Unmatched count Puns

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Unmatched Count is an indirect questioning technique used to increase the number of true answers to possibly embarrassing or self-incriminating questions.

It's been shown to vastly outperform direct questioning^1, and it also performs better compared to randomized response techniques^2.

Using UCT scholars have shown, for example, that the number of atheists was greatly underestimated by previous surveys^3, and that non-heterosexual identity, same-sex sexual experience, and anti-gay sentiment were also underestimated^4.

Respondents will be divided into 3 groups: 2 for estimating sensitive behavior with UCT, and the third group will be asked direct questions.

Thank you in advance for all who participate.

Title. Applied rads, got a prelim but no advanced. 12 interviews but Step 1 of only 222.

I know that taking and passing Step 3 will help me a lot in my reapplication this year, but would a higher passing score help more than a lower one? Or is just passing enough? Obviously I'm not shooting for the bare minimum here, but I'm curious.

Didn't study much 1st and 2nd year of med school, busted my ass for Step 1 but by then it was too late and I was playing catch up.

Alternative title: why kinetic weapons are superior.

Hello. Obligatory "long-time lurker, first time posting, English isn't my native language" disclaimer.

The following story is my attempt to do HFY in a realistic hard-scifi universe while also playing around with some interesting ideas that have been theorised for real-life space warfare. Those all come in latter part of the story, however; the first few paragraphs are intentionally unrealistic and lead the reader to the wrong conclusions, as it is written from the perspective of a not-so-bright alien race which had gotten stuck in a kind of local maximum of weapons technology.

I've done my best to proofread this, but I'm sure a few grammatical errors have slipped by. If you notice any please call me illiterate in the comments.

Any constructive criticism is welcome, especially in regards to my writing style. I myself feel it's a bit overly dramatic, but I decided to roll with it anyway.

Hope you enjoy.

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Long before my kind left the embrace of our warm sandy world, we dreamed of the great beyond and its wonders. The void called to us like a desert begging to be crossed. We obsessed over it, let it guide us forward and fill our imagination. Our science, culture, politics; all dedicated to a single goal. The stars were ours. It was our destiny.

Our works of fiction spoke of horrible alien creatures; entire civilizations from worlds far away. But they were not like us - visionaries and builders. They were mere monsters seeking only to subjugate and destroy. We engaged them in grand battles over our beautiful world, always winning by the tip of our whiskers. The battling ships would fly around each other like birds of prey fighting in the sky, each attempting to outmaneuver the other. As our technology advanced the first battle in space eventually occurred, but the enemy were not bloodthirsty aliens set on our destruction; merely a rogue colony demanding independence. The battles that ensued were quite different from what we had imagined.

Without the interference of our planet's atmosphere, our sensors could now detect enemy craft at distances never before possible, and without atmospheric drag our projectiles could fly effectively forever. Unlike in our fictional stories; these battles took place over such distance that the opponents could not even see each other, their crew relying purely on the ship's sensors. Anyone foolis

Happy 2022 /r/hiphopheads! Hope you all enjoyed your holidays and are ready to get back into it with our third official rate.

We're kicking off the new year with a best of losers rate, to see which of the four albums we have here can reach the closest to the highs of The Heist. Whether you had wanted Kendrick to win the first HHH rate or maybe you just hate the Grammy's in general, I hope to see you all participate as we revisit some well-loved, critically acclaimed albums from 2012-2013 and Magna Carta.

If you’re new to rates, welcome! A rate is essentially an event where we pit a few albums with a common theme against each other (try to guess this one’s). Everyone listens to them, scores every song out of 10, and sends those numbers to myself. In about a month, I’ll tally everyone’s scores and host a reveal where we’ll see how each song stacks against each other, from the lowest to the highest averaged scores. Rate reveals are a fun time all around, we joke, we roast, but we also talk pretty passionately about the music we're into. Check out the past two reveal threads for a feel. And if you have any more questions, the Rate 101 tab on this Google Doc is a great resource, although feel free to ask in the thread as well.

Now let’s get into the albums we’ll be rating over the next few weeks.

Kendrick Lamar - good kid, m.A.A.d city > I live inside the belly of the rough, Compton, USA, made me an angel on angel dust

Spotify | Apple Music | Tidal | Youtube

For his second studio album and major label debut, Kendrick Lamar wanted to a sound that was different from his prior

this is the juicy node before the Raid Battle. god i still hate draco's mere existence. anyway, bringing this out on the eve of the post-raid sections, so that people aren't going around with misinformation filling their heads.

• Critical Prosperous City - Babylon: Section Six - Decisive Battle, King Nebuchadnezzar

>Pre-node Dialogue

King of Babylon:

…… Queen.

Oh, my dear queen.

Oh queen, where are you?

How long shall you leave me alone…?

???:

Fufu.

Oh my beloved.

There is no need to tremble.

There is no need to fear.

I am here, o’ golden king.

King of Babylon:

Ooh, my queen!

My Queen Draco!

Bewitching Queen Draco:

I am here, I will always be by your side.

Oh, Golden King.

You should follow your desires.

Build a prosperous city of unmatched splendour.

Gather up gold.

Amass the gold, and build your riches to be as mountains.

Gather your sins.

Pile up your sins.

Oh my beloved sinner, the Apostle of Desire.

There is no need to fear, for you are not alone.

Know that, always, at your golden throne…

you may find me.

As long as you remain an outstanding king, I will…

regardless of how much filth you clad yourself in,

I shall reward you with the sweetest of nectars一一

> Pre-battle load screen

Decisive Battle, King Nebuchadnezzar

After enlisting the aid of the Heroic Spirit Enkidu,

the group once again invaded the Ultra-Enormous Ziggurat.

On the highest floor, the 99th floor above the ground,

the Throne Room where the King of the Golden City sits is found.

A second audience with the King of Babylon一一一

The King confessed to everything.

His true identity was not that of Gilgamesh, the King of Heroes,

but instead the soul of Nebuchadnezzar II in his later years,

who has achieved a pseudo-incarnation into the body of the strongest Heroic Spirit.

And now, the King declares the extermination of the group.

It is now time for the decisive battle.

>Pre-battle Dialogue

King of Babylon:

一一一 So that’s how it is.

I shall confess, then.

I am…

No, I am, I am none other than Nebuchadnezzar II of Babylonia!

Nebuchadnezzar II:

I craved this.

I desired this.

I tried to transform Babylon into a golden city, by challenging governments,

starting wars, and incidentally taking many prisoners一一

But I couldn’t do it.

I realised I could never do it.

Why was it so?

What was I missing?

I tried every method, I did every means.

What could I be missing?

Wa

I want to thank BlueFishcake for the same reason as everyone else – it’s a treat to play in the SSB sandbox!

Particular thanks go to XaphOs (The Piano Man) HollowShel (Cultural Exchange) and RandomTinkerer (City Slickers and Hayseeds) and UncleCeiling (Going Native) for their help, goodwill, craft, and encouragement. Without them, this story would stay in my head, and if you haven’t read their stories yet, I can’t encourage you enough.

I'm going to try and kick out a couple of posts as I'm ahead, and since I may be on a business trip next week.

Thank you all for reading, and for any and all comments.

First / Previous

Just One Drop

Chapter Nine - The Seven Deadly Virtues

Special Agent of the Interior Lamana Duvari was having a good day.

There was no reason she shouldn’t be. She was at the peak of performance for her rank. Her fitness reports were a model for others. Sharp, experienced, and well-honed in her craft, she was the Empress’s net, catching the Empire’s enemies and pulling them in to face the justice they deserved. She was everything that an Agent of the Interior should be, and as first daughter and heir of the House of Lamana, that was the only acceptable answer. Less than perfect was not an option that her mother ever indulged in her children. As she’d become an adult, it was not an option she indulged in herself.

If that austere dedication had made enemies of other nobles, then those nobles should learn to wallow less in corruption. If Lamana had not only survived but thrived, it was because she was too damned good at her work for anything less. That drive had been instilled from her earliest memories, and she’d applied it to every skill and problem. She wasn’t unrealistic about the shortcomings of others, but the failures of others were not her problem… unless it impacted her mission. She knew who and what she wanted to be, and her recent triumph shutting down the crime ring lurking in the Yoshino asteroid belt had been complete and total.

A summons to headquarters wasn’t a new experience, and after her recent success, she entered the office of Minister Ra’elyn with certain expectations. Lamana had climbed the ladder of success with an unmatched tenacity, and as she stood before the Minister's desk, she braced to attention and awaited her pleasure. Days like this,

The following document was written by Father Maximus Vazquez during the Spanish Inquisition. Tasked with uncovering heretics in Barcelona, Father Maximus became notorious for his cruel treatment of Muslim and Jewish immigrants. By all accounts, his ability to elicit confessions through torture was unmatched in all of Spain.

Only one woman, a Jewish heretic named Talia, mustered the courage to endure his torture chamber.

What follows is Father Vazquez’s horrific response to her bravery.

---

I’m at my wit’s end. I’ve been interrogating the same woman for two weeks, but she still refuses to decry her heresy. How she has endured my pincers and strappado for so long, I do not know. She hasn’t opened her mouth once during her time in my chamber. It’s as if she is unable to feel pain.

A priest with less experience would take her courage as a sign of God’s grace.

But not I.

Her disdain for Catholicism clogs the air and fills her eyes every time she gazes upon the tapestry of the passion draped behind my desk.

So tomorrow, I will put her through my true test: exposure to The Artifact.

It’s been years since I’ve used The Artifact, but I can’t think of a more opportune moment. For who better to expose to the horrors of Hell than such an insolent woman?

I pray that her descent into madness comes slowly. I want to savor her despair—savor the crumbling of her faith.

Tomorrow cannot come soon enough.

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My hands are shaking as I write this. Not only am I fatigued, but my mind burns with questions.

The heretic’s reaction to The Artifact perplexes me. Never before have I seen such an intense response to the pagan chalice.

Perhaps by relating my experience on this tattered page, I will make sense of what seems unexplainable on the surface.

I entered my chamber just before sunrise to find the heretic asleep in her chains. Her restful face filled me with anger. Burns and lacerations covered her body. That she could endure the inflictions of my instruments—many of which I forged myself—challenged my ability to perform my holy duties. Given that I’m the most revered inquisitor in Spain, I cannot allow peasants to make a mockery of my art.

I must succeed where others fail. My work is God’s work.

To fail means to tarnish God’s glory.

So I approached the heretic on silent feet and lowered The Artifact to her lips.

Her eyes flew open as liquid splashed onto her tongue.

“Spill a drop,” I said, “and I will break your legs.”

Not wanting to test the tru

I don't want to step on anybody's toes here, but the amount of non-dad jokes here in this subreddit really annoys me. First of all, dad jokes CAN be NSFW, it clearly says so in the sub rules. Secondly, it doesn't automatically make it a dad joke if it's from a conversation between you and your child. Most importantly, the jokes that your CHILDREN tell YOU are not dad jokes. The point of a dad joke is that it's so cheesy only a dad who's trying to be funny would make such a joke. That's it. They are stupid plays on words, lame puns and so on. There has to be a clever pun or wordplay for it to be considered a dad joke.

Again, to all the fellow dads, I apologise if I'm sounding too harsh. But I just needed to get it off my chest.

Background

Yesterday, I submitted this post analyzing the posting of Woj/Shams tweets on r/nba. I looked into the most frequent posters of these tweets and the speed in which they submitted these posts, among other things. u/JSP07 suggested that I make a similar post for highlights, and yeah that's what this is

As of 1:27 AM CST on 1/2/2022, there are currently eight highlight posts on the front page of r/nba. Six of these eight were posted by CP3_for_MvP. Yeah, six. That includes the top three, and particularly the #1 post currently: DeMar's amazing game winner at the buzzer from the corner. It was an absolute masterclass of a night from CP3_for_MvP.

I think highlights are the most important component of r/nba. It's a very glaring omission on subs like r/CFB and r/CollegeBasketball (in my opinion) and it's certainly a more core aspect of the forum than those silly stats posts. The problem is that you need people willing to go through the effort of uploading highlights for the community.

Unlike the topic of my previous post, I think the people doing this are having a truly positive impact on the subreddit as a whole (posting a Woj tweet in one second instead of thirty seconds really does not matter) and they deserve to be recognized. I guess all the upvotes and gold they get is recognition enough, but I'm bored and don't want to go to sleep so I'm doing this.

Methodology

On September 4th, 2019, it was announced that highlight posts would be required to include a [Highlight] tag. Thus, this post will only analyze data for the [Highlight] tag era of r/nba. We'll be including the 2019-20, 2020-21, and ongoing 2021-22 seasons. Not quite as long as the six year sample size of my last post, but oh well. Standardization matters.

I scraped every post beginning with [Highlight] that wasn't deleted/removed and was a streamable link since September 4th, 2019 to today's date, January 2nd, 2022. Well, almost every post. I noticed that somehow the most upvoted highlight ever (Luka bubble GW vs LAC) was missing. I do not know why and I could not find any other missing posts. I added it in manually, but it's possible that other posts are missing, so yeah. Fair warning. Anyway, that leaves us with almost 13,000 data points.

Data

Some summary statisti

That was how it started. An innocuous message in the group chat I share with my four co-workers: Todd, DeShawn, Natalia, and Emily.

We’d started the chat because one of our managers, Kurt, was a pain in the ass: he didn’t want us talking in the office, especially not about things like our salaries or time-off requests. Kurt moved on, but the chat survived-used to vent, share memes, and generally find ways to laugh and commiserate about our situation.

It was a place where anything could be shared, from a stupid GIF to a personal tragedy--sometimes one right after the other. I never knew what to expect when I opened the chat, but I never expected it to turn so…sinister.

Todd: Is anyone else getting random calls from weird numbers?

I didn’t think anything of it at the time, and the responses were the usual mix of rumors, jokes, and bad advice:

Natalia: y dont u answer and find out lol

DeShawn: bruh its spam I get calls all the time

Emily: noooo once you answer they’ll call you forever

Emily: trust me I made that mistake

Emily: there wasnt even a robocaller

Emily: just this weird wooshing noise like wind at the other end of the line

Natalia: it was the tumbleweeds blowing thru my bank account

DeShawn: wait you guys are getting paid???

So it went. Until yesterday afternoon.

Todd: I answered one of the calls!!!

Natalia: tell us about your new timeshare

Todd: No really it was messed up

Todd: There was this buzzing noise

Todd: Like millions of Mosquitos

Emily: wtf

Todd: I hung up right away

Todd: but you know? I sort of wanted to call back

Todd: to hear it again

Todd: it was like if flesh could scream

DeShawn: bruh what r u smokin

DeShawn: gimme some

That last part stuck with me. ‘If flesh could scream.’ I’d made the mistake of scrolling through the chat right before my daily post-work nap.

I had nightmares of raw, red meat gnashing against itself with a wailing sound, and woke up in a cold sweat to the ping of a notification.

A private message from Natalia. I’m not proud of it, but we’d hooked up at a party a few months back, and--since I still held out hope for something between us--I never put her on mute.

Hey, her message read. Did Todd call you too?

Groggily, I checked. There were missed calls from Todd--seventeen, in fact. I frowned. As I wrote Natalia back, I started to listen to the voicemails.

I understood immedia

Hey all - I wanted to share a dot density project I worked on recently. I'm hoping the code can be helpful for others and the maps fun to explore.

I've been a huge fan of dot density maps since I saw, many years ago now, the New York Times' and University of Virginia ones for the 2010 census. XKCD has a great one for the 2020 Election. I know it's not always the right visualization choice but for certain types of data, I find it's unmatched in how intuitive it is.

I knew the 2020 Census data was coming out and I thought it could be really cool to make a dot density data set for multiple census years as a way to visualize city and neighborhood changes over time. Here's the final dashboard.

I used Python, Pandas, Geopandas, and Shapely to take the census blockgroup polygons and population counts and generate the points. The notebooks can be found here:

1990 - https://colab.research.google.com/drive/19vkf2VdionnCnm7mA3EmFuQIloNi_n4Y

2000 / 2010 - https://colab.research.google.com/drive/1FoFnvCRcn4mfNhGSPuf4OUerT1-n_xfP?usp=sharing#scrollTo=ZCXbx907hqjJ

2020 - https://colab.research.google.com/drive/17Dhzi_070Xnvs8cyMdmyvSBeB64OOr6U?authuser=1#scrollTo=b8HTHVkh8lJS

The core functions for the points creation comes from Andrew Guidus' post Visualizing Population Distributions with Dot Density Maps.

seed = 10
s=RandomState(seed) if seed else RandomState(seed)
def gen_random_points_poly(poly, num_points):
"""
Returns a list of N randomly generated points within a polygon.
"""

min_x, min_y, max_x, max_y = poly.bounds
points = []
i=0
while len(points) < num_points:
random_point = Point([s.uniform(min_x, max_x), s.uniform(min_y, max_y)])
if random_point.within(poly):
points.append(random_point)
i+=1
return points
def gen_points_in_gdf_polys(geometry, values, points_per_value = None):
"""
`Take a GeoSeries of Polygons along with a Series of valu

Anyone know the absolute cheapest way to get AT LEAST 1500 calories a day with whole30 compliant food? I am not counting them I just know im not getting enough calories on my budget. I mean as CHEAP as possible, dont care about taste at all and this is relaxing whole30 assumptions like a plated fat etc. Forget everything you know about cheap. My parsimony with food is unmatched, Id take shots of raw avocado oil if it was the most efficient. I typically mountain bike 10+ miles a day and my bmi is already on the underweight line.

Sweet potatos, cans of shredded chicken, eggs, and canned/frozen veggies? Cashews and almond butter for fat but they seem expensive? Any ideas would be great. I really don't want to eat junk food but its hard to afford whole30 on my budget any help would be great thanks

I know plenty are waking up (seen it in real life and on main Reddit subs), but holy shit it took 2 whole years? When you think about the narrative for 5 seconds, there's so many holes in it:

• Politicians that have broken their own rules while preaching non-stop fear to the public.

Apparently, not a problem. Nothing to see here?

• Firing unvaccinated workers and then complaining about staff shortages despite trying to convince everyone that the situation is "very bad"

Nope, nothing wrong here. Fuck those plague rats, amirite?

• Virus knows if you're sitting down at a restaurant, but if you stand up without a face diaper, you've surpassed Hitler's kill count

(I notice that the shills online never respond when you tell them this)

• Anyone questioning about the "vaccine" safety is immediately ridiculed, mocked, or censored (the jab only started distributing by December 2020/January 2021, so we're only about 1 year in)

Still not suspicious? No? Huh, ok then...

• SOMEHOW... Big Pharma and the Government are the good guys now despite these same people having healthy distrust in the government in the previous decade. Despite all the well-known corruption in the past, apparently THIS is the one time they are "good"... and they're all acting in borderline-lockstep with each other as well.

Totally nothing suspicious to these people, apparently?

• Conspiracy theorists constantly proven right (vaccine passports, camps, lockdowns return, 4th vaccine shot)

We went from "this won't happen, you're a paranoid freak" to "you're a moron if you didn't expect this to happen. It's almost like the $cience changes".

• "Build Back Better", a slogan of the 2030 Great Reset, uttered globally by many world leaders, all in lockstep.

Nah, nothing to see here.

• Massive transfer of wealth, more control over citizens

For the absolute morons that keep chanting "how would they benefit from prolonging this situation?!"

• Pfizer health officials are also members of the FDA

Nah, no conflict of interest there. Totally $afe and effective (fuck this phrase)

• Hospitals didn't collapse in 2020 with no vaccines, yet with plenty vaccinated and 2 years of exposure AND a milder strain, we're moments away from collapse?

NAH, THE VACCINE IS SAFE AND EFFECTIVE, DON'T QUESTION, JUST OBEY

• Allowing asymptomatic nurses (even unvaccinated) to work... and this is the final nail in the coffin. This pretty much shows that all the people being fired

They’re definitely the best, but who’s been the best since they stopped writing together? Was thinking about this as it’s a really interesting topic, and an interesting dynamic between the two writers. It’s fascinating how just two people who know each other well can write fantastic song after fantastic song. But who are some of the best in your opinion? As this is a music discussion sub, I thought it would belong here, and I’d love to get your thoughts.

Onto my personal favourites. Morrissey and Marr (of The Smiths) are probably my out right favourite. In just four years, they both created 4 instant classic albums and a plethora of singles. Morrisey’s lyrics are some of the most emotional you’ll get. He’s not scared to speak his mind on issues he cares about, while he talks to a whole generation disconnected from society (“I am human and need to be loved, just like everybody else does). All the while Marr has his jangly and happy guitar perfectly juxtaposing Morrisey’s melancholic lyrics. My favourite song where this is displayed is “That Joke Isn’t Funny Anymore”.

My other favourite songwriting duo are Strummer and Jones of The Clash. Like The Smiths, they had a quite short career, yet delivered 5 classic albums (Not counting Cut The Crap as Jones had been sacked by that point) in 6 years. Their songwriting to begin with was without doubt slightly basic, but had a true punk message that resonated with people. Their writing just got better. By London Calling, they had a synergy unmatched, managing to make a double album with no dud song. They retained that punk spirit in their writing but, they had gone to the next level. Sandinista! is what amazes me though- 36 tracks on a triple album coming out just a year after releasing a double album. I’ll admit, it has filler, but to write so many good songs in such a short period of time, whilst touring as well, is unparalleled. And I forgot to mention, all while consistently changing genres and styles- from basic punk on the debut to reggae and jazz on London Calling to funk and dub on Sandinista!. They could write a hit pop song too. Favourite song by them is probably either “The Magnificent Seven” or “Spanish Bombs”. Whilst maybe not being as good as Morrisey and Marr, they definitely get most improved.

What do you think of my choices, and what are yours. I’m looking forward to reading them.

Game Information

Game Title: Deathloop

Platforms:

• PlayStation 5 (Sep 14, 2021)
• PC (Sep 14, 2021)

Trailers:

• DEATHLOOP – Official Story Trailer: Down the Rabbit Hole
• DEATHLOOP – Official Gameplay Walkthrough
• DEATHLOOP – Official Gameplay Trailer 3: Déjà Vu
• DEATHLOOP – Official Gameplay Trailer 2: Two Birds One Stone
• DEATHLOOP – Official PS5 Gameplay Reveal Trailer: Welcome to Blackreef

Developer: Arkane Studios

Publisher: Bethesda Softworks

Review Aggregator:

OpenCritic - 88 average - 94% recommended - 98 reviews

Critic Reviews

ACG - Jeremy Penter - Wait for Sale

>"Deathloop is fun but it has a ton of problems identifying what it is, hedge wizard assassination game or slim wallet gun runner assassination game. nevertheless, the story is insanely good as it progresses."

Areajugones - Víctor Rodríguez - Spanish - 9 / 10

>‎Deathloop is a video game that maintains the characteristic elements of Arkane games: an outstanding level design, exceptional gameplay, an interesting story and a spectacular artistic section. A work with very few buts that has hooked me and fallen in love from beginning to end.‎

Ars Technica - Sam Machkovech - Unscored

>Deathloop may ultimately go down as my biggest gaming disappointment of 2021

Atomix - Alberto Desfassiaux - Spanish - 92 / 100

>‎I think that despite having some rough edges here and there, Death

Do your worst!

My stbxw sent me this long email which feels honest, but also kinda off. It's the first email where she lays it out and doesn't try to blame me.

She makes several mentions of her being a narcissist, which is something new. I feel like she's read about narcissists and their traits, and now she's framing everything from that perspective (see her mention about Narcissism 101).

I won't reply to it, I'm staying NC. But it actually gives me some peace because it's the first email that is not delusional.

What are your thoughts?

>I know you don’t love me anymore but I still love you. I’ll always love you. You are the biggest part of my life. No one knows me like you do, no one ever will. You’ve seen all of my ugly sides and I like to think you’ve also seen the beautiful parts of me. And although the ugly overshadows the beautiful now, the beautiful still exists. You know my heart, my weaknesses, my best, and my worst. You know it all. Probably better than I do.
>
>I will love you forever because I know those sides of you as well. I’ve seen it all, every side of you. I see you.
>
>You have given me so much. You have supported me whenever I felt insecure, afraid, or sad. You have lifted me up from the dark more times than I can count.
>
>I was lost and scared when we met, unsure of where I belong in the world. And then you found me. You guided me. You brought me home. The only home I’ve ever known. The only place that has felt like home has been next to you, with you.
>
>You taught me how to love myself, how to work hard and go after what I want. How to not give up. It’s mind-blowing how much we built together - two college kids who didn’t get a head start like many of our friends and peers… we built [business 1] from the dining table. We built [business 2] from a silly idea I Googled 5 minutes before pitching for the first time. We built careers in respectable fields by learning everything in our living room. And I truly believe it was all possible because we are an unmatched team. We supported one another through it all. I worked a miserable job that made me so unhappy while you learned [skill]. You stuck with [company] when they didn’t appreciate you while I learned about [skill].
>
>There is nothing we can’t do together.
>
>But I lost sight of that. I got too wrapped up in validation, in feeling worthy in someone else’s eyes. I lost myself, who I really am - who only you knows. I’m

I wanted to see how much the "algorithm hiding men" played a role in online dating success so I did an experiment with an average looking white guy 2 times.

Test 1: I just used his pics (profile pic being the most attractive) then saw how many matches/likes/potential meets I could get.

Results: I got 5 matches, 2 of which chubby and 2 transgendered. 1 was beautiful but far away.

Test 2: This time, I made the first pic of a male model similar looking to the average guy. Then I photoshopped the male model convincingly to pass as the normal dude. The rest of the pics were of the other guy, not the model. I also added 1 other fake pic from far away to make the discrepancy between the 2 guys less great. Essentially most of the photos were of the normal guy except for 2, the profile pic and an unimportant filler pic

Results were astounding: 30 matches, 2 potential cute dates, and 30 likes waiting for me. Nobody unmatched me because I spent about 30 minutes photoshopping the hot guy to pass as a very good version of the normal guy, so it looked like the same person

In conclusion if I paid tinder for a super boost and did this experiment again I'll bet I'd get a similar like/match/meet count

They were cooked in Greece.

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 😂

It really does, I swear!

Gotta say - being called beautiful by a guy then getting unmatched when they figure out I'm trans is a bit of a shit show all around.. I have honestly lost count the amount of times this has happened and its just crap. READ THE BIO! It says on my profile! Just a fucking rant honestly. Online dating blows.

Because she wanted to see the task manager.

I recall watching this divisional playoff game. I was a little boy (7) and we had Christmas dinner reservations. The game was to my memory the late-afternoon game, with about a 4 PM Eastern kickoff, and lasted so long we had to quit watching to go to dinner. I remember my dad being mad later in the evening that the Dolphins won. Not sure why, he was a Packers fan.

The game lasted 82 minutes and 40 seconds, still unmatched. The result was also like a crossroads for the two teams. This was the first playoff win in franchise history for the young Don Shula-led Dolphins. They would upset the defending champ Colts in the AFC title game a week later, before falling to the Cowboys in the Super Bowl. They would then win the next two Super Bowls. So the game was the dawn of one of the greatest teams ever.

The Hank Stram-led Chiefs on the other hand were falling off the table. Just a calendar year earlier they had capped several years of excellence in the AFL by defeating the Vikings in Super Bowl IV. But after losing this game, the Chiefs would not make the playoffs again for 15 seasons, until 1986, and would not win a playoff game for 20 years and 3 days beyond this game, a December 28, 1991 win over the Raiders in a wild-card game. Stram would coach the Chiefs for three more desultory seasons before moving on to more losing with the Saints.

This was a star-studded game. Counting the two head coaches, 15 participants, 8 from the Chiefs, 7 from the Dolphins, ended up in the Pro Football Hall of Fame.

The game also featured an outstanding performance from the Chief's Ed Podolak, who ran for 85 yards, caught passes for 110 yards, and returned kicks and punts for 155 yards. His 350 total yards is still the NFL record for a playoff game.

Happy Anniversary Miami!

Heard they've been doing some shady business.

mondstadt - sitting on an island in the middle of a large lake and has high walls surrounding it. their port is small and can be easily guarded. if not by boat and climbing over those walls, enemies could be funneled by the sole bridge that connects it to land. its weakness would be that if the bridge were to be destroyed or sieged, the people would be cut off from any chances of getting help or supplies. the knights of favonius doesn't really look like they have big numbers either judging by the nation's populace (as we see so far), but it makes up in powerful vision-holders with some being labeled legendary warriors.

liyue harbor- surrounded by mountains which are great for protection. since it's a trading/commerce focused nation, it would be a given that there would be many points of entry, specifically the harbor and the 2-3 bridges. because of that, there would be many entry/exit points to guard that would stretch the millelith quite thin. i imagine that they would be unmatched in naval battles as well. there is also the jade chamber which proves to be powerful and a good location for aerial attacks, which is unique to the nation. its vision holders are powerful and large in numbers, even if it's less than what mond has.

inazuma - an archipelago out in the ocean, surrounded by stormy waters. that's enough to deter most armies but i don't know if we could specifically count that in here since that's mostly the raiden shogun's doing. still, it provides great protection but also a vulnerability. since the islands are mostly separated, it would fall to the tri-commissions to defend their land separately. if any navally decent nation/army such as liyue were to attack, they would be vulnerable everywhere to shoreline battles because inazuma doesn't give off the impression that they have been on boats in ages. since the entire nation is quite large, attackers would have no choice to be spread out thin or to focus on one island at a time, which would give at least 2 of the tri-commissions ample time to gather strength or provide assistance. the tri-commissions are large in numbers but in my opinion, they're lacking in manpower. so far, their vision holder numbers are quite small.

in my opinion, liyue would be the most secure of them all. any thoughts?

ChocoPro 192: “Chie & Yuko” The Goddess of the COLOR'S Unit has returned to tag once again with Chie! They might be opposites in nearly every way, but that seems to be the perfect chemistry formula for our Frantic Fencer. They'll have a monumental task ahead of them with the Tag Champs! (What rotten luck for the popular new team, TropiKawaild then the Best Bros) The Main Event is gonna be a real blast with the Interim Champ and two of his most frequent enemies! Can Yuna or Masa bring the Dragon down? ChocoPro 192 starts off with the Best Bros (Mei Suruga & Baliyan) taking on Chie Koishikawa & Yuko Sakurai of the COLOR'S Unit, followed by a Main Event Three Way Bout between Yuna Mizumori, Interim Super Asia Champ Choun Shiryu, & Masa Takanashi! It airs at 8 pm EST / 5 pm PT (Monday at 1 am GMT, 10 AM JST) Live and Free on YouTube!

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Here is today's example gif: Not at all a Goblin.

#Best Bros (Mei Suruga & Baliyan Akki)

#VS

#Chie Koishikawa & Sayaka Obihiro

Chie & Yuko

Right there! The Best Bros (Mei Suruga & Baliyan Akki) are back on the right track. With Akki rejuvenated and Mei on a war path to be the top of the Promotion (ev

but then I remembered it was ground this morning.

Edit: Thank you guys for the awards, they're much nicer than the cardboard sleeve I've been using and reassures me that my jokes aren't stale

Edit 2: I have already been made aware that Men In Black 3 has told a version of this joke before. If the joke is not new to you, please enjoy any of the single origin puns in the comments

BamBOO!

They’re on standbi

A play on words.

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Unmatched Count is an indirect questioning technique used to increase the number of true answers to possibly embarrassing or self-incriminating questions.

It's been shown to vastly outperform direct questioning^1, and it also performs better compared to randomized response techniques^2.

Using UCT scholars have shown, for example, that the number of atheists was greatly underestimated by previous surveys^3, and that non-heterosexual identity, same-sex sexual experience, and anti-gay sentiment were also underestimated^4.

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https://forms.gle/BZTdufB4bGG2ivRg7

Unmatched Count is an indirect questioning technique used to increase the number of true answers to possibly embarrassing or self-incriminating questions.

It's been shown to vastly outperform direct questioning^1, and it also performs better compared to randomized response techniques^2.

Using UCT scholars have shown, for example, that the number of atheists was greatly underestimated by previous surveys^3, and that non-heterosexual identity, same-sex sexual experience, and anti-gay sentiment were also underestimated^4.

Respondents will be divided into 3 groups: 2 for estimating sensitive behavior with UCT, and the third group will be asked direct questions.

Thank you in advance for all who participate.

https://forms.gle/BZTdufB4bGG2ivRg7

Unmatched Count is an indirect questioning technique used to increase the number of true answers to possibly embarrassing or self-incriminating questions.

It's been shown to vastly outperform direct questioning^1, and it also performs better compared to randomized response techniques^2.

Using UCT scholars have shown, for example, that the number of atheists was greatly underestimated by previous surveys^3, and that non-heterosexual identity, same-sex sexual experience, and anti-gay sentiment were also underestimated^4.

Respondents will be divided into 3 groups: 2 for estimating sensitive behavior with UCT, and the third group will be asked direct questions.

Thank you in advance to all who participate.

I'm surprised it hasn't decade.