they never gave Piccolo a love interest
piccolo is ace rep
I found my mind wandering about some of the things that I miss about my narc and came to a realization. One of the things that I really loved about them is that it always felt like they were taking care of me, helping me. But thinking about it now I realize that they were "saving" me from hurt that they inflicted on me! They would break me so they could be the one to fix me, making me feel even more indebted to them and turning those trauma bonds into full-on chains. And the way they did it was so subtle! They would suggest that something was wrong with me or that I was doing something bad and they would tell me how they thought I was great but other people didn't like it/me and they just didn't want to see me get hurt more so I should do (insert whatever they wanted me to do). And I would do it.
The worst ones were emotional. where they would tell me something really hurtful and say they were just telling me the truth, to help me. At the time I thought they were looking out for me and it made me trust them even more. It got to the point where I was afraid to go places without them because who would help me when I inevitably screwed up really bad or fell apart?
Newsflash: I was falling apart because I was being abused. By them.
I finally realized that even when I thought they were being good and kind, they weren't actually caring for me at all. They were breaking me on purpose so they could pretend to be the savior. I think that's one reason the discard hurts so badly. They made me feel utterly dependent on them then broke me in the most painful way possible and then refused to even pretend to help me.
There's literally nothing honest about them at all. Which breaks my heart. Even my good memories are lies.
But better to know now! And now I'm learning how to fix myself. I'm not the hot mess they had me convinced that I was. I'm flawed but overall a very kind, competent, and productive human being. I don't need anyone to save me.
"Yeah, I guess I could be a repost," said the other new joke.
https://www.espn.com/nba/story/_/id/27767289
“ despite the league's best efforts -- lengthening its schedule in recent years, reducing back-to-backs for five straight seasons (down to an average of 12.4 per team in the coming season), eliminating four-in-five stretches, reducing the nationally televised games that tip off at 10:30 p.m. ET, creating more rest days -- sleep deprivation remains what one high-ranking league source intimately involved with player health calls "our biggest issue without a solution."
"It's the dirty little secret that everybody knows about."
I'm piggybacking off the post from yesterday asking what guns should be added to GFL. When I wrote down a few I'd like to see I started thinking about what the design of the T-Dolls would look like. A T-Doll's appearance, personality, and skills are all linked to the history of the gun itself. So I thought it would be interesting to allow people to use their creativity to create some possible future T-dolls. It doesn't have to be super detailed btw, it can literally be anything at all. Then other people could add on stuff to make it more detailed.
Edit: added some stuff I forgot to put in
Edit: Wireless Access Points, not Modems
I read some time ago that overlapping interference is a lot worse so all modems should use either 1, 6, or 11. But I see a lot of modems in my neighbourhood using all the channels from 1-11, causing an overlapping nightmare. Why do modem manufacturers allow overlapping to happen in the first place?
Edit: To clarify my question, some countries allow use of all channels and some don't. This means some countries' optimal channels are 1, 5, 9, 13, while other countries' optimal channels are 1, 6, 11. Whichever the case, in those specific countries, all modems manufactured should be hard limited to use those optimal channels only. But modems can use any channel and cause overlapping interference. I just don't understand why modems manufacturers allow overlapping to happen in the first place. The manufacturers, of all people, should know that overlapping is worse than same channel interference...
To add a scenario, in a street of houses closely placed, it would be ideal for modems to use 1, 6, 11. So the first house on the street use channel 1, second house over use channel 6, next house over use channel 11, next house use channel 1, and so on. But somewhere in between house channel 1 and 6, someone uses channel 3. This introduces overlapping interference for all the 3 houses that use channels 1, 3, 6. In this case, the modem manufacturer should hard limit the modems to only use 1, 6, 11 to prevent this overlapping to happen in the first place. But they are manufactured to be able to use any channel and cause the overlap to happen. Why? This is what I am most confused about.
