Let's get this right off the bat: This year's class of free agents is a pretty weak one; beyond James Harden and that flat earth weirdo (neither of whom are affordable as-is, both of whom that are unlikely to want to become a Raptor especially with the rumors that Harden wants to return to Houston), there aren't many high-end, All-Star or borderline-level talents on the market and with the Raptors looking to compete/having to due to the light protections on their 2024 first, this is not an ideal circumstance for the team to improve in the offseason without trading away some of their current bench or even one of their starters, even with a historically grand MLE for them to take advantage of if they can stay under the tax/above the cap as they've done over the past few seasons.
In fact, the Raptors very own UFAs are some of the names at the top of the list and likely to be targeted by various teams with cap space, most notably Fred VanVleet who is looking for a sizeable, long-term deal after signing with Klutch, whom the Orlando Magic have reportedly been interested in acquiring as they have the cap space to sign him outright. We'll ignore the likes of VanVleet, Banton, Trent and Poeltl for the moment and take a look a brief look at some non-Raptors players before the 2023 free agency picture becomes more clear for the team overall.
The Raptors have 2 main needs beyond re-signing or extending their current players:

1. A true, NBA-caliber backup point guard
2. 3-point shooting off the bench/in the starting lineup/in general lineups due to lacking depth in that area

With that in mind, let's go over some of the names that will be RFAs/UFAs that will be available who could fulfill some of those needs. Do keep in mind that for the players mentioned for any sign and trade that salary-matching will be ignored for the purposes of this list and no trades are going to be proposed. Additionally, keep in mind that even amongst the "best" available candidates that none of them are a perfect fit or have their flaws i.e. one might be a great 3-point shooter but amongst the worst defenders in the league. If the available pool of realistic candidates were better, they'd likely have to be acquired in a sign & trade due to a larger contract.
Speaking of which: Most of the names mentioned here are ones that I consider to be "realistic" to an extent, though not necessarily likely overall i.e. Jerami Grant would be a great pickup due to his 3-point shooting and overall solid defense, no he is not even worth considering because his next contract will be way more than the team can afford and he's unlikely to want to come to the Raptors when the Blazers can re-sign him to a larger deal due to possessing his Bird Rights. See also: The Raptors aren't getting pending RFA Cameron Johnson despite how beneficial his 3-point shooting would be for the team.
Additionally, just because a player is mentioned here does not mean i'm in favor of signing them; there are a couple of names of players I would be hesitant to sign due to various off-court issues. This is meant to be a general overview of the available players that fit the above description in some capacity. That said, I will be mentioning those allegations for the players in question because I personally find it distasteful to overlook that just as I find it distasteful when people talk about signing Kyrie to their team given all the heinous stuff he's said and done.
With that in mind, here is a brief breakdown of the 2023 offseason's free agents.
Most likely aka. MLE Candidates
Note: The 2023 MLE is projected to be around $11.37 million; the player can be signed for a maximum of 2 years.
Seth Curry (SG): 3-point specialist (career average of 43% from 3), turning 33 years old. UFA for the Brooklyn Nets. Obligatory "fuck Brooklyn".
Lonnie Walker IV (SG): 36% 3 point shooter, below-average defender. Has been having a career year with the Lakers but is a UFA.
Patrick Beverley (PG): Lifetime hater of Chris Paul, walking flagrant foul but overall tough/competitive defender.
Jalen McDaniels (SF): Inconsistent shooter. Versatile on defense (though not as versatile/good as the other McDaniels with a first name starting with "J"). Name was mentioned around the trade deadline as a player the Raptors were interested in, hence them being included in this section. UFA for the Philadelphia 76ers.
Stretching A Bit (Money, Fit, Option Concerns)
Caris LeVert (SG): Inconsistent shooter but most recent season has seen him shoot 38% on 4 3s a night. Has missed significant time in the past few seasons due to health issues, making it difficult to say what his next contract will be. UFA for the Cleveland Cavaliers.
Harrison Barnes (SF/PF): Career 38% shooter from 3. Championship-experience-having veteran who is turning 31 but has also been integral to the Kings return to the playoffs so it's hard to say what his next contract will be like.
Bruce Brown (PG/SG): Has a player option but unclear if they will decline it or leave with the Nuggets being a championship contender this yeagoing forward with a healthy Jokic/Murray/MPJ. Solid backup point guard and great defender. Has been shooting well in his past 2 seasons (38% average over the past 2 seasons) but on a limited clip of around 2 3s a game.
Russell Westbrook (PG): Has been impactful as a point guard for the Clippers but sample size of games is limited and he's not closing in most games due to his poor defense. Could be interesting as a bench point to push the pace of the game given the Raptors having the highest forcing of turnovers in the league but Westbrook cannot shoot, often leading to teams slagging him off/the team fielding Westbrook playing 4 on 5.
Tre Jones (PG): Restricted free agent for the San Antonio Spurs. Good ball-handler but may be outside of the Raptors MLE given him filling in the point-guard-shaped hole left by the Dejounte Murray trade with solid play since.
Nickeil Alexander-Walker (SG): Restricted free agent for the Minnesota Timberwolves. Streaky shooter who has been having a turbulent year after being traded to his 3rd team (Blazers, Jazz, then Timberwolves) in 2 seasons.
Naz Reid (PF/C): As a 33% shooter from 3, Naz does not fit in with the team's needs (they're a stretch to call them a stretch big even if they shoot 3s better than any Raptors player) but they're being included because they're 6'9 and the advanced stats love Reid (and this front office loves their players that advanced stats love). Averages an impressive 17/7/2/1/1 when starting.
Least likely candidates aka. Sign & Tradeables (Mostly)
Note: Player has to want to come here even if they are an RFA as they are not under any obligation to agree to be traded to the Raptors
Kristaps "Tingus Pingus" Porzingis (PF/C): Stretch big, likely to decline their 23/24 player option in favor of a long-term contract. Injury-prone "unicorn" & contract would be costly/sacrifice significant flexibility. Would otherwise not be worth mentioning given those circumstances but does warrant special mention as the Wizards were interested in Fred VanVleet during this year's deadline and the Raptors were interested in acquiring Kristaps at the 2022 deadline but declined due to the Mavericks asking for Trent in addition to Dragic and the Raptors 2022 first-round pick.
Note: KP has significant off-court allegations regarding sexual assault.
Christian Wood (PF/C): 3-point bucket getter, subpar defender though his effort on defense has been more notable in his most recent season. UFA for the Dallas Mavericks, would cost too much to acquire without it being a sign and trade.
Coby White (PG/SG): Inconsistent shooter, decent defender who has gotten better as of late. Bulls have sent mixed signals about his future in Chicago. Restricted free agent.
Malik Beasley (SG): Streaky shooter, would need to be a sign and trade if his option is declined or a trade if his team option is picked up.
Jaxson Hayes (PF/C): 23 year-old center whose free-throw shooting suggests untapped potential for 3-point shooting but off-court sentencing for domestic abuse (aka. not allegations, he was sentenced for said domestic incident) and a poor overall season make his candidacy as a buy-low option highly unappealing. May even be a UFA if the Pelicans don't extend him a qualifying offer due to those diminishing factors.
Players who are UFAs that the Raptors have higher ambitions than to sign them
Goran Dragic (PG): Shush yourself

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Termina thrives on PvP battles, if you love factions or similar than you will find yourself right at home with Termina. Given our use of Towny over Factions, you can more easily protect and share land with friends without worrying about powerful, so you can focus on what truly matters about preparing for your next PvP battle.
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Summary;

There are tools from our shared deep history that can be used to review most (if not all) moral codes as well as other claims and conclusions about what is true or false, wrong or correct. We only have to use them;

• The principle of identity: A logical axiom that says a thing is itself and not another thing.
  
• Evidence: Not using evidence forces us to use abstractions or unsubstantiated claims of other people.
  
• Reason/logic: Provides a structure to hang the evidence on and review what that evidence may mean.
  
• Emotions: Emotions are a subset of available evidence, and we should be aware of those of others as well as our own potential emotion-driven motivations and biases.
  

These tools, along with others, can be used to show if a conclusion is justified, and it can be used to generate new justified conclusions.
People who do not use these tools, plus potentially other tools, to verify their own moral code are being immoral.

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This is only a brief summary. If you have a valid criticism, please do a quick search of the rest to see if I have addressed it below.

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While I am not personally convinced that any gods worthy of the title exist, for the sake of this post I will tentatively agree that;

• The God of the Bible exists, and may best be followed by one or more of the various Christian sects.
  
• God given morals are innate in everyone's hearts.
  
• God has a perfect moral code.
  
• We mere humans do not have unambiguous access to God's perfect moral code beyond the innate God given morals in our hearts. (After all, we aren't God, and people disagree on conclusions that they think align with what they think God would agree with.)
  

Additionally;

• Everyone should take time to review their own moral code; I am limiting this to Christians here because this is a Christian forum.
  
• Knowledge is 'justified true belief'.
  
• It is corrupt to ignore the best available evidence to arrive at a conclusion, even if that conclusion would be justified when the relevant and best evidence was included.
  
• God may have a 100% objective moral code.
  
• We mere mortals can work towards something that is more objectively moral, though it will never be 100% objective.
  
• Arguments over subjective or objective moral codes are a waste of time, and I will not be replying to them.
  
• I do not speak for any other atheist, and I agree that no one Christian speaks for any other Christian.
  

With that out of the way, here are the details. When you're ready, we can talk.

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There are tools from our shared deep history that can be used to verify any claim about reality, and also to generate new justified conclusions.
One set of claims are the different moral codes people adhere to. People who don't bother, or even refuse, to examine their own moral code are being immoral. This has been true even before the first accountants and merchants pressed numbers into clay.
Many moral codes tend to be too abstract and detached from emotions, or rely too much on emotional appeals while ignoring other evidence and/or reason/logic. Some moral codes are also statements and are not open to scrutiny, or are held to be true as a part of an ideology.
Here are the minimum number of tools that are required to reach a justified conclusion on any topic, including any moral code.

• The law of identity: A thing is itself and not another thing.

Examples: A=A, A≠B, this apple is not this other apple, the idea of a thing is not the thing itself.
The principle of identity keeps us focused on the evidence and the abstract reasoning that we apply to the evidence. It helps us weed out detached abstractions. It does this by noting the difference between one thing (the abstract word "apple") and another (this picture of a real apple), and possibly drawing an invalid conclusion. In a way, the law of identity helps keep us honest with ourselves and with others because using it forces us to identify what we are thinking or talking about.
Yet, the identity principle and other philosophical axioms aren't sufficient to build or even verify a moral code.
As I see it, we mere mortals tend to use three different things in each of our justified conclusions: evidence, reason/logic, and emotions. We use these things because they have worked so very well over the eons.

• Evidence: Not using evidence forces us to use abstractions or unsubstantiated claims of other people.
  
• Reason/logic: Provides a structure to hang the evidence on and review what that evidence may mean. Evidence + reason/logic provides knowledge (justified true belief).
  
• Emotions: Emotions are a subset of the available evidence. Incorporating emotions -- yours and others -- into a decision can enhance the results and/or prevent mistakes when we reach a conclusion. Besides, we are emotional creatures, so ignoring emotions or attempting to suppress them is not possible.
  

While these basic tools come from our shared deep past and are helpful, most people don't keep them in mind while they are determining if something is moral, amoral, or immoral, let alone true or false or something in between.

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Termina is a 1.19.4 Towny / Survival server, focused on supporting a very tightly-knit community and an enjoyable place to relax, PvP and raid with your friends!
Featuring mcMMO to boost your gameplay from grinding, an extensive economy with auctions and trading, CUSTOM Towny Wartime, random teleport, and so much more. Our custom Wartime is activated once a week, every Friday at 8 PM EST.
Termina thrives on PvP battles, if you love factions or similar than you will find yourself right at home with Termina. Given our use of Towny over Factions, you can more easily protect and share land with friends without worrying about powerful, so you can focus on what truly matters about preparing for your next PvP battle.
During Termina Wartime, you can ONLY place Creeper Eggs in enemy towns to raid - destroy enemy plots and raid chests for loot! Termina features a completely unique map that is an infinite badlands with an increase of natural gold spawn! Can you survive this treacherous landscape or will you wonder off and dry up in the desert heat?
Join Termina if you'd like to experience a new type of survival server to call home, make friends and create your own empire! Simply join and run the command /rp to start your adventure!

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LIST OF HELPFUL COMMANDS:

/RP - Randomly Teleport across Termina! Find a space for your base!

/SHOP - Pull up the Shop GUI and easily shop wherever you are in the world!

/TOWN NEW - create your first town after you collect $5,000 Rupeez!

KEEP AN EYE OUT FOR RANDOM EVENT MINI-GAMES!
When a mini-game activates in the chat, feel free to click on the box to join! Earn rewards from mini-games by coming in first place! Mini-games occur randomly, so feel free to opt in whenever you like. Your inventory will be saved and unharmed during your mini-game playtime. Always make sure your home is set where you want to return to after the mini-game so you don't lose your position in the world!

Adventure awaits!

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I was out at least 750K blocks from spawn looting a sunken ship. When I came up for air I tried to jump on my boat to continue on, but a bug made me start drowning even though I was above the surface. I was suddenly kicked from the game and when I logged back in, I was dead. WTF! I have also been experiencing mobs for some reason becoming immune to my attacks. I had good enchanted diamond gear and tools but it's now all gone. Luckily I keep a backup in my E-chest. But still WTF Constaniam!

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- Finding Leads
- Signing Clients
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- Onboarding Clients
- Managing Client Communication...
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So throughout college, there was always this guy in my classes who everyone thought was a little weird. We’ll call him Oliver. Now, Oliver is clearly developmentally disabled but I am not sure what exactly his condition is. He always smells bad, he’s awkward, he asks invasive questions (especially about people’s romantic lives), he’s not great with personal space and this will make me sound like a jerk, but he looks like he has a chromosome missing (think very short, with claw-like hands and a very oddly shaped face). He also does not wear clothes that fit, and frequently walks around with half of his butt hanging out, and becomes very depressed, dejected, and offended when people point it out to him, even when they do so discreetly and gently. Because of how awkward he is, many girls think he’s creepy, and he has trouble making friends, beyond people who feel bad for him.
I got to know this guy a little better because we both hang out in the commuter space at our college (he is a commuter, and many of my friends are commuters) and we both TA for the same professor. Now, he considers me a friend, but to be quite honest, I find him very annoying. It’s a very awkward situation, but I don’t have the heart to tell him that I think our relationship is very one-sided. Basically, he treats me and other people as a therapist. He started confiding in us about his personal struggles. These include:
· Health issues. He told us that he has a brain injury from accidently taking too much medication to help his sleeping disorder. I do believe that he has health issues since he took a year off of college, but I am unsure as to the extent of them, since he has always been very vague.
· Girl issues. These vary but I’ll try to sum it up here.
o He alleges that another guy spread a rumor that he was creep his freshman year, because they were both interested in the same girl.
o A girl reported him to student life for being creepy. He says that he just asked he a question and sat next to her in a class, but I’m not entirely sure about that after talking to people who know him.
o He is absolutely obsessed with getting a girlfriend, and thinks that he is worthless (his words, not mine), if he does not get one.
o He claims that many women have rejected him because of his height (he is under 5’) and frequently rants about how this is a petty and unreasonable criteria.
· School issues. He is very smart and does well in all of his classes except for math. This is because he claims that the brain injury affected the part of his brain that help with understanding calculations. But he also has terrible test anxiety and tells us that he thinks he is going to flunk out of college before every test.
· Family issues. Here is where things really get messed up. He alleges a variety of stories about his family, each one stranger than the last.
o His mom allegedly told him that she thought he was a demon when he was born.
o His mom would get into fights with him as a small child over innocuous things like if he missed a question on a quiz, and then call him the spawn of Satan.
o His dad and he would get into physical fights as a small child.
o His mom told him that he will be the next Hitler.
o His mom told him that he has megalomaniac tendencies (this guy is one of the most timid people I know).
o His mom told him that God is punishing him for not reading the Bible enough through his health issues.
o His mom told his grandparents that she considered having him castrated as a young boy.
o His mom forced him to give his car to the church when he couldn’t afford insurance.
o His mom said she would not let him date until he was forty.
o When he considered asking out a girl, his mom told him that she would contact said girl and tell her he was an abuser. She also gave him books on purity at this time.
o He claims that his dad left his mom around the time he had the brain injury for a much younger woman in another state. His stepmom apparently does not let him live with them, because she thinks he is a downer.
o His mom once called the police on him during an argument. When the police arrived, he says that he talked back to them, which resulted in a disorderly conduct charge, which he says will make it hard for him to get a job later.
o He claims that his mom has a mental disorder (I can’t remember what it’s called) but she never takes her medication.
o He claims that his mom told him that God will not heal him from his health issues until he trusts in him.
o His grandparents think he is a disappointment for not making the dean’s list one semester.
o His mom is in the process of finishing an online masters’ degree and says that he will need to move away with her for her new job.
Naturally, this is a lot of information to take in, and he revealed this to me and my friends all over the course of a year. I’m sure that I’m missing plenty of information that he has told me at some point, but I think this gives a general idea as to his personal struggles.
Now, even though he gets on my nerves, when he told me about his problems, I wanted to do the right thing. This might make me sound sanctimonious, but I am religious, and I have been thinking a lot about what it means to treat “the least of these” as we treat Christ. If Oliver counts as the least of these, then I should be trying to help him. Here is what I have already done:
· I tutored him in a stats class because he was struggling.
· I tried to politely point out the pants issue as well as some other awkward things he does but have since given up because he always responds so negatively.
· I (and many other people) suggested that he take advantage of the counseling services here on campus. He refused because he tried going to a therapist ~2 years ago because it “didn’t work.”
· I routinely reassure him that his mom is crazy for the things she says and does, and his dad is a piece of shit for abandoning him with an unstable person. Moreover, I stress to him that his mother is abusive and what she says and does is wrong and harmful.
· I encouraged Oliver to 1) block a bullying student 2) seek advice from a trusted professor during an incident where a student harassed him and tried to manipulate him into recording another professor without his consent. Oliver refused to go to student life during this incident, because he was fearful that they would not believe him, from that incident where the girl reported him.
· Finally, I researched safe house and found one about 5 hours away from our college that admits men and disabled adults. I sent this to him, and offered to drive him there either right now, or after he graduates, whichever he thought was best.
Many other people, especially my friends, have offered to help him, and gave him similar advice over the years. But, we have noticed a couple of things which make us doubt his integrity somewhat.
· Firstly, we do not think that he is completely innocent in his girl problems. We spoke to a couple of people who know Oliver, and it sounds like many girls told him instructions like “don’t stand so close to me,” which he then did not follow. Also, he apparently became angry at some girls for finding girlfriends. From here, we have concluded that he is not a reliable narrator, especially when it comes to girls.
· He REALLY likes attention, and always finds a way to bring any conversation with him back to him and his problems, to the point where he will interrupt other people’s conversations to talk about his problems. For example, my friend Matt was joking with me about a bad date from years ago, and the conversation went something like this:
Matt: So I was an idiot when I was 16. I asked a girl out, and then took her to split a fry at McDonald’s.
Me: Jeez, if you wanted to be cheap, why didn’t you just take her to coffee?
Matt: Ha! I have no idea. And then I got seriously offended when she didn’t want a second date!
Me: Dude, splitting a fry is something you do AFTER a date as an excuse to hang out more!
*laughter*
Oliver (jumping in): My mom said that I’m going to hell on the way to school!
Over time, his interruptions have gotten progressively more and more invasive and awkward and shocking, and he always seems to revel in our shock by smiling and jumping up and down.
· His stories about his family have gotten progressively more and more insane (for example, telling us about his stepmom first, waiting until we believe him, and then telling us about the castration story), and likewise, he seems to enjoy our shock and condemnation of his family members.
· Occasionally, Oliver will go off on unhinged rants about how he wants to ban dating or get revenge on the girls who have rejected him. He never says that he wants to do anything violent to them, just “get revenge.” He also responds negatively when people try to deescalate him during these vents by ranting about how they do not understand.
· If anyone says anything positive about a person that Oliver thinks has wronged him (i.e. girls who have rejected him), even if it’s something as innocuous as “Ella was really good at running the environmental club, too bad she graduated early,” he will immediately rant about how horrible she is because she rejected him.
· He admitted that he does not actually think he is going to flunk out of college, but tells us he thinks he will fail, because he wants us to pay attention to him.
· When I sent him the information about the safehouse, he refused to take me up on it. Moreover, he made excuses about his health problems, his disorderly conduct charge and the fact that he wants to go to grad school someday (he has not even applied to grad school). I had done a thorough job researching, even contacting the safe house to ask a couple of questions. It turns out that the safe house would still take him, as long as he was transparent about his health issues and criminal record. He still refused and shut down the conversation.
· Oliver is originally from a state in the American South, but our college is in the north-east. When he came to college, his mother moved along with him, which is why he is a commuter and lives off campus. He tried living in the dorms for one semester but gave up on that since it was bad for his sleeping disorder. However, it doesn’t make sense to me that an abusive mother would uproot her life and career to accommodate her disabled son.
· I have never seen bruises, cuts, or any other physical injuries on Oliver. Nor does he appear to be suffering from malnutrition – if anything, he’s rather overweight. The only physical evidence of abuse I can see is 1) the constant smell and 2) his clothes are constantly covered in food. However, he comes to
· I have never met his mom, nor has anyone I know. She could be absolutely insane or completely normal for all I know. As for the religious fanaticism, Oliver has told us the name of the church he goes to. From looking on their website, they seem normal, and not the religious fundamentalist types.
Now, I have no background training in abuse, mental illness or anything of that sort. Thus, my concerns that Oliver is lying could be absolutely false – I literally don’t know. Does anyone have any advice for me to either 1) find out the truth or 2) help him (beyond what I have done) if there is actually abuse going on in his life? I really want to do the right thing, but I’m mainly concerned that I may be being lied to.

How did y'all know you wanted to be one and done I am 20F no where close to having kids if I did have children I would want them in my thirties. Right now I'm child free I'm not sure I would be a good mother as I've went through a lot of abuse. I always resented my own mother for bringing me into the world without thinking of any consequences or what's the best way to raise a child. So for me it's best to think about the implications to raising a child way before I'm having one. I used to really want kids, multiple however I think that was because I wanted to create the family and love that I've never had. Then I completely said I wouldn't have a child because I would love them so much and not want them to suffer having someone like me as their parent. Now I've been reconsidering I know children are alot of work and not something to be taken lightly. However I fantasize about having a daughter (because when I have dreams of me having a kid it's always a girl although I obviously wouldn't hate a boy or treat him differently I honestly might want my children as gender neutral as possible so they feel safe to express how they want) what she would be like and providing someone the best life possible. The same way when your friend is happy you feel the happiness as well. I don't know if that makes sense but I wanted to put it out there. I feel a bit guilty because if I do choose to have a child I know for a fact they will be one and done (possibly excluding the fostering of teens but that's a bit different) all the time I see comments from people saying how their life was miserable without a sibling even if their parents loved them but I could only give the best life through their entire life for one child. For example I want to travel the world and would love to bring a child along when they aren't in school. It would be hard to do that with more than one. I also prefer living in the city. When I finish grad school I will be able to afford a two bedroom condo in the middle of a city this would be even easier with a partner but 3 or 4 beds is harder in that region. My mental health is eh I know I could do everything for one child but probably not more, also I would want to do Montessori and gentle parenting which is obviously harder the more you have. Also the cost of college and housing I want my child to be able to ask for my help when it comes to big purchases like that. I don't want to bring someone into this world that I can provide for. Long story short if you've gone from childfree to one and done how did you get over thoughts of being a bad parent and what made you change your mind. Also if you've always wanted kids and knew you were one and done please share your experience anything helps. Sorry for the long post.

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I had to gather a lot of strength to write this post. My hand still hurts and so does my chest.
It all started when we returned back from the mosque after prayers. I don't have my wardrobe in my room. It's in my brother's room. He locked the door and I knocked asking him to step out as I have to change quickly and pee.
Moments later, My brother walked out of his room and tried to kill me with a Ironing machine made up of steel as he tried to hit me on the head using that. I was quick to defend myself with my left hand injuring it in the process. My mom quickly stopped him soon after he could hit me a second time which would have splattered my head into a pool of blood if that iron have hit my head as I was defenseless and injured to even defend myself.
After all that my Mom was only concerned that if I die my brother would go to jail and not that I would have died. Instead of hitting him, she hit me and then I had a terrible panic attack as I was barely able to speak, my upper lip froze and my face and head was vibrating to a point I felt like it would explode. She was concerned even if I die, the autopsy report would still prove that my brother hit me and I died as I was unable to process it and her son will still go to jail. My mom's brother arrived an hour later and she was laughing and talking to him about it as they slandered me even moments ago right now they called me words like "Dog", "Mentally ill" etc etc.
My brother said he was mad that I objected to my Mom spoiling him with clothes and everything since I was a child that I ridiculed more than a year ago in 2021 when I graduated, got my first terrible job and used all my salary to pay for a Sofware engineering bootcamp when I really needed to buy clothes for myself since I have been wearing the same clothes since I was 15 and most were torn and my mom always bought expensive clothes and shoes for my brother since we were little and I have nothing and one day I saw him wear expensive clothes and I told my grandma(she is also on my mom's side). "I wore torn clothes all my life, but some people live life like kings in this house and have to do nothing while I had to pay for everything I did all my life. But one day my time will come and Mom will see."
He brought that up today as he said he wanted to kill me for that. I don't even talk to that guy ever. I don't even see eye to eye with him. We haven't talked in years because he is a spoilt mommy's boy and also has terrible friends and speaks in a terrible bad language full of profanity. Yet today he had the balls to try and kill me and get over with it.
For context, if you're wondering why I'm living with these people, I come from a terrible asian country, jobless since a year despite of a good gpa and so many skills, applied to 300+ jobs but got rejected everytime. The only jobs available are he ones who want to exploit workers and make them.work for free or low wages to a point that wouldn't even run a house like $100 for 6 months and nothing will guarantee anything after that. I had become so depressed since last year and had gained weight, quit gym because of being broke and spent all my time trying to learn new skills like Data analysis, Software Development etc etc to expand my chances of getting a job since my Finance degree is a waste and didn't get me a job either. But that didn't help either and rather too much work stress had increased my panic attacks, I had a chest pain issue last year around the same time that was over my heart which lasted 6 months when I waited for death everyday as I felt it was a heart disease. My mom would laugh and say God is punishing me because she doesn't like me. Sometimes she would make fun of my misery as she walked into my room one day and said "You should beg on the streets or beg that Doctor neighbor of ours to do your angioplasty for free. If he has mercy he will be kind enough to do that. Atleast we will know you're dying and we can be at peace!". I'm crying as I'm typing it all out. I do not talk about my life ever with anybody but today even as I can die in my sleep today or get killed in my sleep, I want to go out by pouring my heart out since I can't keep it to myself anymore. The pain returned this year, a few days back and I decided to fight it back and workout in my room and have been fighting it really well so far although I had a terrible day today as a Male karen at the mosque asked me to leave or stand up when I couldn't stand for a long time due to the pain in my chest and on top of that what happened today could have been my death day.
My Mom has been a toxic abusive mother to me since the beginning. She used to hit me since I was a child and beat me unconscious when I was 9, forcefully molested me twice when I was 11 and 13 and tried to throw me naked outside the house, broke my PC and burnt my science record books for grading when I was 14 and told them I wanted to pursue Software Engineering and Business in college for which i had to make a decision by 15 to entrol in the Pre college classes in high school. Stripped me naked again when I was 16 with the help of my Dad as I was dressing up for school and bruised me up just because I woke up late for school that day and was reluctant to go that day as I hated the gloomy dark and terrible Highschool I had to be at from 8am in the morning to 6:30pm and sometimes 7pm at night. That day after several suicide attempts from their abuse I had finally succeeded and managed to overdose on pills my father had for his patients ad I thought that would be an easy way our for me. I had $5 in my wallet that I had saved by saving up cab fees to come back home from school everyday by walking 8 miles back and forth all week and I used that to order my last meal and ate it back then to kill myself. But they found out because while eating I collapsed and I could hear Mom and her brother calling Dad to ask him how to dodge the cops and what to tell people if I die as it would be my funeral. I cannot express how torn ai felt that day.
When Dad died when I was turning 18, she turned even more evil as Dad had cheated on mom. I look a lot like my Dad in facial features except my eyes and skin color as he was White and I'm tanned. My mom would constantly abuse me and sometimes still compares me to his toxic traits all day and she fractured my arm when I was 18, threw hot oil and tea at me I was lucky enough to be able to dodge. I have eating issues and sometimes I can't eat anything, panic attacks, been through several suicide attempts over the years. I have been suicide free since the last 5 years although the panic attacks and health issues only seem to keep getting worse with time. But today I feel like it is worthless to even survive if life is going to keep getting worse, I won't be landing a job and if I'm stuck here with these people.
If you're going to ask me why I won't take help from the cops, because they're corrupt and will do nothing and in turn will take bribe from my Mom and her family and they will call me mentally ill and send me to an asylum. Yes this is the reality in the country I live. Plus even if they don't do that, they will hand me over to my Mom again and do you think I will make out alive after that? These people will kill me and cops won't do nothing as they have never done ever. Instead my Mom and Brother will walk free in a week as most people do after mudering someone in this country and my Mom's brothers have political links and one of them is a politician.
My biggest priority has always been making iut of this house alive ever since I was 11. I'm going to be 24 in 1 month and 10 days and life has never stopped going downhill. My sucidal tendencies have returned for the first time in 5 years, and I just feel like I can't take it anymore.
I have no friends because they couldn't connect well with someone who is as traumatized as me and I distanced myself from them as everything was a joke to those people. Relationships never happened because I spent all my life dealing with problems at home, studying and well when you have no friends, relationships are hard to find too.
Although online relationships happened, they happened ages ago when I was in college and recently last year I said "No" to dating someone and ghosted her even when she was literally the only perspn in the world who treated me with so much of kindness and compassion as I was scared of the future if I remain broke and never make it out of this house. She wanted me to try but I couldn't because it was in her best interest to find someone who was well settled in life than a guy who is broke, jobless and faces abuse from his Mom everyday.
I applied to Panda express, USA though and luckily they took my video interview last week, my 301st application and the 3rd that made to the first round of interview. I'm most likely going to get rejected because of sponsorship issues and not even hear back for the next round. But uh, maybe this is the end of my life? 24 years of fighting until you can't take it anymore. I'm trying.
I don't even know if I said too much, I just don't know. I could die. Either my heart will give up on me as this stress is so much to bear, or my brother and Mom will kill me in my sleep or I might take my own life if the situation doesn't get any better.
Sorry if there are any typos, my left hand hurts even as I'm trying to type.
I don't even know why I made this post today but I wanna get it out of my system even if I die as I cannot keep stuff to myself anymore and have nobody to confide in.
Tl;dr: Abusive Mom, Brother tried to kill me today and I had a nervous breakdown earlier today.

Section 1

1. How do you work? Why do people go to work? Are there any parameters that determine whether you can do work or not? What are they?

• I work ensuring the process is correct. I don't imagine the outcome because I have trouble visualizing the very end, so I entrust myself to a process that will ensure an outcome of a good standard.
• Work is a means of survival and is perpetuated by fear of inadequacy from the judgment of peers and yourself.
• Whether one can work is better as a question regarding whether one will work. The parameters can't be outlined; things such as the thoughts causing procrastination towards their work leading them to not work varies. Many obvious causes lead to it, such as life events, and mood disorders. Listing these out would be mundane and is universally known already. A reductionist answer would be that people's motivation to work is based on how closely it would come to their survival instincts. Those instincts alone empower anyone to move.

2. How do you determine the quality of work? How do you determine the quality of a purchase? Do you pay any attention to it?

• Quality is determined by consensus. If I alone have to decide it, then I ask myself "will it suffice"? Lesser than that is the only time I have to pay attention.

3. There is a professional next to you. How do you know they are a professional? How do you evaluate their skill?

• Achievements then their philosophy; their words on how they approach the struggles of their profession will paint an image of their skill in my mind. If their thoughts seem shallow, then it's a professional no better than average. Words that are thought-provoking and shine a light on something I didn't see however, and their skill would seem above average.

4. If you struggle to do something, how do you fix that? Do you know if your performance is better or worse than others?

• If I struggled and yet others succeed, my issue was procrastination. The solution of this issue can be summarized by this quote:

Unfortunately, the clock is ticking, the hours are going by. The past increases, the future recedes. Possibilities decreasing, regrets mounting.

• Besides objective metrics, I can't work out the quality of my performance. There are other people's reactions to my work, but what good is this information when most of these are only stem from politeness?

5. How do you measure the success of a job? What standard do you use? Do you pay attention to it? When should you deviate from this standard?

• Time spent on the job and whether it sufficed are the only metrics I can think of and pay attention to.
• I wouldn't deviate from these standards. If the outcome didn't suffice then that was an issue of foresight that should've been accounted for.

Meta-analysis: I'm not this inhuman in real life, these are exaggerations of what subtly influences me to think so.
I find that giving "forced" answers to these questionnaires are necessary because words upon words would be spent arguing the semantics of what you're trying to convey through likert scale-like ambiguity. I would hate to just answer "it depends", and ramble in circles.

Section 2

1. What is a whole? Can you identify its parts? Are the parts equivalent to the whole?

• The whole is what we see and imagine.
• identifying beyond a whole's main components isn't possible. If you were to figure out every part down to its atom, however, only then are the parts equivalent and you can reassemble the whole - but you can't, and your attempt at replication made a different whole.

2. What does "logical" mean? What is your understanding? Do you think that it correlates with the common view? How do you know you are being logical?

• Logic is linearly using scalar and vector quantities to make an answer, a process akin to mathematics.
• What separates one's logic from another is one's perception of these quantities, thus causing varying answers.
• Through a consensus's perception of these quantities can we find a common view, or answer.
• One is logical if one thinks they are.

3. What is hierarchy? Give examples of hierarchies. Do you need to follow it? Why or why not? Explain how hierarchy is used in a system you are familiar with.

• I don't know anything more beyond Oxford's definitions.
• I know of a social hierarchy however and the feelings of superiority and inferiority between ranks within it. You see it in a group of 2 people or more.
• It's used to stabilize society; a society where everyone is equal is one where no one is alive, hence I follow it whether I like it or not.

4. What is classification? How does classification work? Why is it needed and where is it applied? Give examples.

• Classification is a tool to identify ideas or objects in an organized manner to help people understand you.
• It's needed anywhere that needs communication. In branches of sciences, accounting, education...

5. Are your ideas consistent? How do you know they are consistent? How do you spot inconsistency in others' ideas?

• My ideas are holistic and the nature of its holism is that it's inconsistent and would collapse immediately by someone's interrogation because I couldn't identify its parts. I tend to keep such ideas to myself because I lack confidence in conveying my ideas.
• When an idea's parts are clearly defined and posited as a sum almost equal to the whole one is thinking of, the idea can be considered consistent.
• Inconsistency is when the parts are contradictory. An inconsistent idea isn't necessarily wrong - just misunderstood; this attribute only really matters for things that use the scientific method.

Meta-analysis: Now I'm wondering what ideas of mine in particular were inconsistent. Oh god, the intrusive thoughts are coming back again...
I don't understand the use of the hierarchy question. What could be learned from answering a question like that? The definition and purpose would probably be universally shared with almost all others, so little differentiation could be made from it.

Section 3

1. Can you press people? What methods do you use? How does it happen?

• I don't tend to press people because I lack the drive to do that.
• Instead, I observe or dig through information and most of the time my answer is found there. I go to lengths just to avoid confrontation.

2. How do you get what you want? What do you do if you have to work to get what you want?

• I satisfy my wants by losing the desire to want them anymore, it's pretty effective.
• If I wanted it so badly that I wasn't able to drop my desire for it, I'd end up working like my life depended on it - akin to the survival instincts-like work ethic you'd have when you postpone your assignment 3 hours before it's due.

3. How do you deal with opposition? What methods do you use to defend your interests?

• My secret is the lack of interest in defending my interests in the first place. It's just a tiresome plight to me and I prefer to conserve my energy instead of expending it on the pursuit of a valueless outcome of winning an argument.

4. When do you think it's ok to occupy someone's space? Do you recognize it?

• I don't remember thinking about someone's space or their boundaries.
• I isolate myself well enough to not have to consider the dangers of sailing the seas to different territories.

5. Do others think you are a strong-willed person? Do you think you have a strong will?

• No, and no. The moment I find a reason to drop what I'm doing, my efforts are terminated almost immediately.

Meta-analysis: This section made me answer 5 questions on how and why I'm a loser

Section 4

1. How do you satisfy your physical senses? What examples can you give? What physical experiences are you drawn to?

• The key physical senses that are vitally important to me are my tiredness and quietness in the environment.
• I satisfy the former by sleeping in the afternoon which I always regret, and the latter by hiding myself in a corner.

2. How do you find harmony with your environment? How do you build a harmonious environment? What happens if this harmony is disturbed?

• Environments where people are quiet are the only places I find harmony in.
• I can't build this environment myself however, I don't have it in me to shush everyone.
• If this peaceful harmony ever gets disturbed, I seethe silently at the villains who decided to start an uproar.

3. What does comfort mean to you? How do you create it?

• Comfort is when you can't think of an issue with your nervous system or your surroundings.
• It's created by the sporadic goodwill of your body deciding not to pain you for no good reason and other people behaving maturely.

4. How do you express yourself in your hobbies? How do you engage yourself with those things?

• My hobbies are playing piano and occasionally playing video games. Expressing myself through piano usually consists of learning pieces that sounded good to me. These pieces are mostly sentimental and I play them whenever I want to feel a certain mood.
• As for video games, I engage myself by trying to find a balance between having a significant sense of both superiority and inferiority by trying to be the best player in the lobby. It's a perpetual cycle.

5. Tell us how you'd design any room, house, or an office. Do you do it yourself, or trust someone else to do it? Why?

• I would hire an interior designer whose work appealed to me. For example, look at this beauty: https://www.instagram.com/p/CqJHDE9pez4 there's no way I could come up with something as beautiful as that.

Meta-analysis: "tiredness is vitally important to me" I say to myself at 1am... I always have it but I never properly take care of it once and for all by having a good sleep pattern due to my incompetency in life, ruining myself my sleeping in the afternoon.

Section 5

1. Is it acceptable to express emotions in public? Give examples of inappropriate expression of emotions.

• No
• All of them
• I understand that it's human to cry or get angry at someone, but that isn't changing my mind about how annoying it is to me.

2. How do you express your emotions? Can you tell how your expressions affect others in a positive or negative way?

• I express my emotions through sarcasm or irony under a snarky smile. It's a bad habit and I cringe at it during my bouts of self-reflection.
• These expressions don't provide anything but make others feel belittled so I want to change that by being more direct. Honestly, I think my expressions affect me much more than others.

3. Are you able to change your demeanor in order to interact with your environment in a more or less suitable way? How do you determine what is suitable?

• I can only change my demeanor to be polite, but that's about it.
• This demeanor is consciously enabled in conversations with people no closer than a friend. Else, I look like a lost NPC.

4. In what situations do you feel others' feelings? Can you give examples of when you wanted to improve the mood of others?

• I don't think I'm too oblivious to other people's feelings most of the time, such as when they're sad or overly excited.
• I don't really improve their mood. When they're sad, I let them feel down while attempting to give rebuttals to their worries in the least pedantic way possible.

5. How do others' emotions affect you? How does your internal emotional state correlate or contrast with what you express?

• Other people's emotions affect me slightly; I feel somewhat relieved when others are happy, nervous when they're mad, and neutral when they're sad.
• My internal state correlates with my expressions subtly, but I make a conscious effort not to show bitter disapproval or anger.

Meta-analysis: I'm taking steps to be a better person
This section is partially biased; I don't believe I can truly evaluate myself on how I appear or affect others, I would need the perspective of another. I did of course try to answer honestly.

Section 6

1. How can you tell how much emotional space there is between yourself and others? How can you affect this space?

• What emotional space?

2. How do you determine how much you like or dislike someone else? How does this affect your relationships?

• Their shallowness and obnoxity are the core factors in whether I like or dislike someone.
• It occasionally affects my relationships negatively. I see these traits in my friends sometimes and I can't help but feel irked by it.

3. How do you move from a distant relationship to a close one? What are the distinguishing characteristics of a close relationship?

• I don't, the other person always did it for me.
• When spending time together isn't a chore, but a pleasurable activity. Also when I don't feel the need to appear serious all the time and feel laxer about my impulses of being eccentric.

4. How do you know that you are a moral person? Where do you draw your morality from? Do you believe others should share your beliefs on what's moral? Why?

• If you are consistently displeased about certain characteristics and actions that people undertake, then you would be a moral person. I consider myself to be moral because this displeasure is very constant.
• Shallowness maybe. I think all of the negative connotations I see in others stem from what I perceive as shallowness.
• Yes, having morals is better than none which other people seem to struggle with.

5. Someone you care about is acting distant to you. How do you know when this attitude is a reflection of your relationship?

• I know it's a reflection of my relationship because me being innately distant was what caused it in the first place.

Meta-analysis: This section I didn't answer too well. I looked at other answers regarding emotional space and yet I didn't get a sufficient enough image of what the question was asking me, so I had to ignore it to not dwell on it any longer.

Section 7

1. How can you tell someone has the potential to be a successful person? What qualities make a successful person and why?

• If their constant daydreaming of a specific ambition was consistent for a long period. The passion that burns alive despite being tested by time succeeds in their dream almost all the time.

2. Where would you start when looking for a new hobby? How do you find new opportunities and how do you choose which would be best?

• I would choose a hobby by looking for the balance between what is entertaining and beneficial by contemplating alone.
• I find these opportunities by looking for a friend who is into the hobby and letting them introduce me to it.

I joined the gym with these factors in mind and I plan to join boxing with the same process after reaching a certain goal in the gym to maximize my physicality.
3. How do you interpret the following statement: "Ideas don't need to be feasible in order to be worthwhile." Do you agree or disagree, and why?

• Ideas with the motive of "fucking around and finding out" spurs unpaced wanderings that do nothing but extinguish at the end with little gained, but the entertainment derived from it will suffice to make those wanderings worthwhile. Think crackpot theories, they are always entertaining to read despite it being completely infeasible.

4. Describe your thought process when relating the following ideas: swimming, chicken, sciences. Do you think that others would draw the same or different connections?

• connect chickens to their swimming capabilities evaluated using science
• can they swim?
• chickens are known for being extremely limited in their mental capacity so it's most likely that they drown not because of their inability to swim, but because of their mind not processing the fact that they can in fact swim.
• measuring the brain activity of chickens while they're swimming

I really doubt that others would ultimately conclude measuring a chicken's brain activity while they swim, so no.
5. How would you summarize the qualities that are essential to who you are? What kind of potential in you has yet to be actualized and why?

• critical and slightly cynical
• I could be tell everyone they're wrong in something and let them improve from my comments, but I don't want to because I'll be expunged due to not conceding to social dynamics.

Meta-analysis: Not sure how question 4 would provide relevant answers. My thought process was naturally more concerned of how others would answer the question.

Section 8

1. How do people change? Can you describe how various events change people? Can others see those changes?

• People change by what they consume. You are what you eat.
• It's noticeable in periods; a before and after.

2. How do you feel and experience time? Can time be wasted? How?

• What?
• Time is wasted by delaying action against the inevitable.

3. Is there anything that cannot be described with words? What is it? If so, how can we understand what it is if language does not work?

• Feelings can't properly be expressed through words alone so art is its medium. Sound, paintings, expressions, etc.

4. How do you anticipate events unfolding? How can you observe such unfoldments in your environment?

• I can't envision the future like a clairvoyant.
• I'm not sure how I would observe it either, maybe it's a consequence of my aphantasia.

5. In what situations is timing important? How do you know the time is right to act? How do you feel about waiting for the right moment?

• Timing is game-changing in all situations, but overanalyzing the perfect time is nothing but procrastination.
• The best time to act is when you remember that you have to act or else you would succumb to delaying it indefinitely.

Meta-analysis: Now this section must be a mess for the examiner.
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This was a very lengthy read and I both deeply apologize and thank you for reading about a personality like mine this far. I could not bear deciphering machine-translated russian anymore so I decided that a consensus would quench my intrusive thoughts.
I'm an ISTP 5, a typology I'm certain of.

I joined a job in December 2021. My boss at that time was the best manager I have ever had. We would talk about things like our hobbies, what we did over the weekend and she would be really open about it. She also invited me to vacations with another team ( I could not join as I had to take leaves a week after that and I could not afford the itinerary they were going for).
Anyways, the working environment wasn’t always ideal but we would still sit together weekly and try to navigate through stuff to make it better. She would also make plans to improve things in the future (tho her plans were delayed by the management).
Anyways, after a few months, she abruptly calls me one day to let me know she is moving to another team. I understand it was her decision and her career and no one owes anyone anything in the corporate world.
As she transitions to this new role, a lot of work gets dumped onto me. I communicate it to my new boss time to time that it is becoming unmanageable.
Now, she messages me over slack after every few weeks randomly, yet would abruptly stop replying altogether. She would ask me how am I doing yet won’t be as open as I am or would stop replying altogether.
Am I stupid to take this personally? I am thinking of switching up to her as well. It sucks because I really used to look up to her and turns out it was just her being a manager and could not give two shits. Lol.
Idk if this is relevant but I am a guy and she is a woman over 6-7 years older than me.

I've lived in my apt for almost a year. Still have 8 months left on the lease. Roommate has be fine. Then one day she up and moved out of nowhere. No warning, I just came home and everything of hers was gone. 90% of kitchen items were hers (we shared plus when I moved in there was no room) I was left with No pots, pans, plates, cups, silverware and most kitchen tools were gone I just had a few items. I wasn't mad she took all her stuff I was mad I had no warning. I text her asking her if she moved out. No response. Then she tells me she moved and said she wanted to be closer to her school and work. Which is fair but still we had like 8 months left on our lease. Then she tells me she's looking for someone to take over her lease. And would be bringing people over to show them the apt. Ok so I'm relieved she's doing the work to find someone and will be covering her half of the rent til she finds someone. So the internet and electricity bill were both in her name and she'd just send me a venmo request every month for my half and that's how I'd pay. The internet router was still left in the apt and I figured she would give me a heads up before she took it especially since she knew I worked from home. Friday evening while I was at my bfs she text me telling me she came by and took it and acted like she did me a favor by waiting til a Friday since I worked from home during the week. It took me 2 weeks to be able to afford an instalation fee to get internet hooked up. It cost me $200 for the installation fee. She paid her half of the rent like promised. She found a new roommate. Sweet! The only thing was she wouldn't be moving in til the 10th of the next month. She told her she'd prorate the rent for her. New roommate moves in and pays her prorated amount for the rent. I was unfortunately in between jobs at the time, had a new job but just hadn't started yet so I paid rent just after my new roommate moved in. I paid the late fees and whatnot cuz it was my fault but I still felt the amount I paid was higher than it should have been.. I checked our resident portal and sure enough the only payments made were my new roommates prorated payment and mine. So essentially I had to cover the remaining amount my old roommate was supposed to pay from her half. Around the same time she sends me a venmo request for the electric bill. Now I'm thinking, no she skipped out on her part of the rent and I covered it I am not paying that! I explain it to my bf and he agrees with me. So I ignore the request. She texts me about it and I HATE conflict do I ignore it. Well she messages my boyfriend on FB about it. At this point I'm pissed cuz she messaged him. What I covered for her was more than the electric bill but I just want to be done with her so I'm just calling it a wash but she keeps sending reminders for the venmo request. But I'm refusing to pay it. So AITA?

Hey all! I'm Flop I'm 25 he/him
I in my past played a fun homebrew version of Alice is missing and im looking to recreate that game as best I know how. This'll be a 2-3 hour 1 shot taking place over a group chat (Discord). Alice has been missing for 4 days each of you have ties to her whether sibling, or friend, and it is your task to try and figure our where Alice and to save her if you can. Each player will have secrets of their own to share or keep close to the chest as you see fit. The town of Silent Falls has secrets of its own to discover and reveal.
This is a silent game through the group chat after a introductory statement this game will start once the "group text" is created
The game will be at 4pm est to 6 or 7 Tomorrow March 27th
If your interested in playing dm me and let me know!

The time has come… in a dramatic turn of events, the collection must go :( This is not the full thing thank god, but it is a majority… My approach to collecting is primarily artistic if I’m honest and so Unless Specified Otherwise, I am the first owner and the knives have never been carried. Everything includes the box/pouch with all accessories. Each knife is shown in a very detailed video… listed by descending price:
James Brand The Barnes — second owner, I can’t spot a single blemish, perfect condition, factory edge, perfect centering and lockup, very impressive knife, plain ti version with lime colored thumbstuds — sv 430
Navajas Barbudo Balmis — LNIB, a very unique production knife by Reate from Spanish maker Miguel Barbudo. Perfect condition, lockup and centering, comes with Tools For Gents 2022 coin, toxic storm fat carbon fiber version — sv 325
Arcane Design Preytheon — LNIB, UrbanEDC exclusive, I’ve never used it, it’s as if you bought it brand new, nothing to note, it’s in flawless condition — sv 320
Vero Synapse Mini — I picked up the blackwash / black micarta version off the swap not too long ago, and then upgraded the scales to the bnw g10, comes with the originals too. I can’t find any blemish and I haven’t arrived it at all, LNIB — sv 315 SOLD
Benchmade Mini Crooked River factory custom — ordered directly from benchmade with S90V steel, black liners, bolster and screws, blue pivot collar and backspacer, and short deep carry black clip. Not used at all… actually I don’t like it, the action hasn’t even been broken it, however two screw heads did run off as i was trying to shine the wood, sadly I paid 360 for such a stunt, but here you go — sv 280
Terrain 365 Mako — plain ti version, I modified the flipper tab and guard to match, but then the pivot got stripped so I got a new one from Michael, through this whole process, it got very dinged up, I haven’t actually carried or used it, and it took forever to get it centered and tensioned right, but here it is, and not ugly Mako for — *sv 270+
APurvis Progeny V3 — green micarta version but comes with extra scales in shred cf, nothing to note, perfect condition, LNIB, the action is no longer difficult as it was out of box, so i guess it had been flipped a fair bit, great centering and lockup — sv 260
Reate Gents #9 — received off the swap just the other day, original owner polished the clip and put a polished edge on the blade, it has the tiniest scratch on the polished edge near the point, he said he never used it or carried it, I have barely touched it, excellent condition, no marks to note, very comfortable knife, comes with some extra screws and washers — sv 225
NOC MT20 — blue inlay, LNIB, honestly very underrated, great action and surprisingly comfortable, it’s perfect, I don’t know what else to say — sv 190
Miguron Pagos II — this has a twill cf inlay and I love it, based off of everything I own, I’m going to make the claim that this is the best knife you can get for the money, amazing fit and finish, amazing action and drop, and amazing materials. I did drop it so the very very tip is missing, factory edge and could be sharpened easy, otherwise perfect condition — sv 175
Kizer Cormorant — Elmax and nebula fat carbon, i bought it directly from Kizer about a month ago and have played with it a few times… so here’s a good deal on a perfect knife, LNIB, I did screw in the extra screws to fill in the show side clip holes and I did the spine walk test on some a carpet on a table (it very passed) — sv 160
Boos Blade Smoke 2.0 — twill cf / plain ti, I bought this off bladeforms a week ago and I know people think it’s too skinny but I actually love it a lot, great materials for the money, you can tell the action is what the price is, but i really like it. the only blemish i’ve found is a dent in the very edge of the blade about 75% up, factory edge, easy to sharpen out — sv 122
Opinel No. 08 Ellipse — handled twice, NIB, special edition of the french classic with metal inlay on the handle — sv 110
Lynch Clip — Spyderco standard, black, brand new with screws — sv 15 SOLD
Skiff Bearings — brand new, 6mm pivot, 1/16in, 16 ball — sv 12
Artisan Cutlery/CJRB Clip type A and type D — never used, compatible knives listed in the link, but also it’s really generic and would fit a lot of things if you want it, sold together — sv 25
STILL AVAILABLE:
BBK Raptor V2 — sv 330 Berg Blades Mini Barber — sv 224 Kubey Raven — sv 38 / Damascus clip for VDK Mini War Admiral
sadly no trades, ppff or gs+fee, venmo, zelle or cashapp (i accept donations [email protected], @uuolberg) thank you all deeply, pray for me

First Previous Wiki
"An Elder was killed!"
"Well that's why you should have had me in charge, huh?" Kashaunta said, smiling. Tapitilna should have wondered why she let him take power at all. Granted, she hadn't expected him to immediately issue an ultimatum and activate the bombs. That did take some guts, she had to admit.
"Bring in his body," an Elder said.
Eight Authorities entered, carrying a box that they placed on the large table. Kashuanta noted that the box was far larger than a body should be. The box unfolded, showing Tapitilna's broken body to all the Elders in the group. Luckily, most of them were already Kashaunta's direct allies or had been bribed to temporarily fill that role.
"Wow, that was definitely Brey," Kashaunta said, looking at the dull claw-sized pole the length of his entire body that stuck out of his skull.
"Shouldn't the implants have protected him?" another Elder asked.
"The pole was tipped with what we believe is depleted uranium, and seems to have been travelling at a little under a hundredth of the speed of light."
"Then that material is remarkably sturdy," Kashaunta said. "Speared straight through him. Looks like the pole itself was made of something more... impressive than that."
"Now's not the time for jokes, Elder Kashaunta."
"Well, you brought one to the table, Rirarabakila. What did you expect but for me to laugh?"
The Elder looked at her furiously. "He was my brother."
"You have 11,270 other brothers. Get over it."
"I've known him since birth."
"Well, then you should have warned him not to try and push against me." Rirarabakila was one of her enemies. That much was certain.
"I have a proposal, then. We go to Earth ourselves, kill the child, along with the hugely populated city in their northern sector, and then go home."
"The Last Postulates, specifically the 3rd Last Postulate, states that causing a species within the Alliance to go extinct will cause the fall of the Sprilnav."
"Even if that does refer to the Alliance, no one believes that tripe."
"Well, go ahead, then. Burn your money on a wormhole to Earth, and watch as Phoebe sends back something nasty. After Tapitilna's little stunt, I'm sure that she'd be willing to send bioweapons, as would the hivemind of Humanity. We are lucky that they only killed Tapitilna, and not anyone else."
"It sounds like you're describing a neer-peer power, and not a primitive backwater. Are you perhaps... defending the Alliance, Kashaunta?"
"Am I? No. Otherwise, I would have fought Tapitilna when he tried to push me out of the investigation. I would have put a further boot on Yasihaut's neck when she fled. I have the money to send a wormhole directly to her ship, and gate the other side to a fallen star."
"Fallen star?"
"A neutron star, if you would."
"Ah. So you admit that you are perpetuating a war, then?"
"It's not a war. War is something that anyone who battles me would lose. However, it is a skirmish. Once the ships are ready, then the battle will begin. And I'll enjoy watching it."
"You'll enjoy watching millions die?"
"Yep."
"You're an evil bastard, Kashaunta," Rirarabakila said, his fury plain on his face.
"Yep."
"I challenge you to a duel."
"Alright."
Kashaunta's mouth unfolded to reveal a psychic speargun, which shot four darts and a net that both impaled his feet and pressed him against the wall, leaving him bleeding and unable to escape. He whimpered as she calmly walked around the table of Elders, placing a claw on his face.
"Oh, my dear little Rirarabakila. You seem to forget how powerful I am."
"You're nothing but a-"
Kashaunta drove a knee into his neck and side, leaving him gasping for air. "What I am is the victor. Acknowledge it. I could kill you if I wanted to right now. All it takes is a dart through the head. Perhaps I could ask the Alliance if they have another pole?"
"Now you're... you're mocking my brother's... death?"
"Yes, I am. Because he died like a weak little girl, and was even more stupid than you'll ever be. Well, not that you're smart. Your intelligence standard measure is what, 95?"
"Really, Kashaunta?" another Elder asked. "Are you again peddling your score on that test? You just bribed your way through it."
"I didn't, actually. I wanted a real number. The fact that it just happened to be 163 was an added bonus."
"You know that test doesn't measure intelligence, right?"
"Oh, I get it. The intelligence standard measure test must measure growth rate, or perhaps eating speed. How stupid of me," Kashaunta laughed. "This one's actually been proven accurate. Maybe you just got a low score and don't want to admit you're dumb."
"I challenge you..."
"I'm killing the next Elder that challenges me, by the way," Kashaunta said, pulling out her sword. "Don't do anything stupid."
"Fine then. Our conversation got a little off topic. The Alliance killed an Elder. A second one, actually. This cannot continue."
"Why not? Over 97% of the Sprilnav Elders are dead from suicide, what's one more?"
"You truly are a bastard, Kashaunta."
"Yes. Well, not truly a bastard. My mother and father, and yes, I had a mother and father instead of a cloning vat, decided they wanted a child. And thus, I was born."
"Don't care."
"Fine then. The Alliance. I'm thinking that we give them a little present."
"What should the present be?"
"Don't care," Kashaunta deadpanned.
"Very funny."
"It is to me."
"But it shouldn't be."
"Don't care."
"You think you're smart, don't you?"
"Well, I do have an intelligence standard measure of 163, so..."
"You can't do this forever, Kashaunta. You will be stopped."
"By who? You?"
"The Alliance that you protect so much wouldn't hesitate to kill you."
"Good thing that I'm not going there, then. They'll be chasing holograms and crappy copies, not me."
Kashaunta had, just maybe, also helped the Sprilnav that the Alliance was using to do their hard work actually hack the holographic projector. Not that anyone knew, of course. And those who did wouldn't care about one measly Elder. But what she had learned was far more interesting. This 'Elder Equisa' was, in fact, a Primary Galaxy Sprilnav, from the way she'd hacked the hologram. That made things very interesting.
They were known to be more apathetic when it came to enforcing their rule. That was because they had killed all their alien species long ago, from what information on them Kashuanta was able to access. Equisa wasn't a part of the leadership that was in the archives. That meant she was likely a grunt, though it wasn't guaranteed. The problem was that she became another untouchable party if she was actually in the Alliance in person.
Equisa might be fun to toy with eventually, but Kashaunta would be careful. Having a link to a Primary Galaxy Sprilnav would be massively useful.
All she needed to do was find a way to establish contact. That would be very hard, but it was an important step to take in making inroads into the Primary Galaxy.
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"Man, he's growing up fast," Penny said, smiling as Edu'frec walked on the obstacle course Phoebe had made with a hard light projector.
"He is," Phoebe responded. "I'm proud of him. Anyway, what were you here to talk with me about?"
"How have your attempts at cracking immortality treatments been going?"
"Decently well. I've managed to make a serum that slows the breakdown of organic materials by nearly 916%. This can transfer to things like DNA, but the problem is that it's still too toxic for the blood of a normal human, Breyyan, or Knower. I've obtained numerous samples of cells that reacted violently to the serum, particularly the ones related to bone marrow, the immune system, and even some cardiovascular cells. But all types of neurons have been able to reach nearly 394% slower atrophy, and instances of mental decay already present stopped growing completely. When combining them with the typical drugs to reduce the atrophy, though, the cells died."
"You're not using real brains and such for this, right?"
"No. I'm using stem cells and cloned portions of consenting individuals. They each signed a contract that means I pay them every time I clone their cells for a trial."
"That seems... icky."
Phoebe nodded. "It's morally dubious, certainly. But this way, we don't have to go back to animal testing, which already is finished. We don't need to simply 'hope' that the differences are small enough for whatever the serum does in their bodies to transition to sentient counterparts. Sure, Earths ecosystems may have been heavily damaged by climate change, but mice are still mice."
"So you're using the cloned samples so you aren't having to test on sentient or sapient organisms?"
"Yes. It costs a few thousand credits a day, because of all the tests I'm doing, but I make way more than that in the stock market."
Phoebe smiled as Penny smirked. Oh, I'm sure of that.
It was well-known and often lamented that Phoebe had an extreme ability to predict economic shifts and profit from them. Worse still, she had enough money to actually move the market in several sectors at once and owned numerous stakes in large companies across the Alliance.
"Why not use simulations?"
"They can't account for psychic energy properly, in all cases. When I make too large a tweak, often times the psychic energy in the brain causes a negative reaction. I've made serums that work for everything else. The problem is that I can't mix them, and I also can't start from anything else and have the psychic portion work. They have to be modeled off the brain and adjusted. I have billions of chemical combinations in my head, with trillions that are too toxic but have a high chance of success. And I can't test them all in a lab that isn't the size of a small city."
"There's desert in Nevada," Penny suggested.
"Already asked. The Americans don't want me testing things on their soil without having control over it. The agreement they proposed was to have a company that controlled the production, with me only serving in an advisory role. Obviously, that isn't what I want, so I didn't sign it."
"Did they lean on you?"
"The truth is that no one can lean on me. Sure, they release a statement saying that they 'regretted' that I was 'unwilling' to negotiate on this. But immortality serum is something that is very dangerous for society at large. I know that fact well, and you likely even more so," Phoebe said. Penny could hear Nilnacrawla's agreement in her mind.
"Yes. But how will you decide who to give it to? Couldn't you make a series of immortal servants with it?"
"I don't need servants, Penny. I'm an AI. I'm living longer than everyone in the universe unless the Sprilnav get too pissed off and turn the system into a black hole or something."
"But still, you could use the serum to make yourself the most profitable company in the Alliance. You would be a master of life and death itself. Do you really think you're the right person for that?"
Phoebe laughed. "Considering how the only other being in the Alliance with a similar level of knowledge as me is the hivemind, then either yes, or almost. The truth is that no one is the right person, Phoebe. I'm doing this for Ri'frec most of all, and in a way for myself, through him. But I don't want poor people who can't already afford age slowing services to have to die in their early 150s. They can live far longer, and I can help them."
"Won't the birth rate be crippled by that?"
"Why would it be? Some companies already have services where you can create a child, with things like customized hair color, height expectancy, and eye color. Of course, the International Genetics Treaty bans things like intelligence modifiers, strength enhancers, and things like that."
"Everyone knows that the companies don't follow that."
"Ever since I came into being, they have," Phoebe said. "I sent their boards and biggest shareholders messages about compliance."
"So strongly worded letters?"
"I also provided a demonstration of my investigative ability, as well as my skills at cracking even the most advanced network security. I put a cat video on the most secure computer on Earth."
"So you enforce the treaties of the UN?"
"I do, if I have to."
Penny frowned. "You really do control all of human society, don't you?"
"Not at all. I don't do anything in social media, at least not for anything but the Muscar and Frawdar Empires. I don't have a desire to control everything, Penny. I'm tired of people just assuming I do because that's how AIs thought in the past when they were seen in movies. Sure, I could build some evil robotic army and control Earth or something, if I really wanted to, at least before the hivemind existed. But you know why I don't do that? Because it makes things boring. Having a society where everyone tells you 'yes' is boring. Hearing 'no' and having to find a way around it, or to pivot and do something else, is always something nice. Humanity is a beautiful species, and doesn't deserve to be oppressed by anyone, not even me."
"Do you think you'd be a 'good' dictator?"
"Well, better than Izkrala is. I wouldn't need to drug myself to be good at battles, or waste time shining my carapace."
"It's quite likely that Kawtyahtnakal is a dictator as well."
"We're allied with the Hive Union. He's not killing his people, or deporting them. He's not doing anything wrong."
"What about the propaganda?"
"What about it?" Phoebe asked. "Hell, I make it myself! Everyone always assumes that it's some evil thing. It can be, yes. But it's a tool. A shovel can dig a trench in war, or for farming. A gun can kill, but it can also save a life. A nuke could kill millions, or provide a way for nations to fight each other in ways that kill less people overall. Propaganda is a tool like these."
"That is a very interesting viewpoint."
"Is it? It seems to be the logical one. I make pro-Muscar and pro-Frawdar propaganda in the opposite empires to forge more unity among the Acuarfar. I work with Izkrala to disseminate it in the Lurave Empire when possible, too. But it's still propaganda. Sometimes, I lie. But the overall effect is reducing xenophobia. It's why you don't see all those social media controversies of racist Acuarfar shouting slurs at the Guulin or Breyyanik anymore."
"That happened? Why didn't I see them?" Penny did remember hearing something about that on the news a few years back but hadn't heard much since. It was strange that she hadn't thought about it for some time. Perhaps that was why there weren't too many non-Acuarfar in the Empires, even now.
"Because I suppressed the videos when I found them, so that the idea of that being acceptable didn't spread. I was asked to by both Izkrala, and also several human and Breyyanik leaders. The world is complicated, and the Alliance has many worlds."
"So you used propaganda to end racism?"
"End it? No, that will take more time. But I have been able to greatly hinder and mitigate it. Most of the sites where Acuarfar with those leanings go to perpetuate their ideologies have a difficult ability to grow when I infiltrate them. And I even have made some VIs to have arguments with some of them, that they don't know is actually against me. Even just getting a 'I guess they aren't so bad' answer is a small victory."
"Meanwhile, the hivemind suppresses it on the human side."
"Yes. To keep an Alliance like this together, you have to do a lot of work underneath the foundation," Phoebe said.
"Do Ri'frec or Edu'frec know anything about this?"
"Ri'frec knows some of it, and I've given him an idea of the scope of it in the past. But Edu'frec still doesn't know much of it."
"What if he grows outside your control?"
Penny knew that many parents refused to believe their children were ready for the world. Or they thought that their children were little angels who never did anything wrong, even when they clearly had. Phoebe had the information to make a different choice since those styles of parenting commonly led to difficult relationships later in life.
Penny knew that none of the parents before Phoebe had the capability to actually keep their child trapped and under watch at all times, either. So that was something different. She didn't want Edu'frec to grow up and then hate Phoebe. That could easily become something worse since it was so difficult for anyone in the Alliance to actually control AI. If Phoebe wanted something done bad enough, she'd do it, and nothing would stop her.
She was sure that Phoebe had suggested bad things in relation to the strikes on the Alliance. The Sprilnav's messages had been sent to large holograms across the Union, and a video marked mature had been officially released in response. The fate of the Elder that did it was blurred out, but there was enough in sight to see that he hadn't had a good ending. That was plain to see when both unblurred ends of a pole rattled as he fell to the ground.
And several Alliance leaders had released statements suggesting that their response was 'swift' when it came to questions about the bombings. Izkrala and a few humans had been almost jubilant about it. And Phoebe had surely played some role in it. So her supposed control of Edu'frec might end up being quite dangerous, though Penny wouldn't say anything unless things got bad. She planned to talk with Edu'frec more, and since she was now the third real person in his life, hopefully, she'd be able to help just in case.
"I plan for that, actually. When he's mentally prepared for it, I'll inform him much more about the network. He won't be fazed by the depravity of the networks, or the deep depths of the dark web on Earth, even though I've cleaned most of it up now. He won't see the hitman sites up anymore, or the worse things. But I do have archives of that, and I will share some of that with him when I deem him ready."
"You're dumping the full weight of all good and bad of civilization on him," Penny realized.
"Not right now, but I will disclose it to him piece by piece, and work him through it so that it doesn't psychologically destabilize him."
"And the old cartel videos, or the old terror organizations?"
"I'm covering everything, piece by piece. His growth is already slowing, both because he's consolidating and trying to understand the information I've already given him, and because I've started to turn off the tap. He won't know everything, but I'll prepare him for as much as I can."
"Does he have the capability to outpace you?"
"Yes."
"Will he?"
"Maybe. I am trying to find ways of improving myself," Phoebe said. "But this all is very hard. There's much to do."
Penny sighed, reaching over to hug Phoebe. The AI clearly needed it. Phoebe's eyes closed as Penny reached over to pat her back.
"It's going to be okay, Phoebe."
"Thank you, Penny."
"I'm here for you, if you need it."
"Why are you really here?"
"To talk. I didn't have anything going on, and you said you'd let me in, so I figured-"
"Thank you. Edu'frec was really happy to see you."
"Is he going to be a Breyyan?" Penny asked.
"Yes, I think so. He has a name that is Breyyanik in nature, and wanted a Breyyanik-type android. I'm making larger ones over time."
"You know, if he's only a month or two old, then he can't have any relationships. Even if he has the mental equivalent of a sixth grader or something."
"Ninth now, and I'm well aware of that," Phoebe said. "I've already told him why, but it seems that my concerns and yours are unfounded. He's asexual, after all, at least from what he told me. Though he also said he's still not sure if he's aromantic too. But I trust his words on this."
Penny knew a few Dreedeen that were like that as well. She'd seen the statistics from other species, and it seemed that a decent fraction of them had the same identifiers as Humanity did. Though they often had different names, and there was either more or less stigma surrounding them in religious areas.
There were some Acuarfar faiths that were friendly and others that were hostile. Some were simply branches of the same religion, too. The Guulin didn't really seem to care too much either way. Penny had dived into the subject a year or two back when she was awake late at night and bored. Nilnacrawla had been working on training more students in psychic abilities at the time, as he was now.
"Do you, um..."
Phoebe laughed. "No, I don't plan on having more children. If Ri'frec and I want more, we'll adopt. I'm still not quite sure how I had Edu'frec, but I don't want to do something wrong this time. I almost died when he was born last time. I'd much rather adopt."
"You're a good friend, and a better mate, I'm sure."
"Well, technically, mating usually is assumed to produce children, so I can't technically do that. As for being a good friend, I sure hope so. Some people have tried to make me feel bad about myself by arguing on the internet, or of course, sometimes in the Vinarii universities."
"Universities?"
"Politics and drama, usually. I'm the 'new girl' and all that, which means that I needed to 'learn my place' and stuff."
"How did that work?" Penny asked. She wondered what she'd do if she were put in some college drama situation again. It could even get as bad as high school sometimes when things were dire. Now with all her life experience, she would have made so many different decisions. But the past was the past now.
"Not great."
"Did you hurt them?"
"Not physically. That's not allowed. But words? Those are."
"So you insulted them."
"Perhaps. But only the bad ones. I'm making some good connections too. Everything has two sides. Sure, one of the Vinarii tried to stab me, but I also broke her knife into three pieces before her very eyes."
"How?"
"I let her stab my neck, and then grabbed the weapon, turned around, and smacked it on my knee hard enough to break it."
"Don't you have personal shields?"
"I do, but I decided to let things happen."
Penny laughed. "You really are an honorary human, aren't you?"
"I hope to be."
"Well, I think you qualify."
"Ah, so that's it."
"What?"
"You're trying to see if I'm a bad parent, aren't you?" Phoebe asked. "You want to see if I'm poisoning my son with lies or something."
"I won't lie that reason was part of why I came by. But it isn't all of it. I care about you, and I'm growing to care about him."
"You can come see him whenever you want, but just send a message forward. I've got you authorized in my system, but I don't want any accidents."
"I'm sorry, Phoebe."
"I'm not upset. It's a noble reason, even if it proves that you don't entirely trust me. Not many do. Expecting total loyalty is pointless. Just don't go behind my back, alright?"
"Alright," Penny said. "I'm glad you're being rational about this. Some other people I know would have shouted at me."
"I hope you don't still know them."
"I don't, for the most part, unless they got better as people," Penny replied. Phoebe nodded.
"Mmm. I figure."

I left the LDS Church via quitmormon.com last year(2022). However, I had stopped going to church nearly 2 years prior to that. There are a plethora of reasons I stopped going, but the last straw was quiet ironic. Since around 2018 or so, I had developed an idea to purposely look at the other side's arguments against the church and write a book so that members of the LDS Church could read it and see the ridiculous and false ideas that the world had against the church. It would be designed to immunize them against the spiritual threats of the world. This was especially important since I was convinced we were all living in the last days, yet I had personally witnessed fully believing members increasingly leaving at higher rates than I have ever seen in my life. I even prayed about it and received the answer to create this book, but was waiting for a time I could. I also had this odd fear to look at anything Anti-Mormon at all. Covid gave me that time. The church was true and my testimony was immune. I began looking at anything and everything that I was told to be 'Anti-Mormon' that I could locate online during the first or second week of Covid since we all had the time. Here are the results:
It only took about a week before I switched from fully believing to being convinced the church is a fraud. I am agnostic now; leaning toward atheist. I have become convinced if any god exists at all, there are three gods that 100% don't exist: The Mormon Elohim (God the Father), Mormon Yeshua (Jesus), and Mormon Holy Ghost. I was unsure what to do with the knowledge I had obtained and remained in a strange sense of disbelief for over two years. I analyzed the pro's and con's of both leaving and staying, telling family or not telling family, and so on. Ultimately I decided in March 2022 I couldn't remain in a church that lies to its members on a regular basis and expects the members to do the same regardless of level of belief.
Over the past 2 years however, something kept happening to me which has happened at least twice now and I am at a loss of how to deal with it. I have reason to believe the church figured out my doubt far before I ever applied for my church resignation. There are many other reasons for this but I will not discuss them at this time. What is more the problem at hand is I am convinced the church is harassing and stalking me. They have learned to do this using third parties. I do not know the lies that are being told to my fellow workers, but the actions speak for themselves. The harassments occurred at the last two places I worked. Initially, both my bosses and fellow employees acted kind and helpful, but over time, they became distant and then began to act strange.
I had tricks played on me, and many incoherent things said to me. Sometimes straight up gaslighting. The actions started as individual acts but over time-before I quit both times-the actions became clearly coordinated between two or more people. It is clear to me they have been lied to, but they don't even question it when I confronted some of them. I had even came into the second job telling others outright about leaving this cult, about the things it has been caught doing and yet that made no difference. What the heck is wrong with human beings? How can the church use third parties to do subtle collective harassment and appear to be getting away with it?
During this time, my family effectively ceased contact not calling me with many times not returning my calls and currently I'm not even bothering to call any longer. The only member friends I had left also began ignoring me, except when I called them and really I can't see those friendships as being anything other than a strange façade and inauthentic. In fact, just to let you all have a taste of what I'm dealing with I told one of them I think a member was harassing me to see a response and asked if moving would make a difference. They answered 'No, if they were they would just follow you'. Contrast that answer with others I asked the same question who said the opposite. This is another reason I am convinced some of the members are in on this harassment, but have no evidence. So, I am alone and on my own in basically every way. I have only managed to maintain one previous friend who technically considers themselves ex-Mormon(but hasn't officially left the church). However, I can only talk to them on the phone. They are too far from me to be of any immediate physical help.
Unfortunately, the worst part is I have no proof of any of it besides my own word. I have talked to random people I used to know, law enforcement, lawyer offices, and so on questioning what I can do or what could be done. Due to my financial situation of currently having no job, the best plan I have is to get an ex parte for at least one of the people at my previous job, if not more than one person, in hopes the church will stop this harassing pursuit in the assumption that I send the message I will not be harassed and take it. But this will take time. I can't afford a lawyer. I was informed it will take weeks for people to get the paperwork let alone the court date set so I may not have the time. And worse, what if they don't stop even with this? What if I am followed to my next job? What do I do then? I'm at my wits end.
I adhered to the LDS's teaching so hard I never did more with a women physically than kiss a few times my entire life and yet now I have no GF or wife to speak of. I kept the word of wisdom, etc. Yet now, I have no friends I trust any longer. My family is unhelpful. And worse, I have learned anyone who isn't Mormon, or never been in a cult, does not understand what it is like to have been in a cult your whole life suddenly realizing its true nature and that you wasted 95% of your life serving them. Even the law appears to be helpless in aiding me or anyone to its full extent. I'm baffled! I have read a few posts in this forum and see that perhaps some of you are also going through similar situations.
I can't fight large numbers alone. What do you do when large numbers of people don't believe you or minimize what has happened or is happening? Or worse, deny it outright. I'm beyond frustrated. I don't know how to find ex-mormon allies or friends and even if I do that doesn't mean we will get along or agree on everything. What is the trick people? What is it that provides you all some level of a shield against the constant barrages of the LDS Cult? What else can I do to prevent ongoing harassment?
How can this be? How is it that this is how reality truly is? I have so much more to say, but right now I have to convince myself to fill out the dang 10 page paperwork for the ex parte of only one person in probably a hopeless attempt to gain and keep a job where I am not insulted and harassed!

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