FreakingNews Puns

Today the weather is very beautiful. Wea are lucky to have this "r".

We all know this story: /u/Zinko83 and /u/MauerAstronaut came out with the DD on Variance Swaps a few months ago, with /u/Criand hopping in shortly after. And in a surprising twist, he was ENCOURAGING options, which as we ALL know are basically the devil. Right?

/u/Criand got pushed back on so hard that it led him to retract statements and put out clarification. It was an AGGRESSIVE reaction that had myself, and probably many others, a little confused. We all trusted /u/Criand - his theories on futures and swaps had been groundbreaking and we finally felt like collectively, we understood at least some of what was going on with our favorite company. And then not much later, he convinced us that DRS IS THE WAY. And he was right! So why was he betraying us and "pushing" options?

BAD DOG!

I don't mean to be "The Options Guy." I've dabbled in the past; some wins, some losses, but I'm certainly no expert. But I understand the concept, and I understand the basics of the greeks - enough to realize that 99% of the opposition to "options pushers" is FULL of misconceptions and in some cases, purposefully misleading information.

I've posted before about how Thomas Peterffy was CLEARLY talking about exercising call options (that post is here) And now we find that this random video of Charles Gradante was (allegedly) suppressed; a video in which he spells out plainly that Call options were absolutely FUCKING Market Maker's day up last January. I see this all happen, and just a few days later we have this AH craziness with MSM pushing out NFT "news" as an explanation.

This ISN'T a coincidence. I am now 100% convinced that the AH move was meant to be an IV pump, with the added benefit of controlling the narrative on the NFT marketplace. They NEEDED to price us out of options, and that little mini pump and dump was the quickest, and probably cheapest way to do it, on top of that added bonus of getting boomers to dismiss NFTs as a thing that matter.

Even ignoring the variance swaps DD, I want to be very clear and explain to you all the reason that call options played such a big role in the January sneeze, and why DRS + Call Options

I haven't told hardly anyone this because it kills me to think about. I had started day trading paper stocks. I was reading day trading books by reputable day traders, watching live YouTube traders and actually was doing pretty good. In 1 year, I had turned the original 10,000 paper money I started with into 140,000. It was like I couldn't lose. For every red day, I had 3 green days. I was doing everything by the book and it was really working.

So, not having any money, I took out a personal loan for 5k. Put 2k in the bank and 3k into my day trading platform. I was so confident in myself that i laughed when the loan guy told me 5 years at 23%. I told him I'd pay it off in full within 6 months.

Now in day trading they teach you to look for a catalyst. A reason why a stock will go up. They also teach you to set a stop loss at no more than 5% so you don't lose everything if it drops. Well I started day trading for real and was doing only ok. I would make 250 dollars then lose 150 dollars. Lose 300 then make 200. I was about 50/50 red days and green days. My 3k was down to about 2,800 after a week. Then it happened. I read a stock twit at 5am about a small company that just had their product approved to sell on Amazon. I looked it up and it was true. I told myself I would buy 2k worth. When I looked up the price, it was only .88 a share!

The bell rings and I buy like 2,200 shares. It instantly goes up about 6 percent and I'm getting excited. Then, literally as I'm setting my stop loss (not even 2 minutes into the session) it drops. Alot. Below where my stop was gonna be set. I'm down 100 so I'm like we'll shit. I go to set another stop but it falls so fast that I can't set it in time. I'm down 200 then 300 then 400 and I'm freaking out. I finally set a stop and it sells immediately for a 400 dollar loss. This was the first 5 minutes of the session. Over the next 20 minutes it dropped to .40 a share. I thought well at least I got out before it went that low. Upset and confused about why it would fall so low on positive news, I Ieft to work. I had about a 35 min drive and decided about 10 mins into it to check on that stock. It was 2.50 a share! The app for the particular platform at the time was only for checking stocks, I could not perform any buy/sell action from the app and I was driving to work. I checked again 10 mins later, it was at 4.50 a share! I got to the supply house about 20 mins later and checked while I was waiting on parts. 7

Do your worst!

This is just a yay me post, I'm sorry. My Q spouse has made life a living nightmare for about 2-3 years now. I don't think all Q people are abusive, but when an abusive person gets caught up in all that is Q, things can take a quick turn for the worst. My divorce hearing is in 3 hours.

I gave up everything monetary in exchange for sole residential and legal custody of our son. My 10 year old is scared of her soon to be ex step father. A year ago she over heard him tell me that I wasn't going to dictate how he raised his son and just threat after threat of what would happen to me if I stepped on his toes. My daughter, 9 at the time, came to me and asked "Mom, how are you going to protect him?" At that time I didn't know, and all I could promise her was that I was going to do everything in my power to keep baby bro safe. As long as today goes the way it should, I can hopefully deliver some good news to a big sister that has been distraught with worry.

She has heard every vaccine claim possible, watched her brother get extremely sick after my QSpouse and his Qfamily were reckless regarding covid and didn't even tell us. Watched her step dad prepare for the "blackout". Watched her stepdad scream that if the election wasn't overturned that we wouldn't have to worry about him because he was going to war. He told my daughter that he had personally seen photos of Hillary Clinton eating the skinned face of a child. Yes we are in therapy, yes I am ridden with guilt that she ever had to endure his psychological abuse, but I am one happy mama today.

In addition to the constant toxic environment that he created with his Q knowledge he started to lay ground work to dictate our sons medical care too based on Q. I have been threatened multiple times for what will happen to me if I ever get our son vaccinated for covid. Our son is 2 btw so he can't even get vaccinated yet, but he has been intubated before and has a history of respiratory complications. When the time comes I can protect him now. Might seem like a small victory to be able to vaccinate your child but when you've seen your child's skin turn blue from a collapsing airway, protecting them from respiratory illness is no small victory. The same man who said that attending his toddlers tonsillectomy would be too stressful for HIM was literally planning to tie my hands in terms of my sons preventative care and I can't explain how good it feels for that to not even be an option anymore.

My anxiety is through t

For context I'm a Refuse Driver (Garbage man) & today I was on food waste. After I'd tipped I was checking the wagon for any defects when I spotted a lone pea balanced on the lifts.

I said "hey look, an escaPEA"

No one near me but it didn't half make me laugh for a good hour or so!

Edit: I can't believe how much this has blown up. Thank you everyone I've had a blast reading through the replies 😂

The issue of Genshin changing their publisher from Mihoyo to Cognosphere has sparked a bit of discussion recently. Some people were freaking out about their money going to a seemingly different company. Many assumptions and rumors started popping up and going around. And some of them are getting out of hand. I have compiled the rumors that are being spread around, hoping to raise more awareness.

Just to make it clear again, these are NOT facts, but rumors.

1. The reason Genshin changed their publisher was to avoid possible restrictions from the Chinese government.
2. Mihoyo didn’t make an announcement because they want to keep quiet and avoid conflict with the CCP.
3. The entire company is moving to Singapore because the CCP is planning to take action against Mihoyo.
4. Now the devs will have more freedom in making characters and lore, we will have better content.
5. Now we will get more freemogems and events.

Ok, now let's look at the actual facts.

Mihoyo DID make an announcement, most people probably just didn’t read it. The announcement explained that the change was for publishing on various platforms and easier in-game purchases.

>Dear Travelers,
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>Months after Genshin Impact was added to the Epic Games Store on June 9, today, we'd like to announce that Travelers worldwide who have downloaded Genshin Impact on Epic Games Store are now able to make in-game transactions with various payment methods supported by Epic Games Store.
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>To ensure the safety and convenience of online transactions, we will continue to listen to player feedback and seek more eligible payment options globally. Meanwhile, with more entities engaged, the publisher of Genshin Impact on Epic Games Store has been updated to COGNOSPHERE PTE. LTD., which would be responsible for the publishing work on various platforms. Quality service will still be ensured in all publishings.

So why does “changing” publishers make it easier for global players to pay for in-game purchases? This is actually common practice for Chinese game companies. It helps them better manage the international market and overcome cash flow restrictions from other countries. China doesn’t have good relationships with many western countries, therefore there are heavy cash flow restrictions going into China and sometimes regulations on Chinese products. But unlike China, Singapore has no political stands and has good economic

#Part 5 – Mists of Pandaria

This is the fifth part of my write-up about World of Warcraft. You can read the first four by clicking the links below.

• Part 1 - Beta and Vanilla

• Part 2 - Burning Crusade

• Part 3 - Wrath of the Lich King

• Part 4 - Cataclysm

An Unexpected Trademark

It was mid-2011. The final patch of Cataclysm was on its way, and Blizzcon was just around the corner. The subject of World of Warcraft’s next expansion had begun to gain traction once again, and as was tradition, the internet became awash with leaks. Some promised Old Gods, some foresaw Kul’Tiras or Zandalar or Nazjatar, Tel’Abim or Suramar or Sargeras – in short, players made every possible prediction in the vain hope that one of them might be proven right.

But none of them were.

No one could have predicted Pandaria.

It wasn’t until the user ‘Mynsc’ went wading through the US Patent and Trademark Office website in search of info about Titan – Blizzard’s ‘open-secret’ new game in development – that they stumbled upon a recently-filed trademark by the name of ‘Mists of Pandaria’. Among all the theory-crafting and scavenging for information, it had been there a week, out in the open where anyone could find it, and yet completely overlooked.

It was immediately dismissed by many users as a book, a figurine, an in-game microtransaction perhaps. They cast it aside and turned to the more realistic leaks. But upon further inspection, the trademark was for a game, distributed on CD-ROMs with instruction manuals and guides. It had to be WoW content.

Okay, the community said. Then it was a patch.

>”they don't trademark patches. If they never did before, why now?”

Then it had to be some kind of trading-card game spin off. Definitely not an expansion.

>”The international class used in the trademark is the same as they used for previous expansions. The timing and information for the Mists of Pandaria trademark matches that of The Burning Crusade, Wrath of the Lich King, and Cataclysm. If this i

I am the original poster. This is a repost of my story, originally posted on r/AirBnB.

It make me really freaking grumpy, but was also interesting to me in that someone thought they could pull this kind of jackassery and get away with it, so I'm posting it here too. It's been a few days since it was all resolved, and I'm still kinda steamed when I think about it.

Guest left little "if you find this, they're not cleaning properly" notes - how do I handle his review? [Dec 19 2021]

https://www.reddit.com/r/AirBnB/comments/rkcd8j/guest_left_little_if_you_find_this_theyre_not/

Well, this is a new one for me.

For background, when we originally accepted this guest's booking, the first few exchanges were normal, reasonable, boring. The usual back and forth of getting our most important questions answered. I booked him without issue because he didn't ask for anything ridiculous, and he seemed reasonable. He has 1 5 star review of the "great guest, would host again" type.

He booked over a month in advance. A day after booking, he sends me a message that says "You know, normally by now, a host would have sent instructions on how to get in". This is an issue because both our listing and our acceptance email say that one of us will be there to greet the guest at the door and show them around (this is a shared home, so we take them through all the public rooms and also point out the guest rooms, make introductions if another guest is around) and because the "normally by now, a host..." part really rubbed me the wrong way. But I responded cheerfully and said something like "as mentioned in our listing and in the acceptance email, one of us will be there to greet you. All you have to do is ring the doorbell" (and yes, there is an actual picture of our actual front door with a little arrow pointing at the doorbell letting people know to ring it because it is a black doorbell on black-painted door frame. Some people have had a hard time seeing it before).

I get several more "normally by now" messages that are all obnoxious. "Normally by now, a host has given me instructions on how to get to their home on public transit" My response: "As mentioned in our acceptance message, if you need direction on how to get to our place, you need to let us know how you're getting into the city and the approximate time, so we can best advise you

A redditor posts a photo titled Mark Bryan a robotic engineer is shattering gender norms by wearing what he likes. The top comments start out as supportive, but quickly degenerate as thousands more pour in. Some posters are uncomfortable, some don't think he's shattering anything at all, and others are outraged and think OP (and the photo's subject) are 'attention seeking' liars. The thread isn't locked yet, so saddle up and grad your popcorn as the drama takes off and we hear opinions from some of reddit's finest pundits:

About 10 comments down the floodgates of criticism open, fairly innocuously:

> Man or woman— That just looks uncomfortable to wear for 8 hours a day. (391 pts)

>> "Thank you"

>>>Is this supposed to be a work look? Skin tight mini skirts aren't really office appropriate for anyone, even if it does look banging.

Then they take a dive:

>sHaTtErInG gEnDeR nOrMs!1! (450 pts, gilded)

>>It has the same energy as news article saying "X SLAMS Y...by politely offering a factual correction." (93 pts)

>>he's so brave (64 pts)

>>>Let's not downplay how stunning he is though!

One commenter "doesn't care" how you dress or identify, but they're also very very angry at this attention seeking behavior. Others chime in to add that cross-dressing has been totally OK for centuries:

>He likes attention. That's what he likes. Lots and lots and lots of attention... Look at me mommy! Look! Look! Look! I look so different and unique! I don't care who you love or what you identify as. But this guy isn't shattering anything socially important. He is just an attention seeker. And like all screaming attention seeking brats. It gets tiresome frankly. (258 points, gilded)

>>There’s someone else out there who identifies as a man and scared to do this. Representation matters.

>>>True. But IMO, anyone should be scared to dress like that. BUT, lots of people do it, so why the fuck shouldn't this guy? I wouldn't say he's shattering norms though. People have been crossdressing for centuries.

Someone ki

#An Introduction to Piracy

Most of us have torrented something at some point, whether it’s a game, movie, book, song or TV show, but just for those who haven’t, I’ll explain the basics.

When you go to a site like The Pirate Bay or Kick Ass Torrents, and click ‘Download Torrent’, all you’re really getting is a link. Programmes like Bittorrent or Vuze are able to open those links, and will let you download almost any file, legal or not. But you’re not downloading it from a server somewhere, a website, or a single person, you’re downloading it from dozens, sometimes thousands of people at the same time, all around the world. Those are known as ‘seeders’. And while you do that, other people are downloading the file from you. They’re ‘leechers’. The original distributor of the file created that torrent, and submitted it to torrenting websites so that other people could find it, but once they’ve shared the full file once, they can break off their connection to the torrent.

This is known as ‘Peer to Peer’ file sharing, and it’s the primary means of distributing media illegally, because it’s basically impossible to stop. If a website is hosting episodes of Game of Thrones, you can shut the website down. If a person is sending out files, you can sue them. But no company or corporation, however powerful, can stop a torrent (though many have tried).

Sharing a movie or a song is easy – you just distribute the file. It will work no matter who downloads it. But games are different. Since a game is made up of loads of files working in tandem and tangled up in a confusing spider-web of code, the developer is able to ‘booby trap’ the game so that it doesn’t work when it’s copied.

For as long as developers have been doing this, savvy hackers and programmers have been working to undo it. When they do, the developers go back to the drawing board and come up with something smarter.

Cassettes were easily duplicated, so the industry invented consoles with more secure cartridges and built-in ROMs that could detect fakes. Pirates reverse-engineered the consoles to make their own duplicate consoles which could run both legitimate and fake copies. So the industry moved to CDs, because they had more storage space and could be fitted with new security features. Pirates cracked the CDs. Developers started requiring a game key, so pirates created key-genera

It really does, I swear!

They’re on standbi

Spoiler Warning!

Edit: Really like how the Pokemon Sub hivemind immediately thinks I'm a shill for Nintendo/Pokemon lmfao if you even knew how much mud I flung at Sw/Sh, LGPE and BDSP you really wouldn't expect a post like this from me.

I'm excited about Legends Arceus because it's finally a genuine positive original change for the Pokemon franchise that is sorely needed. I also see that this post made some people think twice, and that's fine. I made this post more as an information dump because GF/Nintendo have basically showed NOTHING to the general public, and I've had a lot of people assuming this was just another generic Pokemon game.

I get it, GF is incompetent. But unfortunately, they're the ones in charge of the games. If you want actual good change and series growth, you need to support the changes you want to see, and I also think it's really interesting to see how they created PLA using their crappy 3DS engine. It's interesting from a technical standpoint, but it's not like I'm condoning the game's graphics from an artistic standpoint. The fact is PLA is genuinely impressive when you take into the fact that it's running on a modified 3DS engine that wasn't designed to do any of this in the first place. Does that mean it wouldn't be immediately better if it was using a better engine? No. Heck, BDSP used Unity and while the game itself looked very barebones the water shaders in BDSP dwarf GameFreak's attempt at using graphics conventions from way back in the Wii era.

I personally have been burned by GameFreak since USUM when they removed Lusamine's fusion with Nihilego. I still wanted Pokemon Z. I was angry at LGPE because it didn't do enough. BDSP is a broken mess. But I can't help but laugh at the hypocrisy when people get upset at Pokemon for being stagnant and them immediately dismissing the very first time in so many years that Pokemon is finally undergoing major mechanical changes. And hell yeah, I'm going to advocate for that. I'm not saying buy the game, just wanted to let you know why I'm personally excited for it.

We're less than 3 weeks away from Pokémon: Legends Arceus' release, and the majority of this sub seem to not really be as interested in its existence as I would have expected, seeing as this is the Pokémon game that the "Pokémon never tries new things" crowd should really be paying attention to.

I know it's funny to meme about the bad graphics, but there are some legitimate GREAT changes to LGA that I fee

It's been a month now since I rushed out to target to buy Adele's 30 CD with the bonus tracks.

I got home played it once and then played it again the next day... and I haven't played it since. 19,21,25 I have played over and over and over when I got them. 19 was the best of all since it was unique and offered a flavor Adele hasn't returned too. 21 & 25 could have been a double CD on the same album. Same type of songs and themes. They had her biggest hits we all know them. I enjoyed them both but for 6 years of listening to them. 30 should have been an entirely different Adele experience.

It simply wasn't. It was literally just more of the same but not as ground breaking or amazing as the previous two albums were. I don't know maybe the Adele flavored gum in my mouth has lost it's flavor but I haven't had any desire to hear 30 again. It has a few good songs ( I liked about two of them) but nothing I felt I wanted to listen to on repeat like I did the other Albums. Even the bonus tracks that came on my Target CD were kind of so so.

Being an actual fan of Adele this album to me was not worth a 6 year wait. It sounded like something he could have thrown together in a weekend. There was literally no new vibe on this album. Same broken hearted wailing over a piano. Is it really so hard for her to work with producers that make different music? or even other artists? Even a track with Adele and the Weeknd, or Sia or Lady Gaga or anybody else would have blown my mind and given me a break from the same old tired lost my love tracks.

Some new instruments...? Maybe some 808 drums. A Moog, a Prophet 5.... just introduce some new sounds to your music please.

The praise I've seen this album get is a head scratcher for me. This is not a ground breaking album and it's the weakest offering. An album that took 6 years to put out should sound freaking Amazing. Every track should be a hit. This Album just sounds like songs they found under a couch in her mansion. I really really really was hoping this Album would have been where Adele either went back to the 19 mindset and experimented with her voice and music and gave us a fresh new Adele... but it wasn't. It was literally 30 Adele with a Tired and Old sound.

I thought this album would grow on me but I've personally had no desire to even add it to my playlist. I enjoyed "To be Loved". Best song on there imo but again that could have fit right on the sounds from 21 or 30.

I can't be the only one noticing this can

I am not the original poster. This is a repost.

Originally posted by u/wtfpuppymate 7 years ago on r/relationships.

Me [24 F] with my dead boyfriend's mother [50? F]: She wants his dog? [Oct 14 2014]

https://www.reddit.com/r/relationships/comments/2jfkrh/me_24_f_with_my_dead_boyfriends_mother_50_f_she/

Sorry. This is longer than I wanted, but I am still processing things as this happened last night.

To get you up to speed: My boyfriend was killed in a car accident last month. This post is not about that. I am going to grief counseling and coping as well as I think I can at the moment. We were together for three years. We started living together a little over a year ago.

Prior to meeting Boyfriend, he got a ridiculously cute puppy. At the time, he was still living at home as his parents lived close to our university. However, this puppy was HIS puppy. She slept in his room, he took care of her and trained her. However, his mom loves Dog, and doted on her like a grandmother.

Boyfriend and I met in a local park because he had a puppy and I had an old grouchy dog of similar breed. (Adorbs, right?) We quickly started spending a good chunk of time with each other. I'd say we spent a good 60% of the week together. And by together, I mean me, boyfriend, my grouchy dog, and his young pup. Dog spent a lot of time at my place, and I helped with training, general care and dog activities.

After we moved in with each other, I took on a lot more of the dog responsibilities. Boyfriend ended up getting a job with a long commute and a lot of overtime. I was okay with this, as I ended up putting my old dog down a couple months ago and I enjoyed having a dog to take care of again. I even started therapy dog training with her, because she has such an awesome temperament. All in all, we were a happy loving family, and Dog and I were great friends.

After his death, his family came over to help sort through all his things. His family took the majority of his material things (car, computers, etc.), which I was okay with. I kept the sentimental things and joint purchases. I thought that was that.

During this whole time, Dog has been my constant companion. I feel like we have been helping each other a lot through this time of loneliness and sadness.

Last night, his mom popped by after work for a su

A week ago, there are articles about the interview with J.C. Smith, director of consumer marketing at The Pokémon Company:

Pokémon Creative Team Addresses Angry Feedback From Fans

The Pokémon Company Knows Fans Want More ‘Grown-Up’ Games

The Pokemon Company discusses the "angry" feedback it has seen

‘Pokémon’ devs have “thicker skin than many” due to angry fans

They say that the developers are aware of the complaints and disappointment from Pokemon fans, "but [the developers are trying] to focus on making the core accessible to everyone." It shows that despite our voices having been clearly heard, the creators of the game rather ignore them, and focus on the "vision for what the creators want to provide."

What do you guys think? Personally, I feel very frustrated and helpless knowing that Game Freak will probably continue in this direction. My only hope now is to see how Arceus will turn out.

Short post here… just wanted to throw out a friendly reminder to live your life to the fullest now and don’t just look towards retirement. Just got news tonight that a good friend of 10+ years from grad school passed away in a totally random, freak accident. While it’s obviously important to stock away money for retirement, don’t sacrifice too much now because you never know when your time will run out.

Edit: he was in his early-mid 30’s, was an avid hiker and died by getting buried by an avalanche while hiking. Still can’t really believe it.

Edit 5: Add: “PERMANENTLY.” After reflecting on the comments in response to my post and being reminded Nintendo has done BC in the past, I think it’s important to note: the digital era should bring about permanent BC. I put this edit at the top because it’s an important distinction and should address all comments reminding me Nintendo has done BC in the past, but not for the long haul. Those comments, though, which were helpful in thinking through the various nuances of this topic. Now, on to my original post:

I know. Nintendo does their own thing. That’s fine. But this is absolutely an area in which they should imitate their competitors.

I bought the NES through GameCube when they launched. I skipped the Wii and WiiU, came back to gaming via Xbox and PC in 2014, and I camped out for Switch Day 1.

I’ve spent thousands building my Nintendo collection, and I’ve spent quite a lot on my Switch library. When Nintendo releases its next console, I want my entire Switch library to seamlessly port over. Microsoft is doing it. Playstation is about to do it.

I just played the first few hours of Dishonored on Xbox (a 2012 game), and I did it not because I purchased it; I did it *because I am a PAYING subscriber to GamePass Ultimate*.

Just sayin’, Nintendo. Backward compatibility doesn’t mean you have to “lose money.” If you do it right, you'll MAKE money, and, like Microsoft, you'll have folks like me giving you money and thanking you for taking it. That's what any genius business does, right?

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Edit: Thanks to everyone for the comments! Sorry if I don't reply to every single one. The general gamut of perspectives here is: VC is what Nintendo should do. Or... a subscription is what Nintendo should do. Or... Nintendo will never do BC. Or... Nintendo should copy GP but offer purchase options. Obviously, Nintendo has several routes it could go; no matter our opinions on the longterm solution, I think we can all agree that we as consumers want what's best for us: access to old Nintendo games we've purchases or subscribed to, and we want that until we die. How we pay for and acquire said games is up to Nintendo, of course, but we all agree it would be nice if it were a consumer-friendly option.

Edit 2: It is clear that this conversation is evolving into a subscription vs. VC debate, both of which have their merits. This is a great conversation, and I look forward to seeing how it plays out over the next several decades.

Edit 3: This is

This one will be short and sweet because it just happened. Full disclosure, I witnessed this event but was not an active participant.

I work in an industrial setting and there's a big electrical box in one particular area that the electricians needs to get into frequently and with urgency. It goes all the way down to the floor so anything in the way will prevent access, so one of our particularly reactionary supervisors posted a notice to prevent people from leaving pallets in the way. The phrasing was a bit extreme but since most people could be expected to react in a rational manner should an issue come up, nobody thought it was a big deal.

Well, somebody parked a pallet there with a big crate on it around the size of a coffin. I don't know what's in it, but it's addressed attn: the head of the lab and has customs paperwork sitting on top of it valuing it at just shy of three quarters of a million dollars.

About an hour ago the electrician called the supervisors' office on an open channel on the radio, so about ten or fifteen people heard the exchange when he asked what to do about this pallet in the way. Everyone reading this has already guessed the answer.

We also all heard him try at least twice to talk him out of it, but he was just talked over. Our big trash bin is attached to a permanent compactor, so anything that goes in there can expect to be crushed within a few minutes.

I took the liberty of turning it off and pocketing the key to it, which I'm going to give to a supervisor with a more level head at shift change. In the meantime the garbage is going to just pile up because the crate is indeed upended into the compactor.

I'd say obediently throwing away an expensive piece of equipment qualifies as MC, and he'll have a ton of corroboration when the shit hits the fan.

I'll keep you updated.

Update: SOMEBODY CRUSHED IT. The compactor is now jammed, possibly dead. The platen is sitting at just enough of an angle to be alarming and won't move forward or back.

The supervisor in question is pacing around the area right now. To his credit, he's not trying to blame the electrician, but whoever put the pallet in front of the electrical box is probably getting written up. Possibly me too because there is absolutely video of me taking the key.

I kind of feel bad for the supervisor because I don't think he realizes the full damage he's done. He's freaking out about the damaged compactor.

Because people are asking, I will share that

Pilot on me!!

[Chapter 1] ; [Previous Chapter] ; [Wiki + Discord]

Chapter 45 – At the bottom of things

High-Matriarch Tua scowled, as she looked down at the hundreds of messages that she had gotten in the last hour alone. People were so needy these days.

Well, admittedly, she had, out of necessity, chosen a rather unfortunate moment for her departure from the station, after James’ escapades had caused so much chaos for its people, but honestly, things had already been back in working order even before she had left. And all in all, damages had been on the low-end of her estimations.

There really wasn’t any reason to push this thing up like she had just abandoned them in the middle of some world-ending event. Yet still, message after message came flooding in, from people seeking her advice on the station as well as the scavengers from the press looking for any crumbs of information.

But that was the toll she had to pay for the fact that it seemed out of character for her to be anything but restlessly dutiful over her many years of service to the people who voted her into her office. And she would gladly pay it for them. The service to her people was a matriarch’s duty, that had been instilled into her from a very young age, and that duty extended to her role as the Leader-Supreme.

Still, sometimes, very rarely, she felt like she could do without the constant need for attention some people seemed to have. If she had wanted to comfort a horde of children, she would have borne her own and become a herd-mother like her dear sister. But that life had never been for her. And even if she was and felt responsible for them, she expected a bit more than whining and complaining out of the very much adult people she had the watch over.

Her thoughts were interrupted by a loud knock on the door.

She put down her assistant and looked towards the door.

“Come in!” she loudly ordered, uselessly making a welcoming gesture with her trunk, which the person on the other side of her door obviously couldn’t see.

The door was opened by one of her guards, allowing entrance to a much smaller figure who meekly entered the room; her gaze lowering respectfully as soon as it had met with that of Tua.

“Ah, Doctor!” Tua happily exclaimed, delig

I don’t know where else to post this because I’m freaking the fuck out right now.

My mother, a frontline healthcare worker in NY, just tested positive for COVID. She is FULLY vaccinated and boosted. In fact, she is double vaxxed - both Moderna (2 doses + booster) and the original J&J vaccine.

She is 68 and has health risks. She kept working because she can’t afford to quit. We just talked yesterday about her frustration with antivaxxers and their ignorance, and how they’re getting people killed. This should have NEVER happened! FFS, get vaccinated!!

I am praying that my mom’s vaccinated status and the fact that she caught it early (I think she tests herself at least once a week and has since this mess started) means her case will be mild. I am immunocompromised and disabled and live in California, so I feel incredibly powerless. And incredibly angry.

Now if you’ll excuse me, I gotta go call my mom and pretend I’m not having an absolute sobbing meltdown over this.

If you’re a troll/antivaxxer reading this - #GET FUCKING VACCINATED FFS!!!

Edit: oh my gosh I stepped away from Reddit and then came back to all the comments and I’m just so very touched and awed by y’all’s kindness. Thank you all so much for your words of support. She’s got an oxygen monitor at home and is staying on top of things. Says she just feels a little “off” but is mostly ok. As strained as our relationship gets at times, she’s still my mom and the only parent I have left :-/

Edit 2: “68 isn’t elderly.” I’ll just hold my L on this one, lol Don’t worry, she would kick my ass if she heard I called her elderly too haha

Also for those commenting things like “what are you freaking out about” and being in general dismissive - idk man, maybe I just love my mom and I am on the other side of the continent from her AND this is all in all a scary thing to be going through? If your comment was meant to offer reassurance, thanks I guess? Bless your hearts.

Edit 3: I tried to answer as many comments as I could, but I couldn’t keep up haha. Thank you all for your support, and for sharing your stories. It really does help knowing that so many have gotten through it with mostly mild symptoms thanks to being vaccinated and boosted.

Once again, thank you to this community. These are very strange times we are living in, and I am grateful to have a place where I can come to vent and have people who understand how I feel. Thank you, thank you, thank you! I will definitely update this post

##INTRODUCTION##

Alright apes, it's time for part 3 in my "grow some options wrinkles" series. If you haven't read them yet, go read Part 1 and Part 2. Please read Part 1 and 2 if you haven't already. Important topics like IV and theta were covered there that are extremely important.

As I said in Part 1, this is NOT financial advice. I am NOT telling anyone to buy GME options, just trying to educate apes so they can make their own independent financial decisions.

If you think you're too smooth to understand this stuff, I promise that you're not. It's really not that hard. If you don't get it, ask questions to those of us who do. Paper trade until you feel comfortable and are making good plays consistently and get a feel for it.

DRS is the way. Options and DRS are not mutually exclusive. The shills try and make this some false dichotomy, but no such conflict exists. The goal of using options is to gain leverage, make money, and get more GME shares to DRS. I was recently able to buy an extra 1000 shares due to some recent options moves I made prior to the recent spike after the WSJ article the other day (yes I'm aware the WSJ article didn't cause the spike, this was just a quick/easy way to name this event so everyone knew what I was talking about).

##Table of Contents / TLDR## Here's a TLDR/Table of Contents for this post:

• Do not buy OTM calls.
• Do not buy calls that expire soon. Go at least 60-90 days out or more.
• Do not buy calls when the stock price or IV is high. Buy them when price and IV are low.
• Ignore FUD. Apes stronger together. Knowledge is power.
• Learn to use u/yelyah2's charts to visualize floors and ceilings.
• Do consider using spreads to mitigate risk, reduce costs, and gain leverage

Quick Smooth Brain Review of the Basics

• Buy calls only when GME price is low and expected to go up.

• Only buy ITM calls.

• Only buy longer dated calls. Right now, I am personally looking at dates like April or June or later.

• As a general rule, DO NOT buy OTM calls, or weeklies that expire like next week. These are basically lottery tickets and you're probably going to lose.

##LET'S DISPEL SOME FUD##

FUD #1: If you buy options Kenny is just going to keep your premium

I see this one talked about a lot. Does Kenn

is everyone still extremely bullish on it? Talked to their recruiter about the product openings and it seems like they are definitely ready to build an NoFreakingThing market place and expand their e-commerce presence with a focus on loyalty. I like the sound of it even though others I’ve talked to feel kind of meh on it from an industry standpoint. I understand the vision though and believe they can deliver as long as they have the right team. It seems like GME really is considering the fact that people like the stonk.

What’re you’re thoughts on GME going forward? Can you see them as a major player in the space NoFreakingThing and/or the new FB name? It seems kind of obvious to me for them to really dig deep into those spaces but I guess everyone doesn’t get it yet.

Update: https://twitter.com/marketrebels/status/1479204098457186304?s=21

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Good day everyone and Happy Sunday! I am super excited to be hosting the DCI this week. This is my third time in the driver’s seat and I have to say, it never gets old. I’m giddy to have this opportunity again! Thank you, u/SaintHomer! We’re gonna have some fun and talk about a mix of things this week, so buckle up! I’m not the best driver (true story) so make sure your seatbelts are fastened.

I want to kick off this week with the word “commitment”. Every day, hundreds and hundreds of us come to the DCI a

This is a Repost

OP is u/Runawaybrother

There is a previous compilation by u/bestupdator/

Posted in both AITA and Runawaybrother's Profile.

ORIGINAL

I have 2 older brothers, this is about the middle one. Our parents divorced when I was very young due to our Mother’s insane jealousy. At first my Dad was able to handle it but when she started making comments about me wanting to be like his wife he had enough. She quickly rebounded with a guy with 2 kids and had shared custody for a while. But when my Dad got remarried she went crazy, calling his new wife every horrible name and claiming he was cheating on her while they were married. I was always closer to my brothers and Dad than my Mom because she was always very mean to me. Long story short, my Stepmom died in a bad car accident and my Dad called her in the middle of the night letting her know he would pick us up earlier so we could attend the funeral and she decided to take us on a fun trip to “celebrate“ something. It was the happiest we've ever seen her and when we realized what happened and started crying she told us only worthless people cry for wh***s.

Needless to say, things went nuclear and my Dad asked for full custody with visitation for her. He always left the line of communication open and paid for us to visit her when she moved away but it was still very bad and as soon as we turned 18 we started to lower contact with her. Last time we saw her was on my HS graduation where she made a point of letting everyone who would hear we were ungrateful kids and her HB would call us bad names too, been NC since then.

My brother Sam started dating his Ex 3 years ago, she has heard all the stories and the reasons we are NC but she believes we are just dramatic. They had many issues due to her opinions but she eventually seemed to drop the “you need to reconcile with your Mother“ crusade. During the wedding planning there was no indication of things going wrong or fishy, then we got to the church and lo and behold Mom, HB and 2 kids were sitting at front. I immediately panicked and called my brothers. Sam thought maybe somehow she found out and wanted to crash so he called his Ex to let her know of the potential drama but she told him it was fine since she invited them, Sam hung up and asked me

Dad jokes are supposed to be jokes you can tell a kid and they will understand it and find it funny.

This sub is mostly just NSFW puns now.

If it needs a NSFW tag it's not a dad joke. There should just be a NSFW puns subreddit for that.

Edit* I'm not replying any longer and turning off notifications but to all those that say "no one cares", there sure are a lot of you arguing about it. Maybe I'm wrong but you people don't need to be rude about it. If you really don't care, don't comment.

What did 0 say to 8 ?

" Nice Belt "

So What did 3 say to 8 ?

" Hey, you two stop making out "

*MASSIVE TRIGGER WARNING - talk of Anthym being in severe condition, talk of very invasive treatment. As a mother, this was extremely hard to sit through and type out. Please be cautious that that is very, very traumatic.*

*I'm sorry for any spelling mistakes. I just sat through 45 minutes of this and typed it out very fast as I went. Karissa goes back and forth between days, but I made it as chronological as I could. My thoughts are periodically in italics*

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- She begins by saying that she's going to share her testimony because everyone is asking about it. duh, you posted a picture of your kid in a c collar and then went MIA

-She spent 19 days in the hospital

-The day before the basketball game, she had a slight fever. Karissa was going to take her birthday pictures but decided against it because she could tell she wasn't feeling well.

-Friday night (the day before the game), Karissa was bathing Anthym and noticed her neck slouched over and thought that was weird.

- Saturday morning, she woke up fine in her crib. Laughing, smiling, being baby, you get it.

-They went to the basketball game and Anthym lost all control of her muscles. She couldn't hold her head up, couldn't use her legs, her face drooped. Karissa said she, "thought it was weird."

- AND THEN THEY WENT TO LUNCH AND NOT THE HOSPITAL

-Anthym wouldn't make eye contact with Karissas mom. Kept looking up. Said it was really scary and then said, "so we went to eat lunch." I fucking cant with this woman.

-Karissa said she couldn't eat. probably because your fucking kid was very obviously having a serious medical issue

-She decided to take Anthym to urgent care who then sent her to the children's hospital.

-She then goes on a mini rant about how urgent care tried to blame her sickness on them not vaccinating and said they thought she had tuberculosis

-They did a spinal tap and Karissa said it was the worst experience of her entire life.

-Karissa prayed over Anthym during the spinal tap and while nurses were holding her child down.

-Karissa said that one of the men holding her down had Anthyms face smooshed into his belly, suffocating her. She tried to get him to back off by saying she wasn't breathing, but they wouldn't listen.

-They finally moved Anthym's head and she had passed out. They immediately gave her

I won't be doing that today!

You take away their little brooms

This morning, my 4 year old daughter.

Daughter: I'm hungry

Me: nerves building, smile widening

Me: Hi hungry, I'm dad.

She had no idea what was going on but I finally did it.

Thank you all for listening.

When I got home, they were still there.

There hasn't been a post all year!