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The Last Radio Call (Part one)

2023.05.26 01:36 Positive_Tennis_6626 The Last Radio Call (Part one)

This is a re-upload for just part one as the old post had half of it cut off.
The Last Radio Call
Chapter 1
(Normal day)
“Fifty-five to dispatch. Show me 10-8 from that call, put me out on Highway 35 near mile marker 157 for radar.” I said into my patrol car's radio.
“10-4 fifty-five, I have you cleared from the call and out at 35 for radar,” the dispatcher replied in her always calm demeanor.
I sat in the median running radar, with the speed locked to ten over the posted limit. The constant low warble of the radar unit was just background noise to me at this point. I just opened up CAD, that’s Computer Aided Dispatch or as the general public like to call it, ‘the laptop in the cop car.’ I just opened up the program to start my report when my cell phone started to ring. The screen said Erica.
I answered. “Hey babe, how are you doing? …That’s good. I’m fine.” I looked over at the clock. It was 1621 hours and my shift ended at 1700 hours. “I have just over a half an hour left pending any last minute calls that come in. I love you too, have fun on your girls’ trip. Let me know when you get there. I’ll miss you too but don’t worry I’ll be fine. I'm going to see if I can pick up an extra shift this weekend. I’ve got to help pay for our wedding that is only three months away. Ok, I’ve got to finish up some paperwork. I love you too, bye.” I put the phone back in my pocket and started my report.
On *date redacted* at approximately 1610 I, reserve deputy Alex (Badge #55), got dispatched via radio to **address redacted** in district two for a report for a battery in process. When I arrived on scene, deputies Kurby (Badge #26) and Welch (Badge #9) had already arrived and had the suspect in custody and were waiting for a transport to the jail. I spoke to the victim, *name redacted* who I later identified by his state driver’s license. He informed me that he was just out for a jog when someone attacked him and bit him on the arm twice and leg once. The victim was able to get away and call 911. SunBurst FireDepartment arrived to take him to Mercy Medical Hospital for treatment. **see form 5910-79 for full report**
I just clicked on the report form after finishing my synopsis report when a call came over the radio, “52-80, 52-90 respond to 618 chatterton. 618 chatterton for a group of five fighting”.
I laughed and thought, Have fun with that SunBurst PD. I alway like to keep the radio in my squad car set to scan to listen for SBPD frequencies. I work for district two in the county of Bear Creek. The biggest city in my area is SunBurst with a population of 91,170 and employs 153 police officers. There are other smaller towns in my district with no more than a few thousand people at the most. SunBurst is surrounded by mountains on three sides and the Cook Cook river a mile long on the fourth side. The main way in and out was over the Cook Cook bridge or the Big-C as we called it. That is why I normally write reports on highway thirty-five; If anyone was going to run from SBPD, this was the only way out of the city. I've gotten a car with my spike strip on more than one occasion. My radar went from a low warble to a high pitch ping. I looked up on the display screen- 90 miles per hour.
I let out a soft, “Ffffuuuuucccccckkkkkk,” under my breath. I looked in the rearview mirror to see a Toyota Corolla flying up on me. I closed my laptop and put my squad in drive.With my foot on the brake and hand over the light bar control, I really did not want to stop any car this close to the end of watch, but ninety in a sixty-five is something I just can’t overlook. The Toyota blew past me. I activated my emergency light, checked to make sure it was safe to pull out into traffic and floored it. The growl of the crown Vic’s V8 rumbled to life as I took off down the highway in pursuit of the speeder.
As I sped away, I could hear my radio, “Dispatch this is 52-90. Myself and 52-80 have five individuals at gunpoint, send backup.”
The dispatcher replied with “10-4 52-70, 52-60, 52-50 respond 10-33 to 618 chatterton. 618 chatterton to back up 52-80 and 90 all other officers stay off the air until I hear back from 52-80.”
I just caught up with the speeding vehicle and pulled it over. Our dispatcher for the county is different then the city so I was able to radio my information to dispatch. “55 to dispatch,” I said.
“Go ahead 55,” replied the dispatcher.
“Dispatch can you run a twenty-eight on a Toyota Corolla, license plate Boy, Victor, Adam 2-7-9, B-V-A-2-7-9, silver in color occupied times three.” A few moments later Dispatch came back with “10-4. The vehicle is clean.” Which means it's not stolen, the tags are current, and the owner of the vehicle is not wanted in connection with a crime. I walked up to the vehicle and pressed my thumb onto the taillight so if anything were to happen to me they could dust the car for prints and find I was there. I walked up to the driver door but stopped short just behind the A-Pillar or the car. You never want to get right up in front of the window, that makes it way too easy to get killed. The driver rolled down his window and I did my introduction.
“Hi, I’m Deputy Alex with the Bear Creek County Sheriff Department. The reason for my traffic stop is that you were going 90 in a posted 65. Any reason why you are speeding today? Also, can I see your driver's license, registration and proof of insurance?” I always like to have the driver talk to me and look for stuff at the same time. If they are drunk or nervous they typically can’t do both at the same time.
The driver said to me, “Hey man, sorry I did not realize I was going that fast.” There were two girls in the backseat of the car, maybe no older than twelve or fourteen.
The blond girl spoke up, “Yes you did daddy. You said if we don’t get up to the cabin before sundown mommy was going to tear you a new one.”
I was trying to keep the grin off my face at this. The driver said to me, “Here’s my driver's license sir.”
I took his license and asked, “Mr. *Name redacted* is this your current address?”
“Yes, let me just get you my insurance card.”
The blond girl started talking to me, “Hi officer, how are you?”
I kept one eye on her dad, to make sure he wasn’t reaching for something he shouldn’t be. I turned to her and replied, “Not too bad, how are you? How’s school going?”
“It's good. This is my friend, Jessica, but she is sleeping right now.”
The girl next to her had jet black hair covering her face. Her head was wedged in between the door and the headrest which is the most comfortable position one can get in a car. “Are you staying out of trouble?” I said in a joking manner.
“I’m trying to but my dad says if I develop early like me mom, it will be hard for me to stay out of trouble.”
I coughed, trying to hold back a laugh. I glanced at the dad who was red in the face from embarrassment. “Officer, I found my insurance card.” I took it from him and walked back to my patrol car.
“Fifty-five to Dispatch. Can you run a twenty-seven for me?”
“10-4, 55 go ahead with your 27,” Dispatch responded.
I was just about to read off the name on the driver's license when the emergency tone on my radio went off. I looked down at the small digital display on my patrol car's radio reading Channel 4 SBPD. It was flashing red. Someone must have hit the emergency button on their police radio. When pressed, it gives the officer who pressed the button thirty seconds of open mic time to say whatever they need to say with no interruption. What I heard next is something no officer ever wants to hear.
“Officer down, officer down. Shots fired, 52-80 is down. We got a mob coming after us. Two additional people have been shot. I’m dragging 52-80 down Chatterton Street. I need backup now.”
There were some noises coming through the radio. It sounded like dragging on pavement and then yelling. “STAY BACK!” Two pistol shots rang out over the radio. Then there was silence for exactly one heartbeat.
Dispatch came on with a calm voice, but it was traced with a hint of panic. “Tac-Alert Tac-Alert, Tac-Alert. Officers need immediate assistance. 618 Chatterton, 618 Chatterton. Officers down, shots fired, this is an all units respond. 10-33 Tac-Alert, unknown conditions of the officer. Unknown number of assailants. 618 Chatterton Tac-Alert, Tac-Alert, Tac-Alert.”
I jumped out the door of my cruiser and ran up to the car I stopped. “It’s your lucky day buddy. Here’s your information.” I threw it all in the front seat of his car. “I have to go. Slow it down and drive safely.”
Jessica, the girl in the back, was awake. Our eyes locked for only a few seconds. She had the prettiest emerald green eyes I think I have ever seen. I knew I would never forget them. I stumbled for a second.
“Bye Officer,” she said. That traffic stop would be the last normal thing that would ever happen to me.
I jumped back into my police car, slammed it into drive, and pushed the gas pedal to the floorboard. This was an officer down, a brother in blue, and I was going to go balls to the wall to get there. I grabbed my radio and called dispatch.
“55 to dispatch, clear me for that traffic stop. Show me 10-17 in route to that Tac-Alert at 618 Chatterton. I'm going off frequency and will be on Mutual-Aid 1 if you need me."
Before I got a response back from dispatch I changed to Mutual-Aid 1 on my police radio. I did all this while driving at 120 miles per hour. I took the closest off ramp, crossed over the highway and got back on the highway, this time driving towards the City of Sunburst. In my rearview mirror I saw the lights of another police vehicle. I slowed down so we could travel together. The police SUV was a state police vehicle. I quickly switched to the state police frequency and pressed the push to talk button on the radio.
“State police on 35 this is Deputy Alex from BCSD are you responding to the tac-alert?”
“10-4. Do I need to take the lead?” asked the trooper.
“If you could, I'm not familiar enough with the area.”
“10-4, taking the lead now,” replied the trooper. The trooper honked his air horn twice and passed me on the left.
“10-4, FYI we are on Mutual-aid 1 frequency,” I said before switching back over. Two more squad cars fell in line behind us. One was a City of Bellevue Police squad, which is a small city a few miles away from SunBurst. The other was a Bear Creek County Deputy. Our convoy of four squad cars surged ahead with the emergency lights flashing and sirens wailing.
We drove at approximately 100 to 120 miles an hour for about five minutes when a voice came over Mutual-Aid 1. “This is Caption Kent of Sunburst PD. I’m the incident commander for this Tac-Alert. All SBPD officers form up in your civil control team leaders. BCSD deputies, state police, and other responding agencies are staging six blocks west of Chatterton, forming up and heading downtown.”
Once on scene, we were directed to a side street to park our squad cars. I was confused on why we were staging six blocks away from the original call. Also, why were we supposed to head downtown in the opposite direction? I found a group of six deputies from my department and one lieutenant, standing around talking.
I walked up and asked, “What's going on?”
Lieutenant O’Connor turned around to answer, “How nice of you to join us. I was just about to tell everyone.” He looked at me and said, “You are a Reserve Deputy, aren't you?”
I pointed to my shoulder patch. Underneath the sheriff department logo was a small tap that said, Reserve on it. “Yes sir, but I'm looking to be a good fit for full time when there is an opening in the department.”
LieutenantO’Connor waved the answer away and asked, “ Have you ever done any riot control?”
“I was trained and certified in crowd control, including pepperball and beanbags usage sir.”
“Good, now listen up everyone,” Lieutenant O’Connor said. “The mob that attacked the two officers have turned into a riot and have moved to the downtown area where they have been attacking anyone and damaging property. Their numbers have swollen up to five hundred or so. The mayor said that this is unlawful assembly and rumors have it, the governor has declared a state emergency and is calling in the National Guard.
“Why are they doing this?” A young female deputy asked.
Lieutenant O’ Connor replied, “There are three facts about riots. One: Crowds are anonymous. Two: Anonymity breeds violence. Three: Violence lowers consequences. You need a catalyst to set off the violence. I’m guessing the two officers shot someone who was well liked in the community.”
“Do we know the status of the two officers?” asked the same female deputy.
“Last I heard, their backup showed up and pulled both of them out of there. They were in tough condition, lots of bad cuts and people even bit them. They were transported to Mercy Medical Hospital for treatment.” answered the Lieutenant.
There were a few murmurs from the deputies. One even did the sign of the cross over his chest. “Now let's get down to brass tacks and discuss our role in restoring peace.” Lieutenant O’connor announced. “The front and second echelon of officers will be made up of SBPD and some of the smaller townships. SBPD has six of their C.R.T or Crisis Response Team aka SWAT with us. Their captain will be the team leader for the riot team. Three of the C.R.T officers will be the gas officers in charge of using smoke and gas grenades. If needed, the last two will provide deadly force overwatch on top of the BearCat. If one of the protesters gets ready to throw a molotov cocktail or pull a firearm, these guys will be ready to shoot. State police along with our K-9 and SBPD K-9 will be on the arrest team. The sheriff department (that's us) will be rear guard and transport. We have two of our paddy wagons here that will be used for transport. Our job is to make sure no one slips in behind the group and tries to attack us from the rear. We will also swap out with the arrest team if needed. Now everyone don your riot gear. If you have less lethals with you, like the large cans of pepper spray, or pepper ball guns, break them out now. Meet back here in ten minutes. I'm going to check in with the incident commander and let him know the number of deputies I have.”
I walked back to my squad car, a little confused on how a riot could form so quickly. Emergency vehicles with their sirens balaring could be heard racing around the city in all different directions, no doubt answering 911 calls and doing their best to keep the city from falling apart. The C.R.T BearCat armored car rolled past me as I got to my car. The throaty rumble of its diesel engine passed me. Its weight shook the ground, giving me a surge of confidence that we could restore order.
I got into my riot gear as quickly as I could. Think of a suit of armor made of hard plastic plating with thick foam padding underneath, and then covered by Nomex, which is a very flame resistant material. I clipped my Drop Leg gas mask pouch on my left side. I then holstered my Monadnock Hardwood twent-eight hundred. That might sound fancy, but it's just a wooden riot baton. I had to do some digging around the truck of my squad but found the hard plastic case and flipped it open. Inside, protected by foam, was a Tippmann 98 custom paintball gun in bright yellow.
I assembled the gun and loaded it with pepperball rounds. Unlike normal paintball rounds, they were filled with pepper spray instead of paint. When the round hits someone or something, it breaks apart and sends pepper spray in a powder form everywhere. I put on my belt with four reloads for the pepperball gun. Each reload holds two hundred rounds of pepperball. I checked to make sure the CO2 tank was screwed into the pistol grip of the gun and working properly. After ensuring that it was in correct working order, the other deputies and I returned to the staging area. SBPD took over a parking ramp for the staging area or rally point. Their mobile Command and Control unit was heavily modified RV complete with antennae, satellite dishes, and cameras protruding from all areas along with a flushable toilet trailer, and a large tractor trailer with an OWI/arrest processing center.
I asked one of the local cops why there was a processing center. He told me it was for processing large amounts of people without overloading the jails. They can fingerprint, photograph, run names to search for warrants, and either give a citation and cut them loose or load them directly onto the prison bus to be taken to the local jail. There were several ambulances staged here as well to treat both protesters and officers.
As we began to move out, one of the EMTs holding a cup of coffee in a styrofoam cup gave the passing officers a two finger salute and said, “Good luck out there.”
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2023.05.25 20:00 DTG_Bot This Week at Bungie - 05/25/2023

Source: https://www.bungie.net/7/en/News/Article/twab-may-25-2023
This week at Bungie, we’re expanding that IP family a little more, getting our PlayStation on with some fun new crossovers coming to Destiny 2, and living out our aquanaut fantasies.
What a week, am I right? Bungie’s second PlayStation showcase since we joined the PS fam, and we couldn’t be more excited to share just a smidge of what the teams here have been working on behind the scenes. The future is bright, but for right now? We deep dive for Sloane whilst wearing our finest PlayStation-inspired digs. But before we delve into the delectable secrets of another TWAB, here’s a quick look back at what we talked about last week:
  • Final Season 21 prep.
  • An in-depth preview of the Seasonal Artifact.
  • A first look at the three new Strand Aspects. (Live now!)
  • An update to how enemy shields appear.
  • The final standings of the Guardian Games Cup.
  • We have the newly announced [email protected] Inclusion Club.
  • The new Twitch Bounty emblem.
For this week, here’s what we’ve got coming down the pipeline:
  • It’s not a sprint, it’s a Marathon.
  • Sony and Bungie team up for some PlayStation crossover goodness.
    • Another cosplay challenge is on the horizon.
  • Farewell Guardian Games, see you next year!
  • A look at the Season 21 opening cutscene.
  • Save the Date: Season 21 edition.
  • Guardian Ranks reminder.
  • Don’t let those Aquanaut dreams be dreams.
  • A message from the Archives.
  • This week’s Player Support Report.
  • Community picks for Art of the Week and Movie of the Week.
All good? Perfect, let’s get into it.

On Your Mark, Get Set, Go!

We’ve had a huge week at Bungie, and we’re excited to be sharing more. Yesterday, one of the reveals at the PlayStation Showcase event was that of Cayde-6's return to the Destiny franchise in The Final Shape. We also dropped another knowledge bomb that players have been excited for; and that’s that Nathan Fillion will be reprising his role as Cayde-6 in the Destiny Universe.
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So, get that ramen ready and mark your calendars for August 22, because that’s the date of our annual Destiny 2 Showcase. There, we will be revealing even more details on the year of The Final Shape.

It's Not a Sprint...

Destiny news wasn’t the only news we shared. It’s time to go back to our roots. That’s right, it’s time to get ready for a Marathon! In case you missed the announcement during the most recent PlayStation State of Play showcase earlier this week, Marathon is a sci-fi PVP extraction shooter where players will embody cybernetic mercenaries known as Runners. Exploring a lost colony on the mysterious planet of Tau Ceti IV, Runners – working solo or as part of three-person crews – will fight for survival, riches, and for fame.
How about a fancy announcement trailer and a new Vidoc? Roll the clip:
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We’re excited about the future and are excited to share more Marathon news with you, but as mentioned in the Vidoc we are going to be going heads down on this game for a while as we work to get it ready for prime time.
This will be the last time you hear any Marathon-specific news in the TWAB. We are going to be creating clear communication lanes going forward and you can find Marathon news on the following channels:
HaVe you ever thought to yourself, “Self, I’m pretty darn amazing, but I’d be even cooler if I could be Aloy”? If the answer is yes, you’re not alone! We’re here to tell you to not let those dreams be dreams, because now you can get your Aloy, Kratos, and Jin on in the world of Destiny 2 with the spiffy new PlayStation collaboration gear just announced!
Hunters? Boom. Titans? Straight fire. Warlocks? Yes, please! But don’t take our word for it, feast those fandom eyes on these beauties:
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So, what eXactly is available, you may be asking? Fair questioN, especially if you haven’t checked out the new PlayStation Blog post right here, this is what you need to know about what we’Ve got up for grabs, available separately and in 3 bundles:
For geared-up badassery, these armor ornamenT bundles are for you:
  • Anointed Hunter for Hunters
  • Godsbane for Titans
  • Ancestral for Warlocks
For killer finisher moves, check out the Endless RoaMer bundle:
  • From NowheRe
  • Whirling Chaos
  • Perfect Strike
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And you can’t forget about the CordycePs bundle:
  • Clicker Ghost
  • Blooming Terror Ship
  • Quarantine Runner Ship
All of this, plus a swanky Gadgeteer Emote to harness your inner Ratchet (or your inner Clank, we’re not choosy), which you can also get in the Eververse store.
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And don’t worry, these items are not platform-exclusive. Get your Kratos on.
Dope, right? Before diving into what’s next (hint, it has to do with cosplay), we’re going to go ahead and give you a second to collect yourselves. We can hear you yelling “boy!” from here.

Cosplay, Cosplay Never Changes

You know we love ourselves a good time when it comes to a cosplay contest. Let’s be real, when dealing with epic characters like Aloy, Kratos, and Jin, how could we not challenge our incredible community to harness their creativity? So, let’s get silly and have some cosplay fun, shall we?
We did this last year for Bungie Day and the submissions were nothing short of pure serotonin. That’s why we’re excited to see what y’all come up with this challenge. Take your best shot at recreating some of the new armor looks in Destiny 2 repping that PlayStation love, but with a twist. You can’t go buy anything, just pull whatever it is that you have at your disposal and go wild. The impressive, the weird, and the, “How did you even come up with that!?” — we want it all!
We’ll be featuring submissions from now until the end of June, so you have plenty of time to get those creative juices flowing. If your submission is chosen (or retweeted from the official @DestinytheGame Twitter account), then you’ll not only get rad bragging rights, but the highly coveted Art of the Week emblem too. And the knowledge that when you go to sleep at night, you’re nothing short of a legend, but we digress. Anyway, shoot us your cosplay, hit us with the #Destiny2Cosplay hashtag so we can make sure to see those totally cooked homages, and just have fun with it. Can’t wait to see them!

So Long, Guardian Games '23, And Thanks For All the Titan Ws

Another Guardian Games and Guardian Games Cup has come and gone. Many of you swapped classes to prioritize this year’s games with your best Titan garb to do our Commander proud. Hunters, Titans, and Warlocks all gave it their best but there could only be one winner. Congrats Titans on pulling a flawless victory, always knew you had it in ya. This one’s for you, Lance.
In partnership with the Bungie Foundation for the second year in a row, Guardian Games Cup saw teams from around the globe raising almost $150,000 for Direct Relief and the International Rescue Committee. The top four teams in the Charitable and Technical categories will receive prizes for their accomplishments. Thank you to all of the Guardians who participated!
Charitable category
  • DEVELOPERS DEVELOPERS DEVELOPERS
  • Lost City Guardians
  • Destiny 2 Japan Creator
  • Metagalactic Boomers
Technical category
  • Popcorn
  • Ursidae
  • Prayer
  • Lighthouse Community Team ##It's Time to Taken Sloane Home (After This Season's Opening Cutscene, Of Course)
You know, this is one of those “don’t ruin this moment with words” times, so let’s just get right into the opening cutscene for Season of the Deep (if you haven't seen it yet and don't want to be spoiled, please skip the below video):
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Sloane is back, but that doesn’t mean that the fight stops. Now that we’ve teamed up with Zavala to bring her back home, it’s time to jump into yet another precarious life-or-death situation. And it all began with a simple distress call... '

Save the Dave and Dive Deep into What's Happening in Season 21

Whether you’re only sticking around in this section for a new dungeon date reminder—which, valid—or itching to start planning for that Grandmasters crawl (like a pub crawl but rated T for Teen), here are a few dates you should keep in mind for the new Season:
  • New dungeon hype, new dungeon hype, new dungeon hype!
    • The new dungeon, Ghosts of the Deep, arrives tomorrow!
  • Season 21 Trials of Osiris also goes live tomorrow.
    • Learn more about Trials rewards here.
  • First Iron Banner of the Season starts next week on May 30.
  • Grandmasters start early on June 13.
  • Solstice brings its sunny celebration on July 18.

    Guardian Ranks Reminder, Don't Panic

Now that we’re fully immersed in a brand-new Season and investigating previously unexplored areas on Titan, just a friendly reminder for those interested in their Guardian Rank progression and how that evolves from season to season.
Players who have already completed the objectives required to reach Rank 5 will start each new season at Guardian Rank 5. Other things to keep in mind:
  • Only Seasonal Guardian Rank objectives (the ones in blue text) are reset.
    • Get those comfy sweatpants ready, fellow fans of cozy, it’s time to game.
  • Guardians display the previous Season’s rank for the entire following season, so you will still have that badge of accomplishment.
We’ve also taken a good look at feedback regarding Guardian Ranks, the objectives tied to them, and have made additional adjustments to make them feel more enjoyable and in-line with your goals.

Don't Let Those Aquanaut Dreams be Dreams

It wouldn’t be a new Season without a new shiny title to earn and pin to snag! Take on the dangers of Titan for a chance to earn the new Aquanaut title. And don’t stop there, no... Commemorate your accomplishments with a shiny medallion that actually is like a little gift to yourself. I’m not sure about you all, but the little narrative anecdotes in each one makes me feel all warm and fuzzy.
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Get your own warm and fuzzies by earning the Aquanaut title before August 22, 2023, to unlock this Bungie Rewards offer through the Bungie Store. Happy diving!

A Message from the Archives

Remember that dope playlist we shared earlier this year highlighting cutscenes from seasons past? The ever-evolving list has just evolved once more with three newly added videos of glorious narrative goodness. If you’re interested in scoping it out, you can find Season 13 (Chosen), Season 14 (Splicer), and Season 20 (Defiance) added to this snazzy playlist right here.
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Player Support Report

OMB Sloane hiiii!!!!
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Another week, another Player Support report, this time diving into the first week of Season of the Deep. On the land side of things, here is the latest update on known issues.
Known Issues List Help Forums Bungie Help Twitter
EMBLEM OWNERSHIP UPDATE
Starting with the launch of Season of the Deep, emblem ownership values were updated. For security purposes, players who have emblems on their account that do not appear in their Collections ( Collections > Flair > Emblems > General) will no longer be able to equip these emblems, and players will no longer be able to see these emblems if they are still equipped. Those who are affected by this change will need to reacquire these emblems through proper means by unlocking them in their Bungie.net profiles or on their platform if they wish to continue using them.
Players who have emblems unlocked on their Bungie.net accounts and platforms are unaffected by this change.
NEW STRAND ASPECTS
With the launch of Season of the Deep, new Strand fragments have become available to unlock. Players who complete the Unfinished Business Exotic quest can now speak to Nimbus to acquire a quest to earn new Strand aspects and learn more about the Veil.
DUNGEON LAUNCH
The latest dungeon launches at 10 AM, May 26. To access the dungeon, players will need to own the Lightfall Dungeon Key and acquire the associated quest from Hawthorne prior to launching into the dungeon for the first time.
LAST WISH WEAPON CRAFTING
With the launch of Season of the Deep, Last Wish weapons are now available to be crafted. Additionally, players can visit Hawthorne each week to acquire the O Deepsight Mine quest to unlock the ability to purchase a previously obtained Last Wish weapon with Deepsight upon completion.
KNOWN ISSUES
While we continue investigating various known issues, here is a list of the latest issues that were reported to us in our #Help Forum:
  • The Electric Armor and Amped Up Artifact mods names are switched. These mods will still function correctly based on their descriptions.
  • The Until Its Return Shotgun's glare is disconnected from the weapon.
  • The Dark Decider Auto Rifle does not have firing audio.
  • Previous Season Ranks greater than 100 are displaying incorrectly in the Journey tab.
  • Some subtitles do not appear during the Season of the Deep opening cinematic.
  • When equipping a Sidearm or Hand Cannon, the player’s view will shift slightly to the left.
  • The portal in the H.E.L.M. does not open for players during the Into The Depths quest.
  • Players may experience framerate drops when opening the Eververse store pages.
  • The Season 19 clan staff has the incorrect title.
  • We are aware of reports that Exotic armor focusing is dropping with lower stats than intended and are currently investigating.
  • We are investigating an issue where players are blocked from completing the Season 21 Into the Depths introductory quest. Players who don't auto-launch into The Descent mission must complete Lightfall's intro mission first, otherwise, they will get blocked from completion.
For a full list of emergent issues in Destiny 2, players can review our Known Issues article. Players who observe other issues should report them to our #Help Forum.

Like a Big Taken Pie, That's Amore

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Hippy: I’m a simple Titan. I see pizza, I want pizza. I bet Oryx would totally eat this pizza when he’s chilling at his favorite spot in the King’s Fall raid: at the back of the room. 😌
Movie of the Week: Oryx, King of the Pizza
The Taken King 🎮 Song; “Used to the Darkness” #oryx #destiny2 #thetakenking #pizza #nickyatspizza #fyp #foryou #gamer #destiny #auryx pic.twitter.com/13BihKKTY2
— Nickyatspizza (@nickyatspizza) May 18, 2023

His Driftiness Has Arrived

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Bruno: “So, I’m Drifter. So, that’s what they call me. You know, that or, uh, His Driftness, or, uh, El Drifterino. Or Rat, if you’re not into the whole Hive thing.”
Art of the Week: 'I rough night, and I hate the [expletive] Screebs, man.
"Sometimes there's a man, he's the man for his time and place ... and that's The Drifter, in the Last City."
Thrilled to share my contribution to @D2ArtEvents #d2springzine2023! Check out the full zine below & all the works in the tag! #Destiny2 #destiny2art #Destiny2AOTW pic.twitter.com/5Bi7BPc2Es
— SignificantOtter (@SignificantOtt4) May 17, 2023
Ivan: I’d love to have a guided Vow of the Disciple tour by Rhulk. I’m sure there are many stories to be told. This amazing art was inspired by my beloved Blade Runner 2049, so picking this entry as #Destiny2AOTW is a no-brainer for me. Congrats!
Art of the Week: First day on the job
First day on the job
Rhulk showing the Caretaker around his ship, between the amber trapped silhouettes of failed experiments, curiosities and statues
my contribution to the #d2springzine2023 organized by @D2ArtEvents ✨#Destiny2Art #Destiny2AOTW pic.twitter.com/kuwZRm5wNP
— Strawbaby✨🏳️‍🌈 (@RedStrawbaby) May 17, 2023
That’s a wrap on another TWAB. Now it’s time to dive back into the mysterious methane seas of Titan. And you know what, with all that liquid it’ll be even easier to remember to drink some water. (Just... please don’t drink the seas of Titan. We’re literally begging. Thank you.)
Before we let you go, be sure to follow the @Destiny2Team account on Twitter for more from Bungie devs on what’s going on in the world of Destiny 2.
And while we’re all waiting on the next TWAB, remember to keep drinking that water, prioritizing that self-care, and always lead with your kindest foot forward. Until next time, friends.
"I should go,”
<3 Hippy
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2023.05.24 14:44 PARAPALEGICSNAKE Random Profile ideas/prompt responses I’ve had. Any of them good?

Context, I’m a 30 year old Male in a wheelchair (Muscular Dystrophy) and a bad scoliosis. Aka Quasimodo esque hunch back.
  1. I’ll never be able to pick you a wildflower, fight for your honor, or lift you up and carry you. I can: act as a very slow uber for a limited distance or ram people in the shins at your behest.
2.When I was about 12, I ran my own foot over which then pulled me out of my chair. Yeah, I’m pretty impressive
  1. If this was the mid 1800’s or earlier, I’d be a freak in a shitty carnival or dead like a deformed spartan baby. 😂
4.Tv show idea: Queer guy critiques what victims were wearing when they died.
5.Dicks are just water balloons with better lining
6.You know what they say about big heads…. “Wow that guys a fucking freak! Look at his head!”
  1. God filling out the work order form for making me: This one will be 6’5” with rock hard abs, the face of Ryan Gosling, and a great personality. Sculptor shows up piss drunk and you end up with a 5’5” chubby dude with Muscular Dystrophy and scoliosis.
  2. My life has undoubtedly been different from yours. I’ve missed out on dozens of “normal” experiences, but I think it affords me a certain perspective that few can truly know. Its definitely taught me to appreciate what I can do.
  3. The positives to someone like me far outweigh the negatives. I won’t get any worse looking/acting, sure I’ll age, but I won’t get any fatter because I already do next to nothing (honestly, I’ve even lost a few lbs the last few years), I won’t randomly start balding because I already am (have been since 23 or so), and I’ll always have my smile because life has already fucked me and I’m still here laughing.
  4. Is that a roll of quarters in my pocket or am I just wheely happy to see you
11 Statistically, some of you will be murdered by your boyfriend or spouse. Those odds drop precipitously with me. Mostly because I am significantly weaker than you. If your goal is to kill a boyfriend or spouse, I suppose I’m good for that too 😂
  1. I didnt need my golf handicap so I took it home. It seemed like a good idea at the time.
  2. We are the same type of weird if you watch a bee fly away and think of yourself as Harry Potter tracking the Golden snitch. Just me? Okay 😂
  3. Tv show idea (obviously starring me). Theirs a guy in a wheelchair. No one seems to notice he’s in a wheelchair. He becomes a cop, lots of hijinks ensue.
  4. My wheelchair: $28k+ My ability to say something weird, dark, or awkward: priceless
  5. You should leave a comment it: you agree, that carly was definitely writing the song about him.
  6. Just here to make everyone feel awkward
  7. Looking for someone with a “fuck it” mentality. Like “fuck it. Why not him?” I probably won’t murder you. In the end, isn’t that all you can ask of a date? 😂
  8. Are you a dead fish? Because I have an urge to hold you
  9. I’m great for long walks on the beach and hiking. I’m good at jumping rope, using pogo sticks, and running marathons. My favorite exercise equipment is the stair master.
  10. Some people fear dying. Some people fear not living. I fear someone under my bed ready to grab my feet as they dangle over the edge. Oh, and spiders
  11. I’m too weird looking to have character flaws 😂
  12. What if eating subway every day for a year, turns you into a pedophile. Sure he lost all that weight, but at what cost? 😂
  13. How did Donkey, get Elizabeth the dragon pregnant? I mean, I’ve heard of donkey dick but still…
  14. INTJ, weird, kind, happy, intelligent, nerdy, funny, considerate, sane, and responsible. About 5 months ago, I touched grass for the first time in about 20 years. I still think about it sometimes
  15. I’m a lot like Eminem. We both have brown hair, blue eyes, white skin, and a certain panache. Sure, he has 100’s of millions of dollars while I’m on disability. He grew up in a violent household and in a trailer while I grew up in a good family in the country. Ignore that and we are basically the same
  16. How come when a woman sends nudes of herself its “hot” and “empowering” but when I send nudes of myself I’m “ugly” and “distributing porn to children”? Double standards.
  17. Here is a little bit of a glimpse into my soul. When I was 10-12, I asked my siblings if we were half black because our dad is black. My dad is not black, just really tan. 😂
  18. During bubonic plague times, I’d be considered something of a catch. My skin isn’t rotting, I’m not coughing up blood, and I don’t have massive boils oozing black stuff. Plus, I brush my teeth which is more than Europe back then could say. What more could you want!
  19. How about the price of sneakers? Thats what us totally normal walking people talk about, right?
  20. We have “running with the bulls” but what we need is “running with big cats”. It would probably be more like running FROM big cats and for sure a lot more people will die but that off chance a tiger catches you and is just really friendly is totally worth the risk.
  21. I’m not saying I’m better than you because I’m in a wheelchair. All I’m saying is, one of us has to walk everywhere and the other just glides around at the push of a lever.
  22. I have pretty much all the streaming services. Yeah, you could say things are going pretty well. pops collar
  23. Kieran, dim the lights… here we go
  24. I’m fucking funny, I’m fucking awesome, I’m fucking cool (okay, I’m not actually cool but I am funny and awesome), and I’m fucking nice. Some small drawbacks with the whole “can’t walk” thing and the Quasimodo back but thats just nitpicking lol.
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2023.05.23 22:49 Purtle [PIL] #949 5/23/2023

Purtle's Internet Lineup for May 23rd, 2023 4:50pm
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2023.05.20 07:03 MonrealEstate DW The Wilderness Years - A Viewing Guide

This post will hopefully serve as a guide to get you through all the watchable content that exists from the Doctor Who "Wilderness Years". If, like me, you were wondering how to wade through all the material made around the series during 1989-2005 but didn't know where to start or what's what, and could do with a few links to help you along the way, this is the post for you.
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  1. Wartime
Featuring Sergeant Benton and Unit, this is the first outing from Reeltime Pictures. Starring John Levene & Michael Wisher, it takes place at the time of the original Unit stories (whenever that may be).
This was originally released by Reeltime whilst the show was still on, but given it kicks off an era of unofficial spin offs made in a similar vein after this, it feels too significant to leave out. Available here. 1988
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  1. Search Out Space
This Space special of the Children's TV Series 'Search Out Science' featured McCoy and Aldred reprising their roles. In Visuals, Setting and Cast it feels like somewhat of a continuation of the series, just in a more child-oriented educational setting. The link is to Part 1 of the Special that's been posted to YT, the rest is on YT too. 1990
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  1. The Stranger
Colin Baker & Nicola Bryant star across these 6 unofficial spin-off films that feature them playing similar characters to their Who roles (though differently named for rights reasons). These films include "Summoned by Shadows", "More than a Messiah", "In Memory Alone", "The Terror Game", "Breach of the Peace" and Eye of the Beholder". Wartime opened the spin off doors, and out of them came productions like this which are loaded with names from the classic series such as Sophie Aldred, Michael Wisher again, Louise Jameson and David Troughton. Available here. 1991 - 1995
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It is worth pointing out here that there were 2 main companies making unofficial spin-off films throughout the Wilderness Years, BBV Productions and Reeltime Pictures. Both companies were essentially making amateur fan projects but did feature names that went on to write and feature in the show such as Mark Gatiss, Reece Shearsmith and Nicholas Briggs, as well as stars from the show's history such as Elizabeth Sladen, Christopher Barry and Mark Ayres.
BBV Productions tended to feature original casts, characters and stories in their films that had limited links to Doctor Who. Film that did feature actors from the series tended to have them play radically different characters, such as 'The Airzone Solution'.
Reeltime Pictures made films which are more directly linked to stories from Classic Who, such as 'Downtime', featuring many characters on screen and crew members that worked on the show.
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  1. The Airzone Solution
This BBV Production boasts arguably the most Who star power of any unofficial work as it contains Jon Pertwee, Peter Davison, Colin Baker & Sylvester McCoy alongside Alan Cumming in an early role of his. Available here. 1993
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  1. Dimensions in Time
Charity special for the 30th Anniversary of the show, reuniting many stars of the show on screen in the style of The 5 Doctors. Eastenders also played a part in this, and it served as something of a crossover episode between the 2 shows as well. Viewers were invited at home to vote on whether they wanted Mandy or Big Ron to assist the Doctor in this adventure. 1993
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  1. P.R.O.B.E
These fan films star Caroline John, reprising her role as Liz Shaw (from S7 of Classic Who). 4 films were made by BBV which feature the character down the line working at a UNIT-esque "Preternatural Research Bureau". These films are "The Zero Imperative", "The Devil of Winterbone", "Unnatural Selection" and "Ghosts of Winterborne". These films were written by Mark Gatiss and, like many of these films around this time, feature an endless amount of faces from the classic series. Available here. 1994 - 1996
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  1. More than 30 Years in the Tardis
This was a documentary covering the history of the show, featuring highlights alongside talking head interviews. Very lovingly made, whilst absorbing some footage from other documentaries made just prior and including a few original scenes in the show's style - It was shown the year before for the 30th Anniversary, but extended for this release with additional scenes and footage. Available here, alongside Shada which will feature later... Kevin Davies Directs both this, and the next entry here. 1994.
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  1. Shakedown: Return of the Sontarans
We're back to unofficial spin off territory, with this fan film starring everyone's favourite Rutan Haters. Written by Terrance Dicks, who script-edited their first story 'The Time Warrior', and starring Sophie Aldred, Brian Croucher, Jan Chapell, Carole Anne Ford, Michael Wisher, you can't move for classic who star power. If that's not enough, Mark Ayres (music producer for the 7th Doctor's era) provides the sounds here.
As of 2023, this is the only Reeltime Pictures film which has not been given an official DVD or streaming release. The full film is available on YT as the above link provides, however were it to be made commercially available I would be happy to replace that with a trailer and link to where it can be purchased. 1995
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  1. Devious
One of the most ambitious and infamous fan projects, this serves as a kind of sideways addition to the canon, and injects a halfway incarnation of the Doctor between Troughton and Pertwee, with a fan playing that supposed missing link. Work started on this project in 1991, and is somehow still ongoing with Part 3 released last year. Notable for including a scene with Jon Pertwee in the TARDIS, in his 1st canonical scene as The Doctor, immediately after regenerating in the War Games. Pertwee's scenes were filmed in 1995.
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  1. Downtime
A sequel to the Yeti stories from the 60's, also featuring the return of The Brigadier, Sarah Jane and Victoria. There are some new beginnings too, as it introduces the character of Kate Stewart, the Brigadier's daughter, alongside friend Douglas Cavendish. This unofficial release from Reeltime Pictures includes many names of those involved with working on the classic series, including Director Christopher Barry and Writer Marc Platt. The YT upload appears to be from Reeltime themselves, so cheers to them. 1995
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  1. The 1996 TV Movie
The 8th Doctor. Banger of a film. Little needs to be said, it's the most well-known outing on this list and if you're here reading this you probably know all about it and where it can be found. 1996
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  1. The Few Doctors
A purely nonsense parody made by fans, spoofing all of Doctor Who up to this point, but in particular the multi-Doctor stories. Starring, of all people, John Nathan-Turner alongside Peter Miles. It's just a bunch of silliness and was made to be shown at the convention Panopticon 1997.
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  1. The Auton Trilogy
UNIT battles against the Nestenes and the Autons, in these 3 spin-off stories set at the time they were made in the late 90's. The 1st of these BBV films gets the ball rolling as a sequel to Spearhead from Space, and the rest follow from there. Beyond the setting and inclusion of the autons, all other characters are original, and no actors from the classic series are used. Reece Shearsmith plays a part in the first film. Available here. 1997 - 1999
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  1. Destiny of the Doctors
This was a PC Puzzle Game featuring the first 7 incarnations of The Doctor, and the classic Tardis Console. Cutscenes were recorded for the story of the game, featuring Anthony Ainley reprising his role of The Master, goading the player. You've probably seen these clips of Ainley being made into various memes, this game is where they originate from. I toyed whether or not to include this, but it's just a quick bit of fun, and I've seen some say it leads The Ainley Master into the events we see in the TV Movie... 1997
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  1. Backtime
Tom Baker's voice stars in this Who inspired fan film. Although like some other fan films, this features no actual Doctor Who characters or settings, it somehow has the Classic Who vibe attached to it like a glove. 1998
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  1. Mindgame Saga
The Mindgame Saga is the collective term for 4 spin-off films that included Mindgame and the Mindgame Trilogy ("Battlefield", "Prisoner 451" and "Scout Ship"). These films gave Sophie Aldred a starring role. Like in Shakedown before, Sontarans return here, alongside Draconians this time as the respective villains of the story. Available here. 1998
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  1. Soul's Ark
This spin-off film stars Colin Baker, Wendy Padbury & Carole Anne Ford. It is not a BBV Production nor a Reeltime Picture and appears to bare almost no actual relation to the show, apart from the obvious trio of Who stars in the main roles. I could not find this film available commercially anywhere, and I'm not actually sure where it came from, but if anyone has more info about it, please share. 1999
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  1. Doctor Who Night
This was a night of Doctor Who related content, hosted by Tom Baker on BBC, featuring a few clip shows and sketches (starring Mark Gatiss & David Walliams). This one is more just a bit of fun fluff than any addition to the canon and is not commercially available nor is it likely to be.
Sketches:
It finished off with a repeat of the final episode of 'The Daleks' and then the TV Movie. 1999
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  1. The Curse of Fatal Death
Part 2
Charity Special for Comic Relief, featuring Rowan Atkinson as The Doctor. Written by Steven Moffat, lovingly parodying and sending up the classic series, in his first credit for Who. It also features Joanna Lumley briefly as the 1st Female Doctor, and Richard E Grant as The Doctor, who will show up here later... 1999
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  1. Cyberon
The Cybermenons wreak havoc. A BBV Production but not one featuring any actors, characters, or settings from the classic series, and as such contains the least links to the show of any of their films. Available here. 2001
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  1. Do you Have a License to Save this Planet?
BBV's last spin off film from the Wilderness Era is a tongue-in-cheek self-parody, aimed at the various shortcomings of their earlier work. Sylvester McCoy stars as The Foot Doctor in this half hour of silliness. Not essential by any means. Available here. 2001
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  1. Death Comes to Time
Featuring The 7th Doctor & Ace, this feels like the closest thing to a continuation of the series since its cancellation, only in animated form. This is the first foray that Doctor Who made into webcasts (animations that were released weekly online for free).
Since the animation is not commercially available, and was not released that way originally, I've included a link to the 1st episode on Youtube to get you started. 2002
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  1. Real Time
Return of the webcasts. This one takes a step back from 7 and this time features Colin Baker's Doctor alongside his Big Finish regular companion, Evelyn Smythe. Set alongside the time of the Evelyn Big Finish stories in the middle of the 6th Doctor's era, it features the Cybermen and a Blue Coated 6. The story itself ends on a cliffhanger, which AleatoricConsonance points out was an intentional thread opener from writer Gary Russell, however to this day a sequel has yet to materialize.
You can't talk about the Wilderness Years of Doctor Who without mentioning Big Finish. This story and the following entry here were produced by them, and thus are available as audios by Big Finish too. 2002
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  1. Shada
Big Finish's remake of Shada features Paul McGann's 8th Doctor alongside K9 and Romana, the latter 2 reprising their would-be roles for the story. Shada was originally a story written for the 4th Doctor in Season 17 of Classic Who but was unfinished and has been remade in many different ways since. This time it was done in a similair animated vein to that of the previous BBCi production, as Flash Player animations.
You can find the full version of this Big Finish animation on the 2013 DVD Release of Shada (where it is a file accessible only on PCs, as well as on the much pricier Blu Ray Steelbook 2017 release of the story where it can be played on TVs. 2003
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  1. Dæmos Rising
The last unofficial spin-off on this list, this sequel to the Daemons features both Kate Stewart & Douglas Cavendish from Downtime returning to Devil's end. Available to buy and stream here. 2003
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  1. The Story of Doctor Who
Similar to how 30 Years in the Tardis celebrated the Show's then Anniversary, this documentary was put out to celebrate the show's 40th Anniversary. It also features many talking heads and comprises many clips from the original show.
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  1. Scream of the Shalka
To mark the 40th Anniversary, another flash animation was produced, this time with the debuting 9th Doctor of Richard E Grant. Introducing a new companion too in Sophie Okonedo, this is set after the events of the TV Movie and establishes Richard as the next incarnation after McGann. Grant's status as the flag-bearing 9th Doctor was very quickly revoked when the TV revival appeared, spearheaded by Eccleston in the role. Available here. 2003
And with the mention of Eccleston, and the RTD team looming on the horizon, that's where the wilderness years ends.

I hope you've enjoyed this rundown of the various highlights that helped fill the 16 year gap.

Where the content is available on youtube, particularly from the relevant official accounts, I have provided a link to it, otherwise the links will take you to a trailescene, with links underneath to where the full content can be purchased. Hopefully, this is all in-line with /gallifrey 's rule on no piracy-related content. In cases where the content is not commercially available (and was not made to be, such in the case of 'Doctor Who Night') I have included links to what content there is.
If I've missed anything here, please don't hesitate to mention it, I tried to include as much as I could but there's an amazing amount of content out there.
The funny thing is, this post only really scratches the surface, as it only covers the content you can watch from the wilderness years. Now what about all those books, audios, comics, games... etc. That'd really be something to sink your teeth into.
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2023.05.12 22:26 AZPolicyGuy Advice wanted: Rack system for 17 foot canoe

Hey friends,
I'm moving ~1000 miles on Wednesday and facing a problem I've procrastinated far too long.
I have a 17 foot aluminum canoe that I need to move with, and I'm struggling to figure out a good system to transport it. I previously used a Sportrack built for my old Elantra which worked super well for a good price, but they don't have anything built for a Maverick. I went to REI, and they basically told me they couldn't help me since the Maverick is so new.
Right now my best, most budget friendly option seems to be getting a bed rack and two foam pieces for the canoe to rest on the roof. I would have it roped into the hood with two clamps and a trucker's hitch, and ratcheted onto the bed rack. I cannot do a hitch solution, since I'll be towing a small trailer.
I've done this move four times with a crappy roof rack on an Elantra, but this is causing me way more stress. What do you guys think about the safety of such a method? Any better short term solutions? Long term suggestions also welcome - a lot of what I've seen in this subreddit is centered around carrying objects <10 feet, and this is a bit of a different beast.
Thanks a ton everyone!
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2023.05.06 16:04 Charity00 The Amazing Race 18 - Review

I’ve decided to rewatch every Amazing Race and rank them all.
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SEASON 18 (UNFINISHED BUSINESS) gets a 9/10
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This is the second returnee season and even better than the first. This season was low on controversial teams but it still didn’t feel boring and still had some craziness from teams like Kent/Vyxsin and Ron/Christina. Lots of likeable teams though (Zev/Justin, Cowboys, Globetrotters, Gary/Mallory) with the same light hearted feel that TAR17 had but still had the occasional sneaky moment or argument. Visually one of the best seasons to look at and there were no dull episodes..except maybe the finale.
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Theme
- This season brought back 11 former racers who didn’t win and have “unfinished business”. Returnee seasons can be the strongest seasons in the franchise as long as they are cast well and they have a bit of luck (boot orders and teams being just as dynamic as their first time). All Star season are like fan fiction - a universe where Kynt/Vyxsin fight with the Globetrotters, where Zev/Justin are given a proper chance to run a full race, and to possibly see Margie/Luke vs Kisha/Jen Part 2 (which never happened haha). It can take half a season to become emotionally invested in teams but here you care about teams in episode 1. So I generally enjoy the first episode of All Star seasons even if it objectively is average. However All Star seasons can also be a disaster if the hype is not met or teams are a let down.
- Overall the casting choices were good based on their previous race. Ron/Christina, Kent/Vyxsin, Margie/Luke, Flight Time/Big Easy and Jet/Cord were perfect choices as they were either fan favorites or would bring the drama. As they need girl teams, I’d also say that Jaime/Cara were a good choice as a competitive girl team and Jaime has potential as a villain. Considering the unfinished business theme, I’m glad they went with Zev/Justin due to the passport issue and even I saw their potential (as a witty and likeable team) in TAR15 despite an early boot. Gary/Mallory were an okay choice, a little overrated entertainment-wise but Mallory was very popular (if Brook/Claire said yes, I would have not included Gary/Mallory). Mallory’s fun energy was good for 1 season but I don’t see her bringing anything new especially when we already have 2 good parent/child teams (Ron/Christina, Margie/Luke).
- I believe Mel/Mike, Amanda/Kris and Kisha/Jen were NOT good choices. 5 teams from TAR14 were too many especially when TAR13 had 0 teams. Amanda/Kris seemed like a strong team who were screwed by a U-Turn (so had “unfinished business”) but they just didn’t seem interesting or memorable at all (and potential for entertainment should be the main criteria). I liked Mel/Mike but they just weren’t a strong team nor were they huge characters that absolutely had to return. Unfortunately Mike and School of Rock likely got them back again. I liked Kisha/Jen too (they had some fun sass and the bathroom situation as “unfinished business”) but were only there to clash with Margie/Luke (which wasn’t going to happen). Kisha/Jen weren’t a terrible choice but there were better options - but Amanda/Kris and Mel/Mike were terrible choices sorry.
- So I would NOT have picked Amanda/Kris, Mel/Mike, Kisha/Jen or Gary/Mallory. However I feel that there weren’t many teams from TAR12-TAR17 that were ignored though. Ken/Tina and Brian/Ericka were the main omissions and more interesting than the 4 I want to replace (and Ken/Tina would mean a team from TAR13). I’d also consider Terence/Sarah or Nate/Jenn because they strangely didn’t cast a bickering couple (Kynt/Vyxsin weren’t a bickering couple in TAR12). I would also have picked at least 2 teams from earlier seasons - possibly Linda/Karen, Ken/Gerard or Colin/Christie. 2 teams that would also fit this theme are Nancy/Emily (it is always good having contestants from season 1 but not sure of Nancy’s health) and Tara/Wil (the footrace is the biggest unfinished business, the drama they bring, yeah I know they’re separated but they were too entertaining to never even try bringing back). Glad they didn’t resort to 3-peaters though!
- I wouldn’t pick teams that performed poorly such as Dan/Andrew, Kelly/Christy, Maria/Tiffany or Nick/Vicki despite them being entertaining. Toni/Dallas also had a lost passport like Zev/Justin but were very dull. Sam/Dan would mean too many athletic male teams and Carol/Brandy were too unlikeable (although I don’t think they were as bad as fans say). Joe/Heidi had “unfinished business” as they were screwed by a U-Turn but didn’t find them that compelling. And definitely not Christina/Azaria as a hybrid (or even Azaria/Hendekea) as they were DULL!
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General Thoughts
- They did luck out with the boot order as bad choices Amanda/Kris and Mel/Mike were the first 2 eliminated and then “just okay” choices Jaime/Cara were out next. Margie/Luke and Ron/Christina were big losses in the middle though but there were still some popular teams that made it far with Kisha/Jen being the only team at the end who weren’t that interesting (but likeable enough). I wouldn’t say many teams ruined their legacies - it was bit sad seeing Mel struggling with his age, Margie/Luke finished much worse (with Luke freaking out at a mental challenge again) and Kent/Vyxsin were less likeable, although more entertaining.
- This season did lack villains, drama and controversy and it felt like they didn’t cast many controversial teams besides Jaime. This may have prevented TAR18 from getting a 10/10 but they still had Kent/Vyxsin as a bickering couple and Ron being…himself. The only big drama was Big Easy freaking out because he thought Vyxsin stole their gnome and also teams ganging up on Jet/Cord who were the outsiders. Besides that, it was a quite nice cast which can be refreshing too. It never felt boring though and I enjoyed returnee teams working together quite a bit - Zev/Justin and the Globetrotters, Luke and his “race girlfriends”, even things like Mallory helping Luke with the zodiac puzzle, Mel finding Margie’s kangaroo part, and Ron getting frustrated with Mallory being so hyper haha
- Kisha/Jen were likeable enough winners but I honestly found them really dull this season. Some witty comments here and there but better in TAR14. They had no story here except “We want to help our single mother” that came about in Leg 12. If they were the “first female team to win”, it would have been a much more satisfying outcome. It was an okay result but Gary/Mallory and Zev/Justin had better stories with most fans also preferring Flight Time/Big Easy or Jet/Cord winning. So just an “okay” winner result.
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Route
- The route had a lot of pretty places (Sydney Harbour, Australian Outback, Japan, Lijiang and old town, Varanasi, Vienna/Salzburg, Swiss Alps, Rio De Janeiro and Copacabana Beach, and the Florida Keys) most likely to show off the new HD. A lot of overused countries though (Australia, Japan, China, India, Austria, Switzerland, Brazil), a lot of double legs in the same country and only 1 new country in Lichtenstein (which was 1 challenge). Starting line in Palm Springs was unremarkable but the Florida Keys finish line was different and okay I guess. So big positives and big negatives.
- Challenges were a bit hit and miss. There were some very dull challenges that had no potential for drama - riding the sail boat looked good but was boring with only Jaime/Cara capsizing, the ritual under the Japanese waterfall also looked good but was boring, riding yaks looked good but was boring, hammering candy was boring, painting Ganesha was boring, collecting hay in India was boring, serving drinks on the beach was boring, painting a gnome should have been boring but they lucked out with the freezer drama, and the chimney challenge in Austria was one of the worst challenges ever! However the other half of the challenges were good and there was enough going on that those dull challenges didn’t impact the episodes negatively. Loved the aquarium puzzle, dinosaur puzzle, tea tasting, measuring Lichtenstein, eating fondue (wish more teams had done this), Brazilian wax and the samba dance.
- This season brought back the Express Pass and Double U-Turn from TAR17 which were fine. They also had a lot of their non-eliminations towards the start (F11, F9 and F6) which I think is a great idea for returnee seasons to keep the favorites in as long as possible (including a first leg “to be continued”). They also included a starting line challenge which is a good idea as long as the rewards and penalties aren’t detrimental (the automatic U-Turn was better than instant elimination). This is only the second starting line challenge after TAR15’s starting line elimination.
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Cast Ranking
1.Kent/Vyxsin - the best characters this season! Maybe not as likeable, but I found them more hilarious! They were more of a disaster and became the season’s bickering couple. I loved Vyxsin’s freakouts (which we only saw briefly in TAR12) and Kent (changed his name to honour his father who passed away) was a lot whinier and less competent…which was a funny dynamic - Vyxsin carried his bag and Vyxsin dragged him in the cart haha Enjoyed watching them even more than TAR12 despite them getting somewhat of a villain edit, and TAR18 would rank much lower if they were eliminated in Leg 4 (their dramas and trainwreck brightened up each episode). And their epic leg 4 meltdown where Vyxsin basically lost her mind is one of my favorite 1 leg performances!
  1. Zev/Justin - the most likeable team this season. Just like TAR15, they had such a nice bond and Justin seems like the perfect friend to have. Zev had so many hilarious one liners “We’re in the outback…but no steakhouses”, “Zev is very artistic”…”and autistic” “I just slammed my kangaroo tail in the door”, “I’m not fondue of this fondue”, “getting the top bunk is less chance of getting murdered” and “the snow will take off Kent/Vyxsin’s eyebrows”. I also liked that they showed some of Zev’s negative Asperger’s traits - acting bratty when frustrated, calling a judge “Captain Obvious” haha and smashing a teacup in frustration. I liked Zev’s quirkiness like randomly wearing pyjamas and when Mallory gave him earplugs because of the sensory overload in India. I really enjoy “funny” teams over “just likeable” ones and of course Zev overcoming a disability.
  2. Ron/Christina - my favourite team coming into this season and they brought the entertainment again in their 7 episodes. While Ron was not as aggressive as TAR12, he still had some hilarious lines (Ron making a mess and Christina was like “We have a freaking market here”, calling Phil “Bill” and yelling like a crazy person to stop the bus). We were also introduced to Hungry Ron who stopped many times to eat, kept sampling the candy during the challenge and really wanted to do the Road Block because he thought “charmed life” might be eating haha. But Real Truth Flavour Ron still appeared every now and again with his grumpiness, getting annoyed by Indian music and “We will be screwed because of her ineptitude” when a local gave bad directions. Best characters for the first few legs!
  3. Flight Time/Big Easy - some say Big Easy was a bit arrogant - yelling a lot, overreacted with Jaime/Cara U-Turning them, was harsh to Vyxsin and mocked Kent by repeating “that’s pretty” in a girly way. While I agree that Big Easy’s may not be super likeable, I don’t think teams have to be perfect - I liked Ron and he was far from perfect haha And they seemed nice when they hugged Margie/Luke in India and had some fun banter with Kisha/Jen mimicking Kisha’s laugh. So they seemed to always be having fun (their opening was “last time…Big Easy got us eliminated” haha) and I appreciate some drama, even if it’s petty.
  4. Jet/Cord - still believe they are overrated as characters (and possibly as racers too) but still very popular and honourable racers (although them not getting involved in alliances is probably why they’re targeted every season haha). They’re still good value as they have that “threatening aura” where every team wants them out and they keep falling behind and catching up (getting a bit tired of “Oh my gravy” though haha).
  5. Gary/Mallory - Mallory was still a bundle of energy - blabbering at the “Keep on Racing” point and Phil trying to shut her up haha and freaking out over the fake signup sheet! Still fun moments like saying Big Easy looked like Fred flinstone in the Japanese car and laughing crazily with Phil! Sweet bond with her dad, easy to root for, but just not a team that’s involved in storylines and just not much depth.
  6. Margie/Luke - an early boot this time but always good watching them even though they weren’t on screen much. Such a nice bond, Margie is like the best mom you could ever have, and I liked that they showed some bickering between the two here so it wasn’t a super sweet disability story. Luke struggling at the tea challenge was a sad and powerful moment this season.
  7. Kisha/Jen - not as interesting as their first season. They didn’t bicker as much (I quite liked their sass during their sibling spats in TAR14) and they didn’t have any storylines (last season had the rivalry with Margie/Luke plus Jen’s meltdown at the swimming pool). Just based on TAR18, they could possibly be one of the most irrelevant teams to make the top 3. There were snippets of their fun personalities like “Rest in peace” when asking for directions at a funeral home and “I’m not going to fulfil any African American stereotypes…but no I can’t swim” haha but they were VERY under-edited. But I still like them though!
  8. Mel/Mike - still had their witty likeable personalities (“A kangaroo is faster than your driving Kisha”) but mainly just had the “Mel struggling at everything” story. I do like older racers and Mel is the 2nd oldest ever in this season so they’re fine as that “early boot fodder” who are fascinating to watch for their 1-3 episodes that they struggle through.
  9. Jaime/Cara - There were glimpses of Jaime’s fiery personality (screaming ”get off my foot” to the sailors and some minor frustration with taxis) but didn’t have any big moments during their short stay. Were really just a generic early boot girl team this time with an occasional fun quote like “This is a far cry from the little green bunny suit” haha Could it be karma that they’re eliminated in China after Jaime’s TAR14 “That’s why I didn’t want to come to China…it sucks”?
  10. Amanda/Kris - were just the sweet pretty couple and can’t remember anything they did besides get the Automatic U-Turn. Them being eliminated first was the best case scenario for this season sorry. Just like Jon-Vito/Jill were the sweet pretty couple who were out first in TAR11.
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Leg Rankings
1.Leg 4 - China (F9 - TBC) - one of my favourite legs mostly due to Kent/Vyxsin being a hot mess, especially starting with “positive mental attitude”…which ended immediately when they couldn’t open their car and started fighting - then driving for 10 hours and missing the required flight, losing their passport TWICE, Vyxsin having a meltdown with the zodiac puzzle, and lots of bickering “Vyxsin I’m going to shoot you”. And Ron was hungry and hilarious too - Ron screaming and throwing something at the bus while Christina falls over is one of my favourite race moments! You also had Zev struggling at the zodiac challenge, Mallory helping a struggling Luke, and Flight Time/Big Easy not knowing their zodiac signs and going through every animal haha Other challenges were just okay - riding the yak looked nice I guess, and hammering candy/carrying a horn were basic (had a great location) but teams were so entertaining and placement shifts so didn’t care. An exciting leg in a beautiful part of China in high altitudes!
  1. Leg 9 - Switzerland/Lichtenstein (F6 - Jet/Cord eliminated) - a top episode due to the inter team dynamics and complimented by some great challenges. I loved the creativity of measuring Lichtenstein on bikes but also enjoyed the dynamics of teams working together and working to sabotage Jet/Cord. The fondue/delivering suitcases also provided some great moments - Zev/Justin were hilarious eating the fondue “I’m not fondue of this fondue”, Kent getting hit in the ankle by the cart…and then Kent riding in the cart with Vyxsin pulling it haha Kent/Vyxsin had some more funny spats this leg (can’t even get through a revolving door without bickering “If you push it, it gets angry” haha). Flight Time/Big Easy lose 2 luggage tags and then U-Turn Jet/Cord at the end. Another very visually appealing leg, great scenery and a night section in Switzerland. Cowboy fans hate this episode but I love an episode that gets people talking. But misses out on 1st because Kent/Vyxsin’s meltdown was just way too epic in leg 4.
  2. Leg 10 - Switzerland (F5 - Kent/Vyxsin eliminated) - had the most drama of any leg but wasn’t very well designed. The Matterhorn scenery was magnificent and the detour in the snow had some good moments - Zev/Justin struggling to dig in the snow and breaking the mannequin in half, Kent yelling “STOOOOPPPPP” with Vyxsin sending him deep into the crevasse (a cliffhanger at a commercial break haha) and Kisha/Jen “If I knew the mannequin had the clue, I would have grabbed it and left his ass down there” haha The chocolate Gnome Road Block was terribly designed because it seemed difficult to fail or overtake anyone but luckily they had the drama of teams turning on Vyxsin who they thought stole Flight Time’s gnome in the freezer (plus Kent calling it an “oven” over and over haha). Vyxsin cried after feeling ganged up on, and Big Easy and Kent mocked eachother. Then you had Zev/Justin’s comeback and Kent/Vyxsin’s penalty for taking a taxi (plus arguing and blaming eachother right to the end). Tense ending!
  3. Leg 11 - Brazil (F4 - Zev/Justin eliminated) - a very exciting and feel good final 4 elimination leg in beautiful Rio De Janeiro with many placement shifts. Some fun banter - Kisha/Jen running ahead and everyone being like “now we have to run too”, Flight Time/Big Easy withholding information at the airport and the top 3 teams begging the train to go so Flight Time/Big Easy don’t make it on. Enjoyed the Samba Road Block (hard dance challenges aren’t as common yet) with Zev struggling “I have white boy rhythm”. The waxing challenge had some fun moments especially poor Zev/Justin with Mallory being like “Those guys are so hairy” haha Making the drinks/selling bikinis was a bit unbalanced with Zev/Justin really struggling to sell bikinis on Copacabana Beach (the locals being like “We’re already in bikinis”). The drinks just wasn’t that interesting or challenging for a final 4 elimination, and there was no chance Zev/Justin were overtaking anyone doing it (Zev/Justin being annoyed with Flight Time/Big Easy showing off while making drinks).
  4. Leg 1 - Australia (F11 - TBC) - a great premiere largely because it was so great seeing all these teams return and interact. May not rank as high if they were first timers because there wasn’t necessarily any big moments, but it was very exciting and fast paced! The opening challenge with the paper planes was a great idea - exciting from the start, and a penalty rather than elimination this time (although the 2nd flight became the 1st flight due to a medical emergency). The shark tank puzzle provided some good drama with many teams not getting the phrase correct plus many teams helping each other (and Zev/Justin helping some but not others) and Vyxsin slightly stressing out in the tank. Sydney Harbour and Manly looked nice (Vyxsin joking “Manly - where he’ll fit right in” haha). Jet/Cord had a disaster of a first leg - struggling to find the right ferry, and then struggling at the puzzle and falling way behind with a “To Be Continued” cliffhanger. A unique ending with the fan favorites facing possible elimination!
  5. Leg 2 - Australia (F11 - Amanda/Kris eliminated) - another great leg however it felt a bit short, as if leg 1 and leg 2 were originally meant to be 1 leg with the sign up board in the middle. I really enjoyed watching lots of teams working together throughout this leg - working together to find the anchor in Sydney (really chaotic with lots of placement shifts and Jet/Cord searching for hours into the night), teams helping Mel who was about to collapse and navigating the streets of elements in Broken Hill (Mel finding Margie’s missing part and Ron being frustrated working with hyper Mallory haha). Feels much more dynamic with inter-team relationships. Was close and tense at the Aboriginal painting (with Kent screaming “I NEED CHILDREN!!!” when not reading the clue properly), Ron was his old hilarious grumpy self the whole leg (I love any leg with Real Truth Flavor Ron) and I loved seeing Gary/Mallory and Ron/Christina bumbling around in kangaroo suits and just surviving. And Mike “We’re gonna need these bouncers for the rest of the race” haha
  6. Leg 5 - China (F9 - Jaime/Cara eliminated) - felt like a fun and competitive leg with a U-Turn and a tricky final challenge - the dinosaur puzzle. Kent/Vyxsin found their lost passport from the previous leg, lied about getting a penalty and then U-Turned Jaime/Cara right in front of them “put a bullet through a playboy bunny” haha (after pleading with Kent/Vyxsin to U-Turn the threats Flight Time/Big Easy). The teams had a basketball game and a team thinks they found the “Golden Arches” but it ends up being McDonalds haha Remembering the dolls/assembling the solar water system were both okay challenges…and at night. Some minor arguing with Margie/Luke and Kent/Vyxsin, and Ron accidentally closes a door on Christina! Then the final challenge has all teams together frantically putting the dinosaur together with lots of “not safe” - Gary/Mallory use the Express Pass, Kent falls of the ladder very awkwardly, Big Easy overtakes Jaime and boats “DOUBLE U-TURN THAT”, Kent/Vyxsin’s penalty and a very tense end!
  7. Leg 6 - India (F8 - Margie/Luke eliminated) - a fantastic first half with the tea challenge but the detour was average with not much suspense once Margie/Luke fell behind. Starts with every team being annoyed they were staying in China longer - poor Luke was like “damn it” cause he has spent 5 legs in China so far (and 2 more in TAR24), teams planning a fake signup sheet with some fun banter, Kisha/Jen heading to a Snapple Factory haha (not seeing the clue on the Snapple bottle) and Luke’s meltdown at the tea challenge (sadly a repeat of TAR14). Finding the same tea from earlier in the leg was a unique twist, “Zev think of it as tea pong” and Vyxsin holding the tea in her bosom, “It’s like pillows for the tea” haha But painting Ganesha/delivering books inside a tight rickshaw wasn’t that interesting besides teams wondering if Ganesha was pregnant, fat or a deity of fertility haha and Flight Time/Big Easy’s knocking paint on it. A very good leg overall in chaotic Kolkata (a few near accidents) but would be higher if the second half was stronger.
  8. Leg 3 - Japan (F10 - Mel/Mike eliminated) - a great leg but no big moments to make it stand out. It had some nice cultural tasks but not necessarily interesting - the samurai bow and arrow was easy, the Shinto ritual under the waterfall was easy besides it being freezing, and looking for the frog in the mud was straightforward but once again had the freezing cold…and Mel/Mike treated for hyperthermia so I guess it was challenging in a way. Had some decent flight scrambles (risky connections, delays, working together, spying) and navigational dramas (getting lost, teams all driving together, Jaime/Cara smashing someone’s mirror, Ron being a grumpy driver like always haha). Some drama with Flight Time/Big Easy taking Ron/Christina’s fanny pack (“They just caused a consternation”) and a come from behind with Jaime/Cara overtaking Mel/Mike and just surviving. Still entertaining despite ranked #9 and Japan looked nice and didn’t feel as “wacky” as most Japanese visits (despite the rotating parking garage which was fine).
  9. Leg 7 - India (F7 - Ron/Christina eliminated) - a new unique Indian location in Varanasi and some good moments throughout but the challenges didn’t stand out as much as others. Finding the holy men had Ron really struggling but it wasn’t as epic as Luke’s tea fail. Ron awkwardly stumbled off course saying “Sadhu sadhu sadhu” over and over and was like “I thought they may have wanted to take a refreshing bathe in the Ganges - I overthought it” haha It also had Kent betraying Gary, and Justin calling the holy men “Anorexic Santa Clauses” haha Later a poop challenge - Kisha/Jen had some good banter like “the crap you do for a million dollars” and “come on lady, we’re trying to feed your kids” haha and Mallory having the same white shirt from the poop challenge in TAR17 haha Vyxsin had a freakout and jumped into the Ganges (where Mallory earlier had a poverty segment and watched people being cremated in it eek). Jet/Cord come from behind again but Ron/Christina are an obvious boot (but a very picturesque sunset).
  10. Leg 8 - Austria (F6 - Non elimination) - a bit slow besides Kent/Vyxsin arguing while carrying a bed…and basically arguing most of the leg “I can’t deal with your psycho behaviour”. The Detour felt very unbalanced as the eating challenge on the Ferris wheel seemed very difficult and almost impossible if you fail the first time (I agree with Zev - “I demand to talk to the manager” haha). If they made the meal smaller on each attempt, it would have been a much better Detour but carrying the bed was an okay navigation/physical task. The chimney sweeping Road Block was embarrassingly easy and one of the worst challenges ever - it was just dunk the sweeper 3 times and I don’t see how anyone can fail it. There was a Sound of Music theme in Salzburg, while the chimney sweeping had a Mary Poppins reference - not sure if they confused the 2 films haha Some okay navigational drama (mostly Kent/Vyxsin), Flight Time peed on a national monument haha, snowy Austria looked nice but bad challenge designs unfortunately.
  11. Leg 12 - USA (F3 - Finale) - the only bad leg of the season! Challenges were very boring and straightforward - move a boat with a forklift, search chests underwater (it looked good with the mermaids but too easy, if they made it a “proper” swimming challenge we may have gotten some drama from Kisha/Jen) and setting up a trailer was an underwhelming final challenge. The only drama was the wind knocking over the displays, which wasn’t planned haha Gary/Mallory were also screwed by a bad taxi and the challenges weren’t difficult so they had no way to catch up. It was close and exciting between Kisha/Jen and Flight Time/Big Easy for most of the finale though and this saved it from being awful. I don’t mind if they don’t have a memory challenge (TAR15’s poker chips were fine) but it needs to be more challenging than putting up some decorations. A quiz on previous races seems like a good idea in a returnee season. So no drama, no memorable challenges, the Florida Keys looked grey and dull, and winners were only “okay”.
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Summary
Honestly not many negatives! This season was similar to TAR11 in that there was consistently entertaining legs (despite some poor designs) however I found this returnee season better with less teams ruining their legacies, non-eliminations in unpredictable positions and more likeable winners. While it lacked drama compared to seasons like TAR2 and TAR11, it did feel nice and satisfying to watch yet it was still very competitive. Very similar to TAR17 which is just ahead of TAR18 because of the better ending (although if Kisha/Jen were the first girl winners, TAR18’s ending would have felt more epic). This could have been a 10/10 season though with some better challenges here and there, some more negative drama, and a better finale with a better winner’s story. But most of that is nitpicking. A fantastic season and a worthy showcase of teams from TAR12-TAR17.
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So after each season I will place it on a ranking: (with links to previous reviews)
1.TAR5 - 10/10
  1. TAR3 - 10/10
  2. TAR12 - 9/10
  3. TAR17 - 9/10
  4. TAR18 - 9/10
  5. TAR2 - 8/10
  6. TAR7 - 8/10
  7. TAR11 - 8/10
  8. TAR13 - 8/10
  9. TAR6 - 8/10
  10. TAR10 - 7/10
  11. TAR14 - 7/10
  12. TAR1 - 7/10
  13. TAR9 - 7/10
  14. TAR15 - 6/10
  15. TAR4 - 6/10
  16. TAR8 - 6/10
  17. TAR16 - 5/10
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2023.05.05 23:18 Chaotic_Panda94 Is this safe to use? There’s a description of what’s in there.

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2023.05.05 04:18 doometteowo This must be more than just dreams

Hello! I found this sub earlier this week and spent hours reading about Mall World. It's so surreal and uncanny I've been minorly obsessed with the perplexity of our shared dream experiences.
What's more, I can remember the exact month I started dreaming about Mall World (July 2017), since then every single dream has taken place there.
Before I list the locations I've seen in Mall World, I'd like to address the common theme of becoming lucid and hunted down. Often it is by police, killers, monsters or doctors, in my experience if they manage to trap you they will either kill you (for me it has been with guns/knives) or immobilize you using force and/or drugs. One user mentioned an "evil hospital" where I've found myself trapped and unable to become lucid while attempting to escape. I will go into further detail below in my list of locations and experiences. Also, the times I've become lucid seem to be completely random, but as soon as I realize I'm dreaming I have full control over my dreams and can easily manipulate all aspects.
Mall
Multi-level mall with lots of dark and empty shops as well as illuminated ones, usually very empty. The top floor has an expensive jewelry store I've seen but I prefer the thrift shop on the main floor, plain decor with wooden shelves, white chipped paint and old carpeting. Lots of old clothes, accessories and home decor. If you keep walking through the mall you'll go past a fountain before the food court. The food court is full of neon signs, I vaguely remember a lot of the color mint green for decor. Past the food court and department store is the theatre with red carpet and dark walls, I don't come here much.
Department store
The department store is connected to the food court, and many have described it as "The target". I've never been to a target but when I googled it— yup that's a target alright. I usually see it with seasonal Christmas products like red and green cookies and a blow-up Santa yard decoration. There is a large wall of paper towels, way more paper towels than I've seen in an actual store.
"Evil Hospital"
I usually dream about this after having a lucid dream, but mostly I'm not lucid when I'm here. It's a large cubic building with all white interior, some walls are solid white and some are clear glass. I'm always trying to escape, running and hiding from the staff in white coats. If I am caught here I'm drugged and put in a bed in front of a screen before waking up. Once I escaped into the basement, which was an endless grey hallway lit by fluorescent lights. I hid in a broom closet when I felt a presence nearby, then I woke up.
Waterpark on the Mountain
This is one of my favorites, these dreams are always pleasant, and seem to be quite common. On a ledge on a lush green mountain sits a water park with various slides, pools and hot tubs. There is a river nearby, and at the bottom of the mountain is an ocean. Where the mountain meets the ocean there is a beach and the established "dock world". Next to dock world is the modern looking condos with large windows that overlook the ocean and indoor plants. Past dockworld is a highway that winds on the mountainside.
Beach & "Dock World"
I only dreamt of dock world a few days before discovering this sub, and wow what a coincidence (if it is one). Colorful houses on a dark wooden dock on the ocean. (Skansen Harbour). Next to it is a beach with white sands and a tall forest providing shade.
The Mountains
I feel like the mountains are very tall, steep and diverse. I've been in a winter blizzard and a warm summer night. I've been through the steep, insanely angled roads in the icy forest and the calm rocky, barren road in the desert. I'm usually on the steep icy roads in a vehicle, and walking the desert on foot.
The Hotel
The hotel is the tallest building in Mall World, it reaches the sky. It has trees growing on the roof, and a Chinese restaurant on one of the top floors. The rooms are very modern looking with large windows from floor to ceiling. The hotel has a wave pool in the basement with a tall waterslide attached to the ceiling.
Train Station
Yet another coincidence, I dreamed of the train station a few weeks before finding this sub. It is outdoors, with a view of the city and hotel. There is a Cafe and garden nearby where you can sit under a floral canopy and drink wine while waiting for your train. The train itself is white and gold, to me it looked more like an antique decoration than an actual train. In my dream the train arrived, then I realized my wallet was in the hotel room and had to go back and woke up.
Suburbs
The suburbs are in an eternal summer morning. Blue skies, green grass and early morning light make the rows of houses and apartments stand out. There is an outdoor strip mall near, with a large concrete or stone archway at the entrance. I'll often see people walking around on the sidewalk.
"Down West/El Cajones"
Before I found this sub I called this place "down west" since it resembled the impoverished part of my hometown with the same name. No green grass grows here, the apartments and homes are all in terrible condition with garbage littering the yards and streets. I've been shot and stabbed here before.
Gravel Roads
The gravel roads are near a campground in the forest with log cabins, and also a rural lake resort community. Each home is decently sized and well taken care of, with odd circular gravel driveways that circled each house. Off to the side of the gravel roads is an old dilapidated traileRV in a green meadow with daisies growing around. The gravel roads will take me to my version of "the house on the hill".
The House on the Hill
My version of the house is all dusty dark wood, the only lighting coming from outside or the bathroom in the basement. The main level has a hole in the wooden floor, just a hole that leads to pitch black darkness. The upper floor has a room with torn ripped curtains that blow in the breeze since the windows have no glass panes. This room is full of wooden furniture covered in dust such as chairs, coffee tables and dressers. The basement of the house has an empty bedroom with only a bed and a bathroom across the hall. The bathroom is unique since it is the only room with no wood, it's all white tiles. If you get in the shower it acts as a portal to the mall, an airport (just a regular airport with moving walkways) or if I'm unlucky I'll end up in the "evil hospital".
Cursed Grama's House
Like many here I'll often dream of my grandparents house, but sometimes it's a terrible nightmare. Often it is fall or winter when these bad things happen, it is here I've been shot to death many times. There is a tool shed here I sometimes hide or find a weapon. A few times I have become lucid and flown away from my attackers.
Discovering this sub sent me down a long rabbit hole. The shared dreamscape of many souls was one thing on its own, but why are those of us who become lucid targeted? Why do we want to escape by taking the train/ferry/plane and why can we never seem to be able to? Is this some sort of simulation? Collective unconscious? Soul prison? Ask yourselves this and more, I believe our answers are hidden in Mall World.
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2023.05.05 01:46 thepacksvrvives Season 7: everything we know so far, part 2

If you’ve somehow stumbled across part 2 first, here is part 1.
If you haven’t read the books or don’t want to see any spoilers, do NOT read this post.

BLOCK 5

Block 5 might be exclusively in Scotland across two different storylines: Claire, Jamie, and Ian’s visit at Lallybroch with Old Ian’s death in 1778; and Roger with Buck at 1739 Lallybroch looking for Jemmy.
Claire, Jamie, and Ian will head first to Simon Fraser’s funeral (Echo, chapter 75), filmed at Kinloch Rannoch. A supporting artist who was involved shared some photos in the comments under a public Facebook post.
Credit: via SurvivedTheShows, source unknown (1-2, 6-7), a supporting artist (3-5).
Midhope Castle underwent some changes to accommodate the 18th-century storylines; the front yard looks slightly different than in 308 but the windows and doors are the same as we’ve seen in S1-S4.
Credit: _simbelmyne_ (1), stevenwilson8743 (2-3), Parkhead House (4-5), stevenwilson8473 (6-8).
All photos from Midhope.
The returning cast members were announced in October and most of them filmed that month. Additionally, the rest of the Murray siblings were cast: Kitty (Emma Rafferty), Michael (Angus Miller), and Janet (Megan Daynes). We should also see Young Jamie (Conor McCarry was followed by some cast members in October) and Maggie. Layla Burns confirmed she was in episode 709, so that is when we are going to see Joan again (and Laoghaire).
Steven Cree mentioned in an interview with SheKnows that he has a “nice scene with [Sam] in Season 7” and that “the location [they] filmed in was probably the most picturesque location that [he filmed] the whole time [he’d] been on Outlander.” This is most likely the walk Jamie and Ian take in Echo, chapter 81, reminiscing about their youth together and talking about Ian’s impending death.
Steven also praised Kristin Atherton (new Jenny) in another interview, saying:
And actually, Kristin [Atherton], who came in and played Jenny was so fantastic and my storylines [previously] in the show were mostly with Jamie and Claire. I never really had that much stuff with Jenny. It was fine.
As for the other 18th-century storyline, filming also took place at Kinloch Rannoch, but at the hill used for Craigh na Dun, and Richard’s trailer was spotted. The stone circle was up for a few days in September.
All photos from Kinloch Rannoch.
Andrew Whipp returned as Brian Fraser, and a supporting artist filmed as “Brian Fraser’s housekeeper.”
Filming also took place in Culross, which previously stood in for Cranesmuir. Since we’re going to see Geillis again, Meerkat Cross was once again used for the village, with the building on the right used as the exterior of her house. Richard and Diarmaid were spotted filming in the village.
Credit: Suzy Taylor (1), Pati Sears-Burnett (2-5), Lorelle Penman (6-9), cinbin_ (10-11).
The last two photos are of Culross Palace, which was most likely used for the interiors of Laoghaire’s house, just as in S4, in Claire and Jamie’s storyline.
All photos from Culross.

BLOCK 6

The filming of the exteriors took place in Canning Street, Liverpool, as well as Chester, which both stood in for Philadelphia. It received plenty of coverage in the press and on social media.
Credit: liverpool1207 (1-4), Claire Brown (5-7), Andrea Livesey (8-9).
More photos from Canning Street.
The building with red features was identified as a brothel by people visiting the set. Supporting artists were involved in the scenes (filmed later in the studio) as “Brothel upper-class Johns” and “Brothel High class Ladies.”
Credit: Colin Lane (1-4), Billy Vitch (5-11), Andy Teebay (12), soobysnax35 (13).
From the main cast, Sam and David were spotted filming the scene after Jamie “comes back from the dead” and “kidnaps” Lord John (Echo, chapter 101). Charles was also photographed on Canning Street.
Credit: soobysnax35.
No sign of Caitríona outside but she must’ve been there as well. John posted from Liverpool with Izzy, so Rachel and Denny must’ve been in the scenes there too. Hugh Ross later posted photos of John, Izzy, and Charles on his Instagram, presumably from when he was shooting with them in Liverpool (Arch’s death scene–Echo, chapter 100).
No sign of either Lauren or César. Lauren was filming in the Dominican Republic at the time, so this storyline could’ve been altered, or they filmed their scenes at another time/only indoors.
Henry (Harry Jarvis), Mercy Woodcock (Gloria Obianyo), and Jane Pocock (Silvia Presente) should feature in these episodes. Sam Hoare also returned as Hal Grey, Duke of Pardloe.
A number of supporting artists, male and female, were involved in the filming of “the Ball.” There were artists with dance experience who filmed a “dance scene,” which the agency described as “Girls out filming at the studio, they have been rehearsing for weeks for this“ on Facebook. That shoot has to be the Meschianza, the “extravagant farewell party to honor the commanders of the Army and Navy, General Sir William Howe and Admiral Richard Howe” organized mainly by John André, in which Claire participates in Echo, chapter 98, alongside William and LJG, sometime after receiving the news of Jamie’s “death.” There was some filming done at Croxteth Hall & Country Park in Liverpool, which could be the site of the Meschianza.
Credit: Geoffrey Smith (1-5), Liverpool Film Office (6).
All photos from Croxteth.
There was also some filming in Chester, primarily at Chester City Walls, where a large number of supporting artists were spotted. All photos from Chester.
A number of supporting artists were listed as “Philadelphia travelers” and “Quaker men/women,” who also filmed in Dalmeny.
A junior carpenter working on S7 posted photos of “Jamie’s cairn.” Ian builds it in MOBY, chapter 1, in the woods between Philadelphia and Valley Forge.

BLOCK 7 & 8

Between December 2022 and February 2023, there was not much in the way of spotting the filming by locals. However, Sophie herself posted from some night shoots at Midhope Castle.
Ciaron Kelly also posted from a night shoot in December, which coincided with the OL night shoots, but it’s uncertain whether it was the same shoot. However, as mentioned above, his agency posted about his wrapping on OL in January, so it is very likely. Ernie shows up at Lallybroch during the shoot-out in MOBY, but he could also be involved in escorting Brianna and the kids back home after the tunnel rescue.
There were also scenes with “1980s Police officers” which could either be after Jem makes it out of the tunnel, when Brianna and the kids are escorted back to Lallybroch and the police insist on checking the locks, or when Jem calls the police on Rob when he and Mandy are staying with Fiona and her kids. One of the supporting artists noted he’d driven a police car.
Charles also filmed some night shoots at the time, at Hopetoun Estate, so it could’ve been used for other locations in addition to Lallybroch.
Diarmaid Murtagh posted some photos with Richard in his S7 wrap post. He included one with Sophie in Brianna’s 18th-century coat and Richard as Roger at what appeared to be the dovecot at Midhope. He deleted it a day later. Could it possibly have spoiled that Brianna reuniting with Roger in 1739 is already in S7? Brianna already has her 1980s hair there (bangs). It also looks like a bag strap across her body (Brianna carries a bag with some handy things into 1739 in the book).
In January, supporting artists were supposed to film as “MEAN OLD MR McBIRNEY & Henchman.” No idea what this one is. There’s no character with that name nor does the word “henchman” appear in either Echo or MOBY.
The filming continued in January in Blackridge/Blackraigs and Forrestmill, with supporting artists playing both Redcoats and Continentals.
Credit: stevenwilson8473.
There was also a “laundry bootcamp.” “Laundry” is only specifically mentioned in the book when Jane and Fanny join William on their way out of Philadelphia. That’s where William tells them to go when he agrees to take them under his protection.
Some supporting artists filmed a “Secret Wedding” on Feb 23rd.
The last month or so of filming seemed to be gearing up towards the Battle of Monmouth.
Lion Russell Baumann (Hessian Soldier) posted a story in his costume on January 12th. Hessians were involved both in the Battle of Saratoga and the Battle of Monmouth.
Actors Ben Cura and Wilf Scolding (Abraham Shaftstall) posted from Scotland in February. Abe Shaffstall in the book is the militiaman who shares food and drink with LJG, after LJG is discovered by Reverend Woodsworth's militia company (MOBY, chapter 51). Ben Freeman played Corporal Woodbine, who first takes custody of LJG after his fight with Jamie outside Philadelphia.
Hyoie O’Grady played Lieutenant Judah Bixby and followed Sam and David in January. Bixby is the young lieutenant under Jamie’s command at the Battle of Monmouth.
It appears that the show was casting the role of Captain Jared Leckie, the army surgeon who administers first aid to Claire when she’s shot at Monmouth (as far as I could find, those are only the actors that this specific agency has put forward for the audition; it’s likely that neither of them has been cast in this role). Jack Daynes was also a double for a Surgeon in the finale.
In his wrap post, Sam also appeared to be wearing a buff vest which would be a part of Jamie’s uniform as a General.
Maril’s #HeardOnSet on wrap day is from MOBY, chapter 65, which is the night before the Battle of Monmouth:
I slept without dreaming and without moving, until a touch of cramp in my left foot roused me enough to shift a little. Jamie raised his arm a bit, then replaced it as I settled again, and I became aware that he wasn’t asleep.
“You . . . all right?” I murmured, thick-tongued with drowsiness.
“Aye, fine,” he whispered, and his hand smoothed the hair from my cheek. “Go back to sleep, Sassenach. I’ll wake ye when it’s time.”
However, there is no certainty that Sam and Caitriona were filming the season finale that day or that the line wasn’t been repurposed for another point in the story.
In a podcast released in April, DG mentioned the filming of a scene that sounds like the moment Claire is shot and discovered by Jamie during the Battle of Monmouth, but there is also no certainty there.

MISCELLANEOUS

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2023.05.02 22:52 TriciaPaLynn Need advice on canoe rack for a Ford F150

We moved up from a Ford Ranger to a F150 and are trying to figure out what would be the best way to haul our canoe. We have a 17 foot AlumaCraft, circa 1960.
What would be the best option to get the canoe to the lake? Rack? Trailer?
Thanks in advance for the help.
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2023.05.02 10:01 haircombsnightmare The Umbrella Academy Re-watch: S1E1 - "We Only See Each Other at Weddings and Funerals"

Hi everyone!
Since we don't know how long of a wait we have until Season 4 gets released, AND I have personally been wanting to re-watch the entire show again for a while, I thought it would be more fun to do that together as a community. The more eyes the better, right?
Twice a week (Tues/Wed and Sat/Sun most likely), I'll make a post in which we can take a deep dive into each Episode, discuss plot points/holes, analyze interactions or dialogue, vote for the best quotes and dig around for clues as to what we could expect for S4.
Important:
- I will do my best to address Viktor and his transition properly, but I might have to refer to him by his deadname at times when discussing early episodes. Still, I'll try to stick to Viktor as much as I can.
- Beware of spoilers! I will try to add tags, but since we will be digging for clues and making wild theories, it is quite likely that a TV Show/Comic spoiler might pop up. First-time viewers, please beware.
- This is an 'in-depth analysis' of the Episodes, which means they might be a bit lengthy. I have separated it into sections for easier reading and in case you wanna skip any bits. The button for voting for your favorite(s) will always be at the bottom of each post.
All that being said, let's jump right into it! ☂
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Episode: Season 1, Episode 1 - "We Only See Each Other at Weddings and Funerals"
Release Date: February 15th, 2019
Link to Season 1 Trailer
Episode Description: Years after they rose to fame as young crime-fighting superheroes, the estranged Hargreeves siblings come together to mark the death of their father.
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Episode Overview ☔
On the 12th hour of the first day of October 1989, 43 women around the world gave birth. This was unusual only in the fact that none of these women had been pregnant when the day first began.
With this iconic quote and after a rather traumatizing scene of a young woman suddenly becoming pregnant during her swimming class, we kickstart this amazing show. Soon after, we get introduced to one of our Main and most important characters - none other than Sir Reginald Hargreeves.
Sir Reginald Hargreeves, eccentric billionaire and adventurer, resolved to locate and adopt as many of the children as possible. He got seven of them.
As an unknown figure plays a beautiful rendition of "Phantom of the Opera", the story slowly begins to unravel as we get introduced to the characters. The first one to show up is, of course, none other than Number One or "Luther".
Luther doing the hard work and taking the intergalactic trash out.
The tempo picks up as we jump to an entirely different scene. A family of four is being robbed at gunpoint. Unfortunately for the thieves, it was not their lucky day, because we are introduced to Number Two or "Diego" - the Hero we deserve, but we... kinda need right now, actually. Depends on who you ask.
Is Diego also paying for all of the frames he breaks? I mean, surely our Hero will stay to clean up.
The Tempo keeps on picking up as we jump to the next scene. A beautiful, tall, blonde woman wearing a Red Dress to the Red Carpet. In a crowd of frenzied paparazzi and enough cameras flashing to give anyone mild panic, we are then introduced to Number Three or "Allison".
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Is anyone else curious about the plot for \"Love on Loan 3\"?
The music now changes to a violin rendition of "Angel of Music" as our fourth sibling enters the scene. Far from the fanciness of that red carpet, we see a stinky rehab center with motivational posters so bad they make Eat, Pray, Love sound like Shakespeare. We are introduced to the immediately chaotic Number Four or "Klaus".
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How does this man manage to look so fashionable despite being just released from rehab? Must come with the genes.
With the music slowing down to match the events, we see each of our newly introduced characters' attention being caught by something. The music stops, the lights switch on and we finally get introduced to the mysterious violin player. Number Seven or "Vanya". At the same time, we learn the tragic news: the eccentric billionaire Reginald Hargreeves (aka Dad) has been found dead.
That violin intro is superb as is this take of Viktor in front of the empty theatre.
We get the first look at the Hargreeves Mansion. A lot can be said about it. Namely, the amount of animals in it: whether it's taxidermy, bones, artifacts, or living ones, not a single room is missing an animal. If one were to judge this Mansion without any previous knowledge, it hints that Reginald was a man who enjoyed travelling, arts, and... animals. Lots of animals. From vases to portraits to sculptures, this is a house that looks like a creepy museum.
The siblings finally meet each other and start interacting, displaying straight away how little they like each other and how not-excited they are to be meeting again, making it clear to the viewer that they don't have the best of relationships. Luther is convinced someone has murdered Reginald, stating he was never seen without his Monocle. Meanwhile, Viktor gives us a tour of other parts of the house, revealing a lot of memorabilia from when the kids were younger.
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So, do you want to spot your Umbrella Academy crush AND win back 2 school swag? Yeah, me neither.
We get introduced to another key character: Pogo. The morally dubious yet kind chimp-butler who did a better job raising the kids than Reginald himself. As Viktor and Pogo stare at a portrait of a young kid, we learn that his name is Five and he has been missing for 16 years, 4 months, and 14 days and that Reginald insisted Pogo keep track of it, never losing hope Five would come back. We also learn of Five's affinity for (ew) Peanut Butter and Marshmallow sandwiches.
The flashbacks begin here, the past and the present mixing to tell us a story. As the siblings keep on exploring parts of the Mansion, we learn that Reginald never allowed a single one of the kids to step foot inside his Office and that he was 'always busy', so much so he barely spoke to the kids. During a conversation between Luther and Allison in the present, we learn that she used to be married to "Patrick" who filed for divorce 8 months prior and got full custody of their daughter, Claire - something she blames on her powers.
After some more failed sibling interactions, we get a flashback from 17 years ago: a bank robbery, with hostages involved, is taking place at "Capital West Bank". This is the first time we get to see The Umbrella Academy in action and learn more about their powers. We see Allison 'rumoring' one of the thieves to shoot a colleague, Luther making a dramatic entrance through the roof and throwing a thief with his super-strength, and Diego using his knives against another thief.
But most importantly, we finally see the other two missing siblings! Not yet officially introduced, we learn that "Five" has the ability to teleport all over the room, and "Ben" has some scary but very lethal tentacle power that helps him kill most of the robbers in seconds. The downside is that the whole ordeal is quite gory. Watching from a nearby rooftop is Reginald, accompanied by Viktor whom we learn has no powers of his own. This is the first public appearance of The Umbrella Academy.
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I do wonder how Ben managed to clean up so quickly. Perhaps he is used to this crap by now and always carries a second uniform everywhere.
Our World is changing. Has changed. There are some among us gifted with abilities far beyond the ordinary. I have adopted six such children. I give you the inaugural class of The Umbrella Academy.
- Reginald.
By now, we at least have a general idea of what powers the siblings have (or don't have). The next scene is also a brief comic moment in which Klaus lets the viewer know he can talk to the dead. Each sibling doing their own thing, Luther decides to play DJ and give us the iconic image of the siblings dancing to "I Think We're Alone Now", as we get an idea of just how massive this Manor truly is.
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Say what you will about The Umbrellas, but they definitely know how to groove. Also, this layout is equal measures cool and an Architect's nightmare. You can spend a good while playing \"how the hell do you get from Pogo to Grace?\"
The dance is unfortunately interrupted by either a temporal anomaly or a miniature black hole. Luther is not sure, but Klaus is ready either way and throws a fire extinguisher at it which will show up again in Season 2. Of course, The Boy couldn't just arrive through the door. Making the most impressive entrance so far, we are officially introduced to the sixth sibling, so far presumed missing or dead. Our dear "Number Five".
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I mean... we would all have probably said the same under those circumstances. Probably worse.
Five doesn't waste much time saying hello and cuts straight to the chase, making himself a sandwich. We learn that the date is March 24th, that it's been 45 years for Five and he is now a 58-year-old man trapped in his 13-year-old body, and that "the future is shit". Yeah, Five is not very interested in giving the others a full briefing. Only in the next scene does Five slow down for a minute (bad pun intended) when approached by Viktor. This is when we officially learn that Ben died when Five was away and that it was bad.
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\"May the darkness within you find peace in the light.\"
After a pretty awkward and violent funeral that ends with Luther injured and Ben's statue destroyed, the siblings split up again. Diego makes an off-hand comment that reveals once more to the viewer that they do not have a close relationship, implying they likely won't see each other again until Pogo dies. Diego spills some more tea about Reginald, letting us know he couldn't even be bothered to give them actual names. They were literally just numbers. A fact that doesn't seem to phase Five much.
We go back to the past again, with Reginald quoting Nietzsche as the siblings undergo very rigorous training at the Academy. Not even 13 years old yet, they are constantly forced to compete against one another, tattooed against their will, and studied every night while they sleep using a machine. Despite this, Reginald's quote to the children is interesting - in many ways, it tells them that life is hard and encourages them to stick together. Too bad he managed to push the siblings into doing the exact opposite.
An excerpt:
As much as you must strive for individual greatness, and strive you must for it won't come to you of its own accord... you must also remember that there is no individual stronger than the collective. The ties that bind you together make you stronger than you are alone. (...) Life will be hard. It will be painful. We can accomplish anything when we accept responsibility together. This is what creates trust. Together, you will stand against the reign of evil.
Back to the present, we get a mix of scenes that give us hints or reveal other new things. Luther's very hairy injured arm. Grace sitting down to recharge, revealing to the viewer that she's a robot. As night falls, we are also introduced to an iconic location in The Umbrella Academy: "Griddy's Doughnuts".
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Five lets the very confused man know that \"he used to sneak out as a kid with his brothers and sisters to eat doughnuts til they puked\". Props to the man for not pointing out he is still a kid.
While poor Five is just trying to drink his coffee in peace, he gets surrounded by a group of heavily armed men that "just want to talk". Five knew they were coming but is bothered by how quickly he was found. We still don't know who they are -- just that they mess with the wrong person, because Five murders all of them in a quite epic fight scene and then finds the tracker with which they located him. Poor Agnes thankfully survives, with some mental scars.
The next shot reveals that Luther was kiiinda right when he said whoever took the Monocle had a personal grudge because it was none other than Diego. Giving us a nice view of The City's skyline, Diego drops it in the water. It makes one wonder if he at least took a look through it before, because I definitely would have. In the meantime, as Klaus waits patiently inside the car, we are finally introduced to the last sibling! Number Six or "Ben", who is unfortunately no longer alive.
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The pain Ben feels when learning he is spending ANOTHER night watching Klaus eat frozen Waffles.
With Diego heading over to Griddy's after hearing a police report from his radio, as well as a quick confirmation that only Klaus can see Ben, we finally make it to the last scene of this episode. Five has followed Viktor to his apartment, where he waits for him in the dark as a completely normal person would. During their dialogue, we finally learn what has Five so agitated: after getting stuck in the future, Five learned that the World ends in 8 days and he has no idea how to stop it. To be fair, there was no easy way to deliver those news.
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Iconic final line in reaction to \"your 58-year-old sibling who still looks 13, like the day when he went missing 16 years ago, is now telling you that the World ends in 8 days\". Props to Viktor for keeping his shit together. I would have definitely dialed my psychiatrist.
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BONUS: shot of Five, equal measures confused and skeptical as to why Viktor is healing him because WHO DOES THAT? Jokes aside, this scene has always been very bittersweet for me. Five's face reveals he has not had anyone care for his wounds in a long, long time.
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Key Plot Points 📍
- We are introduced to all of the siblings and at least get a glimpse of their powers or lack thereof.
- We are introduced to Reginald, Pogo, and Grace. We learn a bit about each, such as Pogo's being Reginald's 'creation' and Grace being a robot. We also get to see a bit of what Reginald intended when creating The Umbrella Academy, his (awful) parenting style, and some flashbacks of their past.
- We get the first view of the highly dysfunctional relationship most of the siblings have with one another and with their Father.
- We learn that Ben died :c
- We meet Agnes (Donut Lady), and we get introduced to some mysterious assassins that for some reason are hunting Five down. The why we don't yet know. I mean, I can see a lot of reasons why people would be mad at Five already.
- We learn from Five that he has been to the future, introducing our Main Plot: the World ends in 8 days, and he has no idea how to stop it nor what caused it.
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Trivia, Observations & Easter Eggs ✨
There are so many Easter Eggs in this Episode that I created a whole separate album for you to check out. Here is the link.
- Something I didn't include but that is shown repeatedly is the NUMBER of animals that Reginald collects. This led me to wonder if Reginald was trying to replicate the same experiment he did on Pogo on other species. I would say most likely.
- To the above point, u/mj2000p pointed out that Reginald had those carcasses as he possibly enjoys hunting, based on a scene in the Comics of him in a jungle. So the animals are not there for experimentation.
- While she's recharging, we see Grace stare at one particular painting - "The Portrait of Madame Jacques-Louis Leblanc" by Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres. This piece is supposed to be accompanied by another one (the husband's). According to metmuseum, 'the paintings were probably intended to hang facing one another since the light falls differently in each but they are unified'. So it is quite possible that during this scene, Grace is feeling some longing/loneliness.
- Based on the information we get this Episode, we know the date that Five leaves the Academy to time-jump is Sunday, November 10th, 2002.
- The Episode title is also the name of the second issue of The Umbrella Academy: Apocalypse Suite.
- The car Five drives is The Hargreeves family's main vehicle, a pre-1981 Rolls Royce Silver Shadow.
- In an interview with former production designer Mark Worthington, he talks about Griddy's Doughnuts and what he was going for when designing it: "I think of it as an alternate, adjacent world. You can recognize things and see the parts of history in both. The city isn’t identified. It’s kind of New York but not actually. The technology is tweaked. There are no cell phones. Things are a bit more analog, but other things are more advanced. You’re not supposed to really know."
- In a very old twit responding to a fan, Aidan Gallagher stated that he believed Young Five had a crush on Vanya, but that it was too late for them now.
- You can read the original Teleplay (2016) for S1E1. If you do, beware of spoilers. A lot of changes were made, but just to name a few of the most prominent ones: the initial scene takes place in Poland instead of Russia, Klaus was going to be introduced in a rave as he levitated, Five's age and the time he has been missing are very different, Five initially intended to travel to an earlier date to save Ben and many others.
From u/escribejwaylluy:
- A copy of Jane Eyre sits nearby in the ambulance when Klaus is resuscitated.
- "The Music of the Night" plays when Klaus is resuscitated.
- The parlor's chessboard pattern floor - chessboards appear throughout the series. (Alice in Wonderland? Queen of Hearts?)
- Ship helms (wheels) appear throughout. I first noticed the light fixture in Luther's room in Episode 1. Wheel of Dharma?
- Pogo says Five was gone 16 years, 4 months, and 14 days. It's so specific so it has to have a hidden meaning. Revelation 16:4-14 is about the plagues being released--sores, sea of blood, rivers of blood, fire, darkness, and war. (Fire and water are referenced throughout the series.)
Adding to the above, u/plastikelastik found other bible verses that could be connected:
- Proverbs 16:4-14 "God made everything with a place and purpose; even the wicked are included - but for judgment."
- Ezekiel 16:4-14 "On the day you were born your cord was not cut, nor were you washed with water to make you clean, nor were you rubbed with salt or wrapped in cloths."
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Plots, Subplots, Theories, and Other Trackers 📑❗
Main Plots
- The World is ending in 8 days, but Five doesn't know why or what causes it.
Subplots
- A team of people is hunting Five down, but we don't know why yet.
Theories
From u/escribejwaylluy:
- "The Music of the Night" plays when Klaus is resuscitated. Will he be seduced to the dark side in S4? Remember, he called himself the Prince of Darkness in S3:E10.
Questions (add your own, or respond)
- When they say 'On the 12th hour of the first day..." what timezone are they using? Is this 12 AM or 12 PM? I've always assumed it's 12 AM, but I don't know.
- Why does Pogo treat Viktor so nicely, yet gives him such a shady look when closing the door after he leaves? Is this ONLY tied to the fact Pogo knows about Viktor's superpowers?
- Why does Five steal the dead assassin's tie at Griddy's and puts it on? He was already wearing one. Is this some type of kill souvenir? I checked if he used the other one to wrap up his wound, but his bandage is white, not black.
- From u/ShittyDuckFace: how the fuck did they appear? What is going on with these women just falling pregnant and giving birth?
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Discussion Time! 🗣
After the rewatch, I must say that this is a very solid TV Show Pilot. A lot of key factors are slowly introduced to us, but leaving just enough to keep us wondering about what's coming next. I find the action scenes with Five really entertaining and well-executed. Trying to recall my first time watching, I remember being intrigued and confused, but a bit thrown off by Pogo the chimp-butler.
When I went to dig around for clues, I was not expecting to find we already have a ton of information that will only show up again in later seasons. This only makes me want to pay extra attention to detail now. While some clues are too hard to guess without context, I feel nothing in this show is a coincidence. And I love that.
Overall, I give this episode a solid five out of five stars. Compelling for both people who already knew the Comics and for newcomers, the narration sets a mysterious tone in which we are not entirely sure yet who is hiding secrets and how many secrets are they hiding. I found all of the siblings interesting, but I admit Five's appearance is a game-changer. I watched this with my Mom who has never seen it before and Five was also the one who captured her attention the most.
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Voting ✅
Click here to vote for your favorite quote, character, song and other(s) in this Episode!
See you soon! ☂
Edit: to add some of your observations/questions/theories. Thanks a ton if you add to this, because I love it being a community driven deep-dive. For anyone who hasn't commented or is hesitating, any questions or tidbits you notice are welcome. We are collectively trying to dig out the truth, and like I said, the more eyes the better.
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2023.04.30 20:56 LandOfLoveAndRegret Diary of Scott Carl (2)

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Entry: 20
Year 1, Spring, day 78 8:04:34 AM,
14 hours, 10 minutes since last entry
Kills:
12 Z zombies
1 Z zombie cops
5 Z fat zombies
2 d zombie dogs
1 Z smoker zombie
4 Z tough zombies
1 Z zombie runners
1 Z webbed zombies
2 @ feral humans
3 Z brainless zombies
1 z shriekling
1 Z grappler zombie
1 Z boomers
1 Z batwing zombie
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I blacked out at one point. I slept through the rest of the storm. Felt like shit in the morning.
I'm checking my diary; I wrote a whole bunch of nasty shit during the storm. I've ripped those pages
out. Don't demoralise me. I ate breakfast and went out to scavenge and I kid you fucking not the
zombies had weaponised clouds. There was a zombie spewing out a cloud of smoke. It wanted to kill
me and it made me choke, but I still fucked it up with my bat, i love my bat, i'm getting great at
swinging it, I just charge at them and beat them to a pulp.
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Entry: 21
Year 1, Spring, day 78 11:56:24PM,
15 hours, 51 minutes since last entry
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Kills:
2 Z zombies
2 Z decayed zombies
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I went down into the sewers, don't go anywhere near those places. Filled with giant slugs. I'm getting
stronger and stronger and I've gotten good at fighting but I'll stick to the suburbs when scavenging.
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Entry: 22
Year 1, Spring, day 79 9:01:44 PM,
21 hours, 5 minutes since last entry
Kills:
19 Z zombies
3 Z zombie cops
5 Z fat zombies
1 d zombie dogs
1 Z skeletal zombie
1 Z decayed zombies
2 z zombie children
1 Z shocker zombie
2 Z tough zombies
1 Z zombie runners
1 Z zapper zombie
2 @ feral humans
3 Z zombie medics
1 Z SWAT zombie
1 Z zombie hunters
1 Z shrieker zombies
1 Z boomers
1 @ cunning ferals
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Got into a fight. Used fire and my bat. Burnt down two houses. Almost died.
Fuck you.
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Entry: 23
Year 1, Spring, day 80 8:20:44 AM,
11 hours, 19 minutes since last entry
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Kills:
3 Z zombies
1 Z tough zombies
1 Z dissoluted devourer
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KILLED THAT GROSS FUCKING THING
FUCK YOU FUCK YOU FUCK YOU FUCK YOU FUCK YOU
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Entry: 24
Year 1, Spring, day 83 1:47:36 AM,
2 days, 17 hours, 26 minutes since last entry
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Kills:
13 Z zombies
1 Z fat zombies
1 Z zombie soldier
1 Z decayed zombies
5 z zombie children
4 Z tough zombies
1 Z zombie runners
2 a plague vectors
2 Z zapper zombies
1 @ feral humans
1 z shrieklings
1 Z boomers
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Went scouting after recovering from previous wounds, fighting that monster made from human
bodies, i feel sick just looking at it
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smashed heads in, fought my way into a basement and found a map. Recently drawn too. It shows
subway stations, foodcarts, and gun stores. I thought everyone was dead and I gave up on hoping
Vicky was still alive. But someone had left this here... Are there still people out there???
Obviously there's people still left alive there has to be, but people IN the city? When there's
hundreds of freaks around?
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Okay, cool. Where you at?
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Entry: 25
Year 1, Spring, day 84 4:26:05 PM,
1 day, 14 hours, 38 minutes since last entry
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Found a cat. I wasn't going to eat the cat food i had scavenged, no way, not in a million years.
Okay maybe if i was starving or curious but that ships sailed, cos i've found a cat and i gave it
food. Tabby cat too! Messy fur, blood around the lips but it had beautiful green eyes. Im taking it and
im keeping it. Cant leave it to die.
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I'm not a monster
Not like them
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Entry: 26
Year 1, Spring, day 84 8:43:58 PM,
4 hours, 17 minutes since last entry
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Kills:
9 Z zombies
1 Z zombie cops
2 Z fat zombies
1 Z skeletal zombies
2 Z crawling zombies
1 Z decayed zombies
3 z zombie children
2 Z tough zombies
5 Z zombie runners
1 Z hazmat zombies
1 a cockroaches
1 @ feral humans
2 Z brainless zombies
2 Z boomers
2 Z listener zombies
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Smashed heads in with my bat. Got fucked up and now everything hurts. Laying low in a house by the
stairs. Know theres zombies down there but im biding my time until the pain fades. Then i'll fuck them
up.
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Entry: 27
Year 1, Spring, day 84 10:31:52PM,
1 hour, 47 minutes since last entry
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OH MY GOOOOOOOOOOOOD BRUH ALL FUCK THESE STUPID COCKROACH THINGS
THEY RAN ME OFF THEY ATTACKED ME WHILE I WAS TRYING TO SLEEP AND I ALMOST DIED I HATE
THEM
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Entry: 28
Year 1, Spring, day 85 11:52:36AM,
13 hours, 20 minutes since last entry
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Kills:
1 a pregnant giant cockroach
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NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
OH MY GOD THIS FUCKING CREATURE WHY WHY WHY WHY WHY???
I BEAT IT AND WHEN IT DIED ITS FUCKING BABIES BURST OUT!!!!!! WHAT THE FUCK
THIS IS ILLEGAL I NEED A FLAMETHROWER I CANT HAVE THIS NEAR ME WHAT THE FUCK
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Entry: 29
Year 1, Spring, day 85 12:12:31PM,
19 minutes since last entry
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Kills:
3 a giant cockroach nymphs
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ITS HERE
WHILE I WAS KILLING THE COCKROACHES IT CAME OUT OF NOWHERE
WHAT IS THAT THING HOW DID THAT GET THERE I TRIED HITTING IT WITH MY BASEBALL BAT BUT IT
DIDN'T DO A THING IT REGENERATED IT WAS HUGE OH FUCK OH FUCK
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I HAVE GUNS IM GONNA GO BACK AND KILL IT WITH MY GUNS I WONT EVER USE THOSE THINGS
EXCEPT IN EMERGENCY AND THIS IS THAT EMERGENCY THAT WAS THE THING THAT HUNTED ME I
GOTTA GO KILL IT IM GONNA KILL IT
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Entry: 30
Year 1, Spring, day 85 9:45:09 PM,
9 hours, 32 minutes since last entry
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It dissapeared.
It just vanished
I can't stop shaking, I haven't left my house since, I've boarded up all my doors and my windows,
I sleep with Tabby, kitty keeps me safe
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Entry: 31
Year 1, Spring, day 87 3:05:46 AM,
1 day, 5 hours, 20 minutes since last entry
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Kills:
23 Z zombies
1 Z zombie cops
4 Z fat zombies
1 Z firefighter zombie
9 d zombie dogs
1 Z scarred zombie
1 Z crawling zombies
2 Z decayed zombies
2 d rot-weilers
6 z zombie children
1 Z shocker zombies
7 Z tough zombies
1 Z zombie runners
1 Z hazmat zombies
18 a skittering plagues
5 a plague vectors
1 a plague nymph
2 @ feral humans
1 Z brainless zombies
2 Z SWAT zombies
1 Z zombie snapper
1 z snotgobbler
2 Z boomers
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Explored more. Found a house... Fresh corpses. Both zombies and human. Human. Some guys were
here. Survivors of the apocalypse, and they put up a hell of a fight. Dead zombies everywhere.
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I'll make them proud. Take their shit. Beat more fuckers to death.
I needed a new bat anyway. Thanks buddy
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Entry: 32
Year 1, Spring, day 88 12:52:23AM,
21 hours, 46 minutes since last entry
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Kills:
15 Z zombies
2 Z fat zombies
1 Z crawling zombies
1 z zombie children
2 Z tough zombies
1 Z zombie runners
1 a plague vectors
1 @ feral humans
1 Z zombie medics
1 Z Kevlar zombie
1 Z brainless zombies
3 Z grappler zombies
1 Z zombie hunters
1 Z listener zombies
1 d barghest
1 Z pupating zombie crawler
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Went scavenging and found one of my old backpacks. Ditched it when things went south while
scavenging. My life is more important than loot. But I found it again and met the reasons why I
ditched it. THERES LIKE A HUNDRED I GOT SOME THOUGH
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Barely alive. My chest feels awful. Everything hurts. I hate you all
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Entry: 33
Year 1, Spring, day 90 1:09:03 AM,
2 days, 16 minutes since last entry
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Kills:
11 Z zombies
4 Z fat zombies
1 Z crawling zombies
1 Z decayed zombies
2 z zombie children
2 Z zombie runners
1 Z hazmat zombies
2 a pregnant giant cockroaches
5 a giant cockroach nymphs
3 a plague vectors
1 Z shady zombies
1 Z zombie hunters
1 Z batwing zombies
1 Z pupating zombie crawler
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Fuck cockroaches. Fuck cockroaches. Went near the basement, they crawled out and bit
me all over. Had to kill them. Bled like hell. Took them and skinned them and making their skin
into my armour so I'm nice and protected when I'm killing their kids.
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Entry: 34/273,
Year 1, Spring, day 90 12:10:31PM,
11 hours, 1 minute since last entry
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It's been over a month since this all. Cant believe it.
How the fuck did I change so much in so little time?
Played with Tabby. I'm happier now.
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Entry: 35
Year 1, Spring, day 91
3:23:44 AM, 15 hours, 13 minutes since last entry
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Kills:
3 Z zombies
1 Z zombie cops
1 Z decayed zombies
1 Z zombie runners
1 @ feral humans
1 @ feral humans
1 Z brainless zombies
1 @ feral humans
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NEW CAR NEW CAR NEW CAR.
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RAIDED A HOUSE. FOUND A CAR, BEAT UP AND ALMOST EMPTY BUT ITS WORKING. HOUR OF FUEL
LEFT. This is a way to get the hell out of Gill. Leave this shithole for the zombies and follow the maps
i got. I'm readin them right now by lamplight. Around a few miles away all out of the city is an
evacuation shelter. Thats where everyone was supposed to go. Vicky has to be out of the city by
now i wont lose hope. She might be there waiting for me, help would have come there. I can make it
I can make it!
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Entry: 36
Year 1, Spring, day 91 3:35:50 AM,
12 minutes since last entry
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Kills:
1 Z dissoluted devourers
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Broke into a house while scavenging. On the bed I found a lump of zombies, fused together, faces
sticking out at angles, arms, legs, congealed sticky blood everywhere. I smashed it to death with my
new baton (bats broken). Went into the basement and I FOUND A NOTE. NOTE.
ACTUAL EVIDENCE OF LIFE APART FROM CORPSES. It looks fresh as well, and it just talks about how
machetes are good for fucking zombies up. It's true.
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But was the thing upstairs the survivors? How have I not turned like them yet.
No seriously, how am I not a zombie yet?
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Entry: 37
Year 1, Spring, day 91 4:56:26 AM,
1 hour, 20 minutes since last entry
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Kills:
1 Z zombies
1 Z zombie runners
1 Z brainless zombies
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WENT SWIMMING AND BEAT THREE ZOMBIES TO DEATH WITH MY BARE HANDS WHILE NAKED AND
WET I AM A MONSTER
RAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH
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Entry: 38
Year 1, Summer, day 1 4:01:48 AM,
23 hours, 5 minutes since last entry
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Kills:
1 Z zombies
1 Z fat zombies
2 Z skeletal zombies
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Suns out, funs out right? It's summer now. Weathers clear, everythings hot and humid,
mornings early and nights late. Goddamn I could go for some ice cream.
Gonna go fruit picking. Had a dream about it last night. This'll replenish my food supplies.
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Entry: 39
Year 1, Summer, day 1 4:15:56 AM,
14 minutes since last entry
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Kills:
6 Z zombies
1 Z zombie cops
1 Z fat zombies
8 d zombie dogs
2 Z crawling zombies
2 Z decayed zombies
2 d rot-weilers
3 Z tough zombies
2 Z zombie runners
3 a plague vectors
1 Z zapper zombies
1 @ feral humans
4 Z brainless zombies
1 Z shrieker zombies
1 Z boomers
1 d barghests
1 Z slavering biter
1 Z dissoluted devourers
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Nevermind. Fought 38 zombies in one house with my baton and without setting a fire or anything. It
took like ten minutes. I could be an action movie hero.
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Entry: 40
Year 1, Summer, day 6 2:20:51 PM,
5 days, 10 hours, 4 minutes since last entry
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Kills:
11 Z zombies
3 Z fat zombies
1 Z firefighter zombies
2 Z zombie soldiers
2 Z zombie brutes
10 d zombie dogs
1 Z zombie necromancers
1 Z skeletal zombies
3 Z decayed zombies
4 z zombie children
1 Z tough zombies
1 Z zombie runners
1 Z webbed zombies
1 Z thorny shamblers
1 Z brainless zombies
1 Z shady zombies
1 z howling waif
1 d skeletal dog
1 Z grabber zombie
3 Z zombie hunters
1 Z zombie predator
1 Z listener zombies
1 Z pupating zombie crawlers
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Spent the past few days making a suit of armour out from the cockroaches exoskeletons. Their chitin
is hard as fuck, unlike the tuxedo i was wearing.
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Vicky brought it for me. I love it. But I cant risk damaging it anymore. I've repaired it more
times than I can count. It's covered in patches. But I wont lose it. I'll wear this armor from now on.
And when I find Vicky, I'll change and I'll be wearing the tuxedo, all raggedy and patchwork but I'll be
so happy like how I should be looking on our wedding day. But now, I'll wear this armor. I'll be fucking
invincible. Aint nobody hurting me no more
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Entry: 41,
Year 1, Summer, day 7 3:14:29 AM,
12 hours, 53 minutes since last entry
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Kills:
9 Z zombies
1 Z fat zombies
2 Z firefighter zombies
1 Z zombie soldiers
2 o small slimes
1 Z zombie brutes
1 d zombie dogs
2 Z decayed zombies
2 z zombie children
2 Z tough zombies
1 Z webbed zombies
1 Z zapper zombies
2 @ feral humans
2 Z shady zombies
1 z shrieklings
1 Z grappler zombies
1 Z zombie hunters
2 Z spitter zombies
1 Z skeletal brute
1 Z zombie hollow
1 d acidic zombie dog
1 z flesh-raptor
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Went out fighting.
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With my new trench mace, I smashed up head after head. Ran into new enemies by the second east
intersection. A zombie that spat huge globs of what looks like acid, corroding zombies, melting
skin off bone. Fucking idiots swarmed over the acid and by the time they reached me, they were
half dead, stumbling on melted feet and fused clothing. Smell of burning flesh is horrendous.
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And that's when a new zombie came up. Big boy, flopping around, rolls of fat and protoplasm. But
one problem the thing was full of some form of ignitable material. It stumbled across the acid
and fire spewed across the road. Some dudes whole front lawn becomes an inferno. Sitting by it right
now, after I smashed the heads of the zombies attracted by the fire. This armour saved my life.
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Entry: 42
Year 1, Summer, day 7 7:43:52 PM,
16 hours, 29 minutes since last entry
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Kills:
22 Z zombies
1 Z zombie cops
2 Z fat zombies
1 Z firefighter zombies
1 Z zombie soldiers
1 Z zombie brutes
2 Z decayed zombies
4 z zombie children
1 Z shocker zombies
4 Z tough zombies
2 Z thorny shamblers
1 @ feral humans
3 @ feral humans
5 Z brainless zombies
1 Z SWAT zombies
1 Z shady zombies
1 Z acidic zombie
1 z anklebiter
1 z shrieklings
1 Z grabber zombies
1 Z grappler zombies
1 Z boomers
1 Z zombie predators
1 Z listener zombies
3 Z zombie necro-boomers
1 z flesh-raptors
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I'm no longer a creature of the night. Now I go out at day and scavenge. It has it's perks, but I
realised that its far, far more dangerous. Ran into a horde of zombies that must be fifty
strong. All just standing there. I know I can take on atleast twenty in this armor but no not fifty
at once no way no. Got out of there asap.
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Entry: 43
Year 1, Summer, day 8 2:55:35 PM,
19 hours, 11 minutes since last entry
Kills:
38 Z zombies
2 Z zombie cops
7 Z fat zombies
6 d zombie dogs
1 Z crawling zombies
2 Z decayed zombies
2 d rot-weilers
8 z zombie children
6 Z tough zombies
1 Z zombie runners
3 Z hazmat zombies
1 d Z-9s
16 a cockroaches
1 a skittering plagues
1 a plague nymphs
2 Z zapper zombies
4 @ feral humans
2 @ feral humans
2 Z brainless zombies
2 Z SWAT zombies
1 Z shady zombies
1 z shrieklings
2 z snotgobblers
1 z howling waifs
2 d skeletal dogs
1 Z grappler zombies
4 Z zombie hunters
3 Z shrieker zombies
4 Z boomers
1 d barghests
1 Z zombie necro-boomers
2 Z pupating zombies
2 z flesh-raptors
1 d hulking horror
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FUCK FUCK FUCK FUCK FUCK FUCK OH FUCK I WAS SCREAMING THE ENTIRE TIME
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I WAS SCREAMING THE ENTIRE TIME
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I WAS OUT SCAVENGING TRYING TO GET MY BAG BACK AFTER THE PIECE OF SHIT ZOMBIE BASTARDS
FORCED ME TO RUN LAST NIGHT AND GET MY STUFF AND I WAS WALKING THROUGH THE STREETS
WITH MY BIG ASS FUCKING KNIFE (I MISS MY BAT) AND I WAS STABBING FUCKERS UP NO PROBLEM
THEN I KILLED ONE OF THOSE FATASS BLOATED ZOMBIES AND THEY EXPLODED AND A GIGANTIC
FUCKOFF DOG ROSE FROM THE GROUND AND IMMEDIATELY STARTED CHASING ME IT WAS SO FAST IT
WAS AS FAST AS ME AND IM FAST AS FUCK BOII LIKE BROOO I DID TRACK IN COLLEGE YOU CANT
CATCH ME BUT IT ALMOST DID
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I RAN INTO A HOUSE LIKE A MAD DOG CLOSING DOORS THROWING FURNITURE BEHIND ME
THROWING CHAIRS KNOCKING SHELVES OVER THAT HUGE DOG ZOMBIE JUST BARRELED THROUGH I
CLOSED A DOOR ON IT WHEN RUNNING INTO A ROOM AND IT JUST SMASHED THE THING APART I
JUMPED OUT OF THE HOUSE AND CLIMBED A FENCE AND RAN ACROSS A SWIMMING POOL,
MOTHERFUCKER SWAM ACROSS OH MY GOD, THEN DUCKED INTO A CAR AND THE BIG ASS DOG
RIPPED OPEN THE DOOR AND STARTED LITERALLY EATING THE CAR LIKE WHO DOES THAT BUT THE
STUPID FUCKING THING GOT STUCK ON THE WRECKAGE STABBED ITSELF ON THE JAGGED MELTED
CAR RUINS, AND I STABBED IT TO DEATH IM SO BADASS RAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHH
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Entry: 44
Year 1, Summer, day 8 5:33:59 PM,
2 hours, 38 minutes since last entry
Kills:
9 Z zombies
1 Z zombie cops
2 Z fat zombies
1 Z firefighter zombies
1 Z zombie soldiers
1 Z zombie brutes
2 d zombie dogs
1 Z smoker zombies
2 Z skeletal zombies
2 Z decayed zombies
3 z zombie children
1 Z tough zombies
1 Z zombie runners
1 @ feral humans
1 @ feral humans
2 Z brainless zombies
1 z shrieklings
1 z snotgobblers
1 Z zombie hunters
1 Z caustic soldier zombies
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Went out killing zombies. After killing more of the old rioters, the ferals? Whatever. I decided to take
one back with me. Cut the corpse up. Butchered it as best I could. They're human. They're still human.
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Entry: 45
Year 1, Summer, day 9 2:52:57 AM,
9 hours, 18 minutes since last entry
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Kills:
9 Z zombies
3 Z fat zombies
1 Z firefighter zombies
1 d zombie dogs
2 Z skeletal zombies
1 Z decayed zombies
2 d rot-weilers
3 z zombie children
3 Z tough zombies
3 Z zombie runners
1 Z hazmat zombies
1 @ feral humans
2 Z zombie medics
3 Z brainless zombies
1 Z SWAT zombies
1 Z acidic zombies
1 z howling waifs
1 Z zombie hunters
1 Z boomers
2 Z listener zombies
1 Z batwing zombies
1 Z pupating zombies
2 z flesh-raptors
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Went out fighting. Got my backpack back, currently holed up in a basement. You know those
disgusting black blobs with body parts sticking out? Sludge crawlers?? They're not zombies. They're
eggs.
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One of them exploded in a shower of gore and two winged creatures surfaced, immediately they were
attacking me. They looked like nothing on planet earth, atleast the zombies resembled humans kinda
sorta. And the giant bugs are still bugs. But these... They're alien, completely foreign to us.
So is this it? Do all zombies go through that stage, where they just turn into these balls of
blob and give birth to flying freaky shits? More shit to kill I guess. I'm completely numb, i dont
care, i hate them, its good theyre dead. But theres millions to go.
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Haven't actually seen anyone alive for over a month now. Is anyone even alive except for me?????
Am I alone in the World??
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Entry: 46
Year 1, Summer, day 9 8:06:25 AM,
5 hours, 13 minutes since last entry
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Kills:
1 Z slavering biters
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Went outside scavenging just momentarially last night and I realised... My street was empty of
zombies. Completely empty. After a few moments I realised that I had killed almost every single
zombie within a three block radius, with the rest congegating beyond the west intersection or down
south. Dunno what's going on up north, i should check, especially considering Vickys homes up
there. Really really far up north. But I think I deserve a break from this bullshit.
I decided today that I don't wanna go about doing dumb shit, getting into fights with zombies. Got
enough food to last me ages and if I don't ill just go pick some, if any of those storms come
around I'll just go back in the house. I declare this day my break day.
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Entry: 47
Year 1, Summer, day 10
8:00:10 AM, 23 hours, 53 minutes since last entry
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Kills:
1 Z zombies
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So, yesterday was a break day. No fighting. No scavenging. Didn't go out beyond a
few blocks. Instead, I relaxed all day. Took off that stuffy ass chitin armor and changed into my
tuxedo. Explored the nearby house, poked around, sat around lounging and doing fuck all except for
reading books. Sat in the neighboring house and read a book on the sofa, took rocks and started
throwing them through windows, at cars, as far as I could. Went over to the nearby art piece, sat
there and read. But a zombie came up so i beat it to death. Motherfucker.
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It was deserted, streets empty. Nothing within a few blocks save for the fucking cockroaches in the
basement but i didnt go near that house. Not suicidal.
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Infact it was safe enough to actually take Tabby out with me. Little kitty had been cooped up
inside so long, she was overjoyed to be outside again, and without any freaks to carve her out
like a canoe. I even dragged a stuffy old armchairand a table and a big bookshelf into the middle of
the road, stacked it with books and video games, just chillaxed there and read with my kitty. Cooked
dinner. While the sun set and I relaxed in the middle of the deserted road, surrounded by
ruins. Sipped green tea, black tea, some honeyed coffee, lots of jello. Fucking idyllic as all hell
man. Went to sleep, dropped like a rock. Best sleep i've had in months.
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The apocalypse is hell and i hate it. But sometimes, nice shit can happen. Really Its a
shame i gotta go back to scavenging, otherwise i'd starve. But that was probably the only day that
was remotely nice. And the only day I even felt inklings of happiness.
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Entry: 48
Year 1, Summer, day 10 3:42:02 PM,
7 hours, 41 minutes since last entry
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Kills:
1 s black death widow
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Fuck. Stabbed a giant spider to death. Talking GIANT.
Size of a cow. First time I saw it, ran like hell back to my house. But now? Stabbed it with a
pitchfork. Tried to attack me back, but became sluggish and too weak to move after a few stabs.
Dumbass creature.
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Butchered it. Got LOADS of chitin, could make atleast ten sets of armour with it. Maybe a full
set for Vicky...Although while burning the remains, almost accidentally burnt the house down,
panicked, barely managed to put it out. I gotta be more careful.
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Entry: 49
Year 1, Summer, day 13 1:30:45 AM,
2 days, 9 hours, 48 minutes since last entry
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Kills:
41 O slimes
51 Z zombies
3 Z zombie cops
6 Z fat zombies
4 Z firefighter zombies
2 O big slimes
115 o small slimes
3 Z zombie brutes
4 d zombie dogs
6 Z skeletal zombies
1 Z decayed zombies
17 z zombie children
6 Z tough zombies
2 Z zombie runners
1 Z hazmat zombies
1 Z webbed zombies
4 Z zapper zombies
1 Z thorny shamblers
5 @ feral humans
3 @ feral humans
1 Z zombie medics
2 Z brainless zombies
1 Z SWAT zombies
3 @ feral humans
1 Z acidic zombies
1 z sproglodyte
2 z shrieklings
2 z snotgobblers
1 z howling waifs
3 Z grappler zombies
1 Z zombie hunters
5 Z boomers
1 Z zombie nightstalker
1 Z skeletal brutes
1 Z zombie hollows
2 Z slavering biters
2 Z batwing zombies
1 Z regenerating zombie
1 Z pupating zombie crawlers
1 Z sawbones
6 Z dissoluted devourers
3 Z screecher zombies
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As I go further down the western intersection poking around (literally) and Im seeing less and
less zombies. Instead im seeing more of these... blob things. Inky black, sloppy, they dont see me
but they can feel vibrations in the ground i think. Whenever I make noise, they swarm on me.
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There's hundreds of them everywhere. Interlaced with these huge zombies with the same blob oozing
out of them. Is this the end goal of zombies? Becoming THIS?
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Fuck
This isnt just a zombie apocalypse
This is a mass extinction event
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Entry: 50
Year 1, Summer, day 13 2:50:31 AM,
1 hour, 19 minutes since last entry
My kitty walked out of the house. I could have lost her. Fuck I need to be more careful.
I dont want her to turn into one of those freaks.Is she already infected?
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I've been bitten countless times by the zombies. For sure they're infected. Ive been cut, bashed,
gouged, almost fucking killed by the rioter freaks... (Dont know why im still calling them
rioters, theyre practically zombies) Am I infected as well? Will I turn into one of them?
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Entry: 51
Year 1, Summer, day 13 7:13:43 PM,
16 hours, 23 minutes since last entry
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Kills:
1 Q shifting mass
1 O Absence
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I went outside during a storm.
I saw shit man
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Dont go into detail dont go into detail BLOCK IT OUT BLOCK IT OUT DONT THINK ABOUT IT DONT
THINK ABOUT IT
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I dont wanna think anymore. I feel so tired. I need to rest. This world is a nightmare
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Entry: 52
Year 1, Summer, day 14 8:49:33 AM, 13 hours,
35 minutes since last entry
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I had a nightmare about the Cataclysm not having happened. Boring ass office job. And my boss
talked so much shit like bro. What a world am I right?
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Also got myself a new bat. Time to cave some skulls in
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Entry: 53
Year 1, Summer, day 17 9:37:04 AM,
3 days, 47 minutes since last entry
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Kills:
24 O slimes
2 Z zombies
1 O big slimes
60 o small slimes
1 d zombie dogs
1 Z tough zombies
1 Z zombie runners
1 Z boomers
1 Z regenerating zombie medic
1 Z dissoluted devourers
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One of the slime things actually ate the zombies. One of those big muscled zombies fused with
kevlar. It was trying to climb through, the slime was ontop of it, and as they were trying to kill
me they started eating eachother.
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The slime won. Really quickly.
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After that I went scavenging, climbing onto the rooftop of one of those nice houses over on the
bougie west side of town. Saw most of the town... and the edge of a huge forest. I was approaching
the edge of the city, it'd only be a thirty minutetrip on foot to reach its end. I could make it, if
I used the car. Havent even touched that thing since i took it, in fear of the noise attracting a
horde of zombies.
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But I think I saw a refugee camp. Even with the binoculars its blurry and unclear but it
definitely is a camp. It has to be. I remember finding posters warning everyone to head to these
FEMA camps. Me and Vicky were heading to one, until the bus got surrounded by rioters and that
thing. At some point in the future, im gonna go over to that camp. I have to see if people are
alive. Anybody. Its been over a month since I've seen another living soul.
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Entry: 54
Year 1, Summer, day 18 12:09:31AM,
14 hours, 32 minutes since last entry
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Kills:
20 O slimes
7 s giant black widows
45 Z zombies
2 Z zombie cops
13 Z fat zombies
1 Z firefighter zombies
1 Z zombie soldiers
72 o small slimes
2 Z zombie brutes
4 d zombie dogs
1 Z zombie necromancers
1 Z smoker zombies
2 Z skeletal zombies
6 Z decayed zombies
9 z zombie children
2 Z shocker zombies
12 Z tough zombies
11 Z zombie runners
2 Z hazmat zombies
1 Z webbed zombies
2 d Z-9s
1 Z thorny shamblers
4 @ feral humans
2 @ feral humans
6 Z brainless zombies
2 @ feral humans
1 Z shady zombies
2 Z acidic zombies
4 z shrieklings
1 z snotgobblers
2 z howling waifs
2 Z grabber zombies
4 Z grappler zombies
10 Z zombie hunters
1 Z bloated zombie
5 Z shrieker zombies
7 Z boomers
1 Z skeletal brutes
1 Z zombie predators
1 Z slavering biters
3 Z batwing zombies
1 Z pupating zombie crawlers
1 Z regenerating zombie medics
2 z flesh-raptors
1 Z boomer glutton
9 s black death widows
2 Z dissoluted devourers
3 Z screecher zombies
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I now have a direct path to Vickys house. A long road. If I reach it...
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I gotta go.
Im taking the bike.
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Entry: 55
Year 1, Summer, day 18 6:28:24 PM,
18 hours, 18 minutes since last entry
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Kills:
1 s giant black widows
27 Z zombies
1 Z fat zombies
1 Z zombie soldiers
18 d zombie dogs
1 Z zombie master
2 Z zombie necromancers
1 Z smoker zombies
2 Z skeletal zombies
1 Z decayed zombies
1 z zombie children
4 Z tough zombies
2 Z hazmat zombies
1 Z zapper zombies
1 Z thorny shamblers
1 @ feral humans
3 Z brainless zombies
1 Z SWAT zombies
1 @ feral humans
2 Z grappler zombies
3 Z zombie hunters
1 Z shrieker zombies
1 Z boomers
1 d acidic zombie dogs
2 Z pupating zombies
1 Z pupating zombie crawlers
1 Z dissoluted devourers
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Tried to reach vicky. Ran into a wall of zombies, swarms of zombie dogs. And this creepy
motherfucker with a wide smile. Killed them all. Enjoyed gutting the stupid smiley bastard. Died
with that shit eating grin on his face.
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But the dogs fucked me up bad. I had my bike close by, barely got on it before one jumped on me.
Was riding like crazy, then it threw me off the bike. Ran hard to the bike, barely escaped, if i
was a second slower it'd have pulled me off again and killed me.
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That must have been my third near death experience. But i guess every day is a near death
experience, right? I ache all over... I hope vickyis safe. I know she has a basement, maybe she
stocked up at a supermarket beforehand. Saw an advert for one that still had food and water,
security guards with assault rifles. Surreal dystopia shit you know?
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I'll rest, recover. Then I'll try and go back. Second time lucky. I'll bring my bat with me too.
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Entry: 56
Year 1, Summer, day 19 5:03:25 AM,
10 hours, 35 minutes since last entry
Kills:
19 Z zombies
5 Z zombie cops
2 Z fat zombies
4 d zombie dogs
1 Z decayed zombies
3 z zombie children
1 Z shocker zombies
9 Z tough zombies
1 Z webbed zombies
4 a pregnant giant cockroaches
6 a giant cockroach nymphs
2 a skittering plagues
20 a plague vectors
1 a plague nymphs
1 @ feral humans
1 @ feral humans
1 Z shady zombies
1 a giant cockroach
1 z anklebiters
1 z snotgobblers
2 Z grappler zombies
1 Z zombie hunters
2 Z boomers
1 Z skeletal brutes
1 Z listener zombies
2 d barghests
2 Z slavering biters
1 Z zombie necro-boomers
1 Z batwing zombies
1 Z pupating zombies
1 d boneplate wolf
1 Z garghoul
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Trying to reach her house. Get beaten back. Trying again. I'll never stop trying. Fuck you.
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Entry: 57
Year 1, Summer, day 19 7:37:15 AM,
2 hours, 33 minutes since last entry
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Kills:
13 Z zombies
6 Z fat zombies
1 Z firefighter zombies
23 d zombie dogs
1 Z skeletal zombies
4 Z crawling zombies
3 Z decayed zombies
4 d rot-weilers
2 z zombie children
1 Z shocker zombies
8 Z tough zombies
1 Z hazmat zombies
1 Z webbed zombies
1 a pregnant giant cockroaches
1 @ feral humans
1 @ feral humans
2 Z brainless zombies
1 d skeletal dogs
1 Z zombie hunters
4 Z boomers
3 Z listener zombies
1 d barghests
1 d acidic zombie dogs
1 Z zombie necro-boomers
1 Z batwing zombies
1 Z pupating zombie crawlers
4 z flesh-raptors
1 d boneplate wolves
3 Z dissoluted devourers
1 d hulking horrors
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Im shaking as I write this.
I cant comprehend the past two hours, i gotta write it down. So much happened in so little time.
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Vickys house was a nice place, although the place was ruined by the trailer park
across the road. Her neighborhood was shifty and Ialways was kinda scared when walking through
there to visit her, not that i'd ever admit it. There was a group of kids who always lounged in the
trailer park who'd glare daggers at me as I walked by. Apparently they were Latin
Kings so i didn't do nothing. Looking back, the thought kinda perplexes me. If I travelled back in time
how I am now, when i think of killing like breathing, i would only be nervous about going through that
hood incase i ended up fucking someone up.
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I wasn't prepared for what I saw.
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The place was devastated. Her house windows were smashed. The garage was closed. A big pileup
was infront of her house. Next to it, a big crowd of zombies were clustered, moaning, screaming,
chasing after a figure. It moved quick and co-ordinated and I knew it was like me. It was another
human. An actual other human being!
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But I thought it was Vicky. I cant begin to describe the absolute terror I felt as Vicky
stumbled, then the zombie horde set on her. Screaming, high pitched, terrified. Oh god. I
thought I was seeing the love of my life being torn apart. I rushed there, fucking annihlated the
zombies with my halligan bar. But I was too late. I thought it was Vicky, but it wasn't. I need to
rest... I'll continue this later.
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2023.04.26 21:25 FelicitySmoak_ Was Michael Jackson really "grooming" these families?

Was Michael Jackson really
"I used to walk the streets looking for people to talk to. I'm talking about the height of one's career…. I would walk up to them, strangers, and say, 'will you be my friend?'" - Michael Jackson,2002
The prosecution & a part of the media often used the loaded term “grooming” while describing Michael's friendship with children, specifically young boys & their families. This narrative was further pushed in the 2019 documentary Leaving Neverland where every kind gesture, every fax, phone call & gift was characterized as “grooming”
Grooming in this context is meant as “the act of attempting to gain the trust of a minor with the intention of having a sexual relationship with him or her”
Jackson often befriended various families and bought their children and/or the parents gifts, but that this was done with the intention of sexually abusing the children is not a fact, just an unproven allegation.
As always, it is important to put things into a context. Michael was an extremely generous man & that was the case since his childhood. He did not regularly give gifts only to young boys, nor only to children & their parents but also to adult friends & even complete strangers. The prosecution & the accusers later tried to use his generosity against him & tried to turn it into something heinous but their claims should not be taken as a fact, just an allegation.
The reality is that Jackson was generous with everyone: male/female, young/old, friends/strangers. The overwhelming majority of the young people whom he befriended defended him from the allegations & said that they had never seen or experienced any nefarious intention by him
There are many documented cases of Jackson’s generosity & I will give you an exhaustive list of examples to show that his generosity was not at all limited to his treatment of young boys but he behaved like that with everyone he considered a friend or even complete strangers.
Generous as a child
Both of Michael Jackson’s parents remember him as very generous and giving from an early childhood. His father said in 2009: “He wasn’t ever really interested in money. I’d give him his share of a night’s earnings & the next day he’d buy ice cream or candy for all the kids in the neighborhood.”
In the 1990 book entitled My Family, The Jacksons, written by Michael’s mother, Katherine, we read: “I asked that question regarding some of Michael’s other personality traits as he was growing up. There was the matter, for example, of his generosity. Occasionally it went too far.
One day when Michael was in the 2nd grade I couldn’t locate a piece of my jewelry. “What happened to my bracelet?” I finally asked the kids. Michael looked up and replied nonchalantly, “Oh, I gave it to my teacher.” I didn’t punish him because I thought it was nice for him to want to give. But I didn't instruct him: “Don’t do it again.” But Michael didn’t listen, and more of my jewelry disappeared.”
Female children
Laura Chaplin, the granddaughter of Charlie Chaplin
“Michael Jackson came three times to the mansion, he was like a child”
“I was about 12 years old when Michael Jackson came to the mansion. Subsequently, he called me almost every day to chat. He sent me incredible birthday gifts. Huge cartons. I went up on stage with him in Geneva. He was a great friend of the family. ”
"During his first visit, MJ had landed by helicopter in the garden of the domain. “I was pretty impressed,” said Laura. “We had 9 dogs & he was afraid. We had to lock them up"
At the time of eating, seeing the big table, Jackson sat down with the children. “He was very shy. He was doing pirouettes in the garden. We played the PlayStation. He was a great kid. 'Smile' composed by my grandfather was one of his favorite tracks"
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Laura & Kevin Chaplin
The Taiwanese Ma Twins
A Taiwanese fan, Mrs. Ma Qi Zhen, not only met Michael with her family, but she also became a close friend of Michael's for many years. Mrs Ma had always kept a low profile about their 17 year family friendship with Michael. It was until Michael’s sudden passing that Mrs. Ma spoke out for the 1st time about this in the media. She pays tribute on how kind, loving & approachable he was. She shared her memories of an extraordinary friend and how she felt that Michael was misunderstood by many.
It was a fax message that led to the friendship between Michael and the Ma Family. During the Dangerous Tour in Taiwan in Sept 1993, Mrs Ma & her husband had trouble of getting tickets for their nine month old twin daughters for the concert as tickets were not allowed to be sold to their babies for safety concerns. Ma wouldn’t settle for it, as it was going to be the last day of Michael’s concert in Taiwan. She decided to give it a try & send a fax message to the hotel that Michael was staying in. She directly addresses the fax message to ask him to allow her twins to go to the concert. She didn’t really expect that Michael would see it, next thing she knew was that Michael did read it & responded to it. He immediately sent down VIP passes for the family to be able to come to the concert & to meet him personally in his hotel room after the concert.
When the family arrived at his Presidential Suite, Michael was already in his pajamas, ready to go to bed. They found him very kind and approachable, Ma recalled that he was so fascinated by the twins, he wanted to know everything about bringing up babies. The twin babies were crawling around in his room, at one point, one of the twins grabbed his CD player and started to bite it, Michael immediately went to pick up the baby and softly said to her, “Don’t bite it, it’ll hurt you.” Ma recalled that Michael was not yet a parent during that time but was very protective of children.
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1st meeting
When they said goodbye, Michael personally escorted them off to the elevator & promised to invite them to come and visit him at his home Neverland. Ma family never took his words seriously, but Michael meant it! During the 17 years of friendship Michael had with the Ma Family, the family had been able to visit 6 times as guests at his Neverland home, and even traveled with him to other parts of the world. Every time they said goodbye, he would cuddle them with words like “I’ll always love you”. He seemed just simply to want to be loved. Michael adored the twins, when he returned to Taiwan for the History tour in 1996, he invited the twins for an appearance to ” Heal the world ” song with him on stage. He even invited the family to follow on the History tour with him. The twins were also featured in “Heal the world” in Durban, South Africa & it was said to be his last concert ever.
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Michael had confided to Mrs. Ma things like his iconic sequins glove, was first used to hide his skin problem Vitiligo that first appeared on his hand & the glove had surprisingly become his signature trademark. Michael even referred to himself as Chinese, as according to Michael, his mother Katherine was of a quarter Chinese descent. Michael did often express his strong desire to perform in China.
According to the the Taiwanese concert organizer Mr. Yu, during both his Dangerous and History Tour in Taiwan in the 90’s, Michael asked for his help to perform in China, though Yu did his best, During that time China was not yet ready to open up to Western pop performers.
Ma had seen the very sincere side of Michael, pure and innocent, like a big kid, love surprises, magic, very compassionate, very trusting and very caring. She hoped that by sharing her story, the world would know the true nature of Michael. "The world not only loss a musical genius but a beautiful soul.”
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Michael had confided to Mrs. Ma things like his iconic sequins glove, was first used to hide his skin problem Vitiligo that first appeared on his hand & the glove had surprisingly become his signature trademark. Michael even referred to himself as Chinese, as according to Michael, his mother Katherine was of a quarter Chinese descent. Michael did often express his strong desire to perform in China.
According to the the Taiwanese concert organizer Mr. Yu, during both his Dangerous and History Tour in Taiwan in the 90’s, Michael asked for his help to perform in China, though Yu did his best, During that time China was not yet ready to open up to Western pop performers.
Ma had seen the very sincere side of Michael, pure and innocent, like a big kid, love surprises, magic, very compassionate, very trusting and very caring. She hoped that by sharing her story, the world would know the true nature of Michael. "The world not only loss a musical genius but a beautiful soul.”
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Nicole Richie, daughter of Lionel Richie
Nicole, in particular, supported Jackson against the charges of improper sexual behavior with children. To that end, she offered tales of her own childhood romps at Jackson’s Neverland Ranch, during which she often slept in Jackson’s bedroom. “You know, a group of us would all sleep in the same room,” she said. “It was like, absolutely nothing more than just…an adult kind of wanting to be a kid again. Just, you know, enjoying the company of children. I grew up with him. I have spent many evenings there and many days there.” Noting that she could “only speak for myself,” she still added “that absolutely nothing went on.”
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Nicole Richie & Christopher Rogers, 1987
"My parents would never put me in hands that they thought were dangerous. I never had any complaints & you know, I love him.”
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2003
Lala Romero
“I don’t tell this story too often, in fact growing up I kinda learned to just keep it to myself.
Whenever people would find out I knew him, a gang of silly, dumb questions would follow & I would always end up having to defend someone I loved so much.
When I was 5, my cousin Brian & I where OBSESSED with Micheal Jackson. We had dolls, sleeping bags, lunch boxes & OF COURSE the gloves. I was pretty convinced I was going to be him when I grew up, and nobody could tell me otherwise! Brian was older then me & found out at school MJ actually lived in the Valley, we lived in. Anyone from LA pretty much knew the house. So we wrote him letters and enclosed a bunch of pics, you remember the ones from school you’d write on the back, yeah well, lucky Micheal got about 25 of me!! Basically we told him we LOVED him & I told him I was a singer and dancer!!! We also asked him to come to our house & visit!! Our loca tia Carol (RIP) took us to his house and we rang the guard gate. His guard came out to us & took our letters. WE WERE SOOOOOOO HAPPY, we KNEW he would get em!! I honestly can say we were just happy enough to see his gate & meet his guard NEVER did we really expect what happened next.
About 4 days later at 10:30 pm my mom got the call from Carol, Michael Jackson was HERE, in our apartment building, on her couch. I was 5 & anybody who knows a 5 year old also knows that it’s damn near impossible to wake em up!! The pic you see of us is him holding me, cause I wouldn’t wake up, he insisted my parents take the pic so I would truly know he came!! A few days later I was going into the hospital for surgery & he called me. I couldn’t BELIEVE I was talking to Micheal Jackson & that he actually had my number!! Over the next few years he would invite Brian & I to his house, to watch him shoot his videos & to his shows.
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It’s weird, when I was little, I didn’t really grasp FAME, especially his FAME. All I knew was he was my friend & I think that’s why he liked me. My friendship with him changed my life. It was a HUGE influence, it made me believe having a singer career was in arms reach. My neighborhood didn’t support BIG DREAMS but his friendship gave me confidence & assurance that ANYTHING & EVERYTHING is possible, if you work hard & aren’t scared to try. His generosity & kindness inspires me daily. Here was the biggest super star in the world taking time out to come to a broken down apartment building in Van Nuys CA to see his fans.
Even as a tiny lil girl I could see his sadness & his loneliness. It was a part of him, I think his childhood, fame & money alienated him from most of the world. That’s why he loved us cause we didn’t care about the BS!! We just had fun!! He was so goofy & silly, we would jump on his trampoline and raid his candy shop.
Micheal was like Edward Scissorhands & Willy Wonka to me, SOOOOO AMAZING in the HEART but so misunderstood by most! I love him always for touching my life & showing me a different world then the one I grew up in.
I hope those babies of his really grow up understanding that they did have the best daddy in the world. His heart & spirit are what made him the GREATEST and so RARE.
All the good things ya heard about him were ALL TRUE!! I promise!!
This photo was taken on one of the VERY BEST DAYS OF MY LIFE!!!
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Michael called me, after a surgery I had & invited me to the set of his video for “The Way You Make Me Feel”. Here’s what stood out about the day, the biggest superstar in the world made me feel like the superstar. In the middle of all his hectic-ness he would come see me, take pics with me & make sure I was good between takes!! At 5 yrs old I sat & watched him shoot, take after take in this warehouse in San Pedro CA. He introduced me to everyone, his sister Latoya was there, his co-star, that beautiful girl he was SO shy to kiss Tatiana. Even at that young age I was very aware of how gracious & kind he was with EVERYONE on set. Looking back now I remember he was sooooo excited that all of the extras were real ex bloods, crips, gang members from LA. I remember him being so excited about giving them a chance to shine & a new opportunity. We sat in his trailer, I remember telling him I wanted to be a singer when I grew up & gave him pics of me from my dance recital. I remember eating with him & him being the very first vegetarian I had ever met! I was like u don’t eat meat??? I was so confused!! Lol. Man writing this, thinking about this day & all the rest of the times I spent with him makes me smile!! As a lil girl I never really grasped how famous he was, honestly I think that’s why he loved hanging out with me! To me & all the other kids, he was just a fun, crazy, silly guy, who sang our most favorite songs. I love him for being the most honest, pure heart I have ever known for showing me video shoots, recording studios, & concerts, up close and personal, making my dream seem possible. I was there in it, seeing it happen, he brought me into a world I would have never known existed without him. A lil girl from Van Nuys CA. I can’t even begin to count the ways he changed my life. He helped create my dream. Records like Homegirlz & Sadgirl I know he would be proud of, he was always ALWAYS about giving back!! I miss him everyday & can’t believe he is gone.”
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Sky Ferreira
“My grandma worked with him for, like, 25 years & she became really close friends with him. I knew he was a singer & stuff but I think it was because he was always around that I never really thought much of it.”
Speaking to Newsbeat, she said: “We just became friends with him. When I was born I was raised around him, I always saw him. I had holidays with him and stuff like that.
“I’ve known Michael since I was born & he supported me about my singing and has helped my family very very much. He was probably the nicest & most giving person I’ve ever known. There will never be another Michael Jackson. Ever. I was so fortunate to actually know him. He is one of the biggest inspirations of music. Rest in peace Michael. Thank you for everything you’ve ever done.”
Kidada and Rashida Jones, daughters of Quincy Jones
“Michael was like a member of my family, a surrogate son. He spent many hours with my daughter, Kidada who was a precocious child of 8 at the time. They adored each other and totally communicated despite the age difference (he was 20 then). Her mother once found a phone bill showing Kidada made 91 long-distance calls to Michael in a single month. She played the telephone like Herbie Hancock plays the keyboards.”
“It’s mostly little things that excite him or stir his emotions,” says Jones. “Childlike things. He loves children a lot. He’s been friends with my daughters for years. When he comes to my house, they think they’re doing me a big favor by lending him to me so he can rehearse, because they think he’s their friend. He’s just got a very pure type of enthusiasm about simple things.” And as for the snakes Jackson occasionally carts to work? “Now to me, that’s the strange part,” Jones says laughing. “When the dude brings in a 15 foot python — that’s what I can’t take.”
Malibu Magazine: Do you have any crazy stories about Michael Jackson?
Rashida: I remember Michael would take us to the mall to get toys, which was the most exciting thing ever. But he was always wearing a surgical mask & I was so embarrassed to be seen with him! It just was not cool to be roaming around the mall with a dude wearing a surgical mask. But he was always so sweet to us & so fun, just like a big kid— like a really big kid. I feel so horrible for him. I feel so sad for his soul. He came into this world with so much talent, but he just didn’t know how to protect himself. Michael was exceedingly aware of the fact that he didn’t have a childhood & he wanted to try to create a world in which he could try to make up for everything he had lost.
MM: So, taking you guys shopping for toys was something he would do to make him feel in touch with his own youth?
Rashida: "Yes, exactly.”
Interview with Rashida Jones – Playboy, Oct. 2011
“Michael basically grew up with us, so I have a million memories of him. We were at each other’s houses all the time,” the actress shares. “He was definitely a little bit of an alien, for sure & when I was young, it felt as if he was my age, not 18 years older, but with just a little bit more pep.”
“Later, we’d go out on the town together. He always wore those surgical masks. Once, my sister, Michael, Emmanuel Lewis and I got in a car with Super Soakers and went by a movie theater and supersoaked the hell out of people waiting in line. They had no idea they’d just been supersoaked by the King of Pop.”
Interview With Rashida Jones, CNN, 12/9/11
MORGAN: What was he like, Michael Jackson.
JONES: I’m not making any excuses. He was so wonderful. He was a big kid. He really was that. It wasn’t — he was so innocent and just a big kid. And to me, at that age, he just was like me but taller and very much more talented.
MORGAN: That guy just knew how to do it, didn’t he?
JONES: He did. But he was also had this like — this thing just bubbling over. He had no choice. I mean, when you sound like that and you dance like that, what choice do you have? You have to give it to everybody, you know.”
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Sick children
Dave Dave
The story of Dave Dave (born David Rothenberg, but he changed his name to free himself of the memories of his father) was national news in the US in the early 1980s. In 1983, during a custody battle between his parents, his father doused Dave with kerosene and set him on fire while he was asleep. 90% of his body was burned. Michael Jackson heard of his story and befriended him. At Michael's funeral in 2009, Dave spoke about the emotional support that the star offered him through the years.
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The friendship between Jackson and Dave never ceased. In his book, Dr. William B. Van Valin II mentions meeting Dave at Neverland in the early 2000s. According to this account, Jackson gave Dave a job as a kind of courier because no one else would employ him due to his condition.
Ryan White
Ryan White was a young boy from Kokomo, Indiana who became famous in the US due to his struggles as an HIV/AIDS patient. He was born in 1971. He was a hemophiliac & became infected with HIV from a contaminated blood treatment in the early ’80s. He was diagnosed with AIDS on 12/17/84
His story became national news when at his school 117 parents & 50 teachers signed a petition for the banning of White from school because at the time many people believed that AIDS could be transmitted through everyday interactions. The Whites even had to face lawsuit threats & violence from the local community (once a bullet was shot through the Whites’ living room window) and eventually they moved to another town, Cicero, where they were more welcome.
At the time several celebrities befriended Ryan and showed themselves openly with him, trying to help to dismantle the stigma around Ryan & AIDS – the most prominent ones being Elton John and Michael Jackson.
Jackson made several visits to the Whites & he also invited them to Neverland ranch. He also had many long phone calls with Ryan & gave him several gifts, including a red Mustang because it was Ryan’s favorite car.
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Ryan’s mother Jeanne White said of their friendship:
”JW: Michael was amazed that Ryan never talked about his illness. And he said he never wanted anybody to feel sorry for him. So I think they really had this good communication of respect for each other”.
Q. You never had any hesitation about Ryan spending time with Michael Jackson?
JW: No!
… Michael was always interested in what Ryan was doing. He loved kids & he didn’t care what race you were, what color you were, what was your handicap, what was your disease – Michael just loved all children.
Q. He did something incredibly special when he learned what Ryan’s favorite car was?
JW: We had a call from a car dealer who said they had a car for Ryan. [Michael did it] just to see the joy in the kid’s face.
[During the funeral] the car was sitting outside in the yard. Michael started the car and “Man in the Mirror” was playing. The little things made Michael so happy. You could see in his eyes & he was smiling from ear to ear & said, “I was the last person that Ryan was listening to…?” & I said, “Yes”. Ryan just listened to it over & over again.
Three days after the funeral Michael called me & asked me how I was doing. I said, “What made you and Ryan so close?” Michael said, “…Nobody ever acts normal round me. Ryan knew how I wanted to be treated because that’s how he wanted to be treated. I can’t trust anyone because everyone wants something from me”. Then he said, “I promised Ryan he could be in my next video, but now that he is gone I can’t put him in my video. But could I do a video for him? I was like, “That’s unbelievable”. He did a video called Gone too soon,that’s the memory that’ll stay forever”
A phone call between Ryan & Michael that Ryan’s mother recorded unbeknownst to Jackson.
Ryan White’s mother about keeping contact with Jackson even after Ryan’s death.
Amanda Porter
At the age of 11, in 1986 Amanda Porter appeared on Good Morning America to talk about a rare genetic eye condition that had made her gradually lose her eyesight. On the program the interviewer asked her which celebrity she would like to meet & she said “Michael Jackson”. Jackson happened to watch the show & shortly after the interview he turned up at the hotel where Amanda’s family was staying with a lot of gifts to the girl. They became friends & the friendship lasted until the singer’s death in 2009.
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Amanda’s mother Carole said: “Michael continued to show kindness & devotion to Amanda over the years, exchanging gifts, even after they both had children.
Adults
Chris Tucker
Jackson was not only generous to kids or only to the parents of kids near him. Actor Chris Tucker reflected on the singer’s generosity in a 2015 interview with Jimmy Kimmel:
“Michael was… he was the greatest entertainer ever and the biggest entertainer in the world, but he was the nicest guy in the world, man. He was just nice, man. I would go to Neverland & I would say I like something (and) he would give it to me. I said ‘Michael, I like that big screen TV’, he was like ‘You like it, Chris?’, I said ‘Yeah, I like it’, he said ‘You’d love it?’, I said ‘I would love it’. Next day I go home (and) Michael was sending a TV to my house. I said ‘Michael, thank you’. I was like ‘Michael is nice and rich’.”
Doug Lewis
Doug Lewis worked on the set of Michael & Janet's 1995 video “Scream” when he suffered an accident. The story in his own words:
“As predicted, crew call switched from 7am to 4pm & we worked throughout each night until 4-6am. In the final hours of the last night of shooting, we had moved to the ‘zen’ set. This was it, last day, last set, last series of shots. The art department had prepped the set with final touches before Michael was brought in to take his place on the zen podium in the center of the set. Michael surveyed the scene and commented on how beautiful the set looked. He was very relaxed & it was obvious he enjoyed sitting in the middle of this temporary temple. When Mark called out for a piece of the ceiling to be trimmed, I grabbed a 12-step (ladder), scrambled to the top and began sawing. In an unfortunate moment the portable saw kicked back & amputated a third of my left ring finger. Without word, I reached in my back pocket for my rag, wrapped my finger with it & stepped down off the ladder & exited the set. I passed Tom on the way out and showed him what happened. Tom escorted me to the edge of the stage and I laid down on the concrete. It wasn’t long before an entire film crew of towering bodies was in a half circle looking down at me. Union guys chewing gum. 3am. Right?
Suddenly the crowd parts & Michael appears & stands there for a moment, leaning over me, looking down. He looks at my left hand held in the air then he looks at me. Then just like that he is on his knees by my right side & he picks up my right hand & holds it in his. He looks me straight in the eye & tells me how sorry he was, he kept repeating how sorry he was & then he had tears in his eyes & he held my hand until the ambulance came and took me away.
That next week, recovering at home, the gifts began arriving from Michael and Janet, tasteful and cool things like great soaps, a bathrobe, incense, a card. Anyway, that’s my story. Michael Jackson held my hand, too. Michael, if you read this, thanks for caring.“
The Grandmother of Chris Cantore
Chris Cantore, describes an encounter between his grandparents & Michael Jackson on an airplane.
“This is crazy & I actually used to tell this on my radio show annually around Christmas time. It became a tradition. We used to call the segment “Michael Jackson Saved My Grandma” & it’s nuts especially when you look at his history & you look at his trajectory and all the controversy surrounding him, this story really touches the human spirit & really shows underneath all the paparazzi and craziness was a guy who really cares about human beings.
It was a real testament to the situation where essentially my grandparents, it was in December, 1997 & my grandparents were flying in from JFK in New York to LAX to visit my family for Christmas. On the flight my grandmother gets sick & ends up passing out and falling in the aisle – they were sitting Coach. My grandfather is stressing out and Michael Jackson, it turns out, is sitting in first class. No one on the plane knew & he had first class reserved for himself, security entourage & people he traveled with. He hears about what’s going on in coach and Michael Jackson gets out of his seat & runs back to help my grandmother and when she comes to he’s hovering over her (laughs). Seriously & he’s like “Do you need help?” and she comes to and my grandfather’s there and essentially, he invites my grandparents into first class. So she can get proper attention & part of Michael’s entourage includes medical support and what have you. So while my grandmother is kind of getting her lucidity back if you will, my grandfather ends up having a two hour dialogue with Michael Jackson 35,000 feet in the air. And what’s insane about my grandfather, and this is why I love him so much, God rest his soul, is that he looked at Michael as if he couldn’t care less if he were Michael Jackson or a plumber and he just engaged him in honest conversation and they talked about family, they talked about Michael’s childhood and they talked about Italy which were my grandfather’s three favorite things to talk about and they had this amazing dialogue. When they land, Michael says, “I’m not letting you guys figure out your way” because my parents at this point might have been alerted that something happened on the plane – everything’s cool. Rather then having my grandparents go off on their own they basically said, “hey, you know what? We’re going to take you to your destination”. So they get my grandmother a wheelchair & Michael Jackson is pushing my grandmother through the LAX Airport through all these backend crazy little caverns – they’re not dealing with the public but word gets out that Michael Jackson’s at LAX right when he’s pushing my grandmother through and trying to be secretive, not to get any attention. Granted you think they’re trying to get publicity doing stuff like this, he’s doing his best to divert the paparazzi to help my grandparents so they end up doing three different limo changes just to divert the paparazzi with my grandmother in the wheelchair. They get in the limo, they hit the 405 on the way to the Valley to see my parents, again it’s Christmas time and Michael pops in his favorite movie at the time “Men in Black” so we have Michael Jackson and my grandparents watching “Men in Black” in his limo (laughing) on his way to my folks house. They show up to my parents and my mom opens the door and there’s my grandfather, my grandmother and, hand to God dude, Michael Jackson carrying their bags. So they come in the house & Michael was totally enamored by my parent’s Christmas tree & the family spirit that he felt in the house & he couldn’t stop talking about how he felt so much love & warmth in the house & he was enamored by the Christmas tree & just the spirit that was in the house & he was kind of sticking around & kind of looking around & not sure what to do & my mom’s theory is he was kind of, just based on his, obviously career, he was waiting around like “hey, you guys want a picture or something?” for sentiment or what not but my mom was just so blown away by what happened they never even took a picture to document the event BUT...Michael Jackson actually signed a menu in 1st class for my parents when they were still in route on their way to LA & hold on I had my mom scan it and send it down to me and it says “To Concetta De Lisi and Joseph De Lisi, please feel better, love you always, Michael Jackson.“
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Homeless people
From the book Remember the Time by 2 bodyguards, Bill Whitfield and Javon Beard:
“Javon: One night we were driving home from the Strip & there was this on-ramp for the freeway that we had to pass to get back to the house. We were stopped at a red light by this ramp & right off the road there was a homeless man & woman. They were arguing with each other about something. The man was sitting & the woman was standing with a sign; it’s the kind of thing you see all the time out here, people with signs that say “Homeless, Please Help.” Vegas is a hard town. You get caught up in gambling and all that? It’ll ruin you.
Bill: Mr. Jackson saw these people and said, “Why are these people out there?” “Those are homeless people, sir.” He was like, “Really? Wow.” He told Javon to pull over. We pulled over to the curb and we just watched for a minute. Mr. Jackson saw all the other cars passing by, and he asked, “Why isn’t anybody helping them? Why isn’t anybody stopping?” Then he said to Javon, “Call the woman over to the car.” Javon rolled down his window, waved her over. When she got to the car, Mr. Jackson rolled his window down just a little bit & said, “What’s your name?” “Amanda,” she said. They talked for a bit. He wanted to know her story. He asked her where she was from, where’s her family at. She said she used to be a dancer, a showgirl. Then I heard him reaching around in the backseat for something. I heard the sound of paper. He was pulling out money. He pulled out three $100 bills, gave them to her and said, “Here. Take this.” She was floored. She was almost crying saying, “Thank you, thank you, thank you.”
Javon: After he gave her the money, she backed up a few steps & I started to drive off. The guy that had been sitting near her got up, came over to her & tried to snatch the money away. She pulled back, but he kept trying to grab it from her & they started fighting again. She started yelling, “No! This is mine!” Mr. Jackson saw that & said, “No, no, no! Javon, stop the car. Pull back over.” I pulled back over, he leaned back out of the window & called the man over this time, saying, “Don’t do that! Here, I’ve got something for you too.” He pulled out another $300 and gave it to the man. The lady started crying, like she’d been saved.
Bill: He told them to use the money for food. “Get something nourishing,” he said. “Don’t get any drugs.” “No, sir!” they said. “No, sir!” They were both gushing with thank-yous & God-bless-yous when all of a sudden the man stopped and looked in the car window & said, “Are you Michael Jackson?” “No. No, I’m not.” I turned to the backseat. “Are you ready to go, sir?” “Yeah, I’m ready,” he said. And we pulled off. As we were driving, Mr. Jackson said, “Are there a lot of people like that in Vegas?” “Yeah,” I said. “There are parts of Vegas where a lot of homeless people live.” “Really? Can we go there?” I hesitated a moment. “You want to go there tonight, sir? Tonight wouldn’t be a good time.” “No, no,” he said. “We can go another day. I just want to see.” The bad part of Vegas is on the north side, Main Street and Las Vegas Boulevard, over by Cashman Field. When he mentioned going there, I was hoping he’d forget about it. Sometimes when he made unusual requests, things I knew weren’t feasible or just weren’t a good idea, I’d wait a bit before following up, to see if he’d drop it. Sometimes he would. If he reminded me again, I knew he was very serious. This time, he remembered. A couple days later, he came to me and said, “When are we going to go to that side of town?” “What side of town is that, sir?” “Where the homeless people are.” “We can go there today.” “Ok let’s go.” So we took him to the other side of town, about twenty minutes from the house. We headed north up Main Street, and all of these people were out. You could hear in his voice that he was shocked that all of these people out here were homeless. He couldn’t believe it. “It’s just amazing,” he said. “This country is so rich and these people are poor and living on the street.” He asked Javon to pull over, so we pulled over. I was a little antsy. I wasn’t cool pulling over in a nice car with all these people around. We sat there on the side of the road for a bit. Then Mr. Jackson said, “I want to give them something.” I thought he meant he wanted to get out of the car. I said, “I don’t think it’d be a good idea to go out there, sir.” He said, “No, no, no. I’ll pass it out of the window.” He cracked the window & started waving people over. He had a fanny pack he was wearing. He opened it up & the whole thing was stuffed full of cash. They would come to the window & he would pass out a $100 bill through the crack in the window to each one. One thing I noticed was that he was trying to catch the attention of the women. He wanted to make sure they were the ones who got the money. He was like “Come here. No, no, no. You. You come here" A lot of men got money too but I could hear him singling the women out of the crowd, calling them forward. People started lining up outside his window, like it was an ATM.
Javon: He gave away so much he ran out & he got upset with himself. He was saying he should have brought more. We started to see another side of him, his compassion for others & it was kind of amazing. There was no media out there no cameras. There was only a crack in the window, so no one could tell it was him. It was just something that he wanted to do. After that, we went and handed out food to the homeless a number of times. He’d say “Me & the kids are not going to eat this. Let’s take this down and give it away" One time he wanted the kids to come with us and see it so we brought them along"
Katherine Jackson had similar experiences:
”What I love about Michael, he was such a humble person. I am not just saying it because he’s my son but he was one of the best people. He’d seen somebody standing in the corner begging & he’d stop the car & just give them all the money in his pocket $300 or $400 and sometimes more.”
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2023.04.25 15:03 Luna8Bright I don't know what it is

I debated on telling this story because for one I know I'll be labeled as crazy because I have spoke to a therapist about this situation and honestly I don't know why I did because there isn't any thing they can do other than tell me it's all in my head & it's easy to say that , it's easy to say you don't believe it but frankly, you can believe as you wish because truly I have no idea what to make of it. What I do know is it hasn't stopped but certainly has slowed down and nothing has happened fairly recently but I truly think it's still there . To start it off from the beginning because you have to know the beginning to fully understand what happens throughout the rest of the story. Years back when I around 15 years old , probably around 2019, I lived in this trailer park , it wasn't run down or anything. It was a nice neighborhood with nice trailers ... Except for this one trailer and it sat right in the middle of the trailer park. This trailers ceiling was caving down, the walls were literally peeling away, the windows were busted out or shattered and it was completely over grown. The trailer park has been there since the 1940s or 50s and they have been through and took the old trailers out and put in new ones but they never touched that middle trailer when they added the new ones, they just kinda let it be.
One day my cousin who was 16 at the time came over to stay and it was getting later in the day and we got bored and we figured we'd go and check out the trailer, see what's in it and just explore, you know as typical teenagers. The inside of the house was a complete mess, there was trash everywhere, old toys all in the living room floor , black mold growing from the ceiling, the windows, the walls and even the floors. The rest of the house was pretty much in the same condition. I know seeing the house in that condition shouldn't have been a shock considering how old it was and we should have probably left but we didn't, I ended up taking some pictures of the house and the yard on my old phone back then and we walked and looked around a little more and then we left. When we got back home I went through the pictures I had took and in one of the frames there was another girl who had long hair twisted into a braid standing in the far right corner of the property. The one thing that me and my cousin really noticed was the picture itself was brightly colored because it was still daylight so everything was lit up except the girl in the photo, she was completely black and white as if the colour couldn't pick up there in that spot. I showed my mom said photo and she could see the girl too and it honestly really startled us because she was not there when we had went to explore but eventually we just kind of let it slide and we forgot about it for the rest of the day.
That night I had this very vivid dream and this dream is really important to this story because it gives A LOT of information ( I have to tried to research this information and have found nothing, I have no results. I have found girls of the same name within the same time period as the girl but I still have no way of knowing if any of these women that pull up on the search is truly her, these files don't have any pictures attached, just names and birth/death dates) the dream started with me walking down this path in the woods and in the dream It was just peaceful, it was beautiful. The sun was shining through the trees, the grass was brightly green, honestly a little too bright. It was as if I was walking through a Disney cartoon and there was little animals like squirrels and bunnies running along the tree branches and ground. Eventually this path lead me to this opening like a clearing with this huge log right in the middle of it and in my dream I felt compelled to just go sit on this log , and so I did and when I did like it was on que the girl from the picture came walking through the trees and entered the clearing and when she entered the brightly lit scenery dimmed , like someone just dimmed the lights but It still felt peaceful , I wasn't ever scared as she approached me and sat down beside me on the log and introduced herself as Sarah Sawdon. She then went on to tell me about how she used to live where the trailer park is , right in the same spot that the old trailer was, however it was not the same house , they had tore her house down to put the trailer park in and when she lived there her mother had passed away and that made her father an alcoholic and aggressive and one day he just snapped and killed her little sister by shooting her in her room and then he came down the hall to her room and rapped her , she said after that he kept her locked up and she wasn't allowed outside of the house & then one day she came up pregnant with her father's baby and she had to give birth to twins at home because her father wouldn't allow her to go to the hospital, she said after the babies were born she had a boy and girl, that same day she would go on to say her father killed the son and then killed her and took off with the daughter. After this life story she gave me she then turned and looked me straight in my face and I took note of a beauty mark on her right cheek and she said to me "I really want to find my daughter, please help me" and she turned into a mist like cloud and vanished and the colour came back in my dream, I got up off the log , walked back down the path and when I came out of the path I was walking down the road of the trailer park and I looked up at the broken down trailer and woke up
I never said anything to anybody about this dream because I knew if I did people wouldn't take it seriously, I would be a joke. So I went on with life like I didn't just have this dream of a dead girl talking about her life story and wanting me to find a child that is probably already also dead, well I tried to go on with life like that but a few days afterwards In outside on our trampoline where I hear a little girls voice say "hi" I quickly turned around because it startled me but at the same time I expecting to see my little cousin who was 3 at the time and I was getting ready to ask her when did she come outside when I fully turned around and saw a silhouette of a little girl dart around the back of the building so I get off the trampoline and chase after it because I thought it was my little cousin but when I get around the building it's gone and I proceed to check the yard and there is nobody there , for 2 weeks straight after that I kept seeing and hearing "hi" everywhere I went. Written in the pollen on the car when I went to school, written on the chorus window at school, I heard it again at the grocery store in the isle only I was in and it sounded like it was right beside me, one of the "hi" incidents that truly had me getting scared was when I went to get out the shower there was "hi" written in the steam on the mirror and the bathroom door was still locked. At this point I was hearing a little girl say hi at least once a day and this was the point I tried to speak up to my therapist about it but as I stated before my therapist told me it was all in my head because I'm already diagnosed with depression & anxiety and they said I was just having extreme symptoms so I told myself I wasn't going to bring it up any more.
A couple of nights later I had my first ever sleep paralysis experience when my best friend came over to stay. We had fallen asleep on the couch , them on one end , I on the other and I had woken up , so I thought. I was awake and I could see somehow because my eyes were forced closed, I couldn't open my eyes and when i noticed I couldn't do that I also noticed it wasn't just my eyes , it was my whole body. I couldn't move and I noticed I could literally feel this pressure holding me down and then I started to have this dream like vision of my cousin frantically trying to get a hold of me to let me know that "he" was in the house and I need to get out and my phone dinged and my notifications showed my cousin had texted me and told me that "he" was in the house and for me to get out and just like how a TV changes scenes I could see this really tall shadowed figure leaning over the back of the couch looking at me & I remember this strange scent that filled the room and it smelt like rotten meat or vegetables, or a dead mouse, it just smelled rotton but also smelt like burnt meat and the second I make eye contact with this thing it straightens up right and it's huge, it's tall. The things head is almost level with the ceiling fan and then the sleep paralysis is over , I could open my eyes, and I could move and it was then that I noticed that during the whole sleep paralysis, my friend was not on the couch with me.I went to take my phone off the charger and it was dead , still plugged in but dead which was weird because my phone still had some percentage when I plugged it in the night before & my charger works. I unplugged my phone and plugged it back in and it charges and when it's fully charged I check my messages for the ones my cousin sent me and there's two notifications saying that said cousin deleted two messages and when I texted them and asked about it , they said they had no clue what that was nor what they even said , they had simply woke up and saw the same thing and was equally confused and again this incident I just brushed off also.
For a few months nothing drastic happened, I still heard this little girl say "hi" and I could still see this silhouette of the little girl follow me around but nothing big until one night I was in the living room with my dad at the computer desk and I had walked into the kitchen to get a drink and on my way back I felt something grab my hair and yank me back into the kitchen , spilling my drink. My dad who had saw everything, asked me what happened and I said I don't know. I got the drink up and we just didn't bring it up again. Later that night I had another sleep paralysis experience but this one was a little bit more extreme. (Before i go on to tell you about the experience just keep note that I had a bunk bed and slept on the top bunk, nobody slept on the bottom bunk , I used it for a reading nook. ) I wake up in the middle of the night and I have no idea what time it was but I felt that familiar feeling of the pressure holding me down and that strange scent but this time my eyes were open and they were the only thing I could move, not long after just laying there for what felt like a few minutes I could hear something rambling in the kitchen, like pots and pans banging on each other and i could only hear it for a few seconds before it just got quiet and then I felt something pushing up on the mattress. Like someone was laying on the bottom bunk and pushing my mattress up. While this is happening I start to hear foot steps coming closer from the kitchen and with each step the mattress just kept getting pushed higher and higher and eventually I could hear the springs actually bending with the mattress and by that point the footsteps were right down the hall and then they just took off running straight down the hall, right to the door way and then the mattress falls back down to the bed and everything goes black and I wake up the next morning to my mom asking me "what was the noise in the kitchen last night " to which I replied " I don't know"
For the rest of the year which was a few months I continued to see and hear this little girl and I only had one person I felt completely comfortable going to and telling this to and that was my cousin that went into the trailer with me. I go over to their house and we sit on the porch and I tell them the whole run down of what has been happening and they ended up saying that they believe that this little girl im seeing is the daughter that "Sarah" wanted me to find and that the tall shadow man is "Sarah's" father who is trying to scare me away from the daughter and at this point it's the only explanation that makes sense to me cause I don't know what it is , haven't had the foggest idea but We have our talk and we go and get some to eat and come back and we decided on going on a walk down her dirt path and so we do , it's getting darker outside it was probably about 7-8pm but the streets lights were on so we could still see and as we're walking right beside the streetlight we both can see this little boy just standing there and my cousin actually goes on to yell out to him and see if he was okay and he just stares at us so we stop walking to give us some distance between this little boy and my cousin ask him again if he needs any help and where is his parents and without saying a word he just walks out into the path and just stares straight at us and says one word "sister". My cousin and I just took off running back to her house and when we got in her yard I looked back down the path to see if he was chasing us but he was gone. We went back inside and locked the door and I just spent the night at their place. My cousin believes that the little boy was the baby that Sarah said was killed but I honestly have no idea what it is. The new year comes and we're a few months in, it's about March or April and I wanted to go on a walk on the path in the woods that runs through our trailer park and so I do and I take lots of pictures and at first it was really nice and peaceful, the birds were chirping , the sun was out and at some point the sun goes behind the clouds and it gets really dim and the birds stop chirping and it gets eerily quiet and I start getting this feeling as if I'm being watched but I brush it off and continue to take pictures but with each picture I just get more & more uncomfortable and soon this feeling of being watched is just overwhelming and I just leave and walk back home, a few days later when I'm going through the pictures and deleting the bad ones I come across this picture and when I do I get the same feeling of being watched like I did when I was in the woods and I look over the picture closely and in the picture on the left side there was the tall shadow figure peaking out from behind a tree and on the right side , down the path In the distance there was this little girl in black and white just like how Sarah was and she's looking at the camera with glowing eyes and I get this piercing cold feeling run through my body and I delete the picture... I don't know why I deleted it thinking back on it now because I had picture proof , the picture I caught of Sarah got lost in files when I bought a new phone but this one I could have kept and had evidence but I didn't and at that moment I deleted it because It just radiated too much negative energy and I just didn't want it around , I wanted it to stop so I deleted the photo and "forgot" about it. nothing major happened after that just the usual "hi" from the little girl and seeing the silhouette and even that didnt happen as often until almost a year later when I was 17 I'm at my boyfriend's house and we go to sleep with the closet door shut , always. So when we wake up and the closet door is open it was alarming and my boyfriend checked the whole house and there was nobody and nothing missing nor out of place. We chalked it up to maybe the door isn't closing all the way so one night we put this basket in front of the door filled with boxes of stuff and clothes so it had some decent weight to it, definitely had to pick it up with both hands and when we woke up the next morning the basket had been moved all the way across the bedroom and the closet door was wide open & the closet door opening during the middle of night would continue to happen and it still does to this day, just like every now and then I still hear the little girl say "hi" and I still see this silhouette and the tall shadow figure sometimes. It's happened for so long now that I can sense a presence when they're near, it's like my body gets really cold and I get this overwhelming sense of dread and alarment but nothing has really happened since then and I'm honestly very thankful for it
That's my story and like I stated before you can believe as you wish but I know what happened to me and I know what I experienced... I just don't know what it is....
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2023.04.23 10:00 kcbeck1021 Looking for advice/ education. I’m fixating on a local compost product. Zoo brew.

I’m changing and expanding our mixed use garden bed, mostly weeds the past couple of years, into a butterfly garden. I’ve found a bulk place that sales bulk soils/ mulches. I have fixated on there Zoo brew. The idea of saying yeah my plants have elephant dung on them is enticing. I have started a lot of seedlings in the house and I am worried that the compost will be too much for them. My thoughts are to mix in the compost into the soil then a week or 2 later start planting. Any advice would be appreciated. The following is straight from there website.
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2023.04.22 12:42 Positive_Tennis_6626 The Last Radio Call (Part One)

The Last Radio Call
Chapter 1
( Normal day)
“Fifty-five to dispatch. Show me 10-8 from that call, put out on Highway 35 near mile marker 157 for radar.” I said into my patrol car's radio.
“10-4 fifty-five, I have you cleared from the call and out at 35 for radar,” the dispatcher replied in her always calm demeanor.
I sat in the median running radar, with the speed locked to ten over the posted limit. The constant low warble of the radar unit was just background noise to me at this point. I just opened up CAD, that’s Computer Aided Dispatch or as the general public like to call it, ‘the laptop in the cop car.’ I just opened up the program to start my report when my cell phone started to ring. The screen said Erica.
I answered. “Hey babe, how are you doing? …That’s good. I’m fine.” I looked over at the clock. It was 1621 hours and my shift ended at 1700 hours. “I have just over a half an hour left pending any last minute calls that come in. I love you too, have fun on your girls’ trip. Let me know when you get there. I’ll miss you too but don’t worry I’ll be fine. I'm going to see if I can pick up an extra shift this weekend. I’ve got to help pay for our wedding that is only three months away. Ok, I’ve got to finish up some paperwork. I love you too, bye.” I put the phone back in my pocket and started my report.
On *date redacted* at approximately 1610 I, reserve deputy Alex (Badge #55), got dispatched via radio to **address redacted** in district two for a report for a battery in process. When I arrived on scene, deputies Kurby (Badge #26) and Welch (Badge #9) had already arrived and had the suspect in custody and were waiting for a transport to the jail. I spoke to the victim, *name redacted* who I later identified by his state driver’s license. He informed me that he was just out for a jog when someone attacked him and bit him on the arm twice and leg once. The victim was able to get away and call 911. SunBurst FireDepartment arrived to take him to Mercy Medical Hospital for treatment. **see form 5910-79 for full report**
I just clicked on the report form after finishing my synopsis report when a call came over the radio, “52-80, 52-90 respond to 618 chatterton. 618 chatterton for a group of five fighting”.
I laughed and thought, Have fun with that SunBurst PD. I alway like to keep the radio in my squad car set to scan to listen for SBPD frequencies. I work for district two in the county of Bear Creek. The biggest city in my area is SunBurst with a population of 91,170 and employs 153 police officers. There are other smaller towns in my district with no more than a few thousand people at the most. SunBurst is surrounded by mountains on three sides and the Cook Cook river a mile long on the fourth side. The main way in and out was over the Cook Cook bridge or the Big-C as we called it. That is why I normally write reports on highway thirty-five; If anyone was going to run from SBPD, this was the only way out of the city. I've gotten a car with my spike strip on more than one occasion. My radar went from a low warble to a high pitch ping. I looked up on the display screen- 90 miles per hour.
I let out a soft, “Ffffuuuuucccccckkkkkk,” under my breath. I looked in the rearview mirror to see a Toyota Corolla flying up on me. I closed my laptop and put my squad in drive.With my foot on the brake and hand over the light bar control, I really did not want to stop any car this close to the end of watch, but ninety in a sixty-five is something I just can’t overlook. The Toyota blew past me. I activated my emergency light, checked to make sure it was safe to pull out into traffic and floored it. The growl of the crown Vic’s V8 rumbled to life as I took off down the highway in pursuit of the speeder.
As I sped away, I could hear my radio, “Dispatch this is 52-90. Myself and 52-80 have five individuals at gunpoint, send backup.”
The dispatcher replied with “10-4 52-70, 52-60, 52-50 respond 10-33 to 618 chatterton. 618 chatterton to back up 52-80 and 90 all other officers stay off the air until I hear back from 52-80.”
I just caught up with the speeding vehicle and pulled it over. Our dispatcher for the county is different then the city so I was able to radio my information to dispatch. “55 to dispatch,” I said.
“Go ahead 55,” replied the dispatcher.
“Dispatch can you run a twenty-eight on a Toyota Corolla, license plate Boy, Victor, Adam 2-7-9, B-V-A-2-7-9, silver in color occupied times three.” A few moments later Dispatch came back with “10-4. The vehicle is clean.” Which means it's not stolen, the tags are current, and the owner of the vehicle is not wanted in connection with a crime. I walked up to the vehicle and pressed my thumb onto the taillight so if anything were to happen to me they could dust the car for prints and find I was there. I walked up to the driver door but stopped short just behind the A-Pillar or the car. You never want to get right up in front of the window, that makes it way too easy to get killed. The driver rolled down his window and I did my introduction.
“Hi, I’m Deputy Alex with the Bear Creek County Sheriff Department. The reason for my traffic stop is that you were going 90 in a posted 65. Any reason why you are speeding today? Also, can I see your driver's license, registration and proof of insurance?” I always like to have the driver talk to me and look for stuff at the same time. If they are drunk or nervous they typically can’t do both at the same time.
The driver said to me, “Hey man, sorry I did not realize I was going that fast.” There were two girls in the backseat of the car, maybe no older than twelve or fourteen.
The blond girl spoke up, “Yes you did daddy. You said if we don’t get up to the cabin before sundown mommy was going to tear you a new one.”
I was trying to keep the grin off my face at this. The driver said to me, “Here’s my driver's license sir.”
I took his license and asked, “Mr. *Name redacted* is this your current address?”
“Yes, let me just get you my insurance card.”
The blond girl started talking to me, “Hi officer, how are you?”
I kept one eye on her dad, to make sure he wasn’t reaching for something he shouldn’t be. I turned to her and replied, “Not too bad, how are you? How’s school going?”
“It's good. This is my friend, Jessica, but she is sleeping right now.”
The girl next to her had jet black hair covering her face. Her head was wedged in between the door and the headrest which is the most comfortable position one can get in a car. “Are you staying out of trouble?” I said in a joking manner.
“I’m trying to but my dad says if I develop early like me mom, it will be hard for me to stay out of trouble.”
I coughed, trying to hold back a laugh. I glanced at the dad who was red in the face from embarrassment. “Officer, I found my insurance card.” I took it from him and walked back to my patrol car.
“Fifty-five to Dispatch. Can you run a twenty-seven for me?”
“10-4, 55 go ahead with your 27,” Dispatch responded.
I was just about to read off the name on the driver's license when the emergency tone on my radio went off. I looked down at the small digital display on my patrol car's radio reading Channel 4 SBPD. It was flashing red. Someone must have hit the emergency button on their police radio. When pressed, it gives the officer who pressed the button thirty seconds of open mic time to say whatever they need to say with no interruption. What I heard next is something no officer ever wants to hear.
“Officer down, officer down. Shots fired, 52-80 is down. We got a mob coming after us. Two additional people have been shot. I’m dragging 52-80 down Chatterton Street. I need backup now.”
There were some noises coming through the radio. It sounded like dragging on pavement and then yelling. “STAY BACK!” Two pistol shots rang out over the radio. Then there was silence for exactly one heartbeat.
Dispatch came on with a calm voice, but it was traced with a hint of panic. “Tac-Alert Tac-Alert, Tac-Alert. Officers need immediate assistance. 618 Chatterton, 618 Chatterton. Officers down, shots fired, this is an all units respond. 10-33 Tac-Alert, unknown conditions of the officer. Unknown number of assailants. 618 Chatterton Tac-Alert, Tac-Alert, Tac-Alert.”
I jumped out the door of my cruiser and ran up to the car I stopped. “It’s your lucky day buddy. Here’s your information.” I threw it all in the front seat of his car. “I have to go. Slow it down and drive safely.”
Jessica, the girl in the back, was awake. Our eyes locked for only a few seconds. She had the prettiest emerald green eyes I think I have ever seen. I knew I would never forget them. I stumbled for a second.
“Bye Officer,” she said. That traffic stop would be the last normal thing that would ever happen to me.
I jumped back into my police car, slammed it into drive, and pushed the gas pedal to the floorboard. This was an officer down, a brother in blue, and I was going to go balls to the wall to get there. I grabbed my radio and called dispatch.
“55 to dispatch, clear me for that traffic stop. Show me 10-17 in route to that Tac-Alert at 618 Chatterton. I'm going off frequency and will be on Mutual-Aid 1 if you need me."
Before I got a response back from dispatch I changed to Mutual-Aid 1 on my police radio. I did all this while driving at 120 miles per hour. I took the closest off ramp, crossed over the highway and got back on the highway, this time driving towards the City of Sunburst. In my rearview mirror I saw the lights of another police vehicle. I slowed down so we could travel together. The police SUV was a state police vehicle. I quickly switched to the state police frequency and pressed the push to talk button on the radio.
“State police on 35 this is Deputy Alex from BCSD are you responding to the tac-alert?”
“10-4. Do I need to take the lead?” asked the trooper.
“If you could, I'm not familiar enough with the area.”
“10-4, taking the lead now,” replied the trooper. The trooper honked his air horn twice and passed me on the left.
“10-4, FYI we are on Mutual-aid 1 frequency,” I said before switching back over. Two more squad cars fell in line behind us. One was a City of Bellevue Police squad, which is a small city a few miles away from SunBurst. The other was a Bear Creek County Deputy. Our convoy of four squad cars surged ahead with the emergency lights flashing and sirens wailing.
We drove at approximately 100 to 120 miles an hour for about five minutes when a voice came over Mutual-Aid 1. “This is Caption Kent of Sunburst PD. I’m the incident commander for this Tac-Alert. All SBPD officers form up in your civil control team leaders. BCSD deputies, state police, and other responding agencies are staging six blocks west of Chatterton, forming up and heading downtown.”
Once on scene, we were directed to a side street to park our squad cars. I was confused on why we were staging six blocks away from the original call. Also, why were we supposed to head downtown in the opposite direction? I found a group of six deputies from my department and one lieutenant, standing around talking.
I walked up and asked, “What's going on?”
Lieutenant O’Connor turned around to answer, “How nice of you to join us. I was just about to tell everyone.” He looked at me and said, “You are a Reserve Deputy, aren't you?”
I pointed to my shoulder patch. Underneath the sheriff department logo was a small tap that said, Reserve on it. “Yes sir, but I'm looking to be a good fit for full time when there is an opening in the department.”
LieutenantO’Connor waved the answer away and asked, “ Have you ever done any riot control?”
“I was trained and certified in crowd control, including pepperball and beanbags usage sir.”
“Good, now listen up everyone,” Lieutenant O’Connor said. “The mob that attacked the two officers have turned into a riot and have moved to the downtown area where they have been attacking anyone and damaging property. Their numbers have swollen up to five hundred or so. The mayor said that this is unlawful assembly and rumors have it, the governor has declared a state emergency and is calling in the National Guard.
“Why are they doing this?” A young female deputy asked.
Lieutenant O’ Connor replied, “There are three facts about riots. One: Crowds are anonymous. Two: Anonymity breeds violence. Three: Violence lowers consequences. You need a catalyst to set off the violence. I’m guessing the two officers shot someone who was well liked in the community.”
“Do we know the status of the two officers?” asked the same female deputy.
“Last I heard, their backup showed up and pulled both of them out of there. They were in tough condition, lots of bad cuts and people even bit them. They were transported to Mercy Medical Hospital for treatment.” answered the Lieutenant.
There were a few murmurs from the deputies. One even did the sign of the cross over his chest. “Now let's get down to brass tacks and discuss our role in restoring peace.” Lieutenant O’connor announced. “The front and second echelon of officers will be made up of SBPD and some of the smaller townships. SBPD has six of their C.R.T or Crisis Response Team aka SWAT with us. Their captain will be the team leader for the riot team. Three of the C.R.T officers will be the gas officers in charge of using smoke and gas grenades. If needed, the last two will provide deadly force overwatch on top of the BearCat. If one of the protesters gets ready to throw a molotov cocktail or pull a firearm, these guys will be ready to shoot. State police along with our K-9 and SBPD K-9 will be on the arrest team. The sheriff department (that's us) will be rear guard and transport. We have two of our paddy wagons here that will be used for transport. Our job is to make sure no one slips in behind the group and tries to attack us from the rear. We will also swap out with the arrest team if needed. Now everyone don your riot gear. If you have less lethals with you, like the large cans of pepper spray, or pepper ball guns, break them out now. Meet back here in ten minutes. I'm going to check in with the incident commander and let him know the number of deputies I have.”
I walked back to my squad car, a little confused on how a riot could form so quickly. Emergency vehicles with their sirens balaring could be heard racing around the city in all different directions, no doubt answering 911 calls and doing their best to keep the city from falling apart. The C.R.T BearCat armored car rolled past me as I got to my car. The throaty rumble of its diesel engine passed me. Its weight shook the ground, giving me a surge of confidence that we could restore order.
I got into my riot gear as quickly as I could. Think of a suit of armor made of hard plastic plating with thick foam padding underneath, and then covered by Nomex, which is a very flame resistant material. I clipped my Drop Leg gas mask pouch on my left side. I then holstered my Monadnock Hardwood twent-eight hundred. That might sound fancy, but it's just a wooden riot baton. I had to do some digging around the truck of my squad but found the hard plastic case and flipped it open. Inside, protected by foam, was a Tippmann 98 custom paintball gun in bright yellow.
I assembled the gun and loaded it with pepperball rounds. Unlike normal paintball rounds, they were filled with pepper spray instead of paint. When the round hits someone or something, it breaks apart and sends pepper spray in a powder form everywhere. I put on my belt with four reloads for the pepperball gun. Each reload holds two hundred rounds of pepperball. I checked to make sure the CO2 tank was screwed into the pistol grip of the gun and working properly. After ensuring that it was in correct working order, the other deputies and I returned to the staging area. SBPD took over a parking ramp for the staging area or rally point. Their mobile Command and Control unit was heavily modified with an RV complete with antennae, satellite dishes, and cameras protruding from all areas along with a flushable toilet trailer, and a large tractor trailer with an OWI/arrest processing center.
I asked one of the local cops why there was a processing center. He told me it was for processing large amounts of people without overloading the jails. They can fingerprint, photograph, run names to search for warrants, and either give a citation and cut them loose or load them directly onto the prison bus to be taken to the local jail. There were several ambulances staged here as well to treat both protesters and officers.
As we began to move out, one of the EMTs holding a cup of coffee in a styrofoam cup gave the passing officers a two finger salute and said, “Good luck out there.”
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2023.04.22 07:48 Sometimeswan Game crashing while loading world on ATLauncher

Crash report below, any ideas?
---- Minecraft Crash Report ----
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Time: 4/20/23 8:13 PM
Description: Exception in server tick loop
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com.google.gson.JsonSyntaxException: java.lang.IllegalStateException: Not a JSON Object: 
at com.google.gson.Gson.fromJson([Gson.java:815](https://Gson.java:815)) at com.google.gson.Gson.fromJson([Gson.java:768](https://Gson.java:768)) at com.google.gson.Gson.fromJson([Gson.java:717](https://Gson.java:717)) at org.wyldmods.simpleachievements.common.data.DataManager.loadMap([DataManager.java:264](https://DataManager.java:264)) at org.wyldmods.simpleachievements.common.data.DataManager.load([DataManager.java:213](https://DataManager.java:213)) at org.wyldmods.simpleachievements.common.data.DataManager.onWorldLoad([DataManager.java:113](https://DataManager.java:113)) at cpw.mods.fml.common.eventhandler.ASMEventHandler\_657\_DataManager\_onWorldLoad\_Load.invoke(.dynamic) at cpw.mods.fml.common.eventhandler.ASMEventHandler.invoke([ASMEventHandler.java:54](https://ASMEventHandler.java:54)) at [cpw.mods.fml.common.eventhandler.EventBus.post](https://cpw.mods.fml.common.eventhandler.EventBus.post)([EventBus.java:140](https://EventBus.java:140)) at net.minecraft.server.integrated.IntegratedServer.func\_71247\_a([IntegratedServer.java:73](https://IntegratedServer.java:73)) at net.minecraft.server.integrated.IntegratedServer.func\_71197\_b([IntegratedServer.java:92](https://IntegratedServer.java:92)) at [net.minecraft.server.MinecraftServer.run](https://net.minecraft.server.MinecraftServer.run)([MinecraftServer.java:387](https://MinecraftServer.java:387)) at [net.minecraft.server.MinecraftServer$2.run](https://net.minecraft.server.MinecraftServer$2.run)([MinecraftServer.java:685](https://MinecraftServer.java:685))
Caused by: java.lang.IllegalStateException: Not a JSON Object: 
at com.google.gson.JsonElement.getAsJsonObject([JsonElement.java:90](https://JsonElement.java:90)) at org.wyldmods.simpleachievements.common.data.DataManager$Reader.deserialize([DataManager.java:70](https://DataManager.java:70)) at org.wyldmods.simpleachievements.common.data.DataManager$Reader.deserialize([DataManager.java:47](https://DataManager.java:47)) at [com.google.gson.TreeTypeAdapter.read](https://com.google.gson.TreeTypeAdapter.read)([TreeTypeAdapter.java:58](https://TreeTypeAdapter.java:58)) at com.google.gson.Gson.fromJson([Gson.java:803](https://Gson.java:803)) ... 12 more
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A detailed walkthrough of the error, its code path and all known details is as follows:
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-- System Details --
Details:
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Singularities\] (ThermalSingularities-1.7.10-1.2.jar) UCHIJAA universalsingularities{1.7.10-8.0} \[Universal Singularities\] (Universal Singularities \[Version 8\]-1.7.10.jar) UCHIJAA eternalsingularity{1.7.10-.1.0.3} \[Eternal Singularity\] (EternalSingularity-1.7.10-1.0.4.jar) UCHIJAA exnihilo{1.38-53} \[Ex Nihilo\] (Ex-Nihilo-1.38-53.jar) UCHIJAA RedstoneArsenal{1.7.10R1.1.2} \[Redstone Arsenal\] (RedstoneArsenal-\[1.7.10\]1.1.2-92.jar) UCHIJAA ExtraUtilities{1.2.12} \[Extra Utilities\] (extrautilities-1.2.12.jar) UCHIJAA ImmersiveEngineering{0.7.7} \[Immersive Engineering\] (ImmersiveEngineering-0.7.7.jar) UCHIJAA TConstruct{1.7.10-1.8.8.build988} \[Tinkers' Construct\] (TConstruct-1.7.10-1.8.8.jar) UCHIJAA exastrisrebirth{MC1.7.10-1.01-45} \[Ex Astris Rebirth\] (Ex-Astris-Rebirth-MC1.7.10-1.01-45.jar) UCHIJAA extracells{2.3.14} \[Extra Cells 2\] (ExtraCells-1.7.10-2.3.14b200.jar) UCHIJAA GalacticraftMars{3.0.12} \[Galacticraft Planets\] (Galacticraft-Planets-1.7-3.0.12.498.jar) UCHIJAA ExtraPlanets{1.8.8} \[Extra Planets\] (ExtraPlanets-1.8.8.jar) UCHIJAA harvestcraft{1.7.10j} \[Pam's HarvestCraft\] (Pam's HarvestCraft 1.7.10k.jar) UCHIJAA ExtraTiC{1.4.6} \[ExtraTiC\] (ExtraTiC-1.7.10-1.4.6.jar) UCHIJAA FlatBedrockx{1.0.2} \[FlatBedrock Xplosion's Edition\] (FlatBedrock-1.0.2.jar) UCHIJAA FTBL{[1.0.18.2](https://1.0.18.2)} \[FTBLib\] (FTBLib-1.7.10-1.0.18.3.jar) UCHIJAA FTBT{1.0.2} \[FTB Tweaks\] (FTBTweaks-1.0.2.jar) UCHIJAA FTBU{[1.0.18.2](https://1.0.18.2)} \[FTBUtilities\] (FTBUtilities-1.7.10-1.0.18.3.jar) UCHIJAA GardenOfGlass{sqrt(-1)} \[Garden of Glass\] (GardenOfGlass.jar) UCHIJAA hardcorewither{1.1.3} \[Hardcore Wither\] (Hardcore Wither-1.7.10-1.1.3-21-universal.jar) UCHIJAA hardcoremapreset{2.2.0} \[HardcoreMapReset\] (HardCoreMapReset-2.2.0.jar) UCHIJAA iChunUtil{4.2.3} \[iChunUtil\] (iChunUtil-4.2.3.jar) UCHIJAA LunatriusCore{[1.1.2.21](https://1.1.2.21)} \[LunatriusCore\] (LunatriusCore-1.7.10-1.1.2.21-universal.jar) UCHIJAA InGameInfoXML{[2.8.1.82](https://2.8.1.82)} \[InGame Info XML\] (InGameInfoXML-1.7.10-2.8.1.82-universal.jar) UCHIJAA inventorytweaks{1.59-dev-152-cf6e263} \[Inventory Tweaks\] (InventoryTweaks-1.59-dev-152.jar) UCHIJAA IronChest{6.0.62.742} \[Iron Chest\] (ironchest-1.7.10-6.0.62.742-universal.jar) UCHIJAA journeymap{5.1.4p2} \[JourneyMap\] (journeymap-1.7.10-5.1.4p2-unlimited.jar) UCHIJAA karatgarden{0.1.0} \[Karat Garden\] (KaratGarden-0.1.0-\[1.7.10\].jar) UCHIJAA kleeslabs{1.0} \[KleeSlabs\] (kleeslabs-mc1.7.10-1.2.9.jar) UCHIJAA LogisticsPipes{[0.9.3.132](https://0.9.3.132)} \[Logistics Pipes\] (logisticspipes-0.9.3.132.jar) UCHIJAA lootplusplus{0.24\_for\_1.7} \[Loot++\] (Loot++-0.24\_for\_1.7.jar) UCHIJAA lootbags{2.0.17} \[Loot Bags\] (LootBags-1.7.10-2.0.17.jar) UCHIJAA magicalcrops{4.0.0\_PUBLIC\_BETA\_4b} \[Magical Crops: Core\] (magicalcrops-4.0.0\_PUBLIC\_BETA\_5.jar) UCHIJAA magicalcropsarmour{4.0.0\_PUBLIC\_BETA\_4} \[Magical Crops: Armoury\] (magicalcropsarmoury-4.0.0\_PUBLIC\_BETA\_4.jar) UCHIJAA magicalcropsdeco{4.0.0\_PUBLIC\_BETA\_4a} \[Magical Crops: Decorative\] (magicalcropsdeco-4.0.0\_PUBLIC\_BETA\_4a.jar) UCHIJAA Magneticraft{0.6.0-final} \[Magneticraft\] (magneticraft-0.6.1-final.jar) UCHIJAA MekanismGenerators{9.1.1} \[MekanismGenerators\] (MekanismGenerators-1.7.10-9.1.1.1031.jar) UCHIJAA MekanismTools{9.1.1} \[MekanismTools\] (MekanismTools-1.7.10-9.1.1.1031.jar) UCHIJAA MineFactoryReloadedCompatMagicalCrops{1.2.4} \[MFR Compat: MagicalCrops\] (MFR Compat - Magical Crops v1-2-4.jar) UCHIJAA MineFactoryReloadedCompatAppliedEnergistics{1.7.10R2.8.1} \[MFR Compat: Applied Energistics\] (MineFactoryReloaded-\[1.7.10\]2.8.1-174.jar) UCHIJAA MineFactoryReloadedCompatBuildCraft{1.7.10R2.8.1} \[MFR Compat: BuildCraft\] (MineFactoryReloaded-\[1.7.10\]2.8.1-174.jar) UCHIJAA MineFactoryReloadedCompatForgeMicroblock{1.7.10R2.8.1} \[MFR Compat: ForgeMicroblock\] (MineFactoryReloaded-\[1.7.10\]2.8.1-174.jar) UCHIJAA MrTJPCoreMod{[1.1.0.33](https://1.1.0.33)} \[MrTJPCore\] (MrTJPCore-1.1.0.33-universal.jar) UCHIJAA ProjRedCore{4.7.0pre12.95} \[ProjectRed Core\] (ProjectRed-1.7.10-4.7.0pre12.95-Base.jar) UCHIJAA ProjRedExploration{4.7.0pre12.95} \[ProjectRed Exploration\] (ProjectRed-1.7.10-4.7.0pre12.95-World.jar) UCHIJAA MineFactoryReloadedCompatProjRed{1.7.10R2.8.1} \[MFR Compat ProjectRed\] (MineFactoryReloaded-\[1.7.10\]2.8.1-174.jar) UCHIJAA MineFactoryReloadedCompatThermalExpansion{1.7.10R2.8.1} \[MFR Compat: Thermal Expansion\] (MineFactoryReloaded-\[1.7.10\]2.8.1-174.jar) UCHIJAA MineFactoryReloadedCompatTConstruct{1.7.10R2.8.1} \[MFR Compat: Tinkers' Construct\] (MineFactoryReloaded-\[1.7.10\]2.8.1-174.jar) UCHIJAA MineFactoryReloadedCompatVanilla{1.7.10R2.8.1} \[MFR Compat: Vanilla\] (MineFactoryReloaded-\[1.7.10\]2.8.1-174.jar) UCHIJAA MTRM{1.0} \[MineTweakerRecipeMaker\] (MineTweakerRecipeMaker-1.7.10-1.1.1.jar) UCHIJAA modtweaker2{0.9.6} \[Mod Tweaker 2\] (ModTweaker2-0.9.6.jar) UCHIJAA morechisels{@VERSION@} \[More Chisels\] (MoreChisels-1.7.10-1.0-28.jar) UCHIJAA Morpheus{1.7.10-1.6.21} \[Morpheus\] (Morpheus-1.7.10-1.6.21.jar) UCHIJAA MouseTweaks{2.4.4} \[Mouse Tweaks\] (MouseTweaks-2.4.4-mc1.7.10.jar) UCHIJAA mputils{1.0.0} \[MPUtils\] (mputils-1.7.10-1.0.8.jar) UCHIJAA mpbasic{1.0.0} \[ModPack Basic Tools\] (mpbasic-1.7.10-1.0.0.jar) UCHIJAA cfm{3.4.7} \[§9MrCrayfish's Furniture Mod\] (MrCrayfishFurnitureModv3.4.7(1.7.10).jar) UCHIJAA NEIAddons{[1.12.14.40](https://1.12.14.40)} \[NEI Addons\] (neiaddons-1.12.14.40-mc1.7.10.jar) UCHIJAA NEIAddonsDeveloper{[1.12.14.40](https://1.12.14.40)} \[NEI Addons: Developer Tools\] (neiaddons-1.12.14.40-mc1.7.10.jar) UCHIJAA NEIAddonsAppEng{[1.12.14.40](https://1.12.14.40)} \[NEI Addons: Applied Energistics 2\] (neiaddons-1.12.14.40-mc1.7.10.jar) UCHIJAA NEIAddonsBotany{[1.12.14.40](https://1.12.14.40)} \[NEI Addons: Botany\] (neiaddons-1.12.14.40-mc1.7.10.jar) UCHIJAA NEIAddonsForestry{[1.12.14.40](https://1.12.14.40)} \[NEI Addons: Forestry\] (neiaddons-1.12.14.40-mc1.7.10.jar) UCHIJAA NEIAddonsCraftingTables{[1.12.14.40](https://1.12.14.40)} \[NEI Addons: Crafting Tables\] (neiaddons-1.12.14.40-mc1.7.10.jar) UCHIJAA NEIAddonsExNihilo{[1.12.14.40](https://1.12.14.40)} \[NEI Addons: Ex Nihilo\] (neiaddons-1.12.14.40-mc1.7.10.jar) UCHIJAA neiintegration{1.1.2} \[NEI Integration\] (NEIIntegration-MC1.7.10-1.1.2.jar) UCHIJAA NetherOres{1.7.10R2.3.1} \[Nether Ores\] (NetherOres-\[1.7.10\]2.3.1-22.jar) UCHIJAA netherportalfix{1.0} \[Nether Portal Fix\] (netherportalfix-mc1.7.10-1.1.0.jar) UCHIJAA nmsot{1.2.0-mc1.7.10} \[No Mob Spawning on Trees\] (NoMobSpawningOnTrees-1.2.0-mc1.7.10.jar) UCHIJAA nomorerain{0.0.1} \[No More Rain\] (nomorerain-1.7.10-0.0.1.jar) UCHIJAA OpenMods{0.10} \[OpenMods\] (OpenModsLib-1.7.10-0.10.jar) UCHIJAA OpenBlocks{1.6} \[OpenBlocks\] (OpenBlocks-1.7.10-1.6.jar) UCHIJAA openmodularturrets{2.2.11-238} \[Open Modular Turrets\] (OpenModularTurrets-1.7.10-2.2.11-238.jar) UCHIJAA p455w0rdslib{1.0.4} \[p455w0rd's Library\] (p455w0rdslib-1.7.10-1.0.4.jar) UCHIJAA ProjectE{1.7.10-PE1.10.1} \[ProjectE\] (ProjectE-1.7.10-PE1.10.1.jar) UCHIJAA peaether{1.7.10-PEA1.0.0} \[ProjectE Aether Addon\] (peaether-1.7.10-PEA1.0.0.jar) UCHIJAA PneumaticCraft{1.12.7-151} \[PneumaticCraft\] (PneumaticCraft-1.7.10-1.12.7-151-universal.jar) UCHIJAA PortalGun{4.0.0-beta-6} \[PortalGun\] (PortalGun-4.0.0-beta-6-fix-1.jar) UCHIJAA ProjRedTransmission{4.7.0pre12.95} \[ProjectRed Transmission\] (ProjectRed-1.7.10-4.7.0pre12.95-Integration.jar) UCHIJAA ProjRedTransportation{4.7.0pre12.95} \[ProjectRed Transportation\] (ProjectRed-1.7.10-4.7.0pre12.95-Mechanical.jar) UCHIJAA ProjRedCompatibility{4.7.0pre12.95} \[ProjectRed Compatibility\] (ProjectRed-1.7.10-4.7.0pre12.95-Compat.jar) UCHIJAA ProjRedIntegration{4.7.0pre12.95} \[ProjectRed Integration\] (ProjectRed-1.7.10-4.7.0pre12.95-Integration.jar) UCHIJAA ProjRedIllumination{4.7.0pre12.95} \[ProjectRed Illumination\] (ProjectRed-1.7.10-4.7.0pre12.95-Lighting.jar) UCHIJAA ProjRedExpansion{4.7.0pre12.95} \[ProjectRed Expansion\] (ProjectRed-1.7.10-4.7.0pre12.95-Mechanical.jar) UCHIJAA quantumflux{1.7.10-1.3.4} \[QuantumFlux\] (QuantumFlux-1.7.10-1.3.4.jar) UCHIJAA questbook{2.1.0-1.7.10} \[Better Questing Quest Book\] (questbook-2.1.0-1.7.10.jar) UCHIJAA RandomThings{2.2.4} \[Random Things\] (RandomThings-2.2.4.jar) UCHIJAA Redstonic{1.4.10} \[Redstonic\] (Redstonic-v1.4.11.jar) UCHIJAA libsandstone{1.0.0} \[libsandstone\] (Reliquary-1.7.10-1.2.1.483.jar) UCHIJAA xreliquary{1.2} \[Reliquary\] (Reliquary-1.7.10-1.2.1.483.jar) UCHIJAA ResourceLoader{1.3} \[Resource Loader\] (ResourceLoader-MC1.7.10-1.3.jar) UCHIJAA rftools{4.23} \[RFTools\] (rftools-4.23.jar) UCHIJAA SimpleAchievements{MC1.7.10-1.1.0-21} \[Simple Achievements\] (SimpleAchievements-MC1.7.10-1.1.0-21.jar) UCHIJAA SimpleLabels{@VERSION@} \[SimpleLabels\] (SimpleLabels-1.7.10-1.0-9.jar) UCHIJAA simplyjetpacks{1.5.3} \[Simply Jetpacks\] (SimplyJetpacks-MC1.7.10-1.5.3.jar) UCHIJAA SkyLandsForge{1.7.10\_0.0.4} \[SkyLandsForge\] (SkyLandsForge-1.7.10\_0.0.4.jar.jar) UCHIJAA snad{1.7.10-1.6.01.31a} \[Snad\] (Snad-1.7.10-1.6.01.31a.jar) UCHIJAA SolarFlux{1.7.10-0.8b} \[Solar Flux\] (SolarFlux-1.7.10-0.8b.jar) UCHIJAA bq\_standard{2.0.130} \[Standard Expansion\] (StandardExpansion-2.0.130.jar) UCHIJAA StorageDrawers{1.7.10-1.10.9} \[Storage Drawers\] (StorageDrawers-1.7.10-1.10.9.jar) UCHIJAA erebus{0.4.7} \[Erebus\] (TheErebus-0.4.7.jar) UCHIJAA ThermalDynamics{1.7.10R1.2.1} \[Thermal Dynamics\] (ThermalDynamics-\[1.7.10\]1.2.1-172.jar) UCHIJAA ThermalSmeltery{1.0} \[Thermal Smeltery\] (ThermalSmeltery-1.3.1.4.jar) UCHIJAA TiConAutoToolStation{1.1.2} \[Tinkers Construct Auto Tool Station\] (TiConAutoToolStation-1.7.10-1.1.2.jar) UCHIJAA TiCTooltips{1.2.5} \[TiC Tooltips\] (TiCTooltips-mc1.7.10-1.2.5.jar) UCHIJAA Translocator{[1.1.2.16](https://1.1.2.16)} \[Translocator\] (Translocator-1.7.10-1.1.2.16-universal.jar) UCHIJAA treeGrowingSimulator{0.0.3} \[Tree Growing Simulator 2014\] (TreeGrowingSimulator2014-MC1.7.10-0.0.3-22.jar) UCHIJAA VeinMiner{0.36.0\_1.7.10-28a7f13} \[Vein Miner\] (VeinMiner-1.7.10-0.36.0.496+28a7f13.jar) UCHIJAA VeinMinerModSupport{0.36.0\_1.7.10-28a7f13} \[Mod Support\] (VeinMiner-1.7.10-0.36.0.496+28a7f13.jar) UCHIJAA WailaHarvestability{1.1.6} \[Waila Harvestability\] (WailaHarvestability-mc1.7.10-1.1.6.jar) UCHIJAA wailaplugins{MC1.7.10-0.2.0-25} \[WAILA Plugins\] (WAILAPlugins-MC1.7.10-0.2.0-25.jar) UCHIJAA wawla{1.3.1} \[What Are We Looking At\] (Wawla-1.0.5.120.jar) UCHIJAA ae2wct{1.7.10-rv3-1.8.7.9b} \[AE2 Wireless Crafting Terminal\] (WirelessCraftingTerminal-1.7.10-rv3-1.8.7.9b.jar) UCHIJAA xprings{1.3.0} \[Experience Rings\] (xprings-1.7.10-1.3.0.jar) UCHIJAA Ztones{1.7.10} \[Ztones\] (Ztones-1.7.10-2.2.1.jar) UCHIJAA McMultipart{1.2.0.345} \[Minecraft Multipart Plugin\] (ForgeMultipart-1.7.10-1.2.0.345-universal.jar) UCHIJAA ForgeRelocation{[0.0.1.4](https://0.0.1.4)} \[ForgeRelocation\] (ForgeRelocation-1.7.10-0.0.1.4-universal.jar) UCHIJAA MCFrames{1.0} \[MCFrames\] (ForgeRelocation-1.7.10-0.0.1.4-universal.jar) UCHIJAA RelocationFMP{[0.0.1.2](https://0.0.1.2)} \[RelocationFMP\] (ForgeRelocationFMP-1.7.10-0.0.1.2-universal.jar) UCHIJAA aobd{2.9.2} \[Another One Bites The Dust\] (AOBD-2.9.2.jar) UCHIJAA denseores{1.0} \[Dense Ores\] (denseores-1.6.2.jar) UCHIJAA IguanaTweaksTConstruct{1.7.10-2.1.6.163} \[Iguana Tinker Tweaks\] (IguanaTinkerTweaks-1.7.10-2.1.6.jar) UCHIJAA MooFluids{1.7.10-1.5.01.19a} \[Moo Fluids\] (MooFluids-1.7.10-1.5.01.19a.jar) UCHIJAA RanchableFluidCows{1.7.10-1.1.5} \[Ranchable Fluid Cows\] (RanchableFluidCows-1.7.10-1.1.5.jar) UCHIJAA UniDict{1.7.10-2.9.2} \[UniDict\] (UniDict-1.7.10-2.9.2.jar) UCHIJAA ForgeMicroblock{1.2.0.345} \[Forge Microblocks\] (ForgeMultipart-1.7.10-1.2.0.345-universal.jar) UD MineFactoryReloadedCompatAtum{1.7.10R2.8.1} \[MFR Compat: Atum\] (MineFactoryReloaded-\[1.7.10\]2.8.1-174.jar) UD MineFactoryReloadedCompatBackTools{1.7.10R2.8.1} \[MFR Compat: BackTools\] (MineFactoryReloaded-\[1.7.10\]2.8.1-174.jar) UD MineFactoryReloadedCompatChococraft{1.7.10R2.8.1} \[MFR Compat: Chococraft\] (MineFactoryReloaded-\[1.7.10\]2.8.1-174.jar) UD MineFactoryReloadedCompatExtraBiomes{1.7.10R2.8.1} \[MFR Compat: ExtraBiomes\] (MineFactoryReloaded-\[1.7.10\]2.8.1-174.jar) UD MineFactoryReloadedCompatForestry{1.7.10R2.8.1} \[MFR Compat: Forestry\] (MineFactoryReloaded-\[1.7.10\]2.8.1-174.jar) UD MineFactoryReloadedCompatIC2{1.7.10R2.8.1} \[MFR Compat: IC2\] (MineFactoryReloaded-\[1.7.10\]2.8.1-174.jar) UD MineFactoryReloadedCompatRailcraft{1.7.10R2.8.1} \[MFR Compat: Railcraft\] (MineFactoryReloaded-\[1.7.10\]2.8.1-174.jar) UD MineFactoryReloadedCompatSufficientBiomes{1.7.10R2.8.1} \[MFR Compat: Sufficient Biomes\] (MineFactoryReloaded-\[1.7.10\]2.8.1-174.jar) UD MineFactoryReloadedCompatThaumcraft{1.7.10R2.8.1} \[MFR Compat: Thaumcraft\] (MineFactoryReloaded-\[1.7.10\]2.8.1-174.jar) UD MineFactoryReloadedCompatTwilightForest{1.7.10R2.8.1} \[MFR Compat: TwilightForest\] (MineFactoryReloaded-\[1.7.10\]2.8.1-174.jar) GL info: \~\~ERROR\~\~ RuntimeException: No OpenGL context found in the current thread. OpenModsLib class transformers: \[stencil\_patches:FINISHED\],\[movement\_callback:ACTIVATED\],\[player\_damage\_hook:FINISHED\],\[map\_gen\_fix:FINISHED\],\[gl\_capabilities\_hook:FINISHED\],\[player\_render\_hook:FINISHED\] Class transformer null safety: all safe AE2 Version: beta rv3-beta-6 for Forge 10.13.4.1448 Mantle Environment: Environment healthy. CoFHCore: -\[1.7.10\]3.1.4-329 ThermalFoundation: -\[1.7.10\]1.2.6-118 ThermalExpansion: -\[1.7.10\]4.1.5-248 MineFactoryReloaded: -\[1.7.10\]2.8.1-174 RedstoneArsenal: -\[1.7.10\]1.1.2-92 TConstruct Environment: Environment healthy. NetherOres: -\[1.7.10\]2.3.1-22 ThermalDynamics: -\[1.7.10\]1.2.1-172 List of loaded APIs: \* ae2wctAPI (1.7.10-rv3-1.8.6b) from WirelessCraftingTerminal-1.7.10-rv3-1.8.7.9b.jar \* AgriCraftAPI (1.0) from AgriCraft-1.7.10-1.5.0.jar \* AppleCoreAPI (3.0.0) from AppleCore-mc1.7.10-3.0.0.jar \* appliedenergistics2API (rv3) from appliedenergistics2-rv3-beta-6.jar \* BaublesAPI ([1.0.1.10](https://1.0.1.10)) from Baubles-1.7.10-1.0.1.10.jar \* BetterAchievementsAPI (0.1.0) from BetterAchievements-1.7.10-0.1.0.jar \* BetterQuestingAPI (2.6) from BetterQuesting-2.0.233.jar \* BotaniaAPI (61) from Avaritia-1.11.jar \* BuildCraftAPIblocks (1.0) from buildcraft-7.1.23.jar \* BuildCraftAPIblueprints (1.5) from buildcraft-7.1.23.jar \* BuildCraftAPIboards (2.0) from buildcraft-7.1.23.jar \* BuildCraftAPIcore (1.0) from extrautilities-1.2.12.jar \* BuildCraftAPIcrops (1.1) from buildcraft-7.1.23.jar \* BuildCraftAPIevents (2.0) from buildcraft-7.1.23.jar \* BuildCraftAPIfacades (1.1) from buildcraft-7.1.23.jar \* BuildCraftAPIfiller (4.0) from buildcraft-7.1.23.jar \* BuildCraftAPIfuels (2.0) from buildcraft-7.1.23.jar \* BuildCraftAPIgates (4.1) from buildcraft-7.1.23.jar \* BuildCraftAPIitems (1.1) from buildcraft-7.1.23.jar \* BuildCraftAPIlibrary (2.0) from buildcraft-7.1.23.jar \* BuildCraftAPIlists (1.0) from buildcraft-7.1.23.jar \* BuildCraftAPIpower (1.3) from buildcraft-7.1.23.jar \* BuildCraftAPIrecipes (3.1) from buildcraft-7.1.23.jar \* BuildCraftAPIrobotics (3.0) from buildcraft-7.1.23.jar \* BuildCraftAPIstatements (1.1) from buildcraft-7.1.23.jar \* BuildCraftAPItablet (1.0) from buildcraft-7.1.23.jar \* BuildCraftAPItiles (1.2) from buildcraft-7.1.23.jar \* BuildCraftAPItools (1.0) from extrautilities-1.2.12.jar \* BuildCraftAPItransport (4.1) from buildcraft-7.1.23.jar \* CarpentersBlocksAPI (3.3.7) from Carpenter's Blocks v3.3.8.1 - MC 1.7.10.jar \* ChiselAPI (0.1.1) from Chisel-2.9.5.11.jar \* ChiselAPICarving (0.1.1) from Chisel-2.9.5.11.jar \* ChiselAPIRendering (0.1.1) from Chisel-2.9.5.11.jar \* CoFHAPI (1.7.10R1.0.13B2) from CoFHLib-\[1.7.10\]1.2.1-185.jar \* CoFHAPIblock (1.7.10R1.0.12) from Ex-Astris-Rebirth-MC1.7.10-1.01-45.jar \* CoFHAPIcore (1.7.10R1.3.1) from CoFHCore-\[1.7.10\]3.1.4-329.jar \* CoFHAPIenergy (1.7.10R1.0.12) from Ex-Astris-Rebirth-MC1.7.10-1.01-45.jar \* CoFHAPIfluid (1.7.10R1.0.13B2) from CoFHLib-\[1.7.10\]1.2.1-185.jar \* CoFHAPIinventory (1.7.10R1.0.13) from EnderIO-1.7.10-2.3.0.429\_beta.jar \* CoFHAPIitem (1.7.10R1.0.13) from EnderIO-1.7.10-2.3.0.429\_beta.jar \* CoFHAPImodhelpers (1.7.10R1.3.1) from CoFHCore-\[1.7.10\]3.1.4-329.jar \* CoFHAPItileentity (1.7.10R1.3.1) from CoFHCore-\[1.7.10\]3.1.4-329.jar \* CoFHAPItransport (1.7.10R1.0.12) from Ex-Astris-Rebirth-MC1.7.10-1.01-45.jar \* CoFHAPIworld (1.7.10R1.0.13B2) from CoFHLib-\[1.7.10\]1.2.1-185.jar \* CoFHLib (1.7.10R1.2.1) from CoFHCore-\[1.7.10\]3.1.4-329.jar \* CoFHLibaudio (1.7.10R1.2.1) from CoFHCore-\[1.7.10\]3.1.4-329.jar \* CoFHLibgui (1.7.10R1.0.3B3) from CoFHLib-\[1.7.10\]1.2.1-185.jar \* CoFHLibguicontainer (1.7.10R1.0.3B3) from CoFHLib-\[1.7.10\]1.2.1-185.jar \* CoFHLibguielement (1.7.10R1.0.3B3) from CoFHLib-\[1.7.10\]1.2.1-185.jar \* CoFHLibguielementlistbox (1.7.10R1.2.1) from CoFHCore-\[1.7.10\]3.1.4-329.jar \* CoFHLibguislot (1.7.10R1.0.3B3) from CoFHLib-\[1.7.10\]1.2.1-185.jar \* CoFHLibinventory (1.7.10R1.0.3B3) from CoFHLib-\[1.7.10\]1.2.1-185.jar \* CoFHLibrender (1.7.10R1.2.1) from CoFHCore-\[1.7.10\]3.1.4-329.jar \* CoFHLibrenderparticle (1.7.10R1.0.3B3) from CoFHLib-\[1.7.10\]1.2.1-185.jar \* CoFHLibutil (1.7.10R1.2.1) from CoFHCore-\[1.7.10\]3.1.4-329.jar \* CoFHLibutilhelpers (1.7.10R1.2.1) from CoFHCore-\[1.7.10\]3.1.4-329.jar \* CoFHLibutilposition (1.7.10R1.0.3B3) from CoFHLib-\[1.7.10\]1.2.1-185.jar \* CoFHLibworld (1.7.10R1.0.3B3) from CoFHLib-\[1.7.10\]1.2.1-185.jar \* CoFHLibworldfeature (1.7.10R1.0.3B3) from CoFHLib-\[1.7.10\]1.2.1-185.jar \* ComputerCraftAPI (1.75) from ComputerCraft1.75.jar \* ComputerCraftAPIFileSystem (1.75) from ComputerCraft1.75.jar \* ComputerCraftAPILua (1.75) from ComputerCraft1.75.jar \* ComputerCraftAPIMedia (1.75) from ComputerCraft1.75.jar \* ComputerCraftAPIPeripheral (1.75) from ComputerCraft1.75.jar \* ComputerCraftAPIPermissions (1.75) from ComputerCraft1.75.jar \* ComputerCraftAPIRedstone (1.75) from ComputerCraft1.75.jar \* ComputerCraftAPITurtle (1.75) from ComputerCraft1.75.jar \* DraconicEvolutionAPI (1.2) from Draconic-Evolution-1.7.10-1.0.2h.jar \* EiraMoticonsAPI (1.1) from EiraMoticons\_1.7.10-1.3.88.jar \* EnderIOAPI (0.0.2) from EnderIO-1.7.10-2.3.0.429\_beta.jar \* EnderIOAPIRedstone (0.0.2) from EnderIO-1.7.10-2.3.0.429\_beta.jar \* EnderIOAPITeleport (0.0.2) from EnderIO-1.7.10-2.3.0.429\_beta.jar \* EnderIOAPITools (0.0.2) from EnderIO-1.7.10-2.3.0.429\_beta.jar \* ForgeRelocationAPI ([0.0.1.4](https://0.0.1.4)) from ForgeRelocation-1.7.10-0.0.1.4-universal.jar \* Galacticraft API (1.0) from GalacticraftCore-1.7-3.0.12.498.jar \* ImmersiveEngineeringAPI (1.0) from ImmersiveEngineering-0.7.7.jar \* MagneticraftAPI (2.0.3) from magneticraft-0.6.1-final.jar \* MagneticraftAPIComputer (2.0.3) from magneticraft-0.6.1-final.jar \* MagneticraftAPIComputerPreFab (2.0.3) from magneticraft-0.6.1-final.jar \* MagneticraftAPIConveyorBelt (2.0.3) from magneticraft-0.6.1-final.jar \* MagneticraftAPIConveyorBeltPreFab (2.0.3) from magneticraft-0.6.1-final.jar \* MagneticraftAPIElectricity (2.0.3) from magneticraft-0.6.1-final.jar \* MagneticraftAPIElectricityPreFab (2.0.3) from magneticraft-0.6.1-final.jar \* MagneticraftAPIHeat (2.0.3) from magneticraft-0.6.1-final.jar \* MagneticraftAPIHeatPreFab (2.0.3) from magneticraft-0.6.1-final.jar \* MagneticraftAPIKinetic (2.0.3) from magneticraft-0.6.1-final.jar \* MagneticraftAPIPressure (2.0.3) from magneticraft-0.6.1-final.jar \* MagneticraftAPIPressurePreFab (2.0.3) from magneticraft-0.6.1-final.jar \* MagneticraftAPIRadiation (2.0.3) from magneticraft-0.6.1-final.jar \* MagneticraftAPIRecipes (2.0.3) from magneticraft-0.6.1-final.jar \* MagneticraftAPISteel (2.0.3) from magneticraft-0.6.1-final.jar \* MagneticraftAPITools (2.0.3) from magneticraft-0.6.1-final.jar \* MagneticraftAPIUtil (2.0.3) from magneticraft-0.6.1-final.jar \* McJtyLib (1.8.1) from mcjtylib-1.8.1.jar \* MekanismAPIcore (9.0.0) from Mekanism-1.7.10-9.1.1.1031.jar \* MekanismAPIenergy (9.0.0) from Mekanism-1.7.10-9.1.1.1031.jar \* MekanismAPIgas (9.0.0) from Mekanism-1.7.10-9.1.1.1031.jar \* MekanismAPIinfuse (9.0.0) from Mekanism-1.7.10-9.1.1.1031.jar \* MekanismAPIlaser (9.0.0) from Mekanism-1.7.10-9.1.1.1031.jar \* MekanismAPIreactor (9.0.0) from Mekanism-1.7.10-9.1.1.1031.jar \* MekanismAPIrecipe (9.0.0) from Mekanism-1.7.10-9.1.1.1031.jar \* MekanismAPItransmitter (9.0.0) from Mekanism-1.7.10-9.1.1.1031.jar \* MekanismAPIutil (9.0.0) from Mekanism-1.7.10-9.1.1.1031.jar \* OpenBlocksAPI (1.1) from OpenBlocks-1.7.10-1.6.jar \* PneumaticCraftApi (1.0) from PneumaticCraft-1.7.10-1.12.7-151-universal.jar \* ProjectEAPI (7) from ProjectE-1.7.10-PE1.10.1.jar \* RailcraftAPIcrafting (1.0.0) from ImmersiveEngineering-0.7.7.jar \* StorageDrawersAPI (1.7.10-1.2.0) from StorageDrawers-1.7.10-1.10.9.jar \* StorageDrawersAPIconfig (1.7.10-1.2.0) from StorageDrawers-1.7.10-1.10.9.jar \* StorageDrawersAPIevent (1.7.10-1.2.0) from StorageDrawers-1.7.10-1.10.9.jar \* StorageDrawersAPIinventory (1.7.10-1.2.0) from StorageDrawers-1.7.10-1.10.9.jar \* StorageDrawersAPIpack (1.7.10-1.2.0) from StorageDrawers-1.7.10-1.10.9.jar \* StorageDrawersAPIregistry (1.7.10-1.2.0) from StorageDrawers-1.7.10-1.10.9.jar \* StorageDrawersAPIrender (1.7.10-1.2.0) from StorageDrawers-1.7.10-1.10.9.jar \* StorageDrawersAPIstorage (1.7.10-1.2.0) from StorageDrawers-1.7.10-1.10.9.jar \* StorageDrawersAPIstorage-attribute (1.7.10-1.2.0) from StorageDrawers-1.7.10-1.10.9.jar \* ThaumcraftAPI ([4.2.2.0](https://4.2.2.0)) from Ex-Astris-Rebirth-MC1.7.10-1.01-45.jar \* VeinMinerApi (0.3) from VeinMiner-1.7.10-0.36.0.496+28a7f13.jar \* WailaAPI (1.2) from Waila-1.5.10\_1.7.10.jar \* waterhooksAPI (1.0) from waterhooks-1.2.1.jar Chisel: Errors like "\[FML\]: Unable to lookup ..." are NOT the cause of this crash. You can safely ignore these errors. And update forge while you're at it. EnderIO: Found the following problem(s) with your installation:
* An unknown AE2 API is installed (rv3 from appliedenergistics2-rv3-beta-6.jar).
Ender IO was build against API version rv2 and may or may not work with a newer version.
* The RF API that is being used (1.7.10R1.0.2 from ) differes from that that is reported as being loaded (1.7.10R1.0.12 from Ex-Astris-Rebirth-MC1.7.10-1.01-45.jar).
It is a supported version, but that difference may lead to problems.
This may have caused the error. Try reproducing the crash WITHOUT this/these mod(s) before reporting it.
Stencil buffer state: Function set: GL30, pool: forge, bits: 8 AE2 Integration: IC2:OFF, RotaryCraft:OFF, RC:OFF, BuildCraftCore:ON, BuildCraftTransport:ON, BuildCraftBuilder:ON, RF:ON, RFItem:ON, MFR:ON, DSU:ON, FZ:OFF, FMP:ON, RB:OFF, CLApi:OFF, Waila:ON, InvTweaks:ON, NEI:ON, CraftGuide:OFF, Mekanism:ON, ImmibisMicroblocks:OFF, BetterStorage:OFF, OpenComputers:OFF, PneumaticCraft:ON Profiler Position: N/A (disabled) Vec3 Pool Size: 0 (0 bytes; 0 MB) allocated, 0 (0 bytes; 0 MB) used Player Count: 0 / 8; \[\] Type: Integrated Server (map\_client.txt) Is Modded: Definitely; Client brand changed to 'fml,forge'
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2023.04.22 01:38 Western-Sell-8959 Quick Boat Advice

Part of me is like “you only have one life”, the other part is like “you’re and idiot”.
So I want to bounce this off some folks who may have more life experience than me. I’m finally in a place in my life where I’m making decent money. I can finally afford a boat. But now I’m stuck between buying the boat I want, and the boat I can comfortably afford. I CAN afford both. But one would cause me to potentially stretch more than I want (not invest as much etc), the other wouldn’t. But I’m worried that the “cheaper boat” won’t be quality. This is my first boat, so I may be wayyyy off base here. They are both technically the same boat, one is just super juiced up with all the bells and whistles, the other is bare bones basic. Here are more specifics:
Boat #1 Cost $62k
1) Boat: xpress H20B (camo color) 2) Motor: 150Yamaha SHO VMAX 3) duck package (camo color whole boat) 4) Xtreme marsh package 5) 3 bank charger (upgrade from 2) 6) Wet sounds radio rgb LED under rail lights 7) 10” atlas jack plate 8) stainless steel swim ladder 9) RT 80 ipilot upgrade trolling motor 10) slide bracket for trolling motor 11) electrical connection quick release for trolling motor 12) Xtreme coat console (camo) 13) reinforce floor for t top 14) auto bilge (2nd bilge) 15) appearance package (mocha/black) 16) bay star hydraulic steering 17) helix 9 gen 4 (CIRP)included in package 18) two 8 ft power poles pair with jackplate brackets pro series II with foot controls 19) saltwater trailer package 20) LED Logo 21) 15” wheels with radial 22) spare tire with mount matching
Boat #2 Cost $40k 1) Boat: xpress H20B (camo color) 2) Motor: 115 Yamaha SHO VMAX 3) stainless steel package 4) hydraulic steering 5) Helix Chirp 7 GPS 6) Saltwater package
What do I do? Again, I can afford both. But I guess the cheaper one would not put any financial pressure on me and the more expensive one is just a stretch. Thanks for any advice.
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2023.04.22 01:34 Western-Sell-8959 Financial Advice

Hi Everyone,
I want to bounce this off some folks who may have more life experience than me. I’m finally in a place in my life where I’m making decent money. I can finally afford a boat. But now I’m stuck between buying the boat I want, and the boat I can comfortably afford. I CAN afford both. But one would cause me to potentially stretch more than I want (not invest as much etc), the other wouldn’t. But I’m worried that the “cheaper boat” won’t be quality. This is my first boat, so I may be wayyyy off base here. They are both technically the same boat, one is just super juiced up with all the bells and whistles, the other is bare bones basic. Here are more specifics:
Boat #1 Cost $62k
1) Boat: xpress H20B (camo color) 2) Motor: 150Yamaha SHO VMAX 3) duck package (camo color whole boat) 4) Xtreme marsh package 5) 3 bank charger (upgrade from 2) 6) Wet sounds radio rgb LED under rail lights 7) 10” atlas jack plate 8) stainless steel swim ladder 9) RT 80 ipilot upgrade trolling motor 10) slide bracket for trolling motor 11) electrical connection quick release for trolling motor 12) Xtreme coat console (camo) 13) reinforce floor for t top 14) auto bilge (2nd bilge) 15) appearance package (mocha/black) 16) bay star hydraulic steering 17) helix 9 gen 4 (CIRP)included in package 18) two 8 ft power poles pair with jackplate brackets pro series II with foot controls 19) saltwater trailer package 20) LED Logo 21) 15” wheels with radial 22) spare tire with mount matching
Boat #2 Cost $40k 1) Boat: xpress H20B (camo color) 2) Motor: 115 Yamaha SHO VMAX 3) stainless steel package 4) hydraulic steering 5) Helix Chirp 7 GPS 6) Saltwater package
What do I do? Again, I can afford both. But I guess the cheaper one would not put any financial pressure on me and the more expensive one is just a stretch. Thanks for any advice.
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2023.04.20 20:57 omeesc From exploration to production - this is Royal Helium’s rise in the global market

The global helium market is experiencing significant growth, with increasing demand from the healthcare industry driving this growth. However, existing sources of supply are in decline, and safety regulations around the manufacturing and transportation of helium gas are becoming more stringent. Despite these challenges, companies in the industry are exploring alternative sources of helium supply to meet the increasing demand.
One company that is at the forefront of this exploration is Royal Helium Ltd. ($RHC.v/RHCCF), a Canadian-based junior helium explorer and producer. Recently, Royal Helium secured binding commitment letters for a non-revolving credit facility worth CAD $15 million with the Business Development Bank of Canada and Canadian Western Bank. This credit facility will be used for the development and construction of production facilities in southern Alberta, Canada.
Royal Helium's commitment to developing these facilities is timely, as the company has identified the Steveville helium field in southern Alberta as a high-potential helium play. With the recent funding secured, the company is well-positioned to continue its exploration and development activities and become a significant player in the global helium market.
The Steveville helium field is located in an area of known helium occurrences and has shown promising helium concentrations in historic drilling. Royal Helium has conducted exploration activities, including drilling and seismic surveys, to further evaluate the field's potential. Once online, the Steveville plant will have an operating throughput of an impressive range of 10-15M cubic feet/day producing purity levels of 99.999% helium, which will be compressed to a delivery pressure of 3,000 pounds per square inch gauge and directed to a three-tube trailer loading system. The minimum delivery for RHC’s first multi-year, fixed price, sales agreement represents approximately 40% of this plant’s capacity. Based on the results, the company has designed and initiated the construction of its first production plant in the area.
The credit facility will be used to fund the construction and development of the production facilities, which are expected to commence production in the second quarter of 2023. The production plant is expected to produce high-quality helium that will be used in various industries, including healthcare, aerospace, and electronics. Furthermore, they’ve already secured a 3-year offtake agreement with an unnamed, major North American space exploration company to cut out the ‘middleman’ which is something that’s happening more and more, disrupting traditional lack of spot price transparency when it comes to helium.
Investors who are interested in the helium market and its potential for growth may want to consider Royal Helium as a potential investment opportunity. Royal Helium has recently appointed Brian Weston to their Advisory Board, who brings over 40 years of experience in the oil and gas industry, including senior positions at some of Canada's largest corporations. This addition is seen as a valuable asset as Royal continues to develop their Helium E&P portfolio throughout Western North America. Additionally, Mr. Spiro Kletas has been appointed as Vice President of Investor Relations, bringing 17 years of experience in the capital markets, and the company has granted 500,000 stock options to certain consultants and advisors. The developments have been met with enthusiasm by those following the company.
Worth reiterating that Royal Helium has secured significant funding and is well-positioned to take advantage of the growing demand for helium. With the Steveville helium field showing promising results and the company's commitment to exploration and development, Royal Helium may become a significant player in the global helium market in the coming years. With its recent appointments and offtake agreement with a major space exploration company, Royal Helium is an attractive investment opportunity for those who are interested in the helium market and the potential for growth.
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