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My partner and I are living in a multi-family unit that we moved into in the middle of the pandemic.
We have been here for 2 years and, even by my landlord's own words, have been "great tenants".
The other day however, my landlord called and said that she needed to talk to me regarding how long we planned on staying (we have no intention of moving in the indefinite future). She further went on to lament about how the recent interest rate increases were leading to her taking a big loss with us at our current rental rate on the mortgage of the unit (she owns multiple properties).
She said if she were to put it on the market, she could easily get $600-700 more than what she's currently renting it for, and asked if we would consider accepting a rental increase above the legal cap (2% a year) in order to stay longer.
From my understanding - even if I wanted to, it would be illegal for me to accept that. But regardless, after further inquiry, it looks like it is not possible for them to demand for anything of that sort.
Based on what I have read from RTB, the only situation in which she can evict compliant tenants is either from a sale of the unit to new owners who want the same, or if her immediate relatives (children or husband) wanted to move in.
I am worried that she may try and play the latter "card", and then put the unit on the market discreetly. Am I overthinking this?
What are my rights as a tenant here and how should I address this conflict?

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Eldia sat in the reporter’s booth of the Council, behind a window, with the journalists from several species. All of them sat and talked, but somewhat pointedly avoided speaking to – or even looking at – her. A few had tried, indelicately, to pump her for information and she’d politely deflected them, but most just resented the fact that they knew she was here because she was the Human Ambassador’s Consort, or Lover, or Fiancée, or…something. To their minds she should have been in the ‘visiting dignitaries’ booth, not taking up one of the most sought-after reporting chairs in the entire bloody League.
She studiously ignored them. The Venter reporters are even more upset about the whole thing than any of you, I promise, but they can at least be civil about it! Besides, for all that any of you know this is just a standard General Session of the Council. Heavens and Hells, they haven’t even closed the window on our observation booth. She had to suppress a small smile. Though some will probably wish they had before the day is done.
She took a moment to count heads inside the Chamber. So few Ambassadors in attendance: Just a few of the Human allies, really, and a few neutral parties. Can’t say I blame the rest of the Ambassadors: with all of the hours they have been cooped up in this Chamber lately having to listen to one another prattle on, it is no wonder they aren’t here when it isn’t strictly required. She shook her head as the Rooksa Ambassador spoke at some length about some tarrif dispute between his government and the Gorfal. Even the Ambassadors who are here can’t be bothered to so much as feign interest. Nearly a third of them are openly asleep, some of them even laying on their floors with a pillow! At least we are almost to the good part.
A snipt of conversation from the other reporters reached her: apparently they were arguing whether they should invite her into whatever card game they were playing secretely on their pads. Those in favor seemed to feel that they should forgive her for taking a reporter spot, since she’d obviously chosen a do-nothing session of the Council to come watch her Lover Boy. Those against her seemed to feel that she wouldn’t be here if something wasn’t going to happen. A quick glance told her that those arguing against her were paying at least some attention to the actual Council meeting.
At last the Rooksa wound his words down, said something about the documents which had been forwarded, and requested that the voting on whatever measure it was he wanted – or didn’t want, she couldn’t tell – could be voted on by members not currently present. No one objected, and the Rooksa returned his podium to its appointed place on the wall.
Then Kazlor, who kept the Venter platform by the Prime Minister’s podium, spoke. “That is the end of the scheduled items for this General Session of the Council. Does anyone have any…
Several of the reporters looked over at her as Henry called for attention. Eldia allowed herself a small smile and sent a message out to the reporters who had been taking her side earlier. The message contained a single word: ‘Showtime.’ With that she looked over at them, gave a sly smile, and winked.
At the same time Kazlor frowned down at Henry and spoke. “Ambassador Archer, do you not feel that you have monopolized enough of this Council’s time the last few months, pushing us into Full Quorum meetings as fast as the computers will allow them?”
Kaz is laying it on thick. She saw Henry speak in answer, then look up at Kazlor with a baleful glare.
Kaz spoke again. “The question was intended to be rehetorical, Ambassador.” Kazlor shook his head and sighed. “However, the rules under which we are operating mean that I must allow you to speak. Please be brief.”
Henry drew himself up to his full height and shot Kaz an indignant look. “Ambassador Feldarin, I have always done my best to be as brief as I can be when speaking. The fact that circumstances, of late, have forced me to bloviate are hardly something for which I should be blamed… I would think that we could reach agreement on that?”
A chuckle went through the chamber, and Kaz made a face like he found the remarks both distasteful and amusing at the same time. The board which counted votes from the Ambassadors lit up with several ‘yay’ votes, followed quickly by three votes against. Eldia expected grumbling at the ‘nay’ votes, but heard rueful chuckles instead.
Henry flashed a large smile at the chamber and pushed buttons to have his image projected on the Chamber’s back wall. “In the interests of brevity, I am going to go ahead and speak from here, and start by thanking most of you for your support.
“Also, Ambassador Feldarin, I thank you for recognizing me and allowing me to speak, and for introducing just thesubject I wish to disucss; these frequent full-quorum meetings we are all being forced to endure because the Pinigra love the past more than the present, and are more afraid of change than they are the ire of this entire Council.
“Please stop trying to interrupt, Ambassador Detara. I am sure that our fair-minded Master of Ceremonies will give the Pinigra Kingdom plenty of chance to speak. Now, as I was saying, I wish to address these meetings we keep having to hold, the rules around them, and the point-of-order tokens which the esteemed Pinigran Ambassador is using to hold this Council hostage.
“I-“
Kazlor interrupted. “Ambassador Archer, that came very close to an accusation, and I will remind you that the open-floor period at the end of a General Session is not the time to air grievences.”
Henry held up a hand and nodded. If I didn’t know better I’d think that this was all real, or heavily rehearsed. Damn my man is good. She smiled down, even as she dutifully did the job for which she ostensibly sat in her seat.
Henry spoke. “You are correct, of course. My apologies. I am not attempting to air a grievence, though I can understand why my remarks could be seen that way. No, my fellow sapients, I am trying to suggest a way out of the senseless deadlock we are in, or – at the least – a way that we can move forward without having… a single Ambassador force us to all endure these tireless sessions just so that he can shut us down.
“The Confederation’s legal scholars have been studying the particular rules which govern these Point Of Order tokens, and discovered some interesting precedents: It seems that a vote can be held to make a future session immune to the use of those tokens.”
Mutters floated up through the Chamber, and Henry suddenly had the riveted attention of every sapient in the room. Even the ones who had been hard asleep seemed to realized that something had happened and roused themselves to pay attention. The Pinigra was waving his hand through his buttons so hard that Eldia feared the bird might actually take flight, of course, but no one seemed to want to pay him any mind.
Henry continued, a sly half-grin on his face acknowledged the attention. “There are a few rules about this, of course, but among the most interesting are the fact that the session to be made immune must be a special single-purpose session, and that purpose must be stated as part of the vote. The date of the session does not have to be specified, however. In fact, there is nothing which requires the session to take place if the vote to make it immune fails. The vote would not be repeatable in the same session if it does fail, of course, basic Council rules and dictates still apply.”
Henry drew himself up and favored the Council with a broad smile, allowing them to mutter among themselves and digest the news. When did that particular Human get so damned… handsome. I mean, he was always nice to look at, in a strange sort of way, but now… Wait, something is wrong. What is that damned Pinigra doing? He should have interrupted already!
Henry allowed the muttering to continue for longer than he normally would have. He looked the picture of amused stability, and a ready plan, but she could read him better than that, and knew the plan. The Pinigra isn’t taking the bait, and that is bothering him. It took a lot of effort for her to keep her eyes on Henry and not glance up at Kaz or the Pinigra.
Before the silence could begin to look like Henry was waiting for something, he opened his mouth to continue. Then the Pinigra interrupted. The bastard bird is trying to knock Henry off his game. He did succeed a little, I guess, though not for the reason he thinks. She kept her annoyed harrumph entirely to herself.
The Pinigran Ambassador, Detara, spoke in officious tones. “The esteemed Human Ambassador is correct, to a point. Such a vote is allowed, and can take place. However, such a vote also requires a Grand Session of the Council, even if it does not require a super-majority.” The Ambassador looked down at Henry and smirked.
No it doesn’t you over-grown downy pillow, and you know it… and you are going to pay for that.
Henry looked up at the Pinigra and shrugged. “No, it does not Ambassador Detara, and you know it.” Henry held up a hand before the bird could interrupt. “However, I’m not going to argue the point at this time. I have evidence I could present, of course… but then you would stand there and present counter-evidence, and we’d have shouting matches in this chamber for days between us over precedents and examples and counter-examples, not to mention how many others might want to chime in. Then, of course, there would be the need for everyone to go off and carefully study all of the evidence presented and… well… no, I think you all know what this would look like.
“No, I think it will be far simpler to proceede just as you suggest.” Henry hit several buttons and issued an immediate Call To Quroum, using his decleration and the Pinigra’s counter as the video to accompany the call. Stick that in your pipe and smoke it, Detara!
“The Call To Quorum has been issued, and I believe the Pinigran’s words count as an Honarary third, which means we only need a second for the Call to come to a vote. Do I have a…”
Eldia held her breath as the board lit up with seconds from nearly half of the Ambassadors present. She looked at the lights and saw the Rooksa had, indeed, held his hand. Good, he has been looking far to much like a tacit ally rather than a neutral party. As if the number of his kind who have joined the Confederation to fight the Xaltan isn’t bad enough. At least he has seen sense in this.
The vote to issue the Call carried easily, and runners were sent. Eldia allowed herself to look at the Pinigra – everyone else seemed to be doing so as well – and saw the man sitting, arms folded over crossed legs, giving every appearance of being at ease. She suppressed a chuckle. Oh, you think you know what is coming, and think you will be able to counter it, don’t you? You think yourself so clever, because of how well you play The PastTime back home, huh? Welcome to the new court and the new rules, boy-o. My boyfriend going to have himself some fried bird legs for dinner.
When the Council came back from recesses Eldia couldn’t suppress her smile. I haven’t seen this much life in this Chamber in months. Indeed, the place seemed to have an almost festive air, but also an undercurrent of irritation at being called away from whatever ‘important’ business the various Ambassadors had been engaged in.
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Call me Rem! Maybe Eve later. MTF, pre everything. 16 years old. I love long walks, finding metal bits and bobs, my partner, and our poetry.
I know that I want to be a woman. It's been a thought in my head for half my life but I didn't understand then, I only really made sense of it 3 years ago. I'm still making sense of this. My mom knows vaguely and she's nice and I can trust her but I just... I can't tell my dad. I love them both but he's loud, angry, vaguely conservative, and I guarantee it would not be a good outcome. I made plans to transition and get hrt and stuff when I'm out of the house and financially stable enough or so... in 6 years... but I don't know. I can't wait that long. It'll break me, I need to be comfortable in my own body and I know this isn't going to just... fix things but I put on a skirt a year ago, fell to my knees and cried. I just... I can't be in this body anymore.
I'm currently on a road and camping trip with my brother and 3 of our friends with no parents, and I just came out to them all. They're all cool with it but they don't know how to act, and I can't blame them as they're all cis and dont even know any trans folk. It's just... nice in a way but I don't know, they're still getting used to calling me Rem. I can't even try with the pronouns... they feel right but I just can't force them to do something they don't understand?
Honestly now that I write it out it sounds underwhelming but... they dont actively hate me for it and that's.. fucking awesome/pos
I'm just... I don't know what to do. I don't know how to tell my dad. I hear horror stories all the time of people being disowned or mistreated, property damaged or thrown away... and I can't. I can't do it. When I was 14 I had spent a week in a mental hospital because I told my Doctor I was depressed. I hadn't been eating well and had gained what my brother coined "the Jesus bod" because I wasn't happy in my body. I just saw what it was and it wasn't me. I saw what it was and it looked back and told me I wasn't even worthy of these thoughts. Something tells me I will never be free of my own gaze.
I never did self harm or tried to take my own life but I thought about it. Long and hard for so long. When I was a kid, people called me an "old soul" and told me I was all grown up, polite and proper and it's just... no. And I'm still... a kid. I didn't know how to be happy as I was anymore. The mental hospital changed me but in the best way possible, I went from having no coping skills to be able to express myself better and improve my reactions. I'm not perfect and I know that, but I can't dwell on it like I used to. Yet I can't shake this. In the mental hospital I, for the first time, went by Rem. And it felt so good. The name I had resented for years didn't break itself upon my ears, the bad feelings subsided, at least for a while. I was nonbinary for a time among trusted people, going by a sort of... neutrality with myself. But I knew that... that wasn't the destination.
I know my father will bring up that I am depressed and even "confused" but... I was mentally ill because of not knowing what to do about this. Or not having the strength. This doesn't make me sick. Sick was waiting for the feelings to pass that never did. Sick was asking questions to myself that had no awnsers. Sick was looking in the mirror and seeing something reach out and snatch any opportunity to be happy.
I don't know why I say all this other than the fact that I have to overcome all this and I just don't know how or what to do in order to do that.
Please give me the strength. I do not know where to go or who to turn to. I do not know what to do or when to do it. Please give me your words.
All I know is that I will not be who they thought I was. They told me I was Adam. But I Remembered. I must be Eve.
I will not subject myself to who they thought was myself. I can't keep running.

I have my phone open with emails and financial accounts. I have a word doc on the home screen that can walk you through how to take over. Looking for a debt contract where it's paid off by having me send my paycheck to you first and you decide what I get. Just got all my accounts in my venmo, and my gmails in one Google family. take them over and then take me over.
Anydesk is 367 545 493 password is password1234

I asked ChatGPT 3.5:
"In what situations or in what context or circumstance would one use the word "somber"? List out the top 10."
This is what it gave me:
The word "somber" is typically used to describe a serious, grave, or melancholy atmosphere or mood. Here are ten situations or contexts where the word "somber" might be appropriate:

1. Funerals: A somber tone is often observed at funerals to honor and mourn the deceased.
2. Memorial services: Similar to funerals, memorial services often have a somber atmosphere to remember and pay tribute to someone who has passed away.
3. Remembrance ceremonies: Events held to commemorate tragic or significant historical events, such as memorials for war veterans or victims of disasters, tend to be somber occasions.
4. Courtrooms: Legal proceedings, especially those involving serious crimes or sentencing, are often conducted with a somber atmosphere due to the gravity of the situation.
5. Anniversaries of tragic events: Remembering tragic incidents like terrorist attacks, natural disasters, or accidents often calls for a somber approach.
6. War memorials: Sites dedicated to honoring fallen soldiers typically evoke a somber mood.
7. Serious discussions or meetings: When addressing sensitive or difficult topics such as loss, grief, or major setbacks, a somber tone might be appropriate.
8. Eulogies or memorial speeches: These speeches are intended to remember and honor the deceased, usually with a somber and respectful tone.
9. Reflective moments: When contemplating personal losses, setbacks, or disappointments, one might adopt a somber mood to reflect on these experiences.
10. Tragic performances or works of art: Plays, movies, books, or music pieces that explore themes of loss, tragedy, or deep sorrow are often described as somber.
    Please note that the use of the word "somber" can vary depending on the individual and the context, so these examples should be considered general guidelines.
    

I was always struck by that word when Lou Elizondo was asked what one word would you use to describe disclosure. It clearly has a serious and negative connotation. The first context, funeral, is extremely concerning. Like is it humanity's funeral or the funeral of our age and birth of a new age? There is a part of me that wants disclosure but another part questions it ever since Elizondo used that word for disclosure.

Alright, I feel embarrassed (or maybe humbled is a better word) to say I had my first major burn problem as I am learning to cook.
I made a marinara sauce, changed it to a pizza sauce a little bit through some spices, and then decided tonight to make a Bolognese sauce for pasta once again. Everything was good, the onions, carrots and celery all came out tiny and caramelized. I add them to the marina sauce, added some ground beef, and everything was going well.
For the first time all day I forgot I had something on the stove. I was cooking the veggies down for what feels like longer than 40 mins, and I remembered always to go in and check it and stir it. But with this new dish with all the ingredients together, I forgot.
I didn't smell anything wrong out in the other room, but when I smelled the sauce I ran in. It turns out that even though this was on level 1 heat, it had burned a nice layer of black maybe 1/4 to 3/8" thick. I stirred with my wooden spatula, which I had been using for the soffritto, and so a little of the burn came off as I was finding out it was burnt. I pulled the rest of the sauce out with a silicone serving spoon, so no further burnt sauce got into the rest.
Now my sauce is too thick and has a slight burned taste to it. Is there something particularly good for hiding the burnt taste? I was reading that some lemon juice, cream, butter, sugar, and more crushed tomatoes would help, so I'm wondering if all of those should be used, or certain ones are best to restore the sauce to its original condition.
Sorry for the long story, it had such an impact on me being the first time for this to happen.
And thank you in advance. :-)

When I go out of focus and come back into vim and if the cursor was in an empty space when I left the terminal window, I get the error "E349: No identifier under cursor" and if the cursor was on a word before I went out of focus then vim runs "[I" command.
With some trial and error, I figured out that this was caused due to "set mouse=a" option in my vimrc, but this problem started happening only a couple of days ago and I enabled mouse support months ago, so I am confused why its happening only now. With more digging around I found that when I lose focus vim receives "^[[O" characters and when I gain back fouce vim receives "^[[I" but this only happens when vim is running and with just my terminal(alacritty) opened and nothing running, no characters are received by my terminal. I tested these using 'cat' command, I ran 'cat' in my terminal and switched windows to lose focus and again switched back to gain focus but their were no inputs, but when I did the same thing in vim, while running a floating term provided by floatterm.vim, vim receives '^[[O' and '^[[I]' when FocusOut and FocusIn respectively.

alacritty --version: alacritty 0.12.1 (5fdfd47f) 

$TERM = alacritty

vim --version: VIM - Vi IMproved 9.0 (2022 Jun 28, compiled May 20 2023 16:56:14) Included patches: 1-1572 Compiled by Arch Linux Huge version without GUI. Features included (+) or not (-): +acl +file_in_path +mouse_urxvt -tag_any_white +arabic +find_in_path +mouse_xterm +tcl/dyn +autocmd +float +multi_byte +termguicolors +autochdir +folding +multi_lang +terminal -autoservername -footer -mzscheme +terminfo -balloon_eval +fork() +netbeans_intg +termresponse +balloon_eval_term +gettext +num64 +textobjects -browse -hangul_input +packages +textprop ++builtin_terms +iconv +path_extra +timers +byte_offset +insert_expand +perl/dyn +title +channel +ipv6 +persistent_undo -toolbar +cindent +job +popupwin +user_commands -clientserver +jumplist +postscript +vartabs -clipboard +keymap +printer +vertsplit +cmdline_compl +lambda +profile +vim9script +cmdline_hist +langmap -python +viminfo +cmdline_info +libcall +python3/dyn +virtualedit +comments +linebreak +quickfix +visual +conceal +lispindent +reltime +visualextra +cryptv +listcmds +rightleft +vreplace +cscope +localmap +ruby/dyn +wildignore +cursorbind +lua/dyn +scrollbind +wildmenu +cursorshape +menu +signs +windows +dialog_con +mksession +smartindent +writebackup +diff +modify_fname -sodium -X11 +digraphs +mouse -sound -xfontset -dnd -mouseshape +spell -xim -ebcdic +mouse_dec +startuptime -xpm +emacs_tags +mouse_gpm +statusline -xsmp +eval -mouse_jsbterm -sun_workshop -xterm_clipboard +ex_extra +mouse_netterm +syntax -xterm_save +extra_search +mouse_sgr +tag_binary -farsi -mouse_sysmouse -tag_old_static system vimrc file: "/etc/vimrc" user vimrc file: "$HOME/.vimrc" 2nd user vimrc file: "~/.vim/vimrc" user exrc file: "$HOME/.exrc" defaults file: "$VIMRUNTIME/defaults.vim" fall-back for $VIM: "/usshare/vim" Compilation: gcc -c -I. -Iproto -DHAVE_CONFIG_H -march=x86-64 -mtune=generic -O2 -pipe -fno-plt -fexceptions -Wformat -Werror=format-security -fstack-clash-protection -fcf-protection -g -ffile-prefix-map=/build/vim/src=/ussrc/debug/vim -flto=auto -D_REENTRANT -U_FORTIFY_SOURCE -D_FORTIFY_SOURCE=1 Linking: gcc -Wl,-E -Wl,-rpath,/uslib/perl5/5.36/core_perl/CORE -Wl,-O1,--sort-common,--as-needed,-z,relro,-z,now -flto=auto -L/uslocal/lib -o vim -lm -ltinfo -lelf -lacl -lattr -lgpm -Wl,-E -Wl,-rpath,/uslib/perl5/5.36/core_perl/CORE -Wl,-O1,--sort-common,--as-needed,-z,relro,-z,now -flto=auto -fstack-protector-strong -L/uslocal/lib -L/uslib/perl5/5.36/core_perl/CORE -lperl -lpthread -ldl -lm -lcrypt -lutil -lc -L/uslib -ltclstub8.6 -ldl -lz -lpthread -lm 

I (37M) have recently separated from my wife (37F) for a multitude of reasons - but the one at the top of the list is her prioritisation of her best friend/SIL (she married the brother) in all aspects of her life. I've drawn a hard line on having no communication, except for childcare arrangements, and so far that has been working.
She contacted me about my nieces upcoming birthday party (SILs daughter), and if I would be OK bringing our daughter (it was my week with her). The kids love playing with each other, and I didn't think it was fair for them to miss out just because I might feel awkward about it.
We went along, and everything was fine. I avoided SIL and my ex as much as possible, and mingled and socialised with the other parents. I eventually got talking to one mum, who made a comment that blew my mind. When I got to the party, I noticed that BIL wasn't there ( nieces dad). I had overheads SIL tell people he was working (which sucks, but fair enough). But when I spoke to this mum, she cracked a joke about how BIL owed SIL flowers, because both of their husbands were actually away golfing that day. This mum was obviously unaware that SIL was telling people something else.
For the rest of the party, whenever I was mingling and anyone brought up something along the lines of "shame BIL is working", I immediately corrected them and told them where he actually was. The rest of the party went fine, but I later got an angry phone call from my ex who who told me I had "blabbed" to SILs boss about things, and how they were "disappointed "in their parental priorities. I snapped back that it was a complete joke that BIL skipped his own daughter's birthday party to go golfing, and that they SHOULD be ashamed.
After the call, I did feel a little guilty. I messed with SILs boss, and may have done so because of prior resentment I have for SIL. As much as I hate her, I wouldn't want her to lose her job or anything like that, but I just couldn't keep my mouth shut. AITA?

This subreddit will be joining in on the June 12th-14th protest of Reddit's API changes that will essentially kill all 3rd party Reddit apps.

What's going on?

A recent Reddit policy change threatens to kill many beloved third-party mobile apps, making a great many quality-of-life features not seen in the official mobile app permanently inaccessible to users.
On May 31, 2023, Reddit announced they were raising the price to make calls to their API from being free to a level that will kill every third party app on Reddit, from Apollo to Reddit is Fun to Narwhal to BaconReader.
Even if you're not a mobile user and don't use any of those apps, this is a step toward killing other ways of customizing Reddit, such as Reddit Enhancement Suite or the use of the old.reddit.com desktop interface .
This isn't only a problem on the user level: many subreddit moderators depend on tools only available outside the official app to keep their communities on-topic and spam-free.

What's the plan?

On June 12th, many subreddits will be going dark to protest this policy. Some will return after 48 hours: others will go away permanently unless the issue is adequately addressed, since many moderators aren't able to put in the work they do with the poor tools available through the official app. This isn't something any of us do lightly: we do what we do because we love Reddit, and we truly believe this change will make it impossible to keep doing what we love.
The two-day blackout isn't the goal, and it isn't the end. Should things reach the 14th with no sign of Reddit choosing to fix what they've broken, we'll use the community and buzz we've built between then and now as a tool for further action.

What can you do as a user?

• Complain. Message the mods of /reddit.com, who are the admins of the site: message reddit: submit a support request: comment in relevant threads on /reddit, such as this one, leave a negative review on their official iOS or Android app- and sign your username in support to this post.
  
• Spread the word. Rabble-rouse on related subreddits. Meme it up, make it spicy. Bitch about it to your cat. Suggest anyone you know who moderates a subreddit join the coordinated mod effort at /ModCoord.
  
• Boycott and spread the word...to Reddit's competition! Stay off Reddit entirely on June 12th through the 13th- instead, take to your favorite non-Reddit platform of choice and make some noise in support!
  
• Don't be a jerk. As upsetting this may be, threats, profanity and vandalism will be worse than useless in getting people on our side. Please make every effort to be as restrained, polite, reasonable and law-abiding as possible.
  

What can you do as a moderator?

• Join the coordinated effort over at /ModCoord
  
• Make a sticky post showing your support, A template has been created here you can use or modify to your liking, and be sure to crosspost it to /ModCoord.
  

Thank you for your patience in the matter,
-Mod Team

Hi, my upwbpd has again an episode of interchanging being angry and being sad. Yesterday in the evening she walked through the house crying somewhat. I tried to speak to her, but she left the room. In bed she let me listen to a song on her phone, where it was about a girl who felt she was pressured to be perfect but she feels almost broken doing never good enough.
I asked her if this kind of songs help her to feel better. "Even now you blame my choices", she said. "Even the music I listen is not good enough". I told her I did'nt blame her choice of music, I only asked if this kind of music helps her to come out her sad mood, or that it confirms her bad feelings and keeps her there. And I told her there is for me no need for her to be perfect. She may be herself. I touched her for some moments and went to sleep. I do not want to give up my sleep anymore because of her moods.
Sometimes it is easier to ignore the angry side of her than the sad one. I cannot bring myself anymore to be honest empathic and try to sooth her sadness. I am more observing and analysing her behavior and then touch her to let her feel I am near. But her sadness does not trigger feelings of pity for her in myself. I am more confused and shy and afraid to say things making her feel even worse instead of better.
We have had these weeks or even month of silent treat very often (last year more than 10 times, almost every month). Sometimes a number of days more normal, but then a new trigger and she get upset or very sad. But from the outside it looks te same to me: she does not say goodbye when leaving for work, of going to sleep. If I ask questions I get very short or no answers, or she speaks so soft I have to ask: "what did you say?". She ignores me, but expects at the same time that I am there to comfort her when she is feeling bad. She does not always explicitly say that I am the cause of her feelings, but in the way she communicates, it is clear that it all happens to her and is caused outside of her. She is not asking for help or to hold her in my arms. She is not telling about her feelings, if I ask, then often it is: "you know what I am thinking".
It is hard to be with her and stay sane. I feel a lot of stress building inside me, some hyperventilation, painful back and neck muscles, etc. I can still handle it mentally and be there for the kids, but I feel also always very unsure when she is around.
I wanted to share my thoughts, of course supportive comments are welcome.
Perhaps someone has the golden tip how to tell her she is doing damage to me and the kids with this behaviour. I blame myself for trying to ignore her most of the time and not finding words to address to her how she damages us. It is hard to correct someone who is feeling sad.

Caste is an interesting evil and a social phenomenon of the Indian soil. It is founded neither on subjective nor objective fact or reality; yet it influences our minds in a strange way and makes us behave peculiarly, as if possessed by the notion, which becomes sufficiently real to us. The patterns that the notion is able to trace on social behavior have strange outlines and persistent and deep origins. Primitive peoples suffer from it more than those who lead an open and dynamic life. Separatist instinct itself supports it from the negative side. Race and color provide it sometimes with a semblance of objective reality.
From the positive side of human nature, vague notions of traditional origin and of supposed spiritual value lend it support. Thus nourished it thrives on the tree of life as epiphyte. Though unsupported by scientific ethnology, weak people rely on a pseudo-sociology in which they find some consolation. As it works in favor of some sections of the people as against others, those who reap the advantage naturally give it their support. The notion thus enters as a factor in the struggle for life and the very vagueness of the claims of caste superiority keeps it alive from generation to generation.
Outward marks and behavior give caste an independent objective reality, as when a policeman wears his uniform. Thus given artificially, the outer reality meets the inner psychology, so that with vague sociological and psychological justifications, the notion of caste establishes itself firmly rooted in the body politic, economic and social. Its very unreasonableness is its strength, and unwary people get their notions of spirituality molded by it through its ready-made shapes of forms available in actual society at a given time.
The social value called ‘chastity’, especially the chastity of women, is at the core of this notion of caste. As the Epic Ramayana had Sita at its core in the long and eventful stories in which men killed each other in great numbers, so caste thrives as a vague fear in the subconscious group mind of peoples lest imaginary cultural or religious barriers should be violated by the so-called outsiders. The danger of the confusion of castes to which Arjuna himself alludes in the Bhagavad Gita (I.41) is thought of as arising from unchaste women due to mixing up of castes. It is true that Krishna himself, as representing Absolute wisdom, does not support this view, but wholly ignores the plea. Caste is a word of Portuguese origin currently used in India after the historic connection of the Portuguese with India in recent times. It is derived from the same root as ‘chaste’. It refers to the purity claimed by a clan or tribe because of the chastity of the women within its closed and static imaginary frontiers.
When caste notions became a chronic nightmare to the Indian mind, various rationalizations were attempted by the fundamentalist orthodoxy at different epochs of Indian history. The post-Gupta period was responsible for formulating caste as a social system, and it was then it got its sonorous title of varna-ashrama-dharma (duty, based on color or race and stage or calling in life).
In Spite of such a fine-sounding name based on a compromise and an attempted rationalization, however, caste as a system remains vague and indefinable still from any understandable norms or standards, whether ethnological, sociological or biological. Varna-ashrama-dharma (color-calling-duty), kula-dharma (clan-duty) and jati-dharma (duty as belonging to a kind of species of beings) are to be distinguished carefully if we are to get anywhere to the bottom of the riddle of caste.
We have seen that the first term (varna-ashrama-dharma) is a vague attempt at the rationalization of caste for politico-economic purposes after the Gupta period. The second term, kula-dharma refers to the inbreeding and purity of strain of certain clans. A lower-caste woman could marry a high-caste man but the converse would not be permissible, and so forth. These are features of such a caste-system as prevailed for historical reasons and which no longer hold good in modern India. They deserve to be forgotten as a bad dream.
Casteism in Bhagavad Gita and Vedas
The Bhagavad Gita has two main references to caste, one at the end of ninth chapter and one in the eighteenth chapter. The well-known ‘chatur-varnyam’ reference alluded to Bhagavad Gita’s attempt at making a social hierarchy as presented in chapter 4 verse 13 is a himalayan attempt by the orthodoxy to justify caste and make an impression that it is hardwired to the social system by God, giving it an absolute status.
Chapter 4 of Gita is called Jnana-Yoga (Unitive Wisdom) which is preceded by the teachings pertaining to the Unitive way of action. On carefully studying the Gita, the specific verse (13) is not talking about a four-fold division in society but it is talking about the nature of action (karma) and its apparent origin in Absolute Reality. The obligatory character of caste is taken away and characterized as a free and contingent factor in life. This is found in Chapter XI, verse 32, which throws open the door of the high spirituality recommended in the Gita to women, vaisyas (traders) and even those outside the Aryan pale (sudras). A further comparison of the implications of the sequence of verses (Chapter XVIII, 41 et seq) confers a revalued status of caste free from all obligatory character altogether. When this is read together with (XVIII.66) the wisdom-teacher says to abandon all dharma (duties) and take refuge in Absolute wisdom, which is not a state of inaction or morbid selflessness but to act according to one's own inherent tendencies and talents without the anxiety and spiritual regret. Then the caste hierarchy based on vocation becomes shadowy and non-existent and humans are free to choose their own caste.
Furthermore, in one among the 108 Upanishads which are considered as authentic, the Vajrasuchika Upanishad explicitly talks about who is a Brahamana - the holy order. It is not based on birth or action that a Brahamana is identified but his spiritual status as a person endowed with Absolute experiential wisdom. There are more references from even major Upanishads (Chandogya Upanishad - the episode of Janasruti and Raikva) where a sudra was instructed in Brahma-vidya (the Science of the Absolute) which is kept secret and away from all by the Brahmanical orthodoxy now. This shows how ignorant, misinformed and fanatical the orthodoxy really is.
Man’s Humanity Distinguishes the Human Kind
Reformist Sage like Narayana Guru (from Kerala) had an approach to the problem of caste which was neither accidental or unconscious. In the first line of his composition he evidently addresses himself to the Hindu orthodoxy when he insists in the Sanskrit language of Hindu orthodoxy itself that humanity is what should give us superiority. In other words the good person is one who is more human and who recognizes humanity in his fellow beings.
The requirements of social justice, of morality, and for the superiority in the name of one’s caste are all thus referred to the same central and unitive principle in the value called Humanity. Likewise when human and godly values are treated unitively in the religious context we get the same result of an absolute human value at the core of human affairs.
On a certain occasion the Guru went so far as to say that if his devoted followers insisted as they sometimes did, on considering him as an apostle of God, they could so only on condition that such a status was conferred on him because of his opposition to caste as it prevailed.
The unique status of Narayana Guru implicit and explicit in his attitude as one who wished to abolish caste barriers is a matter that needs greater recognition in modern times not only in India but the world over. The poignant complaint of the Guru is expressed at the very end of the very first verse of his composition: “Alas ! This truth no one understands!”
We see that authentic Indian seers and wisdom teachers were not with the orthodoxy in their claims of being a superior individual but they saw sameness in all beings. This we see in the master-mind of Vyasa himself in his epoch-making masterpiece - The Bhagavad Gita, we read:

“The wise man considers with equality the brahmin endowed with learning and humility, the cow, the elephant and the dog as also the dog-eater. (V.18)”

These words put the seal as it were on the uniqueness of the discovery of the Indian Gurus in their own words. The unity and solidarity of humanity was what was most dear to the heart of these spiritual giants.
Narayana Guru, like many others spent all his life revaluing and restating the ancient perennial wisdom of the Indian seers - the Upanishads. When there was a gathering in his humble hermitage, he asked one of his attendants to make a welcome sign in bold letters which says: “AUM! SAHODARYAM SARVATRA !” “AUM! Brotherhood Omnipresent Fills !”

hello reddit. i am a 21 year old male. there is nothing wrong with me. i just like twinks a lot, and i would like to like them less. they're beautiful. too beautiful almost. it doesn't even have to be "twinks," just super skinny guys. like a skinny guy will pass me and i'll fall in love (im exaggerating), or if i'm in the club and any of them say a single word to me, we're making out 5 seconds later, no exceptions. i'd walk to the ends of the earth for a cute twink / skinny bf. it's bad because i myself am very skinny so having sex is kinda like the skeleton walking noise in minecraft and i think twinks like super muscular guys but im kinda having trouble on that front because eating is hard so im just kinda toned but still stick-ish.
how can i lift this curse from myself. this doesnt mean i exclusively love twinks. they're just the apple of my eye.

Saw them recently and it was the usual fake and phony bullshit. I'll see them again and it'll be the same lies, deceptions, and disingenuous words, along with even more piled on top of that. The con never stops. The next time I see them it'll be more of the same. They all seem pretty proud of themselves about it though. So I guess, good for them. They seem to like that aspect about their character. Lies, deceptions, and dishonesty. I just wish they would recognize some of the contradictions and hypocrisies in themselves for once, just once. But being that kind of oblivious does have its perks too, so, why would they do that.

So obviously me posting here clearly says a-lot about me, I’m a socially awakened person who prefers the company of well no-one really, I’ve always struggled to be out going and make friends or even meet women but always failed.
Anyway to be slightly less of a pity party I should probably say a few things about myself so I sound a bit more interesting to talk to.
I’m 27 and from Australia, I have blue eyes and brown hair
I have many tattoos
I’m tall I guess and broad I think
I enjoy out door activities that include camping; road trips and hiking ( mainly in cold gloomy weather because it’s more of an adventure )
When I’m not prancing around the forest, I’m either watching films, listening to podcasts or listening to audio books
My personality can be described in a short sentences: I have a random silly chaotic attitude where I will always attempt to solve every problem with humour and smiles, I can be serious when I need to be, I’m a hard worker and when I focus on something I can become very fixated on that task.
When it comes to what I’m looking for, you can be from any where in the world or any age ( over 18 )
I feel as if I’ve hopefully done a decent job describing myself, so feel free to please message me if I manage to catch your interest!
Also will be happy to send a face pic if you require it

Gather around everyone and get ready for a fun contest. It’s summer and IT IS HOT. At least where i am at, in the Deep South. We’re having a/c coil issues apparently, if you’ve been around to hear what’s been going on lately. Flooring will have to be replaced in my hallway. Car is having troubles. Main drain line to the laundry is still having some issues. Yadayadayada. So I need some laughs, because that’s the way I cope. It’s fine. Anyways, for this contest, you will be going to Amazon and finding a product.
RULES:

1. Play nice and make me laugh!
   
2. Go to Amazon. Pick a product, any product.
   
3. You will screenshot the product and post in your comment.
   
4. Give me a description of the product with the completely wrong answer. It could be anything from a toothbrush for stirring soup. Just make it fun and laugh a little!
   
5. Tag a friend if you’d like and spread the fun!
   
6. Include “MCGIGGLES” as randomizer word
   

The winner of this contest will receive something off their list, anything you or your kids (animals or humans will suffice) will enjoy for summer. 15$ and under. If you aren’t in the US, Please have your email address in your wishlist or on your profile.
This will wrap up and end at 11:30PM CST JUNE 5th (so tonight 😉)