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I made my Microsoft account in a German speaking country a few years back, now I live in another, non german speaking, country and my working language is english. When I got Bing AI it started talking in german and no matter in what language i answered it always answered my questions in german. I then changed the language settings to english and it kept reverting to german. I changed the country settings to international/UK including the labguage settings and it reverted to german. I changed my Edge settings as well but it reverted to german. I keep getting it to work for phases in english but it randomly changes back to german and it really really frustrates me at this point since I really need the results in english. (Rant: Why the hell must Edge/Bing/Bing Ai be so buggy and frustrating? If really hoped it was better than Chrome but as soon Google brings their Ai I will revert... ) Any ideas on how to solve my problem?

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So through out a lot of AD's tenure on the Lakers, specifically this year, I feel like the team has done a pretty poor job of running the offense through AD and I decided to try and break down some recent film to look more into it. He makes plenty of mistakes so this post isn't attempting to absolve blame, but more just give constructive criticism to how he's being used offensively. Because of this I'm gonna focus on taking somewhat rare examples of the Lakers making smart decisions around AD to point out what they should do more often rather than just posting low lights
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Very curious for other's thoughts on what I'm suggesting they do more of, if you think the analysis is fair, or if you think you have even better ideas on how the team should be utilizing Davis
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PS This is my first time doing this so I'm very open to constructive criticism as there's at least a chance I'll try and do more stuff like this in the future
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Lets start with some examples of lack of off ball movement:
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In this clip you see the entire defense focused on him. Rui cuts to the middle of the paint but he cuts to a place where there's no open passing lane, but there's no meaningful movement on offense and it leads to a lazy iso jumper.
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In this one you see something somewhat similar with vando cutting to the middle, AD being doubled with every player looking at him. He misses the shot but the lack off off ball movement just makes it incredibly easy for the defense to focus on him while cutting off passing lanes.
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Now if you watch the Lakers you've seen a ton of plays like this, especially since the raptors spent most of the game selling out to stop AD recently. The rest of the team stepped up in that game and punished the raptors for their scheme but as teams replicate the strategy its made the holes in the rest of the lakers offense much more clear. I'm not gonna spam a bunch more clips like the two before, but just wanted to give you examples of how the lakers offense running through AD is often just getting AD in iso and hoping he can beat a double/triple (which is obviously a terrible way to run an offense).
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Dibble hand off (aka DHO) potential:
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Here you see a DHO between AD and Reaves where ADs defender drops, reaves defender picks him up giving reaves a solid look. Not only this but Brown Jr's defender slides to reaves creating a wide open 3 on top of everything else
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Plays like that open up opportunities like this where you can get Davis in single coverage once again because the defense has to respect his teammates on some level
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Now after you've established the threat of that it leads to plays where teams have to respect it, once again giving the best player on the team easy looks
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Off Ball cuts:
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AD isn't jokic but there are 100% ways you can set him up for easy passes to help create shots for others like this.
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Cutting more even when AD isnt the focal point of the play can open up shots for him as well. He can be very effective off ball, and the more you can do stuff like this the harder it is for a coach to solely rely on swarming him
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Guard Screen potential:
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Here you have Beasley screen for Davis setting him up to take a midrange jumper. As we all know this isnt the exact spot you want AD shooting, but its so much better than what you see far too often -- him being swarmed with no one working to get open, often resulting in far worse jumpers
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He misses this and once again its not ideal but seeing them try something like this is still an improvement over a lot of their stagnant possessions
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Id love to see them explore using guards as screeners off ball too when AD has the ball to create open shots for shooters while AD is posted up with the ball. Opening up a couple good shots for him to easily pass out to could really force teams to focus more time, energy and attention on the perimeter. This isn't a perfect example of that but its at least them using motion off ball to actually take advantage of the gravity AD creates so regularly
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Pick n Rolls (aka PnRs):
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This is an obvious one because AD is obviously a great lob threat, but I still feel as if the team doesn't try and use PnRs to their advantage as much as they should (LeBron coming back could help this a lot tbf)
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The play doesn't even have to be trying to force AD the ball, you can use it to open up passes to other players, which can in turn get enough of the defenses attention to get him open looks if the defense respects the other players just a bit
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A similar example to the last
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A play like this requires the defense respecting the guard on the roll, but this is the sort of pay off we can also see as we punish teams more from doubling AD. This is very achievable with LeBron, was a staple of the 2020 run, and yet its just severely under utilized even when he's playing
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Another example of an imperfect jumper that's still much better than a ton of their offensive possessions
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TLDR: Darvin Ham is bastard man and I probably spent too much time on this lol

I have just started playing APA and I have a very basic understanding of how they come up with your handicap. Innings, defenses, wins, meritous awards etc.
What I can't understand is how they can rate certain events for your handicap.
Such as, if you are in the play offs and shoot last. You only need x amount of balls to end the match. How would that effect your handicap if you only needed to secure 5 points and did so without a miss?
Or, my league had a scotch doubles handicapped tournament for a trip to the championships. There was a 10 handicap team limit, but a 3 could play with a 7. The 3 would probably make way more balls with the 7 shooting position for them and runs would be extended due to the 7 making hard shots off bad position or playing great defense.
How could a 3 play in a situation like that without their handicap raising unfairly?
These are not situations that I have been in, but as I'm learning the league, they are situations that I have no idea how they would be reviewed.
Are there any league ops or veteran players that could explain it to me?

On my previous post, I mentioned that when I finally decided to develop my social skills, I took my notebook 📒 and started interviewing strangers that looked Interesting.
Here are 3 things I learned while doing that and other things for 5 years.
Lesson 1: How you think and feel about yourself, has a profound effect on how others think and feel about you. If you believe in yourself and what you do, you will give out a sense of stability that inspires other people to be close to you.
Believing in yourself doesn’t mean that you are sure about what you are doing, but rather it’s about taking responsibility for it. Being honest with yourself about your strengths and weaknesses and trying to see the situation for what it is, rather than gaslighting yourself into comfort.
When I was out on the streets to develop my skills, after trial and error I figured the best thing to do was honesty.
I simply went up to people and said “Hey, I am trying to evolve my social skills, and I have this notebook that I give to interesting people to write something about their self. Wanna write?”
What I was saying was honest and most people found it interesting enough to contribute a few words on my notebook and a small conversation.
Believing in yourself doesn’t mean that you think you are the best. It simply means that you are taking responsibility for yourself by being oriented towards positive change in a Honest way.
Lesson 2: Pick one thing, and focus on it intensely instead of doing little of many things.
By surgically picking the skills that matter most to you and focusing on building a method around evolving those, you tap into the most efficient way to improve and progress on that path.
Change and progress are exponential, not linear. That means that when you become really good at one thing, you actually become good at other things too. And as you keep growing, it becomes easier to master other skills too, because you now have experience on the growth and beginner mindset.
As I was focusing on improving my skill of approaching strangers, I got better at other types of approaches too, like approaching my professors at university for a more personal conversation, or approaching a person that I was romantically interested in.
Lesson 3: Be adaptive. Listen and watch. Focus on your environment, not on your thoughts.
In order to identify if I was actually welcome and I was not being a nuisance to the people I approached, I learned to be aware of certain cues. If you pay attention you can sense if the other person takes metaphorical steps towards you or away from you. When they metaphorically (or physically) move away, you move away too. Don’t be pushy!! If you force yourself on people you simply seem like a NPC salesman that tries to sell the contents of his ashtray. Quit it!!
By being aware, your value rises. After all, someone who wouldn’t get what you are doing, would probably be a bad match for you anyway.
It’s like getting followers on social media. You don’t simply want x number of followers, but actual people with similar interests that engage and get value from your content.
So, those are my thoughts, I hope you found some value on this post. I reply to every comment so you are welcome to share with me whatever you have to say about this.
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I just need to get this off my chest because it feels like it's about to explode. I hope this doesn't bother anyone.
I'm in my late 30s now, and I grew up with a father who never really showed me love. He wasn't abusive or anything and always provided for our family. It felt like that was all he really did: Provide. And for that, I am still grateful.
However, growing up, I always felt like I had to prove my worth to him. I wasn't shown any type of encouragement or love at home. When I was learning how to write, he only sat with me once for english homework and said if I got an answer wrong, he would pinch me as a consequence. In high school, when I tried playing my first basketball game in school and our team lost by 30+ points, he was one of the first to leave our bleachers and just waited for me in the car. Once after picking me up from school, he punched me in the face when I made a comment about him always complaining about his boss in the car. When I got into my first relationship during my rebellious years with someone my parents didn't approve of, he told my sister he was ready to disown me. Most conversations with him revolved around how good and lauded he was as a student, player, employee, pianist, and manager over the years.
I pursued graduate school and made a name for myself as a good professional. Throughout the years of visiting the rents, I began noticing a lot of little disturbing behaviors towards my mom. He would always interrupt her mid-sentence just to correct her grammar even if other people were around. He would also mock her way of speaking at times. I was starting to resent him. He would also only post about his doting staff on social media. We only came in second place.
He had a stroke, and years later, he underwent heart bypass surgery. So now he is disabled and very fragile. We have a rule about not causing him any stress, which could lead to a sudden heart attack or death. I stayed the 'rents during the pandemic because he needed 24/7 care. But I couldn't help but NOT feel sorry for him. He was always spoiled by my mom and relied so heavily on her (for food, for company, etc.) and she was starting to suffer and would rant to me all the time about how he never helps himself get around. He wakes up, watches TV, waits for breakfast, lunch, and dinner to be served to him, pees, poops, and sleeps. He is awkward with conversations and doesn't know how to connect with any of us. He coughs and sneezes without covering his mouth on the dinner table, and no one is allowed to call him out. Because "he is fragile" and "sick" with only 1/4 of his heart functioning. He freaks out over the smallest things and also orders everyone around to do the smallest things like getting him a glass of water when he could still easily do it himself. He acts entitled to everything after retirement and it feels like a prison. I feel deeply sad for my mom, who is seemingly now reduced to acting like a maid. I've never seen them kiss and hug for the last 20 years. I swear.
Today, our cat escaped momentarily, and he flew into a verbal rage towards me, cussing at me for not locking the door properly. I snapped back after losing my temper, and he yelled at the top of his lungs, asking what kind of person I was. I walked away, leaving him still yelling at me. I extended an olive branch five hours later by ordering some take-out food for him. He yelled that he didn't want my food.
I'm angry and hurt. Perhaps, past resentment. I hate him but feel so guilty about feeling this way. How do I cope with this? I want to leave, but I keep thinking about my mother.

Synopsis: All your life, you have only faced struggles and hardships. Being younger or growing up didn't make a difference because the cause remained constant. Your family. Your parents always found a way to make your life a living hell but this time, the trouble is bigger than any of the ones you've ever been in. Leo, the younger brother of the cruelest mafia boss of Italy, is as merciless as his brother is. Maybe even more. What will happen when you find out how your parents have managed to mess with him and the price that you will have to pay for them?
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Setting: Racetrack
SFX: Public Ambience
Luca, how many newcomers for the race circuit?
(Pause)
That's good. We don't want the number to increase rapidly. The lesser the better. Diego has anyway been stressing about the politicians a lot. We'll have to stay low for the time being.
(Pause)
No they're just acting up a bit. You know how those lowlife fuckers get during elections right? It's just for a period of time. They'll come crawling back when it's all over and they need funds from our drug business.
(Pause)
[Laughs] I wouldn't be surprised if I found out they're one of our regular buyers too.
Hey, Matteo was supposed to go for a debt recovery this morning. Let me know when he's back. Check the updated list again and close the entries for the season at 7 pm.
(Pause)
Wait what? Where the fuck is he now? I clearly told him to complete the recovery today itself. Has he not been here since morning?
(Pause)
Fuck. Diego is gonna rile up if he finds out. Let me go make a call.
[Footsteps start]
[You dial Matteo's number on your phone but it goes straight to voicemail]
[Footsteps stop]
This bastard has no fucking care in the world!
If Diego finds out that Matteo hasn't done today's debt recovery, he will snap and Matteo would be in pieces before we can even blink. I guess I'll have to save his ignorant ass this time. What's the location?
(Pause)
It's not that far. Fill me in on the details on our way there. You're driving. No excuses.
Setting: An old apartment complex
[After a car ride to an old building]
[Car comes to a stop, you step out of it and walk towards an apartment]
[Knock sfx]
(Mocking tone) Gas leak. We're here to check.
[Just as a man opens the door, you push through, take out your gun and point it towards his head]
That's right you son of a bitch. Vacation's over. You see this gun pointed to your head? Acknowledge it and pay your debt or let it do it's work and lose your life.
(Pause)
I gave you! I gave you a year and all you did was add up to your debt and turn into a fucking junkie. Now I don't care anymore about your life, your family, your daughter-
Wait, your daughter? You have a daughter?
(Pause)
Why have you never mentioned her before?
(Pause)
Your wife, yeah I thought so. Now that she's dead, you get to use your daughter as an exchange for the debt. Tell you what Rick, if it was that easy, we wouldn't be the most feared crime organization of the world.
(Pause)
What I mean is, you can pay your debt in the next 3 months and we get to keep your daughter as a leverage till then. Exactly after 3 months from now, you pay us back the money you owe and we will give you back your daughter.
That's a pretty decent deal Rick. If I were you, which I'm sure I'll never be but if I were, I would take it.
(Pause)
I'm glad you havent completely lost your mind to drugs. Where is the girl?
(Pause)
Luca, go check the bedroom.
(Pause)
What? No! We don't have time to get her belongings. We're not taking her to a fucking hotel. Just get her so we can leave.
(Pause)
Oh. There she is. I have got to say Rick, she's too pretty to be your daughter. I'm sure I would've taken a liking to your wife too.
(Pause)
Hey watch yourself. It won't take a second for me to pull the trigger and shoot your brains out. I'm giving you 3 months. That's pretty generous of me. After 3 months, I'll be back here. Not Luca, not Matteo, I will personally visit you to collect the money you owe us and if it's not ready, you'll lose your daughter, and your life. I'll sell each and every organ in your body to make up for the money you took from us and if that's not enough, I'll sell her too.
[Footsteps start]
Three months Rick. And don't worry about her.
[Footsteps stop]
(Smirks) She's gonna have a really good time with me.
[Door opens and closes]
Setting: Your car
[Impatient] Oh my god Luca. Shut her fucking mouth or I'll shut her up permanently.
(Pause)
[Shouts] Can you shut up for one second, the screaming isn't going to do you any good! No one is coming to your rescue and no one cares about you so shut the fuck up and save your energy!
(Pause)
I don't know man. Pull over for a minute. Let me call Diego. If he allows, we can keep her in the dungeon below our house.
[On the phone with Diego]
Listen, Matteo was supposed to go for a debt recovery but the guy didn't have any money so we took his daughter as a leverage. Where can we keep her?
(Pause)
Look I didn't have a choice. He owes us more than 10,000 dollars and he has been dodging every time Matteo pays him a visit. While I was there, his tone didn't set right with me, so I lost my temper.
(Pause)
You can give me the lecture when I get home Diego. Right now, just tell me where to keep her.
(Pause)
The casino? That's... That's where we keep the hookers.
(Pause)
No, I just... She seems smart. She can make friends there and what if someone helps her sneak out? I think it will be safer if she's kept alone.
(Pause)
[Hesitates] What I'm suggesting is... The dungeon.
(Pause)
Hey look I know. Lili's safety matters to me too. But the girl is not dangerous. She can hardly swing a punch.
(Pause)
I'm not underestimating her but I'm one of the best cage fighters. I know when someone's got the potential and she doesn't. Trust me, I won't let anything happen to Lili or your wife. They're my family too.
(Pause)
Okay. I'll call you when I get there. Is Bruno home?
(Pause)
No just tell him to keep Lili in her room till I lock the girl up. I don't want her to see anything.
(Pause)
Yeah I'll be careful. Bye.
[You cut the call and turn to Luca]
Drive home. We're keeping her in our dungeon.
Setting: In the dungeon under Diego's wing.
[Metal door opens SFX]
Luca, take off the bag from her head. Let's see the beautiful face that's gonna bring us so much money.
(Pause)
Shhh... I've told you before love. Screaming and shouting isn't going to do you any good. No one can here you.
Luca. Leave. I can take it from here.
(Pause)
I said, leave. I will handle it. No one except for me and Diego will enter this dungeon until she is here. Got it?
(Pause)
Okay now. Let me come closer. Don't worry. I won't touch you. Atleast not yet.
(Pause)
Sweetheart, provoking me won't do anything. You're gonna have to try better than that. I've got much more self control and patience than you think. But if, you ever try to test me, it won't end up well for you.
(Pause)
Good. I like the silence. Now listen to me. If you try to run, or lure anyone here, it will only and only result in your death.
(Pause)
What's your name?
(Pause)
When I ask you something, the only wise thing to do is answer me properly.
(Pause)
Okay. I'm Leo. Your dad, owes us money. A lot of it. And unless he pays all of it, with interest, you won't be leaving this place. If you wanna go back home, all you can do is pray. Although, I don't think that's going to help you either.
(Pause)
What? Am I gonna force myself on you? No. Not yet. Let's just say I'm waiting for the right moment.
(Pause)
I don't know. Maybe blackmail your father by sending him a tape of yours? That'll get him to work faster for the money. Plus, my brother would want to see you first before I can do anything to you. Once I get a green signal from him, I will scar you for life.
(Pause)
[Scoffs] You've got it wrong honey. I'm not a demon. I'm the devil.
[You walk away and close the metal door]

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Bondholders and international regulators criticise state decision to prioritise shareholders amid threat of legal action
The Swiss government has come under fire from bondholders and international regulators for its handling of the $3.2bn rescue-takeover of Credit Suisse by UBS. The two banks were forced together over the weekend by Swiss officials in a shotgun marriage that stabilised the teetering Credit Suisse but wiped out $17bn of its bonds, upending the normal priority of investors.
The decision to favour shareholders at the expense of bondholders sent a shockwave through already brittle markets on Monday morning, with investors in so-called additional tier 1 bonds fearing that they too could be sacrificed in a similar scenario at another bank. AT1s issued by other European banks fell about 10 points on Monday morning, according to Tradeweb data, with UBS bonds trading at 83 cents on the dollar,
Deutsche Bank’s at 63 cents and BNP Paribas’ at 70 cents. Davide Serra, founder of Algebris Investments, said the move was a “policy mistake” by the Swiss authorities, who had “basically stolen” the bonds while facilitating a SFr3bn ($3.2bn) payment to shareholders. Jérôme Legras, head of research at Axiom Alternative Investments, which holds Credit Suisse AT1s, said the move could undermine trust in financial markets. “It’s more than a pure legal issue — it’s about market confidence and how you treat investors fairly.” US law firm Quinn Emanuel said on Monday it was in discussions with several bondholders “representing a significant percentage of the total notional value of AT1 instruments issued by Credit Suisse” over possible legal action. It added that an investor call to explore “potential avenues of redress” was likely to take place on Wednesday.
AT1s are often called “contingent convertible” bonds and have their roots in the 2008 financial crisis. They are designed to take losses when institutions run into trouble. As global banks’ debt sold off on Monday, other countries’ regulators intervened to say they would not follow the Swiss model in resolving distressed banks. The European Central Bank said “common equity instruments are the first ones to absorb losses” while the Bank of England said AT1 bonds ranked ahead of equity and would face losses “in the order of their positions in this hierarchy”.
The backlash came despite the fact that Credit Suisse’s bond documentation made it clear that Swiss regulators were not “required to follow any order of priority”. In volatile trading, shares in struggling Californian bank First Republic tumbled more than 33 per cent. UBS recovered from a 14 per cent slump shortly after markets opened to close 1.3 per cent higher, though on Monday evening S&P cut the bank’s credit rating outlook to negative, citing “material execution risk in integrating CS”.
Among the beneficiaries of the deal are Credit Suisse staff who hold stock and have also been told they can receive a bonus in the coming weeks. “We will continue to allocate for a 2023 performance bonus for those eligible,” wrote Credit Suisse chair Axel Lehmann and chief executive Ulrich Körner in an internal email. However, the acquisition price is a steep 59 per cent discount to the bank’s closing share price before the deal and some bankers have also been paid in the now worthless AT1 bonds. Many are braced for job cuts, which are expected to number in the thousands. Managers said they would “work diligently and at pace” to inform staff and “aim to continue to provide severance in line with market practice”.
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Hey, I'm usually not active on reddit.. but this is something that I really need to get off my chest so I can start "relaxing".
So the title is kind of weird ik... hehe
My mom (49) and I (F22) have a very strong connection. I really love my mom and she's even my neighbour, for now (I'm moving soon). However I have had some quarrels with her..
The thing I want off my chest happened when I was 15 (2015) .. that's the year my brother died, from a disease with no cure. He lost his eye sight, then he struggled with speaking properly, he had to sit in a wheel chair the last years of his life, and in the end he struggled eating and needed a feeding tube (not the one through the nose and into the stomach but yeah, it's hard to explain). It was really hard to see him like this, but we all knew that this came with the disease.
In 2015 he was hospitalised for a while and mom visited him with my big sister, while me and my twin never got to come with for unknown reasons. Some weeks later she got the clear signal and we were able to go on vacation (my brother was with his father). A week into the vacation the doctor called saying that he was getting very ill again, and it was arranged so that she and big sis can hop on a plane and go back to him. Me and my twin were still on vacation with our dad and stepmom (mom and dad are separated but good friends) even though we wanted to go with them and say goodbye to our brother because we knew that this could be the end. And some days later when mom was back in Norway, we got a call saying "Hey, my little girls. I love you so much. This morning your brother died. I'm so sorry."
I was devastated to say the least and cried my eyes out... dad was trying to keep us happy though it was hard to do so.. my twin and i were more quiet and we hugged more because we were sad of course.. Some days later we were going home and we were sad about what is about to come... mom met us with a hug when we came home and we layed down in her bed crying together...
Then we were going to his funeral.. that's when I saw my brother for the first time in over a month and he was dead. He was pale and cold, but looked like he was sleeping peacefully. I touched his hand and his cheek and kissed his forehead. I knew he couldn't hear me or feel it but the last thing I said to him was "I love you so much, goodbye and may we meet again. I love you!" I did a speech that day and I still have the paper i wrote it on(mom laminated it).
Skipping forward, some weeks after his funeral, my mom was still very sad.. all of us were... and I get it.. she had to bury her own son...
Anyway, she was on antidepressants. I also found out she was smoking weed, which is illegal in Norway. I was scared she was gonna get caught and had to go to jail. She was kind of distant, but we were still showing love towards each other. One day I knocked on my mom and stepfather's bedroom door to ask my mom something. I opened the door since she said I could come in. And on the bed I see a tray with a strip of some kind of substance and a straw. I was a bit shocked but tried to ignore it and do the thing I came in there for. That day has stuck with me since.... it was so much for my 15 year old self to take in and in a time when I needed her the most. Instead I was going around being scared to find my mom dead someday...
Soon I'm about to move in with my boyfriend and he smokes weed, which I see no problem with. And my mom knows he does this, and she knows I know about her smoking weed back then. I told her I was gonna move in with my boyfriend and then she says to me "I'm so scared that you might start smoking too.." and I get it, she doesn't want me to ruin my career (im a kindergarten teacher and jailtime is a nono, because I'm working with kids) and go to jail. Still that comment made me sad because I've told her countless times that I'm not like that because I know the consequences of it.. I would never start smoking weed myself, because I simply don't want to.
So yeah.... a bit messy and long post, but I needed to get it out there and off my chest... thank you

And now here I stand because of you, Mr Anderson. Because of you, I'm no longer an agent of this system. Because of you, I'm changed, unplugged, a new man, so to speak, like you, apparently free.

Was Smith truly "free"? It's a simple enough question at a glance, but I believe the answer actually has quite a bit more nuance. I'll be looking at evidence from all four films to come to a conclusion.
In the first film, Smith is shackled to a system he is resentful towards, as an Agent of the Matrix. We learn later that Smith was present, if not an active participant of the cycle of the One. He yearns for 'freedom' from a system he hates, trapped alongside the people he views as completely inferior.
At the end of The Matrix, Neo awakens as The One and destroys Smith. We can say for certain that their connection is forged at this point, in a process Smith doesn't fully comprehend:

I don't fully understand how it happened. Perhaps some part of you imprinted onto me, something overwritten or copied.

Keep that in mind. It will come up again.
Smith returns, now able to copy himself over others - program, coppertops and redpills alike. He seeks Neo out and attempts to copy over him too - only to fail. During their first exchange, Smith explains a compulsion to stay and disobey a directive to return to the Source. What's clear is that Smith also feels compelled to seek Neo out. They're 'connected'.
Neo's purpose, as the One, is to complete the cycle, which involves reinserting the 'Prime Program' he carries into the Source. This would then force a reset which would clear the Matrix of its errors. The Architect offers Neo the choice: return to the Source and fulfil his purpose, or return to the Matrix to save a dying Trinity, and in the process doom humans both inside and outside the Matrix to destruction. We know Neo rejects the offer, but I don't think the reset would have happened had he agreed. Why?
The Prime Program
We're never told the nature of this, but it is a necessary part of resetting the Matrix and clearing all of its errors. As the One, Neo naturally carries this program.
And so we return to Smith's words on his connection to Neo. In destroying Smith, I believe that Smith received a portion of the Prime Program. Neo's Prime Program is incomplete. He couldn't have reset the Matrix by returning to the Source - because he didn't possess the entirety of the Prime Program.
We have some evidence for this in The Matrix Revolutions. In his bargain with the machines, Neo is hardwired directly into the Matrix. But they do not immediately trigger the Prime Program - even though, if Neo truly did carry it, the Machines now have all the power in the situation, and could simply have returned it to the Source there and then, thereby resetting the Matrix, purging the errors the Architect was so worried about, and resetting Smith to a default state. Why didn't they? Perhaps they couldn't. Perhaps they examined Neo and found he didn't carry the entirety of the Prime Program, making a reset impossible.
When do the machines trigger this? When Smith has copied over Neo. Now, an argument can be made that the machines simply had direct access to Smith's code and used that to target him. However: a point against this is that they surely had this direct access to Smith through every human and program hardwired directly into the Matrix. Why wait for Neo? Just wipe him out directly. They can't. If they wipe out Smith, they also wipe out the piece of the Prime Program he carries. Without it, Neo is useless, and they are headed for certain system faliure.
Neo surrenders himself to Smith, and Smith copies over Neo, reuniting the two parts of the Prime Program - and this is when the Machines return it to the Source, thereby destroying both Smith and Neo, and fulfilling the 'cycle of the One' - that is, the reset of the Matrix.
And this, in effect, explains why Smith gained the ability to copy himself over others - his piece of the Prime Program trying to reunite with the whole. And this also explains why he loses this ability following the reset.
Resurrected
I did state in my opening that we needed to consider the newest film also. In The Matrix Resurrections, Smith is resurrected - though the bond caused by the Prime Program is gone, it appears that some other 'string of fate' has tied the two together (as the Oracle had stated, Smith is 'the result of the equation trying to balance itself out', so that may still be a factor here). Because he lacks the Prime Program, Smith no longer has the ability to copy himself, instead regaining the abilities he possessed as an Agent. He is also no longer compelled to seek Neo out in the same fashion - though he does still seek him out for his own reasons (primarily to discourage him from pursuing the Analyst, and later to save his life). Unlike before, Smith does not see conflict between him and Neo as being an inevitability either - he seems to understasnd that his survival depends on Neo, whereas before he believed he had to destroy Neo entirely.
Conclusion
So, was Smith free? Never truly to the point where he had total agency over himself. In one way or another, he has always been tethered to something - be it the system as an Agent, or Neo because of the Prime Program, or later an unspecified bond.
When infected by a portion of the Prime Program, Smith became compelled to seek Neo out to 'reunite' it with him, which resulted in his ability to copy himself. In spite of his statements claiming otherwise, Smith was never 'free' under these conditions - his actions dictated by this compulsion he didn't even completely comprehend. However, he certainly is the most free following the loss of the Prime Program.

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For the rest of the earth’s organisms, existence is relatively uncomplicated. They live—they reproduce—they stop living. For humans, things are more intricate, given that we know we are alive and know we will die. We also know we will suffer at intervals throughout our lives and then suffer—slowly or quickly and with pain—at the point of death. This is the knowledge which we “enjoy” as the highest beings in the animated diorama known as nature. United by such knowledge, we are also divided by it. For example, a debate has been going on among us for some years, a shadowy polemic that periodically attracts public notice. The issue: what do various people think about being alive in this world? Overwhelmingly, the average person will say, “Being alive is all right.” More thoughtful respondents will add, “Especially when you consider the alternative,” betraying a jocularity that is as logically puzzling as it is macabre. These speakers weigh down one side of the survey. On the other side is a small sample in disagreement with the majority. Their response to the question of what they think about being alive in this world will be a negative one. They may even fulminate that being alive is objectionable and useless on principle. Now both of these groups exhibit consciousness in its widely accepted sense. Why, then, are their responses so lopsided? For one thing, most people do not experience being alive as all that terrible. And even those who are statistically ill-favored do not generalize their experience into a principle, nor does their consciousness accentuate those things that are unquestionably awful about being alive. They go about their business as best they can for as long as they can.
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I(34M) have been in a relationship with my girlfriend (30F) for about 8 months. Things have been great, we are both into a lot of the same things and always have a good time when we're together.
There's some disparity when it comes to money, she works as a teacher, earning about 30k/year, I work IT and my salary is about 200k/year. This has never been an issue, whenever we got out I usually pay for everything but there are times when she ask me to leave my wallet at home because she want to treat me to a nice night out which I always appreciate.
Four days ago she ask to use my computer to check a website from her work that wasn't showing correctly on her phone, I forgot I had my bank statement open and she saw my balance, about 24M USD, which comes from some investments, inheritance and lots of luck.
Well she was really surprised, and asked "why did you never told me you were rich?" , I told her it was not a big deal, I have some savings because I want to retire when I turn 40.
The next day she told me she found the perfect house for us, with a big pool like she always dreamed, and we should go see it, I told her I have no intention to buy another house, maybe in the future if there's a family and more space is needed, but right now I'm fine on my current one (2 bedrooms, one bathroom, a big backyard for my dogs). Then she goes on about this car she wants, it would be perfect for her, I told her I won't buy her new car and she was silent for the rest of the afternoon
At night we were watching a documentary (about fyre festival)and she started talking about how we should make a trip to the Bahamas for a month or two, I asked her what would she do about her work and she told me she would quit, it was not a big deal because we were rich, there I could not take it anymore and told her more or less that we weren't rich, I have some money that I have no intention of spending stupidly on the first things that cross my path while she barely makes end meets , and If she didn't like her job, she could quit and I would support her while she looked for a new one but she should not quit her job just because she wants to go on vacation, she accused me of being selfish and cheap, that I needed to understand that we were a couple and that whats mine is hers and vice versa, I ask then what would she brought to the table, I have money, my own house, two dogs, and she doesn't even want to work anymore. She called me an asshole and then leave, haven't heard form her the past two days
Now I don't know what to do, I do like her a lot, and we have a great relationship but this thing with the money is making me see things differently, I'm firm in my decision not to spend the money, it's not that I want to save every penny, I live quite comfortable, make more than enough to support myself and my dogs no problem, I just don't like to spend money on things I don't need like a new car or a new house.
Any advice will be greatly appreciated
Tl;dr my girlfriend found out I have money on the bank, wants me to buy a house, a new car, vacations, etc, told her no, she calls me selfish and cheap, says everything I have should be ours not just mine, told her no, she calls me an asshole, leaves, haven't heard from her.

Next year will be my final year of playing u15 hockey and I was presented with an interesting dilemma. It turns out that all the current goalies that play for my high school team will age advance leaving only two other goalies and me trying out for these sports even though ill be in gr. 9. I was just wondering whether I should aim to play AA or AAA(I did pretty well in my single A league this year) or play a season of high school hockey. I was also wondering what makes these levels different and what I need to prioritize in order to prepare for these levels. Also how beneficial is weight training for goalies. I've noticed most NHL goalies don't have the biggest legs and was wondering how important weight training would be over just getting in more practice sessions on the ice. Thanks for all your help!

With so many young stars and more on the way the future is bright for the Rays. What do you see their next 5 years looking like and which players do you believe will become cornerstones of the franchise?

Hey everyone. I need your help because I am relatively new to the industry and FREAKING OUT.
I work for a manufacturing company and do the accounting for one of their products. I’ve been with the company for a year but started doing the accounting 5 months ago, and I’m still learning a lot of it.
Today, I had an impromptu meeting with internal auditors and my boss where they were questioning one of the monthly reports I generate and send to the field managers. Looks like in 2022, a few of my formulas were off so the reports were wrong. The overall impact wasn’t huge from this one error….
The formulas were wrong because I inherited the report from someone else and they had the wrong formula… I just didn’t catch it in 2022.
I finally noticed this and fixed it for Jan-Feb 2023… but they asked me to send them all the 2022-2023 reports and my stupid self did not fix the formulas in 2022 before sending!!!!
Anyway, I panicked and called my supervisor after the meeting. I asked her why the auditors are looking into my product line and my reports… she said it’s normal for them to do so and that I did great and not to worry about it.
But THEN she said… just keep this between us though, we don’t want other people to know about this yet.
WHAT… listen, I’ve made my share of mistakes while learning how to do what I do. I usually catch them and learn from them and move on…. But the fact that I have internal auditors digging through my work is making go crazy.
This is my first job out of college and I don’t know what to do… or if there IS anything for me to do…

After our trip, I (32M) had asked my girlfriend (33F) to initiate intimacy
It is this moment, over facetime, she said she sees how it been effecting me and it's not fair to me because how unhappy she is, how we grew apart, didnt expect our relationship to turn out the way its going, how she is not sure she wants to be in a relationship anymore or and wants to take a break, and how we have problems that she can't speak to anyone about. I was shocked and didn't want to take a break at all, I just wanted to more of her involvement in the cute things of being in a relationship (She always called me by my first name, or making out).
I didn't even know we had these problems at all. I swear I didn't know we had these problems.
I had texted her right after saying how much I love you and I don't want to take a break because we can make it work together. The following day, I had called her on my lunch break. Apologizing for everything that I can even come up. From space to potentially being dependent to relying on her, setting expectation, being a bad communicator, or relying on her for my sobriety or even talking too much about my sobriety to whatever came up in my mind even. When asked why? She told me she is focusing/discovering things in therapy and wants to focus in gym (funny enough i had supported her on these two choices - even helped her find a therapist)
I then asked did I do anything wrong, she said no you didn't anything wrong, your a good man. I had explained to her then why do this, if I'm a good man to you, to your family, to your daughter why do this if you see how much I love you. She had asked me what does space mean to me? and I said you tell me and I will make it work. If you want space, take the time you need. A Month, two three months, just take it the time and just tell me that your still going to be with me because my life is good as it is but being with you makes it that much better. She got overwhelmed and said we will revisit this later.
I proceeded to say take all the time you need but I love you more than you ever know. She said take all love you have and put it towards yourself. That really hurt me a lot.
I had asked her you know this shatter me entirely and she said yea I know.
Next day after speaking with her cousin, I found out we are broken up. Over the next two or three days, Ive ahd spoken with her cousin. Who also said I didn't do anything wrong and I even told her okay there is something i need to work. To which, i was told to try again in three months and if i had authentic changed. Following Friday I had gave her clothes back to the cousin and received my keys. It's been a bit over 3 months since i spoke to her and as i reflect back on my whole relationship. I had spent the last six years of my life, putting my girlfriend ahead of myself. I literally would bend over backwards for her and whatever she needed. From buying gifts, to yearly vacations, to expensive concerts, to everything. I literally catered to her from head to toe. In fact, I would stay on the phone with her just to make sure she is safe when she was walking to her gym.
There something here that I have done that I baffles me of how supporting and caring I was. Even cheering her own every morning before gym, help her out with work, I even helped her succeed and guide her career from when i first met her. I literally fell so hard for that i treated her like my wife to be.
We spoke everyday and throughout the day and I would cater to her in every fucking way imaginable. It literally became a one-way relationship, I didn't care because I knew that it would make her life better. It became clear to me that I had put her on a pedestal the whole relationship. I had plans for us to get engaged and move to a different in two years, which i thought she agreed and pay for her daughters college. I had a great relationship with her daughter - she even called me stepdad. I've read all the text messages since 12/22 between the day - I have never saw any conflict or indication. It was nothing but I love yous and what not and checking in and our regular conversations.
I blame myself alot because my ex would always leave me, I was an functioning addict/alcoholic up until 1/2022 and put the blame on me a lot. I had a lot of shame and guilt due to my behavior Also in the first 1 year of our relationship, I had cheated a few times. I owned up to it. I've spent the next 5 years making sure that she knows i will never do it again and really re-claim my honesty.
I always had changed myself so many times and did the work needed to be in this relationship. I never heard her say I'm sorry or take accountability. I have no clue what happened for her to leave me when I literally would give her the world and whatever she needed.
So I reflect on the last few months. I had a relapse in December but I got back to being sober. Before that She found a d**k pic in my phone, it was meant for her but I didn't send it to for some reason, I had explained to her that was meant for her but she didn't care. And then two weeks before NYE, I had an argument with my mom about me getting a car. Which my mom wrote if you want to get a new car have your girlfriend start paying for things with you. My ex saw it. I had explained that after six years, my parents would want to us to start paying together and building a life together such as living together. I wanted that too.
The other thing was that I got into myself debt because i would pay for everything from her ubelyfts/dinners (800 birthday parties for her daughter, 3k vacations, 1.5k concert tickets, weekly dinners) etc and my job was doing layoffs so ive been very worried about money and was just anxious for the future so around august/september i had stopped being lavish. The other thing is we celebrated the holidays (Christmas, new years) so yea where did i go wrong? I made a joke about side chicks on the drive to nye and may have a small outburst with my family. But thats not a reason to leave.
She would leave me and block me for the smallest shit in the world. I literally once disagreed with her in front of her daughter, I got blocked for that.
I must share that I once mayhave some sort of disagreement with her like a calm and just disagreement with her in front of her daughter and nothing too bad as well. She would break up with me and block me and then I would wait or convince her to work on things.
Maybe the relationship was over when I said that "sometimes the only support system i have is you" she got overwhelemed by that. I get it that sounds like too much but we were that couple that was invovled in each other's lives. I was very supporting of her literally. Every thing she took on from gym to whatever, I made sure that she knew she had a support system from me.
She never said anything. I look back my ex is an avoidant. She would never really apologize to me and I felt like was doing the work of two people in the relationship. Or typical stonewall me, block me and give me silent treatments. I start seeing so many other red flags throughout the relationship (Love is blinding folks).
As compared to me, who likes to deal with things right then and there. See here she left so many times and I kept running and running back.
Simply, I knew how great she is and can be. I literally tried my hardest the last year from cooking together, to getting a book together about love, to having dinner dates together, to cooking at home and movie nights to and respect that i found that was suggested on Reddit weeks before the breakup she told how i'm everything she wants in a relationship and loves how attentive i'am to her and her daughter and her cousin.
Funny enough - all i wanted was to to get engaged and move in together. I wanted to have a family with her. I don't know when I brought that up. Said if i was to get engaged i would like to move in within the year of doing so. In our situation, we had to wait a few more years but I was okay with being in a ten-year relationship before engagement just didn't like it.
A few months ago we were looking at houses in florida and mortages.
I was so invested and scared her off? Did I trigger her by wanting more affection? Did I mess up by speaking with her daughter and her about colleges and paying for the colleges. Maybe bringing up kids? I was not trying to replace her dad at all. I was just being the generous and caring me.
Where did I go wrong? She was my life and I would of given her the moon and her future was secure with me. Literally all I needed was two to three years, we would move to florida as we agreed.
Now i'm mainting my sobriety, out of debt particularly, developed my role at work, and working out and doing everything to be better than the day before. In fact, been working on developing from an anxious attachment to a secure attachment. Furthermore, I been working on my priotizing myself and not relying on others so much so that I can stand my own ground.
Looking back - There was alot of up shit done towards me such as rejection from her end, emotional abuse (blocking), shamning me a few times my deceit (drug use & alcohol) use and early affairs during the first year.
Also, a weeks before - she started working out heavily and started to slim down in weight. and got a promotion (which as i said, I had supported her own in terms of motivating and guiding through office politics).
Idk anymore. Thanks for letting me vent because I miss her a lot but she blocked me. At some point, my anxiety tells me that she does not care, or does not respect me, or trusts me, or has a fear of missing out, or I pushed her too far because a relationship takes work. I can't make someone to want to work on a relationship.
Also i know how stubborn my ex is and i know she will never call or admit she was wrong, I can't recall once she took accountability after a fight/disagreement. It seems like I was always changing.
It's hard for me to grasp - i shouldn't fight for someone who is okay with losing me. I would have fought any chance I got for her. I loved her unconditionally because I thought we had plans for the future.
I look back on all the messages between 12/22 and the day of the break up. It's nothing but i love yous and us being us.

So through out a lot of AD's tenure on the Lakers, specifically this year, I feel like the team has done a pretty poor job of running the offense through AD and I decided to try and break down some recent film to look more into it. He makes plenty of mistakes so this post isn't attempting to absolve blame, but more just give constructive criticism to how he's being used offensively. Because of this I'm gonna focus on taking somewhat rare examples of the Lakers making smart decisions around AD to point out what they should do more often rather than just posting low lights
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Very curious for other's thoughts on what I'm suggesting they do more of, if you think the analysis is fair, or if you think you have even better ideas on how the team should be utilizing Davis
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PS This is my first time doing this so I'm very open to constructive criticism as there's at least a chance I'll try and do more stuff like this in the future
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Lets start with some examples of lack of off ball movement:
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In this clip you see the entire defense focused on him. Rui cuts to the middle of the paint but he cuts to a place where there's no open passing lane, but there's no meaningful movement on offense and it leads to a lazy iso jumper.
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In this one you see something somewhat similar with vando cutting to the middle, AD being doubled with every player looking at him. He misses the shot but the lack off off ball movement just makes it incredibly easy for the defense to focus on him while cutting off passing lanes.
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Now if you watch the Lakers you've seen a ton of plays like this, especially since the raptors spent most of the game selling out to stop AD recently. The rest of the team stepped up in that game and punished the raptors for their scheme but as teams replicate the strategy its made the holes in the rest of the lakers offense much more clear. I'm not gonna spam a bunch more clips like the two before, but just wanted to give you examples of how the lakers offense running through AD is often just getting AD in iso and hoping he can beat a double/triple (which is obviously a terrible way to run an offense).
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Dibble hand off (aka DHO) potential:
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Here you see a DHO between AD and Reaves where ADs defender drops, reaves defender picks him up giving reaves a solid look. Not only this but Brown Jr's defender slides to reaves creating a wide open 3 on top of everything else
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Plays like that open up opportunities like this where you can get Davis in single coverage once again because the defense has to respect his teammates on some level
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Now after you've established the threat of that it leads to plays where teams have to respect it, once again giving the best player on the team easy looks
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Off Ball cuts:
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AD isn't jokic but there are 100% ways you can set him up for easy passes to help create shots for others like this.
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Cutting more even when AD isnt the focal point of the play can open up shots for him as well. He can be very effective off ball, and the more you can do stuff like this the harder it is for a coach to solely rely on swarming him
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Guard Screen potential:
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Here you have Beasley screen for Davis setting him up to take a midrange jumper. As we all know this isnt the exact spot you want AD shooting, but its so much better than what you see far too often -- him being swarmed with no one working to get open, often resulting in far worse jumpers
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He misses this and once again its not ideal but seeing them try something like this is still an improvement over a lot of their stagnant possessions
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Id love to see them explore using guards as screeners off ball too when AD has the ball to create open shots for shooters while AD is posted up with the ball. Opening up a couple good shots for him to easily pass out to could really force teams to focus more time, energy and attention on the perimeter. This isn't a perfect example of that but its at least them using motion off ball to actually take advantage of the gravity AD creates so regularly
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Pick n Rolls (aka PnRs):
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This is an obvious one because AD is obviously a great lob threat, but I still feel as if the team doesn't try and use PnRs to their advantage as much as they should (LeBron coming back could help this a lot tbf)
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The play doesn't even have to be trying to force AD the ball, you can use it to open up passes to other players, which can in turn get enough of the defenses attention to get him open looks if the defense respects the other players just a bit
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A similar example to the last
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A play like this requires the defense respecting the guard on the roll, but this is the sort of pay off we can also see as we punish teams more from doubling AD. This is very achievable with LeBron, was a staple of the 2020 run, and yet its just severely under utilized even when he's playing
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Another example of an imperfect jumper that's still much better than a ton of their offensive possessions
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TLDR: Darvin Ham is bastard man and I probably spent too much time on this lol

After a rocky relationship, my ex and I broke up after 3 years. I initiated it because we're very different people and the relationship was toxic a majority of the time. We share a 1 year old son together. I'm his 3rd BM, and I'm not proud of it. Before me, he had 3 kids by 2 other women, and doesn't have custody of any of his kids, except weekends with is 9 year old son. Even though we broke up, I told him I wasn't completely ruling out the possibility of a reconciliation later and he said, "We'll see". we decided to try friendly coparenting since we're basically neighbors. He agreed to give me some child support if I didn't take him to court. I didn't take him to court, but he never gave me any $ since. He now says he's not giving me anything and I know he's always been stingy/cheap when it comes to certain things. Now, only 2 months after we broke up, he says he's starting to talk to other women and the one he's most interested in has 4 children and 2 BDs of her own, is about 34 (3 years younger than us), with her youngest child also being 1. I'm upset that he treated me bad before, during and after my pregnancy and how he claims he doesn't have money for bills/child support but he's so accepting of a woman with just as much baggage as he does, when he can barely take care of all 4 of his own. He also has money to spend on weed, alcohol and dates but acts like he can't afford child support and accuses me of "just wanting" money" from him when I'm the primary parent and our son lives with me. I told him I don't want any woman around my son unless he's been with them for 6 months to a year. I don't like to judge people but why would anyone in their right mind think it's beneficial to pursue someone with just as much baggage? He calls me bitter and jealous, but I know this kind of situation (8 kids between them total) will eventually have an impact on all the kids they have between them, including mine. I don't want my son to get confused in all of that. I knew we'd eventually both date but of all the options he wants to pursue someone with just as many kids, not fully aware of what situations may occur later on. Am I wrong?

i'm 20 years old, almost 21. and my personality was "built" from my parents. when i was young, they had some behaviour rules that i had to follow, thing like "when you're near people you have to be like this" and they wanted to say what i should wear and things like that. and if didn't followed these rules, i got punished or even spanked. i know that a parent job is to help their children to don't suffer in life, but what they did, just helped me get depression and anxiety. and now i'm struggling to change, i don't like the way i am. i want to change the way i talk, i want to change my personality. i have searched on internet for long time, and i found that i could have a character that i like to try and do the things it do and write it on a paper. i do this but i never managed to be like this for 2 days because this problem is inside me, autopiloting a lot. i don't want to go to a therapyst just for that and i wanted to handle it alone...does anyone please have some tips? i'm desperate