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Christianity, as a religion, is flawed. Though sects exist within other mainstream beliefs, only is Christianity experiencing as much division as it is. This is for three reasons in particular. The argument of tradition or scripture, what scripture even is and how it should be understood. I hope to answer these questions and many more in a series of blogs to make Christianity whole. (Note: I am open to critics and guidance. I acknowledge my fallibility as a human and that a project like this cannot be embarked on alone. I only as that those who share in faith with me aid me along with Thy Holy Spirit.)
So for scripture versus tradition, we must acknowledge, that even if one claimed scripture came from tradition given to us by Christ, that contemporary Christian tradition is not reflective of the tradition that gave birth to scripture. In fact, by this logic, scripture can be stated to be reflective of the original tradition that it originated from but then come the question, what is scripture?
If scripture is going to be the basis of our renewed faith, its meaning must be something that conveys its authority. With this in mind, I will define scripture as pieces of writing that the accurately conveyed to us Truth of HaShem. How may we come to confirm that the writings convey the Truth of HaShem? By looking at the authorship of various pieces of writing and seeing if the author may have heard the Truth of HaShem from HaShem which, as Christians, we confirm to Jesus the Christ.
Now, we must ask ourselves if there is any writing by Jesus we may infer our beliefs from and to that the answer is no. So next we must ask ourselves, is there anyone who could have heard what Jesus had to say directly? Yes, the twelve apostles and the brothers of Jesus, James and Jude. Of course, many historians and biblical scholars may argue their existence so I will argue otherwise.
According to Josephus, in his work Antiquities of the Jews, James, the brother of Jesus was stoned to death by order of Ananus ben Ananus, a Herodian-era High Priest in the 60–70 AD. It is generally agreed that the Antiquities of the Jews is historically accurate. It was also written by Flavius Josephus, who was a historian alive around the time of which he wrote, further legitimizing that James, brother of Jesus, was a real person. As for the twelve apostles, they are made reference to in the Ecclesiastical History by Eusebius of Caesarea whose reliability varies somewhat, but he was a careful scholar and he quoted his sources.
Besides that, there is also Irenaeus, in his writing Against Heresies, who tells us that he learned under Polycarp who knew the apostle John personally. Then lastly, if one doubts these sources due to the time between them and when the apostle was said to be alive, turn to the Didache and the Letter of Clement to the Romans. Both, though generally considered Apocrypha, are estimated to have been written about the late end of the first century. Both refer to the twelve apostles.
So if the twelve apostles and James were real people, have they written anything we can use to learn what scripture is according to Jesus? Let us examine writing traditionally given authorship to them. With the epistle of James the author simply says himself to be James without specifying which one, the brother of Jesus or the son of Zebedee or James, son of Alphaeus or a lesser James. Either way, there is no evidence that it was written by any of the biblical James as it was written in Greek and there is no evidence to support that any of the biblical James attained a Greek education. Also, the epistle in question seems to be borrowing from the first epistle of Peter (which I will talk about later) and arguing against Paulinism. If that were to be true then this imposes the belief that this book was written after the death of both biblical James.
The main argument against the first Epistle of Peter is based on the following:
Peter, by many sources including the Ecclesiastical History by Eusebius of Caesarea, has been stated to be crucified around 65 AD. Should this be true the identification of Rome with Babylon used in the epistle would not make sense as it only came after the destruction of the temple in AD 70.
There is also the fact that the epistle was written in Greek which there is no evidence for Peter having learnt.
The Epistle of Jude has a similar issue to the Epistle of James. The author states themselves to be Jude, brother of James but there are two biblical Judes, one the brother of Jesus and the apostle. For the brother of Jesus of the name Jude, there is no historical evidence known to me of him besides that which is written in the gospels. Jude the apostle, was believed to have been martyred around 65 AD which is a problem as the epistle of Jude seems to have been inspired by the first epistle of Peter which is dating I spoke of earlier.
The second epistle of Peter falls under similar criticism as its predecessor along with none of the supporting points instead two more critics. Firstly is that the writing in this epistle differs from the first epistle to the point that some scholars suggest they have two different authors. Secondly, the second epistle seems to have been influenced by the epistle of Jude (which I will talk about later). Next are the Johannine writings. The epistles of John are similar to the gospel of John so they are said to share the same author or at least the same school of teachings. Arguments against Johannine authorship come from these facts, the gospel of John seems to be more theological than historical and the epistles seem to tackle problems of late 1st century Christianity.
These two points lend a later authorship to the writings but John having lived rather long could have still lived long enough to have written these pieces of writing. Another critique is that the writings were written in Greek but this is again can be argued by the fact that John is agreed upon to have died in Ephesus which warrants him to have learnt Greek in his long life or gotten an assistant to write on his behalf. Thus I declare that John might have been the author of the works credited to him or at the very least they were written by his followers in light of his teachings.
As for the Revelation to John, I quote (Wikipedia as the best way to describe what I have to say),
Mainstream scholars conclude that the author did not also write the Gospel of John because of wide differences in eschatology, language, and tone. The Book of Revelation contains grammatical errors and stylistic abnormalities whereas the Gospel and Epistles are all stylistically consistent which indicates the author may not have been as familiar with the Greek language as the Gospel/Epistles's author. Contemporary scholars note that when Revelation and the Gospel refer to Jesus as "lamb" they use different Greek words, and they spell "Jerusalem" differently. There are differing motifs between the book and the Gospel: use of allegory, symbolism, and similar metaphors, such as "living water", "shepherd", "lamb", and "manna".
As for any other writings attributed to the twelve apostles, I say that as they were already denounced (as they do not appear in the traditional new testament) I need not denounce them. With there only being writings from John, one may ask if we can use the methodology we used on Jesus on the apostles to find more writings that may contain the word of HaShem. Yes, but we will have to be more sceptical and with such an approach there are five authors one could safely infer from. First Paul, once Saul of Tarsus, second is Ignatius of Antioch and third is Polycarp of Smyrna. With Paul, his existence is unquestionable but one could question if he had met the apostle in the first place.
It would take time to state the history of all these particular people and why they were chosen and not others but I will summarize their connections to the twelve apostles:
Paul was appointed an apostle by the apostles.
Ignatius of Antioch and Polycarp of Smyrna were both disciples of John the Apostle.
What Paul wrote exactly is confirmed to be the first epistle to Thessalonians, the epistle to Galatians, the first and second epistles to Corinthians, the epistle to the Romans, the epistle to Philemon and the epistle to Philippians. The epistle to the Colossians, though having the trademark signs of the confirmed epistle, is believed to have been edited to go against gnostic beliefs which only reached its ascendancy by the early 2nd century. The Epistle to Ephesians is argued against due to its difference in style and language usage.
The Second Epistle to the Thessalonians is far more complicated and subtle in the arguments for or against it so I will leave it questionable. The pastoral epistles of Paul are generally the most disputed among the canonical epistles. They are held to the same criticism as the epistles to the Colossians and Ephesians and for those reasons alone, I will be excluding it. For other epistles attributed to Paul, I say that as they were already denounced (as they do not appear in the traditional new testament) I need not denounce them.
As for what exactly Ignatius of Antioch wrote, seven epistles are credited to his name, the epistle to the Ephesians, the Epistle to the Magnesians, the Epistle to the Trallians, the Epistle to the Romans, the Epistle to the Philadelphians, the epistle to the Smyrnaeans and the epistle to Polycarp. Arguments have been launched against them by protestants but they are not substantial enough to deny Ignatian authorship. Polycarp of Smyrna wrote one epistle to the Philippians.
One comment I would like to make for my exclusion of the writings of other church fathers. One is that their writing was not wholly, persevered through time, as it is with Papias of Hierapolis and Quadratus of Athens. Two is the questionable believability of their interaction with any of the apostles, an example of which is Clement of Rome. And three, the authorship of work accredited to their name is questionable, John Mark. So here we have writings we can claim to be scripture but many of them, are quotes and refers to other pieces of writing. If what we claim to be scripture is scripture then anything writings it quotes should also be scripture.
With this train of thought, we can validate some more writings as scripture: Isaiah, Jeremiah, Deuteronomy, Psalms, Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus, Samuel, Numbers, Habakkuk, Proverbs, Jonah, Judges, Chronicles, Kings, Joshua, Gospel of Matthew, Hosea, Ephesians, Gospel of Luke, Acts, 1 Peter, 2 Thessalonians, 1 & 2 Timothy, Hebrew, Job, Daniel, The Seven Minor Prophets(Joel, Amos, Micah, Nahum, Zechariah, Haggai, Malachi) and Tobit
There are some writings that we previously denounced appear in this list again (1 & 2 Timothy, 2 Thessalonians, Ephesians and 1 Peter) but I think the fact they were quoted allows us to put our doubts about them aside. There are also books referred to which we do no longer exist, Acts of Solomon, Acts of Uziah, Acts of the Kings of Israel, Annals of King David, Book of Gad the Seer, Book of Jashar, Book of Jehu, Book of Nathan the Prophet, Book of Shemaiah the Prophet, Book of the Kings of Judah and Israel, Book of the Wars of the Lord, Chronicles of the Kings of Israel, Chronicles of the Kings of Judah, Laments for Josiah, Prophecy of Ahijah, Sayings of the Seers, Story of the Book of Kings and Story of the Prophet Iddo. For this, nothing can be done but we will do what we must with what we have.
Now with all confirmable scripture, all that is left is to order the books. First I believe as Christians the book of our faith must start with a proclamation of our faith, the Gospel writings. These can be ordered as followed:
The Jewish Gospel (This is what I will call the Gospel of Matthew since scholars generally deny its authorship by the apostle of Matthew)
The Gospel of John the Beloved Apostle
The Gospel according to Luke
The Acts of the Apostles
The First Epistle of John the Beloved Apostle
The Second Epistle of John the Beloved Apostle
The Third Epistle of John the Beloved Apostle
Next, with the insight of the gospel writings can we introduce the Tanakh in the next form of category called the Legendary writings. The reasoning behind this name is that history often does not align with these writings. Nonetheless, the character of importance within them we can affirm to have existed and they convey truths about HaShem.
Genesis
Exodus
Leviticus
Numbers
Deuteronomy
Joshua
Judges
After reading the Torah, we of course have to read the Pauline writings (I will be excluding the possible pseudepigraphical Pauline writings for now).
The First Epistle of Paul to Thessalonians
The Epistle of Paul to Galatians
The First Epistle of Paul to Corinthians
The Second Epistle of Paul to Corinthians
The Epistle of Paul to the Romans
The Epistle of Paul to Philemon
The Epistle of Paul to Philippians
From this, we can make a return to the Tanakh, following up with the Historical writings. They get their name for being ifor the most part historical.
Samuel
Chronicles
Isaiah
Kings
Jeremiah
Daniel
The Seven Minor Prophets
Knowledge of Jewish history us to properly assess the next category, Christian writings.
First Epistle of Peter
The Second Epistle to Thessalonians
The Epistle of Paul to Ephesians
First Epistle of Paul to Timothy
The Second Epistle of Paul to Timothy
The Epistle of Prisca to the Hebrews (Priscian authorship is questioned)
Epistle of Polycarp to the Philippians
Then follows Jewish writings.
Job
Psalms
Proverbs
Tobit
Jonah
Hosea
Habakkuk
Lastly, Ignatian writings.
The Epistle of Ignatius to the Ephesians
The Epistle of Ignatius to the Magnesians
The Epistle of Ignatius to the Trallians
The Epistle of Ignatius to the Romans
The Epistle of Ignatius to the Philadelphians
The Epistle of Ignatius to the Smyrnaeans
The Epistle of Ignatius to Polycarp.
Now it is done. Just note that I am not denying the possible spiritual inspiration of any of the books not mentioned but and simply proposing a change in how we base our faith. I plan to release a follow-up to this, more specifically talking about a New Christian Theology, but the time that may take is unbeknownst to me. I thank you for reading this in its entirety, Baruch HaShem.

Brace yourselves, this is gonna be a long one.
Table of Contents
1…… The Main Goal
2…… What I’m Seeking
3…… Personality
4…… Interests
5…… Physical Characteristics (with pics)
6…… Expectations of You
7…… Living Situation
8…… Deal Breakers
9…… Closing Remarks
(1)
The Main Goal:
Well if you’re browsing this subreddit then much like me, you were alone this weekend and I’m sure you’d like to change that as much as me. I won’t lie, I am going through a rough part of my life right now. It’s difficult for me to find the energy for anything at the moment and I’m just really seeking affection in general, anything that will give me a push. I don’t want to be that person who brings everyone down but I could really use someone to talk to right now. I’d really like to find someone who’s similar to me so much to the point that we do everything together and talk about everything while not having to pretend to be interested. I want someone with whom we can mutually spew our emotions onto and have those feelings reciprocated. Not an emotional punching bag, but an emotional teddy bear to hug and cuddle until everything feels better as many times as we need. There’s people who I’m sure have told you the same, they’ll be there no matter how many times you need the support, no matter how many times the insecurities and bad thoughts come back but they don’t mean it. I will be the exception, I’m not so ignorant to think some nice words and tales of relating to you will magically forever heal whatever ails you then get mad when you seek the same support again. Mental ailments are rarely temporary and I don’t care about someone because they’re perfect, caring about someone means being there no matter how many times they need you to be. It doesn’t feel like a chore, it doesn’t get old, and it never will.
(2)
(2.a)
What I'm Seeking:
I will upfront let you know if I’m clicking better with someone else or if you’re the one, I’m not here to tread the sea of fish or keep my options open, I’m here for one singular person.
(2.b)
Relationship:
A relationship is difficult for me right now, it’s been nearly half a year since I got out of my last relationship and the reasons for it ending are partially responsible for how I’ve been feeling and why it’s so hard for me to seek the comfort I so desperately crave. I will tell you about it but for the sake of not treating the entirety of the internet as my therapist, it’ll be in private. I really need the comfort of intimacy and the warmth of someone who cares. I'm not going to feel better if I just sulk and don’t move on. This is my attempt to get better, I’ll admit I’m not great right now and I don’t expect you to be either. If we can help each other heal, then I’d be more than happy :) A relationship isn’t just being there for when someone’s at their best. Even if a relationship is hard at the moment, I do want a life partner and I don’t want to be alone. Things aren’t going to get easier without you so I don’t want to hesitate. I view my other as an equal, I don’t like categorizing us into specific roles. We take care of each other and treat each other how we like to be treated, whatever that is, it's as simple as that. I don't care if you're "successful" or not, living simple lives with our days filled with love is the ultimate measure of success to me.
(3)
Personality:
(3.a)
On the Surface:
As you can tell I can be rather… stoic but that’s largely due to my current stressors, I truthfully am goofy and fun loving but I just can’t find it in me right now. I want to return to that but without someone to light up my world it’s been difficult to just have fun and enjoy stuff. I’m definitely more introverted, you won’t catch me at any parties or really outside at all. I definitely prefer being home though the occasional outing is not out of the question and one day I’d like to travel to other countries because I think that kind of perspective is important.
(3.b)
The Core of My Being:
I like being a spectator to it all and if we bear witness to humanity burning or its miraculous recovery, I want to watch it with you. I enjoy watching humanity advance, less so when it devolves but I want to watch it to the end nonetheless. I’m both a realist and someone who lives with my head in the clouds dreaming of scenarios or worlds that don’t exist. I’m saying that I enjoy a good narrative and can suspend my disbelief to enjoy something but you won’t catch me refusing vaccines or ignoring blatant facts for the sake of some pseudo science or witch doctor’s remedy. I’m an atheist but I do not rule out existence after death, not because I’m agnostic but because due to the nature of potentially infinite time at some point after how many googol years with a googol amount of 0s after that, something’s bound to replicate your consciousness perfectly at some point. It’s actually a really fascinating topic I like talking about. If infinite time and infinite possibilities exist, does non existence exist? Though that’s an awfully existentially dreadful thought process considering the ramifications of infinite existence and infinite possibilities during said infinite existence. I would say I’m confidently left leaning and I don’t think I could truly get along with anyone right leaning, at least America’s definition of right leaning. Left and right seems to have just become; do people deserve to suffer or do they deserve to live good lives? Being political is not something I expected to become but how can you not be when crimes against human rights are being passed on a daily basis and at the end of the day, everything’s political. Oftentimes I imagine the perfect moment as relaxing with my significant other playing games or cuddling in a cold room under blankets.
I value that special someone above all of the existential thoughts, the bad of the world, the good of the world, they practically become my world. So many worries wash away when I’m with them. I don’t know if that’s the defense mechanism my brain created to not feel bad 24/7 but if it is, I’m currently without it.
(3.c)
Insecurities:
I talk of philosophy and politics here but really I spend most of my time just playing games, watching stuff, and trying to not be sleep deprived. I’m also nowhere near as well spoken, heck sometimes I feel like my speech is broken. I won’t claim to be something I’m not, I sit at home while I complain about the world doing nothing about it wishing I had someone here with me. I’m not noble nor do I really want to be, I have morals I uphold but much like most other hypocrites I acknowledge that my comfortable life is built on the suffering of others without doing anything about it. Why? My sleep problems? Am I depressed? Is that why I have no energy to do anything? Do I just think nothing I could do could help? I can’t nail it down myself, maybe it’s a mix of everything, maybe I’m just a bad person. I have always told myself that if I had wealth I would help people but if I get that kind of wealth will I just become a wealth hoarder who tries to justify my riches as something I earned rather than something given to me through incredibly lucky circumstances? If I do help people is it because I’m a good person or out of guilt? Will I die alone? I feel like I drive everyone away with my clinginess, I get paranoid often and need reassurance often. It’s something I want to work on, something I’ve been trying to work on. Hearing that someone cares about me just never gets old. I value self awareness even if it’s painful.
(3.d)
Socializing:
I’m definitely a socially anxious/awkward mess, especially around strangers. I do feel a large amount of anxiety in public, people can’t tell by looking at my face since I kind of go stone faced in an attempt to block everything out but yeah you’ll notice that if we go out in public. Growing up my pediatrician said I was probably autistic, never got a formal diagnosis so that’s just great. But yeah that explains why I can’t make eye contact with people, I kinda just stare at the ground and avoid their gaze at all costs. A lot of these social struggles go away to a great degree once I know you for a bit but yeah I apologize for how terrible I am at socializing at first. Don’t let my social struggles fool you though, I love cuddling and being close with my person.
(3.e)
Sexuality:
I am a heterosexual male, though I’m not very masculine like at all. I may even be a bit feminine sometimes. Not that I believe any activity or manner of acting belongs to a gender but I don’t know how else to describe it. I’m definitely super affectionate and love it when my partner is too. I am open to dating demi people but I do have a libido so I don't think asexual would work out.
(4)
Interests:
(4.a)
Video Games:
As stated before, I do spend a lot of my time playing video games. It’s been hard lately with me having no energy but I really do want to play more games and have a good time playing them with you! I primarily play on PC though I do have a switch. I’m primarily into platform fighters, roguelikes, open world, survival, and sandbox games. As for single player story games, I enjoy watching them through twitch or youtube but for the most part I don’t play them myself. I’d watch you play them though!
Here’s a list of games we can play:
-Minecraft (Java)
-Risk of Rain 2
-Gunfire Reborn
-Roboquest
-7 Days to Die
-Phasmophobia
-Rust
-Unturned
-Bloons TD 6
-Platform fighters: Super Smash Bros. Melee, Slap City, Multiversus, Flash Party, Fraymakers
Whatever you want to play I’ll give it a shot! I will say that League bores me to death but I’ll play it for you :) I try to avoid MMOs, not because I don’t like them but because of how addicted I can get to them. I enjoy learning games in-depth so MMOs can be a fast track to addiction.
I recently got Kerbal Space Program 2 and ehhh not really worth it right now but hopefully later it will be? I’m super excited for Tears of the Kingdom! In the far off future I’m excited for Rivals of Aether 2 which is a platform fighter releasing in 2024, let me know of your most anticipated releases and I’ll see if I could play them with you!
Also I never got into FPS games but I could totally see myself playing like CoD with you or Escape From Tarkov. Any FPS really, I’m down.
I am a fan of Pokemon but with how things have been lately I don’t know how long that will last. Pixelmon is a common Pokemon mod I play for Minecraft if you want to play that! Also if I say I want to play something with you I mean it but there are often times when no matter how much I want to I'm just drained and can do little more than lay in bed so please don't think I'm making an excuse.
(4.b)
Science:
I really enjoy keeping up with the latest advances in pretty much everything, it could be biology, technology, astronomy, anything! I love seeing progression and I love talking about it! Really I could go on and on about what I’m obsessing about that day. I particularly love technology, ask me for my laptop specs I dare you. When I was little I always wanted to be a scientist of any kind but then insomnia and fear of college stuff hit me like a truck aaaand that’s the end of that dream.
(4.c)
Anime:
You got me, I like anime but I’d like to think my tastes are benign.
Here’s some of my favorites I can list from the top of my head:
- To Your Eternity
- Vinland Saga
- Spice and Wolf
- Re:Zero
- Mob Psycho
- Dr. Stone
- Attack on Titan
- Spy x Family
- My Hero Academia
- Ranking of Kings
- Demon Slayer
Okay I can go on and on but I will say I don’t like pointless fan service and the spamming of cliche anime moments. I mostly enjoy action and anything well animated if it doesn’t have a potato story. Heck Demon Slayer could be my top 3 out of season 2’s animation alone. I don’t watch slice of life often or romance but I would with you!
(4.d)
Misc:
I’m not going to go on and on about the tiniest little things when the main ones are covered but I’ll watch pretty much any show with you and anything really. I like random youtube videos that explain some kind of lore or mystery, sometimes mini documentaries too.
As for food I looove sushi and I’m a sucker for fast food. Okay and candy, definitely candy.
I used to play tennis but haven’t really had the opportunity nor friends to play it with and I’m way too socially anxious to seek it out. Also I will say that when we move to something like discord I type waaaay more casually. I’m not going to expect long paragraphs back and forth like we’re writing English papers for each other, I do enjoy long conversations but seriously don’t worry about having to put the utmost effort into every response, I just like making good first impressions I guess.
(5)
(5.a)
My Physical Characteristics:
I’m 5’8 (172cm), 128 pounds (58kg), with curly brown hair and blue eyes. I like keeping my hair long in the winter and cutting it in the summer. I’m pretty slim in general so if you’re looking for someone large, that’s not me. I don’t work out but my work is pretty physical so at least I’m not totally inactive. I don’t have the urge to work out or gain muscle but I do want to maintain my slim figure so if I start losing control of that I’ll work out. I like to keep my face shaved because I don’t think I look good with a beard/mustache so if you’re into those I apologize. I have an average amount of body hair? I’d prefer to be completely shaved but it’s easy to lose motivation with that battle, if you prefer shaved then I’d have no problem complying. Anyways here’s what I look like: https://imgur.com/a/MZZgf2t
(5.b)
My Physical Preferences:
Having physical preferences makes me feel shallow, if I could make myself not have them I would but unfortunately that’s now how that works. I don’t care if you’re shorter or taller than me and I don’t care if you weigh more or less than me. All I ask is that you’re slim-average weight. I would never ask for someone to be something I’m not. I don’t care about tattoos or piercings.
(6)
Expectations of You:
I am not looking for someone “exciting” or someone to “keep me on my toes” I’m not looking for someone to cater to my every whim or anything like that. I don’t care if you’re “boring” or if you aren’t “successful”. I know it’s a common thing for people to not want a “boring” relationship and to seek something argumentative or something with constant challenges but I just want to be with you. During the exciting times, the boring times, and everything in-between, all of it will be great with you! Maybe we do argue sometimes or maybe there will be challenges but that will never be something I purposefully seek out and I don’t want that to be something you seek out either. I will not play tricks on you and I will not play mind games, I expect the same from you. We all have personal measures of success we may or may not have lived up to but what I care about most is our commitment to each other. If we have each other we can get through tough times, near the ends of our lives I want us to look back and feel that this life together was worth more than anything. That’s not saying I want us to be haphazard, I don’t want us to make poor decisions for the sake of yolo and I want us to always be rational, especially with each other. I want you to be someone I can trust to make decisions and weigh the options with a level head, I’ll try my best to live up to the same for you. Most of all I want empathy, understanding, someone to feel the utmost comfort and trust in.
(7)
Living Situation:
Currently my life is pretty relaxed, I work 3 times a week as a night shift stocker. I currently live in a 2 bedroom apartment with my roommate but we’re looking to move into someplace larger by the end of the year if everything works out. The internet is weirdly great for Ohio too like I have fiber and later this year we’re supposed to be getting dedicated fiber so that’s neat. I’m not attached to Ohio so the ultimate goal living location wise is probably moving to a country that won’t send you into a lifetime of dealing with the repercussions from one medical emergency.
(8)
Deal Breakers:
Might as well make this simple and make it a list.
- Anti-vaxxers
- Unironically believing astrology
- Right wingers
- Hard drugs (occasional 420 and alcohol is fine, may even join you)
- Wanting children, there was a time when I was younger when I wanted children but with the state of the word that’s a definite no and I feel like I wouldn’t be able to handle the stress. I’d love a stress free life with as much time with you as possible.
- Homophobic
- Transphobic
- Racist
- Super Religious
- Don’t be a bigot and don’t deny facts.
(9)
Closing Remarks:
Well you made it, I was thinking that finding someone I’d be willing to put a lifetime of effort into at least required this much effort. If I think of anything more I’ll update the post. Also about timezones, it really doesn’t matter where in the world you are. I don’t have a sleep schedule and I have most of the week off from work so it really doesn’t matter.
I request that in your response you do put effort into it, it doesn’t have to be anywhere near as long as this but at least enough so I know that you read this and enough about you so I know why you saw potential compatibility. I will seriously read all of it and respond the best I can. I do also request a pic included in your response (sfw please) or one soon after we start talking to prove identity, I’ll send identity proving pics too. As long as this post is up, you can send a reply!

Hello, I was just wondering for those that are staying with your parents, do you contribute to the household financially? For context, I have been giving my parents $100 each since I’ve started working. I am turning 22 this year, and have a relatively stable income. However, recently my parents are thinking of hiring a maid to help with household chores as both my older siblings and I work and we don’t have much time to contribute to household chores. Sometimes I work until the night so I reach home late. My dad travels often for work so most of the load is done by my mum and occasionally us.
Now, they are suggesting for me to pay them $500-600 monthly that includes utilities and part of the fee for the maid. My siblings are expected to pay as well but my brother lesser as he earns less and just started working. Now, my parents earn a decent amount so they are not struggling financially, but we are middle-class income i’d say. I think this is more of filial-piety money. I won’t be struggling a lot as well if I do pay them as I don’t spend excessively but I’d rather save up for my future and buy a house in the near future. I am quite diligent with my savings. Is this a reasonable / common amount..?

Little gossling is doing pretty good. Humaine society wouldn't take him. They sent animal control. She was young and inexperienced, but pretty nice. I was trying to explain symptoms and death of Sibbling. She said well its the cirle of life? LOL! No it has nothing to do with that. I wanted to Scream. She told me to releace him/her to family. I tried to tell her that possable leathle agression. Again She Said cirle of life. OMG. I will never call you mean Society or animal control again when it's regarding a situation like this only if it's a serious emergency and I'm going to do research to find out who's our local wildlife Rehabilitation place if anyone knows of who that is in the San Francisco Bay area or the Redwood City Peninsula please let me know cuz I don't want to deal with this anymore I stayed up really late I sat there and gave up a bunch of stuff I had to get done tonight waiting for this woman just to tell me that she wasn't going to take him that I need to be release him and this is all just the circle of life. I don't see how being sick has anything to do with the circle of life or having your head taken off by another bird from aggression from acting different is circle of life I just it doesn't fit in that category to Me Maybe people don't agree with that but I thought the circle of life was a little bit different. anyway he's resting very well he's wheezing and he's making little noises in his sleep poor little guy and then he'll wake up and if he doesn't hear me he'll like tap on the box with his beak it's kind of cute so and my cats aren't bothering him I have him covered in a way that they can't get to him anyway but they show no interest in they're really good kitties. he's been eating and drinking and making a mess and he's had the most spoiled box ever so he's had a really warm cuddly night cuz yesterday he look like he was really cold most the day and he couldn't get snuggled up. he also is acting really lethargic and spaced out yesterday where the other ones would be eating and acting normal and he just stand there and stare off into space and I think it's because he's you know not getting nourishment and he's the smaller of all of them and you know he's just getting kind of spaced out. cuz when I picked him up he is underway you can tell and any suggestions or help that would be great I am not quite sure how I feel about if I'm releasing him back to his family I'm going to make sure to do it when I am able to be right there and watch what's going on because we have one Canada Goose here that is so aggressive I mean I've seen these guys get aggressive and fight and Feathers flying and I've seen them dive bombing each other from the sky I've seen some crazy stuff but they eventually they kind of back off but there's this one Goose that is so aggressive and like will latch on and not let go and goes after the babies and doesn't care I mean just really aggressive like with the intent to kill and no second chance it's like there's no black or white with this one it's like you're you come near me you're dead you stay away you're going to live I mean it's just that it's weird so I'm a little hesitant so any suggestions I don't know if anybody's going to read all this it's really late and I'm super tired and I would love to hear some suggestions I have thank you so much for you guys as patience with me and helping me with everything I do appreciate it.

Hey Guys! Some of you have known Sadhaguru for long time and im asking your opinion about him. I just started to listen his talks this week. I was totally hooked on his speech and felt like he is a real deal that i have been looking for long time. Then i came up with all this controversy about building isha center in questionable places and heard about his wife and also saw that he is living this bling bling life though he wants to save the world from material life... I know he does a lot of good but the way i understand his motives is that he earn a lot of money by doing that... I have nothing against making money but if this is the only motive then his teachings sounds pretty hyporcite to me. I know his methods work really well but just feels wrong atm to fund him for those. I would be happy if someone with real knowledge could change my mind:)

My Steam: https://steamcommunity.com/profiles/76561199036840408/
Hey guys! As you might have somewhat guessed from a look at my steam profile, I'm currently doing a run of the AC series starting from Unity. I bought AC Unity on Steam around Jan, finished it, loved it. Then I got AC Syndicate on Ubisoft Connect, finished it, loved it. Paris and London were fantastically recreated by Ubisoft, imo, and I REALLY loved the parkour and Assassin gameplay. Stories and characters were decent.
I'm currently on AC Origins and it was one of the best games I've ever played in my entire life! I finished the main story a month back and I'm just currently doing side quests/dlc because I loved the game so much and I can never get bored of it. They did a really good job with Ancient Egypt and it is truly breathtaking. I absolutely loved Bayek as a character and also the other activities such as hunting, gladiator arenas (my god they were especially spectacular), and also exploring the pyramids. The soundtrack of the game always plays in my head when I think of it lmao.
I think the main story was very interesting, too. It had a revenge theme where a father was trying to avenge the death of his son and hunts down members of the Order. I also really liked how they added Julius Caesar and Cleopatra, but the only problem is that they rushed the story brutally near the end. And for some reason, the ending focused on Aya and her monologue even though the entire game was about Bayek.
But my experience with this game has been truly amazing and I think these kind of exceptional games only come out once in a while. Never seen anything like it before. I want more, so I'm planning to finish Odyssey and Valhalla as well.
AC Odyssey, a game set almost 400-500 years before the events of Origins, is set in Ancient Greece. The game lets you play as a mercenary and is more RPG-heavy than Origins, and introduces choices and lets the player take different paths in the story. People have said the VA for Kassandra did a fabulous job and I can't wait to explore the Spartans and Athenians along with their myths and legends, and the naval battles; I'm genuinely interested and super excited about playing this game!
Odyssey is currently on a huge discount on Steam so I thought this would be the best time to request for it. I would have bought it myself, but unfortunately, I already spent too much of my pocket money on buying Unity, Syndicate, and Origins :(
If any of you would gift me this game, I would forever appreciate it and remember it. It would be wonderful if I could get the Gold Edition since I really love to play dlcs as well and it comes with AC3 Remastered for free, which is also another game I am super keen on trying out sometime. I'm trying to finish this series before my college starts later this year and I get busy. Thank you!
Even though I would really love getting the Gold Edition of this game, I completely understand if it's a bit too costly/unaffordable and I will gladly take the Standard Edition instead as it still means a lot to me :)
AC Odyssey on Steam: https://store.steampowered.com/app/812140/Assassins\_Creed\_Odyssey/

Hello all,
I went yesterday to a local car meet event and did some photos, and almost at the end of the event , while talking to some friends my camera went off power. Well i taught it was just the camera going on auto powersaver, and did not mind it. Later on wanted to show the shots to a friend and normally pressing the shutter button will wake it up. But it didn’t. Assumed it was the battery ( although i was sure about charging it 2 hours before the event) . Went home, placed the battery till full charge and i got freaked out when i saw it is still not turning on.
I tried literally everything i found on internet. Used a grip, checked the card and battery doors. Used double batteries. Changed lenses Connecting it to a computer
So i said ok. I am done, probably will end up in the garbage. The next day i said to try again and , it turned on magically, with grip attached.
Just it lasted for 2 minutes and turned off again. At this point i still have hope that i can still do anything to bring it back.
Software was up to date, nothing aftermarket , canon lens on it, canon grip.
I really do not know what to try anymore, i got to google page 16 and could not find something to help me.
Please if someone else had the same issue , how did you fix it? I am based on eastern europe , and canon does not even have a certified service here.
Anything, anyhow would be more than welcomed.

I looked over and there was a church window covered in nests with mother birds sitting on them. There were seagulls, pigeons, eagles pelicans and other birds. I remember thinking "why are there predators nesting with prey" one mama bird a black colored bird flew from her nest. In her nest was one huge egg. Above her nest a seagull was nesting. It reached down and cracked open the egg. In the egg were several fully developed feathered babies looking around. I looked to see if the momma bird was coming because I thought to myself "the seagull is going to eat them" I looked over and the babies seemed fine. I looked for the momma in the sky but when I looked at the babies they were being swallowed by the seagull. Everyone on the ledge watched as it happened. In my head I knew I shouldn't interfere with nature. There were soon only three or four babies left. I jumped off the balcony and ran across the grass and reached in the nest to grab the babies. There was only one left. It was blueish green like a a peacocks colors. It tried to jump out of my hands but I held it firm. It bit my hand. I soothed it and held it differently. I was going to keep it safe till the momma returned. I asked my son to get me something from the car to put the baby in. He came back with a paperbag. I put the baby in the bag and folded the top. As I was talking with others I looked down to check and the baby bird was suffocating. There was no air in the bag. I opened the bag and saw the bird start to breathe again. I folded the top but left a small opening for air this time. I told my son go get a box from the car. This time he came back with a flimsy cookie box. I put the baby bird in it and it tried to fly away but did not know how to fly. So I reached up and caught it. I put it back in the flimsy box. But this time I held it so it would stay closed. I looked over at the nest and momma bird was returning. She looked horrified and started calling for her baby. For some reason I was no longer in my hands. It was off to the side next to my ex husband. The baby was calling back. I told him to hand me the box he didn't. I went to pick up the box myself. I went and put the baby back in the nest with its momma. I returned to the patio and the momma bird flew back over. Leaving her baby alone. She accused me of stealing her babies and I got angry. I yelled at her pointing out the seagull and how it had eaten her babies. I yelled how I tried to save her babies. I went to check on the baby and mom had moved it next to a pelicans nest. I thought to myself. That's not safe either. The pelicans was asleep. It cracked one eye to look at me then went back to sleep. The nest next to the baby bird had no momma and a baby pelican in it. I stood near the nest to make sure my baby bird would be safe. That's when I woke up.

Hey, so I am a 27 Y.O white Male South African working at a software company in Johannesburg, but have been looking to get a job thats remote, ideally in The US or Europe, because theoretically I would be dirt cheap from their perspectice. For example offering $13 an hour here would be amazing for employees here and would place you in the upper class. While I suspect its very cheap for US or Euro companies. The cost of living in SA is low in comparison so that money can afford you fast cars and nice houses.
Why is it that I am not as appealing to those companies, have not had that much people bite? A company from silicon Valley in the ai software algorith space did about two rounds of interviews with me but then decided to go with other candidates.
A good entry level tech pay here is about $3 to $4 per hour.
So now I have: Great SQL and data anyalytics skills and experience, degree in communications at one of the big SA Universities, ,IIS, good HTML, good with CRM, ERP system support, great with digital design and writing
Then Total 7 years experience, in tech support, software support consultant, junior Project manager at two different tech companies, and editor at a media publication. Got good data analytics certificate to suport the SQL skills. Great windows server skills, AD.
But foreign companies dont seem to care? Why am I unappealing to them? Being a multilinguist, ans English home language speaker and then communications degree should surely be enough to convince them that even though I am from South Africa that I would be able to excell im that remote enviroment, especially one that is customer facing?
Why cant I even get a remote Support desk/ consultant job thats not in my country? What must I do to be more appealing?
Is the answer purely that simply need more certifications? And very specefic ones?
I would be happy with any support, helpdesk, project management role in tech, so if you have certification suggestions then this is the jobs im targeting to get a foothold in either the US or Europe.
Later I would want to move into a development role, that works with data.

Welcome to my first reddit post.
Today I would like to share a little project of mine that caters towards all players that want to enjoy Smite but are hindered to do so by "hard-to-deal-with" individuals.
How the idea was born:
When I saw this post, I knew I had to comment. I always try to connect with those, that care about this game but struggle as a newbie or are frustrated by the behaviour of some players.
Honestly, I was overwhelmed by the feedback I got and so I thought about this for the last couple of days. And while I still think, that an integrated and game wide mechanic from the game itself would be the best way to help with this, I wanted to take take this into my own hands and get involved with you.
What the goal is:
If you get online in Smite to have fun with others you should not have to deal with the personality issues of strangers.
We need a place where having fun is the number one priority and winning comes second. Where encouragement and joy are spread and shared.
My vision is a place, where players across all regions, languages and levels can easily find team mates and even friends to play together. Especially for beginners this will offer a great starting point, because you will know that those in the clan will understand and accept when a match just doesnt go as planned and testing gods and builds is a part of learning.
What the solution is:
I created a clan [Cured] ByAntidote which refers to the common term "toxic" in Smite to describe a player that makes a match extremely unfun for the team mates.
So I named the clan this, in the hopes that it will help to do exactly this: curing toxicity with an antidote that is provided by us, the players.
Usecase:
You get online. Open the clan window. Invite whoever is online and see what mode you want to play. The more clan members you have in your group, the more certain you can be that there will be no drama, but a great experience ahead.
What the rules are:
We will keep this very basic, so whatever would get you sanctioned from Smite itself, will also not be tolerated (insults, staying in the fountain all game...) and result in a kick rather sooner than later. We all make mistakes and have bad days though, so please just be understanding of each other too.
One can only join the clan upon contacting me (via reddit or PS-Chat) and sending a join request in the game or being invited. You dont have to provide any information (besides your ingame name so I know who you are). This is only to have a first contact to you and get a first impression.
When you are in the clan, there is nothing you have to do, only options that you can use. We all have lifes outside of Smite and you are just online whenever you are. You play whatever you want. You play with who you want.
This is a community project, I just set a starting point for us. Getting involved and providing ideas is highly encouraged and welcomed.
I want to be a part of this, have a question or want to complain about something/someone (clan/project related only):
Please let me know by sending a message via reddit (preferred) or on Playstation.
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Let's do this guys, I know we can!

Hello, I've just landed in Rome. I'll be here for a year and I am searching for an apartment. As I relocate, I brought all my luggage with me. There are not so many apartments available immediately and it looks like I will have to hop between different airbnbs in the meantime. Is there a place where I could store my luggage for a few weeks? (I tried easybox and it proved very challenging). I am open to all ideas and tips. grazie!

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A last little follow on from this. https://www.reddit.com/ExNoContact/comments/13tk3jj/well_time_at_the_ba?utm_source=share&utm_medium=android_app&utm_name=androidcss&utm_term=1&utm_content=share_button
Yesterday the agency for the place she and I had got in touch stating that the landlord had been to check the house out and noted a few problems and listed them...they were the bits (not difficult bits) I left for her and her side of the family to do when they go to the house foe the final clean up on the last day of the tenancy and drop off the keys following this.

• So they never turned up...
  
• So they literally left it all to me...
  
• So the scratches I saw all over the walls when I went back the day after her dad went to pick up her stuff after I had repainted the entire place could have been deliberate/saw they did by accident but didn't bother to fix it.
  

We were notified about the issues with the property via a cc'd email asking how we would like to proceed ie either fix the issues ourselves or have the money deducted from the deposit and straight away I got a cc'd reply to the agency from her saying that she "understood and accepted the issues" and asked how much money would be deducted.
On the one hand I believe it is right to not potentially have a scobble over who should do what etc and just get whatever money back and draw a line. On the other hand for about 30 mins (until I jumped into the gym to work off the emotion) my blood was BOILING because of:

• How disastrously she handled the BU but seen as I wasn't allow any input I can't be blamed at all for the state of the situation now.
  
• The idea that even though there is no victim in this situation she is playing it and (obviously I know family will always back family) but her parents are backing her and even being passive aggressive with me
  
• It looks likes I'm the one to get all the blame for everything (see point #1)
  
• She is still avoiding anything that has to do with me ie that house, no thought of 'I don't want to waste money when I/we could fix the house things ourselves', it seems like the reply was a 'THAT IS CONNECTED TO MY EX, AVOID. AVOID. AVOID. TAKE THE MONEY' and given she got everything (see point #1) I don't get (but it's not my duty to now) why she's still unhappy/angry
  

Based off our last run in (the photo incident - see story for details) she still isn't processing the BU/has turned pain she feels and is projecting it into anger towards me instead.
Now, it's been 6 months since the BU, but the healing for us both could only start 3 months ago as we were living with eachother still/in the whole "door is ajar"/following her breaking NC 3 days into it we were messaging/calling/spent the evening with eachother.
But over those 3 months of radio silence (both have blocked eachother on everything + before you say anything we are not the emailing sort) the strides I've made through therapy in the first 3 weeks of NC, achieving career goals and actually going beyond them, improvements in fitness, filling all the voids with positive experiences etc has got me to the place where I don't hate her (I did and very strongly until therapy helped process that and undo it) and I don't love her. So although I do feel like I'm getting the shit end of the stick here with regards to the attitude of her family, her reactions when encountering eachother in public and how the BU overall went. Through the strides I've mentioned, I am able to use radical acceptance - acknowledge the anger, feel it, then let it go as there is nothing you can do.
I don't feel the need to rise to this because of a piece of advice that friend on the phone (he's a therapist but obviously isn't MY therapist, he gives best mate advice) which was, "mate she's acting like a fucking child which is a surprise honestly but, it says alot more about her and how she's handling the BU more than it does about you. Look at what you've done since it happened, look how you are when you clock eachother, you have all the strides YOU'VE made to thank for that". I had a 15 min phone vent with him, did some exercise, felt miles better and that evening went to a gig to watch an HUGE band who grew up in the city I live in do a 'welcome home' gig, bonus was the tickets were free as I did some work for a member of the band (one of the "beyond career goals") and I took a girl mate who subsequently ended up "hoping on the good foot and doing the bad thing" with.
Point is, keep going with the self improvement guys and girls. Because when you are faced with any form of interaction with that ex, you'll come face to face with how you've been spending your time since the split. And I'm these 3 months I'm nearly (in the top 90% I'd say) back to my pre relationship self. Still more work to do like work on emotions so if anymore negative stuff from her side comes through to me I don't feel it, but apart from that I have the rest covered.
Again to clarify, THERE IS NO VICTIM IN MY STORY. It's just a BU, something that happens in life that everybody experiences.

I watched this around 2009-2012 I believe but the animation looked sort of old and was hand-drawn, possibly made in the early 2000s late 90s. The movie is colored and I remember the main characters being sentient toys. One scene I heavily remember is that a white horse toy with wheels had to jump from a mountain to another mountain or somewhere else. I’m not sure if they were also carrying other toys on top, but I do remember there being other toys in the movie (perhaps the human-like toy that I’ll reference later). That’s the clearest thing that I can remember, the rest I’m not sure. For example, I think there was a scene of these toys being created, but that might be from a different movie. I also don’t know what their end goal was, but they were definitely trying to reach some place. Also, the horse wasn’t the main character, I believe it was some human-like toy sort of like elf on the shelf. That’s mainly all I remember, if anyone could help me I’d appreciate it. Thank you in advance.

So I was planning to visit my friend and park on the street. Thing is in last couple years the street outside his apartment complex became paid parking. This boggles my mind since its no where near to center, its an outer district and this street is a dead end that only goes to his apartment complex (newish). So there is no reason to have paid parking here IMO. Its thievery.
So Im guessing no one will check the cars status between 21:00 in evening at 6:00 the next morning? This is not a big main street in Old or New town its a back street that goes no where. What are the chances I get ticketed at night? How many people actually pay for parking in these absurd places where its not justified?

Brace yourselves, this is gonna be a long one.
Table of Contents
1…… The Main Goal
2…… What I’m Seeking
3…… Personality
4…… Interests
5…… Physical Characteristics (with pics)
6…… Expectations of You
7…… Living Situation
8…… Deal Breakers
9…… Closing Remarks
(1)
The Main Goal:
Well if you’re browsing this subreddit then much like me, you were alone this weekend and I’m sure you’d like to change that as much as me. I won’t lie, I am going through a rough part of my life right now. It’s difficult for me to find the energy for anything at the moment and I’m just really seeking affection in general, anything that will give me a push. I don’t want to be that person who brings everyone down but I could really use someone to talk to right now. I’d really like to find someone who’s similar to me so much to the point that we do everything together and talk about everything while not having to pretend to be interested. I want someone with whom we can mutually spew our emotions onto and have those feelings reciprocated. Not an emotional punching bag, but an emotional teddy bear to hug and cuddle until everything feels better as many times as we need. There’s people who I’m sure have told you the same, they’ll be there no matter how many times you need the support, no matter how many times the insecurities and bad thoughts come back but they don’t mean it. I will be the exception, I’m not so ignorant to think some nice words and tales of relating to you will magically forever heal whatever ails you then get mad when you seek the same support again. Mental ailments are rarely temporary and I don’t care about someone because they’re perfect, caring about someone means being there no matter how many times they need you to be. It doesn’t feel like a chore, it doesn’t get old, and it never will.
(2)
(2.a)
What I'm Seeking:
I will upfront let you know if I’m clicking better with someone else or if you’re the one, I’m not here to tread the sea of fish or keep my options open, I’m here for one singular person.
(2.b)
Relationship:
A relationship is difficult for me right now, it’s been nearly half a year since I got out of my last relationship and the reasons for it ending are partially responsible for how I’ve been feeling and why it’s so hard for me to seek the comfort I so desperately crave. I will tell you about it but for the sake of not treating the entirety of the internet as my therapist, it’ll be in private. I really need the comfort of intimacy and the warmth of someone who cares. I'm not going to feel better if I just sulk and don’t move on. This is my attempt to get better, I’ll admit I’m not great right now and I don’t expect you to be either. If we can help each other heal, then I’d be more than happy :) A relationship isn’t just being there for when someone’s at their best. Even if a relationship is hard at the moment, I do want a life partner and I don’t want to be alone. Things aren’t going to get easier without you so I don’t want to hesitate. I view my other as an equal, I don’t like categorizing us into specific roles. We take care of each other and treat each other how we like to be treated, whatever that is, it's as simple as that. I don't care if you're "successful" or not, living simple lives with our days filled with love is the ultimate measure of success to me.
(3)
Personality:
(3.a)
On the Surface:
As you can tell I can be rather… stoic but that’s largely due to my current stressors, I truthfully am goofy and fun loving but I just can’t find it in me right now. I want to return to that but without someone to light up my world it’s been difficult to just have fun and enjoy stuff. I’m definitely more introverted, you won’t catch me at any parties or really outside at all. I definitely prefer being home though the occasional outing is not out of the question and one day I’d like to travel to other countries because I think that kind of perspective is important.
(3.b)
The Core of My Being:
I like being a spectator to it all and if we bear witness to humanity burning or its miraculous recovery, I want to watch it with you. I enjoy watching humanity advance, less so when it devolves but I want to watch it to the end nonetheless. I’m both a realist and someone who lives with my head in the clouds dreaming of scenarios or worlds that don’t exist. I’m saying that I enjoy a good narrative and can suspend my disbelief to enjoy something but you won’t catch me refusing vaccines or ignoring blatant facts for the sake of some pseudo science or witch doctor’s remedy. I’m an atheist but I do not rule out existence after death, not because I’m agnostic but because due to the nature of potentially infinite time at some point after how many googol years with a googol amount of 0s after that, something’s bound to replicate your consciousness perfectly at some point. It’s actually a really fascinating topic I like talking about. If infinite time and infinite possibilities exist, does non existence exist? Though that’s an awfully existentially dreadful thought process considering the ramifications of infinite existence and infinite possibilities during said infinite existence. I would say I’m confidently left leaning and I don’t think I could truly get along with anyone right leaning, at least America’s definition of right leaning. Left and right seems to have just become; do people deserve to suffer or do they deserve to live good lives? Being political is not something I expected to become but how can you not be when crimes against human rights are being passed on a daily basis and at the end of the day, everything’s political. Oftentimes I imagine the perfect moment as relaxing with my significant other playing games or cuddling in a cold room under blankets.
I value that special someone above all of the existential thoughts, the bad of the world, the good of the world, they practically become my world. So many worries wash away when I’m with them. I don’t know if that’s the defense mechanism my brain created to not feel bad 24/7 but if it is, I’m currently without it.
(3.c)
Insecurities:
I talk of philosophy and politics here but really I spend most of my time just playing games, watching stuff, and trying to not be sleep deprived. I’m also nowhere near as well spoken, heck sometimes I feel like my speech is broken. I won’t claim to be something I’m not, I sit at home while I complain about the world doing nothing about it wishing I had someone here with me. I’m not noble nor do I really want to be, I have morals I uphold but much like most other hypocrites I acknowledge that my comfortable life is built on the suffering of others without doing anything about it. Why? My sleep problems? Am I depressed? Is that why I have no energy to do anything? Do I just think nothing I could do could help? I can’t nail it down myself, maybe it’s a mix of everything, maybe I’m just a bad person. I have always told myself that if I had wealth I would help people but if I get that kind of wealth will I just become a wealth hoarder who tries to justify my riches as something I earned rather than something given to me through incredibly lucky circumstances? If I do help people is it because I’m a good person or out of guilt? Will I die alone? I feel like I drive everyone away with my clinginess, I get paranoid often and need reassurance often. It’s something I want to work on, something I’ve been trying to work on. Hearing that someone cares about me just never gets old. I value self awareness even if it’s painful.
(3.d)
Socializing:
I’m definitely a socially anxious/awkward mess, especially around strangers. I do feel a large amount of anxiety in public, people can’t tell by looking at my face since I kind of go stone faced in an attempt to block everything out but yeah you’ll notice that if we go out in public. Growing up my pediatrician said I was probably autistic, never got a formal diagnosis so that’s just great. But yeah that explains why I can’t make eye contact with people, I kinda just stare at the ground and avoid their gaze at all costs. A lot of these social struggles go away to a great degree once I know you for a bit but yeah I apologize for how terrible I am at socializing at first. Don’t let my social struggles fool you though, I love cuddling and being close with my person.
(3.e)
Sexuality:
I am a heterosexual male, though I’m not very masculine like at all. I may even be a bit feminine sometimes. Not that I believe any activity or manner of acting belongs to a gender but I don’t know how else to describe it. I’m definitely super affectionate and love it when my partner is too. I am open to dating demi people but I do have a libido so I don't think asexual would work out.
(4)
Interests:
(4.a)
Video Games:
As stated before, I do spend a lot of my time playing video games. It’s been hard lately with me having no energy but I really do want to play more games and have a good time playing them with you! I primarily play on PC though I do have a switch. I’m primarily into platform fighters, roguelikes, open world, survival, and sandbox games. As for single player story games, I enjoy watching them through twitch or youtube but for the most part I don’t play them myself. I’d watch you play them though!
Here’s a list of games we can play:
-Minecraft (Java)
-Risk of Rain 2
-Gunfire Reborn
-Roboquest
-7 Days to Die
-Phasmophobia
-Rust
-Unturned
-Bloons TD 6
-Platform fighters: Super Smash Bros. Melee, Slap City, Multiversus, Flash Party, Fraymakers
Whatever you want to play I’ll give it a shot! I will say that League bores me to death but I’ll play it for you :) I try to avoid MMOs, not because I don’t like them but because of how addicted I can get to them. I enjoy learning games in-depth so MMOs can be a fast track to addiction.
I recently got Kerbal Space Program 2 and ehhh not really worth it right now but hopefully later it will be? I’m super excited for Tears of the Kingdom! In the far off future I’m excited for Rivals of Aether 2 which is a platform fighter releasing in 2024, let me know of your most anticipated releases and I’ll see if I could play them with you!
Also I never got into FPS games but I could totally see myself playing like CoD with you or Escape From Tarkov. Any FPS really, I’m down.
I am a fan of Pokemon but with how things have been lately I don’t know how long that will last. Pixelmon is a common Pokemon mod I play for Minecraft if you want to play that! Also if I say I want to play something with you I mean it but there are often times when no matter how much I want to I'm just drained and can do little more than lay in bed so please don't think I'm making an excuse.
(4.b)
Science:
I really enjoy keeping up with the latest advances in pretty much everything, it could be biology, technology, astronomy, anything! I love seeing progression and I love talking about it! Really I could go on and on about what I’m obsessing about that day. I particularly love technology, ask me for my laptop specs I dare you. When I was little I always wanted to be a scientist of any kind but then insomnia and fear of college stuff hit me like a truck aaaand that’s the end of that dream.
(4.c)
Anime:
You got me, I like anime but I’d like to think my tastes are benign.
Here’s some of my favorites I can list from the top of my head:
- To Your Eternity
- Vinland Saga
- Spice and Wolf
- Re:Zero
- Mob Psycho
- Dr. Stone
- Attack on Titan
- Spy x Family
- My Hero Academia
- Ranking of Kings
- Demon Slayer
Okay I can go on and on but I will say I don’t like pointless fan service and the spamming of cliche anime moments. I mostly enjoy action and anything well animated if it doesn’t have a potato story. Heck Demon Slayer could be my top 3 out of season 2’s animation alone. I don’t watch slice of life often or romance but I would with you!
(4.d)
Misc:
I’m not going to go on and on about the tiniest little things when the main ones are covered but I’ll watch pretty much any show with you and anything really. I like random youtube videos that explain some kind of lore or mystery, sometimes mini documentaries too.
As for food I looove sushi and I’m a sucker for fast food. Okay and candy, definitely candy.
I used to play tennis but haven’t really had the opportunity nor friends to play it with and I’m way too socially anxious to seek it out. Also I will say that when we move to something like discord I type waaaay more casually. I’m not going to expect long paragraphs back and forth like we’re writing English papers for each other, I do enjoy long conversations but seriously don’t worry about having to put the utmost effort into every response, I just like making good first impressions I guess.
(5)
(5.a)
My Physical Characteristics:
I’m 5’8 (172cm), 128 pounds (58kg), with curly brown hair and blue eyes. I like keeping my hair long in the winter and cutting it in the summer. I’m pretty slim in general so if you’re looking for someone large, that’s not me. I don’t work out but my work is pretty physical so at least I’m not totally inactive. I don’t have the urge to work out or gain muscle but I do want to maintain my slim figure so if I start losing control of that I’ll work out. I like to keep my face shaved because I don’t think I look good with a beard/mustache so if you’re into those I apologize. I have an average amount of body hair? I’d prefer to be completely shaved but it’s easy to lose motivation with that battle, if you prefer shaved then I’d have no problem complying. Anyways here’s what I look like: https://imgur.com/a/MZZgf2t
(5.b)
My Physical Preferences:
Having physical preferences makes me feel shallow, if I could make myself not have them I would but unfortunately that’s now how that works. I don’t care if you’re shorter or taller than me and I don’t care if you weigh more or less than me. All I ask is that you’re slim-average weight. I would never ask for someone to be something I’m not. I don’t care about tattoos or piercings.
(6)
Expectations of You:
I am not looking for someone “exciting” or someone to “keep me on my toes” I’m not looking for someone to cater to my every whim or anything like that. I don’t care if you’re “boring” or if you aren’t “successful”. I know it’s a common thing for people to not want a “boring” relationship and to seek something argumentative or something with constant challenges but I just want to be with you. During the exciting times, the boring times, and everything in-between, all of it will be great with you! Maybe we do argue sometimes or maybe there will be challenges but that will never be something I purposefully seek out and I don’t want that to be something you seek out either. I will not play tricks on you and I will not play mind games, I expect the same from you. We all have personal measures of success we may or may not have lived up to but what I care about most is our commitment to each other. If we have each other we can get through tough times, near the ends of our lives I want us to look back and feel that this life together was worth more than anything. That’s not saying I want us to be haphazard, I don’t want us to make poor decisions for the sake of yolo and I want us to always be rational, especially with each other. I want you to be someone I can trust to make decisions and weigh the options with a level head, I’ll try my best to live up to the same for you. Most of all I want empathy, understanding, someone to feel the utmost comfort and trust in.
(7)
Living Situation:
Currently my life is pretty relaxed, I work 3 times a week as a night shift stocker. I currently live in a 2 bedroom apartment with my roommate but we’re looking to move into someplace larger by the end of the year if everything works out. The internet is weirdly great for Ohio too like I have fiber and later this year we’re supposed to be getting dedicated fiber so that’s neat. I’m not attached to Ohio so the ultimate goal living location wise is probably moving to a country that won’t send you into a lifetime of dealing with the repercussions from one medical emergency.
(8)
Deal Breakers:
Might as well make this simple and make it a list.
- Anti-vaxxers
- Unironically believing astrology
- Right wingers
- Hard drugs (occasional 420 and alcohol is fine, may even join you)
- Wanting children, there was a time when I was younger when I wanted children but with the state of the word that’s a definite no and I feel like I wouldn’t be able to handle the stress. I’d love a stress free life with as much time with you as possible.
- Homophobic
- Transphobic
- Racist
- Super Religious
- Don’t be a bigot and don’t deny facts.
(9)
Closing Remarks:
Well you made it, I was thinking that finding someone I’d be willing to put a lifetime of effort into at least required this much effort. If I think of anything more I’ll update the post. Also about timezones, it really doesn’t matter where in the world you are. I don’t have a sleep schedule and I have most of the week off from work so it really doesn’t matter.
I request that in your response you do put effort into it, it doesn’t have to be anywhere near as long as this but at least enough so I know that you read this and enough about you so I know why you saw potential compatibility. I will seriously read all of it and respond the best I can. I do also request a pic included in your response (sfw please) or one soon after we start talking to prove identity, I’ll send identity proving pics too. As long as this post is up, you can send a reply!

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