So my problem is understanding how to best utilize asynchronous functions while using the mount lifecycle
use case
First i want to get the innerWidth of the screen, this is the main reason why i can't use it outisde of the onMount
Then based on that value, would want to execute an asynchronous function in my case retrieve using oembed the embed url for a youtube video, i do not want to get a large video for a small screen that is why i am using that
I also want to leave the option if the user used the embed link instead to skip the fetch with oembed and use that in an iframe instead (the user in this instance is a trusted user who is allowed posting permissions)

let screenWidth: let videoWidth; let res Let showEmbed =false; onMount(async()=>{ screenWidth = window.innerWidth; videoWidth = screenWidth >700?560:321 const embUrl =await fetch(longUrl with videoWidth) res = await embUrl.json() If (res.ok )showEmbed =true }) 

And based on showEmbed i show the either the iframe or the generated html
The thjng is, for a brief moment in the template it just shows undefined, just a flash,
I cant await res to because its not some async function, so do i just check if res is undefined in the template, and then based on that check showEmbed, it the way i am stringing all this right or is too convoluted
Sorry on mobile trying to be concise and exact,

So basically I am a Gloom Stalker Ranger who is a half elf bounty hunter in a large Victorian style city (favored terrain is urban). Since I am a bounty hunter it makes the most sense that my current favored enemy would be humanoids. But I am unsure of what options to pick. When I asked my DM what he thought would fit his world and be the most useful he told me “I’m not helping you, it’s your job to build your character”. So please don’t say “ask your dm”. I tried and it clearly didn’t work. Obviously this campaign is homebrew and is set in a fictional 1800’s like era but all the monsters and everything from base dnd is still here. So what would be the most beneficial options to pick as my favored enemies that will give me the most bang out of my buck? Probably Humans as the first option but for the second? Elves? Goblinoids? Werewolves? I also know there is the option to pick favored foe instead but I prefer favored enemy and it goes better with the character. And what language would pair well also?
I think for my level 6 factored enemy I will go with monstrosity’s and it’d be great if I could hear what language would pair best with that also.I’d really appreciate the help.

It's probably worth noting that neither of my parents are diagnosed with anything (they haven't been to a physiatrist before). Multiple people have recommended this subreddit for support based on my situation though.
I am 17 years old, Australian and my entire life is controlled because I am a woman. My mum became Christian when I was 14 and her personality, opinions and beliefs all completely changed.
Before that she had always been strictest on me because I was the oldest. She would help me with schoolwork and violin for hours outside of school hours because I had to be the best. Straight A's wasn't the expectation it was the minimum. I was expected to Accel at work for grade 10 when I was in grade 4 and I did.
I went through a phase of depression when I was 11 and 12. I didn't have the energy or motivation to work as hard as I used to and I was surrounded by peers who were told told to just "do their best". It felt very unfair. My grades fell behind and my progress with violin stagnated. My mum never listened when I expressed that I wanted to see a professional and it was hard to bring up because emotions were taboo.
My younger brothers never did well in school they would get C and D mostly. If they got a B mum was over the moon. Due to their poor academic results more pressure was put into me. Mind you I was already struggling mentally at the time. My mum would say I need to succeed to make up for where my brothers fall behind. Violin was an expensive hobby and we are not rich so when I skipped practice I would be reminded that I am taking opportunities from my brothers in doing violin.
I ended up attempting ☠️ myself when I was 11 and then 12 because I thought it was the only way for my brothers to succeed. Nobody knows about the first time. My mumade me lie to the doctors and say it was an accident and she still didn't get help for me.
Anyways I am past that now. I seriously don't see myself being that mentally unstable again. This phase is what made my mum a Christian.
I am homeschooled now (I have been on and off since prep). I don't ask to go out and do things ever. She has made sure I am isolated and my only opportunities to meet people and make friends are heavily supervised and only ever her friends kids.
Recently I have asked for somethings though. I want cut my now waist length hair to shoulder length and join Crossfit.
My mum says cutting my hair is sin for a woman so even though dad if fine with it I'm not allowed. She says that it will make me look chubby. I am not skinny but I'm not overweight either, I just have a full figure. She also says that I need to keep it long so that my future husband finds me attractive.
She also said no to Crossfit because I am a woman. She says that their is too much weightlifting and not enough cardio. It will bulk me up and make me look huge, "gross" and masculine. This is hard enough for a woman who is really trying to achieve it. I am aiming for body recomposition so it just won't happen. It's also not allowed because there are men there and I might me tempted to sin... If you catch drift. I haven't given her any reason to think this. I have never even held hands with a guy and I want to stay a virgin till marriage. She just sees me as some wild, hormonal animal.
If I go to my dad to express my opinions my mum gets mad at me. She tells me it's disobedience because she doesn't want me to talk about these things with him. She has also brought up on a few occasions how doing so could cause problems in their marriage. I don't want to cause problems but I literally have nobody else to talk to and even then dad won't do anything because he doesn't want to argue with mum. I can also tell he finds it annoying when I bring it up not that he'll say that.
Sorry for ranting so much. I just feel very heated right now! Also don't suggest going to the authorities because I won't. My brothers are fine they get treated much better because they are boys. They are better of here than in the system.
Also, I live in the countryside too far from town to walk or bike. I can't drive by myself because I'm on my learner's licence and don't own my own car. I am not allowed to work even though I have wanted to since I was 13. So I can't save up money for a car or to leave home at 18 either.

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Apologies for this long post, but I'm hoping I can get some input on my situation. I've been in a whirlwind romance the past 5 months and we're both really in love and just click so well. Personalities, interests, conversation flows, and just doing anything together is a blast. I've never met a girl that matches me so well, and I'm incredibly attracted to her both physically and mentally.
I know I was in the wrong for this, but my GF is aware that I know she regularly messages with her ex-boyfriend (they broke up October 2022) on Facebook Messenger, so I was curious and went back through their conversation history to late December (the night she and I first had sex), and she was messaging him the next day (her ex was prodding and trying to get her to describe the sex and everything) and she told him: "not lying, he's the smallest I've ever been with. still fun tho". I'm maybe between 4.5-5 inches and make up for it with everything else so I know I'm not the biggest, but seeing her tell her ex-bf was surprisingly devastating and I couldn't shake that thought. She came home later that evening (we don't live together, so I was hanging out on her bed waiting for her to comeback) and I couldn't dare say what was on my mind, but she knew something was off and tried to get me to talk and I went on this vague discussion about how I'm not "the right person" for her and I'm "not good enough" without being specific. She thought I was breaking up with her and started crying, but I clarified I wasn't and it was just me and my occasional insecurities creeping up, and it'll be okay. I apologized and she asked if I had floated these issues to gauge whether she would be willing to be honest about her feelings and maybe be open to breaking up, and I haphazardly agreed that in a way it was a slight manipulation to get her to be more open about how she really felt about me in case she secretly shared any doubt about me. Because of that, she was really mad at me and I tried to reconcile that I shouldn't have played some mind game and should've just asked her directly how she feels about the relationship. We made up more or less, I slept over and left for work early the next morning, and we haven't texted much the past 2 days. This isn't unusual as we're both very busy with work/school, but I can't help but feel things are still not right and we've been distant from each other after that night. I usually present myself as fairly self-confident and have decent charisma (IMO), but this has really shook me and I just don't know what to do. We both have high libidos and are often physical with each other, but seeing that message was so devastating and now I can't think of her without feeling shame, anxiety, and inadequacy about my penis size, especially considering that sex is an integral part of our relationship and she wants it at least every few days. We're both pretty open sexually (we have foursomes, threesomes, she's bi and we're both sexually experienced with body counts both 10+), so it's a major issue that I'm now associating this with her and right now I'm thinking if she were to grab my crotch or want to do more than kissing, I'd have to subtly find an excuse or move away because I'm so ashamed of myself and feel inadequate and likely couldn't get an erection feeling this way regardless. For the past 5 months of our relationship, she's seemed to love the sex and has been incredibly satisfied, praising me and telling me I'm the best, and I visibly make her body shuttetwitch from multiple orgasms, etc., but seeing those messages has shattered my self-confidence and I also have lost faith and trust in her even though I know she was just being honest to her ex-bf(or maybe she was trying to not hurt her ex-bf's feelings, but I doubt that since she said "honestly" and "smallest" and it was a very specific statement). I know penis size and sexual pleasure are not mutually exclusive/1:1 correlation, but now I'm wondering if she was being 100% honest this whole time or just trying to make me feel better when she tells me she's addicted to my private. Part of me thinks I should break up with her because I'll never get any bigger and she deserves someone better. I probably sound really petty and stupid buying into the endless penis size debate, but I have to admit I'm shattered and don't know what to do because that message is inadmissible and I know it was wrong of me to snoop through her messages. I don't want to tell her I violated her privacy, but I'm clearly shaken so it's obvious something is wrong. I don't know what to do.
Regarding her still messaging her ex-boyfriend even though we're together: They were together for 4 years and broke up October 2022 (ex-bf wanted an open relationship and she gave in June 2022). August 2022, they went long distance and ex-bf moved across the country and she moved near me for grad school. Almost immediately after they agreed to have an open relationship, ex-bf had sex with another girl and he later revealed that he cheated on my gf with this same girl DURING their committed relationship period. My gf and I got together late December 2022 (I know it's fast and she probably didn't have enough time to be single but we had just met each other and we clicked instantly and didn't want to miss this chemistry) and I noticed her phone getting blown up with missed calls within a few weeks of dating. She was up front with me that it's her ex-bf, and he spam calls her until she picks up, and keeps messaging her first via text then later to FB Messenger. She said that she responds to him because she feels bad, and he still vents to her about his life. (During my snooping on her messages) I did notice she's somewhat standoffish with him and tells him she's not interested, she's with me, he mistreated her, etc. but she does continue to message back and have lengthy calls with him. I told her that I understand the attachment and they basically became each others' best friends over 4 years together, and I basically said "I don't want to be controlling or insecure, I'm not gonna tell you what you can and can't do, I trust you." Apparently I learned as of 5/31 the ex-bf is dating a new girl who is cheating on her bf right now (2 guys dating one girl and they don't know about each other) and he said "it's not my responsibility to tell the other person. It's on her". My gf and I both agree that he's narcissistic, manipulative, jerk, etc.. I don't like to talk bad about my gf's ex-bf because I'm biased of course, but it honestly does bother me that she still messages him regularly (and calls/videocalls that god knows what's being said and not in writing). I know I was wrong to snoop through her messages once, and I pledged to myself I won't do that again as it's dishonest and opens a can of worms. I know I prob sound like a crazy person, but I just don't want to be a simp, but also not a controlling A hole. I don't know what to do.
Also: I don't know if this is actually a red flag since it happened when she was 18 (6 years ago), the way my gf and her ex-bf got together was that she lowkey cheated on her first bf at that time and made out with the new ex-bf at a party, and then felt awful about it and confessed and everything. She told him not to worry about that guy and she wouldn't leave him for the other guy, but they ended up breaking up and she ended up dating that now ex-bf. I gave her a pass because she was really young and based on her descriptions her first bf was super toxic and abusive, but now that I've been going through this I'm thinking about it more. I match with her so well mentally and physically and she's so sweet and thoughtful, but she's clearly still heartbroken over her ex-bf even though he was so abusive and controlling, and it does frustrate me. 6/1 is my deadline to pay for out-of-state grad school, so now I have to make a decision to stay with her in-state or go out-of-state (out-of-state we're gonna have to break up and she doesn't want LDR)
TL;DR: I secretly read my GF's messages with her ex-BF and she told him I'm the smallest she's ever been with. My confidence is shattered and I don't know what to do or say since I was wrong to read through her messages.

Hello everyone!
Join us on the Knights of Noromath: AD&D!
I am apart of an Neverwinter Nights Enhanced Edition community The Knights of Noromath, and we have recently launched a 2nd Edition AD&D campaign set in the Forgotten Realms using the Neverwinter Nights persistent world and server hosting tools!
The Neverwinter Nights community is a small but potent community of roleplayers, and while the original game is in 3.0 DND, modding has allowed us to implement traditional 2e mechanics and rules.
Here is a link to our post on the Neverwinter Vault community site and discord, which has also been copied below for your reading! If you have questions, joining our Discord is the best place to start to check us out!
DISCORD LINK: Knights Of Noromath AD&D
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The Knights of Noromath is once again bringing to life the tales of the Tethir Road in the rural Forgotten Realms.
The Knights of Noromath: AD&D strives to provide a credible, low-level experience in the Realms like no other, barring Baldur’s Gate 1 which originally inspired the aesthetic of this server. This campaign set in northern Tethyr is based upon the tabletop game I wrote for my best friend’s son in 2013.
A decade later, we have totally overhauled Knights of Noromath to offer even more than Baldur’s Gate ever did in terms of 2nd Edition AD&D ruleset. We have attack effects from higher ground, bonuses for mounted attackers, friendly fire from missile weapons, and dozens of other conditional modifiers and effects sourced straight from books like the 2E AD&D PHB, DMG, Player’s Option: Combat and Tactics, Faiths and Avatars, Demihuman Deities, and many more. We have spared no effort to capture the rules and spirit of AD&D in NWN:EE.
Our campaign offers players the selection of nearly 100 different deities and their Specialty Priests, which has long been one of our most popular features. After the Time of Troubles, the gods of Faerun began to inspire priests that go far beyond simple clerics; we have faithfully implemented these from every racial pantheon.
Our server is not meant to be played like an MMO; this is a true campaign where player actions carry more impact than any pre-plotted story. Players can rise to lead existing factions, form their own influential groups, and interact with canonical groups like the Shadow Thieves of Amn and the Cowled Wizards on Tethyr’s northern border during the Tethyrian Interregnum. Sweeping politics and esoteric mysteries like that of no other server now await players on the Knights of Noromath: AD&D.
If a group of players so much as camps in a series of caves, we will happily add persistent storage in the form of a supply box or even just a hole in the wall for their new hideout. Our entire mission is supporting players and their special agency to make changes to the world that belongs in AD&D. Roleplay makes this world go around and is the single most important driving force behind everything that happens.
We are what you would call 2nd Edition Hardcore. All players roll their attributes using 4d6 drop lowest. Once attributes are determined, that is your character. There is no respawning, but a player can be raised from the dead by the appropriate magic.
Feel free to join us on our discord server where we discuss AD&D and the Forgotten Realms with our new release. We hope to see you on the Tethir Road quite soon as we kick off another iteration of our server that seeks to inspire all players to the old school of AD&D.
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All my life I've been indoctrinated by my mother into Christianity. I was (and still kind of am) part of a Catholic community called the Neocatechuminal Way. It is a very strict group and as most children being born into it around me, I also left (while still somewhat stuck there ...). I know almost all of my best friends from there and we all have suffered the same fate. We got indoctrinated by our parents and the people around us. When I was 15-18 I thought I truly believed in god, I loved to go to church and pray nearly everyday. But I was scared; every minor sin, every thing I did wrong based on Christianity made me feel awful and depressed. I was afraid of death, I didn't want to go to hell, I didn't want to exist for eternity. This was my life until I had a very hard time where god was nowhere to be found after praying like I've never prayed before. I started questioning everything. I started becoming nihilistic and to question these beliefs.
Now I'm old enough, still suffering from depression, but I'm so much happier. I'm not thinking about all the sins I have to confess so I don't go to hell. I have a way better view of sexuality. I could just date anyone I'd like to date, because I used to think I should only date Christians. I don't have to go to church, don't have to do things in masses I don't want to do, I'm not scared of dying anymore and I don't judge people, because I could finally settle my mind on thinking "you do you".
I just wanted to share my thoughts with someone.

We are planing to look at a 2010 Subaru with 70,000 miles. For about 13,000.
It looks like 2010 isn’t the best year for Subaru Forester, does anyone have input before I cancel the test drive? It’s a little bit farther of a drive.
And if this is not a great deal based on the issues - would you put a lower offer on it that would make it worth it? The report shows they have maintained the vehicle very well.

So... I've been writing a personal story, and it surrounds Tranquility Base Hotel And Casino. A few friends I showed them to said I should share them in the community - I don't know if this is the place to share them, but I thought... May as well. They include my interpretations of the songs as well.
A hotel owner who takes her place as the receptionist... And is also looking for stories to write about, inspiration for her science fiction novels. A lover who decides to not give into is darker, more lustful desires, instead waiting for his lover's calls. A friend who's concerned about what's going on through experience, a friend who's concerned through context. A distant acquaintance that shares the feeling with the lounge singer about still fantasizing about each other from time to time, and that feeling is mutual with other young men. A young lady who is happy to find comfort in the hotel owner's world. Friends that are happy about the new world they can experience. The tales of Tranquility Base Hotel And Casino. (A description for a story inside of a story.)
Star Treatment: This number is the first we hear at the location. It sets the scene as the hotel and casino is a lovely, calm place that the owner has created and started for her friends. We find out the owner has also become the lounge singer, starting a 'cover' band called 'The Martini Police'. This song also makes some references to Science Fiction properties, which the lounge singer loves... We find out the hotel has been opened for everyone... And anyone. The lounge singer puts on a show for her friends, weaving metaphors together, a signature of her work. She even says she just wanted to be like the members of a band, maybe foreshadowing... Her friends look on, happy she's singing. She also makes reference to the fact that she wants to haunt the one she loves and hopes it's okay, but they're in a tough spot... For now. In fact, that may change, everyone's enjoying the residency, which the Lounge Singer even refers to the place as her 'Make-Belive Residency'. And she, along with everyone love it.
One Point Perspective - The Lounge Singer now sings to a much smaller crowd. Her friends that are much closer to her... She lists her intentions, past and present... Everything from starting the 'Cover Band', talkinh about a stunning documentary only she saw, and asking everyone to bear with her, she's losing her train of thought... She says that she's played to quiet rooms like this before, and while there's an element of sadness, she's really just glad and grateful she has friends to talk and sing to about her thought, no matter how random or existential they are. She likes reflection, no matter how small her perspective is... For now.
American Sports - This song is from the perspective of The Concerned Friend From Experience. He's friends with The Hotel Owner, but he's experienced strange visions and dreams that he suspects are tied to the hotel. He reflects on thoughts he keeps to himself, and perhaps he's not the only one having these visions... There may be some overlap with others. He never tells anyone these thoughts, for that's not what his peers are there for. He then makes a snide comment about explosive visions, similar to the American Sports he loves, plays, and sees others just outside playing.
Tranquility Base Hotel And Casino - This song is once again sung by the Lounge Singer. The Hotel Owner has now decided to take her rightful place as the receptionist - Little does she know the consequences... She reflects on everything the place means to her, guiding her friends along this place, to custom rooms and architecture she can't help but adore. She invites the young man she loves to kiss him, and asks her friends what she can do for them. She asks them to let loose, maybe even let their darksides out to play... Something the hotel and casino is trying to bring out. There's also an ominous buzzing and red light, something The Receptionist is trying to figure out why... Something's being hidden, but why? This is her hotel and casino...
Anyways: This track shows exactly why The Hotel Owner takes so much comfort and pride in the hotel and casino, despite the looming visions and possible dangers her friends are sharing - she needs a break from her real life. She reflects on her popular status, and how that has affected what she overshares and overthinks while vacuuming. She comes to sit down in an empty room, and this is the only song not performed in front of anyone else. She just wants to show who she really is, and thanks everyone who's stuck around with her. Being her isn't easy, she has so much to deal with, which others barely take time to think of, just trying to change the conversation to 'Anyways'. The number ends with one of her friends entering to check on her, ending the self-reflection.
Golden Trunks: Something dark is definitely happening at this place... Some people allowing their dark desires to overtake them. But why? This song is from the perspective of The Vindicated Friend. Yet as the number progresses, more voices join in, reflecting that... Everyone knows that The Lounge Singer has her eyes on someone else, he's even The Vindicated Friend's best friend. Yet... The Lounge Singer relented that it's always hard to live on, especially that now she's forgiven him. She admits that sometimes, her fantasies about the past get the better of her. Some over-sharing characteristic of her, he thinks, but he hates the fact he also does... And he's not the only one. Now... They're invited for it to become reality. But by who? The forces of the hotel and casino... Why?
Four Out Of Five: The ominous buzzing and red light has only intensified. And not just for The Receptionist. The Concerned Friend From Context has now found out the 'past' of the establishment, and now she, The Concerned Friend From Experience have gotten more rapid visions... As well as many other patrons. The Lounge Singer puts on a show for the grand opening of The Information Action Ratio, a taqueria she put on the roof of the casino. Yet, beneath her cheery vineer, she knows something is going on in the world she created, at the hotel and casino of her own making. She hates that, and wants to make everything better. She reflects on the state of the world that she doesn't want to return to, and tries to be cheeky and fun, happy to share some lovely Mexican food with her friends. Until she notices some are absent... How? Why? Why have her friends disappeared? Where have they gone?
The World's First Monster Truck Front Flip: A song that is a reflection of The Friend Who's Just Happy To Be Here. It's not that she took her friendship with The Hotel Owner for granted, but she never knew she was capable of... This! She has never had the easiest life, so being offered a getaway where all she has to do is press a button, is a happy comfort she doesn't mind to take part in. She has a lot more trust in The Hotel Owner than The Hotel Owner has in her, but the gap is being closed. There's so much for her, shows for her to see, time she can spend with her friends and her boyfriend. It doesn't matter that the hotel and casino wants her to be a little darker... After all, she's a bad girl trying to be good, happy to have a friend who supports her.
Science Fiction: The Lounge Singer indulges in her cheeky writing, and we find out she's The Aspiring Science Fiction Writer. Dark events are occuring around her, and it's not that she's oblivious, she just doesn't know the depth. She's fine to sing a complicated, multi-layer love song to The Young Man Who's Unsure If He's Even In Love. She even references the fact that him, and his other friends, probably have no idea what she's talking about. She's singing songs about hidden messages, and they're certainly staying that way.
She Looks Like Fun: As The Young Man Who's Unsure If He's Even In Love watches The Lounge Singer, he can't help but sink deeper into his lustful fantasies. He's trying his best to focus on what she's singing about, and even if she does a damn good job singing a line as ridiculous as 'Cheeseburger', he can't help but comb through memories of their past... Maybe if he was to return her feelings, things wouldn't be so bad. She's a damn good dancer, and he's not the only one who thinks so... Everyone watching her would be inclined to agree. Perhaps she would be a fun girlfriend...
Batphone: The Young Man Who's Unsure If He's Even In Love knows there's a batphone that will give him immediate, private access to The Receptionist, but is keen to wait for her to call. Batman imagery means a lot to them, and he reflects in her cheekiness. He's an introspective young man, so he reflects on everything he's never told his friends... The hotel and casino seems to have that effect on people. Another effect occurring is... Dark forces and energy around him. Something strange is going on, but he's oblivious. He's too busy making his observations that he can can only share with The Receptionist. He's chosen to not given into the lustful tendencies that the hotel and casino have called him to. He's still not committing to her, or even giving her a straight answer, but maybe she'll know he's waiting... As he thinks about what's going on in the hotel and casino, because... Come to think of it, where have some of his friends gone?
The Ultracheese: The conflict is over. All that's left is The Hotel Owner and her friends. Tranquility Base Hotel And Casino is going to close its doors temporarily, as it'll have to be re-done soon, and The Hotel Owner will have to return to reality. She thinks about the ironic death she could die, despite the fact she's immortal... Writing songs about everything she's lost, like the friends that she still thinks of, has pictures of on the wall. Those people were far from her friends, so now she's just happy that she has the friends that surround her now that lover her no matter what. She knows she's done things in the past she shouldn't have, and even apologizes for the damage that may have been caused from the hotel and casino. Her friends embrace her in a hug, and she looks out, not just to The Young Man Who's Unsure If He's Even In Love, but to all of her friends, that despite everything, especially in the past year, she's never stopped loving them. Their presence has made this sad song at least into a bittersweet one. It's the perfect way to end their summer, and the perfect bookend of their friendships.
However, even the songs that aren't primarily sung by The Lounge Singer, she still sings these songs in her dreams... These songs are their stories, but the whole thing is her story as well.

TL;DR I have a FWB, and we share the same friend-couple. The friend-couple can't seem to make up their mind whether they're butthurt bc they were initially spending so much less time with him - saying things like they're going to back off from the friendship instead of being happy that it was working out. They went as far as to separate all of our hangouts times, even though we didn't show any PDA in front of them. A couple months in we admitted to liking each other and were just in this phase where we couldn't get enough of each other. They started to tell me how they'd been asking him about labels and to figure his shit out. Seemingly supportive, but it seemed like they were asking so often. Bc it started to bother him and we've agreed we're still not in places for a relationship. One of them had started to feed me bits of information that made me concerned that he wanted space so when I started to offer it, and he seemed hurt. I realize I think he thought I was trying to instigate a relationship by using them when in reality I'm also not ready and wish they'd stop asking. And now him and I are spending way less time together. I even found out while I was out of town they made plans to go out drinking with a girl he used to like (that they'd never hung out with), and then proceeded to invite him. For so long I thought she was trying to be supportive, but her comments lately are only negative. I figured him and I just had a communication mishap that we'd starighten it out, but she's started making comments to me that I should cut my losses before I get hurt so I worry what they're saying to him while we take this week apart.
I've gotten to the point where I want to leave them out of it, which sucks bc they've been both of our closest friends for the last couple of yrs and getting to talk about it with them used to be exciting. But I'm just left to wonder if I should be expressing my concerns to him or to them...
To him seems wrong, bc our communication should just be better regardless of what they say. But I also want him to understand all of their poking and prodding for answers was also not done for me. I want him to understand why I started to ask questions and not that I was trying to instigate a relationship rn, but I was concerned he wanted boundaries based on what they were saying.
...But if it's to them, I think they would just get pissed off and feel like im trying to blame them if this doesn't turn into a relationship. Which, sure, I feel like they're partly to blame for the drama, but I know even if I just left them out of it they would continue to poke at him with questions like they've been doing with me which I believe is a big part of why hes suddenly taking space.
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I have a FWB (post is not about them), we started out not really knowing each other but have the same best friend-couple. Months back during for one of their bdays they took us on a trip with them. During this trip, our friend-couple had to leave one night to settle an argument in private that had been building up for them. We ended up talking and playing card games for hours before they finally came back. I thought it was just a one off thing and didn't think much of it till we got back and started talking more, then hanging out one on one, and then sleeping together. After a week of sleeping together we both said we were itching to tell our friends so we didn't have to keep it a secret, and agreed we'd tell them it was casual bc we both were going through a lot and knew a relationship wouldn't be right for either of us rn.
Fast forward a couple months later, we admitted to liking each other but both said a relationship was still not a part of the plan. Yet, we'd been treating it like a relationship. Our friend-couple had in the beginning been weirded out and it felt like their comments were always about them and worrying how it would affect their hangout time with him since he'd been spending more and more time with me. At several points they would said they were going to back off from the friendship bc they used to see him several nights a week and were hurt it dropped to a night or two in person (and still multiple online gaming). I was butthurt they couldn't just be happy it was working out, and figured we were just in the beginning phases where we couldn't get enough of each other anyway. I figured things would balance out if they progressed or dissipate if we chose to go back to just being friends as we talked about as a possibility. I just decided I'd keep my mouth shut and let them deal with their time with him. And the GF and I kept our communication open about if he made plans with either of us bc he had a problem with overbooking in the beginning trying to people please.
When things started to get better, they admitted they would've never stuck us together, but can now see how similar we are. They started to insist we were basically a couple, and she would start to tell me about her poking at him and asking if we'd come up with a label. I could tell this bothered him, but I'd admittedly wondered what he thought about it eventually getting there. But then theyd start to tell me every time I saw them that they were doing this (once or twice a week) and I was starting to worry he would've thought it was my idea that they ask. But I knew I still wasn't ready, and just wanted to leave the conversation alone.
My friend leaked to me that he said he'd needed space bc of the amount of time we were spending together. To me it made sense, we'd jumped into it so fast I wasn't hurt by it. But I thought maybe he was worried it would hurt my feelings bc he hadn't brought it up. So I made it my idea, saying I needed to get my life back in order with my job, and school, and my dog, and moving... There was a lot I wasn't keeping in order bc we were spending so much time together. He seemed a little bummed by my asking what he thought, said he understood, but then later told me he just flat didn't want space from me. I was a little relieved bc I was still in the honeymoon phase. But he started to take a step back regardless, and when I brought it up again as a check in he asked me what he was doing to make me think things had changed for him. All the while I'm venting to my friend that idk what happened.
She sounded like she was trying to be supportive by telling me that she was telling him to get his shit together, and figure out what he wants. She urged me not to let him get away with having relationship benefits without the relationship, and part of me knew she's right so I decided to confront him first again about the sudden space in both talking and hanging out. He said he'd never once said he wanted space from me and was worried why I'd think that. He was just tired of having that talk over and over and thought I was trying to get us into something official. The talk didn't go well, it was unfortunately rushed and unfinished bc he had work.
I was supposed to see him that night to finish talking about it but he bailed, saying he needed time to think. She said I could come to her house if I needed to talk, and my fwb then invited her man to his place. She said she was curious if he would be venting or it would just be a night to help distract him while he was stressing. I asked her what kind of support she thought her man would give him, worried maybe he'd sike him up about "f- that". Or if he would give real advice bc he knows both of our sides. She said he could really go either way but wanted to text him not to hype him up bc she knew neither of us were done with this and it's only make the situation worse. We said we'd watch a movie and eat but didn't really seem interested in the movie and kept talking.
The next day they saw him again and I asked if he seemed okay, and she snapped at me about not trying to get a read from her. At this point I just told her my bad...lets just be done talking about it. Shes always tried to make it sound like he's saying things to them I should be worried about. She'd say things like, "ehhkk he said something that gave me the ick so bad last night when were were talking about your situation ship" or "how was your guys night, he seemed to have concerns" and then tell me not to ask bc what he'd say is supposed to be in confidence. That's fine! But quit waving it in my face and making me worry. I'd never want to bring things up with him bc we've never had anything but great time together until recently when all her comments started to make me feel like he was hiding some unsure or negative feelings.
I also learned while I was gone out of town they made plans to go out drinking with a girl he used to like, and then asked him to join them. None of them had ever hungout with her outside of work (they all work together). And I was left wondering why she was conveniently left out all of their stories. I asked her why she wouldn't mention she was there when listing people off, and that it onnnly made it weird bc they left it out and she blew up at me again.
My fwb and I went from staying together most nights (plans or no plans prior) to now I'll maybe see him this weekend. I'm annoyed at how pleased they are with the amount of time they have back with him, and even after snapping at me shes still messaging me asking how much we are talking. The amount of times shes tried to say she doesn't see it working out for us, and that I should cut my losses before he hurts me is getting annoying. It's only our first bump in the road, I really didn't get the sense anything would be ending until she wouldn't stop saying it. I starting to get the sense that they've been subtley meddling since the begining bc of being butthurt having less time with him.
I've gotten to the point where I want to leave them out of it, which sucks bc they've been both of our closest friends for the last couple of yrs. But I'm just left to wonder if I be expressing my concerns to him or to them...
To him seems wrong, bc our communication should just be better regardless of what they say. But I also want him to understand all of their poking and prodding for answers was also not done for me. I want him to understand why I started to ask questions and not that I was trying to instigate a relationship rn, bc I'm sure that's what the sudden space is about.
...But if it's to them, I think they would just get pissed off and feel like I'm blaming them for all these sudden problems. Which, sure, I feel like they're partly to blame for the drama, but I know even if I just left them out of it they would continue to poke at him with questions.

So I have many a time said something to someone and in a later conversation with someone we both know they tell me something which I am 90% sure is based on that information.
Now I never said not the share the convsersation and often times I can see how the topic of conversation might not seem like a secret but if I'm talking about something adjacent to my goals or aspirations or perspective or something private like that do I need to explicitly tell people not to talk to others about such things?
It does seem to me that people understand this as they seem reluctant to explicitly refer to knowing of my conversations "well so and so told me that you... and so...".
This to me seems like something I shouldn't have to point out because to me it is clear that private conversations of just me and someone else shouldn't be shared.
I guess maybe there is more variance in how people see conversations than I thought but I already struggle with opening up to people and I mean, if I need to tell someone not to say something not only might I forget but the fact its KNOWN as a secret they will just try harder at not letting me know they told someone else. Additionally if I talk about some vague aspirations but also say it's not public knowledge or something people might think I'm a super villain or something like that, like it just sounds suspicious to a lot of people if you say something privately on a topic where they wouldn't have told someone and then you telling them not to say anything might arouse suspicion in them.
What is my best course of action, in the vast majourity of situations when I am talking to you, I am talking to YOU, not your friends and your friends' friends, how do I have this arrangement with people I talk to (massively varying degrees of how well I know them)?

So I have many a time said something to someone and in a later conversation with someone we both know they tell me something which I am 90% sure is based on that information.
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Now I never said not the share the convsersation and often times I can see how the topic of conversation might not seem like a secret but if I'm talking about something adjacent to my goals or aspirations or perspective or something private like that do I need to explicitly tell people not to talk to others about such things?
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It does seem to me that people understand this as they seem reluctant to explicitly refer to knowing of my conversations "well so and so told me that you... and so...".
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This to me seems like something I shouldn't have to point out because to me it is clear that private conversations of just me and someone else shouldn't be shared.
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I guess maybe there is more variance in how people see conversations than I thought but I already struggle with opening up to people and I mean, if I need to tell someone not to say something not only might I forget but the fact its KNOWN as a secret they will just try harder at not letting me know they told someone else. Additionally if I talk about some vague aspirations but also say it's not public knowledge or something people might think I'm a super villain or something like that, like it just sounds suspicious to a lot of people if you say something privately on a topic where they wouldn't have told someone and then you telling them not to say anything might arouse suspicion in them.
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What is my best course of action, in the vast majourity of situations when I am talking to you, I am talking to YOU, not your friends and your friends' friends, how do I have this arrangement with people I talk to (massively varying degrees of how well I know them)?

I am going to define capitalism as private property with free markets.
Lets take the example of a small community. There are hunters and tool makers. There are ten people. 2 of them are spear makers, and 8 of them are hunters. In a capitalist system, the capital, the spears would be owned by the makers. They would then sell these to the hunters in exchange for a cut of the food.
Lets expand this community. At a large scale all thats happening is that 5 people group together to make a deal. One of them will make a spear and the other 4 will be hunters and return food. The hope is that for each party they get more then they invested. The hunters invest 8 hours and know that even if they don't return enough to make up for themselves someone else will. Now the worse the hunter, the less they will make as they are less valuable. This creates a system in which the best hunters get the most and best spears and the worst are freed up to do other things.
During a vast surplus, hunters are demanding higher meat wages and better compensation. BlackSpear decides to raise wages as there competition is doing the same. This makes the spear makers upset, and they realize they need to find a way to make spears cheaper and better. Thus they use their surplus to feed people that research better ways to make meat. Lets say these people discover iron. They have just created two new industries for the worst spear makers and the worst hunters. The worst spear makers can be focused on making pixies and the worst hunters can focus on mining the materials.
As time goes on, and the corporations that make iron expand. Now iron is a scarce resource and thus he needs to expand the business to other areas, so one of the pickax makers decides to start insuring the hunts. He says if the hunters don't return any meat he will pay in exchange the spear makers pay a premium. Lets say he calls this company IronCondor. This insurance company needs to be able to guarantee they can buy a certain amount of a good in the future, so bamn you just added a futures and options market. The average person wants to be able to guarantee liquidity, so babm you just created a market maker. People want to be able to get the best price, so then you just created a broker. All of these jobs are created because there are problems, that needed to be solved, and the other jobs were not as good as this one for whoever took it.
This has just created a complex adaptive system based off of 3 groups. Workers, Finances, and owners. Every individual is acting on their own. Some are good, others are evil, but as a whole they create a complex system that breathes and lives.
The owners and finances work together to create a system where capital can be disturbed to the best workers and freeing everyone else up to being able to do jobs that provide the most value to society, and allowing everyone to get to a job where they provide the most value for society. The workers with the financiers create a system in which they determine what commodities are being made and how much the owners has to give to the workers.
None of these groups talk to each other directly, and when they do people don't like it and tend to get mad and want these people to be sent to jail.

In the most recent Video, Crytek (or rather its Franchise Manager) announced, among other things, that there will no longer be Rewards from playing matches with the next patch (1.13).
Let me present the case:
Hunt is in the silver tier of the "Best of 2022" Steam Showcase. There, Steam puts games into tiers from Platin to Bronze. The games are place based on Top Gross income. Since we do not have exact numbers we can only put them in perspective:
Hunt made more income in the year 2022 than games like Terraria, BF 2042, Path of Exile, The Witcher and many more (see links above). A lot of these games are not unknown to most ears.
So? What is this money spent on?
Let's have a look:
Servers:
We have servers that on average run on 30 ticks, so overly simplified, the server is doing calculations in 30 FPS. In Comparison, 128 tick servers are present in Valorant and CS:GO, which is an unrealistic expectation, but atleast 60 Hz or 30 Hz while loading in all Mobs in an idle state should be possible in 2023. Granted, the servers need to calculate a lot of A.I movement but the term "Hunt servers" is already put up in a negative light.
Anti-Cheat and Cheater consequences:
Quite frankly, it's awful. With stories like this, this and this really giving the impression that Crytek is not even permabanning cheaters, or do not act on soft cheaters.
Furthermore, Easy Anti Cheat, Epic Games' Anti-Cheat service is free for game developers. Data Security and Internet Privacy concerns aside (Tencent), the last news blog on cheating was about 3 years ago. We do not know when the last EAC update was either. I can't help but feel that this cat and mouse game has a cat napping near the stove.
Removal of BB Rewards for the Tutorial:
With the introduction of the new Tutorial, the BB Rewards from the previous "Tutorial" was scrapped entirely from 250 BB to 0. While it was reduced 2 years prior from 800 BB to 250 BB. That little change somehow didn't make into the patch notes but I am sure it just wasn't worth mentioning.
New Patches bringing new bugs:
From the Lemat Bug, to the Reload Bug, to the floating tools Bug and Hunt servers not being able to count reserve ammo or how many throwing knives/axes you picked up. Yes, we are getting there, and yes some get fixed. But it is pointless when 5 bugs are fixed per patch, and 5 new ones take their place.
This patch alone we had:
FPS drops when closing the map (quite noticeable when playtesting don't you think)
Weapon Holster on saddles dropping your main weapon when canceling (Weapons are exchanged in almost every game from downed hunters, why is this bugged?)
Completely unrelated to any changes: Hornskin somehow takes away any blunt damage reduction from your teammates, making you oneshot from Winnie Cen. Trauma or Hammers.
Saddle Bags previously were able to give you 5 consumables with Packmule, now it was "fixed", and instead of giving you 5 consumables, it just removes 1 consumable (from a consumables that has 2 charges) - They are, after all, toolboxes that have a different item pool.
An Saddle Bags sometimes not appearing for every Player.
The 1.12 Patch note is also the first Patch note on the Steam news tab that has the update info and Fixed bugs and known issues separated. Previously they were included at the end of the normal patch notes.
The last social media post about the Q & A Team playtesting Hunt was in 2019, I hope they are still doing good :)
Battle Passes get cheaper:
Let's see if they have the same amount of Quality and Levels as previous Passes. Also to do the math: To get 1000 Blood Bonds, you would need to play 50x20 - 20 consecutive Weeks, which is like 5 months to get a Battle Pass which is free to play.
New content:
Yes, I can't leave that one out, if I want to be fair. Good content is good and nice, and necessary to increase player count and player retention. However, what Hunt needs right now is QoL features and improvement of existing systems (and don't try to fix systems that already work fine *cough* up and downstair sounds and MMR system). Hunt needs an operation Health and I hope this goes hand in hand with the announced Cryengine update.
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Did I forget anything? I mean they added Charms, and Charm rarity shortly after - so that's nice for Crytek. I kinda wished we would have seen those changes mentioned in the dev stream so chat could have Q & A with the devs afterwards, but a seperate video is also one way to do it.
Please, don't remove BB rewards for playing the game, for engaging with the game so that those who do do indeed buy BB and DLCs have (same skilled) enemies to play against. This change is extremly anti-customer and punishes players that play the game daily and regulary. Those who make up most of your player numbers.

Hi all! So today I purchased about 1,000 cards, I’d say about 85-90% are topps chrome from 2012-2021, then some panini cards as well, some bowman chrome, and regular topps base and bowman paper.
With the topps chromes in mind most specifically, what would be my best bet to start selling? I paid 50 bucks for the lot, everything is in fantastic shape.
There weren’t -any- bangers but plenty of appealing all stars and anywhere from 50-200 cards for a given team! Would love some input!