party has an agenda against Hindus and Hinduism and that their national leaders are anti-Hindu. So, why does Congress still win in some state elections?
Himachal Pradesh - was very close in 2022. Also, the Congress Party in Himachal Pradesh seems to be led by people who are Hindus. Never saw Hinduphobia YET in Himachal by Himachal Congress.
Chhattisgarh - Suspect that there is a massive conversion of tribals to Christianity, particularly in forests. Would be very dangerous if Baghel wins a 2nd term.
Karnataka - BJP government in Karnataka was corrupt and had poor leaders, with massive anti-incumbency with a 36% vs 43% vote differential. Also, the Kharge factor was there and many Hindu Dalits who would have voted for BJP voted for Cong just because of Kharge's Ambedkarite credentials. If the Congress unit in Karnataka supports Christian missionaries or Muslim terrorist organizations like PFI, it's up to the BJP government at the center to act.
Rajasthan - anti-incumbency in 2018. BJP should win Rajasthan very easily in 2023.
I don't think BJP is favored to win Chhattisgarh but I don't want Congress to ever have more than 3 states (Himachal, Karnataka, Chhatisgarh) by the end of 2023.
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Congress, being a minoritarian party full of radical Muslim + Christian Abrahamic terrorists, should be reduced below 10% of seats in the Rajya Sabha (currently it's at 31/245 or 12.6%).

A4A Looking for SOL, Dramas, and character driven RP partner
Hi everyone! My name is Tan and I'll keep this really quick! If you are friendly and use discord and are looking to roleplay I'm looking for new partners. (Not replacing anyone just expanding.)
Here's a bit about me:
I use discord, write 2-3 literate third person paragraphs, and consider myself very friendly and am open to bending my plots and writing to make sure my writing partner is happy.
And here is what I like:
Slice of life romance. Darker plots with serious under tones. I really can do both depending on the mood. Honestly my favorite roleplays have combined both. I love modern and sci-fi plots but I'm a bit burned out on medieval roleplays. I typically write M but for bigger casts I'll play any gender and do any pairings, very LGBTQ+ friendly. :) I also love OCs and would love to hear about yours.
I have smaller ideas if a partner is looking for more of a slice of life. Romance with a slow burn build up and a twist is always fun. I also love larger casts with multiple characters. It would be fantastic if I had a partner that was also interested in playing multiple characters and exploring their dynamic over a period of time. I've always wanted to do something on a larger scale with detailed world building but I understand that could be intimidating. So if that's not your thing that's totally ok. Feel free to reach out regardless.
I have a few ideas floating around so message me if you want to hear them or better yet send me what you like! Even if it's not something I want to do I'd love to hear your ideas.
Hope to hear from you and thanks for reading!

Tldr, I’m still somewhat new to Dnd and need some tips for being the best fighter I can be as a level 8 human champion! The full story: So I’ve played a couple Dnd campaigns but I’m still pretty new. Most of my experience was level 1 or 2, but in one current campaign I joined I started at level 6 I think (now I’m lv 8). The campaign has been going for a couple years before me so others have come and gone-most notably, a fighter. I didn’t know about him when I joined-I was gonna be a rogue, but they already had one, so I chose fighter and now I keep getting compared to him. After the last session, someone said that they wish the other guy was back because my fighter’s not holding up good. I WAS NOT TRYING TO REPLACE HIM, he was gone long before I came and I had no idea about him, but now I’m feeling pretty down. I’m doing my best to learn Dnd and I thought I was doing good. I know I should have a thicker skin, but it really got to me because 1, I’m REALLY pouring my heart and soul into this! I haven’t missed a session yet (joined just after Christmas). I research Dnd a lot and try to strike a balance between efficient combat and good roleplaying. 2, to be honest I don’t have a lot of friends so this group was high up there for me. To have someone I really liked wish they had a different fighter really hurt my feelings. I don’t think he meant it maliciously-he and that guy were really close it sounds like-but man, that hit me hard. So… where I’m at now. I’m a human fighter, level 8, Champion, Outlander, with archer fighting style and lucky and sharpshooter feats. (You don’t need to keep track of all this-but I’m just putting it all out there so that if anyone wants to give me specific tips, they have all the info.) I mainly fight with a longsword and a bow. Side gripe: One thing holding me back is I CANNOT, FOR THE LIFE OF ME, GET BETTER THAN STARTING GEAR. The one exception was a leftover corpse slayer bow from their bag of holding-which is nice, but their gear is so much better than mine that I’m a joke. I’m talking magic armor, magic weapons, magic ammunition-crazy high AC’s (his is 10 higher than mine---10!!!) and damage output to match. MONEY TOO, GOODNESS. I’m looting bodies furiously to get stuff but can’t find good weapons, or raise enough money to buy my way up any time soon. The DM hinted that he’d work something out eventually but I fear that he a, forgot, b, wants me to play for years like the veterans to “earn” good gear, or c, now that they gave me the bow thinks I’ve gotten enough handouts. Anyway, huge thanks to anyone who read all that, and please the more specific tips and advice I can get, the better! I’ve been trying to play my cards right but I need every edge I can get. This could be how I should build my fighter as I continue to level, combat tactics, ways to raise the damage I deal… I’m desperate! Ideally I want to be a good enough fighter that no one has to worry about replacing me/eventually like me enough that it’s no longer a concern, but if I can’t get that kind of respect, I’ll settle for the other kind---being so strong that they can’t hold anything against me and have to eat their words! Anything helps!!!

Good evening, u/redco_moderncallout. I am going to put this out there first: This is a GOOD update, though many people will disagree because of the new business model with Shanix and in-app purchases, and the new crate system. The transition from Apple Arcade to App Store immediately opens up the doors for more people to play, but the game is still exclusive to Apple devices, which is a shame and will hopefully expand even further soon so that Android and other phone users can join us. The transition was hard on the game though, and it seems less optimized now. Before we get into that, let's first list some pros and cons of the new update:
Pros:
The new cards - Hands down the best part of the update, just like any other update.
• Galvatron opens up the possibilities for the addition of other Unicron minions such as Scourge and Cyclonus. He operates interestingly, approaching a structure while firing at any units in his path, transforming into a Fusion Beam Turret cannon that chips away a structure's health. I wish the beam of Galvatron's cannon mode built up damage over time just like the Fusion Beam Turret and damaged any units in its trajectory as well.
• Blackarachnia seems more practical on paper than in game, stunning 3 units at once but not doing much else. However, it is her appearance that is more interesting, notably the fact that her design is inspired by Animated Blackarachnia. Does this mean we might get more characters from Transformers: Animated in the future? Does this mean we might get Lugnut from Animated as a proper Mega Knight from Clash Royale (Optimal Optimus does not count), like proposed before? Does this mean we might see Blitzwing with three modes (and personalities), or Bulkhead added to this game? The possibilities are endless. But for Blackarachnia, I would consider lowering her Energon cost to 3 from 4.
• Jetfire is an interesting concept and was my most hyped card to see added to this game, but unfortunately, he does not do much. He's pretty squishy, doesn't deal any damage (no rocket or laser attacks), and deploys squishy Autobot Elite Infantry that I fail to see how elite it is compared to regular Auobot Infantry. I would have loved to see some kind of Stun attack added to the electrical gauntlets the Autobot Elite Infantry units wear, which would immediately make the card better. However, his 5 Energon cost and ability to deploy units from anywhere in the Arena actually makes him a viable card.
• Rhinox is exciting to see added to this game, especially considering how much I love his design in Rise of the Beasts. For 5 Energon, he is basically a better version of Bumblebee, but after all the running and smashing, his regular attack seems slow and underwhelming. I think Rhinox should have a ranged and a melee attack for his Chainguns. After smashing into a structure, instead of shooting at it, Rhinox would drill like Bonecrusher using his Chainguns. Once the structure is destroyed, Rhinox would use his Chainguns to shoot from a range of 4 or 5 at any threats or any other structures in range. Rhinox would again switch to his drilling melee attack if a melee-based enemy unit would run up to him.
The new interface - It is obvious that the new interface is designed with the idea of adding more content in future updates, which is always a win. The current white frame could be customized into an orange or red Autobot version, a purple or black Decepticon version, an Earth/human version (inspired by the Terran interface from StarCraft), or a green Quintesson version, and so on. The menu is different and yet easy to navigate. More options could be added to the main menu, like more proposed game modes and Battle Log. The new leaderboard system only took a minute to adjust to. The only negative is the 3 crate slots, but that is coming up, believe it. No other complaints in this department.
All other new content - It's also nice to see the additions of a new Earth City arena, a new banger Music track (is the title 5KYL1N3 supposed to be a reference to Sky Lynx?), new Emotes, etc. The new Shanix currency is interesting. The graphics options in the Settings seem to be working properly now (hint: Turn your fps from 30 to 60, it will make the gameplay much smoother). There’s not much else to say, new content is always good.
Cons:
I understand crate hoarding was bound to be nerfed, but to only 3 crate slots? That is simply not enough. And players have to unlock each crate individually, with a Common one taking 3 HOURS to open, and a Mega one taking 15 HOURS to open? Most players probably do what I do and play until they win 5 games a day, at which point they stop for the day. AT LEAST increase the total number of crate slots from 3 to 5 and make it an option to start opening ALL crates at once, with their respective timers, instead of one at a time. The way crates are implemented right now is hurting both new players and returning players who have not maxed out before the transition by setting boundaries that weren’t there before, and that is not good for the game. Add more crate slots and implement simultaneous crate opening or bring crate hoarding back.
No balance changes - Not a single card was reworked in this update, and I don't know how to feel about that. On one hand, I'm glad my deck will remain the same with no necessary modifications. On the other, the stale Chaser meta remains for us to continue suffering through.
Connection issues: I NEVER had this game crash on me before, but just today, after playing for 30 minutes, the game crashed 3 times, all 3 resulting in defeats, tanking my ranking.
Optimization issues: This game is harder on my battery now. I play on low graphics settings with 30 fps. Before the transition, one game would cost 1% of battery life. Playing three games took me down from fully charged at 100% down to 93%. That doesn’t seem like a lot, but the game wasn’t like this, which made it playable for hours. Now it overheats the phone, which leads to lagging and crashes. There are also weird visual bugs that happen whenever a unit is deployed. A Chaser plays an explosion animation but doesn't actually explode when deployed, Autobot Infantry explode like they die but don't actually die when deployed, Wheeljack's Graviton Grenade floats above his head when first deployed, weird bugs like that which didn't exist before the update.
Sudden lack of indicators: Drop Squad and Neutron Bomb now have no indicators of where they are going to drop. This is a big deal especially for Drop Squad, because if you have your volume off, you will not see a Drop Squad approaching until they are on top of your turret, beating the scrap out of it. Return the indicators.
Also, it seems like there were a bunch of "ghost" nerfs and buffs to cards that weren't announced in the Patch Notes. For example, Prowl's rockets sometimes do not deal knockback damage (happened to me twice after the update), Drop Squad does not have an indicator of where the Autobot Infantry units will land now, which causes major confusion and does not allow for immediate countering, and Chasers appear to deal more knockback now (for example, the Sharkticons scatter more on hit now). There may be more I have not encountered yet. I don't know if these are just glitches or not, but the Drop Squad is now OP because of the lack of indicators. I remember this was an issue in the first version of the game, and wonder if Red Games Co. made the same mistake two years later when re-releasing the game.
There is also a misspelling in the Shop in the ORE-13 section. The titles go “Mountain of ORE-13”, “Mouthful of ORE-13”, and “Mountain of ORE-13”, but they don’t match their respective pictures, the first one showing a mouthful, the second showing a truckload, and the third showing a mountain. That’s an issue that is easy to fix.
There are other issues I have not encountered but am sure others have. My biggest complaint is how long it took to deliver this update. It has been 5 months since the January update when Prowl and the Battlechargers were added. 5 months later, and the Battlechargers still cost 5 Energon and have their massive alt modes. With time leaps like this, it’s almost impossible to actually fix this game and implement any changes to fix broken cards and make older cards useful again. Not every update needs a ton of new content to be added, sometimes we just need a balance patch to literally “patch” some things up. People have been complaining about the Chasers for almost a year now, why haven’t they been nerfed yet? Why is Blurr still 4 Energon? Why is Airazor still useless? It’s subtle things like this that ruin the game more than game-breaking glitches do. I told u/picopede a long time ago that the best way to update this game would be to publish small, frequent updates that would always spice things up. New cards would continue to be added, but it feels like with every new content update, the game itself is getting worse. Focus on fixing the game before adding anything new and do it quickly before the game dies.
In the end, what I'm getting out of all of this is that the transition from Apple Arcade to regular App Store was hard on the game and the community. It was definitely worth it, but, as expected, there is a lot of adapting that needs to happen on the players’ side and a lot of work/fixing that needs to happen on Red’s part. There are major game-breaking issues present in the game right now that prevent me from recommending it to anyone, and the new monetization strategy is insulting. Please consider implementing the changes proposed in this post, especially when it comes to crates and progression.

Hi all,
Spoiler if you are one of our 11 listeners that listens to the NapHammer Podcast XD
TLDR at end I am at the start of a campaign, getting towards what I would consider to be the prologue of of my story. It's at this point that I want include a rp encounter that will be a microcosm of the end of my campaign to help with theme set up. Essentially, where I will be leading/hoping my players get to is an end decision about their patron that they will be taking jobs from. The setting is a typical medieval kingdom with divisions between peasants and nobles. As they progress with this patron they will be discovering that their patron is fighting for the removal of the class system and creating a kingdom where everyone is on equal footing. Whether they are low born or noble, they have access to the same resources. Their patrons view is that borders divisions is the active system that prevents harmony (this is tied to a religious belief and tied to the creation myth of the land). Their goal is to remove those borders in order to promote cooperation, unity, and harmony to those throughout the land. At the end, once they take over control, the twist is going to be revealed that their plan is to militarize their kingdom, and start attacking and fighting the other kingdoms. Their internal motivation is that either their army will win, thus removing all borders to get to their view of unity, or all of the other kingdoms will have to unit to defeat them, creating the unity by being the large enough threat to unit everyone else against.
In my mind, the final conflict is the decision for the players to keep the current status quo and not agree with and have to fight against their patron. Or go along with their patron's plans and ideals for the long haul, even if it means causing much more suffering in the short term to get there.
What I'm wanting to do is set up this theme earlier, by putting my players in an rp scenario, but at a much smaller scale. The idea that I have currently is they come across a town that is experiencing hardship and famine. The town leadership is at a crossroads of what to do and needs the party to be the tie breaker. Do they open up resources to everyone at an equal rate, angering the nobles that live there and expect proper treatment, or keep the rations as they currently are, angering the peasants and having to placate them so they don't revolt. If the party chooses to open up the store houses, the nobles will leave, taking all of their disposable resources that was providing some incentive for trade that was allowing for food stocks to be replenished at the current rate, which will cause food to run out significantly faster, but will allow for peasants to work the land with enough energy once the hopeful rains come. If they choose to keep it as is, nobles will stay, peasants will be angry, but everyone will survive. Party is low enough that they don't have the ability to change the weather for the town to make it prosper.
It's a little weaker than I would like currently, which is why I'm reaching out to the hive mind to see if you can strengthen the idea.
Thank you
TL'DR: Bad guy gonna Code Geass the party at the end of the campaign. Looking for an encounter that sets up that theme at the start of the campaign while players are low level.

Good evening, u/redco_moderncallout. I am going to put this out there first: This is a GOOD update, though many people will disagree because of the new business model with Shanix and in-app purchases, and the new crate system. The transition from Apple Arcade to App Store immediately opens up the doors for more people to play, but the game is still exclusive to Apple devices, which is a shame and will hopefully expand even further soon so that Android and other phone users can join us. The transition was hard on the game though, and it seems less optimized now. Before we get into that, let's first list some pros and cons of the new update:
Pros:
The new cards - Hands down the best part of the update, just like any other update.
• Galvatron opens up the possibilities for the addition of other Unicron minions such as Scourge and Cyclonus. He operates interestingly, approaching a structure while firing at any units in his path, transforming into a Fusion Beam Turret cannon that chips away a structure's health. I wish the beam of Galvatron's cannon mode built up damage over time just like the Fusion Beam Turret and damaged any units in its trajectory as well.
• Blackarachnia seems more practical on paper than in game, stunning 3 units at once but not doing much else. However, it is her appearance that is more interesting, notably the fact that her design is inspired by Animated Blackarachnia. Does this mean we might get more characters from Transformers: Animated in the future? Does this mean we might get Lugnut from Animated as a proper Mega Knight from Clash Royale (Optimal Optimus does not count), like proposed before? Does this mean we might see Blitzwing with three modes (and personalities), or Bulkhead added to this game? The possibilities are endless. But for Blackarachnia, I would consider lowering her Energon cost to 3 from 4.
• Jetfire is an interesting concept and was my most hyped card to see added to this game, but unfortunately, he does not do much. He's pretty squishy, doesn't deal any damage (no rocket or laser attacks), and deploys squishy Autobot Elite Infantry that I fail to see how elite it is compared to regular Auobot Infantry. I would have loved to see some kind of Stun attack added to the electrical gauntlets the Autobot Elite Infantry units wear, which would immediately make the card better. However, his 5 Energon cost and ability to deploy units from anywhere in the Arena actually makes him a viable card.
• Rhinox is exciting to see added to this game, especially considering how much I love his design in Rise of the Beasts. For 5 Energon, he is basically a better version of Bumblebee, but after all the running and smashing, his regular attack seems slow and underwhelming. I think Rhinox should have a ranged and a melee attack for his Chainguns. After smashing into a structure, instead of shooting at it, Rhinox would drill like Bonecrusher using his Chainguns. Once the structure is destroyed, Rhinox would use his Chainguns to shoot from a range of 4 or 5 at any threats or any other structures in range. Rhinox would again switch to his drilling melee attack if a melee-based enemy unit would run up to him.
The new interface - It is obvious that the new interface is designed with the idea of adding more content in future updates, which is always a win. The current white frame could be customized into an orange or red Autobot version, a purple or black Decepticon version, an Earth/human version (inspired by the Terran interface from StarCraft), or a green Quintesson version, and so on. The menu is different and yet easy to navigate. More options could be added to the main menu, like more proposed game modes and Battle Log. The new leaderboard system only took a minute to adjust to. The only negative is the 3 crate slots, but that is coming up, believe it. No other complaints in this department.
All other new content - It's also nice to see the additions of a new Earth City arena, a new banger Music track (is the title 5KYL1N3 supposed to be a reference to Sky Lynx?), new Emotes, etc. The new Shanix currency is interesting. The graphics options in the Settings seem to be working properly now (hint: Turn your fps from 30 to 60, it will make the gameplay much smoother). There’s not much else to say, new content is always good.
Cons:
I understand crate hoarding was bound to be nerfed, but to only 3 crate slots? That is simply not enough. And players have to unlock each crate individually, with a Common one taking 3 HOURS to open, and a Mega one taking 15 HOURS to open? Most players probably do what I do and play until they win 5 games a day, at which point they stop for the day. AT LEAST increase the total number of crate slots from 3 to 5 and make it an option to start opening ALL crates at once, with their respective timers, instead of one at a time. The way crates are implemented right now is hurting both new players and returning players who have not maxed out before the transition by setting boundaries that weren’t there before, and that is not good for the game. Add more crate slots and implement simultaneous crate opening or bring crate hoarding back.
No balance changes - Not a single card was reworked in this update, and I don't know how to feel about that. On one hand, I'm glad my deck will remain the same with no necessary modifications. On the other, the stale Chaser meta remains for us to continue suffering through.
Connection issues: I NEVER had this game crash on me before, but just today, after playing for 30 minutes, the game crashed 3 times, all 3 resulting in defeats, tanking my ranking.
Optimization issues: This game is harder on my battery now. I play on low graphics settings with 30 fps. Before the transition, one game would cost 1% of battery life. Playing three games took me down from fully charged at 100% down to 93%. That doesn’t seem like a lot, but the game wasn’t like this, which made it playable for hours. Now it overheats the phone, which leads to lagging and crashes. There are also weird visual bugs that happen whenever a unit is deployed. A Chaser plays an explosion animation but doesn't actually explode when deployed, Autobot Infantry explode like they die but don't actually die when deployed, Wheeljack's Graviton Grenade floats above his head when first deployed, weird bugs like that which didn't exist before the update.
Sudden lack of indicators: Drop Squad and Neutron Bomb now have no indicators of where they are going to drop. This is a big deal especially for Drop Squad, because if you have your volume off, you will not see a Drop Squad approaching until they are on top of your turret, beating the scrap out of it. Return the indicators.
Also, it seems like there were a bunch of "ghost" nerfs and buffs to cards that weren't announced in the Patch Notes. For example, Prowl's rockets sometimes do not deal knockback damage (happened to me twice after the update), Drop Squad does not have an indicator of where the Autobot Infantry units will land now, which causes major confusion and does not allow for immediate countering, and Chasers appear to deal more knockback now (for example, the Sharkticons scatter more on hit now). There may be more I have not encountered yet. I don't know if these are just glitches or not, but the Drop Squad is now OP because of the lack of indicators. I remember this was an issue in the first version of the game, and wonder if Red Games Co. made the same mistake two years later when re-releasing the game.
There is also a misspelling in the Shop in the ORE-13 section. The titles go “Mountain of ORE-13”, “Mouthful of ORE-13”, and “Mountain of ORE-13”, but they don’t match their respective pictures, the first one showing a mouthful, the second showing a truckload, and the third showing a mountain. That’s an issue that is easy to fix.
There are other issues I have not encountered but am sure others have. My biggest complaint is how long it took to deliver this update. It has been 5 months since the January update when Prowl and the Battlechargers were added. 5 months later, and the Battlechargers still cost 5 Energon and have their massive alt modes. With time leaps like this, it’s almost impossible to actually fix this game and implement any changes to fix broken cards and make older cards useful again. Not every update needs a ton of new content to be added, sometimes we just need a balance patch to literally “patch” some things up. People have been complaining about the Chasers for almost a year now, why haven’t they been nerfed yet? Why is Blurr still 4 Energon? Why is Airazor still useless? It’s subtle things like this that ruin the game more than game-breaking glitches do. I told u/picopede a long time ago that the best way to update this game would be to publish small, frequent updates that would always spice things up. New cards would continue to be added, but it feels like with every new content update, the game itself is getting worse. Focus on fixing the game before adding anything new and do it quickly before the game dies.
In the end, what I'm getting out of all of this is that the transition from Apple Arcade to regular App Store was hard on the game and the community. It was definitely worth it, but, as expected, there is a lot of adapting that needs to happen on the players’ side and a lot of work/fixing that needs to happen on Red’s part. There are major game-breaking issues present in the game right now that prevent me from recommending it to anyone, and the new monetization strategy is insulting. Please consider implementing the changes proposed in this post, especially when it comes to crates and progression.

Let me apologize because this will probably not make a lot of sense and I’m sure I’ll probably ramble, but right now I just need to vent! First let me try to quickly provide the backstory as to how I got to where I am. I’ve been an atheist now for about 18 or so years (I’m 47), and how I became one had more to do with the idea that an omnipotent deity who would require so much and set things in action knowing the outcome but still expecting a different result did not make sense to me! I’m an atheist more for philosophical/logical reasoning more than the inconsistencies and faults of the Bible, though when asked how I feel about the Bible, I’m honest about pointing those flaws out. It’s actually more than that, that’s just as simple as I can put it for the sake of not boring everyone to death! And I’ve never made atheism part of my identity. I’d come to this decision my way and I couldn’t care less what anyone else believes. I pretty much kept it to myself.
Now fast forward to about two years ago and my family and I move into the house we just had built and one of our neighbors is a super religious Pentecostal evangelist! You know what it, didn’t bother me in the least. When he talked about god, I’d just nod my head and pretty much let him talk. The thing is, he is very genuine and open about his beliefs, so I knew right from the start who he was and what he was about. He also seemed like he genuinely cared. So over the next few months, we talked and hung out and pretty much developed a friendship. It was at this point I thought I should actually tell him that I’m an atheist. I was half expecting him to tell me to leave his garage, but he seemed almost gleeful. He then told me that he believes that god put us as neighbors for a reason! My wife knows I’m an atheist and she’s fine with it, but she says that for her she HAS to believe that there’s something out there. So about a little over a year after moving in to the new house we tragically lost one of our daughters. This is incredibly tough, but especially tough for my wife. As an atheist, I don’t know what to tell her to help and I know telling her my truth would only make it harder for her. So I decided to go to church with my neighbor. And quite honestly it wasn’t bad, because nothing has strengthened my atheism like going to church. I grew up in a Baptist Church, so I’m not new to the concept, but back then I really didn’t listen, not only did I not listen, I never listened critically. Oh boy going to church now, especially in a Pentecostal church; let me just say there were several times I had to keep myself from literally laughing out loud. I didn’t go every Sunday, more like once a month or so (I think I’ve only been to like 5 services). So all in all, in an effort to find something to help my wife cope with our loss, I went to church and it wasn’t too bad, I stayed entertained. Well, not too long ago this neighbor got the idea of starting a neighborhood bible study group. He asked if I’d join. He actually said he wanted me there because my questions and way of thinking and looking at things would challenge him and something about the Bible saying that when he goes out to teach about god he should be able to have answers for these questions and me being there will help. I was like you want ME to read the Bible and criticize it? Okay!
So to not make this longer than what it already is, I’ll jump to today. He’d asked me to look into the book of Isaiah and the prophecies in it. He told me that he thought if I read up on the prophecies and saw how they were fulfilled, that would be undeniable proof that god is real! I was like okay! So I came up with some pretty good material; everything from what was going on at the time the parts of the book were written to what the Jews were going through at that time (basically the History of that area) I then compiled what the Jews thought of the prophecies and how and why they thought that they didn’t pertain to Jesus. I then put together in the most basic terms as to why I didn’t believe prophecies were “fulfilled” with respect to Jesus, mainly because of time, 700 years is a lot of time to turn almost anything into a fulfilled prophecy, but ultimately because a fulfilled prophecy meant that our futures were fixed, and if our futures were fixed that meant freewill did not exist. We ultimately never got a chance to over my bible study because like always he goes on about something. I did have a chance to explain why having an omnipotent deity meant we lost free will, and I tried explaining with an autonomous vehicle that would take you from point A to Point B, but you HAD to start at Point A and you HAD to get out at Point B, but anywhere in between those points you could direct the car anywhere you wanted to go. I then asked, “Did you have freewill in determining where you went in the car?” His response was, “Yes, because you got to do what you wanted between the two points!” FACEPALM! I was about to explain to him the difference between Freewill and the illusion of freewill, but like he always does he goes off on another topic! For him he thinks the Bible, Christianity, and everything else boils down to the Gospels and whether or not Jesus died, and was risen 3 days later. So he goes into these series of questions, “Do you believe Jesus was a real person that walked on this Earth and was crucified?” “Yes, several historians has written about a Jesus that started a religion and was crucified.” “Do you think he was raised from the dead 3 days later?” “No, the only documentation that states that are the religious text, the historians that did write about him never mentioned any of his miracles and none wrote about him coming back to life. We also know that a lot of what we see in Josephus’ writings about Jesus was altered.” “But the story of his death and resurrection was written in several books by different people! Do you think the disciples all lied about what they saw?” “I don’t think it’s a matter of whether they lied, but of whether what we read today is what they actually wrote! I don’t believe a lot of what’s in the text today is what was originally written!” “So you don’t think Jesus is God?” “No, I don’t!” (But I’m thinking, “um, that’s what it means to be atheist”)
This is pretty much when he starts going off the rails and pretty much preaching doom and gloom and I’m just letting him go. At some point he starts going on about how he’s so worried because the World is getting worse and worse everyday, and he asks me, “Do you think the World is getting worse?” And I calmly answer, “Every generation from now back through time has thought the World is getting worse!” He then asks, “How is it not getting worse?” Now, I can only take so much and at this point I was getting irritated so I answered, (just so this makes sense I’m mixed race black/white and he’s southern white), “Is it worse now than it was back in the 70s when there were still places my parents technically couldn’t get married? How about back in the 60s and 50’s when they couldn’t eat at certain lunch counters!” I was about to get to the 40s when he exploded, “I don’t want to hear about race, I don’t want to hear color! My family had to shit outside, they had to wipe their ass with corn cobbs, I had to dig graves to get by! I WORKED for everything I have! NO ONE IN MY FAMILY OWNED SLAVES!” And when I responded, is when he really blew up! “You would not have reacted this way if a white person had brought up civil rights!” He said I offended him by essentially calling him a hypocrite! How did I call him a hypocrite, because he had me in his house and he’s so nice to my daughter. I tried to explain to him that I was only trying to show that things have been far worse than they are today and that the idea of it always getting worse is not a new idea. He then said something on the lines of, “No you weren’t you were bringing up slavery!” I said “You brought up slavery, I was talking about civil rights!” He said something on the lines of, “Oh, so civil right had nothing to do with slavery?” I said, “Not with where I was going with it! I was only showing how it was worse for a lot of people than it is today!” He grumbled and complained some more said something on the lines, of “We are not good brother!” So I just grabbed my things told him bye, and left!
I know a lot of people on here will say I’m an idiot for thinking I could actually have a rational logical conversation with these types of people, and to those people I say, you’re absolutely right! And it will never happen again. I will be there for my wife and I will support her the best I can, but I will no longer try and meet these people in the middle or anywhere else. If you made it through all of this, thank you!

Specifically in V5 as I know the ghouls pretty well don't have discipline's in that.
Basically I am working on a Gangrel character who's adoptive sire was a Nosferatu. I'd love to eventually have this character gain some points in obfuscate but as far as I am aware the only way he can do that is to feed on the vitae of a Kindred with that discipline.
However considering that ghouls do possess vitae and I don't want my character diablerizing in the near future, would it be possible for him to potentially gain this ability by feeding on a ghoul who's master has obfuscate.
I know this is probably a roundabout way to do it, but for the purpose of avoiding bloodbonding or fretting blood hunted it seems the more obvious choice to gain the discipline.
Anyways I guess that sums up my question. Is that Possible? Would it work? Have people done this in games before? I think maybe ultimately it's up to the story teller, but I'd like to at least know there's a reference for this in the past before floating the idea. If it's not possible that shuts it down pretty quick and I don't have to worry.
Also regarding the route my character is going I want to make a heavily spying focused build that can back it up with the Gangrel combat qualities of Protean and Fortitude when necessary. Animalism will probably be his main focus though, using those sweet sweet ghouled animals to spy on other vampiric shits (not his coterie... maybe), for extortive purposes and information brokering.

They’d said it would be all over by Christmas… Old men sat in comfortable drawing rooms and with the swift strokes of a pen sent men and women to work, fight, starve and die in the chaos and misery of the trenches and factories of Europe. Our story would follow a pair of sweethearts separated by war. Their correspondence, their daily struggles, their reminiscences and dreams of better days. Seeking a glimpse of light in the mud and darkness of The War to End All Wars.
Hello! I’ve been playing around with this idea for while and finally decided to ask around if anyone would be interested. I would love to create a relatively realistic wartime romance roleplay with a fellow history buff. Our OCs are a pair of turn of the century students, whose brief courtship or relationship was shattered by the out-break of war. The storyline is told by a mix of their letters and memories, and their points of view. What is your OCs view on the war? Is she a eager pacifist? Or an ardent supporter of the war effort? What does she think about the rising calls for women’s suffrage? Will our pair of lovers be together again? My ideal partner would be well informed about the early 20th century history, have a high degree of literacy and be willing to work together to craft a dramatic and beautiful tale. -I prefer to roleplay on Discord for organizational reasons. -partner must be older than 19, all younger will be blocked and mods will be informed. -contribution of 3-5 paragraphs. Quality beats quantity every time. -Real life comes first and I don’t need daily posts. I’d prefer a few days delay with a well thought out post than a single sentence blip.
Anyways drop me a dm and we can discuss further details!

Need some help.
My 5 year old son is obsessed with the Funko ReAction Jaws Great White Shark 10 Inch Action Figure from 2015. He saw it on a YouTube unboxing video (months ago) and he can't stop talking about it. I'm pretty sure unboxing videos were sent to us from hell btw. (I blame myself)
As a father who never spoils his kid, it’s a tall order, but I want to find a way to get him the shark as a Christmas present (I know, it's early, but this has been a long journey and I don't want to leave it to the last minute). The obvious problem is, the toy was made in 2015 and hasn't been in production since then... I can't just go buy it. And everyone who’s selling the toy on an online marketplace wants to charge hundreds of dollars for it. I get it, it's a collectors item now. It's got value. But my wife and I can't afford to pay that kind of money.
My son is a wonderful kid and we really want to see his face light up by getting it for him. He deserves it for more reasons than I can comfortably write to you here. I’ve explained (to him) that it can’t be done, and I know (as a dad) that he might learn a valuable lesson from it all if we DON’T get it for him… but life is too short and (as a dad) I want to make his wish come true. He's already made me promise that I’ll make the shark for him when he turns 9... because he thinks I'm a superhero… AND he thinks that I need to wait 4 years for futuristic tools to come out so that I can LITERALLY forge it for him myself lol. It's crazy, but also... I like being my son's superhero.
I'd get him a different shark, like the Funko Pop Jaws shark (which is cheaper and easier to find) but, I'm tellin' ya, he doesn't want anything but the Jaws ReAction Shark. And he's got his very long/cute list of reasons why it’s better lol. So... here I am... contacting you (like a crazy person) and I'm wondering if any of you have any idea where I might be able to get the shark for a reasonable price? Even if it's used. I know it's very very unlikely... comically unlikely... but a hero's gotta try, right? Even when the task looks impossible. Thanks so much!
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They’d said it would be all over by Christmas… Old men sat in comfortable drawing rooms and with the swift strokes of a pen sent men and women to work, fight, starve and die in the chaos and misery of the trenches and factories of Europe. Our story would follow a pair of sweethearts separated by war. Their correspondence, their daily struggles, their reminiscences and dreams of better days. Seeking a glimpse of light in the mud and darkness of The War to End All Wars.
Hello! I’ve been playing around with this idea for while and finally decided to ask around if anyone would be interested. I would love to create a relatively realistic wartime romance roleplay with a fellow history buff. Our OCs are a pair of turn of the century students, whose brief courtship or relationship was shattered by the out-break of war. The storyline is told by a mix of their letters and memories, and their points of view. What is your OCs view on the war? Is she a eager pacifist? Or an ardent supporter of the war effort? What does she think about the rising calls for women’s suffrage? Will our pair of lovers be together again? My ideal partner would be well informed about the early 20th century history, have a high degree of literacy and be willing to work together to craft a dramatic and beautiful tale. -I prefer to roleplay on Discord for organizational reasons. -partner must be older than 19, all younger will be blocked and mods will be informed. -contribution of 3-5 paragraphs. Quality beats quantity every time. -Real life comes first and I don’t need daily posts. I’d prefer a few days delay with a well thought out post than a single sentence blip.
Anyways drop me a dm and we can discuss further details!

Wanna know one of the biggest mistakes Christians make when it comes to understanding idolatry?
They think it means complete and total rejection of God…
But Biblically speaking, that’s not the case…
This misunderstanding even carries over to how Christians interpret the Hebrew Bible (what they call the “Old” Testament).
They’ve got this mental picture in their minds of the Israelites completely rejecting YAWHEH…
And then in His place adopting worship of the gods of the Canaanites.
But that’s not what happened.
Israel never converted from worship of the Lord to other gods.
It was the mixing of other gods with their worship of the Lord that was abominable.
The ancient Israelites assumed as long the Lord remained in their lives in some form…
And He was spoken of in their rituals and prayers…
Then they’d be in good standing.
Again, that wasn’t the case.
As I said before, the Israelites in the story of Samuel who were accused of idolatry had NOT renounced the God of Israel.
They had simply allowed the pagan ways of their neighbors to invade their faith and beliefs until they became traditions.
Now doesn’t that sound familiar as all hell?!
The descent into idolatry isn’t something that happens overnight.
It takes place over time and in a sneaky manner.
Just like the proverbial “frog in the kettle”…
When you realize it, it’s too late.
In fact the scenario I just painted is a perfect description of the church and Christianity as it exists today.
To that point, I know for a fact my post titled“Christianity Did Not Destroy Paganism; It Adopted It” rattled some cages big time.
In fact, that post was banned from the biggest Messianic Group on Reddit…
I looooooooooove it when they ban my stuff…
Because it shows I’m on the right track.
My biggest point with that post is the modern gentile church’s understanding of idolatry is identical to ancient Israel’s understanding.
When paganism first crept into the original Messianic faith, it was tiny and unnoticed…
But once the believing Jews were kicked out…
And Rome took over…
Holy hell did things transform…
And NOT in a good way.
A paganized Christianity became the new norm…
And adoption of ideas like the trinity and holidays like Christmas and Easter took over.
They even replaced Saturday with Sunday as the new Sabbath.
And when they were called on the rug for their abominations, they had a whole slew of creative excuses for their behavior.
They thought that just by attaching God’s name to a pagan custom, it made it holy and acceptable…
Kind of like praying over a meal of roasted pork makes it kosher or something.
Other ridiculous excuses the church has made for their paganism is…
“It’s merely fun”
“We don’t actually worship these idols”.
“Participating in paganism helps us strike up a conversation with non-believers”.
That last one I find exceptionally ridiculous.
We’re supposed to be a light in the world…
So how can we be a light by attempting to mix in darkness with it?
It doesn’t work.
Ya feel me homies?

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Israel's far-right Police Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir has been jeered by marchers at Jerusalem Gay Pride.
The march was the first since the election of a hardline religious-nationalist government, including openly homophobic senior ministers.
Mr Ben-Gvir, who as National Security minister was responsible for securing the march, has a long track-record of aggressively homophobic positions and once attended a so-called "Beast parade" rejecting LGBTQ rights.
A few dozen ultra-religious and far-right protesters, organised by Lehava, were separated by police from the Gay Pride rally.
Gay Pride marcher Elisa Gilman stood with a sign offering "Free hugs" to younger participants who "Haven't had a hug from a parent for a while" due to their sexuality.
In 2006, Mr Ben-Gvir attended a so-called beast parade against Gay Pride, in which religious activists led goats and donkeys through the streets and hoisted banners calling LGBTQ people "Impure".

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I can’t let things go. I know that’s general, but I don’t know how else to describe it. I have no chill. I have difficulties delegating and trusting coworkers to do certain tasks, because I know they won’t get done the way I would do them. I get obsessed with an idea (like wondering late at night if the front door is locked), and then am incapable of letting it go and going to bed without double checking. I’m high strung and hyper fixated on every little problem. The biggest offender is my home: my safe space. During the pandemic, my home life was perfect. Immaculate. We moved into a new place, decorated the entire apartment just the way we liked it, and kept it pristine. I’m big into cooking, and our tiny apartment’s kitchen shelves were sorted just the way I liked them. Pasta and beans sat in beautiful clear storage containers, my spice shelf was organized by region of the world the spice is mainly used, fresh produce was kept in a fruit hammock, bread was kept in the breadbox, butter was kept in the butter dish. We had one shelf for groceries that didn’t fit a category (the occasional snack, a jar of coconut milk for an upcoming curry, bagels for my fiancé, etc). We would use the things on this shelf in the 2-3 days after buying them, only to replace them when the shelf was empty again.
Fast forward to now. My fiancé and I no longer work from home. Promotions and new responsibilities have led to a busier, longer workday. A family member has moved in, and that’s another mouth to feed. We have less time for apartment upkeep. My kitchen has fallen into ruin. My fridge has no organizational system. The spices are no longer sorted. The shelf with beans, pasta, and lentils now has random groceries stuffed onto it, and our main pantry shelf is overflowing. But the problem is that only I can see it. To everyone else, our kitchen is spotless. The dishes are done, the floor is swept, the counters are scrubbed. It seems like only I can see the grime on the front of the fridge, or the stain on the ceiling, or the unorganized spice shelf.
It drives me insane, but I don’t have time to fix it. Even when I do fix it, the next day I see bananas sitting adjacent to the fruit hammock rather than atop it, and I lose my mind again.
I know logically that I’m being insane and unreasonable. The kitchen is spotless. Our apartment is super clean: the result of many hours of upkeep. Why can’t I see it as clean? No matter how many hours we spend cleaning, I can’t see anything but the flaws. It’s not fair to my fiancé, who spends so much of his time making sure our home is clean and nice.
I had a busy day at work today. After work I did the grocery shopping, came home, and pet my cat. My fiancé knew I had a big day, and offered to put away the groceries while I showered. I took him up on that, then read my book for a while. It was 9 PM by the time I went into the kitchen to make dinner. I opened the cupboard and saw all of our new groceries jammed into the small shelf. A new box of pancake mix had a dent in it where it was bending against another item. A loaf of bread was getting smushed.
Now I’m trying to hide the fact I’m nearing a panic attack. All of our new groceries, perfect and shiny and new, just crammed in with the old groceries. I’ve always had a rule: you can’t put away nice new clean groceries if the kitchen is dirty, like if there are dishes in the sink. Like somehow the dirtiness of the sink will corrupt the new nice things. I guess that rule extends to a cluttered pantry too.
Now I’m tempted to throw out perfectly good food just to make room on the shelf for the new groceries to sit nicely. I’m tempted to go in there and clear everything out of our pantry and rearrange it all to make it nice again. I’m tempted to drive to a 24-hour target, buy a clear container, and dump the pancake mix into it so it doesn’t have to sit in a dented box. But I also know it’s 11pm at night, and I should be sleeping. I know that if I go and start cleaning, it will hurt the feelings of my fiancé, who offered to do something nice for me and put things away. I know that it doesn’t actually matter, and that the groceries aren’t infected with the essence of clutter. But also I don’t know that at all.
And it’s not just the kitchen. I won’t let us put up holiday decorations unless the entire home is spotless. Why on earth does the level of organization in my sock drawer affect the presence of a Christmas tree in my living room? I don’t know—but it does. The decorations are nice and pure, and need to be put up in pristine environment. I don’t want my cluttered sock drawer or undusted window sill infecting that new painting we’re thinking about hanging.
How do I stop caring so much? I have all these tips and tricks for how to calm myself out of a panic attack, or how to get my mind away from the dark places I go when I’m depressed. But that all feels like band-aid fixes. Upset? Try XYZ. How do I avoid getting upset in the first place? How can I be like my fiancé, and see a beautiful apartment and a clean kitchen, and not hyper fixate on the flaws?

Seriously, has anyone ever quantified what the single most elaborate and sophisticated base has been in Minecraft?
By 'sophisticated' I guess I mean bases that have automated systems for every possible thing you could think of, endless amounts of rare items, unbelievable building designs, etc.
For instance, a base that could mine/ create every conceivable block/item/mob in the game and store it. Imagine a base with some sort of floating redstone machine automatic-miner contraption that could be sophisticated enough to even separate Allays when it comes across them then deliver them back to the base, or for instance a machine that could 'mine' emerald deepslate ore, transport it back to base, and even automatically build it into a statue of something.
… I guess a lot of this comes down to building ludicrous amounts of automation-stuff..
Sometimes I literally sit back and imagine the sheer amount of things you could fit into an 'ultimate base'-- like, I guess I'll just list off a few examples here, but the point being, has anyone built bases with this degree of sophistication (not as in these literal examples)? where could I find pictures/ videos?
- systems to mine/ create/ retrieve every single conceivable item/block/ mob in the game and store it in the base-- farms for things you couldn't imagine being able to be automated. (Like the Allay example for instance)
- A mob spawne looter with the capability to filter out incredibly-rare mobs and place them in a sort of viewing-museum; mobs like zombies in full-enchant diamond armor riding a chicken, or mobs even rarer than those.
- Paintings throughout the base that are all moving map arts; as in, all the map arts' materials are actually dynamically moved by redstone somewhere so that all map art appears to be moving, or like a video.
- Of course, a redstone computer that can actually play Minecraft in-of-itself.
- An ultimate base perimeter defense system; for instance, something that could machine-gun fire anvils at thousands of intruding mobs/ players at the same time. Maybe have the base have self-rebuilding obsidian walls that are thousands of blocks thick.
… Just to list a few ideas that came to mind.
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This kind of 'Ultimate Base' would be really cool if it could be built in some sort of Minecraft challenge. Obviously those examples are not literal criteria, moreso just hyperbolized imaginings of what an 'Ultimate Base' could be.
Like I said, examples (pictures, videos, etc.) of any sort of similar builds within this aforementioned vein of ideas would be really cool to see, So if you guys know anything of the like, pls share.

I work for a larger insurance company. For privacy reasons, I won’t get into what the dispute was about, but it was something I and my supervisor reviewed and denied. By law, I can’t pay it without getting in trouble for insurance law. The attorney and his client are religious nuts. Attorney told me he was going to have my client sued, and when I explained why he legally couldn’t do that, he said his client is a pastor and would have his congregation “pray for me” this coming Sunday. I told him I do not want my name being brought up to dozens or more strangers regarding an issue their religious leader is having. I worry these people would look me up on social media or find out where I live to harass me or worse. He didn’t explicitly threaten me, but when I expressed I didn’t want my personal info being brought to a bunch of strangers, he then stated that I’d sinned and that he thinks it’s a good idea for people to pray for me because my transgressions couldn’t be absolved just because I was doing my job. Can his client bring up my name to his congregation? Can I take legal action if that happens? Can I report this attorney for his unethical behavior even though he has his own practice?