Part 1
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“I refuse to step inside the dark room again. Not after what happened a couple of days ago. At least not yet” I thought, while sitting in my room with the events still fresh in my mind. Before I begin telling you what happened since, I just want to thank you all for the advice in my last post. I honestly didn’t know how to approach this situation but with your guys’ help, I had somewhere to start.
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It was the day after the incident. I hadn’t told anyone what happened, but I knew I wanted to talk to Felix. I had so many questions for him. He must know something. While I was at work, I was thinking a lot about the old man that used to live in the house. I realized that this entire time, Felix and I just referred to him as “the guy” or “the old man”. I guess I never cared to know his real name.
I thought that if I knew his name, I could just google him and find some information. Coincidentally, as I was driving home from work, my phone rang. Incoming call from Felix. Just seeing his name on the caller ID screen gave me shivers. The incident in the dark room flashed into my mind and I forgot what I planned on saying to him. I answered one handed and spoke, “hey man, what’s up?”
“Hey John, I’m alright. You doing anything today?”
I replied, “um. No not really. Listen, do you remember that film from the box in the boiler room? I know this is gonna sound crazy but-”
“I need some help at my house again bro. Trying to get this done asap and today’s the only day I’ll be able to work on it until next week”. Felix sounded like he was in a hurry. Before replying, I thought that maybe I could explain the situation better in person. I felt like I’d sound like a lunatic over the phone.
“Yeah, that’s fine. I’ll be there soon. Before you go, I gotta ask you something”.
“Make it fast cause’ I gotta go, man.”
“What’s the name of the guy that used to live in your house?”
“Uh...” Felix paused for a few seconds, “I can’t remember right now. Just be here in an hour or two”.
“WAIT. Wait. Are you at the house right now?” I asked.
“Yes. Why”.
“Can’t you like, check his mailbox for some old mail or something? It’ll say his name there”.
Felix sighed, “Why do you want to know it so bad?”
“I’ll explain it to you later. It’s a long story. Sorry if I’m interrupting you.”
Felix said, “alright, hold on” followed by a loud thud. It sounded like he dropped something.
A moment passed before Felix spoke again. “Okay his name’s Travis Rice. Gotta go now. Let me know when you’re here”.
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I got home and made myself dinner before going to Felix. While I was eating, I searched “Travis Rice Obituary” on google on my phone. I scrolled through a few Travis Rice’s until I found one that was from my town. The first thing I saw was his picture. A smiling old white man with gray hair and a wrinkly face. Then I read his obituary.
“Travis Rice. May 1931- July 2022. Mr. Travis was an outstanding member of his community, and a true American”. After reading the rest, I gathered that Travis served in the U.S military during the Korean War in the 1950’s. He has three daughter’s and two sons. His wife had passed away 4 years ago. He did volunteer work even at an old age and even was a teacher for a while. I won’t lie, I did not expect his obituary to be so positive. This whole time in my head I assumed he was some maniac cult leader who never threw away any of his junk.
Once I finished reading, I noticed that there isn’t a cause of death anywhere. I guess some obituaries can choose not to include that.
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I arrived at Felix’s house, and it was almost turning into sunset. The trash container Felix had rented was still outside, but it was nearly empty. I wondered if it would get completely full again. The front door was slightly opened, and I let myself in. I walked around the main floor looking for him. The living room didn’t look too bad now that it was empty.
Once I entered the kitchen, I called Felix’s name. “What! I’m here” he replied as he popped out from behind the old fridge. He scared the sh*t out of me. “Jesus Christ... What are you doing there?” I said with my palm on my chest.
“I’m putting the hand truck behind this old fridge. It has to go. This thing smells like a dead person”. He spoke.
“Well, what if there IS a dead person in there?” I said, “Let’s open it”.
“I wouldn’t do that if I were you”, Felix said while placing his hand on the fridge door.
“Why not? I just want to see what our guy Travis kept inside”.
“Alright, but don’t open it until I say”. Felix took his hand off the door and walked to the other side of the house. “Go ahead”. I opened the fridge door slowly and peaked through. No light bulb turned on so I couldn’t see inside. I opened it halfway and an incredibly foul odor hit my nose and I almost threw up. There wasn’t a dead body chopped up into small pieces, but there was a half empty bottle of expired milk, expired steak, cheese, and other stuff that was probably there for at least a year.
As soon as I slammed the door shut Felix started walking back. “Ha! See, I told you I wouldn’t do that. Next time just listen to me. Come on, let’s put this thing outside”.
Felix and I continued to clean the house. I really wanted to explain the dark room incident to him, but the entire time I was thinking, “how do I say this without sounding like I’m insane?” I concluded that there just wasn’t a way to say it without sounding crazy, so I just did it.
“Hold on, Felix. Let’s pause for a minute. I have to tell you something”.
“Okay, what?”
“Remember those two rolls of film that I showed you the last time we were cleaning this house?”
“The ones from the box downstairs?”
“Yeah. Here’s the thing. I really need you to just believe everything I say, okay? Even if it sounds super ridiculous. Everything I am going to tell you is one hundred percent real. I swear I am NOT lying.”
“Okay, okay, John just tell me. Look, I’ll believe it if I believe it-”
“IT’S TRUE... Alright, whatever, I’m just gonna start. So, the day after I found the film, I went to develop it in my university’s dark room. I- I heard and felt something. It wasn’t human. It- it was like some kind of beast-”
“What did it look like?”
“I DON’T KNOW. I was unrolling the film in complete darkness. I didn’t see what it looked like”.
“Why would you do it in the dark, though?” Felix asked. I was getting frustrated because I didn’t feel like explaining the process of developing film.
“BECAUSE- BECAUSE there can’t be any light in the first step, only the rest of the process. I only heard its footsteps. It blew strong blows of air on me anytime I moved. I thought it was going to attack me, but I turned the lights on just in time”.
Felix just stood there looking me dead in the eye, confused as ever. “What the hell are you talking about?” I lowered my head into a face palm and sighed deeply.
“I mean, seriously, what are you on, man? You think you summoned a demon or something?” He said. “So, did you even get to develop the film anyway, or what?”
“No” I said, “I was too freaked out. I just put the film in its canister and left it in a drawer. I swear I’m telling the truth. I just wanted to see if you knew anything about it”.
“Yeah, no, I have no idea what you’re talking about. So, is that it? Are you done with this whole picture's thing?”
I replied, “Well, I don’t want to relive that experience. At the same time though, I really want to know what those pictures look like. If I’m going back to the dark room to finish, I at least want to take someone with me”. We looked at each other for a few seconds.
“...Let me guess, you want me to go with you?” Felix asked. “Yes. I do”. I spoke.
Felix took a breath, “... I mean, I guess since you’re helping me clean this place up I might as well. It’ll have to wait though. I won’t have time until next week”.
“That’s fine” I said, “I can wait”.
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Fast forward to Monday. Felix and I agreed to meet in front of my university in the morning. We walked together towards the art department. We went up the elevator and walked down the end of the hall to where the dark room was. Being in front of that room again was so unnerving. I almost didn’t even want to step inside anymore.
Noticing my hesitation, Felix moved past me and entered the dark room, and I followed.
I had my phone flash again as I quickly switched the light on. I did not want it to be dark again. Thankfully, the next steps in developing the film could be done with the lights on. Felix was standing with his arms crossed.
“Alright, so now what?” he asked. I replied, “I have to set up all of the chemicals and then take the canister out of the drawer that I left it in”.
“Don’t you want me to help with anything?” he asked.
“No, you’re mainly here so that I’m not alone”.
I set up the chemicals as it said in my notes. Pre-soak, developer, hypo-clear, Photo-Flo etc. They were all lined up in beakers in the sink. Then, I went to the drawer that I left the canister with film in. It was still there. I brought it over the sink where the chemicals were ready.
“Here goes” I said out loud. Felix moved from the corner of the room to a few feet away from me. I poured the first solution in, agitated the canister for its required time, and then poured it out. I repeated this step for each chemical solution. Nothing bad had happened yet. The lights were on, Felix was watching over me, things were good.
“So how do I get this demon to show up? Should I turn the lights off?” Felix chuckled. I shook my head and rolled my eyes. If only he knew what I experienced that day.
Fast forward now to the last step of the process. I just had to take the film out of the hurricane film washer and put it to dry.
I took it out and unrolled it. As soon as I stretched it out, my eyes went directly onto the film. “FINALLY,” I thought, “I can finally see what these damn PICTURES ARE”. I held the film up to the fluorescent ceiling light and the negatives were visible now. They were tiny, black and white, but I couldn’t tell what the pictures were of.
The negatives on the film were so unrecognizable. After a few seconds of me trying to figure out what I was looking at, I decided I needed to bring out the light box. A light box is a box that shines white light at the top. Film is placed on top of the light box, and it lets you see the pictures clearly.
"Hold this. Don’t touch the strip of negatives, just hold the top part”. I handed Felix the unrolled film while I looked for the light box. I found it in a cabinet and grabbed it. I then set it on a station and plugged it to the wall. I flipped it on, and it shined brightly.
“Okay, let me see the film” I said to Felix.
“What the hell am I supposed to be seeing?” I looked over and saw he was trying to look at the negatives using the same ceiling light I was using.
“Dude, just give it to me so we can see them on the light box”. He handed the film to me. This was it.
I placed the beginning of the film on the light box, and it showed the first few pictures clearly.
FIRST PICTURE: The first picture was taken from the inside of a house. You could see out the window where there is nothing but trees.
SECOND PICTURE: A landscape of a small lake. A bird is hovering over the water.
THIRD PICTURE: A blurry unexposed shot of a stack of books.
Half of the pictures were like this. Just normal boring pictures of random stuff. “You made it seem like we’d see something cool or crazy. These are just boring ass pictures, man,” said Felix.
I was pretty disappointed so far. I almost wanted to just stop and start cleaning up. Until about the sixteenth picture.
SIXTEENTH PICTURE: A picture of a forest. Many tall trees were in the picture plane. The trees in the center were a different shade than the rest. Seems like it was taken at night, and the photographer was using a flashlight.
“Hey, what’s that there?” I whispered. “What?” asked Felix. In picture number sixteen there was a figure in between the trees. It was hard to see but I thought I saw a silhouette of something humanoid.
SEVENTEENTH PICTURE: This picture was similar to the last, except now, that figure was closer to the camera. I could see a more distinct shape. It definitely wasn’t human. It had an animal shape with a long neck.
“What is that? A horse?” said Felix. I started sweating.
EIGHTEENTH PICTURE: Now the creature was CLOSER. It was an animal or beast. I’ve never seen a creature like it before. It showed its side profile. Its body still hidden behind the trees. The creature was about 15 feet away from the camera. We could see its face. The head was shaped like a goat and horse at the same time.
“What is this thing? Do you know what animal that is?” I turned to Felix. He was wide mouthed now. More disturbed and shocked than I was. “Felix?”
“... I uh... I think we should stop looking now,” he said nervously. I was taken aback. Why would we stop now?
“...Are you okay Felix? What’s wrong?”
He didn’t respond. I continued looking.
NINETEENTH PICTURE: The creature was IN THE AIR. The ENTIRE body was visible, and it took up the whole picture plane. It had claws for hands that were stretched out. Its legs had hooves and its body was long. On each side of its body were long blurry blobs. They looked like wings, but its motion was blurred. It had no pupils in its eyes and its mouth was opened disturbingly wide.
“WH- WHAT IS THIS?” I yelled. Before I could keep moving the film to see the next picture, I felt a hard shove and I fell to the ground. Felix was standing over me with a shocked and worried face. He snatched the film off the light box and started crumpling it.
“FELIX WHAT THE HELL WAS THAT FOR. Wha- what are you DOING!” I yelled at him.
“No one was supposed to know...” he said softly while looking at me dead in the eyes.
“...Know what??” I questioned. He started walking toward me. I was freaked out and discomforted and I kept scooting back while on the floor. Felix put his hand on the table nearest to him and picked up a pair of scissors. “WHAT ARE YOU DOING???” I screamed.
He was only a foot away from me before all the lights suddenly went out and it was completely dark. I felt like I had just died but I heard a familiar noise.
*HUFF*
“What the hell?” Felix’s voice said in front of me.
*HUFF* *HUFF*
“No... God. Please, no,” I thought, with tears in my eyes. The ground started to shake rhythmically.
“WHO'S THERE?” Felix yelled out. I heard things cling and clang as they started to fall to the floor.
*HUFF*
I was still sitting on the floor. I looked up. The only thing I saw in the void of black darkness was two red dots.
“JOHN. WHERE THE F*CK ARE YOU”. I heard shuffling. “WHAT THE F*CK?!”
The two red dots went up, then swiftly dragged down and I heard a disturbing *CRUNCH*. Felix let out a blood curdling scream. What followed was a mix of crunching, Felix’s crying and screaming, and more things falling to the floor. All I could see was those two red dots moving violently around the darkness.
And then, Felix stopped screaming. All I could hear was the gnashing of teeth. I thought that I was next. My adrenaline kicked in and I made a dash for the light switch. The floor shook as I ran. Thank the stars, I flipped them on. I looked behind me. There wasn’t anyone with me anymore. Felix was nowhere to be seen. On the floor where he was standing was the crumpled up roll of film.
I stood there in silence for at least a half hour, not knowing what to do. The crumpled up film was in my hand. I uncrumpled the film and put it back on the light box.
NINETEENTH PICTURE: The creature was once again far away from the camera but still in the air.
TWENTIETH PICTURE: A wide shot picture of the forest. Seems like the photographer got out of the forest.
TWENTYFIRST PICTURE: A picture of a house. Likely the same house as the first.
TWENTYSECOND PICTURE: A closer picture of the house. A silhouette was peeking out from the side of the house.
TWENTYTHIRD PICTURE: A zoomed in picture of the silhouette. It’s a person. I can’t see their face.
TWENTYFOURTH PICTURE: A man is standing next to the house. I recognized his face immediately. It was Felix.

“Where there are villains, there will be heroes. Just wait. They will come.”
Hello,
I've spent the past 24 hours trying to find the words to say here.
Words are wonderful things, until you need to say something the most. Then, they never seem like enough. I wish I could weave together sentences that perfectly encapsulate how I feel right now; my gratitude; my joy. Unfortunately, all I can do is get across to all of you my sincere thoughts and feelings, to the best of my ability.
Sometimes, the simplest thing you can say, really is the most fitting. So, before we get too deep into these words, let me just say: thank you--sincerely, from the bottom of my heart.
When I made my original post a few weeks back, I was devastated. I didn't want to even look at another book. I was likely going to call it quits on collecting, altogether. I won't rehash the same story here. You can read it in the other post.
Briefly, just in case you're unaware and don't feel like checking my post history, I'm the guy who had my apartment burglarized and my entire book collection taken. Including all of my Sanderson novels.
Now, I am so excited to get back to what I love. And it's all thanks to this wonderful community. I may have politely turned down all the offers I got when people wanted to send me replacement books, but that isn't because it didn't meant the world to me to have complete strangers show me so much kindness. It truly floored me.
As many of you know, Brandon came in like a true hero. He personally offered to replace the leatherbounds that were taken.
I first want to thank his team (with a special thank you to Octavia for being so sweet, courteous, professional, and prompt with the e-mail exchanges). You all may not get the same shine the man himself, but to me you are all some real rockstars!
As for Brandon, I just can't imagine another author of his stature doing what he did for me. He is a very busy person, yet he took the time out of day to comment on my original post. Not once, but multiple times. He even sent me a direct message himself, to say he hadn't forgotten about me when a couple weeks went by without an update because I made an error when sending him my e-mail address.
He didn't have to do what he did. Yet, he still did it. I feel like I'm meandering here, but I just really, really want to get across how amazing this was for me. How much this meant to me personally. For one of the worst things that could have happened (at least without anyone being hurt, or something like that), to one of the best things ever?
Nope. Words really aren't enough...
I am a person of limited means. I am just scrabing by, check-to-check. I live on my own, and don't make very much. There is no way I could have afforded what he sent me. I'm tearing up just thinking about it.
I never expected any of this to happen when I made that post. Once it was posted and Brandon himself responded, I never expected to receive everything I did. Especially so fast! I gave them the mailing address of a trusted friend, and got the package in less than a week. I thought I was dreaming!
Not only did I get two leatherbounds as replacements for what was stolen, I got two additional hardcovers as well! He even took the time to sign and personalize the books! There was even a card from the Dragonsteel team!
This man stopped what he was doing just to write my name and a quick message.
I really, really don't have the words.
This may be the most sincere I've ever been on the internet. I wasn't sure how much I should post or share, but I just had to post something since it all started with a post.
This man is a Saint! I've tried to model my dabblings with writing after Sanderson for years. Now, I am going to try and model how I operate as a person after this guy right here.
An author of his level doing something so amazing for a single fan. No press. No nothing. It just blows me away.
That quote at the top is from Brandon's writing. I'm sure many of you on this sub recognize it. It seemed fitting. With one caveat: in spite of everything, I actually don't want to cast the thieves as "villains". As much as I loved my books, I wouldn't have committed burglary for them. Who knows what was going on in their lives at the time. Even "bad guys" have backstories. Sanderson is one of the people who taught me that. Plus, it's not for me to condemn them. They'll have to answer to someone much greater than me, when all is said and done.
Anyhow, this is easily the nicest thing anyone has ever done for me and I will never forget it. I will be telling this story for the rest of my life.
Just want to say one last time: THANK YOU!!

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Okay so I need help. I always get so much junk mail sent to my focused and even the other, rarely makes it to junk. I’ve got through multiple times, being like yo this is junk and sending it there but there’s always so much scams and junk, then some actual important emails get sent to junk so I only see them if I know to look for them. I checked junk and I got a message from the email [email protected] not sure if it was junk or not but it did go to my junk, but it said it was high priority and someone had tried to login to my account. Instead of clicking the link sent bc I was wary, I checked on the actual email website my login activity, turns out multiple different places in the world have tried logging into my account, some most say failed login but one said automatic sign in, but it was in India and I’m in Australia. Not sure if the two are related, I’ve changed my password so maybe that’ll help with the login’s but what about the junk? There’s an unbelievable amount in there, I can’t go through every single one. I’m with hotmail/outlook if that makes a difference.
I’ve had that account for 13 years, but I had so much linked to that email I wouldn’t even remember what I should change over

An author's note: Please read this post in it's entirety before you message me, I've added a follow up to answer most of the basic questions I've been asked over the last 3 years since I started posting my AD.

All my previous iterations were mostly about what role I could fulfill; and while this mostly still is true, walking amongst the elites the last week has opened my eyes... I'm looking for a complacent trophy to put on full display. Arriving to this city I already had a deep... Passion for power, governance; and just over all domination -- Washington DC fulfills my lust, and thirst for both political power, and monetary gain. Now I want, not need an adequate toy to share this experience with. Before I was playing conservatively; not anymore,
I've allowed my ego to rampant and on auto-pilot; thus far everything is according to design.
I'm as amoral as they come; I will eviscerate my way to the top of the governmental, and corporate ladder(s). I'm a retired hacker that has realized my full potential is being squandered away, so I'll begin to kick in the doors of 3 letter agencies until recruit me; or I die trying.
I've come to the conclusion that you need to make an impression with these sort of things, so I'm going to just let my words flow freely. So here we go:
Basics:
Height: 5'7
Weight: 175, could stand to lose a few lbs to get my abs back.
Eyes: Brown eyes.
Hair: Long curly brown hair (think Slash Rose's illegitimate son.)
Race: White.
Ethnicity: Hispanic (Cuban.)
Languages: Spanish, English, Sign-language.
Profession: Network Engineer in NW DC.
Religion: Agnostic.
A little about me:
I like long walks on the beach, sunsets, oh did I mention that I'm a sadist, and that I'm utterly insane?
I've been called a silver tongued devil; Quick witted, charismatic, with just the right amount of sarcasm.
Hobbies: Not being bored, it's a lot harder than it sounds. I enjoy learning/conversing about The Universe/space, science, and technology. I was quite nomadic in my 20s, having visited two different countries, lived in over 17 states, visited over 38.
Music: I'm more of a rhythm of the beat type of person vs. lyrics, but generally I've found myself to enjoy electronica. Definitely like a lot 80s synth pop, but again, this is just the preference, not really against the rest of the genres.
Shows: Billions, Game of Thrones, Breaking Bad, Board Walk Empire, Billions, Rome, Deadwood, Halt and Catch Fire, The Sopranos, South Park, Mad Men, Dexter,
Movies: Beetlejuice, Brain Scan, Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb,
"What are you looking for?"
Well I can encompass a Master, a Dominant, or a Daddy, so it's really what can I provide for you?1
"How is such a thing possible?" Antisocial Personality Disorder (3.4 for those interested.)
"Why was it necessary to mention that?" To give credence as to how I can, and have been all aspects of Dominance.
"Monogamy or polyamory?" Favoritism towards polyamory, but seeing as it's rare to find multiple partners that allow me to explore my more sadistic side without tension, and/or drama, I'd go with monogamy if the individual allowed me to be depraved.
Preference in the following order: Slave, submissive, little (I will explain further below.)
Kinks: Sadism, TPE, CNC, bondage, degradation, humiliation, knife play, rope play, rape/abduction play, choking, impact play, spanking, hair pulling (I think you get the idea by now, there are still far more, here's a more comprehensive list.)
Experience: 15+ years.
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So about that whole preference thing, as I am on the ASPD spectrum I'm capable of fulfilling whatever role(s) are required of me to get what I want. So let me explain further, I'm openly telling you far ahead of time that I lack emotions and empathy, with the hopes that me giving you the illusion of whatever it is you require, will be met with reciprocation of the kinks we can agree upon. This is where the waters get muddied for little's, I can definitely treat you like the princess you want to be, without all the douche-baggery you'll deal with as people tugging at your heart strings. Plenty of people around here pretend to be Daddies and will leave you absolutely heartbroken. Tired of games? Tired of bullshit? Well here's someone willing to give you all the care, attention, and affection you desire without any hassles.
"Why would you want to be a Daddy Dom given your lack of emotions, and empathy?"
I am a social chameleon. I've been perfecting my art for the majority of my life, I like the challenge. I like to learn people and, give them what they want with the idea that I get what I want in the end, it's called a social transaction. I know what respect is, and I believe I need to write a little about this. Once we've discussed clear limits, and terms, they shall not be crossed, it's counter productive for me to lose my play thing(s). I can be fiercely territorial of all my possessions, that includes the individual(s) I'm involved with, what is mine will be protected, whether you're a slave, a submissive, or a little.If you want someone to completely treat you like trash, I'm more than willingly to oblige, if you need a savior and a protector, well I can do that too. I'm able to encompass what is required; a means to an end.
"What are you looking for in a submissive?" I'd like it to extend outside of the bedroom, but if it doesn't, whatever, I'm not going to repeat myself, so hopefully you've read this in it's entirety.
"What are you looking for in a slave?" Mostly aesthetics, and objectification. Of course I'd expect loyalty, servitude, and there's a plethora more, but I don't feel I need to be too descriptive on this part.
Now that I've written a fucking novel about myself, let's get to you....
Age: I prefer them younger (18+) , but have dated women as old as 45; generally if I find you attractive, I won't care.
Height: the shorter the better, but I've dated women taller than myself, not a deal breaker.
Weight: I'd like someone on the smaller side, a few extra pounds will be acceptable, but no one overweight please, just not my thing.
I will list things below in order of preference, not necessarily a disqualifier. (This is only opinion, not a rating system.)
Race: White, but as long as I'm attracted I won't care, I don't discriminate.
Ethnicity: N/A read above.
Language(s): The more the merrier, accents are a huge plus, whether a southern drawl, or other.
Religion: I'm completely open to allowing you to practice whatever you'd like, just don't expect me to participate; I can be respectful of your beliefs, as long as you're respectful of mine, I am a man of science, The Universe is my religion (so to speak.)
Eyes: Blue, green, hazel, brown (If you have Heterochromia iridum you move to the front of the line, I like mutations.)
Hair: The longer the better, no preference as to style, as for color: I prefer true blondes, redheads, dirty blondes, and then brown.
Tattoos: Sure, whatever, as long as it's not overwhelming or flat out tacky, in this day in age it's harder to find someone with none, so as the trend follows above.
Piercings: Depends, some people can pull off septum piercings, but I personally dislike them, so if it compliments your facial features, sure why not. But there is definitely a breaking point where it becomes overwhelming and you just look like Hellraiser.
Education: Strong preference towards educated women, this does not necessarily mean academics, open to all.
Profession: No preference, but I do tend to like women in psychology (I have my reasons.)
Personality: If I have to learn "your" pronouns, or apologize for my "white male privilege" you can fuck right off; I don't care about politics.
Children: Strong preference in favor of not having them, unless we never intend to meet, or you don't expect a level of commitment from me to them, then I don't readily care, non-factor. To explain a tad bit, it isn't that I can't, I just would rather not raise children, I have too many plans in life that children would derail, maybe later.
If you're interested in communicating further, I prefer talking on these platforms and in this order: Discord, WhatsApp, Reddit Chat\, Skype, Kik,* open to other forms of contact.
\Reddit Chat isn't the same thing as their mailing system, just an FYI.*
Go ahead and shoot me a message, I'm waiting.
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An update:
Well just to filter some things out, since I get this so many times... I will not be putting a big editorial process to this update(I say this now, after already re-reading, and editing a minimum of 5 times; I'm a slave to my own perfectionism,) so if you mostly have questions about me, ASPD, and things of the like, read this before you message me.
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While I absolute love to talk about myself because I'm just such a narcissistic-hedonist, I also do get bored of repeating myself, even if it is a new person. As such read everything in it's entirety before you message me, as I'm going to entertain less, and less messages about me, and not what I'm seeking, I'd rather focus on only replying to potential partners, and absolutely nothing else, that being said if anything I have not covered in this update, or post still burns an answer from you, by all means message me.
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"Were you formally diagnosed?"
I get asked about this A LOT, I'm not going to go into very many details, suffice it to say, yes, but it's been labeled as a misdiagnosis, all you need to know is I score high, and I do the things you'd expect, the pyromania, the violence that is actually associated at early age, the works, I'm not comfortable giving you more beyond that, and I will not be entertaining questions about my personal life, maybe a partner could ask me those questions, but I'm not letting you in my head, that's my game, not the other way around :).
Please do your own research beyond this point, it's borderline laziness how often I keep getting asked about this.
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"Why are you so open about it(ASPD)?"
Isn't it obvious? A lot of you can't fathom why someone with ASPD would just openly come out, and admit to people, well I guess I really should've brushed up on this when I first made my post, or at least go into a far more descriptive detail than I had originally, so here goes:
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If I'm ever to lead a sort of a long term relationship based on trust, and honesty, just how in the HELL do you expect me to explain this to you ever so casually? It's best to show your cards in the beginning, this is my own baggage, or some form there of.
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There's two reasons I'm choosing to do this online, and vehemently under anonymity; 99% of you will be irrelevant to me, 99% of you will never meet me, it's just that simple, ergo why wouldn't I just preface my entire description as such, and as brutally honest as possible? Secondly I do not want a partner whom I need to continue to wear a mask for, I want to be me, the real me, the good, the bad, and the ugly.
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What I find the most is women that fetishize the entire ordeal, that's all fine and dandy, but it does show just a lack of understanding about what APSD is as a whole, and to be perfectly blunt, you're wasting my time, I don't need to feed into your lonely thrill romance you spun in your head from watching true crime dramas. More often than not, this what happens, spare us the role-playing, I'm just not that bored.
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"Empathy"
One clear distinction I'd like to make, so I can stop getting asked about it, we DO have empathy, it's just not how YOU experience empathy. Think of a light switch, by default most of the population's is on, ours is off by default, and furthermore we have the ability to turn it on, and off. Yes, it is that simple, yes we use it for manipulation, now stop asking me about this, it's boring to repeat this.
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"Emotions"
Boredom, rage. This is what I'm capable of in the dark, empathy off. I'm constantly seeking stimuli, if you notice by actually looking through my posts, I've moved a ton of times, and always national parks... New atmosphere, new adventures, new dangers, you know, the shit that gets your heart pumping, adrenaline. This is my favorite drug, this is the high I constantly chase to kill the boredom. Rage is just self explanatory, my defaults are animalistic.
I am fully capable of experiencing all emotions, it's just for the most part, because I don't want do, I don't allow myself to.
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"Manipulation"
For the longest time I told myself who cares if I burn bridges in my wake, I'm building a highway in its place. Mostly still true, and I absolutely use it on a daily basis for survival, I must stress, and emphasize survival, here is why; I'm human, like the rest of you, what do you do on a daily basis, if not find means, and ways to survive, and entertain yourself? I know no other way other than to use people to my advantage, I minimize the damage where I can, and move about my daily existence, guilt, and worry free about doing any wrong, an argument could be made that we all use each other in some weight, or capacity, and that's good enough for me.
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I'm sure by now you're probably wondering what the hell any of that has to do with anything, it's simple if the point flew over your head, again. I'm tired of manipulating people, using them, abusing them, discarding them, I didn't grow a conscious I'm not "growing" as a person, but much more likely, I'm just bored of the routine, or the process, which has become the symphony of my life.
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"Love"
I by no means ever want to experience this love you all chase like Alice clumsily falling down the rabbit hole. I've seen it so much in my life it's downright pathetic, and I actually feel bad for those of you that have such strong emotions, see empaths. You're slaves to these emotions, you let people use and manipulate you, you've been hurt, and had your heart ripped from your chest, and it feels like you no longer have purpose, lacking direction, and meaning in life. I merely know this from generally observing humans for most of my natural born life. I'm more than happy to remain the way I have always been, and never wish to experience emotions in the way you do, I find it to be an advantage, one I can apply to more important things in life, like the pursuit of knowledge.
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I hope the psych nerds will now stop asking me these questions, I've paid my dues.
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"Preferences"
My preferences, are just that, a list of my preferences, at no point in any of my writing did I say I was prejudice between one thing, or that I show favoritism. I merely made a chart listing some of the attributes that I myself, personally find to be significant to me, but that isn't to say, or detract from other things. It's the equivalent of asking me if I prefer Metallica, or Megadeth; well I'm going to say I prefer one over the other, but I enjoy both, and the genre as a whole, the genre being women in this case. I enjoy women for my own personal entertainment, and amusement -- which makes it all the more hilarious to me when I get called a misogynist.
so please spare me all your comments, and messages telling me that it's so "intimidating", if my post intimidates you, what can I really even begin to say about that? It doesn't sound like we'd be compatible, or much less you'd be able to accept me as a person, in any case this is a personal issue.
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"You Need Help!"
I know what the help is, they just remind you repeatedly that your actions have consequences, they do not prescribe a medication for this, just therapy, and I know enough already to check myself, it really is that easy.
P.S:
"To My Adoring Fans"
You call me an edge-lord, cringe, and a wide range of inane insults, that truly don't phase me, since I get a lot of these messages, I thought I'd give you my rebuttal; just so you know I sleep naked so that anyone that doesn't like me, can kiss my ass - feel free to visit anytime!
P.S.S: I now operate, function, and walk amongst the elite of the nation; I see my kind everywhere, this is what Rome must of felt like in it's heyday; Cicero you clever bastard... I bid you all adieu -- and depart with this:
{"Το σύμπαν είναι αλλαγή. η ζωή μας είναι αυτό που την κάνουν οι σκέψεις μας.";}
Sincerely,
<~sodomy>

first timer here. at this point, okabe is trying again and again and he just cant save mayuri. but i don’t get it, he always goes back 3-4 hrs after using the time leap machine even though the machine should take him back 48. also, why doesnt he just use it again to get more time and be able to use the trains before they shut down from the bomb threat? if the first use took him back 3-4 hrs, he can just do it again. 3rd, why doesnt he try a d-mail? these seem like major plot holes. if its answered in the show, just say so without spoilers please. thank you to anyone who replies.

Hey everyone ,
I’ve been with Rogers for 10+ years and never had an issue like this before.
Get a call from Rogers to upgrade internet / modem, why not plan is cheaper and faster internet. Tech arrives swaps out modem tells me he will return the old one , saves me time so I agree. Next day 10 missed calls from tech appears he forgot his tools at my house which he did no big deal he picks them up. Month goes by we get a call from Rogers about why we haven’t returned the modem umm pardon ? Tech said he would, Rogers said they will look into it.
Fast forward I get an email this week on Wednesday that they found the modem and will refund me the amount which is odd as I was never charged. Today get a call from Rogers asking why we didn’t return the equipment, wife calls me so I call Rogers. Hour on hold speak with two employee that have no idea what’s going on as the letter said I was refunded for the charge of equipment but they made a new Rogers account and now it’s all confusing so I need to wait for someone else to call me . Get home today, two letters in the mail from credit recovery company for the amount of the modem …….. I guess Rogers wanted to be aggressive after one call and ensure I got two letters.

Back in October of 2022, I went in for a yearly checkup, and also received a prescription for anti-depressant. Also did a follow-up video appointment in December. At the end of the day, total was around $800.
This was done through an in-network Aurora clinic, and the NP that that saw me was listed as an option on Auroras website. In January, I received a bill from Aurora, saying that Anthem wouldn’t cover it (even though online, the visits were coded as preventive care, so shouldn’t have cost anything except for copay).
Long story short, was told by Aurora that I was most likely right and that Anthem should’ve covered it. I filed an appeal online per email instructions I received from a phone representative. It’s been 60 calendar days and still no mail correspondance from Anthem. Has anyone had this happen to them?
Since they haven’t fulfilled the 60 day response, what would be my next steps? I sent another letter through the portal (as they specifically say only written correspondence is done for these appeals). Would next step be to go to small claims court? Apologies if dumb questions, it’s just annoying how nothings been done by them for 2 months. Thanks!

Going to simply here for reading purposes. I’ve been in an ongoing paternity/child support/custody case for the past 4 months. My ex has been stalling and kicked back two settlement offers by me (custodial parent - mother). He and his attorney decided they would rather go waste a couple thousand more dollars in mediation instead of replying to the offer. Today, at 5:17 PM I get an e-mail from the law firm representing me that my attorney is “resigning.” Like immediately. No notice. No explanation. My mediation is Tuesday at 10AM. I tried calling the firm, and my new attorney of course was gone for the day 20 minutes after she sent me this email. In theory, by the time I get someone on the phone Monday, I may have 24 hours or less before mediation. I am thinking WTF!!! I don’t know what the hell happened but I don’t need it impacting my custody or child support for my son. We are so close to the finish line and I can’t believe this is happening. It has already cost me an unbelievable 20k+ on a case that doesn’t even involve a divorce. People are telling me to question the law firm about what happened and I do care - yet my priority is my son and this absolutely not compromising the work that has been done to get me this close to a favorable settlement. Help!!! The firm set me up that I will stress over the weekend and have no way to even get advice or help.

Very long story, so will try to be as concise as possible. Client needed to switch email providers in December because old provider croaked. Signed her up for Go Daddy office 365 email. After completing the setup process we were able to receive and send mail using web mail, but could not add the email account to ANY email app on any device. Problem was that during the account adding process, it redirected to the Microsoft login page rather than the GoDaddy SSO login page. And when trying to login through the Microsoft login page it said the account credentials were invalid.
Long story short, GoDaddy Support gave us the runaround and made it seem like a DNS propagation issue. But months later we still have the same problem. Since this issue began, Godaddy’s useless support has now blamed a DNS issue, a password issue, an email app issue, everything else under the sun. They are useless. We’ve tested this on 3 different phones, 2 different computers, and 3 different internet connections. We even moved the domain name servers over to GoDaddy. They don’t even understand the problem let alone have a solution. Has anyone encountered this? At this point, I’m ready to just tell my client to dump GoDaddy altogether.

Reds @ D-backs - Fri, Mar 24

Game Status: Final - Score: 7-4 Reds

Links & Info

• MLB Gameday
• Game Graphs
• Savant Gamefeed

	Reds Batters	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	K	LOB	AVG	OBP	SLG
1	Newman - 3B	5	1	2	0	0	0	3	.286	.333	.357
2	Steer - 3B	4	2	1	1	1	2	4	.302	.400	.558
	Fernandez - SS	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000	1.000	2.000
3	Barrero - CF	4	2	3	4	0	1	0	.325	.386	.600
	Siani - CF	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.238	.304	.238
4	Benson - RF	5	0	1	0	0	0	2	.326	.326	.413
5	Casali - DH	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	.333	.387	.519
	a-Vellojin - DH	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	.286	.286	.429
6	Ramos, H - LF	5	1	2	2	0	0	2	.500	.517	.846
7	Maile - C	4	0	0	0	0	2	2	.172	.273	.310
8	Reynolds, M - 2B	3	0	1	0	0	1	0	.400	.400	.400
	Callahan - 2B	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	.500	.500	.500
9	Vosler - 1B	3	1	1	0	1	1	2	.212	.308	.485
	Totals	40	7	13	7	2	7	17

Reds
a-Grounded out for Casali in the 7th.
BATTING: 2B: Newman (3, Mantiply); Barrero (4, Mantiply). HR: Steer (2, 1st inning off Gallen, 0 on, 1 out); Barrero (1, 5th inning off Gallen, 2 on, 2 out); Ramos, H (2, 8th inning off Vargas, 0 on, 0 out). TB: Barrero 7; Benson; Callahan; Casali; Newman 3; Ramos, H 5; Reynolds, M; Steer 4; Vosler. RBI: Barrero 4 (9); Ramos, H 2 (8); Steer (9). 2-out RBI: Barrero 3. Runners left in scoring position, 2 out: Steer 2; Vosler 2; Vellojin; Ramos, H. Team RISP: 3-for-12. Team LOB: 8.
FIELDING: DP: 2 (Newman-Reynolds, M-Vosler; Steer-Reynolds, M-Vosler).

	D-backs Batters	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	K	LOB	AVG	OBP	SLG
1	Rojas, J - 2B	3	0	1	0	0	0	2	.313	.410	.406
	Rivera, E - 1B	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	.160	.207	.320
2	Longoria - 3B	2	0	1	0	1	0	1	.227	.308	.455
	1-Perdomo - SS	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	.273	.429	.394
3	Lewis - DH	2	0	1	0	1	0	1	.480	.581	.960
	2-Santana, R - DH	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	.000	.000	.000
4	Walker, C - 1B	2	0	1	1	1	0	1	.289	.333	.421
	3-Tawa - LF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	.250	.429	.250
5	Carroll - LF	3	1	2	1	0	0	0	.390	.510	.659
	Hager - 2B	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	.209	.222	.349
6	Ahmed - SS	3	0	1	0	0	0	2	.286	.324	.514
	Evans - 3B	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.231	.295	.308
7	McCarthy - RF	3	0	1	2	0	0	1	.188	.297	.188
	Castillo, N - RF	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.250	.250	.417
8	Higgins, P - C	3	0	0	0	1	2	1	.311	.380	.533
9	Thomas, A - CF	3	0	0	0	0	2	3	.280	.321	.440
	Johnson - CF	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	.400	.571	.600
	Totals	32	4	8	4	4	8	12

D-backs
1-Ran for Longoria in the 6th. 2-Ran for Lewis in the 6th. 3-Ran for Walker, C in the 6th.
BATTING: 2B: Longoria (2, Strickland); Walker, C (2, Strickland). TB: Ahmed; Carroll 2; Lewis; Longoria 2; McCarthy; Rojas, J; Walker, C 2. RBI: Carroll (5); McCarthy 2 (2); Walker, C (4). Runners left in scoring position, 2 out: Rojas, J; Thomas, A. GIDP: Lewis; Longoria. Team RISP: 3-for-8. Team LOB: 5.

Reds Pitchers	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	HR	P-S	ERA
Greene, H (W, 1-1)	4.0	3	0	0	2	2	0	58-36	3.12
Gibaut	1.0	1	0	0	1	1	0	19-13	4.50
Strickland	1.0	4	4	4	1	1	0	23-13	10.00
Farmer, B (H, 3)	1.0	0	0	0	0	2	0	10-9	7.00
Cruz, F (H, 2)	1.0	0	0	0	0	1	0	12-8	0.00
Díaz, A (S, 1)	1.0	0	0	0	0	1	0	8-6	6.75
Totals	9.0	8	4	4	4	8	0

D-backs Pitchers	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	HR	P-S	ERA
Gallen (L, 1-2)	5.2	7	5	5	1	3	2	82-48	8.27
Mantiply	1.1	3	1	1	0	2	0	22-14	8.53
Vargas	1.0	2	1	1	1	2	1	22-11	2.89
Castro	1.0	1	0	0	0	0	0	12-10	0.00
Totals	9.0	13	7	7	2	7	3

Game Info
WP: Castro.
Disengagement violations: Zac Gallen.
Pitches-strikes: Greene, H 58-36; Gibaut 19-13; Strickland 23-13; Farmer, B 10-9; Cruz, F 12-8; Díaz, A 8-6; Gallen 82-48; Mantiply 22-14; Vargas 22-11; Castro 12-10.
Groundouts-flyouts: Greene, H 3-2; Gibaut 1-1; Strickland 0-1; Farmer, B 1-0; Cruz, F 0-2; Díaz, A 0-0; Gallen 3-8; Mantiply 1-0; Vargas 1-0; Castro 1-2.
Batters faced: Greene, H 14; Gibaut 5; Strickland 8; Farmer, B 3; Cruz, F 3; Díaz, A 3; Gallen 25; Mantiply 7; Vargas 6; Castro 4.
Inherited runners-scored: Mantiply 1-0.
Umpires: HP: Jeff Nelson. 1B: Adrian Johnson. 2B: Brian Walsh. 3B: Jacob Metz.
Weather: 66 degrees, Sunny.
Wind: 11 mph, Varies.
First pitch: 1:11 PM.
T: 2:31.
Att: 10,155.
Venue: Salt River Fields at Talking Stick.
March 24, 2023

Inning	Scoring Play	Score
Top 1	Spencer Steer homers (2) on a fly ball to center field.	1-0 CIN
Top 4	Henry Ramos grounds into a force out, shortstop Nick Ahmed to second baseman Josh Rojas. Jose Barrero scores. Curt Casali out at 2nd. Henry Ramos to 1st.	2-0 CIN
Top 5	Jose Barrero homers (1) on a fly ball to right center field. Jason Vosler scores. Spencer Steer scores.	5-0 CIN
Bottom 6	Christian Walker doubles (2) on a sharp line drive to center fielder Jose Barrero. Geraldo Perdomo scores. Ruben Santana to 3rd.	5-1 CIN
Bottom 6	Corbin Carroll singles on a ground ball to first baseman Jason Vosler. Ruben Santana scores. Tim Tawa to 3rd.	5-2 CIN
Bottom 6	Reds challenged (tag play), call on the field was upheld: Jake McCarthy singles on a line drive to center fielder Jose Barrero. Tim Tawa scores. Corbin Carroll scores.	5-4 CIN
Top 7	Jose Barrero doubles (4) on a fly ball to left fielder Tim Tawa. Kevin Newman scores.	6-4 CIN
Top 8	Henry Ramos homers (2) on a fly ball to right field.	7-4 CIN

Team	Highlight
CIN	Spencer Steer's home run through bat tracking data (00:00:09)
CIN	Spencer Steer's solo home run (00:00:27)
CIN	Breaking down Hunter Greene's pitches (00:00:08)
AZ	Breaking down Zac Gallen's pitches (00:00:08)
AZ	Zac Gallen's outing against the Reds (00:00:23)
CIN	Jose Barrero's three-run home run (00:00:29)
CIN	Hunter Greene's scoreless start (00:01:20)
AZ	Christian Walker's RBI double (00:00:20)
AZ	Jake McCarthy drives in two runs (00:00:23)
CIN	Corbin Carroll's RBI single (00:00:20)
CIN	Henry Ramos cranks a solo homer (00:00:31)

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9		R	H	E	LOB
Reds	1	0	0	1	3	0	1	1	0		7	13	0	8
D-backs	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0		4	8	0	5

Decisions

• Winner: Hunter Greene (1-1, 3.12)
• Loser: Zac Gallen (1-2, 8.27)
• Save: Alexis Diaz (1, 6.75)

Division Scoreboard

TEX 3 @ CHC 5 - Final
MIL 6 @ LAD 6 - Final: Tied
COL 9 @ MIL 4 - Final
PIT 3 @ DET 4 - Top 6, 0 Outs
STL 2 @ WSH 1 - Bottom 7, 0 Outs
CHC @ CLE 09:05 PM EDT
Next Reds Game: Sat, Mar 25, 09:05 PM EDT vs. White Sox (1 day)
^{Last Updated: 03/24/2023 07:44:43 PM EDT}

I’m re-reading the series after many years of not following anything at all. When I read Warriors initially, Omen of the Stars was the latest series available & the only other available books were super editions. I finished OOTS, and stopped afterwards because A) that was all there was at the time, and B) I had gotten older and didn’t have as much time to read. But now that I’m re-reading, there have been many, many more books published and I’d like to catch up on them all.
Anyway, my question is… how much info am I missing out on by jumping straight from OOTS to A Vision of Shadows? I’ve just finished OOTS for the second time, and unfortunately my local bookstore didn’t have Dawn of the Clans available… So I had to move straight to AVOS. I’ve ordered DOTC, but it’ll be a few more days before it comes in the mail. I’ve noticed, after reading a few chapters into the first book of AVOS, that there seems to be things I’m missing. They’re talking about Skyclan as if that’s something I should already know about… Where is Skyclan introduced? Because it hasn’t been so much as mentioned in any of the series I’ve read. Is it in the super editions, or Dawn of the Clans? I thought it wouldn’t make a difference whether I read DOTC or AVOS first, since DOTC is a prequel to everything & AVOS is chronologically “next.” I haven’t read any super editions, I think I may have read 1 or 2 many years ago but not recently. And even those had no mention of Skyclan as far as I can remember.
How much background info have I missed here? Is it crucial to the storyline to read DOTC or any super editions before I continue reading more of AVOS? So far, I feel like not knowing the background of Skyclan might not be that detrimental to my understanding of everything, but I don’t want to mess myself up. And if there are any other arcs I’ve missed out on, I’d like to know now, before I’m even farther into AVOS. I’ve seen some people say it doesn’t matter which series you read first, AVOS or DOTC but I’m wondering how true that is now that they’ve thrown Skyclan into the mix?

https://apnews.com/article/disabled-voters-wisconsin-supreme-court-absentee-544b0ce8f8680e64970be1b4c74d19fb
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Disabled voters say local election leaders across Wisconsin are not following federal law during early voting in the high-stakes race for state Supreme Court, incorrectly telling them they can’t have another person return their absentee ballot for them.
Absentee ballots, and who can return them, has been a political flashpoint in battleground Wisconsin, known for razor-thin margins in statewide races. The April 4 election will determine majority control of the state Supreme Court, with abortion access and the fate of Republican-drawn legislative maps on the line.
Challenges to laws and practices in at least eight states that make it difficult or impossible for people with certain disabilities to vote have also arisen in the past two years. At the same time, there has been a push in many states to restrict rules affecting who can return absentee ballots.
Wisconsin Republicans successfully sued last year to ban absentee ballot drop boxes, and the conservative-controlled state Supreme Court ruled that only the voter can return their ballot in person or place it in the mail.
People with disabilities filed a federal lawsuit in response to the state court’s decision, arguing that federal law allows them to get assistance in returning their ballot. A federal court ruled in their favor in August, noting that the Voting Rights Act applies to Wisconsin voters who require assistance with mailing or delivering their absentee ballot because of a disability.
But in the lead-up to the April 4 Supreme Court election, and during early voting that began Tuesday, local elections officials are not following the law, advocates for the disabled allege. Absentee ballots were mailed to voters earlier this month and early, in-person voting using absentee ballots began on Tuesday.
The Wisconsin Elections Commission, which oversees the state’s more than 1,800 local elections officials, first alerted clerks in September to the federal court ruling reiterating that disabled voters can have assistance returning absentee ballots.
In recent weeks, the commission has reminded them of the law in conversations, webinar trainings, and newsletters, commission spokesperson Riley Vetterkind said Friday.
“This is a reminder that voters with disabilities are entitled to receive assistance completing and delivering their absentee ballots,” the commission said in an email to all clerks on Feb. 3, less than three weeks before the primary. “Some jurisdictions are inserting absentee ballot instructions that say assistance is prohibited, without noting the important exception for voters with disabilities.”
The message called the issue “especially significant” because of the court ruling affirming the right to assistance.
“Please ensure that your absentee ballot instructions do not contradict the federal court’s order,” the commission implored.
Barbara Beckert, external advocacy director of Disability Rights Wisconsin, said it was concerning that roughly a dozen communities around the state continue to have incorrect information on their websites, at polling places and being voiced by workers at the polls.
Numerous voters have raised concerns, but all have wished to remain anonymous because they live in small communities and do not want their complaints to become public, she said. It’s impossible to know how many voters, or how many communities, may be affected by a misreading of the law, she said.
Beckert provided links to websites in seven communities that had incorrect information currently posted.

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Comment of the Day!!

xtsim didn't read the room of yesterday's QotD but he gave us a good blast from the past anyway!

I forgot how old this anime is when Nobue complimented Ana's computer. "Oh the usual stuff" - reminds me of watching OG fruits basket in random 3 minute clips. And it was the time when everyone relative had a desktop computer and having a yahoo branded dsl modem was a status symbol. Ana has an all in one computer in her desk which were pretty chunky at the time but they had some interesting designs.

Second_Sage outted himself as a sadist!!

I’m not sure who had it worse today between Matsuri and Ana, probably Ana considering she broke into tears on multiple occasions. At the very least Nobue didn’t make Matsuri cry, just turned her into a cat! I died every time I heard her little bell go off, especially when she was trying to run away.

QotD

• What do you think would have been the worst possible job for each of our girls?
• Who was most as fault for today's events? Was Nobu at all justified?
• Tell us the most expensive hobby you've ever invested in? Did you stick with it?
• Who is a coworker who you just knew wouldn't stick around long?
• How are your Mashimaro ships looking? Who is your favourite pair and who would you like to see more of the dynamic of together?

Abyssbringer's "What is the thematic purpose of this scene corner!!"

Esovan13 scored a weirdly forward thinking Abyssbringer section. Pog.

Miu wanted Nobue's attention. Thus, she made herself the victim in their playtime scenario. However, she had the self awareness to know that Nobue wouldn't actually go to the effort of coming over for her sake, so she pretended the victim was Matsuri because she knew that Matsuri is Nobue's favorite of the two. Not sure what to conclude from this, I guess I can say that it's a showing of a type of one sided relationship where one party has a significantly higher emotional investment than the other party and so feels the need to be manipulative and act out in order to receive an emotional return on their own investment, whatever form that return takes and whatever detriments come from the attempt.

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This is an anime Joke!

I have a friend who I’ve been close with since 2015. We met in high school and I’ve been there for her through her hardships specifically relationships. We are so close that she’s made me the godmother of her children and we even planned baby showers together for her first two kids. I’ve always bought my godchildren the clothes, food, and necessities whenever she asked. When we graduated in high school she married a military man who turned out to cheat on her twice and left her and his son to go on a spiritual journey leaving her behind to raise their son by herself. In the summer of 2021 she moved out of his dad’s house but left her son behind and soon after started dating this younger guy. This younger guy, whom she has her second child with has cheated on her twice and gave her an STI while pregnant with her second child. He’s also voiced (and his friends have also stated) that they’re here in America to have families so that they can live here. When I was mailing her baby clothes, toys, and formula to her that her new boyfriend became upset and told her to tell me to stop sending my godchildren what they needed, although he was refusing to buy his daughter a bassinet while she was seven months pregnant. She’s voiced to me several times that he thinks it’s a waste of time to go to the city where her son stays due to expensive gas prices, and when she tried leaving him this past December he stayed up in the night watching her and their child and even followed her to the bathroom. He also reads her messages and has read how I do not like how he treats her. She was supposed to see me around Christmas, but he told her no and that it was an inconvenience on their finances for gas. Her mother and I have both voiced our concerns for her eldest son since he’s becoming more quiet and more upset at both of his parents. Her mother went as far as to say she wanted to take him from her to raise him and that she better not get pregnant again by this new guy. Recently she bought a new home with her boyfriend and used me as a reference for the home, I asked her when she purchased the home if her eldest son is going to live with her since he’s been living with his grandad for two years. She told me yes at first but a couple of weeks went by and she started complaining about her new boyfriend and his family who turns out to be living with her (which consists of his two brothers, his mother, and his brothers daughter). I asked her why wasn’t her eldest son a priority in living with her since she has primary custody of her son and she told me and I quote “there wasn’t a school nearby for him to go to” all the while she’s voiced to me that my godson has become more quiet, upset, and sad since he has not been around her since she’s moved out. A month ago she came forward and told me that she was pregnant with her third child(my second godchild hasn’t turned one yet). I told her that I feel as if her and her husband should establish a good coparenting relationship or that he’s better off living with one parent that will raise him and not his grandfather. She stopped speaking to me for two weeks, and out of the blue sent me a job application which I felt was a low blow, because she knows I took the semester off to focus on my new graduate degree schedule. I confronted her and asked her why she sent me a job application and stopped talking to me. She stated that I hurt her feelings by saying her son should live with his dad knowing all the things he’s done to her. I reiterated to her again that either she establishes a good relationship with both him and his father, but also stress that he should not be hearing negative things about his dad from both her and his grandfather for there to be a good relationship. She’s told me before that she did not like how his grandfather made medical decisions without consulting her, and I’ve tried telling her that since he’s next of kin and he lives with him he can make those decisions. Was I wrong for telling her that he should live with his dad? I know that I’m wrong for giving the advice considering that I don’t have children myself, but I’m genuinely concerned for my godchildren. When we did communicate prior to Feb 24th up until now all she spoke of was how much her new boyfriend upsets her, but I rarely heard about my eldest godchild. I asked her when she told me she was pregnant a third time, what happened to the plan of saving and leaving with her second child, she said you know I love him and when I’m ready I’ll leave. Is our friendship mendable after what I said?

I need someone to knock some common sense into me please…
I know this is going to sound very silly, but I am currently in a position where I am extremely upset at my [23M] partner and am unable to shake it off.
For these past couple of months, a lot of stressful situations have been happening in my life and that’s life, i know. But I decided that since life is a bit stressful right now, I would focus on taking care of plants to release the stress and have something to look forward to.
My partner is aware that I am currently going through some tough situations at the moment, and he knows how important plants are to me. And when I asked him today if he could get a package of mailed plants for me, he agreed and said he would do it. (I had been working all day and he was home at the time it arrived).
But he didn’t pick it up like he said he would, and now my plants are likely to die in a locked room during the weekend.
I’m just so angry, I told him about it at the start of the week and today. Am I being irrational for being upset at him for missing my package today? I know it’s just a bunch of plants but I was really looking forward to them and he said he could do it but it just outright feels like he doesn’t care at all about me.
I’m just very hurt but I also feel like it’s sooo stupid. I don’t know what to do but I’d like to hear someone out please…